The Straits Times, 8 April 1956

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  • 19 1 JLiJ '1 j ;JS I .1: in THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1.076 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1956 20 CENTS
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  • 372 1 M strong vast* ttttd good vhanvv of success." says Sir Mrar: \\a$v it's up #o Louiton' en n ings leads mission vanguard to London lit Singapore Mcrdeka d Sir Ivor |c b Mission has "a reasonably good chance of sue :nnings, constitutional adviser to the
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  • 27 1 The N avy offers months' ack pay V ment V inted c B Lval i mall i: I .ilKi t; a of tl H upation of E
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  • 44 1 Two share $5,000 TWO people share the 1 55. 000 prize in Straits Times Word Puzzle "WW". They are: Rosalind Tham, 11 -A, Hamilton Road, SINGAPORE. Oh Cuan Seng. 364 C, Pudu Road- KUALA LUMPUR; See Page FIVE for the Competition Editor's weekly article.
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  • 12 1 J toary t 70 people t I out-
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  • 36 1 Tim THREE DAYS TO GO THE MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 Word Puzzle Contest 'U' closes on Tuesday THREE days from today. If you have not already: done so, you should post your coupon, with postal order, NOW.
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  • 215 1 Gambler? Girl (16) proves innocence A PRETTY Singapore school girl, arrested with 1 8 others in a gambling den on Friday night, successfully pleaded her 'nnocence yesterday before the Fourth Magis- trare. Mr. M. Devereux Colebourn With tear s in her eyes. Daisy Quek Beng Swee. 16. told him "I
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  • 81 1 TEHERAN, Sat. Persia presented its Baghdad Pact partner Britain today with a formal claim for Bahrein, an oil rich little "Cyprus" in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Minister Alisholi Ardelan told a press conference that Bahrein is an "inseparable part of Persia" and "Persia cannot remain inactive and
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  • 16 1 PARIS. Sat— French troops yesterday killed 26 rebels In Algeria and Tunisia —Reuter
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  • 198 1 I I HONG KONG, Saturday. GOVERNOR Tao Chu of Kwangtung Province in China has accused Hong Kong authorities of open hostility and small mindedness. The pro-Communist hewspaper Ta Kung Pao reported here today that Governor Tao in a speech last Monday said 90 per
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  • 105 1 The fate ot this two-year-old girl will depend on whether she can be sent to Europe or America for further treatment. Her father. Won? Poh Nam. 34, a carpenter earning $140 a month, cannot afford this. He tried ro kill the child. Won? Pik Wan. by
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  • 146 1 United States train Asian atom scientists THE UNITED States will launch a npw programme for training Asian and I other foreign scientists in I the peaceful application of I the atom on April 16. it was learned today. The International Co-opera-tion Administration, will I power fr;0;^;;^'I}^''- xhis will be the
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  • 189 1 JERUSALEM, Saturday. ISRAELI and Arab forces exchanged shots on two fronts in the embattled Middle East today, renewing strife that has caused at least 63 deaths yesterday. Israeli Col. Nehemiah Brosh said an Egyptian out- post in the Gaza strip opened fire with rifles and
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  • 127 1 SHORTS IN INDIA... DIVORCED DALLAS. Sat. THE wife of an oil company executive in Madras. India, '"would get out and appear in night clubs as a dancer and went to market on Mondays in Hyderabad in shorts," a Divorce Court judge was told here yesterday. "She got stoned a couple
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  • 153 1 muscuw sai. "CVDRMER Premier Georgi ■T Malenkov returned' from London today bursting with praise for the British people. "Everyone was wonderful." the Soviet Minister of Electric Power Stations said as he stepped from the new Soviet jet transport that brought him home. we bmw many uunn>.
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  • 28 1 SOUTHPORT. Sat —A ter- j raced council house blew up' here early today killing all five residents—a young married couple and their three children —Router.
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  • 26 1 NICOSIA. Sat—British security forces in Cyprus today reported their quietest day for some time with only a single bomb incident disrupting the calm.—Reuter.
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  • 210 1 I Ceylon vote has Britain worried LONDON. Sat. THE first results of the general election in Ceylon were viewed with some apprehension by several British newspapers today. The Manchester Guardian .said that if this general election, which revealed a sharp nrlng to the left, underlines the trend in Asia against
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  • 48 1 BRISBANE. Sat —Sir Donald MacGillivray. High Commissioner for Malaya, said here tonichi that he would discuss with the Federal Government the formation of a Malayan Agency in Canberra to watch the interests of the 1.500 students from M;ilay;i and Singapore who are In Australia. Reuter.
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  • 2714 2  - An Asian Prime Minister s Story SIR JOHN BEGINS TODAY -A VITAL DOCUMENT OF OUR TIME IT was with the grrant of the first substantial measure of silt -government and manhood suffrage, under what is known as the Donoughmore Scheme in 1931, that I came into the political picture. When
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  • 416 3 e n tried to kill self, court told I KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday R u tried A ki hiS J sick tw °-y«"-oW because she incurable and then tried to commit suicide, the Sessions Court was told here today. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. j. C.
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  • 55 3 ivua. c M. tjnsweii, president of the Singapore Voluntary Workers" Association wants helpers to assist charitable organisations on flag days. Nearly every Saturday in the next two months will be flag day. The S.V.W.A is being flooded with requests for helpers from many organisations. Helpers should
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  • 35 3 THESE RARE NEWCOMERS FOR SHOW ALOCASSIA METALLICUS and Episcia Cupreata, two rare plants recently introduced to Malaya by Mrs. M. Lewis which will be on exhibition at the Singapore flower show next Friday. Story below.
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  • 341 3 CINCAPORES eighth postwar Flower Show will open at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Happy World Stadium and will continue all day Saturday and Sunday until 10 p.m. A.jain this year there will be two air-conditioned houses tor the display of flowers lown
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  • 209 3 Singapore had another art gallery yesterday when the University of Malaya's Art Museum was officially opened by Dato Haji Mohammed Eusoff. Pro-Chancellor of the University. Two of the most pleasing exhibits In the Gallery are a I couple of XV-XVI Century Siamese bronze heads of
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  • 250 3 European women join Nanyang THREE European women have joined the staff of Nanyang University as lecturers in English language. One of them has left the University of Malaya to join Nanyang. All have university degrees, and ail are married. J They are Mrs. T. E. Cobb, wife of Singapore's Agriculture
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  • 75 3 Mr. M. P. Carson, the newCanadian Trade Commissioner to Singapore, will j arrive tomorrow in the Hannover. He Ls to succeed Mr. D. S. Armstrong, who has filled the post since 1951. After home leave, Mr. Armstrong will be posted to Santiago. Chile, as Commercial Secretary to
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    • 539 3 i GARRICK: Tatar Kachor —11. 1.45. 4. 6.30. 9.30; morning i Hindi i 3.15, 6.30. 9.15; n.orning show Crashout 9 a.m.; Tel. show Desert Agent 11 a.m.; Tel. *****. *****. PAVILION: Elephant Walk— KING'S: Broken Harp (Can- 1.45. 4. 6.30. 9.30: morning show tonese) 1.15, 3.30, 7, 9.30: morn- --Queen
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  • 384 5 I, M.mnn Xl *> I A TRENGGANU, Saturday. 7 YEAR-OLD Dutchman, Mr. Johannes Nunnikhoven, has led work on ;i plan in this Royal coastal town which is making Malayan textiles famous the world over tile chemist from Eindhoven who has been sent to
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  • 97 5 ■tumbe n the bij ie Ses>ld Phong .nung Hijau, Ingenlovu inately not in the as convicted and in $200 for one iber predicted by *****1. cuting officor, mii that a hed a number b 25 and told ohm Ml women ">O-cent .■hare and
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  • 43 5 Mrs. Scow Peck Lens;, principal of the Singapore Cantonment Road School, called an inaugural meeting of the Cantonment School ParentTeacher Association yesterday. More than 500 parent members of the association attended the meeting, which was conducted in four languages, English.
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  • 209 5 The Sint?apoi-e Film Society presents Jean Cocteau '.s "Beauty And The Beast" at the British Counr.il Hall j evening. There are tw o performances at 6.30 and 9 p.m. There is nothing childish about cocteau's retelling of this famous story, indeed it would be a
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  • 28 5 K was Friday i refused adthree Chinese Is" at the rhin Wong Do, Road hotel, General nt home. :'i when Chinr.so were t hurt.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 251 5 The never failing popularity Me Barley' aim tvt-io the of the Stephen 1 osier boy from Killann". melodies .till ensure a wel- The singer is Father Sydney tome for a recorded collec- MacKwan, a tenor with a tion of his music. light warm voice who is I wonder whether, if
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    • 981 5 HVinning answers to Ward Puzzle *WW 9 THE $5000 prize for Straits Times Word Puxxle Contest "WW" will be shared by OH CUAN SENG, 364C Pudu Rd Kuala Lumpur and ROSALIND THAM, 11A Hamilton Rd. Singapore. They each submitted a solution which corresponded completely with the answers given below. These
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  • 653 6  - BRITAIN-BOUND -62 MUSICAL AMBASSADORS JEFFREY FRANCIS by 1 hey practise everyday CIXTY-TWO musicians practise daily in a small building in Rifle Range Road, Kuala Lumpur. They play each note over and over again until they are perfect. They are members of the Federation Police Band. In May they begin a
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  • 594 6 I The Countryman's Journal WHILE that mata kuching tree was being felled last week the small|er kids went looking for I wild plants that might inI terest the Tuan. Lim <6) i showed him an enormous i mass of Milletia sericea. a climbing legume with up- right spikes
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  • 382 6 Debating, but not much fun Radio...by Mike Watcher rdo him justice, Stewart Wavel called "Debating for Fun" an ex,serimental programme. Well, I'm afraid the debating wasn't much fun for thr listening audience, although obviously enjoyed by the one in the studio. But It opened my eyes a bit, anl probably
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  • 628 7 The biggest tlecision in your life! iiere 9 Pat Taylor gives i you some advice on marriage \yHAT are the problems likely to crop up in the first year of marriage? That was one of th<* questions I put to a woman whose job il is to
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  • 507 7 I AM 20-years-old and for three years I have been in love with mv neighbor's daughter, who is Just over 17. We u>ed to be good triad* and I would vlatt her hou.«e regularly. Tbin vUlt-s were much appreciated b.- her parent*,
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  • 410 7 LET me know the date for k* the 9th Day of the 11th "V* Moon in 1932. YAP. De- cember 6, 1932. IWAS born on the 3rd Day of the tith Moon in 1934. I When was this, please? LIM. y Juii- 14. 1934. WHW Is the corresponding date
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  • 242 7 A prince wore a $48 m. coat! WHAT is the most expensive qoicii on record Jane Russel wears one in her Him "Macao" which cost W51.400 a yard. It teas made in Paris of pure gold. It is unusually light and Is guaranteed riot to near out for 200 years.
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  • 268 7 When fate is being tricky... WHAT does the man do when fate is being tricky He grins and bears it. What does the icoman do uhen life i s unkind? She glares and blows her top. TAKh THI .MAN. Mr. Donald Carr is captain of the British cricketers who had
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    96 8 BEAUTY BY AIR Air hostctsei arc beautiful riiey nays to be. whether first hour cut or at the end of a long wcrkirg day on their legs. So Scandinavian Airlinct System, givi ir s corps of prc-.ty. already much trained hostesses further edjcaf on: How to be Beautiful Without Actually
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  • 378 8 (JOT ;i long minor handy? How many of you can face it undressed without flinching? If you can, you're one of the rare lucky ones. Ninety-nine women out of a hundred can't and quite rightly. On behalf of those ninetynine I *pent two fascinated
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  • 194 8 WOMEN buy shoes too small for their feet out of J vanity. And that's official. Headed by scientist Ke n- S itcth Dearborn, a team of investigators have just com- 1£ plercd o two-year check on 2.000 women's aching insteps. They found that: 2" Ninetw per
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  • 280 8 I IPSTICKS are booming in the beauty world at the moment for 'ipsticks are to J 99 women out of a 100 the most important cosmetic of all. So often a new lipstick 8i Fi n r li t Ck it Co^ °the refill-
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  • 269 8 PLAYTIME MADE PERFECT California Casuals QRISP, sharp lines and bold, bright colours are stronger than ever in this year's resort collections from the California designers. J Newest of all is the use of stark black or white I and also neutral khaki. Braids, inventively used, are a favourite trim- ming.
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  • 219 8 LACE and CHIFFON are combined to give grace and charm to this evening dress which Janet Leigh wears in Columbia Pictures' Cinemascope and TechniAnd. it you think this glamorous gown is color film •Safari." a Warwick Production, out of place on safari, Janet is a member of
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  • 287 9 -SAYS NEW COMMISSIONER ON ARRIVAL IN SINGAPORE alian Commissioner to Singapore, Mr. ay Harry, said on his arrival here yesa sincerely hopes the Merdeka talks rteficial results for Singapore and her "In Australia." he said "I found among the people an increased awareness
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  • 108 9 ALOR STAR, Sat. IN their biggest attack on a bandit camp since they went into action last January, Australian forces in north Malaya yesterday just missed capturing a Kedah terrorist leader, Kwok Fu. Kwok, a Kedah State committee member of the Malayan Communist Party, is believed
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  • 34 9 invited religious talks II r-iri s 1 1 a n m the ry for lenta to i c .-.fereither next the S.CM.'s said the pcs to send a "A decision c In a week's
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  • 252 9 CELF-SERVICE restaurants are all the rage in Europe. For busy, hard-up office workers they're quickcr no waiting to be served; tidier no extra plates and and infinitely cheaper no tips or cloth charges; than meals in ordinary restaurants. But there isn't one
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  • 24 9 Mr A. S. Anderson, of Singapore, and his bride, formerly Miss Joan Margaret Mackenzie, after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday.
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  • 360 9 LEPER COLONY STRIKE CALLED OFF 'Thank Cod it's all over/ said the superintendent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. fHE five-day strike at the Sungei Buloh eper settlement was :alled off today and the 160 patients who i topped work will be >ack on the job tomorow. The back-to-work deci;ion ends a grim
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  • 125 9 rE SINGAPORE Y.W.C.A. has arranged a series of seven public lectures on sex and marriage by prominent doctors, church ministers and social workers Theme of the lectures will be "Marriage— what does v mean to you?" The lecture dates, subjects and speakers are: Tomorrow
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  • 172 9 THE first Malayan to become a Commissioned Boatswain m the Royal Malayan Navy, Inche Ismail Hassan, aged 35, last week also became the first Malay to take command of one of Her Majesty's ships. In the Second World War, he saw action with British naval
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  • 133 9 They swapped a Minister for magistrate TWENTY FOUR Singapore hawkers recently saw the Minister for Labour and Welfare. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to discuss summons cases against them. But yesterday only 20 of them appeared in the City Court when the reference to the Minister was made. The other four
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  • 133 9 Mr. George M. Clark has been appointed Managing Director of United Engineers Limited In succession to the late Mr. H. K. Rodgcrs. He has been general manager and a director of the company since last year. After gaining his early experience with the ship and dredge building
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  • 196 9 Nightmare really happened A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy, pleading guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to attempted suicide, told the magistrate that he did it during one of his "nightmares." "Did you know what you were doing: And did you really try to end your life?" asked Mr. Tan Boon Teik, the
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  • 225 9 Marshall was the girls' victim TWO schoolgirls called on Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, at his Meet-the-People session yesterday. They were Cymbeline Galloway, of the Methodist Girls' School, and Wilhelmina Van Der Put, of Raffles' Girls School, both aged 14. The girls were not, however, seeking Mr. Marshall's advice.
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  • 89 9 The Air India Super Constellation Rani of Ellora left Singapore yesterday on Its Inaugural flight to Madras, Bombay, Cairo, Rome and London. The plane carried a full complement of 59 passengers including 15 guests who will visit Bombay for a week. Among the guests were
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  • 765 10 500.000.000 PEOPLE WILL? BE MIEGMMEXTEI* ■pHE Centra] Committee of the Chinese Communist Party recently published a speech delivered by Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung. His report on agriculture wag the most explosive document the Chinese Communist Party has seen since. 19.TJ. Mao's pronounce ment means
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES
    • 347 10 One of the most formidable anti-Communist E E combinations in Asia today, Tengku Abdul Rahman E and General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, must have dis- E mayed Malaya's jungle terrorists even more than E E usual last week. The Chief Minister shrivelled with E scorn their latest
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  • 1124 10 My friends and I are interested to know which country the Jews can rightly claim to be their own. LEE PENG THATT Kuala Lumpur. Before May 14. 1948, that would have been a difficult question to answer. On that date an area of 8.048 square miles
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  • 415 10 Letters to the Editor conclusions drawn from our whole Journey is that the "facts" are often wrong. All our inf or nation on leaving England— after six months' exhaustive enquiry told us for example that the Ledo Road into Burma was impassable, impossible. Nevertheless, and surely
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  • 121 10 11/ITH reference to the TT story "Women have their say on Merdeka" in Page 9 of the Sunday Times dated April 1, 1956: I wish to point out that I have been wrongly quoted. As a Secretary of the Young Women Muslim Association I just do not
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  • 373 10 M°W .sup: l^ Go-. to wan;;.. Broat |i Amrri ir return ol B that Sir A: rest of h miscei:,, M.P.s embark Wa.sh: to fix thing, posing before Anthonj House o"i t llvered on the lived and-Co'K( i supposing. receptk;. d delegatii Washingl ton? ret Mr. DaTj vioiLj.y
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  • 511 11 Singapore has a 'colour bar in reverse WILD ASSAULT ON TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS, SAYS PAPER oN n 0 N. Sat. 1 the approach Smgapore Jek« talks >n this month. .British ?rcSS IS |ts attention \r priifical proc f the Chief j;,cr. Mn David .shall and the ,of c cx Patt c
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  • 221 11 April first prade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 90 3 8 cents per lb. up half a cent on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. The market was generally luiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers
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  • 20 11 i three i Injured at the i Bi-n--ipore, at ■f Nel:ie. 10. Ru-a Road, and Anson i the
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  • 75 11 WHAT THE MCA HEADQUARTERS WILL LOOK LIKE A $200,000 contract has been signed with Simc Darby to begin piling operations on the teven-storcy Malayan Chinese Association headquarters labovel m Orchard Road. Mr. Lee Kok Han, Secretary of the Singapore Branch, said the building is expected to be completed by the
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  • 307 11 I PENANG. Saturday. "["HE Pcnang Straits Chinese British Association said today that there must be broadmindedness if Malaya is to have unity and harmony in its march towards independence. "As a new nation we have to adopt an equitable constitution where every citizen can
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  • 38 11 A City Council employee, Mcnon 6. Surrey Road. Singapore, was stabbed in the arm and chest during an argument with another Indian in Dorset Road on Frlday night. He was admitted to hospital. 1
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  • 12 11 SINGAPOmi: Today 9 a^ri 9Vt" tflf em': 015 l7fr 9>n>
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  • 81 11 Police are on the look-out for the body of a Danish 1 .seaman, believed to have drowned on falling overboard from a launch in Singapore harbour early yesterday 1 morning. t The seaman. Johannes Lohman. Jansen, aged 30, w*as chief steward of the vessel Cornelius Maersk.
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  • 16 11 ar<> remittee of the The .symposium will begin vi.sory Council.
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  • 192 11 Elegant Flower' in Spore rE task or understanding the Chinese, their art, i food, customs marriage, politics— that Is the themr of a book recently pub- 1 llshed which was written by an official in the Singapore Labour Department. "Elegant Flower' by Desmond Neill, published by Messrs. John Murray Ltd.
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  • 191 11 A very enjoyable sonata recital was given at the Victoria Memorial Hall by Lola Bobesco and Jacques Genty 1 last night The Mozart Sonata with which the programme (somewhat courageously 1 began was played with perfect understandiing and sympathy. The difficulty of -warming I up" the strings
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  • 150 12 piRST prixe in the jj day Times Ca« Contest this week awarded to B. C. Wo of 951-D Upper Sen goon Road. Singapore 1 for his study. Prayu (top left). Speed 1/2 f5.6. Second pnxc to Ch n Seng Poh of 5 Cuan Hi
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  • 1005 12  -  Donald davies E9 \\t. Know irom tne auw biography of Abdul lah, the Malay chronicle: who lived during the timi of Thomas Stamford Raf fles. that the future founder of Singapore was anxi ous to start a school t< foster education, even ir
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    • 188 12 Papular i rosstvord ft 2 I j sa^B^^ ACROSS (3); 3. Footprint (5); 4, Fury (4); 1, A ;uatir carnivore (5); 6, Sort 5, Scholarship (4); 6. Acquires of shot (5); 10, st.ttr of equality (4); 7, Singly (5): 8, Write |3); 9. (3); 11, Dwelling (5); 14, Mbadow Picture-support
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  • 90 13 Lanky Jimmy hits the top at last :rosby is my OLDEST friend!' Hopes nose is a ski jump! 1 I at the box offices is lanky James x)d is agreed that it couldn t a nicer fellow. "^med the lead'nf; money--n;>l>.cr mnual i icumem }4 film stars. i iar\e, hard-working
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  • 113 13 1 WROTE to Grecory I Peck and Elizabeth Tay- lor nearly two years .ipo but have not had a reply from them. Ait they itill 20th Century-Fox and M-G-M ie.s-.iectively? I RINK HEE Singapore Grrgory Peck has been making films with a number 'miiiiJU HpM|pp|Mcgßp| nf
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  • 902 13  -  MOORE RAYMOND D v I M a gravelly. x ghostly voice echoing round the place where comedians go when they die. Fred Allen found fame In a feud. Though his slanging match with Jack Benny turned out in the end to be a long and lively
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  • 254 13 LONDON. I ITTLE MISS SWANSON is sitting pretty. Curled up in the corner of a vast, wine coloured settee, in a sloppy white sweater and brilliant, tight-fitting Capri-green pants. A pale Kensington sunset shines through the window of her newly acquired flat, lighting up her amber
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  • 1166 14  -  ROBERT GLENTON /4 CANDID SERIES ON A FAMOUS FIGURE IF by his campaign he has charmed the people of Britain, the Duke has taken as much trouble to show the children he is deeply interested in them. In their presence
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  • 587 15 What makes a girl hesitate CHESSER REPORT -CONCLUSION QN k of the few points on which the Chesaer Report finds completely common ground with the American researches of I)r Kinsev i« on THK INFLUENCE OF REUGION On both sides of the Atlantic sincere religious convictions are still the greatest reason
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  • 441 15 Murder is risky in one State From MASSEY STANLEY SYDNEY, Sat. PEOGRAPHY proved fatal i \J for William Henry Feast, j a 42-years-old Port Adelaide docker. i They hanged him in the Jail I at Adelaide, capital of i South Australia, the other j morning for the murder of a
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  • 820 15 How NOT to get yourself water HOT running water the most vital, the most inevitable accessory in any home Or so I thought, until I moved to Singapore. I sensed something wrong while the landlord was showing me round the new house. "Water heaters?" he asked 'Oh they haven't been
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  • 215 15 IN the Middle Ages people i like lluddleMon woul.l have been burned at the stake Who Ik the man on whom a South African Cabinet Minister passed tins sharp verdict? >evor Iluddleston. an Anglican priest, ca-me to the shanty towns of Johannesburg in 194S He took
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  • 1081 17  -  HARRY THOMAS by conks rv- <* "< the empty box, ask,, "is Hv there an V on c V» -n- jn nou l end m e a ten dollar note lor th the trick?- put This, of course, brines a :hc Pood deal of good humoured
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  • 331 17 Patients are so suspicious PEOPLE are just naturally suspicious. But it's fantastic how many just dont trust their doctor. Gives me a bottle of red stuff." says Mrs. Blank, and of course I just pour it down the sink." Or: "He tells me it's just nerves calls himself a doctor—
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  • 76 17 People living in South-East Asia may see the first made-in-Amcfica earth satellites designed for use during the coming Geophysical Year. They will be launched from Patrick Air Force Base. in Florida. Scientists working on the protect say the 30-inch satellites will follow an elliptical orbit above the
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  • 645 18 Will Colony traffic choke itself to a standstill? IT is encouraging to note the increasing public interest in Singapore's road and traffic problems, as witnessed in reports, letters to the papers, and the ordinary conversation of Singaporeans. This attention is by no means too early, but may be almost too
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  • 581 18  -  CRUSADER —By Malaya regains lost badminton prestige MIAGARA Falls Country Club's international badminton tournament may not have the same prestige us the All-England championships, hut it attracted the world's leading players and yielded results equally eirniifimnl As far as Malaya is concerned, its most gratifying: feature was
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  • 293 18 Here's an ideal c J for tropical weathJ QNE of the stars of last years London M, to Wk was Sunbeam's entirely ncv and although bulk deliveries are not Malaya for some time yet, I was -jbl* first arrival last week, bv courtesy of its Q The
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  • 457 19 H.K. RESERVE WAS MATCH-WINNER O liceman Moss scores I goals in 5-2 victory By THE SPORTS EDITOR Kone Football Association team were as good as their word Singapore on Wednesday they announced their deterome the first team to win the Aw Hoe Memorial Cup on, Jalan Besar stadium they beat
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  • 39 19 Lendy again eats 4-min for mile Sat. holder d mile broke r the > 'day Smin. Park. i fiord i .it in 1!I54. fourth who 1 omebnef rented the more uho Ron •'II and I and, I > .onI toI third
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  • 576 19 T<HE KINGS Own Scottish Borderers and the 1 Royal Hampshire Regiment yesterday entered the concluding stages of the Caldbeck Cup for the FARELF inter-unit soccer championship. The X.0.5.8. will represent Singapore following a 5-2 victory over 1/2 Gurkha Rifles yesterday at Friendly Hill. Hampshires won the
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  • 248 19 TOKYO. Sat. BOTH SINGAPORE pairs in the men's doubles of the International table tennis championships were eliminated here today. Loh Hen B Chew and Poon Weng Hoe fell to a Vietnamese pair in the first round and then Loh Kum Soon and Tan Hong
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  • 257 19 Wimbledon star plays in Singapore II'STRALIAN tennis 1 veteran Jack Harper I flew into Singapore I yesterday on a business trip and spent the) evening watching and playing with local players at the V.M.C.A. courts. was surprised to find the standard as good as it is,' he commented afterwards '"With
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  • 153 19 CENTRE-FORWARD Blackwood scored five goals for the King's Own Scottish Borderers when they beat 1/2 Gurkha Rifles 5-2 in the Singapore zone final of the Caldbeck Cup at Friendly Hill yesterday. Their victory earned them the Robinson Cup for the Singapore inter-unit championship. The Scots
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  • 106 19 UROSS: 1. Otter. 6, Grape. 10, Par. 11, Abode. 14, Lea. 15. ExacpVrations. 16. Evens. 17, Asks. 20, Sell. 22. Collect. 26, Arrow. 27. Ounce. 28. Respond. 31, Apse. 33, Yelp. 36, Bases. 39, Hieroglyphics. 43. Err. 43. Lease. 44, Lot. 45, ir.-nsr. 46, Deeds. DOWN: 1. Opera.
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  • 199 19 MUAR. Sat. JOHORE and Singapore will meet in their annual Comoincd Schools soccer match— the eighth in the series— here tomorrow. With six of I the side Johore are out to nan Singapore's winning sequence Singapore had won every' mPe 'i n jj errept the
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  • 356 19 Perera marks his return with 8 for 62 spell THE Police leftarm spinner. Heyzer Perera, took 1 the honours of the first day's play of the annual cricket fixture between Singapore Civilians and Combined Services on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. Perera, who has been out of the representative limelight recently,
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  • 280 19 civilians-^ mn«: Mohinder sin Kh n King 48 Williams c Hanrahan b Kln« 2 Harbans SJngh c Dunn b Kin* Ross lbw Williamson 13 Schub,rt not OIIt 34 i x a£aiah not out 23 i.\ira« Total (for 6 dec!) 2ls ,,Wk,« fell *t: liZ 128> 128# ***** bOWling: Hanrahan
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  • 386 20 PHILADELPHIA, Sat. THE Malayan doubles A team of Ooi Teik Hock (Penang) and Ong Poh Lim (Singapore) will meet the Danish holders of the all-England championship, Finn Kobbero and J. Hammergaard Hansen, for the third time this year when they contest the I
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  • 1485 20 Wadham ($97) upsets in main Penang amateur race FIRST WATCH PAYS 593 By EPSOM JEEP WADHAM. cleverly ridden by Tengku Abdul Malik, sprang a spectacular upset when ne won the Deleted Racehorses Handicap over If. the main event at the Penang Amateur Race Meeting; at Penang yesterday. Wadham beat the
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  • 31 20 TOTAL POOL: $154,200 IST. No. *****3 (541.634). 2ND. No. *****0 (520.817). 3RD. No. *****0 (SI 1.565). STARTERS: (52.056 each): Nos. ;'*****; *****9: *****2; *****4: *****6; *****7; *****5; *****7; *****3.
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  • 562 20 vrEIGHTS for all I eight races on the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting next I Saturday are: Cl 1. Div I— s F Cay Princess 9.00 Windy Corner 8.13 Troubadour 8.10 Diamond Jubilee 8.09 Ten Dollars 8.07 Four Charmers 8.06
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  • 376 20 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. I STAR ONE has trained on splendidly and should find his I winning turn soon. This four- j year-old gelding by Dornot did i an impressive gallop on a rain- sodden track at Kuala Lumpur this morning with
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