The Singapore Free Press, 11 February 1956

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya N>. *****. Singaporf, Saturday. February 11, 1956. Price 15Cts.
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    Lock icon The Queen Mother in car crash
    96 1 The Queen Mother in car crash A CAR m which the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret were travelling was involved m a collision with a three-ton lorry m south-east London yesterday. Neither was injured. The offside wins of the Royal car was slightly bent but the royal car was delayed
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    Lock icon AVALANCHE ROARS INTO COOKHOUSE: 21 MEN KILLED
    105 1 AN avalanche crushed a labour camp cookhouse under tons of ice and snow killing 21 workers m the Oyama Prefecture, Western Japan, yesterterday. Eighteen bodies were dug out of the wreckage and three men died after they were rescued. Hundreds of villagers dug
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    New frost peril hits Europe
    142 1 New frost peril hits Europe A SAVAGE new cold wave flipped Europe yesterday. threatening to freeze the Baltic Sea solid and bringing new misery and Chaos to Southern Italy The second Ice front m two weeki hit the whole continent just as it was digging out from what had been
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    Lock icon GOA SNIPERS
    27 1 Four civilian snipers lurking on the Indian side ol the frontier opened fli a Port- border i communl yesterday. No one was m Jured.- U.P.
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    Lock icon Talks cancelled
    26 1 For the second nay run nini? a scheduled session ot th<* London talks to weld Britain- Caribbean Island i nJitlon was cancelled yesterday. Reuter
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    Pakistan looks to Red trade
    23 1 Pakistan informed Russia yesterday that it is prepared to negotiate a trade i 'tecment with the Soviet Government.
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    Lock icon OIL BARGAINING
    24 1 The Sheik of Kuwait la now willing to negotiate >»flihore oil concessions with Interested companies, it wa* announced m London yesterday. Reuter
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    13,000 S.I.T. FLATS TO BE SOLD?
    260 1 1 3,000 S.I.T. FLATS TO BE SOLD? Govt. considering plan THE Government its considering a plan to sell all Singapore Improvement Trust flats there are 13,000 to their tenants at cost price. Consideration is also being given to a proposal to reduce Hie interest rate on previous loans to the
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    Marshall to invite Australian delegation
    157 1 Marshall to invite Australian delegation A USTRALIA may be the first Commonwealth country to send a parliamentary delegation to Singapore to assess the feelings and preparedness of the people for selfgovernment. The Free Press understands that the Australian Commissioner m Singapore, Sir Alan Watt, saw the Chief Minister, Mr. David
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    STABBED MAN DIES
    35 1 N<r Sin Cheok of Kirn Kock Road Singapore, was attacked by five Chinese and stabbed seven times after midnight .at Lorong 3. Geylang. He died four hours later m the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon A-REACTOR PLAN
    33 1 The United States and Oylon are exploring the bility" of locating an atomk research reactor m Colombo, the Ceylonese Ambassador, Mr. R. S. S. Gunewardene, disclosed m Washington yesterday.- A .P.
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    Bus strike report
    49 1 The findings of the Inquiry into the Singapore Traction Company dispute will be submitted to the Minister of Labour and Welfare. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. this afternoon. Mr. Lim said to-day he would convey the contents of the report to both parties as soon as possible.
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    Marshall for Kashmir?
    34 1 The Chief Minister, Mr. Puvld Marshall, is expected to leave Singapore on Monday morning on his 14 days' holiday. Kashmir ll one of the plares being considered a3 an Ideal resort.
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    Lock icon Sydney downpour
    18 1 Sydney was drenched yesterday after K.s heaviest I downpour of rain m 83 i years- A.P.
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    Lock icon CHIANG CLAIMS THREE SINKINGS
    62 1 Highspeed boats from an unidentified Nationalist base off the Fukien Coast yesterday sank two Communist reconnaissance craft within 3,000 yards oi the base, the Nationalist Defence Ministry reported In Taipeh. The Navy headquarters reported that Nationalist warships possibly sank one Communist craft m two actions last
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    Lock icon AID FOR INDIA?
    36 1 Tho US. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now •tallying a plan to make. $G7"), 000,000 available to In- j dia over the next th jreara to help its second fr year plan.- Reuter
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    ARAB UNITY TALK
    24 1 Jordan's Premier, Mr. Sa mir Rifa'i. arrived In Cairo yesterday to confer with Egyptian leaders on way. of strengthening Arab unity.
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    Lock icon TENGKU VISITS EX-LANDLADY
    149 1 THE departure last overling for Singapore from London of a group of layan leaders was pOftpon•>y about 16 hours be- their aircraft was still being serviced. They include: Dr. Ismail, Minister for Natural Resources, Dato Mohammed Seth, Deputy Mentn B of Johore, Dato PangUma Bukit Oantang, Mentri
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      32 1 The Free Press wishes us Chinese readers >: ,1 HAPPY NEW ¥EAm\ (Srcicr the special New k I Ysar carton -for -friends (and yourself -from any 1 Fraser and Neave branch or distributor
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    Lock icon GREATEST DANGER: REDS, NOT H-BOMB
    158 2 GREATEST DANGER: REDS, NOT H-BOMB MOHAMMED ALI, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States said m New York yesterday. "The greatest danger to mankind is from international Communism and not from the hydrogen bomb. Speaking at a luncheon of the Council on Islamic Affairs, the envoy said, "Poverty of moral and
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    Lock icon BIG BEEF BUY
    18 2 Israel has agreed to buy 40 million lb. of U.S. beef, worth $30 million. A.P.
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    Lock icon Board abolished
    25 2 Argentina's Government yesterday abolished the National Security Board organised last September by Juan Peron to tighten control over his im*w»Mii»*iw active enemies. A.P.
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    VICAR HELPS BUILD OWN CHURCH
    88 2 I IITHEN he's not busy on parish work, the Rev. Vivian W Symons is manhandling huge beams as part of I the building of his church at Biggin Hill, Kent. Beams and bricks for the church were taken by the Rev. Symons and a body
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    Lock icon EMMETT-DUNNE APPEALING TO THE QUEEN
    87 2 EMMETT-DUNNE APPEALING TO THE QUEEN THE Queen Is to be asked to quash the conviction of Sergeant Frederick Emmett-Dunne m Germany last year for the murder of Sergeant Reginald Watters. Mr. George Coleman, solicitor acting for EmmettDunne, said m London the petition to the Queen would be presented m March.
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    Lock icon FERTILISER DEAL
    22 2 Red China will buy 425,000 tons of chemical fertiliser from Belgium under a oneyear contract signed m Peking yesterday.- A.P.
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    Order left by U.K. is going
    235 2 'INDIA NOW FACING REALITIES' THOUGH the Indian Empire meant much to Britain there were no strikes, processions or resignations when the British Labour Pa"? decided to give it away, said Mr. U. N. Dnenar, President of India's ruling: Congress Party at the annual congress
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    Lock icon Migration answer to crowding
    168 2 THE ECAFE conference m Bangalore yesterday unanimously adopted two resolutions calling for greater co-operation of the nations In the Far East on economicmatters. The second resolution, offered by the Philippines and Burma, masked member governments to increase their co-operation m assessment of techniques of planning adapted
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    Lock icon NEW BRITISH COMPROMISE ON CYPRUS
    89 2 BRITAIN has completed new compromise proposals offering Cyprus immediate self government subject to security safegr.ards, informed sources said m London yesterday. The new plan will be sent this week-end to Governor General Sir John Harding, for the resumption of negotiations with Cypriot Nationalist leader, Archbishop
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    Lock icon Smallpox sweeps Rangoon: 68 die
    24 2 Smallpox has killed 68 people m Rangoon the past two weeks. About 12.000 people were vaccinated this week.— Reuter
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    Let the Antarctic be the first real UN land
    194 3 Let the Antarctic be the first real UN land \|R Edward ShackleiTl ton, a Member of Parliament and son of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, suggested m a letter to The Times m London yesterday the establishment m the Antarctic of "the first real international territory under
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    Lock icon CHILDREN PACE ROYAL CAR TO STILT DANCE DISPLAY
    266 3 CHILDREN PACE ROYAL CAR TO STILT DANCE DISPLAY NEARLY 100,000 people half of them schoolchildren—gave the Queen a standing ovation at Lagos yesterday when she and the Duke of Edinburgh drove through packed lines of schoolchildren drawn up with geometric precision on Lagos Racecourse. Children raced through police lines and
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    Fourth time lucky for Sir Winston
    136 3 Fourth time lucky for Sir Winston SIR Winston Churchill arrived m London last night by air after mechanical defects m three other airliners had delayed his flight from Nice by over two hours It was a case of "fourth time lucky" for the 81--year-old former Prime Minister who was returning
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    Lock icon Antarctic bound
    16 3 Norway's Antarctic expedition to Queen Maud Land will leave Norway on November 1.- Reuter
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    Hands off the salmon, Reds tell Japan
    86 3 Hands off the salmon, Reds tell Japan THE Soviet Union is preparing measures to •protect salmon from rapacious Japanese fishing," the Soviet newsagency Tass announced yesterday. The Soviet Council of Ministers has instructed the Ministry of Fishing and other appropriate boards to submit proposals for the protection ot Soviet-bred salmon
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    Lock icon CEYLON URGES: LIFT CHINA RUBBER BAN
    299 3 CEYLON URGES: LIFT CHINA RUBBER BAN Envoy's plea to U.S. THE Ceylonese Ambassador to Washington, Mr. R. S. S. Gunewardene, yesterday urged the United States to do everything possible to get rubber taken off the East -West trade restrictive list as soon as possible. He made his request while visiting
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    Lock icon City ozone is blamed for tyre cracks
    89 3 INCREASING concentrations of ozone m the upper atmosphere above large cities has been described as a serious problem for the rubber industry. According to Dr. Waldo L. Semon of Brecksville, Ohio, a research chemist for the B. F. Goodrich Co., the excessive amounts
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    Lock icon BANNED STUDENT INVITED TO OSLO
    28 3 Mi^s Autherine Lucy, Negro student barred from the Alabama University, has been offered two year's study at Oslo with ail expenses paid. A.P.
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    CZECH DEFENCE
    15 3 About $4,080 million is provided for defence m the Czech budget for 1956.
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    Lock icon COUNTESS LANDS
    17 3 uouniess MountL^uen arrived at Pusan airport yesterday on a three-diiv tour of South Korea.- A.P.
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    Lock icon PORT MEN STRIKE
    29 3 Port workers, demanding wage increases, began a strike at all piers m Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday. The strike was called by the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union. A.P.
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    Lock icon CHINATOWN GUNMAN KILLED BY POLICE
    141 3 TWO men were killed and a third wa.-> injured m a wild outburst of gunfire m Boston s Chinatown. Police said Fum Lee, 50. former owner of a Chinese restaurant, killed Jim Chin Kai. 50, an assistant secretary of the Chinese Merchants' Association, and wounded
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      106 3 SOUTH SEAS ROOF GARDEN CABARET NOI, MAYO STREET (OFF JALAN BESAR) Wishing our Chinese Patrons A HAPPY (f PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR EXTENSIONS:— New Year's Eve 11-2-56 2 A.M. New Years Night 12-2-56 2 A.M. the following night 13-2-56 1 A.M. CRACKERS. BALLOONS. NOVELTIES ETC. DANCE TO THE RHYTHM OF SOUTH
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Feb. 11, 1956. Opinion CRITICISM ONLY
    190 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, F eb. 11, 1956. Opinion CRITICISM ONLY THE union of English teachers m Singapore Chinese schools has spurned the allparty committee's proposal for a new deal to the island's Chinese schools. "A piece of shameless colonial p r v d c r y," says the
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    End to black market in local land
    1219 4  - End to black market in local land P.M. RAMAN Australian system of purchase and valuation proposed for Singapore with tight freeze on prices by SINGAPORE landlords are m for some severe shocks. Two new ordinances are now being considered by the Government to control land purchases, eliminate any black market,
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    BY THE WAY
    238 4  -  Beachcomber rE stronger a man us. the more fidgety he becomes about moving things. I have been reading of a Basque who "lifted a 2501 b. block of granite 81 times m seven minutes." You would think that helore lifting the block he would bave made up
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    THE TWO MISS ROGERS
    439 5 A m Actress must pay £520 to her ex-lover ACTK E S S Sally Rogers has been ordered to pay £520 to company director Thomas Simpson, her former lover. In the High Court m London he had claimed £498 10s. which, he alleged, he lent Miss
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    GETS INVOLVED IN REAL CASE
    365 5 ...AND CONCERT STAR dressed Miss Edith Rogers won her High Court action for breach of promise. And later she talked of the time she played the judge m a concert party skit on a breach of promise case. "I never thought I would be m
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    Have U.K. defence chiefs 'gone sour' on the Hunter?
    241 5 HAS the Hawker Hunter, the R.A.F.'s main fighter plane, proved incapable oi using the guided missiles which defence chiefs now believe will be the only weapon s effective against modern bombers Evidence which strongly suggests that this serious development has taken
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      868 5 (m i;t 11 of UfOLANB Church of Our I-adv of Peace 8.30 am Sunday School; 930 st \ndrew's Cathedral* "i (Tanjon* Katong Rd.) Mass a.m. Service. am Holy Communion; 8 'a.m Sermon CChlne**] 630 and 8 Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist siintr lairhftrlal md Parlltl am Church: 8.30 a.m. Sundaj loSSnumon;
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      180 6 3IAXDRAKE bT Lee Falk and Phil »ans r^^^__ W"♦ AS MANDRAKC AND LOTHA* I I I I HURv" t/tiff^ d B4TTLf ABK THE SIZE OF A "™J*tt? *S MtStf i/r\L Wk HERE HE COM£S /MHIS-A^. xX GRAND PIANO/ M™ y^ t^^ik TAHZA.X b? Ed^ar Rice Burrou^hw THE SAIXT Leslie Charieri^
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      648 6 <> |>ORN today, you have a fine, In- O ventive mind but are a little lazy V, when it comes to using it! Yet, when <> you are doing something that ]J thoroughly interests you, there is no <, one more industrious than you ar^. In short, you must follow
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      U.K. closing prices
      198 7 LONDON, Feb. 10. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJJ. 31 buyers 311* buyers European Ports February 31 sellers 11% sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS cii. 31 buyers 30 buyers European Ports March 31 U sellers 31 U sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 31 t /h
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      New York prices
      110 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 10 Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 99 25 nom. 99.50 nom. TIN futures February 96.50 bid 95.75 bid 98.00 asked 99 00 asked J March 96.00 bid 96.75 bid 97.30 asked 98.00 asked April 95.50 bid 96.50 bid 96.70 asked 97.00 asked
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Previous Today 50 Industrials 467.22 467 66 .'0 Railroads 154.81 155.38 40 Domestic Bonds 99.09 99.12 15 I limn-* 64 92 65.09 64 Storks Composite Aver»|lt 166.32 166.66
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      U.S. PEPPER
      41 7 iHbar Lamport* spot 32. awaiting release I2H .iflo.it^ 31 'a to 31. first half Feb. 31. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per lb. Sarawak spot 31. awaiting release and :ifi'uts 30 4. first half Feb. 30. Sellers ex-dock.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      107 7 Feb. IQ. Previous Today. COPRA Philippines ci.f. U.K./ North Kuropean delivered $174.. sellers $173>& sellers weight per long ton Feb. Mar. COPRA. Straits ci.f. IK North £54 1 4 buyers £64 4 nom. European delivered weight per 65 sellers long ton Feb.. March £64 buyers £64
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    A CHARTER TO END THE R.A.F. BLUES
    313 7 ENDING LONELINESS FOR THE JET WIDOWS 9 OOYAL AIR FORCE chiefs throughout the world are trying out the Airman's Charter, the scheme that is changing the life of flying men, and ending loneliness for their wives. It encourages women's institutes on R.A.F. bases
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    Consul claims privilege
    313 7 WIFE GETS SPEED TICKET' MRS. THOMAS TULL. wife of the British consul m Denver. Colorado, was given a "ticket" which carries an automatic fine of $30 (£3 Us.) for speeding m the little town of Granby. But she did not pay. Her husband, a 41-year-old wing commander
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    WIDOW WINS APPEAL-GETS £3,066
    58 7 WIDOW WINS APPEAL-GETS £3,066 THE Court of Appeal has awarded £3,066 damages to Mrs. Florence Margaret Moore, of Wilmer Gardens, Hoxton, London, and her two children for the death of her husband m an explosion. The three Judges decided there was negligence by the employers. Mrs. Moore had appealed against
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    NEVER AGAIN...
    40 7 will Farmer Robert Jones, of Llandwrog. Carmarthenshire, visit London, it was said at Clerkenwell. On his first trip he got lost m a big store and did not reach his car for an hour. Fined 10s. for obstruction.
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    An off-course crash pilot didn't stunt
    82 7 The Meteor jet pilot who crashed on the village of Wadhurst, Sussex, on January 20 killing himself, his navigator and two villagers was not stunting, a witness told the Wadhurst inquest. Another witness said the pilot. Flying Officer Leonard Stoate,23, was off-course. Mr. D.
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    Were their faces red?
    203 7 Were their faces red? 1 At the IMC E A 8.8.C. announcer i\. described a Hume E E Service talk as "The Land of the *****." He should have said: "The s E Land of the Niger." And the boom of Big E Ben heralding the nine E o'clock news
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    A misfit in the RAF
    61 7 TPHE airman who was too bi'j; for a uniform hai got a uniform that Ls too bis: for him. Alan Smith, sft lOin. and list., joined the RAF. at Cardington, Bedfordshire, m Anfitti, No uniform would fit him. so one was ordered. But Alan has
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      47 7 >♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦ SINCAPORE HIGH TIDES if TODAY: 11.18 pm. TOMORROW: 10.30 a.m.and 11.43 p.m. o SUNDAY: 11.06 a.mj MONDAY: 12.06 a.m. Y. and ]I t0 xm TUESDAY: 12. 19 a.m.and 12.13 p.m. !I WEDNESDAY: 12 52 o a.m. and 12 46 p.m. I! THURSDAY: 1.16 a.m.;; and 1.24 p.m.
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    368 8 WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES Cold? Others can freeze but not I Sally, the Australian sulphur crested cockatoo at the London E Zoo. She is warmly wrapped up as she is taken from enclosure to anniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii other at the zoo. But then she E would have to be or she'd catch
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      35 9 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT B£ YOU* M€MS OfTABLE COOKERS... Especially designed to accommodate local Kwalis are available on hire at only 50 cents per month, Consult your Electrical Contractor or Ring 2419 Ext. 352
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    STEVE WINTERS INVESTIGATES
    1060 10  - STEVE WINTERS INVESTIGATES KATHLEEN HICKLEY S— VIGIL AT SEA Jfow( ft Si <ifou*uj fy OUR JUNIOR CROSSWORD r THE STORY SO FAR Ah Lee^ fronds Wahab and Simon it S.lva. I clpfure a membe? of the kidnap gan* jho tells capture mR held NOW READ ON qTHE powerful car, I
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      185 10 Rupert has been running enaaus only posted mine yesterday.! jnd has finished the )is. shop- Rupert smilej. "I do hope bo/i pin* when he mee^s hi fnend of us have ncu been ;oo late." Peter Hello, are ycu all read/. "So do I." says Peter. X you tor Christmas he
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    THE BATTLE of the GROTTO
    1901 11  - THE BATTLE of the GROTTO Colin Morris jknhuiohuih87ntg6fbg6989u. m m j A^' W I i W h^ma!ZZZj[£i?j^h sPT^^H ON the second day of the Sicilian invasion I was cycling towards the Greek amphitheatre of Syracuse, looking for the headquarters of the Air Landing Brigade, when I came upor^a solitary Italian
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      17 11 T^mT^terday ni^y^TllE SIGNPOST WAS >MRKKI) BKI SI N "by Krnnrth Allsop— .utuallj happen? The MfWtf i s
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    HE GAVE GRACE ALL HER BREAKS
    584 12 But Press-agent Hudgins illllllllllllllllllll.llllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllHlMlllllllllirillllUlllMlMlltltlllllll is least known to public 11 HtMIIIIII lIIMIIIII •lIIHtimiIIMIIIMMIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIiiIiHIIIIII f|NE of the mostphotographed but least -identified gentlemen m connection with the current Grace Kelly-Prince Rainier romance is a quiet, dignified and intelligent young fellow named Morgan Hudgins. Captions under
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    Champions to do those Astaire films again
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    The man who made the stars shine
    269 12 The man who made the stars shine k REMARKABLE STORY FOR FREE PRESS RtADLRj SIR Alexander Korda, the film magnate, died m London on January 23. Only a month previously he had decided at last to tell IX HIS OWN WORDS the whole vivid story of his life, his philosophy,
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    Blonde or grey? Your hair needs special care
    474 13  - Blonde or grey? Your hair needs special care JEAN WISEMAN by BLONDES are just as popular as ever. "But," says Joan St. Oegger, chief hairdresser of a Hollywood studio, "fair hair needs special care to look its best." Platinum blonde Mamie Van Doren and honey gold blonde Leigh Snowden both
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    Bridge Quiz
    417 13 WHEN you have opened the bidding. It should be a pleasure to hear partner make a big bid m response. But some players are terror-stricken lest they get too high after opening on a minimum hand, and others are overoDtimistic because they have a bit more than they
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      95 13 Mary Anne *%Z JP K mil. Lij'.c Splendid Progress that's the history of these beautiful W~* i 1 1 i t o .^sMb^b* All over Malaya thousands Ij of other babies arc also making wr^ splendid progresfl for their parents, I too, wisely chose Lactogen when x artificial feeding became
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      203 13 ti.iKS ICEOBB for a Russian <ity i 5; 1 Mother Is al one end. and r i Many dropped into a barMi Read al the other, ol fain event i 5) thla bench U> I Mid-ej notions (5) 7 Ls it i money In a 8 Ned* tour Is changed
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    RIOT at Dartmoor
    1344 14  -  CERALD BOWMAN by THE WORLD'S I STRANGEST STORIES A Priion Commissioner locked m a cell; the Administration Building set on tire; and the convicts' band played on 'THE big, grim prison which stands m the middle of Dartmoor traditionally houses thr tough guys and the hooligans who
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    THE USE OF TIMETABLES
    70 14 4 YOUNG man, pacing nervously up and down the platform of St. Lazare Station m Paris the other day, suddenly looked at his watch, tapped his foot impatiently and hailed the stalionmaster who was ing. "This train is hopelessly late,*' he said furiously. "What on earth
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    Ann (17) is Britain's best hope for world table tennis title
    353 15 MISS Ann Haydon, 17--year-old Birmingham schoolgirl, who recently won the French and Belgian titles, has informed the English Table Tennis ASSOition, that she would. after all, be available for England's team to go to Tokyo for the world table
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    NATIONAL B.P OFFICIALS
    58 15 Officials of the National Badminton Party for 1956 are: P:iLroa«:: H. J. C. KulaMngha, K. M. S. Hamid, C. K. Cheng, Ang Soon Hoe. President: A. P. Menon. Vicedent: T. M. S. H.imid. Hon: Secretary: Haji Ahmad. Committee: Salmi, Long P< Kwang. JeenutO, Oman, Boon Cheong Reng,
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    41 15 pRANK MARTIN, American manager for Filipino ban'iim weight boxer Tanny Campo, m California yesterday he •>nsldering an offer to have Enter meet National Boxing iatiou i hamplon Raul 'Raton, Marias m a. Mexico Cits bout.- U.P.
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    ERSKINE SIGNS FOR SELL-OUT
    268 15 Meets Richardson at Cardiff TIIK heavy-weight situation is on the boil. Hard upon the news that Don Cockell and Jack Gardner had reached agreement to fight separate opponents at Karls Court on April 24, promoter Sid Evans, of Crumlin. announced that he had signed Joe Krskine
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    What is all this colour bar bunkum?
    396 15  - What is all this colour bar bunkum? David Jack -By TT would seem that 1 all is well on the South African soccer scene but it isn't. At this moment a delegation from F.I.F.A. controllers of world soccer— is making inquiries into the way the game is run out there,
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    29 15 photo. ROBERT COHEN, world ban tarn weight champion, was married m Paris recently to Miss Zita Hasson of Durban, South Africa. Here they arc at their wedding reception.- Popper
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    IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE
    184 15 >JORTH British HydeI park beat Glasgow I Transport nine goals to nil m a Scottish I West Cuptie, but they j will not figure m the next round. They were proved to have un- knowingly played a I professional but ignor- ance was no excuse I
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    Lock icon Cavilan for Paris fight
    59 15 IZID GAVILAN. ex-welter- \veipht champion of the world, will met't Frenchman Germinal Ballarin m a ten-ronnd bout m Paris on Feb 23 Qftvllui dicpped a decision to Britain's Peter Waterman In his last outinp m London on Wedv. Gaviian's managen have prot^'sted (he decision of the
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    70 15 DRESIDENT Syngman j Rhec has cancelled the departure of an 18 man Republic of Korea soccer team scheduled to take part m elimination rounds of the Asian soccer championship opening Feb. 28 m Manila. it was disclosed m Seoul terday. No official reason for th<-last-minute change was
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    291 16 'NO BALL' LAW MIGHT BE CHANGES TO ELIMINATE 'THE-DRAG' THE MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB YESTERDAY HINTED THAT THE "NOBALI/ LAW MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE CHANGED TO AVOID ANY CONTROVERSY OVER BOWLING DRAG." The M.C.C, whose prop itall to eliminate 'drag" during the forthcoming Australian tour of England have been rejected by the
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    62 16 MEMBERS of the New York Knickcr- bockers, an American I professional basketball team, pose forxnan un- usual photo during a practice. Forming, a "high bridge" are the I two tallest members of E the team, Ken Sears E (6ft. Mm.) left, and Walter Dukes (7ft.) right. Dribbling through the arch
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    121 16 fTiRIBUTES from all the! A cricket playing coun- tries of the world were paid last night to former England captain Len Hut- ton m i BBC. programme arranged to mark his reUrement from the game. Among those who spoke were lan Johnson, who is captain
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    NEIL HARVEY HITS 142
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    143 16 rFHE Singapore Judo Club will celebrate their second anniversary with a Charity Exhibition m aid of S.A.T.A. at the Happy World Stadium on April 17. Their first show last year m aid of Boys' Town and the Association for the Blind, was a great success. Tins year's
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    150 16 rTjHE Nippon Badminton X Association confirmed yesterday that it had cancelled Its invitation to a Malayan badminton team to visit Japan m November. The N.B.A. President Fumio Yamada said, however. a team from the Philippines will visit Tokyo m April to play
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    110 16 W. Indies flog Wellington bowling \yEST Indies batsmen f? hammered the Wellington bowling when their three-day match opened m Wellington yesterday and had scored 429 for five wickets when stumps were drawn. Bruce Pairaudeau after engaging m a first-wicket stand Of 141 with H. Furlongs <65>. was run out. for
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      398 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 2§ Word% $6 (minimum). CHEW: On 10th February, 1956. at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, to Rena and Sze Kam, a son. HU: To Mary, wife of Dick Hu Wei Hsien, on February 9th. 1956, at Kluang District Hospital, a son. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 20 Word it $h (minimum). MR
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      95 16 THE WEEKEND SPORTS DIARY (semi-final): YMSA v SRC TODAY "Green", padang. SOCCER Rl'f f'FR Breweries Kampong League Royal Signals (.Malaya) v (semi-final i: Alexandra F.T. v St'C Ist XV. padang; Naval Buona Vista Rangers. F. &N. Base v RAAF Tengah, Naval ground. Friendly: Sukaramai v Base; Tengah Nomads v RAF
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
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      31 1 THESE was DO rain la 4 night and this morning and the going for today's rare* should be good. Best beta should bo: BKOWN BOOTY. FORTINES WiIELL and NOTAVEBBE.
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        115 1 MIDMY MAP IJU JOSKER n (Race 6) PELAHDOK SAYS*IY three best bets tot today are BROWN BOOTY (Race 1), SATELLITE (Race 4) and RI( KY (Race 7). A9O SIX WESTMINSTER... wanted the world over! .go six WESTMINSTER WORLD-WIDE rhafs the Austin market. That's the conception behind each new Austin. They
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      922 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 4. DIV. I~S| FURS. 1. 333 BIG HIT 8y bag (Jenat Stable^ Rodgers 9.00 J. Joms 2. 022 ERMINE 4y birm (Wee Ens Chye) Tjoa 8.13 JJfst 3. 952 BROWN BOOTY 6y cheg iS.K, Tjoa) Owner 8.12 BouKoure 4. 485 VIOLA 4y bam
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      TRACK FORM FOR TODAY
      704 3 RACE ONE CI. 4, Div. 2—51 Furs. BIG HIT: No track report. ERMINE: No track report. BROWN BOOTY: No track report. VIOLA: No track report. MOVIE II: 8-2-56 Went over V2m m even time with shukria. PINNER: 9-2-56 Went over 6F at three-quarter pace. RACE TV/0
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      592 4  - AMUSEMENT AND KENTUCKY PRIDE BEST ALLAN LEWIS THIS MORNING'S TRACK RE PORT... by TRESPASSER HTHE Free Press racing correspondent Trespasser, is on two week's holiday and will be back again with his comments and selections next Saturday. LO O KING particularly well after his recent spell at Cameron Highlands. AMUSEMENT
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      THE RACING MEN BAN WOMEN
      787 4  -  ANNA LANDAU by pAT Davison crossed the yard of her father's racing stables, and gave a final flick of the brush to one of the horses m her charge. "Can a woman trainer get to the top?" she laughed scornfully. "Why, she can't even hold
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