The Straits Times, 30 January 1957

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    13 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1957 15 CENTS Mala**
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    FIRE GUTS TWO CINEMAS
    716 1 MAN GOES BACK TO FETCH HIS BICYCLE— AND HE IS TRAPPED Night crowds see firemen and police battle 50-ft. flames Police save the takings from blazing office CINEMAS in the Federation were burnt to the ground yeshe Star Theatre in Ipoh, where an Indian employee lost
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    Robbed, stabbed
    39 1 A farmer. Poh Chay Pee. 21 was stabbed in the arm last night when he struggled with three men who had robbed his wife of $110 and jewellery in a hut off Cassia Drive, Raffles Park. Singapore.
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    Troops bag four terrorists
    79 1 Troops bag four terrorists KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Three terrorists and a hostile aborigine were killed by security forces in the Federation yesterday. Siow Ying and Yee Ping were shot by a patrol of the Ist Bn. the Queen's Regt near Kota Tlnggi. Johore. Another terrorist and the aborigine were killed
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    DANGER: H-BOMB TEST ZONE
    61 1 DANGER: H-BOMB TEST ZONE LONDON. Tues. Britain, preparing for her first hydrogen bomb tests, has warned all countries with Pacific shipping and airline traffic to stay clear of the Christmas Island zone between February and August. According to unofficial reports here a 500 mile danger zone will be policed by
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    Lock icon KENYON CASHIERED
    209 1 Suez pilot who wrecked his bomber gets year's jail NICOSIA, Tuesday. FLYING OFFICER Dennis Kenyon of the R.A.F. was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and to be cashiered by a court martial here today for wilfully damaging a Canberra bomber. The verdict and sentence j are subject to
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    Lock icon Cheap imports threat
    26 1 QUEBEC. Tues.— A Montreal shoe jnanufacturer said yesterday that imports from Japan. Hong Kong and Poland were menacing the Canadian shoe industry. Reuter.
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    Lock icon India to 'go it alone' hint
    62 1 NEW DELHI. Tues The Security Council resolution on Kashmir has made Congress Party leaders j wonder "for the nrst time" whether India can remain much longer in the Commonwealth, the political commentator of the proGovernment Hindustan Times said today. What ha« annoyed Congress leaders
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    MOTHER DIES IN STORM TRYING TO SAVE SON
    122 1 MOTHER DIES IN STORM TRYING TO SAVE SON AN expectant mother A was killed yesterday trying to protect her three year old son from a falling beam during a thunderstorm in Singapore. The tragedy occurred in an attap hut where Ong Kee, 27. and her family were taking shelter at
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    Mail for China
    26 1 KUALA tAJMPUR, Tues. The registered mail service between Malaya and the China mainland will be resumed from Feb. 1, it was announced* today.
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    Lock icon Washington says it: Britain wants to share Woomera base
    246 1 Washington says it: Britain wants to share Woomera base WASHINGTON, Tuesday. gRITAIN proposes to invite America during the current defence talks here to share her rocket development base at Woomera, South Australia according to official sources. The disclosure came last night after Britain's Minister of Defence. Mr. Duncan Sandys, had
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    Lock icon BRITISH FORCES IN SINGAPORE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED
    60 1 BRITISH FORCES IN SINGAPORE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED WASHINGTON. Toes.— British tones in Singapore. Hong Kong. Germain and Libya will probably be cat following the Anglo-American defence talks here Britain is understood to be arguing the necessity for her to exercise econorm and curtail her military commitments One wav of
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    Rea anddeputy want to quit City Council
    266 1 Rea and deputy want to quit City Council 'THE President of the Singapore City 1 Council. Mr. J. T. Rea. and his deputy, Mr. R. Middleton-Smith, announced at a private session of tne council last night that they would be leaving under the Governments Malayanisation policy. They're Civil servants Both
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    Lock icon Bogey's estate
    22 1 HOLLYWOOD, Tues. Humphrey Bogart's business manager. Morgan Marce. said today the late actor's estate will b. "well over US$l,OOO.OOO." UP
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    Lock icon State visit
    22 1 TRIPOLI. Tues.— Mr. Adnan Menderes. the Turkish Prime Minister, arrived here by air last night on a five-day-state visit. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Chou in Calcutta
    22 1 CALCUTTA. Tues. The Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou Fn-lai arrived this afternoon from Katmandu after fourday visit to Nepal. —Reuter.
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    THAT $100,000: Your LAST chance
    74 1 THAT $100,000: Your LAST chance YOU have still time 1 to make your bid for the $100,000 prize in the More About Eve Committee Charm Contest. But you must do so TODAY. All you have to do is show your judgment of charm, complete a simple coupon and send it
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 'NO lA II MM > or prisoness WASHINGTON li- The State lief todu\ reject* .i i a pii»s|li]c h.t'i I nihd M.ttt-s .itul M <•>»• prtMmero, i< i be und'T < Miskfc I C ommmii>t < inn I Rruttr.
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    Lock icon Indian leader hits at UN
    444 2 BRITISH PAPER: IF WE HAD ONLY ACTED AS NEHRU HAS DONE... 'NO COURT OF LAW: NO RIGHT TO CARVE UP -KASHMIR' BOMBAY, Tuesday. INDIA'S last governor-general, Mr. C. Rajagopalachari, said here today that the United Nations had no right to redistribute territorial sovereignty in Kashmir
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    KASHMIR AND HER FIVE NEIGHBOURS
    99 2 KASHMIR AND HER FIVE NEIGHBOURS THIS MAP shows Kashmir, the former princely state which has been the subject of dis- pute between India and Pakistan for nine years. The map illustrates the geographical relationship of K»«hin>r to her im- portant neighbours I India, Pakistan, the So- viet Union and (inset)
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    CONFESSION A LIE, SAYS MOTHER
    181 2 Two murdered girls buried pHICAG©, Tues.— The slain Grimes girls were buried yesterday while their heartbroken mother and sisters branded as "a lie" the reported circumstances of their deaths. Edward (Bennie) Bedwell, 21, part-time dishwasher, confessed to the killings on Sunday after nearly four days
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    Lock icon C'wealth Council plan
    113 2 LONDON. Tues.— Blx Labour M.P.s last night tabled a House of Commons motion urging the establishment of a council to discuss the Commonwealth's political, economic and social development. Political quarters said that some of the M.P.S supporting the motion felt it was a "necessary countermove to the
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    Lock icon Britain warns: Stop these attacks
    213 2 STRONG PROTEST TO THE YEMEN LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN yesterday protested "most energetically" against what it called a Yemeni attack on the Aden Protectorate border and demanded that "these attacks cease forthwith." Britain also asked for a "very early reply" to its proposal for border peace
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    Lock icon Back home
    21 2 DAMASCUS, Tues. President Sukri el Koutly of Syria, returned today after a 20-day visit to Pakistan and India. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ben Gurion ill
    36 2 TEL AVIV, Tues. The Israeli Premier. Mr. David Ben Gurion, is suffering from a chill and high fever and has been ordered by his doctors to stay at home for a fortnight. Reuter.
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    Lock icon PRINCE CHARLES AND THREE Rs: IDEA HAILED
    223 2 PRINCE CHARLES AND THREE Rs: IDEA HAILED LONDON, Tuesday rpHE British Press today hailed the "democrat' A training for kingship" of eight-year-old p r it Charles with banner headlines and photo«>ranv The tousle haired sturdy Prince yes- FLASHBACK. terday became the first heir to the throne ever to attend an
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    Lock icon Floating fair sails again
    31 2 BOMBAY, Tues.— Japan floating fair aboard the Ni&so Maru sailed for Karachi th: morning after a three-day halt. Prom Karachi it will vi. Singapore, Jakarta and Manila.—Reuter.
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    BOURGEOIS IN RUSSIA: 'STILL A BIG MENACE'
    114 3 BOURGEOIS IN RUSSIA: 'STILL A BIG MENACE' LONDON, Tuesday. Party newspaper, oday attacked "those who try to t there still do not exist in Russia ected with bourgeois ideology" and n»n discipline" within the party. I by Masid: There who for I is try to gisting diffi..:ngs. and rta of
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    Lock icon SCOTS DON'T NEED A PARLIAMENT
    54 3 GLASGOW, Tuesday. •he creation of a separate parii>r Scotland were rejected last night by h Council of the Labour Party in its ailed that bour Party rate legislawithin the the United ent years ight to light ere not so Commons see to it (Ills of
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    Lock icon Mountain mass bus tragedy
    52 3 TOLUCA (Mexico i. Tues.— A bus carrying about 50 young mountain climbers to j an annual mass on a nearby mountain peak hurtled into a ravine late on Sunday night, killing 13 and injuring 36 more. The bus swerved to avoid a rock left by a
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    Lock icon PONY POWER FOR THE NAVY
    50 3 CAPTAIN RODDY Casement, of H. M. S. Ex ellent. salutes the guard from his seat in a pony and trap during an official visit at Portsmouth. Driving him is a WREN officer. The captain was demonstrating the Navy's practical way of savins petrol. —A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Broke race law charge
    40 3 DURBA N, Mon. Alan Paton. author of "Cry The Beloved Country," was charged yesterday with attending a mixed race meeting in Durban without the mayor's consent. The Paton novel concerned racial problems in South Africa.— A.P.
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    Lock icon U.S. mayor bans city welcome for King Saud
    88 3 U.S. mayor bans city welcome for King Saud NEW YORK, Tues. A 21--gun salute greeted King; Saud of Saudi Arabia as he arrived this morning- in rainswept New York harbour aboard the American liner Constitution. The salute was fired by the Runs of the destroyer William A. Lee. But there
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    Lock icon Nasution calls Simbolon to 'settle it all' conference
    286 3 Nasution calls Simbolon to 'settle it all' conference JAKARTA, Tuesday. rpHE Indonesian army Chief of Staff, Major-Gen. 1 Abdul Haris Nasution, has summoned Col. Maludin Simbolon, former commander of North Sumatra, to Palembang where an army conference of territorial and regimental commanders in Sumatra opened today. I Col. Simbolon was
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    Lock icon Writers protest
    35 3 VIENNA, Tues.— The presidium of the Austrian Writers Association yesterday sent a telegram protesting against the arrest of seven leading Hungarian authors and journalists to the Hungarian Interior Minister. Dr. Ferenc Muennich.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Germans are so beastly to us—says Shinwell
    85 3 Germans are so beastly to us says Shinwell LONDON. Tues. Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell. Defence Minister in Britain's last Labour Government, charged Germany today with being unfriendly to British troops. In a tabled question due to be answered in Parliament next week, he asks the Secretary for War "whether he is
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    Lock icon NO PETROL—DEATHS DOWN
    79 3 NO PETROL— DEATHS DOWN LONDON, Tues. A drop of one-third in highway deaths since petrol rationing in Britain forced thousands of cars off the roads was reported yesterday. There were 492 deaths during December, when rationing started. 238 fewer than the same month in 1955. With supplies of petrol now
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    LONDON STOCKS
    235 3 Closing middle prices of selected todes not Including stamp duty rere: LOANS Jonsols £55 11/18 "unding 4^ £91 13/16 +1/16 Var 34% £74 15/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £3 15/16 lastern (£5) to 7 :hartered (£n 38/6 longkong ($125) £914 INSURANCE torn. Un. «ut») 89/- loyal 84/74 —1/3 "rudentlal
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    Lock icon FORDS HIT BY STRIKE — 900 LAID OFF
    103 3 FORDS HIT BY STRIKE 900 LAID OFF LONDON, Tues.— The Ford Motor Co. sent 900 workers home from its main factory today as supplies slowed down from an adjoining motor body subsidiary hit by a strike. Growing protests at the suspension last week-end of five shop stewards had brought out
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    Lock icon Britain devises pocket A-plant
    69 3 LONDON, Tues. Small atomic power plants which will occupy the area of a tennis court and cost about £2-million sterling each were placed on the market by a British engineering company today for sale "off the shelf". The compact pltfnt uses a reactor working on a
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    Lock icon Danish winner
    25 3 SYDNEY, Tues. Mr. John Utzon, of Hellebaek, Denmark, has won first prize for the design of a national opera house for Sydney. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Ban Reds' call
    20 3 MANILA, Tues.— President Ramon Magsaysay urged Congress yesterday to outlaw the Communist Party in the Philippines.— AP.
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      Lock icon Cost of Suez action
      288 3 LONDON, Tues—Parliament today received the British Army's bill of costs for the Anglo-French intervention in Egypt— £29, Boo-,-000. This sum was included in an army supplementary estimate of £39 million for the financial year ending on March 31. Navy and Air Force supplementary estimates have still
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON, Tues. Ctsh buyers £798. sellers £799. Forward buyers £769, sellers £770. Settlement 1800. Turnover a.m. 125 tons, p.m. 40 tons
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON, Tues Bpot 27Vid., Peb. 27 Nd. Mar. 27>»d., AprJune 27'» d.. July-Sept. 2«*id., Oct -Dec. 26-Sd., Feb. c.l.f. 27d.. Mar. c.l.f. 26 \d. Tone: Quiet.
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    Paralysed woman, 59, missing from home
    74 5 Paralysed woman, 59, missing from home MRS. TAN EXG XEO, 59. (above) has been missing from her home in Dorset Road, Singapore, since Monday. She is partially paralysed and cannot speak, but can walk. She is believed to have been wearing a sarong and kebaya and a gold chain and
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    No registration for planned General Workers' Union
    205 5 SINGAPORE'S Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. Sng Choon Yee, has refused to register the proposed National Union of General Workers. He would not say why, but said the union could appeal to the Minister for Labour against his decision within 30 days. The
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    $320 BRIBES TO FIRE OFFICER ALLEGED
    367 5 $320 BRIBES TO FIRE OFFICER ALLEGED A SINGAPORE Fire Brigade inspection officer ap- peared in the Third Criminal District Court yesterday on two charges of accepting bribes. S. L. Velge. 33. was accused of accepting $320 from Koh Beng Siong and John King Shun Pun between Sept. 14 and 17
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    'Lamorran V.C call to London
    154 5 MEDAL LIKELY FOR DOG WHO FOUGHT OFF TIGER I/-UALA LUMPUR, lV Tues. 'Lamorran Bianca" the prizewinning pointer ***** who fought off the Bentong tiger last week is being recommended for the canine equivalent of a Victoria Cross Mr. R. A. Cessford, president of the Malayan
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    'Future of Malaya in your hands'
    209 5 SIR DONALD TEL^S PUPILS: KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THHE High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, A today told Federation schoolchildren that if the country was to continue to grow in peace, prosperity and liberty "it will be by your efforts." "You must prepare yourselves for that
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    Six get Indian scholarships
    61 5 The Government of India has selected the following scholars for the award of scholarships under the scheme of cultural scholarships meant for Indian as well as non-Indian students in Singapore and the Federation Mohammed Yahya (Artst, Long Seh Chin Medicine t, Prancholy (Civil Engineering!. Dorai Natarajan
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    Board meeting
    34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The first meeting of the newly constituted Johore Land Development Board, of which Mr. Yap Kirn Hock is the chairman, will be held in Johore Bahru on Dec. 30.
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    Malays want English for their children
    406 6 THE Ministry for Education has abolished all Malay secondary classes and sent the students from those classes to English secondary schools. They began their English education yesterday. One hundred and fifty-two students were affected by the abolition. Twenty-three of them were sent to technical
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    Stage show to raise funds
    56 6 The Sing Wah Musical and Dramatical Association of Sago Street. Singapore, will stage a Cantonese dramji at the Happy World stadium on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. In aid of St. John Ambulance Brigade. Tickets will be at $10, $5. S3 and $1. The show
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    POLE BROADCAST No. 1 FROM A PLANE
    84 6 THE first world-wide broadcast from exactly over the North Pole will be made from a Scandinavian Airlines aircraft on the inaugural Copenhagen-Tokyo flights on the trans-polar route. The broadcast, in English, will be made on Feb. 15 at 5 a.m. (Singapore time) when
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    CUPID CUTS SHORT A CAREER
    123 6 CUPID CUTS SHORT A CAREER AT the height of a dancine career for which she worked hard, lovely darkhaired Gillian Scott, is giving it up with no regrets. The reason: Marriage. Gillian, 20. who is one of the artists in the BalUt Bastille now in Singapore, will break way from
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    Now, a women's section
    56 6 A separate women's section has been formed by the British European Association in Singapore. The following officials have been appointed: Chairman, Mrs. A. D. Williamson; honorary secretary, Mrs. P. Hampson; committee, Mrs. A. Gilmour, Mrs. A. P. Thome, Mrs. C. E. A. Baird, Mrs. J. N.
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    Four held 3 hours after robbery
    231 6 $20 NEW YEAR MONEY GIVEN BACK |X)UR men living in Pontian, Johore, weie «rrested F —two in Singapore and two in Johore Bahru on Monday night within three hours of a robbery in Jurong Road, Singapore. The victim of the robbery, Tan Leng Choo,
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    No returns —but he is discharged
    73 6 No returns but he is discharged rE Singapore Income Tax Department yesterday spoke favourably for a man they prosecuted for not sending In his 1955 income tax returns. Mr. J. E. Jeans, prosecuting, said that Lv Yee Hai. who admitted the offence, was in business for only two months before
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    Registrar is acquitted
    44 6 Mr. T. Kulasekaram, acting Registrar of the Singapore Supreme Court, was acquitted in the City Court yesterday of a summons charge of using a car without a valid tax licence. Mr. R. Ramson, the City Council's prosecuting lawyer, offered no evidence.
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    Drivers strike
    40 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Fifty lorry drivers employed by the West Coast Transport Co., Batu Pahat and 20 drivers in the Yoo Chong Transport Co., of Kluang are on strike for highe r wages and better conditions of service.
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    FROM RED CHINA: 600 APPEALS
    122 6 FROM RED CHINA: 600 APPEALS Bank asked to trace 'lost' relatives A YEARLY average of 600 people in Communist China ask the Bank of China in Singapore to trace relatives in Malaya. A spokesman for the bank told the Straits Times yesterday that they received at least 50 requests each
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    German official flies in
    43 6 West Germany's Foreign Secretary of State. Dr. Walter Hallstein, will arrived in Singapore today on his way to Tokyo, where he will preside over a regional conference of heads of German foreign missions in South SoutftiEast and East Asia
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    LOOK TO INDIA TO SEE THE FRUIT OF MERDEKA
    492 7 'Industry needs protection' Loke Home-made— that's hou Delhi promotes her motor car trade (JOVERMENT protection is vital to industry. Without it there would be no industry, said Mr. Loke Wan Tho yesterday. The Singapore film magnate told the Straits Times that
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    Peter Finch in Singapore
    67 7 Peter Finch in Singapore BRITISH actor. Peter Finch, who flew into Singapore by BOAC yesterday on his his way to Australia to play the leading role of a bush ranger in the Arthur Rank production "Robbery Under Arms." At a Press conference at the airport, Mr. Finch told reporters: "I
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    Circus kimono girls fascinate the young patients, sing to blind and visit old folk
    188 7 Circus kimono girls fascinate the young patients, sing to blind and visit old folk F brightly coloured kimonos, 24 attractive Japanese girls visited two charity institutions and a hospital in Singapore yesterday. The girls, performers in the Japanese Kinoshita Circus, visited the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital, the Singapore School for
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    PENANG PALMS WILL WAVE IN ENGLAND
    173 7 PENANG'S famed sce-t nic attractions will provide much of the background for a new British film, Windom's Way. Mr. John Hawkesworth, as- sociate producer for the Rank j Organisation, which is to make the film entirely in I Britain, will go to Penang to-
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    He wants more leave
    91 7 An elected Singapore City Councillor, Mr. P. R. Williams, who has been on leave for the past 10 months, has applied to the council for an extension of his leave until the end of 1957. The council, afte r consider. I ing his application at a
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    Dockside waiting will be luxury
    161 7 SINGAPORE'S reception terminal for passengers arriving by ship is nearing completion and should be ready towards the end of March. The 136-foot long building will have cost the Singapore Harbour Board $250,000. But as a result of the expenditure friends of passengers will be able
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    Does it exist?
    27 7 The Registrar of Societies, Mr. J. D. Haskins, has asked the "Singapore Rice Wholesalers' Association." to furnish within three months, proof of its existence.
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    Row brewing over a $20 a month house
    170 7 PENANG. Tues. A city Councillor Mr. Tan Phock Kin (Labour), is to challenge a decision by the finance and general purposes committee to lease a 100-year-old house to the former Municipal President Mr. J. H. Cunyngham-Brown. for 25 years at a rent
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    32 8 tit >»..#./. SKI (minimum). BEREAVED FAMILY of late Ding Hock Guan thank all relatives friends and public organisations for their condolence messages wreaths and assistance given during the funeral on 22nd instant.
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    27 8 29 Word* $10 (minimum). THIS IS TO announce that I have this day dissolved my engagement with George Tan Jin Lee b. mutual consent. —Jenny Lim.—28.1.57.
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    174 8 20 Hordu $10 (minimum). NORTH versus SOUTH Rugger at Jiilan Besar at 5 p.m. Saturday February 2nd. BANISH UNPLEASANT odours! from your house by using a bottle of Air-wick Alr-»ick kills all smells good shops sell It. BOOK AT ROBINSONS for the Stage Clubs Comedy. "White Sheep of the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Jan. 30, 1957. Can Such Things Be?
    590 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Jan. 30, 1957. Can Such Things Be? Singapore's capacity to produce political surprises appears inexhaustible. This failing or virtue it depends on one's viewpoint now extends beyond the foibles and posturings of personalities. The Labour Front and the Peoples' Action Party, are reported to be
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    Going It Alone
    352 8 Mr. John Foster Dulles has a perverted genius for saying, and sometimes doing, the wrong thing in the wrong way at the wrong time. While his latest mot is not his worst, it could hardly have been more unfortunate. The American soldier in the Middle East, said
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    Tobacco Tax
    226 8 A spokesman for the Federation's Local Tobacco Dealers' Association claims that the tax on locally grown tobacco has brought the industry "virtually to a standstill." The sale of locally manufactured cigarettes has dropped considerably. Dealers have lost 80 per cent of their business. The effect on tobacco growers
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    THE RUSSIAN ARMY'S NEW ROLE
    1397 8  - THE RUSSIAN ARMY'S NEW ROLE Alexandre Metaxas By fOR thirty years students of Soviet affaire have been expecting a Napoleon to emerge from the Russian Army. No sooner does some Marshal or other achieve a certain publicity than he is credited with all the talents of the Corsican. It is
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      455 8 IYATO S. I. O. Alsagoff may U be quite right when he says that the application of the Muslim Law of inheritance in a country does not necessarily destroy business. This Is a subject on which different Muslims have recently expressed strongly conflicting
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      Condition off Jalan Solok
      46 8 MAY I draw the attention of Tangkak Council to the deplorable condition that Jalan Solok is in. Half the street is of laterite. During the hot, dry weather it is dusty. Moreover there are refuse heaps all over the place. RESIDENT. Tangkak.
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      104 8 rE Federal Establishment Office is reported to have rejected the Temporary Officers' demand for increase in salary on the grounds that th P temporary clerks are linderqualined. A number of clerks who attained permanent status immediately after re-occu-pation were under-qualified and it U for the Association concerned
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      99 8 A COMPARISON Of the payments made to exPOW's in the United Kingdom and those residing in Malaya shows a very marked difference. The exPOW's in the United Kingdom receive $650 while their non-European counterparts in Malaya receive about one third of this amount $214. It is also
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    Socialist front—Labour paves way
    522 9 Socialist front Labour paves way Many points must be settled before an alliance is made PAP PARTY EXECUTIVES DRAFT KEY MOTION TO PUT TO THE MEMBERS RESOLUTION paving the way for alliances with other parties was drafted yesterday by the central executive committee of the Labour Front. Theresolution, which will
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    'FAIR PAY' PLEDGE TO ALL EXPATS HIT BY M- POLICY
    89 9 'FAIR PAY' PLEDGE TO ALL EXPATS HIT BY M- POLICY pXPATRIATE officers Lin the Singapore City Council will tret "fair compensation" if their s are terminider the Malaatlon policy. mcU agreed last to Rive this as- the Senior Of- i elation. \i' Sim Brng Seng suggested that the Council up
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    PROFESSOR MAY DECIDE NOT TO QUIT
    63 9 The University of Malayas Professor of chemistry. Dr. R. A. Robinson, is considering whether to withdraw his recent notice of resignation. He had intended to take the chair of chemistry at Hone Kone University. Thr council of the UniverMaiaya. however, urged him to stay.
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    Art show
    40 9 The Malay Language Soelety will hold an art exhibition ar the Art Museum, of Malaya, from tc-morror to Saturday. The exhibition which will b- yr\ dally from 9.00 a.m m.. will display md woodcuts by Indonesian unistudents. .19/54
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    JUDGMENT AGAINST COUNCILLOR
    69 9 JUDGMENT AGAINST COUNCILLOR Judgment by consent was entered in the Singapore High Court yesterday in favour of S. A. Allapitchay and Co. In an action brought against A. R. Lazarous, a Singapore Assemblyman, and City Councillor, trading as ET.C. Store, In the sum of $970. The Judge. Mr. Justice Knight,
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    Violent thief jailed
    43 9 Bahdrawi bin Rahmat, 19, who assaulted a Chinese and robbed him of his wallet containing $15 in King George V Park on Oct. 29 last, was jailed for four years by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday.
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    WHY 'MISTER WONG'? ASKS FRAUD CASE JUDGE
    126 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A Sessions Court president asked today why a man mentioned in a police charge should be called "mister." In the dock was 27-year-old Ng Fut Chaw. The charge read to him alleged that he abetted Lim Chee Kong and a
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    Two acquitted on murder charge
    170 9 fPWO of three men charged with killing coffee stall assistant, Abdullah Kunji, in Kampong Alexandra last June, were acquitted in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. They are All bin Hamza and All bin Osman. The third man, Madhi bin Ismoon, will be retried as the
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    AFTER THE FIRE: THE REMAINS OF $450,000
    62 9 ALL that is left of the $450,000 Star Theatre, Ipoh, opened only three months ago, after yesterday's blaze. The sagging roof is a tangled mass of girders. The wall at the left is in imminent danger of collapse. Every seat has been destroyed.
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    Certificates for 49 girls
    44 9 Forty nine girls who sat for the St. John Ambulance preliminary first aid examination n Singapore were awarded certificates by the director of the St John Ambulance Association, Mr. G. H. Kiat. The examination was conducted by Dr. G. Haridas.
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    'Police beat me' charge is dropped
    88 9 PUR months .go Singapore night club assistant, Sha Nam Fong, 17, caused summonses to be issued against a detectiveinspector and two detectives for alleged assault on the night of Sept. 12. Yesterday, when the case came up for trial in a Colony court, Sha
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    Bon voyage—at last
    160 9 Bon voyage at last After 42 days in Singapore, Captain Haven and Gold Seeker resume treasure trip Gold Seeker leaves Singapore this morning to continue her Journey to the Auckland Islands, south of New Zealand in search of a wreck containing gold. Held up in the Colony for 42 days,
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    YES-NO-YES CINEMA: COUNCIL DECIDES—AND IT'S YES
    376 9 YES-NO-YES CINEMA: COUNCIL DECIDES— AND IT'S YES AFTER an hour's debate, the Singapore City Council voted last night by a 12-11 majority to uphold its approval of the Katong cinema being built by Mr. Loke Wan Tho. In the division, 11 voted for and 11 against the motion by the
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    Deaf child film for Rotary
    53 9 Singapore Jtotary Club will show the film "From Silence to Talk" at their weekly luncheon at the Cathay Hotel at 1 p.m. today. The film, dealing with the progress of a deaf child, illustrates the main Rotary project of the year to build a school
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    STUDENT FOOD: THIS IS ANSWER
    161 9 STUDENT FOOD: THIS IS ANSWER IfUALA LUMPUR, Tues. If Malayan students living in London do not like the food served at Malaya Hall they are perfectly free to complain— to the Commissioner for Malaya himself if necessary. This was stated today by a spokesman of the Education Department in reply
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    To study ballet
    34 9 Miss Prem Gill, 18, an old girl of the Tanjong Katong Girls' School, left Singapore by Air India yesterday to study ballet in Britain. She will be away Tor three years.
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      911 10 THE STRANGER EXPLAINS The Scouts, adrift all night in a small boat, reach an island which appears to be uninhabited, but they see a man trying to make off with their boat. He climbs into a tree and only comes down when he is satisfied they really are Scouts. NOW
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      182 10 I have had a letter from captain (Q.0.C.) John p. Syangbo. of the Forces Broadcasting Unit, c/o PO Dempsey Road. Singapore 10. and to start with he wishes to send greetings to all children. The main reason for Captain Syangbo's letter is that he has some Indian stamps
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      GREETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR
      371 10 Lear Boys and Girls, There were many interesting captions submitted with the pictures of Gus Goldfish and Freddie Frog and also some excellent paintings. These are the lucky winners. Lee Shuit Kuin. 19-3, Lorong Bachok, Smp .pcre 14. Elizahpth Thornton, Kampong Pandan Rpad, Kuala Lumpur.
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      119 10 Query from a reader IHAVE been having an argument with my brother," writes S. Rajaratnam, "he says that when there is a storm the lightning comes before the thunder and I say the thunder comes before the lightning. Which of us is right?" I'm afraid your brother is correct when
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      A word quiz...
      123 10 A word quiz... HOW is your vocabulary? Do you know the meanings of these words? Would you say that a j nimbus was a fish, a flower or a halo? If you had a skunk, would you eat it, keep it as an ornament or give It to the zoo?
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      46 10 C.C.C. Collect six 0/ these coupon* to join the Childnn't Corner Club. Please enrol me as a member of the Wise Owls Club and Mend me a badge. I am enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped sell -addressed envelope. Name ..v ■••.>*:.»:*.• .1 Address .w., m
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      189 10 pwi, look fcjfpr rr lovelier HELENA RUBINSTEIN SILK MINUTE MAKE-UP "STAY-LONG" LIPSTICK In scintillating 'jewel' topped containers packed in attractive gold coloured case. NEW SILK MINUTE MAKE-UP, the all-in-one make-up, in fascinating skin Price tones dark-peaches-and-cream, light-peaches-and-cream, pink champagne, bronzt $16.50 and sport per set. 'STAY-LONG' LIPSTICK in harmonk ing
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    Lock icon His songs made Maurice Chevalier a fortune
    1252 11 i Ih hl. t^ m Tii^^%^^^^^M^i?^r^T^T***T>^**4***##**w#**^B^^P*^»*j<«»ttty^p*yi^<TT^K^^H»^Bwwtm KAR-OLD boy stepped confidently on the tiny stage of nsavovy bar in the rough, tough Paris suburb of Menili He was decked in baggy, loud striped trousers, wooden memade blue shirt and large white gloves. A comical
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      103 11 ib&OKQ. Afime, M ts.. WHY NOT MAKE YOURS IN HEALTHY... \ESE3^\ :S^ 1 9 o h Wiom/mc I Japan. for Cherry Blossom Time <— tvnWQ'fP" r T r**""'"* "SlamWrrttt" C«t f*<" ">•'•■ k nXPnI'W \f mil. Waaferfal fw* fort- Dtlirloui I I «in»i »nd rrnll, prrtomml Attmtlvt Mr«irt in lh«
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      161 11 Hox 3 1 organ 3M.D. *My Cleopatra 9 ■^^■[^■■■■H />OV WILL INS'ST TWT~\ 1 W USD NOW PcPO^E V* XE4. \hj lAM <X)K AMTOV— /WE RUN AWAY AMD PC I I LEAVE \OU WIU. WiN^LAOErJ \t MAKCU6 UOONHfi. l/y/frX* LISTEN TO ME A^AgglEP QViBTLt-- <X> 1 <•'?'* s^ MV f(J
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    THIN RUBBER TRADE ON APPROACH OF CHINESE NEW YEAR
    676 12 THIN RUBBER TRADE ON APPROACH OF CHINESE NEW YEAR By Our Market Correspondent WITH over seventy per cent of the rubber business in Singapore now concentrated in Chinese hands, conditions on the local market yesterday were quiet and trading thin on the approach of the holiday to usher in the
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    131 12 Singapore Chinese Produce exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: t Copra: quiet; Jan." $27% buyers. $28% sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $43'; sellers, drum $47 tellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $105, Sarawak $104 (both down $2), special Sarawak black $79 (unchanged) Singapore Copra
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    76 12 Ship* lyin r alongside the SJn-fapM-e Harbour Board wharvta or expected today are; Chuoh Maru 45, Melko Maru 6A. Tegelberg 67. Qlenartnfy 819, Olengyle 13 14, Olenearn 15 16 Rcttl 18, Lam Ann N. Wall 5, Legundl N. Wall 7, Mahathevl 21 22, Mallory Lykes 23|24, Phong Chau
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 12 February first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 93 Vs cents per lb., up 1% cents on Mondays closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in tenu per lb. yesterday were:— OFFICIAL: No. 1 R S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 93 V sellers 93
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    21 12 SINOAPORF i. w RIBBER V U Per lb. (up l TIN: t&.2sS> (up 51.12 D COPRA: P^rplcul (un, hS|
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    94 12 mmnjgf* x ana rises and ,*> balanced, although were small on the a change here today > lume was moderate i silver lead, coming/ Consol Zinc add, Nonh Brok.i. mining were trading. Loa, n, on a firm mark. Loans 3,, 1956-59 £9,5,3,,, Loan* 3 Con. Zinc Bank of
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    17 12 The free exchange in ftm, r J will re-open on M Chinese New Year holiia-,'
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      188 12 NOTICE NOTICE I the undersigned Notice K. Llm of Ipoh h»ve no connection with the proposed Nanyang Cement Co. Ltd. flff: K. UM. NOTICE The Ceylon Sporta Meet will be held on Sunday the 3rd February, 1957. AU Ceylonese children participating are requested to ■iHimhln at the Ceylon Sports Club.
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      188 12 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION ALL members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Thursday, 31st January and Friday Ist February 1957 for the Chinese New Year. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION THE ENGAGEMENT between George Tan and Jenny Llm has been dissolved
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      474 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCY DRAUGHTSMAN. Malayan Citizen age 16 22 Standard VIII English School. Salary $85 x 7.50 280. Will be sent to Kuala Lumpur for training. Further details State Forest Office, Ipoh. Application before 15th February, 1957. APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Assistant Game Warden in
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      283 12 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: The Closing Date for the receipt of tenders for the Supply of Pumps, Motors, Electrical Equipment, Pipes, Valves, etc. for Poole Road Drainage Pumping Station, namely 28.1.57 has been extended to 12 NOON 14.2.57. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST Tenders are Invited for roof
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      918 12 TENDER TENDER NO. R/2/57 gUFTLY OF KICB. TENDERS uo Invited by the Government of the Federation of Malaya for the supply of One thomand long tons of Local White Whole Grain Rice as specified below. Tenders will be considered from licensed Rice Miners only who are required to quote their
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      475 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC °ORTS 30 DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francitco Spore P. Swei Penant Fmir KrkHa Bakke 2/ 4 Feb 5 Feb 7 Feb I! 1 Anna Bskke 18/20Feb 21 Feb 23 Feb II Elisabeth Bakke 9 Feb 12/14 Mar 15Mar 27k' Cjertrurf Bakke 23 Feb
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      1000 13 wmipmcullJJkVM mWTfTi EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST "HiTiiuiu... Penong P. Shorn S'pora a* fe FAUTRIA" IS/17 Fab 18/19 Feb 20/22 Fefc Bangkok enly "PRETORIA" 20/22 Pa» HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. COPENHAGEN. GOTHENBURG, OSLO Spore P. S'hom Penang "KAMBODIA" 14/15 F.b 14/17 Feb
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    334 14 BOURNEMOUTH AND MILL WALL GET HOME TIES LUCK OF DRAW FOR DIV. 3 CLUBS LONDON, Tues. A f ILIW ALL and Bournemouth, the two remaining Third Division sides, both received attractive home ties with First Division teams when the draw for the fifth round of the Football Association Cup was
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    131 14 MELBOURNE, Tues. LEW HOAD, troubled by a sore back, was included in the six-man Australian tennis team to tour overseas this year. The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia announced the team today. Other members are Ashley Cooper, Neale Fraser, Robert Mark (Victoria), Malcolm Anderson
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    Walter Lindrum championship
    58 14 The closing date for entries for the "Walter Lindrum special Invitation billiards championship" is Feb. 2. The competition is open to all clubs associated with billiards, not necessarily affiliated to the Singapore Billiards Association. All entries must be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Patrick Neubronner, do
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    51 14 A hattrick by Whey Ah T^uan enabled Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to beat No. 3 8.0.D.C.A. 5-1 in their SHA league Div. Two match at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. Adams and Thompson scored the other goals for R.E.M.E. Swaran Singh scored for 8.0.D.
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    175 14 ATTF REVERSE PLAYOFF DECISION MANILA, Tuesday. ASIAN Table Tennis Federation announced today that Vietnam had been awarded the men's team championship in the Asian tournament here. The Federation's jury which met yesterday reversed the decision made on Sunday calling for a playoff between Vietnam and India
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    107 14 MANILA. Tues. TNDIA'S Thackersey qualified to 1 meet Hong Kong's Tsui Cheung Ling in a quarter-final of the Asian Table Tennis championships when he beat Sih Suchu (Hong Kong) 21-11 12-21, 21-13. 14-21. 24-22 here tonight. The other Indian player, Dlwan round! by Taiwan's Shu Longshlng,
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      285 14 Straits Times Crossword 8 I _il 1^ 10 12 13 "v" 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 26 26 ACROSS thirteen (6). 8. Scented ointment Is extra- 13. It will take measurements, vacant In a poet (6). i.e. do the lot somehow (10). 9. Colourful wartime prefab (8) 16.
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      138 15 "You go ahead. I'll get there by PAA CLIPPER* CARGO" ,;nve when you want them not later. PAA offers fast, frequent to Manila and Tokyo 5 flights fi Manila to th« U.S.A. nost frequent connections with trans- carriers to all L*. S. cities. toosl clearance. O! your Cargo Agent or
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    South better behind scrum
    911 16  -  HOWARD CASHIN IT LOOKS LIKE HMS MALAYA RUGBY FINAL ALL OVER AGAIN BUT NORTH PACK'S STRONG FINISH CAN WIN FOR THEM By former Singapore Civilians and South wing forward THE North versus South Rugby match at Jalan Besar Stadium this Saturday has something of the elements
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    Hunters lose
    52 16 PENANO, Tues. Penang today beat Hunters F.C. of Mysore, 4-1 In their return match at the City Stadium. In their first meeting Penang lost 2-1. Penang led 2-0 in the flrat half through goals by Gallacher. In the second half Aziz Ahmad and Chegu ISrnatl scored. Varatharaj scored
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    THE NORTH SKIPPER'S KIWI TOO
    157 16 LAN CHANDLER, 37-year-old captain of the North XV, like his opposite number. Max Parker, is a New Zealander. He has represented both North and South before and has played in every representative team in Malaya in the postwar years. He has played at fullback and
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    SCC HELD TO 1-1
    24 16 Singapore Medical Services Union held Singapore Cricket Club to 1-1 draw In a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday.
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    I hope to return, says O'Brien
    174 16 'THANKS FOR A PLEASANT STAY' "I HOPE to return here someday," said Parry 1 O'Brien at the Singapore Airport before he boarded the Pan American Airways plane yesterday for San Francisco. "I've had a pleasant stay In Malaya and I would like to say
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    Sara will fix dates when that is in kitty
    229 16 Sara will fix dates when that is in kitty THE Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, told the Straits Times yesterday that he was arranging for a cricket team from Ceylon to visit Malaya some time in August or September this year. He was clarifying conflicting reports. A United
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    Warming-up matches for S'pore Blues
    182 16 Warming-up matches for S'pore Blues SINGAPORE Asian Rugby Union selectors have arranged a number of matches which would bring their All Blues Cup final team to peak form when they meet Perak, the North finalists, at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 9. The first of these matches will be at Thomson
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    Choon Lim leaves first for Australia
    191 16 Choon Lim leaves first for Australia rpwO of Singapore's most X promising swimmers, Ong Choon Lim and Koh Scow Chuan. will not be able to leave Singapore on the same plane when they leave for Australia. Ong and Koh have been accepted by Camberwell High School Melbourne, to prepare them
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    French scholars answer Mr. Ee's call
    135 16 i.-RENt II scholars in the Colony have rushed to the help of Mr. Ec Lye Whatt. secretary of the Singapore Cycle Racing Association. This followed an appeal by Mr. Ec in the Straits Times on Monday for a French translator to -tfji jr'"- S.C.R.A.'i
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    GOOD TRIAL BY WHITE MAGIC
    426 16 GOOD TRIAL BY WHITE MAGIC From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WHITE MAGIC, who ran a good third to Quicksilver and Square Deal on Saturday after a lengthy spell, showed up on the training track here today. With Mawi up, she went stylishly over 3f in 39 on the bit.
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    FARELF final venue changed
    105 16 FARELF final venue changed rE FARELF interunit Rugby competition Malayan Zone final will be played in Singapore today instead of Kuala Lumpur. The change of venue was made because the two teams R E ME. Singapore, and King's Own Scottish Borderers, Johore are in the south. The match will be
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    England 127 on, 4 wkts left
    199 16 England 127 on, 4 wkts left DURBAJ PNGLAND v... precario,, the end ol day's plhv Test Africa hen had scored 19: the loss ol in their second inn and are v runs on win wickets in h The scores .so land 218 and 192 and South Afric England would h.
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    Lock icon CRAIG & CARROLL PUT ON 156 BUT NSW STILL IN DANGER
    105 16 CRAIG CARROLL PUT ON 156 BUT NSW STILL IN DANGER SYDNEY, rues. New South Wales were still in danger of a defeat by Victoria, which would dispossess them of the Sheffield Shield, at the end of the third day's play la their match here. In spite of an unfinished fourth
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      76 16 I f'ARELF Cup Malayan tone tn)al: R.E.M.E. (Singapore) v X.0.5.8., Tanglin. 5 p.m. FritMllirs: Naval Base v R.A.F. lufah Naval Base; 14 Squad r*n R.N.Z.A.F. v RASC, Ten(ah; S.E.R. v R.N.A.S. Srm-bL-anf, (.illman; G.R.Q. v S !.C. "A", padanr; Singapore A 1 mi v S.C.C., Thomson Road. SOCCER 'riendlies: Sukaramal
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