Singapore Standard, 27 April 1955

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    16 1 Singapore Standard 3* it m No. 29"> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1935 It PAGES l"> CENTS
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    Lock icon Father To Bring His Girl Back
    202 1 Father To Bring His Girl Back She s On A Boat To Red China IRIEO S.nqaporc f lentist Lim Kirn ng to Hongin an attempt 14-year-old daUght L.;;. from entering j I >i tudent at v di Chinese I Kans ci in t!.» i Hwang] w:th ;t group ol s
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    Lock icon UNANIMOUS!
    162 1 ASSEMBLY VOTES TO THANK THE QUEEN THE Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday accepted unanimously a motion to convey to the Queen its humble duty and thanks for her greeting and good wishes on the occasion of the opening of the Assembly on April 22. Tabling the motion, Chief Minister David
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    Lock icon FIRST ROUND TO GOVT.
    3426 1 PARTIES SEE EYE TO EYE ON GOVERNOR'S SPEECH Marshall Hits Out At Jungle Law' Economic Policy OPPOSITION parties at yesterday's Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting saw eye to eye with the Govern* ment on its policy as broadly outlined by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, last Friday.
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    Lock icon The First Clash Of Personalities
    803 1 Lee Hits At Lennox-Boyd's Congratulatory Message Marshall Says Lee's Move Is Unfair, Discourteous THE first clash of personalities in the new Legislative Assembly occurred at yesterday's debate on a motion to thank the Secretary of State for the Colonies for his message of greetings and
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    Lock icon Himsworth And Kamil To Quit
    284 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.— Two top Federation Government posts will change hands shortly vfrith the retirement of Mr. Eric Himsworth. the Financial Secretary, and Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil. Member for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning. The Federation Government announced that Mr. C J. Thomas, until
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    Lock icon R.C.H. LIM
    115 1 DEPUTY SPEAKER MR. Richard ChuanHoe Lim. a lawyer and a nominated Labour Fronter was elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly at its meeting yesterday. Mr. Lim was declared Deputy Speaker on a ballot. He received 18 votes while the only other nomination. Mr. R. Jumabhoy. (Independent member
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    Lock icon Susan Hayward Found Drugged
    77 1 HOLLYWOOD, April 26 (AP) Susan Hayward. the red haired movie actress, was found unconscious on the living room floor of her home early today, Police reported. Officers said they found two empty sleeping tablet bottles on the floor beside her. They reported that she apparently was
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    Lock icon Body Of Sergeant's Son Found In Pool
    144 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs The body of eight-year-old John Goddard. son of a British Army sergeant, was recovered from a mining pool in the vicinity of Headquarters. Malaya Command, at 11 a.m. today. The boy was reported missing yesterday afternoon and frantic appeals through
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    Lock icon STATE VISIT
    24 1 KING Gustav Adolf and Quocn Loui.so of Sweden arrived in Amsterdam yesterday to besin a three-day state visit to the Netherlands. Reuter
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    Lock icon Putting Their Best Foot Forward
    84 1 MRS. ASHLEY COOPER, a professional mannequin, shows Maria Menado (right) and Rugayah Ibrahim how to walk and turn. These two Malay beauties are among 30 Singapore girls who will compete for the coveted Miss Rotary crown and a li carat diamond, plus a chance to
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    Lock icon Tanker Blocks The Suez Canal
    37 1 SUEZ. April 26 (Renter) The London tanker British Crown grounded near the entrance to the Suez Canal today delaying canal traffic. The 18.570-ton tanker is owned by the British Tanker Company Ltd.
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    Lock icon WORK STARTS
    24 1 TOKYO. April 26. <UP)Indonesian and British .ships have begun salvage work of the Air India Constellation "Kashmir Princess". Radio Peking reported today.
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    Lock icon EDENS MOVE IN
    23 1 E DENS MOVE IN SIR Anthony and Lady Eden officially "moved in" to their new home No. 10 Downing Street on Monday Reuter
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    Lock icon HOLIDAY ENDS
    22 1 SIR Winston and Lady Churchill left Catania yesterday by plane for London after a fortnight's holiday at Syracuse. Sicily. Reuter
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      84 1 <7sT LEAKAGE ELECTRICITY $25 e «li with o ,^^^^^?j TESTING PtN ->^^pP^ Trade Enquiries to NATIONAL TRADING CO 168 Cccl Street, Sngoporc- 1 Sir The 4-GALLON CONTAINER I actually— v Saves 50 cH. per f \l |T|Y^ JQ^ gallon on the one /Tw,]^^^^ \jsaflon tin price.*... I l Because it
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  • Obituary
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    10 2 /UtOKIAS r>4 vri R< D.cr\ ll 30 LourdeF. O;
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    121 3 How It's The Junior Officers UT 300 junior of the Singapore ent Trust will ide whether to go to settle their the Trust. »i of the Trust's Officers 1 Association Standard yesterday wen M'vi-ral out- to b»« settled management and had been to the notice ol the
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    Lock icon Little New In Latest Cheongsam
    78 3 Little New In Latest Cheongsam I :^ONG. April 26. «UP). n new fashions cheongsama were i at a fashion show ght. m formally opens but the Press got a last nisht at a local ni Uore. little change from styles. As a matter re has not been change in the
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    Lock icon WOMAN LECTURER VISITS KELANTAN
    48 3 KOTA BHARU, Tues.— Miss *:i Ro^cnber^. a lecturer at the University of Malaya. who is preparing for a Ph. D. decree, and Che Siti Hawa binte Abdullah, of the Malay Girls* d.l.cze. Kuala Lumpur. arrive here on Thursday. They leave for Singapore on May
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    Lock icon Four Men To Be Tried For Murder
    128 3 Four Men To Be Tried For Murder FOUR Indian-, tentatively charged with murder, were committed in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday to trial at the next Singapore Assizes. They wore P. Rethinasamy, R. Nadaison, V. Variappan and M. Vadivel. jointly charged with the murder of V. Somoo and A.
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    Lock icon CG WAS SIR JOHN'S HOST
    46 3 THE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Sir John Kotelawala, left Singapore in a Qantaa Constellation for Colombo yesterday morning. Sir John was the guest of the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald during his overnight stay here after the Asian-African conference in Bandung.
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    Lock icon YOUTH SOCIAL
    34 3 KAJANG, Tues. The Kajang Youth Club celebrated its first anniversary with a social and dance in the Hinh School hall last night. Prizes were presented to winners of dance and games competitions.
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    Lock icon Order, Order! Speaker Says Time And Again
    331 3 Order, Order! Speaker Says Time And Again OEHLERS TIDES OVER FIRST DAY AT ASSEMBLY THE broadmindedness and tolerance of the Speaker, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers. tided the new Legislative Assembly at its first business meeting yesterday over what might have been a rout for many of the newer entrants
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    Lock icon WHAT A BUNCH?
    80 3 WHAT A BUNCH THIS banana tree is attracting scores of people e\erydav because it has a cluster of bananas as long as the tree itself which stands over eight feet. Hundreds of bananas of \arying sizes cling to this cluster. The tree stands in the compound of Inspector Mary Quintal's
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    Lock icon Car And Woman Driver Get A Ducking
    44 3 A WOMAN motorist yesterday scrambled out of her car after it plunged into a canal in Keng Lee Road in Singapore. She was soaked, but fortunately escaped injury. Standard photo shows the car still half-submerged in water.
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    Lock icon MR. A MUTHIAH
    42 3 A SINGAPORE toddy tapper. A. Muthiah, who fell from a coconut trre in Tampenis Road on Monday is still alive. The Standard regrets the inconvenience to Mr. Muthiah and his family for inadvertently reporting his death in yesterday's issue.
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    Lock icon $6,952 CLAIM ON THREE CHEQUES
    172 3 $6,952 CLAIM ON THREE CHEQUES A CLAIM for $6,952 in respect of three cheques was instituted by a businessman. Lv Seng Kiat. in the Singapore High Court yesterday, against another businessman, Tan Eng Bee. Lu. who was represented by Air. D G. Osbornc-.Jones. told the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynslcy,
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    Lock icon Callipoli Day Celebrations
    56 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Royal Hampshire Regiment celebrating Gallipoli Day with a special parade yesterday Beat the Rctrca* at Wardie'nurn Camp, just outside Kuala Lumpur. The coremonv was- attended by the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGiliivrny, ihe Dir-er-tor of Operations. General Bourne rind the Air OfTircr Commanding
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    Lock icon VIEWS DIFFER OVER GOVT. REPLANT AID
    405 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs.— The Federation Government's $280 million plan to aid rubber replanting over the next 11 years found a mixed reception in the country today, ranging from praise tor its practicability to suspicions of a 'sell-out to foreign capitalism." In Government circles, the
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    40 4 HONGKONG. April *>r> Special standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: Sl5 73 u^i 11 11 55.8125 to fffj- V 825 to M «Jwm si. $0,129 to one Indonesian Rupiah;Gold $252 125 to a tael
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    Lock icon Philosophy Of Man Fed Up With Life
    107 4 Philosophy Of Man Fed Up With Life A LETTER said to have been found in the trousers pocket of Ihc body o! Tan Jih Loke. 49. on Feb. 7 this year stated: "Taking into account what I owe and what others owe me, I still have a credit balance." It
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    Lock icon 'A WOMAN CAN'T EXIST ON LOVE ALONE'
    603 4 Young Wite Tells Court Promises Husband $4,000 If He Restores Her Virginity KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— An attractive 20 year old woman <«»ri«l Constable said before the Second Magistrate, today, that she would return the $4,000 her policeman husband had spent on the.r rnamage^hej^d^'rcstore^y
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    Lock icon Bandit Hideouts Blasted By Jets
    155 4 Bandit Hideouts Blasted By Jets KUALA LI'MPUR. Tues. Negri Sembilan had today the firs 4 "foci" of record-breaking Canberra jet bombers which streaked over Scremban this morning after blasting terrorist hideouts in jungles near Sikamat. The bombing woke up Seremban residents and shook the town's suburban residential diMrh'ts. The early
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    108 4 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. l KSS Spot Loose 9U 9H No. 1 R.S.S fob. May 90^ 00J No. I 88 i 88; No. 3 87 872 Tone: Fully steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday (per pirul) was
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    Lock icon HELLO HAWAII!
    77 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. You can now call exotic Honolulu in Hawaii for just $48.75 (Straits) from Malaya. That is the cost a threeminute call to Hawaii, which has been brought into Malaya's international Telecoms hook-up. The service will operate daily from 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. from May 1.
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    Lock icon Sgt. Loses Appeal
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR Tuea Police Sergeant Babu Singh, former OflTirer-in-Charge of Puriu Po:ire Station, who took a ■•protection money" bribe of 5240 a week for 16 weeks from a huge Fan Tan gamblins syndicate went to prison today for three years His appeal was dismissed by the Federation
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    Lock icon A SPIDER DRAWS CROWDS
    80 4 PEOPLE who wish to see "the spider wiih a face' may visit TCBJBelif Road. Singapore' from 5.31 to 7.50 p.m any day without prior appointment Mr Koh Sin Chiang\ who cauuht the spider in Cameron Highlands, fixed the visiting hours because he has been .swarmed by
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    Lock icon NEW TAX LAW GAZETTED To Streamline Levy On Rubber
    245 4 NEW TAX LAW GAZETTED To Streamline Levy On Rubber \i s\£ A L 4 l MPUR, Tues.— The Federation High Commissioner, Sir Donald Jiacumivray, today made an order under the Customs law to give effect to Government s proposals to streamline taxation of the rubber industry in line with >esterctays
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    Lock icon BATU GAJAH WEDDING
    49 4 M BA GAJAII. Tucs.-Miss Manjit Kaur. daughter of Mr Mehar Sinqh. hospital assistant in tne General Hospital here was married to Mr. Sarjit Singh, a teacher in the Aim Bakar School, Mentakab Pahang. A reception was held at the residence of the bride's father here, yesterday
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    Lock icon 3 CYCLES AWAIT OWNERS' CLAIM
    53 4 IPOH, Tucs. Three stolen bicycles are now in the hands of the Police awaiting their respective owners to claim them The bicycles bear serial numbers 6!)6.'U (Rudgc). BX ***** (Raleigh) and BP 2<>7 (Ladies Raleigh). Owners are asked to put their claims to the District
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    Lock icon HE ENTERED THE WRONG HOUSE
    121 4 MALACCA, Tues.—Twenty-one-year-old Kuang HenMiow was today sentenced in the Sessions Court to two years jail for stealing two shuts trom a house in Thud ear S eet> on April 3 last The Court President. Mr. G.R.T. Chclvam. also ordered Kuang to undergo a year's Police
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    Lock icon SYNTHETIC BOGEY IS LAID
    306 5 World Demand For Natural Rubber Is On The Increase rh a rik S ls f s^ tf>d in the annual report of the Pcnang thdmber of Cr,mmerce which was approved at 'he annual general meeting today. The < rCport staled that I S.A.s natural rubber consumption
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    Lock icon 'Save Our Rubber' Scheme Is Hailed
    138 5 'Save Our Rubber' Scheme Is Hailed YANG, Tucs.— The of the North a Asiatic Planters' iti <n. Mr. Soon S in, today said it ng to know Government ,i c scheme to rubber industry. 8 n u.\i- comment- n the announcement Federation Govern--1 $280 lion plan to linance re"t«> revitalize
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    Lock icon THIRD FORCE FOR LABOUR PLANNED
    176 5 Xl ALA LIMPIR, Tues. The Burmese Trade I nion Council is planning an international "third fefCC" on the labour front a trade union Afro-Asian blot— not aligned with either the International Conndrration of Free Trade I nions or the Communistinspired World Federation of Trade Unions.
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    Lock icon Attacked Wife, Man Charged
    43 5 HIT BUNTAR, Tues.— I \h Tong was brought Tuan Sheikh Abdu B tar in the I Bahru Court and < attempted mur•o have att Linn Ah Lin q the morning of Pekan La H B Bahru. inquiry was M.,v 12.
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    Lock icon WOMAN INJURED
    22 5 -A fO-veai ang Bfun of X here, was serio is afternoon when i in a Kampar Road the Chinese Mater-
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    12 5 photo by h r n'utured at the (J'lrd anniversary Yong Peng Seong
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    Lock icon HOUSING SHORTAGE CONTINUES
    129 5 TAIPING, Tues. New buildings are springing up in thi.^ town. A tour of the town and suburbs will reveal much activity, especially m the Kota. Asam Kumbang and Tupai areas. However, despite all these activities, there still exists a housing shortage, and it is not possible to
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    Lock icon Youth Club Committee
    73 5 Youth Club Committee AT the annual qcncral meeting of the St. Andrew's Cathedra] Youth Fellowship, of which the Archdeacon ot Singapore, Rev. Robin Woods. is patron, the following were ele rted officials President Miss Aileen Gan, Vice-President Mr. Michael Tan, Hon. Sectary Air. Charles B. Chua, Hon. Sports Secretary Mr.
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    Lock icon Samsu Was His Remedy
    95 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues.— Chin Bin Long was charged in the Magistrate'^ Couri with possession of an illicit still and five quart bottles of illicit samsu on which duty had not been proved to have been paid. Chin bin Long said that lie was suffering from pains
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    Lock icon SOLDIER CITED FOR AMBUSH BRAVERY
    143 5 SOLDIER CITED FOR AMBUSH BRAVERY CORPORAL J. L. F. Ballantine. Ist Somerset Light Infantry, serving in Malaya, has been awarded the Military Medal for being "directly responsible for the killing ol at least two terrorists and the wounding of others.' in January this year. Cpl. Ballantine was a member of
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    Lock icon Development Of Tourist Trade Sought
    98 5 Development Of Tourist Trade Sought PENANG, Tues.— Mr. J. P. Soutcr told the annual general meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce today that ho was hoping to raise the subject, of the development of tourist trade in the Settlement Council at an early date. "If this chamber continues its
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    Lock icon OTHMAN VISITS BELFAST FACTORY
    59 5 pnoio. MALAYAN Hifih Commissioner in Britain, Inche Othman bin Mohamcd. and his wife, who are spending a week in Northern Ireland, are shown samples of Irish linen at the Belfast factory of William Fwart and Son, by Mr. V.K. Clarendon (left), chairman of the firm, and
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    Lock icon Penang Criticizes New Import Duty
    306 5 Collection Not Possible PENANG, Tues. Objecting to the extended range of import duties, the outgoing chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A. K. \V Godesen, at the general meeting held here said that such duties could not be efficiently and equitably collected, and
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      512 6 'EYLON Premier Sir John Kotelawala had cause to be cheerful over the agreement reached at the Afro-A.sian conference in Bandung that "no shot will be fired without prior discussion He was, of ir.se, referring to the dispute over Formosa and Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lais "sincerity" gesture in
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      Lock icon On Behalf Of Others
      420 6 JJURING his meet-the-peoplc sessions the Chief lster is bound to come across some very queer fish. He has already encountered the common specimen the friend who comes on behalf of his friend and his friend's fiiend. If Mr. David Maishall continues with these sessions he will
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    242 6 Review of Views U.S., Chiang Chou ijJTUSAN MELAYU does not believe Communist China i will agree to the American counter-offer that Chiang i Kai-shek's representatives sit as equals in a future i meeting between America and Communist China to ease tension in the East I especially in the Formosa Straits.
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    Lock icon THF NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME
    896 6  - THF NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA I y^NTE in his Inferno lJ says "There is no greater sorrow than to recall, in misery, the time when we were happy." and. perhaps, this is the reason the Malayan Mirror persists in printing thrash about The Standard, the author now
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      Lock icon Labour Front Victory Is Sign Of Times
      467 6 Labour Front Victory Is Sign Of Times J Sir; The Labour Front victory in Singa- pore must not be taken I for something that just happened. It is a sign of the times that Asians I as a whole are moving towards a type of gov- ernment. in Eng.and S
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      Lock icon Why This Fuss?
      268 6 Sir: -Why this unnecessary fuss by the UMNO MCA Alliance and other Malay organisations to make Main- the National Language in this country. This la merely creating sure trouble in this cosmopolitan country. Is not English sufficient? Take the ease of the United States of America The
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      Lock icon HONESTY NOT ALWAYS BEST POLICY
      327 6 Sir;— There are many points in Mr. Harvey Lade"s letter, captioned '"Honesty is the Best Policy," with which many readers would disagree. He la sorry that the British Colonial System in Singapore and Malaya. which according to him is better than other similar system*, Is
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      105 6 Sir; Harvey Lade, an Australian wrote. "If Singapore and Malaya are typical examples of the old British Colonial System then all I can say after seeing examples of other systems in this part > of the world is that it is J a pity it is dying out
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      322 6 Sir;— l would be extremely obliged if you would correct any wrong i impression likely to be obj tamed by the headline in Monday's Singapore Standard, "Brazier Lashes Out At The M.C.S. Diehards" and the reference in the text to 'independence' and that Government 'encourages' senior
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      Lock icon On Speaking Malay
      345 6 On Speaking Malay Sir; In the Pen an g Settlement Council Meeting heal on ihe 20th of Apr:! 1955 Dr. L:m Chong Yew did a wise thing in initiating that English and Malay should be the official languages. It may take tome "<" fore Malay can be used in official
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    Lock icon FREEDOM
    174 6 A man can wear his thirt Inside or out And walk olonq the street On shoeless icct He can, if he desires, Remove his boots And dangle them with nonchalance In his soup. A man con wecr his hoit Both long or short And part it on the righ*
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    Lock icon 4 Die In Stolen Plane Crash
    139 7 ENCIENNES, France, April Royal Air Force n from an airmd crashed near here r midnight, killing a man and two .-engined Varsity plane, valued at 'l M 52 .125,000 >. iy wrecked and could be found of pilot. 20-year- -born member of I F.
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    52 7 Survival City 24 Hours' Grace IVAL CITY. Ncv U*>— This ale received at '.ca>t lm c yt ben reed I o: planned nuclear verc hopeful that ther picture might c explosion o:T on Wcdnes I er near this ever he ri. p.cmcnt anno; cefed with groans Ihou md obrid 1.
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    Lock icon Thousands Cheer Chou
    44 7 UTCA April 26. ißpuCbinese Primp Mr. Chou En-lai In Jakarta on Tursrninf by plane from ng and was cheered by and 'vi.o lined the n1 the palace of a k OHO who gave party to the chief of the Afro-Astafl nee.
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    Lock icon 3 Attack Naval Air Station
    115 7 3 Attack Naval Air Station LONDON. Derry. Northern Ireland. April 2G <Rcuter> Three mm tried to shoot their way into the Royal Navul Air S f at ii»n at Egllnion, near here, on Sundru night, but were driven off by two sentries after a short running battle, it was revealed
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    37 7 TOKYO. April 26 (UP)— A British women delegation arrived in Peking on Sunday to attend the May Day celebration at the Invitation of the all-China Democratic Women's Federation, Radio Peking reported today
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    Lock icon RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON April 26 The following arc the closing »r,ccs of rubber and Tin on th c London Market LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 26: d. 26 d. September 26id. October December 25« d. January March 25 -jd. May c i 264 d. Very
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    Lock icon Churchill's Hide-away
    67 7 I*NI>KR a huge umbrella protettinK him from the sun as well as giving rum privacy. Sir Winston Churchill sits at his painters trestle in the picturesque jjrotto "DeiCordari" near Syracuse. The island's beautiful landscapes provided fresh inspiration to the KO-vrar-old statesman and author. who dedieald some hours everyday
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    Lock icon PEACE TALKS IN LONDON
    41 7 NEW YORK. April 26 (Rcuter) Japan's choice of London as the site for Soviet-Japanese peace talks was acceptable to the Soviet Union and formal negotiations were expected to besin early in June, it was announced here yesterday.
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    35 7 LONDON. April 26 (Rcuter» Top-level meetings went on all day yesterday in attempts to avert a strike of 70.000 foot-platrmen threatening to paralyse four-nxtns of Britain's railways from Sunday night.
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    202 7 Sound Finance More Freedom The Tory Guide Book— LONDON. April 26 (Reuter) The Conservative Party today proclaimed the five principles on which it will fight the coming' general election under the new Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden. They are: "Sound finance, greater lreedom. individual responsibility and independence, opportunity for enterprise
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    113 7 A Job? I'll Think About It Farouk BCKiOTA. April 2G (IP) Kx-Kiny Farouk of Efiypt, offered a LS$.").OOO-a-month job as manager of a factory here that makes metal kitchen cabinets, has replied that he will think about it "at an opportune moment." Colombian industrialist Rodolfo Isaza Sierra recently noted Farouk's
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    104 7 'I Was Not Disloyal' Pontecorvo MOSCOW. April 26, (Renter Dr. Bruno Pontccorvo. Italian-born atom scientist who vanished from Britain five years ago. now working in Russia. said Id a letter published here yesterday that he never felt "any clement of disloyalty" to the British people. The letter has heen delivered
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    69 7 CAIRO. April 2H: (Reuter) Imam Ahmed. Kins of the Yemen, has decided to open the coifers of his late father Imam Yahya. nnd use the wealth in them to finance development projects in his primitive Red Sea kingdom, according to reports reaching here. The safes which
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    27 7 SHAMIN Akhtar, 14-year-old Pakistan girl, who has been deaf from birth, arrived in London by air yesterday to spend three years learning to speak.— UP.
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    201 7 MOSCOW. April 2G (Reuter) The Foreign Affairs Committee of both Houses of the Prussian Parliament in joint session yesterday approved the Soviet government's decision to annul her wartime friendship treaty with Britain whom she accuses of violating It with moves to rearm the
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    185 7 'Atmosphere' Stops Air Base Dances IPSWICH. England. April 2fl (AP) Twice- weekly dances at nearby Bentwaters U. S. Air Force Station have been dropped temporarily after some of the English partners objected to dancing with Negro airmen. Sixty carefully screened English firla have attended th e dances for the past
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    362 7 Big Three Aim To Thaw Out The Cold War LONDON, April 26, ©(Reuter) Britain, France and the United States announced yesterday that their Foreign Ministers would meet in Paris on May 8 to discuss concrete plans for a Big Four conference, which they "earnestly hope" can take
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    33 7 LONDON. April 26. (Reuter >— Mr. Lan MacLeod Britain's Health Minister, told the House of Commons yesterday that Britain will ahead with the production of the new Salk vaccine.
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    34 7 FOUR hundred and ninetythree Chinese students from the Philippines arrived in Formosa yesterday aboard two Chinese warships to spend their summer vacations in military training and other services for the Nationalists. AP.
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    183 7 'WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT CHOU MEANS,' sAYS DULLES WASHINGTON. April 26 (UP)— Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, at his news conference today, said the United States will try to rind out through friendly governments just what Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai had in mind when he proposed to
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    48 7 LONDON. April 26 < Reuter) The Vietnam Peoples Army yesterday took over the Hongay mining area in the Haiphong perimeter including the city of Hongay. New China news agency said. This completes the takeover of the most important coal mining region of North Vietnam, the agency added.
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    52 7 photo. A VISITOR at the international exposition of The Nude in Photography leans (loser to examine— technical details of one of the prints exposed by I rent h specialist Willy Ronis. The exposition includes works b\ the top photographers of France, the I'niterf states. South Africa and
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    193 7 We Didn't Say It,' They Shout BANGKOK, April 26 (Reuter)— Bangkok Police Chief today summoned before him two of Thailand's leading astrologers to explain why they had prophesied that there would be political trouble in Thailand some time after the next eclipse of the sun
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    56 7 MOSCOW. April 2G (Rcutcn Ru.vsia agreed in a note to the three Western powers to hold a meeting of their ambassadors to discuss the Austrian treaty. The ambassadors' meeting will be to prepare the way for a conference of the "Big Four' Foreign Ministers in Virnna
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    117 7 LONDON. April 20: (AP)— The Communisi Daily Worker reported yesterday it is in new financial difficulties. The Red organ said it had been forced to discontinue iti final morning edition and to I adont an earlier printing dead- line "to conserve financial rcrs."
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    223 8 Nothing To Discuss With Dismissed Employees' therV was nothing to discuss with dismissed workmen. He said: "We are willing to take back any former employee who has nothing to do with the present labour trouble." An official of the Bus Workers 1 Union, which represents the
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    102 8 City Wants Less For Advertising THE Singapore City Council has made eight amendments to its advertisement bylaws. One which will be most welcome to businessmen is the reduction by $8 (from $48 to $40) In the minimum fee for unilluminated advertisements. For illuminated advertisements a fee of $50 has been
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    147 8 Brickbats Then But Roses Now Pakistan's Prim- Minister. Mr Mohamcd Mi. whose Ukint of a second wife raised a storm of P -otest from Pakistani women, yesterday niched consratulations from the Ahmadiyyah Movement in Mam of Singapore. In I tetter presented by Mr A >1 Qurrishi. the Movement's representative. Mr
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    166 8 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday sent a copy of their petition to the Queen for the removal of the ban on non-English speaking; persons standing for eleo tion, to the Chief Minister,; Mr. David Marshall. In an accompanying letter, the Chamber pointed out
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    40 8 CHAN Hon. 50. died in a clinic in South Bridge Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon, while awaiting his turn for medical treatment. He was found dead in a sitting position on a bench in the clinic.
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    115 8 SIX young couples were married at the 11th. 2 mass wedding ceremony held at the Khek Com- munity Guild premises. Peck Seah Street, Singapore, 2 yesterday. The wedding was officiated by Mr. Ho Khee Yung, 2 a committee member of the (iuild. S In picture below the bridegrooms
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    159 8 Detective Toh Is In Roll Of Honour DETECTIVE Toh Keng Hua. believed to have been killed by gangsters, is now listed in the Roll of Honour, maintained by the Singapore Police, with three other police officers recently killed in the course of duty. They are Detective SubInspector Tan Ah Seng
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    181 8 THE Singapore Youth Council is playing host to four members of the South Ceylon Youth Council who are now in the Colony "to study Youth Council activities." They are: Mr. Felix Earle Vere De Alwis (Chairman of the CYC), Mr. I.K.G. Chandrasena (Secretary). Miss
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    150 8 EX-INDIAN MINISTER EXPECTED INDIA'S former Commerce Minister. Mr. C. H. Bhabha. will arrive in Singapore by air from Jakarta tomorrow, accompanied by his wife. Dr. Amy Bhabha. The Bhabhas, who are on a Far Eastern tour, will have a busy time in Singapore as a series of luncheons and dinners
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    63 8 A SIXTEEN-Y E A R-OLD boy has been detained by Police following a report by a 15-year-old girl that she was molested In Onan Road. Singapore, on Monday afternoon. The girl claimed she was walking along Onan Road when she was criminally
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    151 8 Koh Explains Why He Did It A SINGAPORE Labour Front leader, Mr. C.H. Koh. who signed a joint statement with a Peoples' Action Party leader. Mr. Samad Ismail, in Bandung, returned to Singapore yesterday with two other Labour Fronter*. Messrs. J.S.C. Lim and Tan Ewe Chcc. Explaining his reason for
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    93 8 SHB Men To Consider Deadlock THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will summon a general meeting of its 1.300 members tomorrow to consider the deadlock in negotiations between the Board and the Association over the latter's claims. An extraordinary meeting of the Associations Executive Committee took this decision last night.
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    69 8 BURGLARS broke into two shops In the Pasir Panjang area of Singapore, over the weekend and made off with cash, pens and cigarettes. They stole $314 :n cash and seven tins and 40 packets of cigarettes from one shop. From another shop, they took 175
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    66 8 SINGAPORE Custom? Officers at Kalian? Airport discovered 30.000 Indian Rupees (MS18.000) in the Illgme of an Indian woman pas.^enper who arrived in Singapore from Jakarta aboard a Garuda Airways plane on Monday. After consultations between Customs officials and the Foreign Exchange Contro' Department the woman
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    100 8 A WOMAN labourer, with both legs bandaged, was brought to court yesterday in a wheel chair from the General Hospital, to give evidence in an assault case. The labourer. Tay Yuct Ann. told the Singapore Second Police Court that
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    28 8 Cash F Or Busmen Photo THE "dismissed" the ork k*gs samated Bus m v c<>untin, (he monV^ **d over to thrm hv maintain th<v ar ff| strike. Standard
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    48 8 $2,000 Reward Offered SINGAPORE terday offered ward of $2 formation arrest of I who led 43. to deaf hours of A Tan i a char Bridge Road a his belongings d. j that S5 wa Police im >. veal that Tan wh^n h r The P goud uiv 15.
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    33 8 JUDGMENT by Mr. Singapore High day, it v Chop Xi 5 Boal Q Yen X p.. 1953 that hi Leo Seng K< P!a:r Mr. X. L. eri lor K. S. Ch
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    59 8 VERDICT of recorded in the Cor Court y. terdi elusion of an inquirj death who was found F<b 5 in a Changi Road Boon's wlf- told the Mr. Giam Choni her husband ocwj coffee stall in Jala gambled day and niftt vas indebted. She said
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    188 8 MR MOHAMED ALI, Pakistan's Prime Minister and one of the sponsors of the Asian-African conference described Red Chinese premier. Mr. Chou En-lai as a "charming" man. "I was very much impressed by Mr. Chou's personality and attitude but my view of Communism have
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    121 9 R vsrK uich S r s£S'^^^ IC *<>VEL of RACIAL INTOLER mon and Schuster in 1950 d 1 ,?iK°?lT s when ori in a»y publishurchased by Columbia and assiWd t fi J y controve ™al theme, has II whereas the novel vac I»ia a fight against
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    43 9 As "'Voice" of the pagan Goddess of Love in M.G.M.'s "The Prodigal" bused on the Biblical Parable of tfic Prodigal Son, Laitu Turner icears daring pearl costume. Here fJbc welcomes husband Lex "Tarzau" Barker at the set in between scenes.
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    356 9 'KRAKATOA in CinemaScope •JTRAKATOA.- story of the greatest explosion ever to rock the earth and surpassing in intensity and devastation any H-bomb yet detonated, will be brought to the screen f,y Columbia ''ires this year as the Studio's biggest spectacle. Yordan will produce from his oum Story outline, as his
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    342 9  -  James Arthur I/OK an actress who likes to take things easy, ESTHER WILLIAMS should be happy to get back to work. When she does this month she will only have to make a movie. As it is now. she is vacationing which gives her time to
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    840 9 News Views from the STUDIOS Jilm Pap f)CRIS DAY, JAMES CAGNEY end CAMERON MITCHELL are huddled together on M-G-M's bccklot Number 2, where exterior night scenes for "Love Me Or Leave Me" are being filmed. Temperatures on the set range from 35 to 40 degrees (Fahrenheit) even though the sequences
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    302 9 In The Lions' Cage JF the biggest things in a star's life were doing what her director told her, looking cute at the right time and never saying No to autographs, life would not be quite so rugged. But it does not work out that way.
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    65 10 LARGE crowds are seen daily a( the grand annual sale of Messrs. Hardial Singh A Sons Ltd.. at Raffles Place, Singapore. The sale, which began on Monday, will continue for a short season. The store is selling quality goods of the newest range. The electrical department
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    289 10 I Finance And Commerce Standard Market Reporter TIIF I S Senates resolution to keep Government in the tin' smelting business for another year was favourably received in the tin mining industry in Malaya yesterday. The Senate on Monday passed and sent lo the Hou<e
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    371 10 Stability In Rubber Prices Seen MX P. W UTCHFIi:U>. Chairman of the Board of the (ioodvear Tyre and Kubber Company, said in Akron yesterday there was "a clear likelihood that the economies of those countries of the Far East, which are dependent upon natural rubber, will become more stable." He
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    55 10 MR. D. I. GREEK. Secretary of the Association of Engineers, left last night with his wife and eight-year-old daughter, in the Marseillaise on six months' home leave. He will travel on the Continent before going to England. During his absence, Mr. Charles Frazer will be the
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    83 10 MALAYAN tin statistics for March showed stocks at 5.276 tons tS 7 1 7 tons for Fcb.> and production at 5.l!K> tons (4.7^1' tons fur Feb.). The total amount of tin In concentrates produced in the first three months of the year was 15.133 tons (14,362 tons
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    28 10 EAST Germany and Communist China have signed a trade and payments agreement for 1955 in Peking, the East German News Agency A.D.N. reported in Berlin Reuter
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    350 10 Copra Trade With P.I. On Barter Basis? Standard Market Reporter THE Singapore-Philip-pine copra trade can be done either through barter agreements or through currency purchases. Colonel Cornell* T. Lopez, representative of the Philippines Coconut Administration, said in Singapore on Monday. Col. Lopez and another representative. Mr. Pastor B. Sison, visited
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    64 10 THE "battle of the bobbins" is being fought throughout the United States, with old established American makers competing with "technologically advanced foreign firms like Necchi of Italy. PfafT of Germany and a host of lesser known producers in Japan." says the U.S. Journal of Commerce. Imports
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    348 10 Penang's Trade $202 M. 0n Right Side TOTAL VALUE LAST YEAR: $1,000 MIL. Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues.— The total value of Penang's trade last year at $1,000,500,000 was practically unchanged from the 1953 figure of $1,021,985,000. But the favourable balance increased from 8137,000,006 to 5202,500,000, so that it could
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    56 10 MR. N. H. PEARSON, (above), a market research adviser with Shell Company, jlew into Singapore on Monday. He is making a tour of the Far East studying reaction to sales technique. He will leave for India, Pakistan and Egypt on Saturday, before returning \o his headquarters
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    186 10 ABOUT ten tons of black and unite pepper were transacted in the Singapore produce market yesterday. Coconut oil sellers in Pcnang indicated $44 per picuL Prices quoted by Messrs. Holiday. Cutler, Bath Co.. Ltd., were: COPRA MAY 11 a.m $28J $29 Noon S^Hi; SL'9 4
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    216 10 Standard Market Reporter MALAYA made an auspicious start for l'C»5 with a 56.616.815 favourable balance in her lorej^n trade balance during January, according to official statistics. Imports during January were va ($245,585,279 in January las; yvai) and 854.705 ($220,245,846). indicating w ments over the corresponding
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    38 10 A FRENCH Line executive -aid in New York he expects France to hav e a U5575,000.--000 luxury liner "that wi.i compare favourably with the Queen Elizabeth and the United States" in service by 1960.
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    32 10 Reports On F.E. Boost Rubber n «a,,, Mark llih China to the bingap ye Tin i rapon for first May cent on Moi I The and tradBorne over THE F June RMA
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    46 10 Importers Want To Expand Standard HMH R^rtrr ra:;r.' cor'-. B ,of Co Singapore. L■• types Viv/' I Stai ed madi The VS. C Singapore, ha a > tion. In a leti I Mini inc. inert sing mati of For< ington. DC nine I < This, T 1 B
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    32 12 Photo THIS wedding sown called "Santa Margucrita" was designed by FRANK USHER for Whiteaway Laidlaw Co.. Singapore, in \X ITCHCR AFT lace. Worn with it is a RADIANT veil and crown. Standard
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    669 12  -  ALISON SETTLE By J \CCORDING to Mr. Hardy Amies, one of the Queen's dressmakers. English women 2 are wise in their perspective on dress in not plat-ins it 2 first in the scheme of things. C This makes them very C desirable citizens but less 2
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    106 13 Springboks Practise At Lords LONDON, April 26 (Reuter) The South African cricketers who arrived yesterday for the tour of England went through an intensive fielding practice lasting an hour at Lords ground here yesterday. They concentrated on catching at close and long range picking up on the run and throwing
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    84 13 SEREMBAX. Tucs.— ln order to prevent the cia.sh of sports activities in Ncgri Scmbiian. it was decided at a meeting convened by the State Secretary, to keep a State sport.s diary. A section would serve as a central agency for sports activities in the State. The
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    396 13 THE U.S. IN DANGER OF LOSING ATHLETIC SUPREMACY TO REDS Brundage, lOC President Says: NEW YORK, April 26, (AP) Avcry Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee, said yesterday that Americans had become "a race of grandstand and bleacher sitters" and were in grave danger of losing their athletic supremacy
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      63 13 THROUGH llie medium of your paper I appeal to i/ie Singapore School Sports Council to introduce an "A" and "B" division in Uie m-Trr-sc/iooi athletic chu mpiongfttpt instead o/ Vie aitjplr athletic inert. This is done in the vervacular ftdiools, and I see ho
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    205 13 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, April 26: (Reuter) Spin bowler "Sonny" Ramadhin, originally dropped by the West Indies for the third Test against Australia, will after all play in the match, which begins here today. Ramadhin was not among the 11 players named immediately after the drawn
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    170 13 Tamerlane Is The New Favourite LONDON. April 26. (Reuier) Lord Porchcstcr's coil Tamerlane displaced the French colt Beau Plinct as favourite for tomorrow's 2.000 guineas lurf classic at the Victoria Club caJlover here last night. Tamerlane who is to be ridden by Australian jockey Arthur Breasiey was cut from eight
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    245 13 ROTHERHAM ARE DIV. II FAVOURITES LONDON. April 26 (Reuter) Rotherham United became favourites to win the English Second Division soccer championship when they beat injury-hit Swansea Town 2—o last night. Lying fourth after Saturday's programme, Rotherham are now sharing first place with Stoke City. I—o winner at Port Vale last
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    60 13 LONDON*. April 2d (Renter) Toshiaki Tanaka of Japan the new world singles table tennis champion arrived at London airport last night from Amsterdam with .seven other members of the Japanese team. Tomorrow evening Japan play England in an international match at Leeds, Yorkshire. The following day
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    1013 14  -  WINDSOR LAD at Bukit Timah Man About Town And Bliss Fire Crack 36M S By BLISS FIRE and Man About Town were the first to impress when training began at Bukit Timah yesterday for the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting opening this Saturday. The horses, from Pcnang trainer
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    141 14 A. JALIL, the former Johore State player, scored a grand hattrick, to give Singapore Harbour Board Police 6-0 win against a depleted nine men Gymkhana Sports Club, in a Singapore Div. 2B league soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Oymkhana who took the field
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    44 14 tjunrn EDDIE CHOONG. seated, black suit, the Malayan International badminton star, back in Penang alter a long absence, was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the Sin Him Badminton Parly of which he is still a member on Sam Kai Yee
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    29 14 PARIS. April 26 (AP) Budse Patty of the U.S.A. beat Mervyn Rose of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 6-1, in the final of the Paris International Tennis championships.
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    37 14 PARIS. April 24 <AP) American lightweight Percy Bassett defeated French champion Seraphin Ferrer when the latter quit in the 10th and last round of their boxing match at the Pare De Princes Stadium here today.
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    178 14 MX BOSSES have been promoted in the latest transfers announced by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. They are: From Clas> 3 to CUSS 2— Bracelet Boy Malayan Scholar and tr.e Milky Way. From CUM 5 to Cla^ 4—Fightins; Finish Tia Juana and Fancy Licht Other transfers are
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    544 14  -  Trundle Hill (jee SiU h I READ somewhere that most members of the nonracing public have a general conception of race-tracks as low sinks of gambling where the most successful bettors are the biggest rogues and Lady Luck is the presiding divinity. Following
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    191 14 Happy With Swaythling Cap Corbillion Cup Winners .v\\\v\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\** IPOH. Tucs. There J will be a strong foreign challenge for this year's 2 Malayan Open Lawn 2 Tennis championship to be held here on the Town Padanff courts from August 18 to August 21. The recently crowned champions of Saigon have
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    168 14 Preparations are now in hand to make this championship a complete success. The Perak Lawn Tennis Association 'is C I organising the tourna- ment and in order to ensure that the standard of umpiring will be high. "classes" will be con- 2 ducted by Mr.
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    98 14 TAPAH. Tucs. Dew Recreation Club defeated Tapah XI by 36 runs in a low scoring Lower Perak District cricket league fixture at Tapah over the weekend. Dew Recreation Club batting first, scored a total of 71 runs. Teh Kheng San was the best batsman of the
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    45 14 TEACHERS Training College beat L":mer>ity of Malaya by six goals to one in a friendly soccer match played at Bukit' Timah yesterday. Grosse (2), Kce Seng (2>, Donald Tan and A]w>fof! scored for the Teachers. Henry" Chia netted the only goal for University.
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    147 14 SUPERIOR in all departments. Y.M.S.A. trounced T Bdhru Rangers by seven goal* w nil m a Singapore Div 2B league soccer match played on tcV C daV CnCa Uni n firoun ri y es The game was one-sided half^vT* i* idway in StflS I.J. Singh received
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    325 14 SINGAPORE Recreation Club gained their first points when they beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 2-1 in a Colony Division 2A league match played on the Padang yesterday. It was the sixth outing for Recs, after live unsuccessful previous matches. Their first victory yesterday
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    121 14 All The Soccer DIVISION 1 Mercantile Bank vs. S.T.C. at Jalan Bcsar Stadium; Sime Darby vs. Hongkong Bank at Farrcr Park. DIVISION 2 Malayan Airways vs. Ford at Farrer Park; S.C.S. vs. Bula at Farrer Park; Stanvac vs. Mansfield at V.M.C.A.; X.P.M. PS. Breweries at C.V.M.A.; Borneo Motors
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    268 14 Star Socceritcs 1 nA I Dollah Zauiol. lndla «J mi m r Mr. Lrr P^ r, /l Bfl Ub STAR Soccerites last \earX champions were lucky to hold Indian r"" 0 1 to a 1-1 draw in a Div. I leae
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    49 14 THE Selangoi r h May June M J on Saturday. M, day June 1 f Thew all horses C tor all hon 4 Stakes for Cias n $2,500: Other di C ay.< 4 D.- divisions— si. Trophic.- c prcsentd for the Horses C miles and irtoofs.
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    75 14 A: thf senenl m< etii re Indian Fo< hold at the S A FA on Sunday elected offici -r current year: Patrons don. DT. A vp.j Kanacasundram. AR L rous. N.Y. want Sinjih. P and A Shukoor. President-Mr KJti Itmid: Vice-presidents K. Joseph Pi] K.
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