Indian Daily Mail, 28 March 1956

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. XII Ma 48 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 28, 1956 FOUR PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 721 1 Pair. Republic* Foreign Poiiey DESIRE TO SETTLE DISPUTES WITH INDIA REITERATED Chowdhury Describes Neutralism As Fettcemanship KARACHI, Mar. 27— Mr. Hamidul Hug Chowdhury, Pakistani Foreign Minister, said yesterday that Pakistan's membership of the Bagdad Pact does not prevent her from having (friendly relations with other
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  • 104 1 LONDON, Mar. 27 The Government made it clear that it was not immediately giving effect to any of the recent recommencations of a Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce. Sir Reginald Manningham— Buller, the Attorney-General, told a questioner In the House of Commons that before considering
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  • 90 1 NEW YORK, Mar. 27 The United States yesterday pioposed that the United Nations Economic and Social Council take vp next month as a matter of urgency a new agenda item entitled 'studies on atomic energy as a factor m economic development." In a statement explaining
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  • 256 1 BANGKOK, M»r. 27— Tungjiu Abdul Rahman Chief Minister of Malaya said here last night that Thailand ft-* 1 Malaya had "to pat our hearts and minds together pnd remove our common fears." Malaya's Chief Minister was speaking at a banquet given in his
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  • 49 1 The Malayanisation Commission will hold its next public session tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Conference Room, Public Relations Office, Assembly House. Oral evidence will be heard on the Malayanisation of the staffing of the Central Provident Fund Boarcfc. the Singapore Polytechnic and the Singapore Telephone Board.
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    32 1 A o&rtr of Indonesian Women Official* vow on a study tour of Community Development troJ*sU m in*a wore entertained by Sri M. Bhafc tavatsalam, Mteteter iorAgriSKvT«rt Ooawmily Dev*onm#j*, Madra, oo Mm. W,
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  • 43 1 MOUNT BATTENS IN MADRAS Earl and Lady Mount batten had a brief halt at Madras Airport on Mar. 21. Picture shows the Mountbatten* being received by the Governor Sri Sri Prakasa, Sri C. Kajagopalarhari, Ex-Governor-General, Sri C. Sutramanlam, Minister for Education and others.
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  • 328 1 Commons To Be Told What Could k ße Done With Will LONDON, Mar. ,27— The shade of George Bor nard Shaw, master satirist, will remind the world today that he saved his last laugh till after his death. When he died in 1960 at the age of 94.
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  • 76 1 The Resident Commissioner Fenang, Mr. R. P. Bingham, at his monthly Press con* fcrence yesterday said that the Government' had not yet considered the question of constructing a hill road up the Penan ff Hill. But certainly the Administration would we con: c such an idea pro-
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  • 142 1 The Malayan Railway Ad- j ministration announces that there will be a general increase m goods freight rates and other charges with effect from Apr. 1, The M.olayan Railway is a public service similar to a nationalised non-profit making industry and never willingly increases the charges
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  • 173 1 The Postmaster General announced Monday that with effect from the Apr. l the rates of postage on surface parcels to the United Kingdom will be increased from $2.10, $2.90, $4.4 C and $7.20 to $2.60, $3.50, $5.10 and $8.10 for parcels not exceeding 3 lbs., 7
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  • 81 1 Royal Air Force technicians yesterday fought time and rains to' recover a Whirlwind Helicopter which ha s made a forced landing m a shallow mountain river near the Si a mese border. Damage to the Whirlwind was slight and neither the pilot nor the crew
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  • 34 1 COMPULSORY CALL-UP IN KENYA NAIROBI, Mar. 27 The Kenya Government announced -^at the present compulsory call-up of 18 months for National Service against the Mau Mau terrorists will be continued "for the Dresent." Reuter
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  • 438 1 Waiting Shed For Malayan Passengers From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Mar. 27— Work began today on the construction of a huge modern passenger.cum- cargo stat on inside the Madras Harbour on the North Quay meant mainly for the "bent-tit of the thoasands of passengers airiv:ng lrom Malaya. Ine .o.iudation stone
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  • 138 1 Two members of the visiting British Parliamentary Delegation, Mr. Herbert Morrison and Colonel Sir Leonard Roptier, spent a day m Pahang yesterday. On arrival at Kuantan airport they drove to Pekan, the seat of His Highness thn Sultan. On their way to tkt Istan.i the MP's
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  • 18 1 No vVrther casualties to Communist terrorists. or amons? Security iForces were rerorted m the Federation
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    • 33 1 CHINA SOCIETY The China Society, Singapore will hold its general meeting at the Sky Palace Restaurant, today Wednesday, at 6.30 p.m. This will be followed by the Society's annual dinner at 8 p.m.
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  • 548 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pore, Wed., Mar. 28, 1956 MERDEKA AS A BURDEN! THOSE who aave been hoping to see the Island of Singapore achieve its freedom and self-go-vernment must have been Hwfully disappointed by the latest pronouncements of the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall. Even though his own party and
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  • 1335 2  -  PYARELAL Gandhijr* Minion To Bihar 'Bi f ANDHTJTS persistent re- fusal to come to Delhi, till his mission m Noakhali had borne fruit, created a dilemma for the Congress leaders, it was vividly expressed m one of Pandit Nehru's letters: "I know that we must learn
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  • 196 2 TOKYO: Long-pending negotiations for a Japan-Viet Nam trade agreement are expected to get under way m Saigon shortly. Indications, however, point to rough-sledding m the talks I because of the higher prices of Vietnamese exports as compared with the international level, and the problem of Viet
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  • 207 2 m C^' m Wdw for ««*»t«nce to major ports and R. £S5T S V S'- 2 fo? wJSS^y m its re P° rt SSLviSS;? 6 sald that the lmfor th^ Projects planned tor the major ports were yro£SS& l *«ctortly. The commitmente, already entered SS, L^
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  • 97 2 f L °NDON: The first film of Expedition will be shown on the BBC television programme. u. Jt "UL show the expedition's snip, "Thereon", trapped In the pack ice on her way to Vahsel Bay; the building of the base in readiness for the
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  • 25 2 Mr. Sri Prakasa, Governor of Madras, entertained nurses at a party recently picture shows ttie Governor offering refreshments to the party.
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  • 158 2 KARACHI. Mr. Mehr Chand Khanna, special Indian envoy to the Pakistan Republic Day celebrations, was hooted at a public meeting last Friday which was presided over by the Prime Minister Mr. Mohammad Ali. When Mr. Khanna was called upon to speak, the crowd, estimated at
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  • 235 2 CROOK WROTE FOR PRESS, CONVICTED HIMSELF LONDON: London detectives took great interest m a series of five articles written for a Sunday newspaper. They w^ere written by a man who claimed to have inside information about the way m which thieves obtained impressions of keys so as to break into
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  • 128 2 WORLD WAR I SHELL KILLS CHILDREN PARIS: A World War I mustard gas shell killed two children, badly burned two persons who were attempting rescue work. The shell, which was found by four boys who were searching for scrap metal to sell m order to make holiday money, was part
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  • 231 2 NEW DELHI. The Special Judge, Mr. jwala Daaa, Ust Thursday deferred a decision on the bail application^ of F. X. Ja-oh and A. L. Mehra, two of the three arrested m connection with the Union Budget leakage. The third person la D. Pal Chadha.
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  • 227 2 BOMBAY: Mr. Morarji Do sal. Chief Minister of Bombay, told the Legislative Assembly last Thursday of the manner iv which he received a copy of the new taxation proposals m tht Union Budget. An unknown person placed on his table at the Sachivalaya (the Secretariat)
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  • 151 2 LONDON AIRPORT ACTS TO CUT NOISE LONDON: So many complaints have been received by the British Ministry of Trans port and Civil Aviation about the noise from airliners taking off from the London Airport that take-off procedure has had to be changed. Now all airlines boost the height of the
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  • 124 2 "PERSECUTION" BY PRESS REPORTERS! LONDON: There are time* when questions put by newtpaper reporters could be classified as "persecution," according to Sir Linton Andrews, chairman of the British Press Council. Sir Linton, who was addressing the City Literary Institute, observed that "unless the ruthless individualistic efforts" of some newspapers to
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  • 136 2 FILM ADVENTURE "STUNT" ALARMS ROYAL NAVY PORTSMOUTH: Replicas of the identity card of the Royal Marines, which had been issued by a film company to advertise their latest production, gave British Naval security officers the biggest shock of their lives here. According to a security spokesman, at a quick glance
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  • 76 2 HOVERPLANES SAVE LIVES LONDON: Increasing use of helicopters to aid lifeboats has been an outstanding feature of the past year, says the annual report of Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution. These machines were called on 58 times during 1955, compared with 12 in the previous year. r The institution's boats
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  • 852 3 Total Now 12m.! z*ojoo* tmmm migrated to i»du"JL D SS I'B«gal during the year ending December 81 lftftT 5^L sirs saa-Tsuura ■piSTK 3^ The report puts the number or displaced person s who have arrived in India from East Bengal at 3,670,000. The
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    81 3 Hb Holineaa Gnana Va&at Vanmjethi Mafcan, a well known Yogi, author, poet and plrtl— pher from India, te mu toartn* the Man* dhtfMa Svlng pub i c lecture on "RanM Sakthi** Mr. A. K. Chtat■tali, chairman of the organlHIng committee, is seen reading the welcome address before the public lecture
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  • 52 3 500 SCHOOLS WITH ONE TEACHER EACH HYDERABAD: The Statt, Education, Mmtater, Mr. Oo pnl Rao ErbiJto, told the A*. tembly tost week that 500 *inyte-teacher schools would be opened during 1956-57. Be wot: replying to the de. oate on demands Jor grants totalling Rs. 7AB crores for Education and, Jour
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  • 188 3 NOTED PHILATELIST DEAD CHICAGO: Dr. Clarence W. Herman, a surgeon and phhatelist whose collections were valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, died here at Michael Reese Hospital. His age was 61. He started collecting stamps when he was nine years old, and soon began to specialise m the stamps
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  • 90 3 NEW YORK: A move to aid Southern Negroes who suffer economic reprisals for attempting to exercise constitutional rights was begun here. Representatives of civic, labour and religious organisations formed an organisation to provide loans and financial relief to Negroes denied crop loans, or goods by
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  • 101 3 VENUE OF MUSICAL EVENTS STOCKHOLM: The 30th World Musical Festival of the International Society of Contemporary Music is to be held In Stockholm June 3-10 this year. It will be incorporated with the annual Stockholm Festival of Music. Opera. Ballet. Drama and Films, which is ribw m its fourth year
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  • 194 3 GOVT. AID FOR BELGIAN JUTE INDUSTRY CALCUTTA: The Belgian Government in an effort to restore normal conditions in the textile industry, has decided to impose a special tax on textiles imported from countries subsidising exports. The new tax. which will be imposed on semi-finished and finished goods, is expected to
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  • 65 3 LONDON: Britain's Army Sports Control Board has refused to allow one of their crack cyclists to ride in an "Iron Curtain" event. The cyclist in Alan Jackson and the race— officially termed the "peace race" is a twoweek contest held over a route running
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  • 49 3 GURMANI RESIGNS FROM PAK PARLIAMENT KARACHI: The West Pakistan Governor, Mr. M. A. Gurmani, last Thursday submitted his resgnatlon from the membership of the Pakistan Parliament it is learnt. Mr. Gurmani assumed office as Governor of the province under the new Constitution at a ceremony at the Government House.
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  • 59 3 NAIROBI: The Kenya Government has warned the Kenya Federation of Labour, the main trades union m the colony, that it must stay out of politics or be banned. Union officials plan to fight the ban for they hold that any political matter which affects the interest of
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  • 58 3 BANGALORE: Nearly 40 representatives from the countries of Southeast Asia are expected to participate in the Labour Training Course to be held here during SeptemberOctober this year. The training camp will be held at the Gurukula Ashram at Kengeri, ten miles from here, and the
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  • 159 3 AIRCRAFT USED TO KEEP PUBLICATION SCHEDULES LONDON: While more than 100 British periodicals have had to cease publication because of a dispute in the British printing industry, others are using aircraft in an attempt to keep their publication schedules. Almost like the cloak and dagger spy stories, with couriers flying
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  • 182 3 PROPOSED POWER CUT FOR COIMBATORE COIMBATORE: A 25 per cent power cut will be enforced m Coimbatore and the adjoining areas from April 1, owing to the low level of water m the Pyakara reservoirs. The cut will affect 60 mills In and outside Coimbatore and nearly 2,200 villages receiving
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  • 51 3 MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF UNDERTRIAL WOMAN IMPHAL: A womaa was charged With murder waj mys. teriously found dead within the premises of the State ja.l where she was m custody. Jail officials found her body hanging from a rop.. on the tnttrfitafe of March 20. Investigation is proceeding. She was aged
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  • 42 3 NEW SECRETARY TO EDUCATION MINISTRY NEW DELHI: Mr. K. O. Saiyidain, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Education, has been appointed Secretary and Educational Adviser to the Ministry, according to an official announcement. Mr. Saiyidain succeeds Prof. Humayun Kabir who resigned recently.
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  • 228 3 BOMBAY: Mr. Morarji sai, Chief Minister of Bombay declared here last Thursday that it wou*d not fee possioic for the Government to give "special and preferential treatment to foreign business men *nd industrialists m India. Mr. Desai was addressing Hit annual general meeting
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  • 221 3 CHANDERNAGORE: The Chandernagore Journalists' As. sociation, at a meeting here last week to discuss the situation arising out of the Mayor's refusal to allow Pressmen to attend Corporation meetings, placed on record its deep regret and disappointment over his "undemocratic and unjust" attitude. The resolution m
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  • 139 3 SHILLONG: The Assam Government has decided to make provision in the second Five- Year Plan for the setting up of 36 more welfare exteneion projects in the State, it is reliably learned here. The number of such projects in Assam is now 16, while the
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  • 27 3 SILIGURI: Five Satyagrahis opposing merger of Bihar, and West Bengal were arrested here last week, and tried and sentenced to three weeks' simple Imprisonment.
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  • 105 3 Imdum Exhibitions In Peking And Rangoon NEW DELHI: Proposals to organise two largt-tcalt wholly Indian exhibition*— one m Peking md another tn Rungoon are being "favourably" ©Oneldered by the Government of India, it Te reliably learned. Mr. R. K. Nehru, the Indian. Ambassador, is report* to be keen on holding
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  • 807 3 22 Congressmen Go TO Rajya Sabha Unopposed NEW DELHI NEW DELHI: TWENTY-FOUR CANDIDATES, ALL. BUT TWO OF THEM CONGRESS NOMINEES HAVE BEEN RETURNED UNOPPOSED TO THE RAJYA SABHA IN THE BIENNIAL ELECTIONS BY THE STATE ASSEMBLIES. The two remaining candidates, who have been declared elected to the Upper House of
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  • 126 3 LONDON: According to Virginia Kelly, the blond* actresc who wrote the synopsis, the Gaekwar of Baroda (s to produce a super film with many of the Maharajas of India acting as real-life stars. "An Indian writer is scripting the synopsis," says Virginia Kelly, "and many of
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  • 111 3 CHATHAM: The British Admiralty has sent back to the Chatham naval dockyard the rigging from Nelson's flagship. "Victory", m order that it may be re-made. The Victory was originally built at Chatham and when reconditioning was previously undertaken m 1927, the rigging was re-made at
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  • 175 3 NEW YORK: The United States National Student As. sociation in a letter to all its member student bodies deplored the recent disturbances on the campus of the University of Alabama arising from the ad. mission of a Negro girl student, Miss Autherine J. Lucy, to the University.
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  • 97 3 BONN: West Germany Ik to spend £3,000,000,000 on a tenyear project to improve her roads. The project begins next April. Of 1,500 miles of nev roads to be built 870 miles will b-j of the autobahn type. A further 6,679 mites of wcisting roads are to
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  • 54 4 COLOMBO: Total prohibition will be enforced for one week during Buddha Jayanti May 28—30. Government sanctioned a proposal of the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. A. Ratnayake to prohibit the sale of liquor m all traverns, foreign and local ban hotels holding liquor licences and HoMal clubs serving
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  • 267 4 TO MAKE ALL MANKIND ONE UNDER THEIR CREATOR IS HIS MISSION The President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society arrived from Jakarta yesterday for a four-day visit to Singapore m the course of a tour of eleven Far-Eastern and Pacific countries. Mr. Nathan H. Knorr and his secretary,
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    52 4 Mr. P. PR. Subramaniam Chettiar speaking at a reception given m bis honour by the Tamils Reform Association on Friday March 28. at John Uttr<e's Cafe. On the right to seated Mr. O. G. Thomson, Pa blie Relations Officer Singapore and on the left is Mr. G Sarangapany, President, Tamils
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  • 216 4 Election Campaign In Full Swing Opposition Leader 9 Allegation NIKAWERATIYA: ADDRESSING SEVEN PROPAGANDA MEETINGS IN THE NIKAWEHATIYA ELECTORATE THE BLFP LEADER MR. S. W. R. D- BANDARANAIKE ALLEGED THAT SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA WAS SELLING THE COUNTRY TO THE AMERICANS. MB. BANDAR AN AIKE
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  • 133 4 WELIGAMA: Major Montague Jayewickreme told a gathering here on Monday that if Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was sincere about making Sinhalese only the state language he would not have entered into agreements with parties that rood for parity. The UNP he said, would not ally itself
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  • 188 4 COLOMBO; The Prime Minister is confident that the UNP will win 60 of the 76 seats the party is contesting at the elections. He told the Cabinet that he was able to make that forecast with confidence because he had fit the pulse of the people dur. Irifr
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  • 130 4 DR. PERERA ON UNP'S FAILURE KITULGALA: Dr. N. M. Perera m a speech made to th« voter u of Ampanu. Kitulgala, said that the UNP has not solved a single problem. (1) A large number of young men and women are idling without jobs; (2) The Education policy has been
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  • 65 4 CEYLON COMMISSION SPORTS FUND NOW $266,689 The Office of the Ceylon Commissioner m Malaya will be closed for public business on 29th, 30th and 31st March, 1956, and 2nd April, 1966, betog Eaater holidays. A donation of $5,000 from Ko Rubber Plantation Ltd., through Mr. Ko Teck Kin, heads the
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  • 68 4 COLOMBO. The 90 temporary clerks m the Health Ministry who were served with quit notices will be able to continue m their jobs till the next Cabinet decides on the main Issue as to whether temporary clerks should be absorbed into the permanent cadre. The Ministers
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  • 107 4 ANURADHAPURA: Can you expect the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna to be united enough to form a government and serve this country as a steady and democratic government should This was the question posed by Sir Richard Aluvihare at a meeting at Pandlkulam. Sir Richard said: "You are aware
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  • 79 4 COLOMBO: The United States Government has offered (5,000,000 aid for Ceylons irrigation projects. Discussions are now being held between Ceylonese irrigation officials and Dr. Lanasey A. Brown, Land and Water Use specialist of the United States International Co-operation Administration. Dr. Brown said here that
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  • 120 4 COLOMBO; The aviation authorities here have asked for $1,000,000 under the recently approved United States aid scheme for Ceylon, for the development of the Colombo Airport. Talk.; m this connection were held a few days ago between the aviation authorities here, and Mr.
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  • 84 4 CHETTIAR RETURNS TO COLOMBO Mr. P. PR. Subramaniam Chettiar, Chairman, Board of Directors, VEERAKESARI (popular Tamil daily of Ceylon) left Singapore yesterday morning- by B.O.A.C. for Colombo, after completing a seven month tour of South East A3ia and the Far East. Mr. Subramaniam Chettiar was seen off at the airport
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  • 240 4 MTUC Warns Malaya Against SEATO From Our Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues: The Maiayan Trade Union Council today cautioned the Government of dangers of allowing the country to become a slave of the "Dollar Imperialism". The MTUC further reminded the Government that Unking the country's future with SEATO powers would not
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  • 200 4 B AND K ARE TERRORISTS —PUNCH EDITOR ivuun <j.w<js i &K, £ingiauu, Mar. 27 Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge. Editor of Puncn, Britain's leading humorous weekly, last night described Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leaders due here next month, as "seasoned, professional terrorists." Both of them, he added had
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  • 234 4 JOHORE BAHRU: Indians m Malaya aacr c an integral part of the Malayan Nation with their undivided loyalty to Malaya their land of adoption, said the President of the johore Bahru Branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. RM. St. V. Sinnayyah Pillai J.P. Mr. Sinnayyah
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  • 188 4 (Continued From Page 1) world peace and m the pros. perity of all South East Asa. FRIENDLIEST WITH ALL BUT TWO Mr. Chowdhury said Pakis tan had friendliest and most cordial relations with thr United Kingdom. He named Australia, New Zealand and Ceylon as Ochui countries with which Pakistan
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  • 108 4 "Our relations with tiw: mighty U.S.S.R. were subjec* ed to severe strain owing to certain pronouncements made by their leaders on matters of vital concern to us," he said. "We feel that the making of these statements, which ware detrimentai to the sovereignty of Pakistan and in
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    • 52 4 RURAL BOARD MEETING The next meeting- of the Rural Board will be held at the Conference Room Chief Secretary's Office, tomorrow Thursday at 10 a.m. TUNIS, Mar. Ab out four eligible voters in every five went to the polls yesterday in Tunisia's first general elections to send representatives to a
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