Indian Daily Mail, 20 December 1956

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1956 VOL. XII No. 306 FOUR PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 403 1 Nehru Praises U. S. Adherence To Principles Of U N TRIBUTES TO IKE'S HUMANITY DEVOTED SERVICE INDIA'S POLICY OF NONALIGNMENT EXPLAINED WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Prune Minister, said m a nation-wide television and radio speech lasi night that he had •greatly profited* by his talks with President
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  • 47 1 Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru (left) leaves 10 Downing Street, London, after talks with British Premier Sir Anthony Eden (right) on Dec. 15. Nehru flew into London from New Delhi en route to Washington, for talks with President Eisenhower. Umbrella keeps off the rain.
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  • 239 1 But Not To Be Used For Aggression Against India KARACHI, Dec. 19 Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, the Pakistan Prime Minister, said American Military Aid to Pakistan was supplied on the distinct im'-.l solemn assurance that it would not be used for aggression
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  • 60 1 P.W.D. Headquarters reported that there have been a number of landslides on the Campion Highlands Road between F^ngit and Cameron Highlands and the road is closed to traffic. PAHANG: Temerloh-Triang Road- -97 milestone, 11 ins. rising; Triang-Mengkuang Rd., 102 4 milestone, bridge approach, 3 ft. 8 ins.
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  • 46 1 •11 me muusuue wnicii occurred Tuesday evening one mile of Telecommunications route between Tapah and the Cameron Highlands was swept away. A gang of 20 men from Tapah worked throughout the night and temporary communication was restored at 9 o'clock vesterdey morning.
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  • 442 1 Monday's EisenhowerNehru talks wound up about 10.30 p.m. As is his custom, Eisenhower went to bed then. Nehru, however, worked on into the night, as is his practice. He worked until about 1.30 a.m. putting the finishing touches to the nationwide radio-television speech. A. P.
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  • 111 1 MOSCOW, Dec. 19. Soviet State Security authorities have announced the capture of an alleged American spy said to have crossed Into Russia from Turkey, the Soviet news agency Tass said. The spy was named as Petrovich Moroz said to have been born m 1926. Tass
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  • 124 1 TRIBUTES TO RAJAJI WHO IS SEVENTY EIGHT (From Our Own Correspondent) MADRAS, Dec. 19. Rajaji's seventy eighth birthday wa s celebrated at a meeting held m Rajaji Hall last evening, attended by all leading citizens Many fulsome tributes were paid by leaders m all walks of life. Mr. K. Hanumanthaiya.
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  • 81 1 CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMEN: FISHERMEN TOLD The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday told Malay fishermen of Kg. Teban off West Coast Road that they were not getting a fair return for their catch because of their indebtedness to the middle man. Mr. Jumabhoy said that
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  • 52 1 The Telecommunications Department yesterday stated that Radio-Telephone circuits to countries m the Northern Hemisphere are being affected by ionospheric disturbances and calls booked to these countries may be subject to delay. Calls to the Southern Hemsiphere are not being affected to the same extent and most are being
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  • 466 1 'Summit' Meeting On Singapore Defence Council LONDON, Dec. 19. A 'summit' meeting of the representatives of Malaya and Singapore with Mr. A]a n LennoxBoyd, the British Colonial Secretary, yesterday considered a compromise proposal on the composition of a Singapore defence council, according to an authoritative source here. Mr. Lim Yew
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  • 225 1 NEW DELHI, Dec. 19.The Times of India said today that the Chinese Prime Minister Mr Chou En Lai might go on to Moscow for talks with the Soviet's top leaders after concluding his current tour of Asia. The paper said 'Mr. Chou has been personally impressed
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  • 218 1 LONDON, Dec. 19. -Lord Mancroft, the Home Under-Sec-retary. said he had heard that tin mines m Malaya would run out within the next 20 years. But some mines were 'an unconscionable time a-dylng* and there were untapped reserves, he told the House of fcordls,
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  • 185 1 OTTAWA, Dec 19 The Indian Prime Minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, is to hold piivate talks with Canada's Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St. Laurent. and the External Affair* Minister, Mr. Lester Pearson, during his three-day Wait to Ottawa beginning on Friday. His discussion with Mr St. Laurent
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  • 156 1 POLAND HELPS BUILD SUGAR MILL IN INDIA (From Our Own Correspondent) NEW DELHI. Dec. 19 p f ol a d will help to buil d one of the finest and biggest sugar mills at Mannargudi m Tanjore District. The agreement was signed m New Delhi on Tuesday between the Polish
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  • 166 1 LONDON, Dec. 19. Pravda Wednesday furiously attacked U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon's visit to Austria as an attempt to stir up more trouble m Hungary. It claimed the trip violated Austrian neutrality.— A.P. MAHE, Seychelles Islands, Dec. 19.— Mr. Kenneth Knaggs, Secretary to the Seychelles Government declined to
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  • 521 2 Indian Daily Mail GANDHIAN DEFINITION OF MERDEKA Spore, lira., Dec. 20, 1956 THE President of the Malayan Socialist Youth League Mr. V. David, addressing the first annual delegates conference of the League m Kuala Lumpur last week, called for nationalisation of Malaya's industries. He claimed that unemployment was growing day
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  • 1430 2  -  Frank Moraes By V-The Land And The People QOD," said an American friend, "takes especial care of three things children, drunks and the United States of America." He granted cheerily over his manhattar*. "You know why? Because all three of them have hearts of gold." PARADOX I
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  • 119 2 RISE IN FOOD OUTPUT IN MADRAS MADRAS: The Agricultural Department has set before itself the task of stepping up food production by 32 per cent during the Second Plan oeriod. Allotment of unds to various schemes has been so re-adju.->te as to ensure priority for the schemes which are expected
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  • 106 2 NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister of Kashmir, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed, reitevated here last week Kashmir's determination to hold gencrnl elections simultaneously with the rest of India, m February or March next year. He also announced addressing a Press conference, that India's Vice-President, Dr. Radhakrishnan, would inaugurate
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  • 117 2 DEHRA DUN: President Rajendra Prasad paid glowing tributes to the Gurkha soldiers for their chivalry and expressed the hope that they would maintain it m future. He also expressed satisfaction with their physical fitness and asked them to take more interest m the spiritual and educational fields
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  • 158 2 MADRAS: The Madras Secretariat Association, at a meeting held last week adopted a resolution expressing "utter disappointment and keen dissatisfaction at the very meagre and totally inadequate increase nl« RS n 5 ln the rates of harness allowance" recently sanctioned by the Government to the non-gazetted employees.
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  • 208 2  - LIBYA MIDDLE EAST CRISIS SEFTON HARDING !T |l t 1 1 •-■•x-i-.-i.,. .•..■■,,.-»,r By LONDON: Libya, the North African State on Egypt's western border, and the first taSependent State to be created by the United Nations. a Sg revision of her three-year-old w aty XL allian and friendship with Britain.
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  • 217 2 GENERAL ELECTIONS POLLING DATES NEW DELHI Government thought that the period between February 28 and March 14, 1957, would be suitable dates for polling for the next general elections, Mr. H. V. Pataskar, Minister for Legal Affairs, told Prof. D. C. Sharma m the Lok Sabha. He added that under
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  • 307 2 NEW DELHI: Mr. Abid Ali. Deputy Minister for Labour told Mr. M. S. Gurupadaswami m the Lok Sabha that the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment, holding that no retrenchment compensation was payable where the services of workmen were terminated on real and bona fide closures,
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  • 104 2 JORHAT; Naga hostiles have resumed sporadic raids on tea gardens and villages m south Jorhat sub-division, according to reports received here. A hostile gang swooped h liL b an villa ges-all situti lthm a short radi «s of the Naga Hills— set fire to several
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  • 784 2 Rs. 4.5 m. Involved NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court confirmed the ocnvicticn of S. K. Ghosh, a former member of the Indian Civil Service, who had been sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Ks. 45 lakhs «n charges
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  • 321 2 SURCHARGE ON EXCISE DUTY IN MADRAS MADRAS: Mr. C. Subiumaniam, Finance Minister, who returned to Madras last -veuk from Delhi after attending the National Development Council meeting said m a talk with Pressmen that the proposal to levy a surcharge on tobacco sugar and cloth excise duties by the Central
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  • 215 2 NEW DELHI: Indian citizens imprisoned m Portuguese territory are enabled to stand as candidates m the forthconv mg general elections by the Representation of the Peoplo (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill introduced m the Lok Sabha last week. The Bill also seeks to provide for the removal
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  • 118 2  -  NAFEN MADRAS: The Madras Government js to develop the fodder resources c f the state. T(he government proposes to pay a subsidy of Rs. 10 an acre o f irrigated »and and Rs. 5 an acre of non-irrigated land for those raising fodder. The government also
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  • 250 3 CEYLON IN 1957 Announcement Made By Bandaranaike COLOMBO. Britain has agreed to hand over her bases m Ceylon to the Government of Ceylon m 1957, the Ceylon Prime Minister, Mr. Bandaranaike, announced m the House of Representatives. The actual dale of transfer of control would
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  • 286 3 COLOMBO. At an emergency session, the Government decided to declare the port of Colombo an "essential indus- '> try." This makes it illegal for any harbour union to strike, unless I at least 21 days' notice is given. BROADCAST DECISION The acting Head of the Gov- eminent, Mr.
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  • 118 3 P.F. ACT: APPLICATION TO NEWSPAPERS NEW DELHI: Section 15 of the Working Journalists (Con«iticns of Service) and MiscelJanpou.s Provisions Act, 1955, provides that the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1952, will t'-ppiv to every newspaper establishment m which 20 or more persons are employed on any <iay as if such newspaper
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  • 148 3 SHE CLAIMS TO BE GROOM'S MISTRESS COLOMBO: A stir was caused at the District Registrar's Office here when an unknown woman rushed m and objected to the marriage of a young couple taking place. She said she was the bridegroom's mistress and that he had promised to marry her. She
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  • 110 3 DALAI PANCHEN LAMAS IN POONA POONA: The Dalai Lama announced here last week that he would send a number of ancient manuscripts from Tibet to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute of Poona for research m Tibet's past. He also assured the Institute of Tibet's monetary help dn its research work
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  • 139 3 MADRAS: The Russian acrobats, gymnasts, magician and the two clowns' kept a huge crowd spellbound and roaring with laughter at the Tennis Stadium, Egmore. They all gave a brilliant performance but the climax was provided by the trapeze act m which a woman is suspended m
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  • 137 3 NO SCHOOLS FOR 4 LAKHS CHILDREN! COLOMBO: Four hundred thousand children of schoolgoing age have no schools to go to. Of this total nearly 50,000 are m the Colombo District. The total number of children m Ceylon schools is 1,600,000. This means that 20 per cent, do not attend school.
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  • 44 3 COLOMBO: The first instalment of Russian aid offered to Ceylon through the World Health Organisation is expected m Ceylon recently. It comprises 50 hospital beds. The other items of hospital equipment asked by Ceylon will I be shipped next year.
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  • 290 3 COLOMBO: Government will now refer the port dispute to an industrial court, according to Mr. C. P. de Silva, acting chairman, of the cabinet. Mr. d« Sllva said that there was no alternative for the Government but to refer the dispute to an industrial
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  • 151 3 The Ceylon 'Times' And Racialism COLOMBO: In the House of Representatives last week, Mr. W. Dahanayake, Minister of Education, said that "The Times of Ceylon" took a special delight m pushing forward sectional interests normally initiated by people like the Federalists. While Mr. Dahanayake was speaking m the House, Dr.
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  • 47 3 COLOMBO: School-going boys and girls make love m the lonely nooks and corners of the Colombo Museum. Mr. H. L. Caldera, Assistant Director of the Museum, made this conuilaint when he addressed the Congress of Government and Local Government Servants during the week-end.
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  • 814 3 Tamil Youth Oppose Sinhala "Sri" A mass meeting was held last week at the Jaffna esplanade under the auspices of the All Ceylon Tamil-speaking Youth Front Mr. S. Thavajothy, the President of the Youth Front, presided. Representatives of all political parties were present. Mr. Thavajothy said necessity to concentrate universal
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  • 743 3 OPINION IN U. K. ABROAD COLOMBO: The Prime Minister, Mr. S. W. K. D. Bandaranaike, said last week on his return that Sir Anthony Eden was umikely to continue for long as Premier of Britain. This, he observed was the general view held m England
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  • 211 3 COLOMBO: "Facts on the Bases" Is the title of a statement issued by the United Kingdom High Commission. It says: "The Royal Navy and the RAF give direct employment to nearly 8,000 Oeylonese, indirect employment to many others an<i spend approximately £4 million (Rs. 533 lakhs)
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  • 530 3 Sinhala Only Act Is MOSt Stupid-Principal JAFFNA. The Sinhala Only Act is the crudest and most stupid piece of legislation that Ceylon has enacted. It is one of the ironies of history that Mr. Bandaranaike, a finished and impeccable Oxonion, should have been responsible for this," said Mr. Handy S.
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  • 128 3 FILM STAR'S FATHER ARRESTED? BOMBAY: The Additional :Chief Presidency Magistrate of Bombay last week remanded In police custody Mohamcd Aziz Islamuddin, described by his counsel as film actress suralya's father, along with her two domestic servants on a charge of assault on a 35-year-old man, which was said to have
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  • 226 4 Chou Gives A Warning RANGOON, Dec. 19.— The Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, told Burmese University Students here that the 'armed aggression' of Britain and France against Egypt should be 'a warning to us.' Mr. Chou here for an official visit said that
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  • 146 4 NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Britain and France have raised m the United Nations General Assembly Egypts's alleged maltreatment of their nationals an<i ran smack int o an unplanned full-scale debate on the Middle East crisis. Before the issue came up, a British source said the two countries
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  • 67 4 ■KARACHI, Dec. 19. Final preparations were being made here for the arrival o n Thursday of Mr. Chou En-Lai, the Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chou is coming from Rangoon on the final stage of his Asian tour m response to an invitation issued wh§n Mr. H.
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  • 190 4 A party of 18 Potential Officers from the Federation Military College, Port Dickson, will be proceeding to the United Kingdom by air on Dec. 25 for further training at the Rdyal Military Academy. Sandhurst. The party is made up of 13 Potential Officers from the
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  • 86 4 PERMISSION FOR TAKING SECOND WIFE FOR MUSLIMS (From Our Own Correspondent) NEW DELHI, Dec. 13. Even Muslim Government Servants cannot marry a second wife during life-time of the first wife without first getting permission from the Indian Government. This i s revealed m Rajya Sabha when Mr. B. N. Datar,
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  • 100 4 NEW YORK, Dec. 19 The flags of Japan, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia will be raised today for the first time at United Nations headquarters, following their admission to the world organisation, The flags will' be raised on four white staffs m the centre of the
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  • 51 4 NEW DELHI, Dec. 19 Indian officials and politicians wholeheartedly welcomed Japan's admission to the United Nations They said India stood for the universality of membership while they felt it particularly important that Japan as one of the leading countries of Asia should be represented.
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  • 186 4 JAP. AMBITION TO A SEAT IN SEC. COUNCIL TOKYO. Dec. 19.— With her new membership m the United Nations Japan now looks forward ultimately to a Security Council seat. This is one point made m a comment printed here today with splash headlines celebrating the Assembly's vote that brought Japan
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  • 77 4 NOW JAPAN WANTS BACK ISLES FROM U.S. TOKYO, Dec. 19.— A statement issued by the Japanese Socialist Party on Japan's admission as the 80th member state m the United Nations today said Japan should now seek the return from the United States of the Ogasawara and Okinawa Islands m accordance
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  • 129 4 CANBERRA, Dec. 19. Australian made Holdens were selling like "Hotcakes" m Malaya, the Malayan Minister for Commerce, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman said here. But he warned that any increase m shipping freights could jeopardise the car's position m the Malayan market. Dr. Ismail
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  • 190 4 LONDON, Dec. 19 The Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden was pressed to place a copy of the letter he sent to President Eisenhower on or about September 6th concerning Britain's use of .force m Egypt, and the President's reply, m the House of Commons Library.
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  • 140 4 NO FACILITIES FOR BRITAIN AT CEYLON BASE COLOMBO, Dec. 19 The Ceylon Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, told the House of Representatives here he had no intention of granting any facilities to Britain at naval and air bases m Ceylon 'at any time of hostilities.* He said: «Our attitude is
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  • 243 4 Watches Could Not Escape Customs Watch SYDNEY, Dec. 19.— A Qantas Chief Steward had a numiber of watches strapped to his Jlegs when customs officers searched him after his plane had landed at Mascot, the special court was told. Mr. McCauley fined the Steward, John Eric Murray, 36 of South
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  • 243 4 LONDON, Dec. 19 Sir Anthony Eden gave an assurance m the House of Commons that military bases would continue to tie available m Biitain for American Forces. The Prime Minister, m a confident and cheerful .'Tiood, replied to questions from his own Conservative supporters on the
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  • 130 4 SEGREGATION TO BE ENDED IN UGANDA KAMPALA, Dec 19 The Segregation of Children of different races m Uganda schools should be ended now, the retiring governor of Uganda, Sir Andrew Cohen, said today. Sir Andrew Cohen, who will shortly end his nxe-year leitn told the Uganda Legislature: 'The time has
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  • 147 4 KARACHI. Dec. 19 Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, the Pakistan Prime Minister, said he hoped the Nations first general elections would be held m February 1958. He told a press Conference that the plans of the previous Prime Minister, Mr Mohammed Ali, to hold the elections about
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  • 112 4 DJAKARTA, Dec. 19 Indonesia was planning to buy new arms and equipment lor its Arcny, an Army spokeman said here today. Some Djakarta newspapers had reported that Indonesia had concluded an agreement with the Soviet Union for the supply of various types of morden Arms
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  • 343 4 NATIONAL JOINT LABOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR FEDERATION The last meeting of the Federal Labour Advisory Board was held on Dec. 17, and the proposal to make further amendments to the Employment Ordinance, 1955 and Weekly Payment of Wages were discussed. The Board was m favour of certain amendments to the
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  • 95 4 WANTED LIFE BELTS NOT JACKETS! Chinese fishermen yesterday complained to Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, that by Government's insistence that each man on a fishing boat should have a life jacket was causing them great hardship. These jackets were expensive and wore off as a
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  • 115 4 A number of tracks m the rural areas having access to the main roads which have not been named hitherto are now being given numbers m order to facilitate postal deliveries. The first series of such roads off Upper Changi Road have been given numbers by the
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  • 89 4 SANMARKA SANGAM BLDG. COMMITTEE At a meeting of the management committee of the Indian Sanmarka Sangam Tamil School, Muar held recently, a building committee has been set up with a view to collect funds and to put up a suitable building at an early date. The Building Committee Chairman: P.AR.N.ST.
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  • 77 4 LONDON, Dec. 19. The House of Commons has passed a bill granting independence within the Commonwealth to the Gold Coast later to be known as Ghana on March 6 next year. The final third reading was unopposed. The bill now goes to the House of Lords before
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  • 64 4 Eighty-five ><ear old Mr. Ernest C. Brown of the (Ramakrishna) Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, who is on a three-diy visit to Singapore Ramakris ma Mission at Bartley Road on hia way home after a pilgrimage tour of India, will give a talk on
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  • 63 4 CANTEEN FROM SALVAGED MATERIALS The men of 55 Company R.A.S.C. (Air Despatch) who have recently been m the news, have built for themselves from salvaged material a canteen, at their H.Q. at the Airport, Kuala Lumpur. The opening ceremony, when the first bottles of beer will be drunk by the
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  • 49 4 KARACHI. Dec. 19 Pakistan has to]d Perisa that it favours the Persian Foreign Minister's proposal for a conference of Moslem countries to discuss mutual problems, <>mcial sources said here. Mr Aligholi Aidalan suggested such a conference recently to bring Moslem Coun- inta cioser togetner. Reuter
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  • 40 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed- No casualties to either the Communist terrorists or to Security Forces have been reported In the Federation to-day. Terrorists cut and stole telephone wires at the 68th milestone Yong Peng/Ayer Hitam Road yesterday
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  • 148 4 BOMBAY: The usually congested Bombay port presents a deserted appearance with more than 30 of the 44 cargo berths empty because of the delay m the arrival of ships routed via the Cape of Good Hope following the closure of the Suez Canal. The tonnage handled
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  • 134 4 Hong Kong:, Dec 19. a Djakarta textile merchant said o n arrival here to-day from Canton his firm had signed at the South China commodity exhibition a trial contract to bu y one million yards of bleached fthirtiag from Communist China. Mr. M.
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  • 263 4 NEW DELHI The Metnc system of weights and measures will be introduced m India on April 1 1958. This was decided at the fourth meeting of the Standing Metric Committee held here last weok under the chairmanship if Mi. N. Kanungo, Minister for Consumer Industries, An
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