The Singapore Free Press, 22 February 1962

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  • 24 1 m LOCAL PAPER THAT IS FIRST WITH ALL THE NEWS The Singapore Free Press No. *****. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962. 15 CENTS KDN 037
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  • 147 1 TRADE -A NEW BOOST Bukit^Timah gallops, review and photos— P. 11, 12 Second meeting under Jakarta pact IP OF E, Saiga onesian i \|k ctnl 1< > Immisl with id meeting •I iv <>i the nmission sol S i•> iinpU- s\c [r:\i\c sigMd in oi more lOi mu- was r\ed
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  • 33 1 NEW MILFORD (Connecticut.). Thui-s.— Mr. Arthur MUler. playiriKht and former husband of actress Marilyn Monroe. was secretly married on Saturday to Mlss InireborK Morath. 38. a ireeJSce photographer, it was learned
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  • 231 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. battery of British actors and both London and local film technicians will invade Singapore's International Airport tomorrow to begin shooting the film "Flight from Singapore." Many local people at the airport, baggage boys, airline employees, travelling tycoons and tourists, will be caught
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  • 81 1 SECRET SPACE SHOOT BY U.S. AIR FORCE \7A\DE\BERG AIK FORCE base (California), Thura. A satellite carrying secret equipment was launched from hnv yf.sterday. and there wa> speculation that the equipment might be of the type t" b«- used by future Samos "spy" satellites. TIM A:r PaiCC declined to :;:w anv
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  • 203 1 GEORGETOWN, Thursday. j)H. CHEDDI JAGAN, British Guiana Premier, siiid there was ;i ploi i<- overthrow his Peoples Progressive Party government, hut he did not intend to resign. Dr. Jagan, giving his first press conference .since iu*st Friday's riots, accused a foreign country of
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  • 36 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs TWO people were killed yesterday and 12 Injured In i Bghi between .su;)porten ot the Oongnei party and ot the rigfatwing Jan Bangh paitj al Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.
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  • 29 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Presld«M:i Kt tiiH-dy uuMHinoed yestcrd;«y that the Prime MtntttfT of Norway. Mr. Einar Gerdardsen, had accepted hi.s invitation to visit kbc United States m May.
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  • 21 1 TOKYO, Thurs. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said 109 people had died of the Asian mfluenza epidemic in Tokyo.
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  • 116 1 STORM ORDEAL GUNNER BACK Singapore. Touts. a BntLsti .soldiei has oecn returned to Singapore by Indonesian authorities alter bring found on an island In the Rhio group, •oath or Maiaya, suffering Irom sunburn and exhaustion. British embassy .sources in Jakarta yesterday disclosed that Gunner Read of the 26th Field Regiment,
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  • 36 1 Singapore. Thurs.— The full ii.-t of puni in the Pttmanti >liorthancl and typewriting fxamiiiaiions held ai the y.m.c a. during No\ cm >jor/ December 1-ist year will BppeU in The F»i( .-s Press tomorrow.
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  • 29 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs The House of Representatives yesterday killed President Kennedy's plan to create a department of urban affairs to solve mount inn difficulties which American cities faced.
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  • 86 1 Trial for smallpox VI ANMIEIM. (West Germany). Thurs.— Dr. Josef Krump. lfl 4'!. of Heidelberg, went on trial here yesterday charged with negligently causing the death of two people one a patient and causing bodily harm to 1«i others by infecting them with smallpox. The case is believed to be
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  • 14 1 i>Ri-Ni 1 TOWN Thurs. A 15--°ix. lop l, aiw m S"«*»k-
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  • 193 1 Commission to pick six ASPs from 44 inspectors SINGAPORE, ThUTS. Forty-four inspectors of the Polis Negara have been asked to appear before the Public Services Commission for ■election to nil several vacancies of Assistant Superintendents. Half the group Will appear before the Commission tomorrow and the rest on March 1.
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  • 173 1 SUKARNO: I WAIT FOR WORD FROM HOLLAND JAKARTA. Hum.— Presidenl Sukarno said sterday he was waiting foe it>te ment from The Hague that the Netherlands wanted to negotiate with Indonesia on the transfer <>i the adtninistratioa of West [rian to Jakarta. II ucli a stat< ment mes, I I t-.ank
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  • 32 1 LONDON Thurs. leader.- oi Britain B thret- railv ay union. I-vt-tt rdaj accepted an offer <>'■ three -per-cenl pay rta nor 4L'oooo warken after n ing LI 14 dayi ■on,
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  • 25 1 NEW DKI.HI Thurs India's geoeral el© U bed Its halfway mark yesterday when about In 1 .ilin p< iple \oted ::i nine late
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  • 37 1 RACE WEIGHTS in Pffl f».O V if. I M I r i 1 i 1 I HI n- nt I>H II db m i Kin:; l BBER PRICE DCTVN U.AYAN. HK FUNDS >TOCK EXCHANGE I
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  • 25 1 Todays Buian Puasa fasting in Singapore end* at f>s4 p.m. Tomorrow v f.istinc br«ins at 5 *»4 a.m. -tiwi ends, al b.54 p.m.
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  • 210 2 sfsadfasdfasfasfasdfasf I ONDON. Thurs. The small improvement noted in rubber at Wednesdays close was erased yesterday In featureless activity. Value commenced with little net change but a sagging tendency soon developed early interest especially ram buyers was said to be extremely limited. [n
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  • 258 2 Good and bad news from rubber companies By The Free Press Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. AT least the good and bad in the sterling rubber company news more or less balanced out last week, states the Financial Times. Linggi Plantations though pre-tax profits cut its dividend alwere only down by
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  • 62 2 iNDoN rh ir li-o::ts of thf V .d o iPenimuJar and Orienn 6>.im N.iviKation Company. Bni. bi^e.s-. shippuig group. <lr.>p:>ed m :he laM financial ye«*r D >\,r i."4 400.000 < $37.400.000 1. !v company announced yesteru.'. net protlt afler :,ix and oihfT charges
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  • 152 2 DISAPPOINTING COMPANY NEWS RESTRAINS STOCK ACTIVITIES LONDON. Thurs. Stock markets experienced another day of mixed conditions. Disappointing company news w*s a restraining influence while there was little to encourage buyers to depart from their "wait and see" policy. Gilt-edged securities provided the brightest spot and were up to K better
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  • 81 2 LONDON. Thurs There xras no advance leak of information nor tip-off to newspapers before j Britain's giant Imperial Chemical Industries made its take-over bid lor Courtaulds last December, an independent report said yesterday. The investisation Into alleced leakages was started alter newspapers forecast 1.C.1. s
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  • 57 2 HONG KONG. Wed. Closing prices here today wore: Previous Today H a: S Bank Corporation IM $392 sales sales Wheeloek Mardt-n $14 10 $14.10 sales sales Hkor.c; phone $43 50 $45.75 sales sales Dairv F:\rm ft Cold Storage $41.25 $40.50 saleN sales Taikoo Docks $82.50 $83.00 sales
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  • 100 2 UPs and DOWNs of your shares Last sales in the Singapore Trading Room yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS: Boustead $1.58 2 cents). Fas* Smelt. $2.95 (—1 cent). M. Cement $2.63 flinch.). MoAlister $1 37 (unch.>, Robinson Ords. $1.44 (unch.). Rothmans $136 (Unch), S.C. Hold 6s. tttd 2d.>. Steamship 93 cents funch). S.
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  • 53 2 LONDON, Thurs. Car production at the big Ford factory at Dagenham, near London; stopped yesterday afternoon, and 2.700 workers were sent home. A company spokesman said the close-down was caused by a seven-day-old pay strike of 600 outside car delivery drivers who deliver cars to dealers
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  • 32 2 ROTTERDAM, Thurs. The Associated Continental Persian Gulf and Associated Mediterranean/Persian Gulf Lines have abolished the surcharge on cargoes from the Persian Gulf port of Damman it was announced here yesterday.
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  • 39 2 LONDON. Thurs.— Britain's industrial output rose by nearly two per cent last year, according to official figures issued yesterday. The index of industrial production (1958 equals 100) averaged 114 for 1961 compared with 112 in 1960.
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  • 79 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Atlantic and Gulf West Coast of South American Conference advises shippers that effective with vessels clearing from United States Atlantic and Gulf ports on and after April 23 a port surcharge of US$4 ($l2) per ton will be applied on all
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  • 132 2 RUSSIANS CHANGE TACTICS IN FLIGHTS ALONG BERLIN AIR CORRIDORS BERLIN, Thurs. The Russians flew eight transport planes on separate missions almost the whole length of the BerlinFrankfurt air corridor on Tuesday. Past flights have, almost without exception, cut across the three 20-mile wide corridors. "This seems to be a new
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  • 100 2 CONGRESS TO HEAR POWERS' STORY WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Board of Inquiry which has been interrogating Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot released recently by the Soviet Union, has completed its work. President Kennedy, who disclosed this yesterday, said Powers should be available to tell his story to Congress and the
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  • 25 2 TAMPA. (Florida), Thurs. City officials have decided to name a street here after astronaut John Glenn. It will be called "Glenn Street."
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  • 40 2 NEW DELHI: Thurs— Mr. Nehru said yesterday he was ready to take part in an 18-nation Summit onference on disarmament, if the meeting could be held later than March 14 the date proposed by Mr. Khrushchev.
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  • 357 2 Medals and a. date with President for astronaut Glenn ASTRONAUT John Glenn A has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the civilian space agency's highest honour, for his historic orbital flight, the White House announced. It said President Kennedy would personally give him the award at a
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  • 32 2 LEOPOLDVILLE. Thurs Congolese officials have released Muss Elizabeth Thring, 22-year-old blonde American secretary who was held for questioning after the murder of the American assistant military attache here last week.
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  • 26 2 ELJSABETHVILLE. Thurs Kntangese troops, who recently recaptured Kontfolo Katanga's northernmost town from Central Congolese Government troops, have advanced to within 12 miles of Albertville.
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  • ROUND THE WORLD MARKET PRICES
    • 37 2 Malabar spot 3M, afloat* 33*. Ffb. shipment 34*. Lampon* "pot .'ttj, ;iHo;itn 3AI. Feb. Ktupment 34i. Muntok white spot 52, afloats 51|, Feb. Bhipmfnt SO. sellers, ex-dock. AtKive prices quoted in U.S. cent* prr Ib
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    • 114 2 LONDON, Feb. 21. Tatfaj <ÜBBER Na. i Rtt a.l.f. EuriMin ports Fab. m. m. unquoted unquoted March 24 1/32 23 19/32 KUHMbR Na. 1 Rtt •P«t 241 24 RUBBER N* 1 Rtt •«ttl«m«nt Hmmi Tirmi, March 24 3/16 24 April 24 i 24 1/16 TONE: Dull. •EPPIR:
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    • 57 2 COFFEE: Future* 'B' Contract, March 34.75 34.72 \tK>v vnctm ouoted to 1)8 c«oti per lu NEW YORK, Fab. 21. Fraviaua Taflay riN straits ipot 121.37 121.37 RUBBER Futures Staniard Contract Mar 27 <>2J If 774 May 2h. 1 i> s-i.oo TONE: Barely sttady. SALES: Five lota. N».
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    • 35 2 NEW YORK, Fab. 21. Prtvtom TMtay 90 industrials 717.55 713 02 20 Railroad* 143.33 147.75 *0 Domut't Bands 84 67 K4.e% 18 Utilltias 129.14 128.47 ttaaka C*mpa«lt» Avaragat 244 77 243 41
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    • 86 2 LONDON. Fib 21. Pravt«ua Tatiay COPRA Phtltppkw •.l.f U.K./Nart* lufimw "irtt tfeUvaratf wrattftt pa* lang ten March. $162 $162 COPRA ttraiti BimM o.t.ff. U.K./ N1 1 t:i lur*p«*n P*rto d«Mv*r»4 weight per tons t*n March £62 £62 COCONUT OIL «rutft Strait* e.» f. lur*. pean port* m
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  • 213 2 Algeria ceasefire: French Govt. approves agreement PARIS, Thursday. THE French Government yesterday approved the ceasefire and political agreement reached with the Algerian nationalists at a secret con ierence last week. It now awaits the approval of the nationalists' Provisional Parliament, due to meet today or tomorrow in Tripoli, Libya. The
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  • 223 2 SPACE POOL OFFER IS ENCOURAGING WASHINGTON Th llr PRESIDENT KENNEDY told h, ference yesterday that Mr I ichev's proposal for a pooling <») ih. i. j space efforts was "most encoiiraLnn-^ 41 President said he was tfoin^ t<, u j Khrushchev. J He said the reply would in<i I States'
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  • 249 2 Catch-a-killer hunt in vice dives after two are strangled T ONDON. Thurs. Police squads were last night combing every cafe and club in London's vice centre of Soho as fears mounted that a killer may strike again after the carbon-copy strangling of two naked men Police said identical killing methods
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  • 28 2 HAMBURG. Thurs The death roll in the Hamburg flood di*-^--ter n»e to 283 la*t night with three more bodies being four? ui the coastal area.
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  • 22 2 LOS ANGELES Thur.film star Ramon Novairo 0:1 Tuesday night drunken drivine told policr In old. ;md I just want u>
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 141 2 SHIPS iyin< a:'jn<tide the Singapore whjr«et to<l.iy are Ar.r I'.l'rvki In^-e :<_•:: il 32. Tai»:rn Maru -I'll S:: i:o.» ''I. Ant.r.or S;b«-.T>.t Kof>«rrr Wt*T?»k. IVnlawm ...in< \nn NW 3. Outer road*- Kawl. Wakoio, B^niu. "r.. i r<±n~ irttit. L.^. .1 Mur.-k. ilont-..:.i_ lnn«f road« S« iat Durian. Kim Hii i
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  • A $500 CASH PRIZE EVERY WEEK!
    • 179 3 Advice reduces Muslim j divorces by fifty per cent in one year 11 ST^hSWifi*^ J< J ot ftc com counselling section, said there "jt M loo Pnoles in Muslim divorce laws. More thorough investigations, she added, were necessary before the kathis gave sanction to divorces. Mrs. Siraj disclosed that from
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    • 75 3 ART COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS: CASH TO BE WON JJ, ORE. Tr A: J :utii.^ JJ $2.ock i mm [S ow open to SingaH i- 'ending J .i regls- schools h» •fl by the Singapore m rhe compef rwamon; 1 irists and iem to take a rive interest i: J -..ments
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    • 18 3 1 Thurs.— Mr. I ..v.v.vr. will I Marriages" at I C.emenceau I lay at 6.30 p.m.
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    • 126 3 Miss D Platt. an Austr^lIftn mm, arrived yesterday tm .-day >ruy. She li rI Raffles Hotel. Mr H Baum, an Austrattan company director, arrtved yesterday from Sydney r '\v; days' stay before leaving for Rome. He is at Raflles Hotel Mr G. Ferrari, an Italian executive, and
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    • 110 3 AIR INDIA TO CUT STORE-SYDNEY TRAVEL TIME BY HALF SINGAPORE. Thurs. Air travel time between Singapore and Sydney will be cut by hall when Air India introduces Boeing-707 intercontinental jetvS on its Australian route in May this year. An Air India spokesman said at present it was 18 hours and
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    • 99 3 FROM SINGAPORE TO TEHERAN HIGHWAY PROJECT SINGAPORE, Thurs. A straight drive from Singapore to Teheran will be possible when 300 miles of the proposed 3050-mile PanAsian highway is completed, according to an Ecafe report. The ntatalf links in the present road network are in East Pakistan, Burma and India It
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    • 35 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— Shrl Nataraja Guru, head of Narayana Gurukula, who is now In Singapore on a short visit, will address a public meeting at the Gurukula In Sembawang at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    • 32 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs— The Senate of the University of Singapore is expected to announce its decision soon on the alleged leakage of the recent B.Sc. final year examination paper In zoology.
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    • 693 3 SINGAPORE DIARY asfasdfasdfasdfasfa SINGAPORE, Thursday. 'J'AKK u £>irl of Chinese-Italian parentage from the sun-bathed shores of renang. Let her rise to fame in Singapore and Malayan night-spots for her interpretation of Hawaiian dance themes. Then cast her in a film as a dancer of Siamese and Malayan folk-music. And what
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    • 345 3 S'pore an inspiration, says Thai Prime SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand, author, historian, journalist and trade unionist, has described Singapore as "a source of inspiration" for an author "Your city port has an unlimited wealth of colour, beauty, cultures, customs and religions floating all around a real source
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    • 255 3 THIS is the 11th in a new series ol Malay English lessons to Ik* broadcast tonight and nightly by Radio Singapore at <>.I."> p.m. *BI I AN ri AS\ THK FASTING MONTH Puas.i. :o Benpis, bad-tempt n i Penat, tired. Tujuan. the ;rl'-a; .ir. I.apar, hungry.
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    • 94 3 JAP TELEVISION TEAM OFF AFTER TWO-DAY SURVEY rj IN G A PORE Thur O Thirteen Japaru radio Mi television directors. Ml Jjer v L^OFS it itl In !Hili ia.is left yesterday alter spending two dav, li v« tigatli.K the possibillti<-> 'alii: R mmmercial radio tario:, lien Tne team which atta
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    • 40 3 SINGAPORI mur.v— Puan Noor Ai.sh.'i. witt- o! rhe Ya.g di-Pertuan NYj-ara. will attend the "Thti Icing Day" rplcbration> or^.u.i-fd by the Girl Guides ol the- Central DiviMoi. .1! Sa ,o House. ClrmfiiCoau Avn.ue a' 4.15 p.m. on Sunday.
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  • 302 4 TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN BID TO BOOST FAMILY PLANNING SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE new Director of the South-East Asia region of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Mr. N. Read-Collins, said that the IPPF would be establishing an information service on welfare economics for social workers as part of the family
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  • 123 4 MERDEKA PARK COMMITTEE PUNS $20,000 BANDSTAND TOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— J The Johore Bahru Merdeka Park Committee plans to build a modern bandstand, complete with elaborate public address system, at the park's playground for children. The committee's secretary. Inche Ishak bin H. A. Rahim, who disclosed this, told The Free Press
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  • 106 4 VARIETY SHOW TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MONUMENT JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— J The Unity Youth Club of Johore Bahru will hold an all-star Malay variety show in response to Tengku Abdul Rahman's national monument fund drive. The show will be held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here on April 5 at
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  • 445 4 Teachers to star in March concert SINGAPORE, Thurs. A Singapore bassbaritone, accompanied by a well-known Malayan pianist, will give a recital, sponsored by. Metro Philharmonic Society, at the Cultural Centre in Canning Rise on March 3 at 8 p.m. They are Mr. Choo Hwee Lim. a London trained music teacher
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  • 280 4 'SALES OF N.Z. MEAT CAN BE STEPPED UP HERE' SINGAPORE, Thurb. —There is scope for increased sales of meat here particularly New Zealand meat. Mr. H. W. Shepherd, New Zealand trade commissioner here, said this was the general impression of three represencatives of meat industry in New Zealand after a
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  • 390 4 AUSSIE NURSING DIPLOMA FOR SPORE GIRL SINGAPORE, Thursday. A SINGAPORE nurse, Miss Xarayani Devi, was among 90 delegates to a nursing conference in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, which has just concluded. The theme of the conference was nursing education which was discussed in ail its aspects under the
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  • 143 4 STORE BROTHERHOOD OF SUBUD MEN GREET 2 FROM U.S. SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. O Norman Budd. 38. a member of the International Brotherhood of Subud (brotherhood of believers in God), arrived here from Penang aboard the Dutch liner Karakomm for a month's visit. Accompanying Mr. Budd was Miss Uta Kovler. of
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  • 107 4 INGAPORE. Thurs Mr. -5 and Mrs. S. Perera celebrated their silver ueddinq anniversary at their home in Chatsworth Avenue. The gursis were the Pereras' seven children who gathered round their parents as the couple exchanged garlands to celebrate the occasion. Mr. Perera, who came
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  • 50 4 MORE APEX CLUB AID FOR CHESHIRE HOI AT TAMPOI iohore i J a! Apex o*l to p: J Ch« acoorc Ml h Thi a ■.i^.i #1,, I iiMir 1 J ■MNn woenllf < vls 1 1 f r* ciuu din-. could to w or > h Ciut th. W. M-:.,
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  • 116 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— About 100 people saw the opening of the one-man Chinese art exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall by Mr. Ko Teck Kin, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. On display were about 200 paintings, the work of Mr.
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  • 76 4 INGAPOFE, Thurs. The >J Perikatan Kefcaiikan Islam Naval Base— Muslim Welfare Association Naval Base will otler scholarships to five poor Malay students residing in the Naval Base area. Inche Mohammed bin Abdullah the chairman, told The Free Press that each of the five would receive $60
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  • 22 4 KUANTAN. Thurs.— Mr. B H. O. Adams, Cniei Education Officer, Pahang has left for Britain on six months leave.
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  • 91 4 Royal Engineers bring Chinese New Year joy to 200 children OVER 200 ch;iJ from Posir Porionc oJ Mountbattcn Commune Centres were trcotcctci Chinese New Ycc po^ by the Rcyol Engineers si Gillman Barrocks Similoi parties, gi»^ by the Royal Now Ami and Royal Air Force, were given during past three
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  • 798 5  -  KURT SINGER gun Wen is a prisoner in the Chinese legation Friends apply f r a writ of Habeas Corpus then By -Part Five_ IT happened to be a Sunday, and on a Victorian Sunday nothing nuch could be done in London. Dr.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • TELLING THE PEOPLE
    • 226 6 FEDERATION'S Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, certainly speaks for Singapore too when he says that the industrialisation plans for Malaya can only succeed if there is a continuous flow of technically skilled men and women every year. Speaking at the opening
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    • 114 6 IT is very important that the study of the national language should be encouraged in Chinatown. Very few people there" can speak and write the language. At least one organisation has realised this need. The Peak's Hill Youth Club in People's Park is organising national language classes in
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  • 816 6  - PARIS IN THE PLASTIC AGE Vincent Mulchrone t>y WHEN the great city below began to put on her jewels of light, a widow living on the hill of Montmartre locked her door and, with the turn of the key, locked out Paris in the Plastic Age. "It's silly, I know;'
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  • 269 6 PALMISTRY BY CHOO ANG GUAN. WHO HAS STUOIED THE SUBJECT FOR 16 YEARS jP«K illustration above depicts the hand of a person, man or woman, furnished with the gift of sensitivity, which is shown by the tiny pouches formed at the centre portion of the
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  • 99 6 The Free Press reported: "There was a large gathering on the Raffles reclamation ground yesterday i February 16 1 when exhibitions were given by Mr. Fleming of the Minimax fire extinguisher. This little appliance Is specially designed to deal instantaneously with an outbreak of five, it is
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  • 77 6 RAYMOND of London. British hair stylist, has predicted that within three years all fashionable women will bo wearing wigs and that each will have at least three or four in her wardrobe. Raymond and five lovely British models were displaying his latest hairstyles at fashion shows in
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  • 101 6 Life is like that Adam ..J out cliffi r nth J fcve at« r.J '8) also tuLii J (8) and I rertainl> ninrtN -.J Snentili, I on ihr J th»'or\ tl 1 vians vf J Munethifu '"-A aU- nm- 4 1 too (B'>)_ total Wrong At in clear th.ii r
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    • 666 6 Medium Wave Service: Sing something simple; 11.30 14 j I 115 J B'6 I I I ;t,,,:v; 11.02 Music from the RADIO MALAYA (41.7 metres) I H B__i I I I I I hour- 12.00 (noon) Midday Time signal, news; 1.40* News- I2l j |ZZ I I ■M^^H serenade; P.M.—
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  • 222 7 U.S. paint firm keen to set up branch here i'pore has favourable economic conditions :N iAPORE, Thurs. The vicev of one of the largest ...i chemical Industries in States, Mr. A. D. Duncan <sed the possibility of setbranch factory here :>incan said that his hrm :drn Co. of Ohio, which
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  • 153 7 $00 ADULT EDUCATION BOARD STUDENTS FOR CAMBRIDGE EXAM -s I'ORE, Thurs. More than B<H) Adult Hoard students r their CamIriifr S< fiool Certificate r n thi> year. fcur! ►rticial told The fm Pltm that this was number of stu--oyti said, only 627 :> -at lor the ex:i> They are waiti
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  • 55 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two executives of the Australian Export Marketing Bureau will conduct an extensive marketing research and selling mission in the Federation next month. They are the bureau's director. Mr. B. A. Counsel and Mr. H. D. Johnson. Both will be staying in Kuala Lumpur for two
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  • 234 7 'Malayan students —as &ood if not better' SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Malayans studying in Australian colleges are as good if not better than their Australian counterparts. This was stated by Mr. Ho See Nam, a Malayan student at the Perth Technical College in Western Australia who left Singapore in the Oronsay after
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  • 223 7 HEW JOHORE MARKET PROJECT TO STAY DESPITE ROW .lOHORK BAHRU, Thursday. MORE Government will go ahead with to build a $1.2 million marke! near Fook transport centre despite .Is l>\ Mir local business community. A government spokesman said: "There is no question of abandoning the project. "The State Government has
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  • 92 7 SCHOOL HEAD TO STUDY ACCOUNTANCY MALACCA. Thurs. Six years ago, a Bahau-born lad of 16 had had his ambition to further his studies cut short when he could not find place in another school alter Hni>hin^ his Form Three in the Methodist English School la NegCl Sembilan. Today the lad.
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  • 26 7 CA. Thurs. The r of Malacca, Ghafar bin Baba nanded over a $14,000 from the Welfare Lotteries rire victims of 1 K and Kampong
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  • 43 7 IPOH. Thurs. A library management board with full powers of administration, control and supervision of the Ipoh Library has been set up by the ipoh Town Council. The board will be elected annually from among the members of the Town Council.
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  • 51 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Johore observed a oneday holiday a~s a mark of "respect to the Raja Perempuan of Perak, Raja Ta'ayah binte Rajah Abdul Hamid. 70, who died during the weekend. State and Federation flags were flown halt -mast in all Government office buildings and shophouses
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  • 148 7 GOVT. TO STUDY UNIONS GROUSES SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Labour Ministry is considering a request by the Singapore Insurance Companies Employees' Union to investigate into its complaints against the management of the Insurance Company of North America. The union alleged the management was hostile to it and was trying to break
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  • 161 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A viMting American couple from Connecticutr-now on their third world tour— Ha* de^ribed Singapore^ racal harmony as a real eye •SSeLrnuned to nrtign for "at least a montni '"^"conglomeration of diverse races here working in perfect harmony, cooperation and unity, has made Singapore
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  • 137 7 SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE GOVERNMENT will soon begin a recruiting drive to form the Second Battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment. A formal notice inviting applications will be published in about a week or ten days, said a spokesman of the Ministry of Home
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  • 194 7 300 TROOPS IN FOR TRAINING: WON'T BOOST THE C 'WEALTH RESERVE-ARMY SINGAPORE, Thursday. 300 British troops of 22 Special Air Service Regiment have arrived in Malaya from Britain for jungle training. A British Army spokesman in Singapore said the troops were already in camp and they would be in Malaya
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  • 51 7 W.D. MAN TAKES A BRIDE: 500 AT CHANGI RECEPTION lnche Hassan bin Hashim Bacel with his bride Che Kulsombee binte Musa pictured after their Bersanding ceremony at their home in ChangL lnche Hassan is a civilian employee in the War Dept. More than 500 people attended a reception in the
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  • 121 7 PASIR PAN JANG, Thurs— About 300 members of the Pasir Panjang District Scout Association will celebrate the birthday of Lord Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement. with a grand campflre tomorrow night at its campsite behind Pasir Panjang Secondary School.
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  • 27 7 PULAU ÜBIN, Thurs.— Thr oldest we] in Pulau Übin —known as Pregi Masjid— i.s to be reconstructed Work will begin next month. 23-D<*. SFECU-
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  • 144 8 GILSTRAP TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT BALL THE American Consul-General here. Mr. Sun: G list rap. will be guest of honour at George Washington's Ball thr annual social event for the American community here- to be held tomorrow at Goodwood Hotel. Organised by a committee headrd
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  • 147 8 rpHE Countess of P.rer- knock. Superintendent-in-Chief of the Nursing Division. St. John Ambulance Association. was uuest-01 -honour at .1 Muslim dinner which more than l">0 attended The dinner, sjiven by the Singapore branch of the St John Ambulance Association, was h» Id it its headquarters in
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  • 758 8 A CALL TO WIN 'BATTLE OF THE STREETS' SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW \T.\\ inks governing the running <>i ihe Singapore Lambretta Owners' Association will be discussed al an extraordinary general meeting a! lh< association premises at Otdham Lane tomorrow. The Meeting whu-h w.:: begin at 3 p.m. will al I I
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  • 183 8 Barn eighty-eigh years ago, and still going strong THE one difference between the birthaad of people and institutions is v case of institution-, the older it i the surer we are that it is com, <o live longer, Mrs. E. V Davies. the witty prc of the Y.W.C A here.
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  • 67 8 4 LL the various communities here in one expression of international goodwill, will be rallying to support a coming annual charity event. One of the biggest events for the year will be the International Bazaar in aid of the Singapore Association for the Blind on Saturday.
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  • 43 8 HARI RAYA PUASA, the Muslim New Year, will be celebrated this year on March 7. Festivity will be in the air, marking the end of the month of fasting for the millions of Muslims in the world.
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  • 114 8 THE Far East Scooter Club has engaged a caretaker for its clubhouse at Oldham Lane, off Orchard Road. The caretaker. Mr. Wong Kai Sark. will stay in the clubhouse. He is allowed to run a small canteen to cater lor members. According to Mr. Toh Hong
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  • 65 8 SATAY PARTY AT CHANGI BEACH PLANNED T*HE Singapore Vespa A Club will hold a satay party on Saturday at Changi beach. The charge per person is $2.50. Members and friends arc all welcome Mr. A. V Pillay. newlyelected president, said tht purpose of this party was to get together and
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    63 8 iQUR mystery star last week was Miss Timi Yuro. The winner of two Philip, EP discs is Mr. Yam Ah Bee, 632-B Bed o k Road, Singapore 16. This week we have another famous personality of the music world. When you have made your guess send your
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  • 88 8 4 HOLIDAY trip by bu> t< Krlnntan and Trrn^ganu Is being planned by th< Blood r>-)i,ors Association. Singapore It wil". leave Si::anpore July 29. returni:.^ c>:. August 5. II may tx ol int< re t< not. that thi> ptriod will c iin
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  • 12 9 m l |>ay. Feb. 21 Going: FAST.
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  • 447 9 First Services soccer trial on Saturday is move towards building cup team pore Joint Services' selectors have drawn up elaborate plan«> tor footballers among their personnel in an effort to over m far partidpaUon in the RAM and Malaya Cup competiS< i vices team has been hit once again by
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  • 260 9 SEAP GAMES CAPTAIN IS DROPPED SINGAPORE, Thurs— ln pre- peratlon for the Ai>ian Games to be held in August. Indonesia will play host to three other nations by holding an open invitation table tennis championship at Jakarta from Feb. 24. Countries invited are Malaya. Singapore and the Philippines. Singapore made
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  • 47 9 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Italy won the World Bridge Championship here when they beat North America by 331 points to 305. It was the Italians fifth victory in a row Italy defeated Argentina 420-308 and Great Britain ZKZ tn 286 earlier In the tournament.- Reuter
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  • 455 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Cheong Cheng Swee, a teacher from Geylang English School and last year's Singapore Civil Service Association's singles badminton champion, will make his defence of the title when he meets Rendall Diaz (Health Department) in the opening match of the Association's championships tomorrow.
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  • 242 9 Call goes out for more girls to take up athletics NOW is the time for office girls of Singapore to take up athletics. The State is in bad need ol worm n athletes. Business firm.- are the most likely place to fmd them. This is the brief outline of a
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  • 229 10  - Society Girl provides best gallop of the morning with 38 for 3f. SCRUTINEER By BUKIT TIMAH, Thursday. SOCIETY GIRL provided the star turn of the morning at Bukit Timah in a smart workout. With a riding boy astride Society dirl went very fast round the bends and wide out to
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  • 281 10 Singapore swimmer makes good at U.S. university SINGAPORE, Thursday. BONG HOE BENG, 10, a former student of Si Andrew's School and a member of the winning Singapore relay team at the South East Asia Games held ;ii Bangkok in 1939, is dealing a name for himself in America where his
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  • 313 10 KEEN RIVALRY IN SASA OPEN MEET I^ATONG. I"hur.> Singapore's :uc.ie?>; .sprint >>mmniej 24--year-old Lri. Yeo Or. I at, who uas bet.. v u nvj;oii ol the IUO meueh ..>: four ..ears, will w complin. S.VS.A. Open lae met- beine ht-.a at the Chine*- £>\%i:i.ir.m o Ciuo pool in Amoer H
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  • 441 10 Malayan open: World stars praise Selangor Course KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A great course... the best our selves how sooci ho realTheso were the words of a dozen or so ol the big time stars as they walked from the iast green yesterday at the finish of the amateur professional match.
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  • 91 10 UNITED SCORE 2-0 VICTORY IN CUP REPLAY I ONDON. I'hurs. RomUls oi Ei;iz;i>h ;»:.d BOQItUI F'KHb.tii matches played yesterday were: FA. Cup fifth round rrplay: Shftheld Wednesday 0 Manchester United 2. t'winners away to Liverpool or Preston North EndK DmriOO One League: Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0. Manchester City
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  • 33 10 LONDON. Thurs. Results of Ruehy matches played yesterday were Ru^by Len«?ue: Foatherstone Rovers 12 Hull 11. Leujh 3 Huddersiield 9. Rugby Union: Camhndce 22 Royal Air Force 13.
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  • 773 10  - Rocket leads day of upsets at Bukit Timah races SCRUTINEER HOW THEY RAN Bi Singapore, Thurs. IT was a day of upsets and big dividends at Bukit Timah yesterday. Highest dividend was Rocket's $216 in Race 7, while Scarlet Light returned $187 in the fourth race. Another three figure dividend
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  • 172 10 CURVIS STOPS CHALLENGER IN 5 ROUNDS LONDON. Than. Brian CurvLs of Swan.sea retained his British and Empire welterweight titles when he beat Tony Mancini of London on a technical knockout in the fifth round of a scheduled 15-round bout at Albert Hall here. Mancini. 2'J, fought courageously, but the longer
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  • 52 10 MADRID, Thurs. Italian champions Juventus beat Real Madrid 1-0 yesterday in the second leg of their European Soccer Cup quarter-final to force a replay with the Spanish club. Real Madrid won the first leg. played in Turin last week. 1-0 so the teams finished level on
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  • 25 10 BANGKOK, Thurs Thailand's world flyweight champion Pone Kingpetch will leave for Tokyo on February 27 far his title fight with Kyo Noguchl- Reuter
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  • 31 10 LONDON. Thurs. The second replay of the English Football Association Cup fifth round tie between Liverpool and Preston North End will be played at Manchester on February 26
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  • 35 10 HOCKEY: BHA Senior KO Royal Signals v Combined Schools (Dover Rd.. 5 15 pni.». SWIMMING: SASA National Pre-Championship Fuial 1.500 metres freestyle and three metres diving i Amber Rd. 6.00 p.m >
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  • 205 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The nt-w committee of the Singapore Softball Association, spearheaded by Chairman Mr. Bill Tan. ha.s chosen the month oi April for the commencement ol the l'J62 league competition. Mr. Tan told the Free tan that entr>- forma have d> t n s< n:
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  • 117 10 RUWA. (S. Rhodesia.. Thurs. The Commonwealth cricket XI were 49 runs ahead ox the Rhodesian Country Districts XI with all their second-innings wickets standing at the end of the first day of their two-day match yesterday. The tourists batted first on a wicket that
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  • 63 10 TOKYO. Thurs.— The Japanese WorKing Committee for the fourth Asian Games said it had tentatively decided to send a 252-member delegation consisting of 221 athletes and 31 officials to the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta in August. The decision was subject to
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  • 25 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Th* Karting Club of Singapore vfli hold its annual general meetlnc at the Royal Singapore Flying Club today at 7 p.m.
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  • 452 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Sixty-four teams will compete in the Singapore Base District end of the season six-a-side hockey tournament being played at the 18 Signals Regiment ground here on Sunday. Major B.H.V. Fullerton said that three competitions will now be played and will last from 10
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  • 200 10 CHANGI SEVENS TEAM WINS THE FEAF TITLE TENGAH. Thurs. H Air Force Chand li ners of the Singai»r< Cricket Club seven-a-idc rupbv competition, added the Mel lersh Trophy to their li when they capiured the East Air Force seven-a-siti< rugby title here yesterda;, They trounced RAP' S'lotar by 24 points
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