The Straits Times, 7 March 1957

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times fie**"** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957 15 CENTS
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  • 1571 1 COUNCIL APPRQVES...BUT ADDS WORDS OF CAUTION Chief Minister admits: We won't be able to do it all at once Lack of men and money is snag r LUMPUR, Wed. l*'_Thc Federation Government today Krtived approval in Legislative CounI ),,r going ahead f jth it^ five-year |.;> million
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  • 637 1 Chances good I and man who says it i is Black Talks may be over sooner than I expected T<HE Governor of SinA gapore. Sir Robert Black, who left for Britain yesterday morning to attend the merdeka talks, said at the airport that the
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  • 86 1 BERMUDA TALKS ALL SET TO GO LONDON, Wed. Arrangemerits for the Bermuda meeting tills month bet. ween the Prim c Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, and President Eisenhower have been completed. Mr. Macmillan will fly from London on March 19 with Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary. They are m Bermuda
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  • 74 1 SIX 'SPIES' HELD IN SI AM— REPORT BANGKOK, Wednesday. THE Siamese newspaper, Suphaburut, said that six A people "mostly alien" were arrested early today as alleged "underground Communist agents But official confirmation could not be obtained. There has been a state of emergency in Bangkok since March 2, following a
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  • 26 1 TOKYO Wed. The 8,814--ton floating fair. Nissho Maru arrived at Kobe today from a three-month cruise to nine major ports in SouthEast Asia.— Reuter.
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  • 88 1 Mystery car youth collapses A YOUTH drove up to the admission room of the Singapore General Hospital at 3.45 a.m. yesterday and collapsed. Hospital employees rushed out carried the man inside and examined him. The youth. Lim Kirn Diaw, was found to be suffering from caustic soda poisoning. The car
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  • 53 1 New engine— and now she's off SAN FRANCISCO. Wed A Bristol Britannia left for London today after the installation of a new engine. The airliner underwent repairs at the airport here after it was forced back last week on a test flight from Vancouver to Hawaii. One of its four
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  • 34 1 HONG KONG. Wed. Peking Radio tonight accused South Vietnamese troops of 'illegally occupying" several islands In the Paracel Archipelago in the South China Sea and firing on Communist Chinese fishing junks. Reuter.
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  • 30 1 TOKYO. Wed General Chiang Kai-shek's secretary Chang Chun is now visiting Peking negotiating peace between the Nationalists and Communists, a Japanese correspondent reported today from Hong Kong.— A.P.
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  • 225 1 This is my testament— by Spencer KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government's economic adviser, Mr. Oscar Spencer, today enunciated in the Federal Council his creed about the "great future" of the Federation. He said: 'I believe... "THAT the next 10 to 15 years Is going to see very great development
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  • 35 1 JACKPOT MONTH? ...Yes. this could be YOUR Jackpot Month! But you have only FOUR days left to enter for this great $60,000 Malayan Monthly Word Puzzle Contest. Entries close on Monday SEND YOUR COUPON TODAY!
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  • 253 1 STORMY CRISIS IN PALACE TALKS JAKARTA, Wednesday. HARASSED Dr. Soekarno today saw yet another of his aces melt away in his hand as Gen. Abdul Nasution, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, angrily stalked out of the Presidential palace after a stormy
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  • 76 1 TOKYO, Wed. Bishop Michael Hinsuke Yashiro. head of the Japanese Episcopal Church, confirmed today he had been approached by the Japanese Government to lead a delegation of religious leaders to Britain to ppeal for the suspension of the nuclear weapon tests at Christmas island. Bishop Yashiro
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  • 49 1 M.Ps go -to Kashmir KARACHI, Wed. Two British M.P.S, here to study the Kashmir dispute, left today for the Pakistan side of the ceasefire line in Kashmir. They are Mr. F.M. Bennet, Conservative, chairman of the Anglo-Pakistan group of the House of Commons, and Mr F. Tomney, Labour. Reuter.
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  • 45 1 The recruiting centre for the first Singapore regiment at Bras Basah Road, will be closed temporarily to new applicants so that the large number of application* already received may be dealt with first. The office will re-open on March 18.
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  • 22 1 CANBERRA. Wed. Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges. Commander- In-Chief of Britain's Far East Air Force, arrived by air tonight.
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  • 479 1 Looting halts Israeli pull-out T»EL AVIV, Wed.— The A Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was suddenly suspended today after the Israelis alleged Arab looting. The Israelis began moving out equipment and supplies from the Gaza and Akaba Gulf areas this morning, but several hours later the withdrawal from Gaza
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  • 25 1 PULL-OIT RKSI MES TKI. AVIV. Wrd.—l'noflU'ial but authoritative reports today -.aid Israeli force* rr>unied thrir withdrawal fr*tm Ban Strip— AP (See this column)
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  • 31 1 ADELAIDE, Wed. British engineering troops will "almost immediately" leave Christmas Island in the Pacific, where Britain's first megaton hydrogen bomb will be exploded, it was announced today.— U.P.
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  • 140 2 SYDNEY, Wed. Sydney Universitj students to- day turned a lecture on sex into a noisy farce. Thry yelled down speakers. laughed, jeered and booed. The lecture was entitled "Sex— how far do you KO?' One speaker, psychiatrist Dr. John McGeorge, called them "nasty
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  • 543 2  -  DAVID CHIPP Door again opened for Formosan move to unity with China By IMPERIALISTS BLAMED FOR THE TROUBLE IN HUNGARY PEKING, Wednesday. THE speech yesterday by the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, is believed by observers here to show that China
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  • 200 2 Senator Joe's year of White House snubs McCarthy, red hunter, IS IN THE REI WASHINGTON, Wed. Senator Joseph McCarthy, famous for his Communist-hunting campaigns, is the only one of the 529 members of Congress who was not invited to any of this year's formal functions at the White House. The
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  • 24 2 COPENHAGEN, Wed. Prince Mikasa of Japan left here by air today after an eight-day visit to Denmark, Norway and Sweden.— Reuter.
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  • 28 2 SYDNEY. Wed. -A £1 million Australian companywas launched here today to search for oil in the Portuguese colony o f Timor, north of Australia.— Reuter.
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    • 94 2 CHBFFIELD, We d.— The 21 -year-old fourth Earl of Wharncliffe, yesterday signed for a three-week tour of British music halls playing the drums in a rock n' roll band. The youthful aristocrat, who inherited an estate reputedly worth 135.000, recently Joined the Musicians'
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    • 19 2 CAIRO: President Nasser has decreed an end to general mobilisation, which was ordered after Israel attacked Egypt last October.—A.P.
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    • 26 2 LONDON: The Shipbuilding Employers' Federation rejected for the second time »a claim by unions for a 10 per cent wage increase for a£out 200.000 workers. —Renter.
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    • 29 2 CAIRO: India's Minister without Portfolio. Mr. V K Krishna Menon. left for home after a talk with President Nasser in a brief stop-over on his night from New York.—A.P.
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    • 25 2 CAPETOWN: The House of Assembly passed the second reading of a Bill which will end the official status of the Union Jack in South Africa.—Reuter.
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    • 26 2 MOSCOW: The Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Bulganin, sent a telegram to the Japanese Premier. Mr. Nobusuke Kishl congratulating him on his election as Prime Minister. —Reuter.
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    • 16 2 NEW DELHI: Trade talks began here between an Egyptian delegation and officials of the Indian Government.
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    • 32 2 HONG KONG: All 32 crew members of the 979-ton British freighter Hydralock which ran aground last Monday off the Fuklen coast have left Foochow for Swatow on their way to Hong Kong.—Reuter.
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    • 83 2 BONN, Wed.— Thr Ancient Greeks were beating out a rock 'n' roll rhythmaccompanied by the lyre and pipes and a plentiful supply of wine 2.500 years ago. says Mathias Bocs. a German expert on Greek culture. 'The Greeks had a word for it,
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  • 387 2 Gurion gets vote of confidence on Gaza, •NOT EASY. NOT UNANIMOUS" BUT I IT WAS THE ONLY WAY JERUSALEM, Wednesday. THE ISRAELI Prime Minister, Mr. David Ben Gurion, said today that if the Egyptians resumed operations in Gaza, Israel reserved the right to take action. He was addressing Parliament in
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  • 45 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. A $16,800,000 loan to Air India International, Jndia's overseas airline, to finance the purchase of three Boeing jet airliners equipped with British engines, was announced here by the World Bank and a New York banking syndicate. Reuter.
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  • 101 2 ROCKET WAR: 400 FIRM AT WORK l ONDON tha^ 400 m craft nrn W* naentin&» H| weapon range v.- K rockets. P-; Thf. Sock-.. W craft Const at present known answi Hi range rocki Kr that a ticaiiy nnkPri defensive also Mtte< K heads n H the socioty K 'Best
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  • 41 2 WANTED: 3,000 WATC HES London, wed.— The Bri tish Transport Commission may spend up to £45,000 on gold watches for longservice workers. Letters have gone J don Jeweller :;Rg ,i^B can supply 3.000 v' a;f D Celling prico: 5 m ?W
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  • 79 3 A BLIND' MAN GOT IN CAB, DROVE IT AWAY [ON, Wed. lice con- blind with a aston!ic same .> u ter in a a court watched rnrrington, on the police policeman higgled his omebody rosa the lot V t ry unusual' a car The riving and :v unbeing o told
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  • 25 3 An official led here said Yemeni idien crossQto the Aden md atot forces in 60 miles re driven frontier, the -Reuter.
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  • 16 3 The Iraq sH| antbat operaMjspended Installations were the Suez in- would be resumed Router.
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  • 20 3 ■U, Wed— Six PhilipsA:.T.y officers left here I Australia to attend :y advisers vj on March Reuter.
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  • 22 3 BONN, Wed.— West German shipyards established a new record last year by building 309 ships totalling over 1.000.000 tons.— A.P.
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  • 46 3 Id The *w Corporation is prizes worth N to induce people to »-:ayed during a fourtuberculosis The prizes include a car, a bedroom suite, a week's holiday for two in the Highlands, a refrigerator, a television set and a washing machine. Reuter.
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  • 419 3 GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE AND SECURITY, SAYS DULLES IT APPROVES HIS MIDDLE EAST PLAN TO RESIST COMMUNIST ATTACK rrHF tin* a WASHINGTON, Wednesday. United States Senate last night approved \i AAi Y I teS to19 Presid ent Eisenhower's Middle Last resolution after accepting an amendment, introduced
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  • 92 3 Lloyd: We welcome Ike's plan LONDON, Wed. The Foreign Secretary Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, said today Britain was fully determined to co-operate with her allies in resisting Communist aggression in the Middle East. He had been closely questioned in the House of Commons about the British Government's attitude towards the Eisenhower
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  • 79 3 MILLIONAIRE GETS JAIL SENTENCE NEW YORK. Wed. A Chinese millionaire. Sing Kee, convicted on four count? of falsifying passport applications, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months' jail and fined U. 5.56.000. Kee was named as the key man in a syndicate which brought hundreds of Chinese into this country illegally
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  • 33 3 Independence bui not neutralism THE DUCHESS of Kent, who represented the Queen at the Independence Day celebrations in Ghana, reviews a suard of honour on her arrival at Accra, the capital.— A.P. picture.
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  • 236 3 WHERE GHANA STANDSBY PREMIER NKRUMAH ACCRA, Wed. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of the new independent state of Ghana, last night pledged to remain in the Commonwealth and disavowed the neutralist line in foreign affairs. He declared that Ghana would encourage foreign investment but would not let her foreign policy
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  • 126 3 LONDON, Wednesday. rpHE Queen has approved the name "Dread- nought" for Britain's first nuclear-powered submarine, Mr. Christopher Soames, financial secretary to the Admiralty, said today. Mr. Soames told the House of Commons in a debate on the Navy that this was an "old and honoured
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  • 283 3 LANDON STOCKS RUBBER TIN LONDON, Wed— Spot 26^id.. Apr. June 26'H.d.. July-Sept. 26 'id.. Oct.-Dec. 26 Vd., Jan. -Mar. 26d Mar. c.i.f. 26tfd.. April c.l.f. 26\d., May c.l.f. 2B*d. Tone: Very steady. LONDON. Wed. Cash buyers £788. sellers £769, Forward buyers £752. sellers £753, Settlement £785. Turnover a.m. 20 tons
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  • 98 5 Malay failures Five reasons 0 CAN'T GRASP HSIIESS WAYS •PUR, j\ port laid ra] Le- today at for rnong ...v trad- Dusincss- they U elr ren ider :t >dge of them.•ie trad- They are not venturesome possesiral characmental lur when men life": ventursome when they tment or come tani Official
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  • 37 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Mr C. W. Hwang, principal of the Foon Yew Middle School. Johore Bahru. will open a public library of Chinese literature at the Malayan Chinese premises. I Jalan Ibrahim, on March 16.
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  • 436 5 RIDA investigator says: It is wrong to expect them to fend for themselves KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. QNE of the main reasons why the Rural and Industrial Development Authority's efforts to resettle former special constables had failed was that these men had been trained to
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  • 89 5 REDS ARE NO TROUBLE TO OUR POLICE, HE CLAIMS (above), a senior Jakarta police official, said in Singapore yesterday that the Communists in Indonesia provided no problems for his department. "They are law abiding," he said. "Thieves give us the greatest trouble." Col. Soekardjo. who was returning home after leading
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  • 137 5 THE BILL FALLS DUE FOR LONDON TALKS ON MERDEKA -$131,000 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Wed. The London constitutional conference early last year which paved the wav for merdeka cost the Federation Government $131,000. This represents the expenses of the Malayan delegation Jrd by the Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman. The party included
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  • 151 5 THEY WANT TO SEE JOBS MEN 4 BOUT 150 Singapore Government temporary clerks who have found no place on the permanent establishment are seeking an interview with the Public Services Commission. The clerks, some of whom have already received quit notices, took this decision at a
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  • 99 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Nearly 600 buffaloes and cattle worth about $150,000 have been killed by sodium arsenite poisoning since 1955. Giving these figures in the Federal Council today in reply to questions, the Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz, put the blame for the losses
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  • 49 5 Seven hundred and sixtytwo people gave blood to the Singapore blood bank at the General Hospital during February. Seven hundred and nine people received blood. Patients at the General Hospital received 410 flasks, those at Kandang Kerbau maternity hospital 260. and "others" 39.
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  • 34 5 Mr. G. M. Lowden has been elected secretary of the Senior Officers' Association of the Singapore City Council. The president is Mr. J. G. Aspinall and the treasurer Mr. L. Williams
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  • 34 5 Bishop H. B. Amstutz, Bishop H. W. Baines and the Rev Loo Thlan liong will dedicate the new college building of the Singapore Trinity Theological College at Mount Sophia today ac 4.30 p.m.
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  • 124 5 SINGAPORE'S first hobbies exhibition, representing the "life after work" of all sections of the community, will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from May 26 to June 3. It is being jointly sponsored by The Straits Times Press Ltd. and the Rotary Club to
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  • 134 5 Messenger on seven charges of cheating AN IMMIGRATION Department messenger, Mohamed Sharif bin Noor, appeared in a Singapore court yesterday on seven counts of cheating. In four of the charges he was alleged to have cheated Maja bin Mohamed of a total of $250 between Oct. 13. 1953. and Jan.
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  • 91 5 HE DID NOT MAKE STATEMENT Mr. Tan Peng Yong, secretary of the Singapore Certificated Teachers' Association, yesterday stated that he did not make a statement after the association's extraordinary meeting on Saturday. A report in the Sunday Times quoted Mr. Tan as saying "competition for top posts would be much
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  • 67 5 Yu Teck Doh, 70, charged in a Singapore court yesterday with attempted murder, was ordered to be remanded n Woodbridge Hospital for a .veek's observation. Yu was alleged to have slashed Chang Cum Tuck with a parang in the communal bathroom of the Singapore Improvement Trusts
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    • 271 5 INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY i Singapore" 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. MOVEMENT: Free film show at SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Kwong Wai Slu Hospital. 7.20 Intermediate painting and drau- pjn Ing from model, British Council THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: Gallery. 6 pjn. to 8 pjn. Singapore Lodge— Talk on -The BR i T i S
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  • 142 6 Strike at studio: Date set FILM WORKERS' DECISION SINGAPORE Malay film actors and actresses employed by Malay Film Productions yesterday decided to go on strike if five of their dismissed colleagues are not reinstated by March 16. This decision was ta^en at an emergency general meeting of the Malay Artists'
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  • 56 6 Air girl here for calm and economy air hostess (above), flew in yesterday for a brief holiday in Singapore. At the airport she told reporters why she chose the city for a vacation. "Trouble is brewing in Bangkok and Jakarta. Tokyo and Hong Kong are too expensive," she explained. Straits
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  • 48 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.- The Federation finance committee has agreed to a vote of $180,000 for post-graduate training for potential recruits to the Government service. The scholarships are to be awarded to honours graduates on their agreeing to serve the Government for at least nve years.
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  • 446 6  -  P. J. JOSHUA AUSTRIAN NURSE FELL IN LOVE WITH MALAY P.C. IN BRITISH HOSPITAL By A BEAUTIFUL Austrian nurse now in England wants to marry a crippled Singapore Malay policeman. SHE is 24-year-old Francisca Matysek, who works in a hospital in Sussex.
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  • 73 6 MALAY? NOT YET, SAYS THE TENGKU KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— —The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in the Federal Council today that it was not possible at present to conduct all official business and correspondence in Malay. He said this in a written reply to Tuan Sheikh Ahmad i Alliance-Perlis)
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  • 25 6 SEGAMAT, Wed. The first annual meeting of th« Segamat Youth Council will be held at the Eng Choon Association on Friday.
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  • 101 6 'MONKS AT STRIPTEASE' REPORT IS WORRYING BUDDHISTS PENANG, Wed.— A Buddhist priest, the Rev. Chuk Mor, said here today he had received reports that certain monks had been attending striptease shows "on the sly. 1 "I hope to raise this question at the next nmittep meeting of the Penang Buddhist
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  • 45 6 The Shell tanker Alletta. which was bought by the Chip Hwa Shipping and Trading Co.. is being converted Into a freighter. The work will cost about $750,000. Bought for about $250,000 her new owners have renamed her the Lapaz.
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  • 24 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The amount spent by District and Land Offices in Johore last year in transport and travelling amounted U> $164,000.
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  • 40 6 The Singapore Traction Co. yesterday signed a new agreement with its employees' union ending the three-month-old wage row which nearly led to a go-slow by 3,000 workers. It will be good for one year.
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  • 26 6 KLANO, Wed.— More than $30,000 worth of timber was destroyed by fire at the Kian Kee sawmill in Harper Street here late yesterday evening
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  • 197 6 Minister holds little hope KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, replying to two questions in the Federal Council today said he could not prophesy when the Raub Australian gold mine strike would end nor was there much prospect of the Lee
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  • 128 6 PARENTS WEEP UNDER BRIDGE wife spent the today sitting River ah,,* Road, weepini only son. Png f °r 5J The hoy Tliam is believed f«J drowned under while bathing and S swept out ti tn c s Tham (i, a labourer, and hi, J£ at Batu I.ar.r m *£> son
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  • 42 6 Joseph Albert Pereln despatch clerk at 3 B.OH Alexandra. Singapore i» acquitted yesterday ol chin. of theft of a cheque and honestly using it tnm Mr. Justice Whitton in ft Assize Court did not call !i his defence.
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  • 233 6 UNGRATEFUL SERVANT He guit and benefactor faced jail A 33-YEAR-OLD destitute imperilled his benefactor. Mrs. F. Leon-Boh, who had given him an $80 job. by leaving her service without notice, a Singapore court was told yeaterday. Insp. Lee Cheng Teen salt) Mrs. Leon-Son, president of the Singapore Canine Welfare Association,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 219 6 nM.— m.MM.m m. »m> Week 9 DiSCUMIng The DUes; RADIO MALAYA 930 News; *9.45 Report On Today's Meeting Of The Federal 'Programmes thui marked can Legislative Council; 10.00 Cabaret: be received by listener* in Malacca. JJ 15 Bclence Survey; 10.30-11.00 Short wave 41m. Medium wave Dance Music. 476 m., 341
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  • 152 7 PIRATE TAXI MAN'S FARES WERE INSPECTORS IN MUFTI A "PIRATE" taximan picked on three vehicles inspectors in plain clothes as possible passengers on Sept. 29. a Singapore magistrate, Mr. Robert Chee. was told yesterday. Inspector Teo Ec Whatt told the court that he was with two colleagues when a driver
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  • 79 7 Cool air for the City Hall rE Singapore City Council chamber is to oe air-conditioned. The staff canteen will be transferred from the basement to the roof and also air-conditioned. These are the latest improvements approved by the council in principle. An estimate of the cost has not yet been
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  • 109 7 His Tarzan act ended in death A 12 YEAR OLD schoolboy did a "larzan" act at Geylang Singapore, on Jan. 8 which ended in his death. This was stated yesterday at an inquest on Fong Kun Seng, who died after crashing into a telephone Post. Another schoolboy, Anthony Yap, 14,
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  • 69 7 MALACCA, Wed. Mr. A. Thurai Rajah. 30. hospital assistant at Malacca General Hospital, was acquitted and discharged today by the president of the Malacca Sessions Court. Mr. K. Somasundaram, on a charge of theft of poisonous drugs, without his defence being called. He was also acquitted on
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  • 25 7 MUAR. Wed.— A man fell into the Muar River last night while crossing in a ferry. His body has not been recovered.
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  • 236 7 'POLITICS FUND' HAS T.U.C. WORRIED THE Singapore Trades L Union Congress yesterday expressed concern over the Government's intention to permit trade unions to set up political funds. Last month, the Chief Minister, Mr. Ljm Yew Hock, told the Legislative Assembly that legislation was being drafted for this purpose. In a
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  • 243 7 ALTHOUGH the emer- gency created by Communist terrorists still* continues, the Federation of Malaya enjoyed a successful and prosperous year in 1956. This is revealed in a general review of East and Southeast Asian countries by Sir Kenneth W. Mealing, Chairman of the Mercantile Bank of
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  • 39 8 it Wordt $10 (minimum). MRS TAN KUAN CHYE (nee Mdm. Wong Mlew Ye», widow of Mr. Tan K-an Chve and beloved mother of See Lai passed away peacefully on ith March 1957. Funeral at Bidadarl 3.30 p.m. today.
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  • 625 8 The Straits Times Singapore Thurs. Mar. 7, 1957. The Peking Parlour Fifteen thousand words by Mr. Chou En-lai on foreign policy cannot be the whole purpose of the suddenly summoned meeting in Peking of the Peoples' Consultative Council. But the Council will hear few speeches which are more important. While
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  • 296 8 The youth section of the Kuala Lumpur division of UMNO has advised the Alliance Government, in no uncertain terms, not to rush into decisions on the Reid report. The counsel is sound if somewhat superfluous. There is no danger of the Alliance making snap decisions on so complicated
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  • 230 8 The prospect* of an early reopening of the Suez Canal are suddenly much brighter. General Wheeler is optimistic, the Egyptian authorities are optimistic, even Mr. John Foster Dulles is optimistic. The reason is not hard to seek. Now that Israel is to withdraw from Gaza and the west
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  • 1780 8  -  HARRY MILLER 'THE FEDERATION NEEDS FOREIGN CAPITAL FAR MORE THAN FOREIGN CAPITAL NEEDS THE FEDERATION' -by The Federation Government today publishes a report on the prospects ot expanding secondary industries in the federation. The report assumes greater importance in the light ot the Alliance Government's proposal to set
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  • 327 8 On the Margin you I meeting I Leglfilath council eh B Place. Whrn I I gislative Straits Setr' BUII thr vf- dominantly I that it had rian timps In 1924 th enlarged (th dered a bold an d the unofl consisted of f and .si>. io a mi n' Jr
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  • 295 9 fjfignd says: I had to thrash l ie r—but afterwards she seemed satisfied t KUALA LI'MPUR, Wednesday. DEPARTMENT chemist d t h(- High Court here today that during g wife often picked up a knife and Kanapathy, 35, was giving evidence formerly Isabella
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  • 86 9 ALLIANCE PLANS REID RALLIES n I.IMH R. Wed. m Ulian'T plan* to hold rallies throughout (k( rountrv in explain to Lnfoplr Hi t ne recomLdations of the Reid Cmmis-i-n are "in the pt lone term interests of It ,nrifprmlcnt Malayan UtKHI." r r.iuinrrri in the jiMt hMt tli e Malayan
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  • 25 9 ;i dillerence by the Singapore :ty at the j h on Sunday, have been re- bring their pet I ■•wm. Dixritoany.n birds.
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  • 19 9 ■MPUR. Wed. md Trust of > old Ita third an- hrre next TuesRubber Producers' :!ibcr in the Loke
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  • 42 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government will decide on the future of the Malayan Film Unit soon, the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said in a written reply to Mr. K. V. Thaver < Trade Unions) in the Federal Council today.
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  • 106 9 MISS JUDY WEE SIOK WHEE. winner of the Junior Grade of the Singapore Music Society piano competition, being congratulated by Mr. Julius Katchen, the American concert pianist. Earlier, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Judy had played two works before a packed house, with aplomb and
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  • 431 9 Expatriates will stay as advisers until their retirement NINE PERMANENT SECRETARIES CREATE JOBS ONE STEP DOWN V| ORE big Malayanisaif tion promotions in the Singapore Civil Service are inevitable after the appointment of local officers to the nine key posts of permanent secretaries
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  • 60 9 A prison warder, Kehar Singh, who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of one day's Jail and a fine of $50 on a charge disposing of a stolen gold ring, was cleared of the offence in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice Tan Ah
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  • 214 9 Pay for the teacher here is $5 a month SHOCK IN REPORT ON PRIVATE MUSLIM SCHOOLS V LUMPUR, Wed.— 1V Some teachers in non-government Muslim religious schools are paid only $5 a month, a report tabled at today's Federal Council meeting reveals. The report contains the findings of an eight-man
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  • 200 9 LPOH. Wed.— A lawyer asked the magistrate here today that his Asian client be given the same privilege as had been accorded to a European woman earlier— the privilege of not entering the dock. The request was granted. Earlier Mrs. M. Woodman, 38, pleaded
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  • 330 9 A mother's plea, and he lied to save youth he was fully aware of the penalty Lee Bak L Men* 28, gave false evidence In a Singapore court last June to save a youth who had been extorting money from him for 14 months. Lee, a father of four, charged
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  • 80 9 THE CUSTOMS FOUND DOPE BENEATH HER BRASSIERE AN attractive, middleaged Hong Kong woman flew into Singapore walked briskly to the Customs desk and said: "I have nothing to declare." But a polite woman Customs officer replied: "I have in.<«ructlons to search you." The officer took off the passenger's blouse but
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  • 157 9 'EVER A FIGHTER' Council hears tribute to late Mentri of Pahang KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The "Federal Council today heard a tribute to "a man who died at his post, striving, thinking and planning to the last moment." The tribute was to Tengku Muhammad. Mentrl Besar of Pahang. who died after
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  • 58 9 Fire! Man jumps out of bed LIM Ah Chin, 50. of Muar Road, Singapore, suddenly jumped screaming out of bed. His mattress was on fire. Two fire engines rushed to the scene and put out the flames before they spread. Lim suffered third degree burns on a finger and thumb.
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  • 56 9 Mr. Alan Oeddes has been elected president of Singapore Rotary Club. Other officials are: vice-presidents. Mr. Run Run Shaw and Mr. Ec Soon Howe; secretary. Mr. S.A. Rao; treasurer, Mr. Teo Tiam Slew. Directors: Messrs. T.P Cromwell Myron Ling, T. s. Phao. W. D. J. Vincent, C.
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  • 25 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. J.M. Rowland an estate manager, was charged here today with assaulting Madasamy. The hearing; was fixed for May. 11.
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  • 132 9 SOS TO NURSES IF MIDWIVES STRIKE SINGAPORE nurses may be asked to take over the duties of 120 Government midwives who are threatening to strike on March 17. This was disclosed yesterday by the Minister for Health. Mr. A.J. Braga. About 72 of the midwives are employed at the Kandang
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  • 30 9 Mr. J. S. Nair and Mr. K. G. Mathews have been elected chairmen of the Pasir Panjang and Kranjl branch respectively of the Army Civil Servic" Union n
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    • 81 9 It's plain to see this boy is bright He's brought home Osram lamps all right A Qsrairj V^"' H CENTRA!. ELECTRIC CO. (MALAYA) LTD. J Ll 'in>rm Firr-rnic co.. ltd, of England. MERCURY PIONEERS A NEW ERA IN BOATING 55 f^ IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST jj| |Jli The
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    • 204 9 I AMIR SONS Stack Clearance SALE PERSIAN BOKHARA CARPETS RUGS I( Also Indian Carpets Humdas) on I 22 March 1957. {Any Quality, Colouring Sizes Available) j. PRINCESS BUILDING 276, Orchard Road, Tels: ***** *****. ■NMRMMiMM* <VMnaHMMMMMMBMMSI DOES WONDERS EORJOUR SKIN pKjB^J 'You'll mcrvl at how ju,t one a,, 0 fc^fe*
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  • 1206 10 RIDA not just a form of conscience money, says report calling for changes KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Wed.— The Federal Council was told today that any idea that the Rural and Industrial Development Authority was a form of charity to backward areas^ "a form of conscience money being paid as a
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  • 172 10 LIB-SOC LEADERS PUT FORWARD NEW MERGER PLAN A NEW basis for re-opening merger talks between Singapore and the Federation was proposed last night by the Central Committee of the LiberalSocialist Party of Singapore. The committee suggested I that Singapore should accept Islam as the state religion and Malay as the
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  • 68 10 JOHORE BAHRU Wed 8. Krishanair, a registered dresser, was fined $50 here today for moving medicines in a restricted area without a permit. Asking for the return of the medicines Krishanair told the court that he was taking them at the request of a medical
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  • 18 10 KUANTAN. Wed. The Kuantan District Red Cross Appeal Committee will hold a flag day on Saturday.
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  • 128 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Central Electricity Board today warned consumers throughout the Federation that if operating costs increased further, charges would have to be raised. Its annual report for the period September 1955 to August 1956, tabled at today's Federal Legislative Council, ■ays: Wage
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  • 203 10 Crown appeals motorist pays less A MOTORIST, Wan Soon Teck, was cleared of two traffic charges in the Singapore High Court yesterday following an appeal by the Crown. Wan's fines of $50 each on charges of failing to stop after an accident and failing to render reasonable assistance to a
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  • 118 10 No smoking in all languages ABOUT 150 people were sitting in a crowded Singapore courtroom yesterday when one of them. Tan Cheng Yew. was caught smoking by a constable Anayat Khan Mr. Robert Chee, the City Magistrate, ordered that Taj should be arrested and prosecuted "there and then." This was
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  • 56 10 Air survey vote KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Finance Committee has approved a vote of $375,000 for the aeromagnetic survey now being carried out by a team of Canadian experts to find new mineral deposits in the country. The survey costs over $1,000,000, of which the Canadian Government is to
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  • 33 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation Postal Service is to buy 33 larrm letter boxes costing $5,000. to improve posting facilities The Federation Finince Committee has approved this expenditure.
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    • 411 10 PHONI 11a.m., 1.45. 4. 6.30 *9.3« p.m <W <]Mll H 1 0 *71l M Suiiahlo Inr ABCLT3 only! m I taMßpaiy dolj KARrMALDET CARROLL BAKER 11 1 J l»ni,,ht tit H.:iO A 9.30 p.m. SHARP m /MU A BABY lIOLL "Shortie Nightie" fashion parade g ON by Robinson Co., Ltd.
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    • 516 10 Attractions I j THK TRI K Iff| STOR\ Ol M\n. I INHLMANITY TOWARDS MAN B ro-starrine MPH <£$~ /l*M FRANK MNA IwICH 'm J I MIDNIGHT SATURDAY The real story JE&SBEI* k\'\ really told for the first I time stripped of f \ii^l* I all fiction legend m£mMfysT m I
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  • 1607 11 STRAITS TIMES Special Feature Frail Negress risked life to free tortured slaves "(HARRIET TUBMAN WAS MODERN MOSES JJIDDEN in a clump of bushes by a river bank in Maryland, a 28-yeare-old slave Negress peered fearfully at the search posse of white men riding slowly past. Her eyes were dilated with
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    • 275 11 I<^sXrch22th |^iaho!!*: r d t y iie VMl SICAL L BfAOI BY THIRTY ,11 nVFR THK v; BKOI <.HT H ;,MV 3. $2, I Coming to Britain! IuTCHAi.^ 0 Hl"HITID MTROt AV AII ABLI FOR VISITORS TO BRITAIN r« iflf-drlvt ■T4weekj, r '.yen can n mended Or may we h
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    • 279 11 Now the greatest name in deodorants brings you NEW 0D0 R0 NO STICK DEODORANT No better deodorant at any cri" "-WJ^fte prirf! So simjile to n«r j£V vijjuwsK unplra*ant odour is banished JEr-fIBLHriB with one quirk stroke! Odn-ro-no protect* you H against perspiration odour all day. It c'""» on |Kj
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    • 108 11 Hex Morgan M.D. Mentally sick {yc\? YOU MFAR ME, T TES, NOW Ml£* 6ICK/ XX) H*VE CLEOfATKA' NOT WI*M TC K J^T U MAP L ei THIS, 16 WIN^LAPe.' N^ C-ALE 7 LOST HOUR J &PEAK. TO ME. I QUEEN UNIJtSS ml'l'SW' Dick Tracy Won't do it "■^[^■r viXJUb IMb
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  • 407 12 IMPORTS REACHED RECORD LEVEL DURING JANUARY By Our Market Correspondent Iit ALAYAN imports in January reached a record lfl monthly total of $410,332,000 while exports at $394,152,000 reached the highest level since December, 1951. Although the amounts reached high levels, the figures for Malayan foreign trade in January revealed for
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  • 153 12 March first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 894 cents per lb. down onr and a half cents on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was sightly easier. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 89 i.
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  • 312 12 The Malayan Share Broken Association reported; "Industrials and tins were generally steady with marked Improvement in some counters and rubbers were firm." Singapore and Federation broker* reported the following business done yesterday:. Fraser Neave ords $2.30 to $2.33; W. Hammer $1.90 cd cb; Hume Industries pref. A 28s.
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  • 80 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:Copra: quietly steady; March $27 12 buyers, $28 14 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 1.2 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $96, Sarawak $95 (both unchanged), special Sarawak black $74 (up $1).
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  • 84 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):Canada: buying airmail; T.T. 31 5 16. O.D. 31 7116. 90 (Ist 31 314 credit bills. 31 13 16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 30 15 16
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  • 11 12 oFFlCl*Lpt 888p« 3 Per Ih V, '"i (down $:{•>." h.
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  • 76 12 Invest-mS I x sligh'. bourne a- <„',/■ ,1 although I small. Tr, maintain^ flfl overs in Loans 3 1 Loans <, Bank 0 n Con. Zinc Mount Lyel] N. Broken H:.. Hill SO PekT MWli;: I Western v I Ampol Ex E Oil Search B Awt. COUOI j:
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  • 26 12 Mercantile Bank M dividend on the capital U repeated "JU to make an per cent, for 19 I is £236.484 ,£235 423? 9 carry-furwan:
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    • 416 12 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR company REMBAU STORE LIMITED Address of Registered No. 17, Court Road. Rembau, State of Negri Sembilan. Office. Court High Court, Kuala Lumpur. Number of Companies (Windlng-up» No. 5 of 1956. Matter Liquidator's j o Adams official Receiver, Federation of Malaya, name, Address. Supreme Court Building,
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    • 632 12 NOTICES IN THE SUPREME COURT OP THE FEDERATION OF MAI AYA IN THE HIGH COI'RT AT KUALA LUMPUR COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) No. 5 of ***** In the Matter of THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES, 1940-1946 and In. the Matter of THE REMBAU STORE LIMITED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR Order appointing a Liquidator
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    • 123 12 NOTICES ROBINSON COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an interim dividend of six cents per unit on the ordinary stock units of the company less 30 7c income tax has been declared by the directors on account of the financial year ending 30th
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    • 784 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointments as Cadet Probation Officers. Applicants must be 24 but under 27 years and must have passed the School Certificate Examination— Grade I or II with a Credit in English Language, and In addition: (i) Malay candidates must have a knowledge
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    • 506 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient sehviql FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS -30 DATS I Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore P.Swct Pcnm; i-B Elisabeth Bakke 16/18 Mar !9Mar I Ciertrud Bakke 9 Mai 8/10 Apr 1 1 Apr 13 Ad, Ellen Bakke 20 Mar 3 Apr 5/ 7May BMav 10M,, :1 Accepting Cargo tor
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    • 1208 13 .os MANSHELD tie CO., LTD. T.I, 1412, r,J incorporated in Singapore) 2 fmm fig THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE &T 1 J^^^SiS^ k nslt .sir, Due Salle_ p_ Sh orn Pooo,* rf< SoV... Marii Ma, 14 hJTuW Mer IT/22 nSIS -SB rfl M Mar 29 Apr 8/4 Apr 7 *P* *P"0
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    • 1032 13 AST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARD! SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR PAR EAST "PANAMA'- W $>hOrn Z5» "SARGODHA" JJ 7 •SONGKHLA^.-!'.. 20M«/lApr H fWAW^wpiN'SWrAVHraK: SZ?"^ HAMBUi iUTLAN P^.r; -i; }T •"FALSTRIA" WH*- 17/ IT Maw? 18/19 Mer rAHTRIA 19/19 Mat 21/21 Mar -KOREA" «•»?> "PANAMA- 4/* Apt 3/ 4 Apr 7/ 0 Apr
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    • 1013 13 S M THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD "Vsr,*"' SINOAPORI (Incorporotad in the Unrtad Kingdom) UNEs SAILINGS TO U.K. ft CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Penong BENARTY for London. Hamburg 9/14 Mai IS/17 Mat 18/19Mer BINCRUACHAN for Livarpool, Rotterdam, Hamburg 20/24 Mar 17/29 Mar 20/31 Mar BENLEDI for Aden, Port Sudan
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    • 1216 13 MeALISTER <Se CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** BLLBBMAN LINKS KLAVSNBSS LINB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER 4 PORTLAND ond for U.S.A., North Atlantic Portt Accepting cargo for Central 4 South and Canada vio Colombo America CITY t*.£ OVINT Y r> S'por. i Tvnom < P'~ng
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    4 14 HAUTE COUTURE
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  • 932 14 WHEN Mrs. Julius Katchen, wife of the distinguished visiting pianist, posed for The Straits Times in some of her lovely Paris dresses this week, I got a little personal glimpse of one of today's top designers, Hubert de Givenchy, who is a friend of hers and
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    • 211 14 Ideally suitable /§S§r|jr for use in a /ssSilr hot climate imoother, longer-lasting, easier to use. Gives your lips a lovelier lustre than ever betor«, In ten brilliant shades ttpstick by YARDLEY fARDLEY 33 OLD BOND STREET LONDON M fm/ BABEX NESTLES INSTANT FOOD FOR INFANTS m^^^^^^Bi ready cooked •I^^^^^^^A IN
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    • 117 14 When your child is in pain..,, tYou can now, at last, give aspirin Ja special Children's aspirin. Doctors knot that aspirin is best for netting relieving pain in Children, but only j, small, exact, safe doses. That is why doctors recommend Angicrs Juni, Aspirin it's made specially— to be soft-
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    • 206 14 Straits Trmes Crossword T" 7" aT" 77" tT" 19 i|| zo a« Illl^illlllllil 25 26 ACROSS 6. A thousand Roman soldiers 1. Novel setting for mankind? made baste (7). BWamllaV pattern U0). T l^^fT^ tht 9. Effect of acid In a stream (4). n ft 1 2? r i.w i,,?
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    • 847 15 Ration vacant B Jalan Water Bed-room Road, .-iT3B. -BEDROOM I tag! J:~ sir gu'* l ffround* I To view m. BED SITTING hec. Also full board.. •c 15 Scott* CI NTR ALI Sitting- 1 Modern r :ble Tenant HED 3:.able to r e Quarters. Bos A7C35 April 1957 Bungalow bad
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    • 874 15 WANTED tl> Word. Si (Mm.) Box it C, axtra. C° PY OP "The Coconut Jf.t n i b V Saimon" in good conP? B^A^ "ST WoUl<l REAL ESTATE WANTED 20 Word, Si (Mi*.)-Baxitct:axtrm. URGENTLY WANTED- Bun?a ows, two-storey houses, vacant building sites, shop and terrace houses etc. List your properties
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    • 910 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2* Word. U (Mm.) Box it et, extra FORD CUSTOM 1949 Model well maintained $1,100 0.n.0. Tel. *****. 1950 RENAULT. Four Door, Black. Good condition. View 9. Leedon Park. Phone *****. AUSTIN A4O. Registered 1950. Good Engine. Selling $2,150. Please apply Box A 7536 S.T. 1954 FORD
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    • 781 15 NOTICES DISSOLUTION OF ENGAGEMENT THE ENGAGEMENT between Tan Nya Kirn and Lim Boon 1 Hunt has been dissolved by I Mutual consent 6th. March 1957. MOW ON SALE DRAFT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA, MALACCA AND PENANG APPENDICES 11. in AND IV OP THE REID COMMISSION REPORT. Price— sl.so
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    • 490 15 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. YAP KIM CHYE left our service on 6th March 1957 and since that date has no authority to transact business and/ or collect monies on our behalf ROTTERDAM TRADINO COMPANY (MALAYA> LIMITED. NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that I, P. V. CHARRY.
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    • 170 15 WASSIAMULL'S M..J W\ NOW IN PROGRESS^ OUR BARGAIN COUNTERS ARE A RAGE/ DRASTIC REDUCTIONS IN EVERYTHING for LADIES, MEN CHILDREN. BUY NOW SAVE! FOR MENSPORT SHIRTS— REDUCED TO $2.90 UP STRETCH NYLON SOCKS. REDUCED TO SUITINGS DACRONS ORLONS NYLO??^ Over 50 different varieties REDUCED TO $1.90 UP TIES LARGE VARIETIES.
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  • 143 16 'THE SINGAPORE Amateur x Boxing Association's youth tournament began at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre last night. Results were: Atom (boys): Ang Ah Lah bt Colin Clamp; Sydney Oehlers bt Mohammed All; V. Ganesamocrthy bt Leong Poo Leong; Gnat: Tan Chim Meng bt Swan Cheng; Tow Yew
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  • 49 16 BIRMINGHAM, Wed Aston Villa beat Burnley by two goals to nil in the replay of their English Football Association Cud sixth round tie at Villa Park today. Aston Villa led one-nil at half-time. They play West Bromwich Albion in the semi-finals on March 23. Reuter.
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  • 661 16 K^^^^HHffl^RH They wanted to preserve Federation's good name but they only brought it discredit S P o ft T S F R O N T Will man who started rumour be named? TODAY I am proposing that the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council shwuld pass a vote
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  • 405 16 MERDEKA GAMES COMMITTEE ALL SET TO GO AGAIN AFTER a good start which was spoilt by a crippling breakdown, the Merdeka Celebrations Sports and Games Committee is again all set to go. At Kuala Lumpur on Monday the committee was strengthened from five members t 0 18. The Federation's Minister
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  • 336 16 SYSC to seek Police control CAGER SENT TO HOSPITAL PLICE will be called in to control the crowds of mor c than 2,000 that watch the Singapore Youth Sports Centre's basketball tournament every night. This follow^ an incident last night when a player was carried off unconscious during the first
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  • 97 16 The Girls Sports Club will end their hockey season at 4 p.m. on Saturday with the annual Married v Singles game for the Lily Pearse CupTeams will be: Married: (in white): A. Pennefather; D. Ebert. A. N. Other, A. N. Other, A. Milne, C. Belletty,
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  • 332 16 POLICE WIN THE OEHLERS CUP Recs beaten for the first time after reaching KO final POLICE beat Singapore Recreation Club "Reds" 2-0 in the final of the S.H.A. senior knockout competition at Serangoon Road yesterday. This victory gives Police possession of the Oehlers Cup for the first time since it
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  • 161 16 VETERAN ivan Vass and Ra- him Omar have been listed as reserves in the Singapore soccer team which plays Army/Navy on Sunday for the Joe Chappel Cup. Both Vass and Rahim played for Star Soccerites. who routed Royal Engineers Civilian Association 17-1 in
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  • 27 16 SAC Scott, of Tengah. scored seven goals in Royal Air Force's 13-6 victory over Army In a friendly water polo match at Gillman pool yesterday.
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  • 75 16 SAO O. J. MCINTYRE set a record in winning the R.A.F. Seletar cross country race over 5K mile* at Seletar yesterday. Mclntyre outpaced a field of 26 runners and clocked 27mln. 37sec. He beat his old time of 27mln. 53 sec. set last year. Second was Cpl.
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  • 76 16 SAC B. Snook won the R.A.F. Seletar Yacht Club's annual singlehanded snipe competition at Seletar yesterday. Results were: 1. Flame (SAC B. Snook), 2. Jill (F/Lt. RamsayBrown), 3. Colleen (Sgt. B. Davison), 4. Girl Pat (SAC J. Yeomans), 5. Cariad (J/T. E. Lees). The RNAS dingnies
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  • 179 16 v/r IRALDA. who scored a double iTI In Singapore recently, has been promoted to Class One from Class Two, according to latest amendments to the Straits Racing Association's classification list. Other transfers are: Class 2 to Class 3: Money Spinner. Class 3
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  • 64 16 STC EXTEND CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. SELANGOR Turf Club an nounced today that the closing date for entries for the Gold Cup meeting here on March 16. 20 and 23 has been extended till tomorrow. Entries were to have closed today. The club committee, however, decided yesterday
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  • 107 16 Fijians to be asked to come KUALA LUtom Jp.E.M.3 federation Amateur At] told the si today thai oversight to toe Mi had been He said: letter ii Street column Times today, send an to Fiji t< 8£* durin "It was an ov our part that c W* thought i away
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  • 27 16 win WELLINf.nr tralian term defeated Wall and 217 runs b at Masterton ■>... Walrappa who scowl rrii their firsi bin] the tourinc y.'and marie [51 Innings.—Reuter.
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    • 804 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Pace *> SITUATIONS VACANT Ifl Word* $i (Mi*.)— Bo* it tU. *xtn. BOX A 598 S.T. Ipoh. Position filled. All applicant* thanked. CONFIDENTIAL Btenog' apher. European. Required for Director of old established British Company In Kuala Lumpur. Application to Box A 8564 8.T.. K.L. WANTED English
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    • 29 16 f*~ iW ff/fj »VK I ELECTION^ C*CArO*S Of MODELS SINCE •It4i J3F* «T TH6 UNtST ltWiltt«S IMROuOhOU' tH t J^ sou A***. CHUN CHONG 62, SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPO
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    • 61 16 SOCCER SAFA league, Dlv. 1: PuUu Brani v Fathui Karib, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.. Div. 3B: Cosmos v Minto, Orylanp Kebenaran Club |t P. Stia, Farrer Park; P. Peranakan v Serancoon, Farrer Park. ATHLETICS Bil| Miller's coachin r session. Victoria School, 3.30 p.m. BOXING S.A.B.A. youth championships, SiSt 8 p.m.
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