The Straits Times, 19 January 1956

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    26 1 AVER' A c g HAIL y fEBTIFIE D SATE EXrtt| fi ~7 S\ OOP The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956. 15 CENTS.
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    Rahman made them look up
    326 1 Rahman made them look up LESLIE HOFFMAN CABLES... ONDON. Wed. Abdul Rahited pledge mdi 'undent Mamaining within Commonwealth i unnoticed tht "merdeka" a at Lancas- ise here this me person on side of the Ling the Co- Secretary, Mr. Alan B -d looked up id nodded in when the I
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    Lock icon 'THIS IS CRUCIAL MOMENT'
    349 1 fcL ET US RECORD IT IN LETTERS OF GOLD, NOT MUD' i Tengku tells Boyd: Golden opportunity for Britain to show her sincerity towards Malaya I have no reason to think we'll fail WE SEEK JUST and PROPER SETTLEMENT LONDON Wednesday. THE FEDERATION Chief Minister, Tengku
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    Question that needs answer
    275 1 Question that needs answer i MALAYANISATION: MM PROBE OF PROBE "kJANY PEOPLE m have read the f\ reports of the Singapore Malayanisation Commission meetings with some distress. "Too often they i; seem to degenerate into a scramble for |j spoils instead of a con- structive approach to K the problem."
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    Lock icon WE CAN BEAT the REDS 1F...
    570 1 WE CAN BEAT the REDS 1F. rpENGKU ABDUL 1 RAHMAN said that the war on Communist terrorism in Malaya could only be won by the forces of democracy of the people felt that they, though their elected representatives, were in control of the destiny of their own country. "At the
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    $4.15 issue for arbitration
    55 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The stall side secretary of the Government Daily-rated Services Staff Council. Mr. S. R. Perumal, has written to the acting Chief Secretary to the Federation Government, asking that the dispute over the claim by the 65,000 dailyrated Government workers for a $4.15 minimum
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    Lock icon 'Malayan finance affects ALL sterling area9
    223 1 'Malayan finance affects ALL sterling area 9 T ONDON. Wed. The Li Times urged today that careful scrutiny be made of any suggestions for reorganising Malaya's financial control for the sake of the security of the sterling area as a whole. It was commenting on the talks beginning here today
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    BIG EXPAT EXODUS
    422 1 Fears, smears: First a trickle and soon a flood? A BIG exodus of "unwanted" expatriate officers from the Singapore Police Force and other senior Government posts is underway. Already 20 European police officers, all of them either Assistant or Deputy Superintendents, have asked for transfers to other
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    50 1 WOMAN RORBF.I) IN PIRATE' TAXI A Chinese woman was robbed by two men while travt-lliii; in :i "pir.ilr" taxi at MountliaUrn Kimil l.itt last Might. A ni.ui has life n detained. KIOTS: s DEAD BOMBAY. W«-d— Kiot (oil now 8 dead and 100 injured. Reuter. (See Page 3)
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    Marshall is doing fine
    43 1 The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, who Is in the Singapore General Hospital, is improving. Prof. G.A. Ransome, who is attending him, said last night: "Mr. Marshall Is getting on very well indeed. His temperature has settled down now."
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    Lock icon TOO MUCH TO BARE...
    63 1 LONDON, Wed.— A nude showgirl was sacked last night because she Jumped when she saw a mouse on stage. British law allows stage nudity— but forbids movement. Peaches Page, billed as "the delicious singing nude", was halfway through her act at the Camberwell Palace when she
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    23 2 PRAGUE, Wed. Marshal Chu Teh, deputy chairman of the Communist Chinese Government, arrived here yesterday on a three-day official visit.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BORNEO 'IDEAL for COCOA'
    78 2 BORNEO 'IDEAL for COCOA' JESSELTON. Wed— A former director of West African cocoa research and director of agriculture in Malaya, Mr. O. J. Voelcker. has announced that the ba.«alt soils in the Borneo Abaca Ltd. concession at Tawau on the east coast of North Borneo is most suitable for high
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    Lock icon 'Get out' order to strip girls
    42 2 MANILA, Wed— Four Japanese strip-tease dancers were warned today that they must leave the Philippines In three days or face arrest. The dancers, who are appearing at a night club here, had overstayed their TISM U.P.
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    Lock icon HOW TO STOP THE REDS: SEA TO MEN DIVIDED
    303 2 Vital closed-door defence talks go Into second day M E L BOUR N E Wed. Military advisers of the eight SEATO nations today began the second day of their secret talks here amidst reports that they were divided on how to
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    Lock icon A spaniel in specs? Blind Butch has an operation instead
    112 2 A spaniel in specs? Blind Butch has an operation instead NEW YORK Wed. Botch, a two-year-old cocker spaniel who six months ago was totally blind, can now see again after an eye operation. It was performed last summer by Dr. Hugh Simpson of the lowa veterinary department. He removed cataracts
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    Lock icon COLD SHOULDER for AN ICEBERG
    176 2 Anita became council pin-up— then came the ban LONDON. Wed.— Oxford City Council has voted against sex even after members studied a revealing twopa k c picture of Swedish actress Anita Ekberg. As a result the widely circulated magazine "Picture Post is banned from the
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    Lock icon MONSTROUS' DOCK STRIKE THREAT
    124 2 could ruin overseas trade Menzies MELBOURNE. Wed.— The Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Menzies. said today that the nation-wide dock workers strike due to begin on Monday would be "a monstrous action" which could cause "a ruinous hold-up" of Australian trade. Mr. Menzies would not say if
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      Lock icon Marshal Bulganin again misses Moscow meeting
      51 2 LONDON, Wed. All members of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet except Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Prime Minister, attended a meeting in Moscow last night, Moscow Radio reported. Marshal Bulganin was also a notable absentee from official functions at the end of last week.
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      46 2 TOKYO: Kosho Otanl, chief priest of the Nlshihonganji Temple in Kyoto, will leave for Ceylon about May 20 to attend ceremonies marking the 2,500 th anniversary of Buddha's death. The ceremony will be on May 23, but observances will be held for an entire year.— AP.
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      29 2 v MOSCOW: A delegation of Soviet doctors and medical research workers left Moscow yesterday for the United States to study American polio treatment and preparation of Salk vaccine.— A.P.
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      23 2 ATHENS: The U.N. Secre-tary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, arrived here yesterday on his world tour for discussions on the Cyprus and Arab-Israeli disputes. U.P.
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      46 2 LONDON: Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, the Japanese chief negotiator at the peace treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union, announced yesterday after the first session of the resumed talks that the 90--minute session was devoted chiefly to discussing the problem of repatriating Japanese nationals detained in Russia. Router.
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      22 2 TERUEL (Spain) Six millers were killed when a wall collapsed in a coal mine at the village of Adorra, near here. AP.
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      20 2 WASHINGTON: The Chinese ambassador, Dr. Wellington Koo, will fly to Formosa tomorrow for consultations with the Chinese Nationalist government. U.P.
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      21 2 LOS ANGELES: The assignment of six Neptune planes to Japanese defence forces was announced here today by U.S. Navy officials. Reuter.
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      15 2 VIENNA: The Austrian cabinet yesterday approved "directives for the establishment of an Austrian Army." AP.
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      22 2 OTTAWA: The Canadian Government is considering diplomatic recognition of Communist China, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Lester Pearson, said yesterday. A. P.
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    Lock icon Bishop's brother to stand trial
    74 2 NICOSIA, Wed.— The brother of the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Cyrenla was committed for trial before a British court yesterday on charges of carrying firearms. The charge could mean death for Renos Kyriakides. who was arrested by British troops last month. Under new regulations drafted
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    27 2 HOLLYWOOD, Wed— Actor Broderick Crawford, 49, has filed a suit for divorce from hts wife, ex-actress Kay Griffith. 38. Each charges mental cruelty. UP.
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    Lock icon U.S. 'MUST GIVE MORE HELP TO ASIA'
    156 2 Reds attracting Far East— Dul WASHINGTON Werlnr V|R. John Foster Dulles, the Som-, iTX made a new appeal to Con President Eisenhower authority f Or economic aid programme, especially i,f wards indu-si last 30 ye i in the last consideraol. bouring ci Slave
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    Lock icon General to be asked: Explain
    108 2 General to be asked: Explain WASHINGTON, Wed. A Congressional group will invite General Matthew Ridgway. former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, to explain statements that he faced Defence Department pressure to hew to a "preconceived politico-military party line," it was announced yesterday. The General made the statements in an article
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    HO W SPLIT MUST A SLIT BE?
    53 2 TAIPEH. Wed— Women in I Formosa were today warned against letting that slit in the cheongsam becoming a 1 split. Mrs. Chennault, Chinese wife of UP I Chennauit. wrol W Central Daily v "When you lit i I split gown vo i I
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    Boat sinks:Ma missing
    23 2 KUALA TRDKXH Wed. A motor-] returning fishing grounds harbour here la One of t: Mohamed bin I missing. The ashore.
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    Lock icon STAY AT HOME IN H-BOMB ATTACK
    113 3 STAY AT HOME IN H-BOMB ATTACK oNDON. Wed. Bri1. today >t ay-at-home" .fence plan in the of a hydrogen attack. ar.'s chief objective ,-ivince people they remain under cover all-clear is given. Sidney Klrkman, Defence, nation-wide air :em it to i!p of attack, he must warn c o home and
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    Lock icon Paper censured
    25 3 ON, Wed— The Geneocll of the Press has eel as "dishonourtion of The Sunday newspaper, a publication em. the Queen's New t. Reuter.
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    18 3 KHARTOUM. Wed.— The ament of Ismail i was defeated by 46 surprise divi- udget in ParReuter.
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    20 3 JANEIRO, Wed. ury rose to 110 de-..-pnheit in the sun Rio's midsum- j c?: heat wave.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Mobs set fire to buses
    111 3 Mobs set fire to buses Mobs in Belgaum set fire to several buses and broke >nto the local Home Guarti garage and wrecked his car Police have detained Bompay s top Communist Party if a^ cr V S L A Dan e H e w a s held at the
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    45 3 HONG KONG. Wed. The British freighter Hongkong Trader (2,878 tons; which was refloated on Jan 14 from a mudbank near the Communist-held island of Hainan, off the South China coast, arrived here today in the tow of the British tug Taikoo.— Reuter
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    27 rebels killed
    16 3 ALGIERS, Wed. French troops killed 27 rebels in the 24 hours ending yesterday.
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    Bombay terror mounts
    294 3 TOP REP HELD AT AIRPORT ON HIS WAY BACK FROM SECRET HIDEOUT CURFEW CLAMP ON CITY AS TOLL RISES TO SEVEN DEAD, 20 INJURED BOMBAY, Wednesday. fULICE armed with rifles and tear gas, battled that in^? 1 mba y Province today in clashes woind/d cas «^«es to
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    Lock icon Paradise in the H-age -by a philosopher
    146 3 Paradise in the H-age -by a philosopher LONDON, Wed. BERTRAND RUSSELL said yesterday that the human race could begin living in a paradise of unprecedented plenty and great happiness if the fear of war could be removed from the world The 83-year-old earl, one of the world's leadin; philosophers, challenged
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    Lock icon INNOCENT MAN No. 4 FREED
    138 3 He was already in jail six weeks LONDON. Wed. An Appeal Court here freed another man who had been wrongfully jailed the fourth in 48 hours. He was Albert Bramall, a 34--year-old metal dealer, who was sentenced to nine months' jail at Leeds As- sizes
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    Lock icon Quake fear in Algeria
    45 3 ALGIERS, Wed. A strong earth tremor was recorded in the Orleansville region last i nieht. First reports said there 1 was some damage. Orleansville was the scene of an earthquake disaster in 1954 in which hundreds of people were killed. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Triplets in Scotland —father in H.K.
    108 3 LONDON. Wed. Triplets were born last night in Ayrshire Central Hospital. Scotland, to the 17-year-old wife of a British soldier. Bombardier William Attridge, now serving in Hong Kong. The babies were said to be progressing well. They weigh 31b. 15 ounces, 31b. 10 ounces
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    86 3 $96,000 BIRD IN HAND. NEW YORK, Wed. Mrs. Mabel Morris, a 75-year-old retired school teacher who is receiving City financial aid, took her U5532,000 J $96,000 1 winnings and quit j "The U5564,000 question" television quiz show last night. She said doctors had ex- > amlned her pulse and told
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    LONDON STOCKS
    286 3 LONDON. Wed. BUYERS continued to hold oft" awaiting the Premier's speech u>night, although it was the first day of the new account. Yesterday"s advance in giltedged proved short lived and prices were fractionally lower. Leading Industrial equities were supported but markets were generally undecided. Oils were irregular while
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON Jan. 18.— Cash Buyers £816> Seilers £8174; Forward Buyers £789; Sellers £801; Settlement £811. Turnover a.m. 110 tons, p.m 85 tons.
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    RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON, Jan. 18. Spot 32% d Feb. 32\d.. Mar. 32 5, d., AprJune 32d.. July-Sept. 30 '«d., Oct.Dec. 29-Sd., Jan. c.l.f. 32% d., Feb. c If 32 l t d. Tone: Quiet but steady.
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    'REDS CAN TAKE HONG KONG IN 5 MINUTES'
    232 3 'REDS CAN TAKE HONG KONG IN 5 MINUTES' Just a phone call from Peking.., lONIA, Michigan, Wednesday. A FORMER Far East expert for the Australian Gov- ernment believes the Communists could take Hong Kong "by telephone in five minutes "Great Britain has lost the people, if not the land, of
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    Wild men kill 'devil of snows'
    80 3 TU'EW DELHI, Wed. Re- ports reaching here said that an Abominable Snowman had been killed near the Assam-China border. A regional army officer told Indian newsmen touring the frontier area that Naga headhunters had killed the creature with a bow and arrow about a
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    56 3 NEW YORK. Wed. Syria yesterday urged the Security Council to recommend United Nations members to stop giving economic aid to Israel. Israel immediately replied that this amounted to asking the world organisation to "emulate the same hostility that the Arab states show in their relations to Israel."
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    30 3 LONDON. Wed.— A Japanese film, "Seven Samurai." is among 14 short-listed here for the annual award of the British Film Academy, it was announced today.— Reuter.
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    New clash on Goa border
    41 3 GOA, Wed. About 40 armed men ambushed a Portuguese border patrol Jeep yesterday afternoon and wounded one guard. Portuguese authorities said today. The raiders were said to have crossed the border from India.— U. P. m
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    MURDER TRIAL MAN IS INSANE
    155 4 MURDER TRIAL MAN IS INSANE JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. K. Muttusamy, a labourer of Ulu Tiram Estate who was accused of murdering another labourer, was today found to have been insane when the killing took place. Mr. Justice Storr ordered him to be detained at the Tampoi Mental Hospital pending an
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    Jobs for ex-Tommies—it's true
    328 4  - Jobs for ex-Tommies— it's true CHIA POTEIK By WHITEHALL PAMPHLET PROVES LOCAL STAFF CLAIM 4 FORMER British Military Administration offl- cer now in Singapore has handed local Govern- ment officials a copy of a Colonial Office wartime directive, which will help them prove a statement they made to the Malayanisation
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    Jangan talk bagini, la!
    267 4 ROTARIANS LEARN DANGERS OF SLAPDASH USE OF 'EASY-TO-LEARN' MALAY LANGUAGE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malays in this country spoiled their language because of over- politeness to those unable to speak good Malay, the Selangor Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools, Inche Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed, said today. Speaking
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    VANDALS: THE COLONEL COMPLAINS
    142 4 VANDALS: THE COLONEL COMPLAINS THE theft of a brass plate from the lim Bo Seng Memorial on the Singapore Esplanade caused an uproar yesterday. Col. Chuang Hul Tsuan. secretary of the Memorial Committee said: "It's an insult to the martyr." The colonel was a Force 136 comrade-in-arms of the late
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    EXCHANGE OF DOCTORS TO BEGIN SOON
    153 4 A COLOMBO Plan exchange system of doctors between Australia and Singapore will probably begin soon to assist the speed-up of Malayanisation in the Colony's medical services. Revealing this yesterday, the Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga, said that Australia had already agreed to
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    'Date me or pay me' threat to girl
    189 4 THUG JAILED FOR EXTORTION BID A PRETTY 21-year-old waitress, who refused to date a gangster, was told by him: "Then you must pay me $100," it was alleged in a Singapore court yesterday. The girl. Chua Mvi Cheek, testified against Chan Luen,
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    Press photographer weds
    40 4 A SINGAPORE press photographer. Mr. Wong Khye Yin, and his bride, the former Miss Leng Vim Mun, after their marriage in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Wong is the second son of Mr. Wong Kin Nam. Straits Times picture.
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    A home town visit for Maria
    103 4 A home town visit for Maria MARIA PAES UE I AllVALHO, Cantonese-speaking Portuguese pianist who is now in Singapore to give two concerts, has Just revisited ncr birthplace. Macao, which she left when she was two Her home is in Portuguese East Africa where sht works as a biolorist in
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    Oil workers form federation
    114 4 Oil workers form federation SINGAPORE'S three oil workers' unions have merged and will now be known as "Th e Federation of Singapore Petroleum Employees' Union." The federation represents the Shell Employees' Union. Stanvac Employees' Union and the Caltex Employees' Union. Mr. A. A. Thompson has been elected its fl rs
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    Labourer is found dead
    29 4 A labourer, Chua Kirn Teng, 21, was found dead In his room in Lim Teck 800 Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. Police believe he was poisoned.
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    Naval Base strike: Union denies claim
    181 4 rpHE Singapore Naval Base Labour Union yesterday denied that eviction notices to two families living in the Base had been deferred twice at its request. The union maintained that the two employees, who were discharged because of overace, had sons in Admiralty employment who
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    90 flops get a promise
    140 4 90 flops get a promise SECOND TUY'M'Li SEE,' SAYS CHE* CINGAPORES la, M, tCr ch^ S^| yesterday promised* students' dflf-sation help the 90 Malay V in the Colony who far their secondary s^ examinations last i 5 cember. In the delegation we'« w ders of the Pan-M^* Studente' Federation Federation
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    More gifts for schoolboy
    49 4 Several more orphan schoolboy John of St. Anthony Singapore, brought the S yesterday to $886.65 They were: $20; Anonymous, i K. F Supplah and friends, Sungei Krian Erlv $14; P.L.V., Kota BihrVi pr c v 1 o v s 1 y acknowledge $837.65. Total $836.65
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    Music date
    20 4 PENANG, Wed.-Tr.e :i of the 2nd Bn. Royal A; tralian Regiment Sungei Pinane at 5.15 b. on Friday.
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    Storms in an empty bucket
    225 5 FUR FLIES WHEN THE TAPS ARE DRY BENTONG. Wed. THE people of Bentong and surrounding new villages will petition the Mentri Besar of Pahang, the Federation's High Commissioner, the Chief Minister and the Minister for Works for a better water suply. ft was said at
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    LOTTERIES BOARD'S $150,000 TO FIRE FUND
    75 5 LOTTERIES BOARD'S $150,000 TO FIRE FUND KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The Federation Social Welfare Lotteries Board has approved a grant of $150,000 to the Kuala Lumpur Municipal fund for the relief of the Gombak Lane fire victims This is the biggest donation to the fund. Donations already received total $86,475 Today's
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    COLONY MAN WINS A CAMERA FIRST
    160 5 'Boatman* snap earns gold medal A SINGAPORE photographer won the Loke Wan Tho Gold Medal the first for I Malaya in the Singapore Open Exhibition of Photographs. On the four previous occasions, the Gold Medal went to Britain, Hong Kong and twice to America.
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    WE QUIT, SAY ALL RADIO UNION'S COMMITTEE MEN
    453 5  - - HARRY FANG Resolution lost: Then mass resignation By 'JMIK 12-inan management comm i t tec of the I) c p a r tin c n t of Broadcasting Employees Union resigned last night at a special meeting at Had i o Malaya,
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    No helicopter, so no witnesses—and a case is postponed
    102 5 No helicopter, so no witnesses and a case is postponed KUALA LIPIS. Wed.— Because the prosecution had not been able to set a helicopter to serve subpoenas on witnesses in a Jungle fort, the case against a Held assistant of the Department of Aborigines was postponed yesterday. The field assistant.
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    'Go ahead' likely for yes-no cinema
    194 5 COUNCIL VOTES AGAIN TOMORROW T ABOUR FRONT City Councillors told the Straits Times yesterday they had not yet decided whether to vote against or abstain when the question of the Katong cinema comes up for debate tomorrow. But Progressive Councillors, with one possible exception,
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    New weapons
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. New arms and equipment costing $22,031 have been purchased for the Johore Military Force. The existing weapons were found to be obsolescent after inspection by a military expert from Singapore.
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      246 5 OARRICK: Patita (Hindi)— 3.ls, PAVILION: Raising A Riot— 630 9 15- Te- *****. 145, 4, 6.45. 9.30; Tef 6903. KING'S: Lovers of Verona AL HAMBRA: Aloma of the (French)— l.ls. 3.30, 7. 9.30, Tel. somh seas— ll. 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30; CATHAY: The Tender Trap Te 11 145 4156 45
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    138 6 ACK NOWLEDGMENTS 2» Words $1* (minimum) MR. AND MRS. CHOO 800 ENG Thank Friends and Relatives for Best Wishes, Presents, Telegrams and Attendance on the occasion of their Marriage. THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Josephine Sta Maria thank all frtand and relatives who sent wreaths, messages of condolence »nd
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    184 6 20 Word, till (minimum). 25TH. JANUARY— 4th. February Dates to Remember They cover Little's Annual Sale FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puczle. TAKE THE CUT out of Cuticle with "Cutlpen" It gives trimmer and neater nails. Sole Agents
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    The Straits Times. S'pore, Thurs. Jan. 19, 1956. Jam For The Worker
    833 6 The Straits Times. S'pore, Thurs. Jan. 19, 1956. Jam For The Worker Increasingly the thoughts of Malayan labour are turning towards a statutory minimum wage. Two months after the I Malayan Trade Union Council coined its slogan "eight dollars a day for eight hours' work," the Singapore T.U.C. claims that
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    Dulles Draws Back
    402 6 Mr. Foster Dulles, selfproclaimed expert on verges, has managed to draw back from an abyss which threatened to engulf him. A record conference of newsmen in Washington yesterday heard the Secretary of State disassociate himself from some of the more belligerent phrases in the Life article which
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    What are the views of the Singapore Bar Committee?
    478 6 f" iiiiimiiiiiliiinii iimmiiimiilii t 1 "What the public should want to know is whether the legal profession objects to any method of local admission in which the University LL.B degree forms part of the qualification," writes SIR I j ROLAf^ BRADDELL,
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    Qualifications CAN be acquired without leaving Singapore
    1095 6 rPHE other day a letter ■1 appeared in your newspaper from some one who signed himself "Obiter" and this morning we have a letter from "John Doe" both on the subject of the qualifications required to practise law in Singapore. What a pity
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    Strictly the business of the University
    243 6 I CANNOT understand why the establishment or non-establishment of a faculty of law in the University of Malaya should be dependent on the Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance. The latter ordinance is framed principally, and rightly so, to control and restrict the entry of new
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      50 6 SOME employees of Chi-nese-owned buses are duwnrlght rude. Conductors impatiently shout at passengers who ask them for information. Inconsiderate drivers move on without having made sure whether it is safe. No amount of work or rush can Justify discourtesy to the already long-suffer-ing public. FRANCIS LEE. Singapore.
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      No imputation intended
      63 6 No imputation intended rE part of my letter to which the Chairman of the Central Provident Fund Board takes exception was Intended to portray the general outlook of the illiterate workman towards all bureaucratic institutions where his sole point of contact is with minor officials and counter clerks. No imputation
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      Allowance for learning
      66 6 IT appears that officers who take the trouble to learn the Malay language are paid language al- lowance; this encourages the senior officers and also give them the chance of getting a few dollars extra Why is it not possible to extend this system to the labour
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      Unecessary expense
      30 6 I ENDORSE that applicants for Government jobs should not have to affix photographs to application forms. Photographs should be supplied only on engagement of an applicant. APPLICANT. Singapore.
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      Parking spare in abundance
      58 6 LAY a shade deck eight feet above the main deck of Cavanagh and Anderson Bridges and park all the bicycles there. Then lay a deck to cover all the river between those two bridges and park all the cars there. You landlubbers are always crying out
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      67 6 I AM directed by the Executive Council of the Pek Kio (Owen Estates i Community Centre to express their sincere thanks to all who contributed to a fund to assist widow Madam Chow Fook Chuan, of 16, Norfolk Road. The Executive Council would also take this opportunity
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      Road without a surface
      54 6 rE 8.1. T. Brickworks Estate, in Alexandra Road, has now existed almost two years, but the access road, which is only about 75 yards in length, has still not been macadamised. I believe this Is the only S.I.T. housing estate where the roads are not done
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      582 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Word* $10 (minimum). DE VISBER: T o Norma (Nee Sutherland) and Bert at The Hague Holland, a daughter, Michelle Linda, 17th. Both well. NORMAN To Ann, wife of Peter Norman, Shell Company, a daughter. Susan Margaret, at Bangkok on 13th January, 1956. FOUND »0 Word* $S (Him.)—
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      50 6 YRI9 radiogram BC. 9735 8 Valve full bandspread receiver housvd U teak cabinet with ample record a Price $950 Singapore and I' $1,050 Federation of M Hire Purchase TsnM MmMmmN of THE CENERAL ELECTRIC CO H.prt..nUn, f H E CENERAL ELECTRIC CO. y -WEEK-EMDtt THIS WEEK 4# r EVERY W0
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    AIR BOSS SETS RECORD IN JET
    178 7 AIR BOSS SETS RECORD IN JET i, LUMPUR. Wed. [V Britain's newlyippointed Chief of Air Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, made a record flight of three hours and 40 minutes when he flew from Hong Kong this afternoon in his Canberra bomber, the first jet bomber B non-stop flight
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    Four hurt in car crash
    52 7 Four members of a Chinese < -i in Poole Road, were injured when they were travelling in ned after a collision other car in Tanjong Road yesterday afterThe injured were Mr. Chen im, his wife and two boon Mm and Way Chen was admitted to
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    Photo display
    26 7 Singapore Camera f sponsoring a photograph exhibition in conjunch the sixth Asian Regional Junior Chamber International conference to be held in Singapore in April.
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    Clerk stole a gun
    75 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Ma'asood bin Haji Abdul, a 35-year-old clerk employed at Home Guard Headquarters, 1 1 Johore Bahru. pleaded guilty 1 1 In the Sessions Court today i to a charge of stealing a rej volver and four rounds of j .303 ammunition from the
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    Villagers want two-stage strip now
    462 7 THE SEMENYIH STORM SPREADS— WAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECIDES ON PUBLIC INQUIRY DOWN TO UNDERWEAR AT GATES— ALL CLOTHES OFF AT POLICE STATION It's disgraceful if it's true, says M.P. THF Q T nPM UALA V, UMPUR Wednesday. intL fcTORM over allegations by the people of
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    Marshall's promise to Tamils
    73 7 Marshall's promise to Tamils rnHROUGH Mr. R. C. Hoff--l man, his personal assistant Mr. David Marshall yesterday promised that the Labour Front would seek to make Tamil an official language in Assembly debates. The promise was made at a tea party, arranged by the Tamils Representative Council, in honour of
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    Man, woman accused of 'blue film9 shows
    121 7 Man, woman accused of 'blue film 9 shows A MAN and a woman, who ran electrical-ly-operated peep-shows in two Singapore fun fairs, were charged in court yesterday. Chua Lak Sal and Madame Tan Kirn Eng pleaded not guilty to a charge of exhibiting obscene movie films in Geylang Road on
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    Boy drowns in mining pool
    33 7 RAWANG, Wed.— A 12--year-old boy, Wong Cheong, was drowned in a mining pool near the Rawang tin fields here today. He slipped while playing on a floating log.
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    $750 tax fine
    29 7 KOTA BHARU, Wed. B. Aladdin, a texile merchant, was today fined $750 in the magistrate's court here for not submitting his income tax returns for 1955.
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    $500,000 GIFT TO HELP THE BLIND
    66 7 $500,000 GIFT TO HELP THE BLIND KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has approved a grant of $500,000 for the Malayan Association for (he blind. A spokesman of the association said today the money would be used to extend the Gurney Training Centre for Blind at Brickfields here.
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    Time stolen
    23 7 A thief broke into a house in Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon and stole a wristwatch and two gold rings.
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    THE FOOLPROOF PIONEER LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
    335 7 Straits Times Air Correspondent ■\rESTERDAY morning, at 1 Paya Lebar, I flew In the civil version of the Prestwick Pioneer, which Is an aircraft with an amazing performance. Piloted by Captain Roy Smith, the plane was airborne after a run of only
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    JMONA IS 'PRINCIPAL GIRL IN CHARITY OPERETTA
    100 7 JMONA IS 'PRINCIPAL GIRL IN CHARITY OPERETTA DEMURE little Mona Dennehy is the principal child dancer in the operetta, "Princess Chrysanthemum," which opens today at the Victoria Memorial Hall with a cast of 120 singers, actors, and dancers. Mona, 6. intends to be a ballet dancer when she grows up.
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    [MONKEY BUSINESS
    246 7 It's cruel, Malacca councillors told MALACCA, Wed.—Monkeys were discussed amid laughter by Malacca Municipal Councillors at a meeting today. Speaking on the adjournment, Mr. G. Mariappan (Alliance) told the Council of the Inhuman treatment meted out to Malacca monkeys, which he said "were our ancestors, according to Darwin's
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    $10,000 FRAUD —PENSIONER GETS PRISON
    134 7 PENANG, Wednesday. C. A. ARUMUGAM, a former Sungei Patani health inspector, was today jailed for two months when he was found guilty of criminal breach of trust. Bail was fixed at $30,000 cash or in two sureties in case of appeal. Arumugam a pensioner, who
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    Health sister honoured
    46 7 Miss Jenny Wong Sau Chang, a senior health sister with the Health Department in Johore. has been elected a Member of the Royal Society of Health. She has been 16 years a nurse and in 1948 attended a scholarship study course in England.
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    Skeleton in a hut
    59 7 SEREMBAN. Wed.— Police, acting on information, found a skeleton in a hut near the 53rd milestone Simpang Per-tang-Durlan Tlpus Road in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan. Remnants of a Jungle green uniform with a one-star hat, a pistol and ammunition lay near by. There were
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    Who reads notices, anyway?
    62 7 WHEN members of the Assessors Department were demolishing an attap hut In Aljunled Road yesterday, they found that one wall was made of two large boards. |On ripping the boards away they found on the other side of them notices which read: "The Council will apply
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    POLICE INSPECTOR IS ACQUITTED
    161 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. i WITHOUT calling on him for his defence, Mr. N. L. Cohen, the Sessions Court president, today acquitted Koh Kirn Chai, a police inspector from Pontian, who was charged with criminally intimidating a shopkeeper by threatening him with an automatic pistol. Mr. Cohen
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    DRIVER ONMURDER CHARGE
    74 7 A 30-year-old driver, All bin Haji Kadir, was charged in the Singapore Eighth Magistrates Court yesterday with the murder of 19-year-old Jauyah binte Salleh, at Upper Aljunled Road, at 4.10 a.m. on Jan. 4. It was alleged that Kadir was in the company of three others when
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      57 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 2.24 a.m. (9ft 2.22 p.m (Bft. Sin.) Port Dickson 9.37 a.m. (7ft Bm. 10.12 p.m (Bft. Sln.i; Penang 3.28 a.m. (7ft.) 4.10 p.m (6ft. 6in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 2.56 a.m. (Bft 91n.) 3.09 p.m. (Bft. 3in,); Port Dickson 10.08 a.m. (7ft. 31n.) 10.59 p.m (Bft.) Penang 4.02
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    New pastor in Dindings
    38 8 SITIAWAN. Wed.— The Rev. D. A. Chelliah of the Tamil Methodist Church, Ipoh. has arrived to take charge of the Tamil Church, Dindings District. He win teach at the Methodist English School, A_ver Tawar.
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    In 49 days of relentless tracking the Gurkhas
    426 8 LONGEST FOLLOW-UP KILLS 6 REDS avenge Kea Farm attack From H. M. PAUL JPOH, Wed. In 49 days of relentless tracking through some of the worst mountainous jungle terrain in the country, security forces have killed six terrorists and wounded five others
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    BALING: 'TELL ALL' CALL
    201 8 People kept in dark, charges P. P.P. IPOH, Wed. The Perak Progressive Party today called on the Federation Government to give the public a "complete record of the Baling talks with Chin Peng." A statement issued following a committee meeting last night said: "There is much
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    ASSEMBLY MEN TO GO TO BRITAIN
    100 8 ASSEMBLY MEN TO GO TO BRITAIN TWO members of the Singapore Legislative Assembly are to go to Britain for a course in Parliamentary proce dure. They are Mr. Mak Pak Shee. Assistant Minister for Labour, and Inche Ahmr.d bin Ibrahim, Independent member for Sembawang. Votes with P.A.P. Inche Ahmad sits
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    Facts and figures on Chinese buses for STC inquiry
    339 8 COURT INSTRUCTS COUNSEL TO FIND OUT YfR. JUSTICE TAN, presiding at the court of inquiry into the dispute between the Singapore Traction Company and its em- ployees' union, yesterday ordered counsel for both I parties to prepare a questionnaire on wages
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    No rift, but anthem issue will be thrashed out
    139 8 rfTHE University of Malaya 1 Students' Union will hold an extraordinary meeting today to discuss the stand taken by the Pan-Malayan Students' Federation on the British National Anthem. The union is one of three students' organisations affiliated to the federation. Mr.
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    Mr. GOH QUITS THE FRONT
    54 8 Mr. K. c. Goh is no longer administrative officer of the Labour Front in Singapore. Asked yesterday why Mr. Goh had left, Mr. Francis Thomas, vice president of the front, said: "He resigned by agreement." No successor to Mr. Goh, who was a paid officer,
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      220 8 tMPORTERS fORr- MALAY*. BORNEO, SARAWAK THAtI.ANO. FRASER A NEAVE LTD. WILLIAM CRAM SONS LTD DISTILLERS SCOTLAND amazing "»?^rt. r'^fc; <)lfi tL SOCKS j'OO'Pl-RE They«HSa&a<ULW to fit YOUR SIZE PERFECTLY Required the agent who can handle the business widely and also permanently FIRST HOSIERY CO., LTD. N0.529, Nokamoto-cho, Joto-ku, OSAKA, JAPAN
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      152 8 aKSPwisfiiii sssss%ss*2^C3H fir i^^*^^ Mill ssskß simple as... bine" Tump. Avail- j jp •bit for »trtic»l or "*"??¥='> A"b"oiuVly ™U »iih 'I*l j?* p«rl»." P< TJ« 'i^plf"-' A» fcisSsßSsfc o>»p »fll walrr «y»- L?£3 R.^ \MORR«SON>^I P U M PS/ JAMES I 1 HfcUJjJ SINGAPORE KI'ALA LtlMPl'R iron PI" /WT^
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      149 8 I 10.00 Down Beat; 10.30 Music RADIO MALAYA ('Programmes thus marked can II /jTji T|1 1 L^l I be received by lUteners in Malac- Bl||*iiilLlfl Short wave 49 62m. Medium CIurADADP wave 476 m., 343, 366 m. and 297 m. WHWiinMlB A.M. 9.22 and 1110 English Short wave 62m. Medium
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Moore at Corunna inspired British forces at Dunkirk
    1561 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Moore at Corunna inspired British forces at Dunkirk g CRAZIER s^fortuneJJF A JVapalean master- g I plan fizzled out i IN THE winter of 1808 Napoleon was sitting at a table strewn with maps of the Iberian Peninsula in a bleak room in the windswept city
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      390 9 'university CORRESPONDENCE C COLLEGE --^^71(W7. prepww foe: .MBRIDGE OVERSEA A HOOL CERTIFICATES rfNERAL CERTIFICATE CEN 0 EDUCATION (AI I Examining Bodie.) |ON DON UNIVERSITY LtBANCE EXTERNAL |N DEGREES c p LAW. «r>d other uvnt. r~7r~ZTt docationtl Tnat, k-^T^TpROSPECTUS (o the Registry, BURLINGTON HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE. England JiW .EKETIAN BLINDS for Coolness
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      149 9 5 r 2 .^Bk. ami 9mV V "5 JmW 4*jb jmwm^ml HawumfJßmmg' anm. I The people who know Air Conditioning I Best 1 I x I i'l fllllll I The Room Air Conditioner 5 of distinction I INTERNATIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING 1 COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Singapore! 1 .a MACKENZIE ROAD SINGAPORE
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      62 9 Hex Morgan* 31.D. Bit in common C' en f^RLCM TnSS V SNEAKI IN 1 !^a Pi[> VOI J 6ET OUT OP REX OFFICE FO« THE J I KNOW 08 UE». LAVTON Tug vho vOU'BE -<_^ Dick Tracy Kids going bach E9V lt^] o^'a WEAPON TUATfe SfX, FEET 1\ WT^TAxiT"! V^
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    LATEX EXPORTS UP BY 123 per cent IN THREE YEARS
    750 10 LATEX EXPORTS UP BY 123 per cent IN THREE YEARS By Our Market Correspondent WORLD demand for Malayan latex on an increasing scale in the past few years is shown in the official statistics for latex exports for 1955 published this week. Pan-Malayan latex exports last year totalled 107,806 tons,
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    Lock icon U.S. PLANS BIG STEEL INCREASE
    73 10 NEW YORK, Wed. The President of the American Iron and Steel Institutes has announced a three-year steel industry expansion plan at the rate of one thousand million U.S. dollar annually. The programme Is aimed at increasing U.S. steelmaking capacity by 15 million tons. Such expansion
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    RUBBER PRICES
    134 10 February flr«t irrade rubbw buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.14 per lb.. up 24 cents on Wednesday's closing price. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 114, sellers ***** No. 1 R.S.S. February buyers 114,
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange market In Hone Konf yesterday, the U.S. dollar waa quoted at 5.86* for cash and 5.89 1 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.68 and one tael of gold at 254 H.
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    SHIPPING
    78 10 Ships |,in t alonrvrf Pore Harbour n., expects lodl v Banka City of Perth tee 8/9, Benvr.,^ strand 13/ 14 *L»-^ Benmacdhui ig 19/20, S»r,n Laiwui s. Clover 21/ 2Ankin* 25/26, Iv R€kerk 29/30 u2 Siena 33/34. t 38/39, Oorga 42/43. Purnea 44 Outrr Roads- k jw v well,
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      760 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF PAHANG A VACANCY exists in the establishment of His Highness the Sultan for a Comptroller of the Household. Salary would be In the scale $697 x 28-iO6I and the appointment would be on contract terms for three years in the first Instance. Applicants must have had
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      247 10 NOTICES NOTICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 623 of 1955. BY AN ORDER of Court made herein on the 18th day of November, 1955. the undersigned Goh Sieow Wah was appointed Receiver and Manager of the firm of SINGAPORE TRAVEL SERVICE of No. 1, Winchester House, Singapore,
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      1776 10 TENDERS JOHORE P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class 'D' and above registered P.W.D. Contractors will be received by the State Engineer, Johore, up to noon of the 25th January. 1956, for:— CONSTRUCTION OF 4 Nos. CLASS D 1 QUARTERS AT JOHORE BAHRU. Full particulars may be obtained from the Senior
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      759 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOURNE, Wed. Investment sales covered a wide range but transactions were mostly small with prices firmer .although variations were not large on the Stock Exchange bere today. Minings were quieter with prices easing slightly and Oil Search was steady. Loans were firmer. Loans 3£% 1956-59 £96 5/32 Loans
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      486 10 "in, moan, mr KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swef. v- n, n2 i_. Ogeka BakU 10 |an 10 Feb' 16 Feb 17 Feh Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Mar 7 Mar Gjerrrud Bakke 3 Mar 2 Apr 4 Apr Anna Bakke
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      1089 11 MANSFIEUJ CO., tiDT^rr^ jSS THE BLUB FOMMU UNE D" 1 i, on to proceed vio other port, to lo«H °*P*P S/hom Penong i^Ho^ 6 11 1 **m* J.. 22/2, ia-"" -mm ■^Vrpoo, J -mm J.n 29/30 •Vr""' Jan 22 Jan 27 j.. «a L B for Holland, Hamburg, J- M
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      1018 11 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Adan, Part SaM, «oaoa, Antwara, Rotterdam, Haatbwg, Caaanhagan Getboahurg ft Odr S'pora P. Sham Penonc "XAMBODIA" Gdn 34 ***** m 20/20 Jan 21/22 Jan «'i "ttstffJP 1 V 9 FebNotlaa«nt«araa I 2 HOIA 20 Fob/ j»sr "> 7"^NWA" 4/ 4 Mar 7/ 7 Mar
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      1017 11 SngTHE REN UNE STEAMERS LTD^,/?" SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) i LINU SAIUNGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Panong BEHMACDHUI for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Hull G. IS 23/24 Jan BENLOMOND for Avonmouth, London, Newcastle 22/23 Jan 20/27 Jan •BENVRACKIE for London, Rotterdam 21 Jan/ S F.b Dlroct
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      1265 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLERMAM 6c BUCKftALL KLAVEMESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM. LOJ ANCILIS/ JAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER "in? co^oo- r;sr -~j2gr* $o th CITY D O M TH FRANCISVILLE S pore P. S ham Penong p Vhom Penong •*gW»ta 20/21 Jan 22/24 J.n
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    PAGODA OR PILLBOX FOR CHOICE
    662 12 Cookie assists in painting a picture WHICH HAT would you choose? If your tastes run to pillboxes or dramatic brims, Harvane can supply them. His spring collection is varied and original. First, the red satin creation he has named "Pagoda," although we never saw a
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    WOMEN AT THE WHEEL
    601 12 The Chinese husband would rather his wife drove, asserts t'HIA KAY SEE "PHE hand that rocks the Chinese cradle now seeks new fields to conquer gripping the steering wheel of the motor-car, for modern Chinese womenfolk have become very keen motorists. They are seen in such
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    Stocking are a 'must'
    271 12 Stocking are a 'must' OERE are the ann swers to questions I have received this week. They may benefit other readers. One young; woman tells me that she has a short waist and is inclined to be tall, and feels that she looks all legs. Her problem is easily solved.
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    203 entries for Bukit Timah
    857 13 203 entries for Bukit Timah EIGHT RACES A DAY FOR SINGAPORE MEETING A TOTAL of 203 horses— 99 in Class Two and 104 In Class 3 has been entered for the Singapore Turf Club January-February meeting on Jan. 28, Feb. 1 and 4. Entries are: NOTE: Entry of Kheng Hu*
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    Lock icon KNIGHT HIM, SAY LEN'S ADMIRERS
    118 13 LONDON, Wed. LEN BUTTON, England's retiring Test cricket captain, received warm tributes from cricketing personalities and Press throughout the Commonwealth today. Tributes were headed b v a front-page suggestion in the mass-circulation British newspaper, the Daily Express, that he should be knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    116 13 THERE will be eight races a day at the Singapore Turf Club January-February Meeting on Jan. 28 Feb. 1 and 4. First race on each day starts at 2.15 p m The schedule of racing is: FIRST DAY: Class 2, Dlvs. 1 and 2— lM. Class 3.
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      157 13 BADMINTON players all over the country should support' the Singapore Bidmirr.on Association In getting the wood-shot rule off the book. There never was any reason lor it to be Introduced. It Is one of those freak rules which get through committees simply because the proposer Is
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      FIJIAN BAND AND CHOIR?
      46 13 CONGRATULATIONS to M.R.U for arranging a FlJlans vs All-Malaya rugby match on Feb 23. I wonder If the organisers could Include In the evening's prograrime the Fijian Regimental Band and Choir, of which Malayans have heard so much about. FLYING TACKLE Singapore
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      436 13 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE REFUND OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of assessment on houses reported vacant between Ist July and 31st December. 1955 must be submitted by 31st January 1956 on forms obtainable from the City Assessor's Office (Room 128). MAKE SURE that receipt of your claim has been
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    Lock icon Test double by Mankad is one of rarest feats
    151 14 BOMBAY, Wed. ■yiNOO Mankad. Indian Test all-rounder has become one of che three cricketers who have scored over 2,000 runs and taken more than 100 wickets in Test cricket. Mankad, who showed good form against New Zealand In the series jast
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    Three more winners
    2108 14 RED WOLF SCORES FIRST HUNDRED for Bagby APPRENTICE BAXTER ADDS ANOTHER TWO TO HIS BAG From EPSOM JEEP J^ED WOLF 11, with Eddie Larkin up, became the season's first three-figure-dividend winner when he beat a Class 4, Div. 2 field over 8} furlongs to pay $104 at
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    Big Sweep
    57 14 TOTAL POOL: $278,475 IST: No. *****6 ($78,543) 2ND: No. *****8 ($39,271) 3RD: No. *****3 ($19,635) STARTERS ($2,182 each) Nos. *****2; *****2; *****4; *****8; *****2; *****1; *****7; *****5; *****6. CONSOLATION ($l,OOO each): Nos. *****1; *****0; *****2; *****9; *****9; *****4; *****7; *****3; *****3; *****3. TREBLE TOTE: No winning combination. Pool
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    Tough game for Colony
    104 14 DAKISTAN Navy, who announ- ced the.r piayers yesterday, will prove a tougn test for Singapore in Saturday's charity hockey match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Bully-off Is at 5.10 p.m. and tickets are $2, $1 and 50 cents. School children will be admitted for 30 cents. In
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    Lock icon MCC DRAW
    41 14 LAHORE. Pakistan, Wed.— The three-day match between the M.C.C. cricketers and Pakistan Combined Universities ended In a draw here today. Final scores: Combined Universities 256 and 202 for five dccl. M.C.C. 247 and 60 for tw 0 wickets. Reutet
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    ALEXANDRA WIN
    21 14 Alexandra Football Team beat R.N Kranji I*o in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday, scoring through Derek Barrass.
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    CHANGI BEAT SCC 'A' WITH GOOD PASSING
    286 14 ROYAL Air Force Changi beat Singapore Cricket Club "A" by eight points (goal, penalty) to three (dropped goal) In their rugger match on the padang yesterday. Brilliant threequarter play and accurate passing won the game for Changi, who scored all their points in
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    Makutu caps 14-0 victory over REME
    130 14 No. 14 Squadron R N.Z.A.F. beat RE ME by 14 points (goal, penalty and two tries) to nil In a rugby match at Tengah yesterday. The first half was even, with RIME. forwards dominating Uneouts. Mclntyre scored for the airmen when he snapped up
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    DARKE'S BLACKS MAKE A GOOD START IN RUGGER
    649 14 No stars but they were all so very keen EH)R a team which has played only one season of rugby in Singapore, The Blacks not to be confused with the unbeaten R.A.F. Tengah All Blacks have done particularly weU. In 21 outings,
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    Aussie Test Trial was big success
    272 14 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Wednesday. UVDRMER internationals Arthur Mailey and Johnnie Taylor are likely to receive A£4.000 each (about $25,000 Malayan) from their testimonial match which finished in Sydney yesterday. From all viewpoints, except possibly that of the next Australian team to England, the
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    Lock icon FOUR BYES DECIDED MATCH
    105 14 FOUR BYES DECIDED MATCH SYDNEY, Wed. RAY LINDWALL'S XI beat lan Johnson's team by two wickets with only two minutes to spare in the MaileyT a y lor Testimonial Match here yesterday. Johnson made a sporting declaration, leaving his opponents to make 228 in three hours to win. Lindwall's XI
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    RUSSELL GETS EVERY POINT
    58 14 Flying Wing yesterday beat Supply Wing 5-0 to win the RAF Seletar seven-a-side rugby competition. Winger Russell scored a try in the closing minutes and converted it himself. In the semi-finals Flying Wing beat EnKinper:: sell scoring two I reply by French, s entered the Oni
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      26 14 HOCKEY S.H.A. Trial, padang; Friendly: LaUfT Wanderers v. Dutch Club, Farrer Park. SOCCER Friendly: Arsenal Sports Club v Royal Army Pay Corps (Nee Soon), Farrer Park.
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