Indian Daily Mail, 9 May 1956

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. XH No. 82 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, BIAY 9, 1956 SIX PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 247 1 BOYD'S LAST WORD KEENLY AWAITED LONDON, May 8: Britain was putting new proposals on Singapore's cons t tution U future at a meeting here today of the Anglo Singapore Conference negotiating on independence for the Crown Cotony. The proposals were being tabled by Mr. Alan
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  • 160 1 LONDON, May 8: British Government security officials were shocked when the telephone number of the Cabinet Office where the Prime Minister's top-level documents are filed was announced during a commercial television play. One character m it told another to dial Whitehall 5422 if he wanted to
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  • 43 1 LONDON, May 8: Mr. David Marshall, Singapore's Chief Minister, was guest of honour at a luncheon given to-day by the Anglo-Jewish Association here. He gave an off-the-record address to the luncheon meeting on "The Role of Singupore m Asia." Reuter
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  • 174 1 ALGIERS. May. 8: Nationalist forces striking at midnight hurled their heaviest single attack against European colonist farmers yesterday, slaying more than a score m a savage massacre along a fertile coastal strip of Western Algeria. The weil-co-ordinated series of killings and burnings apparently caught massive French forces
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  • 50 1 Arrangements have been made with the Postmaster General whereby holders of pension books whose Blue pension warrants fall normally due for cashing between 11th and 24 th of May may, exceptionally because of Harl Raya, cash their warrants on Thursday 10th May. at their usual Foot Oflßotf.
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  • 129 1 DOG FOUND ABANDONED BABY ON SANDS FIUMICINO. Italy, May B.— A 10-month-old boy, buried for 16 hours m beach sands by an unwed mother who said she couldn't feed him, was alive and well thanks to a hunting dog. Police held the 36-year-old mother on an open charge. They quoted
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  • 22 1 BODICOTE, England. May 8. Frederick W. Thomas, internationally known authority on Sanskrit, died Sunday night at his home. He was 89. AP
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  • 78 1 SECOND AFRASIAN CONFAB? DJAKARTA, May 8: Communist China agreed with Indonesia that the opportunity .-or the holding of a Second Asian African Conference should be sought. Premier Chou En-lai told the correspondent of the Djakarta daily SINPO, according to a report which appeared m the paper today. The correspondent is
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  • 78 1 P.I. Singapore Soccer To Be Cancelled MANILA, May B.— The Philippines may have to cancel its Olympic soccer qualifications tie against Communist China and its annual interport game against SINGAPORE because of a previous commitment for a series of games m Spain, a PPhil ppine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) spokenman
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  • 187 1 FAIR PRICE SALE AT CO-OP. DEPOTS From Oar Own Correspondent MADRAS, May B.— There has been a sudden heavy In price of foodgrains especially rice m South India daring the last few weeks which has caused great deal of distress
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  • 198 1 Gliding Not Popular In India NEW DELHI. May. 8: Fewer Indians are interested m gliding this year than before, even though two more gliding centres have recently been opened. One of these is m Bangalore and the other m Allahabad. Last year the Poona Gliding Centre alone trained 114 enthusiasts
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  • 52 1 TOKYO. May, A discarded cigarette caused an underground explosion here that damaged eight buildings and injured four persons, police concluded Tokyo Gas Company officials said explosive gas from a Ceaklng pipe probably gathered beaeath a Tokyo street and It was Ignited by burning- cigarette flipped Into ft
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  • 236 1 I. N. T. U. C. ENDORSES NEHRU PUN SURAT. Southwest India. May, 8 The Indian National Trade Union Congress here endorsed the new industrialisation policy outiim <r' by the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, m hs Second Five- Year Plan. The annual session of the Congress here asked the Gov« rnment
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  • 225 1 inauguration Jan. 26? From Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI, May 8— The Whole question of reorganisation of States into linguistic unite has been again thrown into melting pot, when it seemed as if the problem had been solved. Members of Uie Parliament have refused to
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  • 64 1 FROM DELHI. KING MAHENDRA, 36. ltt about to have the Bird of Paradise Crown placed on his head by Brahman priests chantln X Hindu sacred hymns, at the May 2 Coronation at Katmandu., Nepal. The crowning took place at exactly 10,43 a.m. local time, the time
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  • 215 1 PARIS, May 8. President Tito of Yugoslavia called for patience' over disarmament and similar questions. 'The armaments race calls for enormous material resources which could be used to improve the well-being of humanity' he said at a dinner here given m his honour by the French President
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  • 66 1 The Manager of Jenderata Estate In the Telok Anson district of Perak and his escort were fired on by about 10 terrorists on Thursday (May 3), according to an Emergency communique issued m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. It adds: They returned the fire causing the terrorists to
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  • 74 1 At this third meeting at Kuala Lumpur on (Monday), the Malayan Defence Treaty Working Party decided that the proposed agreement between the United Kingdom and a fully independent Federation of Malaya should take the form of a short document setting out the general principles which will
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  • 48 1 The Customs and Excise Department of the United Kingdom has confirmed that as a concession, temporary visitors to the United Kingdom who m tend to stay there for hot more than one year, may import a camera for that period free of duty tag ta*
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  • 260 1 PRESTON, Northwest, England, May 8: Mr. ft. A. Butler, Lord Privy Seal m the Brit ah Government, said here the recent Anglo-Soviet talks hi London had lessened the risk of a local Middle East conflict which could set off a general nuclear war. "Communist, capitalist
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  • 88 1 Gopala Menon Chairman Of I.C.T. Commission NEW YORK. May, 8 Mr. Gopala Meoon, Indian CoastL-Generai here, was elected Chairman of the Commission on International Commodity Trade, which began a two-week session at TJlutuo Nations lieauquarters yesterday. His nomination wa s opposed oy the Nationalist Cninese delegate Mr. Kan Lee, who
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  • 25 1 P.W.D. Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, reported last night that the UIU Lattgat road would be temporarily closed for urgent repairs at the MH milestone
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  • 239 1 LONDON, May 8: Mr. David Marshall, Singapore Chief Minister, said here today that his Government was anxious to reopen trade relations with China. Reuter HERAKLION, Crete, May 8: A local merchant, Charalambos Markakis, has offered 30,000 gold sovereigns for the head of Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the
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  • 38 1 Mrs. Pandit's Reception To Marshall LONDON, May, 8 Mrs. Vijaya Lakshint Pundit, India's High Commission r to Britain, will give an evening reception here on Wednesday In honour cm- Mr. Marshall and tha Other flfprtn«re de^afee Reu ter
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  • 588 2 Indain Daily Mail S'pore, Wed., May 9, 1956 EXPERIMENT IN TRILINGUALISM [N our editorial yesterday on the subject of the new education plan for the Federation of Malaya as drawn up by the 15-man Government Committee headed by the Minister for Education Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain. we expressed it
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  • 1045 2 Chief Minister's Proposal To Be Withdrawn Dr. Roy On Significance Of Election Verdict CALCUTTA: The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. B. C. Boy, said that he felt that he should withdraw the proposal for the union of West Bengal and Bihar, In a statement he referred
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  • 204 2 LAHORE: Was it an angel or a man who m time rescued many victims of the Republic Day railway bridge tragedy m Rawalpindi which resulted m the loss of S4 lives and injuries to 80 persons? This question was posed la the official report on the tragedy
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  • 237 2 KARACHI: The Pakistan Planning Board has recommended to the Government abolition of znmindans, imposition of ceiling on land holdings and adjustment of relations between, land-owners and tenants. "While not advocating complete abolition of the landowning class, the Board's report recommends a ceiling of 150 acres
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  • 373 2 Tnngsten Found In Madras NEw DELHI; Tungsten ore is known to occur m Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar. Madhya Pradesh and Madras, Mr. K. D. Malaviya, Minister for Natural Resources and Scientific Research, tola Mr. Balwant Singh Mehta m a written reply m the Lok SaThe Minister also told the House
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  • 103 2 LAHORE; Largescale defections have been reported Muslim league party m the former State of Bahawsupore. Among: those who announced their decision to resign from the Muslim League and join the new Republican Party *f, c twelve members of the SSJ P Z ki l t D Assembly.
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  • 406 2 BUS.N E E 1 2. 1 XiS X! B v Ml i u Sv^Bl IR B L y A Jo O M O pfEA'!.y RI C U A p PORTING THE SOCIALIST PATTERN OF ft OCi Pt V was RiTSJiPV&Wiy™*" say,ng O t C hat T
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  • 75 2 GORAKHPUR: Blindness m on* eye is no longer a bar for recruitment to non-gazet-ted clerical cadre on the Indian Railways, according to a decision of the Railway Administration. The Railway Administration, it is understood, has directed that the medical officer who examines such
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  • 232 2 NEW DELHI: Member 3 of the UNESCO Mission for Western Highc r Technological Institute, who arrived here met the Union Minister for Education, Mauiana Abdul Kala m Azad, at Parliament Mouse '.fast week. Welcoming the Mission, Mauiana Azad thanked both the UNESCO and the Government of
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  • 166 2 NEW DELHI: In a written reply to a question by Mr. Shivananjappa m the Lok Sabha, the Minister for Home Affairs stated that 70 agricultural families from Travancore. Cochin State had been selected for settlement m the Andaman and Nicobar islands durin* 1966 under a five-year scheme
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  • 83 2 RANGOON: Mr. A. Raahld. Burmese Trade Development Minister, is expected to leave for New Delhi at the end of May to conclude negotiations with the Indian Government c.e .P urchase of more 1,000,000 tons of rice by India it was reliably learned here. It was understood
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  • 51 2 MADRAS: A representative of Dunlop Rubber Company Calcutta, discussed wtlftthe Chief Secretary, Mr. W. R, 8. Sathlanathan, the possibility of starting a tyre manufacturin? factory In the State, it Is stated that the factory can be located at Avadi. The representatives will have discussion swop m
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  • 250 2 Nldw YORK; Mr. John Sherman Cooper, Unitei States Ambassador to India, ur^ed increased American aid to India, He arrived here m the .Iner "America" to testify to the Senate and House of Representatives (Foreign Relations Committees. He told reporters aboard the ship that the Soviet
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  • 77 2 WELLS FULL OF SKELETONS FOUND AT AGRA AGRA, Two wells fall of human skeletons have been discovered near the Agra Fort by workers laying new water supply and sewage mains. The wells were found 12 feet below ground level. No explanation of the presence of the skeletons can expected until
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  • 219 2 NEW DELHI: The board for selecting candidates to the Indian Administrative Service °y emergency recruitment C 8 l st two members &m«? V" 1011 PubMc Service Commission, one senior officer ?f? on c non-official, the Mtais%£rJ? th w Mnlstr y <* Home {fJ^Hi r B- N. Datar,
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  • 67 2 TOURIST RECEPTION CENTRE IN KASHMIR SRINAGAR: -Kashmir's gigantic tourist reception centre began functioning here. Built at a coat of Ra. 8 lakhs, the centre has 30 rooms where visitors will be allowed to stay for 24 hours. The Directorate of Tourism S? ot i? er De P&rtments of the State
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  • 2187 3 •fcd Or Fundamental! COMMUNITY Development la v the catchword of the moment We hear of it on every side. To the progressives it epitomizes the latest, the beat, the cutting: edge. To the conservatives, it la the albboleth of the "give-awayers" and the "dogooders". It la a passing
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  • 685 3 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court allowed an appeal of Kartar Singh and two others, members of the Amritsar Motor Union, against their conviction for shouting "vulgar" slogans alleged to be defamatory and prejudicial to the security of the State and the maintenance of public order. The
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  • 67 3 PARUR: As the bridegroom failed to arrive at the bride's residence at the appointed time, a young man of the neighbourhood, who was present as a guest, was asksd to take his place and married the bride. The incident occurred at Kodanad, North Travanoors. When the bridegroom-to-be
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  • 142 3 PASSAGE GRANTS TO SCHEDULED CASTES NEW DELHI. The Government of India have decided to award passage grants to Scheduled Catses. Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes candidates who have received merit scholarships during 1956--57 for studies abroad without passage costs. Passage grant m the first instance will cover the cost
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  • 109 3 V. K. K. MENON TO ACT AS HEALTH MINISTER NEW DELHI: Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, Minister without portlf olio, will be In charge of the Ministry of Health during the absence abroad of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, it is learnt. The Rajkumari is leaving for the U.S. on May 17
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  • 491 3 M ost Outspoken Champion Of Setf Determination PRINCETON, New Jersey: Indian Ambassador G. L. Mehta, m an unpubUclsed meeting, met here privately with George Kennan, former American Ambaddaor to Moscow. The visit was arranged m the course of Mr. Mehta's recent trip here to take
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  • 61 3 Coronation at Katmandu, Nepal, May t. The Kins; Is *how n a few minutes after the Bird of Paradise Crown had been placed on hi* head. He is rftttL on the nine cobra headed Coronat on Throne. M TnI *•>« flnt for ten generations to be crowned
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  • 76 3 MEMORIAL FOR TILAK IN JAIL IN BURMA NE'.V DELHI: The Government of Burma has agreed to the proposal to erect a suitable memorial inside the Mandalay Jail where Lokmanya TJlak and Lala Lajpat Rai were imprisoned. This information was given by Mrs. Lakshmi Menon Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for
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  • 117 3 NEW DELHI: Three firms were at present engaged m the production of motor cars m Bengal.— and they claimed a Ben-gal,— and they claimed a total capacity of 33.000 cars per annum. Mr. Nityanand KaBungo. Minister for Industries, told Mr. Vallulla m the Rajya Sabha. A
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  • 44 3 JERUSALEM, Israel, May 7. An Israel Army spokesman said infiltrators from Jordan crossed into Israel earl y yesterday and blew up an uninhablt* ed house near Kfar Yavets village. Village guards opened fire hilt thprp wpw nn noc.nl ties.- AP
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  • 90 3 'DEPENDING ON MR. NEHRU FOR EVERYTHING' NEW DELHI: Addressing a conference of Pradesh Congress chiefs recently, Mr. S. K. Patii, President, Bombay Pradesh Congress Committee said that along with the Opposition parties the Congress too seemed to have weakened. Many In the organisation seemed to depend on the High Command
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  • 202 3 MADRAS: The opening of 120 maternity and child welfare centres m the rural areas of the State by the Public Health Department during the year 1956-57 under the Second Five-Ye«r Plan has been sanctioned by the Madras Government. An order on the subject says that the
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  • 100 3 DIAMOND DEPOSITS IN PANNA NEW DELHI: Ths Minister for Natural Resources. Mr. K. D. Malaviya, told the Lok Sabl>» that a detailed investigation tato the diamond deposits m the Parma mines m Vindhya Pradesh was now going 01, as recommended by the Soviet mining experts. Completion of this investigation would
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  • 1331 4 UEVY OF SALES TAX Proposal To Place It On Union list NEW DELHI: The Minister for Revenue and CWI Expenditure, Mr. M.cTshah, introduced m the Lolc Sabka, the Constitution (tenth amendment) BUI seeking to add a new entry m the Untoo list placing taxes on Inter-State sales and
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  • 291 4 Nehru Welcomes New Era For Africans ACCRA (Gold Coast): As Indian industrial exhibition was opened here toy the Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Arden-Clarke. The exhibition, the first of its kind to be held m West Africa, is divided into two sections, industries and information. It will run
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  • 1073 4 More Powers For Reserve Bank BILL TO AMEND ACT NEW DELHI: The Minister for Revenue and Defence Expenditure, Mr. A. c Guda Introduced hi the Lok Sabha a Bill seeking to grant additional powers to the Reserve Bank to regulate credit extension by other banks and
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  • 89 4 KATHMANDU: The Hamidul Hug Chowdhary, Foreign Minister of Pakistan, told Pressmen here that there was at present no need for his going to the United Nations tor "canvassing Pakistan case on Kashmir". Mr. Chowdhary referred to his meeting with Prime Minister Nehru m Delhi on his way to
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  • 665 4 Chief Minfeters EHmapprove Changes NEW DEIiHT. The Nation! Development Council concluded its meeting after placing on record its "general approval and acceptance of the object?*, priorities and programmes embodied m the Second Five- Year Man." b This resolution of the Council was adopted by an overwhelming majority,
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  • 123 4 MADRAS: A research institute for the development of the Ayurvedlc system of medicine will be set up m Kerala at a cost of over Rs. 50 lakhs. Revealing this here Dr. A. Lakshmipathl, Principal, Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, who has been deputed for the purpose, said there
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  • 163 4 NAGPUR TRAIN ACCIDENT SABOTAGE' NEW DELHI; Sabotage was suspected m the Bombay-Cal-cutta Mail train accident on the Bhusawal-Nagpur double line on April 24 iast, Mr. O.V. Alegesan told Mr. Raghunath Singh m reply to a short-notice question m the Lok Sabha. Mr. Raghunath Singh had drawn attention to the fact
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  • 179 4 CEMENT FACTORY FOR MYSORE BANGALORE: The Board of Management of the Government Industrial Concerns m Mysore met m the Bangalore Secretariat. Mr. H. Slddaveerappa, Minister for Home and Industries, presiding, and considered various subjects pertaining to the production programme, turn-over, purcnasing programme, etc, of the industrial concerns. The Board approved
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  • 142 4 NEW DELHI: Mr. A. M. Tfromas asked the Production Minister m the Lok Sabha what steps Government proposed to take to remedy the position m Travancore-Cochin were the investment of the Handicrafts Board was "a big zero." Mr. Dubey, Parliamentary Secretary for Production, replied that the Travancore-Co-chin Government
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  • 70 4 NEW DELHI: ftfe Bliutta. an employee of a textile mill m Nagpur, had invented An eight-spindle charkha, the Deputy Production Minister, Mr. Satish Chandra, told Mr. Balwant Binha Mehta m the Lok Sabha. Mr. Satish Chandra added that Mr. Bhutta was getting the spinning mechanism nf the
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  • 284 4 Portugal's Claim In World Court NEW DELHI: In reply to a question by Mr. S. V. Ramaswamy and Mr, H. N. Mukerjee whether the Government ot India had received a copy of the legal grounds on which Portugal's case before the International Court of Justice concerning certain right* of passage
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  • 161 4 NjsAV DELHI; Indian Railways have once again entered tne wond market to buy their requirements Of rolling stock ana other equipment against t»eir programme for 1966* 57. Tota. value of the orders, It Is expected, will be about Rs 20 crores. The purchasea will be confined
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  • 77 4 TRAVANCORE BISHOP IN CAR ACCIDENT KOTTAYAM; The Rt Rev. Dr C. K. Jacob, felaoop m Central Travancore, and hia wife were involved m a car accident while returning from Peennade to Kottayam after an ordination ceremony recently. Tne car, it was stated collided with a lorry coining to the opposite
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  • 46 4 MONAZITE DEPOSITS ON MADRAS BEACH NEW DELHI: The Primo Minister replied In the afflrmaQKK to t <i uea Uon m the Lok B*bha by Mr. 8. V. Ramaswamy (Congress) whether tae reconnaissance services on the Madras beach disclosed the existence of appreciable quantities of monazite deposits.
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  • 52 4 NEW delhj: The Indian Airline* Corporation will, with effect torn May 12, operate a new service txtween Delhi and Kabul, it was officially announced here. The new service which will leave Delhi on Saturdays will be m addition to the existing weekly services which leave Q Dttoi
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  • 751 5 PONNAMBALAM'S APPEAL TO ALL TAMILS JAFTNA AH Tamils irrespective of party affiliation*, nvust oppose tootti and nail the move of the MJ&P. Government toSake Sijhj^^so.e state inngungv. said mITTg. PonSS! Mr. Ponnambalam, continuing, said- "The nresont n«n tical position of the Tamils is SO *g£le and
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  • 75 5 WHY WORRY? IT'S OUR GOVERNMENT! COLOMBO. A few days ago when a man at the Anuradhapara Railway station was about to board the Yal-Devi, a ticket examiner had asked lor his ticket. The had turned round and said, "Ape anduwa than thinney, Mona ticketthe oyiT" ("It's now our Government— why
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  • 137 5 PERSONAL ATTENTION TO REQUESTS COLOMBO: Th-i Minister oi Education Mr. W. DananayaKe win personally attend to requests maae to tne Ministry and Department of Education by Memoers of Parliament. Mr. Dahanayake has directed Education officials, both ot the Min.stry and the Department that any request other tnan wnat tney fuel
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  • 145 5 COLOMBO First Ministry to Ceylooise completely at all leveis will be tne Min.stry ot Posts, broaoteasting and Information. Mr. K. M. P. Rajaratna Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, said tnat no exceptions wouid oe made to the policy of Ceylon.sation as that would be "an unhealthy
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  • 199 5 NEW DELHI: Exports of textiles to Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim were allowed without any licence, Mr. D. P. Kharmarkar, Minister for Commerce, told Mr. Biahwanth Roy m the Lok Sabha. He was not sure whether the same relaxation was permitted m the case of Nepal too.
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  • 37 5 MADRAS: The s.s. Admiral Ushakov arrived m Madras recently carrying steel from Russia. She will discharge 3,799 tons of steel, allotted to various consignees m South India, and Artll proceed to Calcutta.
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  • 309 5 COLOMBO; On the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the Government Parliamentary Party appointed a 18--man sub-committee to report on the switch-over to Hinhakmo as the official language of the country. The sub-committee consists of the Prime Minister (chair* man), three other Ministers, six members
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  • 220 5 COLOMBO. Ceylon Government officials and the US Operations Mission m Ceylon are now discussing- individual development pro. jects for which assistance will be provided by the U.S. This follows the formal exchange of letters between the Prime Minister, Mr. S. W. K. D.
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  • 116 5 NEW DELHI: Echoes of atheist Inaersoll's famous last words were heard m the Rajya Sabha recently during the debate on the State* Reorganisation Bill. When Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was pleading for the trifurcation of Uttar Pradesh, a member from U.P. interjected: "May God
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  • 109 5 NEW DELHI: The Com- municatloma Minister, Mr. Jagjivan Ham, told the Lok Sauna that it would sti.l not be advisable m the public u> terest to disclose at this stage the details of discussions between China and mctia for establishing an air service between the two
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  • 189 5 States Amy Map Service scientists said new studies indicated the eartn's circumference wa g aoout half mile smaller than previously believed. Mr Bernard Ghovitz, one of the scientists, said tnenew nndings wouvd help m track* mg tne "toaby moon" sateJlttes. The United States ptanueu to begin
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  • 58 5 FLOREPFE, BELGIUM, May British motorcyclist, Fergus Anderson, was killed here fffe^St n m T The accident occurred during the sixth lap of the 500 cc event. Anderson who was duelling with his compatriot, Bill Lomas, for the lead m the race, skidded off the road. He
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  • 394 5 BOMBAY: Mr. Raj Bahadur Minister m the Ministry of Communications, inaugurated the Printogram Service, at the Central Telepraph Office. The Printogram Service is designed to provide a direct teleprinter service between the subscriber and the telegraph office eliminating the intermediary messenger service, thus cutting down the delays to
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  • 79 5 WASHINGTON. The U.B. Senate voted $7,500 to compensate a soldier for injuries he suffered when army doctors left a towel m his stomach. The soldier was first operated on m July, 1945 by army doctors. In March, 1946 after he Jef t the army,
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  • 115 5 NEW DELHI: Sixty-flve new spinning mills with spindle capacity of seven lakhs are to be erected m South India and licences for this have already been issued under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act. This was revealed by the Commerce and Industry Minister m reply
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  • 185 5 NICOSIA, May 7: Cjpiiot children burned "Guy Fawkea" effigies of Sir John Harding. Cyprus Gorvernor m Nicosia and danced around the flame* celebrat.ng Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday. The children lit firecrackers and double banners, though it was a crime to do so. The government had
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  • 100 5 NEW YORK, May 7: The "New York Times" editorially declared yesterday its hope that the Commonwealth Prime Ministers will bring pressure to modify Ceylon's position on the British bases there. It added: "What the Commonwealth Prime Ministers can and ought to make clear Is that they are
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  • 181 5 COLOMBO: The Minister of Posts and Broadcasting Mr. A. s. Marikkar, want to introduce a people's letter system under which, for five cents, one can send a letter without incurring expend!, ture for the paper and the envelope. The people's letter will be similar
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  • 274 5 TOKYO, May 7: A group of war crimes defence attorneys claimed tc-day that former Premier Tojo six other Japanese major war criminals executed by the Allies aftor World War II would have escaped the gallows if US$3O,OOO had been available to the defence
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  • 250 5 Venice Confab On Nuclear Energy PARIS. May 7: The Foreign Ministers of six Western European nations agreed yesterday to meet m Venice May 29 and 30 to decide whether or not they would pursue the proposed development of nuclear energy. The ministers represented the nations which have been studying the
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  • 151 5 TOKYO. May 7: Prominent anti-Communist Koreans living m Japan yesterday endorsed President Syngman Rhee's bid for a third term and urged the election of Lee Bum Suk as vice president of South Korea and Rhee's eventual successor. "Dr. Rhee has made an unparalled contribution to our
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  • 66 5 HE TAUGHT ENGLISH TO JAPS TOKYO, May 7— British pro. fessor Thomaa, R. Q. Lyell, who taught English m Japan for more than 20 years, died Sat* urday after a Jong illness. He was tO. Lyell. a native of Kent and Cambridge University graduate, first came to Japan m 1928.
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  • 59 5 DAMASCUS, Syria, May 7.— Several Syrian University students Saturday night broke into the halj of the American Gov-ernment-sponsored "Atom for Peace" Exhibition and damaged a big globe because It carried the name "Israel" m Palestine's palce, police said. Three students were arrested and afterwards released. Exhibition
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  • 65 5 ABORAD USB MOKINLEY, bikini Atoll, May 7.-1116 U.B. hydrogen bomb tester 8 last night postponed the air-drop trial originally planned for Tuesday. Unfavourable weather was the reason. Official? set a new tentative target date for Wednesday, but also voiced doubt that the weather would be satisfactory then. Testers
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  • 66 5 WASHINGTON, May The World Bank Sunday reported its net income was 121,200,000 tve the nnicn c month period ended March 31. The bank saij this compared with $18,600,000 for the corresponding period m 1968. The bank said this income raised its supplemental, reserve against losses on loans
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  • 286 6 LEE SAYS REDS REALISE FUTILITY OF ARMED REVOLT LONDON, May, 8: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Secretary of the left-wing Singapore People's Action Party, saJd here that the "Asia for the Asians" trend m the crown Colony would continue "whatever Mr. David Marshall (the Chief
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  • 104 6 Three senior members of the Exchange Staff of the Singapore Telephone Board are leaving by the "Cortu" tomorrow Thursday, for Great Britain for an advanced course m Telephony. They will be attending the Post Office Telephone College at Stone and win also undergo a course of
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  • 88 6 NEW DELHI May. 8 India wth name her Ambassador to Spain very soon, a reliable source revealed here A decision is understood to have been taken by the Government of India to establish an Embassy m Madrid. It is also like.y that an Indian Legation may
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  • 130 6 ONE WEEK PROHIBITION IN CEYLON COLOMBO. May 8: Total prohibition will be introduced m Ceylon for the first time this month, as a result of a decision by the Home Minister m Ceylon's new People's United Front Government to ban the sale of liquor between May 23 and 29 to
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  • 179 6 DAG'S TALKS ON MID-FAST SITUATION UNITED NATIONS. New York, May B.— Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold yesterday began a series of private talks with individual members of the U.N. Security Council on the Middle East situation. At the same time, he continued work on a final report on his Middle East
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  • 98 6 TOKYO, May 8. Japan paid Burma U*****,014 for World War II reparations m fiscal 1955. the Foreign Office announced yesterday. The figure is far below the agreement reached last December m Rangoon that Japan would pay Burma U5515,695,--444 by the end f° March, 1956, to implement
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  • 72 6 DJAKARTA, May 8: Indonesian Communist dominated Labour Union SOBASI has cabled President Elsenhower protesting against United States Hydrogen bomb test scheduled to be held In the Pacific this month. The test of the cable was released to the press here today. The cable claiming to speak on
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  • 102 6 The Sultan of Selangor has notified that, subject to the New Moon being .sighted m any part of the Federation of Malaya on the night of the 10th of May, the 11th and 12th May, will be observed as Hart Raya Puasa m the State of Selangor.
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  • 168 6 NEW DELHI, May, B— The Indonesian President, Dr. Soexarno, may visit India m October or November this year, reports reaching here from Djakarta indicate. A detailed tour programm* of the President is being drawn up m Djakarta. No firm dates are, therefore, available for the President's Indian
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  • 141 6 NEW YORK, May B.— You don't have to smoke to get lung cancer, says British specialist Sir Ernest Kennaway. One-flfth of all lune cancer cases m England involve nonsmokers, he said. a s he arrived here aboard the liner United States on a lecture tour. However, sir
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  • 111 6 BURMA TO RAISE WHEAT FOR ISRAEL RANGOON, May 8: A plan to put one million acres of Burmese land into wheat for Israel was revealed here today. According to a Burmese official it is "symbolic of the friendship that has sprung up between the two countries." Many Israeli technicians are
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  • 89 6 Br. Council Scholarship Award Miss Ivy Soh of Singapore has been awarded a British Council Scholarship for the 1956/57 academic year. She will take the Supplementary Course m speech and drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama m London. Miss Soh, a graduate of the University of Malaya,
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  • 69 6 ALGIERS, May 8: A howling mob of 2,000 French students rioted In Algiers capital to-day, demanding a tougher French fight to put down the 18-month-old nationalist rebellion m the North African territory. Shouting "L'Armee au Pouvoir!" (Put the Army m Power!), the students hurled tomatoes at French Resident
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  • 181 6 Two Malayabound Men Sent To Jail MADRAS: Two upcountry Malaya-bound passengers, Mukund Singh and Pal Singh, who were charged with the offence of illegal possession of opium, on April 18, at the South Quay of the Harbour, were sentenced by the Eighth Presidency Magistrate, Mr. 8. Natarajan, to 18 months'
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  • 379 6 TEMPLE SERVANT'S DISMISSAL ORDER QUASHED MADRAS: A writ petition preferred by a "Paricharaka" (cook) of a temple questioning the validity of the order of the temple trustees dismissing him from service, was allowed m the Madras High Court by Justice P. Rajagopalan on the ground that the dismissal order was
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  • 148 6 MADRAS: Miss Usha Ram Chandran, a student of the Presidency College m the m Hons. Class, who has been undergoing training under the State Government Flying Scholarship Scheme at the Madras Flying Club, did her first "thrilling and exciting" solo flight recently. Usha, 18, is the only
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  • 343 6 WASHINGTON, May, 8 President Eisenhower told IBM U.S. Contra, the United States has dripped more tha* U5W2.400 Million worth of planes, tanks, gun« and other military supplies to free world countries during the last six years. About 900 million dollars worth was shipped
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  • 104 6 BRITAIN WILL NOT ABANDON SINGAPORE PRESTON, Lancashire, May 8: Mr. R. A. Butlrr, Lord Privy Seal, said m a speech here described Singapore as an island on which it was essential to haye and maintain a strong base. At the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference m June it would be made
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