Indian Daily Mail, 24 May 1956

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  • 790 1 SPECTACULAR CEREMONIES IN BURMA AND CEYLON SALE OF FISH, MEAT AND LIQUOR BANNED LONDON* May 23, Music of drums, brass gongs and conch sheefa heralded the opening yesterday m Rangoon, of final ceremonies of the sixth gre*t Buddhist Synod which has been meeting m intermittent session
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  • 51 1 COLOMBO, May 23: Temple bells pealed at dawn today to herald the 2,500 th Anniversary of the Buddha aa thousands of white clad Buddhists went to Temples all over Ceylon to offer their prayers. The Anniversary is also being observed In Peking and Rangoon. About 200,000 pilgrims
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  • 139 1 COLOMBO, May 23: The Prime Minister of Ceylon Mr. Solomon Bandaranaikc today sent messages of greetings to the Prime Minister of Japan and India on the occasion of the 2,500 th Anniversary of Buddha Jayantl. Wishing the Buddhist of Japan every success In their Jayantl
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  • 112 1 RANGOON, May 23: The Burmese Government has granted reprieves to over 38 persons under sentence of death as part of its act of clemency to mark next Thursday's successful conclusion of the Sixth Great Buddhist Synod. The reprieved prisoners will now serve terms of *0 years imprisonment
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  • 26 1 RANOOON. May 23. Tens of thousands gathered Tuea day m a HghL drlaale at Sn Mlngala Platefu outside Rangoon to attend the closing
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  • 68 1 LONDON, May 23.— Tha (Foreign Office said today it had been 'impracticable to arrange at the present time' a State visit to Britain by President Soekarno of Indonesia, now m the United States. The spokesman told his dal?v press conference there had been discussions between
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  • 161 1 U.S. OPPOSES R.L's CLAIM' TO N-GUINEA WASHINGTON, May 23.— Mr. John Foster DuLes, the Secretary of State, said yesterday he had told the Indonesian Foreign Minister that the United States could not support Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea. He said at his Pre«s Conference that he had discussed this
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  • 192 1 Indian Cultural Mission Arrangements In Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur: Elaborate arrangements are being made m Kuala Lumpur /or performances by the Indian Cultural Mission, headed by the great artist of India Mr. Piithviraj Kapoor. M.P. The Mission which is at present on a tour of South-East Asia is scheduled to
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  • 247 1 NEW DELHI, May 23 The Singapore Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall to-day met Prime Minister Nehru at lunch and put before him the events leading up to the failure of the London talks on Singapore independence. Mr. Marshall had arrived m Delhi early to-day, breaking
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  • 269 1  -  Marshall REDS WILL EXPLOIT IT, BE WARNS BOMBAY, May 23, Mr. David Marshall replying to questions by pressmen at the airport there said his resignation would not improve the situation but he added he would not drag democracy into the mud as he was a
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  • 122 1 BAHRAIN. May, 23 Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall spent four nours m Bahrain yesterday when his constellation aircraft enroute to India was diverted here with engine trouble. An airport spokesman said "one engine was giving trouble but the aircraft was m no danger. The passengers of
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  • 85 1 Before his arrival In New Delhi, the Chief Mniater toW reporters In Bombay that there was a "slim chance" of the British Colonial Office re-open-ing the Singapore talkß m view of world reaction to their failure. He said he would resign his office, after reporting to the Singapore
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  • 28 1 NEW DELHI* May 23 Singapore's Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall will meet Mr. Nehru, India's Prime Minister, for lunch today- when he
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  • 180 1 NO DESIRE TO INFLUENCE NEHRU MARSHALL BOMBAY, May 23 Singapore's Chief Minister David Marshall arrived yesterday en route to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Nehru, Mr. Marshall is returning home from London talks that failed on the future of Singapore. Mr. Marshall told newsmen at the airport he
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  • 65 1 DACCA, East Pakistan. May 28. The Government of the Province of East Paßlntan fell Tuesday night after a ruling by Speaker Abdul Hakim that the present Ministry, headed by Abu Hussaln Sarkar, was not competent to present the annual budget. He adjourned the House sine die.
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  • 430 1 Synthetic Rubber Will Antagonize Asians-Sir Clough (Front Our Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Wed: Miliions of Asians who now depend on the rubber industry would turn hostile toAmcrlca if synthetic rubber should jeopardise their livelihood. *V_ Dato Sir dough Thuraisingham issued this warning m his presidential address to Malayan Estate
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  • 43 1 NEHRU ON PLIGHT OF GOA PRISONERS NEW DELHI. May 23 Indian Premier Nehru hinted yesterday that the treatment of prisoners m Goa and other Portuguese jails will be one of the subjects he would like to raise during his forthcoming talks m Washington.
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  • 461 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Thur. May 24, 1956. OUR HOMAGE TO THE BUDDHA ftO-DAY on the sacred and historic occasion of the 2,500 th Anniversary of the Birth, Enlightenment and Nirvana of THE BUDDHA, the Indian Daily Mail along with millions of people all over the word, is paying its
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  • 78 2 HISTORIC CANNON STOLEN HYDERABAD. An ex-Subedar of the Indian Army and four others have bees arrested lor stealing a historic cannon from the Golconda Fort, a protected monument. The gang, It Is reported, assembled at the Fort with a bullock cart, cut the brass cannon into pieces and took it
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  • 3202 2 Auditing Off Accounts GOVT. POLICY EXPLAINED CHANGES MN BELL EXPLAINED NEW DELHI: The Fi nance Minister, Mr. O. D. Deshmukh, while moving f0 L? 01 5 d Sr itto Uf tJnZ*"* <>»«*«fS«*» WHIPS* in life lx*BW*£ ruied out the suggestion that the aeoooate <rf the S tate-owned
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  • 195 2 MADRAS: A Conference of Directors of Public Instruction of various States and Planning Officers (Education) will be held m Srlnagar during the last week of June this year. It will discuss, among 1 other things, the problem Inherent In the change-over from the old to new
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  • 71 2 COLOMBO: Trincomalee harbour Is to be converted into a commercial port once the survey, which Is going on is over. This was stated by the Minister of Transport and Works, Mr. Maitripala Senanayake In reply to a question m Parliament by Mr. M. E. H.
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  • 369 2 Tamil As State Language COIMBATOIUE Presidinr Over the function arranged here to felicitate Mr. Rama?(ngam Plllai, Poet-Laureate i D Tamil, on his nomination as member of the Madras Legislative Council, Mr. C. Bubramaniam, Minister for Education said that Government would take necessary steps to make Tamil the State language after
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  • 136 2 BELGAUM: Three members Of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from Belgaum, In a telegram to Prime Minister Nehru, complained that there was "not adequate medical aid" for Satyagrarls undergoing imprisonment m Belgaum Central jail, for their part m the Samyukta Maharashtra agitaton. The M.UAs. Messrs. B, K. Dalvl,
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  • 66 2 Karachi; The Central and West Pakistan Governments art examining tho possibility of setting up windmills In certain areas m Wost Pakistan and Karachi as an additional source of power for water pumping and other purposes. The Pakistan Planning Board has suggested the posslbilty of setting up
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  • 181 3 JiUWuU. w OCCSSIOfI With xtngs Dances NEW DELHI: A large public meeting zOOi*** SWH ?L.? ll sfi?i J»y**tt celebration organised throughout Delhi SUte by the State Educa3onl£ partment. Earlier a colourful proccsaion of school students driving S^S^SS^J^T^ <U0n a four-SiJe rout! Large crowds watched
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  • 125 3 MADRAS: The Buddha Jayanthi celebration week, organised by the Madras Theosophical Federation, was inaugurated this evening by Miss Emma Hunt. Recording Secre. tary, the Theosophical Society, Adyar, at Mani Aiyar Hall, Triplicane. Miss Hunt said that no ether book had touched her heart as much as
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  • 251 3 NEW DELHI: Mr. H. V. Kamath asked m the Lok Sabha last Monday whether the Government of Burma with a view to repatriating the mortal remains of the last Moghul king Bahadur Shah to India and whether he could expect that this would be done before
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  • 33 3 BOMBAY: The Commissioner of Police has extended for a period of 14 days from May 16 his order prohibiting any assembly of five or more person* Ip Greater Bombay.
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  • 156 3 MADRAS: Government have FMMd orders levying specif special ntN In respect of con" •umptton of elwatrical camrgy by Um.Ua estates In tiie An*malais and m the NUgiris over and above the quota 3 fixed In respect of them with reference to the cut m consumption of
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  • 146 3 THYAGARAJA FESTIVAL AT TIRUPATI TIRUPATI: The 16 tn Annual Aradhana Uthsavaxn of Sri Thyagaraja was inaugurated by Mr. K. Chandramouli. Minister for Revenue and Religious Endowments, Andhra, on Sunday last. Mr. K. V. Ranga Reddi. Minister for Endowments, Hyderabad presiding' Mr. P. B. Srinivasaraghavan, Secretary of the Sabha, re* quested
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  • 160 3 KURNOOL: The State Cont. rol Board of Government Industrial Establishments suggested grant of bonus to the employees of the Rajahmundry Paper Mills and the Ceramic Factory at Gudur as they had begun to earn profits. The Board also proposed that some sections of the personnel of
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  • 96 3 LIGHTNING STRIKE BY LOCO SHED WORKERS BURDWAN (West Bengal): Nearly four hundred men employed at the Eastern Railways loco shed at Burdwan on Tuesday last staged a lightning strike m protest against what was described as indiscriminate arrests of some loco shed men earlier this month. The strike which began
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  • 342 3 MYSORE: Inaugurating tIH first meeting of Zoo Wing on the Indian Board for Wild Lift here on Tuesday, Mr. K. Harm manthaiya, Chief Minister 01 Mysore, and that In these dayai of planning it was necessary, that they should pan the organisation of zoos and
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  • 128 3 NEW DELHI: The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha has recommended that the House should not sit beyond May 31. The Deputy Chairman Mr. S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao. announced that the Committee had recommended that the fo'lowing Bills should be passed during the current session.
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  • 140 3 SHILLONG: Mr. Fail All was sworn In as Governor of Assam here on Tuesday morning. Mr. Sarju Prasad, the Chief Justice of Assam, administered the oath to the new Governor. The Chief Minister, Mr. Bisnu Ram M«».dhi, welcomed the new Governor "as the administrative head of
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  • 55 3 -PHOTO I Meral>er s of the Singapore Merdek* Mission fo Britain led by the Chief MlnUteF, Mr. David Mai^all plfd a couS £2T °iSLS! rI^ tee M^L h i 8 wlfe S«wtayH««v IS «t their rtmidorite "Cherry Tree Farm" In Buokiaebamshlre Picture shows Mr. David Marshall
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  • 511 3 Development Of MaJayalam ROLE OF SAHITYA PARISHAD BY ERNAKULAM. Presiding over the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad, last Sunday, Mr X p Kesava Menon, Editor, Mathruohumi, said that the Sahitya* Parishad was the only organisation which worked oh an allKerala basis, and it was therefore incumbent
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  • 219 3 VEPPAMPATTU Acharya Vinoba Bhavc is now teaching Tamil to the disciples accompanying him on his tour who number over a dozen. Since his his entry into Tamil Nad last, he has been devoting some time daily for teaching the disciples Tamil grammer. He is
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  • 89 3 MADRAS: The Government of Madras have enhanced the duty on Import of ganja from Mysore State, according to a notification published m the current Issue of the Fort St. George Gazette. Under Section 18-A of the Madras Prohibition Act, Government have dirt cted that the
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  • 124 3 BOMBAY: The Bombay Municipal Corporation plans to construct a Ra. 10,000,000 modern slaughter house at Deonar, northwest of this city. According to Dr. L. M. Hira, Superintendent of Bombay Municipal Markets, the new slaughter house win have extensive cold storage facilities for the preservation
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  • 638 3 NEW DELHI. Several members m the Lok sabha teat Wednesday gave vent to apprehefiHion* that life Insurance Held workers were being Indiscriminately discharged after nationalisation The Minister ?or Revenue and Civil Expenditure, Mr. M. C. Shah however, assured them that Instruction had been issued
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  • 234 3 MADRAS: At a meeting of the Executive of the Southern India Journalists' Federation held last Wednesday at S.I.J.F. premises m Ritchie Street, Mr. S. A. Govindarajan, President, presiding, the following resolution were adopted. Resolved that this Federation representing as it does an important section of Journalists.
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  • 143 3 SRINAGAR; With a view to determining the effects of the nuc.e&r explosions taking place m different parts of world, the high altitude laboratory at Gubnarg is soon to undertake a study of radioactive fal.-out Situated, &t a height of 9,000 feet, the laboratory was started m 1951 a»
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  • 98 3 RANGOON: U Raschld, Minister for Trade Development and Labour, has left for Delhi on Friday to finalise negotiations for purchase of one million tons of Burma rice by India. He will have to rush back to Ragoon to contest his election to the Chamber
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  • 236 3 No Cut In Pay Of I. C. S. Officers NEW DELHI: The Minister m the Ministry of Home Auairs, Mr. ts. N. i>atar, tola U». Kam subagn Singn m tne xx>k banba on Wednesday last Inat tnere was no yioposai under consideration of tne Government to ettect a cut m
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  • 739 4 Minister Explains States 9 Views NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha last Wednesday con- < I'rred with the recommends* loa off the Lefc Sahha to refer the t onrtttutloa (tenth amendment) BUI to a Jbsat Commit- <t tee of Parliament. j The BUI
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  • 59 4 COLOMBO: The Minister of Home Affairs has appointed the following public and bank holidays on account of Buddha Jayantl In addition to holidays already shown m the Ceylon desk calendar 1056. Public Holidays: May 25 and 26, August 20, September 19, October 18, November 17. Bank Holidays: August 20,
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  • 447 4 TIRUPATI: The meeting ofl the Board of Trustees of thfl the Tirumalal Tlrupati Devat^ thanams met last Tuesday at Tirumalai, Mr. Y. Subbarao, member, presiding, and resolved to accept the offer made by Mr. P. Suryanarayana, member, to the effect that he would collect Rs. 20,000
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  • 146 4 The Birth Of A Kitten Televised LONDON: The birth of a kitten had been shown on a children's programme transmitted by Britain's commercial television network. It was screened after being filmed at a London clinic run by the Blue Cross Society, an animal welfare organisation. This was the first time
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  • 285 4 INDIAN DAKOTA CRASH OFFICIAL REPORT NEW DELHI: The Government of India regret to announce that an Indian Airlines Corporation's passenger aircraft on a non-scheduled flight m Nepal from Stmra to Kathmandu crashed while landing at Kathmandu. Pull details are not yet available, but It appears that after landing, the aircraft
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  • 47 4 Mr. Davti Marshall comes out Of No. 10, Downte X Street after m f ml— ln talk with the Prime Mtssstsr Sir Aatsjia-j «£r ML Taat mm aftemoo* the Scagapor* BMHIMoasI tattfS t< If llllMtml With Untlmlnm. vmmt^aA. ROY FERROA Photo ay
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  • 191 4 Slave Trade In Portuguese Africa BOMBAY: The African Students' Association (India) at its fourth annual general conference held hi Bombay, condemned the "notorious Portugese misrule" m Portuguese Africa and regretted that slave trade m the form of forced labour continued to be practised there. The conference, which adopted a nurabor
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  • 38 4 MADRAS: The Government have appointed the Central Provindent Fund Commissioner as Inspector for Madras State under the Employees' Provident Fund Act, according to a notification published m the Fort St. George Gazette dated May lft.
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  • 187 4 CAPETOWN. May 22: Notice of appeal was given m the Cape Province Supreme Court yesterday m the case m which two coloured men unsuccessfully challenged the validity of controversial Acts passed by the Nationalist Government to remove coloured (mixed blood) voters from the common electoral roll.
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  • 577 4 MOVE TO APPOiNT COURT OF EI\ QUERY NEW DELHI: Mr. Jagjivan Ram, Union Communications Minister, said m the Lok Sabhs that the Government of India was m communication with the Napalssa Government on the setting up of a Court of Enquiry to go Into the causa of
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  • 141 4 ABOLITION OF DISCRIMINATION OF CASTE SYSTEM COLOMBO: The Mahathmaji Benevolent Society of Jaffna, has welcomed the proposal of Mr. C. R. Bejigammanna, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Local Government, to introduce a resolution m Parliament calling for the abolition of all forms of discrimination based on the caste system
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  • 668 4 future of Indo-British co-operation m industry by diehards here m 1947— the year India gained her injtependfcnce— British economic and Industrial interest scale far vaster than eyer ■d India today exists on a ■before. The outstanding example or Khis 10 the recent contract for
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  • 124 4 COLOMBO: The Peoples' Publishing House, Colombo, awaits a Cabinet ruling on the lifting of the ban on the import of Communist literature. It is learnt that the application made by the Peoples' Publishing Rouse for the Uf ting of this ban has been forwarded to the
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  • 89 4 COLOMBO: The Ministry of Local Government and Cultural Affairs has set apart Rs. 100,--000 for the initial expenses for the setting up of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The Department will come into being at the end of this financial year. The vote will be used mainly for
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  • 275 4 Co-operation Corporations For Small Industries NEW- DELHI: A chain of four subsidiary corporations will be set up soon to operate under the National Small Industries Corporation. These corporations will be located at Delhi, Bombay. Calcutta and Madras, These bodies will function on the same lines as the National Corporations, namely
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  • 161 4 DAHANAYAKE ON HOW M.E.P. GOVT MAY END GALLE: Paying a tribute to toe late Yen. Uyanwatte Sri Rewata There, Chief High Priest of the Southern Province at whose feet he Arst learnt the letters of the Sinhalese alphabet, Mr. w. Dahanayake, Minuter of Education, said that if he proved m
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  • 84 4 GOLD SEIZED FROM GOA BORDER SAWANTWADI: The -Central BxcJm squad In Bawantwadi m a series of raids m places on Go* border this week haw recovered gold worth over Ra. 60,000. In one of the raids m Satosa village, 57 gold bars were seized. The bara bearing foreign mark were
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  • 60 4 GAUHATI: Mr. Mahendra Mohan Chaudhury, President of Aesam P.C.C., has been nominated by Congress President Dhebar as one of the General Secretaries of the Congress It la reliably understood. Mr. Chaudhury, who is a member of the Congress Working Committee, win be put In charge of development
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  • 2556 5 CEVMH PAgLMHBITjMara im Views On Republic And Imperial Honours OOUWBIO: Senator 8. Nadesaa. or u u v «b uaguge pniMem wis tnro*dMd without wwaa mn, see me jinm of «m^h»^ Tnmii aal<«4«i liuunuure. vi omcni That he added was the only wav tn HJMBer Senator Edmund Coorav «aid
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  • 133 5 Slump In Tea Share COLOMBO: Tne sharp decline of tea prices at two consectivc Colombo auctions last weak has led to a selling wave m the Colombo stock market Stocks mostly affected are the high-priced tea shares. City trade circles here, however, expressed the view that there was no justification
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  • 33 5 PHOTO. »teto dfcos, shown with a floral wreath and model boar, on Arrtvtar with other members of the circus, Popov waa S^l^Jl?* !5Si ctote »tafmaaior for the Moscow AP
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  • 104 5 KARACHI: General elections m Pakistan will not be held before December, 1957, it was reliably learned here. It may be recalled that according to assurances so far given by responsible Government leaders the elections were expected to be held towards the end of this year or early next
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  • 106 5 TRIVANDRUM: Certain changes m the nomenclature of schools and classes have been notified by the Government m view of the introduction of new curricula of studies from the coming academic year. Classes One to Five and Form One to Seven will hereafter be known
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  • 645 5 COLOMBO: CEYLON Wl LL BE THE FOCUS OF WORLD INTEREST DURING BUDDHA JAYANTI. •w-* *■£*.> InH th rjir •P 6O tacle colour and pageantry that win be witnessed during this period which began yesterday and which will continue for a whole ymr, the Jayanti
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  • 181 5 COLOMBO: The Table Tennis Association Ceylon has decided to extend invitations to all Asian countries to participate m the AH Ceylon Table i ennis Championships this year. X Previously, only a few Indians entered for the islands Wational Championships. The Ceylon Association has «Uso decided
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  • 103 5 CEYLON TO ABOLISH CASTE SYSTEM COLOMBO: The abolition of the caste system is one of the major social reforms that the government plans to introduce within the next few weeks to mark the Buddha Jayanti celebrations. The Peoples United Front Government has decided that the continuance of the caste system,
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  • 400 6 Dr. H-Bomb Test On Christmas Island! Preparation* Started! LONDON, May 28, Christinas Island wfcch is claimed by the Uaited states will be used as a b »sp for Brain's first hyd rcgen weapon tests next year, an authoritative informant disclosed on Toesday. An Admiralty spokesman Mid preparations have been started
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  • 93 6 POLICE TENDER NOTICE Tender* are invited for the supply of cooked and uncooked rations to No. 4 Police Field Force, Johore, for the period Ist July, 1956 to 31st December, 1956. Full particulars are available at the Office of the Chief Police Officer, Johore. The tenders, m sealed envelopes, marked
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  • 60 6  -  THACKER MADRAS. May 23. -Ind a will be using atomic energy J'or power purposes "very notm,'' M. 8. Thaoker, tJie Government's Director of scientific and Indutitrial Research, said Tuesday. He said India i H far ahead of other Asian coontries and of Home highly industrialized European
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  • 119 6 The Airport Press Room f < r pross reporters and photogrr.phcrs covering the Airport is now open. The room which is on tli 1 Mezzanine Floor, is at furntehed with tables and chuiis. A direct line telephone and an extension speaker re relay announcements of
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  • 63 6 On their way to Trinidad to take part to location filming at Tobago of "Fire Dow n Below," In which Robert Mitchum and Rita Hayworth are storm were Edric Conner Herbert Lorn, Joan Miller, Peter mine; and Konar Colleano. They left London Airport by special 80.A.C. Stratoeruiaer
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  • 638 6 MANILA: MAY 23: A FILIPINO HAS STAKED CLAIM TO A SCATTERING OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS, CORAL REEFS, SANDBARS AND SHOALS ACROSS A VABT STRETCH OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. HIS ACTION CAUGHT INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATS NAPPING. IT CONSTERNATED THE EMBASSY OF NATIONALIST CHINA WHICH
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  • 78 6 Raffles Girls' School Prize Issue Miss Ta y May U rn of Raffle* Girls' School has won a special prize m the Commonweaithwide Essay Competition 01--ganised by the Royal Empire Society. The essayists were given two alternative subjects I —one, In which other Com- 1 monwealth country, would you choose
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  • 69 6 The Upper Serangoon Community Centre Literary Dramatic Groups has arrange* for Mr. L. M. Harrod!, LJbra! rian. Raffles Library, to give a talk on "a Library's Contribution to the Community" at the Upper Serangoon Community Centre, Ld m Ah Pin Road, on Friday, May 25, 1956 at
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  • 44 6 China "soon," the Syrian Ambassador to Egypt, Abdel Rahman ci AfqaJfeftM yesterday on hl s arrtvfcl m Cairo from Damascus, Cairo Radio announced. Egypt last week became tl.e first Arab country to announce that it would recognise the Peking Government Reuter
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  • 26 6 The Office of the Commis- oner for the Government of indla la Singapore will remain •iosed to-day May 24, on account of Buddha Purnima.
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  • 329 6  - Singapore, Cyprus, Aden Vital For Britain Selwyn Lloyd LONDON, May 22.— The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Setwya Ltoyd, said last night that Britain most retain certate "position* or ntraigth" at any cost, and Cyprus, Aden and Singapore w«re among them. Mr. Lloyd was addressing a political meeting at Newark, Nottinghamshire,
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  • 116 6 DEPORTEE NOT PAKISTAN PUTS RELATIVE OTTAWA, May 23, Immigration official* said Tuesday Abdul Majie Ghaudhri, 23, son of a provincial official at Lyallpur, West Pakistan, won deported from Canada 16 months ago, but as far as they know he was not related to a Commonwealth Prime Minister. The issue arose
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  • 34 6 Radio Malaya will broadcast a commentary on a soccer match between the Federation of Malaya and Vietnam, to be played m Kuala Lumpur this evening. The commentary commences at 5.1q p.m.
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  • 92 6 NEw YORK, May 23.— Din Muhamad, Adviser to the Pakistan Government on Kasnmir Affalr s with the rank of Cabinet Minister, arrived here alward the Queen Mary from Kngland yesterday to join the Pakistan Delegation at the United Nations. He told reporters that he was here
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  • 100 6 WASHINGTON. May 23.— The United States is considering a large surplus commodity programme with India involving some 60 mir.lon dollars worth of wheat and other surplus f&nn products that may push the total figure near 300 million dollars. U.S. officials said India has shown interest
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  • 25 6 FILM SHOW ON INDI4N CULTURE A free film show on Indian Culture will be screened at the Tamilian Association grounds, at 82 Rangoon Road, Singapore.
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  • 210 6 Mr. Surf recently visited the village of Pekan m Pahang, to present a Morphy Richards Iron to a lucky surf user. On approaching House No. 49, Customs Barrack, Pekan he was met on the doorstep by Che Wan Gayah binti Ibrahim and Che Wok binti Mohamed
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  • 41 6 STOCKHOLM, May 25.— An Indian trade and goodwill mission Tuesday started a twoweek study of Sweden. The Indians will see most of Sweden's big industries, including the famous armament factories, shipyards, metaj works and paper mills.- AP
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