The Straits Times, 7 February 1957

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    12 1 The Straits Times. 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957 Estd. 1845.
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    FORWARD IN EQUALITY
    545 1 COLONY THRIVES ON COMPETITION— CHIEF MINISTER 'We must meet this challenge in every walk of life' ko special Jplace for iany race, i: says Lim an be no question of rence or priority for any igapore, the Chief Minijm Yew Hock, declared uking ;il the annual tlic
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    Lock icon CAPSULE CAUSES A-PANIC
    66 1 TORONTO. Wed. About 150 workers were evacuated from a building at the atomic energy laboratory at Chalk River, Ontario, when a tiny radioactive capsule accidentally fell out of its lead casing and broke open on the floor yesterday. As authorities last night began an investigation, a decontamination
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    MARSHAL ON AN ELEPHANT
    37 1 MARSHAL ON AN ELEPHANT WHILE attending India's Republic Day celebrations, Marshal Zhukov, the Soviet Defence Minister, was given a nde on Devgiri, an elephant belonging to the Indian President. Dr. Prasad. The Marshal specially requested the ride.
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    Study awards ratio to be relaxed
    136 1 MORE CHANCES FOR NON -MALAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Conference of Rulers decided here today to relax the ratio of Government study awards for Malays and non-Malays. Starting from this year the ratio for medical, technical and science scholarships will be two Malays to
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    Lock icon SINO-SOVIET LINK IS LIKE ROCK: CHOU
    139 1 LONDON. Wednesday. THE Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, said in an interview broadcast by Moscow Radio today that Chinese-Soviet friendship was as "strong as a rock of granite." "Facts prove that the brotherly unity of the peoples of the Soviet Union and China—
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    Suspected poisoning
    51 1 Two women and a man were sent to hospital in Singapore yesterday with suspected poisoning. The women were: Sum Ah Yoke, 34, of Lorong 17, Geylang Road: and Koh Ah Lung 17, of Phoo Yong Estate in Bukit Timah. The man was Koh Hu Kok, 23. of Beach
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    Lock icon Not in the rulebook...
    56 1 JOHANNESBURG, Wed A magistrate has acquitted two Africans charged with possession of dangerous weapons:—two golf clubs. The Africans told the magistrate that they 'were try- ing a few shots" with the clubs. The magistrate ruled thnt the golf clubs a mashie niblick and a No. 3
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    'MANY ANOMALIES IN ORDINANCE' 100 unite for fair tax deal
    279 1 'MANY ANOMALIES IN ORDINANCE' 1 00 unite for fair tax deal MORE thap 10(5 men and women formed the Income Taxpayers' Association of Singapore yesterday to get a "fair deal" from the Income Tax Department in future. Speakers at the inaugural meeting In St. Andrew's War Memorial Hall said that
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    Lock icon Gas strike
    36 1 KARACHI, Wed.i The Standard Vacuum Oil Co., announced today ■it has struck natural gas at Mari near Sukkar, about 3°oo miles north of Karachi. Company officials believe oil eventually will be found there. A.P.
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    22 mil. heads
    24 1 MANILA, Wed. The Bureau of Census and Statistics today placed the popu'.atlon of the Philippines at 22.265,300 in July. 1956. J.P.
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    Lock icon Royal salute
    24 1 LONDON, Wed. Guns boomed a Royal Salute today to the fifth anniversary of the accession of the Queen to the throne.— A.P.
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    Lock icon BRIDE WITH A $340,000-a-YEAR FUTURE
    83 1 BRIDE WITH A $340,000-a-YEAR FUTURE HEIRESS Fredericks Slgrist, 17, daughter of the late Sir Frederick Sigrist. British aviation pioneer eloped last week with Mr Gregg Juarez. 32. an American of Mexican descent. They were married secretly at Cuidad Trujillo. capital of the Dominican Republic. Sir Frederick left about £3.000.000 and
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    ROCKET BANGER VICTIM DIES
    150 1 Boy's sister still in hospital PANG YONG JOO, aged two, one of three in a family who were burnt during cracker firing in Jurong Road, Singapore, last Saturday, died in the General Hospital yesterday. His sister Yet Cheng. 22 is still in hospital. Their uncle, Wong
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    Lock icon Sailing soon
    25 1 PERTH, Wed— The P and O liner Iberia, held up here *y engine trouble, is expected to sail for England on Friday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon A beggar's hoard
    55 1 TOKYO, Wed. Police searching for relatives of a beggar who was found lying dead in a ditch last Sunday had no luck until today— when it was found that he had left nearly $2,500 in his shack. A long queue of "relatives began filing into the station
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    Lock icon Sinatra changes his mind
    45 1 SYDNEY. Wed. Promoter Lee Gordon said today he will make refunds to 8,000 people who bought tickets to crooner Frank Sinatras scheduled performance tomorrow, following: the singer's decision in Honolulu to fly back to the U.S. instead of coming here— U.P.
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    Strike put off
    32 1 CHICAGO, Wed— The Airline Pilots Association said last night it was "reluctantly acceding" to a Federal Mediation Boards request and postponed a planned worldwide strike against PanAmerican World Airways.
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    Lock icon 'Made in Britain' U.S. missiles
    445 1 'Made in Britain' U.S. missiles ONDON, Wed. United States guided missiles are likely to be manufactured in Britain under licence as a result of agreements reached when the Defence Minster, Mr. Duncan Sandys, visited Washington last week, it was reported here today. The air correspondent of the Press Association said
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    STOP PRESS
    53 1 BRITAIN GETS A-BOMB DfWIC.K MINNEAPOLIS. Wed Honeywell Regulator Co. an noun ml here British fighter-bombers will be fitted with t.n. or America's latest tactical weapon* low altitude bombing system which allows jet plane* to Inh atomic or conventional weapons into air and escape blast area before bomb lands.
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    Lock icon 'Spies' held
    26 2 LONDON. Wed. Caho Radio said last night that several "British spies" discuised in Arab dress have been arrested in the Southern I Yemen.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ike:US can't let Europe fall for lack of oil
    246 2 Ike:US can't let Europe fall for lack of oil f WASHINGTON, Wednesday. RESIDENT Eisenhower said today that the I nited States must not let Europe go flat on hack hecautse of an oil famine. He told his Press conference that transport capacity and other facilities in the United States must
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    THE NEW AUSSIE STAMP
    49 2 THE new 4d. Australian stamp will be sold at all Australian post offices from Wednesday, Mar. 13. Hi,, portrait of the Queen, on a claret background, will take th e place of the koala bear, which has been in Us* for the past 19 years.
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    Lock icon PRINCESSES GO VOTE-HUNTING
    202 2 Candidates at India's elections NEW DELHI, Wed.— At least 10 Princes and three Princesses are standing as candidates in India's general election this month. The rush of Indian Royalty to stand for election— polling begins on Feb. 24 and ends on March 14— is greater than at
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    Kashmir force?
    41 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— Britain would approve the creation of a United Nations emergency force for Kashmir insofar as it would contribute to a peaceful solution of that dispute between India and Pakistan, a British spokesman said yesterday.— A. P.
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    Lock icon ROYAL SMILES ALL ROUND
    112 2 THE DUKE as sun shines on lonely South Atlantic isle THE QUEEN (in furs) on rainswept London pavement THE DUKE of Edin--1 burgh, still bearded, smiles at the young "guard of honour" drawn up to greet him as he steps ashore at Ascension Island. An isolated
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    Lock icon 'Getting to know you' hostel
    138 2 'Getting to know you' hostel MELBOURNE, Wed.— i 1 An electrical engineering student from the Philippines picked his way through builders' debris at Parkville. Melbourne, yesterday to become the first resident at International House. He is Tony Vlllegas, 23. a Colombo Plan student at Melbourne University. He was the first
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    Lock icon Newsprint price up again
    53 2 LONDON, Wed.— The Association of Makers of Newsprint announced yesterday that the pric c of newsprint in Britain will be increased by 30 shillings a ton on March 1, bringing the price to £60 a ton delivered. The makers said increased (costs were the reason for
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    Lock icon Rex Harrison divorced
    57 2 HOUSTON. (Texas). Wed. Lilii Palmer, actress and singer, sought and obtained a divorce from British stage and screen star Rex Harrison today. The suit, filed in Juarez. (Mexico), charged lncom- patabillty and Mbs Palmer, who has been separated from Harrison for two years, said reconciliation was Impossible.
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    Lock icon Back in Empire?
    216 2 Ireland threatened by European common market plan— may rejoin, says paper LONDON. Wed. A scheme for the Irish Republic to rejoin the Commonwealth is "about to be sprung on Ireland, both north and south," the Daily Telegraph said yesterday. Its columnist, Peterborough, wrote: "Even more surprising is
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    SEATO EVIDENCE OF GROWING SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE
    161 2 SEATO EVIDENCE OF GROWING SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE CANBERRA, Wednesday. AT least 250 delegates and members of delegation staffs are expected to come here for the annual council meeting of the Seato conference next month —by far the biggest grouD ever to attend a Seatc meeting. This is believed to reflect
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    Lock icon Toscanini burial
    30 2 New York, Wed.— The body of Arturo Toscanini. Italian conductor who dipri here on Jan. 17, will be flown to Italy on Saturday for burial in Milan.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Eye operation
    21 2 NEW DELHI, Wed.—President Rajendra Prasad of India was operated on yesterday for a cataract in his right eye.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon City judge is oh so sorry' now
    116 2 SOUTHAMPTON rE Recorder ot Southanv ton. Mr Ewen Moir... yesterday apoloei-' d for DSb words in court last wet which were "Highly derog: tory" to the officers and mi of the Merchant Navy. Mr. Montagu said: greatly regret the remarks made and 1
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    Lock icon FOUND: BODY OF EOKA 'REPRISAL' VICTIM
    154 3 FOUND: BODY OF EOKA 'REPRISAL' VICTIM >'|< O>l\ U ••(!.—Authori- Uts in vprus have found the hod\ of Pri\ilf Ronald Shilton, a •Id Kriti.sh soldier who was ported missing in April List year and later said to have been f\c< uteri by Kok.i. Th<- M>"^ (■••vernment annoumed today that Shilton's
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    Lock icon 'Suez action was like a slow-motion film'
    643 3 GOVT. WINS £29,8 mil. VOTE BUT STRACHEY DERIDES: IONDON, Wed.L former Labour fir Minister, Mr. ,hn Strnchey, yessy criticised the ef ,nt British inih- operation in I -terribly £w rumbrous and -I* was like watchUn, in slow moSl* though it had to be
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    Lock icon REBELS APPEAL TO SOEKARNO
    140 3 100,000 say: 'Ali must go 9 JAKARTA, Wednesday. THE leader of Central Sumatra's "Buffalo Council" today promised to take "even more radical and revolutionary steps without hesitation to meet the wishes of the people." Lt.-Col. Ahmad Hussein made the statement at a rally of nearly 100.000
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    Lock icon Attack by Yemenis
    35 3 ADEN, Wed. About laO Yemenis attacked Aden territory in the disputed Beihan area today. The attack was driven back by Aden tribal guards with local tribesmen coODerating. Three Yemenis were killed.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Just a falsie alarm
    44 3 LOS ANGELES, Wed. The City Fire Department warned today that girls who use falsies may be playing with fire. In an official statement, the Fire Prevention Bureau said foam rubber brassiere attachments "can spontaneously ignite when warm or hot."— U.P.
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    Lock icon German general
    25 3 PARIS. Wed.— The appointment of German General Hans Speidel as Commander of Nato land forces, central Europe, was officially announced here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Blow-out
    27 3 HONG KONG. Wed. A Airways "M Skynu-ti r bru.st one of while landing at 1 Tak Airport here this n arrival from No one was inUP
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    Lock icon 745 killed in a week
    38 3 ALGIERS. Wed. About 700 rebels and 45 French troops were killed in Algeria during the past week. Rebels today tossed a grenade into a packed bus in Tlemcen, wounding 12 people. —Reuter, U.P.
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    RELEASED BY KADAR AND CO.
    51 3 THE four British students detained in Hungary and subsequently expelled are seen here at Nickelsderf. Austria, after crossing the border. They are (left to right) Roger Cooper. 20; Basil Lord. 25; Christopher Lord. 21; and (in foreground in front or Cooper) Judith Cripps. 19. —Popper
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    Lock icon Hungary-trip student is banned by university
    203 3 LONDON, Wednesday. IJOGER COOPER, one of the four British students LX who recently returned to England after their detention in Hungary, has been "rusticated" (banned) from Oxford University for the rest of this term. Mearw'hiie four questions have been tabled in Parliament about the
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    Lock icon KADAR'S WAR ON 'WORDS'
    58 3 BUDAPEST, Wed. The Kadar Government has found a new way of striking back at Hungarian refugees by cutting off their supply cf dictionaries The newspaper Esti Hirlap said the regime decided that Hungarian-English, Hunga-rian-French and HungarianGerman dictionaries badly needed by refugees learning a new language would
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    LONDON STOCKS
    251 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £55H +*4 Funding 4% £92% War 3>-i% £74 7/16 BANKS MercantUe (£5) £3 31/32 Eastern (£5) £7 1/16 Chartered (£1) 38/9 Hongkong (»125) £89Vi 1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 87/7 1 76 Royal
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    RUBBER
    25 3 LONDON, Wed. Spot a5Sd., Mar. 25\d.. Apr.-June S5Hd., July-Sept. 25' .t, Oct.-Dec. 24% d.. Feb. c.lf 255 d., Mar. c.i.t. 26% d., Tone: Firm.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON, Wed. Cash buyers £778. sellers t7BO. Forward buyers £760.. sellers £761 'a. Settlement £782. Turnover a.m. 115 tons p.m. 55 tons.
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    Lock icon CUGAT IN $25,000 ALIMONY ROW
    343 3 CUGAT IN $25,000 ALIMONY ROW fOS ANGELES, Wed. —Band leader Xavier Cugat and his first wife were out of step to the tune of $25,000 yesterday as they appeared in court in an alimony dispute. Mrs. Carmen Castillo Cugat, 51, claimed that the 58--year-old rhumba king owes her $60,000 under
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    'CONFEDERATION' CLAIMS BACKING BY 32 UNIONS
    242 4 12 lawyers, 8 doctors for new members THIRTY-TWO Singapore trade unions with a membership of 35,000, have signified their intention to support the proposed "Confederation of Trade Unions," a spokesman for the alliance of workers' organisations said yesterday. He disclosed that some of the
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    ROBBERS ATTACK WOMAN
    66 4 A 73-YEAR-OLD woman, Tan Tuan, who resisted two robbers at her house in Woodlands Road, Singapore, yesterday morning, was strangled until she was semi-conscious. The men, one armed with a dagger, got away with $402. Tan's neighbours, who heard her shouts, found her on the ground. They
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    Liner skips Penang
    68 4 The 14.283-ton P and O liner Carthage arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain on schedule after a voyage round the Cape of Good Hope. To maintain her schedule the liner, which disembarked 273 passengers in the Colony, omitted calling at Penang and will not go on to
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    Misadventure verdict
    56 4 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. K.T Alexander, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on the deaths of L.A.C. MLhael Murphy, 32, of R-A.F. Tengah. and a woman transport labourer, Koh Slew Choo. 21. who were killed on Dec. 3 when the car in whh-h they were travelling hit a
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    Japs plan a mission
    66 4 Rubber manufacturers and importers in Japan are planning to send a trade mission to Malaya next month. Mr. Takao Matsuo, Japanese Consul In Singapore, said yesterday that the group was now seeking the approval of the Immigration authorities for the visit. The mission hoped to get
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    'Our pupils are too fun-loving
    84 4 'Our pupils are too fun-loving Ttfß. V. AMBIAVAGAR, deputy secretary to the Ministry of Education, yesterday criticised Singapore schoolboys and girls for spending too much time having fun. Speaking at a meeting of the Singapore Education Society, he said many children went to the pictures and the cabaret too often.
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    Merdeka huddle begins today
    139 4 TWE Chief Minister of J- Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and opposition party representatives will start a series of conferences today to prepare for the forthcoming London merdeka talks. Mr. Lim said yesterday that he would stress that Merdeka was "a national question." The composition of
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    'Murder accused wanted haircut'
    311 4 COURT TOLD OF 4 a.m. REQUEST OEVERAL hours after he was alleged to have killed a cowherd, an odd-job man went to a friend's home and had his hairstyle changed, a Singapore court was told yesterday. The allegation was made by a Royal Yacht Club employee
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    ALLIANCE TO MEET ON ELECTION
    79 4 ALLIANCE TO MEET ON ELECTION IPOH, Wed The Klnta Alliance committee will decide finally tomorrow whether lt will name a candidate to contest the by-election In the Greentown Ward of the Ipob Town Council. Nomination day is Friday and elections will be held on March 2. FOOTNOTE: There are 12
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    COLONY ARMY CO. IS ON HIS WAY
    90 4 COLONY ARMY CO. IS ON HIS WAY rpHE BRITISH officer to 1 command Singapore's first locally-raised battalion, Lt. Col. R. W. Stephenson, will arrive In Singapore in the liner Canton on Feb. 16. Col. Stephenson, of the Royal Wiltshire Regiment, will be accompanied by his adjutant. Capt. T. H. Styles.
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    MAORIS 'ASTONISH' THE MINISTER
    106 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. T«HE Federation Minister for Commerce and In--1 dustry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said today that he had been astonished by the rapid progress of the native inhabitants of New Zealand— the Maoris. Dr. Ismail, who recently returned from a Colombo Plan
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    Starving stowaway wants father
    158 4 A 17-year-old stowaway, Uong Chung Hing, who was taken off the TJiwangi in Singapore yesterday, has refused to eat since being discovered soon after leaving Hong Kong. He told the Straits Times Times yesterday that he was taken to China by his father who is a
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    AN INDONESIAN ENVOY IS RECALLED
    92 4 AN INDONESIAN ENVOY IS RECALLED OR. SUDJONO. above, who has been Indonesian Ambassador in Brazil for three and a half yean, has been recalled by his Government but he does not know why. Nor did he know whether the trouble in Indonesia had anything to do with his recall. Arriving
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    POLITICS 'HARD TO DEFINE'
    196 4 McLellan: Chance of loophole SINGAPORE'S Director of Education, Mr. D. Mc- Lei lan, yesterday said that the "no politics" rule for all full-aid schools was meant to prevent subversive activities such as those formerly engineered by the defunct Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union. He said that
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    VIPs of the ballet fly in
    68 4 THE THREE YIPs of the 27-member San Francsico Ballet Company, which flew into Singapore in two chartered airliners yesterday. They are (from left) Mr. Leon Daniellan. the premier danseut Miss Jocelyn Vollmar. the prima ballerina, and Mr. Lew Christemsom. the ballet director. The company
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    Actor found drowned
    31 4 Quek Cheng Kang, 54. an unemployed actor. was found drowned In the sea off the Master Attendant's Pier, Singapore, on Monday. He had several cuts on his forehead.
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    Tampax fully explained
    197 4 Tampax fully explained in a few words: g.ve *omen rr,,, t convenience and free,| om ™7" time of the month hen ih tv sanitary protection. ft Tampa* u as perfected b, doctor uhn used ihf Princ| of internal absorption long \,J* to the medical profession Each Tampas i, mm, rf
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    TUC boss (I quit Front) will think it over
    36 5 TUC b oss (I quit Front) will think it over Front cen--1 mittee last J led the I •ad c s i pres jaganansider his quit the before the dis- resigLabour rters ln Mr. Jaga- men:
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    They insisted that reconsider'
    25 5 They insisted that reconsider' -r.it tee I but th«-y insiderSo I have ions for jn, Mr. I I do irrasa the by the lid not
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    CIRCUS GIVES SHOW FOR CHARITY
    39 5 CIRCUS GIVES SHOW FOR CHARITY ipanese Xi- 1 give a rity toGreat .ill so to of the Indrew'a OrthoSinaapore a -soda- Sin Free Vincent de a Bread the Singapore j Blind. perlormance i inder tlie pat- Governor, Sir ..irk.
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    KIDNAPPING: SIX HELD BY POLICE
    260 5 Towkays questioned In month-long investigation One charged in court bail opposed KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday gELANGOR police today disclosed that they had arrested six men in connection with the kidnapping of a Kuala Lumpur millionaire, Mr Low Nan Fui, on January 1. followed a month's intensive
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    500 IN STRIKE OVER EXTRA PAY FOR HOLIDAYS
    85 5 500 IN STRIKE OVER EXTRA PAY FOR HOLIDAYS SKREMBAN, Wed.— Nearly 500 Chinese labourers employed on lln Kanchon^ Estate in Rantau have gone on strike in protest over holiday wages. The workers want SlB each as wages for th< hinrse New Year holidays. The management has offered to pay them
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    Strike at newspaper is called off
    234 5 (ViIPASY AGREES TO MORE PAY PENANG. Wednesday, ve-day strike by 60 Straits Echo Press ernes ended late last night after a coffee-shop ig between union officials and a director of Mr. Cheah Seng Khim. The men returned to work 6 morning. The Penang :te.
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    SUPPORT US ON KASHMIR PAKISTAN ENVOY
    52 5 lul Rahman in s new .\m- ndonesia. said that ls <» «ould be v "if India •Hers at the leaving for XI that alt '"imled" nations "n Pakistan '"dia t 0 ho. '"Irrnational <<>mments ""s to he held I s <in he r'P»--1 sj.onM.rert
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    Chap Goh Meh dance
    47 5 Chap Goh Meh dance The Joo Chiat Youth Club will hold a "Chap Goh Meh" (15th night of the Chinese New Year) dance at the Joo Chiat Community Centre from 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Feb. 16. The dance is in aid of the club's funds.
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    Rehearsal will be earlier
    37 5 A rehearsal of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "The Gondoliers," will be held at the V.M.C.A.. Singapore at 7.30 p.m. today instead of 8 p.m. Singers wishing to Join may .still do so.
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    Had opium—$20
    36 5 Had opium— $20 Lim Knee Luk, 55, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday and was fined $20 for possessing a lump of opium dross at the police courts lock-up in South Bridge Road on Tuesday.
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    $150 a month for his children
    58 5 Chua Kirn Chwee. a cashier of the Registrar of Vehicles' Office, was yesterday ordered to pay a total of $150 a month towards the maintenance of his three children. Chua was sued by his wife. Toh Poh Neo, for neglecting to maintain the children
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    Pneumonia toll
    25 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. There were 11 deaths from pneumonia and one death from dysentery in the Federation in the week ended Jan. 19.
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    GEOLOGY STUDENTS GET NEW HOME
    92 5 7 Departtherjnivtr- -.i will soon ;i spacious !1 Dalvey Mf)r t walk from buiw »»w bururalow ""n. labora- r "oms. 12 stu- j Jtewn work L 8 Pichamuthu. i A highly-qualified Indian geologist, Prof. Pichamuthu, 56, has seven degrees, and written 150 scientific papers. He
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    She put freedom before family
    9 5 Chuen Ying.. 'No regrets'
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    TEACHER WILL NOT RETURN TO CHINA BECAUSE OF RED TERROR REGIME
    197 5 TEACHER WILL NOT RETURN TO CHINA BECAUSE OF RED TERROR REGIME a TEACHER from Hong Kong who arrived in Sin- gapore yesterday said that she would never return to China because of the atrocities committed by the Communist government. Pretty 25-year-old Miss Ma Chuen Ying told the Straits Times that
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    Death trial men say they have alibis
    86 5 Death trial men say they have alibis ALOR STAR. Wed. PHREE padi planters A charged with murder today submitted alibis as their defence. Hamid bin Daud and SaUeh bin Ahmad told Kedah Assize Court that they were at home on the night of the killing. The third man, Darus bin
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    Nursing tutor
    28 5 Miss Irene Sankey, a gold medallist of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, has been appointed Singapore's Public Health nursing tutor. She leaves England later this month.
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    Indian envoy
    31 5 Mr. Kewal Singh, who has been appointed India's Ambassador to Cambodia, arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way to Phnom-Penh. He will stay in the Colony for two days.
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    Off on leave
    27 5 IPOH, Wed. The Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Yusof, has gone on two months' leave. Syed Hussein Jamalullil, from Tapah. has succeeded him.
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    Glamour at rail station
    63 5 I PENANG, Wed. The Penang railway station now I has two woman receptionists. Miss Polly Dawson, of Pe--1 nang, and Che Farida Ahmad, of Kuala Lumpur, started work last month. Inche Din bin Yahaya, formerly of the Assistant Traffic Superintendent's office in Kelantan. is acting as
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    LAND-FOR- CONVERTS PLAN
    188 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Religious Department in Johore plans to settle Chinese Muslim converts there at Ayer Itam. near Kluang. Converts from other parts of the Federation will be considered for the settlement. A spokesman of the department said today that each settler would be given three
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      87 5 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free i film show— "Color Llthogxaphy Shell House, Collyer Quay, 1.15 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film show at Kwong Wai Siu Free Hospital. 7.15 p.m. THE STAGE CLUB: "The White Sheep of the Family 11 at Victoria Memorial Hall, 9 pin. APEX CLUB OF KATONG (Unchartered)- Inaugural
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    DEATHS.
    112 6 20 Wordt iW (minimum). OAMMELL: Josephine beloved Wife of Lawrence (Lorrie), passed away peacefully on 6-2-57. Cortex leaves 35A Tasek Utara, Norfollc Road, at 445 p.m. 7-2-57 for St. Joseph's Church, Victoria St. and thence to Bidadarl. Deeply regretted. MRS. EE KIM SENG, Nee Madam Chong Kirn Wah passed
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 6 20 Wordt till (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Loh Choon Gus»,ii tender their heartfelt thai ks to all relative and friends v fio sent wreaths, paid visits or atfnded her funeral.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 7 1957. Crisis Lingers On
    636 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 7 1957. Crisis Lingers On Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo appears headed for victory in the crisis debate in Indonesia's Parliament, while in Sumatra the rebel officers have exacted concessions which strengthen their position. In short, stalemate is_ confirmed. But while the Prime Minister is likely
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    Two UMNOs?
    293 6 Tengku Abdul Rahman, is to have talks with officials of the Singapore UMNO later this month. Recent resignations and expulsions, although they have not seriously affected the party's solidarity, are symptomatic nevertheless of unrest that could challenge the present leadership. The Tengku and UMNO leaders in Singapore have
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    Skilled Hands
    240 6 If Singapore fails to become an industrial centre it will not be because of a lack of facilities for technical education and industrial training. The University of Malaya will produce the scientists. The Polytechnic, to judge by the cost, should produce technicians of the highest calibre. The secondary
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    Sandys has a tough job in building up A defence
    1177 6  - Sandys has a tough job in building up A defence DAVID DIVINE By Defence Correspondent of tin Sunday Times, London. j BRITAIN'S defence policy since the war has suffered from uncertainty and lack of continuity. Its implementation has suffered from separate service loyalties and traditions. The explanation has invariably been
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      Inheritance bill has support of Muslims
      529 6 Fyour issue of January 30, "Advocate" pleads that it is "dangerous to prevent a Muslim, who, for reasons of his own, has decided that he does not want the Muslim law of inheritance to be applied to compel him against his will to give
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      Unrecognised graduates
      119 6 I READ with interest your article on Feb. 1. regarding openings in Government Service, for seven clyll engineers. As advertised, the requirements for these engineers are either Associate Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers or graduates of colleges recognised by the I.C.E. One so often hears about
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      BOOKING IN CINEMAS
      99 6 WHEN the cinema managements introduced advance-bookings locally, it was supposed to give the public better service. For a time the system worked well. Long hours of waiting in the queue was eliminated. But now i am not so sure. Very often, especially during week-ends and holidays or
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    OUR NAVY SEEKS CADET CAPTAINS
    88 7 OUR NAVY SEEKS CADET CAPTAINS Royal Malayan I tarted a van nrive for fficers to man take comr.ips. Mid in ay that get six ding and B 11 Federation potential the intake fewer than :he last i mpetition keener comireds had aplous vacancies andmmn said a rd would choose api
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    Park here...
    22 7 The new public car park at Shenton Way, Singapore, 15 now ready for motorists. There is space for 290 cars.
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    U.S. TRADE TEAM FOR MALAYA
    130 7 i UNITED STATES n mission is Malaya for jet month laying the Mcd two- hpad- E. Boehm. :he U. 6 Commerce. the opporilble U S. ition announcsald that visit Sin:pur and fen March 19 itinerary settled The U.S.I.S stressed, however, that the mission was not
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    $1.5 mil. a year if teachers win
    419 7 It's difficult' Great demand It will all go on Colony tax bill MINISTER: DON'T STRIKE -PUT PUPILS FIRST TAXPAYERS will have to provide at least an extra $1,500,000 a year if Mn^apore s 2,200 Normal trained teachers are admitted into the Education Service
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    Trousseau hunt by 30 Greek beauties
    76 7 Trousseau hunt by 30 Greek beauties Thirty attractive Greek brides-to-be did some hasty shopping in Singapore yesterday for their trousseaux. They are on their way to Melbourne, where for the first time in four years they will be seeint their fiances. The men lefc Greece to *ry to mak. more
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    Overstayed permit
    60 7 A Sarawak visitor who came to Singapore two years aro was fined S5OO yesterday for remaining unlawfully in the Colony for 1? 'months after the lapse of his entry permit. He was Tan Teng Seng, whose home, it was stated, was in Miri. Tan was unable to pay
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    UMNO against Cabinet Govt.
    41 7 TELUK ANSON, Wed. A memorandum opposing the proposed introduction of the ministerial form of government in Perak, was sent yesterday to the president of UMKO, Tengku Abdul Rahman, by the UMNO Youth Section of Lower Perak District.
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    'Juniors picked for the plum jobs'
    160 7 THE TEACHERS ACCUSE MINISTRY T^HE Singapore Teachers' Union yesterday accused the Education Ministry of selecting Junior teachers and "grooming" them for senior administrative posts. i In a statement, the union said: "A number of comparaj tively Junior officers- have I been removed from schools
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    Council meeting postponed
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Legislative Council meeting fixed for Feb. 20 and 21 has been postponed to March 6 and 1, it was officially announced here today.
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    Science society
    36 7 The Science Society of the University of Malaya will hold Its second annual photographic exhibition at the University Art Museum. Cluny Road, on Feb. 11. 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    MALAY EDUCATION: MASS MEETING
    113 7 THE Singapore Malay Education Council is calling a mass meeting of all Malay organisations in the Colony to protest against the Government's Malay education policy. The decision was taken at a special meeting of the council yesterday after its "ultimatum" to the Chief Minister, Mr. Urn
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    Appeal fails
    38 7 Abbas Jumat, a reporter, who appealed against an Assize Court conviction and sentence of four years' Jail for dishonestly using five forged cheques as genuine, lost his case in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday.
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    Clubs' flag day
    24 7 The Federation of Boys' Clubs will hold a flag day in Singapore on Saturday, before its annual meeting on Feb. 19.
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    Plan to beat tongue barrier at airport
    150 7 Plan to beat tongue barrier at airport DEOPLE waiting for planes at Singapore Airport may soon hear loudspeaker announcements in English, Chinese. Malay and Tamil. When the new system Is introduced a non-English speaking passenger need not fear missing his plane as a Chinese woman recently did. At present announcements
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    Funeral of Mr. Ang Earn Hock
    137 7 Funeral of Mr. Ang Earn Hock MR ANO EAM HOCK was buried at Bidadarl cemetery Singapore, yesterday with simple Christian rites. Mr. Ang, assistant sports editor of the Straits Times, collapsed while playing tennis at the V.M.C.A. on Tuesday evening. He died on the waV to hospital. Hundreds of friends,
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    M.C.A. dance
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The women's section of the Johore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association will hold a Chap Goh Meh dance at the English College hall on Feb. 15 at 8.30 a.m.
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    HE STUDIES SAILOR'S TASTES
    72 7 HE STUDIES SAILOR'S TASTES RADIO NORWAY beams a special service the only one of its kind— to 50.000 Norwegian sailors in ships all over the world. One of its programme editors, Mr. Andor Birkeland. 33, (above) is now in Singapore to study the needs of sailors and the reception obtainable.
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    Four win Co-op study awards
    52 7 Three boys and one girl have won the Singapore Cooperative Union's secondary scholarships for this year. They are V. Saral Chandran of Raffles Institution. Randal Snodgrass of Bt. Patricks. Wun Hon Sun or Raffles Institution, and Ho Nget Chin of the Convent ot the Holy
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    Inquiry report
    27 7 The findings of a court of inquiry which investigated the dispute betweea the Fred Waterhouse Co. and its employees' union, will be announced next week.
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    'TOO YOUNG TO HANG
    262 7 Gunman told: You're very lucky I IM GUAN SAN, a 17-year-old seaman who woundL eda police sergeant with a revolver, was ordered in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to be detained during Her Majesty's pleasure. Lim had been found guilty by a 6-1 Jury verdict of
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    Arts Council officers
    54 7 The following have been elected officials of the Singapore Arts Council: Chairman, Mr. Lee Siow Mong; vice-chairmen Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill and Dr. Michael Sullivan; secretary, Mr. A. J. Thomas; treasurer Mr. K A. Brundle. Committee: Messrs. H. Fletcher, Lim Chin Teck. F. J. Sullivan, John Ede
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    Staying to write book
    88 7 A former Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe. an authority on Chinese affairs in Malaya, will remain here indefinitely until he finishes his book on the history of Chinese secret societies. Mr. Blythe retired from Singapore in 1953. but re- turned in 1955 to write his
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    Peons return Xmas gift: Give it to deaf and dumb
    55 7 Peons return Xmas gift: Give it to deaf and dumb Four peons have returned a $40 Christmas xift to Singapore Rotary Club witb this note: "Kindly forward this kind donation to a deaf and dumb institution.' The peons were employed at the premises of a shipping company where the Rotary
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    Acquitted
    37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A secondhand goods dealer, Yap Hong See, was acquitted in the Second Magistrate's Court here today On a charge of failing to record In his books the purchase of five brass paper weights.
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    UMNO meet
    30 8 SEGAMAT. Wed .—The annual meeting of the Segamat Division of UMNO will be held here on Friday. Tengku Abdui Rahman, the Federation Chief Minister, is expected to attend.
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    Council meeting on Friday
    40 8 PENANG, Wed. The Penang City Council will resume its adjourned monthly meeting on Friday. The last meeting, on Jan. 30, was adjourned to enable Chinese councillors to return home early for their New Year's Eve dinner.
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    Planters expected more honours
    268 8 MEN WHO RISK LIVES DAILY ARE PEEVED ABOUT THAT ONE DECORATION KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. QNLY one planter in Malaya received an award in the New Year Honours List and this fact is criticised in the latest issue of "The Planter," official magazine of the Incorporated Society
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    STOP DRINKING TODDY' APPEAL; TO BE BACKED BY 1.000 POSTERS
    106 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "Stop Drinking Toddy" posters will soon be fixed on walls and trees near toddy shops in Selangor. A thousand of them are being printed by the Selangor branch of the Malayan Indian Congress as part of a
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    Back to Malaya after police training
    48 8 Back to Malaya after police training ASSISTANT Superintendent Zainal Arrifin of the Federation Police, who returned to Singapore in the liner Carthage after a six months' training course at Hendon. Mr. Zainal did a general police course and was also attached to the Metropolitan Police. Straits Times picture.
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    $100,000 CULTURAL CENTRE PLANNED
    121 8 THE Singapore China Society is planning to build a $100,000 cultural centre somewhere in the heart of the city. The president of the society. Mr. Lee Su, w Mong, told the Straits Times yesterday that the centre would be available to cultural nonpolitical bodies of all
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    1913 MODEL WINS CAR RALLY
    89 8 1913 MODEL WINS CAR RALLY MALACCA, Wed.— The results of the annual Maiacca rally of the Malayan Vintage Car Register, held are: Road section —T. Wilson 1913 Wolseley. R. Pancheri 1928 Bentley. W. Jupe 1928 Lagonda and B. Reynolds 1928 Austin (tie), P. Quenet 1925 Rolls-Royce and N. Nuttall 1927
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    Farewell party for Tandons
    63 8 The Singapore Indian Association will hold a cocktail party at its clubhouse in Balestier Road, on Saturday at 7.30 p.m., in honour of Mr. R. K. Tandon, Commissioner of India In Malaya, and Mrs. Tandon, who are leaving the Colony. Sir Robert Scott, Commis-sioner-General for SouthEast
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    CHINESE BACK BUS PLAN
    255 8 Services must be unified Mr. H SINGAPORE'S Chinese bus companies are "deflnitely interested" in the possibility of forming a statutory, limited liability company to co-ordinate passenger transport throughout the island. Stating this yesterday, Mr. L. C. Hawkins, of the London Transport Executive, who is here to
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    TREES WILL BLOOM ALONG NICOLL HIGHWAY
    76 8 TREES WILL BLOOM ALONG NICOLL HIGHWAY FLOWERING trees are being planted alone both sides of Singapore's two mile Nicoll Highway The City Council v to plant .more than 300 trees at regular intervals between the footpath and 'he cycle track. They will eventually provide shade for eyclis' and pedestrians. The
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    MAN'S BODY FOUND IN RIVER
    61 8 MAN'S BODY FOUND IN RIVER KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. PLICE today found the body of a man floating in the Klang River, near the Petaling police station. There were some injuries on the man, who is believed to be a Chinese aged about 60. He wore shorts and was without a
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    $900 tax fine
    43 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mohamed Abbas Khan of Singapore, was fined $900 or three months' jail, in the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today for being- in possession of dutiable goods which included orange squash, socks 4,000 cigarettes and two musical boxes.
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    Party Ra'ayat meeting
    38 8 KUALA TRENGGANU Wed A former Malay Nationalist Party leader, inche Ishak bin Haji Mohamed, will address the general meeting of Party Ra'ayat branch here on Friday. The meeting will be held at the Malayan Hotel.
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    Charter flights are popular
    49 8 Mr. Hugh j. Yea, sales representative of B. O. A. C. In South-East Asia, said in Singapore yesterday that since November last year several Malayan parties going overseas had chartered aircraft. They did so because it reduced fares and saved considerable time. Mr Yea said
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    Overloaded
    31 8 KLUANG, Wed.— A driver, Choo Chong Peng, 28, was fined $20 in the magistrate's court here for carrying excess passengers. He had 11 in a vehicle with seats for four
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    PICKING TOP 400 GOVT. OFFICIALS
    124 8 PICKING TOP 400 GOVT. OFFICIALS NTERV lEW I N G of A about 2,000 applicants to choose 400 officers who will form the new Singapore Government Executive Service will begin soon. The process of forming the new executive— "heart" of the civil service was described as "an extremely complicated operation,"
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    Killed on road
    32 8 A seven-year-old boy, Ong Ah Kok, was knocked down by a car near the 9J milestone Upper Thomson Road Singapore, on Monday night He died at the General Hospital.
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    7-MAN GANG ATTACK HOTEL ASSISTANT
    72 8 A GANG of seven men r\. drove up to a hotel in East Coast Road. Singapore, and beat up one of the assistants. Lim Kar Fee, about 2.15 a.m. yesterday. Lim, who had head injuries. was admitted to the General Hospital. The police have traced
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    'He left then I heard shots'—wife
    190 8 'He left then I heard shots'— wife JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Five minutes after her husband left their bungalow, the wife of an assistant estate manager heard two gunshots, a court here was told today. The court was making a preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder against Othman bin Yahaya,
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    1186 9 TYie Glass Glory of England vanished in a sea of fire 11 p.m. on November 30, 1936, the pilot of an airliner bound from Paris swung off his course towards h ujre ruddy jflow lijfhtinjf the sky over South London /Lj the plane approached,
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      132 9 Rex 3iorgan 3M.D. Something's wrong MHck Tracy 'Take this dough* 4Mb b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b bBHb b bl I But flattop doesn't 1 1 Usinc twe two walls rdr I J U the place is DPOPTQT^CPOUND- Il^^ A^^ K^?-L
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    RUBBER FLUCTUATES WILDLY ON REPORT OF RUSSIAN BUYING
    376 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday fluctuated wildly on reports in the market that substantial amounts of rubber were being: covered locally for orders for Poland or Russia, but the market closed weak on late selling pressure.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 10 February first grade rubber payers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 85 \i cents per ib., down one cent on Tuesday's closing price. Closing prices In cents per Ib. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 85 U. sellers 85 hi: No. 1 R.S.S. Feb. buyers 8.
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    28 10 The following January tin outputs are reported: Sungel Bidor 592 piculs; Pahang Con. 223 tons; Sungei Klnta 595 piculs and Ipoh No. 3 Puchonr. 384 piculs.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    336 10 The Malayan Shan Brokers Association reported: "Industrials were quiet, tins slightly easier, and there were certain inquiries for rubbers at lower levels." Singapore sad Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Eraser St Neave ords $2.27%; Gammon $2.10; W. Hammer 1.80 cd cb and $i.B2Vi cd cb;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    131 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:- Copra: steady; Feb. $28 buyers, $284 sellers. Coconut oil; steady: bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 hi sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $106, Sarawak $105, special Sarawak black $80 (all unchanged). Singapore Copra Association 4
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    87 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Cornelius Maersk 1-2. Tarifa 4-5 TJlmenteng 6A, Lofcsanj? 6-7, Benreoch 8-9. Carthage 11, President Pierce 13-14. Oleneam 15-16 Beuavals 18. Debora N.Wall 5, Reaanc N.Wall 8. Rajah Brooke 21-22, Belaga 23, Larut 24 State of Madras
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    60 10 The Malayan Exch> n Association made the changes in Its rates to yesterday (all rates to sV Selling T.T. or I. Francs 142 >i- Fruw-h *****. Belgian ,£2 5? DanUh Kroner tU On the free exchanrt mm« Honr Kon, ye.sterd, dollar was quoted cash and 6.U\ fat 1
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    53 14 Four tennis players Michael Davles and Billy Knight of the English Davis Cup team, and Warren Woodcock and Neil Gibson of Australia arrived in Singapore by Quantas from Sydney yesterday. They leave today to take part In (he Asian championship* scheduled to begin In
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    39 14 Saint Andrews won their second straight inter-school soccer match when they defeated Serangoon English School 4-2 at Serangoon yesterday. Cheng Hock (2) and Kin Hln (3) scored for the Saints, and Ahmad i^nwar (2) for Serangoon.
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    425 14 \f V ten to tollow at the Singapore Turf Club February Meeting are GLORY; Up-and-coming tour-year-old by The Phoenix: found right form at Buklt Timah in December when he whipped a Dlv. 2 field over 7f by 3>4 lengths; working extra well; can handle any type
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    64 14 The visiting Hong Kong Oolt Club team beat Singapore Services Officers by stt points to 3', In a golf match at the R so c Results (Officers first): Shakespeat 0 Hall 1; Davits I Leighton 0; Price 0 Blgcar Miller 1 Anderson Ranken 1; Field
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    230 14 HK ref erred, claim Indians T OT satisfied f* their tou r rt^' two wins, 1 one defeat, th. Olympic socci determined to amends in their mat? to Singapore anj^fe Federation. Mr. V. Rao thp n, of the team wh;f n ar l R Cathay Pacific AirS Ve ?=J on
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