The Straits Times, 18 March 1959

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY «EBTIFIEP* SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 Nat*"* t The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1959 15 CENTS
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    LIM FACES A CRUCIAL TEST
    548 1 PAP call for immediate resignation of Government likely to trigger off stormy session in Assembly 3 possibilities on caretaker government SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE QUESTION of who will administer the Government of Singapore between the prorogation of the Assembly on April 1 and Election Day on
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    Lock icon GRIVAS IN HERO'S RETURN
    189 1 GRIVAS IN HERO'S RETURN ATUKXS. Tuesday. £"OL. (George (irivas (above) returned to a tremendous welcome in Greece today after lour years of lighting the British in Cyprus. Ho was greeted by his wife, a brass band, a guard of honour and a corps of welcoming Government and church leaders, while
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    Died day after he made his will
    84 1 Died day after he made his will il'. Ml Tues. Mr. Bhagwan Singh, 48, Sikh interpreter in the Perak Supreme Court, died In his home in Douglas Road here curly this morning after a heart attack. He returned to work yesterday after a week's medical leave and when he went
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    SEARCH ENDS FOR MAN WHO GAVE UP WITHIN HOURS OF 'WINNING'
    467 1 SEARCH ENDS FOR MAN WHO GAVE UP WITHIN HOURS OF 'WINNING' Marathon cyclist went to sleep in the park SINGAPORE, Tues. At ie o'clock this morning, when he, should have been within a wheel of winIng his 72-hour nonstop cycling marathon, 36-year-old German, Franz Wendlandt, was sleeping deeply on a
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    SICKLE MAN KILLS SERGEANT
    77 1 SICKLE MAN KILLS SERGEANT KLANG, Tues. A man armed with a sickle attacked a police party investigating a report of fowl thefts at BuKit Kermuning, about 11 miles from here yosterday. The leader of the police group, Sgt. Mohamed Shah. 47. died in the Klang hospital this morning from severe
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    Black year for the new job-seekers
    829 1 THEY ALL ASK: WHERE WILL STUDENTS FIND WORK? KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday T*HIS year will be one of the blackest ever for youngsters leaving school to look for jobs. That is the unhappy fact facing the students who learned today that they had passed the
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    ROWBREWING OVER ONG'S DECISION
    320 1 ROWBREWING OVER ONG'S DECISION SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A ROW is brewing over the action of the .JMlayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, in referring to th« City Council's finance committee a request -by the iVfimster for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin llaji Jumat, for a verbatim report of
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    Lock icon Cheaper in S'pore
    44 1 SAIGON, Tues. Shipping agents here say the cost of repairs and supplies for ships have become twice as expensive as in Hong Kong and Singapore as a result of the Government's new order that payments must be in foreign currency. U.P.I.
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    One dead, 4 hurt in knife attack
    285 1 One dead, 4 hurt in knife attack SINGAPORE, Tues. One man was slashed to death and four others injured three seriously in a parang attack on a lonely track in Bulim rubber estate, .Turong, tonight. The dead man was Koh Tian Hock, 35. a taxi-driver of 12th milestone, Jurong Road.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    43 1 NEW |0B FOR ATOM CHIEF LONDON. Tues. Lord Plowden, 51, chairman of British Atomic Energy Authority since 1954, is to become chairman of British Aluminium Co. and vice-chairman of Tube Investments at beginning of next year, it was announced today— Reuter.
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    M.C.A. and un-Malayan elements
    396 2 RIVAL FACTIONS REACH A 'GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT'— APPROVAL EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AMENDED CHARTER ENSURES THAT ASSOCIATION WONT BE DOMINATED BY GUILDS By YAP CHIN KWEE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN AMENDED constitution of the Malayan Chinese Association, 1 which is expected to be approved by its 162-member General
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    Students' unions say 'no' to China tour
    172 2 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE University of Malaya Students' Union has joined the Nanyang University Students' Union in declining to send members to Communist China with a 40-man student team. The All-China Students' Federation had asked a Singapore trade unionist. Mr. Lee Yew Seng, to
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    Jail for thief
    32 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. LowTuck Wan was sentenced by a district judge today to one year's jail and a year's police supervision for stealing a gold chain from a baby girl.
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    Tun Leong off to Britain for chech-up
    92 2 Tun Leong off to Britain for chech-up SINGAPORE. Tues. The Governor of Malacca. Tun Leong Yew Koh. accompanied by his wife, left here tonight by BOAC for a thorough medical checkup and treatment in London. Tun Leong. who will be away for six weeks, looked cheerful and well. "I really
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    DSP KOH OFF TO BRITAIN FOR TRAINING COURSE
    102 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A Deputy Superintendent of Police. Mr. Koh Lian Wan, Officer-ln-charge Secret Societies Branch. CID. left Singapore today for a threemonth senior officers' police course at the Scottish Police College in Edinburgh. Mr. Koh. wno had been personally responsible for the
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    Lee replies to Dato Abdul Hamid: Was rhetoric to blame?
    325 2 Lee replies to Dato Abdul Hamid: Was rhetoric to blame? SINGAPORE, Tuesday. MR. LEE KUAN YEW, secretary-general of the PAP, today answered the challenge made yesterday by Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. chairman of Singapore State UMNO, asking him to point to any part of a speech made by
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    ADVICE BY EXPERTS: DO NOT APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL
    285 2 ADVICE BY EXPERTS: DO NOT APPEAL TO PRIVY COUNCIL SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THK City Council has obtained expert legal opinion from London disagreeing with a recommendation by its assessment committee that it should appeal to the Privy Council against a Singapore Ili^h Court judgment on Chartered Bank's assessment. The London lawyers
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    Asia has two-thirds of world's blind
    140 2 Asia has two-thirds of world's blind SINGAPORE, Tues. The number of blind people in the world has recently been estimated at a minimum of nine and a half million, of whom approximately two-thirds live in Asia. This was stated by Mr. John Wilson, director of the Royal Commonwealth Society for
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    GODDESS' BRINGS IN 373 TOURISTS
    72 2 GODDESS' BRINGS IN 373 TOURISTS SINGAPORE. Wed. The 34,172-ton Caronia. largest luxury liner to call at Singapore, is due tomorrow with 373 tourists. The liner, known as the "Green Goddess," is on her fifth world cruise. She will cover 33,000 miles and cross three of the world's greatest oceans, calling
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    Lions get their charter
    75 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Lions Club was presented with a charter tonight by the president of the Lions International, Mr. Dudley L. Simms. at a reception at the Adelphi Hotel. The president of the Sin- gapore branch of the club, Mr. J. H. Metha. received the
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    Licences to 13
    22 2 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Thirteen people, including two women, were today granted licences to operate new bars and beer houses in Singapore.
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    NOW RED CHINA BACKS KASSEM
    196 3 NOW RED CHINA BACKS KASSEM TOKYO, T— i leading Chinese Communist newspaper said today that Ked China firmly supported Gen. Kassem's Government and warned the United Arab Republic against what it alleged was the scheme of "Anglo American imperialism" to pit Arab against Arab. The Pekiiig Ta Kung Pao. in
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    TAN URGES PRICE STEADYING SCHEME
    121 3 TAN URGES PRICE STEADYING SCHEME MELBOURNE, Tues.—Malaya and Australia had made common cause at the Ecafe conference in endeavouring to promote an international price stabilisation scheme covering primary products, the Malayan Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said at a Press conference here. "Instability of commodity prices
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    Lock icon Easter lilies for Queen
    40 3 LONDON. Tues.— A gift of 100 Easter lilies from Bermuda to the Queen were delivered at Buckingham Palace yesterday. They were sent by the Governor, Sir John Goodall, to mark the Colony's 350 th anniversary. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon HELP PLEDGED FOR MEKONG PROJECT
    130 3 BRISBANE. Tues Australia. France and Canada today offered financial and technical aid to the Mekong River scheme in South-East Asia. The offers were made by delegates of the three countries at the conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East <Ecafe> meeting
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    Lock icon 'Nine-man Red junta is now running Iraq'
    268 3 'Nine-man Red junta is now running Iraq' CAIRO, Tuesday. THE NEWSPAPER Al Akhbar said today that Iraq was now ruled by a nine-man all-Communist "sec ret cabinet" which had stripped Premier Kassem and his Ministers of all powers. The newspaper said the group included Abdel Kader Ismail, se-cretary-general of the
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    Lock icon Private lives of Moscow leaders
    195 3 EX-SOVIET ABEMT TELLS OF OR6IES WASHINGTON Tues. A former top Russian secret service agent who once had an intimate view of the private lives of Stalin, Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders, has told Congress that they lived better than American millionaires. The Russian also said
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    Lock icon Reuters has new chief
    74 3 LONDON, Tues.— Sir Christopher Chancellor is relinquishing his post as general manager of Reuters and will be succeeded by Mr. Walton A. Cole, it was announced here today. Sir Christopher, who has been executive chief of Reuters for 15 years, is joining the board of Odhams
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  • IN BRIEF...
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      Diplomatic ties again after 5 years
      75 3 BRISBANE, Tuesday. AUSTRALIA and Russia will resume diplomatic A representation after a break of nearly five years, the Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, announced today. Russia withdrew her diplomatic mission from Australia i when Vladimir Pctrov. third secretary at the
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      Untitled
      40 3 LONDON: A Labour Opposition motion seeking to censure the Government over the recent AngloEgyptian financial agreement resulting from the Suez operation in 1956 I and the operation itself was defeated in the House of Commons by 300 votes to 230.
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      33 3 HONG KONG: Mr. Liv Shao-chi. Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, met Mr. D. N. Aidit, secretary-general of the Indonesian Communist Party, the New china News Agency reported.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    327 3 ONDON. Tues. Conditions became rather unsettle I in London stock markets today after yesterday's setback on Wall Street but towards the close there were signs of a selective demand developing In the industrial market. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty RUBBER
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    Lock icon SUMMIT: IKE READY
    227 3 SUMMIT: IKE READY WASHINGTON, Tues. —President Eisenhower said last night that the United States would be ready to take part in a summit meeting with the Soviet Union this summer on Berlin and Germany if developments warranted it. In a national radio and television broadcast, he said the United States
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    Lock icon No doubt about Nyasaland plot —Lord Perth
    360 3 No doubt about Nyasaland plot Lord Perth BLANTYRE, Tuesday. LORD PERTH, British Minister of State for the Colonies, said today he had no doubt whatever that a plan for massacre existed in Nyasaland before the African National Congress was outlawed there. Lord Perth, who spent yes- terday in talks with
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    Lock icon Anna wants to divorce Brando
    93 3 Anna wants to divorce Brando SANTA MONICA, Tues. Anna Kashfi has filed suit for divorce nere against Marlon Brando. She alleged Brando had caused her "grievous mental suffering, distress and injury." Last October Just a year after her marriage to Brando —Miss Kashn said she could "no longef take his
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    Lock icon Nepal election
    34 3 KATHMANDU, Tues. —The Nepali Congress, a socialist party, is continuing to increase its lead in Nepal's first general election. With 48 of the 109 results announced, the Congress has claimed 33. Reuter.
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    'Fear' at a cinema: Man gets two years
    168 4 'Fear' at a cinema: Man gets two years SINGAPORE, Tues. A man described by a witness as one of those who "terrorised" the New Million cinema, in Upper East Coast Road, was today jailed for two years by a Singapore District Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, for rioting while armed
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    Cyclist waylaid
    27 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two robbers waylaid a cyclist. Tan Twa Mot, and robbed him of $100 in cash, a watch and a pen at Mandai Road
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    AIRPORT FIREMEN PUT OUT 'CRASH' BLAZE IN 4 MINUTES
    185 4 AIRPORT FIREMEN PUT OUT 'CRASH' BLAZE IN 4 MINUTES OINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore airport fire and rescue services were tested today when a fullscale mock aircraft crash was specially arranged for five visiting Burmese firemen. The aircraft used in the mock crash was the wreck of a 14-year-old Proctor which
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    PWD man gets medal for design
    85 4 PWD man gets medal for design KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The council of the Royal Institute of British Architects has approved the award of the bronze medal in architecture to Mr. K. C. Duncan, senior architect, Public Works Department, for the design of the British Council centre here. This was announced
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    DPP's new job
    29 4 IPOH. Tues. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Perak, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Yusof. will take over as State Legal Adviser and D.P.P. for Kedah and Perlis tomorrow.
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    $100,000 religious film to be made in Singapore
    206 4 SINGAPORE, Tuts. An American religious film organisation is to produce a picture in Singapore with an entirely local theme, setting and cast. The Youth Films Interna tional Incorporated of the UJS.A. has sent a production unit here to make the picture titled
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    Front 'yes' to fight Emergency call
    231 4 BUT GOVT. MUST PLEDGE THAT VIEWS WOULD BE STUDIED OBJECTIVELY AND WITHOUT BIAS' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Malayan People's Front announced today it was prepared to submit a memorandum to the Alliance Government on the Emergency situation if it received an undertaking that its
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    Stars arrival uncertain
    72 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Loke Wan Tho. Cathay film magnate, said on his return here tonight from a routine visit to London that plans for film stars Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger to come to Singapore have not been finalised. The stars vrere originally due here in May
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    SHE PASSED EXAM from HOSPITAL BED BUT WHERE ARE THE MISSING MARKS?
    309 4  - SHE PASSED EXAM from HOSPITAL BED BUT WHERE ARE THE MISSING MARKS? TAN TOCK SAIK Ceh Swan (third grade) bursts Into tears as she learns results By KUALA LUMPUH, Tuesday. A CONVALESCENT schoolgirl, Miss Wong Gek Swan, 16, who took the Senior Cambridge Examination propped up in a hospital bed
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    Landlord took roof off, I was like mad man, he says
    253 4 Landlord took roof off, I was like mad man, he says KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. J'llE proprietor of a furniture shop told the High Court here today that he was like a "mad man" when he found that the roof of his house had been removed by the landlord. Cyril Patrick
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    Gift from an oil firm
    59 4 SINGAPORE, Tues.— Three sets of survey equipment have been donated to the Geography Department of the University of Malaya by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company. These field instruments will be used by teams of research students from the Geography Society of the University of Malaya when
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    382 more cars in Singapore
    37 4 SINGAPORE. Tues.— There was an increase of 382 cars in Singapore last month, bringing the overall total to 54,489, according to the latest monthly statistics Issued by the Registrar of Vehicles' Office.
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    'TOO BUSY' MAN IS FINED $1,800
    156 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. J. C. M. Rohrman, a businessman, was fined a total of $1,800 at the City Magistrate's Court today on four charges of not submitting his income tax returns. Rohrman, who pleaded guilty, admitted four previous similar convictions. Before he was fined today,
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    Mr. J: Fairs should be regular feature here
    137 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, today agreed that the Government should try to make international trade fairs a regular feature in Singapore to boost its position as a trading centre. Mr. Jumabhoy was commenting on
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    PAP: Our health policy is not copy of Govt's
    329 5 RIDICULE FOR OPPOSITION TO BCG MASS-JAB PROPOSAL SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE People's Action Party denied today that its recently announced health policy was a copy of that adopted by the present Government. It also ridiculed the opposition to its proposal to introduce
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    WONG-LEE WEDDING IN KUALA LUMPUR
    33 5 MR. WONG CHEE YIN and Miss Lee Fon; Loon who were married in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Mr. Wong is the eldest son of Mr. Wong Sze Cheong.
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    Ex-treasury man in breach of trust case
    202 5 Ex-treasury man in breach of trust case lOHORE BAHRU, J Tues. Mohamed bin Haji Omar, a former second assistant State Treasurer, Johore, denied in court here today that he had misappropriated the monthly pensions of three people. He became so "confused" when he heard a warrant was out for his
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    GLASS OF WATER ENDS JAIL FAST
    167 5 GLASS OF WATER ENDS JAIL FAST KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. P. Ramiah, a prisoner in Pudu Jail here, who has been on a hunger strike for about a month, broke his fast today— with a glass of water. Mr DR. Seenivasagam, the People s Progressive Party leader told the Straits Times
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    120 celebrate
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Selangors 120-strong Irish community celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a dinner and dance at the Lake Club here tonight.
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    SECOND APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE OF DEATH
    109 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Ghani bin Jonit, a former City Council labourer §ow under sentence of death for the murder of another labourer. Tan Simn Bok, at the Sims Avenue Comiiuinity Centre on May 18 last, is appealing against the Assizi Court derision made at a
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    COMMISSION FILES NANYANG REPORT
    102 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Nanyang University Commission has submitted a report to the Singapore Government on the academic standard ot the university, together with recommendations relating to the recognition of the university's degrees. Dr. S. L. Prescott. Vicechairman of the University of Western Australia in Perth, who
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    SPATE OF CRIME AT KALLANG SITE
    203 5 SPATE OF CRIME AT KALLANG SITE SINGAPORE, Tues. Police here have ordered a 24-hour coverage by foot and radio patrols of the old Kallang airport housing estate where there has been a spate of crime. But the Police Secretary, Mr. William Cheng, today denied that thuggery in the area was
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    New officers for association
    43 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Mr. Philip Kuok was elected president of the English College Old Boys' Association at its annual meeting here yesterday. Inche Yusof bin Haji Abdul Rahim and Mr. Low Seng Kiang were elected secretary and treasurer respectively.
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    Architects may be invited to compete for Govt. work
    372 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. It has been recommended, as an economy measure, that private architects should be invited to submit competitive designs in future for certain major Government building projects. The recommendation has been made by the Estimates Committee of the Legislative Assembly.
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      653 5 Today's Singapore diary LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Clvb talk by Director of Tourism, iat the Straits Merchant Service meeting at the Assembly House, Mr. Howlett— lo.3o am..; beauty Guild. 1A Raffles Quay, 8.30 p.m. 10 a.m. culture 5.15 p.m. JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB: MALAYAN ECONOMIC SOCIE- CHINESE YMCA: Kuntow 7 Knitting, badminton,
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    DEATHS
    63 6 2* Hordt $l» (Minimum). J D. Weerasekera. 82. passed i away peacefully on 17-3-59. Cortege leaves 2196-3. Lorong Coch- j rane. Kampong Pandan at 5 p.m. today for Sinhalese Buddhi-t cemetery.no HONG KIONG, beloved I father of Ghee Him, his brothers and sisters, passed away peaceful!'- at 1371 -a
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    33 6 Hard, $10 (Minimumt. THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Lee Chim Tee thank friends and i relatives for their kind assistance. wreaths and attendance at her I funeral on 14 3 59.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    253 6 :<> Word, $10 (minimum). DON'T MISS The Easter Parade at Cold Storage Singapore, Wednesday 25th. March. TABASCO A PUNGENT Sauce thai turns the simplest food Into chef's delight. Available at all good stores. BATIK SARONGS OF the Highest Quality and attractive designs. Antoinette. :124 Orchard Road, inear C. K.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, March 18, 1959. The Final Meeting
    556 6 The Straits Times Wednesday, March 18, 1959. The Final Meeting Today's meeting of the Singapore Assembly, its last before dissolution, promises, |or rather threatens, to be one of the most tumultuous in the legislature's four t eventful years. Mr. Lee Choon Eng is calling for a Commission of Inquiry to
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    Ike Looks At The Summit
    371 6 Summit talks with Russia lin July can be regarded as practically certain now that Mr. Eisenhower has subscribed, perhaps somewhat grudgingly, to the Macmillan programme. Moscow must first prove that a summit j conference will be worth while. This sounds no more than a face-saver,
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    Tin Price Problem
    256 6 Tin has been a pound or two above the £780 level since the end of February, a price last attained nearly two years ago and a remarkable change in outlook since Russian tin compelled the buffer stock manager to withdraw from the market. The restriction scheme at
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    Brinkmanship: What is needed now is thinkmanship
    1286 6  - Brinkmanship: What is needed now is thinkmanship DONALD LUDLOW THE AMERICAN SCENE by WASHINGTON. mjR. MACMILLAN'S I N* visit to WashingI ton is expected to test his diplomacy as much as his mission to MosI cow. For despite all I those declarations "not I to give an inch" on I
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      Build more timber houses instead of 'concrete boxes'
      477 6 IT is with considerable interest that we have noted your leader Ten Dollars Rent' (S.T. March 10) as we experimented along these lines some years ago. A prototype house of two bedrooms, large hall, dining area, kitchen, etc.. with a total floor
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      NIGHTMARE DRIVING
      182 6 rE plight of a motorist in Johore Bahru town has become a nightmare The roads are short and junctions are mauy. Lately innumerable s'i?n boards have been planted In every nook and corner. They go on changing places so that a person who turns right one day is
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    Lock icon KENYA, THE ENIGMA OF AFRICA
    749 6 KENYA, THE ENIGMA OF AFRICA NAIROBI. KENYA, home of 6.000,000 Africans. 65,000 Europeans and 165.000 Asians, remains the enigma of colonial Africa. While Somalia, the Belgian Congo. Nigeria. British Somallland and, to some extent, the federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland are on the road to self-gov-ernment. Kenya alone is still
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      139 6 The Vital Link between School and Home... ARTHUR MEE'S CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia Is an acknowledged masterpiece among reference books for young people. Its authentic text beguulnsly combines erudition and entertainment In a way quite unique In works of this kind. Generations of teachers have saluted the Children's
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    Landlady who turned him away is left $500,000
    194 7 Landlady who turned him away is left $500,000 1 ONDON, Tues. An ex-Malayan has left more than $500,000 in trust to his landlady, who eight years ago turned him away when he first sought lodgings at her home. Trie ex-Malayan was Mr. Vincent Joseph Martin who went to Singapore in
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    Toe H leader on world tour
    63 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. Miss A.B.S. Ma,cFie. Founder Pilot of the Women's Association of Toe H. arrived in Singapore today in the Carthage. She is on a world tour. She told the Straits Times that in the counties she had visited women members of Toe H
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    PAP 'on' to a one-man probe
    140 7 PAP 'on' to a one-man probe SINGAPORE. Tues. The Peoples Action Party does not want a one-man Commission of Inquiry to Investigate the allegation of a $500,000 bank account in the name of the former Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. The PAP chairman. Dr. Toh Chin Chye. commenting on
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    China Society officials
    75 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. New officials of the China Society are: President: Mr. Lee Siow Mong, vice-presidents Messrs. G. H. Kiat, Tan Hua Bak. Han Wai Toon, Lien Shlh Sheng, G. G. Thomson, P. C. Lim. Lim Wo Ling, Dr. Chen Su Lan. Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill, Dr. Ang
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    Bees make his car a palace
    292 7  -  EE BOON LEE THIS WILL BRING YOU LUCK IN LOTTERY, ONLOOKERS TELL THE ASTONISHED OWNER QUEEN AND HER COURT MOVE IN WHILE THE DRIVER GOES FOR A CUP OF COFFEE By Singapore, Tues. vjWARMS of bees raided a green car parked in Mackenzie Road
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    WATER FIRM STILL AWAITS TALKS
    166 7  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND By TPHE company which supplies water to shipping in Singapore Harbour is still waiting for talks to open on the possibility of a new agreement. The company, W. Hammer and Co. Ltd-, entered into the present agreement with the old municipality in 1935.
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    Peon tells of agreement to pay a man $22,000 if he won case
    853 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday /SI 25.000 PRIZE CASE: J V 7TH DAY FORMER peon. C Govindasamy, who is contesting the ownership of a $125,000 prize-win ning lottery ticket, said in the Supreme Court here today that he agreed
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    THEY ARE KEEN ON BOY'S DAY PLAN
    229 7 THEY ARE KEEN ON BOY'S DAY PLAN SINGAPORE, Tues. The "Boy's Day in Business" plan is drawing enthusiastic support. More than 20 large firms here and many secondary school principals have responded to the Junior Chamber of Commerce invitation to take part. One firm told Mr. Johnny B.T. Chan, the
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    OFFICER FIRED by COUNCIL LODGES APPEAL
    114 8 OFFICER FIRED by COUNCIL LODGES APPEAL SINGAPORE, Tues. A City Council works overseer, who was dismissed by the council last month lor alleged dereliction of duty, has lodged an appeal through lii.s lawyers. Marshall and Smith. The dismissal followed an inquiry b> the council into the construction of the .vVIO.IIOO
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    Stay-put shareholders reap a big reward
    380 8 BUKIT LINTANG 2s. SHARES NOW WORTH £7 From HALL ROMNEY London, Tuesday A SMALL group of shareholders in a Malayan rubber company, some of them possibly in Malaya, have reaped a handsome reward by refusing to part with their shares when their company was
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    EXPATS SEEK TRUST FUND 'TO COVER ALL PAYMENTS DUE'
    205 8 EXPATS SEEK TRUST FUND 'TO COVER ALL PAYMENTS DUE' SINGAPORE, Tuesday. EXPATRIATE officers of the City Council have asked that the council should establish a trust with a London bank "with sufficient funds to cover all payments due to all officers. They suggest that the bank i should be the
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    STICKERS WILL GIVE WARNING
    160 8 Smokes and driving don't mix SINGAPORE, Tuesday UIVE HUNDRED young members of the Interna- tional Temperance Society will launch a road safety sticker campaign tomorrow against motorists who drive under the influence of alcohol or who chain smoke. The members, students of the South-East Asia Union
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    King's address on fasting
    40 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will address Muslim listeners on the subject of Puasa (fasting) over the Malay service of Radio Malaya tomorrow at 5 p.m. The recording will be repeated at 9.45 p.m.
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    'Mother ill, father dead, no job, so I stole'—boy, 16
    138 8 'Mother ill, father dead, no job, so I stole'— boy, 16 SINGAPORE, Tues. "My mother is sick, my father is dead. I cannot find work. That is why I stole," Poo See Han, 16, told a Singapore District judge today. Poo pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing six packets
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    MINISTRY WANTS PITHO INQUIRY
    155 8 MINISTRY WANTS PITHO INQUIRY SINGAPORE, Tues. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has written to the Registrar of the Supreme Court asking for the nomination of a judge to preside over a court of inquiry into the sinking of the tug Pitho on Feb. 7. The Pitho, belonging to the
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    Armed robbery: Man in court
    47 8 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mohd. Shariff bin Mohd. Ali was charged in a magistrate's court today with robbing Sik Mohd. bin Altywa of cash and jewellery valued at $390, while armed with a revolver. The case will come up for mention on Mar. 24.
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    1591 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Joseph Furphy, LITERARY GENIUS Furphy set to work on a fulllength novel a huge ram b I ing work into which he poured his own experiences, hi s love of the country and a medley of literary allusion and philosophic radicalism. His peculiar style made no
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    LAST MONTH'S SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER TO RUSSIA A RECORD
    593 10 LAST MONTH'S SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER TO RUSSIA A RECORD By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN shipments of rubber to Soviet Russia last month totalled 22,342 tons and were the highest ever recorded in a single month. The highest recorded monthly shipments last year were 18.933 tons in October. In February the
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    115 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK Continent March/April shipment $43 buyers. $44 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $63.. sellers, drum $67 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $163, Sarawak $162. special Sarawak black $86, garbled Lampong black
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    704 10 BROKERS REPORT The Malayan Share Brokers', Association reported yesterday: "All sections on the local snare; market were generally firmer and prices were higher where changed. There was a good turnover." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.iiiIndustrials: Con. Tin Smelt ords 30s. (O); Gammon $I.'>s,
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    STORE SHIPPING
    192 10 Ship* I\ ing alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Caronla 1/3, Tong Poh 4/5, Steel Chemist 6A, Clytoneus 6/7, Glenorchy 8/9, Tinegara 10/11, Karimun 13/14, El Salazar 15/16. State of West Bengal 18. Falstria 19/20. Semantan N. Wall 3, Rajah Brooke 21/22, Bentong 23,
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    STOCK INDICES
    23 10 Malayan Share Market: Mar. 17 Mar. 16 Industrials: 86.11 86.38 Tins: 100.98 IM.M Rubbers (SI: 135.93 125.59 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 April first grade robber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 90 cents per Ib. up five-eighths of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per Ib., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.SS. Spot f.o.b. buyers 89>4, sellers 89%; Int.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    30 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 17. RI'BBER: 90 cents per Ib. (up five-eighths of a cent). TIN: $404.50 per picul (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons (up 10 tons).
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    79 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 141 1/2; French Francs *****: Belgian Francs 1633 1/4: Deutsche Marks 136 3/4: Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market in
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    125 10 MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT and mining shares 1 maintained a steady overall tone on the Stock Exchange here today. National Bank rose l.s. 2d. to provide the main moven^en*. Commonwealth bonds held steady tone. Loans 3We 1956-59 £99 16s. 9d Bank of NSW. £36 16s. 3d. Con. Zinc 74/3
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      561 10 NOTICES NOTICE A* from today Mr. Ho Choon Jin is no longer under our employment in our firm. Therefore he is not authorised to •ransact and/or represent businoM on our behalf. EASIERN OCEANIC CORPORATION LTD.. 76 Market Street. Spore 1. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. NOTICE It iiereby
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      369 10 NOTICES OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Sineapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty Second Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at Its Registered Office, China Building, Chulla Street. Singapore, on Saturday, 11 in April. 1959 at 12 o'clock noon. NOTICE IS ALSO
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      743 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR APPLICATIONS are imitwl for, the Post of Clerk in the University of Malaya ta Kuala Lumpur. Qualifications: Cambridge School Certificate with credit In English. I Salary within the scale $152.50x 7.50-167.50.220x15-325/340 x 15 475 with a variable allowance. Applications must be made
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      492 10 NOTICES EASTERN HOTEL (CAMERON HIGHLANDS) LIMITED Applicants are Invited to rent and run the Eastern Hotel at Cameron Highlands as a public hotel. For further particulars apply to Secretary of the company No. 13 Hale Street, ipoh. CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGE TOWN. PENANG NOTICE Appointment of Temporary Assistant Secretary Applications
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      1364 11 THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SINGAPORE iiacerparatae ia ike urn tee RretM, S LINES SAILINGS TO ABEN. U.K. I CONTINENTAL PORTS S'DOie P. Sham Penang BENAVON for L'poal. M'bro.. R'dam in Port II Mar BENVANNOCH for HamMrg, London, Hull 18/21 Mar 24/Jt Mai 77/21 Mar BENVRACKIE tor London Rotterdam 21
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      199 12 HERE are some more pen pals for you. Vivien Scan, aged 11, 4 Kempas Road. Singapore 12. Sports, stamps Andrian Yeo. aged 16, 22 Pheng Geek Avenue, Singapore 13 Stamps, sports, reading. Francis Khng, aged 15, SI Anthony Road. Singapore 9. Stamps, songs, sports. Ling Siong Kong.
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      The hard pressed animals refuse to have a king at all
      919 12 The hard pressed animals refuse to have a king at all The jungle animal, go to Kolam Itain where a contest is being held to decide uho shall be their king. Five animals win the same number oj marks, so each takes it i?i turn to be king for a
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      YOUR QUESTION CORNER
      390 12 ABDUL Aziz from Kuala Lumpur has asked me to tell him what sound is and how we make it. WELL Abdul, sound is a vibration, and the human ear. although it has a fairly wide range, cannot pick up all the sounds on this earth by any
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      324 12 SOME FRUIT FOR FLIPPER Of*- "-^vi and Girl*, very much," says Flipper, but nere are the six winners ot one Of the articles of food is our Flipper contest in which not fruit. Tick the one < you had to decide how many which is not the fruit then >
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      692 12 PHONI .r v ~"V t- ISt Ihi If B V -> -> ry 11 l 45 i nnioM, Doris Richard "TllMkin 1 t\\lT" C"Scope (M(iM) DAY WIDMARK TUNNEL Of LOVE t hlnesc Subs Hear No. 1 Hit Tune; Have Lips. W ill Kiss In The Tunnel Of Love. 1 1
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      892 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 2t Words SS (Mm.) Box St ets. txtra. FURNISHED ROOM for Couple without Children. Working Girl or Bachelor. Off Serangoon Garden Way. Rent $70. Apply 7A Lichfield Road. FURNISHED ROOM In new house, CairnhUl Area. Hot and told baths. Modern conveniences. Airy and quiet. Easy Transport. Phone *****.
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      902 13 HIRE PURCHASE tf Words SS (HlM.)— Box SO ett. txtrm. EASIEST TERM "Orient Ceiling and Table Fans" Guaranteed Shroffs, 193 Orchard Road. Singapore 72 Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur 32 Bishop St., Penang. SOON ANN CAR Traders Co.. Finance Hire-Purchase on Motor Cars. Lorry. Taxis. New and s. hand, terms moderate.
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      948 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Wordt U (Him.)— Box it ets. txtrm. 1958 FIAT 600. 1956 Opel Kapitan, 1953 Austin 70, 1952 Austin Somerset. 1951 Austin 70. Morris Oxford Van. 1948 Wolseley. 1947 Morris 10. Call Wong. 278 Lavender Street. 1956 VOLKSWAGEN. 1955 P/ Consul. H/Hawk, Magnette. 1954 Ay Hereford. 1953
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      339 13 FOR SALE 20 Tordt ti (Mi*.)— Box it ett. txtrm. BARGAIN! 7.2 eft. Frigldalre Mechanically Sound, Fair condition. Stepladders, Bedroom Chair, 3 Pouffes, 2 lb. Averv Scales, old Hoover Cleaner Serviceable, Camp Bed. The Lot. $250. Tel: ***** before 10 a.m. WISE BUYERS Choose "Turissa", "Helvetia" (Swiss) world's finest Sewing
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      235 13 1 STEAMBATHS. MASSAGE. ETC. 2t Words tS (Ml*.)— Box St eU. oxtrm. SHIRLEY INDONESIAN MASSAGE Turklshbath, Special Swedish Body Massage. New Oriental Hotel. Room 14. Top Floor, 51, Selegie Road, Tel. *****. (Spore). HONGKONG BATH MASSAGE Muscular-pain, tiredness etc.. Experienced Masseuse. AU Gentle- men Welcome, 123 Emerald HiU Rd.. Spore
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      194 13 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Contractors not below Class "E" by the State Engineer. Kedah/ PerlLs, Alor Star, up to 12.00 noon of the 30th March, 1959, for th« Construction in Reinforced Concrete of a Road Culvert at 17th milestone Jitra— Kodiang Road. North Kedah. AU
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    724 14 ON THE TRACK with EPSOM JEEP and ALLAN LEWIS SINGAPORE, Tuesday HE DOES A WINNING TRIAL WITH DISTINE Holiday Time looks well after spell COVEREIGN FLAME, who burst a blood vessel in the head in the Henggeller Memorial Trophy race at Kuala Lumpur, is right
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    108 14 Gettysburg throws rider and bolts SINGAPORE, Tues. Gettysburg, a smart youngster trained by Lee Kirn Van. had an accident during this morning's gallops al Bukit Timah. Soon after getting on the No. 2 track. Gettysburg threw his rider, Kitson Leong, bolted twice round and then crashed through the fence. He
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    176 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. Ami-! cables, last year's Senior Cup runners-up, suffered their second defeat in the first divi- 1 sion of the Singapore Amateur F.A. league when they were beaten 4-1 by Indian Recreation Club at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Amicables, beaten 9-0 by aefending
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    80 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. Three changes have been made in the Singapore hockey team to meet Federation in their return international match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Burdett Coutts has been recalled to replace O. Rozano at inside-left. Whey Ah Kuan comes In for Kong Onn at left-wing and
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    88 14 fiLASGOW, Tues.— Celtic, II VI times winners of vhe Scottish F.A. Cup. have been drawn against St. Mirren. whose solitary win was in 1926. in the semi-final to or played at Hampden Park Glasgow, on Apr. 4. In the other semi-final xx Ibrox Park. Glasgow,
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    583 14 KEWSANAND JOE HOCK ARE FIT TO PLAY TODAY LONDON, Tuesday. IyiALAYA'S leading badminton player Teh Kew iVI San, who had influenza last week, has now recovf red and is fit for the All-England championships which start today. He was out on a short sightseeing tour today, though the day is
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    36 14 LONDON, Tues.— Results of last night's Rugby Union and League matches were: Rugby Union— Trinity College Dublin 14 Oxford University 8. Rugby League— St. Helen's 44 Salford 4; Bradford Northern 11) Halifax 13.— Reuter.
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    41 14 EPSOM JEEP recommends these for your notebook: Bestcrete, Woodcote Lion, Sovereign Flame, No Fluke, Grand Coup and Persian Hero. ALLAN LEWISs pick on the track are Black Cold, Canastra, Kawanua, Downing Street, Ricky II and Lady Jambo.
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    Three smart griffins
    146 14 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. OENTENCE, Persian Hero and Eros look the pick of the griffins who were out on the track this morning. Sentence, ridden by Arthur Ward, beat Dashera Sheldon Geyer) over 3f in Persian Hero, with Jim Chadwick astride, was full of running at the finish of
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    REME in final
    34 14 SINGAPORE.- Tues. REME. qualified to meet Navy Nomads in the final of the S.H-A Junior knockout tournament when they beat Combined Schools 3-1 after extra time at Ayer Rajah Road today
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    Lock icon Probables and riders for Grand National and Lincolnshire
    318 14 J^ONDON. Tues— There are 32 probable runners with Jockeys for the Lincolnshire Handicap, to be run over one mile, at Lincoln tomorrow. They are: Amos (A. Breasley), Mldlander <D. Smith), Metition (B Elder), Scarglll (L. Plggott). Nicholas Nickleby (E. Smith), Precious Heather
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    Recs in final with 2-0 win
    227 14 Recs in final with 2-0 win SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore Recreation Club, the holders, enentered the final of the Singapore Hockey Association's senior knockout competition today when they beat Police, the League champions, 2-0 at Serangoon Road. S.R.C. who will itu et S.C.C. in the final next Wednesday would have won
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    4 goals shared
    40 14 SINGAPORE. Tues S l Joseph's Insti'ution and Polira Training School shared four goals in their soccer match ;u Thomson Road today. William Teng and Bernard Ware scored for S J.I. and Chlan Hock Seng (2) for P.T.S.
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