The Straits Times, 4 April 1956

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    23 1 A'V E'K AtE RVA~I~L'V C~E~R~T~IT~1~E~R) S^TXTE 'E*y(P"E**iE"» S 7~S\ >1.._ The Straits Times fatten*" Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1956 15 CENTS
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    MERDEKA: ALL AGREED
    559 1 Unanimous *yes» to constitutional memorandam for Whitehall 'Strong case' for Mr. I Boyd j By FELIX AHISHEC.ANADEN I i KADERS of the all--1 party Singapore I merdeki delegation I |ad uiirht unanimousI ;ti:roed on a constiI tutional memorandum 1 tor the Colony. I memorandum, ■which uiv?s Singapore
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    $20,000: Seven days left
    56 1 THE MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 Word 1 Puzzle Contest 'IT (March) will now close on Tuesday, April 10— SEVEN days from today. The closing date has been extended from Saturday, April 7, owing to the Easter holidays. If you have not already done so, you should post
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    Yes, Harry's back; to say *I do' i
    317 1 Yes, Harry's back to say *I do' i AND KISS MARKS HAPPY ENDING TO SHATTERED ROMANCE By PATRICIA MORGAN LAC: HARRY DOO Is back in Singapore once again and has the R.A.A.F.'s blessing to marry his local sweetheart, Mary Lee. At Mary's home in Serangoon Road last night the delighted
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    RAHMAN SETS NEW WAR PLANS MOVING
    496 1  -  HARRY MILLER By KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T*HE Emergency Operations Council today took A steps to intensify the people's war against the I Communist terrorists. The Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman. In his capacity as Minister for Internal Defence and Security, said after the meeting:
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    Lock icon Pakistan trade mission due
    37 1 KARACHI, Tues. Pakistan will send a trade mission to Singapore, the Federation and Indonesia soon to explore the possibility of establishing closer commercial ties, an official of the Commerce Ministry said today.— Reuter.
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    Youth accused of escaping
    32 1 A youth. Tan Lian Huat. 23, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with escaping from lawful custody on MonNo plea was recorded. He was remanded in custody.
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    NO ARMS-HE'S STAR PUPIL
    87 1 finishing near the top of a class of 39 in an examination. They- have described him as "one of the most intelligent pupils in the school." Picture shows Mohamed Ja'afar demonstrating how he writes with his pen between his teeth. TEN-YEAR-OLD Mohamed Ja'afar bin Mohamed, son
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    Lock icon Reds see red once again on Stalin
    223 1 MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet Defence Ministry newspaper Red Star today attacked Stalin by name for his assertion that Lenin was not a military expert The paper declared that these "mistaken assertions" did not "correspond to the truth." This was the latest of a
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    9-hour fire destroys rubber trees
    102 1 9-hour fire destroys rubber trees Afire which lasted nine hours destroyed four acres of blukar and rubber trees at Namazie Estate, 18th mile, Lira Chu Kang Road, Singapore. The outbreak was reported at 4.30 pjn. when small patches of lallang caught fire, but it soon spread to thick undergrowth and
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    Tin output is down
    27 1 Tin output is down KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation produced 103,272 plculs of tin in February this year. This was 20,121 plculs less than the January production.
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    Pigeons may aid war on Reds
    213 1 Pigeons may aid war on Reds IPOH MAN HAS 'POST' PUN FOH, Tues.— Racing pigeons from Scot land may be used in the anti-bandit war. Behind this scheme is a cheerful mining engineer, Mr. John Burrell, 50, of the Tronoh Mines near here. "This will be my contribution in the
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    Lock icon My $9—by Jess
    26 1 My $9— by Jess LOS ANGELES, Tues.— Jess Barker, former husband of actress Susan Hayward, told a court yesterday that his total assets were U559.34. AP.
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    Lock icon CAUSE FOR HOPE—DULLES
    62 1 CAUSE FOR HOPE— DULLES WASHINGTON, Tues.— Mr. John Foster Dulles, the U.S. Secretary of State, said today that the "downgrading" of Stalin by Soviet leaders did not in Itself demonstrate that the Soviet regime had basic- ally changed its foreign or domestic policies. ButStf added: "The fact that the Soviet
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    Lock icon Swoop on Reds
    46 1 NEW YORK, Tues. Treasury Department agents today seized the physical assets of the Communist Party of New jersey, following up their raids in four cities last week because of alleged non-pay-ment of taxes by the party and its newspaper, the Dally Worker.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon CYPRUS LEADER SAYS U.S. 'CLUMSY'
    177 1 CYPRUS LEADER SAYS U.S. 'CLUMSY' NICOSIA, Tues. fHE leader of the Turkish minority in Cyprus charged today that American "clumsiness" was making the situation on the island worse. Dr. Fazli Kuchuk, leader of the island's Turkish population said: "The clumsiness of American tactics is assuming a tragic aspect." He claimed
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    Fishermen's arms plan
    75 1 The Siamese Government has raised no objection to Malaya's proposal to arm her fishermen as a protection against pirates when sailing off the northern coasts of the peninsula, the Federation's Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Axis bin Ishak, said In Singapore yesterday /on his return from an
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    Lock icon Plane crashes in sea
    142 1 Four killed —33 saved SEATTLE, Tues. A AIRLINER crashlanded in Puget Sound yesterday while the pilot was struggling to return to the airfield from which he had just taken off. Of the 37 people aboard 33 were rescued. The airliner, a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocrulser. went
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    43 1 GIRL. 12. IS VICTIM OF CYPRUS THUOS NICOSIA. Tues.— A 12--year-old Greek Cypriot girl died today of wounds from a grenade intended for a British army officer. She was wounded in the head yesterday and died today after an operation. U.P.
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    Lock icon India gets a lighthouse
    35 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. The British Government has agreed to transfer to the Government of India- the lighthouse on Minicoy Island, one of the Laccadive group of islands facing Travancore Cochin.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon YEMEN CLAIMS ADEN
    71 2 YEMEN CLAIMS ADEN CAIRO, Tues. rpilE Yemen Deputy Foreign A Minister today claimed Britain's Aden protectorate for The Yemen. He said consultations were under way with other Arab states to "foil" a Britishsponsored plan to federate its different sections. The Minister, Judge Mohamed AI Emary, said: "The situation has become
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    Lock icon Science find will aid war on opium
    145 2 NEW YORK. Tues.— A new Canadian method of determining the origin of opium has carried the battle against Illicit drug trafficking a step further. A United Nations report published here yesterday showed that from the compo- sitlon of the ash Canadian government scientists
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    Lock icon Call for bold aid policy
    304 2 TRUMAN: BED STRATEGY MOW MOST DANGEROUS SINCE END OP WAR v T^EW YORK, Tues.— Former President Truman tonight asked for a bold, new programme for foreign economic aid to meet Soviet economic and political penetration abroad. He told the Overseas Press Club here that Communist
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    Lock icon OVER-THE SCREWIEST STRIKE ON RECORD
    161 2 LONDON. Tues. Britain's "screwiest" strike, begun in a Birkenhead shipyard six months ago over which union should bore hoies, ended today. But 200 of the 500 men originally Involved were missing—they had found other Jobs. The strike started last September after a dispute between three
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    Lock icon Formosa plea on trawlers
    57 2 TAIPEH, Tues. The Formosan Fishermen's Association today urged the Government to take measures to ensure the release of two Formosan trawlers detained by the Philippines Navy on March 26. The association said that the trawlers were fishing 60 miles off southern Formosa when they were intercepted
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    Lock icon UK-India pact
    21 2 NEW DELHI. Tues.— Britain signed an agreement with India today to end the. double imposition of estate duties. Reuter.
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      Pakistan: Nehru lives in realm of fancy
      242 2 KARACHI, Tues.— A Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman last night described as completely and utterly untrue a statement by Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, that large military bases in Pakistan and Kashmir ringed India. There was no such military base in Azad Kashmir,
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      Lock icon Joe claims crisp world record
      48 2 LONDON, Toes. Joe Steele, a 41-year-old miner, claimed a world record here after eatinf 29 packet* of potato crisps— without a drink in 62 minute*. Be beat the record of a student who ate 28 packets In 100 minutes six weeks ago-— Renter.
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    Lock icon France hit by Arab riots 15 TAKE SANCTUARY IN CHURCH
    180 2 France hit by Arab riots 15 TAKE SANCTUARY IN CHURCH PARIS, Tues.—Steelhelmeted police wielding clubs broke up demonstrations by Arab nationalists throughout northern France yesterday which left at least 60 North Africans in hospital. Reports of rioting came hi from Mete, Thlonville and Mauberge in the industrial Lorraine area. Police
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    Lock icon NEWSMAN TOLD: GET OUT IN 7 DAYS OR ELSE...
    172 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday. rpHE Associated Press news agency Issued the 1 following statement from Stockholm last night: Mr. Richard K. O'Malley, Associated Press chief of bureau in Moscow, was given seven days to leave the Soviet Union after being charged with
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    Lock icon English on way out
    49 2 NEW DELHI, Tues.—Hindi written in Devnagrl script is rapidly replacing English hi the defence services of India. Mr. Mahabir Tyagi, Minister for Defence Organisations, said that nearly 94 per cent of the army officers and all other ranks have learnt Hindi in Devnagrl script.— Reuter.
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    No aid for Israel yet, says Ike
    36 2 WASHINGTON. Tues.—President Eisenhower has decided against granting Israel's request for $64 million worth of arms, it was reported yesterday. The decision was said to have been made last Weanesday.—UJ>.
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    THE TRAVELLING WOES OF A CRICKET 'WIDOW
    394 2 THE TRAVELLING WOES OF A CRICKET 'WIDOW From JACK FINGLETON CANBERRA, Tuesday. A 20-year-old English girl, Sheila Crawford, wto of the Australian Test team fast bowler, p Crawford, is travelling to England one ship ar one week behind her husband. And Mrs. Crawford, under- 1 1 standably, is not very
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    Lock icon Trial robot flies 2,000 miles
    102 2 Trial robot flies 2,000 miles WASHINGTON, Tuo AN American suicird. missile was recently flown 2,000 miles the longest distance any pilotless aircraft is known to have covered usually reliable sources said here tonight. The missile, a Northrop Snark, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, flew across the Caribbean and
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    Lock icon Girl swam nude: Is it lewd?
    102 2 Girl swam nude: Is it lewd? LOS ANGELES, Tues. A JURY was selected yesterday to determine the validity of police charges that the Sweriisi film "M:nika" was "immoral, indecent, lewd and lascivious' Its distributor. Jack Thomas 44, Is being trifid on charges of showing a lewd film and disturbing the
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    Hong Kong Govt. buys hotel
    33 2 Hong Kong Go vt. buys hotel The Hong Kong Government has bought Lancaster Gate Hotel In London for about $425,000 to accommodate Hong Kong students in Britain. There are about 400 in London.
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    21 2 HEIDELBERG. Tues—Thirteen United States Army teams have been selected to help to train the new Wes: German army. Reuter.
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    MTISIC—AND DISCORDON AN IRISH FARM
    188 3 LONGSTONE, (Ireland), Tuesday. SCORES of shillelagh -swinging Nationalist fanners and their womenfolk clashed with 200 riot police festerday in a skirmish that left 10 people injured ltu farmers gathered outside this little village to prevent an "Orange" band from parading down When they attacked the
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    Lock icon The Kelly wedding 'a gamble...
    117 3 The Kelly wedding 'a gamble... MONTE CARLO. Tues. FATHER Francis Tucker Yesterday said that the marriage of Prince Rainier Kelly "is a gamble but that is true ]l all marriages." H-- predicted that the couple w iuld be happy. f y icker. the Prince's can chaplain, said: the marriage is
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    Another Jap criminal freed
    49 3 TOKYO. Tues. Another Japanese w*r criminal has been released from Sugamo I Prison, the Japanese Foreign i Office announced today. The announcement said HiI Mawamura, a former private who was serving a 30-year sentence, was allowed to return to his home in Kar.agawa.— U. P.
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    32 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Internationa] Co-operation Administration has authorised the purchase of US$4.Ono.OOO worth of medicines and USS6OO.OOO worth of scientific instruments for Vietnam under th P American a:d programme.— U.P.
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    18 3 MOSCOW. Tues. An atomic power station is being built here. Moscow Radio reported last night.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ike is 'in shape'
    57 3 PHILADELPHIA. Tues. President Eisenhower has fully recovered from his heart attack, is working a full day and is "in shape" for some campaigning for re-election, his personal physician said yesterday. The doctor, Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder. said here that outsiders' estimates of the President's work were
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    Lock icon Envoy recalled
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Mr. John Sherman Cooper, United States Ambassador to India, will be recalled to help the Eisenhower administration press its campaign in Congress for longterm economic aid to India. Reuter
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    Lock icon NO T.V.—SO FATHER DIED
    62 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The P iid that Joan Jackson. 13. killed her father with a shotgun because he turned ofl the television set and sent yr to bed before a pro- gramme she was watching had ended. The girl went to her room, returned with the gun,
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    TRUMAN GETS SHILLELAGH
    38 3 lagh presented to him before addressing a St. Pat- rick's Day dinner in Pennsylvania— A.P. picture. FORMER U. S. President Harry S. Truman wean a ffreen carnation in his lapel and holds an Irish shille-
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    264 3 PRESS TO REPORT ON THE BIG BLAST WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE Defence Department and the Atomic Energy A Commission yesterday said that a group of 15 newsmen will be permitted to witness a big H-bomb test, scheduled to be made early in May at the Eniwetok
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    Lock icon DON'T SHOOT THE GOALIE: BUT TWO DID
    80 3 DON'T SHOOT THE GOALIE: BUT TWO DID HUDDERSFIELD, England, Tues. Goalkeeper Alan Hough was wounded twice during a football match yesterday by two youths who apparently thought they could help the other side by sniping at him. An airgun snot hit Hough on the right hand as he moved to
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    Lock icon Jordan ambush: Man dies
    48 3 AMMAN. Tues. Israelis ambushed a Jordan patrol inside Jordan's territory near Jerusalem yesterday and killed one man, it was announced here. The announcement said the Israeli group was about two miles inside Jordan territory when its members opened fire on a Jordan patrol.— UP.
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    VIP Goldwyn
    26 3 TOKYO, Tues. Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama today broke up a cabinet meeting to spend an hour talking to American motion picture producer Sam Goldwyn.
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    19 3 TOKYO. Tues. Film star Marlon Brando, tanned and beaming, arrived here today from Hong Kong.— AP.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    244 3 LONDON, Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53% Funding 4% £87 T War 3%% £74% BANKS Mercantile (£12%) £3 15/16 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£D 35/9 Hongkong ($126) £94% INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 81/10 Royal M/ 10% Prudential £43% INDUSTRIALS
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    Lock icon TOUR A RIGOUR GOOD FOR 8001 FOR FIGURE Malenkov admits waistline down
    211 3 TOUR A RIGOUR GOOD FOR 8001 FOR FIGURE Malenkov admits waistline down LONDON, Tues. fiEORGI MALENKQV v saw himself on television here yesterday and said he thought he has lost weight during his tour of Britain. Outside the 8.8.C. studios at Alexandra Palace, Mrs. Louise Moore stopped the Soviet leader
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    39 3 HONG KONG. Tues.— The North Vietnam Premier. Dr. Ho Chi Minh. entertained to dinner last night the Soviet First Deputy Premier. Mr. Mikoyan. and other members of the Soviet delegation visiting North Vietnam. Hanoi Radio reported. Reuter.
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    28 3 NEW DELHI, Tues.— lndia and Russia yesterday signed a contract for the supply of Russian equipment for a steelworks to be built at Bhilai, central India.—Reuter.
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    29 3 NEW YORK. Tues.-^Joseph Cbiorazzo has told the police that his wife is missing. She left him hi 1936 and he has not seen her since. Reuter
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    27 3 TOKYO, Tues. Communist North Vietnam will open a new university, an agricultural and forestry college and an engineering college In September. Radio Peking said U.P.
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    24 3 WELLINGTON, Tues. A man who bought a pah- of trousers for £4 10s. found eight £1 notes in the hip pocket. Reuter.
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    242 3 FRENCH PREMIER HITS OUT AT U.S. WASHINGTON, Tues. Mr. Guy Mollet, the French Premier, said in an interview published here yesterday that Britain and France, and especially the United States, had committed "an error of approach" in their policies towards the Soviet Union. The copyrighted interview wa. published by U.S.
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    60 3 HONG KONG, Tues.— An Air France airliner left here for Saigon today after receiving confirmation that the reported outbreak of bubonic plague hi South Vietnam was not hi Saigon. Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday cancelled its flight from Hong Kong to Saigon after receiving a message from
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    21 3 PHNOMPENH. Tues.— King Norodom yesterday nominated Vice-Premier Khim Tit to be Prime Minister of the new Cambodian Government. Reuter.
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    TIFF WITH GIRL HE TRIED SUICIDE
    118 4 A YOUTH tried to end his life after a tiff with his sweetheart, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Loh Ke e Puay. 18, had a quarrel with his girl friend on Sunday. "She refused to talk things over," he said. He returned to
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    New 'freeze' plant is planned
    59 4 New 'freeze' plant is planned KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Work has begun on a $400--i)oo cold storage scheme nere which will bring down and stabilise the prices .of fish, fruit and other foodstuffs. The project consists of a two-storeyed concrete building with 25 quick-freeze rooms for hire. The plant Is expected
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    Lloyd off to Borneo
    64 4 A boat ride on the Rejang River and a visit to a Dyak long-House will be included in the programme for the leader of the British Parliamentary delegation. Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, who flies to Borneo today for, a 24-hour visit. Mr. Lloyd returned to Sin- gapore
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    Man jailed in : trust case ;
    47 4 Man jailed in trust case PENANG. Tues— An Assistant Rural Development Officer, Mohamed bin Tarn an, was today jailed for six months for criminal breach of trust of $1,000 In June 1954. The money was part of $6,000 belonging to Haji Othman bin Haji Yahaya of Butterworth.
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    NO POLITICS FOR US SHE SAYS
    68 4 NO POLITICS FOR US SHE SAYS The secretary of the Young Muslim Women's Association of Singapore. Mrs. M. Siraj. said yesterday that her association had nothing to do with politics or Socialism. Mrs. Siraj was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying: "We are on the Socialist side." She explained
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    A LAW TO CUT THE CRACKLE ON YOUR RADIO
    191 4 A LAW TO CUT THE CRACKLE ON YOUR RADIO Suppressors on can by order THERE will be better radio reception for liaten- en In Singapore and the Federation in a few months. On July 1 the Federation and glngayto Ctoranments will compel all owners of motor vehicles to lit suppress***
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    Income tax troubles of a jobless labourer
    144 4 Income tax troubles of a jobless labourer A SINGAPORE court yesterday learned that a man who appeared on two income tax charges was only a Oorernment labourer... and he was unemployed when h« received his tax returns. Kallmuthu 8 i n g a r am pleaded guilty to both charges
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    First case for Tribunal 3-YR-OLD CLAIM for 30 MONTHS' BACK PAY
    258 4 First case for Tribunal 3-YR-OLD CLAIM for 30 MONTHS' BACK PAY THE three year old x claim by 600 Singapore Government temporary clerks for 30 months' back pay has been submitted to the newly formed Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal. The Government has asked Mr. J. K. Lawrence, secretary to the
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    BIGGER AND BETTER BLOOMS AT SHOW
    132 4 HIGHLIGHT of this year's Singapore Flower Show, opening at the Happy World Stadium on Apr. 13, will be four huge non-competitive group exhibits—each 400 sauare feet. I In previous years the only non-competitive local group has been the Botanic Oardens' display, but this year
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    18 ARMS RAID DETAINEES ARE RELEASED
    78 4 18 ARMS RAID DETAINEES ARE RELEASED IPOH. Tnes— Eiffateen Chinese who were detained a f ortnif ht ago by the pottceiollowtiic an arms raid by terrorists on SimjMng Pnlai new TiUace, six miles south of Ipoh, were released last nifht. They were anwnr SI residents of the village, including Home
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    COURTESY CLASSES FOR GARAGE MEN
    145 4 THE Shell Company has set up a training centre at Kallang to teach petrol attendants how to put "service" into their service stations. A Shell spokesman, Mr c. c. A. Balrd. said yesterday: I "Instead of having: a scruffylooking individual lounge up to your car
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    Boy drowned in river
    50 4 TELOK ANSON, Tues.— An 11 -year-old boy, Hashim bin Ismail, who was bathing at Kampong Gajah, a village about 16 miles up the Perak River from Telok Anson, was drowned when he fell Into tn*> river yesterday. A search for the body 1* still in progress.
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    Guest speaker
    37 4 SEOAMAT. Tues. The Under Secretary of State. Johore. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Jaafar. will be guest speaker at the civic lunch to be given by th#> Information Department at the Chinese School. Jementah, on Sunday.
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    Author flies in to look round
    52 4 Mr. John Laffin, 38-year-old Australian author, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas Super-Con-stellation from Sydney, is planning to write a book on present-day Malaya as seen through the eyes of Diggers who fought here during the war. Australia's Ministry of the Interior is
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    $100,000 fraud alleged
    29 4 KLANCr, Tues.— The proprietor of a shipping firm in Port Swettenham has reported to the police that an employee has cheated it of more than $100,000.
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    UMNO branch makes objections
    60 4 BATU QAJAH, Tues.— The UMNO branch in Parit, 15 miles from here, i 8 to submit a memorandum to Its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, objecting to three demands made vs Chinese or- ganisations. These are: Ju* mil, equal rights with the Malays for domiciled races in
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    Leper colony in grip of a strike
    276 5 MORE PAY DEMAND^ ISEXPECTED ACTION SIRPRISES OFFICIALS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesdays pLEVEN wards at the Sungei Buloh leper set- i lenient near here were closed today by a rfrikc involving the hospital's 460 n;i(ionlsr The settlement's school also closed and Its 260 r spent
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    High school student is jailed
    81 5 A CHUNG Cheng High student was jail- ks in the Second n in a l District Court yes- ailing to attend ..-rvice parades. Kav. of Geylang v prison because he ill lo pay fines total- his schoolmates liday. attended nducted his own case and >
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    Night watchman stabbed
    43 5 IPOH, Tues. A night watchman, Kehar Singh 38, i n to hospital here t Ith stab wound in I mach. He told police he was stabbrd while sleeping in Market Street at 2 am. He did not knows his assailant.
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    Muar to hold baby show
    40 5 MUAR. Tues. r- The Muai District Health Committee s < Islng competitions and a baby show for World Health Day. Entry forms fo r the baby show ran be obtained from the women and children's ellnl
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    Village has first playground
    33 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues— Liman Kati new village, nine miles from here, is the first in this district to have a fully equipped children's playground. It was opened on Sunday.
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    COLONY HOST TO JAYCEES
    109 5 SINGAPORE is to be this year's host at the Junior Chamber of Commerce's Asian regional conference to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall between April 17 and 21. More than 200 delegates from 12 Asian countries will attend the five-day talks. Most are expected to
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    Youth council
    20 5 The Singapore Youth Coun. cil will hold its annual meeting at 145, Orchard Road, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Schoolboy's 'lost weekend' is over
    148 5 PENANG. Tues.— A Singar 1 .Iboy stranded here during Easter weekend had a happy re-union 'today wttn ther a nil sister at the Post Office in Ught Htew, 16. left home irday after telling his nother he was going to Ma- lacca. But he went
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    BISHOP OPENS CHILDREN'S OWN SCHOOL'
    103 5 THE RT. REV. H. W. BAINES. Bishop of Singapore, yesterday officially opened the St. Hilda's Kindergarten which is attended by 110 boys and girts aged three and seven in the morning and 70 in the afternoon. Mrs. I. Morrison, the superintendent, said the kindergarten was
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    Madam Lim to appeal; to Privy Council
    200 5 Madam Lim to appeal to Privy Council NEW TURN U: 'NOISE' ARGUMENT AN injunction granted by the Singapore High Court last year restraining Madam Lim Siew Neo, occupier of the first floor and two top floors of 265, Orchard Road, from making excessive noise on the premises, is to be
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    The oh-sopeaceful village
    51 5 The oh-so-peaceful village ALOR STAR. Tues. Simpang Tiga village, IS miles from here, has Been told that its request for doubling Its police force has been rejected. THE REASON: -Your village U to peaceful.- the villagers wer c told. The population of the vfOage la 6,000. THE POLICE STRENGTH? One
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    Write a play for $100
    37 5 PENANG. Tues. The Penang and Province Wellesley Arts Council has offered three prizes {$100, $50 and $25) for the best entries in a play-writing contest open to all residents in the Federation.
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    Souls festival
    14 5 Tomorrow is the Chinese festival of "Cheng Beng" (Chinese All Souls Day).
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    New H.Q. bomb-proof
    61 5 nOMB-PROOF headquarters !Jj for combined Police-Cl-l vil Defence operations in Singapore will be ready for use this month. The reinforced concrete building at Pearls Hill is finished but telephones have still to be installed. The building, which would be used as an emergency control centre In the
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    BANK ACCUSED: 'ANTI-UNION'
    176 5 'Talks torpedo 9 is alleged IPOH, Tuesday. I A TRADE unionist alleged today that an Asianowned bank was inducing 16 senior staff to resign from their union Dy promising them favourable treatment f "I have received Information that the employers are trying to get round memben," said
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    DOG LOVERS TO HOLD GATHERING
    64 5 DOG LOVERS TO HOLD GATHERING The Singapore Canine Welfare Association will hold a "Magical Cocktail" gathering at the Anglo-Chinese School Hall on April 28. The president Is Mrs. F. Leon-Soh. Mrs. June Dale who gave a radiogram, which was raffled, is a "master" of the Association. A master is anyone
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    HOME GUARDS WANT BONUS
    69 5 BATU OAJAH, Tues. A three man delegation representing the 1,700 kampong Home Guards In Perak will submit a memorandum for better terms of service to the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, before the beginning of Bulan Puasa. Among their claims are: A fixed allowance of $100
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    POLICE IN SAMPAN STRUGGLE
    140 5 POLICE IN SAMPAN STRUGGLE Pushed into sea fITWO Marine policemen on patrol In a motor launch In Telok Ayer Basin stopped a sampan coming Inshore. As one of the constables boarded the sampan to check it, a Chinese passenger took a leather package from the bottom of the boat and
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      466 5 radio malaya Regional ♦PiMias— ins tins sisrke4 e«ia GTUrADADP be reeer*** by Omitmtn 1b Mataoea. 9MM W AJPVMfi Short wjit* 4 9 «t vZui. Masibw P i m i«t ji m.. mVe 476 m., 343, 3665 m. and SO7JB. 4,!??" WKn mmm AM. 0.00 and 11.10 Broadcast* "'TW- eiamnln,, Annrt
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    85 6 M Ward* tit (minimum). MR. AND MRS. ARNOLD thank Relations and Friends for the Valuable Gifts and Telegrams sent to them on their Wedding. MR. MRS. R. RAJARATNAM thank Relatives and Friends for Valuable Gifts, Good Wishes and Assistance on the Occasion of our Marriage on 18.3.1956. MRS. LYDIA
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 6 20 W,,rd, $10 (minimum). JONES In loving memory of my beloved Husband, John William, who lost his life in a road accident on 4th April 1954.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    159 6 *n Word* HO (minimum). HARROWS LTD. SALE Grand Reductions on Dresses from |10. Cotton Skirts from $5. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall 1 if you want to win tha', $5,000 word pussle. WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION at White i way's Record Bar I The best in Recorded
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 4, 1866. The Greater Danger
    1115 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Apr. 4, 1866. The Greater Danger The Labour Front Government has embarrassed itself and confused the public by reserving until today's meeting of the Legislative Assembly the Chief Minister's full statement on the London negotiations which begin In less than three weeks' time. Mr. Marshall
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    Singapore has reached the sign which says 'slow '
    1064 6 Singapore has reached the sign which says 'slow IIHIIIIirilUlllllllllllUlllllilllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllllllilliimiiiiHiiiniiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiuiiimiiii'; AFTER A YtA* Of REHDEL.... A YEAR has elapsed E A since Mr. David Marshall act unex- pectedly found him- self called upon to form a government out of as awkward a squad as ever faced a sergeant on a bar-
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      Expand Taiping to combat T.B.
      224 6 rraß annual health report 1 of the Taiplng Town Council reveals a population around 52,700 In mid--1055, with the birth rate at 31 per 1,000, and deaths 8 per 1,000. At this rate of increase our country town will have to make provision now for
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      Why Chinese do not become policemen
      413 6 MANY reasons had been given to explain why so few Chinese youths enter the Federation police force. Though these may be partly true they do not help explain matters in Kelantan. During the last visit to this State of the Police Recruiting Team, we
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      Unqualified applicants
      95 6 YJICENTLY applications -I* were called for from serving officers of the Telecommunications Department for two training scholarships under the Colombo Plan. The circular tetter clearly stated that only applicants with Grade I or n certificates would be considered. But more than half of those called before the Public
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      PUT THESE MEN BEHIND BARS
      193 6 \§Y only desire in life Is If 1 to raise a family and provide them with a reasonably good education and standard of living. When my work Is done, I shall want to return to my Maker, happy in a Job wen done, i desire
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      Our learner politicians
      91 6 OUR learner politicians sought election on the basis of the Rendel Constitution. The period was for three years, if subsequently an elected man changes his mind he should (morally) resign ahd seek re-election on nia amended outlook. Is he so compelled legally? Is his subsequent action contrary
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      Has been fooled right and left
      246 6 A FEW weeks ago, teachers in Singapore English schools received a circular asking them to apply for a course of training in music, leadlne to a standard equivalent to the L.RJS.M.. with the understanding that those who completed such training successfully would be appointed
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    ABOLISH B.A.? YES, NO, MAYBE
    132 7 ABOLISH B.A.? YES, NO, MAYBE UALA LUMPUR, k tups.— The Selangor bovernment is discusthc quest on of Sfther to abolish the British Adviser. ,rt holder, Mr V.orth, who has ometime. leaves n retirement. Mentrl Besar, Mohamed, refused to the post would 'just** to happen hel t h h c Chief
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    Broker fined $4,000
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— I Inrry and six tyres were I ontiscated from a broker to-i lav by order of the Kuaia uoipar Sessions Court I lew Chit pleaded guilty to lon of coods which had >ot been passed by the Cus- :ns. namely, the six tyres 'nunci
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    Raffles Players
    22 7 .Shakespeare's "Richard the Jecond" will be presented by the Rallies Players next week n Raffles Institution Hall, i.-Einnins on Tuesday.
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    ART TREASURES ON SHOW
    67 7 About 150 art treasures 'roro all parts of the Par fast will be among the first txhibits In Singapore's first irt nailery, to be opened on Saturday at the University of Malaya by Dato Haji Moham- mcd Eusoff, Pro-Chancellor of the university. The exhibits will Include
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    Sex in the post (gift-wrapped)
    218 7 PAMPHLET OFFERS "SEAT 111 F AIB YLAMD TO EXPKMKWCK ELIXIR OF LIFE* $35 FOR BOOKS AND PICTURES— NO CHECK BY CUSTOMS DEALERS in pornographic literature and obscene photographs are offering "sexual gift packages" by post to get their goods into Singapore past the Customs and
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    An old boy is acting principal
    140 7 AN old boy of St. Andrew's A School, Singapore, has become acting principal. He Is Me. Tan Lye Whatt (above), who succeeds Canon R.K.S. Adams. Mr. Tan. who Is 48, entered St. Andrew's as a pupil in 1913. He was a student teacher at
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    Boy injured by javelin
    45 7 A student of the Singapore Chinese High School, Lim Yong Lin, 20, was injured in the leg by a javelin while at throwing practice in the school ground yesterday. He was treated at the General Hospital and allowed to go home.
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    Bar costs $800
    26 7 An $800 bar for members of the Singapore Harbour Board Police Force was opened at their Tanjong Pagar mess during their Easter dance.
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    RED TAPE SLASH TO LURE TOURISTS
    258 7 RED TAPE SLASH TO LURE TOURISTS OED TAPE may soon 1V be slashed to make it easier for tourists to enter Singapore. The Controller of Immigration Mr. M. C. Compton, said yesterday that agreements aimed at abolishing visas for "certain selected nationalities'' were being sought. American tourists may already enter
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    Boy. burglar suspect flees police
    96 7 Boy. burglar suspect flees police A MALAY bey, aged about A VL escaped filer being held by the pouee for alleged Wglary. hi Jalan HrnJUah, elf East Ceast Beat. Singapore, abeat IJt ajsu yesterday. A pettee spslr—nn saM tike bey waa eaaght carrying sarongs and an iron. He was taken
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    LAND ROW THREE STABBED
    90 7 TELOK AMBON, Tues. Two men and a woman, all Baztfarese, were stabbed In a family dispute over land demarcation at Parit Dua In Sungei Manik, six miles from here yesterday. They are members of the same family. Ija bin Mat Tulln, a widower, SO, and his
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    Lights moved: Sentries fired
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Security force sentries on the Boh Tea Estate In the Cameron Highlands last night opened fn> at lights they saw moving outside the perimeter fence. Terrorist* cut telephone wires at the 20th milestone on the Ipoh-Kampar Road on Saturday.
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    RUBBER CHIEFS COMING TO CALM FEARS
    283 7 RUBBER CHIEFS COMING TO CALM FEARS r EADERS of the British rubber industry are in the v delegation arriving In Singapore tomorrow for a lightning visit to Malaya to allay the fears of Malayan producers about the import of synthetic rubber Into Britain from America. It is the first visit
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    One in 10 dies in first year
    74 7 One in 10 dies in first year CUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. PHE Trengganu State mcdl- cal officer. Dr. Hajl ibbas bin Hajl Alias/ is 'deeply concerned" over the ugh rate of deaths among ihlldren in the state. He said more than 100 shlldren out of every thouland died In the first
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    Boy's body found
    59 7 K. LUMPUR, Tues.—Selangor police are investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy whose body was found in a rubber smallholding at the Bth mile, Rawang road, last Thursday. The boy's skull had been smashed and he also had neck injuries. Police believe that the boy, Chan Ban,
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    Police appeal
    23 7 Singapore police are appealing for information about a man whose body was recovered from the sea off Bedok on Mar. 21.
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    High tides
    72 7 TODAY: Mngapor* l.tt Ml (7 ft. 4 Ina.) 6.06 pjn. (6 ft): Port DlokMXt U.S3 ajn. (5 ft. 7 ta«.>; Penan* 5.28 »Jn. (4 ft. 9 tMJ 5.21 pm. (4 ft. In*.). TOMORROW. Stamporc 4.M ajn. (6 ft. Ins.) 7.40 p.m. (6 ft 1 In.): Port Dickaon I.M
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    Mr. Sim accuses the City Council
    304 7 THESE JOBS KEEP OUT LOCAL MEN 9 SINGAPORE City Council was accused at the Malayanisation Commission session last night of seating posts which local men "could not dream of I filling." It was also alleged that where expatriate and local officers held the same
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    'Dangerous driver' P.C. jailed
    78 7 'Dangerous driver' P.C. jailed KUALA LUMFUB, Tw». /CONSTABLE Osman \J kta mshwmei, 23, of the Manger Fodee Contingent transport office, was today Jailed for three months by the Second Magistrate's Coert here for dangerous driving. Be pleaded guilty. The prosecuting effleer, Inspector K. K. PUlay, said that on Jan. 16
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    Minister to open art show
    52 7 Entries for the seventh jpen exhibition of the works 3f local artists, sponsored by the Singapore Art Society, show "both talent and promise" said Mr.. Frank Sullivan.' vice-president of the society yesterday. The exhibition will be opened next Thursday by Mr. Chew Swee Kee, Minister
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    Lee picks two issues for attack today
    191 7 Lee picks two issues for attack today TH H E Government's A handling of the Malayantsation report will today be criticised In the Legislative Assembly by P.A.P. leader. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Mr. Lee, who will speak on "Malayanisation and the merdeka mission" during the adjournment, fears the Malayanisation question
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    Here to lecture
    34 7 Mr. Marshall H. Stone, professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago and vice-president of the International Mathematical Union, arrived by BOAC Argonaut from Bangkok yesterday to lecture in the Colony.
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    DEATH
    23 7 LACY W. WESTKRHOUT, iged 63. passed away suddenly at General Hospital. Funeral at Bidadari this evening. Cortege leaves Hospital at 4 p.m.
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    $400,000 GRANT—BUT NOW A STRICT CONTROL OF CASH
    386 8 $400,000 GRANT— BUT NOW A STRICT CONTROL OF CASH Adult KhooU— a clean-up in the council A MAJOR clean-up is under way in the Singapore Council of Adult Education, which receives an annual $400,000 grant from the Government The Ministry of Education is insisting on immediate and stringent safeguards against
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    Belly dance banned even to over 18s
    112 8 IPOH. Tues.— Police last night banned an item in the programme of the Hong Kong Revue now performing here, and also prevented youths of 18 and less from seeing the show. The revue is giving its last performance tomorrow. It has been here
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    I covered up, says pintable man
    189 8 $1,770 MISAPPROE JW. BARBER, former Rooklyn Amusements court today he had been tain payments under the RIATION CHARGE I PENANG, Tuesday. Penang manager of the Co. of Singapore, said in asked to "cover up" cerheading of miscellaneous expenses. Barber, charged with misappropriating $1,775.56 Out
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    MISS SARIMA, THE 'BACHELOR' OF HAIRSTYLES
    60 8 MISS SARIMA, THE 'BACHELOR' OF HAIRSTYLES MISS SAUNA MESSIAH, 29. arrived in Singapore yojrterday from Hollywood for a three months' stay in the Colony. A gradoate of the University of Hairstyling in Hollywood, Miss Messiah has won prises for her craftsmanship. She has come to Singapore to see her parents
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    Helicopter is tested
    58 8 The R. A. F. Whirlwind helicopter which was slightly damaged when it forcelanded in a shallow river near the Malaya-Slam bonder early last week, underwent engine ground tests late yesterday preparatory to taking off for Kota Bahru. For the past week, RA.F. technicians have been damming the
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    He lectured to students
    42 8 A former wartime economic adviser to the British Cabinet. Prof. James Meade, lectured to University of Malaya students yesterday on "Import Restrictions as an Instrument of Economic Development." Dr. T.H. SUeock, professor of economics at the university, presided.
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    New Canons are appointed
    37 8 n Two new Canons have been appointed for Singapore's St. Andrew's Cathedral. They are the Rev. Dr. Sverre Holth, Warden of St. Peters Hall, and the Rev. Chiu Ban It, vicar of Selangor.
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    294 objections to Master Plan
    146 8 A TOTAL of 294 objections have been lodged against Singapore's Master Plan. But the number is no greater than the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing expected. "I'm not surprised at the number." Mr. J. E. Pepper, Commissioner of Lands, tora the Straits Times
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      132 8 23. Pocceful entry? *m 24. Pkek iuiiiuwlwl unusually Straits Times Crossword a man, but shady (10). gT™7 I I 1. TIM baker sots his orders ,qT""" P^ r^ 7T" 1 4. Its birds hare a bad name Vj| P^>™P S!S "11 7 atA Jwuse In the country? TTT"" "l ~™"iT,illllßsT^i™™
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    Glass chewing cost him world wrestling title
    1235 9 Champagne Mover i 1 ate glasses too I f LLOYD 1 I GEORGE m SCANDAL JT TOUGH, untamed, Clarence Whistler, of Indiana, U.S. A., claimed he was the world's wrestling champion. So did "Professor" William Miller, Australia's sporting titan. In 1885, the two
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    379 9 Strait Times Special Feature Whistler was feelta* the rain. He asked the referee, owen, for a spell. Cowen conferred with tiller who agreed. They ere given a 18 mlnut* reak. Refreshed, the matmen limbed back into the ring i dry flannels. Roaring au inds of threats. Whistler rent at Miller.
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    RUBBER PRICE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE APRIL 1955
    507 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday fell to its lowest level for a year as the result of lack of support after the Easter holidays. April first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 8&1 cents per
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    RUBBER PRICES
    140 10 April Brat grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 88% cents per lb., down 3 cents on Thursday's closing price The closing tone was uncertain. CUtKog prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88%; sellers 89; No. l R.B.S April buyers
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    Lock icon MORE TIN USED
    55 10 WASHINGTON. Tues. TJ.S. consumption of tin in January rose to the highest level since January 1951. according to the Bureau of Mines. Tin used in January totalled 8,135 long tons comprising 5,330 of primary pig and 2,805 secondary and imported Unbaae alloys compared with 7,500 4,770 and
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    137 10 The Malayan Exe&ange Bans* Hamaaliia: made the following changes in It* rates to merchants yesterday (all quotations to $100):— New York: buying airmail T.T. 33 15/16, O.D. 33 1716. 90 days 33% credit bills. 33 5/16 trade Canada: buying airmail T.T. 33 15/18. OJ>. 33 1/16. 90 days
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    140 10 tilMfa: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Oaptm: mnnt; April »25% buyers, 225 "£2 y»r *>*"> •28% sellers. Coootmt all: quiet; baft $42% sellers; drum $45% sellers. reppfcr: quiet; Muntok white 8120. Sarawak $U9, special Sarawak black $91 (all varieties unchanged on last Thursday j «M*B*»fWfW f^VpTefc AMaMSSMMO
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    100 10 LONDON. Tues.— Britain is to build two new petroleum plants to WTO tte country around £11 million in rubber imports. It waa Minouncwd hero yesterday. TIM plants which should be nparattm by 1958 are to be ersctod at. the giant Csao oil refinery at Fkwley. near Southampton. They
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    28 10 SINGAPORE. xJMRUBBER: 88J 1 per Ib. (down 3 rmM, n M TIN: $382.50 J plcul (up 51. 25) COPRA: m.25 J plcul (down 12J r-m I
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    SHIPPING
    225 10 Ship, lying alongsi,!,. lh E»y "-art „„";> expected today are: Mp Benledi 4|6. Benaih.-t,"^* 1 Momeneus 6;7 Tarakan t\ pawn 11, Radnorshire i3;,\? tes 15|18, Sagami Mam Vf" Muse 19ja>. Lawu N V/ln'S mat N. Wall 6. Sedtn*, Olang Seng N. Wall 10 p3 FUlmore 2324. Kota Geti?*? Bougainville
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      920 10 pußUCAPPOimwEifrs UmVERSITT Of MALAYA aprm-Mff" are invited for appotournrn to a Lectureship in Bagsaeeilng. It is hoped that the appointee will be available by July. 1956. Candidates must be graduates in engineering and hold a recognised professional qualification in dvil engineering. Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar. University
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      DANGER STRIKES FROM THE SEA
      733 12 The four Scouts are camping by the sea. Ourchan Singh buys a model ship in the village which a gang of crooks try to obtain. The Scouts track the gang to a cave and find more ships which are being melted down. They are made
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      Eclipse of sun seen on stamp
      307 12 Eclipse of sun seen on stamp LAST week we illustrated a > stamp that was issued by Sweden to honour Karl von Llnne, who became President of the Stockholm Academy of Sciences, so while on the subject of Sweden I would like to draw your attention to yet another branch
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      283 12 C.C.C I Collect six of these coupons to foin the Children's Corner Club. VW J Dear Boys and Girls, Vjrf' Here are the six winners of our Jfe^ r T»\l mapping contest. I had a job to choose \T\ \t^J there were so many excellent draw- MIA VSifev Woo Yin
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      234 12 'Tss'V The smart choice an ARROW DART Your taste will tell you this fine white shirt is the right shirt for you. Its /sT~~~>v attractive medium-point collar is >rf/*i**s^rVVj matched by its distinguished ARROW* J*r/fcfffjl{7' tailoring. ffij^ffivj And both collar and shirt stay fresh \L F~l iii' L__2^T" aU day
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      156 12 Crossword puzzle CLUES ACROSS.— I, Bird in the stories of Slndbad the Sailor. 4, A brainwave. 8, If you make a face" you express disgust, 9. The largest city of Nevada, U.S.A. 10, Piece of wood for the fire. 11, A gathering of huntsmen. 13, Land is measured by it.
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    Lock icon FIVE POINTS OUT OF SIX FOR UNITED
    352 13 LONDON, Toes. THE f nulling Easier holiday soccer prorrmmme, which entailed three fanes in four days for nearly all the TO English League soccer clubs,, ended yesterday with the key championship positions hi the four divisions much dearer. But the keen relegation struggle
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    UK Soccer Results
    214 13 LONDON, Tv«. mmUkm imHi: DIVISION 1 AnMtstl Hssldtfs&eU 1 Btnntnf luun 2 W. -Srvsi. 0 Bander t Charitaa 1 Car** t fWlwuft S CUw UrtM T. MWMlMatar C. 4 B««4«rl»»4 I KIWM Ub P. VckMttrU.l FratN S TotbMhMß S BfciMiH O. 1 IwtN 1 Wttra Aitoa VIII*
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    SOUTH HAVE LUNCH BREAK TO THANK FOR THEIR WIN
    439 13 SOUTH HAVE LUNCH BREAK TO THANK FOR THEIR WIN By GUNN CHIT THYE PENANG, Tues. SHOULD not the annual North-South cricket match revert to the August Bank holidays, followers of the game are asking themselves and officials of the game. This question is prompted by the Easter weekend's staging of
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    Navy score a close win over the Royal Air force
    205 13 LONDOW TIM. Yesterday* Inter smfcjus tournament: Royal Navy 11 Royal Air Pom 9 (at Twickenham). Club matches: AbwMWi 6 Neath Abertlllery S J. Bath 22 Bradford .6, BrideWater and Albion 0 Uvvnool 41. Bristol IS Northampton 3. Camborne 3 Old
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    STIRLING MOSS THE WINNER
    45 13 GOODWOOD, attend. Tim. nttt) wu meant and Us Lerto S^T^^^KKJjSl "StfBWS.'SSk Brit* r»c e tor Grand Prix cars at Rich- T? %itA drlvwi AJ» < IDODa Roccn and AJ'Jr. Pwinli wo Roy Balvtdort of Britain (Maj*- killed in wurßw racw. A f.
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    Ivan Vass makes his exit
    549 14 HE'S HARD TO REPLACE, RUT THE YEARS HATE TAKE* THBK twio. HE WILL NOT BE IN THE JIW HOE CUP GAME AGAINST HK By THE SPORTS EDITOR FAN VASS, Singapore's football captain for the past three years and one of the best centre halves and
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    Soccerites juniors are youth champions
    183 14 Soccerites juniors are youth champions YJLAYINO constructive and inJT telllgent football. Star Soccerites Juntas beat St. Patrick's School 3-1 in the final of the SAPA youth competition at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. There was. however, one stagein the opening minutes of the second half— when the result seemed doubtful as
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    Two victories for Seletar
    63 14 RAP Seletar beat REME 4-1 in a United Dei vices Div. l league soccer fixture at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. Candlln (2). Dunn (penalty) and Jones scored foe Seletar while Wey Ah Kuan replied (or REME. In a Div. 2 game. Seletar Athenians beat RN Kran]t
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    SINGAPORE LOSE 2 MORE MATCHES
    238 14 TOKYO. Tues. SINGAPORE lost two more Swaythling Cup matches In the world table tennis championships here today, going down 5-2 to Sweden and 5-0 to Rumania England joined Czechoslovakia and Japan in the ranks of favourites to win the Cup today by defeating China 5-2.
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    NOT CHALLANGE AT BUKIT TIMAH
    81 14 A HUNDRED YARDS from home and Producer (Power) throws out a hot chaUenge to the leader. Trow HIM (Donnelly), in the Class 4, Dhr. 1. Mile nee at Bnktt 11ma£ on the second day of the recent meeting. Trow Hill went on to win by
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    'PAYUP'CALL THREATENS HALL EXISTENCE
    245 14 rpHE Malacca BadminA ton Association are in danger of losing their newly-built badminton hall unless they can pay up within a month $13,000 still indebted by about $600,000 to their contractors, and the more recent troubles of the Chinwoo of Kuala Lumpur who have a bank
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    EASY VICTORY
    48 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Johore Ceylonese beat Segamat Sports Club by four wickets in a cricket friendly on the padang. Segamat 132 (Magoris 14. Hashim 32, Nicholas 28, Osman 20. Woodhull 6-33, Rajasooria 3-37). Ceylonese 137-6 (Selvathurai 21, Woodhull 41, Alahakone 34 n.o Whitehead 3-61, Nagesu 3-80).
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    BEATTY TUMBLE
    47 14 uooo Dowiing Dy a. i> estrange, who took seven wickets for 14 runs, enabled St. Andrew's School to score a 91-run victory over Beatty School hi a cricket fixture at Woodsville yesterday. St. Andrew's 122-8 dccl. (Sunderaj 56, Eric Ching 6-50). Beatty 31 (L'Estrange 7-14).
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    SPORTS FRONT
    56 14 still owing to their contractors. There Is a familiar ring about these sounds of distress. Remember the Singapore Badminton Hall, the builders of which are course, on a far more modest scale. Yet the moral is applicable— not to build on credit Malacca are Justly proud of their
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    51-RUN KNOCK BY PARTINGTON
    34 14 Singapore Cricket Club drew their cricket match against Nee Boon Garrison on the padang on Monday. S.C.C. aoe-l dad. (Partlngton 51 Ptowright 42, Goodwin 7-ftS), Nee Boon M-» (Young ao).
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    ISMAIL'S FOUR GOALS PUT TIGERS OVER FOURTH HURDLE
    327 14 ISMAIL'S FOUR GOALS PUT TIGERS OVER FOURTH HURDLE rVO old rival teams met at Jalan Besar stadium last night and served up some of the liveliest soccer seen in the first division of the S^.F.A. league so far tills season. Tigers, bidding seriously i tor this year's title, had a
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    Lock icon Arsenal win again
    95 14 LONDON, Tues. RESULTS of today's English Football League matches were: DIV. ONE: Aston Villa 0, Wolverbampton 0- Huddersfleld Town 0. Arsenal 1: Vest Bromwlch 0. Birmingham City 2 DIV. TWO: Notts' Forest 2. Lincoln City 2; Rocherham U 3. MidDIV. THREE (SOUTH): Coventry City 4. Queen's Park
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    Weights for Penang's amateur race meeting
    312 14 PENANO. Tues. (SEVENTEEN deleted racehorses £> an handicapped to 11 race to be run at the Penang Turf Club's amateur meeting this Saturday. Weights an: (Deleted Baeeherses H'cap— 71.). Box Office UjO7- Best Bet 13.04; Civil Lord 13.00; Kingport 13.00; Border Scot 13.10; Maleksadeh
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    SCC did best with ten-man team
    213 14 Singapore cricket Ctab did wen to beat Halkowyu 2-1 In a B JLF jl. Div. 2A league game an the padang yesterday. All three goals wart scored In the lint half and 8.C.C., wbo took the field with tan man, gat the winning goal
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    Class 4 winners have not taken so much money
    308 14 By EPSUM JKBr Pwas like the boom days again at Bukit Tim, An estimated $4,000,000 went on the sweeps^ and totalisator at the four-day meeting of the a gapore Turf Club which ended on Easter So the experiment by the Singapore
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    HOBBS AND JONES DID BEST AT B. TIMAH
    188 14 HOBBS AND JONES DID BEST AT B. TIMAH VTEAL HOBBS and Re 11 Daniels came into J£ own on their home Rroun? the Singapore Turf K March meeting just concljj co. They shared honours in trainers list with six winnj each. The Hobbs stable won $2 580 in stakes. Jackie
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    Lock icon TYSON TAKES FIVE FOR 28
    67 14 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Tues. Frank Tyson, England's fast bowler, 'helped to put Swanton's team in a strong position by taking five for 28 in 12.5 overs against Trinidad. At one time he had a devastating spell of four for 14. Close of play scores:
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    Lock icon TRAUTMAM HONOURED
    93 14 LONDON. Tues pERT TRAUTMANN, Mancr.6 D ter City's briUiant Gerai goalkeeper was today elected Eg land's "Footballer of the yea" t the Football Writers AsswDtr He will receive the trophy at Association's annual dinner London on May 3 two days fore he plays for his club in FA.
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    FIRST FINAL TONIGHT
    115 14 r[E women's singles final of the Singapore Malay badminton championships between Wan Noor Daud and Tumlnab Kartm will be decided at the S.B.A. hall tonight. Other ties tonight are: Junior inter-party (semi-final): Police v Bournemouth; Veterans dovbles (semi-final) Dasmon Oeman and M. Kachong v Jasmin Asmo and
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