The Straits Times, 7 April 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times /Ma*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon CEYLON POLLS SHOCKS
    642 1 Socialist Opposition fOust British naval and air bases 4 wins first round Big reverse for Kotelawala SIX CABINET MINISTERS OUT STATE OF THE PARTIES- ROUND ONE People's United Front 25; United National Party 7; Trotskyists 4; Communists 1; Independent 1. COLOMBO, Friday. cfIM'OKTERS of Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike,
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    BATTALION WITHIN A YEAR: Mr. M
    189 1 THE MAN WHO IS FACING DEFEAT BATTALION WITHIN A YEAR: Mr. M Officials told to go ahead THE formation of Singapore's first locallyrecruited operational battalion in one year has been approved by the Government. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, announced this last night after attending a meeting of his
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    Lock icon CURTSY FOR A QUEEN
    69 1 BY A MAN! LONDON, Pri. Kenneth Roscoe, a teacher, was carried away by the occasion at a presentation ceremony held by the Queen Mother at Blackpool yesterday. He was the first man to step forward after a Ion* line of women teachers had been presented. He
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    Cotton protest
    37 1 HONG KONG, Fri. Mr. Pong Ding Yuen, chairman of the Hong Kong Cotton Merchants Association, today protested against the current Lancashire campaign to stop imports into Britain of duty free textiles manufactured in Hong Kong.
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    .•••••••••••a ' ............. j WILL HE BE NEW PREMIER? : • 2
    18 1 WILL HE BE NEW PREMIER? MR. BANDARANAIKE .victory smile after "first romn4T result* point to Premiership for him.
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    'Secret weapon': against Reds ;
    277 1 'Secret weapon' against Reds ~A HINT BY TENGKU RABMAN BUKTT 'mERTAJAM, Friday. rraa Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today 1 hinted that he had a "secret weapon" against the Communists— but he added: "I am afraid I cannot yet disclose what H The Tengku, who came here to open the
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    ****************************************11 l $20,000
    17 1 Adlai backed CHICAGO, Fri. The EJiioIs Democratic delegation Is Congress yesterday endorsed Kr Adlai Stevenson for Pre-sident—-Reuter
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    $20,000
    38 1 Four days more to enter contest THE MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 Word Puzzle Contest 'IT closes on Tuesday FOUR 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 Opium seized from ship
    33 1 HONG KONO. Frl.— Police today boarded the Norwegian freighter Helios and seized 130 lb. of opium and 6 lt>. of morphine. The Helios arrived here yesterday from Japan. Reuter
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    127 1 Olympic competitors don't need passports to enter Australia CANBERRA. Fri. Olympic Games competitors and officials will not need passports or visas to enter Australia for the 1956 Games, the Immigration Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, said here today. Olympic Games identity cards to be Issued by the organisers will
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    Lock icon aiers mum oe oingapure uu«ne. .: -^ r Triggermen lose appeal
    66 1 Triggermen lose appeal NICOSIA, Fri.— The Cyprus Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of two Cypriot Greeks against the death sentence imposed on them for shooting at Major Brian Coombe, George Medal hero, in a mountain ambush last December. The men, Andreas Zakkos and Charilaos Michael, were convicted last February
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    Lock icon Scott in Manila
    31 1 MANILA. Fri. Sir Robert Scott, Britain's High Commissioner to South-East Asia, and Lady Scott arrived here tonight by air from Hong Kong for a five-day private visit. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sir Walter dies
    24 1 LONDON, Fri.—Sir Walter Fletcher, Conservative Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1955. died today after a long illness. He was 63—A.P.
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    14 1 PRAGUE, Fri. Czechoslovakia's first atomic station has been built near Prague.— Reuter.
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    THREE DOCTORS NOW OFF THE LIST
    191 1 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL— The Federation Government has cancelled the registration of three doctors whose qualifications were normally not registrable in Malaya. They were Dr. Tepui Koo and Dr. Lo Fai-on, both of the Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America, and Dr.
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    WIFEDIES IN FALL FROM CAR
    86 1 A PRETTY waitress, Janet Wong, was fatally injured when she fell off a moving car driven by her husband, Police Lieut. Cheah Hong Watt, in Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore at about 2.30 a.m. yesterday. Wong, mother of three children, died about five hours after admission
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    Harding called back to London
    29 1 to London lacflNDON Fri.—Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, is being called home for talks on dealing with terrorism in the colony.
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    Peking arrival
    18 1 HONG KONG, Fri. Mr. Anaatas Mikoyan, the Soviet First Deputy Prime Minister, has arrived in Peking.
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    Lock icon IT'S SHIVER TIME AGAIN
    57 1 LONDON, Fru Snow fell in Western Europe today in a chilling Spring backlash to the continent's worst winter this century. From six to ten inches covered the mountain regions i of Northern Italy and Western .Austria. Sleet showers struck Southern England. The temperature fell to 36
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    All set for London
    141 1 All set for London Final touches to merdeka SUBSTANTIAL changes were made last night to various aspects of the memorandum on the proposed constitution for Singapore. The alterations, which were made at the all-party meeting of the merdeka de- legation, affect some of the proposals on Internal security. The Chief
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    33 1 EMERGENCY TALKS ON MIDDLE EAST LONDON. Fri.— Britain announced today that Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd will hold emergency conference on Middle East witfi U.N. Secretary General Dae Hammarskjold here tomorrow. U.P.
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    739 2 GEORGI ACCUSES JOE: HE TRIED TO BE SUPERMAN After 3-week tour of Britain, Malenkov finds it 'very difficult to make love through an interpreter 9 LONDON, Fri. Georgi Malenkov today publicly repudiated the leadership of his political mentor, Joseph Stalin, whom he accused of. "trying to be a superman. The
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      Bonita goes for walk in pearls, shoes
      59 2 BALTIMORE: BoniU 8. Schapiro, 25, went stroll- S s Ing here in string: of pearls and a pair of shoes. A E policeman pat a coat round her and took her to a s police station. BoniU complained: "Every tune I try S
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      18 2 E SHILLONG: Naga extremists kidnapped seven loyal leaders in north-east India and killed at least E s four.—Reuter.
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      27 2 2*** 5 LONDON: Earl FUztoiUiam and Viscountess s Fitzalan, members of two of the oldest Roman Catho- E Uc families in England, have married in Peterborough. Reuter.
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      HORSE KEPT ALIVE FROM AIR
      75 2 NEW YORK: A horse trapped by deep snows IMM I |ft high la the soath-esatral Colorado mountains is 1 being kept alive with hay dropped from a plane.—A J. g* OTTAWA: The Granby Agricultural Co-operative E s has adopted Ambika, the elephant presented to the
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      ICELAND: NO FOREIGH TROOPS
      73 2 REYKJAVIK: The Foreign Minister. Mr. Kristinn E s Gudmnndnon. said that Iceland does not want Ameri- E S can troops based there.—U Jr\ s x*** DAMASCUS: Five thousand employees of the Iraq E s Petroleum Company in Syria have agreed to end their E 11-day strike.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Professor: Bees aided the Pope's recovery
    119 2 BONN, Frl. Professor Richard List, physician to the Pope, told a scientific congress at Badan yesterday that a substance obtained from bees was largely responsible for the Pontiff's recovery from bis recent grave Illness Papers were read at the congress on bee secretions known
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    MALENKOV AT PISTOL POINT
    37 2 (I ME. GBOBGI MALENKOV toughs heartfly as seven- >> year-old David GoMner ignores security officers and >> points a toy pistol at the Russian leader daring his visit to Brighton at Easter week-end.— Beater picture.
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    iiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii WEDDING: FINAL 'NO' to THE PRESS
    71 2 WEDDING: FINAL 'NO' to THE PRESS MONTE CARLO. Frl Prince Rainier confirmed yesterday his decision to bar the press—American as well as European— from his civil wedding to Grace Kelly on April 18. "His Hirhness decided this afternoon that there Just was not room enonch." said Mr. Jean GastandMercury, Prince
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    River control
    18 2 BAGHDAD, Pri.—King Faisal yesterday opened a second river control project to protect Iran from floods.—A. P
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    98 2 GO EAST! British leaders should do this, says Herb TOKYO. Frl.— Mr. Herbal Morrison said here yesterda; that he thought more Britisr. leaders should visit the Fa: East to "better understand Japan." Mr. Morrison arrived her* last night from Hong Kon: for a brief visit— his first t: Japan. Speaking
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    Lock icon $30,000,000 CHINA TRADE
    52 2 HONG KONG, Frl. A group of 31 Hong Kong Chinese businessmen said on arrival here today from Canton that they had signed contracts to buy about (H.K.) $30,000,000 worth goods from Communis China. Under the contracts sign ed in Canton they would buy foodstuffs, cloth and native
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    Lock icon MID-EAST FRONTIER FLARE-UP LEAVES 63 DEAD, 100 HURT
    293 3 Aggression, atrocious assault, Egypt tells UN CAIRO, Fri. AFFINAL casually \f figures published lonighl put "F 1 IKIl Kl vi Arab civilians killed in vesteittoya 1,,/;, righting ;it •>!>— including II women, nll( l iv.» children. j; ()l ii soldiers wore killed.
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    Lock icon K and B drop Serov from 'goodwill' team
    73 3 K and B drop Serov from 'goodwill' team LONDON. Fri. RUSSIA has dropped General Ivan Serov, (Lie i of the Secret Police from the delegation which will accompany Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrush(hfv on their visit to Britain this month. the Foreign Office said today. (.enrral Serov was bittrrly
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    Lock icon LORDS' POSER
    129 3 Can an American citizen sit with the peers of the realm? LONDON, Fri. CAN an American citizen sit in Britain's House of I Lords That's the question which 65-year-old Viscount Churrhill. a distant relative of I tb Winston Churchill, has put to Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor. Lord
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    Lock icon Peron cashiered
    24 3 BUENOS AIRES, Fri.— Gen. Peron, the former Argentine president now in exile, was cashiered from the army by government decree yesterday. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon STRIKING DAiRY FARMERS IN u-s- STONE BLACKLEGS
    40 3 STRIKING DAiRY FARMERS IN U S. STONE BLACKLEGS FARMERS in a picket line stone a lorry carryins non -striking dairy farmers taking milk to a Michigan milk producer's plant. The strikers wan. a higher wholesale price for produc. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon India plots to oust Muslims from Kashmir9
    245 3 'India plots to oust Muslims from Kashmir' KARACHI, Friday. rpHE Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Mohamad A Ali, told the Constituent Assembly today: "We have information that India is planning to settle more non-Muslims in Kashmir and drive out the Dresent Muslim DODulation." He said the idea seemed o be
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    Lock icon A POPULAR STRIKE
    57 3 Free train rides PARIS, Pri.— Employees of the Pari« subway system are staging one of the most popular strikes in the city's history. Instead of leaving their fellow townsmen without transportation, the subway union has withdrawn the ticket-takers from some of the city's lines, allowing Parisians to
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    32 3 PARIS, Fri.— Mr. Robert Lacoste, French MinisterResident in Algeria, yesterday said that the Premier. Mr. Mollet. had assured him "all the military means necessary" to bring peace to Algeria.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Off to Moscow
    23 3 CANBERRA. Fri. Atomic scientist Prof. Marcus Oliphant. will attend an international conference on atomic energy in Moscow next month.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE RABBI SINGS A LOVE SONG IN COURT
    96 3 THE RABBI SINGS A LOVE SONG IN COURT MELBOURNE, Fri. A MELODIOUS Italian lore aooff filled the courtroom at Shepparton, Victoria. Tile sinker wu a rmbbt Rabbi Myer Sydlo tought daaufes for Injuries suffered when a lorry in which he wu travelling overturned Befoi* the accident, he said, he had
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    Lock icon New A-station
    32 3 WELLINGTON. Fri.—Monitoring stations will enable New Zealand to keep a watch on the drift of radio-active dust from the British and United States atomic tests at Montebello and Eniwetok Islands.—Reuter.
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    'Open skies' brings new Red sneer
    122 3 'WILL INCREASE FEARS OF NEW WAR' rpHE Soviet Union said 1: Eisenhower's plan for sance would "increase fea The statement was made! in a memorandum circulated by the Soviet delegation to the inter- parliamentary union meeting here. The memorandum said that the President's "open
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    Lock icon Witchcraft blamed
    45 3 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. The Mamabolo tribe in the Northern Transvaal has a new fear. They are convinced that tribesmen killed by lightning in the past three years were witchcraft victims. Chief Mamabolo will ask the government to inquire into the canes of lirhtninf. Reuter.
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    BOY'S FIRE KILLS SIX
    40 3 NEW YORK, Fri.— A seven-year-old boy admitted, the police said, that he began a fire in which six firemen died and 14 were injured. It was the Fire Department's worst tragedy in 24 yean.— A. P.
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    263 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Fri. WITH sentiment disturbed by the clash on the Israeli-Egyp-tian border and the overnight setback on Wall Street, stock markets were rather unsettled today. Prices were lowered at first as a j precautionary measure but this proved unnecessary as little I selling took place, and in the
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    RUBBER :
    28 3 RUBBER LONDON, Apr. •.—Spot 2S\A., May 26-Kd.. June 26Nd.. July- Sept. 26>id.. Oct.-Dec. 35% d., Jan-Mar. 25' id., April c.l.f. 26\d., May c.J.f. 26»id. Tone: Quiet but steady.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Apr. 6—Cash Buyers £772. Sellers £773. Forward Buyers £768, Sellers £769. Settle- ment £770. Turnover: a.m. 60 tons; p.m. 40 tons.
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    Lock icon DANISH BID TO BEAT BIG STRIKE
    59 3 DANISH BID TO BEAT BIG STRIKE COPENHAGEN, Fri. The Danish Parliament today passed legislation compelling the immediate resumption of petrol and oil supplies to the nations strike-bound essential services. Supplies have been affected by the strike of 704)00 workers in key industries including shipping, transport, the docks and the newspaper
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    24 3 TAIPEH. Fri. Dr. Hollington K. Tong, newly appointed Chinese Nationalist Ambassador to Washington, arrived here today from Tokyo for consultations. Reuter.
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    60,000 quit
    18 3 CALCUTTA. Prl. Indian Government sources last night said that 60.000 Hindus left East Pakistan last month
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    SHAKING LEGS? NO, NOHEADS
    216 4 SHAKING LEGS? NO, NO HEADS fTHERE is no danger of local men stepping into senior jobs and "shaking legs," declared local Government and City Council officials yesterday. If they shake anything at all, it will be their heads, for they will find the work heavy and the going tough. This
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    Off to Japan
    25 4 IPOH, Fri.— The president ef the Sessions Court her?, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, left today for Japan on a month's leave
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    Jagarathan says 'no' to U.S. aid
    126 4 rE president of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said yesterday that he had no knowledge of an intended visit to the Colony by Mr. Walter P. Reuther. vice-pre-sident of the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations. Mr. Reuther
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    Union no to Marshall's choice
    263 4 SENIOR CIWL SERVANTS WAMT L.C OOH PI MKBDEKA MISSION LEE SIOW MONG DOES NOT REPRESENT US— LOCAL OFFICERS THE Singapore Government Senior Officers* Association will lodge a. strong protest against the Government's appointment of Mr. Lee Siow Mong to speak for local senior officers on
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    No merdeka
    77 4 Nomerdeka gag on the police ALTHOUGH mcrdeka has been banned ms a subject of conversation among British soldiers In their off-duty hoars In Singapore, members of the Singapore police force are under no similar order. The Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Clafue, said yesterday: "We are not placing a gag on
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    Sir Ivor visits Nanyang
    35 4 Sir Ivor Jennings, the British constitutional expert now in Singapore to advise the Singapore Government, yesterday visited the Nanyang University. Sir Ivor, formerly Vicechancellor of Ceylon university, leaves for London today.
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    'Austerity' school buildings this year
    129 4 'Austerity' school buildings this year 'THE Singapore 'Edux cation Department expects to start building low-cost primary schools this year, the acting Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Mr. R.. Ince. said yesterday. He said plans were in an advanced stage of preparation by the Public Works Department. He was
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    Pioneer planter dies in Ipoh
    59 4 IPOH, FrL A pioneer planter and tin miner, Mr. Teh Hian Tat, 77. died at 12 JO pm. today at bis house here after a long Illness. Among the late Mr. Teh's four sons are Singapore's Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. Teh Sek Eng, and a
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    614 hawkers fined $3,882
    31 4 Six hundred and fourteen hawkers were fined a total of $3,882 in the Singapore City Court yesterday for obstruction and other offences. The fines ranged from $3
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    New film unit studios will he S-E Asia's best
    180 4 New film unit studios will he S-E Asia's best S KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. s The Malayan Film Unit is to build the biggest and most up-to-date studio In s South East A s 1 a, the acting head of the unit, Mr. Ow Kheng Law, told the Stralto Times today.
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    M.P.: BRITAIN STILL KVES LEAD J MALAYA
    296 4 M.P.: BRITAIN STILL GIVES LEAD IN MALAYA 'Let expatriates who love Malaya carry on their work 9 BRITISH expatriates who love Malaya should be allowed to continue to serve the country, said Mr. Gilbert Longden, Conservative MJ». Mr. Longden also hud this advice for Malays In the Federation: Malaya is
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    He sat on a snake
    57 4 He sat on a snake BAWANG, Fri. A villager rode his bicycle into Rawang yesterday unaware that there was a snake colled under the seat. A shopkeeper saw the snake's head when the cyclist rode past. He called out and the frightened cyclist jumped off his machine. The snake crawled
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    The 'American diary9 man is in Singapore
    60 4 The 'American diary' man is in Singapore DON IDDON. whese American diary has appeared In the London Daily Mail for miinj years, has arrived in Singapore la the mum of a round-the-world tour. Iddon will write under a Singapore dateline for the first time. He will also visit Borneo before
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    Trip for two begins today
    34 4 Two members of the Singapore merdeka delegation—Mr. William Tan (Liberal-Social-ist) and Mr. Wong Foo Nam (Alliance) —leave for London today. Other members of the delegation will leave next week.
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    New lawyer
    14 4 Mr. Francis Tlang-Slew Scow, banister, was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday.
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    MORE PAY FOR 270 AGENCY WORKERS
    211 4 'Goodwill on both sides' WILLIAM JACKS and Co. (Malaya) Ltd. yesterday signed a wage agreement with the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union giving the company's 271 workers more pay and better conditions. The company said the cooperation and goodwill displayed by both parties had
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    Firing practice
    35 4 Mariners are warned that firing practices will take place on Blakang Mati from Monday to Friday next week and from April 16 to 20 between the houxs of 8 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
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    PLAY BY BUND MAN IN SINGAPORE
    97 4 "Sapu Tangsn Tmng Patch" (The White Handkerchief) a Stralto Chinese play in the Malay language, was staged at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night and will be played again tonight. The play performed by babas and nonyas from Malacca, is being sponsored by the
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    TUC BOSS QUITS JOBS PANEL
    144 4 TUC BOSS QUITS JOBS PANEL ►THE president of the 1 Singapore Trades Union Congress. Mr g Jaganathan, has resigned from the City Council establishment committee because he disagrees with its staff policy. He was the vice-chairman of the committee, which deals with appointments and promotions. Mr. Jaganathan said h« felt
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    Barn dance
    27 4 The Geylang Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold a barn danc e at the Geylang Methodist Girls' School hall, Aljunied Road, today at 5 p.m.
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    VOW LEPER PATIENTS REFUSE TO EAT
    265 5 waff cannot cope— so lingering death awaits girl (21) Cooks on strike tired of meals out of tins KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T ll \TS at the Sungei Buloh leper eettlent refused to collect their tinned rations jl; -We're fed up with tinned food" they
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    ROUTES LIKELY
    53 5 NEW BUS ROUTES LIKELY its coming :il not have il new sc{- < by two Sinbtu compa- ived. routes will round triD from bar airport to md back to II take passen- junction or d Clementi Britannia Club Road and oacki round trip wn Bukit Timah and Clei to the
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    SEW BUS
    28 5 Photographers' social The photographic Society n will hold their ;.u .md dance at i\! Friday. be several prizes )i Flash Queens" to »d from among the umen present.
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    Woman found dead
    29 5 he botiv of a 48-year-old I c Kee Lai. was reek at the 14th Road, Singapore, i.-t night. that she fell k and drowned Uecting seashells.
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    Symposium
    26 5 The Malayan Mathematical Society and the Science Society of Malaya will hold a joint symposium at the University of Malaya from April 13 to 16.
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    Tengku enters contest
    45 5 Tengku enters contest pRETTY 19-year-old r Tengku Seri Dewi is one of beauties to enter the Singapore Sarong-Ke-baya Queen competition. The contest is being held at the Happy World Stadium on April 25, 26 and 27. About 30 girls Malays, Chinese and Eurasians have entered.
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    Minister's wife to give awards
    46 5 The Chinese branch of the Teachers' Training College, Singapore, will hold a commemoration day in the college hall. Cairnhill Road, at 3.30 p.m. on April 12, during which Mrs. Chew Swee Kee, wife of the Minister for Education, will present certificates.
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    It's study, not sex, with them COLOIY SCHOOLGIRLS TOO KEEN 01 EXAMS
    232 5 It's study, not sex, with them COLOIY SCHOOLGIRLS TOO KEEN 01 EXAMS ORITISH schoolgirls, according to a recent report, are preoccupied with sex, but in Singapore girls keep their minds where they should be —on their studies. "Singapore schoolgirls are far too keen on getting through their exams to bother
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    3 died after road smashes: Police seek witnesses
    158 5 npHE Singapore Traffic Po- 1 JL lice yesterday appeal- i ed for witnesses of three fatal accidents tney are in- vestigating. Two of these occurred on Thursday and the < third on Mar. 31. The accidents on Thurs- day were: AT 10
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    Coming—Wallenstein and top orchestra
    149 5 Coming Wallenstein and top orchestra rE Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of 1M musicians, conducted by Arthur Wallenstein, will give a series of concerts in ■infporc and Kuala Lumpur next month. Mr. Wallenstein. who is one of America's foremost conductors, Is reported to be Joining the Vienna State Orchestra after next
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    FIRST IN—BY SUPER AIRtfNER
    108 5 FIRST IN— BY SUPER AIRLINER ABOUT 2*t people were at Singapore Airport last night to weieome the Unt Super Constellation to fly the extended onee-a-week Bombay -to Singapore flight of Air India International First passenger to step from the giant airliner onto the floodlit airstrip was the Indian Commissioner in
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    Public lecture
    23 5 Sri Guru Parameswar will give a public lecture on "Viswamitra" at the Anglo-Verna-cular School, Carpmael Road, Singapore, at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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    AIRPORT READY FOR ANY EMERGENGY
    235 5 MORE than $250,000 worth of the latest fire fighting equipment was demonstrated at the Singapore Airport yesterday. Both the new equipment and the demonstration by the firemen were impressive. The fire fighters, swathed in thick clothing and goggles, moved quickly and efficiently through the various
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    Bank row is settled
    131 5 Bank row is settled Workers get more pay and leave TPOH, Fri. Negotia- tions between European and Asian-owned banks and the banking section of the Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staffs Union, have ended successfully. Mr. C. H. Yin, leader of the employees' negotiating team, said today that an
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    Crash victim
    27 5 KAJANG, Fri. Special Constable Mary Leong, 40, a widow, who died after a motor accident yesterday, was buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery here today.
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    DEATH
    39 6 FLETCHER: Sir Walter Fletcher, CB.E former Conservative MJ». for Bury and RadcUfle and chairman ahd managing director of Hetch, Levis and Kahn Ltd., at 26, c-irivic Square London, yesterday. In his 64th. year, after a long 111- ness.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    98 6 20 Word, lit (Minimum) HARROWS LTD. SALE—Last Day. Further reductions on Dresses and Materials. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puxzle. LISTEN TO GOOD music In pleasant surroundings this afternoon at: "HMV" Salons. 101, Tanglln Road and S.C.B. Arcade.
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    33 6 It Wordt 12.50 (minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, Singapore. 8 Orange Grove Road, Singapore-10 (off Orchard Road) Sunday Services and Sunday School 10.30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays 7 p.m.
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    Singapore, Sat Apr. 7, 1956. Debate On Schools
    584 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat Apr. 7, 1956. Debate On Schools It is a pity that Mr. Marshall, having suddenly agreed to give the Opposition time to consider more fully the White Paper on education, should have so hastily decided on April 12 as the day for debate. The Government
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    Ceylon Election Surprise
    401 6 Only five seats in the first thirty two results, and seven Cabinet Ministers among the fallen, is gloomy news for Ceylon's United National Party and Ceylon's Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala. The election is staggered over three days, and while the rural areas may be more loyal
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    Gaza Battle
    157 6 Battle along fifteen miles of the frontier of the Gaia strip has heavily underlined Mr. Haramarskjoeld's mission to Palestine. This new clash between Israeli and Egyptian troops will not be the particular business of the U.N.'s Secretary General, but it reinforces British and American warnings and may persuade
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    As I was saying.. ,|
    1299 6 As I was saying CINICUS by THE problem of resx ponsibillty for Singapore's Internal security when there Is self government raises a question for the Federation. There is to be a defence agreement with the United kingdom. But will British troops continue to be available for military operations against the
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    Lament for old landmark
    722 6 IfIMIVMV TO destroy an ancient landmark with the best intentions is an unhappy thing in a place that enjoys so few relics of a past tradition as the City of Singapore. There stood for more than a century, a long time in Singapore history, a charming
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    111 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Straits Times of April 5, 1906). rE first portion of the annual inspection of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery was held on the Raffles reclamation ground on Saturday afternoon. A total of 44 non-commis-sioned officers and men Ml in at Drill Hall and marched to the
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    'I bribed the chief 'L' tester'
    252 7 COURT HEARS ALLEGED STORY BEHIND THOSE DRIVING FAILURES -THEN MY PUPILS GOT THEIR LICENCES, SAYS INSTRUCTOR KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DRIVING SCHOOL proprietor told the SesA ons Court here today that he bribed the nror Koad Transport Department's chief S to pas* his pupils. 1
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    Red influence in Indonesia 'not very big9
    33 7 Free film show The Voluntary Workers' Aslomtion of Singapore will show thp film TV for Volunteer- and other educational shorts at the Shell Theatrette. Shell House, Collyer Quay, at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.
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    Red influence in Indonesia 'not very big'
    100 7 Red influence in Indonesia 'not very big' DR. H. A. ALLARDT, German Ambassador in Jakarta (above), said in Singapore yesterday that Communist influence in Indonesia was "not very big." He is on his way back from Germany, where he has spent the last two weeks. Reminded that the Communist party
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    Red fled from scout's bullet
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.—The leading scout of a patrol of the Ist Royal Lincolnshire Regiment fired on a terrorist in the Kajang district of Selangor yesterday. The bandit fled. A follow-up has been launched.
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    Hero Harold brings mercy by candle light
    283 7 SAVES INJURED PARATROOPER KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.—The Army today released details of what they describe as an "amazing act of dogged heroism" by a Royal Army Medical Corps sergeant. The story began at the 22nd Special Air Bervice Regiment camp in Kuala Lumpur. Sergeant
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    Crash death
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A beggar, Lim Fatt, 76, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a lorry at the junction of Batu Road and Ipoh Road this afternoon.
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    PARTNERS IN MUSIC Lola Bobesco (violin), Jacques (piano)
    130 7 PARTNERS IN MUSIC Lola Bobesco (violin), Jacques (piano) LOLA BOBESCO, vivacious and talented Continental violinist, and her pianist husband, Jacques Genty, arrived in Singapore yesterday by KLM. They will Rive a concert tonight and two more next week at .he Victoria Memorial Hall and a fourth at the Chinese High
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    MINE (A THREAT TO KAMPONG'
    169 7 MINE 'A THREAT TO KAMPONG' 2,000 Malays march in protest MALACCA, Friday. ABOUT a thousand Malays at Buklt Lintang, 11 miles from here, today protested against th< granting of a licence to a company to prospect f o: bauxite in their kampong The licence was given to the company In
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    Governor is off to London
    69 7 Governor is off to London fltHK GOVERNOR. Sir RoX bert Black, flew to London yesterday with the memorandum on the proposed constitution for Singapore. The memorandum, drawn up by the all-Party merdeka delegation, was handed to him by the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, shortly before he boarded his aircraft.
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    A BLIND WOMAN HEROINE
    169 7 A BLIND WOMAN HEROINE Aids thugs' victims rwmo women victims of a 1 robbery In Sago Lane, Singapore, who were left bound and gagged in a lock-; ed bathroom yesterday, were freed by a 75-year-old blind woman. The gang of five— one armed with a revolver and four with daggers—
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    Lock icon Times: Obstacles bar road to merdeka
    621 7 LITTLE UNITY OR LOYALTY: FEAR FOR FUTURE OF MINORITIES LONDON. Fri.— The London Times said yesterday that difficulties had to be overcome before Singapore could become independent. Singapore need have no fear that British rule would be maintained against the will of its people,
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    HONG KONG DOCTORS CAUSE CONCERN
    142 7 rl council of the British Medical Association, Malays branch, has ex- ~e«* "rreat concern" over reports of the Imuin fc recruitment of doctors from Hong Kong who do not have qualifications normally reristrable in Malaya. In a tetter to the Federal Minister for Health, Mr.
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    STENOGRAPHER SUES FIRM F6R $1,095
    222 7 STENOGRAPHER SUES FIRM FOR $1,095 A WOMAN formerly employed as a stenographer A by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Singapore, yesterday sued the company for $1,095 money she claimed was due her for two months' leave pay and one month's salary in lieu of notice. Mrs. Margaret Wee told
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    Youth flag day ;
    31 7 Youth flag day About 5,000 youths are expected to be out in the city today to sell flags in aid of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre and the Singapore Youth Council.
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    Got rid of bomb, earns $100 reward
    94 7 BRUNEI. Prl. A FORMER Singapore resident, Mr. Paul Carson, now with the Brunei Vehicle Licensing Department, was awarded $100 for disposing )f an old bomb found here recently. Workmen dug up the rusty Domb while constructing a Malay school. The police then had
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    BABY LEFT WITH NUNS
    62 7 A woman who took a four-day-old baby girl to the Catholic Convent in Victoria Street, Singapore, told a nun that she found the baby abandoned in a drain. a police spokesman said yesterday. The woman disappeared as a nun at the door went to see the
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    Jeeps, trucks are planned
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rhe Kuala Lumpur branch of the Malaya Junior Chamber of Commerce will raise funds to buy 10 jeeps and trucks for South Vietnam as part of an international movement giving medical and social aid to the people of that country. The movement is
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      58 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 7.59 ajn. (6ft 9in) 9.17 p.m. (7ft>; Port Dickson 4.07 a.m. (6ft Stn) 4.13 p.m. (7ft); Penang 10.57 ajn. (6ft lln) 10.46 p.m. (6ft 2in). TOMORROW: Singapore 9 a.m. (7ft 4in) 9.4* p.m. (7ft Sin); Port Dickson 4.53 ajn. (7ft lln) 5.02 p.m. (7ft Sin); Penang
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    INDIA FLIGHT
    180 8 TODAY, Air India 1 International inaugurates a new service from Singapore to Europe Eight years ago, Air In-' dla International made its inaugural flight to London. The aeroplane used then was the Constellation. Today a Super Constellation—the Rani of Jhansi will fly the service 'from Singapore. More luxurious,
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    EXPRESS WILL SAVE TIME'
    428 8 THE MAHARAJA SAYS... TOHE Su er ConstellaL tions which Air India is using on their Sin-gapore-London service for the first time today are known as the Rani series. The Constellations were known as the flying Princesses. The first of the Constellations was the Malabar Princess which
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      1448 9 Malacca emissary was shanghaied in Kedah A sultan apologised for pile of corpses ifTOWER OF i I BABEL m 1L UNEARTHED^ WHITE ANTS, sUver fish and humidity have combined to erase the written history of Malaya. Unlike Egypt, where the dry desert air has kept libraries of papyrus as legible
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      202 9 fA.7I-2 TMACM M««> Thirsty? take the necessary > You will be able to NEXT WEEK! J "Oh! Mummy fs=gg|s!B IRPI^bV Hct d *"S*" rr 'taming la Jgf^glS^SfJVgJ^ggß^BT protect her skin nxi wilh mild, fc£g§ss=2 men al lne nou "I" 0 *^Ba>E^^l lllillli^l^LW tn^ IKM 100 highly CussonS gM*'V Toflet Preparations
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      125 9 Rex Morgan. 3M.D. Meeting in bar Dick Tracy Cloth in cement ■^■■■■■■^■l TWO WEli. PRIWTTHE NAME T rSOJ GETTWE RWMTAND \I V WHAT JUST A PIECE OF OUR CUUB ON THE WALL- WELL PUT OUR CLUEfe f I IS H OP CLOTH- IN Hear one op-gecrrvs J^imsEuatruEaß.^J thaW Vjhe cement.
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    FIRST QUARTER RUBBER, TIN EXPORTS SLIGHTLY OFF
    722 10 FIRST QUARTER RUBBER, TIN EXPORTS SLIGHTLY OFF By Our Market Correspondent EXPORTS of both rubber and tin from Malaya during the first quarter of this year fell slightly compared with the corresponding period last yearRubber exports for the quarter at 244,704 tons showed a drop of 1.62 per cent, while
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    Indonesian "threat" to rubber mart
    424 10 AFTER the Easter Holidays there seemed to be no new features in the robber market reports the weekly circular of Holiday, Cutler, Bath A Co. Ltd. Shortcovering at the lower levels was more than met by upcountry liquidation and selling by all sections of the
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    SNIPPING
    86 10 Ships lytag alongside the Singapore flare— r Beard wharves or aspertad today are: Chusan I|3, Braeaide 4|5. Rebeverett C.P.. Idomeneus 6|7, Radnorshire 11. Sodan ***** Steel Recorder 15 16. Ferndale 18, Leneverett *****. Rengam N. WaU 6. Salong 22. Hal Hing *****. Larut 25. Lipls •>.«. Leksula 2930, President
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exchange market in Hear Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.83% for cash and 5.85 y, for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.80 and one teel of gold at 354U-
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    HITAM TIN
    11 10 HlUm Tin produced 19 plcuU of ore In March.
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    Rahman Hydraulic
    12 10 ■ahwiw Hydraulic produced 567 plculs of the ore to March.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    160 10 Singapore Chinese Prod.cc Ex- > change: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— Copra: easier: April $27.. buyers. $28 > 4 sellers; May $28 buyers, $28 >« sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41-% sellers; drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet: Muntok white $118. Sarawak $117. special Sarawak black $90 (all
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    RUBBER CROPS
    45 10 The following March rubber crops are announced: Alor Pongsn, 73,731 lb.; Bedong,. (Malaya) 42,128 lb.; Temerloh, 38,100 lb.; Trong, 23.300 lb.; Batn Lin tang 123,652 lb.; Parit Perak 31.736 lb.; Kempas 305,200 lb. (February 281.750 lb.); and Radella 10.500 lb. (February 11,800 lb.).
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    Guthrie results
    56 10 Outputs from the various estates and mines In the Gnthrie Group for March and for this year to date in parentheses are as follows Robber 6.753.000 lb. (20,990.000 lb.). Tea (Black) 188.000 lb. (538.000 lb.), Palm OU 1.250 tons. (3.179 tons.). Pain Kernels 370 tons. (973 tons), and
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    I OFFICIAL PRirJ
    22 10 OFFICIAL PRICE "IM| SINGAPORE, Ur f RUBBER: „„>' I per 1b. (down 1 TIN: Mtt.37i*l plcul (up $4.37', COPRA: s-x picul (down I"
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    AUSTRALIA^ STOCKS
    93 10 AUSTRALIA STOCKS MELBir INVESTMENTS upward trrnd. but 1 less marked with spread in all Mctioru Exchange here toda there was no definite -J! though trailing were again bum! were steady. Loans 3 1 IM6-59 E93 Loans 3V.i 1965-58 Con. Zinc Bank of NSW. g, 1 Mount Lyell "'33/ f:) N.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    119 10 April first grade ruhhrr ti f.o.b. closed in Singapnrr day at 88".* cents per IV dm cents on Thursday* closinij The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in centj je were: No. 1 R.S.s Spct buyers 88 7 s; seDera j No. 1 R.S.S. April buyers sellers 89*:
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      1008 10 NOTICES SIME, DARBY AND CO., LTD. P.O. BOX 252. 64 AMPANO ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR, announce changes in Telephone numbers as from Bth April, 1958. to 88!>H to ***** (8 lines). 3rd April. 1966. j ijTthe supreme covet of the federation of malaya in the high court at kuala lumfue. Companies
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      769 10 Nonas ANDERSON SCHOOL CMMOtCIAL CLASS *****-57 APPLICATIONS AddfßSSSfi to Principal. Anderson* School. Ipoh lor entry Into the Commercial Class at Anderson School, are invited. Closing date is April 14. 1956. Students will be prepared for the London Chamber of ComUon (Intermediate) to He held in April. IN7. MmftiHmi qualification for
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      371 10 TENDERS INVITED rememitm or uwikkviceablb STORES Tenders in sealed cover addressed to the Stale Engineer, Negri Sembilan, Seremban and clearly marked "Tender for the Purchaseof Unserviceable Stores" accompanied by a Treasury Deposit of $50 will be received at the Office of the State Engineer. Negri Sembilan, seremban up to 12
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      7 12 B»B»B»BMBaKBJMBBasBK83BJW£MBiBaMB^BMB»BBBBBB HOW MANY MILES TO THE GALLON
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      What s on the label is not in the bottle
      404 12 What's on the label is not in the bottle MANY people will, at some time or other, have read the posters which a publicity-conscious Malayan Railway have splashed all over their stations. They will be conscious of a phrase which is rapidly assuming immortality by the very inaccuracy of its
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      No lawyers
      72 12 VOUR report of the forX mationofa new political party headed by lawyers leaves me disgusted. After six years in Singapore. I am convinced that we will never have a party with a real solid following until we have a party without a single flaming lawyer In it. Their
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      Postpone these exams
      100 12 STUDENT-TEACHERS In the Federation who will soon sit for their se-cond-year or third-year examination, want it to be postponed until after the April holidays? Unlike their Kirkby collegues (who had scored 100 per cent passes) Normal student- teachers In the Federation have to do full time teaching,
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      Police did good job
      93 12 rE Minister for Education has presumably held an inquiry to see whether students were Involved at Kallang. i should sas that the inquiry was not needed, because mostly .everybody present at the rally will agree that they were. It was really very brave of Mr. Francis
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      Responsible leadership
      66 12 1I7HEN the police made appeals for political party leaders to appease the Kallang throng, there was no rrsponse except from .»ii. Francis Thomas. Our Asian Ministers and party leaders, who were present in the building at the time, saw fit not to do anything at such a critical
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      Hidden signs
      67 12 Hidden signs TfTHE "No parking" sign boards in Chulia Street are not prominently displayed. There is one board at the comer of Raffles Place /Chulia Street, and another at the corner of Chulia St/Market Street. on each side. It is very unfair on the part of the Traffic Police to
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      183 12 Straits Times Crossword 7 Z Z^Z !_BZ_^Z__Z I —1" i- -'I S 20 2i 52" 25 2* ACROSS Traced aa a survey (S). 7 S^- lSSSk"fri t? t^ 4 Vwtor on 10 SSSS^rf the heart? (10). 11 A country poem Is past this 5* erel f- current ln Hert Leave
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    16 13 LONDON Fri.—Result of the Irish League Football Association maWh Portadown 0. Unfleld 3 Renter.
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    Lock icon &NG AND 001 REACH U.S. SEMI-FINALS
    172 13 ONGANDOOI REACH U.S. SEMI-FINALS PHILADELPHIA, Friday. MALAYA'S One Poh Lim and Od Teik Bock yes- terday entered the men's doubles semi-finals of the U.S. Open Badminton championships here. ong ana 001 scored two victories yesterday. They beat Don Davis and Michael Roche (U.S.) 15-7.-15-3 and followed up with a 15-5.
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    98 13 PORT OF 8PAIJI, Trinidad. Fri.— Kverton Weeltes and Clyde Walcott, two of the world's greatest batsmen, are among the 12 players named by the West Indies selectors for the four-day unofficial cricket Test against E.W. Swanton's XI, beginning here today. The side, captained by Alan
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    BURROWS OUT
    38 13 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Fit— Ulf Schmidt, of Sweden defeated Hal Burrows, U.S.. 8-3, 6-3 In the second round of Invitational Tennis Tournament here yesterday. Australian Bob Howe waj defeated by Herb Flam. U.8.. 7-5. i-6. 6-2.— AJP.
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    WARRINGTON 25-9
    19 13 LONDON. FM.— Warrington beat Liverpool City 25-9 In a Rugby League match at Warrlagton latt night— Bauter.
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      McCVLLOCH DECISION WAS A BLUNDER |
      963 14  - McCULLOCH DECISION WAS A BLUNDER F.A. ruling is: Area under nets is not field of play By THE SPORTS EDITOR SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's Class One referee B. MeCnltoeh was WRONG when he disallowed the third goal scored by Singapore against Federation in last Sunday's annual Sportsmen's Trophy match at
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      Civil Lord, Best Bet to beat the hacks
      226 14  - Civil Lord, Best Bet to beat the hacks EPSOM JEEP By piVIL LORD has a line V record in Gymkhana meetings and should be a food thing at today's amateur races at the Penartg Turf Club Civil Lord's latest success was his runaway win with 11.7 in the Deletion Derby
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      Coach Bell due Monday
      80 14 AMERICAN basketball coach Tom Bell Is nearing the end of bis first coaching tour of the Federation and is expected back in Singapore on Monday. Bell has visited Kuala Lumpur. Berwnban. and Klang. and is now in Bentong. Bell will hold coaching sessions for all the
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      POLICEMAN WILL LEAD HK ATTACK TODAY
      158 14 POLICEMAN WILL LEAD HK ATTACK TODAY A HONG KONG Police player, E. R. Moss, will lead the H.K.F.A. attack when they meet Singapore in the Aw Hoe Memorial Trophy football match at Jalan Besar Stadium today, kick-off at 5.15 p.m. Moss, the only nonChinese in the team, replaces An Ohi
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      HIN WENG TO LEAD SAFA
      114 14 I Singapore's former right-half, Ho Hin Weng of Tigers, returns after a year to representative football when he captains the B.AJ.A. team to meet Hong Kong at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow, kick-off 5.16 p.m. Hln Weng Is one of the four civilians in the team.
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      Top scorers in Spore team today against HKi
      175 14 Top scorers in S'pore team today against HK THE THREE leading goal- scorers in the first month of the Singapore soccer season are in the Singapore team to meet Hong Kong at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Top-or-the-llst to the tasideright Ibrahim Mansoor with IS loals, and the players on either
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      CIVILIANS SHOULD BEAT SERVICES IN ANNUAL GAME
      274 14 CIVILIANS SHOULD BEAT SERVICES IN ANNUAL GAME By OUB CRICKET REPORTER SINGAPORE Civilians take the field with a lead vi *-x in mar anna Singapore Combined S the S.R.C. padanf toda ai cricket match against Services whir* begins on jr. In the seven matches played since 1949 four have been
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      Army Cup final today
      148 14 ITING S Own Scottish Borderera MM have a good soccer record among Army teams in Singapore and. with Blackwood back to the attack, they stand a strong chance of beating 1/3 Gurkhas hi the Caldb#ck Cup Singapore w**« final at Friendly Hill today. But the Gurkhas
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      CHANGI BEST IN DIV THREE
      94 14 Royal Air Force Changl beat Mount Emily 6-1 in a SAJ.A. Div. SB match on the MJJk. •round yesterday. Cooper (3), Tutttebury (2) and Lancelotte scored for Changl, and Salleh All for Mount Emily. In another Div. SB match on the C.V.MA. ground, Tuan Mong
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      OWN GOAL DEFEATS CHINESE ATHLETIC
      239 14 CHINESE Athletic made a costly experiment yesterday. Matting what they thought to be weak opposition in Indian R.C. at Jalan Basar Stadium. Athletic triad out ■emalnew players— and lost this BAFA. league First dlv Moo. match by three goals to two. After taking an early
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      Chew Bee enters semi finals \
      204 14 Chew Bee enters semi finals UALATAN tennis champion Ong l Chew Bee, aa expected, scored a quick fta Into the man's dngtas seml-flnals of tht YMJOJL span tennis toumamant. baattnc P. vythlllngam em, e-a ywUrdar Other results: M»-s stagu.: A.OJJ. pakir bwt Pang lOaSsng e-s, e-o; Kaatfs iwat wj. LMdW
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      71 NEW HORSES IN FIRSJ QUARTER
      306 14 71 NEW HORSES IN FIRST QUARTER By EPSOM JEEp SEVENTY- ON K horses h, registered S.R.A. in the first Qu ter of the i: on the Ma! The heartening t>at£ is the number 0 owners. There is the Guan t Btable which ha horses registered Jester and Jam. year old
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      TODAY'S RACE CARD i
      376 14 TODAY'S RACE CARD ACCEPTORS and order of running for today's amateur races at Penan* are: RACE: 1: 2.15 pjn.— Pete Panj Scurry tt Div. 2. (CatchwelghU 12st Tibs.) 1. Fine Lady, 2. First Watch. 3. Four Aces. 4. Girlie. 5. Gonna. 6. Kolek, 7. Merah. 8. NightTiare. 9. Perth. Scratching*:
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      159 14 Weekend Sports Diary TODAY. TOMORROW CRICKET rura-arr avlu.ru T Borrte«a, BJUC. OviHaaa B«5_W a»r padan*. 11 ajau; Priaodnea: IJk. paSSr^H ?Z^T»Jn£«.i3 |jl, naa-Bcnocrs r mar- sc.c d avc b a r> 25»s!cx^' £ufSl T Blll emta B—r aUEJMLB.; latcr-Paesdtv: Arts SOCCER and Setaaee t Mswfcsls, Sepay SJLTJL Lone, Div 1A-
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