Singapore Standard, 20 February 1957

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  • 487 1 Microfilmed Copies Of YOUR Paper On Historic Flight A TIME CAPSULE containing microfilmed copies of the Singapore Standard of Jan. 1/ 1957 and the Sunday Standard of Jan. 6, 1957, will be dropped over the North Pole on Feb. 25, by the captain of the Copen-hagen-Tokyo
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  • 94 1 KUALA LIMPt X Tuev —Malayan Railway*- will pay 8204.0(1(1 to its cl< rks as .'-3 months back pas it was announced today. 1 no; erl the c- to ment today accepter c m of the v National Whitle- I s One-Four) i i :I' v
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    19 1 AIRLINES CHIEF MR. HANS HALLBERG, Chief of the Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Office, who will fly over the Pole. Standardpic.
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  • 42 1 HONGKONG. Feb. 19 (Reuter>—The first propeller jet Viscount sirliner on service m the Far East today broke another record, flying 701 miles from Hongkong to Manila m two hour- 18 minutes. On Sunday the same aircraft broke the Hongkong-Okinawa record
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  • 328 1 With UMNO's Demands Rejected UMNO HQ WILL NOT INTERFERE THE rejection of Singapore UMNO's demands by its Alliance partners has "killed" the chances of a merger with the Federation, Singapore politicians said yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues UMNO, headquarter;, will not interfere with the squabble within the
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  • 51 1 LONDON, Feb. ID. (Reuter). The Soviet Premier Marshal Nikolai Bulganin said today that the so-called Eisenhower doctrine lor the Middle East is a "Colonialist trap prepared oy American oil monopolists." He was speaking at a meeting m Moscow to mark SovietBulgarian friendship which was broadcast by Moscow
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  • 191 1 LISBON. Feb m (UP. Queen Elizabeth ran iv mV the Si;cz di c put? m the rrvv-. o r her hearted state visit to Port gal. The Egyptian Mini ter cotted her gala diplomatic reception since Britain and Egypl are currently not on speaking terms. But
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  • 34 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower ended his SoVh Georgia vacation yeslerriav and left hy plane for Wa-hir.gton for a bi-partisan conference ir. li ating new ma.ior American strategy for dealing with the Middle Easl crisis.
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  • 120 1 NON-RECOGNITION OF CHINA WASHINGTON. Feb. If (Keutrr )-Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretan nl Mate, today j..<\r se\en reasons why the I nited States lelt it was premature to talk about recognition ol Communist China. These were: The Chine c Communi I ughl the United
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  • 43 1 LONDON Feb 1!- DI Official sources here sa;c today that v„y H wid wt t\ Britain wi I b« attending I unveiling of tht Mai its vai memorial at Singapore on March 2 Sep Pace 5 for r.ulirr stor?
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  • 48 1 LONDON. Feb. 19 (Reuter) A six-inch long baby girl bOfll 10 weeks prematurely v. London hospital on Sunday was still "holding her own this morning," the hospil stated. The baby. Elizabeth Smith. la still In an oxygen tent and her general condition is unchanged.
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  • 101 1 Burnt Baby Flown To Colony A SIX-MONTH-OLD baby boy, Thomas Hayward. who was badly burnt over the arms and body when his house caught fire. was brought to Singapore from Trengganu m a specially chartered aircraft for treatment yesterday. An ambulance rushed Thomas to the General Hospital soon alter the
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  • 105 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 (Reuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, said today that a White House meeting tomorrow wouid discuss whether or not the United States should support sanctions against Israel if Israel refused to withdraw its forces trom the Gaza Strip and the
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  • 130 1 Eden Suffers Two Attacks Of Fever LONDON. Feb. 19 (UP) Conservative Party sources reported today that former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden has suffered two recurrences at sea of the ailment which forced his retirement. Sir Anthony. 50. will receive emergency medical treatment when his cruise liner Rangltato docks at
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  • 300 1 ITS PERSONAL SAYS MENTRI BESAR IPOH, Tues.— Perak's Mentri Besar, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, Tuan Haji Abdul Wahab, is to relinquish his post "on personal grounds" at the end oi juiv. The Dato who is the longest serving Mentri Besar m the Federation,
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  • 38 1 LONDON, Feb. 19 (Reuter) Sgt Abd'-d bin Awang of the Singapore Police Forc c has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry ior tackling two armed robbers, the official London Gazette announced tonight.
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  • 156 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Singa pore yesterday were:— SPOKfc. TIN The price of tin on the loral market yester day was S37Bi per picul, (Up S2D. LONDON KLBBKK No. I RSS Settlement House terms Tuesday's opening first session were: Tone: Quiet but steady. CLOSINL. Spot
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  • 29 2 PEOPLE m the rural areain Penang have appealed lot so\ernment help to solve the problem of dry wells due to the drought of the past two months.
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  • 60 2 IBRAHIM BIN YUSOEF. an employee of the Singapore Turf Club, yesterday plraded guilty before the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, to a charge of stealing 90 unlimited sweep tickets from thp club's secretary. L. C. Bailey, on Nov. 26. last year The Magistrate. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam. postponed
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  • 253 2 $14 Mil. Stop -Cap Power Plan For Colony Urgent Move To Avert Blackouts In 1960 Singapore City Council will be asked to go ahead as top priority a 514,000,000 stop-gap plan for extra power plants to meet the City's growing demand for electricity. r\ lecu-i-iiienaauon to tnis enect will go
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  • 132 2 SUNGEI BAKAP. Tues. Invitation cards from the Returning Officer, Mr. VV. I. Glass, to witness the counting of votes m the Rural District Council South elections at the Anglo-Chinese School hall m Nibong Tebal on the night of Feb. 23 wiU be no "open sesame"
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  • 173 2 PRESIDENT of the 27.000-strong Federation of Services Employees' Unions Mr. N. S. Nair, yesterday, appealed to the members of the Merdeka Mission to extend their full assistance m safeguard the interests of the civilian employees m the Services when the Mission discuss the
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  • 236 2 I ANY GROUSE AGAINST THE BUS SERVICE? PENANG, Tues. The City Council Transport Department welcomes constructive criticisms and the public is requested to repent any misdemeanour on the part of the staff. This was stated by the Chairman of the Transport Deparment Committee. Mr A. Bakakrishnan. today. He gave the
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  • 38 2 HONGKONG, Feb 11 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the ii kong E\ bangs were: to £1 Sterling; $6.13 to US$l 11J43 to Malayan $1; $0 to one Indonesian Ruppiah; Gold 126^25 to a tad. I
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  • 175 2 SINGAPORE City Council's Health Department will be the first to utilise the Government's Training Within Industry scheme for the Council's staff, to promote efficiency and courtesy. The department ha? submited eight names to the TWI cheme director, so that two of hem at
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  • 137 2 KAMPAR. Tues. Taib bin Haji Basir, 47, who was badly injured m a road accident at Kuala Dipang. about five miles from Kampar on Sunday when two others were killed, died m hospital here yesterday Taib. a cable labourer, was walking with Hamid bin Sutanlindin.
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  • 86 2 BRIGADIER D. G. MCKENZIE. Director of Supply and Transport, Australian Army Headquarters, Melbourne, who has arrived m Singapore from Australia to visit G.H.Q., Headquarters Malaya. Command and Australian units m the Federation, with Brigadier A. F J. Elmslie (centre). Director of Supply and Transport GHQ FARELF. On
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  • 233 2 NO JUDGMENT YET IN FIRE DAMAGE SUIT Judgment on a suit for damages, where a 26^parold housewife and her five-year-old son lost their m a shop-house fire on Sept. 25, 1955, was resener Mr. Justice Buttrose, m the Singapore Hifh Court alter a two-day hearing. The action was brought by
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  • 96 2 PENANG. Tuea.— A v.der of the "Ang Bin Hoaj society, who has an ail le for organizing ol et <-<?e.et sor;etic~. v. a I <-. il< d m for interrogation by the C.1.D.. Penang. Thia was dis losed hv Penang*i C.I D. Chief. Mr. J R. Sykes
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  • 158 2 SOME 50 Singapore y«zA v eg lipped with trr] fl g durinc tne ps Mr A. E. of vf Police, said yesterday. I They include the latest Hpre_ ;fn i v operated through a joint cor.tr sctuated r Mr I He said that Hrn of
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  • 33 2 KOALA LUMP! I I vs. Th- mfc fiool f or r i hed to a fort has been opened tn Kelarw I I I 700 aborigfm attending 28 scry the Federation.
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  • 35 2 PAN Teck K-c. 19. who failed to attend answer to a summons on Jan 17, was fined $25 or one week's v.l. by Urn Muar Mnevtratc, Irvhe Tan Hussien, e n Sunday
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  • 27 2 MR Jit Singh wa; pn v nt a- peneral meeting f tin tong Sikh Tempi. yesterday. Mr Jangir wa rho^rn secretar: Wa.-an Singh tn a.
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  • 119 2 THE BOAC jet-prw 3risto] Britannia G-ANBE vill arrive m Singapore tonorrow after visiting Jakarta md Australia. The aircraft, under the •ommand of Capt. J.J Veasev tDd Capt VG Parker will nake two demonstration flights omorrow at 2.30 p.m and t.30 p.m. Special Invitation for the
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  • 321 3 HOTEL RAID FINDS MAN IN UNDERPANTS GIRL ALMOST NUDE I'm Rather Reserved, Says Decoy Constable In Court PENANG. Tues.— The 0.C.P.D.. George Town. Mr. C. D. Hitehman, said m the Magistrate's Court today that when he opened the door of a hotel-room, he saw a police
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  • 170 3 SEREMBAN, lues— 100 k Thi.im. a cashier, today told the Sessions ourt here that he and his fiancee were held up at knif^-potnt and robbed of cash tnd jewellery worth S'.l. on a pleasure drive. V. Court were Chin Lin ing v. I [Jew Than
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  • 104 3 'Govt. Scheme Is Not A Panacea KUALA LUMPUB ies. a,_?re?iden* the Governn Ofl t Unl n, Mr B Sam iel, tpd d :ritx the Government's creation of supernumerary clerical >c as "a very poor ver" to th" un; n's de- Th" new aerviee will draw from the temcal staff. The
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  • 77 3 Queries On TB Sanatorium SERE II T vs. The Negri State Council the expecte-. Ie y in passing the plans of the pro?B. Sanatorium m DI <?on at its next meet- K. X ..trade onion represent v c Cou: c the que on the r wh had I more than
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  • 28 3 THE Chaplain-Ger.cv of 'he my, Canon V Chaplain to the Q :een a: Canon rrivc Kuala I mpu. f 1 visit 1 v Army v I
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  • 83 3 HE WILL ATTEND NEW DELHI MEETING THF SINGAPORE Trades Union Congress yesterday nominated >lr V S N. Nair (above), president of the Army-Civil Service Union. to represent the T CC. at the Asian regional conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to he held m New Delhi from
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  • 126 3 TVF Vngapore Malay Social As nation, the first of its k il promote mass- among the local to redi. -es and il i er of the association. Inche A R lani, that the associavmote "joget V sod a v T r tions an-. like
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  • 59 3 MRS. BRAGA (extreme left), uife of Singapore's Minister for Health. Mr. A.J. Braga (third from left), shows Mr. Konzo Matsumura an orchid spray m her garden when Mr. Matsumura (second from left) paid a brief visit to Sinsapore recently. He is a member of the Japanese House of
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  • 463 3 I HAD blackout; CLAIMS MAN ON MURDER CHARGE KUALA Ll MPI K. Tues— Appanna, 54 year-old mandore charged with the murder ol one of his labourers maintained m the High Court here today he had no knowledge of the crime as he had suffered a '•blackout" followed a drinking spree.
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  • 39 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuea Fewer people are now £Oing to prison, the Minister for Home Affaira disclosed today m his report for the fourth quarter. LtM. Prison population fell to t-513 prisoners m the Federation.
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  • 110 3 Klang Gets Rock-n-Roll Craze KLANG. Tues.— The "Rock 'n Roll" craze has hit Klang town and la being danced at every social here. With showing of more. "Rock •n' Roll" films, the Great World Park here is organizing, a "Rock, Rode, Rock,*' competition on Saturday. The competition is open to
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  • 201 3 S Million Classics For Nanvanq FINEST LIBRARY IN F-E IHE Nanvanjj IniverXmt] has bought 800.000 Chinese classical books Communist China (<»st of more than iio.ooo. !hen C :i n; Nan. Eesident of t h Council thai the Uni ity c rr. m the Far .ooks arrive. :.vr Caen said that
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  • 162 3 LACK of experienced handlers is preventing the Singapore Customs authorities from importing more trained Alsatian dogs to "nose out" opium smugglers, a Customs official said yesterday. The department's only Alsatian, acquired some months ago, has been highly auccesa ful m detection work, and was responsible
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  • 78 3 KUALA LUMP UP. Ita Four youths and a wowssm claimed trial to a charge ol assaulting a dred_v labourer. Nadarajan In Puchong on July 9. In a Magistrate's Court today Rajagopal, Longanathan, Adi and Gopal were alleged to have int Kadarajan with sticks, shoes and a
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  • 128 3 Warning Of Water Shortage TAIPING. Tua Senior Executive Engineer. Larut and Matang. Mr. D. J. M. Carvill, warned of an impending water shortage here at the monthly meeting of the Taiping Town Council yesterday Although thc situation was not serious vet. he he felt it waa timt to sound a
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  • 750 4 Murder Trial Goes On As Witnesses Describe Struck With A Starter Handle' MALACCA, Tues. An account of how a former assistant agricultural officer, Inche Mohamed Yunus bin Mohamed Din, fought for his life against his assailants, was described by two eye-witnesses before hAr,
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  • 9 4 Thomas Hayllar and Wesley Green
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  • 64 4 Britannias Will Call At K.Lumpur BRISTOL BRITANNIA airliners which will operate t a London Singapore Sydney route next month, will also cal! at Kuala Lumpur, said BOACa executive Mr. If. A. Snowball yesterday. Mr. Snowball, was leaving for Hongkong after a short wit here. He said the "whispering siants" would
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  • 97 4 A SINGAPORE housewife alleged m a Magistrate's Court yesterday that her husband was trying to "starve" her while he kept another woman elsewhere. Tan Ah Khcn brought a summons charge agairvt her husband, Ong Eng Scnr.z. a bus conductor, for neglecting to maintain her and
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  • 115 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Two Federation Army officers. Lieutenants Gui Poh Chui .md Ling Liong Chlng left ror the United Kingdom by BOAC. today for further tralnini They will attend the motor transport coarse, the officer's supply course and the subaltern completion course for eight months
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  • 185 4 TWO Australian hitch-hikers, who spent the New Year detained aboard a vessel m the Rangoon River, yesterday arrived m Singapore on the last stage of their world tour. I Sporting beards, tht globe trottera, 21-yeaw>ld anthropology student Thomas Hay! ar. and laboratory technician Wesley
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  • 124 4 THE SEARCH for the missing 342-ton Shell tanker. Landak, continues. Thy decision wv taken at a conference yesterday attended by meir.ber.s of the R.A.F. Joint Co-ordination Centre and Shell Company officials It wa? felt that the vastness of the South China sea area warranted the continuance
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 557 4 cMlmanac Information at a Glance *Ul_» AKAar Port DiCIMOB loot) am (7.7 ft) The Editorial?: 515 Semprir.i at IIN^ArURt H______l l')32pm .33 ft) Ye- piano: 53n Godfrey Kenton X,-. A^_l__MlH R Penang J 4'J am :69 ft) 418 cm and Gnzelda Hervev w;tn A— p yBSSi mTM Cuile.n Jark May
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  • 227 5 Building On 75 Acre Site To Start This Year THE Singapore Government hos approved a new $566,000 Junior Approved School for boys from 10 fo 14 years of age, the first m the Colony, the Standard learned yesterday. Tho site, of approximately 13 ayes adjaecm Gimson
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  • 273 5 Diamond Jubilee Hall To Go Up In Johore JOHORE BAHKT Tues. —Work will besjin soon <n the 5300.000 Sultan Ibrahim Diamond Jubilee Hall m Johore Bahru. 7 -ivond major iing project on which t.:e Public We tes Departrr.cn: is engaged at the v)m v.- r project la <v.o iino r
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  • 92 5 Children' s Society Flag Day TIIE vx-ycar-njfj Singapore Children.-. Society Will have Ita annua! nag Dai Appeal on March Thy yvir'.- Flag Day has a Icular w ni v -aid an 0 ciaL becau c oi the openIng :n Novemb. r ol the SoCon .te nl Home. the first m
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  • 80 5 JOIIORK BAHRU, Tues. The funeral took place y terday :n Singapore ot Mr Lim Qwee Choon. pa. tor ot the Pr. byterian Church, m Benai, Who was involved m a motor accident In Benai on Saturday and died the follow tng day at the Johore Bahru
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  • 52 5 two busirn smen, Bistok Siahaan, and Ow Cheng Chuan. yesterday claimed trial m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court, to a charge of cheating Lim Hoe Slong, ano; ivr businessman, < 1 $215,000, between May and June, last year. They were allowed 120,000 bail m two sureties each
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  • 295 5 LONDON. Feb. 10 (Renter).— Brigadier Sir John th, Conservative Member of Parliament, yesterday urjed the Colonial Secretary to ensure that lor the vling of the war memorial at Singapore on March is department should send an official invitation to ne time of the British render
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  • 77 5 181 WmmmVMMW 'ay Education Coun hold a E: tr ting al the Great stern Trade Fair, Geylang, Sunday to cxi pokesmv- i I Ibe r *v tne S n ird ye terday local leaar. i rorre-erv v other educational bodies to the meet. He said that
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  • 50 5 THE funei Lt -Col. I mbe. who lied on 1 .pore C; pita! ving a collision v Serang R id on 11 will take place at Par; Mv very tomorrow a:: v I n. There wffl be a service at the British Military 4 prior to hur. il
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  • 47 5 THE Ch Minister, Mr Will be the guest of honour at- the ani: v ngton Ball I I \i n As oclation M 'be held at the S 1 on Friday m >ral on of the 1 rthday ot the first President of 'the States.
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  • 171 5 KEE Ch K>n Yee, a 22-y< iroid ta.\.-oiv\er. was yesterday commuted to the next s on a charm of I i robbery, at the con- a preliminary Infore the Singapore i Ninth V Mr. H. B iHeged to li. I v d Dial a on
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  • 184 5 'SILENT HERO' PASSES THROUGH A PAN American World Airways pilot who saved the lives ot .34 passengers m October last year by crashlanding m the Pacific, was yesterday m Singapore ior a tew minutes, Then, Captain Richard Oga. the ".silent hero." was off again. Capt. o_rg was forced to land
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  • 32 5 LABOURERS clearing lat lanf iti the of tbe dversity of Malays found 11 rounds of .l.olj rifle cartri Igi The cartridges, hoarever, were found to be lIIIHII WJCW able.
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  • 43 5 DR. AL. BRAVO of thc World Health Organization m Geneva will arrive m Singapore thia month to discuss hospital administration programmes with the health officials. He will later proceed to the Federation where the same subject will be discussed.
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  • 143 5 tiie Singapore Co-opera- Unvn has planned a co-op'V:V..v A v. v. Clasv m ;l r. fi tn stress the gri at respon ty att iched m intern. si auditing within O ny s co-operative societi Disclosing this to the Standard yesterday, the Union's Secretary, Mr. A.
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  • 78 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Owing to lack of .-tafl. particularly a Fisheriea Officer, the Johore Government has not as yet been able to implement the recommendations ol the Committee ap- pointed by the Council of State to inquire into the fishing industry. Although Johore has an extensive
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  • 148 5 A second unit of one storey will comprise two spacious classrooms ior 30 boys each. There will bo a morning and afternoon school to take care of 60 boys at a time, which will be "opera" cd as closely as possible to the normal conditions prevailing m
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  • 164 5 THE Singapore Government Ls to introduce a scheme to train local men to fly througli the Royal Singapore I lying Club. Tiie i bene la noaf being worked out, md la cxpcetcd to be finalized ahortly, a n man ot the Ministry of Comtnunicatlona and
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  • 119 5 Association 'Adopts' Youth Club THE Social Welfare section of the Singapore City Association has "adopted the Bukit Timah Youth Club as its first project ior 1957, it wr.s announced yesterday by the Association Secretary, Mr. S. D. Pil lay. Weekly visits ad l be made to the dub by members
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  • 206 5 $***** BIRTHDAY 'PRESENT' THE Gimson School [Of Boy- wiil celebrate its 10th anniversary thia year witb cxpan.-ion by two unit. costing a total of $91,000. Two Dl I < oms, for 30 boy- each, will be buii* I a two-storey block which will also contain a sick ba] ot 12
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  • 44 5 OFFICIAI S of thc Singapore Stanvac Emp ■■(>■■' Union yesterday met the management of tho Standard Vacuum Oil Company Limited to negotiate .v a^reei I for the wa__e data of 200 industrial workers. win n -Chad. The talks will be continued today.
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  • 38 5 BRIGADIER A F J Elmslie. Director of Supp ao^ V port G.H.Q. FARELF., v. 1- p tot RASC at the War Office from July 1957 with the rank of M rGrr.erai. the War Office m London announced
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  • 416 6 Singapore Standard UMNO Outvoted 'pHE Singapore branch cf v.o United Malays National Organization has completely lost face by its defianl ittitude on the forthcoming merdeka I ilks m London. Its demands for priority for Ma;v i v the Ml sstitution were c n nlv by the Alliance Council, but also
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  • 475 6 ACCORDING lo re] Dm London more and v re Bril ins c tr ing to leave their homeland because they cannot afford to live m what Cassandra, described iden and -.-cursed place.*' ved much :r. I rw.pl to i Britons tone faced with ma I this seems
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 358 6 Sir; After reading jrour edil rial of the 14th instant entitled "Indonesian Labour 1 among other things, jrou touched on the question oi v c stablishmenl of the oesian Consulate-Gen-wfi after Independen c m which you WfOta "..wai Ma i ;.s were employed m various p isi and
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    • 126 6 Sir; I refer to the letter from "Cinemagoer" regardin-! cinema bookings. If he she refers to lhe recent Chinese holiday period it is ciuite correct that all our cinemas were very well booked up many days m advance by the holiday-m ikeis who had made reservations at (he
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    • 401 6 Sir; There is one very importanl reason why the administration should be m the han la of Malayans. That importanl reason has never been dearly stated. But it haa been there always. I ha\e repeatedly written letter- lo the Press against aliens managing OUT schools or running
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    • Article, Illustration
      935 6 Sir: With reference to the letter which appeared m your readers' lorum under the caption "Union Money,* 1 I am directed by thc Executive Co unci I to state that .Mr. Ant: Soo lihcc has not checked his [acta before making Mich an irresponsible statement to thc press.
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  • 1403 6  - How Merdeka will help Britain's Britain's Economy Andrew Roth reports from London European free trade notably, unemployment and the weakening of the Commonwealth are m fact more likely to come about if we .stay out of the plan than if we go into it." What had frightened Britain's industrial reformers
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    • 31 6 f,T UNPACKED:UNCRUSHABLE VELVET (M \l>__ IN rK\N( E) DEAL TIFLL SHADES FOR THE MODERN WEAR MrvWatHy Priced at: I m *W j 85 37 Arab Srrtet Sir.9<_por«-7— -Tel —***** ***** I
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    • 37 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY MAKE USE OF PARTY TRAVEL CONCESSION— Party travel concession at single tare and a halt ior double journey by any class MINIMUM TEN ADUL? FARES Available for one month trom the date ot outward journey.
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  • 63 7 photo. THE entire 79-year-old main building of the College of Holy Names m Oakland. California, buckled and toppled m dusty bits after workmen attached a cable and pulled on Feb. 11. Plans call for a new 28-storey world headquarters for Henry J. Kaiser Enterprises to be
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  • 437 7 Confessions' Of 2 Britons THEY ARE SPIES-C HARGES EGYPT CAIRO. Fc- 13 (B —The ian w» police magazv the Police. -way published what purported to be confessions by _Ir James S burn. Mr. Charles Pittuck three Egyptians have all been eh vv d with 5 ing against Egypt. F y_:
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  • 120 7 I 3 reb. 19 (r The French Defence Mm: try daadosed yesterday that it has I capon" for use against insurgc ria— -■ured heliconequv etre recoilless cannon and t v g ;ns. I vopter has ;it a: rured plating to protect ie ta p three
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  • 134 7 Grantham's Extension Unlikely LONDON, Feb. l!) (OP) Aui ritative sources here said ye tei IS "unlike that Sir Alexander Grantham's of offl a ns Governor of Hongkong woulc; le extended altho v. there is a big campaign among Chine c r. idents ol the Colony for hi.s retenl The Colonial
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  • 101 7 UNITED NATIONS, Ness York, Feb 19 (AD 'lhe United States yesterday obtained a delay of UN lis SSD* Vv debate on the Mid lie East v five note time for Israel to consider American propoHltS to break the IsracVi-Enypt- talemate The UN. announced an Assei bly session
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  • 347 7 Swedish Delegate Will Negotiate Settlement NEW YORK, Feb. 19, (Reuter)— Mr. Firoz Kho n Noon, the Pokis tan Foreign Minister, said here yesterday that his Government would accept the four-power resolution submitted to the Security Council on Kashmir. The resolution would send Mr. Gunnar Jan ing
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  • 74 7 MARGARET GOES TO A FILM C photo '.WW .\.\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\V PRINCESS Margaret j dutches the collar of J bet lur c oat te kc« p Ho s rain off her h< .t util n I i dress ay >he Mcp^ from her car at thc National 2 Film Theatre cm the
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  • 25 7 ITALIAN customs g v last night arrested two ms who tried to sang" gle themselves acrof WMm northern frontier Into Bwit-...-ed as panda. —Renter.
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  • 138 7 HAL? OF U.S. WILL DIE IN A- ATTACK \N \SHIN(iTON 1 eb 19 (IP) Civil Defence Administration Nal Petersen said toda> t^at 4U to Ml pei c ent ol the I .S. iMtpulation uould he killed m an enerm atomic -.Hack e\en il the hest available s\ inn ol shelters
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  • 59 7 19 (AP) Grim-faced men poked through the smouldering ruins of an old r r > home yesterday for the bodies of at least 70 persor m the building on Sunday. hers have found 16 bodies ieeenty of the 155 inmates. :r. v were re--1 miss m
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  • 196 7 NO USEFUL STRATEGIC PURPOSE LONDON. Feb. 19 (Reuter)— The number of British troops stationed m Libya, Britain's last Mediterranean base on the African mainland, may be reduced, the British Press Association reported today. But the domestic news agency ?aid it understood that tb 'o
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  • NEWSBRIEFS
    • 26 7 THE Municipal Council at a fashionable community near Tel Aviv, Israel, yesterday decreed there would be no feminine undergarments on front balconies. A. P.
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    • 32 7 SOVIET Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev said last night thc replacement oi Mr. Dmitri Shcpilov by Mr. Andrei (irnmyko as Foreign Minister means no change m Soviet foreign A.P. I.
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    • 36 7 GEN. Alfred M. (Gruenther. president of the American Red Cross, estimated yesterday m New York that Russia is spendins between three and four .^n:"r n re. d l "d S ra„" r < ,a_castsJ A.P.
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    • 18 7 MR. Vladimir (leorgievie h Yakovlev has been named a first So. ict ambassador to Ceylon.— Reuter
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    • 25 7 MB. RODERICK \V. Parkcs. IT. yesterday was appointed British ambassador at Saigon. Indo-China He succeeds Sir 1 1 1 1 h Strnhenson. A.P.
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    • 22 7 MOKE than .".0.000 niigrants from the British West Indies have entered the United Kingdom m the past two years. A.P.
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    • 21 7 MR. HORACE A. Ilildrrth, I.S. ambassador to Pakistan, yesterday said "militarily Pakistan today is vastly stronger than be- A.P.
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  • 54 7 LISBON, Feb 19 (AP) Britain's Queen Elizabeth ami reported yesterday to have -cen puzzled. 'V be: Lisbon, by thousands °f bedspreads nuns from windows "Does everyone wash their counterpanes on Monday?" she asked "Thc hanging out Of bedspreads is a sign of high respect m our country." a
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  • 144 7 He Will Direct Britain 's Nuclear Navy I 'The Atom Admiral' iWWW-.-WW.WWWWWWWWV LONDON. Feb. 19 (AP) j Britain yesterday creeled tbe job "Ah on Admiral" to direct the e;. v t of the Royal Navy and merchant marine shin v.vn nuclear engines. Rear Admiral Guv Austin Moore Wilson, 50. was
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  • 246 7 Russia's New Slogan: Go Easy, Young Man MOSCOW, Feb. 19 (Keutcr) Russia is oflerins unprecedented financial and other inducements to persuade farmers and workers to move to the Far Fast where vast new economic regions are destined to £row m the next 10-15 years. r Peop e who accept the
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  • 87 7 Grand JuryIndicts Mr. Miller WASHINGTON. Feb ly (UP) a Federal _vand jury yestervav v v led Arthui er, playarright husband of Mari]y n Monroe. o n harpes o. contempt ct C ngrest Thc fury returned a similar indictment aqamst Ottr than. New Ycrk Ur.. PrVc.^sor and cxen.vi ol Urn es'ate
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  • 153 7 Britain Optimistic Over Jordan Talks LONDON. Feb. 19 (AP) Britain expects ea see f sctoi -v."." oi Ltrrent talk? on the draws, of British forces imm Jordan, the House of Commons em told yesterday. Mr. David Ormsby Core. Minister of State mr Foreign Affaire. said joint Arv oJordan rr lees
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  • 375 8 In View Of Nuclear Age Strategy ...But It Wont Happen Overnight LONDON, Feb. 19, (AP)— Britain said today she was studying the possibility of slashing her armed forces stationed m bases throughout the world. The reason is the new nuclear age military strategy. Among
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  • 114 8 Hungary Loses 117 Experts Vienna, Feb. If (Reuter). At least 117 Hungarian textile experts end textile engineers have immigrated to foreign OOuntriea, the B;:ri;\pc<l technical magazine Ueszalti Elet reported m Ita latest issue to reach Vienna today. Tho magazine said that this large ero.o Immigration has none great harm to
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  • 129 8 Russian Rockets Can Hit U.S.' HONGKONG, Feb. 19 (Renter) Gen. Cheng Chien. Gov- ernor 0| Hunan Province m Southern China, has reported after a Visit to the So\iet Union that Russia hei intercontinental rocket I riapahte of bombarding United States cities from China, the Evening Po.-t reported here tonight. At
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  • 188 8 NICOSIA, Feb. 19. (AP)— The main towns of Cyprus were again m the grip of an almost complete general strike today the second day of the United Nations debate on Cyprus. Shops and offices. and schools are closed and most labourers stayed away from work.
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  • 97 8 Ben Gurion Offers New Proposals JERUSALEM. Israeli Sector. Feb. 19 (UP i Israel has o tiered new proposals to the U.S. m an effort to break the deadlock m negotiation* over the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Egyptian territory. Immediately after an emergency cabinet meeting Premier David Ben Gurion handed
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  • 67 8 Mac A II Makes Courtesy Call TOKYO. Feb. 19 (AP) U.S. Ambassador Douglas Mac. Arther ll made hia Brat omcial call on Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi, on Tuesday and conferred with him privately for 34 minutes. "Tt was just my traditional courtesy call," Mr. MaeArthur said. The Ambassador also requested
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  • 28 8 TOKYO'S population totalled M 10,174 on Jan. 1, an increase of 240,173 over the previous year, the Japanese Metropolian Statistics Bureau ■nnouu ed od Tuesday. A P.
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  • 99 8 MacD Sees Nehru— On Kashmir? new df: I (Reuter). —II leolm MacDonald. Briti Commissioner m India, today called on the Indian Prime Minister Mr Jawaharlal Nehru amidst a flurry of diplomatic activity presumed to be centred around the Kashmir disp Representatives of M c i accredit! I N< w Delhi
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  • 170 8 LONDON, Feb. 19, (UP)— Britain disclosed today that a majority of the Suez Canal user nations, including the Western Big-Three, will deliver a new "interim" plan for the Suez Canal's future to the United Nations. The mutualiy-agn I v proposal will be handed to United
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  • 113 8 R.I. Parties Won't Work With Reds JAKARTA, Fch. (UP)— Indonesian religious parties appeared likely to rr: ye to lerve m any government with tne Communists, political sources said today. A leftist newi agency said if the Communists did not win po.Vs m the new cabinet, '.hen President Sockarno's "conception to
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  • 63 8 TOKYO. Fch Ig (Rev- i A flying laboratory of cosmic ra v ar.d electronic computing apparatus arrived here tonight after a flight boon E trope to Tokyo over the North Pole. Scandinavian Airlines now opening regular commercial trans-Polar services carried a teem (J Noteregian end Swedish
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  • 75 8 A CRUSADE AGAINST ROCK 'N ROLL JAKARTA. Feb ID (UP) A Masjumi Party member of parliament today railed for a religious war against rock 'n roll dancing m Indonesia. Ali Akbar of the Moslem Masjumi Party told the press that he particularly objected to the "holding of women m close
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  • 32 8 DR HENRY N RUSSELL Tn. Profe .or Emeril i tronomy at Prii niverlity end om of 1 '.eric- g astronomers, lied terday after a long 11 i ess. UP. photo.
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  • 122 8 N1 19 (Rev- and men aboard the atomi< -p w< r d I u k. marim 3^safegua again t it. on poivr -J. Commano, j. ;d Dn bins. Chic I Medical Off.-.' on the submarine, told Mi il fi of New Yor.. yestei Commsr/: r
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  • 61 8 Acrobatics Delay Pole Flight TOKYO. Feb. 19, (UP) Scandinavian n< 8 S) over- t.-.e-Po.e flight from Stockholm rive m 1 i half hours I?.' off cours< acrobatics*' m the DC-7-that it for ths southl r < countei aircrafl r the o c officials si ran into the mi p at
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  • 46 8 AP).— Hungary's Commument today armour mation of an anno Guam sp rebellic hour mi n order and to prevent ng it would be was not disclosed but the Nepekarat said 1 Fal be put m the hands many fa .ndreds of worke-
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  • 116 8 Officers' Wives Work A s Housemaids TAIPEI, Feb. 19 (Reuter) Officers m NgtiOl China's armed forces are so poor they have tc send their wives out to work as housemaids, according to a speech m the legislature today. A member, Mr Peng Shan Cheng, said he knew this to be
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  • 64 8 THE QUEEN ARRIVES IN LISBON FOR STATE VISIT QUEEN Elizabeth, accompanied by the Duke ol Edinburgh <lelt steps off her plane Montijo Airport. Lisbon on Feb. 16. on her an for a state visit to Poi tugal. The Duke had travelled from the Royal yacht Britannia, anchored at Setubal, to
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  • 179 8 MANILA. Feb. I Thomas Cloma, a Fili lawyer claiming ownership of the disputed Spratlv islands m the South China Sea. said here tods-.- Nationalist China and .ho People's Republic of China had no legitimate claim to Spratlys. Ho rr:cn\^ tending to .how the
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    • 95 8 £gseltit* To^ v** a Town, 7 -W j> 4 j -v :r*- > P^ "*v_- _*> -"s 1 fc m.\W) f|~~~ li X ■!v^i^ i ~-^q_: jL 2-iM_ 4b| j. JL:. r TYPE 5.8.2 v^V^fb-'# j Vi I i. < f Buying a home is really j money saved. I
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  • 436 9 Court Told Of Sons Hunt For Their Father THE discovery of the headless body of a 62--year-old labourer, m the grounds of the University of Malaya, m the early hours of Oct. 26, last year had its sequel m the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Thctham Arumugam. 50,
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  • 114 9 She Gives Up Career FOR Love BELLY DANCER TO MARRY ENGINEER A BELLY dancer has abandoned a Far Eastern tour for love. r'-vrv." a v ansa ihort i c vgeme ly back to the C Singapore [nternaa \rw v.. whose Balancing ndrs last 0 -c I. She iance this She
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  • 80 9 MINES CHIEF ON BUYING MISSION SIX-MAN mission >ii lhe Burmese Mm-- cf Mines left SingaX yesterday for the leration to buy more '.rm 53.J0.000 worth of mining equipment Said the leader of the mission. I' B.i Shwe, lhove) Parliamentary I irv to the Ministry f >r Mines: "We are glad
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  • 117 9 Bank Union Ratifies Agreement THE S gapore Bank Em- last nigh* rativent the Lr... esentative ma le v eigh* ign nd one local banks m the nting the draft agroe at the i wary •al meeting of the Union rial Ha.:. Mi R Thomas, secretary of the Unioi several tc
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  • 68 9 Japanese Trade Team Here A delegation from th •oya Chamber of Commetce and In rrived h Smga:rday m a BOAC airmwwr. Headin? the a so v isit the I Mr. O X v ice-i lent iki Mid Japan Was keen to promote more trade with Malaya and the t The
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  • 31 9 A VERDICT ol suicidi waa .it the end ol an tn the death of 17--ld Sikh watchman. ra Singh who was 1 hanelng from a tree i-iaw Par Villa. Singapore.
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  • 168 9 ROYALTY IS NO BAR TO CAREER KUALA LUMPUR, Toes. Lt.-Col. Ra.ia Lope Nor Rashid bin Raja Abdul Rahman. senior Malayan officer In the Federation Army will not rodespite his recent ap- a Lghth m line to the Perak throne. The Perak line of sivcesMon is now as follows: the Raia
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  • 61 9 MEET Miss Lily Ning. It Jf ar SM BOAC air hostess, who flew into Sinsapore yesterday from Hongkong on her first visit. Miss Ning loves flying and thinks it is also the best way of escaping from the clutches of "land wolves." A career girl, she
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  • 154 9 Xl ALA LUMPUR, Tues.— ln the eight and half years of the Emergency, since it began m June 1948 until the end of last year, a total ot 6,220 Communist terrorists were killed, 2,727 were wounded, 1,881 surrendered and 906 were capr tured.
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  • 85 9 MISS Jvvv ChM Svw LenJ who returned to Singapore last month after a two-year Teachers' Certificate Course In England, will be guest of honour at a party at St. Hilda's School on Feb. 23, at 5 M p.m. Jes-v. who will talk on her experiences m England.
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  • 243 9 A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. T. T. Rajah, submitted m a Colony Court yesterday that when the "age" of a fingerprint could not be ascertained, the print could not be considered evidence conclusive enough to convict i a man. Mr.
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  • 39 9 POLICE detained two men after they dispersed a fight between two rival pane- m Upper Chin Chew Street. Singapore, last night. About 15 people were involved m the brawl u-hvh broke up when Police arrived.
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  • 40 9 WONG Seng Poh. 47. of Jalan Pontian. Johore. was fined S^O or two weeks' jail by thc Muar Magistrate, [nche Tan bin Hussion on Sunday ior deceiving Kuck Jon Hiah on Feb. 14 by professing to tell his fortune.
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  • 105 9 FORMER Air Officer and-a-half years m the Commanding, Singapore, Colony. I Air Commodore AE. Aboard the Willem Clouston, and his family, Ruys yesterday, Air left Singapore for Eng- Commodore Clouston, Heather and Susan, told the Standard that they had come to love this island home and
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  • 31 9 BRITISH motorship. Port Freemantle, missing for two days m the Pacific near the centre of a cyclone now battering the New South Wales coast arrived at Brisbane yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 307 9 PLASTIC /^lf^f^ DUFFLE S^mV^J^m^ COATS LIGHTWEIGHT If B j*jL J COMPLETELY vJ^^W #W a WATERPROOF S »HMbI INEXPENSIVE pSS 1 These coats have an attached "Ilk klß||f^*^ jl small medium and iar£e sizes. ,J f j 7* Also m our men's wear department a large selection of outer wear from
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  • 162 10 LEVER Bros (M) Ltd. gnve I h On a t, vW ii g powder) wholesalers dinner at the New Peking Restaurawi recei v M B. R. R itcl "c. markel ng d 'cctor c Leer Bros, told tne tofcolesa i ra, S v ore <i'id South
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  • 125 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro-] duce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra. Feb $28 buyer? $28] sellers; March $2S| buyers; (291 sellers; coconut oil m bulk S4l. sellers, m drums $47 sellers: Muntok white penoei ?1 Of) sellers; Sarawak white $99 lers; Special Sarawak .black 577. Singapore
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  • 23 10 OCEAN shipments of prepared latex from .Malaya during January totalled 7.254 tons. against 8,187 tons m the same month last year.
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  • 254 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The greatly increased export of rubber planting material during the past two years has alarmed the Federation Government to such an extent that it has decided to extend the ban on the export of "TJ l" sclfed seed until the end
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  • 154 10 THE Malayan Share market continued dull m all sections yesterday with little price changes, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Industrial shares tended' to ease slightly. Price changes announced by the Association were: Singapore Cold Storage 1 1 N Straits Times 3.u0 &ofl United Engineers
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  • 140 10 MALAYAN shar. brokers yesterday reported the following business nunc: F. N. ords. $220 to S2.2 1 Gammons $2.05, $2.02 ready; Hammers (1.85 cdcb: Jacksons 81.45; Cements $1 62|, $1.65; Breweries $2.87}; Collieries $1.04; Overseas Chinese B.u.k $34; Robinson ords $1.60; Cold Storage $1.57 overnight; Straits Times $3,
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  • 71 10 A DINNER will be held aboard the German cargoliner. Hesscnstein m Singapore tomorrow to celebrate the centenary of the shipping firm of the Norddeutsscher Lloyd Bremen I North German Lloyd >. The Line was founded by Bremen merchant Consul H.H. Meier on Eeb. 20. 1857. The
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  • 55 10 IMPORTS of tin concern i v into the Federation of Ma... and Singapore during January amounted to 1,074 tons compared with 1,696 tons m the month before. according to official statistics. Almost all the imports during January came from Thailand (1,545 tons). with only fif. tons from {ndo-China
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  • 43 10 NEW YORK. Feb 18 VT.— Dow-Jones dos ne iverages. STOCKS: 30 Industrials 467.40 20 Rails 142.40 15 Utilities 70.04 65 Stocks II BONDS: 40 Bonds P0 99 The Dow-Jones eonunoditjr futures index (1924-26 average equals 100) rlo-rri 1 .V.70 —UP
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  • 24 10 exports of ribbed moked sheet rubber from Malay m January totalled 52,804 tons, against 49.408 tons m the same month last year.
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  • 233 10 A SINGAPORE sawmill has constructed a nine-mile long rood, costing $100,000, into the timber forest m Labis, Johore, for logs. A private toll is imposed on other users of the road, who are mainly logging operators m the area. They pay to the owners joint
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  • 269 10 A HIGH official of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce predicted yesterday that mainland China will attempt to expand its trade with South-east Asia this year. The offiHal, who preferred not to be identified, added however, thai Japan and Hongkong still hv. the
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  • 80 10 Cent Drop For Rubber' SINGAPORE rubber p. ye.-terda-. dropped hall to 86 c< rv- p. r lb grade ?\larch shipment on a tjulei tnark( I v at about a cenl _x i Monday. The marki 1 v. ily througl tl day ntei -the lower and -rvv The:. r v rate
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  • 102 10 KUALA LUMPUR .V n. The Na*. ..ra". RV cr Bureau today estimated U_S consumption of new r il r for 1957 1,500,000 tons, of which 000 tons would be svrv.etic. It a.ves rr er that the rate of synthetic production for 1056. that is, 1.080. 0n0
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  • 217 10 NEW AGRICULTURAL PLANE IN SERVICE THE taster Agricola, the new British plane bu:.. I perlelly for agricultural work, has gone into operation for the first time erith great success m New Zealand, the manufacturers announce. The New Zealand firm Of Airlift (N.Z.) Ltd., have been using their new Agricola to
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    • 805 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE .TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Supply C PDer Tubes Tender D- p it $100 Close 4 P BL— 1 4 57. 2. CITY ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT ta) Construction and Maintenance ofl Roads and Drams ior 1957.; Tender Deposit $200. Close 12 nOON 4 57; ib) Dredging ani Rem
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    • 381 10 P\\ I). TRENGGANU TENDER NOTICE "FENDERS from Contractors m Class *E' and above wiil oc received al the Office cf the STATE ENGINEER. PWD TR EN GGA N D at KUALA TRENGGANU up tc 12 Ofl noon ol 25th. February. 1957 for the SUPPLY OF ROAD METAL r OR THE
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    • 504 10 NOTICES \OTICE is hereby given that I. HELEN CATHERENE PERERA. ot No. 331. Pa.-ir Panjang Road. Singapore, have applied to the Board tl Licensing Justices, Singapore. Mr a Retail Shop licence In respect Ol premises No. 186-2, West Coast Road. Singapore, and that this application wiil be heard In the
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    • 237 10 SHIPS IN PORT Ol TFR ROADS Tong Poh, Troilus. Anna Bakke. Aka&:.-an Maru Gornozavodsk and 14 trawlers, Musi. Calt. Adelaide. Nanyang. Kotoshiro. Wavla Shapur, Maetsuycker. Antilochus, Dmitrnv, Rajula. Waiwerang. Itaura. Shoyo Maru. Sty. Selo. Shajehan. IN'NFr ROADS Mambang. Naugkasarindr. Sadao, Celia. Calt Bintang. Mrngganti, Bahru. Dcbora, Eng Siong. Moonfish, Leksula,
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    • 199 10 BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES For Boston, New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Mobile, New Orleans Houitoe (via Cape ot Cood Mope) Spore P. Sham Penang Nt» i FRANCISVILLE m Port-sails 21 Feb 22 Feb 2€ 27 Feb 2 Apr FIRNSIDE 27 Feb/8 Mar 9/10 Mar 13/MMar 16 Apr Frorr. New Tork, Lo, Angelet, San
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    • 765 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. 3J.-.3 6 *****/*. 132. 6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax. Boston. New Yoik, Baltimore, Philadelphia Cult Ports Spore P.S'ham Penang AST ".CCHUS 19 23 Mir 24 25 Mar 26 27 Mar ijmert to proceed via othei ports to lead and
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    • 1233 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (19 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 linesl s De P P P n8 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE HT Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Ou* Sails P.S ham
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    • 856 11 MITSUI BB LINE Spore P.S'ham Penang FOR JAPAN Bonsei Maru for Kobe, Moji, Yokohamc 22 Feb In Port Akokurosan Maru for Moji, Kobe. Yokohama 5 Mor r FOR USA. For New York, Philadelphia Boltimore Akagisan Maru G 44 22 Feb Mogamison Moru 9 Mor 12 Mai FOR KARACHI, BOMBAY. Azumason
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    • 721 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings toi bongkok and oi Foi Eost Penong P S'hom S pore "FALSTRIA" !n Port 21/23 Feb BANGKOK ONLY "PRETORIA" Gdns 42 43 "PANAMA" 1 Mor "SARGODHA" 16 1 7 Mot "MEONIA' 24 26 Mor 27 2S Mor 29 iC Mo. BANKGOK ONL^ HOMEWARDS Soilings »oi
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  • 806 12  - Such a DEAR little baby JANE DEXTER IHIS IS A STORY FROM BRITAIN, BUT IT COULD WELL BE THE SAME ANYWHERE ELSE. IN PRESENTDAY SINGAPORE, THE SIMILAR SITUATION FACES ANY WOULD-BE MALAYAN PARENTS. PERHAPS, THIS WILL I^^HHHH^H GIVE "EYE.OPENFJT ■■■■H^^b -by LONDON THIS is the story of a baby, a
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  • 524 12  -  Gloria Gordon y m*a*a*am*a* LONDON nO-DEN food, washing machines and infra-red ovens there's no end to the new inventions designed to make the housewife's life easier. But just wait another five years. We shall do hardly any housework at all m the I%o's. Why? Because
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    101 12 THESE four were featured at on Italian high fashion show held m Florence. Light a h i t c straw hct, with white chiffon decorations, created by Canessa of Rome and modelled by Glc Small red straw hot wth a "tail" of red chiffon! created by Canessa cf Rome
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    • 79 12 "THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE" (3) From the Royal Performance r yy^7>^Pr_|^7*X?V?7^?!^^^??^f^-^-i V, irt __V _■> -k-kJ^B. 1 mwGaWat^iMiimmSt pV»** ii -übC?**; '--Mf~ J I ™J*\W "i* wVaarT T^% I_ aaaslmWr^W/ v -Ajrn r* __P^^__. oT^_________T JL 7 -•^-^k 4 fc __B _i '^i> aaawr*w fl jm\' t" ymmf^r^S\^.
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  • 321 13 SEREMBAN, Tues.— Mr. Lim Kee Siong was ted chief of Nej;ri soccer for the seventh time since war when the Negri Sembilan Football Association i their annual general meeting last night the only member of trd re-elected to Two ol the eice-presi-:ted were
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  • 63 13 C INBERRA, Fc'- I lUP>— npic mmers Mv i P. J J T •rai Kmateur -ning c unable ie J .tional chamA ..gUSt. The V v: 'hat bre- < iuld p« n go to Japan for "Djonships "if enough to uphold the dignv that r err ne o
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  • 45 13 Kiwis Withdraw wr: v. dn New Zealand, Feb. 19. New nd's Lav. rennia Associat: decided withdraw frr- r*a Davis npetition Jefl Robs q one ling r ts is ur.avai r Zealand ra v mcc- oon In tbe round af tha I rape »ra playing By
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  • 32 13 TAIPING. Turs. ClifTord School, Kuala Kan^sar. travelled here yesterday for a friendly soreer fixture against Taiping Indians and did well to win by L'-O. Cliffordians scored through Abdullah and Matisa.
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  • 19 13 DEVREUX. Prance. Feb IP. (Reuter)— Australia beat France 4-1 m an international table .'rh hero last night.
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  • 92 13 RAUB. Tues. Brilliant bowling by Ja.^nal Singh enabled the Mahmud School Raub, to beat the Rest by three wickets m a friendly cricket match at the Raub padang yesterday. Rest Ist Innings all out 26 runs (Carvalho 15 Jaspal Singh five for eleven). 2nd innings 50 (Khalid 14.
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  • 54 13 London. Feb. Ip (Banter. —Draw lor the sixth round (quarter-final- 1 of the English Football Association Cup. to bn played on Saturday. March 2. is: Birmingham City v. Nottingham Forest; Bournemouth v. Manchester U Blackpool or West Bromwich Albion v. Preston N B or Arsenal;
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  • 430 13 PETER WILSON hears about a wonder-boy I HAVE just received details of one ol the most remarkable field event performances ever put up m this country. In an inter-house field events competition at Millfield School. Street Somerset, eighteen-year-old Nicholas Head threw the SENIOR javelin
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  • 179 13 MALAYS CALL IT A DAY KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Competitive matches have' been abandoned lor a! variety ol reasons this yearj but the cau>e for the abandonment of today Belan-I gor Hockey Association senior division league! match between Selanii' r i Eurasian Association and Selangor Malays on the Lever Brother.- ground
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  • 68 13 Ceylonese Games For Easter KUALA LOIfPU Tho Best Pan-Ma. an Oejlonese Games and Culture Festival will be field a- Kuaia Lumpur daring the Easter holidays on April 19 and 20 This was decided at a meetIng of the officials of the All Ceylon Federation of Malaya Youth section at Kuala
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  • 207 13 KILATS EDGE DEPOT KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. A goa! four minutei from time by centre forward Gurucharan Singh enab cd reigning champion? Kilat Club to eolge Police Depot by 1-0 m a SHA division league match on the Gurney Road ground here today. Depot's goalkeeper Tharnhyrajah played an outstanding same towards
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  • 77 13 LONDON. Feb IP Eteutei Results m todaj s twi English first di\ Lsii n iootl matches w> re Aston Villa 2. Por r. 2 v aril lanch< Unit* d 5 B"bD.v Charlton 1 r at insid< -left foi 10--lette, ol Onit< stars scored a hat-
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  • 32 13 UOXwVOm, Wmn M The Jananc.-' nl down v fourth stra ght the S Union d m a again I I veal team m thr The eeoti wa.- 4 to l.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 344 13 ___HMt I_■ _____^^^W Rugby R.A.S.C. m R.A.F. Seletar at R.AS.C. C.H.Q. Farelf vs 2"0 Prov Coy R.M.P. at R.M.P. S.E.R. vs R.A.F. Changi at Gilman Barracks. SOCCER S G.S.F.A. Senior Division League: Post St Telegraph vs Manr.es at P. St T ground 5.15 p.m. Po'ice "A" is Singapore Telephone Board
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    • 314 13 4 -v *ir* r > *ir m J THE STARS: t AND YOU Pu f?itn AW \fnr TODAI'R QUOTATION: "The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must l»c said of guests"— BrillutSai arln. WEDNESDAY FOR EVERYONE: Those who reason, consider, think before they move accomplish mo_t
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  • 238 14 England Need 273 To Win 4th Test JOHANNESBURG. Feb. 19. (Reuter)— A thrilling: battle is m prospect between South Africa and England when they fight out the final day of the Fourth cricket Test here tomorrow. In 45 minutes batting before close of play today., they claimed
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  • 137 14 South Africa Ist innings "40 England let innings SI South Africa -.nd innings (overnight zero for nought) Pithey b Laker 18 Goddard c Evans b Bailey 49 Funston run out McLean c Cowdrey h Statham 0 Lndean c Insole b Bailey f Duckworth h Wardle 3 Watte c C'owdrev
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  • 75 14 TELUK ANSON. Tues. Indian Association defeated St Anthony's School by 38 runs m the opening fixture of the lower Perak District Cricket league played here yestcrriov Ind: ins Ist Innings: 93 (Anandan 23. Teerath Ram 15. Chet Singh 13. Veeraslngam 12, Vaithilingam 11). Balakrishnan took four mr
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  • 63 14 COLOMBO. Feb 19. (AP) R lin prevented mot? play on T._i\-riav la I c A-.an tennis tournament here OVv on» m.'r n VSj completed Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) and Mthea Gibson ii.'? 1 defeated B v.- Knighl bi d Mrs Warren, both of Br:' dn 'v. 6-1 In tha
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  • 131 14 "Ruckman'' Peter Hearnden (right) clears his goal with a hefty punch over fullback Peter Baker during an RAAF "Aussie Rules" match at Tengah yesterday. Team mate Tony Whish-Wilson waits the outcome of the tussle. At Kuala Lumpur on Saturday teams from the RAAF's No. 1 (B) Squadron
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  • 1040 14 'Aussie Rules' Charity Match SPORTING fans of Selangor will be given an opportunity of witnessing a new kind of football when teams from the Royal Australian Regiment and No. 1 Bomber Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, give a demonstration of Australian Rules Football
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  • 234 14 GHQ OUST RASC TO ENTER FINAL GENERAL Headquarters entered the final m the Singapore Zone for the Farelf inter-unit hockey cham pionship when they beat Royal Army Service Corp B by two coaks to nil at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. ■•ca' runncrs-u the t etween Royal Elec il Mecha E
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  • 154 14 EIGHT C .v.v Iron Men' will compete In I ie weightlifting championships during the Merdeka Games ceiebratlons at Kua. a Lumpur to August This was disclosed by Smear res Mr ChUa T:an Tec*, coach ol the Colony gamesmen to the v nt Olympics. Mr Ch X\tU
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  • 62 14 ARSENAL WIN REPLAY LONDON. Feb IP (Reuter ftufil he.it Prestos North Ind by two goals to on- m their English Football Association Cup fifth round replay at Highbury Stadium her a today There was no score at hill -time. \rsenal play aw.iv to the winner- of tomorrow's repliv between West
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  • 56 14 v Reuter'—l r today sue; for I c kel betweei a Kustralia M c r In Australia w tigh t ball ver a bow is isua 5 n t aesti .--< ba r ..he je* ride k hen the e~ iix-ball called 'V nor split the diffe
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  • 221 14 LATEST Straits Racing Association amendment list issued on February 18 Ls as follows: lraii-ferfs: Fr^rr. C. .5= 2 to C'.a.-s 3: C Fr Class 3 to CI a_> s 2 Mar.: Fren Ca 3 to C River Mrm 11. Winged Warrior Si rong Be im E ghorn
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  • 184 14 ANGLO-Chinese School drew 2-2 with St. Andrew's School m their keenly contested inter-school soccer match at Barker Road yesterday. Or. run i v Vr: c is little een HE -ing the heig it play crept i game w the Sail on marc g order.-
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  • 131 14 Second Win For CYMCA CHINESE a ing Men's Chi mtian Association "Blue' team loeood success va i they trounced the H il Air Force Seletar by five gam. i -to a m tiie Singapore Table Tennis Association InterSeni Quo league fixture at the Chinese YM< a last night. Chinese YMCA
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  • 60 14 THI Teachers' Tra:n:r._: College team against the Hospital al Farrer Pa X on Thursday a 5.1S pjn will be selected trom tne fo owing:— Narayanan. Riw Chye. Abbaa, Sreetharan, Abraham," Chandra. Wan Hussein, Henry John, Mi- el Teow, E Wicks. Ong B Hun. Quay Kok Wah.
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  • 65 14 DALLAS TEXAS, Feb. IP R iter) Kei Ros. .>. all (Aust i eaten bj Pancho Gonzales c world pn Fessii nal lawn i tor the second time .n ija -ere yesterday Gonzales won Bti 5-7 6-4 to Iced 9-4 m their inn match tei
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  • 104 14 AT the third eeneral meeting of Radin Mas Ramblers Sportj Club, the following were elected officials for the Tear. Patron: Messrs. Sob G.r P Sonn and Chua Bork Kwee. President: ■Mr. Abu Bakar bia Halim (reelected), Yice-Presirient: Mr A K;,ricr bin M. Yassin. Honorary Secretary: Mr S Talib
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  • 219 14 SOCCER COACH FOR F.A.M. PLAYERS KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs A rccommcndati.n that the Football Association of Malaya should train players for at least a year under a professional coach before it embarks on any further international football competitions, is made by Mr. Lim Kee Siong vice president of the FAM m
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  • 273 14 Penang Track Work PENANG. Tues— GOLDEN GFS showed dazzling form m his morning workout when he turned m tiie time of just under 39 sees, for three lurlongs. Looking fit Goiden Gv should give a good account of himself m the 5£ fur. race for
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  • 48 14 DENVER Colorado. Feb. 19 (Reuter)— Gene Fullmer, world middle r ght chami outpointed Ernie Durando (Nea Jersey) m a 10 round non-til Bl here U I night Durando over Pullmer'a left ev< the Brat round and the champion's nose started _i Bu: Fullmer was general control.
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  • 68 14 S.r Wx greatly apprecWi your of publishing the results of the tablatennl are being held m Chinese V M.c a s. legie r We are rare many tabletennis ian- w< i plea: ed to kn< v. thi controvt r y al ol the spor tennis Judging Irrrr. reports
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  • 152 14 oir; 1 would like t r c^rgratulate the Singa] Cricket Association anc Education Sports a;. ties on their fine d< < I s ar a sysi ng course for Colony schools. I v vem every success and hope that the plan will be out a possible. would like
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