The Straits Times, 8 March 1956

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    24 1 A. v EH\ E Haijlv CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 7T.010 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1956 15 CENTS Ha** 4 fie****
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    WAR ON TAX DODGERS
    725 1 First a look into your bank book— then a tell-on-yowneighbour plan [ncomes may ie made public > PATRICIA MORGAN MIES of all taxP paurs and the promts they declare g (he tax authorities uy be made public S y the Singapore Govtrnment. flic Chief Minister, Mr.
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    DOWN BUT NOT OUT
    125 1 All this and a carnation too for groom who kept his wedding date by ambulance PARTLY PARALYSED by polio, I.S. airman Michael Storms, of San Diego in California, was taken by ambulance to bis wedding at the Baptist Tabernacle in Swindon. Wiltshire. He was married to
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    Promotion ladder —no change
    222 1 Promotion ladder no change GOODE RECALLS MARSHALL'S PROMISE THE Singapore Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, recalled the words of the Chief Minister yesterday when assuring civil servants that there was no question of denying them promotion as a result of the recommendations of the Malayanisatlon Commission. Mr. Goode,
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    Lee hits out at Aussie, NZ merdeka 'judges'
    785 1 'SLAP IN FACE OF OUR GOOD NEIGHBOURS' A USTRALIA and New Zealand were strongly atA tacked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by People's Action Party leader Mr .Lee Kuan Yewand defended by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall. An invitation which Mr.
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    Search ends
    23 1 REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Wed. —The U.S. Air Force has ended the search for a Globemaster missing over the Atlantic since last Friday.
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    6 1 iEtif term.— Reuter.
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    'RAIDS' TO TEST AIR DEFENCES
    94 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MALAYA'S air defences will be tested tomorrow when a mock attack is launched by Naval ships and carrier-borne Jet planes. Fighter, bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of the Royal Air .Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force will take
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    Lock icon Ship on tow had dope
    52 1 HONG KONG. Wed. A police narcotics squad today boarded the Danish freighter Blntang when she was towed into Hong Kong after being grounded on a reef off the Paracel Islands. The squad seized 438 lb. of opium and 5 lb. of morphine. Several people were
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    Frigates on the way
    46 1 DARWIN, Wed. Three anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Australian Navy the Quadrant, the Queensborough and the Quickmath —are leaving here today for Singapore to take part in naval exercises with other ships of the Far Eastern Fleet in the South China Seas.
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    23 1 SAIGON, Wed. Two refugee settlements in Northeast Saigon burned down this week, making about 2,500 people homeless, officials said today.— Reuter.
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    Gas kills 14
    18 1 TOKYO, Wed. Fourteen coal miners were killed today by gas in a mine near Toklwa.
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    Raja Muda drives to meet his bride
    169 1 Raja Muda drives to meet his bride Frt* GUI BUS SOOI ALOR STAR. Wed. TIHE RAJA MUDA Of Kedah, Tengku Halim, set out this morning on a 350--mile road Journey to Seremban to meet his bride, Tengku Bahiyah, daughter of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Nesri Sembilan. Their marriage takes
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    $20,000: 3 days left
    35 1 THE MALAYAN MONTHLYS $20,000 Must-Be--1 Wen Word Puzzle Contest "T closes on Saturday. You have only three days left in which to submit your entry. Send it, with postal order, NOW.
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    Siam invites the Tengku
    27 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Siamese Government has invited Tengku Abdul Rahman to visit Bangkok. The visit is likely to take place next month.
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    28 1 LONDON, Wed. Nine people were reported killed and more than 20 missing today in avalanches In the mountains of Europe in the past 34 hours. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ex-A.S.P. CAN'T DRIVE FOR 20 YEARS
    124 1 LONDON, Wednesday.— A former Singapore police officer, Francis John Cooksley Wilson, 42, was banned from driving for 20 years here yesterday on I two charges. Wilson, now a farmer in Hampshire, was told by the judge at the Old Bailey: "You should never drive
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    Sir Cheng-lock's mother dies
    27 1 MALACCA. Wed.— Madam Lee Seek Bin, 98, mother of Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan died today at her son's home in Heeren Street here.
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    Treaty talks
    25 1 LONDON. Wed. Russia and Japan will resume their deadlocked talks on a World War II treaty on Friday, the Japanese Embassy announced.— AJ».
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    M-PLAN SHOULD WIN BRITISH
    139 1 —Tengku on Colony merdeka KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MR. David Marshall, should have no difficulty in persuading the British Government to agree to his latest proposals for Singapore independence, Tengku Abdul Rahman told the Straits Times today. Mr. Marshall said yesterday he proposed to cede external defence
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    Lib-Socs think again on boycott
    97 1 T«HE Singapore Liberalx Socialist Party is having second thoughts about boycotting the "merdeka" mission which the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, will lead to London in April After the Party executive had considered the question for three hours last night, the SecretaryGeneral, Mr. E. K.
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    32 1 NEW YORK, Wed. Ford Motors announced today that the company has 350.000 shareholders, putting it Just behind General Motors and American Telephone and Telegraphs in the number of shareholders.— AP.
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    Blast rocks school
    324 1 Jap shell goes off in dump CEVENTY schoolgirls had a narrow escape yesterday morning when a 75 m.m. Japanese shell, a war relic, ex- ploded in Pasir Panjang, Singapore. The shell, which was among a heap of rubbish at a City Council dump, burst at about 9.20
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    50 1 EDEN GETS U.S. MESSAGES LONDON. Wed. t'r-ei-nt messages on American view of Middle East crisis irached Sir Anthony Eden tonicht. Last-minute reports came from Karachi, where Foreißn Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, had talks with U.S. Secretary oi State, Mr. Dulles, on dismissal of General C; In hh— Reuter.
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    DRAMA AT THE DOCKS
    93 2 Mother in vain 4-hour search for runaway son missing three days as ship sails for Red China with duty-dodger on board THE MOTHER WHO WAITED Madame Ng Kwee Kee, who waited for four hours at the wharves for her son who disappeared from home three days
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    TEARS, ENTREATIES —BUT KOH HAD MADE UP HIS MIND
    246 2  - TEARS, ENTREATIES BUT KOH HAD MADE UP HIS MIND JOHN DARBYSHIRE By A MOTHER sat outside the Immigration Depot at Singapore's East Wharf for four hours yesterday anxiously scanning the faces of 192 Chinese leaving for China in the Tjiluwah. Madam Ng Kwee Kee, 55 was looking for her 21--year-old
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    'Let's know more about that crisis' question is rejected by Speaker
    160 2 Tlfß. JOHN EDE (Lib Soc.) tried unsuccessfully «t yesterday's Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting to get some information about the crisis teferred to by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall. Mr. Ede made the attempt after Mir. Marshall had announced
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    This is the real 'merdeka' —vicar
    241 2 This is the real 'merdeka' —vicar FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND FROM WANT MALACCA, Wed. People in Malaya who shout "merdeka" so lustily must think of it not only as political freedom but also freedom from fear and freedom from want, according to the Rev. B. Warren Coleman, Vicar of Christ
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    MICHAEL, 5, IS FINE AFTER OPERATION No.8
    122 2 MICHAEL, 5, IS FINE AFTER OPERATION No.8 A £IY E -YEAR-OLD Singapore boy, Michael! Sok Chua, who recently underwent a Ifl major operation— the eighth in his life-- I bourne, is well on the road to recovery He is very cheerful and Is often to be seen racing round the
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    University concert
    51 2 University concert The University of v^ Music Society will £2 a concert of ■■Hla«' s Wedding Feast" by CoSJ Taylor with lull chSJ orchestra, this weekeii Singapore. The concert will be at a i university \s Oei none a I hall in Cluny Road att i p.m. on Saturday and
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    Lock icon IKE: FREEZE H-BOMB STOCKS BULGANIN: I'M INTERESTED
    460 3 sw ltt Kremlin reaction to i«^ T mgtna hMt n<wkMty HIOSCOW. Wed. nREMIKR Bulganin rScted swiftly last to a letter from Lvr urging Ruwa temperate in eforts to end the Hluiidl) race. He lcl reporters at Kremlin reception: cry Interesting shall -eply idying
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    Lock icon GLUBB: BRITAIN WAS WARNED
    166 3 'Dignified' way out ignored LONDON, Wednesday. rHE United States repeatedly urged Britain to 1 .draw Gen. John Glubb from his Arab Legion command before he was dismissed, Gen. Glubb's former aide reported today. Brig. j. c. Broadhurst. former second in command to Gen. Glubb and former
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    Lock icon TO BRITAIN BY CRUISER: JUST NIKITA'S LITTLE JOKE
    67 3 TO BRITAIN BY CRUISER: JUST NIKITA'S LITTLE JOKE MOSCOW, Wed.— Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party chief, told the British Ambassador, Sir William Hayter, last night that he and Marshal Bnlgmnin would like to go to England in a cruiser. The conversation was jocular. Khrushchev and Sir William were
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    New strike threat
    80 3 In Melbourne MELBOURNE, Wed. The! flttrside Workers' Federa- ton last night said that the H-hour dock strike it had oiled in all ports had been jKd for March 14. The strike has been called to enable dockers to discuss ngr claims now before an cbitration court. Mr.
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    Lock icon Helicopters illegal
    49 3 WELLINGTON, Wed. The Air Department is to propose amendments to its laws because they were drafted before helicopters were invented and make much normal helicopter flying illegal. The present law forbids any aircraft from flying below 500 ft. over open country or below I,oooft. over towns. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ship on fire
    27 3 NICOSIA. Wed.— The Yugoslav ship Tisa. carrying a cargo of sulphur, was beachAd near the port of Llmassol yesterday after fire broke out -A.P
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    Lock icon 'APPEAL FOR PEACE WILL FAIL—IT'S BRITAIN'S FAULT'
    181 3 'APPEAL FOR PEACE WILL FAIL— IT'S BRITAIN'S FAULT' Makarios replies to Boyd: NICOSIA, Wednesday. ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS, leader of the Cypriot x "union with Greece" movement, replied today to the House of Commons statement by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, on Monday that his failure to condemn violence was
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    Lock icon Trials in Jakarta: Plea to U.N.
    122 3 Trials in Jakarta: Plea to U.N. THE HAGUE. Wed. JTIGHT prominent Dutchmen appealed to the Dutch Government yesterday to submit the case of Leon Jungschlaeger, on trial for his life in Indonesia, to the United Nations. On Feb. 23. the prosecution demanded the death sentence on the former Netherlands East
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    Lock icon Duke leaves
    32 3 GIBRALTAR. Wed. The i Duke of Edinburgh sailed! from here in the royal yacht Britannia yesterday to take part in exercises with the, combined Home and Mediterranean Fleets Reuter. I
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    $33,600 AWARD
    165 3 For London policeman mauled by two American airmen WASHINGTON, Wed.— The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to give U.S.--$11,197 ($33,600) to a London policeman who was severely injured by two drunken American airmen whose offer Ito "fight any Englishman" got them into trouble with the law. The
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    LONDON STOCKS
    278 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON. Mar. 7.— Cash Buyers £820. Sellers £830; Forward Buyers {785: Sellers £1874. Settlement £837..; Turnover; a.m. 90 tons p.m. 19 tons. RUBBER LONDON. Mar. 7.— Spot 29 .d.. Apr-June 28\d.. July-Sept 27«, d.,
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      Lock icon Snip off the old block
      32 3 Snip off the old block MADRID, Wed.—Six-year-old Peplto Martinez, stands on a stool to shave customers at his father's barber shoo here. He is Spain's youngest barber. He cuts hair too.— Reuter.
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      33 3 NEW YORK: The United States Antarctic expedition is eating Dutch cheese burled in the ice by Captain Robert Falcon Scott's illfated South Pole expedition 44 years ago. according to reports reaching here. Reuter.
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      37 3 JOHANNESBURG: Mr. Leo Fransman. who faints at the sight of blood, regularly gives a pint of blood to the Johannesburg bloodbank. The attendants keep a bed ready for him so that he can recover in comfort. Reuter.
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      30 3 LONDON: The Royal Navy is flying Able Seaman Christopher Laldlaw, 21. out to New Zealand on Friday night to see his young wife now awaiting a rare heart operation. Reuter.
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      27 3 WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department said that 21 iron lungs were being rushed to Argentina where, It said, a serious epidemic of poliomyelitis had broken out. Ai».
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      32 3 BONN: The West German Bundestag (lower house) ended its wrangle over the new German army by passinn the Soldiers' BUI. which will let the government call 150,000 volunteers, to the Bundeswehr. Reuter.
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      36 3 CHICAGO: Edward Deseckl, 18, confessed to keeping a list of 200 cars he had utolen in the last three years because "I didn't want to steal the same car twice. That would be unlucky." U. p
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      24 3 BERLIN: A UJB. army officer was killed and seven soldiers were seriously injured when a stray mortar shell exploded at a training area. Aj>
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      12 3 WASHINGTON: The International Co operation administration will lend £5357.000 to Greece. Reuter.
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    Back in bank—a payroll
    322 4 Back in bank a payroll HO SAY MEN; WO SAY BOSSES -PAY AROUMEMT OK THE MINES NO ALLOWANCE? ANGRY WORKERS SAY: WE WON'T TAKE WAGES KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TUN MINE managers in Selangor have put the February payroll back in the bank because workers have refused to collect their wages.
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    Union meets to discuss pay offer
    111 4 T*HE Singapore Motor Traders Salaried Employees' Union will hold an emergency council meeting today to discuss a counter wage proposal offered by their employers in 10 Colony motor firms. The employers through the Motor Traders Association of Malaya recently offered their workers increases of
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    Temple chief dies
    38 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The president of the High Street Maha Mariamman temple. Mr. A. Thambusamy, died today at his home in Sentul. Mr. Thambusamy was a senior Indian interpreter at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
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    Sunday shoot
    20 4 The Singapor. Rifle Association will hold a spoon shoot at Bukit Tlmah Range at 8.15 a.m. on Sunday.
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    C-R-A-C-K GO RAILS OF NEW BRIDGE
    56 4 RAILINGS at Singapore's new Kirn Seng Bridge were smashed yesterday when a 10-ton lorry and trailer over-shot the road. The lorry, belonging to a sawmill company, was loaded with logs and timber. It came to a stop with the nearside wheels in a ditch.
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    UMNO MOVE TO CALL COUNTRY 'MALAYLAND'
    81 4 UMNO MOVE TO CALL COUNTRY 'MALAYLAND' PENANG, Wed. Hie Button Lane branch of Penang UMNO wants the name "Malaya" to be changed to "Malayland" and its citizens to be called "Malaylanden." The branch will submit this resolution to Penan g UMNO tor consideration by UMNO headquarters in Koala Lumpur. The
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    IN—Mr. M's ADVISER FROM INDIA
    135 4 IN— Mr. M's ADVISER FROM INDIA 'THE Indian Government's Establishment Officer and Director of Organisation, Methods and Vigilance, Mr. S. B. Bapat, arrived in Singapore yesterday to advise the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, on how to increase the efficiency and cut the cost of the Colony's administrative machinery. Mr.
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    Duty was $69: Fine—$2,250
    71 4 Duty was $69: Fine— $2,250 JOHORJE BAHRU. Wed. When Tan Hee Tong, a travelling salesman, arrived In Johore Bahru from Singapore on Feb. 21 he told the Customs he had nothing to declare. He was searched. And found on him were 26 pairs of earrings, 37 necklaces and 41 ear
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    ACCUSED MAJOR HELPFUL S.I.B May
    253 4 ACCUSED MAJOR HELPFUL S.I.B May TAPTAIN T fe i MAN, of V}H Special Invest! the court-martiai Major A. L» that Henderson"? him every possible when he invest?.^ the loss of 2.400 detonators from v > Base Ammunmon 0 pot. Smaaporr Henderson, 3»' R.A.0.C.. had pieJj. guilty to a charge of
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    Tips for waiters
    25 4 KULIM. Wed. Restacant owners and waiters ban been invited to a talk by tli Health Officer at the Coronation Theatre on Sunday.
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    'PAP NOW A LIABILITY'
    61 4 OUTSIDE the Assembly, Mr. Marshall said that Mr. Lee's speech had "irretrievably damaged" the P.A.P's usefulness in the "Merdeka" mission. The P.A.P. had "now become a liability," he said. He added: "Mr. \.cr\ «pp«i has quite uniieccvy.inb anl unjustly jeopardised Ik friendly relations which I is
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    NOW AN ACTRESS LOST HER
    209 5 Court hear, of back-lane assault by two angry housewives --'One pinned me down I and the other clipped my hair off fOUNG actress told a packed Singapore (Olirt wsterday that two elder women m >ho did not know pinned her down and id off her
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    SUJ lunch
    26 5 »Knan Yew, People's 'arty leader in the will talk about igapore I want to Singapore Union of luncheon at the B.ue Room on Mon-
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    NEW ZEALAND ENVOY IN COLONY
    91 5 NEW ZEALAND ENVOY IN COLONY SIR LESLIE MUNRO (above), New Zealand Ambassador to Washington since 1952 and permanent United Nations representative of New Zealand, arrived in Singapore yesterday after a two-month holiday in New Zealand. He was accompanied by Lady Munro. Commenting on Russia's recent "friendly overtures" to the West,
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    Watches stolen
    34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. In two separate robberies in Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak here last night, four Malays held up two Chinese and stole their wristwatches, a fountain pen and $4 in cash.
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    Estates and Govt. split on schools
    203 5 Estates and Govt. split on schools BOTH SAY: YOU ARE BOSS ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malayan Planting Industries Empoyers' Association insisted today that estate managers are not the employers of Indian schoolteachers on estates. The association received a letter from the Federation of Indian Schoolteachers' Unions saying that the Minister
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    Office burgled
    22 5 KULAI. Wed.— A thief broke into the Home Guard office here yesterday and escaped with S7O in cash and clothing.
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    Wanted: More voluntary workers
    140 5 the splendid since December li from the Singa- luntary Workers' Asvolunteers, v local women are leaden of the Boswell, the told the Straits esterday: "Volunteers rward now ir- respective of race and class." There has been a good response, she said, from nonEuropean women who were
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    WEEPING WIDOW GIVES UP
    76 5 WEEPING WIDOW GIVES UP MALACCA. Wed. A WOMAN terrorist, who gave birth to two children in the jungle bnt gave them both away, surrendered near here on Monday. She was Le e Chine, 33. a member of the Malayan Communist Party, who went underground In 1948. When her husband was
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    Soldier for trial
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Private George Frederick Andrews, of the Royal Artillery, Kuala Kubu Bahru, was today committed for trial in the High Court on a charge of armed robbery. Andrews, 19, was alleged to have robbed a taxi driver, Poh Sai Thow, of $45 at Puchong Road
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    ACSU meet
    36 5 The daily-rated employees executive committee of the Army Civil Service Union, Singapore, will meet at the Badminton Hall on March 10 at 2 p.m. to discuss 12 demands submitted to the Army last October.
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    Film, fun and food —at the cinema
    125 5 Film, fun and food —at the cinema rE Singapore Rural Board has plans for an open air, multi-purpose cinema which will be erected later this year. The plans are now being considered by the Rural District Committee and they will soon make recommendations for a suitable site for this $25,000
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    Speaker will be chairman
    46 5 The Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday appointed the Speaker. Mr. G.E.N. Oehlers. to be chairman of the committee which will make recommendations for the introduction of multilingualism in the Assembly. English. Malay, Mandarin and Tamil have been recommended as languages for oral debate.
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    'HEARSAY' ONLY SA YS JUDGE
    187 5 Parents fail in damages suit JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. I |N the High Court here Mr. Justice Storr refused to accept "hearsay" evidence that a Malay boy was electrocuted, and on Saturday dismissed a claim for damages by his parents. The plaintiffs, Othman bin 1 Awang
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    Ex-Services Association attacked
    94 5 Ex-Services Association attacked UNEMPLOYED Asian exU servicemen in Singapore yesterday charged that their former European comrades-in-arms were indifferent to their plight. They met in the premises of the Singapore Traction Company Employees Union and deplored the attitude of the Ex-Services Association of Singapore. They accused th e association of being
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    Free films
    25 5 There will be a free show of Commonwealth films at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road, Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    FOUR BABY WILD CATS FED MILK WITH EYE DROPPER
    101 5 LAYANO LAYA^G, Wed.— Four baby flat-headed wild cats among Malaya's rarer animals were caught on Ulu Remis Estate, near here. The kittens have now died, however. They were found on the jungle edge by Mr. B. R. Chandran, a conductor on
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      217 5 GARRICK: Nachala Hanen 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30; Tel. 6903 (Egyptian)— 3.ls, 6.30. 9.16; Tel. BEX: Desert Sands— ll, 1.45 4. *****. 6.30. 9.30; Tel. *****. KING'S: Sable Cicada (Man- .mAMmr*- ninnrf win iwi j dr i., iic oon 7 non. Tml ALnAJUHW: DIOOa Will Tell dtarto)-1.15. 3.30. 7. 9.30; TH.
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    DEATHS
    57 6 U Word, tit (minimum). WILSON, ERIC HOWARD (Peter i. Superintendent of Schools Broadcasts, Radio Malaya, Singapore, died at No. 8, Leonie Hill Flats, on Ist March, 1956. S. MUTHIAH Conductor Sedenak Estate, passed away on 27th February, 19S8, leaving behind his beloved wife Nallammah and six children. The family
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    52 6 Jo *ordt $M (minimum) THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Lam Kin Loh, thank all relatives end friends for their condolences, wreaths, attendance and assistance curing their bereavement. MRS. LIM TECK CHOR thanks friends and relatives for their contributions, condolences, wreaths, and attendance at the funeral of Lim Teck
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs, Mar. 8, 1956. Problems For SEATO
    647 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs, Mar. 8, 1956. Problems For SEATO The suggestion that emphasis in the South East Asian Treaty Organisation must now be placed on economic assistance appears to find the Western partners in two minds. They are well aware of the need for greater economic aid in
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    Failure In Cyprus
    483 6 A new and unhappier phase now begins in Cyprus. Five months of patient negotiation between the Government of Cyprus and Archbishop Makarios have failed. It is the British position not that the principle of self-determination is not applicable to Cyprus, but that at the moment it is
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      208 6 HOW YOUTH CAN HELP "17EEMO" fears that "the present world Is overful of talk". This also is the fear of every decent citizen, young and old, who has horse-sense. But the majority of us who enter the Straits Times' essay competition do so not through the itch for talk or
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      Hard on the parents
      240 6 AT a recent meeting of the Building Fund Committee of the Kampar ACS, the Principal of the school made the statement that "the fund was voluntary and no one was compelled to pay." On the surface, this statement might appear to be correct, but is it
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      Opportunity for corruption
      224 6 SOCRATES" o f Kuala Lumpur hit the nail on the head when he asked, why ban toddy drinking, which yields a state revenue, and legalise opium smoking? The answer one expects from Tengku Abdul Rahman is "Why should the poor Indian labourers be given the privilege of
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      TRIBUTE TO MR. E.H. WILSON
      451 6 rFHE death in Singapore X last Thursday, of Mr. E.H. Wilson came as a shock to the thousands of students who had been under him. especially while he was Principal of Raffles Institution. To us his death Is the death of a great educationist and
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      CHINESE SHOULD OSTRACISE OPIUM TRADERS
      405 6 CHINESE SHOULD OSTRACISE OPIUM TRADERS rpHE proposal by Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman to lift the ban on opium seems to have given an opportunity to some traders in racialism to accuse him of throwing open doors to Chinese to use opium, and benumb their senses and sap their vitality. It
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      'Government let us smoke, now we're criminals'
      351 6 rpHE case against opium smoking and the opium smoker has been well and thoroughly presented to the public in the press. Here now is my case for the defence of the opium addict. When I and a few friends first started to smoke
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      Doctors should awe tree help
      269 6 rpHE Alumni Association 1 of the King Edward VII College .of Medicine, which represents the Malayan doctors both in government service and private practice, In asking for the retention of the ban on opium, is alleged to have said: "It is the duty of the
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      City Council and bus fares
      300 6 City Council and bus fares I" under "Bus Fair.. tne propose) S.T.C. bus fares L** Inter alia scale has tl the City a The Council J and Traffic coiLl* commends f n that the com J > cation for iZS&ft be rejected. Thf Committee J mended that tie e^ advised
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      TROUBLE ON THE TELEPHONE
      124 6 TOHE Singapore telephone J. exchange for the last six months at least does not seem to have been very efficient and many of my friends agree. My experience with my telephone and other telephones is that I can never get a call through after dialling a
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      796 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ta Words ll* < minimum). CHEONO LEE: The Engagement was announced on 4.3.58 between Cheong Koon Slew, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheong Stan Cheng and Lee Lai Kheng, second daughter of Mr. and Mrv Lee Mun Ho. M Word, $10 (minimum). CESNICK DARWELL- The marriage took
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    Murder: Police draw a blank
    174 7 BRUTAL KILLER OF TWO Wttinm 9Aan „> UAVB MO CLUBS yOTHING MISSING -WAS IT THE WORK OF A HOMICIDAL MANIAC? KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday POLICE have yet to establish a motive for the J murder of two women in their house in jalan Nakhoda Yusof here
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    OPIUM 'TRUCE' -SO ADDICT GETS A CHANCE
    94 7 OPIUM 'TRUCE' -SO ADDICT GETS A CHANCE rIE proposal of the Federation Chief Minister to legalise opium smoking was mentioned In a Singapore court yesterday in a defence counsel's plea for Lee Yew Lian. 58, charged with having a pellet of opium. Mr. C. H. Koh pleading for Le« to
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    Annual dinner
    21 7 The Singapore Graduate Teachers' Association will hold its annual dinner at Beatty Secondary School at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Fruits boycott is over
    36 7 The boycott by Singapore i of fruit and Kseuble importers ended last ter a five-hour meetI fk-old boycott has arrival of about 1500.000 worth of fruit and ables from Medan and kaatra.
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    HITCH-HIKE PAIR SEE THE ' WORLD ON $3,000
    138 7 HITCH-HIKE PAIR SEE THE WORLD ON $3,000 rpwo Americans, Armand Plerro, 23, and Jean Rloux, 21, who left New York nine months ago with US$5OO ($1,500) each, arrived in Singapore yesterday on a hitchhiking adventure round the world. Armand, an art student, and Jean, a secretary, have so far been
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    HIS HITCH HIKE IS OFF
    116 7 HIS HITCH HIKE IS OFF Father's plea heard KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A father's plea has made M. Ratnasamy, 24, hesitate on starting his round-the-world hitch hike on $10-. He read in the Btralts Times today that his father, Mr. R. Marimuthu, wanted him to return to his home in Dawson
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    Graft charges: Debate demand
    42 7 KLANG. Wed. Mr. Chan Beng Hong, leader of the Alliance party in Klang Town Council, said at today's council meeting that he would ask for a full debate on allegations of corruption against some members of the council.
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    London insurance man found dead in Colony hotel
    148 7 London insurance man found dead in Colony hotel DERNARD JOHN WILLIAMS, 36-year-old London--13 born insurance inspector, was found deaa in his room at an hotel in Beach Road, Singapore, yesterI day morning. Williams arrived in Singapore in January on a passport issued in Mafeklng. Africa. Police found yellow coloured tablets
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    Civic lunch
    33 7 SEGAMAT, Wed. The Department of Information Services has arranged a civic lunch at the International Club here tomorrow. Guest speaker will be Brig. E. J. Denholm-Young. Johore State Home Guard Officer.
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    A row blows up over a Kirkby teacher
    314 7 EXMIIER WAS DICE CUttIMTE ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A row has blown up between a group of Malayantrained teachers and a young Kirkby College graduate. The Kirkby teacher, Miss I Monica Rozario, is now supervising examinations Malayan-trained teachers are undergoing here. These teachers
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    POLICE BAN SONG, DANCE ITEMS
    180 7 International Women's Day plans SINGAPORE Police have banned three songs and three dance items planned by two organisations for today's celebrations of International Women's Day in the Colony. Of the banned items, two songs were to have been given during the celebrations by four trade
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    Artist and the lady: His tailing voice stops the case
    182 7 Artist and the lady: His tailing voice stops the case rnHE trial of an artist, acM. cused of causing hurt to his former wife, came to a sudden end in Singapore court yesterday when he lost his voice while making his defence. The voice Of J.MA Keyser, 50. failed him
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    Towkays: Drop it or we strike
    188 7 PROTEST AGAINST CAPITAL LEVY KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pHINESB guilds in Selangor have threatened a oneday "strike" if the Alliance Government refuses to abolish the Registration and Licensing of Businesses Ordinance. A delegates' conference last nlKht decided to send a memorandum to the Chief Minister.
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    He hit P.C. — jailed
    64 7 He hit P.C. jailed A labourer who hit a police constable with a stool when he tried to break up a fight was sentenced to three months' Jail in a Singapore court yesterday for assault. Mustafa r- bin Awang Chee. who had three previous convictions for similar offences, pleaded not
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    Bandits flee from patrol
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed An area security unit patrol fired at three armed uniformed terrorists in the Kuala Krai district of Kelantan yesterday. The bandits escaped. The patrol recovered three packs.
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    VETO—WHEN SIR DONALD CAN SAY NO
    438 7 VETO— WHEN SIR DONALD CAN SAY NO KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. T The High Commissioner's powers of veto under the agreement reached between the Federation delegation and the British Government are clarified in a Bill published here today. The Bill, which is to amend the present Federation Agreement between the Queen
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    Mr. BECK DRAWS UP A PERSONAL BALANCE SHEET
    281 7 have only $10 in my pocket' IPOH, Wednesday. fFHE DEPUTY Superintendent of Ipoh Detention Camp, F.A.A. Beck, appeared in the Magistrate's Court today on a warrant of arrest to be examined on his ability to pay a claim awarded against him The
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    Committee on Hindu marriages
    112 7 CTEPS which may lead to the compulsory reglstra--1 tion of Hindu marriages in Singapore wpre taken by the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Assembly passed a resolution moved by Mr. M.P.D. Nair < Independent-Seletar > and amended by Mr. Lee i Kuan Yew (P.A.P.— Tanjong Pagar) recommending
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    City loan is approved
    46 7 The Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday decided to allow the City Council to raise a loan not exceeding $30,000,000 The Financial Secretary, Mr. T M. Hart, who sought the Assembly's approval, said the money was required by the Council for its extension schemes.
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    Youth held on murder charge
    49 7 IPOH. Wed. Maniam, son of Moorthi, 20, was remanded for a week by order of the Ipoh Magistrate today on a murder charge. He was accused of murdering Murugesan, son of Nadeson, at the Sungei Part toddy shop, on the night of Feb. 27.
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      198 7 tas/^* Sir Compton Mackenzie v and Alan Melville N .SJa^ M discuss the pleasure of drinking good whisky *Now Alan, you've given a great deal of pleasure to a great many people with your plays, revues, broadcasting and so on. And this whisky we're discussing Grants is also a notable
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    BRAVO for the EIGHT —boos for TWO
    709 8  - BRA VO for the EIGHT —boos for TWO CHIA POTEIK And now what the local otfleer* nave to say about the Malayantoadon report* By THE BOUQUET— for a 'splendid job 9 in urging a rapid take-over 1 THE BRICKBAT— for a 'distortion of our views I and our motives 9
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    The expat wives want to go NOW
    632 8  -  NAN HALL .Women behind the men who will lose their jobs have THEIR say. By IF THE wives of most expatriate Government officers have their way, they and their husbands will leave Singapore as soon as possible. The wives of the heads of
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    'Merdeka'-a hollow cry without Malayanisation, says Labour
    211 8 PENANG, Wed. "Merdeka" without Malayanisation would be a hollow cry. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, president of the Labour Party of Malaya, said here today. "We welcome the Singapore Commission's recommendation that Malayanisation can be completed in the Colony within two years," he told
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    OVERLANDERS WANTED CBIN PENG'S PETROL
    135 8 TWE story of how members M. of the Oxford-Cambridge overland expedition looked for a petrol station owned by "Chin Peng And Company" while travelling through south Siam was told in Singapore yesterday at a lunch at Raffles Hotel given by three firms who sponsored the
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    THE TOAD MODE
    142 8 What an awful lot of cap-trap, say XL's ladies of the lamp ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Nurses here say their col- leagues in Johore are making unnecessary fuss about their "toad" caps, i "We should be more concerned about the standard of our work than the style of
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    Girl's death a misadventure
    43 8 The Singapore Coroner yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on a five-year-old girl. Norman binte Abdul Hamid, who died in an accident on Jan. 12. Normah died after being knocked down by a military truck in Depot Road off
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    'GIVE UP' CALL TO BANDITS
    64 8 KAJANG, Wed. The 11 terrorists who surrendered recently in North Selangor told a public rally here last night to appeal to the 25 terrorists still In the Kajang area to give up^ i "Tell them it is useless to go on fighting and wasting their
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      180 8 High tides TODAY: Singapore 7 JO am. (7 ft. 3 In.) 9.37 p.m. (6 ft. 9 In,); Port Dickson 4.16 ajn. (6 ft 3 in.) 4.14 pan (6 ft); Penang 11.17 ajn. (5 ft. 2 in.) 10.52 p.m. (5 ft, 9 in.). radio malaya Regional AM. *922 and 11.08 English
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Scots heroine risked life to save prince in flight
    1588 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Scots heroine risked life to save prince in flight 1 island girVs rale in m I the Stuart cause 1 FEW HEROES and fewer heroines of national folk lore can withstand the ruthless examination of the modern critic. Objective research too often shows that they were
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      360 9 little mustard lOES YOUR ;ABY CRY?! may be due ...i:g.x ...a stray r:.aps or more the lack ol the .mag i n c Foods are g oi course. t 'rom the parents have delight by 'OW GATE xtra nour- .tsiiy and d and so rich calcium and succeeds time Babies
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      7 9 #BEHISTUN'S 1 I MYSTERY M MESSAGE M
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      219 9 Here are 10 of the sharpest blades in the world Bl f~ *?i IM 10 Blue Gillette Blades (20 shaving edges) in Dispenser $1.10 as hrn mamaa toi a*avow co. u&, sbkumu and manchm 1 quality n J %J-^o^r~ m tlr~~~~'^ Japanese U GvJJtev^L PEARLS' D J GOOD ENOUGH M
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      150 9 Rex Morgan* M.D. identified AuCO*-Ofc-'C VCU'CE J g£wCY VMOULP J I r^to^i^i^rfl ™^^^BI a^^T\ ISI- o¥^ EXAMIME *^IM POC ONE f^-^t jJ ll J^SBnKß^MLaV^Ba^kaa^ai a^Hfc J^BSSgaO sW^W l^ C^afc .^^^^H Dick Tracy The treasure 1 V OL MUI<MI'3O, I *W^>/ *^9 S»"l V^^^ «T «-AST-T3«J Tj«AS»J^ ifV^^np^ I STILL SEE
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    RUBBER GOES BELOW DOLLAR AGAIN ON PROFIT-TAKING
    598 10 RUBBER GOES BELOW DOLLAR AGAIN ON PROFIT-TAKING By Our Market Correspondent A FTER a few days above the dollar price level rubber fell off ajrain in Singapore yesterday closing at 98| cents for March first grade, 2 cents below Tuesday. The price came off on profit-taking and as buyers were
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    154 10 ninispsrr Chinese Produce Exchance: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: March $27H buyers. $27* sellers; April $27^ buyers. $27% sellers. Ceeeaat ©U: quiet; bulk 840% sellers; drum $43% sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white 8131, Sarawak $130. special Sarawak black $99 (all varieties down $1). glngapern Cepra
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    Lock icon Synthetic up 100,000 tons
    163 10 AKRON. Ohio, Tues. World consumption of man-made rubber will reach a new high this year exceeding 1955 record by 100.000 tons, according to the President of B J. Goodrich Company. United states' share of this increase will be about 12,000 tons even though Its total use
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    SHIPPING
    85 10 Ships rjrtag alongside the Stagapere narfc—i Beard wharves or expected today are: Elisabeth Bakke I|2. Akagi Maru 4 5. Bansel Mara CP., Bonneville 6 7. Banattow B|9, Hector 11. Sum *****. Dollus 15 16, Japara 18. President Tyler *****, Sumpitan N Wall 6. Lariang N. Wall 8. Oiang Seng
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    80 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks adatlin made the following changes in tU rates to merchants yesterday (quotations to $100):— Canada: buying airmail: TT 32%, 0.0. 33. 90 days 33 Vi credit bills. 33 6/ 16 trade bills. SeJUiv T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 32 9/16. On the free exchange
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    26 10 The following tin outputs for February are announced:— Pahaag CsnssWiatii 208 tons of tin concentrates; Stage! KlnU 503 Ptculs; Ipoh (No. 3) 369 plculs
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    TALAM MINES
    7 10 '^TALAM February output was 386
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    15 10 SINUAPORi- > "Wk (dow 8 UN: SXBq Iti (up sun pT, COPRA PICUI (v
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    74 10 iNVESTMtv;' 1 •d on the si today- Sales coi* 1 range and many generally narrow^S tended to firm oohsSSS Loans 3,. UsWSuJ Bank of NSW ""M Mount Lyell N Broken HUI 3 > Hill 50 Mount Morgan I Peko Western Mining" Ampol Ex. Oil Search Aust. Consol md"
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    RUBBER PRICES
    100 10 lIIIM March first t rad f rubh* f.o.b. closed li day at 98 cent- Jrl"! 2> t cents on price. ■JS. closine tonf >■ i Closing prices i n (rnU were: No i Rs-T.* buyers 98',. sellers J?\ J R.S.S. March i 99. No. 1 R.s.s! Aar 97
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      720 10 NOTICES SELANGOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS FUND BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS FOE MALAY STUDENTS A Limited Number of Scholarships are now available to suitably Qualified Malay Students, who are Subjects of His Highness the Ruler of Selangor. for Advanced Courses of Study either at the University of Malaya or Overseas. Applicants should submit full
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      518 10 TENDERS cmr council of Singapore Notice is hereby given that a section of Canning Lane will bs closed to through traffic (or on* weak from Monday, lJth March. IM6 for the purpose of constructing a sewer. TENDERS INVITED DUPLICATING PAPEK TENDERS are invited for the supply of 30,000 REAMS OP
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    Odd ends at the sale
    138 12 Odd ends at the sale rIS week is sale week in many shops, and there are some special bargains to be found on the remnant tables. Don't despts* the odd lengths. There hi much yon can do with them. For instance, two remnants, one olain, one coloured or patterned would
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    TENNIS OUTFIT
    22 12 This sew-it-yourself tennis outfit has pant and skirt lining in pink and white striped anti-shrink cotton with a satin finish.
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    THE END OF THREE JUNGLE GIANTS
    341 12 THE END OF THREE JUNGLE GIANTS THE three old and magnificent jungle trees had stood for nobody knows how long. Strange they looked and out of place In a field of rubber. Nobody knew their history and now the old rubber itself was to be felled and the Jungle giants
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    The husband with the happy Book
    435 12 The husband with the happy Book VROM birth a woman is r taught to please a man at five she delights in wild orchid polish on her tiny nails, at fifteen she begs permission to use eye-shadow for her debut dance at the country club. At twentyfive the man she
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    The lost children of France
    295 12 fWTLD alcoholism in France is the subject of an article in Look Magazine. Accompanied by illustrations showing a child sitting at a bar, waking up with a hangover, being slapped by his mother for reading comics instead of his lessons, and other such scenes the
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    24 12 This Greek beauty with flowing auburn hair is Aliki Hansen, one of the international cast in the "Three Penny Opera" recently staged in London.
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    Lock icon SOCCER PROS NOW WANT HIGHER PAY
    310 13 They won't play at night LONDON. Wed. rTHE Players Union, reA presentative body of the majority of professional footballers in England, who last Sunday banned members from playing in floodlit and televised games, yesterday submitted wage claims to the Football League. Mr. Jimmy Guthrie,
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    Lock icon Test won by nine wickets
    94 13 WELLINGTON, Wed. West Indies took a winning three-nil lead in the Test series when they beat New Zealand by nine wickets in the third Test here today. West Indies scored 404 and 14 for one; New Zealand 208 and 208. New Zealand, resuming the fourth
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    3 AUSSIE RIDERS DUE SOON
    281 14 JEEP JOTTINGS From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Wed. THREE Australian Jockeys Ken Barratt, N. Posner, and O. Frankland— will shortly be coming out to ride the Malayan Turf. Barratt, a successful Sydney jockey, will be riding for the van Breukelens. Posner, a leading West Australian jockey,
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    Government XI for Monday
    64 14 The Singapore Government Services Football Association team to meet Singapore "A" in a friendly soccer fixture at Jalan Besar stadium on Monday wilt oe: Narayanan; Mat Moon. Abdul Rahman Jr.; Low Kee Seng. Hashim Aman Kastawi; Omar Awang, Ibrahim Mansoor. Aw«ng Bakar, Chandra Krishnan. Mohd. All
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    WASHBROOK IS A SELECTOR
    55 14 LONDON. Wed.— Cyril Washbrook, Lancashire's professional captain and former England openIng batsman, was yesterday appointed one of four cricket selectors for this year's Test series against Australia. He replaces Brian Sellers, of Yorkshire. The remaining three are unchanged— O. O. Allen (Middlesex) chairman L. E. O.
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    GOVT. GRANT FOR ITS FOOTBALLERS
    229 14 T"HE Singapore Government has promised to give financial aid of $150 a month to the Singapore Government Services Football Association to help it run its league. This was disclosed at last night's general meeting of the association by its president. Mr. K. M. Byrne, who
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    New-look soccer for Colony
    746 14 IT'S TRAP AND PUSH AMD NO MORE DRIBBLING IN FUTURE COACH WITH UK TRAINING BRINGS SAFA UP TO DATE By The Sports Editor r ET'S took beyond this year's Malaya Cup soccer competition; let's imagine we are now about to witness the first games in the
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    JOHORE CRICKET
    30 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Johore Cricket Club will hold their annual general meeting at the Johore Civil Service Club tomorrow at 6 p.m. All interested in cricket are welcomed.
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    MCC notes leave no doubts now about the leg bye
    661 14 MCC notes leave no doubts now about the leg bye By Our Cricket Reporter rE County Cricket Advisory Committee which met in London on Monday night discussed the scoring of Leg Byes, and what the Committee rules now should leave no more doubt about how this Law is to be
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    SINO-INDIAN XI TO MEET TOURISTS
    48 14 The Sino-Indian team to meet Mohun Bagan at Jalan Besar on Saturday will be selected from: Narayanan, Pook Teng, Satha, Kok Cheng, Veloo. Obani, Itamasamy, Kirn Beng, Rashid, Chong Mun, Dutta, Bala, Yang Huat, Krishnan, Kok Peow, Chandra Kr'shnan, Jimmy Tan and Palaniappan.
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    REME MAKE 7-1 START IN CUP
    44 14 R.E.M.E. beat Singapore Guard Regiment 7-1 in the first round of the Army Cup competition at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. Carr (3), Conroy (3), Koh and Wey Ah Kuan scored for RJLM.E. while Ariffln replied for Guard Regiment.
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    PENALTIES CAUSED SAINTS' DOWNFALL
    279 14 rpWO PENALTIES, one in each half, enabled Beatty to beat St. Andrew's 2-0 in their interschool soccer fixture at Woodsvllle yesterday. Luck was against Saints yesterday. They did everything they could but were just not able to score even off a penalty midway through the first
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    Jeep's 10 to follow
    332 14 Jeep's 10 to follow By EPSOM JEEP \ky TEN To Follow at the ■M Perak Turf Club March Meeting are:— JACK DEUCE III: A handsome Harroway gelding who showed promise at Bukit Timah last month when second with 8.08 to Shoeshine Boy over 6f after making most of the running
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    Lock icon A hat-trick for Lock
    102 14 MULTAN. Wed.— Tony Lock, the Surrey and England spinner, performed a hat-trick when the M.C.C tourists beat a Combined Railways and Baluchistan team by an innings and 23 runs. Lock's feat helped the tourists to skittle the tail of the home team whose fifth sixth and
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    BLACK BELTS TO BE FETED
    101 14 THE Singapore V.M.C.A. will hold a tea party at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow to honour three judo black belt holders and also mark the opening of new judo mats. The three top judo members. A V. Pest ana. Ang Teck Bee and Joseph Ng. were recently
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    This isn't cricket, Bert and Bill
    131 14 From JACK FINGLETON CANBERRA, Wed. AN incident, unparalleled in Australian cricket, will receive an airing at the Victorian Cricket Association meeting tomorrow night when delegates will hear an allegation that a wicketkeeper deliberately charged into another. Wlcketkeeper BUI Jacobs, who is vice captain and
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    THREE GOALS BY BALDHIRAJ EARNS TITLE
    345 14 THREE GOALS B Y BALDHIRAJ EARNS TITLE yOUNG MEN'S Sikh Association won A pore Hockey Association's junior k petition beating Singapore Cricket civ I replay of the final on the padans vtl I Sikhs, the runners-up last I year who were held to a scoreless draw by the Club last
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    Rising India star in Calcutta X
    156 14 Risi ng India star in Calcutta X tyHEN the Caln; Bagan, open their c Hi at Jalan Bf« rsi,%i urday will see one,, He is C. Down,, ward, who ai ing to Bngan's Sattar, who passe terdayo, hi the captain b:.ck), k. Paul (eSS and P. Banner^ winger. Mannar captained
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    SELETAR VICTORY
    22 14 I R.A.P. Seletar put up i h first half performanre j Amicable Athleti I in a soccer friendk 1 yesterday.
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    St. Mary's enter Hospitals final
    54 14 LONDON Wed.— St. Marys Hospital entered the final of the Hospitals Cup rugby competition when they eliminated Middlesex Hospital by 8-0 on the Richmond Athletic ground here yettrtj St. Mary's will meet the •-M of tomorrow's semi-fins! yiM London and Guy's Hospr I final on
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      62 14 SOCCER S.A.F.A. League. Dlv. 1: Police t C.A., Jalan Besar. .5.15 p.m.: Pulau Brani v S.H.B. Police, Jalan Besar, 7 p.m.; Div. 2A: Soccerites v Woodbridge Hospital, Farrer Park; Sukaramai v Western C.YJW.A.; Dlv. 2B: BODCA v Customs, F. tt N. ground. INTER -SCHOOL: Junior Trade School v Beatty, Victoria;
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