The Straits Times, 10 March 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times tie**"** 11 Kstri. 184.> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. 1954. 15 CENTS
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    GANG-BUSTERS POUNCE
    302 1 bix arrested after extortion j demand i-HOUlt AMBUSH new Secret Societies Sab-Broach of the I.I), swung into action yesterday and arsix men suspected of demanding $20,000 Singapore Chinese merchant. v party led l>\ Supl. (i. C. Riplcv, chief sub branch, lav in ambush ;il the merf>ine lor I."!
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    Siam may let foreign firms ship rice
    33 1 Si am may let foreign firms ship rice BANGKOK. T "i J H \l. Phib in y .'I here today hi Govern i shipping million tonj I ricr. are at prernn n( -ntrn!
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    Oil costs cut
    10 1 I London 00 :n Hnr R< uter.
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    NEARLY A $900 HANGOVER
    52 1 N EARLY A $900 HANGOVER B from being »rth of .tnriy i said he rrpre- -entrd another hotel. When the caller, a Chinese, arrived to collect the braiidy. the storekeeper rane up the second hotel to check before handing it over. While he was on the tele- phone, the Chinese
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    COMRADE UP THE POLE...
    132 1 KUALA I.IMPIR. Tues. A MALAYAN Communist will soon find himself taking a hraimvashinc course in the tangle. And all because h? dors not kunu where the hammer :tnd >ickle co on his party flag. ll>- wanted to show his devotion to the cause, so he made
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    SALVATION ARMY TO NAME CHIEF
    80 1 SALVATION ARMY TO NAME CHIEF LONDON. Tues.— Forty-eight Salvationists rrom all over the world will meet here on April 29 to elect a .successor to General Albert Orsborn. the retirIns chief of the salvation Army. The new general will be elected bv the Army's High Council It consists of 48
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    Roof on fire
    16 1 Fire destroyed the attap rnnf if a house in Ceylon Road. Singapore, yesterday.
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    Japs gaol 3 Britons
    62 1 HIROSHIMA. Tues. The first British soldiers to be sentenced by a Japanese court for violating a civil law were e. ven terms of three and a half to five vears hard labour In a Japanese prison. The three were found guilty Li re todav of beating
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    WOMAN IN RED SARONG WALKED PAST A BULL
    152 1 Then the trouble began IPOH. Tuesday. A MALAY woman in a red sarong was attacked and gored by a bull at Kuala Pari today while she was taking her children to a clinic. The woman Zabidah binte Mat Noor. 20, wife of
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    Arbitration probe call in commons
    52 1 From Hall Rornnry LONDON, Tue.s. Mr. Ronald Williams Labour i will ask the j Secretary of State for the Colonies next week to consider the appointment of an Independent commission from Britain to examine the present iirbitration procedure and in(iKstiial lelations machinery ill the Federation
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    Phone-call threat to McCarthy
    130 1 NEW YORK. TIM*. A N anonymous telephone cailer, who reporterilv spoke with a Spanish accent, told the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel's security guards earlv today that something terrible would happen to Senator Joseph McCarthy d.iring the night. Senator McCarthy arrived at the hotel last night. The threat was
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    Tuesday's the day
    23 1 P\RIS. Tues. Franre has n average of 14.500 fire- eacn vrar For some unexplained reason BBOat are on Tuesday. A.P.
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    Poh Lim gets ready
    34 1 <>\(i POH |.|\l springs forward i<> relurn a shot at Wimbledon Scuash and Badminton lub. lie arrived in London with Ooi Teik Hock for the AH-Kneland Badminton championship. A.P. picture.
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    Queen keeps cool in a heatwave
    180 1 400,000 CHEER ROYAL COUPLE BRISBANE. Tuesday. "THOUSANDS OF people in sunsuits. singlets and shirtsleeves roared a welcome to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they arrived here today in a semi-tropical heatwave i The Queen appeared undismayed by the heat after the
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    The Fijians get their first defeat
    102 1 The Fijians get their first defeat THE Ist. Fijian lnlantry Regiment rusby XV was beat en for the first time on Monday when the Welch Regiment wors the final of the FARELF Rug by Cup competition in Hon.* Kong The Welch Regiment beat the Fijian* by 11 points to 10
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    Gales delay Q.E.
    39 1 LONDON. Tues. The liner Queen Elizabeth battled Atlantic sales today on her way home from New York. Cunarci Line officials estimated the vessel would arrive in South- ampton at le;i>t 12 hours late on Thursday. A.P.
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    Ship blazes in dock
    56 1 HONG KONG. Tues. Harbour firemen today put out a fire that spread through three cabins of the Norwegian freighter Anne Ree in drydock. The fire was Put out before it could .spread to other parts of 'he ship, but flames cm used extensive damage to the
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    AnotherRoosevelt seeks divorce
    30 1 JUAREZ. Mexico, Tues. Mrs. Robin Roosevelt, wife of Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of the late president Franklin D. Roosevelt, has applied for a divorce charging mental cruelty.— A.P.
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    Win for Right
    27 1 HELSINKI, Tues. -The Fin- I rush Right-wins parties retained their narrow majori'y over the Left in the gener.il election which ended last night.- Reuter.
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    Woman missing
    23 1 A Singapore Cantonese woman. Tan Soo Lui. aged 22. lias been reported missing from her home at Duxton Road .since Saturday.
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    R.A.F. officer found shot
    32 1 An RAF. offlrer .stationed at the Seletar, Singapore, wa.s found with a gunshot would In hi.s quarters yesterday. A revolver was nearby. The officer was admitted ti hospital.
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    Victory, if...
    45 1 HONG KONG. Tues South Korean General Choi Duk Shin, head of the South Korean good will mission to South-e;<st Asia. said en arrival here from Singapore that South Korea could march i to final victory if Communist China removed troops from Korea. Reuter.
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    Talks on Saar
    36 1 PARIS. Tues. The WeM i German Chancellor. Dr Aden- a tier, arrived here today by plane from Cologne to discus-, the Saar problem with th* I French Foreign Minister, M. I Bidault Reuter.
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    Back to London
    23 1 LONDON. Tues.— Mr. Selwv;i I.ioyd, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, returned here by air today from Khartoum Reuter.
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    NEGUIB GETS THE POWER
    310 1 Ousts Nasser as Premier, and is dictator he wanted to be CAIRO. Tuesday. pENERAI, Neguib tonight became Premier and ehair- man of the Revolution Council and has greater power than before. Colonel Nasser thus loses UM premiership he took over when General Neguib returned as President.
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    EX-PILOT IS NOW A WOMAN
    78 1 EX-PILOT IS NOW A WOMAN ROBERT CO WELL, aced 35. war-time fighter piln'.. former racing driver and father of two children, has became a woman, known v Roberta Doctors say that the change is one of the most remarkable in medical history. A chmmr from male to female is miv
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    Britain signs
    20 1 LONDON. Tues.-- Britain hi I signed the Internationa! t n agreement, it was revealed t night— Reuter. I
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    Famine hits 100m. in Red China
    148 1 Famine hits 100 m. in Red China HONG KONG. Tues. I POUT ioo.nno.noo or Communist China's rural population aro oit her suffering from famine or a [train shortage, according to thp official Chinese Communist newspapi r, Peking People's Daily. The newspaper .said tliat th" ment has to supply L'on.oon.onn of
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 iko.n RTAIN' Mi \l). PI w LONDON In.. Britain Is i -Imh^ United Sta lea to examine detailed propt sail for easing ban on sti.iti- experts tn li Dn <hi tain countries, well informed source s.nd toda; \u nter.
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    TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE...
    79 1 STAFFORD. Tue.s. A li-vear-old airman. Ron.>;.i William Moore, wu sei I to riea'h here yesterday tor murdering a 17-year-old (I I after she told him *he would not go out with him. She had said .slie wn.s "on.y 17" and too youn» to think i»l love
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    COMETS BACK THIS MONTH
    269 2 And I'll travel in the first, I says Sir Miles LONDON, Tuesday. fOMET jet liners will start flying passenger services to South Africa on March 23, after 10 weeks out of service following the Comet crash into the sea near Elba on January 10 when T>
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    Britain will not make this protest
    108 2 Britain will not make this protest LONDON. Tues. THE British Government yes- terday refused to protect to the United States against the fingerprinting of Briton.s. including Members of Parliament who want to visit America. Mr. Victor Yates. a Socialist, who sought tne protest, toid the House of Commons that fingerprinting
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    U.S. shooting —75 for quiz
    54 2 NEW YORK, Tues Federal apents began work yesterday tenting subpoenas or. at least 75 Puerto Ricans to appear oefore grand juries for questioning about the shootina of five congressmen in Washington last Monday. Three grand juries are to examine the Puerto Ricans The infured congressmen
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    For Malaya
    35 2 LONDON. Tues -Mr Richard Beaumont, younger son of Lord Allendale. and director of a I ondon ginsmith company, is coinc to Malaya this month for two or three years on private business. Reutrr
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    Queen for Norway
    34 2 LONDON. T;ie.< Quern Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. will fly to Oslo on March 19 I for the silver weridine celebration of Norwegian Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha- A P
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    Postponed
    28 2 SEOUL. Tues The South Korean cabinet yesterday decided to postpone indefinitely a Bill to let forplgn investor; develop natural resources :n Korea Instead of the government. U.P.
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    Red resigns
    28 2 BONN. Tues —The West Germany veteran CommunLst leader. Max Reimann. has rehnr'lished effective leadership of the party because of il'-healtn. ?r Interior Ministry source saici.— Reuter.
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    Ice kills 157
    36 2 VIENNA. Tues. Austria's winter toll of avalanche victims rose to 137 this weekend wher. the 'white death" took 16 lives m the Australian Alas. One woman Ls Mill missing under the snow. -A.P.
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    U.S. accused
    33 2 KATHMANDU. Tues. The Nepali Prime Minister. Mr. D R Recmi. yesterday said thit the United State* was trying to divide India and Nepal 'he way she divided India and Fakistan.-U. P.
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    New ambassador
    27 2 BONN. Tue.v The West Oer man Government ye.«terdav said that the Vatican ha:: agreed to accept 72-year-nlri Herr Wolfgan? Jaenicke as West German Ambassador. Reuter.
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    The lucky two
    35 2 LONDON. Tues. The women's section of the New Acidington. Surrey. British Legion are to adopt two men onp f»n ex-service hospital patient, the other a soldier serving in Korea or Malaya— Reuter.
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    Actor sued
    21 2 LO/3 ANGELES. Tues -Actor JefT Chandler was sued for divorce yesterday by Mrs. Mariorie Chandler, who alleged cruelty. A.P.
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    THAT ISLAND AGAIN
    179 2 Inche Abidin has ANOTHER story about Pulau Tikus PENANG. Tuesday. INCHE ZAINUL ABIDIN. retired inspector of schools 1 Penariß and Province Wellesley. today gave a new version of how Pulau Tikus ("Island of Rats") village Rot its name. He told the first generni meeting of he Penang
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    Bolivia backs the tin pact
    44 2 LA PAZ. Tues. Bolivia has decided to back the International Tin Agreement, It was announced yesterday. The Bolivian government hopes that the United States would continue its normal policies to .safeguard the interes 1 of tin producing countries. Reuter.
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    Ship seized
    20 2 PUSAN. Turs. The South Korean coastguard seized a 260-ton Japanese fishing vessel today for crossing the "Rhee llne."~U.P.
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    New Governor
    15 2 LONDON, Tups. Vice-Ad-niirai Sir Peveril Wllllam-Pow-lett has boon appointed Governor of Southern Rhodesia.
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    THE FIRST BLUSH WINS
    72 2 LONDON, lues. Some male undergraduates at Oxford are to hold a competition to And the most modest woman undergraduate at the university. The winner will he the e irl who hlu«he* first at the talk of a panel of Oxford men. She will become the only
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    Storm blows down homes —25 escape
    105 2 Storm blows down homes 25 escape ALOR STAR. Tues. SEVEN Chinese and Mala? families had a narrow escape when a rainstorm blew down their houses at Tunjang village. IS mile* from Alor Star. All 25 occupants ran out just before their homes four attap Khophouses and three dwellinc houses collapsed.
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    BUT IT'S JUST A NICE, FRIENDLY GAME OF SOCCER
    62 2 THIS IS A FRIENDLY soccer match. A Mexico City policeman hits a fan wth his rifle after clubbing a member of the Brazilian Vasco da Cama team (on ground m centre) during a dispute on a play decision. The Brazilians defeated
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    U.S. 'WILL NOT WRECK THE TIN PACT'
    151 2 Metal better placed now— paper LONDON. Tuesday. T>HE FINANCIAL TIMES today submitted that thr tin mining industry can feel confident that there will be no attempt by the United States to make the Internaional Tin Agreement fail. The newspaper also expressed the view
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    Pilots for U.S.
    23 2 MADRID. Tues. Fifteen Spanish pilots were flyinc tc New York today for a thr~rmonth course in air-sea re.srw operations. A.P.
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    The case of the 2 banished Britom
    133 2 The case of the 2 banished Britom PENANG •THE comm x Ponanc |ud I case. in whi Britons \\< ri banlshnv I release! to t] I yesterday. Mr .i sr,n Mid "The the p: detent] ■i thr banl.shm thorlty tn unless it can tv racli tl at wrung witb Selangor
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    MRS. LOTINGA IS DIVORCED
    68 2 LONDON. Tues. Mrs. Man Bridget Lotir.ea. daughter m Sir Shenton Thomas. Governor of the Straits Settlements at the time of their capturp by the Japanr.se. did not defend i suit brought by ner husband in the London Divorce Court yes- terday or It desertion. Thr husband.
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    France looks to East for trade
    137 3 France looks to East for trade paris. ruea, y \NCE must trade more j T with Eastern Europe, Edgar Faure. Finance ter ;ind Minister of lie Affairs, said before leaving for nc will hf>ad thr French the I'nitpd Nanomlc Commission for on which E;x-stri;i and luntries are M Faure said
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    No-pilot planes for Germany
    20 3 JADEN, GER M ANY. tlesa bom- las for Oer- fti tt overseas lot less bomNATO c:rfenc"s.
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    Beauty leads invasion of the Commons
    117 3 Beauty leads invasion of the Commons LONDON. Tues. BRITAIN'S newest •\suffracrUrs" took a tip from Hollywood today and split in two beauty queens to lobby for their equal p;i> for women bill in the llousr of Commons. fhr < ampaieners. taking hrart at the success of the tirst sufTragrttc Mrs.
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    New naval post
    31 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The White House yesterday announced the appointment of Vice-Admiral John H Cassady as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean —A.P
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    Offensive in Indo-China soon by French
    298 3 Offensive in Indo-China soon by French HARDEST CAMPAIGN, SAYS NAVARRE SAIGON, Tuesday. QENERAL Henri Navarre, French Commander-in-Chief in the war against the Vietminh rebels, told his troops tonight they would soon take the offensive in Indo-China. In a message in the troops' magazine, Caravelle, he said the present campaign was
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    President reviews troops
    37 3 THE NEW President oJ Syria. Hashem Attassi. reviews a guard of honour on (he outskirts of Damascus. The 80-year-old statesman had been brought to power after the revolt which overthrew President Shishakly. A.P. picture.
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    Copter hunt for sisters
    48 3 YUM A Arizona. Tues. Two young sisters, missing for 15 hours after a picnic, were found unharmed yesterday on a narrow ledge They were rescued by a searcher who was lowered into the canyon by rope. Earlier a helicopter had sought the children. —A.P.
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    More aid needed
    25 3 WASHINGTON. Tue.v Mr Panayotis Karellopoulos Greek Minister for National Defence last night said that Greece needed more United States military aid.— Reuter.
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    Ex-judge dies
    37 3 Ex- judge dies CAPETOWN. Tues— Percy S. Twentvman-Jones. aged 77, former Judge-President of the Cape of Good Hope division of the Supreme Court, who once rlaved rugby and cricket for South Africa, died here yesterI day.— Reuter
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    Fans carry
    60 3 MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Tues. I OOLICE rescued Errol Flynn I 1 from crowds who lifted him from his car and carried him shoulder high on his arrival here yesterday for Argentina's first film festival. The festival, attended by re- piesentatives of 17 countries, including 11 from Russia
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    Soldier tells of mutilation
    365 3 'GRIFFITHS GAVE ORDER' NAIROBI. Tuesday. 4 16-YEAR-OLD Somali soldier told a general court martial here today that he cut off the ear of a Mm Mau suspect and made a hole in the ear of another with a bayonet when ordered to do so by his
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    Adenauer & Bidault get together
    85 3 Adenauer Bidault get together PARIS. Tues. CHANCELLOR Konrad Adev. nauer of West Germanv and M. George* Bidault. French Foreign Minister, met here today and broke the ice on the old problem how the Sa.ir industrial territory shall oe ruled. They agreed to resume n■gotiat ions- suspended for three i months
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    McCarthy gets snub from party bosses
    154 3 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. 'THE REPUBLICAN Party snubbed Senator Joseph McCarthy yesterday and chose Vice President Richard Nixon to answer Mr. Adlai Stevenson's charge hower." The Republican Nation.il chairman. Mr. Leonard Hall, obtained free radio and television time equalling that giv-n Mr. Stevenson, the head of
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    He 'belted man over earhole'
    105 3 He 'belted man over earhole' LONDON. Tues. CYRIL SPRING. 28-year-old bus conductor, arrived home to find a man making advances to his wife. He was alleged at Eastbourne yesterday to have told the police "Before I realised it. I grabbed the milk bottle and belted him over the ear- 1
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    He wants more
    37 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The U.S. Secretary of Labour. Mr Mitchell, has asked Congress for US$34O million to run hLs department in the year beginning July l. compared with US$3OO million for the current year. A.P.
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    Ready to join
    34 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The Netherlands yesterday became I the first of six Western Euro- poan countries to complete all legislative and diplomatic steps i necessary to join the European Defence Community— Reuter.
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    Airport strike
    28 3 LONDON. Tues. About i 100 engineers servicing BOAC Argonauts at London airport struck for a few hours yester- day over a non-union emI ployment dispute.— Reuter.
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    Professor dies
    22 3 KIEL. Tues— Professor Otto Diels, joint winner of the 19i0 Nobel Prize for chemistry, has died here, aged 78.— Reuter.
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    Errol Flynn from his car at festival
    103 3 The countries represented are Japan. Austria. Britain. Bulgaria, Canada. Czechoslo- lakia. Chile, France. Germany, Hungary. India, Italy, Poland, Russia. Spain. United Stales and Yugoslavia. The crowds repeatedly broke through a cordon of 300 police Eiiarding 230 film stars and ?xecutives who drove In
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    LONDON STOCKS
    277 3 LONDON. Tues 4 FTER a somewhat patchy period when settlement considerations exerted a subduing influence. London Stock Markets developed reasonable firmness In quiet trading today. Shippings were mainly firmer. Among Far Eastern commodity Issues, tins were a little beti.T And rubbers about unchanged Closing prices or selected stocks
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 LONDON. March 9— Cash Bnyers £702!.; Sellers £*07i: Forward Bnyuers £tiSl. Sellers £682^: Settlement £710. Turnover a.m. 50 tons: p.m. 20.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Mar 9 Spot 16d Apr 16d May 16\d.. June 16'«d Apr-June 16\d.. July-Sept. 16'd.. Ort.-Der. 16\d.. Jan-Mar 16'-d.. Mar c.l.f. 15%d.. Apr c.i.f. 15 T ,d. May c.i.f. 16d. Tone: Quiet.
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    Vatican sold gold to U.S.
    42 3 WASHINGTON. Tues Thp L'nited State-s sold 51.168.200.000 of its gold to foreign countries last vear. the Treasury reported During the year the U S nought pold from only one— ?4 .000.000 worth from Vatican City.— U. P.
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    Bill will ban Chinese child weddings
    252 4 16 IS THE MINIMUM. SAYS MR. LAYCOCK TAMILS DRAFT REPLY TO THE RAJ PLAN BILL to ban Chinese child marriages in Singapore will be introduced in the Legislative Council by .Mr. John Layrock (Progressive Katong). Thr Biil proposes 16 as the minimum age before
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    SO VIVIEN IS NOW MRS. KEONG
    41 4 MR. \\l» >Il{>. l.ilu.ircl BkM«i ><>« »i*\ alter thtir ueddinu at Methodist I i'im ii hurt h. Teluk \nson. The bride WM formerly Miss Vivien Ooi Chai Koon. of Teluk Anson. The hririeeroom is from Pahanc
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    Navy to hold exams for cadetships
    90 4 THERE wIH be a »upplemenc mpettUve examination in April and May for mx ridoisliips in fhr I two in the supply and secretariat branch ol the Royal Malayan Navy said Capt HE H Ni rhnlls. Senior Olllrer of the rmn lasi oltht. Plained th->
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    Backdoor trade costs him $100
    38 4 B Ouan Chiang, of Chop Yen? Srnu What; J.lOO for doinc business on his engine day. Thr prosecutor. Labour Inspector Chang Chuan-fu, Mud Bav did bualneas through the b;uk-door on his elosine dav.
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    Theft alleged
    31 4 PENANO, Tues. Alleged to havr robbed n 10-year-old pirl of a cold rin? on Hyp Raman Shaiu i v.ns offered 52.000 when he t claimcri tria! today. i I
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    A picnic dragon
    33 4 A dragon 20ft long, made of l r rribroidered silk, was imported i from Hont; Kong by Chinese 1 Da of Dunedir. Mew Z?-\- i fnr a children's Dicnic. 1
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    Rubber: Pay talks
    58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The negotiation committee of Rubber Workers Unions agreed alter a four-hour conference today to meet estate employer.to diacuaa a new wage structure. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, chair- I man of the committee. .>aio' i later that the committee had suggested meeting thr Malayan Planting
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    THE BIG $ INFLUX
    159 4 THE BIG INFLUX FIVE hundred wallets, oulging w-.th thousands of US dollars, will be flourished all over Singapore on Monday next, when the Cunard Line's millionaire "gravy boat", the Caronia. brings In 500 j wealthy Americans. As the tourists, out on a 33.988-1 mile Pacific cruise, romc i •ashore. 160
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    BACK PAY GOES TO COUNCIL
    222 4 First step to settle Ritson dispute DECOMMENDATIONS for a Ritson back pay settlement for 18.000 Singapore Government employees are expected to go before Tuesday's meeting of the Colony Legislative Council. This is the first step in the final settlement of the Ritson pay dispute between
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    Swami for Japan
    45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Swami Ajarananda. former Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy at Bangkok University will represent the Pure Life Society of Petaline Kuala Lumpur, at the World Religion Congress to be held in Shimizu City Japan from April 3 to 10
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    THIS AREA SHOULD BE WHITE—SOPIEE
    95 4 THIS AREA SHOULD BE WHITE— SOPIEE 1 BUTTEKWORTH. Tues Inche Mohamed Sopiee. chairman of the Pan-Malavan La bour Party and newlynominated Federal Councillor.} today urged the Government; to declare the northern dls- 1 tilct of Province Wellesley a white area" There has Deen practically no Emergency incident tn th.s district
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    DOUBLE PENSION FOR POLICE WIVES WIDOWED BY DUTY
    224 4 r:IE widow of a police officer, who dies on duty, gets a pension equal to one-third of her husband's annual pensionable emoluments twice the amount paid in any other branch of the Government service. This was stated by a police spokesman yesterday
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    500 temporary clerks may soon be permanent
    170 4 500 temporary clerks may soon be permanent SINGAPORE Government is preparing to absorb 500 temporary workers into its permanent establishment. This was first proposed last November. but had to be shelved because of the Ritson pay Kiations W M. Young, the Gov it Establishments OfTicj the Straits Times y i
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    150 camera shy men get union aid
    111 4 150 camera shy men get union aid THE 1.000-STRONG Singapore City Council Services Union yesterday supported the 150 employees of the Registrar of Vehicles Office in their protest against a demand by their department for signed Photographs of themselves In a letter to the City President Mr T P F
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    Malay Congress calls all-Party conference
    91 4 Malay Congress calls all -Party conference KUALA LUMPUR A fon?rrvs A polifi.al p Malaya will soon to dis< :isv i onstitntion of (I try lo pave thr «rai for independence. The coneroNs. t,, hr he'ri here will be i>\ the newly-fornuri \> Malay National Congress its puhlititv offifpr Zain ArifT.
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    Gunman is hanged
    50 4 A 20-year-olrt Sins seller. Boh 1 1 executed at 0 I vestercav for an. rritted in a P<-coffee-shop He shot dead U ot. September 12 A warm fire-arm on Boh when he wai and catisht hv a dot. Aruna.salam. a frier, murdered man. received a -hot wound
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    FIRST STEP TO FREE SUGAR
    286 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. M R A SPENCER, the Member for Economic Affairs, has told the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce that the first step has been taken to return sugar to private trade. The Government has started to buy sugar by tender from Federation firms
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    'MAN NOW' BENEATH ANIMALS'
    111 5 'MAN NOW BENEATH ANIMALS' BARE-FOOTED and wearing his national dress, white-haired Sant Teja Singh Ji. a distinguished Sikh scholar and philosopher, told a Iniversity of Malaya audience last night: "Man has degraded himself below animal level." "Today, we are not only neglectins the devotional and spiritual side of life, but
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    Doctor's case postponed
    70 5 The case of Dr. Edward Peri cival McCarthy-Heyzer. chared with bigamy last week :n Singapore Fifth Police Court has been postponed to Mar. i9 I for mention. It la alleged that in Sinsa- J I pore, on Feb. 11. 1947. while his wife Augusta Ng 800 Sok
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    Chamber to give send-off party
    67 5 Singapore* retiring Controller of Immigration. Mr. J. L J. Haxworth. and his successor. Mr. D. c Compton. will be entertained to a cocktail party by the Chinese Chamber of t Commerce on Friday evening. The party will be held at the home of the retiring
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    Old boys' meet
    31 5 The annual meeting of the Anelo Chinese School Old Boys' Association. Singapore, will be held in the school hall. Coleman Street, at 5.30 p.m. I on March 26.
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    Sir Thomas due
    29 5 Sir Thomas Lloyd. Perma- nent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, who recently visited Malaya and Hone Kong, will fly into Singapore from Kuching tomorrow.
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    Too lovely for hawkers SAYS MAGISTRATE
    79 5 Too lovely for hawkers SAYS MAGISTRATE R. Mariappan. a peanutseller, was fined a maximum of •«25 in Singapore City Polire Ourt yesterday when he pleaded guilty to hawking at Elizabeth Walk. The magistrate. Mr. J. M. 1 Devereux-Colcbourn. told him: "Elizabeth Walk, the Esplanade and the Padang are the most
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    NCO remanded on murder charge
    45 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Police Court today remanded for a week L Cpl. George Cooper who is charged with murdering his wife. Vera Cooper. The dead woman was tho daughter of Mrs. Whybrow. of 10 Devon Cross Gardens. Twickenham. England.
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    Planter who punched hotel watchman fined $250
    123 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. WG. CHRYSTAL, a planter, was fined $250 in the p Sessions Court here today on two charges of causing hurt to a watchman. Ram Singh, 55. Hr was also ordered to pay $100 compensation. Ram Singh told the court that
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    BUDDHA'S RELICS TO BE SHOWN
    109 5 RELICS of Lord Buddha, presented by the King of Slam to the Maha Bodhi Society of India, and two saplings of the original Bo Tree of India will be on display at Sri Lankara maya. St Michael's Road, from 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
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    Hospital gifts
    42 5 The St Andrew's Mission Hospital. Singapore, received the following donations in February: Singapore Cold Storaue $300: Church Workers' Association <St Andrews Cathedral i $250: St Georges Church RAF. $83.15; Mrs. Ong Kim Eng $80 and Mr. K. O. Jacob $5.
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    DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS
    35 5 A GROUP OF UNdMSH s<hool teachers learn JeimbUc science in a course conducted at the Methodist Girls' School Malacca, by Miss Lim Gnat Eng, who was trained in England Yon* Heng picture.
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    Govt. fails in civil claim for $850
    177 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. INCHE Ismail, Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, today held that a Federal counsel was not an advocate and solicitor and therefore could not represent a State Government in a civil dispute. He dismissed the claim of £100 (MSBSO) by the Negri
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    Lecture is off
    30 5 A lecture by Sant Teja Sinch Ji at an East -West Society meeting at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. Singapore, on March 18 has been cancelled.
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    NEW HEALTH CHIEF ATTACKS THIS 'ARTIFICIAL DIVISION'
    111 5 NEW HEALTH CHIEF A TTACKS THIS 'ARTIFICIAL DIVISION' IPOH. Tues. The artificial division between doctors in Government service and those in private practice was regrettable, said Dr. .Mohd. Din bin Ahmad. Deputy State Medical and Health Officer. Perak, last night. He was speaking it a dinner given him by Perak
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    Freed, she stayed put in the dock
    185 5 Freed, she stayed put in the dock PONSTABLES in a Sinv traporo court were alerted yesterday on the ordrr of tho judge, Mr. H. A. Forrrr, when he freed a woman. Harbans Kaur. on a charge of not showing hrr identity card. Harbans. who chose to regain In the dock,
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    $798 awaits owners
    54 5 $798 awaits owners Deposits of 5798.i>2, paid by suitors into tne Singapore Civ.l District Court, have been unclaimed for the last threr vt ar>. The deposits range from $2.60 to $208 If they remain unclaimed till the end of the year they i wll be given to the Aeeountanti '1
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      182 5 SINGAPORE DIARY ROTARY CI-l'B: Weekly luncheon meeting at Capitol Blue Room 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. Nigel Morris on "Singapore Police Force." CRT COUNCILS Reception in honour of Indian Hockey Federation team. City Hall. St. Andrew's Road, 7 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. ST. JOHN COUNCIL! Luncheon in honour of Countess Mountbatten
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      203 5 i Story Of Mahmoud air-conditioned Theatrette. 26. Raffles Place. 1 p.m. SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show New England Calling (colour; i —Shell House. Collyer Quay. 1.15 i p.m. Y.W.C.A.: Katong Club meeting at Presbyterian Boys' School. Koon Seng Road. 330 p.m.: ballet classes advanced 2 p.m.. beginners 5 p.m. l
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    DEATHS
    89 6 10 »..rW. $1* "i»»«l TEO SEONCi MOH. 6fi yeais pa.<se<l awa\ peacefully at his residence Huklt Main; at 330 pm on Bth ll ing '>ehtnd his »on Quee Ben* >uc daughter Geok Neo Mrs Lilian EtS) to mourn Pttaen Buklt Brown tr>da» »t 10(1(1 MR. F.F. TEOW HOCK age
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    330 6 poi.io\v PBUAMI Bvery d«v in the 'slalaj ktall' it you want to win, MM word puzzle THE HAT BOX has beautiful hat.s for the races, marts by Continental designer H B Winter Co, 18 Battery Road. MULCHANDB BaJe till Baturday. Further reductions on Cocictai! and Evening gnniu 82-1. Bras
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 10, 1954. Wanted: The Facts
    800 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 10, 1954. W anted: The Facts The deputation of ;*icf dealers which interviewed the Federation's Controller of Supplies to seek reductions in the price of rice and supar left without any great feeling ai >.iti>i.ution. Mr. Kelly "promised to look into the matter" Like
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    Power for Neguib
    295 6 Any doubt whether General Nesuib. although President of Egypt again, was really in the seat of power appears to be answered by his resumption of the posts of Prime Minister and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council. The question now is whether he will tind it possible to
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    The Price Of Tin
    240 6 Tin was back to $340 a picul| on the Singapore market yes- 1 terday, the highest price in' over eight months. In August it dropped to below $282, and then made a slow recovery, re- maininq a little below $3201 throughout February-. In Lon- 1 don
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    The civilian use of nuclear energy as a source of power
    1557 6  -  Graham Hutton The destructive powers of atomic energy have, unfortunately, overshadowed the peaceful uses to which it can be put. One of these uses is as fuel for machines. This goal may be only three years away. This article
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      Wrong approach to problem affecting the masses
      162 6 I HAVE read good deal about Han Suyin and about her book. "A Many Splendoured Thing." I have also a good deal of respect and admiration for Dr. Comber, but I believe she makes the same mistake as most other Asians of her
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      Teachers left to themselves
      162 6 I WITH inspectors of schools concentiating more and more on the administrative side of education, it has become the fashion now to leave Inexperienced teachers and their wards very much to themselves. This trend is ob- j vlous from the Cambridge results. Periodical inspection of tutorial
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      His power bill
      28 6 WHAT has gone wrong with the City Council Electricity Department? I have not received my electricity bill for the last six months. A CONSI'MER Singapore.
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    London Log
    306 6 ONE goud thing the Secretary I of State for the Colonies. > Mr. Oliver Lyttelton cer- j lainly did was to send Colonel Arthur Young to Ml lay* to reornani.se the Federation Police Forte. Now. on the strength of Col. Young's success in Malaya, Mr. Lytt»ltoi; has given
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    On the Margin
    322 6 One world FR Kfiort <>r probably i laya rannnt gn the Rtrcwea and Britain's party i very obvious of Hi r Ma ■it on th<- vexi d arming (it rmanj cutely on the any. under whic be done has badl; Britain's Ufa lish Social; Tiiat means. chance
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    The future of Kirkby college is in balance
    247 7 BUT 150 MORE WILL BE SENT THIS YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Federation GoveraamH is considering whether to carry on with Kirkby Teachers' nine College, near Liverpool, when the lease > in 1 ->">H. an Education Department spokesman told the Straits Times today.
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    THE STUDENTS' HOME
    18 7 AN ARTIST'S impression of what the completed Intern.i tional House in Melbourne will look like.
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    Aid Templer Fund' notes go to 4,000
    62 7 LUMPUR T: T 4.o(Mi mem Lady B. H<v«pital Fund n with .i zi rxpecti each 12 n I 'lily for tu In- rs to receive stall and Chartered I :r.pur wrier- 1 has been thla p irp 5' circular states inning proportion" hud
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    `RECRUITING OFFICER' WAS A FRAUD
    26 7 `RECRUITING OFFICER' WAS A FRAUD are looking posed rus a the Pederarheatcd a lai Rnad rcslrrled >mt me for snmr a rrcruitins >ndi d >cted from
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    Dental chief
    19 7 I MORE BAHRU. Turs. il Rarim bin Nawab ltal Officrr. JoFr leratlon ol Malaya Mr. C. F.
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    Boy's death: man accused
    53 7 Pane Yew Chuan was charged in Sircapore Traffic District reeraay with causing the death of a bov. Mohamed Hanifta, while drivinc a lorry tly at Woodlands Road. Smcr. pore or. Feb. 17. Pang, who claimed trial, was given bail of 52.000 in two sure- j tie*,
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    Transferred
    19 7 i JOHORE BAHRU. Tues- The Rev Mother Cecilia. Mother K'.uane Convent been transferred to Gey- j Convent, Singapore.
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    Fijians arrive in time to turn tide of Johore battle
    195 7 Fijians arrive in time to turn tide of Johore battle KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. 2IX COMMUNIST terrorists, who fired on two mili- tary vehicles in the Yong Peng area of Johore yesterday floci when the troops got down and engaged them. During the battle I vehicle of the Ist. Fijian Infantry
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    Seaman on six theft charges
    120 7 A BRITISH seaman, Joseph Black, 30, faced six charges of theft at the Marine Hostel. Connell House. Anson Road, in the Singapore Fifth Police I Court yesterday. He was alleged to have stolen two jackets, two pairs of trou.«ers. two shirts, a leather belt i
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    CHAMBERS PLAN TO FIGHT FOR SEATS
    89 7 r< CJINGAPORES three Chambers of Commerce will continue the fight to retain seats on the Legislative i << Council. fl A committee consisting ol three representatives from I each of the Chambers will meet on Thursday to discuss the matter. The method of approach
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    Home Guard NCO charged
    41 7 IPOH. Tues. Lau Chan Yip, agrd 30. a non-commissionod offlcrr in Klnta Valley Home Guard, was allowed $500 ball today when charged with committing criminal breach of trust of $562. The case was postponed to March 16.
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    International House work set for August
    270 7 FUND SECRETARY IN SINGAPORE VLJORK on the first section of International House, beinq: built to accommodate students at Melbourne University, will begin in August. It will cost £A140,000 (about MS980.000) and will take at least nine months to complete. This section will accommodate 42
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    Padre in car crash
    61 7 IPOH. Tues.— The special youth services on the theme 'Life with a capital L' 1 arranged for the next six days at the Wesley church have been postponed. The Rev. David of the Fijian Regiment, who was one of the two padres to conduct them met
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    Retires after 35 years' service
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Mr. S. T. Poore. Assistant Accountant in the Telecommunications Department. Kuala Lumpur, has retired after 35 years' ser- i > vice. He was given a tea-partv by his colleagues in the Accounts Department on Saturday.
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    City's mace is due next week
    45 7 The mace for the City of Singapore is expected to arrive from Britain next week. It will be formally presented 1 to the City Council by Mr. Lok^ I 1 Wan Tho at a council meeting on March 31.
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    Had no permit
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Tan Seng Bo was today fined I $40 in the Police Court for > moving seven fowls from Sin- gapore across the causeway to [Johore Bahru without a perj mit. The fowls were con- flscated.
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    Battery stolen
    21 7 A thief stole the battery of a steam roller parked in Tern- I penis Road, Singapore, on Monday night.
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    $25,000 OF OPIUM SEIZED
    102 7 SINGAPORE Customs officers seized about 32 Ib. of opium, worth nearly $25,000 in the black-market, from the 5.449-ton 8.1. freighter Ordia which arrived from India yesterday. The opium was found in the propellor shaft during a check before the ship dock- ed. More Customs men boarded
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    2 Malays face murder trial
    41 7 Mat Nor bin Ahsan and Abdul Wahab bin Jono were committed yesterday for trial before the Singapore Hieh Court on a charge of murdering Tan San; Hene. a 36-year-olri fruit seller. Thr preliminary enquiry ended yesterday.
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    Fencing club
    24 7 The British Council, Singal pore, is planning a fencing > club People interested should I contact the Council at StamS j lord Road.
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    Guide building
    19 7 MALACCA. Tues. The Otr > Guide Headquarters at Tran- > querah will be opened cfflciallj tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.
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    Mrs. Fisher drops in to see the jungle war
    196 7 Mrs. Fisher drops in to see the jungle war A WOMAN writer and explorer who has travelled round the world six times by reindeerdrawn sleigh, bullock cart, on foot and by horse, motorcar, plane and ship as well as by mule, yak and camel caravan is now in Singapore. Mrs.
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    Youth Council officials
    76 7 Mr. Eric Wee was re-elected president of the Singapore Youth Council at Its annual meeting yesterday. I Other officials for the current year are: Vice-presidents. Mr i Harry L Wee and Mr A M iCherian: general secretary Mrs. R.H Norris: treasurer. Mr. I Peter Chew; committee. Mis;
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    Open shops: 32 fined $20
    46 7 Thirty-two proprietors of sundry shops, hair-dressing saloons and beauty parlours were fined $20 each in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. All had pleads guilty to failing to close tneir shops '""n the specified closing days of the Weekly Holiday Ordinance.
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    Air Vice-Marshall to arrive
    44 7 Air Vice-Marshal E D.D. Dickson, senior consultant to Ihg R.A.F., will arrive from Britain tomorrow for a week's stay in Singapore. He will tour the R.A.F Hospital at Changi and other medical estnblishments. He will leave for Ceylon next Tuesday.
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    M.P. invited
    33 7 SEGAMAT, Tues. Sri Kam- i raj Nadar, Indian M.P. now i touring Malaya, will visit Sega- I mat next week at the invitation Of the local branch of the M.I.C. j
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    Transferred
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— S. Menendar Singh, Indian Interpreter of the Sessions Court. will leave soon on transfer to the Sessions Court, Taiping.
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    Council meeting
    26 7 The next meeting of the Johore State Council will be held in the Council Chamber at Johore Bahru, at 10 a.m. on April 4.
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    Case against sports club dropped
    136 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An architect, Mr. H. P. G. Sledlecki, in court todav withdrew his claims for $1,460 professional charges against the president and committee members of the Kuala Lumpur International Sports Club. The president was the late Mr. Khoo Telk Ee and the 11
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    THIS FILM SHOWS HOW YOU CAN HELP THE POLICE
    194 7 THIS FILM SHOWS HOW YOU CAN HELP THE POLICE And it's in three languages IN an effort to increase co-operation between the public and the police, a 20-minut<- documentary film showing; the police at work will be shown at all Singapore cinemas next week. Crimp Prevention Week begins on Monday.
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    Christians told: Give your blood
    143 7 Christians told: Give your blood THE Archdeacon of Singapore, the Ven Robin Woods, yesterday appealed to Christians and others to give their blood to the Colony s Blood Bank. He said: "Lent is o season of self-denial and is a ;ood opportunity for Christian service." The Archdeacon has arranged for
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    The weather
    81 7 MINIMI M TEMPKRATIKK (7.30 p.m. on "larch 8 to 7.30 urn. on March 9i; Singapore 76 desrees. Penanc 73. Kota Bahru 73. Kuaiu Lumpur 76 Ipoh 74. Kunntan Ti MAXIMI'M TEMPERATL'RK (7 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on March Siiiftapore 90 degrees. Penang S" Kota Bahru 88. Kuala I
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    HIGH TIDES
    86 7 TODAY: Singapore 1.4n a.m. ft 4 ins i 2.34 p.m. (8 ft. 5 ins.i; Port Dickson 9.40 a.m. (7 ft. 7 ln.s i 10.17 p.m. (8 ft. 4 Ins.); Penanc 3 3S a.m. (6 ft. 2 Ins.) 4 pm 16 ft 7 Ins. i. TOMORROW: Singapore 216 lam.
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    Candle starts curtain fire
    40 7 A bi. rnin^ candle set alight a window curtain on the lir.s' floor of a snophouse in Bales tier Road. Singapore, last night Neighbours helped put 001 the fir" before the arrival jt two Rre engines.
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    Theft from car
    24 7 A man "-ho left his car unlocked and parked in Orchard Road. Singapore, on Monday afternoon lost 595 worth of vpluablps.
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    DAMAGES CLAIM SETTLED
    72 7 An action for damages by the f estate of a dancing instruc- i tress. Chay Sook Slew, aiso known as Annie Chia. who died in a motor accident In Mountbatten Road on July 6. 1952 which was listed for hearing a the Singapore Hish Court yea terday
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    Trust wants $33 million for low cost homes
    236 8 Trust wants $33 million for low cost homes CHANGE OF POLICY: NO MORE HIGH-RENT BUILDING THE SINGAPORE Improvement Trust is asking I the Government for a further loan of $33.4 million for one of its biggest ventures in low-cost housing. The Trust has changed its building policy. It will build
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    Saigon and S'pore alike, says Prefect
    157 8 SAIGON and Singapore have almost the same constitution and the same problems, M. Nguyen Phuoc Loc. Prefect of Saigon, said yesterday. The Saigon Municipality, which introduced popular elections last year, has 14 elected and seven nominated members against 18 and nine in Singapore. Its
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    THE GIRLS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR NEW UNIFORMS
    142 8 THE Women's Royal Air Force in Malaya is looklßg forward to receiving in i about six months its new tropical uniform. Instead of the khaki cotton bush jacket and skirt worn by Corp. Annette McFarquhar. telephone supervisor at Chanei (right), the
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    Ship with French troops arrives
    41 8 The 7. 254 -ton troopship Calais arrived in Singapore last night with 600 French troops on their way back to France from Saigon. The Calais will take on bunkers, water and provisions before she leaves today.
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    Bandit's appeal
    31 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Appeal of Lee Ah Tai woman bandit convicted in the Johore Assizes, will be heard in the Federation Court of Criminal Appeal on Apr. 5.
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    New post
    28 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Mr. F. W. Watson-Hyatt has been appointed Superintendent of Education. Johore. to replacr Mr. F. T. Laidlaw. who ha^ left the United States.
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    Mother of 7 had samsu
    71 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— Looi Loy Moi. mother of seven children was fined $850 in the Police Court here for haiing a 44 gallon still, three auarts of samsu and 40 gallons of fermented mash. She told the court that her husband was in hospital in
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    'No sole right deal', executive tells court in damage suit
    320 8 PENANG, Tues MR. E. J. MARCHANT. the manager of the textiles department of Henrv Wauzh and Co.. told Mr. Justice Spen- ser Wilkinson in the High Court here today that hi.s visit to a textile lirm. Chop Ban Bee. in
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    Council move to beat Farrer Park floods
    163 8 BRIDGE-BUILDING BLOCKED FLOW "THE Singapore City Council is taking quick steps to A remedy one of the main causes of flooding in the i Farrer Park area. Its public works committee lias agreed that the council take over from the contractor the building
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      439 8 liyLyßM^ SINGAPOKfc 7.15 a.m. Time Signal and Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning I Star; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mix--1 ture; 8 Invitation to Music; 8.35 Malay Housewives" Corner; 8.57 J English Schools Broadcast; 9.45 Close Down; 11.10 English .Schools Broadcast; 12 Programmes In Malay; 1 p.m. Programme Summary; 1.01 Dance Music;
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      362 8 The Straits Times Crossword 1 Hi* i 9 Hi 75 '8 Hi 2? HH 23 ?4 26 ill n n n n f ACBOSS 6. No water for cattle 14>. 1. An arch term applicable to a 7 Queued (9i. Welsh town <10>. 8 Great French painter, out of 7.
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    20,000 Japs met disaster in decisive sea battle
    1947 9 20,000 Japs met disaster in decisive sea battle Japanese fleet of 10 warships escorting 12 troop-laden transports sailed calmly in the Bismarck Sea on their way to Lae, New to reinforce the Nipponese Army. For days, Australian and lirmen, poised for battle, awaited orders to smash the convoy, which till
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      258 9 v Co\^ s ',6 throbbing palm In MMIM at once Apply ..niment lightly "Sloan's you dab il psrt eenily— "Sloan't" (.'.ood for f*^ pains and UilT £,111)1 Of DO SLOW* 'prT^fr i r»A«n !ff"@fii r 3 From til ehtmlsu and now FOR SALE f 1751 HUDSON rACEMAKER SALOON S3 500
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      106 9 DivA Trury lVitii iron* Hmrilm K££s>- riiST oocin' the trekjcw peo 1 Ftvie twduble is bo. founo 1 I'WE LL NEVER CIT OUR r TWOUCJ-IT ID DPOP BV^^ P 4B FOUNDATION RXmN'. GOT 2 INDIAN ARROWMEADS AND BATHROOM BUILT" WAILS ANDSCE WOW T^E NEW L-SOMEPIN' TO SHOW VE.TOO. -j. WENT
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    TIN PRICE IS BEST IN 8 MONTHS
    260 10 And tin shares move up 'THE price of tin in Singapore yesterda\ responded to the rise of £25 a ton in London on Monday, and shot up by $5 to $340 per picul. This was the highest price that the metal had reached
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    Singapore shipping
    114 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Eitoku Maru 1 2. Chyebassa 6 7. Theodoxus 8 9, Auray 11. Benavon 13 14. Tilpanas 15 16. Hoegh Clipper 18. On ia 19 20. Rajah Brooke 23. San Jeronlmo 24. Pahud ML Bentong 26. Ulysses
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    61 10 Singapore Chinese Prndure Exrhante: noin prices per picul werr. Copra; Mar. Apr./May $33 buyers. $33' 4 sellers. Coconut oil; SM sellers. Pepper: Muntok while $340 Sarawak $335. Lampong black $285. All three markets weak Lewis and Peat: closing price* were: Copra: idle; Mar. Apr. buyers. $33', sellers; May
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    10 10 Mniranori- 1 JIN: 8.1.0, p,,;,,",! Rt BBKR 53a
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    353 10 Members of the Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported. 'Industrials were quieter on the Singapore Share Market yesterday Tins generally improved over the day after the continued rise in the metal price. However. price movements were erratic to- 1 wards the close and were barely steady at the close."
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 Rubber gained three eighths of a j cent in Singapore yesterday closinz at 53 cents a lb. The market was steadier than on Monday but quiet trading was reported. Closing prices yesterday in cents par pound were:— No. 1 R.B.S. Spot loose buyers 53',. sellers 53 No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    125 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks As- I ioclation made the following changes I n its rates to merchants yesterday Canada: buying. T.T. 31 7 8 air- I mall, O.D. 32. 90 days 32 1 4 credit L Dills. 32 5,18 trade bills; selling TT x OD. 31 916 ready.
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    Manufacturers Life
    115 10 f N its annual report for 1953. the Manufacturers Lit-' Insurance Co. of Canada .state; that £9.798.631 was distribute to beneficiaries and policy holders in death claims, matured endowments, annuity i payments and other benefits. i Of that sum. €1.369.848 went I to policy holders as dividends, the
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    Australian stocks
    83 10 mi:i i < today, i hen wida range ji strong and i In uranium at 1 have been floated days while o'h. i. Loan 3 Loan I Australian Papti Bank Aust B Hill Prop CourtaukU Colonial B i Drue EtOUM Ooldsbrough new i 1.C.1 <Aus' Mount Lyell Yiirni
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    PETALING DIVIDEND
    39 10 Petaline Tin 1 I eland a fina p<t cent in n year enclr ci 1 1 also a first dividend ol p< r cent In n rent year both l< at thirtv March 30. 1954 register' I
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    Rubber crops
    29 10 Harr j Ltd. annrmnr-e the I crops for Febn Co.. Ltd 21 tan Rubber Bsl Kundons Rubber E lb.: UenUkmb R lb.: Sunsei Bagai 126.000 lb I
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    GUTHRIE GROUP
    19 10 Guthrie and nounce tho foil tin output Rubbt-r 5.573.4 tea 168.000 lb Im kern ore 2.5)5 Dlculs.
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      288 10 NOTICES JACKSON k CO. LTD. (Incorporate m Sineapore) S.V Robinson Road As from the 14th V.ir h our telephone m:m ')"•-<. will bo 3.-K9.-> CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPAU rML'N T: Supnlv of Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Tender Deposit ISO Close 4 p m —20 4 54; and
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      292 10 NOTICES NOTICE^ WE HEREBY Inform clients and Inends that Chop Chuan Sens (Timber Merchant of 441 Race :!onQ is novv at 11 Balestiet Road. New Telephone No. Is ***** as from 14-3 54. NOTICE OF REMOVAL MESSRS: LAM SOON C anner> noonoa thai m frooi Bth March, lfl. I >4.
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      329 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Clerk of Councils. Pokok Attain and Aulong Local Council Areas. near Taiping. APPLICATIONS are invited to fill this post for the period of one year w.e.f. Ist April, 1954. The salary will be $400 per mensem inclusive. The candidates should be able to 1 speak Chinese, English and
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      880 10 TENDER CifY^OUNCIToF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT <a> Supply of Butt Ended Reinforced Concrete Tubes <te Collars. Deposit $100 Refundable l. Cliwe N00N— 26.3.54; and <b) Design. Reconstruction and Maintenance of A Reinforced Concrete Cnvrir i Canal of the Portal nsna r.pr al ORCHARD ROAD FROM HI'VONCI |ROAD TO ORCHARD HOAI)
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      704 10 NOTICES NOTICE I, THE UNDERSIGNED Lee Son? Cl ii"» of No. 73, Panir Panjnng Bond. Singapore, do hereby Inform tlie public thot I have by arrangement with Mewrs. Mls-Stno Co.. Ltd. left the service of that Com■aaj m their Snlen Manager, as from l:t March. 19!54. I,EE SONO CHUA. Dated
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      112 10 *J/yA the DOLLAR \Ji takes a holiday! Jo? \w W announce the introduction 4WM Yy^^ TOURIST FARES jFJfJ from 111 Ap RIL 1951. W /^s£'/ Specimen faret from SINGAPORE to: Jfl'jf Amiterdam $1492 jf^J Calcutta 463 Vjfr Djakarta 129 Jr Bangkok 223 f MJF M JkM I V KOYAI DUTCH
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      So they lived in the shoe
      921 12 There was an old woman. Who lived in a shor. She had so many children. She didn't know what to do. THE old woman in tho nursery rhyme didn't, always live in a shoe. Once she had a house Just like everybody else. The
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      A FEW SIMPLE RULES
      525 12 Noel has. of st. Anthony's School, tcluk Anson, ■rritcs to v'c Milling that his s'nmps get stuck down in his album, and when he wants to take some out, they get torn. He asks vie what he can do to prevent this happening. It is a
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      Four English Kings
      322 12 Four English Kings Dear Boyi and Girls, Those of you who shine at English History have a good chance of wmnng prizes this week. Illustrated for vou here are the names of four Engl sh Kings. When vou have decided what they are, write them out en a sheet of
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      UNCLE OLLIE DEMONSTRATES
      233 12 ••yOU'RE always talking about magic." squawked the Wise Owl this morning. "Here's a trick to show your friends. It's guaranteed to send them all mad." He handed Ah Chan a piece of string. "Let's see if you or Lian Soo can hold one end of the string
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      THE ANIMAL ZOO
      212 12 rjIRAFFE looked in at the first floor window. "Wish I could do that" tho elephant said" Its neck or nothing Giraffe said a-grinning, "But like you I cannot my trunk take to bed" I wi.sh I could do it, ah well we might rue it. So don't
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    BUG MORNING NAPPED FOR TODAY
    916 13 Not put back by Saturday's run By EPSOM JEEP gl'(; MORNING ran past her rivals with a strong last-furlonjj dash on Saturday. Over H f. and with a drop of 4-lb., she stands out as an extra j?ood thing: in Race Six at Penang today,
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    StraitsTimes Selections
    136 13 Str ai ts Ti mes Se lec tions lac* 1. 2.4S GORING Mralh Takdeer GORING Takdeer Academy Award Peter tare t. 3.1S < ANCHEW Gular II Enola Gay GULAR II Gondollno Canchew ENOLA GAV Tollana II Royal Dream Race 3 3.45 SEA WOLF < tun. I) Parad* Eagle Hawk EAGLE
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    SEA WOLF GOOD ON IPOH FORM
    256 13 SEA WOLF GOOD ON IPOH FORM CEA WOLF has got over his bad I barrier habits— he got oft smartly tn both his runs at Ipoh last month i —and I think he can be followed with confidence Sea Wolf ran his stablemate Picture House to a length up the
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    TODAY'S GOING
    28 13 A ".harp shower in the earlv luiiin. of vesierdav mornlnc look >'>mr stint nut nf thr Penang ii. ii Thr cmn; lnd.iv shnuld lie very e^nd.
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    RUGBYLEAGUE CUP DRAW
    41 13 RUGBY LEAGUE CUP DRAW LONDON Tues. The draw for the third round of the Run by League Cup. Ik: Wlgnn v Halifax: Hunslct v Hudderafltid; Leeds v Hull or Workington Town; Warrington v York. Tie* 10 be played on Saturday Reuter.
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    Greece win
    34 13 TEL AVIV, Tues— Greece beat Israel 2-0 tn complete a double victory In the World Soccer Cup 1 qualifying competition here yeiterdov. I Oree<e won the previous match I 1-0 in Athena.
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    Today's race card
    1082 13 The Treble Tote will be held on Races 3. 5 and 6. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. Race 1—245: Class 5, Dlv. 3—7 F. 1 094 Palltoy Woods m .n Y. N. Nc Wadswonh 2 Heroic Leader Sawyer 8.13 Mr Mrs. H C.
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    GORING FOR RACE ONE
    183 13 pORING has fairly useful recent form and looks a reasonably jjood each-way bet in a very moderate Cl.kss 5 field in Race One today. This Turkhan mare was a j^ v\ inner over thp Penang 7f. •rtttl 8 10 on Boxing Day. glvliie her stablcmate Takdeer
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    Lanchew to beat Gular
    123 13 C'ANCHEW created a good impres- alon in his first appearance on j a Malayan racecourse on Saturday j when he came from last to finish a strong fifth to Park II over 7f. This Persian Oulf four-year-old has only to step up on that form to
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    Lazar v. Thomas
    40 13 JOHANNEBBURO. Tu««: Lew Lasar, England. Ik to meet Eddie Thomas. South African welter and j middleweight champion, here on j April 24 in an eliminator for I Empire welterweight title held by I Barry Brown, N%w Zealand.
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    ALIAS SCORES 5
    26 13 .lohore English College Sorrrr XI beat Printing D«pt. by »-0 at Johore Bahru yesterdav' Scorer* were: Alias <S>. Kfin Yuen i2> ind Jamil.
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    Fijians meet their match in Cup final
    564 14 WELCH REGT. WIN GREAT GAME 11-10 By A Special Correspondent HONK KONG, Tuesday. THE all-conquering Fijian XV have met their match at last. In one of the greatest rugby matches ever seen in Honjf Kong, the Welch Regii ment won the FARELF Cup
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    Fam will be SABA coach
    149 14 SINGAPORE Amateur Boxlnc Action decided at a committee I iiit-etin.- held a: the SRC last night and team of seven to ten Manila for the DatUMtl A.-lan Qamei Ma;. The committee appointed St Andrew boxing instructor Mr Fi:« Ch<xi Beni; to make the trip with
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    Teik Hock is 'Double O One'to fans
    365 14 Teik Hock is 'Double O One' to fans From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. 001 111 K HOCK. "Doublp Ol One." as he is known here, j and Ong Poh Lim nave lost no time in getting down to I training for what promises to be a particularly interesting All
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    S-E.A. BADMINTON TOURNEY MAY BE HELD IN S'PORE
    306 14 S-E.A. BADMINTON TOURNEY MA Y BE HELD IN S'PORE I'ENANG, Tuesday rHE first South-East Asia badminton tournament may be held in Singapore in August after the Malayan open championships at Penang. Further plans will be discussed at the annual meeting ol the 3AM at the Selangor Bad minton HaU at
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    SERVICES LEAGUE Sappers hold of late rally
    411 14 SERVICES LEAGUE Sappers hold of late rally R.E 5 RASC ROYAL Army oervlce Corps made the Royal Engineers earn then two points the hard way in yestei- i day's Singapore United Services League Div l match at Ciillman. Siipi>eis were .shaky in the second hall, as the lea«ue champions hit
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    POH TONG GETS 3
    35 14 Bale.stler United beat Slncap" f Cricket Club "A" s—l in a fnci.ri came on the padans yesterri.r. Poh Tong (J), Robin Chan an( Kam S*n scored for Balestier Shaw for S.C.C.
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    GYMKHANA LOSE
    55 14 Jollilads AC beat Gymk. 5—4 in aS A FA. Div 3B league game it Farrer Park yesterr.r B.is'caran (2), Velayuthm. 1 a/irr. Adam scored for Jollil.u: Qutntin Chan i 2 Knshn. Munmuthu for Gymkhana BukU Timah &.C. beat KClub 4—o in a S.A FA Div. 3A league same
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    ACS win in second half
    103 14 NGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL scored I 1 a deservinc 4-1 victory over Victoria School in an Old Boys leatnie soccer match at Woodsville yesterday. This was the first came for ACS in this league and they showed that > thev are one of the top teams Chin
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    PROMOTED ASTON BETTER SIDE
    216 14 VEWLY promoted Aston Athletic 11 Club made a successful debut in the SAFA Second Division league with well-earned 2-1 victory over BODCA at St. Georges j Ro;ui vesierday. Aston were the younger and fitter j side and played more constructive soccer. Their superior approach work I'-ought
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    Choongs can beat Ong and me – Ooi
    306 14 Choongs can beat Ong and me Ooi LONDON. Tuesday. VI ALAYA. dominant in the all-England badminton championships over recent years, do not expect a severe challenge to theii reputation, according to the champion Malayan brothers. Eddie and David Choong. i The Choong brothers and two other Malayan representatives Ooi Teik
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    CALDBECK CUP SEMI-FINALS
    69 14 Singapore zone semi-finals of the inter-unit Caldbeck Cup oner tourney are scheduled tor ■larch 20 when Royal Engineers >lay RE ME. at Ayer Rajah Road nd RASC. "A' meet 30 Bn I.AOC. at Friendly Hill. Results of quarter-finals played on .londay are: RASC A" 4. Singapore district
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    Nine lifters will take trials tonight
    235 14 Singapore weitjhtlifters will 1 take up their Asian Games qualifying trials at the Happv World Stadium at 8 p.m. today. Candidates, together with qualllying poundages, are: Bantamweight 1615-lb): Lon ')ln Mohamed Noor and Tan Scr Cher Fratherwekht 1670-lb) Chny Weng Yew. Manuel de Castro
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    TRUEMAN TAKES 7 FOR 69
    92 14 TRUEMAN TAKES 7 FOR 69 ORE* T<HE MCC tourlni 1 Minr two-day m Wind* rd Island* A solid Innli Neverson helped Wii to score 1!«4 in i.. tir.-t tm declared With :1 of thr question I i nght-heartedl) In Ings and had mafic lose Freddie Tluen opening bow'.' pan on
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    37 14 N.C.C.— lst InnWindward |.i.,,,,|. 1., Bum b iv Orwham i k. Pletchei Tboma :> Crick i ■>. Johnson c b I Mason i m I Bowlln M 23—0; Ora\r 22.5—13Mcc SllMlr C Juhl: \l;iy [JO Qraveney not out
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    14 14 PERTH :rom the the ft:--tern AuW. Aus'' .ij runs.
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    Tigers invited to tour Japan
    9 14 Tigers invi ted to tour Japan The ln\ c^'ert
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