Singapore Standard, 2 April 1957

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    26 1 Singapore Standard I STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lincsT 2400 "#R v^l FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 SINGAPORE, TLESPAY, APRIL 2, 1957 12 PAGES 13 CJFMs
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    37 1 I -i thi> I .swtopscafFW I chief tain. I ..rrested I tcrroI launthe re. by the known rrcs are area s» P ts in *he arr mittee bss Zu. who was Among i. who Siew Lower
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    34 1 Jbirew lath I Sr I Mr. Lim »»d the secretary of I w r ci the the have a >efence next. f whi> awaiting agreed L*y i*l»tiatinns expected' to this fully 1 back.
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    Lock icon NO DEATH PENALTY NOW
    66 1 NAIROBI. April 1 (Reuten i:.- Kenya Government today anni unced the lifting of the d ith penalty from thro capita] offences under the em' rg< ncy anti-Mau Mau regulati The ofIBBBH are ■UllWflli possess: B Ol lira arm. c-n-->ort;::j With Ulegalll armed an i the administering
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    29 1 A FOOTBALL referee M I in the boot < *r after angry spectators attacked him after a match at Piramsens, Weal .any. yc re r iay —R Reuter
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    42 1 KINGSTON Jamaica. April 1 ißeuten An earth tremor which abOOk Jamaica's Clarendon parish yesterday caused a iand.-lide that wrecked a farmer's house and buried him. He was dug out of the debris and taken to hospr.al severely injured.
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    369 1 FUND: tops $6,000 'Tube' Girl I Prays As "Tl'BK GIRL" Govindammah \esterday devoted herself to prayer as morp money poured into the Standard offices to boost the fund set up to send her to England for treatment. She prayed (picture at left) (o the Goddess of Mercy and Wealth, whose
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    Lock icon AID HALTED UNTIL REBELS CAPTURED
    147 1 TEIIFRAN, April 1, (IP)— Point Four Programme director Clark Gregory ordered American aid operations suspended in Southeast Iran until police capture D.id Shah and the rebels who killed three Americans there. The famous old bandit was now reunited close to the Pakistan border in a
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    Lock icon BRITON (MANAGER OF THE CHARTERED BANK) DETAINED
    222 1 Arms deposited in banks, sans RI armu FIREARMS CHARGE CARRIES THE DEATH PENALTY JAKARTA, APRIL 1 (REISER) A BRITISH AND A DUTCH BANK OFFICIAL WERE DETAINED BY THE MILITARY POLICE I? ERE TODAY. They are Mr. Edward Cur y, manager of the Chartered
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    203 1 Sumatra Officers Defy Command JAKARTA, April 1, (Renter) A number of officers and men of the Indonesian army in South Sumatra had "revolted" against territorial commander Lieutenant Colonel Barlian because they disapproved of his action in taking over administrative control of the province, the Indonesian news agency, Antara, reported today.
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    Lock icon SIT-DOWN STRIKE
    27 1 A HIROSHIMA girl disfigured by the 1945 atomic bomb bla.^t joined 11 sitdown strikers in Hiroshima yesterday against Britain's proposed nuclear tests at Christmas Island.
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    37 1 ARCHBISHOP .Makarios, exiled head of the Creek orthodox church in Cyprus, may leave Ifahe, Seychelles Islands, in s Greek oil tanker and fly to Athens from Mombasa via Nairobi, it was reported yes- terday.— Reuter
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    99 1 LONDON, April 1 (Rcuter). Dr. Edith Summerskill, Labour Member Of Parliament. complained today thai whole faifliilw were Bitting in lront of television sell everyday receiving imaH doaa ol irradiation. Dr. S;.:nmcr.-kiil, had nsked the Government In the House of Commons what action it was taking on
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    Lock icon DASH FOR FREEDOM
    107 1 Desperate Wish Comes True VIENNA. April 1 (AP) Driving his diesel-motored railway car at full speed, a Hungarian today flashed through the Iron Curtain, and once safe in Austria, asked for asylum, police reported. The daring escape was staged by Lasrlo Pal, an engine driver, who desperately
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    Lock icon 'TRUSTING U.N. ALONE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH'
    292 1 Mac Opens Critical Debate LONDON, April 1, (Reuter)— Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, said today that at his recent Bermuda talks with President Eisenhower he had made plain the British view that just trusting to the United Nations was no substitute for
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    Lock icon EIGHT HOUSES DESTROYED 100 RENDERED HOMELESS
    77 1 MUAR, Mon. Fire destroyed eiffht houses in the Jalan Arab artisans' quarters here this morning. More than 100 people were rendered homeless. Damage to property was estimated at $30,000. The blaze was brought under control within 45 minutes of the arrival of the Muar
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    217 1 Highlights Of Premier's Speech LONDON. April 1. Excerpts of Mr. Harold Marmilian's speech in the House: CHRISTMAS ISLANDS: There will be no perceptible radiation outside the left areas in the forthcoming nuclear tests. A number of official observers from the United States. Canada. Australia and New Zealand have b fi
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    Lock icon HURT IN BRAWL
    34 1 A SINGAPORE businessman. S. Pwiiyappa'he\ er. 33. W$M injured in a tar bnwl at the 9th Mile Chan^i Road, last night He was treated for head injuries at the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon 2nd SEATO AIR-SEA DEFENCE EXERCISE
    185 1 ANOTHER SEATO defensive air sea exercise— ASTRA— will take place in the area ot the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand from April 24 to May 2. In accordance with the declared SEATO policy of mutual security, the exen ise has been sponsored -^y
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    Lock icon 'Youth Curfew' To Be Lifted
    50 1 Youth Curfew' To Be Lifted NICOSIA (Re i'rr) Youth C for < ypriot Greeks und< 2\ LftM from ght, it was dafci- v a r.: toda The curfew .-.z r^-r- youths to their hones bom sunset t< dawn has been in fora Bince the middle of •en ef isj main
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    Lock icon THOUSANDS MOURN EOKA DEAD
    191 2 THOUSANDS MOURN EOKA DEAD BRITISH TROOPS ON GUARD AS NICOSIA, April 1 (AP) British troops stood guard outside churches in Cyprus on Sunday as thousands flocked to special memorial services for 56 dreek Cypriots killed by the British during the two-year campaign against Inion with Greece forces. \r ;rc „rs
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    59 2 HIB 6HIMA, April I (UP) Hii h a*i until fatality this year from Qm BAsai bomb < \ug. 6, 1949, occulted on Saturday. H M rep rted toIhi Hai was 12-vear-old Tokuyuki Iwat:, I in Hir City sh :.y be- •-•-> A -oei He was at tame
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    36 2 A D^-7 machine cf Swi^a:r S■ national airline, left Geneva yesterday on the toanfura flifht of n "new •errice v Tok: by way of B- Karach: B. rr.bay R ar. i Manila. Reuter
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    469 2 Harley Street Specialist Tells Court LONDON. April 1, (Reuter)—A leading London medical specialist claimed today that each injection Dr. John Bodkin Adams gave a rich old widow during the List days of her life was for "a lethal purpose." Dr Arthur Douthwrute of
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    516 2 But Brought The To 'Brink Of ty ai For 4th Time In c 4 WASHINGTON, April, 1 (Reuter)— President r "the brink of war" a fourth time in his President wk e^ Soviet government last autumn that Amcricon f cr r'< Russian "volunteers" being sent to Egypt, accord:^*, the
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    41 2 COMMANDER S.S. Laurie, Royal Navy, taking the salute as the Guard of the 6 Company RASC marches past him at a "Paying 1 Off" ceremony held at H.M.S. Simbang, the Royal Navy Air Station at Semnawang, yesterday.
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    69 2 KARACHI. April 1. (Renter) Mr. James P. Richards. President Eisenhower's special envoy to the Middle El it, has had talki in Kabul with Afghan leaders and if expei ted to have an audience With King Mohammed Zahir tori aw according to Radio Pakistan. Mr. Richards
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    Lock icon MINE EXPLOSION
    25 2 SEVEN miners were killed and three others seriously injured in an explosion in a coal mine in the suburbs of Taipei, yesterday.— AP.
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    155 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prires (rents oer Ib) In Sing* pore yesterday were:— Buyer* Sell»»rv Spot (Nom.) 88 J BH} AprRSSNo. 1 802 894 RSS No. 2 87 S 88 RSS No. S 87 87 i Tone: Barely Steady. S PORfc UN The price ol tin 00 the local market
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    Lock icon REDS REJECT JAP PROTESTS
    191 2 Reply Contains Nothing New TOKYO, April 1. (Reuter)— An official Son in .< ernnient note received here tonight rejected Japanese protests against continued Soviet nuclear tests, but added that Russia was willing to suspend all luturr tests provided the Western powers agreed to do lik< wise.
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    32 2 CUXHAVEN, West Germany, April i. (Renter). Tho Bnt West German naval nniti Hoc NATO two mine sweeping flotillas came formally under NATO command at a ceremony here today.
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    Lock icon Israel Warns: Stop Us And It's War
    224 2 JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector, April 1, (AP) An Israe.i Foreign Min?try official declared today that "interference with Israeli shipping in the Suez Canal or the Gulf of Aqaba would be an act of war The official made this statement in reaction to Egyptian President
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    242 3 Jungle capers includebahie* and birth control THEIR HUSBANDS ARE GETTING AWFULLY TIRED OF WAITING SUNGEI BAKAP, Mon.— Women Communist terrorists, whose husbands ore living peacefully in new villages in Province Wcllcslcy, may lose their spouses as they ore getting tired of waiting for them to come
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    73 3 traffic ar- 1 ade bltak Coronation Road as the conSestion will be heavy. Parking will be allowed only on the side of Upper rangoon Road. Vehi her than that proceeding to the cemetery are asked to e an alternative route to avoid congestion. If there
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    129 3 full of praise for a. ai ar;.c on board the vessel the I Army Me Cori a transit passeng* I ami family the Stai I that the Oxfordshi ultimate in con nave done abc '.on troopships during the war after. ravel on the (Oxfordshire is a service dream come true,"
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    114 3 They Want More Holidays KUALA LUMPUR, Itafc— Ina. school I achi la the Federation I daj protested I I I:. r- IUCtJ Ol their h< year from I 48 da lis imination," said K K. ah, spokes- in th< Pan-M U■■ UQ ..an School 'i i idlers' n. He held
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    Lock icon MERGER? NOT JUST YET SAYS BRAGA
    174 3 TOKYO. April 1, (UP)— Singapore's Health Minister, Mr. A I p aid here today that any merger between Singapore and Malaya will have to wait until countries are on their feet after independence Mr. Braga ■fitted la Japan last nisht with Singap e'i medical
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    31 3 New Chief Engineer MR. C I V LAUM)N. Deputy Enginpor-in-(!i!«f of Anf Wir. Irvs l.iir.itt-d in Singapore. v.-trrri>\ micMr I A Sn.ile as Eneineer-in-ChH aflei 35 in" xrvitr uith the iom-
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    Lock icon Results Of Village Polls
    68 3 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon —Residents of Berapit Village here held 1 eil MUI annual election for the V. Committee during the neck-end The village was divided into eight wards for the polls. The following were 4 1 M Sim Cheow Seong (re- Ns Er K W. Kee
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    Lock icon Mobs besiege M-girl Grace
    275 3 HONGKONG'S charmhag "Mambo Girl* 1 has sh ittered Btagapsjft l);t\-o.1i( records. To s"c her. enthusiastic faju have kesJegeti Ilm Ocictin Theatre hvn .5 a.m. in |1m morn in;; Itt Umi i.'.-t four iays, I\cry pcrtm jr.uice. and there nvv ii\c bo.n^ siwn every v ..iy, has
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    78 3 KUAi LUMPUR, M< n The l B-M .■an Indian S ■>' Teachers' Union wai I v why Ml< rs ir > Government-aided schoo: b S. r. Pcrak and Ma! < have been directed by the E location Department to "find Ives jobs elsewhere." o Union's Delegates'
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    Lock icon LITTLE BOY LOST...
    45 3 A :.\R-OLD lov v. l abandoned neai a drain ..r:. ling the St. Andrew*i 1 Irai, Sir.iMpnrc. la-t night llt was taken to the Gei eral Hospital where he was admitai a patient. H« iraa :e--eved ta have '■•ccr. auffering m rition.
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    47 3 HONGKONG, Ann: 1. Sp< ial s r ir" i Service: I .n^ pri ea f Ibe Hong>> Ing Ex hange w -re: 'i t< Sterh: >; < to r S.oi $1 Ma iyan M: W.177 to 1:. 1 :.t dan Rupiah; Gold $2t>U »0 1 a tael
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    45 3 THK A Chief MinisU r ind Minister I\t Commen e [n try, Mi ,i 11. J ima- h will <pt n the World H< ilth D ly Exhibition at the Vi I ria Memorial Ha.: en Fnd >.v li S 3D p DV
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    Lock icon Talks On A Centtal Bank
    86 3 SINGAPORE Minister for Commerce and lr. tustry, :.lr 1 i ibhoy, and Ministei for Communications ind Works, Air. Francis Thomas, yesterday held discussions with Federation Ministers in Kuala Lumpur on the setting ud of a Central Bank lor Malaya. Economic Ad\ :r |o Sings* e
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    221 3 Council votes $1 5 mil for St. James SINGAPORE City Council has approved $15.5 mill ion for six Free Piston turbine peneralon for St James 1 Power Station. They will proyide 36,000 additional kilowatt! of electricity by 1900. The total expenditure, to be spread otw Dve yrars. Includes $13. T
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    Lock icon FIELD DAY FOR APRIL FOOL JOKERS
    76 3 THOUSANDS o! student* in Singapore yesterday April- ed each other an i exU i led their pranks to government buildings, newspapei offices a.-. I the lire-brigade. Tattered torn Japaaeaa fir.z- wore hoisted on Govern- building In Ha> ock Road. Empress Place and High Sti
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    Lock icon SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CHINESE STUDENTS
    446 4 The Key To Further Secondary Education KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federal Education Ministr>' today announced the organization of a special selection examination for further secondary education to Chinese school pupils unwilling to take the L.C.E. test. The L.C.E (Lower Certificate of Education), which an estimated
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    Lock icon Grandpa Hock (73) sues his sons
    257 4 T ABOUT 60 members of the Choo family, yesterday packed the public gal'ery of the Singapore High Court to hear a case involving a grandfather, his adopted toot and gandsons in a dispute over family property. T'ne grandfather, Cboo Hock Swoc. a 73-year-Old towkay. is
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    Lock icon TEMPORARIES: UNION MEN SEE GOVT.
    78 4 TEMPORARIES: UNION MEN SEE GOVT. A FIVE-MAN delegation Ol the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Service.-, Union yesterday met the officials of the Civil Service establishment branch and discussed the future of temporary clerks recently rejected for absorption into the permanent service. The Standard understands that Government will take I
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    Lock icon 4 Will Tour S.I.T. Estates
    70 4 FOUR journalists from Burma, now on a visit in the Colony, w-iil tour the Singapore Improvement Trust housing estatos today. The are IT Mauns Maunq. Asaistam Editor of the Trir>une and lender of the croup. D Ba U. SDerial correspondent/ translator o! the Hanthawad'v. V
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    Lock icon WISE MOVE SAYS TAN
    60 4 THE Singapore Government's decision to throw open the public service to Chinese School students was a wise move. Secretary ol the Liberal Socialists Mr E K Tan told the Standard y« sterday. He Mid the party would certainly support any move to absorb into Government service
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    22 4 four appeal! against death sentences were di.-missed by the Federation Court of Appeal litting in Johore Bahru during the weekend.
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    113 4 SARONG GIRL HALIMAH WAS A HIT BRITISH women arc crazy about the sarong and kebaya. said Miss Halima.li Abang a 22-year-old school teacher when she arrived in Singapore by BOAC from London. Miss Abang. who is on her way back to Kuching after studying in Britain for nine months on
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    124 4 Lightning Struck Teacher A NEWLY-BUILT Chinese school in Thomson Road. Singapore, was struck by lightning during a recent ttiunder.>torm and teacher. Wong Sian Wan. 25. died a Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Principal of the Sin Min Public School. Mr. Lim Keng Bock, told Coroner Mr. K T. Alexander that
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    Lock icon Peeping Tom Fined $100
    88 4 A IH- YEAR-OLD >cho~; 2 irl. Nl Guek Choon. was taking bath one day last month, when the discovered lomeoue peep in? from a n adjoining bathroom. a Singapore Court was tol«[ yesterday. She thrtW a bucket of water at the "Peeping Tom," at the tame
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    Lock icon ONEEYED'S FATAL WALK
    69 4 A OXE-EYED farmer suddenly stepped on to the road and walked into a moving R.A F. coach along 91 Mile Chang! Road, a Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Senior aircraftman Wilfred Norman King, who drove the conch, said this in evidence yesterday at an inquest on
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    Lock icon Hello & Goodbye for Durbrow
    94 4 Hello Goodbye for Durbrow MR. ELBRIDGE Durbrow. former United States Consul General in Singapore, yesterday returned to the Colony from Washington where he was sworn in as America's Ambassador to Vietnam. Mr. Durbrow leaves on April 12 to take up his new appointment. "Meanwhile, I hav e re- turned to
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    Lock icon Britain Takes A Leaf From SATA
    211 4 Britain Takes A Leaf From SATA THE Singapore antiTuberculosis Association's policy of controlling TB in the Colony in the past five years is now beinn practised in Britain. Th:. was stated yesterday by SATA TPtTHlHfff. Dr. A. C. Stewart, who returned to the Colony recently from Britain after an absence
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    37 4 THE Ma^riy La:;:; ;a£c Soi lety of the Uni> ersity i f Malaya will ho d a talk on Malay music a 4 the Oci Tiong Ham Hall on Thursday, April 4. at M| p.m.
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      459 4 cJS-lmanac Information at a Glance WDk^SMtoim Sl ™"™3 °fU 8 12 B-«-C. C(,,.n,r*i O.^oas >eru<e l: Pen;inK 153 am (78 ft) 2.14 Dm Of The V in 5 CommonlOf II Singapore Kr.inclr VVeeklv l8 4 K-J wealth C:ub. 6p m. Edmundo meeting "Branch Familv Ncht" Ros and n:6 L Ln
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    48 5 upso:. uon ji rir-old cook in kie jungle of m ßhari In the »erak. Chai Ah Lov. has feaai reported missing s.r. y st< rday evening. Labourers in the area, who are still searching for him fear that Chai has been arried away by a ti:- r
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    102 5 FRENCH nightclub sintjcr yesterday had this to say about Singapore men: "They have no sense of humour or appreciation. They are made of nothing but muscles and bones." Miss Jane Lenvin (left) also described them as "cold." "They don't
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    Lock icon MIDWIFE CLAIMS TRIAL
    57 5 IPOII. Mon.— A midwife. Munah binti Ali. 39. today Claimed trial before the Presldent of the Session.-, Court. Mr. J. R. Whim.stcr, to a charge of cau>ing a miscarriage. After hearing the evidence of the woman concerned and that of the medical officer and a nurse, Mr.
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    214 5 A Big Welcome Awaits Mr. Lim Yew Hock Co. I! II former Chief Min •t Sinjjaiwre, Mr. Marshall, will not .wnoni; the VIPs on the nm ot the City >« i! steps when Chief Minister, I.im Yew Hock addresses the people alter his return from London.
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    156 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Working Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council will meet on April 8 to make its final decilfon on IGCepting the invitation to tttend the Red Chinese May Day celebrations in Peking. Malayan delegates are to nay for their passages to
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    85 5 MALACCA. Mon.— Two out ol three youths charged with being members of an unlawful society were acquitted and discharged by Magistrate Ramanatha Iyer, when their case was brought up for mention today. Earlier, the Police Withdrew the charge against Tan Ah Moli and Guan Tuan Say. The
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    173 5 'Things Are In Bad Shape' Standard Shipping Reporter SEVENTEEN "white" Russians from Red China on their way to South America, painted a harrowing picture of life on the mainland, when interviewed by the Standard yesterday. The refugees, who do not IU their identities
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    193 5 UMNO Drive To Collect 'Titrah' THE rcj se ition nf the Sin ipore St ite N -i e th month to 1 the yearly M i h ;on- it "zak it and fttrah", from a UMNO m n r i of the UMNO re Lgious >cct:^ 111 he S3 ed
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    89 5 PENANG, Mon. Koh Lai Hi it stated I>V Magistrate, Mr An Ah Wall '<> I nn 'incorrigible liar* 1 was today jailed for three years on a charge of c.ishonestly iv'^i..tni a stolen bicjrcle belonging to Teoh Siong Gam, at Argyll Roa I on March 2-'.
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    60 5 PENANG Mon.— lrene Koh- rr tr.e ('< ited PMI st, will Rive a n Ital ai the St Xavit r's Ir:- 4 ition hall on Thursday night. guest arti wi.l nc u- r-old Kam Kee y< ng, who will give a vi< lin recital Kam ta
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    74 5 HO Miew Jin. 16. unemploye 1. Wll convicted in a Singapore Court yesterday of fraudulent possession of i Icy tfe stuicn from the five-loot-way of Asia Building. The court WM told that en March i-iO. when Ho was questioned by a. detective at Tras Street, he abandoned
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    103 5 A SH-VEAR-OLD woman was produced in a Singapore Court yesterday to answer an offencp she was alleged to have committed five years ago. The woman. Lee Boey, was accused of vagrancy in Singapore on Nov. li, Mat, When first brought to court
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    90 5 Praise For Tunku's Leadership BAN T I NG. Mon.— The Kuala Langat branch President of the Malayan Indian Congress. Mr. Daniel Jayaratnam. today praised Federation Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, for his impartiality towards nonMalays. Speaking at the sth annual general meeting of the branch here. Mr. Jayaratnam >aid the
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    349 5 Many Problems Will Have To Be Faced RE SETTLEMENT of squatters from scheduled areas and clearance of land for development of government projects, are now being undertaken by an organization formed by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Permanent Secretary for Lands and
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    63 5 MAJOR GENERAL \Y. A Scott. Director of Communications in the Foreign Oilice. who arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qan-tas-BOAC from London. Ma.j. (Jen. Scott, described his week's stay in the Colony, in four words: "To see Singapore's installations." Ho also hopes to visit the Federation. He was
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    154 5 A THREE-FOLD, SI 00,000 project is being planned in Singapore for 1957 by the Wesley Methodist Church. The first phase is to build an urgently needed educational building on the grounds of Wesley Church itself, to cost at least 5H.5.000. It is pointed out that more
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    543 6 Sir The dawn of the fasting month brings to an end the matrimonial seasons for the Muslims. But the question whv Malays ro on spending out oi proportion to their means on >urh OCCMlOBt; Hilda no exPianation. Many Malavs can trace back the time their parents or grandparents
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    575 6  -  Aster Gunasekera By A\\\V\ T> EPO R T S from London about the question of citizenship in the new constitution for Singapore are causing some public anxiety, especially among Commonwealth citizens who arc also British subjects. A few days ago it was stated that
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    175 7 Give My Views of The Cyprus Problem Makarios I) The Daily Mail today rum Archbishop Makarios, iniu to London "to make •I the C>prus problem." of the Union with Greece Hm was released by the Britisi xhelle Islands last week, sent c newspaper: think the first step to be taken
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    172 7 TEHERAN, Iran, April 1 (VP)- The body of Mrs. Anita Carroll which was lound today only two miles from the spot where a bandit gans killed her husband and three other men in a desert ambush a week a so, was flown in
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    110 7 JAM I W R Virginia. I 1 (AP)— Virginia, where elebrati- tl t-.-tjp i< -a major pastime, r> ays ;st today to the start f I 350th birthday party. Th- |o I r <.-:■-' <•:). orates Ihi tne rirst p< 1 1 •<- »elt.ement iri
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    47 7 ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, April 1 (AP) Four members of th€ Ossie WoolridgC family were found shot to Heath in their home here on Sunday. Police bfOadcait a lockout lOf 14-year-old Dan. el Wwolridge. said to be armed with a .22 calibre rifle.
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    86 7 Two-year-old Shoots Mother Accidentally CM XT WOOD. Virginia April 1. <APt. A 22 -year-old mother of two W9t ihot an<l killed hut paatanlay oy hci IWO J€ll' lid D ftfn Ulila Branham die I on the wnv to a botpital, out hi how aftti the acddti t. A tthofitto nid
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    82 7 OBIHIRO. Japan. April 1 (APi Twelve men were killed and 10 injured today by two avalanches that cru>hed a cluster of construction sheds in the mountains near here. More than 200 soldiers. policemen and villagers dug in the snow in a search for six others
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    34 7 CANBERRA, April 1 (UP) Nationalist Chinese Minister to Australia Dr. Chan Tai Chu. said today his government would start a campaign to persuade Australians to drink green scented Formosan tea.
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    171 7 TOKYO. April 1 (Router)— Osaka police said yesterday I jilted lovrr who turned mountain hermit three years ago was awaiting trial for stealing quarry workmen's tools and selling them for food. The 30-ycar-old hermit nid his household goods l arly In 1054 After his
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    437 7 COLONY AND FED. JOIN MOVE FOR ANTI-RED PRESS BODY SAIGON, April 1, (AP)_ Six resolutions submitted to the 13-member Asian People's Ant i Communist League were passed by unanimous vote today. The league is made up of Malaya, Singapore, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, Turkey and South Vietnam. Resolutions
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    176 7 Britain's H-Bomb 'A Child's Toy: She Says HILL, April 1 (l'P)— Labour Member of Parliament Mrs. Barbara Castip said here today the British H Bomb was as "incipient as a child's toy coinpaied with the American and Russian H-Bombs." Mrs. Castle, a member of the Labo ;r Par'y F.v .v
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    158 7 Queen's plan to visit U.S. is 'distasteful'-MP LONDON, April 1 (UP) —Conservative MP Angus Maude said today plans for Queen Elizabeth's proposed trip to America next autumn filled him with "profound distaste" because such visits should be reserved for Britain's friendliest allies. Up suggested that instead of the Queen going
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    131 7 PLAYED RUSSIAN ROULETTE AND LOST SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. (UP). A San Francisco man whoso brother suffered a near fatal chest wound six years ago playing Russian roulette, decided to give the deadly game a whirl last nii>ht. Arturo Ilinckel did it in front of a friend. Roberto Bolanos who
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    210 9 THE Motor Insurance Association of Malaya and Borneo announced that their members have been authorized to reduce the cost of riot and civil commotion cover granted as an extension to com.prehensive motor policies jfrom this month. The majority of motor vehicle owners have
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    96 9 KUALA Il'MPl'R, Mon. The annual Bukit Bintan? Trade Fair, sponsored by Shaw Brothers Ltd., will be the bicgest ever this Merdtka year, a spokesman said. He added that many South-east Asian countries would take part. It will besin on Auj;. IK 1") days before Merdeka Day
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    140 9 Rubber Drops Cents On Upcountry Selling GAPORE rubber mkm yesterday dropr i icntl lo cents per lb. for first grs ie April shipment on a bare y steady market y ettcrd 1 y Prices opened low.r at *~5 rents on a quiet market yesterday. ountrv selling was largely responsible for
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    105 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Proe Lx-r.3r.5e noon closing oer r>Jl vesterriav were: Copra. Mar /Apr $27] buyers; $28] sei:-. mm I .t 01: 54 sellers; in drums $47| sellers: Muntok write peeper $97 sellers; Sarawak white Special Sarawak black $68. Singapore Ccpra Associa- c 'sir.^ prices yesterday: Strait.- rr.ixed crpr.v.
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    57 9 J.B.M. WORLD Trade Opf* poration's manager for AsiaPacific* Mr. J. Calvin ok; in Singapore on a visit. It is Mr. Halls mMi H Singapore and he is oca u to his headquarters in Manila. IBM. is a world-wide titution with 265 of- i in 82 countries
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    292 9 the Iocs! market opened the week vvitn the usual Mon:i v lertrictioc In trading r■rroin.^ to the Malayan Snarcbt Ker>' Aawdatkn, Industrials and tins wore steady, wi::i narrow fluctua- Rubber shares wore cr. Price changes announced by the association yesterday were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers BB FY* a 1
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    81 9 A TOTAL of 1.400 Austin cars— the biggest single shipment oi car? ever made from Britain will be leaving for North America soon in the holds of the 8. 075-ton carqo ship Silver Point, on her maiden voyage from Avonmouth, Brim. Worth Marly U553,000,000 •he
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    114 9 PENANG, Mon. The United States hopes to Step up its importation of Malayan timber, Mr. Charles F. Boehm, chief of the American trade development mission told a Press conference at the EL O. Hotel today. When tgktd about the future of Malayan trade. Mr. B
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    48 9 A NEW heavy duty floor tile called the "Surefoot" tile has been introduced by a United Kingdom firm. Manufactured of specially compounded natural rubber the top surface fluting ensures a non-skid surface, and the under surface grooving provides a "key" for the mortal bedding.
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    83 9 MR K Cherian, A. istanl District Manager of Air Indid In Singapore teiva for Madras today on bii v.-av to Prism. Czechoslovakia, on transfer. Air India. which hai i Idad to additional ■eririca to London from Bombay ycttafday, will touch PnigUi twir'c a week Instead of onre
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    90 9 AN Au ti i [an pa] er mill which is nearing completion at Petne. near Brill tut, Q :cen.— land, will be one of the most modem of Ita iwnai in '.he world. Co-tin^ €5.000.000, the mill will e opentillf tB ..bout its ffwwthti Australian
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    156 9 MORE Indian sugar may be made available in Malaya and other overseas markets, a market source said in Singapore yesterday. The source was comment-* ing on a statement by the Indian Pood and Agriculture Minister which said government at present con templated allowing export o
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