The Straits Times, 27 March 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times New*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1956 15 CENTS
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    MARSHALL: SECRET POLL USELESS
    213 1 A SECRET merdeka re- ierendum in Singapore would be completely useless, "nief Minister. Mr. Marshall, said yesterday He added: "The result rould not be known till :ter next month's in;ence talks in London." The call for a secret referendum was made yesterday by 95 voters of
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    MERDEKA: 3 BARRIERS
    250 1 Jennings; Singapore Uto small. so important— and you seek changes so soon But hope of clearing them is good I\ OR JENNINGS, one of the British constitutional experts who will advise a pore on the road to merdeka. arrived in olony yesterday and pointed out three k
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    HALFWAY THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH
    328 1 HALFWAY THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH THE merdeka mission to London next month will keep an open mind and will be prepared to hear and j act on suggestions I from the Colonial Office but Singapore will not accept *'half i wav" independence. The Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, said this
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    Malayan $ falls
    91 1 Malayan falls No alarm IX>R trie first time in 15 •T months the Malayan dollar fell yesterday against sterling. However, it still remains at normal-top in relation to sterling and leading Malayan banker, Mr. G. A. Sutherland, said yesterday he could nci see it drifting to lower levels in view
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    Lock icon Royal rioter
    46 1 LONDON, Mon. Several London newspapers today carried a picture of an antiBritish demonstration In Athens in which one of the participants was identified as Crown Prince Constantlne, the son of King Paul. Prince Constantine is a second cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh— UP.
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    Lock icon Bomb in yard
    26 1 ATHENS, Mon.— Police are Investigating the explosion of a bomb in the courtyard at the home of the British consul at Rhodes— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Devon Loch fell at 'ghost fence'
    180 1 FILM CLUE TO AINTREE MISHAP LONDON, Monday. AN attempt to Jump a "ghost fence" appears to have caused the fall of the Queen Mother's Devon Loch when in sight of victory in the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, on Saturday. Extracts from a
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    Lock icon Siam's big welcome for Tengku
    120 1 Siam's big welcome for Tengku BANGKOK. Mon. Al9-GUN salute boomed over Bangkok today to greet Tengku Abdul Rahman on his two-day visit to forge bonds of friendship between Siam and an independent i Malaya. Awaiting him at the airport were the Prime Minister Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, other ministers and
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    Lock icon The long wait
    28 1 WELLINGTON, Mon. A man injured in a football match 30 years ago died yesterday in the hospital where he had remained paralysed ever since. Reuter.
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    400 fans leave Mr. Emotion limp
    369 1 400 fans leave Mr. Emotion limp WILD TEENAGERS GIVE ROUGH WELCOME TO 'PRIMCE OF WAILS' JOHNNIE RAY flew J into Singapore yesterday and was mobbed by a crowd of more than 400 screaming, semihysterical teenagers. Yelling "Johnnie, Johnnie." the youngsters broke through a police guard line in the lobby of
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    Colony jeers for the Queen
    410 1 CATCALLS, MERDEKA BY SCHOOL CHILDREN DURING ROtAL TOUR FILM, SAYS CINEMA-GOER SINGAPORE school children Jeered, catcalled and shouted "merdeka" while watching a film of the Queen's tour of Nigeria. Mrs. Patricia Raymond, of Royal Road, who was in the I cinema, said yesterday: "At every
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    Lock icon STUDENT STRIKERS BACK
    69 1 MIRI, Sarawak, Mon. I About 90 out of 152 "striking" j students at a Chinese middle school here went back to their classes today following a Government ultimatum on Friday that all those who did not return would be expelled. The students struck on Friday for a
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    Lock icon INDONESIA HAS FIRST ELECTED RULERS
    164 1 INDONESIA HAS FIRST ELECTED RULERS JAKARTA, Mon. INDONESIA began a new chapter in her short history today when President Soekarno installed the republic's first elected parliament. In an impressive ceremony in what was once a Dutch officers' club, President Soekarno dissolved the five-year-old provisional parliament and installed the 269--member House
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    Lock icon Terror chief going home
    42 1 LONDON. Mon. General Ivan Serov, Soviet secret police chief In Britain to check on security arrangements for the visit next month of the Soviet leaders. I said yesterday he would be returning to Russia "very i soon." Reuter
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    Ports official warns union
    387 1 Ports official warns union PO R T SWETTEN--1 HAM, Mon. The Malayan Railway's Chief Ports Manager, Mr. H. P. Shailes, warned today that if the "work to rule" campaign at the wharves continued it would mean the total eclipse of Port Swettenham. In a circular addressed to the staff of
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    STOP PRESS
    21 1 clash in qms fight Police broke up ficht bnnMag saapfJOT opposite <:h»nc> J»U '<'• la«.t night. Four men Hfic detained.
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    Lock icon Off to the fair
    36 1 HONG KONG, Mon. A 30--menioer group of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce left today by train for China to visit the current Czech and Chinese exhibitions in Canton. A.P.
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    Famine in China
    30 1 HONG KONG, Mon. The official New China News Agency today revealed that there is a "spring famine" in China. It added that food shortages were still localised."
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    CHEQUES FOR MM PRIZE WINNERS
    39 1 Prize winners in the Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won Puiile Contest for February will receive tbeir cheques today. There was no claim for re-scrutiny. MM for March has another $20,000 Contest. Get your copy NOW.
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    Press told: Don't report this
    184 2 Press told: Don't report this PORT SWETTENHAM, Mon. REPORTERS covering the emergency meeting of the Port Swettenham branch of the National Union of Railwaymen tonight were asked not to publish certain remarks by a union member who had criticised the union's demand for a "closed she?* and the subsequent "work
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    Lock icon MALAYA NO THREAT TO H.K. YET
    98 2 MALAYA NO THREAT TO H.K. YET HONG KONG, Mon. Malaya will not in the near future be able to proauce goods competitive wltn those made here, Mr. U Tat Chee, president of the Hong Kong Manulacturers' Union said today. "Malaya will continue to buy Hong Kong goods for many years
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    Lock icon Could be worse
    23 2 LONDON. Mon. The Times today expressed the opinion that Indonesia t financial and economic problems could become more serious.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 5 Reds held
    26 2 VIENNA, Mon.— Five Yugoslavs who tried to force a Yugoslav political refugee to return home will be charged with blackmail and coercion. _A.P.
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    'WE MUST STOP THIS ABUSE OF THE BRITISH'
    206 2 'WE MUST STOP THIS ABUSE OF THE BRITISH' Mr. M: It's colonialism I'm against PRO-BRITISH senti- ments expressed during Singapore's merdeka campaign met with "too little regard," said the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday. Claiming this, Mr. Marshall said too many people in the Colony were incapable of distinguishing
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    ASSEMBLY CUPBOARD HAS GIN NOW
    212 2 ASSEMBLY CUPBOARD HAS GIN NOW THe House Committee of the Singapore Assembly has decided to keep sherry and gin in the Assembly "cupboard." They have not included beer in the order list because it is already available on the premises. Minutes of the last House Committee meeting, released yesterday, record
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    Lock icon Sliding death
    22 2 SANTOS. Brai The second violen' of March struck this coffee port on Satnrdg night and a landslide 25 persons— AP.
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    SHUN! FOR A GENERAL—BANDSMEN STRIKE THE RIGHT NOTE
    80 2 SHUN! FOR A GENERAL— BANDSMEN STRIKE THE RIGHT NOTE THE Ist. Bn. the Northern Rbodesian Regt., which leaves for Rhodesia on Wednesday, yesterday held a farewell parade at the jangle Training Centre ne.tr Kota Tinggi A message was read from Gen. Sir Charles Loewen. C-in-C. FARELF, congratulating: the men who
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    3 SINGAPORE BUSINESSMEN ARE JAILED
    189 2 TPHREE Singapore businessmen were sentenced by L Mr. Justice Taylor in the Assize Court yesterday to terms of imprisonment ranging from tour to five years for trafficking in counterfeit Indonesian currency notes. Two. Poh Chat Chong and Choon Pan Cheng, were found guilty on two
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    Divorce for wife who left hubby
    113 2 Divorce for wife who left hubby A YOUNG woman told Mr. Justice Whitton in the Singapore High Court yesterday that she had to leave her husband because he could not earn enough to support her. She was Lee Kirn Choon, who sued her husband, Tan Soon Guan, for divorce on
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    Lock icon H.K. chides Malayans
    53 2 HONG KONG. MOD British-owned South Chins Morning Post today criticised Malayans for recent protest, against recruiting Hong Kong doctors when they had not enough of t.'ieir own. The paper said -absurd" to su doctors who have p Honk Kong to the I mainland might Ind Malaya with
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      Cruel to a croc—man is fined $17
      195 2 Cruel to a croc man is fined $17 YEW DELHI. A citizen here has been fined £2 ($l7) for being cruel to a crocodile. An officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told the magistrate's court that the crocodile was tied to a table with ropes
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      Lock icon Got a 'spare' heart, doc to
      47 2 |kc Alt"' 1 1 veNterday that surgeons should pvi-iitu.ill> patients by providing then, with "spare par; He predicted that the next major h btttil would he the replacement of fatlinc orcanv prop ,il> and kidneys, with others which functioned I Reutrr.
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    Lock icon MALENKOV IS UNCLE GEORGP IN LANCASHIRE
    271 3 LONDON, Monday MR. (iEORGI MALENKOV, former Soviet premier, yesterday embarked on a spectalar tour of Lancashire, giving sweet* to uldren, chocolates to a honeymoon couple ,nd dandling a baby in his arms. Mr. Malenkov. who is leading a delegation of ngineers on a tour
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    Boyd wants Malta in Commons
    132 3 Boyd wants Malta in Commons LONDON. Mon. T British Government >aid today it was in acting en a report provided lor direct ntatlon of Malta in i use of Commons. olonial Secretary Mr LennOß Boyd. said the merit unconditionally J the report, made by -party conference provides for Malta, now
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    Lock icon US DIM VIEW OF US FILMS
    51 3 WASHINGTON, Mon.— A fpnate sub-committee investigating juvenile deliquency laid in a report today that Af-re increasingly em- phasising sadism. brutality »nd violence. The sub-committee opposed any official censorship of i films, but called for an overhaul of the industry's own motion picture production code—
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    Mamie is still the best
    49 3 NEW YORK. Mon. The New York Fashion Academy yesterday named Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, for the fourth year running, as the best dressed woman In public life. The academy's selections also included two other last year winners Grace Kelly and Margaret Truman— Rev- I ter
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    Lock icon Penman Peron
    26 3 SANTIAGO, Mon.— General Peron, exiled Argentine dictator, has written a book— "Force is the Right of Beasts "It will be published next week.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Brush-off for a lion—and look, ho doesn't even turn a hair
    39 3 Brush-off for a lion— and look, ho doesn't even turn a hair ROTA, sii Winston Churchill's lion, which died recently, has been stuffed Here Mr. Derek Courtney, a taxidermist, is shown combing the whiskers on Rota's chin. A.P. picture.
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    Missionary insane — counsel
    127 3 Missionary insane counsel SUVA. Mon. /COUNSEL for Reginald *~> Poole. young English missionary convicted of murdering a native boy in the Solomon Islands last year, told the Appeal Court here today new medical evidence would show Poole to have been insane at the time. Poole. 23. who comes from Stoke-on-Trent,
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    Lock icon Sheep record
    20 3 WELLINGTON. Mon. The I number of sheep in New Zea- land now exceeds 39 million— a record— Reuter
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    Lock icon PLOT TO KIDNAP HITLER in 1941
    188 3 TV star recalls British plan LONDON. Monday. ONE of Britain's top television stars says he was recruited during World War II for a daring plot to kidnap Hitler and Goering. A German pilot was in agreement with the British plan to kidnap the Nazi
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    SHE OFFERS EYE TO RAISE 'NEW LIFE9 CASH
    135 3 SHE OFFERS EYE TO RAISE 'NEW LIFE 9 CASH LONDON. Mon.— A 31--year-old mother yesterday offered to sell an eye to raise money to emigrate to New Zealand with her family. Two newspapers printed a letter from the woman, identified only as "Mrs. X." which said: "They say it costs
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    Lock icon Troops by air
    37 3 ALGIERS, Mon— An airlift of 5.000 French troops from French Wet Africa began; during the night to reinforce i 200.000 French troops now tied down in Algeria by 15.000 Arab nationalist rebels. I Reuter.
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    Lock icon Clean sweep
    31 3 TUNIS. Mon Mr. Habib Bourguiba's pro-Western National Front today won all the 98 seats in Tunisia's first parliamentary election, dealing a crushing defeat to his extreme and Communist opponents.—U.P.
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    Lock icon No has-beans
    36 3 CAPE TOWN, Mon.— Guests at a party given by Mrs. M. Higeo praised a 'vintage' coffee 36 years old. The i beans, stored in a tin in 1920. were forgotten until last week.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    330 3 LONDON. Mon. ALTHOUGH business was restricted in stock markets, today the recej.t firm tone was maintained In most sections. Closing middle price of selected stocks not mcluldlnß stamp duty were RUBBER LONDON. Mar 26— Spot 27 ,d... May 27 2 d.. June 27 Ud JulySept 26 sd.. O<
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    Lock icon Cypriot' youth gets the cane
    208 3 Cypriot youth gets the cane I IMASSOL (Cyprus) Mon. Rogiros Constantinides. a 16--year-old Cypriot student, was sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane here today after being arested by his father a police officer. Constantinides was convicted on two charges of being a member of an unlawful organisation and of
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    Lock icon Buddhist relics for Burma
    64 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. A 14--member Burmese Buddhist delegation arrived here yesterday to collect and take to Burma holy relics of Buddha > disciples Mogalliputta and Tissa. The relics, recently returned to India by the British Government after almost a century's stay in Britain, are under a strict
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    Lock icon Abrogation is legal
    44 3 JAKARTA. Mon— The InI donesian Supreme Court has decided that the Bill abrogat- ing the Indonesian-Nether-lands Union was valid, the j Government announced to- 1 day. President Soekarno had j postponed signing the Bill until he had consulted the court.— Reuter.
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    25 3 LAGOS. Mon —One hundred people were arrested following week-end disturbances at Kano. in the interior of Nigeria, it was announced toI day— U.P.
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    Colony postal services at Easter
    90 4 *pHERE will be no delivery of mail in Singapore on Good Friday and Easter Monday. On Saturday, there will be only one delivery. Hours of business at the General Post Office during the Easter holidays will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Sub-offices and agencies.
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    REDS USE MERDEKA TRICK TO SNEAK IN
    376 4 REDS USE MERDEKA TRICK TO SNEAK IN The 1956 Communist patterns Infiltration, not terrorism --Blades fOMMUNLSTS in Singapore are supporting the merdeka movement in a bid to infiltrate into all "front" organisations and "twist them to their own ends," the Director of the Special Branch, Mr. A. E. G. Blades,
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    30 call-up boys give blood
    77 4 30 call-up boys give blood Thirty National Servicemen gave blood to the Singapore Blood Bank at the Military ForOM headquarters in Beach Road, yesterday. They told the Straits Times i that they felt this was their duty as soldiers and citizens Another 30 National Servicemen are expected to give blood
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    100 ask for citizenship
    54 4 KUAN INTAN, Mon. About 100 people from Klian Intan the border town from which Communist boss Chin j Peng emerged last December i for peace talks with the Chief Ministers— have applied for Perak state citizenship. The applications were made last Saturday at the Klian Intan
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    2 YEARS' JAIL FOR TRIPLE CHEAT
    152 4 Ton deserve no mercy judge says KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. CENTENCING a pig dealer to two years' Jail for cheating, the President of the Sessions Court Raja Azlan Shah, said: "People like you who go about cheating ignorant villagers do not deserve I any mercy."
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    NEW WAR ON THE SNATCH MEN
    60 4 NEW WAR ON THE SNATCH MEN PENANG, Mon. Special squads of plainclothes police have been detailed to combat snatch thieves in Penang. Twenty-seven cases of such thefts have been reDorted during the past six months. "We are handicapped by the reluctance of the public to help police investigations," the Resident
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    Why a post was ended and revived
    156 4 A Singapore Cltv Councillor. Mr. Sim Beng Seng, wants to know why the post of Chief Engineer, Waterworks Extension, was considered redundant when it was held by one officer, and not redundant when another officer was appointed to it. Both officers were expatriates.
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    Stunt fliers
    24 4 Singapore Aeromodellers' Society will hold, a stunt and I combat competition at the old Kallang airfield from 9.30 a.m. on Easter Sunday.
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    Planes held up in thick KL fog
    97 4 Planes held up in thick KL fog KUALA LUMPUR Mon. HEAVY fog over here this morning prevented planes landing or leaving the airport for more than an hour. Visibility was down to 10 yards. A Malayan Airways Dakota carrying newspapers from Singapore, scheduled to land here at 6 a.m.. was
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    Colony A.A. officials
    60 4 The Automobile Association of Singapore elected the following officers at its annual meeting yesterday: Chairman, Mr R. L. Parker; vice-chairman, Mr. W. O. Thurston; committee, Messrs. C. H. Bone, Ong Eng Lian, P. T. Wong, H. E. Gill. D E Booty, E. J. Heuvel. Milton Tan, E.
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    Traffic note
    29 4 Traffic along Dalvey Road and Nassim Road will be partially restricted for about two months, beginning on April 3, when the City Council lays a sewer. I
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    350 WORKERS FAIL TO REGAIN JOBS
    151 4 Firm rejects 'all or nothing* demand TALKS between United Engineers Ltd., Singapore, and representatives of 350 former employees, on their re-employment, ended in deadlock yester- day. The management offered to take back 30 workers immediately and the others when vacancies occurred. But the workers'
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    More proof needed, wife told
    86 4 More proof needed, wife told Mr. Justice Knight yester-l day adjourned a High Court divorce petition by a young woman. Tay 81ok Imm. who alleged cruelty, as there was not sufficient proof. Tay said that she left her husband, Lim Eng Kee, after five months' married life because he beat
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    Law against quacks
    70 4 The, Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Ordinance, 1955, will come into force on or about June 26 when a notice will appear in the Government Gazette, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. The ordinance compels sellers of medicine to label their goods with a list of the contents
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    Ballot ashes
    23 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Aboift 13,000 ballot papers used in the first Selangor State Council election last year were burnt here today.
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    WARNING ON TOO HIGH CLAIMS
    302 4 WARNING ON TOO HIGH CLAIMS 'THE chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association warned yesterday that unless plantation workers stopped making excessive claims for higher wages the industry would be seriously hit and everyone would suffer. Speaking at the association's annual meeting, he said: "Although there is a
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    Ballots were secret
    41 4 PENANG. Mon. Sungei Kechil new village in South Province Wellesley has elected a 12-man village committee for the year. The Chinese Affairs Officer at Nibong Tebal. Mr. Tenß Swee Fook, supervised the election which was by secret ballot.
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    He stole a car
    40 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Men.— Saib bin Sa'abah an unemployed youth of 18. was 1 d guilty here yesterday of stealing a car. He was ordered to be sent to the Henry Gurney School until he IS 2.1
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    17 QUESTIONS A WAIT REPLY
    85 4 Seventeen questions, including queries on the Kallang riots, the merdeka mission and the housing problem, have J>een listed for oral replies at next month's Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting. Mr. John Ede (Liberal-So-cialist) will ask the Chief Minister whether he will make a full statement on
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    POLICE LOSE 'EXPATS'
    142 5 Retirements, transfer de p, etc colony Corce Already gone: 12 top officers qINGAPjMUB is losing senitr expatriate police officers to other tish territories. of retirements, i transfers, the Europeans in lias been de--•-■adily. It was disclosed than half the fllcers had applied to other ter--11 was confirmed
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    CALLING ALL YOUNG WIVES
    207 5 CALLING ALL YOUNG WIVES \f RS. R. K. S. Adams, iT wife of the former principal of St. Andrew's School. Singapore, and a prominent social worker, appealed to all young married people yesterday to "take an interest in the community." In a farewell message to the city she has worked
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    SI LTANFORSPORE' TALKS
    39 5 SI LTANFOR SPORE' TALKS .-ula Malay tiling a meeting of Malays on Saturisb thjp move to Sultan in the Colony. The nwting. which la to be held at the Istana Kampong Glam. will also consider the "struggle for mrrdeka."
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    CANON ADAMS' LAST DAY at SCHOOL
    168 5 TWO thousand boys and staff of St. Andrews School. Singapore, yesterday stood stolidly in heavy rain to say farewell to Canon R.KS Adams who had been principal of the school for -28 years It was Canon Adams' last day at St Andrew's. In his
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    Two languages 'are enough'
    61 5 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. Province North UMNO youth; section at a meeting last night decided to protest to the general secretary of the .Alliance. Mr. T. H. Tan. 1 against the number of langu- > ages to be used in the Federal j and other councils. It will
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    Kidnappers were secret society men, say police
    289 5 Kidnappers were secret society men, say police BOTH HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS rpHE two most powerful secret societies in Singa- pore were behind Friday's attempted kidnapping of a copra merchant, Mr. Tan Puay Choo. Announcing this yesterday, the police warned of an increasing spate of secret society activities because of unemployment
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    Ede wants employment figures
    107 5 Ede wants employment figures rE Singapore Government will be asked to give an* indication of the trend of unemployment in the last six months of 1955 at the next I Legislative Assembly meeting on Apr. 4. Mr. John Ede will table the questions He wants to know how many unemployed
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    Charged with rioting
    57 5 S. Sellian was charged in Singapore yesterday with rioting while in an unlawful assembly which caused hurt j to P. Rengasamy. The offence was alleged to have taken place at the Junction of Tanjonu Pa gar Road and Enggor Street on the night of Dec. 1. Sellian
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    Gardening note
    44 5 IPOH. Mon. Plans to in- 1 fuse new life into the Perak Gardening Society will be discussed at a meeting to be held tomorrow at the resi- dence of the president, Mr. j G. S. Walker, in Towers Road at 5 p.m.
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    Lent cantata
    37 5 The Straits Chinese Methodist Church choir, under the direction of Mr. Choo Hwee Lim. will present the Lent cantata "For Us Men" by I. Burnell in Kampong Kapor Road, Singapore, at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
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    More members
    24 5 KEMAMAN. Mon— Another] 350 workers have joined the j East Coast Mining and Indust rial Workers' Union, bringing its membership to 2.800.
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    Civics talks
    25 5 BENTONG, Mon. More than 150 Chinese Junior Middle School students in 1 Pahang are attending civics lectures at Kuantan, Raub, Bentong and Triang
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    Govt. officers form co-op.
    69 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A Government Officers' CoOperatlve Society has been formed here. The officers are- Mrs. C. Danker. chairman, Mr. Ho Sam Loon, secretary; Mr. L. K. Cheah, treasurer: Mr. R.A. D'Cruz and Mr. Wong Tien Teck. auditors; committee, Mr. Hu Wei Teh, Mr. H. Samuel.
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    Canadian will be speaker
    44 5 Mr. J. T. Fulford. a Canadian businessman and former member of the Canadian Parliament, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's Singa- pore's Rotary club luncheon j meeting at the Cathay Hotel. He will speak on "The St. Lawrence Seaway."
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    DEATHS
    96 6 20 HWrf. |M (minimum). MR. A. A SIDDONS of 22 Benroolrn Street passed away peacefully on 2fi.3 56 In his 88th jear. Burial Bidadari Cemetery at 4 p.m. ANG Kl\i YAM JOHN, devoted non of Ami; Kee Guan and be- i loved husband of Nancy Chua Kirn Hiok, riled
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    202 6 N Ifartft $l(i (minimum). FOLLOW PEDAN r Every Day In thr \t;i!.r- Mall' if you want to Win that $5,000 word puzzle. sruiNG-CI KAN indoor Air with Air -wick. It keeps the house coun-try-tmh it kills unwanted smells. Air-wick Is economic In use. LOLLI-POPS popping in every WOUth. Lovely
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    72 6 ?<i Wnrdn til minimum j. NANCY ANG and fam.iy thank kl] n latives and friends for their kindness during the illness and death of her lato husband. Ang Kirn Yam John, and for wreaths, condolences and funeral attendance. THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Kwek Noy chia thank tU
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tucs. Mar. 27, 1956. The Other Mission
    600 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tucs. Mar. 27, 1956. The Other Mission The Bulganin Khruschev visit to Britain is going to be very much more than the courtesy contact envisaged j when the invitation was made. I No fewer than four of the ten days are reserved for talks at Downing
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    Stopping Strikes
    271 6 The Federation Government cannot now believe that its workers are any more docile or more ready to count their blessings than workers in Singapore. The rumble of discontent has been loud and sustained enough for the Alliance Government to be complacent no longer. The Minister for Labour, Mr.
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    The Dodgers
    281 6 Absenteeism by Singapore's National Servicemen drafted for civil defence is not of itself unduly alarming. Solely on a count of heads the position does not appear serious. Of 1,423 young men 110 failed to report for parade last month. Not all of these were dodgers; some were excused
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    MALENKOV LIVES ON
    594 6 The new Russia will not tolerate dictators, says RICHARD HUGHES TT IS the unexA pected that happens in life, and Russian diplomacy traditionally provides many examples of it. Who could be more unexpected than Mr. Georgi Malenkov, Soviet Deputy Premier, who is now in Britain? For Mr.
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      Citizenship is theirs for the asking
      1038 6 T«HE reaction to Mr. Tan Biew Sin"s speech in the Legislative Council seems to be concentrated on his suggestion to send a delegation to Peking. The parts of his speech which touched upon racial issues which must soon be decided by the Government have
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      Religious knowledge
      149 6 IAM somewhat perplexed to read an advertisement in your paper on vacancies for teachers in the Education Department. Perak, stating that applicants must have passed their School Certificate. Grade I or 11. with credit in English, a pass in Oral English, and two other accepted credits (religious knowledge
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      CLERKS MUST BE UNITED
      108 6 TT Is high time that some 1 hard-core members of the clerical group of the Malayan Railway realised which clerical union they should support, Instead of splitting members of one union in order to swell the membership of another. This will be detrimental not to the
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    WHY THESE COMIC OPERA METHODS?
    302 6 THE utterances of Singapore's leaders are really most tiresome. Vilifying colonialism has first priority; perhaps it is the lack of valid reason for it in Singapore, where the record is one to be proud of. Where in the East can a state be found, dependent
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    Cost of roads to owner tenants
    225 6 rE residents in Dix Road, Lange Road and Palm Grove Avenue, Upper Serangoon, were happy when the Rural Board constructed roads for them. They could travel about comfortably without fear of falling into ruts or ruining their clothes during rainy days. The shock came
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    WHY PATIENTS OFFER TIPS
    202 6 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga, has promised to "sack on the spot" any member of a government hospital staff, who takes a bribe, however, small. It is my firm belief that the instinct to offer a tip by an in-patient, who is already
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    Traffic problem No. 1- car parks
    428 7 Singapore Govt. urged to set up new highway authority immediately MULTI-STOREY GARAGES ARE ANSWER, THE MINISTER IS TOLD Better bus I services would help Singapore Government has been told that a new highway authority should be established immediately to deal with the island's growing
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    New job for Mr. Turner
    58 7 Mr. Robert Noel Turner, Chief Secretary at Barbabos, has been appointed to succeed Mr. B. J. O'Brien as Chief Secretary in North Borneo. Mr. Turner was a cadet in the Malayan Civil Service in 1935, was interned by the Japanese in Brunei arid returned to
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    POLICE PENSIONER A CCUSED
    42 7 IPOH, Mon. A police pensioner, Ng Yee Soo, 53, was charged in the Ipoh MagisCourt today with as- sisting in a public lottery last Saturday in Ipoh. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail until May 21
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    'PEACE DOVE' AT KALLANG
    289 7 THIS picture gave SingaX pores Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee, a surprise yesterday. It was shown to him following his week-end statement that there is no conclusive proof Chinese students had any hand in the Kallang riot. '"It's very interesting; they're youngsters all right,'
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    'Citizens worried about security'
    190 7 EDE WANTS GOVT. ASSURANCE T»HE Liberal-Socialist Party wants to know what line the Singapore Government intends to take at the London talks on issues other than merdeka. i It is concerned particularly with the problem of internal security. A party Assemblyman, Mr. John Ede, will ask
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    WANTED' GIRL APPEARS
    88 7 WANTED' GIRL APPEARS A professional singer, Low Leng Ling, yesterday surrendered herself to the Sin- gapore City Court which had earlier issued a warrant for her arrest. The warrant was issued I I when Low did not attend I court to answer a charge that i she did not produce
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    Church meeting
    17 7 The Bethesda Church, Singapore, will hold its annual conference in Bras Basah Road over Easter.
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    Jumabhoy assures mill-owners
    112 7 Jumabhoy assures mill-owners T^HE Singapore Government is watching the flow of slab rubber from Indonesia I into the Colony, said the I Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday. He was replying to the Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association which had expressed concern j over the
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    'Let's be happy' charity ball
    46 7 "Toyo'y Mag-Aliw" (Lefs be happy) will be theme of the annual charity dance of the Singapore Filipino Association to be held at Raffles Hotel on Easter Sunday. The dance will be in aid of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
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    CONDUCTOR JAILED FOR 9 MONTHS
    227 7 A SINGAPORE Traction Company bus conductor who was described by a police inspector as the "lowest kind of human being" was sentenced yesterday to nine months' jail for housebreaking. The conductor. Ragliavanj Pillai. pleaded not guilty to breaking Into Abdul Hamid bin Mohammed's house In
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    Retreat on the padang
    35 7 The Pipes and Drums of •the First Bn., the King's Own Scottish Borderers, beat Retreat on the Singapore Padang yesterday. Major-Gen. D. C. Tulloch, G.0.C., Singapore Base District, took the salute.
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    Kallang bridge pleases Sir Robert
    179 7 OOKING between 30-ton concrete beams at the Kallang River 15 feet below, the Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black said yesterday: "The new Kalian* bridge Is extremely well con- j celved.' 1 He pointed out to reporters that it would be the first of its
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    Opium charge
    33 7 Cheng Ah Lek was chanted j In Singapore yesterday with j having 32 lbs. of raw opium j in Hospital Road. Bail of I $20,000 was allowed till April 3 I
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    Gold case man: I was a stooge
    387 7 Gold case man: I was a stooge TELL THE TOWKAY'S NAME? I PARENT AN AIRCRAFT clean- er, charged In Singapore yesterday with abetting the unlawful importation of gold worth $80,000, declared that he was only "a towkay's stooge." Chew Chong Jin, 35. a father of seven, said that "something fearful"
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    MOTHERS WANT THIS DOCTOR TO STAY
    133 7 MALACCA, Mon A petition on behalf of the mothers of Malacca is being sent to the Chief Minister, Tengka Abdul Rahman, asking him to intervene in the transfer of Dr. E. C. Pink of the General Hospital here to Penang at the end of
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    186 teachers to sail on Thursday for 10-day tour of Japan
    247 7 186 teachers to sail on Thursday for 10-day tour of Japan KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— A batch of 186 Federation English school teachers half of them women will leave for a sightseeing tour of Japan on Thursday in the 8,908-ton ship Santhia. Because of this trip, the school holidays will be
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    'NO' TO UNIONS
    128 7 Marshall says Government won't pay for merdeka observers rpHE Chief Minister, Mr. X David Marshall, yesterday rejected a proposal that two trade union representatives should accompany the Singapore merdeka mission to London as observers. He told a 10-man delegation of union leaders that the observers could not
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    Rubber tapper killed
    29 7 KAJANG. Mon.— A 41-year-old rubber tapper. Ah Thoong. was knocked down by a lorry at the 22nd mile, SemenyihBroeia Road, today. He died in Kajang Hospital.
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    FOR 'KNOWING LAW': $10
    76 7 Denying a charge of stopping his taxi at a bus stop, T Sulaiman, of Kirn Keat Road, told a Singapore court yesterday: "I have been driving for 20 years and I know the law too well to contravene it." "That does not interest me in the
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      56 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 11.36 a.m.! (»ft. sin.) 11.46 p.m. (Bft. 91n.»: Port Dlcfcson 7.01 a.m. (Bft. rtin.i 7.18 p.m (9ft. 91n.); Penang 12.58, a.m. (7ft. 51n.) 1.24 p.m. (7ft., Mb.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.15 p.m. (9ft. 31ru; 7.34 a.m. (Bft. 1 Sin.) 7.82 p.m. (9ft. Btn.); Penang i 1.33 p.m.
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    CHILDREN SUFFER WHEN PARENTS ARE PARTED
    428 8  - CHILDREN SUFFER WHEN PARENTS ARE PARTED ESME BAPTISTA Divorce is NEVER right, say Singapore women By gINGAPORE women disagree that divorce may sometimes be better for the welfare of the children than a home in which there is tension between the parents. They were commenting on a report made by
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    Active girls don't get fat
    133 8 Active girls don't get fat pXERCISE is an impor- tant key to becoming and staying slim or at normal weight, a new study in America indicates. How active you are may be as important, or more important, than the calories in the diet, at least among high school girls. The
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    Glamour on the roadside
    593 8 MONDAY WALKING down one of the smaller streets today, I see a crowd of young men milling around a curious looking machine. Obviously something of vital interest is going on which does not appear for once to be connected with politics. I think at first that
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      196 8 /j** o \sL\J |r|r llyfy 1 1 f r Ls^uL<~-\ I V v'f V\ 0m Stuffy Nose? A l^^^li. Con't breothe because of a heackco^ Here's fait relief I ■Eat' One breath from W%\ Vicks Inhaler... M (/"^l^^ ivi hold hond y liftl V!rkt |nhaler ~~f^^ to «ocX nostril, and
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      279 8 Straits Times Crossword v w M 3 it»er ur iy H 7 8 9 fc '0 I Ipl] §H §1 J| H ji fit i? i^s 1^ i^_«ii^ 111 I I'll Z^E^HZli ....pit BS* Hi it^i ill im kH p^^.j ip^'Vwi 21 72 23 S -ifc--^- ACROSS 9. To us
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      Lock icon Rogue who seduced royal bride turned great writer I
      1360 9 Rivalled Dan Juan in awnorons exploit f CREAT if BANK if FRAUD the works of the old Italian poets Dante, Petrach and Arias to. Always he was haunted by a desire to see his mistress. It was then he ordered his
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      210 9 Rex Morgan* 3M.D. Doctor's exit |^VBHl^^^^H^"^^>l but thats sillv dap, i cant do IT at -mis paw. vllM i dont wwjrTDßETwru. manasc to I r m MY OCCUPYING A "< A. THIN 6 ABOUT L M.V EXIT/ BURDEN TO YOU PfcY IT SOMEHOW, WELL, DC MOCGAjy^R^pN^f^/ HOSPITAL BED WHEN IT/
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    319 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks A Association made the foHowlng changes In lt« rates to merchants yesterday: London: sdling T.T. or O.D. 2|4; buying airmail T.T. 2 4 1;8. O.D. 2 4 316, 30 dst 2 4 11 32, 45 d st 2 4 *****. 60 d st 2|4
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    MALAYA'S DOLLAR FALLS SLIGHTLY AGAINST STERLING
    412 10 MALAYA'S DOLLAR FALLS SLIGHTLY AGAINST STERLING By Our Market Correspondent FOR the first time since December 1954, the 1 Malayan dollar fell slightly by l/32d. against sterling in Singapore yesterday. The Malayan Exchange Bankers Association agreed T.T. rates for merchants were lowered from 25 .4 l/32d. selling and 25.4 5/32
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    PRODUCE.PRICES
    154 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yes- i terday were: Copra: quiet: March $28', buyers. $28', sellers nominal i: April $28* buyers, $28 >i sellers. Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk 142' 4 sellers: drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet: Muntok white $123,1 Sarawak (122. special Sarawak black $93
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    New oil plant
    27 10 The management of Esso Netherlands N.V. says that the Standard I OU Company of New Jersey Is j contemplating building a refinery in Rotterdam.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    322 10 The Malayan Share Brokers As- > aoclaUon it parted: "All sections of the local share market were quiet and prices tended to tut." Mm spam and Federation broker, reported the following bHaioeas done yesterday:— 8.8. Petrol 445. 1 1 2d. t arrival); Federal Dispen^o 12.12 12 (overnight); Fraser
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 10 April Orat gra*e rabber bayers j f.o.b. cloaed in Singapore yesterday at 92 cents per lb down o»e- eighth ot a cent on Saturday's closing price. The cloaing Urn was steady. Cloainc prices In cente per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob. buyers 93: sellers 93',; No.
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    SHIPPING
    84 10 Ships lying alontsldc the Singapore Harbour Board wharves cc expected today are: Slrdhana 1,2, Tegelberg 4,5, Medon C.P Else Maersk 6 7, President FUlmora 8 9, Talabot 11. Benreoch 1314, Drente 15 16, Oaroet 18, TJlpanas 19 20. Segamat N. Wall 2. Salong N. Wall 4. Serdang N. Wall
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    15 10 S'NGAPORr x. RLBber. ii- P«rlb. (down one..- \H <unrhanited) COPRA; S2Bso Picul (unchan^
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    81 10 MEI.BOI'Rvp Investments rP(t finite trend on ih' nere today, p,,,. on moderate trading was qulete. r mostly nrmcWpnn 'eased is. 9d. U?ns»?l ni Loans 3V; 1956-59 i Bank of N.S.W n, /9 1 Mount Lyell un :Muunl Morgan I I't'k'i Western Mintns"' ,2/? Ampol Ex. };/p Oil Search
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    JUTE PLANS
    61 10 BOMBAY, Mon.-indU'. 1 production annual tarcet of million bales during the '<»' five-year Plan may no ud v million bales even P n LJ favourable condition and (acuities. This was stated by th» n Chairman of the tei Agricultural Researdi wh^r 2 sing the Indian rentral committee meeting
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      156 10 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st March and Monday 2nd April 1956 for Good Friday and Easter Holidays." if. 1 ZUELLIG (M) LTD. KUALA LCMPI R BRANCH Announce
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      820 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED from Federal Citizens or those eligible for same for appointment as Malay Translator and Inter- preter on the salary scale of ($151.50), ($160). $167.50/224x14--336/366x14-422/448 x 14 504/ Vacancy Bar/Senior Translator $556x18-664. with Cost of Living Allowance at current rates. Qualifications— School Certificate with credit in
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      489 10 NOTICES STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventieth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Singapore, on Saturday. 14th April. 1956 at 12 noon when the Directors will recommend for
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    PLAN FOR LOCAL MEN
    79 12 A Malayan engineering firm. Messrs. Huttenbachs Ltd., of Kuala Lumpur, are to recruit four apprentices and train them for senior jobs. Two will be engaged straightaway and the other two in six months time. The apprenticeship will be for over four years during which they will
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    Colony copra traders act to revive re-exports
    635 12 £OPRA traders in Singapore are making joint efforts to dispel an impression in the minds of overseas buyers that copra on the local market cannot be obtained at a fair and competitive price, reports Koh Peng Long. This follows their concern over the
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    NEW SWISS WATCHES FOR THIS COUNTRY
    191 12 NEW SWISS WATCHES FOR THIS COUNTRY rvPTIMISM in the future v/ Rolex watch sales was expressed in Singapore yesterday by a director of the manufacturers, Mr. A. J. Heiniger. "We are gratified by the constant increase in tale* here." said Mr. Heiniger, "and it shows that people appreciate our watches
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    RADIO BATTERY SALES JUMP
    214 12 Malayan demand increases OADio batteries manufactured by a well-known Xi British company are expanding their sales in Singapore and the Federation. This was announced by Mr. P. 8. Roberts, export manager of Berec (Great Britain) Ltd., London, when he arrived last week for a survey of
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    Eleven tractors valued at $1 million arrive
    149 12 /COMMERCIAL history was V? made in the Colony last week when the largest single consignment of tractors, comparable to the largest in the world, was received by a local company. The consignment which arrived by the Dolly Terman for Henry Wangh and Co.
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    JAKARTA LOOKS TO KAPOK MARKETS
    314 12 JAKARTA LOOKS TO KAPOK MARKETS INDONESIA Is plan- ning to boost her exports of kapok which before the war represented 70 per cent of the world's kapok trade, writes the Straits Times Jakarta Correspondent, P.A. van Gastel. Plans are now under way for the formation of an Indonesian Kapok Board
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    Saturday rubber
    38 12 Rubber circles in the Fede- j ration are In favour of declaring Saturdays as full holidays for the rubber market. Support for this move has been pledged by the Penang, Selangor and Pahang Rubber Trade Associations.
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    Lock icon Rumania want Rugby for the Olympics
    335 13 Rumania want Rugby for the Olympics LONDON. Monday. DIGBY UNION, last included in the Olympic v Games In 1924, will reappear in the Olympic programme for the 1960 Games in Borne if a proposal to be made by Rumania is adopted. Rugby Football is becoming increasingly popular in Rumania, as
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    RUSSIA TO ASK FOR THE 1964 GAMES
    128 13 RUSSIA TO ASK FOR THE 1964 GAMES MELBOURNE. Mon. RUSSIA are to apply for the Olympic Games to be held in Moscow probably the 1964 Games. Mr. Pesliak. leader of a delegation of three Soviet sports officials, inspecting Melbourne's Olympic faculties disclosed this when he announced that the Soviet Government
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    Lock icon MACIAS KOs CHALLENGER
    78 13 MEXICO CITY, Mon. Raul "Raton'' Macias. of Mexico, retained his bantamweight crown yesterday by knocking out Leo Esplnosa, of the Philippines, in the tenth round of their scheduled 15-round bout before a crowd of 50.000. The Mexican, defending his title for the first tune, dominated the fight
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    Lock icon England XV for vital tie
    151 13 LONDON. Mon. England's team to play France in the Rugby Union International at Paris on April 14 is: D. F. Allison; P. B. Jackson. J. ButterfleM, L. B. Cannell, P. H. I Thompson: M. Regan, J. E Williams; D. L. Sanders, E. Evans (captain). C.
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    Lock icon FRANCE BEAT AUSTRIA 3-0
    46 13 PARIS. Mon. France beat Austria 3-0 in an international aoccer match here yesterday. At Budapest, France and Hungary drew l-i in a B international match. Portugal beat Turkey 3-1, after leading l-o at half time, tn another international iratch at Lisbon. Reuter.
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    WORLD FIGHT ON
    49 13 I PARIS, MON.— The contract for the world bantamweight t.tle fight I between Robert Cohen, of France, and Mario D'Agata. of Italy, was signed hero yesterday. Cohen will i defend hi* title against the Italian deaf mute boxer on June 10 or 17 in Rome.— UJ».
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    Johnson throws one back at Bailey
    327 13  -  JACK FINQLETON) (BY MELBOURNE, Mon. A VSTRALIAS Test capJ\ tain Jan Johnson, passino through here today on the way to Perth, where the team is to play its last match before leaving for England, ridiculed suggestions by English Test player Trevor Bailey that he
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    HOAD IS CHAMP
    42 13 ALEXANDRIA. Mon. Lew Hood the AuainUian Dcvla Cup ace. woo the men's singles title In tba Alexandria International Lawn Tennis Championships- which ended yesterday. in the final, ho boat Prod Kovaleakl of the United SUtea, 6-3. 7-3, »-7.— RanitoT.
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    Bakar and the Boons may be together again on Sunday
    565 14 SINGAPORE'S soccer selectors have had no luck with their plan to field a powerful All Singapore team, reinforced by Services forwards, in their match against the j Federation for the i Sportsmen's Trophy at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. The
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    KIM CHOON SPARKS DOCKYARD'S WIN
    244 14 A BRILLIANT hattrick by young centre forward Quah Kirn Choon enabled H. M. Dockyard to gain their first success in the SAFA first division league when they defeated Chinese Athletic 5-2 under floodlights at Jalan Besar stadium last night. This was Dockyard's best display so
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    Someone in the Army isn't a sport
    471 14 WEBB IS NOT WORKING YET CANT GO TO PENANG PAPTAIN Hugh Webb, v the Oxford University and Hampshire cricketer, is unable to play in this weekend's annual North versus South cricket match at Penang because someone in the Army is not a sport.
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    St. Patrick's get late equaliser
    205 14 pHIA BOON LEONO'S proteges. the Boys' Town soccer team, held St. Patrick's School to a 2-2 draw in the semi-finals of the SAPA youth competition at St. Patrick's ground yesterday. On the run of play Boys' Town should have won and were unlucky not to
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    Plowright hits 127 off RA
    77 14 The third century to be scored on the B.C.C. padang this season was knocked up by R. Plowright when S.C.C. beat RA Blakang Mat! by 132 runs in a friendly cricket fixture on Sunday. Plowright made 127 out of the Club's total of 240 for
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    Arsenal go down 3-0 in league
    51 14 Perhimponan Stia beat Arsenal B.C. 3-« In the S4FA Dlv. 3A league match at the MFA ground. Dollah (2) and Salleh scored, i The other Dlv. 3A matches resulted in Bintang Bulan beating Cosmos 5-1 at Oeylang and Pachltan beating KAf.L. 2-1 at Farrer
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    Lock icon POMPEY VS. MOORE AT HARRINGAY
    90 14 LONDON, Mon. rpHE world llfht--1 heavyweight title fltjht on June 5 between the holder, Archie Moore of America, and Yolande Pomoey of Trinidad will take place •t the 10,000-capaclty Harrtngay Arena here, It was announced today. The fight, which was postponed earlier this year, was
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    S'pore draw last match before tour
    232 14 rpHE SINGAPORE hockey team. 1 which leaves for Jakarta tomorrow morning, had their final practice yesterday and were held to a scoreless draw by a Johore Bahru team at the G.S.C. ground. This, however, was a rather poor climax to the Singapore team's three
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    Army take 5-0 beating
    108 14 SINGAPORE "A" continued their fine run of successes when they defeated Army 5-0 In a soccer friendly at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. After an even and exciting first half In which Singapore led 1-0, the game fell off badly as the Army defence cracked up under
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    SINGAPORE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    371 14 WEIGHTS for TT seven of the eight races on the third day of the Singapore Turf Club's March-Apr"! meeting next Saturday are: Spring Cap Cl. l,Dlvl-lM CLl,Dlv*-lM Rigoletto 9.0* King Crow 8.13 Momenta 8.11 Airmark 8.10 Delivery 8.09 Mon Sabreur 8.08 Celerity 8.07 Misty Jadi 8.07
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    Lock icon One-armed referee for Cup final
    156 14 LONDON MOO. MR. ALFRED Bond, the onearmed London referee, has been appointed for the Football Association Cup final between Manchester City and Birmingham Olty at Wembley on May 5. Bond, a 45-year-old newsagent, gets the most coveted refereelng Job of the season after ten yean
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    WEEM SHOWS GOOD Pace AGAINST BON TRESOR
    471 14  -  EPSOM JEEP I By Morning's best was by Dragon Year VTEWCOMER We c m (late Tucker's Town) put up a smart track performance at Bukit Timah yesterday morning when he paced the useful Bon Tresor in a splendid workout over 3f. in .38
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    Bold Dragoon, Scots Grey, Opera best
    439 14 A HALF-BROTHER to No Regrets, onetime champion sprinter on the Malayan Turf, will make his debut in Class 4 at Bukit Timah tomorrow. He is Flox, a three-year-old by Flocon out of Valery Cross (dam of No Regrets). Flox ran thrice without success as
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