The Straits Times, 12 March 1957

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  • 22 1 IVERAC g DAILY CERTIFIED KALE EXCEEDS 75.000 The Straits Times. flatfr» d flew**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1957 15 CENTS
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  • 869 1  - ALL SMILES AT TALK. FELIX ABISHEGANADEN From BOYD: 'GENUINE ATTEMPT TO FIND COMMON GROUND' Lim: 'We are looking forward to writing a. new chapter of friendship' And word of praise for beating Reds LONDON, Monday. THE Singapore constitutional conference opened at Lancaster House this morning with a pledge by the
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  • 127 1 SEATO TOLD: WE CAN STRIKE HARD. RA, M o n and the tes today the Southit: liunLsation military tq fight South-Butt the iirca was ted. ud the r< given at of the \ilks of hich is dis«xpose C'immunist the SEATO r Dulles, the Secretary Id delegates the United the same
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  • 18 1 Britain says no. Britain a call by Rusrinciplea for of peace in eluding the ol all foreign Reuter.
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  • 53 1 . MRS. CHENG YVLS YUK LAN. wife ««f a wealthy Hone Kent; businessman, leaving the Singapore magistrates' E court yesterday after be- ing fined 52.000 for smuggling four packets of morphine into the ony in her brassiere. She had pleaded guilty. E Report of case in Page 4.—
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  • 65 1 POLICE PROBE DEATH OF BABY. ATWO-MONTH-old baby was found dead in his cot at the Shell Company quarters in Pulau Bukom yesterday. The Singapore Marine Police are trying to establish how the baby, Wong Mcc Kian, died. A medical report said that the baby died of suffocation. His mother told
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  • 41 1 The Singapore Fire Brigade was called upon to deal with 17 more lallang and blukar fires yesterday as the dry spell continued. Since last Friday, firemen have had to put out nearly 100 fires all over the Lsland.
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  • 67 1 BELFAST, Mon. Three masked men entered Belfast City Hospital today and tried to free a patient held as an Irish Republican Army suspect, police said. The men arrived at the hospital in a taxi and drew revolvers as they entered. A policeman on duty at the
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  • 188 1 CAIRO, Mon. Gen. Hassan Abdul Latif was appointed Governor of Gaza today by the Egyptian Government. An announcement said that Egypt had also decided that the Egyptian administration "should take over its duties in the Gaza StrlD immediately. The statement referred to
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  • 36 1 Oil flows again. LONDON. Mon. The Iraq Petroleum Company announced today that oil began to flow through one of its Syrian pipelines from^lraq for the first time since supplies were stopped during the Suez crisis.— Reuter.
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  • 18 1 . PARIS. Mon. French coal miners began a 24-hour "warning strike" today in support of wage claims.
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  • 59 1 rE Singapore Trades Union Congress has received an invitation from the All China Federation of Trade Unions to send tw 0 delegates .to participate in May Day celebra- tions and to make a threeweek tour of China. Mr. Ang Liang Sing, the T.U.C secretary, who disclosed
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  • 146 1 T*HE Gold Seeker, a treasure-hunting launch which left Singapore six weeks age on her way to Australia, is believed to have met with mishap. i A cable received in Singapore last night from Mr. Verity Gill, a former newspaper reporter who signed up on
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  • 40 1 TAIPEH. Mon. Hundreds of women, murmuring prayers, braved a downpour today to accompany the body of the late "living; Buddha." Cheng Chia Hutukhtu, to its cremation in a hillside temple on the outskirts of Taipeh. Reuter.
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  • 357 1 ALI WILL RESIGN, SAY HIS MEN Too weak to handle revolts JAKARTA, Monday. IJIGH Government sources said tonight that the 11 Cabinet of the Prime Minister, Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, will resign on Wednesday because it is too weak to deal with the revolts in Sumatra and East Indonesia and the
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  • 62 1 Thief gets keys— and $3300 KOTA BHAKI Mon. A thief early today took a bunch Of keys from under the pillow of a sleeping clerk, opened his wardrobe and took 53.800 in cash and several cheques worth $11,000. The clerk, Mr. Teo Soon Guan, employed by Messrs. Henry Wangh and
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  • 121 1 Fortune in cash, gems stolen I)ARIS, Mon. Two masked robbers, armed with revolvers, last nl^ht forced their way Into the house of a former Vietnamese rebel leader. Gen. Le Van Vien, and stole jewellery worth 100 million francs (about $850,000) and six million francs ($50,000) in cash. The robbers entered
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  • 27 1 11-TESTS FAR FROM ISLANDS' LONDON. Mm— Mac Minister Marmillan announced today British test explosions in Pacific will take place far from any inhabited island.— Reut«r.
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  • 25 1 TOKYO, Mon. A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said tonight Japan had called on the Soviet Union to suspend all further nuclear tests. Reuter.
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  • 34 1 GRIN AND BEAR IT... BERLIN, Mon —A zoo director in East Germany Is serving up some of his surplus bears as goulash In the zoo restaurant to help solve his country's meat shortage.— A.P.
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  • 228 2 DAD HAS ONE FOR THE CARPET... SYDNEY, Mon. A Sydney schoolteacher asked her class of seven-year-olds to write essays on road safety, drunken drivers and the prpvention of accidents. One entry was so good that she forwarded it to the New South Wales Road Safety Council who re-'ea-sed it to
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  • 25 2 MANILA, Mon.— Five Com-munist-led Huk rebels were killed and four soldiers mounded in three separate skirmishes on Luzon island over the weekend. A.P.
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  • 63 2 FORMER TEST CRICKETER ON THEFT CHARGE SYDNEY, Mon.— A former Australian Test cricketer, Ernest Toshack, was today committed for trial on March 25 on a charge of stealing copper wire worth $6,000. Toshack, 39, a railway linesman, was granted bail. He pleaded not guilty. He is charged with having broken
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  • 250 2 All Hungary holds its breath NEW REVOLT FEAR AS IDES OF MARCH PROTEST DAY LOOMS BUDAPEST, Monday. HUNGARIANS are bracing themselves for the Ides of March on Friday the anniversary of the outbreak of Hungary's 1848 revolt against the Austrian Hapsburg monarchy in a mood of tense uneasiness. Demonstrations are
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  • 142 2 HYDROGEN TEST AREA BANNED TO PLANES MELBOURNE. Mon. AVAST area of ocean straddling the Equator and surrounding Christmas Island, the mid-Pacific atoll selected for Britain's first hydrogen bomb test, has been declared a prohibited area to all aircraft. The latest issue of the Commonwealth Gazette said that exceptions to the
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  • 21 2 ROSSLEA (Northern Ireland), Mon. A road bridge was blown up here early today by the Irish Republican Army.— Renter.
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  • 104 2 OLYMPICS LOVER PLANS campaign BONN, Monday. HAROLD CONNOLLY, U.S. Olympic hammer throwing champion, said in Folds yesterday that he was planning a "wear 'em down" campaign against the Czechoslovak authorities to marry Olga Fikotova. the Czech athlete "I wIH give the Czechs a little time to think things over." he
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  • 31 2 CANBERRA. Mon. Only six per cent, of the post-war British emigrants to Australia had returned to the United Kingdom, an Australian Immigration Department spokesman said today. Reuter.
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  • 75 2 SECONDS oat and six comely cooks get away to a good start in the traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake race dating back 450 years— at OLNET. Buckinghamshire. The object: To toss a pancake 20 times on a 415-yard course without dropping it. The winner, in
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  • 101 2 LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN'S first nuclear-powered merchant ship will be a super-tanker of about 80,000 tons and is expected to be in operation within six years, it was reported here today. I The Financial Times, leaning British economic newspaper, said the tanker would
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  • 35 2 COLOMBO, Mon. Japan has offered Ceylon six scholarships for training in modern fishing methods and in the use of mechanised craft. The offer has been made under the Colombo Plan. Reuter.
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  • 83 2 /CANBERRA, Mon. The vy Australian Prim e Minis, ter, Mr R. G. Menzies. set the Seato conference here laughing about America's "one conspicuous error" in leaving the British Empire. Mr. Menzies. welcoming the Seato delegates, referred first to Seato's three Bri. tish nations Britain, Australia and* New
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  • 44 2 NEW YORK, Mon. "The King and I" was selected last night as the best film of 1956 in a critics' poll conducted by Film Dairy. "Giant" was named second best and "War and Peace was third.— A. P.
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  • 33 2 Party theme COLOMBO, Mor.-g.iß Kotelawala's Ur.itedfcS Party, heavily delea-';-"* left wing movement"? 1 1 tions last year, aco?v B mocratic Socialism a M party's theme at aaufl conference whirl. I yesterday— Reuter I
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  • 132 2 Mr. Nehru wins by 92,222 votes. NEW DELHI, Mon. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, was re-elected to parliament today with a margin of 92,222 votes over his nearest rival. Mr. Nehru's closest rival in his Allahabad constituency was Mr. Shivadhar Pande, of the Jan Sangh Party, who received 22.614
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  • 165 3 U.N. TROOPS IN GAZA CLASH BID BY ARAB MOB TO HOIST EGYPTIAN FLAG OVER HEADQUARTERS Jugoslavs r ordered back l 0 Sinai r\7A Mon. Unit-; v j,(j Nations troops > v .d tear ira> and fired n t h(- air M'-terday to. ureak up > demonstrate thousands of, \rab« demanding
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  • 105 3 NO SPIES IN PARTY' PLEDGE U.S. REDS NEW YORK. Mon.— The American Communist Party last night published a new constitution which provides for the expulsion of any member who en. gages in spying or who advocates force, violence or terrorism It also provides for the expulsion of strike-breakers, provocateurs, informers
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  • 166 3 He revolts and 'frees' petrol LONDON. Mon.—Garaiwner Maurice ay staged a nine-hour revolt against -ationing. From 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., he sold allcomers as much they wanted at resular prices without coupons. I was fed up with not Going any business," he laid. Customers lined up for -ore than
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  • 39 3 SIR ANTHONY EDEN, former Prime Minister, looks fit again as he leaves a New Zealand hospital after a check-up. With Sir Anthony is Dr. C. B. Gilberd, superintendent of the hospital. A.P. picture.
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  • 154 3 MEXICO CITY, Monday. CKIN divers today joined in the search off Aca*3 pulco for the bodies of a New York attorney and a wealthy widow victims of a murder-for-robbery Apolonio Castillo. Mexican Olympic swimming champion, who was in the party, was drowned while searching
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  • 48 3 BANGKOK, Mon. The state of emergency in Siam may not be lifted until Thursday when the new as- sembly opens its session, the Premier. Marshal Pibul Songgram. said today. The Premier said he has received reports that demonstrations are being planned for Thursday. Reuter.
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    • 59 3 ATHENS, Mon.— The A Volos area of Greece was badly rocked by a strong earthquake at 0940 GMT today. The population ran panici stricken into the I streets for safety. The Volos police commander said that every building which had survived last week's shocks in Veicstino
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    • 18 3 LONDON: A National Council for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapon Tests has been formed in Britain. i Reuter.
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    • 31 3 WASHINGTON: Admiral Rawson Bennett, admiral in charge of the American earth satellite programme, said there was an even chance that Russia would launch its globe-circling satellite before the United States. Reuter.
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    • 36 3 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky): Seven persons were injured, none seriously, when an Eastern Air Lines plane touched an airfield runway. bounced 40 feet in the air, then overturned and skidded at least 100 feet on its back.— A.P.
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    • 29 3 NEW YORK: The National Council of Churches announced plans to build a 100,000-watt radio transmitter in the Middle Eaft to beam programmes to virtually all the Arab-speaking world.— A.P.
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    • 17 3 HOLLYWOOD: Alfred Hitchcock. British-b o m film director and television personality, will undergo abdominal surgery today. A.P.
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    • 44 3 MOSCOW: The newspaper Soviet Russia published a feature about the lone lines of people from all parts of the Soviet Union who daily file through the LeninStalin tomb in Red Square. The article mi ntioned Lenin's name. Stalin's not at all.— A. P. t
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    • 25 3 ISTANBUL: A group of Hungarian refugees raided the Russian ConsulateGeneral here and tried to dismantle the hammer and sickle sign at tihe iron pate. Reuter.
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  • 87 3 BANGKOK, Mon. The Siamese Prime Minister, Marshal Pibul Songgram. said today that China is "trying to be a good boy' to gain admission to the United Nations. "The important thing is that we must be sure ho will remain a good boy after he gets in," he
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  • 41 3 LONDON, Mon. Two British cargo liners were damaged in a collision in the Thames estuary this afternoon. They were 10,000-ton Benroach, inward bound from Hone Kong and the Untali (8.300 tons) outward bound for Hull. Reuter. miiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimii
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  • 50 3 HANGOVER IN HOSPITAL FOR BUY,7 LONDON, Mo n— A seven-year-old boy, Alan Dixon was recoverinr in hospital here e»rly toda y after drinking half a bottle of whisky. He took the bottle from a cupboard and drained it, after two others, aged 8 and 4. had both tasted it.— Reuter.
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  • 311 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selectee 1 stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £5* Funding i'\ £91 7 War 3 r £74 1/16 —1/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4 5 16 +3/32 Eastern (£5) £7* Cnartered <£1> 37/9 /6 Hongkong (*l2si £84' 3 —1 IN SIR
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  • 185 3 Pakistan's plan: Pull India out, put UN in CANBERRA, Monday. PAKISTAN'S delegate to the Seato ministers' con- ference here, Mr. Amjad Ali. told a Press conference today that Pakistan wanted to see the Ivushmir dispute solved in two stages. first, he said. India should .igrae to withdraw its forces irom
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  • 105 3 uartiey Snawcross. »3 Q.C., Britain's highest paid lawyer, is giving up his practice for health and personal reasons. Sir Hartley, a Labour M.F.. in a message to his constituents yesterday said: "Maintenance of health and other personal considerations have forced me reluctantly to the conclusion that
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  • 284 4 Bulge gave away socialite from Hong Kong MRS. Cheng Yuen 11 YukLan,wifeof a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, was fined $2,000 in a Singapore court yesterday for smuggling four small packets of a morphine substance into the Colony. The drug was found in her brassiere
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  • 100 4 FORMER $60-a-MONTH MAN GETS CANBERRA JOB KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A Government servant who started work as a $60-a-month clerk 29 years ago. has been chosen as "No. 3" in the Malayan diplomatic service in Australia Mr. Wonf Slew Meinr, 46. office assistant at the Ministry of Finance, will become an
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  • 177 4 Appeal— by clerks who face sack 'QUESTIONS WERE TOO HARD' oome of the 150 Singapore Government temporary clerks who are faced with dismissal have appealed to the Public Services Commission. They were recently rejected by a special selection board which interviewed a total of 392 temporaries for perma- I nent
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  • 160 4 APPEAL FOR A CRIPPLE NETS $52 TOWARDS A CIGARETTE STALL FIVE people have come to the aid of Llm Ec Toy, 25. the gallant Singapore cripple who has tried to become self-supporting after an accident. They have given a total of $52 to help him start a cigarette stall. The
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  • 43 4 William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd. yesterday opened in Singapore the "most modern" showroom in SouthEast Asia to display their latest Philips radios, radiograms, and X-ray and mrdicai equipment. All the company's dealers from Singapore and South Jc'nuie attended the opening.
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  • 39 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The Johore Regent-ln-Coun-cil has ordered that from June 1 no hawker licences in excess of the limit of 315 fixed by the Batu Pahat Town Council are to be Issued in the area. Illl
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  • 28 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Mr. I M A. R. Wylie, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya, arrived here today on a two-day Inspection of police establishments.
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  • 26 4 The Singapore South-West-ern District Youth Club will request the Government to provide it with Crown land near Havelock Road to build a club. I
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  • 117 4 EIGHT times in the last failed to attend the answer charges of selling Yesterday, Loh brought his whole family his wife and six children to court, and pleaded for a lenient sentence. Loh, who was arrested on a warrant, admitted all eight hawking
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  • 70 4 The Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Nobiuuke Klshi, has sent a telegram to the Chief Minister of Singapore Mr. Llm Yew Hock, expressIng his gratitude for the hospitality extended to his personal envoy, Mr. K. Matsumura, during hla recent stay here. A reply was sent
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  • 40 4 A cyclist, Liang Seng, 22, was seriously injured when he was knocked down by a hit-and-run motorist in River Valley Road at 7.40 last night. Witnesses should contact Inspector S.L. Miranda at Sepoy Lines police station
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  • 84 4 HE GETS OFFER OF A TOP JOB THE UNIVERSITY of Malaya Council has offered to Dr. R. A. Robinson, Professor of Chemistry, the post of head of the university's Federation division. Dr. Robinson, who recently handed in his resignation as he intended to accept a post at Hong Konr University,
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  • 120 4 Passengers delayed at airport pK)RTY FIVE passengers for Sydney yesterday gave a last wave to relatives and friends at Singapore .virport, boarded a giant Qantas airliner., and waited. The plane's four engines roared to life, then stopped. The passengers, mostly Malayan students off for further studies in Australia, were told:
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  • 179 4 'SCRAP HIGHWAY AUTHORITY' T»HE sooner the present highway authority is dis- solved and replaced by a more competent body the better it will be for pedestrians and motorists, the Automobile Association of Singapore said in its annual report issued yesterday. I It said the authority had done nothing to increase
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  • 17 4 Mr. Tan Bah Chee has been elected president of the Pasir Panjang English School parent-Teacher Association.
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  • 96 5 THE LITTLE MAN STEPS IN A new oss off smaU investor appears on the Malayan market ole-incom people gee shai* as shield fssible inflation Xl A\ LUMPUR, Monday, •lass of in« tor Is invading the Mala-.h-iri-mark and putting in large s a "hedf* against possible inflation nn try aff "as
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  • 86 5 TUC plans $50,000 special fund THE Singapore Trades Union Congress will discuss setting un a $50,000 special fund for trade union devflopment at a meeting o. its representative council at the end of this month. The fund was suggested last month by Mr. Victor Feather, assistant general secretary of the
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  • 63 5 MAN WHO HAD OPIUM IS FINED $100 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A man told the Session Court here today that he smoked opium because he had stomach trouble. Yew Kow, 40, of Pasar Road, Kuala Lumpur, was arrested in his house on March 5 after being found with seven packets of
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A cargo handling record was set up at Port Swettenham in February, when a total of 120,785 tons of cargo were handled in the port. This beats by nearly 13,000 tons the previous record of 107.796 tons handled in January, 1956.
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  • 18 5 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mon. —The next meeting of the Trengganu State Council will be on March 30.
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  • 60 5 20 S'PORE BABIES GIVEN AWAY )1 babies given away and the number in the Colony both increased last pore Family Planning Association, annual report. \o sought planning, Y*>ihl to having given re of their given away lar before d with 360 t abortions, d induced, and fifty 1044 abor- had
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  • 80 5 NOW Ex-POWs QUEUE UP FOR PAY •The $99,000 which has been l*ing in the Singapore Volmteers 1 Records Office awaitfre claims from ex-prisoners hi war is now being collected! rcvy fast. Most of the 400 former) prisoners begai. to take an interest in the money only .when the payment was
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  • 43 5 Touchclub's fun fair The Club is to j t At its < 1 .-tcrday it tun fair 1 convert a I f ibhouse. 1 mine the i 1 longing to 1 Depart- ub are: Chye; Kwa; n See; Lip Tan, j Ow Kok Swee
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  • 34 5 Found body in swamp man found Police on Jan. j wamp at 1 Belang, j nd at the I rope, an Singapore j ithologist. In her rebeen in the months. Found dead; 1 nknown.
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  • 26 5 Infford School Science success JI S. Mon.— ClifJ 'dents again ucceaa in' .-iiper irj tificaw out of el complelfc I MO pi senerfi «in the isfc
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  • 9 5 No-stop drive fined $100 nw or E ni alt
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  • 241 5 Court never knew which twin was which THEY ANSWERED EACH OTHER'S SUMMONSES WHENEVER Yap fT Cheng Leng, 17, w?.k wanted in a Singa- pore court to answer a hawking charge, his twin brother. Yap Cheng Ong, would appear for him. Similarly, Cheng Leng would take Cheng Ong's place in the
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  • 52 5 The Singapore Seamen's Council of Action has submit- ted 22 demands to the SingaPOUB Maritime Employers' Federation on behalf of about 10,000 seamen. The demands include a minimum basic wage. Overtime, recruitment or seamen, hours of labour at sea and in port, sick pay and free
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  • 49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Rotary District Gover-nor-elect, Mr. Gunn Lay Teik, will leave on March 25 for the U.S. to attend the Rotary International Assembly at Lake Placid in New York state. The Rotary assembly is to be held at the end of April.
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  • 34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. Lim Hong Keat, of the Metal Box Co., Singapore, will give a talk on "Supervisory Training" to members of tihe Johore Bahru Rotary club tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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  • 74 5 EVERY day for the past two years during which he was without a home Abdul Rahim bin Aman, 19 took a glass of toddy as his only known "substantial meal." a Singapore court was told yesterday^ This was shown in a probation report on
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  • 128 5 Colony battalion: Chinese recruits head the list YOUTHS of all races have responded well to the call for recruits for Singapore's first infantry battalion, with Chinese heading the list. The Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, Mr. R. N. Broome, told the Straits Times yesterday that 1,128 applications had been
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  • 242 5 It's up to the Government SOLDIERS of the Singapore Infantry Regiment, now being formed, could be mobilised for service outside the Colony if it was essential for the defence of the island but the decision would lie with the elected Government of Singapore. The Secretary
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  • 42 5 The Singapore Equestrian Society, now being formed, expects about 500 members. The society's aim is to bring together all those interested in horses. An Equestrian Ball was held at the Royal Island Club on Saturday night to start the society.
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  • 28 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. johore spent $24,000 last year on the engagement of private doctors to relieve the shortage of medical officers on the Government establishment.
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  • 65 5 KOTA BHARU, Mon. Party Negara Is to be re-or-ganised throughout Kelantan after a spell of Inactivity since the Federal elections. A committee to plan the new set-up comprises; Chairman, Dato Nik Hussein bin Zainal; secretary, Syed Mohamed Mohideen Alsagoff; committee, Messrs. Salleh bin Daud, Harun bin
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  • 171 5 Victim of 'pirate' buys her freedom l/'HATAI MANI, 25, a Singapore housewife who was abducted on Sunday night, has been set free. She earned her freedom by giving up jewellery worth $390. ten dollars in cash and two baskets of clothes. Khatai and her mandore husband, Suppiah Veeran, 37, boarded
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  • 49 5 TELUK ANSON. Mon.— A police supervisee. Mohamed All bin Mohamed, 28, whe was ordered to stay in the T°luk Anson Town Council area under the Restricted Residence Ordinance, was jailed for two years for going to Kampong Gajah. a village on the Perak River, on March 8.
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  • 76 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Announcements over the loudspeaker system at all airports and rail 1 ay stations in the Federation should also be made in Chinese, the Federation of Selangor Chinese Guilds and Associations said yesterday in a letter to the Minister for Transport, Mr. Ong Yoke
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    • 438 5 FOR REALLY RAPID RELIEF FROM ACID INDIGESTION I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE I PHiin^ LIKE CANDY L*X' I THEY'LL MAKE YOU _J->J*BUk H FEEL DANDY! S O K EE P W^^lirf 10 THEM HANDY! Simplest "stop-watch" ever Yet waterproof and self-winding! If you're baking a
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    • 91 5 POLICE BAND: Public per- 1 formance at King George V Park. I 530 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free Film show at General Hospital, 7.20 p.m TOC H SINGAPORE BRANCH: Talk by Deaconess Molly Ruda, on "China' at Talbot House. 11 Scotts Road, 830 p.m. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Talk on 'Injury to
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    • 117 5 Graphic Art and Crafts Class, British Council Gallery, 6 pm. to 8 p.m. Y.WCA: 5 Raffles Quay. Malay class 10 15 a.m., Latin American and Ballroom Dancing Class. 5.15 p m Blue Triangle Club meets at Hostel for tennis, 5.15 pm. SINGAPORE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE- Choir rehearsal at St. Andrew's War
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    • 47 5 CHCRCH WORKERS' ASSOCIATION: Annual meeting, St. Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Hall. 10 am SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show, "Le Mans 1955" at Shell House, Collyer Quay, 1.10 pm. Y.M.C-A: Orchard Road— Judo, 3 5 ]>m Malay class, Gymnastics, and Cricket. 530 p.m Motorists' 6elf-repalr class, 7.30 p.m.
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  • 581 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Mar. 12, 1957. The Issues In London The London talks on self- government for Singapore have opened hopefully. The atmosphere could not be better. Mr. Lim Yew Hock and his mission deserve much of the credit for this. They went to London not only united
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  • 306 6 The Committee which inquired into conditions in non-Government Muslim religious schools describes what it saw as "very saddening." The fact that there are only 35,000 pupils in the 400 private Muslim schools throughout the Federation does not 'justify continued neglect. Many of the schools have earth floors.
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  • 211 6 . UMNO's decision to debate the recommendations of the Reid Constitutional Commission at a delegates' conference is wise, and will unquestionably be helpful. On the whole the recommendations have had a good reception, but inevitably no party and no community is going to get all that it wants,
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  • 1688 6 Guided missiles have yet to be guided WHO WILL WIN THE RACE TO EVOLVE THE FIR* LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE? P 1 IS clear from the recent development of offensive weapons that the immediate aim of research and development, both in the West and the East, will be the ballistic missile.
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    • 392 6 I HOPE you will allow the writer, for family reasons, to make some comments and corrections occasioned by the observations made by Cynlcus on a well- known libel action, known as Hulton v. Jones, a case alike of vital importance to Journalists and writers of fiction.
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    • 62 6 COUNCILLORS WORST OFFENDERS RECENTLY the number of those who abuse the privilege of having free postal facilities lor Government business has Increased. The newcomers are the elected Federal Legislative Councillors. I have seen O.G.S. en- velopes being used by some of these Councillors in their correspondence with private people on
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  • 227 6 On The Margin I In t0 S;: rmy sU ment uW-m rV I THE BriV h 1 Port Lsrem.-,! Kround thl f Farelf junk, tre nearer V spread i;-> dale since it'. <l What happC t T establLshmeri <.;. deka? The extentL *hw>i old estate rfc, from the Afa^ h
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    • 870 6 CLASSIFIED ADS.L 20 Wtrit lit (mtmtmmm). LEATHART: To Betty (TM* Dunkftley) and 8cott at KandanR Kert»ii HoeplUl on 1Mb March— a son- 20 Korrfj $11 (minimum). CHEW -OH: On 12-3-1957. betwffii (Henry) Chon* Teen. eldest son of Mr. and Mr». Chew Mm SionK. and < Violet) Swee W.h. youngest daughter
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  • 121 7 WORKING PARTY LED BY HIGH COMMISSIONER GETS DOWN TO DIFFICULT POINTS OF REID PLAN BRIGHT BOY'S SUCCESS SECRET LUMPUR, he only way distinctions I Certificate is to "stop railing and hard." the view of H n Senc *y tv tinn, who l ■üb- am. :.i
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  • 16 7 Ik two brass worth $300 Churcb of our f Peace in me, Singapore yes-
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  • 425 7 SAFEGUARDS ARE WANTED FOR MALAYS: ISLAM AS THE STATE RELIGION KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fHE RULERS are understood to be backing the Alliance on the controversial points in the Reid Constitutional Commission's report, which a working party headed by the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, is now examining. Informed sources here
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  • 97 7 He'll settle the flood dispute MR. G A. R. Sbeppard of a British engineering firm yesterday met the architects whose P |an s 'or flood prevention and water storage in the Peirce Dam area started a dispute between the Singapore Got. eminent and the City Council. The architects are Mr.
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  • 231 7 Williams gets it for studying AN elected Singapore City Councillor, Mr. Philip R. l% Williams, who has been in Britain for the past year where he is reading law, will return in July. Mr. Williams originally went on leave from February to June last year, after which
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  • 47 7 CPL. PATRICK PRINN. of R.A.F. Changi, and his bride after their wedding at the Church of St. George. R.A.F. Station Changi. Singapore. The bride was formerly Miss Janet May Stoker- They are both from Birmingham. England. Picture by John M. Keegan.
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  • 75 7 IF MERDEKA MISSION SUCCEEDS... rE Singapore Labour Front wants a big "victory" celebration if the merdeka mission returns successful from London. Among proposals the Front's central committee has made to the Government are: The day of the mission's return to be declared a public holiday. A procession from the airport
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  • 20 7 Marine Police yesterday found the body of an unidentified infant on the steps of Rochore Canal in Singapore.
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  • 116 7 Japanese Conx sulate in Singapore is now looking into an allegation made by Singapore textile and sundries importers that they are faced witn "unfair" Japanese competition. The Japanese ConsulGeneral, Mr. Ken Nlnomlya, said yesterday that local businessmen need have no fear that
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  • 44 7 Forces chaplain visits S'pore Monslgnor Bernard Navln, principal Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces. Is In Singapore in the course of a tour of the Far East. During his stay here Monslgnor Navin will visit forces units and schools in Singapore and the Federation.
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  • 175 7 BUT VERY FEW LETTERS VANISH A SPECIAL group of trained senior men is employed in the Singapore General Post Office on full-time investigations into losses and irregularities. This was stated yesterday by the Controller of Posts, Mr. H. M. Rose, in commenting on a
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  • 39 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mon. Eight of the nine Alliance members of the Kuala Trengganu Town Council walked out at the monthly meeting today when the president, Dato Stia Wangsa, refused to discuss a resolution by one of them.
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  • 59 7 Few Chinese schools In I Singapore will close today to mark the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Vat Sen. founder of the Chinese Republic. In past years most schools observed the anniversary every year. Those marking It this year had to apply to
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  • 195 7 \f alay husbands are iIL angry at an UMNO women's section resolution urging the Government to ban Malay women from bathing at public standpipea. A typical comment was: "This is an attempt to force husbands to carry water to the house." Inche H. Jahidl,
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  • 65 7 TOP U.S. ECONOMIC OFFICIAL FLIES IN MR. Francis G. Jarvls, (above) a senior United States State Department official, who flew into Singapore by Pan-American Airways yesterday. He told reporters that he was here on a "familiarisation tour." But the Straits Times understands that Mr. Jarvis. who is the head of
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  • 185 7 ...He is 'only a ghost' RALLY ATTACK ON SCHEME KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Lord Reid, chairman of the Reid Constitutional Commission, was last night described as the "ghost of Sir Harold Mac Michael." who brought about the Malayan Union when the British liberated Malaya in 1945. At the rally at Kampon?
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  • 43 7 The Singapore Goverii ment has started recruiting men for the census work scheduled to begin In the next few weeks. Hundreds of people are being Interviewed for employment by the StatisticDepartment which 1= or ganlslng the big count.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Evening glamour at a Singapore fashion show. Pretty Colony girl Pam Kingston wears a fabulous French dress of geranium satin with billowing overskirt of nylon tulle in a wonderful geranium red. From Doris Geddes. NEW ENTERPRISE....
    • 744 8 One of the finest enterprises Singapore has seen for some time will open this week, in the form of a permanent shop at the SATA Clinic in Shenton Way. This will stock goods made by ex-patients of the clinic— both handcrafts from the Rehabilitation Centre
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    • 146 8 New Kiwi White complete l^_LKUtta« cleaninf kit gives you —at uMHfff^^fl no extra cost Sponge vlkfl applicator in each pack. li^^r^^i^^ More cleanings per jar. The VmK l\n> 'J thanks to TiOJ the world's Improve your ahoet with Kiwi V '."i'l'iiM Nylon lacct. Guaranteed for I year. \^J2333^ IVS STILL
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    • 367 8 household onfise Phc HI SAVLON is Non-poisonous. Power- ful ard Cleansing containing I two of the most modern antiscp- E tics-^'Hibitane' and 'Cetavlon' it it the perfect antiseptic for First Aid. the Nursery and Sickroom. Personal Hygiene. Midwifery. I Napkin and Linen Disinfection. I: Dandruff, and as a Cargle and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 374 8 Straits Times Crossword s*gs£grL v m calamity of so long life" lHamlet) (71. DOWN i^ 2 j (8 4 t Sj§ 5 |0 7 I te L Equivalent to cut vegetable rag Luuj '9R HJK| .umu sss U 2 Gray's shrill clarion players wmrm §s^ p*«^ SS^ S£^ SSKj SS&
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  • 1021 9 THE EXPLOITS AND ADVENTURES OF TOM MIX r KKKinKI) shrieks brought a PenI n sylvanii farm family running from the house one summer's evening |s<iii. They found a teen-age daughti r tied to a barn door. Her 10-year-old droifu r <tood before her, armed with a handful <>f home-made throwing
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  • 542 9 STRAITS TIMES Special Feature In 1922, a six-horse wagcon he and Tony were racing in a film scene ran him down. Horse and rider were crushed into a stone wall. The waggon overturned, pinning Tom Mix beneath It. Tony was unhurt, but his master was removed insensible to hospital. For
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    • 14 9 M PIONEERS OF 1 I SINGAPORE'S M By arrangement with the Sydney Daily Mirror.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 123 9 fax Morgan M.D. She's willing WE TRIED TO TALK I, WIN9LADE, WA ABOUT T r6RH*P» W WM»T CO JS ll^*^* -J WITH HiM,DR.MOK6ANf TO 6IVE THE WO*LD THE YOU C M 1 *X) MEAN fj FOR MYPKOSfS MOW_ THAT fAHFD THE AND ME FICED JO SECRET OF LIF6 UMTIL I
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  • 259 10 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was lack of incentive on the Singapore Share and Rubber Markets yesterday with quiet trading on almost featureless markets. Trading in shares was mainly concentrated on a few selective counters in tins and industrials. Against the background
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  • 128 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; March/April $27% buyers, $28 v t sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $101, Sarawak $100, special Sarawak black $77 isll unchanged). Singapore Copra Association
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  • 42 10 French tyre output totalled 19,150 tons in January. This compares with 18.530 tons in December and 17,725 tons in January 1956. Exports in January amounted to 4,186 tons against 2,634 tons in December and 2,760 tons in January last year.
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  • 378 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Industrials were quietly steady with a few selective Improvements, while tins were considerably firmer and registered some notable advances Rubbers were steady." Singapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday:. Fraser and Neave ords $2.30, $2.32 112; Gammon $1.99; W.
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  • 146 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32 11/16, O.D. 32 13/16, 90 d/st 33 1/16 credit bills, 33 1/8 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 31 5/16. O.D. 31 7/16.
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  • 94 10 S'PORE SHIPPING Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Aalsdyk 1,2. Relfenstein 45, Osarda 6A, Idomeneus 6 7 Somali 89, President Polk 11, Olenorchy 13 M. Peleusiils 16, Wairimu 18, Serampang N. Wall 5, Sedllt N. Wall 7, Frederick Clover 21,22 Benarty 23 24, Teire.Uas
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  • 8 10 OFFICIAL PRICE 3KI Ul 01 1 Z, si
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  • 43 10 RUBBER PRICE *PNI firs, triH "HI fo °»lilU:\, > «O. 1 Re q seller, 89 S buyer r sellers 87 v vfU CJ buyers 86,, \£j* Uj April buyer, j;"^, Singapore h Rubber V I noo n pricn viSilrS March ■i r Spot fob
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  • 36 10 Ba nk dividend The Easttrn Ba-r I announw. d year ended DttwAT^ £129.940, making] amount brought u&i The directors rjcon,."^ dividend share km In of Bs. 6d. per pound nl.» will be payable blose March 1
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 234 10 AsT V^sbbbbbbbbbßl^bbbbbbbl ■T** V^bbbbH JEM Your eyes feel "morning fresh" With this 10-second Marine eye bath! Put two drops of soothing, refreshing MURINE in each eye feel fatigue -tension. vanish In nrconds! For. this 10-second M URINE bath gently cleanses delicate eye tissues....! quickly relaxes and relieves eye-stratn due to
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    • 363 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are Invited for appointment as: (i) Apprentices (Engineering Design) (U) Apprentices (Civil Engineering) (ill) Apprentices (Architectural) ln tha Public Works Department, Slnrapcre. Qua iflcation School Certificate Grade I or Grade II with credits in Hnglish Language and Elementary Mathematics and preferably ln Science or Arts. Age Over
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    • 445 10 NOTICES KUNDANG TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated in The Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a dividend, the fifteenth, of ten shillings (10s. od-) per share, less income tax at the rate of thirty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the register at the
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    • 655 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS I APPLICATIONS for appoint- 1 ment as TEACHERS (Male or Female) OF VERNACULAR^ LANGUAGE (Tamil) IN GOV-1 ERNMENT ENGLISH SCHOOLS.^ SINGAPORE will be received at the Ministry of Education, Palmer Road, off Anson Road (P.O. Box 746), Singapore up to and Including 26th March, 1957. A. DUTIES: To
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    • 815 10 TENDERS POLICE TENDER NOTICE Tenders which wIU close »t 12 Noon on Wednesday 30th March. 1957 are Invited by the Commtasioner of Police, Federation of Malaya, for the purchase of:— (a) Two Unserviceable Air Conditioners. (b) One Unserviceable Befrlgerator Full particulars are obtainable at the office of the Officer Commanding
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    • 455 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient -.ervici FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS -30 QA' Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore P.Swe? Pemn -i Elisabeth Bakke 17/l9Mar 20Mar Cjerrrud Bakke 8/10 Apr 11 Apr 13 Ellen Bakka 20 Mai 3 Apr 5/ 7Mav BMiy 10M=, Accepting Cargo for Fremanrle— calling Onldtcr FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA— 6 DAYS
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    • 1208 11 rT U os MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T.i, 4 i» incorporoted ,n S.ngopor.l (U *m THE BLUE FUNNEL LIKE poo? mZmw.VSmm '°ft d co O NT.SENTAr ISt. CIS/24 Mar 14 Me, 17/20 Mar 21/22 sru lo nd,' M r M M M rJ Ma, 29/30 '.-B »*«'24 Mar 29 Apr
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    • 1967 11 BH^^^aa^^^^aT^Hf^^^JsT^^^B^^aa^^a^r^^B aaaT^^a^aT^^aaaa^^aT^^^aa^JaJ EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Penong P. S'hom S'pora "»-"W»H-- 17/18 M-, MIONIA 8..-* ok aajy »V2BMar 29/10 Mar 31/ 1 Apr N MI A KM.r/1 Ape HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG, OSLO Spore P. S'hom Penong JUTLANDIA" 11/11
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    • 1149 11 NcALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: Ne.i ***** LDfBS KLAVKMKSS UMS LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG SEATTLE. VANCOUVER PORTLAND •nd for UiA., North Atlontie Ports Acceptmg cargo for Central ft South and Canada via Colombo Aatertca OTT OP COVENTRY B6UGA.NV.LLE S'poro P. S'hom Panong Spore P. S'hom Penono
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    • 370 12 Lierhter plan to boost Malacca trade ALTERNATIVE TO DEEP-SEA BERTHS FOR SHIPS PROVISION of speedy lighters and other shallow draught, vessels are claimed to be a solution to problems associated with Malacca's expansion as a port. This suggestion is contained in a memorandum to the Malacca Settlement Government from the
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    • 128 12 Malayan men are fash-ion-conscious when it comes to shirts, according to Mr. Hans J. Schwerdtfejjer, Far Eastern Manager of Arrow International, a Division of Cluett. Peabody and Co. Inc., New York. During a business tour of South-East Asian conntries, Mr. Schwerdtfeger found increasing demand among men for
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    • 122 12 VISITING BANKERS' ADVICE: rpWO executives of the Commonwealth Trading A Bank of Australia who recently returned home after an extensive three-month tour of South-East Asian countries have urged that Australia must increase her imports from this area. The executives, Mr. I*. W. Enderby,
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    • 162 12 Competition increasing in engines Although there is keen competition in the marine and industrial diesel engine industry, a British manufacturer, Ruston r.nd Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, is not afraid of losing its market in Malaya— in spite of increasing competition from Japan and the Continent. The assistant export manager of
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    • 252 12 AN OFFER by the Bank of Europe to purchase the ordinary stock of Alor Pongsu Amalgamated Estates, which operates an estate in Kedah and four in Perak, is not likely to be accepted, writes Hall Romney from London. The offer was to acquire the
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    • 121 12 rG offer by The Sungei I Way (Selangor) Rubber Company to acquire the estates of the Madlngley (Malay) Rubber Estates has been rejected. Shareholder! of Suneel Way are informed that the matter is at an end. This news follows reports that two separate Chinese bidders
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    • 136 12 A DRIVE will be made this year to increase coconut production on the west coast of Johore. Coconuts are the State's second most important crop and major industry for smallholders. A survey is being carried out to determine present levels of production and plan rehabilitation
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    • 34 12 The Krian Rubber Plantations Company Ltd., has an- nounced a capital cash distribution of is. per share not subject to tax payment March 31, 1957. Profit for 1956 was £5,668, subject to audit.
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    • 245 12 V I\ 1 X l'l NSI V E I COLOURFUL, LONG LASTING Mi AND HYGIENIC ml FLOOR TILING FOR OFFICEa CINEMAS, HOSPITALS Wf^k^ff HOUSING. SHOPS. SHOWROOMS fJ| y/ CLUBS ETC m SEMASTIC Off and VIKYLEX tiles iiiii)lHT>)iiii nmfflffflrnffillinniiM i^Mi^^i ■^■Rsw^"^ ~*mmsm& m A PRODUCT OF SEMTEX LIMITED A DUNLOP COMPANY
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    • 309 12 The Watchman's Tell Tq| c C| ROBBERY FIRE Models for 6 or 12 Stations For Night Control Protection 0/ Factories, Insurance Cm: Banks, Administration Bid) Cinemas, Department Stores Airports, Petroleum Companies, Plantations, Godowns Private Ho^cs Ask for illustrated Leaflet fro-<\ The Sole Agents. FAVRE-LEUBA WATCH CO., LTD. 18-F BATTERY RO.
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  • 149 13 IT is tough at the top in rowing. And =3 here are eight strained expres- sions to prove* it as the Oxford crew for the boat race against Cambridge to Es be rowed on March 30 have an outing as on the Thames from
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  • 493 13 By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Mon. MANCHESTER United, familiarly known as "Busby's Babes" being the youngsters manager Matt Busby has brought to such fame, look set for the Cup and League double, not achieved since Aston Villa accomplished this notable feat In
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  • 166 13 Brundage asks for assurance SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. INTERNATIONAL Olympic 1 Committee have asked California for unqualified assurance that It can go through with plant for the 1960 Winter Olympics. Mr. Avery Brundage. 1.0.C. President, in a telegram from Chicago, noted that a
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  • 72 13 MELBOURNE. Mon. TJERB ELLIOTT. Western Australia's wonder runner, today smashed John Landy's Australian 880 yards record when he won the Australian title for this distance. Elliott clocked lmln. 49.3 sec., beating Landy's record by l.lsec. Elliott, who on Saturday wen the mile title In 4min. o.4sec.
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  • 453 14 Record entry of 240 tor All-England badminton tourney FINN KOBBERO AND HANSEN HEAD STRONG DANISH TEAM OF 14 LONDON, Monday. Q VERSE AS players are certain to dominate the All-England badminton championshsips which will be played at Wembley here from March 20 to 23.
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  • 142 14 LINDRUM BRINGS HIS OWN CUSHIONS WALTER LINDRUM, former world billiards champion, told reporters on his arrival In Singapore yesterday that he was determined to make his South East Asia tour a success. To ensure that nothing will mar the series of exhibitions he will eive in Singapore and the Federation.
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  • 240 14 pATHUL KARIB had a close shave in the S.A.F.A. 1 league First Division when they were lucky to beat R.E.M.E. 4-3 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Fathul. 3-1 up at the Interval, stretched their lead in the 42nd minute and then decided to take
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  • 46 14 MELBOURNE. Mon. MRS. A. B. Bradley's Redcraze today won the Queen Elizabeth stakes over 12 furlongs at Flemington course. Second was Sailor's Guide with Roman Holiday third. The Australian Cup over 17J furlongs was won by Miss High Caste from Beaupa with Lourdale third.
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  • 22 14 The Singapore Gun Club will hold their annual general meeting at the Cathay Restaurant at 6.30 p.m. on March 23.
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  • 24 14 Royal Air Force Seletar Oolf Club's Storey Cup stroke competition was won by J. Carrol and Mrs- J. Oander at Seletar yesterday.
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  • 367 14  - Another van B becomes a trainer EPSOM JEEP By ANOTHER van BreuA kelen has become a racehorse trainer. He is Eddie, a nephew of veteran Ipoh trainer Marinus van Breukelen. Eddie has just been issued a "B" licence and will be assistant trainer to Marinus Remember "Wonder Boy" George Straker?
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  • 35 14 Royal Air Force Seletar beat R.A J. Butterworth 4-1 in a soccer friendly at Seletar yesterday. Ford (2), Proctor and Candlln scored for Seletar while Bailey replied for Butterworth off a penalty.
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  • 305 14  - Now Soccerites are claiming w.o. from Tigers SAUL JOSHUA SAFA AGREE TO A POSTPONEMENT By STAR SOCCERITES, one of the teams in the S.A.F.A. League first division, will send an official letter this morning protesting against S.A.F.A.'s decision to allow a postponement in a League fixture without giving Star Soccerites
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  • 106 14 S'pore may field two quad sides f\NLY Negri Sembllan and Johore, in addition to Singapore have agreed to participate in the Combined Schools quadrangular soccer tournament to be held in Singapore on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 respectively. S.A.F.A is organising th^ tournament and Mr. R. B. Pates
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  • 76 14 f Jalan Besar stadium passes U the Singapore Business Houses F.A will be reduced to one for each affiliated club this yearIn the past the SBHFA received 80 passes each year. They will now be asked to submit names of their affiliates and cialsThe use of
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  • 53 14 Pasir Panjang draw soccer Pasir Panjang Secondary School and Oan Eng Seng School drew 1-1 in their inter-school soccer match at Pasir Panjang yesterday. Hln Beng scored for Pasir Panjang while Osman replied for G.E.S. In the second team match played earlier Pasir Panjang beat O.E.S. 3-0. Abdul Rahman (2)
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  • 43 14 F. M. Cunningham beat E Crosland in the play-off of the "A" division March medal bogey competition at the Royal Singapore Oolf Club. In the "C" division, J E. Marshall and A Q. Landolt tied, both being one up.
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  • 55 14 CAPETOWN. Mon— After taking a first innings lead of 193, the touring M-C.C. team claimed five wickets for 63 in the Combined Universities' second Innings at close of play on the second day of the three-day match here. Scores: Combined Universities' 142 and 63
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  • 41 14 FAM agree to pay more The Football Association of Malaya have agreed to pay more for an official F.A- coach to come out to Malaya. The Singapore Amateur Football Association has written to the F.A- asking them to recommend a coach.
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  • 19 14 Arsenal S.C. beat Singapore Cricket Club 3-1 in a friendly soccer match on the padang yesterday.
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  • 232 14 A DIVISION One basketball player, facing disqualification from the Singapore Youth Sports Centre league, was withdrawn from the tournament by his team yesterday. The player, Scow Cheong Lock, was suspended last week following an Incident In the first division match between Jin
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  • 294 14 MRU to go ahead with plans for a Far East Rugby Union MALAYAN Rugby Union are going ahead with their efforts to form a Far East Rugby Union without India and Ceylon. M.R.U., acting as convenors for the inauguration of a Far East R.U., have recently been told by India
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  • 58 14 FARLEIGH CUP QUALIFIERS The 16 qualifiers In the Farlelgh Cup competition at the Keppel Oolf Cup are: Stevens (58), Boulton (60) Ang Soon Hoe (61). Hall (61). Haworth (65), Chan Peng Sim (66). Bird (69). Kirn Yong OuTc (67). Southworth (70j. Smith (70). Temple (71), Masterton 171). P. Cheonß (68),
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  • 102 14 4 GAMES FOR TOURISTS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. HONG KONG Cricket League who will be playing their annual inter-port match against All-Malayan on the padang here on May. 18, 19 and 20, will have three other matches in this country. The team will arrive in Singapore on May 9. On May
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  • 19 14 Katong S.C. beat Pachitan SC. 3-2 in a S.A-F.A. Div. 3A league match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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  • 205 14 SAFA approve tour of India s^gapore m -A. Co I 4 approve tour r.f p Ma this! I *"C ton- I the flr I berajKl,. j Councillor v who U nea B S.A.F.A told the meet*; I waiting India cor,:.; Men:. E councillor 1 Chuan wh holiday I negotiate wu
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  • 49 14 AUSSIES, NZ DRAW TEST WELLINGTON. New Zealand. Mon The unofficial cricket Test between New Zealand an tralia here ended in a draw today. Final scores: Australia 215 and 145 to New Zealand 249. The first Test was also drawn. The laM the three-came series will be in Auckland, hi
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 32 14 SOCCER S.A.F-A. learue, Div, 2B- SBC T Western, pad ant; SCC v SHB Police, |M4snf; Div. 3B: Bed«k v Bukit Timah. Ge>Unr- BinUnj Bulan v KML, Farrer Park. BASKETBALL S.Y.S.C. league tournament,
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