The Straits Times, 24 March 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times Nat*"* 1 fie***** I -t.i 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1954 15 CENTS
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    FEDERAL POLLS CRISIS
    258 1 Rulers split— and opposed to Govt. plans British Communist leader was expected: Frenchwoman arrived IPOSITION DELICATE' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. High Commissioner, General Sir (ierald Tempter, and other top Federation (iovnt officers, will meet the Malay Rulers on Saturday Tor critical talks on the il Elections Report. Flu-
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    Terrorists blow up pilot trolley
    80 1 SEREMBAN Tuesday. FRISTS derailed an armoured Wickham trolley piloting thp nieht train from Singapore to Kuala early today near Aver Kunine South six miles outside Gemas. The explosion damaged a 30 yard stretch of track and I five-feet-wide crater. The driver of the trolley and
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    Survivors are home
    36 1 v Two of the •■'.embers, who surSl gapon ash of a Urways CorConstellatlon on .it London mht. Officer H. Ed to ss Josephine n [ter the disaster, nd Engine* r Officer J. Router.
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    Sheikh is shot
    22 1 TUNIS. Tues A local sheikh. Ahmed el-Bantourifl was shot dead by a terrorist at Port Lyautey last night —Reuter.
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    Knight of Malaya's railways is dead
    442 1 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. CIR JOHN SANDERS. general manager of Malayan Railways, who was flown home from here last month for a medical examination, has died in a London hospital. He was 61. The news of his death in the Middlesex Hospital on Sunday was
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    Jap scientists accuse U.S.
    59 1 TOKYO, Tues. Japanese scientists said today they did not. wish to co-operate with American doctors in treating the 23 fishermen injured by radioactive dust from a hydrogen bomb test in the Souih Pacific because the Americans wished only to gather information for their own purposes and
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    CRASH BODY: THE VERDICT TODAY
    303 1 Coroner will order cremation or reburial after identification THE body of one of the Constellation crash victims, now in the mortuary of the General Hospital. Singapore, after having been exhumed last Sunday, will be officially identified at the resumed inquest today. It will then, on
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    India won't be at Geneva talks
    79 1 India won't be at Geneva talks NEW DELHI. Tues. rE Primr Minister. Mr. Nehru, said today that India will not take part in the Geneva Far East Confeience. Opening a two-day foreign atTairs debate. Mr. Nehru said: ■It is only when we feel that we can really do some good
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    He dies as book is published
    37 1 HOVE. Tues -Air Vice Marshal Sydney Toomer. 59. died here yesterday on the day of public ition of a book of which he was co-author -"The War In The Mediterranean."— A.P.
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    Adviser dies
    19 1 LONDON. Tues. Mr. William John Williams, who was Electrical adviser to the Federated Malay States, has died.
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    Intense quake
    20 1 HONG KONG. Tues. Hont Kong's Royal Observatory today said that an intense earthquake was registered here yesterday. A.P.
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    Bomber missing
    36 1 NAIROBI. Tues— A Royal Air Force Lincoln bomber with a crew of six is missing after a night bombing raid on Man Mau hideouts in the Aberdar.' forest. Army Headquarters announced here today. Reuter.
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    Burial bouquet
    34 1 LIVERPOOL. Tues. James Whitworth, 68, admitted in court yesterday he stole daffodils from a grave to make a bouquet for his wife. He 1 was sentenced to 14 days' 1 gaol. A.P.
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    Good will can save world—Churchill
    185 1 Good will can save world Churchill LONDON. Tues. THE Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill, said today that "increasing good feeling in the world 1 may save humanity from atomic and hydrogen destruction. Sir Winston assured the House of Commons that he i% in constant close communication with President hower about
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    FOR THREE HOURS SHE WAS S'PORE RIDDLE WOMAN
    362 1 FOR THREE HOURS SHE WAS S'PORE RIDDLE WOMAN A WOMAN stepped out of a BO AC Constellation airliner at Kallang Airport at 7.30 last night. And for the next three hours she was Singapore's mystery woman. Reporters at the airport wrre waiting for Mrs. Monica Felton, the British woman Communist
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    The woman they waited for
    46 1 THIS was the picture of Mrs. Felton the Straits Times reporter had with him. It was taken in 1951 soon after she was dismissed from her 1.500 a year post of chairman of the Stevenage Development Corporation. The resemblance is striking.
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    Comet back in service
    30 1 JOHANNESBUPG. Turs. A Comet left here for London today on the first passenger service since the Mediterranean crash which cost 35 lives ten weeks ago. Reuter.
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    Popular party?
    26 1 VIENNA. Tue.s.— The Polish Communist Party has expelled 275.000 members since 1948 for breaking party discipline and ethics, a Polish paper said yesterday. a.P.
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    Living dearer
    29 1 HONG KONG. Tues— The cost of living in Hong Konc jumped eight points to !1 during February because oi higher food prices, the government said today- UP.
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    Fascists march
    30 1 ROME. Tues. About 2.000 youths and children, singing Fascist songs and yelling antiBritish and anti-Yugoslav slogans, paraded in Rome today demanding the return of Trieste to Italy. Reuter.
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    Defence talks
    19 1 OSLO. Tue.s. Lord Alexander, the British Defence Minister, arrived here today for talks on mutual defence Questions.-
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    Hungry army's assault awaited
    146 1 HANOI. Tues. T<HE 40,000 rebels be- sieging Dien Rien Phu today faced a food shortage that may force them to open their final assault on the French fortress within 48 hours to avoid starvation. French officers returnlnc here from the fortress said that th< black-clad Communist
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    STOP PRESS
    66 1 £\l 1.0(10 DAMAGES 1 OR I OKMKR MALAYAN LONDON, Turs. I ormcr Chirr Sanitary Inspector. I.utut md Matanc Mr. 1 Delimit awarded 11.000 .1 ,i filial «i;.»inst West cl i ii' on sea Garage < <>■ f" r Injuries received in accident to car Dennett war. driving October,
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    SCHOOLGIRL DIES IN BID TO SAVE MOTHER
    82 1 IPOH. Tues. Seventern-year-old M-hnolcirl Doris I.rr was electrocuted yesterday by fallen "live" wins uhich had rarlier killed hrr mother. Tsan (')iuk Van. MM tlinr home in Tronoh town. Doris rushed to her mother's aid when shr heard Tsan's rries for help. Tsan had
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    THIS MAN CRUCIFIED HIMSELF, SAYS COUNSEL
    269 2 Montagu trial in closing stages LONDON, Tuesday. COUNSEL defending: Peter Wildeblood. 30-year-old London journalist, accused at Winchester Assizes with Lord Montagu and Michael PittRivers, aired 'ST. of serious offences, yesterday told the court that his evidence had been the crucifixion of a human being.
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    NATO plans atomic retaliation
    126 2 NATO plans atomic retaliation PARIS. I Plans for immediate liation by atom bombs in the event Ol aggression were outlined to North Atlantic Treaty air chiefs at fer n nre at Supreme Allied Headquarters here yesterday. Surveying the operational use of NATO air loive- of war. Lieut. Gen. I I
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    ALIEN WHO TRIED TO ENTER AMERICA THE HOT WAY
    70 2 A IS. border guard shows how he lifted the bonnet of a car at the Mexican border and found Felipe Ramiere? Perez, six-foot alien, curled up on the engine. Perer. was held for illegal entry and deportation and Felix Mrrcado Gutierrez,
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    `BOOSTER' INJECTION FOR THE QUEEN
    168 2 Polio precautions in Australia ADELAIDE. Tues. THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh received "boaster" injections of gamma globulin anti-polio serum at Government House here. The injections were given by the Queens medical officer. Surgeon Commander Derek Steele-Perkins. who gave the Queen and the Duke
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    Winston—no talk of retirement
    38 2 Winston— no talk of retirement LIVERPOOL. Tues— A Conservative Member of Parliament. Mr. Kenneth Thompson, said here today that the Conservative Party had never discussed the possible resignation of Sir Winston Churchill from his post as Prime Minister.—Reuter.
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    New Jap pact
    37 2 TOKYO. Tues.— The Japanese Foreign Office today announced a new agreement which provides for Japanese exports to the French Union excluding Indo-Chtna. worth L' 5528.850,000. French exDort> to Japan will total U5524,400 000 —Reuter.
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    15,000 UNDER HOUSE ARREST
    56 2 NAIROBI Tues Fifteen thousand Alncans were confined to their housr> in suburban Na:r"b-. yesterday In a bid to make them g:\'- information about Mau Man activities in I Kenya. The sanction.* followed a gun battle In which a loyal Mkamba Meadman was WrtOOßly wounded and a
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    Queen's chaplain to marry
    44 2 BOSTON. Tues. Canon 1 Charles E. Raven, personal I chaplain to the Queen, arrived here from London yesterday to marry Mrs. L. Paine Moori. 1 widow of a banker. Canon Raven is 68: his nr. rle-to-be is 80. A. P.
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    New commander
    26 2 WASHINGTON. Tues President Eisenhower yesterday nominated Major General Roiter M. Remev to be commanaer of the Fifth Air Force now in Korea.— A. P.
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    Murder inquest will 'try' dead man
    263 2 Murder inquest will 'try' dead man LONDON, Tues. A DEAD man will be "on trial" when the in- 1 quest opens here today I on self-styled "Lady" Mary Menzles. 72, and! her daughter, Mrs. Isobel Veronica Chesney, 43. who were murdered in a home for old people on Feb. 11.
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    CANAL TROOPS MUST GO, SIR RALPH IS TOLL
    271 2 CANAL TROOPS MUST GO, SIR RALPH IS TOLL 'Violation of sovereignty* CAIRO, I r) •THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT has told t A Ambassador. Sir Ralph Stevenson, presence of British forces in the Sup/ i violation of sovereignty", an ofYUinl r said here today. The Ambassador was told that "if these troops
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    Military survey
    37 2 1 KARACHI. Tues.— A Unit.ri i States military team arrived i here last night to survey Pakis|tr t n's requirements of United Slates military aid. The team consists of representatives oi all three services.— Reuter.
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    Police seize secret list
    13 2 KING.headquai Fed' r homi and s< Thi and adar*
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    Synthetic plant for Britain
    25 2 Synthetic plant for Britain »UNLOP to build It was Work on beeun. The said th synthi Britain. Dun! tinue rubb'T worlds natural t gramn Malay.,
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    SHELL LOSE 'ADVERT WAR' ACTION
    91 2 THE HAGUE. Tues. The Dutch operating company of the Royal Dutch Shell Group and the Shell Company Itself today lost a Joint court action aimed at stopping the Caltex Oil Company from using "I.C. Plus" in Its advertising. II Oil companies have been and [waging
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    Don't truckle on trade to U.S. politicians say Labour
    351 3 Don't truckle on trade to U.S. politicians say Labour *«o LONDON, Tuesday. \JR. HAROLD WILSON, former Labour Minister, urjred the British Government in the House of Commons last night to repeal the boycott on trade with China and ease restrictions on trade with Russia and other East European countries. Loading
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    Charles would like him
    59 3 QI'EEN II \KI 111 casts a reflective slance at a Shetland pony. Septimus, mascot of the First Battalion. Royal Australian Regiment, during an inspection of a guard of honour outside Parliament House in Brisbane. Could she he thinking that Prince Charles might like Septimus? The Duke
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    ARMS AID PACT NOT AIMED AT INDIA
    112 3 ARMS AID PACT NOT AIMED AT INDIA BOMBAY, Tues. .EORGE V. ALLEN. United Statofl sador tn India said nigHt the United it not arming gainst India. Ol thr Association thr Indian ilk on the U.S. aid lestloni Mr. Ai- States would" every item ol .ppliod to Pakistan. aui would be
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    BOSSES DECIDE: NO FILMS
    131 3 BOSSES DECIDE: NO FILMS LONDON, Tues. BRITAIN'S film industry, now at peak production. tacei a enmpletr shutdown in 18 days, throwing top British and American stars out of work. Contract stars will still be paid but the many freelances will get nothing while the shutdown lasts. of thr threat is
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    New diet for fish
    63 3 SCARBOROUGH. Tuos. Two hundred small trout In stock ponds at Hackness near hero arc on a special fattening diet of penicillin mixed with minced meat. Trie secretary of local fishing club. Mr. A. B. Smith, yesterday said that the fish were thriving. He hit on the
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    The YIP planes
    29 3 LONDON. Tues. The British Government has disclosed spent an averaeo of £37.000 <M5314.000> each to convert four military planes for use by Very Important Persons. -A.P.
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    HE HIT THE REFEREE...
    40 3 LONDON. Tues Anthony Stringer. 17. was fined £2 after >ariine cuilty to assaulting the referee during a rough- nble soccer mateh in the Nuneaton Bible Class Lgtstrate said: -This was premeditated. It makes it referees A.P.
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    French offer plebiscites
    62 3 PARIS Tuos. -The French Cabinpt decided to offer pie- biscites on demands for the absorption into the Indian Rr- '< public of the four French settlements in India. The ofTor will be made today In a diplomatic note tn India, which will also ask India to lift
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    Electrocuted
    22 3 VERVIERS. Tues. Cows were electrocuted on a farm j at Rahier-Stavelor. in Beiaium when the electric milkin? apparatus short circuited. Reuter.
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    ATOM ROCKETS CAN GIRDLE THE EARTH IN 45 MINUTES
    125 3 ATOM ROCKETS CAN GIRDLE THE EARTH IN 45 MINUTES DISSELDORF, Tuesday. T«HE INVENTOR of the German V-2 rocket said A yesterday that guided missile development was proceeding at such a pace that within a year it would be possible to atom bomb any part of the world within 45 minutes
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    Back from Korea, they die in crash
    87 3 MARLBOROUGH. Wiltshire. Tues. TWO British soldiers, flown home sick from Singapore on March 17. were killed here yesterr:av when two ambulances collided The men. Signalman William Maxwell and Trooper Derrick Calverley, had been taken ill in Korea and v ere flown out to
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    More competition, so cars cheaper
    180 3 LONDON. Tuesday. DEDUCTIONS in export prices of Ford cars to meet foreign competition, particularly German, were announced today. The reductions, on passenger cars only, ranee from £6 on the small Anglia model to £22 on bigger cars the Zephyr and Zodiac models. The basic price
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    Eden says 'no' to Red proposals
    81 3 Eden says 'no' to Red proposals LONDON. Tues. MR. ANTHONY r.den, the Foreign Secretary, yesterday said that the British Government would not consider the Soviet proposals for a European security system. Recent speeches by Mr. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, clearly confirmed that the aim of the Soviet draft treaty
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    They won't mix
    40 3 GENEVA. Tuos. The Russian. Chinese and North Korean delegations to the forthcoming Asian conference here have asked for separate hotels and private villas for their leaders. M. Charles Duboule. President of the Canton of Geneva, said yesterday.—Renter.
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    Early snow
    19 3 MELBOURNE, Tues. With winter still two months away, snow fell within 50 miles of Melbourne yesterday. Reuter
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    Guerilla chiefs in Cabinet
    41 3 MANILA. Tues. President Ramon Magsaysay last night named Mr. Eleuterio Adevoso Secretary of Labour and Mr Jaime Ferrer Undersecretary of Agriculture to complete his cabinet. Adevoso and Ferrer were roteti guerilla leaders during the Japanese occupation— A.P
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    Seretse fight still on
    59 3 LONDON, Tues. Mr. Fen- j ncr Brockway, a Labour Mem- 1 ber of Parliament, presented a petition in the House of Commons signed by 10.839 people urging the Government to allow Seretse Khama. the exiled Bamangwato chief of Bechua- i naland to return to his tribe
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    Informal visit
    33 3 IZMIR. Tues— West German Chancellop. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, yesterday accepted an invitation to pay a strictly informal visit to the NATO South-East Europe Land Forces Command in Izmir. Turkey. A. P
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    T.V. ROW ENDS IN DEATH
    75 3 NAPOLEON. Ohio. Tuesday. GEORGE WOLFE. aged 36. a lorry driver, and his wife, Lilian, aged 31. argued over whether their two children should watch television. Sheriff Fred Bartels said that Wolfe ended the argument by shooting to death his daughter. Lucille. aged 15, and wounding
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    GUNNER SUCKED OUT FROM PLANE 2 MILES UP
    118 3 GUNNER SUCKED OUT FROM PLANE 2 MILES UP HOISTON. Tues. A GUNNER was sucked from the c"n turret of an air force B-2» more th/in two miles above the Gulf of Mexico. Air Force officials at Randolph Air Force Base. San Anl.mio. Texas, ■»aid the plasVic blister covering the left
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    LONDON STOCKS
    299 3 LONDON. Tues. CEVERAL factor* played a part in subduing the stockmarket activity today. Early In the proceedings settlement ds t y operations wrre predominant but In the background the whole lime were the budftet a fortnight henre and the fact that large sums of money were tied up
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. March 23— Cash Buyers KMSft; Sellers £745; Forward Buyers £69*'.; Sellers £700: Settlement £747 J. I Turnover a.m. 40 tons; p.m. 35 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 LONDON, Mar. 23— Spot 16" k d May 16 -d.. June 16 >,d., July-Sept 16',d.. Ocl.-Dec. 16-vd.. Jati.-M.u 17d.. Apr. c.l f. 16 7 16d.. May r i 16 7 16d.. June c.l.f. 16' d "Tout' Quietly steady.
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    Red request
    31 3 NEW YORK. Tues. -Russia has asked the United Nations Economic and Social Council to give priority to the question ot reviving East-West trade when it meets this month. Reuter
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    The Sakai poison may save lives
    236 4 —SO A DOCTOR TAPS THE IPOH TREE A 100-FT. Ipoh tree is being; tapped in the Singapore Botanic Gardens to get a gallon of the deadly arrow poison of the Sakais for a French professor in Bordeaux who wants to find if it can
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    Bank clerk accused of forgery $800 CHEQUE
    203 4 Bank clerk accused of forgery $800 CHEQUE INQUIRIES which followed the discovery of a forged cheque, revealed further losses of $6,000. Mr. B. C Allen, agent of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, told a Singapore court yesterday. In the dock stood Daviri Thomas Rozario. a ledger dark at the
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    Surface mail
    36 4 PEN'ANG Tues. The CyI clops. Breconshire and Corfu Aili arrive in Penana in the next seven days with mails I from Britain. Surface mails lor Britain. Colombo. Rangoon ad Calcutta will close on! Monday.
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    Woman missing
    22 4 Foo Guat Ene. 22. has been missing from her house in Leng Kong Tiga. off Changl Road. Singapore, since Monday.
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    MALACCA SHOULD BE BASE PORT OF CALL
    255 4 Chamber plea to bank mission MALACCA. Tues. WE ARE not asking for money, we are not asking j for one cent of public revenue i we are only askine that Malacca be made a base port Of call for ocean ships." states, Malacca
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    6 weeks' gaol
    33 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. lAh Chak. found at Kampong I Duku in possession of 92 leaf packets of chandu. was sen- tenced today in the sessions court to six weeks' gaol.
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    Shrew on stage
    37 4 Raffles Society of the University of Malaya will nresent Shakespeare's "The Taming of the ShreW in the Oel ITiong Ham Hall, Cluny Road. 1 Singapore, on April 1, 2. 4, 5 j and 6.
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    Hawkers plead for official tact
    267 4 •BUT POLICE HAVE BEES KIND' PHE SINGAPORE Hawkers" Union has complained to the Commissioner of Police of the 'lack of resTaint and goodwill" shown by officials of the City 31eansinp and Hawkers' Department in tackling the hawker problem. In a letter to the Commissioner it
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    Mr. Scott is now a Perak national
    161 4 Mr. Scott is now a Perak national IPOH. Tues MR SYDNEY DAVID SCOTT well-known Perak resident today took out papers as a Perak State national He is tfce first Briton to do so. Born in 1889 at Tayport Fife. Scotland. Mr. Scott came to Malaya in 1914 and worked in
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    2-day session for Johore Council
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tups -The Johore Council of State will be in session for two days from April 4. The second day will be reserved for a debate on the Council President's annual address.
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    Negligent: $50
    37 4 Tan Chwee Hoe of Jurong Road, was yesterday fined $50 in Singapore for driving a motor-cycle negligently and colliding with a motor car at the junction of Lavender Street and Bendemecr Road on June 15.
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    Stars for Taiping Thomson returns
    67 4 TAIPING. Tues. The Malay film stars. Siput Sarawak and Aziz Sattar, will be coming to Taipinp; on March 31 They will be here for five days and will appear on the stage at the Lido cinema. Singapore's Public Relations Secretary. Mr. George G. Thomson, returned
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    COUPLE FOUND SLASHED
    75 4 ALOR STAR. Tue.s. A Malay couple were found with parang i slashes in their home at Kampong Alor Diawah. 19 miles from Alor Star, last night. The wife. Musoh mnte Musa. is in a critical condition in i hospital. Her husband. Mohd. n Arshad bin Haii Saad.
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    Province starts 'war' on dogs
    34 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. Province Wellesley Veterinary Department nas started a shooting war asair.st unvaccinated dogs. Fifteen dogs in Prai district were destroyed yesterday, the flirt day of the campaign.
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    Malaya's navy doesn't want call-up men yet—here is why
    239 4 Malaya's navy doesn't want call-up men yet here is why •THE Royal Malayan Navy is not considering talcing in call-up men now. Two reasons for it. said Capt H. E. H. Nicholl*. R.M.N.. yesterday, were: The RMN. waa still beinc built up. Its barracks were too far 'from the city
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    ARSON FEARED AT SCHOOL
    152 5 7 have enemies, headmaster tells firemen KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. pill ,U E ;«re ronsiderins: the possibility of 'arson beinx the cause of the fire which destroyed the iment-aided Sin Mm«; Chinese School oflF l)rn i\ Koad here >esterday. also burned out a room behind the school
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    TWO-KNIFE MAN RUNS WILD
    30 5 TWO-KNIFE MAN RUNS WILD :.\',v attered \nd chil- imed eper bi j knives ran Road tde »ild ii l.jckcd himD floor n out aui< urrendered the nivea U I tanied
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    Gamblers fined
    18 5 KLUANG. Tuos. Four wor.» n wrrr finrd $50 each here nr gambling at Kahang new •'.llace.
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    The jungle pipers prepare to sail back to Scotland
    270 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues 'THE Ist Battalion the x Gordon Highlanders, the only Scottish unit serving in Malaya, is going home early next month. In two days the battalion will pass responsibility for a 2.400 .square mile area which take.s in corners
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    15 SAVED AS BOAT CAPSIZES
    117 5 Teacher drowned BI'KIT MERTAJAM, Tucs. AN 18-YEAR-OI.D teacher, Subramaniam. was drowned and 15 othrr passengers were rescued after a sampan had capsized during a heavy Rale at Batu Kawan Estate, near Bukit Timbun. All IK mm were in a party of 30 footballers and their
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    No slogan was worth first prize
    158 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. \TO ENGLISH entry was con- sidered worthy of a prize i in the health week slogan contest organised by the Federal Health Week Committcr. The competition was open to The quality of the Malay entries was considered poor and the four
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    Police exhibition
    21 5 More than 70,000 people I visited the Crime Prevention Week exhibition at the Happy World Stadium. Singapore, last week.
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    Snookered
    17 5 Tw«nt)r-twa snonkrr balls; have brcn stolen from the Naafi canteen in Ayer Rajah j Road, Singapore.
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    $6,390 more for college fund
    42 5 The Muslim College < Malaya Fund received $6,390 during February. Total contributions to the fund now amount to $136,491. Pahang led contributions from the various states last month with a donation of 55.000 from thr Religious Affairs Department.
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    600-year-old painting for exhibition
    93 5 600 -year -old painting for exhibition PENANG, Tues. A 60d-YEAR-OLD Chinosr painting by the wellknown artist "Pat Tai San lof the Mine Dynasty will be on display at the Penang Art Society exhibition at Hui Aun Association Magazine Road, in aid oi the Nanyang University Fund. I Mr. Lee Woon
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    Chinese couplet hid threat, court is told
    352 5 Chinese couplet hid threat, court is told I>l 111 M) the fine sentiments of a Chinese couplet on "a New Year greeting card, was an extortion bid by a powerful Singapore secret society, said a Government expert in a Colony court yesterday. The society. Cantonese in origin and 500 strong,
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    Boy with a new face is due back
    73 5 Boy with a new face is due back JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. WAN MAH ADI BIN ALI, the boy sent by the Johore I Social Welfare Department to Australia for plastic treatment for a facial deformity, has been discharged from the Margaret Reid Hospital at Melbourne, after a successful operation. He
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    Armed men tie up druggist's family
    224 5 NEIGHBOUR IS ACCUSED A DRUGGIST, Koh Hung Seng, his two wives and i father-in-law were tied up by six armed robbers in a house at Kirn Keat Road on the night of Jan. 24, a .Singapore court was told yesterday. The wives, who had
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    Electing a 'ketua'
    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. 1 Ulu Gombak. a Malay village about nine miles north ot Kuala Lumpur, will go to the polls for the first time on Friday to! elect its new ketua kampong. j This will be the second Ma- j lay village in Kuala Lumpur' district
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    3 detained a man charge
    83 5 1 Three men were accused in a Singapore court yesterday of wrongfully confining Ng Vow Yick at a house in St. Michael's Road on Mar. 1 in order to make him "declare" that a sum I of $4,595. owing to him. had been received. They
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    Had rice: $50
    21 5 KLUANG. Turs.-Knh Per. 63. of Johore Bahru. was fined I $50 for having 36 katis of rice, j
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    MURDER CHARGE: NEW TRIAL ORDERED
    150 5 MURDER CHARGE: NEW TRIAL ORDERED -THE SINGAPORE Court; of Criminal Appeal yesterday ordered a re- trial of V. Vadivellu, a j former Kuala Lumpur barber, who appealed I against the death sentence passed on him I after being convicted of j murdering Rengasamy. Mr. David Marshal!, tor Vadivellu, submitted that
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    Chief Scout to visit Malaya
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Lord Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire is due in the Federation on Nov. 2 for a 16-day visit. He will attend state and settlement rallies, call on Scout groups in kampongs and new villages and present Royal Certificates
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    TB centre may get cottage
    36 5 IPOH, Tues. The donation of a cottage to the Perak Antituberculosis Rehabilitation Centre in Batu Gajah will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Perak Sikh Association on April 4.
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      140 5 THE SINGAPORE DIARY ROTIRY CI.IB: WetKly luncheon meeting. "Ladies Day." Capitol Blue Room. 1 p.m. Muss F. Gwilliam on Girls' Education BRITISH COUNCIL: Free show i Films From the Commonwealth." j j Council Hall. Stamford Road. 8.30 INTERNATIONAL HOMINS dub: VUit to Female Prison" at Pearls' j Hill and a
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    DEATH
    32 6 •'i Hortfa tin i minimum, CABLED RECEIVED from JiffnA. death on 22 3.54 OI irajah. 47 Engineer. Vaviiniva De the brother of Mr A. Ampalavanar r: rw d Headquarters Kuala Lump*"
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    114 6 tt »orW< $10 minimum j MR R J. OURUSAMY an'l children thank al. their friends and who rende: vieerams, wreaths .md attend--eral of the lav Mrs. F. N nv. MR AND MRS A A MENON wiNh to thank relatives friends and well wishers for their good wishes and valuable
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 6 IN K of Llm 1 Victoria School, last attached to Outram School. Passe <-:ully on 21 3 54 at Genera. H behind wife, son nr.d daughter
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    226 6 BPECIAJ Reduction* a; E..-ie Mary L:q.. 2nd Floor. 13 Battery Road. FOLLOW PEDANT Every cay In ou want to win that j.S.tmo uord puzzle ANY PATTERN you choose cut to Your Size Ask for measurement 1 :re. 217 Or.ir. F. Su e-:'-> WE REPAIR all pc» makes of ■ttrigentora
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 24, 1954. The Great Island
    876 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 24, 1954. The Great Island From the day Magellan dropped anchor in Brunei river, the riches of Borneo have been about to be revealed to the world. Perhaps the myth was hoary even in Magellan's time, for diamonds and gold had been mined in
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    Sir John Sanders
    472 6 There have Keen few more I<\val and faithful servants of Malaya than Sir John Sanders General Manager of the Malayan Railways for eight years. Acting General Manager before that for twelve years interrupted by the war and the Japanese occupation he gave in all thirty years devoted
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    19 6 NOW WE AC «KD V<te CAtf MAVT ■mi* DrrrM fiueo in ACA>n and SAVP tVERYBOW A J-OT Of TKOOStF.
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      MARRIAGE BILL IS CONCERN OF EVERY HINDU It is meant
      334 6 MARRIAGE BILL IS CONCERN OF EVERY HINDU It is meant THE Tamil Reform Asso- ciation is stated to be planning to oppose "tooth md nail" Mr. Raj's Hindu Marriage Bill. Let it not be »aid that they are inconsistent. They have always opposed inythtng and rverything (radio Jrogrammes. university course
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      to cover all groups
      148 6 to cover all groups AS a Hindu and resident or this country tor o\ years. I would like to say a few words about the proposed Hindu Monogamous Marrlagi Bill. AmoriK the Hindus ot inColony there arc Tamilian*. Malayalecs. Telugus and •eyera] northern Indian people. Th< j proposed Hindu Monogamous
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      The answer
      33 6 SUF'ELY the answer to tr.e "On Government Bervlo query is that the envelope., were printed ior the Federation Government where it must oe incorrect to put "O.H M B COWIN Singapore.
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      He seeks provision for the conscientious objector
      294 6 "THE news that conscrip- tion in Singapore is to fact raises a most import- become an accomplished ant question. What lessal provision has been made for those who have a conscientious obtection to|' serving in or asMstinc the arm- 1 rd forces? When
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      Will these be exempted?
      64 6 Will these be exempted? rE CALL-UP In Singapore is compulsory and therefore many male citizens of this city will have to register when the time comes, whether they like it or not. Are those at present serving in some organisations as the Auxiliary Fire Service. Auxiliary Air Force. Hospital Reserve,
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      Even teachers are afflicted
      60 6 I AGREE with "Anthonius" j that European children should have their own school as the Tamils. Chinese. and Malays dn. I, an Asian, am sick of hearina; the expressions mana-la. mari-la. yes-la, no-la and the like. It Is far more irritating to hear the use of
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      ODDS ARE AGAINST THE PUNTERS
      263 6 I AM a visitor to Singapore but not a stranger and during my present visit. I have read about the possibility of totalisators being legalised throughout Singapore. Let us hope that this never I materialises. We hear of the success of totes in New Zealand.
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      His 'invisible' workers
      139 6 MR. DORAISAMY, the Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union. is undoubtedly a magician of Rreat repute. A.s an illusionist he ran have few rivals. The greatest of all hLs illusions is the miracle of his representation of 5,000 wharf workers of the Singapore Harbour Board,
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      This school will be pan-Malayan
      195 6 F WOULD like to explain cer- tain points about the proposed Outward Bound School In answer to enquiries. It has always been the intention that the benefits of the school shall be available to the fullest possible extent to the youth of Singapore The Com-missioner-General
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    On the Margin
    159 6 On the Margi n Distant Ophir IIMS the Ophii J f Kinc ■-<■ nis colri thf Mo f 'i)k.s upon m so. Rfmonib thp Book 01 K Nnvy of HI Rolcl from Ophir Piin precio I three years 1 nrineins go r and a Bz'on Geb( thr Oull h:ivr Joppa.
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    Crash victim's wedding ring is missing
    210 7 SOT WORTH MAKING A FUSS NOW, SAYS MR. LIM POLICE DENY TALES OF LOOTING i GOLD RIM; belonging to Mrs. Li m sian* Hin, ol the victims of the Kallanjr air crash, is i i discovered yesterday by her husband nc Hin. who called
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    'WHY, A PICTURE OF LITTLE ME!'
    74 7 "WHY. I think that Press cameraman is KOing to take a photograph of little me." said .Mrs. Lena Buschman, of New York City, as she was rummaging through piles of straw hats in a Singapore shop yesterday. Mrs. Buschman. one of the wealthy American
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    Landslide in trench kills workman
    45 7 Landslide in trench kills workman i U3ED labourer A nd another in- evenCorn I loyed by a ■i 11- it ion bungacaved a, i hed to the burlup to his I trippc >m the .-ides of the t ii I i"Pr he was ;n to
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    Library picks officials
    21 7 R P. ■en elected preP n Library b< treasurer Committee Messrs R. Boyd Semi Phock Kin and hapman.
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    Korn chong show
    18 7 LUMPUR. Tues. hru kronrhonc ing. Selangor. will Gardens here on |rom 5.30 to 7.30 p.m.
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    MORE CASES OF TYPHOID IN K.L. TOWN
    61 7 MORE CASES OF TYPHOID IN K.L. TOWN KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Tvphmd cases are increasing Kuala Lumpur. Dr. W. R. ter. Municipal Health Officer, said today Twenty one cases have been ■.ir this year. The Bgure for the corresponding period in \9ri.i was only >ix. Dr Rochester added: "The Municipality wll]
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    Jaycees in KL
    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. The Kuala Lumpur Junior Chamber of Commerce was inaugurated here tonight. ils are: Chairman. Mr. Kenny Nc: vice-president. Mr. Jeffrey Foonsr. secretary. Mr. William H. Talalla: treasurer. Mr. Chua Kans Blew; commit- Mr. T.S. Foong. Mr. Patrick Keith, and Mr. Xavier
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    Yankee dollars cram the tills
    296 7 TOURISTS ON SPENDING SPREE SEVERAL hundred wealthy American tourists from the Caronia on a spending spree in Singapore shops i yesterday worked their brains overtime dividing everything by three. With MS3 equalling USSI. they calculated that Oriental poods In Singapore were "dirt cheap" and not
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    The big axe falls in Kelantan
    90 7 The big axe falls in Kelantan KUALA LUMPUR. Tues rE KEI.AXTAN Government today announced big reductions in its Public Works Department labour force. Additional building work in the state begun in 1952 has now been completed and the large numbers taken on to help with the work are now to
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    MYF to hold fun fair
    68 7 Geylang Straits Chine.se Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a fun fair at MethodLst Girls' School. Aljunied Road from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Apr. 3. The fair is being held to raise funds to send member.-; to the 1954 All-Mal.aya Metho--1 dist Youth Fellowship
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    Bound over
    31 7 SEREMBAN. Tues.- M. Sharma. 22. was bound over for one year for stealing gold worth over $2,000 from his brother-in-law. V. Karukkal. chief priest of the Seremban Hindu temple.
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    Tea for women
    40 7 TANAH MERAH. Tues— The Tanah Merah Women s Insti- i tute entertained their presi- dent. Tengku Yah and their secretary. Mr*. D Headly. wife of the British Adviser. Kelantan. at a tea-party recently in the Malay School.
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    Broke curfew
    26 7 KLUANG. Tues. Six men j and four women were fined $ft rach here for breaking the I curfew at Sungei Sayang new i village.
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    A terror boss dies by his own hand
    364 7 A terror boss dies by his own hand KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. j ANOTHER Communist j terrorist boss in the j Kluang district of central Johnre is dead by bil own hand. He was district committee member Lee Wan. alias Lee Eng. alias Lee Su, who committed suicide last year, according
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    One-way traffic loop to stay
    40 7 The one-way traffic loop around Singapore padang will be permanent. Two city council committees have agreed to this. Cost of making the loop permanent is $8,000. The Government will be asked to contribute about $5,000.
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    Big jewels theft
    23 7 Jewellery worth about $3,500 was stolen from the hoSise of a European in Calderott Hill Estate. Singapore, on Monday night.
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    Pay talks today
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Joint meeting between rubber estate workers and employers to discuss new wage structures opeas in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
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    Two are injured in fire at a petrol pump
    147 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A HAWKER and a petrol \J% pump assistant were hurt ■in a fire at a petrol pump in Malacca Street. Kuala Lumpur. I last night The lire briKade. which Ls stationed within a stone's throw, quickly put out
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    Bandits burn latex lorry
    43 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Four armed, uniformed terI rorists stopped a latex lorry I going from Kempas Estate to I Paloh, in the Labis area, near 1 Segamat. I After ordering the driver and passengers down, they burnt the vehicle.
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    They will speak on elections
    37 7 IPOH. Tues— The Perak Progressive Party will hold a rally on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Connolly Road, Ipoh. Representatives from UMNO. MCA, and MIC will speak on the forthcoming town elections.
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    Shop manager fined $50
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Bala Krishna Bhawan. manager of an eating shop in Ampang Street. Kuala Lum- out was fined $50 today in the First Magistrate's Court for failing to send in contributions of his 12 employees' provident funds from March, last year, to January
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    His offer to pay $10 fine refused
    114 7 J^ SINGAPORE magistrate was told that, the cashier had refused to accept a $10 fine in small denominations Chua Cheng Choon, convicted of a traffic offence, went to the cashier to pay seven $1 and six 50 cent notes. But his money was
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    WIFE AT HOME —WOMAN HERE, COURT IS TOLD
    321 7 WIFE AT HOME —WOMAN HERE, COURT IS TOLD British officer is accused of fraud and scandalous conduct AN ARMY OFFICER who had been alleged to be living with a woman at Katong was stated at a Singapore court' martial yesterday to have a wife and five children in Britain. The
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    Terrorist killed in Perak
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A' Company, First Battalion. Malay Regiment, killed a terrorist in the Kuala Kangsnr area of Perak yesterday. He was Choo Yin. aged 28, a Hokkien, formerly of Taiping. Three other bandits escaped CAPT. SHEMILT
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    Thief gaoled
    36 7 KLUANG. Tues.— Mohamed. 35, an airstrip labourer, was gaoled for six months for stealing a jack, two jack pipes and a fire extinguisher from the East Yorkshire Regiment's motor transoort.He had five previous convictions.
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    15 dairy strikers are put on bond
    223 7 15 dairy strikers are put on bond FIFTEEN of tho Singar porr Dairy Farm strikers, who plradrri guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, to a oharße of obstruction, were ordered to enter into a $50 personal bond to keep the peace for six months. When told that the
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    He snatched glasses, purse
    50 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue=. Tan Nee Pee, 36. today pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate's Court to snatching a pair pf, spectacles and a purse containing 539 from Chia Kirn in San Penu Road. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Sentence was postponed to March 30. Tan was allowed bail.
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    100 ANGRY VILLAGERS THREATEN DRIVER
    120 7 Lorry nearly hit cyclist TAN JONG MALIM. Tues. MOKE than 100 angry men. w.imen arJ children practically the whole population of Kampcng Kliang. North Selangor— we* c reported to have threate led a lorry driver and his attendant on Sunday As it was passing an
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      157 7 The weather MINIMI M TKMPFRATIRE (7 30 p.m. nn Mar. 22 to 7.30 a.m. on Mar. 23 1 Singapore 75 degrees. Penanß 76. Kota Bahru 76. Kuala Lumpur 74 Ipoh 72. Kuantan 73. MVXIMIM TEMPER ATI-RE <7 30 am' lo 7.30 p.m. on Mar. 23). Sjnsapore 81, Penanc 90. Kota
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    'We can deal with any air crash emergency'
    309 8 —SAYS DEPARTMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AIRPORT fire fighting squads in the Federation are fully equipped to meet any crash emergency, the Civil Aviation Department said today. But, a spokesman added, "if a plane explodes on. landing there is little a fire-fighting crew
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    Cremation is urged for all Hindus
    160 8 PENANG, Tups. /CREMATION of all Hindus L/ more than 12 years old is urged by the committee of thp Penang Waterfall and Queen Street Temples in its annual report today. The report, signed by the secretary. Mr. P. S. N. Koothayan. says that 27
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    Three fined for watering milk
    48 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Turs. Muttiah. Marusappakonoh. and Vellasamy. milk vendors in the Tampoi area, were each fined $50 in the police court today for selling milk adulterated I with water. Samples showed 30 to 34 per cent water had been added to the milk.
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    HE WENT THATAWAY...
    65 8 THE OFFICER Administering the (iovernment. .Mr. A (■oode and Mr. Run Run Shaw, chairman of the Singapore Committee for the International House Fund, seem to be undecided which way to co at the charity oremiere of Carol Reed's "The Man Between" held at the Capitol cinema in
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    Exhibition of architecture
    46 8 Singapore Art Society will present an exhibition of architecture at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road, from Friday to April 4. The exhibition will be opend by the City President. Mr F. P. F. McNeice. It will depict works of architecture in Singapore
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    Old folks' party
    35 8 Chinesp Ladips Association. Singapore, will be host to the Old Peoples Club of the British Red Cross Society at their weekly social at the Wesley Church hall at 4 p.m. j tomorrow.
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    Mid-Lent party
    24 8 A mid-Lent and cuttine of the Simnel Cake party will be held in St. Andrew's Cathedral hall Singapore, at 830 on Friday.
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    Big youth meeting
    60 8 KLANG. Tues. South-East I Asia Methodist Youth Fellow- ship leaders will meet in Kual? Lumpur in April 22 The fellowship will be attended by 350 delegates from Sumatra. Philippines. Ceylon. India. Burma. Hong Kong. Singapore and the Federation. The delegates will .stay at the Methodist Boys' School.
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    Gift for SATA
    31 8 Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association has recpived a further gift of $100 from the Singapore Gun Club in memory of the late Mr. F.G. Lundon. bringing the total to S9TS.
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    Council meeting
    19 8 The Singapore Legislative Council will meet at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 a.m. on April 13.
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    His absence may cost them $5,000
    140 8 His absence may cost them $5,000 PENANG. Tues. TWO bailors were summoned before the Penang Ses- sions Court president Mr. B 1 V. Rhodes, when a Siamese for whom they had stood bail did not turn up for his trial today. Chan Gim Lye and Loke Poh Looi were asked
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    10,000 to parade on Wesak Day
    118 8 PENANG Tues. MORE than 10.000 Buddhists will take part in a Wesak Day procession through here on May 17. Two decorated lorries one carrying a 6-foot image of Buddha and the other rare i Buddhist scriptures— will be in the procession. Priests, nuns and
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    Award was thrice victim's figure
    224 8 —SAYS DAMAGES CASE' MOTORIST IIfHEN a Singapore City Council driver was injured in a motor mishap, he was given 524.000 damages, though he was ready to take $8,500. the Civil Appeal Court was told yesterday. Low Ah Tow. a Chinese clerk, appealed against the damages
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    Pantomime to aid T.B. Fund
    49 8 KOTA BHARU. Tups.— "Dick I Whitttngton". a pantomime, will bo prcsontPd by thr Zainab School o n Thursday at 8.30 p.m. at the school hall. Tickets of $2/- can be got from the teachers. The proceeds will go to the Lady Templer T.B. Fund
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    Malay girl, 14, is missing
    47 8 PENANG. Tups.— A 14-year--3ld Malay girl has been missing from her home in Suncei Nibong since March 15. Her father reported to the police that he suspected she Had been er.ticed by a Malay TCie man Ls also missinc. Police are investigating.
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    Cat burglar turned on the radio
    85 8 PORT SWETTE.MIAM. Tues. A BURGLAR, who cntc.J a A house near the aerodrome here, turned on the radio and when the tenant woke up made off with a torch The house was one of five neighbouring Govern ment houses burgled within three days last
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      282 8 The Straits Times Crossword 2T 'SSIS^ flsh 7n Ul parlly 2S. He kills beetles thus! (7). j r i -—I -9 But another Loch in short (3,4). DOWX !§S§ fcSSSS kSXS l^JiJ: SSS^~" -3^ 'Is of thp imagination (7). 2. Nationality mainly seen ln the SSS BWfl £ss "***> £Ss
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    700 Nazis died when Commandos wrecked a harbour
    2031 9 700 Nazis died when Commandos wrecked a harbour TIMES special FEATURE I HK great Atlantic seaport of St. Nazaire in Nazi-occupied France presented a scene of organised confusion during the forenoon of 28, 1942. Battle-stained Nazis were clearing up damage, left by a I British force the previous night. The
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      180 9 Dirk iruvti Assiytunoni {^^■■■■^^■^H r rue usual joe. a triple 1 Puncle canmead^Yd wacee.- meanwhile— ORDEP OP SPAGHETTI FOR J BETTER LOSE nTS~TUE MAN SWE*S T WE NO MORE MUSIC. IVAN. I v EACH OP US. T> I WIS STUBBORN' HUNDRED ASSOCIATED WITH SHALL WANT TO ENJOY MV MEAL. ~\f\i\U
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    WAUGHS TO INCREASE THEIR CAPITAL
    487 10 $20 million is new limit JJENRY WAUGH and Co. Ltd. announced yesterday, that they intend to seek approval for increasing their authorised capital from $3 million to $20 million which indicates that this well established firm is preparing to enter new and expanded lines of
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    RUBBER PRICES
    178 10 Rubber closed unchanced In price In Singapore yesterday at 55 T rents a lb after opening as hish as 56 :v cents. Profit tiikinc by operators anfl some upcountry soiling was responsible for the price dropping ba ris luring the day. Earlier there h;\A Deen trade Duytnp and
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    103 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the follow 1 nc changes in its rates to merchanis yesterday. New York: buying. T. T. 32 15/16 airmail. O. D. 33 1/16, 90 days 33 3/16 credit bills, 33 H trade bills The following were the other sellIng rates. T. T.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    66 10 Singapore hinrsr Pkhlih r fixchanse: noon prices per pirul wpv Copra: steady: April May $31 buyers. »32 7 sellers Coconut oil; unchanged, quiet: $S5 sellers r- pper: quiet: Muntok white $29.'>. j Sarawak $290, Lamport black $245. Lewis and Prat: closing prlri-s 'were: Coprsi: steady; April $31'i,| l
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    19 10 NNGATOM March SS. I'lN: HMJH per picul (up 871 conts). Rl BBKR: 551 cents a 10. (unc-hangrd).
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    Australian stocks
    209 10 MELBOURNE. Tties I Silver lead leading counters I Broken Hill South. North Broken Hill and Mount Isa were mken hicher on the Stock Exchange hen today. Business was not lan?e but I buyers were stimulated b. mer London metal prices, more eonI hdent than for iome time Ifinln
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    Singapore shipping
    147 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapon Harbour Board wharves or rxpcctrd today arr: Maxwell Blander .13, Aagetkerk 45, Leise Maersk C P Benatlow 6V. Btnhhor 89. Kanmun 11. Steel Traveller 13 14. Soon Been 15 16 Glenartney 18. Orna 19 20. Lalwul N Wall 3. Tung Song N Wall
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    Natural rubber can fight synthetic
    101 10 Natural rubber can fight synthetic Moderate posslbilitii ural rubl synthetic ril I lirld Ing ■>: thi mitte< Rubbi r and ol thi R v bbi Commiti ■Si Funda 1 earn, mom althi Wi "ch an «lona call to light thi rubber Th, I Mr. M( progn researc He cmi vat:
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    CEYLON LATEX
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      Mat Mousedeer casts the wrong spell
      787 12 Mat Mousedeer casts the wrong spell Vf AT Mousoderr was 1"1 very excited. He had been reading throußh his preat great -grandfather's book of magic spells and right at the end he found a picture of a wooden pipe with instructions on how to make it "Look at this." he
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      TALKING ABOUT STAMPS
      400 12 Nephew \cnu Menon, ot MacPhcson Rd. Singapore has ius* thown me some very interesting stamps. The:/ arc the ordinary Indian everyday issue with a difference The thing that makes them different is an overprint in Hindi. ay>rt that particular messane Vhich is overprinted on the stamp says
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      Answers to your queries
      333 12 TAN Sins Bust, of Singapore. says ho has heard of people who did not volunteer to flcht for their country being given a white f rat her". Hr asks what is the sicniflcance of the white leather. I believe that it goes riant back to the
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      A naughty mouse
      470 12 You naughty boy," cried Mrs. Mouse. told you to stay indoors." \IRS. Mouse picked up her basket and counted the money In her purse. "Now be a good boy while I am shopping Jimmy." she said. "Don't leave this room or the cat will »et you." Jimmy
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      WHAT ARE THESE HIDDEN NAMES?
      463 12 WHAT ARE THESE HIDDEN NAMES? Dear tvys and Girls, There are tour hidden names in our picture puzzle this week and each one represents something you would be likely to have if vr>u went to a Darty, and very nice they all are 100 Write down on a sheet of
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      RIDDLES
      48 12 Q. What has a tail yet never wags it' A. A shirt. Q. When are stockings like rabbits? A. When they run into holes. Q. What has no feet yet wears shoes? A. A gravel path Q. What kind of room never has furniture? A. A mushroom.
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    TOP FORM AIRMARK IS READY TO SCORE MAIDEN WIN
    445 13  - TOP FORM AIRMARK IS READY TO SCORE MAIDEN WIN EPSOM JEEP By First rate stayer on home form has come to hand nicely since his first races in Malaya, at Penanjj in December and Kuala Lumpur last month, and I take him to win the lass 1, Div. 9 f.
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    Coralita a match for Cl. 1
    111 13 >c ul l ■<me« up for her hard- when she tat- iprtnten over 6f it which shi (^lass 2 nmn'h sukrqual of thl& commu h pace for Taking out .she sir.*:; tune ol i be in e\en bet- Is she or in many top
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    2 changes in England XV
    46 13 l ONDON >«m m 1 Parts on April in inget fr.im 'hat which n Saturday nark E\nn* refer an injury and nte who played Nf« Zealand and IreL« recalled va the i Rimmer. R iv n Sanden p rpenfer. A. Hiccins
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    Prince Ross v Troubadour in Race One
    143 13 Prince Ross v Troubadour in Race One pRIMCI ROSs appeara to have not over barrier -shyness and I think he Is worth an each- way bet In moderate Ctaaa a sprint lield in I Prince Roe* enne out afier a spell to run a good third to Chestnut and Traducer
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    GREET CAN WIN RACE 4
    103 13 I'l 1 ONLY 4-lb. for her win o\er the Kuala Lumpur tif n» Febmarv. Greet has an obvious rhance in a weak Class 1 field In i>ur Short Hair.s has been galloping It Old dash and may be the dancer to Oreet. Short Haln H
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    LANGTON LADY FOR 2.45
    142 13 I ANO TON I APY BUM)! an Impressi\e debut on Saturday when she ime in third by 2 lengths <o Prosperity in a fast-run Sf. (1 nun. ;j 3 5> With 8 7. i nice weight mark of 8.3 i good bet in R.u-e Two. The
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    Back Palio again on Jan. form
    249 13 UIR FRANCIS, Pallo and Starry, O all recently promoted from Class 2 look the likely ones to I ficht out the finish of Race Seven today Sir Kranci* has not been raced since las smashing double In Class 2 at Bukit Timah In September,
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    HESSEsB
    32 13 AIOKK rain fell yesterday tnornin; and Ihr goin« at Bukit Timah today will at best br yielding. TODAY'S BF.ST BF.T: Airmark in Rare Si\. BF.ST 1.0Vf.-SHOT: Pink Treasure in Race Two.
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    At B. Timah Today
    148 13 At B. Timah Today EPSOM JEEP M... BOY POINTER E«C« 1 PRINCE ROSS 2.15 Troubadour Ire Revue Race 2 I.ANGTON I.AD\ 2.45 Rirky SyMTi Pride Race 3 VERII.AM 3. 1S Olympic I I. -lllllltlllll Race 4 '-REFT 345 Short Hairs Rice Kinr PRINCE ROSS Troubadour Clear Vision SYBILS PRIDE l.angton
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    Today's race card
    1102 13 T)I)AV"S ra»«- card at Bukit Timah is given below. The Double Tote will be on Races Four and Seven; the Big Sweep on Race Kight. Race 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 535 Channel Tatrol Smith 9.0 C Mr. Mrs. K H. Yap Allan 2 880
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    Nazakat to make up for unlucky defeat
    128 13 T^AZAKAT (Race Eight) came with a rattle In the final furlong to run Soorter to a neck over 61. with 8.9 on Saturday. In another stride there would have been a ditlerent result in the race. Nazakat should not be troubled by a
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    Rugby Union results
    26 13 LONDON. 'lues Yeslerd.i-. Rucby Union re*ults: Ouv'x Hospitjtl in. St. Andrews University n. Newhrlrlge n Abrravon 0. Pontypool 0. Cross Keyg 0. Reuter.
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    SAFA's first visitors are team from Kelantan
    294 14 CIN(;AI'()RF: Amateur Football Association s first visitors this season will be a team of Kelantan Malay players. According to present arrangements, the Kelantan team will play in Singapore on April 10, Hand 12. This will be the first time a tram from this
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    KOTA RAJA TAKE SIX OFF I.R.C.
    251 14 l/'OTA RAJA Club scored their Mggaal win In the safa first division league in two seasons when they trounced Indian Recrca'ton Club 6-1 at Jalan Besar stadr.im j Kterday. Outstanding players In the Kota i Raja attack were Osman Daud and Ibrahim Dollah. who
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    Cheng Chye is president
    175 14 IFR AW CHENG CHYE \»rt aTM elected president of the sin..pore Chinese Football Association at tiie gener.il meeting held at No. 10. Parra Park, last night. He replaces Mr T. W. Ons. whoi, wa s president of the Association for the past Mx years. Mr. On?
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    King's Regiment in boxing final
    84 14 The Ist. Battalion the Klnc s Reciment iHK will meet the Ist Bn. the Gorlon Highlanders i Malaya i in the FARELF inter-unit team boxing final at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, and not G.H.Q. Signal Regiment Spore who at Tanglin gymnasium on Monday, were wrongly
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    YMCA v SELETAR
    63 14 V MCA. will meet RAF. Seletar in a junior league cricket match at Seletar on Sunday. The team will be picked from: R Lyne. I B Surratta. Gun Kee Tun A Jansen. K. A. Rajendra. J. Clumes-Hoss. Avtar Singh. Gurriial Singh. Sarjit Singh Sidhu. Tan Jake Seng.
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    R.I. too good even with player short
    239 14 OTAR-STUDDED Raffles Institu- tion OB A beat a weak Saint Andrew's School combination 5-1 in their Inter-school OB. A. League game at Woodsville yesterday. Raffles were a man short but this did not handicap them, and they were easllv the better side In
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    Tengah first to get point off Changi
    390 14 RAF Tengah 1. RAF C hangi 1 I EAGI'E leaders RAF Chanjji dropped their first point in United Services Div. 1 soccer this season when RAF Tenßah held them to a thrilling draw at Tengah yesterday. The match was packed with action and
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    FULL POINTS FOR YMSA AND COSMOS
    59 14 Young Men's Sikh Association I beat United Sports Club 2-0 in a SAFA Div. 3C league match on the i" VII A. ground yesterday. Amar Singh and Kartar Singh scored. In another Div. 3C match on the 8.0.DC.A. ground. Cosmos Sports 1 Club beat
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    NANYANG VICTORY
    40 14 Singapore league champions Nanyaiiß Slang Pan beat Tonp Kons. of Johore. by 79 points to 55 in KB exhibition basketball match at the Happy World last nlcht In another came. Clump Choiv.: Hich School beat Combined Services 70-38.
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    Sutcliffe in form again
    87 14 MEI BOURNF.. Ti.es. I EFT-HANIJFR Bert SutclifTe hit I his third successive centu-y in three pames in Australia when he scored 117 for the New Zeal.md tourinc teiin: in their match acainst Victorta which ended to a draw here today. Sutclifle and John Reid. WOO made
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    SCHOOLS STARS HONOURED
    289 14 SINGAPORE cricketer Alex Dellikan (St. Joseph's i was awarded Singapore Combined Schools cricket colours for the fourth successive Near yesterday. Another outstanding schoolboy si>ortsnian, Chan Onn Leng iACS> received the athletics award for the third time They were among 25 boys and cirls who were presented Combined
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    Malaya beat England 7-0 at badminton
    138 14 BIRKENHEAD, Turs MALAYA bea; England by seven matches to nil in their international badminton match played here list night. This was the second time the countries have met. Malaya won the first r.«atch, in 1910 by 8-0. Results (Malaya first): Singles: Edi!?e Choong beat
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    FIXTURES FOR YOUTH SOCCER
    85 14 The remaininc first anc. secniu. round fixtures of the SAFA youth soccer competition .treTODAY: St. Patricks Sen Kota Ra.ia 0.8.. S.J.I FRIDAY: Police Boys C Andrew's School. Police Depot ground. SATI'RDAY: .2nd round i Victoria School v Bartley Secondary School. Jalan Besnr. 4 p r. BI7NDAY:
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    ABDUL'S WINNER
    23 14 Beattv Secondnrv School Raffles Institution 1-n in inter-school soccer match on the R.I. ground ycMerciav Abdul ■.cored in the fust half.
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    RAOC WERE SLOW TO TAKE CHANCES
    245 14 R.E. 2: K.A.O.C 2 HELD TO A 2— 2 draw on their home ground at ('.illman yesterday. Royal Engineers might well have been on the losing end if the Royal Army Ordnance Corps players had cashed in on their second-hall chances in this I'nited
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    ENGLAND AVOID FOLLOWING ON BY FIVE RUNS
    123 14 Compion 133, Gravene^ PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad I ENGLAND were all out 537 in the Hrsi saved the follow-on by live runs, j.., cricket Test against the Wrst Indies here fifth day of I With only in thi rithcr d and Ei in
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      142 14 5.1J.11.1 LEAGUE, l»l\. I: Chartered Kunk v Hongkong Bank. Jalan Besar; O.T.K.t v M.I'.H. S.T.C. ground; Morc.mtile Rank I Breweries, S.H.B. crnund: Cold Storage v Shell, Karrer I'ark; r. Bukom v S. Darby, S.C.C. p.iiinu DIV. 1: (.uthrie I S.T.C. Fairer Park; Kord v Bata. Karrer Park. ManMirld SUnvac. MI.
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