Singapore Standard, 19 April 1955

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    15 1 Singapore Standard #R Jt *A r SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 195.'. It PAGES r> TENTS
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    Lock icon THE VOICE of REASON
    899 1 President Soekarno Claims To Speak For 1,400 Million People With 29 ASIAN -AFRICAN NATIONS CONFER We Can Do Much With It, He Says BANDUNG, April 18. Under hot camera lights in the great arched conference hall of Bandung, President Soekarno today claimed to speak for 1,400
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    Lock icon IN THE CONFERENCE HALL
    51 1 Chou En-lai Meets A Friend A President Speaks photos. RED CHINA'S Chou En-lai (centre) being introduced to Burma's Minister of Justice, U Myint Them, in the Bandung conference hall. Inset: President Soekarno of Indonesia declares the conference open, and below: o general view of the hall
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    Lock icon Police Offer $25,000 for Killers
    526 1 Police Offer $25,000 for Killers |p WAS BEHIND IIDENT'S MURDER SINGAPORE Police declared yesterday Malayan Communist Party was behind aurder of the 21 -year-old Chinese student, [jm, and offered a $25,000 reward for motion leading to the arrest of the Bins. 'hrough the temple at point blank > men who
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    Lock icon EINSTEIN, WIZARD MATHS, IS DEAD
    57 1 I v Jcr- (Router)— tcin, the I died here c scU rUifu* i harness to hospital S The cause of v matioa of 9 itod i ?C--■pub 1 i r m had 9 Institute M f in Prince- ,«jus m itica and 1 hia lifetime
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    Lock icon EVATT STAYS AS LEADER
    48 1 ™\'BERI*A. April 18 <AP> Dr Herbert Evatt. Australia's stormy labourite leader, won re-election today as leader of the Opposition party fn Parliament by a 2-1 majority. Dr Evatt had resigned his post and stood for re-election in a dramatic move to silence Rightist critics.
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    Lock icon BOURNE FIXES AIM ON JOHORE REDS
    139 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— Lt. Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne the Federation's Director of Operations, returned 'to Kuala Lumpur today from a two-week visit n Hongkong to start consultations on the Emergency n nu"s i situation in Johore. In Hongkong, Gen. Bourne addressed British army officers
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    Lock icon Imre Nagy Is Sacked
    49 1 VIENNA, April 13 (Reuter) Mr Imre Nagy. Hungarian Prime Minister who came under fire last month for "right-wing deviationism has been dismissed, according to an official announcement issued in Budapest today. He was also expelled trom thp Political Committee ot {he Hungarian Workers' Communist) Party.
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    Lock icon Appeal To Bao Dai
    91 1 SAIGON. April 18, (Reuter)— Brigadier Nguyen Van Vy Inspector General of South Vietnam's Armed Forces, has cabled to the Chief of State. Emperor Bao Dai. last Saturday telling him the Army feared civil war would be inevitable in South Vietnam if the present political crisis was
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    Lock icon Pope May Lose Use Of Arm
    40 1 VATICAN CITY, April 13. (Reuten Pope Pius XII is suffering from selinc arthrosis in his right arm and will probably never be able to use it freely again, according to a doctor's diagnosis today.
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    Lock icon 4-1 Odds In Favour Of Tory Victory
    128 1 LONDON. April 18 (Reuter)— One of London's leading bookmakers is offering odds of four to one in favour of a Conservative victory and of five to two against a Labour win in the general election. He is Mr. "Duggie Stuart who today opened
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    Lock icon FIVE-POINT AGENDA, 15-MINUTE SPEECHES
    120 1 FIVE-POINT AGENDA, 15-MINUTE SPEECHES BANDUNG, April 18. (IP)— The Asian-Afri-can conference today adopted a broad fivepoint agenda and revoked an earlier ban on opening speeches The agenda as annmnced by Chairman Ali Sastrwamidjojo of Indonesia was: 1 Economic co-opera-tion. 2 Cultural relations. 3 Human dignity and self-determination 4. Problem of
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    Lock icon Chou,Menon To Talk On Formosa
    71 1 Chou,Menon To Talk On Formosa BANDUNG. April 13 ißcutert Mr. Chou En-laf. Chinese Communist Prime Minister, and Mr. Krishna Mcnon, top diplomatic adviser to Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. Indias Prime Minister, will soon begin privato talks here on the Formosa problem. Usually reliable sources said that their first meeting had been
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  • GOVERNMENT REACHES THE PEOPLE
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      Lock icon 53 Citizens Take Their Troubles To The Chief Minister
      757 2 53 Citizens Take Their Troubles To The Chief Minister FROM 8 30 am. to 4.30 p.m.. when his last complainant left. Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister, heard the troubles of 53 people yesterday, not even stopping for lunch. Although the complaints ranged from no income tax rebate for illegitimate
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      Lock icon •••And Get Action Taken At Once
      148 2 Mr Marshall resardin? a complaint about Government allowances to teachcrs^'frf aided schools. One of the job-seekers handed Mr. Marshall a note which made him laugh and say: "You don't have to join the Labour Front just to get a job." After this he dictated
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    Lock icon PLUNGED INTO RIVER
    42 2 photo by THIS black Austin car plunged into the Kuala Lumpur-Klang River after several somersaults on Monday. The vehicle skidded and went out of control. All the four occupants were sent to the General Hospital Standard Yong Peng Seong
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    Lock icon NEW AIRPORT JOB HIGHLY PRAISED
    285 2 THE Minister for Works and Communications, Mr. Francis Thomas, yesterday described Singapore's 537,000,000 international airport at Paya Lebar as "a first rate job." "It reflects a great credit on all concerned,* 1 said Mr. .Thomas, who made his first inspection tour of a scheme undertaken
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    Lock icon Teachers Raise Issue With Mr. Chew
    219 2 Teachers Raise Issue With Mr. Chew Experience Versus Degrees THE Singapore union representing: teachers of English in Chinese schools, in a memorandum to the Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, protests against Government's policy of favouring teachers with degrees or a college or university training. Unqualified teachers, men and
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    Lock icon Andhra Trade Delegation
    53 2 MEMBERS of the Andhra Trade Delegation who arc now in Singapore were entertained to luncheon on Sunday, by the Handloom Cloth Marketing Officer. Singapore. Mr. G. Ponniah. After lunch the delegates were shown the different varieties of Indian handloom fabrics for sale at The Emporium, at 23,
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    Lock icon To Be Tried For Escape
    51 2 ANG Kirn Soan claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Police court yesterday to a charge of escaping from police custody at the C.I.D. building on Feb. 11. He was also charged with illegal possession of a fountain pen. Ang was remanded in custody for a
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    Lock icon STUDENTS APPEAL AFRO-ASIAN CONFA
    39 2 CHINESE middle school students i want the Afro-Asian Conference to i behalf with the Singapore and the I* ment authorities to give them freed 1 (jon. Th< they conf< penUf that of J and Chin*
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    Lock icon Methodist Youths In Conference
    69 2 MALACCA. Mon. More than 100 Methodist youth from Singapore, Selangor. Xegri and Johore arrived here today for a five-day conference with 36 of their Malacca colleagues at the M.G.S. at Tranquerah. A get-together and social followed after Bishop R. L. Archer formally opened this Institute of
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    109 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 90 J 91 No. 1 R.S.S fob May H9 J 90 No. 881 88? No. 3 87: 87 i Tone: Steady, quiet. UN PRICE The price of tin yesterday (per picul)
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    Lock icon HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HOXGKOXG April 18 Special Standard Service Closing prircs of the- Hongkong Exchange today were $15.75 to £1 .Merlins: $5.M75 to US$l; 51. 837 to Malayan SI; $0,134 io one Indonesian Rupiah; Cold $251.75 to a tael.
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    Lock icon 2 W.H.O EXPERTS SURVey S'PORE
    27 2 2 W.H.O EXPERTS SURVey S'PORE TV. Orga vey ML G r 1 Prof. Bra of Lof Or. H va C He is on ncs:;i photos. "arsifa\rs BKMI|.\«
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    Lock icon CASHIER WAS A PAWN
    55 2 HE in I thai i used as a M Mr. R. W. j Ma:is?r:- I I cashier. Chi I ytstet I 1 the S:r::ap' 1 Court v. 1 I trust of year. Hi I had of the i Chiang's han Ina.nos of in the I J
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    Lock icon Man Of 8 Gets Jail
    13 2 JOHORE B/ I chan was 3 i -A
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    Lock icon FIVE KILLED
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    Lock icon SOLDIER ACCUSED OF RAPE
    77 3 SOLDIER ACCUSED OF RAPE r oUf > Told Of ■yhi Assault Wa- J S ngapore :iarEnon b m Eunos on Oct 21, last .p;>- ard. and Mr. DPP. i i a theatre at •cc 111 -ho I r y Then he md pu>hrd undergrowth. |< d. he ihoutfd and iri
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    Lock icon IRAC CHIEF DUE
    13 3 II p B: :_;aciier arrivi n B WR A C
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    Lock icon Dressmaker Loses Salary Arrears Claim
    66 3 Dressmaker Loses Salary Arrears Claim AN a dressmaker, K. Amarchand, against his ler employer, MB Misra. as arrears of salary, nissed by Mr. Justice in the Singapore High irt yesterday. till claimed that he v. ployed by the de- between Oct. 13. 1951, IT, 1952, at $-25 a h. Mr.
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    Lock icon Brigade's Colours Consecrated
    55 3 i "«r p.irt>' f of Ambiilunie if^^'i'TMl .nside St. L"»ns., V i hi <lrul aftPr •"l"«n of their lh Inion Jack is Division Officer MX. Shariff and hodins the Brigade flag is Division Officer Tan Ben f ce f s Standing between them Is orps Set. Major
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    Lock icon $250 Fine For $5 Bribe
    53 3 PALANY, was fined $250 yesterday in the Singapore Sixth Police Court, when he pleaded guilty to ottering of $9 bribe to a police constable alter be was arrested for gambling in public on April 16 at Bellilos Lane. On a second charge of gambling he
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    Lock icon SIR JOHN PRAISED FOR HIS PART IN PRESERVING COLONY'S BEAUTY
    344 3 Friends of Spore Farewell Dinner To Their Patron TIIK Friends of Singapore won man>- \aluable friends at the Adelphi Hotel on Sunda> night at the sumptuous farewell dinner to their patron, the Governor. Mr John Nil oil. who was termed
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    Lock icon Govt. Action In Rubber Crisis
    209 3 Top Level Talks Over Ban SINGAPORE Government has Riven top priority to the problem raised by the Indonesian ban on wet slab rubber exports to the Colony, The Standard understands. A memorandum submitted oy the Singapore Rubber Millers Association to the Minister for Commerce. Mr.
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    Lock icon It Wasn't So Lucky After All
    127 3 AN old man gathered ms big family for their good lurk" meal on Chinese New Years Day —the first meal of tfefc year. Feeling hot ho went to twitch on the table-fan. Barely had he touched the switch, then he cried out in pain
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    Lock icon Sugar Ride Bitter End
    75 3 JOHORE BAIIRU. Mon.— Lim Yik Ming, proprietor of an aerated water factory in Kuala Lumpur, was fined i $175 in the Magistrate's Court today for failing to declare four pounds of saccharine to the Customs. Lim was travelling by train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur when
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    Lock icon UMNO Expands In Singapore
    55 3 FIVE branches of the United Malays' National Organization were formed during the week-end in Singapore and Pulau Sakijang Pelepah. an island off the Colony. The new branches are: Kambarman. Rochore. Paya Lebar, Pulau Snkijanp Pelepah and a youth section at Tanjong Pagar. There are now 21
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    Lock icon 500 Former Gangsters Plan A 'Hunger March'
    162 3 NAPLES, April. 18 (Reuter) I Five hundred former members of America's underworld deported to Italy, since the war as "undesirables'' are gathering here from all over Italy in pre- paration for a "hunger march" on Rome. The plans are being hatched in the
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    Lock icon Police Commend Gallant Kampong People
    388 3 Police Commend Gallant Kampong People SINGAPORE Police sent a top ranking ofticcr to Kampong Kuchai off Kirn Chuan Road yesterday to thank the people there for their part in the arrest of three armed robbers in the kampong in July last year. The three robbers broke into a shop and
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    Lock icon Bed-ridden, So She Set Fire To Herself
    286 3 Bed-ridden, So She Set Fire To Herself Didn't want to be a burden to her family, says husband A 34 YEAR OLD bed-ridden woman burnt herself to death because she did not want to be a burden to her family, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Rajamal. wife of
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    Lock icon COUNCIL TO PROBE MEDICAL SERVICES
    191 3 COUNCIL TO PROBE MEDICAL SERVICES JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. I The Johorc State Council will be asked at tomorrow's meeting to appoint a Committee of Inquiry to I investigate the workings of the Johore Medical DcIpartment "as there have been complaints of dissatisfaction all round. The Council will also be asked
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    Lock icon Remanded On Murder Count
    56 3 DEWAX Singh was produced before the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday on a tentative charge of murder. He was alleged to have killed a woman. Sarjit Kaur. In a liuuse in North Boat Quay a 1 4 p.m. on April 17. Dcwan Singh was remanded in
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    Lock icon $50 MILLION GRANT FOR RUBBER RESEARCH
    378 4 To Cover Budgets For Next 5 Yrs KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— After two years of pessimistic procrastination, rubber research and publicity in Malaya is to receive shortly a grant exceeding $50 million to cover their budgets until 1960, The Standard learnt today. The sum is
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    Lock icon LONG SERVICE AWARD
    57 4 Photo by FOR the first time in the Federation, long service medals were presented to St. John Ambulance Brigade officers. Seen here is the Area Commissioner Mr. S. S Adam receiving a medal from the Resident Commissioner. Penang, Mr D. Gray at the S.J.A.B. parade at Fort
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    Lock icon S'PORE GIRL DIES IN MISHAP
    123 4 S'PORE GIRL DIES IN MISHAP BUTTERWORTH. Mon. A 19-year-old Singapore girl. Miss Shir le y Chcong, daughter of Dr. Cheong, was fatally injured as a result of a motor crash in Bukit Tengah in Central Province Wellesley, last night. Miss Cheonf and a party of friends were on their way
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    Lock icon 17 Finish Training Course
    132 4 17 Finish Training Course BATU PAHAT. Mon.— Mr. C. E. T. Mann. Director of the Rubber Research Institute, yesterday presented certificates to 17 persons who successiully completed a course of training. Two of them passed their examinations with distinction. They were Chew Teck Thai and Soo Kirn Poul. The other
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    Lock icon Two Inspectors At Hendon
    52 4 TWO Police Inspectors from tnc Federation of Malaya were among 28 young men from 19 Colonial territories who recently enrolled for a five-month course in modern Police methods at Hendon Police College near London The two inspectors from the federation were Inspectors P A.agendra and Ismail
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    Lock icon 3 CHILDREN SEE MOTHER TAKEN TO HER DEATH
    181 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Three Chinese children this morning saw two terrorists take away their mother who was tapping: rubber in the Segamat district of Johore. i Later they found her dead with stab wounds in the neck. Security forces are following up.
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    Lock icon 'Not Guilty' To Extortion
    76 4 WANG Taj BUM Pang Ec Sang yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court to a charge of criminal :ntimidation by threatening Tian Chew Tee with injury ami extorting $4,000 from him. It was alleged that Tay committed the offence at about 11.30 am. on
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    Lock icon Hailstones In Taiping
    52 4 TAIPIXG Mon. Hailstones, biffser than fifty-cent pieces fell for the first time here during a heavy thunderstorm that swept over Taipinff at 3 p m. today. The hailstones continued to fall for ton minutes and curious citizens, who had never seen hailstones before, picked them up and
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    Lock icon Malaya Was Not Consulted
    428 4 Borneo Snub Irks Local Labour »i^Tff^^TOSwo2 e N:rth ni lfci ib Kf Dcpa r ent warconan Associated Press report, was signed last Saturday and it contained terms which a joint communique of the two Governments described as "not only adequate, fair and satisfactory, but are in
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    Lock icon TORIES ACCUSED OF PREPARING FOR WAR
    161 4 TORIES ACCUSED OF PREPARING FOR WAR LONDON. April 18 (Reuten Mr. Harry Pollitt the general secretary of the British Communist Party who Is at present in China, today accused the British Conservative Government of preparMr Pollitt was commenting on the forthcoming general election in Britain in aS ment given to
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    Lock icon MAHA To Resume Magazine
    137 4 MAHA To Resume Magazine KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association announced today it would shortly resume publication of its popular pre-war quarterly magazine as an "effective medium to encourage advancement of agriculture and horticulture." Mr. H.K. Dimoline was yesterday re-elected President el the Association which hopes to stage its
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    Lock icon Prison For Salesman
    72 4 A YOUNG salesman, Jeffrey Yap Yong Siang, who sold goods belonging to his em ployers and pocketed the money was sentenced in the Singapore First District Court yesterday to six months' imprisonment, to be followed by 12 months' police supervision. Yap pleaded guilty to tw.o charges of
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    Lock icon Ministers Dine With Governor
    28 4 THE Council of Ministers and their wives were guests of the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicol! at a Government House dinner last night.
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    Lock icon SHB Men Reject Board's Proposal
    173 5 SHB Men Reject Board's Proposal AFTER a five-hour discussion with the Singapore Harbour Board authorities yesterday, representatives of the SHB Staff Associatej^S" a Proposal b> the Board for a new wage structure for its employees. Representatives of the Staff Aviation told the BBardo ard that the proposal* were -inadequate" and
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    Lock icon NEW OFFICE FOR PILGRIMS
    61 5 AS from Mny 16. the Pl--iSc Office will be located un the ground floor of the Chief Secretary's Office between the Land Office and the Rural Board. Thi< year, two *hips will be on the pilgrimage run. the Dj( which will make two trips, on May
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    Lock icon They Stand Idle
    33 5 Photo SOME of the buses of Hock I^e Amalgamated Bus Company parked along Tiong Bahru Road yesterday, while drivers and conductors who manned them stopped work for two hours Standard
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    Lock icon Port Dickson To Have Live Savers
    240 5 Sequef To Drownings parties in the State to campaign at nght. Inche Baba bin Ludck will ask what action has so far been taken for the establishment of a health centre in Rembau. He will also ask the reason for increasing the lee for
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    Lock icon NIGHT RAID ON HUSSARS
    52 5 IPOH. Mon.— Thieves broke into the Officers' Mess of the 15/19 Hussars in Ashby Road here on Saturday night and stole $171 ca.sh. About 14 officers were sleeping in the mess at the time and when they awoke •seven of them found the money in their
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    Lock icon Man Jumped Jungle Trial And Surrendered
    331 5 Man Jumped Jungle Trial And Surrendered IPOH. Mon.— A terrorist leader, who gave himself up just before his fate in the organization was to be decided, has now called on his former comrades to come out, surrender and '"get married/ The ered leader fa Chan Poh Lin. a branch committee
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    Lock icon Four Hurt In Car Accident
    128 5 Four Hurt In Car Accident KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. During a heavy storm in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, a sa)on car skidded of! Lorriie Road and plunged 12 feet down into the Klans River. Four occupants of the vehicle were injured. Three of them were women, who were all sent to
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    Lock icon Freak Storm Hits S'pore, Injures 3
    82 5 Freak Storm Hits S'pore, Injures 3 A 4 3- YEAR-OLD woman was seriously injured and a girl. a"cd 11. and a boy aged la. were injured by a freak storm that whipped through Singapore at 38 m.p.h. yesteraay morning. f They were occupants or a tomporarv shed near Sims Avenue
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    Lock icon Man Detained After Stabbing
    26 5 AN unemployed Soh Chin Hock 20. wa.s stabbed in tni back following an ar u in Red Hill Close, Tion» Bahru, yesterday.
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    Lock icon Getting All Ready
    90 5 WITH gifts pouring in from Robinsons, Littles. Whiteaways, the Majestic children's shop, Wah Hin and Co., and many individual donors, Mrs. Loke Yew had her committee mark price taps yesterday for the Grandmothers Stall, at the International Bazaar on April 23. The Bazaar is in aid of
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    Lock icon BUSMEN STAGE 2-HOUR PROTEST STRIKE
    385 5 BUSMEN STAGE 2-HOUR PROTEST STRIKE People Caught Unawares hardship to the firm by staging strikes as and when they like." He said that the company always has been willing to negotiate with the workers on their legitimate claims but the Union has always tried to "create trouble." The spokesman said
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    Lock icon The Civil Servant Is Now A Secretary
    142 5 The Civil Servant Is Now A Secretary ONE hundred and forty secretaries and friends of the Singapore District of the Corporation of Secretaries last night held their annual dinner. The District Chairman, Mr. Tan Sim Hong, addressing the diners, stressed the importance of the Corporation's role in producing trained men
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    Lock icon Fasting To Begin Sunday
    113 5 Fasting To Begin Sunday P KNA SO. Mon Arrangements have born made by the Muslim Advisory Board to send out observers to various points of Penang Island and Province Wellesl«-> to look out for the ne w moon on the evening of Saturday April £3 These observers, will be stationed
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    Lock icon Crash Probe Committee For S'pore
    81 5 BOMBAY. April 18, <Reuten Five members of the committee appointed by the Indonesian Government to inquire into the "Kashmir Princess disaster arrived here from Jakarta by an Air India Constellation yesterday. The committee which has already visited the scene of the crash will collect information
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    Lock icon TEACHERS WED
    40 5 BATU GA.IAH. Mom. Indie Alias bin Sbamsuddin, b tei er in the M Kuala Kangsar. was mmto ("ho Sofiah binte Mat o4 Sultan Yussuf S bool on S turday. The rouple returned bom Kirkby Teachers' Training College <r.
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    Lock icon LIBRARY OPENS IN JOO CHIAT
    166 5 THE Joo Chiat Community Centre yesterday stole a inarch on its sister centres elsewhere in Singapore, when it opened a lending library for members and friends. In a ceremony yesterday. Sir Han Hoe Lim, formally declared the library open when he cut a tape stretched
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      Lock icon State Of Business
      530 6 IPHE wait-and-see policy adopted by local business cil an index to the misgivings that per- do the minds of business men. Being realistic people they are chary of beautiful economic theories when translated into practice, may squeeze ttM :cry of Singapore to such an extent as to
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      Lock icon Heads Under Bridges
      388 6 *VHK Director of Singapore's Public Works Depart- ment speaking over Radio Malaya on Saturday night said that one of the persistent fallacies that d the PWD was the story that human skulls used in the foundations of buildings and bridges Generations of Malayans have heard of this
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      346 6 Sir—ln the Sunday Standard of April 17. the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marsha!!, ii quoted as having stated, in answer to a question by Hugh Savage, that: The Labour Front believes there should be minimum wages scales established, and the extent to Which they can
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      254 6 Sir;—l would be most grateful if Mr. David Marshall, the champion of the Labour Front, would table the subject of education for school children in government and governmentaided schools for discussion at the first Legislative Council meeting to be held in the not too distant future. At
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      56 6 Sir. Toddy drinking should be gradually abolished in Singapore. It is most unwise for any government to continue with this social evil at a time when the whole world is ensaged in the advancement and progress of mankind. I hope our Labour Government will give its serious
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    294 6 Sir: To my mind the important cudgel by which the Labour Front defeated the Progressives, was the assurance that it would work for the creation of a welfare state. What the man-in-the-street is bothered about, is not the introduction of a multi-lingual legislature or the repeal of
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    98 6 Sir. You published a letter in your issue Of 15th instant from Mr. S. Ramachandra enquiring about a report on the first Asian Mayors' Conference said to have been held in January 20th-25th in Calcutta, to which I had been elected t o represent Singapore My reply to Mr.
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    534 6 India's Changed Views On America INDIA is attending the Afro-Asian conference at Bandung with a new and more sympathetic appreciation of America's policy. Responsible for this change which might prove of great significance is Mr. Krishna Menon i Indian delegate to the United Nations) who recently visited the United States.
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    918 6  - Nehru's Problem At Bandung PHILIP DEANE By DELHI, mHROUGH personal meet--1 ings with his fellow delegates to the Bandung Afro Asian conference— with the Prime Ministers of China, Egypt. Burma and the Deputy Premier of Afghanistan Mr Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, is trying to keep this conference from turning
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    324 6 Review of Views Change Of Heart £JT is not easy to predict how S successful the Afro-Asian 2 Conference will be but it is 2 quite evident that African 2 and Asian peoples earnestly 2 desire international peace S and co-operation, says Sin 5 Chew Jit Poh. late, the daily
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    317 7 >l)( ,V April 18, (Reuter)— Chancellor of the ufr Mr K.A. Butler, will announce the anproposals which Socialists expect to .idrrabte "window dressing" for the elecB attrr tlu* House of Commons reassembles after its short Easter recess. spent the week end putting the to a
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    337 7 STPONE ELECTIONS, ABOUR TELLS EDEN \lH>\ April 18, Former Chancellor of the Mr. Hush Gaitskell, yesterday asked Sir ri to consider postponing the May 26 a unless Britain's newspaper strike L»d vitbia two weeks. Nt Lab IX mer i lid he dissolution un May 6 walkout that printing Lion al
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    68 7 Freed, T hen Found Shot SYDNEY. April 13. (Reuter> A woman acquitted of a charge of having tried to poison her son-in-law with thallium, was found shot last night in a hotel room here with a pistol near her She la Mrs. Veronica Mabel Monty, about 47, who was employed
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    51 7 TEL AVIV. April 18 <Reuter Four people were seriously injured when a house in Sacharaia, a village in the Jerusalem corridor. was blown up during the rvght by infiltrators from Jordan. an Israeli army spokesman said today. There were six people in the house, he
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    269 7 No Confidence In Dr. Evatt CANBERRA, April 18, (Reuter)— Seven members of the Australian Federal Parliament, who have rebelled against the Leader cf the Labour Party, Dr. Herbert Evatt, are to form a new Party called the Australian Labour Party (Anti-Communist). The Leader of the
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    95 7 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts. April 18 (Renter) Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, author of the famous reports on sexual behaviour, told a Harvard audience here that the sexual patterns of an individual were already determined at the ace of three. He said a parent who took his child
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    118 7 Back To Work Call Rejected LONDON. April 18 (Reuter^ Brit a i n was yesterday without Sunday newspapers for the fourth consecutive week-end as the 24-day-old national Press strike trundled on without sign of any break. The Government Court of Inquiry urged a return to work pending further negotiations with
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    30 7 TOKYO. April 18 (AP^ Thailand's Premier Pibul Songgram today made courtesy calls upon Emperor Hirohito and General Maxwell D. Taylor. U.N. and U.S. Far East Commander-in-Chief.
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    146 7 Murders Suspect Remanded WIGAN. Lancashire. April 13 < Reuter)— A short, blond man Norman William Green. 25. was on Saturday remanded in custody for a week charged with the murders of two small boys. Both were stabbed to death. One boy. Norman Yates. aged 10, was found dying of stab
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    153 7 ST. NEOTS. Huntingdonshire. April 18 (Reuter) A butler awaiting trial here charged with stealing valuable art treasures from his late master has been named as principal beneficiary under the master's wi 1. He E Rodwell C. Patience who wa s employed by Captain Noel Thornhill.
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    591 7 Bandung Opens With An Inspiring Oration BANDUNG, April 18: (Rcutcn President Soekarno today made history by addressing the 29 Nations Asian and African conference in a foreign language English. But there was hardly a delegate who did not understand what some said was a
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    56 7 LOS ANGELES, April 18. (Reuter> Prince Aly Khan arrived hero by air yesterday to discuss with his ex-wife. actress Rita Haywnrth. a holiday for their daughter Yasmin. He said: "I hope to come to agreement with Rita as to which two months of this year I
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    283 7 BANDING, April 18, (UP)— Leaders of the African Nationalist movement and of Indian minorities in South Africa in a statement issued yesterday called upon the Governments of the United States and Great Britain to "boldly take a firm stand" against the "police slave state"
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    147 7 POVERTY IS WORLD'S BIG EVIL SIR JOHN BANDUNG. April 13 (UP) Declaring that the greatest of the world's evils was poverty. Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon today called for close economic cooperation among the countries attending the Afro-Asian conference. In his speech Sir John 1 that the nations
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    106 7 CANBERRA. April 13. (UP) —Prime Minister Mr. Robert G. Menzics announced today Australia will .start immediately to mass produce the Salk anti-polio vaccine at a cost to the Government of £200.000. The vaccine will be made at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories under the supervision
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    31 7 MAIZURU. Japan. April 18 fAP) More than 150.000 slave labourers revolted against their Russian guards in Siberian forced labour camps last May. a Japanese repatriate said today.
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    145 7 THEY PLAN TO STOP PIGEON ROMANCE OXFORD. England, April 18, (AP)— University dons and City officials set themselves a monumental task on Monday— the discouragement of love makins among the pigeons of this ancient seat of learning. A joint committee from Oxford University and the City, after an exhaustive investigation
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    101 7 NEW YORK. April 18 (Reuter)— The Duchess of Windsor's portrait appeared here yesterday in a lipstick advertisment in a section of the New York Herald Tribune devoted to benefiting the New York Infirmary. The advertisement carried the selling line "Why It's Her Favourite Lipstick."
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    47 7 LONDON. April 13. (Router)— Talks aimed at averting a national rail strike and of settling London's 25-day-old newspaper strike opened here today. Reports on the two disputes—both concerned with wage claims were being sent during the day to Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister.
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      78 7 RUBBER TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON, April 18 The following ore the closing prices of rubber and Tin on th c London Market: LONDON RUBBER c D 2616. LONDON TIN Mnv 26id. Spot £722 buyers. ju n V c 26; d. £722 10s. sellers. Julv/ScDtember 26id. Three months
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    226 8 CANBERRAS JOIN IN THE BANDIT FIGHT photo. photo. photo. photo photos. FDFD I SIR Winston Churchill shakes hands with ■Uriah at Catania airport in Sicily. The former British Premier and his Avife arc on holiday in Syracuse, 50 miles north of Catania. A.P. EGYPTIAN Premier Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser (left)
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    413 9 Tell* Us Why In This Article LONDON ASHAMED" ran one headline AN STRIPPERS was another CENSORED" was a third. «ere in N .nil Press. r^rd p» rt f a t ban strip- mitlf aits music halls. imbei of ighout :.ave artist -a^irls ide
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    371 9 Strange Tribe Found PORT MORESBY, New Guinea. /^a Australian patrol in New* Guinea has found aJ Papuan tribe that had never* before seen white men. Patrol leader .James W. KcntJ said in a report to the New 2 Guinea Administration: 1 "We were embraced, hugged' and patted. Headmen fromj the
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    517 9  - His Job: CALCULATED RISK DOUGLAS LARSEN By Wa.shinston. THE fantastic speeds of today's experimental planci .-q ;eeze tne last margin of error out of flight testing. That explains the shocking death rate of the cream of American test pilots. The explanation of the heavy death toll among his colleagues comes
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    158 9 CHICAGO. BINGO, a came of chance, is drawing considerable attention in some American State legislature this year. So are other forms of gambling. Legislators, holding bingo valuable in raising money for charity, have proposed to make the game icgal entertainment in seven Slates. In three of the StatesMaine. New
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    108 9 A TOWING service operator, Al Olson, has learned there's a difference between green and green. It all depends on where they are. Olson .was told to pick up a green car for repairs. When he reached the spot, he saw two green cars one with a
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    160 9 New Technique: HOW To Win A Girl CAIRO, T AW student Tomedcr Hassan, 19, reported to police an anonymous letter she had received threatening she "would be killed immediately" if she did not follow certain instructions. "You must leave home every morning at exactly eight o'clock," the letter ordered, "and
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    584 9 World Boom United NtlUotlM statisticians say Iti A>!,cricu, between 1 and 1 J.")5, one bnby IMS born every eiqiit seconds and last year's record uns 4.073.000 births; in the Soviet bloc, molherJioud incenCtcc dnrcs have been launched to increase birtli rate ORIYATE organizations, like the International Planned Parenthood
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    265 9 Happier Liv es For Youths SAN FRANCISCO. ]7 X PERIM EN TS which open up the possibility of transplanting sex glands into boys and girls born Without them fiave been disclosed by tlirce San Francisco medical researchers. They are Dr. Donald E. Bernstein, Dr. Gerson R. Diskind and Dr. A.
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    184 10 THE produce mnrkct in Sinre remained quiet in most irith ittle inclination on the part of traders to deal. Sellers of coconut oil in drur Penans indicated per picul on a dull :narkc\ COPRA MAY 11 a.m 1281 NcOH SI2BI 4 pjn Si'Bi $281 5 pan] S-85
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    43 10 THE Malayan Sharebrokers' Association appointed the following officials for 19.").") at the annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday: Chairman: Mr. A. Clarke of Penang; Vice-Chairman Mr. A. Mathieson; Messrs. Chia Teck Chye. G. M. C.laskin and A. Clinton.
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    200 10 TIIE 29-N ATM) N A fro- Asian conference will discuss in Bandung this week "the importance of stability in commodity trade," an authoritative source told Reuter. The source said Pakistan had '.submitted a working paper on how to prevent large fluctuations in the prices
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    429 10 Indian Mission's Visit Is A Success More Trade Foreseen Standard Special Correspondent THE visit of the Andhra delegation, which has been in Malaya in the past fortnight, has been "quite successful," the leader, Mr. J. V. Somayajulu, told The Standard yesterday on the eve of the team's departure for ;he
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    34 10 dred photographs selected from several hundreds taken early last year by Derrick Knight. Chief Photographer of the Shell Photographic Unit. Picture shows: Filipinos hanging abaca fibres in the sun for drying.
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    25 10 THE output of Idris Hydraulic Tin Ltd. for the quarter ended March 31, was 75| tons. according to Messrs. Osbornc and Chappcl. Ipoh.
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    171 10 APRIL rubber was still at about II cents per lb. above May shipment which closed at 89? cents per lb. on a auietlv steady market in Singapore yesterday, a rise of* 5/8 cent on Saturday. The market was quiet during the afternoon, with some buying interest towards
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    232 10 THE spectre of unemployment and short time working is again hanging over Lancashire's mill towns. Hard hit by the worst trade recession since "crisis year" in 1952, mill owners are facing the future with lean order books. The unsatisfactory order books tell their own
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    67 10 MOVEMENTS of tin-in-con-centrates from the Federation of Malaya to Singapore and Penang in March amountecMo d.216 tons compared with 4.574 tons for the month before, according to official statistics. The exporting states in March were: Perak 3,197 tons. Selangor 1.544 tons. Pahang 220 tons. Negri Semiblan 111
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    780 10 THE Malayan share market opened the week dull and featureless in all sections yesterday. Industrir/is and tins showed an easing tendency, while rubbers remained quietly steady. The turnover continued moderate. Straits Traders fell sharply in price on the announcement of the same dividends distribution being maintained.
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    49 10 MESSRS. TURQU A X D. Youngs Co.. secretaries, report rubber crop figures for March of the following companies are: Alor Gajah 17,000 lb.. Ayer Panas 63,000 lb.. Glenealy 60.000 lb.. Kluang 64,000 lb.. Pajam 103.000 lb.. Talisman 24.200 lb., Teluk Anson 37,759 lb., Ulu Benut 31,000 lb.
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      308 10 Hussey Takes Goyt To Task For Not Improving Wharves Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Chairman branch committee of the FMS Chamber of Comm c Hussey, took Government to task for failure to im^*' f tenham wharves to cope with its mounting congesT° Vc Port A port scheme to
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      19 10 PROFIT FO SULOH RUBER ESTATES repor the Me report 3 prop from HIM irom in tl the y Ipoh.
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      16 10 HK Trac For Quar Improve HOXGKOXCS prove to a the Din I HKSB IL\5 [mpori I
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      108 10 MALAYAN Fvchangr Baflfci Assn. buying rates lo merchants are: Neu York: T,! 7 8 (T.T.I, (0.1). i, ."LI 1 X credit bills (M d st. i, 3:; 3 Hi trade bills (M 0 d st). Canada: B 1 8 <TT.'. :> 8 (0.D.1. ?>'l 7 8 credit bills
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      38 10 EXPORTS rd si tad ;l during M 56.654 I D official stati I O: tons went Kingdom, United S1 France. 6 4 376 tons to and 3.G22 I The tota ber shipped the fn r amour.
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    97 10 OI'TER ROADS Pacific Clipper. Caltcx Siak. Laurent ian Valley, Straat a Straat Banka. Lingula. Hvillc Grenoble. Kyoritsu Maru. Isigny. Sylvia Lykcs. T: Raiah Brooke. Pcniakola. INNFR ROADS Marudu. Pialo'.va. Ciani Benf. P Kidianc llerlimau. Ketam. Hanthale. Hal Seng Hin, Lucky Trader. June, Sunon. Sirusa. Stia. Bu'.oh. U.
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      534 10 NOTICES NOTICE CITY COUNCIL WATER DEPT. Water Supply J7SSENTIAL work to bo rnr- ried oiu at Waterworks in Johore, will cause a seneral reduction of water pressure throughout Singapore Island on Wednesday April 20th and Thursday April 21st. Consumer* are advi>ed to store water for use during this period. 16th
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    403 12 l lAVE > hi ever wonder--1 dn can hol<] lying card in his it vanish mi > thin i Si ie drawii C just how it's 1 this move It end I only to but— by reI cess— to n too. Basic Move T. k pa.m'"
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    45 12 Photo) rv -j ih* *mrUt hh,p and white uniforms of Rounl Marines of the time of King George 11. Bous of H M.S. St h •Ck»e Order' during the 'Beating the Retreat* ceremony staged ut their vmtcK. iminny establishment Cosport. near Portsmouth last month. A.P.
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    55 12 I JERE'S a list of books in our laugh library: "The Inkwell's Over' by Blotit Kwik; "The Limping: Man" by C. Mecorn: "Basic English" by E. C. Tork: "Plenty Cash" 'by M. T. Monibox: "How To Read Morse" by Dot Andash; "How To Swim" by Hyam Drowning: "Get
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    147 12 I JOW good is your gencne r a 1 knowledge? What do you know about other parts of the world, and do you know very much about the animal and bird life of other countries? Answer these questions and give yourself two points for every
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      228 12 APPEARING ON YOUNG FOLKS PAGE EVERY TUESPAI p^^nTHßHHßßunmm /sometime ago, during y^ with thb help f p| c<ed t he r esul t a b^ AO r*f [Cif^^Mr^B 1 1 I f One Op mv INSPECTION MEMftERS OF THE S2OO CREW^^M rr iS FAR L^HivVv Va l/^B* II II TC:!Ps
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    480 13 APAN BLAST COT LAND 5-0 Let May Be Yugoslavia By STERLING SLAPPEY nst Scotland, World champion Ich.ro Ogimura and Yoshio :a defeated T. G.lmour 21-7 21-10 and Tomita won from ntinued r.our He led »geJ I 'up tCk into tne lineup to b r tried out. •oked powerful and sharp
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    144 13 HONOUR FOR DON REVIVE LONDON, April 18 J (Reuter) Don Revive, J thr Manchester City and England forward has j been voted "Footballer of the Year" by members of < the British Football Writers' Association He J will receive a silver statuette at the Associa- tion's annual dinner in London
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    155 13 Malay Regt. Too Good For Chinese TAIPING. Mon. Excellent team work with superb parsing gave the 2nd Malay Regt. 3—l victory over CRC in a senior league soccer tie at the Esplanade on Saturday. The Regiment took a n early lead through Ahmad. The Chinese equalised through Seng Wah off
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    669 13 KUALA LUMPUB, Mm.—. The Selangor Badminton Association Junior and Veterans championships will commence at the SBA Hall on April 23 at 2.J0 p.m. The following are the entries and draws: Men's Junior Singles top section. Bye:— Surjit Raj, Lee Far Ching. Ong Beng
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    467 13  - S. AFRICAN TOUR A CHALLENGE FOR ENGLAND JOHN DAVIS By LONDON, (Reuter) South Africa will be challenging the supremacy of England, fresh from their Test triumphs in Australia in the new cricket season which gets underway at the end of the month. The rebirth of South Afriran cricket in the
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    115 13 BRUNDAGE OLYMPICS HONGKONG. April 18. (AP) Avery Brundage. American President of the International Olympic Committee, said today that Australia, in its preparation for the Olympic Games next year "has everything started but noth ng finished." He flew to Hongkong from Manila after visiting Australia to learn about construction work there.
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    173 13 VICTORY came to RE Civilians Association the hard way yesterday when they mot Cosmos Sports Club and won by three goals to one at Farcr Park. What really made things difficult for the Civilians in this Colony Div. 3A soccer match was the stubborn Cos-
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    117 13 PORT OF SPAIN, April 18, (Reutcr) 'Sonny' Ramadhin and Alf Valentine, West Indies outstanding spin bowlers have been surprisingly dropped for the Third Test against Australia beginning at Georgetown on April 16. On an unresponsive pitch in the second Test Valentine's figures were: 49 12 133
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    42 13 THE following will represent the Rajaji Sports Club against Chinese Athletics at soccer today: G. Muthiah. N. Govindasamy, P. Suppiah. S. Suppiah. S. Madhavan. K. Sundrum. M. Sintha. K. Sycd Osman. G. Nariarajah, T. Gopal Krishnan, If. Mustappa. G. Doraiappan.
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    64 13 PARIS. April 18 (AP)— The Aga Khan's Hafiz (Ncaroo and Double Ro>O) yesterday won the Classic Prix Greffulhe for three-year-old coits at Longchamp. Ridden by R. Poncriet. Hafiz rovered the 2, 100-metre run in 2 minutes 17 seconds to win the 5.848,000 francs prize (MM9.500). Baron
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    50 13 ALKMAAR. Holland. April 18: (UP)— Dutch swimming are Mark Kok established a new world record in the 100--metre butterfly stroke here last night of sett:ng a time of 1 minute 13.8 seconds. She bettered the world record of She: ley Mann, U.S.. by 0.2 seconds.
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    32 13 DALLAS. Texas, Apr. 18. CAP)— Tony Trabcrt upset defending champion Vie Seixas, 6 'i. 6 2. 7 5 yesterday to win the tenth annual Dallas Country Club invitation tennis tournament.
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    140 13 TRENTON. New Jersey. April 18 (AP)— Bryan Thompson. 23-year-Old Philadelphia middleweight boxer, died eariy yesterday in St. Francis Hospital as a result of injuries suffered in his first professional fight. On March 29. Thompson was knocked out in the second round of a bout .at the
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    322 14  - ATLANTIC FLIGHT IS IMPRESSIVE WINDSOR LAD By KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Two of Van Breukelen s candidates impressed most when sent against the clock in training tl%is morning. They were Blue Ribbon (Mawi) and Atlantic Flight (Bougoure), who made a race of it from the three, returning 38 sees easily. Blue
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    137 14 CHAMPION Jockey Athol MulIcy, who rode his 21st winner this season on The Milky Way on the opening day of the Selan*:or Turf Clubs April meeting left today for Aus tralia on a vacation. Since he is expected to be awa> for some time, it is unlikely
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    87 14 HAGUE. April 18: (Renter) Group Captain Peter Townscthl. British Air Attache in Brussels, yesterday rode the horse Le Che\ rcuil into sixth place in a field of nine at Duindigt Race Course here. The former Battle of Britain who is a keen horseman started a
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    28 14 Standard's Photo Form I THE pictures by Lean Kup Seng below show how they finished in the first day of the Selangor meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
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    56 14 IPOH. Mon Kinta 'A* qualified to meet Taipinq at Ipoh on Sunday for the final o f the Pcrak Inter-district knockout hockey competition. They beat Kinta 'B- by five goals to two on the I wn padanf. A. I. Thilinatban scotch four goals, including a 'hnttrick' and Selvanayagam
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    761 14 DANES MAY CHALLENGE MALAYA, SAYS EDDIE FGF J^K&tSS- FGFG to take in the air at Kallang airport, and gave more time lor the 'home sweet home' feeling to leave the 24-year-old bundle of energy. Then he got down to business the business being the Thomas Cup, Malaya and Eddie— will
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    155 14 SERAXGOOX Mii lay Youngsters beat Indian Brotherhood Sports Club by two goals to nil. in a keenly contested Singapore Div. 3B league soccer match played on the F N ground yesterday. Malays opened accounts in the sth minute through Hashim who scored with a well placed shot
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    48 14 PARIS, April SI (UP) Women broke througii another sex barrier today when the French Sport Society announced that ale jockeys will be admitted next month jor the first time on French race tracks. Tlic occasion will be special "Prix De Awazones" race at Fontalncbleau May I.
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    54 14 BLUE ROV2Bfe& beat Aral) Union by five'i^Bcfto four, in a Colony^^gt^™ soccqr match played a^j^ia^k. S t a d ium yesterday. Scorers for the Rovers: .Tartar. Jumahat, Ramlcc (2) and Zaini. Abdul Rahman, Hassan AlkafT. Amat Osman and Moshcn Al Junicd scored for the losers. Mr.
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    54 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Good bowling by young C. Fonscka enabled St. John's Institution to beat Combined Youngsters by 18 runs in a cricket match at Brickfields. Fonseka took cij,!it wicket? for 31 SJI 8.5 iH. Harding 41. Shanmugan 6-11). Youngsters C 3 (C. Victor 23. D.
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    302 14 SASA TARGET FOR GAMES TEAM IS $36,000 EVERY EFFORT will be made by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association to send a water-polo and swimming contingent to the Olympic Games in Melbourne next year, the association announced yesterday when it held its annual general meeting. A sub-committee consisting of Messrs. J.
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    200 14 Junior A.A. Moid Strong Westerns JUNIO^ATHLETIC Associatii n (^*lß|^W n h°'Cli n 2 the Western l!:i t twoall draw in -^Singapore Div. 3A league soccer match played on the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. Westerns opened the score in the fifth minute when Juraimce bin Radi scored from close range to beat
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    86 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-A brilliant goal scored by centre forward Bakar fiv e minutes before tlie end. enabled Police Depot to hold TPCA to a 1-1 draw in todays FAS Div 2 League soccer match on the Princes Road stadium. Tamilians had several* coal scoring chances in
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    31 14 CHINESE Athletics beat Pulau Brani United by four goals to three in the other Singapore Div. 1 league soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium last night.
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    241 14 H.M. DOCKYARD— 7 WOODBRIDGE HOSPITAL— 3 Jacobs 3, Snell 2, Mohamed Abdul Rahman 2 and Justin and Allen. Morais. Mr. S. T. Wringe refereed: HM. DOCKYARD secured their first two points in this year's Singapore Div. I soccer league when they beat Woodbridge Hospital by seven
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    93 14 J ONLY ihe previous day, the BAM announced that "no definite news of Eddie's arrival was re- 5 x ceived." Z Why iocs he delayed? z "Bookings were heavy. Z and 1 couldn't get a scat 2 Z when the U.S. champion- Z Z ships were over. 2 "I'd still
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    54 14  -  Ramanathan By KUALA KAXGSAR. Mon.— Ramanathan of Clifford School. Kuaia Kangsar. came first in the cross-country race (2| miles) held yesterday morning, and set a new record for the school wilh a time of 13 Dins. 48.5 sees. The others to follow were: Ganeson, Xariarajah. Syc Zainal and
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