The Straits Times, 3 March 1954

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times tfati° tld Ksth. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1954. 15 CENTS
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  • 257 1 Chamber is sprayed with bullets by 3 fanatics ru k WASHINGTON, Tuesday, no nun and a woman shot down five members of the House ol Representatives here today with volleys of shots from the visitors' gallery. More than 200 congressmen were assembled in the House at the
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  • 181 1 Police fear plot to murder Ike WASHINGTON 1 ues. SECCRITI Pfi autions irere intensified In W.ishmaton l i<r{ i in it mtU learned that Puerto Ki«.in nationalist i Hvf i nncri'^mon in the Hoose o( Representatives yrstprday. had been conspir■ll n k President hisi pr. i I BaaghMaa, rhirf of
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  • 79 1 THE THREE who were lest MeriouMv wounded (from left): M. Pallon, Mr. Davit, and Mr. Roberts. V.S.I.S. picture*. Puerto Rico!" Then they opened fire. The woman was said to have fired at the ceilinc. The shootinc began just as the House had finished voting on the
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  • 162 1 Mr. Boyd Crawford. Clerk of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who tarkled one of the gunmen as he dashed from the gallery, told reporters: "I saw him with a smoking gun. so I just grabbed and hung on. We were struggling for the gun and I was trying
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  • 248 1 Opinions differed as to whether others, in addition to the two men and the woman, fired shots. "I am sure I saw four persons shooting." Congressman Louis Graham, of Pennsylvania, told reporters. "The woman was shooting at the ceiling but I am sure three men were shooting
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  • 41 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. Security conscious Washington police Eot a report yesterday that two "suspirious-lookine characters" were "lurking" around the home of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Tho rushed to the scene and found two secret service acents. I.P
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  • 43 1 Three suspects caught by police after the shooting in the Hou.se of Representatives are seen in the radio picture above The woman is I.olita Lebron. stated to be the leader of the group. A. P. picture.
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  • 144 1 The Red rover can stay BIRMINGHAM Tups. SCOUT leaders decided here last night that a 20-year-old rover can stay in the scout movement though he is an admitted Communist. Rover Richard Etheridge. a member of the Young Communist League, recently publicly declared his support for 19--year old Paul Garland, a
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  • 62 1 VATICAN CITY. Tues—Yellow and white papal flags fluttered from Vatican City buildings today as the Pope on his sick-bed celebrated his 78th birthday and the 15th anniversary of his election to the papal throne. The Pope, suffering from a stomach ailment for the past six weeks, again
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  • 56 1 LONDON. Tues. The Tim.^s today suggested that the wage dispute in the Malayan rubber industry may be resolved if a round-table conference between employers and the rubber workers can be held. It iUd that a strike in th<* Malayan rubber industry would be a misfortune
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  • 212 1 Crisis law in Khartoum as Mahdi 's men are expelled KHARTOI M. Tuesday. ORITISH troops, men of the York and Lancaster Regiment, last night guarded President Neguib of Egypt after a day of riots in which 30 people were killed, 117 injured and 31 arrested. Gen.
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  • 113 1 But there is 'no need for alarm' KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. TWO Kuala Lumpur schools a kindergarten and a creche— with 150 children, have been closed for precaution until March 11 following two cases of, infantile paralysis among their pupils. Several others have closed of their
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  • 46 1 LONDON. Tues. Queen Ingrid of Denmark, accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, went to Drury Lane Theatre last night to see the popular musical "The Kln^ and I". It was Princess Margaret second visit to the play.
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  • 58 1 The 'gag to go off SYDNEY. Tues The New South Wales State Government plans to repeal the "Press Gag Act'" passed last year after newspaper allegations of corruption in Sydney City Council. The Act— officially called the Sydney City Council (Disclo■On of Allegations t Act sought to compel newspapers and
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  • 18 1 TORONTO. Tue%. Mrs Kathenne Aitkrn. 72. a sister-in-law of Lord Beaverbrook died yesterday.— A P.
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  • 99 1 Eden: All we want is Suez peace LONDON, Tues. MR. ANTHONY EDEN, the: Foreign Secretary, said in the House of Commons < yesterday that events in Cairo showed "evidence of instability's—but Britain still wanted a quick sett ement over the i Suez issue. It was too early to say what
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  • 21 1 LAHORE. Tues. -The Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Sir Mo hammed Zafrullah Khan, denied tonight that he had resigned.
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  • 28 1 BKLGRADE. Tues. Presi dent Tito said today that he looked with relative optimism both on the world scene arH possibility of improving rela tions with Italy.
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  • 114 1 5 famous; features are back ffIVE of the most famous cartoon features I I Ihe world return this irrc. to entertain Malayans. The adi'entures of Man- s drake. The Saint, June Tartan and the Qambola fill five full paves of the =E Free Press WKEK-ENDER The WEEK EUDEK. published at
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  • 82 1 Three Scots to fast for 30 days EDINBURGH. Tues THREE Scottish Nationalists have begun a 30-day hunger strike in Saughton Prison here in protest against "efforts by those in high positions to force Scotland into subservience to England." Three men. all in their early twenties, were found not guilty last
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  • 32 1 BANGKOK. Tues. The Siamese Gox'ernment is considering banning or restricting import of foreign films as a step in conserving foreign exchanse and helpinc the Siamese film Industry. Renter.
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  • 31 1 TAIPEI. Tues. A motion :,i Impeach Vice President. Mr LI Tsung-jen for dereliction •">' duty was introduced in the National Assembly today. Mr Li is in the United States.
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  • 24 1 LONDON Tues. Hundreds were turned away from London"s huge Harnn^ay Arena last night when Amerir-an evangelist. Billy Graham, opened his three-month crusade.
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  • 233 1 Leg severed in chopper attack ALAMELU, 33. an Indian woman attendant at the Woodbridge Hospital, Singapore, was hacked tn death yesterday afternoon in a path by a banana plot aboul IS yards from her house in Y'n Chu Kang Road. She had four wounds on
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  • 48 1 ORDERI > 01 T Ml IRTOI M wiih 1 .0110 supportri I M part] l< red •:i., i i II I I Ml nI GEORGETOWN Tui West Indies ill out vci (mil im Ir.n uu En mil with needed i<> win i M plaj in P i
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  • 213 2 KUALA LUMPUR GETS OWN DEPARTMENT SINGAPORE and the Federation have decided to >plil the University of Malaya into two department-;, one in the Colony and the other in Kuala Lumpur. Today thr Council of the University of Malaya v.ill meet to discuss thr
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  • 68 2 i ROISING welcome was A Given to Countess .Mountbatten of Burma by the boys of Serenriah Bots' Hoir<e. Selangor, when she visited them I acU Mounthatten toured all the dormitories, dininc rooms, school rooms and workshops and talked to the boys
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  • 42 2 torreon. Tues. Reports reaching this Mexican town today said at least "0 people were injured. 10 critically when a passenger tra:n over- turned. The accident was ca.iseri by a rail twisted by changes in ten-.perature— A. P.
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  • 39 2 CARACAS. Tues. A responsible source said Jai Nariite Singh, a member of the ousted Irftwinc covnnment of British Guana, has been ordered to i\r Venezuela. Sinzh has been in Venezuela for three months- A. P.
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  • 151 2 This congress may tell Britain: Don't hand country to Malayans PENANG. Tues. A rcsolu- i tion demanding ■immediate inert negotiations" with the British Government for the return of Malaya to the Malays will be tabled at the third Malay National Congress in Penans on Thursday. Tr.r resolution
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  • 197 2 Stalin is on the Russian air again LONDON, Tues. T fOSCOW RADIO tonight gave Stalin his biggest build-up since he died 12 months ago. Trie radio dictated a Ion? eulogy for publication in Soviet provincial papers on March S. the anniversary of his death, which It said, the Soviet people
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  • 22 2 WASHINGTON Tues —The Senate has confirmed President Elsenhower's appointmer.' of John M Cabot to be Ambassador to Sweden— A. P.
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  • 41 2 LONDON. Tues. Britain is to strencther. her Infor services in South-east ala th» Middle Bast. Latin America and Europe In the coming year. Mr. Antrv I the Foreign Under-Secretary, *ai(i in the Housr of Commons Rfifer
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  • 23 2 CHARLESTON. Tues O«--:-era! Mnrk W. Clark, took "vei a^ President of thf Citadel S"Uth Carolina's military col|r C r. Renter.
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  • 195 2 Britain give? lop priority orders for 'hush hush' phi LONDON A NEW Jet fighter, which can break the rier in levrl flight is tinder top-priorit; tion for the Royal Air Force, Mr. Duty Britain's Supply Minister, told the House yesterday. Several countries have tighters. which
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  • 39 2 BANGKOK. Tues. Monsieur Raimonde OfTroy. Assistant French Commissioner Genera! to Indo-China. has been appointed French Ambassador ti Siam. M. OfTroy. a career diplomat 44. is one Ot the youncest Ambassadors of the French Republic—Renter
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  • 35 2 NEWCASTLE. Tues. Al' nine people aboard a Wester i Airlines plane missln i Friday were found dead in wreckase in the rui?2''d R i chelle hill area :n wjj Reuter.
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  • 118 2 A step ahead of the Russians —AND ON THE ATOMIC POtfER FRONT: rpit Minister l^? 1 Hotiv,- oi lh day thai BnUin l" laumi, a <1ran,;,. wrt designed i power to urmniam. Hp him. lt thai ii,. bo hum Inside i ■phere in prevent d< djation irom leakini -I he
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  • 134 2 IXDNDON Tues. \CALL to Britain to build up a rubber stockpile, now when 'he price is low. and >o h^lp the industry In Malaya was made by Mr Stan Awberv •Labour i in the House of Comrrons yesterday. Mr. Heathcote Amrrj. Minis- ter
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  • 34 2 TOKYO, Tuea inium electric DPm reported In Japai thorn Ixland ol Hokkaido Germanium La usei I for radio tubes thai doi power tn amplify rW-t current. A P
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  • 310 3 Reds seek a trump card 9 If to table I at peace talks HANOI. Tuesday. i-jM.MI MSr rebel armies are reported massing oiind the Hanoi delta to threaten the Indoini rice bowl during rominjj peace talks at Geneva. fl officers believe the rebel General Vo
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  • 119 3 ATTASI IS BACK IN TRIUMPH New govt. named BEIRUT, Tues. PRESIDENT Hassem El Atta»i was escorted in triumph into Damascus last night at the end of a five-day strus;- gle for power in Syria. He I signed a decree setting up a new coalition Ministry. The 79-year-old President, who turned
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  • 90 3 India may tell U.S. team to quit NEW DELHI, Tv« s. ipected to demand thr withdrawal dI n members of th< N •■on- obw In troubled Kashmir. on President t'er's decision to send lulpmeni I PakisNt nn: yesterday American obi 1 1 longer be M neutrals in this disttd hence
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  • 40 3 WASHINGTON. Turs. B. Atomic Energy Com- said yesterday an tfovicr ha- born drto>t its proving around in thr liai I icific. The chairman. Mr. Lewis Strauss, said thr detonation w v the tirst In a A.P.
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  • 40 3 OSLO. Tues. A Norwegian road worker was killed near Ruikan in central southern Norway yesterday when an nvalanche swept a snowplougn on top of him. Two other workers buried I under the snow were rescued unharmed.— Reuter.
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  • 193 3 Huks want to talk surrender, but the Govt. says 'No' f-. MANILA, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Magsaysay last night turned down an offer by Communist Huk leader. Luis Taruc. to negotiate the surrender of his men. Mr. Magsaysay told newsmen there would be no more nego- tiations since the Huks had failed
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  • 145 3 Porteress Pat just went wobbly' MELBOURNE. Tues. I haven't a ticket." j j the Duke ol Edinburgh, in i] the uniform ol Admiral of the Fleet, said to portere^ Pat King-vill as he went through the barrier of South Yarra raik.ay station today He was on his way to Flinder.s
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  • 62 3 JOHANNESBURG. Tues. Two thousand mourners, many of them in tears, stood in pour- ing rain yesterday at the 1 funeral of Mrs. Isie Smuts, widow of Field Marshal Smuts, who died last Thursday aged 83. Wreaths from Sir Winston ,\rd Lady Churchill and fror.i Sir
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  • 36 3 PANMUNJOM. Tues. The United Nations Command today turned over to the Communists 37 Koreans who asked to return. They were handed over to the Reds here at 10 a.m.— A.P.
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  • 22 3 SALISBURY. Tues.— A select committee today recommended Salisbury as the site for the capital of the Central African Federation. Reuter
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  • 54 3 LONDON, Tues— Britain ha.s again a.sked Communist China eithet to put on trial or release 41 American, Canadian and British subjects she now holds. the Foreign Office announced last night. Britair. acts as protecting power for the United States and Canada, which do not recognise
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  • 50 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. A '•ompleto atom cannon battalion will go to Europe in the next few months, the U. 3. Army announced yesterday. l The unit. 600 strong, will 1 man six 280 mm. guns, capable of firing ordinary or atom shells, at a secret defence position A.P.
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  • 67 3 LONDON. Tues— A London firm was fined £10.000 plus £210 costs here today foi selling 1.834 tons of scrap metal to Spain below the controlled export price. The company. Householc Machines Export. Ltd. sent thf scrap in 1952 at a time wher scrap was
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  • 58 3 THE 1.1 ri'l.i mil in the picture above. Margaret Mole, is obviously enjoying her part m greeting the Queen. And their appreciation of the presentation bouquet is apparently mutual. The picture was taken when the Queen and the Duke of Kdinburgh visited Mount
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  • 216 3 In hospital after rescue SAN DIEGO. California. Tues. A FIVE-DAY battle against the sea by a lone woman aboard her leaking 25-foot sailing boat ended late last night when she was rescued by a French vessel 15 miles south ol San Diego and returned
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  • 156 3 LABOUR HITS AT ARMS PLAN LONDON. Tues. rpHE Labour Party will table a 1 motion in the House of j Commons today criticisinu the Governments €1.939.000,000 arms programme for 1954-1955. The decision was made at a meeting called last night to I shape the Opposition's line for today's debatp on
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  • 179 3 NAIROBI, Tue.s. THE Secretary of State f or the Colonies, Mr. Oliver ivttelton, discussed the Kenya situation yesterday with We id Marshal Sir John Hardin? Chief of the Imperial General staff and senior Government "and Military officers here General Sir George Erskinr-, the East Africa Commande.-in-Chief.
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  • 334 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Tues. THE Stork Market closed the lone account today on a subdued note with prices Irregular but with the undertone described as satisfactory. In rubbers, demand (or Malays lams caused a shilling rise to around 30/3 while Malacca put on sixpence to 12/6, but United Sua Betong
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  • 24 3 LONDON. Mar. I— Cash Buyers «68"}: Sellers VK!>O: Forward Buyers ttifiS: Sellers t«64: Settlement S»i9o. Turnover a.m «0 tons: p m 30.
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  • 36 3 LONDON Mar 2 —Spot 16d.. Apr 16'» d.. May lP'.d.. June le^d.. Apr.-June 16'sd.. July-Sept 16% d.. Oct-De< 16"-.d.. Jan-March Ifi'-.d Mar. i.f. 15", d.. Apr c i.f. 15 15 16d. Tone: Qulftly steady.
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  • 298 4 Unofficia ls want pay-out before the State elections KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rpHK Selangor State Council today decided by nine rates to >even. with eijfht abstaining to appoint a committee to consider payment of a bonus to unofficial members, past and present, when the council is
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  • 109 4 PENANG, Tues. RACEHORSE owners, trainers and Jo fi 200 m drinking tin-line Mannii trainer j irk Manning who was mar ri>'d in the Church >>f the Assumption to Mr J. F. Ao< the Cold I amerThe Rev. Father Auguin officiated a! the wedding. The reception was h<
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  • 37 4 MUAR. Tue<; Mr. M. Go- pala Menon. the Representative of thr Government of India in Kalajra, laid the founda tion stone for an Indian Assn- ciation Gandhi Memorial Ha!: at Muar on Sun r
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  • 61 4 BUTTFRWORTH. TUM. Fifteen "under-privileged" boys met for the first time in a converted carace. the Butte-rworth Police Volunteer Rpsrr\r headquarters, at Parani Ronri jresterday. They form the nucleus of the Bu'terworth Boys- Club. Mr. J.LH Davis. Senior District Officer. Province Welleslev, is patron. TheM boys,
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  • 49 4 JOAN AMY ADCOCK is the cirl on thr lrft. On the right is I .itif.ih binte Ahmad. The two lovelies were appearing in Malacca's Fashion Show at Capitol Oanee Hall in aid of the Malaria British Ked Cross Society. I'nion pictures.
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  • 93 4 Boxer sent to hospital FIFTEEN youths raided Katong Boys 1 Club in Jooj Chiat Road. Singapore, at about midnight on Monday and beat up four members. .1:111;. 11 urn .virti win.- wiui ..1 I boxer, was wounded in the 1 head and knocked
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  • 70 4 IPOH Tues. The three man, committee appointed by the State Secretary to inquire into the reasons for the recent walk out of 100 Malay students of the carpentry section of the 7.894 strong Technical < Trade t i School is carrying on its lnI vestigations. So
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  • 102 4 PENANG. Tues THE FEDERATION Adult Education Association js negotiating with the Education Department to run night classes for thousands of overaged boys and girls. Mr. Heah Joo Seang. th* president, told the Straits Time* today: "We have qualified teachers for these classes and we hope
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  • 96 4 IPOH. Turs. (hen Seong. owner of two machines in a hat tictory. told the Ipoh j .Magistrate today that h? worked the machines, which did not have a certificate ol fitness, because it was an "auspicious day" md he wanted
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  • 170 4 PENANG, Tues. DESPITE the trade recession there has been no fall in the number of people who plan to visit Mecca this year. Tuan Haji Ali Rouse, the Pilgrim Commissioner, told the Straits Times today that ij.ooo applications from pilgrims had been received from
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  • 209 4 Court told of bathroom quarrel PKNANG, I, A TI T B-M.\KEK. Ong Thean Son. was accused ii A Penang: Magistrate's Court today of kil!i t sister-in-law, Yeoh Kng- Suan. with a Chinese At the preliminary Inquiry Cng's sister alleged that she saw
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  • 71 4 MEMBERS 01 our Party are •his month to de they will coi eiection.s in the June. air. C II fl chairman, sal members d< l< I party should conl tions, they mv I v. hether 11 its on ii ur all of the other conti
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  • 21 4 > MUAR. Turs Th( 1 Malay Girls' 8 I on by the Inspe I ;|Bchools, Muar, I Shukor bin I
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    • 331 4 SINGAPORE cl0M; Down; 1108 Sl;i;imi Opening; PENANG JulVrt P.M. urn programmea In Ma i; A.M. 7.15 Time Signal „ul IM As Slwrapore: l n n bn^ l 1 Opening Announcemeni. "Hi Morning Star: IM News: 73, Do»n; 9 .00 bt»u.»n Op; MrlfKiv Mixture: fi mi li.vitaf.or lo Openint: Announccme: MUSIc;
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  • 277 5 Go vt. can't afford $25 m. for new hospital BUT A 500 -BED ONE MAY BE ARRANGED KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 'ING State Medical and Health Officer, Dr. Thirupad. told the Selan^or State Council 1 1\ that it would cost about 825 million to build v general hospital in Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 78 5 I Bin ;apore j applied for the v ■he j ill re- the vacancy, offei Mr. K I JOO. Under the revised j 01 1750 basl depending on his 1 Mr. J. M. \-i b urn had to 1 in eel m Mr. i »urn
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  • 21 5 KLUANO. TU( s. The DisOffl fang W n bin Om;i Town Pad i:iy. ita ended k D:>tr;rt cam;.
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  • 41 5 IPOH. Tues. A publicity and educational campaign on I thp registration of voters for the coming town council elections in ipoh was launched last night. The British Mr. I. W. Blelloch. addressed a earn* ring on the children's playsround.
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  • 35 5 TELIK ANSON penin of votr: uncii elections In Teluk Anson yesterday. Inche Mohamed Hashim bin Amin. Supervisor of Elections appealed to the people to reguter M early as they coula.
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  • 112 5 DEFECT DERAILS TRAIN Singapore-K.L. service disrupted SEREMBAN. Tues. A GOODS train travelling from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur was derailed near Seremban today. A special constable aboard the train was slightly injured when the five wagons went off the rails. The derailment was caused by a defect in one of the
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  • 226 5 pAMTLY planning by mail order has increased in the last 18 months, says the annual report of the Singapore Family Planning Association, published 1 yesterday. Most letters for advice came from individuals in the Fede- j ration, said Mrs. Renee E.
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  • 78 5 A FAREWELL SALUTE BY SIX BOMBERS Three Lincolns from No 1 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force and three from No. 7 Squadron Royal Air Forcr yesterday flew over the Cambodse as the ship steamed up the Malacca Straits off the coast of Batu Pahat. The fly-pa.st was a farewell salute
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  • 62 5 Now the rajah knows all about fishing TKNGKU MAHMOUD. the Yam Tuan Muda. son of thp Sultan of TrenKganu, who returned to Singapore yesterday, in the liner Will.-m Ruys after complptin^ a twoyear practical course in tish--1 .n- in Britain. He said he also did a technical course at Brighton
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  • 51 5 PENANG. Tues.— The Muni- i cipal Registrar of Vehicles Mr. Yeang Hooi Chee, today warned j owners of racing cycles to register their machines. Five people including a I .•schoolboy, were fined in the ye- t hides court this morning for t not having a registration plate.
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  • 213 5 FACTORY ON EASY TERMS SCHEME A $2,500,000 scheme to encourage the small man to start local industries in ready-built factories at Alexandra Road, Singapore, will soon be launched by a Hong Kong firm through its agents in the Colony. This will be the second industrial estate in the Alexandra area.
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  • 87 5 SEREMBAN, Tues. The Malay regiment. Port Dickson. celebrated its 21st birthday with a ball at the Sergeants' mes.s last night. It was attended by the Sultan of Pahang. the Yang di Pertuan Besar. Negri Sembilan. and the Tengku Ampuan. the British Adviser. Mr M C. ff sheppard.
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  • 56 5 PENANG. Tues A cow worth SI 9O has been stolen from Bertam Estate In Kepala Batas. Province Wellesley. More poultry thefts have been reported in Penang, At Waterfall Road, a resi- J dent lost a $15 turkey while several chickens valued at I r 532 were
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  • 73 5 TELUK ANSON. Tups.— Ba- *han Singh. 40. who appeared :n court here for the fourth ime in 10 days for bein? i irunk and Incapable, was sen- i enced to one month's gaol. When he was released from ;aol on the last occasion at k3O p.m.. he
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  • 21 5 MUAR. Tues. Mr. S. Vellu i S Senior Technical Assis- ant. Telecoms. Muar. has hern ransfered to Kuala LipLs. >ahang.
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  • 200 5 A YOUTH, who was put under probation for two years in October 1952 when he was convicted for housebreaking. had h:s probation order ended yesterday and was sentenced to nine months 1 yaol for breach of bond The youth. M Riusu. 20. went away
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 337 5 SINGAPORE DIARY j Rotary (lub: Werkly luncheon > p.m. and 7 p.m.: bodybuilding 5 5 meeting. Capitol Blue Room. 1 p.m. p.m.; badminton 8 pm II Professor R. E. Holttum on Gar- V.M.C.A.: Malay conversational S deninc a.s a Hobby in Singapore." class 5.30 p.m.; judo, bodybuilding I Maudrrnr's School
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  • 17 6 MorW« Sin (minimum) RAOUNATHAM Suddenly »t l-i \lirch. C. ian la'e Registrar of Cooperatlve Bocietlei Ceylon
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  • 119 6 W»i(rf» *V" minimum i 11. VannU C'vxi wishes and valuable gifts SSOI Eo them on Uu 'f then marriage. MR. AND MRS Hubert Tar r\;vp.s.s i;rit<-r Mendance <>'• the: Wedding n.- 20 1 M THE FAMILY Ol the I'te Mr. Yr Ctaeok \Y:«h. *ho died on 16 2/5 «lf.h
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  • 882 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. March 3, 1954. Warning To Planters The natural rubber industry is now ploughing steadily on in the wake of synthetic, from fifty to a hundred years behind the times. If this statement came from a disgruntled shareholder in the industry, it would get aa little
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  • 417 6 Twice in four years Puerto Rk-an gangsters have outrac^fi Washington. Their target in November 19.50. when gunmen fought a pistol battle with Blair House guards, was President Truman, This time the gunmen one <>t them a woman openod a murderous fire from the public galleries of the
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  • 305 6 Talcs from Canto^ OFTEN I had h ihr proud where tho visit C'hin;i Many times i ro-rean description place of which the n in my mind voiumo of William ■■'•TtiriK diai ocnturv Asia, i to zo thrm Juat yet I wish to An Asian li tt Us
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  • 1628 6 The Singapore Police are being, strengthened to fight the growing menace of the Colony's secret societeties. But they are still badly handicapped in their fight against these lawless elements mmmm mmmm writes William Fish fHE AFTERNOON sun beat fiercely down as Tan Geh
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    • 246 6 AS a parent, no letter j has interested me so much in recent months than that about a school for European children in Malaya. It sets out the problem ;uid a possible solution most admiribly. How are we parents then joing to achieve this
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    • 216 6 IN the letter "Singapore Council and Bus Charter in yesterday's issue the last paragraph was made unlntelligble through a printing error. The last paragraph of Mr Robertson's letter should have read: "I would suggest that before proposine any discontinuance of the monopoly before June 5. 1955— when the
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    • 154 6 DAY OFF IS A LUXURY FOR THEM rHE Federation's Organisation and Methods Adviser :tated that his main aim wis o increase efficiency of Gov- i ■rnment machinery. Prominence has been given 0 the resultant reduction in ;ti,fr. May I ask if streamlining nust always be synonymous irith such reduction? Is
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    • 29 6 IF political parties are formed in the Methodi.st Church in Malaya, as suggested by T.S o then Ichabod will be writt-ii over its portal.s. QOB HOOD KKNG Singapore.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 661 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 1 in H „r*. SiS t minimum) TO IT on Feb' Parkinson On March l*t at Oreenhi pore 11 to Ann lose Pryi wife of Protasm ■on i .son. J« H i-m/» ylli innnimnmi kwkk yap The tagajeaaenl Is announced toda] between Kwek Bait Sonc only son 01
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    • 55 6 PIANO ACCORDIONS Tango 1M 37 Keys, 60 Basses. 2 srts of roods. 3 Couplers #42S.(M» Tango iim .17 Keys. 96 Basses. 3 sets Of reed*. 9 Couplers. S«00 00 Tango HIM U Ki'vs. 120 Bavs.s 3 sets of reeds. 9 Couplers. SK7.VOO Alt -i i ;>//> /<•/<• with Cases. M.
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    • 57 6 Come home to the welcoming brightness of ~^K^BBas^BSBBSIBIBBIBIBBIBBBa>* w^ the wonderful light *OVT O> tMt I,(NIH«i. UCCTRIC CO. UD Of FEDERATION AIR SERVICI SCHEDULED SERVIcT"" Between Kuala Lumpur, Bcntong, Bcnta Temertoh, |enderata. Sitiawan. Ipoh. Kuantan Trengganu, Kota Bhacu. Ulu Bcrnam. Labu Kubong, Dungun. Bidor, Charter Rates on request. MANSFIELD CO.,
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  • 241 7 Experts from N. Zealand giving Singapore the know-how ORE Government w j|i jr e t first-hand ni;ition next week on off-the-course betIhis will come from two New Zealand fX ports passing through the colony. general manager and the accountant New Zealand Totalisator Agency Board. Dis- cusslona will
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  • 42 7 Pi widespread >1 blukar behind LSI night ';nn that six id ibducted a girl. n Road i Wyrewedeti. told was re- from the amuse- i rrl a -:l!d red the blukar a saloon rushed ><> ■.on abo-if m.irii i
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  • 71 7 ROBBERS POSE AS POLICE |^IV'E Chinese cirovp up to -he Aik Hop Rubber Factory workers' quarters in Kirn Chuan Road. Singapore, last nicht and held up five labourers. The men posed as police officers. They took $46 from one of the labourers. The victims fought back ani one was stabbed
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  • 34 7 A Chinese woman motoris' who yesterday knocked down S pedestrian in Thomson Road. Singapore, was herself hur when a man assaulted her. Both were admitted to th General Hospital for treatment.
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  • 22 7 An 18-year-old girl. Lpp Soh Tin. has been mtssinc from hei rrnusp in Bukit Ho Swpp. Singapnrp. since Fpb. 24.
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  • 89 7 BULK METERS MAY BE ABOLISHED The .system of having one i water meter for a block of flats or houses will come up for reconsideration by a City Council committee next week. It may be scrapped. Mr Chan Kum Ch.»e. vice- j i chairman of the public utilities I committee,
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  • 23 7 R Oookaley, Controller Division. Export De- of Rudge-Whltworth tingham, England, tamed to riinnr: by K( Hu.it Radio on a short
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  • 48 7 r T beacon atop the Insurance buildogapore'a I ha.s been brought it only there for City Councillors to see." the building's architect. Mr Nr Kens Siant:. told the Straits Times i.iy. If Councillors agree the beaI) ro up aaain perpian-(•:-.•'.v v.th better lightir.
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  • 61 7 THIS IS K nnponq Bukit Mali in the green valley behind Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens. n«w facing removal to make 1 way for a $3,000,000 housing estate for Government officers. Scores of Malay homes perch on the hill-sloprs. On right is the new approach
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  • 161 7 Police? Never heard of them, he tells court T IM CONG, charged with J obstructing a police inspector from arresting a man. told the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday that he did not know the uniformed official was a police inspector. mi agreed that he had been in Singapore for
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  • 16 7 A motor-cyclist. L/vj- Chon^ Fatt. was yesterday fined $50 in Singapore for speeding.
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  • 174 7 HA WKERS: DIRECT ACTION PLEA Govt must act, says Paglar i PLEA for direct action to solve the hawker A problem in Singapore will be made to the Govern- merit when the Legislative Council meets this month. Dr. C. J. Paglar. member tor Changi, said yesterday: "For too long the
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  • 223 7 Stone laid for hospital wing THE FIRST step in turning a millionaire^ last wish into a reality was taken at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday when the foundation stone of a new children's wing was laid. The Sirgapore philanthro- piM. Mr. N. R. Mistri.
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  • 46 7 A fault In one of the turbines at St. James" power station early last night plunged a small area of Singapore inn darkness. To prevent over-loading, th supply to the Armenian Stre.--.sub-station was cut down. Th" fault was corrected within half an hour.
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    25 7 USING A SILVKR TKOWEI, Mr. 11. It. MLstri lays the foundation stone of the new children's wing at the Singapore General Hospital.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 95 7 He shot man twice, court told MAWI bin Dollah. a Boyanese. was charged at Singapore Assize Court yesterday with attempted murder of Tan Hock Chuan by shooting him with a revolver at Bth mi'e stone. Changi Road, on October 6 last. Mawi who claimed trial was alleged to have fired
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  • 121 7 Polytechnic expert is invited rE Singapore Government has invited Mr. A. W. Gibson, principal of Dudley and Staffordshire Technical College and secretary of the Association of Principals of Technical Institutions, to start the preliminary planning of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. Gibson will arrive in Singapore on Friday and stay for
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  • 49 7 The Prefect of Saigon. VI Nguyen Phuoc Loc. and tw>i Councillors, arrived In Singapore yesterc'ay as guests of th' 1 Singapore City Council. They had been invited by tlv President. Mr. T.P.F. McNeii-e to tour the City and study its workings for a week.
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  • 128 7 THE "pay-as-you-can" midwifery service, organised bj Malay Women's Welfare Association of Singapore, for po°i women is gaining in popularity. In the la.st three month; more than 50 Malay and Indian women used the service Che Zahara binte Noor Mohanied. president of the associa- tion. said yesterday. Most
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  • 180 7 FORGETFUL Raßbir told 1 a Singapore magistrate yesterday the samp story as he did five years ago— and it cost him $100. Ragbir. who pleaded guilty to using a place at Dunearn Road to keep cattle without a licence, told
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  • 33 7 Mr. T.A Law. rranaging d!- rector of British Optical ani 'Precision Engineers —one ..f the worlds biggest makers of f- cine-equipment arrived In Singapore yesterday on his way to Australia c
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  • 240 7 'Come to Korea, see for yourself THE eovrrnments and A proplp of Malaya wen Invited yesterday to send delegation! tn South Korea to sop thr destruction lnllictod by thr Communists and the progress of tin publics rehabilitation programmes. The invitation was rxtrnd' d >y Mr.
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  • 71 7 ROBBER STAB MAN WHO CHASED THEM Tans; (iiunn Cilia. 37-yrar--4d proprietor of a furniture ihop in Serangoon Rom!. Singapore, about 30 yards from ho Rumali Miskin polir. gta inn. was stabbed yesterday nornlng as ho tried to chase dree Chinese who had bmki n nto thp shop and ransarkc d
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 234 7 HYCEIA DISSOLVENATOR MODERN SANITATION A NEW MORE ATTRACTIVE MODEL COMPLETE INSTALLATION FROM $400/--including one Drum of Dissolvent. inclusive of ill charges) ELIMINATI NAUStOUS CLOSIT PANS WITH THEIR DISCOMFORTS AND DANCERS PROVIDES THE SAMI COMFORT AND SAFITY AS A SEPTIC TANK RUNS CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT IMPTYINC NO WATIR SUPPLY REQUIRED APPROVED BY
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    • 75 7 SALE BARGAINS IN EVENING \^fl (fOWNS f\ Models *^l Famous Houses Usually $42.50 to $220.00 Sale Price $25/- to $75/THE STORE WITH A < $s*' O F «R I the m M. Cocfepit If DINE AND DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF < CHARLES AND THE COCKPIT RHYTHM MAKERS 2 and
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 178 7 I" The weather MIMMI M TF.MPERATIRK (7.30 I p.m. on Mai 1 to Mar I): Sinua- f liore 73 decrees. Penanu 7.V K < Bahru 70. Kuala Lumpur 75. Ipoh I 72. Ktiantan 68. MVXIMIM TEMPERATI XX «7 30 H.m. to 7.3P p.m. on Mat. Ci Sinaanore 90. Per.i.nr. 89.
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  • 255 8 VEHICLES I STAFF I MUST GIVE PHOTOS ABOUT 150 employees Aof the office of the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles are upset because they have been asked by their department head for their signatures, passport photographs and identity card numbers. A department notice sent
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  • 85 8 THESE ACTORS WILL SOON TAKE A BOW A new amateur dramatics group— the 'Cathedral Players" made up of members from the congregation of St. Andrew's Cathedral— will soon be formed In Singapore. a:i typet >: plays, religious morality and secular, will be produced and staged at the St. Andrews War
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  • 35 8 MX. KDWAKIi BOWKR. the new I nited Kingdom Trade Commissioner in .Hilaya arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Carthage. Mr. Bower takes over from Mr. K. E. Mackenzie. Straits Times picture.
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  • 259 8 Mr. Ede on 'language absurdity' SPOKESMEN of Cathay Organisation and Shaw Brothers— principal film exhibitors in Singapore and the Federation yesterday gave only partial approval to the recommendations by a quota committee regarding British films. Mr. John Ede. of Cathay Organisation, told the
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  • 52 8 Chong Kee Slang, proprietor of Chop Ho Fook Kee, a firm of importers in Hong Kong Street was fined $500 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. Chong pleaded guilty to sell- ing gingely oil containing SI per cent mineral oil in conI travention of the Food and
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  • 81 8 THEY SELL TICKETS fol RAISE MONEY FOR HOME THE TICKET-SKI.I.INCi committee for the Capitol Cinema premiere on March 22 of the Carol Reed film "Thi- Man Between." proceeds of v hich Shaw Bros, are donating to the Internation House Fund for Asian students in Melbourne. They are from left: Mrs.
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  • 138 8 MOVE TO TAKE IN ALL CHILDREN SINGAPORE'S school for the deaf at York Hill is to be expanded to accommodate all Colony children seeking admission. Mr. P. E. Howitt. Deputy Director of Education, said yesterday. The school, which was started in January. 1950. has
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  • 32 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Miss E M. Kennedy. State health matron. has been transferred to Perak. Sister A. Harbourne. from Muar. has been appointed to act in Miss Kennedy's place.
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  • 36 8 Wong Ah Yew. 54, Who pleaded guilty at the Singapore A.-size Court to using a for??ci trisha rider's licence, was sent |to 18 months' gaol by Mr. I Justice Buttrose yesterday.
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  • 77 8 OtticiMs of the Indian Association. Dung tin Trengcann. for this year ;ire: President. Mr. C. L. Fernandez; vlce-presiaent. Mr. P. J. Thomas. MMral secretary, Mr. If. Rob-son Mir.md.<. ftHt |ML secretary. Mr. M O Ko.shy; treasurer. Mr. D. Eruthayam. committee. Messrs. W. T. John. K. Achuthan. II
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  • 83 8 Freed rice popular, say dealers SINGAPORE retailers report good public response since the rice ration wa.s suspended temporarily, on .Monday. Though freed of control, the profit margin is still two cents on every kati sold. Retailers now get No. 1. 2 and i grades of rice at controlled wholesale prices
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  • 105 8 Book show at British Council A TEN-DAY exhibition of re- cent British books will hjheld at the British Council I Hall. Singapore, from Tuesday Sir Sydney Came. the Vict>I Chancellor of the University of Malaya will oDen the show on (Monday at 5 30 p m More than 2.500 volumes
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  • 27 8 The 3.405-ton Norwegianowned ship Hoi Wong arrived in Sineapore yesterday from Swatcw and Hoihouw with 512 Chinese passengers— 376 for Singapore. 136 lor Penang.
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  • 38 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr. F. T. Laidlaw, Superintendent of Education, Johore, left today for Britain on holiday. The State Council, of which he is an official member, paid tribute to his services yesterday.
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  • 32 8 JOHORE BAHRU Tucs.— Fo r attempting to evade $5 duty on a wrist watch worth $38. Wong Wai Lan was fined $50 in the police court. The watch was confiscated.
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  • 73 8 It will be a sleepless night tonight for orthodox Hindus Tonight is Sivarathri iSiva'.* night i and many Hindus in Singapore and the Federation will bp in their temples from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. tomorrow morn- ing fasting, praying and conducting special worship. The ceremony
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 215 8 CATHAY ORGANISATION n> 3$^ ATTKA(TH)\S 3-40 9 30 P.M 1 THE STAR-STUDDED, LAUGH-LOADED, GIRL- CROWDED, SONG AND DANCE MUSICAL OF THE YEAR! Ti 1 1 I R^s^C^jj Technicolor starring WE f BOB TONY > m^ W Hope martin <* i4I i\RLENE HOSEMAPOT DAHL CLOOJs T EY sono \5 AM. i
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    • 84 8 Votr 3hmm4m 9 tfffr 11.00 iSS^ i: 4 o 5 J& J0Hr 6.30 *"v^. WAYNE j^9n Hondo i -Warner Bros WARNERCOLOR Sfitiis-*ifi?~ I Jiftn iff it i *^B)MMMI HfPlW OPENS TODAY J BB| S'lAK-STl DM! i 1^ I FOR (O\NO!>~ W^l^t^ij^ *jU inn mm ii i Ky MARTATOREH ALL THE
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 372 8 Straits Times Crossword a l Ss2Sr^H I)«\VX $$SJ 12 3 4 5 §§si 'OM buildmu titled with bars sounds modern c 7 1 T^ 5 fe~; s— ss wsss Tswd ss— s ss— -Is it inflammation. 1 (4i W i 3 This llKhl burn<; bright- like ySSS S^s SSSS the
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  • 2145 9 TIMES special FEATURE A fearless editor opposed rule of iron-fisted governor pHE roll of drums echoed through the George Street barracks in Sydney on November 22, 1826, as two figures staggered down the sullen ranks of soldiers of His Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot. Round their necks were heavy, galling,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 134 9 CAMAY brings you Lovelier Skin! w I ikt a drcm co.-r.c rrje. »our ■>xionisclc»rfr.fr«her your very fir.t (sit of iv! Yfs, ncwlove'iMi' ts(jn he yours when youcrurt£c from cjrf lesj cle»nsng to the Citniy ..low t.>>ns on the Camay wrapper You'll understand, »hen K e theojnckimprovcment > -mplexion »hy i-
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    • 7 9 I In lra^»-fl» 1 of J.iim' (.rr»
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    • 241 9 Cts. for 10 ALWAYS ASK YOUR DEALER FOR NACET The finest mznr hta tt in thi world t it ffj price, Tr»d» tnquinci BaHow tr Co L*<J S-'>j#pn> h Brjnch'.t -wr~~>^ you X ->netal /> > fit hold grids p •^♦blvV f /v all <K y r^/K>^M the mmmm\vwSmmmm>^J. B
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 142 9 Stick Tracy Listen to m#% ;i-##. f fl^-J f^wAf we'd Twwy SHORE, oit"^ "did \ou mean W cEgTAiNLV.J Meanwhile— L t"^ BETTER AN ABOJ/TECK.' IT, UNCLE Wmm9^^^^ HrS EX-WIFE. I KNOV JUST !l SAY PLfT yi SAY WECK.NO oet am /yvE DONY WANT CANWEAD. WHEN W WmtAT?an£] HOW TO HANDLE
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  • 624 10 Industrials are firmer 'THE tin price in Singapore yesterday, follow the lead from London, continued to mou the noon price was given at $329.50 a pic $3.f>2J above Monday's price. London reports attributed the streni tho price to increased prospects of US. pai in the
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  • 66 10 Singapore Chinp*)- Prodiirr K\rhance: noon prirps per pirul 1 were:^ Cnprn: quiet: March April $3S'• buyers. ?3.V 1 sellers. Coronut oil: quiet: *.S8 Mlln, Pepper: ste;idv; no business reporterl: Munt' k white $345. Sarawak $34n. I ampons; blßrk $20.1 Lewis and Peat: closing price'; were:— Copra: easier: March
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  • 40 10 On the free exchange market < in Hong Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.***** for cash and 5.87 for T. T. Sterling was quoted at 15 48 m and one tael of gold at 250. I
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  • 15 10 The prirr of tin in Si n pore jrestcrdaj wu I |)1. Ml
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  • 49 10 'Die price mii Di I 'n J lull with onl ihowo ij'. manul n ,ier pouii' h- 1 J :i2 telli 1 N" Rubber A terday, I per poc: No. nU oosr M irch No. 2 H N->. 3 1, April Mar./ I Po.b. m Markat: q
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  • 47 10 RUBBER E XPORTS RUBBI I expert! torn Singapore and ihc 1 ration of Halaya In Pebraarj unonnted tn 70,31n tons which mv C'.'.il tons less thaa in December last war. The short month ud the hincsc New Year holidays wen- a contributory fad r to thf drop
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  • 76 10 ships Imhi, alongside tl pore Harbour llnnrd wiii loda) .ir. i <•< Gertrude B;ikk<- il, Ik n ;4 Bi .'I) ;8. Oorgon yol I 33 34. B verett 4141 t (■I I IK ROADS Talang Akar I\M K ROADS Sed( samat. Ben! Pinang, Kunanls, P Rhu. Bidor. Tembu:
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  • 67 10 MELBOURNE. Tu< nn the 8 and Thrre wen moves bul th< may ha Loan 3■■ Loan 3 :i Paner Bunk of N B W B. Hl!l Prop Court, in. Dunlopa Colonial Bugar Drug Hou >■ Qoldsbr Mount Lyell ken mil Patons Woolwonh A. Amal Tin J A Hi
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  • 32 10 Dunn tion of tin-; pared with 5.201 cembrr last year At tho end of I .stocks of tin mci il concent higher at 7,917 tor C.303 ton.; in Rahman Hydraulic
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 420 10 lX ANGELIN, the new medical discovery lhal helps people reduce overweight has arrived in Malaya! Angelin is a new way of reducing excess weight safe, sure and easy. Angelin consists of special white tablets made of a ln.mirv. mm vegetable MlbttMM 'hat science has just found can act as an
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    • 1636 10 NOTICES ROBINSON COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Sincapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 6^ on the Ordinary Stock of the Company less 30 r V Income Tax has been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 30th MM 1954 payable
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    • 912 10 TENDERS FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the supply of clothing and necessaries 'o the Ordnance Depot F.M.F. Port Dickson. Tender forms may be ob',alned nn application to the Ore nance Depot. Tenders should be seahd and endorsed "TENDER FOR CT-OTH-INO AND NECESSARIES" losing I jate for
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    • 27 10 MITSUI |«P| UNE WEST. SOUND ROUND THI wo«ir> fREIGHT StRVICC Japan Singapore Poit Swtttcnham Penong Bombov C.F. SHARP CO. \>*) LTD. BANK OF CHINA BUILDING. SINGAPORE TIL: ***** *>
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    • 1088 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. T n J.ngapure) (10 Knot' BLUE FUNNEL LINE 'c."*" -„»s Df pt y|o Oja Sam p p r "^TIvrRrOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON ft' CONTINENT*/!!* PO*RTS D P ham Penong C 31/32 Mar. M.r. 7 M.r. 8 C 3t M.r 4 Mor 7/ 8 Mor. 11.12 rrpool Mar. 9
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    • 998 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/UK. /CONTINENT PASADENA"' ,jr KorMrtxing, ''Oigon. Hongkong, Mr.mlo. •■iAi^vt.. Y kohomo 24/2$ Mor. 23/23 Mor. 22/21 Mar. MALAYA" for Krhs.chong. SaiBOn Hongkong. Mon<la, -!<«*■. Vol. .l-ona i 8/ 8 Apr 7 Apr. 4 Ape MEONIA" tot Rongkok IS/18 Apr. 13/14 Aar SAILINGS TO CONTINENT ft
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    • 1024 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS te U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penong Bonrooch for Li>'erpool, Dublin, Rotteroom, Hull 6. S 4/ Mar. 7 Mar. Brnaven for Havre onion. Antwerp, Homburg $/10 Mor. 11/13 Mor. 14/1$ Mar. Brnvannoch for Avonmouth. London. Newcastle, Hull 17/23 Mar. 24/26 Mar 27/28 Mat
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    • 1097 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL- Ne. ***** EL.'.ERMAN eb BUCKNAIX LOS ANGELES. SAN rRANCISCO LONDON HAVRE. RO<T!RDAM PORTLAND, SIATTLE ft VANCOUVER HAMBURG ft HULL Accepting crrqe tor Central ft South •wi tor USA, North Arlontir Ports American Pert» o-irl Co' c.o v o Colombo m > CASTLEVILLE CITY Or BIRKENHEAD
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  • 1030 12 A QUIZ FOR OUR YOUNG MEMBERS T ITTLE Bo Peep didr. t usually look after the sheep. That was her fat&ar's job for he was a shepherd, and apart from occasionally giving a bottle of milk to a tiny lamb which had lost its mother,
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  • 434 12 Mount Everest makes postal history MOST of us have now jot the attractive stanip :>^ucd by the Government of India to commemorate the conquest of Mount Everest. .<<> while this stamp is a recent addition to our album..;, ir might be interesting to recall sorne of the philatelic associations which
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  • 396 12 vanish? THE disappearing coin trick is one that can be carried around in the pocket and shown any old time. It Ls simple and effective. You take a small round box and ask a friend to lend you r 20 cent piece which you out i
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  • 203 12 VL'hod like to set out on an expedition for hidden treasure? Who wouldn't? The treasure in this map j is buried on a coral island in the South Seas, an excit- j ing Island because it has a la- I goon, dangerous coral reefs, a
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  • 135 12 ABDUL RAHMAN of Pf rak writes to ask me how long a man can live. I really don't know Abdul. There was a man called Thomas Parr, who lived in Shropshire. England, who was 152 when he died. He was born in 1483 and lived until 1635. It
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 158 12 J mm I I jfl lere's the world's most comfortable underwear! Imlrrurar that*! i mfort- A* for undershirts, Arrows kble that's what you wanl arr cut Fall and frer for ntanrl that's just whal you gel moM comfort Wmv underwear! l tl f 0" 1mi >' f tir*. •M">rt< <lrr*>
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    • 37 12 c. c. c. n Collect six of these eoupona to join the Children's Corner Club. pLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and send me a badge. NAME ADDRESS DATE OF BIRTH
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    • 184 12 a t that ms m^\ vilsV \theto'J6hest6ame: j 'NtiA/Vf PLAYED" I IlgV 'THANKS, MOM \NS HAJE~^% i^^" SEEN LOOKING FORWARD M*&\ 'J TO THIS MILO EVERSINCE jj *o GAME. fc\^A\ l\^; V^IKNOVVOULIKE^f^* if *^^£qm f A m THE DELICIOUS hrj fb- J^l CHOCOLATE /^l jF*J m Be bright, drink Milo,
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  • 463 13 WICKET MA Y AID ENGLAND BID FOR WIN W.I. 21 ahead with 4 wickets GEORGETOWN, Tuesday. \yEST INDIKS finished the fifth day's play here yesterday in the third Test match against KnsJand only 21 runs ahead with four second innings wickets left, (lose of play scores were: England l.T>, West
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  • 68 13 SEREMBAN. Tuel Malayan Indians XI ■gain* %h In^"" 1 Hockp\ KPric-:( ;on it Jflan Besai :e. mi March 8 IW. m Beany M..nuei 1MB); M Rbun Sel'. Fi-eddie Via.-, ijoh'. Philip Shankev (Pk>, E 18'porci. Stephen Mum•- Jnh' Manmohan Sineh I8el), Devlndran iNSi A.
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  • 144 13 WEST I7TDTEB IST INNS. M'nrrell r Kvans h Statham Stollmr\rr h Statham 2 Wcokv b lock n» U.ilmi|| h Statham 4 lirisli:ini Watson b l.aker '^r, l.nmr/ h Statham X Atkinson < A h l.mk II McWail tun out M Hntt nnt nut 48 Kamarihin h I .ilrr n
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  • 91 13 j PENANO Oni lei* Onjc P h I :m ba^min on tour fund has re.whed the $3,000 nark >ris ri'e Mr. Heah Seng |3 Mr s»« Seng Kew I $100. Cap! H Goh $.S0; Dr. Soon t Chenc Hoe $50 Mr. I K
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  • 40 13 IPSWICH. Tues —The New Zeap land Rugby Union 'ouring trim 1 plaung an unofficial ma'ch agair.M Pr>uth eas'ern countrtes here vesv teiciav. won by 21 pom's to 13 after beinc led 13-3 at half lime. Reuter.
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  • 270 13 KIALA I.IMPI'R. Tuesday. HKAVY rain caused today's hockey match between the Indian tourists and Pahanj: on the HQ. Malaya i cround here to he abandoned 25 minutes after the bully-off. The visitors were then leading 4—o. Pahang wore often in me picture
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  • 157 13 THE Sin-.:;ipoi*> CtfeM Association will pla;. an extra representative game this year. This ls the fixture against the University of Mala;, a on Juh 3 and 4 on the SRC. padang The annual North South game this year will be played in Ipoh. The li*t o[ representative
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  • 20 13 SEOEMAT. TUBS. Government English School scored a 6-0 wta over Police in a league hockey match here yesterday.
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  • 37 13 KUALA KANSAR. Tues— The I Indian Hockey Federation team was entertained rjy the Indian community ln Kuala Kangsar to lunch on Sunday. They were presented with a krU as a memento of their visit.
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  • 41 13 KLUANG. Tue» -Singapore Nan Chiau High School beat Kluang Chong Hwa Middle School 2H-16 point* in a BMa basketball game I I here. In another came. Kluang Haw I Yew beat Batu Panat Pel Fu team I 49-SO.
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  • 367 13 Asian table tennis players not ranked IXTORI.D claw Asian table tennis player* are not ranked among he 16 worlds best, according to the a test ranking list issued by the International Table Tennis Federaion. Only Vietnam's Hal Van Hon, tne 1953 Asian champlcn is ranked, but >nly as unclassified together
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  • 90 13 MELBOURNE. Tues— Melbourne right promoter .lack Warner ll leaving Melbourne today "o try to induce French Algerian boxer Robert Cohen to reverse ht«. refusal to tight world bantamweight tltleholder Jimmy Carruthers in Australia this year. It was reported lodav from London that Cohen had refused a
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  • 54 13 LONDON. Tues. The draw lor the fourth round r>: the Scottish Cup made yesterday U: Aberdeen v Hearts. Hamilton Academicals v. Celtic. Partick Thistle v. Motherwell. Third Lanark or Rangers v. Berwick Rangers Matches to be played on Saturday, March 13 Replays. If necessary. on or before the
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  • 61 13 MUAR. Tues. A Muar Invitation XI beat Singapore Malay* 3-2 In a friendly soccer game on Saturday Muar scored flrst ln the 2Mh minute through Peng Chuan. But the Malays equalised through I Ismail Yusof who scored again three minutes later. Peng Chuan almost Immediately
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  • 205 13 MF.I.BOURVE, Tues pORMER Test bowler lan John- >nn. writing ir.the Argus aajn 'he season no« encing had not improved greatly the ■:d of Australian crtckM In terms of Immediate world supremacy. He thinks that ln a few \ear.s Australia will approach
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  • 949 13  -  I I'SO>! II IV IVnang hark notes.... h> KNANG, Tuesday. -THK CYDARIS with Mullry astride, shaped like a winner in a rousinjj trial with Bohsworth (Hudson) on the training track this morning. Breaking, from the half mile, Baehy's pair made a race of it! over
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  • 450 14 INTERVAL Take nine goals off Kota Raja By THE SPORTS EDITOR Marine Dept 9; Kota Raja 0 If OTA RAJA'S goalkeeper Arshad has probably had his worst experience of the season, al-| though it is only two days old. At Jalan Besar i Stadium yesterday, Arshad
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  • 55 14 The Royal Singapore Golt Club's February mixed foursomes iStableford) competition on Sun- da> resulted in a win for Mr. j and Mrs. R. Craik (20.5 16. Others cards returned were: Mr. Mrs. E.J.C. Gardner il9>, Mrs Ohlson JR. Lowe (18>. Mr Mrs J. Milliken 17.13 16>. Mrs.
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  • 140 14 TIONG BAHRU Hanpers made a flne start in their league s<vcer season by beating BODCA by 6—l in the SAPA Div. 2 at BODCA ground yesterday. Wong Niap Thian. Rangers I inside left, was in grtat form, scoring four goals and making the moves behind
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  • 118 14 7 of Jeep's Ten were winners LTSOM OPI raring feature. Spotting the Winners. in which he pirks ten horses to follow at a meeting, wa<> very successful at Ipoh. Seven out of the ten he parked won. Two of them. Campus Itelle and Observation, scored doubles. His winners werr: Cinder's
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  • 28 14 Bintang Bulan S.C scored a 1-0 victory over Gymkhana Club in a Div 3H SAFA league match on the CYMA criund yesterday. Yicob .'cored.
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  • 27 14 Seletar F.C. took two points off Kadaynnallur ML. with an easy 3—l vtetorv in a scrappy SAFA Div. 111 A league came at Farrer Pavk.
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  • 23 14 Radin Mas Ramblers beat SHB Police 5-4 in a Div. 3A SAFA league match on the SHB ground yesterday
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  • 87 14 P<INE opportunism by centiv forward Df->:ter Boyd was largely ie.«pon^ible for St. Joseph's Instifition's 4-2 v;<tory over the Pt Andrew's School in a friendly MCcer match played at Woods\illei yesterday. S.J.I, scored through Dexter. Quah i Kirn. Kirn Choon and Boyd. St. ABdrewi .scorers were Yee
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  • 225 14 Teong Hean 's header wins for Victoria A GOAL, capping a second-half superiority. gave Victoria School a well-deserved 2 1 soccer win over Anglo-Chinese School on the Baker Road ground yesterday. Victoria School were forced on the defence for mast of the tint half and Teng Kee. in goal, had
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  • 282 14 R.E.M.E 5; R.A.S.C 1. VyiTH their centre-forward injured and out of the game after 15 minutes. Royal Army Service Corps, the Singapore Inited Services Div. 1 League champions, were well beaten in the opening tie against the j Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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  • 55 14 Neo second to Henricks in 1 00 metres BSISBAM JOHN lIKNKK K- !v (h, fa>tc>t >pi in produced n\ \usti last night 'n hiv bid I the uori, rrcord toi i 1 trrs freestyle llr clocked .*>•;. pared uith the by the American \l i in 1 is The Sin^.ipurr
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  • 327 14  -  DOZEY SCORES COLONY'S GOALS JOHN MARKS By lOHORE wound up their preparation to n visiting Indian Hookey Federation teai grand display against Singapore on the pai terday. The result. "2-1 against them, was related to the run of the game. Johore's defeat was entirely
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    • 176 14 HO< KFV SK.MOK knockout Hnal: S.R.C. v C.S.C.. at S.C.C, I p.m. .lI'NIOK knockout final: Sinitapore F.nc Reel, v SHB Police, at S(T, 4 p.m. SOCCER SBHFA I.F.AGIF.. DIV. 1: Slme Oarbv v Fraser A Neave. Jalan Besar: Hfin*koni{ Bank v S.C.S.. Karrer Park: Chartered Bank v Pulo, Bul'.otn. SHB
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