The Straits Times, 14 March 1956

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    TOWKAY HELD 7 DAYS
    378 1  -  PATRICK CHEE Singapore kidnap gang pounce in dark road, then bargain with relatives By freed after family pay ransom )RE towkay, Mr. Chua Kirn San, 43 nue, Bukit Timah Road, was reiimily last Sunday night after they -dosed ransom to a kidnap gang d him captive
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    Lock icon We're not coming to 'judge' S'pore
    628 1 We're not coming to 'judge' S'pore MR. LEE GOT IT ALL WRONG, SAY NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA and New Zealand have no intention of sending Parliamentary delegations to Singapore to assess its fitness tor independence This was made clear yesterday by the External Affairs Ministers, Mr. R. G. Casey (Australia*
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    Lock icon Siam to get that reactor
    114 1 Siam to get that reactor BANGKOK. Tues. AN experimental atomic reactor will be built in Siam as a result of an agreement signed today by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, and the Siamese Foreign Minister. Prince Wan Waithayakorn. The agreement was signed in Government House here.
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    Lock icon Freedom hope
    24 1 FRIZBURG. (Switzerland). Tues —Hungary is considering an amnesty for all Catholics convicted between 1947 and 1949. it was reported here today. Reuter.
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    Hunger led a Red to surrender
    67 1 Hunger led a Red to surrender SEREMBAN. Tues. IT was hunger which caused Ahmad, a high-ranking terrorist, to give himself up in the Kuala Pilah district of Negri Sembilan yesterday. Ahmad, alias Adrian bin Noerdin. a branch committee secretary, surrendered to a lorry driver at Ulu Sertinß. He entered the
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    On way home from talks
    40 1 Major General C. E. Weir, Chief of the New Zealand General Staff, returning home from the S.E.A.T.O. conference in Karachi, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday. He will be in Malaya for a few days.
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    ODD MAN OUT WRITES: 'NO MERDEKA'
    142 1  - ODD MAN OUT WRITES: 'NO MERDEKA' PHILIP GOH By VOLUNTEERS in charge of the merdeka referendum books at the Singapore Assembly House yesterday were taken aback when a clerk stepped forward and wrote in bold letters across a page "No When the odd man out wrote those words there were
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    MERDEKA 'RAW ON RAFFLES PLACE LEAVES TRAIL OF CAR STICKERS
    200 1  -  TERRY PILLAY By 'Nothing to do with us— it must be irresponsible people to blame, say All-Party committee OWNER-DRIVERS whose cars were parked in Raffles Place. Singapore, went out to lunch yesterday to find their cars labelled with merdeka "stickers"
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    Lock icon Blind children count with a dead man's eyes
    82 1 Blind children count with a dead man's eyes MILAN. Tues. The blind boy and girl who hope to regain their sight with the eyes bequeathed by Father Don Gnocchl on his death-bed counted their doctor's fingers yesterday. It was the second examination of the children— Silvio Coligrande 12. and Amabile
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    Extortion bid alleged
    52 1 Khaw Kirn Teik. alias Hans Khaw. pleaded not guilty In a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday to a charge of attempted extortion of $100,000 from K. M. Abdul Razak at Arab Street on Feb. 24. The charge alleged that he threatened Abdul with death In a letter. Bail
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    Lock icon Mid-East tour
    21 1 PARIS. Tues.— The French Foreign Minister. M. Christian Pinaeu. will visit Israel, Syria and the Lebanon in April.— Reuter.
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    Royal visitor
    14 1 The Sultan of Kelantan arrived In Singapore yesterday on a short visit.
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    Mystery of a Cyprus mission
    130 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues^The Chief Registration Offl£r Mr E. M. McDonald, has {eft Tor Cyprus on a secret m ifis n understood that Mr MrDonald Is to advise the rvor^s authorities on a SSme of national registrant Government officials today said they knew nothing of Mr.
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    $6 A DAY CLAIM
    174 1 Plantation workers' union asks for big pay increase KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The National Union of Plantation Workers is understood to have demanded a minimum daily wage of $6 for contract tappers, $5.25 for check roll tappers and $4.50 for weeders. The union submitted a memorandum on
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    Lock icon Korea-U.S. pact
    26 1 SEOUL. Tues.— South Korea and the United States signed an agreement today for the import of $43,800,000 worth of United States farm surpluses. A.P.
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    24 1 TAIPEH, Tues.— Two women have been named Judges of the Supreme Court of Nationalist China— the first women to be picked.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Prague problems
    32 1 VIENNA. Tues.— Delegates of the presidium and the secretariat of the Communistdominated World Federation of Trade Unions who met in Prague today were discussing "organisational problems" Prague Radio reported. Reuter.
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    29 1 AMMAN. Thurs. Jordan accused Israeli forces today of attacking a Jordanian border village killing a 70-year-old woman and injuring three members of the Jordan National Guard.— A.P.
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    Mr. M's POSTERS STOLEN
    108 1 Mr. M's POSTERS STOLEN Report to police SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, last night made a report to the police about the theft of two merdeka posters he had put up on Sunday. One of them was from the "old apple tree" at Empress Place. The other was from
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    Lock icon $5 mil. talks
    67 1 COLOMBO, Tues. Formal discussions have begun here between Government representatives of Ceylon and the United States to finalise a treaty for $5 million aid to Ceylon. Reuter. is OTMUH CYPRI s imimimm WASHINGTON, lms lulled Stales olli< i.iU in C'.vpru* have ui^«-d llic < >pi nit prnplr
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    Lock icon HER 100th GRANDCHILD
    51 1 HER 100 th GRANDCHILD SYDNEY MINES. Nova Scotia, Tues. When a baby was bom to Mrs. Mary Carey here yesterday, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Roger Carey, became a grandmother for the 100 th time. The elder Mrs. Carey, 72. has nine sons and nine daughters, all married, and 87 grandchildren living.
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    65,000 call in MTUC
    411 1 New move in wage row ITUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malayan Trade Union Council today decided to ask the Chief Secretary to intervene in the row between the Federation Government and its 65,000 daily-paid workers. The MTUC working committee took the decision following a request by the
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    Lock icon 1750 letter in bottle found
    64 2 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tues. —A letter apparently written more than 200 years ago by a sailor just before he went down with his burning ship in mid-Atlantic was washed ashore on Jamaica's north coast yesterday in a bottle. The letter was on paper that had become
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    Lock icon Richard III is TV hit
    47 2 NEW YORK, Tues. The National Broadcasting Company announced today that 50 million people watched its presentation of Sir Laurence Olivler's film "Richard III" last Sunday afternoon. The film, seen in colour and black and white, had its American premiere on television. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Let's be pals'
    38 2 MOSCOW Tues.— The Soviet newspaper, Red Star, commenting on the coming visit to Britain of Marshal Bulganin and the Communist Party Secretary, Mr. Khrushchev, today urged the return to wartime "businesslike and friendly cooperation." Reuter.
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    32 2 NEW YORK, Tues. Richard Michalski. pilot of a rented plane, was fined US$25 here for flying so low thai the plane struck the radio aerial of a police car. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Silence in Commons as second 'free' vote decides no more hanging
    296 2 Silence in Commons as second 'free' vote decides no more hanging 'UNIQUE DETERRENT TO MURDER TO GO LONDON, Tues.— The House of Commons, for the second time in three weeks, last night voted in favour of abolishing or suspending the death penalty in Britain. It rejected, by 286 votes to
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    WONDER DRUG ROW 'STORM IN A TEACUP'
    261 2 pODEINE compound tablets are costing Britain's National Health Service £500,000 (about $4,000,--000) a year. Now many doctors say they are useless. A report published by the Social Service Research Group says the use of the tablets is "a form of mild duplicity which
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    18 2 WASHINGTON. Tues.—President Soekarno of Indonesia has accepted an invitation to visit the United States. Reuter.
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    Hollywood film chief flies into Singapore
    43 2 Hollywood film chief flies into Singapore MR. ERIC A. JOHNSTON, (above) film executive, diplomat and philanthropist, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday. Mr. Johnston who is president of the Motion Picture Export Association of America, is on a world tour. Straits Times picture.
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    Behind bars: Films and concerts
    122 2 PLUS 'FREEDOM' FOR THE SPECIUW fOOD conduct prisoners i greater privileges. They are classified under first, second, third, fourth and special stages according to the length of their sentences and conduct. New privileges Include cinemas, lectures, concerts, library books, periodicals and indoor and outdoor recreation.
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    1874 TUG IS TO BE REPLACED
    47 2 1874 TUG IS TO BE REPLACED A tug wW one of the oldest ships *J* arrived in Singapore jw tug ta the I Nasser, which was buu Kure, Japan. {c The El Na»er, boand Alexandria, will t« e from the 930-tor kieh, which has vice since 1874.
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    Rita to wed
    14 2 NEW YORK star R:i.. 1 Thomas H son of a wi >
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    'EASIER TRAVEL' MOVE BY JAPAN
    136 2 'EASIER TRAVEL' MOVE BY JAPAN gre S asking for pa cessions to be m., reciprocal b £i the two-way nal!? businessmen daymakors th The Japanc Se Visas should irequired fo r than three mom these terrii Businessmen reeub* veiling to and should have tneir Ja > stamped with,''. tiple visanumber
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    Lock icon Rail link to be opened again!
    46 2 Rail link to be opened again! HONG KONG. Tues.-i formed sources .said yestera that through rail traffic between Hong Ks and Canton within two weeks. It would be thi since 1949 that trains hi been able to move without I terruptlon between the r cities.— A.P
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    Lock icon Atomic energy build-up
    50 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.-: United States will sell I tons of heavy water Wi nations to help them into atomic energy ;,:ogranuni the Atomic Energy Conuu sion announced yesterday Britain will receive 50 to: France 30 tons, India 21 W Australia 11 ton tons and Switzerland tf* tons. Reuter.
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    CABLE FLASHES 'OUTLAW REDS' CALL TO ASIA
    201 2 CABLE FLASHES 'OUTLAW REDS' CALL TO ASIA MANILA. Tues.— A manifesto urging all Asian governments to outlaw Communism and oppose the entry of Communist China and Outer Mongolia into the United Nations was issued here today following the second meeting of the Asian Peoples' Antl-Com-munlst League. The league, comprising non-government
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    Aussie dockers stop work to he
    53 2 MELBOURNE. Tuos.-l-yv P< rt .top workin K for 24 hours from fO urfs I dockrrs rrocivr reports on an of the men's waite claims. .im-k.-rv |l M <hH« The last nation-wide nea rlj in January in support of pay RC Idle In 53 Australian
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    guerrilla bands strike at capital
    128 3 guerrilla bands strike at capital -I ALGERIAN TROOPS JOIN REVOLT ;ERS. Tues. Ps fought hold off -ttark.s iburta and OS. The LOO ren weekend to put are being growing mong roops, mong Frarand most s desertion rom Rabat, 114 Alceciescrted Ing shipped They to be trying way bark to to
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    Lock icon hided missile ships go into action
    128 3 lUTDED MISSILE VISER BOSTON. Tues. ea-golng guided ..md forerunner .ned by the U.S. ato action today jba. part of a can fleet now on Caribbean, made up of and Forrestal class carriers will be the backbone of the new atomic-age navy. Rear Admiral Arleigh
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    TROOPS CHARGE MOBS WITH BATONS
    340 3 TROOPS CHARGE MOBS WITH BATONS Cyprus puts up shutters on whispered orders at strikes spread 'Bring Makarios to trial 9 demand in Commons URITKH i~ NICOSIA, Tuesday. b HiVn T PS made three baton cbar^ to today as 7rL rCek y Uths d ™<>n«trating here Br ft sh unfn 01
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    Lock icon Bouquet for Princess Margaret
    72 3 PRINCESS MARGARET receives a bouquet from Rosemary Bondfleld. 15. at the Cafe de Paris in London, with Countess Mountbatten looking on. Rosemary is a cadet of the Twickenham cadet nursing division who was awarded a special service shield for 200 hours of voluntary duty. The Princess
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    Lock icon U.S. will pay 'ransom' to get man out of China
    181 3 U.S. will pay 'ransom' to get man out of China HONG KONG. Tues. CHARLES S. MINER, the last American businessman in Shanghai, will be "ransomed" from Communist China this month, it was learned today. Informed sources said the f.S. Treasury Department has granted Miner's employers permission to remit U.S. dollars
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    Lock icon Up go British cars by 7½ per cent
    163 3 BUT ONLY ON HOME MARKET BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday. T!HE British Motor Corporation, one of Britain's A largest car manufacturers, yesterday announced price increases of 7£ per cent, for all vehicles sold The corporation, formed t>y thp Austin-Morris merger, malt* in addition Wolseley. Riley.
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    Lock icon 40 YEARS PASS, THEN 6AS SHELL KILLS
    119 3 40 YEARS PASS, THEN 6AS SHELL KILLS PARIS. Tues— A World War I mustard eas shell has caused the deaths of two boys and overcame doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver of the Longwy Hospital. Four schoolboys found a 105 mm. shell of mustard gas yesterday on the outskirts of
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    Lock icon CLASH ON ISRAEL BORDER
    149 3 Policeman killed JERUSALEM. Tues ONE Israeli policeman was killed and two wounded in an exchange of fire with Jordanians across thp border in thp neighbourhood of Bartaa village, an Israeli military spokesman said here yesterday. He said that thp Jordanians used mortar and automatic weapons and
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    Lock icon World record under water
    37 3 SAN DIEGO. (California), rues. James Jordan yesterday set a world's record by staying under water eight i minutes, three and three- i fifths seconds, officials of the Amateur Athletic Union said here. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Dry' week
    30 3 COLOMBO. Tues.— Total prohibition will be imposed in Ceylon for the first time during the week of May 23-30 as part of this year's Buddha Jayanthy observance. U.P.
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    Lock icon Eden writes to Hussein
    82 3 ONDON, Tues. Sir Alec Kirkbride, a former Minister to Jordan, who flew here five days ago from Amman, left last night with a message from Sir Anthony Eden for King Hussein of Jordan. ■When I rlew home I brought a message from the King to the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    278 3 LONDON. Tues. APART from the firmness of industrial equities which responded to improved trade figures, conditions in the stock markets today were rather uncertain. Even industrials failed to hold their best prices. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were LOANS Awwols £52 n i
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Mar 13— Spot 29'vd Apr -June 28 ,d. JulySept. 27 _d, Oct.-Dec. 27d. Mar. elf. 28*<d Apr. ci.f. 28.d Tone: Steady.
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    RUBBER
    24 3 LONDON. Mar. 13 Ca»h Buyers £822-.. Sellers £827 'i; Forward Buyers £790. Sellers £792; Settlement £832 Turnover: a.m. 65 tons; p.m 60 tons.
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    30 3 MONTE CARLO, Tue* Prince Rainier has orderec! the cinemas of Monaco tc show no more films of Grace Kelly, his bride-to-be, until after their wedding in April. U.P.
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    Death inquiry sensation
    323 4 WOMAN SAYS ON OAIH: I HAVE TOLD YOU ALL I KNOW SLAIN GIRL'S FRIEND TRYING TO SHIELD SOMEONE, CHARGE POLICE THE inquiry into the death of 12-year-old Nenek binte Hashim took a dramatic turn in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday when the police alleged that the dead
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    Colony swelters, roads 'bleed', farmers are hit
    247 4 Colony swelters, roads 'bleed', farmers are hit CJINGAPORE is experiencing a heat wave which has caused havoc to fanners' crops, started 65 lallang fires in the past three days and "bled" several road surfaces in the Colony. A storm yesterday afternoon the first rain for 14 days brought only brief
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    CAINE TO BOSS ECONOMICS SCHOOL
    225 4 CAINE TO BOSS ECONOMICS SCHOOL Takes ever in January SIR SYDNEY CAINE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, has accepted an invitation to become Director of the London School of Economics, the Singapore Government announced last night. The school's present director is Sir Alexander CarrSaunders, founder of the University of
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    A farewell service
    60 4 There will be a farewell service to Canon R. K. S. Adams at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, followed by an informal social. Canon Adams, retiring principal of St. Andrew's School, will preach, and two old boys of the school, Mr. E. K.
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    Due in a week
    22 4 Mr. Justice Knight, who has been away on long leave, is expected back in Singapore in a week.
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    Scout Week $400
    18 4 BENTONG, Tues. Scouts here collected more than $400 during Scout Week, which ended on Saturday.
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    Mr. Marshall's sister will greet air visitors
    99 4 Mr. Marshall's sister will greet air visitors VISITORS arriving at Paya V Lebar airport, Singapore, by Qantas BO. AC, will be met by Mrs. Rose Mlnle, sister of the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall. Mrs. Minie will be passenger relations officer, succeeding Mrs. Jean Moss who leaves Singapore for Britain
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    Singer's tax case adjourned
    76 4 Singer's tax case adjourned VOLET NO. a professional singer, who faces six Income tax charges, yesterday had her case in the Singapore City Court adjourned for mention till Mar. 27. Ng, who is in Batu Pahat. wrote to the court seeking the adjournment. She is alleged to have failed to
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    Verdict held in rubber case
    65 4 MALACCA, Tues. Mr. Justice Good in the High Court today reserved judgment in an appeal by a shopkeeper. Wong Boon To, 33. agairst a lower court jail senter.ee of eight months for unlawful possession of 137 sheets of rubber valued at $250. Wong was alleged
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    Tanah Rata gets a new station
    38 4 TANAH RATA, Tues. Tanah Rata, administrative headquarters of Cameron Highlands, got a new police station yesterday. Costing $80,000 it replaces a ramshackle wooden building that has served the district for many years.
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    Senior judge
    20 4 KUCHING, Tues. Mr. Justice L.D. Smith has been appointed senior puisne judge in Sarawak, the government announced today.
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    SULTAN REJECTS MURDER PLEAS
    98 4 SULTAN REJECTS MURDER PLEAS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Sultan of Selangor has turned down petitions for clemency for two convicted killers, Chen Chung Lin, 23. and Kwong Kirn On. 19. They were sentenced to death last August for murdering the Wearne Brothers' cashier, Yap Kon Shin, 58, on Feb. 8
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    ON WITH BOARD, OFF WITH COUNCIL
    109 4 TWE Malayanisation Commission will not resume hearing evidence from the Singapore City Council when it sits tomorrow. It will hear instead the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board. This is because the City Council has not yet obtained confirmation of the three nominees to represent
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    Court won't drop charge
    70 4 KLANG, Tues. The President of the Sessions Court here, Mr. B. V. Rhodes, today refused a request by the prosecution to withdraw a charge. Inspector Anthony Chong said he had been instructed to withdraw the charge against Lim Yew Leong, 26, accused of cheating Messrs. Paterson
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    Merdeka move
    27 4 PENANO, Tues. Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has set up a sub-committee to make representations to the merdeka constitutional commission.
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    Study gift fund
    31 4 BATU OAJAH, Tues. The Batu Oajah Malay Schools Advisory committee last night decided to start a scholarship fund for the students in the Malay school in Batu Oajah.
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    100 to sing to finals
    47 4 IPOH, Tues. About 100 Chinese amateur singers, including 25 women, took part In a State-wide singing contest at the Jubilee Amusement Park last night. The competitors, singing Mandarin songs, will go through elimination rounds nightly. The finals will be held on Saturday.
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    2 went to aid comrade —honours now
    135 4 2 went to aid comrade honours now LONDON, Tues. The bravery of two British naval seamen, who went to rescue a comrade attacked by a shark during diving operations in Singapore's inner harbour on July 28. 1954, has been rewarded by the Royal Humane Society. The Society has awarded its
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    'JUSTICE PLEDGE TO MOTOR SCHOOLS
    101 4 'JUSTICE PLEDGE TO MOTOR SCHOOLS JF SINGAPORE mr> in S schools 3* see that they he promisi Motorinu Kh^Kj"!. testing that thpv wiiiTL 1 out of business by an V* P5 ment to the Motor vS^ Registration and n, :c Regulations undo? w fe» must re-res-istrr th?*^ contract car.s." Clr5
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    Johore festival
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Hindus in Johore Bahru will celebrate the festival of Punguni Uttaram on Mar. 26 when the Rajamaniaman Temple's chariot will be taken in procession round the town
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    Study gifts for 18
    41 4 KUALA LUMPIJ] The Malayan Pul Association has awarded II scholarships for studies [> Nanyang University. The awards are worth im $400 to $600 a year and win help student^, to pay for tuition and part of their board.
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    Malayan film picked by American company
    96 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A Malayan Film Unit production, "Serve to Lead," has been accepted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Britain for commercial distribution. This is the first M.F.U. film to be taken by a major American company. The film, showing the training and life at the
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    PUNTERS NO LONGER TRUSTED ME'
    315 5 juggrs. lottery- man teUgcourt why he closed down K CMEHB. KCT TIME: mUtSHHU, 1 After ordeal at sea, lost picnickers thank their rescuers SPssusse i n &2 h f lld f d Mr Marshall three letters exoressthe eSL'pSSi tO v^ StM to the RoyaT Air
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    On inspection
    23 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. The acting Surveyor- General, Mr. A. B. Griffin, is on an Inspection visit of I Kelantan and Trengganu.
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    Park concert
    22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation Police Band will play in Coronation Park here tomorrow from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    Autty and her conscience
    50 5 1 ies. id woman told urt today wo pillows > cause she he saw r ü bled her and when she went back to return the pillows, she was arrested by the police. The woman. Fathima Kutty. pleaded guilty to stealing the pillows, and was bound
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    NOBODY WANTS THE GIRL FOUND IN A GARDEN
    170 5 Problem for Welfare Department KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. THE YOUNG Chinese girl found wandering naked in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday has set a problem for the Selangor Social Welfare Department. Dr. L. Hart, of Circular i Road, Kuala Lumpur, took the girl to
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    STENGAH MASAK
    258 5 I A half-baked merdeka? The Tengku hits lit Eat T.U. critics IJ^UALA LUMPUR, Tues, lv —The Chief Minister last night described as "irresponsible" the critics who had said that the terms of reference of the Constitutional Commission provided only for a "stengah masak" or half-baked merdeka. He said
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    $5 wipes out 15 years of service
    197 5 $5 wipes out 15 years of service DUANG bin Ahmad, a 33, a lance corporal in the Police Mobile Squad, was bound over for six months in $500 when he was found guilty in< Singapore yesterday of having corruptly ac- j cepted $5 from a driver on Nov. 12 last
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    Rail trolley attacked in Johore
    59 5 Rail trolley attacked in Johore KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. TWO SHOTS were fired at a trolley going from Labis to Segamat in Johore last night. The escort fired back. There were no known casualties. The trolley had been halted by a steel railway sign across the rails. The trolley returned to
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    Lecture change
    31 5 Mr. O. Stockwell, the Methodist missionary, will lecture at the Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, at 8 p.m. today and not at the Y.W.C.A. hostel at Fort Canning as previously announced.
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    NO FUSS at OPENING OF NANYANG
    208 5 NO FUSS at OPENING OF NANYANG THERE will be two ceremonies to mark the opening oi the Nanyang University. Singapore a simple one tomorrow and an elaborate one about four months later. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Chang Tien-tse. told the Straits Times yesterday that tomorrow's ceremony
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    Two with $100,000 to give awau
    68 5 IPOH. Tues— The first con- tribution from Perak Chinese to the Nanyang University Fund will be taken to Singapore tomorrow by two leaders of the community. Mr Lav Pak Khuan, presi- I dent of the fund's committee in Perak, and Mr. Ong Chin Seong,
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    201 6 10 H'nrrft $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mail' if you want to Win that $5,000 word puzzle. GLORIA KIDD— For Facial and Body Rejuvenation, Robinson Sc Co.. Raffles Place. Tel: 5894. WILL THE FASTIDIOUS hus- t ho dotes on onions but hates the smell in
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    Singapore, Wed. Mar. 14, 1956. Federation Wages
    595 6 Singapore, Wed. Mar. 14, 1956. Federation Wages The Federation's Chief v Minister was tempting fate c when he spoke in London of 'j his fear of opening the morning newspaper in case j Singapore was writhing again 1 1 in labour pains. The Federat tion now faces its fair share
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    Penang Problems
    310 6 Penang "has derived nothing I but benefit" from the elected majority on its Settlement Council. With this tribute in his annual review, the Settlement's Resident Commissioner coupled an announcement that the Government was considering the best way of associating elected Councillors more closely with the Administration. There was
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    The Tourist Trade
    274 6 Is Singapore worth going halfway round the world to see? Do its hotels give the kind of service that makes a happy holiday? Ask the tourist, and his answers are likely to be more flattering than a referendum of residents. To a singular degree, Singaporeans by and
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    Doubts will not be remove by nailing slogans on trees
    984 6 i "n° y° u want mer E -^deka now?" "Do you E want to go to Heaven when you die?" "Do 5 you want your income S to be doubled next year?" "Do you believe i in peace?" Anybody 5
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      POLITICIANS' PROMISES: WHAT THE PEOPLE REALLY NEED
      507 6 ALL political parties in the Federation and Singapore claim that if they can attain equal status, rights and privileges for the people then they have achieved what they think the people really want and feel satisfied. As far as I can conceive these
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      Unfair to the British
      226 6 I have followed events leading us towards merdeka and I must say that the Europeans here, particularly the English, have not been given a fair deal. Britain of her own accord is going to hand over the reins to us. Do her nationals here deserve the
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      Tell the people
      163 6 TN December Mr. Mari shall flew to London to arrange the forthcoming April conference. While in Switzerland he had a vision about the failure of his talk. Some days ago he spent a few hours with the Chief Minister of the Federation. Can the man in the
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      NOT A TRUE BAROMETER
      500 6 YOUR editorial suggestion that "Mr. Marshall is determined to fight, even if he fights only phantoms" has a wealth of truth in it. In fact, one cannot resist the temptation to feel that it is intrinsically allied with his flair for the theatre. This hysteria which
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    fACE AT WINDOW HALTS A COURT
    104 7 fACE AT WINDOW HALTS A COURT s jr m the Singai h Magis•ourt was stopy yester- lawyer. r iyner, prosccussea were ing. isel, Mr. 1 -:vu,inaden, attention ppinj; In and ion and the gallery. ixclaim- a man at Another just said InS. Zain. He the corridor in peering window. Explanation
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    Party for head
    40 7 Tues. More Of the Meth:i School here t( t.uned their Mr. Ted Miles, to be returns to States on nine They presented and a Chin--1 ho has been in 4' 2 years, is going hla MA. degree.
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    Morrison and Co. get down to it
    164 7 M£££EKA LESSON No. 1 FOR VISITING PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION ISA SUCCESS AFTER DRIVING about 10 miles and visiting three schools, the Teachers' Training College and the Iniversity of Malaya, Mr. Morrison found he was not "as tidy as I should be." Giving him a
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    HERBERT
    57 7 CINGAPORE has made a good first impression on the visiting Parliamentary delegation. The six Memuers of 'Parliament toured the Colony's educational i n s t 1 t utions yesterday and were taken with the WONDERFUL build!ngs of the Teachers' Training College; "SWEETNESS", of the little Malay girls at the
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    Death-by-axe comes to a school
    165 7 TEACHERS SEEK A GUARANTEE KOTA BHARU, Tuesday. A DEPUTATION of teachers will soon see the State Secretary and ask for a Government guarantee that teachers posted to Sribong Malay School, near here, will be safe from axe attacks. The move follows the death last month
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    Six want to be president
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Six people will contest for the presidency of the Malayan Indian Congress this year. They are: The present president and Minister for Labour Mr. V. T. Sambanthan; the general secretary of the M.1.C.. Mr. K. Gurupatham: Mr. V. M. Manickavasagam, Mr. V.
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    IF merdeka talks fail — by Lee
    99 7 I F merdeka talks fail by Lee T*WE reople's Action Party leader in the Singapore Assembly, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, said yesterday that he envisaged "an Islandwide passive resistance movement if the London April constitutional talks failed. Mr. Lee was speaking at a P.A.P. merdeka rally in Shenton Way. More
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    MR. LONGDEN MEETS A GIRL WHO KNEW ! | ALL THE ANSWERS (ALMOST)
    36 7 MR. LONGDEN MEETS A GIRL WHO KNEW ALL THE ANSWERS (ALMOST) MR. LONGDEN thought seven-year-old Raffa binte Kemat of the Scotts Road School a "cute little child". She answered four of five questions he asked her.
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    Club alters 'European only9 rule
    174 7 Club alters 'European only 9 rule IPOH. Tues.— Malayanlsation zoomed Into the Perak Flying Club yesterday when the 17 members present at the annual meeting (14 of them Europeans) unanimously approved a resolution. The resolution called for the deletion of a paragraph In Article 41 of the association which reads:
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    FINDS IT ALL SO INTERESTING THAT HE GETS LOST for 10 MINUTES
    506 7  -  FELIX I ABISHEGAMDEN r.M vacity of the Chinese High School students; and TRAINING facilities at the University of Malaya. Mr. Herbert Morrison (Foreign Secretary in the former Labour C-vern-ment) got "lost" at one stage of the tour. This
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      28 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 11.57 a.m. (9ft. 31n.); Port Dlckson 7.37 a.m. (Bft. Bin.) 7. 58 p.m. (9ft. stn.); Penang 1.34 a.m. (7ft. 3in.) 2.00 p.m. (7ft. 51n.).
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    Marshall will be told of 'raw deal'
    168 8 Marshall will be told of 'raw deal' A 7,000-WORD petition is to be sent to the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall complaining that Chinese cultural bodies have suffered a raw deal in the past nine years. The petition, with 10 resolutions, was drawn up after a meeting of
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    41,000 cars in Singapore
    45 8 A total of 398 new motoi cars were registered in Singapore last month, bringing the total number on the roads to 41.332 on Feb. 29. The total number of registered bicycles is 203.396— an increase of 1,460 over the January figure.
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    Poster contest for Perak
    38 8 IPOH, Mon. A poster drawing competition for students of English and vernacular schools is being organised by the Perak Welfare Association for the welfare appeal week. Entries will be received up to April 9.
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    BRITANNIA CLUB WRECKED BY FIGHTS? RUBBISH
    243 8 Bound to tie friction sometimes but... THE Britannia Club in Singapore is not being wrecked by rowdy Servicemen that's, official. A NAAFI spokesman yesterday denied that furniture, sinks and a weighing machine were damaged in recent brawls. He was commenting on a letter written
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    Bandits flee after clash
    36 8 IPOH. Tues. A patrol of "A" company Ist Federation Regiment exchanged fire with terrorists in the Kuala Kang.-ar district of Perak during the week-end. Th< bandits fled. There were r.o known casualties.
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    Food fair
    34 8 Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a food fair in aid of its All-Malaya M.Y.F. Institute delegation fund on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 4. Fort Canning Road.
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    Chinese teachers to press wage claim —threaten a strike
    101 8 Chinese teachers to press wage claim —threaten a strike rE Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union is to adopt a "get tough" policy with the schools' management committees. The union decided, at a recent general meeting, to renew its three-year-old claim for* a "reasonable wage." It resolved that if this
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    Malaya is a hit
    59 8 on Xmas cards A BRITISH firm, fascinated by straw pictures in Malayan-made Christmas cards, has written to the Commissioner for Malaya in London for a contact. The Singapore Government, which disclosed this yesterday, said the firm told the Commissioner it was keen to import designs for
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    Colony parade
    34 8 All units of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Singapore will parade at Victoria School ground at 5 p.m. on March 25 for the annual inspection by the Governor. Sir Robert Black.
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    ROAD HOGS TRAPPED BY FAMILY CARS
    123 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. pOLICE here have stepped up their campaign against speeding on the main trunk road. Officers are taking turns to reinforce existing patrols by cruising in their own saloon cars with their speedometers correctly adjusted along the four mile stretch to Tampoi
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    Buffalo gores butcher
    38 8 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. A butcher was gored by a buffalo he was leading to the slaughter house during the weekend. The man. Mohamed Noor bin Sulong. of Kampong Losong. was admitted to the hospital here.
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    Siamese visitors
    23 8 IPOH, Tues. Seventy teachers from Siam will visit Malaya during the Easter holidays. They will spend two weeks in the country.
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    Admiral was victim of an injustice
    1647 9 Admiral was victim of an injustice jf A SHRINE 1 I DEMOCRACY^!? i Hv Sell martyr to 1 officialdom i IN "CANDIDE," the most entertaining book that was ever written by Voltaire who never wrote a dull line, there is a passage in which his hero visits England. On his
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      166 9 Hex 3Morgan 9 MM. Reaction begins HHa&Sffl| gMT *MO A.BE IOU J GET I'M 00 WA.RBEN t'M T| TAKE IT HHKi OOWT PUT II NO ONE IS GOING J TWEY'BE CO"NP OUT OP J—^Dick Tracg Mumbles nearing t 1 v V_^J| r r WALKED 2c «TEPS AND 1 W Ue
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    TIN PRICE HARDENS ON MIDDLE EAST BUYING REPORTS
    591 10 By Our Market Correspondent TnHE price of tin in Singapore yesterday rose by L $1.37} per picul to $391.62} on what were believed to be buying orders from Middle East countries, where the political situation is deteriorating. The previous day the price
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 99 cents per lb. down I 1 cents on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet after easier. Closing prices In cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 99 ■'■>,, sellers 99 7
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    95 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; March $27 7 8 buyers. $28 1 2 sellers: April $28 14 buyers, $28 3 4 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $41 3 4 sellers: drum $44 3 4 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntolc white $128. Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    61 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following change In Its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Belgian Franc, 1622 V On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar, was quoted at 5.86 for cash and 5.8R for T.T. Sterling was
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 13 RUBBER: 99->; cents per lb. (down 1> N rents). TIN: 5391.62> 2 per picul (up 51. 37 COPRA: 528.25 per picul (up 25 cents).
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    HITAM TIN
    12 10 HiUm Tin produce 14 piculs of tin ore In February.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    55 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS today. Sever.-, down ran heanr r a Loans Loans 3 Con. zii Bank of g Mount Lye U SftT.Hur::: MWhhm,,,,,; SSSPtf 1 OH Search I Aust.con.so!. Ir ri A.t*.M. mew, Bradford B. Hill Pro Couitauld Dun lop Eler. Zim Wt Tex-> G J Coles Herald Times' 1.C.1. Swan
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    Guthrie results
    35 10 Febnuv and estates were v folli h '"C in bracket! p.. lb.. <n 166.000 lb. .350 000 lb J* 905 tons. .1.M9.,,;- hH nel s 282 tons reos ore 1.334 piculs (Jj? 1
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      2187 10 COMPANY MEETINGS LINGGI PLANTATIONS LIMITED SIXTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 26th March, 1956. SIR JOHN HAY'S ADDRESS During much of the period covered by our accounts now presented the rubber Industry enjoyed one of its rare bouts of prosperity. The average price of first grade rubber over 955 was 2/9 9/16
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      1012 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are Invited for the following poets: I MEDICAL DEPARTMENT hi Radiologist (Therapby): (11) Radiologist (Diagnostic); (lii) Paediatrician: (Iv) Chest Physician. Basic salary 11.520 pjn. (v) Senior Pathological Registrar; (vl) Senior Surgical Registrar; (vlij Senior Orthopaedic Registrar; (vill) Senior Paediatric Registrar; ilx) Senior Anaesthetic Registrar; ix) Senior E.N.T.
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      828 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for the post of Deputy Superintendent, East Coast Training Centre, Kuala Trengganu. Applicants must be Federal Citizens or eligible for Federal Citizenship or State nationals or eligible for State nationality. They should be above the age of 25 and medically fit, and must be able
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      696 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CHINESE WRITER in the Department of Education, Kedah A Perils, Alor Star. Qualifications: Junior Middle in 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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    A stone slab leads to secret hideout
    723 12 "2==~5~ The Story 33==S\ The four scouts are camping by the sea. Gurchan Singh buys a model ship from the village. Later on he is captured by a man called Lee who demands the ship. Gurchan Singh refuses to say where it is
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    OUT ON A LIMB
    41 12 OUT ON A LIMB "Where do we go from here?" squeaks the koala bear, as he clings on to the branch with his sharp claws. "I don't know chum," says his pal, "but it strikes me we're out on a limb."
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    PASTE THIS IN YOUR ALBUM SAYS UNCLE
    291 12 the iNvtwnvtmssof M/wsKm..Bt:. g 3« UHITtD STATES POSTAGC 3« i" sometimes have enquiries regarding the various Philatelic Societies. Recently I have had one or two more from you, so I will try and explain the functions of the two principal societies. You can
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    Help him to find the correct path
    223 12 Dear Boys r and C rli Here arc the six winners of our poem con. test Yong Mci Ying, 155 Bona Vista Road. Malacca, T a n Cheng Wah. 91. Sultan Idns Road. Taiping, K. Chandra lekha. c/o Mr. Panikar. Wilkinson Process. Batu
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    HAVE FUN WITH A TOY TELEPHONE
    250 12 r FW£ next time you have A half an hour to spare, try making this toy telephone. It is quite simple. You will need two cardboard cylinders about two inches in diameter and two inches deep. You can make these by pasting strips of
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      257 12 ONLY SSn %S^& Cf JAPANESE OvJL&HiJL PIARLJ ARE GOOD ENOUGH jxh. 'FUJIYA' BRAND Cultured Pearls are real pearls Modern science has merely learned how to control their growth ON SALE AT ALL HIGH-CLASS jf.WELLERS _o RD RE ct FR om Mojnjforl The Arcade. Sirppore. P. O. Box 393. Kodak Quimtto,
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    FIRST TEST WIN EVER FOR NEW ZEALAND
    275 13 FIRST TEST WIN EVER FOR NEW ZEALAND West Indies dismissed (or 77 AUCKLAND, Tuesday. NEW ZEALAND gained their first victory in Test cricket today when they beat the West Indies by 190 runs in the fourth and final Test of the series. West Indies, set to get 268 to win
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    71 13 Results of the first round of the Royal Island Club championships were: J. W. R. Muraille beat Dr R. A. Mallal at the 20th G. Botha beat G. D Nlcholl 2 up, D. W. McMullan beat G. H Addison 5 and 4. Lim Bo Yam beat
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    218 13 Malaya can reach three of the five finals LONDON, Tues. MALAYANS, whose powess at iTX badminton has had much to do with the wideworld popularity of the game, are all set for their annual raid on the All-England championships. These open tomorrow at the Empress Hail and It is virtually
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    Bartley too good for St. Josephs
    70 13 DARTLEY Secondary School 13 beat St. Josephs Institution 3-0 in an Inter- school soccer match at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Razall opened scoring midway through the first half and made It 2-0 when he scored again In the 25th minute. S:iguman got the third
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    Bucentaur for each way
    208 14 |>VCENTAUR ran an impres- sive third with 7.11 (Baxter claiming 5-lb) to Khasim over s' f. on Saturday. Over 6f., which Is more his distance, this six-year-old should make a sound each-way bet. Bucentaur was a winner over the Ipoh 6f. with 8.5 in Div. 2
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    316 14 MAIN SPRINT EVENT WILL BE KEENEST FOR SOME TIME THERE IS A REAL THREAT FROM HUNTER'S CALL H By EPSOM JEEP THE WIZARD, Hunter's Call 11, Scholarship and Windy Corner all smart sprinters will clash in what appears to be one of the most
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    813 14 CECURITY found his form at Bukit Timah in January when he snatched a thrilling last-stride win from Gala Premiere in a Div. 3 race over 6f. with 8.2. He was handicapped in Div. 1 with 8.0 in his next engagement but was withdrawn. Back
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    Soccer wins for padang clubs
    85 14 A goal two minutes from the end enabled Singapore Cricket Club to beat Darul Aflah 3-2 in a S.A.F.A. Div. 2B league game on the padang yesterday. Daim got two early goals for Darul Aflah before S.C.C. replied through Mac Donald (2) and Lager berg.
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    274 14 Honey Bird goes over right trip lIONEY BIRD goes over his right distance and can be backed with confidence in Race Eight. Honey Bird is bred to stay he is by Admiral's Walk out of a Midday Sun mare and his best effort as a three-year-old in England last season
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    54 runs needed and 4 wkts left
    61 14 KARACHI, Tues. At the close of play today in the fourth and the final Te&t, the M.C.C. "A" were 71 for 6 ln> their .second Innings and needed 54 runs to win. They had dismissed Pakistan for 130 after leading by six runs
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    $10,000 gift for Games cagers
    55 14 Singapore's basketball team for the Olympic Games at Melbourne in November received their first donation yesterday. I"c aonor was the Nanyang Slang Pau Press who gave $10,000 to tne Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation. The cost of sending a team of six officials and ten
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    232 14 THE SINGAPORE Business L Houses Football Association will continue to run their annual competitions In spite of BAFA'a refusal to assist them financially Mr. H Wanchers the president] yesterday said that SAPA's rejection of their application for a grant "will not in
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      34 14 1 1^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ SOCCER S.A.F.A. Leiitur Div. 1: Police v H.M. Dockyard. Jalan Bear 5.15 pjn. INTER -SCHOOL. Out ram v Victoria. Outran; A.C.B. v Johare Encllsh College. A.C.S BOXING K.N. novice* championship*, Naval Bmc
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