Singapore Standard, 3 April 1957

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    27 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 linn] 2 400 jt m FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 adf 14 PAGES 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1957
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    Lock icon $8,000 IN 6 DAYS
    337 1 FUND CLOSES ON FRIDAY er DAYS AGO. "tube sir I" (invindammah sperately needed about i»00 to make her well in Thr first stage of r one threat desire is "\v achieved thanks to srnerosity of you The fund >o spontan- !v started by readers illed 58.503.72
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    Lock icon TILL WITHOUT A GOVT
    318 1 80/' r 'sia's Second Flop In Three Weeks SOEKARNO WARNS: I WILL ACT WITHIN THREE OR FOUR DAYS JAKARTA, APRIL 2, (AP).— INDONESIA FAILED TO GET A NEW CABINET TODAY FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE WEEKS PROMPTING PRESIDENT SOEKARNO TO ANNOUNCE "I WILL ACT WITHIN
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    204 1 ■B Wire are lie amains f lit in 1 wellery [fct of India llevcekni. I fwrn the I ■to -;r.eov» r the ■WBins the!t. hk discoverI Ir m in opening the fcihifh th- ca>h ■fwre kept, he f* 'inpty. The ■M to contain HjtMHel? Fum■iwmtr. Mr. A. ?^:ipry worth
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    Lock icon IT'S UP TO THE TUNKU – DULLES
    188 1 IT'S UP TO THE TUNKU DULLES Join SEATO? WASHINGTON'. April 2 (Reuter) Mr. John Postei D s, the United States Secretary, .-aid today that Malawi would itselJ have to docidi it wanted to join the SEATO part when it beemmc an independent state :n Aligns! Hm Secretary of State made
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    Lock icon ENVOY MEETS MAC
    32 1 MB MASATOSHI MATSUSHITA, rs represent* ol the .Japanese Prime Mir.;-" r. alii 1 on Mr Hai (Id Ma ai British Pri m e Minister, in London last night. Reuter
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    Lock icon Double War Risk Rates
    56 1 NEW YORK. April 2 ißeutcr> Johnson and Higgins, international insurance brokers here have reported that B;i i>h insurance underwriters have advised them that war risk insurance premiums for British and French vessels using the re-opened Suez Canal would be double the additional rate payable by ships
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    Lock icon THEY'LL TOAST MERDEKA TO LIM & CO. ON APRIL 8
    129 1 THEY'LL TOAST MERDEKA TO LIM CO. ON APRIL 8 LONDON". April 2 (Reutcr) The Singapore All-party delegation of five to the successful Anglo-Singapore constitutional conference will hold an evening reception here on April 8. The diplomatic reception will bo held at one of London's leading West-end hotel., and invitations lor
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    Lock icon No Definite Plans Yet
    52 1 IN SL\'GAPORE, no definite plans to welcome the returning delegates have yet been announced. A spokesman of the Labour Front said that former Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will be among the VIPs who will be given a seat on the City Hall steps for the
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    Lock icon Peace Bids In Sumatra
    61 1 JAKARTA. Anrll 2 (UP) —Army Chief of Staff. MajorGeneral Abdul Haris Natation, today personally held conferences in Palembang to prevent any open conflict between a rebellious regimental commander and his commanding officer in South Sumatra. Major Djuhartone of the Filth Regiment, on Sunday rebelled against Second
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    Lock icon Bids To Ki!l King
    164 1 JORDAN BARES 2 ATTEMPTS BEIRUT. Lebanon. April o (UP) Damascus Radio said today Jordanian security forces have uncovered two attempts on the life of King Hussein, the centre of the new dispute between the pro-Western throne and Jordan's leftist cabinet. The broadcast, quoting informed sources in
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    Lock icon 'Cyprus Future Lies With Me
    62 1 MAHE, Seychelles, April 2 (AP) Archbishop Makarios declared today that negotiations on the future of Cyprus can be held only between him representing the Greek Cypriots and Britain. The Archbishop rejected demands by the Turkish Cypriot minority to be present at negotiations but said he
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    Lock icon LLOYD DENIES
    35 1 FOREIGN Minister Selwyn Lloyd has denied claims in a book by two French journalists on the Suez invasion that Britain and France had prior knowledge that Israel would attack Egypt last autumn.— AP.
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    Lock icon AMERICANS' DEATH STARTS GOVT. CRISIS
    163 1 TEHERAN, Iran, April 2, (UP)— Government forces have killed three members of a bandit gang believed to have slain three Americans, the Federal Police reported today. j i i— A sDokesman said one Iranian officer also was killed in the clash yesterday near the Pakistan
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    Lock icon WAR OFFICE JOB
    38 1 LT.-GEN. Sir Gerald Lathbury. Commander-in-chief East Africa for the past two years, will succeed Lt.-Gen. Sir James Cassela as DirectorGeneral of Military Training at the War Office next November. It was announced in Nairobi. Reuter
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    Lock icon FLAG OVER GAZA
    27 1 GENERAL Hassan Abdel Latif, Egyptian Civil Governor of Gaza, hoisted the Egyptian fias over the Gaza city goverr.nrat^ at an official ceremony yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon THE MEN RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW
    171 1 U.K. Strike Called Off LONDON, April 2, (Reuter)— Britain's mass engineering and shipyard strikes, which for weeks have kept 1,700,000 workers idle and halted major industrial plants, was called off today The men will return to work on Thursday. v c? of the 4
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    Lock icon THREE ARE EXPELLED
    121 1 Trouble-makers In High School PEXAXG. !..r. Three si lent! f '.:>■> Chung L;r.g Hish School who "tried to enl trc il le 1 In 'rr hod thil morning were rxpelled by the headmaster, Mr. Waung Y- 00 Nicr.. Mr. wauns reached this decision after hoidine a meeting
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    Lock icon Free Bank Officials, Envoys Ask
    102 1 Free Bank Officials, Envoys Ask JAKARTA. ADrtl 2 (Reuter) Senior British and Dutch here today made representations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the release of the Bnti-h and Dutch banking nfflr>-;n;c detained following a police and army raid on JaKarta banr..-. The head of the Dutch diplomatic representative
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    156 2 CLOSING rubber prtrn (eent* per Ib) In Slnr* pore yesterday were:— Buyer* Seller* Spot (Norn.) 90 90 V Apr RSS No. 1 90* 90J RSS No. 2 88] 89 i RSS No. 3 88 881 Tone: Steady. S'PORfc riN The prire ol Ho on the local market tester
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    Lock icon Ghana turns down Queen's honours
    83 2 Ghana turns down Queen' s honours ACCRA A::. Raoftat).— Ghana baa I the Britii i Sover nent that she doc not •v3T* V-.ir i.ir..= ;cied in the Honours Lists which are prepare-: r r.varii by the Q "v:-p ■> year The Goyernrr<^.- efl Gfem is considering arrar.^er.er.*.- OOC '"-•iblishment of
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    Lock icon CHINA MISSION
    23 2 A 15-MEMBER Ceylon cultural delegation left for Communist China by rail ys'-vday for a five-week tour of the China mainland. UP
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    Lock icon MENZIES ACCUSES THE U.N.
    354 2 Assembly not a foreign policy but a machine Middle East intervention damaged world peace MELBOURNE, April 2, (Reuter) United Nations intervention in the Middle East had immeasurably damaged world peace Australia's Prime Minister Robert Menzies declared yesterday. Mr. Menzies, who was addressing a gathering of Young
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    Lock icon China ban stays
    40 2 THE United Statts wfl] not extend passport facilities to its citizens tot travel to C~ irrra mist China while United s*ate^ national! in held prisoners there Mr. Robert Murphy, the Deputy UnderSacwafjr of State, told Consre^- today.
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    Lock icon QUEEN MARY PLANS TO BEAT STRIKE
    137 2 With planes, ships... LONDON. April 2. (AP)— The Cunard Line today launched an 84,000 dollar sea-and-air operation to sail the Queen Mary to New York from France instead of Southampton. Bypassing her home port because workers there refused to handle her. the 81,000-ton liner
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    Lock icon MYSTERY OF MISSING 'OSCAR' WINNER
    193 2 HOLLYWOOD. April 2 (AP) The Oscar for the best motion picture story of 1956 was still unclaimed yesterday at ;he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The golden statuette was awarded last week to Robert Rich as the writer of the movie. "The Brave
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    Lock icon The Cut-price Zuni
    37 2 THE U.S Navy Mid today ttf newest airborne rocket "Zuni" earlier reported to cost only $150 each :r.oves so swiftly it can be u.-ed to Ulumixistc its own target in a ni^ht attack. A.P.
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    30 2 THE FLAGSHIP of the Australian fleet, the carrier H.M.A.S. Melbourne and her destroyer escort Warramunga are in Fremantle on their way to South-east Asian waters for exercises. Reuter
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    Lock icon AILING AGA KHAN
    24 2 THE Asa Khan, spiritual riltaf of the Ismaeii Moslems. todav was reported in failing health at his villa on the A.P.
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    Lock icon Fashion takes a high note...
    48 2 FASHION-CONSCIOUS music fans will derive an extra pleasure from this printed silk dress shown by the Hamburg fashion house of Topp Franck at their spring and summer collection in Ham'bur£, Germany. There's a musical note in every yard including the colla A.P. Photo.
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    Lock icon The shadowy tne drug
    166 2 Doctor tells of r *m terrible craving I LONDON April: (R euter v I specialist told th. C I for murder todai I it dn I tou,e"a!l y» I th< y craved for. I \shby, a ncur m hfc pinion Mr. re.!. th< ri Ada-rs was
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    29 2 i xi£i ou n > sia'h Dan:.i!-rnt v vcne on May 7 1 I n vised fhi'-year-plan and overhaul the na: trial admini r: r. UP
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    Lock icon A king apologises
    46 2 k: Mitwuin of Nepal who visited C\ «>nth foi elebi 'ions connected the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, to thi en meni I r shooting a deer in a zh m* ■my I reign Ministry source said today. A P
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    Lock icon Murder — with an acetylene torch
    82 2 Murder with an acetylene torch OMAHA, Nebraska. April 2 (AP) A boy's mutilated body was tossed on a country road near here early today and Sheriff's deputies said the youth apparently was tortured before he was slain. His right hand had be«»n burned off. apparently with an acetylene torch The
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    52 2 I today biji cx Plosivisj fn I lJ *lastJi us Job T| Suez °P^ratr I X. timate the 1 job I Canal The stiu3 1 Parted totZj ThcntCiSJj BferUfcjl dr °ppcd n*!l •Mftkcn Caal3 tr-cEoptiiJ Plosives *ne first ittaM ten the AbyS3 f o 1 back to J t^Ctna!
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    33 2 y Shu, mi tM I tin Neo. five <w<fl Chimf L.m P^fl Or.g Kzn miM item and m Yeanf. two t^M many ffrantH|^| Saturday. A; ing his H«r.f at I R.: P-
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    Lock icon Mystery Man Was Behind The Power Failures: Engineer
    225 3 Switched OH, Bbiler Tampered With... s The blackouts which plagued several parts of the Island caused by a mystery man, it was revealed today I Engineer, Mr. M B. Parsons, today said that on the night urc ct the new power station
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    5 3 Welcome To Thai Teachers be
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    Lock icon CHAW'S CINEMAS HELP THE FUND
    129 3 CHAW'S CINEMAS HELP THE FUND ■Sfw -Tubr < Kmull »r maybe. Kvktar |Mb if yoo irw w»r <*«" b; I: \>hlrV Et >erUsias aid E, dirrrlor for EW at the Cipifhiiwo aid Rex Er l«ee peters, [iM> fft and tray mint brrn placed Ettkf the Shaw Bftntrrs for (be KpiUir
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    Lock icon GOVINDAMMAH'S TRIP TO ENGLAND ASSURED
    441 3 r *ias donations yesterday; L. i' L'd P Co. Singapore fl20; :ift 2' Ul a Lumpur f >h, r p t L KL. Mo.' |i Pi"' K rrcH Ilu-ain ij A! iul K irccm i'port N Ramu, S'p re <: White Tod Taxi s Spore
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    9 3 I :.n- »harge I a *««m driving
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    Lock icon Jap Kempeitai Murder Echo
    166 3 Human Bones Found At T.T.C. PENANG, Tues.— Human bones due up by labourers Irom the playqround of the Malayan Teachers Training College in otikil Glugor crt Feb. 15. formed the subject of a Coroner's inquiry held before Mr. Au Ah Wah. today. a rab-contraetar, Lan Boh,
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    Lock icon Tec Jells Of Phone Box Theft
    117 3 A YOUTH was CftUfhi redhanded itealillfl Sl4 cash from a public telephone box. I Singapore Court was told yesterday. Yeo Li in Chye. 16. was cbarftd with then of si 4 from a telephone booth in Clifford Pier on Feb. 23 Detective Corporal. Tan
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    Lock icon S.KOREA TO FIGHT UNITY
    149 3 S. KOREA TO FIGHT UNITY SOUTH Kara -a. od eve© to force to effect reuni:";nation of the countr. B K< ireMinister VI taim, Gil Choi Duk S Md W Standard yesterday. Gen. Choi I Bn C h e on I m (1 South-east He ailed on the A ting Chief
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    Lock icon Our Rose May Show Britons How The Polynesians Danced
    65 3 Our Rose May Show Britons How The Polynesians Danced TELEVISION ffewtfl In Britain may soon see Singapore dancer Miss Kose Eberwein in Polynesian dances. Miss Eberwein said yesterday before she hoarded a Qantas-8.0.A.C. pl.ine for London, that she had been asked by BBC. for a test. She will study Western
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    Lock icon Hitching Her Wagon To A Star
    49 3 at Sadler's Wells. She also intends to visit the Continent after her studies to study Spanish dancing: in Spain. "I sound very ambitious but I will stop at nothing until I reach the top in the world of dancing," Mis* Kberwein said. Standardpic
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    Lock icon 222 APPLY FOR THAT GOVT. GRANT
    114 3 222 APPLY FOR THAT GOVT. GRANT Chinese Schools A TOTAL of 222 Singapore Chinese schools have applied for Government grant-in-aid. the Director cf Education. Mr. D. McLellan, revealed yesterday. The applications of 204 have been approved, while those of 18 are still under consideration, he said. Of the 18 schools,
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    Lock icon TEMPLE MAN SUED FOR DIVORCE
    550 3 After 17 Years Of Marriage, A Steno Wants To End It All Kl ALA LUMPUR, Tues. -A twice -married retired Railway officer who had pledged to work and die lor the temple he helped to build today figured in a divorce suit before Mr. .Justice
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    281 4 We know nothirtg about any refusal say Australians THE Australian Government has not been advised by the Singapore Government that it no longer desires to take advantage of the offer of a $700,--000 milk reconstitution plant, said Mr. R. L. Harry, the Australian Commissioner here, yesterday. Mr.
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    Lock icon Come and Prosper was the name-and he did
    170 4 Come and Prosper was the name-and he did NINETEEN years a^o, a Singapore lowkay adopted a vouns boy. He hoped that with the adoption of this son, he would prosper in life So he named him Lai Hing, meaning Come and Prosper. Dreams turned to reality ten years later. The
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    Lock icon 'New Bill-Threat To Chinese Education'
    261 4 'New Bill -Threat To Chinese Education' TEACHERS UNION HITS OUT SINGAPORE'S English Teachers* Union (ChineseSchools) yesterday attacked the Colony's new Education Bill as prejudicial to Chinese education, and designed to yive a single individual— the Education Minister very wide and arbitrary powers. In a statement on the Bill. the secretary
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    Lock icon It's Strike For Two Companies
    100 4 It's Strike For Two Companies TWENTY-FIVE employed of two tnmraociß companies in Singapore last night decided to strike without notice to press for better pay and living conditions. TUi DMtU they may walk out at ;iny |J M, The conn names involved are Um Java Sea and Fire Insurance Company
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    93 4 J.C.I. CHIEF HERE TODAY MR. Ira I). Kayo o£ San Pedro. California, and World President of the Junior Chamber International, who is expected to arrive at Bttgapere International Airport today. During his stay here and in the Federation, he will confer with the Singapore and Federation chapters of tho J.C.I.
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    Lock icon Tour Of Signals Units
    121 4 Tour Of Signals Units THE Director of Communicatiorks Foreign Office, Maj.-Gcn. W. A. Scott, will >pcnd four days visiting Army signals units and installations in Singapore and the Federation. In Singapore, he will meet Mai-Gen. L. H. O. Pugh, Chiel of Statf P^ar East Land forces, Brigadier H. L Lewis,
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    Lock icon Singapore Banker Dies In HK
    99 4 Singapore Banker Dies In HK MR. K. C. EU. 53. formerly head of the Eu Organizations, died yesterday while he was on vacation in Hongkong. He was born in Gopeng and attended the Anglo-Chi-nese School in Ipoh until 1911. when he went to England to continue his studies at Trinity
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    45 4 AT the recent annual general meeting of Sims Avenue Girls' Club, the following officer? were elected Chairman: Miss Janet GunaFekera. secretary: Miss Aishah binte Haji Ahmad. Committee: Misses Alire Ong. Kathijah bintc Abdullah. Doris Tan. Fatimah hinte Mohamed and Lucy Seah.
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    Lock icon Found With Stab Wounds
    70 4 SINGAPORE Police found an injured man lying in Duxton Road at midnight on Monday. He hnd several stab wounds, and Police recovered a bayonet near by. The man was admit- ted to the General Hospital. Po.ice also found evidence °i arid bcin^ used and tnc road
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    Lock icon Get Pact in London, TUC Call To Lim
    177 4 Get Pact in London, TUC Call To Lim PRESIDENT of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganalhan, yesterday sent another cable to London, urging Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to reach an agreement on the question of civilian employees in the armed services before the delegation returns to
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    Lock icon 'Nonya And Baba' On The Screen
    140 4 'Nonya And Baba' On The Screen '•\OXYA and Baba". a Cathay Film's presentation of a Bin made in Ma.ava. wi.l bo screened in Singapore at midnight on Saturday at the Odeon Theatre. This film, with mogt of its Kenes shot in Malacca and starring glamorous Hongkong star, Li Li Hwa,
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    Lock icon ROBBERS KILL PADI PLANTER
    93 4 ALOR STAR. Tues. Mat Diah bin Matt. 38. a padi planter of Kampong Changkat in North Kedah. was killed by two robbers last night when he resisted them. It is learnt Mat was in his home with his wife and daughter when two unknown armed men
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      130 4 c&lmanac Knt;iry (luh: Wccklv inchenn meeting Ta k on -SATA and IU Work i y Dr. NC Sen Gupta i\ Cdtnay Hotel 1 rn linn*: Rahru ottage: Monthh meeting at No 17 Peng Ncuan 5t reel d p m Miiui|»nn- Police Force: Band nrofi imme at the Esplanade 8 p
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      252 4 Information at a Glance Time Tide TODAY: Singapore 003 am (3 8 ft) i-> 44 P m vH 3 ft.). Port Dickson SOU am (3 2ft 1 833 pm. (9 ft IU Pen;ing 153 am (7 8 ft 214 n m 18 4 ft.) TOMORROW I Singapore 033 am <9
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    Lock icon Love Of Jewels Ended In Death
    314 5 Two Men Charged With Murder Of Effeminate Cook KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs. A man, who was described by Police as effeminate, walked out of a barbar shop decked in jewels in Banting, and met his death a few minutes, later, the High Court here was
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    Lock icon Malayan Policeman Studies U.S. Methods
    93 5 LAFAYKTTE, Indiana, I'.S.A— Publit safety offlti;ils from a number of Asian countries are taking: a month's study of American public safety methods at Purdue I'niversity here. Shown left to riyht in this photo arc: .lames Lewis of the Public Safety Institute at Purdue: I' My
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    212 5 Concern Over Inclusion With Casuals' IpIPIR T«fs. lt Temporary [um charged ItHptrarits** abrcd under r af casual s .T- OH had pwaerly reprethe taiaV :v r.e Fa 1 report. with casual employees. "We do not even for a moment. questk wisdom of Um learned authors
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    22 5 I -The President Court here, Mr. today a: beet, without i defence on a I Mm it r' 1 Geor: express
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    Lock icon The Tunku Demands Explanation
    165 5 The Tunku Demands Explanation KUALA LUMF t: Turn The President of UMNO nd Chief Wi: r, Tunku A Rahman, today ordered Dato Raja Abu Hani:! hea of ;:-i S I'an UMNO Division to give a full c\; tion as to why he and his men walked out of the I
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    Lock icon $2,000 Worth Of Coffee
    48 5 \N 1" Eight bags of raw coffee s< valued at $2 ore st r •a r. m We; i Quay last ni^ Cash of S was stolen from a house in R I yesterday. Abdul Tahrin In x>r reported the mattet to the poire.
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    224 5 I RRANGEMENTS FOR CHLXG BENG Kl ALA LUMPUR, Tucs.— The traffic jams experienced on past occasions have caused the Chief of the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Police, Mr. G. P. Leach, to make special traffic control arrangements for this year's Chen? Ben£. He anno do >.- lay
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    78 5 PENANG, Tue.: A oplour ftlm of the L956 Water Festival, and a black-and-white ton of Hm recent Munidpal Centenary celebrations ifiU be screened bv the Department of Information at the Esplanade and Dato Kramat Garu at 7 30 p.m on Thursday and rridmy. The dnema shows are
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    Lock icon Army Test Stumps Recruits
    154 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tugs. A H-uinjtc intelligence test, given by re Tuiting officeri of tho Federation Armoured Car Regiment today at the Chinese Assembly Hall, rtumped a good number of applicants Bcf'To the applicants can even he considered, they must ptSI a to-* devised by an Army
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    Lock icon Skirmish In Kota Tinggi
    58 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A Police special squad patrol exchanged (ire with two armrd and uniformed terrorikta in the Kota Tinggi district of Johore yesterday. Alter a brief engagement, the terrorist! fled. Contact wa# made again with one of the terrorists later and he was wo;-. -it
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    158 5 BENTONG, Tues. A public conference was held here today to discuss a new town plan. The ronlerenrc was told that the former District Officer, Mr. M. H. Morgan, had drawn up a provisional plan to ease the town's housing shortage. In that plan the whole
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      522 6 PROPOSALS outlined by a Singapore Improvement Trust official for the clearance of large areas of land m the Colony for the development of projects indicated in the Mas t ter Plan are certainly most impressive. But the picture must be studied with caution. The spokesman hiflastU
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      345 6 'pHE Federation and Singapore are among the thirteen numbers of the three-year-old Asian People's Anti-Communist League which met in Sa:^on on Monday. The setting up of this organisation is an answer to the intensified communist propaganda drive which has been started in Peking. It was a timely decision
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    843 6  - Aftermath of Bermuda PATRICK O'DONOVAN -by WASHINGTON GREAT conferences, where great men cross frontiers to meet ond arrange their differences, raise great expectations. It is one of their dangers. Particularly in democracies/where the great men cannot compel their peoples and only in part their policies, a measure of disappointment is
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    551 6  - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA By QNE hundred and sixty-five former employees of the Singapore, City Council, who have retired orer the years 1945-1954, now live in hope that the committee of five appointed on Friday last to reconsider and report on additional Provident Fund benefits to
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    959 6 IMPORTANCE OF 1957 -and predicts momentous In his Far Eastern Diary this week, Rawle KnoxroJ HONGKONG MUCH of the current and undeniable nervousness in northern India over the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan is due to confident predictions by astrologers. The stars say that 1957 will see sweeping social changes in
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    50 7 MR WILLIAM WISEMAN IS ROBBED OF $85,000 ver tf o was I M*. 72, has a long .•*:>'. and ratic er i > w:!h the Bnt^h Cover t dating bark to Wcr i War I His most iMM iisixr.ment r.riir-i f the corr.mittee in Ibe L'nited States of Britain' ..ar
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    352 7 ANTI-RED LEAGUE PLEDGES TO FREE ENSLAVED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD SAIGON, April 2,— The Asian Peoples' Anti Communist League which ended its third congress here yesterday declared: "Our final objective is to save all the enslaved peoples of Asia and other parts of the world." The League was formed in
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    269 7 Macmillan Hasn't Allayed My Fears -MATSUSHITA LONDON, April 2 (Reuter)— Mr. Masatoshi Matsu shita. the Japanese Prime Minister's special envoy, who heard Mr. Harold Macmillan in the House of Commons this afternoon about the coming British H-bomb tests, said last niglit that Mr. Macmillan's words had increased his confidence in
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    145 7 Hiroshima Victims On Hunger Strike TOKYO. April 2 (Reuter) A group of four Japanese* all victims of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, in 1945, today, entered the second week of their hunger strike in protest against the forthcoming British nuclear tests. Docti rs who hive medically examined
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    116 7 No MPs Will Be At H-Bomb Test LOXDOV. April 2 (Heuter) —Mr. Haro'r: Macmillan, British Prime Minister, said in answer to a question in the House oi Commons ye.-vniay that no Parliamentary delegation would attend the forthcoming British nuclear tests n the Pacific. An opposition member, Mr. Bmrya Hughes (Labour),
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    99 7 LO.VDON. 2 fUP>— Sir Winsfon Churrhi/I bore the broadest fipria of nit yesterday irfien Prime Minister Harold Mannillan fluffed a Iwie in his W-bomb report and gave Churchill credit ior deciding to build the British bomb im:«ad jf Sir Anthonu Eden. Churchill was
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    240 7 5,000 Miles TO WED-THEN SHE SAID 'NO' LONDON, April 2 Pretty, fair-haired Elizabeth Goodyear, 19, flew nearly 5.000 miles to Nairobi, Kenya, to marry her soldier sweetheart^and then called it off on the wedding eve. But. back home at Rcdcar, Yorks. at midday last Wednesday the planned time of the
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    124 7 IKE is NOT QUITTING says. Hagerty WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuter) The White House yesterday said a published report that President Eisenhower was preparing to retire from office was "complete and ut{er nonsense." The statement was issued by Mr. .lames Hagerty, the White HOUM Press Secretary. He was asked lo comment
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    58 7 Green Fingers— And The Queen LONDON, April 2 The Queen planted a tree in the ruins of Tut bury Castle when she made a six-hour tour of her Duchy of Lancaster estate in Staffordsnire and Derby- shire. But she told her head forester: "I'm afraid I'm rather unlucky at planting
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    48 7 'UNTAMED' MAMIE ROCKS A CALYPSO photo lit AM IE van Doren. tho T1 untamed "Rockalypso* cirl. rocks a calypso on hi r arrival at La Guardia airport. New York. from Hollywood "Untamed" ma mie recently completed hf r starring role in the new film 'TTitamed 1 Youth"'. AP
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    112 7 Don't Name The Baby After Me TRUMAN NEW YORK. April 2 <AP> Former President Harry S Truman said yesterday hat if the grandrhi.-i he ev ts in July is a bry he doe^ ot want the baby named after him. "It would be a handicap all his life," Trurr.'in rhuc-
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    218 8 Council Services Will Be Denied Unlicensed Huts SINGAPORE City Council will deny water, electricity, gas, sewerage and other services to unauthorised attap houses. All services departments of the Council were alerted yesterday to keep clear of the 3,000 unauthorised houses in the city areas. I City
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    52 8 MR. TANG YEW LUM. 46. a senior staff member of the Shell Company, will fly to London next week for a two-month course in accountancy at the company's head office. A former student of the Yeung Cheng School and Raffles Institution, in Singapore, Mr. Tang joined Shell
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    69 8 SINGAPORE Police are fa* vestigaung report from i cook In the R.A.F. Tensah trganiser Of tontine that ho irai waylaid and robbed of $800 by four iv.cn in Bukit Panjang Road, Singapore, on Monday night. The tontine "head" tnM Police thai ho was returning home after
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    35 8 K AMBALAVANAR who was fined $250 in the Magistrate's Court on a charge of assault with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman, losi his appeal in the Johore Bahru Hiqh Court, yesterday.
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    118 8 Gurkhas Bid Goodbye i After 9 Yrs. THE crack 1,6 Gurkha Rifles, who have blazed a trail of glory against the bandits in :he Federation for the last nine years, sailed for Hongkong in Britain's latest 1 troopship, the Oxfordshire. yesterday. They have a splendid record in anti-bandit operations, killing
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    45 8 Mr. L. M. HARROD, Exhibitions Organlaer of the Singaporf Art Society, yesterday Mi I thai 77 piinttngi by Hongkom artists to be exhibited in the British CoUfH*fl Hall, 0O Apr:, 5, include some by artists who were Kfufeea from the Chinese Communist mainland
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    240 8 MOST DEMOCRATIC IN ASIA, SAYS PROFESSOR NEW YORK. April 3 (UP).— The Malayan trade union movement is one of the strongest and most democratic in Asia, a Maryland University professor said. The March issue of the Annals, bi-monthly publication of the American Academy of Political and
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    66 8 FIVE than, armed with parangs and iron bars, forced their way into the Thong Wan Hotel in Singapore and attacked an attendant and his friend on Monday night. The attendant, Seah Hon Aloi. sustained cuts on his hands while his friend. Ong Hock Heng, was slashed
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    46 8 THREE men were charged in a Singapore court yesterday with making a house-to-house collection for money without a Police permit. Low Kens Hong, Le e Soon Seng and Goh Kim Chew were fined $1 each, when they pleaded guilty to the charge
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    43 8 A CLERK. Goh Eng Chen* claimed Trial in a Singapore Court yesterday, to theft of roods worth $2,000 belonging M the N.A. A.F.I. Club at Beach Road on March 20 Goh was allowed $2,000 bail in one surety.
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    186 8 COVT. DECIDES AFTER REPORT SINGAPORE Government has decided not < take any action against rock n' roll, the Standard w told yesterday. Government's derision i. c based on a report ml tnitted 1 by the Fottot after making thorough Investigation! ti to how
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    59 8 A "DRUNKEN SAILOR" won the first prize at the Singapore Menorah Club's fancy dress ball held at the Adelphi Roof Garden last weekend. The "sailor." Mrs. Toba Saltoon. won the applause of revellers by imitating a drunkard on the dance floor. Mrv Saltoon i* seen being
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    73 8 Ti IE Pipes and Drums of the Royal Air Ifcf o. h P with *ie Seletar Trumpetefi B Ban v ill hold a ftoodHt o:r-nony of "Be;.:;: at the Main Parade Gr« md. RAF >• Seletar at 7 p.m. today. A G rd ol Honour
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    16 8 _TEX rnen we: r ?5 in a S.' yre Court jp£Stef» v for gambling.
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    191 8 No Local Bandsman O j MALAYAMZATION !ia Polire Band napping-. Kxpai. House Is leaving shortl> and :;< qualifications to take over. Police S< erctary, Mr 1 Claguc, y< U rday 1 Id the Standard that to qualify as bandmaster. a. bandsman mu>t be admitted
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    41 8 Union is mafcgj plans to Co-operative Day OBj an island-tide J Union's Pre^ told the 9m ir < laffb J Mr. Pinto s»J tivcs from tog opcr j 3 There via .-J paru 1 1 He their pledge to opcr. 1
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      1336 9 I 1 *<rs B*S£> Tender B^Lt r Testttf I ybl l m. n noonI -tn^mu are fgm Water aad m I°s». on ■K in the ICAFITAL AND LIABILITIES PROPERTY AND ASSETS Rs a. p. Rs. o. p. Rs a P- R PdrTTAL CASH J**mA Copitol: In hand and with Reserve
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      138 9 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD of the FEDERATION OF MALAYA SALE OF DIESEL (iENtRATING PLANT I*HE foUaariag Diesel Gonerating Plant is ofTereri for saie by tender and can be at the r.emas Power Sta- r* the Central Electricity l\ .-,ri R-:ston Hornsby Type 4VXC, 150 B.H.P 4 cylinder, 375 R.P.m! < il
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      391 9 NOTICES P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE RENDERS will be received from Contractors not below Class "D" at the office- of the State Engineer. Kedah/Perlis Alor Star, up to noon of 15th April. 1957 for the supply and transport of metal from Kelang Lama and Buklt Aping Quarries for period 1557 to 304.58.
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      49 9 THE CHARTERED BANK are pleased to announce the opening of a BUKIT TIMAH BRANCH of the Bank at 20-D. HILL VICW ROAD 91/4 mile stone, BIKIT TIMAH ROAD All normal banking facilities will be available to members of the general public from 10 a.m. on MONDAY, Bth APRIL 1957
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    170 10 BRAZIL PEPPER OUTPUT RISES May Be A Threat To Marts AN expected rise in Brazil's 1957 pepper production was reported in the Singapore market yesterday. Merchants said the extent of this threat to Singapore's markets in America and Europe, would depend on the amount that could be exported from Brazil.
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    277 10 A SHELL executive who is baying Singapore soon to take up an important appointment in the organization in London says U is a good thing to see local p- pl« take their rightful places in senior jOM in the Shell companies in Malaya. [He Mr,
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    119 10 THE v. irking proftt for U'.u Ben it Consolidated Rubber Co. Ltd. for the year ended DC 1. 1956. $105. $186 is 1 1 00 below thai for the pre- year according to tr.e lirman, Mr. s. Q, W'or.z in his statement to be presented ic „::n..ii
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    194 10 COUNTING MACHINE HAS FINGERS A FIVE-FINGERED machine de>cribed as capable of counting 100 banknotes in MfveD seconds has been deTeloped by a British company. Thomas D r La Rue Co. Ltd.. and i.s reported to be creating much interest anmng banking and po.-tal circles during extensive trials. Notes are placed
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    48 10 THE Malayan Exchange B inks ciation w r \c '■:<-> foil ving tea in Its ratej to mer- tei ling. FT. or O.D. ready: Swiss r' 1 incs 142',; Belgian me 1627; Holland G:drs. 12 I Deutscl Marks 136; Italian Lire ***** Other exchange ratei remain red
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    104 10 OUTFR ROADS Gvjthoid, Po Latrt, Pro.cocr Bingo Maru. Sunny, Fernfield Huana, Eastern Venture. Dardanu*. Shun Lee. Let Gliores Asakari Maru. East Wind Taijo Ifaiu Zeran INNKR ROADS Scdi'.i, Sedenak, Southern Trader, Hona Eng Naga Mas, Serdanc Soon Brc. Hork Ho. Senai, DarveU Ikan Mas, Landak. Petaling. Tonna. Tons
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    152 10 THE Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd. on Monday announced the official opening of its branch office in Phillip Street, Singapore. Its Singapore office carried out the routine of business independently of the head office as from Monday, said Mr. C. Mandai, the branch manager. Mr. Mandai
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    134 10 Rubber Up On Soviet Buying News REPORTS of Russian buying contributed to the improvement in the Singapore rubber prices yesterday, first £rade April shipment closing at 902 cents per lb., a rise of 12 cents on Monday. Prices opened slightly higher and the market was quiet after steady at noon
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    114 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul vesterday were: Copra. April $271 buyers; $28* sellers; COCOOUt oil in bulk $43 sellers; in drums $471 rollers; Muntok. white pepper |99 sellers. Sarawak white |98 sellers. Special Sarawak black, $69. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: Straits mixed copra:
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    72 10 The United States in 1956 imported 579,217 tons of natural rubber valued at U5397.978.852 compared with 637,577 tnns worth U*****,371,--553 in 1955, the Natural Rubber Bureau has reported Sources of U.S. imports in J 956 tto7, c: M«laya 169,030 ton?. U*****,791,919; Indonesia 204.839 tons. U*****,722,159 Thailand
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    45 10 NEW YORK. April 1. (UP) Do\v-Jo::es closing averages: STOCKS: so Iniarii 474.98 20 Rails 143.76 15 Utilities 71 5? to Stocks 167 99 BONDS: 40 Bords 90 73 The Dow Jorc? Commodity futures Index 1 924-2G average equals 100) closed at 155.78.
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    333 10 MORE COCOA GROWN IN NEW GUINEA AN Australian project of cocoa growing in Papua and New Guinea is reviewed by the Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd. in the course oC an article on "Riches in Cocoa'' in a recent quarterly publication. The Bank says that the cocoa tree has
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    124 10 After 25 Years— He Still Loves The East Picture shows A1 r 1 r Milne (richt 1. n< Acrnt of the Sini:rr S« ing Machine C'omri 1 for .Malaya. Sin^ap and Borneo Tf.nt,, making a valuahl. j, sentation on b< h all his staff In M, v son. The pr«
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    31 10 A BIRMIN \M firm of nical producers hav e compteted the first stage of a 1 scheme to mcretie their output of citric a id by 70 per cent.
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    182 10 THE local rime market showed an improved tendency in loot and turnover yesterday. according to the Malayan Sharcbrokers' Association. Rubbers and tin- were firmer. Industrials were variab'.e. Price <'hnn^cs nnnounced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer) Sellers COO. Tin Smelt Ords. 31/- 32'Henrv Waugh 1.70 1.75 II Breweries
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    24 10 THE 9,000- ton German passenger liner Hannover, (seen below), a regular caller at Singapore makes a striking picture in New York harbour.
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    175 10 MALAYAN' sharebrokers yesterday reported the following busiru ss dot e: CIS. ordj 11 9. F k X ordi $2.32J; Gammons $207i; Hammers ?,2'\ SI 834; W^J SI 7:^ to $1 75: Jark-n n ,^n Breweries $2.90 Cemen! $1,424; Collieries 1 U2; Me A lister 12.971: Metal Box
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      41 10 NOTICE NOTICE \S from Ist April 1957. Mr. Chan Tuck Chny U no longer in our employ and he has therefore no more authority to make collections and transact business on our behalf (iFF RUAT TRADING CO., 58, Belfleld Street. Ipoh.
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      216 10 BARBER.FERN-VILLE LOT for Boston, New York, Philadelphia t, m O r« mm m»M (via Cape of ZccC Hcm S'por* '->«" fFRNFIELO 30 Ma, >■ Adi <• *r- CLENVILLE M 21 Apr *r- f-rorr New York. Lo« An**ie» S*" >'«'"« N Yorh L»m > LEOVILLE Sailed I«4 W« MANDEVILLE Sa.kd 11/14
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    45 13 THE results of the Spoon Shoot held by the Singapore Rifle Association on March 31 ■J Bukit Timnh Range are: SRfa) Gunscon Sgt. Lee 92. Handicap Cpl. Hnnaffi Joffri 84 tlOlJf). SRfbi Gunscon Co! wb Worsdell 99. H;mdicnp FB de Sou/a 90 (101.25).
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    394 14 St. Vitus Looks All Set For Winning Effort BACE FIVE ST VITUS. an improving five-year-old by Vigorous. nut\ip a splendid performance at Bukit Timah when finishing second to Miralda over six furlongs in Division Three* is all set for his maiden win. St. Vitus comes with a good English record.
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    353 14 A/ow, For KOSB In Semi-Final ROYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers became the Singapore Zone finalists for the Caldbeck Cup soccer competition when they beat 221 Base Vehicle Depot. Royal Army Ordnance Corps 4-2 at Frienrilv Hill \esterday. The; w meet King's Own Scottish
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