Singapore Standard, 25 March 1958

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    21 1 Singapore Standard Telephone *****—5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 25. 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 265 .15 cts. 12 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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    Lock icon MIDDLE EAST SHOCKS
    434 1 TOP GENERAL FIRED IN SURPRISE MOVE Full Power For Feisal A Back Seat For Saud LONDON, Mar. 24, (UP) Major reshuffles of power hit both sides of the Arab Curtain in the Middle East today. Gen. Afif Bizri "resigned" from his post as top Syrian Army Commander
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    Lock icon DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN COLONY STREET
    244 1 DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN COLONY STREET Mother Dies In Her Son's Arms A SINGAPORE hawker stabbed his wife to death then turned the knife en himself in Church Street at dawn yesterday. The woman. 45-y e a r-old Madam Lim Ah Bee died in the arms of her two sons, Yeo
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    Lock icon 80 Injured In Clash With Police
    79 1 80 Injured In Clash With Police BURDWAN. West Bengal, March 24, (Reuter).— Over 80 people were injured here today in a clash between more than 2,000 refugee demonstrators and Indian Police. The clash occurred when the demonstrators, including more than 500 women, tried to force entry into the office of
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    Lock icon QUEEN ATTENDS PREMIERE
    38 1 QUEEN ELIZABETH and Prince Philip who attended the film premiere of "Dunkirk" at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, last week. The screening was in aid of the Soldiers'. Sailors' and Airmen's Families' Association. U.P. photo.
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    Lock icon London Busmen Decide On A New Strike Move
    202 1 London Busmen Decide On A New Strike Move LONDON, March 24, (Reuter) Leaders of London's 50,000 busmen decided today to recommend the rejection of a new pay award and to seek powers to call a strike to enforce their demands. Their recommendation will be put to a full meeting of
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    Lock icon US Oil Companies Resume Operations
    172 1 MANILA, March 24 (UP) The American Caitex and Stanvac Oil Companies have resumed operations in their oil terminal in Central Sumatra, the Indonesian PIA News Agency reported today. PIA said an Information Ministry sDOkesman in Jakarta announced that tankers of the two oil firms have
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    Lock icon ARMS SEARCH IN MEDAN
    79 1 JAKARTA, Mar. 24, (Reuter) Medan radio reported tonight that a large-scale search for arms was going on Medan and the surrounding countryside. The radio said it was believed the rebel task force commander, Major Nangolan, had catched a store of arms before he left the North
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    Lock icon COUNCIL MEN SPURN MAYOR'S OFFER
    143 1 MORE than 700 Singapore City Council employees yesterday spurned the Mayor's offer of a $5 monthly wage increase. These men. who are members of the City Council Services Union, took this deci- sion at an emergency meeting at the Union premises in Farrer Park, last
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    Lock icon QUEEN LEAVES
    35 1 THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh left Harwich, Eastern England, last night aboard the Royal yacht Britannia on their way to Amsterdam to begin a three-day state visit to the Netherlands.- Reuter
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    Lock icon FIRE ENGINES, AMBULANCE ANSWER 3 FAKE CALLS
    197 1 FIRE-ENGINES wer e sent out twice and an ambulance once within 30 minutes last night only to discover that their services were not needed. The three calls to the Central Fire Station in Hill Street, Singapore, were described by a duty officer as
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    Lock icon GOVT. DENIES NEPAL FAMINE
    77 1 KATHMANDU. Nepal, March 24 (UP) More than 108,000 Nepalese will die of starvation soon unless government rushes emergency shipments of food to them, former Prime Minister T P Acharya said last night Commenting on that charge today, the Nepal Food Ministry denied knowledge of any starvation
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    Lock icon AVOID GIRLS —AND LIVE
    65 1 TAIPEI, March 24 (AFP) 'Keep away from women" is the advice for longevity given by a group of octogenarians here today. The City Government yesterday invited 120 elder citizens to go mountain climbing for exercise and fresh air. "Good food and early rising are equally important
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    Lock icon Two Tankers Collide In Channel
    95 1 Two Tankers Collide In Channel NEW ORLEANS, March 24 (UP) The Coast Guard reported that two tankers collided early today in the Houston, Texas, ship channel. The two ships were identified as the American tanker. Albert E. Watts and the Norwegian cargo ship. Milrose. The Coast Guard said a large
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    Lock icon PERFECT TO FACE COURT OF INQUIRY IN S'PORE
    87 1 PERFECT TO FACE COURT OF INQUIRY IN S'PORE BRITISH Army Sikh convert, Private Claude Perfect. R.A.S.C., now known as Piara Singh, is being transferred from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore to face court of inquiry, The Standard was told yesterday. Piara Singh absented himself from his unit at Batu Caves last
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    Lock icon Airlines Request Rejected
    108 1 CANBERRA, March 24 (Reuter). The Australian Government has rejected a request to grant K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines additional traffic rights through Australia, it was announced today. An official statement said talks on further K.L.M. services to Australia had broken down. Official quarters said K.L.M., which already has
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    Lock icon Thai Police Ban Street Operas
    45 1 BANGKOK. March 24 (Reuter) The Thai Police have banned public performances of Chinese operas and plays in streets. Police sources said. They said these performances which attract large street crowds held up traffic and obstructed the work of fire brigades.
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    Lock icon POLLS SHOW RISE IN VOTES FOR TITO
    221 1 BELGRADE, March 24, (Reuter) First results of Yugoslavia's one-party general election today indicated a record poll, with a slightly increased vote for President Tito's Communist Government. District-by-district voting figures showed that in most places, more than 90 percent of the electorate cast votes
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    200 1 BLKIT TINGGI. Sumatra. Indonesia. March 24 (UP).— Central Government troops ambushed and cut the throats of 19 rebels at Pematajig Siantar a week ago, an official of the Revolutionary Government reported today. Col. Mohammed Djambek, Interior Minister in the Rebel Government, gave bare details of the massacre as
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    Lock icon Output Cut Closed 116 Tin Mines
    116 2 Output Cut Closed 116 Tin Mines KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A total of 111 Chinese owned gravel pump tin mines and five European owned dredges, were shut down in February as a result of the drastic restriction in tin output necessitated by the Buffer Stock scheme. In all, 3,331 tin mining
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    Lock icon AIR BAN OVER RHIO LIFTED
    217 2 AIR BAN OVER RHIO LIFTED THE Jakarta government yesterday lifted its ban on a large area of air space over the Rhio Archipelago foi airlines operating between the Colony, Jakarta and Australia. The ban imposed since March 8. prohibited all flying by civil airlines except planes of the Indonesian Air
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    Lock icon Wife's Plea Saved Him From Thugs
    102 2 A SINGAPORE housewife's plea on Sunday, when seven secret society thugs attacked her husband with parangs, saved his lile Mrs. Lee Wing Tut. the wife of a Singapore Harbour Board apprentice, said that she was in the kitchen of her Radin Mas home, preparing
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    Lock icon Army's Civil Staff Calls Off Strike
    140 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The 10.000 strong Federation War Department Civilian Staff Association will not stage its threatened country-wide strike on April 1. The April 1 strike deadline was decided upon by the Association's extraordinary delegates conference held here early this month. The decision followed
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    Lock icon DIVERS FOR SUMATRA TO LAY OIL LINE
    198 2 A TEAM of divers attached to the Salvage Engineers (underwater contractors) Singapore will leave by the Calicx tanker, Rupat this afternoon, for Sungei Pakning in Sumatra to survey 1,500 feet of seabed for a pipe laying operation. Mr. J. J. Raper, the firm's
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    Lock icon IT'S UNBEARABLE, SAY R.I. REFUGEES They Treated Us Badly'
    449 2 IT'S UNBEARABLE, SAY R.I. REFUGEES They Treated Us Badly' LIFE in "hate-filled" Indonesia was unbearable for all Dutch nationals and persons of Dutch origin, lamented a 22-year-old Eurasian evacuee from Java j i 1 day. The youth was one of a group of more than Dutch evacuees from Java who
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    Lock icon Guns To Mark End Of Fast
    74 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The boom of a gun. fired from the grounds of the Prime Minister's residence, will announce the breaking of the daily fast until the end of the Puasa month. In Negri Sembilan guns will be fired from the ground? of the
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    Lock icon Councils Health Plan Has Poor Response
    135 2 THE Singapore City Council may have to susprits iCieme to establish five public dispensaries and t: mobile ciinics because of "poor response from doctors." A Council spokesman last night said only four doctors had applied for the six posts of Assistant Health Officer Of
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    Lock icon HER SEVENTH BIRTH WAS A FAILURE
    122 2 A HAWKER S WIFE, who ha.d given birth to six children without the aid nt a midwife, told the S pore Coroner, Mr. < thong Hing. yesterday that her seventh birth was a failure. Ong Poh 'him the mother, who testified at her 23-day-old
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    Lock icon Eight Face Triad Charge
    83 2 EIGHT men wen chai in the Singapore Magistrate's Court y< tei with taking part in an sembly of the Ang Bin H et society on Sur morning. The men were. Teo Soon Chuan. Lu Ah Aun. Lim Hock Tan Eng Koon Cheow Boon. Liow Ci Tian.
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    Lock icon SEVEN RUSSIAN TRAWLERS IN PORT
    82 2 SEVEN Russian trawlers dropped anchor in Singapore's Outer Roads, yesterday. The vessels arrived here early yesterday from Kalinin- grad bound for Nevalsk at.d Vladivostok. A spokesman for the ships' agents, Harrisons and Crosfield told The Standard that the vessels have called here for fuel, water
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    Lock icon DEATH
    31 2 MR. J.B. APPADURAI, retired Inspector of Schools, Singapore, passed away, aged 56 vears. Funeral Service at St. haul's Church, 6th mile. Upper Serangoon Road, at 5 p.m. on 25th March.
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    Lock icon Unity Among The Chinese
    488 3 March 25. 1958, THE Malayan Chinese Association elected a new president in the person of Dr. Lim Chong Eu last Sunday. Taking office with him are a new set of elected MCA officials. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, who had headed the association for nine years, is
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    Lock icon South African Heresy
    378 3 SOUTH African Premier Johannes Strijdom's astounding claim that he and his National Party 'have been placed here by the Almighty with a specific purpose to maintain the Christian white civilization" will shock the whole world. As an expression of outrageous heresy it will be roundly condemned by
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    Lock icon The Trotskyist Of Ceylon
    1030 3  - The Trotskyist Of Ceylon FRANCIS ASH BORN By COLOMBO last there is real trouble with Ceylon's Trotskyist. His Cabinet colleagues are asking the Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike to get rid of him. But the Trotskyist, Mr. Philip Gunewardena, Minister of Food and Agriculture in the "island of dusky leaves"
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    142 3 Sir Your correspondent Mr. Andrew Roth in London was wondering whether Tuan Ja'afar Albar, the Assistant Secretary there knows enough English so as to conduct his duties efficiently. May I give my opinion please? I know Ja'afar Albar personally and we used to converse in English on
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    Lock icon Struggle in the Sahara
    1088 3 From Stephen Hughes in Rabat A MILITARY defeat in the Sahara desert, where French and Spanish forces routed irregular Moroccan troops last month, has been turned into a political victory by nationalists here, who have obliged King Mohammed V to approve their territorial expansion campaign which
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    Lock icon We the PEOPLE
    241 3 We the PEOPLE Sir There is a practical method for solving the present housing shortage without causing any great strain on the financial resources of the Government At present, the S.I.T. is building houses, for which the Government is advancing money The number of houses built and maintained by the
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    56 3 Due to the weaker pull of gravity on the moon, a strong man who could lift 500 pounds on the earth could lift 3,000 pounds on the moon. A seven year old child could break the high jump records of Olympic champions. A large cannon could fire
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    Lock icon the NEWS as it strieks me
    410 3 the NEWS as it strieks me /^FTER being in the front line of politics in Singapore and the Federation for over thirty years. Da to Cheng-lock Tan has been forced into a bark seat by the 'young blood" among the Chinese in new Mala>a. From the early days of his
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    Lock icon A $63,000 PLAN FOR THE HAWKERS
    298 4 A $63,000 PLAN FOR THE HAWKERS CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS A THOROUGH re-organization of the Markets and Hawkers Department involving an additional expenditure of $33,000, is now being considered by the Singapore City Council, The Standard learned yesterday. The plan, based on the Mayor's policy speech was approved by the Council's
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    Lock icon CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE
    143 4 CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday rejected the challenge by the president of the Workers' Party. Mr. David Marshall, to resign and contest a by-election in the Havelock constituency. In a statement yesterday. Mr. Lim said: "To accept this challenge would require the government to
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    Lock icon Parcels For The Blind
    57 4 :T impoverished old F the Sago Lane area, who are unable to attend t Welfare Office, are being taken regular pare new Ladies Guild .s;apore Association founded in r ago. now has >e, British and members who deliver the parcels to 1 peo- :n the Bushey
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    Lock icon BOY KILLED
    21 4 A XIXE-YEAR-OLD boy. Satt was r be wj i military tr the I V 1 Road tan, S loore.
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    Lock icon War Risk Allowance Stopped
    153 4 War Risk Allowance Stopped THE war risk allowance for officers and crew of Malayan Stevedoring Transportation which were calling at tral Sumatra ports in the Siak River basin has been stopped. The first payment of this special allowance was made to the officers and crew of the tug Croaker when
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    Lock icon Young Chinese Hear Mentri
    66 4 IPOH, Mon. The Mentri Besar. Perak, Inche Mohd. Ghazalli bin Jawi, today called on Chinese youth to <- promote mutual understanding among youths of various races and to live in peace and harmony." He was addressing the civirs course organized by the Inn Services for ;>0
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    Lock icon I SAW THE STABBING – WITNESS
    201 4 I SAW THE STABBING WITNESS A LABOURER. Raman Nadaraj, stabbed a watchman, LJamodharam, with a knife through the heart during the Deepavali festival on Oct 21 last year, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. J. B. Jayaretnam, alleged in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Mr. Jayaretnam was outlining the case for
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    Lock icon 4 On Robbery Charge For Trial At Assizes
    346 4 FOUn MEN, who were alleged to have taken part in a«i armed robbery, were committed to stand trial at the next Assizes by the Magistrate, Mr. R.8.1. Pates, at the end of a preliminary inquiry' held yesterday at the Singapore Ninth Magistrate^
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    Lock icon Mammoth Hari Raya Celebration
    121 4 MALAY and Muslim organizations in Singapore will hold a mass celebration of Hari Raya Puasa on April 27 a week after the Hari Raya. This celebration is sponsored by the Malay Cultural Society which has extended an invitation to more than 50 Malay and Muslim bodies
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    Lock icon $2,540 Theft At Creameries
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— More than $2,540 were stolen from the safe of the Cold Storage Creameries Ltd., here over the week-end. Police said today. The firm's cashier, reported he had locked the safe with the money and some cheques in it on Saturday. He had later
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    Lock icon WED AT CHANGI
    47 4 MISS Doris Louise Craig, a WRAF, and Mr. John Barrett of the Royal Air Force. Seletar, who were married at the Trin ity Church, Changi, on Saturday. A reception was held at the Married Families Club, Changi, after the ceremony. Photo bv Michael Anchant
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    Lock icon Rl Consul Wants Govt. To Curb Rebel Visits
    194 4 THE Indonesian Consul General in Singapore, xMr. Achmad Natanagara, said yesterday that the Colony Government should take firm action to prevent the entry ol rebels. Mr. Natanagara, who returned to the Colony by air after talks with hi.s government in Jakarta, added
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    Lock icon Gen. Richardson Is New G.O.C
    59 4 THE former Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science, Major-General C. L. Richardson, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday morning. General Richardson will take over command as General Officer Commanding Singapore Base District from Major-Gen. R.G. Collingwood, who leaves for Britain on March 30,
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    Lock icon 3 Accused Of Causing Death
    92 4 THREE men wove yesterday charged in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court with being member? of an unlawful assembly and causing the death of Nathaniel Teo 17. They were Fadul Rahman I alias Man Garrick. Ong Kian Seng alias Ah Boon, and jTan Iu Tat alias
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    36 4 HONGKONG. March 24. Special Standard Sen Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $16.08 to £1 Sterling $5,815 to I $1,812 to Malayan $1: 10-112 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Geld $254.50 to a tael.
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    Lock icon 6th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR
    250 4 A MINIATURE restaurant, emulating the one at the Singapore Esplanade will be the Colony's contribution to the sixth annual International Bazaar for the Blind, on May 10, Mrs. W U Yung, the organizer, told The Standard yesterday. She said that the Singapore stall would replace the
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    Lock icon WAITRESS GETS 3 YEARS' JAIL FOR BURGLARY
    222 4 Admits Theft Of Cash, Jewels A 23-VEAR-OLD waitress was yesterday given ihe maximum sentence of three years' jail by a Singapore District Judge for burglary and not aiding the I' in its investigations. The waitress. Sum Ee Loi, had earlier pleaded g to
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    Lock icon KL Varsity Decision On Mar. 31, —Minister
    103 4 KL Varsity Decision On Mar. 31, —Minister KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Minister loi Inche Mohamad told The Standar he would give h;. the Kuala Lump the University c. March 31. The students had appealed to Prime Tunku Abdul Rahman :<» ride on their fu diati "We can always things and
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    70 4 MORE than 300 guests, including the Governor of gapore and Lady Goode. government officials and i tic and commercial reprej sentatiues of countries a! i were present at the recr jrating the third Rej Day of Pakistan, at the Royal Island Club, on Sunday i ing. The host,
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    Lock icon Thugs Attack Coffee Shop
    37 4 THIRTEEN secret so tf gangsters attacked a c shop with bottles ai in Lavender Street, S on Sunday. Police believe the attack made because an assistant earlier refused to pay I protection money.
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    Lock icon BIG STEP TOWARDS COLONY'S TOURIST INDUSTRY
    279 4 BIG STEP TOWARDS COLONY' S TOURIST INDUSTRY A DEFINITE step towards the promotion of the tourist industry in Singapore is being taken this week and next with the filming of Colony scenes by the BOAC Film Unit, for a travelogue in full colour to be shown all over the world.
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    Lock icon ROTARY LUNCH
    31 4 MR. PETER GULART International Labour will be fiuest speaker at the weekly' luncheon of the Sire pore Rotary Club tomorrow, in the main dining room of vne Cathay Hotel.
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    Lock icon MUSLIMS OPPOSE COMPULSORY CREMATION CALL
    406 5 MUSLIMS OPPOSE COMPULSORY CREMATION CALL SINGAPORE Muslims will strongly oppose any move to make cremation of the dead compulsory, the Colony's Chief Kathi, Tuan Haji Mohamad Said Salleh, terday. He said Islam forbade the burning of the dead. The Chief Kathi said Islam ded the burning of a body as
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    Lock icon PANSY LEAVES FOR BRITAIN
    71 5 MISS PANSY LIM. eldest daughter of Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock and Mrs. Lim, left the Colony last night in the Roma for Britain, where she will take up commercial arts. Her mother is accompanying her. Above picture, taken on board the ship just
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    Lock icon Newsman Gets Red Document
    41 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A local journalist has reported to the Police that a subversive document had been mailed to him from Perak. The document manifesto of the Malayan Communist Party has been handed over to the Police.
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    Lock icon New Chain Of Office For Him
    114 5 New Chain Of Office For Him KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The future Mayor in the Federal capital will have an entirely new "chain of office" to wear when the capital gets its city status in January 1959, The Standard learned today. The present chain of office worn by the Council President
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    Lock icon Views On Trade Mission Proposal
    265 5 SECRETARY-general of the Liberal Socialist Party Mr. E. K. Tan, told The Standard yesterday that the Singapore Government should establish trade missions in all countries with which it has substantial trade relations. Mr. Tan was commenting on Independent Assemblyman for Kampong Kapor Mr. Sean Peng
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    Lock icon DR. LIM PROMISES CLOSE HARMONY IN THE ALLIANCE
    555 5 PFNANG Mon The newly-elected President of the Malayan Chinese Association Dr Lim Chong Eu, today declared that it would be his earnest endeavour to lead toe MCA always in close harmony with UMNO and MIC within the Alliance under the leadership of
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    Lock icon The Ouster: Reactions Are Mixed
    174 5 The Ouster: Reactions Are Mixed IPOH, Mon. There has been a mixed reaction from the local political front to the new "young blood" set-up of the Malayan Chinese Association following yesterday's elections in the Federal capital. An UMNO spokesman here, Inche Rose bin Abdullah, the Perak UMNO State Secretary, said
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    Lock icon The Pledge: No Purge Of The Party's Leaders
    317 5 The Pledge: No Purge Of The Party's Leaders KUALA LUMPUR, Men. The new publicity chief of the Malayan Chinese Association, Mr. Yong Pung Eow, told The Standard today that the change of leadership will not result in any wholesale purges* of j Party leaders. Dr. Lim Chong Eu. the new
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    Lock icon AFFILIATE
    26 5 THE University of Malaya Students' Union and the Nanyang University Students' Union yesterday promised their co-operation to the newly formed National Union of Federation Students.
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    Lock icon Sirens Signal Break Of Fast
    62 5 PENANG, Mon.— The sirens at Police Headquarters in Penang Road and the Civil Defence Headquarters iii MacAlister Road sounded the all-clear signal for the first time at 7 D.m. last night to denote the breaking of the fast These two sirens will sound approximately at
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    Lock icon COUNCILLOR TO QUERY ON MAYOR'S ORDER
    183 5 give any kind of orders to staff," he said. Mr. Lee further wanted to know whether the director of information bureau was answerable to the Mayor or the CAO. Meanwhile, another Councillor, Mr. S. M. Vasagar, said he would ask the Council to dissolve
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    39 5 MR. R. J. C. Wait M.C.S.. has assumed duties as State Financial Officer, Perak. in place of Mr. A. G. Argent, who left for Britain last week after serving two tours in this capacity in Perak.
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    170 5 ALOR STAR. Mon. Two men poured condensed milk on a shopkeeper's head when he refused to hand them the key to his drawer, the Sessions Court was told here today. One of them, Hashim bin Nordin, 20, was sentenced to one year's jail on
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    846 6  - DANES WILL FIND MALAYA DIFFERENT LEONG HEW MENG Bv NEWS from the badminton courts of Wembley, London, during the 'lost' weekend could hardly be more depressing. First, it was the singles, and then, the doubles. And all this before the finals! The spectacle of a Malayan absenting himself, as it
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    286 6 SPECIALIZATION on only one event is not advisable; an athlete should at least have a secondary one. This was the advice given by U.S. track and field coach, Thomas Rosandich in Singapore yesterday. The American coach was conducting his first lessons in the Colony at
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    102 6 BANGKOK. Mar 24 (Reuter) Thailand's Thomas Cup badminton team is preparing for an all-out effort to win its quarter final match against Pakistan on March 26 and 27, officials of the Thai Badminton Association said today. The officials said the Thai team was practising five
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    70 6 BANGKOK, Mar. 24. (Reuter) —The Thai cabinet has approved a proposal to hold a "golden land" or South-East Asian Games meeting in Bangkok next December. The Prime Minister. Lieute-nant-General Thanom Kittikachorn, told reporters a fter a cabinet meeting that invitations would go out to Cambodia, Vietnam.
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    73 6 THE following were elected office bearers of the Singapore Gun Club at their annual general meeting held last Saturday: President: Dr. Wong Lai Hock. Vice Presidents: Mr. Milton Tan and Mr. E. J. Tan. Hnn. Secretary Treasurer: Mr. B.F. Santos. Field Captain: Mr. E. I. Henton. CommiUee Members:
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    55 6 JOHANNESBURG. Mar. 24 (AFP) The 27-year-old South African pole vault star Hentie Kruger smashed his own British Empire pole vault record for the third time this season on Saturday when he cleared 14 feet four inches (4 metres 37). He set the new record during the Northern
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    55 6 DUFFERS CUP QUALIFIERS THE following players qualified yesterday at the Royal Singapore Golf Club to play in the Duffers Cup:Miss Wilson Reid 71 Mrs. Zaalberg 72. Mrs. Marshall 73, Mrs. Oldham 73. Mrs Friislund 76, Mrs. Maydon 77, Mrs Spearin 78. Mrs. lies 78The first round will be played on
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    72 6 PENANG, Mon.— AJ. Williams became the third batsman to hit a century here this season when he scored 102 not out for the Indian Association who beat the Police by 189 runs in a cricket match at the Dato Kramat ground yesterday. The I.A. totalled 282
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    182 6 Only The Best Shooters Will Co To Tokyo— Yong Photo. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. S.M. Yong, President of the Federation of Malaya Shooting Associa: today denied any discrimination in the selection of the team to the Asian Games at Tokyo. Mr. Yong was commenting on a complaint made to Prime
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    18 6 HONGKONG ten N> Blacks" Rugby Union trounced Hongl. points (four two penalty goals) to today.
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      25 6 SINGAPORE SOCCER— S.A.F. A. League Div. 2A Singapore Recreation Club vs. Katong S.C. at S.R.C. Inter-School soccer Victoria School vs. St. Joseph's Inst. at S.J.I.
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    1116 7 FOLLOWING are weights and probable fields for all fisht races on Saturday, first day of the Singapore Turf Club's March April Meeting: The Hunter Memorial Stakes I Horses Class 1, Div. J—9 Furs. °7 A| T R^ E K 9C3 FENCER Shaw Stable ooV^c* 8U HOBBS
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    96 7 REAL MADRID REGAIN TOP PLACE MADRID, March 24 (AFP)— The Real Madrid crack football team yesterday regained its position as lone leader of the Spanish first division football championships after scoring a 2-0 win over Atletico Bilbao at Bilbao. The other Madrid team Atletico Madrid, which joined "Real" at the
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    154 7 RICHMOND, Virginia, Mar. 24 (UP) Gwyn Edward Staley, the nation's thirdranking convertible stock car raoer, was killed on Sunday :.is Chevrolet smashed into a fence in the first lap of the 100-mile late model con- vertible feature in a fair ground race track
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    659 7  - BIG-FIGHT TALKS END IN UPROAR PETER WILSON By CHICAGO, Mon. A LL tnrough the lengthy formalities of the official physical examination in the Illinois State Athle tic Commission offices, Carmen Basilio and Sugar Kay Robinson had not exchanged a word. The rcom. seventeen storeys above the teeming "loop" district of
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    35 7 VIENNA. Mar. 24 (AFP) Austria beat Italy by three goals to two In their international football match here yesterday. At the half way mark Austria wa s leading by one goal to nil.
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    465 7  - British Flat Racing Season Opens With Spring Double Vernon Morgan By LONDON, March 24 (Reuter) The opening of (he ilat racing season, with its big Lincolnshire Handicap, mean for many the advent of spring. The "Lincoln'' run on the third day after the opening today, is indeed the first leg,
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    371 7 Round -The -World Trip For Tulloch SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuter) Australia's champion racehorse. Tulloch, will go on a round-the-world racing trip next year, it was announced here today. He will run in some of the rich races in America. Then he wlil go to England, where it is planned to
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    133 7 Round Table Boosts His Earning To US$973,964 HALLANDALE, Florida March 24 (UP).—California champion ROUND TABLE ran off with the Gulfstream Park Handicap in an easy gallop Saturday to become the third leading money winner in racing history. A season record crowd of 25.389 cheered the dark bay colt and jockey
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    358 9 MALAYA is the only pioducing country from which full and detailed information is being obtained about the operation of the tin scheme. This is indicated in the March tin market review just issued in London by A. Strauss and Co. Ltd. At present, the
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    77 9 Pepper Prices Go Up Again PEPPER prices which have been rising steadily in the Singapore market since Tuesday last, recorded further increases yesterday Muntok white pepper yesterday rose by S4 to $137 per picul and Sarawak black by $2 to $80. Yesterday's rise was attributed to local buying support in
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    94 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were- copra March/April UK/Continent $31* buyers $'A2\ sellers; coconut oil in bulk $47J sellers; in drums $52£ sellers; Muntok white pepper $137 sellers; Sarawak white $136 sellers^ Special Sarawak black $80 H.C.B. Ltd. closing prices: copra, fair merchantable mixed
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    159 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Chun An, Rynarden. Maxwell Brander, Tong Peng, Eurythan, Japara. 7 Russian Trawlers, Singkep. Great Oaks. Houtman, Garoet, Yamamura Maru. Capt Aritonis, Kian Aun, klomeneus, Sabang. Heinrich Jeesen. Poyang, Meratus. W.G. Walkley, Aiax, Tampomas. Mina. Calt. Stockholm. Rad.ia. Negostar, Pcllicula, Lapaz. Dinara. Glory, Mikasa Maru, Ba'.yean.
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    112 9 IPOH. Mon.— One of Pcrak's leading planters, Mr. Harold Scully. 66, retires after over 40 years' service in this country Mr Scully who is general manager of Pinji Estate, first came to this country in 1912. During the occupation he was interned in Sime Road Camp. He
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    43 9 A NEW 44-inch semi-con-tinuous hot rolling mill, the first in the U.S. steel industry with a fully automatic programme control system on the reversing rougher, has begun production in the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation's works at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.
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    133 9 Kodak Chief To Visit Colony A KODAK Company executive, who is the first man to carry a U.S. passport to include a colour photograph, is expected in Singapore on April 5. He is Mr. Edward P. Curtis, vice-president of Eastman Kodak Company. Mr Curtis is visiting some of Kodak's establishments
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    56 9 ORIENT Crafts, an ewporium for Malayan handicrafts and Kashmir products has opened for business in Orchard Road, Singapore. Mr. B.H. Melicani, managing director of J.T. Chanrai (S'pore) Ltd. icho owns the shop, said Orient Crafts hoped to attract local customers as well as tourists. Mr. Mehrani is
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    144 9 INDUSTRIALS, RUBBERS QUIETLY STEADY INDUSTRIALS and rubbers were quietly steady, while tins were easier in the Malayan share market yesterday. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: Austral Malay 19'- 19 6 xd Beriuntai 12/6 12 9 Kamunling 8/9 9 3 Kinta Tin (2s)
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    224 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2.30. $2.35; F. &N. ords. $2.70 ready and delayed, $2 72J- overnight and yesterdav; Gammon $2.37. $2.38; Hammer $1.76 overnight and yesterday. $1 77. $2.30 cum all; Hume ords. 5/5- Jackson 51.35 overnight; M. Breweries $3 .524: M.
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    58 9 HONGKONG, March 24 (4.FP). Local manufacturers are being hit hard by the dumping of mainland Chinese goods, it is reported here today. Cheap sale of Chinese leather goods is gradually damaging the Hongkong leather trade. The situation is expected to become worse, because Canton has recently started
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    319 9 jfjs;fljsf KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Malayan timber exports last year attained an all-time record at 123,074 tons, it was revealed »>y*he president of the Federation of Malaya Timber Exporters Association, Mr. John stubbs, at the association's dinner held over the weekend. In the second
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    31 9 LONDON telephone subscribers are being issued with "new look" directories. The first of these— the S to Z section— are in the course of distribution to subscribers.
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    94 9 ON a market which ruled s quietly steady, fair inqu.: were reported yesterday for I lower sheet rubber. I A price gain of one-quar- c ter cent was recorded for international first grade April shipment TBi cents per lb. against 771 cents last Friday, j The
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    44 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 77 77A International April No. 1 RSS f.o.b. 78 78i May 784 April No. 2 74 74A April No. 3 7<li 70S Tone: Inactive.
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    178 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. There is a potential market hi Malaya for millions of dollars worth of Indian plastic products, declared the visiting head of the Indian Plastic Export Promotion Council delegation Mr. C.A. Ferens. Mr. Ferens is leading a fourman team to investigate the market
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    101 9 The Malayan Exchange B Association made the fo'lr changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. T.T. 32-7 8. OD. 33. 90 day, airmail 33-3/16 credit bills, 33-3/16 trade bills Canada T.T. 32 OD 32-5/16. 9o mail 32-5/6 credit bills, 32-3' 4 trade bills Selling. T.T.
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    120 9 U.K. Firm May Send Out Representative A BRITISH p) irm specializing in nedicines. Burrc :ome Co sending a resident ret ve to Singapore, z 'o Mr. George W. lead of the firm's over>n. Mr planning rnent lc impo: in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya and Borneo. He is in the
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    890 10 Der stars fall on Berlin mm^m Wam-mmW m^mj V^ jF^ZFZmmWmm^Am^TF^^~^k fj^' W2mmW AZ §haw Brothers announce today that in view of the unfortunate accident of the late Mike Todd, their "Liz Taylor 'Double' Contest" will be postponed until further notice. Donald Zee tells you what happens when Hollywood moves to
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    532 10 To Star In New Fox Film COME six months after the untimely death of her husband, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall decided to again take up her career as an actress Producer Charles Brackett insisted that he needed the slightly acid delivery and transparent honesty of Bacall
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    260 10 'T'WO of the most celebrated comediennes of stage and screen, Hermione Gingold and Elsa Lanchester, will join James Stewart. Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs in the all-star cast of BELL, BOOK AXD CANDLE, Phoenix Production for Columbia with Richard Quine directing and Julian Blaustein
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    147 10 GO along with detective RIP KIRBY to the world's most fascinating cities from Paris to Istanbul. RIP KIRBY'S assisgnment sounds deceptively easy track down and bring back a beautiful nightclub singer, Sirene, who is also the Queen of Pickpockets. Sirene's nightclub appearances, in- the
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      589 10 rpODAY S QUOTATION: ■■MMj|^ M "When it comes to K9 CM making love, a girl I .y can always listen so much I H^w faster than a man can I HL^^Q W* talk." Helen Rowland. TUESDAY FOR EVERY- I ONE: Make this a busy I Rjl^PQP^I time, particularly in con-
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    241 11 Bid To Avert Strike By 10,000 Council Workers SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister and Minister tor Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will intervene in the dispute between the City Council and the Council's Labour Unions Federation. Mr. Lim yesterday assured a six-man delegation from the
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    157 11 RUBBER TIN PRICES <JLOSINCi rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 784 781 R.S.S No. 1 78$ 78i May R.S.S. No. 1 78* 78i R.S.S No. 2 April 744 74* RS.S No. 3 April 70} 71 Tone: Quiet. The price <>f tin In Singapore yesterday
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    34 11 A CAR parked outside a house in Thamby Abdullah Road in Kuala Lumpur, over the week-end and reported stolen, was found abandoned at the 18th Mile. Kuala Lumpur Klang Road yesterday.
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    30 11 THE Workers Party will hold its first public protest meeting against the postponement of the general elections at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 5.15 p.m. on March 28.
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    130 11 Milk Vendor Freed Of Hurt Charge KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A milk vendor. R. Vellasamy. 45. was today freed by Mr. Justice Smith in the High Court on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a labourer with an old Japanese sword. He was alleged to have attacked S. Subramaniam.
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    35 11 OUT of 135 entrants, 60 qualified to enter the semifinals in the biggest-evex schools talentime contest organized by the St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh. The heat? were held in the S.M.I. Hall during the week-end.
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    57 11 BISHOP Ma thews Athanasius, principal of the Orthodox Theological College, at Kottayam, South India will arrive in Singapore tomorrow. This i s the first time that a bishop of the Orthodox Syrian Church is visiting the Colony and Malaya. The bishop will attend the consecration of
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    115 11 Salvaged Mail Forwarded KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Postmaster General, Malaya, announced today that mail salvaged from the bus which ran off Dungun ierry last Thursday Is, wherever possible, being forwarded to destination. In some cases, the damage caused by immersion in the river is such mat the aadress has become
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    29 11 TWO thugs, who "hired" a taxi at Batu Rond in Kuala Lumpur, around midnisht on Saturday, robbed the driver of S4 his entire earning for the evening.
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    81 11 PROMPT action by Singapore Police saved a man from being abducted in Changi Road, Singapore, on Sunday evening. Tan Lye Seng. 36. of Kampong Chye Chce, told the Police that he was trave in his car along Siglao Road when another car pulled up in front of
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    107 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has sent the following message to the President of Pakistan on the occasion of Pakistan's Republic Day today. "On behalf of the Fede- ration of Malaya I wish to extend warmest greetings to you and the people of
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    337 11 A $10,000 demand from the proprietor of a goldsmith's shop in North Bridge Road was finally leduced to $400. the Singapore Second District Court was told yesterday. 2 he "bargain" was made by the proprietor. Ching Ah Poh. with a man who made
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    152 11 SINGAPORE airline officials were yesterday baffled by the re-introduction of a service to Medan by Garuda Indonesian Airways. They claimed they havo not been informed by the Indonesian Central Government of the re-opening of Medan Airport. A Garuda Convair left the Colony yesterday morning
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      188 12 FOOT'S BOLD MOVE -BAN LIFTED ON PROCESSIONS NICOSIA, Mar. 24, (Renter) Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus last night partially lifted a ban on processions and assemblies throughout the island. An official statement issued by the Cyprus Government said assemblies and processions would be permitted under the new proclamation subject
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      99 12 The Pelvis' Joins The Army Now MEMPHIS. Tennessee. March 24 (UP)..— Singer Elvis Presley exchanged his US$lOO,OOO mansion for an Army barracks todav after he breezed through a physical examination and was officially inducted into the arms. The 23-year-old former truck driver, weighing in at 185 pounds and measuring 5
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      132 12 LONDON. Mar. 24 (Reuter) Notices saying "Beware nudists" will be the only barriers between the public and 1.000 nudists in the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Park this summer. The Duke is quoted today a s saying that if people go into the camp after reading the notices,
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      68 12 FORT CHURCHILL. Manitoba. Mar. 24 (Reuter) A United States Aerobee rocket shot to an altitude of 124 miles, in an experiment to measure the chemical and ion comDcsition of the upper atmosphere. The launching was a companion experiment to a rocket fired up 104 miles
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      50 12 ALGIERS. Mar. 24 (UP)— jnalist rebels, who confessed to four terbomb attacks, have been sentenced to death by a French military court, it was announced yesterday They were Ahmed Benatia. Belkacem Gacem and Mohammed Benkali. An accomplice still at large was sentenced to death in absentia.
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      19 12 VETERAN Socialist author and journalist H. N Brailsford died in a London hcsjn Saturday, aged 84.— AFP
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      25 12 DON HARTMAN. who produced the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope "Road" films, died in his sleep on Saturday night, in Palm Springs, California. Reuter
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      22 12 THE French Army has claimed that 21 insurgents were killed or wounded in a fight near Medea, near Algiers.- Reuter
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      315 12 HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 24, (Reuter-UP) Elizabeth Taylor, British-born actress widow of Mike Todd, the Hollywood showman millionaire killed in an air crash on Saturday, will travel to Chicago tonight to attend her husband's funeral. i She will go to Chicago by air. This was
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      41 12 QUEEN Elizabeth unveils a commemprative plaque in the vestibule of the new annexe to the Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, when with the Duke of Edinburgh she attended a private performance at the theatre UP Photo
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      110 12 Premium On Education, Says General TOKYO, Mar. 24 (Reuter) Today's complex weapons has Put a premium upon education and the need of all military services for an increasing number of more highly-educated personnel, General Laurence S. Kuter, Commander in Chief of United States Pacific Air Force, said here today. General
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      83 12 LONDON, Mar. 24 (Reuter) Bagdad radio in Iraq reported last night that a number of politicians and Army officers were arrested in Syria yesterday. The radio said a wave of arrests was sweeping the country, which merged with Egypt this month in a United Arab Republic.
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      87 12 CHESTERFIELD, England, Mar. 24 (Reuter)— "Macbeth" was coming to its great climax— the duel scene and actor Brian Rawlinson challenged boldly "Lay on Macduff." Macduff, played by 34--year-old Micntel Alexander, lunged. Macbeth screamed and fainted Blood flowed on the stage of Chesterfield's Civic Theatre The audience gasped
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      305 12 Campaign In Protest Against H-Bomb Tests NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Mar. 24, (Reuter) Plans for a "Walk for Peace" from here and Philadelphia to United Nations Headquarters in New York were announced yesterday. The walk, a protest against nuclear bomb tests, will coincide with a
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      28 12 PRESIDENT Eisenhower returned to Washington by plane on Sunday night from a weekend in the sun at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Reuter
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      70 12 MANILA, Mar. 24 (AFP)— A fire of unknown origin fanned by strong winds and unchecked by lack of water has razed more than 3,000 houses and business establishments in Idoilo City in South Philippines, according to reports reaching here. The fire, which started at 3.30 p.m.
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