The Straits Times, 19 January 1957

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    27 1 AVEB A C E tt^jQ T |tT IjF I. j SjVf^R ifrfrffi <& Jtiff Katie"" 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1957 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon TEN HELD IN JAKARTA
    309 1 POLICE SEIZE SUSPECTS 'FOR SECURITY REASONS' Swoop believed connected with coup attempt last year Army warns: Soon we will pounce on others JAKARTA, Friday, command last nijjhl arrested 10 ltd civilians in a security crack- > spokesman said today, (j |>eople included :i captain who works
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    Lock icon Baptism by fire: Priest is cleared
    98 1 DOME Iri.-The chief i "i I religious ••■t ih.it baptise! with round innocent tteta Bf a charge of causing hurt. The jalge ruled yes"T'lav tint (arl 0 Danif|i. 11, oi Groneto, had romntarUy ,ul>mitted to 'hi- baptism and that, inmrore it uas not a
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    Lock icon Red atom plant
    11 1 Fri. East Ger- had begun first atomic A.P
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    Lock icon Navy always ready: Mountbatten
    228 1 LONDON, Fri.— The First Sea Lord. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten. declared here last night that the Royal Navy was ready to move at short notice to any part of the world with a striking force of aircraft largely independent of Britain's shrinking o\erse"as bases.
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    KL kidnap 'work of Singapore gang'
    262 1 KL kidnap 'work of Singapore gang' THEIR RANSOM HAUL: Sin. IN FOUR YEARS i Gang's grim i i 'jail 1 found j They waited i near garage j KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The men who kidnapped Kuala Lumpur millionaire, Mr. Low Nan Fui on New Year's Eve are believed to be
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    Lock icon Threat to Lloyd
    40 1 ROME. Fri.— Police guard was tripled today for the British Foreign Minister. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. after an anonymous telephone threat was received by the Italian Foreign Ministry. Mr. Lloyd Is here on a three-day official visit.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Too promising
    30 1 WARSAW. Fri. A candidate has been struck off the ballot for Sunday's Polish general election accused of seeking popularity by making promises that could not be fulfilled.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FOUR DIE IN HOUSE BLAZE
    79 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Four children died last night in a fire which destroyed their home in Wareham, Massachusetts. A fifth escaped. The children were asleep when the fire was discover, cd. The mother, Mrs. Mary Smith, 36, and her 14-year-old daughter, Beulah, fled to safety
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    Two women drown in river
    60 1 Two women drown in river KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri. Two women were drowned when a fishing boat with 16 people aboard capsized at the mouth of the Bcsut River this afternoon while returning from Pulau Perhentian. Another woman. Halijah binte Yusofl, 30, and her 11--year old son. Wahab, are missing The
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    Lock icon Lecture tour
    29 1 TOKYO, Fri. Professor Colin Fraser Brockington. British public health expert, arrived here last night by air for a two-week lecture tour, sponsored by the British Council. Reuter.
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    LOTTERY 'MASTER MIND' CAUGHT
    124 1 China-bound by an early boat? KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A "master mind" of the chee fah and 1,000 character lottery racket was arrested by the anti-vice squad in a surprise raid at a busy coffee stall at Market Street t'lis afternoon. He is a 28-year-old married man
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    King in Cairo
    22 1 CAIRO. Fri. King Saud of Saudi Arabia was met by President Na&ser when he arrived here by air today.
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    GRUENTHER: HALT THIS RED INTRIGUE
    299 1 i WASHINGTON, Friday. pENERAL A-LFKED M. GKI'KNTHEK. former com- mander of the North Atlantic Treaty forces, yesterday called for prompt action to end the "serious threat" to peace in the Middle East. The general, testifying Detore the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said it was up
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    Chiang plans show here
    51 1 I TAIPEH. Fri. Nationalist China will send an exhibition of Formosan products to Singapore and Malaya probably in March at the request of overseas Chinese there. It was officially announced today. It Is expected that Formosa's native opera and an aboriginal dance team will accompany the
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    Lock icon 45-hour week
    23 1 BERLIN, Fri. A law reducing working hours for 2.500.000 East Germans from 48 to 45 a week was passed today.— Reuter.
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    Over Merdeka Bridge—by bus
    110 1 Over Merdeka Bridge by bus rTHOUSANDS of city A workers living in Katong and Siglap yesterday took a short-cut home by bus over Merdeka Bridge. The new service was scheduled' 'to begin today, but the Singapore Traction Co. manager. Mr. A. A Ew;ng. said: "We decided to take the public
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    PANIC AS LINER HITS SHIPS IN SINGAPORE ROADS
    154 1 PANIC AS LINER HITS SHIPS IN SINGAPORE ROADS WfHEN the 7,268-ton fT cargo-liner Carpentaria berthed in Singapore yesterday she had a scar on her starboard side picked up when she grazed the sides of the Bantam and the Reginald Kelly in the Inner Roads. Passengers panicked on hearing the crunch
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    Lock icon Students riot
    32 1 MADRID, Fri. Police fired shots in the air at Seville today to disperse university students demonstrating against a 40 per cent increase in tram fares. No casualties were reported. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.S. A-TROOPS SCHEME
    49 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Defence Department is drawing up plans for six "atomic commands" capable of providing nuclear firepower for the U.S. Army and its Allies. I Officials said the average strength of the commands, equipped with long range nuclear missiles, would be about 6,000 men.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Rebel Boyle back in Govt.
    251 1 Rebel Boyle back in Govt. T ONDON, Fri. The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, today sprang a surprise by bringing into his Government as junior ministers the leaders of the two Conservative Party factions which clashed over Britain's Suez action. Mr. Macmillan named 29 parliamentary secretaries and under-secretaries who will
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    STOP PRESS
    23 1 PAPFR TO CLOSE MF.I.ROI RNK. Kri.— Melbourne's oMest RCWSpaprr tin- Argils is to MMc publication because of "continuing heavy losses." —RiMitrr
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    Lock icon 'ADAMS REFUSED TO LET WIDOW GO TO HOSPITAL'
    425 2 Letter produced tn court -Accuted allegedly said: *She lost will to live' Doctor (once a partner) says: 'Mrs. Hullett was in a deep coma 9 EASTBOURNE, Friday. A DOCTOR told a court here today that Dr. John Bodkins Adams 1 would not
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    TAX 'SLIP' COST HIM $850,000 POST
    92 2 PARIS. Fri. A French marquis has lost the "best public office in France" valued at £100.000 f $850.000) because he underestimated what he owed (he Inland Revenue. The Marquis Gaetan de Chardon. 60-year-old Clerk nf the Paris Police Court, will stand trial on his
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    Lock icon UNPAID SITTER KEPT BABIES
    109 2 NEW YORK. Fri. Baby sitter in Denison. Texas, was ordered by a court to hand back two babies to their mother. The sitter has has been holding them because she had not received her fee. MANILA: Floods and landslides claimed 14 lives and destroyed public and
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    Lock icon Man whose theme —song is power —
    108 2 Man whose theme —song is power SIR PERCY MILLS, 67, a wealthy industrialist who is known as the "John Bull of the Midlands." was made Minister of Power— a new post in the new Conservative Government headed by Mr. Harold Macmillan. His task will be to co-ordin-ate and develop all
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    Lock icon 200-MILE TREK ACROSS DESERT FOR FOOD
    129 2 200-MILE TREK ACROSS DESERT FOR FOOD MELBOURNE, Fri.— A starving aboriginal tribe in remote West Australia made a desperate trek across 200 miles of desert to a mission station to seek food and medical treatment, it was revealed here today. The story was told by Mr. Jim Graham and his
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    Lock icon Mao sent message to Durban
    88 2 rvidenceinmas TREASON TRiAi JOHANNESBURG t QOODWII iron, P ser of Egypt Tse-tuim. the Qjfi Communist mention, d Africa's hearing yestrrday The prosecution sau the messages v at a conference rican Indiana in Dv July 1954. 150 on trial Paul Bobeaon can Negro sin have sent
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    Lock icon 'The Body'—Five calls in the morning
    297 2 'The Body'— Five calls in the morning LOS ANGELES, Fri.— British actor Michael Wilding's former night watchman told yesterday of receiving a phone call from a woman identifying herself as Marie "The Body" McDonald over an hour after she says she was kidnapped. James F. Bouldin told newsmen the caller
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    SOLVE 2 PROBLEMS AND LIVE TO 100
    135 2 CINCINNATI, Friday. AN American medical expert said here yesterd that if two problems were conquered "there is no reason why, within a quarter of a century, p, cannot have a healthy and happy life expei of 100 years." The statement was made by
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    Lock icon Tour shortened
    27 2 NEW YORK, Fri. Mr. Hugh Oaitskell. who has cut short his tour of the United States by one week, will return to London tomorrow.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 'WED; IN 1776. ROMANCE ENDS WITH THE LAST TRANCE
    156 2 'WED; IN 1776. ROMANCE ENDS WITH THE LAST TRANCE NEW YORK, Fri. A $20,000 action suit against a hypnotist was withdrawn yesterday after Mrs. Rose Werra, 43, was apparently put in a trance in a court room. Mrs. Werra's husband. Sylvester, 44, brought an alienation of affections action against Jacob.
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    Lock icon State visitor?
    30 2 WASHINGTON. F sltient Eisenhower i ed planning tn i:.v German President Tr.e: Heuss to visit the States as his guest on an cial state visit about 6— A.P
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    Lock icon Be proud Britons, says Mac
    271 3 PREMIER: WE WERE RIGHT OVER SUEZ... WE WON'T BE U.S. SATELLITES •4 great country and don't let's be ashamed to say so' LONDON, Friday. PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Harold Macll ;m in a nationwide address over television appealed to Britons last night to reaver their self
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    BANK OF BRITAIN' IS NOT FOR SALE
    121 3 BANK OF BRITAIN' IS NOT FOR SALE LONDON Iri Brine« hancelI \i nt-gurr. Mr. JiornfTcroft, told v Anirruaii hanJ.cr ommerce laneheon :..,!■> tli.it Briiimd the liankfT y f,ir iniich «f the tt r l,i x trade and "this bank iv i)"t f"r ■ale." Economically, he said. U.i» firmly on it-
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    Lock icon EDEN SAILS AWAY WITH A BLAST AT NASSER
    120 3 LONDON. Fri. Sir Anthe former said today n the t had not nialism. ence between and ;i dictator- d j ust before ."'.9-ton liner nealtb trip ad, through anal pit with nood sense tare undtrstood that. I'm sure they will always understand
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    Lock icon UNICORN DANCER AND WINDMILL GIRLS
    68 3 A FORMER Salvation Army preacher and now a dancer at London's Windmill Theatre. Leslie Ware shows a unicorn's head to Windmill girls Frances Ha me I (left) and Rosemary Phillips. He designed the unicorn for the Westmjnster Morris Dancing Team with whom he danced his
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    Lock icon COSMIC RAY STUDY OVER THE NORTH POLE
    96 3 COSMIC RAY STUDY OVER THE NORTH POLE STOCKHOLM. Fri. Three scientists will make the world's first cosmic ray study over the North Pole next month when they join a high-altitude inaugural flight from Copenhagen to Tokyo The scientists from Sweden and Norway will join a Scandinavian Airlines service leaving on
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    Lock icon Pravda gives advice to Britain
    182 3 'REJECT BAD ASSOCIATE— U. S. MOSCOW, Friday. PRAVDA today suggested to Britain an easy way out of her "plight." It said Britain should reject "bad associates," including the United States.- The Communist Party newspaper added that Britain's "grave difficulties" arose from her failure to follow
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    Lock icon KHRUSHCHEV AGAIN PRAISES STALIN
    174 3 MOSCOW, Fri.— Communist Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev last night praised Stalin as a model Communist in his fight for the workers. Nearly a year ago Khrushchev denounced the late dictator as a mass murderer, assailed "the cult of the individual." and questioned Stalin's communism. Roars of
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    LONDON STOCKS
    285 3 LONPON. Frl. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including siamp duty were TIN LONDON, Pri. Cash buyers i £785. sellers £787. Forward buyers £770. sellers £771. Settlement £785 Turnover a.m. 55 tons, p.m. 20 tons. RUBBER LONDON, Pri. Spot 27d Feb. 27 'vd.. Mar. 27d.. AprJune 26
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    Lock icon Britain asks for talks on Aden
    185 3 Britain asks for talks on Aden ONDON, Fri. Bri- tain has asked the Yemen to open peace talks on settlement, of the Aden-Yemen frontier dispute, the Foreign Office announced last night. Britain said the Sultanate rulers of the Aden Protectorate had conditionally accepted the peace talks plan. The conditions mainly
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    Banda to aid
    30 3 COLOMBO. Fri. Premier Solomon Bandaranaikp said today he has been unofficially informed that Ceylon would be asked to help negotiate a "fair settlement" of the Suez dispute.
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      180 3 Do you start the day right? Yoke Lan doesn't. Foong Voong does, with her morning just has a cup of coffee coffee she eats bread and Blue Band Margarine Lan Just a cup of Foong Yoong is a s^We g^]. A good meal she bothers to have for her b^e
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    Fair prices: 'I pay more' says Minister
    253 4 SPECIALLY SELECTED EGGS AT 16c. EACH when Singapore's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy goes shopping he does not always stick to the "fair-price list" which he published recently to guide Singapore housewives. He pays $1.60 instead of the suggested
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    'WE WANT TO STAY ON' EXPATS TOLD: 'GO'
    244 4 'WE WANT TO STAY ON' EXPATS TOLD: 'GO' Police hit by sackings to speed Malayanisation KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. COME expatriate Government officers who have asked to stay in an independent Malaya have been told that their services are no longer required and they must go. This move, it is understood,
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    FILM STAR ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA
    65 4 FILM STAR ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA DAVID McCALLUM. a British film star, who arrived in Singapore by BOAC yesterday on his way to Australia to take part in a J. Arthur Rank picture, "Robbery Under Arms." A Rank Organisation producer, Mr. Joseph Jarni he produced "A Town Like Alice" also
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    The $150 cake
    25 4 SEGAMAT, Fri. A Singapore motorist. Llm Eng Slang, 46, was fined $150 at Segamat for taking cake out of a restricted area.
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    Appeal court
    21 4 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in the Supreme Court building at 10.30 a.m. on Jan. 30.
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    PROTOCOL OFFICER BACK
    55 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation's first protocol officer, Inche Jamal bin Abdul LatlfT returned here today after a six-week training course at trie Siamese Foreign Ministry in Bangkok. A former Ipoh magistrate, inche Jamal, wil] be attached to the Chief Secretary's office for a month before being
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    'Dark World' clean-up
    59 4 PENANG, Frl. Police today cleared Penang's "Dark World" at the Magazine Penang Road junction. Coffee stalls ln this dimlylit area had been refused renewal of their licen- ces, which expired at the end of December, but the stalls continued to operate until lnst night. Last July two
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    SMU row: Party boss gets a challenge
    103 4 SMU row: Party boss gets a challenge 'THE Assist;--x for Edu< Mohammed Haji Abdul II terday challi president of pore Malay I convene a gem ing to di, "minority mem dum" sent to Colonial Office. Inche Mob; hi::. described the action "I the union president Muda Mohammed, in si ing
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    Girl, 2, crashed through a show case, court told
    232 4 PENANG, Friday. A 2i-YEAR-OLD English girl died in her father's arms after she had crashed through a show case at an army holiday resort in Penang, the coroner's court here was told today. Mrs. Majorle Chittel, wife of an RASC sergeant
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    OBSTRUCTION CASE WILL GO ON
    144 4 OONALD WILD, former broadcaster, was told in a 1V Singapore court yesterday that police would be proceeding with their charge against him for allegedly obstructing a traffic constable in the course of his work on Sept. 27. Wild was alleged to have committed the offence
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    Judo display by students
    50 4 The V.M.C.A. Judo Society in Singapore will be host to 10 visiting Japanese university students, all of whom are judo exponents. The visitors, six of whom hold "black belts" will ta*e part In a judo demonstration at the V.M.C.A. in Orchard Road at 6 p.m. today.
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      203 4 RADIO MAI AY A BBC Jazz Club io 30-11.00 IiAIMV MAIiAXA BBC variety Parade. Programmes thus marked e*n DA«lika>^l kbe received by listeners in Malatra. £tvHlOll&l Short way. 49 and 41m. Medium wave 476 m 311 m. 368 m. and 279 m. SINGAPORE P.M. M.15 Saturday Date; »1.30 News; M.45
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    RUBBER: HOPES FOR BIG DEAL
    198 5 SINGAPORE rubber dealers hope to sell about 75,000 tons of Malayan rubber to Communist China this year. Informed sources having direct links with China disclosed yesterday that the Peking Government is prepared to buy 130,000 tons of rubber from South-East Asian countries this year. Ceylon
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    SCHOOLGIRL DRIVER CHANGED SEATS
    193 5 Seen at wheel then as a passenger A TRAFFIC constable noticed a schoolgirl at the wheel of a car in Singapore with two men beside her. When the car was stopped after being trailed for a mile he was surprised to find her seated as passenger
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    Now for army build-up
    308 5 CHEERFUL TENGKU ARRIVES IN FEDERAL CAPITAL, SAYS... A REPORT TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THEN HE'S OFF TO PENANG KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. yilK Federation can now go ahead and expand its armed forces to full strength, the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said happily when he arrived by
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    $430 ANG POW FOR A THIEF
    74 5 $430 ANG POW FOR A THIEF PENANG,«Fri.— A sum of 5430 —drawn from a bank as "ang pow money" for Chinese New Year was stolen yesterday from the Service Road home of Mr. Che* Tin Poh, secretary to the Penang Puisne Judge. Mr. hee put the money in a cupboard.-
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    Crown counsel
    25 5 Miss Mary Lim cheow Sim, Miss Renee Chew Bee Neo and Inche Ahmad bin Mohained Ibrahim have been appointed crown counsel in Singapore.
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    New branch in Colony
    50 5 One of Japans biggest business combines, the Daiichi Bussan Kaisha. Ltd., has opened a Branch in Singapore. The combine, which claims it deals in "anything from pins to elephants, and things bigger than that," celebrated the opening of its new branch with a dinner on Thursday.
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    School elections out
    83 5 PENANG. Fri.— With most of its 2,500 students back in school after the Nov. 23 demonstration, the Penang Chung Ling has introduced a new system of choosing monitors for this year. instead of being elected by the students, the monitors are now recommended by teachers for approval
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    Closed for the holidays
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— The Johore Customs offices will be closed on Jan. 31. Feb. 1 and 2. The first two holidays are for Chinese New Year and Feb. 2 in lieu of Feb. 1 is for Federation Day.
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    Bid to end rice stockpiling
    30 5 The Singapore General Rice Importers' Association has appointed a seven-man committee to study ways and means of persuading the Government-to end the stockpiling of rice.
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    ROTARIANS PLAN HOBBIES SHOW FOR CHARITY
    111 5 The Singapore Rotary club is organising a film show and a hobbies exhibition to help the Deaf and Dumb Association. Part of the proceeds will be given t o the association, and part to one of the villages adopted by the club, said the
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    OILY MAN BACK, SCARES GIRL
    82 5 ALOR STAR. Fri.— After a lull of more than a week, the "Orang Lichin" (Oily Man) scare revived in Alor Star. Last night, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Semariah binte Ibrahim, saw a "dark and shining figure" under her house. The man. she said, tried to grab
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    22 m.p.h = GREENS ALL THE WAY = QUICKER JOURNEYS
    131 5 22 m.p.h GREENS ALL THE WAY QUICKER JOURNEYS MOTORISTS living in the Geylang iTI and East Coast areas of Singapore will soon find their travelling time to and from work reduced considerably Traffic lights along the stretches of one-way roads between Upper Cross Street and Kallang Road and Jalan Sultan
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      320 5 TODAY members' children (primary) 5 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA: p.m. to 9 p.m.- bodybuilding 7 Concert of oriental music, Oei p.m.- table-tennis 19.15 p.m. to Tlong Ham Hall, Cluny Road, 8.30 10.30 p.m. at 21, Indus Square. SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE TOMORROW ASSOCIATION: Social and dance, PUBLIC CONCERT by regimenCivil Defence clubhouse.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 6 HI Words tlO (minimum). MR. YAP AH SHEONO and Family thank Friends. Relatives for Wreaths, Assistance and Attendance at the Funeral of the late Mrs. Yap Ah Sheong.
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    DEATHS
    43 6 2(1 Word\ 110 (minimum). ROSS: Helene. beloved wife of Dr. C. C. Ross. Caledonia. Nlbong Tebal, suddenly on 16th January, 1957 In Hongkong. GREGORY: Gladys at Westminster Hospital, London, on 9-1-57. Beloved wife of Sgt Alan Gregory. Champion Welterweight F.E.AF ex-RA.F Changl.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 19, 1957. Field Day For Hypocrites
    628 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 19, 1957. Field Day For Hypocrites American support for the Afro-Asian resolution calling again on Israel to withdraw its troops from Egyptian territory ensures approval by the General Assembly. The Latin-American bloc will follow this American lead. In fact there has been no opposing
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    Out Of School
    357 6 Parents in Ipoh will be grateful to the Minister of Health for his efforts to help students whose secondary education has been interrupted. As Federal Councillor for the Ipoh and Menglembu constituency, Mr. Leong Yew Koh is sponsoring the establishment of classes from Form One up to
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    Malay Banks
    195 6 The desire of the Malays to have a bank of their own is understandable. The proposed Malay National Bank is a brave effort to satisfy communal pride. However if the Bank is to be a success its sponsors must think not in terms of communal pride but in
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    As I was saying...
    1125 6 As I was saying. Tiff ALAYA ceased to be the Commonwealth's biggest dollar earner in 1952. But it has remained the biggest net earner of dollars, its spending restricted like any other member of the sterling pool. Mr. Peter Thorneycroft. Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer, has now given some
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    SATURDAY STUDY
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    Assembly dress doesn't need tidying, but other things do
    854 6 Says LLOYD MORGAN A LTHOUGH the dress and J\ parliamentary manners of some Singapore Legislative Assemblymen have been roundly criticised this week, they are probably the two aspects of our legislators which are least vulnerable to attack. There are other aspects
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    89 6 Straits Times, January 19, 1907 rpHE reports which have 1 appeared elsewhere to the effect that the Estates of Prye and Batu Kawan have been acquired by a Chinese syndicate are Inaccurate, says the "Plnang Gazette." Messrs. Huttenbach Bros, are In receipt of a telegram from London
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    JUKE BOX NOISES OR BACH? 'A MATTER OF TASTE'
    95 7 -3ac:i and I m juke box case public imTl erak Court today. ment the Mr. n the Justice) ppeal by the Bar. ;ainsl his i f r lace for public ar, where the form --.ike box ithoui a Appeal dismissed Mr.
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    Hands across causeway: Colony has a new idea
    378 7 NO MERGER, SAY LEADERS: 'WORK INSTEAD FOR SOME FORM OF FEDERATION' OPPOSITION political party leaders in Singapore yesterday suggested different approaches to a link with the mainland. Despite Tengku Abdul Rahman's declaration that he would not accept Singapore "even as a unit
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    WANDERING NCO IS BACK IN THE RANKS
    80 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A REME corporal who was found in the "cjt of bounds" area nf Batu Lane last month was tod'iy reduced to the ranks by Major A.F. Bond, the President of Court Martial, held at the Sungei Besi, REME headquarters, seven
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    Acting manager
    33 7 Mr. G. A. Tessensohn, administrative assistant at the Singapore Airport, yesterday took over as acting manager, in place of Mr. P. W. Ford, who will be going on six months' leave.
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    Lim and Tengku joint patrons
    50 7 Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr Lim Yew Hock, and the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, are joint patrons of the concert of oriental music by the University Music Society at Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, in Cluny Road, Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. today.
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    Customs man stabbed
    52 7 A Singapore Customs Revenue Officer. Lee Cheng Hln, 46. was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver during a raid on a house in Paya Lebar Road yesterday morning. He was treated at the General Hospital and allowed to go home. A man ha been detained by
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    Gardens concert
    25 7 The regimental band of Ist Bn. Rhodesian African Rifles will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens from 5 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Leading surgeon to work for no fee
    208 7 Leading surgeon to work for no fee AUSSIE SPECIALISTS TRAIN OUR MEN A SURGEON of world rank in his particular field will perform operations, free of charge, at the Singapore General Hospital next week. He Is Mr. H. H. Eddey, one of a team of three topflight specialists who have
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    Why Guinness goes in baby's bath
    215 7 TF you want a bonny baby, say Malayan .Chinese mothers, bathe it in Guinness. Sales of stout in Malaya would not be as good as they are if many Chinese mothers did not believe in pouring a bottle into a baby's first bath water.
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    ACQUITTAL in FORGED TICKETS CASE
    176 7 r<HEW KEAN KOR, a Penang businessman, accused in the Singapore Assizes of dishonestly attempting to use as genuine 432 forged Federation of Malaya Social Welfare lottery tickets, was acquitted lew was found not |i by a unanimous ver>f the jury and acquitted Ir. Justice Tan
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    Union members big increase
    35 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Total trade union membership last year was 237.390 8(5.910 more than at the end of 1955. a spokesman of the Registry of Trade Unions and Societies said today.
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    Schoolboy who speaks 5 languages is missing from home with $101
    143 7 A SINGAPORE schoolboy, who speaks Tamil, English. Malay, Hokkien and Hainanese fluently, has been reported missing. He is 15-year-old Kanabhiran Arujunan. who left his house on Monday morning to to to a new school. He had formerly been hi
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    Union fate depends on his reply
    270 7 LIM CHIN SIONG HAS TILL MONDA V r[E fate of the once-powerful Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union will be decided by next Monday. If the union's secretarygeneral, Mr. Llm Chin Siong —now under detention fails to reply by then to a notice to
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    FOUGHT OVER GIRL: YOUTHS BOUND OVER
    69 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Four Indian and six Malay youths, d.jribed as hooligans, were today bound over to be of good behaviour for six months. They pleaded guilty to committing a breach of the peace in front of the Federal Secretariat building in Kuala Lumpur
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    Chamber music concert
    44 7 The Singapore Musical Society will hold the first o f its Chamber Music Concert series in the St. Andrew's Hall at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are obtainable at Robinsons until 12.30 p.m. today or at the hall from 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Change of film
    30 7 Thp Singapore V.M.C.A. Movie Circle will show "One Desire" instead of "A Man Without A Star" in the "V' 1 auditorium Orchard Road, at 8 p.m. today.
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    5,000 HARBOUR BOARD MEN PUT 10 CLAIMS
    247 7 5,000 HARBOUR BOARD MEN PUT 10 CLAIMS $1.20 more daily housing help A BOUT 5,000 daily-rated industrial workers in the Singapore Harbour Board are asking for a wage increase of $1.20 a day as one of ten demands by the employees' side of the S.H.B. Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee
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    DEATH
    44 7 YEO SIEW CHUAN, 71, 25, Branksome Road, Singapore, passed away peacefully on 18.1.57. He leaves behind his wives. 3 sons. 1 daughter. 1 son-in-law. 3 daugh-ters-in-law and 9 grandchildren. Cortege leaving residence 11 a.m. en 20-1-57. Sunday for Church and thence to Bldadari.
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    Terri: No peeling I'm too shy
    78 7 Terri: No peeling I'm too shy CVELTE, sophisticated Tcrrl King, 25, from Sydney, will do no stripping when she performs in a Sinsapore restaurant next month. "I shall sing and that's all," she said yesterday. For, although she appeared with the Folies Bergere in Australia, she finds stripping embarrassing. Terri,
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    Show to end
    19 7 The Community Education Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, will close today at 6 p.m.
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      144 7 ■SO CONFIDENCE' MOVE ore City Coun- vote of no confidence in him, Lee Choon Eng and seek his replacement." ng, aro The motion refers to the motion at the next proceedings oi council <m Jan. 29 meeting last month during Precl- which a proposed cinema at Ir J T. Rca.
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    For (illegal) sale: Hundreds of pretty death-traps
    284 8 MINISTRY WARNS LAMP IMPORTERS THE Japanese "death lamps" which have killed two people in Singapore are still on saIe— ILLEGALLY. And there are hundreds of these attractive teath-tr.aps in the shops. A Government spokesman said yesterday that notice of the arrival of these
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    Funeral procession by workers for man killed in rice mill riot
    121 8 Funeral procession by workers for man killed in rice mill riot ALOR STAR, Fri. About 250 workers from 16 rice mills in North Kedafl, wearing black bands\ turned out this afternoon for the funeral of a unionist,. P. Palaguru, 43, who died in the Alor Star General Hospital yestert day.
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    Rival union issues strike call
    140 8 Rival union issues strike call ABOUT 370 employees of the Standard Vacuum Oil Co. in Singapore will go on strike on Monday if the company refuses to negotiate on the recognition of the Stan vac Employees' Union as the organisation representing its industrial workers. The union, whose claim is disputed
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    Clerk gets divorce
    53 8 Philip Soh Eng Khim, a clerk, was granted a decree nisi in the Singapore High 1 Court yesterday dissolving his marriage with h's wife, Mildred Soh Kirn Lan. who had deserted him. The decree is to be made absolute in three months. The couple were married on
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    Dance social
    31 8 The social and dance to be held by the Singapore Civil Defence Association at its clubhouse in Kolam Ayer Street tonight will be open to members and friends only.
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    New barrister
    23 8 Mr. W. Q. Alcock, Official Assignee, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by Mr. justice Knight in- the High Court yesterday.
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    New Year treat for 400
    61 8 Four hundred underprivileged children will be entertained to a Chinese New Year treat, a variety concert and a cinema show by the Upper Serangoon Boys' Club at the social centre in Lim Ah Pin Road, Singapore, at 3 p.m. on Jan. 26. The entire cost
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    Lib-Socs meet
    24 8 The Whampoa Division of the Liberal Socialist Party, Singapore, will hold a committee meeting at 470 Balestier Road at 4 p.m. today.
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    $10,000 GIFT: 'NO' MEN 'ILL-INFORMED'
    152 8 A SSEMBLY opposition to the Government proposal to grant $10,000 annually to the Royal Singapore Flying Club, was yesterday termed "ill-informed" by the club's president, Mr. P. J. White. The grant was finally approved after Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said the club paid more attention
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    Resignation is withdrawn
    59 8 Mr. N. A. Kularajah, who was recently appointed to a senior post In the Singapore Income Tax Department, has withdrawn hl s resignation a* chairman of the 30,000-strong Civil Service Staff Side Council. He will continue as chairman for another month until the reorganisation of the Junior
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    HIGHER PAY ON THE WAY
    180 8 New deal for Chinese schools ABOUT 2,000 teachers of fully-aided Chinese schools will get a pay rise when a new salary scheme drafted by the Ministry of Education is implemented. The plan will be submitted to the Finance Committee for approval shortly. Mr D McLellan,
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    GUILTY PLEA REJECTED IN $23,000 CASE
    71 8 GUILTY PLEA REJECTED IN $23,000 CASE A PLEA of guilty was rejected in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday when John Chua Swee Hock faced an amended charge of criminal breach of trust of $23,981 at the Rotterdam Trading Co. (Malaya) Ltd.. between January and December last year while in the
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    Open verdict at inquest
    45 8 An open verdict was returned by the Singapore coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday at an inquest on Leong Chit, 18. Leong was said to have collided with a lamp-post while riding pillion on a motor-cycle early on Nov. 4 last.
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    Ship's officer gets decree
    48 8 Gordon Ogilvie Mitchell, a ships officer, who sued his wife Louise Catherine for divorce on the ground of adultery, was granted a dpcree nisi by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree is to be made absolute in three months.
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    Guides leave for Manila
    39 8 Twenty Singapore girl guides left for Manila by Pan American Airways yesterday to attend a fortnight's Jamboree, in connection with the centenary celebrations of the birthday of Lord BadenPowell, founder of scout and guide movements.
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    More currency going round
    44 8 A total of $942,840,095 in currency notes and $40,442,785 in coins was in circulation in Malaya and British Borneo at the beginning of this month. This is $8,406,224 more than the total in circulation at the end of last year.
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    Saint's Day
    25 8 The Indian Fine Arts Society in Singapore, will celebrate Saint Thiagaraja Day at the Ramakrishna Mission in Bartley Road, today at 4 p.m.
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    COLOMBO PLAN AID FOR THE ASKING
    163 8 COLOMBO PLAN AID FOR THE ASKING KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation will have to make more use of Colombo Plan facilities after the country gains independence, the Minister for Commerce and Industry. Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said here today. He added that the Federation had not made enough
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      384 8 always breaking down (10). *_tr__it^ Times Crossword S P™4__?ateS» <c). JlldllO I lIIIC3 VflV/JdWUIVJ 2 7. To cultivate heather will cause some grumbling (8). I. l? I bl I \s I I 7 1 i 8 1 1 DOWN I 2. This country's story Is one of srjjsj KS_K s!?^?>
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    A NAVAL DISASTER' IN THE SARAWAK RIVER
    1174 9 Poised on edge of precipice JK^J J^&AB^^^^M In great detail To show Nag _J Danger of I slipping j ~Listing 45 degrees Built large j raft Seaworthy again :>ir hdl r( Belcher, is highly in"T he (j reports have found my into the
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      84 9 Hex Morgan, M.D. Perhaps surgery CALLXJU «4 SOON p^--~-_-^< 5^ EgY 0N *__~*'s IP F J »MOULO hav6 »**i*Tß> P met Tracy J»icA up battery ...-1,, —■lalalß^Bl^ f WM ILy -111 IL Mill III! Ml 11l I" 1 Sm» I i^cxJoe.r'M wj*£™i£*u- f R3RGettino -nc J srcnow amp pick up
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    TRADE LAST YEAR WAS SECOND BEST IN OUR HISTORY
    551 10 TRADE LAST YEAR WAS SECOND BEST IN OUR HISTORY By Our Market Correspondent AST year was the second best trading year in Malaya's economic history, as far as the value of the country's external trade was concerned, but the favourable balance on the year was only $13.2 million as against
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    Rubberprice still falls off sharply
    413 10 Rubberprice still falls off sharply A weak London market and a sympathetic New York market caused a further decline in Singapore this week, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., in their current rubber review. Until yesterday this market has been fairly steady with mild fluctuations and a moderate turnover, they
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    134 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: quiet; Jan. (Nominal) < $27% buyers, $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 sellers. Pepper; steady; no business reported done- Muntok white $117, Sarawak 9116, (both unchanged), special Sarawak black $84 (up $2). Singapore Copra
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    75 10 Ships Iyin E alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Mataram 1, Orestes 4, Mikasa Maru 6, Bendoran 9, Ommenkerk 10, Perseus 13, Drente 15, New York Maru 17, Marudu 21, Gorgon 40, Islander 44, Belaga 23, Benny Skou 24, Bardmun 26, Mandama 27, Perlis
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    CHEMBONG MALAY
    85 10 The directors of the Chembong Malay Rubber Company (1920) announce the payment of a special dividend out of reserves of 25 per cent., less tax. payable February 9, to stockholders registered January 21. Dividends of 15 per cent, were jald for the year ended March 31. 1956. and
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    RUBBER CROPS
    35 10 The following December rubber crops are notified: Aytr Pan»s 78 800 lb Glenealy 90,000 lb Kluanjr 73,000 lb.: Pajam 131.500 lb.; Talisman 28,200 lb.: Teluk Anson 60,030 lb.; Ulu B. nut 44.102 lb.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    425 10 The Malayan Share Broken Association reported: "There was a slight reduction in volume of business on the local share market with prices in industrials barely steady. In rubbers irregular and In tins showing an easing tendency." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:— Fed. Dispensary
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    86 10 MKr! IN investments the m was xllchv Stock Excti.uiv;.tro Zinc ntlll other leaders d were active al ported acqulsi'ioi. assets and ovaral heavy. In mlnn, little Interest and i were steady. Loans t%% 1984 Loans 3' t IM6Con Zinc Bank of NSW Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill
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    RUBBER PRICES
    119 10 February first grade rubber n g ers f.o.b. closed in fltntipm terday at 93 T cents pei 24 cents on Th price. The closing tone v. Closing prices In cc yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 f.o.b. buyers 98.. No. 1 R.S.S. Feb. buyr sellers 94 s No buyers
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    81 10 The Malayan behaagl hi Association made the changes In its rates to moda yesterday (all rates to Selling T.T. or O.D. n Swiss Francs 143%; Franca *****; Brlcun ***** a; Holland Guildm Deutsche Marks 136 M Kroner 168*4; Danish Krnnr Norwegian Kroner 231 Lire *****; Aden BbiUinp Phlip.
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      353 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of Matron at the Malay Secondary School, Malay Women's Training College. Malacca. The salary scale for the post is $223x 14-307/324x14-336 p.m. plus Cost of Living Allowance. ThU post is a residential one. Qualifications: Federal Citizen; good working knowledge of Malay and
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      866 10 NOTICES NOTICE MR. LO YOKE SENO of No. 152-A Moulmeln Road, Singapore gives notice that he has resigned from the Secretaryship of Wee Keng Ouan Sons Limited of No. 2 Bukit Teresa Road. Singapore and ceases to have any connection with the Company as from tbe 14th January, 1957. NOTICE
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      370 10 NOTICE THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) LIMITED STOP SERVICES Between Finlayson Green and Katonc and Siflap These services are now operating over the Nicoll Highway and Merdeka Bridge. A. A. EWINO, General Manager. Singapore, 18th January, 1957. SALES TENDER No. DIS/ENGRS/63 BY ORDER OF THE
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    Don't grudge its noisy fun
    358 12 Don 't grudge its noisy fun WITH reference to Mr. TT Tai Swee Cheow's complaint about the Banning of fire crackers during Chinese New Year (S.T. Jan. 15) I have this to say. Firing of crackers to celebrate the New Year»has been a custom in China since many many hundred
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    Prospects for WD employees
    174 12 UfITH Merdeka WD km- ployees face unemployment. There Is among these thousands of workers a sizeable portion who are ex-servicemen who belonged to the M.O.R. class, and who are now working as civilians. Having spent quite a number of yeafs in uniform their period of service
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    Temporaries and permanents
    69 12 Tem poraries and permanents YOUR correspondent 'JAnother Taxpayer" cast unnecessary aspersions on the Temporary officers (S.T. Jan. Bth). Though, he referred to those in Singapore, yet it is bound to have a damaging effect on. the efforts of the Temporaries In the Federation who; are seeking equal status frith the
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    Johore Bahru not cleaner
    95 12 rE letter headed "This filthy habit" interested me greatly. I don't think Mrs. Tamplin knows Johore Bahru very well or she would not say it is cleaner than Singapore. She should do as I do and go through the market. She would find people spitting right
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    What has the Union done?
    103 12 CAN the General Secretary of the All-Malayan Mining Industry Staff Union please tell us what benefits it has got for its members thus far. It is needless to repeat all the reasons given by the promoters for forming this Union, but on c reason was
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    WHO IS TO REPRESENT THE RUBBER PACKERS?
    164 12 TJHE proposal by Mr. Heah •L Joo Seang to send two representatives to New York and London to safeguard the Malayan rubber exporters and packers from exploitation Is very sound. But to appoint the representatives from any of the exporters or packers will
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    The crowded class
    50 12 DURING my return from Penang In the Malayan Railway I was disgusted to see the conditions prevailing in 3rd. Class coaches. The carriage was full and there were three passengers to a seat. Even then the train stopped to pick up more passengers P. K. FOO. Ipoh.
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    A STATUE TO MARK MERDEKA?
    137 12 A STATUE TO MARK MERDEKA? youth AT a protest rally in Ipoh (S.T. January 5) the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh refuted charges of extravagance levelled at the Alliance Government. According to reports a sum of two million dollars has been ear-marked as the amount
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    Made to work like servants
    301 12 jVf V friend tells me that I*l the girls in her school are being turned into servants. They are forced to open windows every morning and to carry heavy desks too. Further they are compelled to sweep the floors. The worst part of it is
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    Lock icon GONZALES 2-1
    27 13 SYDNEY. Fri.— Pan;ho Oonzales beat Ken Rosewall 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 m their third meeting here tonight. Gonzales now leads 2-1 in the 100-maich series. A.P.
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    How Stan would inspire our
    320 13 there will be no more talk of including him in the Singapore team for the inter-port match against Vietnam. Because He has no qualifications to play for Singapore in a representative match; His inclusion in the Singapore team would be grossly unfair to Vietnam; He
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    'WIZARD' TO PLAY IN GOLD COAST IN MAY
    114 13 ACCRA. Frl. STANLEY MATTHEWS. England's footballer. Is to play in exhibition matches in the Gold Coast at the Invitation of the Hearts of Oak Football Club. He will arrive either at the end of May or m early June, and will play
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      853 13 VEHICLES WANTED 20 Wordt ti (Mm.) Box it ett. txtrm. CHEVROLET 1955. Must be First Class. Preferred one Owner. 53 Tanloni; Rhu Road. Tel: *****. BUYING AND SELLING KeUable Used Cars. Trade-In and Hire-Purchase Terms Available. Contact Soon Teck Finance Company 173 A South Bridge Rd Tel. *****. HIRE PURCHASE
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      460 13 iiimiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii^ STANLEY MATTHEWS will Jm ri IHLl HL possibly be playing: in Singa- /r59& *m pore in May— and that's about Mjm I /'j*Sp* "|f\ E the onjy bright item of pre- *^f ,1A F season news that has come the L way of Singapore football fans #;f #^^y^|
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    Straits Times Selections
    154 14 EPSOM JEEP Race 1. WIDE SCREEN I) 2.15. Jade Spring Mh-ophll (ALL BOY JADE SPRING Quiny Sun Gleam POINTER moan Jade Spring Wide Screen II Race 2. 2.45. SLIPPER PRINCE Intended Beechnut SOOKA Slipper Prince Full House FULL HOUSE Fair Raleigh Sooka Race 3. .3.15. FILM FAN
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    Back Premier on his track form
    382 14 SOLID GALLOPS KEEP HIM FIT pREMIER is accepting and going on his track 1 form, he looks a sound each-way bet (Race Five). This useful flve-year-old went like a winner nn the track last week when he outpaced Bahagia in a rousing 3f tryout
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    STRAIGHT IS WHAT THE 'PRINCE' NEEDS
    223 14 STRAIGHT IS WHAT THE 'PRINCE' NEEDS CUPPER PRINCE has been "knocking at the door" for some time and up the straight 5U he should find his winning break in Race Two. This five-year-old possesses good speed. His best effort last season was his second by a neck with 8.4 to
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    Going Good
    32 14 TREBLE TOTE will be held on Races Four. Six and Seven. Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. rE going up to last evening at Ipoh was very good.
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    COPACABANA ON VITAL CHANCE SAFE EACH-WAY
    627 14 COPACABANA ON VITAL CHANCE SAFE EACH- WAY EPSOM JEEP gives you this double for Ipoh lIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIMMIIIIMIIIMIIIIIMIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIHIIHNIiIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIiIi POPACABANA (Race Four) and VITAL CHANCE (Race Six) should form a good each-way double at Ipoh today, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting. Copacabana, an impressive winner over 9f last week,
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    VARSITY, POLICE IN SECOND ROUND
    144 14 SINGAPORE POLICE, strong contenders for the S.H.A. senior knockout title, and defending champions University of Malaya won their first round matches yesterday. Police convincingly beat Navy. Nomads 5-0 on the padang, but the Varsity had to overcome strong opposition by S.C.R.C. before winning 2-1 at
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    Sports DIARY
    110 14 TODAY RUGGER: All Blues Cop: Singapore v Negri Sembilan, padang. Friendlirs: Naval Base t RNZAF, Naval Base; Nee Soon v RNAS Sembawang, Nee Soon; South Johore v S-C.C. Johore Bahru: District Signals v Police, Princess Mary Barracks; RAF Tengah v S.E.R., TengahHOCKEY: S-H.A. Junior knockout: R.A.F. Seletar v
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    Pearl Snap should make amends
    325 14 PEARL SNAP was putting in solid work at. the finish when she came in fourth with 7.12 to Lord Frederick II over 7f on the first day. Over 9f this Pearl Orient mare should make amends (Race Eight) She is pretty useful 'over this distance.
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    India champ flies to Sydney
    189 14 India champ flies to Sydney THE 1956 All-India women'.s singles badminton champion, Miss Tara Dandige (pronounced dan-di-gay). will leave Singapore by Air India today to spend a short holiday in Sydney. Miss Dandige told the Straits Times she hoDes to meet Malayan students in Sydney who can arrange for her
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    Selangor team lose two men
    109 14 Selangor team lose two men KUALA LUMPUB d wither Piotrowi quarter H for the I! Rugby 11:, gapore Con vices her, Plotrowlsk muscle agai yesterday. man Zinn. will come playtd ifa year. Hartland-Sv fd while pla Singapore This has ing in the ba< Skipper (an < from fullback Swan's placi
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    Compton 61 n.o
    34 14 PIETERMAHII Fri. A hailstorm rain shortly br:> play for tho da} day of M.C.C.'s Natal here when the U made 137 for thr< c Compton was 61 Colin Cowdrey rw ter.
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    Blacks party
    24 14 The Blacks en Sembilan Am;u. will meet Singapore All Blues Cup eon padang todaj, to dance at thf Clum Club last night.
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