The Straits Times, 25 February 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1956 15 CENTS
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    LARDER' RAID BY REDS
    424 1 Hunger forces SO terrorists to make new Cameron Highlands swoop Village shops looted for supplies SPOTTED, THEY FLED TANAH RATA, Friday. ODE DESPERATE by hunger and tight food frictions, between 20 and 30 armed, d terrorists last night raided lonely Valley new village in the Cameron
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    {EPRIEVE OR iILLER
    75 1 REPRIEVE FOR KILLER Clemency by Governor POH AH TOO. 19, a v re house sentenced to Singapore Nov. 30, lor baa been rejneved. c has been comUfe imprisonBlack petitioned vu granted by nor, sir Robert I tter a petition ::th. appeal against the conWan hart been dismissed. »b was told
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    Airman in jet engine saved
    39 1 •pH.Fri Airman Second Donald Smith, was neaci first into the air of a jet plane at an air •toe m was sated from by another air*»'no instantly ordered iped with bruises a finger tip.
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    Canal rescue
    35 1 Two policemen dived into Rochore Canal last night and rescued two Indian women whose car had plunged into the canal The women were discharged after treatment for minor injuries at n«- ~pnfral Hospital.
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    Lock icon THE 'LIVING DEATH9 BOY
    121 1 THE 'LIVING DEATH' BOY Michael may 'sleep' until he is 80 WEN-YEAR-OLD Michael X Oates who faces a living death. He may live to be 80 but he will never awake. Doctors say his brain was permanently damaged in a car crash in Ontario six months ago. Michael is seen
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    Forsooth, I foresee freedom
    392 1 Forsooth, I foresee freedom ALONG THE STARDUST TRAIL TO MERDEKA -AND NOT A SINGLE WAR IN SIGHT said soothsayer, By COLIN LEICESTER PI the seclusion of his hotel room, a 45-year-old Swami yesterday summoned the occult and forecast a rosy future for Singapore. Parting the legendary curtains that separate the
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    8-2 SPLIT ON JOBS REPORT
    285 1  - 8-2 SPLIT ON JOBS REPORT FELIX ABISHEGANADEN They fall out on abolition terms By SIR PERCY McNEICE and Mr. Robert Ho, two members of the 10-man Malayanisation Commission, have disagreed with the recommendations of their colleagues on the rapid Malayanisation of Singapore Government departments A*, interim report, dealing with the
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    Lock icon 1,100 held after strike call
    84 1 1,100 held after strike call CALCUTTA, Fri. |>OLICE rounded up more 1 than 1,100 people in Calcutta before dawn today after a general strike was called by the West Bengal Linguistic States Reorganisation Committee as a protest against the proposed Bengal-Bihar merger. Arrests were also made in the districts but
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    60 1 A safer bet now THOMAS VILLE (Georgia). JYI President Eisenhowers aersonal doctor said today that the President "might be safer" from a health standpoint in serving a second term than he was before hisheart attack. Major General Howard Snyder made the statement to reporters five months to the day
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    Lock icon Masked death
    33 1 NICOSIA, Fri. A grouD of masked terrorists shot a young Greek woman dead last night outside Nicosia, police reported. She was the Second woman killed by terrorists in recent weeks. U.P.
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    Lock icon Peace hopes
    28 1 MOSCOW, Fri. The Soviet Communist Party Congress summed up its work today with a resolution declaring there were now real prospects for the consolidation of peace."-Reuter.
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    More Japanese
    26 1 TOKYO, Fri. Japan's population today was officially announced as 1 9 J7^ Z I II silently more than six million about five years ago.
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    Lock icon GRACE QUEEN
    91 1 GRACE QUEEN is named of film stars HOLLYWOOD, Fri. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association last night named Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly as "King and Queen" of filmland personalities. Other awards went to "East of Eden" as the best Hollywood film of 1955, to Joshua Logan as best director for
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    Youths stabbed in gang fight
    40 1 Two youths were stabbed at Marine Parade, Singapore, last night during a gang fight involving about 15 people. The youths. San Boon Leong, 18, and Goh Kok Guan. 16, were admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon MONSIEUR LE SNOWMAN?
    69 1 PARIS, Fri. M. Jean Che- valler, magistrate by profession and amateur tracker in his spare time, has examined strange paw marks in a snow-cooled wood near Bourges which may mean that France, too, has an Abominable Snowman. M. Chevalier said he was sure the tracks were not
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    ANOTHER BLITZ ON RED HIDE-OUTS
    132 1 IPOH, Fri. The air war against the terrorists In the Federation continued today. Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force planes went into action early this morning in the Kledang Saiong forest reserve In Central Perak. Tons of bombs were dropped on suspected terrorist
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    Mr. M: Return put back
    60 1 The Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, who was due to return to the Colony from Switzerland next Tuesday, will not be back until March 6. in time for the Legislative Assembly meeting. Mr Lim Yew Hock, Deputy Chief Minister, said yesterday "We have
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    A-doctor dies
    23 1 OTTAWA. Fri.— Dr. A. J. Cipriani, 47 one of the world's best known atomic doctors, has died here after a stroke.
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    Lock icon ACTRESS SUES AIRLINE
    115 1 ACTRESS SUES AIRLINE HOLLYWOOD, Fri. Film star Pier Angeli has filed an action for US$2OO,OOO damages from Western Air Lines and a stewardess for injuries she says she suffered when a plane ran into rough weather on a flight. Miss Angeli, wife of singer Vie Damone, said it happened on
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    Lock icon COME HEIL AND SNOW...
    71 1 COME HEIL AND SNOW. BONN, Fri. Engelbert Lehner, 67-year-old West German hermit wfeo had never heard of Adolf Hitler, has been driven by cold and hunger from the forest hideout where he has lived like an animal for 38 years. After leaving the woods his clothes caught fire as he
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    Lock icon 'Lost' sub found
    197 1 'Lost' sub found Search is off as contact made I ONDON, Fri. The Royal Navy tonight called off a search for the submarine Acheron, earlier feared missing, after radio contact had been made with her. The submarine, with six officers and 59 men aboard, failed to make her routine check
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 PAKISTAN'S PLEDGE KARACHI, Fri.—Pakistan Premier Mohamed All said tonight Pakistan stood firmly by Bashriad Pact and would play full part towards attainment of its objectives. ReutfT.
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    W-H-O-O-S-H as 400 sail in to 'do* Spore
    758 2  - W-H-O-O-S-H as 400 sail in to 'do' S'pore WILLIAM FISH ft Page 2 Illlllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll S£7s HUSTLE PUZZLE: WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SEE IN 19 PRECIOUS HOURS..? THESE 'ORDINARY FOLKS 9 HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT By THE TIME: 6.30 a.m. THE PLACE: Singapore (yesterday). Hagcr, chattering Americans in tourist
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      Lock icon OUT STEPS THE GOOSE-STEP
      149 2 OONN, Fri.— The goose- step is forbidden in the new West German Army, according to its training regulations. A Defence Ministry spokesman said that there was no need for the goosestep, which had been used at ceremonial parades. Units of the new army, almost all motorlsed
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      Lock icon Following party line
      260 2 BERLIN: Bright red is the main colour for spring, says the Communist East Germany Fashion Institute. A dominant silhouette will be the summer line, which is closely fitted to a natural waist with a wide, swinging skirt.— Reuter. CAPETOWN: South Africa's Parliament has given a second readme
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      Lock icon A slap in the face too many
      49 2 TOKYO: A 28-year-old housewife told the police that she had become tired of her husband coming home drunk and slapping her and the children. When he did it again, she tied him to a post In their home and strangled him.— A.P.
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    Lock icon OTER the COLD, THA W PERIL
    211 3 AFTER the COLD, THAW PERIL Fearsome landslide*, dl«a«t» tt n^wt, menßce southern Europe fhe toll so far: 830 dead and damage will run into millions LONDON, Friday. gLOW thaw spread fearsome landslides over >mithorn Kurope today and threatened disjtrtus Hoods. The rest of the Continent shiverDie wont winter in memory
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    Lock icon UN: Vatican may join
    61 3 ROME, Fri— Cardinal Valerio Valeri, an eminent spokesi man for the Catholic church, hinted here last night that ithe Vatican would like to be a member of the United Nations The Cardinal said that the Vatican's efforts for peace could be more effective if the Holy
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    Lock icon Queen orders Winston bust
    45 3 LONDON. Fri.— The Queen has commissioned a bust of Sir Winston Churchill by the Yugoslav sculptor. Mr. Oscar Nemon. who sculpted a statue of Sir Winston now in t.ne Guildhall. The bust will stand in the armoury at Windsor Castle -Router.
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    Lock icon M.P.: Police turn blind eye to London vice
    162 3 M.P.: Police turn blind eye to London vice LONDON Fri. i Ml MBEB of ParliaA nuiil but nifcht ai- oiulnn police of [toairini at HiM End profit niiun. The Home v,rt!.ir\ was doing noihins; .ilioiit it. he In a House of I'onimnns debate. .Mr. Richsrd Stokes, a fornirr Labour minister,
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    Call-up attack on Tories
    56 3 LONDON. Fri. T n last night iced the Governnot allowing for ediate ?ut in the riod of NaoootJ Bervlce in its de!K ;or next year. be a debate on In the House of next week. I motion will urge Bret that in in expenditure of in
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    Lock icon DOG RESCUES 200 SHEEP
    53 3 CANTERBURY. New Zea- 1 i— A sheepdog raced! a Bh a r;n? of fire and ?l m frightened sheep to e 5 '»n a farm. i The lire, roaring across tin-der-dry scrub and gra:;?. had encircled the flock. The sheep, driven by the dog through the
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    Lock icon 16 missionaries are safe
    42 3 MIAMI.- Fri.— Six light planes with 16 missionaries on board reported missing on a flight from Cuba to Jamaica, have been found at Niquero, Cuba, and all the missionaries are safe, the Coast Guard said here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon New weapons
    20 3 BENGHAZI, Fri. The Libyan Army has received a consignment of the new Belgian F. N. automatic rifle.— Renter.
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    Lock icon | MAU FIELD MARSHAL 1 SURRENDERS
    57 3 MAU FIELD MARSHAL SURRENDERS "FIELD MARSHAL" Kanji, one of the leading lYTau Mau terrorists in the Mount Kenya Forest, who surrendered to villagers in South Nyeri. The band (arrowed) on his wrist indicates his rank. Intelligence sources said that Kanji's influence was confined to (an(s operating from and within the
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    Lock icon Welles: I prophesy...
    247 3 'BOY WONDER' ORSON SAYS HE CAN HIT THAT U5564,000 JACKPOT fAS VEGAS, Fri.— Orson Welles, making his debut in a night club here, said he had second sight. He claimed that he already knew the answer to the U5564,000 question which would be asked on television three
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    Lock icon CHINA TRADE SHOCK BY SENATOR
    109 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. John McClellan, head of the Senate Investigations Sub-committee, yesterday asked Congress to postpone all action on foreign aid until he could disclose "astounding secret concessions" on trade with Communist countries. Senator McClellan, a Democrat, made the appeal shortly before he told the Senate
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    Lock icon The way to help a conjuror
    119 3 The way to help a conjuror rE DUKE of Edinburgh, in a speech to the Institution of Electrical Engineers last night, said that power In any quantity from nuclear resources was still a long way off. Meantime. Britain must make the best use of dwindling coal and imported oil. The
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    Lock icon THE 'FLYING DOCTOR9 WRECKED
    62 3 THE 'FLYING DOCTOR' WRECKED PERTH. Fri.— A wrecked plane sighted from the air has been identified as a "flyIng doctor" aircraft missing for three weeks with five people aboard. Searchers said they saw no tlern of Ufe near the wreckage. The plane disappeared on a mercy flight on Feb. 3
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    Lock icon Rare whale Martha dies
    56 3 NEW YORK, m— Martha Washington, a rare beaked whale which a California aquarium was hoping to display as the only live one in captivity, yesterday died of shock and heart failure. The whale, about four years old. 14 ft. long and weighing 1,200 lb. was found
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    Lock icon A WITCH DOCTOR STILL HAS PULL
    128 3 I^EW YORK, Fri.— A 11 UN. report yesterday said that modern medicine in the British Cameroons still had stiff competition from the old-fashion-ed witch doctor. A mission, reporting to the U.N. Trusteeship Council on Its visit to the trust territory last year, said that
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    Lock icon 5 die in crash
    24 3 BALTIMORE Fri.— At least five people were killed and 33 injured when a train jumped the rails near here.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Quemoy gun duel again
    47 3 TAIPEH, Fri. Communist guns at the port of Amoy today fired 144 shells at the nearby Nationalist- held islands of Quemoy and Little Quemoy. the Nationalist Defence Ministry announced tonight. It added that Nationalist artillery returned the fire and silenced the Communist batteries.—Reuter.
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    268 3 LONDON STOCK, RUBBER and TIN LONDON, Prt. STOCK MARKETS here remained quiet today despite trieadvance on Wall Street yesterday. Fresh evidence that the credit squeese U now having its effect on Industry has caused operators to be cautious. OUt-edged securities were harder on small Investment buying. Industrials were undecided. Closing
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Feb. 24.— Cash Buyers 1875; Seller.. £880. Forward Buyers £815; Sellers £820; Settlement £860: Turnover: a.m. 100 tons p.m. 125 ton.s.
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    RUBBER
    28 3 LONDON. Feb. 24— Spot 28 'id., Apr. June 27 T »d., July-Sopt. 2fl 7 id Oct.-Dec. 26'».. Mar. c.l.f. 27 7 ,d. April alt, 27'/id. Tone: Uncertain.
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    300 3 MILLION H-BOMBS GO OFF ON SUN LONDON, Fri. AN explosion equal to the force of a million hydrogen bombs erupted on the sun yesterday causing a startling cosmic ray bombardment of the earth. Dr. Thomas Gold of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, in announcing this "remarkable event,"
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    Too much food killed 12
    51 3 MANILA, Fri.— Doctors investigating the strange nightmare sickness that killed 12 Filipinos in the last two months today said that the malady was pancrastitis. A doctor said that the deaths were apparently caused by acute 'haemorrhage of the pancreas. Overeating at night was probably to
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    Lock icon Imperial need
    28 3 OTTAWA, Fri. All countries of the Commonwealth face a serious shortage of trained scientific and technical personnel, the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Defence Science said yesterday.—U.P.
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    Bandit boss WAS killed
    465 4 ALMOST CERTAIN' NOW; ALL THE EVIDENCE ADDS UP TO IT STRICKEN TERRORIST says GOB DID DIE IN THE BOMBING ITLUANG, Fri.— lt is now almost certain that Communist boss Goh Feng Tuan was one of the 14 terrorists killed in Tuesday's bombing of a bandit camp
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    RIDDLE OF THIRSTY
    275 4 VILLAGES Underground channels to blame A BELGIAN expert of the United Nations has discovered fossilised channels many hundreds of thousands of years old 150 ft. below Malaya's west coast— and he says they are draining away water badly needed by kampongs and townships in me area. The
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    Cannery man is missing
    32 4 An employee of the Lam Soon Cannery In Singapore has been reported to the police as missing. About $20,000 belonging to the company has not been accounted for.
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    GIRL, 18, IS CHARGED IN HOSPITAL
    77 4 GIRL, 18, IS CHARGED IN HOSPITAL JOHORE BAHRU. Prl.— Mr. N. L. Cohen, President, Sessions Court, iClaang, went to tne Kluang Hospital yesterday where a charge was prefered against an 18-year-old girl, Slew Kirn. of consorting with armed terrorists in the Rengam district between May, 1952 and February 1956. Her
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    BLOOD BANK HELPER
    89 4 BLOOD BANK HELPER FLT-SGT L. W. VALE (above) of R.A.F. Seletar, Is a man who believes that m blood bank is as Important to the safety of a community as any financial bank. By impressing on people the Importance of blood transfusions, he was directly responsible last year for donations
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    Constable is jailed
    61 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Mohamed Mahfoz bin Hajl Tahir, 19-year-old special constable on Nlyor Estate was jailed today for 18 months for housebreakinj? and theft on Dec. 13. He broke into a sundry goods shop on the estate and stole two gold chains, two gold rings, a wrist
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    Chinese Assn. officials
    59 4 The following have been elected officials of the Chinese Association. Singapore: Patrons Mr. G. H. Klat. Mr. H. W. Chung and Dr. Lav Peck Hiong; president Mr. Loh Ah Fong, vice presidents Messrs. Thio Gek Choo. Anthony P. K. Wee. Chow Sow Yong, Yap Chye Koon; secretary
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    All settled
    33 4 Nettle's Products (M) Ltd. in Singapore has reached an amicable wage agreement with the Nestles branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union, according to a joint announcement by both sides.
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    MINISTER OUTLINES LABOUR POLICY
    135 4 Minimum self-respect plan riTHE Acting Chief Mm■- ister, Mr. Urn Yew Hock, yesterday said the Government's labour policy aimed at two main objectives: To promote economic, financial and Industrial conditions in which the standard of living of the working classes will be raised to a level
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    SHAWCROSS ENDS ADDRESS
    69 4 Sir Hartley Bhawcross, Q.C., ended his submissions in the Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday on behalf of the three Dutch oil companies appealing against the decision of the War Claims Compensation Board which had dismissed their $6,000,000 oil claim against the Crown. The case for the Crown
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    'Barbaric' dog shooting protest
    274 4 'Barbaric' dog shooting protest USE TRAPS, ROT 6UNS, THEY MY A GROUP of angry Katong residents are demanding an end to the "barbaric" methods of destroying dogs in Singapore. They want the authorities to use traps or nets Instead of guns. They abo strongly object to the practice of cutting
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    THE OPPOSITION ? SPEAKS
    233 4 THE OPPOSITION SPEAKS jj& Merdeka by August 1957? Oh. that* much too early BUTTERWORTH Fp TOHE Federation's lone "Mr. Opposition, 1 j Vi d Ahmad Hussain— the only non-Alliance date to win a seat at the elections last y ar ed today that the country would not be rca complete
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    Hotel men on visit
    60 4 Two officials of the Hilton International Hotels organisation. Mr. John W. Houser and Mr. Ray Purpus. will arrive in Singapore tomorrow for a two-day visit to discuss hotels and tourism. •Mr. Houser, vice-president of the organisation, and Mr. Purpus, director of public relations, are on a
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    Spoon shoot
    20 4 The Singapore Rifle Association will hold a spoon shoot at the Buklt Timah range at 8.15 a.m. tomorrow.
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    A.A.S. war on jaga kreta boys
    83 4 A.A.S. war on jaga kreta boys TIHE Automobil, As of Singapor,. has? d-jaWon*^ The chairman of the a «om tion. Mr. K. D Ru Zl reported to the pnCg his car was M-ratcha terday. He blamed Jaga kreta for the '•malidons d i«s Offered" 1 rmOlflrists^ Uniformed AAs attPnd have
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    WOMAN M.P, TO HEAR COMPLAINTS
    73 4 WOMAN M.P. TO HEAR COMPLAINTS India House. Singajxft yesterday announced tbj; Mrs. Ammu Swaminadts and Mrs. Sarojin; Varadap* will meet members oi public at the Gandhi Mcc rial Hall. Race Course Laj from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. todsj Mrs. Swaminadhan. a M ber of the Indian Parliamei: and Mrs.
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    Inquiry into strike ends
    39 4 BATU GAJAH. Fri Justice Good, presiding s inquiry into the Tronoh Mi strike in Kampar, said att end of the four-day heari here today said that he woi submit his report to the HI Commissioner.
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    Island Club can stay on Council landl
    215 4 Island Club can stay on Council land THE Royal Island Club, whose occupation of Singapore City Council land was queried recently, need not fear ejection now. After a re-examination of the club's tenure of 200 acres of catchment land, the Council's public utilities committee had decided that the club is
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    tfOMEN: 'WE HAD TO RUN IN THE NUDE'
    262 5 WOMEN: 'WE HAD TO RUN IN THE NUDE' Semenyih witnesses tell ot dayt they did not use underwea \nd special constables \aughed— inquiry told prom REX SCAMBARY Kajang, Friday. „V 0 w— I W today told the Commission of 1 Inauiry investigating the Semenyih "stripillefatioai that they were forced to
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    YESTEIUY'S
    135 5 YESTERDAY'S EVIDENCE THE WOMAN who heard a man say: 'Very good' CHONG FANG YIN, a young tapper, told the inquiry that she ran 1 out of a booth in her underwear at the Ka- cb.au Gate on Jan. 8 to retrieve her clothes I thrown out by a I searcher.
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    The thief who said Oh uncle...'
    77 5 Dg tools lorry, a Singadriver. Teo Siak 25 innoerntly asked ,ho owned uncle, do bflong to t old that his guess reo pleaded: forgive mf. I will never vain D| Siak. a contractor, replea and police. .nd Criminal yesterday, sentenced to a to be
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    THE WOMAN whe said she
    65 5 THE WOMAN who said she was 'frisked' LIM CHIN, another young tapper, alleged that a British soldier "frisked" her when she was on her way to work on Jan. 12. She told the inquiry: "He told me to put up my hands and then he felt my body." Other women
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    THE MAN who said his son peeped
    75 5 THE MAN who said his son peeped CHOO ENG KWAN, a 55 year old landowner whose house is opposite the Bang! gate, Semenyih, told the inquiry that his 11-year-old son had been able to watch women being searched from nearby coconut trees. After he hau finished his evidence, Mr. Justice
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    $3,000 grant
    23 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Selangor Family Planning Association will get a $3,000 grant this year from the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council
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    I 40 MINUTE WAIT
    124 5 40- MINUTE WAIT »\irport traffic delayed after crippled plane lands hoid-up of 1 traffic at Paya Lebar ma caused by a uhich landed on plane, which was 65 soldiers and their tram London, devettult in the hydrau:r. between Bangkok t "feathered" the of one engine and *c plane into Singa-
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    MALAYANISATION REPORT READY
    45 5 Chairman puts his signature on it THE CHAIRMAN of the Malayanisation Commission. Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan. signing the report on Malayanisation of the Singapore Government Service. The report will be submitted to the Governor. Sir Robert Black, this morning. Straits Times picture.
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    DOLE PLAN FOR THE CLERKS
    187 5 Union to help its jobless SINGAPORE'S mercantile employees need not worry if they lose their Jobs. The Colony's Business Houses Employees' Union will look after them. To beat unemployment among its 4,500 members working in 35 big firms, the union plans to start a benefit
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    Chief scout
    30 5 PENANG, Fri. The District Officer, Mr. P. McO. Hewitt, has been elected chairman of the Nibong Tebal Boy Scouts Association. Mr. Tan Kean Hong was appointed District Commissioner
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    Iron mine blames workers
    203 5 'NO NOTICE OF WALK-OUT' THE 300 workers of the Chinese owned Sri Medan iron mine in Batu Pahat who have been on strike for 14 days, were accused by the management yesterday of having walked out without notice. Mr. Tan Chin Cheong. director and mine manager
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    Two admitted to Bar
    20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Two new lawyers were admitted to the Federation Bar in the Kuala Lumpur.
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    Celebrations
    30 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society will hold full moon celebrations, sponsored by Miss Helen Bothaju. at the Buddhist Temple. Temple Road, here from 7 p.m. today.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    59 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). THE DIRECTORS of B. P. D fiilva Ltd., express their gratitude to Several Clubs. Associations, the president of world fellowship of Buddhists, friends and relations of the late Mr. A. C. (Eric) Weerasurlya for the letters and telegrams of condolence. Sandalwood, flonil tributes and tlielr
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    PERSONAL
    34 6 2» Word, $10 (minimum). MEMORIAL SERVICE for Mr. Eric Clarence Watson who passed away on sth February 1956 will be held at the St. Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday 28Ui February at 6 pjn.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    275 6 26 Wordt $U (minimum), MULCHANDS SALE STARTS on Monday. Dresses Gowru Prices S.ashed. PRINCES RESTAURANT May be Reserved Exclusively For Private Parties Aiid Hances. hjlluw rXIMM 1 gvei-y Day In the 'Malay HaJT il you want to w n that (5 000 word puzzle. THE REV. P. K. KOSHY
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    ftheStaote Snots Singapore, Sat. Feb. 25, 1956. The Queen's Chinese
    581 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Feb. 25, 1956. The Queen's Chinese It is to be doubted whether the president of the Penang S.C.B.A. expects to be taken completely seriously when, in his concern for the future status of the Straits Chinese, he revives the idea of secession from the Federation.
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    Moscow Double Talk
    301 6 Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, Soviet Army chief of staff, apparently did not follow very closely the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the Russian Communist Party. Delegates to the Congress have been bending over backwards for the last twelve days to convince the world that they are peaceful
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    The Gordian Rope
    285 6 The British Government has decided that the British people still want their murderers hanged. Otherwise it would not have gone back on its promise to accept the implications of last week's free vote in the House of Commons. When the debate was over, the Government motion lost
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    As I was saying..
    1082 6 CYINICUS hy TttlE highly successful air strike against two terrorist camps near Kluang has been described by police and army officers as "a classic example of how perfect co-operation between us and the air force can achieve results." I trust I am not being too cynical
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    10 6 SATURDAY STUDY REACHING FOR BALLOONS— Photo by Chan Chee Kow
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    For those in peril
    850 6 MALAYSiW *PHIS week there falls 1 by a strange coincidence the centenary of the building of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Singapore, and the foundation of the Church of England's Missions to Seamen. St Andrew's l s lucky in Its site open to the sea that has
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    129 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From the Straits Times of March 1, 1806: "THE BLshop of Sarawak and Singapore is of the opinion that the time has now come for Teluk Anson to have a church of its own and the initial details are now being considered, it is suggested, says the
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    Crash family gets $20,000
    398 7 JUDGE SAYS $300,000 CLAIM POW niui^ *s?mtfffH,Y EXAGGERATED' WOMAN, 40, TOLD: 'YOU ARE STILL VERY GOOD LOOKING'— $6,000 a WAV v r KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MAN, his wife, and their daughter who jointly sued a motorist for $300,000 damages were today awarded $20,000 by the High
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    THE QUEEN HONOURS 3 BANDIT KILLERS
    116 7 LUMPUR, Fri. f \v Queen has hon,i major and •porals of the Royal HampRegiment, for t in an athich 11 terkilled in La neat valley on Dec. secretary f killed in the member of vas wounded red. Symes. 36. has a oar to the
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    Tea for 2? Not from here
    94 7 Tea for 2? Not from here r¥. uirect-line telephone in the Singapore Chief Minister's office buzzed yesterday morning. The Acting Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. who was holding a Press conference, picked up the receiver. He listened for 10 seconds, then shouted a few harsh words in Hokkien into
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    Secretary to Governor
    42 7 The Singapore Government last night announced the appointment of Mr. C. W. Lyle as the Governor's secretary and clerk to the Council of Ministers. Mr. Lyle was formerly Secretary for Chinese Affairs and Registrar of Societies in i Singapore.
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    Odd-job man found dead
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. N. Rengasamy, 58, an odd-job labourer, was found dead in a house at Brickfields Road here last night. Police do not suspect foul play.
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    Cyclist dies after crash
    58 7 IPOH, Fri.— A hotel assistant. Lee Kah Onn, 31. died in Ipoh hospital three hours after he was Involved in a road accident last nipht. Lee was returning home on a bicycle together with two friends after a swim at the Kinta Swimming Club when he
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    j SQUARE DEAL-OR COLONY I AT THE CROSSROADS?.—
    47 7 SQUARE DEAL -OR COLONY AT THE CROSSROADS?. A NAME, a place and a date and there s Singapore's future mapped oat in black and white. What do all the wiggles and squieKles mean? Professor Sardar wouldn't elaborate. But he says our hieroglyphics are terrific Straits Times picture.
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    LOWEST PAID WORKERS IN MALAYA
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl Candle-makers in five big factories in Perak are the lowest paid in the Federation. Girls aged between 14 and 16 work on piece rates and earn about $24 a month without food or other amenities. A Labour Department report says they ret
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    Young bride beats off attacker
    204 7 COURT PRAISES WOMAN'S COURAGE KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. TTOE First Magistrate, Group Capt. G. V. Howard, today commended a bride of four months for her courage in driving away an assailant with a leather I there were many young n with the same courhere would be
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    Remand in cashier trust case
    67 7 Remand in cashier trust case A CHARGE of misappropriating funds totalling more than $54,600, was preferred in Singapore yesterday against a cashier of the Segamat branch of Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works. Looi Cheok Hong was alleged to have misappropriated the sum between 1953 and April last. No plea was
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    The man who said beware of thieves
    216 7 The man who said beware of thieves A YOUNG British A National Serviceman stole a soldier's watch at a swimming pool in Singapore shortly after warning him about frequent thefts at the pool. At a court martial yesterday. Private Hanford William, 19, of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, pleaded guilty
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    Rhodesian band
    25 7 The band of the Ist Bn. North Rhodesian Regiment will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens from 5 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Annual dinner
    16 7 The Chinese Association will hold its annual reunion dinner in Serangoon Road, Singapore, tonight.
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    THE FINAL SAY
    164 7 Ministers in majority on new War Operations Council KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. qiHERE is likely to be a majority of elected Minis- ters on the new Emergency Operations Council which will come into being after the Rulers' conference next week. It is expected that Tengku Abdul Rahman, as
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    Kepala is missing
    50 7 TELUK ANSON, Frl.— Tan Ah Kow, SO, a kepala on Aplha Bern am Estate In the Hutan Melingtang area, about 19 miles from here, has been missing since yesterday. He failed to return from work, and his bicycle was found abandoned on the estate. Police are investigating.
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    'Parana case' husband is set free
    201 7 IPOH. Frl. A man who peeped through a chink in the wall 13 years ago and saw nls wife misbehaving with her father, was set free by the Ipoh magistrate today. G. DorairaJ, 42. was accused of having caused grievous hurt with a parang
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    Free film show
    27 7 The Tlong Bahru Youth Club, Singapore, will hold a free rilm show between Eng Hoon Street and Eng Watt Street at eight o'clock toniialht.
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    Youth assembly
    20 7 Singapore has been invited to <md four delegates to the World Assembly of Youth in Berlin in July.
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    Speaker will be woman M.P.
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Mrs. Ammu Swaminathan, member of the Indian Parliament inquirinc into the welfare of women deck passengers from Malaya to India, will speak at a public meeting at the Selangor Indian Association here on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.
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    Children's party
    20 7 The Jewish Welfare Board will hold a children's party at S, Oxley Rise, Singapore, at 4.30 pjn. tomorrow.
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    THREE IN 'LOVE CHAT'—THEN ONE DIED
    282 7 THREE IN 'LOVE CHAT' -THEN ONE DIED Scorned girl accused of murder TELUK ANSON, Friday. a FEW HOURS after a coffee-shop "love confer- ence" between a man and two girls, one of the girls, Chen Kon They, 21, was found dead with knife wounds, a preliminary inquiry was told today.
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    He told one girl: 'No love'
    187 7 When he reached home on Jan. 2 Hung Mooi. a washerwoman told him Leong was looking for him. That evening he and the two girls and Hung had a talk in a coffee-shop in Tanjong Malim. Lee said: "At this meeting I made It
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    ONE MAN IS ACQUITTED
    78 7 Urn Ah Pew. of Spottiswoode Park Road. Singapore was acquitted yesterday on a charge of abetting the attempted extortion of $100,000 from Chang Joo Chiang, of Johore Bahru. on July 1. The acquittal was made at the end of the prosecution case at the joint trial
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      158 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: i 7.30 pan. on Feb. 23 to 7.30 a.m. on Feb. 24) Singapore 74 degrees, Penang 75, Kota Bharu 73. Kuala Lumpur 72, Ipoh 72, Kuantan 70. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 ajn. to 7 JO p.m. on Feb. 24) Singapore 89 degrees, Penang 90. Kota Bharu 86,
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    DYING WOMAN 'GAVE 2 NAMES'
    417 8 DYING WOMAN 'GAVE 2 NAMES' Witness: 4 1 heard scream and saw two shadows near well 9 Mother: Tes, that's cord she was wearing' A MALAY WOMAN, found fatally wounded in Upper Aljunied Road in the early hours of Jan. 4, named two of her assailants to a police constable
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    A WEDDING BELL(E) FOR THE LEAP YEAR BALL
    98 8 MISS GANGA RAMCHAND. (above), draped in a lovely maroon sari embroidered with gold seauins, poses as an Indian bride. She will be one of the wedding belles of different nationalities taking part in a parade at the Leap Year Ball on Feb.
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    MINISTER CALLS FOR PROBE
    156 8 after hearing allegations that— SOME of the Government money allocated for adult education was finding its way into private pockets^ ENTRIES had been made in financial accounts covering the purchase of non-existent furniture; MONEY had been paid into private bank accounts. After adult education report A
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    Lady Black to open show
    58 8 Lady Black, wife of the Governor, will open the Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A.'s "The World Around Us" exhibition at its new building, off Prince Edward Road, at 10 a.m. today. The exhibition, in aid of the Chinese YMCA new building and Y.W.C.A. funds, will be from
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    COURT UPHOLDS OBJECTION BY COUNSEL IN CONTEMPT CASE
    464 8 AM R. JUSTICE TAYLOR yesterday upheld in the Singapore High Court a preliminary objection raised by Mr. Kenneth Seth on the hearing of a motion for a writ of attachment for contempt of court against the Straits Times Press Limited. Mr. Seth
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    $500-job for the 'right woman'
    100 8 $500-job for the 'right woman' TOHE work of the Family M. Planning Association is expanding so rapidly in Singapore that an administrative secretary is now needed. An Asian married woman is being sought for the post. An FPA spokesman said yesterday there were now 16 clinics. With the $85,000 Government
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    Prize Day at Outram School
    40 8 Outram School, Singapore will hold its 1955 prize distribution and handwork exhibition in the school hall at 9.15 a.m. today. Mrs. Chew Swee Kee, wife of the Minister for Education, will give away the prizes.
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    Children's day
    39 8 The Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore, will hold a Children's Day party at 21, Amber Road, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. A highlight of the celebrations will be a fancy dress competition for boys and girls under 12 years.
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    Club concert
    23 8 The Singapore Cold Storage Social and Sports Club will hold a workers' concert at the company premises in Orchard Road tonight.
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      328 8 m^ 25. Troops to be used with cauStraits Times Crossword DOWN 1 H 3 H 3 V Bi 5 H e H 7 W I l sstfoSr* 1 ot sysl K<?fS SS& Sw^l iS^i aSSS 2 Sense an affirmative In the 10 octet (8) j j I I 3. Villa
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    [Malay rubber holdings began! I with coffee estates I
    1625 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Malay rubber holdings began with coffee estates Miampong production m I grew into industry I syiiiiiiTUESDAYiimcs i i 5 FIRST I NEWS 1 SERVICE j s 5 .-iltiiiiiiiiiiiriiiimiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiin R FPLANT P er ish M is the challenge which faces XV/ the rubber industry and, most of
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      168 9 Rex Morgan* M.IK Unutelcome caller W LvL. V^imW\^' aW^T I I lwmHlßS^B^^4 f"^^ I W" lfals^^m»H mKCWJImL -ffy iJ^ma^F^^^ I mWI bT^^ \LmSvV /.'^^Vaaßßl'it S*^^^mHm»B/ M Dick Tracy A funny look I I f NOU DRiVEnLLSITAND f TWERZA PUN MVLOOk INVER WK LET &*GOJeS \jcr- -njeslosa^3u7«LEs llw studv tuemap. eve.ci»»h
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    TIN PRICE CONTINUES SHARP RISE ON STRIKE THREAT
    671 10 By Our Market Correspondent TIN again rose sharply in price in Singapore yesterday by $5.25 per picul to $392.25, the highest price for a month. Yesterday's gain, like the improvement of $4 on Thursday, was due to the influence that is being
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96% cents per lb., up 2 cents on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in rents per lb. I were No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. i buyers 98. sellers 99: No. 1 R.S.S.
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    EXCHAN6E RATES
    36 10 On the free exchange market In Honir Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.93 tor cash and 5.98 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.70 and one Uel of told at 263
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    'Disastrous week for Malaya'
    577 10 'Disastrous week for Malaya' fFHE week has been rather ■1 a disastrous one for Malaya and although rubber i prices had been expected to fall the speed with which this happened was disturbing to say the least of it, reports the current market review of Holiday. Cutler, Bath Co.. Ltd.
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    INDONESIANS NEW MOVE
    106 10 f\SE of the main tonsequences of of the denouncement by Indonesia of its financial agreements with Holland will be that henceforth the capital o' all Dutch companies operating in Indonesia will have to be at least fifty-one per cent Indonesian, .says an Amsterdam report, quoted by the
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    SHIPPING
    87 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Sumbawa 12, Katong 45. Semiramls 1 C.P.. Polyphemus 6,7, Dolius 89, Eastern Prince 11. Serangan 13 14. Tatsuhaiu Maru 15 16, TroUus 18, Benalbanach 19 20, Stia N. Wall 4. Rawang N. Wall 6, Merlimau N. Wall
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    OFFICIAL PR,C!1
    16 10 OFFICIAL PRICE SINGAPORE RIBBFR TIN: S39zV (up |US) p(r r, COPRA: si-,, Picul (dow n U
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    110 10 rNvsmcKMs I 1 tone wi'h overall I derate on the .v E here today i and silver .>•. I Oils were In I uraniums ea was steady. 1, Loans 3V Loans 3', Con. Zinc. I Bank of n.S.W I Mount Lyell I N. Broken Hill I Hill 50
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    PRODUCE PRICE!
    120 10 PRODUCE PRICE Singapore hinrse Tri*)*/! change: noon pnees p I yesterday were:— I Copra: Quiet; r\ H buyers, $27 B S2B\ sellers. Coconm H bulk $41 sellers: drum $43 Pepper: steady; Munt I $132. Sarawak $131 I wak black > r Singapore opra W^| 4 p.m. prices: copra: March I
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    PENANG TRADE VALUE (f
    98 10 PENANG TRADE VALUE UP Penang's trade last year rose by about 30 per cent. Total j value was $1,399.2 million. $321,3 million more than In 1954. Imports totalled $526.9 million in 1954 while exports amounted to $872.3 million as compared with $655.6 million. Penang's share of the Federation's total trade
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      641 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THE CLOSING DATE for applications lor the po§t of Asgfitaal Inspector oi Chinese] Schools. Keaah Perils, as in- i serted in this paper on 10th 11th and 13th February. 1956, has been extended to 29th February, 1956. Superintendent of Education, Alor Star. APPLICATIONS are invited for apfriuuumem w
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      838 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens age 17-23, for the post of Storekeeper, General Hospital. Penang. Candidates must have passed Std. VIII in an 1 English School. Salary scale: 122 50x7.50-137.50/160x7.50-182.50 197 50x7.50-295 plus COLA at i current rates. Applications on Form Oen. 147. obtainable from any District
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      717 10 NOTICES ULU BENUT CONSOLIDATED RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore; NOTICE IB HERKBY OIVKN that the Thirty-Second Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Thursday. sth April 1958, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of transacting
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      811 10 NOTICES CHANGE OF ADDRESS SINGAPORE TANK SERVICE wish to Inform their client* that they have recently removed to: J4-A CROSS BTREET, SINGAPORE 1. Phone *****. NOTICE THIS is to notify the public that I have disowned my daughter. Scow Mary otherwise known as Mrs. Tan Yoke Bng and that I
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      377 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: Construction, erection and maintenance of protective fencing for the Paslr Panjang Power Station Tender Forms and details from City Engineers Department. (Room 218). CLOSE NOON 6/3/56. TENDER NOTICE I TENDERS are Invited for the I supply of about 90 plculs per 1
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      349 10 KNUTSEM LINE orient service FROM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS-30 DAYS Sailing Arriving SanFr.ncisco Spore P. Sw*f. Peiiant N« El.sabcth Bakke tailed 6 Mar' IJ M.. 12 MaGiertrud Bakke 7 M.. 6 Ap, 8 Ap, 9 Ap» Kristin e.kk. 18 Ap. 18 Ma, 20 May 21 May Anna B.kk, 5 Ma* 4
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      Many are not so eager for wild adventure
      244 12 Many are not so eager for wild adventure MAY I suggest that before any definite steps are taken affecting the status of Singapore, such as demanding immediate independence, joining the Federation or quitting the Commonwealth, a referendum be held. When we voted for the Legislative Councillors we did so to
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      Public hardship the strikers' weapon
      227 12 Public hardship the strikers weapon THE Federation Minister for Labour advised Malayan Trade Unionists that striking york was just like entering an arena. The advice savours of prejudice. I do not deny that a general strike and others of far less magnitude inflict great injury and distress upon the community.
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      THIS REPAIR IS URGENT
      48 12 SURELY the City Council can rely on its road Inspectors to bring to notice certain roads like Woodsville Road which urgently need repair. The Councillor for the Woodsville district is not to be exonerated for the disgusting condition of the Woodsville Road. B.T. Singapore.
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      Time we woke up
      208 12 IN his letter "Asians in Welfare Work" T. S. Tan rightly said "a European commands more respect and is more sincere in his work," and that "a Malayan would be shy to stand for election as head of any organisation." Sincerity, sacrifice of part of one's
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      'LUCKY' SJ.T. TENANT
      266 12 'LUCKY' S.I.T. TENANT THE S.I.T. should see to 1 it that all available low-rental flats or artisan quarters are allotted only to the poor. Checks on any loophole for favouritism should be made. This reminds me of the allegation made In the Straits Times by the Estates Manager a year
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        WASTED HOLIDAY HOURS
        128 12 rwas with great enthusiasm and gladness that the inhabitants of this torn, Malacca, welcomed the delayed arrival of the Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. We write this letter with a few frank opinions concerning the holiday on Tuesday. The Tengku declared Monday a holiday and we are
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        Chinese bu» fares
        92 12 Chinese bee fares I AGREE with your correspondent "Bus Rider," who says that when the Chinese bus companies can run the S.T.C. routes during the strike paying higher wages and a little extra for the workers and yet make a profit, the B.T.C. should be able to do the same.
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        What is the proper footing?
        98 12 Preference to the letter suggesting that trades unions should concentrate on reductions In the cost of living, and the maintenance of essential commodities at reasonable prices, a statement by the President of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce deserves their attention. He is quoted as saying:
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        Legislation for evil
        63 12 117 HAT the Tengku needs is a pipe, a pinch of opium and a history book. The Tengku should take to himself the study of the facts and figures in connection with the income and expenditure of an opium addict together with the physical, social and moral
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        Sir Onn should have waited
        124 12 mHE "merdeka" mission's 1 success Is hailed by all Malayans but as the question of Independence Is a very delicate one, Dato Sir Onn Jaffar's doubt on the "if possible" clause did need clarification. Blr Onn, however, should have waited for Tengku Abdul Rahman's return
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        There's no real remedy
        87 12 I SUPPORT Tengku Abdul Rahman's idea of legalising the sale of opium, not on account of the revenue so earned but because i am convinced that is the right way to stamD out an evil. The curative centre may cure the "beginner," but to an old
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        Sue the City Conneil
        156 12 Sue the City Conncil I READ with horror and anger the letter written by one of your readers, who had had her dog killed in her garden by dog-shooters. This is the second case in the past few days that I have heard of such acts of trespass. I sincerely
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        Ashamed off the plotters
        82 12 U[E have had enough bru- ial murder and kidnapping ending with shocking death committed by Chin Peru' and his thugs. Thank God, Malacca UMNO's well-organised "lot to "kidnap" the Chief Minister failed. I am a Malay. I am ashamed of the "plotters" as undesirable members of
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN DISMISS MCC'A'FORIBB
    304 13 First-knock advantage lost In Test PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Fri. DAKISTAN dismissed the M.C.C. "A" team for 188 on the opening day of the third Test here, and at the close had replied with 24 for no wicket. The M.C.C. made three changes from the side which lost the
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    Weekesfails to make that century
    123 13 Weekesfails to make that century WANGANUI, N.Z., Fri. VVERTON WEEKES, the brilliant West Indies batsman, was dismissed for 43 today in the match against Central Districts here and lost his chance of joining C. B. Fry and Sir Donald Bradman, as the only cricketers to have scored six centuries in
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    BADMINTON ENTRIES A RECORD
    55 13 BADMINTON ENTRIES A RECORD LONDON. Fri. 17INTRIE8 for the AllMJ England Badminton Tournament, which closed this week, have not yet boon completely sorted and tabulated bat the Secretary of the Badminton Association of England said today that the total approaches WO. This Is the largest entry yet and It Includes
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    Lock icon Davis Cup: European zone draw
    106 13 LONDON, Frl. FALY, last year's European Zone champions In the Davis Cup tennis competition, drew a bye In the first round of the 1956 European Zone pairings made yesterday. Most of the other top teams, Including Denmark, Germany and Sweden, also drew first round byes.
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    CRICKET XI v RAF SPORE
    104 13 CRICKET XI v RAF S'PORE Singapore Recreation Club will meet RAF Singapore In a cricket match tomorrow on the S.R.C. ground, starting at 11 a.m. The SRC. team Is: R. C. Hoffman (capt.), M. C. Schubert, E. Le Mercier. C. Colling, D. C. Ro&s, J. Martens, P. Martens, J. Oanstan,
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    Colony champions enter FARELF boxing final
    596 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. OVERHAULING an early lead, *J 30th Bn. Royal Army Ordnance Corps of Singapore beat 2nd Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers of Tampln by IS points to 15 to enter the final of the FARELF inter-unlt boxing championship at the Selangor Badminton AssocUUon
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    SINGAPORE HOCKEY TEAM WILL GO TO THE OLYMPICS
    149 13 SINGAPORE HOCKEY TEAM WILL GO TO THE OLYMPICS TOE SINGAPORE Hockey Association will send a x team to the Olympic Games at Melbourne this November, said the president of the Association, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, after an 80-minute meeting of the panel of coaches held at the Singapore Recreation
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    The Saints upset favourites
    289 13 The Saints upset favourites VICTORIA School, unbeaten hi v f our outings this season, failed to maintain their hundred per cent record when beaten 2-1 by St. Andrew's School in an inter-school fixture at Victoria School ground yesterday. Their clash was fast and thrilling, with both teams showing a high
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    S'GOR FEAR SPORE IN QUAD HOCKEY
    142 13 S'GOR FEAR S'PORE IN QUAD HOCKEY KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. SELANGOR women hope to keep their unbeaten record in this week-end's hockey quadrangular to be played here. Their chief worry is Singapore. "we expect the toughest opposition from Singapore, who are said to have Improved considerably since we beat them In
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      144 13 TODAY RUGGEB: R.A.F. Srietar v BNXAJ 14 Squadron. Tengah. HOCKEY: SJI.A. sealer knockout cup (aemj-nnali) University v 1.A.. Bakit Tlmah; Police v 5.C.R.0.. padaag. SOCCER: ACS. sports pavilion: Past v Present, Barker Bead, 4.3s p.m.; Kamponc Breweries Leagae (Baal): Baden Keaenian v Alexandra FT.. P. A N. (round; Friendlies: C.A.
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      Lock icon Melbourne Cup on usual date
      90 14 MELBOURNE, Fri.— The date for the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier turf race, was today changed back to the traditional first Tuesday In November which this year falls on the sixth of the month. Earlier, the Victoria Racing Club had decided to run the race on
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      Only four entries for Über Cup in so far
      140 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ONLY four nations India, Malaya, New Zealand, and England have so far entered for the Über Cup, the' women's badminton equivalent of the Thomas Cup competition. India and Malaya are in the Asian Zone, New Zealand in Australian
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      THREE DIMENSION OBVIOUS CHOICE ON HIS PAST FORM
      613 14 THREE DIMENSION OBVIOUS CHOICE ON HIS PAST FORM TWREE DIMENSION A looks the obvious choice on form in Race Five today. This useful Big Game gelding, winner of six races last season, put up a good display at Bukit Timah last month when he finished second with 8.10 to Boy
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      Siam Rice goes over his favourite 7-fur
      256 14 OIAM RICE goes over his favourite distance and with the going in his favour he is best with some give in the ground he is worth confident support in Race Six today. 8i;»m Rice won twice over 7f. last season he scored a
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      This ought to be Earn Loong's winning turn
      307 14 HE'S GOT THE GOING, JOCKEY IN HIS FAVOUR By EPSOM JEEP WITH Maori Chief out, Kam Loong has a bright chance of breaking the ice in the Class 2, Div. 1 event over It. (Race Four) today, first day of the Penang
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      124 14 STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS EPSOM JEEP CALi. BOY POINTER lace 1 BIG ANDY Actor II Kinjrsbcau ACTOR II Bit Andy PermiU Dormea ACTOR II Tide O'Gold Ukelei* ».oo Race 2 3.35 PROUD Moment Mystic Cod* Good Andrew PROUD Moment Mystic Cod* I'omral. GOOD ANDREW Barracuda Proud Moment Race 3 4.10 TRES
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      776 14 TODAY'S RACE CARD Race 1 3.00: Class 5, Div. 3 7 Furs. 1 402 Actor II 5y Oeyer 9.00 Shaw Stable Spencer 2 340 Tide o'Gold 7y 8.12 S. O. Scott Martin 3 009 Two Diamonds 6y Joharl 8.10 W. T. Stable Rodgers 4 556 Ukelele 6y Donnelly 8.10 Belmont
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      BRIGHT CHANCE FOR BIG ANDY IN OPENING RACE
      161 14 810 ANDY was running on well at the finish when he came in fourth with 7.10 to Projector over the Ipoh 6f. in January. Seven furlongs may be just right for him and, with a handy 7.8, this Seven Seas gelding has
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      Going should be Good
      47 14 IT was a sonny day yesterday and the going up to last evening was food. riTOE Big Sweep will be 1- drawn on Race Six. The Treble Tote is on Races Three, Five and Six. RADIO MALATA will broadcast all the races today.
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      BOON SEONG IS BACK ANh NOW ITS UP TOSAFA TO GET BOON LEONG
      1105 14 BOON SEONG IS BACK AND NOW ITS UP TOSAFA TO GET BOON LEONG By The Sports Editor SINGAPORE'S inside right, Aw Boon Seong, who last week had asked S.A.F.A. selectors to count him out from early season training and selection, has changed his mind. He was among the players who
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