The Singapore Free Press, 18 February 1956

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Saturday. February 18, 1956 Price ISCti
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    No sell-out to Labour Front
    194 1 C.C. TAN GIVES A PLEDGE FIIK chairman of the now Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. C. t\ Tan, told the Free Press this morning that he did not intend to allow his members to be used to bolster up the Labour Front Government. "There will be
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    Lock icon 38 MARINES KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    89 1 38 MARINES KILLED IN PLANE CRASH ALL 38 Marine passengers and cr'w were presumed att.'r their plane crashed and burned near Oakland. California, jesterd if. Rescue work was hampor- i t there was no place lor licopter to land. The only way to roach the wreckage wai on foot. H
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    $ not to be devalued
    61 1 not to be devalued A Federal Government nenl this morning said that any SU it contemplates devaluta the Malayan dollar unfounded and utterly irresponsible The statement f nld: The value ol the Malayan dollar Is fli tablished by Id and the curimmissionen have than nw per cent rllng m London.
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    WIFE CAN APPEAL
    37 1 Mr> i. ill m Pursey. wife ol a Briton labour M P la .n 'Me right m Moi -i- recent 'onvic•n I charge ol »sion of n,n Mr> P t.-nci'd to six months' Jail.
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    Lock icon Antarctica question
    22 1 India asked the United Nat lon j yesterday to place the question of Antarctica on the r;i>?i»«rii Assembly agenda.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Peer dies at 88
    21 1 Lord Bicester. racehors< owner and company director died at his home m HW«t#r iy ast'd 8H Reuter
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    Lock icon Hastings to pick up 16 in RAF crash
    87 1 Hastings to pick up 16 in RAF crash AN R.A.F. Hastings transpon plane flying from [wakunl to Singapore will today bo diverted to Saito pick up the passengera and crew of the tta air era 1 1 which miles south Saigon vv ;ter I ty. The Valetta. with 16 military
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    Lock icon Karachi's status row: 25 held
    134 1 Karachi's status row: 25 held KARACHI police last nighi an- > people, Including five members of the tan Assembly. who wire holding a meeting to press for the Inclusion of Karachi City m West tan province Th«-y released after three hours. The arrests were made under an order issued ye
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    RUBBER DOWN
    26 1 Th<- sir- Rubber Market opened 'his morning on ai tain tone with first March shipment, a* si uj i pound, two cents below closing
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    Lock icon CEYLON HOLIDAY
    22 1 Lady Churchill sailed last nighl holiday in Ceylon, leaving her husband ui snowbound I/jndon. Sh< ha* recentlv been ill. A.P.
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    Lock icon U.S. STOPS THE MID-EAST TANKS
    171 1 fji IE U.S. State Depart A Dient announced that the United irilv exports ol .f military equipment to Israel and the hbourin beirrent t< the Middle E A f formal .statement con- V Mr Lincoln White, the Department's spokesman, who said it was being l
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    RAHMAN'S PLAN MYSTERY
    324 1 RAHMAN'S PLAN MYSTERY Q Ifl AM MM yHr report He is m Cairo He *s in London THE plane carrying Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Federation Chief Minister, and his Merdeka mission colleagues has been delayed by eight and a half hours. He will arrive here at 10.30 tomorrow gill. The
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    Lock icon HANGING
    125 1 By parents of the last man to be hanged rpHE parents Of the last J. man to b hanged m Britain before the House Of Commons decided on Thursday night to abolish the death penalty for murder, said last night: Keep hanging but not a- hen the murderer (i
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    Lock icon Greek women vote for first time
    37 1 Women are voting m a Greek genera] election for the first time tomorrow. They were granted full hise m 1952 but, owing to registration troubles, they •A the poll that Reuter
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    'Share cost' call
    24 1 Britain has called on Wi'>t Germany to contribute $420 million toward the cost of keeping British forces m Germany this y
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    Hanging: Eden faces clash
    313 2 LORDS STILL BACK DEATH PENALTY: OWN DEBATE SOON SIR ANTHONY EDEN'S promise to heed the House of Commons demand for the abolition or suspension of the death penalty may involve him m a headlong clash with his own followers In the House of Lords. The predominantly
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    Lock icon IKE VETOES BILL
    27 2 President Eisenhnwer yesterday vetoed a controversial bill, passed by both Houses of Congress, to exempt natural gas produc»»rs from direct government orlce control. Reuter
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    Lock icon Riot school shut
    24 2 The Venezuelan Government shut down the Fermin Toro High School yesterday after a student riot m which police were stoned. A.P.
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    36 2 pirture. The Duke of Kont walks yrith a friond on arrival at London Airport after a skiinjj holiday at Klosters in Switzerland. He is due to return to his arm.v unit at Crookham on Monday- Reuter
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    Lock icon China trade pact
    15 2 Yugoslavia and Red China have concluded a $21 million trade agreement. A.P.
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    Lock icon TITO-SOVIET SPLIT NOW NOT SO WIDE
    140 2 TITO-SOVIET SPLIT NOW NOT SO WIDE THE new Soviet Communist Party lin e as set out t>y Nikita Khrushchev. renouncing any monopoly m achieving socialism, is believed by foreign observers m Belgrade to have opened n«w prospects for collaboration with the Soviet and Yugoslav* Communist parti- j et, split since
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    Autherine is shocked —but will go back
    143 2 ■ypITH a nod of her head. Autherine Lucy affirmed yesterday she intends to return to trie University of Alabama as a student if permitted to go back. Miss Lucy said m Talladega she "was shocked" by the violence that drove her from the
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    88 2 picture. WHEN 21 year old clerk John Flynn of Chalk Farm, London, came to Singapore during his service with the RAF he met his pen friend 21 year old Gwen Pereira (above). They fell m love. When John went home and into civilian life, Gwen became his pen friend again.
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    ITA IN MIDLANDS
    21 2 Commercial television reached England's industrial midlands last night when an Independent Television Authority transmitter launched its first programmes.
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    Lock icon Mrs. Chiang joins in Billy's hymns
    105 2 B1L.L.1 uiwiii.tin preacnea lo ixauonaiisi i ninese armed forces at a stadium in Taipeh la.st night. Mrs. Chlaag Kai-shek was on the platform and joined in the hymn singing. The appearance of the wife of the Generalissimo uas greeted with spontaneous applaus* h> a
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    Lock icon TERROR GANG FIRE STORE, HURL BOMBS
    96 2 A TERRORIST gang tired on a British Army patrol car m Limassol last night a s a big ftr e destroyed a military store on the waterfront. There were no casualties. The store building, owned by a Cypriot Greek, contained Army furniture household utensils
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR PACT
    73 2 PAKISTAN yesterday pledged its firm support of the Bagdad Pact, called for a Middle East settlement "to the satisfaction of the Arabs" and appealed to France to give North Africa its 1 dom. I A government communique summed up those decisions of a four-day meeting
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    Lock icon Rebels bomb cities
    73 2 Terrorist bomb throwini^ i broke out in Morocco's major cities during the last tu<, day.s after months of comparative calm following the restoration of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. Although the RifT border country and outlying districts have continued to be troubled since the restoration. organisert ineidentx declined
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    Lock icon RED REVENGE
    26 2 A Communist court son t^nred an East German to -and-a-half years Imprisonment for not pnvent ing two youths from fleelnf to the West. A.P.
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    U Nu for Pakistan
    13 2 Burmese Premier U Nu I *U1 visit I'uk.istan soon
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      92 2 Warm and comfy |i on cooler nights! 4 z^^ j! Pure Wool O/SrX CELLULAR J^L /y BLANKETS X^-^ by ATKINSON V. Are fluffy and light. Al -jp.,, Ar Also m size 30 x 40 Available m pastel shades of a t $7.95 each. green, pink, blue, ivory or |j Peach.
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    Lock icon INDIA TO QUIT INDO-CHINA TEAM IF...
    235 3 INDIA has threatened to withdraw from the International Supervisory Commission m Indo-China if the commission proves unable to fulfil its commitments laid down by the Geneva conference of June 1954, it was learned m London yesterday. Authoritative Soviet sources said that the Indian Government
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    'Maclean knew US A-secrets'
    101 3 'Maclean knew US A-secrets' UNITED States Army Secretary Wilber M. Rrucker said yesterday that the British turncoat (iiploni.it Donald Maclean know some of Americas most closely raarded atomic secrets "of pricrles s value to the Communist cun-splra-cy." In a speech at Chicago, Brucker noted that the Soviets for almost five
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    89 3 11/110 can eat melon If feeds the fastest? That's just what these four competitofl are trying to decide. The rare was all part off the fun and games at the Y.W.C.A. Square Dance < lub's "China Night" \i Raffles Quay Club House last night. The main idea of the "Night"
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    Lock icon REBELS GRAB VITAL RIVER PORT
    106 3 REBELS GRAB VITAL RIVER PORT REBEL army forces were m full control of the strategic Amazon river port of Iquitos, Peru, yesterday, more than 24 hours after the entire garrison revolted against the government of President Manuel Odria. A telephone communication from the United Press correspondent m Iquitos said the
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    Mintoff trying to win over church
    126 3 Mintoff trying to win over church DOM MINTOFF, Malta', Labour Premier, may fly to London next week to p.itch up his quarrel with the Roman Catholic Church, political observers m Valetu said yesterday. The Premier is expected tk c with him the strongest opponent to hi.^ plans for closer links
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    Cold freezes man into 'ice coffin'
    248 3 T*HE oold spell m Europe showed signs of A abating yesterday though ice conditions m Scandinavia were still severe. In Britain however, heavy snow began falling m London yesterday afternoon as temoeratuies diDD«"I towards freezing point once more. Conditions are even worse m North
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    A COLLEGE 'HELL WEEK' LED TO DEATH
    138 3 A COLLEGE 'HELL WEEK' LED TO DEATH THE body of a Cambridge, Massachusetts, college fraternity initiation victim was recovered yesterday from an icy reservoir where he drowned m a "Hell Week" stunt. Thomas l. Clark, 18, of Harvey, Illinois, a freshman at Massachusetts institute of Technology, drowned early last Friday,
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      186 3 Like the proverbial reed m the storm, it bends but does O^ not break |Mml Movado Automatic *'331*\ f\ mobitt vV^v the only automatic watch with w*qM Yy^ t flexible S-shapcd weight V finiblt bearing plate. s^*ped--v/. II mm bearing S Allj For the automatic watch S Movado has just
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      146 3 Best by any standard \J Sweaters Made of Hi-Bulk C^T^k Dupont Orion, Looks feds P \ipyL like Cashmere, *r Mothproof, r-' -x^v\ Mildewproof, rV^^fei^V. Non-allergic, JSa/// 17 Completely jy IJ v\ Washable, iW U Vi Can't Shrink, i *Jm Stretch or V\ I Choice of /jr exciting colours fjj\ s^
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      Opinion UNWNTED WORKERS
      82 4 Opinion UNWNTED WORKERS VOR T H Borneo is 11 short of labour, but employers do not want Singapore's overflow of squatters and unemployed, the Governor of North Borneo has stated. Squatters and unemployed people are not unemployables. So why are these categories of Singaporeans blacklisted by Borneo employers? They fear
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      And unwanted leaders
      87 4 And unwanted leaders CTICK to negotiation and arbitration. This is the advice given to workers by the Fed-: eration Minister lor Labour. Strikes, he said, serve only to harden employers. And, he pointed out, the sufferers m any strike action are not the union officials who make the deci- 1
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    The Colour Bar in Reverse
    429 4 The Colour Bar in Reverse FREDERICK ELLIS tells of a bold new plan m Africa where mine bosses go all out to help the native OUT on the vast plain of the Orange Free State a new town rises. The town is Welkom, pronounced Vclkom. Already a mining town with
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    A Red's book puzzles the French
    479 4 A Red's book puzzles the French Herve criticises the Communist Party yet he has not been expelled r|NE of the most m"- triguing defections from the ranks of international Communism since Tito has just taken place m France. It is that of a 43--year old University lecturer, Pierre Herve, a
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    BY THE WAY
    291 4  -  UNKNOWN by ELECTRIC irons interfere with television, television Interfere* with radio, The question i.s, does an electric razor, fitted to a radio, cancel the interference of electric irons with television, or does the whole thing become a jolly rollymolly and tumble-cum-tri-vy, a brouhaha, a tohubohu, a veritable
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      11 4 Agents:— HONG SEH 177-9. BEACH RD. t SPORE-7 TEL: 6424 *****.
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      101 4 POCKET CARTOON H> OSBIRI LAKCASTI X "M v frjrt 1 1 f.itrn /torn l*»r iurl/ih h«jf>trr r/ iSr Booli of l|rrf«-*i% Mi(i«iu-v (ill lull. i^ ■*[Sf» *^^^^B k^^^V tt iJk "^VaHB%Qyy It is no mere accident that the watch you buy from us is such a remarkable timekeeper. Before w,
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    A DEAD SEA SCROLL TELLS OF FAIR LADY
    192 5 THE seventh Dead Sea j Biblical Scroll which is believed to have belonged to the sect of Essenes who! lived m the Judean wilderness m Christ's time, has been deciphered m part. It contains many names of people and pla- oca not
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    The law shields vice flats
    536 5 Eight Soho men are cleared of immoral charges UTGHT men accused of living on immoral earnings have been found not guilty at the Old Bailey, London. At the end or the 14-day trial, Judge Maude directed the jury to return "not guilty verdicts. The prisoners,
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    After verdicts.... MPs will now press for reform
    289 5 After verdicts.... MPs will now press for reform BECAUSE Scotland Yard and the Chief Constables of provincial forces fear. In the light of Judge y Maude's decision at the Old Bailey that they will lose the battle against vice. MPs. are to press the Government to amend the Vagrancy Act
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      180 5 Austin cars: Soon work will FULL-TIME working at the Austin Motor Company's Longbridge plant will al- |%A Till limA most certainly be resumed before the end H i«l"I J A iH of March. w «>■■■■ W Officials refused to give a date, but were confident that short-time working, Is much
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      820 5 CHI'RCH OF' DfQLANB (Tanjon™ Katon; Rd) Mass. I Pasir Panjan* Tamil MethoSt. Andrew's Cathedral: 7 a.m Sermon iChine.se) 6.30 and 8 dist Church: 8.30 a.m. Sunday Holy Communion: 8 a.m Sung a.m. School; 4.30 p.m. Worship SerFucharist and Parian Commu- Church of The Holy Family vice nion. 9.30 am Sunday
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      212 6 'si!v\S^KE by'"M"ee"FaYk »a^^ r "1 IWE THINK WE SAW A GRASSHOPPEftf I THE SUBSTANCE IS IN THIS GRAtN. I USE 7 tS^"^ AS BIG AS A HORSE NEAR IT ONLY HERE IN THE LAB.' I GAVE J \\f /FA 'Hmm-lU TESTING HERE/ WAS THAT IT TO THE BEE-ONLY.' I 1
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      720 6 '*> vS-^e i *ml MM II i> QORN today, you are irank, out- f 1 O spoken and. at times, even a little i[ |I too blunt. You know what you want and ro after it without wasting too much time. You may be itower than f X some, but
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      189 7 LONDON, Feb. 17. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJLf. 30' buyers 29 buyers European Ports February 30 sellers 30 sellers RCBBER No. 1 RSS ciJ. 30' s buyers 29>_ buyers European Ports March 30% sellers 29> 4 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot buyers 30 buyers
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      New York prices
      110 7 MAY YORK. Feb. 17. Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 100. 00 no inn 12 nom. TIN futures February 98.00 bid 99.00 bid 100.00 asked 100.00 a.sked March 97.00 bid 98.50 bid 98.7' asked 99.25 asked April 96.75 bid 98.25 bid 98.25 asked 98.50 asked TONE:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      29 7 Malabar Lampong spot 32. awaiting rehi February/ March 31 Sarawak Above prices quoted spot and awaiting release 30 afloaLs 30. Sellers ex-dock. in U.S. cents per lb.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Previous Today 30 Industrials 479.61 477.05 20 Railroads 155.94 158.83 40 Domestic Bonds 99 23 99.33 IS Itilities 64.86 64 90 61 Stocks I onu>onite Average 167.10 169.45
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      104 7 COPRX Philippines ci.f. U.K./ North Furopean delivered weight per Ion* ton Feb. /Mar. COPRA. Straits ci.f. CK North European delivered weight per Ion* Ion Feb.. March Mar/April COCONI'T OIL crude Straits ci.f. IK /North Kuropean in bulk, per long ton, Feb. Mar. OCONI'T OIL crude, Ceylon
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    She says: Girls buy some dumbbells
    263 7 She says: Girls buy some dumbbells (iiumpioii lik'it'r ii* i* i l'ii> liis did... TWENTY FOIR YEAR OLD housewife Mrs. Phyllis McGurk (1221 b.) has hoisted up a weight (2001 b.). And Phyllis, who took up weight lifting to slim, is now the British women's record holder. It all really
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    A POLIO VACCINE FOR BABIES IS CLAIMED IN U.K.
    311 7 A BRITISH research team believes it is on the way to producing a new anti-polio vaccine that can be given to a baby a few months old and guarantee life-long immunity to the disease. The vaccine cannot be ready for general
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    Fire! a courtroom yells — but it was fat sizzling
    84 7 Fire! a courtroom yells but it was fat sizzling BARRISTERS, police, and jurors jumped from their seats m a Leicester :ourt and .shouted: "Some- hing'fl on fire."' Smoke was drifting from 'ho cells below into the courtroom where four men rre accused oi safe-blow-Rnd theft. And on a able below
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    23 7 .uiial polic ra I ipari m< am I lay niglii and seized 40. non/ in( i urni the an< erL- A.P.
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    YOUTH SEES 'HAMLET' FILM THEN...
    95 7 YOUTH SEES 'HAMLET' FILM THEN... THE day after 1 the film version of 'Hamlet" 17-year-old Peter Edwin Cuthbert was found dead m the gas-filled kitchen of hi.^ home m Beckenham. Kent. At the Beckenham Inquest his father, asked if Hamlet's soliloquy "To Be or Not to Be" had had an?
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      72 7 ROTARY RECORDING I With models to suit all requirements Rotadex could make your stock control easier and cheaper to maintain. if C;K(>. WEHRY CO, (M) LTD. I i UNDERWOOD I L BUSINESS MACHINES DEPARTMENT 9 D ALMEIDA STREET, SINGAPORE. BRANCHES AT KUALA LUMPUR AND PFNANC i y<ji ism iiwiiuin OF
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      50 7 f SINGAPORE ■HIGH TIDES* lODAI .'".l -fin TOMORROW iin and 3 50 p.m. B MONDAI U1 a.m. and 5 17 p.m. TUESDAI >n nul 7tS p.m. WEDNESDAY: S.tfl t a.m. 922 p.m. THUBSDAI 7»i a m. I I'M! p.m. i, I 1 1 1 > I am w and 1
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    Rescue in flash
    167 8 Rescue in flash A IN "W I Iwll B*w UIA mv DV TU/n MAM Dl If U~l?IHIl v/ww^Jv~J^wX^ 'POMMAUfV bUmIfIAIIII RESCUE CAR W«www»i Vfill OIMll). cross-conntrv capacity, special hand tools. O radio and "loud hailer" equipment, and floodlights, fit this two-man vehicle for service as the Airport Fire Officer's "command"
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    THREE SECONDS CUT IN BURN DS-HOLE IS ING PLANE
    301 8 THREE SECONDS CUT IN BURN DS-HOLE IS ING PLANE IT'S A WONDER MACHINE THK Australian Department dciiyncd And built an up and NNM tender (see pn tur cqi]ipp«-cl with a remote "hole" saw. 2 ft. G ins. m dial escape holi- m |hf foielafC oi Tests bare shown that such
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      35 9 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT 0E YOU* M€ANS OF CEILING FANS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. ON HIRE AT ONLY $1.00 PER MONTH. CONSULT YOUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OR RING: PHONE 2419 EXTN. 352
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    STEVE WINTERS INVESTIGATES
    971 10  - STEVE WINTERS INVESTIGATES KATHLEEN HICKLEY fiAcaf M M y*u«f /^itt if TJTUD Ct~^ IJljl\ D A rescue misfires ItMII.IIIHIMUIIimiIIHIIIIHIIIIMI THK famous private detective. Steve Winters, together with his assistant. Snubby. and two schoolboys, Wahab and Simon da Silva, are on the trail of a secret society called the Black Brotherhood.
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    LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
    52 10 1" AST week's wini h of lj :!i ielr $.> award in due c< e: (1) <10), 170. a Lumb i ru. <2> (9» 363-G. Changi Road, ma., Singapore. (3) Ma iter Anil Bl 55-B Prince Philip Avenue. Alexandi l 'p .re 3 i4, Woolfej 12. Highland
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    CHILDREN'S PAGE
    77 10 Prizes for colouring SEE how well you can colour this picture with paints, crayons or chalk, and you may win one of four S~> prizes two for boys and two for sirls). Fill m your name, address and age and poll to Aunty Wendy, c 0 The Singapore
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      32 10 l^ajyy I necessary J&WI1 :I vitamins m mmr-4 MULTI 1 VITAMINS HIG PoT^cr formula I irj BOTTIt3 OF 100 THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33 Raffles Place. Singapore Cold Storage Arcade, Orchard Rd.
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      305 10 When the great morning m yes Putting on his drey (i j Pupert awakes m ihe earl/ g'r tiptoes oui to see if his Dnddf a:id leaps out of bed. Nex. is up yet. Ccm m Kghi c: ,!i; momeat he is gazing m di'.ip- Chnsrm.is tree hr s:ops ibrup
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      137 10 PHuH CUKS a( Ross— 1, Larger town In Somerset. 5, Germai artist famous for his woodcut. 7. A former leader of the HOUI of Common.s. 9, old musical m strument. 11. The stronge^ tower of cjustle. 13. Surname o a famous Dickens character. It Natives of Algeria and Iforoco 17,
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    THE MAHARAJAH'S ELEPHANT RUNS AMOK
    1819 11 THE MAHARAJAH' S ELEPHANT RUNS AMOK Qy Licut.-Gcn* iiin I SIR ERNEST WOOD 1 UH7TENANT-GENEBAL SIR KRNFST WOOD. KBE. Lj B CIE, M( was mic of the first 100.000 m E E Kitchener's 1914 army. He has since served m r India, where, after the war he was the last
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      18 11 M. Flinter S. Grinberg Diamonds Jewellery 67, Stamford Rd.. Telephone 7923. (Eu Court 81dg..) Spore, 6. T\\ liiiw
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    I'LL SHOW 'EM she said- AND SHE DID!
    843 12 I'LL SHOW 'EM she said- AND SHE DID! Every hit play has its inside story^ but this story is the^strm^est IVe ever told says JOHN BARBER T>HIS is a simple story A about an obstinate old lady who wanted to write a play that would be the rage of New
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    MUSEUM. PIECEbut not at that price
    194 12 MUSEUM. PIECEbut not at that price rpilE SOCIETY of Biblical A Literature and Exegesis m New York recently rejected some of the claims made on behalf of the "so-called Yonan Codex.' a manuscript of the New Testament m Syriac. It has been described as the oldest version m the Aramaic
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    Grandma's idea bred a new business
    584 13  - Grandma's idea bred a new business JENNIFER JOHNS by VfOST of us remember the recipes that udmother used to use. They may have been for home-made toffee, for ginger snaps or as m the case of Mrs. Margaret Rudkin's grandmother for home-made bread. It was when Mrs. Rudkin, a former
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    Bridge Hand
    310 13 fHE bidding was af A but tin ci avoiding an Impossible three no-trump contract carried the biddini the four level, and once there South derided not to short of giinie. West made the good lead of the ten of dub Declarer won with dunnrIn order to le-.id the
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    47 13 picture The Oriental turban makes a smart contribution to Western fashion m this small head-hugging adaptation m a lovely shade of sapphire blue melusive. The front is pleated and secured with a beaded ornament. The hat is called "Kismet" a"* 1 about ill is:ui m London.- Reuter
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      214 13 DAILY CROSSWORD CLVCfI M BOSfl 3 S^ w full-blown rose Inside 4 E\-ident ?n' 1 5 Concerning a rendezvoas (7). 4 6 Euthenware vessel, may De. 8 Repair without money <3>. with a tree for an alkaline 9 Spain. Prance or Italy has it substance (6). (5)7 Hangers-on among the
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    MURDER at the Golden Anchor
    1166 14  - MURDER at the Golden Anchor JOHN RANSOME by It seemed a clear case. Pelizzionl went to the condemned cell, then London's Italian colony called on its underground to prove that justice had erred. THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES IT was a cold December night m 1864 with a hint of fog
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    Lack of funds may cut down British team to Tokyo
    604 15 UNLESS the Kngjish Table Tennis Association can raise at lead a further \J M»0 sterling within the next veek or two (•upland will not be fully represented it the world championships m Tokyo m April. And the sum needed mai
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    700 15  - Seletar sports letter JOHN P. HAMILL by PAPE'S HAT-TRICK WAS STAR TURN IN ENG. WING VICTORY 11HE opening game m the in-ter-wn.- Hague *as i ;uugh match and hero of the match was Cpl. Baker, centreiurward of Engineering Wmt who fought many duels with Koalkenxr Parley (Supply Wing) and triumphed
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    48 15 photo. BOLD BABY, an Irish -trained horse for the Champion Hurdl? to be run at Cheltenham on March 8, is seen hero working out with P. Powell, Jr. m the saddle. Bold Baby ran third m the Rose of Lancaster Hurdle race at Manchester on Jan 28- Reuter
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    British AAA plan indoor track by next year
    337 15 British AAA plan indoor track by next year (^IREAT Britain is to have an indoor track season by the I time another winter comes round. This is a certainty following investigations by the British Amateur Athletic Association into the possibilities of building or buying a I track. A committee has
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    Barnes asked to give up Australian title
    162 15 QTADTUMS LTD. hn.s liked Australian and British Empire welterweight champion Georpe Bnrni^ to relinquish his national title if he leaves to fieht m South Africa Ifttei thla fear. Sydney Stiulium manager Barry Miller said that Barnes could spend several months overseas once he
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    Lock icon Two changes in W.I. team for today
    91 15 Two changes in W.I. team for today WEST Indies' team for the .second Test igainst New Zealand, .starting at Christchurch today shows two changes from the .side which won the first Test by an innings. Hammond Furlon^e r.nd Tom Dewdney take the place of opening batsman Allie Binns and pace
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    22 15 OXFORD beat Cambridge by 11-1 m the annual inter-varsity Lee hockey match m Richmond. Surrey last night.- Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Forgotten man' Harmer is back in Spurs' team today
    398 16 'Forgotten man' Harmer is back in Spurs' team today PKKKV little Tommy H.ir mcr "forgotten man" of football returns from mii en's wilderness as thr kc\ i»!i\cr m Tottenham Hotspur's fifth round I\klish F..V (up bid at I>oncaster today. Harmer. who i s on the Spur's transfer list at his
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    84 16 Moore will not fight Pompey ARCHIE Moore world light heavyweight boxing champion, said m San Francisco yesterday, he would refuse to defend his title against Yolande Pompey < Trinidad) m London on March 13. He would fight any heavyweight there on that date. He wanted the Pompey fight postponed until
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    S. JOHORE TEAM FOR TOMORROW
    45 16 SOUTH Johore will meet Naval BMI at rugby tomorrow on Johore Civil Service Club ground. South Johore team is Whayiian. C. H. Penner, M.ihaffey. Roberts, Emery, Poyntz, Graham, Byratt, Marshall, Giles, Chalmers, Ikin, Scharengulvel, Yee Peng Sang. Adumson and Shield*
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    161 16 /CHARLES GRIMES, at I v> torney for suspended American miler Wes Santee, said New York yesterday he would demand a Congressional investiga lion of both the Amateur I Athletic Union and the U.S Olympic Committee after AAU orncials refused to turn records m the
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    122 16 BRILLIANT bowling by Tony Lock '5 for 33) and Alan Moss '4 for 37) brought a quick end to the Punjab Cricket Association.. first innings on the opening day of their match against the M.C.C. touring team at Lyallpur, Pakistan yesterday. Punjab, sent m
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    92 16 ALAN Hayes Jenkins, the American Olympic Champion, la.st night won the men's world Ogure *katißg title for the fourth successive year m the championships m West Germany. Thp 22-year-old sk from Colorado Springs fell during his free-skating p<*rformance and received marks than
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    256 16 4 S5-YABD drop soal by Newberrj enabled KAF SeleUf i\ Saracens to draw with Royal lustnilian Air Force m their rim by match nt Seletar yesterday, each side scoring nine points. The ABSSiem, who scored three tries to Seletar's two, finished Ihr same
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    41 16 photo. rfTLfIAM goalkeeper r Black wearing long trovsen m Urn bitter told saves zzz from Johnson. the z^ Kothej-ham I n i t c d c»Mitre-forward during the Div. I match at 33 'raven Cottage, I.on- don. Rotherham iron I—o. Reuter
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    76 16 MISS Lorraine Crapp last night broke the world record fur the women yd;>. freestyle swim with time ot 5 mm. 67. sec In Sydney. She wai competing In the Australian champion -hips The record at present b mm. 7.2 gee accomplished by Mary Kok (Holland
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      374 17 J > 4 4 t THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE STANDARD SIANG^PMJ U LAN LEWIS PELANDOK EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER WINDSOR LAD TRUNDLE HILL KWEE LOH i, Race 1. NOW SHOWING NOW SHOWING NOW SHOWING NOW SHOWING NOW MOWING NOW SHOWING NOW SHOWING
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      BEARER BOND FOR THE COLD CUP: DAPPLE GREY DAY'S BEST BET
      1012 17 r\M IE two main races the 1 Gold Cup and Hengglcr Memorial Trophy were the main topic of conversation at the Kuala Lumpur race course this morning. Quite a few horses were given winning chances when the Cup was
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      THE GOING
      19 17 THE Roing this afternoon trill be good. Best betl an DAPPLK GREY, NOW SHOWING and KM PCROft >
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      PELANDOK SAYS
      20 17 - MY thre<- best bets for today arc: NOW SHOWING (Race 1), FMPEP.OR (Race 2) and DISTIN*: (Race 5).
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      1006 18 RACE 1-2.15: CLASS 1, DIV. 4-6 FURS. 1. -2 NOW SHOWING 4y brag (Shaw Stable) Martin 8.12 Go>er 2. 094 NATIONAL TRIST 5y chef? <P.H. T W. Wong) Hobbs 8.11 Donnelly 3. 087 PER( ISSION 6y cheg <Kok Hoong) Tjoa 8.10 Hudson 4. —3 SARATOGA 6y
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      1935 18 Track forrh guide RACE ONE Cl. 1, Div. 4-6 Furs. NOW SHOWING. 8 2-56— Was restricted to half pace H-2-5^— Created impression when holding Rubber Exporter In 3F tryout in 38; 14 2-56— Second to Above A.I in Div. 4 6F race. NATIONAL TRIST: 11-2-56—Clocked 3F in 38 4 5
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      SPOTLIGHT ON THE GOLD CUP
      849 20 L BEARER BOND (9.00) BECAME the Ant Aus-tralian-bred horse to win the premier "clastic" the Singapore Gold cup over 1 1 4 miles since the war at Bukit Timah In September when he beat Josk&r II and some of the b- i stayers in training
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      FOLLOW BOUCOURE, IS THE CRY AROUND THE TRACKS
      491 20 FOLLOW BOUCOURE, IS THE CRY AROUND THE TRACKS T3OLLOW Bougourc. That's V the popular cry in racing circles. Quite a few punters received nice "ang-pows" from the tote or bookies" by doubling up their bets on Bougoure's mounts this meeting. Bougoure kept up his grand work with another winning treble
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