The Straits Times, 26 April 1956

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    25 1 AYE* A Hi mlij y c'EWTTTwfXWr 9AVE g'XiC'E'E P S 7"S The Straits Times matt** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, ltM 15 CENTS
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    TALKS TAKE NEW TURN
    248 1 Boyd's surprise: Special couneU to deal with defence, internal security fresh lease of life for conference LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN today proposed the setting up of a v special council to deal with defence and internal security in Singapore when the Colony jrets it> independence, a well-informed
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    Schoolboy, 19, is cloared of murder charges
    75 1 YAP KUM YEN, 19, a schoolboy, smiles broadly as he is chaired by tome of his class mates outside the Kuala Lumpur magistrate's court after he was discharged on two charges of murdering his aunt. Madam Wong Voon Seong, 41, a teacher, and
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    Corporation status for Radio Malaya?
    128 1 TENGKU WANTS EXPERT REPORT KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has asked the Director of Broadcasting and a team of experts to report on a proposal to turn Radio Malaya into a public corporation serving only the Federation. Radio Malaya is now
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    NEW TERMS FOR THE REDS IF...
    255 1 Tengku replies to Radio Peking KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister, said tonight that he was prepared to meet the Malayan Communist Party leader, Chin Peng, and offer "more liberal" terms to the Communists in an effort to end the Emergency.
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    Fusiliers in ambush kill three Reds
    210 1 SEREMBAN, Wednesday. X)Xjn BANDITS were killed In the last 24 hours, breaking the lull in the jungle war. Three were shot dead yesterday by a patrol of ;he tod Bn. Royal Welch rusiliers in an ambush on i rubber estate four miles rom Gem&s.
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    WELL DONE, SAYS PAPER TO A CHAMPION OF THE EMPIRE
    261 1 WELL DONE, SAYS PAPER TO A CHAMPION OF THE EMPIRE U>NDON. Wed.— The Daily Express, in an editorial toJsy commenting on the Colonial Secretary's speech it the opening of the merfcka talks, declared: ™il to a Minister who repudiates the liquidation of the British Empire." e d by reporters to
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    Lock icon Six children die in fire
    49 1 CORNER BROOK, (Newfoundland), Wed.— Six children were burned to death when fire swept their home here last night. The children's parents and two other children escaped.— Seven missing NEW YORK, Wed. Seven people are missing after fire swept an hotel In Warren. Pennsylvania. UP.
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    3m. seek rise
    28 1 EASTBOURNE, Wed Trade union leaders brushed aside Government calls for wage claims restraint here today and demanded substantial pay rises for three million British engineers.
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    Lock icon New stamps
    23 1 COLOMBO, Wed— Buddha Jayantl postage stamps of 10 cents and four cents denomiSttoifwm be issued on May 10 in Ceylon.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Envoy on way
    19 1 HONG KONO, weo. v. S. Charry. the new Indian Consul-General for Shanghai, arrived here today.— UP.
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    Lock icon Emergency over soon in B. Guiana
    87 1 LONDON, Wed.— The British Government announced today that it Intended to end the emergency regulations In British Guiana and allow the return of an elected government. The colony's constitution was suspended in October. 1953, to prevent a Communist coup. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan
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    Ike's primary
    25 1 NEW YORK, Wed. President Elsenhower ran about three to two ahead of Mr. Adlai Stevenson in a primary election vote in Pennsylvania yesterday.
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    Jordan boycott
    17 1 AMMAN. Wed.— The Jordan Lower House decided last night to boycott France politically and economically.
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    Lock icon SIR ROBERT 'VERY ILL'
    46 1 SIR ROBERT 'VERY ILL' HONG KONG. Wed. Hone Kong's "Grand Old Man," 93-year-old Sir Robert Ho-tung, is gravely ill with bronchitis, it was reported here today. The report said Sir Robert's two sons at present in the United States were harrying back to Hong Kone. Renter.
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    Lock icon THAT VODKA PARTY: PART 2
    82 1 LONDON, Wed. A Kussian trade delegate, who said he was at Claridges Hotel last night, today pleaded guilty in court here to being drunk and incapable at midnight. Oenn a d y Vladiminovich KUrlkov, 27, was fined five shillings. Vhen told KUrikov had been at
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    Central bank report is completed
    175 1 npHE two month— long in- 1 1 quiry into the establish- 1 ment of a central bank ta Malaya is over. A "top < secret" report has been sub- mitted to the Government. The Vice-Chancellor of the j University of Malaya, Sir i Sydney Calne,
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    Lock icon Migrants to be discussed
    54 1 NEW DELHI. Wed.— India j and Pakistan will hold a joint conference at Dacca, capital of East Pakistan, early in May to discuss ways of stopping the influx into India of nonMuslim refugees. Four million out of 12 million Hindus in East Pakistan have migrated to
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    Estate tension eases
    486 1 Estate tension eases LC.F.T.U. steps in pay row KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Hopes of an early settlement of the wage dispute between Malaya's 320,000 plantation workers and their employers rose today after a union deputation met the president of the Malayan Planting Industries Employees' Association. Mr. T. Walker. The I.C.F.T.U. representative
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 ANGLO-SOVIET TALKS KM) LONDON. Wed.- M«rfchal Biiteanin and Mr. Khrushchev were heli«-rr«l to have produced new disarmament proposes in talks With Sir Anthony Eden today. Talks ended this afternoon after extf ndt-d session <nniinunique will lie issued tomorrow. Rcutcr.
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    Lock icon B and K mobbed by VIPs at a vodka party
    471 2 B and K mobbed by VIPs at a vodka party it'R WAS LIKE A RUGBY SCRUM...' I ON DON, We<L- Vodka and vine were spilled over society women, YIP* were Jostled, shoved and moved bodily and glasses were crunched Into the carpets last night at one of the most amazing
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    LET IT RAIN PENNIES PROM HEAVEN PROMISED
    234 2 LONDON, Wed. 17VBRY time It rains it could rain pennies from heaven— or rather the Eagle Star Insurance Company— for British holidaymakers this summer. The company has announced a never-mlnd-the weather insurance scheme to compensate for rainruined holidays. The compensation? Two pounds a
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    Lock icon Princess Margaret has new hair style the 'Malenkov curl'
    108 2 Princess Margaret has new hair style the 'Malenkov curl' LOOT UN. Wed. PWNCESS Margaret to as sr-sKE ML Che can was popularised Ustmonth when chubby Georgi Malenkov, the Soviet rower Stations Mlnisof a delegation of Russian engineers. I photograph of him on arrival at London Airport ?^n? wind-swept lock falling
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    Lock icon GIVE ME TORIES THEY ARE GENTS
    244 2 GIVE ME TORIES THEY ARE GENTS Mr. K snarls at Laboar ■an: Say that agaii r ONDON, W eeU A v dinner party r between Mr. Khrush chev and Britfi, Labour Party leaders smouldered on toda as fresh facts came S liKht about their bit ter argument over imprisoned social
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    Lock icon Bible society closed down
    38 2 MADRID, Wed.-Spar.U:. police yesterday closed the headquarters of the British Bible Society, a Protestar.: association, and seized a:. its publications Police said they were act- ing on orders of the Ministry of Information.— A.P.
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    Lock icon A MAID OF HONOUR WEDS
    92 2 LADY ANNE COKE, a maid of honour at the Queen's Coronation, and the Hon. Colin Tennant, after their marriage at St. WUhU burgas Church, Holkham. Norfolk. The Queen, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret were guests at the wedding. Lady Anne, 23, is the daughter
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    TEEN-AGE 'CALL GIRLS' ARE ROUNDED UP
    256 2 PITTSBURGH, (California), Wed. Police here have broken up a thriving child prostitution business arresting three teen-age "call girls" and ten boy clients. The girls admitted sellIns their favours to boys aged from IS to 17. They charged 25 cents (Malayan 75 cento) and 50
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    Lock icon A 'PSEUDO' MAU MAU
    160 3 .British Army officer who disguised himself as African terrorist is awarded the M.B.E. ArMY authorities in Kenya have partly lifted the sffrf fv barrier surroundine the activities of "black fare" p<eudo-Mau Mau fanes who often spend w«ks at a time operating atainst Mau Mau terrorists in
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    IGANDA GETS A WARNING ABOUT 'TARGET DATE'
    109 3 KAMPALA (Uganda*. Wed. Jk Andrew Cohen. Goverm of Uganda, said today that •1961 has in no sense t<*r. accepted as a target cate for self-government," t. the British protectorate. Speaking in the Uganda legislative Council, he said thf?t had been "wrong interpretations" of
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    Garter for Earl Attlee
    77 3 Garter for Earl Attlee LONDON. Wed. EARL ATTLEE, former leader of the Labour Party, was today made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter. The Queen received him at Buckingham Palace to knight him and confer on him the insignia. The 73-year old statesman's appointment was announced early
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    Lock icon Courtesy call
    28 3 NEW YORK. Wed.— Mr. Cuthbert L. Ackroyd, Lord Mayor of London, paid a courtesy visit on the Mayor of New York. Mr. Robert Waener yesterday. A.P.
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    OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED AGAINST REBEL GANGS
    73 3 OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED AGAINST REBEL GANGS FRENCH troops have launched a biff offensive In the wild Kabylie region* of western Algeria where rebel gangs have boned pro-French villages and massacred more than 100 men, women and children. Officials say that more than 120 villages In Kabylie had asked for French protection.
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    Lock icon We will accept help from U.S. and Russia, says Banda
    293 3 We will accept help from U.S. and Russia, says Banda COLOMBO, Wednesday. THE new Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, who is pledged to establish a Socialist republic, said here today he hoped Ceylon would receive technical aid not only from the United States but also from Russia and
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    Lock icon NEW RIOTS OVER ZONAL PLAN FOR BOMBAY
    139 3 NEW RIOTS OVER ZONAL PLAN FOR BOMBAY NEW DELHI, Wed. DEMONSTRATIONS broke out in seattend parts of India today as Parliament started debating a BUI to reorganise state boundaries. In Delhi 41 people were arrested outside Parliament when they demonstrated to back a demand that Bombay City should become the
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    Lock icon BIG SEARCH FOR ARMS 2.000 troops move into Nicosia
    248 3 BIG SEARCH FOR ARMS 2.000 troops move into Nicosia nYFRCS, Wed. British U paratroopers today began a systematic search of Nicosia street-by-street under the watchful eye of other troops standing by with sten cans and bren cans. k total curfew over the capital passed Its 4tth hour as 2,0#0 troops
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    LONDON STOCKS
    425 3 LONDON, Wed. T was another uay of sliding prices in stocic mtukets. Buyers gain held oil while there was urther small profit **W"f The overnight setback on Wall Street was a depressing influence mile the March trade figures rhich have proved leas satisfactory ban at first sight kept
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    Boy accused of double slaying is cleared
    259 4 Boy accused of double slaying is cleared COURT TOLD OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A SCHOOLBOY who, according to his counsel, had at all tines .maintained his innocence, was freed today on charges of murdering two women hit grandmother and his aunt The prosecution offered no evidence against Yap
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    Naked wire gave servant a shock
    196 4 Naked wire gave servant a shock lEI EMPLOYE! IS FIKI SIM IPOH, Wed. WHE Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Jamal bin Abdul Latif, today fined F. D. Thomson, a tin mine shift foreman, $100 and ordered him to pay $200 compensatlon to his housemaid, Kong Ah Lin, 18. Thomson was found guilty
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    Strike decision put off
    159 4 WORKERS WAIT FOR LEE THE strike threat 1 10.000 daily -ratS workers of the Sinea pore City Council, fii now been temporariW called off. y This follows further talk. between the Council's $ta ance and General Pur Ma* Committee and leaders ni the City Council Labon
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    BLITZ ON BANDITS AFTER. 5-DAY LULL
    109 4 BLITZ ON BANDITS AFTER. 5-DAY LULL ALOR STAR. Wed. AFTER a five-day lull, the 2nd Bn., Royal Australian Regiment, last night resumed their bombardment of terrorist hideouts in the Bongsu Forest Reserve in south Kedah. The attack was called off last Friday after two Malay boys were Injured by an
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    Driving ban on journalist
    42 4 A journalist, Terry Plllay, was yesterday fined $35 and disqualified from driving for a year for using a car while uninsured and for failing to comply with a "No Entry" sign in Dunearn Road, Singapore, on Feb. 26.
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    Overtime arrears row: Threat by port men to work to rule
    155 4 Overtime arrears row: Threat by port men to work to rule PKNANG, Wed. Df ORE than 30 clerks workItl in* at the Prai Port Commission's wharf. Province Wellesley, have threatened to "work to rale" if they are not paid arrears for overtime. An "ultimatum," living the Chief Port Manager three
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    RAF seeks recruits
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An RAF (Malaya) recruiting team will tour the Federation between May 21 and May 30. Engine airframe armament and ground wireless mechanics and drivers are wanted. The team will be at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on May 22 and 23 between at __J
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    M.Y.F. bazaar to aid needy
    40 4 The Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual bazaar on Saturday in Kampong Kapor Road, Singapore, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Institute and sick and needy funds.
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    Court told of plot to sell girl, 18, into prostitution
    492 4 OFFERED FOR $1,600 ON 3 YEAR CONTRACT— WITNESS rpHREE Kuala Lumpur women were charged in a Colony court yesterday with trying < to sell an 18-year-old < village girl into prostitu- tion in Singapore during the Chinese New i Year.
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    GUESS WHO? GUESS AGAIN
    64 4 I These jolly tars are really soldiers You woald never gaecs that these sail«n »re really seJdlers. They are part of the east of "Seagulls over Sorrento" now being produced by the REME Dramatic Society in Singapore. From left to right: Staff-get MeNleol-Mo near, Staff-Sql B
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    RED SUPPLIER GETS 8 YEARS' JAIL
    129 4 ALOR STAR, Wed. A farmer, Lim Ah Kuang, 23, was today sentenced to eight years' Jail for having suppiles intended for terrorists. Lim, who pleaded guilty, •aid he had acted under duress. He said two terrorists had forced him to buy the supplies. "I
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    Annual meeting
    19 4 The annual nn'J.j, d Kampong Bah ru congre* tile Malayan I^gapcra will be held m Si"* >" Saturday.
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    Lest we forget...a tribute to heroes
    149 5 Lest we forget...a tribute to heroes LEST WE FORGET. Jest we for- As these words died away, ,yd notes of the Last Post I out at the Cenotaph in Singavesterday ending another dawn service marking froac Day. was the 41st anniversary of nding of Australian and New Zetland troops at
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    EXPERTS TO DEBATE LANGUAGES
    59 5 EXPERTS TO DEBATE LANGUAGES I durationlsts in n including the ncellor of the of Malaya. Sir iine. will debate tducation in should be bilingu- or multilingual, on ustoa is being red by the Singa- Education Society, now being form- *::i bp held at. St Institution. t' society will hav e
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    Inever called all Chinese Communists,
    263 5 I never called all Chinese Communists, 'MR. KO'S CRITICISM OF ME IS FANTASTIC says Marshall SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, has replied to a criticism by the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, that he had "repeatedly denounced the Chinese as s Communists." "If
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    BANDITS LOSE 202 MEN IN SELANGOR IN 2 YEARS
    145 5 BANDITS LOSE 202 MEN IN SELANGOR IN 2 YEARS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. mERRORISTS in Selangor have lost 252 men or 62 per cent of their total strencth daring; the last two years. A Government statement says that in April 1954. th-Te were S2t terrorists operating in the state. Today, there
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    Broke tenancy rules—fined
    57 5 Broke tenancy rules fined TAIPING, Wed. Two people were fined here yesterday under the tenants registration regulations. Thong Seng, who pleaded guilty to failing to report the arrival a new tenant at this house in Tupai Road, was fined $20. N. Karuppayagam was fined $20 for failing to report the
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    Six months more for two on appeal
    112 5 r r O men under a District Court sentence of one year's jail— one for extortion and the other for abetting the offence— nad their sentences increased by six months in eacn case by the ■Singapore High Court yesterday. The men were Zakarlah
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    LABOUR FRONT CHIDES TAN, AFFIRMS FAITH IN MARSHALL
    190 5 LABOUR FRONT CHIDES TAN, AFFIRMS FAITH IN MARSHALL TBE Singapore Labour Front yesterday reiterated its "wholehearted" support for the mefdeka mission and its "faith and confidence" in the Chief Minister and his colleagues. In a statement issued last night, Mr. Keng Ban-Ec (Front secretary) criticised the chairman of the Liberal-Socialist
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    Four jailed for armed robbery
    129 5 Four jailed for armed robbery Four men who robbed a hawker's wife Pung Slew Kirn, at knife-point last December, were sentenced to jail terms ranging from five to eight years by Mr. Justice Whltton in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Llrn Poh Guan, 23, who admitted four previous convictions, was sentenced
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    Drama troupe tours villages
    56 5 IPOH. Wed. A troupe of 50 boys and girls from the dramatic section of the Perak Malayan Chinese Association, is touring new villages in the state. "The purpose of our tour is to introduce Chinese culture and raise the standard of Chinese dramatic art," an M.C.A.
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    Jus soli talks
    36 5 MALACCA, Wed. A delegation of 16S people representing 70 Chinese associations, guilds and schools in Malacca will attend the allMalaya Chinese meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to discuss the Jus soli issue.
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    Servant faces theft charge
    42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tan Cheng Heng, 21, a servant at Batu Cantonment officers' mess, today pleaded not guilty to stealing a wrist watch worth $30 from Captain A. J. Damech on April Bail was allowed until April 30.
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      42 5 POLICE BAND: Fubtte concert. Katong Park. 6. 50 p.m. to 6. 50 '^'y'm.C.A.: Malay contlnuaaon claai and 'judo (beglnnera) da» 5 SO pjn.; motorlato' aelf repair d Tw!S.: P I T^t ft* oldp«pl. •3raaklnf Jet Speed Record at am- Rum. 13.46 ttjn.
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      55 5 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free fllm abow, "Brittoh Grotana", Collyer Quay, 1.15 pjn. THEOBOJPHJCAL SOCIETY: Weekly nisrtlna st Btngapore liOdge, 8 OaJrnnul Rajad, 6. 50 pjn. JOO CHIAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Welfare nrarrmttt— centre, 6 pjn. to pan. SINGAPORE ABT SOCIETY: CIMO In intcnii6dli* ta iT>lntliM «\nd drawlnf from nuxW, BriUsb Council CWlery
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    82 6 20 Wnrdm $1$ (Minimum) CHILDREN OP THE Late Mr*. Nobel Bracken thank all Relative! lit,, Friends who sent wreaths and attended the Funeral. "She had a hiart of Gold May her Soul Rest In Peace." With Loving Memories from all your Children. MR. MRS. T. MARIABOOBAI. Pott Dlckson, beg
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    REQUIEM
    91 6 20 Words tin (Minimum) REQUIEM HIGH MASS at the church of Immaculate Heart of Mary Hillside Drive, on 37-4-56 at 630 A.M. for the soul of the late Augustine D'Crus. A HIGH MASS of Requiem will be sung at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore at 6.15 a.m.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    274 6 10 Wordw Sin (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Bvery Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. TROPICAL CLlMES— Tropical smells pleasant and unpleasant. Get rid of the unpleasant smells with Air-wick. Sold by all good storr*. MADELINE'S FASHION NEWS. Showing now California Cottons for
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    S'pore, Thurs. April 26, 1956. Mischief Still The Purpose
    616 6 S'pore, Thurs. April 26, 1956. Mischief Still The Purpose Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khruschev will be returning to Moscow tomorrow with mixed feelings. They have not repeated Mr. Malenkov's success d'estime, and must have been conscious of it every time they appeared in London's streets. With the leaders of the
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    Labour Party Squabble
    350 6 The Labour Party of Malaya proposes to hold an extraordinary national conference in Ipoh over the week-end. However, to judge by the confusion of voices that have prefaced this gathering, there is nothing particularly unusual about it The Labour Party of Malaya is not the first labour'
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    A Ration Protest
    228 6 The UMNO branch in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan should reconsider its decision to sponsor a march by a thousand Malay kampong dweller's in protest against their rice ration. The intention is to appeal to the Undang to restore the reduction imposed in February. Quite obviously
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    This fearful and satanic the West
    1014 6  - This fearful and satanic the West SIR Anthony Eden told us the other day, at a dangerous point in the Cyprus situation and just after the departure of General Olubb from Jordan, that the Government was conscious of "new forces, nationalist and others, at work in the world," but that
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    Khrushchev was not ham hut welded
    817 6  -  R.B. MAOUKIM LONDON. A WEEK of watching Russia two top leaders has made the British 100 per cent certain of one thing Nikita Khrushchev is the real boss in the Kremlin. Beside him Marshal Bulganin seems little more than a dignified grey shadow who
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      The record of the British Liberals
      351 6 r would be most interesting to know Just where your contributor "G.E." obtained his Information in his recent Interesting article, "The Vanishing Party Leader." Not only Is his criticism of the Liberal Party— the Government at that time —unjust, but it is a sheer
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    23 7 M e rdeka ta lk s op en THE CONFERENCE IN SESSION. Picture shows Mr. Boyd making his opening address. A .P. picture.
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    DARKNESS WILL BE 'BANISHED'
    92 7 350 street lamps for rural areas |\ARKNESS will be banished from more rural area in Singapore this year. The Rural Board plans to install street lamps along Chua Chu Kang Road, Changi Road, Tanah Merah Besar, Somapah Road. Hillside Drive and Paya Lebar Crescent. A total
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    After the conference, Mr. Lim says: 'There are rays of hope'
    378 7 From Page One •sitfd Mr Marshall's perrisslon to begin today* riaurj session at 11 o clock fctead of 9 30 a.m. "the mei^ase also asked \l- Marshall to call on Mr. jovd at 10 in the morning. the Singapore
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    Procession for Wesak Day
    51 7 MALACCA, Wed. A procession, including 600 boys and girls dressed In while carrying flowers and Buddhist flags, will be held here on Wesak Day, May 24. The celebration will also include a tea party to commemorate the opening of the new $30,000 Buddhist temple of naiah
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    SMILES BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
    21 7 MR. MARSHALL shares a Joke with Mr. Boyd Just before they enter the conference hall. AJP. picture.
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    Farewell party for planter
    54 7 Farewell party for planter AVI. lUCUII/V/J. TANJONO MALIM, Wed. Mr. R. B. Wyatt-Smlth. General manager of the Escot group of estates in Selangot and Perak, will be entertained to a farewell tea party by the people of Tanjong Malim on Friday In the Methodist English School hall. Mr. Wyatt-Smlth will
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    13 bands in the mambo finals
    108 7 13 bands in the mambo finals A LARGE crowd last night nL watched the semi-finals )f the Sarong Kebaya and Mambo Band Competition it the Happy World Stadium. Heat winners in the sarong cebaya contest are: Heat: 1: Btwrife Alawlyah (1) Saiton Me. Karim (2) Zainon Abb ralal (3). Heat
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    Scare after temple loses five idols
    234 7 fZ LANG, Wed. The lv mysterious disappearance of the idols of five Chinese gods from Seng Hean Temple In Kampong Java Road here yesterday has caused an "ill luck" scare among the Chinese living in the vicinity. Last night ther appealed to the god
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    Dagger raid
    34 7 SEREMBAN, Wed. Four masked and armed men last night entered a house in Cumming Street here and robbed a couple of $190 in cash and $711 worth of jewellery at dagger point.
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    Speech contest
    26 7 The finals of the Singapore Rotary public speaking competition for students will be held at the Methodist GirlsSchool, Mount Spohia. at 7 p.m. today.
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    Screen goes
    24 7 PENANG. Wed.— A gunny sack used as a screen at a search booth in Jawi Village, Sungei Bakap, was reported stolen yesterday.
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    THAT MASS RALLY IS OFF
    223 7 Mow a May Day delegates convention in Colony Union bosses say: We can't find a place to hold our men npHE May Day mass rally is off. The May Day J- celebrations committee has decided to call off the rally and hold a delegates convention
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    $27,000 opium haul from homes
    82 7 $27,000 opium haul from homes SINGAPORE Customs seized more than $27,000 worth of opium In raids on two houses at Beach Road. In the first raid on Tuesday, Customs officers found 48 lb. of opium concealed under the staircase of a house. Officers went to another house In the neighbourhood
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    New branch
    17 7 TAIPING, Wed.— A branch of the All-Malayan Mining Industry Staff Union has been formed here.
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      56 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 12.04 p.m. (Bft 61n) 11.36 p.m. (Bft. 91nl, Port Dickson 7.09 a.m. (Bft 3ini 7.31 p.m. (9ft. 31n.), Penang 1.12 a.m. (6ft Bin> 1.24 pm. (7ft 91n). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.40 p.m. (Bft 3in>, Port Dickson 7.40 a.m. (Bft 3in) B. OS p.m. (9ft). Penang 1.46 a.m.
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    MEDICAL SERVICES WILL GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE
    329 8 Mr. Chew announces a $3,200,000 plan THE Singapore J Government is to spend $3,200,000 on j bringing medical services to the peo- < pie. The money will be j used to build an ultramodern regional hospital at the Junction of Tanjong Katong
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    Charged with gambling
    42 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. One slew Har, 40, pleaded not guilty here today to a charge of allowing her house In Hicks Road to be used as a common gaming house on Feb. 28. Bail was allowed until June 6.
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    PRESSMEN TOLD TO 'GET OUT
    139 8 ...at signing of bank pay pact KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PRESSMEN and photographers covering the signer ing of a new pay agreement between the European and Asian-owned banks and the banking section of the Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions today were told to "iret
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    NEW PLAN: LEARN MALAY AND WIN $1,000
    145 8 NEW PLAN: LEARN MALAY AND WIN $1,000 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. PIE Federation Government is offering a $MM bonus to nonMalay Division n officers who pass standard two in Malay after two years' study. But to qualify for this bonus, officers must be holding Jobs In which a knowledge of Malay
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    Trade balance for first quarter of year was best since 1952
    141 8 Trade balance for fir st quarter of year was best since 1952 By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT MALAYAN trade is still doing well and in the first three months of tUs year its value was 14 per cent more than in the corresponding period last year and the best since the
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    Radio panel still short of 200
    83 8 Radio panel still short of 200 DESPITE "colossal efforts" to get 500 volunteers to form a "listeners' panel," Radio Malaya is still 200 short of its target, the Deputy Director of Broadcasting, Mr. Tony Beamish, said yesterday. Function of the panel is to express likes, dislikes and preferences for programmes
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    $7O abuse
    25 8 JOHORE 3AHRU, Wed.— Pte. J. Martin of the Army War Dog Training Wing, was fined $70 here today for abusing a police Inspector.
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    Hotel offence
    21 8 A hotelkeeper, Woon Dion Huat, was fined $100 in Sin gapore yesterday for fallin to keep a proper register.
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    New co-op will help workers buy homes the easy way
    160 8 SINGAPORE workers will be able to buy moderately priced houses on the easy-payment system from next Thursday, when the Singapore Co-operative Housing Society will be formed. The Society will register members and acquaint them with terms immediately after acceptance. Mr.
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    $13,000 in prizes at show
    204 8 $13,000 in prizes at show SEE HOW FOOD IS GROWN A/fR. CHEW SWEE ill KEE, the acting Chief Minister, said yesterday that the Singapore Government will spend $100,000 on -the Colony's first agricultural show in July. He said there would be $13,000 worth of prizes and he appealed to an
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    Hey presto, it's later
    61 8 A Singapore charity show by the International Brotherhood of Magicians planned for Saturday has been postponed for a month because the magicians' president. Mr. Tan Ewe Chee, has had to leave the Colony on business. Tickets already bought will be valid for the postponed show on
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    Tengku will probe row
    59 8 The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will investigate the dispute between the Malayan Railway Administration and the All-Malayan Railway Workers' Union over the appointment of a welfare officer. A union delegation met. the Chief Minister yesterday and told him that 4.000 members were not satisfied with
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    RADIO PANEL BACK FAMILY PLANNING
    137 8 pOUR members of a group agreed orer th< that family planning wat Radio Malaya discussion c Blue Network last night I necessary -i But the fifth member, a Jesuit Priest, the Rev. Father Joy, declared he was totally against using contraceptives. They were against the
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      119 8 mmm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Down Beat; 10.3fr-11.00 Mu»lc Past And Present. SINGAPORE gbart ware Om. Mappa «a*A A.M. 7.15 Openlnc Annot. 7JO News; 7.38 A Date With ikUftc: 8.00 News Headlines- t-ttt A D^s With Mode; P.M. 5.00 OaHtog AD HoaplUls; §.55 Regional Assets. (M 0 Mshas aai 40 auMajt PJI. 10M— 10.15
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    1331 9 A SHOT rang out in the shanty hotel of an obscure Texas town one evening in 1898. Gun-toting habituees rushed to a room where they found a comparatively elegant man, with a neat imperial beard, dead with a bullet in his
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    Blew his brains out when penniless
    211 9 Blew his brains out when penniless however, that pirate treasure was supposed to be burled there. At Rio de Janeiro HardenHickey made further inquiries about the treasure. The legend was strong that pirates had buried much gold and silver plate there about 1830. The plate was loot from Peruvian churches
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      360 9 (fa I i 4 T HRIT!S MISERY v rrcentlf 5 neep *J .u-'urr b-lnglßf >S in tfiU -r.vMj remriHs, N igiaand > earl Trouble used by High lBOd Pr S ,'V' ht-T' nhovaeyea, (trl nf rvy. or pm "^t\trß fn»mory k^Q dOOr f" r l* 1f maut Inrtifff*! worry LCJ
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      293 9 flfafllßk fek ib^Bkv^^ BiSS^*" flSßk^ bv«B Aa E^/^^aMSfl^BßßßßsWinj^'' l^ 4f I I MOW... I •H« should weigh twice at much as he I aid at birth. •He should be eating some solid foods. •He should very likely be sitting up. jSf^k MOW... Milk alone f^/'^f is not enough for baby!
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      138 9 Bex Morgan* 3M.0. Being evasive mo I.RpCBvUkPS WE UtMOtr MAPS JPO YOU rr DEPENDS ON WHAT J yOU > R& BBW6 EWStVE DUk Tracy intm»tigatio» B>BBBHBSBSBIF'nwd<IHVOBJS^-LOOKBJ|f>«LVSUI»DQ,'C^ES 1 1 r JS,^S^ol ~SS^ B SBBBBs B XBBBBBi Z- w lj r iat Iv i r-Alil SBBBB 1 LJAV/1— NriTl J Csf J
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    RUBBER OUTPUT UP ONE PER CENT IN FIRST QUARTER
    732 10 RUBBER OUTPUT UP ONE PER CENT IN FIRST QUARTER By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER production in the Federation of Malaya in the first three months of this year totalled 161,456 tons and was 1.23 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 1955. It was the highest production in
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 May nrat graae rubber buyers ImM. eleeed la Slnfapere yesterday U 88% cents per lb; down 1% xnts on Tuesday's closing price. The eleateg tone was easier. CliniM prieei in cento per lb., were: No. 1 R.S.S Spot f.o.b. ftuyers M%, sellers 80; No. 1 RJ3.S. May buyers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    133 10 Slagaaere Chinese Predace Exchance: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Cepra: steady: April (nominal) 839H buyers. 830 sellers; May 829% buyers. 830% sellers- June 830 buyers, 830% sellers. Ceeeaat eel: quiet; bulk 848 sellers; drum 849 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white 8103.. Sarawak 3103 (both unchanged), special Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    77 10 The Malaya* Exchange Baiafea flasintnlin made the f ollowliw changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying airmail; T.T sa n/ie. ox), sa 11/18. to d/st M I/if credit bills. J3* trade bUIs. BeMag T.T. er OJK ready: Canada t*%. On the trat exchange market in ■eag
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    25 10 SINGAPORE RUBBER ta, Dri >sl per lb. (dn Wl <"M TIN: $378.87'. V"*l (n»I2J rents, rk| COPBA: S>if,., I picm (up I-,,.,; -I
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    Singapore SHIPPING
    108 10 Singapore SHIPPING Ship, lyins alonßstd, iv pore Harbour B.«rd »K h> > expected today ar > A h4r V HadoknsHii Mam 4 Antilochus 6 7. 8,.,,. vrackle 11. city "f Ti 1 5 13IH. Pajula 15 fi *>A Pultala 19 20. Sal, Serampang N. Wall L£« Wall 7, Bentoni; 2
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    61 10 BRISBANE, Wed -<:• companies In the i, ference have announced a £1. 10s. Australian n- 5 £9. ss. per ton In tretgi increase win be effects 1. The companies inrrea*" rates by 15 shillings per X 1 February. The chairman of the isian conference said rates \S be
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      761 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are lnjltad from Federal Cttlsens. age 17-23, for appointment to the Telecommunrations Clerical a "J™ ce Candidates must have passed the rchooi certificate examination with a credit in English language. Salary Scales: Male— sl37 J9x7io-163.50/ 199 x 14-237/254 x 14-394/408x14--478 pjn. Female: $122.50 x 7 50--137.50/176 x
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      609 10 NOTICES THE PATAUNG RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED SIR ERIC MILLER'S ADDRESS The thirty-sixth annual general meeting of The Patallng Rubber Estates. limited, was held on 4th April at the Registered Office of the company, 1-4 Oreat Tower Street. London. E.C. Sir Eric Miller. Chairman of the Company, In the course of
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      368 10 NOTICES NEGRI SEMBILAK OIL PALMS LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation ot Malaya). NOTICE Is hereby riven that at the Twenty-fourth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held on Sth May. 1966. the Directors will renommend for .rt-^M»sag 1986 to be paid to sharebolden appearing on the Register on
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      846 10 NOTICES NOTICE TBS MEDICINES (ADVERTISBMENT AND BALE) OaUMNANCS, I*s. For the Information at the public interested parties the Minister for Health wishes to announce that It has been decided that this Ordinance shall come Into force nine months from the date of passing, that Is to say, 00 or about
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      728 10 NOTICES Nona It Is hereby notified that women oanoadates need not apply for the posts of Teachers In Training. foams Department published In the Straits Times and Singapore Standard dated 17th April. 1956. NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby gran that Mr. David Sun Dan-Ling of B Walshe Road. Singapore 10 U
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      406 10 KMUTSEM LUCE orient service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Saa Arriving Vancoavs* Francisco Spore P. Swer Penan; f Kristia tskke 19 As* 2 May 1 |nn 3 |un 4 |un Hi Anna Bakk* 28 Apt 12 May 1 1 |un 14 |un 15 lun U Accosting Cargo for
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    SAILCLOTH IS POROUS FOR COMFORT AND HARD WEAR
    378 12 A new shipment of American casual clothes, just arrived in Singapore, has a decidedly nautical flavour. Skirts, shirts, shorts and jeans are made of hardy sailcoth, with a specially porous weave to let the air through. I think these are the ideal
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    Many nations aid blind
    128 12 WOMEN of all nations who have been working together for many weeks will see the results of their labours on Saturday, when the International Bazaar opens at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Proceeds of the bazaar will aid the Singapore Association for the Blind, and committee women
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    Planter's Wife TAILOR HAD NO IDEA OF STYLE
    275 12 Planter's Wife TAILOR HAD NO IDEA OF STYLE fHE tailor in our A nearest village is more than laconic he rarely speaks at all! I always try to nab his assistant who, if not so clever at least gives me some indication that he has registered what I am talking
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    She serves community
    401 12 One of the busiest women in Singapore is Mrs. Mary Lobo. a social E worker who spends about E eight hours a day helping other people "just for the. love of it." E Mrs. Lobo. a gentle, softE voiced woman with a friendly smile and a warm
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      254 12 I < sW^^S^Ll^ [£X^£i^sflflsVsT^^S^La I i^^^^^ I LW^^^^TisV 1 1 ■l^iiLJ HbSP^S How fresh is a daisy I A room where O-Cedar Polish has been at work it's as fresh as any daisy. The air's sweet and free from dust. The furniture glows with the special beauty of burnished wood.
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      230 12 I dreamed I was voted best-dressed woman in my maidenfbrm Chansonette Bra Q/® §L I ik> ite>- I'm the fashion figure of tn, veOf JH |p^ >n ioc ai circles mm J ond supported in style, thonks Hi to Maidenform's circular jtitchtj *m Hifetoifcw, Chansonette.* It's a dream yfc JBI
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      313 12 Hn n w ■■•^•■■^i i «>->«■«■■ Hmmmimmi g> Straits Times Crossword IfeSftifrti race? (8). tJsSssJ i it Is I A FSSSSJs h 7 r^SS* 27 Raw material for pipes (5). H I* 28 Such P arin ß ta mean (6). 5^ 29 ld UnCl StarU l C me Ut To"
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    Lock icon WATERMAN IS WELL BEATEN BY GAVILAN
    239 13  - WATERMAN IS WELL BEATEN BY GAVILAN VERNON MORGAN By A sorry night Sor British boxing EARLS COURT, London, Wednesday. FWAS a sorry night for British boxing at Earls Court last night. Three Britishers— Don Cockell, the British and Empire heavyweight champion. Jack Gardner and Peter Waterman were beaten by foreigners.
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    Lock icon Gardner loses on t.k.o.
    182 13 Gardner loses on t.k.o. JACK GARDNER, challenger for Cockell's heavyweight titles next month, lost his fight with Jamaican Joe Bygraves when the referee stopped the bout in the second round. Ex-Guardsman Gardner's face was a crimson mess, with blood pouring out from a gory cut under his right eye, when
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    44 13 ST. ANNES, Lancashire. Wed.— Philip Scrutton, favourite for the English amateur golf championshin was beaten In the second round yesterday when on the Royal Lytham and St. Annes course here he lost by two and one to Laurie Ranells of Lancashire.— Reuter
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    Lock icon COCKELL KNOCKED OUT IN ROUND 2
    246 13 DONCOCKELL, who had not had a fight tor seven months, was knocked out ln the second round by heavyweight Kltione Lave of Tonga. Although weighing 12 pounds heavier the British and Empire heavyweight, champion was completely at the mercy of his dusky opponent. Lave,
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    37 13 LONDON Wed.— Results of last nights U.K. soccer matches were: Division S (North): ..Carlisle United 4 Chester 1. Rochdale 1 Darlington 0. Scottish Leagve *B f Third Lanark 2 Alloa Athletic o.— Reuter.
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    20 13 LONDON, Wed.— Last night's UK. Rugby Union results: Redruth 8 Cross Keys 11. Telghmouth 5 Gloucester 3.— Reuter.
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      537 13 ACCOMMODATION WANTED It Word* ti (Ml*.)— Box f tU. aajra. WANTED URGENTLY. Europe- 1 an has searched unsuccessfully to date for 2/3 bedroomed house un- furnished, on long lease. Please contact P.O. Box 1950. INDIAN COUPLE with Child require 1/2 rooms. Separate 1 Bath. Latrine, Cooking space preferably unfurnished. Rent
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      503 13 DANCING Word, tit (Minimum) I 1 month, it Word, UJt (Him.) RAFFLES HOTEL Nightly >ance and Floor-Show from 9 to 2 pjn. t SEASIDE RESORT. Paslr Rls taS-n&tfft D Cc HaWaU i CHICKEN Dm Seavlew Hotel. )ancing 9—12 pjn. to our Con- UxentaT Band. Saturday exten>on 1 ajn. DANCING NIGHTLY
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    Loss of $6,500 at MAAA meet
    309 14  -  EXPENSIVE STANDS WERE PULLED DOWN AFTER TWO DAYS' USE— i CRYING NEED FOR MORE STADIUMS TO CUT WASTE HENRY PAUL By FIE two-day Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championships held in Ipoh last August was an unqualified success in so far as the sport was
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    SOCCER THUGGERY? PENANG OFFICIALS ARE UP IN ARMS
    241 14 PENANG, Wed. PENANG football officials today denied that the settlement's players and spectators had been guilty of "soccer thuggery" when playing against visiting teams. "It fe an unfounded i attack and we are going to discuss it at our monthly council meeting
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    SPORTSFRONT
    227 14 rhe organisers were connaeiu of collecting at least $30,000 last year, but the actual amount received from all sources totalled only about $22,000. [t was hoped that the sale of tickets alone would net $25,000. With this In view, special arrangements were made to provide adequate and what turned
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    PERAK BEGIN THEIR TALENT SPOTTING BADMINTON PLAN
    326 14 By Khoo Sian Hock FE Perak Badminton Association have begun the first phase of a training programme to encourage and develop young players. The junior "stars" of the state will meet Penang Juniors in a friendly match at Penang on Saturday, May 5.
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    Lock icon Kramer keen on Russian tour
    74 14 LOS ANCiELES, Wed. jaCK Cramer said yesterday that be ras Interested In taking bis tourng professional lawn tennis team o Russia if the visit could be ixranged. He added that nothing "formal" nao. cwen aunc miuub" quired about It at the State Department earlier this
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    317 14 SPOTTING THE WINNERS By EPSOM JEEP I MT TEN to follow at the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting are: Prince of LaUta: A stylish winner over the Bukit Tlmah 6f with 8.07 m Div. 3 earner In the month. Prefers good going. newer Queen: Improving with each start. Snared honours
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    ACS old boys XI for Cup cricket
    81 14 The annual cricket match for the T. W. Hinch Cup between the Past and Present Boys of the Anglo-Chinese School will be held at Hong Urn Green at 3.15 p.m. on May 19. The Past XI will be chosen from: Cecil Wong, Abdul
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    CHAI KENG TEAM OUT FOR 34
    48 14 A RAF unit team, SSOC (M), beat RAF Chai Keng by 59 runs In a cricket fixture at Woodbrtdge yesterday. SSOC 93-9 dccl. (Ordidge 39. Bird 34 n.0., Farrant 17, Sims 6-34. Mcilurran 3-34) RAF Chal Keng 34 (Willis 5-7. Andrews 3-3).
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    RASC BEATEN BY SIX WICKETS
    45 14 OHQ FARELF beat R.A.B.C. by six wickets in a cricket match at Friendly Hill yesterday. R.A.S.C. 89 (Dauncey 30. Jones 31. Forbes 16, Douglas 2-9, Williamson 4-7 and Whitmell 3-38). G.H.Q. 93-4 (Jourdan 27, Barry 31 n.0., Warren 16 n.0.).
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    Traction goalkeeper made Bank work for their two goals
    432 14 CHARTERED BANK supporters turned out in full force at the Traction ground yesterday and went off quite content with their 2-0 win over the busmen in a SBHFA league first division fixture. The Bankers are favourites to win the competition. They
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    Results & latest positions
    241 14 Results latest positions DIVISION ONE Traction Chartered B. 2 Mai. Airway Sime Darby Mai. Airways withdrawn. DIVISION TWO BaU 2 Breweries 4 C. and W f Cold SUrage Stanvac T I.CJ. I*uit»»nr< DIVISION THREE Bomfead S Traction "A" 1 Borneo Co. 5 I. Gases 1 H. Wauch 2 S. Darby
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    LIM AND Mrs. SEWELL WIN
    127 14 LIM Hee Chin and Mrs. Pat Sewell took one hour to beat Low Kee Pow and Mrs. Dorothy Roper. 10-8. 6-3 in the mixed doubles final of the V.M.C.A. tennis championships at Bras Basah Road yesterday. It was a hard struggle from the start and
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    La Ronde and Sweet William impress
    224 14 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG Wed. LA RONDE did an attraci tive gallop on the trainIng track at Penang this morning. Ridden by a riding boy, this useful five-year-old came right away from Pearl City (Hudson) at the finish of a testing 3f. tryout in
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    FIVE SENT UP, FIVE DOWN FROM CLASS 3
    170 14 'PWO Kuala Lumpur winners x Starala and Perfect Pearl, are among live horses promoted from CL S to Cl. a, according to the latest StralU Racing Association reelawUleaUon list. The others are Qolden Dollar, Khandl Star and Windy Corner. Other transfers: 01.
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    BOON LEONG IS OUT, OMAR AND HEE JONG BACK
    354 14 Spore team vs Army chanM SINGAPORE'S reluctant football star, i rj I Chia Boon Leong, is not in the Singapore tion to meet 24 Field Engineer Regimmt fron I Kong, the FARELF Cup soccer champions I p. m match at Jalan
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    Teams for weekend cricket
    126 14 T«HE Ceylon Sports Club t- meet si. Club in a serin i fixture on tin will be: A Vijiaratnwn aisingam, S Kretser, S. N gam S." K. Kni dram S. Sooceleral A. Durai. The S.R.C team will be v Schubert leapt i nc r Galistan. B.
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    GRAFTON WINS
    21 14 SAC Grafton (18i bea' U-*M old David Sh-oni: I the Slazenger irti] I competition at B I yesterday. I
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    TENNIS MATCH
    21 14 JOHORE BAHRL fM -J Army team from I play the Johore Civil I at tennis here on Bat I
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    BRAZIL BEATEN
    16 14 MILAN, Wed. I J Brazil 3-0 in their [ootlftl ,si national here today.— Reato.
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    Lock icon WHITTLES' HORSE SECOND
    83 14 EPSOM. Wed. MALAYAN owner Mr. M. Whittles' Yorktown was second In the City and Suburban Handicap over ten furlongs here today. The winner was Great Pacha, owned by the Maharanee of Baroda, who beat Yorktown by a length and a half. Third was Mr. Claude Bell's Naval
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