The Straits Times, 25 May 1956

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    THE BIG BLACKLIST
    450 15 Colony dockers to 5.H.8.: We won't throw «and into Penang strikers' rice bowl 8,000 to boycott Penang cargoes (fNGAPORE*S 8,000 waterfront workers be instructed not lo handle cargoes diverted to he Colony feeause of the dock ftrike in Penang. E four unions re- ng the workers enounced
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    FEDERATION SLAMS THE DOOR ON TEACHER SARMA
    82 15 FEDERATION SLAMS THE DOOR ON TEACHER SARMA KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Government has permanently banned, Mr. P. V. Chaleswara Sarma, 40, from entering the I Federation. Mr. Sarma, who is now living in Bombay, was formerly a e schoolteacher t and a. jnem- 1 ernment to send him there. Mr.
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    Gen. Bower on first tour
    42 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The new "Director of Operations Lt.-Gen. R. H. Bower, today made the first of a series of tours pf army units in the Federation. Travelling by helicopter, he visited a Gurkha Division at Seremban.
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    19 15 HONG KONG. Thurs. Hong Kong imported HK$llB,--700 000 worth of Japanese foods in April— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BROWN? TEMPLER SEES RED
    69 15 CHESTER, Thurs. Gen Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the imperial General Staff, doesn't like dark brown paintwork in army qU 'i r t te ought to be forbidden by the army to have this colour," he exclaimed today when he found it in a sergeants' mess
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    Holiday problem solved
    93 15 Holiday problem solved DO YOU quail at Hiougtit of holiday.? Wonder where to go, spend hours thumbing through brochure* thinking: "Yet, that looks all right, but that's only a photograph." Do you worry abojit packing, the actual journey, the money you will need? If you answer yes to any of
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    Lock icon Bevan: Boyd's error over Singapore
    186 15 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Aneurin Bevan, British Leftwing Labour Party leader, said today that, as a result of the recent talks here on the future of Singapore, the British Government had "exfhangod a fear of trouble for its certainty." Mr Bevan was writing in the Tribune,
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    THAT No. 1 JOB: Mr. LIM DOES NOT WANT IT
    500 15  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN i 1"""' •■"iniirinii in i llln miiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii i iniimii iniiiiiiii iiiiiiin I iiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii niiiini i i wig I Labour Minister clears air— l'll only be Chief Minister if Front asks me and Marshall agrees' J SINGAPORE'S Minister for
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    Chew's balm for grim days ahead: LAUGHTER
    159 15 THE acting Chief Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, said last night that Singapore's paramount need in the months ahead might be a sense of humour "to laugh at our own mistakes and little self-importance." Mr. Chew, speaking at the annual Commonwealth dinner of
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    Nasser says yes
    22 15 PEKING, Thurs. Egypt's Prime Minister, Lieut.-Col. Nasser, has accepted the Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou Enlai's invitation to visit China
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    Malayanisation
    583 15 PRINCIPLE WAS AGREED TO, Mr. BOYD WAS WILLING— ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL IF THE TALKS HAD NOT COLLAPSED Ttf ALAYANISATION of the Singapore Government's civil service according to the Commission's majority report was agreed to in principle by the Colonial Office before the merdeka talks collapsed. Discussions with
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    Lock icon Crabb killed by a 'Russian magnet'
    189 15 —CLAIM BY SWISS NEWSPAPER BASLE, Thursday. A SWISS newspaper said yesterday that Russian seamen killed British frogman Lionel Crabb by holding him underwater with magnets until his air supply ran out. Basler Nachrichten, in a dispatch from its Stockholm correspondent, gave "compatient circles in
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    Lock icon Saved by cat
    27 15 WELLINGTON, Thurs. A couple owe their lives to their cat Its loud meowing woke them in time to escape from their blazing home.— Reuter.
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    Ships to 'dress'
    25 15 All ships In Singapore on May 31, official birthday of the Queen have been asked by the Master Attendant to "dress ship."
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    Cyprus Turks riot in revenge
    218 15 Cyprus Turks riot in revenge NICOSIA. Thurs. Turkish Cypriots today rioted in Nicosia in revenge for the killing of a Turkish Cypriot police sergeant. Bullets were sprayed from the windows of a taxi driven through the Greek shopping centre and youths stoned Greek Cypriots and their shops. British troops used
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    37 15 GLUBB'S SUCCESSOR QUITS AMMAN. Thurs.— Chier of Staff of Arab Legion, Radi Innah, who sucrreded Gen. Glubb after Briton was dismissed, has resigned. His successor is Col. Ali Nawar aide to King Hussein.— Beutec, A.P.
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    THIS IS IT!
    68 16 The biggest blast on record: Behind the clouds a searing glimpse of historg over a lonely South Pacific isle A BRILLIANT Mash sear* through low black cloud over Bikini atoll as the U.S. explodes its first air-dropped H-bomb. The stem of the smoke pall can be seen
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    Lock icon KOREAN WAR: U.S. SUED FOR DAMAGES
    113 16 DENVER, Thurs. A suit seeking millions of dollars in damages irom the VS. Government has been filed in the Federal Court here on behalf of 88 people whose sons or husbands were killed during the Korean war. A court clerk said the suit asks
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    Lock icon CURSE STICKS TO CHARLIE
    194 16 Can t forget his mother-in-law TVARWIN, ThUTS. Twentieth century medicine is still fighting a battle against stone age black magic to save the life of an Amhem Land Aboriginie who Is under the curse of a tribal spell called down by his mother-in-law. Flown to hospital
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    Asian Seamen's Club
    40 16 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will lay the foundation stone of the Asian Seamen's Club in South Quay, Singapore, on Monday. The eight-storey bulldine, costing more than $1,500,000. is expected to be completed by September, next year.
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    Library talk
    38 16 Mr. L.M. Harrod. Raffles Library librarian, will talk about a library's contribution to the community at the Upper Serangoon Community Centre in Llm Ah Pin Road, Singapore, at 7.30 p.m. today. A film show will follow.
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    Lock icon Wesak: Thousands throng road to Mandalay
    121 16 RANGOON. Thurs. The road to Mandalay had the worst traffic jam in its venerable history today as more than 100,000 people flocked to Buddhist celebrations. The highlight of today's activities centered on 22,500 boys who became monks. The impressive ceremonies, attended by the Prime
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      Lock icon DICK, 5, BEATS WAY INTO THE CASH
      65 16 DICK, 5, BEATS WAY INTO THE CASH LOS ANGELES, Thursday. OICHARD KEITH, five, had a seven-year con- tract approved yesterday at a salary ranging from US$3OO ($900) to US$l,OOO ($3,000) a week. He is a drummer and has been appearing professionally for two years. The boy's contract is with the
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      23 16 NEW YORK: A Palm Springs couple have charged a police chief with making an illegal U-turn and forcing them off the road. —A.P.
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      23 16 BERLIN: The Deputy Premier, Mr. Hans Loch, said that East Germany was reviewing all political sentences and has already released numerous prisoners. —AP.
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      15 16 PEKING: Russian clothes were among the designs shown at the first fashion show in Sinkiang.—Reuter.
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      21 16 COPENHAGEN: The first submarine to be built in Denmark since the war has been launched from the naval shipbuilding yards here.—Reuter
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      34 16 MOSCOW: Fourteen American atomic scientists who spent a week attending a Soviet nuclear energy conference said they were greatly impressed by the broad scope of Soviet effort in the field of high energy physics.—Reuter.
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    34 16 TOKYO, Thurs.— Silver iodide released above the 12,425 ft. high Mt. Fuji caused six snowfalls, the meteorological observatory reported. Seventeen tests have been made since last December. Reuter.
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    Lock icon STUDENT TALKS ('SWAMPED BY REDS') PUT OFF
    138 16 STUDENT TALKS ('SWAMPED BY REDS') PUT OFF A BITTER struggle over Con^SL^tS dominate the Afro-Asian at Bandoeng yesterday forced it ponement. It was due to be^in on Satim! i Anti-Communist members of the organising committee alleged they had been "overwhelmed" by Red delegates Non Communist national student organizations complained they
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    WARDER FORGER NOW A BOARDER
    36 16 JAKARTA, nesian pri SOn now in „ne of the c?' a formerly guarded. 4ie Police arrester! hi::. S SEED'S They discovered ho ku forged a school diDloiri get the job. RrutVr
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    Blazing boat kills 15
    54 16 MANILA X 15 people died and r missing after a boat, cam. ing about 100 Filipino Catholiry to a pilsrimase. burr.w off Leyte Island today. Most of the victims m ailing men, women and chut ren on their way to attK the annual blessing of a
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      12 16 Three cups will drown a thousand JyvEife yi worries C^T^^^^^^^fl KUNCHI BEER
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    Lock icon BOMB BID AT CYPRUS RIOT INQUIRY
    234 17 Troops keep watch from roogtops a« court probes terror slaying policeman shot dead, housewife injured in new violence wave NICOSIA, Thursday. yOUNG terrorist wa« caught trying to plant rntb ;it a public inquiry in the market nan; hero yesterday. was into Idier was ki
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    Lock icon PRIESTS SEARCHED FOR ARMS AT MONASTERY
    42 17 BRITISH troops search Greek Orthodox priests for arms at Kikko Monastery former residence of exiled Archbishop Makarios. The search was part of a comb-out of forest and mountain in the Paphos area Of Cyprus. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Starmaker in new role
    49 17 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs. Film Director Cecil B. De Mille. 75, is now a great grandfather. A so. was born yesterday in nearby Santa Monica to Mrs. Peter "Calvin, the former Katherine Durning. Her husband is the son of De Mille's daughter. Mrs. Joseph W. Harper. A.P.
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    Lock icon U5537,000 for ex-wife
    36 17 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs.— The estate of actor Louis Calhern, valued at U5537,000, has been left to his divorced wife, Marianne Stewart Calhern, his will disclosed yesterday. Calhern died in Tokyo on May 12.— U.P.
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    Down the (cinema) aisle to weddings
    101 17 LONDON, Thurs MIS M.irv Bcttison Uni\ coins to liM.il cinema three (reek for th» ran. th.it time she has u.H.rd .md won by bnsbandi in the mil tWW on the lniir mn from li.X K. Hi,, i ii iin.i announrdaj that it was mil
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    Kiev visit
    20 17 Thurs. The nlster of Houston Local Government. Mr indys, and his are visiting RusI in Kiev yester- r
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    16 17 lARACHI. Thurs.— Pakisrtted Sir Anthonj Pakistan when *£oes to Australia and New October.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Mercy men die
    24 17 VICTORIA, 8.C., Thurs. hte men wore killed in a while trying to i logger after he fell i small boat.— A.P.
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    94 17 INDIA GOVT. TAKES OVER INSURANCE BUSINESS NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Indian House of the People (Lower House) today passed a bill nationalising life insurance in India and establishing a corporation to handle ii. The Finance Minister, Mr. Chintaman Deshmukh, estimated the total compensation payable to the nationalised companies at 45
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    Lock icon Dry spell' fires threaten the farms
    124 17 DON. Thurs. Fireroops and villagers furs running tarred grass and In south England In the driest spell of i 1 'her for 18 years. I n half the fire j in the county of I Surrey were battling against waves of flame threatening farms
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    Lock icon Mmm, she's lovely, says Dad
    187 17 Mmm, she's lovely, says Dad SIX KISSES FOR ANITA LONDON, Thurs. pLLM actress Anita 1 Ekberg met her new father-in-law for the first time last night. He kissed her three times on each cheek and declared: "She is an absolutely lovely girl." The lush Swedish actress and her British film
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    Lock icon Quake in Tonga
    31 17 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. —A violent earthquake In the Tonga. Fiji islands area of the South Pacific, was recorded on seismolofjical instruments at the University of California today. Reuter.
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    30 17 LANSING, Michigan, Thurs. —Police said today a Lansing man reported his wife and television set missing. He demanded that something be done about finding the TV set.— UP.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    236 17 LONDON, Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53 7/16 —1/16 Funding V/ c £89 —3/161 War 3!,% £71 15/16 BANKS Mercantile (£I2 H) ...14 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£5) 34/9 Hongkong ($125) £92Va —1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 86/7! a
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    RUBBER
    26 17 LONDON, May 24.— Spot 23d., June 23d.. July-Sept. 22<fed., Oct -Dec 22", d., Jan-Mar. 22d June c.l.f. 22Vvd., July c.l.f. 224 d. Tone: Very weak.
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    TIN
    22 17 LONDON, May. 24— Cash Buyers £744; Sellers £746; Forward Buyers £744; Sellers £746; Settlement £753. Turnover: •.m. 55 tons p.m. 50.
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    Lock icon We face hard times: Menzies
    121 17 We face hard times: Menzies CANBERRA, Thurs. THE Australian Oovx ernment today predicted that the country's economic problems would continue and possibly become more serious. The forecast was made in a White Paper tabled by Mr. Robert Menzies, the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives. Only way out The
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    Lock icon Liner freed
    28 17 MELBOURNE, Thurs. The 28,790-ton British liner Orsov, carrying 450 passengers, was today freed from a sandbank south of Melbourne. She had been trapped 12 hours. Reuter.
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    Lock icon LATEST U.S. ROCKET CAN OUTPACE ANY KNOWN PLANE
    137 17 LATEST U.S. ROCKET CAN OUTPACE ANY KNOWN PLANE WASHINGTON, Thursday. rtE U.S. Army announced today a vastly improved weapon, still under a security cloak, against enemy bombers. It also disclosed it has a unit at the New Mexico rocket centre trained to fit atomic warheads to existing sur-face-to-surface rockets. MaJ.
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    Lock icon Hero's welcome for a horse
    148 17 Hero's welcome for a horse BUENA VISTA, Thurs.— Elijah, the horse trapped on a 13,000-foot Western Colorado mountain ridge most of the winter, yesterday was on his way back to civilisation and honours fit for a racing champion. The one-time packhorse and his entourage were expected to reach this community
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    25 17 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— India has signed an agreement to buy two million tons of rice from Burma over the next five years. Reuter.
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    BASES: The Govt. disagrees with Aziz
    196 18 BASES: The Govt. disagrees with Aziz ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— The Federation Government today dissociated itself from a statement by its Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, opposing the establishment of military bases in Malaya. It said that the Minister's statement appearing In the latest Issue of th« "War
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    Down go the signs and so the cattle graze on forbidden land
    137 18 Down go the signs and so the cattle graze on forbidden land IPOH, Thurs. When the Town Council put up sign post to prohibit cattle from grazing on a public field, rattle owners pulled them down, the magistrate was told today. Karma Din, a cattle owner, pleaded guilty to allowing
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    Hospital bans child visitors
    78 18 Hospital bans child visitors PENANG, Thurs. The General Hospital here has banned young children from visiting sick parents and relatives in hospital. A statement issued today says that the hospital auth o r i ties view with "great concern" the growing number of children under 12 who call on patients.
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    Tin rides the change—Waring
    344 18 Tin rides the change— Waring NEW GOVERNMENT MO SETBACK TO THE FUTURE OF MINING, HE SAYS 'BUT MINES MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO STEP-UP PRODUCTION 9 IPOH, Thursday. THE president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, Mr. D. T. Waring, said here today that the Malayan tin mining industry had suffered
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    WEDDING GUESTS GIGGLED— FOR THE GROOM WAS A LADY! j
    250 18 Indian dancers delight audience SIXTEEN girls from the Lady Irwin College in New Delhi, gave a delightful exhibition of classical Indian dances at the Anglo-Chinese School auditorium, Singapore on Wednesday evening. With them are one of their college lecturers. Miss
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    Lightning kills 2
    57 18 PATIENTS HIT IN FIELD IPOH, Thurs. Two patients in Tanjong Rambutan mental hospital, nine miles from Ipoh, were killed by lightning yesterday. They were Tan Nyang Kwong, 43, and Choon Sang. 36. They were working in a field 10ft apart, with 20 others when they were struck
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    POLITICS WOULD DEFILE MOSQUES
    148 18 POLITICS WOULD DEFILE MOSQUES F°H. TThusr s sanctity 0; houses would mosques f °r politic;,) the Perak Stai was told tori:..-. This wa« t» official orY hf g ligion and Ma-, Tuan Haji Jan Razalli bin Wa n •isa. in reply tn sition" i nr v Kamil bin Hail Malayan
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    Promotion for two sergeants
    33 18 IPOH. Than. sergeants, Inche a bin Mohamed Suciin a che Mohamed Hash Abdul Rauf. both 29, been promoted to the ni inspector. They joined the for gether in 1946.
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    $10 a day until..,
    31 18 JOHORE BAHRU. 1 For failing to km court order to temporary shed Worn fined $25 and a $10 per day until he c ed with the order.
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    GOAT LOST? SEE ABATTOIR
    49 18 IPOH. Tnurs. A goat, reported missing by its owner, was found by thr> police at the abattoir where it had been sold for $18. In the Magistrate's Court today. V. Pakirisamy. 30. pleaded guilty to stealing the goat and was sentenced to three months' jail.
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    THIRD STRIKE LOOMS IN CITY COUNCIL
    304 19 Workers to instruct Lee to send 14-day ultimatum ..•HI! the return of >» P.VP. leader, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, from the unsuccessful aerdefca talks, the possibility of strike lo.iioo Singapore |t] ounril workers j. m looms mmm Cllt. Mr |.rr i> l<-i;:il advisor in,
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    ENGLISH ONLY AT RURAL BOARD
    104 19 ENGLISH ONLY AT RURAL BOARD rrjihi'i will be no 1 -llnguallsm yet Singapore Rural hates. finance comI .inert down a I n that languages Bngllab should bei thai if members! mother ton-, eetings, Interpret- have to be employ- Many problems I baa Malay. Inc Chinese and European! there would be
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    MONKEY BUSINESS IN OXLEY RISE
    141 19 'II was a big one we were scared' pOLICE and firemen rday threw a cordon round a guest In Oxley Rise, Singapore, to search monkey. noprietraca of the house. Mrs. R. dialled 999 at 2.30 r m when she saw a hobble across the ■limb
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    New nursery
    26 19 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black yesterday declared open the new $300,000 Salvation Army Lee Kuo Chuan Nursery Home in Bukit Timah Road.
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    Sports club gets new officials
    60 19 Officials of the Nestanglo Sports Club, Singapore have been elected as follows: President, Mr. J. B. Pynegar; vice-president: Mrs. A. N. Thornton; secretary-trea-surer, Mr. Tan Kirn Teck; spores secretary, Mr. Lim Soon Bee; auditor, Mr. Yeo Koon Hwee; committee, Messrs. J. F. Hagenbuch, C. H.
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    TAX LANGUAGE PROBLEM
    47 19 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Chec, a businessman of \a s finrd $50 in the I ■mstrate'a Court today for! failinp; to submit his income tax returns for 1954-5. Lee told the court that he could not prepare his returns as he did not know English.
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    Lorry fire
    18 19 A two-ton lorry was slightly damaged when it caught fire in Dunearn Road, Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Bully's death: Youth acted in self-defence
    255 19 Bully's death: Youth acted in self-defence HE TRIED TO HIT ME WITH CYCLE CHAIN* KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A 19-YEAR-OLD Sikh was acquitted here today of fatally stabbing a teen -aged Malay, described as a bully. The President of the Sessions Court said he was satisfied that Harbans Singh had caused
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    64 19 Drowning tragedy HONG KONG. Thurs. A Malay airman of the Royal Air Force was drowned yesterti y while taking part in landing exercises just off Hong Kong harbour. He was swept out to sea. An extensive air and sea search of the area was made but the
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    EGYPT SENDS – 8 FOR TALKS
    63 19 EGYPT SENDS 8 FOR TALKS DR. HASSAN ASHMAWI, (above) leader of an eightman Eyptian delegation to the Afro-Asian Students Conference in Bandoeng, who passed through Singapore, yesterday. Dr. Ashmawi denied the conference would be dominated by Communists. He said non-Communist delegates would outnumber Communists. The eight Egyptians are due for
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    The Queen's Birthday
    61 19 KUALA TRENGG ANU Thurs.— The British Adviser, Mr. J. F. Hannyngton, and Mrs. Hannyngton are holding a garden party at the Residency on Thursday at 5.15 p.m. to celebrate the Queen's Birthday. In the morning there will be a parade by the police on the Padang Paya
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    The signing
    22 19 The Singapore Malayanisation Commission will sign its final report during its last public meeting at the Public Relations' conferenceroom tomorrow.
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    Police watch out for the phone wire bandits
    121 19 SINGAPORE police are out to catch the telephone wire bandits. Special steps are to be taken following the latest theft of 300 yards of wire in the Watten Estate area of Tanglin. Residents woke up on Tuesday to find their lines had
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      226 19 1 FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIA- V.M.C A. auditorium Orchard TION: Pood and fun fair at Pres- Road 5.30 p.m.; chairman: the byterian Church ground. Orchard I Governor Sir Robert Black Widv Rrott 10 6 P m opening CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Table-ten- »«H??nrfflw« sjcHimi nls WUUrds, badminton, bodyANI'I.OIHINrSr. M HIHIL KllllHlno art »hlhltl«.
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    STATE TO BAN QADIANI ('Last Prophet') PAPERS
    161 20 STATE TO BAN QADIANI ('Last Prophet') PAPERS ('Last Prophet') l/'UALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Selangor Government is to ban publications by the Qadiani sect of Muslims. The head of the Selangor Religious Department. Inche Pateh Akhir bin Mat Shah, told the State Council here today that he was considering amending the
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    Teaching maths
    25 20 The Malayan Mathematical Society will hold a discussion on teaching geometry at the Teachers' Thaining College in Paterson Road, Singapore.at 4.3> p.m. today.
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    Three bandits wounded
    30 20 JERANTUT. Thurs. A police special squad wounded three of four terrorists contacted near here yesterday. All four bandits escaped. A rifle, ammunition, food and medicine were recovered.
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    Malaya to issue merdeka stamp
    81 20 Malaya to issue merdeka stamp KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation is to issue a special ten-cent postage stamp to mark the gaining: of independence. The Government is offering t prize of $500 for the best original drawing or painting symbolising independence. Two consolation prizes will be awarded, each of $100.
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    Teluk Anson hall for poor
    28 20 The Raja Muda of Perak will open the Gandhi Memorial Hall in Makota Road, Teluk Anson. tomorrow. The hall is for poor Indians.
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    Free film show
    26 20 There will be a free show of Indian cultural films at the Tamilian Association ground in Rangoon Road, Singapore, at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    SELANGOR'S LAST ADVISER LEAVES
    102 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The last British Adviser in 6elangor, Mr. F. V. Duckworth, today said farewell to members of the state Council. Mr. Duckworth, who will be 55 the official retirement age in August, told the members that he was sad to leave the State, for
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    Councillors like traitors'
    250 20 ALLIANCE CHIEF ATTACKS 'UNGRATEFUL 9 MEN IN TOP GOVT. POSTS IPOH, Thureday. TNCHE MOHAMED Ghazali bin Jawi, Alliance leader in the Perak State Council, protested today that elected members were treated as "mischief makers and traitors." He told the Council in an adjournment speech: "There are high
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    State pays Mr. Stubbs $350 for his corgi
    124 20 State pays Mr. Stubbs $350 for his corgi KUALA LUMPUR, lv Thurs. The Selangor State Council today approved $350 compensation to Mr. J. B. Stubbs, of Gombak Road here, for the loss of his corgi *****. The *****, flown nere from Britain in July, died in quarantine in the State
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    SEATO men are meeting
    52 20 Senior service officers from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, the Philippines, France, Pakistan and Siam will meet in Singapore between June 11 and 21 for the third SEATO military staff planners meeting. The conference will be held at the Royal Naval Air Station
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    Colony lecture
    33 20 Prof. A. Sambandam of Madras University, who is on a two-month lecture tour of Malaya will speak on "Tamils and their Culture" at the Victoria Memorial Hall In Singapore on Monday
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    Monk to speak
    27 20 The Venerable Samagalo, American Buddhist monk, will give a public lecture at Maha Bodhi School In Lorong 34, Geylang, Singapore, at 8 p.m. today.
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    IT'S A HAPPY DAY FOR SINGAPORE COUPLE
    57 20 MR. LAWRENCE LEE BOON ANN and his bride, the former Miss Hasel Chan, after their wedding at Sacred Heart Church, Singapore, yesterday. The bride is the younger daughter of Mr. Chan Kok Chye and the bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and
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    INDIA SENDS CULTURAL AMBASSADORS HERE
    90 20 CULTURAL mission con- sistin« of 18 of India's foremost dancers and musicians is expected in Singapore on June 3. The mission, which Is at present on a tour of SouthEast Asia, has been invited here by the Singapore Government. It will give its first concert
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    RUBBER MARKET LASHES OUT AT CRITICS
    152 20 A SHARP attack on Federation of Malaya critics of speculation on the Singapore Rubber Market was made in the Colony yesterday. Market leaders said the critics were like African witch doctors who tried to fix the cause for natural events on individuals. In this
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    Freedom day
    58 20 —for birds, snakes npURTLES, wild ducks, x pigeons, snakes and birds were released by the Singapore Buddhist Lodge yesterday according to custom on Wesak Day. They were estimated to be worth over $1,000. Five turtles and two large crates of wild ducks were freed from the Master Attendant's
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    For first time in six years
    41 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Sultan of Selangor will celebrate his birthday for the first time in six years at the royal town of Klang on Monday. The State Council today approved $2,250 for the celebrations.
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    Church bazaar
    29 20 The Falrfleld Methodist Church, Singapore, will hold a bazaar in aid of its fund at Fairfleld Girls' School. Neil Road, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow.
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    THE STRIPTEASE: IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU, THE PEOPLE
    89 20 THE STRIPTEASE: IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU, THE PEOPLE KUALA LUMPUR Thurs The Keeper of the RulerT Seal Tua n Haji MustapJ A^akri said today that education, not dictation' Uld^ revcnt the Public from the "moral degradation" of striptease shows Commentinp; on the increasing number of such shows in the
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    Party for judge
    42 20 PENANG, Thurs.— The staff of the Supreme Court here entertained Mr. Just: Spenser-Wilkinson to a tea party yesterday on the eve of his departure to England on holiday before takinc ip his new appointment a Chief Justice of Nyasaland.
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      307 20 THE MILO FEDERATION SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS 1956 Selangor— Perak Section M ft^ j/tfsS/.js^// /iy 9 l^lf artists and the pictures that won [I i^f*r\§^| each of them a prize of $50.00. in Nestles Products (Malaya) Ltd. |f j^ggTOl ZJ^^^TJf^ '*bt>*iz62mil&tpAjl^m f—'Jß .^flifeHttMHk s^P^l^l^^^^^lJfllßE^^^^^R^R^HME Kuila Lumpur. or '^wßmam
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    Martine, magnificent and maudlin
    545 21 Martine, magnificent and maudlin MARTINE CAROL, bosom pal to millions of Frenchmen, stars in two new Singapore releases. In one she is a woman of easy virtue; in the other of no virtue at all. "Nana," showing at the Cathay, is a brilliant fllm, capturing all the dazzle and charm
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    POISONING AFLOAT: HAMS TO RESCUE
    285 21 "CI TOUS les Gars dv Monde," coming to Singapore soon, is a warm, stirring, fllm that had been winning international interest and applause. It's unusual, a fist-class adventure thriller with the fundamental brotherhood of Man as its theme. It tells the story of the rlose
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    Wily Webb foxes the Germans
    288 21 Wily Webb foxes the Germans HERE'S another of those American films with American stars, aimed and set in England, with a basically English cast this time with a difference. "The Man Who Never Was," one of the most ingenious wartime deceptions ever perpetrated, has been made into an interesting, restrained
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    WAYWARD HAYWARD: NEON LIGHTS AND THE SHAKES OF ROTH
    243 21 AS a drunken slat, living on gin and memories of stardom, Susan Hayward fives a memorable performance in "I'll Cry Tomorrow," the story of Lillian Roth's descent from fame to shame. Her staggering journey in the sordid gutter-world of Skid Row
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    IN MEMORIAM
    26 22 :n Word* $10 (Minimum) IN EVER LOVING Memory of Emilte-Rose Pavalam Naysadorsl. Dird 2S/S/39 "many daughters hnc done virtuously but thou excellest them all".
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    181 22 20 Word, $10 I Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mall If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. MURDER ON THE Nile Bookings now open at Robinsons (or Stage Club production Victoria Memorial Hall 7th. Bth, 9th June. GOING TO IMPORTANT functions during the next
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    67 22 20 Word* $10 (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. NINAN. Alorpongsu Estate, Bagan Serai, thank •il Mends who attended the funeral of Mr. Ninan of D.C.R.E., i. Lumpur, on 18th inst. ,v .\iK6. ARULDASS and Mr. Mrs Anthony extend their fcim ere thanks to all relatives and friends for their condolences,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 25, 1956. Mr. Marshall Returns
    642 22 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 25, 1956. Mr. Marshall Returns Even Mr. Marshall will recognise that Singapore cannot greet him on his return today as a conquering hero. It is less likely he will bring himself to admit that he bears a large share of the blame for the
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    Reds Unmasked
    299 22 It is a pity that the Malayan delegation to the Asian-African students' conference in Bandoeng did not sail a day or two earlier. It would then have arrived in Jakarta in time to take part in the unmasking of the Communists. There has been a hurried reorganisation of
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    The Impenitent
    223 22 Inche Abdul Aziz bin Lshak has said it again. There must be no Commonwealth bases in the Federation. Commonwealth troops must go. Expressed by an elected Alliance unofficial, these sentiments would not have escaped criticism. Coming from a Minister, they are intolerable. Whether it is to Malaya's interest
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    Automation: enslavement of the machine
    1664 22  -  JOHN A. SARCROVE. The tmar that automation mviii bring in it* mvake unwnplof'mvnt on an ■■pPMwfc M^ srale im unjustified, if ire look far ahead automation uritt fr«n> millions of $rnrlivr H from* repetitive u-ork reauMmg im drmdaeru and frustration. Automation will m##An it possible
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      Attlee and Singapore
      125 22 1 cannot keep quiet any more. The antics of politicians in Singapore for the past year have never failed to amaze me with their high degree of pettiness, absurdity, and irresponsibility. And now Earl Attlee steps into the picture. In his "The Danger of Singapore" he draws
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      The rose and the thorn
      153 22 AS you stated In a recent leader there is indeed a disturbing lack of interest in new villages. In my booklet on this subject. I tried to focus attention on these people. At that time the idea that if the villagers were given the choice
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      Clerks are well off
      242 22 I STRONGLY object to the demand for pay increase by the Permanent Government Clerks and Back Pay oy the Temporary Government Clerks. Some time back the Government permanent and temporary Clerks had their pay Increased and were paid back pay for many months which amounted to
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      Hoad needs repair
      45 22 WHY has not the SingaTT pore City Council repaired the first 150 yards or so of Woodsville Road? This part of the road has for long been in a terrible state of disrepair, and needs urgent attention. The road is an important
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      Four-character lottery
      107 22 Four-character lottery PPHE .four-character lottery ■I lias spread into Singapore. One hears of it in the markets and shops, in town and rural areas. It is a great menace to the well being of the people of this island. But, perhaps, its seriousness is not realised at the moment. Housewives,
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      691 22 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Word* $10 (Minimum) HARPER: On May 23rd. 1956 to Jean Nee (Dumbreck', wife ol DenLs Harper of remiang Estate, Scrcmban, a daughter. Margaret. M Wordm $10 (Minimum) LOW LIM: On 25.5.56 at Penang, Hock Huat, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Low Swee Slang, to Ouat Kee,
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      67 22 How to Conquer FRUSTRATION Most of us work off our pent-up feelings by lashing out at other people. A better understanding of why this happens can spare us much unnecessary pain and trouble. All aspects of this subject are covered by Stuart Chase In the April Reader's Digest (now on
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      74 22 As Whittington said to the Cat "Pimm's n°i Ml conies first" "Turn again, ton Whittington and enjoy a Pimm's No. I. within the sound of Bow Brll> ami within ha of the Mansion House that the oripindl Ml the original sprig of borage and slice ol V original pin sling.
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    BOSSES: 'ONLY TOO GLAD TO TELL...'
    97 23 BOSSES: 'ONLY TOO GLAD TO TELL...' IMPUR, k ,f Mala- ng Industries Association the Malayan nion Council that it "too glad" uncil the Ide of the rubber n offer by ■day to me- the rm<p the '>:iiy the the story it ia hoar what to say. Bosses silent lent on
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    Trustees to take over holiday park
    99 23 Trustees to take over holiday park KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs fEMPLER PARK, Kuala Lumpur's weekend holiday spot, 14 miles north of here, is to be run by a board of trustees independently of the Government. This was announced today by the; Minister for Natural Resources and Local Government, Inche Suleiman bin
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    AUSTER SPOTTED
    127 23 iboimr's report rekindles hopes for pilot as search changes direction LUMPUR, fours Planes, hunting the Auster which terday in ingle between id here, today ted upon an niles west of a mining reported seeing r heading in tion. cb rekindled the pilot of the SCO, may It was
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    New status
    36 23 BANTING. Wed. The Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, told his constituency yesterday that Banting would have a town council. This south Selangor town is now being served by a town board.
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    'Terror of Johore' dead—official
    414 23 'Terror of Johore' dead— official AFTER 3 MONTHS ARMY WRITES OFF BANDIT BUTCHER WHO MADE MURDER HIS BUSINESS BLOWN TO PIECES IN RAF BLITZ ON JUNGLE CAMP —SURRENDERED REDS rOH PFxr ti°a2 R BAHRU Thurs<fey(jOH PLNG TUAN, 36-year-old No. 1 terrorist in Southern Malaya, is officially dead. death was confirmed
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    International trade fair
    50 23 SEREMBAN, Thurs— An international trade fair the first in Negri Sembllan— is to be held at the new Paradise Amusement Park here from June 10. The exhibition which will last two weeks will elect, a "Miss Trade Fair". Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated stalls.
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    MacG to unveil plaque
    46 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacOillivray, will unveil a commemorative plaque at the Connaught Bridge power station near Klang on Saturday to mark the completion of the project. The station, opened in 1953, reached its full load capacity recently.
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    Farm land
    35 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Selangor Government is investigating the possibility of turning 180,000 acres of forest reserve in Kuala Langat district into a wet padi area the State Council was told here today.
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    SHE'S LONELY AND SAD BUT SHE'S MRS. NOW
    90 23 AFTER an Army fairy-god-father had organised a rush wedding for her on Wednesday, Mrs. Vera Banstead, a Singapore WRAC, was back on duty yesterday feeling "very down In the dumps." At 9 a.m. her 20-year-old husband, Signaller Dave Banstead, had left Singapore
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    BOMB A BANDIT SCARE BID
    128 23 Anti-bandit groups in Penang district DENANG, Thurs.— Terrorists left pamphlets after throwing a handgrenade in Magazine Road last night. Fourteen people were injured. Their condition is not serious. The Penang C.I.D. chief, Mr. E. H. Harries, said today that the police had received one leaflet
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    Eclipse of the moon excites thousands
    157 23 DRAGON WAS GONGED of Chinese in Singapore last night A beat tin-cans and empty drums, and fired crackers during the eclipse of the moon. This was because they believe that noise will scare the heavenly dragon and prevent it gobbling up the moon. The
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    Allowed bail
    31 23 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Llm Kian Swyn, 34. of Singapore, charged with attempting to smuggle eight lbs. of opium into the Federation, was allowed bail of $2,500 in two sureties.
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    RICE MILL SACKS 107 WORKERS
    79 23 RICE MILL SACKS 107 WORKERS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Selangor Government sacked 15 monthly paid and 92 daily-rated workers from the Tan Jong Karang rice mill, Raja Rastam Shahrome of Kuala Selangor was told in the State Council today. Raja Rastam had asked what steps the Government had taken to
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    $13,012 spent on victims
    41 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Selangor Government spent $13,012 on relief and food for Kuala Lumpur's Gombak Lane fire victims, the State Council was told today. The fire, in January, made 244 Chinese. Malay and Indian families homeless.
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    Rugger! -that's the key, he says
    337 23  -  A JUDGE RACIAL HARMONY -BY JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mr. Justice Paul Storr, Supreme Court Judge in Johore since 1950, is returning to England after 31 years in Malayaconvinced that the best place for the country's divergent races to meet is on the playing field.
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    Meeting is 'routine'
    40 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Trade union officers from all states and settlements met here today to discuss the progress of their work. The Federation Trade Union Adviser, Mr. R. F. H. Caddick, said it was a routine meeting.
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    Women meet
    35 23 TAIPINO, Thurs. Members of the Women Society of Christian Service from Taiping and Parit Buntar will Join their Penang colleagues at their district conference this weekend at the Wesley Methodist Church in Penang.
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    Scrap stolen
    34 23 KLANG. Thurs. More than 150 lb. of scrap rubber were stolen from the stores of Athlone Estate, 13 mllps from here, last night. Police are investigating, but there have been no arrests.
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    HE STABBED HIS MAIN-LAW BY MISTAKE
    168 23 HE STABBED HIS MAIN-LAW BY MISTAKE Woman with lover not his wife KUALA TRENGGANU, Thursday. A HOME GUARD stabbed his mother-in-law and her former husband while they were making love on the verandah of his home believing they were his wife and another man. The High Court here was told
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    Magnate to aid the poor children
    84 23 Magnate to aid the poor children MR. LEE KONO CHIAN, Malayan rubber magnate and head of the Lee Foundation, has made an offer to any underprivileged child not attending school who wants to join the Singapore Youth Sports Centre. Mr. Lee wrote to the Centre appeal committee offering to pay
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    Unconscious
    22 23 PENANG, Thurs.— A goldsmith, Tye Kong Tai. 24, was sent to hospital yesterday after he was found unconscious in a room.
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    YMCA Flag Day
    20 23 The Singapore V.M.C.A. will hold a Flag Day on June 2 to raise $10,000 for the association.
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    New Zealand butter imports are up 6 times
    464 24 jyjALAYA'S share of New Zealand butter exports has increased over six times since the resumption of trade between the two countries after the last war, Mr. Foss Shanahan, the Commissioner for New Zealand in South East Asia said yesterday. Mr. Shanahan said
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    PROVINCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY EXPANDING
    240 24 PROVINCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY EXPANDING r THE Provincial Insurance Company Ltd., one of the large insurance companies, in the United Kingdom which was established in 1903, has appointed two more local agencies in addition to the two already appointed in Singapore, as part of its expansion programme. The two new agencies
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    Vauxhall set up record
    110 24 NEW records in vehicle production. exports, home sales and turnover were established by Vauxhall Motors during 1955. Production of cars and Bedford commercial vehicles reached an all-time high— 143.567 vehicles. Output increased over the year from 577 to 610 vehicles a day. A total of 76.071
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    American President Lines announce expansion scheme
    295 24 AMERICAN President Lines have announced in A Singapore that they have signed a 20-year contract with the Federal Maritime Board for the acquisition and construction of 24 new vessels. The new long-range agreement, represents a revised and greatly expanded vessel replacement programme over that
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    Big jump in Panam profit is reported this year
    232 24 PN American World Airways report a net profit of U552,221,000 for the first quarter of 1956, as compared to a net profit of $621,000 for the first quarter of 1955. The profit per sbare was 36 U.S. cents aa compared to
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    TOP U.S. HIGHWAY IS NOW RUBBERISED
    117 24 TOP U.S. HIGHWAY IS NOW RUBBERISED 17OR the first time fast r moving traffic on one of the U.S.A. 's top highways will soon be travelling on a rubberised surface. The Florida Turnpike Commission is seeking tenders for a sixty mile stretch of dual carriageway surfaced with rubberised bitumen. It
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    Lock icon Limping monster played i violin between murders
    1082 25 TRAIN pulling through the London mist c day in 1879, carried between two ardors England's most infamous criunt, ugly, dangerous as a mad dog, i on the way to Sheffield to face for murder. lie) sped along, he dived through a 11, was
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    Took out patents on genuine inventions
    256 25 Whalley Range. Peace drew his gun and shot Cock dead before making a clean getaway. Two brothers. John and William Habron, were arrested for the crime. Sole evidence against them was that they once threatened the constable. The real murderer, Charles Peace, sat gloating
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      137 25 #J#'.v Morfjan* M.IK Not unkind S—l£-^—~ -J\ J> —^Vil r wwA:T I WORRY ABOirr/^ CANT I PLEASE, EMIUE T 1 CANT, PAD/ I V ANP IW MOT KING UNKIND, I n n/^T* I* HOW HE SPENPS IT ANSWER PONT ©O AWAY I I CANT HELP OAO BECAUSE I LOVE T
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    THE F.M.S. CHAMBER OF MINES.
    5499 26 COMPANY MEETING Gentlemen. Before opening the proceedings at to-day's meeting I should like, on behalf of members of the Council, to welcome the presence here to-day of the Minister of Finance, the Minister for Commerre Industry, and the Minister for Natural Resources and Local Government.
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    RUBBER PRICE DOWN TO NEW LOW LEVEL
    900 26 RUBBER fell in Singapore yesterday on half a day's trading by two and one-eighths cents to 78} cents, the lowest price since November 1, 1951. Overseas demand continued poor London and New York prices fell overnight and there was some fairly heavy upcountry
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 26 June first grade rubber buyrr* f.o.h. closed in Singapore yrsterday. at 78' i cents per fb.. down 2'i cents on Wednesdays closing price. The closing tone was weak. Closing prices in cents per lb., were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 79. sellers 80 Norn i No. 1
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    45 26 rE Federation's Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting May 24:— RUBBER: 83; cents per lb. COPRA: 5470 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $772 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $372.25 per ton.
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    SHIPPING
    75 26 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Adrastus 1-2. Gleniffer 4-5, Inchjura C.P.. Benalder 6-7. Orestes 8-9. Benmohr 11. Palma 13-14. Hannover 15-16,1 Laomedon 18, Leneverett 19-20. UMB N.Wall 4, Rawang N.Wali 6, Taype N.Wall 8, ADL Lighter N.Wall 9, Staoe 21-22. Larut 23.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    23 26 Singapore Copra Association closing noon prices yesterday j were: June buyers $29.25, sellers I $29.62> 2 July buyers $29.25, sellers! $29.62';..
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    Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw
    685 28 MALAYA FAIL IN ASIAN CUP-TIE BID KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. FORCING a three-all draw with a brilliant goal scored two minutes from the end of a thrillj packed game, Vietnam shared honours with All-Malaya in their return Asian Cup soccer tie at Princes
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    Lock icon ALTHEA GIBSON TO MEET MORTIMER FOR FRENCH TITLE
    396 28 ALTHEA GIBSON TO MEET MORTIMER FOR FRENCH TITLE PARIS, Thurs. MISS ALTHEA GIBSON, the American Negress, came strongly from behind to beat Miss Angela Buxton (Britain) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 to enter the women's singles final of the French International Lawn Tennis championships here today. In the nnal Miss Gibson will
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    Lock icon FA tourists make it 10-0
    80 28 EAST LONDON. Cape Province, Thurs. pARDIFF CITY centre-forward Gerry Hitchens scored five goals in the F.A. touring side's 10-0 win over Border here yesterday. The F.A. scored five goals in each half. Hitchens getting a hattrick after half-time. The other scorers were George Petherbridge (Bristol
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    Amateur racing at Bukit Timah
    98 28 Singapore Turf Club will hold a Gymkhana Meeting at Bukit Timah on June 16. Entries close on June 6. Events are: Polo Pony Bcurrr over 2f. Catchweights 13.00) for Div. l and 2 Polo ponies; Deleted Racehorses Handicap over Bf. (weight limits 11.00 to 13.07),
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    Manasseh v Lazaroo is highlight
    170 28 Manasseh v Lazaroo is highlight RONNIE Mana.vseh, Singapore A.B.A. youth bantamweigni boxing champion, will meet Hoy Lazaroo in a special contest in tonight's match between Singapore Harbour Board Boys Club and Boys Town at Keppel Road at 8 p.m. The last meeting between these two promising boxers was at last
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    STARS FALL TO RAJAS
    107 28 Kota Raja beat Star Soccerites "A" 3-1 in S.A.F.A. Div. 2A match at eyiang stadium yesterday. Ibrahim Dollah (2) and Lumri scored for Kota Raja and Dahlan for Soccerites. St. John's beat Customs 5-1 in a Div. 2B encounter at F St N ground. James (3i,
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    29 28 Seletar Spartans beat Changi Lodgers 4 o in a United Services Soccer League Dlv. 2 game at Seletar yesterday. Da vies (2) and Crouch (2) scored.
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    18 28 The Titan Badminton Party will celebrate their seventh anniversary next Saturday at Hendeisan Crescent at 7.30 p.m.
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      832 29 NOTICES NOTICE TENDERS ARE INVITED for the construction of drain and fascine drain at the Majedle Kampong Larkln. Johore Bahru. Particulars can be obtained from the Health Officer, Johore Bahru and Principal Medical Officer, Johore, on any day during working hours. Envelope should be sealed and marked outside "TENDER FOR
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      831 29 NOTICES P.W.D. NOTICE Headworks Road Qopeng will be closed to Vehicular Traffic from 6 p.m. on 30.5.1956 until 8 a.m on 30.6.1956 to allow the execution of repairs to Bridge No. 1/2. STATE ENGINEER, P.W.D., PERAK. NOTICE Federation of Malaya $7,500,000/--5% Loan 19*2/72. Notice is hereby given that the Register
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    SPORTSFRONT
    65 30 footbail this season. How does the S.O.S.C. come to be in a position of such import a n c c in matters relating to soccer? Only because Singapore 5.0.5.C. That Singapore and the Federation meet twice at soccer during the next two months, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and
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    Did the gamble on Billy lead to Araonauts' defeat?
    508 30 Did the gamble on Billy lead to Araonauts' defeat? A RGONAI'TS, beaten 4-1 by Tigers at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in a match that will have a vital bearing on the S.A.F.A. league first division championship, are wondering whether their defeat was brought about by a minutea-before kick off gamble
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    Amicables move into second position
    277 30 AMICABLES moved to second position in the S.A.F.A. senior league when they defeated Police S.C. 2-1 in a closely-contested match under floodlights at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. After a keen first half, the game developed into a rough and tough affair in the second and
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    Two S'pore-Fed soccer tests planned
    504 30 A NEW MOVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES FUNDS IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW SOSC REACTS TO NEW PROPOSITION By The Sports Editor THE SINGAPORE Olympic and Sports Council will soon be asked to make a decision on which will depend whether Singapore
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    Glendinning & Martens in big stand
    190 30 Glendinning Martens in big stand AN UNFINISHED fourth wicket partnership of 124 runs between Keith Glendinning (86) and Peter Martens (52> helped Singapore Recreation Club to a seven-wicket victory over Singapore Cricket Club in a friendly cricket fixture on the padang yesterday. SPORE CRICKET CLUB G. Hardy run out ti
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    Navy are out of senior tournament
    106 30 ROYAL Navy have withdrawn from the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament in which they have completed for the last five years. Navy cricket officials have informed the S.C.A. that they are finding it difficult to field a team and have decided to discontinue playing
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    Lock icon Lancashire 109 for 2
    124 30 MANCHESTER, Thurs. T ANCASHIRE scored 109 for two in their second innir.qs against the Australian tourists in a shon day's play here today. No play had been possible up to the tea interval owing to rain. Yesterday. Lancashire. had scored 108 and eight for no wicket,
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    Full brother to Bearer Bond in Class 2
    209 30 T ODE MINE (late Qulnella). a full brother of Bearer Bond, is among the latest batch of newcomers classified by the Straits Racing Association. Lode Mine, a 4-year-old chestnut Australian gelding by Confessor-Hilarious, is in Class Two. He is owned by Pil
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    S'PORE LTA MEET STARTS TOMORROW
    390 30 THE SINGAPORE Lawn Tennis Association championships will start this weekend. Ties for Saturday are: MEN'S SINGLES At V.M.C.A. 5 p.m.: A.G.B. Pakir v C. H Grindley; Ahmad Shah v Alan. K. H. Lim; M. F. TurnerCooke v Khong Kit Soon; C.E.N. Arkell v Lim Hee
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    70 30 AUSTRALIA'S dynamic allrounder, Keith Miller, caught by wickotkeeprr Swetman off Lock for 2 in the second innings. There was a great 10-wicket win at the Oval last week for Surrey, who became the first English county to beat a touring Australian team in 44
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    SOVEREIGN, FRESH FROM SPELL, DOES IMPRESSIVE WORK
    322 30  - SOVEREIGN, FRESH FROM SPELL, DOES IMPRESSIVE WORK EPSOM JEER By f OOKING fit and well after a nice let-up in the hills Sovereign was sent out with Prosperity for a good working gallop over half a mile at Ipoh this morning when official training for the Perak Turf Club Derby
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    Lock icon Graveney hits flash, 100 but Essex with
    228 30 Graveney hit s flash, 100 but Essex with nsh GlOl S f rs scored a brUh', M tur y for his against E followed it I second i. But the ri I cestershir,. muster oi.i I them in I Essex scon d in two days I Cracking open n hfc
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