The Straits Times, 31 March 1956

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  • 29 1 ft V f. ft A c E D v% I I v The Straits Times. Mow** Nat*** 1 New** I**1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 498 1 Singapore can join u like any other state... with no special privileges' Merger? Yes but only on these terms Abdul Kahman, yesterday made clear his attitude to Singapore coming into the Federation W^ 1 11 returned from his goodwill mission to he told reporters: "It is up
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  • 79 1 IT will cost Singapore $146,920 to send ih e merdrka delegation to London next month. Return air passages for 14 members and seven officials will amount to 5«5.940. This is how the rest of the money will go: Subsistence allowances. 522.--500: lodging allowances, $4,230: outfit
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  • 63 1 A lawyer, Mr. J. L. Woods, <!!ed at the Batu Gajah Hospital this morning. Mr. Woods was in private practice at Ipoh for about 30 y?ars. Before the war he played an important part in lormftig the Malayan Badminton Association and the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association.
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  • 43 1 Mrs. Soosaiammal. 76, one of the oldest members of the Indian Catholic community In Singapore died after a very short illness yesterday. The funeral will take plac* Rt 9 a.m. today from the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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  • 34 1 BONN. FrL— British and German troops will march together in what is believed to be their first joint parade since 1902 at a North Atlantic Treaty ceremony here next Wednesday.— Reuter.
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  • 76 1 ART IS ART— EVERYWHERE NEW YORK, Fri. A magistrate here dismissed a charge that obscene pictures ere displayed in a New York i cht club after two witness- said the pictures were copies of 2,000-year-old works of art now in an Italian museum. "I don't think there should be a
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  • 340 1 ATOMIC POWER IN MALAYA? -NOT YET ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The general manager of the Central Electricity Board and president of the Technical Association of Malaya, Mr. J. Sharpies, today advised against Malaya embarking on atomic projects now. Mr. Sharpies was speaking on "The development of electricity in Malaya" at the
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  • 216 1 GO-SLOW: RIVAL UNION STEPS IN OORT SWETTENHAM, 1 Fri.— The troubles of the Malayan Railway administration here are not over yet. Within 24 hours of ending the work-to-rule dispute with the National Union of Railwaymen. the administration has been served with an ultimatum by the rival Malayan Railway Junior Officers'
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  • 50 1 COLOMBO. Fri. About 1.300 passengers from the British luxury liner Iberia are unexpectedly spending Easter her*, while the ship is being repaired after a collision yesterday. Th liner docked here yesterday with her boat and promenade decks damaged afte<- a collision with the Panamanian tanker Pretoria. Reuter.
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  • 44 1 outrage NICOSIA. Fri.— Two Royal Air Force policemen were Injured, one seriously, at Famagusta yesterday when extremists hurled two bombs into their patrol vehicle. Troops cordoned off the area in the centre of the city for a house-to-house search. —UP.
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  • 350 1 New son-in-law every Sunday Mama NEW YORK, Friday. ZSA ZSA GABOR. 33-year-old Hungarian-born film star, is to marry for the fourth time on April 15. The fiery Zsa Zsas two glamorous sisters, Eva and Magda. are also getting married. Zsa Zsa's husband -to-be is
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  • 24 1 NICOSIA, Fri. A Greek Cypriot police officer was seriously wounded by an unknown gunman today in a village north of Nicosia AP..
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  • 22 1 MOSCOW, Fri— A Russian surgeon has successfully removed a sewing needle from a peasant woman's heart muscle, Moscow Radio reported—Reuter.
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  • 77 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Terrorists have slashed to death two Chinese rubber tappers in the Kluang district of central Johore. Security forces are following up. A patrol of the Ist Queens Regiment contacted two terrorists in the same district yesterday. The bandits fled. Eight terrorists, using automatic
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  • 446 1 'ON THE WATERFRONT' STAR IN SINGAPORE Brando: I'd like to live in Asia -for a while FILM STAR Marlon Brando, winer of an Academy Award for his role in "On The Waterfront," flew into Singapore on Thursday from Jakarta. At a Press conference yes- terday the versatile 31--year-old star made
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  • 29 1 KATMANDU, Fri— Nepalese and Indian Buddhists, preparing to celebrate the 2,500 th anniversary of Buddha's birthday in May have been told it should be next year. Reuter.
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  • 237 1 Marshall to meet Europeans HE AH FEARS DROP IN PRICE PENANG, Friday. HPHE president of the Federation of Rubber Trade 1 Associations. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today urged the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to "extract an assurance" from the British Government that there would be no more importation of
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  • 76 1 Coaches stay ON PORT 6WETTENHAM, Fri. —The engine of a train jumped the rails when it was nearing the railway station here this morning. It left the line at a bend and went along the sleepers for 30 yards. The six coaches stayed on the rails. More
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  • 39 1 and the bandits fled. There were no casualties to either side. A follow up was launched by security forces. A security unit patrol exchanged fire with two uniformed terrorists in the Mersing area yesterday. Th« bandits escaped.
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  • 63 1 ALOR STAR Fri.— A Kedah State Councillor, Tuan Hajl Omar (Alliance) wants the State Government to ban mahjong. "This game is being; played 24 hours a day," he told the Council at its meeting yesterday. Haji Omar said gambling was "widespread" in Kedah villages and urged
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  • 235 1 Colonial schools: Attack by union THE Singapore Chi--4 nese Middle School Students' Union said yesterday that the allparty committee's report on Chinese education was not satisfactory in all respects, although it contained many constructive suggestions. It listed as constructive the committee's assurance of equal treatment for all schools and a
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  • 340 2 INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN opium expert Dr. Chen So Lan of Singapore has warned that the Federation Government's proposal to re-introduce the sale of opium can only bring added corruption to the civil service and misery to the people. He told the Straits Times: "A new corruption
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  • 45 2 SPRING blossoms out in a mass of pink musk ross and the palest of green leaves on this Easter toqi with the forward look. And there"s only one nan for the hat it's "Rustle of Spring Reuter picture
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  • 227 2 FEAR DROVE IRENE TO SUICIDE Thought the had T.B. -but she hadn't IRENE, 22, was carrying out her duties as a maidservant one Saturday morning in February when she felt a throbbing pain in her chest. She had heard others complain of such pains—mostly tuberculosis patients. But Irene kept quiet
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  • 149 2 Flying Club appeals for support rVRE Royal Singapore Flyi- ing Club seeks the support of all members to help it out of its financial difficulties. In a letter to members the club said there would be a good chance of achieving this when it starts its training function in a
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  • 34 2 Tan Boon Huat. of Jalan Rajah, was acquitted in Singapore for allegedly having under his control two subversive documents on Nov. 18. Tan, a labourer, had been remanded since his arrest.
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  • 22 2 Three Russians who have been in Melbourne inspecting preparations for the Olympic Games left Singapore by air for Moscow yesterday.
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  • 188 2 BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. special Alliance education committee is conA sidering proposals to build schools in many k; This was stated today hi the Selangor State Council before it passed a resolution calling for Malay schools to be built in kampont;.
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  • 103 2 7 MEN TO CHECK ACCOUNTS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A PUBLIC accounts commitA. tee was set up by the Selangor State Council today to examine annual audited accounts. The State Financial Officer, Inche Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rals, proposing the matter said that hitherto the Council had power to approve expenditure
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  • 56 2 Officers elected at the Kuala Pilah District Buy Scout Association annual general meeting were; Dr. C. Jeremiah, chairman: Mr. E. Paramasivam. district commissioner Mr. Chin Chin Ngan. Hon. secretary; Mr. Lee Chong Goh. Hon. treasurer. Committee: Mr. R. Muthu Ramalingam J.P.. Mr. Lee Heng Wee. Mr S.
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  • 57 2 Two of the three tn rested in a police ambus at Tyrwhitt Road on Wednesday night were ehargec in a Singapore court day with criminal conspiracy to commit armed robber; No plea was taken froit Poon Yue Choon. 19. Choo Tiong Soon. 24 TV; were ordered
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  • 35 2 Two men, one armed with a revolver, held up Kang Koh Ec of Wilkinson Road. Singapore, and his wife in Katong Park and robbed them of a wrlstwatch, a fountain pen and $45.
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  • 16 2 Singapore Shi will hold a "satay" nigh members and guests Dunearn Road, at night.
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    • 83 2 WASHINGTON. Frl. A 10-man technical mission which is to plan Asia's first nuclear centre at Manila is to leave for the Far East on April 9, the International Co operation has announced. The group is to spend three months in a survey of 15
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    • 17 2 to Ceylon, Pakistan, India, Malaya, Japan, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal, Slam and the Philippines. —Reuter.
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    • 33 2 CANBERRA: Dr. B. W. Haverman, Netherlands Commissioner of Migration, said that It was hoped that Dutch migrants would reach Australia in future at a rate of between 14,000 and 15,000 each year. Reuter.
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    • 14 2 TORONTO: Sir Thomas Beecham, British orchestra conductor, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of
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    • 7 2 music by the University of Toronto. Reuter.
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    • 17 2 MONTE CARLO: Prince Rainier returned home for .the first time since his engagement to Grace Kelly. —Reuter.
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    • 17 2 NEW DELHI: Mr. Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister, left for Calcutta after a threeday visit.—Reuter.
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    • 25 2 LONDON: Group-Cap-tain A. R. D. MacDonell. hereditary chief of a Scottish clan and a Russian linguist, has been appoint- Ed British Air A Moscow. Beuter.
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    • 20 2 PH7SO.MPKNII: Norodom Sihaji; bcdian Prime M night accused South namesereguUtfs o repeated raids Into bodian territory, villages and Wcina, villaBers.-Reut.:-.
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    • 20 2 NEW YOK h Fmanuel Celler. cha of the House ol H tatives judu'uu> > said Russian flying the BpP" diterranean.-R*" ter
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  • 138 2 Classes start on Easter Monday ECTURES for the students in nine departments at the Nanyang University will officially begin on Easter Monday. Yesterday morning the students assembled at the university library and were told of the syllabus and programme of studies. Prof. lacen T. Hsleh, the I registrar, said yesterday
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  • 272 3 'Jackie' (5) is sailing home BUT HE DREAMS OF THE DA Y WHEN HE IS TAKEN BACK TO BRITAIN PALACE THRITT f«»« FOR MISSIONARY'S 'ADOPTED' CHINESE BOY A FIVE.YEAR.OLD Chine^' Sft, yesterday with a Salvation Army miss o* arv for h,s Singapore home-dreaming of The day »hen he would return
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  • 59 3 SWORD OF 'LIBERATION MAJ.-GEN. Raadi Ounnabb, right, new commander of the Arab Legion, presents a golden sword to King Hussein as a symbol of the legion's loyalty and obedience, and also as a token of gratitude for the king's "liberation" of the legion from British leadership through his dismissal of
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  • 178 3 LONDON. Fri. A DOCTOR, appearing last night in a television programme on drunken driving, chose 3 it- wrong m:m when ;i.sked to select the dunken driver' >n a group of four masked men. I miii; tests officially approved for those arrested
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  • 48 3 LONDON. Fri. Sir Miies Thomas, who recently resigned as chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation, is to become full-time chairman of the British .subsidiary of the American Monsanto Chemical Company. He will take up his new post not later than July I.— Reuter.
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  • 24 3 CHICAGO, Fri. Two thousand six hundred Americans were killed in motor accidents in February, the United States National Safety Council announced. Reuter.
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  • 19 3 LONDON. Fri. The Duke of Edinburgh was elected President of the British Horse Society for 1956-57. Reuter.
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  • 120 3 Four killed in U.S. explosion PHILADELPHIA. Fri. |X)UR people were killed and I: at least 35 others injured in a bomb- like explosion which rocked Philadelphia last night, demolishing a big warehouse and damaging nearby buildings. Firemen fought through blazing debris and smouldering ruins in an attempt to break through
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  • 23 3 TAIPEIH, Fri. The Chinese Nationalist Air Force made a leaflet raid over Canton early yesterday in celebration of Chinese Youth Day.
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  • 49 3 Buried alive to pray NEW DELHI, Fri.— A 20--year-old Sadhu < Hindu holy man) sealed himself in a sft pit without food, air or water for 10 days to meditate and pray for world peace. Yesterday he was dug out alive but unconscious. He rame round in an hour. Reuter.
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  • 29 3 JERUSALEM. Fri. One Egyptian wa.s killed and four w^rp wounded in two IsraelEsyptian border clashes east 01 Gaza strip on Wednesday sn Israeli Army spose.sman said.— A.P.
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  • 32 3 JOHANNESBURG. Fri. Acquitting 18 men on charges of keeping and frequenting a gambling house, a magistrate here ruled that a poker is a same of skill, not chance Rfuter.
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  • 52 3 LONDON. Fri.— The Government formally agreed to incorporate Malta Into the home country yesterday. But the Prime Minister. Sir Anthony Eden, announcing the agreement, said Maltese citizens will be given a second opportunity to vote on integration before Maltese members are admitted to the House of
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  • 287 3 EASTER PROTEST BY NINE M.P.s They condemn misuse of youth LONDON, Friday. VINE Labour M.P.s yesterday wrote to the Daily Telegraph condemning the "dangerous and unjust misuse" of Britain's younger generation in the armed forces serving in Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya. The letter was signed by Victor Yates, Frank Bain
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  • 88 3 LONDON, Fri. mHE former Soviet Prime 1 Minister, Mr. Georgi Malenkov, stood for three hours in the Russian Embassy here last night shaking hands under a makeshift portrait of Lenin hanging in the place of honour that Stalin used to occupy. The Russian leader was
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  • 32 3 RABAT. Fri.— Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef of Morocco will fly to Spain on Wednesday for talks with the Spanish Government on unitIng tone Spanish Zone with independent Morocco. Reuter.
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  • 217 3 TROOPS IN HUNT FOR ALGERIAN REBELS ALGIERS, Fri. FRENCH troops throughout yesterday chased rebels who killed a French lieutenant and seven other soldiers and wounded eight more when they ambushed a convoy near Guelma. in eastern Algeria. Ground reinforcements and aircraft killed 18 of the rebels. This brought to 76
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  • 47 3 LONDON. Fri.— Mrs. Denis Compton. 28-year-old South African wife of the England Test cricketer, gave birth to a son last night. They have another son. Patrick, aged three. Mrs. Compton. formerly Miss Valeric Platt of Durban, married the cricketing star in 1951— Reutrr.
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  • 132 3 HOLLYWOOD, Friday. ACTRESS Jeanne Cram filed a suit yesterday for A divorce from her husband, Paul Brinkman. The move came as a surprise they have often been called one of the happiest couples in Hollywood. Miss Craln charged her husband with cruelty. She said that
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  • 291 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected .stocks not including stamp duty were LOANS Consols £63% +14 Funding 4% W* t'i War 3'»% £74 +U, BANKS Mercantile (£l2*; £3 15/16 Eastern <£5i £7-;» Chartered t£l) 35/3 Hongkong <$125> £93 -r M INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 81/10 2 /6
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    • 169 3 IS MARRIAGE THE GREATEST CAREER FOR A WOMAN? In this weeks WEEK-ENDER readws post a most debatable question. 3 year old girl became a call Rir! at this j|F^ tender age. It's a true story and it happened JK j*^ in Singapore; this young girl was saved from ■E§M*L9 Must
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  • 89 4 Forgotten: 600 certificates KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. MORE than 600 Selangor state nationality certificates have been lying in the National Registration Office for months waiting to be collected. The applica/its have had 'requent reminders. Tuan Haji Mustafa bin Haji Abdul Jabar was told in a written answer at a State Council
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  • 49 4 SEGAMAT. Fri. As part of the World Health Week a baby show will be held at the Hwa Chioa Chinese School, Segamat. on April 10. Entry forms are obtainable at the Women and Children's Clinic. They should be sent in not later than April 8.
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  • 25 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Terrorists on Wednesday night cut and stole two strands of telephone wire along the Kluang-Sayong railway line in Johore.
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  • 81 4 TANA RATA, Fri.- Chai Chuan Pun. a home guard of Bertam Valley new village near here, was charged In the Magistrates Court here yesterday with neglect of duty. He was alleged to have fail- ed to lock a gate in the perimeter fence of the village
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  • 73 4 KAMPONG TO GET NEWROAD KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Selangor State Council today approved a motion to construct a 3^amile road in Kampong Sungei Selisck, an isolated village in Ulu Selangor. 12 miles from Tanjong Malim The road will shorten the distance to Tanjong Malim by several miles. Tuan Haji Nordin
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  • 250 4 BRUNEI'S $40mil. LOAN OFFER IS ACCEPTED MacCillivray lauds "generous spirit' If LUMPUR, Fri. 1V The Federation Government will accept the $40 million loan which Brunei offered in November, 1953. it was announced here today. The loan will be used to finance various development schemes, including drainage and irrigation, improvements to
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  • 269 4 No attempt to conceal it inspector PENANG, Friday. 4 MAN accused of criminal breach of trust left more than $1,000 in an unlocked drawer in his home, the Sessions Court here was told on Wednesday. Inspector Mohamed Ismail was giving evidence at the trial of
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  • 33 4 KEMAMAN, Fri. M. Mohamed Zinik, 30, was fined $25 here yesterday for moving seven katis of dried prawns into Ayer Jerneh. a food restricted area, from Kemaman without a permit.
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  • 38 4 BENTONG. Fri. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Daud, the deputy State Rubber Replanting Officer, Pahang, goes to Malacca next month as Settlement Replanting Officer. Inche Shaharun bin Haji Abdul Rahman succeeds him at Raub.
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  • 44 4 BENTONG. Fri.— Tan Geok Liang, 40, a bus conductor, claimed trial here on Wednesday to a charge of attempted criminal breach of trust of 80 cents on Jan. 2. The case was postponed to May 25. Bail of $500 was granted.
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  • 39 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri New officials of the Selangor Stamc Club for 1956 arepresident. Mr. J. C. McDouall: Vicp-Presidents. Dr A. R Kandtah and Mr. H. M. Edmondson: Secretary, Mf. P J. Verghese; Treasurer, Mr. Lum Yew Meng.
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  • 25 4 KUALA LIPIB, Fri. A bus conductor, Low Loh, 59, was yesterday fined $100, or six weeks' jail, for possessing a chandu smoking pipe.
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  • 37 4 PRIZE FOR LITERATURE FAY SIEBEL, a Form VI student of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, receives a prise from the Tengku Ampuan of Selangor for having scored the highest marks in English literature (subsidiary level).— Straits Times picture.
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  • 220 4 COURT ALLOWS 2 MONTHS GRACE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SIXTY-ONE squatter families of Kampong Kuantan, two miles from here, were yesterday ordered by the Second Magistrate's Court to leave their homes within two months The Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Tengku Abdullah, who asked for
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  • 98 4 Morrison buys a souvenir KUALA TRENGGANU. Fri. MR. Herbert Morrison, yesterday bought a silver wrist chain, embossed with the coats-of-arms of all the Federation State. He bought it from the Malay Art and Handicraft centre here, which he visited with another British M.P., Sir Leonard Ropner. The British Adviser, Mr.
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  • 23 4 SEGAMAT, Fri.— A woman tapper, Ong Chin, 41, was jailed six months for unlawful possession' of 3 katis of scrap rubber.
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  • 22 4 SEGAMAT, Fri.— Two women. Lee Kua, 72 and Liow York, 24, were each fined $30 for not having identity cards.
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  • 127 4 IPOH, Friday. THE Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council yesterday A approved a site in Falim for a vocational training centre for Perak's 700 Malay prostitutes. The application for the four and a half acre site was recommended by the Town Planning Committee and was passed
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  • 131 4 Begs for a chance he gets jail KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. V. MUNIANDY, 24, of Kampong Siam, was jailed for eight months by the Second Magistrate's Court here for stealing a wallet and $6.52 from Mrs. P. S. Richardson, wife of a serviceman. Inspector K. K. Pillay, prosecuting, said that Munlandy
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  • 22 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The British Council will give a film show at the Lake Gardens here at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 32 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Information Services film library has a 16-mm copy of the 80-minute colour film "Conquest of Everest". It is available until May on free loan to organisations.
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  • 23 4 SEGAMAT, Fri. Mr. A. Johnson has replaced Mr K. L. Wells, who has left for Australia on leave, as Administrative Officer.
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  • 148 4 ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Raja Muda of Selangor is to get $27,094 in arrears of pay and cost of living allowance from May 13, 1950, to Dec. 31, 1954. The Selangor State Council approved this today. It also agreed to the payment of $97,140
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  • 80 5 GOOD FRIDAY TRUCE AT WAR GAMES A truce to commemorate Good Friday was observed yesterday by the Commonwealth and French forces participating in Exercise "Monsoon" the war games in the South China Sea Seahawks from the British aircraft carriers, Centaur and Albion, stopped their continuous air attacks on the French
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  • 53 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Secretary of the Bantin b Good citizens' Committee-, Mr. D. Jayaratnam, said today that the end of Communist terrorism in the Ulu Langatj district of South Selangor was in sight. Mr. Jayaratnam today returned from a week's tour of 26 estates
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  • 19 5 KUALA LIPIS, Frl. A verdict of found drowned was recorded on a 15-year-old girl, Rajamman, here yesterday.
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  • 224 5 Pay row continued by estate bosses 'UNILATERAL ACTION' ACCUSATION TOSSED BACK riw ti* KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. int. Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association has flung back an accusation by the National Union of Plantation WorkersThe general secretary i of the union, Mr. P. P. Narayanan, had charged the M.P.I.E.A. with taking
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  • 91 5 RAMLI BIN AHMED, son of a Malay school headmaster in Alor Star, Kedah, is today working beside Australians in Melbourne to gain experience in bricklaying techniques. Ramli, who is studying; under a Colombo Plan Fellowship, will work at his present Job until Novem- ber. Then he
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  • 54 5 MENTAKAB. Fri.— Two hoys were killed and their mother and sister injured in a collision with an Army lorry at the Temerloh Road—Leo- nard Street junction here. The boys were Lum Tuck Poon, 14, and Lum Tuck Fong. 7. The mother and daughter were admitted
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  • 149 5 IPOH, Friday. CHINESE schools in new villages were given an assurance today that the Government grant-ma-id paid to them would be continued. The Superintendent of Chinese Education, perak. Mr. Q. F. Ward, told the Straits Times today that there was an erroneous impression that
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  • 44 5 KUALA KANOSAR, Fri. A science exhibition was held at Clifford School's speech day and prize giving yesterdajr. Fifty experiments were shown by science students to the steady stream of visitors. The Raja Perempuan of Perak presented the prizes.
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  • 48 5 First Assistant State Secretary of Perak, Raja Zainal Abidin Tachik, was among 18 legal experts and public administrators from Asia who were guests of Mr. Harrison A. Williams. Jr. member of the U.S. House of Representatives at a luncheon and tour of Washington on Mar. 28.
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  • 327 5 CANON ADAMS MAKES A RADIO FAREWELL Money the special devil TifEASURE your life by iTA loss instead of gain, not by the wine drunk, but by the wine poured forth, said Canon R. K. S. Adams in a farewell message to the people of Singapore on Thursday. Canon Adams said:
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    • 398 5 WHHIHPI 111 (.AKKHK: Tadar Kacher, PAVILION: Summer Madness— i (Hindi)— 3.ls, 6.30 9.15; Tel. 1.45. 4, 6.30, 9.30; morning show— ***** Spartacus U am.; Tel. 6903. KING'S: Prince Valiant-1.15. ♦^fe^iTmornmXo^ 11 3 30. Mfc morning showsa H nTt e he Of JU W n"e 9 6 l ir.. al ?i:isTm^
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    • 197 5 RADIO MALAYA 'Programmes thus marked can be received by listeners In Malacca. Short wave 49m. and 62m. Medium wave 478 m.. 343., 366 m. and 297 m. a.m. 9.00 Sarojinl Lourdeg and Mike Ellery: 10.00 Variety; 10.30 Music Makers: PM. M.OO Prog. Summary; "101 Saturday Date; 1.30 News; *1.45 Singapore
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  • 303 6 Borneo's small timber firms who have fought the North Borneo Government's timber decree appear to have won at least half a victory. Replying to a Labour member in the House of Commons, the Minister of State for Colonial Affairs promised that "every consideration would be given to sound
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  • 236 6 We cannot engage ourselves to take notice of all Mr. David Marshall's rhetoric. But we must protest against the statement which the Chief Minister makes in the souvenir programme marking the official opening of the Telok Ayer division of the Singapore Labour Front. In it is a message
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  • 622 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Mar. 31, 1956. Policy For Schools Three Singapore Ministers, including the Minister for Education, were among the nine signatories of the AllParty Report on Chinese Education. So it is not surprising that the Government's White Paper announcing its educational policy should reflect the committee's basic
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  • 78 6 20 Wordi $10 (minimum). WOODS On March 29th. 1956. at Batu Gajah Hospital, near Ipoh. John I.owe Woods, Dearly Loved Husband of Lydia. MADAM SOOSAIAMMAL passed away peacefully on 30th March. Deeply mourned by her daughter (Madam Santhanammal of Singapore i. Son (Mr. S. G. Santhanam. Oriental Life Office.
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  • 1190 6  - As I was saying CYNICUS hy ONE reason Tengku Abdul Rahman gets on with the press so well Is because he never blames his mistakes on the newspapers. Like everypolitician he has been misquoted in his day, but he doesn't wriggle out of error at the expense of the Journalists.
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    8 6 SATURDAY CHINESE PRIEST— Photo by Chan Chee Kow
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  • 792 6 MY memory fades with the oncoming years and there Is no collection of Robert Browning's poems beside me. Do not therefore, gentle reader, write to say that my quotation is inexact. The sense of it still stands and it runs somehow like this. "Now in the fullness
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  • 98 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Times of March 29, 1906) A PROJECT is o n foot to give Tanjong Katong, and therefore Singapore, a new and commodious hotel, on lines that will ensure comfort and health and rest to the weary worker in the town, and afford means of
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    • 767 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. j I 20 Word, $10 (minimum). LEE CHEE: The enßaßemen vas announced on 30-3-56 between Cheng Van, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chwee Ouan and Doris, jounpest daußhter of Mr. and Mrs. Chee Eng Chiang. WONG-KAN: On 30.3.56. between Yuen Poh. second son of Mrs. Wontr
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    • 31 6 CCRMAN PIN Incomparable for vitibl* ink filling capacity, reliability b price- worthinet». Aeents Service Stations: EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO.. 19. Chullß St. Spore-1. ENC SENC MEDICAL CO.. S, Ah Quee St., Fen»n«\
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    • 251 6 SACRED MUSIC THIS EASTERTIDE BEAUTIFULLY RECORDED ON MASTER'S VOICE'V^ !r=r£j COLUMBIA \3 LONG PLAY RECORDS Miisa Solemnii in D m«ior, "Murder in the Cathedral" Op. 123 i Beethoven i —ITS. Eliot Lois Marshall (soprano) Robert Donat (as the Nan Merriman bishop Thomas Beckct) wt" (mezzo soprano) The Old Vie Company
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  • 262 7 Exit— Malaya's cheap labour 30 MILLION SPEM^QH MACHMB, ,v p. WJ K FOB DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS MUST LEARN NEW SKILLS TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES Malaya and mechanisation i« essential for further development of the country, the Director o f (he Public Works Department, Mr K Nanki veil, said yesterday. IMM
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  • 165 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. EVERY POSSIBLE obtion was encound in the construction. of Kuala Lumpur's $35 million sewerage scheme, the congress of engineers and technicians here was told yesterday. 1 Municipal Sewerage Enuineer. Mr. J. H. Shakespear, said: "The layout of thp town in
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  • 62 7 PENANO. Frl.— A community centre Is to be built in Paya Terubong in the rural district of Penang. Announcing this yesterday, Mr R. iF. Oldham. Chairman ol the Rural Board, said land had been set aside for this r laeti A rural health centre and i
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  • 42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. More than 10,000 people, mostly students from English schools in Selangor, have visited the Science Mathematics Exhibition organised here by the Victoria Institution Science and Maths Society. The exhibition, which began on Wednesday, ended tonight.
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  • 307 7 TO GIVE CONVICT 99 A CHARACTER Now the accent's on no-bar prisons KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ]ii ORE prisons without R bars will be built to give Malayan prisoners a greater chance of character-building, the Straits Times was told today. "Old fashioned" guards with rifles have disappeared said the man who
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  • 39 7 CHEE MOOH LAN, a Post School Certificate student, explains to Mr. G. J. M. Longden, a member of the British rarilMncntary delegation, a point In biology when he visited Penang Free School.— Straits Tunes picture.
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  • 242 7 'Meet Chin Peng again 9 call SELANGOR LABOUR CONFERENCE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE annual delegates' conference of the Selangor Division of the Labour Party of Malaya is to discuss tomorrow a resolution urging the Chief Minister to meet Chin Peng again. The resolution says that Tengku Abdul Rahman should meet
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  • 75 7 Council did not break word— chief PENANG. Frl. rE Municipal President, Mr. J. 8. H. CunynghamBrown, denied yesterday that the Council had broken a promise. Inche Abdullah Aritf (Alliance Jelutong) alleged the Council had not given the Anglo-Chinese School a playing field, promised in return for the school's Suffolk House
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  • 85 7 Home Guard to claim pay, bonus BATU GAJAH. Fri. KAMPONG Home Guard commanders in Perak at company, platoon and section levels want a monthly salary. They also want a bonus to be paid to Home Guards of all ranks in the State retrospective from I°s1 the year the Guard was
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  • 67 7 MALACCA. Fri.-A member of the visiting British Parliamentary delegation. Mr. A. O. Champion, was among more than 200 people who attended the silver wedding dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Ec Yew Kirn here last night. Mr. Ec, it former member of the Federal. Settlement and Municipal
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  • 26 7 BENTONG. Fri. A housewife, Hernam Kaur, 43, was yesterday fined $30, or one week's Jail, for ill-treating a two-month old goat at Ketari.
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  • 203 7 Police did not conform to law court KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A CONTRACTOR, Rajasingam Vijiaratnam, 43, of Hale Road, Kuala Lumpur, was acquitted here today on two charges of having race stakes and using his house as a common betting house. The Magistrate. Raja Azlan Shah,
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  • 24 7 IPOH, Fri. Two terrorists removed a fuse from an electrical connection outside the Kramat tin mine in the Tapah district of Perak.
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  • 379 7 YOU'LL BE DIALLING M-E-S-S -if Phone Board's 'expats' leave SINGAPORE'S hard pressed telephone service will be "in a mess" if all the expatriate officers now with the Telephone Board leave suddenly or at the end of their three-year contracts. The chairman of the Board, Mr. Loke Wan Tho, put this
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  • 147 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A government pensioner, 8. Arumugam, formerly Chief Health Inspector, Sungel Patanl. was charged here with cheating another pensioner, Arunasalam, also of Sungei Patanl. of $12,500. Arumugam. who was extradited from Ceylon to face trial in Malaya, was committed by the magistrate to
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  • 259 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The National Union of Plantation workers today issued statistics concerning the minimum diet for an average family on an estate to support its claim for a basic ware structure. The union said the demands conveyed to the
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  • 158 7 Councillor says: Local girls must get first chance for jobs ALOR STAR, Frl. Kedah Government was urged yesterday to give priority to local girls when recruiting assistant nurses. "It is but fair that local girls are given the first chance over those from other states," Inche Azaharl bin
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  • 88 7 TODAY: Singapore 1.06 a.m. (9ft.) 2.05 p.m. (7ft 81n.) Port Dickson 8.58 a.m. (7ft. 9ln.i 9.24 p.m. (Bft. 2in.); Penang 2.57 a.m. (6ft. lin.i 3.07 p.m. i"ffci TOMORROW: Singapore 1.37 a.m. (Bft. Bin > 2.44 p.m. (7ft. 21n.) Port Dlckson 9.22 a.m. (7ft. 51rO 9.56 p.m. (7ft 51nj:
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    • 96 7 'jH^POT^VVVi y «i that s ri 9 hl I When you eat I T f~f Batchelor* Peas you knew fhey ar« Hi* .!fJf^^tmi^^S&i best peas you've ever tasted. Plump, lender— and oh, so delicious I V < And so nourishing, too, because they 'Jjk. JJjHHWBT? ara rich in protein. Batchelora
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    • 44 7 n/e we building ovr Dt*eam House f WATTS BAKER LTD. are doing ihe PLUM BIN' 304-N ORCHARD RD TEL. 21 179 You can see that PERSIL WASHES WHITER fitf MrffSli Md cleanep r^"*^Tl and safer... Bj|||l|l||jLl A- your coloured dothti H mo much brightar
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  • 43 8 BENTONG. Fri. A winch attendant, Chan Chow. 47, fractured his skull when he fell t>ff a winch in the forest reserve at the 73rd milestone. Bentong Kuala Lumpur Road, on June 21. the coroner was told yesterday. Verdict: Misadventure.
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  • 36 8 KUALA LIPIS, Fri. A vegetable gardener, Lor Hor, 54, was yesterday fined $300, or four months' jail for having 19 packets of opium and three chandu smoking pipes on March 15. Lor pleaded guilty.
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  • 538 8 Big education boost for Chinese, Malay, and Tamil Out; Colony blueprint for the future LARGE-SCALE plans for boosting Chinese, Malay and Tamil education —to cope with an expected increase of about 18.000 primary students yearly have been agreed upon by the Singapore Government The scheme involves the building of a
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  • 30 8 SEGAMAT. FrL— The manager of Sungei Bekok estate. N. J. S. Graham, aged 49 years, was fined $200 here for operating a rubber sheeting machine without proper safeguards.
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  • 58 8 BUTTERWORTH, Prl.— A washerwoman who hid a gold belt and four gold bars in her underwear was yesterday fined $3,600, or six months' jail in default for evading customs duty. Kok Kam Yeng. 57. who was arrested outside Mitchell Pier. Butterworth. on March 24. pleaded
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  • 222 8 SAPS PROVIDENT FUND CHAIRMAN T OCAL MEN would be hard to find to take over immediately the two posts held by expatriates on the Singapore Central Provident Fund Board, according to the chairman of the Board, Mr. E. L. Peake. Mr. Peake said this when
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  • 99 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Frt DELAY in building Malaya's first subway at Batu Road here, has annoyed its proposer. Municipal Councillor. Mr. Cheah Ewe Keat. Mr. Cheah reminded the Council last night, that last month it agreed the subway should be constructed "forthwith." "That means immediately." he added.
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  • 40 8 SEGAMAT. Fri. A motorist, Yap Swee Hoy, 23, who knocked into a railway gate and then made a report to police that he had collided with a military lorry, was fined $100 for making a false report.
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  • 31 8 SEGAMAT, Fri. Weng Choo Hon. 26. accused of cheating the Oversea Chinese Bank, Segamat. of $20,000 was offered $20,000 bail. He was a clerk of the bank.
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  • 19 8 Police are investigating the theft of $4,500 worth of pepper from a store in Potong Pasir. Singapore.
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    • 293 8 AbdullV\ I NUMBER SEVEN nr CIGARETTES Ffdfration Price $M6APOR£PPfC£- 45 cents gjg^^jg^ljpjl^^jpjpw^Bw. ■-Tyy.;; £tBjkSl IVfl Hi/ i 1f i* j"ir ffi^vr 1^ jj_Tl^^^ m MODEL 6 86IK r\f\\X/Kl Cr > Bofterv Receiver. Comooct wtil^ai. "VWn... g»co »up*r»-et rtce'vff 8 voktl »m T _j Nwes perrnonent roognenc »o»ok»n er4 lo own
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    • 249 8 24 Dr. Johnson's chief brewer. Straits Times CVossword "x^ 2 11 11' 11 1 -26 Affords products (6) I I' I IB |4 fc>gß> Ji I p I It I 27 Animal union of worker and ,^H^ SsSSiI^MfiwSHSBKKtBsLMjSML^BfiiSUi^BJ 1 About to melt? Rubbish! (6). JJHL I3IH«_ SSSa E§Bssi|gsjslssssSl P"^ *B3a
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  • 1186 9 Malay capitalists vanished with rubber develooment! A FEW MONTHS ago a senior Malay official in one of the States offered his anation of the lack of success of his nity in the business world. This might be called the case of the missing Malay capitalist sing because he used to
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  • 170 9 Exiled Data caused a business crisis In the more usual case a Malay commoner who wished to found a new kampong would ask an arLstocratic patron for a loan. With this money he could attract and support a group of settlers over the period while the newly cleared fields were
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    • 8 9 m first m 1 MOTOR M CZAR M
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    • 288 9 BB^^^ ALL LINEN FURNISHING FABRIC 52" WIDE Usually $5.00 yard NOW $2-00 yard PATTERNED FLOOR FELT j CONTEMPORARY DESIGN j I An excellent substitute for car- i FURNISHING FABRICS 48" wide. Usually $4.25 yard peting. Available in red or green. fJQW C 3 QQ yard 72" wide. j j FLORAL
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    • 75 9 Hex Morgan* JM.D. Leaving hospital Dirk Tracy They bounce ■^■■■■■^■■H rwELL HAVE TWE CUSTODIAN 1 |"WELUTUtfr CLEARS LPTWE I |"yES,TWEV'Qe RICH IN WOPUXN KEEP IT IN THE VAULT MUMBLES CASE, EXCEPT R3R GOODS NOW, BUTSDLL RMJPER! OZC^IE WAS TILL <T5 APPRASEO WHAT IS TO BECOME OP THE IN'BRINOJC-UP'/SIGWSTHeCHIE Ace O
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  • 76 10 Ship? lying alongside the Singapore Haibour Board wharves or expected today are: Cambodge 12. Tegelberg 4.5, Choysang C.P.. Presider*. Jefferson 6j7. Laertes S9 Talbbot 11. Bayernst«in 13 .14. Star Betclgeuse 151 6, Prometheus 18. Archangelsk 19 20. Sedlli N. Wall 6, Sadao N. Wall 8. Batavla 2122. Charon 23
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  • 148 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- I ch»t.re: noon prices per plcul en Thursday were: Copra: quiet: April $28.- buyers. $28\ sellers; May $28', buyers. $28". sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $42>_. sellers: drum $45', sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $120. Sarawak $119. special Sarawak black $91 (all varieties down
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  • 107 10 A final dividend of Is. per £1 share on the £24.969.074 old capital and Bd. per new 13s. 4d. paid share. Australian currency, or 5 per cent., to make 10 per cent, on both classes for the year ending May 31 next, 'is announced by the Broken Hill
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  • 90 10 NEW DELHl.— lndia's industrial production in 1955 showed an all round rise. Mill cloth production increased to 5,087,*****0 yards, being 89.000.000 yards higher than 1954 and 387.000.000 yards above the target of the first Five Year Plan. Cycles rose to 580.000 from 462,000, Sewing Machines to I
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  • 468 10 ALL MARTS WERE QUIET ON EVE OF EASTER HOLIDAY By Our Market Correspondent A LL Singapore Markets were quiet on Thursday before the close down for the long Easter holidays and there were few features to report. Business on the share market amounted to Mttle more than a trickle, but
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  • 359 10 Big trade covering activity TPHE downward movex ment on the local rubber market continued until Wednesday when substantial trade covering created a fairly sharp reversal of the trend reports the current reView of Holiday, Cutler. Bath Si Co. Ltd. Similar movements took place in both London and New York, shorts
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  • 46 10 TH E Federation's Financial Secretary has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting March 29:— RUBBER: 95?; cents per lb. COPRA: $448 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $720 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $361.25 per ton.
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  • 238 10 THE SKIM RUBBER PROBLEM fHE work done by the Research Association of the British Rubber Manufacturers on natural rubber is described in the annual report of the Directorate of Scientific and Industrial Research which contributes towards the cost of the Association's programme The report states: "Plantation of rubber still forms
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  • 39 10 On the free exchange market in Hone Konx on Thursday, the I'.s. dollar was quoted at *5 82\ for cash and 5.84 '.j for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.80 and one tael of gold at 254%.
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  • 23 10 OFFICIAL PRICES 51.\(.\P0,,. V Rrßßr:K \V''r P«r lb. oun <tni, T l HMO- 1 •'••'U (up 51). a *'W(»j COPRA; bu,. P"UI 'dowffia*
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  • 99 10 MELBOURNE -t, INVESTMENTS 1 trading widelvspr^? ac overs not h.aw «S« Exchange h,r, Silver-Lead Md minings were va"^'^ were variable In a y™ b'\ l>£ Loans 3i, 4'; 1955-58 £r •> Con. Zinc. 61/K 3ank of N.S.W £3( 6 uv>r Mount Lyell N Broken Hill Hill 50 Mrunt
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  • 118 10 April first grade rubber bn-, f.o.b. closed In Singapore Thursday at 91 cems per down 14 cents en Vclosing price. The dosing tone war, unwr^ Closing prices in cents ptr were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot i (Norn.) buyer? Bl' sellers y 1 R.S.S. April buyers 91 91 s
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    • 966 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are invited for a po.st of Stenographer (woman) in the Education Department, j Alor S.ar Salary scale $253x14--351/3ffxl4-$422. Qualifications:— Aur dO to 27 -.ears; passed School Certificate Examination with a Credit in EngttsU language; passed the General Commercial 'Certificate Examination of the London Chamber of Commerce or
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    • 242 10 NOTICES J.M. SASSOON k COMPANY STOCK k SHAREBROKERS Notice Is hereby given that Mr. J. P. H. WesU-a Is resigning his partnership in Messrs. J. M. Bassoon Company as from Ist April 195<S. SUNGEI MANIK ROAD I The section of the above road over the railway bridge which spans the
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    • 892 10 NOTICES REPAIRS TO LEVEL CROSSING AT 91ST MILE (SOUTH FROM IPOH) MAIN ROAD. TANJONG MALIM, PERAK. The above level crossing will be under repair from 6 pan. to 6 a.m. on the night 9th/ 10th April. 1956, and Midnight to 6 a.m. on the night lOth/llth April, 1956. Road vehicles
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    • 790 10 NOTICES SUNGEI WAY DREDGING LTD. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE is hereby given at the declaration of a Second Interim Dividend of IS per cent (less Income Tax at 30 per cent) payable on 30th April. 1056. to shareholders registered on 9th April, 1956. By Order of the
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    • 340 10 TENDER NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. FEDERATION OF MALAXA Tenders are Invited for: "EXTENSION and ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING C.E3. JUNIOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS AT KUALA TRENOOANU". C.E.B. registered Class A, B and C Contractors to apply to the Architect. Central Electricity Board, P.O. Box No. 1006, Kuala Lumpur, with a deposit of
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    • 383 10 KNUTSEN LINE -orient service fROM CANADA/ U.S PACIfIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving Sa« rrancUco i'pot* 9. Swat ?ena«« h9as* Gj-tr.d Bakke Sailed 9/11 Ap. 12 Apr 13 Apr 21 Kristin Bskke 28 Apt 28/29 May 30 Ma, 31 Mat Ajim Bskke 12 May 11/13 h» '4 l»» 5 |un
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    • 1105 11 MAHSi«LD««C€, WD. 4U IHE BLUE FUNNEL UMK '"^i"* D*» I ■xr.-ed vio other ports to lood< o~< .Z. °"P*- p ,J. Dubhn In Part Apr 4 Apr 3 T llond, *PT Apr 4/ 7 Apr 7 Apr U Clovgow Apr Apr 13 a*» 14/w .pool, ABf 14 Apr 17/10 Apr
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    • 832 11 EAST ASIATIC LDfE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA n. 5... ntm H.^ e^^, "POONA" S PO 9ttam P ¥>nfl "rt. «T_u 'Vl4 May 1 7/1 B May 19/20 Mey ■*> C.lii Biifnii., Maalei iAIUNOS FROM 'sCANtMNAViyUK/cONTINENT "'AMOA- fo r Bongkok. $P ShOrn -r^^^^-'iMar/SApr ta rar. r°'0 on Hongkong, Manila, THE EAST ASIATIC
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    • 943 11 UNION ftMW DPlf 9 naTW BajßlAlltMl V<m Tn i building *HE B£lf DJJf E STEAMJUtS LIU jjjy, SINOAPOM (Incorporated In the United Kingdom! S LIMES SAILINGS TO UK AND OOMTINtMT POSTS Spore P. Sham Penang BENREOCH far London, Rotterdom G.ll Scili S Apr BttiH Billi Uaiia V Apr BSNALBANACH for
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    • 1210 11 McALISTER 6e CO., LTD. TEL.: No 2834T TfrßWftAtt BUCKMAU. KLAVEMES« LtMS ouaaaa -ji isi.iLj.i-i LOS ANCELES, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLANO, SIATTLI ft VANCOUVIR and for U.sJJ^rJrth 3 Attontk Ports «rg. f.r C«rtrel ft S.^t. and Canado ond via Colombo »m»r»j« «?ITY a* MMAHMti- its BOUGAINVILLE JirZ PT^ S p^/2Apr P S
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    • 141 12 'iiiiiivii* ait c* %.w***w X group hospitals in Kedah where estate labourers, their families and the female labourers get medical aid and usually get admitted for delivery. These hospitals are being managed by a Senior Hospital Assistant, two or three probationers and a couple of male
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    • 221 12 Why not a permanent circuit? Fis now almost three years since the last Johore Grand Prix and there does not appear to be much hope of it being revived or an alternative circuit found. While the motor clubs in the Federation and Singapore keep up the interest with hill climbs,
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    • 279 12 Tl*R. DAVID MARSHALL I*l is reported as" saying about local Chinese: "It is not realized, as I realise, that our people are not Communist. Quite rightly they are proud of China's achievements in the past few years.lf I were a Chi- nese
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    • 279 12 HJfR. RIDLEY writing on IYI the Merdeka Rally feels that the people of Singapore are reluctant to oome forward to give evidence In support of his claim to have seen a boy kicked to metaphorlc death. I, another European present at the airport, was standing behind
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    • 303 12 I DEPLORE suggestions by such a responsible body as the MCA that my colleague, John Ridley, be expelled from Singapore for his report of the Kallang airport riot in the London "Daily Telegraph." I was with him myself at the time and, If I do not follow
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    • 143 12 NOT even 80 per cent of the "electorate" of Singapore want immediate Independence. The 70 per cent not wanting Independence are various unorganised groups who are afraid to speak for fear of reprisals— this fear being more real through Mr. Marshall's totally undemocratic condemnation of the few
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    • 375 13 f asar« -sraa •areas LEARN FAST AND Pay less C m c^"t English speaktaj iS universal Driving School «7 EmeraJd Hill Road 47 TUITION in Mandarin. Hokklen and Cantonese by Chinese Lady. WrUe to Box A 2336 S.T. instead of Ring up ***** w CREDIT GUARANTEED (or Your Fees Refunded)
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    • 434 13 WIIEItf: TO EAT MAYPAIR HOTEL Today's 7 1 special Cold LobSe?! RILLING ADVENTURE— In p H.LA IELISTS *tWord,li(mH.>-Box St ctt. MALAYA JAPANESE occupation stamps: All SUtes; HandI cnops; Dainippon; Kan 11- Red- e^ catalogued Gibbons Ao,?2 0 0^ uaranteed «enuine. Box AJo ID S.T. a. VEHICLES WANTED it *ord.U(Mln.)-B.x St
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    • 1393 13 MONDAY'S RACECARD i rHE order of running and probable jockeys for Monday, last day of the Singapore Turf Club Harch/ April meeting, are: Race 1—2.30: Class 4, Div. 3—7 Furs. 1 082 Jackpot n 6y Donnelly «.13 Mr. Kwik Hobbs s 2 610 Peasant GWey CrackneU 8.12 Kok Hoong TJoa
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 145 13 y^ PENANG ff CRICKET: North v South. 1 Western Howl. HOCKEY: Inter-Mate Qu»dranrolar: Penmnf v SeUncor, D»to Wx%nmL< pjb.; Jtm& Ke4ah, Dsto Kr.mit, 5.1S pm. npOLOT Burma Malaja Cup, Polo ground. 5 P-w. SWIMMING: Easter triangular meet, Tanjonr Bongah. 3 PJB IPOH BADMINTON: Perak school boys and girls championships. P.T.C
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  • 161 14 STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.15 R. WORLINGTON Stage Show II Darenth B. WORLINGTON Darenth Programme R. WOBLINGTON Stage Show II Ever Victory II Race 2 2.45 BYZANTII'M Parrot Fashion t'anterbury PARROT Fashion Byzantium Canterbury PARROT Fashion Captain Valiant Byzantium Race 3 3.15 BRIDGE LAW
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  • 381 14 MAZOOKA ran as though he needed the, race when he beat all but Distine in the Club Stakes over 6f. last Saturday. On the revised weights, Mazooka should easily have the beating of Distine. I give him a confident vote in
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  • 98 14 Monday's Race Card— P. 13 With a decent weight pull. Native Ruler can be a big threat to Mazooka. Amusement II can always be relied upon to give a good showing. He has not been out of the first four in his last 11 outings and on an easy surface
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  • 50 14 THERE was heavy rain at Bukit Timah on Thursday. The going will be soft even if there is no more rain. Epsom Jeep's best bet for the day is ROTAL WORLINGTON II; best lonsshot JOLLT SAILOR. Radio Malaya will broad* cast all races today.
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  • 404 14 AN ALL-WEATHER HORSE WHO LIKES IT BEST ON WET TRACK HE WON THE B. TIMAH MILE IN NEAR-RECORD TIME By EPSOM JEEP BEARER BOND'S form in Cup races entitles him to favouritism in the Spring Cup over a mile (Race Six) at Bukit Timah today,
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  • 1375 14 TODAY'S RACE CARD Race 1—2.15: Class 2, Div. I—6 Furs. 1 311 Roy»i WoriJngton II 5y Bougoure 8.11 Tap A Hoe Breukelen 2 842 State Show II 4y Geyer 8.10 Shaw Stable Martin 3 -01 Darenth 3y Donnelly 8.09 Mr. Kwlk Hobbs 4 200 Rfce Mill 7y Cracknell 8.07 Mr.
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  • 584 14 Mile will suit Mon Sabreur TifON SABREUR goes iTI over his right trip for the first time and up against a moderate field he has a first-rate chance of opening his winning account in Race Four today. This four-year-old was pretty useful as a three-year-old in England last year. He
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  • 35 14 The Singapore Turf Club announces that second prize in the Cash Sweep on Race One on the Second Day was Vo. 1801, and not 1091 as oublished in the S.T.C. list of results.
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  • 231 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Tbe Malaya Cup soccer competition wilt begin on May 19 when Penang meet Federation Combined Services In a north zone tie In Penang. At today's meeting of the Football Association of Malaya, presided over by Tenglcu Abdul Rahman, the following
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  • 114 14 Govt gives Tengku free hand in KL stadium project KUALA LUMP!".HPHE FEDERATION Government has A Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul R ai M also president of the Football Associate' to spend "any amount" of money to b stadium in Kuala Lumpur. I This was Tengku Abdul H of the F.A.M. headquarters.
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  • 160 14 WINNING five bouts and losing only two. the Royal Air Force Singapore, won the team championship cup with 12 points in the finals of the FEAF boxing championships at Seletar on Thursday night. The Malayan team were run-ners-up with eight points, lollowed by Hong Kong six
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  • 39 14 PENANG, Fri.—Selansor and Perak. the Joint favourites, played to a scoreless draw in the opening match of the inter-state quadrangular hockey meet here today. In the other game. Penang beat Kedah 5-1 after leading 2-0 at half-time.
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  • 58 14 Police drop a point TTNBEATTN P *-> and Police x drew 1-1 in theli first division mal I floodliglm on Thursday. Police f.re itil] league table with nln six matches. Pulau B in the second posn points 'rom five mi Pulau Branl opened i. ill the 1/tli mir. c new
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  • 65 14 A goal scored by Krlshnan seconds before time gave Indian R.C. a 4-3 victory over S.H.B. .Police In a S.A.F.A. league- first division match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday. Trailing 2-1 at the changeover, SHB Police Bhow< I ment and scoren g after P.
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