Singapore Standard, 31 March 1955

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  • 209 1 Fierce Fighting Breaks Out In Saigon SAIGON, March 30 (Reuter) Fierce fighting raged almost until dawn here today between Government troops and private soldiers hired by Vietnamese warlords challenging the authority of Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem. Civilians scurried for shelter as
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  • 108 1 Freedom Of The City For Sir John THE Singapore CUy Council at •♦> moiitbly ItoeeUnif*4 yesterday, unanimously de- tided to (onfrr the Freedom of the City, on the Governor of the Colony. Sir John Nico'l. It voted 56.000 for the ceremony in its supplementary budget. The honour is being conferred
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  • 130 1 SAIGON, March 30 (UP) The national Vietnamese army and rebellious Binh Xuven troop* have agreed to observe a truce for tonight, the French llij;h Command announced. The French said however that it was only a "tacit" agreement lor the Bight hours and warned that the
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  • 131 1 OSCARS Crosby or Brando? Kelly or Garland? HOLLYWOOD. March oO (AF) Hollywood's experts differ violently as to who will win this year's Academy Awards. Crosby or Brando? Garland or Kelly? "'The County Girl?" or "On The Waterfront? With those favourites, it was hard to make choice. Only Kdnicnd O'Krien. up
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  • 78 1 LONDON. March 30 tßeuter) The Cabinet were today considering the six-day old nrwspaper strike in which employers last night retaliated by giving lock-out notico to the bulk of their staffs. Sir Winston Churchill will preside over the Cabinet meeting this morning and a House of Commons statement
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  • 36 1 SYDNEY. March 30 (Reilter> Passengers aboard the luxury liner Orontes screamed when an elderly man dived 190 feet to his death today from the Sydney Harbour bridge in the path of the incoming ship.
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  • 177 1 JAKARTA. March 30. (Reutcr) Twenty thousand people in the region ot Bone. South Celebes, lost their houses when looting gangs fought their way through their villages, reports from Macassar said today. Six thousand houses were burnt down and thousands of refugees sought shelter in
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  • 340 1 New Student Body Opposes Strike Chinese Schools' Troubles Take A New Turn DON'T BE LED ASTRAY BY SO CALLED LEADERS Need For 'Uninterrupted Studies' A NEW Chinese school student movement was launched in Singapore yesterday. This movement will oppose the use of strikes and defiance of the law in the
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  • 268 1 Amy Takes A Dig At Those Funny Cocked Hats Many Will Look 'Cock-eyed' PROGRESSIVE City Councillor for Katong Mrs Amy Edc said at a Council meeting yesterday that several of her colleagues would look "cock-eyed" in a silk cocked hat with silver hoop which costs six guineas ($54 Malayan). "The
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  • 97 1 Bevan Promises To Be Good And Stays On LONDON, March 30 <UP>-Left-wing Aneurin Bevan won his fight today to stay within the rank.s of the British Labour Party. The Labour Party s National Executive Committee ruled at a special meeting to accept his assurances he would not challenge his party
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  • 388 1 No Incident In Students' Walk-Out THE UTest and subsequent release of fix students of the Chung Cheng High School in Goodman Road, Singapore, yesterday was the only incident I in an otherwise uneventful strike by some IU.OOO students from seven Chinese Middle Schools. The students were detained for about two
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  • 76 1 ALOR STAR. Wed. 'Wo Malay stage actresses wn re robbed ol rash and jewellery worth about E2.90Q early yesterday, in Bukit Besert. One of the girls was awakened at about 3.45 am wh< n someone .stcppcrl <>n her Sicinu a man in the room raised an
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  • 163 1 They Run Gambling Racket In Prison BOSTON. March 30 (Rcutcr) Six guards at Massachusetts State Prison told a press conference here last night that a croup of convicts were no;v *'the bosses" of the prison, operating gambling rings, making liquor and terrorising other inmates.
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  • 158 1 A PRELIMINARY meeting was held yesterday in Singapore with the object of forming a Malayan Newspapers Association. Present were representatives of the following newspapers:— Nanyang Siang Pau, Nanfang Evening Post. The Utusan Melayu. The Singapore Standard. Sin Chew Jit Poh. The Tamil Mura.su The Indian
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  • 31 2 MR. Peter Lim Seek Tiong. Progressive Party candidate for Tanjong Pagar, will hold an election rally at the junction of Anson Road and Raub Street today at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 355 2 PROBE INTO THEIR PLIGHT KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Party Negara and the UMNO-MCA Alliance combined forces in the Federal Legislative Council, for the second ti..ie today, to defeat a Government move against a house committee probe into the plight of pensioners. By 43
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  • 93 2 They'll Get The Chance To Vote SOME Singapore Government employees appointed as polling staff far away from their homes have expressed concern that they will have no opportunity to cast their vote on Election Day. states Mr. David Marshall. Labour Front candidate for Cairnhill Division. About 1.400 Government employees have
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  • 410 2 Candidates Come Out With Those Grievances SINGAPORE City Councillors who arc candidates in the Legislative Assembly elections on April 2. took their last opportunity to ventilate some of the pro blems in their wards, at a Council meeting yesterday. Mr. J.r.i. .lumabhoy. Labour Front candidate for Stamford complained that residents
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  • 109 2 CLOSING rubber prices (rents per Ib) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 X S.S. Spot Loose 00) 001 No 1 KSS f.o.b. April 00* f)0? No. 2 S9| 8fl!. No. 3 88! 88 Tone: Weak. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday (per pictih was $355}.
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  • 55 2 SEREMBAX. Wed— A European planter. Ritchie Pirie. 32. of Atherton Estate. Si'.iau. was today fined SI SO by Magistrate Inche Harun bin Hashim Mahmud for carrying food in a restricted area without the necessary permit. Pleading guilty, Pirie said he had a permit but was not
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  • 290 2 Make Malay The National Language, Councillor Urges KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Incho Mohamcd Rashid bin Ahmad, a member of the Party Negara's policy-making executive, urged the Federal Legislative Council today to make clear that the national language of the Federation shall be Malay, whatever other official languages may have to be
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  • 361 2 FEDERAL COUNCIL HONOURS THE FATHER OF GOVT. MAN WHO DIED FOR MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council, Data Mahmud bin Mat, today unveiled the portrait of the late Sir Henry Gurney in its members library, as a mark of esteem to "the father of parliamentary
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  • 38 2 HONGKONG. March M Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: 51 5.60 to Cl sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,842 to Malayan SI: $0,135 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $251.5 to a tael.
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  • 116 2 JOIIORF BAHKT. Wt An appreciation ol t efficient manner Forces led a iuccf dawn swoop on the S Village on Friday i rcj 24 Chinese I la a congratulatory m< To the chairman ol I State War Exeruti from General B( tor of Operations.
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  • 37 2 SEREMBAX. people of Ber shortly be sfcown graphs of three who arc known -only lurvivinf an n the security of the Sembilari capi'. Operating from their ncn- Segamat. tin identified torn,: it Tong Communist I I
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  • 51 3 THE Siodhl Merchants' of SinsaP^rc the teUowinf orticc- rs ai its annual general ■:n« he'd recently: Chairman— Mr. D. T. A»oVI e-chairman Mr. ghanmai Udharam, Sccre--Mr. K. Kishinchand, er-Mr. K. D. Ram- SciTC'ary— Mr. V 1 ilaram, Committee: Messrs. T. Chanrai, W. Hassaram, amatmal] GunnaH and G.
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  • 55 3 WITHIN the next few i months, the Singapore City Council will float another pub- lie loan to finance the water. 1 gas and electricity extension programmes this year. The Council yesterday voted $6.2 million in its first supplementary budget for the year. making the total anticipated
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  • 336 3 /.egco Grants Board Five-Year Extention t«,I.H A ii UM U R Wed THe Federal Legislative Council today extended the life oi rhe state-sponsored Social and Welfare Serrice Lotteries Board for another fire y-sors from December, so that it may continue to supply substantial grants to welfare services
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  • 262 3 Children Use V 2 Mile Footpath A LARGE number of the 500 odd children attending the St. Theresa's Convent at Kampong Bahru, Singapore, have to walk about half a mile on a rough footpath to get to their school every morning, and they will have
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  • 67 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. When Koh Kirn Yong arrived by bus from Singapore on Feb. 18 and was searched by the Johore Customs, four lbs. of opium were found strapped to his leg* with rubber bands. In the Sessions Court today. Mr. X. L. Cohen lined him
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  • 74 3 THE following Penang candidates who sat for the Corporation of Certified Secretaries' examinations last December have passed in their respective sections: Intermediate Stage: Mr. Ang Hooi Teck and Mr. Oh Choon Bok. Intermediate. Section "A", Mr. Heah Eng Hcan and Mr. Lee Chong Keat. Kuala Lumpur candidates who
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  • 80 3 IPOH. Wed.— A combined Methodist Sunrise Service will he held in the Inoh Wesley Church on Easter Sunday at 7 a.m The sermon will be delivered by Rev. R. Kessclring. Services during the Ho 1 y Week are April 3 (Palm Sunday) Sermon by Rev. R.
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  • 53 3 A POSTAL inspector, John JofTrc Bhe c m. who was awarded $2,500 damages by Mr. Justice Taylor as a result of a motor accident, appealed in the Singapore Court of Civil Appeal yesterday, for increase in the damages against a taxi owner, Wah Gcok Lam.
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  • 51 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. N. Gopal. a labourer on Rengam Estate, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment to be followed by 12 months' Police supervision in the Sessions Court. Kluang, yesterday for housebreaking and theft of clothing valued at 536 belonging to J. Albert, a clerk on the
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  • 32 3 THE War Department Civilian Staff Association, Kluang Branch, has organized a cinema show for Saturday, at 2 p.m at the Metro Theatre, Kluang, in aid of its Welfare Fund.
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  • 204 3 Cyclist Thrown Like A Football Skull Broken In Two PENANG. Wed. A lorry driver, Teoh Ah Chee, told the Coron ws Court here today how he saw a cyclist thrown 30 feet into the air as a result of a collision with a police radio car "He was sent up
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  • 74 3 CHE Sulaiman bin Sharif! of Singapore was elected President of the English Circle of the Sultan Idri s Training college. Tanjons Malim, for 1955/ 1956. Others elected were: VicePresident: Che Sanusi Osman (Kedah). Hon.' Secretary: Che Alias Marzuki (Singapore). Treasurer: Che Abdullah Raaf (Porak), Committee: Messrs. Shahid
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  • 63 3 AN INTERNATIONAL centre for the advanced training of youth leaders, first proposed at the World Assembly of Youth meeting in Singapore last August, it to be opened in Ceylon next Seotember. it was announced in Parir, recently. The centre, to be known as Aloka is situated
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  • 277 3 SINGAPORE will observe World Health Day on April 7 with all other WHO members, secure in this knowledge that it is a follower of this year's Theme, "Clean Water Means Better Health." There will be exhibitions of posters, photographs and models at the Social
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  • 139 3 THE case in which two teenagers, Lim Buck Henf and Seah Then:,' were alleged to nave tried to prevent a girl. Swce Meng Eng. 17. from goin? home and en an another occasion threatened to assault her was compounded in the Singapore First Criminal District
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  • 72 3 PENAXG Wed.— The curfew order imposed by the OCPD. Xibong Tebal, on the village limits of Sungei Eakap and Simpang Ampat will be shortened by one hour on April 1. All persons within the village limits of Sungei Bakap and Simpang Ampat, situated in the
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  • 70 3 A EUROPEAN couple, who left their car unattended for 15 minutes at 2 a.m yesterday, found on returning to the vehicle, a handbag contains $25. a fountain pen and a gold compact valued at $50. missing. The couple drcve from Claymore Hill to Dover Road \vh?re
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  • 48 3 MR JUSTICE Taylor gave judgment with costs in the Singapore' High Court yesterday, in favour of the British and Eastern, Ltd., plaintiffs in a claim for $86!) against M.K. Pi'lai in respect of sanitary installations at a house in Bcdok Road in November, 1953.
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  • 58 3 PENANG. Wed. -The Directi or of the Penang and Province Weilesley branch of the British Red Cross Society, Mrs. i D. A. Coupar. will present first I aid certificates to Red Cross j volunteers at a parade to be I held at 5 p.m. on Friday, April
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  • 368 3 THE following were successful in the Corporation of Certified Secretaries examinations held last December, in Singapoe: Intermediate: M. V. Alexander. Samuci ADpavoo. Jacob Chan Wah Hock Chan Wins Kee Cheng Chin Mong. James Chin Tet-siong. Foong Poh Kan, Han Kang Hong. Hean Tuan Tay. Heng Chiang Boon,
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  • 994 4 $ISM GiSV To Padi Men Approved KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Government call for caution in subsidizing padi planters to overcome their hardships under falling rice prices today touched off a heated debate, in which Datin Puteh Mariah threatened to resign from the Rice
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  • 125 4 Psychology Club For JB Proposed JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A proposal to form a Psychology Club for the first time in Johore Bahru, for the advancement of Psychology as a science and as a means of promoting human welfare. was made by Dr. N.A. Durham, the convenor. at a meeting held
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  • 55 4 A CHINESE farmer. Tan Ah Lee. 32. was seriously wounded yesterday when a handgrenade exploded while he was working on a plot of land in the Tampeni s area of Singapore. Tan's changkol accidentally struck the grenade while he was digging some earth. Tan has been
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  • 34 4 YEE Meng, who pleaded guilty in the Seremban Sessions Court for permitting his house at River Road, to be used as an opium smoking den. was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
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  • 27 4 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce F!cod Relief Fund has been gazetted as a public institution and has been exempted from payment of income tax.
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  • 75 4 She Looked For Trouble And Got It A WOMAN. Lee Li, whose daughter-in-law was assaulted by a neighbour's wife, was struck on the head with a changkol when she went to enquire about ihe trouble, it was stated in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday In the ciock was Toh
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  • 53 4 A CITY Council labourer. Adikan Vairan. was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of molesting an eight-year-old girl on the night of Jan 21 but before he left the dock' the magistrate. Mr. J Devereux-Colebourn, rebuked him sharply for easing himse.i
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  • 223 4 He Sold Knife With Nude Picture To A Woman Cop KOH CHONG KOK. who sold a penknife with a nude figure on its handle to a woman detective of the AntiVice Branch on March 25 was fined $50 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to a
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  • 92 4 VOTE for tne Man of Action.' is the call of Mr. T. A. Simon independent candidate for Stamford Division. And he proves he is no slouch where innovations are concerned. Yesterday's "release" from Mr. Simon's bag of tricks was a loudspeaker van with a gigantic painting of
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  • 263 4 A SINGAPORE bank clerk, Tay Eng Wan 33, was tentatively charged in the Ninth Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of two cheques amounting to $3,262.56, between Jan. 18 and March 11, Tay, reported missing for two years, was arrested in a house in
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  • 327 5 530 Million Drop In Capital Since The Good Boom Days before "hiVd""?".*' Wed A '<*<>« before the Federal Legislative Council today gave eloquent ev.dence that the present econom,c recession ln Malaya is forcing more end more traders out of business In V.K2. when the
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  • 129 5 'DON'T GET CAUGHT IN A JAM, HE WARNS SINGAPORE'S Traffic Chief. Mr. A. A. Rajah, yesterday advised ists not to use ads leading to Chinese teries during the ing Beng festival (Chinese All Souls' Day). The festival begins 'on Sunday and end> on ToesThousands ol Chinese will flock to the
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  • 49 5 AT fa *r:retin^ yesterday. S City Council c constitution ot the C for its staff, to exclude officers [fi n its scope. recommendation was by the Finance and I ml Purposes committee 'the responsibility conditions ol service ol ers were different rank and fi'.c of
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  • 79 5 MESSRS. Cheonff Koon Son- ft Co.. Ltd.. of SinKapore. Auctioneers and Valuers, yesterday feted an J old employee of the linn. Mr. Nee Teou Seong. on C his retirement after ,)0 years service, at a tea party J at the Gil. Cafe. J The Director and General
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  • 615 5 There Is Danger Of A Second Emergency Experts Warning: Unless Pressure Is Maintained Against Secret Societies— A WARNING that unless pressure is maintained constantly against secret societies in Singapore and Malaya, there is the danger oi another emcigency following the end of the present Communist Emergency, was given yesterday in
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  • 88 5 More Schools, Lower Trust Rents, Pledge THE UMNO/MCA Malay Union Alliance candidate. Mr. Teo Seng Ere. told his constituents at Tiong Bahru last night that he would fight for more schools to be built in this area because at the moment the district is inadequately served. Mr. Teo also promised
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    • 580 5 Standard cJ^lmctnac Information at a Glance Yffflly.lUl i—— —l -I P:e> Jefferson: Ceylon. Egypt. 130 T:mr for Music; 1 Tim. The «iI im 9% Great Britain. Europe and North Music C,r,c» Round; 130 News; SI INnAP CJ X L a:ul Wesl Africa by Benmacdhui 145 Dance Musicians; 2i> m Cj*
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 468 6 runSSTIONS are beginning to be asked and doubts V are beginning to be expressed on what appears to be the increasing impotence of the United Nations at least, as an effective instrument through which international problems can be settled and world peace assured. Is this organization heading
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    • 475 6 rrHE UMNO organ, Malaya Merdeka, takes us to task lor daring to say that members of the banned Malay leftwing parties are now active in recognised parties. It is disconcerted by the fact a non-Malay newspaper should know so much about Malay political and other activities which,
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  • Review of Views
    • 62 6 TTTUSAN MELAYU speaks of£ the need for nurses inj general to adopt a more;: sympathetic attitude to-;: wards kampong folks who 2 go to hospitals for treat- 2 ment. The paper refers to£ allegations by readers that;: nurses (especially Malays nurses) in hospitals and' clinics upcountry are not£
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    • 84 6 V ANYANG SIANG PAU cri- !> ticizes Dr. Lin Yu-tang's approach to the problem ol establishing a university and avers that if he could drop his demand for "full powers" any obstacle could be overcome. Ever since his arrival in Singapore, the daily recalls. Dr. Lin has
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    • 117 6 'pELEBRATION of Children's Day today is significant in that it gives the members of the young generation an opportunity to have more contacts with one another on a much bigger scale, states Sin Chew Jit Poh. For this reason, the journal opines, the greatest number of children should
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    3 6 THE FINAL TEST
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 281 6 'MR. LEE IS OUR FRIEND ADVISER' Sir; Our attention has been drawn to a letter published in Monday's Singapore Standard. Almost every line is a falsehood. It gives a version of our strike in 1952 which Matters certain gentlemen who least deserve to be praised and denigrates the man who.
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    • 193 6 Sj r# Some two hundred sfudent-teachers, who passed their final exams in August last year have not been getting their full pay as they should have got on qualifying. Indeed, this is a very ridiculous state of affairs on the part of the authorities concerned! Is it
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    • 65 6 Sir; Quite a number of students $re anxiou s to study Tamil in Aided Schools. When will this subject be introduced in Aided Schools (English). Chinese and Malay have already been included fa the school curriculum. Even Government Schools are centralising the teaching of the Tamil Language in
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    • 697 6 Sir; At a meeting with the Education Finance Board on Mar. 29. I was informed to my very great surprise that as from April Ist the Government will require the Adult Education Associations to pay not only one fifth of their teachers' salaries (hitherto wholly paid by
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    • 235 6 Sir:— Today Malaya is facing a great danger from within. Political parties are springing up everywhere. Malaya should never be governed by politicians. The fact is that political parties have never had any right to exist. They were not organised by the express will of the people.
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    • 173 6 Sir;— A report in on* our esteemed papers ing that I was not pr< to debate with Mr. Devan Nair on National S' i is not accurate, and I that you will kindly publi the exact text of my letter to him as hereunder: "In accepting your i lenge
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  • 507 6 CHINESE IN THE NEW MALI From A Times Correspondent IN Singapore. I A dispute between Mr. Tan Lark Sye. initiator of i Nanyan? Chinese university, i.. Hid Dr. Lin Yu-tang. the. > vice-chancellor, who arrived here last September, came to 1 a head recently and seems unlikely to be
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  • 55 7 LOS ANGELES. March 30 fAPi Film actress Barbara Rush, 27, yesterday described her husband. Jeffrey Hunter, as "emotionally immature for marriage" as she won a superior court divorce from the 28-year-old actor. Miss Rush gets their Studio City home. They married on Dec. 1. 1950.
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  • 54 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 30, (AP) Newsweek magazine said yesterday the British ''are quietly laying plans" to build Aden, on the Red Sea, "into a vast ;itum and hydrogen bomb base." It said an airfield there "is being greatly expanded and underground shelters will be built to
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    47 7 THE United States navy's new flying radar laboratory, the RSD2-2, is seen here in flight. Four radar sets are mounted beneath the wings and a 15-foot mast can be raised and lowered in flight for meteorological readings. The aircraft is to be used for research. AP photo.
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  • 221 7 News That Jockeys Were Hurt Brought Shouts Of 'Good, Good' LONDON, March M (AP) Meaiken of tin* League X^ainst Cruel Sports had Mime critical words last ligfel for a number of prominent persons. including Qaeca Elizabeth 11. the Qaeefl Mother and AmeriIB evangelist Billy Graham. Ihe criticism was \oiced at
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    59 7 photo. STUDENTS with placards reading: "The country says no" demonstrate in Louvain, against the Government proposal to withdraw special subsidies from Roman Catholic schools and give money instead to non-secta-rian schools. Rioting broke out in many places in Belgium recently and special precautions were taken by tho authorities
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  • 217 7 Disarmament Proposals Italy Suggests 9-Power Meeting WASHINGTON, March 30 (AP)— ltaly proposed yesterday nine Western n itinns meet in Paris during May to lav the groundwork for a disarmament con- ference with Russia. Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino who is accompanying Premier Mario Scelba on a visit here, made the proposal
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  • 205 7 BRITAIN PLUGS RED THREAT TO MIDDLE EAST Joins Turkey-Iraq Pact LONDON, Morch 30 (UP) Britain announced today if is joining the Turkey-Iraq Mideast defence treaty to plug the southern Soviet invasion passage, and the United States is cxoeeted to follow suit shortly. Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden made the announcement
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  • 103 7 TEL AVIV. March ?,Q (Reuter) A lovelorn young Israeli painter today tailed off hi* 1.1--day-old fast for the right to wed a Christian girl. Moshe Barak planned to forte the Kiicsm Ih (Parliament) to amend the country's marriage laws. But he decided to discontinue
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  • 95 7 She Enjoys Childbirth The Natural Way TITUS VILLE. Florida March 30 <AP>— Mrs. Ellcrbe vV. Carter. Sr. expects her eighth baby in April. As usual, she plans to deliver it herself. The woman, now past 40 has brought five of her children into the world, unattended. Her eldest child is
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  • 25 7 PARIS. March 30 <Reuter> French Senate elections will be held on June 19. it was announced after a cabinet meeting today.
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  • 117 7 CHICAGO. Mar. 30. (AP)— Siamese twin girls were sue* cessfully separated by surgery yesterday Til? 20-month-old twins. Prissana and Napit Polypinyo of Thailand, came through the three and a half hours operation in "excellent* 1 condition. Surgeons found a common. fused liver, tw ee the size ot
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  • 37 7 WASHINGTON'S famed cherry blossom festival a traditional symbol of friendship between Japan and the United States opened yesterday with light ng of a 20-ton granite lantern, presented last year by the Governor of Tokyo.- AP
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  • 114 7 LIVERPOOL. March 30 Reuter) Birkenhead dockers at a ma.ss meeting this morning voted to resume full working tonight— giving flr.st hopes of an end to the strike which has paralysed the Liverpool docks area for the past three days. A few hundred men were also
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  • 79 7 We're Ready For Big-4 Talks, Says Ike WASHINGTON. March 30 ißeutcD President Eisenhower told his Press conference today that the United States was willing to join in a top level meeting with the Soviet Union on any basis if this could be clone without creating a damaging impression. The President
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  • 53 7 HORSENS. Denmark. Mar. 30 <AP) Want to buy a prison? There is a chance these days for Denmark has one The Danish Government prison management, in advertisements in Horsens newspapers, offered the Bjerre prison for sale yesterday. The prison has living quarters for several families
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  • 27 7 THE British House of Commons has decided on a time limit of ten years for the Government's bill banning sadistic and sexy horror romics. Reuter
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  • 159 7 GREENVILLE. Mississippi, March 30. (UP)— A runaway C-46 transport plane smashed a jet trainer to peces yesterday, killing a flight instructor, then careened :n flames into a snack bar occupied by several air force personnel. None of the men :n the building ,was
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  • 37 7 LINCOLN. Nebraska. March 30 <AP»— The Nebraska State penitentiary rebellion ended at 0935 GMT on Wednesday with the release of two hostage guards and the promise of immediate surrender by eight insurgent convicts.
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  • 75 7 Sfandord London Correspondent LONDON, Morch 30. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Morkct: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN s Por 26|d. Spot £714 10s. buyers, May 26^d. £715 sellers June 261 d. Three months £715 10s. July/September 26 d. buyers,
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  • 42 7 COLOMBO. March 30 'Renter* The condition of Sir John Koteiawala. Premier of Ceylon, who was confined to his bed during the week-end with phlebitis showed a marked improvement today. The Premiers doctors, however, have ordered another week's complete r«
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    • 125 7 tt ROBINSON S SALE! IN LADIES Clearance of Popular Classical lij SHOf s RECORDS All in Perfect Condition 7S r p.m. V HhAV, Columbia, Dccca 7 Brunswick, |O/ air Parlophone. >lU/^ I 540.00 10" Usually SI 50— 52.60 SALE PRICE 75 c*s. and $1/— L 12" Usually $2 25— 53.
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  • 115 8 Uniform Closing Not Possible KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The acting member for Education. Mr L. D. Whltfleld, said .n the Legislative Council here today that it was not possible to have any uniform closing hours for schools in Selangcr. Inche Rashid had contended that Government English schools closed daily at 1
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  • 82 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Comptroller of Inland Revenue warned stallholders today that they should renew without further delay, business licences wh eh expire at the end of February every year. Application form? for renewal are available at all post offices. "It may be necessary to
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  • 170 8 Allowances For Nurses Of St. John, Red Cross KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federal Legislative Council was asked to authorise today allowances to all nurses of the Red Cross and St. John Ambulance in Malaya, to cover whatever they may have paid in Income Tax. Government considered that Red Cross and
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  • 37 8 MR W. P. SAXDEMAN, president of the P. and T. Recreation Club. Taiping, who is going on home leave, was guest of honour at a social and dance given by members of his Club recently.
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  • 80 8 FLYING FOX SUICIDE SQUADS DAMAGE ELECTRIC WIRES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "Suicide squads" of flying foxes are causing considerable trouo.c to the Central Electricity Board, according to the Board's annual report. Flying against the high tension wires, the flying foxes have caused repeated short circuits. "The trouble was so persistent on
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  • 107 8 Gunong Rapat Couple Charged In Hospital IPOH. Wed.— A charge of consorting with an armed woman terrorist, was explained to Kor Meng Chai. alias Kok Kueng. 125. and a 15-year-old girl. Thin Mooi Chye, alias Sicw Yin. of Gunong Rapat Xew Village, at the.r beds in the Ipoh District Hospital
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  • 26 8 TAIPING Chinese will observe "Cheng Beng" (All Souls' Day) on April 5. The Hua Lian School is observing the day as a holiday.
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  • 48 8 KUALA LUMPUR The Federal Left dl was today askc: a supplementary $1,271,847 lor tbt Perak. More than 1550.000 sum will go to pay public work- iri the They Include i operating theatre I Hospital. $44.0(1(1 foi roads and P2300 I struction and Malay schools.
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  • 305 8 9,739 Children Were Refused School Admission KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A total of 9.739 children be- tweeo the ages of six and eight were refused admission to Government and aided schools in the Federation this year due to shortage of accommodation, the Member for Education, Mr. L D. Whitfield told the
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  • 393 8 Applications From Non-Malay Asians KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Nearly half the non-Malay Asians who applied for jobs in the Malayan Civil Service were rejected because they ''lacked the personality, character and temperament considered necessary for the service," the Federal Legislative Council was told today.
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  • 277 8  - Welfare Lottery Tickets Sneaked Across Border M. T. YONG Exchanged For Barter Goods Shipped To Malaya By NEARLY a quarter million Malayan welfare lottery tickets are smuggled into Thailand and other neighbouring countries monthly, The Standard learns from reliable sources. The tickets are usually exchanged in goods shipped to Malaya.*
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  • 120 8 Undesirable Students Led To Ban On Meeting KI'ALA LI.MPIK \Wd The Acting Member lur Education. Mr I I) Whitfield, explained to the Federal Legislative ounril today why he disallowed the second annual conference of the Pan-Malayan Students' Conference from h« ins held at the Ifectafctl College in Kuala Lumpur. Mr.
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  • 69 8 Dead Girl's Friends Pack Courtroom IPOH. I --The tratc's Co ;rt here. packed wi:h larfe women, today wi. year-old ftshermi i Meng. was pci second time on charge. No plea was recoi and Yuet lleng in custody till Apr Chan was h murdered a worn v Chow, a L\")-.\i factory
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  • 66 8 KUALA LIMPIK Married IbtajrMi abroad who hax« wives with them wi" their present all«w-»" ir C 493 a year rMJtl* iB creased by VJSS «S' s was disclosed toda* Government toda> approval ef Lesislative Counc-il r supplementary a"»» J 'J of $17,500 to meet >»• of these incnas.s A
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    • 386 8 TO-NIGHT j dancf the LATIN AMERICAN > WAY AT THE CITY'S— NKiHT SPOT J J jfAt&fmsSi i- i!^f TO THE BISF SAMBA COOPIE^J SATLRDAY EXTENSION 1 AM. I SPECIAL KKPE I>E < HIXL NKiHT J Watch Our Advrt for v SPECIAL EASTER ATTRACTION fc Another Kxclusiro A series which all
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    1359 9 fmm Our Correspondent mwW/^ MADRAS. ki^LriONS in Andhra that attracted world-wide interest are all over bar trie shouting. Communists have disappeared into their wonted lairs, tnougn their frequent snarls still reverberate over the Andhra Countryside. As they lick their wounds and get ready for the next elections five
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    • 342 9 Sir. "A METHODIST" writing in The Standard stated, "at the Central Conference in 1950 (composed largely of Asian delegates) they deliberately chose Rev. R.L. Archer," as their Bishop. The Methodist Church was founded in Malaya some sixty years ago. Some of the Asian pastors who helped to
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    • 312 9 Sir.— ln addition to the weekly reports of the position of tiie Blood Trans 1 m*" vice, you also give quite rightly a n cc v. < this life-saving service. Ani periodically the Blood Bank holds a function not merely to hand out medals, both silver and gold.
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    • 129 9 You I must I I read the I STANDARD every day for the latest news and pictures of local and foreign fashions, for film features and the latest film gossip from London and Hollywood. Every Friday we publish the top book-reviews and on Saturdays theatre notes I and also music
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  • 2734 10 BATSMEN SHOW PROMISE OF LINESMAN'S HIGH SCORES MMatayan Crt'ctef Round (f/» Century Hits In Fed. A NEW cricket season is on us and for the first time in half a century the Easter meeting between Singapore and Sslangor will not be played, a later date having been Led b y
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  • 504 10 EXPERTS PICK A DIABETIC AS THE NEXT TENNIS 'KING' NEW YORK, (UP) The experts ore picking 21-year-old Hamilton Richardson as the next super-star of world tennis. ''He b moving ahead faster than anyone else in the world today.' said US. Davis Cup captain Billy Talbert. "Ham has met his problem
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  • 93 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The 16th Firld Ambulance RAMC held 52 Coy. Royal Army Service Corps to a 2 2 draw in I Garrison League v iccer lixtur* 1 on the Army Malaya Command ground today. At half time RASC led 2— 1. Centre forward Dollah and Inside
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  • 38 10 lilK Muhibhaii Badminton Will hold its 14th AnmJ -:v lebrations on SaturApril 2, at 402 Paya 1 m Road Irorn *j:',n pm A' night Modern Ronffeni mcmben and OW <*l *>y pnze-dis-nlOß to winners of 19J4
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  • 461 10  -  BEN OLAN By NEW YORK. March 30 (AP) The Cleveland Indians, with plenty of power at the plate and excellent pitching— an almost unbeatable combination—are being tabbed to repeat their American League pennant victory of 1954— and with good reason. Record-breakers last seaso n with
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  • 235 10 IPOH. Wed. The 2nd Battln. Royal Welsh Fusiliers of Port Dickson. after trailing one-nil at half time, staged a fine recovery in the last 20 minutes to score three goals in a row to beat 15 19 the King's Royal Hussars Ipoh by
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  • 343 12 FIRST LAY-OUT FOR HIGHLANDS PLANT READY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Field survey work on the mammoth Cameron Highlands hydro-electric project is expected to be completed by July, to facilitate the preparation of detailed designs and specifications for its first stage involving 50,000 kw
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  • 544 12 New Chairman For Assn. THE clearing house of the Singapore Copra Association established at the beginning of this year handled 20,700 tons of copra in the first quarter, the chairman of the Association, Mr. D. F. Mac Coll, said at the first annual general
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  • 31 12 A PHILIPPINE trade mission reported in Washington that plans and estimates for a small smelting plant to process Philippine iron ore Is being sent to Manila for study.- AP
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  • 201 12 THE produce market in Singapore remained quiet and featureless in most sections yesterday with only small business passing. Coconut oil was a dull market, sellers at Penang indicating $43?. per picul. Pepper prices remained unchanged for the white varieties, but black rose by $1 to $130 per
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  • 74 12 A METEOR fighter powered by two Rolls Royce Nene jet engines, each fitted with a deflector which "bends'' the thrust downwards. thus reducing stalling speed, has now completed its tests and has been handed over to the UK Ministry of Supply. By using only 60 per cent
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  • 47 12 THE United States may consume 1,330,000 long tons of rubber this year, the U.S. Journal of Commerce quoted economists as predicting. But the increase h expected to go to synthetic rubber. The figure is 107.000 tons higher than last year's consumption. "The way the (government
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  • 109 12 and industry) economists see it." the Journal said. "U.S. manufacturers will use 762.--000 long tons of synthetics this year. They used only 619.000 tons in 1954." The business publication said demand for natural rubber— both dry and latexis figured at 568.000 tons, or nearly 30.000 tons below
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  • 19 12 NORWEGIAN milk production during 1954 was about 3.3 billion pounds, down about 2.5 per cent from 1953.
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  • 54 12 TWO British ftrn Thomas De La Ri;. 84 Regent Street. I W. 1; and Wan Ltd., M. Gn Street. London. E. been iwarded CSSI contract to currency lor the P... It was secured year's negotiate n i tion with American and Italian rir: The new
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  • 84 12 OX the Malayan share market yesterday, industrials we^e dull and featureless, with sentiment in tins slightly tinner. Rubber shares were qu.et. The capitalization issue of Sungei B:rior created an indeterminate market and small business \vn< r< the day 11 12 Pri'-e chai the Malayan Shan
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  • 71 12 UNITED STATES aircraft manufacturers outbid their British competitors by more than three to one in foreign markets last year, the U.S. Aircraft Industries Association said in Washington yesterday. According to figures published in "Planes." the Association's official publication. U.S. firms sold US $538,604,000 worth of aircraft
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  • 90 12 Weekly Letter F| WASHINGTON. March M u-J was pointed out that the I nited \M "in the midst ol a strong upMia M defying seasonal trends and to Im .:jM as it progresses' Events sums iwH this appraisal M Now the Nati I tion of Purcha> ports that new
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  • 60 12 THE hueUfl amateur built post-war design in has been laid down Prter MaM'field. <" cutive Ol BKA. T a tw<j-.seater 2M litre piston It will oast »oo pence per mi. the estimated toi builders will be in I Of H'MH) The planr i by a group
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  • 29 12 PAKISTAN will import from Egypt cotton worth R. 5500.000 under the U.S. Economic aid programme. A ship carrying thr JJJ|JIB will loavp for Karachi A.P.
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  • 96 12 A NEW w«y of testing concrete has been developed by the Road Research Laboratory of the British Government \s Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The method makes use of pulses of ultrasonic sound, wh'eh are sent through the piece of concrete to be tested. The time each pulse
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    • 1114 12 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF PARTY SYMBOLS FOR Valuable Singapore Properties FEDERAL ELECTIONS V H Vh^l S?£rt°°" POLITICAL panics totend- Federal Elections arc invited t4i tv 1^ tcmi t Ayr to submit to the Supervisor Lot 1 No. IG. IPOH LANL. q{ Fee C ral Elections, Govern.^rcal rood <>7.2 poles. mcnt
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    • 604 12 SALE BY TENDER PERAK MEDICAL DEPARTMENT rfiENDERS are invited for the 1 purchase of two Ford Prefect Saloon Cars Nos. A 714!) A 5106 which may be inspected at the District Hospital. Ipoh. during normal office hours by arrangement with the Medical Officer in charge These is no specified tender
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    • 72 12 NOTICE M.V. "ORANJE" T^HE above vessel is due to A arrive from Djakarta about 2 p.m. on Friday Ist April 1955 and will berth alongside Godowns 1 and 2 of the Sin«aoore Harbour Board (Gate No 8) Embarkation of passengers for Naples, Colombo. Southampton and Amsterdam will take place between
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  • 530 13  -  FREEBOOTER U 3 Previous Winners By K(,r.intl National is behind us and once again that invincible 'Y M(rrU o'Bnen, has turned out the winner "Quare Ttaes" nitu r out of Lavenco. Readers may have notice? in 1 ,n amateur racing. I mentioned -Carey's CottaVV" hJ L r(l W rt|
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  • 125 13 Dai Dower Is Now Top Challenger NEW YORK, Mar. 30, (Reuter) Dai Dover, Welsh holder of the British Empire and European flyircight titles, replaces Japan's Yoshio Shirai as top challenger to Pascual Perez of Argentine m the latest boxing ratings published loday by the American riagazine. The Ring. Leo Espinosa
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  • 72 13 CINCINNATI, M«r. SO, i Router) "Sugar" Ray Robinson, former world middleweight boxing champion, won his third come back fight here last night when h e bent Johnny Lombardo (Pennsylvania) on points over 10 rounds. Robinson who is 3?> showed only an occasional flash of his former speed and
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  • 258 13 LONDON. March 29: <Reuter> —The following are football fixtures for Saturday April 2: League Division 1. Aston Villa vs Burnley. Blackpool vs Everton. Bolton vs West Bromwich. Charlton vs Newcastle Huddersfield vs Arsenal Manchester U. vs Sheffield U. Portsmouth vs Manchester C Sheffield Wednesday vs Cardii'l
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  • 64 13 K. KANGSAR, Wed. Clifford School soccer XI beat the Anderson School of Ipoh by two goals to one in an interschool game played here yesterday CiifTordians netted both their goals in the first half through inside ric;ht Isa and inside left Shaari. Andersonians' only goal came from Sharif
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  • 45 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Weil. Seventeen members from the Mercantile Bank Sports Club will travel to Singapore on Thursday. April 7 for the annual Robin's and Chia Kcng Hock's Trophy in football and badminton against their Singapore branch during the Easter holidays.
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  • 55 13 CHICAGO. March 30 (Reuter) Mr. Avery Brundage. President of the International Olympic Committee, loft here by air List night on the first stage of his journey to Australia to investigate the progress of preparations for the 1M56 Games in Melbourne He expects to leave San Francisco
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  • 123 13 KUANTAN. Mon. Last Pahang defeated West Pahang i n a friend: v cricket match here, yesterday on the Kuantan Main Field. West Pahan? won the toss and were all out for 116 runs in the Ist innings. (J. R Whimster 11. David Samuel 39 Sarban Singh
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  • 195 13 MAT ZIN WINS FOR POLICE MALACCA. Wed —A Easter forward line enabled Police Transport TranV to be t Police Volunteer Rc-ervcs '.',-1 in their CPO league fixture on the Reclamation (round yesterday [nstdeforward Mat Zin scored his second hattrick for Police Traflic. Police TranV took the in itiativc from the
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    • 390 13 Classified Adverts TUITION BEGINNERS' Class Singapore Chinese Mane. arm School 122-126. Prinsep Street Singapore. New Class for absolute beginners < Explanation^ in English) com mencing Ist April. 1955. Tuesdays 'and Fridays 7.15 to 845 p.m Class Teacher Mr T. C. Chiang. BA. Vacancies also in other 18 classes (Intermediate Advanced
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    • 466 13 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL. Required <a> Labour Personnel Welfare Otiicer in Class I (51.280\A45-1370xA50--IH2O> at commencing monthly salary in the range of $1,420 to SI U2O plus Variable Allowance 3 years Agreement in first in stance. Applicants must hay( at least 10 years' experience ot Personnel and Industrial Relation^ work, must
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    • 352 13 SITUATIONS VACANT VPPLICATIONS are invited for the post of Assistant Port Officer in the Marine Department. Singapore The salary scale is $K9O-30A-9:>.0'8 9tiO- j 35A-1.240 per month plus vanable allowance. Total emoluments at present rang P from: For Sinele Officers "840 p.m. with annual increments to $1,390 p.m. For Married
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    • 288 13 APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Nursc^ (female) in the Medical Department. Pahang. On the following salary scale: Student Nurses: $102xG -114 (Examination). Trained Nurses: HM (Fir t Etticicncy Bar). Staff Nurses: $ir,flxl2 240/ Efficiency Bar/2."i2x12-288 (Vacancy Bar). Nursing Sisters: $300x18-486. In addition cost of living allowances
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    • 135 13 ler By A I Copp I TPCI V S. C ANJINJOv^ 1 AM COMET'SAVE TIM V.I DOES >O' WANT H:N" CAUGHT, \W*' —J s .?VL 7 V-MDDER- C FUM TH' HORRORS O' I DRUG WHIMPERIN' OVER TH' |V^ sV^ I :r\WELD iT^Ol STATE YORE \TH' SADIE HAWKINS J FINISH LINE,
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  • 249 14  - SHANGRILA SHOWS TOP FORM WINDSOR LAD FGDF By IPOII Wed— Shangrila. trainer Wallv Bagby's prospect for the Perak Derby, returned the best times at this morning's workouts when he easlv ran the half mile in H s«m and the three furlongs in M sec. Going beautifully all the way. shangrilla
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  • 329 14 CHEW BEE IS STILL COLONY'S BEST TAKES T TITLE AGAIN ***** Chew Bee the Malayan and Singapore tennis champio C n he lde C the YMCA Open Invitation sm f les title his for the fifth time yesterday when he beat A. G B Pakir 8-6, 6-1 in the final
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  • 247 14 SINGAPORE Traction Company were forced to share division 1 league points with the Shell Sports Club on the S.T.C. ground yesterday. The match, which was fast and keenly contested, ended in a 1-1 draw. The busmen attacked from the opening whistle, and although they spent quite
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  • 65 14 OFFICIALS cm the C.V.M A (I'M) jrear ;ire: President Mr. K. J. Rappa; Vire-PresulcnU Mr. J Klyne N. Jansen; Hon. Secrci.ir\—M:. Hendroff; As«st. Hon. Serretarv M: Hon. Trea>ur«T Mr. i; Assl. H»»n. Treasurer Mr i' Almunti: Hon. Auditors Mr .V Zuzarte and Mr. A Chairman. Hoard of
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  • 38 14 ALEXANDRA Brickworks b^at Jacks Sports Club by two goals, to one in the diviMon :j league mutch on the pariang y<»t«Tday J hart and Awantj Chik ■cored for Brickworks, and Cyril Vandcr Beck netted for Jacks.
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  • 69 14 SINDKKI \ND. March 30 (Reuter) Newcastle United heat York City by two goals to nil in their Football Association Cup semi-final replay here this afternoon. Newcastle meet Manchester City in the final at Wembley on May 7. Other results: League Division I: Manchester City 2.
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  • 116 14 S'p ore Stars For Soccer Carnival KOTA BAHRU. Wed. From April 8 to 12 there will be a soccer carnival here at the Sultan Mohamad Stadium. A strong Malay combination from Singapore, including Awang Bakar. Rahim Omar. Ismail Yu.>of and Osman Johan. will arrive by air on April 8. The
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  • 74 14 RESULTS of the Royal Island Club's monthly medal (Stableford) golf r-ompctition played on Sunday were: Div A: Flt/Lt. J.E. Pollins*ton :J7; Div. B: Sqd Ldr. A.F. Clegg 41J; DU'- C: F.W. Norris 41|. Winners of the ball sweep were: Divisions "A" and ""B": Sqd Ldr A.F.
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  • 22 14 TANJONG MALIM. Wed.— The visiting Malay College. Kuala Kangsar drew four-all with the Sultan Idris Training G'.lcge at soccer yesterday.
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  • 79 14 IT WAS EASY FOR BUXOM PULO Bukom scored an easy 4-0 victory over Sime Darby in a division 1 league encounter at Gcylang Stadium yesterday. Bukom. who dominated the play, opened the score in the tenth minute through Saparin. Shortly afterwards they came close to increasing their score when a
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  • 310 14 Chartered Are Winners In Bank's Tussle AFTER trailing one-nil at the interval. Chartered Bank scored two quick goals on the resumption to beat Mercantile Bank by the odd goal in three in the division 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Chartered Bank dominated play for the greater part
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  • 140 14 ti, WPd Mr cha n Lai Hong chairman of the Thomas Cup Selection Committee and a mem™? of ihl n^riL Standl e today denied a report ap- S pcaring in a Singapore and a Penang ncusoaDer st a Vt nfi: that Mr Tan Chen X Phor of
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  • 529 14 AT A GLANCE Division 1 Chartered Bank 2 Mercantile Bank 1 K::n Beng. Nadarajah Ying Chyc Pulo Bukoir 4 Simc* Darby 0 Saparin Ahmad 2, Othman Daud. Hcmid S. T. B 2 M. P H 0 Tommy Misson. Sa!:in 8. T. C 1 Shell 1 Hussei i Ab;. Eaka: Honjjkoii'v
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  • 198 14 MALAYAN Airways v. on to their fifth successive win in the SBHFA Div. 2 league soccer match played at Cleri- cal Union ground yesterday when they whipped Mansfield SC by eight clear goals. Airways dictated play from the start. Mansfield had no answer for the streamlined Airways
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  • 326 14 PLAYING with ten men throughout, Malaya Publishing House were beaten for the fifth successive time. The victors of this division 1 league encounter yesterday were the powerful Singapore Telephone Board who beat th c Publishers 2-0 at Farrer Park Old-timers Salleh 'Bujar.g and Jabar
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  • 431 14 Lucky Coal Stops Popmen From Creating The Upset FKASER and Neave almost provided the upset <>t the day when they took the field against unbeaten IldnKong Bank in division 1 league match at River Yalh Road. Leading 3-2 throughout the game, they mm robbed of what
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  • 171 14 THE Singapore Business Houses Football Association division 1 league is now five weeks old. and two teams are already standing head over shoulders over the others. These are HongKong Shanghai Bank and the Singapore Telephone Board. At the moment, the Telephonemen are heading the table
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    • 13 14 Page 13 FREEBOOTER on the Grand National Page 10 LINESMAN on Malayan cricket.
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