The Straits Times, 28 January 1955

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANTARY 28, 1955. •k 15 CENTS fat*" 1 1
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  • 133 1 U.S. 'umbrella 9 ready to cover Chiang's retreat from isles TAIPEH, Thursday. L LIST military sources today estimated Chinese Communist g tho Chekiaitf coast opposite the Tachens at 120,000 men icked hj 2,300 Russian-built planes. s there appeared l<> be no immediate threat of the Tachens, which
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  • 280 1 And here's a plan to save S.-E. Asia WASHINGTON, Thursday. i STRALIA. New Zealand. Britain and the United A< States are secretly considering the redeployment Ol 'heir armed forces in Asia to meet the threat of Communist aggression, authoritative sources said here
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  • 186 1 SINGAPORE observers said today a Washington report of liie formation of an W/A.M defence pact was "■tartliai but not likely." The I'nited States Consul(ieneral Mr. l.ampton Berry, said: "Its news to us We've heard nothing on this line at all". The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W, A.I',
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  • 423 1 rE last meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council which begins today is likely also to be its longest and most controversial. There is every likelihood that the meeting will last the whole day and be continued tomorrow in order that
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  • 13 1 Mr. V India's reOu United hia Beii within two \nthony Eden.
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  • 44 1 LONG BEACH. Thurs. Twelve oil wells were knocked out of production yesterday by an eartn tremor m the Long Beach area. Damage wa.s estimated at US$l,OOO,OOO. The tremor resulted from rock slippage about 2 000 feet underground, officials said.
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  • 31 1 SAIGON, Thurs. Fiance formally complained to the international armistice commifcston 111 Hanoi today that Communist troops massacred Rf man Catholics with mac-hine-guns in northern Annam two weeks ago- UP.
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  • 134 1 Marjorie to tell her life story READ IT IN THE SUNDAY TIMES TOURING her six months E= in America. Marjorie Wee the first Malayan girl to take part in the SS Miss Universe contest acquired an American SE accent, a different hairdo, and more poise and con- firlence. She had
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  • 150 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. CERGE RUBINSTEIN, the financier, was found dead in his New York flat today. He was bound, gagged and beaten to death. Mr. Rubinstein, Russianborn, served two years in prison lor evadhig call-up durinß the war. He was ordered to bt deported from
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  • 66 1 TOKYO. Thurs. -The Mitsui Shipping Line said today it had instructed its agents to hold off in Uie freight war between shipping companies carrying rubber from Malaya to Japan. in an attempt to prevent the situation from growing more serious. A Mitsui spokesman said their agents
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  • 32 1 NAIROBI. Thurs— British forces, supported by planes, today pressed the hunt for Mau Mau commander Dedan Kimathi. believed hiding in I the forest of the Aberdare mountain region. U.P.
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  • 414 1 Generals' talks on frontier going well K. LUMPUR, Thurs. 'THE talks between the Director of Operations, Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, and Gen. Phao Siriyanon, Siam's Chief of Police, are going well, it is understood. The two Generals will have a final discussion tomorrow morning. Then Gen. Phao will meet the
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  • 53 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federal Elections Platform Sub-committee of the UMNO-MCA Alliance met behind closed doors here tonight to put the finishing touches to its manifesto. The sub committee had been meeting for the last three months to prepare the manifesto, which Is to be issued
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  • 67 1 'STA Y OUT' SCRA WL TO QUEEN EDINBURGH. Thurs.- The' words "Stay out. Lizzie" were plastered along a wall of the Queen's official Scottish home here during the night. The words. In whitewash letters two feet high, stretch- ed for 70 feet along a wall of the palace of Holyrood.
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  • 42 1 Sir John Nicoll has resumed the administration of Singapore as Governor and Com-mander-ln-Chief on his return from the ChrUtmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. who has been Deputy Governor, rc- sumes duty as Colonial Secretary.
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  • 34 1 HULL. Thurs. Forty British seamen abroad two trawlers were feared lost olf England today. Twenty men wire aboard each of the fishing ships, the 810-ton Roberlgo and the 559-ton Lorella.
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  • 69 1 DACCA East Bengal, Thurs. The East Bengal Government yesterday banned public meetings, processions and the assembly of more than five people throughout the province from Feb. 1. A statement said that certain political organisations were planning to disturb the peace on Feb. 21 the anniversary of
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  • 202 1 noi'R I'nited States des- troyers hurriedly left Singapore yesterday after sudden orders to cut short their courtesy visit. \t the same »■•»>•< lne Seventh Fleet which guards Formosa, flashed news that the huge aircraft carrier M dway would cancel her visit to Singapore
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  • 68 1 LONDON, Thurs. BRITISH scientists reported today that about one person in 20 produces blue electric sparks when kis>mThe scientists were commenting on a broadcast by a doctor who cited a case of a couple who generated electric i sparks when they kissed. A spokesman
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  • 132 1 Bandits, police in 30-min. battle K. LUMPUR. Thurs. 4 POLICE patrol bat- tied with a gang of 20 terrorists for half an hour in the •non-white" Jasin district of South Malacca yesterday. The 15-man police squari kept up a ceaseless barrage of fire and drove the terrorists off. The bandit.s
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  • 46 1 i Ml >T RISK Rl >l\ HIIMM. IS WASHINGTON lhn> Amni.an mir-t v k rhin.i trMtii In invnlw Ru 1 1 vi *in I'll fill* Forums arra. Foreinn Rl latiim .t ii rl Aituiri vi r\n 1 1 OmmbMcw Mi ■>"> toni ,hl -R« uln
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  • 62 1 KLANG. Thurs- The OSPC. Klang circle. Mr. D. B. Goodsir, today confirmed that Home Guard inspector in Kuala Langat had been detained on suspicion of by supplied amrrunition to th' 1 terroi l Be believed to have uiven ammunition to the bandits in .south Selangor swamp. A
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  • 645 2 HE PUT BY $100,000 FOR FAMILY AND FLED TO HONG KONG— COURT STORY WHILE bankruptcy proceedings were being taken against his firm, Koh Hor Khoon who had become sole owner of Chop Koh Bian Seng, importers and exporters, went to Hong Kong fora *'good
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  • 52 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. Mr. Hukutei Ishii. one of Japan's foremost artists in water colours, received a bisj ovation here last night at an exhibition of his paintings arranged by the Japan Society, an organisation formed in 1907 to promote good relations between Japan and the United
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  • 42 2 SANDRINGHAM. Thurs. Wild flowers flown from Australia were sent to the Queen at Sandringham yesterday to mark Australia Day. They were from the Duke of Gloucester, who is president of the Australia Club in Lontion. Reuter.
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  • 28 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. JA cheque for $114 from Regent Estate (Dunlopt in Batang Malaka. Negri Sembilan. has been received for the Federation Flood Relief Fund.
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  • 97 2 A SINGAPORE businessman J\ committed suicide because of the recent trade slump, a Coroner's inquiry was told yesterday. When Goh Eng Kiang, 40, opened a sundry poods store in I Duku Road in 1948 he did good business. But lately business had been
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  • 101 2 JAPS ANCIENT... AND MODERN SINGAPORE NEWSPAPERMEN and photographers met •i-< 36 Japanese beauties of the Shochiku Girls Revue Troupe at a party in the Southern Hotel in Singapore yesterday and got a foretaste of things to come. First there was a parade of fashions. The girls wore sunsuits, evening gowns,
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  • 118 2 HONG KONG Thursday. THE master of a British freighter sunk by Chinese Nationalist planes said here today that three bombers had made "a deliberate attack" on his ship clearly marked with the Union Jack. Captain Leslie Church, from Buckhurst Hill, Essex, said the Nationalists "could not
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  • 94 2 SUBVERSION? SENATOR WANTS VIEWS WASHINGTON, Thurs. I Senator James Eastland yesterday said that he would be glad to listen to Senators who wanted the Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee to pursue an inquiry into possible subversion In the conduct of the Korean war. The sub-committee said in a report that testimony
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  • 32 2 Thp Salvation Army will hold a children's prize-giving programme at 10. Martaban Road. Bale.stier District. Singapore, at 3 pm. on Sunday Colonel and Mrs. F. Harvey v ill be in charge.
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  • 90 2 TORONTO. Thurs. Canadian tyre manufacturers are expected to follow the lead of the B.F. Goodrich Company :ind raise the price of tyres. The B F. Good rich Company has announced a price increase effective on Feb. 1 of two and a half to fight per
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  • 228 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. KUNJAN PILLAY. one of two Indians charged with the murder of a neighbour after a Deepavali feast, was acquitted by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mat hew. in the High Court here today. "I cannot possibly say that the prosecution
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  • 65 2 LONDON, Thu:,.— Mr. G E N. Oehlers, Speaker designate of Singapore, who is here on a three-months' vi;t, was guest of honour today at a luncheon eiven by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Mr Oehlers. a lawyer, is in London studying parliamentary procedure. Also at the lunch were
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  • 50 2 CAIRO, Thuns. The Prime Ministers of Egypt. Jordan. Syria, the Lebanon and Saudi Arabia have agreed here not to join the proposed TurkoIraqi defence pact or any other foreign alliances They have approved an Egyptian proposal for the unification of the Arab armies under one command.— Reuter.
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  • 96 2 COMMONS QUERY ON AMNESTY FOR TERRORISTS 'Surrender policy is good enou LONDON Thn, MR. HENRY HOPKINSON Minister of s onial Affairs, told the House of Comnior that the present surrender policy f r rorists in Malaya embodied a "very r. amnestyMr. George Thomson (Labour reply the Federal administration to the
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  • 82 2 How to win friends in a reel NEW DELHI, Thurs. THE Indian Government hopes a documentary picture, entitled "Good Manners" will teach courtesy and proper behaviour. The announcement of the film says: "A nations culture is a good measure of its maturity and our daily lives reflect our culture in
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  • 108 2 COLOMBO. Thurs. THE Ceylone-e Government yesterday revised Its decision to appoint the AttorneyGeneral. Mr. H. H. Basanayake. as Chief Justice of tin Supreme Court to succeed Sir Alan Rose The Minister of Justice. Mr. E. B. Wickramayake. said that Senior Puisne Judge C. Nagalingam had
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  • 30 2 KUALA THE II the Ml L. D V. tries. A r unanimou was ai colie'-e had bi Colonial I »i equipped b; The tions i. ing.
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  • 44 2 SAN JOSE. ThuiS. Government troops today wt ing for the last straggling rebels in north-western Cost i Rira. San Jose i s normal now after a fortnight of war ten sion. Ther I reb hills oi main bodj tl Nlcara
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  • 23 2 Former Minister at party LONDON Mikoyai: week v ter. app in Most His ap ed sp' en >■ Premv control tl with I dome-
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  • 39 2 On inspection tour Col. W. A. MuHer. Colonial Office Inspector General of who is In Singapore on a routine inspection tour, spent the whole of yesterday with the acting Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr. W. J Parks, studying organisation.
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  • 197 3 police begin roundup of teenage suspects HAVANA, Cuba, Thursday. AUTHORITIES announced here yesterday had uncovered a plot to assassinate idenl Fulgenclo Batista. the pint was disclosed oy two teen- school student* who confessed after charges of terrorism. The students told the police that there
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  • 74 3 RUBBER FIRMS TO APPEAL Cartel charge WVA. Thurs. adian rubber |es found rating an fixing comipeal to the Supr r m c ed that mbinea inn invasion field that :es unwhich had been applicaive no reaion The ap- ■■i be heard in impanli c Brms ongiIn a Toaddition to italling
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  • 46 3 LONDON, Thurs. Princess Margaret will leave three hours earlier than originally planned next Monday on her Caribbean tour because her flight to Trinidad has been rerouted by way of Jamaica. ThLs la because the main runway at McKinley Field. Bermuda, is unserviceable. Reuter.
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  • 25 3 Ceylon she wants ler the flve■linisterial Ceylon v k 'i revision if In Singapore is nonl vel of 27d. Singapore rate.
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  • 45 3 LONDON. Thurs. Two Chlnese Nationalist spies "sent from Hong Kong" have been M'ii!onoed by a Peking Peoples Court one to death and the other to life imprisonment the Peking People's Daily said today, according to the New China News Agency. Reuter.
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  • 18 3 Britain orts of motor to almost little ions tho previ- i oleum ini'or■nnounccd yes- i
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  • 110 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The British Government yesterday said that it would spend <: 120.000.000 on development work in colonies from now until 1960. The House of Commons gave j a formal first reading to a Bill extending a 1945 law for
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  • 56 3 OMURA, Southern Japan, Thurs—A group of 130 Chinese were released from detention as illegal Immigrant! here yesterday for repatriation to China. They will sail for China on Feb. 9 in the Japanese ship Koan Maru, which will bring back 1,000 Japane.se nationals, detained in China since
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  • 30 3 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Sidney Holland. New Zealand's Prime Minister, arrived here by air today from New York for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers" Conference beginning on Monday. -Reuter
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  • 58 3 FIVE American prisoners play cards in a ninese jail. This picture was taken hack to the I'nited States by Mr. Dae Hammarskjoeld. Secretary Geaeral of the I'nited Nations, who flew to Peking recently to discuss the case of the
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  • 261 3 West must give example, he says NEW YORK. Thursday. CIR PIERSON DIXON, Britain's chief delegate to the United Nations, said yesterday that the West must see to it that no more people go the way of over 580,000.000 Chinese who are at present "on the
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  • 158 3 From HALL ROMNET LONDON. Thurs. SEVERAL hundred students at Loughborough College of Technology In Leicestershire, yesterday staged a revolt against meals supplied to them. Among the students are 12 from the Federation and six from Singapore. After refusing to eat yesteday's lunch, they gathered
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  • 77 3 LONDON, Thurs— A Gov-ernment-appointed court of inquiry set up to investigate the recent threatened national rail strike last night called for a "searching probe into friction between union leaders and the management. The three-man court in its final report said that the history of discussions and
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  • 35 3 BONN, Thurs. The legal committee of the West German Bundestag (Lower House i yesterday approved the Saar agreement with France and West Germany's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty organisation. Reuter.
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  • 110 3 SIR WINSTON WRITING NEW HISTORY LONDON, Thurs. SIR Winston >< archill is working on "A History of the EnglishSpeaking Peoples" it was disclosed yesterday. The 80-year-old Prime Minister's publishers said that the first volume was in the last stages of completion. It was hoped to publish it in the autumn.
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  • 121 3 JAKARTA, Thurs. Pirates sailing in the Celebes Sea off Indonesia yesterday were reported to have stolen 29 sewing machines a.s plunder after a coastal village raid. The pirates waded ashore from a 20- ton motorboat and swooped on the Celebes village of ORoamas. 280
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  • 446 3 LONDON, Thurs. THE bie event on the .stock market here today was the rise in the bank rate to ihree and a half from tnree per cent The increase had been expected (or some time and had little effect on the market. Qiltedged stocks eased slightly prior to
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Jan. 27. —Cash Buyers £703; Sellers V 704; Forward Buyers C 705; Sillers *****: Settlement C 705, Turnover a.m. 1-5 tons, p.m. 20.
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  • 32 3 LONDON. Jan. 27.— Spot 30 ',d., Mar. 3O'«d., April-June 30d.. July-Sept. 29' id., Oct -Dec 29 :l «d.. Feb. ci.f. 3O'»d.. March c.l.f. 30ti April c.i.f. 29 Tone: Barel> steady.
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  • 197 4 Dark deeds in the back lanes DRIVE THE PROSTITUTES OUT WITH LIGHTSCOUNCILLORS URGE IPOH, Thursday. THREE Alliance men asked the Town Council today to take strong action against prostitution in unlit back lanes in the (Jreentown Ward. Mr. C. H. Yin (Greentown Ward), introducing the ■UbJ< ct, Bald: "We noed
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  • 54 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department Senior As.MMant Commissioner. Mr H G. Beverley, flew to Singapore today on his way to Britain for a surgical operation. Mr. Beverley, 51, has been In the police here since 1926. Mr. F. K. MacNamara will
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  • 177 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. OA.IA Mahmood bin Raja Ha.ji Othman. 30, a member of the Sultan of Selantiors personal staff, was today fined $250 in the Sessions Court here for corruption. I He was found guilty of offerIn- $10 on Nov. 16 to Kee Tham
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  • 56 4 The High Commissioner, Sir Donald Macfiillivray, visited the Malay Girls' College, Kuala Lumpur. yesterday. He was shown round the college by the acting principal, Miss O. M. Jones. She is in the above picture, which shows Sir Donald in one of the classrooms talking to nine-year-old Miriam
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  • 80 4 He wins claim for $3,000 ALOR STAR. Thurs. AKEDAH State Councillor today successfully sued a former A.D C to the Bultan of Perak Raja Razman bin Raja Abdul Hamid. ami another Malay. Syed Mohamed, for the return of $3,000 which he had lont them. The councillor Tuan Haji Nyak Agam,
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  • 63 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Rifleman Aitabahadur. of the I Gurkha Rifles, wa.s fined $20 In the Magistrates Court today for negligently ririvin jeep on Nov. 21 and colliding with a P.W.D. lorry at Scudai. An officer told the court that owing to ram. visibility was poor
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  • 42 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thur.s. A dance In aid the Johore Red Cross Society :11 be held on Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. at the Metal Box Company's premises at Woodlands. Tickets are $3 per head, including supper.
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  • 58 4 PENANG. Thurs. Penan g Indians last night observed the fifth anniversary of their Republic Day with a rally and dinner at the Indian Asoclation. Community representatives, Federal Settlement and Municipal Councillors and Consular otliciaLs attended. The Penang Chief Education Oflicer. Mr. J. N. Davies, proposed a toast
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  • 25 4 A Singapore City Council' driver, Ahmad bin Haji Idross. was sentenced yesterday to three months' j.iil for stealing seven gallons c.f petrol.
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  • 35 4 Several trade unions and other organisations in Singapore havr accepted the invitation from the People's Action Party to send speakers to a meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall at I p.m. on Sunday.
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  • 69 4 A CCUSED OF CA USING DEA TH .TOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. i Ng Tor Tee was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with causing the death on Dec. 27 Of Loo Kong Yee. not amount- 1 mc to culpable homicide, by negligently riding a motorcycle along Jalan Nghee Hene and also
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  • 46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A police driver. Noordin bin I Rejab, 32, who was caught I syphonintr petrol from the I tank of a police vehicle into a jerry can, was today sentenced to four months' jail by Inche Ismail, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate.
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  • 37 4 The Serangoon English 1 School Old Students' Association, Singapore. will nold a Chinese New Year social and dance at the Serangoon Community Centre. Lim Ah Pin Road. 830 p.m. to 1 a.m. I tomorrow.
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  • 208 4 PLEDGE TO RURAL AREAS New schools and clinics this year SINGAPORE rural areas I will get more schools and medical clinics, and better roads, lighting and water supplies this year. Raid the acting chairman, Mr. S. T. Stewart, at a Rural Board meeting yesterday. With the approval of the Colony's
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  • 144 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —I The Mentri Besar of j Trengganu, Dato Kamaruddin bin Haji Idrls. has sent to the Federation Government a letter of explanation from the si r.ior Government officer who was alleged to have contravened the "no politics" ban during Trengganu State Coun- cil
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  • 82 4 Heavy air traffic will keep Kallang humming today KALLANC; airport officials and workers expect a bectic time today. About 33 aircraft, carrying hundreds of passengers, are due to arrive and depart. Customs and immigration officers and airline company officials will be kept busy clearing the passengers. The aircraft include four
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  • 30 4 SERr I wa.s no outst; last year opium 9 .in a raid the F 321 It also 14 G; n The G 1 1 plant < 1 Pahat.
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  • 89 4 Republic Day appeal in Negri Sembi 8EREMB AN APPEAL for a united effori Sembilan to eliminate the 25 I terrorists known to be in the 81 day by Mr. M. C. fl Sheppard, j. an Indian Republic Day tea pai m r by provldli
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  • 101 4 Hilary gets oratory crown again MALACCA. Thurs. HILARY DE CRUZ of St. Francis Institution was again judged as Malaccas best youth orator when he spoke on "The Malaya I Want" last night. Hilary won the Settlement Youth Council Oratorical Contest in 1953. In same year ho became Malaya's best youth
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  • 232 5 The monthly average, alleges woman lOHOKK KAHRI, Thurs. A MALAY woman told cx the Magistrate's Court here today that she heard a neighbour's child scream about 100 times a month as a result of being beaten. The statement was made when she gave evidence against Aminah
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  • 67 5 NIBONG TEBAL, Thurs. I'WO trisha riders, Darus bin Ismail, 32, and SamMicldin bin Yahaya, 36, were nir.tly charged here today with the murder of a taxi driver. They were alleged to have caused the death of Manap bin Hail Hashim at the 23' 2
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  • 103 5 ISMAIL BIN BUJANG, a stowaway who pleaded guilty last week to a charge of illegally entering the Corny lrom Labuan. was discharged yesterday by the-Sin-re Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. J. M. DevereuxColebourn. Sentence was postponed till rday to give the immigratlon Department time
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  • 53 5 A man who failed three times to get a driving licence was sentenced yesterday to three months' jail for attemptIng to bribe his tester. Ram Singh pleaded guilty in a Singapore court to a charge ol enVrinjs $20 to Kok Kum Wok. the tester,
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  • 177 5 The bulge gave him away SOLDIER'S THEFT A SOLDIER stole unserviceable Army equipment and clothing because "they looked so nice," a Singapore courtmartial was told yesterday. Private Donan bin Dasap, 29, of 30 Battalian. RAOC. pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing nine belts, 43' 2 ft. of tripe, a
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  • 44 5 KLANG. Thurs. The Klang Fire Muulg la.<t year received a record number of calls Mr. J. F. Nicholas. Klang Fire Officer. .->aiil today. There weio 69 calls, compared with 45 in 1953, 47 in 1952. and 36 in 1951.
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  • 43 5 JKFF, an orans utan. went tit Kalian? Airport. Singapurr, yesterday to book a passage to New York, where he will live in a private home. The Sumatra born ape «ill leave Singapore in a month. Straits Times picture.
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  • 277 5 i SINGAPORE court was told yesterday that when two clerks in a Chinese bank were questioned about a shortage of money, one said the amount was $200,000 but the other said it was $300,000. The witness. Mr. Khoo Eng~ Chiang, manager ol the Ban
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  • 163 5 Preparatory work starts on the $Bmil bridge PRELIMINARY pre- parations for building Singapore's $8 million Kallang Bridge have begun and work on the first pile should start within a few weeks. Announcing this yesterday, the Director of Public Works. Mr. A. Wear, .said the building programme for the Colony's largest
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  • 62 5 Fire broke out on the ground floor of the Eng Aun Tong Building in Selegie Road. Singapore, yesterday while labourers were renovating the building. The labourers fought the fire and had it out before the fire bligad arrived. One of the labourers, Loh Choon Seng, was sliffhtly
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  • 128 5 She paid of f pin table gamblers: police (^HUA Guat Cheow, a house- i wife of Nankin Street, was fir.ce 1 $50 in the Singapore Fkth Police Court yesterday lor assisting in the operation of a pin table used for gambling. On Dec. 24 a policeman saw a crowd around
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  • 108 5 IPOH, Thurs. THE police yesterday closed all the 22 gamins stalls .in the grounds of the Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar, where the Sultan's subjects are celebrating his 43rd wedding anniversary. The celebrations began last Friday and will po on for 21 days. The gaming
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  • 50 5 Police are still trying to establish the identity of a Chinese who was found dead in Holland Road. Singapore about 12.30 a.m. on Sunday. The man, aged between 40 and 45, was lying on a grass verge. There were no signs of violence on the body.
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  • 29 5 The Straits Chinese MethtKiLst Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a Chinese New Year social in the church hall at 3. Kampong Kapor Road, at 8 p.m. tomorrow
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  • 21 5 A thief stole $1,069 from an architect's office in Chulia Street. Singapore, during the Ch.nese New Year holidays.
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  • 172 5 He stole from his friend IT WAS GROSS INGRATITUDE ELEVEN days ago, Shia Lim Too star te d srrving a 16-month jail trrm for theft. Yesterday, ho was taken out of prison to fare another theft charge in a Singapore court and was jailed for a further 20 months. He
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  • 73 5 The nner-in-Chif t Bt, John Ambulance BnI t -Gen. Sir Otto Lund, In Singapore trom Kong last night for a four-day visit during which he will meet members of local divisions. Sir Otto waa met by the Singapore Commissioner of the I Dr. P. C.
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    • 458 5 RADIO MALAYA i Proi'iamnus thus marked t.m be received by listeners in Malaci.i. Short wave 49 62m. Mediiun wave 47tini.. 343 3fifim. and 207 m 9.45 .nil. HbuaewtVM' Choice 10.30 11.30 I'liday Matinee. LM p.m. Muskali 1 :in Time Signal News; '1.40-2 00 Dance Bands: 6.00 Time Announcement Mtd Proßramme
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  • 37 6 10 »»<»rrf» SIO (minimum}. KAM MADAM KAM SOM NEO. need 69. iwlfe of the late Mr. Tan Eng Llm> passed away peacefully at her residence 13. Cheng Tuan ,s:-ee" Funeral tomorrow v :i a.m. Deeply regretted.
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  • 59 6 20 W ords 5/0 tnmi fftiifn MR. A MRS. PRABHA Thank all those who sent presents and congratulatory messages on the occasion of thnr marriage on 21st January 1955. MR. MRS. TAN CHOONG VAN thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes, presents, con- v DHMfM and a'tenrience
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  • 182 6 20 Wurdt fill i minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every n.y ::i the Malay Mai! :f you want to win that $5,000 word puzzkDONT FORGET The Annual General Meeting of the St. David's Soclotv (Welsh i tonight Mi the Adelphi Roof Garden at 6. 30 pm. TOWN COUNTRY has received a
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  • 657 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Jan. 28, 1955. Tribute To SATA At least one in every twenty I persons in Singapore has active tuberculosis. The true rate i probably is a groat deal higher. The Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic lias nov X-rayed over 200.000 persons, and its positive findings have
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  • 351 6 Questions on the Kallanj; bridge contract will be answer- ed in the Singapore Legislative Council today. Departmental jargon and a reference to "the technical considerations involved" is the usual refuge on these occasions. But this contract, and everything connected with it, has raised questions too big to be
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  • 280 6 Fifteen hundred Communist guerillas are a tidy little force, and their presence in what amounts to a sanctuary on the other side of the Siamese frontier is a threat to be kept in mind. Something may now be done as a result of General Phao Siriyanon's visit to
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  • 915 6  - Burma, the country with a man and a dream, rust remain neutral or perish GEiXE SYMOiXDS *V RANGOON, BURMESE leaders feel it would be national suicide for this nation to drop its middle-of-the road policy and take sides in the cold war struggle. On one hand Burma needs to maintain
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  • 86 6 THESE are day today 1 problems the Burmese leaders must face: Burma shares 4 1 ,000 mile common border with Red China, a border still not definitely marked enti rely, a virtually un?u... J ed border crossed with impunity by hundreds of Chinese. A still raging rebel lion
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  • 500 6 THE government have Jeclared their firm policy of Malayanisation of all government posts as rapidly as possible. They appointed a committee to study the question and make recommendations to implement the policy. How are its recommendations are being carried out 0 Sometime before the contract
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  • 371 6 One-way traffic hi jobs WITH the march towards self-government. the Malayanisation of the public services must proceed at an even faster rate in order that when full self-government is achieved, there will be a completely nationalised public service, including the judiciary. There is no sense
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  • 138 6 On the margin Steady o n IS no* trifli us thai th' 1 conduct-, .smally playing unlikely Abysmally some stai given many have bei do not thi darcl c "aby. Pierre Ton told me nien.M results called th( Gordon profession thai original iTrue. a full-ti:: more still orchestra thinr COUld
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    • 686 6 CI.ASSIFIKD ADS. 20 H'nrrts $10 (minimum). DE JONG: On 26th January, to Rita and Frlix, a son NORMAND To Hiatbetll »nd Murray, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 18th January. son. RKYUM: On 2fith Jnnu.irv. at Johannesburg. South Af: Rosemary <neo Collinßei. wife of J-'rederik Skyum. n daughter, (Karin Daphne i
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    • 79 6 MARVEL OF AN INSECT There are insects so small they live on thr tongue of a fly, beetles so strong they carry 850 timrs their own weight, drasonflies that fly at 60 m.p.h. Some live only a few hours and never eat —others wear their stomachs on their backs. Facts
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    • 19 6 Perfection —in Style and Noun The Talk of the Trade INSPECT THEGRUNDIG ON DISPLAY AT FROM DETAILED PROGRAMME! PADIOWEEjitY
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  • 56 7 MUSLIMS PLAN SPECIAL COURT Muslim leaders, alarmed at the orce rate in the Colony, will meet r setting up a new law court to Muslim niarriajres and divo -re*. from the Muslim Advisory airmanship of Dato s. I. o. isals on
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  • 108 7 LUCKY 13 GET NEW HOMES KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The thirteen Malay fami--0 were last year asked to leave their land in Kamponp Pantai to make way for Kuala Lumpur's new plant, have moved into new houses built by npor Government at •ng Pantai Buhru. They spent the whole day ay
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  • 71 7 The know-how— a cadet tunes in POLICE lieutenant (>. V Simpson. (>fficer-in-charge Signal Training School, shows General Phao Siriyanon. the visiting Siamese Chief of Police, how young police cadets operate the wireless. General Phao who was accompanied by the Federation s Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell. toured
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  • 67 7 RAUB. Thurs. Private E. W J Leoporte. 21. of the 18th Infantry' Bricrade Headquarters, today pleaded guilty I causing hurt to Mohameri Faad bin Hsji All. 23. a civilian clerk, with a broken b<" Hi was sentenced to thre< months' jail and ordered to pay $25
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  • 60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The General Transport Company. Kuala Lumpur, was fined $25 today for failinp to display time and fare tables in one of its buses on Dec. 10 last at the Bth mile. Damansara Road. Mr. Free C. Arulanandon for the company said the table?
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  • 18 7 w rs. r the tx to draw I >:t two has the people. "ended last
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  • 13 7 2 motor-cycles stolen I. Thurs.— stolen $800, was seng Road, >'*>00, was Gan
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  • 36 7 |>i the .ments' followR Rasaident, Mr. R. S McCoy; secretary. Mr. P Subramaniam: asst. secretary. Mr. Mahmood Merican; financial secretary. Mr. A. K. Sabapathy; publications secretary. Mr. Donald Lee: social secretary. Mr. George Scow.
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  • 124 7 He gives up $1,000 a month job KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A TRADE unionist, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, who has re- signed from his $1,000 month Government, post. said today that he would contest the Federal elections in the same constituency a.s Mr. H. S. Lee. vice-pn idcnt of the Malayan
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  • 146 7 HE FACES 5 ROBBERY CHARGES 4 YOUTH. Tan Kian Seng, who appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on armed robbery charges, was warned by the magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereaux i^- 1 1 fc inn in the dock. Tan was smiling
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  • 51 7 The Chinese woman who was kicked up dead from the Singa)ore River near Kirn Song 3ridge on Tuesday has beer. dentifled as Weng Sui Hen, 28, )1 Havelock Road. Her father, Wong Kong, said he had been suffering for the ast eight months from a skin
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  • 65 7 Sir Charles sails for Rangoon ADMIRAL Sir Charles Lamb* Commander-in-Chief, Pa; East Station, leaves Singapore on HMS Newcastle today lot Ranpoor. or a farewell visit. He la accompanied by Lady Lambe. They will stay in Buim;. from Feb. 1 to Feb. 5 Sir Charles will visit Burmese dignitaries as well
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  • 42 7 The 18.000-ton troopship Empire Orwell, which arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain, brought 100 troops for Malaya and 108 Service families. In transit to Hong Koß| and Korea on the trooper were another 260 troops and 103 families.
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  • 26 7 Three masked men waylaid a fishmonger in Bulun Road, off chua Chu Kanp Road. Singapore, at 3.30 a.m. yesterday and robbed him of $145.
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  • 221 7 VISITING GENERALS HAVE A BUSY DAY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE two Generals from A Australia and Siam, who are here for top level talks and a close i look at Malaya's war against the Communist I terrorists, had a busy time today. For the Siamese Police Chid. General Phao Siriyanon,
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  • 131 7 Tributes to council secretary IPOH. Thurs. rE Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council members said farewell at their meeting today to Mr. Ditt Singh, the secretary of the council, who will be retiring next w < k. M. G. S Walker, chairman lOf the council, paying tribute to the work that
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  • 77 7 Miss FRANCES POH, the Colony ballet teacher and daughter of City Councillor Dr. J Poh. is one of 18 r.ianneqriTu taking part in the chonffsiun parade it the Siel:ip Girls' Club's masque ball at Raffles Hotel tonight The b«l! held under the patronage of .Mr.
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  • 247 7 TX)UR Chinese economists r have been appointed to the College of Economics and Commerce at Nanyang University They will arrive in the next few months. They areMR Wl BANNOSfi. who will be Professor of Business Administration and acting D<an. Mr Wu is now chalrrr. in of
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  • 119 7 —Two— give up now it's nine KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rO MORE terrorists gave up at noon today in the Kuala Lapis area of Pahang bringing the number of sur- 1 renders in that district to nine in. the past five days. The terrorists. Ah Tuck Fook I and Ah Tow.
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  • 85 7 Council is illegal, they say Xl ALA LUMPIR. Thurs KIALA LIMPIR branch of the Federation of AllMalayan Estates Staff l°nion>> has complained to the Registrar of Societies that the executive council of the Federation organisation is illegally constituted. It alleged that some affiliated unions voted m-mbers to the. rouneil when
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  • 62 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malayan Indian Congress has nsked India's Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, to stay a day in Kuala Lumpur while on his j wa> to the April meeting of I the Afro- Asian Conference at Bogor, Indonesia. The MIC made a similar reffK*t
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  • 68 7 PEREMBAN, Thurs The followinc have been elected officials of the Gurney Memorial Library at Seremban. President. Mr. M C. F Shepperd vice-president, Mr E A C Balshaw; secretary. Mr W Harban: treasurer. Mr Swee Seonp; members of comImJttee: Mr. Lee Foonc Yee. iMr. M. McConvi:ie. Mrs.
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  • 33 7 KUALA LUMFUR Thur. Mr. K. Chidambaram Chet tiar .a.st night appealed to all Indians to contribute a dollar each for the Ghandi Memorial Hall to be built in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 46 7 Three women and a boy were reported missing from their homes in Singapore yesterday The women were Johara blnte Jahur. 19. of Sembawanc Road; Son Yoke Panjan? Villaa Moey. 20. of Quee: The biy was Bfc Chenc. IS of West H;. I
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  • 295 7 SECRET STAR OF FILM TEST IS BOY, 7 AFTER screen-testing several of Singapore's best-k no w n actors and actresses yesterday for part the film "A To'ati Like Alire", Rank Organisation director Jack Lee said "I'm ext-emely pleased I think I car saff iy say that some of thes» peoplp
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  • 15 7 KLANG. ThUliiftMrntfl have another n_ *»>»*^' •:ine soon. Mr ,^M las Klang's Fi^^^^ today.
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  • 29 7 A woman living in Mount Pleaaant Road. Singapore, yesterday reported the lass of a gold earring worth $165 from her nouse. She missed it last San. -day.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 94 7 WORRY 1 ANXIETY GRIEF OVERWORK I EXCITEMENT I SLEEPLESSNESS J call for RELAXA-TABS y Relax Your Nerves v_ 1 find a source of absolute relaxation and calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring d tranquility to sufferers from nerves aiming during the day and promoting peaceful umber at night! Whether you
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    • 64 7 \OF REGENT ST- LONDON ff'jj&^'&Z^'* Super-fattrd English soaps vhich V^^^^JF^V £jvc a refreshing creamy lather in y^^jV itr^^^^P v Lie floral fragrances of MiMy V^^r^ FRENCH FERN PINK LILAC GAMMA*JUNI H BE! MATCHING Tbnr finf quality i«»p« in bath, i V T D ITQ tour, vki.,l. d,»k ».zr. BAIH LLAL
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 173 7 The weather Minimum Temperature: (7.30 i p.m. on Jan. 26 to 730 a.m. on Jan. 27 1 Sln«Bpore 74 degrees. Penan? 74. Kota Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 73 Maximum Trmperature: <7.30 a.m to 7.30 p.m. on J«n. 27 > Siiißapore 84 Penang 81. Kota B.thru not
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  • 70 8 Manager on arms charge NIBONG TEBAI-, Thurs. N. PACKHAM, manager of the Golden Grove Estate, Bukit Tengah. claimed trial at Nlbong Tebal today to two summons charges of behaving in a disorderly manner and possessing a pistol without a valid arms licence. The case will be heard on Feb. 3.
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  • 247 8 Penang Muslim Advisory Board objects to Prophet's picture in class text PENANG, Thursday. THE Penang Muslim Advisory Board is to ask the Federation Government to ban the use of a history book, Our Story in Early Days (Book 3), which carries a picture of Prophet
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  • 144 8 UMNO-MCA pledge to Indians MALACCA. Thurs. THE local leaders of the UMNO MCA Alliance last niuht assured Indians that they need have no fear for their future in Malaya if they played their part to achieve Malayan independence. They were speakine a» the Indian Republic Day dinner here. Inche Jasmy
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  • 70 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Chia Kee Chong. manager of a cinema in Bentong. was fined S250 in the Sessions Court here today for beinu possession of five packets of chandu. Pleading guilty, chia said that he took the chandu to cure his cough. You should be able
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  • 129 8 pEPRESENTATIVES of the 1 Singapore City Council and the City Council Electrical Workers' Union will meet on Tuesday in a bid to avert a threatened strike. They will discuss the union's drmanri for the correction of certain anomalies in the Rit- son pay
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  • 62 8 After travellinj: •>>' sampan and polirr Inuuh the Suitan of Selangor visited the cruiser H.M.S. Newcastle while she »as shelling 50 terrorists hiding in a MMtal swamp in snuth SeUngor. This Straits Times picture shows the Sultan with the cruiser's Commander. ('apt. R. B. Monnywill and the
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  • 171 8 A broken promise Mr. Raj is angry STILL NO LAW ON HOTEL VICE A SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj yesterday rapped Government knuckles for breaking a promise to get hotel control legislation going by the end of 1954. He said: "Not only has 1954 ended, but even
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  • 148 8 Students seek aid for study trips KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A RESOLUTION urging the Federation and Singapore Governments to subsidise visits of students to other SouthEast Asian countries will be considered at the General Assembly of the Pan Malayan Students' Federation in Kuala Lumpur at the week-end. The resolution proposes a
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  • 68 8 A fun fair will bo hrld at St Patrick's School, Katong, next Sunday in aid of the building fund of the Christian Brothers' new school in Siglap. The Royal Air Force band will perform at 3.30 p.m. and police dogs will give a display at
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  • 46 8 PENANG, Thurs— Mail from Britain will arrive in Penang in three ships in the next five day*. The Aeneas is due tomorrow, the Carthage on Monciav and the Glenearn on Tuesday. Per.anß mail for Britain and Colombo closes at 3 pm. on Saturday.
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  • 55 8 RAUB. Thurs. Bruce Stephen Walker. 25, an employee of the Raub Australian Gold Mine, pleaded guilty here yestrrday to two charges of possession of retorted gold other than t nuine articles of jewellery without a permit. Bail of $1,500 in two suret'es was allowed. The Cfl postponed
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  • 63 8 The Singapore V.M.C.A. has arranged for a leading billiards player. Mr. Yon Ko<»n Yam. to instruct members who are keen to learn the game. Mr. TCO will give lesson* every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at the association The first will be next Tuesday.
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  • 26 8 The Princess Elizabeth Estate Community Centrr. Singapore, will hold its third annual meeting at 8. Princo.s> Elizabeth Estate, at 10 30 a.m. on Sundav
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  • 16 8 HOMi KONG FILM SIAK Vhl dll «i HBgapiN autoicraph .olhttoi II picture
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  • 160 8 He would like to work with u j h HONG KONG'S No. l, film sta. Ylm Chi throb idol" of millions of Chin< East Asia, says he dreams of going t, And he wants to co-star with "because she's young and I
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  • 32 8 DEMAND ON SHELI CoMPANY Petrol men's uo wants bettei AKINI ttonal tion a bra-. The (1 n 111! by a all i i.; with tuber.' six n the work i him h::
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    • 15 8 l^^^^^KEoKQ l -HEE FAT WW t- >^JIHkIHjHI A. ANbt.V LIU. (Incorporated in i-nglandl SINGAPORE I.
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    • 52 8 Fit and strong thanks to WITH IHE WHITE COW FREE GIFTS! Lids from i jibs 'Ni Daiiily Dutch Doll In iwl l.<is i, m it- ol "Nl Bib» Chrii»«nm« Set Lids should Iw sctit. or fUMO offer is only i ahd until Ma i li r G. HOPPENSTEDT LTD. SINGAPORE
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 309 8 Straits Times Crossword 1 HH 5 7 I ]s HI I ii& 2j ACROSS 6. LMM onln i4i. 1. Prohibition on .stretchti.s In I. Pftbuloui nrwture, this .soldier, soldiers' dwelling'? 181. nolhlnn lial '7' 5. Just in time to be on It (3. I). 8. Spotted orchestra to under--10. Omitted
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  • 1373 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Gems lined pool where maidens were hurled to death ilium! 1 1 *'<$% i iS!2S iiiiiiiiil 0 morning, early in 1922, a bearded, iher-beaten white man stood on the i pit buried in the depths of Mexico's igle. Seventy feet below was the urface of the
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    • 167 9 Out of this box ->Sv2P®_raCo_?-'V3B jy*^* >'■ '^^ttiwrrjCi'M.f&.qa come NETTLEFOLDS screws, the finest in the world I MADE IN ENGLAND BY j{ T\ I GUEST KEEN NETTLEFOLDS (MIDLANDS) LTD. BIRMINGHAM. ENCLANI LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE:— JACKSON CO. LTD., P.O. BOX 341. SINGAPORI 1«. S she «ee^ i B^^^^^l* _W pr \\\a\ \our
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    • 47 9 UfVA Trmr# ttrvtvvruUkv aA/YW > cT''*ffs'>'^Sl rmis place new about] [Wwv'voorf-:fW I THOU _rgJjF"'*^l $1111 «smpi LS LIKE 1. OPEN-MIND^ CE. WAND ME/ W > .ifl!kj=_A/iS£ I POSSUM» all Rcwr. on sourfeetQ smells uke^op&™inl^. ~~^W^ s^^~£p~^\ i 7^y r i* J L_s_7^^^^ v ___k J l^_____T^ Jvt Svntt AlvrU'tl
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  • 497 10 FEDERATION RUBBER STOCK SELLING SENDS PRICE DOWN THE price of rubber eased in Singapore yesterday 1 after the bijf rise on Wednesday and at the close of the market was down by 21 tents to si .01 for February first grade. The easier tone yesterday was due to selling of
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  • 129 10 February first grade rubber buypr« f.o.b. eloped in Singapore yesterday at $1.04 a lb.. 2^, cents below Wednesday's closing price. The closing tone was lrreirular. Closing prices yesterday in cents per lb. were:— No. 1 R S.S. Spot loose buyers 103\. sellers 104 No. 1 R.SS. Feb. buyers
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  • 33 10 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.88 for cash and 592 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.68 while gold remained unquoted.
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  • 389 10 The Malayan Share Broker soclatlon reported: On the local share market industrials wore fully steady and there was some improvement in selected tins. Rubbers were irregular with variable trends at the close." Singapore members reported the following business done vesterd.iy:Fraser and Neave ords $2.0! $2.02; Oammop $3.30; Malayan
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  • 15 10 8WGAP0R, TIN: 1349 p (up 82 Kl KB I R Ib. (OF'I!\ Pi'lll
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  • 55 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Invest mi ranee dl niuiTi I). to 9/9 «Tf gpre d mininc i ncn\ Bank or Mount I Hill 5 Mount Peko I Ampol K Oil Sr Mist. I A P M I Bradford ,B. Hill P Courlifuld Dtinlop EIpc Zinc 1 Ffit uni C. J. C' Herald
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  • 42 10 Nafapura t Unm rhantc terday Copn Imvpi I quietly u ste:idv portea. M iai elaalng pn. ropra I H. < n I Id nut oil: Mn II. (HI,! .sellers; p.m. $32 tone it( Marrh: 1 1 a m m seller* ■ellers:
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  • 22 10 Mii[N l\in; .il. >;,.->.: pore HarhiMi! B p*ctrd W>d.i\ 15-16. Sir. 19-20 N Wall R M 25-.T,. Aalt Luxmi 40-4: Mile 44
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    • 495 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG AProINTMFNT Ol Ml IH( AI. omen APPLICATIONS arc Invited from qualified registered inctlicul practltionen '.t the post of Medical Officer itfi the staff of the Municipal Health Officer. The Initial haslr monthly salary will be fixed a( corriitin to (|Uallflrations and experience in
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    • 1007 10 NOTICES IN 111 l UK. II ("I It I I>l 111 l COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Originating r. tin. ,n No. 2 of 1955. In the Matter of CARSLAKE LIMITED And In the Matter of the COMPANIES ORDINANCE No. 49 OP 1940. NOTICE Is hereby given that a
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    • 232 10 NOTICES KAMUNTING TIN DREDGING LIMITED i Incorporated In England) Cabled advice has been received thai ;.t a Meeting of Directors of j the abovenamed Company duly, constituted held on the 25th January, 1955. an Interim Dividend of three pence (3d.i p-;r share less Income Tax nt the rate of nine
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    • 916 10 NOTICES McALISTER ft COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) An Interim Dividend of 10% less 30. Income Tax has been declared on account of the year ending 30th June 1955, and will be payable to Stockholders registered on the Mtta February 1955. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Rooks of
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    • 878 10 NOTICES JACKSON AND COMPANY LIMITED PENANG Notice Ls given that Cheong Meng Meow former Salesman with our Penang Branch, is no longer in our Employ and has no authority to Transact any Business or to Collect Money on our behalf. NANYANC UNIVERSITY WELCOMES GRADUATES AND FORMER BTI DENTS OF ENGLISH
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    • 239 10 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS are invited lor the supply oi. 80 ton* HD. Copper Wire 0.05 sq. Inch. Pu!l particulars obtainable from Purchasing Contracts Officer, Central Electricity Board. P.O. Box 1003. Kuala Lumpur. Tenders close 25/2/1955. CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: (a) The closing date for
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    • 350 10 KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P Swcr toua, Ogeka Bakke 2 |an 3 Fob 5 Fcb 6 Feb Anna Bakkc 8 |an 7 Fcb 9 Fcb 10 Fcb Elisabeth Bakke 17 Fcb 21 Mar 27 Mar 28 Mir
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    • 1089 11 if ANS* vw., biu. r,|.l< OS toted in Sinoopore) (12 Hnat) /ii*" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE t«,.i r( llsaj ports to lood and dischnrge corno nVIRCOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS j A aINCS f Singopore Due Soils P. S'hom Penang Jan 27/28 Jan 29/30 6 18/19 Jen 10 G
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    • 1121 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL. No ***** KLLERMAN <j« BUCKNALL XL WENESS LINK LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG ft HULL PORTLAND. SEATTLE VANCOUVER md for USA. No.-th Atlont.r Port, A »»P""« t 9 A ri >l ond Conodo vio Colombo CITY OF BEDFORD FRANCISVILLE S'pora P Shorn
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  • 285 12 T*HE export advertising manager of an old established English firm of perfumers and cosmetic specialists, spent the week in Malaya, studying new publicity methods in this country. The executive, Mr. Hallam Fordham of Yardley's of London, said: "In Malaya, it is the Asian woman who
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  • 454 12 jCTAFF provident j*^ schemes. introduced I in Singapore by insurance companies, four months ago, as alternatives to the Government's Central Provident Fund scheme, are proving popular, said Mr. A. E. M. Geddes, actuary and secretary of The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. Under the
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  • 555 12 IMMEDIATE PROSPECTS: 'REASONABLY BRIGHT' 'J'HE prospects for Malaya's tin mining industry in the immediate future are reasonably bright, but the long range view is one of gloom, particularly to the Chinese mining community, writes Straits Times Staff Reporter H C. M. Paul, from
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  • 216 12 ONE feature of the National Boat Show in London which has attracted the interest of \sian visitors is a new type of hull, especially suitable for tropical waters. This is the flbregiass-resin laminate hull already fairly well-known in small dinghy construction, but now becoming
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  • 156 12 BRITISH AID FOR BURMA TEA PACKERS A FAMOUS British firm, Liptons Ltd., Is to assist Burma in the development of her tea industry. In co-opera-tior. with the Industrial Development Corporation oi Burma, the company is to establish a blenriine and packing factory In Mandalay. It will be opened at the
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  • 129 12 Roneo chief is going to Canada THE employees of Roneo Ltd.. Singapore, presented their general manager Mr. G. V. Fells, with a gold cigarette case, at a dinner last week to celebrate his promotion as chief executive of the company In Canada. Mr. Fells, who has been for 23 years
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  • 130 12 future U.S. AIR MEN FIND NEW ATOM PROCESS FOR RUBBER THE U.S. air force has found another use for atomic energy vulcanising rubber it is reported in Washington. The new process uses gamma radiation in place of conventional chemical and hfat treating methods, an air force announcement said. The process
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  • 132 12 JAPAN'S imports of crude rubber this year will increase moderately compared with last year, according to the Japan Rubber Manufacturers' Association. A spokesman of the Association said rublrr imports this year migut reach 90.000 tons against 81,000 tons last year and 91.000 tons in 1953. Of
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  • 137 12 'American will com voyages IN JUST r,-. thr IUX I holm S?ar h r C;m; I writes Shipping Darby Fir.st. I poro which Ls voyap* 400 mi] The vi Colony for 24 B Pa Amenr an-1 l tou'i.v*. Island. Johore trip into Jo! or? arranged In thi "Mala; passen has
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  • 229 12 rpHE first consißnment reJ. cently arrived in Singapore of a new type of slotted angle constructional material which will be shortly put on the local market. The new material is called Slangle and is manufactured [by Sommerfelds Ltd.. of Wellington. Shropshire, England. Slangle, is on° of
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  • 564 13 CUP CHAMPION THREE RINGS LOOKS BETTER FOR RECENT SPELL f STRAITS TIMES RACING CORRESPONDENT EPSOM JEEP REPORTS ON THE FINAL WORKOUTS AT BUKIT TIMAH i;i\(.S. top money-spinner T" H ,,st season, wound up his prefor his first engagement in easO n tomorrow, in a style
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  • 525 13 BEST TIME BY SNOW BLAZE ii \i; (IA NO Bn ci Ermine, a couple of newcomers ible, attion on the k at Bukit rday mornm the half ist 3 1 in iCUIt tO finish. three-year- <>i the ?err he is by f;. i unden
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  • 73 13 hurt. boxing prohe hoped to and ior the world m shir.ii on 1 Ing Perez $20,000 E7.140 to be divided between them and 65 per cent of television and radio rlElrs. Any receipts beyond that would go to charity, Mr. Kyne said. He MigKcsted the venue
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  • 211 13 JEEP JOTTINGS rAINER Jack Spencer, a firm believer in giving local lads a chance on the Malayan turf, is practically running a riding school for apprentices at Bukit Tlmar. Three apprentices from his "school" will make their debut In the saddle
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  • 112 13 DAVY JONES two sons. Peter, 14 years old. and Michael (12). both want to follow in their father's footsteps as jockeys. Sam Armstrong, one of Britain's leading trainers, has told Davy Jones that he would like to take both boys as apprentice* in
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  • 85 13 LAHORE, Thura. r THE Indian Test cricketer, Polly Umrigar, was top scorer with 58 for the Indian tourists against Combined Universities here yesterday. The tourists routed the Universities on a damp pitch in their first innings for 69 and then scored 164 for nine I declared in
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  • 44 13 LONDON. Thurs. Oxford University beat United Hospitals 9-8 in one of four rugby union matches played yesterday. Other results: Glamorgan beat Monmouthshire by 16-3; London University beat St. Thomas Hospital by 5-0; and Middlesex beat United Banks by 9-B.— Reuter.
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  • 209 13 FMOC will ask Govt for aid KCALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Federation of Malaya Olympic Council Is to ask Government tor a subMdy and appeal to the public for funds for sending a I team to the Melbourne Olympics next year, the Straits Times was told today. Mr. E. M. McDonald,
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  • 36 13 THE "B" Division winner of the Royal Island Clubs January Monthly Medal (Stroke* competition was Ft Lt O M Band with 70. Baird also won the "A" and "B divisions ball sweep with SI.
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  • 135 13 LONDON, Thurs. MISS FRANCES Stephens (Royal Birkdalei, the holder of both the British and English women's open golf titles, has been voted Britain's Golfer of the Year" by the British Golf Writers' Association. She has been the outstanding British woman golfer since the war
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  • 178 13 Seixas and Trabert in doubles final ADELAIDE, Thurs. AMERICA'S Davis Cup doubles team of Vie Seixas and Tony Trabert, entered the final of Australian lawn tennis championships when they beat Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig 6-4, 10-12, 6-0, 6-1, here today. The match was played in a blistering heat wave,
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  • 83 13 ITNIVERSITY beat R.A.F. I Changi by 4-1 in the last game of the preliminary round of the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition at Changi yesterday. Changi opened the scoring through Mizar. but five minutes before half time, Vythianathan equalised from a Beng Whye pass.
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  • 72 13 ARMY are Inter-Services triangular hockey champions for the second year in succession after their 3-2 victory over Royal Air Force at Sek-tar on Wednesday. Army retained the title wit i an undefeated record thLs season. They beat Roy;il Navy in the opening match at Nee Soon three
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  • 95 13 THE Australian Rules football match between the Australian schoolboys on holiday in Singapore and the Royal Australian Air Force. Tenprth. which was postponed 'mm ..i.st Sunday, will now be played this Sunday at 4.50 on the University ground In Bukit Timah. I The schoolboys t*am will be
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  • 33 13 SPOKANE (Washington*. Thurs. Lightweight boxing champion Jimmy Carter, forcing the fight all the iy. won an ea*y 10-round decision over Bobby Woods last night In a dull non-title match. A.P
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  • 201 13 NEW YORK, Thurs. PROMOTER Jim Norris of the International Boxing Club said today he expected the Sandy Saddler-Red Top Davis fight to be the first of at least four title bouts in New York during the year. He said he hoped to get
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  • 817 14 The docile Adelaide pitch can blunt English speed attack By JACK FINGLETON ADELAIDE, Thursday. jT IS depressingly hot in Adelaide. The promised relief has slowed down in the great Australian bight and, if it has not arrived by tomorrow, Mutton's fast attack might well
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  • 79 14 Ralph Hoffman w«»s re-elected captain of the Singapore Recreation Club cricket team for the coming season at a special S.R.C. games meeting yesterday. Emll Le Mercler and James Aerla will again be vloe-captaln and convenor. O f her elections resulted: Soccer: Captain A. de Rozarlo. vicecaptain
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  • 227 14 ADELAIDE, Thursday. IT IS 22 years since England won a Test against Aus1 tralia at Adelaide. That was the match in which the famed bodyline controversy came to a head when SM. Woodfull. Australia's captain, stretched out in dressing room after being hit by
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  • 653 14 f Stop this campaign againsUhe Chooijg By The Sports Editor IT JUST isn't true what some people are saying about the Choongs that brothers David and Eddie are playing hard-to-get with the Badminton Association of Malaya. Yet this is the rumour
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  • 220 14 FIRST NIGHT HOCKEY VIGHT HOCKEY undtr il jodllghts, passed through .inal test with full marks night wher Civilians beat Combined Services 4-1 In the first full night fixture at Jalan Be.sar stadium. About 150 spectators paid to watch the game and the collection, about $75, will
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  • 74 14 ABOUT 60 entries were receive*- up to 230 pm yesterday lor the Singapore youth boxing championships which wtll be held at the Singapore Buclintnton Hail from Peb. 1 to 4. Entries were received fiom Police. Boys Town. SH B B.C Army. Katonit Boys Club RMN
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  • 205 14 THE Malayan and Singapore champion. Ong Poh Lim. will play Wong Peng Soon, whom he beat in three clove sets at the recent Singapore championships, at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night when the Badminton Association of Malaya hold their second Tliumus Cup final this vm-k-The
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