The Straits Times, 21 February 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. nI.NJ. \POKK. MONDAY. FEBRt'ARY 21, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    DR. LIN STANDS FIRM
    392 1 I won't head a third-rate university i TANG, Chancellor of the Nanyang aid yesterday he would refuse to rl wilh a "third-rate" university. He over his budget boiled down to the standard the university would set.; I that he had been given the final rentes between
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    WHAT MR. TAN PROMISED AST YEAR
    504 1 WHAT MR. TAN PROMISED AST YEAR j v rel! of a i eived from Mr. while onsidering the the post of in which Chow, rtty as raising uni\lr Tans ril 26. 1954. i your an "fncial Nanyang I Con <1 at letter of -.tpnre OW, in ar the Ibilities Chanmi
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    NOW HE IS
    13 1 chairman of pessiover an 'he rift littee and Mr. Tan
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    Lock icon QUESTION ON ROYAL PLUNGING NECKLINES
    252 1 LONDON. Sun. A LONDON newspaper today raised the question of whether Princess Margaret's necklines have plunged too low on ncr Caribbean tour. "Her outfits are gay and chic but are they the right dresses for the right occasions?" inquired the Woman's Sunday Mirror in a
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    M.P.s urged to help settle row
    106 1 M.P.s urged to help settle row KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. MORE than 200 Lever Brothers factory workers In Kuala Lumpur who were dls- missed last August are to seek j the help of seven Labour M.P s In London for their reinstatement. The Lever Brothers branch of the Mill and Factory
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    Lock icon Ship disabled
    35 1 TOKYO. Sun. The VS. carrier Salisbury Sound tonight was ordered to the rescue of 171 persons aboard a Japanese ship sinking, disabled or abandoned In a gale that lashed Japan and Okinawa waters.--A.P.
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    Lock icon Pope's blessing
    35 1 VATICAN CITY. Sun. Pope Pius, defying a cold wind, appeared at his study window today for the second time In a week to bless a group of pilprims in St. Peter.* Square.— UP.
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    Lock icon 21 years' rule
    30 1 HOBART. Sun The Labour Party of Tasmania under the Premier Mr. R. H Cosgrove. which has ruled the state for 21 years, was returned to power yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Laos fears
    19 1 BANGKOK. Bun Amerlrlcan officials said tonight there were grave fears of a Communist uprising in Laos.— A.P.
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    Cavalry trick-by R.A.F.
    43 1 MJOMT-LIEI T 1) HOOD, riding Dinar, strike*, a spectacular po*e after piercing the coconut hunk with his lanre in the tent pegging event at the Singapore Pol.. Clubs c- mkhan.t at the polo ground. Thomson Road, yesterday Straits Time* picture.
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    Poisonous propaganda says a bishop ATTACK ON BIRTH CONTROL
    159 1 Poisonous propaganda says a bishop ATTACK ON BIRTH CONTROL KUALA LUMPUR. Bunday. THE Bishop of Malacca. Monsignor Michael Olco- mendy. ar?ed a r*Uy of rrore than 6.000 Roman Catholics here tonight to ignore "poisonous" birth control propaganda. He said: "Unfortunately! many Catholic families have listened to this propaganda and fallen
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    Dr Bannister wins award
    95 1 LONDON. Sun Dr Roger Bannister, first man in the world to run a mile in under four mlntes. has won an award for his research on stresses the human body undergoes during violent exercise. Before making his record run at Oxford last May. Dr Bannister put
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    Mrs. MacDonald to return
    32 1 Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald. wife of the Commissioner- Oceral. is returning to Singapore in June, with their three children. Mrs. Mac Donald has been living In Ottawa. Canada.
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    Guards open fire
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR Bun Horm Ouards at Ulu Temlang In the Seremban district of N»en Sembilan saw lights and about 15 figures moving outside the village perimeter wire on Friday night. They rtred and the figures fled
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    Lock icon Earthquake in Quetta kills 12
    121 1 QUETTA. W. Palclstan.Sun. Trains leaving Baluchistan Province were crowded last night as people fled after an earthquake which killed at 12 people. Widespread damage was caused in and around Quetta where more than 25.000 died in a 1935 earthquake- and tremors were continuing lft hours
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    A HUSH-HUSH VISIT BY LENNOX BOYD
    71 1 A HUSH-HUSH VISIT BY LENNOX BOYD FROM HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Sun. The Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr Alan Lennox Boyd. Is to visit Singapore and the Federation, probably early In April But officials at the Colonial Office ye-sterday were silent on the purpose of his trip. Mr. Lennox
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    Lock icon 8 die in cold
    37 1 CHICAGO. Sun. Snow and cold, driven by strong north winds, laid an icy blanket over the Rockies and Great Plains states today, trapping travellers and disrupting traffic At lea>t eight people died. UP.
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    Lock icon CHIANG AIRMEN SINK 15 MORE RED SHIPS
    123 1 TAIPEH. Sunday. nmE Nationalist Air Force said yesterday its patrol 1 planes had ranged as far as the Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa, to bomb Communist shipping and military fortifications on the Taishan Islands The Air force claimed to hare ?unk 15
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    Lock icon Daddy took the kiddies to camp
    63 1 OBLO Sun— A Norwegian recruit called up for army winter exercises was granted a postponement of military service wh«n he brought his two small children to camp with him He explained that his wife was In hospital and while relatives were willing to care
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    BANGKOK WOOS THE SEATO DELEGATIONS
    321 1 BANGKOK WOOS THE SEATO DELEGATIONS it's all out to be chosen asH.Q. From VERNON BARTLETT BANGKOK, Sunday. FEW international conferences since the war have been marked by such a contrast between the preparations and the probable performance as the SEATO talks opening here on Wednesday. From the flags of the
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    Lock icon Her record at 10: 25 thefts
    114 1 Her record at 10: 25 thefts NOTTINCH.VM. Sun. POLICE kept vigil here for I an expert thief who in four months >tole v. (M.7M) from local store*. Yesterday they caught the culprit a ten-year-old girl. In court the admitted 25 offence*. Police said she was from a family of five
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    Lock icon 'Don't attack Dulles' call
    73 1 TOKYO. Sun Mr. W Kent Hughes Australian Interior Minuter, said tonight criticism of U.S. Secretary of State Mr John Foster Dulles' Formosa policy, ••particularly in the British Press." was "playing straight into the hands of Red China." He added: "Another armistice on the same basis as
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    Lock icon Britain under a snow blanket
    45 1 LONDON. Sun Practically lh« whole of Britain lav under a blanket of snow yesterday m naval and air force planes and htlironters stood by for the .second day to bring aid to the worst hit areas of northern Scotland. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Britons wanted
    33 1 NAIROBI Sun -The Kenya Government U studying >p«-clßl measures" to attract more police recruits from Britain. Mr J. W CiiN.irk tin MlnUter for Internal Security. told the Li-KiNlative Council here Rruter
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    Lock icon Labour Govt. back in office
    46 1 MELBOURNE. Sun The State Labour Government of Ta -mania was returned to offlcr today after the election on Saturday. The Labour and Liberal Parties each won 15 seats, but because Labour polled an overall majority of votes it retained office —UP
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    Faure's turn
    29 1 PARIS. Sun. M Edgar Faurc. the Foreign Minister in the out-goine French Government, last night accepted an Invitation from President Rene Coty to form a new Government—Reuter
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    Lock icon Plane overdue
    24 1 ALBUQUERQUE, Bun. A Trans- World Airlines plane with 16 people aboard Is overdue on a flight to Santa Fe. N' Mexico -Reuter
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    Alliance leads Malacca protest
    202 1 Alliance leads Malacca protest MALACCA, Sun. MORE than 1.000 U.M.N.0.-M.C.A. Alliance youths, in a procession today, carried a copy of the Malacca Settlement Election Bill in a bamboo container and cast it into the sea. This followed a resolution sponsored by the Alliance that a meeting of Malacca people "strongly
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 um-flowttttM *>»ATO PLAN W^HtM.ION »,inSpenal "anli-sahrer<iion committee" will be "et up h < ■Mi mnfrr^nr* in formed >our« >aid hrrr tnmcht Its \A-k would hr to inrevtieatf Communist attempt* In oxerthrow f.oirrnmfnts nf Snath -east Isian countries b? -uhver- i«* means Rrufer *his page)
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    Reds cut wires
    19 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Terrorists cut telephone wires in the Kuala Krai district of Kelantan last night.
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    'New deal' for rural areas urged
    316 2 AFTER INDEPENDENCE, WE'LL STILL NEED OVERSEAS EXPERTS: UNGKU AZIZ 'THERE MUST BE NO RACIAL DISCRIMINATON WHEA SELF-GOVERNMENT COMES 9 NTIL "Malaya achieves independence the country cannot really begin to deal with its problems, said I'njfku Abdul Aziz, lecturer in economics at the University of
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    Lock icon Two little girls die hand in hand
    106 2 Two little girls die hand in hand ROTHERHAM, (Yorks). Sunday. TWO little girls, hand Ui hand, set out with a bag of crusts to feed an old horse in a snow-covered pasture near their home here. A n-u hours later the little girls Susan .Martin 7. and her friend Patricia
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    Lock icon ...but no Sandy
    44 2 LONDON, Sun.— More than M people in Worcester came forward with cats and claimed a £25 reward offered by the owner of one named Sandy, lost three weeks ago to have a tooth pulled out. But Sandy is &Uil missing.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Test postponed
    28 2 LAS VEGAS, Sun. Strong xunds sweeping across the Nevada desert caused postponement of yesterday's planned test explosion of an atomic bomb on a 500-foot tower. Reuter.
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    Travel talks at The Hague
    61 2 More than 50 delegates from 127 world airlines are expected Ito attend a four-day conference of the International Air Transport Association Public Relations which opens at The Haeue on Tuesday. The Qantas delegate. Mr. E Bennett -Bremmer. Chief Press and Pa.ssenger Relations officer, who arrived
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    No crown land for employees: Govt.
    155 2 THE Singapore Government considers that neither its own employees, nor those of the City Council, should be in the privileged position of getting Crown land In preference to other members of the public. It has rejected in principle a Council proposal to sell public
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    Lock icon Britain's new striking force is ready
    65 2 Britain's new striking force is ready llliKM alee* HawKrr Hunter jrt fighters line up in perfect formation at the Royal Air Force station at YViltisham. Suffolk. WitUsham is one of the three British Fighter Command stations now fully equipped with Hawker Hunters. Mark I and Mark 11. Britain's fastest operational
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    IN SIAM, NO LEISURE FOR EDEN, DULLES
    646 2 WCDKJf^KJ D A DTI CTT UMUUUHU M Straits Ti^nes commentator who has attended international conferences at Geneva, Paris, London, Rome, Berlin, San Francisco, New York and many other of the world's capitals, today discusses the SEATO meeting at Bangkok which opens on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon COURT HEARS OF 'BIG ONE WHO GOT AWAY'
    173 2 NAIROBI. Sunday. A SERGEANT who pleaded guilty to eight charges of fraudulent misapplication of rations alleged at a court martial here yesterday that his former commanding officer at Nairobi Military Hospital. Lt.-Col. Alfred Gleave, had also taken articles of food. The sergeant.
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    Lock icon Colour bar and a strike
    82 2 WEST BROMWICH 'Staffordshire i. Sun Busmen held a one -day protest strike here yesterday against the employment of a 27-year-old Indian. Mr Bhikha Patel. as a trainee conductor. leaders of 500 men concerned declared, against the advice of their union, that they will stay out
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    Lock icon CANCER CASE IS DISMISSED
    59 2 BT. LOUIS Sun The Federal District Court here ye*trrday dismissed it suit (or US $500,000 agalntt a tobacco company brought by a man who all<'g«-d that his lung iiiii" r was caused by cigarette I amnking. The suit was dismlasrd bei cause thr man. Mr. fra
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    YOUTH SURVIVE! DEATH PACT WITH RAF FRIEM
    142 2 YOUTH SURVIVE! DEATH PACT WITH RAF FRIEM A jury clear* him of niUnl LONDON, Sui 4 19- YEAR-OLD youth was c leared here „f his friend in a talcide pact. Outside K.A.F. oflieer shook his hand and said: i;,. to camp on Monday." Richard Fram is Leaning, an aircraftsrr listened
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    Lock icon Organ music crosses the Atlantic
    94 2 Organ music crosses the Atlantic CORTLAND. Sun Orsan mu*:c played in an A Brrkshirei Inn was relayed by transatlantic telephone f >r i"uedGing reception here in I N( York State yesterday The organist was Mr. Harry Coff. father of the bridegroom. Mr John Henry Coff. 26 John, who has worked
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    Lock icon A surprise for a hitch hiker
    52 2 SAARBRUCKEN. Sun A hitr'a hiker here was surprised when the man who picked him up drove him straight to the nearest police station and gave him into custody The driver had noticed that his passenger was carryins gloves and a briefcase recently stolen from
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    Lock icon Two ships lost in Genoa gale
    41 2 GENOA. Sun The American c.<r^o ship Camas Meadows overturned and the Swedish vessel Nordanland sank in Geroa harbour during a violent Rale last night. No casualties were reported, both citws abandoning ship in time— Reuter.
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    Lock of hair lec to divorce
    28 2 LOS ANGKI ES Carlelti 59, sw d I I hair. Carlrtti .said .she choppe-: up and put it In I U P
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    Lock icon PILOT BLAMED FOR SHANNON CRASH
    309 3 fatigue piayea a part in New York disaster: Courts check two fluinn anniJ» n not o DUBLIN, Sunday. rnfftt lAI. court of inquiry into the l:ls< Blftfftli of a v lirliner ;is it took off from ,iriM>rt laid part of the the pilot. Commodore viruh.
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    Halt horror comics call to publishers SENATE URGES SELF POLICING
    55 3 Halt horror comics call to publishers SENATE URGES SELF POLICING WASHINGTON. Sunday. .r. -committee investigating juvenile dehas railed on the comics industry to ;t of "lurid material, featurinc sex and laced i-omlc -oility the industry •dards which the Big increase had Mnco with crime iturlng srxtnd sadistic Inted out r:me
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    British ship hits pier
    17 3 n. The The damaged. reported or. dropp- ball thr :x>rt of ;:ir ship.—
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    Lock icon MENZIES: WE MIST HAVE THE H-BOMB
    106 3 MENZIES: WE MIST HAVE THE H-BOMB PAR 1.-. Sun The Australian Prime Minister. Mr. R. G Men/ lay warmly en-dors-d Britain's decision to d with the manufacture fdrofen bomb as a matnational .security and defence "In the pr.-s, M state of the j world, thl possession of nuns, shocking .re
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    Lock icon Peru holds four American ships
    41 3 LIMA. Sun. Peru has seized four American tuna clippers for fishing inside Peruvian territorial waters, it was reported today. The ve.iseLs were rounded up by thr Peruvian Navy while within 200 miles of the coast. —UP.
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    Lock icon Olive branch for peace?— take wheat
    87 3 U \NHIM.TON. Sun. MR KZRA BENSON. Secretary of Agriculture, said >«-sterda\ that he had conferred with President Kisenhower about a gift of surplus wheat t.. Rufttla. II said: "The idea is gperulative. hut it has not been dropped." One published version of the idea
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    Lock icon Peace again
    18 3 LONDON. Sun. Poland ended the state of war with Germany yesterday, following the Soviet rxample Reuter
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    Lock icon Jamaica greets the sunburnt Princess
    228 3 Jamaica greets the sunburnt Princess KINGSTON, Sun. A CROWD of 150,000 flag-waving Jamaicans roared a welcome to Princess Margaret as she arrived here yesterday in the Royal yacht Britannia for a five-day visit. The Princess, slightly sunburnt, wore a spotted dress of white silk talrtta, its bodice tapered to a
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    Lock icon Gunman evades 100 detectives
    41 3 NEW YORK. Bun One of New York's greatest manhunts failed yesterday to find August Rohlrv. 41. a gunman who eluded three police traps on j Friday. More than 100 detective^ were assigned to track him down —A.P
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    Lock icon Bandit Kill 15
    30 3 BOGOTA. Sun. Bandits masquerading as soldiers killed 15 people, wounded three and burned thr/,' house; in a raid yesterday on a village I near Nelva, Colombia. UP.
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    Lock icon GARDEN PARTY IN GRENADA
    33 3 WKAKINO a low-ciit dreov Princess .Margaret arrives at Government House. Grenada, for a garden party. With hrr is thr (lovernor of the Windward Islands. Mr. Edward Reetham. A.P. picture.
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    112 3 HONG KONG, Sunday. 'THE Commonwealth today honoured the men and ■I women who died defending Hong Kong against the Japanese onslaught in 1941 or in the years of cap- tivity that followed. At a ceremony at Salwan Bay, seven miles from the centre of
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    Off in U.S.
    37 3 BIRMKSK ACTRESS Win Mm Than. star of The Purple Plain." who hah arrived in London on her way to the I'nlted State*. »h«-rr the wil Intake personal ap oearance* with the fim AT. picture.
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    Lock icon Tito turns down a dinner date
    51 3 BELGRADE. Sun. Foreign fnm-spondcnts accredited h« !■<■ w<re told yesterday that Pn sident Tito had declined it.- lr annual dinner Invitation. The foreign press has been under attack here since the former Communist leaders Milnvan Djllas and Vladimir l Dedtjer made statements criticising the
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    Lock icon Floods hit N.Z. city
    68 3 WELLINGTON. Bun Flood waters last night swept throuch Wellington's industrial Huit Valley. A cloudburst following weeks of humidity burst the banks of the Hutt River, sending a wave more than six feet high thuni derine into the populous housing estates and factories. The Government has appealed
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    Czechs demand three soldiers
    78 3 VIENNA. Sun. Czechoslovakia demanded last night that in. united States hand over three young soldiers who shot their way through the Iron Curtain to freedom and i then enlisted in the US Army Their shoot-and-run escape i frcm Czechoslovakia lasted four wicks in late 1953 and
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    BURGLARY REPEATS ITSELF
    62 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Bun. an ago police arrested Woods. 45. as he fled Hum a utor'fv with 50 bottles n whisky and a hastily marie .sandwich of black bread ;tlid Police arrested Woods yesterday for burgling a store owned by the samp man I Woods was carrying 50
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    Lock icon Canberras arrive
    31 3 NICOSIA. Sun Ten of the final force of 20 Canberra Jet bombers arrived in Cyprus to day to be based here fur a month during exercises with NATO UP.
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    Lock icon WIRE SNOOPERS' BIG BUSINESS GOES HAYWIRE
    186 3 WIRE SNOOPERS' BIG BUSINESS GOES HAYWIRE Police uncover extortion racket NEW YORK. Sun. "TWO telephone company employees were ararreste>d yesterday after the discovery of an elaborate telephone wire-tapping system In New York City's wealthiest business and residential area. Private individuals The discovery was announced by the New York AntiCrime Committee,
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    VICE SQUAD RAIDS FILM LAND
    195 3 College girls among arrested HOLLYWOOD. Sunday. VICE SQUAD detectives smashed into a fashionable" Hollywood Hills home yesterday and broke up operations of a completely equipped gambling layout as 75 yelling players tried to escape. The officers found Roulette. Blackjack, dice games and a wheel of
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    Lock icon Tourist says: Tm sorry'
    68 3 CALCUTTA. Sun Office workers yesterday forced an American tourist to apologise to an Indian urchin whom he »aj accused of mistreating. They chased the tourist on Calcutta's Dalhousie Square and surrounded him He shook the hand of the child and was escorted by police to safety.
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    Lock icon Squatters halt Goa trains
    43 3 BOMBAY. Sun Indians Muatted on the rallwav today, preventing trains from moving between Castle Rock. India, and the Portugue.se colony of Goa. Indian •'volunteer.^' placed India's flag o n the tracks during their observance of *Dr Gaitoi.de Day." UP
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    Lock icon Second attempt
    23 3 BUENO6 AIRES. Sun. Argentina will send a second team of mountain climbers to Nepal tor another assault on Mt niiaulaclri— A.P
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    The Alliance wins with ease
    352 4 60,000 TURN OUT TO VOTE...} LOSE DEPOSITS...! INCIDENTS ONE VICTOR TELLS OF A 'STEAM-ROLLER 9 THAT WORKED SMOOTHLY PKNANG, Sunday. T'HK r.MNO-.MC A Alliance brushed aside all opposition with case and won all 10 contested scats in the first Settlement Council elections which ended at
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    Today's picture going
    129 4 (iARRKK: Jhamela |M 630 9.15. Tel. *****. <APITOI.: Magniflcent ObseMlon —11. 1 45. 4. 6 30. 9.30. T*l lUt. CATHAY: Mad About M*n —11,1 145. 4 15. 8 45. 9 30. Tel. ***** ODKON Love tCantonese Part 11—11. 145. 415. 645. 9.30. Tfv *****. REX: Johnny Dark—
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    HOW THE PEOPLE VOTED
    297 4 Tanjong East P. Wellesley South MR. WONG LOH HUN (Alliance) 4.616 Hi HLA I JI' AI IAN bln HAJI INCHE MA. ABDUL WAHAB (Negara) 1.841 A H i'!AP,J. A Ji lancO Majority 2 975 MR LIM TE ll HOE (Penang Percentage polled 60.78 w^^rJr.oAio.W^ Ml 8P
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    Elections Officer is delighted
    103 4 Elections Officer is delighted Two Indians were involved in the other Incident. Thty were arrested outside the Chinese Town Hall polling station for behaving in a disorderly manner. At the town hall, loud cheer* greeted each announcement of an Alliance victory. "We are extremely grateful to the electorate and will
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    MALAYA PULP PLAN
    156 4 Serdang chemist urges new industry KUALA LUMPUR. Bun —A research chemist at the Foresttry Department' experimental station at St rdang in Selangor believes that the state offers good opportunities for a paper pulping industry. Writing In the "Malayan Forester' Journal Mr. J. D. Peel, the chemist says:
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    $10 BRIBE COST HIM $1,000
    73 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Low Meng Wei. a second-hand dealer, was fined $1,000 or nine months' jail for offering a $10 bribe u> In^rxctor Ibrahim bin Hamzah on Dec. 8. When Inspector Ibrahim visited his prrmlM's to check his I books he found that 592 spent
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    TECHNICIANS' NEW CHIEF
    60 4 IPOH. Sun. Mr F R Wardrop of the Central Electrlcltj Board was today elected chairman of the Perak branch of the Technical Association of Malaya at the annual meeting held in the Trade Srhool rn-re. The other officials are: Secretary Mr. N. V. Plllal and treasurer Mr.
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    MORE VILLAGERS GET SELF-RULE
    194 4 30,000 under local councils KOTA BAHRU, Sunday. rpHREE local councils In Kelantan have had their areas extended up to 20 square miles each and now represent a total of nearly 30,000 poeple. The move wu made to give council representation to Malays living In scattered kampong
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    Rostal concert
    27 4 The Austrian violinist. Max Hast ill. will give an orchestral 1 concert at the Victoria Memo- rial Hall at 8 45 p.m. on Wednesday. I
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    Turtles for aquarium
    80 4 Lady Lamb*', wife of the Commander In Chief, Far East Station, presented four turtles to the Van K!eef Aquarium yesterday. They have been household pets at Admiralty House, Grange Road, sinre August l.i.st year. when Lady Lam be brought them from Sarawak The turtles, only a day
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    Rice found in his coffee tin
    70 4 Rice found in his coffee tin ram en i ii 0> Vy Upper of 1,, ,r r l*er. »as sent. Sessions (our I X<-aiV jail for p^ms..! 0 katis of cooked r C1 "1 to bo n un d bits. villag. and saM rvin K a ft* of But Uo
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    Annual meeting
    7 4 Thp Bfl annual eeror terday
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    Memorable performance by Max Rostal
    232 4 SINGAPORE concert goers, packing the Victoria Memo- rial Hall, last night save to Max Rostal an ovation even 1 warmer than the temperature i inside the building The famous violinist gave a programme of I great variety and interest, and played everything superbly. Both be.
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE.
    1511 5 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE. STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE. kcOOMING, brawling Chicago was swelter- ing in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow in its shed at the corner of De Koven and Clinton Streets on the swarming
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      70 5 Shvrl&rk Hotmvs Lust rrimv iPirk truvti On Ihv roof I^^HH^HI^HHI r WSP AWAY FROM TWIS 1 rTWEN.COME IN POOM TWEI F-ANO WAIT FOO AREA.AL.TILL I GIVE YOU NORTH BECAUSE AU_O= ME ON TUE <T 10-4» J TWE DOWNTOWN RART, 1^ is—, ~^^M THE SOUTU THAT WffV .^TT/Tl Jvi Svatt Insuttiiiit
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. Feb. 21, 1955. Russia And The Bomb
    607 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. Feb. 21, 1955. Russia And The Bomb Molotov's claim that Russia leads in the development of tht- hydrogen bomb, the January announcement of a ten per cent increase in Russia's tnilitan' budget, and China's decision to impose conscription, make a suggestive background to Moscow's call
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    DEATH
    16 6 JO WnrH, $10 (minimum). LONDON. JOHN CUNNINOHAM, suddenly, at 8e» on the 17th .ary, 1955.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    95 6 N H...rf« >/» i minimum;. MR ft MM I T NATHAN .•.<kl WlsiMS, |>ifsent* and a ion i 1 12.2.1955. •I HE FAMILY of late Mr. On--1 nk all friend 10 ;it;ended, sent si-.d rendered assistance In ment. MR. A; MRS. S. RATNASING BAM thank all Friends and He!.,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    185 6 20 H ..rrft $111 ■minimum). FOLLOW PEIJAN I Every Day In Mall' if you want to win wurd pusate. DONALD MOORE PRODUCHookings at Robinsons— < a Drama Recitals, February 25th. Mar-h Ist. 3rd, 9 pin Victoria. Memo lal Hall. '.SAICS. Art Mosaics, Asphalt, Floor and Glazed Wall 111--h\|n-r' BtfTleM
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    An Alliance Sweep
    311 6 In sweeping the board in the Penang Settlement elections the Alliance has won one of its most important victories. In four constituencies its candidates were returned unopposed, i a winning start which left ten constituencies to be contested. 1 That the Alliance was facing a divided opposition
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    Safety First
    297 6 A spokesman for the Singapore Safety First Council has drawn attention once again to the rising graph of road accidents. In December 1951 there were 31 road accidents a day, in December 1954 there were 51 and last month there were 53. The comparison with i four years
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    'Bad luck' too readily blamed for setbacks in the campaign against the Mau Mau
    1229 6 'Bad luck' too readily blamed for setbacks in the campaign against the Mau Mau By Mil LAING wht hat jwt returned frta a aistitß tt Kttyi \f AU MAU terrorism in Kenya has lost the initiative. The forest gangsters move in halfdozens, or even twos or threes, instead of bands
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    Is all well with law practice in Singapore?
    269 6 Is all well with law practice in Singapore? *ma\ t\ rut: stri-:i r I SINCERELY hope that 1 Sir Roland Braddell, who is at present inquiring into the possibilities of having a faculty of law in Malaya, read Mr. J. Y. P. Chla's letter. Possibly Sir Roland's talents could be
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    'Bomo' for suicide flats
    137 6 'Bomo' for suicide flats I AM not superstitious, but I have seen so many unbelievable things bordering on the supernatural. that I send you a suggestion how suicide may be stopped at Upp>r Pickering flats. I suggest that the authorities enlist the services of a good Bomo" or Indian exorcist
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    ANOTHER MEMORIAL
    133 6 BEBIDES the memorial tablet to the victims of the mutiny in St Andrew's Cathedral, is another of 40 names in the Victoria Memorial Hail which was unveiled by th«- Governor, Blr Arthur Young. Harper, Holt and Walton Roads were named respectlvel> after L/Cpl. J. Harper and Private A.
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    PROGRESS REPORT
    61 6 ONE hears absolutely nothing about the Colonial Development Corporation ventures in North Borneo. It Is rumoured that the hemp project Is a flop, due to 'bunchy top' riisrav >tul that Kuhara rubber which they bought from tin u>todlan of Enemy Property In 1851 is producing at a cost
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    'INSULTS' ON THE AIR
    157 6 rpHERE may be some slight 'excuse for a Malayan announcer finding the names of the Scottish football teams difficult to pronounce correctly, but there can be no excuse for the horrible mispronunciation or Malay names made by European news readers and announcers. Recently, there have been
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    On the margin
    125 6 On the margin Body poii»i Fi;rthh< the old ho that v tx to the am Prlern 1951 thf G that mitt.. ciaL antiquities oi Althoi! II publu done t<Ty at Kota I the tame friend in body of o < ills i exactly it pi The p.* that .s a.nd
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    The little Red black sheep
    243 7 GO VT. 'DISCRIMINATION' BLAMED FOR COMMUNIST DANGER (IV BE FOUND IN ALL TYPES OF SCHOOLS, CWNESE HEADMASTERS KUALA LIMPI R, Sunda>. .taDMASTERS of Stlanjfor Chinese middle jools met here toda\ to discuss how to comiis( infiltration in Chinese schools, thai the danger of Chinese school
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    STILT WALKERS TAKE PART IN PARADE
    49 7 ITILI WALKERS imusr in. l.n^r 1 rowds which turned out to watch ihe "Srah Yeah" Temple procession throuch Kuala Lumpur's main streets yesterday. Besides the sliil walker*, the procession included mediums >>iatrd on rhairs of knives, and lion danre trnupet. straits Times picture.
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    Lucky son helps her Win $1,666
    34 7 :r\ PUZK Her- Tie ol Hr< w- 666.66. The Mr T. E I Raj. rday Id her n trying youngbrought Is birth. I tend to do K'-pp it
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    7- year term for recruits
    20 7 7- year term for recruits I British will in to get for d electrize also a wide which before ile.
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    Engineering Dept. head
    55 7 Mr c A II Gray 1 lecturer in civil engineering at the University of Sydney Australia, has b«"n appointt-d to the chair of 1 ng.ne.-nng in 'h<- t .iaya. H' 1 Will assume duties after May. But he will arrive in Singapore today to arrange < for
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    WOMEN MEET
    33 7 lably of the Women's inte to be held in Kua!a Lumpur shortly. The- wcrp Tcngku Zainab. who also elected chairman of the convention, and Che Azizah. Tengku Noor Zakiah c.ed secretary.
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    KELANTAN
    9 7 I--VR. Sun. from men's ay at Bharu The
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    $82,000 bill for promotions
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU Sun Supplementary funds amountin* to $82 926 were provided by the Btate Government last year (or payment of arrears of salaries and allowances beof promotion and revision of .salaries
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    For Australia
    45 7 \IANOIIAR.\N formerly of Kaffirs Institution, Singapore, will leave In the Charon to complete Him seeondarv education at the Brisbane Grammar School. He in the 1 eldest son of Mr. M. Ponnusamr, a Malayan sportsman 1 and present principal of 1 Princess Klicaheth School.
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    INSECURITY FEAR GRIPS OFFICERS
    207 7 Resettlement men form union KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday 'THE chairman of the Malayan Assistant Resettle- ment Officers* Union. Mr. Chew Tenp Swee. said here today that their greatest fear was what would happen if the Government did not need their services any more. He was speaking at
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    'Just warn him' asks hurt wife
    99 7 A HUSBAND pleaded guilty In the Singapore Sixth Police Court on Saturday to hitting his wife after a quarrel over food. The court was told that the couple. Mr Lionel Martin Ch&rlf.s and Mrs. Helen Charle.- had been married since IK3O. On Ttt 10
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    New officials of boys' club
    74 7 Officials of the Katong Boys Club for this year are:Chairm&n. Michael M. P Tan: secretary Kuldip Singh Wsusan asst .sect S Othman Alsagoff: treasurer. Chan Pitt Chow, editor, Steven Ho Cheng Chlew; sub-editor. Eu Wing Kee. sports secretary, Cyril George Oomes. canteen manager. 8 Hassan
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    MacD for Siam
    23 7 The Commlvilunrr-Oeneral Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald left Singapore by air yesterday for Bangkok, where he will attend the SEATO conference.
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    NAVY STRIKE THREAT
    118 7 Local staff to discuss stoppage FE Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union has called a general meeting for Mar. 2 to discuss a Mnke The union president. Mr A Ananthanaraynan. said yesterday that the union pestponed strike action last month on a promise that the dockyard authoritie.s would
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    Officers switch
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRI' Sun Police Lt. A P OToole has been transferred from Johore to the Air Security Unit Pahang. Police Lt M D;n*daJe has replaced him in Johore.
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    Chinese Reds sail in
    66 7 Five Chlneae Communist <>nVall.s arrived on board the Italian liner Asia In Singapore yesterday from Bombay Thcv arr members of a trade mission on their way home via Hong Kong. PasM-ngere said the flvr men had kept to themv during the voyage A RjaaM »ho approached
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    'MissRotary' will get chance at world title
    212 7 'MissRotary' will get chance at world title THE Rotary Club of Singapore is to .sponsor a beauty contest to elect "Miss Golden Rotary* of 1955" as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. Mr. Jim Lawler. one of the organisers, told the Straits Times yesterday that the winner will be sent
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    Malacca lost its heart and limbs
    114 7 MALACCA, Sun Malacca I lost Us heart, feet and hands with the lows of the free port status, shipping and railway 1 line to Tampin, Mr. C M Seth said yesterday. He was speaking at a party given by the Indian Chamber of Commerce
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    'RESIST JUS SOLI' —NEGARA LEADER
    175 7 'RESIST JUS SOLI' NEGARA LEADER KUALA LUMPUR, San. »THE chairman of Kuala Lumpur branch of Party Negara. Mr. K. V. Thaver, today railed on Malays to re- sist the "Jus soli" princ pie of giving nationality rights to all born in the country. Hr warned that if they did r
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    Youth officials elected
    64 7 OfTlcials of the Prinsrp j Street Presbyterian Youth Fel- I lowship for this year are: President Mr Tan Kek Wah: vice-president: Mr. Beah Chvp Soon; secretary: Mr. A Tan: asst secretary*: Mr Lee Soo Ann: treasurer: Miss R secretary for worship evangelism: Mr. L. Chia: secretary for
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    Stage Club play
    35 7 The Singapore Stage Club will stage a performance of "After Mv Fashion" by Diana Morgan at the RF. M I Theatre Ayer Rajah Road on March 9 at 8 45 p m
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    Two hurt fighting swordfish
    120 7 Two hurt fighting swordfish POLICE HELP LAND 1,3001 b. CARCASS JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. CEE TESK TUEN, a deep sea nsherman, and his crew of .two caught a huge swordfish in the Johore Strait opDosite Johores Lido on Saturday. After considerable trouble they got it ashore with the help of a
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    Tea party for schools chief
    41 7 JOHORE. BAHRU. Sun Mr F T. Laidlaw Johore's Chi' f Education Officer, was yesterc I Ined to a tea party by the Johore State Chinese School Managers and on. Mr. Laidlaw has Just returned from London.
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    The weather
    93 7 MINIMI M Tl MPEBATIRI 7M> p m on Prb 19 to 7 30 am. SB Fib W) Singaporf 74 degrees Penang 72. K<>u Bahru 73. Ku*J-i Lumpur 73. Ipoh 71. Kuantan 69. MUIMI M TrMPTBATIRF 7.30 a m to 7 30 p m on Peb 20 > Singapore
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    High tides
    64 7 TOD4Y: Smpapore ISO a.m. (ftft I :5 pm. <Bft. 21ns >; Port Dlrkaon 6 am 'Bft 21ns) 612 prr 18ft lvi 1. Penang 12.29 p m (•ft. BsmJ TOMORROW Singapore 10 32 a ir, <Ht 21r» 1 II 38 p.m. 'Bft 51nx >: Port DVkaon 6.35 a.m. 'Bft
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    BEST RESPONSE FOR POLICE
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Johore Bahru had its best response to the campalpn for Chinese police recruits when ASP Mabob bin Ahmad the Recruiting Officer, Interviewed candidates at the MCA premises yesterday. Nearly 40 candidates came forward and 15 were selected On previous occasions there were only
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    Rubber price crash off buyers
    665 8 Rubber price crash off buyers MALAYAN SBAME MABKET HEI^KW By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE Share Market last week had one of its worst periods for a very lonjr time being completely at the mercy of the tumbling commodity price and by Saturday morning "near paralysis" had been reached. U*ued last
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    122 8 rE following dividends were announced by companies operating la Malar* hut w«cfc. JELAPANO TIN DREDGING LTD: A dividend of Is. per share, lem 30 inr«me tax. for year ended December 31. due and payable to share-holder* on the register at March 2. from Kual» l.umpur London and Sydney
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    ITALY'S NEW RUBBER PLAN
    108 8 A BYNTHETIC rubber pUnt to cost around 75 million U.B. dollars is to be built in Italy, near Ravenna and will u*e natural gas from the Po Valley. In a joint statement issued by M. Morse O Dial, president of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation and
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    THREE PER CENT DROP IN SUGAR
    101 8 WABHINOTON. Sat. I*HE VS. Agriculture Department today estimated world sugar production during *****5 production and market ins year at slight lv over 39 million tons nearly three per cent under record crop of 1953/54. The decline In European beet sugar production was said to
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    Travel in comfort
    17 8 Special comfortable chairs have been installed for all flr»t -class passencers in KIM aircraft.
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    BUSINESS DONE
    169 8 THE following business done In the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by firm of brokers for the period February 12 to February 18: In4s»trtaa>: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 30s. l0'?d. and 315, Fraser Nea\e Ord. $1 9~. Gammon $3 25 to $3.20. Hongkong Bank Colonial $1,110
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    Stockpile move causes concern
    842 8 Stockpile move causes concern tOMMOMTY /.f!/11l /X>MMODITY markets in Sinßapore last week were completely overshadowed by the big«est movement in the rubber price since the Korean War days of 1950 and 1951. The climb in price in the last quarter of 1954 and the even sharper rise in January, which
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    42 8 Estates an losing labourers PUROP! pai l< labour In pure Kuala Lumpu j price of i This i m the MPIEA Labour I i whlrh do n are offerin pean-own«-cl i falls again to all J wiges. whkh j European es
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    19 8 The V Canada 32 3 32 9M^ T. 'I or on On Honß KX:.< dollar one tael
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    HOW THE MAIL CAME TO MALA YA
    270 10  - HOW THE MAIL CAME TO MALA YA WALTER WARWICK By A HUNDRED and ten years ago the Lady i Mary Wood, a 550-ton paddle steamer, carried the first through-mails j from London to Singapore. She took 41 days to get here. Surface mall from England Is not all that much
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    BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
    171 10 'THERE is a certain type of novel, dealing with real issues and real people, often inside one of the Iron Curtain countries, which merits the description of "thriller" only because it illustrates its theme by means of an exciting story. Such a book Is Mr. Derrick
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    BRIDGE
    189 10 (By KENNFTH KONSTAM) BOTH sides were in a bad contract on this hand from the match for the Bermuda Bowl, but the luck of the opening lead gave the U.B.A. a swing of 1.070 points. With nether §WIP VHlWfable. dealer ooutn, I held Tne South hand and Shapiro sat
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    The U.S. President and his job
    935 10  -  Allington Kennard By THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. By Sidney Hyman. (Odhams 18*.) American party system has moulded the American President's Job into something very different from the intentions of the Founding Fathers. In nothing is this more evident than in the conduct of foreign policy,
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    GERMANS AT WAR
    156 10 PERHARD Kramer, in We 1 VI Shall March A«ain (Cape, las. i, deals with the activities of the Wehrmacht in a RusMan winter describing them with a humour and lightness of touch which make the fashionable "blood and guts" American war novel seem barbaric. My only objection
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    458 10  - SCOOP: The man under the hood was a killer HAROLD DAVIS By MY FORTY YEARS AT THE YARD, by Hugh Young. (W.H. Allen. 165.) 4 WELL- DRESSED man in a lounge suit came running down Jermyn Street towards the raw youns policeman. Behind him ran another man. He was in
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    Miller's men are out to break Hutton's grip
    740 11 CURRENT GAME AT SYDNEY PROMISES TO BE ONE OF SEASON'S BEST From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY. Sun. IF THE weather behaves—and it Is threatening in Sydney today— we may see at the Sydney cricket ground tomorrow and on Tuesday one of the best
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    Another Yorker— and Spurs are out of the F.A. Cup
    544 11 Another Yorker and Spurs are out of the F.A. Cup LONDON. Sun THERE is not much doubt thuv Wolveihampton Wanderers, the league champions and present leaders, will remain favourites for the English Football Association Cup. when the sixth round draw is made tomorrow. Th;- follows their convincing win apainst Charlton
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    20 ACRES FOR STORE STADIUM
    219 11 20 ACRES FOR STORE STADIUM THE proposed Olympic stadium for Singapore will most probably be sited at the pre.cr.t Kallane Airport. Thi Singapore Government has notified the Singapore Ppoit. Stadium that 20 acres have been earmarked and would probably be leased to the nuard fiee of premium and at nominal
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    SRC start with a win
    184 11 CINOAPORE Recreation Club won 13 their first enrket fixture of the season when they beat Ceylon Bport* Club by 12 runs In a frtenday fixture k. Bale:- tier Road yesterday ur J Anchant b Navaretnam J.I us Sooceleraj b Manawad'i 20: B Mark* b Manawadu
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    60 11 t.VALLPUR Sun 'THE Indian tourists declared their Oi t innings closed at 300 for eipht »ickets on the second day of the came against North Zone here yesterday. Always struggling for runs North Zone M-ored 74 for four wlckeu In reply at the close C D
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    RAIN STOP PLAY
    47 11 PENANO Sun Rmn curuiled play In ihe exhibit ion tennis by the S»eduh D«vu Cup pla\er* Uaudaon beat Bergelin 6-S. 6-3 In a Umlling match. OBvlda>on then took on the Penang ifliimpion. Oook Kok l^m and beat him 6-1 when rain ttoeeed further play.
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    188 11  - Yong again is leading trainer EPSOM JI.EP Bx BUKIT TIMAH stables won 12 out of the 22 races at the Selangor Turf Club Gold Cup Mi < ting and Yong Thau Yin was oner again t»p trainer, with four winners and $***** in stakes. Keith Daniels s«»nt out three winners
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    Weather hits rugby ties
    110 11 LONDON Bun. /\N a day when snow and 1-o.st -bound grounds caused many rugger union matches to be cancelled, Brutol were ununfortunate to lo*e to Richmond by eipht points to six yesterday. bk;iiv i skin 8t Marys Hospital 0 Roaislyn Park 6, BrlUifewater and Albion 1J
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    BEATEN 3-2
    20 11 ARSENAL Sports Club beat Clavrr.ore Youngsters by 3— 2 In a friendly sorrer match at FsMTer Park veftterdav
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    537 11  -  EPSOM JEEP By V V«9 Bllly Ba K b y- wh was champion Jockey in ck f Ored nls triumph when he landed Shangrila a short-head winner from Golden Lotus in the Selangor Gold Cup over 1 miles at Kuala m^
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    113 11 A I AROE crowd «atrh«d trl^ Mrst Waterakl Oala at Paalr His vexterdav M.n. «km >lalatn Count H Van Zuylrn 1 8kl-spe«der clubi 14 jkjiii I 2 A Bond ijohi II; t. A. W. Cooprr (Skl-sptoderi 12. Meat* n..uir» Oakam A Bond iJohi 14
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    Pakistan held to 5-0 margin
    626 12 FEDERATION FIGHT BACK ONLY AFTER INTERVAL IPOH, Sun. "THE PAKISTAN hoc- kny tourists won their first "test" against the Federation today on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground by five goals to nil, but their victory was marred by some rough play. Twice in the second
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    PENANG TO LOSE MAC AFTER ALL
    281 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday I>ENANG will not have the services of brilliant young goalkeeper Dave MacLaren. hero of their Cup victory last year, for this year's Malaya Cup games. MacLaren will, it is understood, play for the Combined Services (Malaya*. It Is also understood that
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    MHF NAME 14 FOR 2ND 'TEST'
    70 12 IPOH sun 'THE Federations team for toe second "test" against Pakistan will be picked from: Mohamed Anwar Beg. M. Shanmuganathan. Chua Eng Cheng. P. Sankey irapti. 8 Selranayaßam. Chua Eiik Cnye. Ahmad Haroun. S. Devindran. Bakar Said. Amlnullah Karim, Noordln Che Noh. M Shep-
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    21 12 BECKBNHAM. Kent. Sun Cambridge beat Oxford in their annual Inter-University hockey match here yesterday by two goals to one
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    Singapore's rally came too late
    232 12 POLICE TOURNEY KUALA LUMPUR. Sun I/EDERATION Police rnmir.c.-iK- ly beat Slncapnre Police by -2 I at horkev on 'lie pa dang today Singapore lost light back Ste.en* through lnlury midway In the flrrt half, and there* ft*r played with ten mm Federation took the lead
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    GIVE THE SMALLER STATES BETTER DEAL, FAM TOLD
    460 12 North-South date altered KUALA LUMPUR A PLEA for a better deal for the smaller regards Malaya Cup soccer gal was made by Mr. S. C. Lee of Pahai annual general meeting of the Footb; of Malaya which was presided over by Abdul
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    436 12 Bakar 's snap goals beat the Services fHIA BOON lEONO. playing hU v first game of football since his return from London list Nnrtnbrr aftir six week.' coaching at Highbury', was quite out of luck at jjalun Beaar Stadium last night In the match In which Singapore I Civilians beat
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    MALA YA CUP STARTS MAR. 26
    220 12 KUALA lUMPI'R Sun. |>KNANO. Malaya Cup champion*, will open this year* competition against Ked;ih at Penanit on March 26 Two other matrhea. one e»ch In the North and South rone*. will be played on the same day. The draw mncie -odiiv Is NOKTH March
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      201 12 SAME OFFICIALS FOR FJM KUALA LUMPUR Sun. Rahman: vicr-prr tXXJTBAI.L Asaocutlon of Malaya Chan Lkl Hong and L officials were all re-ele<ted at Sions: hor. •ocav s annual genera: meeting X: i Kcng: hor. presided ever by TfngXu Ab-lu! S t F !U. man at the Rest Houst Malayi r"o.iti»::
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