The Singapore Free Press, 26 January 1956

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. 1447"). Singapore, Thursday, January 26. 1956. Pricp Ist'ts.
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  • 186 1 When Indians fight Indians INDIA celebrates her .sixth anniversary as a republic today with a cloud of tension still hanging over the country after last week's riots over the redrawing of state boundaries. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister, last night appealed to
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  • 39 1 The S< cretary of the ur Mr. Donald Quarles, In N«-w York la t night •No «uh.T military organisation On earth i 1 an in t.tnt power equivalent t,. thit of th.. United States Air Force." Reuter
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  • 23 1 At least 29 Nationalist 'kivc been killed by m in A and T: i the pfl it 24 liours. AIV
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  • 123 1 Ijmgiit of the 11 i amen unions In Sinj have Jo I U P :l counlon under t ido Un Congri One of the remaining un: n Ikely to Join I in w group provaJ at a. general meeting shortly. )rding to the n«- 1
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  • 117 1 Statement today on Cyprus THE British Parliament was told yesterday to expect a formal statement on the future of Cyprus— probably today. It follows the departure of Cyprus Governor Sir John Harding, who left by plane last night for his post after secret talks with Sir Anthony Eden. "We are
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  • 87 1 >TEW r rubb- r conaumptjp 1 K In the United States tor 1955 was the highest ever at 1,525.248 long tons, according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association in New York yesterday This com par- with 1.233,012 in 1954 and 1. 338.309 the previous year ember consumption of
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  • 26 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened steadily this morning with lirst grade. February ghipment, at $1 09i a lb.. 3J cents above yesterday's closing price
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  • 27 1 An American who stowed ■»wa\ on the liner Queen last July was lined In New York yesterday and placed on a year's probation. A.P.
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  • 174 1 BOARD WILL RUN WATER, LIGHT mmuwm sm dm m Transfer from Council ADMINISTRATION of public utility services— water, electricity and and light is certain to be transferred from the Singapore City Council to a statutory public corporation. This, it is understood, has been finally recommended by the Committee on Local
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  • 137 1 Marshall: India visit now unlikely IT is now virtually certain that the Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, will not I lead the Colony's delegation to the ECAFE conference at Bangalore. He needs more rest and relaxation. Professor Ransome, who visited hjm yesterday afternoon, said today that the Chief Minister
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  • 35 1 Margaret not for U.S.— yet A Buckingham Palace spokesman yesterday denied rumours published in sever;:l London newspapers that Princess Margdret would be* itingr the United States inj (ho late .summer or autumn ol this year.
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  • 34 1 Eisjht Communist Chinese gunboats, ap p r oaching the Matsu group island Kaoteng, under cover ol gunfire from the mainland were driven oil by N dist Chinese lire yesterday.— A.P.
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  • 127 1 The search for a gang of live ruthless Chinese who shot and wounded 38-year-old police inspector K. Suppiah and a civilian fitter, 23-year-old Leono: Ban K"no: in Weld Road. Kuala Lumpur, has now n extended to Singapore, one i> been detained following the discovery yesterday
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  • 48 1 A second Indian Note to the U.S. State Department restating India's position in (-0? b Tiuf- oing s f udy and will be when ambassador John I9hermftn Cooper arrives in Washington today for talks with Security of State John ter Dulles.- A.P.
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  • 26 1 Marshal Georgi Zhukov. the Soviet Defence Minister, reaffirmed in Moscow yesterday Russia's desire for friendly and peaceful relations with all other coun- U.P.
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  • 66 1 French Reds turn on the pressure FEARS among Conservatives that the future government of France would slip bit by bit under Communist control were increased yesterday when the National Assembly appointed Communists to two out of the six vice presidencies. At the same time Communist leader Jacques Duclos, campaigning for
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  • 42 1 SIR Oliver Franks, chairman of Lloyds Bank. said in London yesterday that the country had turned a financials "nasty j corner" but disinflationary measures had not yet brought B diversion of effort to the export field. Reuter
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  • 195 2 rE British opposition Labour Party yesterday announced a £50.000 a vear plan for national reorganisation in an effort to rebuild Its strength after the defeat In last May"s General Election. The plan now goes before the Labour Party's annual delegate conference in October for
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  • 25 2 Asian members of the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) will hold a five-day conference in Tokyo starting February 28.- A.P.
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  • 250 2 Timing draws focus from Ike-Eden talks m if THE personal message from Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Premier, to President Eisenhower was a friendlv letter containing "certain ideas which the Premier has asked the President to study further in the interests of promoting world peace,"
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  • 77 2 I I)ELHI State moved nearer i total prohibition yesteriday when the Cabinet decided to ban drinking in restaurants, bars and public places in India's capital as from April 1. All liquor shops in Delhi will be closed and hotels and clubs will
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  • 109 2 rpRAVELLING 8.000 miles 1 to see his 70 year old parents for the first time after 20 years, Mr. Cor Rijf. leader of the former Radio Malaya orchestra. left Singapore yesterday in the Oranje for Holland. With him was his wife who also has
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  • 291 2 SIR PERCY SPENDER, Australian ambassador to the United States, suggested yesterday that a plan be developed for the Middle East, which he described as "one of the most dangerously explosive parts of the world." similar to the Colombo Plan in force in
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  • 37 2 Awards to Mr. T. Rajgopal and Police Reserve Inspector Terence Quinn, who fought off an intending murderer ol Premier Nehru in Nagpur March, were announced in India's Republic Day honours. Reuter
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  • 21 2 Mr. W. F. McCoy, a unionist M. P., has I riected Speaker of the Northern Ireland Hou«--Common Reuter
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  • 28 2 Sir Anthony Eden. British Prime Minister, will address la joint sitting of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate in Ottawa on February 6 Reuter
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  • 144 2 HORNETS' NEST WIPED OUT IN FIVE MINUTES The battle of the bumble bee" which began in Sfl Paul's Church in I'pper Seranjjoon. Singapore, took five minutes last ni«ht. It was fought between t\\ > men from a Singapore firm of insect killers .ind a hornets' nest 30 feet on a
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  • 383 3 "Wit r~ Island society up rin arms over mixed marriage ALEXANDER Stuart Outerbridge, 34, whose rv marriage to Koyce Wallace. 32, Negro night club singer has created a sensation in Bermuda society, says he will not leave the island so long as he can make a living
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  • 68 3 AN EARL IN BORROWED PLUMES J \\KL Mill I retired 1 Labour Tarty chief, was formally admitted to the BOOM of Lords yfirtfirdtj with all the traditional pomp. He wore a borrowed robe of starlet and ermine. By custom, he walked in with his spoi^ors. took the oath of a
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  • 148 3 IfARL ATTLEE said at J .Cardiff, Wales, yesterday that there were members ol the House ol Commons really dying on their feet" who could not afford to retire. Speaking to the Cardiff Business Club. Lord Attlee claimed th.it Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers
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  • 13 3 Russia has made an oflFTr to buv Colombian coffee. A. P.
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  • 138 3 T»FPOKTF.KS asked the Archbishop of K Canterbun yesterday to explain why the Church of Fnsland opposes divorce oonsiderini Itasl King Henry VIII. who founded the church, had six Wi*ei It happt'iK'd ;it the Foreign Press Assm lition rathering in London. The Archbishop. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. »a>
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  • 141 3 pOLICE have been told of rumoured threats by former prisoners of war of the Japanese to "wreck" a judo festival in London on Saturday in which leading Japanese Judo experts will take part. The London Judo society national festival on at the I night
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  • 56 3 ANGELA IS A LONDON MODEL NOW WEARING a brocaded cheongsam with an Oriental inspired floral hairstyle created for her bv Paul Andre is pretty 19-year-old Angela Norman, who has returned to London from lions Kong (where she spent three years with her father, a Naval Commander) to start a career
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  • 41 3 A Japanese exhibit attracting a large crowd— a moclymical scarecrow which scares birds from crops is one of the outstanding exhibits at the R<»yal Agricultural and Food Exhibition of Cevi wi which was opened in Colombo yesterday.— Reuter
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  • 24 3 A VICTORIA CROSS. Britain's highest award for valour, fetched a record price of £480 at a London auction Reuter
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  • 204 3 Nutting warns of Red conspiracy to win over Asia YIR. ANTHONY NUTTING. British Minister of State at the Foreign Office, declared in London yesterday the principal Communist threat to the West now lay in "political subversion and economic penetration." Addressing a Conservative Party women's meeting said: "Don't let in kid
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  • 88 3 A LONDON insurance company reported yesterday it had been approached to arnm.r ;t 10.000 policy against the possibility that (■race Kelly would not produce an heir to the throne of Monaco. The request to the British insurance firm of Walker Moate and Co.,
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  • 197 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Jan. 26, 1956. Opinion SWEEPING CHARGE f^KINA has become a world power. The Chinese are proud of the fact and none more so than the overseas Chinese. Yet it does not follow that these proud Chinese are Communists, even fellow travellers. It is just patriotism,
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  • 582 4  - UP up •••UP goes the cost of dying FRED MANOR by CANADA is an expensive country to live in. One can however manage largely on hirepurchase. What, however, is fast becoming an almost unattainable luxury is—to die quietly. Death has become a huge, prosperous industry, with countless vested interests, all
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  • 116 4 Beackcomber's BY THE WAY A lady who had taught her dog to talk, or rather bark, on the telephone was rung up by a friend who said: "My parrot wants to speak to your dog." So the dog was brought to the telr; hone. But the parrot m seated everything
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  • 229 5 A I A concession I to the West IT'S an old Chinese custom— for the bride to i u ffer cup of tea t0 her husband's parents before she is accepted into the family Bo after her Caxton Hall. London, weddin* Yiu 1 u
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  • 280 5 Smell of poison? Senoritas, that's fresh air invo frightened 1 oritaa have just gone home to Spain driven out ol Britain by fear of a strange smell. That .smell i only the thick, heavy air th«-v found in Britain. But as thrv »>•••■ une aware of it they though] that
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  • 119 5 V"O trespassing not even by a wall, 11 a judge has ruled. For the wall had trespassed, he decided. At least, half of it had The old wall separates the gardens of Mrs. Susan McKay, of Loughborough Road. Brixton, and Mr Albert Marsh, ot Crowhurst Road, but
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 436 6 """''H^V^" >l WIHIAKi: lie Falk and Phil" J»S r |fil«fTOMfl«W»--T«£ I I 'V o f NE^EP SEFN ONE BEPOPE J IW. T[j I A DEVICE TO SETjT Cg W :^;H^ v^ 1 'wssr •SSSSBCrQ) SS"!^ VUanglßS V CLOSE. KIND OF ATOM BOMBJ/V/ Tp;|?/ WlTl__^^^ --BLiirwAS I i^uST X^u.c timf -^T
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    • 253 6 "K I; V JV^^T^ V^l-/ <L^^ D psychic powers sometimes border J fon the prophetic. If you will follow J these inner warnings, you will rarely. il t-vor, make a mistake. Disregard J X them and your life can b. come just J I the Inm i i llle WW«?gSU*iffl:{
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 195 7 Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS eXf. 30 buyers 31 s bu yers European Ports February 3 1 1 H sellers 31 T s sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJ.f. 30 s buyers 11% buyers European ports March 31 8 sellers 31% sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS
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    • 80 7 NKW YORK, Jan. IS. I'revious Today TIN Strain snot and nearby 103.87 nom. 103.12 nom. FfbrwT joroo^ jo; 3obid ed Marfn 100.50 bid ***** bid MarCh 101.25 askea 100.50 asked TONF- B»t«'lv steady SAI-KS: 5 lots. RIHBKR futu.es March 40 00 traded 40.90 traded 3(>. 50 traded
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    • 17 7 M.labar Jan. Jan. 30 Sellers ex-dock, it bore Pi**! <7«o^d fn E/.«. cents per tb.
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    • 28 7 Previous Today 30 Industrials 467.88 470.71 20 Railroads 156.01 Ijg-g 40 Domestic Bonds g-g 63 72 rtilities ™yi 167 02 61 Stocks Composite Average *****
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    • 107 7 COPRA Philippines tAIj OJL/ North European *™'I™ wd«ht per lonj t«n Feb./ Mar. COPRA Straits c.l.f. TK/North Furopean delivered weight per lon« ton Jan./Feb. Feb./March COCONI T T OIL crude Straltj ci f IK North Furopean in bulk. r*-r long ton Jan 1.1. COCONUT Oil crude,
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  • 59 7 Flight Lieutenant John Firming and his wife. Dr. Fleming, who have just left Sinpupore for England in an Airwork Hermes. For the last eighteen months he has been the R.A.F. Dental Surgeon at Changi and Doctor Fleming has been working with the Government's Maternal and Child Welfare
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  • 345 7 ACTOR BEATS THE HICCUPS DEBONAIR actor 59--year-old Laidman Browne is now an authority on hiccups. He knows the cure. In fact he knows many cures for' this crippling but humorously regarded complaint. Since the story of his plight was reported in the London press he
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    • 41 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 11.11 p.m. < TOMORROW: 10 07 am. and 11.46 pm. SATURDAY: itJI a.m. < SUNDAY: itJSi a.m. and 11.46 a.m. < MONDAY: 1232 am. and 1! 30 p.m. TUESDAY: IU am > and 1.14 p.m. WEDNESDAY: IM a.m. and 1.57 pm
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  • 565 8 CAMERAMEN WORK AT PLAY Models came along It's always a busman's holiday whenever Singapore photographers go on picnic. Yes, the most important thin*; not to forget is not the basket of good food, not the beer, but the camera. So it was at the Singapore Camera Club picnic at Mr.
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  • 1865 10  -  GILBERT BEYFUS fl iiTiCTWyTlUMjiJ:^!^!^^^^!^^^ -********************l I by GILBERT BEYFUS, QC, was an officer in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment during the 1914-18 war and was taken prisoner at Ypres in 1915. Beyfus has twice stood for Parliament withI out success. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity
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  • 473 11  - 'Too German' once he's Too American' now! SHEILAH GRAHAM 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 1 fll r t r FILM GOSSIP by PETER GRAVES, applying lor a
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    359 11 Peam of four play Itoth sides vulnerable dealer AT the lirst la Die, the East player of Team A had bid four IEHIIH highly doubtful call East couldn't be sure the opponents could make four (In fact, that contract could have been defeated with a perfect defence* and
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  • 243 11 Eva listens to the 'Voice (I KU JIKGENS, who won an actor's Grand Prix in Venice, arrived in Paris last week with his wife Eva Ba rtok to finish the trench version of his film "The E Devil's General.'' Jurgens who speaks French fluently was able to use his own
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    • 213 11 nrFs aCSOM Wrectloa In tea* day.' CM F> At 5 Jris ami prance, arc differ--1 At »zrcrat speed with the mail ent types but together worfc first (i). for «4. 3). 5 Fruit ly beginning to shape g A UPs terlouslj to some exor number (3) tent (5* 7 A
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  • 1101 12  - YOU, YOUR SON AND THE MOON DONALD COMERY werwerwe When a man of the eminence of the Astronomer Royal in Britain says: "Space travel is bilge," it is as well to tread carefully before you answer back. So, with careful tread, a Free Press investigator set out to find just
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  • 523 12  - He picked lock won a car RITCHIE McEWEN by IN a modest lock- smith's shop In Vienna's toughest district lives the only man alive who can guarantee to pick ANY lock ever made. Joe Beerhouse is the name. He remembers how, In 1934, the Germans invited the world's leading locksmiths
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  • 727 13  - Traffic headache defies solution in U.S. ROBERT L. GOWE by rpHE United States is nearly choked with car traffic. The nation is building superhighways, tunnels, bridges and parking lots at the fastest clip in its history—but admittedly is not solving the dilemma presented by 60 million motorcars on the road.
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  • 346 13  -  JAMES FREE causes by CAN the Federal Government of the United States do anything to help cut down the growing number of deaths and injuries caused by motorcar accidents? At least one member of Congress thinks .so. Kenneth Roberts is drafting a resolution calling for
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    135 13 nPIIE Centurion, a two- I door, four-passen- per coui>e, is Buicks's 1 1 9 5 6 experimental I "dream car.' j It is of fibre glass construction. The front; seat mechanism is au- I tomatically rocked back I when the door is opened I to allow driver and pas- I
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    • 101 13 but Doctor, why does 'Disprin' Wk^^j relieve pain |g K^^ so quickly? 3 Jf^^^ I SEE IT DISSOLVES! Disprin tablets really dissolve, instead of merely breaking up like most pain Thu it Disprin Thit it not! remedies. (X "**"j Because Disprin dissolves, it is more PT T~~*\ f tj rapidly
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  • 994 14  -  JILL CRAIGE in (Sitt JOII v. Silt LAURENCE imp sin it i rii) don t wear an ETON COLLAR rrilE queue for Eton is longer than ever. And no wonder. Mothers anxious to do right by their sons (and what mother does not?) can hardly
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    141 14 ANEW honour wasr ton! erred on S irE Winston Curt-hill wheuE he received the Phila-= delphia Franklin Medals from the Major of Phila-E delphia. .Mr. Josephs (lark (left) at HenjarninE I ranklin House, \delphi.~ London. Standing netweemE them here is Sir Jacobs Epstein, the sculptor.^ who designed the medal. The
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  • 155 14 'THE discovery of a bluegreen area. almost as large as France, on the red surface of Mars WAI recently announced by the U.S. National Geographic Society. The area Ls believed to be living vegetation. The .society described the discovery of the area ai unexpected.
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  • 651 15  - My fifteen Aussies for the tour ARTHUR MORRIS fllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!£ LOOK OUT JOHN RUTHERFORD IN THE COMING TEST? MATCHES n.. B Ky rpHE guessing game 1 Who goes to England Ein April? is no*-/ on in z earnest. Every amateur E selector in Australia and i that means almost every- one
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  • 156 15 r pi!E Weal Indies cricswttffi lalned an raaj vicltrj b| an innings and ")1 runs over Waikato in two days in Hamilton, Auckland. >♦ vtrrday. Resuming at the overmgm r t Of 160 for seven, West Indies took their first innings score t 0
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  • 95 15 yRIC Hollies, 43-year-old leg-break bowler and former England Test player. will captain Warwickshire In this year's English counI k« t championship. "He succeeds fellow prona] H. E. Dollery. who tired .<t the end of last season. Hollies represented I and In 13 Tests betwi
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  • 61 15 MPHE North rugger team, I i which meet Smith on irday at Jalan Brsar 1 dlum, will be captained by < Ros Rug* 11 t Perak. Chandler, who was inally selected to lead the la unable to play. Tickets are on Bale at Robinson's until
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  • 77 15 KHAN MOHAMMAD, Pakistan pa< e bow i has requested the Seh i U Committee not to include him in the Pakistan side I the second unofficial linst M.C.C. starting at Dacca on Feb. 3. H e is reported to be suffering from a sfc ailment and
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  • 78 15 DAVE Stephens, Australia's "Flying Milkman." yesterday beat the world six miles record with a time of 27 min. 54.0 sec. at Olympic Park in Melbourne. The previous record was 27 min. 59.2 sec. set by Emil Zatopok Czechoslovakia at Brussels, in June. 1954. Stephens lapped every
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  • 98 15 THE Olympic Flame which was lighted last Sunday on Rome's Capitol Hill, arrivoci in Cortina D'Ampezzo a t sunset last niuht. eve of of the Seventh > r Olympic Games. The burning torch carried bv land, sea and air by re>t leading Italian athon the
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  • 778 15  - Kiwis beat Butterworth in gruelling Sanderson Cup rugger final RALPH BLAKEMAN -By IN a gruelling game at Changi yesterday. No. 14 Squadron. R.N.Z.A.F. (Tengah) won the Sanderson Cup by defeating Butterworth by 15 points (two penalty goals, three tries) to six (1 penalty goal, 1 try), after extra time. The
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  • 379 15 THE preliminary states of the RAF. Malaya and Singapore team and individual novices boxing championships were completed at h:mui yesterday and the finals will be held this evening at 8.30 p.m. Yesterday's programme of eight bouts produced some keen contests, thrills and hard
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  • 170 15 Fly: I a Maroon (Seletan v. Cpl. Ralph (Kuala Lun i;.mt»m \t>lul M i Butter* rth) f Choy Ti>; Feather: Lac. Al- v l ac. P iinphilon (Kuala Lumpur >; Uffhl: Cpl. (Changl) v. Lac. Mc--IX>nald (SeleU Ufht-welter: Cpl. C itterwortli) th (Kuala I umpun, ter: Lac. Kacrmbiouski
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    • 30 15 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S FAMOUS QUINTET j Ace Band of Singapore S with < MB > t r I ft MISS SALOMA the Malay M.rilvn Monroe" ()Oo Hag USII for Table i: rvations. <<
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  • 643 16  - Lycos moves smartly in soft going; Golden Dollar retains winning form ALLAN LEWIS BUKIT TIMAH TRACK REPORT by RAIN whii'h held up wurk at Bukit Timah this morning, made the number two track soft. LYCOS ridden by Hudson, was the onlv horse that really made any time. Working wide out.
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  • 259 16 ESPARTO and Welsh King working in the centre of the track, drew attention to their chances by disposing of 3F in 40, well on the bit. Beechnut (Hudson) and Scone Stone (Baxter) gave a dashing display to reel off three in 40 15. They were
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  • 305 16 p;H=«jSsS A^ expected, the M.C.C. had no difficulty in staying at the wicket all day yesterday, carrying their second innings to 322 for seven wickets by the close after Pakistan, 363 for nine declared to M.C.C. 's 204, had led on the first innings. There
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  • 151 16 r PHE KEDAH Cup for Class x 2 Div 1 horses '2nd run) over 8' 2 furlongs will be the feature of the Penang Turf Club'.s three-day Spring Meeting on «Feb. 25 and 29 and March 3. The race will carry stakes of
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  • 106 16 SINGAPORE Engineer Rogt. became the first holders of the Robinson Cup when they beat REME Workshops, by three points (try» to nil in the final of the inter unit rug championship at Tanglin \vstorday. Sappers will meet the champion teams of Hong Kong and Malaya. The
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  • 27 16 THK Saint., beat Nee Soon "B" in a rugby match at Woodsville yesterday by 22 points <two goals, tnree naltv to nil.
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  • 215 16 HOCKEY CEYLON GO DOWN 3-1 TO S'PORE PEYLON Services playing Kj their third game against a Singapore Hockey Association side, went down by three goals to one at Jalan Besar yesterday. The margin of victory might have been bigger had it not been for the brilliance of White, the Ceylon
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  • 25 16 t m their first friendly soccer match of the season Arsonaut i vi->»« cd.iv orew with Indian Recreation Club at I direr Park.
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    • 42 16 "today's "sport HOCKEY Ceylon Sports Club v Ceylon Services, padang. BOXING R.A.F. novices championships at Changi. 5.30 p.m. SOCCER Friendly: Arsenal S.C. v. Victoria School, Victoria School ground. BADMINTON. Wong Peng Soon coaching M-^ion for schoolboys at Victoria School Hall. 4-6 p.m.
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