The Straits Times, 17 January 1956

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    24 1 A.VEH/IOE la-iVf crUTViFIEP .tFA&E' E\€ E J P 7* o>o O The Straits Times lie**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1956. 15 CENTS
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    PAP-LABOUR SURPRISE
    206 1  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Marriage' j s being arranged behind the scenes in new Colony political shock By 'SAME POLICIES— SO WHY NOT UNITE?' p VAL moves are afoot behind the scenes in Singapore to the People Action Party with the Labour Front. l !222&S2F mm U thC (:oten >"»l»H««
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    WAIT A MINUTE, YOU CRITICS
    193 1 WAIT A MINUTE, YOU CRITICS 'Judge us by our actions/ say Liberal Socialists THE Liberal Socialist Party which is to be formed from a rnerßer of the Progressives and Democrats said ft e to 0r h ay t 'l US Political °PP°nents should not judge Mr. E. K. Tan (IH-mocrats)
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    NAVAL BASE MEN IN ONEDAY STRIKE
    178 1 VINE thousand Singapore Naval Base dockyard employees in non-essential services will stage a one-day protest strike today over yesterday's eviction of two workers and their families from their quarters. This was decided last night by the representative council of the Naval Base Labour Union
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    Lock icon Red leaders held
    72 1 BOMBAY MOVE BOMBAY. Mon. Twenty leaders and 50 active workers of the Communist Party of India were arrested here today by state police as a precautionary measure against expected trouble when the division of Bombay State into three linguistic groups is announced. Search for more Communist Party
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    29 1 CAIRO. Mon. Egypt's new constitution, announced today, provides for the election of a President of the Republic on June 23, 1956 through a universal plebiscite.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lucky people...
    24 1 OSLO, Mon. Reductions in income tax and company tax are proposed in the 1956-57 budget presented to the Norwegian Parliament today.— Reuter.
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    Ike to decide
    34 1 NEW YORK. Mon.-- Senator William Knowland. Republican leader in the Senate, said last night that President Eisenhower may announce on Friday if he will stand for a second term as president.
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    27 1 TRINIDAD, Mon. Posters of Marilyn Monroe with her dress blown high above her knees have been banned by the Trinidad film censors as "unseemly."— Reuter.
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    Now it's Osman and Sandra
    347 1 Now it's Osman and Sandra ANOTHER TENSKU DOES IT From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon. Another grandson of the Sultan of Johore is to marry an English girl. Tengku Osman, 23-year-old son of Tengku Ahmad, third son of the Sultan, has announced in London his engagement to Sandra Redman, 17-year-old brunette
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    Lock icon Dag leaves for Asian tour
    50 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, secre-tary-general of the United Nations, left here yesterday for an extended tour of Europe and Asia. He will address the annual meeting of the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in Bangalore on Feb. 2.— A.P.
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    ANOTHER M.P. TO ADVISE ON MERDEKA
    21 1 THE TENGKU with Col. H. S. Lee outside the Colonial Office in London. AJ*. picture.
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    BOOM... GLOOM... D00M...
    111 1 BOOM GLOOM. D00M. That's what happened to 70 marriages KLANG. Mon. One out of every four Muslim marriages in the Klang district last year ended in divorce because of the rubber boom. The Klang kathi. Inche Mohamed Abdul Ghani. said today that mast of the 70 divorces in the district
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    Asia's scholars get together
    38 1 BANGKOK. Mon.— Representatives from universities in Ceylon, Singapore. Hong Kong. Indonesia. Vietnam. Burma and the Philippines met here today at Chulalongkorn University to form an association of institutions of higher learning in Southeast Asia.
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    21 1 HYDERABAD. Mon. —Forty six women died when a ferry capsized in the Gcdavari river near Hyderabad. Reuter.
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    21 1 LONDON. Mon. Countess Mountbatten of Burma left London today for a month's tour of the Far East. Reuter.
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    Slain girl: 3 accused
    97 1 SEAMAN CHARGED ON JAN. 4 NOW GOES FREE AMIN BIN MOHAMAD, Philip Foo, alias YaacoD, and Ignatius Thomas, alias Onie, were charged in the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court yesterday with murdering 19--year-old Jauyah binte Salleh at 4.10 a.m. on Jan. 4. They were remanded in the
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    Tengku hires Woodrow Wyatt, late of the War Office
    206 1  -  LESLIE HOFFMAN From LONDON, Monday. fENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN'S merdeka mission seems to be drawing almost entirely on the British Labour Party for its expert advisers. I Today it appointed Mr. Woodrow Wyatt, Labour M.P. and former Under-Secretary for War. as its
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    Lock icon A-CH00...50 I A SCHOOL Iflies south;
    96 1 A-CH00...50 I A SCHOOL Iflies south; LONDON, Mon.— 1 i Worried by the time lost I by pupiis through illness during the English win- j ter. the headmaster of a i I small school at Chester- I I ton, Oxfordshire, decided j there was only one solu- f tion —to
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    21 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister, has accepted an invitation to visit West Germany in June. Reuter.
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    18 1 COLOMBO, Mon. A Polish ship left Colombo yesterday with 6,200 tons of rubber for China.— Reuter.
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    27 1 PIETERSBURG. Northern Transvaal. Mon. An African. Solomon Mphaswana, hacked five Africans to death with an axe and then hanged himself, police said today. Reuter.
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    Ambush Reds caught: One dies
    299 1 Ambush Reds caught: One dies VIUAR, Mon.— Security forces on Grisek Estate, 24 miles from here, swiftly avenged a terrorist ambush today, killing one bandit and wounding three others, minutes after the Reds had shot up the Estate manager and his escort. The manager. Mr. S. Giorgi, 54. an Italian,
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    ALMOST another disaster
    110 1 ALMOST another disaster KUALA LUMPUR, Mon PROMPT action by a Sikh watchman, neighbours and the fire brigade, which was quickly on the scene, prevented a squatter area blaze from developing into a major disaster here this evening. The fire was in Batu Lane, about 500 yards from the scene of
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    STOP PRESS
    59 1 MT.RPF.KA MISSION: HIGH HOPPS I.ONHON. Mon— Mr. T. 11. T;in. secretary thp 1 i I' r.itinn mcrdrk.i mission, said hrrp tonight: "I am ni> n more bopehd nf success for our eonstilatfoaal talki with P.iii un tli. in hrn I Irft Mai »\.t. Things hare h«-en coing «r||
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    Two more give up in Johore
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two terrorists surrendered to rubber tappers on estates in the Rengam district of Johore this morning. No further details arc available.
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    Brides worry Cabinet
    185 2 Brides worry Cabinet ASIAN WOMEN ADEPT 'AT GETTING THEIR MAN': REPORT AUSTRALIA TO DEBATE IF TROOPS MAY MARRY MALAYAN GIRLS CANBERRA, Monday. THE Australian Government has yet to decide whether it will officially allow Australian servicemen in Malaya to marry Malayan girls. The question will be discussed by the Federal
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    With a song in his heart...
    88 2 With a song in his heart... LONDON, Mon.— When doctors in a London hospital tried to record a patient's heart rhythm with an electrocardiograph, the machine started to play music being transmitted from a TV station, the Lancet reports today. The doctors rang up the 8.8.C. and engineers turned off
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    Lock icon $100 million 'how' by 3 tribes to Washington
    122 2 $100 million 'how' by 3 tribes to Washington FLORENCE, (Oregon Mon. Three angry Red Indian tribes are threatening to secede from the United States and join the United Nations. The Siuslaw, Lower Umpqua and Coos Bay tribes, who dwell on the Oregon Coast, claimed yesterday that the Federal Government had
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    Lock icon 'MISS FIRST IS NOW A 'MR.'
    250 2 Star girl athlete changes sex i TOKYO, Mon.— One ot Japan's star school girl athletes of 1953 has undegone surgical operations transforming her into a male, the newspaper Sankei Jiji reported yesterday. Tsurue Nakaune. the 16--year-old who was regarded as one of Japan's most
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    Lock icon SOCCER ON ICE
    54 2 SANTIAGO. Chile. Mon.— lce served as a playing field and penguins as spectators at a soccer match between Chilean and British teams at the Chilean Antarctic base i of Caleta Pendulo. The Chileans won 2-1. Chileans were personnel at the base and the British I wsre from
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    Lock icon Mrs. Butt gives in-and the wash line 'war' is over
    107 2 Mrs. Butt gives in -and the wash line 'war' is over MKS. MAID BUTT, whose tine of washing was the subject of a protest from Lady Eden, has now been offered a plot of land out of sight of the Premier's country residence, Chequers, Buckinghamshire. Mrs. Butt lives 400 yards
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    38 2 MANILA, Mon.— The army disclosed yesterday that it had uncovered an elaborate and vicious plot by local OominuntaW to cripple the country's economy through systematic infiltration aimed at eventual control of labour and farmer organisations. —UP.
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    Lock icon Atoms for Tito
    29 2 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The United States has opened new talks here with Yugoslavia to discuss the possibility of helping Marshal Tito's Communist government develop atoms-for-peace projects. U.P.
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      101 2 Monaco wedding it is— but the date has not been fixed MONTE CARLO, Mon. A comm the palace of Prince Rainier 111 last to make it flna 1 and official the Grace Kelly will be married in Moi was still undecided. I The communique, signed by Mr. Paul Noghes, director
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      41 2 NEW YORK: Mr. George V. Allen, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, said yesterday he believed that the Arabs In the Middle East "have fallen for the idea that the Soviet Union will support them in any I struggle with Israel." Reuter.
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      46 2 HELSINKI: Finnish citizens went to the polls today to choose 300 electors in the first phase of the presidential elections. The second phase takes place on Feb. 15 when the electors assemble in Farliament to vote for a President to lead the country until 1962.— Reuter.
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      47 2 NEW YORK: American evangelist Billy Graham left by air yesterday for India where, he said, he would not have anything to do with politics but would "simply talk about i the love of God." After India, he will visit the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa and Korea. A.P.
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      33 2 BUENOS AIRES: Nelida Kivas. the 16 year old beauty who was reported to have been on intimate terms with former Dictator Juan Peron. has been detained near the Paraguayan border. It was be-
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    STILL ON TRAIL OF THAT SNOWMAN
    146 2 STILL ON TRAIL OF THAT SNOWMAN v KATIIMWiu i Tensin K v man who t Everest with mund Ilihr i tea °f Sh. hhu t for th, aho^ E able snowman j Everest, accrdin, v c message Kcefod i from Narmhe Razar He is also E data for the pi
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    That cuddle can be so dangerous.
    105 2 LONDON. Mon.— That cuddly kitten that curls up on your lap could Rive you a dangerous Illness cat scratch fever. It has been diagnosed in two housewives and a little girl who went to hospital with glandular upsets after being scratched by their pets.
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    Lock icon IT'S MOLLET ALL THE WAY Fully backed by
    140 3 IT'S MOLLET ALL THE WAY Fully backed by Coalition government wi* h M «ndes France support now almost certain party after two-day congress PARIS, Monday. pgANCES of the next French Government being headed by M. Guy Mollet, the 51-year-list leader, were greatly increased yesK>f(jay. od of a two-day party meeting
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    Lock icon LADIES FROM HELL' OFF TO CYPRUS
    72 3 LADIES FROM HELL' OFF TO CYPRUS LONDON. Mon. An advance party of the crack Highland Light Infantry left Blackbushe airport yesterday to reinforce Britain's garrison at Cyprus. The rest of the regiment's Ist battalion 600 to 800 men will follow in an airlift beginning on Jan. 22 The Highlanders called
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    Synthetic rubber
    28 3 WASHINGTON. Mon.— U.S. government research laboratories for synthetic rubber will be discontinued from July 1, President Eisenhower disclosed in his budget message to Congress today.—A. P.
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    Lock icon 2,000 RIOT AT MALTA MEETING
    145 3 2,000 RIOT AT MALTA MEETING MALTA, Mon. I ABOUR PARTY sup- porters stoned and grappled with 200 policemen yesterday in an attempt to break up a meeting called by the Progressive Constitutional Party to protest against a referendum proposed by the Labour Government. Stones, vegetables, coins and eggs were thrown
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    181 3 'U.S. car factory is like science fiction come to life, say British union men LONDON, Mon. Automation in an American motor car factory was "like science fiction brought to life," according to two British trade unionists who have just returned from a visit to the United States under
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    Lock icon SO PLACE LIKE PRISON
    71 3 VIENNA. Mon. A con- r murderer, Erich I is asked the prison authorities to tay in jail should his be remitted because have pot so used to prison Hauschild was condemned to death by a British military court in 1947. The sentence was later commuted to
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    Lock icon Life-size superman Dulles
    377 3 Life-size superman Dulles n Continuing n ON STAGE: i THE A-WAR THREAT TO ASIA WASHINGTON. Mon. The controversy over recent S "verge of war" statements by U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, continues to rage. In an interview with Life magazine last week, Mr. 5 Dulles was quoted
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    A petty petticoat feud?
    192 3 A petty petticoat feud? ATTACK ON EDEN BY PRESS LONDON. Mon.— Could if be that a petticoat feudE underlies Sir Anthony Eden's troubles within his Conservative Party? Whispering in London was brought out in the open in print yesterday, just as criticism of the Sir Anthony's Government seemed to simmer
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    Lock icon ATOMS FOR PEACE RACE IS ON
    62 3 T ONDON, Mon. British newspapers said today that Russia's latest fiveyear plan is a serious challenge to the industrial supremacy of the West. "Gone are the days when Soviet five-year plans were greeted outside Russia with faintly superior amusement," the Liberal News Chronicle said.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    282 3 LONDON. Mon. STOCK MARKETS experienced a day of declining prices due to lack of Incentives over the weekend and several adverse InflU sTmng was marked as buyers were keeping away and with jobbers unwilling to take stock, prices were lowered. industrials were the chief sufferers with widespread losses.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Jan. 16— Cash Buyers £817; Sellers £818: Forward Buyers £798; Sellers £799; Settlement £817. Turnover a.m. 35 tons; p.m. 60 tons.
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    RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON, Jan. 16.— Spot 33><id. Peb 32 7 K d Mar. 32' nd., Apr. -June 32 '»d.. July-Sept. 3O' h d Oct Dec. 29 r Sid, Jan. c.l.f. 33d.. F*b. c.l.f. 32T»d. Tone: Barely steady.
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    184 3 Next year's bill U.S. $1,800 m. WASHINGTON, Mon. PRESIDENT Eisen- hower today outlined the financial details of his proposed "Marshall Plan" for the Middle East and South East Asia. He told Congress In his Budget message that his administration proposed to spend U.S. $1,200
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    Lies about '$million racket5
    472 4 Lies about '$million racket 5 'MOSQUITO* PRINTER, PUBLISHER FINED FOR SLANDEROUS STORY CHINESE EDUCATOR CLEARS HIS NAME AND THAT OF SCHOOL THE printer and the publisher of a Singapore Chinese mosquito paper, "La Impartial," were fined $500 and $1,000, respectively, in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday after they were
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    Serenade for a Sultan -and this had to happen...
    123 4 Serenade for a Sultan -and this had to happen... KUALA KANGSAR. Mon. For weeks 20 Malay musicians and entertainers had rehearsed a special number for the Sultan of Perak's 66th birthday. They slogged away until it was perfect. Last night came the bit moment. They climbed nine feet onto a
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    Another jet lands at Paya Lebar
    109 4 Straits Times Air Correspondent A SECOND Venom jei fighter was forced to land at Paya Lebar Airport yesterday, because of low brake pressure. The aircraft was not carrying bombs and the pilot made a perfect landing. It is significant, however, that when a failure
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    Rotary guest speaker
    52 4 Mr. Paul Guinness, secretary of the Publicity Department. World Alliance of V.M.C.A. at Geneva, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Cathay HoteL Mr. Guinness, who Is on a world tour of V.M.C.A. centres, will arrive from Bangkok
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    Grace is chief
    27 4 Miss Grace Chan has been elected president of the Bedok Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore. Mr. Robert Llm is secretary and Mr. Max Oei treasurer.
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    MASTER PLAN FACES BIG OBJECTION
    213 4 No by Woodlands farmers rpHE first collective ob- jection to Singapore's Master Plan is expected to come from about 500 farming families in the Woodlands area. The farmers will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the plan's proposal to set up a town in Woodlands.
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    RAFFLES PLACE BUILDING SOLD FOR $1.5 MILLION
    99 4 A property in Raffles Place, Singapore, has been sold for 51,500,000. It is the Kelly and Walsh building which has been bought by the adjoining Federal Dispensary. The managing director of Kelly and Walsh, Mr. A. E. Glover, would not comment on the
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    Chief Justice inspects guard-of-honour
    37 4 THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice Whyatt, inspecting a guard of honour of the Police Gurkha Contingent outside the Singapore High Court yesterday. The occasion was the opening of the 1956 Assizes. Straits Times
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    JUSTICE FOR ALL THE AIM
    259 4 The law must be impartial: Chief Judge rpHE Chief Justice, Mr. 1 Justice Whyatt, said in the Singapore High Court yesterday: "The impartial administration of the criminal law is one of the corner stones of good government." The Chief Justice, who was speaking at the
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    Strikers back at work — but only for talks
    67 4 Strikers back at work but only for talks rpfilßTY workers at the Royal Navy Wireless Station X in Kranji, Singapore, who have been on strike for 24 days went back to work yesterday to enable negotiations to be resumed. But they will be back on strike if their grievances are
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    COME UP AND SEE ME..,
    124 4 COME UP AND SEE ME.., —Mr. B tv nurse* with a grouse SINGAPORE'S Mi nj 5 for Health, M Tft Braga, yestei that nurse; could h2 complaint direct him— "without anyfe-. of reprisals.' "I am accessible said Mr. Br The nnraea I have n» facility to take grouses to the
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    Stole telephone wires—6 months' jai
    115 4 Stole telephone wires 6 months' jai P. SUBRAMANIAM. 19, a former Gimson School inmate who escaped four times from the school, was yesterday sentenced to six months' jail and a year's police supervision for stealing six lb. of telephone wires valued at $300 at Tanah M?rah Besar, Singapore, on Friday
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    CLERKS IN FIRMS fO ASK FOR $300 MINIMUM
    187 5 CLERKS IN FIRMS fO ASK FOR $300 MINIMUM Move to get 10,000 in one union X i A MMPI'R, Monday. •TflE I (deration of Clerical and \dministrative Staff Unions will nuiid $300 a month minimum pay s jn commercial firms, the eeietary. M*. Va P Chong Kuen, said L r
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    DROWNED? NO, MAN WAS STRANGLED, CORONER TOLD
    116 5 DROWNED? NO, MAN WAS STRANGLED, CORONER TOLD i POLICE officer who saw a loosely tied handkerI mud the neck of a dead man washed d Trafalgar Street. Singapore, in November, na a drowning case. j next flay a j md that Kong ;irppnter, had i I with a cord ;::ipod
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    A bachelor had mistress (and pile of debts)
    75 5 A bachelor had mistress (and pile of debts) MALACCA, Mon.— S. Viramuthu, 25, a bachelor who owed his creditors $700, told the Malacca Magistrate's Court today that he had a mistress. When the creditors worried him for payment he tried to end his life by jumping into the Malacca river
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    Pleaded guilty: Fined $150
    21 5 IBng Watt, who illty to having ■t:able cigarettes in a rth Bridge Road, was fined $150 rday.
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    Red fishing fleet
    44 5 A fleet of 10 new Russian trawlers and one fish carrier, the Refrigerator No. 10, sailed into Singapore yesterday, straight from the builders in Copenhagen. The fleet will be here for I about five days. They will then sail to Vladivostock.
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    'Such a fine boss' says union
    104 5 T.TTT, IPOH, Mon. HE Perak Commercial and Industrial Employees' union yesterday praised an employer, Mr. Fong See Eng. for "coming to an amicable agreement" regarding wage increases lor his workers. Mr. Fong made a gift of $50 to the union in return. Mr. Fong
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    Denies cheating, allowed bail
    59 5 Lay Long 800 pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to cheating Ng Tan Long of $200. in Joo Chiat Place, on Oct. 25. Lay, who pleaded not guilty to another charge of cheating Ng of a mattress, three pillows, a bolster, a
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    New post
    18 5 JOHORE, BAHRU. Mon Inspector Michael Khaw 'has been transferred from Johore Bahru to Slim River, Perak.
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    'Expats' with Peking pedigrees
    207 5 'Expats' with Peking pedigrees REDS? NO, THEY'RE BLUE BLOODS By REX SCAMBARY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two Peking aristocrats flew quietly into Kuala Lumpur this morning to start a new life in the Federation. At the airport they calmly faced photographers, officials and a crowd of curious onlookers. Chippey and Girlie
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    Art show
    30 5 An exhibition of Chinese painting by Mr. Tseng Hou Hsih will be opened at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, next Friday. It will continue until January 23.
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    We too are Malays, claim the Syeds and Sheikhs
    118 5 KOTA BHARU. Mon. The Syeds and Sheikhs Malays of Arab descent have asked the Sultan of Kelantan to relax the local Malay reservation enactment to enable them to buy and own landed property. In a petition to the Sultan, their spokesman,
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    TAXI DRIVER IN TIFF GETS A SUMMONS
    103 5 TAXI DRIVER IN TIFF GETS A SUMMONS He seeks free legal aid A SINGAPORE taxi driver who last month alleged that a city councillor had stopped his car and demanded to see his papers has been summoned to I appear in court. The driver. Mr. Tham Peng Fook. who also
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    DYE EXPERT IS HERE TO HELP RID A
    85 5 MR. J. NI'NXIKHOVEN, (above) a Dutch expert in textile chemistry, who left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur by Malayan Airways yesterday. He has been loaned by his firm Francocolor Ltd. to the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration for six months and will be
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    B.B.C. official on tour
    57 5 Mr. Eric Robertson, chief of the 8.8.C.'s Far Eastern Service, will arrive in Singapore on Feb. 12. He is to tour Burma. Siam. Malaya. Sarawak, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Japan. Mr. Robertson, who has lived with the aborigines In Malaya and recorded their music, joined
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    $800 fine
    34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. For permitting his premises to be us' d for opium smoking, Cheng Cheng Hua. a businessman, was fined $800, or six months' jail, in the Pontian Sessions Court today.
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    Foam cushions to be made here
    73 5 A new boost will be given to the rubber industry when Dun lop Co. (Malaya) Ltd. opens a latex foam plant near Bahau, Negri Sembilan. The plant which will make Dunlopillo latex foam cushioning, is expected to go into production in a few months.
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      225 5 FOR REALLY RAPID RELIEF FROM ACIDITY AND HEARTBURN I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE IPM Wl LIKE CANDY LJwm Br] THEY'LL MAKE YOU J-JABleu'K FEEL DANDY! IK so keep w^^ s^f' Vm THEM HANDY! \^^<&S&L 'W 1 START A SMALL AGENCY BUSINESS— IN SPAKETIME OR FULL-TIME,
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    DEATH
    51 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). MR. KHOO HOO JEAN aged 48 cefully at G.H. on Sunday 15th Jan 1956 at 7 p.m. leaving behind his beloved wife. S son.--, parents, brothers sisters to mourn hit loss. Cortege will leave at 97 Devonshire Road on Tueeday ITtO Jan. 1956 at 4
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    56 6 Word* $10 (minimum). MR. AND MRS. G. C. GOMES th.mk all relatives and friends for their attendance, presents and b<*t wisher at their marriage on 1.1.56. MR. AND MRS. CECIL CLEMENTI ESPECKERMAN thank I all friends and relatives for all their assistance, kind attendance. pood wishes and valuable presents
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    IN MEMORIAM
    22 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). IN LOVING MEMORY of Ml\ Homer Cheng Hul Ming M.B.E. Vied 17-1-55. "Gone But Not Forgotten."
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    127 6 M Wm4t H0 (minimum). El SIE MARY LTD.. 2nd Floor. 13. Battery Road. Wonderful Bargains for Last Week of Sale. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. MADELINES FASHION NEWS. Classic styling In washable cottons by Ivan Frederics and
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    The Straits Times Singapore,Tues,Jan.17,1956 U.S. Aid For Asia
    579 6 The Straits Times Singapore,Tues,Jan.17,1956 U.S. Aid For Asia The fall-out from the latest Dulles bloomer is thick enough at the moment to obscure the little Marshall Plan now outlined in President Eisenhower's budget speech. Unfortunately the Secretary of State's astonishing gaffe has not increased the chances of his new foreign
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    Victimisation In Reverse
    348 6 There was a time when a worker was fired because he happened to be a good trade unionist. And sometimes word was passed round to other employers that they would be wise not to engage this dangerous enemy of capitalism. The unions have beaten this kind of
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    Press Freedom
    246 6 The free world has been so preoccupied with the decline of liberties in Communist countries that it may fail to notice encroachments on its own freedom. A survey by the International Press Institute finds there has been a noticeable decline in Press freedom since the end of the
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    The British in Malaya: this may be misunderstood
    705 6 IF I were dictator— and if the loneliness i of the job did not drive me to suicide— I I should introduce a few reforms which I would, I fear, greatly E annoy my colleagues i of the press. No banE ncr
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      RESERVED PARKING SPACES?
      84 6 RESERVED PARKING SPACES? EMPRESS PLACE is one of the larger, well laidout parking places. I have however viewed with alarm the fact that certain spaces adjoining the Treasury building have been numbered, and I gather that it is intended that they should be reserved for government employees. If that is
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      An official's error
      88 6 An official's error IIfTTH reference to the letter "Students' conference" on Jan. 11, I wish to express my regret about the error made by an official of the conference organising committee. The Pan-Malayan Students' Federation invited the Federation of Malay Students' Union to the third annual conference and seats were
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      Passengers who wait
      70 6 PEOPLE living between Batu Road and Sentul post offices have to take two buses to so to Ampang Road. First the G.T.C. bus, then from Odeon theatre a second bus. Buses returning from out-statlons (Batang BerJuntai, Kepong, Batu Caves, etc.) which reach their stand at Malacca Street
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      Education on estates
      61 6 IT IS essential to conduct adult education classes on all estates to drive away Illiteracy from the labouring classes. Steps should be taken by the managements with the co-opera-tion of the Adult Education Association. If they are educated, it is easy to make them understand things and
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      The Provident Fund law is 25 years before its time
      507 6 The Provident Fund law is 25 years before its time rE Central Provident Fund Ordinance, with its loose rules and regulations projected Into an environment of illiteracy, is much open to criticism. It seems a hastily-con-ceived effort at imitating an organised western social system with an entirely inadequate supporting cast;
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      INVITATION TO INEFFICIENCY
      375 6 VLTHAT does the Malayan Trade Union Council want? Malayanisation or Government top jobs for Its leaders? There is no talk in its memorandum of Asians being trained to fill the posts of expatriates: there is no mention of serving Asian officers who have had experience in the
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      QUALITIES OF A TEACHER
      201 6 MAY I say something about boys and girls in Singapore who have applied to the Education Department to be studentteachers and were turned down? First preference should always be given to local applicants instead of the Federation. That did not matter to most of us. It
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      HOSPITAL STAFF RELATION
      120 6 HOSPITAL STAFF RELATION rpHE recen' i A General i: the selection nurse to act as a Europei: Sister is a glarl pie of the result orating staff re:..essential service would lower the of a noble a:. fession. Obviously tb of proper sti Q machinery in th of dealing with blems.
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      604 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. j 20 Worit $10 (minimum) LAMB. On 15th January atK.K. Ho to Bente and Bob, a daughter, Kiraten Suzanne. MCEWAN-MYALL: To Joan and Colin, a uauvhter, Michele. on Jan. 13 al PMH.IH Both well. I.OCHRANE: On Jan. 13th In London to TOupatta (nee LomonO wife of Atio Lochrane,
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      34 6 HI FI 3-D RADIOGRAM WITH 3 SPEAKERS MODEL "RIO 3D" STORE PENANG: $720.00. KUALA 1 1 Ml" 1; $825.00. LESS in- FOR CASH Sole Agents: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. SPORE— X. LI'MPfR— PENANG.
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      122 6 I |M MODEL 928 for rJ I 0 batteries m \S Aiooern as the minute S wavebands (2 U model PE92B r.f. amplifier sta*e it S'por. Price 5270/- output— Model 9. F«d. Price $310/- sensitivity and selective. model PE9J A.C. tuning and conccr S'por. P,,cc $285/- ensure sim i: Fed.
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    Two years' jail for estate manager
    210 7 NY PEOPLE SHOULD BE TREMBLING IN THEIR SHOES NOW 1 COURT PRESIDENT MUM) WITH 2,100 Ib. OF STOLEN SCRAP RUBBER: 'IT BELONGED TO ME' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday R DANIEL, manager of Lilford Estate in Serdang, Selangor, was today sentenced to jail by the Kuala
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    More Asians give their blood
    100 7 More Asians give their blood TH E Singapore Blood Transfusion Service is steadily winning its fight against ignorance and superstition to get more Asian blood donors, the medical offlcer-in-charge Dr (Mrs > M. M. H. Gibson-Hill, told the Straits Times yesterday. She said of the 5^502 blood donors last year
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    Scalded by aluminium
    56 7 Three labourers at the City Council store in River Valley Road. Singapore, were scalded when a pot of molten aluminium tilted and splashed on them yesterday afternoon. The three. Chan Ah Seng, 24, Chang Cheng Sun. 38, and Low Yang Hoy. 50 were treated at the General
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    He wants to ketch a lift
    267 7 He wants to ketch a lift BRITAIN-BOUND MAN HAS CREW OFFER PENANG, Mon. An adventure seeker has offered to join Mr. Lewis King on his voyage to England in a 40--foot ketch, the Jeanne Matilde. Cheam Kirn Swee, a former contractor, rushed to Penang to see Mr. Lewis when he
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    $140 MORE FOR THE SOH FAMILY
    54 7 $140 MORE FOR THE SOH FAMILY The staff or the United Chinese Bank Ltd. yesterday sent in $140 for Mrs. Soh Boon Meng, of Lorong 29, Oeylang Road. Singapore. Her husband disappeared on Dec. 24. leaving her and eight children stranded. Two other donations of $20 and $10 for Mrs.
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    MLAYA LOOKS TO JUTE
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. n Minister for he Abdul Aziz will visit Bangkok a to study Siam's and investigate of jute being Malaya. Today the Minister tjured the Selangor "rice bowl 1 area of Tanjong Karang to discuss with padi growers there the potentiality of jute as
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    Rust and decay ravage disputed freighter—but he toils in the hope she will sail again
    328 7 Rust and decay ravage disputed freighter but he toils in the hope she will sail again 'DEAD 9 SHIP By JOHN DARBYSHIRE 4 45-YEAR-OLD ship's officer has spent the last seven months on a "dead" ship in Singapore's outer roads, fighting to keep her afloat. The ship is the Red
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    No mercy for him
    291 7 LAWYER PLEADS FOR LENIENCY FOR SMUGGLER BUT COURT FINES HIM $25,000— 0R PRISON [OHORE BAHRU, Mon. J For attempting to smuggle gold bars and jewellery worth more than $23,000 from Singapore to the Federation a man was fined $25,000 in the Sessions Court today. In default,
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    THE GIFTS POUR IN FOR ORPHAN BOY
    266 7 Schooling safe: Thank you, says John THE Straits Times yesterday received contributions amounting to $272.15 for the orphan schoolboy, John Tan, 17, who feared he would have to leave St. Anthony's School because he did not have $93 for this year's school fees
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    70,000 say: We want this expat
    105 7 JOHORF BAHRU. Mon. More than 70,000 people from 11 new Tillages near here have decided that Mr. F. Lees, the 31-year-old Administrative Officer (Emergency) in Johore Bahru, is one expatriate they don't want to lose. They are sending a petition to the High Commissioner.
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    $8,400 in gifts
    22 7 The St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, Singapore, last month received 79 gifts totalling $8,464.96. The Singapore Turf Club gave $4,000.
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    Postmaster wins trophy
    41 7 Mr. M. L. Durrant, Singapore's Director of Posts, yesterday presented a trophy to the Postmaster of Pasir Panjang, Mr. G. R. Mahendran. for winning the "best maintained general appearance" competition in 1955, for the second year In succession.
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    LAW FACULTY PLANS ARE GOING AHEAD
    361 7 But fears and alarums overseas hold back recruitment ANY impression that the University of Malaya has shelved plans for establishing a Law Faculty is incorrect, a university spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman (In the absence of the Vice-Chan-cellor Sir Sydney Came. who Is attending
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    MINISTER WANTS MORE THAN THREE Rs
    204 7 MINISTER WANTS MORE THAN THREE Rs Lessons from Hong Kong ALTHOUGH they live A next door to Communist China, Hong Kong school children are less interested in politics than Singapore's Chinese middle school students, the Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. said yesterday. Mr. Chew recently visited Hong Kong
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    'Manager' who took $228 was a guest SIX YEARS' JAIL FOR 8TH OFFENCE
    212 7 'Manager' who took $228 was a guest SIX YEARS' JAIL FOR 8TH OFFENCE lOHORE BAHRU, Mon. J A guest booked into a Mersing hotel last April and entrusted $228 for safe-keeping to a man at the reception desk believing him to be the hotel manager. Two days later, when he
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    PARTY FOR YMCA LEADER
    86 7 Singapore V.M.C.A. will hold a "surprise" party at its Orchard Road hall tonight to honour a man who has spent the last 43 years helping young men of many nationalities. He is the association's se-cretary-general, Mr. Roland Lyne, whom the Queen made a Member of the
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      81 7 ji The food of champions l\3^^»^V^ Hardy men in every land know how they can keep free from Ljlh coughs, colds and chest weakV\ V^^. nesses. They take Cod Liver OiL SevenScaS Pure Cod Liver Oil, Nature's finest food. \y^* Cod Liver Oil is a recogniud "v ttieans of preventing
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      117 7 HUNTLEY PALMERS Tfor freshness] "lAgHPaftl Look for the pack with the silver lining ffiSflyfe^n and be sure of buying unly crisp, oven*.M^£,mi fresh Huntley b Palmer* biscuits. won wawKTuaß Handy Ib jiie available in all wellknown varieties including Assorted Creams, Bourbon, Carnival Assorted, Custard Creams, Ccm, Milk and Honey, Nice
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      61 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.27 a.m. Oft) 1.02 p.m. (9ft 71n>. Port Dickson 8.47 a.m. (Bft sin) 8.04 p.m. (Bft 9ini. Penang 2.23 a.m. (7ft 61n) 3 12 p.m. (6ft 9m i. TOMORROW: Singapore 1.54 am (9ft lln) 1.40 p.m. (9ft 41n>, Port Dlckaon 9.11 a.m. (Bft 21n> 9.35 pjn.
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    WHY NOT ALLOW BABY TO FEED HIMSELF?
    492 8 WHY NOT ALLOW BABY TO FEED HIMSELF? M RSI- BRIDGET asks T HAVE always been surprised at the number of three-and even four-year-olds whom I see at meal times opening their mouths like little birds, while their mothers or amahs pop in the food. Quite obviously the child is taking
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    MINK FOR THE HAIR
    42 8 "CHI CHr that's the name given by London hair stylist Raymond to this new creation, modelled by Jean Passous. He says it is "a penny-bun curly twirly style, coloured in spring love lilac with voings of white mink."
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    Frustration on the phonal
    634 8 E^a I IFA *m m MONDAY MY arms are so stiff I can scarcely move them, and I begin the day by saying a few hard words about the engine of our boat which has Just been repaired. Yesterday we transported it some 15 miles in
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    AMERICA SEES THE 'COLUMN LOOK'
    405 8 AMERICA SEES THE 'COLUMN LOOK' SLIM is the tine. light is the weight and wandering is the waistline of 1956 spring fashions just previewed by the American fashion press. New York designers are unanimously agreed on the sheath silhouette for daytime straight, narrow and severe. But they do new tricks
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      199 8 y^^PANTEEN mBR The first Vitamin Hair Tonic with Panthenol B^^^^^^^Bl Made in Switzerland H| Prevents and removes dandruff kV Reduces loss of hair Wt^^^K^^Kf Stimulates hairgrowth N^^|H| Softens hair for the daily dressing Ev^^^^^Hnf ar| d brings about a feeling of Hi freshness §[iaM^H9£ Panteen is available without oil for
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      243 8 Baby's tears turn to smiles j£3^ i^^^v When baby's skin is inflamed and sore, baby frcis and [■^^os^~^/mT/ D ust your baby with Johnson's Baby Powder wbeam 1 ou cnan 8 e his nappy and at every bathtime. lob /'^^w^ J Baby Powder quickly dries up surface moisture and keep
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    Best-known children's story-! I teller was a shy teacher I
    1411 9 i lie had a whimsical twist of thy mind ATE VICTIMS M HEART Jf D KNOWN, and pioneer, of children's books is, body will dispute it, "Alice in Wonderland" by irroll. It was written in English. It has been into
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      120 9 Jmm ■o"*%^ \Wm^—-j^^7 Ku«nt«n I^^^^ FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES fgO"'MOTHER BOOK SS?^^^ ll Please send me a copy of the /^^^^"-Ss-^I^X 'hy "Mother Book" for expectant and I §^^^^~~~-^^l j expect Baby about/My Baby's age is /fi Post this coupon to NESTLES P.O. Box 3007. SINGAPORL WJ P m \i
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      125 9 Hex Moryan 9 M.D. Warmer person .1--- I .'.^S^B iNO WHAT 010 OH, He AGSEED OM J h£ P,O, YES, BUT DON'T PRET kBOUT^WW TO wv H We S«v *DTn4T?y TI^AT POiNT'^^ I I DID ME /^^B IT' I'M BE&INNING TO TM.IMK Uj Dick Tracy Cinn at the bier RSHI
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    U.S. PURCHASED 24 per cent MORE RUBBER LAST YEAR
    330 10 U.S. PURCHASED 24 per cent MORE RUBBER LAST YEAR By Our Market Correspondent PRACTICALLY all Malaya's best customers for rubber registered an increase in their offtake last year compared with 1954. One of the few exceptions was Italy, whose purchases fell off by 3.58 per cent to 53,209 tons. Both
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 February first g-ade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesteday at $I.ls'>s per lb., down three quarters of a cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was dull and slightly easier. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 115 :l s,
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.85 Va for cash and 5.89 U for T. T. Sterling was quoted at 15.68 and one tael of cold at M 4%.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    274 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "On the local share market, industrials were slightly firmer with fair business while tins and rubbers were Irregular." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser and Neave ords. $1.81 to $1.82; W. Hammer $2.80 to $2.85; Jackson $1,474;
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    SHIPPING
    116 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Carthage 1-2, Kyoei Maru 4-5, San Rolando C.P., Pembrokeshire 6-7, Steel Apprentice 8-9, Benvrackle 11, Modjerkerto 13-14, Adrastus 15-16, Benalder 18, Llandla 19-20. Stia N.Wall 6. Sungei Panal N.Wall 8, Frederick Clover 21-22. Ball 23-24, Siblgo 25-26,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    146 10 Sinrapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; January $27 buyers. $27% sellers: February $27 4 buyers, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $39 sellers; drum $42 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $140, Sarawak $139. special Sarawak black $98 (all varieties unchanged on Saturday).
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    21 10 SING.APORF EUBBER lb (down thn, a 5 of a cent) MU *<>*| TIN: $398 n*. (down 25 cents? COPRA: changed).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    56 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Investment, active but turn Loans .I Loam Con. Zinc. Bank of N.S.W. Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western Minin. Ampol Bxplori Oil Search Aust. Consol Ind A.P.M. mew) Bradford B. Hill Pr 0 Courtauld Dunlop Elec. Zinc. Felt Textiles G. J. coles Herald
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    TWO DIVENDED.
    50 10 Osborne and h.ipp,.| cc the follow:: The Nat-boron- i\ N Estat* Ltd: A of 7 a per cci ing June 30 i January 28. to tered on j;m Fusing Runli.-t i Tin U> t. interim dividi for the year ci I payable In Eni;i;.> to sharehold'': vary 12
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      715 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are Invited from Federal Citlaens for the appointment of Chinese Writer. Education Department, Penang. 2. Candidates must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday, must have attained a standard in Chinese equivalent to the 3rd Year of the Junior Middle k h-x>l Examination, and must
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      438 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCY for a Stenographer In the Natural Resources department. Federation of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. Salary scale: $253 x 14 351/366 x 14 422 plus C.O.L.A. at current rates. Qualification: Citlwns of the Federation, School certificate with Credit In English language; Serving typist and Teleprinter typists who have passed
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      429 10 NOTICES NOTICE THE ANNUAL Oeneral MeetIng of the Royal Society of St. George (Malacca Branch) will be held in The Malacca Club on Monday, 23rd January, 1956, at 6.30 p.m. HON. SECRETARY. NOTICE TO ALL ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS TAIPING AS IT IS necessary to shut down all generating plant in Taiping
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      390 10 NOTICES RAWANG TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a dividend, the thirtieth, of one shilling and threepence (is. 3d.) per share, less Income tax at the rate of thirty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the register
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      779 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT Supply of Reinforced Concrete Socketted Pipes during 1956. Deposit $100/- (Refundable). CLOSE NOON— 3O/1/56. Forms and particulars from Engineer's Department (Room 218). FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the supply of Clothing and Necessaries to Ordnance De;*.*. Federation Military
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      376 10 KNUTSEN LINE orieht service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swet. Pen.m? Fm Ogeka Bakke 10 |an 10 Fcb' 16 Fcb 17 Fcb I Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Ma. 7 Mar Cjcrtrud Bakke 3 Mar 2 Apr 4 Apr Anna Bakke 7 Apr 7 May
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      1023 11 ,405 MANSFIELD *£O^im7^r^ smpp". 1 THE BLUE FUIWEL LINE SJT* Soils p t'hnm d Glasgow r Sham Penono Marseilles Jon 17/1S -2V23 Holland, Ham^ A.onmouth J.n 31 Feb 4 Feb 8/ 4 Feb 7 ..Aft :'**<'••• Possenger accommodation available ARRIVALS frem U.K., CONTINENT Si U.S A From Penang P. S'hom
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      2041 11 a C^ a^^^fl EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 'or Ad*n, Port Said, Oenea, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oste Spore P. S'hom Penong ;;j(AMBODIA" In Port 2«00 hre 20/20 Jan 21/22 Jon 8/8 F.b Not (coding cargo "INDIA" 28 Feb/ 2 Mar »> "«LANDIA" 4/ 4 Mor 7/
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      1257 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** ELLERMAM BUCKNALL KLAVENEBS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM, ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ST^SS^T CrrY o FRANCISVILLI pore P. S ham Penong <;'-„,. p S'hom Penang 3 CaM a/ H 9 f 20/21 J /24J i I NT 2 CoMt Hu
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      Pigs and prawns to increase rural income
      401 12 Pigs and prawns to increase rural income PRAWN cultivators in Singapore are to be encouraged to take up pig-rearing as an added source of income if trials to be made soon by the Fisheries Department prove successful. A study into the possibilities is being made by the Chief Fisheries Officer,
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      SPICERS CHIEF IN COLONY ON FAR EAST SURVEY TOUR
      98 12 SPICERS CHIEF IN COLONY ON FAR EAST SURVEY TOUR MANAGING director of Spicers (Export) Ltd. London, Mr. S.J Armstrong is now on an extensive tour of the Far East in the course of which he arrived in Singapore last week. Mr. Armstrong attended a celebration dinner for 150 representatives of
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      Malayans invited to electrical exhibition
      166 12 OVERSEAS visitors, includinp Malayans, Interested in the latest British electrical goods are invited to attend the Electrical Engineers Exhibition to be held at Earls Court, London from March 20 to 24. The exhibition, which is sponsored by the Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers, will cover
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      NEW HEAD FOR SIME, DARBY
      183 12 NEW HEAD FOR SIME, DARBY T*HE chairman of Sime Dai A by and Co. Ltd.. Mr. G. P. Noakes, is retiring early in March and will be succeeded by Mr. Angus William Scott who joined the company in 1938. Mr. Noakes is to become managing director of Shaw, Darby and
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      CORPORATION SETS UP CAR RECORD
      98 12 CORPORATION SETS UP CAR RECORD THE British Motor Corporation exported more vehicles during 1955 than any other motor manufacturer in th" v.orld. by shipping nearly 200.000 to a total value of approximately $75 million. Total output for the year —a record for the British Motor Corporation was 468,543 vehicles, an
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      GERMAN PEOPLES' CAR IS BIG HIT
      267 12 GERMAN PEOPLES' CAR IS BIG HIT THE sale of Volkswagen cars in Malaya has exceeded all expectations, said a representative of the manufacturers in Germany on his arrival in Singapore. The representative, who has arrived for a market sur- I vey, Is Mr. Walter Spieth, senior export executive of the
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    Tote profits not to be taxed in England
    162 13 Epsom Jeep's Turf Jottings IN ENGLAND where the Government takes five shillings out of every pound earned by racecourses, the special commissioners of income tax have allowed an appeal by the Racecourse Betting Control Board that tote surplus should not be treated
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    62 13 BOMBAY, Mon.— Chevalier Prince, a five-year-old by Prince Chevalier out of Alrabla, yesterday won the 42.000 rupees (about $27,000 Malayan) Stakes of India, beating International Court by a neck over ten furlongs Yo Te Amn was third, one and a quarter lengths behind. The winner, ridden by
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    67 13 LYONS, Mon.— The touring New Zealand Rugby League aide beat Prance by 31 points (seven tries, four goals and one penalty goal) to 22 (six tries, one goal and one penalty goal) here yesterday to draw level In the three-match series. The tourists led 12-U at half
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    108 13 SYDNEY, Mon. JIM BURKE, 25-year-old New South Wales opening bat, virtually made sure of a place in Australia's cricket team to tour England this year by scoring 192 here today. Despite Burkes splendid Innings his team, Ray Lindwall's XI, finished 75 runs behind on first innings
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    Lock icon The'drag'of pace men may lead to trouble
    478 14  - The 'drag' of pace men may lead to trouble LEONARD BELSHAM By LONDON, Mon. IF a vote was taken on the most controversial angle of cricket it is almost certain that fast bowling would head the list. This is quite apart from any question of "bumpers" or "leg theory." Pace
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    A signal honour for Fijians
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    Sembawang storm to 11-6 win
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    70 14 COPENHAGEN, Mon. CHERRY SONNEVILLE, of Indonesia, who is considered to be the world's best badminton player in the absence of Malaya's Wong Peng Soon, who has turned professional, was defeated by the Dane, Palle Granlund at an international match in Odense today. In the
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    115 14 Non- Whites appeal to represent South Africa JOHANNESBURG, Mon. rE South African NonEuropean (Non- White) Soccer Federation has issued a statement saying they had with complete unanimity reiterated their application for membership of the International Football Association (F.1.F.A.). The statement said it was hoped that investigations by a four-man F.I.F.A.
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    135 14 BOMBAY, Mon. pAMANATHAN KRISHNAN, the Indian Davis Cup player yesterday retained his men's players title in the Western India lawn tennis championships here. He beat Jack Arkinstall of Australia 5 7, 7—5, 6 o. Arkinstall said he retired because he was suffering from "stomach trouble and
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