Singapore Standard, 13 March 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD dfdfd 3H A Vol. IV. No. 254. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS.
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    Mosque Was Only Building Intact
    135 1 Mosque Was Only Building Intact KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Malay folk of Kebun Bharu, the village six miles ::om Klang, which v. as devastated by Wedi sday*a storm, went to moaouc to offer p; jyers to "Allah." n pjj. S.;:natra". the *:..n li\ memory V villagers, wrecked c tr 40 square
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    COMET TAKES OFF AGAIN
    67 1 »DON, Mar. 12 (AFP)— 'ne first time since Brifleet of Comet jet air- was grounded mi n Jan-| one of them took off Lon- airport today on a test test follows 50 minor i ations to the Comet i wex« made following the i c: cne
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    Stop Press
    46 1 WASHINGTON. >lar. 1». Rruter) The Indonesian bahosftj announced today rut thf United States had MTtti tc buy between 13.000 1 1 tons of tin front !itjt»:ip»;4 within the next 12 ■t..»nth> It said the price >uld he based upon New V >rk market averages
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    SECOND ATTEMPT ON HIM
    93 1 SECOND ATTEMPT ON HIM THE Sultan of Morocco. Sidi Mohamed Ben Moulay Arafa. was slightly wounded m the forehead when a bomb exploded m the mosque to which he had gone for prayer last week. This was the second attempt upon the Sultan's life since he was brought to power.
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    MARATHON DEBATE ON ESTIMATES
    98 1 LONDON, Mar. Haggard members of the House of Commons, spurred by a backbench "battle of the Suez." debated the cost of Britain"; .armies all night and far into the sunny day, today, o;; the longest single sitting of tnis parliamentary session. The marathon rieba'e passed the
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    Rubber Factory To Close
    131 1 Rubber Factory To Close KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— About 150 workers of the Joo Seng Rubber Factory, near Kuala Lumpur, are to lose their jobs this month because tha owners have decided to close down the factory. The Selangor Rubber Factory Workers Union, of which the Joo Seati'» Workers are members,
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    WARSHIP SHELLS REDS IN JOHORE
    247 1 WARSHIP SHELLS REDS IN JOHORE Gurkhas Score Seven Kills A NEW technique by the British Royal Navy m operations against the terrorists m the Federation was announced yesterday. A Radio Malaya broadcast last night announced that a warship, HAAS. Defender, (2,610 tons), steamed nine miles up a Johore River to
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    FOUNDER'S DAY
    22 1 NATIONALIST China observed the 29th anniversary yesterday of the death of Dr. Sun Vat Sen. founder of the Chinese Republic.
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    New Laos Govt. To Fight The Vietminh
    148 1 VIENTIANE. (Indo-China), Mar. 12, (Reuter). Main objective of the new government of Laos will be to wage war on the Vietminh Communist rebels tj safeguard their territory. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma told the 38 members of the Laos Assembly today. Laos is one
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    2,000 HOMES LOST
    34 1 RANGOON. Mar. 15, (Reuter> Burmese troops shot dead tw*> iooters yesterday during a fire which destroyed more than 2.0G0 bouses m Myingyan, an [rrawaddy river town 60 miles iraat AlauijL if.
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    Now A Unit To Beat Thieves And Burglars
    209 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police have set up a Crime Prevention Unit, modelled after one successfully operating: m London today, to prevent thefts and burglaries m the Colony. It will be headed by Supt. E. J. Linsell and will begin operations from
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    Rats Cause Starvation
    64 1 MANILA, Mar. 12 (UP) An estimated 200,000 people are starving today as the result of a rat scourge, that has devastated a huge farming area m two provinces of Mindanao Island m the Southern Philippines. Agricultural officials estimated that 80 per cent of this year's crop mi
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    RAF C-in-C RETURNS
    41 1 THE Commander-in-Chief. Far East Air Force. Sir Clifford Sanderson, landed yesterday afternoon at Tengah from Clark Field Air Base. Philippines, where he had been the guest of General L.R. Sessums. the Commanding General 13th United States Air Force.
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    Red Menace Looms Large In Jamaica
    99 1 Red Menace Looms Large In Jamaica KINGSTON (Jamaica), Mar. 12, (AP).— Governor Sir Hugh Foot said yesterday the "Communist danger is very serious m Jamaica." Speaking at the annual luncheon of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, the governor said "the Moscow horse" has come to Jamaica like the trojan horse
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    MESSAGES FOR HAPPIER POPE
    83 1 VATICAN CITY. Mar. 12! (AP)— Pope Pius XII. conli-! nuing to improve slowly from his long ailment, happily read messages from over the world today congratulating him upon the 15th anniversary of his coronation. The white and gold flags of the Vatican State flew from the
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    TO STARVE TILL DEATH
    45 1 CAIRO, Mar. 12, (AP)— Mrs. Emria Shafik. Egypt's leading suffragette, said today she is going on a hunger strike tomorrow "up to my last breath", unless the Naguib government grants women .the right to be represented m the proposed Constituent Assembly.
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    20 Die As Bandits Burn, Loot Villages
    185 1 20 Die As Bandits Burn, Loot Villages JAKARTA. Mar. 12: (Reuter) Armed bandit gangs yesterday killed nearly 20 persons, burned down more than 100 homes and freely looted and pillaged villages over a wide area m west Java, reports reaching here today said. It was believed to be one of
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    Conservatives Hold Seat
    44 1 HARROGATE, (Yorkshire). Mar. 12 (Reuter) The Conservative (Government) Party easily held a seat m a parliamentary byelection polled yesterday m the Harrogate division. Results of yesterday's balloting were: Mr. James Ramsden, Conservative. 20.263, Mr. Ernest Kavanagh. Labour, 8.367. Conservative majority 11,896.
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    MR. GOODE IS SWORN O.A.G.
    26 1 MR. W. A. C. GOODE was sworn m as Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, before the Executive Council yesterday morning".
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    Rowallan Hits At Critics
    211 1 LONDON. Mar. 12 (Reuter) Lord Rowallan. the Chief Scout, hit back sharply yesterday at critics who claimed the non-political boy scout movement "has been put m the cold wir" by expe/iing a younjj Communist official from its ranks. He suggested there was "at least a suspicion"
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    INFORMAL WELCOME FOR QUEEN IN TROPICS
    139 1 INFORMAL WELCOME FOR QUEEN IN TROPICS BRISBANE. Mar. 12 (Reuter) The Queen today began a four-day tour of tropical North Queensland. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh received an informal welcome m Townsville, typical of the casual life of tropical Australia. Coat less men and women m sunfrocks. children
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    HOLLAND SIGNS
    12 1 The Netherlands yesterUysigned the International Tin Agreement as a consumer
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    MACHINES TO SPEED UP OUTPUT OF PADI CROP
    373 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The mechanisation of harvesting m the Kedah-Perlis plain, the rice bowl of the Federation, is hoped to replace the flood of immigrant labour from Thailand, Senior Agronomist, Department of Agriculture Mr. E. F. Allen, said m Radio Malaya broadcast
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    WINNING Nos. OF LOTTERY
    69 2 THE following are the winning numbers of the St. John Council Lottery draw held on Jan. 29. First prize: No. ***** ($7,340 Second prize: No. :niB2 ($2,200); Third prize: No. ***** ($1,100). Consolation prizes: Nos *****, *****. ***** *****. *****, *****. *****" *****. ***** and *****
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    POLICE HUNT FOR 4 THUGS
    46 2 FOUR masked robbers armed with knives tied up a Chinese family at the Bf.h mile Changi Road. Singapore, on Thursday night, and took $200 worth of cash and jewellery. Police are now hunting the thugs, who wounded one of the victims.
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    Warrant Out For Teacher
    67 2 A WARRANT of arrest \va? issued m the Singapore High Court yesternjy against Tan Woo Chow, a srhoo. tear her. who failed to appear m court for a public examination m connection with the bankruptcy of his father, Yong Kiat Seng. Tan was the partner of
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    Six To Study City Health In Australia
    147 2 A COMMITTEE of the Singapore City Council has decid- J ed to recommend six persons j from the Health Department i for trailing under the Co'.om- bo Plan. The Finance and General Purposes committee has been requested to make provision so that they
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    Lorry Towed Road Roller
    90 2 LORRY driver, Ahmad bin! H. A. Karim. was charged with dangerous driving and towing a diesel roller whilst not covered by insurance m the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday. The diesel roller driver, P. Kunjamboo. also faced two charges of driving dangerously while not m a
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    Land Transfer Swindle Bared
    177 2 Standard Staff Reporter MALACCA. Fri.— lsmail Long, a Demang (head penghulu) of Bertam was fined $50, m default one month's imprisonment by Mr. G.R.T. Chelvam m the Sessions Court here today for giving false information about a land transfer. Ismail is said to nave made the
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    Warning To All At The Varsity
    321 2 MUCH TOO APATHETIC THERE is a diseased condition of the mind that is stealing over students m the University of Malaya which, if not eradicated, will make 1954 the beginning of the Dark Age of the University's Students' Union, warns the editorial of the
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    Streets For Hawkers To Be Revised
    106 2 SINGAPORE City Council is now considering revising the list of streets m which hawkers are allowed to ply their trade, j The Hawkers Enquiry Sub- i Committee recently advised a committee of the Council to ask the Police to scrutinise the lists of specified
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    Grenade Is Raked Up
    58 2 A RUSTY hand grenade, was found m the compound of an European's house m Thomson Road. Singapore, yesterday b/ a gardener. The grenade was handed over to the Police. The gardener was raking the 3 awn when he came across the grenade buried m the ground
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    WANTS TO GO TO MEDAN
    77 2 A WISH to be sent back to Medan was expressed by Choo Soo On m the Singapore Fifth Polict Court yesterday when he claimed trial to a charge of vagrancy. Choo had been alleged found loitering and sleeping m D' Almeida Street on Mar. 10.
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    DOUBT ABOUT A MOUSTACHE
    109 2 THE prominent moustache jof an airman from Changi j brought him to the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday, but a friend who had a similar i moustache set him free. The airman. Corporal Denni? i Cotton, was charged with fail- ing to display "L"' plates while
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    500 COWS FACE BLEAK FUTURE TODAY
    278 2 500 COWS FACE BLEAK FUTURE TODAY Standard Staff Reporter NEARLY 500 milking cows m Singapore face a bleak existence from today. They must have new attendants or may have to go without daily baths, eat irregular food and pos- sibly suffer physical dis- comfort. This is expected to result from
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    Petition Is Adjourned
    65 2 A PETITION for a receiving order against the Holland Indonesia Shipping Co., was adjourned m the Singapore High Court yesterday on an application by G.R. Lombard, one of the partners of the firm. Lombard asked for a twoweek adjournment ©n the ground that he expected a settlement
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    LAW-ABIDING HUSBAND SAW MAN MOLEST HIS WIFESO HE YELLED!
    328 2 LAW-ABIDING HUSBAND SAW MAN MOLEST HIS WIFESO HE YELLED! A SLIGHTLY-BUILT Malay soldier stood idly by watching a Punjabi I indecently assault his wife and did nothing except to shout: "Police, Police." This was stated before Mr. T. Kulasekeram m the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday when the Punjabi, Karam
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    Bouquet For Mr. McNeice
    95 2 THE Board ot T: Singapore Improven. yesterday praisfH th Mr. T. P. F. M.\e: dent of the Cry C, Chairman of -he I providing the people pore with the large* ol houses at trie i heap The Trust ha^ do:. able job Uiidtr guidance of Mj
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    NEWSMAN HERE
    31 2 MR. RANDAL HI- SON. editor of the A News Service m N<- arrived m Singai Qantas ''BOAC Coo yesterday for a two-d ij be lore leaving !or Japa holiday.
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      100 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.SS Spot Loose 533 53} No. 1 R.S.S. 53 s 54 No. 2 R.S.S. 53§ 531 No. 3 R.S.S. 52 S 524 Tone: Steady. TIN PKH/K The prices of tin yesterday was $3431 (Up S3) per
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    Trouble Piled On Trouble
    56 3 Trouble Piled On Trouble A FORMER technical assistant stationed m Kuala Lumpur came down to Singapore on Thursday afternoon to find a Job. He left his has con* talaias his clothing, worth $87. on a vacant ground near the railway station quarters. while he went to nearby canteen. Whe n
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    MM. For 2 Who Killed Terrorists
    178 3 MM. For 2 Who Killed Terrorists A NON-COMMISSIONED officer and a private have been awarded the Military Medal fOf each killing two terrorists m the jungle, the London Gazette has announced. Serjeant Hassan bin Haji Othman. 4th Battalion. The Malay Regiment, after ordering iii-i patrol of nine men to raw!
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    10 Seconds Cost The Hawker $20
    81 3 10 Seconds Cost The Hawker $20 THE CITY Police Court magistrate looked for the prosecutor from the Hawkers' Department yesterday. After some minutes. Mr E. Le'Mercier.. emerged from the ushers' rest room at the back of the court The magistrate." Mr J.M. Devereux-Colebourn. eyed him. "If you had bee n
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    53 3 photos. TWO fluffy pets are looking: for homes. One, a Siamese cat. (left) was rescued by the RSPCA after being stranded on a tree top for three days. She is being: fondled by Mrs. B. Hayward of the RSPCA. The other (above) is a starry-eyed Malayan "musang" which is available
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    72 3 MASTER LIN CHIAN TONG receiving a gold medal m lieu of the "Goodman Ambler" Scholarship from Mrs. Wee Kirn Wee. wife of the President of the Outram School Earmt T'jcher Association. The presentation was made at the Southern Hotel. wher e a dinner was siven by the Association members m
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    A Handful Blocks Penang's Freedom
    203 3 m N A han^ ul misguided persons led by fanatics, is blocking this Settlement's chances of being declared a White Area, the Collector of Land Revenue, Mr. R. F. Oldham, said m a broadcast over Radio Malaya, this evening. m the series, "Penang and How
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    SAW THIEF -TOO LATE
    56 3 A WOMAN living m Singapore's River Valley Road woke up ju.st before dawn on Thursday I > tind a man standing m her bedroom. She screamed and the man dithered down the drainpipe md disappeared. A check revealed the loss of 526 cash, a wristwatch valued
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    SCOUTS' TROPHY
    32 3 THE 25th. Taiping Scout Troop, ol the Taiping Boys' School won the trophy awarded to the school for' the best Job Week sir on m Taiping District for 195:5. I
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    RINGS STOLEN
    25 3 TWO diamond rings worth $8300 were stolen from a European's house m Grange R>ai. Si;t^apore. between 9 p.m. On Thursday and yesterday morning
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    'SNOW WHITE' TO AID YOUTH FUND
    46 3 THE MAUDRENE'S School of D-jncin^ will give two performances of "Snow White and Dance Variations" at the Victoria Theatre on March 31 and April 1 at 8.:5() p.m. The entire proceeds will go to the Singapore World Youth Assembly Fund
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    COUPLE TOLD TO PAY UP OR ELSE...
    193 3 '"Court Inquiry KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.-Low Cheng Sin, a tailor and his wife, Leong Cheok Yee, said m the First Magistrate s Court here today that two men came to their house m January and after displaying three rounds of ammunition and threatening them
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    $16 Charges Withdrawn
    60 3 AGATHA CHEONG, who was alleged to have cheated two persons of $16.45 m December last year was acquitted m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. Whe n her case was mentioned, Inspector R. Sandosham, prosecuting, stood up and told th e Court that he had been given
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    ADJUDICATION
    36 3 AN adjudication order was made m the Singapore High Court yesterday against a local businessman. Hock Hin Leong. whose firm is indebted to the sum of $34,000. a receiving order was made against the firm.
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    A Home Wanted For Two Fluffy Animal Friends
    291 3 A FLUFFY brownish-grey and white Siamese cat and an attractive starry-eyed Malayan "Musang" are now waiting to be claimed or adopted, at the office of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals m Singapore. Two days ago, the R.S.P.C.A.
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    To Develop Fisheries
    88 3 DR. T.J. JOB. Fisheries Officer of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Regional Office of Asi a and the Far East m Bangkok, who arrived m Singapore by Indian Airways Skymaster yesterday with his wife and children on a holiday-cum-business trip. Dr. Job, who is meeting local fisheries
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    28 MORE GIVE THEIR BLOOD
    72 3 THIRTY-TWO people yesterday responded to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre's appeal to donate blood at the St. Andrew's Cathedral hall from 4.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The blood of 28 people 11 Europeans and 17 Asians, were taken. The four others were not up to
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    MARRIAGE BILL TO BE STUDIED
    69 3 THE Singapore Hindu Advisory Board is calling a meeting <oon to discuss m detail the two Hindu' Marriage Bills as drafted by Legislative Councillor. Mr. Dasaratha R3J. and the Tamils' Reform Association. President of the Board, Mr. V. Pakirisamy, said yesterday "the Board has not
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    Indian Dances
    24 3 MADAM Azurie's troupe of Indian dancers delighted Taiping audiences at St. George's School Hall on Wednesday and Thursday with their classical dances.
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    EDUCATION PLANNER APPOINTED
    230 4 EDUCATION PLANNER APPOINTED To Get More New Schools Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has appointed a special Senior Education Officer, Special Grade, to look after the general planning and development of schools m the Colony. Man chosen for the new job is Mr. R.E. Ince. former Acting Deputy Director
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    Smelters' Strike Notice To Firm
    158 4 Smelters' Strike Notice To Firm PENANG, Fri. A strike notice signed by the President .of the Eastern Smelting Workers' Union, Mr. Sheriff bin Baboo and the Union's Secretary, Mr. Noor Hashim. was handed to the Works Manager of the Eastern Smelting Co., Mr. E.A. Fisher today. This is the result
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    STABBED WIFE -MAN JAILED
    73 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Taking into consideration the fact that the accused had admitted committing the offence, the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, at the High Court here yesterday sentenced an elderly labourer, K. Munusamy to five years' imprisonment for causing grievous hurt to his wife, Meenachi.
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    Bear Part In Great Adventure -Raja Uda
    187 4 Bear Part In Great Adventure -Raja Uda Standard Staff Reporter RAJA Sir Uda bin Raja Mohammed, Commissioner for Malaya m England told Malayan undergraduates studying at Cambridge University that their overseas education would help them play a large part m creating a Malayan nation. He wa s speaking at a
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    UNLICENSED DOGS SHOT
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The shooting of unlicensed and unvaccinated dogs over three months old began m Kluang, Johore, yesterday. A total of 2.929 dogs were licensed and vaccinated m the district and the fees collected amounted to $14,555.
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    'O.S.' Essay Result Is Announced
    133 4 'O.S.' Essay Result Is Announced PENANG, Fri. Goh Pooi Thong of the Chung Hwa Middle School has wo n the first prize m the essay competition on "Operation Service" opened to Chinese school children. The translation of his essay was read out at Wednesday's luncheon meeting of the Penang Rotary
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    GENERAL MEETING
    37 4 THE Penang Harbour Board Employees" Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. will hold its half-yearly general meeting at the P.H.B. head office at 5.15 p.m on March 17. The President, Mr. J. Wright will preside.
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    University Group To Tour Far East
    373 4 A Goodwill Mission Standard Staff Reporter FIFTY students from all faculties of the University of Malaya will leave Singapore m July on their first academic-cum-goodwill tour of the Far East. To make this tour truly re- presentative of senior students j of Malaya, the
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    Six Robberies By Two Penang Gangs
    207 4 PENANG. Fri. Six armed robberies committed m Penang last month are believed to have been the work of one or two gangs. In most cases, the robberies took place between 8 and 10 p.m. A police spokesman today warned the public to guard their
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    BIG DINNER FOR MENON
    52 4 MR. M. GOPALA MENON. Government of India"? representative m Malaya, is leaving for India on Monday m the Rajula on home leave. He is expected to return early m July. The Indian Chamber of Commerce is holding a dinner m h:< honour tonight at the Sea
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    760 Arrests For Gambling
    209 4 PENANG, Fri. —In a n all-out effort to stamp out the gambling vice mi n Penang. the Police made 160 arrests for gambling and 33 other arrests for the "100" and "1,000" characters lotteries last month. All those arrested were prosecuted. A total of 125 were
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    Malaya Gives Most Tin In Br. C'wealth
    202 4 Malaya Gives Most Tin In Br. C' wealth BRITISH Commonwealth tin production represents 42 per cent of world production and 81 per cent of this figure comes from Malaya. This was revealed by Mr R. W. WilJett, Geological Liaison Officer of the British Commonwealth Scientific Office, when he addressed the
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    GUIDES GET NEW PREMISES
    111 4 MALACCA. Fri.—Wednesday was a Red Letter Day for Guides, Rangers and Brownies here. The Settjemem Government formally handed over to them the groundfioor premises of the former Babies 1 Home at Tranquerah for use as their Den. Before the handing ever ceremony, the Central District Officer.
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    New Club For Jitra
    58 4 ALOR STAR. Fri. The Seri Lindongan Bulan Club, to foster good relations between Government servants (who are members of this club) and the public m Jitra, North Kedah. was opened by Mr?. E. C G Barrett, wife of the British Adviser on Wednesday. The President is
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    CAREER'S FORUM
    96 4 an TH Singapore Vocational Guidance Society is holding n Careers Forum" for pupils of' Secondary schools at Gem Eng Seng School on March 20. p The F orum will include Mr. A. W. Frisby, Chairman. Public Services Commission; Mrs. Phylis Lim. Social and Press Secretary, the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis
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    CALL FOR MORE GENEROSITY TO MALAYANS IN UK
    344 5 CAMBRIDGE, Mar. 12, (Renter) A plea for the sympathetic revision of allowances paid to Malayan students m Britain was made by Mr. H. N. Chong at last night's dinner of the Cambridge University .Malayan Association. The allowance m Cambridge is »5y 10
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    CHARGED WITH EXTORTION
    62 5 CHENG HOW KIM was charged m the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday for attempting to commit extortion by putting Chiew Chin Kee of Prince Phillip Avenue, m fear of death by threatening to shoot him with a gun if he did not pay him $5 a month.
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    WRAF CHIEF
    46 5 photo, THE DIRECTOR of the Women's Royal Air Force, Air Commandant N. M. Salmon who is visiting units of the Far East Air Force, is pictured outside the WRAF Block, Changi, with a group of officers and airwomen when she visited Changi recently. Standard
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    Two Who Punched Inspector Fined
    184 5 A POLICE officer told a Singapore Magistrate yesterday how he was attacked by two men when he produced his warrant card to show that he was an Inspector. I Chua Bah Tee and Lim Eng Peow were each fined $100 by the Singapore Fifth Police
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    Too Near A Market
    70 5 THE 200 Singapore hawkers who wanted to build market-cum-hawkers' shelter at the corner of Sims Avenue and Lorong 27. Geylang Road, will have to drop their scheme. A committee of Singapore City Council has disapproved their application. The reason is that the site is only 50
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    $500 BAIL ON HURT CHARGE
    68 5 A CHARGE of causing hurt with a dangerous weapon was preferred against Lim Ah Choon m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that Lim struck Chan Khee Choo with a hammer at the 8J m.s. Bukit Timah Road on Feb. 1. Lim
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    Radar Work Is Just The Job For Women
    296 5 Radar Work Is Just The Job For Women KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Local women are ''absolutely suitable" for the delicate job of operating radar and wireless equipment, Flying Officer J. W.R. Alexander, Adjutant of the Fighter Control Unit, Kuala Lumpur Wing of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, told The Standard^ today.
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    YOUTH ADMITS THEFT OF A GIRL'S CHAIN
    130 5 A 19-year-old student. Seah Kwee Khoy, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday to stealing a gold chain from a 24-year old girl by clipping it otT with a pair of nail clippers mi n Clive Street on Mar. 4. It
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    $277 STOLEN
    17 5 A HOUSE m Henderson Road. Singapore, was burgled on Thursday night and $277 was stolen.
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    CORPORATION PLAN FOR MALAYA'S FILM AND RADIO UNITS
    281 5 CORPORATION PLAN FOR MALAYA'S FILM AND RADIO UNITS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Autonomous corporations on the pettern of Britain's BBC are planned to be set up m Malaya for the stateowned broadcasting network end the film unit, as the "eventual answer to problems including high information cost." But the Federation Government,
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    Gets Into Trouble A 2nd Time
    127 5 A YOUNG Chinese, acquitted of robbery charge m the Singapore High Court two weeks ago because a witness failed to appear, was again arrested yesterday. Police believe he took part m beating up a stall-keeper m a backlane of Johore Road at 2 a.m.
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    LAST BID TO AVERT A STRIKE
    110 5 THE Singapore Goverr.rre: I Administrative and Ctei Services" Union will make a '■-ast" attempt to negotiate i with Government to settle its j dispute tor extending the beneI fits of the Yong Award lo 600 i Government temporary clerks j This decision was taker-
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    NEW TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
    62 5 i THE use of CoUyer Q ur*\ j and And<.r;,on Bridge by timbei lorries and trailers i- now i restricted during the foiiowin? hours: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.: It i noon to 2.30 p.m.: and 4 p.»:, ;to 5.30 p.m. All timber merrhari< at d drivers
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 5 HONGKONG. Mar. 12.— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.60 to £1 sterling: $5.***** to USSI $1,818 to Malayan $1; $0,215 to one Indonesian Ruppiah. Gold $250.25 to 1 tael.
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    Ballet Troupe To Pay Up
    63 5 IPOH, Fri. Judgment was delivered by Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli m a civil suit against Lt. Commander S.Y. Mahmud. \\\ei master of the Azurie Indian Classical Danein? Troupe, for the recovery of $835.35 ow as to the Eastern Hotel here. The debt was incurred during
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      70 5 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON. Mar. 12. The following ore the closing prices of cubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 16 d. Spot £735 per toa April/June I6jd. £74 lle £r Am Three months £691 July/September 16! d. buyers, £699 sellers.
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      351 5 Three Typical watch of the 1600's, this J I English calendar watch told the rune /^l V^^^W T^X "B^O the date, the months and the phase of lllillCII t~~* I V^ fU f /A moon— but us accuracy was a JLX UllVil V/VI V V^CIJL kj m r r of
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      86 5 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: from 7.30 p.m. oa Mar 11 to 7.30 a.m. on Mar 12. Singapore (77F). Penan* (73F). Kota Bataru (nil). .Kuala Lumpur (72), Ipoh (73F), Kuan-! tan (71F). Maximum Temperature: from 7.30 aon. to 7.30 p.m. on Mar. 12. Singapore (88F). Penan* (87F), Kota Bahru (89F). Kuala
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    Ostriches In Ermine
    855 6 don't know who Lord Jeffreys is but we feel that this ermined gentleman is entitled to some notoriety m this country. His Lordship seems to have developed an unfortunate skill for talking through his coronet and such accomplishment, we feel, should not go unnoticed. Normally their Lordships
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    577 6 We the PEOPLE NEW LAW AGAINST SECRET SOCIETIES Sir No responsible citizen will dispute that existing circumstances require some strengthening of the law against secret societies. This does not render any less disquieting the arbitrary and uncontrolled powers which the Criminal Justice (Temporary Provisions) Bill seeks to confer on police
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    DON'T GIVE GUNS TO THE GERMANS
    1211 6 This is why I say ARGUMENT about the rearmament of Germany continues. IT CUTS ACROSS political parties and even families. IT HAS DIVIDED the Labour Party and it would have done the same for the Tories were it not for the fact that their
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    Left Wing Defeats Nehru In State Elections
    623 6  - Left Wing Defeats Nehru In State Elections PHILIP DEANE by NEW DELHI. r PHE Communist-led opposiA tion has defeated the Congress Party. led by India's Premier, Mr. Nehru, m the elections for Travan-core-Cochin, India's most literate State. Out of 117 Parliamentary seats, the Communists and their allies have so far
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    MOLOTOV FINDS CHANGES IN INT'L SITUATION
    286 7 MOLOTOV FINDS CHANGES IN INT'L SITUATION MOSCOW, Mar. 12.— Foreign Minister Mr. V. M. Molotov said yesterday the United States continues to build military bases aimed at Russia despite recent "marked changes" m the international situation. Mr. Molotov said Russia proposed a~ European collective security system during the Berlin conference
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    F.E. COMMANDER
    26 7 PRESIDENT Eisenhower on Wednesday nominated ViceAdmiral William M. Hiallaghan for the post of Commander of United States Naval Forces m the Far East. U.P.
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    SWING TO RIGHT MAY RESULT IN ELECTIONS
    214 7 SWING TO RIGHT MAY RESULT IN ELECTIONS LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter) A consistent -wing to the right m recent Parliamentary byelections here has started a crop of rumours that Sir Winston Churchill intends It spring an autumn general election on the country. Political Darties that are :pporting th:s theory point
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    83 7 THOUSANDS of tons of ice from the Danube River blocked the Bosphorous for >everal days recently, piling up outside the narrow entrance to the Black Sea. Photo >hows Turkish youths, including two soldiers (second and third from right) playing on lag blocks which floated into the entrance of the Golden
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    Telegraph Pole Halts A Death Drop
    86 7 CLOSE SHAVE THIS photo of breakdown gangs at work on the three derailed coaches of the Aber-deen-London express near the Forth bridge, Scotland, shows how the rear coach of the train escaped a plunge down the precipitous slope at right because it came to
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    Britain Plains New Airborne Army
    258 7 Britain Plains New Airborne Army BUT NO PUSH BUTTONS LONDON. Mar. 12 (AP)— Britain last nigbt announced plans for a new airborne and airsupplied army, .but cautioned the day of pushbutton atom warfare had not arrived. "There is no prospect I caa see of a kind of atomic curtain, a
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    BRITAIN TO CONDUCT ANTIGERM WAR TESTS
    302 7 Bahama Islands Chosen LONDON, Mar. 12, (AP) Britain is to carry out germ warfare defence tests off the Bahama Islands this year, the Churchill Government announced last night. A brief communique from Supply Minister Duncan Sandys said that tests have been going on m
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    The News In Brief: POLITICAL LOVE STORY CLOSES
    364 7 The News In Brief: POLITICAL LOVE STORY CLOSES GUILDFORD, Surrey, Mar. 12.— Lady PethickLawrence, wife of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, veteran Socialist peer, died at her home hear here yesterday aged 86. Her death ended a great political love story. For over half a century s ne and her husband fought shoulder
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    10 DIE IN CRASH
    37 7 TEN people were killed and 15 injured, 10 seriously, m a h,us which overturned after a collision with a lorry m a dust storm on the KayserjAdana Road near Ankara on Wednesday.- Reuter
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    BURMA: PEACE WHEN THE RAINS COME?
    167 7 BURMA: PEACE WHEN THE RAINS COME? RANGOON, Mar. 12 (Reuter). There is now some optimism m Rangoon that by the time the monsoon starts m May, Burma will have broken the back of two of her most serious internal problems the Karen rebellion and Chinese nationalist activity m the Shan
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    Revision Of Banned List Talks Soon
    123 7 I WASHINGTON. Mar/ 12, (Reuter)— The United States and Britain will open talks "fairly soon"' on proposals by the British Premier Sir Winston Churchill for revision of the lists of strategic goods banned m trade with the Soviet bloc, it was authoritatively learned here
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    VETERAN DIES
    43 7 MR. WILLIAM HUNT— the man who drove the first armoured locomotive at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir and who is believed to be the oldest war veteran m Australia died at Penguin, 212 miles north of Hobart on Wednesday. He was 98.
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    50 7 photo. QUEEN Berengaria (actress Paula Raymond) knits a suit of mail for King Richard, absent on crusade m the 12th century, between scenes of Sir Walter Scott's "The Talisman," now being male m Hollywood. The wool is baling wire, and the idea was dreamed up by a pres» agent. A.P.
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    Colonel Tells Why He 'Talked'
    188 7 Colonel Tells Why He 'Talked' WASHINGTON. Mar. IL' [AP| U.S. Marine Colonel Frank Schwable, 45. took the stand m his own defence yesterday and said subtle Communist torture constant cold, fi ;n, no sleep, droning Questions— wrung from him a confession of germ warfare whiie he was a prisoner of
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    Bedridden Mao is Still The Big Loss
    179 7 Bedridden Mao is Still The Big Loss HONGKONG, Mar. 12 (UP)— Red Chinas dictator Mao Tse-tung has not been pushed from power although he has been mysteriously absent from official functions for three months, mainland reports indicated. Chinese Communist reports reaching Hongkong included New China News Agency dispatches which still
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    SECURITY TO BE ENFORCED FOR 'GREEN GODDESS'
    266 8 Standard Shipping Reporter STRINGENT security measures are expected to be enforced when the 34,000-ton dollar earning, luxury iner Caronia, arrives m Singapore on Mar. 21 on her •ound-the- world cruise carrying 500 American "million- lires/' The 99-day cruise of the Ilaronia, popularly known
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    LONDON TIN PRICE HIGHEST IN 9 MONTHS
    322 9 LONDON TIN PRICE HIGHEST IN 9 MONTHS LONDON. Mar. 12, (AP)— Tin prices on the London metal market hit their highest level m nine months Thursday after Belgium became the second country to sign the international tin agreement. The unusually buoyant market climbed 7| pounds m the trading to £712|
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    France Is Doubtful Over Pact
    92 9 France Is Doubtful Over Pact PARIS, Mar. 12, (Router) It is doubtful whether France will sign the International Tin Agreement, according: to usually well informed French metal trade quarters. The French Government is said to fear that the agreement would result m substantial rise m French tin plate prices and
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    4 Charged In $1 Mil. Copper Case
    121 9 4 Charged In $1 Mil. Copper Case LONDON. Mar. 12. (UP)— Four men wcic charped m I rourt on Wednesday with trying to ship more than US$l, OOO,OOO worth of strategically valu- j able copper lrom Britain to Communist Poland. ''This is r case cf the utmost importance— the diver-]
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    Pact Is Signed
    43 9 A ONE-YEAR Soviei-Egyp tian agreement was signed m Cairo yesterday. The agreement conteni c most favoured ration clause on customs duties, export import systems and quotas. The amount of goods exchangeable m a vci.r would be worth £15 million.- AFP
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    Balloon Garage
    94 9 MAYBE this is the answ; r to parking problems Professor Peter Birkenholz. 77. i- seen with a model of his design for a "balloon garage". He claims that a full size budding, which resembles a huge golf ball m appearance, wonld provide room for Htmt \M% cars, aad
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    Rubber Market Steadies At Close
    255 9 THE rubber market ii< Singapore yesterday steadied at the close to 53; cents per Ib. for first grade rubber for March shipment (s'S'i cents on Thursday). Business yesterday was. mostly confined to the lower j, crades. for which fair inouiri* s were received from New
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    SHARES
    130 9 THE MALAY -\N „..r--ke: m Smgapoi^ lef txperienred another g day. Industrials were Lri ..ar. wl -c tin share- were -k-t despite the improvenu n the metal price. Iht- i ..of businesE was \ery Changed prioes v >er INDUSTRIE! > Buyers- Se:!ei» E. E P*-;ro] M 6 >', Rob:!.'
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    PRODUCE
    95 9 THE produce market m Singap< :i v.as steady prr. dull .no it sterdny. Copra pria -ed slighi y to (34 per i i icr buyers of Ap hip. menl with seJlen around >.-:4}. mdii ;.ted $54 per irith no i uy< rs. P< pper p'-'^t.-. er. M untok w
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    29 9 THE Bm D the N ior al I on of ttn 'J A Xt w Or <am h:. <"■ nuneni to pv« mil aJ tan f!t€ —growing >
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    MISSION TO R.I.
    37 9 MISSION TO R.I. A\ East CSeo M B mifblod has li >'i Essi i .:i by Jakarta I an i increase oi trade I oneIsia the Fust n newt v A.D.N. I Reut er
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      397 9 m gy A/ Copp T. v-: -si -mat nave *^OWS THIS \KU_L BUST POR£SOUL"— Xfl^^i' fwHUTU KAPPENIN'TO r p )tsga AfTER mE .2TI rsiKS LEr^L VCRE: WEAKT,MAMMV-EUT S WAL-LES NAME 1 HE'S < EVETWBODW? THEY IS \mAH LUC'PtW NJAM£ WIM GHOVEP Ci-EVELAMD HAJN'T HIMAPTERTW miR 1 POPPiN'OFF LIKE FLIES.? J
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      307 9 IH'ncaporeI 1 SPPORE ANTI-DIPHTHERIA CAMPAIGN: iree immunisation w:ll be given tn infants and children from six month? m five years dt the foDowing maternity and chid welfare clinics: Yib Chua Kang '8.30 a m.-l pjn.), Kreta ■>">■. Prinsep Sireet, Joo Chiat H Tionp Biihru and Bales- Roaci «8 a m.
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      377 9 9.30 pm Mississippi Gambler 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Hondo 1115 p.m. PAVILION: King Of Tnc Khybc.Rirles 1. 3. 63C and r. My Friend Irma Goe^ Wen'll ajn Tear? ot Stepmotbei lIJS pjn.' ODEON.: StaUg 17. 3. B3D and 9. 1 d pm Crash D.\t U and 1 p.m.; A
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    STAGEDOOR
    759 10  -  JOHN HALKIN By T OOKIN'G back over Sin- sapors theatre audiences of the last few months, one is most conscious of the stereotyped nature of their tasto.s. A West End commercial success, staged perhaps by the Stage Club or Tha Island Flayers, is always sure of fairly good attendance.
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    628 10  - 'MELBA' FILM -INACCURATE BUT MUSICAL ANACRUSIS Music Notes by HTHE Technicolour film >lelA ba". based on the life of the great Australian soprano, will be showing m Singapore shortly. I attended a recent preview with the greatest misgivings, knowing from past experience just what incomparable travesties Hollywood can make of
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    854 10  -  BILL WEBB JONES TWO young men become galvanised into action at precise'%' fifteen seconds to ten every Saturday night. That's right, you've guessed it. Garry Stewart and Brian Rawnsley. Of the duo. Garry is the vocal member, Brian is the silent partner, they share the honours
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    The Stars And You By Rita Del Mar
    265 10 The Stars And You By Rita Del Mar J ABlES— March 21 to 4 Ur ;i S paioatlxaun ioj {pw guests or incidents that -nay 1 "WnS". programme 2 n I-URIN-Aiiril -2:) to Mjy > The unexpected tends to 2 2 influence Interests o£ kin t C °™ffV Char) activities:
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    SHOOTING PRACTICE FOR TIGERS
    774 11  -  JEFFREY JAMES This was not a match! It was By CHI>AS> famed one-time Olympic goalkeeper, Paii Ka Ping, now coaching ihe Tigers, said that what his team needed most of all was shooting practice. And that is exactly what the Tigers had m their first Singapore
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    BULAN CRACK UP IN SECOND HALF
    216 11 AFTER holding RAF Seletar to a goalless first half, BinUng Bulan SC cracked up badly m the second to concede to a four-nil victory to the airmen m a SAFA division 3B league match at Farrer Park yesterday. i a.ny.eu dominated the t half
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    Combined Schools Hold Soccer Trial
    234 11 WHITES beat Colours 2—l m the first Combined Schools football trial yesterday to select a team to represent the Colony against Malacca, Negri Sembilan and Johore m the forthcoming inter-state Combined Schools soccer tournament next month. Ji;i Kirn !ed the Colours atllack weli. He was
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    3rd Year Triple Champ
    109 11 3rd Year Triple Champ M. F. Vilvaretnam became triple tennis champion of the University of Malaya for the third year mi n succession when the tournament was concluded yesterday. Results of all finals are. Men's doubles: Yiap Khin I Yin and Vilvaretnam beat Lam Kok Hon and Lam Kuan Leng
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    Victory For Serangoon MY
    41 11 SERANGOON Malay Youngsters beat P T 3-1 m yesterday's SAFA Division 3C league played at the CYMA ground. Scorers were: -Sera ngoo n MY Ahmad Masid. Hussain Kasmani and Hassan Lourdes netted P T' s solitary goal.
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    'Stars' For Changi
    18 11 STAR Soceerites will play a friendly football match against RAF Changi at Changi tomorrow, Sunday.
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    Rangers Win T-Beer Cup
    147 11 ALEXANDRA Ranger?, win- 1 ners of the Tiger Beer Kampor.g League sponsored by Malayan Breweries, drew twv-a with Breweries Sports Club m an exhibition soccer mati-a at Alexandra yesterday. Mr. J. Macfcechnie Breweries Sales Manager, gave away prizes won m the league. The Rangers are champions
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