Indian Daily Mail, 3 March 1955

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL XI NO. 20 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1955 FOUR PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 234 1 Just And Honourable Settlement Ot Kashmir Dispute On Mar. 25 Nehru-Ali Talks Favourable Climate For Negotiations Says Ali KARACHI, Mar. 2. Mr. Mohammed All, Pakistan Prime Minister, announced last night he would leave for Delhi on March 25 to resume negotiations with Mr. JNehvu, the Indian Prime Minister "for a
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    106 1 The British Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur Monday, February 28 fcr a visit to the Federation, called on His Highness the Sultan of Selangur at the Istana, Kuala Lumpur. Picture showH Sir Anthony having seme refreshments at the Istana. The Sultan i« taking a picture
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  • 29 1 NEW DEL.HI, Mar. 2. Austria has offered practical training facilities to 27 Indian engineering students, who will be selected by India's Ministry of Education.- AP
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  • 209 1 From Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI. Mar. 2: Beth the Central and Madras State budgets have cast a great gloom over the middle classes who seem the worat affected ,n every way. Sugar, Cloth, Tobacco, Matches would ccst more and further change in the
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  • 115 1 Release Of U.S. Civilians Demanded WASHINGTON. Mar. 2 The State Department announced yesterday that the United States had presented a new demand to Communist C hina for release of 41 Amt. ncan civilians. The action was taken at a meeting of Americar inrt < ommunisit Chinese Consular representatives at Geneva
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  • 146 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. 2. India's railway users are trjdng to figure this one out: There's no more First Class on Indian railways; But starting April 1 Second Class will be F'irst Class." However, it really will not be the First Class. And intei -class, 1 whic'i used to rate
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  • 117 1 LONDON, Mar. 2. Prime Minister Churchill said Tuesday the United Stages is the only country in the world able to deliver a full-scale H-bomb attack on a few hours notice." "The threat of a hydrogen attack on these islands lies in
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  • 67 1 LONDON, Mar. 2.— Sir Winston Churchill reaffirmed in the House of Commons the desirability of holding four-power talks after ratification of the London and Paris Agreements on West German rearmament and sovereignty. Asked for a statement on consultations with the Unitod States and French Governments about
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  • 68 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. 2. Stocks of the Imperial Bank of India have dropped about Rupees 200 per share in tii* two months since the Indian government announced plans to nationalize the bank. Imperial shares normally averaged between Rupees lvso and Rupees 1,800 each. They are now
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  • 143 1 NEW YORK- Mar. 2 A married woman told police yesterday she was grabbed by a knife weilding man, magged into an auey beside a cni/i-ch and raped repeateuly while r*|aigiou«* services were being held. The woman said she was returning to her home from work Monday
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  • 231 1 Eden To Discuss 'Formosa' With Premier Nehru To Compose Indo- British Differences On Approach NEW DELHI, Mar. 2. Sir Anthony Eden the British Foreign Secretary will arrived in Delhi today from Malaya lor talks with Prime Minister Nehra at which it is understood Formosa will be the main topic. The
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  • 45 1 MANILA, Mar. 2.— Tho United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles arrived here yesterday from Saigon to preside over a twoday meeting of American diplomats who are to begin a review of American policy in t"he Far East.
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  • 103 1 LONDON, Mar. 2. Mrs. Barbara Castle, a Bevanitc Labour M.P. urged Sir Winston Churchill in the House uf Common* to refer to the United Nations Security Council the Decision by the United States to support the Chinese Nationalist with armed force in their refusal to
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  • 127 1 MARYVILLE. Tennessee, Mar. 1. A mothe r and three children the oldest only 14 faced murder charges yesterday after the woman told police she and the children beat and choked her husband to death when he threatened them. Sheriff Ed Guinn said Mrs. Sam E.
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  • 295 1 Congress Leading In Andhra Elections Communists Being Routed From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Mar. 2: Initial results of Andhra State's »"rht general election Indicate that the United Congress Party will get a landslide victory. Tho United Congress Party ha* established commanding lead even after the first day of counting votes
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  • 147 1 EGYPT— ISRAEL DISPUTE GOES TO UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Mar. 2. Egypt accused Israel of aggression before ttie U.N. Security Council last night. She reserved her right to ask later for Council action. She did ?o in a letter giving her version of fighting Monday night between Israeli and
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  • 119 1 MORE and mure names from the Federation are being added on to the list of 'TAMIL. IS OUR LIFE", thereby registering thci r support for the plarc of Tamil in the University ef Malaya. Their names and contributions are acknowledged! below: 33. S. Natarajan, (Auditor) 10
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  • 108 1 From Our Own Correspondent MEW DELHf, Mar. 2. Congress President Dhebar has appointed Srimati lndir a Gandhi as member of the Congress Work ng Committee. Sh e has thua lolloped her distinguished father Mr. Nohru and grandfather Motilal Nehru into the highest command In Obagrcei
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  • 54 1 E.V.R C.N.A Rapprochemen t From Our Own Correspondent MADMS, Mar. 2: Dravidian Parliamentary Party has appointed a Committee to bring about unity between Oravidian Groups led by Periyar Kamaswami and Mr. C. N. Annadurai in the hope that the United l>ra\idian Movement will e ive the legislators mas 8 backing,
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  • 165 1 i&idRMATT SWITZERLAND, Mar. 2. Ex-King Farouk let nis divorcea wife see her -on, Prince Faud, yesterday for tlse tirst time since sfie left inn former Egyptian monarch in March, 1953. £x-(^ueen Narriman speui. nearly two hours with the Boy, now three years old, in the chalet
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  • 59 1 HONG KONG. Mar. 2.— Mao I Tss Tung, Chinese Head of I State, appointed Mr. Wu H?i'. Chuan as Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Peking Radio leported Mr. Wu was relieved of Ma post as Vicc-Mlnister of Foreign Affairs which he ha.s heh! tor several years. Yugoslavia
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  • 53 1 PARIS, Mar. 2: King Norodom Sihanouk. 34-year-old soldier monarch of Cambodia who won a "vote ol conndtence'* from his people last month, has abdicated, according to a French News Agency report fro m his capital Phnotn Penh today. He handed over to hi* father. Prince Suramarit. the
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  • 32 1 RANGOON, Mar. 2: Britlsn Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden arrived here in a Royal Air Force plane from Singapore today and spent 30 minutes with Premier U Nu.- AP
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  • 65 1 4,000 WOMEN MARCH ON BENGAL. PAKLT. CALCUTTA, Mar. 2: Four thousand women with bannjiri marched in procession to the West Bengal Parliament House yesterday to demand work and better conditions for women and a ban on nuclear weapons. The Chief Minister, Dr. B. C. Roy, refused to »ee tta women
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  • 42 1 DELHI PEKING RADIO LtfNR NEW DELHI, Mar, 2: The Indian Communications Minister, Jagjiwan Ram, exchanged greetings from his Home here with China's Communications Minister, Chou Hseuli Fan, in Peking to open direct radio telephone service between India and China to- Reuter day.
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  • 31 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. The Burmese Prime Minister, I Nu, will visit New Delhi on Mar. 25, a government spout-*- man said here today.- Reuter
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  • 59 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. 2 The Dalai Lama, Spiritual Ruler c-f Tibet, is welcome to visit India if he wishes to do so. the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, said today. But the Indian Government had not formally invited him, Mr. Nehru said m reply
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  • 48 1 NEW DELHI, Mar. 2: Commun'st Ch'na has tcld India that maps she wing a portion of Indian territory as Chinrso were eld ones which there had not been time to revise, the DejMto External Affairs Mfnf«ter, Mr. A, K. Chanda. > I today. Reuter
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  • 27 1 BRITAIN MAKING H-BOMB »,ONLir,N. Mar. Sir W"v > ton Churchill told tho Her nf Commcns in p defence d*jbate yesterday that Britu'n ha* Htarted making th« hydro- Reuter
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  • 542 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pore, Thurs. Mar. 3, 1955 LAND FOR INDIAN LABOURERS REFUTING reports in a certain section of the Press (not the Indian Daily Mail) that Indians had recently applied through the local Malayan Indian Congress for land in the Sungei Jeloh area, the District Officer, Ulu Langat (Selangor)
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  • 488 2 "But This Caravan Goes On" -NEHRU NEW DELHI. The Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, was repeatedly asked in the Lok Sabha last Friday whether any new basis had been found for the proposed talks between him and the Pakistan Prime Minister in Delhi
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  • 246 2 MADRAS: India siiould t>e able to increase her power production by at least five-fold by the end of the lirst Plan, and this would be a conservative estimate taking into consideration her vast resources for hydro.electric projects, piid Mr. P. W. Seewer, Senior Hydro-Electric Consulting
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  • 47 2 NEW I>£jl,Hl: Legislation for the establishment of the State Bank would be introduced during the current session of Parliament, the Mlni»te«r for Revenue and Defence Expenditure, Mr. A. C Guha. told Mr. T. B. Vittal Kao in the Lok Sabha last week. FOC
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  • 90 2 NEW DELHI: Mr T. Ramanujam, a District Superintendent of Police in Madras State, whe is one of the officers deputed by the Government to have a course of training in the Police College in England and in New Scotland Yard, is likely
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  • 59 2 CHINGLEPUT: Under tne Five-Ycar Development Plan for soil conservation and afforestation in Chlngleput district, the highly denuded reserve forests are being regenerated on an extensive scale. About 300 acres In Gudlur with tamarind, neem, vagal, pungan, sissoo and other species. In Vandalur and Achnrapakkam reserve forests, soil
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  • 114 2 MADURAI: The Additional fi.rst Class Magistrate's Court here was aflutter last week when a prisoner in the dock was found missing just as th'j presiding Magistrate finished delivering his judgement. 'Hie prisoner, along w ith three other accused, was sentenced to a three-month gaol term.
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  • 330 2 NEW DELHI: A British Technical Mission to make a' survey on the prospects of setting up a third steel plant in India is expected to arrive in this month. The mission is coming under the Colombo Plan and is in pursuance of the British offer
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  • 222 2 English As India's National Language Suggestion At Madras Meeting MADRAS: The view that the language problem in India could! be solved by the adoption of EngLsh as the national language was expressed by Sri P. Konda Rao, member, Servants of India Society, Bangalore, at a meeting last week at the
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  • 222 2 BANGALORE: A report iias been received here about the tragic death of Mr. T. Rangamalliah, 1.A.5., Secretary to the Government of Mysore, Planning Department and Secretary to the the Chief Minister of Mysore (on leave), at Krishnarajasagar. It is stated that Mr. Rangamalliah was drowned
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  • 40 2 MADRAS; Fifteen people were injured, three seriously, when a bus crashed into a lamp-post at Saidapet five miles from the city recently. The bus, belonging to a private operator, was proceeding from Madras to Pondicherry.- FOC
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  • 149 2 NEW DELHI): Kc plying to* a question by Mr. H. N. l>wivedy, Mr. H. V. Pataskar, Minister i n the Ministry of Law, said in the Bajya Sabha last week it appeared that the Delhi State Government had been of the opinion that appointment of Marriage Officers made
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  • 326 2 NEW DELHI; The Wind population of lnd.a, estimated at some 2,00Cj,0U0 -may oventi.ully have an exclusive naLiunai ihbrary, residential schools and technical institutions if the Government {j:ts on the recommendations of Mr. L-al Advani an omcer in the Central Education Ministry who is himself blind. He was
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  • 88 2 NEW DELHI: Sanction for investment of Rs. 70.25 erores of foreign capital had been gwen since 1948 until the end of September 1954. Mr. B R. Ehagat, Parliamentary SccretaT^ for Finance, told Dr. Ramsubha 2 &>ngh in the Lok oabha. In addition sanction had also been
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  • 79 2 PHOTOS. On the occasion of the reta oration of the birthday of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivckananda at Kainakrishna Temple. Hartley Road, on Saturday. Feb. 26, prizes were distr.buted to the winners m 'h< various literary eompcfitions held m this connection Above are
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  • 251 2 TRIBALS' PRESENT TO JNEnRU NEW DELJiI: An iiingl. ii Middle School with its spacioua premises nas ueen piesenied to Prem.er Nehiu by the Ha us ti ibes of MamKa&ang in tue Garo Hills of Assam State. The ftlBM .Minister nas ac cepted the present through a jeuer to the villagers.
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  • 211 2 MADRAS: Mr. c. Rajagopalachari. in a statement on Uuj death of Mr. A. VauJyanatha Aiyar, said here iost week: "One by one people must pass out and others must take the place of those who 4,0 out. But Mr. Vaidyanat'iH Aiyars death is
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  • 99 2 Nr.ii i)i Mr. N. Da tar. Deputy Home Minister, sa:d n ttie liajya iSablia last week that no formal oruei s had been issued by the Cioyenunent ot India prohibiting .t ■> servants from consuming liquor and wine but the attention t «riiiin m
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  • 203 2 Stanvac Oil Tanker Arrives In Bombay BOMBAY: "Stanvac Indi i one of the largest tankers ever to enter Bombay harbour, berthed last Thursday at the aewly constructed ocean terminal at Butcher Island. Thia is her maiden voyage to India and she has brought in more than 8-million gallons of crude
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  • 108 2 NEW DELHI: The Goitres* High Command is understood to have decided to admit m emoers of the Forward Bloc into rhw Congress if they choose to join it. w.Sf^hiV 0 mer^ ie the B|o <-- *h ,5 9 ongress were initiatvin b X ts
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  • 451 3 U. S. Senator's Suggestion NEW DELHI: India should be given the deputed seat of Chna &h permanent memhi 1 the United Nations Security Council, Democratic Senate r Hubert Humphrey said in an address before the Commonwealth Club of California last week.
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  • 248 3 Chandigarh A Credit To 'New India LONDON: Mir. Maxwell I Fry, who was the senior architect for the East Punjab Government for their new capial project, said last week inal the record that had been achieved at the new capital Chandigarh "is a credit t o the new India. He
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  • 120 3 Bandit Does Not Wish To Be Hanged LUCKNOW: The notorious dacoit. Mansingh t who is ope- rating with his gang on the orders of Vindhya Pradesh. Madhva Bharat, and Utt.r Pradesh, does not wish to be hanged in case he surrenders, according to Sri Raj Naram Singh, Praja-Socialist Opposition leader.
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  • 108 3 NEW DELHI; Dr. Sushiia T ayyar, former Health Minister of Deflhi State, was last week elected as Speaker of the Delhi state Assembly dele at.ng liana Jung Bahadur Singh (Independent) and lwi. Hari Chand (Jan Sangh). She is the first woman to l,e elected Speaker of any
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    21 3 Sir Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary on his arrival at Kallang Airport from Bangkok. With him is seen Field Marshal Harding.
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  • 49 3 NEW DELHI; The Government of India announced the i ppointment of Mr. Justice P. 3. Gajendragadkar, a judge of Bombay High Court, as Chairman. Bank Award Commission to conduct and complete ttu Inquiry entrusted to the late Mr. Justice G. S. Rajyadhak- firtu. FOC
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  • 322 3 Split In P.S.P; Thanu Pillai Blamed ERNAKUI^AM: Mr. K. V. Kunakosei who <ha<l resigned l'rom the tt i avancore-Cochin Praja-Socialist Party, Hast Tiiurfcday condemned the "anti-St-'tial.st, and grossay Upportunist leadership of the Mats i^arty. 'The present state *of disiiitegratuon and d&saupUon in the party" was brought urjout by Sri Patto
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  • 225 3 F.fty members of the local j Liberal Party and several Indians last week picketed up inn in Coventry (England) I which has barred coloured I people from two of its roomsCarrying posters which read "Doycott the colour bar pub (public house)" and "Liberals demand liberty
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  • 97 3 NEW DELHI: The total amount of estate duty collected I up to the end cf January this year was more than Rs. 43.00,000, Sri M. C. Shah, mmister for Revenue and Civil Expend ture, informed Sri M. L. Agrawal in a written reply iii the Lok
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  • 133 3 Boys Blown To Bits In Bomb Exolosion BAJKOT: iTwo bpys were blown to pieces when a bomb, five inches In diameter burst in a field at Hankfivati village near Ohran,Vadhra, about '*<> miles from here. Reports i|rom Dhranga <lhra said that the field where the explo^fpn occurred had been used
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  • 63 3 TANJORE: News reacnes iierfc of the sudden death or Mr. P. Subramania Pillai, Assistant Commissioner, Hindu Roligious Endowments Board, Tanjore West, due to a heart attack on Thursday afternoon, «t Heravurni near Pattukkottai. The deceased leaver a wife and a daughter. It is stated
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  • 42 3 BOMBAY: For the first time in the hostory of the Greater Bombay Sessions Court^ the presiding judge, while acquitting an accused in a murder case, directed the police io carrv out de novo investigra- FOC tions in the case.-
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  • 418 3 KURNOOL: The counting] of vote* for the 166 constituencies where the general elections are being held now will begin from March I, and conclude on Mar. 8. The date and place where counting is to take place for each constituency has been
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  • 62 3 HYDERABAD: 1 b e Nizam Kajpramukh of Hyderabad was 70 on Friday la«t. He, howevw, did not celebrate hi* birthday, as hi' »n mouining owing to the deruiss of his senior wife Dulhan Pasha on Feb. 10. Government office*, schools and college^ remained closed on Friday last
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  • 70 3 NEW DELHI: The Government of India has decided to release about 125,000 tons of sugar for free sale from all the factories in the country, says a Press Note issued here by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. This brings the total releases so far
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  • 59 3 JALPAIGURI: An Indian Air Force plane on test flight made a forced landing at Phalakata, In the interior of tins district, early on Sunday morning, Feb. 30. The pilot, who was the only occupant of the plane, is safe, according to reports received by the
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  • 312 3 DELHI: The Supreme Court recently issued a rule to the Union of India in the preliminary hearing of a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Mr. Anan Singh, former editor of Bull's Eye, a Delhi weekly. The rule was issued on tiue point whether the petitioner's detention
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  • 230 3 NEW DELJiI: The constitution bench of the Supreme Court last week dismissed tiie i.aDeas corpus petition liled b> tierr rians Mulier, a West Gnrman national, wno had challenged his detention under the i^ieventive Detention Act by Uie West Bengal Government "with a view to making arrangements
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  • 61 3 Gwalior Communist Leader Found Dead GWALIOR: Mr. Gotu Saftai, President of the Madhya Bharat Kisan Sabha and a prominent Communist leader of the State, was found killed last week near Guthila village, about 10 miles from here, according to a report received here. A police party has gone to the
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  • 93 3 ALIGARH: Madan Lai Hiteshi, Editor of Prakaah, a Hindi dally of Aligarti ana former secretary of the District Congress Committee, who bad been cnarged with tnc murder of Kiang*ha on April V7 last ■•yeaJr, was last week fcund gulty by the Sessions Midge, A'ligarh, and sentenced
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    23 3 Ismail bin Noor Md., and Badia bte Wan All, who were tnarritd at No. 6 Amber Road, Singapore on Feb. 2"».
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  • 293 3 Minimising "Evil Of X-Word Competitions" Legislation Within A Year BOMBAY: Mr. Morarji Desai. Bombay's Chief Minister, said here last week that the Central Government would enact legislation within a year to restrict the scope of prize competitions, "so that this evil can be minimised." The Chief Minister was replying to
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  • 51 3 LUCKNOW; The Congress Central Parliamentary Board has approved the candidature of Pandit Pant, Union Home Minister, for the seat in Ihe Rajya Sabha caused vacant by the death of Mr. J. P. Srivastava. The U.P. Congress Parliamentary Board had recommended Pandit Pant's candidature to the Central Board.
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  • 46 3 MADRAS: At a meeting of the Madras Shorthand Writers' Association held on Feb. 20, a resolution, was passed mourning the death of Mr. T. Ramnnadha Aiyar, former President of the Association, and expressing gratitude to his valuable services to the Association. FOC.
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  • 63 3 MADRAS; Sri V. V. Satagopan. musician was las week f-ned Ps. 100 hv the t;hie£ Presidency Magistrate for not i'ltimating the Rent Controller thp vacancy that arose m*> sf.quent on his ceasing to r.ccupy the premses owned by him". No. 14, Jagadeesa Ayyar street. Thyagarayanagar. and for letting
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  • 97 3 Harijans Refuse To Serve Brahmins! 'AHMEDABAD: Harijans in the Viramgam district have 'stopped workiug for an orthodox section of Brahmins who had earlier boyaotted a member iJ their community f«* mixing with Harijans The older Uraniums. seriously objected to a member cooking for Hari jans in marriage ceremonies. They boycotted
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  • 72 3 BARABANKI: Copper ooms belonging to the period ot King Qutbuddin of the Delhi Sultanate were found by some empttoyees pf fthe Cjanal Department of Bara-oanki while digging a ohannel near the v iiage of Chari la Kursi Police circle. The coins, which are 230 id number, are
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  • 73 3 Ex-Minister Arrested In Manipur IMPHAL; Mr. Somoremira Singh, former Minister for Jails, Manipur, and leader of the Praja Socialist Carty, and Mr. Nabakishor Singh, a member of the executive committee of the party, were arlosted last week under the Preventive Detention Act in connexion with the present saiyagraha movement in
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  • 56 3 Additional Grant To Andhra 'Varsity VISAKHAPATNAM: In addition to a sum of Rs. 4,80.000 already sanctioned by way of incurring grants, the Andhra Government have sanctioned Rs. 1.20,000 to the Andhra University Mr. V. K. Rao, the Finance Secretary it is learnt, announced th's additional grant at the last meeting
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  • 343 4 Keen Debate Expected On Proposal Before U. N. P. COLOMBO. Mr. Dudley Senanayake's motion on prohibition is expected to be keeniy debated at the forthcoming annual sessions of the U.N.P. Mr. Senanayake sai,r that his resolution sought only the acceptance in principle of total prohibition. His
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  • 294 4 COLOMBO Ceylon will shortly have a port of in Jaffna peninsula, especially for Indo-Ceylon passenger traffic. The Minister of Transport and Works has sought Cabinet sanction for a vote oi Rs. 2\ lakhs to develop the existing port at the cement ivuimVaqtur.ng ttown of Kankesanthurai in
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  • 60 4 BUDDHA'S STATUE IN RIVER CHAVAKACHCHERI: A statue of Buddha nearly <ix feet Jong, was discovered in a river at Kandavalai. it v.as without a head and one of hands. The statue was transported in a lorry to the Buddhist Vdhare at Jaffna. A number of people waited at various places
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  • 120 4 COLOMBO: The Ceylon Government proposes to develop a new line of communication with India oy linking up Kankesanturai with Tiruppullani, in Kamanathapuram district of Madras State, by a ferry service. This will be supplementary to the present service between Talaimannar and Danushkodi. The development of Kankesanturai
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  • 276 4 KURUNEGALA: Several people fainted and some were hurled down the drains in a melee at the Dambulla Road Junction where thousands of villagers had assembled to s-ee Sir John Ketelawala arrive. The crowd was so great that the police could not cope with the situation. Sir John was
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  • 84 4 COLOMBO The Minister of Finance has called for a survey of private investments to be carried out by the Census and Statistics Depart* ment. According to Mr. H. E. Pcries, Director of Census and Statistics the purpose of this survey Is "to collect relia* ble data relating to
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  • 61 4 The following have been elected to the Management Committee of the Shell Sports Club, Singapore, for the year 1955: Chairman, Mr. D. S. K. Wong; Hon. secretary. Mr. A. M. Cherian (re-elected) Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Cheah Thye Eng; Committee members, Mr. Urn Kwang Hwa; Mr. Quek
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  • 842 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. "The British have every intention of guarding Malaya. We are going to play our full part here and to help in every way that we can until we achieve a happy, prosperous, self-governing, united Malayan nation within the Commonwealth. With
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  • 107 4 A general meeting of the Independent Missionary Movement will be held en Mar. 6, at 10.30 a.m. at the Mercantile Institution Hall. No. 209 QueGn Street, Singapore, to elect new office-bearers and to consider revision of the constitution of the Movement. A REQUEST To PUBLIC The Management
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  • 72 4 Mr. Gurdial Singh Uppal, wealthy business Magnate, mill owner and embroidery expert from the (Punjab) and Mrs. Uppal who are a on world tour, will be arriving :n S ngapore today by K.L.M plane at 12.35 p.m. Mr. Uppuu Chairman and Managing Director of
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  • 25 4 Klang beauties pick the lucky numbers in Social Welfare Lottery. The lucky number* will be written later <m the black-board behind them.
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  • 61 4 LONDON. Malr. 2 Mr. Alan Lennox B">d the Colonial Secretary, said here that there can be no Colour Bar in the British Commonwealth "and I know I speak. ng for all our people when I make that abundantly clesrfr. He was speaking at
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  • 128 4 Mr. Davia Marshall a prominent criminal lawyer in Malaya la contesting the Singapore Legislative Assembly from the Cairnhill Division on the Labour Front ticket. In an appeal to the electorate of the Cairnhill Division, Mr. David Marshall, born, bred, educated and practicing in Singapore says he seeks
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  • 149 4 At thu 22nd annual general meeting of the Ceylon Sports Club the following were elect ed officer-bearers: Dr. C. Subrahmanyam, President; Mr. P. E. Perera, VicePresident; Mr. V. Ambiavagar, Vice-President; Dr. V. Thambipillal, Hon. Secretary; Mr. S, Muthucumaru, Hon. Asst. Secretary; Mr. S. Nadarajah, Hon. Treasurer; Mr.
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  • 40 4 The Malayan Fil m Unit film on the visit of sir Anthony Eden to Singapore and the Federation will be re* leased to the leading cincmp.s m Kuala Lumpur this even ing (Mar. 3).
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  • 41 4 Examinaton in Hindi w iil be held on March. 5 and g in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh centres under the auspices of Hindustani prichar Sabha Malaya. Candidates appearing for the examinations are requested to contact their respective centres.
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  • 279 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed: One moic Communist terror.&L has surrendered in the Kcdeiation. No further details can tc k ve n tot security rcasens, says an Eineigency Communique issued hfcte today. 'ihe .European assistant manager of the Sungei Sekah Estate and an Indian conductor were
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  • 51 4 The Pakistan versus Singapore Hockey Test will be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 8 p.m. today. This will be the first time that a n international hockey match is being played in the Jalan Besar Stadium under floodlit condition. Top players of both sides will
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  • 95 4 F.O.A. IS PAK. TIGER WASHINGTON. Mar. i Pakistan yesterday gave tne (Tnited States a six-month old female Bengal tiger. Ambassador Syed Amjad Ali of Pakistan formally presented the tawny coloured black striped tiger to the American people through the (Foreign Operations Administration (FOA). The ambassador said the tiger arrived when
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  • 56 4 NEW DELHI, Mar. 2.— The official wholesale price index in India has declined ratiier sharply since last year, a government announcement placed the January Index at 363.9 as compared to 307-8 in the previous month and 398.5 in January 1954. (The ><ear endsd August 1930 is taken
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