The Singapore Free Press, 30 March 1955

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Wed.. Mar. 30, 1953. Price 15 Cta
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    Chinese students strike despite appeal by Head
    390 1 Chinese students strike despite appeal by Head THE majority of the 10,000 students In seven Singapore Chinese middle schools began their one-day strike this morning:. The strike was according to plan but it came as a surprise to teachers, education authorities and to most of the students themselves. Student leaders
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    NIZAM INQUIRY
    35 1 The High Court m Hyderayesterday stopped for the being a police investigainto allegations that the of Hyderabad was ing over 300 men and n number of boys and as "slaves m his palace.
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    Lock icon False reports
    38 1 Rural guards m the jOujfflj i t in uno district of Cuba nay« 1 Sd several people accus; h of soreading false reports £j\r£L\ woman had given that a locai ww« 'birth to quint upl- Reuter
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    Lock icon GO TO JAIL SAYS UNION
    31 1 STRIKE meetings of Australian seamen In Sydn Tdered officials of the Seamen sUmonio. essary m defiance of an order nrohlWtmg &i a.a arbitration court yesterday Reuter
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    REPLY BY 4p.m.
    47 1 'Or we strike' Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association has told the Board that if it does not get a reply to its proposals by 4 p.m. today, agreeing to start pay talks at 10 am tomorrow, the committee would Issue a 14-day strike notice.
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    CIVIL WAR IN SAIGON
    179 1 piGHTING is ra^iii"; m the streets o! Saigon today. Civil war has broken out. It started when rebel mortars lobbed shells at the Premiers Independence Palace on Boulevard Norodom. But forces loyal to the proAmerican Ngo Dinh Diem successfully repelled the attack. A French news agency
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    RUBBER DOWN
    32 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on lan uncertain tone, with ftrst grade, April shipment, at IH) 1 > cents a lb., one and rive--1 eighth cents below yesterday's close.
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS IN UK GET MORE MONEY
    130 1 THE Federation Finance Committee has Increased by l £68 (S580) a year the allowances to married students m Britain whose wives are with them. The Increase is back-dated to January 1 and brings up the annual allowances to £561 lM*h mrj which havp
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    FLOWER SNOW SUPPLEMENT
    43 1 mOMORROW the Free 1 Press will publish an eight-page supplement on the Singapore tower Show which opens at the HapPf World on 1 riday. Make* sure of this attractive free supplement M ordering your copy oi trie Free Press today.
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    Lock icon Strike: 6th day
    27 1 Prime Minister sir Winston Churchill has called a cabn.e 'meeting for this morning. The EKe strike now entering is expected to surv' A. P.
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    Snow in London
    24 1 Snow fell m parts ot London yesterday after a very cold nt but was followed by a bright fresh spring clay.
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    Palace of Premier
    15 1 Independence Palace, formerly known as the Norodom Palace* where the Premier lives.
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    Lock icon shelled by rebels
    198 1 area. The shelling lasted 20 minutes before loyal forces launched a counter-attack, driving the rebels off. Hospitals said that ambulances brought many wounded from the 1 besieged palace and army headquarters. The fanatical sect members, some of them armed only with handgrenades and daggers, attacked the police
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    'NZ troops for Malaya won't ease U.K. burden'
    167 2 'NZ troops for Malaya won't ease U.K. burden' MR. ANTHONY HEAD, Minister of War, said yesterday that the recently announced New 7a aland contribution to the defence of Malaya was welcome and important but would have no important bearing on Britain's manpower position. Mr. Fred Bellinger, a former Labour War
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    61 2 The British Red Cross flag da> committee has held Its inaugural meeting to discuss details for a Sinsjapore-wide appeal on May 7. Members (from left) are Mrs. K. 1). Rush- worth. Mrs. A. Church (chairman >, Mr. .1 Gimnsden, Mrs. J. D. Adams. Mrs. IV A. Ferris Smith, Mrs 11.
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    16 KILLED BY CARELESSNESS
    236 2 Rescuers ignorant too SIXTEEN people were electrocuted last year because of carelessness, the Central Electricity Board's annual report, tabled m the Federal Legislative Council. revealed today. M But many of these lives might have been saved if the rescuers knew the proper treatment for electric shock.
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    Lock icon Israel 'condemned'
    29 2 The United Nations Security Council last night unanimously approved a resolution condemning Israel for an attack on Egyptian forces m the Gaza strip last February 28.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Victorian Labour party sacks 26 members
    144 2 Victorian Labour party sacks 26 members THE Victorian Labour Party Executive announced m Melbourne last night that it had expelled a Federal Member of Parliament and 25 other party members for a d< liberate and defiant challenge to the executive. The expelled member Is Mr. John Mullens and there are
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    Lock icon Bank settles up China business
    59 2 At the annual general meeting m London of the Mercantile Bank of India, the chairman, Sir Kenneth Mealing, said a settlement had been recently arrived at regarding the liquidation of the bank's assets and liabilities m local currency m China. Negotiations for a settlement of
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    Lock icon PLAN TO BOYCOTT SCHOOLS
    37 2 The African National Congress has planned a boycott of BChoola by African children when the South African Nationalist Qovernment takes over African education on April 1. it was reported m Johannesburg yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Studying farmers
    21 2 Thirty-six young Persian farmers arrived m Munich by train yesterday for two years' study m West Germany A. P.
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    Lock icon FORMOSA WAR NOT IMMINENT SAYS IKE
    134 2 THE White House Press Secretary. Mr. James Hagerty. yesterday indirectly confirmed reports that President Eisenhower did not believe that wain the Formosa Strait is imminent. U.S. newspaper reports yesterday morning said Eisenhower disagreed with m iii tan leaders who believed the Chines" intended to
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    ELECTION DIARY
    71 2 The following election meetings will be held today: PAP: Mr. Lee Kuan Ye iTan.iong Pagan 7.30 p.m. Maxwe. Road postmen's quarters. Progressive: Mr. Eric W« (Farrer Park* 5.30 p.m. Fane: Park: Mr. Foo Few Ting Bahru > 7 p.m. Kamponu BUat Labour Front: Mr. Mak Pak Shee (Geylang)
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      187 2 ROBINSON'Sj MISS I SALE I VALUES LIKE X NOW ON!\ THESE... gjjffljk Sizes 42 to 44 BRITISH MADE TUNIC SHIRTS, Usually $225.00 b $275.00 with two Trubenised Collars to y v match, coat-style, double cutt. m SALE PRICE $145.00 coloured stripes and m plain colours grey, blue and fawn. SPORTS
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    VITAL TESTS FOR BIG POWER PLAN
    285 3 Results will be known by July SERIAL photographs and s» seismic tests have been taken m the Came r o n Highland! whore a L>iant hydroelectric scheme for smith Malaya may be built. is revealed m the Central Electricity Board's annual report tabled m
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    Lock icon AFTER THE PARTY...
    42 3 Cited for their safety record by the Japan Fire Prevention Society on Monday. Amaga saki's seven firemen celebrated. After the party, they ran their fire engine into a tree. All seven wound up m a hos- i pital.- A.P.
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    Lock icon Still going up
    26 3 Two leading New York copper producers began charging 36 cents a pound for copper yesterday the highest price; A.P. mcc World War I.
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    Lock icon DOCTORS SEPARATE SIAMESE TWINS
    97 3 DOCTORS SEPARATE SIAMESE TWINS SIAMESE twin girls were successfully separated m an operation m Chicago yes- terday. The 20 montlis-old twins, Prissana and Napit Polpinyo actually are from Slam came through the three and a hail hours' operation m exnt condition, doctors said. irgeons found a common liver twice the
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    Lock icon 'On The Waterfront' expected to take 4 Oscars
    186 3 'On The Waterfront' expected to take 4 Oscars MARLON BRANDO and Grace Kelly a re leading favourites for the best actor and aetresx awards when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences makes its annual Oscar presentations tonight. "On The Waterfront" starring Brando, seems certain to gain four of
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    Lock icon 'Star is born' Judy gives birth to son
    119 3 'Star is born' Judy gives birth to son RINGING star Judy Garland O yesterday gave birth to a son on the eve of the academy awards. In which she is a principal contender. The actress, up for the top Oscar for her success m "A Star Is Born." had hoped
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    Nasser sees Gaza frontline
    52 3 Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser accompanied by the Minis- ter of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I Mai. Gen Abdel Rahlm Amer. j and two cabinet ministers ye.s- terday made a surprise tour of Egyptian military positions bordering on the tense truce I demarcation line
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    Lock icon LORD BRIDPORT ILL
    16 3 Vincount Bridport, 43-year-old descendant of Lord Nelson, is seriously ill m Rome Reuter
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    Lock icon PILOT IS KILLED BY RUNAWAY PLANE
    143 3 A RUNAWAY C-46" transport plane smashed a Jet trainer to pieces yesterday at Greenville, Mississippi, killing a flight instructor, then careered m flames into a snack bar occupied by several airmen. None of the men m the building was hurt seriously; Col. John Chick,
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    Lock icon Employers have 'truce plan to stop dock strike
    180 3 STOPPAGE TIES UP OVER 100 SHIPS npH3 employers have called a truce m the inter-union row which caused over 15.000 British dockers to stop work on Monday and again yesterday The trouble started over a bid by the Stevedores* Union. previously centred
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    Lock icon SPY WAS BEWITCHED BY BRIBE
    137 3 SPY WAS BEWITCHED BY BRIBE AiVEDISH An captain. Ed to •even year bard labour, lay lor grot pionage" told the court hi bewitched" who:, h< 1.-XJO erownj P276j put on the table m front ol him by a Czech military attache "I did not think o! the consequence! and i
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    Lock icon First DDT factory
    22 3 India's first DDT factory went into production yesterday near Delhi to augment the nations fight against Malaria A. P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar. 30, 1955. Opinion OMINOUS LULL
    279 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar. 30, 1955. Opinion OMINOUS LULL WHERE has been very little news from the Formosa area m recent weeks. The lull i.s ominous. American military intelligence sources say this i.s the preliminary build-up to an attack Of] the Nationalist -held offshore islands of Matsu and
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    AT LAST—WELL, ALMOST
    18 4 AT LAST— WELL, ALMOST But best of all— no more jokes about 'long engagements' and 'eternal crown princes'."
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    It's hard to make them go Red
    450 4 \FTER almost 10 years of trying to Communize Eastern Germany, the Soviets are still far from completing their task. The Soviet Zone's resistance to Communism is all the more remarkable since Russia started out to Bolshevize the East Germans under optimum conditions total
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    PARIS DIARY
    234 4  - PARIS DIARY NTRPHIN COILTIR T»HE Duke of Edin--1 burgh's amus q g brush with Riviera police recently when hv was twice pulled up speeding and driving the wrong way down a oneway street, prompts a Question. Sow Is it that there is nobody m the Duke's suit* can t< him
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      54 4 I GIFTS SEAM '5 I I Articles of r.ire bc.iuty .md intrinsic v.iluc simple gifts ornjment.ll .md useful shifts, fl the ?jj work of fine craftsmen. The n.imc of SENA ur on the box conveys .i com- 0 pliment more eloquently v fh.in words. H.SENA LTD. HICH CLASS JEWELLERS SINCAPORE.
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      189 4 5 I Helena Rubinstein sh\s Give me 10 minute* a ilav <- I I'UL ADD 10 YEARS YOUTH j I TO YOUR SKIN" _*afe< r > g *\7"OU can have skin that looks and M/^ 2 J reelsasnuichastenNearsyounger. mwJr< How? B\ faithfully following W Wthese three indispensable rules ol Igß
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    NOT THE STRONGHOLD THEY THINK
    485 5 TODAY'S FREE PRESS ELECTION REPORT Tanglin a buffer division m English. One candidate explained that the Englisheducated should be able to decide lor themselves and so don't need to attend ralll Tanglin has voted Progressive m the past but now two rival parties have joined
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    THE THREE CANDIDATES
    121 5 J (/UN BDE, 41, Progressive; (company executive); born. England; educated, Winchester College, King's College, Cambridge; resident. Singapore nine years; Secretary of Party; chairman, Musical Society: former university lecturer and municipal commissioner In India. JOHNNY LIM SEOW C II I AN. 17. Labour Front; (merchant); born, ii■r i
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    Mr. YEO MUST SELL HIS DREAM HOUSE
    370 5 Mr. YEO MUST SELL HIS DREAM HOUSE X SINGAPORE millionaire t has built a dream house can*| aflord to live m It the most modern o«f all Singapore towkays* houses and :.is taken four years to mild. The owner. Mr. Yeo Keat runs a cigarette distributing business m Upper iross
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    MIC move on deck tickets
    57 5 The Malayan Indian Congress is to seek the help of the Commissioner ol India In Malaya Mr. R. K. Tandon, regarding the issue of deck tickets to India. i The Bunysar branch, of the MIC will table a resolution at Its meeting here on April
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    Killed by sling
    37 5 A Singapore Harbour Board labourer, Ismail bin Rahim, 49. was killed by a felling iron sling last night while working on the wharf at OodOWfl 7 where the Glenroy was dib- j charging cargo.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      311 6 Hflfl^HMflß AAANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis r 1 I YES BEASTS! SHE HAS A, hCLE JI WE HAVE TO CO *EU f A"ER WHAT ITOLO YOU? IV^ gQ-* AFErV' FOOLS ACTUALLY CLIMBED 1 Tl/^ THANKS-- J CLAIM YOl; "SHE'LL TURnJ f|f BAL. v ••NO *IV£ J f ,^l-^
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      694 6 YOUR 1 LUCKY i STAR |>OKN today, the eh mints <>t individualism arc huhlv m.uked. \mi are a naiui.tl non-conformisi and can be depended upon to do things E just a Utile bit ditlrrentl) tiom all those who may have gone beloie. \ou want to live your own life, think
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      163 7 LONDON, Mm Previous lodi KI'RBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European J<i>, buyers buyers 1)01 ts April l Rl BBEB No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports May 26' .Im mfSSnTL 1 rss spot. .ers RI'BKER No. 1 RSS Settlement 26 3 i bu bu>ei House Terms .May 26
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      New York prices
      96 7 mv IOHJto. If. 1 Yrvious Today TIN Straits spot and neat by 91.63 nom. TIN futures March 90.50 bid 90.75 nom. 91.50 asked nO D) April 90.50 bid 90.50 bid May 90 35 bid 90.35 bid 91.35 asked 91.35 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES: Nil. RUBBER, futures, May
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      U.S. PEPPER
      33 7 Spot Malabar was offered latterly I cents and April shipment about at 43 cents. Afloats about 42,* 414 sellers ex -dock New York. Above price quoted m U.S. cents per lb.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      30 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 29. Previous Today SO Industrials 413.73 m Railroad, "0.79 101.36 40 Domestic Bonds 100.02 99.97 15 Unities 6394 63.8a (il Slocks Composite Average 154.09
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      103 7 ■v f r > COPRA Philippines cJI. UK /North KM'Xir"" $iBl sellers C rb2.R,Tt n T«.n fOb Mmni a u^uo.ed COPRA Straits ci.f. ITK1 T K North Earoiwan deliveird weight per £66 buyerSs long ton March/ April JgJ eR £67 seller.ffi7' f buyers £6G buyers April/May
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    VIETNAMESE DON'T FEEL ISOLATED NOW, HE SAYS
    125 7 CARDINAL Gilory, the Arch- > bishop of Sydney, said 111 Singapore yesterday, thai the 700.000 refugees m South Vietnam, now felt they were not i«*)lated because of the i ree world's interest m them He ha* iust visited the refugees accompanied by the
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    S'PORE MAKES MIXED MARRIAGES SUCCEED
    277 7 S'PORE MAKES MIXED MARRIAGES SUCCEED SAYS U.S. AUTHOR AMERICAN authoress Bernardine Bailey thinks mixed marriages have been most successful m Singapore. To tell this to the world, Mrs. Bailey is now writing a novel m Singapore with "inter-racial marriages" as her theme. She expects to finish it by June. To
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    New life for 'Kuala Lumpur' -this time as an oil burner
    98 7 r rilU. .Malayan Railway's diesel oil-hurnini; JL locomotive the "Kuala Lumpur" has arrived m Singapore to begin a new life. The new locomotive, a gleaming green wis converted at the Central Workshop. Sentnl, from a charcoal-driven eimine. Mr. Mong
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    Polling aid sought
    57 7 The Trengganu Government has a.sked for 44 Division One officers from the Malayan K.stabllshmeni to be presiding officers during the Federal election m July. The State Election Officer. Tuan HaJI Ismail bin Panjang Aris, yesterday said that the officers must have a thorough knowledge <>r Malay to
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    Girl badly burnt
    55 7 A thri B"*' cnla See Geek, of Kiver Valley Road, was brought m ncr mother t» the Ci. oral H< pital, Singapore, it withse? re bum., on the Ch fICT condition was very serious. ntrt Tai Peng Hong. two was also admitted to the'hospital after being scalded
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      110 7 COMMUNITY PLATE j CANTEENS OF CUTLERY 1 FOR SIX, EIGHT AND 1 TWELVE PERSONS 1 S.P.H.deSILV^U/ I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUI SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD. <i.->. The Arcane, Singapore. M: &JMI I Vmem 1, Rnigef ggfffH. Kuala Lumpur. Tel. IMI Operates a BAGGAGE DELIVERY j SERVICE throughout the World
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    Lock icon BEAUTY PARADE IN JOHORE
    77 8  - BEAUTY PARADE IN JOHORE ROGER YUE Two queens are chosen m one f m nighf Story by J^ALAY FILM STAR Maria Menado helps Che Fatima Yusoff with her make-up. Che Fatima was voted third place m the Miss UMNO contest. The Indonesian actresses Radin Rafiah and Norsiah (right) dress for
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    Contest tor Miss Kebaya
    218 9 to queens. Above left is uh Ahmad, Miss UMNO I right, Che Sharif a c Kebaya Queen. i. (he Mariamah ll j. ndes before the judges IIMNO contest. X^O and a half thousand people saw the election of a Miss UMNO 1955 and a Kebaya Queen
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    You'd hardly know you've gone through the sound barrier
    511 10  - You'd hardly know you've gone through the sound barrier OSCAR HASS IF THERE WAS NO SPEED INDICATOR ON PLANES SAYS TEST PILOT WOULD you be afraid to ride m a let airDlane as it broke through the sound barrier? The public generally pictures this as a frightening physical ordeal m
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    Lock icon RADIO NEWCOMER
    66 10 picture. I ocus of much attention at the Paris Radio Exhibi tion is the "transitor" just a few inches m length which is said to replace the radio valve. It consists of a small tube containing a particle of get manium. Experts believe that the transitor will change
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    They walked across a sea to get their readings
    458 10  - They walked across a sea to get their readings OSCAR A. CUTH by SIX Australians have made the first landing ever on a remote part of Antarctica after 53 hours of dare-devil, death-defying skiing across a treacherous, frozen sea. The men, members of the Australian Antarctic expedition sacrifled sleep as
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    Lock icon THROUGH EUROPE WITH A TAPE RECORDER
    690 11  - THROUGH EUROPE WITH A TAPE RECORDER Webb Mckinley A nations attitude towards its women is reflected m lis folk songs by AICkST tourists go to Europe armed with camera and Riiido book. Alan Lomax went with a tape recorder anci a theory. Mr. Lomax. a big, 40--ar-old New Yorker, is
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    104 11 4 HUNDRED years ago A this March. Kichirri Wagner, the composer conducted the Royal Philharmonic B o t I i t J Orchestra m a eon << of his w«nks m London. At that time he was called "a shameless chai latan" and his music dubbed "a meaningless con <\
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    The Golden Touch
    87 11 •I lle-s.- Texan millionaires was Ifetenini to I nun I talking about the hoard of geld stored m Inrt Knox, \i ntm k% ■■111 it's the stu/1 that ke, p Bf nir ureal couoUn K old standard' he was told "And. do you kiM, Hiwh enougngoM now
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    The dancing teacher with the ROYAL touch
    710 12 The dancing teacher with the ROYAL touch ANNE SHARPLEY meets The lirst reasonably-priced Aline fashion lo reach the ondon shops is here portrayed by famous fashion photographer John French. It's 8 little Sprang-fresfa fersej dress Paris-Styled to tin' shape of the capital letter A: with sloping shoulder. loose waist, and
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    Lock icon HOPEFUL
    59 13 pic lure. Austrian-bora film star Maria 'In 11, 2f>, acclaimed m (Jer- l »> and Austria as the fading screen actress of the ■ay, has arrived m London to tend the Press showing ci ne w film "The Lost .fere she sils on the stairs of the taeo-Poly theatre
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    Lock icon DREAM saved a Coronation from disaster
    323 13 ARCH WAS TOO LOW FOR THE ROYAL COACH 'THE 61-year-Old Duke 1 Ol Portland told i s at London's ManHouse how a dream. father had had. preited a major crisis at ig Edward Vll's Corotion, In 1902. Some of his listeners at the ry
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    The BULLRING is NO place for the Senorita
    458 13 The BULLRING is NO place for the Senorita ANCE the girls who like cheers, glamour and excitement found it singing with a hand, or swimming a channel, or bccomi n g parachute Jumpers. There's a new appeal now South of the Border. It's bullfighting. Manager of Mexican arenas say they
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    Bridge Hand
    225 13 Neither side vulnerable West dealer The bidding: ■est north east I 0 Dbl. Pass 1 N.T. p- 24 Pass 3 v ra p faSS Pass AST has a puor band, tut It s 3 8 opponent i i rength, and the onl] ■ray he Can -steer West back
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    ONE 6d NOTEBOOK RULES WORLD OF WEMBLEY
    1135 14  -  GEORGE WHITING By— a rags-to-riches success start) and ii leads to a I c, den! desk ut Wembley, it it the story ot Sir Arthur >t of 'Ginger,' the policeman** who is now one of London's entertainment bosses, I] YOT have run at
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    30 14 picture. Australia's Don Mvrraj vaults over his partner. Bern! Dablberg ol Sweden. daring the All-Eng-land Badminton (ham pionships at the Empress Hall. London. Reuter
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    YMCA CHAMPION
    38 14 The Malayan and Singapore champion. Ontj Chew Bee. entered the men's singles final of the YMCA open invitation tenm s championship wnen he beat H. Kh.uni> S-l, 6-1 m the semi-final at Bras Basal) Road yesterday.
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    PHILIPPINES MEET JAPAN IN FINAL
    81 14 PHILIPPINES MEET JAPAN IN FINAL rHE Philippines qualified to meet Japan m the Eastern zone of the Davis Cup tournament yesterday when the y eliminated Burma 3-0. Following up their victory m the two singles matches yesterday Pelicisimo Ampon and Raymond Deyro beat the Burmese pair. Maung Maung and Ba
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    Eddie Choong picked
    227 14 Eddie Choong picked LADDIE CHOONG has been selected for training m preparation for the Thomas Cup defence. Seven players were named yesterday by* the selection committee of the Badminton Association of Malaya. They are Wong Peng Soon, Eddie *Choong Ong Poh Lim. Ooi Teik Hock. Tan Jin Eong. Lim lsee
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      SELETAR RALLY AFTER TRAILING 1-3
      739 15 SELETAR RALLY AFTER TRAILING 1-3 Walton beats his own goalkeeper KAF Seletar 3; Kciyal Engineers 3. l LTHOI'GH Seletar drew level with an "own-goal" A they were far from being lucky In this Div 1 match against their Army rivals for the leadership, yal Engineers. After being outplayed m the
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      58 15 COHEN DEFENDS HIS TITLE IN SEPTEMBER ROELRT COHEN the French holder of the world bantamweight boxing title, i.s expected efend his champion.ship m atost South African Tow eel. v ohen was to have met Toweel annesburg on March 5. but nuary siiffered a broken jaw car accident. riling to his
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      RSGC MIXED FOURSOMES
      57 15 IHE March Mixed Foursomes ke) competition of the Royal iporc Golf Club resulted m a ftin for Mrs. Flanagan and T. M. iap (39-9— 30>. Other cards returned were: Mr. A Mrs. J. Markham (4 1-7 4— Mrs. Gowan and K. C. lahr ,42-7—35) and Mr. and
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      NAVY SHOCK THE REME
      152 15 Xavy 1; R.E.M.E. 0. NAVAL Wanderers surprised the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at HMS Terror yesterday with a return to form. Their defence was stronger and REME. who I have yet to score In three out- j 1 ings this season, could not get through.
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      LEAGUE TABLES
      108 15 POSITIONS after yesterday.? matches: DIVISION ONE F W I) L F A l»tv Selct.u- 3 2 1-755 Chang] 2 2 5 4 RE 3 12-844 Navy 3 2-1354 Ten^Mli 2 11-213 R.AS.C. 2 1-13 3 2 SignaLs 3 3 3 6 0 R.A.O.C. 1 1 1 o RE.M.E.
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      CHANGI WIN
      32 15 KAF Cnangi B beat Royal Army Medical Corps 2—l m a Div 2 same at Alexandra. Royal Army Pay Corps beat RAF Tengan 3—o m the other Div. 2 match.
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      Johore and NS name teams
      117 15 SEGAMAT. Tues. The JohOTC team to meet Nepri Sembilan Tampin this weekend m the flrsl si .v cricket fixture ol the season will w i)r R F D'Costa <eapt i. Bgt. Naruinbe, J. Woodhuli. O. Car- michael M. B. Emery. C. H i Callus B.
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      Pearl's Hill School sports
      107 15 -1 PEARLS Hill |T ..ports yesterday i Bread and butt., race ia i Lee Seek fc.: n &U b k^i (P in7^Won« 'Toh Chona Weng _*Pg, (primary ICJ L n Nut traawfer 1 Poon Kum hum. N»t p Siau Kwok sue. 3 CT 1A and B
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      S'PORE SCHOOLS v. JOHORE
      59 15 Singapore Combined Schools team to meet Johore ComSchools at Jalan Besar Sta•ium on Sunday will be selected bir Singh <ACSI. Sathaslvam "••'tleyi. Kirn Chve (RD. Abbas VS>, Mousa (Beatty), Sin Yong ley), I. J. Singhf (ACS). Nonis Malleques CBartley). Maurice V"" <SAS> Rahman (Bartley), (Bartlejr), Palaniapan.
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      607 15 K.A.S.C 2; Royal Signals. 1. IT SOUNDS CRAZY, but if Royal Army Service Corps had not lost a man seven minutes before time they could well have been sharing the points with Signals. instead of chalking up their iirst league victory. After taking R 2-0 lead m
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    SHANGRILA IMPRESSES OVER HALF MILE
    217 16 Derby hopes out at Ipoh Free Press Course Correspondent DEKBV candidate Shangrila, with Hudson astride, was sent out against the stopwatch on the training track at Ipoh this morning: and he put up an impressive performance to clock 52 sec. for half a mile and
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    89 16 Australia first innings 515 for 9 dfi'laicd. WEST INDUS FIRST INMINC.s Hoi' c Ben.iud b Lindwall 31 Gibbs lbw b Ait her 12 Biiin> i Burge b Archer 0 Weekcs run out 19 Walcott not out 9a roll b Johnat 9 Ith not out 37 Extras: 18 Total 'for
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    42 16 picture. Report on page 15. It's a goal. The scorer is Koy.il Army Service Corps insideritjht Osborne, who is here partly hidden by Royal Signals goalkeeper lons. RASC won this Div. 1 United Services League match 2-1 yesterday at Alexandra. Free Press
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    MALAYA OUT OF S. E. ASIA TOURNEY
    334 16 Free Press Boxing Reporter PERMISSION has been granted for Singapore to organise an international boxing tournament among countries m South-east Asia. It i« planned to stage the competition In Singapore m July or August. The Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (A.1.8.A.), to whom
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    Lock icon CHELSEA BEAT SUNDERLAND
    62 16 I^NGLISH first division club Chelsea strengthened their lead m the league champion-hip by beating Sunderland 2-1 yesterday. Chelsea now have 44 points from 36 games. They are followed by Wolverhampton Wanderers, year's champion, who have 41 from 34 games. Motherwell beat St. Mlrren by 1-0 m a
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    Siam boxer delayed
    51 16 NAI Songkiat, top ranking Siamese featherweight who is scheduled to fight Singa- pore's Sonny Chia at the Happy World on April 9, will arrive In the Colony tomorrow afternoon. Songkiat was scheduled to arrive yesterday, but he wrote saying he wanted two more days for training m
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    HAIKOWYU SCORE 5
    44 16 rFHERE were eight goals scored In 1 the S.A.F.A. Div. 2B match at Geylang stadium yesterday when Haikowyu beat Seletar F.C. 5-3. George Cnan (2) Mahad'eva. Salleh. and Hamzab. scored for Haikowyu; Ahmad Balm (2) and Ali Abdullah for the losers.
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    W.I. fight to save the follow-on
    240 16 AN UNBROKEN sixth wicket stand of 120 by Clyde Walcott (95 not out) and Collie Smith he West Indies recover from a poor start against Australia on the third day of the first Test In Kingston. In reply to Australia's first Innlnga total of
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