Singapore Standard, 15 March 1955

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    13 1 Singapore Standard H^ SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1955 1 I PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon JOHNNIE RAY LEAPS-SAVES HIS TROUSERS
    140 1 lhi> is the price of fame. Johnnie ("Cry") Ray. w tli- American singer, was dressed immaculately wkea he stt pped out of his Sydney, Australia, hotel to meet thc teenage girl fans waiting to see him. lhen the screaming, hysterical mob broke through the police
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    Lock icon Bomb Flung At Vietnam Boss
    320 1 Close Shave For Governor SAIGON, Mar. 14, (Reuter)— Mr. Tran Van Lam, (iovernor of South Vietnam, narrowly escaped assassination this morning by flinging: himself from his car when a man lobbed a grenade through the open window. General Taylor GENERAL Maxwell D. Tayr, United Nations
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    Lock icon Planter Killed, Five Hurt In Bandit Ambush
    677 1 Reefs Attend To Wounded European, Asian By MICHAEL GOH, Standard Staff Reporter THE manager of Penggarang Estate, Mr. Kenneth Douglas Paul, was killed and five others wounded during 20 minutes of terror on Sunday morning when they were ambushed by Communist terrorists in
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    Lock icon A Russian Shoots His Way Into UK Embassy
    149 1 A Russian Shoots His Way Into UK Embassy MOSCOW, Mar. 14. (Reuter) A Russian gunman shot Ins way into the British Embassy here yesterday and dashed into the apartment of the Ambassador. Sir William Hayter, it was learned today. The intruder shot a militia man who was on guard. This
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    Lock icon Townsend Denies 'Exile' Report
    198 1 Townsend Denies 'Exile' Report BRUSSELS, Mar. 14, (UP) Group. Captain Peter Townsend said todav so far as he knows Princess Margaret has made no decision to marry him. Townsend was asked this morning about a newspaper report that he had said he was willing to go into exile if necessary
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    Lock icon DENY OR CONFIRM THOSE RUMOURS!
    65 1 LONDON. March 14 (AP) A London Sunday newspaper demanded that Buckingham Palace make a public statement about reports that Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend may marry. •The truth must be known in court circles said the Labourite Reynolds News. "Is it not time
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    Lock icon Operation For Twins
    62 1 BANGKOK. March 14 iAP» Siam's second known pair of "Siameee Twins" will be Mown to the United States shortly for medical examination and a possible operation to separate them. The 30anonth-old girls. N'anhit and Krisna Pholpin* yoh. are joined from chest to abdomen and have a common
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    Lock icon SwedenGets 11th Red Spy
    58 1 STOCKHOLM. March 14 IAP* Sweden today seized another spy suspect in a roundup of the country s third Communist spy ring in four years, bringing the number of arrests in connection with the case to eleven. The other ten were picked irp during the weekend. Thc
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    34 1 THE HAGUE. March 14 < Reuter) Princess Beatric. 17-year-old heir to the Dutch throne left hospital today for Soestdijk. the Royal country home after recovering from an operation for acute appendicitis.
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    Lock icon AND REPORTER GETS THE SACK
    173 1 SYDNEY. Mar. 14 (AP) The Sydney Morning Herald announced today that it has dispensed with the services of the correspondent who obtained an interview in Brussels on Friday night with Group Captain Peter Townsend about his reported romance with Princess Margaret. The correspondent, Richard Martin,
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    Lock icon Writer Of World War Song Dead
    34 1 SUTTON. Surrey. March 14 I Renter > Mr. Edward C.H. Rowland, who wrote the first World War song "Mademoiselle from Armentiercs." has died at his home here, aged 72.
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    27 1 KING HUSSEIN of Jordan and Queen Mother Zein El Sharaf left for Amman by air yesterday after a nine-day state visit to Pakistan. Reu-
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    131 1 King Of Nepal Dies In Zurich NEW DELHI. March 11 (Reuter).— Kins Tribhuvati of Nepal died at Zurich on Saturday, according to a message received by the Nepal Embassy News of his death Teas reported by the Indian Newt Agency. Press Trust ol India. King Tribhuvan. who i 48. arrived
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    Lock icon RAISE PENALTY FOR EXTORTION – APPEAL JUDGE
    294 2 RAISE PENALTY FOR EXTORTION APPEAL JUDGE 3-Year Limit Inadequate KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The maximum sentence for extortion should be increased from three years to at least ten or 1 5 years. I This opinion was expressed by Mr. Justice Abbott of Negri Sembilan when he asked the Deputy Public Prosecutor
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    Lock icon Poor Turn Out In Kelantan Elections
    224 2 Poor Turn Out In Kelantan Elections KOTA BAIIRL r Mon. There was very poor response at yesterday's local Council elections for Daterah. Kad o k. Peringat and Pangkal Kalong wards in the Kota Bahru district of Kelcntan as many of the voters preferred to carry on with the harvesting of
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    Lock icon ...And Now The Barber Is Fined.
    158 2 ...And Now The Barber Is Fined. MALACCA M'v>~*\ M«an ,(aW V~ A hnrhcr- .en. *Trnan who was involved in a brawl at a bar over a dance hostess. Dorothy Le Caine. around midnight on Nov. 3. last year, was fined $75 in thc Magistrate's Court today for causing hurt to
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    37 2 HONGKONG. March 14 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were 515.58J to sterl ng; $5.***** to US$l; $1.8.'i5 to Malayan $1; $0,145 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $254.23 to a tael.
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    55 2 LITHERLAND. England. March 14 <AP> The Town Council notified housewives in a municipal housing development today they must stop hanging their panties in the front yard or move. "The flats face the main road." said Councillor R W Lloyd, "and many people are embarrassed by some of the things
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    Lock icon Good Public Response To SATA Appeal
    220 2 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association donation' boxes from ten centres brought in a sum of $474.76 in total donation of $1,036.63 last week. This is good response from members of the public. Mrs Phyllis Lim. SATA's social and Press secretary, told The Standard, yesterday. The
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  • COMMODITY PRICES
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      15 2 The price of tin yesterday (per picul) was $353.(2, down SI per picul.
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      28 2 No K S.S. Settlement H'Mise Ifrms Monday's opening prices, first sess.o^ were Bu.e Sellprs April 2dl 27 i Ma v ?:>,» :>7 •June Hii 26; Tone: Steady.
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      24 2 Monday's opening prices firsl session were Spot 1:700!- buyers, *C7lO sellers. Three months M"t\2\ buyers, £713'. sellers Settlemen price *****. Toae: Easier.
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    Lock icon Renganathan Has Another Tussle In Court
    334 2 Renganathan Has Another Tussle In Court Is Charged With Contempt I JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— When Renganathan came before Mr. N. L. Cohen, President, Sessions Court, for the continuation of his trial for cheating a Chinese woman at Senai, he again protested against the case being heard before Mr. Cohen. He
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    Lock icon Gurkhas Mourn For Their King
    71 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. All Gurkha units ot the Army in Malay* today flew their flags half mast, to mourn thr death of King Tribhuvan of Nepal at a Zurich clinic. Maj. General G Pf:;>*vne £2 C Bri --o> of Gurkhas', s Clit a message of
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    Lock icon SIT Asked To Change Decision
    132 2 SIT Asked To Change Decision A SINGAPORE City Councillor. Mr. Lee Choon Eng. yesterday asked the Improvement Trust authorities to rescind its decision not to allow tenants to instal Rediffusion sets without the Trust's permission. Mr. Lee. in a letter to thc Chairman of thc 5.1.T.. Mr. T. P. F.
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    Lock icon REBEL ATTACK
    25 2 FOUR Moroccans including an eicht-year-old child were wounded at Casablanca yesterday when terrorists tossed a grenade into a crowd and fired revolvers simultaneously.
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    Lock icon AMBUSH VICTIM LAID TO REST
    126 2 THE Manager of Penggarang Estate. Mr. Kenneth Douglas Paul, who was killed in Santi Estate, south-east Johore on Sunday was buried at Bidadari Cemetery, yesterday. At the graveside was Mrs. Paul who was accompanied by her uncle. Mr. H. B. Winter. Among others present were
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    80 2 MUAR, Mon For the first time the minutes of the Muar Town Council meeting were recorded verbatim in English and Malay. At the meeting held vestcrday. Councillor R. W. Bakar. suggested that the Malay version of thc minutes be translated into English before distribution to members.
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    Lock icon Electoral List Gets Revision
    121 2 PENANG. Men. -Thc Registering Officer for Federal constituency. Penang Island, Mr E. E E Nielsen, today heard claims frcm persons who had applied for registration but whose names did not appear in the register. There was one objection lodged against the name of a person who
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    112 2 He Thought I-CardsWere For Bandits PENANG. Mon A man charged with failing to obtain an identity card, told the Magistrate. Mr J. W I) Ambrose, today that he had been informed by people in Kedah that only Communists needed identity cards and good people had no need for them Mat
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    Lock icon GIRL RESCUED FROM DRAIN
    67 2 SEREMBAN. Mon. Poopathy. a ten-year-old Indian schoolgirl, fell into a drain in Jalan Tuan Sheikh and was carried more than 150 yards by the strong flowing water. The dra n was flooded after a heavy shower of ran thi c afternoon Poopathy. was res .ed by
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    Lock icon Fire! 'Mystery' Boy Saves Kampong
    143 2 Fire! 'Mystery' Boy Saves Kampong KUALA LUMPUR. M< n Fire Brigade and Government officers were tonight looking for the mystery boy who ran nearly half a mile to the Fire Station at Pudu this evening and saved a whole kampong from destruction. By his action the lire engines were able
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    Lock icon Villagers Become Firemen
    55 2 MALACCA. Mon Fire broke out at On Lok model new village, about 12 miles from Jasin, around noon today. Nineteen houses were destroyed and the damage was estimated at more than $10,000. Villagers tackled the fire till thc arrival of the rire brigade from Jasin. which soon
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    Lock icon An Inspector Helps To Put Out Blaze
    53 2 An Inspector Helps To Put Out Blaze BUTTERWORTH. Mon A police inspector. Tan Peng Gee. today gallant. v helped to fight a fire which broke out near the HornGuards' store house next to the District Office here. Tan. who happened tf) be nearby, helped to put out the fire with
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    31 3 AN artist's sketch ot the new 'Theatre China" to be built in Singapore. It will replace the present Chungking Theatre at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Maxwell Road.
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    49 3 Photo. K, l.h SiT n "aM Macliillivrav who h «lu, u k is s n »t KamponK N>,J P "P!« ,i ?u "I 1 1, where he saw a fish drive Ihf i k:in »P'»n«. Sir Donald is ex,l% i aught in the drive. D.O.I.
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    Lock icon REDS SMASHED IN JELUTONG
    419 3 But 40 Bandits Still Lurk On Penang Island PENANG, Mon.— Although the Communist organization in the Jelutong area has been completely smashed, there are yet some 40 lommunist terrorists hiding in Penang Island, |he acting Resident Commissioner, Penang, Mr. U. Gray, told a Press conference today.
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    Lock icon A New Cinema With Car Park Under Ground
    261 3 SINGAPORE is to have a new $2 million cinema shortly built on the latest American theatre hall design. It will have underground parking an innovation in itself and there will be no extra car space at ground level. sent Chungking Theatre on
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    83 3 SWAM I Satyananda, the well-known Sanskrit scholar, wi.l read a paper on "An rie of Sanskrit Literature" to members and friends of the Raffles Society. University of Malaya, at the Arts Theatre on Wednesday, Mar. 16 at 1.30 D.m. Swami Satyananda is editor of the quarterly
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    364 3 Corrective Training To Start AN ENTIRE block of Changi jail will be converted within this year into workshops and cells for corrective training and preventive detention prisoners, Major W. L. P. Sochon, Commissioner of Prisons, told the firs! Press party ever to enter Changi jail
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    Lock icon Monday Wedding At The Cathedral
    37 3 photo. MR. AND MRS. Jeffrey Fong photographed after their wedding yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. The bride is the former Miss Amy Lee. daughter of Mr. Robert Lee of Singapore. Standard
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    Lock icon JAIL FOR EXTORTIONER
    56 3 LOW Chew Huat, a fishmonger, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the Singapore First Criminal Court yesterday when lie was convicted on three charges of extorting a total of $50 from a CwfTce stall hawker at Alexandra Road. Thc olTences were committed on Sept. 5, Oct.
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    Lock icon Triad Member Fined $525
    62 3 SEREMBAX. Mon Lum Tuck, who was found armed with a dagger and in possession of a secret code? bock of the Ang Bin Hocy triad society, was today fined a total of $525 by the Sercmban magistrate. Lum. a former foundry worker from Kuala Lumpur, was
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    Lock icon Vegetable Prices Are On Down Grade
    271 3 WITH one exception vegetable prices fell last week and the trend is still gradually downward although the levels prior to the heavy floods have not yet been reached. Cucumber prices are up by ten cents per kati. while chye sim. peh chye. French beans
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    Lock icon Woman Scares Off Intruders
    58 3 AWAKENED by noises early on Sunday morning, a woman resident in Wcssex Estate. Singapore, saw the shadow of a man. She rushed out of her room and was startled to sec a man dangling from the verandah clinging with both hands. When the woman screamed thc
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    Lock icon He Wanted To Die Over Family Row
    128 3 A 20- YEAR-OLD labourer, Lee Leong Watt, was discharged by the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to commit suicide. Inspector R. Sandosham told the court that at about 2.. '40 p.m. on Feb.
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    Lock icon Muslim College Given $10,000
    52 3 THE Singapore Government has contributed 510.000 towards the Muslim College Capital Fund. A cheque for that amount hai been sent to Dato 5.1.0. Alsagofi', Chairman of the Central Committee of the Muslim College of Malaya at I Kl.nng Selangor bv the Chief Secretary. Mr. W. A
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    Lock icon 6 Thugs Attack Two Men In Coffee Shop
    75 3 A GANG of six men attacked two men in a coffee shop in the Pasir Panjang area ol Singapore on Sunday night with bottles, sticks and benches. One of the two victims had earlier been involved in a squabble with a stall
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    Lock icon Pineapple Estate Fire
    65 3 POXTIAX. Mon. A'oout 15 acres of small growers' pineapple plantations were affected by a fire that broke out yesterday, in the Pontlan aica of Johore. The estates bordered on the South Malayan Pineapple Plantations Cause of thc fire was said to be the prevail rig draught and
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    Lock icon Interrupted Sleep Piles Hurt You!
    136 3 I! ii Miller 1t. .111 I'M. i i .1 S 1 < p. i:.i» i..i> In I.< u Pitiful, i» •»u*tit-Mi «>i a'r-.'tkiifK^ i I I ||l \iuii PrtWtMl** IJi.i'.'l tf• f i .Ii- I l«i.lv wnli IUJUI.XA. Ttiia w-.ri.i.r »n. ilir inn 1 1
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    358 4 A THIEF MADE OFF WITH HER DRAWER, MONEY ALL Teacher Saved And Strived For 15 Years, But... KUALA LUMPUR. Mon As a school teacher. Miss Toh Kok Mun knew well about the wisdom of thrift. She had. in fact, lectured her pupils on many occasions about it She believed in
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    456 4 NOW AN AMERICAN HITS OUT NEW YORK, Mar. 14 (UP)— The 12,000,000 Overseas Chinese in South-east Asia were described as fence-sitters today in "The Saturday Evening Post." It said they are waiting to see what happens before deciding which Chinese Government to support. The article entitled
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    Lock icon WATER SUPPLY CUT TO 4 HOURS A DAY
    155 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon.— More severe restrictions in pipe water supply have been imposed in Bukit Mertajam and Prai areas in Province Wellesley as a result of the continued drought. The residents in Bukit Mertajam and Prai numbering more than 30.000. will get
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    47 4 Standard photo by Mr. Loo Hoong Chik. a well-known Kuala Lumpur businessman, helps his seven-year-old only son Chee Yuen to blow his ship-shaped birthday cake at a party held at their home in Hale Road, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Yong Peng Seong
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    Lock icon Two Girls Missing
    46 4 TWO young girls one a Chinese and the ether a Sikh, were reported missing trom their homes in Singapore. Chew Siew Boon. 17. of Padang Terbakar has been missing since Saturday. Harbans Kuar. 18, left home ;n Dunlop Street at 2 a.m. yesterday.
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    253 4 PHB Staff Assn. To Seek Ban On 'Casual' Recruitment PENANG, Mon. Thc Penang Harbour Board Staff Association will submit a list of grievances and requests to its employers, the Penang Harbour Board, this week. One of them is an objection against the recruitment, of clerks, drivers and lightermen on a
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    Lock icon Chinese Varsity DoctorsRecognized
    250 4 A FEW medical graduates from Chinese universities are provisionally registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance as doctors in Singapore, the Deputy Director of Medical Services, Singapore, Dr. M. Doraisingham, revealed yesterday. Dr. Doraisingham was replying to a query on the position of medical graduates of Chinese universities
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    Lock icon SUICIDE NOTE TO THE 'HONOURABLE GOVERNMENT'
    149 4 SUICIDE NOTE TO THE 'HONOURABLE GOVERNMENT' PENANG. Mon. -Before he died, a fish agent wrote a letter telling his brother that "when my son comes of age hand mv property to him. Do not commit breach of trust." This was stated in the Coroner's Court here today when Mr. J
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    Lock icon 5 Yrs'. Jail For Having Grenades
    114 4 5 Yrs'. Jail For Having Grenades A LORRY driver. Ong Eng Teck. was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by Mr Justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. for unlawiui possession of 52 handgrenades in North Boat Quay on May 13. last year It was stated, the Police, acting on
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    21 4 THE official designation of the new airport at Paya Lebar is the Singapore Airport and not the International Airport.
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    190 5 AN attempt by a ring to corner deck passage tickets N Ibe 8.1.5.N. steamer. Rajula. bound lor Indian ports, wis nipped in the bud by the ships agents in Singapore yesterrJay. the ring, by abusing and threatening. e Indians from their position in the
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    Lock icon Firm In The Red For $2M. To Wind Up
    103 5 W order fur the winding up a rubber firm. Bin Seng Ltd. whose liabilities mted to $2,220,407.42, was granted by the Chief Justice. Murray- Aynsley. e Singapore High Court rday rder was made on a n by Mr. D.E. Chelliah. pp
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    425 5 SQUATTER farmers of Majidee Estate have, in 25 ears, turned 150 acres of swampland into cultivated frail and vegetable gardens. They have sunk thousands of dollars to dig their carp ponds. lay, the J chore Govnts them to get out to resettle Malay .rom .Johore
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    127 5 MR Edwin Lee Lum. an alderman in Port-Of-Spain. Trinidad, who was sent by his government round the world to explore the possibilities of getting new industries from other countries into Trinidad, arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC Constellation from Saigon. Speaking to the Press on his
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    Lock icon 'WHAT THE PARTIES STAND FOR'—BY MR THIO
    462 5 'WHAT THE PARTIES STAND FOR'— BY MR THIO THE Progressive Party stands for control of government in the hands of the elected representatives of the people of all classes, sections and communities, dominating none and seeking to serve all, said Mr. Thio Chan Bee, the Progressive Party candidate for Whampoa
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    Lock icon Youth Found With Bomb Is Remanded
    145 5 Five minutes alter a Police Inspector had handed a youth to the sergeant in charge of Beach Road Police Station on the night of Jan. 15. two home-made bombs were found in his trousers pockets. This was told bv the sergeant. Amin bin Sam>udin.
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    Lock icon Appeal To Raise Award For Land
    80 5 Appeal To Raise Award For Land AN appeal against the Collector ol Land Revenue's award ol S'iT.B4B in respect ol 54] acres of land at Nee Scon, acquired in 1950 for defence purpose-, was heard in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The appellants were the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Co. Ltd..
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    Lock icon White Slavers' Jail Sentences Are Confirmed
    90 5 White Slavers' Jail Sentences Are Confirmed KUALA LUMPUR. Men. Thc full Federation Court of Criminal Appeal today confirmed the sentences of four years' and three years' imprisonment, respectively, against 36-year-old Lee Yoke Khcng and 75-year-old Lee Chu for white slavery They were found guilty along with three other women late
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    61 5 MALACCA. Mon The management committee of the St. Francis Association will hold a tea party at thc association premises on March 17 at 4.15 p.m. to mark thc 38th anniversary of its formation. After tea a soccer match between the Old Boys and the Present Bovs will
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    227 5 SINGAPORE Labour Party's only candidate contesting the Legislative Assembly elections in the Geyiang division, Mr Lee Yong Min. yesterday pledged that he will not "betray" the voters of the division if he is ejected to serve on the Assembly. In a 200-word manifesto, Air.
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    423 5 Marshall's AppealHolds800 People In Silence YESTERDAYS election rally of the Labour Front at Empress Place was the most "serious" political 'meeting ever held in Singapore. Thers was no laughter or applause. A crowd of about 800 people stood in complete silence to hear the Front's candidate in the Cairnhill division.
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    48 5 THE Peoples' Action Party will be holding an election rally at the East Reclamation Road ground Tanjong Pagar on March 17 at 7.30 p.m. Main sneaker will be Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. PAP candidate for Tanjong Pagar Ward and secretary of thc PAP.
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    91 5 001 Koh Phai. who had been out of jail barely a month, was yesterday found guilty in the Third Singapore Criminal District Court by the District Judge. Mr. lI. A. Forrer, of housebreaking and thelt and sentenced to M months' jail to be followed
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    168 5 Mrs. Khew Makes Three Promises Mrs. Khew Gee Pinq. Labour Front candidate for Seietar. yesterday gave three promises to voters of her ward at a meeting at the sth milestone. Thomson Road. Singapore. Speaking in Hokkicn. Mrs. Khew said she was lamliari with the difficulties and tribu-l lations of the
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    135 5 Democratic Rally Draws Big Crowd PRACTICALLY every villager turned out at an ele rally in Tampenis Village r Uht in support of Dcmocralic Party candidate. Mr. Anthony Goh. who is contesting the Ponggol-Tampcni.s Division. They were treated to a free cinema show and visions ot happier days by Mr. Cob
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    207 5 THUGS BEAT UP ELECTION WORKERS Till GGIRY and hooliganism have recently made their appearance at Singapore election rallies. Last Saturday, at Amber Road. organized thugs and hooligans were reported to MM smashed a dozen chairs and punctured t\re s of a car belonging to Mr John l.a\(n(k. the Progxeiflv Party
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    49 5 PENANG, Moo A un of 12.1 $2 7.") wag pal I to I lie for information lea i the ki'ling of otu O n terrorist in February I A further Slim of HMNM was out also in February for Information ling to con* tarts
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      447 6 \|ANY people in Singapore and thc Federation are worried by the rumours going around that political parties are in a position to know for whom each individual casts his vote during the coming elections. These rumours have no basis on tacts. They have been started to
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      549 6 Snobs, Snubs Sobs WHAT hardy perennial the sobs of Biitish A servicemen overseas over the snubs handed out to them by the snobs in the territories in which they arc stationed—has blossomed forth again. This time the sobs come from Hongkong, where according to the correspondent of a London paper,
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      222 6 Sir;— M. CM. in your issue of 11th March, has given a dark impassioned account of the immoral, sinful and evil side of family planning. He does not seem to be concerned with the other side of the story perhaps, beeausc it does not
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      140 6 Sir;— l have been nominated by the Progressive Party to appear on the 23rd instant on the Radio Malaya Forum which will have a representative from eacn of the other political parties. If Mr. Marshall wants to take part in this debate, all he has to
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      73 6 Singapore. Mr. Marshall Sir. Mr. David Marshall in an election speech at Mackenzie Road last Saturday was reported in thc Sunda\ Standard as having said "money made in this country must be kept here for the use of the people in this country." I take it that by this Mr.
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      115 6 Sir;— When Mr. Tan Siew Sin's letter was published in the Sunday Standard, the M.C.A. comments were that it was bad taste to reveal a private letter. Yet. not long after this, the MCA. itself released to the Press part* of a letter from Mr. H. S Ong
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      223 6 Sir: Col Anwar El Sadaat If perfectly right that "every Muslim is restricted to marry only one." The text says: "If ye fear that ye shall not be able. to deal justly <with them*, then (marry) only one." Sura 4: 3. The trouble is when interpreting
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      206 6 Sir: It is understandable thai Sir Cheng-lock Tan, President of the m.i.a., may not take disciplinary action against his own son Mr. Tan Siew Sin the Publicity Ciiief of the M.L A., for his damaging attitude to the Singapore Standard as published in the Sunday Standard of
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      186 6 Sir: Referring to your report on Professor Brock's lecture on the 'Situation in Indonesia* which appeared in your paper, dated March 9. I would like to point out clearly to you that the Professor's speech was quite misleading, especially to foreigners who do not know and or understand
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      152 6 Sir; All the political parties in Singapore have expressed their views on the very important issue of Multi-Lingualism. It would not be far from the truth to say that multi-lingual-ism is the most important issue on which the Elections are being fought. Yet the Progressive Party, which
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    657 6  - The Asian In Kenya Gordon Maclean By IF they open up the White Highlands to everyone, then the Indians will buy up all the land first." That remark made in a club at the foot) of Mount Kenya after a typical settler protest meeting has been repeated to me in
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      171 6 rjTUSAN ZAMAN criticises the projected Malay Youth Congress for failing to recognize that the Emergency in Malaya is the biggest problem facing the country today and it is therefore the duty of the Congress to discuss the problem. Zaman says that the draft resolutions to be submitted
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      122 6 \Y ITH poking day less than 20 days away, it is high time candidates made eflorU to w|n over the voters, and tne voters themselves likewise about the parties they are going to vote for. Sin Chew Jit Poh avers. The forthcoming elections nil] be a crucial test
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      75 6 VAXYANT. Siang Pau opt supports tiie the Democratic Party which calls for the lifting Of the Legislative Coune. age restrictions as a first step in the direction of democracy. Whoever opposes such I proposal is doomed to the daily predicts. The proposal has won Hie ap proval of
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    45 7 EVERY Wednesday the Gold Coast Police hold a band practice at the Accra Recruits depot. It's a highlight of the week for the children. They're alio wed to watch and afterwards are given a chance to try out the instruments themselves. Mirrorpic
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    240 7 Vietnam Premier Faces Mounting Crisis SAIGON, Mar. 14— Menaced in the North by armed political rebels and in the South by determined religious sect armies and private interests Premier Ngo Dinh Diem faces one of his most serious crises. More than right months after coming to power, the government controls
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    73 7 photo. «»00 mph jet fighter along y ground until a speed •I 100 knots wa s reacY N before firing off the seat and its uumm v passenger. Thr Society of British Wtraft Constructors jaja in its weekly newshttir "parachuting to Nufetv from zero feet has
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    177 7 SHIP WITH JET FUEL TO BUNKER IN R.I.? JAKARTA. Mar. 14. (UP) Indonesian ship- ping circles said today the Finnish tanker carrying 13.000 tons of jet fuel" for Red China probably would refuel in the Malacca Straits if the ship takes on fuel anywhere in this vicinity. But everyone concerned
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    178 7 LONDON. Mar. 14. (Reuter) —The baby who kept Britain waiting 10 days arrived early yesterday but too late for millions of televiewers to see a new born baby on their screens. For six months TV fans have been following a series on
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    376 7 Survivors Tell Britain Of A-Bomb Horrors LONDON. Mar. 14. (Reuter*—The effects of the atom bombing of Japan were described here today by four Japanese women. They were Mrs. Shinobu Hizume. 52-year-old housewife from Hiroshima, Miss Kikue Ihara. 43-year-old teacher from Nagasaki and two doctors. Miss Kimiko Honda. 42, and Mrs.
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    177 7 COLOMBO. March 14 (AP) Premier Sir John Kotela- wala appealed yesterday to every civil servant and loyal Ceylonese to stand by the government in putting down disturbances created by Communists and other disruptive elements during the next few days. Sir John
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    76 7 BALTIMORE. March 14 (AP> Suspicious after answering two false alarms to the same suburban area yesterday firemen asked police to post a lookout. They soon caught the culprit a four-year-old boy standing on his tricycle to reach a fire alarm
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    354 7 Ten Communists Held More Arrests Expected STOCKHOLM, Mar. 14, (Reuter) Swedish security police have arrested 10 people including two women on charges of military espionage and espionage against refugees on behalf ot two minor East European States/' it was officially announced lost night. The Stockholm
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    67 7 WASHINGTON. March 14 TUP) The United States and Australia began talks in White House today on allied strategy to guard Formosa. South-east Asia and the Western Pacific against Communist aggression. The talks between President Eisenhower and Australian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies were expected to take
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    26 7 SYDNEY. March 14 <AP> Symphonic conductor Eugene Goossens was reported improving today. He collapsed on Saturday night while conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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    110 7 Stopping Aruba May Lead To War MINNEAPOLIS. March 14 (Reuter) Democrat Senator Wayne Morse said last night that the United States Seventh Fleet had no right under International Law to stop the Finnish tanker Aruba bound for Communist China with a cargo of kerosene. The Senate Republican leader. Senator William
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    83 7 WASHINGTON. March 14 (AP).— President Eisenhower told Congress on Monday American foreign aid for the last half of 1954 showed "significant acceleration" in Asia "where Communism is stepping up its efforts of expansion." The report covering the July-December period of 1954 was prepared
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    37 7 LONDON. March 14 <UP> Sir Winston Churchill disclosed today he approached the Kremlin last July to arrange a top-level AngloRussian meeting minus the United States and found Soviet reply "friendly and encouraging."
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    69 7 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, March 14. The following arc thc closing prices of rubber and fin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 1114. April/June 26. d July/September 26id. October/December 26 d. April c.i.f. 2616. Tone: Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £710 buyers, £710 10s. sellers Three
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    88 7 ph(Uo. DANCER Winnie Garrett, billed as the 1 laming Redhead" at thc Neuark Club where she appears, may soon be the richest burlesque queen Oil has been found on a property she owns in Seminole. Oklahomi Drilling began last summer, and a f w weeks ago (early March)
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    28 7 THE Swedish Red Cr< nounced yesterday that N accepted a Soviet invitation to .vnd a delegation to Mo cow on a ten days' goodwill visit.- Reuler.
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      53 8 A PICTURE taken early during the atomic explosion set off at Yucca flats, m the Nevada Desert, on March 7 the biggest explosion so far in the series of nuclear tests by the Atomic Energy Commission. The flash wcs seen up to 700 miles off, near the Canadian
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      58 8 KEEPING OFF THE COLD SIR Winston ('hurt hill wears a thitk* rus? over his lap as he leaves M 1) ■w n in» Street, Iml n by car on his way to the House of Commons, u here he was warmly iheercd on his arrival for thye first time since
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      94 8 photo. THE first unit of jet fighters capable of be.ng launched from and returning to the mother plane has been formed by the USA Air Force. The unit, the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, has been established at Great Falls, hAontono Air Base, and will
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      31 8 NOW those are the things they should get for Hampstead Heath next Guy Fawkes night They are 105 howitzers being fired by United States troops during training exercises
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      27 8 EARL Motter of Albany, California, is catapulted from his upturned car in the 70th lap of a 100- lap midget car race at Fresno, California.
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      87 8 Gina V. A D onks CiINA Lollohri-ida at h*» r i H on March 8 with the nrus»» L that she had been dropped u. h,, li. "Bread Love and Nostalgia m The reports said that stud,,, h cast Sophia Loren because t «U,cessive demands— half th»- nrot.i r *S
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    69 9 pix. t r N ihosen from field of 56. were selected to compete as finalists for title of "Miss Photoflash^ led »t 11th annual dinner dance of Chicago Press Photographers association at Chicago onIK \m«v Srsnin. Diane Danford. Diane Sohneidwind. Kav Bowman Diane Daniggelia, Carol Jean FfELirr Ljai I ton
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    616 9  -  O. M. GREEN B> < I I 1 1 I < I "< i i < < < e Indian Congress, the rf at WOB, King jhuvana. who had J to India, re- triumph early 1951. A few months r the Maharajah re:o Bombay and the King
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    616 9  -  Dennis Bloodworth Interview With WWWW Klf ,\\\\\\x Saigon, VIETNAMESE official circles have welcomed the broadcast speech by Mr. John Foster Dulles [on Wednesday March 9] in which the Secretary of State underlined that the United States must answer any Communist military threat with the iull use
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    893 9  - Malta Seeks Integration With U.K. J. Ha!cro Ferguson London. "THE recent elections in x Malta have created an unprecedented situation in the British Commonwealth. Malta, the only Commonwealth territory to have been collectively awarded the George Cross 'Britain's highest civilian decoration), has been self-governing since 1947. though this selfgovernment has
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      76 9 ■n^VBI K^^^ *~*^ml iIL \S**> A What's happened to my hankies...! A dozen new hankies only a few weeks ago and now not one decent one left! Why don't you insist on cctting Sunlight? Then thcre'd be no need to rub my things to shreds in trying to get them
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    245 10 |OYV would you like a dangerous job like tou£h, twelve-year-old Tommy Allen? Tommy lives in Florida, America, the home of many reptiles, including alligators and catching these ugly looking monsters is very different from 'fishing for tiddlers. But Tommy whose father runs the Reptile Institute at Silver
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    262 10  - LOOKING FOR GIASS SUPPERS IDA M. PARDUE By {MEMBER Cinderella? Kathryn Ann Hunt. of Newfoundland. New Jersey, has a lot in common with the fairy-talc heroine. T'oev both specialize in R .uppers Cinderella won a Prince with just one pair. K iti rjrn won first prize ber slippers— a group
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    343 10  -  John Hillaby By I"|ID you know that ducks and hens usually live longer than lions and tigers? Even canaries have reached the age of twenty but lions begin to lose interest in life at seventeen or less. Hippos are on their last legs at thirty-five. But skylarks
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    85 10 FIVE-YEAR-OLD Maryke Legerstec, a little Dutch girl daughter of a Dutch Embassy official in London —presented Her Majesty The Queen with Dutch dolls for thc Royal children when Her Majesty opened an exhibition in London recently. Here Maryke is pictured in her colourful traditional dress, which
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    373 10  -  M. A. Glasgow ooooßyoooo "TODAY, when journeys through outer space and visits to mars and the moon have become possibilities of the not too far distant future, there is a great appetite for information about other planets. So, scientists have recently been turning their attention, once more,
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    142 10 AIADE any good howlers 11 J lately? Some schoolchi'.dren have and here they are A sculptor makes faces and busts High officials in China are known as Mandolins. A triangle with equal sides is equatorial. The feminine of apostle is epistle. The plural of sixpence is shilling mmm
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    45 10 Just a gentle reminder for Mum! i i her to reach for Dad's bcsl slipper th<: v. a little ati of (artful fun. r h"sr m>\ m little girls come from Canada, but if I tcsa pore. I'm sure lots of «irls will ask Al
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      72 12 BIGGER PINEAPPLE EXPORTS A SEEN THIS YEA Canada A New AM Standard Market Reporter I THE Malayan pineapple industry faces a brink I beginning of the major season today, the Choirmo n *fl Industries of Malaya Ltd., Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, told Ti! fl Malaya is estimated to produce 25
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      298 12 Plant Turns Out Paper Products By The Million Standard Staff Reporter ONE of thc first in Southeast Asia to introduce modern machinery for making paper product*. the Singapore Paper Products Ltd. is turning out paper bags. cups t toilet tissue paper, drinking struics and sanitary towels by the million. Thc
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      113 12 MALA Y A N Exchange Banks Association buying rates to mercants are: New York 32 13 16 (T.T.L 32 15 16 (0.D.). 33 1 16 credit bill (90 d st) (airmail). 331 trade bills (90 cl st) (airmail). Canada: 32 5 16 (T.T.). 32 716 (O.D.L 32 11
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      25 12 A HONGKONG Manufacturers' Association rcDort said more than 200.000 dozens of flashlights are now being turned out each month in thc Colony.- -AP
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      83 12 OFFICIAL statistics for February show total stocks of rubber in Singapore, excluding foreign transhipment, at 46.315 tons an increase ot 4.423 tons on the January figure. Dealers stocks in Singapore at 36.100 tons also show an increase from the previous month's figure "33.317 tons I. Port
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      835 12 LIMITED TURNOVER IN SHARES THE Malayan share market yesterday was quietly steady, in all sections. Turnover was restricted due to a lack of overseas orders. Prices announced by thc Malayan Sharebrokcrs' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Prcf 2.05 2 15 Ords. 2.6.7 2.7.7 Atlas Ice 12 25 13
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      188 12 THE 18-member Andhra Trade Mission to Far East and Japan will arrive in Singapore, on April 2, bv Air India International, the Indian Press Officer, Mr. K.K. Kaul told The Standard yesterday. 'Jin* mission President ot tht her ol Commerce and director of dozen companies,
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      61 12 SHIPMENTS of rubber from 'Malaya in February amounted to 78 683 tons compared 76,449 tons in January, according to official statistics. Of the quant it v shipped last month, more than hall was from Singapore (43.804 tons). Malayan shipments to the United Kingdom amounted to 10.019 tons.
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      111 12 RUBBER UP 17/8c. ON NAT'LIST REPORT Standard Market Reporter RUBBER gained K per lb. for RSS No. 1 Hi shipment in Sir yesterday on the Chin Nationalist report Chinese Communists massing nearlv troops on the mi opposite Quemoy Matsu. RSS So. I rt Bed 3 at B2| cents (90| Saturday)
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    402 13 Wilson Reports frmazing Attack On Main's Don Cockell FRANCISCO Col,fornia,Mon._ I flew here to find whar r about thc Big [Fight- and I flew into a Big Sneer campaign 2 be the most devilish attack ever directed at a British ne of the polite things they are
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    90 13 I BONN. March 14 (Renter)— Z Eddy Choong of Malaya, beat ehis brother David Choong 15-3. j 9-1 5. 15-3. here last night in the Men's Singles Final of the jflrst Gorman International BadJm nton Championships. The Choong brothers took ;the Men's Doubles title, heatf»ing a
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    66 13 LONDON. March 14 (Reuter).— Gallant little York City, bidding to become the first club from the Third Division to reach the final of the English Association Football Cup Competition will meet either Huddersfield or Newcastle in thc semi-final on March 26. The match will be played
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    396 14  - Starry Should Be In The Money WINDSOR LAD 5L SflT B*mgß*M B&&2W& mmti[ m Jd ill By STARRY, who has been shaping extra well during the past week, .again impressed yesterday when he easily breezed over three furlongs in 36 2 5 sec, the fastest time of the morning's workouts
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    503 14 Just Recovered From Tendon Trouble Windsor Lad reviews Saturday races. THE Euphrates-Patterson combination struck; again on Saturday, opening: day of the Singapore Turf Club's March meeting. After piloting Euphrates home over 1] miles at Kuala Lumpur last month, Don drove his mount
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    208 14 St. John's Sports Club, newly promoted from the third division, just managed to avert defeat through two gift goals when they met Tampcnis Rovers for a l-l draw in a Div. 2 league match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Rovers trailed one-nil at halftime and
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    44 14 i BOD. Civilian Association beat 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. by four goals to one in the semi-final of the Tobin Cup hockey competition at Alexandra yesterday. Harip Singh. Gupta. Balan and Razak. netted for thc Civilians. Duff scored for the losers.
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    51 14 'Stars' Find It Easy At F. N. PLAYING on the Frascr j Neave ground. Star Socccrites "A* 1 beat Tiong Bahru Rangers 4-1 in a SAFA Div. 2B League soccer match yesterday. Scorers for Star Socccrites were Vivian Roberts (2). Basil Rozario and Kassim while Thian Teck replied for Tiong
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    654 14  - Police Battle' Reds It's Still No Decision' VEKITY UILL 1 By Police 2 SRC "Reds' Dalbara Singh "St'c'/be Witt HaiJ 2 TWO hundred and ten minutes 'and still no result This Singapore Hockey Association senior knock-out semi-final between the SRC "Reds and the roiice, besides giving the competition officials a
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    140 14 Fijians Remain Unbeaten HONGKONG. March 14 (Renter)— The Ist Fijian Rcg:- ment rugby team tonight main- tained their unbeaten record here when in their match which was played under floodlights they defeated a Hongkong XV by 13 points (two goals, one try) to nil. Thc game was played at a
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    297 14  - RESIGNATION FROM PERSECUTION SHARPSHOOTER a A SAFA Councillor Hands In w By YESTERDAY, Mr. Wong Jue Deng, senior clubs* representative^.. Amateur Football Association Council, tendered his resignation member. It was what SAFA wanted, and before one tan sheep ...i SAFA ACCEPTED IT! Of course, one cannot expect SAFA to do
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    72 14 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: Div. 1 Kota Raja vs. C.A. at Jalan Besar at 5.15 p.m.: Div. 2A—Argonauts F.C. vs. S.R.C. at Padang: Div. 2B—Y.M.S.A. vs. Balcslier United at Geylang; Div JB —Arab Union vs. Rajaji S.C. at Clerical Union; Biiic Rovers S.C. vs. Social AP. at C.Y.M.A.: INTERSCHOOL: Bcatty Secondary
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    150 14 POLICE LUCKY TO WIN POUCH Sports Association were lucky to heat a weak ll. >l. Dockyard side I>\ I\m> goals to one in a ('olonv division 1 soccer league nuteli played at thc Jalan Be>.ir Stadium yestcrda>. The Police have now won their outings in this senior league while I)
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    166 14 Singapore Harbour Board j j Recreation Club in their j S'pore Division 2B League j match trounced Seletar Foot- ball Club by five goals to one at Farrer Park yesterday. The Harbourmen thoroughly outclassed the airmen and the first of the five goals 'came in 9th min.
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