Singapore Standard, 24 February 1955

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    16 1 Singapore Standard fc ;L s«j r"^ n v SINGAPORE, THLRSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1955 Jl PAGES !."> CXNTS
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    Lock icon 8 NATIONS WARN THE REDS
    504 1 SEATO Council Meets In Secret 'Our aims are to strengthen peace in S-East Asia BANGKOK, Feb. 23 (Reuter)— Sir Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretory, today joined leading Ministers of the seven other South-east Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) powers in pledging themselves to work out practical
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    Lock icon TANKER SAVES 2 FROM THE SEA
    121 1 TANKER SAVES 2 FROM THE SEA Wed.— After atcly tf) G hing junk :i 12 hours. were res,.n oil tanker. Pondopo, in the I v .rr.on. an island yesterday. r arrived In •i this afteriiermen. Ong and his brother 21, were handed to Welfare Departthat their outr nShins junk n
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    Lock icon AEROPLANE FOR NEHRU
    33 1 r W DEL II I. Feb 23 r> The Government •ioslovakia has de-i i to present four-seater I lane to Indian Pren. M goodwill gesture lla, H was learned here.
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    35 1 LONDON. Fek 83. <RcuSii Winston Churchill today hr doubted a trd \isit to Britain by hoti F.n-lai. China's Minister and Foreign i>trr. to discuss Formomd other international us. would be "fruitful 11 helpful.*'
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    Lock icon Military Chiefs to Map Out Defence
    182 1 BANGKOK, Feb. 23, (Reutcr) Military experts advising delegates at the SEATO conference here are to meet to discuss plans for dealing with a possible Communist armed attack on South-east Asia, conference sources reported tonight. They will not report to SEATO Council at this session
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    Lock icon ITS BANGKOK, SAY AUSSIES
    42 1 BANGKOK. Feb. 23 »Reuter» The Foreign Ministers Of the SEATO powers have now 'generally accepted" Bangkok as the seat of the permanent secretariat of their collective defence treaty organization. Australian sources reported today. A decision is expected tomorrow.
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    Lock icon TRIGGER-HAPPY HOME GUARDS ARE DISARMED
    330 1 Covt. Has Lost Confidence In You/ D.O. Tells Them SEREMBAN, Wed.— The entire Home Guard corps of Rasah New Village, numbering 126, were today disarmed at a parade held at the village grounds Forty-two guns, the entire armoury, were taken away by Government from the
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    Lock icon He Brings His Wife Out Too
    83 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Three terrorists today surrendered on the Kala Estate in the Kuantan District of Pahans. Wong Kow. a District, committee member, came out first and gave himself up to a rubber tapper who took him to his manager. An Area Security unit
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    Lock icon Priest Shot At Mass
    55 1 ST. LOUIS. Fob. 23 Reuter) —A woman carried a rifle in a large bag up the aisle of a church here yesterday and shot a Roman Catholic priest while he was saying Mass. His wound was not considered serious. Police said the woman had been a
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    Lock icon RUSSIA MARKS RED ARMY DAY
    33 1 MOSCOW. Feb. 23 <Reuter> Russia celebrated Red Army Day today with the traditional sports, contests, exhibitions, receptions and messages from army leaders on the Soviet Army's 37th anniversary.
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    Lock icon CLAUDEL DEAD
    22 1 PARIS. Feb. 23 (UP)— Paul Claudel. who won acclaim as a diplomat and a playwright, died today. He was 87.
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    Lock icon Churchill Is One Ot 'The Sons'
    44 1 NEW YORK. Feb. 23 (Reuter* Sir Winston Churchill has accepted honorary membership of the "The Sons Ot The Revolution" as a descendant of an American who fought against Britain in the War of Independence, it was announced here.
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    Lock icon Malayan Film Unit Was There
    103 1 Malayan Film Unit Was There BANGKOK. Feb. 23 The Australian Government made special arrangements today with the help of the British Commissioner General for South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, to ensure that the opening session of the SEATO Council was filmed for moviegoers in Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and
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    Lock icon Dulles 'Popped'
    50 1 U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, narrowly escaped serious injury when a photographer's flashbulb exploded a few feet from his face during the opening session of the SEATO conference. The exploding bulb shattered glass but Dulles' face was unharmed. He blinked his eves several times. U.P.
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    Lock icon Leak Plugged
    53 1 SECURITY Police have plugged one potential leakage of information about the closed session of the SEATO Council meeting. A journalist found that he could make out a few words in the lofty Ananta Hall by standing beneath the first storey windows. He was soon "moved on" by armed
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    Lock icon Turtles' Eggs
    54 1 ORDERS have gone out from the Thai capital to the Governors of the provinces of South Thailand to dispatch hundreds of turtles egos to Bangkok for the delegates to the SEATO conference. This famous Thai delicacy icill be on the menus of many of the conference dinners to
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    Lock icon BAN A-TESTS? 'NO' SAYS IKE
    22 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 Reuter President Eisenhower today opposed in;crnational prohibition of tests of atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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    Lock icon SIR WINSTON BURNT UP 14 MILES -OF CIGARS
    215 1 SIR WINSTON BURNT UP 14 MILES -OF CIGARS LONDON. Feb. 23 (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill at 80 years of age is smoking over a yard of cigars every day and over the past «0 years he has burned at least 14 miles of them. The Prime Minister does not claim
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    Lock icon Give 'Flesh And Blood' To Manila Pact, Says Prince
    262 1 in due course "the shackics of captivity, injustice and arbitrary privilege .shall be struck ofl and all men be free." Mr. Dulles said that geographically it was .something new for the United States to come to South-east Asia "but we come
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    Lock icon DOUBTING THOMASES WORRY MacG
    249 2 Sell Democracy To The Young, He Tells Rotarians KUALA LUMPUR, Wei2.— The Federation High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGiliivray, told Rotarians here tonight that he had recently been much disconcerted over people doubting the feasibility of a United Malaya. "If there are any who play upon communal
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    122 2 (LOSING rubbrr prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 951 W» No. 1 R.S S. f.o.b Mar 92 Ofii No 2 95 95| No. 3 nom. 94 04! Tone: Steady. Up: 3; cents. TIN PKICi: The price of tin yestrrday
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    Lock icon Nothing Exaggerated In Rostal's Playing
    370 2 Standard Music Critic MAX ROSTAL. playing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (leader Cor Rijf) under Gordon van Hien, gave a distinguished performance of Beethoven's violin concerto in the Victoria Memorial j Hall last night before a capacity audience. It is possible to imagine morn searching
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    Lock icon RASC DRIVER TRIED TO SMUGGLE TOBACCO
    84 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— L/Cpl. Kadir bin Busu. an RASC driver, was fined $3,000, in default six months jail in the Sessions Court yesterday by Mr. NL Cohen, lor trying to smuggle in 13 katis of tobacco leaf. On Feb. 18. Customs officers found the
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    Lock icon Army Tracker Dag Dies In Action
    59 2 Army Tracker Dag Dies In Action KUALA LUMP i R Wed An Arm.. tra<ko r drnj which scared three men and a womai. terrorist out of a bandit eamn near Bukit Mertajam yesterday was shot dead by a flying bullet in the ensuing battle between the patrol and the terrorists
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    Lock icon Fijian Defied Hail Of Bullets In Rescue Bid
    379 2 BATU PAHAT, Wed.-A Fijian soldi*, i bullets of about 30 terrorists t<l Vr" bra^ the trapped under an overturned jeep i 0 Jfe ti {|ffl( -< ambush near Yon& Peng on Monda> eveninp Zia One of the officers, llajoi Remanding "A" Company
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    Lock icon Crisis Meet For City Workers
    109 2 Representatives of about 10.000 open vote employees of the Singapore City Counc will decide at a meeting on Sunday the course of action they should take to settle their claims with the Cotind They were given this mandate by the City Council Lahour Unions' Federation
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    9 2 }\C> I I rhans ill $1.1 to
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    Lock icon A Rotarian Celebration
    56 2 MORE than 200 Rotarians from Singapore and Johore Bahru attended a dinner at the Adelphi Hotel last night, to commemorate the 50th birthday of Rotary International. RIGHT: Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan, Rotary president, proposes a toast to the J.B. Club. The Singapore Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.A.C.
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      73 2 Weather Report Minimum Tcmneraturr From 7..W pm. Feb. 11 to 7. M .O a.m. Feb. !3: Spore (73F): Penang (7:'.F Kota Bharu *711 KuaU l.umpur (71F); \y h (71F): Kuantan <71F). Maximum Temperature From 7.::0 p.m. Feb. 11 to 7...0 am Feb. Spore (89F Penang 1881 Kota Bharu (B.>l Kuala
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    Lock icon U.K. Ballet Examiner Due Shortly
    126 3 U.K. Ballet Examiner Due Shortly A DANCE examiner from the .Royal Academy ot Daneinn, Lt)ndon. Miss Kathleen Olive r. will arrive in Singapore by air on Apr. 10. She will proceed directly to K;u:ila Lumpur to conduct the ballet examinations there, which will beiiiin on April 11 and end on
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    Lock icon GOODE LAUDS ROTARY SPIRIT
    253 3 'It's Just What We Need To Break Down Barriers' SINGAPORE needs the spirit of Rotary International to break down the barriers between the different races living here, said the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, last night at the Rotary Golden Jubilee dinner at Adelphi
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    Lock icon Privy Council Hold Judgment In K.L. Case
    528 3 Privy Council Hold Judgment In K.L. Case served by h i 2 f (Keuter > Judgment was revest,?,!™ t J dltlal Committee the Priw Council advrcau M/VI 1 11 by Mr RP S Rajasooria. order oMhi S ltOr of Kuala Lu «"P«>-. against an n "ueust ivf SPS Of thc
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    Lock icon A Better Service Promised By S.T.C
    131 3 A Better Service Promised By S.T.C SINGAPOREANS who I travel by bus daily aic as- surcd of a better and more comfortable service by the Singapore Traction Com- pany. Tho company's chairman. Sir Thomas Strangman, told The Standard yesterday that (to start with, the S.T.C. will j put 14 new
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    Lock icon JACOB STANDS DOWN IN MIC
    40 3 AIR. .JOHX JACOB, a former secretary of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidentship of the M.I.C. Mr. Jacob has given no rcaSOn lor his withdrawal.
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    Lock icon Polling Day Is NOT A Holiday
    95 3 Polling Day Is NOT A Holiday POLLING day for the Sinjjapore Lpßislative Assembly elections which falls on Saturday. April 2. will not be a public holiday. A Government statement issued yesterday said that as Saturday is a half holiday there should be ample time for office workers who wish to
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    Lock icon Two More Car Parks For City
    159 3 Two More Car Parks For City I -CITY I COUNCIL NEWS I TWO more car parks costing the Singapore City Council more than $20*000 will be built in town for motorists. One will be in the area (9.r2'2 sq. ft.) bounded by Amoy Street. Cross Street, Pekin Street and China
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    Lock icon Two Malayan Children Begin Life In US
    94 3 Two Malayan Children Begin Life In US SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2?, (Renter). Two children from Malaya. I lon Wing Kuen. 4. and a sister. Hoh Swct Mvi, H. children of Mr. Hoh Wing Sang of Pcnang. began learning to live as United States residents yesterday. They arrived here under the
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    Lock icon AIR INDIA'S NEW SCHEDULE
    42 3 AIR Ind i a International will operate two weekly flights from Singapore to Bombay via Madras from April. The present schedule is only one flight a week. The airline is not operating any service to Indonesia from Singapore.
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    Lock icon GIRL, 17, MISSING
    24 3 A 17-YEAR-OLD girl, OnSicw Kin, has been reported mi.ssing from ber home in Arab Street. Singapore, since 9.30 a.m. on Monday.
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    Lock icon Wee's Aim — Free Schools For All
    198 3 Wee's Aim Free Schools For All FREE primary bilingual education for every child in Singapore is the main aim of Mr. Eric S. B. Wee, Progressive Party candidate, contesting the Farrer Park division, in the April Legislative Assembly elections in Singapore. Mr. Wee's four-point manifesto issued yesterday stated that he
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    Lock icon LEAVES RAF
    28 3 AIR Marshal Sir Cliflord Sanderson. Commander in Chief, Far East Air F«rce, i from 1952 until last November has retired, according to the official London (Ja/.ette.
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    Lock icon Progs Will Contest 21 Out Of 25 Divisions
    82 3 THE Singapore Progressive Party will contest 21 electoral divisions out of 25 in the April elections to the Colony Legislative Assembly The constituencies which the Party will not contest are: Telok Aver. Grylang, Seletar and Havelock. A spokesman told The Standard yesterday
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    Lock icon NO AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR THE COCOS ISLANDERS
    301 3 NO AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR THE COCOS ISLANDERS LONDON. Feb. 23. (Reutcr) A Bill to transfer control of the Cocos Islands from Singapore to Australia was given an unopposed second readingagreement in principle in the House of Lords yesterday. The Bill has already been passed by the Commons. It now has
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    Lock icon Be Proud of Your English
    242 3 Be Proud of Your English Improve Your Speech and Writing in a Few Hours Are you content with the way you speak and write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Thousands of men and women are handicapped because they make embarrassing
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    103 3 A FREE BOOKLET "Word Mastery" Wrile today to The Regent InsUUiM <Uept 4f;y £> Palace Ciaie. lymdon W M Rnzlanrt »oi free «»py ot Worri Mastcrv. which roniains full dctailg of '^>c Ffiertivc Lneii^h Course in '•ludine 'he spenal arrangements for overseas students Don t delay, lour l.nchsh is ill
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    Lock icon Footsteps He Ignored Cost Him $1,000
    141 4 Footsteps He Ignored Cost Him $1,000 A MAN who ignored footsteps he heard while bathing in his home in Emerald Hill Road, Singapore, yesterday morning, later found more than $1,000 in cash and jewellery stolon. The man said ho did not pay attention t the fcotstep> because he thought it
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    Lock icon Youth Jailed For Absence From Parade
    88 4 Youth Jailed For Absence From Parade A SINGAPORE Chinese »h School student Toh Kce Seng, was sentenced to three months' jail in the Second Criminal District C.iurt yesterday for offences under the Colony's National Serv.ce Ordinance. The court was to'ci that after enrolling in the Civil Defence Corp< at Kolam
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    Lock icon Girl Put On Bond For Suicide Bid
    133 4 Girl Put On Bond For Suicide Bid A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl. Chan Cheow Chin, drank some poison because she failed in i her examinations, the Singapore Eighth Police Magistrate. Mr. M. Karthigesu, was told j yesterday. Chan pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide on Tuesday at ti.T>o a.m. in
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    Lock icon ACQUITTED
    34 4 A FARMER. Chua Chin Hock, was acquitted in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday of armed robbery alleged to have been committed oft the sth mile Duncarn Road on I Dec 2. last year.
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    37 4 MUAR, Wed. Tan Long Chee 34. n taxi driver was fined $5 in the Muar Police Court for not wearing bis badge while driving on De,\ 11 last 1 year, in Jalan Bakri. Muar.
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    Lock icon Obey The Election Rules Warns Thomson
    343 4 Obey The Election Rules Warns Thomson WITH the stepping up of the tempo of election campaigns, a warning was issued last night to political parties to keep the contest clean and fair. Singapore's Public Relations Officer. Mr. G. G. Thomson, broadcasting over Radio Malaya last night, said that the election
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    Lock icon PHOTO EXHIBITION OF LIFE IN SARAWAK
    182 4 AN EXHIBITION of 76 selected photographs depicting various aspects of life of the people in Sarawak taken by Mrs. Hedda Morrison, was opened at the British Council Hall yesterday by the vicechairman of the Singapore Camera Club Mr Lokp Wan Tho. c Declaring the
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    Lock icon ITS DOOM FOR F.P.A SUBSIDY IF BRAGA WINS POLLS
    234 4 Birth Control ONE of the first things Mr. A. J. Braga promises to do if elected to the Singapore Legislative Assembly, is to seek withdrawal of Government's $60,000 grant to the Family Planning Association. Mr. Braga, who is a Labour Front
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    Lock icon Magistrate Holds Hawker's Roulette Is Not Gambling
    247 4 SINGAPORE'S Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn, yesterday cautioned and discharged a man on a gaming charge after he hod admitted operating a roulette in public. Mr. Colcbourn held that by the way in which the game was operated it could
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    Lock icon Clerk Tells How He Tackled Man With A Gun
    265 4 Clerk Tells How He Tackled Man With A Gun A SINGAPORE clerk yesterday described in the Fourth Police Court how he tackled a gunman who had j entered his house in Geylang •accompanied by another thug jon the afternoon of Nov. 5, last year. The clerk Yeo Bah Chee. was
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    Lock icon Appeal Is Dismissed
    65 4 IX the Singapore High Court yesterday. Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, dismissed 211 appeal by Thomas John Davics. who had been sentenced in the lower court to 18 months' imprisonment on two charges of criminal breach of trust in respect of 51. 617 In February last year,
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    Lock icon INSPECTION OF CONSTABULARY
    77 5 COU W. A. MULLER Inspector General of the Colonial Police, visited Johore Bahru on Tuesday and inspected a smart turn-out of about 52 members of the Johore Bahru Police Constabulary, who Provided him with a guard of honour under the command of Mr \V. L Kinloch. Area
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    Lock icon Merchant's Fine Cut To $30,000
    277 5 A FINE of $1 48,597.90 imposed by a lower court on a merchant. Teo Siew Jin, on three charges under the Singapore Foreign Exchange Control Ordinance, was reduced to 530.000 by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murruy-Aynsley, when he delivered judgment in the High Court
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    Lock icon EXPERT'S SKIN CARE ADVICE TO WOMEN
    163 5 EXPERT'S SKIN CARE ADVICE TO WOMEN Members <>f the Singap >:v International Women's listened intently at :r weekly meeting at the Y.W.C.A.. yesterday morninu. as Mr. Phyllis Rabonc. beauty consultant lor Yardley's Bond Street Saion. London, gave a straightforward, commonsense talk on skin care in the tropics. Carefully avoiding undue
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    Lock icon Journalists To Hear Hsiung
    43 5 DR. S.I. Hsiung. Dc;m of the Faculty of Arts, of the Nanyang University, and Mr. Vernon Bart'.ott. will be speakers at the Singapore Union of Journalists lum-h to be held at the Capitol B'uc Room on Monday. Feb. L'B.
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    Lock icon Estate Residents To Bring The Police Before Court
    455 5 Estate Residents To Bring The Police Before Court FIVE hundred residents of Brickworks Estate in Alexandra Road are to take action against the Singapore Police, said City Councillor Mr. Lee Choon Eng, after visiting his solicitor yesterday. Mr. Lee spent an evening interviewing the residents, one of whom had been
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    Lock icon 6 MTHS' JAIL FOR $1 THEFT
    67 5 SYED YusofT bin Ibrahim, a youth, was sentenced to six months' jail by the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday for stealing SI belonging to a maidservant. The maidservant. Cheah May. told the Court that c he had placed the money in her handbag
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    61 5 SAM Ah Lam. 43. was jailed for 11 months when he was found guilty in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday of stealing ten shirts, valued at $40. from a shop at High Street on Feb. 8. Sam. who admitted three previous convictions, will also undergo
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      Lock icon More Houses
      591 6 /V\h aspect of development in the Federation is bound to give the visitor the impression that the Emergency is a thing of the past. We refer to houses and housing estates. Singapore, of course, t ta first place in the number of housing estates I ted and still
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      Lock icon Few Good Men
      308 6 AST Sunday afternoon the incoming tide was lapping at the sea wall of the Malacca esplanade Dark clouds were forming to the north of the Settlement. At the esplanade padang a few hundred people were listening to an aggressive Malay voice amplified by loudspeakers Following shouts of
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    371 6 Review of Views S.E.A. Requirements I^ROM the standpoint of the Western nations, the requirements of the day in South-east Asia are to maintain the stability of the area and to cut down the chances of Communist infiltration to the minimum, writes Sin Chew Jit Poh. These must he the main
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    Lock icon When Capt. Eden Met Adolf Hitler
    1584 6 When Capt. Eden Met Adolf Hitler CIX Anthony Eden is a man who collects French impressionist paintings rather than souvenirs. But there is one memento wnicn he treasures. It is a menu card upon the back of which is sketched the British and German sectors in the Somme front in
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      22 6 Expanation Wanted Bir. if form a 1 v I A was < SIT P "Foe:- it I c t 1 tv. Sin^ap<" c
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      Lock icon Mr. Rojaratnam Replies
      605 6 Sir:— l notice that your columnist, Mr. Aster Gunasekera, did me the singular honour of taking up my name in vain on February 16. I gather that he strongly approves of S.E.A.T.O. as he disapproves of my views on it. You thought tho subject important enough tc
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      37 6 Sir— l refer to your loader headed "Political Gangsterism." Evidently you agree with mo that politics is a "dirty game" for how can anything goc;J or rl«ian be associated with gangsterism? GOH HOOD KEXG. Singapore.
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      Lock icon Three Categories Of Chinese
      319 8 fir;— ln youi editorial of jpstant, you said th;«t the Malayan Chinoe three categories— < nationalistic or inisi I would rather think that 1 are either uatio: realistic, or c Th. are those rcatc for China Ch tu:.d:ng cq with the W< it 1 are tho.-c
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      132 8 Hero Was Abused! Sir. 1 I iper 1 paid ntion to your _;cdy a: K. -:g. 3 people were f I'd. But een mentioned Che Aii. rang, who has -uvc C I that 1 foui n to snore XTRUE Chi A to arrive do rescue li ed into Red bodies
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      152 8 Chance -in- a- million girl tells her own tragic storyj sir,— ln one of Singapore's Christian churches last Sunday morning, the congregation was entertained to breakfast— a monthly affair to promote the Christian spirit of friendship and goodwill. Among the congregation were several professors, lecturers, graduates and
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    355 7 They're All Cold To Our Peace Policy— Zhukov MOSCOW, Feb. 23— Defence Minister Georgi Zhukov last night told a Russian television audience that the USSR's "peaceful policy" had evoked no "favourable echoes" in the West and warned that Russia is ready to retaliate against any
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    89 7 £20 'Squirrel' Turned Out To Be £7 50 Ermine \lM>\. l-eb M <AP> Hazel Lawrence >quirr«T coat she i at a fur sale for is turned nut to he ermine and worth owner of the store irim-ii thai Mi>s UwC i;ot a real bargain. the coat was conil with a
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    95 7 M. Faure Gets His Cabinet PARIS, Feb. 23. (Rcutcr) M. Edgar K. Faure, 46--year-old Radical. today completed the formation ot his Cabinet. M. Faure. ten times a Cabinet Minister and a thriller writer in his spare time, was regarded as certain of election as Prime Minister of Frances 21st post-war
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    81 7 Brandy Dief For Siamese Twin Girls KEIGHLEY. Yorkshire. Feb. 23 tßeuton Siamese twin born according to London newspaper reports on Jan. 30. are to be taken to London for separation. The twins girls named Margaret and John are joined at the crown of their heads. Yesterday, doctors and registration officials
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    67 7 HONGKONG. Feb. 23. 'Router) A 70-year-old French Catholic priest died in Canton yesterday on the eve of his departure for Hongkong, three Catholic priests who reached here yesterday from Communist China reported. They said Father Peter L. G. Lefebvre had been sick for some time.
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    41 7 LONDON. Fob. 23. (Router) Tho Labour Party's National Executive Committee today urged the Government to tell tho United Statos it "could not reckon on any military assistance from Britain in hostilities eonnoetod with the Chinese oiT.shore islands."
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    69 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 23 The following arc the closing of rubber ond tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER 28id. 2 8 id *P"I June 28id. >f.mbcr 28 d I December 27, 6 c 28id. cy steady. LONDON TIN Spot £7 12 buyers, £713
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    56 7 phot«» INDIA'S Primp Minister. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. playfully tweaks the ears of the son of the Indian Ambassador in K«ypt. Mr. Aly Nawang Jang, during visit to the Embassy in Cairo. Mr. Nehru was on a short visit to Egypt before returning home after attending the Commonwealth
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    207 7 Malayan Situation Improving— Head LONDON, Feb. 23. (Reuter)— Britain's War Minister. Mr. Antony Head, said here today the situation in Malaya was improving but that there was no room for complacency. The end of the Emergency was not ytt in sight, the Minister commented in a memorandum accompanying the Army
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    69 7 COLOMBO. Feb. 23 (Router* --Ceylon Buddhists are "shocked" by I proposal to export monkeys to be used in atom tests, according to Mr. lI. W. Amarasuriya. President of the Ceylon Section of the World Federation of Buddhists. Mr. Amarasuriya quoted in the evening
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    80 7 ROME. Feb. 23 <Reuter) Pope Pius XII today went through the- Ash Wednesday ceremony o! having the Sign of the Crojs marked on his forehead in ashes as a token of Denance. The Popes secretary. German Jesuit Father Robert Leiber. performed the ceremony before saying Mass
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    65 7 MAN DEVILLE, Jamaica. Feb. 23 (Re Her) Princess Margaret wis given one of the most erthusiastic receptions of her West Indian tour here yesterday as a seething mass of chldren expressed its excitement with shrill shouts of "Ain't She Sweet." She wore i white silk
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    38 7 LONDON. Feb. 23, (Rcutcr) —Lady Badei-Powell. unveiled a portrait of her late husband Lord Badcn-'owell. founder of tho world-vide Boy Scout movement at the Scouts International Bu-cau here yesterday, the 1)8 h anniversary of his birth.
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    228 7 CALCUTTA. Feb. 23. (UP) In the prime of life. Mrityunjay Bhattacharjee. now 90. was known far and wide as a "professional husband" who got results. Bhattacharjee's strange mission in life stemmed from an old Hindu custom— now outlawed— which held that about the worst thing
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    81 7 Everything Was Hers But Freedom VIENNA. Austria. Feb. 23 <AP>— "I had everything but freedom and security." In these words pretty Miroslava Nanchodska. 22, ice skating star from Communist Czechoslovakia, summod up to the Press today her reasons lor seeking political asylum in the United States. The ice star said
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    63 7 Revenge At The Carnival SAN SEVERO, Italy. Feb. 2.1 (AP) Three years aso Antonio Vituiano broke bis encasement with his childhood sweetheart. Angela Catalano. Angela took it hard, stabbed and wounded Antonio and was sent to prison. Last night the couple met asain in San Severn's main square during the
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    194 7 Woman Tied Body To Cat Bumper GROTON T Connecticut. Feb. 23 <AP> A 50-year-old woman is h'ld here on an open charge ifter State police said sne admitted she tied the body of Harry Strosberg. 59-year-old lean attack victim, to the lear bumper of a car on Frida/ and dragged
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    80 7 THIS official picture issued in London shows destroyer lI MS Barrosa on exercises in the Mediterranean passing through a shamrock pattern of boiling foam created by the explosion of her anti-submarine depth -barges. Her antisubmarine weapon, known as "squid." flints missiles ahead of the ship instead
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    181 7 BRITAIN'S ATOM-AGE NAVY LONDON, Feb. 23, (IP)— Britain yesterday commissioned an aircraft carrier that can run on remote control as part of a new atom-age navy including guided missile ships which will bring the greatest revolution to sea war in 50 years. Simultaneously the
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    111 7 N' list Air Force Sinks Gunboat TAIPEI. I<b 23. <UP> The Chinese Nationalist a.r force yesterday claimed 1«> have sunk a 700-ton K< i Chinese gunboat and Ine armed Junks in a heavy attack on 200 Communi.st warcralt overtaken in waters 120 miles north of Formosa. An official announcement said
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    39 7 SANTIAGO. Cuba. I <\> 21 (UP>— Five bomb were exploded in different, sections of Santiago last nizbt At lea.st one person was killrd. Police Indicated ilie rxplosions resulted from tho actlonx oi extrcmi t political element
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    62 9 Sayings Of The Week H thirty I Martin, I U.S. H I I I will I eof the I .ptI Mr. I r of I I >: I MO I Of I' I I sing I the pillar I and the I I *o no I :;s. I .i o:
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    724 9  - Uneasy Peace In Central America HALCRO FERGUSON By M LONDON A Uneasy P^ce has returned to Central America. but the ba<ic instability of the area remains On January 20 the NicaraPlans purchased by Cos' 4 a Tho IIT the Unite J 'States, th 1u ts a PP°ared to b» that
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    685 10  -  TONI MARSH By VOL' don't have to be sporty to wear sports I Mies. Nowadays they are mainiy worn to lounge in. la be comfortable in around the house and garden, to let fre>h air and sunshine bnn^ a healthy glow to your sK;n. be it on
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    107 10 Just in case you feel 2 J that plain ordinary Z coffee is a bit tame for I those mah.ions morn- in^s. here's something: 2 that will make your 2 friends sit up and take Z C notice. Make the coffee strong 2 and black. Sugar well. J
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    555 10 J^LITTING hither and thither this week. I came to rest on Stamford Road. There I found two places, practically right next door to each other, who really cater for older children. One is the Malaya Pubw hshing House, which is pleasantly air-conditioned. Where the service is one of
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    589 10 IIANDS are important. In fact, they arc m> mu< h in evidence, that some people rather look at a person-: hands than his face in oraer to tell his character. In Europe you can hide your hands at times.. .with gloves, with ions; sleeves, in muffs.
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    158 12 To Explore And Increase Trade Standard Speciol Correspondent AN 18-man trade delegation from India will visit Malaya next month in the course of a tour in the Far East to improve trade rCIO T' OnS ;'as disclosed to The Standard yesterday by Mr D"M Jcjurikar.
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    40 12 THE its ha> agreed to sell USS"> million worth of feed Brain to West Germany for ■oral currency which m U;rn will he used to buy materials needed to construct defence bases in Spain.
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    280 12 OIL. ropra and pepper prices eased slightly yesterday in the Singapore produce market. The copra market was quiet. 1 The prices were down by 50 cents and $1 for copra and oil, to ?-8i and $44* respectively. Pepper was marked down by Si to Muntok $212
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    21 12 TALKS between Yugoslavia and Britain on a new trade and payment agreement will open in Belgrade on Feb. 21.
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    54 12 MR. BEN HEXRV, Director of Eros Films, London, arrived in Singapore on holiday aboard the Willem Ruijs. He was accompanied by his wife. He was met on arrival by Mr. Jack Sharp, Manager of Shan* Bros. Organization, and several leading members of r/ic film industry in
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    137 12 AMO N (i the first Colonial territories to reserve space in the Commonwealth section of the British Industries Fair are the Federation of Malaya. Singapore, Hongkong. Malta. Mauritius. Cyprus and the British West Indies. The Commonwealth display will cover nearly (i.OOO sq. ft. of space
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    61 12 THE Chinese Government announces that from March 1 the present Yuan tJenminpiao dollars) are to be replaced by a new currency at the rate of 10,000 to one. That means that all state indebtedness to the peoole is virtually wiped out and that in tneury one
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    253 12 More Dunlop Tubeless Tyres Soon... Standard Staff Reporter MALAYAN motorists may soon be able to get in appreciable quantities the Dunlop Gold Seal Tubeless tyres, the District Manager (South) of Dunlop Rubber Co., (Malaya) Ltd., Mr. P. D. O. Liddell, told The Standard yesterday. Though Dunlop has been manufacturing tubeless
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      338 12 Standard Special Correspondent REPRESENTATIVES from Malaya, including Singapore, will shortly leave for Tokyo to attend two important meetings of the Economic Commission For Asia and the Far East. These meetings are scheduled to be held from March through April 7 with 170 delegates from 124 nations
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      221 12 RUBBER SHARES BETTER RUBBER counters in the share market yesterday quickly responded to the better commodity prices. Turnover, however. was small. Thirteen of the 43 shares listed were marked up. Tins and industrials, on the other hand, were irregular. Losses in them exteeded gains. The turnover too, was small. Price
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    183 12 RUBBER UP 3 7/8 cts. ON BETTER SENTIMENT St 2s?* pd c Market IHfc Singapore rubber price yesterday jumped 3k cents per pound for first srade March shipment following; better sentiment' The market closed at cents (92J cents on Tuesday). Trading was reported El fulfil acceptances an covering. Some over-.
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    61 12 AMERICANS car: no French built Renault j\ob.\V.« -by iiL T)ie company adrc T/iaf Ef irtll, on receipt of f; down payment 0/ rSiJ'/ deliver a car anywhere l*N:tcd Srntrs, any cities, Toicns a?Jd erca doicn on Ihe The cars wiM be flotm from France and prompt
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    388 12 LONDON, Feb. 23 (AP) Britain held its traditional world leadership in merchant shipbuilding last year against strong competition from West Germany. Lloyds Register of Shipping reported yesterday that British shipyards sent 253 new vessels totalling 1,408,874 tons down the ways in 1954. This was 91,411 tons
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    77 12 NEW rubber consumption in tin I nilrd SUl* amounted to 12.">.Mi«i lons tons in Januan above the December total of lIS TOO Manufacturers Association said in NV\v York Januarys natural rubber consumption to :>7.2!W long tons. SJ2 **mr U* Btumkft tm and synthetic rubber used in the
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    161 12 Weekly Letter From US. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. U-toaHm «J*J *J sury George M. Humphrey rccriu-d an a» a the Chamber of Commerce of greater ll uUdr^ i week-an event which was duly noted in th g newspapers. But what the Bwgary W the occasion overshadows the
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    88 12 The herd of pedigree Jersey cows on the Ovaltine Farm at King's Langley, Herts, again has had a successful yea r. A\ the various Caille Shows in England during 1954 they took no less than 4 championships, 2 reserve cham- pionships, 3 specials, 31 iirst
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      572 12 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES To be held in our Saleroom No. 10, Teluk Ayer Street On Monday. 28th February 195."> at 2.30 p.m. "VOS: 00 92, Prinsep Street S.L.G. Area 81 1> sq. ft: 816 sq. ft. respectively (To be sold in 2 separate lots). r
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      342 12 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE. Central Elettrititv Board. Federation of Malaya Demolition of Junior Officer's Quarters at Bungsar Road. Kuala Lumpur. RENDERS are invited for A derr.oition of existing quarters of tile a nd timber construction which arc in a good state. The materials salBed are to bo the property of the
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      143 12 ChiD L^^nfcoPnl Sunon ESS?" .J S,T, aH Benl Van Riemsdjik, Ha] Mine Oiony rii7«n» 12 I M a or y Uvkes 13, Hs.ng. Tr!j3av Atlantic Dragon $S Us D< P bra 18 Stat e INNER ROADS g St a NW S T^ ltan NW Lee Sehm. Toriua Mirudu m'?- r.
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    173 13 Omar Tan Take The Short Cut SGT. Syed Omar (RASC School) and L/Cpl. Jerome Tan (District Signals) took the short route into the final of the Singapore Base District individual boxing championships last night. Omar knocked out Pte. Zainol, and Tan sent Cpl Kodrigues down. Both knock downs came in
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    176 13 MELBOURNE. Feb. 23 (UP) Olympic Games officials today admitted they were concerned at the possibility that the main stadium at the Melbourne Cricket Ground would not bo completed in time to make full preparations for tho opening of the Olympic Games here in 1956. Work
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    256 13 Eddy David Are Favourites HAARLAM. Holland. Feb 23. (lieu ten Eddy and David Choong. the Malaya Badminton aces are expected to dominate the Netherlands International Badminton Championships to be held here on Feb. 26 and 27. Eddy Choong is a hot favourite to retain the men's singles title which he
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    48 13 RAJA.TI S.C against the Aston Athletic Association in a friendly soccer match to be played on the Clerical Union ground today will be: G. Muthiah. N. Govindasamy. D. Suppiah. S. Hanitfa. P. Sundram. G. Doriappan, K. Syadosman. S. Ramiah. K. Jayaram, If. Mustappha and M. Sintha.
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    18 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Selangor will hold Malaya's first junior athletic championships on June 3 and 4.
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    204 13 GET SET FOR A 4 -WICKET WIN THIS 5th TEST ALF COVER IN AUSTRALIA I FORECAST a fourwicket win for England in the fifth and final Test starting on Friday. That, in my opinion, is the m argin between the two sides. wouia not make such a prophecy if Keith
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    216 13 Post -Mortem Of MCC-NSW Match TYSON in the N.S.W. first innings bowled like a man short of practice. Fortunately for the peace of mind of Hutton, he was back to normal in the second innings today, and could easily have taken three or four wickets Both Burke and Simpson took
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    321 13 Hong Kong: 5 Spore District 1 Allison, Smith 2. Cox 2. Tejman Thappa. Umpires Capt. Shove and Capt. Stocker. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Hong Kong Army gave a dazzling performance to beat Singapore District s—l in the annual Army Far East Land
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    150 13 KARACHI Feb. 23, (Reuter) The touring Indian cricket team after losing three wickets for 41 hit up a formidable 249 for 4 at close of play when their three day match against a Pakistan combined schools H opened here today. The Indian side lost
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    62 13 AT the annual gi rai meeting of the Hollandsche Club thf» following members were elected to serve on the Committee for the ear President Dr. L. Bels: VicePresident S. W. Cost Lievense. Hon. Secretaries J. E. M. Fa*el and G. Ph. M. de Stoppelaar, Hrn. Treasurer J.
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    121 13 NEW YORK. Feb. 23. ißeutert Tony Trabert won the United States Indoor Lawn Tennis Singles Championships when he beat Davis Cup team mate Hamilton Richardson 11 13. 7—5. 9—7, 6—3 in the final yesterday. With Vie Seixas he aiso took the doubles final beating Richardson
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    252 13 CALIFORNIA, Feb. 23, (UP)— Maureen (Little Mo) Connolly, 20, America's queen of the tennis courts, announced last night she is retiring from tennis. The stocky blonde star from San Diego, three times Wimbledon champion and the youngest player ever to win the U.S.
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    103 13 At the annual general meetmf of the Girls Sport* Club on Saturday, the following were elected office-bearers for th« current year: President Mr? Z Te*sen#ohn: Vice-President— Mrs Marguen'e dc Souza: Hon: Secretary— Mr*. Margaret Clarke: Ant. Hon. Secretary— Mrs Olga ric Hon Treasurer Mm. Kate Gnbben: Ant.
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    43 13 BRIGHTON. Sussex Feb. 19 (ReuterV— Gordon Pirie, the British International won the Southern Counties Cross Country championship here today. He clocked 52 minutes 48 seconds for the nine miles course to beat the holder Ken Norris by 30 yards.
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    306 14 I.H.F. Rank Pakistan Number 2 By II A SOARS Xl A! A 'LUMPUR. Wii Ifc S M Ayub, manager of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Team, said yesterday that Pakistan arc ranked number two by the International Hotkey Federation. "Mctet people arc under the impression that the final placing at any
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    456 14 SrN(;\PORE— I4 JOHORE— I3 One goal, one try, 2 penalties. Two goals, one try. Rc'eree:—Fl Lt. V. A. Harjield. SINGAPORE'S rugby XV, consisting of the cream of Civilian and Service players, beat Johore, winners of the recently concluded H.M.S. Malaya Cup competition, 14 13
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    72 14 At the annual general meeting ©f the Smuapotc Motor Club jestirday. the following were elected officials for the current President: Mr E A Crabbc: > ur-Prrsident: Mr J N. K. c.icfT re-elected*: Honorary Secretary; Mr. P. W. Corner (reelected). Honorary Treasurer: X W Morley. Committee: Jean lile
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    299 14 THE Pakistan Hockey Federation tourists will field six Olympic players when they open their Colony tour today against the Singapore Selection. And as can be expected, they arc not taking any chances, even if they know the opposition to be the weakest in their Malayan engagements
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    213 14  - Track Work WINDSOR LAD Billdaw Kabaka In Striking Form By KNANG, Wed.—Several of Wally Basby's horses were sent against the clock at this morning's workouts in preparation for Saturday's races Billdaw. with Billy Bagby astride, was never off his bit when sent over three furlongs which he did in 37
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    25 14 THE SHA K.O. quarter-final match between University of Malaya and Ceylon Sports Club, which was to be played yesterday at Bukit Timah was postponed.
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    454 14 AYUB AIMS AT PEACE IN MALAYAN HOCKEY Politics Sport Don't Mix THE Pakistan Hockey Federation touring team manager, Mr. S.M. Ayub, said in Singapore yesterday that he hoped to 'bring about a reconciliation between the Singapore Hockey Association and the Federation of Malaya Hockey Union/ Mr. Ayub, in an exclusive
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    140 14 Floodlit Thrill For Ayub Co. THE Pakistan Hockey tourists have agreed to play a floodlit match against a Colony Invitation XI on March 3. Mr. G. X Gossain. president of the Singapore Hockey Association announced last night. The Colony's Invitation XI will include five Pakistan players, whose names will be
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    68 14 NEE Soon Boys Club found some of the 'men' in the Star Soccerites Juniors too much for them, and went down by four goals to one in a football friendly at Farrcr Park yesterday. They played the match after protests had been made by the
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    23 14 Alexandra Football Team (Youth Section* will meet Balestier Community Centre (Youth Section) in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park today.
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    564 14 The Newcomer s Ocean Pearl Of the newcomers who will probably make thei- debut at the forthcoming; Penan? Turf Club s February-March meeting, interest will be centred on Ocean Pearl (late General Ike), a four-year-old chestnut ffcldin? by Turkhan from Robin's (iir| (by Bold Archer I. who was a smart
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    148 14 PENG SOON FOR ENGLAND U.S. WONG Peng Soon, three times holder of the All England singles title, will be out to win it for the fourth time. The Badminton Association of Malaya has given Peng Soon the necessary permission to compete in the championships next month. And from the All
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    51 14 MARRIED held Singles to a 4-all draw in a Singapore Cricket Club Women's hockey match played at the SCC padang yesterday. Scorers for the Married were* Mrs. D. Mills (3) and Mrs. Wright. S. Atkinson (2). Gingerbell and J. Looms were the scorers for the
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      37 14 SNHP?| HOCKEY; Pakistan vs. Singapore Selection XI. SOCCER .—Barlley School Victoria School on Vici'/na school ground; Beatty vs. St. Andrew's M .Andrew's ground; Nee boon Boys' Club vs RAPC tootball Team vs. Balestier <»"nnumty Centre at Farrer
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