The Straits Times, 28 March 1956

Microfilm: NL1814
Total Pages: 14
1 14 The Straits Times
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    13 1 The Straits Times HUH*. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1956 15 CENTS
    13 words
  • Article
    Freight by rail dearer from Sunday
    51 1 Freight by rail dearer from Sunday Xl ALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malayan Railway announced today that ffipht rates and other charges will be increased from Sunday. The overall average increase »ill not exceed 15 per cent. the Railway said the increase was necessary to meet mounting costs of operation and
    51 words
  • Article
    MERDEKA—AND SAFETY
    662 1 MERDEKA— AND SAFETY Britain would have right to intervene if grave public disorder broke out Marshall to put up a new proposal \h\V SAFEGUARDS on internal defence and security are to be included in the proposed constitution for a self-governing Singapore which the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will take
    662 words
  • Article, Illustration
    THEIR JOY WAS SHATTERED!
    300 1 WHEN L.A.C. Harry Doo, an Australian born Chinese, was posted to Singapore two years ago to Join Australia's No. 1 Bomber Squadron, he was jubilant. He hoped to find a lovely Chinese girl to become his wife. Like a doll Harry's search took more than a
    300 words
  • Article
    FIGHT TO SAVE A 'COPTER
    162 1 FIGHT TO SAVE A 'COPTER From rising river ROYAL AIR FORCE technicians are fighting time and rain to recover a Whirlwind helicopter, which made a forced-landing in a shallow mountain river near the MalayaSiam border. Damage to the Whirlwind was slight and neither the pilot nor the other member of
    162 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Tighter belts warning
    44 1 LONDON, Tues. Britons were told today to brace for at least another nine months of belt-tightening austerity. A Oovwrunent White Paper oubllshed today said the new "MueeM" might become even more "ringent if anti-infla-Uon measures did not bring quick results.— UP.
    UP  -  44 words
  • Article
    £37 m. deficit
    10 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain's National Coal Board, which
    10 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Cost of terror tops £2 mil.
    174 1 HARDING GIVES CYPRUS A WARNING NICOSIA, Tuesday. F ELD-MARSHAL Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, revealed today that the cost of measures to deal with the Emergency in the island durine 1956 is estimated at more than £2,250,000. Delivering his Budget address to the
    Reuter; UP  -  174 words
  • Article
    Death clue search in a car
    99 1 Death clue search in a car KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FLICE investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on the railway track near Brockman Road here last Friday have sent a car to the Chemistry Department for examination. The car was examined for clues today. Police believe that
    99 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Malenkov sings Auld Lang Syne
    101 1 AYR, Scotland. Tues. ■riORMER Soviet Premier J Georgl Malenkov fulfilled his "life's ambition" today and visited the thatched cottage near here where the poet Robert Burns was born. Malenkov, who has expressed profound admiration for the Scottish poet, drove to the Ayrshire village of Alloway
    AP; UP  -  101 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bangkok office
    26 1 WELLINGTON, Tues.— The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Sydney Holland, announced last night that his Government has decided to establish an office in Bangkok.—Reuter.
    Reuter  -  26 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mountbatten
    19 1 WELLINGTON, (New Zealand) Tues. Britarn's First Sea Lord, Admiral Earl Mountbatten and Countess Mountbatten arrived here tonight.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  19 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Roof collapse
    25 1 NEW YORK, Tues. A synagogue roof collapsed today in the Bronx, trapping several worshippers, police reported. At least one person was killed.— AP.
    AP  -  25 words
  • Article
    BRITISH SUBMARINE 'SUNK9
    199 1 BRITISH SUBMARINE 'SUNK 9 —by Australian frigate in China Sea war games rrxHE Royal Navy submarine 1 Thorough was "sunk" yesterday by the Australian frigate Queenborough during "Exercise Monsoon," the Commonwealth naval and air war games in the South China Sea naval headquarters in Singapore said last night. The "kill"
    199 words
  • Article
    KIDNAP TIP —AND 'THIRD MAN' IS HELD
    315 1 SINGAPORE Police have arrested a man in connection with the kidnapping of a copra merchant, Mr. Tan Puay Choo, last week. The man, who came from Kota Bahru, was arrested in Kitchener Road soon after midnight on| Monday. Police have now called off
    315 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 11 hurt as airliner ducks jet
    101 1 11 hurt as airliner ducks jet LONDON, Tues. A BRITISH airliner dived violently to avoid collision with a jet fighter today and injured 11 of the 23 passengers aboard. The sharp dive flung the passengers out of their seats. None suffered more serious injury than minor cuts and bruises. A
    UP  -  101 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Priest had pistol
    48 1 NICOSIA, Tues. A 78--year-old senior priest on the staff of exiled Archbishop Makarios was fined £100 today for carrying a pistol and ammunition. The weapon was found on the priest, Christodoulou, when troops occupied the archbishopric after Archbishop Makarios was deported on Mar 9. Reuter.
    Reuter  -  48 words
  • Article
    HOMAGE TO A ROYAL BUST
    65 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Chettiars here last night paid homage before the bust of the late King Edward VII outside the State secretariat building. They have been dolng this yearly since 1936. They garlanded the bust as they passed the Jalan Raja in a procession celebrating
    65 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Tengku shock: I ban S'pore
    151 1 Tengku shock: I ban S'pore OANGKOK, Tues. D Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Federation Chief Minister, told a press conference here today that his Government would not allow Singapore into the Federation of Malaya. "You may have heard that I have refused to allow Singapore into the Federation we have enough
    Reuter  -  151 words
  • Article
    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    32 1 REDS: NEW PI.EIVGE BY KAMMAN BANGKOK, Turs. lin-kii rt.ihm.in said he could never come to terms with the terrorists. Malaya was winning war with the Communists. Reuter. (See this col).
    Reuter  -  32 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article
    Lock icon Siam urged to 'banish our fears'
    311 2 TENGKU CALLS FOR CLOSER tPES WITH MALAYA PRINCE PRAISES A WISE CHIEF MINISTER BANGKOK, Tuesday. TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN, the Federation Chief Minister, said here last night that Siam and Malaya had "to pot our hearts and minds together and remove our common fears. He
    Reuter  -  311 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon NEW CATHEDRAL MODEL
    41 2 MR BASIL SPENCE (above) shows the Queen a model of the new Coventry Cathedral he designed to replace the one destroyed in 1»« by German bombers. The Queen recently laid the foundation for the new cathedral.— A.P. picture.
    AP  -  41 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Face of a boy on a spending spree
    116 2 Face of a boy on a spending spree "MOW what shall I get 'uncle' to buy for me!" That was the question that bothered Johnny Thowsen, 6, In Change Alley yesterday after he had come ashore from the Uncle' to big, burly Mr. M. Bototad, the Norwegian Consul-General In Shanghai,
    116 words
  • Article
    Stale clock from girl
    63 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A soldier stole an alarm clock from a girl with whom he had spent the night, the First Magistrate's Court here was told today. Private R. Challinor, SO, of the Special Air Service Regiment, Kuala Lumpur, was bound over in $100 for six
    63 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Serov goes home
    33 2 LONDON, Tues.— Gen. Ivan Serov head of Russia's State Security Committee, left here today for Moscow in the Soviet TW-104 Jet airliner which brought him to London last Thursday.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  33 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Jet freighters
    35 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Four American companies have told the United States Maritime Commission they can build and Install a "nuclear propulsion unit" in a merchant vessel by June 1959. it was announced here.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  35 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Typhoon Sarah
    27 2 MANILA. Tues.— Typhoon Sarah, with maximum winds of 90 m.p.h.. was reported today about 950 miles east of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.— AP.
    AP  -  27 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mercy mission
    28 2 KATMANDU. Tues.— Drugs may be dropped by air to a Swiss climber stricken with appendicitis at a Nepal Sherpa village 13,000 feet up the Himalayas.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  28 words
  • Article
    INDONESIA TRADING PACT SOUGHT
    145 2 New series of talks will be held soon DAN MALAYAN-INDONESIAN talks will be held soon with the aim of drawing up a permanent I trade agreement. Announcing this yesterday, Singapore's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr J.M. Jumabhoy. said the date had not been finally settled
    145 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Battle over back pay
    97 2 THE HAGUE. Toes. More than 12,000 former soldiers of the Netherlands-Indo-nesian Army yesterday won the first round of their claim to about 300 million guilders (about |250 million) back pay for the time they served in Japanese prison camps durinr the last war. Major E. F.
    Reuter  -  97 words
  • CABLE F-L-A-S-H-E-S
    • Article
      Lock icon CLEAN SWEEP IN TUNIS ELECTION
      213 2 TUNIS. Tues. Habib Bourgulba's pro- Western National Front yesterday won all the 98 seats In Tunisia's first-ever parliamentary election. v The Communists, who had candidates in 12 of the 18 electoral districts, polled only 7,352 of the 750,000 registered votes less than one per cent.—
      Reuter  -  213 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'Free world losing battle for Asia'
      83 2 'Free world losing battle for Asia WASHINGTON, Tue«.— Gen. Carlos Romulo, Philippines Ambassador to the United States, said yesterday that "the free world was losing the battle for Asia." The free world, and in particular the U.S., he said, had been willing to pay the price to keep strategic areas
      Reuter  -  83 words
  • Article
    THE COSTS HERE WERE SO HIGH
    185 2 PLANS WERE DROPPED LABOUR in Singapore costs more than it does in Hong Kong and Hong Kong i£ dustrialists who came here recently in the hope of establishing branches have had to change their plans. The chairman of the Sinea pore Chinese Chamber Vf
    185 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Lights out in Saigon
    57 2 SAIGON, Tues.— Saigon was without electricity for some hours yesterday when several hundred workers at the city's main power plant went on strike. The workers were protesting against the dismissal < three employees for assaulting a French foreman. The strike ended when they reached what police
    Reuter  -  57 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Barter pact
    30 2 MANILA, Tups. The Philippines and Portugal today signed a barter agreement providing for the exchange of 12,400 tons of Philippines sugar for 12,400 tons of Portuguese rice. U.P.
    UP  -  30 words
  • Article
    No submissions by the staff side
    142 2 rpHREE Government agen- cies will give evidence before the Malayanisation Commission which resumes public sessions tomorrow. These are the Central Provident Fund Board, the Singapore Polytechnic and the Singapore Telephone Board. Only representatives from the three boards will appear before the Commission, as no
    142 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      82 2 IC^^b^L^ P" %im jbh b^bV. .^bV -^b^b)^996s^bV s^Bk 's BBVB^H R i$ "1 1 s bßb^b^be w S». jH II t I I I fc 4I i 1 1 B 2 m *4 Mtpß flPW'^ A\ wfr&ißF^ 8 Ik-ike bftLf^B EBi k^^. bhß^Bhn^«^hß^Bf^k2Mbß^B^^^BTh Q uS\ fl^^j J Rl B^BF^ I
      82 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      70 2 spbed SPA«R MINIMIZING REBOUND j AND VIBRATION j ROYAL PORTABLES PnVAI PORTABLE .OU^OPrRTT'oN I^IT^V TYPEWRITER m GREATER PAPE* RONEO LTD. t CAPACITY PLEASE SEND ME DETAILS OP m INE METER THE NEW ROYAL PORTABLE I w siBLE TAB SETS TYPEWRITER WITH TERMS OP VISIBLt im |N EASY PAYMENT SCHEME. I
      70 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    MAN WHO DEALS IN MILLIONS, SAYS MONEY IS ROOT OF EVIL
    144 3 MAN WHO DEALS IN MILLIONS, SAYS MONEY IS ROOT OF EVIL MADRAS. Tues. \MAN who has received and given .os.ty land sifts worth millions of rupees, has not touched money him>elf for more than a decade. He is Acharya Vinoba Bliavr. a staunch disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. He said at
    144 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Asylum plea by diplomat
    58 3 ISTANBUL. Tues. Mr. Osman Peroly. 31 -year-old sfcirtary and assistant press attache at the Yugoslav embassy here, yesterday asked political asylum after b:ng recalled to Belgrade. Peroly. whose wife and two children are now in Yugoslavia, was assigned to Turkey two years ago. His parents were
    Reuter  -  58 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Election victor shot dead
    47 3 TUNIS. Tues.— Mr. Houssine i Bouzaiane. 32, elected to the i Constituent Assembly on Suni day In Tunisia's first general I election, was shot dead last night in Gafsa. southern Tunisia. His attacker, who fired i several revolver shots, got j away. Reuter
    Reuter  -  47 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Poison scare on Ike's train
    282 3 U.S. SECRET SERVICE CHIP* LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER PRESIDENTS TRIP VISITORS GIVEN SOFT DRINKS— THEN THREE ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, Tue*dav T HE h L h s Secret J?™ c is i-mSi&taf whether "poisoned" soft drinks had been put aboard a private railway carriage used
    Reuter  -  282 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Yvonne is'Miss Tropic'
    45 3 Yvonne is 'Miss Tropic' CROWNED BY JEAN SABLON YVONNE BIHI. 28. kneels to be crowned "Miss Tropic 1956" by Jean Sablon. the French singer, in Paris. Henri Salvador, the singer and composer, kisses her hand; Danielle Delorme, the film actress, looks on admiringly.— A.P. picture.
    AP  -  45 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Broke curfew— 600 arrested
    26 3 Broke curfew 600 arrested NICOSIA. Tues. —Six hundred people were arrested yesterday for minor infringements of the curfew regulations. All were released on bail later. Reuter.
    Reuter  -  26 words
  • Article
    Lock icon ANTI-RED UNION BOSS IS ARRESTED IN CYPRUS
    99 3 T I^>SIA. Tues. Michael PiNsas, secretary-general «>f the right-wing Cyprus Workers' Confederation Union, has been arreMed under the emergency regulations for Cyprus. B> was taken into custody t wo days after the exile of \rchbishop Makarios. and detained for questioning for 14 days.
    AP  -  99 words
  • Article
    Lock icon American plan to foil blitz
    144 3 LET'S HAVE 'SPY' STATIONS LONDON, Tuesday. T*HE United States yesterday proposed that "com--1 munications centres" be set up around the world to sift reports about the foreign troop movements of countries belonging to a world disarmament pact. Mr. Harold Stassen made the proposal to his
    Reuter  -  144 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Red rocket shocks 5,000
    100 3 RANGOON, Tues.— A schoolboy caused a scare among 5,000 people at an official rally here today when he fired a rocket which scattered Communist literature. Police arrested the boy, who was found on the roof of a neighbouring building. Several thousand students have been demonstrating during
    Reuter  -  100 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 13 quit Jordon
    29 3 AMMAN. Tues.— King Hussein of Jordan today issued a decree releasing 13 British officers from the Arab Legion. Most of them were in high posts.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  29 words
  • Article
    Lock icon KILLERS, SAYS EDITOR OF PUNCH
    243 3 KILLERS, SAYS EDITOR OF PUNCH Soviet leaders' visit LONDON, Tues. HPHE Editor of Punch, 1 Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge, last night described Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leaders due here next month, as "seasoned, professional terrorists." Both of them, he said, had at different times "been entrusted by
    Reuter  -  243 words
  • Article
    LONDON STOCKS
    322 3 LONDON, Tues. WITH no fresh incentives to assist sentiment, stock markets drifted aimlessly today. Ollt edged securities held steady during the morning but eased fractionally later in the absence of 'support. Industrials made a promising start but there was no follow thiough and prices drifted lower. Closing middle
    322 words
  • Article
    Lock icon ROW OVER SHAW'S NU RITING SCHEME
    212 3 ROW OVER SHAW'S NU RITING SCHEME LONDON, Tues. fEORGE BERNARD Shaw wrote the first act of a firstclass drama when he made out his will in 1950. He decreed that most of his £308.000— less 180,000 death duties should be used to sponsor a new alphabet with least 40 letters.
    Reuter  -  212 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Strike threat by doctors
    34 3 VALLETTA. Tues. Malta's doctors yesterday threatened a mass walk-out from government services unless a dispute between the medical profession and Mr. Dom Mintoff's Labour Government is settled this week.— A.P.
    AP  -  34 words
  • Article
    PAKISTAN: WE CAN'T STAND ALONE
    155 3 KARACHI, Tuesday. rFHE Foreign Minister, Mr. Hamidul Hag Chowdhry, yesterday defended Pakistan's membership of SEATO and the Baghdad Pact He told* parliament that no small nation could afford to stand isolated. Pakistan was weak and under-developed, he said, and had no alternative but to seek
    155 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Child for Debbie
    24 3 HOLLYWOOD. Tues.— Actress Debbie Reynolds, wife of singer Eddie Fisher, is expecting a child next November, according to her mother.— UP.
    UP  -  24 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      99 3 j ii^^if YOU CAN f rtfilf RELY 0N srf~ \fyS\ y% (PACKED IN 5 LB.. 2* LB. AND 1 LB. TINS) Doctors agree that, from about the f*^t^S=Ss^^^^ ninth or tenth month, healthy habie* Wfc^BfcEl A^ I require a FULL CREAM MILK a« an J^SSP^^ important part of their daily
      99 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      256 3 We're <^ proud S^x y "y\ HOT CROSS BUNS and our tt^) EASTER CAKES fV ii^^r^Kl you t0 Ss3\ COID STORAGE BAKERIES SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PtNANG I SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO LTD SHOP ARRANGEMENTS EASTER 1956 SINGAPORE All shops wil l be closed on Good Friday and there will be
      256 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    1958 HOPE FOR K.L. VARSITY BUILDINGS
    227 4 'TARGET DATE for the opening of multi-million J dollar University of Malaya departments in Kuala Lumpur is October, 1958. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Sir Sydney Came, .announced this in Singapore yes^terHe estimated that about $10,000,000 would be spent on Kuala Lumpur University development
    227 words
  • Article
    Offers $2 a month to clear $15,000
    117 4 ALOR STAR. Toes. A FORMER KEDAH firearms dealer, Syed Akil Shahabudin, today offered to settle a $15,000 debt by monthly Instalments of $2. "This is a most improper offer.'' Mr. Balwant Singh, the Penang Assistant Official Assignee, told the High Court. The petition
    117 words
  • Article
    UNION WINS CONCESSIONS
    69 4 PENANO, Tues.— The Tal Teong Rubber Factory in Tassek Glugor, Province Wellesley. ©as agreed to pay its men workers a minimum of $4 a day from next month. In an agreement signed with the National Union of Factory and General Workers, the firm also agrees to give
    69 words
  • Article
    YMCA IS IN NEED OF STAFF RECRUITS
    212 4 YMCA IS IN NEED OF STAFF RECRUITS recruits are badly 1V needed to train as staff members of the YWCA in Malaya, Mrs. M. M. Hardy, general secretary of the Singapore branch, said yesterday. "YWCA work is vocational, like nursing," said Mrs. Hardy. "Recruits need personal encouragement, so we are
    212 words
  • Article
    Passion Week services
    59 4 The Chinese congregations of Methodist churches In Singapore will hold combined Passion Week and Holy Communion Services at the Telok Ayer Methodist Church auditorium at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Tracey K. Jones, Jr., South-East Asia Administrative Secretary of the Methodist Board
    59 words
  • Article, Illustration
    M.P. SCORES A BULL'S EYE
    45 4 MR. G. J. M. LONGDEN, a r'sKing Conservative M.P., showed his marksmanship at the Home Guard Training Centre in Ipoh on Monday. Firing from a pomp gun, Mr. Longden hit a bull's eye with his second shot.— Straits Times picture.
    45 words
  • Article
    IT'S SAFER IN THE FACTORIES NOW
    164 4 Says industrial hazard expert INDUSTRIAL organisa--1 tions in Singapore are becoming increasingly conscious of the need for improving safety precautions, the Chief Inspector of Dangerous and Hazardous Materials, Dr. M. Jamieson, said yesterday. He added that too many people were inclined to connect industrial
    164 words
  • Article
    Armed robbery charge
    52 4 Tan Leng Hlang was tentatively charged in Singapore, yesterday with attempting to rob Alice Yeo at Lorong 6, Geylang. in the afternoon of Nov. 5. 1954, while he was armed with a pistol, and of causing hurt to Yeo Bah Chee at that time. He was remanded
    52 words
  • Article
    Soldiers foil robbery bid
    35 4 Three youths waylaid a schoolboy at Hawkins Road, Singapore, on Monday afternoon and tried to rob him of a wristwatch and a pen. The three, however, ran when two Servicemen appeared.
    35 words
  • Article
    A HOME FOR MOTHERS 'URGENT'
    189 4 A HOME FOR MOTHERS 'URGENT' A SUM of $10,000 is wanted urgently to build a home for unmarried mothers in Singapore, Mrs. Mary Lobo, a Singapore social worker, said yesterday. "I have been promised land and workers," said Mrs. Lobo. All I need is $10,000. After that the home will
    189 words
  • Article
    200 new flats planned for Bukit Panjang
    200 4 200 new flats planned for Bukit Panjang NUCLEUS FOR SATELLITE TOWN 'THE Singapore Government has passed plans fn x 200 flats at a cost of $650,000 in Bukit Panian The site will develop in time into one of th multi-million dollar satellite towns which form nan of the Master Plan
    200 words
  • Article
    10,000 in the X-Ray Club now
    135 4 10,000 in the X-Ray Club now rE Singapore X-Ray Club which opened only four months ago, yesterday announced that membership is now over 10,000. The organiser, Mrs. R. Alison, said there has been a tremendous response from the public. Schools, firms, consulates and various other bodies have given the co-operation
    135 words
  • Article
    Magic show
    28 4 Mr. Bek Swee Hoon, a Singapore court Interpreter, will give a magic show to students of the Nam Ann School at Ah Hood Road on Sunday.
    28 words
  • Article
    Man rescued from stream
    40 4 Lim Soo Hup, 45, wa.< rescued from a stream I Lorong 23, Geylang Road Singapore, yesterday. He was saved by passers by soon after he fell into th" stream. He recovered in the Gene ral Hospital.
    40 words
  • Article
    ONE LAST APPEAL — AND THEN SHE GOES
    274 4 ONE LAST APPEAL AND THEN SHE GOES Mrs. J. H. McCulloch, who has helped to collect 900 flasks of blood since she started the blood transfusion unit at the Johore Bahru General Hospital, is retiring as the unit's organiser. She made he r final appeal for blood donors yesterday and
    274 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      539 4 DOBINSONS( I W^^ i| ill PLACE 1 11/ fa A DORP W^^ 1 £k AM Ef MM£k t lT Ml Shoes by Lotus in Black Usual Price NOW MX M N MM #m M ymM m Patent Plastic Sizes: 2 7 5295 SlBO Atll If %0 \M Plastic Macs, ideal
      539 words
  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 4 Miscellaneous Column 1
      56 4 High tides TODAY: Slngmpor* 13.15 p.m. (Bft. Sin.); Port Dickaon 7.34 a.m. (Bft. Sin.) 7.62 p.m. (9ft. 81n.); Penang 1.31 a.m. (7ft. 31n.) 1 54 p.m. (7ft. Mil.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.12 ».m. (fft.) 12.52 p.m. (Bft. 91n): Port Dickaon 8.05 a.m. (Bft. Sin.) 8.26 p.m. (9ft Sin.): penang I 2.04
      56 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    MORE PARKING SPACE—OR BUST' WARNING
    283 5 MORE PARKING SPACE— OR BUST' WARNING THE proposal that a ve-wire highithoritj be formreplace the City Li's Vehicles and Committee yestouched off a words between unmittee vice.in. Mr. V. K. •id the secretary Automobile As- of Singapore, K. Burne. true said the City committee was of non-experts various reports \ons
    283 words
  • Article
    None knew about sale of cemetery
    96 5 R£ of plots at the I Ann Kongsl burial Thomson Roadi; >ad have just dishat the land there the Crown. igapore Government property about a Its approximately will be used for an in to the Tan Tock I ipltaL humation of graves will iken
    96 words
  • Article
    Franciscan flag day
    30 5 iay in aid of the Missionaries of Divine Motherhood, in Road. Singapore, id on April 7. 11] also be sold in all Catholic churches' :he ne*t day.
    30 words
  • Article, Illustration
    2 salesmen going to Britain
    71 5 2 salesmen going to Britain MR. POON MR. GOH BORNEO Motors Ltd., Singapore, is sending two Asian employees to Britain for training as sales executives Mr. Goh Lye Cbye will leave next month and Mr. Poon Swee Tong in June. Both are senior salesmen. They will be attached to their
    71 words
  • Article
    Annual meeting
    20 5 The Singapore China Society will hold Its annual meeting and dinner at the Sky Palace Restaurant to- night.
    20 words
  • Article
    'OUR ACCOUNTANTS LET US DOWN'
    183 5 Two are fined $500 on tax charges THE Singapore Income Tax Department yesterday supported the defence plea of a company secretary and a property owner who blamed their respective firms of accountants for not sending their The City Magistrate, Mr. K.C. Chan, fined Ho Teck
    183 words
  • Article
    'MUSHROOM' HOUSES — ALL ILLEGAL
    108 5 'MUSHROOM' HOUSES ALL ILLEGAL Illegally-built houses in the Malay farm area, off Changi Road, are going up "like mushrooms," the Singaj pore City Court was told yesterday. Mr. F.T. Ephraums, appearI ing for the Rural Board, ask- ed Mr. K.C. Chan, the magls- trate, for a substantial fine on Halil
    108 words
  • Article
    Singer fined: Tax offence
    74 5 Twenty-four-year-old Vlo- let Ng. Hong Kong born singer and actress, pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to six charges of not submitting her income tax returns from 1949 till 1954. She was fined $50 on each of the first three charges 'and cautioned and discharged on the
    74 words
  • Article
    $5,000 gift to sports fund
    46 5 Ko Rubber Plantations Ltd., have given $5,000. through i Mr. Ko Teck Kin. to the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Appeal Fund. Republic Pictures of Malaya Inc. and the Singapore Hockey Association gave $100 and $77.49 respectively. The fund now totals $266,--689.22.
    46 words
  • Article
    Buddhism
    40 5 Mrs A, P. Wells, wife of Prof. A. F Wells, of the University of Malaya, will give a talk on Buddhism at the Buddhist Union, 28, Jalan Senyum, on Friday at 8 p.m., during celebrations of Kuan Im Tann.
    40 words
  • Article
    Police drop riot case against six
    150 5 Police drop riot case against six AFTER several postponements Singapore police yesterday dropped the case against six men alleged to have been involved In a riot at Lok Lok Hotel, Geylang Road last July. A detective was said to have been assaulted and his revolver stolen during the riot. The
    150 words
  • Article
    'SULTAN MUST RULE THE COLONY'
    145 5 'SULTAN MUST RULE THE COLONY' THE publicity chief of A the Peninsular Malay Union, Inche Isa Zin, will fly to London next month to tell the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, that Singapore must be ruled by a Sultan after merdeka. Inche Isa, who has not arranged an appointment
    145 words
  • Article
    Object of 70: Help youth
    64 5 Seventy residents of Changi, Singapore, have formed a youth club to help 200 under-privileged children in the locality. Mr. A. Frugtniet, secretary of the organisation known as the Cresent Youth Club —said that the motto of C.V.C. was: Help youngsters to help themselves. Mr. E.
    64 words
  • Article
    Speech day at school
    27 5 The annual speech-prize-giving day of the Government High School, Batu Pahat, will be held on Thursday. Tengku Mahkota will open the school museum.
    27 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      50 5 A Clean Re* MouHi bW BPMf bWj rC^MB^HRP^ i^ |l i J^ Baff^ B ai^i^pa^pj^pa^B^B^^^^^^^^^B .WyfWtfr*'^^^^***?.'' MWPJWP""^ U^lb^bV «P^bß bB ■fflV «a*ib^bS b^H r Sea T -ssL t *jW^ -^^■H b^bl 1 -mA J^bW: 1 bW bmßbw -***•■*■>-'.'■■- uA -ja^^l 1 regularly and prove it 4Hbp*^ 'vH s^ WVfl^^P^IHE chlorophyll
      50 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      368 5 SALE I IN COMMEMORATING THE CHILDREN'S DAY I NOW ON UNTIL THE 18th APRIL I t i Here you find the right thing in everything your I kiddies wear and want. dresses, T-shirts, j underweors, hats, socks, shoes, toys. And for lady too, panties, swimsuits, blouses, jeans, shorts, brasseries. they
      368 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 1
      223 5 ■kOl j' flt^^l *v v L^r 7 %J 3^| 1 1 v w FOUCI BAND: Public concert. Cross" by Henri Gheon 6 pjn. at 393. Joo Chiat Road. 8 pjn. Garden. 7 pjn to 8 1 Admission free CLOTHING SHOP at St. AnTHE CHINA SOCIETY: Annual draw's Cathedral C W.A.
      223 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 2
      181 5 RADIO MALAYA *ProcnuMMM tho» marked c*n be received by Ustenen la Malacca. Short wave 49. and 62m. Medium wave 476 m.. 343. 366 m. and and 297 am. A.M. *8.57 and 11.0* English Schools Broadcasts; P.M. M.OO Wednesday Serenade; •1.30 News; 1 45 Meloav Of Love; 2.00 English' Schools Broadcasts;
      181 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 3
      134 5 GARKICK: Ikan Duyong (Ma- 6.30. 8.30: Tel. 6903. 1ay)— 3.15. 6.30. 9.15; Tel *****. BEX: All Baba and the Forty KING'S: The Admiral was a Thieves (Tamil)— ll. 2.20. 5.30. Lady— l.ls. 3.30. 7, 9.30; TeL 8.45; Tel. *****. ***** AI.H UMBRA: Azan (Malay)— CATHAY: Killer Leopard— ll. 11. 1.15.
      134 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Obituary
    DEATH
    55 6 20 Words $1* (minimum). IGNATIUS: ANNA Beloved Wife of Mr. M Ignatius of 201 Telok Kurau Road passed away peacefully on 26.3.56. She leaves behind her husband and three daughters to mourn her loss. Cortege leaves residence at 4 30 p.m. on Wednesday 28.3.56 for Our Lady of Lourdes
    55 words
  • Article
    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    256 6 20 Words fid (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malai lialT if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. HARROWS LTD. SALE— Begins Ea.ster Monday 2nd April 1556. Amber Mansions Orchard Road. Phone ***** GOING TO SMITHS Party? I Then take a clothes-peg or better still a
    256 words
  • Article
    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 6 20 Word, tl» (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Albert Benjamin Collide thank all relatives and kind friends who at- tended the tuneral as well as all those who sent wreaths and letter* of condolence.
    37 words
  • Article
    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 28, 1956. Planning For London
    1128 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 28, 1956. Planning For London Statements by Singapore's Chief Minister and by Sir Ivor Jennings, the constitutional expert and adviser to the merdeka mission, have put into better perspective the objective of the London negotiations in April. If Mr. Marshall has found it difficult
    1,128 words
  • Article, Illustration
    After the sound and fury it's time for quiet work
    625 6 Y°U are quite right; x this is another article about Mr. Marshall, merdeka and all that. But how did you guess? In time, no doubt, we shall grow out of this obsession with merdeka. Other territories have come successfully through
    625 words
  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
    • Letter
      Was kicked to death but not literally
      459 6 MY report of the Kallang Airport riot In the oaiiy .telegraph of March 19, was criticised In the Straits Times last Friday, and is, 1 gatner, being puloned in the vernacular Press. me main point of criticism is that 1 wrote 1 saw
      459 words
    • Letter
      SNAGS IN THE LAW
      231 6 REFERRING to "Cooperation's" letter, the good employer who has always given as good and better conditions than the new Labour Ordinance demands is inevitably handicapped in labour relations by unprincipled trade unionism that Ignores the need for mutual co-opera-tion between members and employers. Many difficulties, however,
      231 words
    • Letter
      Whoowns Singapore?
      126 6 Who owns Singapore? BRITAIN has more friends than enemies in SouthEast Asia today. Mr. B. L. Kang cannot be more white or more British than the honest Britishers, and his outburst against Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the leader of the People's Action Party, in your letter, "Insult by a Guest",
      126 words
    • Letter
      STILL WAITING
      31 6 A RESIDENT would like to know who Is responsible for holding back the buses from serving inside housing estates. How long have the residents to wait? SORE FEET. Singapore.
      31 words
    • Letter
      Laycock and his merry men
      160 6 SO Mr. John Laycock doesn't like the way things are going in Singapore? Then let It be put on record before Mr. Laycock gets too far away that he Is one of those principally responsible for the present position In Singapore. It was he who
      160 words
    • Letter
      Arms race a threat to India's economy
      898 6 cesses is of vital interest not only to India but to all democratic countries. In the Indian view her present army of about 400,000 men is a modest one having regard to the size of the country and length of her borders the
      898 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      588 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 2a Wtrdt tm (minimum). BEWLEY. To Alwyn and lan on Saturday March 24th at RAF. Hospital Ch.uigl. A Son David Jonathon both well. LOST to »,,,n, (Min.)-Box iO clt. txtrm. FEMALE SIAMESE CAT "Diana" light grey strayed from 19 Peng Nguan Street. Handsome reward for finder. SITUATIONS VACANT
      588 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      26 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY offers SCHOLARSHIPS for training for professional appointments as: CIVIL ENGINEERS MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SIGNAL ENGINEERS ACCOUNTANTS TRAFFIC OFFICERS PORT OFFICERS (Sec advertisement in Page 13)
      26 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3
      69 6 YKIf radiogram BC. 9735 8 Valve full bandspreart receiver housed in n£» teak cabinet with ample record storage. Price $950 S»nf»pore »nd Prnanf $1,050 Federation of M«J»y» Hire Purchase Terms Available. Ad,,rtu.m,M W THI CINERAL CLICTRIC CO.. IT«. H.,™**. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD OF OPTICIANS L. C. SMITH F.8.0A.
      69 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    Their pay increase 'a sacrifice'
    335 7 $3 MINIMUM BACICDATEn mrr STAFF SIDE WARM: WE WILL FIGHT OH 65,000 GOVT. WORKERS SAY: WE ACCEPT ONLY TO HELP COUNTRY THE FFnpp K^xl LUMPUR Tuesday. T daiK n^H TI NS 65 000 Government awardoH P workers a L re W* their recentlyawarded wage increases
    335 words
  • Article
    UNION GRATEFUL TO THIS FIRM
    151 7 UNION GRATEFUL TO THIS FIRM THE Singapore Departmental Store t Lnlon yes- praised Robinson and Company for the lent manner in vhirh the management conducted negotiations on improved conditions of service for their 240 employees. The union secretary. Mr. r-.ua Cher Bak. said the talks, which were held on Monday
    151 words
  • Article
    Boss-worker Board still under study
    125 7 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Labour and Welfare, tor. Urn Yew Hock, said yesterday that formation of a joint consultative board where employers and employees could discuss their problems, was receiving the attention of his Ministry. "We are still pursuing the matter and a decision will be
    125 words
  • Article
    Social night
    36 7 Past pupils of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and the Christian Brothers' schools will meet for a social evening at St. Joseph's Institution hall in Singapore on Easter Sunday at 8.30 p.m.
    36 words
  • Article
    M.Ps SEE IRON MEN WORK
    61 7 -RENGGANU. Tues.— Two British MPs, Sir Leonard and Mr. Herbert watched miners at the rich iron mining j Bukit Besi, near j Dungun, today. They pored over maps at the Bukit Besi mine and listened as engineers explained how the mineral is quarried, loaded Into
    61 words
  • Article, Illustration
    SARAWAK GOVERNOR ARRIVES
    37 7 THE GOVERNOR of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abel, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a abort visit. He is seen here chatting with Mr. Wee Kheng Chiang who met him at the airport. Straits Times picture.
    37 words
  • Article
    A MIRACLE, BOASTS LABOUR FRONT
    147 7 THHE LABOUR FRONT claims to have raised the A standard of living of the Singapore worker by i about 15 per cent. In a souvenir commemorating the opening of the Telok Ayer division, the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall says: "This is one of the
    147 words
  • Article
    290 workers go on strike today
    142 7 290 workers go on strike today TWO hundred and ninety employees of Watts and Baker Ltd., mechanical and electrical engineers, Singapore, will go on strike today following a deadlock in yesterday's negotiations between the management and union representatives. Two hundred of the employees are members of the Singapore Workers' Union
    142 words
  • Article
    Chinese to send merdeka views
    160 7 —IN ADDITION TO 'OFFICIAL' REPORT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Vf ORE THAN 100 representatives of Chinese guilds iTI and associations agreed here today that the M.C.A. should incorporate Chinese views for submission to the independent constitutional commission I under Lord Reid. The decision was made after
    160 words
  • Article
    CAINE: I'LL FINISH LIVING COST PROBE
    83 7 Sir Sydney Came will finish his work as chairman of the Minimum Standards Commis slon before he leaves Singapore. Sir Sydney, who is economic adviser to Mr. David Marshall, is to become head of the I ondon School of I Economics next January. He
    83 words
  • Article
    Irene Kohler to play here
    51 7 1 Miss Irene Kohler. the British pianist, arrived in Singapore by Qantas Empire Airways from Sydney yesterday afternoon to give a recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.45 T>.m. tomorrow. On Saturday and Easter Monday, Miss Kohler will judge the Singapore Musical Society's piano
    51 words
  • Article
    A memorandum for merdeka
    54 7 The Lembaga Kesatuan Melayu Semenanjong (Malay Peninsula Council; will hold a Malay national congress at 43, Jalan Abdul Samad. Johore Bahru. at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow and on Good Pri- j day to draft a merdeka memorandum. This will be forwarded to the independent Constitutional Commission for
    54 words
  • Article
    Hygiene will be taken to kampongs
    137 7 rE St. John Ambulance Association, whose "discipline, courage and care" was highly commended by the Governor on Sunday, nave a n expansion policy Swch includes taking hygiene tO Thl e wuTC* S acillUtedbyl the construction of new headquarters on a site in the Beach
    137 words
  • Article
    Tea party
    41 7 Singapore Trades Union Congress will hold a tea party at the May fair Hotel, Armenian Street, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow in honour of its I treasurer, Mr. Sect Leong i Seng, who has been awarded a U.S.I.S. leadership grant.
    41 words
  • Article
    Fun fair
    34 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues.A fun fair and jumble sale, in aid of the Kuala Kangsar Boy Scouts' Association, will i be held on the Clifford School grounds on Sunday, starting at 9 a.m.
    34 words
  • Article
    I haven't time for love, says Johnnie
    212 7 I haven't time for love, says Johnnie I COULD FALL FOR A GOOD COOK, BUT- A MERICAN singer Johnnie Ray has no time for love. He said yesterday: "Whenever I find a nice girl and begin to date her, somebody comes along, drags me away to a plane, and sends
    212 words
  • Article
    —AND THEN PUTS 1,000 IN A DAZE
    99 7 AMERICAN singer, Johnnie Ray, had 1,000 women In a daze at the Happy World Stadium. Singapore. last I night From his first bouncy number—"Whose Sorry Now"— till he shed tears In "Cry" half an hour later, Johnnie captivated his audience. Skipping long-legged across
    99 words
  • Article
    New minister takes over
    37 7 The Rev. E.C.E. Marvin, who recently arrived her e from Britain, has been inducted as Minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. He succeeded the Rev. ARE. Maclnnes, who left for England last Saturday.
    37 words
  • Article
    CLOSED-DOOR TALKS ON GO-SLOW
    193 7 CLOSED-DOOR TALKS ON GO-SLOW KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TWO TOP representatives of the Port Swettenham A branch of the National Union of Railwaymen today had secret talks on the port go-slow with the Government's Trade Union Adviser, Mr. R. F. H. Caddick. The N.U.R. President Mr. J. Leo, was also present.
    193 words
  • Article
    Malays seek a language board
    132 7 Malays seek a language board rE Singapore Malay Education Council has decided to ask the Colony and Federation Governments to established a Malay Language Board. The president of the Council, Inche Harun Mohammad Amln, told the Straits Times that the board would foster the growth of Malay as a national
    132 words
  • Article
    40 form union
    34 7 IPOH, Tues.— Forty mining assistants of the Mines Dej partment in Perak will meet I on Sunday at the Perak Khek I Association in Jalan BendaI hara. to form a union.
    34 words
  • Article
    A TOWKAY'S $500 LAPSE
    73 7 A towkay with a wife of Independent means was fined $500 in Singapore yesterday after admitting that for two years he did not submit income tax returns. Chew Kai Hoon was des- cribed in the City Court as the owner of a big shop, managing partner
    73 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      125 7 Hudson's Ciunentko^ tjujubes STOP COUGHS, COLDS SMOKERS THROAT ieientisa hare proved concluairely that no fewer than thirty«ight different infection* may be tnoed with more or less directness to tbe human mooth v focal or storting point. Tbe month thus being tbe gateway for tbe entrance •f disease, it v there
      125 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      42 7 vcr f> Don't take a chance take a (orlsUertj Xets have a Barbecue and make it "twice astasfy... French's Muttard addi wonderfyl flavour to maats. cktem and sandwiches plus French't Celery Salt and Onion Powde' will make any Barbecue twice at tatty!
      42 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Rates for parcels to go up
    97 8 Rates for parcels to go up "POSTAGE rates for parcels 1 to Britain and several other countries are to be raised on April 1. The charges to Britain will go up from $2.10. $2.90, $4.40 and $7.20 for parcels not over 3 lb., 71b., lllb. and 221 b. respectively to
    97 words
  • Article
    THE EMPLOYERS TO SURVEY ESTATE LABOUR
    330 8 THE EMPLOYERS TO SURVEY ESTATE LABOUR Cheek on Jewellery, pats books, garden produce K. LUMPUR, Tuee. THE Malayan Plantin g Industries Employers' Association is carrying out a survey of the savings and possessions of the country's 320,--000 estate workers. This follows protests by the National Union of Plantation Workers that
    330 words
  • Article
    STUDY BEGINS AT NANYANG
    95 8 Study sessions begin on Friday at the faculties of arts and science at the Nanyang University of Singapore. Prof. Chen Chung Nan, dean of the Faculty of Science, yesterday said the faculties will have two sessions a day from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from
    95 words
  • Article
    Noisy children at cinema
    200 8 WO INSULT TO QUEEN 9 REPLY CHAW BROTHERS, owners of the Pavilion Cinema, yesterday produced statements by three of their employees denying that schoolchildren shouted "merdeka" and booed the Queen while watching a film of the Royal tour of Nigeria. The statements were taken after a
    200 words
  • Article
    HE DODGED THE RAIN, SISTER FINED $150
    113 8 HE DODGED THE RAIN, SISTER FINED $150 IPOH. Tues. PER KADR was fined $150 today because her cattle strayed when her younger brother sheltered from the rain instead of looking after them. I«er Kaur pleaded milty to allowing her 15 head of cattle stray into the compound of a house
    113 words
  • Article
    31 detained
    26 8 KLANG, Tues. Police raided a house in Meru Road here last night and detained 31 people suspected of gambling in "pakau", a card game.
    26 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      343 8 DOR N E O fot Lo'Tl'P h'O'U'S'C'S j, but for air conditioning So Quiet So Vorsaiit* Select your model from M m»*ia your *v«ry Wiwmr Wish I Vj Hf imchi. Cool* without chHimg Draws In fresh outtid* air 3 ug» CAIEMCNT y MP'otLuxi Circulate* witftoot drafts Exhausts stai*. stuffy air
      343 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      268 8 MEALS TO REMEMBER SOUPS CREAM OF POTATO GREEN PEA HAM CREAM OF SHRIMP OYSTER STEW followed by gwanson's QUICK-FROZEN Jk DINNERS ejs^^^ CHICKEN PIES at>_ V VvS TURKEY PIES BEEF PIES W^£^dtk FRUIT PiES $^y^ SINCAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD, JSY APPOINTMENT SCOTCH WHISKY P^'l'J DISTILLERS TO THE LATE KINO
      268 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      275 8 Straits Times Crossword 1' LJ 2 LJ* LJ 4 LJ 5 LJ 6 LJ 7 LJU "h~ i|! 16 I 116 17 iB 19 ACROSS 7 Rhenish siren (7). 1 VS. public tnemy No. 1 chro- "ftL, 10 &J*- tDrm notoglcally (8. 6). v ™**2 .%*2"?.? lia D form 0
      275 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article
    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    4 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    4 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Swindled bank of $2im: had only 12 cts. on him
    1312 9 Clue of broker who was thrown out |T DUNCLAS I t HOME, ONE HUNDRED years ago, a tubby little man with cheerful red face, neat moustache and balding hair began a series of frauds which raked him in more than
    Daily Mirror  -  1,312 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      230 9 ||V VARKMESS Germany BRIGHTER (Agents ■HE CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. MPORTS DIVISION) U K. Lumpur 'MODERN SANITATION IN UNSEWERED AREAS I THE KVCEIA OISSOIVENATOR MOMI NOODOUKS -Mfl^^v K EMPTYING V^^^^tA ■.py "*^O-^"^ ;<rui is chemically r a sterile solution away Into the soil f rage l« not available pply
      230 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 2
      184 9 L00k... AT THE WORLD WITH CLEAR. BRILLIANT, HEALTHY EYES THE DAILY USE <^^A^ OF JUST A FEW jfP^T DROPS OF <^P^fcf EYEIMO DOES WONDERS FOR YOUR EYES Fly connecting carrier to V Bangkok. there board m l n Pan American's speedy Super-6 m I Clippers' for all Europe. ffl FT
      184 words
  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 9 Miscellaneous Column 1
      186 9 Rvx 3£organ 9 31.D. Welt and happy wxl rr wasnt beenfasv forme /voAl k able^ f i i«kVE x> arr to work. T vol shoulon^t 1 F^^ I W6.ST IS TOSES (TOLOOK.KrMVSELFIMTMi TOaETA. JOB, OH) NQW.PJkO.BUT TU LEAVE A JDO TUAJ UEA. I FEEU IVE^EN „o^^ WZiL HKPPY/J MIRROR EACH
      186 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article
    STRAITS STEAMSHIP TO PAY SPECIAL BONUS OF 50 CENTS
    441 10 STRAITS STEAMSHIP TO PAY SPECIAL BONUS OF 50 CENTS By Our Market Correspondent CTRAITS Steamship Co. Ltd. announced yesterday that in addition to a dividend of $1 per share and a bonus of 50 cents they will also pay a special bonus of 50 cents per share. This is being
    441 words
  • Article
    PRODUCE PRICES
    76 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Copra: steady: March $28 >; buyers. $28 'j sellers; April $28.» buyers. $28 sellers: May $28•--buyers, $28 7 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $42 sellers: drum $45>,i sellers. Pepper: quiet, Muntok white $122. Sarawak $121 (both down $1).
    76 words
  • Article
    SHIPPING
    93 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Empire Clyde 12, Tegelberg 45, Medon C.P Else Maersk 6 7. President Flllmore 89, Talabot 11, President Jefferson 13 i 4. Braunschweig 15 16. Arosa Star 18. Tjlpanas 19 20. Segamat N. Wall 2. Sirusa N. Wall
    93 words
  • Article
    BROKERS' REPORT
    335 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "There was only spasmodic Interest In the local share market and prices generally were a shade easier." Singapore and Federation broker* reported the following business done yesterday: 8.8. Petrol 445. 4 1 2d. (arrival): Fraaer and Neave or is. $1.75. $1.72 12:
    335 words
  • Article
    RUBBER PRICES
    142 10 April first rra.de rubber buyer* f.o.b. elated] In Singapore yesterday at 90'; cents per lb., down two cents on Monday's closing price. The closing tone wu barely steady. Claatag prices In cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91; sellers 9P-j; No. 1 R.S.S April
    142 words
  • Article
    Lock icon U.S. holidays
    34 10 All U.S. and Canadian markets will be doted on Good Friday. The Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges will be closed on Monday, but all U.S. markets will be open m usual.— Reuter.
    Reuter  -  34 words
  • Article
    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 10 SINGAPORE WBBER. Ur^ Per lb. (down 2 W| H TIN; 5378?-, l: n 'v (up 25 cents, r COPRA- P'cul (unchan^
    23 words
  • Article
    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    93 10 MELBOURs-t- .INVESTMENT I wider range >£,'*,£> Exchange herein" corded a firmer tone S were quieter oils Santos dropp, ,*l «<! Other oils eased 1 were easier on tverSehJi Loans 3V, 1956-59 £93^ Loans 3V. 1955-58 £97 /;i Con. Zinc Bank of NSW n^*^ Mount Lyell i 3. 1
    93 words
  • Article
    EXCHANGE RATES
    34 10 On the free exchange xi^M Hont Konr. yesterday I dollar was quoted at 58* £1 cash and 5.85 .'or T.T. m Sterling- was quoted .I'.'ljM J one tael of gold at 2ir.
    34 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      558 10 NOTICES 1 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE j Notice is hereby given that a sewer is to be laid along Dalvey Road and Nasslm Road, necessitating partial restriction of traffic for a distance of 400 feet from Dalvey Road/Nassim Road Junction in the direction of Cluny Road. 1.000 feet In the
      558 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 2
      256 10 I TENDERS I P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDER.'! for the supply and transport of road metal from Baling Quarry for the period Ist May, 1956 to 3 1st October, 1956. have been withdrawn. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, South Kedah. Date: 26th March, 1956. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class A, B, C and
      256 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 3
      394 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Students interested In serving a four year apprenticeship In Electrical Engineering (Public Supply of Electricity). Applicants should not be over 21 years of age, preferably have attended a Trade School and passed the Final Course C Examination in Electrical Installation work. Successful
      394 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 4
      425 10 NOTICES F. L ZUELUC (M) LTD. KUALA LUMPTJB BBANCH Announce that they have moved their office to No. 54, Chan Sow Lin Road. NEW Telephone No. K.L. *****. NOTICE Estate ef EMBI BIN IBRAHIM also known as EMBI BIN HAJI IBRAHIM, deceased, late of 11 Jalan Wakafl, Singapore —Died en
      425 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 5
      826 10 NOTICES CHAPTER 21S (Pawnbrokers) rJNBIDBKMKD PLKDQED GOODS AND JKWELXEKY FKOal THE FOLLOWING PAWNRKOKEBS' SHOrS No. 2i New Bridge Road. Chin Chong Pak and Chin Kin Loy (Chop Thye sheng). No. 135 New Bridge Road. Lam Joon Slong (Chop Sam Fob). No. 189 South Bridge Road. Lam Joon Chong (Chop Sam
      826 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 6
      432 10 KNUTSEN LINE o-übwt service mOM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DATS Sailing Arriving San Francieeo S'pora P. Swee. Penin« fremj.CJertn* Bakka Sailed 9/11 Ap. 12 Apr 13 Apr 21 A, tWin Bakka 28 Apr 28/2* May 30 May 31 May Anna Bakka 12 May U/13 |«n 14 |un 5 |un Elnaberh
      432 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      1100 11 U». the blue rmmEu uni Sir* option to proceed vio other ports to hv.,4. D«M j,,,d«<»i f Liverpool p Shorn Penong m., as/,, M 01 m.7. A **^m 1 H.ao" Hollood. L'pool In Port M «r 29 7 tor Liverpool Dublin Mar JO Ao# 4 1:7.- f^ Hoy,. Holland, Apr
      1,100 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 2
      761 11 uftSR ASIATIC UMt tAILIHCI TO COHTIHINT/ICAMPtHAVtA |Mr A4~. lmt4i O^AMwjr* tott-d.-. H.-.h.r,. C H) Sport P. ?hom Panong "Hi '^uSSiw*-; Op* "JUTLANDI!*." rtl: Ap n M r J/ 2 May 1/ 4 May ,TT 14/14 May 17/11 May l»/20 M., >««) Calls t— a»» (mn|u. M y »AIUNCt FROM »CANDIWAVIA/U.K./COMTIWIWT
      761 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 3
      885 11 I KKftUTHE REMLDIE STEAMERS LTD Tii^ 1 MViVAVVW l lncofpOfotwa In Pr# IAVfSO KMpOOfnl 0 LINKS SAIUNej) TO VJL AM* COHTINIMT PORTS Spore P. STwm Panong ■ENtIOCH for London, Rott.rdom G.llSoili S Apr P»O« O>rl»ei l—4aa 77 Apr I lENALBANACH for Avonmouth, Leaden. Newcastle 31 Mar/ 3 Apr to Pert
      885 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 4
      1015 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: 2tl«l BM.BWMAW BDCKMAU KLAVENESB LIMB lonoon' havre Rotterdam los angeles, san francuco. 'MAMtUM PORTLAND, SEATTLE t VANCOUVER ond for U.S.A.. North Atlontie Ports A ««P» ln ««"•<• Central A South and Conoda and vlo Colombo America CITY Of JOHANNESBURG BOUGAINVILLE Spore P. S'hom P.nong
      1,015 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Childrens Page
    • Article, Illustration
      Will they find out?
      797 12 Will they find out? rE Scouts are camping by the sea and set mixed up with a sang of crooks when Gurchan Singh buys a model ship from the village. The boys track the cane to a secret cave and find them feeding more ships into an electric furnace. The
      797 words
    • Article, Illustration
      HEGAVE PLANTS THEIR I NAMES
      303 12 HEGAVE PLANTS THEIR I NAMES IKNOW that botany has for a long time been a favourite subject with my many nephews and nieces in South East Asia.' I wonder if many of you know that there is a stamp issued in honour of one- of the most famous botanists of
      303 words
    • Article
      Are they space ships?
      159 12 HAVE read the book: I "Flying Saucers Have Landed" by George Adamski," writes Coh Ceok Ee. "What is your opinion of Flying Saucers? Do you think they are real, or made up stories?" I have read many books en the subject and it would seem from
      159 words
    • Article
      Guntie Kathleen writes
      310 12 Guntie Kathleen writes \^J Dear Boys and Girls. V*f Here are the six winners of our 'Maze' X^ \Y\ puzzle. The results you remember were TT\ lV^j based on handwriting as well as correct A Ljftju Paul D'Cruz. 29 Hooper Road, Singa- J^Tl \xf\ pore. Yeoh Eng Hin, 721 Balik
      310 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      300 12 k Ustem good zzrtlootel it's made with STORK! jffiZ!|gH There's a treat waiting for you when you bake with Stork! It makes sponges as light as a dream, cakes as delicious as that hot, fresh smell of baking promises. Only trouble is, you'll find it hard to stop the family
      300 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 2
      122 12 GOOD ENOUt^ H J BRAND Cultured D earls I are real pearls I U Modern science has merely learned L how to control their growth I J ON SALE AT ALL HIGH-CLASS JEWELLERS— U J Montorl y I Th« Arodt. Singipor*. P. O. Box 39). /i > ilk P\ rates
      122 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • Article
    Cinder track ready for use in June
    257 13 Cinder track ready for use in June SINGAPORE athletes will have the use of the cin- der track being built at Fairer Park by the Singapore City Council by the end of June. This was revealed by Mr. A. T. Rajah, re-elected president of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, at
    257 words
  • Article
    FEAF meet starts with 3 knockouts
    171 13 HPHE PAR East Air Force boxing x championships began last night with five of the nine preliminary fights failing to go the full distance. There were three knockouts, two in the first round and the other in the second. Two bouU ended In technical
    171 words
  • Article
    Improved RI too good
    80 13 RAFFLES Institution showed xv considerable improvement to beat St. Andrew's 5-2 in their inter-school soccer fixture at WoodsvMe yesterday. The first match between these two schools was drawn 1-1. Raffles led 3-1 at the Interval, scoring through Athsani. Jimmy How and Watt Choon while James Tan
    80 words
  • Article
    FIRST HALF GOALS DECIDE
    135 13 FATHUL KARIB scored their fourth aucceteive victory when they beat Singapore Cricket Club 4-1 in a SAFA Dlv. 2A league match on the padang yesterday. Pathul Kartb dominated play throughout, especially In the first half when they cot all their four goals. Sahar Hussein opened scoring
    135 words
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 1
      437 13 M MM< )I>ATIQN VACANT Vm Box SO ct,. txtrm. HOUSE", 25 Orange ibta Vacancy occurs. n r. H. Payne, Tel: ***** y OVER FLAT with Teak San.. Hot and and Fans. Box ;>iIED SINGLE ROOM breakfast for quite moderate rent District cc* available imme:.e *****. FURNISHED Bungalow. All Modr Phone,
      437 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 2
      213 13 Rental a™? c Reasonable Rental. Apply Box A 2266 ST m,^ R NISH P HOUSES MiniOFFICE SPACE VACANT »ord.t; (Mt*.)- Box 4 ctt xUa^ ceiling Fan, Fluorescent Llfhtin B no Storage Goods, no Tea-none?' •70. Post Box 1260 or Tel: .£57 OFFICE SPACE WANTSD 20Word.$-.(Mi*.)-Box SO rt.. txtrm. of^c^unO; 6oo^^^
      213 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 3
      372 13 TUITION Word. M Mlm.)-B*x SO eU. txtrm. w °PP°RTUnity Pbr Beginners! wish to Dance Easily and Quickly to Enjoy the Easter HoSSays? Ohanl School of Dancing, 107 Marine Parade, Tel. ***** NEW SESSIONS APRIL: ShortSr T >'? ewrU V lg B-Keeplng. aenior. Vacancies: Morning/ Afternoon Std. VI/IX. Rale's Tutorial. 7th
      372 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 4
      882 13 TUITION Words $a (MIH.)-Btx It ct,. txtrm. TUITION TRAINED TEACHER EngUae Race, Subjecta English and Elocution to Forettnara. General Tuition to junior Grade Children. Box A 2257, S.T. LOAMS M WorJ, is (Ml*.)— Box It eU. extra. CASH LOANS Available against tangible security repayment* by post dated cheques. For particulars
      882 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 5
      404 13 VEHICLES FOB SALE M Words U( Mlm.)— Box M cU. txtrm. 1952 MODEL CONSUL Immaculate condition 27.000 miles. Owner returning to ux. Ring *****. JAQUar MARK VH, M. Automatic Transmission. First Registered 1956 Dec., mileage 4,000, Automatic Radio, many Extras. Cycle Carnage Co. 1955 MERCEDES 180, Green, First Registered February
      404 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 6
      410 13 FOR SALE 20 Word, ss (Ml*.)— M+x St eta. octm. FOR SALE New Steoorette Dictating Machine $360 (Unused). Enquiries:— Phone *****, 133 Rochore Road. Spore. ALSATIAN DOO 20 months very good with children reasonable price to right home Ring 6190 Office hours ***** after 6 pjn. PERSIAN CATS Pekingese Spaniels
      410 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 13 Advertisements Column 7
      587 13 itSSSsaK^ri /A^°Zas»SSi> WHIMVU TOU CO TODAY 'TOBMICA' ImJm^ PU»bc t» likejy to travel with you. On planet and trains, on boatt and bum, tub (ay ckaa-at-a-wipe material hat a season ticket which lasts for yean. It b very much at borne in well-run homes and anywhere eke where surface* mutt
      587 words
  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 13 Miscellaneous Column 1
      62 13 SOCCER SAFA Leagae, Dlv. 1: Rovers t Certathlam. Jalan Besar. 5.15. INTEB-SCHOOL: Junior Trade w St. Andrewi, WoodtTille; YOUTH competition (semi-finals) Boy*' Town v St. Patrick. Bukit Ttanah. NETBALL INTEaX-GlftLS' .chool: Group -A": Bartler v Alexandra. M.G.S 4.45; Paya Lebar Katon. Convent, M.G.S.. 5.J0; Group "B": FairfleM Methodlit, S.M.S., 4.45;
      62 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Article
    The conditions favour Quiny today
    340 14 THIS FILLY RAN A GALLANT FOURTH WITH EVERYTHING AGAINST HER SHE DID THE B. TIMAH 6F. IN 1.13 IN HER FIRST RUN By EPSOM JEEP QUINY gets a track to her liking and, with 8.0, this speedy daughter of Dhoti will be hard to beat
    340 words
  • Article
    Tres Bien, he's best in an open race
    399 14 Tres Bien, he's best in an open race TRES BIEN, winner of two 6f races in his last four starts in Class 5, stands out as one of the best each-way bets In a difficult card (Race Two) at Bukit Timah today. This Midstream gelding won cleverly over the Ipoh
    399 words
  • Article
    STRAITS TIMES SELACTIONS
    155 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.15. GOLDEN GIS Balkan Chevalier Satellite GOLDEN GUB Balkan Chevalier Satellite BAL CHEVALIER Golden Gas Matrix Race 2. 2.45. TRES BIEN Pinner Mafic Note MAGIC NOTE MoUon Pictur. II Orfssa TRES BIEN Pinner Motion Picture II Rare 3. 3.15. UNDECIDED
    155 words
  • Article
    Welcome rain at B. Timah
    49 14 rE weather was showery yesterday afternoon, taking the sting out of tfce track. The going up to last evening was good. a> TODAY'S Best Bet: Tres Bien in Race Two. Best Longshot: Tawakal in Race Eight. RADIO MALAYA will broadcast all the races today.
    49 words
  • Article
    UNDECIDED HAS ONE TO BEAT IN KHENG HUA
    809 14 UNDECIDED HAS ONE TO BEAT IN KHENG HUA ITNDECIDED has reV gained her best form she went like a winner last week when she cracked 37 for 3f. and with a handy 8.4 she is .worth eachway support in Race Three. At her best last season, this daughter of Camelhalr
    809 words
  • Article
    TODAY'S RACE CARD.
    1392 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 4, Dlt. 2 6 Furs. I Jackie JJ>. 4y CrackneU 9.00 Dr. J. Dennehy Donnelly 3- 342 Satellite 6y Baxter 8.13 Teuw Leng Bagby 3-5 Allktts 3y I 8.13 Up« Stable o AUan 4 Flea.orePark3y Poroer 8.11 Shaw Stable T 8 J >cm
    1,392 words
  • Article
    Fortune's Wheel will go over the right trip
    232 14 rORTI?NE f S WHEEL has shown (air promise In his Initial races over sprint distances In Malaya— he Vax third with B.l] to Golden Ous over at at Inoh in January and second with 8.10 to Dapple Orey over the Kuala Lumpur
    232 words
  • SPORTS FRONT
    • Article
      IS EVER BEFORE SO MANY TEAM FOR INDONESIA
      378 14 THREE teams two L from Singapore and one from All Malaya leave for Jakarta this morning and tomorrow on their separate tours of Indonesia. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya are sending a team of three Llm Hee Chin (capt), Khong Kit
      378 words
    • Article
      Amicables now join in championship race
      299 14 A MTCABLES, trained by a J\ strong coaching panel of three, have now joined Tigers, Police and Argonauts in the S.A.F.A. league first division championship race. Yesterday Amlcables beat Marines 4-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium and became the second team in the senior league
      299 words
    • Article
      TWO CHANGE FOR SOUTH
      60 14 There are two changes B South cricket side to meet Nor; at Penang during E.i.-:e:. R. G. Barker and P de Kr« are unable to travel and replaced by C. ThureisinghaE i R. da Sllv.-i. R. Sandosham and M were invited but could no: a Appuni
      60 words
    • Article
      Together for a fifth year
      63 14 IPOH. Tues. rpHE committee of the IV- rak Turf Club was reelected en bloc to serve for the fifth successive year at the club's annual general meeting last night. The committee comprises: Messrs. J. P. Hannat (chairman), Yeoh heanj Lee. Cheah Ghim Lens. Ra ja
      63 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      420 14 Continued from Page 6) SITI ATIONs VACANT W Worth %i (Min.)— Box it ett. txtrm. WANTED QUALIFIED School master lor Estate Tamil School. Manager, Jerantut Estate. WANTED BY LEADING ln■urance firm, agents for life assur- I ance business, with best prospects and top remuneration lor right men. Apply to Box
      420 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 2
      403 14 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Words $S (Min.)— Box it cts ixtra. APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for the vacant posts of Female Pupil Physiotherapists, Physio- 1 therapy Department, General Hospital. Singapore. Candidates should possess the Cambridge School Certificate with credits in la) English Language, (b) Physics and Chemistry or General Science and additional
      403 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 3
      322 14 SITUATIONS WANTED it Words $S (Min.)— Box it els. extra. EXPERIENCED INDIAN COOK boy wife wash amah strongly recommended by European Family. Apply Box A 2293. S.T. RECOMMEND CANTONESE general/baby amah no cooking hardworking clean willing cheerful available mid-April Ring *****. YOUNG EUROPEAN LADY, good Education, requires Interesting Work. Not
      322 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 4
      71 14 'tott&Mm llam A, ./;v,,; him in 1861 to induce t W/U/L>;' British Association t< WimKifijf -*^9F\ p° mt lts first famous B^i»r///N' v > 4rJL^ mittee for the deterrTlinal Wtiljßnk electrical achievement f >^'ilr'fll resulted from the! AUTOMATIC RECORD CHAMC^ this superb player converts your radio in hi-fi radiogramophone see
      71 words