Singapore Standard, 18 January 1957

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  • 12 1 Singapore Standard •fifxn. >«• SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1957 12 PAGES 15 TENTS
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  • 115 1 SHE 'CLICKS' A S THOUSANDS CLIMB STEPS MORE than 125.000 devotees and onlookers flocked to the Batu Caves m Kuala Lumpur yesterday for the annual Thaipusam ceremonies of penitence through self-torture. For many non-Hindus, the mysticism of rites bathed m centuries of tradition and the weird-looking Kavadis and instruments of
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  • 86 1 SOEKARNO'S MOVE TO 'SAVE INDONESIA' I Jan. 17 (UP>~ Soekarno announcer the formation of a Advisory Council" X nself as head to ;e m ocr ac y" m I nn told foreign ■nrr.-T m a rare intervicv i Palace that the ganlzed to "cure -.ionesia," would a dictatorship. fused a
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  • 11 1 I Director Alfred dars of Lcui Hollywood, and observa-
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  • 320 1 ATOM SCREEN FOR WORLD TROUBLE SPOTS ff.£ Drives Wedae Into The Plans Of Aggressors IKE'S POLICY SHAPES OUT IN 6 TASK FORCES, READY TO STRIKE WASHINGTON, JAN. 17, (UP)— THE DEFENCE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO STATION ATOMIC TASK FORCES, ARMED WITH THE LATEST BOMBARDMENT MISSILES, AT TROUBLE SPOTS AROUND THE WORLD,
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  • 76 1 THERE are three BIG reasons why therecan be no merger between Singapore and the Federation. They were listed by the Federation's Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, m Singapore yesterday. And they are: ACCEPTANCE of Malay as the national language m the Federation. A PLEDGE to uphold the status of
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  • 71 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Jan. 17 (AP) Israel today expressed a willingness to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba region m the Sinni Desert' if the U.N. can asree on arrangements to safeguard Israeli interests. Earlier Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud
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  • 28 1 NEARLY 2.000 former Communists surrendered to the South Vietnam Government m one southern province during 1956. the semi-official South Vietnam News Agency reported m Saigon. UP
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  • 24 1 TWO more Western correspondents were yesterday expelled by the Hungarian government bringing the total m the last week to three. Reuter
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  • 578 1 ...and the inside story about that Security Council for Singapore yesterday. Reminded that he DID speak m tavour of a merger of the two territories some time ago. the Tunku laughingly retorted: "Ah, but that time I was new to my
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  • 149 1 NICOSIA. Jan. 17 (UP) A Royal Air Force pilot today was ordered to face a court martial on charges of deliberately wrecking a jet bomber to avoid bombing Egypt Flying Officer Dennis R. Kenyon. 24. was remanded for a general court martial m Nicosia on Jan.
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  • 134 1 Suez Rift Will Be Mended LONDON, Jan. 17 (UP)— Prime Minister Harold Macmillan intends to call an early Commonwealth Premiers' conference to mend rifts caused by the Suez intervention, it was learned today. Next to restoring the AngloAmerican alliance, the strengthening of the bonds within
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  • 19 1 THE Evening News, one of Glasgow's three evening papers ceased publication last night for economic reasons. Reuter.
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  • 260 1 DON'T COURT DEATH WITH THOSE JAP TABLE-LAMPS! THE Singapore Assistant Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday warned the public to be careful when using Japanese manufactured table-lamps m their homes otherwise they would be courting death. lhe Coroner Issued this warning at the close of an inquest on 31-year-old radio
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  • 155 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Singapore jesterday were:— Buyers Sellers Spof fob. Oom.l 1005 10U Jan.RSS No 1 96k 964 Feb.RSSNo.3 93* 93* R.S.S. So. 3 91 91V Tcne: Easier after steady. STORE TIN The price of tin on the local market yesterday was $38? per
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  • 312 2 Soldier Gets 96 Days LFor Assaulting Servant Girl KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— An Army signalman, Hashim bin Ahmad, 22, had his face slapped by a maidservant at an identification parade held at Malaya Command on Dec. 27 last. This same signaller had slapped the girl
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  • 83 2 800 Govt. Men Want More Pay: Decision Soon A DECISION over the demand by about 800 junior stail members m the Singapore Government service for a R-age increase is expected next wee lc The staff side of the Joint Civil Service Council demanded a wage rise of $15 to $20
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  • 99 2 Hashim told the court that he had not worn a bow-tie since 1953 "because it was against the Islam religion to wear a bow-tic". He used to wear a "Yankee" tie m Singapore, he said. On the second charge, Hashim claimed that he went to
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  • 37 2 HONGKONG. Jan. 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.09 to £1 Sterling: 56. ***** to U.S.RI; $1,841 to Malayan $1 $n.183 to one Indonc-M-n Rupiah; Gold $269.5 to a tael-
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  • 138 2 $30,000 RANSOM TO SONS ABDUCTORS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Police today confirmed that a wealthy Kuala Lumpur land-owner had been kidnapped and released after payment of a 530.000 ransom rarly this month However, police refused to divulge the identity of the victim. The Standard, however, understands that the man is the
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  • 781 2 BUT TRAP SET BY MAGISTRATE FAILED TO CATCH INSPECTOR PENANG, Thurs.— A court bailiff was lured into helping: to lay a trap for a police inspector on the pretext that he would get an opportunity to see blue films, the Sessions Court was told today.
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  • 129 2 THE Department of Ml Studies. University of ii laya, is seeking lecttw locally and abroad, to ca duct certain specialized i§ jects connected with Pendita Haji Zalnal-M din bin Ahmad, acting bol of the Department, told *J Standard yesterday there was difficulty m W ing suitable
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  • 36 2 SEAMAN FOUND DEAD A SEAMAN. Fang, 40, who was I yesterday on board the Bee anchored Roads No foul play ted The body of an 1 boy. Tay Toh E floating m the tea Tiga, yesterday.
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  • 20 2 JEWELLERY and cash $30 were si the resident of Mr. Huat, a cinema rr Tanjong Tokong ROI yesterday.
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  • 126 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Abdul Ghani bin Talib appear, cd m the Sessions Court today on two charges of criminal breach of trust of money entrusted to him as a public servant The first charge was m respect of $468 and the other $760.77. The offences were
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  • 272 2 A GIFT FOR SPECIAL GUESr TO MARK The OCCASION KIALA hi MPi Thursday. Ro y y* Director Vincent. nn T half of the Brn,h°A b St. Gabriel, to'U v OTcr the Scrrnclah Home from Gov^ntW He said that as K"r of Boys'
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    • 40 2 ■Xii NEW"WORL» yi| i CABARET Sj "ROCK f N ROLL NIGHT' 9.00 p.m. FEATURING: RAZZLE DAZZLE MANUEL DIAS AND HIS ORCHESTRA RAHIM HAMID (King Of Rock N RoMS^^ cf^ S MANY NEW CHARMING DANCE J| X HOSTESSES HAVE JOINED LS.
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  • 225 3 A FIRST-NIGHT CLUB FOR THEATREGOERS T|l i Irs! NteM Club* Joed to all Singapore TLJSrt-ti*** and wnirh |!ljsfs substantial price WtK-n* to any member < ihr <l» b u;vs mau E"•SUi yesterday by Donald g£rr Productions. rted to help regular Jtrons of first night perl r m;in«-rs. the "First Night
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  • 93 3 Top School Posts For 3 Teachers KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs. Three teachers of Clifford School have been promoted headmasters of three English schools m Perak this year. Mi Karam Singh is now principal of the Clifford School m place of Mr. A. D. Bumford, who has been promoted Inspector m the
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  • 45 3 THREE Federation Malay officers of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority will leave for Australia tomorrow to study accuntancy under the Colombo Plan. They are: Inehc Othman bin Hitam. Inche Abdul Manan bin Dahili and Inchc Mohamed Kassim bin Sulong.
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  • 277 3 A GIRL WITH AMBITION: s| INDKR, curly haired, Catherine Tan Siew En* fcbopins that she has hrr living at her fingertips AIJ ,i, P is asking for is a chance to prove it Catherine is the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Tan Kai Ou
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  • 60 3 owing have been oarers of the Tampenifl Division of ral Socialist Party: n Mr. Lee Kick M< .nd Lee Kok Liang: —Lee Ah Hu.nt; treaI Koh Cher Phcna. 4 ee members M< >k Lye. Lim Tian Lee. 2 Hong. Lik Tak E if, ing Khim. Er Chcon Chin
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  • 194 3 POLITICAL parties m Singapore have started planning for the next general elections to be held some time this year. THE EXACT ELECTION MONTH, HOWEVER IS ANYONE'S GUESS. The Labour Front and the Liberal Socialist Party are making a keen study of the
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  • 131 3 Oriental Music At The Varsity THE University of Malaya Music Society will present a concert of Oriental music at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall tomorrow evening when Malay. Chinese and Indian music will be played on native instruments. A member of the Society told the Standard yesterday that the object
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  • 286 3 Engineer Charged With Bigamy HALIFAX, England, Jan. 17, (Reuter^— A woman from Malaya wearing a green and silver sari, long earrings and dirk glasses was chief prosecution witness when John Allison-Wood, 35--year-old British engineer, appeared m Court here yesterday on a charge of bigamy. The woman saul she was Victoria
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  • 260 3 HE SQUANDERED $6,000 ON WOMEN A MALAY soldier stationed on Pulau Brani, an island off Singapore, squandered Sb.OOO on wine and women, the defending officer, Lieut. J. Gour, told an Army District Court Martial, yesterday. As a result, acting corporal Awang bin Idris, 28. of
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  • 52 3 The Singapore Government Pubhc Works Co-operative Thrift Loan Society Limited has approved the award of four schclar.shiDs of $50 each to its members* children. The president of the Society Mr. R. G. lies, will issue cheques of $50 each to four members' children at the P.W.D. Office,
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 3 Photo by MR AND MRS. Lim Kirn Hce after their wedding on New Year's Day at the Life Bible Presbyterian Church m Singapore. The wedding was officiated by the Rev Quek Kiok Chiang. The bride, the former Miss Tow Siew Yong, is the second daughter of Dr. and
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  • 118 3 Mixed Bathing At Farrer Park Pool THE $145,000 Singapore Farrer Park swimming poof to te opened on Feb. 22, will be the first public pool to have mixed bathing. Insistence on mixed bathing at the Fairer Park pool is based on the moral drawn from admissions to Van Kit and
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  • 87 4 MORE than 1.000 guests attended the Sin Chew Jit Poh's 28th. anniversary dinner at the Southern Hotel, on Tuesday. Photo (above) shows Mr. Aw Cheng Chye, chairman of Haw Par Brothers Ltd. (fourth from left) with several prominent Singapore businessmen at the function. They are
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  • 291 4 Penang Man Is Accused Of Forging Lottery Tickets A PENANG merchant- who was alleged m the Singapore High Court yesterday to have tried to get rid of 432 forged Social Welfare lottery tickets to a Singapore hotel director, appeared before Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah on a forgery charge. Chin
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  • 247 4 ACTING Sergeant Stanley Phillips of the -Royal Army Service Corps School (Far East) yesterday faced four charges of falsifying accounts and two charges of forgery at a Singapore District Court Martial. Phillips was charged with making four fraudulent entries m May, July
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  • 195 4 MR. JOHN Hargrcaves (right) and Mr. Jack Hnnbiiry (left), who arrived m Singapore by air yesterday, are scon with Mr. J. Dalton, (centre) Far East representative of J. Arthur Rank m Singapore. TWO film executives, who are playing a hi* role
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  • 131 4 HAWKERS PETITION TO LIM Singapore Hawkers Union, nftcr appealing m vain to I .he City Council for a 4 Chinese New Year amnesty" m the City's war against unauthorised hawking, yesterday appealed to the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Mr. Lim received their petition and promised to* look into
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 378 4 STANDARD ALMANAC Malayan !M;i the mat Ira I Society: Independent Missionary Movement: Evening Star (S» 10 p.m. Musica Talk on -Some Simple Mathe- Frte film show at Nantina Home. Viva (S> :10 30—11 pm Bachelors matical Machines and Instru- Queen Street. 715 pm. Only iS> ment> by Piof J C
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  • 80 5 SLUNG on a stock ol sugar cane (above), this Indian child Is carried by his parents to the Batu Caves ceremonies, which climaxed theThaiptisam festival m Sclangor on Thursday. A Kavadi carrying Hindu devotee (below), arrives at the Chettiar Temple m Tank Road,
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  • 270 5 AFTER FOUR YEARS HE IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER NEARLY four years after an alleged chopper on the mother, a Singapore Harbour Board lumber yesterday appeared before Mr. Justice Buttle n the Singapore Assizes charged with the murder. X m Meng, discharged f-om Woodbridge n Dec. 10.
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  • 126 5 He RACED off WITH $11,000 I CYCLIST raced through w? of the busiest strc< tporc \csterday 100 m cash and i cheques stolen oilier and no id any attention to i few minutes earlier, t had snatched v from Mr. Lee Iliong. a cashier Sze Hai long Bank ja buy
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  • 33 5 n air of r Singapore Supdnig yesterdaus7oo from the c on the 31 m a strong Assignee's ■he room open. that the the chatrc Service:- the same floor d open.
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  • 20 5 RAHRU, Thurs. Prisoners' Aid appeals for en July anc nd jobs for ■cd before c obtainec
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  • 98 5 2 Top Reds Killed In Johore JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Two top branch committee members of the Johore Communist terrorist organization were amon^ 12 bandits killed by security forces last month m this State. Both operated m the Senai area. One was a woman, Wong Chai Eng. and the other was
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  • 176 5 Car broker is charged with attempted murder AFTER a "date" m a Singapore hotel, a car broker tried to strangle a 19-year-old waitress, it was alleged at a preliminary inquiry yesterday. Chong Wong Chan was tentatively changed with the attempted murder of Lua
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  • 29 5 IN the Johore Bahru Magistrate's Court yesterday Khoo Pu was lined $100 for using a wilfully tampered weighing machine which gave false weights. The machine was confiscated.
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  • 26 5 THE Federation Government has permitted the display of the Indian National flag, at houses and business premises, on Jan. 26. the Indian Republic Day.
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  • 191 5 THE EIGHTH WONDER' DANCER IS COMING TO SINGAPORE THEATRE KATHERINE DUNHAM, sensational American dancer, who has been called the "Eighth Wonder of the American Entertainment World," and her company of 30 dancers, musicians and singers will be coming out to Singapore m May. Mr. David N. Martin, managing director of
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  • 493 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. More than 125,000 devout Hindus, accompanied by hundreds of Chinese, Malay and European visitors, today climbed the 372 steps to the Batu Caves here to attend ceremonies m honour of Lord Subramanya god of peace, happiness and prosperity. These ceremonies marked the
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  • 277 5 $25,000 damages for British bicycle company THE Rambler Bicycle Company of Britain was yesterday awarded £3,005 11s. 6d. (approximately $25,000) as damages by Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court lor breach of contract by a shipping company of carriage and delivery of bicycle spare paits. The award was
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  • 73 5 AN eight-year-old schoolRirl. Catherine John, was knocked down by a car and was killed while returning home after school at the junction of Kampong Bahru Road and Spoonor Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The girl who was a student at St. Teresa's Convent, died instantly Police are
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  • 86 5 THE Singapore St. Andrew's Mission Hospital has received donations totalling $440 for the purchase of mattresses for the Hospital's cots. The donors are: Messrs. Chan Wah Chip. Lim Kirn San. Lim Chee Poe, Teo Soon Kiat. Tan Ah Chua, Wee Soo Bee. Wee Choon Juan, Dr. Tay
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  • Singapore
    • 535 6 YESTERDAY at a Press conference held m Singapore, the Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, gave three reasons why the merger of Singapore with the mainland was not feasible. Since Malay will be the national language, Islam tie State religion, and the position of the Malay Rulers upheld
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    • 402 6 JT has been said that Johore Bahru suffers from the handicap of being overshadowed by Singapore. Though it is at the tip of the Peninsula it svands at the back door of Singapore and is also situated too far from the sea That is why for decades Johore
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  • 1518 6 PATRICK O'&ONOVjiJP reports oosn s Meditation Room WASHINGTON ]\JR. Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, carries a burden of diplomacy that is unparalleled. The settlement of the Sues Canal problem, the maintenance and direction of the U.N. Emergency Force, negotiations with Egypt and Israel, Hungarian
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  • 456 6  -  ROBERT KEE by TEL AVIV ISRAELI reactions to the Eisenhower Doctrine were slow to form because, to a people preoccupied with the Arab Israeli dispute, which it excludes, there seemed little to it to which to react, apart irom its irrelevance. Israel naturally welcomes
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  • 165 6 Shots from the Talks 'TVERY newcomer to Britain should be provided with a, dog on arrival. Dogs are one of the things, like the weather, cricket, horses and flowers, about which British people cannot help talking to one another and to strangers from outside. I can stand m the market
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 270 6 Sir; In previous years the discriminatory ratio of four to one m the award of Federal Bursaries to proceeding students of the University of Malaya deprived a very large number of well deserving students from being given financial aid. This academic year the discrimination has been further
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    • 344 6 Sir; Many parents are m a fix because their kids have to go to schools far away from home. It is not so much a question of convenience or inconvenience as a question of how to send them there within their means. To wait for some
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    • 98 6 Sir; Now that the quota system is fixed by Government m Mission Schools there is no point m Mission Schools (Aided) preparing Advanced Estimates, as m Federation Mission Schools This work can be taken oil Mission Schools and done by Government with their Increased clerical staff. There Is
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  • 645 7 Emphasis On Young Tory Members t Earl Of Selkirk Is First Lord Of The Admiralty LONDON, Jan. 17, (Rcutcr)— Mr. Harold Macmillan today announced 22 more ministerial appointments m his Government which showed a continued emphasis on younger members of the Conservative q- A l 33
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  • 132 7 Nehru Bars Polygamists And Drunks vHV DELHI, Jan. V p > Aspirants lo offiir under the harmr p r i m r MtaMer NeknTi party must havi•purr private lives and on j v onr wife. The Primr Minister tun with two oi m ri?ea la not a Rood r rpr«
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  • 117 7 RSAW. Jan. 17 (UP) diehard Stalinist lunista he kicked cc have launched campaign against Polish Communist A'ladyslaw Gomalcording to reports already-tense situat urther intensified by ial admission that > rnitism. which Go- has fought, was on sources said 'he ;i campaign was m his own conby
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  • 178 7 Nasser To Ask Ike: Explain M-E Doctrine CAIRO, Jan. 17 (Reuter)— President Nasser m his first public announcement on the Eisenhower Middle East doctrine has told a Greek newspaper "we have studied Eisenhower's doctrine and asked the American Government for an explanation of the vague parts/ The Egyptian leader. m
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  • 61 7 LONDON. Jan 17 (Renter) The British Government is reported today to bo considering the abolition of conscription lor military service and !ts replacement by the American system of selective service. The Daily Herald reports that this is one of lour alternative plans before the Cabinet for limiting
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  • Article, Illustration
    68 7 A LIFEGUARD carries actress Kirn Novak ashore after a wave knocked her off her feet and into deep surf during location filming at Sunset Beach, near Long Beach, Ca^ lifornia. The actress, who can't swim, said the wave knocked her out for a moment or two. The lifeguard
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  • 77 7 Ready To Evacuate A City TOKYO. Jan. 17 (Renter) Residents m Ito city, central Japan. stood by. rendy to evacuate their homes tonight as a series of earth tremors continued to shake the town and surrounding countryside. A spokesman for a group of National Meteorological Oh>crvatory experts sent to Investigate
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  • 85 7 VIENNA, Jan. 17 (UP) Red Chinese Premier Chou Kn-lai made a hurry-up return to Moscow today to report to the Kremlin leaders on his fence-mending mission m Russia's troubled backyard. Communist Party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev also flew bark to Moscow today. He arrived from Tashkent,
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  • 31 7 THE U.S Navy announced yesterday that the atomic I submarine Nautilus will be I lofuellcd 'for the first time" this pnring after more thar !»S,UOQ miles of travel.- AP
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  • 173 7 NAMES MONACO, Jan. IT (Rcutcr) Prince Rainier of Monaco announced today his heir, due to be bom <o Princess Grace any lutti now would be called Grtgoire Picne Richard if a ooy ami Caroline Louise iVarguerile if pir! Prince Rainier mail Ml affably at the
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  • 232 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (AP)— A Hungarian refugee has told Senate investigators that the Russians cut out the tongues and punctured the eardrums of 200 to 300 captured German and Spanish scientists who took part' m Soviet atomic research. The purpose, the refugee said, was to prevent
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  • Article, Illustration
    92 7 A\\\\\\\VV \\\\\\\\\> IT'S the main road 2 from the world's most populated city to the world's oldest seaside resort on a sunny Sunday afternoon. A group of cyclists and a boy on a pony enjoy the freedom of having it to themselves with- out competition from automobiles.
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  • 285 7 DAG TELLS U.N. ASSEMBLY UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Jan. 17 (AD— Secretary General Dag: Hammarskjold reported to the U.N. Assembly yesterday that complete withdrawal of Israeli fortes from Egypt is aa essential step to peace between Israel and Egypt. He made public a report showing that Israeli
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  • 28 7 THE oldest member of the American Ex-Servicemen's Association m Victoria. Australia, died yesterday aged 79. He was Thomas Maxwell Grant, a Veteran Of thp <?:^nich.Am«L Reuter
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  • 22 7 BUSHFIRES on a 200-mlle front arc sweeping through sparsely settled far western New South Wales and threatening homestead and townships. Router.
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  • 229 7 EASTBOURNE. England. Jan. 17 (Reutcr)— A £1,000 sterling cheque vanished after the inquest on a rich widow alleged to have been poisoned by Dr. John Bodkin Adams, it was stated m court here today. The prosecution, which alleges the bachelor doctor murdered three of his
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  • 84 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 17 (UP> —The world paid mournful tribute today to maestro Arturo Toscanini. 89. who died m his sloep yesterday morning at his home, the Villa Pauline, m the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The world-famed conductor's body will lie m state today after
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  • 50 7 OTTAWA, Jan. 17 (AP) Little apparent desire was shown here yesterday for a Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference at this time. However, it was considered that Mr. Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister, will be invited to Ottawa if he goes to Washington to confer with President Eisenhower.
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    • 781 8 AKGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tel. -3923/6. *****/4. 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Te Halifax, Boston, New York. Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Ports. Spore Site* fenang POLYI'HIMUS 8/M Feb 15/16 Feb 17/18 Feb ANTII.OCHUS 19/2S Mar 24/25 Ma» 26/77 Mst Carries option to proceed via ether ports
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    • 1136 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 212 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) "J*? THE BLUE FUNNEL LOVE T D p v el Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAIUNCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON (r CONTINENTAL PORTS. Singapore Due Sails P-Sfiam Penang Fumitui
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    • 760 8 MITSUI ppl LINE Spore P. Show Penow© FOR JAPAN Meiko Moru for Moil. Kobe, Yokohamo 29 Jon 25 Jaw Harunoson Maru for Kobe, Yokohama, 4 Feb FOR U.S.A. For New York, Philadelphia Baltimore Atokaion Mora 21 Jan 24 Jan Akagiton Maru 17 Feb 20 Feb FOR COCHIN, KARACHI. BOMBAY. A
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    • 634 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings *ot Bongkok ond/ot Fai t w Per.»no P %'U utr "MALAYA" 18/21 Jan 21/23 J Qn v S "KOREA" "JUTLANDIA" 28/28 Jon 29/29 Jan ty* 1 HOMEWARDS Soilings fot Genoa Antwerp R 0 ft erdo Hamburg Copenhagen, Gothenburg. Oslo. S'por. p. S'horr p "KAMBODIA" M/
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  • 179 9 frrtist Choy Hides Off On A Gadabout' RIDIN(> a British mad«» mo-pod. ?1--..r-old CWaeM artist. Mr. Johnny Choy Kwok. "ill leave his homo m Red Jiiii C\o*e< Singapore, early this morn- for huili Lumpur and Penantj WMr Choy will ride a Phillips "G.u jbml t
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  • 27 9 PUR. Thur?.— tin concenti. 116.986 5.250 tons ol M nes DepartI of the month 78 dredges. 53.? mines and 73 m operation •-ersons ern••nining.
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  • 26 9 eportcd th.it li c the prt n-Japanesc trade n March 31, the Ministry announcec Negotiation of a new would possibly be.yo next month. AP"
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  • 255 9 TO ASSESS PRODUCT THE managing director of Sclangor Lumber Trading Co. Ltd., Mr. Bernard Hickson, is due m Singapore tomorrow from Britain. He is however, expected to stop at Kuala Lumpur first. The firm is part of the Hickxon group of companies m Britain
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  • 135 9 Rubber Closes ¼c. Higher THE Singapore rubber market closed barely at 9fiil cents per lb. for first grade February shipment, a rise of i cent on Tuesday. After opening steady at 2J cents «fcbove Tuesday, on improved overseas advices, prices eased on a lack of support. At noon the market
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  • 39 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks eiations cnanges In its rates to merchants yesterday were Selling. TT or OD ready: Deutsche Marks 13f»i: Belgian Francs Ifi24i; Swedish Kr. 1K8; Danish Kr. 225; Norwegian Kr. 23H. Other exchange rates remain altered.
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  • 489 9 CALTEX GROUP FLEET EXPANDS FIFTEEN tankers totalling 485,100 deadweight tons were delivered to or* placed on order by Caltex companies m 1956 to complete the greatest year's shipbuilding effort m the Group's history. The vessels, products of the booming shipyards ot Britain, Holland, Belgium, Scotland, and Japan will increase the
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  • 40 9 THE Board of Directors of N.V. Philips' Glotilampenfabrieken. Eindhoven, has decided to pay holders of ordinary and preferential shares an interim dividend of 6 per cent, for the financial year lOoG, this beinß the same as for IJ).">5.
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  • 183 9 THE Singapore sugar market is becoming heavily stocked with three shipments totalling over 10,000 tons from Formosa so far this year. Another shipment of about 6.000 tons is expected before the end of the month by the Ally. A spokesman of the Singapore Sugar
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  • FINANCE & COMMERCE
    • 92 9 SWISSAIR STARTS SERVICES TO F.E. SWISSAIR, one of the better known airlines m the world, is to begin two new services to the Far East soon, Chancellor of the Swiss Consulate, m Singapore, Mr. I. Etienne said yesterday. A DC-6B aircraft will leave Zurich m April for Geneva. Cairo. Abarian,
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  • 353 9 THE Malayan share market was rather steady m all sections yesterday. There was small fluctuation with brisk transaction m industrials, tins and rubbers. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B.B. Petrol M Fed. Disp. 2 19 2 21 Gammon 2 07 2
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  • 170 9 MALAYAN sharebrokors ytt trrriay reported the following business oone: Gammons $2 08. Hammer? $1 70 SI.G7A; H. Waugh $1.75: Hongkong Bank $900 cd. arrival; Breweries $2 90: McAlitter $2 9."). Metal Box $1,371 overnight and yesterday: Rob'.n.son ords $1.60; Sime Dnrby $2.14: Cold Sto^a^c *1..">9. $1 fiO; Straits
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  • 34 9 BRITAIN'S leading steel plate producer. Colvilles Ltd., Scotland, turned out a record total of 2.006. 258 tons of stcc! last year— the first time they had ever passed the 2,000.000 tons mark.
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  • 131 9 OI'TER ROADS San Carlos. Agapenor, Bentong. Kotoshiro M"aru. Scria Maru, Nagasaki Maru. Sambas. New York Maiu. Lampong. Rvujin Maru. Obokil. Mataram. Sig Li, Heather. Ommcnkerk. Sasshu Mara, Sar^o. Barumun, Benny. Skou Siaoe. Brla M'adcliene, Lucky Carrier. Schouton. INNER ROADS Perintis. Hong Mine 11..n Thale. Soon Bee. Tone
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  • 114 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra. Jan S2Bi buyers $29| sellers; coconut oil m bulk $43J. sellers, m drums $47 sellers: Muntok white pepper $117 sellers; Sarawak white $116 fellers; Special Sarawak black $82 sellers. Singapore Copra Association closing prices yesterday: Straits
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 369 9 YUGOSLAV LINE From Bombay to the Adriatic. Penang P. Sham Malacca Spore l.v "UCKA" 28/29 Jan JO/31 Jan 1/2 Feb 3/7 Feb INA GORA' 20/21 Feb :>2/23 Feb 24/25 Feb From Hongkong Whompoo Sport Malacco P Sham Penang ••"VELEBIT" 24 Jon 25/26 Jan 27/28 Jon M Agent,. -EAST MOUNT AGENCY,
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    • 481 9 NOTICES HOTELS LICENSING REGULATIONS, 1956. Regulation 12 (i) (a) Application for a Certificate of Registration TVOTICE 18 HEREBY 1 GIVEN tha.t MR. TOH HOE AUN of 58 58A. Jalan Besar Singapore, is applying to the Hotels Licensing Board, Singapore, for a Certificate of Registration m respect of premises known as
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    • 636 9 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS VUATER DEPARTMENT: v Contract for Manufacture end Supply of Furniture to Pontian School, Johcre. Tender Deposit $50/- Close 12 NOON— 2B 1.37, and (b) Corrosion Survey of Approx 8 miles of Steel Pipeline and Report on Cathodir Protection. Tender Deposit $50/-. Cloie 12 NOON— I
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 38 9 .NEW YORK. Jan 11 <UP>-Dow-Jones closing averages: STOCKS: 30 Industrials 485.C5 20 Rails 133.76 15 Utilities fi9 fi9 65 Stock! l"l-80 BONDS: 40 Bonds 59 90 The Dow-Jones commodity futures index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 162.5.
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  • PREVIEWS of the WEEK
    • 1322 10  - Sizzling Action Brilliant Colour STEVE NEOH iPk* I Stunts galore m true Fairbanks style by new star Michael Craig. xH_II£! Racy, sizzling action drama of Filipino terrorists and a one-man hattlr iiith some jlag~ ttmving sentiments. DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL I 1 our beautiful women and a suave rogue millionaire
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    • 107 10 And now. it's the LOOK! I" /4TEST Hollywood advice for attracting a male is to Lj gaze at him ?rifh u:ide-open rt/cs and open mouth. MARZLYiV MONROE started this open-movth technique, and JAYNE MANSFIELD and ANITA EKBERG are following it up. Giving the secret away, Anita says: "Wet your lips
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    • 418 10  - Prize Winning Hindi Film E.M. Rasheed Indian Pictures by THE Indian prize winner at the last Venice Film Festival. "Do Bigha Zamin" (Two- Acre Land) faithfully i portrays the problem of coni temporary India land hunger. Through a small typical rural Indian family which desI perately endeavours to cling i
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    • 180 10 BOMBAY Nav-Ketan Productions Hindi film FUNTOOSH is an explosive package of fun. |v Directed by veteran Che- tan Ananci and starring I Sheila Ramani. Chetan i Anand and K.N Singh, the I picture is a clean entertaini ing one. The story is about a handsome youth who
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    • 83 10 "OILL HOLDEN says his New Year resolution is "Not to work so hard." Bill has been working solidly for several years now. "It isn't so much that I love work, but because I've been offered such wonderful roles," he said. **I just couldn't refuse them." "Now,"
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 88 10 IC3i I N> >? i i HHfaR ■rf Ibb Bf'-- The ntost Beautiful Woman I mthcWnrld <| y- In Technicolor (SB.) ITALY S SEX BOMB! Her sword and Her II r— <&* s. SEX APPEAL I ij HER I /Pr I WEAPONS I I Every Man 1 Vu HER 1/
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  • 693 11 snM^ D °N, Thurs.~Crepello will probably be the iKre f* H of i!^, British team m D€rI >y- while thll V- ad l ted| y ™rrin for error m supposing Ihm-i^K °vl edce Wiil stay a mile and a hal^ ther should be little
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  • 98 11 Today's Sport HOCKEY: S.H A. Senior X O. Police vs. Navy Nomads at S.R.C. University vs. S.C.R.C. at Bukit Timah. TABLE TENNIS Singapore Table Tennis Inter-Club and lnter-Sc)w<)l League: Inter Club "A" Group: Spore Chinese Mechanics Assoc. vs. Royal Air Force "A" 7.30 p.m. Chinese Machine Eng. Employees Union "X"
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  • 115 11 WIMBLEDON, England, Jan. 17 (AP)— Denmark defeated England 5-2 last night to advance to the European Zone finals m the Über Cup women's badminton championships and won the right to play Ireland for the European Zone championship. India won m the Asian Zone. Canada
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  • 70 11 LONDON. Jan. 16 (Reuter) Draw for the first round of the Asian Zone m the Thomas Badminton Cup made here today was: India versus Thailand. Ceylon versus Japa.n. Hongkong versus Pakistan, Burma (bye). First round ties m the zone must be played by July 31. Australia receive
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  • 141 11 Inter port Golf Series MEMBERS of the Royal Island and Royal Singapore Golf Clubs will meet their counterparts from Hongkong m the first golf Inter-Port series ever to be played m the Colony. Mr. Jack Hodgkinson. secretary of the Royal Island Club, told the Standard yesterday that the series, to
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  • 89 11 Parry Will Fly In On Saturday PARRY O'BRIEN. World and Olympic shot putt chamoion. who was due to arrive m Singapore yesterday will fly m on Saturday evening. Arrangements have been made m conjunction w^ith the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya for Mr. O'Brien, the 1952-56 Olympic gold medallist m
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  • 79 11 PIETERMARITZBURG. Natal. Jan. 17 (Renter) Jackie McGlew. the South African Test captain, has withdrawn from the Natal side to play the M.C.C. m their return match which bej^ns here tomorrow. McGlew's injured left shoulder is still troubling him and he must now be considered doubtful for the third
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  • 163 11 Nanyang Take T-T Title XAXYANG SIANG PAU. became the 1957 Inter-Bu?iness House table tennis league Champion:, with eignt straight wins. They scored a 5-0 victory over W. H. Day Sport* Club at the Chinese YMCA last night. Three teams namely. Union Merchant Tailors, City Bank Sports Club and Amintasco 'I".
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 466 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANT A PPLICATIONS are invited for the post Of Minager. North Eastern Transport Service Limitori. Kota Bharu. Applicant must be well experienced m fleet supervision and maintenance and possession of an Engineering Degree and ability to speak Malay would b P an advantage. Full details (including age.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 245 11 pCTORg PUZZLE I i;rs l 3 Beautiful lady though poisonl.LUl'J till, w 15 L^erary composiiion In conI -ou ht m the lB 'to'tV^SjX S£!j aCCOrdlng meat m (6) lT fj^ te mO6t UnSel lO the park T£ A <££ *i l9 XaV an river backs to position ■j: and past
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    • 284 11 TODAY'S QUOTATION: TpJ not the many oaths thai make the truth, lint tin* plain single vowt th.it is row*d true." Shakespeare. FRIDAY FOR EVERYONE: A great deal can be accomEied today by those who ccp busy but who avo:d haste, friction, impractical :ty. Inspiration and ideas will not be lacking.
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  • 21 12 HERE'S how they finished at Ipoh on Wednesday, the second day of the Perak Turf Club's January Meeting.
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  • 432 12  -  Windsor Lad it POINTERS FROM THE IPOH TRAINING %RACK He is retaining his December winning form I By I TTTT. I Til IPOH, Thurs. JOE'S TIPPLE, who missed his engagement on Wednesday, again impressed greatly on the training track this morning when worked by English jockey,
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  • 1026 12 Weights And Probable Fields For Tomorrow FOLLOWING are weights and probable starters for all eight races tomorrow, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting: Horses Class 2, Div. I— iy 4 Miles. 216 Argyll 6t 903 Mrs. G. B. Sullivan Sullivan 652 Tipsy Trout 6v 9.0* Mr. T.
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  • 330 12 INDIANS ACCEPT SAFA TERMS THE All-India Footballers ha\e agreed to play two marches m Singapore and another three matches m the Federation next month. This was disclosed yesterday at the meeting of the Finance and Administrative Committee of the Singapore Amateur Foot nail Association. SAFA has offered the Indian? 3
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  • 187 12 CLUB'S WELL-EARNED WIN SINGAPORE Cricket Club scored a well deserved one-all victory over the Indian Association m the S.H.A. Senior knockout tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. Indians who were hout few of their best players played one of their poorest games >f the season. Their forwards were too slow and
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  • 516 12 AS BILL FUNK SEES IT.... YESTERDAY'S draw for the first round of the Asian Zone m the Thomas Cup competition held m London has once again dealt a mighty blow to Thailand. The Thais have the misfortune of being drawn against India m the first round. All those who follow
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  • 959 12 Youth And Speed Are S'gor's Assets Says ALEX SOARS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Once again I neck right out m support of Selangor to win l^J Malaya rugby football competition against s^l Services on the padang here on Saturday And I am not doing this with any i se loyalty m
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 65 12 COLLAPSIBLE GATES J— -r' 11'- liNtikhpw >l< m(' < y;.;' I 1 1 J i U it WSSe^M¥^\&* I T' DEPEND ON IT'S SECURITY < MEMBER OF MALAYAN WIRE MESH FENCING CO. (1946) LTD73^ms. Bukit Timah Koad, Singapore Telephone 6^' /f comin/7 /o Singapore, stay rt STRAND HOTEL 25, Bencoolen
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