The Singapore Free Press, 31 March 1955

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. 1 ItlO. Singapore. Thurs.. Mar. 31, 1955. Price 15 C ts.
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    School strike: No action yet says Head
    206 1 School strike: No action yet says Head rrHE one-day strike of Chinese middle school students m Singapore yesterwas, it is understood, discussed by Governor's Executive Council this ratac The Director of Education. Mr. R. M. mg, though not a member of the incil, is understood to attended the meeting Government
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    SLANDER CASE GOES TO CRIMINAL COURT
    215 1 THE case against Mr. Tan Enq Joo, Democratic Party candidate for Paya Lebar, and Mr. Chuang Hui Tsuan, a sunporter, for alleged slan against Mr, Urn Koon Terk. Progressive Party candidate m the^same division, will now be heard m the Criminal District Court. When
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    STRUCK ON HEAD
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    14 1 Lady Churchill Prime Minister, v.wl oe ra W I mom Reuter
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    S.H.B. STAFF WILL STRIKE IN 14 DAYS
    86 1 VBOUT 1.300 sThite collar workers clerks, itoreand other monthly lid .staff of the Singapore irbour Board are expected to ike on April 15. Mr. Jameet Singh, secretary the Stal! Association, said 14-day strike notice will be rved at mid-day today. The Association says
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    Lock icon Russian gives up
    36 1 A RUSSIAN officer, his wife and two children, walked a Britain Army sales In Berlin yesterday and lor asylum. The Soviet officer laid his pistol on t^ counter wnere Sana *8 Immedia' A.P.
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    RUBBER DOWN
    20 1 The Singapore Rubbei kH opened on th s morning, with I April shipn a lb., one-quarter cent Deio*
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    Lock icon Reds want Malayan Chinese
    101 1 Ar) X I of Ornament, Nfc M.l.v K S said >^terday that if >iala\a sot self-government, .bout half the population would already be subjects oi Communist China. Mr. Henry Ilopkinson. Minister ol state or Colonial Affairs, replied that it WM tne View ol the Chinese (iovernment
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    Saigon calm but armies stand by
    138 1 Saigon calm but armies stand by GENERAL PAUL ELY, French Commissioner-General m Indo-China secured an uneasy truce yesterday m the lighting between South Vietnam Government troops and the forces of three private armies but French officials doubted whether the rival forces, whose overnight battle m Saigon led to the reported
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    RED MALAYA FEAR BY N.Z.
    262 1 RED MALAYA FEAR BY N.Z. y[R. ERIC HALSTEAD, New Zealand's Minister of Social Security, said yesterday m Wellington that New Zealand's front line was m Malaya. "Bui if we recognise Communis! China and admit her lo the United Nations, we will be m danger of losing Malaya," he added. Speaking
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    Lock icon IKE HITS AT NAVY HEAD ON MATSU
    312 2 Speculation on Red attack not serving aim of world peace 9 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER yesterday In Washington deplored speculation about the chances of war over Quemoy and Matsu. He said at his Press conference that such speculation was not serving the k cause of
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    Lock icon Dutch gift to Vietnam youth
    38 2 Dutch youth organisations are sending about 1,000 guilders (£100) worth of medicines to youth m Vietnam m response to an appeal by the 50-nation World Assembly of Youth Cons held m Singapore- Reuter
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    Lock icon APPEAL TO QUEEN
    32 2 Dr. George Cairns, former Chlei veterinarian for the Ontario racing commission, .said he has appealed to the Queen to halt "inhuman" treatment of horses on Ontario race tracks. A.P.
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    Lock icon Top job for ex-aide
    31 2 M. GeolTroy De Courcel, form< aide to General De Gaulle, was named by the French cabinet yesterday as Permanent Secretary General to t^o National Defence Committee. Reuter
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    Lock icon CHINA REDS MORE ACTIVE NEAR MATSU
    59 2 CHINA REDS MORE ACTIVE NEAR MATSU NATIONALIST Chinese military officials on Matsu Island, off the Red China coast, said yesterday that Communist acti vity opposite the island outpost had Increased greatly. Lt.-Col. Chang Tien S»ien, chief intelligence j officer on the island, told newsmen that "never was such activity seen
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    CEASE-FIRE STILL 'NOT FEASIBLE'
    103 2 A LABOUR Member of Parliament, Mr. Fenner Brock- way, urged the Foreign Secre- i tary, Sir Anthony Eden, m the' House of Commons yesterday to press urgently for a cease-fire on both Communist China and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek m the Formosa Strait. He said very serious
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    ELECTION DIARY
    85 2 The following election meeting! are to be held to- 1 day: Progressive: Mr. Peter Lim Tanjong Pagan 5.30 pjn. junction of Anson Road-Raub Street; Mr. Foo Few Ting (Tiong Bahni) 7 p m. SIT flats are*. Democrats: Mr. Ong Eng Lmn (Rochore) 8 p.m. In front of j
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    Lock icon RAF squadrons to withdraw from Iraq
    145 2 THE British Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden. told the House of Commons yesterday that as a result of Britain Joining the Turkey-Iraq defence pact, RAF units stationed in Iraq would be withdrawn gradually and airfields there occupied by the RAF would pass to Iraqi
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    Lock icon Another Soviet boss is Kicked out
    119 2 Tif R K. M Sokolov, head of the Soviet Government's committee on building, has been replaced by Mr. V. A. i Kucherenko, one of the new deputy premiers. The announcement wa.s j made by the Presidium of the l Supreme Soviet of the USSR
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    55 2 The Singapore branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects last night held a cock- j fail party m honour of their international president. Sir Howard Robertson (second I from left). Others m this Free Pres> picture arc Mr. E Magnay. branch secretary; Mrs. Magnay. Mr. K. Brundle. Singapore president,
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    Lock icon Jakarta mission upsets Australia
    140 2 Jakarta mission upsets Australia RED IN DELEGATION AUSTRALIAN embarrassment over the proposed composition of an Indonesian Parliamentary mission is likely to end a plan for the exchange of goodwill delegations" between Australia and Indonesia, official sources m Canberra said last night. The seven proposed members of the Indonesian party included
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    Lock icon NEW GAZA BATTLE: ONE HURT
    80 2 NEW GAZA BATTLE: ONE HURT AN Egyptian soldier was wounded yesterday m a <)0-minute Israeli-Egyptian skirmish near Gaxa which involved mortars and automatic weapons. Meanwhile a Jordan military source said Israeli forces yesterday killed one Jordan national guardsman, wounded another and made off with about 170 cows and sheep. He
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    Lock icon 'PORTUGUESE BUILD-UP NO THREAT BUT...'
    81 2 'PORTUGUESE BUILD-UP NO THREAT BUT...' Mr NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, told Parliament yesterday that b aware of a considerable ln< m the garrisons of the- Portuguese settlement m India also of the construction ol fields, but he did not them as any threat to India. Mr. Nehru, who was
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    Malayan Newspapers Association
    37 2 Malayan Newspapers Association The Free Press was one of nine newspapers represented lat a preliminary meeting held m Singapore yesterday to form a Malayan Newspapers Association. It was proposed to Invite Federation newspapers to join the Association.
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    Lock icon Bridge to Italy
    16 2 An Italian -born workins on plans for to link Sicily with Italy.- A.P.
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      65 2 ■Ri» mliJar'flff'iP 3 The weekly issue of the STRAITS BUDGET can Iw sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of j If you want the "BUDGET" while on leave or wMi to make an •Air-subscription" on behalf of 7 JJ" Home ollite
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    Lock icon $4.3 m LOSS SO FAR IN LONDON PRESS STRIKE
    277 3 i OSSES suffered by Britain's national newspap* the six-day old newspaper strike have exc< <4,250.000, with no settlement ol the dispute m sfeh This estimate was given by reliable sources aftei a day m which representatives of the 24 newsoanen and
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    Lock icon VICE TRIAL LAWYER ATTACKS WITNESSES
    240 3 VICE TRIAL LAWYER ATTACKS WITNESSES rrHE defence lawyer, Mr. i George W. Hen told the J 'lke trial jury m New York yesterday that prostitute and ex-convict witnesses who testified against the defendant did not have the moral fibre to respect the integrity of an oath. Summing up at Minot
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    Lock icon Saar vote won
    25 3 The National Assembly m Paris yesterday approved the French Governments policy on the Saar by a vote of 323 to 284. Reuter
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    My viewpoint, by Lee Kuan Yew
    226 3  -  IHEFER you to your article; page 7 March 17) under; the heading -Chinese leaders hit at ignorance of U.S. writer, and particularly to the comments quoted as beiny wane by me. Your report of these comments wh'u-h was confined to; first three paragraphs set
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    Margaret steps out with a song and a dance
    228 3 Margaret steps out with a song and a dance i>i.in< iss nargard im.<i an un<-\|ir, (p xisit to ulgM Huh last nit;ht f.»r a rouiul of mii;iii. ui-i dancing. It was the first limp the Princt'ss, rMorted by Billy Wallace and six other young men. had departed from Mayfair nil,
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    Lock icon PATHANS RIOT IN KABUL -FOR INDEPENDENCE
    164 3 TWELVE Afghan policemen and 35 demonstrators were injured in day-long clashes In front of the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul yesterday when Pathans, demanding for an independent, state, tried to tear down the Pakistani flag, Kabul Radio reported. The radio said the Afghan Government had
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    Lock icon ICE 'ISLAND' THREATENS JAP PORT
    55 3 ICE 'ISLAND' THREATENS JAP PORT T'HP". biggest ice floe of the 1 year- reported up to miles long and 23 miles wide —has beer- sighted off the north-eastern tip of Japan. Kydodo News Service said yesterday. The ice mass was moving about one mile an hour. It might block shipping
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    Lock icon 'VISION' PLEA BY KILLER ATTACKED
    144 3 'VISION' PLEA BY KILLER ATTACKED r IHK1 HK prosecution yesterday attacked seU- confessed killer Gerald Hammer's claim that be had visions before the murder of his Japanese wife and a Japanese barmaid. The U.S Army civilian worker is lacing trial before an army court martial only lo r the murder
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Mar. 31. 1953. Opinion FOR WIDER STUDY
    283 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Mar. 31. 1953. Opinion FOR WIDER STUDY |T is good that both, the Federation and Singapore Governments have agreed to increase the allowance by S5B 0 (£6B) a year to married students m Britain Whose wives are with them. These students, will now get $4,768
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    Lock icon The argument over Hong Kong
    858 4 The argument over Hong Kong Britain will fight, if necessary, for its Crown Colony, reports FREDHAMPSON. Communist China, however, has made no move to demand this great trading port. HONG KONG, whose history and future popped into the news as result Of the Yalta j, is still firmly m British
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      29 4 I NEW SHIPMENTS World Famous Pearls "MIKIMOTO"! m Aii Forms cf Jewellery. <<! Appointed Official histt i hu tors:<G.C.DeSILVA&BROS., Jewellers fl 3. RAFFLES PLACE << Singapore- 1 Tel: 831 15. ll
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      114 4 t^^t^es^Si^^kmK,mmm^. imim^Ke Iv Ka^ tm*.*^r' v\^^s^&r THE NEW A5O mm. a I Cambridge De Luxe Saloon New 1.500 co (A5O) Longer Whetl Hast Q °l engine Full width luggage Improved Front Rear compartment, 14 cv feel. Suspension auc-tim This exciting new AUSTtw Spacious Body Interior. can be seen at all
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    ? Then Third Man of Cairnhill ?
    1003 5 Then Third Man of Cairnhill tUL RIVAL THE TWO GIANTS FEAR THE FREE PRESS TODAY WINDS UP ITS SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE DIVISIONS 4l: m Singapore are on Cairnhill. Hi<>h 1 tical issues are on trial there. Cairnhill has become the chief arena of oartv struggle m the Colony Legislate
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    Governor need not see majority party on nominated men
    367 5 4 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT spokesman today k*■ denied reports from some political circles about the nomination of four I noilieials to the new Legislative Assembly. The reports stated that the Governor would consult the majority party (if there is one) before making
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      280 6 _^^^^^^^^^.j^aat^M > Bi a I l H .< I _.1B a AAANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 7" C" "1 HAVEN'T SEEN ANY T E T LOTHAR. j\^ X. /|i I „rT OF «T) /T~ ~^l) it V HJPE ISARSA IS Aa RI6HT. I^MM-CEAP VORLP ti M«: THAT STUFF-
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      716 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR 1 I'OKN today, oulsiantln- natural talents art >outs and you must do all la VOW power to develop them to the I utmost, ifii ere Inclined lo I be lather lesiiess with \our lot and will Hit f loru olu thing to another. hoping la j hnd
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      192 7 IO\|M>\, M., r 3| Previous I oil iv Rl BMOI No. 1 RSS cif. European a f ports April Kl BBEI No. 1 RSS cif. European porU May >rs Kl BBKK No. 1 RSS Spot. buyers 26 leltara III I'.l'.li; No. 1 RSS Settlement kWJCTl House Terms
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      New York prices
      99 7 VHV YORK Mar. SO. full— I Today I IN Straits spot and nearby 91.31 91.12 nom. TIM futures April 90 M) bid 90 -'"> bid 90 90 t.>ked May 90 35 bid 90.15 bid Iced 30.85 :i*ked June 90 23 bid 90 00 bid 91 25 a
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      U.S. PEPPER
      26 7 S Malabar d 43, sfl cents sellers t 12 1 and Ap Nt A per pound Spot Aft we price qttoi M Per lb
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      18 7 M \V VOKK !M.ir. Pi irioufl M lnilusi.iak Kul.oad. Domestic Bonds llilitit. Storks Compo^Ue Avei.i,.-
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      91 7 PreviMU I.Klay COPRA Philippines (if. UK North European delivered weight per glBl lonj; ton March Ap.il 1W r COPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila unquoted m bulk, p* r long tun UI^ U COPRA Btralta »»<• lX S()tltl lui,.|mmm idiverei wcUhl V" |»n| ton March April Ap.HM.iy fOCONUT
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    WRESTLING, BOXING FOR BUILDING FUND
    112 7 V wrestler will flgW a jujltsu opponent, and a boxer will be pitted against a wrestler m novel matches to be staged by Singapore Chinese YMC a. at the U.ippy World Stadium Mi Saturday. Proceeds are for the Chi- nese YMCA Building Fund. The judo
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    PAY RENTS AT CENTRES, SIT TENANTS TOLD
    154 7 'Delays will by avoided 5 rENANTS of Singapore Improvement Trust n.ithave not been making as much use as had been expected <»i the six district rent collection centres opened recently, states the Trust. ie Trust, adds that the centre of tin 1 Colony
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    56 7 The NEW Australian Ambassador la Indonesia. Mr. W. K. (rocker, arrived la Singapore m the P. and O. liner (anion. Before his new appointment Mr. Cracker i was Australian Hiuh Commissioner m New Delhi. He leaves for Indonesia an Sunday. Picture shows: Lady Walt and Mrs. Crocker (sitting). Standing: Sir
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    GOING TO LONDON ON HOLIDAY
    47 7 GOING TO LONDON ON HOLIDAY Mi,' f. M de. Ifcrner, flew Into 81j pore from Sydney on hi to London for i holiday. He told the Free Pre I Australian women were now The old Hon i X -rib'»: b'»: n dealt, he tarted his i m
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    NO DATE YET FOR HANYANG DISCUSSIONS
    37 7 NO DATE YET FOR HANYANG DISCUSSIONS 11 for the 1 i t»r m cil. A „f en •m A men I i ol til the me< i i I th Inform the Chim i I of 'i
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    Co-op progress
    16 7 Tiv federation now has 1J73 iiitered co-operative »*ieI while Ml others are being tied.
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    RE-ELECTED
    23 7 Thi i cal S< nior Officers* tion "i the 81n •i] i re-elected Mi P. I Lim Mr. P. I !> r t
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    Billingsgate! Not for me says fish boss
    191 8 Billingsgate! Not for me says fish boss PORTERS at Billing persuaded railwaymen London's Blshopsgate not to handle a consignment ot Danish fish It was addressed direct to a merchant. And thr porters insisted it should go through their market. The railway authorities decided not to risk a major stoppage by
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    TO KEEPING RAGMAN'S SIX CHILDREN-$92,000
    224 8 rpHE six children of a rag gatherer who earns between £5 and £6 a week sometimes morehave cost Cheshire County Council about £11.000 ($92,000) m seven years. It was m 1948 that the children were found to be m need of care and protection and
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    Strangers surprise village
    106 8 Strangers surprise village rpHE -locals- of the BlackaX moor Inn at Grantley, m the West Riding of Yorkshire, were surprised when 19 strangers came m lor a quiet drink with them. But the villagers were frit ndly. and smiled when the men explained that their game of darts was 'rusty.
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    THE $15 GROWL BY PHONE
    71 8 r r^- Orosvenor-cottage, Sloam -sq i 8.W., 1 n Naples, Italy. And the call Is fort ■t. Twenty-one-yi ar old act] Ll rings up Pati h a Queensland Blue n< el Pa i all Bitting m a comfortabl< wl Ml Is the hand-set lor h<
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    57 8 picture. Men from the Ministry of Works busy trying to vivo the President Roosevelt statue m C«rosveno r Square, London, from permanent disfigurement. The words "Traitor to Yalta" had been scrawled across it m letters a foot high. Officials say the red paint us. d c.its into the stone if
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    The lovely salutation
    127 8 "Z^OD and good com- j c pany travel with'ee, c E Sir I That was the meeting j i the Lord Mayor of Lon- I don. Sir Seymour Howard, c got from an old Wiltshire I ditcher. j To the Worshipful Company of Coachmak- era he said:
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    unloading row
    18 8 n employed on build:new powe* station at Tilbury safety rule. c non-union men unloaded a lcny.
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    His black box brought in the patients
    361 8 His black box brought in the patients PHYSIO-MEDICAL practitioner of herbal healing, who began life as a pit boy and now has a £4,000--a-year practice, was sent to prison for two years at Manchester for forging an insurance receipt for £2,415. He is Charles Clement Abbott. b*s. of Asthy, Lances.
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    Schoolgirl, 16 inherits big fortune
    166 8 Schoolgirl, 16 inherits big fortune FTTHE few shillings a week 1 pocket money which schoolgirl Elizabeth Cartwright receives will not be increased although, it was learned, she Is the heiress to C 628.798. She is now 16 and will not control her Inheritance until she Is 21. One night Elizabeth,
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    Tragedy of mother's death is kept from the boy Nicholas
    290 8 Tragedy of mother's death is kept from the boy Nicholas BRIGHT EYED Nicholas played m the sunshine and was quite happy. Yet he could 'have been the unhappiest and loneliest boy m Britain. Consider the events which have highlighted the four trs and live months Of hU life.... He was
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    ARMY QUIETENS COLONEL
    124 8 Aeri< an Army psychologist has been t giving U.S. Bei .mi's wives In Germanj j advice as: Stop p and drinking cc psychologist, Lieut. -Colonel Frederick A. Z< wives that instead ol forming eorktu.. cliques they should try to get to know the people H< accused rank-concioua
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    IS A WOMAN WHO WANTS A NEW NOSE SICK?
    307 9 Paris lawyers debate problem S A woman wno xvanis her nose altered, her face lifted, or her wrinkle, removed a sick person I hal was the question a group of lawyer an< la doctor debated m ;i Paris courtroom. The doctor
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    Husband gave dying wife overdose
    295 9 Husband gave dying wife overdose VWIFE who could only have (1 for "probably a matter Of days" died from an verdose of sleeping tablets iccidentally given by her husband, it was decided by a Bath inquesl jury. She was Mrs. Joan Isabel 3ain. aged 58. Her husband, sraham Ward Bain,
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    KICK ON WINDOW ENDS A SIEGE
    126 9 KICK ON WINDOW ENDS A SIEGE A CRASH of glass as a window was kicked m broke the siege of Chatsworthroad. Stratford. London. bailiff climbed through the window and l<'d out Mr. Silas Bent ley. 25-year-old son of the owner. the house was still under requisition by the West Ham
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    Hungry birds eat the bees
    43 9 Woodpeckers, hungry after the severe weather, are pick ing holes m beehives m East Anglia and eating the bees. Mr. II Conway, of Ramsey, near Harwich, said birds hi d killed every bee m one of his hives.
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    Antonio stays on
    52 9 Antonio, the Spanish dancer whose impact on the public has been as great as Nijinskys. Is to stay In London another month. After the last performance at the Palace Theatre on April 2 he will take his company over to the Saville Theatre until the end of
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    Immediate award
    28 9 King Haakon of Norway awarded the King's Gold Medal to British actress Peggy Ashcroft alter watching her play the lead m Ibsen s Heo> Hii Gabler."
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    Helping horse
    24 9 Mr. Charles Bleach, 53 year-old Liberal candidate In London County Council elections, Is riding round Marylebone streets on a horse seeking supporters
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    63 9 S picture. jiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"! E Tins attractive trio j E from left, Xvi Parnsah j E Tien loaninagi, Ivl k a j S Nelke whose bl it*hl j smiles match tin gaietj of j E their national costumes j E arc Esthewian dancers E Ul n m London i'i»r the In-
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    'Callous driver' dragged him half a mite
    365 9 'Callous driver' dragged him half a mite A MOTORIST who dl *1 nearly hall s mile dragRing an injured cyclist trapped under his car was Jailed lor two ned from driving (or live rears. Thi vas so injured that seven surgeons worked for several day.- to his lile. He has
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    Garden of Evil
    31 9 Police removed a man from the Savoy Cinema. Burnt Oak, Middlesex, last night after a fight between two members of the audience. The film showing: "Garden ol Evil."
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    THE CALLING OF CANDIDA
    50 9 They picked Candida Pojarski, 19 Queen of Striptease" In Paris. It took th" judges three hours to choose lie: from iv candidates Hoi did la- become > ti Ip'ea.se dancer? thej iked Said Candid. i 1 ll fl school at 17. anci found It WS my
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    So the flowers were artifical
    51 9 Posies Of artificial vioiet.s took the place ol spring flowers m the ceremony of presenting flowers to children for their mothers at a Mothering Sunday service m Bl Peter's Church. Ealing. The vicar, the Reverend Henry Cooper, explained that real flowen were too expenaivt this
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    Looking for me
    41 9 While i>o Bremen stumbled through smoke and bui nlng rubbish m an air raid .shelter at Manor-gardens, Hampton, Middlesex, searching for ten-year-old boy believed ti.ipi,' f l the boy was outside inspecting their fire englm watching the earch
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    In Greece—no licence for a Red
    975 10 In Greece no licence for a Red m\\±l~L.3mLm-mmt^ Lm.Mm^mmmMmm >A^^fe^^L^^^^^^^^^^^^^*«^^Jft^^^^^^t^HL_li ill.. m Britain have to q lite a |ent test COVi I only the i lling of a car but an accurate knowledge ol the Highway Code which iays down rules tor road users. with the Inadequate road system choked
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    57 10 picture. Here s, a combination to catch the eye— a gaily patterned tveninj waistcoat ensemble and glamorous lilm star Ann* **i«M.ima to grate it. The outfit, specially designed for !V n Sudan cotton The waistcoat is m tango, black JT. I ITi an- ,s orn over a Pleated-froiit white Mous.
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    Bill's all for a Hollywood film festival
    322 11 ONE of Hollywood's most noted citizens. William Holden, has suggested an international film festival m Hollywood. For years, members of the film industry hav< sounded the need for film celebrations like those held m foreign countries. Holden, the incumbent Oscar winner, •We .-end
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    That CROSBY modesty is almost appalling
    208 11  - That CROSBY modesty is almost appalling HAROLD HEFFERNAN says |F YOU'RE born with the name Crosby Hollywood variety —some of Bing's Stardust must rub off on you. But m the case of younger brother. Bob, his modesty is almost appalling Bob. as most readers know was recently m hospital with
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    They meet AGAIN—in Hollywood!
    85 11 They meet AGAIN— in Hollywood THIRTEEN years S| CyO C h a ll" c ill! 1 P ie• c w< re the ol the Bail and roomed together when th< group tour* d Europe Today they ar< i i l 'n. out m ii Char! v as ways It er"
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    644 12  - BORN TO BE A QUEEN Alan McGregor by Jj^VER since her engageJ ment to King Hussein of Jordan was announced recently. Princess Dma Abdel Hamid has been exceptionally b v s y marking 400 < xamination pap< This beat nty-flve- luate w th en Itivi eyes and dclii and not
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    His ageless tales still fascinate the children of the world
    932 13 His ageless tales still fascinate the children of the world It i i world will commemorate the 150 th i.niversary oi" the birth Hans Christian Ander- n on Saturday. Denik. of course, will be (he centre of the cele- ration. Andersen lovers from many lands are going there to attend
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    52 13 British Socialist leaders relaxed briefly from the anxieties of the recent Bevan crisis when they attended the silver wedding celebrations of Mr. .Morgan Phillips (centre). Secretary c«f the British Labour Party. and his wife. Among those who were at the Fulham Hall (London) party w* r <' Mr and Mrs.
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    Bridge Hand
    311 13 WEST'S overcall Is genuine, 'he double of one heart is apt to be a useless bid. •act, when this deal was "•"d m the first official world •rnpionship team of four fa at Bermuda, four years 'he European player who held •ortn hand was criticized for I iing.
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    Thrills as they run by night
    809 14 THE indoor track season m the United States is coming to a close. During i'tjt period from January to the end of March, thousands of fans crowd into the arenas of large cities gfjeh as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington to watch the
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    ISLAND CLUB MARCH MEDAL
    79 14 Ft/It J E PoUingtoß won the March medal eford) with a score of fl Uo the a division at the Rov.u uland Club. S/Mt A P. Cle«n (4H, > won the "B rle and lhe "C" winner crts 'Ib«- A md 'ii ball sweep v^ent to
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    PAST v. PRESENT
    119 14 The annual Anglo-Chine.se School Past v Present soccer match will be played at Barker Road on Monday. Team.s will be selected from: Old Boy.>: Chui Shui Hang. Oug Swee Law. Ong Swee Keng Tan Sena Ghee. Toll Chin Geok. Gan Kee Siang. Fong Peck Whye. Lee Pak
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    S.I.T. sports officials
    155 14 Office bearers of the SIT. Sports Club elected at the sixth annual i general meeting are: Pa iron: Mr. T. P. F. McNeice: President Mr. J. If. Fraser: Vice- j presidents: Mr. A. B. Sewell. Mr W. H. Smart. Hon. secretary: Mr. Seah Kirn j Bee. Hon.
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    GIANT KILLERS' FORGOTTEN STAR
    444 14  -  ARCHIE QUICK What happened to Dunmore? By i r riiK Irony of it: A year Bfgj David Dunmore was i I coach-builders apprentice m York and as the local tent re-forward was the pride of the City. Today David Is private In Catering Corps after deI
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    Lock icon SATURDAY'S U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    250 14 ENGLISH LEAGUE DiT. 1 A*ton Villa v Burnley Blackpool v Evert on Bolton v West Brom Charlton I Newcastle Huddersfield v Arsenal Manchester I', v Sheffield I. Portsmouth v MLiSM'S.rs lff C Sheffield W. f Cardiff Sunderland v I^icester Tottenham v Chelsea Wolves v Preston DIVISION
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    ARMY TEAM v. CEYLONESE
    55 14 ARMY TEAM v. CEYLONESE The army team lo meet Ceylon I S.C. m the senior cricket tourney, at Nee Soon on Sunday Major Lewis Major Whl Major Biscombe Capt Short Wellard 2 Lt. Sumpter, wo 11 Barron. Bgt. Oddy, Sql founi Pte Angus Pte. Chalk. Reserves: 2 Lt. Hodges. Kennedy;
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    CLOSING GOAL BY KLASS SAVES A POINT
    306 15 Spore Business Houses Soccer Hong Kong Bank 3; Fraser Xeave 3. npHE Bankers won't have a closer call than this* I They salvaged one point with two minutes' play remaining, and they should have had none. Fraser and Xeave deserved to beat the
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    327 15 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts Tel. Board 5 4 0 1 13 5 8 H.K. Bank 4 4 0 0 12 6 7 Ch. Bank 5 3 1 1 16 8 7 Traction 5 2 2 1 10 7 6 F. N. 5 2 2
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    44 15 picture. Military Court (nearest camera) is ridden by E. Mercer to an exciting victory m the Lincolnshire Handicap. \e\t to him is second placed Harry I inn- .K. Cacthin) and on the far side near the rails Three Star 11, who came third. Reuter
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    97 15 DIVISION ONE:- Chartrred 2 Mercantile Bank 1 Pulo m 4 Sime Derby 0 F N 3 Hong Kong Bank 3 M.P.H. 0 hone Board 2 Traction 1 Shell 1. DIVISION TWO:- Cold Storage 1 •:c a Ctanvac 0 K.PM 9 :i>held 0 Malayan Airways 8 Breweries 0
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    YORK CITY BEATEN
    179 15 >"".\V CASTLE United reached the 11 final of the Football AssoeiaI Cup competition for the tenth i /day when they beat thin, .o! club' York City 2-0 m enuVflnal replay at Sunderland. We -castle, who since the war twice won the cup. will meet better city In
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    Lock icon BERGMANN IS OUT
    45 15 Bergmanx. lEnclande X lour times world table-tennis 'ion, was beaten by a tivejf unknown player U round of th° En nipionships m London yesterini. who title, was beaten 21-15, 21-11. 19 by 22-year-old Jimmy. Lowe, ttej of the English junior title Reuter
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    DOUBLES FINALS
    68 15 AFTER a grim one hour struggle Goon Kok Ying a.-»d Ng Chin Hong beat H. J. Sinclair and Col. Clynton Reed In a three set match to win the men's doubles m the Selangor Club Open invitation tennis tournament which ended m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Kok Ying, partnering
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    THE GALLANT TEN
    108 15 Telephones I >ffH 0. mins v/as a battle to stir the 1 heart of any soccer fan. Thr Farrer Park crowd loved it pointless Malay, Publishing Hnuse Dlugglng way at tnt bott^ofthe first division defied the leaders ma pliant but vain ten-man stand yesterday. Qtn<mnore TeVohone Board
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    GERMANY BEATEN 2-1 AT SOCCER
    25 15 GERMANY BEATEN 2 -1 AT SOCCER Italy beat Germany world cup holders, by 2 goaLs lo 1 m an international soccer Batch m Stuttgart yesterday.
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    Lock icon ESPINOSA OUSTS SHIRAI
    128 15 lo ESPINOSA of J Phiiippim placed r irld champsoo Yoshio Bhiral m boxing rank,. tailed by Hum Magazine. He is rated above Jake Tost Dai Dower, Welsh holder of the British Empire and European flyweight titles, is DOl top clial)em T er to Pascual Perca of the
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    Bankers' Derby lacked thrills
    215 15 Bankers' Derby lacked thrills Chartered Bank 2; Mercantile Bank L GOALKEEPER Lim Soo Woon stood between Char- tered Bank and a pile of goals m yesterdays Div. 1 clash at Jalan Besar Stadium. The match was hard fought, but lacking m thrills. But Chartered Bank .should have scored more ■gainst
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    70 15 The Philippine;-. 008 ted to SB tasf Eastern BOOf DBTh Cup fie triumph m Rangoon yesterday inn the two remaining laagkai nere Diaycci. Giving the Philippine.-, a a-0 \l<tory over Burma. RayflßUAdO BCfVO beat Walter Myuit Toon I 1 6-2. CO, and 17 year -old Qewcomei
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    49 15 MR. Avery Brundage, dent of the Intematkmal Olympic Committee, bai left Chicago by air on the first stage ol m. journey to Australia to te the pro*, ot rjrcuaration.s lor thf l'Joti Games m M- ibourne. He expect* .San Francisco by air i"r Bfd today. Reuter
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    WEIGHT RECORDS BY RUSSIAN
    44 15 Arkady Vorbyev, Rumli'i world middleweight weight'iitm* chaaa plon has ;idc.«ed lo hh laurels, tht on Radio asid ye Vorbyev according rodio jerked M Jm li sm 'Sverdlovsk, bettering b the Bu slan record he set at V* i c inMitl.-
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    DERBY HOPE THREE RINGS RUNS GREAT TRIAL
    819 16 Cracks SOs. for half mile ipHREE KIM.S ridden by Don Paterson ran a line trial on the training track at Ipoh this morning m his preparation for the Perak Derby on Saturday week. With Pulot Puteh for company, this top-flight stayer galloped brilliantly
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    50 16 .4. G. B. Pakir <bchm> put up a spirited first-set struggle ■day against Ong Chew Bee. the Malayan and S; Champion, m the men's tingles final of the Y.M.C.A hips. But he succumbed in the second set end Chen- Bet (picture right' **"> r.« «-i _rr^ Free
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    352 16 U7EST INDIES need 70 with seven second Inning wickets m hand to avoid an innings defeat against Australia In the first Test at Kingston, All out for 259 m reply t Australia's first Innings of 515 or 9 declared, they made 186 or three m their
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    28 16 Bngay I mon: Bridgend 6 Nt Rugby 9 Northampton 12. Rugby Leagwe: Whitehaven 11 Salford 5: Swinton 7 Wlgan 7. Bradord Northern 27 Dewsbury 3- Reuter
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    182 16 AUSTRALIA Ist inns Big for nine declared WEBT INDIES IST INNS. Holt c Benaud b Linuv.«iil 31. Qibbs lbw b Archer 12. Binns c Bur^e b Archer 0 Weekes run out 19, Worrell b Johnston 9 Walcott c Benaud b Miller 108. Smith lbw b Lindwall 44 Atkinson f-
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    105 16 I V Cup semi-final replay: Newcastle United 2 York City 0. Knglisli League Division Chester City 2 Sheffield Wedn 2. Division II: Birmingham City 3 Pulham 2. Division 111 (Southern): Watford 5 Millwall 3, Rd :;r..; 1 B mouth 0 Division 111 (Northern*): Bradford o Tranmere 0,
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    45 16 Len Phillip*, Portsmouth righl half bas withdrawn from th« England XI to meet Scotland at Wembley on Saturday. Phillips injured a knee m a trial match, yesterday. Hia place will be taken by Ken Armstrong of Chelsea, whose Brsl full caj Is.
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      242 16 Straits Times Free Press For the convenience of advertisers our representative ot lst floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE, ORCHARD ROAD, will receive -moll advertisements and onsw^rs to box numbers. Classified advertisements may also be honded to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD Winchester House, Colder Quoy, Smgeporc. CLASSIFIED ADS. BIKTII 20 Words $(j
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      10 1 Singapore Flower Show FREE PRESS SUPPLEMENT Thursday, March 31. 1955.
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      CHOICE BLOOMS ON VIEW FROM TOMORROW
      533 1  - CHOICE BLOOMS ON VIEW FROM TOMORROW PETER de CRUZ By CINGAPORES seventh annual Flower Show since the war which opens tomorrow m the Happy World Stadium promises to be the biggest and most colourful yet held m this city. Organised by the Singapore Gardening Society, the threeday show will be
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      31 1 A Bt: UT,™,. spray of »ro..,ds. ouHed I A srown m Mrs O.ra.ia lewis 1 I irst Class Certificate with this hybrid at M* 1 Hower ihow. She wiU exhibit I**
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      86 1 rrw: L Con w i wart Other Ifl 0 H Addi.v>n (Hon. Show Manager Mr. J. L Pestana (Hon A.^t Show Manageri. Mi A W Burtl and Mr M. Lewis <Jo.m Hon Secretaries), and Mr. T. Q C'otterell (Hon Treasurer). Other members of the
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      Chief Prizes
      72 1 rjTHE three top of S lhe Show are: The Royal HorUculttl ll Soch ty' i B ink lan Mcd tl t »r th imateur exhibitor si ing the highest numbei if point The R ii Hortl Itural Affiliated Sil(:;!t Medal for tl exhibitor is t ntu >f poinl
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      Challenge Cups for Colony's finest plants
      658 2 Challenge Cups for Colony's finest plants THE flowers and plants submitted to the Flower Show are cla tied under eleven sections. Each section, m turn, is broken up into various classes. SECTION 1 Is for orchids, open to all. The orchids will be arranged into 31 classes. Challenge cups will
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        173 2 JRSERY 2MD, Orchard LWad, Him^mfmtrm Trl: ***** Orvhitl Speeietlisi. (mftterttl i etnlreteletr A Sttpplier etf i^etrelen ftetftti si Int rtettree-.s A lletskets. ele. our "HABIS SNAIL" POWDER Guaranteed to destroy all Snails. Call m and see us at our Vw Nursery at above address tttp-trittner. S'pttre Fltttrer Sttettr.% m:w. m:m.
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        111 2 GARDENING LOWLANDS of MALAYA i^Hfl K^^»* jJm V^^^^*i m wrkm. l| »-Yl «2kSp*^r*^a*r i ii.^o'^^l uf L* o** I ,'J i mi --\s^^^ This gardening book is written b| •laya S leading botanist especially f"r Malayan gardeners. The subject is covered completely m an easy-to-read manner, and the book is
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      POT PLANTS FOR INDOORS
      580 3  -  John Ewart by SCINDAPSUS aureus" when grown m the open develops into a tall climber, but when grown m a pot it can be maintained as a very attractive house plant, the height depending on the height of the support provided. Leaves are large, sometimes 12
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        101 3 invite YOU to visit their stand and see their products m THE SERVICE OF THE HORTICULTURIST Insecticides Fungicides Fumigants Weed Killers Wctters tr Spreaders Growth Promoters Spraying Equipment Dusting Equipment IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (MALAYA) LTD. I PRINCESS I 5 3 j FLOWER SHOP f I 251, Orchard Road, j I
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      MORE PEOPLE HEAR GARDENING TALKS
      297 4  -  JOHN EWART by President of the Singapore Gardening Society THE membership of the Singapore Gardening Society increase: during the past year from 185 members to 238 while the average number attending monthly meetings increased from 38 to 65. The meetings, which for the most part
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        102 4 PUT V J^ bU j A FLOWERS ;TM PJ^W |*> 1 mm AND I li ORCHID PLANTS FOR SALE H. The Governor's Cup Singapore Flower Show 1935. GLADIOLI BULB IMPORTER NEW HAWAIIAN HYBRID SEEDLINGS STRAP-LEAVED VANDAS DENDROBIUMS DWARF TREES FROM CHINA SUCCULENT PLANTS IN POTS WROUGHT IRON FLOWER POT STANDS
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        90 4 CORONATION I f LOWER SHOP NURSERY BANKSIAN MEDAL CHAMPIONSHIP CUP WINNER 1940 241, Orchard Road, Singapore (Opposite the market) j; j Specialists m Floral Baskets, Bridal Bouquets. Rare Orchids, I Fresh and Floral Wreaths, 341, Bukit Timah Road, 3i/4 Milestone. Rural Board Area Nursery: 1 73/4 Milestone, Yio Chu Kang
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      MORE GARDENS SHOULD HAVE THESE LOVELY PLANTS
      1601 5  -  J.E. Seal Foliage Begonias m Singapore says RAIN IS TABOO rrHE Begonia family has 1 over 200 known species from different parts of the world. There are five general 'groups with almost uncounted hybrids within and between these groups. Begonias that are grown
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        55 5 Bfmfc '^ll^ii ff^^ K^mSk&ls -^a. SI Hai mm> m m'-mt wk&*^ *^lM Syi»sr a «ms& i Jt^^t|^Hh^MP» <Si»k. &^K. .08? oBx^l*.K&'2)Ja **.y^ r^ "TrS t^tkwtr^kw Free Price List on application. Photograph taken m Proprietor: LIM HONG Htt. THE GEM NURSERY (ESTABLISHED 1935) 172 MOULMEIN ROAD, SINCAPORE 11. PHONE: 7542 CABLES:
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      These giant orchids are 12 feet high
      32 6 MRS. GEACIA LEWIS beside one of her 12-foot his*. Renanthera Coeeinea plants m her All her plants of this species of orchid have bloomed wonderfully
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        135 6 I DAISY FLOWER SHOP 1 Hf AD OFFICE: I 5 15. Orchard Road. Tel. ***** 2262S (AMBEK MANSIONS) Telegraphic Address: "Daisyshop" I BRANCH: I 37, Smith Street. Tel. ***** f I NURSERY NO. 1. 94. Braddell Road. Tel. ***** NURSERY NO. 2. Specialists m:- i. FLORAL BASKETS, BRIDAL BOUQUETS, WREATHS,
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        60 6 LITTLE'S FLOWER JOHN LITTLE'S BUILDING RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. TEL: ***** Telegraphic Address:*' JEAL" FOR ALL OCCASIONS SAY IT WITH FLO WERS-B V- WIRE THROUGH INTERFLORA WORLD WIDE SERVICE WEDDINGS ANNIVERSARIES BIRTI ID AYS BEREAVEMENTS REMEMBRANCES ALSO SUPPLIERS OF FRESH FRUITS AND ALSO FOR SALE ANTHURIUM PLANT (Red White) (f PIN
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      Pretty Herald of Spring
      36 7 FLOWER GIRL is 18-year-old Barbara Ball of St. j Mary's m the Isles of Scilly I where spring flowers are blooming In profusion. Barbara's baskets are full with sol dors Narcissus blooms.
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      This comes from Hawaii
      41 7 T«I8 is the Vanda Earnest Fujina«ar d IV sures 3\ inches and is a cross h, tw hPl itbv -looking *toso n and t.he Vanda Sanderiana. This healtny ■Way belongs to Mr. Robert Tan of Sinf efSte.
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      There's uranium where these flowers bloom
      488 7  - T here' s uranium where these flowers bloom THOMAS HENRY *>■ [TRANIUM dowers, li] and mustards which can tolerate considerable concentrations of ura-nium-bearing ores m the soil constitute a distinct group. Recognition of them may be o! considerable help m locating deposit.-; of tin; atomic-bomb < i<'ment for which intensive
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        53 7 REJUVENATE BEAUTIFY YOUR GARDEN I "AGROPHOS" CCDTIIKCD I rcKMLIJCK Containing approx. 25% phosphorus $12.50 per gunny bag o£ about 180 lb. Free delivery at your address m Singapore included Send your order with cheque or pay cash on delivery I HAGEMEYER TRADING CO (Malaya) LTD. I TtL: ***** P- O.
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      Theese arc the judges
      205 8 >rHE Judgi i it the Rower Show tomorrow will be: Orchids. II R 11. Prince V Mr. E. F. Mr A G Sanders Cut Fl Amateur Mr. J W. Ewart and Mr. Wonz Siew Hung Cut Fl Open. Mr. J and Mr. D. C. Doo. Foliage
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      The aim is to ENCOURAGE
      197 8 The aim is to ENCOURAGE r purpose i o Sh lei the pec of many ol whom innol h dens s c what can be grown, and perhaps encouragi tho.se who have gardens, however small, to grow a greater variety of plants. The Shoa also serves to and In re
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      208 8 4 CHEMICAL has been discovered that will not only prolong the storage life of potatoes and onions but will save a lot of hard work with the lawn-mower by re- tarding the growth of American scientists Ing" a series of new eh cats based on hydrazine, the rocket
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        202 8 HYDRQPONIC CHEMICAL CO. Ct vim sil aSi A i^/t Si f/v»S*> fni fiki I /v 1111 lISI V 111 l ilflr\ /^V Guaranteed by "A /^4a\ Good Housekeeping y A;^2s^>V> S&^lv&* 15a\\ /ft ***4rV VVl^^S^^^^ PI-inK Starting Seeds. nN; jF Z^^^fe==^ \Vjl3P>^^ l°° C«tMnf», Trans >\ y/f^^l^^SJ^ \>^ \rranninu. Produces
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        44 8 B S^* >0 m t% 1 I eZ\?#v#y m J Supply and Installation a supplementary j LIGHTING THE FLOWER SHOW Qualified Illuminating Engineers a to advise you too apply:- THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., (MALAYA) LTD. Representing THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD. OF ENGLAND g
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