Indian Daily Mail, 8 December 1955

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. XI NO. 295 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955 FOUR PACwES 15 CENTS
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  • 475 1 Big Irrigation Tank Bursts Washing Away 10 Villages LKamaraj Personally Directs Relief Operations (From Our Own Correspondent) MADRAS, Dec 7: Two hundred and fifty bodies have been found and buried by the authorities in just one town Vedaranyam Panchayat Area on the
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  • 89 1 MALAYA INVITED TO LONDON TRAFFIC CONFERENCE Nine Asian countries have received invitations, issued from London, to attend a world conference on the problem of traffic congestion on the roads. The countries are fcJurma, Ceylon. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Malaya and the Philippines. The invitations, which have been sent
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  • 56 1 NEw DELHI, Dec. 7 The Chief Minister of Singapore Mr. David Marshall, accompanied by Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy today visited Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. They flew to Agra in a special pJiane provided by the Indian Government. Mr. Marshall and Mr.
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  • 161 1 In Defence Of Indirect Taxation (From Our Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Wed: A suggestion to impose higher income tar on the wealthy class and to abolish indirect taxa. tion was made by Mr. M. P. riajagopal (.Trade Union) at the Legislative Council, during the debate on Inland Revenue today. When Malaya
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  • 71 1 (From Our Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Wed: Mr. C. J. Thomas, Secretary for Finance told the Federal Councillors this morning of 'a secret service" operated by the Customs Department. Although he was reluctant to give particulars of this service, he explained that allocation of $200,000 was used for
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  • 41 1 NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 India Is entirely opposed to the South African Apartheid question being considered at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference, the Indian Prime Minister, Mr, Nehru, told a House of the People questioner today. Reuter
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  • 311 1 LONDON, Dec 7.- Mr. Lim Yew Hock, Singapore's Minister of Labour and Walfrare, began "study talks" at the Labour Ministry and the Colonial Office here yesterday on questions concerning industrial relations, trade union legislation and trade disputes. Mr. Lim said that he
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  • 111 1 Indian Citizenship Bill Passed NEW DELHI. Dec 7. The House of the People passed the Citizenship Bill which empowers the Government to give or deprive people— except Indian national by birth of Indian citizenship. The Bill also provides for Citizenship rights for people of the Commonwealth on a reciprocal basis,
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  • 72 1 MALAYA-CEYLON ANTI-COMMUNIST ALLIANCE COLOMBO. Dec. 7: Ceylon's Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala. denied in the House of Representatives last night that he had suggested an Anti-Com-munist Alliance between Cejlon, Malaya and Singapore during his recent visit there. The Prime Minister added that he told Australian and Malayan pressmen that the
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  • 55 1 LONDOX, Dec. 7 Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister, said yesterday Britain would not depart from her decision to make the hydrogen bomb. The Government still regarded Britain'* manufacture and possession of the bomb as "a deterrent to war." The Prime Minister was answering questions in
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  • 44 1 LONDON, Dec. 7 Clement Attlee resigned today as leader of Britain's Labour Party. The former Prime Minister, now 72, announced his decision to quit the post he had held for 2o years at a closed meeting of the Labour Members of parliament.
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  • 494 1 Contribution To C.G.'s Establishment Opposed (From Our Correspondent) Ki'AJLA LUMPUR, Wed: The abolition of Trade Division of the Treasury Department was suggested by Councillor Mr. Goh Chee Yan during the Budget Debate yesterday, "The Government is a poor trader anyway and I do not think that
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  • 120 1 BOMBAY, Dec. 7. Police to-day arrested the leader s of a demonstration planned by Goan Nationalists as a protest against the recent Joint American-Portuguese statement referring to "Portuguese provinces in the Far East." The leaders were arrested before the demonstrators reached thf American Consulate in Ballard
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  • 67 1 Among those who received the Singapore Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall anil the Minister for Labour, Mr. LJm Yew Hock, on their arrival at the Ratmalana Airport Colombo, was Mr. Chockallngam Chettiar (Holding the garland) of Messrs. Chettinad Corporation, Colombo. Mr. Chettiar garlanded Mr. Marshall
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  • 278 1 S.O.K's Warn KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. day trend among Malayan you ing religion totally would makt able NnM 1 and dangerous idei ral Council today. Mr. S. 0. K. Übaidullah, who cautioned against these dangers was making a spirited plea for increased allocation for Muslim College
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  • 210 1 NEHRU DAY FOR MARSHALL NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 \csterday has been "Nehru Day" for Mr. David Marshall, Chief Minister, who spent six hours with" the Indian Minister. In the morning, Mr. Marshall's programme included a visit to the Indian National Physics Laboratory where today there was a conference of
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  • 852 1 Malaya's Freedom Nehru's Blessing Colonial Govt.ls Out Of Date NEW DELHI, Dec. 7: India's Prime Minister Mr. Nehru said here today he was sure that the problems off Singapore and th e Federation oi Malaya would "be dealt with mor e adequately when the peo pie of these countries hav
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  • 684 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pare, Thurs. Dec. 8, 1955 INSPIRING OR INTERFERING? I'iiii report in 1a local contemporary that Ceylon is to lend a couple ot its politicians to help the 6iiigapore Labour Front reorganise itself and tnat Ceylon will (also use ail its influence with Whitehall to make Mr. Marsfaiall
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  • 1784 2 Datar .Explains Changes In Bill By Jt. Committee NEW DELHI. In the Lok Sabha, moving that the Citizenship BUI be taken Into consideration, the Deputy Home Minister, Mr. B. N. Datar, explained the changes made in the Bill by the Joint Select Committee. He said specific
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  • 174 2 KATUGASTOTA: Tamils ana Muslims of Akurana and Alawatugoda in the Harispattu area have signed a mammoth petition demanding that 'Sinhalese only be made the State language. The petition is sponsored b> the Medharata Basha Peramuna which is backed by the Muslim community of Harispattu. Already
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  • 549 2 Elections In India In Jan. 1957 MADRAS: Mr. M. Bhaktavatsalam, Minister, announced in the Legislative Council that according to a tentative timetable prepared by the Government of India general elections were to be held in January and February 1957. He said the while replying, on behalf of the Minister for
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  • 149 2 GENEVA: A special United Nations mission leaves here last week for Moscow to discuss with the Soviet Government how best to use the money pledged by the Russians to the U.N. technical assistance programme for underdeveloped countries. It is expected that most of the Soviet
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  • 1039 2 —KAMARAJ MADRAS: Chief Minister K. Kamaraj declared here on Monday that his differences with the Dravida Kazhagam and ito leader, Mr. E. V. Ramaswami, were as serious and deep as ever. "Some do not believe me," he observe, "when I say that the
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  • 207 2 NEW DELHI: Whipping ha 3 been abolished as a mode of punishment. A bill to this effect has been passed by the Lok Sabha. The Bill called the Abolition of Whipping Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha durin? the last budget session. It seeks to
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  • 1301 3 Tram Services Disrupted Heavy Damages To Crops In Tanjore District MADRAS: On account of the cyclone beyond TiTOCjurapalli, the running of trains to stations bey ond TiTUdhirapaUi in the direction of Dhanuskodi ha* been cancelled. The ra ilway authorities have received information that a number of
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  • 37 3 Prince Aly Khan with Bet Una, the leading Paris mannequin. Rumours have been link ing them romantically. Tfiis picture was taken at the Premiere of the Marquis Be Cuevan's Ballet in Paris recently.
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  • 288 3 Hydro-Electric Fertilizer Plants And Rolling Stock T TOKYO. Japanese industrial firms are looking- forward to taking par n in u ternatl °nal tenders for supplying rolling stock and ouildinjj hydro-electric and fertilizer plants for India. According to reports here, India is scheduled to
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  • 39 3 MADRAS: Mr. K- Kamaraj, Chief Minister, will accompany the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, on his ensuing tour of Malabar district from December 25 to 28. Mr. Nehru will arrive in Coimbatore on December 25.
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  • 182 3 INDIA BUYS BRITISH CINE EQUIPMENT C'XFORTS of British cinematograph equipment to India have increased appreciably this year. They form part of a generally improved export picture involving markets all over the world. To no less than 15 countries sales in the first nine months of this year exceeded those for
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  • 67 3 SOVIET LEADERS TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN CALCUTTA: The visit of Mr. Bulganin, Mr. Khurushchev. and a few other Soviet leaders to Afghanistan haa now been finally decided, and they will be spending three days there on their way back to Moscow from New Delhi. Though the invitation from Afghanistan had come
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  • 70 3 CALCUTTA. "House Full' was the placard put at the gates of several buildings between Dum Diim airport and Raj Bhavan. The main doors of the houses were locked from within, and balconies and roofs were packed to every inch by men and women who had collected to see
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  • 316 3 WILL ABIDE BY PARTY DECISION ON PARITY ONCE STOOD BY TAMIL COLOMBO: PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA IS RELIABLY LEARNT TO HAVE TOLD MR, S. NATESAN, MINISTER FOR POST, AND BROADCASTING, THAT HE WAS A DEMOCRATIC PRIME MINISTER AND THEREFORE WAS BOUND TO
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  • 94 3 BANGALORE; The starting of a College of Music in Mysore City was under the consideration /of the Government, stated Mr. A. G. Ramachandra Rao, Minister for Education, in tftie Mysore Legislative Council. The Education Minister, yfao was answering- am interpellation tabled by vidwan Chowdiah, said that
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  • 234 3 ■KURUNEGAJLA; A Police Constable wooed a village damsel, put off the marriage lrom time to time, and finally left her in the dfcvrch. In the District Court here the man, Police Constable H. N. de Silva, of Talaimannar, was ordered to pay damages in Rs.
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  • 292 3 COLOMBO: "One of the reasons why our folk arts and crafts and national games had been forgotten is the meagre grants and assistance given by the State in the past for such purposes. Now, there Is a revival of our national culture in free Ceylon and the
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  • 336 3 Developing India's Harbour Facilities In^ia Govt. Talks With Japan To Stimulate Iron Ore Exports NEW DELHI. Talks have begun between the Japanese Embassy here and the Government of India on the question of developing harbour facilities on the east c oast. These discussions also extend to questions of transport in
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  • 95 3 PAK SATYAGRAHA IN KASHMIR PUT OFF LAHORE; The proposed Satyagraha by volunteers of for the "liberation of the State" has teen indefinitely postponed, according to reliable reports. Fourteen of these voluneers who arrived! here yesterdav on foot from Hyderabad (Slnd) on their way to Kashmir have been asked to stay
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  • 238 3 SINHALESE LEADERS CRITICISED MT. LAVINIA: "Although our leaders advise us to unite, they are not prepared to make Sinhalese alone the state language, which would result In a 'United Lanka,' 1 observed Rev. E. W. Mendls, speaking at a largely attended public meeting at Dehiwala. Their political leaders were trying
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  • 80 3 NEW DELHI; Mr. Raj Bahadur, Deputy Minister for Communications,' told the Rajya Sabha, that a note had been prepared seeking the Cabinet's approval in principle for setting up a teleprinter factory in India. Replying- to a question by Mr. Krishnakant Vyas, Mr. Raj Bahadur said this note based
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  • 72 4 LIMA, Peru. Dec. 7 Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zralander who ociKjiered Mount Kverest, left yesterday for Montevideo after promising to return some day to scale Andean Peaks which nrver have been claimed. Hillary is scheduled to participate in an Antaractic ex}>»iition organised to rstal>lish
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  • 41 4 A ]>übli c discussion en 'The M«d for the Bahai Peace F'km.' will be held tomorrow, Dec. 9, at the Bahai Centre, Hanque of Indo-China Buildui^. Raffles place, at 5.30 p.m. Mrs. shJrin Fozdar will pre.side.
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  • 263 4 I mm Our Corres|M>nflent) KUALA LUMPUR, Wed: Federation Minister for Health and Social Welfare Mr. Leong Yew Koh today emphatically d< dared th-at he was 'ab»~>lu--I<Hij opposed to Family Planniny A staunch Roman Catholic Mr. Leong Ytio Koh quickly explained that his
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  • 219 4 A new Bill designed to repeal and re-enact the law relatin^ to Muslims, the registration of marriages, and divorces among Muslims and to establish the Shariah Court has been published. Among many important alterations and additions to the existing Muslims Ordinance, the Bill seeks to provide a
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  • 103 4 The average cost of each main meal served in the Malaya Hall, London, not including: the service and cooking was 13.85d (48.787 cents) as against 12.83d (45.8239 cents) in 1953, says the Annual Report of the Board of Governors for Malaya Hall, for the year 1954. The report
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  • 53 4 DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 7 Russia has offered Syria a complete oil refinery, informed circles said yesterday. The offer was made by the Soviet ambassador here who said Russia's price would be cheaper than anyone else's the source said. The Syrian government recently allocated U5520,000,--000 for Building
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  • 50 4 Her Netherlands Majesty's survey vessel "Snellius" which arrived here yesterday for a short visit on her way to New Guinea, will carry out extensive surveys for the second time during the last three years, in New Guinea. She will leave Singapore for New Guinea on Dec. 10.
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  • 114 4 NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 Mr. David Marshall Ohief Minister of Singapore yesterday afternoon met Premier Nehru for talks en Singapore problems. Earlier he called on India's Prasident Dr. Rajendra Prasad and was witfti him for some time. Mr. Marshall who is on his way to London
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  • 116 4 NEW DELHI; Nearly 20 to 25 lakh people have visited the Indian Incietries Fair here which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nehru an October 29 last, according to Mr. G. L. Bansal, Executive Director of the Fair. Mr. Bansal told Press correspondents here that 50,000 people visited the
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  • 41 4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 The United States Secretarj of State Mr. Jchn Fostei Dulles at his press ronferenc* yesterday reaffirmed and de tended his recent statemeni that Goa In India was a pro vtace of Portugal. Reuter
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  • 43 4 RANGOON. Dec. 7 soviet premier Marshal Bul-;-;anin an«j iv-rmese Premier U Nu renewed bheir call for the unconditional ban on nuclear and thermonuclear weapons and reiterated their deep concern ovor the armaments race in a joint statement issued last night. Reuter
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  • 666 4 Marshall's Talks With Nehru NEW DELHI, Dec. 7: Singapore's Chief Mini ster Mr. David Marshall s aid here last night, "I have spent ihere today the happiest day since I have been Chief Minister. I feel I have been amongst i friends." Marshall toid Reuter
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  • 55 4 BR. SOLDIER SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES A British SOldier has died of wounds he received when a 3-man patrol of the Royal Welc<h Fusiliers wias fired en by 7 communist terrorists in tine Tampin are a of Negri Sembilan on Tuesday. The terrorists used light machine-guns and rifles. A second member
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  • 51 4 SEOUL, Dec. 7 ISie South Korean Maritime Office said yesterday it has mobilized all Coast Guard vessels to defend the so-called "Rhee Line." Director Hong Kin Ki also said that one million Korean fishermen stand ready to fight any Japanese venture to in- vade the fishing- line.
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  • 40 4 NEW YORK, Dec. 7 A Proposal that the United Nations General Assembly should continue its consideration of the question of the racial situation in South Africa at its next session was lost yesterday. Reuter
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  • 66 4 The Sales Manger of Air India International, Bombay, Mr. S. B. Khote who presided over a three-day Conference of Managers and Safes representatives of the Air India International branch offices in the Far East at Hongkong, arrived here accompanied 'by Mr. R. N. Kaul, South East
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  • 50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A woman believed to be Nyet Yoon, has been killed bv Security Forces in the Federation. She and a male companion were seen by an area security unit patrol in the Ipoh area of Perak Tuesday. The patrol opened fire and killed the woman.
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