Singapore Standard, 18 April 1956

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    34 1 Singapore standard -^2<EeIC ,c^ NDARD POLICE -yjl P^ VrM FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** f S li«-T 2400 -TrA f\j J .j£. 2gn 24U r SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1956 J PAGES l"> <KNb
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    Lock icon Not To Kill Former premier Backfires
    77 1 I \pril 17 \P) Two Frenchmen md i aarucd with attempting I ia i mi mi- Pierre Mendes-France six I mr Pan>. I at HH e I ■Ra^fT whrre tne France JJpr.sPd the i climbed P.hnrr bedroom at V Qt ra raway to d
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    Lock icon Braga Has Plan For Exchange of Doctors
    67 1 Braga Has Plan For Exchange of Doctors towards gents? when Health Braga held his xith the Cl I (Barer ot the ColoBr Sir Eric Pridie ihe Bra ohn Ijßsret at the Malacca tal.3 was Dr. R fill the Permanent nistry ol c which d at ■tag. proposes the r Singapore
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    Lock icon Belachan For Col. Nasser
    53 1 Belachan For Col. Nasser I KUALA LUMPUR. Malayan belachan may n adorn an Premier, I Col. Abdel Nasser. The Federation Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, today 11 -^d pound tto the Malayan Stud n1 Cairo as a goodwill gift. Part of the c ment may be presented by the to
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    Lock icon Goode Opens Jaycee Confab
    59 1 photo. THK Officer Administering the Government Mr. \V. A. Goode, (centre) addresses delegates to the Junior Chamber International's Sixth Regional Conference of Asia, which he opened at the Victoria Memorial Hall, m Singapore, yesterday. Strung across the stage behind him m big:, bold letters, is the
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    Lock icon 'JUS SOLI' ROW TO GO BEFORE WHITEHALL
    421 1  -  K. C. ARUN Mass Rally Will Decide By KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The biggest ever mass rally of non-Malays m the Federation will be lv le at the hen-Wu Stadium here next Friday (April ~<) U elect a delegation to fly to London and
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    Lock icon Hp Warns Of Threat To Youth
    325 1 Hp Warns Of Threat To Youth SINGAPORE S y< ith is a;-- m danj r of being divided by misunderstanding and mutual piaons, irned the l ficer Admin, tering th.. 1 rernrnent, llr. W. A C Go le, itCTdajf. sound- i thi a urnlng af' nlfl I the Junior Chamber
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    Lock icon Nude? No, Just Window Model
    58 1 HOP Weal Germany. April 17 < Renter I Two startled (air drivers here chased a man they saw driving with a naked woman slumped m tne seat at his side. They forced the man to stop his car; then found the nude was a shop
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    Lock icon Tide Turns In Black Magic Fight
    95 1 Tide Turns In Black Magic Fight DuUIWIN, a. tratta, Apia. 17 1: Doctors a. vi they are winning their x linj th< black magic or m unknown poison. for tne past week has n thr( atcning tr. chose from Lv.i WttlumU a i9_ y ar. id aborigine. W ..aaai Is
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    Lock icon EMBASSY STATUS
    30 1 EMBASSY S TATUS atsthalia bi to rai hei ltio n at Rangoon to < rnba -v t itu Mr Richard Casey External Affairs Mii t er said yest< rd a. Reuter
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    Lock icon H.K. Not Going Down The Slippery Slope
    159 1 LONDON. Apr:: 17 (ReUteD Th,> Lossdoi) Dallj Mall toda: quot.d the Uovi-mor Ot Hongkong Sir Alejwadex Grantham, as a.s iring its correspondent "we are not going down the slippen slope ol Singapore The correspondent Don Iddnn said the Governor had added: -Tha: Island
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    Lock icon Israel Gets A Peace Plan
    43 1 JERUSALEM. Apr.- i< (Rcuter) Mr. Dag Hf»; marskjoeld United Nations Secretary-Gen< rai, todas had a two-hour talk wah Mi David Ben Gurion. 1 raeh Prime Minister, during which he presented to if.- Israeli leader bH Palestine aaaas plan.
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    Lock icon KAMPONG FIGHTS DEMOLITION GANG
    148 1 SIX people, including three women, ar c j I wounded m a clash that followed the demolition ot a hut m tho [a: ran Dutch camp m Ha:£ Road Singa- pore yatti i lay n rning Bcreaming *n m a threw ton< and tl :ks m
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    Lock icon Britain To Increase Tax On Tobacco
    156 1 LONI >N A; (Rent i-T Chancellor of the la aequer, Mr. Harold M vlillan, announced m his buc eh today a sharp >c m the tobacco b which will l c the of a jacket of 20 cigarettes from three shillings and git pence
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    Lock icon MERDEKA SHOCK FOR SINGAPORE
    971 1 MARSHALL TELLS ALL TO STUDENTS IN LONDON Reds Plan To Snatch Power In Three Years LONDON, Tues.-Camouflaged Communists have set 1959 as the date for the take-over of Singapore. Singapore Chief Minister, David Marshall is reported to ho\e said this yesterday when addressing 200 Malayan student
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    Lock icon CAPTIVE WAR LORD
    31 1 Photo. BA CUT, an elusive war l«rd. uho was recently captured by Premirr' Nso I)inh mn* s forces, after his mm Binh Xuyen army had born defeated. U.P.
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    27 1 St op Press mssoixi ion of Dr ('oiiiinlnrm ua* nfTieiallv confirmed l.i^t man m Moscow by Mr \nasfa* Mikovan \>< nut* Si. i< i Prinn Minist< i Reuter
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    Lock icon Fight For A Student's Release Goes To MCA
    216 2 1,11 r t,,r release of Lint Woon Kiat. 22. 3 Singapore Chinese Hi<*h School gfdent detuned under the Public Security Bill, will be carried to Jie Federation. r- father. Lim M Hoon. a p dent told The Standard yesterday that he would
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    Lock icon P.O. BOXES AVAILABLE
    70 2 SINGAPORE has a£ last overcome the shortage of private Post Office boxes with the illation of 1.250 new booms m September, last year. For the first time since 1947. I vacant Post Office B (635 at the General Post Office and 13 at the Bukit Timah P
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    Lock icon A NEW SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
    430 2 KUALA LUMPUR, rues. The Alliance G wenuneni iday instittited a of M t a > Ceia :iicate of E: -y a" with Malay a compulsory subject, tfl tho first of BM**. Ia: rr.oasu: mote the national language. The certificate will be aw ird 1 nexr year
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    Lock icon MOVED BISCUITS
    33 2 n Jjj r ,v n Pa-aons ""day Bamah binte Haj] Mokhtar. 13 a boaeealfe, ems ::ned |5 I I r m rving a kati of biscuit v. ah out a permit
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    Lock icon Mountbatten Decorates Teacher
    120 2 Mountbatten Decorates Teacher .BRITAIN'S First Sea Lord. iral Earl Mountbatl yesterday persona preserar a Ifountl atten tied i highest award for bra- ory to a Federation seho^ ister Mr rran i s Koh Teck Chong' for rescuing i man from a crocodile-infest i river in' Slang la Dai bar at
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    236 2 Xl ALA IJ MP, V|f| monwealth serviceman tn, k cake-seller, as his back cutting through the told today. Raymon I I olds, 20 cf tv ment. and William Alfred &X? 11 W Engweei Regiment, si ft charge of robbery paint, r said that* -phnL^u 5 I talking to the
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    66 2 mo -j cla.meeTS* 1 *tabilit»«.^* SfS ik aian^aJ| Prom the eo___!**l ■A actually detw 0 ty or willWl??* parts. WUI PtejaS^l JST. lth wmmon^JJJ financial Times 2 If they decide n_ »s hsgaTeft?) ■fseau centred eJ Ojjdonbtedljr ft j| a which would be the 3 {"the first instfW^ the
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    29 2 AX annual eaaagg a" 28 parishes of t_t| will be held at St fl gapore, ob Aa and 22 ta review u^ rious arMJadl Quoth. All mental *J
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      113 2 < *'*aSSfc_l_MMifcaa>J_____ tJM n MW^____K THREE A HALF M,LLION MILES JH^Pft ;^lwi______^^l :i J ml 111 ,tHarirthe disfance trave,fed 'ia year by'ShellJorries m Malaya a j MW^^^^^^^ p I iff distance equivalent.ro .HO .times round.the.worfd. i i^mmXS I S a b mi,eage,r but if -'s'essentiaf to rhe mainrenanee of Malaya's
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    Lock icon The Tong Guan Sails In...And It's One Thing After Another
    11 3 The Tong Guan Sails In...And It' s One Thing After Another
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    Lock icon Master (QUICK TO ACT) Saves A $750,000 Cargo
    245 3 Master QUICK TO ACT) Saves A $750,000 Cargo U' Xiv thinking „n the P-irt of apt H o ndal 'ster of the Indonesian freighter, long I(un vi wd the m.nor part of a iidoo crepe rubber cargo hen lire broke oi:t m her hoi 50,.,, alter she arrived •n Mn
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    Lock icon ... & Four Men (Just As Quick) Rob Merchant
    146 3 Four Men (Just As Quick) Rob Me rchan t loi i: thugs \cstcrday 10. ked up .i Sins ipore buslnessman m the dining r. m -a tin I >n_ (.nan m I „k \\er Basin and rei s] >oo at kn a point M..h mmii a Ihr ihim. of M
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    Lock icon This Unions Demands May Cost Govt. $800,000
    186 3 This Unions Demands May Cost Govt. $800,000 Till Singai>ore Government Administrative and vesterd:i\ demanded a closed-shop policy. The Union wants C.o ment to exclude non-union members from receiving any award given by the n formed Civil Services Arbitration Tribunal. The Tribunal which waa aw up to deal with the claim
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    Lock icon C.I.D. Men To Fight For Better Pay
    79 3 C.I.D. Men To Fight For Better Pay TW__NTY-TWO ftiiger-print a ai: r_ attached to the Singapore Police ariD meet toon lo fo-m branch unioa tO nghl for bettor pay and worUng cooditaons. They b!m insist on being paid "overtime rates for longer period of work At present, all 22 searchers
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    Lock icon jealousy Involved
    85 3 MR Tav Soo Vo:^. a representative of Messrs. Tay Koh Vat B.a Co Ltd.. J esterday appeared m the Singapore City Court on I summons for unlawful y occupying Crown land at Hoi How ROS I When Mr. T T, Rajah, Tay*! counsel, asked fot a postponement. Mr.
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    Lock icon FIJIAN SINGERS JOIN TALENTIME FINALS
    229 3 MAKE way for the Fijian 1 They re mm mi <° Stagapore to ompete m the se ifinals of Radio Malaya'f l!»">tf 1 cntime to be held at tae Auditorium on Monday night. Fo ir p-flight singers from the F.: B lon 1 1 tan
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    Lock icon No More Fishy Headlines, Says Aquarium Chief
    186 3 'WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CUT DOWN DEATH TOLL' Many problems relating to the death toll of fish m the Van Kleef Aquarium m Singapore have been solved, curator at the Aquarium, Mr. A. Fraser-Brun-ner, said yesterday. One of those v.aas the suptaa
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    Lock icon ONE STRIKE OFF, ANOTHER LOOMS
    141 3 THK itrflce threat at the Pi] National City Bank of New York la Binaapeea eai been called oil The Bank'< headquarters m Net York SpprOl ed the local emp'oyces' claim for one month's basic wa-e Bl bonus for 1955. Mr- R P Newell, manager of
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    Lock icon Councillor Urges New Staff Plan
    132 3 sl\i JAP >i'- E Cit incit!or Mr B Jafanathan i Labour Fr) at i will i a at tha Councils monthly meeting, for the tabll arrant o! an Ad u<>e committee to peapare a comprebi n Ive il scheme for the Council. Bo want th<
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    Lock icon Poly. DOES Have A Plan For Local Men
    207 3 Poly. DOES Have A Plan For Local Men SINGAPORE'S acting Chiel Ministo i and Minister toi Education, Mr. Che. Swee Kee, declared yesterday that it wae not true t(. gay that there no scheme for Malayanization of the Polytechnic The Minister aae eeeaiOfj Bt at i mi nt by a
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    Lock icon It's A Case Of Hit-And-Run
    41 3 A SINGAPORE carpen'r*e iped -^r striking a with a hammer m a shop m Jellico Road yesterday. The woman. Lee Ah Yuen. J2, «ra_ admitted to the Genera H Mspital m an unconscious sa i o
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    162 3 A "M i>..m Collea Wi ak," to eoUeet ha-di let lapaasion ef the OaUefi BUBChad m tne Feo. ration a m M I la M As a a ilt of eJToit marie hy the Singapore College Fund \ppeal Committei m the Fcderati* n la t
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      87 3 Weather Report M I X I M U M Tern: i ratun 0 p.m. April 11 to M) am. April 17. Singapore (741 :ng (75F), Km- a Bahra Kuala Lumpur (74F>. 1 1 7JI Kuantan ii 1 1 :num Temperature: From v o m April II to tho p.m. v
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    Lock icon I WAS ASSAULTED FOR NOT YIELDING
    268 4 I WAS ASSAULTED FOR NOT YIELDING 'Frustrated Lover* Is Bound Over Amah. Tells Court About Mans Amorous Advances IPOH, Tues. A Malay ahmah told a magistrate today that she was assaulted by a driver whom she had some time ago refused to "yield" to. The complainant was 33-yeaF-old Faumah binti
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    164 4 COMMODITY P RICES I CLOSING rubber pri( es (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Huwr.s Sellers Spot fob. 9K 111 No 1 KSS May M| 111 No 1 June 911 til No. M0 1 !»0 t No. n:*, no Tone: Steady quiet. US MMCt The price ot tin yesterday
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    Lock icon Woman Says: He Touched My Bosom
    139 4 Woman Says He Touched My Bosom PENANG, I tea. A hospital aa: Lai [i gfl I :a lne Magistrate*! Court today, to have touched the bieasl o r D tient Lfl the Cen- < Ho tai. rhe a'i n -a. Marin aha. n claimed trial to a charge af Using
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    Lock icon Man Admits Theft And Cheating
    129 4 Man Admits Theft And Cheating A MAX. Chia Yy z Kvar aacaed a Ufa thi N and five ounti cheatingi terday p BasJad 1 tjr before the S agapore Se ci th lagistrate, Mr Chooc Singh rm~* V 5 was alleged to have stolen two leaves hfBB a 1 ;ue
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    Lock icon Baby (7-Weeks) Flies 8,000 Miles For Adoption
    212 4 Baby (7-Weeks) Flies 8,000 Miles For Adoption A SEVEN T -\VEEK-0 L D baby a/aa Sown 1,000 aaata |at Lntldflß to Singapore foe adoption yesterday. A* the Paya Lebat Aira-a' I i greet the baby were the parente-to-he Mr. and Larry Qaad, art > had nc\u setn the baav aca^re.
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    Lock icon Dumb Boy Led To His Undoing
    66 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues The alarm given by a dumb boy. led to the arrest of P. Suppiah. who had snatched a roll of cloth, and ran out ot a shop. In the Magistrate*! Court today Suppiah was sentenced to live months' jail lor theft
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    Lock icon FREE LEGAL AID FOR THE NEEDY
    133 4 NEEDY Singaporeans will get free legal aLI and advice when the Colony Government's Legal Aid and Advice Bill becomes law. The Bill seeks to appoint a dirt liar to head a department for this purpose I will keep panels ol tors willing to Investigate
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    Lock icon Big Welcome For Bishop
    92 4 SINGAPORE CathoUci arc asalrim alabafatc piaparatiaai to gu'o ii warm ar*e]come tc His Lonl>iap Poacarpo Da Co '-a Ya/. BiftrTjp of Ifacao, r>n his arrival m the Coi(;n>- all a bmm 1 Ha n! 1] wia ba Chi Biai pastoral visil 10 the Colon>' after hia
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    Lock icon Fine Or Jail For Traffic Pests
    137 4 LOII Cheng Senu was fined $50 or one week's hnpa isonment m tb c Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday for failing to conform to a traffic light sign while driving has car at the junction of Dunman Road and Joo Chiat Koad on Oct.
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    49 4 RAUB, Tues. Judgment with costs was entered by the P iang Circuit Magis- a-- a Mr J EL W a ir. Eavoilf Bf I watchman, Banta 3 -at. plaintirt m an action Oroug anst a sundry sj shopkeeper. Tan Ciiiam. 1 recovery of $300 on an lOU.
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    Lock icon Freedom For Asia Is First' — JayceesTold
    189 5 Freedom For Asia Is First' JayceesTold immediate task of give sui dom, said Mr. R a gapus. Philippine Un di y^ t r ""Ts*^ in^Js U^ tS^ CakCratth r Hall of the rSS32?T .of the Ju Chamber International of A Mr Manglapus Sci A > an 4 mu st help
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    56 5 TANI The Youth Department of the Malayan Christian Co hopes to send a delegate to an international workcamp to be held m Inc next J The project is to build a medical rlinic m a village where there arc no Christians. The programme will include bible
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    Lock icon TUESDAY'S AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    174 5 v >1 pactar Koo Chong Kong of the Sar;: •vho wo n the Baton of Honour m England, ed m Sai i rday on hii wav back to Sarawa-. h pertot Koo was awarded the Baton by Lord laoyd. Unri< r-Secrel .--..te for the C a a
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    242 5 DO CITIZENS DESIRE TO RETAIN QUEEN AS CONSTITUTIONAL HEAD? PENANG, Tues. If the British Gnvernment has at heart the interests of the people* of Penang and Province Wellesley, »t should hold a referendum forthwith and find out whether vhe people •l this settlement do desire to
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    Lock icon 'Chinese Monroe'
    90 5 'Chinese Monroe poruLAi raiain na star. I, in (hi. arrived m Biagaaete by b.o.a.c. I asterday from Bangkok f'i a 1(1 day sojourn m Mai !\a a eete she a ill make personal appearaaaea Si several theatres. Miss Lin. known as the Chinese Marilyn Monroe, will appear at the Odeon
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    Lock icon Sawmill Labourer To Hang
    233 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Cheong Siang, a Labourai ol the Tai Song Sawmill, Horsing, arai Mntencod to death by Mr. Justice Stan at the Assizes today, when he was found aaika of tho murder of Chong Moy. another employee oi' the sawmill. The prosecution said after a
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    Lock icon JAPANESE ENVOY HERE
    46 5 THK Japan* c Ambassador to Burma. IVIr. Saburo Ohta. said on arrival m Singra terday that ecooomi Burma is taetti I isfl tiian she was one ye: Mr Ohta, hero on a wookV holiday said thai Burma is now supplying lice to Japan.
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    151 5 THE S:nsaj)i:rc Una n al Pi and Telecommunica- a. Workers yesterday svga st( d a "family waa aa Colony workers. The Union dm 5 oott however, stipulate what the .-calc BhOttld be T!a Union \v;aa tia Ca i rnment to introduce minimum Wage
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      519 5 cMlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Programme Summary (S>; mi <-/ m. Australian Mnqdzme (S>; t\i N It A V I J X L Forces Favourites <St: fi ofi S:nP_P I 11 M H T V^ wa> 9* Shara Marke* R »i»^- «3 m News (Si; 7. Hi News Talk £EB*F^mmwkm^
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      494 6 r PHE declared intention *A Ceyion s MWty<-€lected Prime Mm: SokMMQ Dtai HaimlaramHn to get Britain to fl ,ac ia r M?aJ base m thai magna a* Datura] harbour of Trincomalee, so fo: placed on that islands east coast, has called for an immediate -review of Britain
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      437 6 ])1 riTl the claim oi Mala-. infOMal that an independent Malaya can defend herseU with her own forces, the Aliian.ee OtjftTMienl li aalng ahead m paving the way for an Ausio-Maiayan nee and mutual aaaatrtaiiee treaty. Tunku Abdul Rahman is a realist and. thOQftl lie may incur the
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      566 6 S D. AbUhegatn'i inter •5 io triviml taai ifl aaatpoai nobody's notice m fact', but rs ii coatajaj a "jjJsaftialcfj Barvarasaa oi taa tntta" c/ r-r;y avail myself o' a phrase mice used by the C/i?c f Minister), I (eel some- c should point out tins gmss'y
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      271 6 Sir: A spectacle for the (iods was presented m his letter when Mr. I> Abishegam of Peng- kalaa Keanai soiemniv attacked the Freedom of the Press There is 5 really no reason why he should not butter everybody m the Colony if he sets fit to do so In his
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      259 6 Sir: You have hit the nail on the bead by Mating that "the biggest blunder :r.ac> by tha MC A. was for its pr. sident, Data S:r Chengioek Tar. to da-own Straits Ch:ne>e and the SC B A arid the pity ot a is that the gallant
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      301 6 S.r-: A- -a Buririhi>t of a number of years' standing. and trom leading -be Scripturei I know for certain that cannula Sakyamuni Buddha was horn m the year 62.) Bl\ ori a full moon day g| May. aaa thai He ittained Bid ih i Enlfehtensneal aad died (Mabaparinibbaiia)
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      360 6 Sir: It BOW the fashion of the Ultra nationalists not only m Singapore but m India. Burma and other eOQJltries Which have become independent m recenl years to cry down tiie English language as thai ol a declining Colonial Power, unworthy of the attention we have
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      1284 6 Sir; It appears to me today that the very intention of Britain ■to grant self-government to her colonies has been a sufficient stimulus to the revolutionary element m this country. This group sees self-government m terms of power for themselves. Those, who de.sire
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    136 7 Ike's Plan Praised, Russia Accused London \pril (AP)— Brit taV I .a S a- ITJ s aI n Lloyd terda. prai.- d Preside nt I I nhow- pea skle irmama ment plan and l Of 1 «-..a_ I .ther negative" attitude I wards Lloyd told the House of Coma n
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    23 7 rHE S has agreed to Japan's sale of a shipment of ammunition to ia authoritative a said yesteid R er.
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      40 7 RAI a'K. April IT (Renter)—The headquarters of the -nun is t backed World lion of Trade Unions said here ye. rd it will one a world conference ol women workers m Budapest a m< 14 to June 17.
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      36 7 UNTIED NATIONS. April it i AP' [sra< has placed ta icrc un Beer tary-OeneraJ Dag Hanunarskjold i formal demand that Eg: lilt ail a trictl n on [si a shipping through tha Suez Canal
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      32 7 I ONDON Apr a 17 AP)— The Eden ca w\ rnm< al re- yeato rday to publish detail arms and equipm< at pped out oi Bra an thi year.
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      36 7 WASHINGTON. April IT AP" The State Department <;. d yesterday Secretary Dull* hi rejected a f ranch pn a ior a special us British-French :a- eting on the Middle Easl al Paris early next month.
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      26 7 BOLLYWOOD, April 17 (AP) —Leo Sua/. 08. former president ot RKO studios and cofounder of Universal-Interna-tional studios, died yesterday gftei long a. ness.
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      35 7 CAPETOWN, South Africa. April 17 (AP>— Thousands of coloured (Mulatto) residents ot < fitted the buses > erday. It was the first day of Jim Crow operations on seven of the city's bus routes.
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      28 7 NEW DELHI April 11 (AP) A Japanese firm has won ;i con'.r I build a *3 00,000 coal washing plant m Bihar State of eastern India.
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      25 7 LONDON. Apr:! IT (AP) a Nat nalfe I I night returned the USs2B.oo(> painting they .stole from the Tate Gallery c. a Thursday.
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      22 7 OTTAWA. April 17 (Renter)—Mr Louia St. Laurent. Prime Minister indicated erdav that his government iering an Israeli but Canadian arms.
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      68 7 JERUBALI M fl pril 11 fReuK n Mr Das Hammarskjold, United Nations S- tan (i t: :al ar:ved here today to pr< ipt his plan a r v ice la Paleatine tc i unu a& ta. Mr Hanun ur kj Israeli Preml< r ana I),
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    84 7 Saboteurs Blow Up Canteen JERUSALEM. April 17 (Renin) Arab infiltrators from Jordan bBW lp I cement far> anteen early yesterday al B a! eh, southeast of Tel Ava and 12 miles from the JCN ler, an Israeli military spokesman said here. Another uncxploded charge was found under the factory's bulldozer.
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    33 7 WASHINGTON, April IT President Ei enhower vosterday vetoed the Farm Bill. In a eaaage to tne House of EU preventative Eisenhowei sj ted arith "in* bm ointment and regret
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    136 7 ANTI-REDS PROTEST IN LONDON LONDON. April II <l P) Britain launched a record peacetime security crackdown yesterday to head off threatened anti- ommunist terror outbreaks before Use Bnuganin- Khrushchev arrival \s Soviet Premier Nikolai Balgania and (ommunist Party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev steamed past Danish shores m the crack cruiser
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    174 7 MOURNERS SHOUT 'REVENGE' AT VICTIM'S GRAVE NICOSIA, April 17 —Black-clad women shouted; "revenge" as a Greek-Cypriot police official killed by, extremists was buried yesterday. Assistant Police Super-intend-nt Kvriakos Aristo1i lou wa- mowed cc '.vn oa Saturday by i itn inista mh tomatic gunfire after visiting hia w:!' aad live-day-old son
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    157 7 ICATHMANDU, Nepal, April 17 (UP) Yielding to Cummunisi aaa .a of open defiance, the Nepal govBrnmcnt has lifted the four-year-old nan on the Nepal Pari leaders earia r had announced they were willing to function within tia N'paa constitution, accepting Kpc Mahendra Bir Blkram
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    205 7  - THEY'VE ALL GONE ROYAL IN THE KINGDOM OF KELLY Noel Whiteomb By II ONLY someone had made a mn\ie of these first Daw of Grace m tht* Kingdom of Krfh it would b° the lautrhtrr riot of the >rar. !ly entourage pals of the PhJla <■ phia builder and his
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    61 7 Bridesmaid Loses Her Jewels a; f U .7 r Mrs. Moree Pamp, wealthy American woman waa ia one of Grace Kelly's bridee* maids, told friends yesterday c had een i ai I $10,000 assart I jewels. This is the second jewel m the wedding zr: en the national ri< *rr
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    39 7 l MONACO, April IT 'T a: ess chief Jean v said yesterday that 11.800 newsmen have been at> ated to cover the Princa Kelly wedding 200 more than taa '8.2 c r.fererae 'm Geneva.
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    31 7 MOSCOW Radio yesterday ed as nonaenae from be.l suggaatiaa •a, h n ane .r Kr.r •r J i Brit m m order fi tain and the United State Reuter
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    24 7 SPANISH I r r All erf "died upon the .tes oa Monday night i tary and economic aid ta Spaia. A.P.
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    87 7 Grace May Lose Citizenship WASHII .TON. April I AP) Reprt entathn V ancla K. Wl aer (Demo rat-1 ons said yesterday Ba I Xl marriasc to I Ra DM eeivably could cost her United Stab a. ..p. "If he oming a princess demmed to he official employment of a lorcaa.
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    48 7 WASHINGTON, Iprj IT f- ut4 Pn d< nt B bower ha eaa i Had hi usual weeka. Pa conference on W< an> day, th€ Whit< House announced It gave the reason as a heavy cheduh oJ activity a din thi peeches this I k.
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    47 7 TOKYO. April IT V .Japan and the United States d a U5560,000,000 contract to ba: I M Ba jets and MJ jet trainers m Japan. The rost will be shared on an approximate nu-nfl basis under the Mutual Defence As- enl
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    103 8 EVERY MUSLIM MUST PAY 80 CENTS ku "mi uu Selangor religious partment announced t lay that the value of this year's •Zakat Fltrah' (religious tithe i would be 80 cents per head. A religious departn apokesman said today that about $30,000 would be collected trom Selangor Muslims This amount would
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    139 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tv The Federation Government today set up an eight-man committee headed by the Asslstatnt Natural Resoa Minister. Inche Abdul Rahman Tahb. to probe condiMuslim religious schools including the Muslim College at Klang. The committee has been asked to investigate the need any financial assistance
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    37 8 HONGKONG. April 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.82 to £1 ng; $5.8325 to US$l: $1 841 to Malayan $1; $r to one Indonr P. Gold $254.75 to a tael.
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    260 8 Naning (In Malacca) Says: Well Petition The Queen By K. AKIN, Standard Stall Correspondent. SIMP AMI AMPAT, Tues.— The British, when they withdraw from Malaya m \ugust next year. should formally hand over to the people of Naning their tour-square-mile territory which the East India Company
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    67 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tia I ed< ration Government pa a $80 175 last month for informal I m ading to the capture or killing ol C anmunisl terrnriata. i 1 dm time s. langor sppi l the Hal with 250 a rth ol n r tl] pa
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    37 8 DF JOHN Ponampalam la-year-old Koala Lumpur I a>r. who died sudd< nlv m home at noon on M aa a li| aa: at the L: stanl cemeterf m Cheraa R id -a st< rd a.
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    88 8 1 wed m the Singapc Court terd: aa lwo summonsiling to submit I and 1953 income tax returns. Both p'.earied guilty. J. K. S. D archiI BBad $100 on each of iota -c c- a r> a a rnment sjaajbaaar, who said he was
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    62 8 A MAX with throe previous convictions wa, vesta tenced to a month's impr ment when he was com: m the Singapore Third District Court for escaping from legal custody al Dorset Road on Dec. 19 Othmna v tin B ISU waa detained by [aspa toi
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    175 8 Names Have Been Submitted KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Malaya may be represented at a Commonwealth conference being called by the Duke of Edinburgh to study human problems among industrial communities. Thia study conference, first of its kind m Industrial history, is to bo hold at Oxford
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    445 8 Four Days Later, Her Semi-Nude Body Is Found Girl Went To Sunday Mass BALIK PULAU, Tues. A Chinese girl did not return home after receiving Holy Communion at a church here one Sunday, m February. Four days later, her semi-nude body was found tied to a rubber tree. There was
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    101 8 KUALA U'MPCt J Mr. R B of the Outward iaatfl today deplored the tau so little was knom it a of the outward sonata ment. Il annual meeting of tWI here that tion had Improved m "there is still aaai achieve J r\) tUa«;» PUo__(\lY. 1^55. theftsJ eight courses
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    236 8 'Terms Were Too stitt: Says Loke THE terms offered Singapore investors by the Hilton Hotels Inc. for 1 the building nf 300--room 50. 000.000 Luxury hotel "wei c too still Colony him magnate, i Mr. Lake Wan Tho told The Standard yesterday. Ho aaid th.o terms
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    97 8 IPOH. Tues —An insurant agent 8 s. X Pokyarath, 28, waa todaj tinea ago by Magistrate Che JamaJ Ma Abdul Latif fot natng abusive lang a a c on a police .ns poo tor. Tia- police Inspector, G rmukh Singh, told the court thai be
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    51 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Ma;. 2S the official birthday ol the Sultan I I Selangor 111 t> a a ibllC holida tfl State this year. Announcing toil today, the Stat g v rnment can* lied a birthday holiday a May 14. m tia Q.\. notification ol last
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    65 8 KOTA TINGGI. Tues.— The following were elected officehearers of the Kota Tinggi sn Association President— Mr. K. Ramu; vice-president Mr. A. R K. r. nam assistant se -Mr. Dt i Samuel: treasui EL ambi; audi torsi .1. E. Reberio. members— Mesara. Ml, P. Arumugam, P. N S.
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    433 9  -  CHRISTINE DIEMER By— JilK YE R Darlins.'' starring that ever-lov-ing husband and v. team, big-eyed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, ■a obviously (obvious is the righl arord for the iiok film) intended to be i roll-'em-in-tne aisles frolic oo marriage. It get stymied m tin
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    315 9 \T mealtime.-; much of the stars' conversation iii devoted to their p< ta Handsome GEORGE NADER baa two "almoM Biameae" cata tha: be loves, -md he even acted U midwife when one ot them had kitten* recently. "Goodness knows what will happen when I uct married and mv
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    104 10 WATCHING the appen a pair of shoes being cut b.v a hand operated press m the shoemaking tactories of C. and J. Clark Ltd., m Somerset, England, are (from left): Mr. CP. Singham. from Port Swettenham, who dying: teaching at Brinsford Lodge, Wolverhampton, England, Miss K. Ra
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    227 10 Xl ALA LUMPI'R. Tues. The duty on int ported (hinese medicinal herbs is 150 per cent higher than the levies on luxury items such as air-conditioning plants, reirisenitois, cameras and photographic supplies. ihe Aaaociated Chin< Chambi rs o! O aaa- ree p< ;nted
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    774 10 Free Reserves Over Half Of Paid Up Capital Hongkong Branch Plan THE Directors of The Public Insurance Co. Ltd. report a year of further progress by an expansion m premium income and greater underwriting profits. Profit was the highest ever reached m the first five
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    87 10 A V. .TCR softener which fits directly on to the tap will be shown at the 1956 British Industries Fair Building and Heating Section at Castle Bromwich. April 23 to M 4 This softener, developed by.a" Birmingham firm, has aro. c i such interest m Britain ihat
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    254 10 PETER Stayveaaat the first English King Size cigarette with the "aaarade* 1 Estron filter has been introduced into the Singapore market by Rothmans of Pall Mall, according to Mr. G. Botha, the firms sales manager m Malaya. The "patron" filter, which was originally produced
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    90 10 CEYLON v be m a position to manufacture a considerable quantity of perfumes and scents, which are ai present imported to the tune of v*t R every year. <~; aernment has decided to set uy* a research institute to help those m the citron industry to
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      675 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINCAPORE TENDERS j: T ECTRICITY T 1 MENT. Various Sizes of Stee! sunk Head; Brass Countei Head and Brass Rom. Wood Screws. Close 12 NOON —7.5.56; and (ii) Purchase of Obsolete Materials Close 12 N00N— g.5.56. Forms from Electricity Departmer 11) ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: (A) Dredging and
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      378 10 NOTICES PW l> II SOU! NOTICE r r: RS :i b e received 1 from selected Cla I and above P.W.D Contra^ aie Office of the State Kedah/Perlis. Alor Star up to 3.00 p.m. of the 24th' April. 1956 for the Construction of a Malay School and Teachers" Qrs. at
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      122 10 Outer Koads Rorbank, Arnbouli. Prince Salvor, Xj nd 11 eus, San Pernand 1 Steel Voyager, Reginald Kerr Chungkii a. Fakland, India. TomiM Kokoku Maru Inner Roads Pangkor. Ilerlltnau A a-. Hin. Rengam, Thepamat, Wah Sing, Hone Eric Hai Sia.:; ll in Tm:Sing, Kah Kheng, B.'-u;)<. Relau Hero New Coronation, Rajah
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    81 12 Customs Revenue Higher GROSS revenue collected by the Singapore Customs Department m the first quarter of this year amounted to 523,096,000 against 820,688,000 m the first quarter of 1955. Thil v.a- .tights than the estimated revenue oi $21,504,--000. The revenue sfoj <>: tamed Eton entertainments, liquors, liquor licences, vehicles, (special
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    110 12 THE ieell-k)U)>r}i Freneli cars, PtuQtoi iW viodcLt, which catnt off tht protection Li 11 for the first tone \m April \aSi ytajTf heye enuul.t on hi big wmy both m Asm ae.d En Europe, a) litis ia tht observation o| .Mr. .1. Ji.rorslrj. the assistant export mammgtt of
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    146 12 RUBBER lost l| cents In the Singapore market yesterday when May Aral grade closed qaiet at 01 js cents per lb. (Mon. 93 cents). Low I.K. /Continent offtake ia. the local market resulted m the drop. The marker opened 12 j ci ct? following n:op of .th rs.
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    111 12 MR. II A CORLISS of Fraser Co., Singapore, was elected chairman of the Malayan Sharcbrokers' Association at its annual general meeting held m Fullerton Building yesterday. Deputy chairman is Mr. IL.I. Sinclair af Charles Bradburne Co. (1930) Ltd. -s The following were elected to the committee: Penang: Mr
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    26 12 CREDIT m the amount of U*****,000 has -teen elloted to the Republic of the Philippines, the Export-Import Back of Washington announced oa Monday
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    95 12 OCEAN > moments of rubber including Latex, concentrated latex and rc\ ertex bra Us ft m the (Lrsl quarter of this rear totalled 244,2 m t as, *g 241,741 I m last year*i Brst q tarter. M b lipn i tots i I 80.--802 tons (Ft
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    269 12 QUESTIONNAIRES THE Singapore Qovrr ing Pan-Molayon statist'" 1 1 insurance business carried >hf i established as well as 0 v C r Ut by *1 A spokesman of the CoW t. which is collecting tiw^L 1 *»tJ -to get better co^gpSS At present the Department monthly Digest of Economic
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    526 12 PASSENGERS who will disembark trom tho s.s Cortu arriving from Britain at Penang and Singapore on April 22 and 24 respectively are PENANG Ifin A. i J Blenkinsop, Mrs. BS Carter and children, Mn F. B. Dabinett, Mr. EUL Davies Mr. B .Wans. Mrs, c.d.
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    97 12 INDUSTRIALS and Urn w( re qua* < n tin Malayan share mark* -.a rday. Prices were Inclined to ca i slightly. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharrbr kers* Association yestc relay were: INDUSTRIALS 'y> i Sella Heni Wa .eh Uli m R: tian [ca a2O McAlister
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    141 12 M U AY.-W lhan 01 I reported the following business done yesterday. P. a v ts $1 67: Hammers 12.4 '.v igh $1 M Hume 5/3: M Ba S 2 I J I M. Cement $1.56. 51. 55; Sti S'ehip $12.15; Straits Times 52.62*, $2.1 Tr ders
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    269 12 NEW MOVE TO STRENGTHEN PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY Standard Stall Reporter Johore Bahru, Mon. Realizing the grave challenge to the local pineapple industry by competitors m other parts of the world those who have a Mg stake m the industry m Malaya are taking steps to m^et the challenge. Attention :a tiie
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    37 13 Photo i. N'.n'af 1 s l ;'""."V. n r basketball i .1 ;s nx -»ns. Sun- Pan rourt. Zonal tai ties -ire hr, ni r "gers r prepar, t,..n i. tl MHhourne trip U.S.I.S.
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    40 13 SI N IDAI E Sporti Club beat Singapore Reci ition Club OSM goal to nil m S \F.\ ion 2B league SO) a match played on the Padang terday. Tian Soon scored thr* winning £onl fnr Springdci
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    123 13 HINESE Athletic 'A' routed Singapore Cricket Club by seven goals to two m a Div. I I SAsTA leagUfi occer at the BjCLC pound terday. Wall onmed the scorp In the 7th minute for the Chil who scored again m the llth minute In the Ifth minute
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    601 13  - CAGE SERIES RETURN TONIGHT BILL FUNK *^**^***^m^ H\S i*^^^»^^ I O the Colony's basketballers, the IfM League Series begin to be real today— the opening day of the Tournament Proper for the Chung Hwa Cup. No lea r than 96 teams, split up into n:r." groups, will be vicing foi
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    411 13  -  EDIN PETERS By ARGONAUTS Football Club, last years Singapore Amateur Football Association Div. 2 league champions, are now well m the running to capture this years senior league championship. Playing at Jalan Besar stadium Yesterday they beat Chinese Athletics by five goals to tbree,
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    34 13 THE SMALL IRY football team of Thailand shown on their arrival here for a series of seven-a-side football. Among he officials are Messrs Limin Lamsam. chief of delegation and Huang Yung Lin. team manager.
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    187 13 Indian Youngsters Defeated TUAN MOXG Old Bojl AsM :ation beat the Indian Youngsters by three goals to one m tho S A FA. Div. SB |C lie match at Farrer Park yesterday. Indians opened the score m the 20th minute when Baktha receiving a Victor's pass ran through en hil
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    81 13 LONDON. April Ig, (Beuter>— R< iits of tonight's Associatiaa Football matches ".ere: DIV, TWO: Stoke C: 0 Bury 1 DIV THREE (Southern:) W sll 2 N trthampton 0 DIV THREE (Northern:) Bradford C. fl Bradford 0 York City 8 Aceringtoo l Scott 'i "A" Heart- H Fa
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    101 13 FOLLOWING m Time Trial r !>■ Raci T M rr. on S md i-f si •he Old B intong Ness V ige, Ipoh, races I pen to the Perak Cyclists oi (1) I Mile Time Ti 1 1 Read Cycle Race i N i <2> i Mile Time
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    32 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues —I rhe 21st Alt Maintenance P atnon edged Malaya Command Camp i 0 m i division two garrison league soccer match at the Batu Cantonment ground today.
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    43 13 SFATTLE Wa hington AM 17 (Reuter) Archie Moore. or d gbl hem j reign! i hampion. gained an easy win <a George Parmentier Euri California hen I I gh- The ree stopped the fight m the round meatier iown three a
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    34 13 Xl LUMPUR. A larga number of I nave d for the Selangor B Iminton tion IN -ices r-hampionships due to be r »yed si the association*! I from Friday to Sundsy.
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    184 13 }()LI [NG are the weekend resulU i Royal lingapori GolJ C ib: Men's Monthly Medal <^tr*>ke > Division Winner: M: J Fi M-ravi'.'. N -24 7J other Cards: Mr R C W irtsburg 57— 24 M '1 S'ovei 99—24 If. Mi S js, Lund SS— S3
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    253 14 Munlrr Splendour, Kmsshoiu. I kPkle .0.-1 Pal. to, ar ones to battle out .rlong event for Cla 1 Division Three horaes. I runner-up m his last two k n-h<aiu may find his winning turn ran prominently to finish one and a quarter lengths behind On Tra litl
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    341 14 For a sound bet*, Windsor Lad says... But Bajan A Lively Threat Superscope gave promise of an early win m his first race at Ipon last month when he finished a close second to Carribean with 8.08 over six furlongs. On that performance the Faircv Fulmar four-vcar-old
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    42 14 pa,', THK Encland s<..,ik". p- "I "«*w-S*tl ß^H ball and ralches it nnd* versus Lncland intnn.n Mjjl Park Glasgow, s, j onr coal raeh Gerald I_i» _t ViL *a* _s •dark shirt, runs n f k 1 full haek.l^- Hifc Vls| A.P.
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    564 14 THE going for this afternoon's races at Kuala Lumpur should be good, reports Windsor Lad. Rain has kept off for the past few days and at the moment there is little likelihood of any break m the weather. The Forecast Pool will be held on Races 2. 4
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    132 14 Windsor Lad The Spectre Trundle Hill Scrutineer T7k~\ I'KtM I■ iK (iIHIHN lEBIS PKM( IOK fr,,, (l>r ir; Kom.in dim (mlihii Kcbu* \IO\TK H\\ M.»\|M.<» M\\ MONTEGU H\\ MONTEGO BAI 2 h»ii< v mi.i r M ijnl.l Hollywood s»t ir t M'»;l>u.mm| *tir lilt'lictn' II \|.H»iuiiri m»rj ikuiik mimhukm.
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    810 14 K.Lumpur Race Card RACE 1: 3.15 p.m.-' Horses Class 3, Div. 4—6 Furs. l 707 Precis* Sy Ul M Lss I I Cbaaa st L X Chee Donnelly Cracknell aa t.nUlcn Rebus |v sm > i vibnn.i fej S.S9 Giam > ftk D welly On 4. Roman < .ien Sy
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    667 14 Melbourne Hope Deserves Winning Break After bein? placed four times In successive attempts Melbourne Hope d< serves a winning break and U may ha m tbe five snd i ball fur- age sprini Race Xbn i tor Class Five, Division Oru b rscs, A::< r two gallant seconds s| [poh
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    92 14 TOKYO, April It, JM Aarl Tee Japan Badminton Assoelation today Bttnotaaeed tii at two top badminl n players of Ms <-. < w U arriva In Japan i Tl ir laj {or a series of exhibit] n matches The players sre Ong Poh Lim 34, and
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    282 14 LONDON, April 16 (Renter)— M. Marcel Boussacs colt Philius 11, an easy winner af <* mile race m France last Friday, became clear five to-one favourite for tlie 2.000 Guineas at tonights Victoria Club cailo\er here. piniius ii aras also made C 0 raVOUllte
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    103 14 THE flea round of the small fry seven-a-side soccer lo irnamenl will h e played at Jalan Besar today. This tournament is the first Of Its kind to be held m Singapore and is organized by the Junior Chamber ot Commerce. In the curtain raiser al
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    25 14 TAIPING, 'lues- Im r firsl division IOCCat match on Friday, REME trounced Chinese Recreation Club 6—o. Scorers were Pilgrim 4 Everitt and Martin.
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    324 14  -  NIGEL GEE By The 2.000 (iuin, ls of two-* ear-old form <c ,j l( winners, lour wen < Near, and onh two i< ""jN Free Handicap. This ofli. olds however has been l since the war to the outconn < Only four post-war Derby winners a___J
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    18 14 KUALA LUlffd Three times ckassj j 1 Srr.' aaa *m i Saturday it the Id I ground.
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