The Straits Times, 3 April 1957

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1957 15 CENTS fie******
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    Lock icon SOEKARNO: 'I WILL ACT'
    293 1 A LAST-MINUTE HITCH KILLS THE EMBRYO CABINET Orthodox Muslim nominee held as President plans next move Suwirjo fails, returns mandate JAKARTA, Tues. J President Soekarno is believed to be pre|);irinir drastic action to give Indonesia a now government. Today he announced the failure of the Nationalist
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    Lock icon BLACKLEGS ARE WARNED AS 2,500,000 BRITISH ENGINEERS STRIKE
    75 1 A PLACARD warning against blacklegging is held high as men picket the main entrance of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's factory. A total of 2.500.000 engineers are now on strike all over Britain Their leaders were trying to decide last night whether the
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    Sacked—three boys who tried to stop school exam
    221 1 Sacked— three boys who tried to stop school exam 'REBELS' SHOUT AND HAND OUT LEAFLETS PENANG, Tuesday. THREE Chung Ling High School students in their final year were expelled today after unsuccessfully trying to disrupt the first term school examination this morning. •The decision to expel them was taken at
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    Lock icon MURDERS LEAD TO CABINET CHANGES
    105 1 TEHERAN, Tues Official sources said the Prime Minister, Mr. Hussein Ala, resigned today in a cabinet shuffle resulting from the murder of three Americans by Persian bandits. The sources said Mr. Ala, who is 74, will be replaced by Dr. Manouchehr Eghbal, the 49-year-old Court
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    Mr. Eii dies on holiday
    46 1 A prominent Singapore businessman. I K. C. Fu. died yesterday in Hong "in* where he was on holiday Hi was 58. He was the eldest of v sons ot the well-known Hont Kong and Malayan multi millionaire, the late Tong Sen
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    Budget meeting
    41 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation Government is to introduce a supplemen tary Budget in the Legislative Council as the first step to implementing iU$l,l3B million flve-yeat development plan, the Mm ister of Finance. Col. H s Lee. announced tndav
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    Lock icon Money ruined his career
    94 1 NEW YORK. Tues. —Stage and television actor Charles Baxter, 32, has filed suit for annulment of his marriage to Lorraine Manville Baxter. asbestos heiress who is over 60. They were married in 1955. She is the sister of the much-married Tommy Manville. Among Mr. Baxter's claims
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    April 14 -that's the day they'll be home
    174 1 From FELIX ABISHEGANADEN TONDON, Tues.—Sin- gapore's victorious self-government delegation will return to the Colony on April 14. It Is understood that the delegation has been invited to spend a day in India as guests of the Indian Government on the flight back.
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    Lock icon 'No' to Queen's awards
    53 1 ACCRA, Tues. Ghana has told the British Government that she does not want Ghanaians to be included in the honours lists which are prepared for awards by the Queen twice a year. The Government of Ghana is considering arrangements for the establishment of her own honours
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    Lock icon Anti-Red lights
    24 1 TAIPEH, Tues. The nationalist newspaper "China News" today praised Singapore a°d Malaya as the "two big lighthouses" in Asia's anti-Communist struggle. Reuter.
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    Eden relapse
    44 1 LONDON, Tues. 81r Anthony Eden, convalescing in New Zealand, has had "a slight relapse" and has been advised to go to Boston as soon as possible. Sir Horace Evans, his personal physician, said here today. Sir Anthony leaves by air on Thursday.
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    Lock icon Mr. MACMILLAN: 'WHY ALL THIS FUSS?'
    329 1 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. Harold Mac mil lan, the Prime Minister, said today he did not know why enlightened opinion all over the world should protest against Britain's forthcoming H-bomb tests. These tests, he told the House of Commons in reply to a barrage of
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    BANKRIDDLE: CASH, GEMS MISSING
    370 1  - BANKRIDDLE: CASH, GEMS MISSING HAROLD SOH Monday- morn shock: Two trunks were empty By A TOTAL of $80,000 in cash and jewellery is missing from the Bank of India in Robinson Road, Singapore. The loss was discovered on Monday morning by two bank officials, Mr. Tan Kay Siang, the chief
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    Lock icon BRITISH SHIP ENTERS SUEZ
    91 1 BRITISH SHIP ENTERS SUEZ CAIRO, Tues.— The British, registered steamer Vergport (formerly Maria Vittoria) entered th c Suez Canal today. The 1,592-ton freighter first British vessel to use the canal since the Anglo. French attack on Egypt is being operated by a Panamanian firm under charter and is bound for
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    Israeli raid
    40 1 CAIRO, Tues. A truck carrying ten Israelis who fired their rifles is reported here last night to have crossed the truce line in the Gaza Strip this afternoon and penetrated about half a mile northeast of Gaza City.
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    Lock icon The big strikes are now off
    163 1 The big strikes are now off T ONDON, Tues.—Bri- tain's mass engineering and shipyard strikes, which for weeks have kept 2,500,000 workers idle and halted major industrial plants, was called off today. The men will return to work on Thursday. A conference of representatives of the 40 trade unions linked
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    34 1 DULLES ON SUEZ WASHINGTON. Tues.— Secretary of State. Mr. Dulles, said today U.S. should know within 18 hours whether therr was likelihood of seriuus negotiations with Egypt for solving Suez dispute. —Reuter.
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    Aga Khan ailing
    53 1 NICE, Wed.— The Aga Khan. spiritual ruler of the Ismaeli Muslims, today was reported in failing health at his villa on the Riviera. Friends said the Aga Khan, who will be 80 in November, is suffering from a chronic bronchial condition and has not responded well to
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    Lock icon EXPERT SAYS ADAMS IS KILLER—'RUBBISH,' REPLIES HIS LAWYER
    376 2 EXPERT SAYS ADAMS IS KILLER— 'RUBBISH,' REPLIES HIS LAWYER LONDON, Tuesday. POUNSEL defending Dr. John Bodkin Adams said today thai a leading London medical specialist's murder theory was "absolute rubbish." This was during one of several clashes between the counsel, Mr. Geoffrey Lawrence, and Dr. Arthur Douthwaite, a key prosecution
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    Lock icon SPAGHETTI ON PLANTSA HOAXER'S HARVEST
    187 2 SPAGHETTI ON PLANTSA HOAXER'S HARVEST LONDON, Tues.— Hundreds of television viewers (200 In the first 20 minutes) telephoned the BBC last night to protest that spaghetti does not grow on tall plants. They had to be told by switchboard operators that the staid, dignified corporation had played an elaborate April
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    Lock icon New service
    33 2 GENEVA, Tues. A Swiss Air DC-7 airliner left here for Tokyo yesterday on a new service to Beirut, Karachi, Bombay, Bangkok and Manila. Regular flights will begin on April 23.— Reuter.
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    Mrs. Towers dead
    45 2 LONDON, Tues.— Mrs. Alice Towers, who lived for many years in Ipoh, has died at her home in Newdigate, Surrey. Her late husband, Mr. A. C. J. Towers, who was an accountant, played a prominent part in the public life of Ipoh.
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    First radio fee
    18 2 KUCHING. Tues. The Sarawak Government Introduced a radio licence fee for the first time yesterday.
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    Lock icon PRAISE FOR UNIONS IN MALAYA
    125 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday. rpHE MALAYAN trade union movement was one of the strongest and most democratic in Asia, an American professor wrote in a magazine. Prof. J. Norman Parmer, of Maryland University, said: "Western trade unionists visiting Singapore and the Federation of Malaya have remarked
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    CABLE FLASHES
    128 2 TOKYO, Tues. All A available metropolitan fire brigades were called out here today when fire gutted the Meiji-za, one of Tokyo's oldest and most famous theatres. A succession of Meljl-za theatres, one of the homes of Kabuki (Japanese drama), have occupied the site for nearly 300 years.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Travel ban off
    23 2 WASHINGTON, Tuea.— The United States Government yesterday ended its flvemonth ban on travel to Egypt, Israel. Syria and Jordan. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Helsinki talks
    23 2 STOCKHOLM. Tues The Foreign Ministers of Sweden. Denmark, Norway and Finland will meet in Helsinki on April 9 and 10.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Radio exposes bids on King's life
    279 2 REDS BLAMED SYRIANS WARNED BEIRUT. Tuesday FkAMASCUS Radio said today that Jordanian se- curity forces had uncovered two attempts on the life of King Hussein— the centre of a new disputi between the pro-Western throne and Jordan's left cabinet. The broadcast, quotin<» formed sources
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    Lock icon A SHIP SWITCH TO BEAT DOCKERS
    103 2 A SHIP SWITCH TO BEAT DOCKERS /CHERBOURG, Tues. One thousand passengers from the Queen Mary left here for Plymouth this morning on the company's relief ship the 21,700-ton Invernia. Late sleeping passengers delayed the Ivernia's departure by more than an hour. Teams of toiling Cherbourg porters hurried to get all
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    Lock icon Helicopter saves pilot from sea
    59 2 TOKYO, Tues.— Prompt action by a helicopter pilot today saved the life of an American pilot after his naval Skyraider aircraft crashed in the sea of Okino Dalta Island southern Japan. A naval spokesman said the Skyraider was taking part in manoeuvres when it was
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    Fare rise sets off riots
    48 2 SANTIAGO .(Chile). Tues. —Protected by army and air force guards, trams and buses operated normally in Santiago and Valparaso yesterday after four days of rioting against Increased fares. President Carlos Ibanez warned on Sunday night that further violence would not be tolerated. AJ.
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    Lock icon Tourist drive
    45 2 COLOMBO, Tues. Ceylon Government Ton Bureau Is to spend nearly third of its propaganda v for the current year on o of the biggest publicity c paigns it has ever emba;t on, to capture the Amen> and European tourist mark*" for Ceylon.— UP
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    REAL-LIFE DRAMA—AND FAMOUS JAP THEATRE GOES UP IN SMOKE
    134 2 REAL-LIFE DRAMA— AND FAMOUS JAP THEATRE GOES UP IN SMOKE cial Soviet news agency. Reuter. CAPETOWN: Britain has handed over the Simonstown Naval Base, near here, to South Africa but it will still be open to ships of the Royal Navy for refuelling and in time of war. Reuter. MOSCOW:
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    CAUGHT ON HIS OWN HOOK
    40 2 NEW YORK. Tues. Ronald Berubr 13, was pr» ticiiif casting: yesterday The hook landed in his mouth and Berube. startled, gulped and swallowed everything hook, line and sinker. He Is recovering in a hospital C.P.
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    Lock icon Casey plan for Mid East peace
    313 3 fc ON BALANCE ISRAEL HAS BEEN MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING 9 BUT FIRST THERE MUST BE NO-WAR PACT CANBERRA, Tues.— Australia's External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, outlined in the House of Representatives tonight a five-point plan for solving Middle East problems. Mr.
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    Lock icon 'Bermuda' debate unites Tories, splits Socialists
    205 3 'Bermuda' debate unites Tories, splits Socialists LABOUR MISSED CHANCE' LONDON, Tuesday STRANGE effect of the House of Commons n Bermuda" debate last night has been to rally a divided Conservative Party behind Mr. Harold Macmillan and create a new Labour split over nuclear tests, Members of Parliament said today. The
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    Lock icon GAITSKELL: ANXIETY OVER THE WORLD
    154 3 I ONDON, Tues.— Mr. U Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Opposition, said last night that the nuclear tests which have been carried out in the last few years 'have led to widespread anxiety over the world as a whole." Mr (iaitskell was replying in the
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    Lock icon Macmillan has strong case, says Press
    131 3 LONDON. Tues. Most British newspapers today said that the Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan. had made out a strong case for going on with the H-bomb tests. Several added, however, that the need of a big power pact to ban future tests was now
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    Lock icon Too true, man
    39 3 NEW YORK, Tues.— Former President Harry Truman, whose daughter Margaret expects her first child in July, said he did not want a boy named after him because "it would be a handicap all his life."— Reuter.
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    BEVAN AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE—A.CHAT WITH NEHRU AND PLANNING CHIEF
    94 3 BEVAN AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE— A.CHAT WITH NEHRU AND PLANNING CHIEF The palace formerly housed the British Viceroys of India. Mr. Bevan was attending the banquet given by Mr. Nehru in honour of the visiting Polish Prime Minister, Mr. Cyrankiewicz. Mr. Bevan is staying at Mr. i Nehru's house as his
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    Lock icon UN HURT WORLD PEACE-MENZIES
    326 3 He begs U.S. to understand MELBOURNE, Tues.— United Nations intervention in the Middle East had "immeasurably damaged world peace," Australia's Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies, declared here last night. Mr. Menzies was addressing young Liberals at Melbourne University. He said: "What the United Nations will do
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    Lock icon Loneliness ended by 200-mile balloon
    106 3 Loneliness ended by 200-mile balloon qiOKYO, Tues. A toy 1 balloon carried over the top of Mount Fuji (12,460 ft.) has opened a pen pal correspondence between a girl living in I remote mountain village and a Tokyo student. The girl, Mitsuyt) Kawanaml, 10, in a letter attached to the
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    Lock icon Duke sees the Yangtse film
    46 3 LONDON, Tues.— The Duke of -Edinburgh attended the London premiere last night of the film "Yangtse Incident," the story of the British frigate Amethyst, which made a dash for freedom under Chinese Communist gunfire in the Yangtse river in 1949. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon MAKARIOS: I DECIDE...
    59 3 SEYCHELLES. Tues. Archbishop Makario s declared today that negotiations on the future of Cyprus can be held only between him representing the Greek Cypriots and Britain. The Archbishop rejected demands by the Turkish Cypriot minority to be present at negotiations but said he is ready to have
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    LONDON STOCKS
    285 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53% *i Funding 4% £89% +=S War 3%% £73% +1 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4'i —1/32 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£1) 34/7% Hongkong ($125) £98 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 84/7% +/6 Royal 83/10% +1/Prudential
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    'Father appeared drunk—he wanted to give me $50'
    340 4 'Father appeared drunk— he wanted to give me $50' BOY, 13, DESCRIBES VISIT: MOTHER SUES FOR DIVORCE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A MAN living apart from his wife and children went to his son's school and offered him $50, the High Court was told today. The boy, Nagulendran, 13, said during
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    SHE'S OFF TO LEARN THE LATEST
    67 4 SHE'S OFF TO LEARN THE LATEST MRS. ROSE EBERWEIN a Singapore Oriental dancing expert, left for Britain by Qantas yesterday to learn 'the latest in ballet." She also plans to visit Spain to study dancinc there Mrs Eberwein will also appear on television. She said: "1 hope to show the
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    TAMBIES RUSH TO JOIN ARMY
    153 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MOST of the 200 youths who applied here today to Join the Federation Armoured Car Regiment were Malay and Indian office peons. The recruiting officers want more Chinese and Indian candidates. About a quarter of the applicants were Chinese. The hi* rush
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    COURT TOLD OF WARTIME EXECUTIONS
    77 4 COURT TOLD OF WARTIME EXECUTIONS PENANG, Tues. The Coroner, Mr. Au Ah Wah, held today that a skull dur up on the Glugor site of the Penan* Teachers' Training College could have belonged to someone executed by the Japanese. The skull and other bones were unearthed by labourers on Feb.
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    Illegal society charge
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. In court today M. William Wilfred, an Indian, was charged with having assisted in the management of an unlawful society known as the Khashlpur Agricultural Bociety of India between October, 1950. and April, 1951. Hearing was adjourned
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    Accused mow fit to plead
    50 4 JOHORE BAHKU Tues.— S Krlshnan was formally charged today with the murder of a woman Ndgammal. on Feb 15. He was in a n.entai hospital and was bought to court today after having been certified fit to Dlead. He was remanded In custody pending trial.
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    Councillors elected
    64 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. About 84 per cent of the electors of Senai New Village went, to the polling station to elect three local councillors from a list of 11 candidates. The following were elected to serve for three years in the three wards: Mr. Wong Yong Foh (North
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    THE MALAYAN
    157 4 THE Malayan Monthly for E I April —on sale TODAY s takes you afloat with the Royal Malayan Navy, brings 3 you the story of young Mala- yans being trained to shoulder the defence of their shores. S MM also tells you of SATA'S I eight-year battle to
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    Onn: Tighten up on citizenship
    235 4 CALL FOR TALKS KOTA BHARU, I'uosri.. MARTY Negara President, Dato Sir Onn bin 1 Ja'afar, suggested last night that UMNO should call a round-table conference so that other parties could help to point out the "thorns" in the Reid I Commission's report. Addressing a meeting
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    OFF-COURSE BETS PLAN STILL 'ALIVE'
    122 4 OFF-COURSE BETS PLAN STILL 'ALIVE' rpH£ question whether 1 Malaya should adopt New Zealand's system of off-the-course betting mooted some years ago Is still far from being settled. Mr. M. P D. Nair. the Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary, yesterday said that the Singapore Government was still considering the
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    2 hurt in attack
    72 4 Five men armed with parangs and iron bars rushed Into a Singapore hotel in Lorong 19. Geylang, on Monday night, and beat up two attendants. Seah Hor Mooi. 28. and Ong Hock Keng, 40. were chatting with a friend in the reception room when they were
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    Cheongsam girl passed he fell into drain
    135 4 DRITISH film actor v Ronald Lewis, 28, limped Into the lobby of the Singapore Hotel yesterday and said with a rueful smile: "This is what I get for looking too hard at Chinese giris!" He said that he was taking his first look
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    WIFE: HIS MOTHER WANTED DIVORCE
    214 4 AWOMAtf alleged in a Singapore court yesterday that her mother-in-law told her to get a divorce although she had tried to make it up with her husband after he had assaulted her. "This happened." Tan Quay Cheng said, "barely six months after we were married.
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    The peril of going on strike
    300 5 WORKERS TO BE TOLD: YOU RUN RISK I OF SACK WHEN YOU STOP WORK BY THE MTUC w KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T H E Malayan Trade Union Congress is to send a circular to all unions warning them of the risk of being sacked
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    IRON MINE WORKERS PUT IN 13 DEMANDS
    130 5 DUNGUN, Tues.— Employees of the iron mine near here have submitted 13 demands to the management for better working conditions. One of the demands made to the company, the Eastern Mining and Metals Co. Ltd., is that employees should be paid compensation ranging
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    HE IS LEAVING THE POLICE TO GO ON STAGE
    62 5 MR. E. M. DAVIS, 39-year, old Special Branch Officer of Kluang Police Circle, Johore, who is returning to England, where he intends to go on the stage professionally. He has retired under the Malayanisation compensation terms. Mr Davis, a former detective-sergeant
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    Inspectors soon to check on lamps
    118 5 'THE Singapore Government is setting up an x inspectorate to ensure that electric lamps and other appliances sold to the public are safe to handle. The permanent secretary to the Ministry /or Communications and Works. Mr. P. R. Lewis, told the Straits Times yesterday
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    SUNDAY WILL BE DAY OF MOURNING
    65 5 SUNDAY WILL BE DAY OF MOURNING KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sinhalese Buddhists here will observe this Sunday as a day of mourning. The observance is in keeping with the Sinhalese Buddhists custom before the celebration of the Sinhalese New Year, which falls on April 14. A condolence meeting will be held
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    Flying club president
    44 5 IPOH. Tues.— The Perak Flying Club amended their rules at their annual general meeting last night to provide for the Mentrl Besar to become the ex-offlcio president. Hitnertu, the British Adviser held the post but that office has now been abolished.
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    RHEE'S MAN: WE'LL FIGHT FOR UNITY
    183 5 'Force if all else fails" GEN. Choi Duk Shin, South Korea's Minister to Vietnam, said in Singapore yesterday that his Government was determined to reunify the nation at all costs even war. Gen Choi, the former field commander of the South Korean Ist Corps,
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    Alleged theft of scrap
    36 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Eu Buk Hin was charged today with the theft of empty bottles and scrap Iron belonging to the Johore Public Works Department. He was allowed $1,000 bail pending trial.
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    EXTRA HOLIDAY on MAY 2?
    49 5 The Ministry of Labour Hari Raya Puasa falls on May and Welfare. Singapore, stated MinMry nted out yesterday that May 2 will be that May 1 is Labour Day an additional scheduled holi- and also a scheduled paid day for manual workers if holiday.
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    Chakri Day
    24 5 The Siamese Consulate in Singapore will be closed on Saturday to mark Chakri Day which honours the founder of the Siamese dynasty.
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    The next draw
    19 5 JOHORE BAHRD, Tues. The next Federation welfare lottery will be drawn at Penang on May 11.
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    VIP ROOM MAYBE GIVEN TO GIRLS
    144 5 VIP ROOM MAYBE GIVEN TO GIRLS 'THE YIP room at SinA gapore airport may be turned into bedrooms for information bureau girls on night duty. The sfraits Times understands that this move is being made because of lack of transport to take the late duty girls home. A conference yesterday
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      142 5 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL: Tiong Bahru cottage meeting at 17 Peng Nguan Street 8 pjn. PEACE COVE: Gospel meeting at 393 Joo Chlat Road 8 pm. CLOTHING SHOP at St. Andrew's Cathedral, CWA Room 3 pjn. FEDERATION OF BOYS' CLUBS: Activity instructors' courses at Queen Street Boys Hostel, motor repairing 7
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      84 5 TIVAL: Celebration at Sri Senpaga Vlnayagar Temple, 19 Ceylon Road 5 p.m police BAND concert at the Esplanade 6-7 pm, R.S.P.C.A.: Jumble sale at Presbyterian Church hall, Orchard Road, 10 am Y.W.C.A.: International Women's Club meet at Raffles Quay. 10 a.m. V.M.C.A.: Judo practice. Malay conversational class, bodybuilding and welghtllfting,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    270 6 ill Wurd. in (minimum) 1.000 GALLONS of Mobllgas Is your, if you win a simple competition- Enquire at your MobUgaa Dealer for Entry Forms. EASTERN SALE of Values begins today at Au Bon March'e 170 Orchard Road (Upstairs) closed Saturdays open Sundays 9 a.m. I p.m. nON'T MISS THE
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    DEATHS.
    141 6 M it..,rf, til) i minimum) CHEW Mr. Chew Hock Seng, aged 78, passed away peacefully at hi.s home. 141 -A Devonshire Road, Singapore, at noon yesterday, leaving a widow, three sons. Chin Hont;, Chin Chcong and Chin Hoe, seven daughters, Teck Neo, Suai Neo, Kh.am Neo, Lily, Huat Neo,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 3, 1957. Cat On Hot Bricks
    606 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 3, 1957. Cat On Hot Bricks The scientist is always ahead of the politician. This should be a challenge, but Mr. Macmillan fell back upon it only as justification for a change of policy since Sir Anthony Eden's proposal for the limiting of nuclear
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    Master Race
    310 6 j It is part of the role of the opposition in a democracy to be blind to the virtues of the government, alert in detecting its defects, and reluctant to admit that the government can ever be right But this opposition must be responsible. It must' not use
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    Services Workers
    211 6 Although the merdeka mission is unlikely to bring back the definite guarantee for the future for which civilian employees of the British services in Singapore have asked, there seems little justification for the fear of wholesale dismissals. External defence is still a British responsibility and British troops also
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    1681 6  -  HARVEY STOCKWIN By Though the Indian Congress has won an impressive majority in the recent elections, it is showing signs of growing flabby with the passage of time* The success of the Communists in Kerala, one of the most populous and literate states in
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      168 6 MALAYAN graduate (S.T. March 25) has not only contributed a most sensible article on the need for more doctors but has also provided the most practical solution of the problem so far envisaged by any one when he says "the present situation
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      Doffing the Red cap
      132 6 VDUR editorial, "Doffing X the Red Cap," deserves the careful perusal of every Singaporean, Chinese and non-Chinese alike, who really loves this islandstate. You are correct when you say. in reference to what Mr. Tan Lark Bye had said about Government having placed "a red cap
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      23 6 /\PFICE workers along *-J McPherson Road would like more No. 12 buses on the route. BUS TRAVELLER Singapore
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    On the Margin
    336 6 On the Margin POLITICALLY. ku a I Lumpur was an im mense relief after sin»a pore. I had found a ve»v marked change of adhere in my own corr.-'" nlty in Singapore. Last year's riots, public sessions of 1. layanisation Commission the unleashed invecth* of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew C
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    WINDFALL MAN IS DOCTOR CANTON
    214 7 THE retired Singapore City Council officer *ho benefited by $85,000 r three days' work" Dr. N. A. Canton, mor Health Officer. la the explanation of windfall," which the s Times gathered from s sources yesterday, in eof official City CounThe $85,000 is the difference |r
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    Scout chief
    23 7 Syed Esa bin Alwee. Johore Bey Scouts State Commissioner, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Scouts in the Federation of Malaya
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    CASHIER BURNED IN ACID ATTACK
    84 7 POXTIAN. Toe*. Tan Leong Kee. 47, cashier on Lam Huat Hup Kee Pineapple Estate seven miles from here, was badly burned in an acid attack yesterday. Tan was sitting in his office at 9.30 a.m. when a man walked In, called to him and then
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    Clerk gets 4 years
    49 7 T. Nadaxajah. 33. an accounts clerk of the Borneo Co.. Singapore, was jailed for four years at the Assizes yesterday on five charges of 1 forging payment vouchers for the purpose of cheating. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on all the charges.
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    Stamps and sentiment
    90 7 KOALA LUMPUR, Tues. i American philatelists are so i sentimental that they prefer to buy Malaya's new stamps irom the Federation, than from the Crown Agents' Bureau in Washington, the Federation's Director of Posts. Mr. J. B. Stoddart, the Straits Times today. i He said he had
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    Women's union to fight for rights
    281 7 EQUALITY IN TEACHING PROFESSION THEIR FIRST OBJECTIVE jyjORE than 100 professional women in Goveminent service in Singapore have formed themselves into a union to fight for parity with men. The union has been registered as the Singapore Professional Women's Association. Its temporary president, Mrs.
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    Man cleared of cheque charge
    43 7 William Keh. 25. formerly of the Telephone Board, accused of dishonestly using a forged cthartered Bank cheque fot $2,000 as genuine, was cleared at Singapore Assizes yesterday. Keh was acquitted after the jury's unanimous verdict of not guilty.
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    Man lay drunk in the road
    39 7 Police found Abdul Kasstm drunk and lying in the centre of Beach Road on April 1, a Singapore court was told yesterday. He was fined $3 when he admitted being drunk and disorderly.
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    Hostess fined
    36 7 Lam Lai Lian, a dance hostess at the Southern Cabaret. Singapore, was fined a total of $60 in a Colony court yesterday for being late in furnishing her 1954 and 1955 income tax returns.
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    $2,000 surprise
    23 7 The $2,000-a-month manager of the Singapore Industrial Promotion Board has been selected but his name is being withheld until next week.
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    GURKHAS LEAVE IN LUXURY TROOPER
    130 7 rnHE 1/6 GURKHAS— 2II terrorist kills in eight years in the Federation yesterday became the first battalion to leave Malaya aboard the new luxury 20,500-ton troopship Oxfordshire. The 800 men arrived In Singapore by two trains from Ipoh with their wives and families. Army lorries
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    Pineapple men acquitted
    59 7 Pineapple men acquitted JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Lim Thong Yian, Lee Cher Wang, 81m Wah Lye and Liang Seng Goo, former employees of Lee pineapple factory at Scudai who were charged in Johore Bahru with committing mischief by throwing stones and bottles were acquitted today. Mr. T. T.- Rajah, who defended,
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    French offer to doctor
    43 7 Entries for medical scholarships offered by the French Government will close o« Tuesday April 30. Two scholarships will be awarded for a student, and a young and experienced doctor wishing to specialise in France for one or two years.
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    Off to a new life OLYMPIC STAR ANTAL FIRST WENT BACK TO MARRY
    144 7 Off to a new life OLYMPIC STAR ANTAL FIRST WENT BACK TO MARRY II7HEN the Olympic Games ended in Melbourne last year, Antal Bolvari. a Hungarian water polo star, told his Australian friends: "I am going home but I'll be back." Antal had to return home because his fiancee. Maria
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    HOUSEWIFE LIGNIC HAS NEW BABY TO SHOW DADDY
    120 7 OTHEN the Hungarian reTT volt flared up last year Mrs. Lignic Ingeburg, an Austrian housewife living in Budapest, and her husband fled across the border to Vienna. She stayed behind with friends when her husband left for Australia with other refugees. Last
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    SIGNALS MAN FROM U.K. VISITS LOCAL UNITS
    82 7 SIGNALS MAN FROM U.K. VISITS LOCAL UNITS MAJOR-GENERAL W. A. Scott, Director of Communications, Foreign Office, Is at present visitIng Army signals units and installations in Singapore and Federation. In Singapore he is meeting Ma j .-Gen. L.H.O. Pugh, Chief of Staff, FARELF, Brigadier H. L Lewis. Chief Signal Officer,
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    No more bad words, say the councillors
    219 7  - No more bad words, say the councillors GUNN CHIT THYE By PENANG. Tues. PENANO, .city councillors have reached a gentleman's agreement not to use unparliamentary language. The first to apologise for Having used a harsh word In the council was the city's Mayor, Mr. G.H. Ooh. He told me: "We
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    Hawkers defend their fridges
    33 7 The 15.000-strong Singapore Hawkers' Union has protested against the '"ity Council's order that stall holders should remove refrigerators from their pitches. A letter has been sent to the council.
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    Insurance workers to strike
    63 7 EMPLOYEES of two insurance firms in Singapore decided last night to strike on an undisclosed date The firms are the Java Sea and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., and the United India Fire and General Insurance Co.. Ltd. The workers will walk-out on the appointed day "at
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    Gamblers fined
    25 7 Ten people were each fined $5 when they pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to gambling in a house in Muar Road.
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    Grand welcome for Lim team
    139 7 A GRAND welcome awaits Singapore's all-party delegation on its return from the successful constitutional talks in London. The Chief Minister's Office yesterday announced that from the latest information received, the delegation was expected back on Sunday, April 14. The all-party committee, which has been arranging
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    Milk plant: Aussies are in the dark
    225 7 NO WORD FROM THE GOVT. T*HE Australian Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. R. x L. Harry, said yesterday that the Government had not informed the Commission it was rejecting the Australian Government's offer to build a $700,000 milk reconstitution plant here Mr. Harry, who
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    COLONY HOMES HIT BY POWER FAILURE
    79 7 HOUSES in Kellock Road and Zion Road, Singapore, were without electric power early yesterday morning when an overground cable box and transformer were burnt The supply was restored to some houses a few hours later, but the others are not expected to hav e
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    40,000 Service workers still worried
    340 8 40,000 Service workers still worried ANOTHER CABLE GOES OFF TO MM IN LONDON PAYMENT IS DEMANDED FOR LOSS OF CAREER THE SINGAPORE Trades Union Congress yesterday asked the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to try to get Britain to agree to form a committee to examine the future of
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    SENIOR OFFICERS TO MEET ON JOBS
    218 8 1 'THE new committee of A the Singapore Senior Officers' Association will consider a proposal that Superscale E and O posts in the Government Administrative Service be thrown open to all Division 1 officers, at a meeting on April 11 The president. Mr. A.
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    T.U.C. wins 'equal rights' claim
    244 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. IN FUTURE parties involved in a trade union dispute to be submitted for arbitration by an industrial court should send copies of their case simultaneously to the court. This new procedure follows a strong protest by the Malayan Trade Union Congress in
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    Fasting hours
    34 8 KUALA LIPIS, Tues. Working hours in pahang government offices during the puasa are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. without break from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays work will stop at 1.30 p.m.
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    Police fire hits Red
    54 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— One of two armed, uniformed terrorists was wounded in a clash with a police patrol in the Kota Tinggi district of Johore yesterday, but escaped capture. The patrol chased the bandits after their brief engagement and contacted them again. One of them was
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    MIC official
    27 8 BANTING, Tues. Mr. Daniel Jayaratnam was reelected president of the Kuala Laagat district branch of the Malayan Indian Congress at its fifth annual tteneral meeting.
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    MALAYA'S QUICK-CHANGE CLIMATE IS A NIGHTMARE, SAY TV FILM MEN
    112 8 MALAYA'S QUICK-CHANGE CLIMATE IS A NIGHTMARE, SAY TV FILM MEN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Three British televisionmen said here today that the Malayan climate hi the cameraman's nightmare. "It changes from brilliant to dark every time we get our cameras ready," they added. The three men are from Independent Television News,
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    CENTRAL BANK: NEW TALKS
    159 8 Problem: To get right man KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A FOUR-MAN ministerial delegation from Singapore held talks here yesterday with the Federation Government's economic planning committee, headed by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, on proposals for settin* up the proposed central bank for Malaya. The delegation
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    Shell man is off to train in London
    82 8 Shell man is off to train in London MR. TANG TEW LUM (above), a member of the Shell Company's senior staff hi Singapore, will leave on Monday for two months' training hi the group accounts department of the firm hi London. Mr. Tang;, 46, is a former pupil of the
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    Theft of $96
    25 8 IPOH, Tues. A burglar broke into a dispensary in Anderson Road on Sunday afternoon and stole $96 from a petty cash box.
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    Anti-Red variety
    51 8 IPOH, Tues. Chinese school pupils will stage a variety concert at St. Michael's school hall here on Saturday. The concert, with an antiCommunLst theme, will consist of Chinese and English songs, folk dances, dramatic performances and a harmonica band item in which more than 150 youths will take
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      237 8 radio malaya Regional SINGAPORE •Programmes thus marked can be received by lUtener, In Malacca u Short wive 41m- A.M. 7.15 Tim* Signal And M.jUxtn 47cm 'Opening Announcement; 7.16 Medium wave 476m. M «nJng Serenade; 730 News; 476m., 341m.. 366m. 279m. 7.35 A Date With Music: 8.00 P -V' 15 ~T?"
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      213 8 25- Other-worldly but not peaceful (7). 26. Kate Hardcastle did? (7). 27- Ladles lose game, still have rewards 28- Pldele's end In song (S). DOWN 1. Adventure story failed to rouse Uttle BUly (9). X Be embraced by giant Asiatic i (7). 3. Historian rode South (9). 4. Food of
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    Lock icon 220 died when gale 'unsinkable ship STRAITS TIMES Special Feature
    1645 9 220 died when gale 'unsinkable ship STRAITS TIMES Special Feature IS the steamship London pulled into Plymouth in January, 1866, to embark passengers for Australia, a man scurried down the gangway. He called back: "I'll not sail in this >hip. She's doomed." Other passengers laughed at the man's fear. The
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      46 9 Rex Morgan MM. Wo physical pain [sEfs^rS Sl4^%lMf^ lilillljitsc Dick Tracy Mfoubtvcrosser p hey o/gP J rvii icu p-ranssEßf l y ff m ]fl MAS Ace O'Hara intp 4-.CX3 m ps. ..check/ tjpuct i -<- —^•^Haa ■m| .^^l SWMAN6 wfTO OKBT/^^^P^H y^_ J"^*-- J~/ r^ p^TrtM m±wk
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    BETTER SENTIMENT MARKS TRADING ON COLONY SHARE MART
    672 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market was marked with better sentiment yesterday with the stimulation of improved oversea and local interest in tin and rubber. A steadier tendency also continued throughout the day on the Singapore Rubber Market with minor
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    124 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:Cepra: quiet; April $27 12 buyers, $28 12 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $47 I|4 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 30 tons of buslnev3 reported done on both varieties; Muntok white $99, Sarawak $98 (both up $2),
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 April Brat grade rubber buyers f.o-b- closed In Singapore yesterday at Mtt centa per lb. up one and three-eighths of a cent on Monday's closing priceThe elotinr tone was steady. Closing prices In cents per lb yesterday were:— OFFICIAL. No- 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 90. sellers 90
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    76 10 The Malayan Exchange B»n' Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchant, yesterday (aU rates to $100) Sellinr T.T. or O.D. ree4y: Swiss Francs 143 1/4; Belgian Francs 1627; Holland Guilder* 133 3/8; Devtsehe Marks 136: Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market In Hone
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    26 10 SINGAPORE, APrtll RUBBER: 904 cent, per lb. (up one and three-eighths of a crnti TIN: $387,124 Picul (up $1.62}). 3jCOPRA: A W» bu )Prs
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    85 10 MELBOURNE Loan 3'/»% 1956-59 £9,5 2 Loan 3>4% 1956-58 £99: Bank of NS.W. £34 11 /i« Con. Zinc 108,9 Mount Lyell 25/Kr N. Broken Hill Hill 50 19 2 Mount Morgan ir 7 Peko 6/6, Western Mining Ampol. Ex OH Search 93Aust. Consol. Ind 61 A.P.M. (new) 21
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    75 10 Ships lying alongside the sinu. pore Harbour Board wharves expected today are: Bingo M; 1-2. Astyanax 4-5, WCstwaj v Memnon 6-7, Straat Torres 8-5 TJitjalengka 11. Frankfurt Peleus 15-16, Tyndareus 18. s N.Wall 5, Serudom N.Wui! Sedlli N.Wall 9, Cboyaang 21-a O. Sambaur 23, Seganiat 24, Sfc Lee
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      302 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNClL— Applications are invited for the post of a Technical Assistant in the Town Planning Branch of the Municipal Engineer's Dept. Salary Seals: $372x18--462/480x34-000 with a variable Cost of Living Allowance. QsudlncaUons: A pass In the 2nd Technical Exam of a Qovt. Dept. In Engineering
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      793 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Appointment of a Manager/ Chemist and an Assistant Manager/Chemist Applications are Invited for the above posts in the Sewerage Branch of the Municipal Engineer's Department. (a) Manager/Chemist: Candidates should be corporate members of the Royal institute of Chemis-, try and/or the Institute of Sewage
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      557 10 NOTICES BASSETT RUBBER COMPANY UNITED (tooorporeted In The Federation Of Malaya) NOTICE is hereby HjW"***** the thirty-fourth Aminai fhweral Meeting of ahareholders win be held at the conipan^B»a«lfter»)d Office, No. 1. gmbanhntiPt, KuaU mmpur, on Friday the loth AgM. 1967 at 11-00 ajn. <<* of transacting the I oUowlng business:
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      504 10 KNUTSEN LINE orwmt service MOM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS —30 DAYS Sailint San arrivint Vancouver Francisco Spore P.S'wer Penang F°manti CJertrod Bakk, 8/10 Apr 11 Apr 13 Apr 25 Ap. Ellen Bakke 6 Apr 8/10 May 11 May 13Mav 24.. Kristin Bakk, 10 Ap* 24 Apr 26/28Mav 29Mav 31 May IMm
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      975 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS POR BANGKOK AND/OR PAR EAST Penong P. S'hom S'poro "MEONIA" In Port 8/ 7 Apr "SON4*HLA*T.!?7: '4/4 Apr "LALANDIA" 18/17 Apr 18/1* Apr 20/21 Apt a PtfJ k o|r oft HOMEWARDS SAILINGS POR GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, SDTHENBVRt, OSLO Spore P. S'hom Penang •"KOREA-
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      335 12 QEAR Boys and Girls, There were many excellent entries for the drawing and painting contest and it was very difficult indeed to decide on the six winners. However, here is the final list: Jimmy Siau, 292- A. Owen Road, Singapore. 8. Can Kong Bock.
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      UNCLE OLLIE GROWS VERY ANGRY
      863 12 Mat Mousedeer has taken up conjuring. He persuades Bakar Bear to be his victim and poor Bakar is tied up in knots. Bzani Elephant arrives and insists on "helping."* EZANI, to everyone's surprise, did the string trick with ease. It was simply a matter of
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      MOZART CHILD GENIUSI
      344 12 MOZART CHILD GENIUSI NEVER has there been a more striking example of a genius than Johannes Mozart, always known to his friends as Wolfgang. He was that rare phe*nomenon, an infant prodigy who achieved greatness in later life. Born at Salzburg, Austria, in 1756, little Wolfgang was only three when
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      126 12 Q. Which table has no legs? A. A timetable. Q*What 'is it which is thrown away when it is in use? A. An anchor. ■k Q. Why are prisoners slow writers? A. They take years to finish a sentence. Q. Which bird can lift the heaviest
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    St. Vitus is ready for maiden win
    325 14  -  EPSOM JEEP THIS VIGOROUS YOUNGSTER IS TODAY'S JKST W By FAIR RALEIGH THE MAIN CHALLENGER 1 OT. VITUS (Race 5) has trained on splendidly since his promising second to Miralda over the Bukit Timah 6f and I regard him as the best bet
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    Back the 'Lady' for each way
    225 14 Back the 'Lady' for each way LADY SCARLET looks a pretty sound each-way bet in Race 6. This mare by the 2,000 Guineas winner, Happy Knight, ran a game race when narrowly beaten by Glory in a fastrun 6f race (lmin 13 2/5) at Bukit Timah in February. She looked
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    Back Kingfold again on his Penang double
    235 14 KINGFOLD is accepting and on his Penang form will take some beating in Race 4. With apprentice Lim up Kingfold scored over 7f and brought off a clever double when he beat The Whistler and Mickey Mouse in a tight finish over 6f
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    POOR FIELD
    625 14 SAUCY KATE is coming to hand nicely and up against a moderate Class 2, sprint field (Race 2) she should come into her own. This mare by Hard Sauce was quietly fancied at Bukit Timah in February and ran far from a bad race to finish sixth with
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    AMICABLES WERE OUT of TOUCH
    287 14 I—Leg-weary1 Leg-weary offer lay-off lose 3-1 T*HE October-to-March x3l enforced rest from league competition has done the Amicables no good. Runners-up in the S.A.F.A. first division last year, Amicables were a foot, weary, under-trained team yesterday and went down meekly at Jalan Besar Stadium by
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    The weights
    132 14 EP8OM JEEP CALL BOY Raee 1. 210. PULOT ITAM Llngfleld Persian Count LINGFIELD Peraian Count Pnlot Itam LINGFIELD Pulot Itam Persian Count Raee J05SAUCY KATE Dinkum Kbandl Star KHANDI STAR Dlnkam Leie MUM KHANDI STAR Lode Mine Dinkum Raee S. J.40. RECORD TIME Fortune'! Wheel Klngtbeaa KINGSBEAU Fortaae's
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    IPOH RACE CARD
    824 14 Race 1 2.30: Apprentices' RaceClass 5, Div. 2—5 Furs. Str. 1 773 Per* Count 4y Sh«rl 8.07 g*^^" 2 886 Morle n 8y Khamla 5.06 Shaw Stable Martin 3 802 UngHeld 5y A*uw«tt 8.08 011 Yong 4 430 MajuU 6y Omar 8.05 T.V. Mitchell Donnelly 669 SET
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    REME'S stamina takes them into zone final
    287 14 REME'S stamina takes them into zone final KOSB ARE NEXT OPPONEATs IN THE Singapore zone final of the Caldbcck u IK the Army's Far East soccer championship- ki outlasted 221 Vehicle Battalion (RAOC) and 4-2 after being held to a draw at half-time. They will now meet King's Own Scottish
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    Semi-final draw for SYSC meet
    106 14 Semi-final draw for SYSC meet ♦TWE SEMI-FINAL round Singapore Youth Spon. tre basketball league will Friday. The draw, made last ni suited DIVISION 2: Group l Eagle, Ming Chong, Wu Lim and Hoone sin. <.i,, n t Yap Yee, Liang Tee < Weekly. Hal Loke and Bus. DIVISION 3 Group
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    Nadarajah gets the decider
    44 14 A goal by V. Nadarau Jollilads A.U. a 1-0 victor-. Indian Youngsters In g Div. 3A league match at Park yesterday. In two Div. 2B games i padang, RAP Changi bc.r I 3-1 while S.C.C. and Athletic "A" drew 1-1.
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    5-3 for Seletar
    43 14 R.A.P Seletar beat H.M. Dockyard 'A" 5-3 in a S.AJ.A. Div. 2B league match at the Naval Base yesterday Leading: 3-1 at Interval. Seletar scored through Ford (2). Gallagher, Candlin and McDonnell while Allen, Maniam and Mohamed replied for Dockyard^
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    JAPANESE T-T TEAM GAINS-3 WIN OVER ENGLAND
    163 14 JAPANESE T-T TEAM GAIN S-3 WIN OVER ENGLAND JAPAN beat England 5-3 at Birmingham on Monday in the first of their three international table tennis matches. The Italian deaf mute boxer, Mario d'Agata, lost his world bantamweight title on Monday night In Paris to Alphonse Hallmi, of Prance, who won
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      49 14 CRICKET Joint Services league: RN7.AF t R.A.O-C. Tengah: HIM I K.AA.F., Ayer Rajah Road; SER t H.A.F. Seletar. mi; Clio Nee Soon. Tanglin R.VI "B" v H.M.S. Terror. Bet B.A-F. Tengah v RAMC. I. TENNIS V.M.C.A. op*n champinnvhii Bras Basah Road. HOCKEY SJi.A. physical training. toanfoon Road, 5.30 p.m.
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