The Straits Times, 30 March 1957

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    14 1 flat*"* 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1957 15 CENTS
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    COLONY TALKS A SUCCESS —TRIUMPH FOR Mr. LIM
    768 1 60 tense minutes then it's all over bar the signing Pats on back as the men come out LEE IS ABSENT FROM FINAL MEETING j From FELIX ABISHEGANADEN LONDON, Friday. IT'S self-government for Singapore. The constitutional talks here have proved a complete
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    NEW VERSION OF GEMAS WARTIME LOOT MYSTERY BY RAILWAY GUARD — WHO RODE LAST TRAIN SOUTH
    19 1 NEW VERSION OF GEMAS WARTIME LOOT MYSTERY BY RAILWAY GUARD WHO RODE LAST TRAIN SOUTH MR. HUDSON: knew Wanibe
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    Treasure trove man was killed by gang
    425 1 Treasure trove man was killed by gang By HAROLD SOH A MALAYAN RAILWAY guard. Mr. George William Hudson. 53, who worked the last -southbound train to Gemas in 1941, yesterday came out with a new version of the Wanibe treasure mystery. In an exclusive interview with the Straits Times, Mr.
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    Lock icon Anti-bribe raids on Jakarta banks
    151 1 JAKARTA, Friday. ARMED police and troops today raided Jakarta banks, including the British-owned Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Chartered Bank. They carried a list of names and searched through bank files and examined r strongrooms. A number of safe deposit boxes and valuables
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    *****72 WINS THAT $350,000
    58 1 *****72 WINS THAT $350,000 rpICKET No. *****72. sold in X Johore won the first prise in the 45th draw of the Social and Welfare Lottery at Kluang, Johore. yesterday. The second prise of $125,000 went to a Negri Semhilan ticket— No. *****78. and the third prize of $50,000 went to
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    Clubhouse blast
    22 1 TUNIS, Fri.— A building used as a club by Algerians was destroyed in an explosion ir the Arab quarter here
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    Fall from house — drowned
    41 1 Fall from house drowned Zaiton binte Idris, two, daughter of a Singapore special constable, was drowned in the sea off Pulau Brani yesterday. The girl is beHeved to have fallen into the water from her house which is built on stilts.
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    Death of a rogue...
    69 1 TPOH. Fri.— A bull rogue elephant that had been long on the "wanted" list because of the damage it had done to crops, was shot dead yesterday near Lhasa, in the Sungei Slput area. The Game Warden. Perak Mr. J. A. HlAop, accompanied by a ranger.
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    1,200 cross to Red China
    42 1 HONG KONG. Fri. On< thousand two hundred over- seas Chinese from Bcmro Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia travelled to Communist China today by rail. Mostly schoolchildren, thej I carried among them mor< 1 than 10.000 pieces of luggage
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    Eden for U.S.
    30 1 WELLINGTON, Fri. Sir Anthony Eden, former Brlti ish Prime Minister, who is convalescing in New Zealand lis to go to Boston. America, 1 for a medical examination.
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    Lock icon SUEZ: CONVOY GOES THROUGH AT LAST
    114 1 OORT SAID, Fri.— The first convoy to transitthe Suez Canal since it was blocked in November entered from Suez, the southern end, today. The 10-ship convoy paid I tolls to the Egyptian authorities. The convoy was led by the Italian Sandro Primo, (7.604) tons)
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    TENGKU OFF to LONDON AGAIN
    781 1 TENGKU OFF to LONDON AGAIN Trip with Rulers to see Boyd KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T*HE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and a 1 delegation from the Malay Rulers and the Alliance are going to London to "straighten out" certain issues concerning the Federation's new constitution. 1 They will probably leave
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    THE GOOD SOLDIER
    95 1  - THE GOOD SOLDIER a general -by rjiHE new U.0.C., Singapore 1 Base District. MaJ.Gen R. G. Collir.gwood (above), speaking of the new Singapore Battalion, listed the main Qualities for a good soldier as: "Character, physique and intelligence in that ct der." Gen. Collingwood. who has just taken over from Gen
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    3 a.m. flash Self-rule in 18 months
    42 1 3 a.m. flash Self-rule in 18 months From FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Singapore will become self-governing state in 18 months after fresh elections. Six months after elections Yang di-Pertuan Negara head of state will take over from Governor. Then constitutional changes will be implemented.
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    STOP PRESS
    78 1 MAKARIOS: HOME BEFORE TALKS MAIIK. 5.%( li. H.s. In Archbishop MakaHot sjlid h> Mill .-nit lake part in political talks until he is ullnwd la t'lurn to Cyprus In < April., d«>.W dawn curfew iMpawd after '4 hours' rejoicing at release of Miikarios Irish Prim.- Minister Eamnn l>«*
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    Lock icon 'Evidence of intent to kill'
    359 2 H ARLEY STREET MAN: ON DRUGS OIVEM I WAS FORCED TO POSTULATE... ADAMS 9 COUNSEL: DOSES WERE NOT GIVING THE SLEEP REQUIRED LONDON, Friday. MEDICAL specialist said at the Old Bailey trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams today that in his opinion there was "evidence
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    'MENTAL CRUELTY' TO DOGS
    74 2 'MENTAL CRUELTY' TO DOGS LONDON, Fri.— A flfty-six-year-old woman living alone in a large house was accused at Leeds of "mental cruelty" to six terrier dogs. Miss Margaret ArcherSmith, pleaded guilty to causing the dogs unnecessary suffering. She was ordered to pay costs. Mr. Andrew Cummin*. prosecuting for the R.S.P.C.A.,
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    Lock icon 'Nellie Dean'left £2,584
    43 2 'Nellie Dean' left £2,584 LONDON, Fri. Mrs. Gertrude Mary Ross, who was known as Gertie Gitana, the old-time music hall star who set the world singing "Nellie Dean," left £2,584 under her will published today. Mrs. Ross died in January, aged 68. Reuter.
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    Slimming time
    29 2 MOSCOW, Fri. Russian servicemen are getting too fat to fight a modern war, says Defence Minister Marshal Zhukov. So he has ordered them to start slimming immediately.
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    Lock icon NURSE TELLS JURY OF £300 BEQUEST IN WILL
    56 2 MISS Caroline Randall, a nurse who looked after Mrs. Edith Morrell at the time of her death, pictured outside 5 the Old Bailey after giving evidence at the trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams. She told the court that she received £300
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    TRIBESMEN LIKELY " TO SPARE BEAUTY FOR THE HAREM
    213 2 TRIBESMEN LIKELY TO SPARE BEAUTY FOR THE HAREM TEHERAN, Fri.— Authorities here said last night they did not think the kidnappers of Mrs. Anita Carroll have killed her since she would bring a high price on the slave markets of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. They believe
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    Lock icon GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE-TEE RED WAY
    77 2 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE-TEE RED WAY BERLIN, Fri.— East German Premier Walter Ulbright said today that no opposition would be allowed in local zone elections starting on June 23. He said in a speech: "No opposition list will be allowed because the opposition could only be directed against the workers
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    NO 'PROTECTION' FOR 40,000
    240 2 But Lim and Lee keep hopes alive LONDON, Fri. The future of the 40,000 Singapore civilian employees of the Services is still in the balance, writes FELIX ABISHEGANADEN. The question of "protection" for them, I understand, will not be settled at the constitutional talks about to
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    Lock icon U.S. is wary
    32 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. The State Department advised United State shipowners yes- j terday not to use the Suez < Canal until its physical and < legal hazards "have been fully eliminated." Reuter.
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    Lock icon H-TESTS' NO HARM FOR 1100 YEARS
    126 2 H-TESTS' NO HARM FOR 1 100 YEARS IONDON'. Pr genet:- kind from raS U nuclear t< IU^SS tmued at tho S rate. Mr. MacmlUan view of th P Br Council- diation hazai in a letter I Stack.,!, pranrj tolr"x^.; rate a. s at the next i of radioar,:. would n«.t
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    Lock icon Hard times for students
    78 2 LONDON, Fri. The British Council reported today that accommodation for overseas students In London and some other parts of Britain was becoming harder to find. A press statement said the council had embarked on a I campaign to increase its v commodation register. In i 950
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    Lock icon TROOPS OUT AS CYPRUS GOES WILD WITH JOY
    562 3 Governor; *I am determined to restore order" VK'OSIA, Fri. More Hum 10,000 Greek Cypriots SWarmed into the „K h-a-L- StreetS hcie 111 even wilder scenes ol reioicinti Uxii\- than jOKinj, hki.in uidll j.ist llli;ht when the retee of Archbfc™, MaKanOS irom exile
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    Lock icon WORKERS REJECT WAGE OFFER
    157 3 More strikes loom in Britain LONDON, Friday. rrALKS between strike leaders and engineering employers broke down here today on the eve of a fresh walk-out by 500,000 workers in the London j area. Union uiflcials organising a national snowball stopj page which has already I made
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    Lock icon Cry" author on apartheid charge
    59 3 Cry" author on apartheid charge DURBAN, Fri. ALAN PATON. author of the best-selling novel 'Try the Beloved Country." went on trial today for attending a mi x c d African-white meeting without the permission of the mayor. An obscure 20-year-old regulation forbids joint public appearances of Africans, Asians and whites.
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    Lock icon The grafters who eat off golden plates
    176 3 The grafters who eat off golden plates PRESIDENT ATTACKS CORRUPTION JAKARTA, Friday. PRESIDENT SOEKARNO today attacked corruption among Indonesian party leaders at a mass meeting of 20,000 people at Rarikasbetung in north-west Java. He told the meeting: "I can certainly understand your ill-feeling against these people. "It is doubtful if
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    Lock icon KILLER PLEADS FOR DEATH
    83 3 KILLER PLEADS FOR DEATH JOHANNESBURG, Fri. A 32-year-old African convicted of mudering a woman asked a judge yesterday to sentence him to j death "as an example to others." But the judge, who had sentenced him to 12 years in Jail, refused. Said Ezekiel Dhlamint, a boxer: "What deterrent effect
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    £50 m. jet order
    23 3 SYDNEY, Fri. The Australian Government is to spend £50,000,000 on 30 U.S. Starfighter jet s and 12 Hercules transports.
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    Lock icon MRS. S. (Is there doctor in the house?) TAKES A DIG AT SOEKARNO
    124 3 MRS. S. (Is there doctor in the house?) TAKES A DIG AT SOEKARNO JAKARTA, Fri.— Madam Fatmawati Soekarno, the first lady of the land, today threw her support behind Indonesian womanhood and took a dig at President Soekarno who lives with the other wife he married two years ago under
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    LONDON STOCKS
    306 3 LONDON Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53 11/16 —3/16 Funding 4% £89 116 War 34% £734 5/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4 9 32 Eastern (£5) £74 Chartered (£1) 34/9 Hongkong ($125) £974 +2 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.; 84. 104
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    Lock icon Banda in talks on bases hand-over
    291 3 Banda in talks on bases hand-over /COLOMBO, F r i.— Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, Ceylon's Prime Minister, attended the opening of Anf?lo-Ceylonese talks today on the transfer of British bases In the island. The talks concern the nature and duration of facilities that Britain would require at the naval base at
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    Tamil officials
    26 4 PENANO. Fri.— Mr. C V. j Lucas was elected president and Miss Visanthl Subra- maniam vice-president of the Tamil Methodist Youth Fel- lowship. Penang.
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    A Speaker now
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The amendment to the Jo- j hore Constitution providing j for the appointment of a Speaker to the Council of State hag been gazetted.
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    UMNO headquarters to open inquiry into walk-out by Negri
    361 4 TEMGKU: fc NOT THE CORRECT THPfO' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. IJMNO headquarters here is to set up a committee to investigate the walk-out of nine Negri Sembilan delegates from the party's general assembly yesterday. The walk-out was described by UMNO quarters .today
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    Off to HK, but first a fine
    53 4 IPOH, Fri. A soldier of the 1/6 Gurkha Rifles, Rinbadhor Gharti, was fined $40 here today, just before the battalion's departure for Hong Kong. He pleaded guilty to driving without reasonable care in Anderson Road on December 6, when his truck ran into
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    UPSTAIRS CAR PARK ONLY A PLAN YET
    206 4 UPSTAIRS CAR PARK ONLY A PLAN YET SOME progress was made last year in providing Singapore car parks, but the building of the first multi-storey car park is still only a project, Mr. W. G. Thurston said yesterday. Mr. Thurston, the .new chairman of the Automobile Association of Singapore, told
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    Dagger men get $200, watches
    40 4 Two men armed with dag■n robbed Kok Lai Lak and his flnancee of two wristwat- ches, fountain pen and $200 ii cash as they walked I In Seng Poh Road, Singapore, j early yesterday. i
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    City Council windfall for former employees?
    99 4 City Council windfall for former employees? I s fkFFICERS of the Stnga- vr pore City Council who retired between the end of i the war (Sept. 5, 1945) and December, 1954, may get j additional provident fund benefits. The council agreed yesterday to appoint a five-man committee to consider if
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    Jobless set up their own business
    173 4 CINGAPORES Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday praised the newly-formed Shoe Makers' Co operative Industrial Society "a splendid example of what unemployed skilled workers can do to help themselves." Wnile visiting the society's premises in Selegi*> Road Mr. Jumabhoy was
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    DETAILS of THE POLYTECHNIC CONTRACTS
    471 4 Chairman: We are working within $5.5 million vote rpHE chairman of the Singa- pore Polytechnic Board, Mr. L. Cresson, said yesterday that he wanted the public to know all the details of the contracts for the college buildings and how they were awarded— because of
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    THEIR ROMANCE BEGAN IN SHIP TO BRITAIN
    77 4 POLICE LIEUT. A. F. Turner and Miss Susan Chua. who met on the ship taking them to Britain in 1955, were married at Tanjong Tuallang. near B a t v Gajah. The bride who comes from Brunei, was going to Britain for a
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    Maintenance order
    41 4 A plumber, S. N. Xavier, was ordered by a Singapore court yesterday to pay $45 a month to his wife, Theresa. as maintenance for their three children. The court rejected Xavier's earlier allegation that his wife had been unfaithful.
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    Red boat in
    23 4 The Russian freighter Polina Osipenko came alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday to load $355,000 worth of coconut oil.
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    KEROSENE BANG KILLED TWO
    242 4 'Embraced child to smother fire 9 j A SINGAPORE salesman paying a Chinese New A Year visit to his girl friend was burnt to death when fire gutted part of the kitchen of her Jurong home. The fire, a Singapore coroner was told yesterday, started when
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    Sister teachers
    21 4 i KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation Medical Ser- vices Department wants quai lifted midwifery sisters to train young women.
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    WIVES AND TAX-IT'S A MATTER OF RACE
    291 5 Malays must pay for them fall, but not the Chinese A CHINESE d*l NOT have I* add the income of any wife except that of his number one to his_ own earnings for tax purposes. A Malay The Controller of Income t£x Mr
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    Here to see progress in medicine
    72 5 Here to see progress in medicine I DAVID CAMPBELL (above), president of the British Medical Council, Ben into Singapore by (J \NT AS -BOAC Bristol Hritan»«ia yesterday. Fl. is visiting the medical 1 acuity of the University of Malaya. He will pay a similar visit to Hong Kong I niversity.
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    Halt: Singapore army drive
    42 5 .tins for the Ist Singapore Infantry Battalion has nporarily stopped been use enough men have ent immediate training. The first recruits moved to on on March 18 and the second batch will go for training on April 5.
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    $1,000 from fashion
    55 5 IPOH, Fri. Nine models i raised more than $1,000 at yesterday's fashion parade in laid of the Perak centre of the British Red Cross Society at the Ipoh Club. The show organised by Mrs. M C Darby, director of the Perak centre of the 8.R.C.5., and was
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    So many cups that Mr. Nam's ' family had to carry them '
    135 5 So many cups that Mr. Nam's family had to carry them HIGHEST AWARD of 5 the Singapore flower I show went to a profes. sional, Mr. Nam Kee, 43, E proprietor of a Bukit E Timah nursery (back S row). E He evidently knew he was going to win the
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    Lock icon BANKER IS HERE TO SET UP BRANCH
    72 5 BANKER IS HERE TO SET UP BRANCH MR. CHIN SOPHON- PANICH. director and general manager of the Bangkok Bank, who arrived in Singapore by Garuda yesterday to open the bank's Colony branch today. At the airport be said: "The branch will help to boost trade between Singapore and Siam." The
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    Masked ball
    21 5 The Menorah Club w^i hold a fancy dress and -nask ed Dall at the Adelphi Hot*" Root Garden tonight
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    Goode notes better flower entries
    348 5 T»HE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. W. A A. C. Goode, yesterday opened the ninth post-war Singapore flower show at the Happy World. He said that while the number of entries (120) was about the same as last year, their standard was unquestionably higher. This
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    Cheque offence
    46 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Tan Khai Heng. a pork seller, was sentenced to a day's jail and a fine of $1,000 or six months' jail, for assisting another person to dispose of a cheque for $1,606 which he had reason to believe had been stolen.
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    Charity film to aid school
    35 5 RAUB, Fri. The Jubilee! Cinema here will hold a charity show tomorrow in aid of the Methodist Girls' School building fund. The film to be shown is "King Solomon's Mines."
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    In: 14 tourists
    16 5 PENANG, Frl. Fourteen American tourists have arrived in Penang on their globegirdling tour.
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    Shrinking markets are threat to Colony
    244 5 rE Minister for Commerce I and industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, said yesterday i Singapore was facing a i shrinking market and her survival depended on her ability to be competitive. Speaking at the first anniversary of the Supervisory and Management Training Association of
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      314 5 TODAY Y.W.C.A.: Business and ProfesTAGORE SOCIETY: Dr. Lin sional Women's Club lunch at Wo-Chiang of Nanyang University Cathay 1 pjn. will speak on Indo-Chinese Cul- CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Art class tural Relations" at Nanyang Press 9 a.m.. Art Club 2.30 p.m., brass Building 5.30 pjn. band 2 p.m., body building, bllBKITISH
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    DEATH
    29 6 2« Wordt lit (minimum). ARMSTRONG: Ronald M. Armstrong, beloved husband of Gladys, died at Bungsar Hoepita XL. sudden on Thursday nigh;. Funeral at Bldadari Cemetery Singapore on Saturday.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 6 to Wordt tU (minimum). IN LOVING MEMORY Of our dear Mpther who passed away on 30.3.56. She was always so brave and inspiring S. GSanthanam.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    136 6 20 Wordt lit (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Koh joo Peck thank all Relatives and Friends who paid Night Visits, sent Scrolls. Wreaths and Messages of Condolence, Lent Cars and Rendered Help. MRS- E- L- ANTHONY and family thank all those who attended the funeral of the
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    315 6 70 Wordt $19 (minimum). EVERY SATURDAY and Sunday Rijsttafei at •"The Cockpit". Rlne ***** for table reservations. ON STAGE I the gayest musical "stage show* of the year. April 10th 13th. $4. $3. 82. $1 at Robinsons. A PUFFS ENOUGH— If it's Air-wick mist the modern air freshener. It's
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Mar. 30, 1957. Easing Malay Fears
    700 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Mar. 30, 1957. Easing Malay Fears It is premature, of course, to speak of any of the constitutional issues in the Federation having been settled. All that is settled is the framework of independence agreed in London. The Reid Report, which is I now the
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    Tax Concessions
    268 6 Tax reform never fails to rouse public interest, and at least one suggestion of the secretary general of the Labour Front was bound to attract amused or even ribald comment. A personal allowance of $3,000 for a secondary wife was asking for trouble. A small allowance for an
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    Hope In Cyprus
    180 6 The release of Archbishop Makarios and the Archbishop's appeal or instructions to the terrorists to put aside their guns make possible negotiations at last on the future of Cyprus. The way is now open for talks. But there is disagreement still on the form which these talks
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    As I was saying..
    1248 6  -  bj CYXICUS F amending the Muslims Bill to enforce the observance of the law of Islam the Select Committee of the Singapore Assembly rejected the unanimous advice of the Bar Committee. I should think this must be without precedent in the Colony's law making. As amended,
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    SATURDAY STUDY
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    766 6  -  VERNON BARTLETT r*7 T*HIS is a list of my daily reading material not all of which, I admit. I read. First, three piles of cables from the three great news agencies, totalling some three hundred news items from all over the world; secondly, the
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    74 6 Straits Times, Match 30, 1907. A police sergeant employed at Tanjong Pagar was walking under the wharves at low water to see if any boats were hidden under the wharves when a huge crocodile rushed at him as he was nearlng section 3. The sergeant jumped backwards and fled Just
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    WED A DAY, THEN DUTY SENT BRIDE FLYING OFF TO MALAYA
    224 7 T/UALA LUMPUR, Fri J»- —A pretty 23-year-old Australian bride today thought of the tall, dark and hand.some husband she had to leave 24 hours after their marriage in Bandoeng. She said: "it was like a fairy-tale... like a dream
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    Taxi limit ends in war on 'pirates'
    108 7 SINGAPORE City Council yesterday unanimously passed a new bylaw enabling the Registrar of Vehicles to license any suitable vehicle as a taxi, thus abolishing the present 1,650 limit. The acting President, Mr. R. Middleton-Smith. read a letter from the Ministry of Communications and
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    Colony student in honour list >
    61 7 Colony student in honour list > James Victor Phoa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phoa Hock Seng of Pasir Penjang Road, Singapore, has been named at Greenville, South Carolina, on the Bob. Jones University Dean's List for the first term of the 1956-1957 school year. This official list is com-
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    FINED—IS MONTHS AFTER ,
    49 7 FINED— IS MONTHS AFTER On Jan. 1 last year Saleha Mntr Mohamed Nor was knockrd down by a taxi in Norfolk Road, Singapore. She •suffrrod head and leg in- juries. Yesterday the taxi driver, Tan Choon Hock, pleaded guilty in court t o negligent driving and was fined $75.
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    Two in Formosa mission flare-up
    315 7 ASSEMBLYMAN OPPOSING TRADE RED CARPET TOLD 'YOU ARE JUST A POLITICAL STOOGE' TEMPERS flared yesterday when the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce met to decide if it should welcome a trade mission from Formosa. L t^ dlnK the row were Assemblyman, Mr. Urn Cher KheriK
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    Stars' plea to Mentris
    64 7 The Artists' Union of Malaya has appealed to the Mentrls Besar of the nine Federation states for moral and financial support in its dispute with Shaw Bros, over the dismissal of five of its members. The union represents 120 Malay actors, actresses, including Chinese technicians employed
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    FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WINS A BEAUTY CROWN
    27 7 FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WINS A BEAUTY CROWN SHIRLEY STEWART. 15-year-old student who was crowned Miss Fun Fair at a fashion parade in Sunrei Patani on Tuesday nig ht.
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    DAVIS SAYS 'NO' to CITY COUNCIL JOB OFFER
    96 7 DAVIS SAYS 'NO' to CITY COUNCIL JOB OFFER •pHE former permanent secretary to the Ministry of Communications and Works. Mr. L. H. N. Davis, has turned down the Singapore City Council's offer of appointment as its Deputy President, the council was told at a private session last night. Mr. Davis,
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    Fall from bus
    33 7 Leong Chin Kok, 20. of Petain Road, was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital with leg Injuries after a fall from a trolley bus in North Bridge Road last night.
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    Good men don't need to have degrees
    179 7 A SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. A. P. Rajah, warned the council at its meeting yesterday that dissatisfaction would permeate the whole of its service if. in making promotions, it waived qualifications in favour of experience. "There will be cries of favouritism," he said.
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    Woman's business owes $449,524
    51 7 Woman's business owes $449,524 rE Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whyatt, in the Singapore High Court yesterday made an adjudication order against Madam Goh Gek Chen, sole proprietress of the Hock Hoe Rubber Co. The company's total liabilities amounted to $449,524. A receiving order was made against the company on Feb.
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    Death fall of a monk
    41 7 A 56-year-old Buddihist monk slipped and fell to his death when he failed to catch a moving bus in Sungei Road. This was stated at the inquest on Ang Ah Cheong, in Singapore yesterday. Verdict: Misadventure.
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    Bankrupt firm's $37,700 debts
    28 7 Kwang Kwan Yuen, owner Chop Kwang Yuen, was adjudged bankrupt In the Singapore High Court yester day. The company's total liabilities amounted to ?37.700
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    Storekeeper charged
    55 7 A storekeeper, Chua Ban Hock. 35, was charged in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $17,678 worth of wines. Chua, an empl iyee of Caldbeck MacGregor. was allowed ball of $10,000 and the case was adjourned till next week when It will be
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    Rural rates collection
    36 7 Singapore Rural Board rates may be paid at the collection centre, 240 Jalan Eunos between 9 a.m. and 1.30 pan. on Tuesday. The centre will also collect dues payable to the Land Office.
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    Social Welfare lottery results
    191 7 WINNING numbers In the 45th Federation Social and Welfare lottery drawn at Kluang. Johore. yesterday: First Prize ($350,000); No. *****72 Second Prise ($125,000): No. *****78 Third Prise ($50.0" .*****3 Fourth prise: <?...<VC i vb>: *****15. *****98. *****71 Consolation priie (51. 003 each): All tickets ending with
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    BOSS BEAT ME OVER GOLD LOSS, SAYS BOY
    216 7 BOSS BEAT ME OVER GOLD LOSS, SAYS BOY A BOY was beaten because his employer thought tx he had stolen three tahlls of gold from him. Singapore court was told yesterday. Ton? Wee Yean, a goldsmith, and his wife, Tan Kirn Tee, denied charges that they wrongfully conflnrd Choo Lip
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    Worker robbed
    34 7 A labourer. Ahmad bin Haji Tahar, 29. was assaulted and robbed of $141 by two men in Holland Road. Singapore, last night. He was treated as an outpatient at the General Hospital.
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    Schoolboy dies
    21 7 A schoolboy. Suker bin Hassan, nine, died after belnt; knocked down by a car at Buklt Tlmah Road yesterday
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    JOHORE'S CHOICE: GAME OR TRADE
    180 8 JOHORE'S CHOICE: GAME OR TRADE JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— J The time will come when Johore must decide whether to give priority to the protection of her wild game or the economic development of the state's resources. So said Mr. C. R. Oleeson, chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, today as
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    Can we see Chin Siong?
    69 8 The newly-registered National Union of General Workers in Singapore has written to the police for permissin to allow a delegation jf six union officials to visit Mr. Lim Chin Siong, former secretary- general of the dissolved Factory and Shop Workers' Union, who is detained. In
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    Judge returns to Sarawak
    52 8 Mr. Justice Smith, a judge of the unified judiciary of Sarawak North Borneo and Brunei, who is returning from a holiday in Britain arrived in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Justice Smith called on the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Whyatt, in the High Court. He leaves for Sarawak
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    Thefts of rubber hard to prove
    296 8 PLANTERS WARNED OF BIG LOSSES JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. RUBBER stealing throughout the Federation had reached alarming proportions the chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, Mr. C. R. Gleeson, said today. He told members at their annual meeting that, though serious losses were beine registered
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    FICKLE FASHION OF MALAYAN WOMEN
    93 8 PENANG, Fri. Malayan women are "very unpredictable" in their choice of clothes, a British cotton manufacturer's representative said here last night. "Certain designs which have not been popular are suddenly in great demand— and for no apparent reason," Mr. A. R. Rickard, Far East export
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    HELP IN HEROINE'S SEARCH FOR SONS
    164 8 THE United States Informatiorf Service in Singa--1 pore has decided to help Madam Cheng Seang Ho, 81-year-old wartime heroine, find her two sons who left the Colony 23 years ago. They are Sam Yoke Lim, 39 who, she believes, was in the VS Navy
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    Apex Club for Kuala Lumpur
    36 8 An Apex Club will soon be formed in Kuala Lumpur. The 13 members of the Australian Apex Clubs, who have been visiting Singapore, left for the Federation yesterday to complete plans.
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    Troopship due
    20 8 The Oxfordshire, 20,568--tons, Britain's newest troopship is due In Singapore from Britain en her maiden voyage on Monday.
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    Orchid stolen
    21 8 Orchid/ and other plants worth $580 were stolen from the garden of a house In Brlzay Park, Singapore, yesterday.
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    Raft voyager in Kelantan shocked the Sultan
    1477 9 Raft voyager in Kelantan shocked the Sultan THE Sultan of Kelantan was very angry. Kins Chulaloncorn of i was due at Kota Hnaru on a State visit; Governor of the Settlements was g tiresome quesons about two Eu--08 recently deceason the borders of tan and Trengand now, some Englishman had
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      62 9 iiox Morgan 3i-D. The broken glass SBivk Traeg *Work for me 9 ■^^■■■■H r thanks, mps. jomnson. i'lu I you DIRTY, LITTLE *^7"~how would you Aye O' liar a Giant atomisers l^aji^ /once you *ct on orsO P>OU will u6E The Giant .PI M mkrtirixu^- M V^^^^Bs LaaaT\ SM >-**Jl
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    BARGAIN HUNTERS AFTER RUBBER SHARES ON COLONY MART
    660 10 BARGAIN HUNTERS AFTER RUBBER SHARES ON COLONY MART By Our Market Correspondent BARGAIN hunters came out again in the rubber section of the Singapore Share Market yesterday and most counters changed hands at recent or higher levels. The trend indicated increasing interest in rubber shares with the big attraction of
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    Rubber fall was only 'correction'
    360 10 Rubber fall was only 'correction' By the end of last week bullish features had worked themselves out for the time being, since when the trend has been downwards, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd., in their current review. of the Singapore Rubber Market. The psychological effect of the apparent
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    91 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Ezchangc: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: quiet; March /April $27 314 buyers, $28 3 4 sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 1 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $99, Sarawak $98, special Sarawak black $69 (all down
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    85 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Pollna Osipenko 12, Islander 3, Asama Maru 4 5 Taksang 6A, Memnon 6|7, Billiton 8,9, Glenartaey 11, Patroclua *****, Peleus 15 16, Darvej 18. Rawane N- Wall 5, Larut N. Wall 7, Langsa N. WaU 9,
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    Move to buy?
    82 10 Jenun Rubber Estates has received a request from a firm of stockbrokers for a list of shareholders, and the directors point out that such requests are frequently a preliminary step to a circular to shareholders either offering to purchase their shares or asking for shareholders' support for
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    Capital return
    72 10 Warrants in respect of a capital repayment of Is per share by Singapore United Rubber Plantations and 9d per Is share by Buklt Sembawang Rubber Company are beintt despatched to holders registered on March 18. As a result of a scheme adopted In January, holders In both companies
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 90% cents per lb. up three-quarters of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 90 Vs. sellers 90
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    99 10 Investments^';^E *k| Melbourne Stock fcj Associated Pulp ls.6d. to prn\i Trading was no- he trading was dull narrowly. Loans' we moderate turnoyer Loan IH% 1956-s'. m. m Loan 3' t n 56 l «2a/32 Bank of N.s.w Con. Zinc. r r''s>Mount Lyell J°J(> Hin.;.;.. 2^ Mount Morgan ,l*(l
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    69 10 The Malayan Exrh»n* f r,. Association made the folta? changes In It, ra!es Sf- yesterday (an rat New York: buying air XT. 32 9,16. OD. 32*11 16 jfr. ft ***** credit -bills, 33 t^ bills. On the free exrhanje markrt Hong Kong ye^erday. the dollar was quoted at
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    Offer for stock
    60 10 The directors of Allagar Ruj» Plantations whose estat* a Trong, Perak. expect to nt* shortly from a U.K. group an cl of Is. 9d. per 2s. unit for all o! 8 Issued stock. They will recomiM: acceptance and a circular »lii issued as soon as possible. Issued
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      780 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for the following Posts in Trade Schools at Telok Datoh and Tanjong Karang, Selangor Instructors in the following Trades and Subjects: (A) Fitting and Machine Shop Work (B) Blacksmithlng and Welding 1 (Oxy Acytlene and Electric Arc) 3 (C) Motor with Maintenance and Repair. (Preference
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      457 10 NOTICE RESULTS OF DRAW OF THE SUNGEI SIPUT SOCIAL WELFARE LOTTERY held en 24th March 1957: Ist Prlae ***** 2nd Prise— ***** 3rd Prise— lsoll IX ConaoUUon Priaea ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR. ALBERT SOON is
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    Why did not Minister call for a tender?
    466 12 rE Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, referring to a private limited company called "Alliance Agencies, Ltd.", registered In July last year, said. "I would like to ask the directors to change the name of this Company The present name can cause misunderstanding
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    THE FISH THAT GET AWAY
    285 12 rpHE Secretary-General of •I the Labour Front has suggested that an additional personal allowance for income tax purposes should be given to a person who has a secondary wife with income of her own. It is a pity that people such as Mr. Tang Peng
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    OUR MOBILE MINISTERS SHOULD STAY PUT
    217 12 YOUR editorial "Much Travelled Ministers" (S.T. March 26) should have the thanks of the tax-paying public. The people of Singapore look with great hopes at those who have come forward to take the helm In local government. It Is true that e ven given
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    SPARE THESE GROUNDS
    112 12 AS an old resident of the Malay kampong behind the Shaik EusofT mosque In Penang. and as a member of the mosque congregation, I am much perturbed at tie news that a hostel for Arabic students is to be built in Its grounds. These grounds have existed
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      127 12 HTh TIMES '^itiD^fii'- HUNTERS AFTEjR.IomcIALPRicQi f /sS^f I j S^s ii^mf X These elegant, new, modern portables v^iy /l Irf' s I ■■■I f sfff t f jS^v/ s* are deaijned for easy carrying and £<7 \y<"^ N J- 'P liXki7 J opermtlon anywhere. Packed in a smart 111 S
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    Lock icon Sundew third time lucky in National
    261 13 By VERNON MORGAN AINTREE, Friday. T EADING almost from start to finish. Sundew, a 20-1 chance, owned by Mrs. Geoffrey Kohns, won the Grand National here this afternoon. Ridden Dy cnampion jockey Freddie Winter, Sundew stumbled badly at Bechers Brook the first time round
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    RMN boxers are Navy champions
    151 13 RMN boxers are Navy champions ROYAL Malayan Navy won the Tian e Son Plaque when they beat H.M.S. Cheviot 25-23 in the Royal Navy boxing championship finals at Naval Base last night. Five bouts failed to go the full distance in the programme of ten finals. Results of finals were:
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    REME win easily
    207 13 RE.M.E. were quite satisfied with a 5-2 margin when they met i Pulau Branl United In their SAPA league first division match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The Engineers took control of the game from the start and would have finished with "a twofigure margin win had
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    6-0 for Maxwell
    42 13 Maxwell S-C. trounced Mount Emily 6-0 in a S.A.F.A. Div. 2B league match at Farrer Park yesterday. The Div. 3B results were: Mlnto C.U. beat Pondok Peranakan 2-0 at Geylang: Cosmos S.C. beat Kebanaran S.C 3-1 at Farrer Park.
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    Kowloon visit
    23 13 The Kowloon Motor Bus soccer team win play three matches in Singapore on July 24, 27 and 28, S.A.F.A. announced yesterday.
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    SBA WANTS JUNIOR NATIONAL MEET
    180 13 rpHE Singapore Badminton Association decided at a committee meeting last night to ask the B.A.M. tc run a men's junior championships. The Association will pro- pose this at the B.A.M. annual general meeting to be held at Kuala Lumpur on April 7. This suggestion came
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    BASKETBALL RESULTS
    112 13 DESULTS of fixtures In the iv SY.S.C. youth basketball league last night wereDIVISION ONE Grow* 1: Thoon Chin 80 Nee Soon 60. DIVISION TWO Group 1: Ec Lltn wo Koon Seng: Group 2: Sea Gull (Job) 44 Chlen Muen 38. DIVISION THKEE Group 1: Panggerang team 62 Li
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    PBA move on courts
    121 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. BADMINTON Association ol Malaya, at its annual general meeting here on April 7. will consider a proposal by Perak B. A. regard Ing the venue for matches In the preliminary rounds and inter-zone final of the Foong Seong Cup competition. The suggestion is
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    Wong to be BAM coach
    48 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Badminton Association of Malaya has signed a contract with Mr. Loke Wan Tho for the services of coach Wong; Peng Soon for four months a year at wjm. This U stated in B.A.M.'s J report for 1956 published 1 today.
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    Lock icon NEW ZEALAND OUT FOR 198
    75 13 AUCKLAND, Frl. MEW Zealand were ail out I for 198 against Australia when the third and final unofficial Test opened here today. I Bert Sutrliffe was top scorer I with 33. Lan Mecklff, 22-year-old left- arm fast bowler, and splnbowler Richie Benaud, who both took
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      97 13 ws/ws/-& Rift nvi SOCCER S.AF.A. league. Div. 1 RE C A v C.A. Jmlan Besar (5.15) I Div 2A: Blue Rovers v Aston. Farrei Park; Police "A" v B- Kesenian, Thomson Road; Div. 2B: C.A. "A' v Radin Mas, Jalan Besar (3.45); Div. 3B: Serangoon Ml', v P Stia. Geylang.
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    Mickey Mouse a safe bet
    505 14 TfnTH Kingfold out. MicVt Key Mouse looks a safe each-way bet here. This gelding by Seven Seas ran a good third, with 8.10, to Kingfold and the Whistler over the Penang 6f earlier this month. Only a nose and half a length behind the winner.
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    SANTA CATARINA TO WIN
    116 14 SANTA CATARINA looks as good a bet in a weak field (Race Seven). This Combat mare showed ability at Ipoh in January when he scored over 7f 7.10. She does not mind a wet track. Last season at Penang she was third with 8.08 to Mystic
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    Forget Pizarro's Bt. Timah failure
    418 14 Forget Pizarro's Bt. Timah failure 1 RUNAWAY VICTORY AT BPOH WAS GOOD FORM TODAY HE CAN MAKE AMENDS By EPSOM JEEP PIZARRO, who won four races off the reel before he was beaten on the last day of the Bukit Timah February meeting, is my choice in the Class 2,
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    No need to look beyond Marigold
    630 14 No need to look beyond Marigold 1 potentate 'made' Ifor this iTRACK BUT THERE'S... AM ARIGOLD is on the iTI upgrade and Ido not intend to look beyond him in the Class 2, Div. 1 7f handicap (Race Six). This smart Mirza II gelding rose from a humble division In
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    Forget Pizarro's Bt. Timah
    145 14 EPSOM JEEP BOY POINTER Race 1 215. MICKEY MOUSE Red Runner Rig Hit MICKEY MOUSE Majnla SUm Rice MICKEY MOUSE Red Runner Big Hit Race 2 2-45. CINEMA III Solar Minstrel Acrostic ILLUSTRIOUS Solar Minstrel Sooka GOLD. DOLLAR Illustrious Cinema III Race 3 3.15MIROPHLI Steam On
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    RACE CARD
    1178 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 5. Div. I—6 Furs. 1 657 Wedding Wmlti 5y Sleigh 8.11 Klnta Valley Stable Sleigh 2 734 Big Hit 9y Paterson 8.10 Jenat Stable Rodgers 3 007 Winner 4y Mawl 8.09 C V Stable Sleigh 4 679 Cyrene 4y Bougoure 8.08 H.W. Cowling tt
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    THE GOING WAS YIELDING
    42 14 fTHE going up to last evening was yielding. The Treble Tote will be held on Races Four Six Kit BU SWCeP Wl be drawn «n R*« Dusty Bridge. Beechnut. Pinner and Nellyne have been scratched from aU engagements.
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    THREE TEAMS DUE HERE —SO SCA WANTS FUNDS
    135 14 THREE TEAMS DUE HERE SO SCA WANTS FUNDS THE Singapore Cricket As- 1 social ion yesterday launched an appeal for public donations to meet expenses for three visiting teams this season. The three teams due t« come here are Hong Kong (May), Ceylon (August) and the Australian Services. Mr. K.
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    Nonis-Bakar-Daim attack today
    320 14 ALTHOUGH Singapore have been trying out a number of young soccer players this season, only two of them will play against Selan--1 gor in today's inter-state "friendly" match at Kuala Lumpur. They are Douglas Nonls on the right wing and Daim I Hassan on the left, both
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    Shrewsbury, Ipswich in 1-1 draw
    33 14 LONDON, Fri. Shrewsbury Town drew 1-1 with Ipswich Town in their rearranged English Third I Division (Souther j match at Shrewsbui The mak.i was postponed on Jan ter.
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