Singapore Standard, 17 March 1954

Microfilm: NL8999
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    20 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS. I > 01. IV. No. 2.>8. u ik. m sl SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931
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    Rebels Hurl Suicide Squads
    175 1 Rebels Hurl Suicide Squads HANOI, >l.»r. lb.—lornlist suicide squads, with \p!o>hfs tied around v >.sts. threw them- ivt-> today against the n a AdtßCCa ot Dien Pha airstrip as the ittle Jor the French \\i >■-; Gloved towards its <>i> ;imax. 500 rbels hav e ai■be '< m the l
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    OFFICIAL INQUIRY TODAY
    384 1 Air Crash. Captain To Speak Sir Miles Examines Wrecked Aircraft Standard Staff Reporter THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY into the Constellation crash at Kallang Airport m which 33 persons were killed will begin at 1 1 a.m. today. Sir Miles Thomas, Chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation, who flew
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    OAG PROMISES FULL INQUIRY INTO CRASH
    183 1 OAG PROMISES FULL INQUIRY INTO CRASH THE Officer Administering the Government, >Ir. W.A.C. Goode. yesterday gave an assurance to the Singapore Legislative Council that a full inquiry will be held into the cause of Saturday's Constellation crash at Kalians Airport m which 33 %ere killed. i la his opening; address,
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    18-20 Age Group For S'pore Call-up
    430 1 2/3,000 Needed In July SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT will begin to cill-up between 2 000 to 3.000 youths for service with civil defence Md military forces, from July 1, this year, the Colony's Secretary for Defence, Mr. L.H.N. Davis, told The Standard yesterday. And m Singapore
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    THESE MUST REGISTER
    166 1 THESE MUST REGISTER THE Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll, has proclaimed that every male who v or becomes a citizen of the United Kingdom and Cronies or a Federal citizen who was born between Mar 11. 1933 and Mar. VI. I'Mi shall b P liable to register himself for
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    No Strong Drinks
    24 1 THE Nehru Government has issued instructions to all Indian -.i">.i-:sie-j abroad n:>t to serve alt diottc drink* at official tuaviivja.i. AP
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    AIRCRAFT MISSED RUNWAY BY 6 INS.
    209 1 AIRCRAFT MISSED RUNWAY BY 6 INS. SYDXEY. Mar. 16. (UP)— The crew of a Qantas Constellation which landed at Kallang only half an hour before the crash said yesterday that the BOAC plane missed making a normal landing by only six inches. Ihey denied the plane hit the seawall. One
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    2 BRITONS DIE IN SUEZ ZONE
    42 1 CAIRO. Mar. 16. (AFP)— Two British soldiers have been killed, two injured, and two missing m the Suez Canal Zone, the British Embassy announced here today. One of the injured soldiers is m a critical condition.
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    Inspecting The Seawall
    32 1 photo. SIS MILES THOMAS (fourth from leit). accompanied by several Singapore Civil Aviation and SBOAC offiiials. is seen insoectiAs tlie seawaH at the edge of the KUlaas runway. Standard
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    H-BOMB INJURES JAP FISHERMEN
    216 1 Burns Skin Lesions On 23 TOKYO, Mar. 16.— Reports that 23 Japanese fishermen were victims of radio-activity, following the explosion of an American Hydrogen Bomb at Bikini on Mar. 1, caused a sensation m Tokyo today. The Japanese Government immediately instructed its Ambassador m Washington lo
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    Stop Press
    41 1 LONDON, Mj>\ 16 (DP) Communist China today issued tiic first word lizard from Mao Tse-tun? m three months. The Communist New China News Agency carried a dispatch from Peking, the first repoit of any action by .Ma«, since mid-December.
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    Threats To Downing St.
    64 1 1. O\l> O Mar I*. <AIP) A letter »<in taiaint; throats acaiawl I.adv (liui chill. wil> «f the British Prime Minis ter Sir Winston (hut thill, arrived by mail at No 1(1 Downing Street today. The anonymous letter was handed u\>r to Scutland Yard lor examination
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    Vertical Take Off For Jets
    101 1 LOS ANGELES M ir. 16 'APi Ta i I ituri stj expei i menta Sghtei planes, de g t ie ofl an I md v like lie p>t« rs ye( man .i' speeds, h Use yesterdaj ly Ibe DS. Na 'I top speed was estimated
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    TIN DOWNAS EXPECTED
    57 1 THE pri 'c of tin m Siugapore yesterday dropped ttf| to 5y.44 i per picul. Th-^ drop v m on i: the biggest >m r .oa^r •>.< traders attached no pa-' significance, to if U bad been expe -ted. 1 ing the peeenl iumpg m U i
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    Lands On One Engine
    55 1 LONDON". Mar. 16, (Reuter) —A twin-ei gined diking lirliner carrying S8 pasei ag< iacluding I 0 babies n emergen Landing r: 1 Load ia airpori yesterday morning <.ne c:,^ ne 0 I of ion. The p.;nne had radioed emergency* 1 and fire engines cash tenders 1
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    DOCTOR IS FINED $25
    88 2 DR WONG TENG KIM was fined $25 by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. yesterday for inconsiderate driving along East Coast Road, on Oct. 14 last year. He was originally charged with negligent driving resulting m a collision with a motor cycle. The
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    Negotiations End In A Deadlock
    162 2 Dfeiry Farm StHke: Standard Staff Reporter ATTEMPTS by the Labour Depart ment to end a strike by 240 employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm Ltd. failed yesterday- Negotiations ended m deadlock The Dairy Farm Laboui Union suggested that the only unsettled claim of the workers
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    RITSON PAY GOES TO COUNCIL TODAY
    223 2 THE Singapore Legislative Council will be asked today to vote the money for the new Ritson salary scales and allowances for Government civil servants. This was stated yesterday, by -he Offircr Administering the Government. Mr. W.A.C. Goode, when he declared ope:i :he Fourth Session
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    GOVT. PREPARED TO COPE WITH DISCHARGED 'SPECIALS'
    346 2 KUALA LUMPUR. TueS The Member for Natural —The Federation Govern- Resources, Mr. Wickens said; j-, had impressed all departments; ment is "tuny prepared to im ,i about lhe p J rgency meet the rehabilitation ■o f this problem, at a special' needs of
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    104 2 U V CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 K.S.S Si-ot Loose 54 i 541 No. 1 K.S.S 54i 54? No I K.S.S. 54| 54 J No. 3 K.S.S. 532 531 Tone: Steady quiet. TIN PKIlh The prices of tin yesterday
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    Keep Calm When You Dial 999
    116 2 Keep Calm When You Dial 999 IMMEDIATE Police assistance can come to you while you are still telling your story, if you co-operate by first giving them your location, after dialling "999". Remember also to keep calm. speak clearly and answer their questions; It is only then that the police
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    They Will Vote In Its Favour
    108 2 They Will Vote In Its Favour Standard Staff Reporter PROGRESSIVE Party Councillors, The Standard understands. ill vote m favour of the Government's sthe m c when the Ritson pay proposals are discussed m the Legislative Count il today. The Government's scheme has been criticised by the Council of Joint Action
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    Two Parties 'A Must For New Govt.'
    386 2 TWO well-organised poliijcal parties and a rep re sentative electorate were described by the Officer Administering: the Government of Singapore. Mr. W.A.C. Goode, as essential requirements for the success of the new Colony constitution proposed by the Rendel Commission. He said: "As the
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    Police Broke Down Door—Court Told
    223 2 Police Broke Down Door— Court Told THE Singapore Eigiith Police Court was told how a police raiding party under the command of ASP John Hayward raided a flat m Alexander Road and broke a hole through the door with an axe. Four persons were charged with assisting m th c
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    Drop In S'pore Customs Revenue
    122 3 Drop In S'pore Customs Revenue revenue hd.> >, ;|i XX) dunn4 two months oi compared to t for the corres- per .od of last C mtroUei of R.S.Tufnell, .iay. this year i-, decrease is i the fail m retoba rco •>4 l ,000) ($465,000) and ni I $54,000). ted a
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    A Squad Wins First Aid Prize
    74 3 i "A" Sq vi oi the -S r usance Brigade, X mKei Division, no first a >■ petii >■ The j»€ >nd Sq-: I I j H; Commissi »o- i S Ambu v* a S g kpore. told the whom n rkers, *ha: keen
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    ADMIRAL WILL HEAD SOCIETY
    15 3 Sr n-C las been >f the 55.-; h Be v Co
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    DOING THE TOWN
    24 3 s\ t > ?on >pait*. ;1 rdn iv picture- >) l'h Town" i i >v -r jnd will I m tomorrow's i;v Standard.
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    132 3 TWF.NTY penshulus and headnic,, »>f villages anj nri.;;ii»):iriu- glands of Singapore. iMSHi m their national costumes, witnessed for the. first time the traditional «»{KMiin? ceremony of the LeiUlativv Council yesterday. Tht» v wen invited by Mr. 11. J. C. K.ulj»insjha, a Legislative Councillor. This was what they saw: Outside the
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    Headmen In The Council
    130 3 fit».»lf dr^N^etl m his white cotoaijl ceremonial uniform. arrived. Th^ .Njtion.il Anthem was playfi !»v the Singapore Police B.tud. Then Mr. (loode insptHcii thf miard of honour *!i J the drizzle persisted ill MM while. Aftet th»* inspection. Mr. G >>df proct-edert to the Victoria Memorial
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    ACQUITTED OF CHEATING
    42 3 MALACCA, Tues. Wong S Mia, was today acquitted ..i »arged by Mr. G.R.T. [n the Sessions Court m harge »1 criminal breach Wong alleged to have iefault with $1,344.88 of jl.giio jatrusted to him on I last ye ir,
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    33 Medals To Blood Donors
    282 3 ONE gold medal and 32 silver medals were presented by the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W.J. Vkfcers, at the Singapore Blood Bank Centre yesterday to blood donors. Proudest recipient was 51-year-old Miss Winnie Chan, who received a silver medal. She donated blood ten times
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    Urban Health Centre Plan For Colony
    118 3 Urban Health Centre Plan For Colony SINGAPORE will at last have m Urban Health Centre, towards the end or next year. The Health Committee of Singapore City Council lias put the finalised scheme before the Finance and General Purposes Committee lor approval. The Centre, proposed first m !M will include
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    2 SOLDIERS DROVE TAXI
    57 3 TWO soldiers, pleaded guilty before the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe You Chong, yesterday to driving a taxi away without the owner's consent. Graham A. Stead a' l^ John Meadwell of the Royal Engineers were fined $50 an respectively. The offence took place a; 2.30
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    'Stay Execution Of Court Orders' Call
    146 3 THE Attap Dwellers' Association has requested j the City Council, "m the inteie^: of justice.'' to stay i the execution of court, mandatory orders until its 1 policy m the case of Jumadi bin Kamsani has been finally established. Juma ii Kar.i>ani lowered his
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    WORK BEGINS ON NURSING. SISTERS HOME LATE IN YEAR
    337 3 WORK BEGINS ON NURSING. SISTERS HOME LATE IN YEAR By Christine Diemer, Standard Staff Reporter CONSTRUCTION work on the tallest building m the General Hospital area, the eightstoreyed Home for Nursing Sisters, will be during the latter half of this year. It will cost from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000 and will
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    'Middies' Scheme For Discussion
    155 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government will soon discuss with its various staff associations the creation of an Executive Service, mid-way between the General Clerical Service and the Senior Administrative Service. It is understood the clerks favour the proposal, but want certain provisions added to the
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    Airman On Theft Charge Allowed Bail
    100 3 LANCE Aircraftman Gordon Geoffry Came was charged m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with stealing two Singapore Certificates of Competency issued to a steersman and a helmsman at the Master Attendant's Office on March 8. When Came pleaded guilty, Inspector R. Sandosham asked
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    Thieves Took Box Of Nails
    63 3 FOUR men rode up on bicycles to a watchman's hut m Bartiey Road at 3 a.m. on Tuesday and after tying him up took a box of nails worth $20. Three men entered the hut while one stood guard outside. One man took out a
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    100 FORM NEW DOCK UNION
    120 3 PEN'AXG. Tues.— Nearly 100 employees were present -at the inaugural meeting of the Straits Steamship Dockyard Employees' Union at Sungei Nyor, Butterworth, yesterday. Three trade union officers. Messrs. B. Kumaran. Abdul Rahman and Ng Kirn Scan?, addresooi t'ne meeting. Rules of 'he Union were adopted
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    52 3 photo. ARTISTS SKETCH OF THE MISTRI WING: The new Children's Ward block construction on which work was .started early this month and which is expected to be completed within a year. The ward is named after the Kite Singapore philanthropist, Mr. N It. Mistri. who save $930,900 to the medical
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    33 3 photo MISS WINNIE CHAN (51). wh* 4tve her blood ten tines, was all smiles when Dr. W. J. Victors pinned a sihM mt'cLil on her yesterfay j»t the Blood Transfu<i >a Ce«tre. Standard
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    SCHOOL PLAY IN MANDARIN
    172 4 AT the Singapore Victoria Theatre his: night, the Chong Cheng Middle School presented the first part oJ *he modern Mandarin play. 'The Family" by Chao Yu. The play has been divided into two parts, which will be performed on successive evenings. "The Family"' i s charmingly
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    67 4 A CLtRK Mr. Ler Chooa Wah and an engine driver Mr. Aman Bothaman, shared a SI 00 prize awarded by the Singapore Police m a 'Pick out Mr. X' contest held m connection with 'Crime Prevention Week' m the Happy World Stadium, on Monday night. Mr. Lee (above) receives hi
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    A LIVING WAGE IS 'MORE VITAL'
    292 4 Unionists Criticise Menon KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Trade Union leaders m the Federation were "frankly surprised" today at the suggestion by Mr. V. M. N. Menon, Member for Posts and Telecommunications, that workers and employers should join hands to approach Government for any tax relief
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    57 4 MR. Tan Ly Chye. above. Chief of the Reservations Department of the X.L M Royal Dutch Airlines. Singapore, will leave for Holland tomorrow fo r a special training course and to "learn more about Holland." He will also visit London and Paris. On his return, Mr. Tan will tell potential
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    FIJIANS KILL TWO OF FOUR REDS BAGGED
    112 4 FIJIANS KILL TWO OF FOUR REDS BAGGED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A patrol of the Ist Fijian.s yesi terday killed two terrorists m Yong Peng area. Johore. The total bag for the day by Security Forces was lour kiil- CO). The 7th Platoon of the 4th Battalion, Malay Regiment.. yesterday killed
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    FIFTEEN STRIKERS CHARGED
    118 4 FIFTEEX employees of the Dairy Farm a1 Bukit Timah Roaci were charged m the Singapore Fiftii Police Court yesterday. They were alleged to have obstructed s^x motor vehicles from entering the F^rm on Monday by sitting on the roao leading to the Farm. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew,
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    FOUND GUILTY ON 3 COUNTS
    58 4 FOR driving a ca r Without the owner's consent. Ong Kee Seng. w;is fined $100 by the Singapore Second Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, yeterday. He was fined another $75 for driving without a licence and while not covered by third parly insurance, lie
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    TAUGHT FRIEND TO DRIVE: DIED
    216 4 TAUGHT FRIEND TO DRIVE: DIED Coroner's Inquiry Tql& A LABOURER, Ho Swee Joo, (28), met his death while teaching his friend, Loong Tin Poh, driving along Chua Chu Kang Road, on Feb. 3 (Chinese New Years Day). i This was revealed -n iV.e Singapore Coroner's Cot; 1 I .yesterday at
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    $1000 BAIL IN TRUNKS CASE
    74 4 NG All BOON Wan Chin Chye was yesterday charged with dishonestly disposing of 32 stolen leather trunks valued tt $1,800, on Jan. 16. The goods belonged to Messrs. San Kong Leather I Trunk Co., South Bridge Road, I Singapore. th c Singapore Fifth j Police
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    HONGKONG GOVERNOR MAKES AW A PROMICE
    296 4 HONGKONG GOVERNOR MAKES AW A PROMICE THE Governor of Hongkong, Sir Alexander Grantham, recentlygranted an interview to Mr. Aw Boon Haw, m which he told Mr. Aw thtet he would refer his plans for the erection of a home for the aged and an orphanage for girls m Ngauchiwan to
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    BOR (On Sentry Duty) Found Asleep —Sentenced
    173 4 BOR (On Sentry Duty) Found Asleep Sentenced A PRIVATE who said he was "off colour" when posted for sentry duty was found sleeping when a Warrant Officer made a spot check on the shed where he was posted. As a result, the private. Robert Richard Pinner of the 30th Battalion
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      90 4 Weather Eepo?e MIN I M I M 1\ -mpcraturrfrom 7.30 pm. on Mar IS te 7.M0 a.m. Ob Mar. IC Singapore (75F), Penan (7:: ii. Keta Bahru (73F), Koala Lsmpar (71F), Ipoh (72F), KuarUan (73F). Maximum Tnnnn :uur<: from 7.30 a.m. to 13% p.m. em Jlar. l(i Siiigapor*- (73F) Penang
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    Govt. Bill To Go Up $2 M More
    111 5 Govt. Bill To Go Up $2 M More ird Stiff Reporter Legislative I be asked to more than 0 n supplement- enditure at its fay, £139,260 is rer recruitment of m !'ne ineome- >••■■• neni and $525,000 Lsto nem of an 1 c ccntrt on St. 5225.000 is needed i
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    A MESSAGE TO IRISH ABROAD
    40 5 ORDED speech by i tndei oj Tunis, Brk foi Defence, wi I Ri Ho Mai a ft the news b Letin i r ia s message m m Ih St. Patrick's > I: bli Servicemen s.
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    61 5 photo. One of the fhoue sprays of orchids sent from Britain t,» bo exhibited m the Singapore Flower Show which will be held m the Happy World Stadium on April 2 The show which is bein? held under the auspices of Uie Singapore Gardening Society, will be opened by the
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    Man Gets 4 Mths' Jail For Cheating
    155 5 Man Gets 4 Mths' Jail For Cheating GOB WAN SIX. who .cl; Uned t i be sole propriel v oi i n T and exp >rl firm, was rd v sentence I to four tnths 1 rigorous imprisonment h Singap >re F. Police '»i cheating a woman, S a Chjre
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    GUN FOUND IN COMPOUND
    36 5 AX old rusty revolver was found by an Indian m Jaian Kayu yesterday. It was found while the coro- pound was cleaned ol rubbish. The revolver was handed over to the police.
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    They See Value Of Good Health
    163 5 JOIIORK BAHRI\ Tues— A group of 30 women Irom kampongs and new villages, today completed a three day programme drawn up by the Social Welfare Organisation for its 'Kampong Enlightenment Scheme." mc uded m the gi >up were four wuiiie! 1 who attended a
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    HK EXCHANGE
    35 5 HONGKONG Mar 16 Special Standard Service Closing prices ol the Hongkong Exchange today were MS.M lo El sterling: 55.82S to USSI: 51.319 to Maiayi. SI: >o_i4 to me Indonesian Rupowh Gold ->.' > 1 tael.
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    Rush For Bookings To India
    192 5 HUNDREDS of potential deck passengers from Singapore, Port Swettenham, and Pcnang, who hoped to obtain passages to Indian ports m the Jalagopal, sailing April 2, had to be turned away as the rush for bookings was unusually heavy. A spokesman for the Eastern Shipping Company,
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    TAMILS WILL OPPOSE BILL TOOTH & NAIL
    123 5 TAMILS WILL OPPOSE BILL TOOTH NAIL THE Tamils Reform Association of Singapore will oppose "tooth and nail" Legislative Councillor. Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj's bill on Hindu marriages. The B:H which WiS be moved m the Legislative Council today, seeks to lay down conditions for the validity of a Hindu
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    ACQUITTED IN TRAFFIC CASE
    86 5 BECAUSE a witness could not be traced, a car driver, Dol bin Abu was acquitted m the Singapore Second Traffic court yesterday, on a charge of negligent driving. The witness, a Singapore Traction Company driver, the Court was told. has left -for Perak and cannot be
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    Planters To Start A Boarding School
    211 5 Planters To Start A Boarding School KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An open invitation has been extended to nonplanting parents to join .Malayan planters who are planning to bui'd a school on Penang Hill to provide, ■educational facilities for their children. The job of getting the school buili rests on the shoulders
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    Workers Share Profits
    74 5 IPOH Tues.— A total of 132 labourers, who are members of the Cbaagkat Salak Co-operative Stores Society Limited m the Sungei Siput area, are to share $2,726. < 9 m dividends and rebate out of the profits made by the store laSt The'society made a total sales
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    MENTRI BESAR IS TOLD TO QUIT N.A.P.
    403 5 Seenivasagam Explains IPOH, Tues. Mr. D. R. Seenivosagam, Vice-President of d Pr °9 r essive Party, today called on the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Pangfima Bukit Gantang, to resign his leadership of the National Association of Perok "m the interests of the
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    Mission Of Sadness
    87 5 Mission Of Sadness THE ASHES of the late Mr. M. Ct. M. Chitambaram Chettiar, millionaire Indian banker, who died m the recent BOAC Constellation crash at Kallang Airport, were flown to India yesterday. Taking the ashes, which were m a small camphor box. is Mr. N. V. Naidu (above), general
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    JAILED AS EXAMPLE TO A BOY
    97 5 JAILED AS EXAMPLE TO A BOY SINGAPORE Fifth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, told a youth. Maldeen bin Ahmad that he was sending him to jail for six months because he deserved it and it would be an example to his friend. Maideen and his 14-year-old friend Govinden
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    MONEYLENDER WINS CLAIM
    76 5 THE failure of two defendants to appear m the Singapore Ihgh Court yesterday resulted m judgment being given m favour of a moneylender, Ratan Singh, son of Atma Singh, who had filed a claim for 52.270 against the absentees. The money represented the principal and interest due
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    BALLROOM DANCE
    128 5 A Waltz. Slow Foxtrot. Tango and Quickstep competition will be held for amateur .dancers on April 10. m the 1954 Singapore International Novices Dance Championship. sponsored by the International Society of Teachers of Dancing. Singapore and the Federation. The competition, which aims to "encourage and elevate" the standard
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    57 5 New Church For Katong THE new Ciiuroli of Our lady Queen oi Peace m Tanjong Kaieng Road will be opened by the Archbishop of Malacca. Mongr M. Olcomendy on Passion Sunday. April 4. The opening will followed by a Mass at 8 a.m. Standard photo shows the new church which
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    273 5 Jumping From Frying Pan TAY CHOON SIM found himself jumping from the frying: pan into the fire and yesterday asked the City Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. De-vereux-Colebourn to be lenient to him. He had been caught peddling his brushes, baskets, feather dusters, brushes and other sundries at the 10
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    WIDOW AND 7 CHILDREN SUE MOTORIST
    147 5 WIDOW AND 7 CHILDREN SUE MOTORIST BEAH ONG AH. the widow of a vegetable seller, and \x seven children were plaintiffs lin a case m which a motorist. Ong Ah Pui, was sued Eoi damages m the Singapore Higl Court yesterday for al i »i d causing the death oi
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    Indian Leader
    34 5 THt, Malacca Indian community will hold a tea party lat the Majestic Hotel toda> lat 5.15 p.m. on the oocasia iof the visit to Malacca i ECamaraja Nadar, the Tami Congress President
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    Elizabethan Currency Notes For Release Soon
    138 5 Elizabethan Currency Notes For Release Soon THE new Elizabethan currency notes, m various denominations, will be issued simultaneously m Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Penang and the Borneo territories towards the end of thij month or early April. Several million dollars* worth of theiG new notes have already arrived but not m
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    Leaders Or Compradores?
    863 6 I'HE fourth session of the Singapore Legislative Council began yesterday. This session is likely to be :v; :t\vor!hy m at least one respect. As Mr. W. A. C. Good*, the Officer Administering the Gover:uT]'_>nt. r.oserved. this would probably be the last session of the C unci! for
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    1812 6  -  ANDREW ROTH Says ]7OR the Ion? haul the A Malayans have a wellfounded complaint: that their economy has been left dependent upon rubber and tin fluctuations despite the piliii'4 up of evidence of its unwisdom. Between the end of the war and the Korean
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    152 6 Review of Views Six-Point Plan Supported SIX CHEW JIT POH supports! the six-point plan outlined byi the new President of the Sin-] gapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Tecki Kin. The Chamber, as the onlyi cenk-.alised Chinese organisa-t tion m the Colony, the daily says, should receive the full
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    MY VERDICT ON EGYPT
    916 6  - MY VERDICT ON EGYPT ANEURIN BEVAN by The British Labour Politician WHEN will the British Government face the jump at the Canal Zone? Never was there such a gap between private knowledge and public action. The uselessness of the Zone as a military base under present conditions has been privately
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    RFC To Reduce Synthetic Output
    147 7 RFC To Reduce Synthetic Output U \>mNGTON, Mar. 16 Renter)— Lagging indus- demand may force tht-r cuts m United j tiatea synthetic rubber .it put m coming quarter. lion F:: ance Cor- a manages the ten 3 to notify "s to reduce April i;'> < y.v the .'.I -J5O l
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    70 7 > ?.\V YORK. Mar 16, (Rev--Juan Francisco Ortiz Puerto Rican Na- isi Pa;-*y leader, was c foi sis months yesteri retusinf to answer 12 ns before a Federal it Medina. top party m the United S Sates.r ates. the second Nationalist leadi sentea *d tot
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    38 7 HOLLYWOOD. Mar Ifl (UP) British •■> v P..-: i "ia fered a live] :t and -e\ etc ma •:.:rr- r...;; aj resulting ti vork, ■ding to tor I. S; Medina ipsed jes- the et ol "P
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    Churchill To Retire
    66 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 16. P —National Broadcast•>u Company correspondent K.mr.ify Whet-ler broadcaofl i >m 1 o;i.!«»ti yesterday said t Prime Minister Chitrii '"will retirr m Oitobt'r." md predicted Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will -.nieed him. W heeler reported only the ille.st nunibrr of Churi i !i's associates
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    Next Objective Of Mao Is Formosa
    243 7 TO BE TAKEN BY ANY MEANS IMTED NATIONS. New York, Mar. 16, (UP)— Chinese sources said yesterday they had learned from secret reports coming out of Red China that the Communists have decided on Formosa as their next objective m Asia. They reported thai
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    Delaying Tactics Again— By Reds
    133 7 Delaying Tactics Again By Reds {f**—* I**1 talks mi n East Berlin between about 40 British businessmen and representatives of the Chinese government postponed suddenly o n Sunday are to be held "within a few weeks." This was stated m London yesterday by a spokesman for the British Council for
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    Guns Boom Across Sea Of Galilee
    92 7 TEL AVIV. Mar. 16, (Ut- uter) Israeli and Syrian shore batteries fired on each other across the northern sector of the Sea of Galilee yesterday according to an official Israeli report. Two police launches were damaged by the Syrian fire and three policemen wounded
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    MAU MAU TOLL
    29 7 SECURITY forces killed 145 Mau Mau terrorists m the past week the biggest toll of any week .-ince the Kenya emergency began 18 months ago. Reuter
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    LE TRIO FANTASTIOL
    20 7 'HE band piavs. but the musicians ar« aowhere ia »ieht «s couples dan« to the """'Jf* AP
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    MOSCOW MONEY IS TRYING TO BUY HATRED
    240 7 MOSCOW MONEY IS TRYING TO BUY HATRED Charge Made By Br. Authorities GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA. Mar. 16, (AP) British authorities charged yesterday that Moscow money is trying to buy hatred and unrest m Britain's Caribbean colonies Officials said the power of Communism was growing m the poor, underdeveloped colonies which
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    Agreement On Kenya is Awaited
    116 7 NAIROBI, Mar. 16. (Rcuter) Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretary yesterday postponed his return to London to make new etforts to get full agreement here on his plans lor a new multi-racial government for Kenya. Government House announced that Mr. Lyitelton would leave here by
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    Men Danced Together At House Parties
    379 7 Men Danced Together At House Parties The Montagu Tried Opens: WINCHESTER. England, Mar. 16, (Reuter) A slender dark-haired younc* airman self confessed pervert told a court here yesterday of homosexual house parties on the vast estate of 27--year-old bachelor Peer Lord Montagu of Beaulieu He also to.d of men dancing
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    1. COMET BACK IN SERVICE
    75 7 THREE FIRSTS' IN THE NEWS PARIS, Mar. 16, (UP)— A British-built Comet jetliner took off from a Paris airport on Sunday night on the first passenger flight since a BOAC Comet crashed m the Mediterranean on Jan. 10. The plane, belonging to the French Union
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    2. ROK ARMY IN OPERATION
    60 7 SEOUL Mar. 16, (AP) The Ist South Korean Field Army, largest fighting unit m the Sth Arum, went into operation yesterday. The ROK Army Headquarters, under the command of General Sun Yun Paik, took over control of three Korean Corps on the eastefn front. The
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    3. ANTI-SUB SQUADRON
    59 7 PORTSMOUTH. Mar. 16, (AP). The British Navy's first anti-submarine helicopter squadron went into service at Gosport Royal Naval Air Station yesterday. The squadron is equipped with American-built machines provided under military aid and at the end of this month it will be transferred to Halfar Naval Air
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    75 7 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, Mar. 16. The following ore the closing orices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 16 16. April June 16] d, July/September 161 d. October/ December 1 6 1 d. April e.i.f. 16sd. Tone: Quietly Steody. LONDON TIN
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    U.S. Supplies £490 Mil. To I-C War
    204 7 PARIS. Mar. 16 (Reuter).— The United Slates will supply 490,000,000,000 francs £490,000,000) during 1954 for the Indo-China war. France's contribution will be 136,000,000,000 francs (£136,--000.000) or about 22 per cent, of the total cost. These figures were given as the National Assembly began
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    FRENCH POLICE FIRE ON DEMONSTRATORS
    188 7 TUNIS, Mar. 16, (Reuter Ffeneh police last night opened fire with submachine guns against several hundred Tunisian students who tried to storm into the Dai El Bey, the Tunisian Government offices. Two students were killed and five others seriously injured m the first street rioting
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    NARELLE (4½) TRIES TO KISS THE QUEEN
    192 7 Narelle Dick. 4 A. tried to kiss Queen Elizabeth II during a children's rally at Brisbane Exhibition grounds on Mar. 10. Narelle had become separated from her mother, Mrs. William Dick of Ekibin. and wandered down th e red carpet past hundreds of
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    The Americans—'An Army Marching On Its Stomach'
    174 7 The Americans— 'An Army Marching On Its Stomach' LONDOX. Mar. 16. (AP) Financial editor Freoenck Ellis of the Daily Express described Americans today as '"an army of people marching on iiy stomach.*' And he heartily approves. Nine pound'; heavier ter a two-month trip to the United States and Canada. Air.
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    MAU MEN HACK FARMER, WIFE
    38 7 NAIROBI -,p Mau Ifa death v will' Lasi tiighi The Mrs. Walt* r <;•••■ Bi R;.' da h .■oiiee Cai n near 1 bordor of the Fort H ol ttiis British Cro vn i
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    U.K. Ship Owners Sound A Warning
    272 8 ENGLAND, Mar. 16, (Reuter) Liverpool ship owners warned yesterday that British shipping would i m future have to face increased foreign competition already up to pre-war strength. The 1953 annual report of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association said that m. 1952 Germany and Japan!
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    ATJEH RUBBER ESTATES REMAIN
    304 9 By ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Mar. 16. Although the Atjeh War j is now moving into its sixth month, confined mainly to the northern tip of Sumatra, no foreign estates have sustained any damage m the course of the >i»Ac jnehe! lion. Atjeh
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    More British Businessmen Visit Moscow
    210 9 MOSCOW, March. 16, (Reuter). A series of visits by British industrialists has followed the group visit <>i 33 British traders who ca^rse to Moscow m January and made deals worth nearly £18,000,000. Wow, business executives arc arriving separately to see what else the Russians want
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    Loaded Trucks At Sea
    82 9 NEW YORK. Mar. 16, (AP) Fully-loaded b«*» may soon go to sea. Malcolm McLean, president of the McLean Tracking Co.. says be piane to construct foai v. j cargo vessels to carry loaded truck-trailers between North and South Atlantic ports r.t ;i cesf of about USSSC.
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    Business Group Plans World Tour
    206 9 Business Group Plans World Tour A PRACTICAL demonstration of how to about a "fia>JU?-not-a!d" progranime will be given m San Francisco this summer when a group of bastaessnm takes oft' on a Pan-American clipper for a tteee-moatk tour of 45 commercial centres m 31 count; ie>. First step from San
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    70 9 photo. MX V. MCZU >O. aha an \td m Singapore b> ILi .1 ArsO'i-:!:! iron 'i >-• !;■< rerestty to be the i-"ide.:'. .<■- «entativ<* iii the N.Y.K. I. inc. Mr. MinuM. who will s in the C :)!onv for six SBlits. met at Kaiian? An-port I" REr. Z. Kffttsao.
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    Increase In Rice Output
    88 9 Increase In Rice Output WASHINGTON. I [ar. 16, (Ul J',:: A;i icu ture Department reported \'>r^.y tha: 1. word produ< lion cf rough i' e i 1 53 si ted at 264 000 .000.000 pounds, slight y higher than th< record-breaking crop cl < <; re\ ious w ar. The
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      37 9 '.'VAN tr ea and 1 r tin Singaj* -.< day and only <- win if?i ti* i. n Wed. 1 i < s v < aye c LI !>< >'. Co. < U ted i HIM n Kinta 1 J d I d.
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      315 9 l£ lAblier f By Af Capp "^"T^^* I pUT HMCLD nw^ j_ V HamUn >Z£ 1^ H CLAIM TO BRITAIN'S ?.ND EVER SNCE A > tmfi^/ v SUPTO9NG XXJ RLL DEATH OF HJWATO HAVE HAFASS^nV STUFTi j TT.Hf j^^^S ghe He^rt OS Juliet Jones By Scan Drake jMW" Z r
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    Hongkong Rope MFG. Co. Opens New Plant Today
    291 10 Modern Factory Big Area THE opening of the new factory of the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd. today marks a step forward m the promotion of secondary industries m Singapore. After 16 months of planning, haildin? construction and plant installation, the new
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    Tomes Managers
    156 10 Tomes Managers Messrs. Shewan. Tomes Co Ltd.. thf uenerul naaasers i>t Ike li'>n^ki>nii Rope Munufx» tilling Co. Li i.. are the successors of a firm known ■a Rusell anil Co.. win started bMsin^^s m f*n«t— m jhout the yea* 17!>8. In IBSS, a srroup of merchants. •iMMgst whom were .Messrs.
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    FIRM STARTED IN HK SEVENTY YEARS AGO
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    Rice Overshadows Burma's Future
    748 10 Rice Overshadows Burma's Future li' IS the cruel paradox of 3 inn i that what shoul i be greatest source <i •< i has become the cause LI greal est anxiety. Ri > pi es aits a problem v. hi b j er hadows the Country's future— a future hi
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      26 10 Labourer's Quarters 9m HONGKONG ROPE FACTORY by F. C. LUM Building Contractor Office:— 280 South Bridge Road, Tel: ***** Work?: 289 River Valley Road, Tel: *****
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    ASIAN GAMES SERIES
    43 11 This is the second of a:. iA four articles on the forthcoming Second Asian Games m Manila specialty written tor AFP by V. V. Kolatchoff Committee member of the Hung Kong Amateur Athletic Federation. The thud article will follow tomorrow.
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    ONN LENG MAY TOUCH WORLD CLASS IN MAY
    677 11 HONGKONG, Mar. 16. (AFP)— While Asian athletes have never achieved ,.!d class marks in the 400 metres flat, the Asian standard has, rather sar- r;-insly, been always very high in the 400 metres hurdles. Miguel White of the Philippines won a bronze
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    BAILEY RETIRES FROM THE TRACK
    163 11 I N!ar. 16 t.AP) 1 d Bailey, or.c of the spa nten of modern, ci ••■dav he is p htg liadl shoes for posii n is not an easy 1 :n:rk i still aa\ c i i ears ot 2^°d rur.- Bai ej sa;d In
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    67 11 TC° |6 API ..t■ vho "••'> c flirted m jnute c will Britisri i tver this !^"rier <s to be tbc Sht *v( to ::e Ju;y :;0--'-J tan»es Th« raa made en Austra- Syd ley Darned cl Landf for His < means he >■ Roger Bannia B brightest
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    190 11 ADELAIDE. Mar. 15. (Reuterl —SDUtfl Australia are m danger r defeat from the New Zealand a :cketers who on their waj home from their South African ;,.jr are ptftjsa| matches m Australia. On the third day of *he mate. here today The state were
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    28 11 Cambridge University will have thesr first full course trials m boat race practice on Wednesday Oxjord have theirs on Thuradiij. Tb« race i» w» April JL
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      445 11 Katsuichi Hirai, Aykyoshi Saba and Hirsaki Chosa. all Detween 1 mm. 55 and 1 mm. j 56 for the distance. Chosa j A'On the last Japanese cham- i pior.ship m this event. To complete the first six to finish will be Taiwan's Kua Ching-lin, capable of 1 mm. 58. and
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      627 11 NOTICES MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG SENIOR POWER STATION ENGINEERS TPIIE Municipal Council in- 1 vites applications for TWO vacancies m the permanent establishment of the Electricity Supply Department. Candi- dates should be experienced m the operation of a modern power station with steam con- ditions of 400 lbs. /800T
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      661 11 SITUATIONS VACANT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SELANGOR APPLICATIONS are Lnvitei for the post of Te&cbers-p-Traiaing, Government Engish Schools, St. angoc I. Candidates must (a) have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday. (b) furnish proof of Federa' Citizenship. (c) have passed the School Certificate Examination with credit m English Language.
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    269 12 'Join Our Fold' Hallmen Wire Heah Joo Seang A SPECIAL meetin? of the Singapore Badminton Hall Fund Committee last ni-jht unanimously decided t«> invile the pre>ident ol' the Badminton Association of Maiava. Mr. Heah Joo Scan*, to join the Committee. The meeting recorded it> appreciation of the appeal made by
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    Colonel Whatnot Destroyed
    88 12 Colonel Whatnot Destroyed Coioae] Whatnot, dual Cn)!d Cap winmr. collapsfd vr»>ifrday while out at tr.iininsi work and was destroyed A seven-year-n\d lri>!i bred geldins by Fairfax out of Miss NikiiAi. the Colonel was trained by Marinus van Bnuikt'len and owned by Mi. jlml >Irs. Yeo Hock S'li; of Singapore. The
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    M.C.C. Get Fillip For Fourth Test
    222 12 PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. Mar. 15: (Keuter) The MCC won their match against Trinidad by seven wickets. Trinidad lost their remaining two second innings wickets tor the addition of 12 runs and were all out for 232 on the fir day. The MCC were
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    NEWCOMERS' DAY AT B. TIMAH
    509 12  -  WINDSOR LAD Spencer Has A Fine Lot, Jesselton, Enjoyment fiesf I By 1 SEVERAL newcomers who will be making their debut at the forthr-m--' Singapore Turf Club's spring meeting came into their own when sent through t I paces at yesterday's gallops. Most impressive worker
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    WATCH MOULIN ROUGE
    346 12 WATCH MOULIN ROUGE 1 Moulin Rouge (Manning) and Purple and White were i attractive over three returning 37 4/5 sec. There was very little between them at tiie finish but I thought Purple and White finished her work with something m hand But take note of Moulin Rouge who is
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    Technicolor Shaping Up For 1st Win
    236 12 Technicolor Shaping Up For 1st Win TKCHXICOLOR. astride, I ijk j sent fast »vei i i Honolulu CM I ii de fin Mcd a he« I This horse a.-id mild rui ting Cambridge Bfaw and Greet ci kepi ii d.ild phin fSawye the thi cc m II Mosi f Ipo
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    Best Tip Has Improved Since Last Start Win
    655 12 Best Tip Has Improved Since Last Start Win BEST TIP (Bougoure) and Metrostar (Mawi) matched strides over half a mile and ran home the three m 38 sec. Best Tip was a head m front and finished with plenty m hand. Best Tip appears t° iia ye made good improvement
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    Island Club Golf C'ship
    89 12 QUARTER final results of the Singapore Island Club golf championships are J. C. Stirling' beat J'in Shafer 4 3 U:". M. C Bain beat Philip Lee "n the 19th a M. Crawley Boevy beat W. McMullan 3 2 T H. A. ;'.>'■., boa". D. W. McMullan
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    SCFA TEAM
    58 12 THK Singapore Chinese :c:.:n > meet Sing ipore 'A' m a friendI \y soccer match on Thursday! will be selected from: Ch c Seng, Yew Chang, Chong Kum Teow Keng, Hin Weng, Kofc Seng Ow Chow Hoi Meng, I B Ma Seong. Chong Mun William I m Ah
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    RI Repeat Win
    41 12 RAFFLES Institution confirm I their sup* riority ovet S:. Andrew's School when they beat them for the second time with a 2—l victory m yesterlajr's inter-schools soccer rompetil on a: the R.I. ground. Previously Rafl es won 5—2.
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    Rangers Win 2-0
    44 12 KINTA Rangers gained their when ttu y beat mem Union 2—o m S a FA. Divi 3B lea- i 3 c n eh p ived v S w »rge*s Road stei d iy, K. Karam and Masalaoaanj w< *c Ui6 tcoitri.
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    Seletar Win 4-2
    47 12 SELETAR F C be U Mexa Sra Ft I 2 m their s.A.K.A. Division league match at Farrer P E iy. Scorers I >r Seletar wer c Daud 1 All Hashim and Sabthoo. Hamid Basir and Hassan Ahmad sc i »r the losers. i
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    42 12 1 lit FINISHES of the two trophy races a* Penang: on Saturday. Top: Dewin got a dream rim on the rails to take the Penans Cup. Above: Magnificence led all the way to finish six length 3 dear m the Kedah Cup.
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    Argonauts' Second 'Win
    154 12 TWO goals scored by centreforward Awang Bakar m the last rive minutes gave Argonauts a 3-0 victory over the Cosmos -Sports Club i:\ their S.A.F.A. Division .'!C fixture at Fairer Park yesterday. This was Argonauts' second victory. Argonauts went straight i t. < j the attack and
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    VICTORIANS SUPERIOR
    133 12 AFTER being h Id t<> a oiieall draw m their first encounter. Victoria Shool showed their superiority to b a t Johor^ Eng- lish College 3— ft when they met m a return match at Victoria School yesterday. Victorians got off to a gi od start and made
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    Rugby Results
    26 12 LONDON, Mar. 16, (Reuterl— RuKby Union ro.- P;,:^.c Un Neath 23 Pontypooi 6 Maesteg 0: LlaneUy 9 Aberaven 6: Glasgow Academicals 24 Oxford university
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    'SORRY, NOT OUR BEST'
    59 12 toii^wnPif^S^iSf* iri:;> South AMcan lawn tenm> teams wU be looked after" m Australia is to be given tha Lawn. Termi s Association. This was deeded by the Australian L.T.A council yesterday. They are to write the South an s )CILll!On expressing regret over th e selection
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    Last Minute Goal Decides For 3 A's
    308 12 DP TO the 68th minute, the verdict of this S\F\ Division One League game between Amicable and Fathul Karib at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, could safely be written off a s a 1-1 draw. But like a bolt out of the blue, outside-left
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