The Straits Times, 5 April 1957

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    NEW STUDENT REVOLT
    1167 1 1 MORE SCHOOLS SHUT: GIRLS INVOLVED NOW Demonstrators halt examination and take over hall Patron,B6 defied TOWKAY QUITS SICK BED TO APPEAL FOR ORDER BUT HE IS IGNORED PENANG, Thursday. IJNREST UMif Chung Ling pupils over the expulsion of three student leaders on Tiesdaj spread this morning
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    2.30 a.m. DORMITORY DRAMA: GIRLS IN YWCA SEE VIOLET SLEIGH COLLAPSE
    16 1 VIOLET SLEIGH ..."A nervous breakdown."
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    Lock icon BANQUET SEAT ROW -NOW IT'S A DUEL
    76 1 BANQUET SEAT ROW -NOW IT'S A DUEL MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Thurs. Two referees were named last night to arrange a duel between Senator Jaime Bayley and former Vice-President Hector Gerona. The senator challenged Mr. Gerona on Tuesday after an argument over who should have a better place at a banquet honouring
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    Lock icon Draft report ready
    64 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Singapore All-Party delegation to the successful Anglo-Singapore constitutional conference here will hold a private meeting tomorrow to examine the conference's draft report, a well-informed source said today. The report is expected to be considered by the British and Singapore delegations at a meeting on
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    Lock icon Train crash
    28 1 KASSEL, (Germany), Thurs.— Four Germans were killed early today and eight Injured when an American military train crashed into the rear of the Kiel-Lindau express.— A.P.
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    Beauty Queen is rushed to hospital
    278 1 Beauty Queen is rushed to hospital |{UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Beauty queen Violet Sleigh, aged 22, collapsed in the dormitory of the Y.W.C.A. hostel here at 2.30 this morning shortly after she returned from a date. She was rushed to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in a coma. Police are investigating rhey
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    Lock icon A HELPING HAND AS EDEN FLIES TO FIJI
    135 1 AUCKLAND, Thurs. The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. S. G. Holland, gave a helping hand today to Sir Anthony Eden as, steadying himself on a rail, the former British Prime Minister stepped into an RNZAF Sunder- land flying boat bound for Fiji.
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    Lock icon Ambassador in Cairo falls to death
    141 1 'DEPRESSED BY U.S. CRITICISM* CAIRO, Thursday. rpHE Canadian ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Herbert Norman, committed suicide here today by jumping from his office window. An embassy communique announcing this said Mr. Norman, "an extremely conscientious public servant." had been greatly distressed by unpleasant publicity
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    40 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— The Education Ministry here said today that two-stage supersonic rockets will be tested for the first time In Japan from late April to early May in preparation for the coming international geophysical year. —Reuter.
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    Six held in bank theft
    84 1 Six held in bank theft SINGAPORE police have detained six men in connection with the disappearance of $80,000 in cash and jewellery from the Bank of India on Monday. One of them works as a tamby in the bank. Detectives arrested him at his house in the Alexandra Road area.
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    Lock icon More rioting in Chile
    28 1 SANTIAGO, Chile, Thurs. Santiago was still in a state of siege today after more rioting. Armed mobs and troops fought sporadic gun battles.— Reuter.
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    26 1 SYDNEY, Thurs. Three Neptune bombers arrived back in Australia today after completing the first round-world flight undertaken by the Royal Australian Air Force Reuter.
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    19 1 TEHERAN. Thurs. Mr. Eghbal, the new Persian Prime Minister, today presented his Cabinet to the Shah.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BRITAIN HAS MEGATON BOMB
    586 1 BRITAIN HAS MEGATON BOMB LONDON, Thursday. THE BRITISH Government today announced that a megaton bomb had been developed and would be tested soon Then a stock would t>e manufactured, said a White Paper issued today The report said that British atomic bombs were already in stead y production and the
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    Lock icon 'Mama's boys' could not take captivity
    98 1 'Mama's boys' could not take captivity NEW YORK, Thurs. Too many "Mama's Boys" with a "passive attitude" was the main cause for the high death rate among American prisoners in Korea, an army medical offta-"- said today Major William E. Mayer said too many American soldiers were products of an
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    46 1 BRITISH PLAN FOR SUEZ LONDON. Thurs.—Britain was reported today prepared for "temporary agreement" conceding full payment of Suez Canal dues to bgypt and at least part in convertible currency, but only on understanding that in final settlement canal would be "insulated from politics." —UP.
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    25 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. Siam has protested officially against Australian Labour Party criticism of the Government as "reactionary and unstable," it was learned today. U.P.
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    155 1 Jakarta crisis: New bid Soekarno will form cabinet JAKARTA. Thurs.— J President Soekarno announced tonight that he would personally form an "extra-Parlia-mentary emergency Cabinet" which would appoint a National Council in line with the "Presidential conception." The President will pick his Cabinet from among 70 political and religious leaders and
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    Lock icon West steers clear of the Suez
    370 2 BRITISH SHIPOWNERS WANT TWO POINTS CtKABBD BEFORE USING CANAL ONE AREA MAY STILL BE MINED: EGYPT WARNING IS RECALLED LONDON, Thursday. DRITISH shipowners will not send their ships through the Suez Canal until the questions of payment of dues and the safety of the
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    Lock icon Egypt still refuses Dulles' invitation
    128 2 Egypt still refuses Dulles' invitation CAIRO, Thurs. The Egyptian state-controlled Cairo Radio said last night that Egypt had refused internationalisation of the Suez Canal and "still persists in her refusal." The radio was replying to an invitation from Mr. John Foster Dulles, the U.S. Secretary of State, to Egypt to
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    Lock icon 2 shot, war hero held
    59 2 ST. PETERSBURG, (Florida), Thurs.— Brig. Wilbur R. Mcßeynolds, until recently in Saigon, and his wife, Faye, were shot to death in their home last night and a French war hero was held. Nine shots were fired from a .22 pistol, two striking the retired army
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    Lock icon THE 70,000,000- YEAR LINK
    48 2 THE 70,000, 000- YEAR LINK TRENTON. (New Jersey), Thurs. —An old bone, believed to be about 70.000,000 years old, has been found in a clay pit here. The New Jersey State Museum announced the find, saying the thigh bone apparently came from a duck-billed dinosau or trachodon. AP.
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    Lock icon CUSTOMERS FOR NASSER-THE CANAL REOPENS
    38 2 CUSTOMERS FOR NASSER -THE CANAL REOPENS MIPS of the first convoy to enter the Sue* Canal since It was blocked In November re shown here near Ismailia. No British or American ships were in the convoy.— A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Israel's 'no'
    36 2 JERUSALEM, Thurs.— Mrs. Golda Melr, the Israeli Foreign Minister, said here yesterday that Israel would not agree to the stationing of United Nations troops in ElAuja, the former demilitarised zone in the Sinai peninsula.—Reuter.
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    24 2 VIENNA, Thurs.— A baby was born In the RomeMunich express early this morning soon after It crossed the frontier into Austria Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mock collapse staged at Dr. Adams9 trial
    250 2 Mock collapse staged at Dr. Adams' trial 14TH DAY— A MURDER CASE RECORD ONDON, Thurs.— A prominent London medical specialist yesterday staged a mock collapse in the witness box at the murder trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams. The specialist, Dr. John Harman, was the first witness in the defence
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    Lock icon Reds allow mercy plane to land at Hanoi
    103 2 HONG KONG, Thurs The Communist North Vietnam authorities relented today and allowed a British mercy plane to land at Hanoi with an iron lung for a polio-stricken British Vice-Consul. Two Hong Kong Government doctors aboard the plane consulted local doctors and it
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    Lock icon NEWSPRINT LIKELY TO COST MORE
    109 2 NEW YORK, Thursday CIR ERIC BOWATER, chairman of the Bowater Paper Corporation, the world's largest newsprint producer, today predicted a further increase in the price of newsprint. I He was interviewed when he boarded the Queen Elizabeth, which sailed for Southampton. Sir Eric said that
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    51 2 NEW YORK. Thurs.—Britain's Jaguar cars were awarded the 1957 American Artist Magazine Medal of Honour for excellence In design at a ceremony here last night. The award Is usually given to an individual artist, and this was the first time an industrial design has won the honour.
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    Lock icon Talsies' are so fiery
    83 2 'Falsies' are so fiery itflAMI, Florida, Thurs.— A pair of "falsies" were blamed today for a fire which did more than US$4,OOO worth of damage at a laundry and dry cleaning plant. One of the plant's owners said he believed the falsies were left In a basket of clothes which
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    Lock icon RELEASE OF MAKARIOS 'IS ENCOURAGING TERRORISTS IN CYPRUS'
    117 2 RELEASE OF MAKARIOS 'IS ENCOURAGING TERRORISTS IN CYPRUS' ANKARA, Thurs. DR. Fasll Kutchuk, leader of the Turkish minority in Cyprus, yesterday said that any compromise with the Greek Cypriot Archbishop Makarios would have grave consequences. Dr. Kutchuk, who flew here from Nicosia to meet Turkish government leaders, told a Press
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    Lock icon CA VEMAN STUFF, THIS 'ROCK'
    267 2 Soviet culture boss sees red MOSCOW, Thursday MR DMITRI SHEPILOV. former Soviet Minister, yesterday condemned "boogie-v,<,.. and "rock 'n' roll" as an "unrestrained debaiu passions and an explosion of the basest ins and sexual urges." Mr. Shepilov, 7/ho Is oelleved to be in charge of
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    Lock icon Stars end marriage after 16 years
    95 2 Stars end marriage after 16 years LAS VEGAS, (Nevada i Thurs. The 16-year marriage of actor Gene Kelly and actress Betsy Blair ended yesterday wiien she was granted a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. The decree, granted after a closed hearing, is reported to have involved a oropertv settlement
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    Lock icon GAMES TOWN GOES UNDER THE HAMMER
    55 2 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Olympic Village was auctioned today. The fir&t hou: brought £1.500. Among the lots was the gatekeeper's building ("a If of famous people have pas.--cd by there," said the auctioneer) which went for £35 The costliest item sold r early bidding was a
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    Lock icon New turn in vice case
    54 2 MIAMI. Thurs. Former middleweight champion Jake Lamotta yesterday moved for a new trial on charges of violating the state law against prostitution. He was convicted of operating a place in which a 14--year-old girl made dates for prostitution, and sentenced to six months and a
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    24 2 MOSCOW, Thurs. Mar sha] Klimenti Voroshilcv Chairman of the Presidium the Supreme Soviet, is visit Indonesia in May aftel touring China. Reuter.
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      61 2 THE CHAMPIONS OF TOMORROW 1 y World Champion Wong Peng Mw f Ai Soon imparts his knowledge Mm \f* J^F i and experience to Singapore's l||§ fc* youth as Badminton Coach (SKm W i\ I in the Youth Sports Centre. tSjBL If J RECOMMENDED IN CAPSULE OR LIQUID FORM BY
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    209 3 INDIAN H-BOMB WARNING How I wish Gandhi w«r« aliv,. gays elder statesman 'Tell Britain we'll leave Commonwealth if the explosions occur' v m* o MADR AS, Thursday. INDIA should tell Britain she will leave the 1 Commonwealth if nuclear tests on Christmas Island are carried out, Mr. Chakravarti Kajaffopalachan said
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    94 3 MAC SETS POSER FOR SCIENTISTS LONDON, Thurs— The British Prime Miu- ter, Mr. Harold Macmillan. has caused a stir amonc international scientists by saying in Parliament that Britain can bring about a nuclear .xplosion that no other country can detect. The scientific correspondent of the Manchester Guardian commented. "I have
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    Lock icon NEW U.S. A-WEAPONS TESTS IN MAY
    160 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The I'nited States Atomic Energy Commission said yesterday it would start a new series of test explosions in Nevada about May '15 and continue them intermittently throughout the summer. The commission had announced in January that the tests would be held this
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    BEDROOM REPRISALS...
    65 3 TORQUAY, Thurs— A woman member of the British Labour Party, Mrs. Norah Hinks. said here today at a rally against nuclear tests: "No more war, no more bombs —that is what we should tell the men. Unless you agree tee shut the bedroom door against you." The rally
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    26 3 CAIRO. Thurs.— Egypt has lodged a complaint with the armistice commission about a flight by an Israeli jet fighter over the Gaza Strip.— Reuter.
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    65 3 AN IDEA: FLYING FIRE ENGINES LOS ANGLES. Thurs.— Tta U.S. Navy disclosed today that it is experimenting in the use of helicopters as flying fire-engines. The new technique was demonstrated at El Centro during the annual Navy air weapons show. A Sikorsky helicopter equipped with a 500-lb extinguisher device, subdued
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    78 3 TOKYO, Thurs.— A total of £224,600 worth of top-grade Japanese industrial ana medical equipment is up for sale to China, the director of a trade fair said today. The sale would require approval of the Japanese International Trade and Industry Ministry before it could be made,
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    Lock icon 'West is trying to legalise the atomic arms race'
    253 3 -SOVIET VIEW AT DISARM TALKS MOSCOW, Than.— Mr. Valerian Zorin. Soviet delegate to the London disarmament talks, has accused the West of trying to legalise the atomic arms race, the Soviet news agency Tass reported from London today. Mr. Zorin, addressing
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    210 3 AND SWITCHES TO U.S. EQUIPMENT CANBERRA, Thursday. BIG CHANGES in Australian defence policy "in the light of scientific and technological developments" were announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies. in the House of Representatives today. Mr. Menzies said it was of immense importance
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      121 3 NKRUMAH GETS CASTLE A CCRA, Thurs. Dr. A Kwame Micrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana, is taking over Christianborg Castle, official residence of the Governor-General, Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, it was officially announced last night. The Governor-General's residence will be transferred to State House/ built this year at a cost of £2454)00.
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      24 3 TEGUCIGALPA, (Honduras): Four thousand employes of the Standard Fruit Company are on strike for higher wages. They also demand dismissal of two officials.— A.P.
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      21 3 KARS, < Turkey): Eleven passengers were killed and six injured when a bus plunged into a ravine on Turkey's border with Russia.—A.P.
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      22 3 OR AN: Murders and ambushes broke out again here after a month of calm. Three European farmers were killed by rebels.— UJ».
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      26 3 1 NEW YORK: The "mad bomber," George Metesky. 53 who planted more than 32 lethal weapons here in 16 years, is seriously ill with T.B.— U.P.
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    27 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Eisenhower yesterday appointed Mrs. Anne Wheaton to replace Mr. Murray Snyder as an assistant Press secretary in the White House.— AP.
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    Hand-over delay
    25 3 COLOMBO, Thurs.— Britain will hand over her bases in Ceylon to the Government there in mid-November instead of in October as anticipated earlier.
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    A-ships planned
    23 3 LONDON, Thurs.— Plans are in hand for designing atomicpowered tankers at Cammell Lairds shipbuilding yards in Birkenhead, a company spokesman said.^
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    25 3 TEHERAN. Thurs.— Martial law. in force in Teheran since the Allied occupation in 1941 except for short intervals, was lifted last night.—Reuter.
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    220 3 LONDON. Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty LOANS tonsols £83% SXt4% "1/12 Var 3%% —3/18 r ar 3 BANKS JercantUe (£5) £4% Sastern (£6) bartered (£l> 34/7% longkong ($125) £97% 1 INSURANCE Join. Un. (uU.) 84/4% /7% loyal 82/10% /6 •rudentlal £43% BAILS
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    RUBBER
    30 3 LONDON. Thurs. Bpot 27% d., May 27 V4d., June 27 Hd., JulySept. 27\d., Oct.-Dec. 27Vtd.. Jan. -Mar. 26\d.. April C.l.f. 27'« d., May c.l.f. 27> s d. Tone: Firm.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON, Thurs. Cash buyers £772, sellers £773. Forward buyers £761, sellers £762, Settlement £774. Turnover a.m. 70 tons; p.m. 60 tons.
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    Guarantor says NO, so the painting stowaway is back in jail
    185 4 I UDVIK GASPERIK, the Czech stowaway who has been waiting in Singapore since January for permission to enter Australia, is back in the Outram Road remand Drison. His sponsor, Mr. A. J. Jugas, managing director of a Singapore firm,
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    Guests did not register
    51 4 A Singapore hotelkeeper yesterday admitted in a Colony court 16 charges of not registering the particulars of people who had taken rooms on Jan. 9. Thong Seng Huan, of Tanjong Katong Road, was fined $200 "i the first charge and SI on each of the other
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    Cycle offence
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Ramalan bin Somatono, a Javanese, was sentenced in Muar Sessions Court, yesterday to six months' jail and a fine of $200 or a further two months' jail, for dishonestly retaining a stolen cycle.
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    NO COMPROMISE ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP
    301 4 Tengku repeats stand: 'But there should be no hitches 9 KUALA LUMPUR, "Thurs.— The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, repeated today that there could be "no question of compromise" on dual citizenship when the question arises in the final constitutional talks in London. Last week,
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    He waits for someone to do him a good deed
    335 4 He waits for someone to do him a good deed By TAN TOCK SAIK KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaya's oldest Scout, Mr. M. R. Hertslet, a 72-year-old European who has given 38 years service to the Scout movement and spent more than $40,--000 of his own money to help Scouts, Is
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    SCOUTER GAVE AWAY $40,000 BUT NOW,.
    12 4 SCOUTER GAVE AWAY $40,000 BUT NOW... MR. HERTSLET looking for a job
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    RUSH OF AMAHS LOOKING FOR WORK—THEY BLAME MALAYANISATION
    123 4 RUSH OF AMAHS LOOKING FOR WORK— THEY BLAME MALAYANISATION MALAYANISATION has hit amahs and cooks in Kuala Lumpur. A record number of 134 women rushed to the employment exchange here last month seeking Jobs. According to the monthly report of the exchange. 93 of them were Axed up with new
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    Mistress describes bedroom attack
    251 4 A MAN attacked his mistress with a knife after a 1 a.m. bedroom quarrel, a Singapore court was told yesterday. The attack, it was alleged, occurred when William Andrady argued with Tay Vat Neo over her liaison with his friend, Jerry. Andrady, a 45-year-old car driver,
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    KILLED BY SNAKE. IN BOAT
    63 4 KILLED BY SNAKE. IN BOAT TEMERLOH, Thurs. A woman died the day after she was bitten by a snake, the coroner, Raja Asian Shah, was told yesterday. Tang Kechlk binte Tapah, 59, was fishing hi the Sungei Kemak at Maran on Feb. 18 when a snake got into the sampan
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    Free film show
    35 4 Seventy Hungarian refugees, on their way to Australia, were guests of Singapore's Cathay Organisation last night .when they attended a screening of Dean Martin's "Ten Thousand Bedrooms' 1 at the Cathay cinema.
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    HAPPY NOW, BUT WHERE'S MUM?
    165 4 OHIRLEY, aged 19 months, was ill and could not travel last September when her mother boarded a ship at Perth and sailed for Penang. Shirley could I only watch Mum go. She knew Mum was on her way to Join Dad, Sgt. Rex Coverlay, of
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    Public talk
    29 4 Dr. Lin En-chin, Associate Professor of Education at Nanyang Unverslty, Singapore, will give a public address at the British Council Hall on April 17 at 8.30 p.m.
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    OR-A-S-H!
    83 5 C-R-A-S-H! 77ie swaying pillar of the Singapore airport proves officials wrong VTHEN the gates leading to the Singapore airport V.I.P. room were opened, a concrete pillar supporting one of them swayed. "They will never fall," said officials. "Even the Empire State Building sways, but it has never come down." Yesterday
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    PROVERB QUOTED TO LURE OUT RED
    106 5 PROVERB QUOTED TO LURE OUT RED KULIM, Thurs. TKedah Kelang ma good citizens' ttee today quota Chinese proverb i persuade a to leave the :ie. «1 ashamed to come :ace the masses,". ;-man committee in a message rrorist. Kwok Fu, of rd Communist armcell in the Bongsu -erve. I printed
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    Boy killed
    29 5 -year-old Singapore i Mohamad Yusof bin was fatally injured v when he was knock- by a car near the r. of Paya Lebar Road i og Bengkok.
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    COURT WRANGLE OVER THE ONUS OF PROOF
    363 5 COURT WRANGLE OVER THE ONUS OF PROOF TOWKAY VS. ADOPTED SONS THE five adopted sons of Towkay Choo Hock Swee were co- owners of landed property with their father and they were equally entitled to a share, submitted Mr. L. A. J. Smith, counsel for the defence, in the Singapore
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    UNLUCKY KIM LYE ROBBED AGAIN—S6OO SNATCHED
    106 5 UNLUCKY KIM LYE ROBBED AGAIN— $6OO SNATCHED Singapore bill collector Son Kirn Lye, 25, was robbed yesterday for the second time in five months. In October last year two men threw pepper at him in Geylang, blinded him, and escaped with $4,000. Yesterday a thief trailed him on his round
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    Singapore strikers risk sack, too
    203 5 SINGAPORE workers run the risk of being sacked if they go on strike, the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. D. I. Goodwin, warned yesterday. He was commenting on a clause in the Federation Labour Code which says that employers can dismiss workers who are absent for
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    Foreign trade: Govt. expected to make statement next month
    403 5 Foreign trade: Govt. expected to make statement next month 'THORNTON RIGHT ON MOST POINTS' KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fHE Federation Government is expected to make a policy statement on foreign investments, trade and commerce at the next meeting of the Federal Council in May. It will deal with questions raised by
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    TENGKU ASKS UMNO MAN TO MEDIATE IN – ACTORS' STRDXE -J
    109 5 TENGKU ASKS UMNO MAN TO MEDIATE IN ACTORS' STRIKE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister and president of UMNO, has asked the UMNO secretary general, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, to mediate in the strike of 150 Malay actors and actresses employed by Shaw Bros. The strikers
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    'Don't bar Nanyang men' warning
    176 5 SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS 1F... npHE chairman of the Nanyang University executive council, Prof. Chang Tien Tse, gave a warning yesterday that any attempt to exclude Nanyang graduates from public services would produce "serious repercussions." Prof. Chang was commenting on the prospect of Nanyang graduates obtaining top
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    TV MAN SAYS: IT'S A WINDOW ON WORLD
    61 5 TV MAN SAYS: IT'S A WINDOW ON WORLD MR. G. W. Godfrey, head of a British television equipment manufacturing company, who passed through Singapore by Qan-tas-BOAC yesterday, said that TV should be installed in every country. "TV is a window on to the world," he explained. Mr. Godfrey is returning
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    $1,138 for T.B.
    20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Donations totalling $1,138 were received last month for the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital fund.
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    43 6 20 Words $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY OF Madam Kuppumal Govlndasamy of 42 Tronoh Road Singapore, Aged 73, who passed away at 5 am. on 4-4-57 wish to thank a" those who attended the funeral, sent wreaths, condolences and 'jt the assistance rendered.
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    229 6 2« Words flu (minimum). NO PETROL BILLS For A Yeai! See your Mobllgas Service Station lor an Entry Form for a> 1000 gallon prize CALLING ALL MALES What a Surpri.se Easter Egg to give your Wife or Sweetheart 1! A Gay Party Dress from Tommy Thomson, G.H. Bldg. Battery
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    tlljip OLTflta'C Singapore, Fri. Apr. 5, 1957. Attracting New Capital
    678 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Apr. 5, 1957. Attracting New Capital No-one questions Malaya's need for fresk capital investment, or the part which the overseas* investor can play. But capital is not going to make an appearance simply in response to popular request There must be industrial prospects and reasonable
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    The W.D. Men's Claim
    292 6 There has been good news from London for the civilian employees of the British defence services in Singapore. Just how good, the unions have still to learn. But the talks which Mr. Lim Yew Hock has had with Ministry officials are described as satisfactory, and this
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    The Leper's Plea
    139 6 Modern drugs can cure leprosy. But outside the leper settlements the world still holds rigidly to its fears and misconceptions. The greatest need today in the fight against leprosy is a cure for the public's traditional attitude towards this disease and its sufferers. Leprosy is not dangerously
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    Must these people be sentenced for life?
    1437 6  -  HARRY MILLER PLEA FOR A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEPROSY LEAVING Malaya this week "on leave prior to retirement" is the man who ever since the miracle drug, sulphone, was first used in this country in 1947, has fought for a reorientation of the
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      All should be interested in rural development
      257 6 I MUST congratulate Ungku Abdul Axis of the Economics Department of the University of Malaya for his masterly presentation of the economic position of the Malays in a recent series of articles published in the Straits Times. There can be no doubt that
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      SINGAPORE WOMEN'S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
      213 6 Fhas been reported that the first objective of the Professional Women's Association is to fight for "equality" In the teaching profession. This is apt to mislead the public and cause serious misunderstanding among those concerned The Professional Women's Association has been formed with the sole
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    429 6 On the Margin mHERE were mon X the trip from Lumpur to Penan-.; I felt that motorine'.; Malaya had lost Its chari charm. The old roads wo-ir,,. through the country 5 leisurely manner bee' they wer c graded for h lock-carts when th cut through virgin jungi? Even after they
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    11 doctors pass: They will help to bridge that gap
    190 7 1 1 doctors pass: They will help to bridge that gap ELEVEN of 39 young Malayan doctors have d Part I of the Royal Australasian C ilege of Surgeons xamination held in :ipore this week The first time. 1 rxaminers from Austraypisterday described ■r.is result as "good— very satisfactory.* .c
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    To help family
    42 7 A NAAFI canteen assistant. Boon Hwa Choon. 21. charged w.th criminal breach of trust o! $1,043 worth of goods told a Sineapore macistrate vesteriay that he committed the offence to help his family He was jailed for two months.
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    Rahman asked to get 10,000 farm work
    74 7 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— The Unemployed Malays' Association has asked the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to resettle unemployed Malays as farmers. In a memorandum, the association estimates that more than 10.000 Malays in the Federation are unemployed. Th« association also asks that a
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    Planter found cheroot *beastly'
    284 7 Planter found cheroot 'beastly' BARRED SPEAKER DENIES HE WAS SMOKING, SAYS HE FEELS 'GREATLY INSULTED' I SAID HE COULDN'T ENTER ESTATEHE PUFFED SMOKE STRAIGHT AT ME' From H. PAUL IPOH. Thursday. AN estate owner, Mr. H. W. Reid, yesterday told a man asked by the District War Lxecutive Committee to
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    'Something will be done after inquiry'
    229 7 'Something will be done after inquiry' He was holding an envelope marked 0.0.5. in his hand. "He did not take the cheroot away from his mouth, and so I attempted to take it away. But I did not touch him at all. "Then Ponnusamy left the estate." Mr. Ponnusamy. who
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    Philosophy vacancy: Professor sought
    117 7 Philosophy vacancy: Professor sought 'THE University of Max laya will set up a department of philosophy this year. Applications have been invited for appointment to this chair. It is hoped that the successful candidate will take up the post in time ror the 1957/58 session beginning on Sept. 9. Experience
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    THE STAFF SERGEANT TAKES A BRIDE
    47 7 STAFF SGT. J. W. Stephenson and bis bride. Miss Christine Scott Ogilvie, after their wedding yesterday at the Church of Christ the King:. Tanglin, Singapore. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogilvie of Edinburgh.— Straits Times picture.
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    MAIL LOST IN PILLAR BOX BLAZE
    58 7 Firemen rushed to Orchard Road, Singapore, last night when smoke was reported pouring from a pillar box. They shot foam Into the letter slot to put out the flames. When the box was opened a piece of rag was found. Two letters were burnt
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    Censors see a Follies film
    44 7 The French film "Follies Bergere." a successor to "Paris Follies," which was banned In Singapore, has been reviewed by the Board of Film Censors. The censor, Mrs. Cynthia Koek. said yesterday that the board had not reached a decision.
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    Dato chosen
    31 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Chinese Association of Johore has appointed Dato Wong Shee Fun chairman of a committee to make arrangements for the Chinese community celebrations on merday. deka
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    Passing through
    29 7 The 8333-ton Polish freighter Malgorzata Fornalska passed through Singapore yesterday from Yulinkong, China, with a capacity cargo of 9,277-tons of iron ore In her holds for Gdynia.
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    WEE IS TOLD: GOVT. TAKES PRECAUTIONS
    231 7 THE Singapore Government x will continue to take precautions against political influence marring its community centres, and for that reason it must know what is going on. This was stated yesterday by the Director of Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. Cromwell. He was replying
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    (Food strike that wasn't)
    168 7 Food strike that wasn't 11THEN Malay nones failed to arrive for their usual meals at the General Hospital hostel mess word went round that they had gone on a hanger strike. There was added mystery when one of these nutses approached the home matron after an emergency meeting had been
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    NEW LOOK AT LEPROSY GETS SUPPORT
    225 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Ministry of Health "now supports" an eminent 1 leprologlst's recommendations for a more modern outlook by the Government on treating lepers and But the leproioglst. Dr. B. D. Molesworth. medical superintendent of the Sungel Buloh Leper Settlement, left Kuala Lumpur
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    Bandit wounded
    32 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A patrol of the 1/7 Gurkha Rifles wounded one of two terrorists who had fired on them in the Kluang district of Johore yesterday. Both bandit* escaped.
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    Spanish singer flies in for two-week visit
    55 7 Spanish singer flies in for two-week visit TERESITA DE ALBA, a Spanish sinter, arrived in Singapore from Manila by PAA yesterday for a season at a Colony niffbt dob Her manager-husband, Mr Joaanin de Monet, a Ma nlla insurance man. accompanied her. They plan to leave tor Hong Kon* in
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    BUS PACT IS DEAD, SAY THE BOSSES
    150 7 BUS PACT IS DEAD, SAY THE BOSSES T»HE Singapore Chix nese Bus Owners' Association yesterday reaffirmed Its declaration that the association's agreement with the Bus Workers' Union had been nullified because of the men's lightning strike last October. The association at an emergency meeting held the union responsible for its
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    The 'binte' who is a 'bin'
    101 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. "Kerna binte Dollah" was jailed for a week by the magistrate's court here for giving false information for an identity card. Although having a woman's name and wearing feminine garb Kerna is a man about 30 years of age. Tale of
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    NOSEY JOSE DIGS UP DIRT ON A GREAT MAN
    400 8 SUSAN BARRIE REVIEWS THE WEEK'S FILMS I SUPPOSE that for all time cinema-goers will think of Jose Ferrer as Toulouse-Lautrec in "Moulin Rouge." Fine though he was in that role he is a versatile enough actor to be impressive in less
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    A PACKET WITH A TWO-WAY SURPRISE
    314 8 A PACKET WITH A TWO-WAY SURPRISE SADISM AND VIOLENCE CREEP PAST THE CENSOR M GM.'s new film k "Hot Summer Night," turned out to be a surprise packet in two ways. First, although the cast Includes no top star names, this film is unexpectedly well acted and directed, with a
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    A slightly tall story stands up well
    184 8 rpms seems to be our week X for murder and violence. For in another M.G.M. film "A Man is Ten Feet Tall," there is quite a gruesome killing. Like "Hot Summer Night," this film too is without any of the great names, and
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    Love creaks badly in the kampong
    105 8 Love creaks badly in the kampong By JULIE TAN A MANDARIN film, "Baha and Nonya," would have been worth its camera ancles had It been a documentary But aU it offers is a cracking tale of triangular love between a kamponjr baba, a nonya, and the owner of a chicken
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    Sugary souffle by Germans
    87 8 After a fairly solid diet of tension and drama, this week's film fare was varied by a light and sugary souffle in the form of a German musical, "Bonjour Kathrin." Starring singer Caterina Valente, the film is in Eastmancolor. The story, so slight as to be
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    1620 9 $2-MIL-A-YEAR FROLICS OF CEREALS HEIRESS bu .years ago, a go-getting American salesman-turned-health-quack named Char||e. Williams Post started experimenting u,th gram, water and molasses to make a ..ibsti ute for coffee. His young, pig-tailed, xhool-girl daughter complained that ordinary S ,-offec kept her awake at night. She liked the new product
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    INTERESTED BUYERS BUT SELLERS WARY ON SHARE MARKET
    301 10 By Our Market Correspondent QELLERS were inclined to hold off from keen competition among: buyers for selected shares in the industrial, tin and rubber sections of the Singapore Share Market yesterday. On the Singapore Rubber Market the opening was steady and held
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    43 10 The Federation's Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating easterns Duties for the week from April 4: Rubber 92 cents a lb. Copra $446 a tonCoconut oil $758 a ton. Palm oil $***** a ten. Palm kernels $374-25
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 91% cents per lb. up one and a half cents on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were:— OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91 'i sellers 91%
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    357 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Trading was restricted In all sections on the local share market, due to the caution of buyers countermanded by the reluctance of sellers. The undertone was steady." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following basinet done yesterday:— Con. Tin Smelt ords 31*.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    98 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: Noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: Easier; April $27% buyers, $28% sellers. Coconut oil: easier; bulk $42% sellers drum $46% sellers. Pepper: steady, about 15 to 2o tons of business reported done on the white variety; Muntok white $102, Sarawak $101 (both up
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 10 On the free exchange market In Hang Kong yesterday, the U.S. *eUer was quoted at 6.15% for caah and 6.18% for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 16.19 and one tad of gold at 267%.
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    PRODUCTION IN MARCH
    103 10 Rubber crops for March have been announced as follows: Alex Pongsu Amalgamated Estate* Ltd. •8.866 lb., Bedong (Malaya) Rubber Ltd. 40.541, Temerloh Rubber Estates Ltd. 38,400, Trong Rubber Estates Ltd. 25,700, Sungel Tukang Rubber Company Ltd., 48,600. Tin mine production figures were: Takuapa Valley Tin DredgSfJS* ISPJ
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    Sale completed
    19 10 Oaring (Malacca) Rubber Estate completed the sale of the estate. A further statement will be made shortly.
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    OFFICIAL PRICf
    21 10 OFFICIAL PRICES EKLS* oni -3! TIN: $386 n« r (down 62 Vi cents, COPRA: April hu $26'/ 8 (up 12' cent,"*
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    124 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBO: Investments were firmer Melbourne Stock Exr B.HP. added a further to lead rises. The retail also tended to Improve a moves were mostly small'overs were not he;r. ings. Broken Hill Sou6d. In a stronger metal Other groups moved nam»? quiet trading. Loan* Wer i Loan 3%% 1956-59
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    70 10 S'PORE SHIPPING Ships lying alongside ihr s lsa pore Harbour Board vhsnaT expected today are: Oranf Astyanax 4/5. Bingo ManT Agamemnon 6/7, Lanske' TJitjalengka 11, Frankfurt i: Sonkhla 15/16, Tyndareus is denak N. Wall 5. Sti, n y. Lasem N. Wall 10. Ren-_';m 23, Shun Lee 24/25. Kajane 2* r
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    Higher offer?
    47 10 The directors ol Cheras Hzi Estates have announced don, they have reason to bete an offer for the capital price In excess of the nrw Stock Exchange quotation mi; made In the near future The company has an kg capital of £65,000 In £1 slures
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      603 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Council Reporter, Settlement Council. Malacca. Salary Scale 14R2-A2O-582 per month plus Cost of Living Allowance at current rates. Qualifications. Shorthand speed 160 words per minute and typewriting not less than 35 words per minute. Applicants will be required to
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      319 10 NOTICES OVERSEA CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 1957. FEDERATION OF MALAYA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 1957. Entries for these «min«Hfl«g will be received by the Chief Education Officer, Selangor from whom particulars of fees, etc.. and entry forms can be had on application. The last date for receiving entries will be
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      544 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Appointment of a Ms— gar/ Chemist as* an Assistant Manager/Chemist Applications are Invited for the above posts In the Sewerage J Branch of the Municipal Engineer's Department. (a) Manager/Chemist: Candidates should be corporate members of the Royal Institute of Chemls- try and/or the Institute
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    SENDAYAN CROP TO INCREASE
    196 12 SENDAYAN CROP TO INCREASE rE Send ay an (F. M. S.) Rubber Co. Ltd. expects a further Increase in crop of 175,000 Ib. in the current year, mainly from the young rubber newly brought into tapping. This was revealed by Mr. Charles Mann, chairman of the board of directors in
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    AUSTRALIA'S FLOUR TRADE 'BEING LOST'
    98 12 AUSTRALIA'S FLOUR TRADE 'BEING LOST' A USTRALJ AN flour exA porters have been losing markets in Malaya, Indonesia and Ceylon to France and the United States, according to Mr. J. Cadwallader. chairman of Allied Mills Ltd.. of Sydney. He told the annual meeting that the Australian flour export industry is
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    COMPETITION FOR ESTATES
    115 12 There is competition to acquire Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates Ltd., which owns estates In Malacca and Johore. Within a few days of the announcement of an offer by Savard and Hart it was announced that the board had been "approached from a reliable source" with a view
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    Newbankbranch
    53 12 The Chartered Bank which lias been operating in Singapore for nearly 100 years will open its seventh office In the Colony tomorrow. The new office will be at Princess Elizabeth Estate on the Bukit Timah Road. The development of this area is being sponsored by the government as a
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    Japanese to sell us more vehicles
    371 12  -  ANTHONY OEI DRIVE TO BOOST BUS AND TRUCK SALES BY JAPAN is making a strong bid to expand its market to Malaya flbr the first time in the history of its automobile industry. Japan wants to sell its buses and trucks for I commercial
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    Man who gets things done
    73 12 When the Japanese overran Singapore in 1942. Cable and Wireless Ltd. lost its Singapore cable relay station. It was a matter of urgency to construct a new relay station at Colombo. The -company sent Mr. C.J.V. Lawson to do th; job. He overcame wartime difficulties
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    TIN MAY BE USED TO MAKE RUBBER
    132 12 TIN MAY BE USED TO MAKE RUBBER AMONG the activities of the Tin Research Institute is research into organotin compounds, which has the important aim of introducing tin in a suitable form for use In the rapidly developing modern chemical Industries. The metallurgical uses of tin are old but during
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    HEVEA SOLD TO CHINESE
    109 12 Hevea (Johore) Rubber Plantations' Malayan agents have now received a firm offer from a Chinese buyer to purchase Hock Llm estate for $260,000 (£30,333 at exchange 2s. 4d.). This has been accepted, a forfeitable deposit of 10 per cent, has been received and completion Is due
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    Model kits are big business
    99 12 MODEL assembly kits for construction of aircraft and ships are becoming increasingly popular in Malaya. America leads in the supply of model assembly kits. Of Malaya's total imports, 80 per cent is from America and 20 per cent from England. But for ordinary soft toys,
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    New use for butyl
    38 12 The discovery that butyl —a substance made from petroleum waste was suitable for outer tyres for vehicles was announced in London Butyl has up to now been used only for inner tubes of tyres.
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    iVeir 6oosf in fracfe irif/r Indonesia
    169 12 New boost in trade with Indonesia TRADERS in Singapore expect an early fillip to the Colony's languishing trade with Indonesia, following reports of the possibility of substantial business deals- with the Republic. They have been cheered by a report from Palembang that Singapore was expected to get the major share
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    Oil search in Timor
    125 12 IDEOLOGICAL work on the island of Timor has revealed evidence of favourable oil structures, resembling those in oilfield regions in other countries and an Australian company, Timor Oil Limited is conducting a search for oil. A geologist's report states that primitive methods are used to collect
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    NEW PENANG FERRY UNDERGOES TRIALS
    82 12 rpHE "Penang," the first of five new ferries for the 1 Penang Harbour Board built by the Singapore Harbour Board, is nearly ready. She will carry 25 cars and 500 passengers. Three successful trips have been made off Singapore and the Penang is expected to
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    Korean beer sales
    50 12 South Korean beer has found its first overseas market In slam, according to reports from Seoul, a Bangkok importer has offered to buy 560.000 cases of ROK-brewed beer plus 22,000 cases of wine every year. This will add about US$6OO,OOO to South Korea's annual foreign exchange earnings.
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    Kush for citizenship rights
    267 13 Rush for citizenship rights JU.IENS THINK THEIR CHILDREN MAY BE REFUSED SCHOOL PL ACES-M.C.A. OFFICIAL FEARS THAT THEY MAY NOT GET JOBS SPUR ON CHINESE KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday rjHOISANDS of Chinese who fear that they •rill not be able to get jobs or business lifences after merdeka without a citizenship
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    Special is wounded at estate roll call
    73 13 1 hurs. A special i Abdul Ghani bin I Hamid. 20. was baduidrd in a shooting i mi Voules Estate nang. eight miles re, last night. 1 1 was lining up for outside theguardm thr rstate when a ;ii,i Irotu a rifle ac:l
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    Wage talks begin
    48 13 rt the Singapore Companies EmD yesterday met magement of the :idia Fire and Genn.urance Co. at the Department to disr wage dispute. No j was reached. will meet again toe the union will dismilar dispute with -i ment of the Java F ire Insurance Co.
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    TRENGGANU HEAD OF CLP. LEAVING FOR CANADA
    85 13 TRENGGANU HEAD OF C.I.D. LEAVING FOR CANADA KUALA TRENOOANU, Thurs. Mr. Howard Mansfield, head of the C.1.D., is the first officer to leave Trengganu police under the Malayanisation scheme. He leaves here with his family on April 12. Mr. Mansfield has been in charge of the CID since 1955. Hatchet
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    PARTY FOR 65 OLD FOLK
    69 13 Sixty-five aged people from Bushy Park Home and Nantina Home were guests at a party given by the Singapore Chinese Ladies' Association at Wesley Hall yesterday. The president of the asso- elation, Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan. and her committee members, Mrs. Rosalie Hernon and Mrs.
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    Identity of the Queen's relative for" Aug. 31 is Tengku's secret }
    161 13 Identity of the Queen's relative for" Aug. 31 is Tengku's secret ITUALA LUMPUR, lv Thurs. The name of the member of the Royal Family who will represent the Queen at the declaration of independence here on Aug. 31, is known— but it is being kept top secret. Tentrku Abdul Rahman,
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    Emphasis on food in Health Day show
    191 13 COLONY URGED TO CO-OPERATE 'THE observance of World Health Day begins today. And the particular theme this year Is "Food and Health." In Singapore. It begins with an exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall to be opened by the Acting Chief Minister, and
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    1,000 see RAF ceremony
    36 13 More than 1,000 people attended a "beating the retreat" ceremony at the R.AJ 1 station, Seletar, last night. The Commander-in-Chief, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges, took the salute.
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    Record recital
    45 13 The St. Andrer-'s School Music Club will present a recorded recital of The Matthew Passion by Bach on April 12 at 7.30 p.m. ln St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. A collection will be taken at the recital ln aid of the school's building fund.
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    PENANG KAUM IBU PRESIDENT DIES
    107 13 PENANG, Thurs.— The president of the Penang Kaum Ibu, Puan Shariffah Sheikha, 70, died in "Kedah House*' in Northam Road here last night. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, sent a cable of condolence to her son, Tuan Syed Abdullah Alsagoff, who married a niece
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    'Our aims' by women's association leader
    105 13 'Our aims' by women's association leader MRS. SIOW PECK LENG, pro tern chairman of the Singapore Professional Women's Association, said yesterday that the association had been formed to look after the interests of women in four professions in Government service. These were phasised that "Our intention is to protect the
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    Speeder fined
    15 13 A taxi-driver. Lee Ngak Song was fined $30 in Singapore yesterday for speeding.
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    SERVICES MEN TOLD: DON'T ACCUSE YET...
    228 13 SERVICES MEN TOLD: DON'T ACCUSE YET... »FHE president of the Singapore Trades Union Con- gress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, last night appealed to employees of the Services not to be hasty in their condemnation of the Colony delegation which is in London negotiating with Britain for self-govern-ment. He was speaking at
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    Faith, Hope and Charity set record
    160 13 Faith, Hope and Charity set record KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Faith, Hope and Charity, with the help of Me and Mo, have set a flying record in the Federation. Those are the names of the three Dakotas and two Austers of the RAF's "voice plane" squadron. An RAF spokesman told the
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    Civilian in a uniform
    57 13 A civilian was wearing the uniform of an R.A.s.C. soldier when police arrested him in Eng Neo Street, Singapore on Wednesday night, it was alleged in a Colony court yesterday. Setapba bin Rahman pleaded not guilty to a charge of donning the uniform to deceive and
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    Kelong keeper hit forester
    43 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Lim Bak Chai, a kelong keeper, was fined $350 in the magistrate's court here for assaulting Mohamed Amin bin Ali, a forester The forester had asked if royalty had been paid on a stack of firewood.
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    He served soccer 25 years
    1043 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL POPULAR CHOO KWAI LOW STEPS DOWN, AMD TALKS ABOUT THE PAST By WHICH WAS the greatest team ever in Singapore league football? Who were the best players of the past? Which was the best overseas soccer team to play in Singapore before the
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    Lock icon PUSKAS SUSPENDED FOR ONE YEAR
    155 14 BUDAPEST, Thursday. T*HE Hungarian F. A. disciplinary committee yesx terday barred Ferenc Puskas and Zoltan Czibor from all sports activity for a year because the two soccer stars did not go home after last autumn's revolt in Hungary. Mr. Sandor Bares, president of the Hungarian
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    Lock icon 'Footballer of the Year1 title to Tom Finney
    67 14 'Footballer of the Year' title to Tom Finney LONDON, Ttaurs.— Tom Finney, the Preston and England, forward, was last night named "Footballer of the Year" by the Football Writers' Association. He is the first player to win the award twice. Finney, 34, first gained the distinction in 1954. Finney has
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    LAST DAY WEIGHTS
    303 14 WEIGHTS for mil races at Ipoh tomorrow, last day of the Perak Turf Club March-April Meeting, are: CL. 2, DIV. I— 6F. Crown Link 9.00 Don Wayne 8.13 Numismate 8.13 Early Bird 8.12 Mirzapen 8.11 Marigold 8.10 Dapple Grey 8.10 Sunny Day 8.09 Charles Knda 8.07 Pearl
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    Floodlit pitch opened
    123 14 A NEW floodlit field at Seletar was officially opened last night when R.A.F. Seletar beat R.A.P. Changi 3-2 In a friendly soccer match. The new floodlit pitch will be used for soccer, rugger and hockey. This was the first game played on It at night. Last nighf
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    WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE BUSINESS HOUSES F.A?
    550 14  -  808 PIDGEON WHAT HAS happened to the Singapore Business Houses Football Association? With the soccer season already six weeks old no plans for 1957 have been announced and no fixtures drawn up. Just silence. For some time it has been known that all
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    Indians in cup soccer
    60 14 The Singapore Indian F.A. will meet Johore Indians in the opening round of the Malayan Indian Cup at Kluang tomorrow. The winners will meet the winners between Negri Sembilan and Malacca in the semi-final. The Singapore team will be chosen from Narayanan. Bala Satha, Velu, Suppiah,
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    Mirophli and Weem —both fancied— join in smart gallop
    320 14  - Mirophli and Weem —both fancied— join in smart gallop EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Thursday IVfIROPHLI (Mawi) and Weem (Franklin), matchiT* ed over 3f on the training track this morning, were neck and neck past the post in 37 2/5. Both are strongly fancied on Saturday. First Trick (Smith), a smart
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    TOUR DATES FOR EX Xls CONFIRMED
    153 14 TOUR DATES FOR HK XLs CONFIRMED DATES for visits of two Hong Kong football teams were confirmed at a meeting of the S.A.F.A. finance and administrative committee yesterday. Eastern will be the first tc come for three matches on May 29, June 1 and 2 and Koviloon Busmen are scheduled
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    Ong clears Ist hurdle
    123 14 DEFENDING champion Ong Chew Bee entered the second round of the Y.M.CA. open tennis championships when he beat Schwanke in straight sets at the Bras Basah courts yesterday. Yesterday's results were: .Men's singles: Ong Chew Bee beat Schwanke 6-1, 6-1; P. Wheatley wo P B- Dowling;
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    S'pore'A'tomeet Europeans
    67 14 Today's S.A.F.A. community league match between Europeans and Indians has been cancelled. Europeans will Instead play Singapore "A" In a friendly match at Jalan Besar stadium, kick-off at 515 p.m. The Singapore "A" team will be- Idros Albar- Tahir, Ram 11. Umar Rahmat, Vass, Hee Wah: Mohd. Tahir,
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    Second session
    26 14 The Singapore Hockey Association's 57 trainees will have their second session under physical Instructor Joe David at the G.S.C. ground at 530 p.m today
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    Tigers gain first victory
    269 14 Tigers gain first victory AT Jalan Best yesterday i last year's leaf cup champion. tured winning outclass H. M. by six goals ti their first pom:. season in the first division. The hungriest them all was ccn'i Quah Kirn Benu. three goals and scoring effort di.sai Tigers forwardfatigable yesterci. looking
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    29 14 LONDON, Thurs Re yesterday's league football es were: Dlv. One: Cardiff I, 0; Luton 0, BlrminKli.im Bromwlch 1. Blackpool Scottish League (Ml Kilmarnock 1. Queen ol Reuler
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    A walkover
    26 14 Junior AA. werr walkover in their S.A F A c Div. 3A match at Gevl.u. day as their opi S.C.. failed to turn up.
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      33 14 SOCCER Europeans v Singapore "A". Jalan Braar. 5.15: Community Les*ue: Eurasians v Army, Jalan Beaar, 7 p.m. SAFA league, Dlv. 2A: Aston v Balrxtirr I'nited Ofhtfl Farrer Juniors v RAF Tencah. Fairer Park.
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