The Singapore Free Press, 3 March 1955

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya \<> *****. Singapore. Thurs., Mar. 3, 1955. Price 15 Cta
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    U.K. won't interfere in naval base dispute at S'pore
    142 1 U.K. won't interfere in naval base dispute at S'pore aiK HENRY HOPKINSON, the Minister or* State for fl* Colonial Affairs, said in the House of Commons yesterday that the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs could see no reason for interfering in union disoutes at Singapore Naval Base. He was
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    TALK TO DECIDE STRIKE DATE
    52 1 rrili: executive committee ot 1 the Admiralty Local Staff tnion ma> meet tonight or tomorrow to decide when to serve a strike notice to the Njvy authorities. The union wants the Navy to »ive the same treatment to workers as that given by the other
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    Woman officer helps S'pore murder probe
    84 1 SINGAPORE'S only police nan inspector. Mrs. Quintal, has been called n investigations into the murder of a Chinese woman ir a hut off Jurong Road, •pore, on Tuesday. Mrs Quintal will talk to -year-old Bee Chiau who believed to have witnessed I mother's murder.
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    Lock icon VISIT TO GRAVE
    34 1 iring a three-hour stop at angoon before going on to Delhi. Sir Anthony Eden, itish Foreign Secretary, d the grave of his son Simon, who was killed in the war. Reuter
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    Scoreboard
    54 1 1 N'GLAND (Ist Inns) 371 for 7 dec. U SIR ALIA (Ist inns.) Walsoo b Wardie 18 McDonald Mav b Applevard 72 4 4, 'H TyiM 1 Harvey c and b Tyson 13 ***t* not out 14 Benaud b Wardie 7 Maddoek* not out 0 Extras 7 Unch totaj
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    MALAYA'S FRIENDS
    24 1 A "flood of inquiries" has been received by the new Malayan League of Friendship. Lord Ogmore, the founder, said in London yesterday.
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    Lock icon Link with Peking
    18 1 Radio-telephone service between New Delhi and Peking, via Bombay and Shanghai, was inaugurated yesterday.— A.P.
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    'Deported' from Malaya
    67 1 ¥>EKING Radio said today that IH'l overseas Chinese de- j A ported from Malaya had arrived in Canton on February j 24. They "were deported without justification by the j British Malaya colonial authorities." the radio added. The deportees are "receiving shelter" from the Canton j branch
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    Remittances: Peking has a guilty conscience
    170 1 THE State Council of China has issued an order for the effective enforcement of a policy of protecting remittances from Chinese residents abroad to their families in China, the New China News Agency said last night. The order said: Remittances from Chinese I residents
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    FOUR AUSTRALIA WICKETS TUMBLE
    172 1 lort four wicker the addition of 69 before lunch when the t dav of the fifth and ["s*l Test began in Sydney orning. lf Pitch was taking spin and the odds were on ending in a draw, ind were left with a gee of snatching a
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    Lock icon IKE VETOED TOP LEVEL TALKS
    476 1 Churchill shock in H-debate THE Prime Minister, Sir Winston 1 Churchill. disclosed yesterday that he had not found it possible in 1953 to persuade President Eisenhower to join him in seeking top level talks with Russia. He also said for the first time that his
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    HER 'STUTTER' SEARCH IS OVER
    93 1 HER 'STUTTER' SEARCH IS OVER THE search of Miss Thelma Hale, a speecn training expert, for an adult with a stutter ended this morning soon after the Straits Times printed a story of her appeal. An Indian clerk of Radio Malaya phoned the Free Press this morning and said he
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    RUBBER UP
    33 1 March first grade, buyers f.o.b. opened on the Singapore Rubber Market this morning at 85 1/4 cents a lb., one and a quarter cents above yesterday's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon Cambodia threat to U.S. policy
    155 2 THE sudden abdication of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia today raised a potential threat to U.S. policy in South-East Asia and carried with it the possibility that Cambodia might follow Burma and other Asian nations into neutral India's camp. Norodom, who on Monday had a
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    Lock icon POLL SHOCKS FOR ANDHRA COMMUNISTS
    108 2 THE government backed United Congress Party has now secured 53 seats in the Andhra India j state general elections and seems well on the way to victory. Their leading opponents, the Communists have suffered major reverses and won only two seats so far. They openly
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    Lock icon Just an icebreaker
    28 2 President Eisenhower yesterday denied reports that the Antarctic expedition of the ic< breaker, Atka, was connected with the deveJopment of atomic and hydrogen weapons. Reuter
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    FORMOSA VITAL TO AUSTRALIA, SAYS MENZIES
    100 2 THE Australian Prime Minister, Olr. Robert Menzies, told a news conference in Athens yesterday that Formosa and the whole Pacific island chain is "very important" to Australian security. But he declined to say whether Australia would aid Gen. Chiang if he is attacked by
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    Lock icon Sarawak's five-year plan approved by Britain
    107 2 MR. Alan Lennox Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, hopes soon to an- nounce further help for Sarawak from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. Mr. Henry Hopkinson. Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, told the House of Commons this yesterday. Sir
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    Lock icon MOSCOW MOVE ON FORMOSA
    393 2 Behind-the-scenes talks by U.K., Soviet, Indian envoys \TEW efforts have been started in Moscow to break W the deadlock on the Formosa problem, it was disclosed in London yesterday. British and Indian officials renewed "contacts with the Soviet Foreign Ministry this week In another attempt to
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    MILLIONS FOR JAP AIR FORCE
    39 2 THE United States is preparing to give Japan several million dollars worth of jet aircraft parts and weapons to assist the build-up of the new Japanese Air Force, Defence Department officials told Reuter yesterday.
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    Lock icon 'Disaster if Attlee men win power'
    175 2 \TR Leonard Gammans, Assistant Postmaster-Gene-ral, said in London yesterday that another Labour Party Government would be a "catastrophe" for Britain because it would not be capable of tackling Communism. "They may try, but wherever Communism has come in Eastern Europe it has always been
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    Lock icon LENNOX BOYD'S NO TO COLONIAL ROYAL COMMISSION PROPOSAL
    252 2 LENNOX BOYD'S NO TO COLONIAL ROYAL COMMISSION PROPOSAL VIR. ALAN LENNOX BOYD. Britain's Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, yesterday turned down a proposal that a Royal Commission should be set up to create a federal organisation of Britain and her colonies, to deal with economic planning and defence. He
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    Lock icon HUSH-HUSH TRIP FOR ATOM CHIEF
    183 2 HUSH-HUSH TRIP FOR ATOM CHIEF OIR William Penney, Britain's v leading atom scientist. goine abroad on "urgent business" for the British At.mic Energy Authority. Th* date of the departure of Sir Wiliam Penney. whc in charge of the atom weapon research side of the Atomic Energy Authority, ha* not yet
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    Lock icon Fishermen go back to China
    50 2 Seven Chinese fishermen who were rescued by a I States Air Force plane last May from an uninhabited island in the South China Sea. were yesterday handed over at the Sino-British border in Hong Kong by the local authority to Chinese Communist official! yesterday.- Reuter
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    Lock icon WINDS INJURE 40
    19 2 Winds of hurricane force lashed the Adriatic r.ort of Trieste yesterday. Forty people were injured- A.P.
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    Lock icon 148 HELD AFTER 'WITCH' KILLINGS
    163 3 148 HELD AFTER 'WITCH' KILLINGS outbreak of witch killings and savage tribal raids bv naked w irnors armed with >pear> has spurred a new nolice drive in the bush country of Northern l :.nida. Police said yesterday that 48 tribesmen had already been rounded up, 100 of them for witch
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    Deaths from blood cancer on increase
    97 3 I EUKEMIA. cancer of the \j blood, has increased 70 per in the United States in the 10 years, and up to 165 cent in some European rations, it was reported yesterIn that same time, leukemia killed four to seven times people than polio,
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    Lock icon Priest ordered to quit Russia
    41 3 her George Bissonnette. rican Catholic priest who Catholic Americans and other foreigners in Moscow, was yesterday ordered to leave the Soviet Union by Saturday. Father Bissonnette said Soviet police gave no reason for Iho order.- U.P
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    PRINCE'S GIRL FRIEND DIED IN ACCIDENT
    75 3 AN all-male Jury returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest at Maidenhead yesterday on Miss Vicki Martin, a 23-year-old model and former friend of the wealthy Maharaja of Cooch Behar, who was killed in a car crash in January. Miss Martin and
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    Lock icon WIFE HUGS HUSBAND FACING SEX MURDER
    192 3 A -4-YEAR-OLD wife yester- pledged her love for oand. arrested on anther sex complaint, and charged with the rape slaying °f a New York University student, Anne Yarrow. HI always be with you," Marilyn after she had [ed and kissed her husid. William Patrick
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    Lock icon CHEAP H.K. SHOES HIT LANCASHIRE
    180 3 Many workers on 'short time' LIONG KONG cheap exports and growing under- cutting by "mushroom" Manchester firms are causing short time in the shoe and slipper making industry centred in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, says Mr. Robert Driver, secretary of the Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives'
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    Lock icon Flood epidemics now under control
    169 3 Flood epidemics now under control BRITAIN GIVES £250.000 TO RELIEF FUND AUSTRALIAN author- ities said yesterday that the whole Hood situation was easing rapidly. Two more towns, Walgett and Nyngan. are expecting the full brunt of the muddy waters but residents of Walgett have told their relatives and friends not
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    Home Guard jailed for whipping girl
    48 3 An African Home Guard was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at Thika. Kenya, yesterday for the manslaughter of a Kikuyu ?irl Mau Mau suspect whom he admitted he had whipped. The Home Guard. Wellington Kiro. was found not guilty of murder. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 39 DIE IN RAIL CAR BLAZE
    119 3 39 DIE IN RAIL CAR BLAZE pLAMES enveloped a railway c.ir in Puaan last night and first reports .said 39 people were killed and 50 injured A US. Army .spokesman said army fire fighting trucks went to th«' icene. The burned railway ear was one of four waiting to go
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    Lock icon 'Ex-Nazi Week'
    56 3 "Variety." a New York weekly entertainment paper, yesterday carried a two-column box on page two with the headline Ex-Nazi Week in New York." Then it listed the Berlin Philharmonic's Tuesday night performance here with the j notation "Conductor-manager land part of the orchestra were j all Nazi Party
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    Lock icon Charles watches the trains
    112 3 PRINCE CHARLES. 6-year-old son of Queen Elizabeth, yesterday stood and watched the trains go by. The heir to the British throne, accompanied by his governess and a detective, was taken to Trafalgar Square underground station. He walked almost unrecognised among hurrying London crowds, handed over a
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Mar. 3, 1955. OPINION STOPPING THE REDS
    257 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Mar. 3, 1955. OPINION STOPPING THE REDS AT the end of the threeday secret talks at Bangkok the represen- I tatives Ol the eight I SEATO nations said the results achieved had been better than expected. This optimism seems to be borne out by recent
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    The PIN-TABLES come down to POLITICS
    1256 4 The PIN-TABLES come down to POLITICS 'lll'tlllll •1 1 till I The NEW JAPAft i second special report sent by SEFTON DELMEF I)ACHINKO L, the tl name the Japanese have latest national uod the pin 'table. Eve:vwin re In Tokyo today vou will And pachinko par|i urs street-level dens glaringly
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    S'PORE NEEDS POLICE SURGEONS
    422 5 To make spot tests of accused drivers, say the motorists gINGAPOEE police should have their own surgeons to examine motorists, suspected of being drunk in d incapable, and to testify in court against those accused of drunken driving There is an urgent need for this in
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    And now it's goodbye for 7 years
    101 5 And now it's goodbye for 7 years IKedah Assize Judge. Mr. Justice Hill, yesterday need a padi planter, in bin Mat Ali, to s*ven (all for robbing a shopOng Too, of $2,525 and Ins hurt to him at SimAmpat, North Kedah. on 'JO last year. 1 k-.w provides whipping B
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    YMCA film
    18 5 Singapore Y. M. c. A. Circle will show "Trio" hard Road at 8 p.m. on day.
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    Branches asked for nominations
    49 5 The 54 sub-branches of the UMNO in Malacca have been asked to nominate two candidates each for two Federal Council seats to be contested in Malacca in July. The final selection will be made at a meeting of the UMNO central committee and sub-branches representatives.
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    PICTURE OF 'UNSMILING' MALAYANS AROUSE THE STUDENTS
    261 5 PICTURE OF 'UNSMILING' MALAYANS AROUSE THE STUDENTS V"^ s spread fast among Singapore English primary a °ol students yesterday. Soon th^y were discussing in 'ran sheds, canteens and 'grounds the news which the front page of Tuesday, straits Times. had nothing to do with the Nomination Day results or the
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    A PARTY FOR THEIR PREMIER
    113 5 E TWE Prime Minister E of New Zealand, Mr. Sydney Holland, I (fourth from left) was the guest of honour at a party given by the New Zealand Society in E Singapore. Siiililtlliiiiiimiliiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiii Also in this Free I Press picture are (left E to right):
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    Council men pleased with car ruling
    118 5 MANY Singapore City Council employees were privately pleased with the Council's new ruling that they must not lend their cars for political purposes. It has made it easier for them to refuse requests to borrow their cars. Like most owner-drivers, they are not keen
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    Sales trip
    36 5 Mr. W. Housego. a British oar salesman passed through Singapore by air from London yesterday, on his w ay to Australia to market a new type of sports car being built bv his firm.
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    Mecca probe
    31 5 [nche Mustapha Albakri. Member for Social and Industrial Relations. Kuala Lumpur, plans to go to Mecca to make an on-the-spot study of medical and welfare facilities for Malayan pilgrims.
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    Air chief to visit Japan
    81 5 Air Marshal F J Frrasanges, C-in-C Far East Air Force, will leave Singapore tooay for a routine visit to the Philippines and Japan He will return on March 17 via Hong Kong While in Japan. Air Marshal Fressanges will meet General Earlc E. Partridge, commanding
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    S'pore Police Band performances
    52 5 The band of the Singapore Poliee Force will play at the following places during this month: Katong r*»rk (Today, Karen 14. 23)* Fairer P;ii k (March 8 16. If); and Kim,' Otttfft V Part (March io. 11 > The hour-tang performances begin al j-^u p.m an
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    Annual meeting
    16 5 The New Zealand Society of Singapore, will hom Ita first annual meeting next month
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      280 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I -q _m\ =55K55«3 ISS^^SJ f^^^WVl I U^ HECOULONT HAVE YOU £L cuf? M IS ALiVAYS LOVE YOU- ALEE NA." fl Aft M N r BEEN MORE THA\' WHO W Mb... AHO m^ J STRANGE- I MAO A SUDDEN L SIXTEEN ME WAS
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      698 6 I YOUR I LUCKY I STAR I ¥>ORN today, > ou au- one 13 of those whose dreams are very apt to conic true You are ingenius. inventive'. E industrious. You iount ,i dav lost which has not shown a I new idea fully developed! There is definitely a tou»h
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      U.K. closing prices
      190 7 LONDON. Mar. 7 Previous Todav t-i I'KFK No i RSS elf. European 25 buyers 25', buyers 1 March 26 sellers 25 *-i sellers rri kNo 1 RSS cJi. European 25 buyers 25 buyers 1 V inrii 26 sellers 25' 2 sellers ■m'bfh i'mM Spot 26 buyers 25',
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      New York prices
      104 7 NEW YORK, Mar. 1. Previous Today lis traits spot and nearby 91.25 nom. 91.12 nom. UN futures March 90.25 bid 90.00 bid 91.25 asked 91.00 asked April 89.87 bid 89.87 bid 91.00 asked 90.75 asked May 89.62 bid 89.75 bid 90.75 asked 90.50 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES:
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      25 7 Previous Today Industrials 413.71 417.18 Railroads 150.85 153.32 Domestic Bonds 100.11 100.12 I tilities 64.41 64 68 kf Composite Average 154.47 156.00
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      U.S. PEPPER
      40 7 Spo! Malabtr was quoted at 44 to ;>er pound Awaiting rese 43' Afloats 43. March 42^. April 42. Sarawak spot 43 and lampong spot 44 to 43'- cents sellers exdock. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per to.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      117 7 »i <r Z. COPRA Philippines cJi. UK/North European delivered weight per loni ton March April $187 sellers $185 sellers COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila dHivered weight, per long ton unquoted unquoted I OPRA Straits ci.f. UK/North luropean delivered weight per long ton March/April £Gsu, buvers £68 buyers
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    Lock icon 4,000 miles and they never saw another car
    400 7 IN a 4.000-mile tour of Siam's eastern provinces, an Englishman and his wife did not pass a single private ear on the road. Major W. T. Blake said In Singapore yesterday: "Siamese officials in Bangkok told us we were the first Europeans
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    THIEF'S OWN HAND GAVE HIM AWAY
    143 7 fHE chief Police Officer I of Negri Sembilan, V. Powell Evans, told t f, rdayof two instances Wfen scientific methods olved crimes in the ite. 'tailed that early this i-.115 worth of jewellery •ported missing laid that during investithe poUce found a t impression
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    RED INDSAN GUIDES ME TO THE TRUTH EXPLAINS 'SPIRITS' MAN
    376 8 RED INDSAN GUIDES ME TO THE TRUTH EXPLAINS 'SPIRITS' MAN WHEN 45-year-old Norman Finland ran out of stock phrases to tell people at his psychometry readings he would say: "The nidencr will come i? came and after hearing it for two days, a magistrate nned England $038 for pretending to
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    At last a village gets light
    258 8 At last a village gets light A VILLAGE mentioned In the Domesday Book of 1086 is to get street lighting at last after such a fuss. It'.v all the fault, say some of the people who live in Saughall. Cheshire, of the atom plant workers who took over 175 council
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    A MYSTERY PIT UNDER CELLAR
    53 8 Mr. Teddy Piotrowski. a restaurant proprietor. has found a mysterious pit 100ft. deep in the floor of his stillroom in Waterloo-street. Hove. Sussex. "I hit a flagstone with a hammer and it sounded hollow, so I took it up and nearly I fell into the
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    Butler who stayed just Song enough to steal
    236 8 Butler who stayed just Song enough to steal JN lour months a butier stole jewellery worth over A! 20.000 from three country houses where he was employed including an earl's home. He was arrested within 24 hours of the last robbery. But none of the jewels was found. The butler
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    40 8 picture. Lady Docker practises a shot on the carpetted floor of her London home. She is leading a team of women against a factory girls' side today for the marbles championship of Castleford. in Yorkshire. A.P.
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    MOTHER OPPOSED HER MARRIAGE
    174 8 Found unconscious near cooker A 24-YEAR-OLD bride-to-be found her mother unconscious beside the gas-cooker of their home just as she was due to leave for her wedding. She called an ambulance, went with her mother to hos-pital-then on to the reflate* office. At the Mayday Hospital.
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    Girl instructor lost her fortune on cars and racehorses
    405 9 Girl instructor lost her fortune on cars and racehorses DRIVING instructress, motor dealer racehorse mt Z smallholder, bride';;.';;.Ljovee Margaret Richards, still only 25, has been all these. \!1 have cost her money. \„d wearing slacks, shirt. and clul. t^. she admitted d.fici.ncy ol V.9>l at uvick Bankruptcy Court. Mi >s
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    Timmy (the Tom) touches 6,000 volts
    140 9 Timmy (the Tom) touches 6,000 volts ITOR seven hours one day Timmy, the tailless tom cat, sat on a 30ft. electric pylon carrying 6,000 vol Us. It was near his home at Lanehead, Rochdale. Timmy would not come down for anyone, even when a long pole with a basket on
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    DOG JUNO LEADSHER INTO FILMS AT 45
    231 9 BARBARA WOODHOUSE. a doctor's wife who u talks to cattle by breathing in their nostrils, is tc become a film actress at the age of 45. Though sh< ha£ appeared on TV with Juno, her four-and-a-half-year-old Great Dane, in dog-training features, she hi
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    The matron favours nattier nighties
    76 9 The matron favours nattier nighties X I SPITAL matron thinks nighties for women should be more She urges: Get the regulation issue of ed long-sleeved calico; bring in a natuu nightie, practical yet pn J matron is middleDorothy Morris, of Wandsworth Hospital Group. inspect and choose short list of the
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    Out of the fire
    38 9 Mr. John Gray posted his football-pool coupon in a blackened envelope. He found it. unharmed, under a clock in the ruins of his flat in Victoria-crescent. Tottenham. London. which was badly damaged by fire.
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    Ex-minister seeks job in Britain
    276 9 j M !L a month ago. Mr. Jela Augustus McPherJamaieas Minister ir-salary, $17,000 a joined the ■eekera at a Lonlent exchange Fear ago, Mr. hook hands, din*or pictures with the Duke of »hen they visited called at the Br,, *bour offices in JJked: Could you
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    POSITIVELY EASY FISHING
    73 9 German scientist* have built an electrical device, the imo-Mipcr" which m. fish give themw Ivei up. j A positive line i put into the water. The rn ial is grounded k attracted to tiie positive line. Just before 'hi flstl :< ..ch it. electrical Impulses give then
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    46 9 picture. -ii'minimimmmm imiiiiiiiii miiiimmiiimimiiii.' MICHAEL SMITH, of I Manchester University i does not seem to feel the j cold although the tempe- rature is below freezing point. But then he was collecting for a good cause —the hospitals fund and that must havp warmed him. Popper
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    Schools cut down on homework BUT SOME PARENTS OBJECT
    83 9 Schools cut down on homework BUT SOME PARENTS OBJECT SCHOOL heads at Wallasey, Cheshire, have been toM that homework for young children must be ell- minated or drastically reduced. This is despite the wishes of many parent* who are anxious that their children should bc given sufficient homework to enable
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    Pat Moss drives the Stirling way
    321 10  -  ROBERT WALLING I^HE girl in the black, d nun -pipe slacks gives tier horse a sugar lump, drops into her low sports cur. and drives out of her parents' farm at Tring. Hertfordshire, on another practice spin. She is 20-year-old Miss Patricia Moss, sister
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    BY APPOINTMENT
    699 10 Chimney sweeps in proud band TWO gentlemen of London, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Lewis, are unusually proud chimney sweeps because they are still "Chimney Cleaners By Appointment to the late Queen Mary." They are spic and span, and work with the slickest of modern equipment to blast the
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    TEDDY DEAR? YES-BUT IT'S REAL
    97 10 TEDDY DEAR? YES -BUT IT'S REAL THE "Teddy Bear" Lois Wherrett. ol Sydney, is holding is not a toy. It's I koala bear, one of the cutest bush creatures in Australia. Once plentiful along the eastern and *outh eastern coasts, settlement and indiscriminate killing reduced their numbers until the (iovernment
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    She's the only girl star left at this big studio
    323 11 She's the only girl star left at this big studio VIRGINIA MAYO occupies a unique niche in the Hollywood picture today. She"'s the only lady star under contact to one of the largest studios Virginia arrived at this distinction just a few days ago when Doris Day, the studio's top
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    FOURTH KIND
    35 11 M IN G over a beer at the H f>bnob .a veteran star ™ere are three kinds !1 beautiful, intel--ncl the majority." Hollywood where you tuttful and the combined, you kind, film stars!
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    Where that MONSTER comes from is a secret
    142 11 MADISON, old Wild V*** himself, m a the death with a it*! pr hi «torlc mon- U Ulft actio lure of his new film, "The B^a.st Of Hollow Mountain," which Rg being billed U the ftrsl "science-fiction Western." It will unfold In
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    ANNE (and her hourglass figure) ARE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
    636 11  - ANNE (and her hourglass figure) ARE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD Harold Heffernan pUZZLED movie fans a few months hence might well be excused for looking up at the screen and remarking, "This is where I came in." They will be looking so Hollywood hopes at the fifth filming of Alex
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    662 12  - She can't afford to wear her own clothes SAM WHITE -SO MAXINE (the new Schiaparelli) HAS NO NEW ONES TO GO TO PARTIES 1N... 'V W E N 1 V NINEI YEAR-OLD Maxine do la Falai.se, who has been described in Paris i non circles as "the new Schiaparelli," h*s
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    This Cleo was quite a different pin-up
    286 13  - This Cleo was quite a different pin-up William Hickey I WENT to say goodbye to my Cleopatra the day. She is quite enl from any CleoI have ever seen before. Young and plump and fair and rather indolent looking. looks almost bored as she drops the pearl that is to
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    98 13 cannot exchange picture. y»s. it s really a dog! Her name is Sue, the two-year-old black and white Spaniel pet 0| Ton Souch, licensee of the Northumberland Arms public house in Brighton. At opening time, Sue chooses one of her three pipes, parks herself on a stool in the corner
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    Bridge Hand
    270 13 ?»Uttl different tricks in a Jj sat to grow a g ferret out C L 'hen. if the 1 :of course he •V«B S| \ou and I. West opened the four of hearts. North*! king won and i low diamond to the queen won the trick. The spade
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    41 13 picture Prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn and her husband. Dr. Roberto Arias newly appointed Panamanian Ambassador in London, arrive at London Airport after their honeymoon in the West Indies. Dr. Arias, a lawyer, is Ihe son of a former Panamanian President.- Reuter
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    Their silence is golden, but the tourists break through
    125 13 AFTER more than 800 year in their great Citadel ol Silence in the Alps, the monks of the Grand Chartreuse monastery look like being forced to pack up and uuit by tourls They say life Is being made impossible by carloads
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    THEY USE AN AXE ON TAX
    445 13  - THEY USE AN AXE ON TAX NORMAN LINDHURST reports ARE vour taxes too high? The Germans think theirs are and what they are doing to rein-in open-handed politicians seems worthy of emulation elsewhere. West Germany's 'Tax payers' League" is gaining a powerful voice in how the German citizen's money is
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    RADIATORS keep Royalty W-A-R-M
    74 13 RADIATORS keep Royalty W-A-R-M TiHK Shah of Perils md (Jueen Sorajrs sat in a specially constructed roval box, fitted with two electric radiators when they saw Cinderella an lee at the Bssprcai Hall, London After the show, t imiedian Tommy Trinder demonstrated to them the two ounce portable radio he
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    Girls on 6 months golf tour
    507 14 Bf JAMES GOODFELLOW INTRODUCING Mrs. B. H BOfttOCk. sft. 4in. Ol charm, poise and golfing ability. She captains the team ol girls who, leaving London on May 31, for a six months" golfing adventure, will tour Australia and New Zealand. Listen to her, brimful
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    SIKHS IN KO FINAL
    58 14 TOUDI Menl Sikh Association beat RAF Tengah 4-1 at Balestier Road yesterday to enter the S.H.A. junior knockout Anal. Siki. ed through Mohinder Singh (2), Harbajan Singh and Ja toil reugan through LatitT. I h.- other junior semi-flnai tie, between site "flreojn** and 3 B')l) Blues,"
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    DOWER PLANS TO QUIT AT 25
    690 14  - DOWER PLANS TO QUIT AT 25 MAESTRO By DAI DOWER says he will retire from the rini When a boy of 81, for all that he is the \r\vi Empire flyweight champion, makes a statement that kind there can be only two reasons. He is either supremely confident in hi
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    MacMillan runs fastest mile
    219 14 THE Australian champion, Don MacMillan, of! Victoria, clocked 4 min. 5.8 sec. for the mile in the fastest run of his career in Sydney. MacMillan won an invita- tion mile event, beating both the New Zealand champion. Murray Halberg and the NSW title holder Alan Lawrence.
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    SHELL S.C. OFFICIALS
    52 14 The following hau- to the Management < the Shell Sports Club. for the year 1955:-- R mj^ Chairman: Mr u r n TiraSecretary.Mr. A M r C^ F surer: Mr. Cheah hu J Rf mittee members. M Mr L Hwa, Mr. Quek Kei k cheo E Fencott.
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    NEE SOON BOYS BEAT S.J.I. 5-1
    44 14 Nee Soon Boys Club r Josephs institution 5 friendly I a ssgari F^ Macintosh 12, e ba ore d for N* cher. and Barrass scoieu 113 Soon Boys' Club iWhtij S le institution gained a goal fender's mistake
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    Lock icon GOALIE SAVES
    33 14 picture. The Civil Service goalkeeper intercepts a shot by a W.R.A.C forward during their hockey match on the Eastern Command c round at llounslow. W.K A.C. won 4-3.— Army News Service
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    S'PORE RACES PROGRAMME
    122 14 THERE will be eight races a day on the first and third days and seven races on the second day of the Singapore Turf Club March meeting which commences at Bukit Timah on March 12. Starting time for the first and third days la 2.15 p.m. and
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    Sweden in 7-2 Thomas Cup win
    74 14 SWEDEN beat England 7-2 in the two-day European zone third round match in the Thomas Cup badminton championship at Stoke on Trent last night. Sweden started the play with a 3-1 lead built up in the first day of the two-day match. Two quick
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    Lock icon CHAMROEN HAS A WORKOUT
    53 14 CiHAMHOEN Songkitra-t of Bang- kok, Thailand, took general loosening up exercises yesterday to start his training for his 12-roimd bantamweight fight with Raton Marias on March 9 in San FranotaM, fciongkitrat shadow-boxed and ■kipped rope in his first workout tfnot recovering from dywn^* buid he lelt
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    Kramer tips Australia for Davis Cup
    185 14 Kramer tips Australia for Davis Cup PROFESSIONAL U.S. tennis promoter, Jack Kramer, believes that Australia will regain the Davis Cup from the United States this year. Kramer has left Sydney, after watching the Davis Cup and Australian championships. He said "At the moment I give Australia a better than even
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    Lock icon F.A. Cup matches to be floodlit
    372 15 I ijsH Football Association Cup matches will bc V i red under floodlights next season for the first T i the history of the 86-year-old competition. r The Football Association, governing body for the netition told clubs: "You can decide cup replays nd including
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    Malaya to form swimming assn.
    63 15 A T meeting held in Kuala 1 r it was decided to •i' ration of Malaya n« Association 'ting was addressed M McDonald. Preside Federation Olym- explained the i arming such an -inch should afflInternational ming Federation %ni D 1 r lhe federation meil. This
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    VARSITY BEAT RECS
    12 15 MaUyt beat Singa-dub3-l in a hotkey *Ukit luiuii yesterday.
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    GUTHRIE S.C OFFICIALS
    95 15 OFFICIALS of Guthrie Sports Cluo for 1955 are: President. Mr Chan Ah Wing; vhe-president, .Mr R P. W. Gosman; hon. secre- tarv Tan Thoo y ing; a.sst hon. secretary, Tan Seow Song; hon treasurer.' Ho Fook Kee. Captains: Tan Peng Kee (soccer), j Benedict Teo Tee Wan
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    Malayan Navy boxers thrill
    289 15 DUNSFORD BEATS ROSS Free Press Boxing Reporter UARD hitting novices and three well selected spectaj gJS Malayan' Navy held their ȣft<m* merit in their new gymnasium at the Naval Base. The RM.N. were hosts in a team match against Malayan Basic Training Centre, and avenged last
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    GONDOLINO UPSETS WITH NOSE VICTORY
    570 15 GONDOLINO UPSETS WITH NOSE VICTORY How they ran at Penang Free Press Course Correspondent IT WAS a day of thrilling racing in spite of a six-race card at Penang J yesterday and the class 2, j div. 2 6f. sprint, reduced i to a five horse affair, pro- i duced
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    Lock icon REDS BEAT U.S. AT ICE HOCKEY
    64 15 Russia won an easy 3-0 victory over the United Stater, in the world ice hockey championship in Germany last night. In another game at Cologne. Canada crushed Switzerland 11-i. The Russians, defending champions, are unbeaten and untied in the current play and now stand
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    BIGSWEEP
    45 15 TOTAL POOL: $201,469 FIRST: N«. *****2 ($69,438) SECOND: No 2X9115 ($27,197) THIRD: No. *****2 ($15,109) STARTKRS ($3,021 rachl: Nm. *****9, *****1. *****7 *****4. CONSOLATIONS ($904 c*ch>: *****5, *****9. *****2. *****2. *****2. *****4, *****5, *****7, *****8, *****3. TREBLE TO I I Six tickets ($239 each).
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    FED. CENTRE-HALF UNFIT FOR TEST
    131 15 THE Federation's centre-half, S. Selvanayagam of Perak. will not be available for Sunday's second hockey Test between Pakistan and Federation of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Selvanayagam is ill. Goalkeeper Anwar Beg and Philip Sankey. also of Perak, will not be able to turn up for
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    BANKERS OPEN WITH 7
    134 15 BANKERS OPEN WITH 7 THE Singapore Business Houses F.A. league got off to a good start yesterday when the first fixtures of the season were played. Chartered Bank was the highest scoring team, trouncing Sheli Sports Club 7—l. AM the results: DIVISION ONE M. Bank 2 F. Neave 2 M.P.H.
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    45 15 HONG KONG. Wed. Hong Kong's Thomas Cup candidates will begin a rigorous training programme in preparation for their match against India. The Hong Kong Badminton Association will start training next week. The team will be picked on March 2!.- U.P.
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    Lock icon OXFORD BEAT R.A.F.
    29 15 Oxford University beat the Royal Air Force bv 11 points to 9 in a Rugby Union match yesterday. The University led 5-0 at half- time.- Reuter
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    Lock icon ENGLISH GIRLS IN U.S. FINAL
    75 15 MISS Janet Morgan and Miss six lia Speight, top playen of England's Wolle-Noel cup team, reached the finals of the US. women's .squash racquets doubles championship yesU>rdav bv eliminating Mrs. Donald Manly-Power and Mrs. Carter S»monin of Philadelphia in a hard-fought match, 15 10, 15-9,
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    THEATRE II IN FINE WORKOUT
    286 16 Easy 38^5 with Super Picture Free Press Course Correspondent SHAW STABLE'S pair for the Kedah Cup, Theatre II (Bell) and Super Picture (Ali), were associated in a splendid tryout on the training track at Penang this morning. Breaking from the fifth furlong, they clapped on
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    NEO SWIMS v. JAPS IN MANILA
    75 16 NEO SWIMS v. JAPS IN MANILA SINGAPORE S Olympic Games swimmer Neo Chwee Kok leaves by air next Tuesday for Manila. He will compete In the Philippines swimming championships from March 10—13. Neo swam in Manila last year during the second Asian Games. He came third in the 100 metres
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    England v. The Rest
    32 16 BRITAIN will play the combined .side uf the newly formed European Football Federation in Belfast on August 13 to mark the 7r>th anniversary of the Irish Footbad Association.
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    Spanish boxers beat Aussies
    158 16 SPANISH middleweight Ricardo Marcos outpointed Australian Don Johnson in a rugged 12-round fight at the Sydney Stadium. A hard, brawling pace was set from the first round, with a brief rest period midway through the bout before the pair returned to their earlier slugging. Although Marcos
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    C.S.C. officials for the year
    89 16 The Ceylon Sports Club officials for the year are: Dr. C. Subraiimanyam (President); P. E. Perera. and V. Ambiavagar i Vice-Presidents Dr. V. Thambipillai (Hon. Secretary); S. Muthucumaru (Hon. Asst. Secretary); S. Nadarajah (Hon. Treasurer*; V. Rajaratnam (Hon. Asst. Treasurer*; J.N. Fernando (Chairman Board of
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    Admira lose 2-1 in H.K.
    75 16 ADMIRA WEIN suffered the se- t cond defeat of their soccer UHir when they were beaten 2-1 by Combined Chinese in the last match of their Hong Kong tour. Hofer gave Admira the lead in the 19th minute but Chinese, throwing everything into their attacks,
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    Penang weights for lasf day
    286 16 iVfEIGHTS for Saturday, last day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting, are as follows: PENANG CLP CL. 4. DIV. I—l M. Rubber Packer 9.00 Pride Of Burma 8.12 Iho Singaporean 8.10 Film Studio II 8.07 Linkshir II 8.06 Spitfire II 8.04 Lord Frederick II
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    Pakistan take no chances
    260 16 NGAPORE lias steadily improved in her O struggles against the visiting Pakistan Hockey Federation team and has also managed to narrow the losing margins. W* started with an 11-0 thrashing, did slightly bettef to make it 11-1 in the first "Test" before we really stood up
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    NEWCASTLE
    86 16 NEWCASTLE United, winners of the trophy in 1951 and 1952, reached the sixth round of the Football Association Cup when they beat the second division side Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Newcastle yesterday. The teams were level oneall at half-time and again after 90 minutes, but in the 28th minute
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    3 WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE
    13 16 Three teams have withdrawn from the S.A.F.A. League competition.
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    96 16 had to play five and a half hours before reaching a decision. Thev drew 1-1 when they first met on February 19 and were level 2-2 after extra time lost Monday in the first replay. Newcastle are awav to Huddersfield in the sixth round on March
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