The Straits Times, 1 March 1956

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    14 1 The Straits Times If**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 19 M IS CENTS
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    CRISIS NEXT MONTH: Mr M
    574 1  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN THERE WILL BE BID TO KEEP SINGAPORE a COLONY" Chief Minister returns from Switzerland with gloomy warning By He fears he may fail in London JfGAPORE will face its gravest constitutional crisis in April, the Chief Minister, r l);u id Marshall, warned when
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    Tengku: I don't love the H-bomb
    683 1  - Tengku: I don't love the H-bomb WILLIAM FISH CUBAN CUTIE JUST CASUAL CALLER: ROYAL jROMANCE REPORT A RIDICULOUS RUMOUR* By rpSNGKU ABDUL RAH--1 MAN, 22 -year -old grandson of the Sultan of Johore, yesterday denied he is in love with Senorita Chelo Alonso, the "Cuban H-bomb" dancer now appearing at
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    Tengku takes over defence today
    1186 1  -  NG YOOK YOON By SOLEMN PLEDGE: I'LL NOT SPARE MYSELF KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation of Malaya takes another big step toward independence tomorrow with the handIng over of control of internal defence and security to the elected Alliance Government. From tomorrow the Chief Minister
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    320,000 SAY: WE WANT NEW PAY PACT
    68 1 320,000 SAY: WE WANT NEW PAY PACT KUALA LUMPUR, wed The Federation's 32D.000 plantation worker. Vive notice to their employe™ tonight that they wish to cancel their wage agreement. The notice was given to the Malayan PlantIng Industries Employers Association by the National Dn'»n of Plantation Workers. The union asked
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    Kidnapped wife found in hideout
    125 1 ALOR STAR, Wed.— Kedah police are hunting; for three men who kidnapped an 18-year-old married woman from her house last Saturday. Kamah binte Mohamed Baman was found by her husband on Monday night In the kidnappers' hideout 35 miles from home. She was not hurt.
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    Lock icon I RUN AGAIN, SAYS IKE
    625 1 End to five months 9 suspense WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER announced today that he is willing to stand for re-election when his term of office in the White House expires at the end of the year. The news ended flv£ months of suspense since the
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    FIJIANS KILL 3
    63 1 Johore ambush fIwJE fighting Fijian*, acting 1 on a tip. yesterday killed three of five terrorists contacted In an ambush In the "oulet" Parlt Sulong area. 2t miles from Bats Pahat. Both the Beds who got away were wounded. The dead men were Pu Xi Heng. 19,
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    Lock icon Ex-President Quirino dies
    33 1 MANILA, Wed. Former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino died today after a heart attack in his home near here. He was 66 and had been ill for a long time. UP.
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    Leap Year babies
    12 1 Seventy-four Leap Year babies were born in Singapore yesterday.
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    A spark, and up go 18 houses
    192 1 A spark, and up go 18 houses ltffOßE THAN 150 peoiT pie were made homeless yesterday in a lunch-time flre which destroyed 18 houses in a Chinese settlement in Florence Road, off Upper Serangoon Road. The blaze, which broke out at 1 p.m., Is believed to have been caused by
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    31 1 GENERAL ELECTION IN BURMA RANGOON, Wed.— nn rmese President LJr. Ba D has ordered general election to be held on April 27. He also dissolved Parliament from tomorrow.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon CHALLENGES OF NUCLEAR AGE
    241 2 Britain meets them with £100 million plan T ONDON, Wed— The British Government today announced a five-year. £100 million plan to build up the nations scientific and technical manpower to meet the challenges of the nuclear age. The plan aims at a 50 per cent increase
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    Odets charged
    31 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed. Playwright Clifford Odets, 48, was released yesterday on US$2O5 bail after spending nine hours in Jail after his arrest on charges of drunken driving.— A. P.
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    Lock icon CURSE ON SWORD
    152 2 CURSE ON SWORD Museum gets it OXFORD, Wed. A BRITISH Army officer has handed over a 300--year-old Japanese Samurai sword to a museum here because he believed it brought him bad luck. The officer, Ma]. E. B. Stewart, was given the sword in Singapore in 1947 by a Japanese officer
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      Lock icon $560,000 m. IN U.S. TAX YIELD
      298 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. A Federal tax official has estimated that the United States .Government has taken in $560,000 million in the 43 years it has been collecting income tax. What began as a tax of. one to six per cent on Incomes above $500,000 a
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      Lock icon Ship through Egyptian blockade
      64 2 TEL AVIV, Wed.— The first ship in nine months to get through a tight Egyptian blockade to Elath, Israel's Red Sea port, anchored there yesterday. The 400-ton Greek-owned freighter Konitza arrived with a cargo of cement after being detained by the Egyptians for two days at
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    A man and his dogs
    329 2 EACH DAY TOM KEEPS ZEILA AND BLACKIE HE IS FINED $17 BY COURT LONDON, Wed.— Tom Branson, £7 16s. a week painter who gets a £2 fine marked against his name each day. his two Alsatian dogs go on living, has. screwed up his door
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    Lock icon Blood to take years oft
    72 2 Blood to take years oft TOKYO. Wed. Authorities here are concerned about a thriving business in human blood, from which cosmetic manufacturers are extracting substance, to produce a specially beneficial face cream. Students and unemployed workers, who are the donors, are paid a few yea a pint. Cosmetic dealers claim
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    Lock icon Moscow visit
    29 2 MOSCOW, Wed.— Mr. Vincent Auriol, former French President, arrived here last night by air for a visit at the invitation of the Soviet President, Marshal Voroshilov. Reuter.
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    Bottles for a bride
    154 2 Bottles for a bride BREWERY boy ANGER vici LONDON. W ed bride and K rooi out of church smiiiiir; der an arcn raised beer b Said the vicar vmi was furious An arch of swords hockey .sticks i But beer bottliv Not even tffig dummy on<-s The guests holdi-, w
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    ON GUAM -WITH A TV SET
    60 2 ON GUAM -WITH A TV SET STOCKHOLM, Till NIGHT watchmen here i soon make security p»3 without stirring tm "i armchairs. A big company ii organises night watchir.ei city buildings is buying a vision equipment to do tt rounds. Small cameras mountrt doors and strategic sks points will pick up
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    Lock icon SOS call
    29 2 KONG KONG, Wed. Chinese Nationalist -ot steamer Ping Tung tod sent an SOS saying «i was leaking into her holds the East China Sea, north Okinawa.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Gift of rock
    23 2 WELLINGTON, ff U.S. icebreaker the American A pedition. arrived with a gift for N —half a ton ol rock. Reuter.
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      133 2 NoWttt 7 SERVICES WEEKLY TO LONDON TO SYDNEY on the 'Kangaroo' route S| *^i^> From March 2, Qantas will operate an additional service to Europe and to Australia, making a total of 7 flights a week to London and to Sydney on the Kangaroo Route. For full information on fares
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    Lock icon Britain's ghost Air Force
    360 3 OHLY 8 SUCCESSFUL MODELS OUT OF 100, COMMONS TOLD 'RESOURCES STRETCHED TO LIMIT' MILLION SPENT IN 10 WARS— 'BUT IT JUST HASN'T ANY PLANES' LONDON, Wednesday. BRITISH Government has spent nearly 1 £i,ii(t(» million on aircraft development in i a <t 10 years— and has nothing
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    Lock icon WALK-OUT BY JAKARTA OPPOSITION
    257 3 WALK-OUT BY JAKARTA OPPOSITION ThM a 'walk-over* on abrogation JAKARTA. Wed.—ln- donesia's Parliament today approved abrogation of union agreements with the Netherlands after one of the stormiest debates in its history. The decision was taken after all Opposition members had walked out of the meeting and the Speaker and Deputy
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    Lock icon New Bishop is installed
    50 3 LONDON, Wed. —Watched by a congregation of nearly 1,000, Dr. Montgomery Campbell, formerly Bishop of Guilciford, was yesterday installed as the new Bishop of London in St. Paul's Cathederal. Dr. Campbell succeeds Dr. John Wand, who retired recently after holding the post for 10 years. Reuter
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    Lock icon THE GREAT MASSACRE
    80 3 BW YORK. Wed.— Time iid today that 20 tiion Chinese were estimatito have been methodically jKiited in the greatest limed massacre in the pary of mankind since fe Chinese Communists lap to power, toother 23 million people were estimated to be held in forced labour camps, the
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    Lock icon Trotskyite Mayor of Colombo is ousted by two votes
    110 3 COLOMBO, Wed. nnHE Trotskyite Mayor of X Colombo, Dr. N. M. Perera, was voted out of office yesterday by a rightwing group in Colombo's Municipal Council. The vote was 16 to 14, with one abstention. Dr. Perera, the leader of the
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    Lock icon Buying rush in Wall St.
    105 3 NEW YORK, Wed. President Eisenhower's decision to stand for reelection set off a frantic baying rash at the New York Stock Exchange today. Even before Mr. Eisenhower made bis dramatic announcement, gains of op to a dollar a snare were registered at the Exchange. Soon
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    Recovering
    19 3 CANNES. Wed. The Aga Khan continues to make a good recovery after his recent heart trouble and arthritis—Reuter
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER and TIN
    253 3 LONDON, Wed. doßlrur middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON. Feb. 29.— Ca*h Buyers £S3S; Sellers £8374: Forward Buyers tIU; Sellers 1787 >..; Settlement £835; Turnover; a.m. 160 tons p.m. 136 tons. RUBBER LONDON. F*b. 29— Spot 38>4d.. Apr -June
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    Lock icon THE 'BLACK HOLE' OF KOSTI
    68 3 THE 'BLACK HOLE' OF KOSTI IN THIS 13 yards by 10 yards building, in Kosti prison, Sudan, 194 prisoners died oat of the 281 cotton farmers detained. Some of the survivors are seen seated outside under the watchful eyes of an armed guard. This week a Sudanese M.P. and a
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    Lock icon NEGRO PRESIDENT of OXFORD UNION
    145 3 OXFORD, Wednesday. A JAMAICAN Negro. 26-year-old Roy Dickson, I takes over in a fortnight Oxford University's most important and influential student post—President of the Oxford Unio« Union members are especially noted for their debating skill and often make their way Into politics or diplomacy after
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    OPIUM: DOCTORS CENSURE TENGKU
    187 4 TOE Alumni Associa- tion yesterday condemned Tengku Abdul Rahman's move to lift the ban on the sale of opium in the country. In a statement. Dr. Owee Ah Leng, general secretary of the Alumni, said: "The taking of drugs to oroduce or continue addiction is Immoral
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    UMNO concert
    22 4 SEQAMAT. Wed. The Segamat branch of UMNO will hold a charity concert at the Gemereh Malay School tomorrow and Friday.
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    Good rice with the bad—court told
    173 4 Good rice with the bad— court told 2 MILLIONAIRE DEALERS ACCUSED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FIRST grade Government rice was mixed with bad rice by one of the biggest rice dealing organisations in South-East Asia before it was sold, the Sessions Court here was told today. The mixing was carried out
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    400 protest 'Hostel food not up to standard'
    107 4 400 protest 'Hostel food not up to standard' la a protest against the food in University of Malaya hostels 400 students have signed a petition asking for the resignation of the assistant lady supervisor. The petition has been sent to the yiee-Chan-cellor. Sir Sydney Came, and to the Senior Warden,
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    Punch costs him $15
    52 4 A Change Alley hawker, Lee Cheng Choon, was fined $15 in Singapore yesterday for assaulting Constable Salleh bin Daud on Feb. 22. Salleh told the court that when he came up to Lee who was obstructing Change Alley with his wares. Lee "swung a blow" at
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    Overlanders in Malaya
    36 4 CHANGLOON, Wed. The Oxlor d-Cambrldge Par Eastern touring team driving from London to Singapore crossed the Malayan-Siamese border at Bukit Kayu Itam this afternoon. A later message said the team had reached Penang.
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    Pedestrian, 84, is killed
    30 4 Goh Cheng Yong, 84, was killed in an accident at the Collyer Quay-Telegraph Street Junction, Singapore, yesterday. Goh was knocked down by a car while walking.
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    'Labour bishop'
    30 4 Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, a world authority on labour-management problems and social reforms, will arrive in Singapore by air from Australia on Sunday for a two-day Yislt.
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    'Cruel crowd'just stared as baby was born in streets
    533 4  - 'Cruel crowd' just stared as baby was born in streets PATRICIA MORGAN NO EFFORT TO AID STRICKEN MOTHER By CHOCKED community leaders last night condemned the callous indifference of a crowd which yesterday morning watched a woman giving birth to a baby in a Singapore street and did nothing to
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    Bilingual in English? That's possible, says schools' chief
    82 4 Bilingual in English? That's possible, says schools' chief KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Selangor Chief Education Officer. Mr. K. D. Luke, said today that a standard Malayan English dialect was possible. Bat he told Rotarians at their weekly meeting here: "It is very wrong to lay down hard-and-fast rules on languages.
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    HE EXPLAINS AIMS OF A.S.C.
    51 4 HE EXPLAINS AIMS OF A.S.C. MB. WIJONO SURYOKLSUMO. secretary of tbe Asian Socialist Conference, (above) arrived in Singapore from Jakarta yesterday to discuss the Labour Front's application for membership. He told the Straits Times that support of the freedom movement was one of tbe aims of the A.S.C. Straits Times
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    Lallang fire
    17 4 Fire razed two square miles of dry lallang in Ama Keng Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    Council row over $600 tea party
    148 4 A PROPOSAL to use $600 of Singapore ratepayers' money on a reception to be given at the official opening of an Infant welfare clinic at Alexandra Road was sharply criticised in the City Council yesterday. But the Council felt it was Justified in spending
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    New committee
    18 4 IPOH. Wed a JoW g sultative committee W set up for the planting dustry in Perak
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      344 4 BOUSTEAD CO. LTD. and JOHN BUTTERY CO. LTD. announce the amalgamation of their respective Estates Agency business as from Ist March 1956, and the formation of a Company registered in the Federation of Malaya to handle that business under the name of BOUSTEAD-BUTTERY ESTATES AGENCY LIMITED. AGENTS FOR:-Anglo-Asian Rubber Plantations
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    ream chosen to prepare Merdeka blueprint
    228 5 ream chosen to prepare Merdeka blueprint RULERS SAY YES TO CREATION OF SINGLE NATIONALITY \IJTISH EXPERT AS LEADER KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CONFERENCE of Rulers today approved ttu terms of reference and composition of Commonwealth commission which is to t he (institution for an independent Fed- mn of Malaya. Keeper of
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    TELEPHONE OPERATOR BESSIE FROM AUSTRALIA MARRIES HER DREAM MAN4 R.A.F. CORPORAL
    127 5 TELEPHONE OPERATOR BESSIE FROM AUSTRALIA MARRIES HER DREAM MAN 4 R.A.F. CORPORAL 4 fSTRALI AN telephone A operator Bessie Cameron married her "dream man" Royal Air Force Corporal Douglas McGovan in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Both are 24. They were married at the Roman Catholic church at the R.A.F. station here.
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    THE FULL HOUSE DINNER
    172 5 THE FULL HOUSE DINNER I^OUF. hundred and fifty people have paid to attend a Chinese dinner party at the Sky Palace Restaurant on Saturday night in honour of Canon R.K.S. Adams, who is retiring after 22 years as headmaster of St. Andrew's School. The organisers, the St. Andrew's Old Boys'
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    Laycock to go on holiday
    29 5 Singapore lawyer and former Legislative Councillor, Mr. John Laycock, will be leaving for England next week for a six-month holiday on his doctor's advice.
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    plony subways
    142 5 PLANS FOR FINLAYSON GREEN AND KALLANG GAPORE may shortly follow Kuala Lumpur's Q and install pedestrian subways under I traffic-congested streets. Various committees engaged in solving the city's mounting traffic, chaos have already requested preliminary estimates and plans for two subways, it is understood. One, it is proposed,
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    ity Council to seek 30mil. loan
    69 5 finance major works, imiudinu expansion of "H-crage. electricity, '»«d water systems, the Spore city Council to raise S3O million 'ear. acreed yesterday to 'Legislative Assembly a > to float the loan. l,''u at fivP WT Ce "t be redeemable in years. Iff* 1 1
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    Two years for 'vicious assault'
    128 5 Two years for 'vicious assault JOHORE BAHRV, Wed. MOHAMED NOR BIN ABUBAKAR, 26, who struck a Customs officer on the head with an iron rod, was today jailed for two years by the Johore Bahru Sessions court for causing hurt. The court was told that the officer, Jaffar bin Abubakar,
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    5 to study report
    50 5 The Singapore Chinese Schools Conference last night elected a sub-commit-tee of five schools to study the All-Party Committee report on Chinese education. The schools are: Chung Cheng High School. Chinese High School. San Shan Chinese School. Yeung Cheng Chinese School and Chung Hwa Girls' High School.
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    Fourth offence —6 months
    52 5 Fourth offence 6 months Chua Ah Kiat. who had three previous convictions for theft, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to fraudulent possession of rubber worth $17.40 in South Bridge Road on Oct. 16 last yC He was sentenced to six months' jail, to be followed by one year's
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    DARTMOUTH CADET SAILS IN and OUT
    114 5 MIDSHIPMAN Chia Cheng Lock, the first officer cadet of the Royal Malayan Navy to be sent to the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, returns to Singapore on Sundaj^^ ing in the aircraft carrier H.MS, Albion which is to take part in combined naval exercises
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    The 6-to-l verdict
    49 5 Two men and an i elderly woman, accused of the raurd«•of a pork seller, Oh Teow bSm were acquitted in the ifnlap^re Assize Court yesmen were Ylap 3™Beng and Yap Huat Kirn. The woman was Tan A Tn?°jur y returned a 6-to-l verdict of not guilty.
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    MERDEKA MADE GANG GIVE UP
    211 5 Will others come? 7 don't know 9 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Wednesday. pHEE SANG, leader of the 11 terrorists who surrendered north of here on Monday, said today that the promise of independence for Malaya had brought his gang out of the Jungle. At a press
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    RAID FOR OPIUM BETRAYED A RED
    167 5 RAID FOR OPIUM BETRAYED A RED SINGAPORE police raided a Queen Street home for opium one August night and found instead a man writing a Communist essay. He was arrested and the room was searched. In the secret compartment of a table, police found a pile of Communist documents. In
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    The mystery of flight
    56 5 Mr. J. C. Cooke, Professor of Applied Mathematics in the University of Malaya, last night gave the first of a series of public lectures on "How an aeroplane flies" at the Shell Theatrette, Singapore. The remaining two lectures will be at the same place at 6
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    Dances for diners
    36 5 A Hong Kong troupe will entertain guests of the AngloAmerican Corporation Ltd. with dances and songs during the firm's annual dealers' dinner at Lunar Hall in the New World amusement park, Singapore, tonight.
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    DEATHS
    78 6 M Word, tlO iminimvm). HARRIS On 29th February at his residence 1-A Buklt Tlmah Road Alfred Alexandra Harris of Kobe and late of Anglo-Slam Corp. Ltd., (Slam Forests) Thailand. (Canadian Thai papers please copy). TAN: Mr. Tan Beng Quee passed away peacefully on 29.2.56 at 41. Lorong 33 Geylang.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    212 6 20 H'orrfj $10 (minimum). SALE AT MULCHAND'S, 82-1, Bras Basah Road. Dresses Gowns Prices Slashed. FOLLOW PECaNT Every Day In the 'Mala' Mail' if you want to win th. 1 $5,000 word puzzle. AIR-WIJK as an Air purifier has often been imitated, but never equalled. It contains 125 natural
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    31 6 H Word, fin (minimum) THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. Chan Lo Hung of 131 Elisabeth Drive thank all relatives and friends lor their condolences, wreaths, scrolls, assistance and attendance.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Mar. 1, 1956. Malayans and Traitors
    671 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Mar. 1, 1956. Malayans and Traitors An airport interview at the end of a long flight is not the best occasion for political prediction and comment. In other circumstances Singapore's Chief Minister might have expressed himself somewhat differently than in fact he did yesterday at
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    The Smuggler
    253 6 The $700,000 which the Federation Government collects annually by way of court fines and forfeitures from unsuccessful smugglers give some idea of the revenue Government loses. Those who are caught by the Customs and Excise Department are probably the unlucky and relatively few. At least the Federation Government
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    Unwelcome
    239 6 While it is not known what reasons Colonel Hassan Salleh gave for seeking entry into Malaya, apparently from Sumatra, there seems reason why permission to remain should be withdrawn. The colonel, who commands a battalion of the "Islamic Republic Army" in Atjeh, has said in Singapore that his "army"
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      AWAY WITH FALSE PRIDE
      356 6 T BELIEVE the Govern- ment of the Colony of Singapore is not an industry for the benefit of the civil servants, both expatriates and local born. I also believe that the people of Singapore are not commodities to be treated so by the fortunate Government officials,
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      Put in his place
      156 6 BY the very tone of his letter "Malayan Visitor," of Butterworth. has shown himself to be a pompous and selfopinionated type, and I congratulate the Australian Immigration authorities for putting him in his place a little. The immigration people of any country are particularly adept at
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      More passengers, more profit
      295 6 I CANNOT refrain from comment on your argument in favour of increasing the S.T.C. bus fare rates. You will recall from the recent bus inquiry at which the lawyer lor the company suomitted that if tne company were to accept the wage demands originally put lorwaro
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      111 6 IN Rahang, where I am living, there are a lot ot army children running wild. These children, whose fathers are sergeants, are badly brought up. They approach any pas-ser-by for money and if they are not given any insult the passer-by and use profane language. Once I saw
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      Members' pay should be the first concern of unions
      286 6 lI7TTH reference to your T» report on the commercial employees' meeting, I am of the opinion that (a) the dissenting voice heard In the hall against the resolution regarding the "indifferent and antagonistic attitude" alleged to have been adopted by the
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      A Penang hill road: Lustre for 'The Pearl of the East'
      409 6 A Penang hill road: Lustre for 'The Pearl of the East' TN reference to putting 1 Penang on the world tourist map. It will be of Interest for readers to know that the suggestion for a winding road up Penang Hill by Mr. Walter Hutton, though quite excellent, is nevertheless
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      Archbishop and Bishop: No contradiction
      426 6 Tifß. B. M. SCOTT conaTl siders that there is a contradiction between a recent utterance of the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Church of England's teaching on marriage and divorce and a passage In the Bishop of Singapore's article on the same topic. published in
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      CALL FOR AN INQUIRY
      77 6 CALL FOR AN INQUIRY tar m c i sr t &< ment to give ,< adult NducatTo" Let all the Lu. du and audit, s*"5 Professional CT anu C A hart «ed°^ vise on the of administration counting. n N But we do w an misappropriation.;* One astounding v, emerges
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      FRANK AND TIMELY
      130 6 FRANK AND TIMELY 1 CONGRATULATE i Lim Chee Pot c frank and timely era of financial nusEay ment by some of the a ber association.; o: gapore Council for Education. Govea grants-in-aid to the Cc are by no means mi, steadily increased yt vote of $250,000 in $300,000 In 1952:
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      ALL MAKE MISTAKES
      78 6 D. SURENDRANATH appears to me to have written just out of spite. I am an Indian, too. but I would advise him not to look down on Malayan politicians. They will, as unfledged politicians, make mistakes, as all unfledged politicians will; but, with more experience, I am
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      530 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 1* Wor*M $10 (minlmmm). LIM: To Joo Lee and Kee Loo, a son, at K.K. Hospital, on 29th February 1956. 20 Hard, tlO (minimum). INSLEY CUSCADEN: The engagement Is announced between Edward elder son of Mr. and Mrs. EJ Insley. of Wethersfleld Essex, and Sally Jane, only daughter
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      53 6 Rubber bladed fixed jk» i or oscillating models. %^M* W 1 BLECTRIC f** LIST Prices from -SB gggS rfc l Advertisement of THE CENIRAL ELICTRK Representing THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Sp"* Everybody .eem. lo bo They pick up W.n««'»«' "KRIPALSONS 3rd ANNIVERSARY SALE y~ too wm hjre (65 Arsb Str««»
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    Lock icon 'We won't have S'pore as an equal'
    237 7 FEDERAL LEADERS SAY: JOIN US BUT ONLY AS UNIT rUA LA LIMPUR, Wed.— Federation leaders I* todaj disagreed with Dato Sir Cheng-lock j in g surprise statement that Singapore and the Federation should unite as equal partners. They paid it "i utii one
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    Only two back Dato Tan's merger view
    197 7 dfcd in Malaya Association- e ai mer e*r is a good thing, rut Singapore should come in as a unit. lik e the states and settlements. Singapore's size and population do not warrant more than that." Inche Mega* Yunus bin Haji Mohamed Isa.
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    THE HEAT'S ON IN CAPITAL
    49 7 LUMPUR. Wed ra] capital has been i In a heat wave for weather men say yet of a break. There has been no rain for a week. The hottest day was last Saturday when the maximum temperature was 95.2 degrees. T;Kiay it was 93.
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    $160 loss
    20 7 PENANG, Wed. Watches and clothing worth $168 were reported missing from the military headquarters at Northam Road yesterday.
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    Airmen eat in mess again
    378 7  - Airmen eat in mess again BILL CAMPBELL BUT THEY ARENT SATISFIES By \EVf ZEALAND and 11 Australian airmen stationed at R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, resumed eating in their mess yesterday but they remained dissatisfied with the food. Nearly 40 airmen stalked out of the mess during Tuesday's mid-day meal in protest
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    MYF revival meetings
    44 7 The Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold a series of revival meetings in the church auditorium, Telok Ayer Street, at 7.30 p.m. every Sunday this month on the theme "Victorious Living." The speaker will be Dr. F Olin StockweU
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    Robbers take a ring
    45 7 Two masked Chinese, one armed with a revolver and the other a dagger, broke into a house in Lorong 17, Oeylang Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night, and robbed a Sikh woman, Kartar Kaur, of $50 and a ring worth another $50.
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    Public lecture
    42 7 Dr Roderick Huang of the Department of English, University of Malaya, will give a public lecture on "Is there a future for English literature in Malaya?" at the university's Arts Theatre in Cluny Road, Singapore, at noon on March 6.
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    150 HOMELESS AFTER BLAZE IN CHINESE SETTLEMENT
    40 7 THE SCENE at yesterday's fire in a Chinese settlement off the 6) milestone, Serangoon Road, Singapore. More than 156 people were made homeless by the flames which destroyed 18 homes. Straits Times picture.
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    UMNO DENIES BID to UNITE ALL MALAYS
    197 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TTHE senior partner in the Alliance, the United x Malays National Organisation, today denied a report that it was behind a "secret" movement to unite all Malays into a single body. A Singapore Malay newspaper, quoting an U.M.N.O. source, had
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    REBUKE FOR MAN IN A HURRY
    62 7 REBUKE FOR MAN IN A HURRY KUALA LIPIS, Wed. A shop assistant, Yap Moh Seng, 26, was reprimanded by the magistrate. Mr. J. R. Whlmster, here for coming to court in a vest. Yap said: "I was in a hurry and didnt have time to put on a shirt." Yap,
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    NEW COAST ROAD READY BY JUNE
    169 7 rpHE completion of the new coast road connecting A Singapore's multi-million dollar Kallang Bridge with the city will not effect the present traffic arrangements around St. Andrew's Road and ConI naught Drive. This was disclosed yesterday by the City Engineer. Mr. O. Edmond. "The
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    Burma jails 17 S'pore men
    47 7 RANGOON, Wed. A local magistrate's court in Mergui, 360 miles south-east of here, has sentenced 17 Chinese fishermen from Singapore to one year's jail each for violation of Burmese territorial waters in January. The men were arrested by naval patrol gunboats. Heater.
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    Increased wages
    62 7 Will be backdated KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The salary increases recently given to 15,000 Federal and State Government clerks are to be backdated to Jan. 1 this year. It will cost the Federal Government nearly $6 million a year. The wage increases were agreed to by the Federation last
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    Front calls in a lawyer
    37 7 Inche Omar bin Saleh, a lawyer, has been appointed Supervisor of the Calrnhill electoral division by the Singapore Labour Front. He ill control Front branches and give legal assistance to party supporters.
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    BRITISH MERDEKA EXPERTS NAMED
    195 7 BRITISH MERDEKA EXPERTS NAMED TTHREE British conA siitutional experts have been appointed by the Singapore Government to help the Collory's merdeka mission to London next month. Sir I* or Jcrnings, who helped to frame the constitutions of Ceylon and Pakistan, will lead the team. In 1947, when Sir Ivor was
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    Sunset service
    22 7 The Paya Lebar Methodist Youth Fellowship Singapore, will hold a sunset service at Macßitchie Reservoir at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Beasts of burden? No they want work PLAN TO CUT TRISHAS IS REJECTED
    194 8 Beasts of burden? No they want work PLAN TO CUT TRISHAS IS REJECTED SINGAPORE trishamen attended a spirited City Council debate about themselves yesterday and went home greatly relieved at the Council's decision. The Council rejected, by 24 votes to one, a proposal to replace 1,200 trishas yith 80 taxis,
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    Annual meeting
    23 8 The Balestier Community Centre will hold its third annual meeting at the Whampoa Square field. Singapore, at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
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    FOUR WILL TELL JAPAN ASIA STORY
    69 8 FOUR WILL TELL JAPAN ASIA STORY Four Japanese novelists, Mrs. Abe, Mrs. Uki. Mrs. Shibaki, and Miss Bono, arrived In Singapore yesterday on their way back to Japan. They have been on a tour of Asia sponsored by the Asia Foundation, to gather material for articles for Japanese newspapers. The
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    Soldiers are quizzed
    47 8 Several soldiers atached to the 443 Base Ammunition Depot hi Kranii, Singapore, were questioned yesterday hi connection with the theft of 3,000 detonators from the depot last week-end. Investigations on the loss are being conducted jointly by the civilian police and the army authorities.
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    PROSECUTION WITNESS 'FACES $20 THREAT
    197 8 Secret evidence plea In tea terror inquiry DENANG, Wed.— A $20 "reward" has been offered by interested parties for information on the identity of a prosecution witness in a preliminary inquiry, a Penang magistrate was told today. Inspector S. Kulaisingam asked the magistrate, Mr. E.
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    "TOO MANY ARMY MEN SMUGGLING': PRESIDENT
    113 8 JOHORE BHARU, Wed.— Mr. N. l. Cohen, president of the johore Bahru Sessions Court, said today that there were far too many military drivers nowadays, smuggling goods into Johore Bahru. Mr. Cohen said this when he fined Lance Corporal Darus bin Osman, 19, of
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    Killed by a lift
    39 8 A 38-year-olu carpenter, Cheong Sah Man, was fatally Injured while working on the wooden framework around a lift shaft in John Little's Building. Singapore, yesterday. Cheong was hit on the head by a descending counterweight.
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    Picture of the Queen
    43 8 Three thousand copies of a photograph of the Queen by Baron have arrived in Singapore for free distribution. The photograph will be available to the public on personal application to the distribution clerk. Public Relations Office, at Assembly House.
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    Trisha man in collision
    34 8 A 60-year-old trisha rider, Chan Ah Peng, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital yesterday after a collision between his trisha and a car hi Cecil Street. Chan received head injuries.
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    Draw is put off
    35 8 KLUANG, Wed.— The draw for the lottery in aid of the Kluang Town Hall building fund has been postponed from Sunday to May 5 at 9 pan., the organisers announced today.
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    Rotarians pay out Leap Year 'bonus'
    267 8 Rotarians pay out Leap Year 'bonus MORE THAN 100 business executives in Singapore yesterday paid out special "service bonuses" in free entertainment and gifts for hundreds of sick and handicapped children, poor people and students. The executives were Rotarians renewing their pledge of "Service Before Self on a suggestion from
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    YOUNG PIANIST HITS ROAD TO FAME
    209 8 ROBERT WEISZ, the 29--year-old pianist, created a very favourable impression in his first Singapore concert last night. His musicianship and intellectual calibre are of the highest order. While some of his playing last night lacked grandeur and sonority, this can probably be blamed entirely
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      149 8 8hop; »9.30 News: 9-45 Light niniA if AT AVA Music; 10.00 Down Beat; 10.30 M-saWIW MAuAIA u .oo Music Past And Present (*ProfT_imn«i thus marked e-n I_Ao_-%M__-br received by Itatener. In -Cl«gHMl---(Short Wft-e 49 and 62m. Medium SINGAPORE ware 47fcn. »4J.. 36« m. and 297 m.) AM. »9J2 and 11.08
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Man who lost Canada is a hero in Quebec
    1701 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Man who lost Canada is a hero in Quebec I LOVING B LADY J 3Montcalnt died in the hour of defeat THE FLEURS de Lys, the stylised HKes, On fact, irises) of the French monarchy have long vanished from the flag of France. But they still
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      220 9 fAR-GLASS your dealer .EAR-GLASS you r druggist stopi fofl o" wineUhi«ldi EAR-GLASS I*ol se'vice station o 1 mirrori .EAR-GLASS y our Department store z"c prwenn fogging -rgiowa* .EAR-GLASS your optician or druggist Mbbbbjbi UHIM LEE CO. IO9S Sin*spare. 7,: ;fi554. akaaaV w. itim? is the mnrning yoo iHP it and
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      188 9 Hex Morgan. tf,f>. He sneaked in (si I A I'll MEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN, HONEY J r^P^Bi C^^^^BaVsa\ aaaV I* 1 /.'(kMT YOU TO KNOW I'M NO i j yy/kjy(T you TO KNOW TVtVT IDO I^~^Baaaai P^QLaaaaaaaaralaW^r^^ai aaaaaa^TvLaß aaar HI '"^L^*^"" vVfl B^~ p-JTw fi^ I B^Ha If k Dick
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    TIN PRICE RECOVERS $4.87 1/2 A PICUL ON COLONY MARKET
    550 10 TIN PRICE RECOVERS $4.87 1/2 A PICUL ON COLONY MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE price of tin in Singapore yesterday recovered by $4.87} per picul, after the big drop on Tuesday and was quoted at $385. Overnight London steadied on moderate buying towards the close and this influence was
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    151 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Eseluutce: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; March $27% buyers. $27 7 i sellers; April $27»i buyen. $28 sellers. Coconut oU: quiet; bulk $40% sellers; drum $43% sellers. Pepper: steady with some business reported; Muntok white $132, Sarawak $131 (both unchanged), special Sarawak
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    SHIPPING
    119 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Canton 1/3. Dardanus 4/5. Semiramis 1 C.P.. India 6/7, TJisadane 8/9. Dollus 11, KoU Cede 13/14. Ocean Mara 15/16, Walrimu 18, Castlevllle 19/20, Belangor N. Wall 8. Anne Reed 21/22. Larut 21 Ijora 24/25. Van Noon 26,
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    Lock icon TUBELESS TYRES
    43 10 BERLIN: The first tubeless tyres for passenger cars made in East Germany have been developed by the nationalised tyre works at Puerstenwalde on the Polish border, the last Oerman news agency reports. Mass production Is t o begin in 1951.— Reuter
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    RUBBER CROPS
    36 10 •The following January rubber crops are announced:— Aye* Panas 82.000 Ib.; Glenealy 85 000 It).: Kteang 64.500 lb.; Pajam 108.000 Ta Hunan 26.000 lb Teluk Alison 41.043 Ib.: and I'lu Bennt Consolidate* 44.000 lb.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 March first grade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 96 cents per lb., up l' K cents on Tuesday's closing price The closing tone was slightly easier. Closing prices in cents per Ib. were No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.ob buyers 96',.. sellers 97 nominal) No. 1
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    MERCANTILE DIVIDEND
    66 10 The Mercantile Bank of India are to pay a second interim dividend of 7 per cent, less tax. making 14 per cent for 1955. No further dividend for 1955 will be announced. For the previous year an interim dividend of 7 per cent was followed by free scrip
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    AUSTRALIA STOCKS
    71 10 AUSTRALIA STOCKS Investment/ 1 tone but Dr mainly small change here covered a §M and Golds 4, 0 "s «sed. W^J^ Loans3>i,'; UiX*?*^ Loans 2>i', Con. Zinc Bank of N.SW Mount Lyell Mount Moi:.,. Western Mtajj Ampol Ex. 3 Oil Search Aust. Consol. incj A. P.M. mcv. Bradford B. Hill
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    45 10 MORE SIAM TOBACCO More than 4 M Siamese tobacco lev exported for c i during the pas; was rtvealed b The first shipmeirT" tined for United European ports The Thailand Tobacco >. ment Company, which vi by tobacco growers ant concluded the deal tish firm.— U.P.
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    34 10 On the free exchange Hong Kong yesterday I dollar was quoted at L I cash and 5.93.. for t.T 'B Sterling was quoted v L one Uel of told at 257 I
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      664 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Cltlsens. age 17 23 for appointment as Field Assistants. Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya. Candidates must have passed the School Certificate with credits in one or more of the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry General Science 11. English Language. Salary scale: $137.50x "7 51-152.50
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      653 10 NOTICES NOTICE WORLD WIDB AGENCY requires Senior Passage assistant, m. or f., good commercial experience, capable handling correspondenco Independently. Apply stating salary required to Box A 1795 S.T. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that I, KOH TIEW TOH. proprietor of Choc Eng Hoe Huat, Singapore, have applied to the Board
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      760 10 NOTICES Nona Notice is hereby given that I. Lum Tian chup. Pioprtstor of Mun Kheong Ltqjuor Shop, 171, Victoria Street. Singapore, Has applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore for a wholesale Dealer's Licence In respect of premises No. 171. Victoria Street, Singapore and that this application will be
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      775 10 NOTICES FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE EFFECTIVE Ist MAY, 1956 Shippers are heresy informed that tbe Outport additional* from Malacca appearing In Section m of the current Tariff are to be amended as follows:— Rubber —40/- M. Oeneral Cargo— 63/6 W/M. Sawn Timber —45/- M. CHANGE OF ADDRESS SIN GIAP RUBBER
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      736 10 NUIKJO NOTICE TO ROAD USERS BAGAN SERAI SELAMA 80. RBPAIRS will be canted oat to tbe Hallway Level Crossing on tbe Mth mile Began Serai Changkat Lobak Road between the hours of 6.00 pjn. on tbe 6th March and 6 ajn. on tbe 7th March 19M. flame delay to traffic
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    SHE STAYS IX BED FOR BEAUTY
    383 12 SHE STAYS IX BED FOR BEAUTY PEGGY ASHTON finds the easiest way to glamour yet WHEN the days are hot and the effort of that light exercise which experts say is so essential for figure fitness becomes intolerable, it is good to know that one authority says— GO TO BED.
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    'Why I'm still single'
    88 12 JTNMARRIED at 32. singer Margaret Truman says in her U magazine memoirs now running that living in the glare of lights and publicity as the President's daughter "is not the way to get engaged." At 21 she had regiments of beaux but "I had to make
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    WEANING BABY FROM THE BREAST
    650 12 WEANING BABY FROM THE BREAST 4 S I said in a previous article, the length of time it is advisable for a mother to breast feed her baby depends upon the individual, but somewhere between the sixth and the ninth month is usually satisfactory and in no case should a
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    Cookie makes guests welcome
    219 12 Cookie makes guests welcome WE have relatives staying. Cookie, who has a strong family feeling, says why don't we tell them to stay a year. We have done, but they cannot. He has made all sorts of plans and even tentative arrangements with the lines goldsmith for ears being pierced,
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    LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, says father
    166 12 A FATHER objected at Worcester recently to his 19 year old daughter's marriage because he said like her mother, she always wanted her own way. The father, Mr. Walter Griffin, said that he > liked the girl's fiance, Roger Thompson, aged n. > Rut
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      66 12 X know the secret Lavender with an extra touch of te=||rg sophistication y^E^L^ *h a lingers, YARDLEY^^I LAVENDER abo obystas>U»b VATxmn*— Yardlcy'i famoiß Lavender m sofid form, and YanQey uvmdu ioa»-■nootb-buhenag, richly petnimed— 'tht boaaj «*pcju**mC 9^bl B^h^B^Bl B^BMb^^lS^ %«^Bfl j ■mmti iSmmS bHSiW ImW* j'—BPßf^af^B BBafflL^mi *9 Bmmm\ H
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      285 12 Straits Times Crossword Ig I i|^B| a I I I I I 120 ACROSS 7 But it contains old oaks (3, 6). 1 Can I be lovable? (7) PaU t rt «d outsider (7) 5tS s&stse* 6t tans flgf 01 1 >erfum 9 Any leader has on* (9). J** c
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    Junior Cup final to be replayed
    323 13 8oo»«1«m draw prolongs ••ason THE Singapore Hockey x Association's Junior knockout final between Singapore Cricket Club and Young Men's Sikh Association ended in a scoreless draw on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. This wag to have been the last fixture of the 1955--56 season. The
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    PERAK T.C. SPRING MEET ATTRACTS 159
    712 13 IPOH. Wed. A TOTAL, of 159 bones— 94 in Claes Three and 65 in Class Five— has been entered for the Perak Turf Club Spring Meeting on March 10, 14 and 17. Entries an: OeUang Star Adm Ami* Art Auai Baja Balk Beav Blga
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    THE RACING SCHEDULE
    80 13 There win be eight races each, day. Schedule of racing is: FIKST DAT: CL 3, Div. 1 5%f. straight and B%f. CL S. Divs. 1. 3 and 3 SVtf. and BV4f. SECOND DAT: Cl. 3, Dlvs. 3. 3. 4 and S 5%f. str.; Div. 3 B'4. Cl.
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    FINAL MATCB FOR GIRLS S.C.
    117 14 The Girls' Sports Club will end their hockey season with their annual Married v Singles on Saturday at 4 p.m. The teams this year will be competing for the first time for the "Lily Pearse" Rose Bowl presented by Mrs. Pearse for yearly competition. Teams
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    DON RAZALI WINS AT BANGKOK
    45 14 Singapore's leading featherweight professional boxer, Don Rasall, made a successful debut in Bangkok when he outpointed Slam's Manit Luktalea over ten rounds In the Cholburi Stadium last Saturday. Rasali will have another fight before he returns to the Colony. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiitiiuiiimimimii
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    STTA name team of five —and hope for the best
    198 14 STTA name team of five and hope for the best WITH nothing more than the fT hope that somehow, they will get to Tokyo next month for the world championships, the Singapore Table Tennis Association last night announced their team of five players. To the names of Loh Heng Chew,
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    Film Studio ($49) paid best
    1549 14 FAVOURITES HAVE A FIELD DAY AT PENANG RAGES G. Bougoure reaches 20 on two oddson winners From EPSOM JEEP JOCKEY Garnet Bougoure reached the 20---winners mark when he scored a double on two odds-on winners Tres Bien and Avenger— at Penang yesterday, second day of
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    SRA GIVES FREE VET SERVICE
    97 14 SRA GIVES FREE VET SERVICE r!E Straits Racing Association is to provide a free veterinary service for trainers and owners of registered race horses, at training and spelling establishments in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. This will com* into operation from April 1, Mr. L. C. Bailey, secretary of
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      STUDY THE 'HEARTACHE LAW AND ENJOY SOCCER
      504 14 By The Sports Editor |T"S FOOTBALL'S time of the year again and soon the cry of "OFFSIDE" will be heard on all the playing fields in the country. In Singapore ,the league competition opens today and not long after the 515 p.m. kickon*
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      CHWEE KOK TALKS OF QUITTING
      222 14  -  TEOH ENG TATT By VEO CHWEE KOK, Ma- lava's only swimmer of world standing, is seriously thinking of retiring from competitive swimming and the next two weeks will decide whether he will go to the Olympic Games. The 24-yeax-old bank clerk, who gave the Australian
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      Early start for Colony basketball season
      145 14 Early start for Colony basketball season SINGAPORE basketball players will start theii* season early this year the Olympic year and will take on two visiting teams in the next four weeks. Mr. Goh Chye Hln. president of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athietic Federation, told the Straits Times yesterday that the
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      Island's Duffers Cup to Adamson
      132 14 Remits of «olf competition* at the Royal Island Club last weekend were: Differ* Cap final: E. Adamson beat H. E. Hopkins at the IMb. Cathay Cup Final: Mrs. H. H. Morrison beat Miss 8. Baher 3 un Man's Monthly Medal: "A" Division: A. J. Murallle
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    WEARNES SHARE SIX GOALS
    41 14 Wearue Brothers and R.N. Kranji drew 3-3 In a friendly soccer match on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. Latifl Abdullah. Mohd. Zaiii and Mohd. Salleh scored for Wearne Brothers while Spencer (2) and Flack get Kranji's goals.
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    Lock icon RAIN—NO PLAY
    28 14 RAIN— NO PLAY NAPIER, Wed. Rain prevented play on the first day of the twoday cricket match here between Hawkes Bay and the West Indies touring team. Reuter.
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    There were A home' shorn
    83 14 PESHAWAR b rPHE end of the third Test i yesterday, in which Psa beat the MCC "A 11 br t wickets, was not within cldent. Sunday nights umpire Idris Beir by sonti bers of the tourir.? team S« repercussions, although people concerned ha.c trpi the
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    Lock icon PRESS GIVE MCi THE FLAYING OF THEIR LIVE
    425 14 PRESS GIVE MCi THE FLAYING OF THEIR LIVE LONDON Wph A PRESS blast of unprecedented severit! by British newspapers yesterday J^ haviour of some of the English criokrtl th I Pakistan. lers vw They were criticising Sunday night's "rag" in Peshawar in which eight members of the M.C.C. team, some
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    Lock icon No truth in rumours, says Kard
    131 14 THE Pakistan cJL* Kardar, yeaterdt, "J the controvert Test umpirV. Pa Kardar Issued a which he svd a r a fe to say somethii name has things ha\e been J me and al emphatic "Firstly. cer\j.r Paklrtan have canted the effect that I b,
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    PARTY FOR BOTH TEAM
    51 14 PESHAWAR. Wed-Mmb* the M.C.C. tounng side sh i the third unofficial Tes: here) terday held a ccxktail par:-; i Peshawar Club last night. All members of the ft team together with the <zt Idris Beg (victim of \b Incident on Sunday* and S Ud-Din were present
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    Lock icon SAINTS HELD 3
    30 14 - R A.P. Seletar schoolboji 3-3 with St. Andrews School m rugger match at WoodsvillrOß Cadogan scored a try fo and saints equalised i» 1 by Howcll i
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    SARACENS TAKE LAST GAM
    38 14 R.A.F. Seletar Saracens beat Royal Signals by 12 points (four tries) to 10 (two goals) In the last rugger match at Seletar yesterday. I French scored for Sana converted Lewin and na for Signals.
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      116 14 l***** 11 1 I SOCCER S.A.F.A. Leafue, Div. 1: CorinUUans v IJLC, Jalaa Besar. 5.15 pjn. Police v .Star Seeeerites. Jalan Besar. 7 sun.; DIV. 2A: Alexandra v Darul Aflah, Geylanc; Kota Raja v .Hatkewyn. Fairer Park; Kinta Rangers v Western. F. N. INTER-SCHOOL: Johore English College v St. Andrew's.
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