The Straits Times, 5 April 1956

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    26 1 AYE» A C E HA l)^_X C j *X? L B XtttlS Ii i The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, I»SC 15 CENTS
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    MERDEKA: Mr. M's CASE
    1112 1 No agreement it Britain insists on keeping control ot internal defence Spore is not too hasty or too small SECURITY: AN OFFER By PATRICIA MORGAN ejNGAPOItt is prepared to sign an agreement to that in the event of a breakdown of internal security the British military
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    $20,000 —Six days left to enter
    38 1 $20,000 —Six days left to enter TH E MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 Word Puzzle Contest 'IT closes on Tuesday SIX days from today. If you have not already done so, you should post your coupon, with postal order. NOW.
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    Lock icon Ceylon votes
    26 1 COLOMBO, Wed. About 3,500,000 people will «o to the polls in today's general election. Voting takes place today, April 7 and April 10.— Reuter.
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    The army prefers radios to pigeons
    277 1  - The army prefers radios to pigeons PETER KAYE WHO WILL CARRY THE CARRIERS? By ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Army signals officers today turned down the scheme for using carrier pigeons to fly message. 9 through the Jungle. It had been proposed yesterday by Mr. John Burrell, a 50-year-old Ipoh mining engineer
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    Lock icon Tornado death toll: 49
    47 1 CHICAGO, Wed.— A series of tornadoes and wind storms on Monday and Tuesday has killed at least 49 persons and injured more than 325 others in ten mid-western states. Property damage was estimated in millions of dollars Hundreds of persons ar« homeless.— AP.
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    Central Bank report soon
    39 1 The Financial Secretary. Mr t M. Hart, said yesterday that he expected a report «T establishing a Central Bank to be published soon. Be was answering Mr. Urn Koon Teck (Liberal-Socialist) In the Legislative Assembly.
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    Three killed in Gaza clash
    27 1 GAZA, Wed. Egyptian and Israeli patrols clashed yesterday In the Egyptianheld Gaza strip. Three Israeli soldiers were believed to have been killed.
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    Lock icon Sanctuary plea
    26 1 BANGKOK. Wed.— A force of 283 "free Cambodian" guerillas crossed into Slam on Monday and sought sanctuary, it was reported today.—Reuter. flat*** 1 ft****
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    JET CRASH AT TENGAH\ —Narrow escape for pilot and 13 attap dwellers—J
    41 1 JET CRASH AT TENGAH\ Narrow escape for pilot and 13 attap dwellers J THE WRECK of the Venom Jet fighter of the Royal New Zealand Air Force which crashed among robber trees about THE WBECK ol Singapore, yesterday .-Straits Times picture.
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    BURNING AIRCRAFT DESTROYS HOUSE
    303 1 A YOUNG New Zealand pilot and 13 people in an attap house in Chua Chu Kang Road, Singapore, had narrow escapes when a Venom Jet fighter crashed L todcaught fire on taking off from Tengah R.A.F. airfield yesterday. The plane landed among rubber trees about 200
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    NINE MEMBERS OF THE LUCKY IS_
    12 1 «"»e »fc~ 'JSTw'ttSfSJr iS^^Wn. Time, Het.^.
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    SIR WINSTON WINS ATROULETTE
    74 1 SIR WINSTON WINS ATROULETTE MONTE CARLO, Wed. C?nt WINSTON CHUR- CHILL hit a 35-1 payoff on the roulette wheel at the Grand Casino last night. Sir Winston raked up his winnings, smilingly acknowledged the apalaa— from a elide of speetatora and calmly strolled off to the bar for a whisky
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    Lock icon Goodwill visit
    23 1 MANILA, Wed.— Sir Robert Scott Commissioner General for Bouth-Bast Asia, will arrive here on Friday for a six-day goodwill visit— AP.
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    VIOLENCE THREAT
    140 1 Union to Minister: Look out, there may be trouble on pine estate KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rTHE National Union of Factory and General WorkTcts warned the Federation's Minister for Labour today there may be violence at a strikebound pineapple^state in Johore.^ fa the minister. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, alleged
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    Shots make Reds flee
    32 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A terrorist gang "^"^a Dollee truck on the GemasTampln Road in Negri Sembilan last night The police, leaping from the truckTnred back. The terrorists fled.
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    British-built
    25 1 LONDOH. Wed. BrtUsn firms are to build a giant Iron and steel plant at Durgapur, India, for MO mlllton. iTwas nffff I"*^1 here today.
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    In —the Reds
    38 1 In the Reds CANBERRA, Wed. The Australian Government will relax Its ban oa Russian and other tourists from Iran Curtain countries for the Olympic Games but only during a specified period, the Immigration Department ■aid today, p— tor.
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    Two die in road mishap
    65 1 IPOH, We*— Two P.W J>. 1*I bowers were killed *nd three others injured today when a lorry takta* then home from work oTertwsed on the Chemer Road. 'Those killed were 'A. San- daman. 5& and Martnuitha. Betatatkan. 43, is seriouiy injured. The driver of the
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    Lock icon Peace with Reds?
    171 1 Peace with Reds? Malaya can do it Morrison HONG KONG, Wed.— Britain's former Foreign Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, said tonight that he believed a peace settlement could be reached between the Federation Government and the Malayan Communist Party "so long as there is adequate energy and driv* and co-opera-tion." He
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    30 1 PRINCESS TO*TOUR EAST AFRICA LONDON. Wed.—Princess Margaret it* to visit Mauritius, Zanzibar. Tanganyika and Kenya in East Africa in September and October, it was officially annoancerf today. Reuter.
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    Bourne: New peace move may be Reds' last gasp
    691 2 I cms pengs poixr •BANKgnrr-MAHY sin>REm>Ess expected JCUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE MALAYAN Communist Party's renewed cfJI for negotiations seemed "very much* like a last gasp," the Dirertor of Operations, U.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey. Bourne, said here today. The recent Communist statement, he
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    Goode gives pledge on the police
    125 2 Assembly briefs 'fcJEKD for retention of experienced senior officers when 11 the Singapore Police Force Is being Malay anised was £?"£>,s& I**%?*?. Assembly yesterday by Mr. John Bde (Lib.-Soc.-Tantlin). He had first asked the Chief Secretory, Mr. WJLC. Goode, whether the Government had accepted
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    December poll is likely
    79 2 rr IS hoped to hold elections for Singapore's new City Council in December, the Chief Secretary, -Mr. WJLC. Goode, told the Assembly. The date would depend, however, on the mechanics of preparing the electoral roll, added, Mr. Goode, who was answering Mr. Lim Koon Teck (Lib.Soc.).
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    800 more doctors needed
    65 2 SINGAPORE will need at least 800 more doctors before the population can be fully medically covered. The Minister for Health. Mr. A. I. Braga, said this yesterday. "Judging by international standards," he said, "SlnXXI!' S W»l»tl©n of 1.--200,000 ought to have 1,300 doctors if fall medical
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    VOTE LISTS OUT AUGUST
    66 2 CJINGAPORE'S new eleeO toral register will be published In August. The Chief Secretary, Mr, W. A. C. Goode, Mid that 65,000 changes in addresses have been made In the existing register. About 13,000 names have been deleted because of deaths and people leaving Singapore. A new
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    FIVE GOVERNMENT BILLS
    37 2 rnt Government Bills were presented at the meeting. These are: Hotels (Amendment), Forts (Amend- ment). Legal Aid and Advice, and Registration ol Deeds (Amendment). They will mil come uo for second reading In June.
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    Those bases talks by treaty men
    92 2 KUALA LUAirLK. Hnl HHHE building and reft tention of military bases in Malaya will be among the subjects to be discussed (or inclusion in the defence and mutual assistance treaty between the Federation and Britain. The question of Malaya joining the SouthEast Asia Treaty
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    U.S. HAS NEW DISARM PLAN
    249 3 Red China would h*r* tam t army at Am«rt«a and Rn— la I Stockpile A-bombs should be converted gradually to peace purposes LONDON, Wednesday. rrilK United States yesterday proposed a new world disarmament plan, including limitations on atomic and hydrogen weapons. It rails for a
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    Lock icon VIOLENCE CAN STALL THIS AID PLAN'
    130 3 VIOLENCE CAN STALL THIS AID PLAN' W ELLINGTON. Wed.— New Zealand s Governor-General Sir Ctn.iles Norrie today stressed his government's "deep concern' at the continued spectacle of violence and subversion In many parts of the world. In a .«prcrh from the throne at the opening of Parlian.rnt, he said the
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    Lock icon Dag plans trip
    39 3 NEW YORK, Wed. Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, United Nations Secretary General, plans to fly to the Middle East on Friday if the Security Council approves an American proposal that he should survey the tense Is-raeli-Arab situation. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Training for 80
    20 3 NEW DELHI. Eighty Afghan air force men were trained in the Indian Air Force last year. Reuter
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    Lock icon The merger opposed
    84 3 LONDON, Wed. Dr. Borg Olivier, disappointed leader of the Maltese Nationalists. I said at London airport today I that despite the British Government's decision, he would do his best to prevent integration of Malta with Britain. Dr. Olivier, who was flying home, came here for "last week's
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      Lock icon New calendar means extra day off
      109 3 OTTAWA: When the United Nations Economic and i Social Council meets in New York next week, one of the main items will be a revised world calendar which in- :ciudfs an extra day's holiday for everyone. U.P. r MADRID: The Spanish Government has approved
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      FIVE ESCAPE AS BOMBER CRASHES
      97 3 E NEW YORK: A B-29 bomber crashed into the 410 ft. r transmitting tower of a radio station in Texas. Five men baled out and another was killed.— A.P. r«* z MOBILE: James Winterstein. 31. was sentenced to 5 months' jail when he pleaded guilty
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      TOY GUN CAPS BURR BOY OF 10
      109 3 z WELLINGTON: A 10-year-old boy was treated fors B""*ns after 56 toy gun caps exploded in his trousers s pocket. Four fingers were badly burnt— Renter. 5* r M\v YORK: Gary Davis, self-styled "world citizens 2 number one." left by air for India
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      EX-CIRCUS QUEER LEAVES $300,000
      119 3 s ST. LOUIS: A former circus queen who died ap-= Patently penniless last December left a trunk full of S Is worth £300.tM. She was Dolly Varden, aged 84. -A.P. r*** WASHINGTON: A small fire was discovered in thes white House Four more fires were found
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    Lock icon PRINCESS AND GRACE IN NEW BONNETS
    58 3 PRINCESS MARGARET, wearing a new Easter bonnet the Baker Boy beret leaves St. Paul's Cathedral after visiting the Easter Garden. Grace Kelly(right) in a striking rose-decorated hat. arrives at a "shower party" given for her in New York. She marries Prince Rainier in Monaco
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    JUST LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG
    204 3 Stabbing at shrine, shots in the street ROME. Wed. Three cirb in different Italian towns attacked- their lovers yesterday with an axe. a revolver and scissors. Thousands of pilgrims at the shrine of the Madonna of the Arch near Naples saw Coneetta Falco. 21. stab
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    Lock icon The way to bliss
    50 3 MILTON, Ontario, Wed. Mr. George Hemstreet, 103 today and his wife, aged 100, gave this as the first rule for happy marriage: Don't argue before breakfast. The Hemstreets, married 75 years, also offered this formula for long life: Don't smoke, drink or drive a car. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Newsman dies
    23 3 CAPETOWN, Wed. Mr. Benjamin Wylie. former manager of the South China Morning Post Ltd., Hong Kong, died in Durban today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Grace Kelly hopes to have large family SHE SAILS FOR MONACO TO WED
    178 3 Grace Kelly hopes to have large family SHE SAILS FOR MONACO TO WED NEW YORK, Wednesday. GRACE KELLY, sailing to marry Prince Rainier 111 of Monaco, expressed hope today that she would have a large family.^ Sfee disclosed this for the r first time at a crowded news conference aboard
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    Lock icon SCHOOLGIRLS THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT SEX, HE SAYS
    125 3 SCHOOLGIRLS THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT SEX, HE SAYS BLACKPOOL, Wad. MANY British teenaje acho*lglrls are preoccupied with sex and their attitude so demoralises their less adventurous classmates that teachers are rendered hilpto— Dr. B. Thomas, Leicester's Direction of Education, said here yesterday. Speaking at the National Union of Teachers conference,
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    18 rebels killed
    28 3 SAIGON, Wed. Eighteen rebels have been killed and 32 taken prisoner in a cleanup operation against Hoa Hao rebel units led by Gen. Ba Cut.
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    Lock icon 7 die in mine
    22 3 VIENNA. Wed. Seven I Hungarian workers died when I a mine near Budapest was I flooded.— A.P. I
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    Lock icon PRINCE DIES IN PISTOL ACCIDENT
    47 3 PRINCE DIES IN PISTOL ACCIDENT PRINCE ALFONSO of Bourbon. 15, second son of the Spanish Pretender, who was shot dead in an accident with a pistol at his father's home in Estoril, Portugal. His elder brother, Prince Joan Carlos, was with him at the time.— A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon FIGHTERS 'ARE FINISHED9
    47 3 FIGHTERS 'ARE FINISHED 9 NEW YORK, Wed. Sir Alwyn Crow, British guided missile expert, said yesterday: "I think fighter planes are pretty well finished by now. "It may be nearer than we think, probably In a few years, when guided missiles will be our only defence. AP.
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER and TIN
    339 3 LONDON. Wed. STOCK MARKETS made a good showing today thanks to selective buying although there was a tendency to proceed cautiously In front of the gold and dollar figures. OUt edged securities Improved fractionally In quiet trading. Useful gains were recorded in a number of
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    Lock icon £103 mil. gap: So squeeze may last
    300 3 £103 mil. gap: So squeeze may last LONDON, Wed. BRITONS in the grip of a Government economic squeeze got fresh warning today that the nations yearly financial budget two weeks hence will probably contain few concessions to their 'pockets. An official report summing up her position as one of the
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    Rebels kill Europeans
    47 3 I TUNIS, Wed. About 40 Khaki-uniformed rebels last night ambushed three vehicles near Gafsa In south Tunisia and kidnapped four people, including three Europeans, according to reports reaching here today. The bodies of the three Europeans were found later. Their throats had been cut.
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    Lock icon Coal output up
    21 3 CALCUTTA, Wed. India's output of coal last year Increased to 38.220.006 tons from 36.680.000 tons in 1954 Reuter.
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    Extortion bid alleged
    48 4 Goh Toh Bin pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of attempted extortion from Low Mcl Lai at Beach Road on the night of March 27. by putting her in fear of Injury. He was ordered to be remanded till tomorrow.
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    What went wrong | at Kallang rally?
    578 4 What went wrong at Kallang rally? THE DANGER OF VILIFYING POLICE— BY GOODS THE Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, said yesterday in the Legislative Assembly that he could not "emphasise too strongly the danger to law and order in Singapore of deliberately fostering ifl will towards the police."
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    Mobbed newsman honoured for courage
    90 4 Mobbed newsman honoured for courage GENE BTMONDS (above) United Press foreign correspondent who was killed by a mob In Singapore last year while ceverlng Communist rlets, has been given posthumoasty the George Poll! Memorial Award by the Oferaw Press Club In New York. The dab's awards far test year's Journalistic
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    CONSTANT WATCH FOR SEX BY POST
    154 4 TTNCKASING vigilance V by Singapore postal authorities has reduced the entry "gift package" pornography and obscene photographs to a dribble. The Director of Posts, Mr. M. L. Durrant, said 'yesterday.: "We've been destroying these books and pictures for years. "At present the quantity sent
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    Malayan on 8.8.C. course
    65 4 Inche Ismail bin Alang. a broadcasting assistant of Radio Malaya, Is one of seven overseas broadcasting officials who have Joined 10 members of the 8.8.C. staff on a trainIng course in London. The course started on Tuesday and will last until midMay. It covers all aspects
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    World Health Day show
    48 4 The Singapore Health Department will hold a "Destroy Disease-Carrying Insects" exhibition at the Gan Eng Seng School, Anson Road, on Saturday World Health Day. The exhibits will include aerosol bombs, sprayers, insecticides and other lethal weapons for getting rid of flies and other insects.
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    Fire ship here for repairs
    42 4 The 1,928-ton Norwegian freighter Admiral Hardy, which had a fire In her main boiler room a week ago in the Straits of Malacca, was towed into Singapore yesterday by the Harbour Board tug Griper to undergo repairs.
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    MYF talentime
    31 4 The Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual talentlme competition at the Shaw Auditorium of the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School at 7.30 p.m. on April 13.
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    TOO MUCH TODDY: A NEW COMPLAINT
    122 4 PENANG, Wednesday. pENANG, Province Weilesley and North Perak 1 tappers are now producing so much toddy that their employers complain they are k^Mig money on excess supplies. Mr. Visva Nathan, secretary of the Federation Excise Contractors Association, said here today that contractors might have
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    Easter concert at Wesley
    61 4 The Singapore Chamber Ensemble choir, under the direction of Miss Aisha Akbar, will give a repeat performance of Its Easter concert at Wesley Church hall. Fort Canning Road, at 8.30 pjn. on Saturday. Admission is free but an offering in aid of the Singapore Association for
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    Protect us'
    22 4 PENANG, Wed. The newly formed Federation X-Ray Staff Union 1* to ask the Government to protect tta members from X-radla-tton.
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    FOXED BY FOX
    91 4 'Ambush' after food vanished BUTTBRWORTH, Wed. When food disappeared from the kitchen of the 105 field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, Aircraftman D. A. Fox decided to do something about it. He laid an "ambush" at the camp gate and saw a man leaving with a parcel on
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    BLACK LETS DONOUGH GO 'WITH REGRET'
    189 4 BLACK LETS DONOUGH GO 'WITH REGRET' i iqpHE Cleifc of the Singapore Legislative As- 1 sembly, Mr. L. W. Donough, has retired at Shis own request 5 The Speaker, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, announced to Ithe JlHiiwfTrT T b>»t Mr. Donough's application Ifer pcrwtMlon te retire from April 1
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    HAND-OUT MEN GO MALAYAN
    186 4 HAND-OUT MEN GO MALAY AN Only 5 at top are expats KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HPHE Federation's Department of Information will complete its Malayanisation programme in the next three years, the Straits Times was told today. It now has five expatriate I officers compared with 48 three years ago. The Director
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    Prosecution drops case
    60 4 Khaw Kirn Teik, alias Hans Khaw, who pleaded not guilty in a Singapore magistrate's court on March 13 to a charge of attempted extortion of $100,000 from X, M. Abdul Razak on Feb. 34 was discharged when the case came up for mention the second time. Khaw
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    Diplomat back
    39 4 Mr. R. k. Tandon, Commissioner for India in Singapore and Malaya, will return to his headquarters in Singapore tomorrow after a fortnight's visit to New Delhi for a conference of heads of Indian diplomatic missions in Asia.
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    19 UNSETTLED STRIKES
    48 4 Singapore has 19 unsettled strikes. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, who annoimced this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said efforts were being made to get parties in the disputes to reach agreement. Mr. Lim was answerin? questions by Mr. William Tan (Liberal-Socialist).
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    Freedom for men only?
    202 4 Freedom for men only? Mrs. F: WOMEN T(H) HAVE RIGHTS I>ECAUSE of her agit a j tion for the rich's of women she has sometimes received threats against her Hf e Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, said last night at a meitine of the Methodist Fei lowship of the Weslev Church. Lashing
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    Hello, hello—a phone is lost
    41 4 Hello, hello— a phone is lost IPOH, Wed. The Daun Mas Cigarette Factory in Kampong Rapat, in Ipoh, reported the loss of a telephone to the police yesterday. The factory was recently constructed and there were no locks on its doors.
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    Speech day
    27 4 SEGAMAT, Wed. The Government English School, Segamat. will hold its annual speech day on Monday. A concert wil 1 follow the speeches and prize distribution.
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    WINDFALL FOR THE S.C.S. MEN
    238 5 Cold Storage decides to wind up provident fund— eoen the big payout SOME WORKERS WILL GET §30,000-MANY HAVE ALREADY BOOKED HOMES IfORE THAN 900 Singapore Cold Storagt employees in the Colony will get a substantial windfall when they are paid their providenl fund money this
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    NEW BODY TO TAKE OVER BUS LICENSING
    74 5 NEW BODY TO TAKE OVER BUS LICENSING rE Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday passed regulations to have a common system of licensing for all future applications for bus services. The regulations are contained in the Omnibus Service Licensing Authority Bill. The Bill transfers to a single licensing authority the powers in
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    French film
    38 5 V!T c cl k filin Be"* et la Bete" (Beauty and the Beast) will be shown by the Singapore Film Society at the British Council Hall Stamford Road, at 6.30 pjn' and 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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    The squatter's surprise
    278 5 Rotary Club agrees to build him a horne but he doesn't know it yet A DESTITUTE squat- ter, suffering from tuberculosis and living in a tumbledown shack with his wife and five children under 12, does not yet know the grand surprise in store for him today.
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    Trespasser WAS prosecuted
    63 5 Trespasser WAS prosecuted Al7-TEAB-OLD fcoy, Lim Ah Kan, who stole a City Council notice board on Tuesday night, was fined SlO yesterday by a Singapore magistrate. The board was one of the 'Trespassers wiH be prosecuted" signs put up by authorities at the City Council Water Department in Mackenzie Road.
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    Tengku did not sign
    81 5 ißChc Mohamed Yusoff bt Abduilah. secretary general c; the Singapore Malay Union, last night denied a rrport that the president. Tpngku Muda Hussain. had signed the anti-merdeka men randum of a 10,000-sig-impaign by a threel Malay committee. Th P nport quoted Haji E n bin Haji
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    Rotarian here
    24 5 Bey. E. M. Marshall. K vernor nominee f r District 38. New Zealand, arrived in Singapore -cay on his way to Britain.
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    Public speaking
    14 5 St Andrews School, Singapore, will hold its annual Public speaking competition **********11^-
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    This Katong maid was erode, court told
    82 5 This Katong maid was erode, court told THREE men were charged to Singapore yesterday over a story called "A certain maidservant hi Katong," alleged to be obscene. They were Tan Chin Fu, proprietor of "Happy News", Li Soon, the editor and Sin Kee Bng, managing partner of Weong Mgai Press.
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    Danger on the wing
    77 5 "The Rival World," a colour film dealing with Insects, will L» Singapore preview at the Shell Theatrette, Shell House, Collyer Quay at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The film made by the Shell Film Unit, shows the disease carriers like the mosquito, and tsetse fly, and the
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    2 WALK-OUT UNIONS WALK IN AGAIN
    140 5 rE eight-day-old strike by 294 daily-rated employees of Watts and Baker Limited. In Orchard Road, Singapore, was called off yesterday. The men will return to trork today. They are members of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union «and the Singapore Workers' Union in
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    Liquor licences granted
    36 5 The Singapore Board ol Licensing Justices yesterdaj approved all 111 applications made for liquor wholesalers' licences and all 45 for retail shop licences. Ten public house, and 16 beer house licences wen granted.
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    Maid, major and a now we-are-wed smile
    87 5 HEATHER WESTON, who from Britain three weeks age, wu yesterday married to Major M. Bewltt of the Royal Signals at St. George's Garrison Church. The bride was given away by Brigadier E. D. Good*. Cant. C. Baxter, of the Royal Gittkha Signals, was
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    Holiday—then he retires
    34 5 Holiday— then he retires Mr. F. R. K. Kitto, director of Land and Surveys, Sarawak, is leaving Singapore this morning by air for Britain for leave before retirement. He is accompanied by Mrs. Kitto.
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    Fire damages attap houses
    53 5 A fault in the electric wiring system started a fin which badly damaged two of a row of three attap houses in Mandalay Road, Singapore, early yesterday. Tile Fire Brigade was called only after a tenant had triad to pot out the fire with buckets of
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    Ant club EXPECTS BETTER FLYING
    131 5 Ant club EXPECTS BETTER FLYING THE Royal Singapore x Flying dub expects to be giving more flying lessons now. The Club has received permission to use Seletar RAT. base for training and solo flights. It has been finding Paya Lebar unsatisfactory as the difficult flying there discourages beginners. The Club's
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    Cheng Meng road plans
    60 5 The Singapore Traflte Police are making arrangements to control the traffic and bit crowds expected at the Boktt Brown Chinese Cemetery during Cheng Meng (All Souls Day) today One-way notice boards are being prepared to be posted within the cemetery. The public are urged to co-operate
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    No licences
    22 5 The Board of Licensing JMtlees yesterday refused three applications for licences at the Gnat Eastern Trade Fair at Oeyiang Sent.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    180 6 2u W.r4t |1» (Mtmtmmm). HARROWS LTD SALE-Now on. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day tn the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word pussle. HAVE YOU TRIED Air-wick In the sick-room? It freshens the Air and eliminates mil unpleasant odours. Stocked by your dernier. NOURISH WITH NUTKIWALL and
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    139 6 Z« Weri, $t$ (mlmlmmm) MR. ft MRS. J. DUNSTAN AE RIA extend their many thanks to their relatives and friends in Singapore and the Federation for their good wishes and valuable presents on the occasion of their vedding last Monday. MR. KHOO GUAN SEONG Wishes to Thank all Lor
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thins. Apr. 5,1956. The Assembly Speaks
    966 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thins. Apr. 5,1956. The Assembly Speaks To speak of the Singapore < Assembly debating the motion on the coming London con- ference invites misunderstanding. It was not a debate which the Chief Minister f opened yesterday, but a com- < munion —of thought and j purpose.
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    Dollar Democrats
    233 6 Walter P. Reuther, leader of one of the world's largest trade unions the CJ.O. United Auto Workers— is to visit Singapore next month.. Local unionists can learn, a thing or two from Mr. Reuther. But it is reported that at Mr. Reuther's recommendation, American money as well as
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    CHINA'S BAIT IS TRADE
    614 6 China's factories arc flooding Asian markets with cheap goods. sVen shrewd Western wislrtespmea have mm syi cocke* on trading possWWe*.,. WHILE post-Stalin events in the Kremlin have focused the West's attention on Soviet Russia. Communist China is steadily extending her influence in the East The West
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    Hopes to meetj him in Britain I
    270 6 "TkEVONIAN" In his let1/ ter (He who fought and ran away) offers me the sounc* advice, 'not to go to ff"g'»~* as It is already overcrowded*. It is pretty obvious he is one of those who have been pushed out of his country
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    K. L. pays more
    172 6 K. L. pays more A MAM who erects a new building in Kuala Lumpur and requires Riot and Civil Commotion cover pays four times as much as owners in Singapore or Penang. Why? I have heard it propounded that this is because Insurance Companies pay out under the riot and
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    Some thoughts on Federal citizenship
    694 6 rjtHE acquisition of Federal X citizenship or of State nationality, under toe present legislation, is hedged In with so many restrictions that a great percentage of mon -Malays born and /or domiciled in the Federation find themselves in a quandary. li the ultimate objective, as
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    Why our young teachers fait to make the grade
    203 6 "/TOE OMAR," Johore Bahru, says that as many young teachers under training in Normal Classes cannot get a "C" for English In the School Certificate Examination even after two or three attempts the system of teachertraining in the Federation of Malaya
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    Lee:We must run Empress Place
    316 7 LONDON WARNED AGAINST BARGAINING' OVER MALAYANISATION rrllK PAP. leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew hinted in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterH a that there might be disagreement at the I o'ndon merdeka talks if Malayanisation was «3 is a "bargaining counter." "He said: "We will resist
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    Wanted for film park A pretty Indian girl
    132 7 Wanted for film park A pretty Indian girl KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Belangor Labour Exhai a job to a big role in a The Exchange is helping ilayan Film Unit to n Indian girl for a part in "The Necklace"— a film about the co-opera-tive movement. must be attractive, ::able
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    Varsity wants an engineer
    54 7 The Unrverniv ol Malaya is advertising tor an addition to t staff ol its Faculty of Engineering. \t present, the faculty. which has been open for one academic year. Is headed by Professor T. A. M. Grey, and has two lecturers. Dr. O. T. Ward and
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    Safely back
    41 7 The Whirlwind helicopter (r m 135 Squadron. R.A.F. which forcelanded in a shallow river in north-east Perak early last week, has now been flown out of the jungle. Technicians had to dam t: river and build a take-off platform.
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    MacG IS OFF TO AUSTRALIA
    167 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rrHE High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, 1 with Lady MacGillivray, left here today for Singapore to fly to Australia and New Zealand on a three-week official-cum-pleasure trip. While in Australia, says an official statement, Sir Donald "hopes to have the opportunity of
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    He was 12 years too late
    110 7 ALOR STAR, Wed. fNCHE Puteh bin Nappan, a I defeated Kedah candidate n last year's Federal elections, yesterday lost an appeal igalnst a Kedah Government decision made 13 years ago. Inche Puteh claimed that in 1943 the Land Officer called back his land title
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    DEATH
    20 7 lELAGUPILLAI ASM. formerly ff Malayan Railway. Kuala Lumpu r and Ipoh passed away at Jtlhu, Ceylon, on April 3.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    52 7 B and George Westerhout thank the many friends of their lac elder brother, Lacy, for their attendance at his funeral, kind IHId of sympathy and many 'reaths sent, and lake this opportunity to thank the management •nd staff ni the Singapore Traction Company for all the assistance riven to
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    Four youths are acquitted
    52 7 Four youths who pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of rioting at Carey Road in the early hours of Christmas morning were acquitted without their defence being called. They were Tan Sheng Kheng, Tan Guan Kheng, Liw Ter Yng and N«
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    The man who gave an arm gets a medal 1
    53 7 THE MENTRI BESAR of Perak pins the High Commissioner's badge for valour on the tunic of Police Lieut. T. F. Watts, 29. who lost his right arm in a skirmish with terrorists in Tapah last April. The presentation took place
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    'AND THE GOVERNOR MUST GO...'
    1119 7 ■fr From Page Two in the event of an organised and maliciously directed maor outburst of violence. "In the light of this advice we are proceeding apace with plans for the establishment of a Singapore battalion by April next year. This is the most we
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    BOSS: I DIDN'T THINK MURDER MY CONCERN
    407 7 fasflilisT— is jr#*w wHi Mmm— itatßt Peon charged PENANG, Wednesday. A MANAGING director said in court today that he f* did not go straight to his office after hearing: 3ls cashier had been UWed because "it had nothing to do with me." "I
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    Married and in harmony
    102 7 BEAUTIFUL and talented violinist Lola Bobesco (above), with her husband, celebrated French pianist Jaeaves Geaty, is to give three- public concerts In the victoria Memorial HalL Singapore. The couple wllr give a sonata recital en Saturday, followed by a pianoforte recital on Wednesday and violin recital
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    Church and Merdeka by a bishop
    200 7 FEE Christian Church has worked In country after country where self-govern-ment has been obtained and its members have taken part in the movements for independence, the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt Rev. H. W. Baines, said yesterday. rhis wu also true of Singapore.' said
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    4 Meeting put off
    25 7 4 Meeting put off KLANG, Wed,— The monthly •-■seting of the Klang Tc*n Council, scheduled to be held today, has been postponed to Wednesday next.
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    MIND OF YOUTH IS THE TARGET
    206 7 /GOVERNMENTS o n v both sides of the "iron curtain" are wooing the minds of the rising generation with attractive scholarships, said a past president of the Singapore Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mr. P. T. Wong, yesterday. In a talk at the Rotary luncheon
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    Striking lepers warned
    92 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The 2,000 people living in the Sungel Buloh Leper Settlement were asked today by the mmil** 1 superintendent, Dr. B. D. Molesworth: "Please help with the distribution of your rations." Dr. Molesworth warned them- "Unless you giv c some help your .rations may hay*
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    Nair crosses the floor
    43 7 Mr. M. P. D. Nair (Inde-pendent-Seletar) yesterday crossed the floor of the Singapore Legislative Assembly and joined Government back-benchers. Mr. Nair announced his intention to leave his Opposition seat after last month's meeting of his supporters In his constituency.
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    Is there any correct method of valuing our rubber estates?
    926 8 Is there any correct method of valuing our rubber estates? $17,68$ AWARD FOR ANGLO-JAVA: SO PLANTERS ASK— I JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. TQE Anglo-Java Rubber Company Ltd., was today awarded $17,686 compensation by Mr. Justice Storr in the High Court here at the end of a hearing that has left the
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    3 days after giving birth, woman is carried into court
    133 8 3 days after giving birth, woman is carried into court A CHINESE WOMAN who save birth to a child last Sunday was taken to the Singapore High Court yesterday in an ambulance to give evidence in a robbery ease. She was carried in on a stretcher. was Fang Slew Kirn,
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    RUBBER: FUTURE IS BRIGHT
    261 8 Heah on market in Red China THE president of the Pei x elation, Mr. Heah Joo the future of the naturj hang in the balance "for "But this will only be a temporary setback," he told members at their annual meeting. "All well-Informed sources are very
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    Youth Festival plan talks
    29 8 The Singapore Festival of Youth Committee met yesterday to discuss plans for the forthcoming festival which will be held from May 3 to May 9.
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    HE CHEATED TWO MEN OF $3,500
    70 8 HE CHEATED TWO MEN OF $3,500 Tan Eng Tung pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to cheating Asian of 89 watches and 396 watch bands worth $2,400 at a house in Telok Ayer Street on Dec 29 last year. He also pleaded guilty to cheating Tan Jlat Thiang of
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    A false idea of riches
    81 8 PENANG, Wed— The greatest obstacle which St. George's Church here has to surmount to the idea that the Anglican Church is a rich church. "It is anything but rich, and we have to scrape for every dollar." the Rev. Jack Griffiths, Vicar of Penang, writes
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    NURSE WILL FLY TO BE BRIDE IN JUNE
    128 8 NURSE WILL FLY TO BE BRIDE IN JUNE IFOH, Wed. A EURASIAN narse in Taiplng Hospital leaves Singapore by air on May 6 for England to become the Jane bride of a former R.A.F. wireless operator. She is Miss Theresa Morden, 25, who is resigning from the Medical Department to
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    The familiar name...
    84 8 The familiar name... 24 warrants for him A MAN who has "at least 24 arrest warrants" out against him failed to appeal in a Singapore magistrate* court yesterday, when his case was called. Wong Long Ping was tc have faced a charge of obstruction. The Magistrate, Mr. S. K Lee,
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    POULTRY SCHEME TO SAVE $12 mil.
    238 8 POULTRY SCHEME TO SAVE $12 mil. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federation Government is now working out details O f a poultry development scheme which may save the country $12,000,000 a year in foreign exchange, spent new in importing eggs and fowls. •The Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak,
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    COULDN'T FIND BAIL —BACK TO JAIL
    132 8 rnEO ENG BEE, 25, of Kota I Bharu, who has been in Singapore remand prison since last week on charges connected with the daylight kidnapping of a Colony merchant, was offered ball of $30,000 yesterday by the Fourth Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. But
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      161 8 TO WOMEN OVER 30 A new hormone cream for new skin beauty Once a woman's over you will notice a great thirty, her skin tends to improvement in your tell it to the world. But skin. Experience shows at last a preparation has the skin texture becomes been developed by
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      178 8 radio malat a Regional TrstT— if thus marked can mimuhaub be raeaived by batmen la Msfcuw. SHIGAPORE Short wave 48 A SSsa. MlisU— fc w^«__ •tn 47« m., MS. IMb. sad 887 m. .-I™? 1 wmm ttm WSW» AM. 9.22 and 11.10 Broadcasts "ft? To English SchooU. P.M. 1.00 J"L°P
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    I Liberal stormy petrel faced) I ruin over Marconi scandal I
    1475 9 I""""" I ||'|'|!tM'{['^f ll l {^f^ iniiiiHiiiiiMiniiiimiiiiHig i IfLOOO questions j 1 #0 50 witnesses I g KING ON J 1 TREASON a CHARGE Jl nau sucn a storm of vituperation and anger O swept the House of Commons
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      274 9 IiOBULINA I L TABLETS fl |i/|( TO DIABETICS SU/-| r-^ll I H3 CENTRE itCONDS HAND eMßjmai KrlaW* kWT '^B^V M«li«lT>»t Proof. Cop--4 Lur>!r,.-u> I ifurts and I-"- VpHUI OUT* MOW <<* J» F I —^T^; £i fcJtw for s»O «slcs) ..TCHMHUiACToatamMesiai*^ Pimples Go Cause Killed in 3 Days itiofl or
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      261 9 I^° m. xls^a nothing bruised RWmH Nothing (or you to pick oft, U|l||hl||^^^^^^!s fOothing but perfect vegetables. ■Muj[ perfectly pecked* ■liHMli|U2|flHJ|l I j/^ *r\ Sir tompton Mackenzie lv»V s^ =«*s^* > and Alan Melville aP^S^S^- B^^B^La^B discuie the pleasure of drinking good whisky •Now Alan, you've given a great deal
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      111 9 Rex Morgan. MM. Untouched drinks I HAVEN'T FOUND^WWCRE ABE TMe COQNER OP M*wl I'LL BE RI&MT^ I HASMT IDUCMEPONE Of TMErA/ J ANOTHER T,Vr f **M C<aC '/"|j Dick Tracy Bidden k*>*i ■■Li^Li^HLVJLP^LPJ IrjiiiSETw^ri^urrEQCOol flNTv«^6G^TTOrioNSßsir^^n*^^^«v^^ i •^■"■■■™^!^!T^ WHILE XXIiOEOaajPIED AT TMrS METHOD CBCOSTWEM LS^^c2rrS«k?2^is L ~"S8&ss.' no "JMnsnß* PRlS^^tW *XWC*w^-^»«
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    TELEPHONES FAIL TO MOVE ON SECOND PAYMENT
    401 10 TELEPHONES FAIL TO MOVE ON SECOND PAYMENT By Our Market Correspondent THE announcement that the Singapore Goveminent has made a second payment on account of $2,500,000 towards the purchase of the assets of OTEC failed to move the shares on the Singapore Share Market yesterday. No business was reported and
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 April first grade robber buyers r^.b. closed In Singapore yesterlay at 89 cents per ft., up half a sent in Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was "steady at :he close." Closing prices In cents per Ib. vere: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. juyers 89; sellers 89 4
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    F.M.S. RUBBER
    26 10 The directors of F.M.S. Rubber Planters state that they have re:eived a tentative offer for Niyor Estate. Kluang. which Is the subject of negotiation.
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    BROKERS'REPORT!
    170 10 BROKERS' REPORT! Ih» Maaannß Mara Brokers Association reported; "There was no incentive at all on the local share market with very small price changes." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the feOewlng badness dene yesterday.— Fraser and Neaveords. $1.72H; Gammon $2.10 $2.13 hi; Malayan Cement $1.60 cd: Overseas Chinese Bank $36;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    170 10 mngapwn Chinese Fradnee Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday ware: Copra: eaater; April $28 18 buyers. $28 34 sellers; May $28 18 buyers, $28 l|2 sellers. Caeonnt •II: quiet: bulk $42 sellers; drum $45 sellers. P«pper: quiet; Muntok white $11*. Sarawak $118 (both down $1), special Sarawak black
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    58 10 The Malayan ■renange Banks AasaeiaHan made the following chance In Its rates to merchants yesterday:— ■cWng T.T. or OJD. ready: Biynla 117%. On the free exchange market In ■an* Kon» yesterday, the U.S. daMnr waa quoted at 5.81% for cash and 5.83 for T.T. ■tarihag waa quoted at
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    Lock icon CAT FQ mnPFASF
    85 10 AKRON, Ohio. Wed.— Sales of General Tyre and Rubber Company to the lint fiscal quarter and. tagFtbrtuvy vera substantially abend of corraapoodlnt partod last year, the President of the firm said. Re indicated profits were also ahead of a year ago whan they were at the rat*
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    SINGAPORE^ SHIPPING
    209 10 SINGAPORE^ SHIPPING Ships lying alongside the si. pore Harbour Board «i Ur expected today art- y, Bentodl 4-5, Benalh;, Idomeneus 6-7. Bern-.,., g.o c norahlre 11. Laertes 13-u r 15-16, Bgero 18. Lane Lawu N. Wall 4, seratrnJ. 1 WaU 6. Serdang N. Wan 8 Seng N. Wall 10. RajJh
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    I OFFICIAL PRir^l
    34 10 SINGAPORE. Apri. 71 RUBBER: Rr» ™[m per Ib. (up hair a f s l TIN: $380 p fr p J-| (down $2.50). PC|l l COPRA: 528.30 plcul (up 25 cents, I
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    30 12 Dots or spots are always smart, and film star Lana Morris wears them in navy -blue on white. The shoul-der-wide neckline has an over-cottar of dark blue.
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    DIET MOULDS CHARACTER
    372 12 By Russell Howe »THE other day I had lunch with a nutrition expert who had a good deal to say on the subject of raising a people's vitamin intake. The man is Dr. Robert Little, of Manitoba, Canada, who now lives in up-State New York. Or. Little's
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    BARGAIN— AND MEET THE PEOPLE
    514 12 BARGAIN— AND MEET THE PEOPLE pumhw warn y...« 11/E managed to get some "Drumhead" cabbage seeds which in my opinion are the next best to "St. John's Day" for growing on the plains. I am told that "Drumhead" are only fit for cattle, because they are so coarse. I think
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    MAKE-UP NEEDS
    203 12 I IF you're up to date on I the latest world- wide news and still think I make-up may make you i appear "artificial lookf ing." you're behind the I times. i There «re many reasons why H wearing make-up is essential i to your beauty and the
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    B'FIELD AND VILLA ON WAY DOWN LONDON. Wednesday.
    274 13 B'FIELD AND VILLA ON WAY DOWN LONDON. Wednesday. A SMALL programme of English League football yesterday Included some vital matches, particularly for the teams in danger of relegation from Division One. But in home games neither Aston Villa nor Huddersfleld, the two bottom teams, raised the hopes of their supporters
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    Lock icon 'Unknown' beats Sam McCarthy
    102 13 LONDON, Wed. rtAVE Charnley, 20-year-Lr old Dartf ord southpaw won the greatest victory oi his young career when he outpointed the former British featherweight champion. Sammy McCarthy, here last night. Charnley. a relative novice he has had only 11 fights— outpunched his experienced fellow Londonei In
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    Lock icon SENATE AGREES
    23 13 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.—California State senate has agreed U spend U555,000,000 to stage th< 1900 Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley. Renter.
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    Lock icon Trinidad were sale until Tyson struck
    149 13 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday. ANOTHER great display by England's fast bowler, A Frank Tyson, who took five for 50, helped E. W. Swanton's Team beat Trinidad by 24 runs here to- day. With an hour to go the Colony aide needed only 52
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    RASC win by 88 nuts
    67 13 R.A.S.C. beat H.M.S. Kranji by U runs *n a Singapore Combined Services inter-unit cricket competition match at Friendly Hill yesterday. R.A.S.C. 166 (Dauncey 46. Maguire 38. Wilson 3-3) Kranil 78 (Rogers 41. Moore 5-15). Royal Engineers beat «.a.m.C. Dy 36 runs m another match at
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    YMCA results
    94 13 Results of Young Men Christian Association open invitation tennis tournament matches played at Bras Basah Road yesterday are: Men's singles: P. Vythilmgam bt John Riches 6-3. 6-3; Pang Keab Swee bt Peter Hayes 6-1. T-5; I. A. Alsogoff bt R. J. Tungrtead 7S. 6-0; T. H. Quek bt
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    Newcomers I start well
    107 13 TNDUSTRIAL Gases, newcomers to SBHFA league, beat National Carbon 1-0 in a Div. Three match on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. Baron bin Othman scored the goal. Another new team. Henry Waugh, beat Wearne Brothers also by 1-0 to Div. Three on the Railway Institute ground.
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    POLYTECHNIC BEAT TERROR
    39 13 SELETAR Polytechnic beat H.M.S. Terror by one wicket In a Singapore Combined Services tn-ter-unit competiUon cricket match at SeleUr yesterday. Scares: Terror M (Warren^VT. Peirn 4-30. Smith 4-18>«^Toly-technlc M-9 (Kerton^WT Webster 30. Barnett 4-M. VParren 3-33)s>
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    THREE BUKH^mM WINNERS<IJ£TO Cl*f
    211 13 THREE BUKH^mM WINNERS&lt;IJ£TO Cl*f rpHREE winners at the Easter x meeting at Buklt Tlmah— Little John. Stage Show n and Eastern Pearl— have been promoted to Class 1. Other promotions announced by the Straits Racing Association are: Matrix and Lady Scarlet (from Class 4 to Class 3). The following horses
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    SCHOOLS SOCCER TO START
    93 13 JOHOBE Schools have drawn to meet Malacca. Schools In the first match of the Singapore Amateur Football Association's tnter-atate aehoois quadrangular soccer tournament at Jalan Beear stadium on Apr. 14. Singapore Schools will meet Negrl Semmlan Scboob on the &lt; same afternoon under floodlight at 7
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    Boon Seong to lead attack ~~~ against HK
    336 14 Boon Seong to lead attack against HK H AWANG BAKAB, AMAN KASTAWI MOV CONSIDERED FOB SELECTION I NEW COMBINATION ON RIGHT WING SINGAPORE'S regular inside-right Aw Bom Seong will lead the Singapore attack ii Saturday's annual inter-port football maid against Hong Kong for the Aw Hoe Memoria Cup at Jalan
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    | STAR AT EASTER SWIM |
    58 14 STAR AT EASTER SWIM NBO CHWEE KOK. the Singapore swimming; star, receives his priies from Mrs. Heah Jo* Seanr, wife of the president of the Penang Chinese Swimming Club, during the interChineae meet at Penang during Easter. In the background eaa be seen Mr. G.H. Kiat, president of the Singa,»ore
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    They want a ; memorial to ! this friend ; of sport
    298 14 They want a memorial to this friend of sport I THE DEATH of Mr. J. L. L Woods at Batu Gajah Hospital recently marks the passing of 1 one of the best known officials of Malayan I badminton and the regard in which he was i held is reflected in
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    Surprised, but Vass has no grouse
    263 14 Surprised, but Vass has no grouse SINGAPORE'S Malaya J Cup football captain for the past three years, Ivan Vass, was surprised and disappointed when he read in yesterday's Sportsfront that the selectors had decided to drop him from the Singapore team. Wter b ng a first choice first as a
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    STORE SCORE FIRST WIN AT THE WORLD i TABLE-TENNIS MEET
    146 14 TOKYO, Wednesday. SINGAPORE scored their first win on the third day of the world table tennis championships here today. Singapore champion Loh Heng Chew led his team to a 5-2 victory over Australia In Group Aof the Swaythling Cup competition.
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    The Results
    201 14 BWAYTHLING CUT CWOUP A Slogmp«re beat Amrtrmba S-2. Details: Poon Wens Hoe lost to O. J Jennings 31-11, 18-21, 13-21; beat P. I. Anderson 18-21, 21-12, 21-19: Lob Hang Chew beat A. A. Robinson 21-12. 22-20 beat O. J. Jennings 21-17, 21-6, beat P I. Anderson 21-12. 21-16;
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    Civilians XI
    55 14 ClTlnans cricket team to play Combined Service* on the S -R.C. padang this Saturday and Sunday. 11 aon. each day, is: N. Hobbs, Mohinder Singh. S. D. Williams, D. Clunles-Ross (cast) R. da Sttva, R. Handosham. Harbans Singh, M. C. Sethupathy. S. Nagalab. H. Perera, T. Beames. Umpire,
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    Penang promise a 'memorable' meet
    197 14 T»HE PRESIDENT of the 1 Association, Mr. R. 1 that the Malayan A.A championships to be h will be the best staged At the annual general meeting of the Penang A.A.A. recently he appealed to members to give all they had to make this, the
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    H.K. soccer team here
    181 14 Hang Kong Football Association, holder, of the Aw Hoe Memorial Cup, arrived In Singapore by Cathay Pacific Airways plane yesterday for their annual Interport match against Singapore on Saturday Three officials are leading the team. They are Messrs. C. 8. Wang (Chairman of Council), C. K.
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    154 entries for KL races
    593 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A TOTAL of 154 horses «85 in Class 3 and 88 ir Class 5 has been entered for the Selangor Turf Club'i April Meeting .to be held a&lt; Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 14. if and 21 i I I. -XXX X or
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    US badminton begins
    157 14 M PHILADELPHIA. Wed. ALAYA'B On* Poh lim and Ooi Telk Hock will get another chance of meeting the All-England doubles champions, linn Xobbero and Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen of Denmark, in the four-day VS. open badminton championships which begin today at St. Joseph's College. Some 200 players from
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    HONGKONG BANK CRASH 3-0 IN OPENING MATCH
    310 14 HONGKONG BANK CRASH 3-0 IN OPENING MATCH IJONGKONG BANK, the defending c ham pi, relying on the old brigade, could not c«nc 1 the speed of their younger opponents, Mercana Bank, and were beaten 3-0 in a first-day upset the Singapore Business Houses F.A. Uv. One i, gue at Fairer
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    Shell share four goals with F & N
    175 14 Shell share four goals with F N GHELL Sports Club th. fitter and betu team, were unlucky share four goals Fraser and N&lt; one of the opening n One matches &gt; hl S.B.H.F.A. leagu, River Valley R,.. lC i y terday. Shell' had man, ;nances, too, of takin» a nnJ
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    JACKS HIT 10 PAST ICI
    115 14 TACKS Sports Club gained the biggest win In the opening matches of toe Singapore BHFA league when they beat 1.C.1. 10-2 In Dlv. Two on the V.M.c.A. ground yesterday. Kok Cheng i 4), BlUy Teo (3). George Chia (2) and Ismail scored far Jacks, and
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