Singapore Standard, 26 April 1955

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    15 1 Singapore Standard it *A XZ\- M SI>CAFOKE, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1953 it i\\<;es is cems
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    Lock icon Their First Meal
    47 1 j After 24-Hour Hunger Strike photo. C a P,!Z| eS r™i<t^K HoCk Ue Bus Com P°"y end a 24-hour hunger w.th a meol cooked by supporters ot the s.te where they picketted crday. Dur.ng th,s penod they kept going by dnnk.ng aerated waters Standard
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    Lock icon Stable-Boys To Decide Tonight On Strike
    127 1 Stable-Boys To Decide Tonight On Strike CR HUNDRED andj able-boys employed ngapore and Federa- n .acehorse trainers will tonight whether will go on strike from iay, the first day of r.Ljapore Turf Clubs 4 Meeting. hundred of the boys ployed in Singapore the rest are attached rut ion trainers, xjkosman
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    Lock icon NO SHOOTING BEFORE TALKING, SAYS KOTELAWALA
    445 1 NO SHOOTING BEFORE TALKING, SAYS KOTELAWALA 'We're Safe For Quite Some Time' THE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Sir John Kotelawala, said in Singapore yesterday that an agreement was reached at Bandung that "no shot will be fired without prior discussion." Terming this the "most important decision reached in the whole
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    Lock icon Big Three Move For Big-4 Meet
    136 1 Big Three Move For Big-4 Meet PARIS. April 25 (Reuter) The "Big Three" Foreign Ministers will meet in Paris on May 8 to discuss "concrete plans" for a Four-Power Conference with the Soviet Union, the Foreign Office announced here today. In a joint statement the three governments said the Foreign
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    Lock icon Statement Was Not An Attack
    43 1 LONDON. April 25 <Reuter) —Mr. Harold MacMillan. the Foreign Secretary, denied in the House of Commons today that a statement issued last week by the British Embassy in Tokyo constituted an attack on the Afro-Asian Conference at Bandung.
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    Lock icon TODAY IS TESTING TIME FOR NEW GOVT.
    357 1 TODAY IS TESTING TIME FOR NEW GOVT. SINGAPORE'S 20--day-old Labour Coalition Government iaccs its first test of strength today. When the Legislative Assembly meets this morning, the Chief Minister will move a vote ot thanks to the Governor Cor^JWs addjress of April 22; If tnte* motion isJdefeated it will be
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    Lock icon Here Comes The Bride – There Goes The Groom
    166 1 Here Comes The Bride There Goes The Groom SELSDON, Surrey, April 25 (Rcuter) The blushing bride was at the church door, the vicar stood waiting and the organist raised his hands to play the first chords of "Here Comes the Bride" when out went the bridegroom. So yesterday, which was
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    Lock icon IKE WANTS WORLD TO SEE ATOM SHIP
    150 1 NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuter).— President Eisenhower today disclosed a plan to send a new atom powered merchant ship around the world in a dramatrdemonstration of the United States' determination to win "a just and lasting peace. The new vessel, he said, would
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    Lock icon $280 Mil. Plan To Fight Synthetic
    284 1 $280 Mil. Plan To Fight Synthetic Move To Revitalize Malaya s Rubber Industry KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Government announced today a $280 million plan to finance replanting in order "to revitalize Malaya's rubber industry and ensure its survival in competition with the synthetic product" In a White Paper to
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    Lock icon Anzacs Hold Annual Parade
    35 1 MELBOURNE, April 25 (Router)— Bemcdalled Australian war veterans marched through the streets of all State capitals today. Anzac Day, 40th anniversary of the Australian-New Zealand Gallipoli landing in World War I.
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    Lock icon Spencer Explains Govt's 'Don't Kill The Goose...' Rubber Policy
    553 1 Spencer Explains Govt's 'Don't Kill The Goose...' Rubber Policy KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —A million acres of estate rubber in the Federation could lace "serious distress' if the price of natural rubber fell below 60 cents a pound, the Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. Oscar A. Spencer, warned today. g Explaining
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    Lock icon Colourful Ceremony Mo Greet Visitors
    546 2 Colourful Ceremony Mo Greet Visitors S-E Asia Film Festival By TONI MARSH INTEREST and excitement on the part of the cinema-going public are mounting as the opening date of the second Film Festival for South-east Asia draws near. The details of the colourful opening ceremony at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    Lock icon THIEF LURED GIRL TO ALLEY
    222 2 THIEF LURED GIRL TO ALLEY Then Robbed Her Of Cold IPOH. Mon.— A young confident trickster lured a six-year-old Chinese girl away in the heart of Ipoh some time after 2 p.m. j this aftemoon and robbed 1 her of a gold chain badge. bracelet and anklet— total value amounting
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    Lock icon A TALE FOR THE CM.
    39 2 photo. MR. Marshall (left), peers over his spectacles as he listens to the tale of a woman who saw him during his weekly "Meet The People" session at the Public Relations Office yesterday. Standard
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    39 2 HONGKONG. April 2.5. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Honukonc Exchange today were: 51 5.77 to £1 ster'inq; 15.***** to US$l; $1,828 to Malayan SI, SO 131 to enc Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $251.5 to a tacl
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    Lock icon 'KING CLOWN' FOR FUN FAIR
    56 2 PENANG, Mon. Am a n Bclon, one of Malaya's "king clowns'' has been invited to perform at a fun fair sponsored by the Kampong Maftam, UMNO youth branch, Penang from May 23 to 29. Other highlights of the fun fair are a Balinese dress content,
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    Lock icon Misuse Of Govt. Allowance Denied
    306 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— An officer, of the Kuala Lumpur Special Branch denied in the Sessions Court here, today that to provide himself with a defence against misuse of his government housing allowance, he had conjured up allegations of criminal breach of trust against a Detective
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    Lock icon SOLDIER JAILED FOR THREAT TO 'FIX' OFFICER
    161 2 SOLDIER JAILED FOR THREAT TO 'FIX' OFFICER KUALA LIM^IR, Mon.— A British soldier pleaded guilty at a Court Martial here, today, to threatening: his Commanding Officer to "fix" him, if not in this country, then when he got back to England. me Court convicted Signalman Lawence Monaghan. 20. of using
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    Lock icon FOUND HANGING
    23 2 T. Till RUG AN AN, 18. was found hanging from a mango tree in Elia.s Road, Upper Serangoon Road. yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon HUSBAND TOLD TO MAINTAIN HIS WIFE
    174 2 HUSBAND TOLD TO MAINTAIN HIS WIFE TEO Ah Ler was awarded $120 a month by the Singapore Sixth Police Court Magistrate yesterday when she claimed maintenance from her husband who had neglected to maintain her since December last year. Teo. marr.'ed for 14 years and having a 12-year-old son by
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    54 2 CLOSING rubber pn£ (cents pet |JI J r M pore >e,terday No. i Mi Spot V—* No. 1 R> f.ob >1«^ No. N Ton. SU^waMThe price of ti» M HouS e I'-rno nl nc Monda a p» ces rM V"^ Haj Jun.Jul> Srpt sgaSfe Spot i-il» "M--bu>rrs. CW
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    Lock icon THE STRANGE CASE OF A TWO-FACED SPIDER
    157 2 THE STRANGE CASE OF A TWO-FACED SPIDER A SPIDER with markings on its back resembling a human face was caught recently in Cameron Highlands by Mr. Kow Sin Chiang of Roneo Ltd. Singapore, while holidaying there. Mr. Kow caught the spider, no bigger than a fly, in the garden of
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    Lock icon Marshall Tells Richards 'I Did Right'
    697 2 Marshall Tells Richards 'I Did Right' Sees 108 People In Eight Hours SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr Dovjd Marshall, yesterday told his fellow Labour Fronter, Capt. T. D. Richards, that he believed he did "the right thing" when he rejected the captain's nomination for a ministerial post j n the new
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    Lock icon BORNEOTO DIRECT PRIMARY SCHOOLS
    112 3 BORNEOTO DIRECT PRIMARY SCHOOLS IE Governor of North Mr. R. E. Turnbull, n the North Borneo live Council last Government will forth assume resility for all primary :r\ that territory. at large, :st shoulder the of emu almg the f the country. the only sure founfuture prosand security, Mr. Turnatten'.ion
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    Lock icon Middleton's New Hostel
    47 3 RSES working at Midt n Hospital, Singapore. ive a nr.-t rate hostel The City Council has decid- put a building at the .n Rangoon Nortd> junction. Council >poke>man told Stmndmrd that all ameni- i of a modern hostel will provided for the Middle- i
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    Lock icon Bandung:Asian-African Unity Forged
    289 3 Bandung:Asian-African Unity Forged Carlos Romulo Talks In Sinnanove It Will Have Effect On History or*<«« J re i'i 9n mi$ er of 'he Philippines, Gen. Carlos Romulo, told Afr^Tn K llan 9' s V.I.P. room yesterday: "Unity of Asians and history/ 9 d Ot Bandu "9 will ultimately make its
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    Lock icon 2 MINISTERS GET TO KNOW THEIR JOBS
    58 3 photo. MR. FRANCIS THOMAS (second from riuht) seen at the electrical postmarking machines \vher«» thousands of letters are postmarked daily On his left is Mr. E. E. Casvll. Others are a member of the postal staff who operates the machines and the Assistant
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    Lock icon World's Longest Counter For Singapore G.P.O.
    235 3 THE public counter in General Post Office. igapore, will be the I in the world when extended at the end year. It will be it 100 yards long and raight lmc. Minister for CommuniI us and Works, Mr. FranTnomaa was told of this ide
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    Lock icon Acquitted Of Jobbery Charge
    47 3 SAHUI Ha meed bin Turafyesterday acquitted by iport F nfl District "I Judge. Mr. F. A. Chua. "harge of robbina Yusop ::g of $10 worth of "rty at the junction of jj l!! ir.ey Road and Exeter ■*d on Dec. 25. last year.
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    Lock icon Mr. Chew Sees The Museum, Library
    74 3 The D.re. tor o^^.^ound and made sugsestions for the of tSe Art. Gallery, which Mr. Chew M"B!? 1 Imnresscd with the work of the Librarian, M Mr L *M Ha ™od and later said that he "b iust the man to modernii* the library."
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    Lock icon Anzac Day Dawns At Cenotaph
    113 3 BEFORE dawn yesterday, members of various armed forces in the Colony gathered at the Cenotaph to observe Anzac Day. The hymn chosen for the occasion was "Onward Christian Soldiers." Among those who laid wreaths were the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, and the acting Australian Commissioner,
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    Lock icon Wives Will Have Own Allowances
    98 3 THE question of allowances for husoand and wile employees of the City Council has been solved. Councillors have decided that where both husband and wile are employed by the Council, both should be paid single variable allowances at the rate applicable to a single officer.
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    Lock icon She Hopes To Be The Queen Of The Air
    176 3 A PRETTY Austral ian Rirl, wellknown to Singapore travellers, may win for her country the coveted world title of "Queen of the Air." She is vivacious, browneyed Llyris M c I ntosh (left), a flight hostess who has waterskied in the
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    Lock icon It Was Not An Offence
    62 3 .TOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inch? Bahaudin in the Magistrate's Court today freed Sheikh Mydin of a charge of obtaining charity money by false pretences. He wa s arrested when he told a person's fortune and accepted 50 cents in payment. The Magistrate said that no offence
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    Lock icon Free Malayan Tea At B.I.F.
    50 3 MALAYAN students in Britain arc being invited to join U.K. experts with long experience of Malaya in assisting at the Federation's stand at this year's British Industrios Fair in London. Samples of tea will be given away to stimulate public interest in the Malayan product.
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    Lock icon SCHOOL HEAD ON LEAVE
    38 3 MR. R. A. GOODCHILD. principal of the Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Mahm. has gone on leave to Britain. He has been succeeded by Mr. T. K. Taylor of the English College, Johore Bahru.
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    Lock icon TAPPER DIES
    36 3 A 40-YEAR-OLD Singapore toddy tapper, A. Muthiah. fell 35 feet whi.e tapping toddy from a coconut tree in Tampenis Road, yesterday morning. He died on admission to the General Hospital with a fractured leg.
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    Lock icon KIOSK RAIDED
    24 3 THE night's collection at a benzine kiosk in Bukit Timah Road amounting to $104 was stolen from a till early yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon Bridal Kiss
    79 3  -  Yong Peng Seong MFU Cameraman Weds Teacher ■aaaaaaaaaaaaaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaWaM ■photo l» I MR. LOYV HONG CHYE about to kiss his bride, the former Miss Tan Lee Lee, after their wedding at the Methodist Wesley Church in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. Mr. Low is a cameraman attached to the Malayan
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    Lock icon SLANDER DEFENCE CALLS NO EVIDENCE
    206 3 THE defence in a slander suit instituted by Chop Kirn Lee Seng Kee of Boat Quay in the Singapore High Court against a merchant, Yeo Kiat Jin elected tc call no evidence at the conclusion of the plaintiff's case yesterday. This decision was announced by
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    Lock icon POPULAR BBC BROADCAST
    64 3 MALAYA is among the countries represented on a BBC broadcast called "The Commonwealth Entertain?." which proved so popular it is to be repeated on May 1. The programme consists of recordings of popular songs aud light music contributed by Commonwealth radio organization*. On April 17 there were
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    Lock icon Journey's End For Rail Man
    48 3 TAXJOXG MALIM, Mon Mr. S. P. Vellupillai, station master of Nibong Tcbal, died at the Batu Gajah Hospital yesterday. Mr. VeKupillai. 40. has ?crve f i the Malayan Railways for 29 years.. He leaves a wife and live children *.o mourn his loss.
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    Lock icon Malaya Wants Canada's Experts
    325 3 Malaya Wants Canada's Experts SUGGESTIONS I in various fields In Singapore and the Fedora have been made to 111 Dl W. Bartlctt. Chief of T- meal Co operation, E vices. Ottawa, who haves the Colony today after a weeks talk with government heads here and ;n Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Bartlett
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    Lock icon HE'S HERE ON A BIG MISSION
    145 4 HE'S HERE ON A BIG MISSION I)R G P. MAI.ALASEKAR.V President of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, who arrived in Singapore by Pan American Airways yesterday. Durini; his three-day stay here, he will try and form a «üb-committee to gather information for his super Buddhi?st Fniyelopaodia. the first one to
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    Lock icon Back From New York Herald Tribune Forum
    77 4 Back From New York Herald Tribune Forum GLAD to be back home with hi- family and friends after a three-month visit to America. Yuen Kum Chuan of Change Alley, returned to Singapore yesterday. He was one of 34 students from various countries who participated in the ninth annual New York
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    Lock icon Union Passes First Year
    53 4 ABOUT three hundred members of the newly-lorm-rd Malayan Airways Local Employees' Union had their first general meeting at the P. and T. Union hall. Serangoon Road, last rright. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was the guest speaker, and Mr. Lee Yong Mm. a Labour man. wished the
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    Lock icon 'Baby' Was A Boxer, Then Teacher, And Now He Goes To Jail
    240 4 Court Says He Drove Car While Urunk KLALA LI MPLR. Mon. "Baby" Law. a Kuala Lumpur boxer turned schooi teacher was sentenced to a month jail in the Sessions Court here today for drunken driving. Mr I.C.C. Rigby.
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    Lock icon Govt. Denies Brazier's Anti-TU Charges
    346 4 But 'Jack' Stands Firm KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Government tonight referred to its Trade Union Adviser, Mr. John Brazier's statements which it considered as "highly critical" of the official attitude towards trade unionism in Malaya. A Government communique issued at 5.30 this evening said:
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    Lock icon SHB-Staff Talks End In Deadlock
    140 4 SHB- Staff Talks End In Deadlock NEGOTIATIONS between the Singapore Harbour Board and its Staff Association reached a deadlock yesterday, over pay icalea and a host of other items listed for discussion There will be no negotiations today and whether or not they are resumed will be decided by the
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    Lock icon Student Society Rejected
    101 4 Student Society Rejected KUALA LUMPUR. Mon During the first quarter of this year the Registrar of Societies in the Federation, turned down applications of six societies, including the 'Chinese Senior Middle School Students' Association of SeMangor," it was announced today Throughout the Federation there were 95 applications of which 81
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    Lock icon Stallkeeper Assaulted
    88 4 A SINGAPORE amusement park stallkecpcr, Ong Cheng San, was assaulted by three thugs, believed to be secret society men, when he refused to "pay up" while returning home at midnight yesterday. Ong was about 200 yards away from his home at Ihe junction of Lowland Road and Kovan
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    Lock icon 773 BIRTHS
    32 4 PENANG, Mon.— There were TTii births and only 178 deaths last month. according to the Municipal Health statement released today There were seven deaths from tuberculosis and two from diphtheria.
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    Lock icon Donations For SATA
    151 4 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber- i Ollosij Association has received donations from the following:Mr. Chen Ken.; Swcc $100, Sir Ewan Fergusson $100. Anonymous (i n memory of the 'ate Madam Sim Sion Khim) SlOO E^tato of Neo Hoon Neo $»0 Madam Leo Xi m Lian in memory of the
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    Lock icon Angler's Catch
    32 4 photo. In the picture above Mr. Scow with the radio sonde and a small parachute. He i s ffoins to the Meteorological Department today to collect a small reward.— Standard
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    Lock icon HE FISHES OUT A RADIO SONDE
    197 4 MR. Soow Cheng Hee. who went fishing yesterday off Tanjong Rhu. fished out a radio sonde. a gadget with a radar net. from the sea. According to a senior meteorological officer, the radio sonde is used to transmit reports on temperature, humidity and winds.
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    Lock icon COURT ORDER TO SELL A FLOWER SHOP
    153 4 COURT ORDER TO SELL A FLOWER SHOP KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Justice Wilson ordered in the High Court here today that a flower shop known as "Fleurette," owned by Kuala Lumpur businessman, Mr. Lloyd de Run. be sold to pay off his liabilities totalling $35,964. Mr. Claude Footner of Cameron
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      71 4 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: From 7..J0 p.m. April 25 to 7..'.0 a.m. April tt Singapore (77F), Penan«» (7.">F). Kota Rahru (7i>F). Kuala Lumpur <74Fi, Ipoli (74Fi. Kuantan (71F». Maximum Temperature: From 7 .10 a.m. April >:> to 7.:*,0 p.m. April •tf. Singapore (90Fi. Penane <89F>. Kota Kahru (89F), Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon MR. LEE IS THE FIRST CUSTOMER
    62 5 ms,.M-<,KK te-b1,«.. Mr. l.cc hoon En X (Quoe»sto»n) buys a fish from a fishr .1 Ih.- new Krdh.ll market in th«- Quemstown area, »hi< h ho declared open rdav. ll.s friends talhered round him as he made the purchase The market built Sinsapo,, Improvement
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    Lock icon Busmen's 24-Hr. Hunger Strike Is Over
    595 5 Busmen's 24-Hr. Hunger Strike Is Over Ministry Seeks End To Dispute THE pickets of the 229 Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company busmen who went on strike and were dismissed, yesterday broke their 24-hour hunger strike. The pickets had been on a hunger strike outside the Company's depot in Alexandra Road
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    Lock icon A 'HORNETS' NEST IS STIRRED UP
    620 5  -  PERCY JOSEPH Nine Families Ordered: Move Out To Swamp By Standard Staff Correspondent RENGIT, Batu Pahat, Mon. Whoever was responsible for moving nine Javanese families from Muar to Parit Prapat in Rengit, because of their "connections" with the Malay Communist terrorist, Margono has certainly
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    Lock icon New Members For Pineapple Board Named
    206 5 New Members For Pineapple Board Named APPOINTMENTS to the P m apple Joint Industrial Council for a period of 12 months from April 1. have been announced by the Governor of Singapore Sir John Niroll. and the High Commissioner Federation of Malaya. Sir Donald MacGillivray. in the Government Gazette pub--1
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    Lock icon PAP. RATIFIES BANDUNG PLEDGE
    340 5 PAP. RATIFIES BANDUNG PLEDGE Well Back The Front 1 Says Lee THE Peoples' Action Party yesterday ratified the joint statement issued by the Labour Front-P A. P. observers to the Asian-African Conference at Bandung on Sunday. The joint statement said that both parties are pledged to abolish the Emergency Regulations
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    Lock icon Bette Lim — Mourned By Her Classmates
    110 5 Bette Lim Mourned By Her Classmates WHEN the Singapore Chinese Girls School re opened yesterday, one of the most popular of the students was absent, Bette Lim, (Lim Wen Tse), above, who died during the Easter holidays. Not only did her class mates mourn her absence, but also her many
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    Lock icon It's All Due To 20 Cents
    63 5 LAW AH BEE yesterday claimed trial when he was charged before the Singapore First District Court with criminal breach of tr-jst. The court was told that Law. a Singapore Traction Company conductor. pocketed 10 cents each on April 19 and 20. Bail of $500
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    Lock icon THE TWO GOHS DO A PAS-DE-DEUX
    58 5 SOONEE and Chooehiat Goh rehearse a pas de deux at the Victoiia Memorial Hall, in preparation for the recital which they are to give with Blossom Slick on April 27 and May 1& 4. All three are professional dancers who have been engaged by
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    Lock icon Fight For Grants Will Be Resumed
    147 5 But Chamber Will Not Lead It CHINESE school teachers and members of management committees today decided that they, and not the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, should resume the fight for equal jjrants-in-aid lor Chinese schools. The Cliinoj Schools C mittee-Teai her- a naetiag
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    Lock icon TUC's Views For May Day
    49 5 THE president of tho Singaporr Trade Union Council Mr S. Jaganathan. said last night- "The T.I attitude towards political parties will be outlined in an address on May Day." He stressed that the TUC. as an organization is not affiliated to any political party.
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    Lock icon NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED
    40 5 SINGAPORE Police bc^ievo that the death of Lanre Corporal James Davidson, who was found with a f; j tal hoaH injury on the verandah of Giilman Barracks on Sunday ni^ht does not Involve foul p'.ay.
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    Lock icon Singapore Standard "When We Are Free..."
    950 6 Singapore Standard "When We Are Free... IN recent times Malayans have been hearing mostly the extreme views of what an independent M I would be like— a sort of dough for idealists to knead into whatever form takes their fancy. Last Sunday evening Datin Puteh Maria, a Federal Legislative Councillor,
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    390 6 Review of Views Twangs I TITUSAN MELAYU deals with the Malay language and its various twangs. The daily appeals to all Malays who place the Malay language close to their hearts not to worry too much about which twang Rhio (the most popular twang) or Indonesian will go very well
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      473 6 Asian Seamen And Capt. R. Sir:-As the Secretary of the Malay Seamen's Union oi Singapore. I request that you allow me to refute the statement made by Capt. Richards in the Friday (22nd April. 1955 issue i of your contemporary, Gapt Richards claims that he represents the Asian seamen here
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      222 6 Sir: Three cheers for Z Mr. David Marshall for the courage he has shown Z In wearing his bush 2 jacket O7i the ceremonial J opening of Singapore's Z NPtp Legislative Assem- bly. God knows that Singa- pore needs a strong man Z to conduct her affairs
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      545 6 Nehru Negroes, Wars A Humiliation Sir: I have a few wcrds to say with regard to Mr. Philip Deane's article on "Nehru's Problem At Bandung" in the Singapore Standard of 19th April 1955. Mr. Deane has written that the Negroes are a favourite Asian topic. I do not see any
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      466 6 Sir _l wish to refer to the Philippines by presumn| that P the 5 000 Filipino workers recruited by the Government of North Borneo may come from some outlandish islands in the Philippines that are out of touch with the world While you are entitled to your
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      177 6 Sir;— lt is high time that the newly elected Minister for Education gave us our arrears of over $1,400 due to us the teachers who had passed out last August seven long months ago. All of us are greatly unhappy over this. Nothing important can be done,
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      158 6 Si";— Recently the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board sat and selected seven out of the nine applicants for the Singapore Government Scholarships for Malays who wish to further their knowledge of the Muslim Religion at the Muslim College at Klang. However, since only five scholarships were available the seven
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      47 6 Sir; We strongly support H.K's letter on Public Holidays which appeared in your paper of the 21st April. We do hope that by its publication, the Chief Minister will do his very best to end such exploitation of employees by certain registered companies. "HOLIDAY VICTIMS" Singapore.
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    597 6  - Eden Heading For Victory ANDREW ROTH London. JF Sir Anthony Eden reluctantly agreed to an election before he had proved himself in the office of Prime Minister, it was because he was persuaded that in May he is almost certain to add upwards of thirty seats to his present 20-seat
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    193 7 Police Hold A Mau Gang For Boy Murders N \IKOBI. April 25, (Reuter)— Troon<i -,n,i ™i- !,v captured ten Mau M «u -^SSudhSL nd two children be ,i eve d to be Members J A.- pm responsible for the killing of two Bmfsh h M t H.vs «n the outsorts
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    91 7 CHARGES PEKING April 25. (UP)— r >a id yesterday itiea in Hongkong pable of track:erers" who ■B airliner carryCorr.munist deien a y want to." c to do is probe ing Kai-shek p. >.ations in Radio Peking said. mis! broadcast re (looted an
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    67 7 Exodus To Red China from Bangkok LOK. April 25 (AP) than 1.000 Chinese today for Swatow >hip to leave for Communi>t irlj two years. i and seventyportees whom the rnment had pre••lned for Com:es or minor The remainder were I and several ...nese who chose to live under Ist rule.
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    35 7 LONDON. April 25 ißeu- The Queen will hold n tat ion party for debutantes immebefore the annual rden party at Buc- Palace. London, on July 14, it was d tod..
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    36 7 Don' t Like June PENH. Cambodia. S > Reuter)— The of the new King n of Cambodia has ned from June ptember because asv that June would nlucky tim<? lor the es close to the aled today.
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    169 7 THORSHAVN, Faerce Islands, April 25 (UP)— Rebellious fishermen •of Bordoy Island mined their harbour with dynamite today and threatened to blow up a Danish police ship if it attempts to put men ashore to evict the island's doctor. The motorship "Parkeston." carrying 130 armed police, arrived
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    38 7 HARTSELLE. Alabama. April 25 < Reuter>— A tornado killed four people, injured 25. destroyed 40 houses and two churches along a 20-mile path of destruction here yesterday. The dead were two children and an elderly couple.
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    73 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, April 25 The following ore the closing or rubber ond Tin on the London Morket: LONDON RUBBER 26id. 26id. W 26 d. 1 ptember 25 id. I December Z5Jd. Morch 25id. c t 26 d. Very dull. LONDON TIN Spot £715 buyers
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    154 7 BAGUIO, April 25, (UP)— The eight SEATO nations opened a historic military conference today amid grim warnings that the Communist time-table for aggression in South-east Asia allows free nations little i time to chart a defence. Seventy-five military experts from the Philippines. Pakistan. Thailand.
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    119 7 TAIPEI. Formosa. April 25: (Reuter) General Chiang Kai-shek has told two high American officials his Nationalist Government would not consider direct talks with the Chinese Communists on Formosa, usually reliable sources here said today. At a six-hour meeting yesterday, he also told Admiral Arthur Radford.
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    73 7 Deer Dives Into River To End Police Chase LEAMINGTON SPA. Warwickshire, April 25 (Reuter) A deer tore down the main street of Leamington Spa on Sunday evening. jumped through a gown shop window and out through another window, leapt over iron railings and with police In hot pursuit dived into
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    150 7 'Japan IS Anti-Red' -Hatoyama TOKYO. April 25 (AP> Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama said on Monday Japan is "firmly resolved" to an "attitude of anti-Commun-ism." and pledged anew his adherence to democracy, peace and individualism. Striking at critics of his moves towards closer ties with the Soviet Union and more trade
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    41 7 THE Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the Queen and president of the Imperial War Graves Commission, is to make a tour of British and Commonwealth war cemeteries in Italy in May, it was announced in London, today. Reuter
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    141 7 Trip To The Moon By Television LONDON, April 25 (Reuter) A Russian scientist in Moscow today told American listeners that the use of television would prepare the way for the first human landing on the moon. He said the first unmanned rocket ship would be operated by radio from the
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    125 7 TOKYO. April 25. <UP) Japanese authorities disclosed yesterday they will launch a drive next month to clean up obscene literature, movies and records in an effort to halt the increase of teen-age sex crimes. The Welfare Ministry will call on book publishers,
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    395 7 Post-mortem On The Bandung Talks CO-EXISTENCE POSSIBLE IN ASIA AND AFRICA From RAWLE KNOX Standard Special Correspondent BANDUNG, MON. THE ASIAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE OF 29 COUNTRIES HAS ENDED IN AGREEMENT TO DISAGREE. Mr. Nehru was insisting up to the finish that the real significance of the
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    89 7 SHAPELY Mari Blanchard is looking for a man one who can put up with her in close company for several weeks and who doesn't object to women drivers. Actually. Mari is seeking a co-pilot for the up coming Mexican road race she is planning to enter.
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    326 7 Ranged invariably against them in the voting were China, India, Burma. Indonesia Syria, Egypt. Ethlopa. Yemen. Saudi Arabia. North Vietnam. Laos. Cambodia. Afghanistan and Nepal. The division is not enduring. Both countries and their leaders may change and change again. But the split was deep
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    61 7 SYRACUSE. Sicily. April 25 < Renter* Sir Win. ton Churchill breakfasted m and then ■pent hi* last holiday mornins painting at a window of his private Villa Politi suite here today. He will .shorten his Sicily holiday after 14 days tomorrow and return to London to
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    24 7 THE Duko of Edinburgh flew from Windsor Castle by helicopter on Monday to inspect the British naval bas'> at Portland Reuter
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    123 8 AFTER a strike last- J Tng nearly four weeks, 2 Britain's national newspapers resumed J publication last Thurs- 2 day (April 21). The Newspaper Pro- J pnetors' Association J reached an agreement J vnth the Amalgamated J Engineering Union and the Electrical Trades J Union.
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    98 8 photo. photo. photo. RIGHT: Down she topples, her pointed cone embedding itself in the rubble the steeple of the 87-year-old Holy Cross Lutheran Church at Saeinaw, Michigan, is pulled down to make way for a new one. AP LEFT: Audrey Hopburn, the actress, with
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    550 9 Jj**CM*fm Communist occupiers in Tibet hare launched a "Go Modrrlr ivnvaign— beginning by 'nfroductinr, the AUTOMOB/LE HIGHWAY, til* UINESE CREW CITS to Iho Tibetans. Assort J« Press Correspondent Euqvnc Lrum UVJt< fr(jm Kalimpong, India, an ontpon bordrnng Tibetan """^/rv. and describes me modem look" in presvnt-dny Tibrt
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    361 9  -  James Crossley By UNIQUE SURVEY Pittsburgh 1/RIDAY. not Saturday, is the unlucky day for drinking drivers. Wednesday is the day for your car to break down with mechanical failure For trunks. Friday again is the unlucky day in this respect. These are some of the
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    914 9  -  JACK SMITH The Duke EVERYDAY GLIMPSES LONDON A cricket ball whistled down the draughty corridor in Buckingham Palace. Humph," grumbled a grey-bearded official. "His Royal Highness at play again." The Duke of Edinburgh, who play* catch in the hall, is proving himself the most popular Prince Contort
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    31 9 rhoto). Surrounding her charms with i blossoms in the Redwood Empire countryside, shapely Barbara Luke of San Francisco, Calif., gives a warm spring smile to Standjk ard readers. UP
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    497 9  -  Hal Boyle Not Science, BUT YOU NEW YORK HPHE most immediate hope of reducing the cancer mortality does not He with SCIENCE. It lies WITH YOU. "How can I cut down the death rate of cancer?" you ask. Simply by taking periodical tests to see if you have
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      115 9 I tl||lfff 0» NQT BOILING? NOT OVER- I j HEATING? j I ff Zs?~*^ J^, Then it must be a :r f/\ Volkswagen! JVW engines cannot boil they are aircooled; they do \^JS^ C^ r%. J not overheat large volumes of cooling air are at all V\. times forced by
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    129 10 TRAINING CENTRE ON FOREST STATISTICS THE ASIA-PACIFIC F resion -h in principle a osal ol the Food and c Organization (FAO la l r:trC tal Far East, me ving tiou consumption 'no conduct resoui o set up I ex- h se of pies i '.Of :c\v the trade in ordinatc
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    110 10 working profit for the past yeat lot Radrlla Rubber Estate Ltd. was S2; !.'JG4. a reduction of StH2 on the previous year, while the crop at 175,000 lbs, was also slighi y lower. The price realised per pound was about hr.lf a cent below 195; i
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    26 10 EXCLUSIVE diamond pro- ting rights in Basutoland nave been granted by the British Government to a paraH native chief and a rg mining magnate.
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    45 10 Re jang On First Voyage photo. THE m.V. Rcjang pictured just before making her maidtfn voyage to Kucmng from Penang Harbour. The vessel was built in the Straits Steamship Company's dockyard in Sungei Nyok lor tlic Sarawak Stcamshv Co. at a cost of $1,500,000. Standard
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    248 10 1 Finance And Commerce] Standard Staff Correspondent Xl \I A I IMIMK Mon— The Chief Port Manager of the .Malayan Railway has appealed to all business orsani/ations to "keep the goods rolling to"**™" 8 coneested Port Swettenham or suffer the re-imposition f T";! S
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    219 10 THE produce market in Singapore remained quietly steady in all sections yesterday with only small business passing. Pepper prices were slightly lower at 51 75 per picul for Muntok white and $128 for Special Sarawak black. C< pra prices were steady most of the day. and dosed
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    30 10 THE U.S. Commerce Department said on Sunday that during 1954 West Germany produced 3.024 861 cameras, up nearly 24 per cent, over the ism r\rr^n~*i~~ of 2.441,318 AP
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    258 10  - FIVE NEW ROTTERDAM LLOYD SHIPS FOR F.E. SERVICE BERNARD WILLIAMS By ROYAL Rotterdam Lloyd, which has made a splendid postwar comeback to the international shipping field, including the Far Eastern routes, has five new ships on order in Dutch shipyards that will eventually call at Malayan ports. Of the five
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    Lock icon Increased Use Of Synthetic
    64 10 Increased Use Of Synthetic 1 ill IU ,v I niali-rialh W «»-called I z ,'">-"-«; si imprrssix,. in, r ni(i, ll((n I ■2y« -nth,,;;^ 1 prudm-rrs (o tll lawn n 'anui,a Thr opinion Was I the timr nay V fl »">■'• Mru.tm, Cmf*! KTW I "On^ rasi iKirdh I tHr
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    131 10 Standard Market Reporter TWO members of the Board of Administration, Philippines Coconut Administration, hare been in Singapore on a surrey of the copra trade with tlie aim of cxplorinq the possibilities for finding a market for Philippines copra. In postwar years, the Colony had never
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    130 10 RUBBER SLIPS ON PEACE MOVE RED China's offer to discuss Far Eastern affairs to lessen the tension contributed largely to the lower prices ruling in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The market was quiet but steady, first grade rubber for May shipment closed at 90 cents per lb.. a drop
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    54 10 NOW being marketed by the London firm of Quiekbinde Ltd. is an ingenious new dispenser for latex adhesives called '"The Poppet." The dispenser cleverly regulates the flow of adhesive by means of a retractable needle and is claimed by the makers to be particularly useful for many
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    771 10 SHARE MARKET OPENS QUIETLY STEADY The Malayan .share market opened the ueek quietly .steady in all sections yesterday. Slight Improvement in a few selective industrial shares was shown. The turnover was only moderate. Prices quoted by the Malayan Snarcorokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS A Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks P£«f 1.03
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    44 10 AX engineering works at The Hague manufactures machines for sewing hats of all sorts of plaited straw, hemp, synthetic fibres. horsehair brims, soutache, ribbons, and fc!t strips. The factory supplies two types, one for top stitching and one for "snake" stitching.
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    233 10 AIK conditioning played a critical rtk in the desperate rush to mass-produce Dr. Jonas Salk's history-making new anti-polio vaccine. This was revealed in Singapore yesterday by Mr. Joe X Scott. Pttniffffg Director of International Air Conditioning Co. Ltd.. distributor for Carrier Corporation. Carrier
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      367 10 NOTICES Cambridge Fxaminations in .Malaya lf>.">r> Ai'i*eptan«*e of private Candidates. Important: rrc<i to the case i ation I < the r authority i I Secretary, Sin] rpHF fo km allow lo i 1955 S te E*« t. n: |i tes who all .Of). t or Ca toJ Cert (b) Candidatefl
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      141 10 NOTICES NOTICE is hereby given 1 thai Charles Wong Chun Chu of 2R. King's Road. Singapore ia applying to the Govcrioi for naturalisation, and that any person who knows reason why naturalisation should not bo granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary's
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    439 12  -  MICHEL RAY Says ('URLY-haircd Michol R.jv, 10. of Hyde Park, Londun, child star of the film The Divided Heart." is making a new iilm in sunny Mexico. Here is a lettcT from him telling about his trip in The Queen Mary. 9 the day my hig adventun*
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    75 12 "I may bo small, but 5 I'm rather annoyed Even if my nw is Brandy, it doesii t mean I have to be poured into a slass like a drink. I sot that name mainly because I'm sort ;of golden brown in colour. Hut I'm a real cat just the
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    167 12 HOW TO BE TALL I" HAVE a patient who is very nearly seven feet tall. He often gets sore throats and I have to stand on a chair to look at his tonsils! My patient doesn't enjoy being as tall as this. He cannot buy ready made clothes and is
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    64 12 "Butter wouldn't melt in our mouths. We just don't know what it is to be naughty. And because we're so Rood wo won second prize at a toy do? show held recently." On the left is Ontalong Paul and next to him is Sir Ciordon of Enavant.
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    151 12 PLEASURE GARDEN A ONE-ACRE garden in Skellinffthorpe-road, Lincoln, is a children's paradise. It belongs to Mr. Walter Pelch. 65. who for 18 years has spent all his spare time in giving pleasure to children. In h.'s garden he has built swings a roundabout, seesaws a 60ft. switch-back, a
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    146 12 YOU can make a really spectacular fountain like this out of an old bottle and piece of tubing. Pierce a hole in the cork of the bottle and push the tube down until it is an inch above the bottom of the bottle. Then remove the cork
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    219 12 nO R A T I O NELSON SLATER, an Ami:. millionaire, got his nan from history. And he d:ppcd into history again when he ordered a yacht two y<. i ago. He had his ya< bt, I>OLPHIN. built oi an English Recently the Dolphin f down Southampton Water
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      136 12 O-EANERS MAY COME CLEAM£RS MfiV 60 ..S ...but you can still trust AtiUUM FOR SMOOTHER LlyC W2TER CLEANING ■H^mi^^ Ji Vim pretends to do nothing more than FQj«o^^ Y| clean everything in your home, safely, fast P^^ i| and gleaming-bright. Vim has been doing t J this honest job o{
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    356 13 The Return To Better Soccer In England By W. J. NEWMAN LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)— The election nf n^ M i»,,t»)ailer of th e year" underlines a slow but ■dual return to better football in Britain ;.-e style closely i ot Hidegkuti. of the all rian team. Ml factor in
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    15 13 SANT EE FAILS AGAIN tee, the St a t I i sod ly track .ere
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    90 13  -  Lee Thong Choon IPOII, Mon.—Pernk School Bojy.s atid Girls titlisis are. seen here proudly with their Trophtps after their victories on Saturday night. Wong Shun Kcvq (second from le/tJ is the tingles and doubles, in partnership with hIJ younijrr brother Poll Keng (extreme left), champion. Miss linny Phavg
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    72 13 WALLASEY CHESHIRE. I April L's. (Reuter)- -Four young English swimmers broke the Women's world medley relay record for 4 x 100 yards tonight with a t;me o£ 4 minutes M 4.4 seconds. They heal by I!.G seconds the mark set in the recent United: States indoor
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    382 13 'Dearer Sport' Threat By U. K. Promoters Wo Reprieve From E-Tax LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)— The government opposition are not the only people critical of the budget. Sports promoters are bitterly disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not see his way to cutting the entertainment tax for which
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    101 13 Poh Hong Decides For Juniors FARRI R .1 >S ■eat 1 ine«e Athletic "A hv ion 2B 1 Both i by Poh Hoof i ken by inion opened the tninuU X *1« in a rebound C'h.«ng after lie had saved i At the < R M ith I -i nil.
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    210 13 AUSTRIANS MAGYARS DRAW VIENNA, April 25 (Rueter)— Austria and Hungary drew the 100 th soccer International between the two countries here today each side scoring twice. The goals were recorded in the first half. Twice Hungary led but twice Austria levelled the scores in a thrilling first half which kept
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    258 13 Argonauts Edge RAF Seletar ABGONAUTS were lucky to edge RAF Seletar and maintain their unbeaten record in the Singapore Div. l\ league o n th» M.F.A. ground yesterday. The Argonauts won 3-J. Although Argonauts were a superior team an^ did most ot the attacking, they lost their grip towards the
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    48 13 RESULTS of the Singapore Rifle Association's Spnnn Shoot held at Bukit Timari Range on Sunday were. SR (a) Gun Score: W.O. E. Mitchell 94. HYap Score: CPO L. Ncx 1(1 1.58 SR (h) Gun Score: W/ Comcir. A.D. Grace 96 HVap Score: Ons Siew Sun 101.13.
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    661 13 Changi Sport Till: long awaited battle between Chang i "A" and Chanfti "B" ended in victory for the "A" team by a goal scored by Ledger. Thus the "B" team lost their unbeaten record. Ledger's goal came seven minutes before the end when a through ball
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    519 13 OUTSTANDING swimmer at the first championship gala of the Singapore Swimming Club held at Tanjong Khu on Saturday was teenager Bernice Lancaster. Bernice won five events among them the women's 50 metres free style open event where she beat the Hutchin>on sisters. Norma and Janice.
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    181 13 RAF Spore Win InterGroup Swim KUALA LUMPUR Hon.— Royal An' Force S beal RAH" *.Iji aya by H2 to 7!) ii intrrKroup s'Aimm;rig rhampio hold ,-(t the RAF po« day. I .'(^u''^ ivere:--400 M. I r»-f St%le: I Pit U Pnc<- (Alalayai 2 SA< K(S'pore), SAC .1 laya i r:.
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    85 13 SALERNO. Italy, A; <\\> jut) Wo inted made repeated chargi I resr-uc a foot ball referee fl angry fans at the vw<\ of match bere !«i ni| M which the E people ere Injun s ipporter of the Salteti tana tea beaten l-o hy a
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    19 14 lAt K.L., Final Day Of The Selangor Turf Club April Meeting. Pictures By Lean Kup Seng
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    336 14 pr pnprc community league matches opened with a 14- goal toW™*"**'** 6-3- and the Eurastans wMppmg the Army 4-1. c0 ,.,w uv at Jalan Besar stadium was nothing to Though the soccet served u^ community league teams could field rave about, the fact that M
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    289 14 FIELDING the Colony's leading goalscorer, Tommy Misson, Eurasians opened their Community league engagements with a 4-1 victory over the Army in the earlier game at the Stadium. Eurasians led 4-0 at the interval, and if they had expected to pile up about the same
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    739 14 By WINDMHt LAD Xl Al A MMPIK. Mon. Bracelet Boy. an up-and-<onun™ three year-old by All Pacha, showed marked sprinting ability when with '♦•O on his back and a heavy track. irored fluently in the main >t\ furlongs race for cl.iss three performers
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    177 14 Improved Jollilads Win Again SCORING a coal in each half without reply Jollilads Athletic I nion chalked up their fourth ptraifhi win when they beat Junior A. A. 2-0 in a Colony IliTilim 3A league match played at Geylanf Stadium yesterday. Juniors dictated play in both halves and showed good
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    232 14 Knuckey Allan Top Men In K.L. Xl MA I.IMPIK, Mon S»Midin'; out five firsts and two seconds. Pen a n c trniur Ivan Allan was top •■■■Ml at the recently eon- eluded Selani;«>r Turf Club \'>nl mrrtini;. Hi N charge I a«n Light srorrd a brilliant rloubl*- for Mr and
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    125 14 TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Sulaiman Awang of the AwangSelamat cycling team won thc Singapore Cycle Racing Association's 25-mile massed-start bicycle road race held at Changi on Sunday hi l hi*. 5 mins 51 sees The race, which was contested by 18 riders, saw Sulaiman Awang beat C Williams
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    238 14 World Table Tennis UTRECHT, Holland. April 2 t P) r~ Ja P an 's Toshiaki Tanaka. a 20-year-old student, tonight won the mens singles world table tennis title when he trounTanaka 'is the second Japanese to hold the title Last years champion I Ogimura was knocked
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    75 14 THE Venture for Victory basketball team, consisting of a group of American College boys. Will arrive in Singapore on July 24 to play four matches against local teams, said Mr. Goh Chye Hin, the President of t r Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, last night. This will be the third
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    102 14 U.S. CAGERS TO PLAY PREACH Mr. Ellsworth Cahcr, tht Managing Director of the Venture for Victory team met Mr Goh yesterday, and finalised arrangements for the team's I'isit here Mr. Calver said that hit team is touring Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Forv.osa, Okinawa, Hongkong. Singapore, Thailand and Philippines. It WtU he
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    412 14 Newcomer Walks Into Services XI Sheppard Leads The Civilians A NEW arrival in Singapore, Captain H. Webb of the Army, has been selected to represent the Combined Services against the Combined Civilians in their seventh post-war cricket match to be played on Saturday and Sunday on the SRC ground. Captain
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    241 14 Better Facilities Exist in pENANG. Mon-Badminton nUver rw do not have the facility JSSkVI **yi countries are now having while Tack ♦">** a great disadvantage to the vo Un h *IK k This was remarked by l\L- ytts Malaya's most famous 'shut i llfK) n2 at
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