The Straits Times, 12 March 1956

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    27 1 VEBU D*j 'J* *SE T IIIE1 I1E A i E Exf"tgp s 7 f The Straits Times. fie****" Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1956 15 CENTS
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    MERDEKA HOPES GOOD
    623 1 Leader of British delegation flies Into Singapore f nil of optimism Parties speed up M-week planning By FELIX ABISHEGANADEN |QAPORE*S chances of getting independence ;ire good, said Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, ,J e r of the visiting six-man British Parliatn tar> uli'sation, when he arrived in the ton)
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    HAPPY NEWS FOR MARSHALL AS HE LISTENS TO LLOYD
    35 1 THE LEADER of the British Parliamentary delegation, Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, clasps Mr.. Marshall's hand reassuringly as they discuss the chances of Singapore -getting independence.—Straits limes oieture.
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    Lock icon OTHER FIVE H.Ps. ARE DUE TODAY
    103 1 m Ftaetgn SecreI tar) in the last fcm>h Government, Ir Herbert Morrison, ad the tour other umbers of the visiting ritMi Parliamentary kution are due in btapure today. Mr Morrison, who n* Deputy Leader of at Labour Party for II years until he retiri
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    Lock icon Urgent talks
    26 1 BSDON. Sun. Mr. Guy th c French Prime arrived here by air discuss urgently with iy Erien, closer Anfneh policy in world ■s. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dulles in Ceylon
    16 1 COLOMBO. Sun. Mr. John Foster Dulles arrived here today from Ne» Delhi. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon RITISH RECORD: 1,132 m.p.h.
    54 1 I*oB Sun. Britain the world's ix*a record. A Fairey ft plane yesterday regulation course at i. the Royal Aero cl today. The plane, piloted by 34--year-old Peter Twiss, broke the American record of 822 m.p.h. set last August in California by Col. Horace Hanes in a
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    Swords flash for Tengku and bride
    247 1  - Swords flash for Tengku and bride HARRY MILLER ALL 111 FUN-BUT NOT IN OLDEN TIMES By SRI MENANTI, Sun. fFHOSE who watched the second purification ceremony of the newly-married royal couple here today saw a flashback to the days of personal duels. Dancers wielded swords in mock fights to entertain
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    Lock icon New warning
    29 1 TAIPEH, Sun. A new warning of a Chinese ComSSntat threatened Invasion of the Matsu Island group was issued by the official Nationalist Military informatlon Service today. Reuter.
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    Shoes are clue to hold-up
    194 1 POLICE SEARCH for PAY-ROLL GANG SINGAPORE police are searching for a gangster one of 12 armed thugs who wore a pair of "loafer" shoes when his gang grabbed a $6,000 payroll from a laundry contractor on Saturday night The shoes— a locally-made. size eight were
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    MCP can't overthrow us: Tengku
    93 1 MCP can't overthrow us: Tengku KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said last night he had every confidence that any Communist attempt to overthrow his Government would be defeated because of the results of the London merdeka talks. He said the Communist Party was no longer supported
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    Asian Asst. Bishop?
    54 1 At the closing service of the week to mark the centenary of St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Archdeacon, the Yen. Robin Woods, said the appointment of an Asiar as Assistant Bishop of the diocese of Singapore was to be discussed. The Council of St. Andrew's Cathedral will consider
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    Lock icon Navy chief leaves
    84 1 FAR EAST TOUR LONDON, Sun. Admiral Earl Mountbatten, Britain's Pint Sea Lord, left by air today for a tour of the Par Bast. He will not now go to Pakistan because of agitation against him there for his part in partitioning India when he was Viceroy of
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    130 flee blazing homes
    236 1 $100,000 DAMAGE: FAMILY OF FIVE NARROWLY ESCAPE AS SHOP-HOUSE ROW TOPPLES BUTTERWORTH, Sun. LOKE SENG THYE, a tinsmith, saved his three small children from a fire which destroyed a row of shophouses in New Ferry Road here this afternoon causing damage estimated at $100,000. Loke was
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    Two stabbed in gang fight
    44 1 Lim Keng Choon, 22, and Seng Hoon Keng, 19, were stabbed last night in a gang fight outside the Great World park, Singapore. Lim was admitted to hospital His condition is not serious. Seng was treated as an out-patient.
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    Lock icon For 17 years
    22 1 VATICAN CITY, Sun.— The world today hailed the Pope on the 17th anniversary of his accession. UP. in sheds
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    Lock icon Bombs found in Makarios's garden
    312 1 Bombs found in Makarios 's garden NICOSIA, Sun.— British security forces last night found petrol bombs and ammunition In the garden of Archbishop Makarlos's residence, it was officially announced here today. A search In the garden yielded a complete petrol bomb and ten petrol bombs in the course of construction.
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    TENGKU WEDS PRINCESS IN SECRET
    226 1 Honeymoon in Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. nnHE HEIR to the Selangor throne, Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah, was secretly married here last night to his cousin, a Sumatran princess. Only a handful of close relatives attended the wedding ceremony which was held at the bride's home
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    HE APPROVES OF VIOLENCE
    78 1 The Rev. Dr. Llston Pope, Dean of the Divinity School and Professor of Social Ethics at Yale University, said yesterday that "violence can be resorted to in the fight for freedom." After preaching at the Wes- ley Methodist Church, Singapore, he told the Straits Times: "I
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    Johore fights worst fire
    287 1 Johore fights worst fire TTROOPS and three fire x brigades fought for seven hours yesterday to quell Johore Bahru's worst-ever blukar fire. The fire spread rapidly and covered a six-mile area of blukar and trees. Hundreds of troops and police were rushed to the worst affected area at Jalan Larkin
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    36 1 NATIONALISTS SHELL BRITISH SHIP HONG KOM.. Sun Chinese Nationalist shore batteries on White Dot island, X0 miles nor til of Amoy. today fired un the British steamer Hydraluck, the Royal Navy reported here. Keuter.
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    POOR SERVICE? GIVE BIGGER TIPS BUT OUR HOTELS TAR AHEAD OF THOSE ON CONTINENT
    349 2 POOR SERVICE? GIVE BIGGER TIPS BUT OUR HOTELS TAR AHEAD OF THOSE ON CONTINENT Singapore hoteliers reply to reporter's 'amateur' charge: Unjustified, they Say gINGAPORE hotel owners yesterday rushed to their own defence hinting at the same time that guests might be more welcome by the boys if they tipped
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    LAST STOP FROM LONDON—THEN ON TO "THE CAPITAL
    66 2 LAST STOP FROM LONDON— THEN ON TO "THE CAPITAL SIR DAVID WATHERSTON, Chief Secretary for the Federation, arrived in Sln»apoc« by Qantas yesterday. Sir David, who was accompanied by Lady Watherston and their two daughters, was in London for the merdeka conference. They leave this morning for Kuala Lumpur. This
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    Terrorists steal a diseased goat
    124 2 IT'UALA LUMPUR. Sun. Terrorists yesterday stole a goat from the Animal Husbandry Station at Kluang in Johore. They took it 100 yards from the station and killed it. The goat was put in a pen because it was suffering from a disease which can also
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    OFF-SHORE ISLAND AS PLEASURE RESORT?
    170 2 OFF-SHORE ISLAND AS PLEASURE RESORT? DLANS are afoot to 1 develop one of Singapore's off-shore islands as a pleasure resort. Mr. D. H. Komlosy, planning adviser to the Singapore Improvement Trust, told the Straits Times that the idea was being examined. He said: "There are definite possibilities in such a
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      Lock icon A NOVEL OPERATION BY A HOSPITAL
      358 2 NEW YORK, Sun.— An army of 600 volunteers moved 97 patients across Evansville, Indianna, between the old and new locations of St. Mary's hospital yesterday in 100 minutes. Sixty-eight of the patients were moved in their beds on flatbed trucks. Truck tyres were deflated
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      Lock icon He just waited for the sunshine
      51 2 LONDON. Sun.— Alfred Barnes, aged 62, went off to drown himself on Feb. 24 bat found the local pond frosen over, a London inquest was told. So he waited for eight day s until it thawed out and then threw himself in. Verdict: Suicide.—
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    Lock icon Jakarta trial 'is unfair'
    190 2 WORLD JURISTS FORWARD PROTEST LONDON, Sunday. A GROUP of prominent international jurists proA tested today to the Indonesian Government that L. N. H. Jungschlager was being deprived of a fair trial in Jakarta. I Mr. Jungschlager, a former Netherlands males military intelligence chief, is accused of
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    Saturday fun in Moscow
    45 2 MOSCOW, Sun. soviet workers, who got off two hours early yesterday, spent their new-found leisure milling around the streets. A new Government decree has shortened the 48 hour week by two hours on Saturdays and on evenings before holidays.— A. P.
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    Passengers were not told ship was held up— stranded all night
    174 2 Passengers were not told ship was held up— stranded all night A BOUT 130 angry pas- sengers from Singapore and the Federation were stranded in the Colony yesterday without food and accommodation because their ship, the Loksang, was delayed until today. The passengers should have embarked last night for Catlcutta.
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    Lock icon TAIPEH POLICE BUST BIG DOPE RING
    119 2 OOLICE today announced the smashing ft 1 ring which they said, engaged in smij morphine and other narcotics into Formosa laboration with Chinese Communist a»em« i* Kong. _^inH(j They added that 10 people had been arrested. All are liable to execution. If convicted. Three
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    $26m. FROM TIMBER SHIPMENT
    51 2 $26m. FROM TIMBER SHIPMENT KUALA LUMPUR 3, Malaya last year eni nearly 150.000 tons cf 1 timber, worth $26 Members of the Fa Timber Exporters' Assoen were told this when :heji here for their a ing. "This valuable contrlbl to Malaya's economy it sufficiently rpco2n:s" j hi country," said a
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    Car pawnshoP
    23 2 TOKYO, Sun.-A firm] terday announced that dl term loans would be gni to those leaving their ca the front-room— A P
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    Lock icon Off the view
    23 2 HOLLYWOOD, Sun. The NB.C. television network has cancelled tomorrow's programme showing the birth of a baby by caesarian se:tion. U.P.
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    '2 DIE QNJQYAGE OF FEAR
    143 3 Pjgbied ship drittg^day, to Pacttie-wyeked on reef arv£i£ kipper's SOS flares, gnored U )\U \\.\L. Sun. in of an isUn d trading; ship told how he and rers and existed <»n a stari while the f drifted helples- the Pacific Uttoys ;rvivors r< throng surf
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    pee grab $6m heroin
    19 3 S FRANCISCO, Sun. arrested yes'■■i heroin valued at r.5.52.000,000 WOO', wai seized. :.croin was Macao.
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    urks' visitor
    7 3 —Mr. Selwyn Foreign Seehere today.
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    Lock icon HEIR 'HORROR' BUDGET
    36 3 ■wRA. Sun .—a sup- I horror" xpected to week by Menzies. the AusMinister, when' he makes his promised economic statement in parliament. Stern measures to balance Australia's overseas payments deficit are anticipated. Reuter.
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    j Riot in the Diet brought guards out to protect Premier—
    49 3 j Riot in the Diet brought guards out to protect Premier I Ha^vama R (^rro a w^> SU P^ rterS p ected the J™»nese Prime Minister. Mr. Ichiro nau>>ama (arrowed) as he was helped from the Diet after an uproar during a speech on Japanese defence plans— A^. picture.
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    Lock icon GOOSSENS: HUNT FOR CLUES GOES ON
    129 3 SYDNEY, Sunday. /CUSTOMS OFFICERS spent all day yesterday investigating photographs and material seized from the luggage of Sir Eugene Goossens. Police said they would study a report from vice squad detectives, who interviewed the world famous conductor on his arrival from London. Goossens. conductor
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    Lock icon The family plan IT WENT ASTRAY
    85 3 The family plan IT WENT ASTRAY LONDON. Sun. George and Margaret Davidson planned a neat little family of four— a boy, a girl and themselves^ when they married. But somewhere along the line. George says, "things got out of hand." Margaret has given birth to 13 children in seven years.
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    Lock icon Who shot this shepherd?
    49 3 DAMASCUS, Sun. Syria has called for a meeting of the Turkish-Syrian border commission to investigate the alleged shooting of a Syrian shepherd by a Turkish armed patrol on Thursday. The shepherd was killed while grazing his cattle in Syrian territory near the Turkish border. AP.
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    Lock icon Farewell parade
    26 3 SEOUL, Sun. Five hundred troops of the British Commonwealth Division staged a farewell parade at Kohima Camp near the Western truce front yesterday.— UP.
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    Lock icon $1,400 iron lung gift for Iron man' Pedro
    120 3 $1,400 iron lung gift for Iron man' Pedro BUENOS AIRES. Sun. A BULGING envelope was tossed i n to President Pedro Aramburu's lap as his car turned into the courtyard of Government House. Thinking it was from a jobseeker or man with a C'ouae, the president put it in his
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    Lock icon Six start crisis in Travancore
    55 3 TRIYANDRUM, India, Sun. —Mr. P. Govinda Menon, Chief Minister of the Travan-core-Cochin State, announced that his government would resign today as it now has only minority backing hi the State Assembly. Six members of the ruling Congress Party have resigned in protest against a proposed
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    Lock icon Guitars sang welcome
    192 3 CORSICA GIVES QUEEN PENDANT SHAPED CLENCHED FIST TO DRIVE AWAY BAD LUCK I 4 JACCIO, Corsica, I Sun.— The Queen and her 19-year-old cousin, Princess Alexandra, flew into Corsica yesterday at the start of a week's private holiday in the Mediterranean. Earlier, the Duke of Edinburgh arrived
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    Lock icon NEW HOPE FOR PERFECT BUTLER
    185 3 NEW HOPE FOR PERFECT BUTLER LONDON. Sun. VICTOR Sparkes, 36--w year-old "perfect butler" sentenced in 1952 to five years' Jail for his part in a £53.--000 Jewel raid, is to have the case reheard. A letter today from the Home Secretary, Mr. LloydGeorge, told him his case would be referred
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    Lock icon Back to keys
    34 3 S AARBRUECKEN. Sun.— Dr. Walter Giesekmg. the German pianist whose hands were injured in a road accident last year, has returned to his post at the Saarland Music High School— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bonn's jobless
    26 3 NUREMBERG. Sun.— The number of unemployed In West Germany, down to less than 500.000 last summer, jumped to nearly two million in February.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 88 rebels die
    25 3 ALGIERS, Sun. Security forces killed 88 rebels and captured 53 in a series of clashes yesterday, it was reported here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon B & K will go by sea
    43 3 B K will go by sea MOSCOW, Sun. Unconfirmed reports here today said Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev will leave Moscow for Britain on April 14 four days before they are due in London. This indicates they plan to go by sea. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pope acclaimed
    26 3 VATICAN CITY, Bun. Hundreds of thousands of people acclaimed the pope today at a ceremony to celebrate the 17th anniversary of his coronation. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The worst is yet to come, warns Bevan
    247 3 CARDIFF Sun.— Mr. Aneurin Bevan, leftwing leader in Britain's Labour Party, yesterday condemned the Government's financial policy. Everybody in Britain was being pushed to the edge of bankruptcy, he said in a withering attack at a meeting here. •In the 26 years
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    Priests perish in fire drama
    156 3 MANY RISK LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS] NEW YORK, Sunday. TOUR CATHOLIC clergymen perished and 127 others climbed and leaped to safety yesterday as a US$l,OOO,OOO fire swept the castle-like Shadowbrook Jesuit Seminary, once the summer estate of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, in Lenox Massachussetts. I
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    Lock icon 'Let them join SEATO'
    44 3 HONG KONG. Sun.— The Philippine Vice President. Mr. Carlos Garcia, arrived by air today from the SEATO conference in Karachi. He saxd that If Formosa. Vietnam. Japan and South Korea wish to enter Seato "I would vote for it." A.P.
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    Lock icon Mad dogs scare a town
    54 3 HAMILTON (Ontario) Sun. Police hi Beverley near here have declared a "state of emergency" as reports of roving packs of mad dogs, foxes and timber wolves poured in from many parts of the district. Five dogs recently attacked three schoolchildren and armed residents hunted the
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    Pluto's girth
    33 3 LONDON, Sun.— Polish astronomers plan this month to measure the exact diameter of Pluto, the remotest planet of the solar system discovered 26 years ago. a Polish news agency reported yesterday.
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    Lock icon Polish terror
    27 3 LONDON, Sun.— Bandit attacks and cases of hooliganism In Poland Increased last year, according to the Polish Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Wladislaw Wicha.— Reuter
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    Pension plan for expats
    230 4 The Tengku keeps his word- BUI for Federal Council THREE GROUPS— LENGTH OF SERVICE WILL BE THE MAIN CRITERION KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. PENSIONS for retiring expatriate officers will be worked out in three ways, according to a Bill to be put before the Federal Council on
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    THE RUB
    153 4 TORE Singapore City x Council is seeking the advice of its legal advisers on whether partitions on the ground floor of the Victoria Memoral Hall is a breach of the terms of the trust under which the hall is held. The Council recently decided that the partitions, built
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    Back in Colony with apprentice training scheme
    73 4 SINGAPORE'S Chief Industrial Training Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, has returned to the Colony from lonf leave. He will concentrate on the industrial training of workers. Mr. Tyson was seconded to Singapore from the BriM* Ministry of labour. Be said yesterday that the
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    'Mother madams' in schools of vice
    224 4 'Mother madams' in schools of vice SECRET WATCH 01 COLONY HOMES PRIVATE houses suspected of being "cradles" of prostitution are being secretly watched in Singapore Social Welfare Department's anti-vice drive. Women are understood to be using the houses to rear 'adopted" school-age girls with the ultimate aim of duping them
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    BB parade
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Ist company of the Kuala Lumpur Boys Brigade, formed two years ago, held an inspection parade at the Methodist Boys' School here yesterday. They also gave gymnastic and drill displays.
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    MCA drive to register voters
    78 4 TELUK ANSON, Son.— The Lower Perak Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association here is conducting a house-to-house campaign to register all eligible voters for the forthcoming elections. This was a result of a resolution passed at a meeting of the working committee to encourage all
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    SATA collection
    30 4 The 16,000 employees in "A" division of the Army's civilian establishment pay office yesterday announced they will make a collection for the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association each pay day.
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    Break-in charge
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Lee Kirn Guan, charged today with breaking into a petrol kiosk In Johore Bahru on Sept. 9 and stealing $8,203. was told that his case would be heard In the Sessions Court on a date to be fixed.
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    Clerks in Perak to form union
    221 4 IPOH, Sunday. TEMPORARY Government clerks in Perak have x decided to form a union. They will meet here on April* 8 to form a Perak branch of the Federation Of Non-PenSionabie Offli»prs» AssnHat.inns Representatives from IS departments today met at 8111bln Road to elect
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    Mr. M. bacha language, lah
    162 4 IN HIS SINGAPORE FLAT— ONCE A WEEK NIGHT CLASSES IN REAL 'HIGH CLASS' MALAY ltfß. DAVID MAR--ITI SHALL and his ministers are setting a hot pace in the Governin en t campaign to persuade more people to learn a vernacular language. They are swotting Malay
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    CHINESE NAMES IN GARDENS? SORRY, NO
    115 4 THERE are practical difficulties to the suggestion r that Chinese name-plates be used to describe plants in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Mr. J. W. Purseglove, Dlr- I ector of the Gardens, told the Straits Times that there were about 3,000 species of plants from
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    Woman fined !
    35 4 Woman fined JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. In the Sessions Court, Kluang, today, a woman, Tarn Ham Chlau, 48, was fined 1300. in default four months' Jail, for having eight pills of chandu dross and smoking utensils.
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    The big parade
    22 4 PENANG, Bun. Chinese constables will ride in a parade of vehicles tomorrow to boost police recruiting among Penang Chinese.
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    Honour for Oppenheim
    38 4 Professor A. Oppenhelm, head of the University of Malaya's Department of Mathematics, has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh— a society formed in 1783 and composed of eminent scientists and doctors.
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    THE LONDON COLD PARTS A FAMILY
    97 4 THE LONDON COLD PARTS A FAMILY DESPITE her sunny smile, Mrs. Coomaraswamy had some regrets on her return home to Singapore from London yesterday. For the sake of her three-year-old son, she had to part from her husband, who is studying law in London. She said: "He has not been
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    School beatings allegation
    56 4 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. Parents of Permatang Binjai today accepted the Penang Resident Commissioner's Invitation to send representatives to meet Province Education Department officials to discuss allegations that six pupils had been beaten by two teachers of the village Malay school. The parents had recently protested to the Minister
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    A gilt-edge to the lilt of thes singing him
    42 4 A gilt-edge to the lilt of thes singing him K()T BHt Rr Rambler, -a small X,™M Bets ar» Xi S which dov P JS bypo PParU|ar l^ SmSS SSr hfts cd. punters chance J «F* >n separate !L** of the stake. C'u
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    Jail sentence
    23 4 sentenc JOHORE BAHPf t Sakimon bin Yuso( of Sungei Kluang tenced today to 13 jail for dishonestly a bicycle anc eye'e
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    Czar abandoned a throne to purge his conscience
    1517 5 pilllll"" 1 TimEs CntciaJC, 1 J tfsdtui£/ The mystery of m an empty coffin 1 N THE summer of 1825 the subjects of h J Czar of all the Russias, gasped, amazed. A court nonce announced briefly that his Imperial Majesty had
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    IN MEMORIUM
    26 6 2<> Word, tit (minimum). IN LOVING MEMORY of the late Mr. Mm Seng Kiang. M.B.E. died 12 3.55. gone but not forgotten Urn Family.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    334 6 20 Word, fit (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. HOUSE PROUD LADY offers! advice to others not "in the know." Be sure of real fresh air In your home by using Air-wick. IF YOU WANT "High Fidelity"
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    25 6 Word* lit (minimum). ADVERTISER WISHES TO contact persons interested In study of Hypnotism. Psychology and Allied Subjects. Please write to P.O. Box 2185 Singapore.
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    Singapore, Mon. Mar. 12, 1956. Posts And Persons
    589 6 Singapore, Mon. Mar. 12, 1956. Posts And Persons At one of the sittings of the Singapore MalayanLsation Commission, the chairman found it necessary to remind a witness that the task of the Commission was to consider j posts and not personalities. This principle has been rigidly preserved in the Commission's
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    The Dreamers
    408 6 The young undergraduate in the University of Malaya has dreams and ideals but it would seem that these are not the stuff to nurture great leaders and prophets. The Star, the official organ of the Singapore Labour Front, purports to reveal the dreams of the undergraduate visionaries for
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    Not A Minority
    149 6 Malaya is "our home," said the retiring president of the Selangor Eurasian Association yesterday. This was the second time in a week that a Eurasian leader had affirmed his community's loyalty to this country in emphatic terms. Earlier, the president of the Eurasian Union of Malaya had
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    It's time for a sense proportion in Singapore
    940 6 i f WAS talking to one 5 A of Singapore's most prominent Assembly- men about the Un- ited Kingdom Par- liamentary Delega--5 tion which arrives 1 here today. "Any- thing," he said bitterly, "is con- sidered in London to be good enough
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      637 6 WHILST the letter from ff "Tweedledum" makes interesting reading. lam afraid that he has misinterpreted certain parts of the proposed legislation. The main purpose of the proposed legislation is to prevent a loss of tax due to the Revenue from two causes, viz: (a) a double claim
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    MOSCOW HOOLIGANS MOVE IN PACKS
    676 6  -  RICHARD HUGHES The final article by on a recent visit to Russia. CRIME is a deep and dark mystery In Soviet Russia. It is impossible to get hold of any statistics of murder or robbery or juvenile delinquency or even drunken driving. Official police figures
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      499 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 2* Ward, ttt (minimum). WATSON LANE: The Engagement is announced between Joseph Wormwell, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Watson of Blrkenshaw, Yorkshire, and Rosalie Margaret, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S D. Lane, of Rendcomb. Gloucestershire. CHI HO: The Engagement is announced between Teclc
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      71 6 MORE LETTERS IN PACE 10 Youth essay contest QUR younger readers are reminded that entries for Youth Essay Competition No. 8 (The major tasks of the Alliance Government) closes today. Contest No. 9 (What I would like on television) closes on March 19 and No. 10 (Multilingualism in the councils)
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    Alliance Govt. faces its biggest test
    287 7 SUPPORT ME, SAYS y»«i**«,.. a EENOKU, AS 65,000 DAILY-PAP WORKERS THREATEN TO STRIKE OPERATION'S COFFERS \%l BE DENTED r DEK4NDS ACCEPTED KIALA LUMPUR, Sunday qF chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman .aid here last night that the strike threat by i ovtrnment daily-paid workers was
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    Tight increased fares' call
    288 7 STCMOVE UNJUSTIFIED, SA YS UNION TWE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union yesterday called upon the public, the City Council and the Government to oppose the proposed increase in S.T.C. fares. The call was made during the union's meeting at the New World Park. Mr c. V.
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    'Take over sampans' council told
    89 7 'Take over sampans' council told PENANG, Sun. REGULAR users of private Butterworth Prai sampans want the Settlement Government to take over the service. A representative section of j passengers will write to i members of Butterworth Town Council suggesting "nationalising" the service. Alternatively they want the Government to regulate the
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    More cash about
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. More than $6,000,000 more Is In circulation in Malaya and British Borneo than at the beginning of the year, according to currency statistics published today. On Jan. 1. $951.1 million, of which $357 million wag In coin, was in circulation. Last month the amount
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    Service wives arrive
    29 7 British servicemen's wives and children were among passengers from Europe who landed from the liner Oranje in Singapore yesterday. They are joining their husbands in Malaya.
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    Lift tax on Chinese drugs' call
    50 7 n tax for d Chinese megM by the •:nese Physl- cine Dealers Malaya. r. the organipersuade the Minister. R.inman. at a U will bf pie" who will .x is removed. I r who are the Chinese I associations the present iman "adverse > needing
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    CHANCE FOR PLAYWRIGHTS
    47 7 MPUR, Sun. 'ouncil has started in aimed at en- I Malayans to write iya. living in the Fe- deration may enter and the writers may choose his own theme. Cash prizes of $100. $50 and $25 are being offered. Entries close on Aug. 31.
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    Building for sea cadets
    19 7 Government provide Colony building. building are raws up soon. re now using pore Flying .^quarters.
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    Lock icon MARSHALL PUTS UP FIRST MERDEKA POSTER
    49 7 THE CHIEF MINISTER. Mr. David Marshall, smiles as he hammers up the first merdeka poster in Singapore yesterday on a tree in Empress Place. Thousands of posters were pasted all over the city as the starting point for Merdeka Week. Straits Times picture.
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    CHARGES AGAINST RADIO MALAYA 'Drivers have to work 24 hrs.'
    387 7 CHARGES AGAINST RADIO MALAYA 'Drivers have to work 24 hrs.' ALLEGATIONS that Radio Malaya neglected its drivers and vehicles have been made in a report submitted to the Director of Broadcasting, Mr. H. W. Jackson, by a special sub committee from the Department. Highlights from the report which is to
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    $50 sausages
    17 7 IPOH, Sun. Hoi Hon was fined $50 here for taking sausages from a restricted area.
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    EURASIAN LEADERS MAY MEET BRITISH M.Ps.
    95 7 Leaden of the Singapore Eurasian community may ask to meet the Parliamentary delegation which Britain is sending to aeaeas the Colony's desire for Independence. The president of the Eurasian Association. Mr. P. F. de Sousa, told the Straits Times yesterday that bis committee was
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    NEW DEMAND TO TEN MOTOR FIRMS
    94 7 NEW DEMAND TO TEN MOTOR FIRMS THE 500-strong Singapore ■I Motor Traders Salaried Employees' Union will submit a new wage scheme to 10 employers today. This follows the union's refusal to accept a counter wage proposal by the Motor Trader* Association of Malaya giving Increases of $10 to $20 a
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    Fiji band at Gardens
    36 7 About 2,000 people attended a concert by the band of the Ist Bn.. Fiji Infantry Regiment, at Singapore's Botanic Gardens yesterday evening. The band will play again 9 p.m. on March 25.
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    Cohen feted
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The staffs of the courts In johore Bahru, Kulai and Kota Tinggi last night entertained Mr. N. L. Cohen to dinner at the Royal Johore International Club. Mr. Cohen is going away on holiday.
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    BE PATRIOTS, EURASIANS ARE URGED 'Become citizens: Aid merdeka'
    273 7 BE PATRIOTS, EURASIANS ARE URGED 'Become citizens: Aid merdeka' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Eurasian representative in the Legislative x Council, Mr. G. Shelley, today called on all Eurasians to take out Federal citizenship papers. Their British subject status would not be affected by becoming Federal citizens, he said. Mr. Shelley
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    MadameLee: Ministers at funeral
    135 7 MALACCA, Sun. HUNDREDS of people attended the funeral of Madame Lee Seek Bin. 98, mother of the M.C.A. president, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, here today. In the mile-long procession from Dato Tan's house in Heeran Street to the family burial ground at Buklt Bharu were two
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    KLM orders 12 Electras
    51 7 X.L.m. announced in Singapore yesterday that 12 Lockheed turbo-prop Electras have been ordered for the airline's passenger fleet. The company said it expects to take delivery of the Elect ras in 1959 and 1960— about the same time as it will receive new DCB aircraft ordered
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    Control of TUC: Battle delayed
    263 7 THE governing council xof the Singapore Trades Union Congress met yesterday to discuss criticisms of its constitution. The council decided that nothing could be done at the moment since no complaints against the constitution or requests for its amendment had been ma<Je by any affiliated
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    DEATH
    30 7 MR. M. O. PIUB or the Federation Education Department died yesterday (Sunday). Cortege leaves 201, Circular Road for Interment at Cheras Road Catholic Cemetery today (Monday)) at 5 p.m.
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      102 7 4,000 00.000 vCJl'fw/rirllWC Imperial Oollons fi£iA€oS par li*«r W&^^^jF/ SWCAPOai KLALA LUMPUB PENANC IPOH MALACCA mtMSAN KOTA BHAHU JESSELTON EYE EXAMINATION You can eat with false teeth but you ■QQB& fIHHI can't tee with artificial eye*. Your f 'tB mm and onhy pair of eye* The Cod i J^^HPK present
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      659 8 rpHE following foil rertsed list of quotations WM issued by the Malayan Share Broken' Association after their last meeting; on Friday:— INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellm Aim Briekworts Pref l.M IM Or<U. IN 3.M «tU« re. IS 00 fbuj.nl B. B. Petrol 43/- 43/9 B.M TruateM 4U0 Con Tin
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      38 8 On the free exchange market In Bong Kong on Saturday the U.S. dollar, was quoted at 5.88 V* for cash and 5.90 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.82 and one tael of gold at 256«4.
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      BUSINESS DONE
      363 8 rIE following business done In the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period March 3 to March INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Petroleum 43s. 10V4d. (including stamp) to 42s. 3d. (excluding stamp), Fraser Neave Ords. $1.71 and $1.70. Gammons $2.20 to $2.12%,
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      Dealings wait or politics
      482 8 By Our Market Correspondent (SINGAPORE Share Market last week quietened Under the influence of less settled industrial conditions in the Federation and the confused political situation in Singapore. Operators were unwilling to undertake fresh commitments until something more concrete emerges in Singapore as to Merdeka and
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      Commodities round-up TRADING DULL
      390 8 Commodities round-up TRADING DULL t*OR a brief period at the beginning of last week rubber went above the dollar level again for the first time since February 20. But the Improvement In price was shortlived and on Wednesday fell below the dollar again and for the rest of the week
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCE
      179 8 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCE in Mala,' dends last DATED |.TD H •Jta divider J" ber 3() Pavub, Vpu < »IM) v, I)RKI)(; IN( H dividend of fa 'i* «te of 30 X l| and Sydney ?> to shareholder, 0 7»l It-r March 21 Books C O ar<n 21 to m > sive.
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      884 8 NOTICES VACANCIES FOR POSTS OF TEACHERS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PERAK The following vacancies are to be filled, with effect from SOth April. 1956: la) Teachers in Training, English SchoolsMen $160 per mensem. Women $145 per mensem. Applicants must be Federal Citizens, must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday
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      804 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA CLERK of WORKS required for supervision of construction of Board's new quarters and building*. Must possess full practical knowledge of all building trades preferably capable of using dumpy level. Fully conversant with Architects drawings, bills of quantities and specification. Must
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      646 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CHINESE WRITER In the Department of Education. Kedah St Perils, Alor Star. Qualifications: Junior Middle 111 Chinese Government Examination and knowledge of English. Preference will be given to those who have passed Senior Middle 111 Chinese Government Examination and hold School Certificate. Applicants should be between the ages
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      443 8 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANAPA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 30 DATS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swat. Penan* freElisabeth Bakke In Port 15 Mar 16 Mir I Cjertrud Bakko 7 Mar 6 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr Kristin Bakke 28 Apr 28 May 30 May 31 M.,, Anna Bakke 5
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      1034 9 A^BEB, •j.jdjj itS THE RLUE FUNNEL LINE T -o proceed v« other ports to loads and dtschor-f^*' Ova Soils p S>VM ppl Snom Penong P^r nd, London, Mar 12 Gokow 6. 8/9 MaTIS MorTa/i* J}"' H ►ht* .-Tsrilla*. Holland, 'VIS Mar 17/18 ajss»« fc varpool l» Port Mar 14 Mar
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      665 9 EAST ASIATIC LDfE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port SaM, Gemta, Antwerp. Rattardoot. "ill r.JiriW •■Hurting ft OS*. j ir^s. »^r SAIUMBJS PROM SCANMNAVIA/UJLvXOmBatHT -UMOA- for Bangkok, SP S>hOm Nnon -FaStrSa* W/1 M/ ttm U/V Soigon, Hongkong, Monilo, «AST ASIATIC CO., LTD. Slrl-JAPORI 1^" 1 A *S?alX YuSSS? AVU 2J**
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      1016 9 &IB BEN LINK STEAMERS LTD *2£~ SINCAPORE (ItKOipOIUtOd M tha United Kingdom) UND SArU>BSS TO BJJL AND CONTINENT PORTS S'por. P. Slwm Parang •BEHMHOR for London, Rotterdam GJ* Sao* 13 Mar Ufaal mtttm Leadi. 4 Apr BENVENUE for Liyarpool, Rottardom, Homburg GJB/St 13/18 Mar 1 4/1 S Mer BENREOCH for
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      1266 9 McAUSTER tic CO., LTD. TIL.: N..: ***** Ef.l.BßiPlAlt BOCKMAU. KLAVEMBBS LIMB LONDON MAVRI IOTTHDiM LOS ANGELO, SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON. HAVRE ROTTERDAM. PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER and for U.S.A No"' AtKmtle Port, *»J~« nl ond Canada ana via Colombo »meneo CITT OF POONA BOUGAINVILLE S'pora P. S'hom Penong Spore P. S'hom
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  • STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY FORUM
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      Hate and ingratitude are symptoms of a terrible disease
      293 10 Hate and ingratitude are symptoms of a terrible disease AS an Asian, with some Malay blood, I have of late been made "sick in the belly" by the ungrateful, anti-British spirit manifested everywhere among people who were once supposed to be most polite and grateful. What a pity our good
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      Rural rail link
      202 10 A GLANCE at the diagram of the Master Plan which appeared In the Straits Tunes shows that along the railway line between the "built-up area" and "Woodlands New Town" there are two large open undeveloped areas, equidistant from each extremity. If the other two towns could be
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      PRACTICAL WISDOM
      302 10 MR. M. A. MAJID'S letter was a very pleasant surprise. It was most refreshing to read a sane, thoughtful and grateful letter. Mr. Majid has said what I have been thinking of saying, but said it in a far more amicable way. I am afraid that because I
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      ISLAND FOR STRAYS
      287 10 "TiHE average British man A and woman are an enigma to me with their spontaneous love or hate of man's best friend. The Straits Times has from time to time printed appealing dog stories, clippings of some of which I still keep. Two of the latest are
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      Up to the people
      118 10 T'ENGKU Abdul Rahman Is now Minister for Internal affairs and Security. More powers are vested in him to combat Communism. Let us go back to Baling talk between Tengku Abdul Rahman, when Chin Peng was said to be prepared to lay down his arms If Malaya
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      MALAYS 'NOT SO PRIVILEGED'
      360 10 ffOO much has been said A of the alleged "privileged" position of the Malays, and too little of the real position. The Malays are not so "privileged" and neither are they so "favoured." The much publicised RIDA for Instance has not helped the Malay peasants to
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      QUESTION OF THE HOUR
      198 10 IAM one of many who have been wondering what is behind all the marchings and countermarchings of the political parties In Singapore. We can only hope and pray that In these manoeuvrlngs our politicians will keep steadily In front of them the good of the community
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      Street stabbing
      102 10 LEST your readers seeing the front page report bearing the headline "Thugs knife man 60 watch," imagine that conditions in Governmentcontrolled toddy shops are conducive to gang fights and stabbings, I wish to state that an Investigation into the Incident shows that it occurred on a public road
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      331 10 Straits Times Crossword lo*-.^- he might go (10). sssS§|3 V^d* Hi 5 KSSg ij~ S|s 7™"^BBHt™l 2 Borrows the book 18). 9 """"TSB ""o" "^~T^l"""l 4 A pame explorer <4). FUJI; I j 5. Miss Fields sings of the blg- IJKtfbß 1* Hard-fought campaign that I |ji^ HI H^ pg^KSM
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      389 11 „,M lONS VACANT it ets. axtra. N I SERVICE Luropean Dutch Lady latistlcs ClerksSalesman— 748 Robinson vacancy will 1 of Solicitors next three senior Assistant ■.mately 28-35 5 years ex- admission. Salary Spending on exit lons. It is [ul applicant will :fied for partner- > Please reply, '< A a
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      420 11 SITUATIONS WANTED tt word, ti(mn.)- Box i 0 tU extrm grat&fs. StaioContact a kln ds available now J eTßuJffi >S 8 29 A 8 r^ ACCOMMODATION VACANT Words ti (Mln.)-Box it et.. txtra. "HOMELAND". 737 Mount FOR SALE/To let Katona bedr^S? 2 S t. Orey Bungilow^ I Otalng'stttlmt rooms B^A^"^
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      509 11 GODOWN SPACE VACANT M Word, ti (Mm.)— Box it eU. axtra. fo G DOWN S** o 144 lor immediate occupation situated < l am pb v Road XL Telephone l^ 1 J* We Particulars apply Box Ao^i.j. S.T.. X.L NOW AVAILABLE, Long/Short Lease. 3500 sq.ft. Ist Class Storage Space near
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      851 11 TTJITION tt Words ti (Min.)— Box tt ets. oxtra. TUITION at IU best experienced and courteous instructor. Auto Driving School 9/11 Penhas Road i off Lavender Street. Phone *****. PITMAN'S SHORTHAND by I Expert Instructor. Individual/ Groups Beginners Specialised. Interesting, Rapid 3-month Course) Advanced; Speed Fones. 232, South Bridge Road.
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      960 11 VEHICLES FOB SALE 20 Words U (Min.)— Box it et: txtra. IMMEDIATE CASH SALE! 1951 Hover Saloon Oood all-round condition. Pull Insurance. Please phone ***** for further partieuRELIABLE USED CARS Bought for Cash Sold on "Easy Terms/ Trtde-ln the Auto-Mart 9/11 Penhas Road on Lavender Street ***** ZEPHYR BIX SALOON
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      944 11 MISCELLANEOUS tt Words ti (Mlm.)— Box tt et: txtro. •TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY" Rosy Cloud Perma- nent Wave Saloon. 36, Dhoby Ghaut. Phone ***** .Specialists in Cold Waving. Cold Wave $10.00. BE UP-TO-DATE. ...Trade In your old-fashioned Radio for the Latest "Blue Spot" HI-FI 3D Models today! Any make and any I
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      921 11 TENDERS JOHORE P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class 'D' and above registered P.W.D. Con-! tractors will be received by the < Statr- Engineer. Johore, up to noon of the 26th March. 1956:— CONSTRUCTION OF 4 BLOCKS OF LABOURERS QUARTERS AND HALF BLOCK OF M.O.R."s QUARTERS AT MALAY REOIMENT CAMP, KLUANG.
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      412 11 TENDERS ciTYCOUNCIfoF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Supply of One Vertical Pumping Set for Lower Sfletar Reservoir. Deposit $100. Close 4 P.M. 16.4.56. Forms from Tender Room, No. 235. Second Floor, City Hall. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA. TENDER NOTICE VALUABLE lots of scrap materials for sale by
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    Fast and flashy Mohun Bagan win 3-2
    606 12 DRIBBLE-AND-DAZZLE SOCCER THRILLS FOR 10,000 By THE SPORTS EDITOR QX THE eleventh day of the new season, which had started with so much promise, Singapore footballers had a chastening experience at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Sino-Malays (with nine players who will be in
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    Ross 102, Barker 90 highlight day of big scoring
    540 12 TjHE second century in I A Singapore cricket was scored on the padang yesterday when former Colony and South player, Douglas Clunies-Ross, hit an unbeaten 102 in the drawn fixture between S.R.C. and SC.C. Ross, who captained the Rest team last
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    WORLD RECORD
    27 12 NEW HAVEN. Sun.— Rex Aubrey an Australian student at Yale University, bettered the world 100 yards men's freestyle swimming record when he clocked 49.0 sec.
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    PERAK WEIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY
    415 12 W EIGHTS for eight races for tbe second day on Wednesday are: CL. 3, DIV. 2—54 St Wonder Lad 9.00 Wedding Waltz 8.12 Windy Corner 8.11 Hunter's Call II 8.10 Scholarship 8.10 The Wisard 8.09 Holiday Flight 8.08 Rehmat 8.07 Selskar City 8.07 Admission 8.07 Welsh
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    Century and 10 wickets by La Faber
    107 12 Century and 10 wickets by La Faber KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. RONNIE LA FABER, 1V the Selangor Eurasian cricketer, today probably earned himself a mention among the rare feats in Wisden. Playing for RE.M.E. against the Postals, La Faber scored 103 not out and then went on to take aU ten
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    Ipoh Police batsmen scores 122
    246 12 Ipoh Police batsmen scores 122 IPOH, Sunday. THE HONOUR of scoring the 1 first century in Perak cricket this season goes to Ipoh Police batsman C. Kamalanathan who made a chancel ess 122 against Australian and New Zealand Association in a Brander Shield match on the Coronation ground today. He
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