The Straits Times, 6 February 1957

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    14 1 The Straits Times. No**"* 1 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1957 Cstd. 1845
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    TEACHERS: WE ACCUSE
    134 1 2,000 WILL MEET THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS A STRIKE Union secretary says: We have been patient, now we want action •Sparks rill fly' warning to Govt. .BOUT 2,000 tea•A rhf^in Singapore p on strikeover me Government's dciii a d m i 1 t i n g Normal
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    Lock icon Language riot: Man killed
    127 1 COLOMBO. Tues.— A gunman opened fire on crowds in the British naval base town of Trincomalee yesterday, killing one Ceylonese and injuring seven others. The shooting came as language riots llared between Tamil and Sinhalese-speak-ing factions. Rival gangs roamed the streets dynamiting shops and offices. Tamils,
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    Lock icon 'Partial reshuffle' of Cabinet pledge by Ali
    297 1 BUT IT MAY NOT WARD OFF CRISIS JAKARTA, rues.— The J Prime Minister, Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, assured Parliament today that a partial reshuffle of his coalition Cabinet would be decided on soon by the six parties in it. In attempting to satisiy the
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    Lock icon $5,200 NO-AND ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG
    94 1 ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Antony PfeifTer, of Sydney. Australia, would not sell his collie dog Brendon for all the money in the world. In fact he has just refused a firm offer of CBOO M $5,200) from Britain's Mac Donald Daly who judged Brendon
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    Zhukov says it: A-war next
    35 1 OOTACAMUND, Tues. i Visiting Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Soviet Defence Minister, told Indian trainees here last night there is every possibility atomic weapons will be used if another war breaks out.
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    Lock icon Defence talks on S-E Asia
    59 1 CANBERRA. Tues. Britain, Australia and New Zealand are expected to discuss the co-ordination of their defence policy in South East Asia immediately after the meeting of the SEATO council here in March. British is expected to reduce her forces in the area and Australia and
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    Strike over
    21 1 ALGIERS. Tues. The eight-day strike called by Muslim nationalists to mark the United Nations debate on Algeria ended today.
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    SARAWAK TO GET INCOME TAX SOON?
    338 1 SARAWAK TO GET INCOME TAX SOON? jyjAJOR changes in taxation in Sarawak, including the introduction of personal income tax on people earning over $600 a month, are recommended by Professor T. H. Silcock in a survey of Sarawak's financial system now being studied by the Sarawak Government. The changes would
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    COLONY NEWSMAN DIES
    159 1 COLONY NEWSMAN DIES MR Ang Bam Hock, assistant sports editor ol the Straits Times, collapsed while playing tennis at the Singapore V.M.C.A yesterday and died in an amtriiince taking him to hospital. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Earn Hock, who was 41. was the only son
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    Singapore—the textbook story
    161 1 Singapore the textbook story irnVENTY thousand pupils I in Singapore's Chines' middle schools are beins tpught why the British Government "will not give up Singapore easily." New "Malayanised" geography textbooks tell them: "Britain greatly values Singapore's strategic position." "It is the centre of Britain's "three S." economic policy— the opening
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    Lock icon 'POWER POLITICS IS NOT THE ANSWER'
    153 1 COLOMBO, Tuesday. THE Ceylon and Communist Chinese Prime Ministers, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike and Mr. Chou En-lai, in a joint statement today declared that "the continuance of power politics or the substitution of one power for some other" in the Middle East would not help
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    Lock icon Bomb cache
    30 1 NICOSIA, Tues. A huge explosion shook parts of Nicosia today when a demolition team blew up a terrorist underground hoard of dynaI mite, T.N.T. and bombs 1 Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Oil cash' talks
    29 1 DAMASCUB. Tues. The Syrian Government and thf Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co. today resumed talks on Syrtan demands for Increased royalties from oil piped through its territory.— UP.
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    PUPILS TOLD: GAMES ARE A MUST
    115 1 KAJANG, Tues. Sport has been made compulsory in the Kajang High School. Each student must take part in at least two kinds of games. The games have been divided into two groups soccer, rugby and hockey in Group A and cricket, badminton and table
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    Bogart's million dollar will
    61 1 Bogart 's million dollar will HOLLY WOOD, Tues. Humphrey Bogart, the film actor, left an estate valued "in excess of one million dollars." according to his will filed for probate yesterday. Bogart, 56, who died of cancer three weeks ago, left half his estate in trust for his wife, film
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    Lock icon American seeks asylum
    75 1 BONN, Tues. Mr. Stuart Whitehill Kellogg, a 28-year-old American student who joined in Hungary's October revolution, said here today that he had formally applied for political asylum in West Germany. When he returned from Hungary to West Germany the American Embassy gave him a passport valid only
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    Lock icon Kadar fears a new revolt
    143 1 Kadar fears a new revolt BUDAPEST, Tues. Premier Janos Kadar has acknowledged signs that a new Hungarian revolt may break out soon. "There are rumours that a new armed uprising Is planned for March," he said In a speech at Salgotarjan, near the Czechoslovak border. "But we warn that anybody
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 SOVIKT MVBMCI COT ■MCOff, Tui-s.—siinht cut in Soviet drfciu expenditure atiiioiiiicnl today >•>' Finance .Minister. Arseni /.vercv, when h«- pn-«»«Mit«-d l!».*i7 liud-r t to Supreme Soviet. Defenre expenditure will amount t«t tifJM million or Ifc per rent of total budKet. compared with last years 18 per cent. —Keuler.
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    Lock icon U.S. ROCKETS TO POINT AT CHINA
    218 2 Sites on Formosa face build-up of Red bases and arms dumps HONG KONG, Tuesday. THE United States is planning to build Matador rocket launchers on Formosa in the near future, capable of landing atomic warheads in China, according to authoritative United States military reports.
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    Lock icon PILOTS SAY STRIKE WILL START ON SCHEDULE'
    100 2 PILOTS SAY STRIKE WILL START ON SCHEDULE' CHICAGO. Tues. The Air Line Pilots Association has rejected an offer of Federal mediation and said here last night that there was no chance in its plans for a strike on Friday against PanAmerican World Airways. Mr. C. N. Say«n. president of the
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    Lock icon RENT BILL ROW
    133 2 5,000,000 families will have to pay double, M.P.s protest ONDON. Tues.—Lab- our members asserted in the House oi Commons last night that 5,000,000 British families would soon have to pay double the rent of their houses because of a Government Bill now going through Parliament. They protested
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    Lock icon Spy kicked out
    25 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The State Department announced today that it had expelled Vasili M. Molev, a Soviet embassy employee, for "espionage activities." U.P.
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    52 2 Common market progress BRUSSELS, Tues. The Foreign Ministers of six West European nations meeting here yesterday made substantial progress towards the completion of draft treaties on their proposed common market and atomic pool, which will be signed on Mar. 10. The nations are France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and,
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    FACTS about the. MATADOR
    113 2 FACTS about the. MATADOR THE Martin Matador, a new groundto ground guided missile, has lost made Its first public appearance. It Is pictured at left on its mobile launcher, with the towing vehicle. The wings can be folded back against the side of the missile's body during transportation. The two
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    19 2 NEW DELHI, Tues.—lndia produced 23.750 tons of natural rubber in 1956. an official announcement said today.— A.P.
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    Lock icon DULLES SAYS ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW
    187 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T*HE Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said today the United States would not take unilateral action to force Israel to withdraw from the Gaza strip and the Akaba Straits area. But he told a Press conference that if the United Nations
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    Lock icon 'Soviet spy ring uncovered' three charged
    156 2 'Soviet spy ring uncovered' three charged NEW YORK, Tuesday. THREE Americans were formally charged yesterday with spying for Russia. Ten high-ranking Russian agents, none now in the United States, were named as accomplices. Jack Soble, 53, his wife Myra, 52, and Jacob Albam, 64, were accused of sending information on
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    Lock icon Mystery patient named
    42 2 NEW YORK, Tues—Moscow's mystery patient for whom a German blood specialist was flown over from Bonn during the weekend, was today named as Mr. Vyacheslav Malyshev. the Soviet Minister of Machine Building and a former Deputy Prime Minister. A.P.
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    'Knock-out' drug can save gassed soldiers
    250 2 'Knock-out' drug can save gassed soldiers E A NEEDLE IN EVERY KITBAG? I ONDOM, rues.— Plans to let combat soldiers inject themselves with a dangerous dose of the drug belladonna are betng worked out by Britain's War Office. Army scientists have decided that this is the only way troops can
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    Lock icon New GOC London
    22 2 LONDON, Tues. Austra-lian-born Major General James Moore has been appointed General Officer Commanding the British Army's London district. Reuter.
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    (TINNED INSECT FOR MUSEUM.
    69 2 LONDON. Tuts A tin of Australian peaches was emptied into a dish by Mr. Harold Stringer, of Canterbury. In the middle lay a bright jfreen and brown insect one and a half inches long, with a thin body and long legs. Canterbury's public health department identified
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    COCOS CONFUSION WILL BE ENDED
    120 2 Two islands with same name THE Cocos Keeling Islands are to have a new postmark. The reason: Confusion The island group, which was under Singapore's administration until 1955, when It was transferred to Australia, now has a postmark Inscribed "Cocos Islands." The Australian PostmasterGeneral. Mr.
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    Blast kills 40
    23 2 BISHOP (Virginia), Tues. —An explosion deep In one of America's largest coal mines here yesterday killed 40 miners.— U. P.
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    ST. JOAN TAKES A BREAK FOR TEA
    61 2 ST. JOAN TAKES A BREAK FOR TEA THE traditional British tea-break seems to have been adopted by Jean Seberg, the young American girl who is playing the title role in Otto Preminger's screen version of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan." She is seen enjoying a cup on the set between
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    Black cap
    152 2 Irs ip to THE JUDGES, *fc ARE TOLD LOXDO.N T-, JUDGES sh longer Pm J traditional black* when pronouncing sentence of death M.P. urged in theY? of Commons. Th e jud-cs should take t ho dropping the custom Mr. Chary, j ford West). He was told by Ifr
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    Lock icon 'TWILIGHT SLEEP' SHRUB
    55 2 MELBOURNE, Tues. A common shrub may soon make Australia a major source in the world supply of the drug hyocine the "twilight sleep" used in childbirth. The shrub, Duboisia been found to contain drug. The discovery was mad^ a the Commonwealth Snent", and Industrial Research Or ganisation
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    THE DUKE'S EQUERRY RESIGNS ON TRIP
    72 3 THE DUKE'S EQUERRY RESIGNS ON TRIP Parker as prir the >urgh, ed last tnpanlon i resent nnia on irom a in i. th were i tenants trovers. of his Summer ted that He'll waif for successor Ith the been \or his or. Mr. nlor partL news'h<> Sunand the said ad
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    Volcano ban
    15 3 ["he police i pproach to irajlma on after re- J eruptions this cuter.
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    Eire election
    17 3 -The Irish Republic is to have a geneon March 5, it J announced here last
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    Lock icon Cock kills man
    64 3 Cock kills man I NEW DELHI, Tues. A fighting cock killed a man in an east Indian village today. After a fight between two cocks, one took refuge at the feet of his master. The other cock, with knives at--1 tached to its feet, attacked both the dying cock and
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    Lock icon Polish loan
    25 3 VIENNA. Tues.— Poland has granted Hungary 40.000.000 roubles 'MS3O million i as a loan repayable by December 1962. Budapest Radio reported today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FORD STRIKE CALLED OFF
    52 3 DAGENHAM (England), Tues. A strike which has kept 21.000 Ford car workers idle for a week was called off here yesterday at a mass meeting of the strikers. The strike began at Briggs Motor Bodies (a Ford subsidiary) last Monday over the suspension of five shop
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    Lock icon Britain plans to expose Red aid to Yemen
    349 3 Britain plans to expose Red aid to Yemen SOVIET ARMS BEING USED IN ATTACK ON ADEN' orttatv LONDON, Tuesday. IJKITAIN is considering the publication of evidence showing that Yemini troops attacking British forces in the Aden Protectorate are using Soviet arms. The Yemini attacks are regarded here as part of
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    Lock icon Yemenis two and wound six in desert ambush
    101 3 Yemenis two and wound six in desert ambush ADEN, Tues. TWO- men of the Cameron Highlanders were killed and six wounded when a security patrol was ambushed near Dhala. In the western Aden protectorate, yesterday. Official sources reported that the patrol was ambushed in the Wadi Daskah, a dry creek
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    Report on Russia's plan for plenty
    179 3 SUPREME SOVIET SESSION OPENS MOSCOW, Tuesday. MIKHAIL PFRVUKHIN, Russia's top economic specialist, opened the Supreme Soviet session of both houses today with a report on the 1957 economic plan. All 11 members of the Soviet Communist Party Presidium were present when Mr. Pervukhin outlined
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    Lock icon SIR WINSTON TO SELL HIS FARM
    80 3 SIR WINSTON TO SELL HIS FARM LONDON, Tues. Sir Winston Churchill is to sell his two farms at Chartwell in Kent. An announcement yesterday said the 350 acres he bought about 10 years ago will be put up for auction in July unless they can be sold privately. Sir Winston's
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    Lock icon 45 MINUTES 'DEAD': NOW HE'S FEELING FINE
    117 3 LIFE FEELS FINE to Charles Sewell, a 35-year-old chemical worker, pictured in the Royal North Shore Hospital at Sydney, Australia. For he has made what doctors say is a permanent recovery after being "dead" for nearly threequarters of an hour. Mr. Sewell, a
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    LONDON STOCKS
    257 3 London, Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £54 7 s 'i Funding 4% £92>i War 3*% £74 5/16 —5/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £3 31/32 +1/32 Eastern (£5) £7 1/16 Chartered (£1) 38/9 Hongkong ($125) £90 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 88/I'a
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    RUBBER
    30 3 LONDON. Tues. Spot 25 T ,d. Mar. 25\d., Apr.-June 25' B d., July-Sept. 25'itd., Oct. -Dec. 25V, d. Feb. elf. 25% d.. Mar. «Xf, 2^ ,d Tone: Very steady.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON, Tues —Cash buyers £787; sellers £788. Ftorward. buyers £766. sellers £786 Settlement £792 a. Turnover a.m. 35 lons p.m. 50 ton*.
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    Lock icon 2 KILLED AS GALES LASH BRITAIN
    270 3 2 KILLED AS GALES LASH BRITAIN f ONDON, Tues.— The worst gales of the winter, with gusts reaching 110 m.p.h., carved a trail of damage across Ireland and Scotland during the night, killing at least two people and injuring 60. Six ships were crippled In mountainous seas around the British
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    They all quit
    35 3 SULMONA (Central Italy): The mayor and all the councillors or this small mountain town have resigned in protest after weekend rioting against a Government decision to dose the local military headquarters.— Heater.
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      321 3 lb#^ My father, though kind. \S Jk f was a crooked black ram. J£* wim His wife was the same, L* i>^ I but a lovable dam. Wm My sister, a ewe VI I Of identical hue. s&a Took her cue From those two: w^l <PV I grew a conscience
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    Planned: Big alliance of trade unions in Colony
    231 4 KOH TO HEAD NEW WORKERS' PARTY A WELL-KNOWN lawyer and politician, Mr. C. H. Koh, is to head a proposed alliance of workers' organisations in Singapore to be called the "Confederation of Trade Unions." The proposed confederation is expected to be inaugurated
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    CUSTOMS OFFICER HAD $16 JAILED
    119 4 CUSTOMS OFFICER HAD $16 JAILED JOHORE BAHRL, Tues.— Abdullah bin Taib. a ustoms revenue officer was jailed for .six months here today for breaking a departmental rule. Revenue officers are lorImlrien to have more than SI.M when on duty. But on Nov. 22 he was found with Slti. A Customs
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    Home Guard on curfew charge
    55 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tups. Yap Ping Choy, a Home Guard, charged in the magistrate's court here today with breaking the curfew, pleaded not guilty, saying that he only moved a few paces from his house on hearing a dog bark. He was allowed bail of $100
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    Opium found on ship
    43 4 About $42,000 worth of opium was seized by a Singapore Customs party on board the Gordian yesterday on arrival from Bangkok. The opium, weighing about 140 pounds, was found hidden in a tank under the funnel of the ship.
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    Woman killed in road smash
    145 4 MRS. SI GHARA BAI, wife of a Seremban textile merchant who was on a visit to Singapore, was killed in a road accident on Bukit Timah Road yesterday She was one of six people travelling in a car when it wa s involved in a
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    REDS BLAMED FOR TAX FAULT
    199 4 V'-ONG SHOU LIN, a 1 leader of the Hakka community in Singapore had never visited a Johore rubber estate in which he held a 200-acre share, a Colony court was told yesterday. "This Is because the estate is situated in Kulai— a very bad area."
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    Johore Bahru revenue
    35 4 Johore Bahru revenue JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The revenue collected by the Johore Bahru Town Council in 1956 was $668,208 against an estimated $524,180. The expenditure for the same period was $1,251,515 against an estimated $1,128,300.
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    Blackouts threat: Is gas the answer?
    197 4 IT CAN EASE ELECTRICITY STRAIN GAS may save Singapore from blackouts which are expected in two to four years as a result of an expected electricity shortage during peak hours. A City Council joint subcommittee, appointed to consider whether the council should provide a
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    $50,000 waiting to be won!
    55 4 $50,000 waiting to be won! lIAVE you thought what you could do with $50,000? It's waiting to be won in the Jackpot of The Malayan Monthly Word Puzzle Contest "E". There's also the usual $5,000 in consolation prizes. This great competition closes next Tuesday SIX days from today. Send your
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    Seamen fly to ship
    65 4 The Chip Hwa Shipping and Trading Co., Singapore, has chartered an aircraft from British Overseas Airways Corporation to carry i crew of 37 local seamen fum Singapore to Sweden. The seamen are being sent to take over the 4,730-ton freighter, Petersborg, which will bring the Chip
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    1,200 TO GET NEW HOMES IN OCTOBER
    151 4 UOMES for i 2 nn n P le a part?. Singapore n- )rn f Trusts bi u t grammo t; in *Pi; which thi ment last month i to lend $44,737 00 be completed i n <vf other part i I programme <
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    Trisha-rider found dead
    63 4 A trisha-nrirr who m B police bail waa found under Mrrrirk.i Bridee sin gapore, on Dec. 6. Mr GiaChonc Hinc. a Coionv eon ner. was told yesterday Constable Abdullah bn Budin snid that Tan Skr Chuan, 40. was released a bail on Der. 2, ivmling trti on
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    CONSUL TO AMBASSADOR?
    62 4 Japan's first ambassador to Malaya, after independence has been achieved, is likely to be Mr. Ken Ninomiya, at present Consul General in Singapore. Pan Asia, a Tokyo newsagency, has reported that the Japanese Forei-in Mlnls'r. has tentatively chosen Mr Nlnomiya to fill the post. Formerly a prominen:
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    Govt. men back case for foreign degrees
    66 5 Govt. men back case for foreign degrees SSI hould xam■roiKn Mr K M. j i lay that nf re- unvnirce till any Malang left Mr Lim studyto him Ameril b for itii n of No objection this, Mr. :a] offitbe Mal»imi j sion bjection to 0 ;!Hcient ime Indian ROOd
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    Youth's I was misled' claim to court
    114 5 OSG rONO, 19, who; llty earlier ping t 0 run s youngest uddenly and claim- > when his ttMlce. DO know- irrdure and by detectold him, could only story if he I to have i visited shops, prostitutes and hawkers demanding Chinese New
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    INJURED THUG HIDING OUT
    289 5 Constable Sires when driver ignores 'halt' order: Then 130 ajn. chase Singapore police alerted after six men in car force their way through road block pOLICE have been alerted to look out for a wounded gangster hiding somewhere in Mngapore. or a^nC^^eVa^VnlKVoS nignt. Evidence that the
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    Hostess with a wiggle
    58 5 MISS PHYLLIS "Swish" Hornby. 19, Bombay exmodel who passed through Singapore yesterday. Now an air hostess with the Air India, she gave up modelling because she was "tired of walking round showing off dresses.' 1 How did she get the nickname? Said Miss Hornby: 'When I
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    Takes over
    33 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr. K. Panicker of Seremban has succeeded Inche Ibrahim bin Varshay, Assistant Controller of Posts, Johore Bahru, who has been transferred to the Postmaster General's office, Kuala Lumpur.
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    SHE BEAT 49 OTHERS TO BECOME MISS BANKING 1957
    63 5 SHE BEAT 49 OTHERS TO BECOME MISS BANKING 1957 FIFTY contestants vied for the "Miss Banking 1957" title at the anniversary ball of the Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union's Banking Section at the E. and O. Hotel. The winner. Miss Susan Cheah a nurse, is seen here being crowned
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    $100,000 THEFT
    184 5 Police: We want shop robbery case to go to High Court 'PHE police are seeking a preliminary inquiry into two related cases in which a fortune is involved, a Singapore magistrate was told yesterday. Asked why he did not fix a date for hearing in the lower court.
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    Leadership
    39 5 The Singapore Girl Guide Association will hold training classes for those who are interested in the leadership of Guide companies and Brownie packs. The course begins on Thursday at the Guide Hut at Buyong Road and is free.
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    Praise for shot P.C. who fought three men
    195 5 A POLICEMAN. Sgt. Abdul bin Awang, who was shot at and wounded in an encounter with three men, was praised by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for his courage in standing up to an armed robber. Sgt. Abdul
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    BANK PAY TALKS RESUMED
    30 5 Wage talks between the Oversea Chinese Bank in Singapore, and representatives of its employees' union were resumed yesterday. The meeting was adjourned for further negotiations today.
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    'There was a young man...' can win island
    154 5 'There was a young man...' can win island A BEAUTIFUL tropical island In A Fiji is being offered as first prize in a world contest. The island is Ava Ava, formerly Yawalu, a crescent-shaped strip of 35 acres four miles by sea from Lantoka, the South Seas' most important sugar
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    Five-day prisoner died while cutting grass
    66 5 A PRISONER collapsed and diea while doing "very light" work— cutting grass -in the backyard of the house of the Commissioner of Prisons, a Singapore coroner was told yesterday. Moh Oi Ping. 27, a factory worker, nad been in prison for only five days
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    CRACKERBAN IS WELL OBSERVED
    67 5 CRACKERBAN IS WELL OBSERVED The ban in firing; crackers was well observed In Singapore yesterday. No offenders were spotted by special police squads, which have been patrolling the island since four people were injured by cracker firing during the Chinese New Tear celebrations. The ban will be lifted tomorrow from
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    Didn't send tax returns: $20
    53 5 Proprietress of a Tiong Bahru beauty parlour. Jenny Lim, took a year to submit her 1956 income tax returns, Mr. J.E. Jeans, prosecuting, told a Singapore court yesterday. Lim who admitted the offence pleaded that she had since given up the business. She was fined
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      323 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert. 1 pjn. Talk on "Life at the WeiEsplanade Gardens. 6 pjn. to 7 pons Research Establishment at P m. Woomera" by Win* Cmdr. K. V. SINGAPORE EDUCATION SO- Robertson. CIETY: Public address bv Mr. v. federation of boys 1 Amblavagar, Deputy Secretary. CLUBS: Activity instructors' trainMinistry
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    131 6 2» Wordi $10 (minimum). MR. WONG KEE ON'N Wishes to Thank all those v.no attended the funeral of his n\lt, Loke Sow Hlng. sent messages of condolence and wreaths and rendered assistance. THE DAUGHTERS of the late Mr. D. S. Suppiah thank all friends and relatives who attended, rendered
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    DEATH
    37 6 20 Wordt $19 (minimum). ANG EAM HOCK of SF. Third Avenue, Buklt Tlmah. Singapore died .suddenly yesterday leaving a widow and two sons. Denis and Richard Funeral at Bldadarl Cemetery al 5 p.m. today, Feb. 6.
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Feb. 6 1957. Teaching The Teachers
    611 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Feb. 6 1957. Teaching The Teachers A Singapore Government circular warns teachers and other staff of Government ana aided schools that they must not profit in any way from i the sale of books, stationery and tuckshop food to schoolchildren. Without the permission of the
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    Malacca's Dream
    403 6 Malacca does not get much encouragement for its harbour dreams. Once again the Far East Freight Conference has refused to consider restoration of the port to its pre-war status. Until the war Malacca remained a traditional port of call, although for an ever smaller number of ocean liners.
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    Cracker Menace
    206 6 Even those who are inclined to treat with forbearance the sustained explosion of crackers over Chinese New Year will agree that the fun is not always harmless. Once again there has been damage to property in Singapore and a number of serious injuries. For thousands of others this
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    This monopoly in degrees! should be abolished
    890 6 IT IS gratifying to note that the Federation Government has awarded recognition to Indian university degrees. This is a welcome departure, from the old policy which stubbornly held to the view that knowledge not acquired in a British university or the University of
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    Cat's eyes far road danger spot
    192 6 Cat 's eyes far road danger spot MAY I draw the attention of the authorities to the considerable number of traffic accidents which occur tn Holland Road in the Cornwall Oar-dcns-Belmont Road vicinity. Two accidents' one fatal occurred recently. The accidents usually occur at night. I feel that the danger
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    Britain faces a new challenge to her future
    1044 6 Britain faces a new challenge to her future THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLE FOR PORT SAID IT HAS CHANGED THE OUTLOOK OF THE PEOPLE IN BRITAIN IT CAN STILL a 1 COME ONE OF Ofa] SIVE VICTORIES f Q k DECENCY TN my schooldays, a frequent prize but one
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    Fined Colonel goes to jail now for road death
    335 7 Fined Colonel goes to jail now for road death SENTENCE WAS 'WHOLLY \s ADEQUATE' DECISION IS THE HIGH COURT sTiCE KNIGHT 111 thf Singapore High yesterday sentenced Lt.-Col. J. H. H. months' imprisonment in place M which had been imposed on him H, District Judge on a charge of death
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    Jaganathan will tell all today
    45 7 Jaganathan will tell all today i 1 tell the 1 1 comirty. s meeting at presld\urshall. ted Mr. Ja K 'tcnd-, in t»ld me i cannot until I th< mat- nt J it hi dlshis party rtain policy ntendPd party, Mr. iid- "At the n.an.v
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    Governor must accept rulings POWERS FOR THE P.S.C.
    155 7 Governor must accept rulings POWERS FOR THE P.S.C. T<HE newly-constituted 1 Public Services Commission of Singapore has now got executive powers. An amendment to the Royal Instructions to the Governor. Sir Robert Black, was published in the Government Gazette last night. It says the Governor "shall act in accordance with
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    Seamen hold strike talk
    44 7 The Singapore Seamen's Council of Action is holding an emergency meeting tonight to discuss the threatened strike by members of the Malayasian Mariners' Union. The dispute is over the dismissal of the union's vicepresident, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Mohamed Salieh.
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    More troops in Singapore
    23 7 1,000 troops and 80 rrived in re from Britain 19,121-tOO Hong Konp ire another 25 ir.d about 230 troops.
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    Drugs law
    12 7 of SingaI bert Black, has Dangerous try Provi- r an-
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    Few midwives register
    56 7 Dr. H. R. Morrison. Singapore's City Health Officer, said yesterday that in spite of several warnings only 169 midwives had registered for practice in the city area this year as compared with 424 in 1956. Under the Midwives Ordinance, those who failed to register last week are
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    New officials
    54 7 CHICAGO, Tues. The following have been elected by the Malayan Students' Association in the United States which Ls entering its eighth year: President. Dr. Chow Chgn Tan; vice-presi-dent, Mr. Wong Wu Tsuan; secretary; Miss Quek Ai Lan; business manager and treasurer, Miss Mary Yeh; and public relations officer,
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    He retires after 36 years with Telecoms
    100 7 He retires after 36 years with Telecoms MR. LEONG KIM TONG, chief superintendent at the Telecommunications Department, Singapore, who received a valedictory letter signed by the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, yesterday. Mr. Leong, 55, obtained the award on his retirement after 36 years' service with the department.
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    Support for Lim
    40 7 CHICAGO, Tues— Malayan students in the United Spates have sent a letter to the Chief Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, expressing their confidence in and support for his coming constitutional talks with the British Government.
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    SCHOLARSHIP FOR SIKHS
    176 7 Two win award for first time rrWO Queen's scholarships have been won this year 1 by Sikhs for the first time in Malaya. They are Mr. Chatar Singh Data, 27, and Mr. Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, 24, graduate assistants at the University of Malaya. Both, studied on Federal
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    'A strike is the very last weapon'
    120 7 'A strike is the very last weapon' KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A STRIKE is not always the right weapon to use in trade disputes, writes the general secretary of the All-Malayan Mining Industry Staff Union Mr. C. A. Mathews. in the union's quartely newsletter. He adds that because of strikes many
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    THE CRAZY MONKEYS UPSET FOES IN WAR OF THE GARDENS
    215 7 THE CRAZY MONKEYS UPSET FOES IN WAR OF THE GARDENS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The monkeys in the Lake Gardens here are said to be crazy but they have been too clever for four aborigine trappers sent to catch them. Too clever so far, that is. Two weeks aco the Selangor
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    Rain ended their short 'freedom'
    250 7 'NO VISA' YOUTHS HAD $1,700 TWO well-dressed English-speaking Chinese youths, x who had $1,700 between them, paid ten cents each for an open air cinema show at Tanjong Pagar, Singapore on Monday night. But half-way through the film. It rained and that ended their month's
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    Ex-Colony Bishop dies in England
    146 7 Ex -Colony Bishop dies in England LONDON, Tuts. A FORMER Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Basil Colebury Roberts, 69, died at Chislehurst, Kent, last Sanday. He was Bishop of Singapore from 1927 to 940 after several years In Kuala Lumpur. Son of the Rector of Gosbeck, Suffolk, the Rev.
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    Tricycles and congestion
    52 7 The Singapore Tricycle Owners' Association has appealed to the Minister for Communications and works, Mr Trancls Thomas, to recommend the Highway Coordination Committee pf the City Council that no fresh licences be Issued for trlqycles. The association claims that such a measure will prevent heavy traffic congestion
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    Legal aid for students
    79 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The United Chinese School Teachers' Association has asked its legal adviser Miss p O Llm, to handle the appeals for the 68 students sacked from the Chung Ling High School in Penang. The students were dismiss- ed for allegedly taking part in last
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    BOGUS BOSS FOOLED FOUR
    184 7 Jobhunters paid $47 'medical fees' EVDUR Jobless men who had registered at a Singapore employment agency were told in December that an import-export merchant had jobs for them. They went separately to the agency. The first time the "merchant" was not there. The second time each
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    'Good luck' cracker fine
    75 7 Three men let off firecrackers to bring good luck when they re-opened tneir business after the New Year. Yesterday they were each fined $10 in a Singapore Court. Thong Thian, 28. Koh Chor Teong. 21. and See Seng Kee. 22. were said to have fired the
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    BAN ON PRIVATE TUITION ANGERS TEACHERS' UNION
    213 7 BAN ON PRIVATE TUITION ANGERS TEACHERS' UNION 'It's an unrealistic approach T*HE Singapore Teachers' Union yesterday accused 1 the Education Ministry of adopting an "unrealistic approach" in trying to prevent teachers from giving private tuition. The Ministry recently sent a warning circular to teachers in all Government and fully aided
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    Reward out for 'hit run' driver
    80 7 Reward out for 'hit run' driver SINGAPORE police yesterday offered a reward for information about the driver of a hit-and-run car, which killed a Tamil labourer at the junction of Sele. trie Road and Mac Ken zie Road on Chinese New Year Day. Police are al So anxious to contact
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    Calling No. 1501
    63 7 An eight millimetre movie camera, won by ticket number 1501 at the More About Eve show in December, ls still waiting to be collected from Raffles Hotel. Singapore. The organiser Mrs. Christina Loke, said yesterday that if the winner did not collect it in two weeks it
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    Tea party for examiner
    59 7 A tea party will be held on Sunday at Ridley Park for Miss Nellie Potts, an examiner from the Royal Academy of Dancing, London, who arrived in Singapore on Monday after an extensive tour of New Zealand and Australia. Miss Potts will hold examinations for Singapore
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    KIDNAP GANG: AN ARREST
    74 7 IPOH. Tues. Ipoh police have arrested a Chinese tn connection with the kidnapping of a Kuala Lumpur millionaire. Mr. Low Nam Pul, 40, on New Year's Eve. The man was arrested at I a road clock in Menglembu on Chinese New Year's Day. He has been
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    SATA lottery tickets
    43 7 Only a few days are left for members of the X-Ray Club to buy lottery tickets from the club office at the SATA Clinic, 60, Shenton Way. The club is open to all for a yearly subscription of 50 cents.
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      52 7 Barone Ricasoli ARBIA i f (WHITE) n Vr^ Barone Ricasoli I p BROLIO \Jii <RED) THE EASTERN AGENCIES (1946) LTD. ■'n Comfort t \dj and Speed \g^\ S n «aporc every Tuesday jlZm i ff7vta!rl*V llJ in Super *fi± IpEfiKj Ct >n»»cllati on luxury xfyj^2&!^ SL UMBER|TTIS l^&tA^l&fo!' fOR "RST
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    Taxpayers meet
    25 8 Inaugural meeting of the Income Tax Payers' Association of Singapore will be held at 5.30 p.m. today at St. Andrew's War Memorial Hall.
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    Women welcome as candidates if there are new polls
    271 8 POLITICAL parties in Singapore are already seeking candidates in the event of fresh Legislative Assembly elections in August. Women from whom came half the votes cast at the last election are making strong claims for nomination. The secretary of the Lib-
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    HELICOPTER IS FIRST VICTIM OF 'GHOST' PEAK IN 1957
    131 8 HELICOPTER IS FIRST VICTIM OF 'GHOST' PEAK IN 1957 TANA RATA, Tues.— Ounong Batu Puteh. 6.860 feet high "haunted" peak in the Cameron Highlands range, claimed its first victim of the year when an RAF helicopter crashed here this morning. The helicopter, with three people on board, two from the
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    TALKS ON 'SKYSCRAPER' CAR PARK
    98 8 TALKS ON 'SKYSCRAPER' CAR PARK rE Singapore Government is consulting two private concerns interested in land at the junction of Cross Street and Cecil Street on the construction of a multi-storey car park. A spokesman for the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing said yesterday that the Government's planning
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    CRASH DOCTOR GETS $3,900 DAMAGES
    183 8 T«E Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday awarded x d images of $3,900 to Dr. V. V. V. Menon, who had appealed against the decision of Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah dismissing his claim for damages for personal injuries suffered in a motor accident. Dr. Menon
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    Film at church
    24 8 Seventeen," a story about American youth, will be screened at the Elim Church, Serangoon Road, Singapore on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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    Judgment reserved in bribe case
    392 8 on Sept. 14— the time he was alleged to have received Koh, said counsel. According to Velge, whose statement was substantiated, he was then at Singapore Airport with his family and this suggested that Koh was lying when he said he gave Velge money in
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    Talks on Chinese problems
    53 8 MALACCA, Tues. The president of the Straits Chinese British Association, Penang, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, Is to meet the President of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, on Feb. 13 to discuss Chinese problems. Dato Sir Cheng-lock confirmed today that Mr. Heah will meet
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    College-varsity merger?
    48 8 Exploratory discussions on ti»e possibility of making the Mi^lim College In Klang a part of the University of Malaya have been held between the representatives of the two Institutions. So far no definite decision has been arrived at, a report to the Muslim College Council stated.
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    BRIGHTER BITING PROSPECT
    122 8 BRIGHTER BITING PROSPECT Going that bad teeth record DENTAL disease in Singapore which at present has the worst record in the world will soon be reduced to reasonable probations. This is the opinion of the chief dental officer, Mr. N. H. Gittlns, who will leave next week under the Malayanisatlon
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      489 8 RADIO MALAYA Programmes thus marked can be received by listeners In Malacca. Short wave 49 and 41m. Medium wave 476 m., 341 m. 366 m. and 279 m A.M. *8. 57— 12.00 For Schools; *9.00 Playbox; *9.25 Songs To Sing: *H.lo Behind The Scenes In Malaya; •11.35—12.00 Radio Playhouse; P.M.
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      76 8 Regional SINGAPORE Short wave 41m. Mediant wave 476 m. A.M. 7.15 Time Signal And Opening Announcement: 7.16 Morning Serenade; 7.30 News; 7.35 A Date With Music; 8.00 News Headlines: 8.02 8.30 A Date With Music; P.M. 5.00 Music Prom Broadway; 5.30 6.00 Tea Dance; 6.55 6.56 Regional Announcements. MALACCA Medium
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    Lock icon SEA BUSES SMUGGLED SPIES AND WRECKERS
    1449 9 Ill"' WTI»J»»i#Si» ••••••••••••••••••1 T?^.Jf T" IW Y\ t^ 111 Met 1* iH* S^* *J hi tin' »i jPi BE HE IS *mWI 11 Heroism and sacrifice of 1 the men from Shetland "a ike to G um Z .A 11. [hree motor boats waters
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      171 9 §1 lM IB ADOVBLB M^ DIAMOHO WMV^T^SIb Double Diamond is a strong, more thoroughH|\/ J*^osf\M ly re f reshin 8 pilscner eeT than an y other 1 f^mm^jj^j^^mjf{ I you've ever tasted. It's the most popular 1 'iFJ f l Hiil'Lm I Pilsener in Malaya. No other beer gives you
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      106 9 Jfo.Y 3iorgan if/.H. Nat much time pP^^S^^^^l [^sS^^^J^-ic^bushN rTMER? I—a!w1 a!w TwclweMiss^ etci X w*mfru. mjwa« J ThAi 5 Ri&HT TWO i/ 9. y~"W i ti /c J l\. itftfyvw t J Trt *^frc ie I .HH x^ Jlr**T^i^^^M D WP*L Bt AT THE AIRPORT 1] W WnTT^^.\ 1 A
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    RUBBER DOWN AGAIN ON FEARS RUPIAH WILL BE DEVALUED
    712 10 RUBBER DOWN AGAIN ON FEARS RUPIAH WILL BE DEVALUED I By Our Market Correspondent ITHERE was a further drop of two and threeI quarter cents in the price of rubber in Singapore yesterday making a loss of seven and a quarter cents on the past two days. February first grade
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 February first giade rubber buyrrs f.o.b. closed in Sincapore yesterday at 86' 4 cents per \b down 2\ cents on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was Irregular. Closing prices in cents per Ib. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 86'», sellers 86.. No. 1
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    RENONG TIN
    24 10 The Renoiiß Tin output during January was Rasa Mine 456 plculs and Jinjanit Mine (in association with Straits Tinfields Ltd.) 1,015 piculs.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    94 10 Singapore Chlni-w Produce Ex«h S j.: w n«»_pr«ce.perpicul y es»«ST^i. Bteady 28 buyers, •MHarilers Coconut oil: steady; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 >4 sellers Pepper: quiet; no business reblack $80 (all unchanged) Bu«»pore Copra Association 4 KU* etm Stndta mixed copra: J*". N ln 1 March (Nominal) $38.
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    77 10 Ship. lytar aionnide the Singapore Harbour Board wharvw or expected today are: Empire Powey I|2, Tvlfa 4j5. TJUnenteng 6A. Loksang 67, Benreoch 89. Benartev 11, Atreus 13|14, Glenejrn 15[16, Beauvals 18, Sadao N. Wall 8 Rajah Brooke 21,2 a. Bldor 2S, Larut 24, State of Madras 25|2«. Noreverett
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    83 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS rises slightly c although van on the Btoek fc day. Trading not heavy. i n taking lorreS down but nova, Oil search d r,, nlums and gold at ruing prica Loans 3 1 Loans 3V. Con. Zinc Bank of NSW Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    54 10 AssociaiTon m"de f nif N changes in iv rate 33 1/16 credit bills 33'/^ Selling T.T. or in, York 32 7/16. On the free e>chan se mum Hong Konj yesterday, dollar was quoted at" Riiii rash and 6.12 for I i Sterling WM quoted at !615.~ one Uel
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      629 10 NOTICES McALISTER k COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend of 10% leu 30% Malayan Income Tax In respect of the year ending 30th June, 1957. Such dividend will bt paid to Stockholders whose name* appear on the Register on 20th February 1957.
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      816 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited fa temporary appointment on contract as Assistant Protector ol Aborigines on the salary scale: $585xA28-977 per mensem. Qualifications Senior Cambridge examination, ability to speak fluent Malay and English and to writ* these languages; Jungle experience Age: not over 40 years. Preferenct will be given to
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      755 10 NOTICES I CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD FEDERATION OF MALAYA To All Consumer* In p»rt Diekaoo and SilUu Art* There will be a shut down of Electricity supply between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 ajn. on Friday, the Bth February 1957. due to necessary maintenance to I equipment being carried
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      447 10 officiaTS^ Per Ib. (down 2 Cf| TIN: HI LS ("P 50 cents, r COPRA: KNUTSEN LINE orient service PROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore r>. Swel Penan; fmtr Arm Bakke 18/20 Feb 21 Feb 23 Feb 7W> Elisabeth Bakke 9 Feb 12/14 Mar 15 Mar
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      1189 11 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. Trtt i 4 i» T 34«" r< orporoted in Singopore) (Jl i^^, THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE tad vio other ports to lood ond diKhorge coroo HVIcVoOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS jilllHCS te Singopore Oue boils P. Sham Ponong "CKJOI C 3S/34 Feb 7 Feb 8/11
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      986 11 EAST ASIATIC UNES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR SAST "liiwiii- Penang p. Sham Spore IS/17 Fob 18/19 Feb M/MM "PRETORIA" »n/M E E "^t? FILING, FOR GEnVa^WERP, RO^E^AM. HAmVu^ COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG. OSLO Spore P. S'hom Penong "KAMBODIA" 15/14 Feb 17/17 Feb "mai avi.. C-Ili *renie emit. G«noo MALAYA 18/20
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      1019 11 THEOREM UNE STEAMERS LTD TjJT 1 SINGAPORE (Incorporated In the United Kingdom) S UNIS SAILINGS TO UJC 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penang BENREOCH for London, Hull, Rotterdam 6. l-9/t Fob Unosn Direct BENLAWERS for Avonmouth, London, Hamburg hi Pert/ 7 Fob BENMHOR for Liverpool, Hamburg 38/3S Fob 14/37
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      A TREASURE IN THE JUNGLE?
      929 12 A TREASURE IN THE JUNGLE? The Scouts drift to an island where they find a man named Shore. He saj/3 he came here to find treasure but his boat was smashed by a falling tree. Another mar. called Young to whom he spoke of the treasure has also come to
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      Sudan air mail stamps Animal issue
      242 12 Sudan air mail stamps Animal issue Amid the fun and pleasure of collecting new issues I would advise you to remember some of the old favourites which no doubt will become increasingly valuable with the course of time. At the moment 1 am thinfring of the Sudanese stamps. i.o doubt
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      Oh! Johnny where is your Grammar?
      275 12 "tTISITOR: "Johnny, where V are your father and mother?" Johnny: "They is out, they Is not here." VISITOR: "Johnny. Johnny, where Is your grammar?" Johnny: "She is upstairs." Teacher: "Sunny, if your father gave you fifty cents and your brother a dollar, what would
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      SEND YOUR ENTRY NOW
      509 12 Dear Boys and Girls, Here are the winners of the "pictures from maps" contest. Chew Kirn Lock. The Harcroft Estate, Ayer Tawar, Perak. Seah Lim Song, 48, Princ« Philip Avenue, Singapore 3. Nr Wai Chee. 11-C. Leith Street. Penang. Alice Lee. 19-B, Lorong Bachok. Geylang, Singapore.
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    179 13 LONDON. Tues. rpHE 1957 lawn tennis season In A Europe is already getting Into Its stride, though tournament play in these early weeks is confined to covered courts. But with the approach of spring, venues will soon switch out of doors, and before
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    101 14 OOLICE, Joint holders of the Singapore Government Services Junior soccer league title, were held to a 1-1 draw by M.A.A.F. at Farrer Park yesterday. A goal scored midway through the first half by Fook Seng gave M.A.A.F. a l-o lead at halftime. But soon after the
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    41 14 St. Andrews School defeated St. Joseph's Institution 4-0 In the first Inter-school soccer match at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Slow Watt Choon (2) and Loh Boon Eng (2, scored. St. Andrew's led 2-0 at half-time.
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