Singapore Standard, 5 February 1955

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    11 1 Singapore Standard SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1955 14 PAGES IS CENTS.
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    Lock icon LOMATS LOOK LONDON FOR NEW LEAD ON RMOSA CRISIS
    175 1 ■^Rejects UN Invitation And... IyORK, Feb 4 Rcutcr Diplomats te( j Notions here and Americans fon were looking towards London possible new lead on the Formosa the conference of British CommonBC Ministers. :on has yet been made about Council meeting on
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    355 1 t Drops lombshell any I o. ri feMi I a: It Secretary was Mteft or ".r. <i. in nons Shin- niiter y ot nally and cu-a and the did not to R|nt7 whether lie ot Chinese he and Tore British the de jure sovereignty over which is uncertain or
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    Lock icon Tachen Troops To Fight It Out
    194 1 TAIPEI, Feb. 4, (Reuter)— A Nationalist Defence Ministry spokesman declared today that General Chiang Kai-shek's 20,000-man garrison in the Tachens would defend their positions "at any cost." He gave a special press conference this morning to announce the Nationalist intentions which, he said, would
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    Lock icon PMs Call A Special Meet
    61 1 LONDON. Feb. 4 (ReuteD Commonwealth Prime Ministers in conference here planned today to hold a special meeting on Monday to get to grips with the Formosa crisis. no meeting ti*3 been previously arranged for Monday afternoon, but the Prime Ministers unanimously agreed they would cancel
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    Lock icon 'Drive Out Chiang's Men First'
    183 1 'Drive Out Chiang's Men First' Mao Sets His Terms LONDON, Feb. 4 (UP) Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai yesterday defiantly rejected the New Zealand-spon-sored and Americanbacked invitation to Formosa cease-fire talks at the United Nations. In a hotly worded message to U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjoeld. Chou said Red China "cannot
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    Lock icon Travels By Air But Sleeps On The Floor
    325 1  - Travels By Air But Sleeps On The Floor CONRAD SMITH By C i. aianaara aian iteporter clad in a white loin cloth and garlanded with a string of faded flowers, arrived in Singapore last night from Colombo by BOAC Constellation. He refused accommodation at the Raffles Hotel, and instead chose
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    Lock icon Maraaret's New Hair-Do Has Them Buzzing
    237 1 Maraaret's New Hair -Do Has Them Buzzing PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), Feb 4— Trinidad society buzzed today over Princess Margaret's mew evening hairdo an "Empress Josephine" upsweep that is just the thing to support a tiara. Local ladies were favoured with the premiere of the coiffure last night at a
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    Lock icon U.S. Dollar Soars In H.K.
    39 1 HONGKONG, Feb. 4 (UP) —The Formosa crisis pushed the American dollar to its highest value in 20 months. The market closed at HK55.***** per U.S.$l cash while telegraphic transfer was another four cents up.
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    Lock icon Home Guard Party Walks Info Ambush
    78 1 IPOH. Fri.— A party of Kinta Valley Home Guards walked into a bandit ambush behind Ampang Bahru New Village, near Ipoh. this afternoon. In the engagement that followed, one Home Guard was seriously Injured but. it is believed, that the terrorists too suffered casualties,
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    Lock icon FRENCH TRIBUTE
    23 1 THE French Government has conferred its highest award, the Grand Croix Legion d'Honneur. on former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. A.P.
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    Lock icon Sterner Action To Curb Students
    260 1 Sterner Action To Curb Students Cow, fr Emergency Poikcm Wl/I Enforce Ban ASSEMBLY HALL AND LORRY OWNERS TOLD TO LOOK OUT SINGAPORE Government yesterday threatened to use its powers under the Emergency Regulations to deal with Chinese Middle School students should they continue with their political activities. And as a
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    17 1 Mr. S. D. Pandaram, alias Won^siri Bandu Rrngasaniv Naikuti Pitchaykarah Muthusamy Adigal
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    Lock icon THE GRIM ORDEAL OF M. FRANCE
    230 1 Crucial Vote On N/ Africa PARIS, Feb. 4, (Reuter)—Shortly after midnight (Feb. 4/5) M. Pierre Mendes France, who has become a world figure within a few months, may cease to be Prime Minister of France. A two-day debate on Government's policy of pacification and
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    Lock icon And These 100 Boys Fool Their Principal To Defy The Ban
    237 1 And These 100 Boys Fool Their Principal To Defy The Ban ONE-HUNDRED senior boys of the Singapore Chinese High School defied Gov- ernment's ban on mass j political meetings by students, and held one j esterday afternoon in their school premises. The school principal. Mr. Chen Aun Lun. confirmed that
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    Lock icon Wedding Bells
    30 1 LONDON. Feb. 4 (Reuter) Miss Margot Fonteyn, Britain's prima ballerina, is to marry Senor Roberto Arias, son of a former Panama President, it was announced here early today.
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    Lock icon NEWSMEN ACCUSED OF MALIGNING S. AFRICA
    186 1 BEAUFORT WEST, South Africa, Feb. 4 (Reuter).— Mr. Eric Louw. South African Finance and External Affairs Minister, has accused some correspondents of overseas newspapers and journals here of sending home dispatches with the deliberate purpose of maligning South Africa, its Government and its White
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    Lock icon Soldier Took Up Civil Job To Help Starving' Family
    216 2 A SOLDIER told a District Cnrt toJUJWI yff&ft} adv^Tob pay was not enougii to support his "starving famuy ana nc to Singapore to earn more money. s Tay o\ 211 Vehicles Battalion, was sentenced to 84 days' detention when ne pleaded
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    Lock icon NEW POST FOR KYLE
    60 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Air Vice-Marshal W. H. Kyle A.O.C (Malaya), has been appointed Commander ot the Malayan Auxiliary An Force by the Federation and Singapore Governments Wr succeeds in this office also Air Vice-Marshr.l FW R. ..ci^ei who r ecently relinquished command of R.A.F. Malaya to
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    Lock icon Put Out Of Crime For Two Years
    108 2 Put Out Of Crime For Two Years WAHAB bin Mohamed. now serving two years imprisonment for houseoreakins on Dec 22 ,a^ year was scntcn:ed to another day in jail in the Singapore Third Distri Court yesterday for a similar offence committed car ht Inspector T S Zain prosecuting, said after
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    56 2 KUALA LIPIS. Fri. The community-mindedness of the Kuala Lipis people has made possible the setting up of a library for 38 tuberculosis patients in the General Hospital. Kuala Lipis It was opened yesterday by Mr. Ong Seong Teck, State Councillor. Donations came from many prominent citizens
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    Lock icon BODY FOUND
    21 2 THE NxH- of an unknown woman WM recovered by Po!kc on 'he beach o(I Pasir Ri< Sincap"™\ last n.ght.
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    104 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices dents pet Ib in Sinea onre ve*terd«> *ereBuyer* Seller." No i KSS Spot Loose 102* 103 i V. I KvSS f<ib Feb 103 A 1031 No 2 1021 102} No. 3 norn 99} 994 Tone: Easier. TIN PRICE The prices of tin yesterday was 5355-J
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    Lock icon $2½ M.IN TAX
    21 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation Government collected $2,566 846 in income tax last year, it was announced today.
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    Lock icon CHRISTIAN COUNCIL
    47 2 THE following were elected office-bearers of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Christian Council (Christian Home and Family Life Committee): Chairman. Mrs. Eric Wee; Vice-Chairman. Mrs E. V. Davies; Secretary. Mr. Wong Tong Seng; Treasurer, Mr. Khoo Scow Hwa and a committee of 15 members.
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    Lock icon Tricked By Robbers
    51 2 THREE strangers entered a house in Alexandra Road. Singapore on Thursday morning and herded a Chinese family into a room "for a discussion." But instead of discoursing. they snatched a cold cLam from a woman and another from her daughter and fled Property stolen is estimated at
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    38 2 HONGKONG Feb 4 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: 515 66 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l: $1,825 to Malayan $1; $0,176 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $261,625 to a tael.
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    Lock icon COURT AIDS MAN SILENCE His NAGGING EX
    198 2 COURT AIDS MAN SILENCE His NAGGING EX- KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —A young -pork stallholder today successfully sought a court order to have his former "illtempered, sharp-tongued and troublesome" wife put on a good-behaviour bond. Inche Abdul Rani, the Second Magistrate, before whom 29-year-old Foong Seek Ling, sought this 'truce" bound
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    Lock icon Councillors To Boycott Meetings
    100 2 Councillors To Boycott Meetings KOTA BAHRU. Fri. The spokesman for the elected Town Councillors of this town. Inche Nik Hassan bin Nik Yahya. said here today that elected Councillors will boycott Council meetings in future. Elected Councillors said today that they have no confidence in the present set-up of the
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    Lock icon Police Don't Depend On Informers Clague
    134 2 Police Don't Depend On Informers Clague SINGAPORE Police depend on their own detectives and not on informers for criminal investigation and the gathering of information. Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque. said this yesterday when commenting on a Colony lawyer. Mr. Leslie Rayner's outburst against what he termed "police informers." Pleading
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    Lock icon 10,000 Se Fund Return
    191 2 100 Apply For Exem MORE than 10,000 Singapore fim, OMfaal Provident Fund returns by T* day for employers to send in their (T^ of them will be registered as ssorea c of^ in "no employee" returns. U** There was a last .ninuie rush yesterday when 2.750
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    95 2 fiv dollar nm 7 retar >- Board* sioners of CurreJ, Points that »ai t The Pipw^ inferior quaUu The prutm Sular and nudged serin are unevenly the Chairmansl too close to the the note 3 The water* c ear and apptm Slue impresMoim 4. The Secant* name appeani{«| and
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    Lock icon LALLANG FIRE
    32 2 PEXAXG. Fri.— Members of the Fire Brigade had to do some hill climbing this morning when ten acres of bush and lallang on the hillside in Green Lane caught fire.
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    Lock icon DEADLINE FOR LICENCE FEES
    125 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Renewals of licences under the Registration and Licensing of Businesses Ordinance are to be made not later than Feb. 28 the Government announced today. Forms of application for renewal arc available at all po^t offices throughout the Federation and also from the branch
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    Lock icon Motorist Who Snubbed PC Is Fined $75
    115 2 A SINGAPORE driving instructor. Ang Kirn Chye. found guilty on two charges of inconsiderate driving and failing to produce his licence, was fined $75 in the Second Traffic Police Court yesterday. At the end of the case Ang said he wanted to appeal.
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    Lock icon Bankrupt's Debts Total $369,000
    108 2 MAH Khong of Khong and Company. whose liabilities amounted to over $369,000. was adjudicated a bankrupt by the Chief Justice. Sir Ch Murray-Aynsley. in the Singapore H;gh Court yesterday. The bankrupt, who was not present in court, had sent telegrams to the Registrar and also to
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    Lock icon Independ Day Of Is Celebration
    62 2 Independ Day Of Is Celebration THE pore. S:r Cr.sr.es A- n«ley. proa I Cc\ ■<* bratint Orioc'i !s Dsy -aid O; have cor.'r- l ed n country would rm& The 0* fry. on C Mr. C C, :r,aflHl S the *oa s# v HJ Mr Ceylon Jakarta ■<.■■ h wa«
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    Lock icon Ramakrishna Competeti
    22 2 Ramakrishna Competeti THE Rarr.aOTjJ of Singapore s** vited ap; lony studentin the *<*™*JL and e.ssay ccr h- id *ho:'Applicant? the Ra: Bai
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    11 2 THE and the V karak Bo now openwj^^
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    Lock icon ARA' RECALLS A GOLDEN YEAR OR A FRIENDLY HAPPY COUNTRY
    158 3 ARA' RECALLS A GOLDEN YEAR OR A FRIENDLY HAPPY COUNTRY cYLON'S Minister to Indonesia, Mr. M. I iuthu, who is also the Ceylon Com- Ifl Moloya, conveyed the greetings of Baldly nd hoppy counff y fo th l«Bten- -«o Moloyo lost night, on the occasion HJj'eri'h anniversary of Ceylon's Indepenm
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    Lock icon Cheongsam Show To Be Repeated
    137 3 TICKETS for the Chinese Swimming Club's dance and Hongkong cheongsam I fashion show on Sunday night have been sold out. For those who did not get tickets, the Club has de- i-ided to repeat the fashion show on Monday, which being Thaipusam. is also a
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    Lock icon Shorthand Typist Gets Testimonial
    27 3 AIR Marshal F. J. Fressanges presents the "Good Servic e" testimonial to Mr. Farley Quah, a shorthand typist (Special Grade) at R.A.F.. Seletar.
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    Lock icon Opium Cure Centre To Take In 200 First
    457 3  - Opium Cure Centre To Take In 200 First WILLIAM SOH By Volunteers' May Be Admitted Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Opium Treatment Centre in St. John's Island, the first to be set up by any government in the world, is ready to take in the first batch of opium addicts next
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    Lock icon They Fell For The 2 Models
    128 3 TWO boys, Lim Khim Teoh and Teo Hea Swec, were convicted in the Singapore Eighth Police Court, yesterday, for dishonestly retaining two stolen model aeroplanes valued at SI 4O at the Jalan Besar Stadium car park, on Dec. 27. The two model aeroplanes belonged
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    Lock icon Lecfures On First Aid
    44 3 THE St. John Ambulance Association of Singapore will conduct a course of lectures in first aid at its headquarters in Stamford Road beginning from Feb. 15 at 5.30 p.m. The lectures are free to all over the age of 16.
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    Lock icon Rubbish-But It's A $90,000 Issue
    200 3 THE Singapore City Council and the Singapore Improvement Trust are engaged in a $90,000, tussle over the collection of refuse from Trust estates. The Trust wants the Council to pay $80 000 annually for the labour force and $10,000 for the equipment used in collecting
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    Lock icon Loyalty Gets Its Reward In R.A.F.
    229 3 Loyalty Gets Its Reward In R.A.F. NINE locally recruited Air Ministry employees were given testimonials for loyalty and efficient service by the C-in-C. Far East Air Force. Air Marshal F. J. Fressanges, at a ceremony in Changi, Singapore, yesterday. "This is the first occasion, the Air Marshal said, "that J
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    Lock icon Officials Of East West Body
    107 3 Officials Of East West Body THE Japanese Consul-Gen-eral in Singapore. Mr. Ken Ninomya, will talk on Japan Tomorrow at the next meeting of the East-West Society at 8.30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the British Council Hall, in Stamford Road. At a recent annual general meeting, the following were elected
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    Lock icon Thaipusam Procession On Today
    98 3 THE Chettiars' Temple. Singapore will begin to celebrate ThaiDusam. which falls on Sundavt with a precession of Lord Subramanya, the God of Wisdom, today. ThaioMsam marks the victory of Lord Subramanya over a demon, and is the day for penance and prayer. The procession will start
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    Lock icon Lack Of Funds Hampers YWCA Delegates
    205 3 Lack Of Funds Hampers YWCA Delegates LACK of funds and commitments to other conferences abroad have prevented sending a representative to the Pan Pacific Women's Association meet now being held in Manila. Miss Phyllis M. Lowe, acting General Secretary of the YWCA Singapore, and National Director, told The Standard yesterday.
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    Lock icon A NEW PHONE SYSTEM PLANNED THIS YEAR
    403 4 The First Of Its Kind In S-E Asia KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation of Malaya will become this year the first country in South east Asia to instal a micro-ware telephone system, capable of handling up to 600 conversations simultaneously. This represents the
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    Lock icon ANNE (3) HAD A HUG FOR DADDY AND THE BEAR
    123 4 THREE-year-old Anne Solotnan. who waited patiently with her mother at Kallang Airport, Singapore, for the arrival of her father from Australia, screamed with delight when he appeared carrying a grey bunny. Not knowing who to kiss first her father or
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    Lock icon Children's Missionary
    63 4 REV. CECIL M. JOHNSTON, a missionary who served in the Burma campaign, from 1935 to 1941, with General Wingate's Chindits and who is now the Superintendent of the Children's Special Service Mission in India, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow. Dunn? his two-week stay in the Colony, Rev. Johnston
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    Lock icon Adjudicated
    27 4 It, K. GANESAN Chettiar was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday on a petition by Overseas Traders Ltd., to whom ho owed 52,410.
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    Lock icon LAW FACULTY 15 VITAL
    255 4 Sir Roland To Submit Plans Soon KI'ALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Dato Sir Roland Braddell, one of Malaya's most eminent lawyers, said here today that it was necessary for the future of this country that the University of Malaya undertake the teaching of law. Sir Roland, who has
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    Lock icon 3 Accused Of Beating Up One Man
    126 4 AS a result of a row a man. Chua On Xie. sustained a fractured forearm at Changi Road on Nov. 8. last year. This was strted in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday when Sen Kumar Singh. Damn Jadhao and Ram Chanda
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    Lock icon 25 Officers Are Named
    90 4 THE Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoil. has apDointed 25 Assistrnt Returning Oftieirs for the Singapore Legislative Assembly elections. They are Che Abubakar bin Pawanchee. Messrs. F..T. Bentley. C.E. Bogaars. H.M. Bullard. H. Chan Keng Howe. G.J. Cruickshank, G. C. Dickens, PR Gaskell. Goh Sin Tub,
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    Lock icon HABEAS CORPUS APPLICATION ON BANISHEE FAILS
    224 4 AN application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Teo Geek Chwee, who is being detained under a banishment order, was refused by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murry-Aynsley, in the Singapore High 1 Court yesterday. Teo's counsel. Mr. N.L. Macassey,
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    Lock icon TRAFFIC JAM DUE TO CRASH
    50 4 A SINGAPORE Traction Company bus which crashed into Anderson Bridge at a peak traffic hour 4.40 p.m. yesterday caused a traffic jam half-a-mile long. Two of the passengers travelling in the bus were injured and removed in an ambulance to the General Hospital for treatment.
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    174 4 Standard Staff Reporter REPUTED to be one of the biggest rubber brokers in America, Mr. M. Rothschild of West Orange, New Jersey, arrived at Kalians Airport, Singapore, by Pan-Ame-rican Airways' Skymaster yesterday, for talks with local rubber magnates. He refused to comment on
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    Lock icon IT WAS LIKE A DREAM TO THEM
    252 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri One h indred cnildren from the Social Welfare Home and the Elizabeth School. Juhore Bahru. were given a aream'* children's party by the Jonute Bahru Rotary Club at the General Hospital hall this evening. Noi a rnino was overlooked to
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    321 5 TB Patients' Call To Govt JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.-There is growing unrest and a sense of frustration among Johore Bahru's tuberculosis patients oxer what^; call the smallness_of an allowance paid to them for the maintenance ot their families. Pro Th J h °/1 Bahru District Association
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    Lock icon USIS Talk On Politics
    62 5 PROFESSOR C N. Parkinson, Professor of History in the University of Malaya, will give r talk on "Indian Political Thou?nt" at the USIS Theatrette Raff'es Place, on Feb. 16 at 5 15 p.m. The meeting, arranged by the Indian University Graduates Association of Singapore, will be
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    235 5 OPENING the Singapore Art Society's sixth annual Exhibition of Photographs at the British Council Hall yesterday, the American Consul-General Mr. A. J. Lampton Berry said exhibitions of this kind were the best means of promoting international understanding and goodwill. The 240 prints displayed, were
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      Lock icon Malaya's Leaders
      662 6 ON the eve of his leaving Singapore, Thailand's Consul-General, Luang Sri Sarasombati, said that Malaya had the right men to lead her on the road to independence which was just around the corner. In an atmosphere thick with charges and counter charges from rival political parties, the average
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      230 6 pffl crisis in Formosa continues and the reply of Communist China to the invitation of the Nations to send a representative to take in a discussion by the Security Council of a -solution by New Zealand, comes as no surprise. Sight from the beginning it seemed most
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    Lock icon THE TRAGEDY OF YALT
    995 6  -  LEON DENNEN By (NEA Staff Correspondent) TTNITED NATIONS, N.Y.— Ten years have elapsed since President Franklin D Roosevelt, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at Yalta' to map the future of war-torn Europe Feb. 11, 1945: a crucial date for the
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      58 6 TTTUSAN Melayu deplores that UMNO youths may keep away from the forthcoming Malay Youth Congress in April. Che Sa'adon Jubir, UMNO Youth Leader told an UMNO gathering in Kedah recently that UMNO youths were at present busily engaged In preparing themselves for the coming Federal elections and
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      67 6 HTHE general election in April will show whi?h party has the interests of the people at heart and which one is only a congregation of "professional politicians," Nanyang Siang Pau declares. Three of the four parties which have put up candi- dates have common platforms, such as lifting
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      78 6 ALL the political parties mi Singapore, with the exception of the Progressives, have given support to the proposed multi-lingual" system for the legislature, Chung Shing Jit Pao writes. Therefore, the journal continues, three of the .four parties taking part in the forthcoming general election in April have
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      74 6 CIN Chew Jit Poh expects that Anglo-American cooperation would become more manifest in South-east Asia as time goes on and believes that there will not be any important differences between their policies. Perhaps the way they handle the situation in this area is somewhat different, the daily points
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    104 6 HAVE much respect for and sympathy with those brave fellows who attempt the hazardous task of musical criticism. —Sir Thomas Beecham. J DON'T use my voice so often now. but I've split the eardrums of several deaf peers since I've been in the House of Lords.
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      277 6 Sir; There is a general demand for languages other than English, to be used at meetings of the new Legislative Council and City and Island Council and there seems to be some opposition to it on the grounds of delay and waste of time, etc. Perhaps my personal
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      228 6 Sir. I have heard many a tmie complaints from student teachers, (teachers under normal training) saying that most students disrespect them. They complain that the students never wish them "Good Morning" etc. I really feel sorry that such thing should occur in the relationship between
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      110 6 Sir, I was riding along Serangoon Road at about 9 a.m. recently when I was stopped by a member of the Mobile Squad for passing the City Area within the hours when "L" drivers are not allowed to pass. He told me I was committing an offence for doing
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      70 6 Sir:— l refer to Yew Ho k's c -a the last Up Meeting M was using Ml to (MM only cppor.r.'. I deny err.pbatica..y founded A him in his :te^ lead the voters. It is a P rannot use r. better purposes. i| fact that he r.as to
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    30 7 LONDON. Feb. 4 (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill's sister-in-law. Mrs. Nellie Romilly. widow of Colonel B.H.S. Romilly. died on Tuesday at her home at Hutingdon Park. Herefordshire.
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    43 7 LONDON. Feb. 4 (Reuter) The 26th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery and the Fifth Field Ambulance, return to Britain on February 14. from the Middle East. The 20 Field Regiment returns from Korea and Hongkong on Feb. 11.
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    46 7 photo. CURVACEOUS Barbara Nichols makes a lovely pattern, draped in all kinds of cravats. She has been named National Tie Queen oy the Men's Tie Foundation in New York and voted "the srirl thevM mn«« lik- t n t:» the knot with." U.P.
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    215 7 MELBOURNE, Feb. 4, (Reuter)— lf a decision is made to send Australian troops to South-east Asia it is vitally important that their role should be clearly defined, the influential evening paper Herald said to- _:.Li It cited two grounds on which, in its opinion,
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    25 7 LONDON. Feb. 4 (Reuter) Japanese scientists on a world atomic energy tour today visited Harwell, Britain's principal nuclear research centre in Berkshire.
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    299 7 SPORE DEFENCE TALKS IN LONDON Premiers Discuss Anti-Red Drive LONDON, Feb. 4, (Reuter)— The Prime Ministers of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan yesterday discussed the defence of of Singapore and Malaya in a study of the general strategic situation in South east Asia. During the talks. Field Marshal Sir
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    91 7 MELBOURNE. Feb. 4, (Reuter) —Australia is to make the fitting of backward facing airliner passenger seats compulsory in the interest of safety, it was announced here yesterday. Sir Richard Williams, direc-tor-general of Civil Aviation, said that all new commercial aircraft coming into Australia after Jan. 1,
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    50 7 TOKYO Feb. 4 (Reuter) A group of 320 Japanese officers and ratings will leave for the United States at the end of this month or early March to take over two 1,200--ton American destroyers being leased to Japan's new navy, the Japanese Defence Ministry announced.
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    139 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 4, (AP) A society woman yesterday reluctantly paid US$7,OOO for a portrait she can't stand the sight of by surrealistic Salvador Dali. Mrs. William Woodward patiently sat for Dali in his studio for a year, and as agreed in advance, never
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    56 7 LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter) The threat of a strike, which would cripple most of their services, again loomed over the state-owned British European Airways, last night. The central figure is again Mr Jack Peters, the former shop steward at London Airport, whose reinstatement is now demanded
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    36 7 TOKYO. Feb. 4 (UP).— A huge landslide killed seven workers and buried alive several others today at a dam project in Shizuoka Prefecture, 110 miles south-west of Tokyo. according to Japanese reports.
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    34 7 HONGKONG, Feb. 4 (Reuter) Lord Hore Belisha said on arrival here today that the situation in Malaya, in his opinion, was under control and that Britain had good Generals there.
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    264 7 A 'Goddess' And Her Dog Fight Smallpox NEW DELHI, Feb. 4. (AP)— An itinerant "Goddess," with only a dog for a permanent escort, is bringing hopes of "immunity" against smallpox to many Western Indian villages. The "Goddess"— a two-inch metal idol of the Hindu deity. Mahamayi— is being taken in
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    199 7 The Commonwealth SANDHURST, Berkshire, Feb. 4, (Reuter)— Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma, now First Sea Lord designate, told British and Commonwealth army cadets here yesterday that the Commonwealth stood as a stabilising force in a world of crisis. Lord Mountbatten who was presiding at a
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    86 7 HONGKONG, Feb. 4 (Reuter).— The 45,000-ton aircraft carrier Midway, has joined the United States 7th Fleet in waters North ot Formosa, according to usually reliable reports reaching here today. But the United States Navy authorities in Taipei have officially declined to comment on the
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    76 7 Judge Made A Man Of Him Before And After CLOTHES make the man. and a haircut helps, but it took a court order by Judge James B. Breakey at Ann Arbor, Michigan, to turn the trick for Dale Upton, 34, shown before and after. He pleaded guilty to passing bad
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    82 7 NO GERM WAR UNLESS YOU START IT' RUSSIA TOLD: LONDON. Feb. 4 (Reuter)' Britain told Russia today she would never wage gas or germ warfare except in reprisal. In a note delivered In Moscow, Britain denied Soviet charges that the recent Paris treaties on German rearmament violated the 1925 Geneva
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      117 7 E> TIN CLOSING PRICES "^ord London Correspondent ~t The following ore the closing «d tm on rhe London Market. R UB6ER LONDON TIN 3d. Spot £725 buyers, 30, d. £726 sellers. 0 4 d. Three months £726 Z9s4 buyers, £726 10s. sellers. »1«\ Settlement prices: £724. d. Sales Morning: 20
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      661 8  -  Alastair Buchan WASHINGTON, 'THE relative failure of the 1 moving An g 1 o- Italian film production of Romeo and Juliet as a box office success in the United States, despite the fact that every critic from the Atlantic to the Pacific had praised it
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      1425 8  -  Professor J.L.B. Smith By Rhodes University Crahamstown. SCIENTIFIC investigation of marine biology has made great strides in recent years. The life of the main shore lines, and of many quite remote ones, has been exhaustively examined by competent workers. It is, however,
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    818 9  -  KATHLEEN AYRES BALLET audiences in more than 100 American cities this season will respond to the m*glc dancing of America s finest classic ballerina Maria Tall«nief, prima ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. arllW?, 1116 fIFSt tlme great ballerina will perform m the
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    518 9 JT was the great violin teacher, Carl Flesch, who, over forty years ago, made the young prodigy Max Rostal cut off his long hair, stop playing in public and get down to serious musical study. Young Max outgrew his velvet trousers and in due time became, not
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    461 9 TN the quest for ;.rtistic A perfection Max Rostal maintains that the radio and gramophone exert a beneficial influence since "you cannot cheat a microphone." The artist is forced to work out technical processes with extreme care, yet not to the detriment of the spontaneity of
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    844 9  - STAGE DOOR John Hal kin m TN these days of masw J-sive stage productions. Involving the outlay of thousands of pounds, casts of millions, ice instead of boards and I all the rest of the what-have-you which goes under the name of entertainment, it is refreshing to see a show
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    135 10 msismjmtm I Leong Hew Meng spends a day with the Federation hockey stars under I and learns why... Tiicn e.rcrciscs to improve balance, and strengthen the thigh muscles. C lO am and first, to tea Top: Coach Gum S helps, too :9 B Bottom: the jour ao R I
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    722 10 They're Training Aiming For World Fame FOR the first time in the history of Malayan hockey, a team of Federation players representing the cream of the Federation are gathered together in one spot for training under the systematic coaching of that famous Indian personality, Gian Singh. "Malayan sportsmen, self-taught and
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    257 12 NEW BRANCH OF CHUNG KHIAW BANK TO OPEN Finance* And Commeree\ Standard Staff Reporter THE new branch of the Chung Khiaw Bank at the juncUon of Se.egie Road and Short Street, Singapore, will be owned at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, by Mr. Tan Lark Sye, Chairman of the
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    41 12 .MR. R. V. FARRELL, (above), vice-president of the Union Carbide International Company who is now in Singapore in the course of a Far Eastern to:ir to inspect various branches of his concern. He will leave for Bangkok shortly.
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    133 12 NEW YORK, Feb. 4, (Reuter): Privately-owned American tankers are now carrying only 1590 of American petroleum exports and ''well below" 53% of the nation's imports, according to a report issued by the American Merchant Marine Institute today. The report added that despite a new law
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    114 12 MALAYA may soon have boats with fibreglass hulls skimming over its waters. Light as wood and strong as steel, the wonder hulls cannot rot and are impervious to worms. They will not absorb water and need no varnish or paint. Should the hulls be ripped by.
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    182 12 CONFLICTING reaction to the Formosan crisis provided an increased turnover in industrials and tins in the Malayan share market yesterday. Trends were irregular in both sections but interest in rubbers remained slight. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were; INDUSTRIALS Buyers
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    164 12 Mercantile Marine To Expand THE German Mercantile Marine fleet that at the turn of 11)54 consisted of 800 ships and was around the 2.000.000--ton mark, is expected to be increased this year to 3,000,--000 tons. West Germany's biggest shipping firm the Hamburg America Line which has its vessels calling at
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    33 12 MALAYAN Exchange Banks' Association buying rates to merchants are: Canada 31-13/16 (T.T., 31-15/16 (0.D.), 32-3/16 credit bills and 32} trade bills. Selling rate (T.T./0.D.) was 31-7/16. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    185 12 15 Tons Of Pepper Transacted ABOUT 15 ions of all varieties of pepper were transacted yesterday and quotations improved slightly on those ruling on Thursday. Copra was a quiet market, with quotations closing slightly lower at $31} per picul for February shipment. Sellers of coconut oil at Penang indicated $49$
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    176 12 Standard Staff Reporter THE Indonesian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. Amirzan Nasution, said yesterday that he has no information officially concerning Jhe decision of the Indonesian Ministry for Economic Affairs to take away the import licences of 2,000 traders in Jakarta. Mr. Nasution offered
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    248 12 U.K. PLANS 100mph ELECTRIC, DIESEL RAILWAYS BRITAIN'S railways of the future will be electric and diesel with main line expresses travelling at over 100 miles per hour. These facts are disclosed in the £1,200,000,000 Fif-teen-year Plan for British Railways just published in London. It will be submitted to the U.K.
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    140 12 Rubber Eases Spite Of Pekin 'No' To Talk THE rubber market in Singapore closed eos Peking's rejection of the invitation from fhe United 0 yext *M pate in cease-fire talks, first grade rubber for Frk Qt| *w quoted at $1,031 per Ib. ($1.03 on Thursday UQry^ Quotations opened slightly higher
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    60 12 THLhJ tr ainin i i 1 '-abour i*. I U«"s(l av f "lorn s f, nu-nt OjJJ Tyson. t«u ui!l 'n C, lsorv m lorn )ur in2thi.| thrre v k Industrie Th«\ are j, M> b relate Mr lu (lP s up^rviy, r> j groups n i*« tu*i-h««r even
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    118 12 MALAYA is the largest' overseas market in the Far East for screws, bolts and nuts produced by Messrs. Guest Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd.. Birmingham. Mr. Stewart Lloyd, a director of the company told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Lloyd is passing through Singapore on his
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    50 12 The Singapore Charr.bi Commerce Rubber Anoon pnees < cents per yoterday were Buvp! i or- Spot loose I RSS f.o.b. Feb. No. 1 Io3| Mar. No. 1 14 Feb. No. 2 nom. 1011 Feb. No. 'A nom. 99^ RMA on reg. tender February lO: 1 March I Tone
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    337 12 Weekly Market Report THE U.S.A. has been more in evidence as a buyer in this market than for some time past, says the weekly market report of Messrs. Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co/ Ltd. This may indicate that the immediate offerings from Indonesia and Thailand, which
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    101 12 THE Far East Repn tive of American Motors poration, Krlvinator Leonard Divisions. Dt" Michigan Mr. .T. Zylstra, is In Singapore in the course I routine business trip in I region. Mr. Eylstra told The S dard yesterday he is he? "look things over and to keep
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    14 12 MALAYAN tin showed total expor' Malaya in January s to 5.745 tons.
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    54 12 IN the King George Graving Dock at SouthHampton. the liner Queen Elizabeth has part of her hull burnt auav so that Denny-Brown stabilizers tan be fitted. The change in the liner will mean a considerably longer winter overhaul this year. This \«'^< the biggest in the world
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      619 12 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. KOTA BHARU. Notice to Consumers. THE entire electricity supply i n Kota Bharu, Tumpat. Pa'lekbang. Wakaf Bharu and Pasir Mas will be interrupted between the hours of 8 00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Friday the 11th February. 1955 lor the purpose of carrying out alterations to
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      188 12 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SINGAPORE PROPERTY. To be held at our saleroom No. 10. Chulia Street ON WEDNESDAY. 9lh FEBRUARY. 1935 at 2.30 P.M Estate of Sng Ah Picw. de ceased. Nos 103 and 103- A MERGUI ROAD, area 11.186 sq. ft. Freehold. Monthly Rent 565.50. (Messrs. Braddell Brothers, Solicitors).
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      149 12 OUTER ROADS Asha: Shumkotu Maru: Chip Lam: Gen Van Goens; Kazbeck: Growler. INNER ROADS Ifin Huang; Bruas; Kah Kheng; Bidor: Sofia; Thepamamt; Senai; Laovvto; Paneh: Tiongkok: Caltex 93; Pasoso: Sedenak: Naga Mas; Tong Scang; Legundi: Tung Song: Puseng: Peterzwei: Loh Sic Lee: Bclaga: Soon Bee: Peter Reed; Belaga: Soon Bee;
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    52 13 BARTLEY Secondary School Collected another victim in St. Andrews School. beating them 5-2. on the BSS ground when they met in their inter-school soccer match. Bait ley scored through Jamil 2 Henry. Razali and Rahman. SAS replied through Maurice Khoo and Boon Lar.*. Bartley led 3-0
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    47 13 THE following players have been selected to represent the Arsenal Sports Club in a friendly soccer match against the Silver Star at Farrer Park today:— Ibraham. Ramanathan. V. S. Mnniam <Capt.>. Subrarmniam. Arumugam. Pakkiri, Robert. William, Ganasen, Joseph. Rannu. Reserves: David and U. T. Rajan.
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    42 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— A general meeting of the Johore Cricket Club will be held at &30 pm. on Eeb. 10 at the Johore Civil Service Club. All interested in cricket whether members or not are invited to attend the meeting.
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    26 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation of Malaya Police will meet Singapore Police in their annual hockey match on Feb. 20 at Kuala Lumpur.
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    765 13 AUSTIN RETAINS TITLE AND SABA LOSES A TROPHY Gnat-weight: G. Krishnan <SHB BC) beat D. Rahasingha < unattached". Mosquito weight. Harun LatifT (SHBBO beat R. Rajoo (SHBBO Special Contest: v ohn Tliornycraft beat Sig. Taylor. Bantam-weight: Ronnie Manasseh (SHBBC> beat Tan Fook Seng (Queen SBC>. Feather-weight: Austin I)un>ford iRMN) KOed
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    54 13 A STROXG Singapore Recreation Club XI were held to a four-all draw by an Army XI in a friendly hockey match played on the SRC padang yesterday. Andrew Clarke. Ronnie Barth. John Martens and TesSenshon scored for the Recs. For the Army W/'O Duncan (2). Nlzar
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    255 13 DRAW for th e aualifing round of the Duffers Cup 1955 to be played today: The first round will be pla>ed off on Sunday Feb. 20. Ist Tee p.m. 2.15 Tan Soon Hock (24) vs. Lim Tai Tim (24). 2.20 Heah Hock Soon '18 VS. R.
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    43 13 SINGAPORE Cricket Club beat Royal Air Force Seletar by three goals to one in a friendly hockey match played on the padang yesterday. R. McLeod. Kosel and David McMullen scored for the Club while Riley scored the Airmen's solitary goal.
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