The Straits Times, 8 May 1956

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    19 1 VVy* c t »-A-IL.V' rr«*rn^lKtflVxirt*t^rts The Straits Times. fie**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAT 8, 1956 v 15 CENTS
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    WAGE TALKS COLLAPSE
    521 1 With »1 million a day at stake... rubber worker* and bom— stand Brm 320,000 'go slow' from Friday k Mon- -Attempts to the wage dispute between the Federa-j estate orkers and thfir employers failed tod;i\ alter six hours of hard bargaining. Immediately after the breakdown of the
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    $20,000 can be YOURS
    53 1 T)RIZE-MONEY of $25,000 can be won in The Malayan X Monthly's Jackpot Word Puzzle Contest 4 V\ In addition to the $20,000 in the first prize pool, there will be $5,000 in consolation prizes. The contest closes on Tuesday, May 15— EIGHT days from today. POST
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    Letter (with Royal crest) from Queen
    167 1 'THIS MY GREATEST TREASURE' A LETTER from the Queen is worth more than a collection of 1,000 stamps to a 12-year-old boy Sam Yuin Kong, who read n the Straits Times that the Jueen is a keen stamp collecor, promptly wrote to her or
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    Lock icon 1,500 lose homes
    32 1 TOKYO, Mon. A fire fanned by 50 m.p.h winds destroyed 350 of the 450 homes in Shomokawa, northern Japan, today. Fifteen people were injured and 1,500 «ieft homeless. A.P.
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    Traffic chief's car stolen
    37 1 A car belonging to Singapore's Traffic Police Chief. Mr. A.E. Minns, was stolen from outside a restaurant in Orchard Road on Saturday night. It was found abandoned on Sunday morning in Gallop Road.
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    Lock icon Tailors' delight
    28 1 LOS ANGELES, Mon. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis today were named "the two best dressed men in America by the Men's Apparel Guild in California. A.P.
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    Lock icon Brando film
    25 1 COLOMBO, Mon. Marlon Brando may star in a fikn to be shot partly in Ceylon soon, Hollywood producer George England said today. UP.
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    Lock icon Rebels slay 20
    19 1 ALGIERS, Mon. Rebels killed about 20 Europeans in attacks on farms near Oran last night. Reuter.
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    Out goes order: No more stripping...
    288 1 GOVT. ACTS ON REPORT KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Government has ordered that in future detailed plans must be made for all food control operations to ensure that minimum inconvenience is caused to workers. Announcing this today, the Government said this decision was a result
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    Lock icon CASH SETTLES DYAK WAR
    122 1 -Revenue for defeat led to border ram- JAKARTA, Mon. A twoInternational border Incident in Borneo has at last been settled with money. It began In March when two Dyiks from tribes living on either side of the Brit££lndone*ian border bad a fight. The Indonesian Dyak won.
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    Lock icon Tito in Paris
    33 1 PARIS, Mon. Marshal Tito, President of Yugoslavia, arrived by train in Paris today for an official four-day visit.— Reuter. Hayes Just a bum with an outsize turn? That's a lie...
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    K.O. WOE for Mr. LEE THE S'PORE SOLOMONS
    698 1  -  WILLIAM FISH By A CHINESE travel agent sipped black coffee in his A Singapore office yesterday and cried: "Never again will I have anything to do with the fight business never." Mr. Lee See Pin. stared glumly at his desk and moaned:
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    RAHMAN FOR LONDON ON LOAN QUEST
    63 1 RXJALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said tonight that he was going to London to seek an interest-free loan from the British Government to build up the Federation's armed forces "I dont know when I will be going," he told the
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    Girl poisoned
    36 1 A 16-year-old girl. Slew Yoke Chan, was found suffering from the effects of poison in her Geylang Road house early this morning. She was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital in a critical condition.
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    BIG T.N.T. HAUL ON LONELY ISLAND
    144 1 ABOUT 400 lbs. of T.N.T. pore marine police on island about one and ha] was discovered by Singai Pulau Ayer Chawan, an If miles off Pasir Panjang during the week-end. It was hidden in eight kerosene tins and two wicker baskets in two separate
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    Troops missing
    23 1 RABAT, Mon. Moroccan rebels may have taken prisoner 30 Senegalese troops missing from a desert camp, the French said today. 1
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    Defence pact progresses
    64 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A large measure of agreement was reached here today on the principles of the proposed defence and mutual assistance treaty between the Federation and Britain. "We are more or less beginning to see eye to eye." one of the Federation delegates said after today's
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    'Marshall not an Asian'
    74 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, secretary of the left-wing People's Action Party, said here today that the "Asia for the Asians" trend in Singapore would continue "whatever Mr. Marshall says." Mr. Lee told a meeting of students at the London School of Economics: "Mr. Marshall
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    Outlook is grey
    486 1 Outlook is grey Marshall faces quiz barrage From HARRY MILLER LONDON, Mon. Singapore's mcrdeka prospects are not too bright. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, emerged serious and tired from a 75--minute conference today and said that things looked "grey." One delegate said the meeting was very "tough." The Colonial
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 WAR THREAT FADES: Butler LONDON. Mon— Mr. K A. Butler. Lord Privy Soul, said at Prestun tonight ricent Anglo-Soviet talks in London had lrsNcnrd risk of local Middle East conflict which could set ofT general nuclear war. Keutcr
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    Lock icon Cancer agents discovered in tobacco, Commons told
    310 2 Cancer agents discovered in tobacco, Commons told LONDON, Monday. f HE British Government today said that two known cancer producing agents had been discovered in tobacco smoke, but refused to launch a national publicity campaign against smoking as a cause of lung cancer. I Mr. Robert Turton, Minister of Health,
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    Lock icon YEARS CATCH UP WITH DUKE—HE'S GOING BALD
    70 2 YEARS CATCH UP WITH DUKE— HE'S GOING BALD LONDON, Mon.— The Duke of Edinburgh is going bald, the Sunday Graphic said yesterday. It published two pictures of the Duke, showing him with ample hair in 1946 and a heightened, thinning hairline as be appeared on television on Saturday. The Duke
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    Lock icon Baby buried alive
    57 2 ROME, Mon.— Police today arrested a woman accused of burying her ten-month-old boy alive in a lonely wood near Rome. She was charged with attempted murder. Police said the baby poked his head out of the shallow grave and was still alive when a hunter found him
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    Lock icon H-BOMB TEST BELAYEO BYWINO
    219 2 Obwrven keep an eye cw sky BIKINI ATOLL, Mon. pOURTEEN meteoro--1 legists and 25 trained weather observers are keeping a 24-hour watch to determine the safest and best time to discharge the latest model of an American hydrogen bomb in nuclear tests near here. The bomb
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    Lock icon $6 mil. oil field blaze
    60 2 JAKARTA, Mon. —Firemen stood by helplessly yesterday as nearly $6,000,000 worth of crude oil burned at the Government's Pangkalanbrandan oil field. In North Sumatra. The oil, in a great storage tank, was set ablaze by Darul Islam rebels, Officials said that efforts to put out
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    Lock icon DRAMA AT SEA
    70 2 Helicopter makes fo rcef j landing on a submarine FOR THE FIRST tim. in .aval Mstwy. m fcdkffc ha. lajccwiM amargejney landing on m suvm twine* a w*ap» nwttwvfriwr vemiopejei emyjnaj rrotvll jr SCI off Kay W«t, Florida. Tlm übMiriat US.S. Corporal wrfattd aad proved landing •pact.
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    Rape of Finland film out of festival
    87 2 Rape of Finland film out of festival CANNES, Mon._ Finland today withdrew from the Cannes International FHra Festival after the French organisers refused to grant the normal Quota of two showings to "Unknown Soldier,'' its film on the last war between Finland and Russia. The head of the Finnish defecation,
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      Lock icon FATHER DIES TO SAVE HIS SON FROM TRAIN
      279 2 NORTH BAY, Ontario. Mon.— Guy Sutherland 29--year-old son of an Indian chief, gave his life saving his deaf four-year-old child from an oncoming goods train near here. The child was only scratched, although two wagons struck him.— Reuter. MOSCOW: Production will start
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      Lock icon Right on the line—a pair of pants
      54 2 Right on the line— a pair of pants MELBOURNE, Mon— a hoosewife watched amazed as a pair of trousers floated down from the sky and landed on her clothes line. Minutes later a sweater landed on a garage. L*ter the allot of a Tiger Moth said that the clothes feH
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    Lock icon KEVIN. 8, FLIES 24,000 MILES – FOR HIS GRANNIE. 62
    81 3 KEVIN. 8, FLIES 24,000 MILES FOR HIS GRANNIE. 62 Eight-year-old Kevin Morgan who was in Singapore last week, flew into London airport to meet his 62-year-old grandmother and escort her back to Wellington, New Zealand. Kevin's mother had the housework to do and father was too busy at the office
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    Lock icon Terror in Tibet as Reds quell uprising
    200 3 Terror in Tibet as Reds quell uprising MO CHINESE TROOPS SLAIN— NOW REPRISAL HOSTAGE ROUND-UP KATMANDU, Monday. tfOSESE COMMUNISTS are carrying out a I reitrn of terror in Tibet. Hundreds of |,o<tajres are being rounded up in an effort to ouell an armed revolt. Officials from nearby countries attending the
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    Lock icon AUSSIES PANIC IN FIVER FEVER
    94 3 AUSSIES PANIC IN FIVER FEVER MELBOURNE, Mon.—Aus!Tl tralia is being swept by "liver fever." It was act off a few weeks ago when banks started to receive counterfeit notes In one* and twos. Forgeries detected so far have totalled more than £1,000. Thousands of workers are refusing to accept £5
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    THE MASTER WILL VOTE FOR JEEVES...
    111 3 THE MASTER WILL VOTE FOR JEEVES... LONDON, Mon. BUTLER is a Conservaj\ tive candidate in local government elections today. Mr Dor.ald Kenneth Collins is the very British model of a gentleman's gentleman. IK pitched his bowler into the ring for a seat on Bazshot Rural Council. Works in mansion Tnis
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    Lock icon Indian party for Marshall
    33 3 LONDON. Mon. Mrs. Tijaya I.akshmi Pandit, Indias Hiyh Commissioner in Britain will give an evening rereptior. here on Wednesday In hor.our of Mr. Marshall »nd the other Singapore de-Jesates.-Reuter.
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    Odds against
    29 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. Mr trie Johnston, special representative of President Eisenpwer on Middle East development, yesterday said: "I think chances are against tar breaking out in that area.
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    Lock icon Seven killed
    32 3 PARIS, Mon. —Seven American soldiers from the air base at a village near here were killed last night in a collision between their small car and a big truck. A.P.
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    26 3 TOKYO, Mon. Kanematsu Kondo, 53,, Nagoya's fireworks king, and two employees were killed today when the finishing room of Kondo's factory blew up. A.P.
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    Lock icon Russians return
    34 3 MELBOURNE, Mon. A Russian family who had been in Australia for 14 years left by ship today after receiving letters from relatives telling them that the new Soviet regime was generous. Reuter.
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    29 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. —Former President Truman has given his personal files to State Department historians preparing a special report on the controversial World War II Potsdam conference.—U.P-
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    We grow stronger in Europe—Ike
    211 3 We grow stronger in Europe Ike LATEST ARMS SENT TO NATO FORCES WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER told the U.S. Congress 1 today the United States has shipped more than U5512,400,000,000 worth of planes, tanks, guns and other military supplies to free world countries during the last six years. About US$9OO
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    Lock icon AND NOW THE MEN WEAR 'FALSIES'
    80 3 AND NOW THE MEN WEAR 'FALSIES' LONDON, Mon. BRITISH men are wearing "falsies" fake moustaches and beards —to Impress girl friends and associates. A London firm of wigmakers Is doing a roaring trade. Customers range from engineers to earls. The "falsies" range from false moustaches costing £1 Is. to full
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    Papal blessing
    24 3 VATICAN CITY. Mon.— The Pope blessed and kissed the banner of his Swiss Guards yesterday to mark their 450 th anniversary. UJ».
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    Hospital fire
    27 3 NEW JERSEY, Mon. Fire broke out in a five-storey dormitory building of a mental hospital last night. All the patients were removed safely. A. P.
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    15 3 TAIPEH, Mon. Twentyfour Nationalist officials have been impeached for neglect of duty. Reuter
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    Lock icon TWO U.S. WARSHIPS COLLIDE
    44 3 NEW YORK, Mon. The US. battleship Wisconsin and the destroyer Eaton collided near Virginia Capes yesterday. i A spokesman said that the 1 Eaton had a deck-to-water--1 line gash in her side 30ft. deep. But there were no casualties. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Select your mate the Attlee way
    66 3 Select your mate the Attlee way LONDON. Mon. The Sunday Dispatch reported yesterday that the eldest daughter of Earl Attlee is working on an Invention to be known as the "love machine." Earl Attlee's daughter. Lady Janet Shipton, is a psychologist at the Burden Neurological Institute. The newspaper said her
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    60 3 JERUSALEM. Mon. The World Zionist Congress representing Zionist organisations of 60 countries last night asked Russia to release the "thousands of Zionists still in anguish in Soviet prisons" and allow them to emigrate to Israel. The congress also adopted a resolution asking the Russian and Rumanian
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    29 3 NEW YORK, Mon.—Governor Averell Harriman of New York yesterday said that Democrats must hammer home the argument that President Eisenhower was a "captive of big business."— AP.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    315 3 LONDON, Mon. STOCK markets maintained their recent satisfactory tone although buying was selective witn the better class snares and shares where dividend statements are imminent, wanted. Oils were active and somewhat erratic, but prices went ahead at the close. Rubber and teas were neglected. Closing middle prices of
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    EFFIGIES OF HARDING BURNED
    105 3 EFFIGIES OF HARDING BURNED VTICOSIA, Mon. Cy--11 priot children yesterday burned effigies of Sir John Harding, the Governor, and danced round the flames to celebrate the Greek-Orthodox Easter Sunday. The children lit firecrackers. The government had forbidden fireworks by making the possession of any type of explosive punishable by death.
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    18 3 JAKARTA. Mon. China has Invited leaders of Indonesia's four Muslim parties to tour China. A.P.
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    Winners in talentime
    55 4 Winners of Radio Malaya's talentime finals for 1956. held at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore last night, were: 1. Fearn Stear; 2. the Tre* Santa Marias: 3. the Three Bambinos. Proceeds from the show were In aid of the fund to send the Singapore contingent to
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    SHOCKER BY COLONY POWER WORKERS
    231 4 10,000 may follow in big switch-off TEN THOUSAND Singapore City Council workers, who have shelved strike action until the return of the merdeka men from London, may change their minds and down tools in a fortnight. Everything depends now on the outcome of a dispute
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    Eater-ladies with lamp to join war against a killer
    121 4 TWO AUSTRALIAN FioI rence Nightingales arrived in Singapore by air yesterday to Join in the fight against Malaya's deadliest killer—tuberculosis. Oebron Connor. 28. (left) a red-headed Irish lassie with four years residence in Melbourne, and Margaret Seoble, 28. from Sydney, will
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    Who pays? sets a poser
    356 4 COMPENSATION FOR EXPATS IN HARBOUR BOARD WHOSE JOBS. ARE MALAYANISED WHO will pay the fT abolition terms of Singapore Harbour Board expatriates if their posts are Malayanlsed? There was no answer to this question when it was asked by a board member, Mr. Tap Pheng
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    Bom sacks apprentice because he said the earth was round
    77 4 Bom sacks apprentice because he said the earth was round JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— A tailor In Muar told his apprentice that the "earth was a motionless cube." The young man, who had been taught that it is more or less spherical, disputed his boss's statement. The tailor promptly sacked the
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    LOOK NEARER HOME, M.P. TOLD
    196 4 LOOK NEARER HOME, M.P. TOLD CHAIRMAN of the V People's Action Party, Dr. Ton Chin Chye, yesterday adviatd a British Labour M.P. to concentrate 'on finding Communists In the British Labour Party. In an article In a British newspaper, the MJP., Mr. Woodrow Wyatt, former Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary of State. In
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    Talks were cut short
    58 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. The Emergency Operations War Council which met briefly today is still wrestling with the final details of the all-out "people's war" planned by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. Today's meeting, cut short because the Tengku had to attend the defence and mutual
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    $5,000 sales
    32 4 Sales of paintings by Mr. Chen Wen Hsl, which are being exhibited In the British Council Hall. Singapore, at present total $5,000. The exhibition will be open till May 13.
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    'Y' Members Day
    21 4 The Chinese YM.CA. will observe Members Day at Its new premises in Prince Edward Road, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    Conditions afloat are 'all at sea'
    133 4 »THE big demand by Singa- pore employers for quailfled engineers is hitting local shipowners. At least 12 yessels are sailing from the port with unqualified men in charge of their enginerooms. This Is because at least 15 ma I ln fw en«lneer» recently quit
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    BLAMED: The 'cinema shows' in those lamp-lit search booths
    1376 5 THEIR CLOTHES WERE THROWN OUT, SAYS 'STRIPPING CASE 9 JUDGE Kh s U'MPUR, *j on __The use of |>oolhs made Insparenl by pres- jamps was one the reasons why L people of SeneA- resented being ;I( Ik,1 at the peri■etcr gates.
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    Jarred gates greet night class pupils
    159 5 OFFICIAL SLIP ON SCHOOL SWITCH i idents arrived at Outram School, Singaf pore, last night for the first of the Government rcial evening classes. But the gates were locked ire the jaga refused to let year's classes were tatted to be held at trim
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    Water-polo ace dies suddenly in Bangkok
    80 5 Mr. J. W. van Daatselaar, 45, a former Malayan waterpolo coach and a Dutch Olympic player, died suddenly in Bangkok on Saturday. Mr. va n Daatselaar left Singapore with his wife early In April this year to be manager of Underwoods In Bangkok. While
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    Winners will be guests
    57 5 Winners will be guests I U hree prjze winners of n»pore Rotary dub interl'*' elocution contest will it" f w f s P e akers at the t Ladies Day" luncheon a- Cathay Restaurant (t ;;;v aw Miss Ellen Crabb X-; rl Instltution >- Mr Koh 5 -ia 'Beatty Secondary
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    $8,400 cheating charge
    23 5 ctlp ng Seng claim a la Singapore yesterj.;; *a» allowed $2,000 bail fc Mayi 4 aSe Was P 0851 011^
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    Road crash: Five hurt
    58 5 Five people were injured in a collision between a car and a van in Upper Perak Road, Singapore, yesterday. One of them, Jumahat bin Rahwi, 24, was admittedto the General Hospital. The others, Mainawi bin Sawan, 24 Kalimuthu, 40, Chia Hean Liat 36 and Yakab bin
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    TAKE-IT-EASY TARS GROUND AIRLINER
    96 5 T'IRFY CHINESE saihon? who appreciate c f '°m'orts yestert evented a char- r J fl airlln er from takt a U.ggag c was 5(00 o lb. at ke l Oervase a *«fiterdam for her SJ th1 ir ba i ymn^ A 1 buiMw SUl K a
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    Youth on ammo charge
    30 5 Akrlak bin Hajl Yusop. 20. was accused in Singapore yesterday of having five rounds of ammunition in Kheam Hock Road. He was remanded until May 14.
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    CUSTOMS COLLECT $30 mil IN FOUR MONTHS
    70 5 CUSTOMS COLLECT $30 mil IN FOUR MONTHS REVENUE collected by the Singapore Customs Department in the first four months of this year totalled $30,021,000. This is $2,532,000 more than the amount collected during the same period last year. Revenue from liquor rose by $794,000, bringing the total for the four
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    Motoring couple robbed
    52 5 Two men jumped into a car as it slowed down near a junction in Lorong 16, Geylang Road. Singapore, at 1 a.m. yesterday and robbed its occupants of a wristwatch worth $1,000 and $200 In cash. The victims, Chan Teck Swee, a merchant, and his wife, were
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    Hari Raya
    18 5 SEREMBAN, Mon. The Negri Sembilan Government will observe Friday and Saturday as Hart Raya holidays. j
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    'OPEN DOORS' MOVE AT SWIM CLUB DROPPED
    166 5 $10 entrance fee STRONG opposition to a more to admit nonChinese to the Cblnese Swimming dub is bettered to be the reason for the withdrawal of a motion which was to have come before the annual meeting on Sunday. The president, Mr. G.
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    BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
    47 5 A total of 436 Chinese patients received blood transfusions in April against 210 Chinese donors, it was revealed yesterday in the monthly report or tne Biooa Transfusion Bervice. The report said there were 201 European donors against 27 Europeans who received blood during the month.
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      156 5 RADIO MALAYA •Programmes thus marked can be received by listener, in Malacca. (Short ware 4» and 68m. Medium wave 476 m.. 343. 366 m. and Z»7m.) PM. 100 Lucky Dip; 'l-SO News; 1.45 Coffee Rhythmj^O* Programme Summary; 6.02 Spoken English: 6.15 Happy Anniversary: •6J6 Singapore Share Marketßjport; »7.00 News; 7.15
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      150 5 Regional SINGAPORE (Short wave Cm. Mutton wm AM. 7.15 Opening Annct- T.M Piano Playtime; 7.30 News; 7.35 A Date With Music; 8.00 Mews Headlines; BX3 A Date With Mudc: P.M. 5.00 Light Music; 6.15 We Write Novels; 6.30 Music from the Movies: 6.55 Regional Anncts. (SM Metres asti it metre.)
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    DEATHS
    127 6 it Word* $tt (Minimum) HOLWELL: Judy, dearly loved Friend and Companion of Sheila end Jack for 9 4 years. Irreplaceable. COOPER: On April 30th, suddenly at sea. Colonel William Portescue Cooper, I.M.S. Rtd., the beloved husband of Anne Eden Cooper. MO. In Charge of Government Officials, Singapore. Van DAAISELAAR:
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 20 Wtrdt SI" (Minimum) MRS. HOE KIM PEK and children thnnk all friends and relations for condolences, attendance and very helpful gifts In recent bereavement, deeply grateful.
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    PERSONAL
    25 6 20 Word* $1$ (Minimum) MME. LEE KEE YONO anxious to hear about husband, Mr. Tan Ton? Kwang. Write c/o 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    176 6 20 Word* $U (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail" if you want to win that $5,000 word puaale. DRESSY COTTON DREBBEB in Princess sheath and other styles Ju.-t arrived. Town A Country, M-'.-i-r Chambers, Raffles Place. 5 DAYS LEFT for booking for Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. May, 8, 1956. The Razak Plan
    718 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. May, 8, 1956. The Razak Plan A month after it assumed office, the Alliance Government set up a committee, composed entirely of elected representatives of the main communities and headed by the Education Minister, to examine the Federation's education policy. The committee was charged with
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    The Arms Talks
    421 6 The final failure of the London disarmament conference comes as no surprise. The U.N. Disarmament SubCommittee had reached complete deadlock before Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev arrived in London, and only the forlorn hope that their presence would give the conference new life kept the Sub-Committee at
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    The Europeans who became Mau Mau
    762 6  -  JBEREK CARVER Bu If was v dangfous gam* thmy playd A tain* acc«itf or a patch of light skin ahomlnm through th* ditguitm mmant death NAIROBI. WHS story of the x achievements of British, European and African intelligence agents in the drive against the
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    The old Cominform's soul goes marching on
    569 6  -  Denis Warner by npHE final Issue of "For a Lasting Peace, for a People's Democracy," the world's most influential newspaper, reached me by airmail from Bucharest this weekend. It confirmed the dissolution of the Cominform and, as the Cominform's journal, published its own
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      Temporaries tar ten years
      253 6 rpHERE Is still a large JL number of temporary clerks In the Federation Government Departments, who have put In 8 to 10 years' service. What Is to be their future? Most of them are Federal Cltlsens below 40 years of age. They have all along been
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      Tuberculosis in servants
      184 6 /XXMCB and domestic V servants are amongst those who have the highest tuberculosis rates in Bingapore. This was revealed In a recent S.A.T.A. report, i Three out of six "amahs" whom I sent for X-ray. were found to suffer from this disease. This class of people are
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      Foreign words in Malay
      62 6 As it will take up much space here to Inform "A Gurkha Boy" how Hindi and Nepalese words came Into the Malay language, I suggest he read "British Malaya" by Sir R. O. Wlnstedt, "Cultural History of the Malays" by the same author, and "India and
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      607 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. M Wmrd* SM (mtmimmm). BURTON: To Joan and Percy, a son, Roes Anthony, (11 1 b. 405.), at Brisbane Women's Hospital, Hat March. Brother to Susan and Tlnah. it Wards tU (Minimum) collis- YIN: The stogagement Is announced between Robert, younger son of Dr. and Mrs. W. R.
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      38 6 'BLUE SPOT" SUPER HI-FI 31 MHO BL C"'bssH MODEL "SALVADOR" S-D S'pore/Penang: MlO.OO. Federation $368.00. MODEL "CARACAS" 3-D S'pore/Penang: $400.00. Federation $470.00. LESS 10% CASH DISCOUNT. Sole Agents:KEE HUAT RADIO C 0. t LTD. Spore K. Lumpur Penang.
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    MALAYAN POLICE SPLENDID BOURNE
    158 7 MALAYAN POLICE SPLENDID BOURNE rOH Mon. -The I prcrtor of Operat nr c. General Sir Geoffrrv Bourne, said here thai the Fcdera- police Force had !rndid job' in U1 aealnst the terrorists. In a farewell message to ml, fore< he told them to coin* 11 after he v- d poi.r
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    Education talks off
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Education Confixed for tomorrow to the Federation Gov- row education re- has been postponed till Tr.e organising committee decided it had not tad enough time to study the report is to be tabled at the Federal Legis- council meeting on mi v
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    Newsvendors form union
    31 7 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. ftrmttj Selangor newsvenc n met hero yesterday and f'-miPd a union. Officials elected Presl-d-nt. Abdul Rahim; vicepresident, N. Vethamani; m. P. Abraham: ktssarer, a. AppaduraL
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    10 mins would have saved child
    401 7 PIECE OF BALLOON IN THROAT: CORONER TOLD OF HOSPITAL DELAY rmiFi KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JHh LIFL of a five-month-old son of a policeman could have been saved had he been operated on 10 minutes earlier, an inquest here was told today. The boy, Abdul
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    Lady Tempter returns on Saturday
    83 7 Lady Tempter returns on Saturday LADY TEMPLER (above) wife of the Federation's former High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Tempter, win visit Malaya this week to declare open the Tempter T. B. Hospital at Kuala Lumpur. She will arrive in Penang by atr on Saturday and will visit the Federation School
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    PENSIONERS WON'T HAVE TO WAIT
    74 7 PENSIONERS WON'T HAVE TO WAIT KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Muslim pensioners will be paid on Thursday because of Harl Raya, it was announced today. They are usually paid later in the month. The Selangor Government today announced that the state would observe Hari Raya Puasa on Friday and Saturday if the
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    Sad Allan took jeep, just to forget
    330 7 Sad Allan took jeep, just to forget BUT IT ADDED TO HIS TROUBLES SEREMBAN. Mon. A 24-year-old soldier, who took out an army jeep without permission, to go for a drink with his friends, was today sentenced to six months' detention by a court martial at Paroi Camp here. The
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    MORE PAY FOR 7,000 ARMY WORKERS
    93 7 But they won't get all they wanted MORE THAN 7,000 clerks in Army installations in Singapore will soon get bigger pay packets But they will not be as big as the men recently demanded. The Army, it is understood, has agreed to give Its
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    12 tappers are held
    59 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Twelve tappers found in the vicinity of a clash between security forces and terrorists in the Tapah area of South Perak yesterday have been detained for questioning. The terrorists fired on a combined patrol from the Fourth Battalion, Malay Regiment, and an area
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    Flag Officer arriving
    48 7 Rear Admiral A. O. Thring will arrive at Singapore Airport on Saturday to assume his duties as Flag Officer. Malayan Area. Rear Admiral Thring, 53. who will be accompanied by his wife, succeeds Rear Admiral E. H. Shattock who left on April 8 on retirement.
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    Bus falls into drain: 2 hurt
    45 7 Two students, Low Kah Khin, 19. and A. Talib bin Jai. 16, were injured when a bus in which they were travelling landed in a drain in Thomson Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Fourteen others In the bus escaped unhurt.
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    Thief jailed
    34 7 Uns ku Mansoor bin Sallm was fined $35 and sentenced to two days' Jail in Singapore yesterday for stealing a watch from Shamsudin bin Mustafa at Pulau Bukom Besar on May 3.
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    SEX BOOKS CAN PRESERVE THOSE MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN
    298 7 SEX BOOKS CAN PRESERVE THOSE MATCHES MADE IN HEAVEN rll astonishing what a moss many people make of "those heavenly creations—marriages." Mr. Bob Foster, manager of the Methodist Bosk Room made this introductory remark In a talk on "Sex and Marriage" to ft packed audience of young people at th*
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    BRUNO GOES—FINAL
    130 7 BRUNO GOES— FINAL Last chord on May 20 for Seaview serenaders TOE ITALIAN band at the Seaview Hotel will soon give its Singapore swan song. Its leader, Bruno Paolettl, and his four colleagues, want to stay longer. But the immigration authorities wont let them. Their last performance will be on
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    100 TOLD TO MAKE WAY FOR BRIDGE
    84 7 KLANO. Mon. More than 100 people living In 12 houses here have been asked by the district authorities to leave their homes before the end of this month. A circular warns them that if they do not quit by May 31 they will
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    112 days for corporal
    65 7 Cpl. D. F O. Lambert, of the Royal Army Service Corps in Singapore, was yesterday convicted at a courtmartial on two charges of striking Private J. M. Cartwright and a third charge of assaulting Pte. C. C. Drain. He was sentenced to 112 days' detention and
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    THE GOOD DRIVERS WILL WIN THESE SAFETY AWARDS
    81 7 SINGAPORE Safety First Council has a new idea to encourage road safety. Drivers will be asked to enter an annual competition. Driven with a dean sheet at the end ef the year will qualify for a medal, bar or star to a
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    A plot to get Lee back, they say
    173 7 SELANGOR MCA HAS DOUBTS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. LEADERS of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association are studying the implications of a Johore resolution- calling for the appointment Of a deputy M.CA. president. The resolution will be moved at the annual
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    Change of command
    39 7 IPOH. Mon. Honorary Superintendent of Police Mr. Tong Sam Poy has retired as commandant of the Perak Police Volunteer Reserve. Mr. Low Chooi Beng, 42. a teacher and an Honorary Superintendent of Police, has succeeded him.
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    Acquitted
    33 7 Shanmuganathan, 25, a permanent way inspector of the Malayan Railway, was acquitted yesterday on a charge of stealing two wristwatches, valued at $260, belonging to S. Vythillngam. His defence was not called.
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    Career lecture
    30 7 The next Rotary career lecture will be "Electrical Engineering," by Mr. C. O. V. Rudd at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, Singa pore, at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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      130 7 The food of^f champions Active men in every land know what gives them the extra energy and stamina they need. They take Cod Liver Oil, SevenSeaS Pure Cod Liver Oil, Nature's finest food. Cod Liver Oil is a recognised means of preventing and treating chest complaints. IN SevenSeaS pt Pure
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      113 7 FORTHCOMING SAILINGS j From Singapore arr. Genoa '•VICTORIA" I |une 24 |une "ASIA" 1 July 22 July "VICTORIA" 2 Aug. 23 Aug. I "ASIA 2 S.pt. 23 Sept. ♦"VICTOtIA" 2 Oct. 23 Oct. *"ASIA" 2 Nov. 23 Nov. ♦"VICTORIA" I D.c. 22 Otc. ♦"ASIA" 2 J.». 1957 23 |i«. "VICTORIA"
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      58 7 High tides 1 TODAY: Singapore 1 (7lt. 4U140 9.22 jpja. (7ft Mm,); Port DtekMO 4.41 aja. Oft. Sins.) i 5.06 pan. (Bft. 71ns): Penang 11.19 a.m (7ft. 4ins.) n.30 p.m. (6ft, r 81ns"). TOMOUOW: Singapore 10.06 »jn. im. ttis.) 9M pjn. (Mt. 4ins.) Port Dtcfuoo 5.24 ajn. Oft. 81ns 5.53
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    A hostess has the informal touch
    408 8 mimtEOTEItTAIN YOUII FRIENDS AT HOME n EAST and West combine happily when Singapore hostess Mrs. Katherine Sorensen entertains she cooks delicious Chinese food and varies it with Western dishes to suit her Danish husband's taste. At an Informal luncheon at her home, I discovered
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    PLANTS CAUSE STRIFE
    541 8 V I r^ J^^^l^^-^^MK-^^-^^^^L^i^L^^.^^^J^^^t?is^^ T MONDAY T PASS a couple who are standing disconsolately round the fruit machine, drop my one twenty-cent piece In the slot and get two dollars out I pick up my money and rejoin Tom who glares at me. "You shouldn't have done
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    KEEP YOUR GADGETS SIMPLE
    277 8 says KERRY LEE The woman who makes a fetish of collecting elaborate household gadgets often only builds up trouble for herself. That complicated electric mixer or polisher that was her pride and Joy when she paid the hist instalment for it. is too apt to become
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      144 8 Not a shadow kgt^Ol fltZrsfSßßsl aSBBK > Now comes packed ~^>^| fissk I J H HirT *^^m More women choose bbbbbSSbbbbW KOTEX than all_ other sanitary towels. sbbbbkbbbbbbb Shake some 'Harpic^T J*^2P\ leave overnight Har ie cl fO a then flush. That's I|Mll|j[| th S-b*«d where all. No brush is
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      286 8 CHIVERS jams jams, thick with fruit picked at it's best... Tf/^^^^^^^ these are Chivers Jams. VVi You will love their rich, JM~ Q QtPv distinctive flavours. r*X? *^^L^l I CHIVERS Kiji^ir Chivers the name for delicious jellies and Olde English marmalade, too CHIVERS ft SCNS LTD HISTON CAMBRIDGE ENGLAN for
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      33 8 Straits Times Crossword -Msoas w I. Partner In a cheai problem? f Satirical If first going to press 10.DeaVttx of extreme 111-feeling U. aetwnms to a sownd man--1& MOS? cv provide' this vto-
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      40 8 lent closure (4). 14. "God"! universal law gave to the man— power" (Milton) 16. Ha wields the blue pencil, but only In play (4, ll.)T^ 11. Fwfaaps retauu liquid? On the contrary (I). 30. It's proper without proportional representation (4).
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      182 8 23. The right type for trade? (8). 33. Progress through life— ln a hurry? (6). 25. Aspect of the game dear to Sarah Battle (6). 26. Leaving out nothing without a purpose (8). DOWN 1. Award to a beastly Ung Is a tablet 2. Boom of activity m the ring
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    First psycho-analyst was dubbed a quack
    1544 9 Proclaimed m doctrine Dmw—mmeod mm j mrrwtpter FOR 1 I CHEAP M II bread jp 1 He saw sex as canker j 1 at mental sickness I ONE hundred years ago last Sunday there was bora at Freiberg in what was then the Province
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      136 9 ■^LADDERS I j ECONOMICAL BETHELM Mm m JJP" I PENANC. ■L'-v^Bkl Covered with 1 ■fffcidH B .he finest 1 BML^^PJ toasted 1 B^VUmmV tlmond-chipl I indsugti- H nporters: K HOPPENSTEDT LTD. lowix 5 B 17 JWLS 1 0ENT5 and LADIES. ''.iliUtl. ROLLED GOLD, B ''< v :>© dbtffccf* B^AY VENETIAN
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      181 9 FOR REALLY RAPID RELIEF Jti~~' 1 FROM ACID INDIGESTION I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE I mnl LIKE CANDY |#MMiiftL I THEY'LL MAKE YOU J<*BLETs FEEL DANDY! H SO KEEP V^lllß THEM HANDY! pa. *7a MOFB of everything you 'want most in economy motoring... Pnwpr Qukke.«waytothefactsofthi»
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      102 9 Jt«r Morgan. M.D. MedMne tray I KEB3 SMBX-^jrngltfA 1 kjj»O£ *^StSS£rSnn^ t*l4M^^=~2m\ TT JUST O*M4EDCH OOgLBS Bl S£«. (^oD^XtSe\ c**e m4CIVCC U ME VCU MCMTT UKE rYE Ace O'Hara r»« ultimatum Mm -*^^mM\ I I iJh W O>H iJ' flail m I tBSM# 4NO A |ajv PEOPLE AfHO IN f
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    THE MALACCA RUBBER PLANTATIONS LIMITED
    3164 10 COMPANY MEETING SIR JOHN HATS STATEMENT This Is the Company's Jubilee t year. A backward glance, rather I than the customary review of the s present, would seem more appro- 1 prlate to such an occasion. When j Malacca Rubber Plantations was 1 floated in
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    HESITANT, NERVOUS RUBBER MART WAITS WAGE TALKS' RESULT
    606 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Rubber Market was nervous! and hesitant yesterday awaiting the outcome j of the wage talks in the Federation industry, which was not known when the market closed at 5 p.m. 1 1 The price was taken
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    174 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Ezehaage: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: May *30U buyers. $30% sellers. Coconat oil: quiet; bulk $46% sellers: drum $*9V* sellers. Peppw: easy; Muntok white $99 Sarawak $98, special Sarawak black $75 (all varieties down $1 since Saturday's closing prices). Singapore Cepra AaaocUUon
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    SHIPPING
    82 10 Ship* lying alongside the Sfnxapere Harbour Beard wharves or expected today are: Oran.te 1/2. i Oererdnvr 4 y 5. Heather C.P., Anna Maersk 6/7. Olenroy 8/9. Atreus 11, Mekong 13/14, Burnslde 15/16. Carpentaria 18. Itrla 19/20. Taype N. WaU 2. Petaling N. WaU 4 to 6. Sedenak N. Wall
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    Guthrie results
    58 10 Outputs from the various estates and mines In the Outline group for the month of April and for 1955 to date In parentheses are as follow*:— Rubber 6.350.000 lb: (27.340.000 lb.) Tea (black) 201.000 lb.: (739.000 lb): Palm oil 1.050 tons. (4.229 tons). Palm kerneb 265 tons. (1.238
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    Lock icon U.S. PEPPER UP
    41 10 WASHINGTON. Mon. The Department of Commerce reports U.S. imports of black pepper in January/February 1956 inclusive totalled 8,603,428 lb. compared with 5.102,444 lb. in the corresponding period of 1955. White imports were 241,240 and 267.481 lb. respectively. Reuter.
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    APRIL RUBBER
    42 10 April rubber crops notified are: April Pongsu 84.976 lb; Bedons? 51.941 lb; Temerloh 33,500 lb; Trong 23,500 lb; Allen by 29,500 lb: Benta 56.000 lb: Jeram Kuantan 70.000 lb; Kundong 37,000 lb: Mentakab 52.000 lb: and Sungei Bagan 135.000 lb.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 May first grade robber buyers f.o.b. dosed in Singapore yester- day at 88 cents per lb.; down one cent on Saturday's closing price. < The closing* tone was hesitant. Closing prices in cents per lb., I were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. j< buyers 88. sellers 88 U;
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    11 10 SINGAPOrk RI'BBKK- i K 'is; r I PWI 'unclmigft
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    101 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS 1 lighter level, "V* around steady anci £W*l •Mast balanced on u?SM change here t over was small, rwC I: falls, but van./; v £'X, large. Loaas were firm moderate turnover Loans 3\', 1956-59 tssj- Loans 3 1955.5J Con. Zinc. Bank of N.S.W Mount Lyell N. Broken BUI
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    111 10 The Malayan E\rhantr r Association madr- the f« changes m Its rates I yesterday: New York: buying airmui tttt O.D. 33. 9U credit bills. 33', trade b!l 32 S Hl SS:3 2 bu^ d S;^ bills. 33 3/16 trade bills Selling T.T. or O.I) ready v r Francs
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    14 10 The following April outputs M announced:— Rahman 545 piculs; Hltam 18 pieul-
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      935 10 NOTICES W. HAMMER ft CO., LTD. Notice is ilven that delivery of water to ships and installations by waterboats will be curtailed on Prlday. 11th May 1956— 0n the occasion of Hart Raya Puasa. U THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of
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      780 10 NOTICES ROBINSON ft CO., LTD. (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) Notice is hereby given that the directors have decided to recommend to members a scrip Issue of ordinary shares in the proportion of one ordinary share for every $1 of stock held. Pull particulars wUI be posted to members
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      415 10 MAERSK LINE I ANNA MAERSK PENANC SINGAPORE N. rORK (Ist call) (Ist call) j 12/13 May Soils 10 Moy 19 June I (2nd call) (2nd call) 16 Moy 17/18 May PALMA SINGAPORE N. YORK 13/26 May 5 July KNUTSEN LINE orient service fROM CANADA/U S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3G DAY;. Sailing
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      1253 11 I f#1 ,»405 MANSFIBLD iCO, LTD. x*s 4 is iiMt) tlncorporoted In Slnoopore) J__, THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE ST T Tt,rp» <po<ji *JMy S/1S May 11/12 V^^Hrnd. "-T" '""^"2 London In Pert Mey 9 for Lv.rpooi Oosgow May 9 May 14 May IS/14 May 17/14 Ct rr:JT arl m. t)
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      848 11 S^^^^^^^^^m^m^a^a^K^^^^^^^^m^mmi^^^m^m^mmmi^^mmmm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mmmm^^mm BAST ASIATIC LINES SAIUNGS TOCONTINENT/SCANDtNAVIA rer A4o». Pwt SaM. Bmm, Antwar.. ftathwd.-, H.-i,,g wsd C.g.nh.,.. A •.•-.■wS. f& JS?^L. 7/SJwm 9/lOJwm 11/ISJwm S*JS teodea (oaaMaaat. eaty), Aaha. Seuthaausta. UMesanaan m^ml CU* I tnlan Ir T SAILINGS FROM SCAN^AV^K./CC4mNE>fT W.5&A* HoSi »*> P S W*" -M»AlA^for iV B»o l k:^
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      1057 11 UNION ajsajf/OB B bsj VffaTW fiT* A2mTVS>BI If* TIL: >•*•< ■oiuhnc THE HEN UNE STEAMERS I«TV j M7I SINGAPORE (Incorporoted In the United Kingdom) S UNO SAIUNGS TO UK AMD CONTINENT PORTS S'pora ejiritafi* PcnanQ BENVORUCH far London, Hovre, Hull la Pert 1 I/IS May BENMACDHUI fer Liverpool, Rotterdam, Hamburg,
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      1242 11 MoAUSTER «c CO., LTD. TIL.: No.: 211*1 WiftWHAW «b BDCSUf ALX KLATKBTKB* UHV LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM LOl ANGELa, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMIURO PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER for UiA, North Atlantic Port. *^P«nß oorae »~Cei-*al ft Sort. and Canada and via Colombo Aomtmo SUNNTVILLB cmr op MANCHtsm francisvilib ..Sp of P- S'hom
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      P & O show faith in future of Malaya
      564 12 P O show faith in future of Malaya niRECT and frequent fast freight services between Malaya and Europe will be provided by the P. O. as part of a programme to be inaugurated in June which demonstrates not only faith in the future of Malaya, but in the possibilities of
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      Barlow Group 1955 profit
      93 12 profit The group profit for Barlow and Co., Ltd. for 1955 totalled £154,626 as against £64.337 after charging for depreciation of buildings and machinery £66,622 (£64.503) and United Kingdom and Malayan taxation requirements amounting to £91,000 (£46,500). Taxation reserves written back are £23,500 (£38,000) and transferred
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      CONDENSED MILK, BICYCLE SALES GROW
      174 12 CONDENSED MILK, BICYCLE SALES GROW A SENIOR executive of a Dutch export firm representing manufacturers of products. ranging from condensed milk to bicycles, has arrived in Singapore for talks with the object of expanding sales on the local market. He is Mr. John Moggre. managing director of Universal Manufacturers' Exporters
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      70 dairy factories in Holland supply Malaya's markets
      246 12 MR. J. STELLINGWERFF, commercial manager of Co-operative Condensf abriek Gelderland Overi jsel, producers of condensed milk, Holland, arrived in Singapore last week on a fortnight's business visit. I Mr. Stellingwerff will spend about a month in Asia visiting countries including Siam, Burma,
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      Pepper price drops as production soars higher
      230 12 rfiHE price oi pepper oy 1 comparison has fallen lower from the peak reached at the time of the Korean War, than any other commodity, said Mr. Tan Pnay long, president of the Singapore Pepper Association yesterday. Mr. Tan explained that the drop
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      NEW F&N COLONY MANAGER NAMED
      142 12 NEW F&N COLONY MANAGER NAMED AFTER 26 years In Malaya, Mr. H. L. Vincent, Singapore branch manager of Fraser and Neave Ltd., has retired from the country and been succeeded by Mr. H. A. S. Helps. A native of Cornwall, Mr. Vincent Joined Fraser and Weaves in October 1930 as
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      Britain No. 1 ship builder
      132 12 GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland completed 72 ships, totalling 317,683 tons during the first three months of this year, it is disclosed in Lloyd's Register Returns for the quarter ended March 31. Of a total of 1.530 steamships or motorships of 7,009,--179 tons gross under
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      Guthrie's have new director
      24 12 With effect from May 1, Mr. D. V. McKenzle has been appointed to the board of Outhrle b Co.. Ltd.
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    125 FOR LORNIE KILO
    211 13 The Federation's biggest motoring event Opening by the Tengku who is one of two ministers competing From NERAL MOBEIRA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. i A TOTAL of 125 entries has been received for the birrest motor event In the Federal Capital the Lornie Kilo— to be held
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    ALL THE ENTRIES
    774 13 MOTOR CYCLES 160 ex.: W. Wood (Java). Lam Im Bone (B8A). Miss Lilian Low (BSAhWw Sang (BSA). Lee Chan (BSA) S6l ex.— 36o ex.: O.W. Chalmers. (Royal Stofleld Builet 346 cc). 8.0. Betting (Royal Enfleld Bullet 348 ccX Mustafa (Norton 348 cc). Mohamed Noor (BSA Gold Star
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    They will flash past the finish at well over the magic 100
    423 13 TtfEXT Sunday's MoA tor Sport event, the Lornie Kilo, will have more of a national flavour than most of the club trials and sprints, as the hoUday week-end will 1 allow time for competitors to reach Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon AUSSIE'S TITLE
    31 13 STUTTOABT. Mon.— Australian Jack Arklnstall yesterday won the men's singles title In the international tennis tournament here, defeating Tony Vincent of the US 7-5. 6-1 In the final.— UP.
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    SINGAPORE BID FOR MAGYARS
    137 14 HUNGARY'S Olympic n Games soccer team, one of the strongest in the world, may play in Singapore at the end of the year. An offer is being made to the Hungarians to stop over for three games on their way back from Melbourne. Singapore Amateur F.A.
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    Lock icon Burke 123 in Aussies' 195 for 4
    175 14 Burke 123 in Aussies' 195 for 4 LEICESTER, Mon. >-pHE Australian touring cricketers had scored 295 for four in reply to Leicestershire's 298 all out at close of play today, second day of the match. Jim Burke, one of the Austra-1 Han openers, scored 123 and became the second member
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    138 14 LONDON. Mon.—County cricket scores at the tea interval today were: At Canterbury: Glamorgan 246. Kent 262 for four (Phebey 96. Evans 50, Cowdrey not out 51). At Lords: Hampshire 351 for five dccl. (Gray four for five) and 52 dccl. and 52 for no wicket. At Oval: Surrey
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    Six first choices not available for Rest XI
    194 14 rE Singapore Rest team to meet Europeans in their annual Clarke Cup cricket match on the padang this weekend was announced last night without six first choices. These six, all not available, are Wee Chong Jin, s. Kulasingam, Charlie Colling, Reggie Sandosham,
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    Young S'pore in action soon
    345 14 THE VAZ PLAN FOR SOCCER IMPROVEMENT 18 APPROVED A LAUDABLE AND FAR-SIGHTED MOVE, SAY COUNCILLORS THE GUY VAZ plan for a Young Singapore team came into being last night. Laudable and far-sighted these were the comments of Singapore Amateur F.A. councillors when they unanimously approved
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      Fay quits athletics to concentrate on career
      423 14 CPORTSFRONT has gloomy tidings for the fans this morning. From Kuala Lumpur there is the bad news that Fay Siebei has announced her intention to give up competitive athletics; and from Ipoh comes a report that badminton is to lose for a very
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      Studies first for Eng Looi too
      188 14 EH)R Perak's badminton 1 star. Tan Eng Looi, also it will be a case of studies first this year, and she will not be available for selection for the Über Cup match against Hong Kong next September. Yesterday £ng Looi told Straits Times reporter
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    S'PORE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    435 14 WEIGHTS for all etgkt races on Saturday, first day of the Singayere Tsrt Club May meeting, art.: C1.1,D1v.1 IM Bearer Bond I.M Jolly Sailer 8.18 DanteavM t*l Cypress Point 8.05 Naaakat 8.04 Jeaker n 5.94 Evaluate* 8.02 «i««w tt At Mnnfn M«n sm vwjlJm? Im rappinrick
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    Set to break Tulloh's record 88
    204 14 Set to break Tulloh's record 88 GARNET BOUGOUPf with 33 wtanen! eight meeting, pretty safe t>< year's Jockey championAlthough he ha e d his temp riding, he .still has I even monry chance bettering Colin Tuii C h record of 88 winners up in the 1952 Closest rival to Bougnuw
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    Navy beat Europeans
    83 14 A GOAL disallowed three minuxm tes from time deprived Europeans of their first point In the S.A.P.A. Community League at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Navy beat Europeans 1-0. They scored their goal in the 44th minute when Shelley tapped in a rebound from the bar off a
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    He's done most for swimming
    177 14 TRIBUTES to Van D YEWS of the death 11 of Mr. J. W. van Daatselaar in Bangkok on Saturday shocked sporting circles yesterday, particularly swimming dub officials and enthusiasts. Among the first to be told was Mr. G. H. Kiat. president of the Singapore Amateur
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    TUAN MONG HELD
    39 14 Tuan Mong held Rajaji to a 2-2 draw in a S.A.F.A. Div. SB league game at Geylang yesterday. Scorers for Rajaji were Sundram and Osman while Ker Kin and Ouan Yong Chong replied for Tuan Mong.
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    NETBALL LEAGUE
    29 14 Teams wishing to compete in the Clarke netball Shield are asked to send their representatives to a meeting at the Girls Sports Club tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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    FAM lost to fitter team — Lim
    275 14 FAM lost to fitter team Lim x>HE FOOTBALL Association of Malaya, beaten 4-0 by Vietnam at Saigon in their Asian competition tie last week, are confident they will turn the tables when they meet in the second leg of their tie at Kuala Lumpur on May 19. The Malayan contingent
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    BIRTHDAY GIFT RAN WITH THE GUINEAS WINNER
    317 14  -  EFSUM JEM* »y OIRTHDAY GIFT II (late Jet Prince), one of D new horses entered for the Singapore Turf n May Meeting, came up against Gilles do t'^ winner of this year's Two Thousand Guii two-year-old in. England last season. A bay gelding
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    JOHORE CEYLONESE XI
    100 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The annual cricket match for the Vythilingam Shield between Johore Ceylonese Cricket Club and Ceylon Sports Club, Singapore will be played at Batu Pahat on Friday Johore Ceylonese team will be selected from: C. Selvadurai. M. Thilagalingam, A. Barthelot. L. Rajasooria. J. WoodhuU, R.
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      48 14 SOCCER S.A.F.A. DW. 2B: HJI. Deckyard "A" v S.R.C., padant; Dlv. SB: Windsor Rot«t« t I«dUn Youngsters, Geylanc; Tornados v Indian Brotherhood Socceiites, Farrer Park. UNITED Servicei Leacne, Dlv. 1: BEME v RAOC. REME; Div 2: SparUns v Cmrim, SeleUr; Terror v RASC, Terror; RMN v RAPC, RMN.
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