The Straits Times, 24 April 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times AW** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Round 1: BOYD SHAKES Mr. M
    662 1 Merdeka men told; defence and internal curity aw inerttably intertwined* Summing up a plea to be free j 1 e JW?nti?^ avnarntc force of Oemo- it I in this spirit that we come to seek ourriShttn^^ °Z a tota ]««rf«» colonialism. Z human beingf.
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    'WE COME SEEKING TO BE FRIENDS'—Mr. M
    642 1 'WE COME SEEKING TO BE FRIENDS'— Mr. M Britain warned: Don't perpetuate colonialism LONDON. Mon. A WARNING to BriA tain not to attempt jo perpetuate colonialism in Singapore was Riven here today by the Chief Minister, Mr. D«vid Marshall, in his opening speech at the constitutional talks. J^f'i; "The perpetua»n
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    Red designs exposed: Topple the Tengku
    201 1 Red designs exposed: Topple the Tengku KUALA LUMFDR Mon.^-A captured terrorist document, whose contents were revealed today, confirms the Malayan Communist Party's aim of overthrowing Tengku Abdul Rahman's "bourgeois dictatorship 1 and changing it into a "joint dictatorship of all races and strata." The document, a private and confidential letter
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    M.P.s GET THE 167,000 SIGNATURES
    138 1 Brief London ceremony in the sun LONDON, Monday. piGHT volumes containing 167,000 signatures of v people demanding merdeka for Singapore were presented today to some of the M.P.S who recently visited South-East Asia. The brief ceremony, on the sunlit terrace of the Palace of Westminster,
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    Hundreds see rescue drama by night
    140 1 FISHERMAN'S DASH TO SAVE WOMAN A FISHERMAN made a 500-yard dash Into the sea rL off Princess Elizabeth Walk in Singapore last night to rescue a woman from drowning. I But While doing so he got Into difficulties and had to be rescued by
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    THE BIG BLAST
    61 1 Bombs pound Reds ALOR STAR, Mon,— Three Canberra* and six Venoms from RAJ 1 Butterworth today blasted terrorist targets in one of the heaviest bombing raids in North Kedmb within the past six months. First reports Indicate the bombs two dozen 1,000--pounders—fell in the target areas. Ground
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    Singapore -ships in A-tests
    36 1 Ships of the Far East fleet from Singapore will help in the British atomic weapons tests to be carried out a" the Montebello Islands soon. The ships will help compile weather data.
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    Lock icon Russian giant
    39 1 LONDON, Mon. Russia Is building a four-engined tur-bo-prop aircraft that will carry 150 people, and hopes to have it flying by the spring of 1957, Mr. A. N. Tupolev. the Soviet plane designer, said here today. Reuter.
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    On with the dance before the big conference
    31 1 TUB SINGAPORE CM* Minister. Mr. David Marshall, dances with Miss Barbara Le e at a Malayan Students' Uaion'g dance In London.— AJ. picture.
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    Students told: English-educated will never rule
    306 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, parliamentary leader of the People's Action Party, told 150 Malayan students here last night that the chances of English educated Malayans becoming "masters of the new Malaya" were slender. Mr Lee. a member of the Merdeka Mission to
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    Lock icon MR. K: WE'VE FROPPRF AN H-BOMB
    546 1 MR. K: WE'VE FROPPRF AN H-BOMB BIRMINGHAM, Monday. \M R. KHRUSHCHEV boasted here today that RusiTl sia so far has been the only country to explode a hydrogen bomb from the air. In a speech here at the x British industries Fair he said: "The Americans are only intending to
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    STOP PRESS
    59 1 MERDEKA TALKS (Sec this page) LONDON, Mon. Mr. Lim Yi-w Hock, chairman of Labour Front, said tonight hr was not discouraged by Mr. Boyd's remarks on internal security. "We can still work things out." he said. After two-hour private session. Marshall emerged shaking head. looking slightly unhappy, hut
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    YOUR PRIZE IS IN THE POST
    59 1 YOUR PRIZE IS IN THE POST /CHEQUES have been posted V> to prize-winners in The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Word Puzzle Contest 'U' (March). The list of winners is as announced in The Sunday Times of April 15. There was no claim for rescrutiny. Details of another big prize money contest
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    Merger with Malaya may be only way out
    403 2 NEWSPAPER: BOYD SHOULD GIVE MARSHALL PLAM A HKAMMO LONDON, Mon. THE MANCHES--1 TER Guardian claimed today that a Singapore Federa tion merger may be the one way towards safety for both. It said the agenda of the merdeka conference which opened today,
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    PHILIPPINES M.P. ON $157,000 CHARGE
    92 2 PHILIPPINES M.P. ON $157,000 CHARGE MANILA, Mon The only woman hi the PhilipPines legislature, Senator Padta Madrigal Oonsalez. was charged today with misusing U*****,000 in United Nations and government welfare funds. The attractive, 38-year-old Senator was accused of falsifying public documents and diverting funds and property of the XJ Jf
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    Lock icon They're blamed
    19 2 SHILLONG. Mon. Five hundred tribal chiefs from 65 villages have condemned terrorism by headhunting Naga tribesmen. Renter
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    Need for public-spirited businessmen
    148 2 %M R. HERBERT MORRISON, Britain's former Foreign Secretary, thinks more Singapore businessmen of all races should take a greater Interest in public affairs. Mr Morrison, who recently toured the Colony and the Federation, made the observation in a statement sum- ine up his Far Eastern tour.
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    Lock icon THAT STALIN NOW THE COURTS ARE VILLAINS
    183 2 THAT STALIN NOW THE COURTS ARE VILLAINS JLfOtOOW, Moa. R«sni sia's offleial taw Journal, "State and Law," yesterday attacked the entire Boviet jWssutlng system. It aeiUMi atosicutUn «f "flaffant vMation of the principles of Seeialtet legality aaf the basis of Juridical science" by rewogniskii the guilt and nspimglltty for crimes
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    That wedding: A ring from Prince Rainier to his princess
    35 2 That wedding: A ring from Prince Rainier to his princess PRINCM RAINIER of Monaco place* the ring on the finger of his princess, actress Grace Kelly, during the wedding service in Monaco Cathedral.— Express picture.
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    Lock icon FILM NOW STARS REAL-LIFE PRINCESS
    269 2 FILM NOW STARS REAL-LIFE PRINCESS TNe Canes Festival open CANNES, Mon. DRINCESS Grace Pat- ricia of Monaco will be the star attraction of the film festival opening here today and lasting till May 10. She will appear in "The Swan," playing the role which she now fills in real life.
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    Welfare talks
    24 2 SUVA. Mon. I And proyrcss oi i- t^H 18 Pacific tffrritoiie> rd j^w discussed at the ,'vj-- r near here. B euWl
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    These vertical risers' will make flying safe and cheap, he says
    136 2 These vertical risers' will make flying safe and cheap, he says WASHINGTON. Man. A New York Industrialist Mr. Harry Guggenheim, said here that Ugh speed commercial transport planes which could take off and land vertically or at a steep angle would be available for production hi three to five years.
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    World trip for girl with poise
    119 2 GIRLS employed by the British Overseas Airways Corporation hi Malaya can compete for a tree ah* trip around the world. This Is the prise being offered to the winner of the 1956 "Miss Speedbird" contest It win be open to girls of 8.0.A.C. throughout
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    Miner dies
    35 2 NEW TORS, Mon— Joseph Otterstrom, 58, an Utah coal miner, was found dead yesterday after he was burled under tons of rock in a mine cave-in last Wednesday. His throe companions had surViVOd^A*.
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    BROKEN LEG WAS NO HANDICAP
    143 2 CAPETOWN, Monday. I TOR three weeks, Mrs. Eileen Crozier was laid u ?l r with a broken leg. Then she lost patience and hobbled on to a course for a round of golf. The leg was stUI In plaster. She registered average scores until she
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    Plan for coal
    29 2 ml LONDON, Mon. wUI spend nearly £»J aH cs« Uon in the next 1° e n **B reconstructing its try. the National Coal announced today-« fU
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    Lock icon KEFAUVER: STOP H-TESTS
    69 2 WASHINGTON, Hon. Senator Bates Kef auver amid last night he saw "no particular good in having further hydrogen bomb 1 don't like the Idea of lost making a bigger and bigger bomb" said the Senator, who Is seeking the Democratic Presidential nomination. "But if Russia continues such
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      80 2 the sentences on Wj others, according to War»» Radio. Reuter. TAIPEH: Nationalist waf ships have driven off *y Communist gunboats-« r COPENHAGEN: E a C J, year Danish farms agiving up using »M horses and replacing theby 10,000 tractors -one five horses. Reuter TOKYO: EiKht Oo*g ment emigration «pw have
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    Lock icon B AND K FEEL THE STRAIN
    490 3 Industries Fain Tour is cut down Chequers: Crucial talks with Eden London County Council: Autographs ifiKGHAM, Mon. L >'v feel ng h^ f n <•• »heir visit J il,in and have t0 L for Iheir tour tV British Ini SL Fair here i of
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    Lock icon EDEN SAYS FAREWELL AFTER DOWNING STREET TALKS
    119 3 OFF TO WINDSOR WITH SABLE WRAP FOR THE QUEEN WINDSOR. Mon. The Russian leaders met the Qneen for an hour yesterday and gave her a luxurious sable wrap. Prince Charles and Princess Anne were present with the Duke of Edinburgh when Marshal Balganin
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    BOY OF 11 KILLS HIS FAMILY
    129 3 Slays three, then has sound sleep NEW YORK, Monday. AN 11-year-old boy carried out a plan to kill his 14-year-old brother and his parents on the family farm in Connecticut yesterday. Then he slept soundly before taking a neighbour to the bodies. The police
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    Lock icon Escort hurt
    22 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— A mo-tor-cyclist escorting the Lord Mayor of London was injured yesterday when a car stoped suddenly. A.P.
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    Lock icon Navy seeks the nicest girl
    60 3 Navy seeks the nicest girl NEW YORK, Mon mt I\S. Navy is look--1 in; for the ideal navy wife. A contest to find Mrs.lS. Navy of 1956" «nds here on September 15. The winner will set l'Ss:\3oo and a trip to Hawaii and several U.S. Cities. Contestants must wlte an
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    Lock icon Jet fighter was a $795 m. failure
    198 3 BUT 'LESSONS' WERE LEARNED WASHINGTON, Monday. INVESTIGATING senators today reported that a M 5795,000,000 project to produce a new Naval Jet fighter during the Korean War was a total loss except for "the lessons learned." A highly critical report on the project came
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    Lock icon Eight battle sharks
    72 3 BRISBANE, Mon. Eight Australian skin divers who beat off three 10ft. sharks in a week-end battle while salvaging a whisky cargo off the south Queensland coast will not salvage any more. The whisky is bad. But the skin divers will go down again to try to establish
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    RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON, Apr. 33.— Spot 27% d.. May 27% d.. June 27d.. July-Sept! 26<d.. Oct.-Dec. 36fceV J»n.Mar. 26<Kd.. April e4A 26% d., May til, 26% d., June cii 26% d. Tone: Quiet.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Apr. 23.— Cash Buyers £760. Sellers £761. Forward Buyers £758 Sellers £75», Settlement £759. Turnover: aan. 45 tons; pjn. 10 tons.
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    Lock icon Britain told: Make big effort
    133 3 Britain told: Make big effort NEW YORK, Mon. SIR WILLIAM Rootes, British car manufacturer, said here yesterday that Britain must make a gigantic effort to balance its trade with the United States. Sir William, chairman of the British Dollar Exports Council, said that Britain's economic problem was to export more
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    Lock icon Fare enough
    35 3 CHICAGO. Mon. A Chicago bus driver, Herman Lewis, has been arrested for beating and shooting at a passenger who did not have the exact fare. He waa charged with assault to kill. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lecture by Red
    29 3 LONDON. Mon. Professor I. V. Kurchatov, Russia's leading nuclear scientist, will lecture to 350 British scientists on Wednesday at Harwell, Britain's big atomic research centre. Reutei.
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    Lock icon FAKIR FASTS IN GLASS COFFIN with 50 VIPERS
    91 3 FAKIR FASTS IN GLASS COFFIN with 50 VIPERS STRASBOURG, Mon. A French Fakir, Burmah, has locked himself in a glass coffin here with SO live vipers at the start of a 63 -day fast "just to keep fit." Before stepping into the coffin, Burmah broke 75 bottles in the coffin
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    Lock icon Ambush victim
    17 3 NICOSIA, Mon. A British soldier wounded in a midnight ambush neai Limassol died today. Reuter.
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    NEHRU PLEDGE
    145 3 'India will always be Pakistan's good neighbour' PATNA, Bihar State, Mon. The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, said here last night that whatever might be Pakistan's approach towards her problems. India would remain her good neighbour and would always extend her hand of friendship India was bending her
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER and TIN
    45 3 LONDON, Mao. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty VO 16 I* 9 > t i +v (CS) i /ltt /7H i tarn a. ting (5/-) (4/-) 1 a (6/-) 8/: li/i 1% ROM Batu Tl»m +1 m >
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    Detention protests ignored
    152 4 CHEW SAYS: BOY CAN APPEAL nnHE Singapore GovL eminent is taking no action on protests against the detention of a Chinese school student, Lim Woon Kiat. for subversive activities. The acting Chief Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, said yesterday that the Government had already acted by authorising
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    Fun fair plan
    30 4 SEOAMAT, Mon.— Begamat is to hold an all-community fun fair soon to raise funds for the erection of a Town Hall to mark the Sultan's Diamond Jubilee.
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    Lib-Socs have a hush hush plan to win the next elections
    182 4 Lib-Socs have a hush hush plan to win the next elections T*HE Singapore Liberal-Socialist Party has drawn A upa secret blue print to win the next City Council and Legislative Assembly elections. The party has established an elections organisation committee and has set up a panel to select the best
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    Man accused of slaying son
    40 4 P. Shanmugam was yesterday charged in Singapore I with the murder of his son, Urn Kirn Huat, In Holland I Road on Saturday. He was ordered to be remanded in the central lockup until Thursday.
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    AMERICAN DOCTOR'S $6,000 GIFT
    76 4 AMERICAN DOCTOR'S $6,000 GIFT AN American doctor. Clarence I. Gamble, ha* given $8,000 to the Singapore Family Planning Association for work In th* Federation. The chairman of the Singapore FPA-. Mrs. Ooh Kok Kee. said yesterday that Dr. Gamble had visited Singapore twice and had previously made donations to the
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    Chief clerk is accused
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Fadzil bin Mohamed All, chief clerk employed by RIDA. Johore. was charged in the Sessions Court today with criminal breach of trust of $3,186. Bail was granted
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    Village wells run dry
    28 4 SBGAMAT. Mon.— Bukit Siput new village Is without water because the wells have run dry. Water Is being supplied by the fire-brigade from Segamat
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    High tides
    56 4 TODAY: Singapore 10.42 a.m. (Bft 7in) 10.40 p.m. (Bft 61n). F«rt Dickson 5.58 a.m. (Bft lln) 6.18 p.m. (9ft 4ln), Fenang 12.23 p.m. (7ft 8m). TOMORROW: Singapore 11.35 a.m. (Bft Sin) 11.00 pjn. (Bft 91n), Port Dtekaon 6.34 aon. (Bft 2ln) 6.58 p.m. (Bft 4in). Penang 12.36 a.m.
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    SEEKING ANOTHER CROWN
    108 4 SEEKING ANOTHER CROWN MISS UMNO 1955. 20-year-old Salma Ahmad (above), is one of the 50 Malay, Chines*, and Eurasian girls who will compete for the Sarong Kebaya Queen title at the Happy World Stadium on Wednesday and Saturday. One of the highlights of the show will be a contest among
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    Union for all
    33 4 The Confederation of Singapore Chinese Engineering Tradesmen decided at a recent meeting to accept as members mechanics of other races and women workers of all engineerin* firms in the Colony.
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    54 4 BABY-SITTING is a popular task for hundreds of Singapore Scouts durinr lob Week. Here two of them. Tay Chee Mine and Khoo Cheng Poh. (of the Mh Group. St. Anthony's School) keep 13-montb-old Theresa Low happy while mother and father go shopping Straits Times
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    Celebration by the YWCA
    50 4 The YWCA of Singapore will celebrate World Membership Day tomorrow with a buffet supper at the residence of Lady Scott wife of the Commissioner General. She is president ol the association. There will be square dancing. Chinese dancing and an Indian dance by Mr. Devdatta Jetley.
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    Sergeant is accused
    57 4 JOHORF. BAHRU. Mon.— Tan Chin Thye. a detective sergeant attached to the Merslng police, was allowed ball after being charged in the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today with corruptly accepting $60 and a cheque for $100 from Chan Nal Poo. as an inducement not to take action
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    $4,700 IN A WEEK OR A LIFETIME AS A CRIPPLE
    323 4 PENANG. Monday. THE next seven days will be the most important week in the life of 14 year old limbless schoolboy, Salleh bin Ariffin. He has to find $4,700 or face the prospect of being a helpless cripple for the
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    AN AUSSIE 'I want to settle dowi ii Malaya' SEEKS A MALAYAN WIFE...
    214 4 AN AUSSIE 'I want to settle dowi ii Malaya' SEEKS A MALAYAN WIFE... DENANO. Man. A r lonely Australian soldier stationed in Kedah has written to the Straits Times in Penang asking for its help in "finding the right girl." Pte. Leslie Seabrook, of the 2nd Royal Australian regiment now
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    'Equality-or future of fear'
    131 5 'Equality- or future of fear' MALACCA BABAS DEMAND 4 FOMDAMEWTAL BIGHTS,* MPfOBITY SAFEGUARDS f OING IN 00 FOR '00 EW MVLACCA. Mon. JI Chinese want jus a nd safeguards f mnorities written f he constitution '^independent MaMemorandum makthese demands has *&&?<&* submitted to Constitutional commission "'I. Lord Rp'd- draft memorandum
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    'HUSH-HUSH' URANIUM TALKS OFF
    78 5 'HUSH-HUSH' URANIUM TALKS OFF KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Tj hush-hush" talks on ociurn between the Director I::.? Geological Survey De--OMSt here, Mr. H. Service, ci the Minister for Lands, ltr.es and Local Govaaat, inche Sulaiman bin Uto Abdul Rahman, scheu: lor today were postt Service was to have repd to the
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    9th Birthday
    12 5 birthday fteRAi 1. (Malaya) RegiH celebrates its ninth tnversary today.
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    St. George Society honours dead
    38 5 MEMBERS of the Royal Society of St. George yesterday laid a wreath at the Singapore cenotaph. Picture shows the president of the society, Mr. W. H. Day. placing the wreath— Straits Times picture.
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    LIM CLAN MEETING ENDED IN A RIOT
    179 5 —Court told THE vice-president of the Nee Soon branch of the Lim Clan Association, Mr. Lim Soon Thong, yesterday told a Singapore court how he was beaten up at an annual meeting. He was testifying against 11 men charged with rioting at the
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    HOSPITAL TO AID MUSLIMS
    47 5 I MALACCA. Mon. The P-wal Hospital here has W*t to circumcise Mus- His follows an appeal by mjxil Malay leaders, who pointed out that operations performed in kampongs were often unhygienic and sometimes fatal. The Chief Kathi of Malacca has given his consent.
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    This is not a joke, gunman warned
    231 5 "COLD AND CALCULATED ROBBERT T|/|R JUSTICE WH1TTON told two men convicted yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court of armed robberv: "This was a cold and calculated robbery of considerable SKiii. The men. Chan Choo 3eng, 24. and Lee Cheng 3hoon. 24, were sentenced
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    Bus-car crash: Four hurt
    53 5 Two women and two girls I were Injured when a car they were travelling in and a Nanyang Girls' High School bus collided at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Stevens Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. All four were treated at the General Hospital and allowed
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    UMNO Day
    27 5 IPOH, mod. The tenth anniversary of the united Malays National organisation will be celebrated by Its divisions and branches throughout the country on May 13.
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    A KELANTAN TENGKU DIES IN SINGAPORE
    76 5 KOTA BAHRU, Mon.—A Kelantan land owner, Tengku Zainal 'bin Tengku Abdul Kadir, died at the Singapore General Hospital today of paralysis. He was 67. He was admitted two week ago after ailing for nearly one year. The Tengku owned nearly 104)00 acres of rubber
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    Road crash kills bus conductor
    46 5 A Singapore Traction Company bus conductor, Urn Mvi Plow, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a bus at the Junction of Arab Street and Beach Road, yesterday morning. Lim died soon after being admitted to the General Hospital.
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    $400,000 cocoa scheme
    41 5 KUANTAN, Mon. A cooperative land development society with $400,000 capital will start cocoa planting at Bukit Goh, near here. It will be known as the Kuantan Co-operative (Cocoa) Land Development Society. Ltd. Members win work on the land.
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    Jumbo trouble
    30 5 KUALA TRENGGANU.Mon. —The District Officer, Koala Trengganu, inche Mohamed Yusoff bin Haji Ahmad, today received reports that elephants had damaged estates at Sungel Tong. 25 miles from here.
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    Struggle after screams from tax office
    193 5 Struggle after screams from tax office A SINGAPORE Income tax official yesterday told A how he found one of his girl clerks lying bleeding on the floor while a man holding a dagger stood over her. Mr. William Gordon was giving evidence at the trial of Murukalyar Rasoo, charged with
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    900 LEAVE FOR CHINA TWO DON'T
    78 5 900 LEAVE FOR CHINA TWO DON'T SINGAPORE port officials spent 11 hours clearing 900 Chinese passengers who left Singapore for China In the TJlwangl yesterday. Two Chinese seamen, who had paid their passages to Canton, attempted to slip through the screen with false papers. Police detained them and it is
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    Aid for widows
    28 5 KUALA LUMPUR, MOD. The Ex-Security Forces' Association will ask the Federation Government for more help for the widows and children of members killed in service.
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    ANZAC DAY IN SINGAPORE
    59 5 A memorial service will be held tomorrow. ANZAC Day. at the Singapore Cenotaph in Connaught Drive. The service, which will be conducted by the Deputy Ac- slstant Chaplain General, Singapore District, the Rev. T. J. C. Roberts, will begin at 5.45 tun. The Australian and Mew
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    Talks observers go home
    45 5 Rear Admiral J. H. Mcßeath and Commander J. Tulloch of the New Zealand Navy left Singapore by QANTAS yesterday for Australia. They were observers at the recent defence treaty talks between representatives of the Federation and Britain in Kuala Lumpur. i
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    Hut on fire
    20 5 An attap hut in Kampong Loyang, off Tampemli Road, Singapore, was badly**" maged by fire yesterday afternoon.
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    DEATHS
    122 6 20 Wort, tit (Mimlmmm) BOGAARS: On 23rd April, 1956, st the General Hospital. Penang, Blanche Bngaars. 75 yean. The funeral cortege will leave her late residence No. 307, Belmont Road, Binßapore, at 6 pjn. on Wednesday, 2Mh April, 1956. for tbe Portuguese Church of St. Jo«eph and thenre to
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Apr. 24, 1956. The Tengku Speaks
    569 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Apr. 24, 1956. The Tengku Speaks It was time that Tengku Abdul Rahman broke his silence oh jus soli. Other Influential leaders notably Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan and the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal had spoken, counselling restraint and warning of the consequences of racial
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    From Fiction To Facts
    313 6 From Fiction To Facts A team of investigators is to visit households in Singapore to find out how they spend their money. This is the first serious attempt, since the end of the war, to obtain a proper cost-of-living index The existing indices are not taken seriously even by the
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    The Drug Traffic
    297 6 Fresh evidence of the source of the illicit drug traffic is furnished by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is now meeting in Geneva. The Commission's opening sessions are secret, but later this week there are to be public meetings as the Commission deals with
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    RUSSIA IS PLAYING HER CARDS WITH SKILL IN EGYPT
    833 6  - RUSSIA IS PLAYING HER CARDS WITH SKILL IN EGYPT GUY HARRIOT By Though living under the shadow of Egypt's Secret Police, Soviet agents arc relaxed and satisfied. And they wHI be so long as they can take Egypt's cotton crop and the West can't. This is the second of three
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    How the British worker spends his wages
    1003 6 Yesterday a sptioi Ham of investigators began the tint comprehensive survey of cost of living In Singapore. In thl* artkie a special correspondent toll* how a similar survey wot carrimd out In Britain this yoar and how it ha* become an important weapon
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      Chinese as policemen
      344 6 I HAVE the honour, to refer to the letter en- titled "Why Chinese do not become policemen" which appeared in the Straits Tunes on April 4. The educational, physical and medical standards of candidates for enlistment as Police Constables are laid down by Standing Orders issued under
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      B|ood demand after fight
      68 6 I WOULD like to draw your attention to the report in the Straits Times of April 18, under the heading "SjOB. FOR BLOOD.— After gang fight." There to a Blood Bank functioning in Seremban. It has been in operation for the last nine months and to
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      Mistake ran be made good
      90 6 I AM shocked to read in the Straits Times that there to a bid to bring down the Malayan Chinese Association. I feel it to rather unnecessary to form another organisation besides the M.C.A. which has been doing, and still is doing very good work.
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      The rent bill is mounting
      121 6 MONTHS before Kuantan was installed as Pahangs capital, memos and letters went round government offices here to gather information regarding a proposed increase in housing allowance as house-rents In Kuantan were sky-rocket-ing. But now a year has passed since then and there Is no change
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    104 7 poolish to stop learning h° w t o read this, jays expert official I.tncuaee. V prrinbanayaßam Is Jnrmal <>f t he Kokuvil E£ C Ipco. Ceylon and Ember of the Ceylonese £3 Languages Advisory °5-i face facts." he said. -EnglLsh us by far the most rtrly sed tonpue in^
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    Axe attack—death toll mounts to 4
    102 7 Axe attack death toll mounts to 4 (THE axe attack on a family 1 of six at Kampong HolM on Saturday night has toed its fourth victim Goh Gek Kiow, 40. died in the jajapore General Hospital tKercay. Goh and her five children ire hashed in the attack. Her eieht-yf
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    The dancing Raja Muda of Perak
    82 7 The dancing Raja Muda of Perak IPOH, Mon. rpHE Raja Muda of Perak x took the honours in a Joget competition at a farewell party to Mr. T. R. Keen?, Ipoh district manager of the Central Electricity Board, at the weekend. The Raja Muda, partnering a professional joget dancer, was
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    $ rush: Insecurity to blame
    286 7 rush: Insecurity to blame BOMMKgg CHUM HPMT THE COLPBIT FOB MALAYAN MTSMIIC MHXIOMS AND FEAR OF CENTRAL BANK CLAMP TO STOP CASH LEAVING COUNTRY B 13 N f?2 here blaille factors for the flight of capital from the Federation— the proposed establishment of a central bank and fears about Malaya's
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    SINGLE UNION PLAN GOES AHEAD
    70 7 SINGLE UNION PLAN GOES AHEAD The constitution of the proposed union for all Singapore Harbour Board workers will be ready on Saturday. If it is approved by the workers' representatives, members of the five unions which are planning to merge will then meet separately to consider the constitution. The new
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    Court action settled
    47 7 A settlement was announced In the Singapore High Court yesterday In an action Instituted by Lt.-Col. J. A. Parker, of Parbury Avenue, against Mr. Ho Chin Slew, of Upper Bast Coast Road, claiming a sum of $7300 as being money lent to Mr. Ho.
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    Wife gets bails on health grounds
    120 7 AMBS. ANNIE DANKER, 1V1 33, (above) remanded since last Friday after being charged with the attempted murder of her husband, d. Danker. 36, was freed on bail of $2,000 when ttoe case came up for mention yesterday. Bail was granted by the Singapore Fifth
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    AFTER ROBBERY-SACRIFICE
    119 7 AFTER ROBBERY- SACRIFICE 300 youths eat less lunch to help 13 girls IPOH, Mea. More than sat youth leaders attending the all-Malaya Methodist Towth FeUowehl* Institnte at the AngtoChhMSe School here, today had a "sacrificial" meal one course hnteh inttrail of the normal five The $15t thw saved was i^HKtHI
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    QUART IN A PINT JAR: MAY DAY HEADACHE
    123 7 QUART IN A PINT JAR: MAY DAY HEADACHE SINOAPORIB 110,000 organised workers will celebrate May Day with a rally at Jalan Besar stadium next Tuesday. Because tne stadium will only hold 17,000, each union win be allowed to send a limited number of representatives only. The rally will start at
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    A METHODIST IS A YOUTH TOLL HE'S 25
    72 7 DPOH. Mon. Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship In Malaya must be S3 years of age or under. This rule was adopted by the All-Malaya M. T.F. Institute here today. A new group is to be formed for the over 35s the
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    P.E.N. Club officers
    37 7 The Malayan centre of the P.E .N. Club has elected the rollowlnjr officers: President, Dr. HoYung Chi; secretary, Dr. K. R. Menon; treasurer, Mr. Tan Be Leoog; committee, Dr. HuangYing Jong and Mr. NeohTeikHong.
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    Park concert
    24 7 The band and drums of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Welch FwUten win beat Retreat at Itrrer Park, Singapore, tomorrow at pjn.
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    Training cruise
    20 7 Four hundred and fifty cadets of the Royal Siamese Navy came to Singapore yesterday on a training cnOae.
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    SIT ACCUSED OF RAW DEAL FOR LOCAL MEN
    365 7 SIT ACCUSED OF RAW DEAL FOR LOCAL MEN THE Malayanisation Commission were given cxx amples last night of qualified local men allegedly receiving a raw deal by the Singapore Improvement Trust. The chief spokesman of the BJ.T. Local Officers Association, Mr David Wong, said that the Trust had so discriminated
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    'Expats always got better start,' he says
    106 7 'Expats always got better start, he says month," Mr. Wong said. This was the minimum of the senior officers' grade. Mr. Wong said that expatriate officer* who were appointed to the posts of secretary and estates officer had no professional qualifications at the time of their appointment These qualifications were
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    They'll be paid on the dot
    45 7 The Singapore Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday assured English teachers in Chinese schools that they would be paid on time in future. In the past they have been paid two to three weeks late each month.
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    RED RUBBER SHIP SAILS
    44 7 Tile Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky left Singapore yesterday with more than 16.000 bales of robber. She will take on another 400 tons at Port Swettenham. Over the week-end members of the Russian crew continued to check the rubber before It wu loaded.
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    Missing man: Murder hints
    143 7 Missing man: Murder hints SINGAPORE police yes- terday appealed for information on the whereabouts of a former employee of the Naval Base, Paul Lim Boon Hee, who disappeared in July 1953. "The police have received several anonymous letters suggesting foul play," a spokesman said. The last letter was received a
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    Pay talks on again
    52 7 The Singapore Motor Workshops Employees' Union wul resume wage negotiations with the management of George Lee Motors at the Labour Department today. About 100 employees of the company staged a half-hour sltdown strike last Thursday in protest against the firm's delay in settling their claims for
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    New synthetic fabrics here
    313 8 LIGHT, COOL AND WASHABLE i ONE of this week's best fashion finds I In Singapore are AmeI rican informal cocktail clothes of a new wash- able synthetic mate- rial, which is claimed to be cooler and lighti er than cotton. The material, which Is called lilion,
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    PSYCHOLOGY WORKS
    415 8 MONDAY "fO into your bed11 room at once," says Dorothy Irritably as her small son Bill gives his imitation of a Jet plane breaking the sound barrier with .shattering effect to the ears. "Don't want to." says Bill stubbornly planting himself on a chair. "Want to play jets."
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    WOMEN SHOULD IMPROVE STATUS
    334 8 WOMEN SHOULD IMPROVE STATUS QEVEBAL prominent Singapore women agreed this week that women in the colony should take a more active part in civic and social welfare matters. They were «*mmen*tag on remarks made by Mrs. V n West that Singapore women were "backward" in claiming their rights as citizens.
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      109 8 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS 6. Open let me make a get-*way ifctt^-arl-twJeTiriaai!! <^ iSL. fmn T,.|..-..,-i >»»^y <•>• 2SawiV(6) 15. TUla country* story la one J2" 2^^JL m h^t*riS^ m! «w3f »nert, ifa often full IS. Btolnly dead, tout cheer up! ofaplrtt (5). '.a i 6)^* ~-i m<« M- She
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Blew the lid off big-time underworld syndicate
    1609 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Blew the lid off big-time underworld syndicate Vain hoodlum who j turned staatpiaean I THE toughest, most vicious mob of gangsters, racketeers and cut-throats ever spawned in crime-ridden America was organised in the 1930's by a runty, strutting, vainglorious hoodlum named Abe (Kid Twist) Reles. He
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      123 9 issr littu Store Ltd. hM naval basi. ,»ppi'« fh co i*" 1 of resident. -<L,| Bm-Be«.yd. sM S tf<ici£nr is" l ""f busine»fm«n "f 3 0 »«r, c.perienc. w,ll 2 t0w8 ,,,,t will convine* yo«. How to keep" ytr/j your dog in t Jf ioji condition! A x •eospoonful of
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      201 9 FROM ACIDITY AND HEARTBURN I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE I PHIuTd^B LIKE CANDY L*«*jj? I THEY'LL MAKE YOU J-JA^L FEEL DANDY! K SO KEEP Vf^S^H THEM HANDY! PA. *7A -t SWff/COSSA6ES DKPtAY SCHEME Lever Brothers (Malaya) Limited are pleased to announce the names of the
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      245 9 Bex Morgan. MM. The visitors l>-^2^- =^ajjailr'^sTAVAWAv pbom^l r>ouß savin 6 that "N it w*smt saw to be -iJ rixcustMe-euTCMfr. ▼jja'ir* jn* t^*" HIM COAAPLETELV I OOESNT" SOUHP VERY JuNOOMPUMOmRX LEA/ YOU TELL ME WWEREWt I 8800 NO fIOOA 1 I WEU, WHAT tX? VCXTQ FOR THE NEXT WEEK/ j
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    MALAYAN SHARES STEADY ON EVE OF MERDEKA TALKS
    619 10 MALAYAN SHARES STEADY ON EVE OF MERDEKA TALKS By Our Market Correspondent WITH the start of the Singapore Merdeka talks! in London yesterday, the Malayan Share Market was quieter than the nsnal Monday, although prices were steady. In the coming fortnight it is inevitable that Investors will adopt a largely
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    RUBBER PRICES
    138 10 May first trade rubber buyers f^.b. clssed in Sincaa«re yesterday at 91% cents a lb., down a quarter of a cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was slightly steadier. ClMtBf prlcn In cento per lb., Were: No. 1 R.S.B. Spot f.o.b. buyen 91%, sellers 93; No.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 10 SINGAPORE Adh. RUBBER- 9p pri| a per ft. (*»w na of a cent). quart 'i TIN: $378.87.:, Plcnl (op 25 ecM.) COPRA: $3012 picul (up 50 cVnV,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    134 10 MELBOURNE li Inyestnwnts again tended but falls were not mark«i ""< Stock Ixchange "g? Heavier buying results in Increase in turnover. MtnL dull with prices moving falls slight^ exceeding ?,£> were firm In average 'radi*,^ Loans 3H% 1956-59 £03 21 fi Loans 3%% 1955-58 £95 buv' Con. Zinc
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange m J Hone Konf yesterday the rJ dollar was quoted at' 5 83", I cash and 6.86^ lor t.t 1 Stortfaf was quoted at 15S0»J one Uel of (old at 255. 1
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    82 10 Slocmpore Chtaese Frodwe ExehMge: noon prices per plcul jeeCoswaTsteady: April (nominal^ 839% buyers, $39% jeUers: May |39% buyers. 830 sellers. Oeeoswi e%7 steady: talk 846H sellers, drum 849% sellers. Feppsr: quiet: Muntok white 6104. Sarawak $103. special Sarawak black $7$ (all varieties unchanged on Saturday). ■Ingaani Cam ■.siirtiHia
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    SHIPPING
    84 10 SMps Mag atssKgsUe the Stagapew ■■Hist Beard wkarvw or expseM today aro: Olengyle 113. WonoKtri 416. Obra C.P.. Lelae Maersk B|7. Bendeuch 819. Benvrackto 11. City of Johannesburg *****. Autohrcus *****, Aeneas 18. Futtala 19(30. Bumpitan N. Wan 3. Lames N. WauTftni. n N. Wan S to 7. Bentaur
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      234 10 NOTICE THE PAHANG CONSOLIDATED COMFANY, UNITED (Incorporated In England) Telegraphic adflee has been reeetvad from London of an interim dtrldend of »H% on toe Piefwence Stock, and 10% on the Ordinary Stock, both less Income Tax at the rate of 8/6 in the In respect of the year ending Slat
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      252 10 NOTICES SULOH RUBBER ESTATES. LOOTED (Incorporated la the Frt«r»*t of Malays) NOTICE IS HERDV GIVEN that the Twenty-fifth Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Oamw win be held at the JUgSSwd Office. Hongkong But BoJMmfr toe the following purposes:-- 1. To receive the Report of the Directors and the Accounts tor
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      783 10 NOTICES I ABSTUI4AM comumowl The of the Australian close* on ANZAO DAY— Wednesday. SSth April. In the Mmtter of nB COMFANBU «BJMNANCK. 194s Noncior final merino m the Mmtter of NIOBIUM RETUINS COMPANY LIMITED OB Voluntary UwHtMtm) Kotloo to hereby gtm» that Pursuant to Section 3» of toe I frr*"
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      821 10 PUBLIC APFOPtTMENTS *IT*fiiTit*"~ are looted tor appointment m temporary Stenographers and Registry Aedstants in the Fedorstto* of Malaya Mice Force. Appointment* are on k month to month basis in the Salary Scale of $253x14-351/366x 14-433 pjn. plus current rate of IMng Allowance. Government AeeommodaUon Is not available. Qasttnratlons: at leaat
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      678 11 BAST ASIATIC UMBS JAjJjJPITO CattTttttNT/SCANMNAVU '•«HMW, mm,, ■.tt.,..«, NMtai e»a CIMH S'pom P. S'hom Panong win ■■yrgalk. Otfynw. CaMi Saatbaaajree) tpoaMMoam aaiy), Qayate. iAIUNQ« PROM ICAWWMAyiA/MJL/COKnHWT *Y<*ohorno 12/11 May M/11 Mtf If/It M«y Shanghai; THE BAST ASIATIC CO* LTD. 4mMH^4 4bm C£AJ«IIMMA imam AJ^M_^M^K CWVafaaft I ft! 8 o**0 KOALA
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      Salt fish merchants face grim prospects
      312 12 SALT FISH merchants in Singapore are appealing to the Indonesian authorities to simplify import regulations on their products otherwise, they say, they may be forced out of business altogether. They forecast a grim future for the trade, unless more co-operation is forthcoming from Jakarta,
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      Record year for Public Insurance
      227 12 rE directors of the Public Insurance Co. Ltd. re- port a year of further progress by an expansion in premium Income and greater under- writing profits. The profit was the highest ever reached in the first five years of the company's existence amounting to $354,445
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      INSURANCE EXECUTIVE VISITS MALAYA
      230 12 INSURANCE EXECUTIVE VISITS MALAYA H/fft. D. B. Sinclair, the asITlsiaUnt general manager •f the Union Insurance Society of Canton. Ltd, ani Its affiliated companies, the British Traders In— ranee Co. Ltd. and toe North Pacific Insurance Co. Ltd, is at present paring a short visit to Malaya. Mr. Sinclair arrived
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      MORE TOURISTS FROM U.S. VISIT MALAYA
      263 12 A STEADY rise In the number of American tourists visiting Singapore and Malaya can 'be expected as long as political stability prevails. Dy Mr. C. U. rainier, man *B* r of the Singapore 5£!?2L "L^L^^^SS SSSTtor^^w. *5 the future prospects of Malaya's invisible exporttourism,
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      BIG ORDER FOR BRITAIN
      101 12 Equipment for the new Chopan steam power station near Minapur, In the United Provinces of India, has been ordered from a member firm of a large UJK. engineering group Brush Export Ltd., Lougnborough, England, a member of the Brush Group Ltd. The firm, which win also
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      Federation soap makers maintain their lead
      103 12 rB Federation of Malaya continued to take the lead from Singapore In the manufacture el seap in February, according to official statistics. During the month, upeeuntry manufacturers produced a pared with I«,*M cwtTTn the Colony. In the nrst two months of this year, pan-Malayan
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      FAR EAST MARSHES TO YIELD SUGAR?
      253 12 FAR EAST MARSHES TO YIELD SUGAR? vrORTHERN Ireland is W opening a new factory at the end of this month to convert peat, into activated carbon by a new British method devised by Chemical Engineers, British Ceca Co Ltd, Piccadilly, London. This is widely used in the food industry— especially
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    ENGLAND ARE STRUGGLING TO GET INTO SHAPE
    406 13 nOt BRAMtUAtI* AM OK THE WAY By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Mon. rpo SAT that English L soccer Is in the doldrums is to pat It mildly. The best the English team could do was to make the 1955-56 championship a fourway tie with
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    Tengku will drive in Lornie Kilo
    171 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rFENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN, the Federation Chief A Minister will take part in the Lornie Kilo speed trial, in Kuala Lumpur on May 13. The Tengka, who la a patron of the Malayan Motor Sports Club, will drive his newly-bought Austin A-M
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    130 13 Big profit expected Dowling ON BOARD THE HIMALAYA, Mon. \JtR- W. J. Dowling, mana•L" ger of the Australian cricket team, said last night that with favourable weather he expected to record a profit of around Aust. £100,000 on the England tour. "We dont expect much more from the Tests this
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    24 13 MADRID. Mon.— Atletloo of Bilbao won Spain's First Division soccer fhampitrnffnlp here yesterday completinK their fixtures with a 3-0 win over Valladolld.—Reuter.
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    BEATS SEIXAS
    31 13 MOUBTOH. Tens, Man. Hamilton Richardson, defeated top seeded Tie Setna 7-6, 6-0. S-e. 6-4. yesterday tor the angles championship of tbe Mnd annual River Oak* Invitational tennis tOWDeMPfIOt— A^.
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    ANKLE WORRIES COOPER
    114 13 MELBOURNE. Mon. ASHLEY Cooper, third-ranked player In Australia, said today be was "very worried that his International lawn tennis career may be threatened by a weak Cooper, 10-year-old Australian hard court champion, was unable to play In a tennis tournament yesterday because he sprained his right ankle
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    18 13 mi fin >r>W f Men. ffwnr-nlfl Mat Jugoslavia 1-0 In a soccer International In Belgrade yesterday,—neuter.
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      UNRULY PARK FANS STOP LEAGUE GAME
      209 14 ASAPA Div. 2A league fixture had to be abandoned at Karrer Park yesterday owing to interference from the crowd. Tkje game between Chinese Athletic "A" and Y.MJ3.A. was abandoned three minutes from the end when the crowd got oat of control. Both teams, who
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      It's too early for a big meet
      569 14 THE BCAAF ABB STARTING OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT RISK OF INJURY MAY KEEP MANY ATHLETES AWAY By The Sports Editor THE Singapore Chinese 1 Amateur Athletic Federation have set themselves the worthy task of creating more interest in athletics among all Chinese
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      BELGIANS TO SPEND DAY IN COLONY
      143 14 BELGIUM'S six-man Olympic swimming; contingent will spend a night in Singapore on their way to af eJbouiM later this year. The Belgians are toe to fly in on Nov. 15 and will resume their Joarney to the Olympics the following day. Mr. Toh BTiosn
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      EASY VICTORY
      34 14 Braddell Sport* Club beat RJ*. Kranji by eight wickets In a friendly cricket match at Kranji Kranji 59 (Wollan 15, Shepheard 6-12, Llewellyn 3-jf >. Braddell M-2 (Bentley 12. Hatley 43 not ouU.
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      High praise for Ong and Ooi from Japan, U.S.
      421 14 High praise for Ong and Ooi from Japan, U.S. rTHE present visit to Japan must be in the nature of a welldeserved "breather" for Ooi Teik Hock and Onf Poh Lim, Malaya's badminton ambassadors, after their strenuous tour of Britain and America. Here, presumably, they do not have to play
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      Lock icon Drobny beaten in Genoa final
      81 14 GENOA, Mon— Jaroslav Drobny. 1864 Wimbledon champion, was beaten 6-2. 6-2, 6-i by Chilean Davis Cup player Luis Ayala in the men* singles final of the Genoa international lawn tennia tournament yesterday. Althea Glbaon. of New York, took the women's title by beatlns The Una
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      Unfair to sack only Lin Tet, say Selangor
      288 14 By NERAL MOBEIEA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. QELANGOB Chinese soccer players who participated in the M.CJA Cup tie in Penang on Sunday, which was won by Penang Chinese, are rather peeved over the Incident in which their inside-left, Kong Lin Tet, was sent
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      Entitled to w.o. but Navy played & won
      276 14 Entitled to w.o. but Navy played won pOYAL NAVY were off to an impressive start in "> their SAFA Community League campaign yes-| terday when they trounced Eurasians 8-3 at thej Jalan Besar stadium. Navy, however, need not bave gone to the extent of playing for their points. They could
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      ANTARES TAKES DRAGON CUP
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      TUNGKU IS JMFA PRESIDENT
      91 14 Results of the Dra Cup compeUtlon at the K-AJ. Seletar Yacht Club on Sunday were: "A- DilWia: 1. Anures (Cpl Stone Street). 3. Rlgel (F/O D. Brown) 3. Golden SMle (AnnStrong), 4. Sussex Maid (EAC Petoo) -B- DMmlea: JUI (Cpl. Davidson). 9. Whlmbrel (Cpl. Terry). 3.
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      RACE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
      381 14 vrrEH*HTB for the first day ef the Penang Tnrf dab's rFsissjiii Meetug next Satnrday are: d. MV. 1-* P. Usae Dwst tJOO Mek MS Dragea Tear MS Kheag-Hma Ml High Hopes 8.10 Prince Of La|lU Bjo> MMterpieee 8.08 Festtvttiy 8.07 Farnley 8.07 Jack Dnwe m 8.0«
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      Well-bred Omayah won three races
      294 14 fkIIAYAH (late Past Master), \J one of the new horses entered for the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting, won three races In five outings as a two-year-old In England last year. A well-bred gelding by Derby winner My Love out of Jovial Lady by the
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      MR. CHOO ALSO SAYS: FT WAS MUCH TOO COLL
      370 14 MR. CHOO ALSO SAYS: FT WAS MUCH TOO COLL |L|R. CHOO KWAI LOW, secretary of the SimlT1 Table Tennis Association who returned* Saturday by air from the world champior.s n rokyo, feels that the four-man Singanoir were not a disappointment. Yesterday Mr. chr* Strain Times reportS Joshua: "Singapore J| beaten
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      Recordl,350 enter meet
      112 14 A RECORD 1.350 entries hav« been received from middle and primary Chinese Schools in Slnsapore for their three-day athletic meet at Jalan Besar on May 2. 3 ind 4. The entries which closed last •reek, were from 63 schools 11 store than last year. Mr. LJew Thye
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      NEGRO BOXER DUE TODAY
      92 14 The American Negro, Deavln "Killer" Hayes will keep his date on Friday when he takes on Mike Ravula In a heavyweight 12-round contest at the Happy World Stadium. This will be the main supporting bout to the Orient championship fight between Isimell Radrodro and Merv Cobb.
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      Hee Chin, Sewell enter final
      57 14 Um He e Chin and Mrs. Sewell received a walkover from CJC.N. Arkell and Mrs. Bradley in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles of the Y.M.C.A. open championships at Bras Basah Road yesterday Hee Chin and Mrs. sewell will now meet Low Kee Pow and
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      4 GOALS SHARED
      33 14 Jacks and Shell drew 2-2 In a friendly soccer match at Fairer Park yesterday. Yon K Kong scored both goals for Jacks and Sahar and Mohd. Ncor replied for Shell.
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      TOOLE TAKES RACE AGAIN
      70 14 LAC B. Toole, of R.A J\ Seletar won the 25-mile time trial for the second time in succession at Bukit Timah on Sunday. He bettered lasn week's time of lhr. 4mln. 52sec. by lmln. 40eec. The meet, organised by S( rhangl C.C.. attracted rtx riders. The
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