The Straits Times, 22 February 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times He**"** Kstablished 1845 SINGAPORE MONDAY. FKBRIARY 22, 1954 PKIt E 15 CENTS
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    2 DIE IN CHANGI CRASH
    338 1 H.A.F. Valetta nearly hits kamoona Split in two' says villager RED servicemen were pnllrd from burning n reck of i il Air Force Valetta md a quarter miles 1 Changi airport rdaj evening after aircraft crashed, njj tw ii. •^ari are I one a membi
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    THE FLYING FAMILY TAN
    219 1 All 25 see the sights of Singapore for the first time from the air Grandpa Tan foots the S3SO bill SIM.APOKt shop-owner vesterda> treated 25 mem hers of his family to a ride —in an airplane But Mr. Tan Teo Koon stayed on the ground and
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    TEARS—THEN A SMILE
    64 1 T EARS— THEN A SMILE ieen slops car for little girl HORART. E lered to' halt i.i ni:v>.:l crying h<>r 'ikcrts. had ik( ■>; lo .:inia. When the roynl car showed no [gn of stonpin?. Jeltjle burst into tears. They told the car to stop and smilingly accepted Jeltjie's I
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    UNION CHIEFS HIT BOYCOTT
    338 1 Unwise for MTLC to step in wv v l'h.\AN(i. Sunday. |>I.\.\\(, Settlement Councillor. Mr. K. Ponnudurai. past chairman of the I'enanjj and Province Wellesley division of the Malayan Trade Union Council and member of this years settlement divisional committee, tod. iv said he agreed with the
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    PRINTERS RETURN
    56 1 Till dispute of printing and other employees of the Straits Times Press Ltd.. with the management has been settled. \t .i meeting held at the Singapore Printing Emplojrees 1 I'nion yesterday. the mm. by sreret hallot. asreed to accept certain proposals tor their re-employment. Most of (he men
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    Woman bandit killed
    37 1 KUALA LUMPUR, vS u n— A 'woman terrorist 'va.s anibush- «d and killed last nifeht in ih° KtaSipar area of Perak by an I ■ret security unit. Two otfcftr I terrorists with her escaped.
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    Moscow award
    27 1 LONDON. Sun.— Alexet Nlkninyevich Kosygin. a Soviet Vice-Premier and Minister of Consumer Goods, was yesterday awarded the Order of Lenin Russia's highest civilian award.— Reuter.
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    Homeward bound
    28 1 HONG KONG. Sun. The troopship Captain Hobson. arrived here from Inchon last night with 581 troops of th. Indian Custodian Forre on their way home. -Reuter.
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    Women can't wear the pants in this court
    137 1 VERIERS. Belgium. Sun. A woman called as a defence witness in a civil court here was judged «n contempt of court and not allowed to Rive evidence because she was wearing slacks. The defence lawyer pleaded that the attire "constituted the present
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    Racketeers visit dance hostesses
    258 1 Collecting their 'annual dues' urn KM' society protection racketeers have visited almost all dance ho&tesses in Singapore in their houses in the past two months and collected "yearly dues" the Straits Times was told yesterday. A number of the victims have already reported to the police.
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    UMNO MEN PROTEST
    88 1 -polls report PENANG. Sun. TWO hundred delegates fron. A Pcnang UMNO branches decided at a meeting here today to "protest Strongly' against "the recommendations [of the Federal Election Committee. The meeting also resolved to support the UMNO-MCA national convention's demand for Federal elections by November this year.
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    Jap mission in Karachi
    42 1 KARACHI. Sun.— A 13-man Japanese mission arrived her*- last night from Tokyo to study 1 possibilities of improving trad^ wi'h Pakistan During their two-week slay I lure the mission will hold di.v cussions with Government and businessmen AP
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    Lady Soulbury
    30 1 LONDON, Sun— Lady Soulhury, wife of Lord Soulbury, Governor-General of Ceylon, died in hospital here la.st night 11 days after receiving head injuries in a road accident Reuter.
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    Goodwill tour
    21 1 KARACHI. Sun. A six-man goodwill mission from Incio-nr-sia left for Cairo last nic'it nfter a nve-day stay here AP
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    Patient's 40ft. dawn death fall
    87 1 A DUTCH patient at the Sin- gapore General Hospital fell to death, about 40 feet, oft* thp second floor of a wine about 2.50 a.m. yesterday. The patient. A. I. Vermeulen. sped 25, a seaman, arrived reeantly from Jakarta, and «is uaitine for a ship.
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    Curfew helps her win $5,000 prize
    99 1 Curfew helps her win $5,000 prize MISS Lydia Gopal. of Kota Tingßi. Johore. is thankful that thrre's still a 7 p.m curfev in the town It's partly because of the nufew that she won 55.000 in the StraitTimes Word Puzzle "L." At her home at 200 Hospital Quarters. Miss Gopal
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    Move for peace in Indo-China
    167 1 Move for peace in IndoChina India prepares a plan NEW YORK. Sun. INDIA la.st night was 1 reported preparing a move for a cease-fire between the French and Communist-led Viotminh forces In Indo-China. India's plan is expected to be disclosed in New Delhi on Monday by Prime MinLsteNehru. The move
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 U OM II CM i -.'lr-min Hi ,t i,i, B tmn tnrt i nimrn t".\ in •iii! otht r P' <Tl 15-mtnute b werr arrested k
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    Dato Onn to speak
    40 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja afar, chairman of the Independence of Malaya Party, will speak <>i the working commlttee'a report on election* at the IMP building, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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    Red China has Soviet atom bombs—report
    250 2 Red China has Soviet atom bombs report A NEW DEFENCE PROBLEM IN EAST LONDON, Sunday. IJI'SSIA has civen Red China a stock of atoir bombs, the London Sunday newspaper The People said today. tnid*^ S ?r V l ct o Forei n Minister. Mr. V. M. Moloto\ n. Si nf
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    PAT DRINKS A TOAST -and the groom replies
    72 2 PAT DRINKS A TOAST -and the groom replies Nhaile.v who were married at St. Mary s hurrh Ku i I i ;«eT a U t r t»?o n Sa u tUr r Cl I l K 1 Vit tOast th AIV he, I Maavl whHp M^ n p a id
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    Back in Moscow
    29 2 MOSCOW Sun. The Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr V M Molotov. returned last night from Berlin, where he attended the Bib Four foreign ministry conference. v p
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    Freedom flight
    21 2 BERLIN. Sun Two Soviet tt.diera fieri n y overhead ra.l*ay from East Berlin to the sector hrrp yesterrlav P
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    FAROUK TO SUE BUYERS
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    But we EXPORT these goods to you, say Russians
    234 2 But we EXPORT these goods to you, say Russians Mef«S P !ne fhp Wrsf poods tnp United States ha listed as strategic and banned for export to the Com munists. "Our foreign trade organi sations are exporting a wid variety of foodstuffs, ray material* and manufacture. BOOds, including items liste<
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    Dutchman to be tried in Jakarta
    77 2 1 JAKARTA. Sun trial of th«» first of more than 30 Dutchmen arrested here in recent months will I take place here on Feb. 25. He is V. Barkey. a pensioned technician of the Dutch Air Force who wa.s arrested on J:.n. 10. Barkev
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    Police search ex-Minister
    40 2 GEORGETOWN. British Guiana, Sun. Police raided the headquarters of the Peoples Progresive Party and *he home of the former Labou Minister. Ashton Chase i on Friday. They reported i •f-istng Communist literature! I and other documents. A.P
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    SOBERING THOUGHT FOR WIFE OF DRINKER
    107 2 rpHK legal assistance section w i^ f <hp Sin tapore Social Welfare department gets all kinds of inquiries. Recently. Mrs. K. a teetotaller, asked whether she could Mie her husband for divorce because be drank "occa sionally." A drpartmenl report says n «se* of
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    THE MAJOR TAKES A BRIDE
    14 2 A 'Ol.oritl 11, military M (l ,|i lv took
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    What makes the women go wrong?
    131 2 Survey in Peiak to find the answer partmeni conducting a find nut whj men become walkers." and I to d^u with th evil. The depart mrn- will gest to the K ovf solve this pi "So /ar we havi some 34 ca area.' said
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    MORE GIVE BLOOD THAN TAKE
    46 2 MORE GIVE BLOOD THAN TAKE Donations to Binori Rank r fusion, by is Th, Europeans, m -'our Malays. others d moi men from r from rn.a--nine from ners' Reßimer from Messrs. I Ltd. Present stock of Group A 47. 10. Group o ak fotal rransfuslon j
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    New U.S. aid for Pakistan
    39 2 KARACHI Bun. T Government United Si a; o s has s mem under v For-iKn Operations tr:ition will contributi imprnving Karachi t supply system. Th States will USS7 the first yoar ol programme. R.
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    Mrs. McMullan wins
    21 2 The Royal Singapore i O.U Mednl Com on Friday remitted I Sliver Division and la» i7lj It Diviakm.
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    Uaire(7) and Billy (4) pack a bag and catch a tram for Africa
    184 2 FLEETWOOD. England. Sun DRETTY Claire Spoonrr. 7, and ncr little orother. Billy, knew what ■ney wanted- life i n an African mud hut with Plenty of lions and camels for friends. With the kind of faith th
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    Pay strike rioters throw bombs
    173 3 Pay strike rioters throw bombs CALCUTTA. Sun. rriROUBLEMAKERS threw A home -marie bombs at po- lice In a Calcutta suburb laM night and 45 arrests wew The police wore dispersing ips defying the b;m on i public mertina imposed After! riots connected with the strike 'of 23.000 West Bengal teachers
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    Washington job for Mr. Baldwin
    48 3 WASHINGTON. Su -Career diplomat. Mr. F. Baldwin, formerly American Con.sul-Gene rai at Singapore, ha.s been nanirri economic co-ordinator Of the State Departments i\i: Bureau. Mr Baldwin will seek to coordinate all financial nnri economic matters in which the Far Eastern Bureau l.s Involved
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    Forces kill 87 Mau Mau
    99 3 NAIROBI. Sun. Brins;. troops. police and Klkuyu Home Guards have killed 81 Mau Man terrorists in fierce running battles in the Furi Hall reserve, north of Nairobi. The battle began about two o'clock yesterday afternoon Security forces tracking scatsections of a gang which attacKed Kandra
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    Killed by storm
    28 3 ANGOLA, Louisiana, Sun A tornado ripped through a part of the Louisiana State penitentiary on Friday night, killing one convict and injuring two others. A.P.
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    GERMAN BOGEY AT GENEVA
    326 3 Experts fear Red move to get China Big 5 status BERLIN, Sunday. SOVIET RUSSIA may bring up the (Jerman question at the (ieneva Far Eastern Conference and try to brinj; Red China into it, Western diplomats predicted today. Racking this forecast, the Communist controlled press both
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    PARKING POOL IN CITY
    50 3 BKFOKE the rains tame, these cars were parked neatly along a street in the Westuood section of the city of Los Angeles, California. clogged storm drain brought a flood ten -feet deep along the street and swept them around in this helter skelter arrangement. A.P. picture.
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    HER FIGURE'S 'JUST RIGHT'
    77 3 IN BRITAIN Ihev have just picked a Mt>. Britain. And here she is with her two children, Susan. 5. and Kobert, 7, at her home in Wolverhampton. Staffs. Mrs. .Mary Louise Lawton. 35. won the title after a nation-wide search to find women with the exact
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    'I photographed state papers'
    306 3 -FORMER SPY TELLS McCARTHY NEW YORK. Sunday. FELIX INSLERMAN, a 44-year-old photographer, last night admitted to Senator Joseph McCarthy, that he had photographed State Department documents before the war for a Communist spy ring in WashingInslerman told Senator McCarthy— sittlna as a one-man Senate investigations subcommittee
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    1,000 riot in Munich
    56 3 MUNICH. Germany. Sun. Club-swincing Munich polirr yesterday broke up a riot of 1.000 shoppers and pickets. The pickets, representing store clerks, were protesting against the decision of some merchants to keep their stores open after 2 p.m. on Saturday. Rioting started when the pickets tried to
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    35 in trap
    32 3 FUKUOKA, Japan, Sun. Thirty-five miners were trapped yesterday near here when water flooded a coal pit in which they -^ere working and little hope was held for their survival.
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    BULLFIGHTER AND AVA LINKED IN ROMANTIC GOSSIP
    168 3 ROME. Sun. i ABASHFIL bullfighter was the centre of romantic gossip today along the Italian Riviera, where he has been escorting Hollywood's Ava Gardner about her film making business. Luis Gon'-'es, th torero, c.ime to Portoflno with Ava from San Remo to shoot
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    Cadiz to be a West bastion
    155 3 Cadiz to be a West bastion WASHINGTON. Sun. SENATOR Dennis Chavez (Democrat. New Mexico) said yesterday the United States planned to build a deep-water port and naval air station at Cadiz. Spain, as one of the first projects in the air-for-bases nact between the United States and Spain. Reporting to
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    Red plan to ease tension
    69 3 LONDON. Sun. A Soviet professor yesterday sugge. ted closer cultural ties between Russia and the United States especially in the scientific field as a "valuable means toward further lessening of international tension." Prof A Denisov, president of the USSR. Society for Cultural Relations with foreign
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    Home from China
    37 3 HONG KONG. Sun Four more Filipino families, totalling 21 people, arrived here today aboard the Britisr vessel Pakhoi from Shanghai on their way home under the Philippines Government repatriation scheme for Filipinos in China
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    10,000 homeless
    21 3 ROME. Sun Heavy downpours which brought floods arc landslides left more than 10.000 persons homeless 01 Italy yesterday Reuter
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    Spy probe
    31 3 WASHINGTON. Sun Two United States senators leave here for Europe today to in vestlgate reports "1 Communist infiltration in factories producing American aircraft for the Atlantic Pact allies.^ Reuter
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    THE GODS TAKE A HAND
    220 4 The '100 character' racketeers flee a town TELUK ANSON. Sunday. THE "character:*" lottery syndicates are fast shuttine How n in this South Perak town because forecasts of winning numbers jjiven by local "pods" have been ><i constantly correct that operators are unable to meet losses.
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    Students' Day of Prayer
    45 4 Rev. .tnhn R. Flemme o! the MaUyan Christian Council preached nt n sprcia] scrv.cr to '•nmmemoratc Universal St'ic\mis' Dtv of Prayer in 8 i,>rr yesterday. Thr daj was observed by 51 ident Christian Movemen' •.-:on C !ir. u t thp w.-rld.
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    Man found with throat cut
    34 4 Yetwr Kirn Thoi. 4* in a hou?p in Joo Chial Rr>ari. Sincapore. yesterday »ith his throat rut. Hp w«a takrn to hospital where he raa trent^d .\nr: sent home
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    HE WASHED IN BEER UP PENANG HILL
    158 4 Wartime dynamite cuts off water PENANG. Sun. RFJ"IDFNTS of Malayafamed resort. Penane H:ll wenl without water for th. past 24 hours because a pipe line burst when police exploded some old dynamite foiinf 1 on Tiger Hill The supply was abruptly CUi hit
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    Job bureau in Johore Bahru
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun -An! Employment Exchange was opened in the Labour Offie Johore Bahru yesterday It will serve the Jnh.->re Bahru. Pontian and Kota Tlnggi districts of South Johiire Employment Exchanges apalready funcMnmne in Kua'.q Lumpur. Fenanj. Ipoh anri Kianc I
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    MANSOR ADABI MARRIES
    48 4 INCHE MAMBOR Adahi ant! .Miss Zaiton binte .lahuri. who were niarrird at 21, Rowell Road. Singapore, yesterday, lnche Adahi who is attached to the Malayan Law Journal is also a schoolmaster at thr Anglo-Malay Fveninc School where his bride was a pupil. Straits Times picture.
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    Rotary speech
    25 4 .JOHORR BAHRU. San Mr George Thompson. Secretary for Public Relations. Singapore, will address the Johore Buhru Rptarv Clubs tea n-.eet-I :nc on Tuesri.iv.
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    Singapore keeps out foreign students
    147 4 Singapore keeps out foreign students jlf ANY students who came to Singapore from neighbouring countries have been sent away by the immigration au- thoritles because they i could not find places in Colony schools. These students were refused extensions of their visas wh^n it was confirmed by the Ed'icition Department,
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    EXAMINATION IN COLOMBO
    68 4 The council of the Royal Colleae of Surgeons. England announces that the primary fellowship examination will ac held in Colombo in NoreflPber. Fr tries will close on March 3. The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. University of Ceylon. Colombo, Ls planninß to give a course of
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    THREE STATES IN DARKNESS AS STATION FAILS
    170 4 THREE STA TES IN DARKNESS AS STATION FAILS Power cut lasts an horn KUALA LUMPUR S n THE whole of Sclarmor. fegri Sembilan am wrrr pinned Into di rki up to morr than an hour last l tho ConnauKht Bridgr pi The blackout occurred about 11 o'clock. For a brief
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    So esplanade bandstand has to wait
    29 4 So esplanade bandstand has to wait The a "over develop* d to delay buildint until other schc been comp esplanade into b.uld the site earmai The b Bo Ben
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    Farewell tea
    42 4 JOHORF BAHRU. Si-n— The i i lonation Boys' Chib. Johore Bahru. wUI entertain Major T Kerr. a member of the m:i cement committrp to a farewell tea at the club on Friday Mai Kerr is coma to England or. retirement.
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    More arriving
    35 4 The second batch of th Indian Custodian Forre on 11 v r.v back to India from Korc nnri the 31st minesweepir sc uadron of the Indian N.r \U] arrive in Sincapore to !-.">! TOW.
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    Home Guards take over
    12 4 K new village In I Thr the ommunitv
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      563 4 12,000-MILE FLIGHT TO SEE DAD, HUM lißbF bUbk i A Aivmri; Rank ftlm rtar. Dorothy Ali^nr,. arrived In Sincapore real ;rdaj in :> Qant.i- oiutellation afler lifhni; hristma& with her parents hi *u v tralia. Dorothy, who played n><- i-" tier of deal and dv in "Handy." il^a more 12.000
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      219 4 SINGAPORE DIARY SINGAPORE MI'SM \I. SO- iroloun, Man Learns to Farm Y.W.C.-V: Indian rtanrp lv>cinnr: a CBTT; Choral rehearsal men at (colour' aii-conditioned theatreUe. i 4 pm advanred Sp m Enpli: Victr.rU Memorial Hall, women at 26. Rallies Plare, pm. chMM 4 p m 8l BENI»EL 'cOMMISsioN 3 °Btenin« SHELL
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      8 4 Today's radio SINGAPORE I M Vnnnuneemeni V M
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    The magic effect of the skirl of the pipes
    1848 5 The magic effect of the skirl of the pipes r ROM the remotest times music has been considered a necessary encouragement to warlike exploits, and in many famous battles victory has been inspired from near-defeat by a skirl from the pipes, a tootle on the fife, or a brave roll
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      6 5 rIO^IOHIIOUrL-, Slayer of 'nine took poison
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      64 5 TWTO THE <3Cf AT BA.KJQUETIN(; HALL OF THE PALACE OF AUKAMJAMttIME \J^ M*WW^^ y Jk THE CONQUEROR TAKES HIS CAGEP CAPTIVE. TME SULTAN BtJJKttiT. P^» 19 /'even caged BEAsrs\\ Mii >T I L —^^^^^S. '^w HRPRE^|RiPJ9fP|RHt WILL WEAR THE CROWNS I CONQUER— i-ND I WILL GO ON JtttßWl ■taS^ W
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    35 6 ANNOU NCEMENTS |M minimum) -hop lunch i .Ty day in you want to win I En-.-.;oclc lentlflc >3 .hone 6RT4 ii .i violin n's. Tommy Thotni oUection to i li i! Ml. i..i nlj ice.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Feb. 22, 1954. People of Ill-will
    529 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Feb. 22, 1954. People of Ill-will pang, whose inhabitants liuve been given a month's winning by General Sir Gerald Templet to mend their ways and open their mouths about i the terrorists whom they have been aiding and comforting, is in rather a different category
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    Private Housing Catches Up
    393 6 Last year private builders put up 2,390 houses in Singapore. In the same period the Improvement Trust added 2,050 housing units to its list of properties. This is an astonishing, piece of news which should noti go without comment, for this is the first time in
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    Destined For The Pigeonhole?
    351 6 Destined For The Pigeonhole? When the Singapore City Council, after much vacillation, agreed last October to surrender its powers as highway authority to the Goernment the way appeared to be deal for setting up of a central traf- fie authority. Apparently, that] decision has made no real im- j pression
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      The rich say it is the 'new Socialism'
      349 6 The rich say it is the 'new Socialism' I HAVE one wife and three children and I suffer from a headache. Polygamy with a score of children would certainly mean heartache, if not stomachache as well if I dare attempt it. The sex urge is both physiological and psychological. Those
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      HE GOES ONE BETTER
      167 6 HE GOES ONE BETTER I was glad to read Mr. Hax--1 worths suggestion about employing police pensioners to help schoolchildren over the roads. I think there is a better way of solving this problem. If police pensioners are employed as watchmen in the schools, they will not only help the
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      'Let us ban communal politics'
      155 6 ZABINMAHS Plea for one' Sino-Mulay party' is misleading The success In the Federal elections of the UMNO.-M.C.A alliance was not thrrugh polltical popularity but through communal popularity. It was a patriotic victory ratner than a democratic one. When Zabinmah says "we are united." he certainly
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      Worst drivers
      83 6 YOUR leader commenting on accident rates in the Colony and the Federation is not fair to a particular group. In the course of my business. I drive about 1.500 miles a month in the Federation and I consider that the worst drivers are <1» Police armoured cars: <2>
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      Losing battle
      34 6 ADVOCATES of polygamy and polygamists will be waging a losing battle against Mrs. Shirln Fodzar unless they are able to prove that Adam was provided with more than one wife. "1NOK" Seremhan.
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      MALAY —BY CITY COUNCIL
      183 6 MALAY —BY CITY COUNCIL ALONG LUzabeth Walk., then are dustbins placed .it equal intervals. On th< ir covers are written: Keep Your Park Clean" in three "languages'— English, Malay. Chinese. I have just put in quotes the word "language" because the slogan in Jawi is not expressed in Malay, but
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      Thanks for efficiency
      68 6 'THE Raub Police should be -I commended for their alertness and efficiency. While I was holding a mission in th<> church, a thief broke into my car and stole a camera and supplies worth over $500 and nine hens belonging belonging to the local Ch missionary. Within
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      They want more to work less
      201 6 PROFESSOR Silcock believes it is normal trade union practice to be willing to accept the risk of some unemployment as the price of maintaining a wage. How then can he explain the revest of the workmen of Nash Motors In Anurica earlier this year
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      FIRST THERE WAS MAN
      254 6 FIRST THERE WAS MAN L( 1. defending; national cultures and advocating its revival, states that "there is no nation in the world which can be called civilised or great which has not maintained its own culture." Is not America great and yet what is her national culture? Is she less
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      Income tax clearance
      100 6 rOSE leaving Malaya for a visit to India should be warned that on return they should get an Income tax clearance certificate from the district income tax office in India. Without it. a traveller will not get a final tax clearance certificate from the income tax headquarters
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      'LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE'
      194 6 'LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE' AT the L'MNO-MCA convention, many said "they weiT fighting lor democracy" and i "representative! of the people •should be in the legislature and .should be in thr majority It was even demanded that "members of the convention refuse to serve in the Federal Legislative Council beyond
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      137 6 MR. Tan Ming Lv chides me for forgetting the saying of Confucius "Within the four seas, all men are brothers". As a matter of fact, nothing has been nearer my mind, but none the less I am grateful to Mr. Tan for his gentle reminder that
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      HE WANTS CROSS CHANGED TO `X'
      227 6 HE WANTS CROSS CHANGED TO `X' I AM not sure whether "Malay Supporter" has not been a little too hasty in saying that the State Kathl of Kedah has confused the "Red Cross' symbol with the "Crucifix" My piini'sr is not to argue whether or not the symbol of the
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    261 6 On the Margin Visa details HAVING the othei into my head to enter a c< ri which I will onlj is not in Buropi f United States and monarchy. I knew ther< some fun and meant to make I And so I sought that I must 01 I took them
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    Varsity wants money for new faculties
    298 7 THE DMIUI THIS YEAR COULD BE $600,000, BUT- GOVERNMENTS ASKED FOR BIGGER GRANT I MVKKSITY of Malaya will start throe new demic esUbtiskinentfl and extend three il the uoventmentfl find the money hments would bo the faculties of Mid law and a department of
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    Muslim talks
    16 7 c md South E isi try Confei '■lri n Kuaia Lumpui will open ■nferencf.
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    Lysander for home waters
    54 7 H. M 8 Lysander. which has heen ooeratlng in support ->f ■as bandit-fighters and helped In i raining poisonno] for the Royal Malayan Volunteer Reserve, leaves ipore on March 1 for BriI has been with the Far i Fleet since Apri! 1951, and :< commanded by
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    New four point expat. pay plan
    185 7 New four point expat. pay plan V'EW proposals by the European Civil SerSSJ* Asso ™ation of Ma3nT h n c*e *P atri atlon D ay be discussed at a '■-•tin, in Singapore' ol r he 525?? vlll attempt to find a solution to the oeadlook «n m, hp Rltson commission
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    Sultan unveils guide for traffic
    32 7 Till: SULTAN of Keilah unveils the White Area pyramid in the B.ilui Besar roundabout in Alor Star. The Mentri Besar. Tensku Ismail, looks on. Straits Time.s picture.
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    Founder's day rally
    67 7 m 2.0 ipore cub* and rovers attendjratl Inese B irker Road on ■ommemorate the i r.s.irv i>f the movement, l< n-Powell. retary. Mr. eokturt to Ihe district representatives and Royal certifito i)in< QmMjns Scouts. F dpients Of the certificates Worm Liana Keen. Joseph de Souza. Jerry Khoo
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    New directors
    49 7 Mr. t o. Charle.sworth rm been appointed a director of Malayan Tin Dredging and Southern Malayan Tin Dredging companies. Mr. A. c. Smith ha* been elected a director of Singapore Para Rubber Estates and Mr. A. P. Hamilton has been fleeted a director of Sungkap Para Plantations
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    Pollincr day
    16 7 TELUK ANSON. Sun -Poll- i clay for Teluk Aason will be on June 12.
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    TOBY, THE TROUPER, LIKES APPLAUSE BUT TURNS HIS NOSE UP AT A BONE
    26 7 Toby po.srs for his first publicity picture with "Butch" Marr. Straits Times picture.
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    He's more interested in acting
    196 7 I ITTLE Toby, a 2J-year-old cooker spaniel, trotted on to the stage and the audience applauded. This was his bin moment. The applause was Toby's reward for a fine performance as Flush, Elizabeth Barretts dog in the Stage Club's production of '"The Barretts oi Wimpole
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    `Puff' still off the air
    101 7 Radio Malaya's broadcast of 'the detaiLs and performance of a certain motor car does not mean a change in its "nonadvertising" policy, the Directeor of Broadcasting. Mr. H. VV. Jackson, told the Straits Time.s ye.sterday. This broadcast was made j during the "Calling All Motor|ksts"
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    S'pore taximen want better deal
    138 7 rpHREE hundred Singapore 1. taxis went off the roads for i three hours yesterday while their drivers attended a meeting to right for a new deal ior taximen. The meeting was called by the Singapore Hire Car Association. The taxliren want: A change In the
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    GOOD NEWS FROM THE AIR FOR 341,000
    67 7 THL FEDERATION UOVKKNMENT on Saturday "freed" 341.100 Malayans from the Emergency when it declared North Kcdah ;\nd most of Perils "white areas." The news was neetwai with great rejoicing by the people. It was told in leaflets dropped by an Auster plane and
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    'GAMBLING MUST GO'
    79 7 Villagers told KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mahjong and other forms of gambling must go. Mr. Noel Alexander, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Perak. yesterday told new village local councilors who attended a spec:al civics course at the Khek Association in Ipoh. The gamblers may be your own friends,
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    Mr. M. knows the answers to our housing problems
    180 7 Mr. M. knows the answers to our housing problems 4 SINGAPORE realtor, Mr. C. G. J. Maas. who has r% watched how America and many European countries tackle their housing problems, has two suggestions for solving the Colony's housing shortage. These are: I The Singapore Improvement Trust should sell its
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    PINO DRANK COCKTAILS ALL YESTERDAY—
    199 7 PINO DRANK COCKTAILS ALL YESTERDAY— But only wilh hit eyes IN Singapore all yerterdaj a stork-, little Italian went from bar to bar. He always gave the same order; "A cocktail— your bcsl And he always went awa, without touching a drop wit! puzzling. parting words U bartenders. To tomt,
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    They all can join the new party
    129 7 DffOH Sun. ATO Pangllma Uukit Gamann told a meeting of the National Association of Perak today that association members could join the Party Nccara. He said that the associaM seeking affiliation to the party At today's two-hour meeting •several amendments to Ina rules
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    120-MILE CAR RACE
    67 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Thirty-three cars rangms; from bulky Armrican saloons to M.G. "midgets" drlv< members "f the Automobile Association of Malaya Sflangor Branch made their way through the Selangor side today on a 120-mlle reliablllty trial The results- i o Simpson, 2 J B. Llevens, 3. R
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    LAHAT MINES
    38 7 Mr R A. Chettle an M. Parry have been appointed r i>-e< tors of Lahnt Mines Mr E V Pearce. Mr. H. E. Barrt.-i--ttfsl and Mr T P Patterson have resigned th.eir directorships in une company.
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    $2,000 bail
    28 7 JOHORE BAHRU Sun —N Ah Huane «a, eranted $2,000 nai] in the polirp court today pending trial on a charee of rapine a ten-year-old Chinese till
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    DEATH
    33 7 MRS JOAN CI-UTTER. ssed 49, "He of Mr D E lire and Rubber Co. (SS> lid j and iriotner of Djuicl ar.rj Phelaffh, died on Saturrinlong Illness, at Akron, Ohio. U.S A
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      88 7 HIGH TIDES Tociay: Singapore 1.19 am '9 ft. 1 in. i 1.31 p.m. (8 ft 9 in.i; Port Dirkson 8.48 aim (8 ft. 2 in i 9.09 y.m. (8 ft 9 in): Penang 2.37 am (6 ft 9 in 3.03 p.m. n ft. 1 in). Ton-.orrow: Singapore 1 41 am.
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    Industrials attract most attention BUYERS TIMID ABOUT TINS
    806 8 Industrials attract most attention BUYERS TIMID ABOUT TINS criticism from all parties Interest rd in land tenure. It den-s not ap;>ear likely that the bill In any form will oecome law until the beglnninc of 1954. and meanwhile all deals in land are at a standstill, and H I s
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    Foam chairs will be exhibited
    179 8 Foam chairs will be exhibited LONDON, Sun. rERE were nearly a hundred entries from all parts of Britain for the latex foam furniture design competition organised by the British Rubber Development Board, The first prize of £50 was won by 33-year-old Royal College of Art student, Aidron Duckworth of London,
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    December tin was record
    162 8 A CCORDING to advance sta- tistics issueti by the International Tin Study Group i world mine production of tinin -concentrates last December rose to 16,800 lons tons which is the highest monthly figure recorded in the postwar period j and compared with November's 14,800 tons. Figures
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    Rush for Dunlops
    90 8 A PPLICATIONS in excess of A £21.000,000 were received by the Dunlop Rubber Company for its issue of £7.000.000 in 5' 2 per cent. £1 Cumulative Preference shares at 21s. The directors' announcement I yesterday on the closing of the i lists was that the issue had
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    U.S. RESEARCH INTO RUBBER
    70 8 The United States Rubbtr Company, a leading American producer of rubber goods, plans to build a research centre on a 90-acre tract in Wayne Township, New Jersey, according to a recent report in the New York Times. The company plans to build three modern labortory buildings
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    32 8 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following change In rates to merchants on Saturday. Riyals: selling T.T. or OD. 119*4 ready. MALAYAN SHAKi: 111 RKKT lI 9J I II
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    282 8 THE following list of business done in the Singapore Share Market last week is reported by one firm of brokers for the period Fob. 13 to Feb. 19. Industrials: Consolidated Tin Smelter Ords. 24 9 to 25- (24 6 excluding stamp). Fraser Neave Ords. »2.02 to $2.07-... Carr.mons
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    THE WEEK'S DIVIDENDS
    111 8 T hr fl »ta| (i.M,i, nrK w-n- anno. companies operatinu n Ml.iv;, |„st v •Uiiav.,,, Brewei i i A serund Interim .livi.ie,,,, of tceata per o, share tsmt and 6 crntsn S per cent t:»N, payable on Books <los,- March x Piin B ah Tin Dr. i.t.l:
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    Dull period for tin forecast
    669 8 iOMMOmJY MARKETS M for rubber. In 44.791 tons of rubber and s fifth best (•h.-: She had Jum] place from ninth placi when chased 30.510 ;< ntissitm The Import purchi Japan present, led bj I rata. director Rubber Con:;, not b< The mission Malaya to
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    141 8 Hatu HlillM|lll lln i" puny l.jmilrd: Cl men Indi n dredge will work at Lbe end ot the I year (30 9 PrUlini; liti United ea worked 10, montb profit of $3,481,950 commended final d cent will make b At bahuu -in •quailed S3.:m,v share and stores al
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      664 8 NOTICES CHANGE OF ADDRESS WAR HAMAGK COMMISSION The office of the Wu DUMOI Commission and that of the \V;ir Risks i Goods i Insurance Fund h;ive removed from Fiillert-in BuiklM < olotnb« Courl. Mansoor Slrrrt, hrhind thr Supremr ourj. MRMM. ROAKD— < OI.ONV OK vi\<. \roi;i BADGES .ire r. la
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      123 8 TRAFFIC NOTICE (SYDNEY AND MADRAS BRIDGES. KLANO THE PUBLIC are hereby notlnec that the above bridges will be rlosed to all traffic periodically, at .-.icht. for the purposes of routine maintenance, during 1954. One brtdee only will be closed on iinv particular nipht and the other bridge will be opened
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      547 8 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "D" registered Contractors and upwards will be received at the Office of the State Engineer, P.W.D Selangor. Kuala Lumpur, up to 3.00 p.m. of the 25th February, 1954 for the Supply and Delivery of Granite Metal from Sungel Tempayan Quarry for
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      863 8 NOTICE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB MABCH MEETING SATI'RDAY 20TH, WEDNESDAY 24TH AND SATURDAY, 27TH MARCH 1954 ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 noon on WEDNESDAY, 10th March, 1954. SWEEPS.— $1/- Unlimited Sweepstakes FOR MEMBERS ONLY will I be held each Race Day. Applications I for tickets must be In writing and be received
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      1128 9 MANSFIELD 6e CO., LTD. T 14 2 ITpnrel (10 lines) BLUE FUNNEL LINI Possoge Dept npt"<n to proceed vio other ports to lord and discharge caige to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS vl Soils p S'ho-r> Penong I Feb 21/72 Feb 23 low C 33/34 Feb 2S Feb. 26/27
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    Are the clergy slipping back on divorce?
    855 10 Are the clergy slipping back on divorce? Sir Alan Herbert makes a new examination of the Church's attitude ancS decides it is less on the sde of charity than it used to be ,THE KKiHT TO MARRY, by A. P. Herbert (Methuen. 5, HAPPILY married for 39. years. A. P.
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    BRIDGE
    328 10 1 3y KENNETH KONSTAM i IF opponents bid Slam.s against you which you think they cannot make, do not double for the sake of an extra fifty or one hundred points. By doing so you may be helping declarer to place 1 the cards correctly and therefore make his
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    THE DIPLOMAT WAS AFFABLE IN LOVE
    383 10 METTERNICH. By Constantin de Grunwald. (Falcon 215.). T"HE ideal diplomat for film directors and tailors. Metternich was handsome. A well-bred, frivolous, fond of uttering sententious remarks and of punctuating them with amorous glances. His father sent him out into the world with tho counsel.
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    216 10 Thr (inMfn Honeycomb. I By Vim-rut Cronin. Rupert i Hart-Davis. 18s 267 panes Elegantly and affectionately written. A young man's testimony to tne beauty and interest of Sicily The historic island inspires a nr^t bonk of learning and distinction. Animals Men and Myths. I By Morus.
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    A TRIO FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK
    244 10 After the Holiday. By Louise Collis (Fab*»r. 12s. 6d.i A help-less-seeming but blood-suck-ing mother succeeds in preventing her strong-minded intellectual daughter from marrying the daughters own high standards contributing towards the Mil sacrifice. Miss Collis. suffering from a severe rase of Virginia Woolfities (complicated by
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      293 10 Straits Times Crossword 4 i 8 9 111 10 21 HI 22 23 2* "-~|||"2!r \(Kiiv> t lllt r inij.er BUI MM uuiy's 8. Taken into the remnants ciep.nl- ment after quite a fuss (7) s^ o r c 0 r L DO nden( c oavslns ,0. Where one inquiry
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    BLACKPOOL OUT OF THE
    524 11 F.A. CUP Port Vale and Orient triumph LONDON, Sunday. |>ORT VALE, who humbled mighty Blackpool., the holders, and Leyton Orient easy conquerors of Doncaster put third division football back on the map yesterday when they reached the quarter-finals of the F. A. (up. Rarely have two
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    R.A.F BEAT NAVY AT RUGGER
    248 11 R.A.F BEAT NAVY AT RUGGER LONDON, Sun. THE Royal Air Force victory over the Royal Navy at Twickenham yesterda\ "by 12 points t penalty goal, three tries) to six (penalty coal, try i was their first against. 'he senior service since 1049. The Navy kept the talented RAF. trick division
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    83 11 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday"* rugb* leacue results were: Relle Vue Rangers 7 Wißan 23. Bradford Northern 'J4 Batlev 0: Castleford 11 Hunslet 18; Dewsbuiy IT Ynrk fi: Huddersfleld 55 Doncarter 7: Hull Kingston Rovers R Featherstone Rover s 3; Leeds 33 Keighley 12: Leigh 14 Liverpool City 6.
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    MCC beat British Guiana by inns
    172 11 GEORGETOWN, Sunday. THE M.C.C. beat British Guiana by an innings and 18 runs with a day to spare yesterday. Final scores were: M.f.C. 607. British Guiana 262 and 247. John Wardle, Yorkshire left-arm slow bowler who took six for 77 in the first innings
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    NSW WELL AHEAD IN KEY GAME
    174 11 SYDNEY, Sun A NEW OPENINo partnership between Briggs and Watson Rave New South Wales their best I an ol the season \vi;h an opennu stand of ltil runs In IH7 miniues in the Shetjield Sme.d Maich againsi South AUtU-Ua .mr yesterday. Alter two days'
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    63 11 PERTH. Sun. A rtghtlnu innings of 14.i rjv Colin MacDonak. helped Victoria cam first Innings lead of 119 over Western Australia on the second flay of the Sheffield Shield match heir yesterday Victoria marie 287 In reply to their opponents first Innings total of IBS By
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    917 11 p W I) I. V A Pts. W. BromwicH 30 19 6 5 75 39 44 33S— 8 fji'.S 3 2 1 ess, s s Chelsea 31 12 9 10 58 57 33 Preston 30 14 3 13 64 43 31 Arsenal 29 10 10 9 52 51
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    366 11 F. A. (IP (STH ROI'ND) Bnllon W. 0 Portsmnuth 0 Hull < itv 1 Tottenham H. 1 l.evtnn Orient 5 Donrastfr R. I I Norwich City 1 l-elreslrr C. 2 Port Vale 2 Blackpool Preston N. K. fi lp»wlch Town 1 Sheffield Wed. .1 Kverton 1 I
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    Four records by Cleveland and Konno
    141 11 DETROIT. Sun. SWIMMERS Dick Cleveland and Ford Konno broke a record in erv race they toolc part tn at fne annual Ohio versus Mlciiijan tournament here yesterday. Cleveland and Konno. swimminc for Ohio, each won two events. Ohio* won by 55 points to 38.
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    RAF RUGBY XV FOR BRUNEI
    84 11 Royal Air Force iSinganorei rtißger team will meet an oil company slcte at Brunei on Feb. 27. The team is: F/I.t. Thomes iRAAFi: set Pritchard iRAAFi. LAC. Pearson (RAAFI. F/Lt. Woodrufle (Chanßli. P/O. Armstrong RAF Reletari F/O. Darke (RAF SeletHi>. Cpl. Teasdale (Chnng;li; LAC Finch
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    45 11 CARDIFF. Sun •pHE All Blnrk bent the Barbarians here by l!i point* to five The Barbarians led five points to three half time The Barbarian* Included 13 International* 'seven Wel>h. five Englidh and nn» Irish i and Pngllsh international tmllsu.
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      128 11 SCORE BOARD M.C.C.— lst Inns: fiOf. British (iuiana— lM «_fM: 262. I British Cutana— 2nd Inns: G Gibbs b Moss Gibbons b Wardle 29 N Thomas lbu b Wardle 31) R. Chris 1 iani c Compton b Trueman 82 C" Me Wait c Graveney b Wardle 3 G. Camacho t
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    AAAM TO INVITE CEYLON, SIAM,
    244 12 INDONESIA Federation ask for Coleman KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. fEYLON, Indonesia and Siam are to be invited to take part in this year's Malayan championships, the executive committee of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya decided at a meeting here this morning. This year's meet is
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    Federation athletes for Manila
    171 12 Federation athletes for Manila KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union today decided to send a team to the Asian Games to be held in Manila on May I—9. It was agreed to approach the Federation Government for financial aid. The team is to travel by sea.
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    Hee Chin goes to 2nd round
    160 12 COl-OMBO. Sun DOTH the Malayan representatives in Ceylon's national tennis championship tournament made their first appearance on the Colombo Garden Club courts this afternoon. Lim Hee Chin defeated hi.« Ceylonese opponent in straight sets in the first round of the open singles, while Mrs.
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    PARK SOCCER
    66 12 Star Soccentes drew 2-2 with Johore Bahru District in a friendly ••occer match at Farrei Park ye.sterday. Kirn Benq and Rahim Omar s-cored for So^cerites and Dollah Don and lalib for Johore Bahru. In another friendly soccer match at Farrer Park H.M S. Charity and Bukn Timah S.C.
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    K.O. SEMI-FINALS
    46 12 The Singapore Hockey Association's senior k.o. semi-final, between University of Malaya and Ceylon S.C which should have been played yesterday was postponed until Wednesday as the CSC. pround was waterlosped. The other .semi-final, between SRC. and Latin Wanderers, will take place at S.R.C. today.
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    SIKHS ON TOUR
    31 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Th" Malayan Hockey Council Executive Committee today approved an application from the Selangor Sikh Union 10 make a trip to Indonesia during the Easter holidays.
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    MALAYA-I.H.F. TIE
    36 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The AllMalayan side to play the IH.F. at Singapore on March 6 will be selected after the came between the tourists and the President's XI at Kuala Lumpur on March 4.
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    Midweek soccer
    107 12 Midweek soccer LONDON. Sun. THE two F. A Cup fifth round matches drawn yesterday will be replayed on Wednesday, as follows: Portsmouth 801 l on W.inderers. Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City. English League matches postponed i yesterday bec.uise of Cup ties -a ill be played ofT next wetk as follows
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    Argonauts in third win
    113 12 Arsnnaiit-s F. C. wored their third win in succession when they defeated Balestier United, a S.A.F.A. Dlv. 2 side, by 3-1 In soccer friendly Ml St. George's Road ground veMerday. Argonaut* pressed from the kickoff and made rings round the Ba- I lessier defence. But it
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    IPOH RACE WEIGHTS
    464 12 YY«««;HTS for all srvi-n rare* on *Vodnrvcla>. vri niiri day of Ihr P«rak Turf Cluh Frhruary m^olinc are: 1.. I)IV. I— 6F. r- mi Drli(ht 9.00 nr.'iliu 8.12 Sound Wavr S n.i \tn;>:i^»ador ROI Fair Anita X.11.1 Thratre 8.0» Rnrdrr Scot 8.01 ■anemia 8.00 Uhile Carnation 141
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    Kampong League
    42 12 In the two Breweries Kamponp j soccer League matches at Breweries pround \e.Merday. Bardan Kese- man B beat Alexandra Football Team by fi-0 (referee Chua Ban l Hock> and Alexandra Rangers beat Permnda Latehan by 3-1 iref. H. i Ancullia>.
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    No record for Marjorie, says ref
    240 12 CANBERRA. Sunday. V WOMAN athletic official raised a storm of protest at Sydney yesterday afternoon when she ruled that wind assisted Marjorie Jackson, the world's most famous woman athlete. In the 220 yards. Australian championship, and that Marjories world's record time of 24 sec.
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    Campus Belle is a classy stayer
    359 12 By EPSOM JEEP /^AMPI'S BELLE (late Footpad), a winner at Ascot as v a three-year old in 1952. demonstrated her class when she routed a Cl. 2. Div. 2 field by three lengths over Of. at Ipoh on Saturday. rampus Belle was not set
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    MALACCA MAN TO LEAD FED. XI AITACK
    169 12 MALACCA MAN TO LEAD FED. XI AITACK KLAI.A I.I.MITK, Sun. FEDERATION of Malaya H.ickr> L'nion selectors have made a number of surprise choices in the team to meet the Indian Hockey I (-deration tourists at Ipoii on Thursday. S. Srlvanayagam 1 centre half). E. J. van l.idth. (inside right) and
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    TOURISTS SAY Shortest way to goal best
    109 12 TOURISTS SAY Shortest way to goal best KUALA LUMI THE mam prin Indian h la thr taking ol I est route to shor'nst possil B. L. Gup B the Indian v ration tour.:. enthusiasi In talk on hocki umpirii :>' today. Mr Oupl thm certain I v up the fir^t
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    IHF promise more visits
    34 12 I 1 His mi 'Hp li Mr D Sec rr next On behalf Hockr- [alacca :lw-n to Ml B beis or tn< ti silver The [m bis lamp* and bleu;
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      36 12 HsßlSS^kHsttinß^B^BHß^ll HOCKET K.O. SS.MI -FINAL: SRC. V Ln- i tiff Wandrrers, at S.R.C. SOCCKR KAMPONC. LBAOOI; P. Latehan v Bouna Vista Rangers. Alexandra Koad. SCHOOLS: Bartlev v ACS. (Ist and 2nd teams) at St. George's Road.
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