The Straits Times, 3 March 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times He**** Kstd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1556 IS CENTS
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    BEAT-THE-CRISIS TALKS
    555 1 Marshall flies to Kuala L..™ r today: Visit can bring Colony now hope of merdeka Tengku, Mr. M may do it puiX ABISHEGANADEN •UK Chief Minister 1 „f Singapore. Mr. D,vid .Marshall, flies j K Kuala Lumpur this norninu tor talks with lenfjku Abdul Rah-! B3n which may
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    Lock icon JORDAN SACKS GLUBB PASHA-BRITON WHO BUILT ITS ARMY
    229 1 JORDAN SACKS GLUBB PASHA-BRITON WHO BUILT ITS ARMY AMMAN, Jordan, Fri. King Hussein of Jordan today dismissed General -5 John Glubb —Glubb Pasha E —the Briton who welded his Arab Legion into the Middle Easts most efficient 5 fighting force. r Gen. Glubb. 59. who has E been the Legion's
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    Lock icon SENSATION IN LONDON: SIR ANTHONY ACTS
    322 1 LONDON, Friday. i rpHE Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, today call■l ed an emergency meeting of Ministers and Service Chiefs to discuss the situation created by the vice udssh dismissal of Gen. Glubb. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Defence, Sir Walter
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    Lock icon $97,000,000 deal
    25 1 JAKARTA Fri ™™*f~ sia today signed a US*^-" 000.000 agreement with the United States for the purchase of American surplus farm products. UP-
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    Unions in Colony agree at last
    310 1  - Unions in Colony agree at last FRANCIS WONG JOINT ACTION ON MAY MY By ALMOST overnight, the A gulf between the Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee seems to have been bridged. For the first time in their history, the two organisations yesterday Issued a
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    A challenge
    37 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The President of Party Ra'ayat, Inche Ahmad Boestamam, today demanded that the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, should release all detainees to "prove his strength" as Minister for Defence and Internal Security.
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    TWO DIE AS CARS COLLIDE
    94 1 TWO DIE AS CARS COLLIDE ro people were killed and three injured in a collision between two cars at the 15th mile, Bukit Timah Road, last night. The dead were Pang Tee Tuan, 18, and Ong Bah Bah, 20. Pang died soon after admission to the General Hospital. Ong was
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    Lock icon SEATO cash aid plea
    53 1 KARACHI, Fri. Mr. H. Chowdhry, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, today urged the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation to give greater emphasis to economic development of the area. He was making a recorded broadcast for a Voice of America programme four days before the opening of the SEATO conference
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    Lock icon DUKE'S 'SHADOW IS DEAD
    172 1 Former bodyguard found shot in Nicosia NICOSIA. Fri.— Major Phil Attfleld, former Scotland Yard bodyguard to the nuke of Windsor and Sir Anthony Eden has been found shot dead in a Nicosia flat, police revealed They^sald foul play was not suspected. His body with a bullet
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    No STC interim
    24 1 LONDON, Fri. The Singapore Traction Co. Ltd., announce today that owing to the recent strike no interim dividend is being paid.
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    $8 mil. company probe demanded
    586 1  - $8 mil. company probe demanded GEOFFREY BOLAND SHOCK BY UNITED ENGINEERS SHAREHOLDERS By TOCAL shareholders of United Engineers, one of Malaya's largest industrial firms with an issued capital of $7,832,880, are taking action to try to force an investigation into the affairs of the company during recent years. The demand
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    'TWO-TWO' TESSIE DROPS IN
    111 1 'TWO-TWO' TESSIE DROPS IN "TWO-TON" Tessie O'Shea, who will be the star in a Combined Services entertainment show, arrived in Singapore yesterday. Tessie, the only woman in the world who has had a bomb named after her, was delayed in Cyprus by bronchitis. As dynamic as she was when she
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    SOLDIER'S BEST FRIEND
    64 1 LONDON. Fri.— Mr. Antony Head, the War Minister, told the House of Commons yesterday that five times as many terrorists had been killed in Malaya and in Kenya where the new Bel- gian F.N. rifle had been used. This was very significant, he said. Mr. Head added
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    Poison death was an accident
    123 1  - Poison death was an accident HALL ROMNEY From LONDON Fri. A VERDICT of acciden- tal death was recorded at an inquest at Ealing, London, on Nancy Amelia Marjoribanks, wife of a Malayan barrister, who died after swallowing some liquid stain remover. She died in a Stalnes, Middlesex, nursing home where
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    41 1 BRITMN S I»(M I \K ni:«IKVI S IT I'JNDON. Kri—Br-n announced to«i:\\ i.iat the Mcrlini; area's uoltl gnd dollar rcMTM'v rosr !iv IS MK1. 000.000 in I (••tru 9 thi- Itifcm-st nicn-asf In any month riBCC May. 1931.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Pope's birthday
    12 1 VATICAN CITY, Fri.— Pope Pious XII is 80 today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BOAC plane is bogged down
    58 2 LONDON, Fri.— A fourengined BOAC Constellation, with 18 passengers on board, which flew into London airport from Tokyo last night bogged down in soft ground after makine a normal landing. The passengers were taken from the aircraft to the main passenger buildings by coach and
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    Food row: Timing flopped
    205 2 Food row: Timing flopped MINISTER MISSED IT rFHE New Zealand and Australian airmen who recently walked out of their mess were trying "to draw official attention to their discontent," an R.A.F. spokesman said yesterday. The airmen— more than 30 of them— walked out of the RAF. Tengah mess on Tuesday
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    Lock icon From dead eyes, the hope of sight
    197 2 MILAN, Fri. Two blind youngsters lay in darkness yesterday awaiting the light that may come from the eyes a dead priest left to them in his will. Amabila Battistella, 18. and Angelo Colagrande, 12. underwent long operations on Wednesday to receive corneas from
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    Lock icon Moscow bound
    25 2 PARIS. Fri. The French Prime Minister, Mr. Guy Mollet and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Christian Pineau, will visit Moscow on May 14. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sun sense—a memo far the mermaid
    113 2 Sun sense— a memo far the mermaid UP GOES THE CURTAJN^ON CLOTHES THAT WILL MAKE SIGNORINA LOOK SLIM AND MEN LOOK ROi;\ r p THE curtain went up yesterday on the Italian spring and summer fashions and the spotlight swung as much on the dresses as on the earrings which
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    Lock icon ACTOR SUES HIS WIFE FOR ALIMONY
    84 2 ACTOR SUES HIS WIFE FOR ALIMONY HOLLYWOOD, Fri. rE British actor Maxwell Reed, estranged husband of film star Joan Collins, yesterday asked her to give him alimony of 1551.250 a month. In a suit for maintenance filed on the rounds of cruelty and desertion, he said that Miss Collins was
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    Lock icon New republic
    16 2 KARACHI, Fri. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan will be proclaimed on March 23— UP
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      Lock icon JAP FILM GAINS A BRITISH AWARD
      347 2 LONDON, Fri. Madam Kawaklta, wife of the wellknown Japanese producer, accepted the British Film Academy's United Nations Award last night for the film "Children of Hiroshima." Dressed in a kimono, she walked on to the stage, accompanied by Japanese music, bowed deeply, and said:
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      Lock icon Etna erupts, threatens village
      57 2 CATANIA, (Sicily). Prt. A new crater which burst open on the eastern slopes of Mount Etna last night poured forth a stream of boiling lava at an alarming rate. Villagers of Zaffeana, perched 2,000 feet up. today prepared after a sleepless night to evacuate the village
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    Lock icon "Too tired' husbanc in cabaret
    354 2 "Too tired' husbanc in cabaret LONDON DIVORCE COURT IS TOLD 01 WIFE'S HUMILIATION IN MALAYA LONDON. Fri. A FORMER employee of the Government Information Department in Malaya was so frightened of her husband that she tried to drive through banditinfested country to her sister's home in Singapore, the London Divorce
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    Lock icon A-POWER
    69 2 'Hong Kong tii get it in Id years HONG KONG. F Kong plans to by power plants sup electricity in about time, businessmen here today. Uranium may be b< from Australia be high cost of Imp The manager of a B firm working on atomic rators said d< advanced
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      49 2 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD have pleasure in announcing SAVINGS DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS will be accepted by their office! PENANG and IP° H from 15th March 1956 Interest will be allowed at 2' P< until further notice on balances $20,0001Further detail* on applicati W. H. JACKSOH Manager. Penang Bra
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    6 3 fiOWN TH»T GME T«E PEEPS
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    Lock icon makes debut as producer
    110 3 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. UARILYN MONROE strapless black made her debut ht as preJKi! °i Marilyn Monroe Incorporated. .j news confer%L railed by Warner Studio to anr new film -The prince." M ill co-star Lawrence Olivier film will be made J-'Varr.rr Studios. 'Give the kid a chance 1
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    Snow kills 54
    25 3 Fr: Fifty-four soldiers were S3 in lured when roared down a r >pc and crashed njirracks. South officials said toy -A P
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    Lock icon Naval sale
    18 3 LONDON, Fri.— Britain r_ ell four destroyers and cruiser Diadem to the Admiralty an<stf rday.— U.P.
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    Lock icon LABOUR HOLDS SEAT
    89 3 UIDOII, Fri —Labour held the West Waltrxow parliamentary by>Tsterday the represented by before he was owd a peer on relinquish--5 leadership of the Labour result, declared last tr. «ti: P I C Redhead 'Lab- our) *****; Mr. Richard Hornby (Conservative) 4,184; Mr Oliver Smedley (Liberal! 3.307; Lt
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    Lock icon Mr. HEAD DECLARES WAR ON BULL' IN THE ARMY
    246 3 wflif Ami ftftitafek^ "-it! l. m a*. LONDON, Fri. T" E War Minister, Mr. Antony Head, told the House of Commons yesterday I J 1 planned to take h bu11 out of the British Army. E He used the fruity «Un»
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    Lock icon 'The Jaw' was steeped in life of the Arabs
    464 3 JORDAN GAVE GLUBB HER HIGHEST HONOUR T ONDON, Fri. Gen- eral John Bagot Glubb— Glubb Pasha— dismissed last night by King Hussein of Jordan, had been Commander of the Arab Legion since 1939. He had served in it for many years
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    Lock icon WOMAN PILOT KILLED IN MOROCCO
    90 3 WOMAN PILOT KILLED IN MOROCCO CASABLANCA. Fri.— M is s Touria Chaoui, Morocco's first and only woman air pilot, was killed by terrorists in Casablanca last night. Miss Chaoui. 23. was shot in the head by a Moroccan. He pulled open the door of v car in which she was
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    India and Japan seek U.S. aid
    53 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.— lndia and Japan have submitted a joint request to the United States for participation in a U. 5.550,000,000 development of the Orissa iron mines which would supply japan with two million tons of high grade iron ore a year for its steel
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    Lock icon Sir Winston on the Riviera
    36 3 NICE, Frl. Sir Winston Churchill arrived here by air yesterday for a holiday on the Riviera He was accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. Duncan Sandys, a secretary and a bodyguard. A.P.
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    Lock icon Trip to Moscow
    31 3 PARIS, Fri. The French Premier, M. Guy Mollet, and the Foreign Minister, M. Christian Pineau, will go to Moscow on May 14, it was announced here today. AP.
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    Lock icon Border shooting
    28 3 SHILLONG (India). Fri. Pakistani forces fired across the border at Bangabaza last night, killing a civilian and wounding a constable, it was reported here today.— U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    313 3 LONDON. Pri. THE complete absence of incentives and economic uncertainties caused the stock markets to continue unsettled today. Losses were les severe and not so widespread, but there was a lack of buying Interest. Closing midflle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON. Mar.
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    Lock icon Morocco gets its merdeka
    225 3 AGREEMENT IN PARIS DARIS. Fri. The French Government's recognition of the independence of French Morocco, complete with its own army and diplomacy, was announced in a Joint French-Moroccan declaration here today. The declaration was signed by M. Christian Pineau, the French Foreign Minister, and 81 Bekkai.
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    Lock icon Selwyn Lloyd in Cairo
    47 3 CAIRO. Frl. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, British Foreign Secretary, met the Egyptian Premier. Lt.-Col. Gamel Abdel Nasser, here on the first day of his talks with Middle East and Asian leaders. Mr. Lloyd is spending one day here on his wav to Karachi— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Of mice and dice
    38 3 RENO. Fri. Harold's Club, which in 21 years grew from a US$5OO bankroll and a white mouse into the world's biggest gambling casino, was sold last night for nearly US$l4 million in cash. A.P.
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    Lock icon Bank robbery
    31 3 PORT CHESTER (New York > Fri. Two men robbed a bank here today of an estimated $175,000 after kidnapping a woman bank teller and holding her raptive all night. A.P
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      301 3 Did you enjoy your stag bridge party last night, dear? Very much indeed. Susan; we had a most interesting discussion on game. You mean on *^th«" game, dear. Not at all: I mean we talked about birds. That, of course, doesn't surprise me at all. When men get together, the
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    $500,000 to lure tourists
    170 4 BOARD URGED FOR COLONY A TOURIST board con- trolled and financed by the Government has been recommended for Singapore. This is one of the suggestion made in the report of the working party set up last November to consider the creation of a centralised tourist organisation.
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    Returned it empty
    53 4 A woman, waiting for a bus in River Valley Road, Singapore,, on Wednesday night, had her handbag snatched by a thief. The thief took $110 from the purse which he flung back empty to the owner when she shouted for help. The victim, Soh Ah Poo, reported
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    No claimants
    26 4 Johore police want to contact claimants for $672. which was left by Avadith, a woman labourer of the P.W.D.. who died intestate in November.
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    LEADERS: OUR STATUS AT STAKE
    298 4 'Either tight or lose birthright of Queen's subjects 1 Whitehall is criticised for 'ominous silence' PENANG, Friday. ORITISH subjects in North Malaya, at a rally last night, protested against the move by the British and Federal Governments to demote them to "second-class citizens." Leaders of
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    WHO TRAINING COURSE FOR NURSES
    86 4 WHO TRAINING COURSE FOR NURSES ABOUT 120 nurses in Singapore will this year receive a special training course in public health organised by the World Health Organisation. This was disclosed yesterday by Mr. Joseph Handler (above) Director of Public Information, WHO, Geneva, who is now in Singapore. Mr. Handler said
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    Malaya has plans for her future diplomats
    130 4 Malaya has plans for her future diplomats ITUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation Government is making plans for the training of diplomat? who wffl be needed once the country achieves full independence. Twelve young Malayan Civil Service officers have already been before a selection board to see if they are suitable
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    $317,000 school
    18 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Sultan of Selangor will open the $317,000 Brickfields School here on Tuesday.
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    Ex-Services Assn. paid out $51,000
    91 4 TIHE Ex-Servicemen's Assox elation of Singapore last year distributed more than $51,000 to help 154 ex-service-men and women or their dependants, the president, Mr. L. A. Williams, said yesterday. Mr. Williams was speaking at a lunch party given by Mrs. D. D. C. Tulloch, wife
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    Exhibition of photographs
    39 4 IPOH, Pri.— Mr. Q. P. Jackson, headmaster of Anderson School, Ipoh, today opened the first photographic exhibition by central Perak schools. Seven schools submitted 68 photographs. The exhibition will be open to the public until Sunday.
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    Councils for villages
    33 4 KAJANO, Fri.— Local councils will be set up at Semenyih, Bangi, Dengkil, Beranang and Ulu Langat village. They will send representatives to meetings of the Ulu Lannat District Town Board.
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    MAGISTRATE MADE 'SERIOUS ERROR'
    154 4 Appeal won on illegal cross-examination IPOH, Friday. "A VERY serious error" by a magistrate who sen- tenced a 43-year-old carpenter, Wong Ling, to one year's Jail for housebreaking enabled Wong to leave the Ipoh High Court a free man today. Wong was found guilty by the
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    Prison for robbers
    55 4 Tv.-o men who robbed a man and his fiancee in Farrer Park were jailed by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Pen Seng Huat, who admitted two previous convictions, was jailed for six years Ycng Yin Choi, a first offender, was sent
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    For Karachi
    21 4 The United States Consul General in Singapore, Mr. Elbridge Durbrow, Is flying to Karachi today for the SEATO conference.
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    Change of name
    28 4 Members of the Indo-Malay Pakistani Seamen's Union in Singapore last night voted at a meeting to change its name to the Malayan National Seamen's Union.
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    10 YEARS OF COLONY ART
    89 4 AN exhibition of 10 years of art in Singapore will be held by the Singapore Art Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall on March 16. The object of the exhibition —to be called "Ten Years of Singapore Art"— ls to show the public that art
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    POLICE PICK UP DEAD TERRORIST
    71 4 POLICE PICK UP DEAD TERRORIST IPOH, Fri. The body of another terrorist has been found by a police Jungle squad in the Ijok Forest Reserve of the Selama area near Taiping. This is the third kill In this area during the last 10 days. There are only seven or eight
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    BANISHEE SAILS WITH HIS CHILDREN
    117 4 BANISHEE SAILS WITH HIS CHILDREN lIEW CHAX PE nanishee f rO mV lava, left SingapJ^ China in the Xj* yesterday with his^ children. s hr Lle-v had been in det*mw during the past two a Communist symnSS* His three children vSn* 1 (9).PookLlm Koo (18 month* had looked after by
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    Boy dies after road accident
    45 4 BUTT ERWORTH fa Abdul Rahman bin bin* died on the way to hosa? yesterday after a car hw knocked him down in C of Telok Ayer Tawar Mfc station. Abdul Rahman was wallfa with his parents when 5 accident occurred
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    Back to courts
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Ft: Mr. Chin Koon Seng. Chintsi Affairs Officer. Lower Perai is returning to Johore Bahr; to his former post as cot: interpreter
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    MUNIANDY (the man) vs. MUNIANDY (the god)
    175 4 'See who's stronger* court gives the answer BAGAN SERAI, Fri. A labourer offered to fight a Hindu deity whose name he bore and then broke its idol. In the Circuit Magistrate's Court here yesterday, Muniandy, 43, the labourer, was jailed for three months
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    A SUBMARINE BLASTS THE REDS
    53 4 A BRITISH submarine has for the first time in the Emergency joined the war against the terrorists in Malayan jungles. H.M.S. Thorough has returned from a daybreak bombardment of a terrorist area In Johore. The bombardment, directed by Lt. N. B. Dahl. gunnery officer, lasted
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    17-day jaunt in Siam for Radio Malaya team
    123 4 A RADIO MALAYA team will leave for Slam next week to make recordings of Siamese music and to gather material for radio programes. The trip Is part of a plan to promote cultural relations between Slam and Malaya as well as other
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    Vow the miners ask for minimum wage
    104 5 ,0 S AGAIN ON MONDAY jO BREAK DEADLOCK KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. iaDEBS <>i Malaya's 18,000 tin mine workers 10 demand a minimum wage structure nut-tint with the employers in Ipoh on an Mining Employers' Association -fa on j Kiation Mining claim foi P^
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    The touch and go houses...
    104 5 The touch and go houses IT I' ALA LUMPUR, Fri The Selangor Government is to demolish 46 houses at Kampong Satu here because they are a danger to aircraft using the Kua] a Lumpur airport. The occr. pants have been given 30 days to leave. A Civil Aviation Department spokesman
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    T.B. council to meet
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The council of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis will meet in Ipoh on March 17. Among the subjects to be discussed are MAPTB policy. X-ray for teachers and the •international union against tuberculosis.
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    Music, music
    28 5 The Seventh Day Adventist Church. Singapore, will hold a musical evening featuring orchestra, choir, piano and vocal selections at the church auditorium in Balestier Road, tonight.
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    Meumonia kills 12 in week
    25 5 MPUR. Fri. cued from veek endlE, according to Gov- tistics pub--73 reported uring the claimed «f.-.;n-..- and there were ;:ysentery.
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    'Goodbye'after stay of 36 years
    224 5 'Goodbye'after stay of 36 years BUT LINK WILL BE KEPT STILL \|R. G.P. ("TOMMY") ITI NOAKES— head of of Sime Darby's and director of 30 other companies and a Malayan of 36 years' residence is saying goodbye to it al. A crowd of Asian and European friends will be at
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    REUNION AFTER 11 LONG YEARS
    293 5  -  PETER de CRUZ By AN Englishman and a Chinese, who frequently courted death in the Malayan jungle 11 yean ago while operating with Force 136 against the Japanese, met again In Singapore yesterday. They were Peter Kent, comedian impressionist and former army captain who parachuted
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    M.R.N.V.R. MEN IN 'WAR' EXERCISE
    144 5 M.R.N.V.R. MEN IN 'WAR' EXERCISE SIX officers and 84 ratings from the M.R.N.V.R. will shortly go to "war" for the first time. As part of their training period they are being given berths aboard naval ships taking part in the air-sea exercises beginning in Malayan waters on March B. And
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    IN MEMORIAM
    162 5 Miners to contribute to $60,000 spire for dead policemen KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Members of the All-Malaya Chinese Mining Association arc to contribute towards a Federation Police Memorial Fund. They will give at the minimum rate of $10 a gravel pump. About 600 gravel pumps are being worked by
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    Pay rise for 800 in the NAAFI
    98 5 Pay rise for 800 in the NAAFI EIGHT hundred employees of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute in Singapore will get pay rises and other amenities as a result of an agreement signed yesterday between N.AA.F.I. and the Singapore Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union. The rises range from 50
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    More cash pledge
    63 5 The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday said that the Singapore Government was prepared, if necessary, to increase its annual $2 million grant to the University of Malaya for its expansion programme. Mr. Chew said this when he paid his first official visit to the
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      457 5 JM PEOPLE WHO KNOW Vm PIANOS CHOOSE THE STEIN WAY SOLE AGENTS ■Ma^HMHMMi^ KELLER PIANO CO. t ORCHARD ROAD, n IX < m jth *n SINGAPORE 9. »J U >£ IP) f^ I/I S?pogeB& in £&r second? rCHEMICoI K.- HOUSEHOLD CLEANSER J^//S^ A Chemico works like lightning, A-^^S//^"^^ >y carries
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      322 5 3 s^bfs.; j T r s 44o i 7r li) 1 5ssr= n ss ant 'KING'S: Forever and Ever REX enj^ crazy Horse 11, iCanionese) 1.15, 3.30, 7. 9.30; 1 45 4 6 30 9.30; Matinee Maitnee Pair Wind to Java Maste r of Ballantrae 9 a.m.; 10 ajn Midnight
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    26 6 20 Words $10 (minimum). EDWARD SCULLY Olga Scully nnd rest th; nk nil friends, relatives for ihrir condolences, wreaths, attendances, contributions in their recent bereavement.
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    DEATH
    48 6 CO Words $10 (minimum). ONG Ong Chene Pew age 81 years beloved Husband of Madam Chua Ah Lung passed away peacefully at 41 Selegie Rd. on 2-3-56 leaving behind 5 sons, 7 daughters. 2 daughters-in-law 7 Scns-in-law and 25 grandchildren. Funeral on Sunday, 4-3-56 at 11 a.m.
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    36 6 20 Wortt $2.50 (minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, i Singapore. 8 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 10 (off Orchard Road). Sunday Services and Sunday School 10. 30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays 7 p.m.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    163 6 20 Wordt tit (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. MANAGING DIRECTOR seeks efficient secretary Air-condition-ed office, pieplant atmosphere, thanks to Air -wick, the wonderful alr-freshenint, discovery. ASK FOR S.K. and you will be buying Britain s Best
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    STRAITS TIMES Singapore, Sat. Mar. 3, 1956. The Other Merdeka
    611 6 STRAITS TIMES Singapore, Sat. Mar. 3, 1956. The Other Merdeka The demand by the National Union of Plantation Workers for a new wage agreement with the M.P.I.E.A. will turn attention to Federation labour problems which have been submerged by the prosperity of dollar-plus rubber and the success of the merdeka
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    Bus Fares
    342 6 The proposed new scale of S.T.C. bus fares will certainly be unpopular. It will double the cost of an eight mile journey. However Mr. S. Jaganathan was being too enthusiastic a trade union leader when he warned that the proposed scales would justify a demand for wage increases.
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    Trial In Jakarta
    214 6 The trial in Jakarta of two Dutchmen charged with subversive activity against the State of Indonesia is being watched outside that country with more than ordinary interest. They were arrested two years ago. There have been intermittent reports of ill-treatment in jail which the Indonesian authorities have
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    As I was saying..
    1049 6  -  CYNICUS by IT might be unfair to 1 suggest that Singapore's Chief Minister thrives on crisis. Perhaps it is crisis that thrives on the Chief Minister. They are beginning, at any rate, to be good companions. It is a thought that makes an otherwise straightforward newspaper
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    8 6 ITINERANT MENDER— Photo by Terence Khoo.
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    CHANGI MEMORIES
    853 6 MALAYSiA* WHEN people list the more pleasing examples of Singapore architecture they generally, and perhaps deliberately, forget to mention Changi prison. Prisons seldom figure in illustrations of architectural design for obvious reasons. Yet the pattern of prisons in Malaya, at once functional and traditional, deserves some notice and
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    115 6 From the Straits Times of March 8, 1906: mHE latest projected en--1 terprise in Singapore is the construction of a new market at Tanjong Katong. And. if it is successfully carried out the scheme will be of great benefit to the inhabitants of this popular seaside resort,
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      591 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. MR. ii MRS. O. P. NOAKES, m.v. "Asia". P.P.C. 3rd March. 1956. 2d Word* tU (minimum) BROWN To Renee and Gordon at Penang on Ist March, c (iauuhter, both well. TALBOT: To Cathie and Joe at Bungsar Hospital on Feb. 28th, a daughter. Mother and Baby both wen.
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      324 6 A the value for mon "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Jj Invitation to the Dane* t "Modem \»u from Swtda (Weboc) Giro; I'll remer-br Forsa del Destino Overture n ver knew: I (Verdi) I A me Domnerus N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra ft Quartet cond. Arturo Toscanmi^ J "Concerto to, Clarinet' •Little 1 Fugue:
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    No bias in the MCS: Tengku
    227 7 MTUC ATTACKS MALAYS aw v* POLICY AMD GETS A PLEDGE FROM GOVT. fISG KEONG: I CANNOT DO ANYTHING NOW, iSIONS ARE TOLD KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THK Chief MM*£ Tengku Abdul Rahman, 1 tssured the Malayan Trade Union Council t0( jay that the Federation Government
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    'BUYER' STOLE A TANK
    107 7 AN OLD British Army tank a relic of pre-war days was the subject yesterday of a theft charge against Chua Hay Toon in the Singapore Fifth Police Court. The court was told that it was worth $500. It was stolen from a private car dump In
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    Back from a 4-month tour
    52 7 •fr. Samuel Chu. an executive assistant of National Carbon (Eastern* Ltd., re- turned with his wife to Singapore by air yesterday after a four-month tour of the UniUd States and Britain. They visited the firm's plant in lowa, which makes 95 per cent of America's
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    Murder charge
    35 7 Tay Bee Kuan, 21, was remanded in custody after he was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with the murder of One Sin Cheok in Lorong 8. Geylang at midnight on Feb. 10.
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    The problem HOW TO STOP LYING The truth YOU CAN'T STOP IT
    464 7  - The problem HOW TO STOP LYING The truth YOU CAN'T STOP IT CHIA POTEIK By I EADERS of non- Christian sects in Singapore suggested ways yesterday to end lying in court by witnesses who do not take an oath on the Bible. A magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, had complained
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    Union dinner
    11 7 The Malay Seamen's Union, Singapore will celebrate Its tonight.
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    HERBERT MORRISON ONE OF 'MERDEKA JUDGES'
    229 7 Six British MPs due on March 13 to see if Singapore is ready for independence VIR HERBERT MORRISON, former Labour Foreign Secretary, will be one of the six-man British Parliamentary delegation which is coming to Singapore to observe the Colony's readiness for independence. The
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    WITHERING FIRE AGAINST STC
    233 7 They all oppose higher bus fares TTHE Singapore Trac- tion Company's proposal to increase fares, to meet higher expenditure caused by higher wages, has run into a withering fire of opposition. The STC Employees' Union, adding its voice to that of other employees unions, called on
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    Alice takes court to wonderland
    134 7 MAGISTRATE: ALL CHANGE HERE A SINGAPORE magistrate yesterday made his court smile when he said: "I feel like Alice in Wonderland." Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn made this remark when referring to evidence given under cross-examina-tion by Detective-Corporal Llm Peng Khoon. the main prosecution witness in
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    A concert
    39 7 The University of Malaya Music Society will present a concert of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast' 1 with choir and orchestra at the university's Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Cluny Road, Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. on March 10 and 11.
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    EX-SOLDIERS SAY NOT ENOUGH
    72 7 EX-SOLDIERS SAY NOT ENOUGH Unemployed Asian exservicemen will hold a meetIng next Wednesday to discuss allowances paid to them by the Ex-Services Association of Singapore. Mr. K.N. John, convenor of the meeting, said yesterday that he thought unemployed Asian ex-servicemen were not being given sufficient allowances. "Those who register with
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    Business trip
    36 7 Mr W. A. Van Wassdijk, head of the laboratories of Messrs. Van Der Heem M. V. Holland, manufacturers of Erres radio and television appliances, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday on a business trip.
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    SILENT SEAMAN'S SECRET
    205 7 'I am from Singapore 9 claim at border ALL the way from Australia to Hong Kong, Choy Tim, a deportee, remained silent. He had been deported as an illegal Immigrant and was bound for China. Only when he stood on the border did Choy Tim open his
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    Hospital tour
    27 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Fri The Federal Principal Matron. Miss M. Hooper, is now touring the East Coast inspecting hospitals, dispensaries and clinics. She arrived here yesterday.
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    AMERICAN WAS SOBER BEFORE DEATH FALL
    268 7 AMERICAN WAS SOBER BEFORE DEATH FALL Inquest told of 'toppling sound 9 OOBERT STEVENS, 30, of the American Consulate, was "very sober" shortly before he fell to his death from the fifth floor of the Cathay Building last Sunday morning during a farewell party for Mr. William Keough, a vice-consul,
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    Shell plans $16 million expansion
    94 7 Shell plans $16 million expansion SHELL Company will spend $16 million this year to re-model and expand its oil installations and depots in Singapore, the Federation and North Borneo. The company's operations manager, Mr. L. V. Taylor, yesterday said this amount did not include capital expenditure on the firm's Pulau
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    On way to SEATO
    57 7 Air Marshal Sir John McCauley, Chief of Air Staff. Royal Australian Air Force, ai rived in Singapore yesterday on his way to the SEATO talks in Karachi. During his overnight stay here, Sir John was the guest of the C.-in-C, Far East Land Forces, Gen Sir
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    DEATH
    181 7 RICHARDS— The death took place at the General Hospital on Friday, 2nd. March. 1956, of Con.nance Ursula Richards inee Webb i after a brief illness. Deeply mourned by her loving children, thildren-in-law and grandchildren. Cortege leaves 372. Telok Kurau Rd.. at 4.45 p.m. {or the Church of the Holy
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      68 7 <K plump and full of flavour- •Y f e Bachelors P.as all rigW l '-> you taste fhem you'll d^B*[^^^^^ kno« they're Ihe best peas you've n^fiMflMM ««ten. JU H ever eat I vffi^^f'VkA *V >- no .thing, too, Bfi±9fltfH J*««e they M nch In protein. ■MHll^iH h them today
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      69 7 A woman's^L^ *^fe home is her fts*} Pride and 3 Protect yours with the best PLUMBING and SANITARY FITTINGS /J^^k WATTS &l \^or d ait co i m 304N 0RCHARD BAIVCK LI IS RD TEL. ***** You can see that PERSIL WASHES WHITER BBK B^F ■^H-w l^B^B^T *r\ 4 T*\
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    A LAME EXCUSE
    16 8 And it clears a man who was charged with driving a car drunk
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    A very personal account of a very big case
    599 8  -  PATRICIA MORGAN IF YOU HEARD SIR HARTLEY AS I HEARD SIR HARTLEY, WELL, BLACK COULD HAVE BEEN WHITE (ALMOST) By ■■■•1 THE SCENE: Singa- 5 pore's Court of Appeal. I THE QUESTION, in essence, tor decision. The disposition of a I
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    OPIUM
    49 8 Churches will investigate rpHE Malayan Christian 1 Council in Singapore is to set up a study group, representing all churches, to investigate the issues arising over the controversy to legalise the sale of opium. The aim of the Council is to establish a united opinion of all Christians.
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    Pope's birthday
    21 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Roman Catholics throughout Malaya today celebrated the 80th birthday of the Pope with special church services.
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      224 8 A challenge to att uwccff electiic sfuwets/ Shave as usual tomorrow morning and then make this test Go to your Ronson Dealer and at skin level. And the tougher try the new Ronson Electric the beard, the quicker it goes. Shaver. At once, you'll hear it shaving off bristles you
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      311 8 DINE, V/INE 4 /■|S. H <Fo "y Aircondition,,,, "^n^ mnW T^ e Nightingale of the oneft,0 neft 1 [J Wh W S ng f r you k j N^ nightly in the BALL ROOm »^,^s* We specialise in 1(lx iJPP'V I FROM HONGKONG. Entli k "m^ 1; 1 Continental dish.s
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      448 8 RADIO MALAYA P^ 110 Playtime; 7.30 News; 7.35 A Date With Music; 8.00 News Head(•Profruiunn thus marked can lines; 8.02 A Date With Music: be received by listeners in 8.30 9.00 HospKals Half Hour: Malacca). (380 Metre* and 49 metres) (Short wave 49 and 62m. Medium P.M. 10.00—10.15 Home News
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES. Dream story spread when St. Andrew's was built
    1553 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES. Dream story spread when St. Andrew's was built 1 Only bishop in Asia 1 founded church m ANDREWS CATHEDRAL, fronting the sea at O Singapore, its tapering spire crowned by a burning scarlet light from nightfall, is one of the city's outstanding monuments, a steadfast landmark
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      60 9 &GUARDJ r p it Drop if jtguord Spill-proof! M \ix obou'o y«or'» supply o»peinlttyl»» „«K jeWpo""" infill* .l^^u! co'OM nvtcr fou homi 0» O^ICE I I! 7ODAYI r, honl« r Skn» a Pen Stockist m I in Safely lEMBER TO JLL-CREAM I WEPED MILK I I fy 81 .IWLS '1
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      183 9 FURTHER REDUCTIONS NEW FEATURES IN LADIiS MEMS DtPTS. i BLOUSE BOUTIQUE— NEW STOCKS IN i CONTINENTAL STYLES. WASSIAMULLS HIGH ST SPORE AbdullA NUMBER SEVEN Mm VIRGINIA CIGARETTES Feoermtlon Price Sm&MH P*fC£- 45 cena. r^7GOOOsh° eS the o \_J__^~^jßßnf&^\ DURATAKf SOLES AND HEELS JMk W J Had* in England mk PHILLIPS
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      172 9 Hex Morgan* >f.H. Too much to drink CT+lHHlfltfl^^'jF? F AAISTEC- WII Ml ||i M>U I'M 888 I /WHAT'S iF VOuT> GfT CLOSE TD WiM^^H I HHJB__r > LET wE wEIP I CAN'T 6O TO SLEEP HERE J^S ■< WDOM6 ?/I yOU'D KNOW TOO MUCH T O^H LJ Ab u&kLc l-"^
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    COLONY POLITICS AGAIN QUIETEN LOCAL SHARE MARKET
    367 10 COLONY POLITICS AGAIN QUIETEN LOCAL SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent AVER the last few days the Singapore Share Market has become more than unusually quiet and a contributing factor has been the political uncertainty which is developing again in the Colony. Operators have undoubtedly been influenced by I the
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    179 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharre* or expected today are: Asia I|2, Dardanus 4 5 Semlramls 1 C.P., Anchlses 67. TJisadane 89. Cyclops 11. Ocean Mara *****. Hal Hing 18, Maetsuycker *****. Scudal N. Wall 6. Salong N. Wall 8, Sedenak 22, Bentong 23. Kota Ageong
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 March lint grade rabber bayers f .o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 86 *i cents per Ib. down one-elgth of a cent on Thursday's closing price. The nloslng tone was easier. Closinc prices in cento per were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 9674. sellers 97\ (nominal); No.
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    Lock icon NEW TUBELESS TYRE ANNOUNCED
    112 10 NEW YORK. Pri. A tubeless tyre with nylon tyre cord reputed to have twice the strength of ordinary tyres and to be the first passenger car tyre with an eightply rating has been announced by U.S. Rubber Company. The new tyre was termed the "world's strongest
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    Rubbermart is very sensitive
    468 10 AFTER the continuous downward movement in rubber of many weeks, the halt in the downward trend during the period under review was a welcome relief, state Holiday Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., in their current review. There was better trade enquiry but factory interest was still small,
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    195 10 The Malayan Sharr Brokers Association reported: "Quiet conditions prevailed in all sections of the local share market." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:- Fraser «nd Neave ords. $1.72. $1.70; Gammon $2.17 12, $2.20; W. Hammer $2.75. $2.72 i 2 cd; Jackson and O*. $1.35;
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    Lock icon TIN PLATE PRICE MAY INCREASE?
    66 10 NEW YORK, Fri. Some quarters predict tinplate prices may be raised by the end of the next week with effect from April 1 for the usual six-month contractual period. They believe an interim price rise Is possible since steel industry' wage negotiations are expected to
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.90 H for cash and 5.95 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.70 and one tael of cold at 253',.
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    87 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOUrsp Investment, trading Wafc m;^] numoenng nses "linings trading prices firmed. 3 uraniums km prices higher, m pressure mcrea-ed downward trend some falls Loans 3V, 1906-59 t 94 Loans 3V. 1955-58 £9! Con. Zinc. Bank of N.S.W Mount Lvcll N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan i!''. P«*o
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 Singapore Chinese Pr^. change: noon prices yesterday were: Copra: quiet: Marc) buyers, $27 sellers- r 1 buyers, $27- sellers. (i» oil: quiet: bulk ~4 drum $43', ,-ellers p., steady; Muntok wb wak $131, special Saratai a $96 (unchanged i. Singapore Copra Aswut, p.m. prices: Straits ir. March $27
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    TIN CONTROL
    40 10 The Federation Ciomumr.. published in Kuala I umw filiations for the adminK.-t of the proposed Inlenutimal Control scheme as it will Malaya. The regulations providr fir setting up of regional romw and a central ronuniltrt t the scheme.
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      642 10 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby gi\*n that I. 81m Kiong Mong Managing Director of Messrs. CHIN HUAT CHAN CO. LTD. of 30A North Canal Road. Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices. Singapore, for a Wholesale Dealers Licence In respect of Premises No. 30A North Canal Road. Singapore and
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      394 10 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTICE NOTICE 18 HEREBY OIVEN that I. E. ELLEKJAR Of No. 24. Dalvey Road, Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a Wholesale Dealer's Liquor Licence in re&pect of premises No. 23/25. Salboo Street, Singapore, and that this application will be heard in the
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      390 10 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OWEN that I. WEE ENG CHYE, of 52, Amoy street Singapore. 1, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a Retail Dealer's Licence m respect of premises at 52 Amoy Street Singapore 1 and that this application will be heard in the Court
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      872 10 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. TEO THUANO HAI, Sole Proprietor of Geylang Provision Store of 862/864 Geylang Road, Singapore have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices. Singapore for a wholesale Dealer's licence in respect of Premises No. 862/864 Geylang Road, Singapore and that this application will be
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      350 10 I Public Announcements NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that 1. LIM TEOW HONO of Eng Leong Chyc Kee. 29. Killiney Road. Spore have apolied to the Board of Licensing Justices. Singapore, for a Wholesale Dealer's Licence in respect of Premises No. 29, Killiney Road. Singapore, and that this application will
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      355 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service HtOM CANADA/ U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DATS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swer Penan. fre» [lisatxrhSakke tailed 6 Mar* 14 Mar 15 Mar bfertm. Bakke 1 Ma. 6 Ap. 8 Apr 9 Apr Kristin Bakk* 18 Ape 18 Ma. 20 May 21 May Anna Bakke
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      1237 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** MABBMAM BDCKMALL KLAVEMESS LINB AftiMM uAWsta umMtu IOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, LONDON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM, p ORTLANDj SEATTLE ft VANCOUVIP and for U-S^NorE Atlantic Ports C t l Somfh ond Conoda and via Colombo Amenco CITT OF POONA CASTLEV.LLE Spore P. S'hom Penong Spore
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      OPIUM AND MORAL DECAY
      202 12 OPIUM AND MORAL DECAY mHE opium question has X aroused great concern among the public. It is a pity not many have written against the intended lifting Of the ban. Condoning an evil will certainly not eradicate it. It is equivalent to giving full licence to spread it. If opium
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      Job for the union
      118 12 •/CHIVALRY" has sug\j gested that "Indignant Mother" immediately appeal to the nominated European City Councillors lor steps to be taken to end the overtime work of the latter's daughter, and C. K. Neo that redress from the Liberal Socialist Party be sought. I would, however, suggest,
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      LESS JAWBONE, MORE BACKBONE
      436 12 IREAD with interest the essays by schoolchildren recorded in your columns. Some of them, indeed, show such maturity that one wonders if they really are as autogenous as they should be. However, my main reaction is one of fear. The present world is overful of talk;
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      Fear of tax check
      224 12 Fear of tax check YOUR report that tne seX nior investigation officer of the Federal Income Tax Department has demanded from certain wealthy people in Penang certified statements of their assets and liabilities, including details of personal and domestic expenditure. U most shocking. This is detrimental to the economic interest
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        HARD ON TAX-PAYER
        95 12 AFTER Dr. Benham's revision of salaries and wages to monthly and daily-rated employees of Government in 1950. still further demands by workers* unions have t<3 be met. This shows it is high time for the Federation Government to set up a commission to go into the position
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        Raring on the radio
        34 12 MAY I suggest that Radio Malaya should give us racing commentaries on Wednesday too? There are thousands of us who are interested, even though we are not punters. SUBSCRIBER Singapore
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        Citizenship for service
        30 12 MAY I offer an alternate solution to the Tengku's total mobilisation. I suggest compulsory National Service, in return, the Government to grant automatic citizenship. STRATEGIST Kuala Lumpur.
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        Not the right amusement
        72 12 Not the right amusement T AST evening I attended for my amusement one of our leading cinemas. For the payment of $3 I received not amusement but a very high temperature Turkish bath. May I request tbat cinema managements before allowing patrons to purchase tickets place a notice stating if
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        Government privilege?
        48 12 MAY I ask why it is that from time to time one reads about labourers' quarters on estates not conforming to the requirements of the Labour Department, but one never hears of Government Departments being in trouble for housing their labourers in dilapidated hovels? JR. Pahanc
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        Qualifications too
        107 12 Qualifications too high YOUR editorial "Labour on •I the dole" is Interesting from the viewpoint of an unemployed educated man. Under-employment is always better than nothing. I am a science graduate with some industrial experience and once held a responsible position. I have been registered with the employment exchange for
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        Another way to 'squeeze'
        56 12 SOME of the bus conductors of the North Eastern Transport Company. Kelantan, take extra money from passengers. If a passenger has not the exact amount some conductors deduct five cents or ten cents and make the excuse that they have no small change. This Is done
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        Cheese it
        34 12 IF "M a 1 a c c a" were changed into "Melaka," it would lose its smell in a product wellknown throughout the world. That would be a great pity. BLACHAN. Singapore.
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        The wrong impression
        63 12 I AM reported in "The Straits Times" of Wednesday, February 29 as having said that a calls difference in colour and shape from its parent could be due partly to mental impressions during pregnancy. The majority of your readers will appreciate that I said no such thing
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        Support for a referendum
        38 12 1 SHARE the thought of "Common Citizen" with regard to the future of Singapore that a referendum be held before demanding immediate independence or deciding other issues of vital importance. S. C. NAIR. Singapore.
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        The cheek of the English
        58 12 ONE signing himself "30 Years Resident" had the Impertinence to write all Englishmen, in which I include the Scots, Irish and Welsh." I would be interested to know if this statement is due to the Englishman's well-known love of causing inter-racial ill feeling, or is
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      693 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TECHNICIANS, Telecommunications Department, Singapore. Salary Scale: •137.50x7.60-167.50/ Ist Technician's Exam./220x15-340/ 2nd Technlclana Exatn/355x15-475 pjn. Total emoluments for candidates with minimum qualification of passed Form IV (Std. VHI) ln an Bngliah School shall be $171.88 pjn. and (or School Certificate •180.63 pjn. Aft: 17-23. JUNIOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS, Telecommunications Department.
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      798 13 NOTICES SOUTHERN KINTA CONSOLIDATED, LIMITED (Incorporated in England) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Directors have declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND on account of the year ending 31st March, 1956. of nine point six pence (9.6 d.) per share less Income Tax at Ss. 6d. In the This dividend Is declared
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    627 14 DYZANTIUM ran on strongly to finish third with 8.7 to Beechnut over 7f. last Saturday. Over Bif., a distance nearer his requirements, this Orthodox gelding stands out in a moderate Class 2 field in Race Four. Byzantium came with a fair staying record in
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    GOING GOOD AT PENANG
    48 14 rE going at Penang op to last evening was good. The Treble Tote will be held on Races Three, Five and Six. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Six. Radio Malaya will broadcast a commentary on all the races at Penang today.
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    Maori Chief for the Cup
    300 14 THE RECORD HOLDER HAS COME RIGHT AGAIN WATCH BOY GARYTH WHO'S ALSO BEEN SAVED FOR TODAY By EPSOM JEEP MAORI CHIEF was scratched from his 7-f run last week and the Kedah Cup over B}f. (Race Five) today, concluding day of the Penang Turf Club
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    100 14 EPSOM Bace 1. I.tO. LA BONDS Banker Boy LA BONDS Banker Boy LA BONDS Dragon Year Race I. 3.35. THE WHISTLES Mickey Hove Actor II MICKEY MOUSE The .Whistler Melbourne Hope ACTOR II Mickey Moose The Whistler Race S. PROJECTOR SUverfort Py—ty KINGBBEAU Projector Leonora PROJECTOR KingabeM
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    696 14 Race 1 3.00: Class 2, Div. I—61 6 Furs. 1 132 Banker Boy 6y Oeyer 8.13 C.P.R. Stable Martin 2 151 La B«nile Sy Hudson 5.12 Newlands Stable Baftby 3 902 Drag-on Year 5y J.Jones 8.08 P. H. Tan A K. H. Quek Bagby 4 Pearl City
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    LA RONDE SHOULD WIN FOR BAGBY
    175 14 rIS (Race C«ne) isßagby's race and pick of his trio may be La Ronde. This five-year-old has obviously been saved for the second run he was withdrawn on the course on Wednesday. La Ronde may be a top- flight sprinter in the making. He
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    CYCLIST FOR GAMES IS SCRA AIM
    263 14 to send OINGAPORE Cycle Racing AssoO elation are still determined to send a representative to the Olympic Games at Melbourne in November. But S.C.R.A. president Boh Ghee Soon told members at a meeting held at s.A.P.A. clubhouse yesterday that the Singapore Olympic and Sports
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      ARMY CAN FIELD STRONG SIDE AGAIN FOR SENIOR CRICKET
      537 14  - ARMY CAN FIELD STRONG SIDE AGAIN FOR SENIOR CRICKET JOHN MARKS By TTHE ARMY have been A able to field formidable teams in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament during the past few seasons and this year will be no exception. For the tournament this season they will be able
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      Dockyard's 2-1 lead was spur to Marines
      241 14 Dockyard's 2-1 lead was spur to Marines MARINE DEPARTatI MENT, last year's Invincibles in Singapore League and Senior Cup soccer, lost their record in the first match this season to Tigers for the Haw Par Cup last Sunday. Yesterday Marines all but went under in their first league match of
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      Juniors to test Cup men in May
      234 14 Juniors to test Cup men in May MALAYA'S three leading Junior badminton players. Singapore's Robert Lim. Selangor's Sau Seong Kok and Penang's Teh Kew San. together with M. Sadali of Singapore have been selected to represent the Thomas Cup probables against four members of last year's Malayan Thomas Cup team
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      JB Malays are champs
      113 14 JOHORE BAHRU won the South Malays triangular hockey meet when they beat Negri Sembilan 2-0 on the padang yesterday. On Thursday they beat Singapore's La t iff Wanderers 5-1 and today's final game (Latin vs Negri) will not alter the result of the tournament. Kartm, who
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      KOSB ROUT AFS
      45 14 King's Own Scottish Borderers beat 19 A.F.S. 6-2 in a first-round tie of the Army Cup competition at Changi yesterday. Borderers, who led 4-1 at half time, scored through Maf&e (3), Bryce. Nesbitt and Bennett. Nordio and Arshad scored for 19 A.P.B.
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      FATHUL KARIB WIN 441
      112 14 Fathul Karlb beat Woodbridge Hospital 4-0 In a SAFA Dlv. 2A fixture on the M.F.A. ground yesterday. Bahar Hussien and Ibrahim Hanifa scored two goals each. In the other Div. 2A match played at Gcy'.ang Stadium. Sukaramal beat Star Soccerites 'A' 4-1. Gymkhana Sports Club beat
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      173 14 Week-end sports diary HOCKEY TODAY South M»Uys TrianruUr: L»tifT Wanderers v Nefri, BaJestier SOCCER Road. S.AJ.A. League; Dhr. SB: St. TAUABBAW John 1 B.C. v T.B.A. .GeyUn E XUMWIUWIW Police "A" t R.E.C.A.; Thomson TOMORROW Road, Tmmpenls Borer, v Dock- BOCCEB yard "A", Jalan DcMi 4 p.m.; channel Cud: Singapore
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