The Singapore Free Press, 19 February 1958

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper vVt-diusthiy. I rbniarv 1!), 1958. Priie l.» (ts.
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  • 260 1 FLEET Including two r one carrying hi r planes and the ier helicopt ts and umandos Is to be se^ on Singapore. was announced in the >use of Lords yesterday the Firsi Lord of the miralty, the Earl of Ik irk. he Royal Navy's role
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  • 18 1 f.. 1 1 111 unemployment J January, the I !n ,nr.nt -said la y "i Ottawa,
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  • 3 1 Atomic age warship
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  • 173 1 The world's most deadly fighting ship based here ONE of the ships to be based on Singapore will be the cruiser Royalist (above) writes Kenneth Wanstall. Pride and joy of the New Zealand Navy, she is a 5,900- ton atomic age warship. Refitted and modernised at a cost of more
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  • 35 1 The Lebanon intends to stay outside both the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria and the Federal Union of Iraq and Jordan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman announced In Beirut yesterday. Reuter
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  • 92 1 $3,160 holiday haul from shophouses broke into two shophouses in Singa- pore yesterday and stole cash and valuable.* worth about $3,160. At a shophouse in Telok Kurau thieves scaled the I backwall and took some gold rings and bangles and cash worth $1,160. The proprietor Mr. Law Seng Kirn, told
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  • 48 1 Actress Jane Baxter played a five-minute television scene last night with ono strap of her low-neck evening dress broken. She spent most of the time tucking the loose strap under her arm so that the top of her dress would not slip. Reuter
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  • 194 1 rpHE first French blood was shed in Tunisia ye.sterday when four French civilians were wounded by shotgun blasts at Sousse, 25 miles southeast of Tunis, The shootings were the first reported since the Franco-Tunisian crisis broke out 11 days ago with the French bombing of Sakiet
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  • 209 1 JAKARTA SHIP IS SEIED BY REBEL GOVT l ol<*b€*s sva* air biovkmti* *ord«>r<>tl pHE rebel "government" in Central Sumatra has seized a ship belonging to the Central Government-owned Pelni Line, according: to a Padang broadcast monitored in Singapore last night. The ship, the Bogowonto, is now detained at Padang, the
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  • 86 1 gIR Winston Churchill's personal physician, Lord Moran, i.s flying to Nice from London thi.s morning to see the 83--year-old statesman who is 111 in bed. The doctor who is attending Sir Winston in Nice said yesterday that the indisposition was not serioius and should pass in a
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  • 40 1 Diplomatic missions in Damascus will have to be closed before Saturday as the Foreign Ministry of the new United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria will be in Cairo, it was announced by Cairo Radio last night.
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  • 29 1 Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, United Nations Secretary General, will pay an official three-day visit to Britain from March 31, it was officially announced in Nevr York yesterday.
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    • 40 1 As we enter into the year of DOC in the Chinese Calendar, Directors and Staff of m MARKLIN ADVERTISING LIMITED w;/\y// ///^/r many Chinese clients JvUUJMVj JITCiJL fatt choy /y <£**~ r B AOVERTISINO LIMITiO 41 (lIARTFUKn HANK CIIAMIIKRII ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a mmMm
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  • 408 2 Dockyards, shari establishments shut for economy ■npiiF British Government yesterday anna L 1 the ending of two naval commands Z*M Fast Indies Command, serving the Indian 0 M and the Xore Command, based in the Nurti^fl Off the estuary of the Kiver Thames. This was
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  • 86 2 THEY WADE TO WORK IN SWIMSUITS V'IKl V ONE Inchefl of rain ill live days lent B 3 r foot v. .til of w ater era hIng through the North Queensland city of Mackay y< store l.i y Polic( (uly onr nun was killed wii hundi »i i oi others
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  • 233 2 Britons to pay more for National Health Service H KIIO\S ui|| have to pa> more tor their National Health Service from n beglßßing of next July, the <io\- iiiitieiit announced yesterday. Mr Derick Heathcoat Amory. ChaneellOf of |he Exchequer, said the in crease would be (id. a week lor men.
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  • 110 2 'Freedom of religion vita! in Malta' MR. ALAN LENNOX BOYD, the Colonial Secretary, said yesterday to 1 regarded constitutional sale guards for religious free dom and tolerance on the island of Malta as a milter of the "first import ance." He was replying m House of Comm< ns to* request
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  • 84 2 r PHE HOUM of I, (ads Inst night a second reading agreement in principle to the Overseas Resource* Development Bill which has already been passed by the Commons. The Bill raisrs thfl amount Hie novernm<'nteponsored Colonial Deve- lopment Corpora^ borrow from HOO M to
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    • 36 2 I^l IMM■MMMHi M Hi Im HlHii: liiil i I I I i| fc^^^^^ill JIIHpbPHKiCi!!!! 1 iiiiiiii If I 1 1 ill 1 1 1 1 pi 5 \jT \^k( H. 4/57 rfF#^"^ means quality in Malaya
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  • 250 3 hnvo busloads of celebrating [1 iriends and relatives Lesi-ended on Mr. John Brocktell yesterday soon after it L is learned that he had won feio6.O'JB for 2d. 11l a football [Then they all trooped off Loin bis Epsom, Surrey, home L i ondon for
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  • 82 3 Concubinage petition 'under study' WR ALBERT ROBERTS •Labour 1 asked the Colonial Secretary in the House of Commons yesterday what action he proposed to take on the petition presented to the Governor of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Council of Women last December for the abolition of concubinage. Mr.
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  • 124 3 She said 'no' until his mum said 'es' A CHINESE bride-to-be who said "no* until her prospective mother in law said "yes" arrived in England from Hong Kong yesterday to be married. She is Miss Helen Man Hing Han, who met Corporal Charles Blunden, 29, of the Royal Air Force
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  • 99 3 H.K. TRAINEE NURSES SENT ONLY TO U.K. IN the past five years 410 young women have gone to Britain from Hong Kong for training as nurses and 271 for other forms of training, Mr. John Profumo, Colonial Under-Secretary, said in a parliamentary reply yesterday. Mr. Reginald Sorensen (Labour), who had
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  • 47 3 l APANESE police said yesterday they were looking for •I the person or persons responsible for removing footwalk plank.s from a bridge over a Tokyo river and for the bodies of two men who fell through the- hole and disappeared on Monday. Reuter
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  • 302 3 NEVER TOOK ANY BRIBES SAYS TEC A DETECTIVE SERGEANT charged with con- spiracy denied in a London court yesterday that he accepted protection money from a club nicknamed "The Bucket of Blood" in Brighton, South Coast holiday town. Detective Sergeant Trevor Heath, 36, said he had never received money from
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    • 295 3 j/tMt HltmilllllHM lIHIIHIHIIHIHIII Wishing All Our I 1 Chinese Customers and 1 Frien rf s i -M. M. M. V' MM. VI 1^ j it Happy A I Prosperous I I JVetv Year 1 G. C. de SUVA BROS., i W W W 9 9 I Jewellers I 3, Raffles
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  • 219 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb, 19, 1958. Opinion Misguided efforts AROUND the world the cry resounds for nuclear disarmament. In this the Free World is not alone, for the people in the Red bloc of nations, too, are fearful of the terrible consequences of a nuclear war. Said Earl
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  • 960 4 Soviet 'scare campaign' against Greece |>L\ssiA is waging a b'^ scale ".scaiv campaign" against the Greeks to dis.suade them from accepting guided missile bases and atomic stockpiles in their country. For Greece is Russia's milting link in an otherwise unbroken chain of neutral European countries running from Finland and Sweden
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  • 316 4  -  Beachcomber sdfh extraordinary birds have been killed with one little stone by the man who .saw an Abominable Snowman riding on the Loch Ncs.s Monster, "or something very like it" Psychiatrist^ dismiss the whole thing as disordered nerves, bui possibly the pair of them, the .Snowman and
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    • 85 4 j PATEK PHILIPPE I lit- MorM'* r<»r<-iiM»»i v».ii< h I It,- 2 I- unt Prize* X J /mS 'i Itrt in fnr pry f 2 < \init nut the 10 I'rizf ■it I /i/i mf£ thrtmo mrter*. 7 are I'atek 0? I'luli/t/H-. (hit the .1 2 I'rizv-icinnitiit tuljunten. C 'i
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    • 87 4 .^^^^s _^^P7 V U A contemporary watch, dcsigi)c<! for an active lif<\ I U open air life; designed for the younger generation I Of polished stainless fteel throughout, thin and robult, 'h LONGINES "SILVER ARROW" has a cenm < hand and is waterproof, anti-magnetic and rfiock-proti An expanding steel bracelet,
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  • 152 5 COLONY SHOW BY FIGURES' GENIUS t*HE Indian mathematical wizard. Miss Shakunthala Dcvi, who is now visitin Malaya, will give a public" exhibition of her talents in Singapore on March 1. She can solve almost any intricate mathematical problem within seconds without the aid of pen or pencil. She did her
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  • 26 5 military court in iHah, Amman. has if v people to 16 prison terms on char- they were member > utlawed Communist Reuter
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  • 416 5 MOVE TO CHANCE LAW ON CROWN LANDS Hair to ask Front to help the squatters T»HE Singapore Labour Front will be asked at its annual meeting next month to press for a new legislation to help squatters living on leased Crown lands. Mr. M. P. D. Nair, Assistant Minister to
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  • 61 5 China's loading woman author. Ting Ling, has been expelled from the praesidium of the China Federa tion of literary and art. circles for "rightist" tendencies, the New China News Agency reported last night. She has also been relieved or her functions as a
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  • 116 5 Sailors' club not ready THE $2,000,000-Asian Seamen's Club in 1 South Quay which was j officially opened by the Minister for Com- merce and Industry I 2 Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy on 2 February 7 is still not ready for occupation. I I The superintendent of the club, Mr. K.
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  • 135 5 DATIENTS in Singapore hospitals have had to X endure their share of annoyance due to almost non-stop firing of crackers during the past 36 hours. A hospital spokesman described the I noise as "shocking." The police order which permitted cracker firing from 11 p.m. on Monday
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  • 34 5 A British European Airways Viscount 806 airliner flew to Moscow yesterday to prepare the ground for the proposed inauguration later this year of scheduled services between Britain and Russia.- U.P.
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  • 33 5 A West German firry plans to set up an assembly plant in Sydney for light vehicles, some of which will be exported to South -East A.sia. Reuter
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  • 40 5 The Soviet Union has decided to set up an organii :at ion to "acquaint the Soviet people" with the culture, economy and history ol other countries and spread abroad similar information about Russia. Reuter
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  • 41 5 U.K. FILM CHIEF DIES Mr. Adrian Brunei, British film director and playwright died yesterday at his home at Gerrards Cross England. Ho wa s 65. Mr. Brunei directed films in many countries. His best known was probably "The Constant Nymph." Reuter
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    • 38 5 NIGHTLY OBBAt WORLD PAKK ADMISSION tts. INTERNATIONAL TRADE 1958 n'ghtly f 1 S3 \s U liim 855 MAN ■CB W/ /Z? f MIHTII **3fel^ f I Showing To Full Houses n V WBTITLiS itf*-* I 5 SHOWS TODAY
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    • 157 5 WASH N' WEAR I JIIiLIX'^ I FATHER I fßrn i 9 jMfc^-"' •'^r'."** I MEDIUM mSs 1 rMADroAi WASSIAMULL'S 31—35, High Street MENSWEAR DEPT. MODEL CLI2G-4 V& Capacity 4.5 cv. ft. The smallest usable refrigerator at a "budget" price. Spacious width Frozen Food Chest and Meat Tray. Two and a
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    • 159 6 ■■jErih""ii"\li iiK l»? itdiiey Jordan /VUAyT »</A4 OOtVV TO OUO eNDeAVOUBS i)^S s^V\AISJUAI_LV. Jfc»-l-Hft»vK.c^/ >IA.\IIIIAKS!: l»> S aSk and I'lii! Mavis {■KffiflHuunnHKßßH^nn [TJm~~" ■7^B^._3B^r^sß] ..>.-- y the j ?^%-^BW.-V^^^^' a i?^- if- j^i)^' ig?__* "*_^^^j rME BRI[ h >M ">i%_j^ /v v "_j IsL.IJa, 9 0 4,-M N (feW f
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    • 504 6 BORN today, you appear to k. M W\ been in a fine mood on yuur da» I of birth, for the stars gave you talent W^ ability to achieve your goal and M m I prospects for fame and fortune I You are fond of excitemi n't and I change
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 141 7 LONDON Feb. IS m I Previous Today Im" 1 W% *g*J I^3. buyer, I ■u|itMn P orvs no seller.-, no sellers I March --'<* buytrs 23 s buyer. I 23 sellers 28Va tellers LI n. sp.. g**g£ ggjgg I April June 23! i buyers 2{ buyer* ■i
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    • 105 7 f NEW YORK. Feb. 18. Above prices Quoted in U.S. cents per lb. I Previous Today S 93.25 noiu. 94.00 nom. I Straits Spot H.*" I,"^1 92.37 buyers 93.00 buyers W* Control >larch 93.12 sellers 94.00 sellers f c May 92.00 buyers 92.75 buyers I 92.75 sellers
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    • 31 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 18. m Previous Today industrials 442 27 442.71 &.iilm;i(K 107.01 106.98 ■boniest ie Bonds 88.82 88 81 lHtilities 72.12 use IHtocks Composite Averages 151.31 151.33
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    • 54 7 ■ii'^' I impong spot, awaiting w■" md ifloats 24; Malabar V shipmenl 24, Lampong ipment 23 1 2. &IraB awaiting release 23 2. a floats and February shipment unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 33%, afioats 33. February shipment 32 'j. sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted in
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    • 102 7 Philippinea r.i.f. U.K./ ■oilh European ports delivered ■ft-uiit pel lons ton I eb. Mar■*K\. Straitg (if. U.K. /North ■'•""P''.tt, ports delivered W''^ !i li "> Feb. March March April (||X OIL crude Strata aropean ports in hulk ton Feb. Mai OIL crude Ceylon l»»fts in I.
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  • 362 7 VEAKLY 100 candidates will battle for 3ti seats in the Singapore rural district council elections to be held in May. This election will be the final testing ground of party strength for the battle for power in the Legislative Assembly elections expected to be
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  • 128 7 European refugees still in H.K. ABOUT 1,000 European refugees are known to be in Hong Kong, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan LennoxBoyd, told the House of Commons yesterday. Most of them were White Russians, some were Poles, Hungarians or Czechs, he said in reply to a question by Mr. Reginald
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  • 32 7 Signature and announcement Of an Anjjlo-Amoricaii rocket bases agreement has i been delayed by a tow days usually well informed sour cea said in London yester- day. R euter
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  • 25 7 Th€ Soviet Union lasl year u;rfw 4.3.15.000 tons Ol r.otton- n)>rr than six times the total Brown in Russia in 1913 Reuter
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    • 204 7 Mont ICE CREAM IflUeil MILK AND dig% SNACK \ff PARLOUR 1 "-'-"^Nk> y y FAe F/rs7 ice (ream, milk and stuuh parl- OUT of its kind, not only in Singapore but also in the tar East. j delicious ice creams appetising snacks excellent service 9 reasonable prices fully air-conditioned restful
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 143 7 SINGAPORE i j HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 11.11 a.m I TOMORROW: 008 am. and 11. 46 a.m. FRIDAY: 0.30 a.m and Z 12.21 p.m. SATURDAY: 0.53 a.m. and 12.54 p.m. SUNDAY: 1 18 a.m. and 1.28 p.m. MONDAY: 1.44 a.m. and 2.04 p.m. TUESDAY: 2.12 a.m. I and 2.41 p.m.
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  • 374 8 The 'jigsaw puzzle with 6 million pieces %1/HEN Queen Elisa- berh the Queen Mother visited the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, on Monday, she saw one of the largest glass mosaics in the world. The mosaic is in the Hall of Memory and was completed last month. The painstaking task of
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  • 90 8 VETERAN SHIP ACTIVE I OLD troopships, like old soldiers, just fade away. After mutiny, war and shipwreck the old East Indiaman, Edwin Fox. seemed to have faded out of existence. But curious people in Picton, New Zealand, began cheeking on the history of the old coal hulk in the harbour.
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  • 305 8 A DETECTIVE TAPED THOSE STAG HUNTS UNKNOWN A PRIVATE eye was ordered: Follow every English West Country hunt from (he beginning of August and set evidence. "Use a miniature (ape recorder, camera, notebook and binoculars. And dress yourself to mix wiUi the hunting types." He hot now reported back to
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    • 317 1 Wednesday, February 19, 1958. iiiiitiilllltttMlMtttHl>l<lllt»t*lt*Hlll>lllll>>ll**MlllllMllllMlll<tMl«HlWllMMl>WlMll«<llll<llMlWlMtHltM>lllM«||Hl||H||iiiMMllliMt«»«»||ffiitlMt«tillllll»mimmiii unmni 1 1 hi 1 1 lint i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikii iiiiiiimhiiimiimmim) iiiiMiiMtilliMMiimiiMiii t iiiiiiiiiiiiik •!.■•■•< mm iiiiii<im< mm mil in lilMiiniiiattaiiM*. THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES I SINGAPORE STANDARD SUIWG^AU f ZZ^TZj^ AS LKU iS TRESPASSER EPSOM jiip C^lT¥o¥~ WINDSOR LAD
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    • 759 1  - IRAIN WILL NOT AFFECT THE FAVOURITE ALLAN LEWIS I By THI Kuala Lumpur racecourse received 1.30 inches of rain during the last 24 hours. After inspection this morning:, the secretary a»d clerk of the course, Mr V H. Wheeler, said it would be no worse khan yielding. 1 have an
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      • 101 1 How many ways have you enjoyed JBh^^^Sg(B mwm m mwm m*% mm mmWw immm ml ft T ff I I Vi jf rL/JJf 1Z <** \r* JfmmmmVSL vs° P Jm'SmX V^fc 1 Remy Martin Brandy on ice. or with Olnger Ale; Brandy water, or Brandy Soda; Brandy with this. Brandy
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    • 1195 2 RACE 1-2.J0: CLASS 4, DIV. 4-5^ FURS. 1. 4OU7G PONTKAN svr. beg <Y. L. Lee) Bagby 90 Mortimer 2. U BLUE SWELL 3yr. bran (Metropole St.) Hobbs 8.12 Franklin 1 8 THE SWAGIE 3yr. bag <YCT St.) Daniels 8.11 Cracknell 4. 0 THE NUDE 3yr. birm
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    • 545 2 *AC£ ONf 1 1. tX. 4 DIV 4 _51 I PONTICAN: 13.3.51 I nicely over 3P in 4J 7 BLL'E SWELL VBl Was going better th n fc"?"BL sphere over 3P in 37 n s I&"B THE SWAGIE- Jo 3 f track report '«<*■ I THE NL'DE: 17-2-58 1
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    • 26 2 CL. 4 DIV. 1 m RED WOLF II: Strode over 3F in 41 AIXKITS: 13-2-58 with San Fernando ovei 42. REASONABLE: No track rejwrt.
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      • 301 2 3 ways in a 1000 tO 61H0V. The Moms M.nui XXX), I S 'm^t^M^ 1% *iih its lively cl I m^^~"^^Ss^^S^f II V engine j'f^ m^^^L^^^^^ m Jf^^t^^^^ SB^ you along with the speed Y^6RE=?HSHsS^^^J^fl| BP^^ and sparkle ot a really big t\B^~~ '"^^■fl K^icai Here's performance lM,^ssS^Jgg^ '^■^BK^F^^B y^^Wl^BjP^^
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    • 868 3 BRIGHT BUN: No recent MISS^ARMONY: 13-2-58 Jj ,i, to make time over LODE 3 MINE: L 7-2-58 -Went ItaGE^pIlAY: 17-2-58 ent oV er 3F in 41 with PleaPARROT FASHION! No re«i'i a; k report, LIGHT OF BURMA: 17-2-58 en over 3P In 42 V
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      • 96 3 I HILLMAN Viioitee jpVHk \IODEI Or ADVANCED H, B I ill l ™i modern design gives a clear unobstructed view I J round note the sloping bonnet, the wide curved I w.n«r nirrow pillars, the four wide flush winding side I^l WS <md 1C we P*- r °M«d rear-window for
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      • 92 3 H Visit the n CHICKEN Infl where you can wine, H dine and dance by the W water's ed&e to the W accompaniment of de- W li&htful music provided j I PAOLETTI 1 SEE EEE s and his Italian Band. ■4 E V to.yood form DISCRIMINATING people invariably recognize good
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    • 1374 4 EVERYTHING POINTS TO AMUSEMENT PARK AMUSEMENT PARK showed a return t«» his best when he curried 9.2 to whip his rivals over the Bukit Timah 6f earlier this month. Hi.-, win was more credit a ble because it was on a wet track He should win the main fveut <Race
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      • 69 4 h iir* i T" mß* f m mb 4 t*t MONARCH pl*r< fw WB mSBJSI^ X/ bwowite fltws m (ten "<* vo lod to WHAT MOM COULD VOV WLSM fOlt Ivmn rm am n r*n~~* e>«ni«H«iy ttrUd In k*««Hf«l 4it«-toii« rm«4 »o all l««<tmg mih«i of ,iOi|fW ««d P«w" Ht«l».fM^(tv
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    • 92 9 those finishing touches to an airman IN the above picture one- armed Melbourne artist, Mr. »J Napier Waller puts the finishing touch to the JJ« figure of an airman in one of the panels of mosaic in the Hall of Memory. Mr. Waller supervised the fixing of 6.000,000 pieces of
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    • 70 9 "Amazing how m socks seem to keep H out the cold of an m English winter," Taj v Adonis of Chaman, a 16 month old Afghan Hound seems to be saying. In fact he seems to be ready for his g first Cruft's Dog Show
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    • 130 9 Princess Alexandra I went for a midnight cup. of coffee to the home of David Bailey, 1 23, one of her closest :s I friends. While the 21 -year- I old Princess was drink. I ing her coffee at his Notting Hill home in London
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    • 167 9 Those Tommy Steele fans tail exams IK)MMY Bteele fans at a girls' school a rockin' last week from their headmistress. Miss Owen Carr blamed the poor examination showing of three of her classes on "their endless ecstatic appreciations of Tommy Bteele and his rock n' roll companions in the entertainment
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    • 355 10 NAN OF 49, GIRL, 16, IN DRUGS DRAMA A 16-YEAR-OLD tfirl and I 19-year-oM married ex-GI wore found lying on tin 1 altar steps of a church clasped seml»cobscions, In each other's arms. IPhe i-uri had wril t 11 to her mother: "U I < .n't have Inn; alive i
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    • 69 10 Twenty-year-old Pat Orrell, a Nottingham (Kngland)l _olfice girl waited for hours in the rain and cold to hear. "the Glen Miller orchestra when it visited the City re■cently. I IJut her long wait was in vain, for the concer hallwas full before it was her turn for admittance..
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    • 186 10 A 12 YEAR OLD boy found drowned in a brook six inches deep, might have become giddy after smoking a cigarette, and fallen in. it was said at an inquest last week at Sutton Coldfleld. Warwickshire. England. A verdict of accidental death was
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    • 137 10 Venezuela now a land of laughter AFTER nine years of dictatorship, the people of beautiful Venezuela, rose up to end the oppressions of years, and thousands helped by the military, stormed security police strong-points, wrecked buildings, and killed the supporters of the ousted dictator Cen. Marcos Perez Jiminez. A pledge
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    • 89 10 It was a lovely 21b., golden-skinned tench that Mr. George Clay hooked on a week-end angling trip near Kidderminster, Worcs, England. He put i,t in his car and drove 271 miles home to Ponteland (Northumberland). "I'll have it for breakfast," ho told his wife. But a.s she
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      • 210 10 [!6 I I I I I B CLUBS ACROSS 5 A graduate begin* backward* 1 Free rendering* for a sharp (5) mlaht spear (ID. 6 These broken panes am 7 A boon about all (7). er Jgj^ pi vlli food 9 Sage tmißs (4). 8 me ieuer> 11 A dojj
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    • 58 11 Informal chat p ee Mouly Hassan, L son of the King of fl o .<n^ recently in p „s on a three-day During his visit he j, ,< informal talks iritn L FrC7ic/l v^rsonal\ti ci including M. in the picture on ti i rig'fei. h i S pans visit i
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    • 50 11 EXPORTING GLAMOUR Talk of taking coals to Newcastle 40 of Britain's loveliest flamour girls exported themselves to Paris. They had been rounded up by a "scout" for the Folies (Jergere, which they jiave just joined. You can't see all 40 n the picture but there's a pretty good cross- section.
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    • 62 11 Jacques Owisloli, a reporter on a large Paris evening news- paper, and winner of the "Golden Peii" award for 1958, signs The "Golden Pen" is awarded to the Paris journalist ivhose articles arouse the most human interest during the year. his autograph on the paper-smooth
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    • 232 12 MEN will be able to retire at the age ot 65 or 60 and women from the a^es of 45 to 55 under new provisional retirement regulations for Communist China, the Peking New China News Agency reported. Tlw new regulation.s, issued by
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    • 51 12 The South Korean Ministry of Social Affairs has announced that a contribution of £1,600 sterling, received from the Turkish Red Cross for aid to Korean war orphans, would go to the "Ankara Orphanage" in Suwan, opened by the Turkish Brigade in Korea four years ago.
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      29 12 Admiral Chamnarn Attayudh. Commander-in-chief of the Siamese Navy, watching a geiger counter demonstration at a United States Information Service "atoms-for-peace" exhibition held at the Naval Institute at Dhonburi. a
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    • 168 12 FORMOSA DEFENCE TAKES OVER HALF OF REVENUE OVER half of the Nationalist Chinese Government's tax revenues in the past seven years has been spent to support Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's 500,000-man army, it has just been disclosed. Nationalist Chinese Vice Finance Minister Y. H. Ma said in Taipeh that since 1950,
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    • 108 12 JAPAN MAY BUY FROM ISRAEL AN Israeli trade mis- E E i\ sion which is visit- E E ing the Far East is placing parti- cular Importance to E E the- talks it will have E E in Japan, the Tel Aviv E daily Davar said. E Davar said the
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    • 25 12 Chinese Rods have detained all Catholic priests summoned to Canton from various parts in Kwangtuns Province, according to reports reaching Hong KoriK- U.P.
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    • 63 12 SAVE DOGS APPEAL BY JAPANESE THE Japanese National Broadcasting Corporation's announcement, that the Japanese Antarctic expedition on Ongul Island had evacuated its winter team there to the icebreaker Soya, brought a surprise reaction. Representatives of more than 5,000 Japanese animal lovers called at the expedition's headquartefs in Tokyo to appeal
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    • 44 12 i Mr. de Oruchy, general manager of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board, predicted in We! lington that Japan would need a big tonnage of New Zealand meat this year. He has just returned from a fact-finding tour of Japan. Reuter
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    • 89 12 U.S. offers to supply missiles to Jap forces LV In about Mia, ADMIRAL Felix Stump, United states Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, has told a Japanese correspondent In Pearl Harbour that the United Stales is ready to supply Nike and Honest John missiles to the Japanese defence forces if desired. The
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    • Glimpses
      • 14 12 The SEATO Foreign Ministers' conference will be held in Manila on March Ik- Reuter
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      • 26 12 The Nationalist Chinese army said it had picked up slgjials which it believed were from America's Explorer satellite. The signals sounded "like gentle harmonica notes." U.P.
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      • 48 12 The Peking Minister of Land Reclamation, Wang Chen, claimed that China could equal Japanese rice acreage yields within 10 years and match Japanese grain yields in 15. He recen t 1 v headed a C h i n ese a g ricultural and technical mission to Japan.- Reuter
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      • 43 12 The Nationalist Chinese Government has Axed all commodity prices at the same level as on Feb. 1 in an effort to halt spiralling prices brought on by the Lunar New Year. This annual price freeze will remain in effect until Feb. 25 U.P.
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      • 21 12 South Korea has dismissed proposals by communist North Korea for reunification of the partitioned country as being "unworthy of study." Reuter
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      • 20 12 An agreement has been signed in Teheran by the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Persia to demar- Ston^- J Reuter
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      • 25 12 Manila Mayor ArsensolA son said a Rangoon (31 ese, Mr. iW&eftS the rice magnate W South-East Asia." M± nil in any need for nMI U.P.
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      • 31 12 Taipeh Foreign Minisfl George Yen said Nation* list China may abol^fl mutual defence agreenxiH with the U.S. if Amerifl tried to block a NationM ist attack against tfl Red-held mainland U.P.
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      • 18 12 The Taipeh newspipH China News said g Nfl one may think" in viewl the spreading anti-PekiH unrest.- U.P.
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      • 25 12 The Australian Governmeß has contributed A£25,1fl for the transport and tl settlement of some lfl European refugees iiM China now stranded H Hong Kong. Reuter
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      • 14 12 1 West Germany and Philippines have agreH to elevate their legation to embassies. Reuter
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      • 27 12 Chinese rice dealers I Manila have told Arsenso Laeson there V no rice shortage at M sent although such a <»■ dition was likely to about June.- U.P.
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 12 Chocking a joboian plant arc (from left) Dr. H. S Wolfe, professor of v Jl at the University of Florida, Mr. Pairojara Pholprasiddhi and Vicien H«" 1 .< M both of Siam. They arc studying horticulture at the university undVr i
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    • 5 13  -  JONATHEN RUSSEL By
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    • 301 13 IE MUSIC OF DVORAK ADAPTED FOR A MUSICAL AND SET TO LYRICS BY ERIC 3CHWITZ RESULTED IN SUMMER SONG. lis must be one oi tne unusual shows ever ed, but beyond doubt it ie of the most musicalimplete. Ie stars < original West
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    • 273 13 POPS Jazz with an old ac swiii v and ballads th a quick sentiment re the mainstays of c minstrel shows. The nosphere, the music "d the corny sags) c authentic on a 12--ch memento of those eerful days entitled Minsttel Show. This recording was ide b> the
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    • 294 13 A DISC TO CHASE THE BLUES AWAY... miiiiiii iiiiii mt ii iin 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ti mil ti 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 ii f 1 1 1 ■ii 1 1 1 in 11
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    • 225 13 A treat for Bach lovers TX>R lovers of Johan F Bach's music comes this week an album of his complete organ works. Though many of these might be described as "heavy classics" in their true sense the compositions portray a wide range of moods, from the pompous to the more
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    • 144 13 TOM MUCH Mid his soloists are so POP» 1;1 to** need no introduction. Latest disc live O (lock Tea N O 7 presents another programme of sink arrangements for listening or dancing. One dozen on each side of a Un-incher. some of the more well-known it-ems are Petticoats
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    • 56 13 ROGER Williams at the Piano plays It's almost paradise, For the first time I've fallen in love, Autumn leaves, and Anastasia. London. RE-R 1090. A FILM ballad is Love In The Afternoon, sung by Jerry Vale with Ray Ellis's orchestra backing him. I'm Not Ashamed
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    • 125 14 14 BOXER Len Recce unlucky to have been beaten by Frankle Jones for the British flyweight title lust year —is finding it difficult to make a come- back. "I have written to 14 different promoters trying to get him a fight," said Wally Leslie,
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    • 237 14 Britain has four teams in the world soccer finals FOR the first time in the. history of the World Cup soccer competition, all four British national teams Wales. England, Scotland •nd Northern Ireland— will row compete in the final series. But the Welsh side showed disappointing form when they beat
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    • 396 14 NEW PLAN TO BOOST SPORT AMONG YOUNGSTERS I*ll X Federation of Boys' Clubs is starting a new scheme to boost the standard of sport in Singapore. It will be directed at teaching the finer points of various forms of sport. The Secretary of the Federation, Mr. Tan Huat Keng. told
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    • 309 14 Aussies defend their rugby men A RE THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION WAL- LABIES, AS THE BULK OF LONDON CRITICS SUGGEST, A BUNCH OF BLAZERED HOODLUMS WHO SPECIALISE IN KICKING WHEN THEIR OPPONENTS ARE DOWN? j The answer, most emphatically, is that they are not i says
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    • 92 14 The Norwegian Lawn Tennis Association have declined an Invitation to play In the American Zone in this year's Davis Cup competition. Mr. Johan Haanes, president of thr Norwegian L.T.A said: "Owing to the expenditure of money and time which playing in the, \m<>rican Zone would
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    • 96 14 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS, who have replaced the shattered Manchester United team as favourites for the Football Association Cup, eased to 9-4 in the callover at the Victoria Club last night in London A week ago. Wolves, who meet Bolton away in the i next round,
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    • 119 14 Ten-Wicket victory for Pakistan rE Pakistani cricket team beat a Jajnaican Colts XI by ten wickets with i only three minute s to spare in their two-day match in i Kingston yesterday. Pakistan declared at 299 for six, in reply to the Colts first inning.s of 106, which gave the
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    • 63 14 Hooker's fear was stolen! >*• Schoolboy R R ub. b > International, jffM S Roberts, Neath.boi!B but now hooking f o > Oxford City, had hil car stolen during a re ft S cent match in Oxforiß ■J It was found aban.B j. doned in Birmingham, and, to add insult
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    • 54 14 Cypriot at Portsmouth J, OZUGH Ramadan! »l Karay el, Turkish.H •I Cypriot footballer. hasH soon settled in witfl First Division club,l Portsmouth. m Portsmouth beatH ml Blackpool for his signa.l ture because Supt. El Saunders, late of thel ■I City Police, is noil stationed in CyprosH where Ramadan wuH also
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    • 31 14 Jesse Pye's fine form ■I JESSE PYE, veterul International, is in fineß form for Wisbech Towns V in th e Midland Leapftl ml He has scored 20 goaUB this season. I
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    • 68 14 Skipper is lucky omen WHEN StirlinW ■I Albion won promotion > to the Scottish Leag« First Division, in 195J8 53 season the outstand-M ■I ing player was Aw Gibson. X •I This wing half thejß spent five years Hull City, and no« f that he has gone ja«B to Stirling
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    • 40 14 rE Queen invf.-'' d former Ensi-'i 1 1 ter, Denis Compi the insignia of Conjg 1 of the British Emptf*, Buckingham Palace jj day. and asked that old knee pi •it's splendid ihjg j your Majesty. f< world famous
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    • 68 15 Just look at that mudbath! 0 Mini, mud, glorious mud but unlike the hipp o p o tamus these burly fellows wallow without plea. sure. It's the rugby union international at Twickenham between England and Ireland. In this lineout the 9 England forwards have g passed the greasy ball back
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    • 421 15  -  ARCHIE QUICK By ARRY WEETMAN, professional golfer, who was suspended for a year by his Association saying: 'I will never play under Dai Rees' )taincy again after he had been dropped from Ryder Cup singles at Lindrick last October, Imates that those
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    • 140 15 The Tengku welcome as team member rE organising committee of the Third Asian Games said in Tokyo yesterday it would welcome the Malayan Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rah. man, as a member of a Malayan team. The Prime Minister has expressed his desire to visit Tokyo in May as a
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    • 31 15 Results of two English League football matches played last night were; League One: Arsenal 1 Bolt on Wanderers 2. LeftgHC Thror Northern: Carlisle United 5 Gates head 1 Reuter
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    • 126 15 W, the Brling driver has Wh Begrave Royal Clnbha. ard mdma \.< nVal year the British Grand Prix (which vva.s designated the Grand Prix of Europe), the Kalian Grand Prix, and the Grand Prix of Prsrara &fl well as establishing new in t( [national Class 'P' (1 ,50 C
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    • 223 15 world swimming records including si\ yesterday have so far been broken in the Australian championships iri Melbourne. More records are expected before the championships are concluded at the Leading the record-smashing squad is 19 -year -old Sydney "giant" John Monckton. The 6ft. 6in. Sydney
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    • 47 15 I NEW South Wales athletes seeking selection for the national marathon championship (26 miles 385 yds) must prove that they are thoroughly fit to undertake this toughest of all events. The marathon team for the Cardiff (Wales) Empire Games will be chosen after the championship.
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    • 186 15 SCOTLAND'S ruyby union Itam to meet Ireland in Dublin on March 1 shows one change Uom the side which i defeated Australia 12-8 at Murrayfield la.st Saturday. G.K- Smith. Of Kelso, who had a poor match, bn replaced by D.C. Mac Donald, ol Edin--1 burgh
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    • 76 15 Records set yesterday and previous times were: MONCKTON: 200 metres and 220 yards backstroke 2e«in 18.4 sec. Previous l»f-st for both distances*— (2min. 18.8 by Monckton.) KONKADS. 400 metres and 440 yards freestyle 4 mm 21.8 sec. (Previous best for both —4:25.9 by Konrads) MISS
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    • 431 16 id*iini eras forvwi fyiiE U.S. state Department charged yesterday that b South Korean civilian airliner which failed to i;«nd at Seoul h.ui been "highjacked by Communist agents and forced to land in North Korea." The civilian DC-3 airliner, carrying 34 passengers and crew, had been due
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    • 59 16 AN Israeli Army spokes man charged yesterday that Syrians were Htiplfll at Israelis in the Fin Fl Tina are a in the North of the country. The bullets hit a police car and Israelis working in the fields were forced to stop work and take shelter
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    • 81 16 The Chinese Peoples Volunteers are to withdraw completely from North Korea before the end of 1958, the New China News Agency announced today, says a Reuter report from Hong Kong. The agency, quoting a joint Sino-Korean statement Issued in Pyongyang today, .said the troops would
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    • 287 16 Khartoum rejects demand by Nasser >yHE Sudanese Embassy in Paris announced early today that the SudanJ ese Cabinet had decided to take all necessary measures to safeguard its territory and independence but at the same time leave the door open to negotiations with Egypt. The embassy was quoting a communique
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    • 37 16 Sheik Sir Sulman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of British-protected Bahrein, will go to Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, tomorrow for talks with King Saud. an official announcement said yesterday in Bahrein.
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    • 181 16 'Urgent' Cyprus talks coming JVjR. SELWYN LLOYD J Foreign Secretary M yesterday he believed |B was possible to st 2Jl common ground on {S a mutually-acceptable Si ution of the Cyprus jM lem could be based. He made this statement M a report to the House 9 Commons on his
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