The Straits Times, 1 May 1956

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  • 16 1 »Alr%- tEWIfUI %XX% tTCI»»« <<•■««» The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 771 1  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Chief Minister talks to the Straits Times by radio-telephone from his London flat By On the eve: In lap of gods BE SCENTS CO-OPERATION ci'K VK I N to the Straits Times over an 8,000-mile radio-telephone link lust night, the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall,
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  • 232 1  - Mr. M hints: I may quit win or lose HARRY MILLER FROM LONDON, Mon. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, last night completed a memorandum replying to the British Government's proposals on internal security. Shortly afterwards Mr. Marshall said: "Whatever the results of the London talks, I may not be
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  • 82 1 IPOH, Mon. A fishmonger's wife. Mrs. Yeap Weng Hoan, gave birth to triplets all boys at the district hospital here last night. Mrs. Yeap is already the mother of two daughters. The first of the triplets was born at 7.30 p.m., weighing 5 lb. 7
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  • 330 1 CHEW APPEALS: REMAIN CALM MORE THAN 200,000 Singapore workers will celeiT1 brate May Day today. Their leaders say it will be a "peaceful day," but the police are taking no chances. From 6 pjn. yesterday, all police were alerted and ordered to stand-by. This
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  • 78 1 MOSCOW, Mon. Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev arrived home today after their 10-day visit to Britain. Tens of thousands of people waiting at the airport cheered and clapped as the two leaders left the plane which had brought them from the Baltic port of
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  • 42 1 COLOMBO, Mon.— Mr. 8. Sellamuttu, former Mayor of Colombo, today renounced his title as an officer of the Order of the British Empire in support of the new left-wing government's policy of discouraging imperial honours Reuter.
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  • 113 1 LONDON. Mon.— Two people an airman and a child —were killed today when an airliner with 54 people on board crashed on take-off. The airliner a York transport chartered by the War Office, was leaving Stansted, 33 miles north-east of London, bound for
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  • 245 1 -It left the jungle for a dip in the reservoir- KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. One of Malaya's rarelj seen wild animals a twotoned tapir made a brief appearance at Klang Gates, near here, today. At 1 a.m. it trotted quietly out of the Jungle fringing the
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  • 55 1 The remittance of sterling from Malaya has eased off in the past week and as a result the Malayan dollar has strengthened against the pound. The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association yesterday increased their rates to bring TT selling and buying rates to one-sixteenth of a penny on
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  • 31 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.— Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, said today that the danger of general war seemed somewhat less, "and that is an Immense reI lief Reuter.
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  • 373 1 'Here's to China' angers Rahman NO DOUBLE DEALING, TOAST MAN TOLD KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Tengku Abdul Rahman today warned one of the "big four" Chinese leaders who sponsored a mass meeting here on Friday that he would not stand for "double dealing." Mr. Leong Chee Cheong, president of the Federation
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  • 30 1 A gang assaulted a labour contractor, Quek Cheng Tee, 25, in a coffee shop at Silat Road, Singapore last night and snatched from him his payroll of $575.
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  • 122 1 BIG PLAN SALVAGE $65m. TIN FORTUNE KUALA LUMPUR, Moiu— A $65,000,000 fortune in tin is believed to be lying in the holds of ships sunk near Malaya in the last war. And the War Damage Commission, which has already compensated the pre-war owners, is studying the possibility of salvaging it.
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  • 56 1 ALGIERS, Mon French security forces killed 83 rebels In clashes in Algeria in the past 24 hours, according to reports reaching here today. In Algiers two Europeans were wounded when a grenade was hurled into a bai**?'s shop. Four people w.re wounded when a grenade exploded
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  • 43 1 WASHINGTON. MOn. —The White House announced today that President Soekarno of Indonesia will arrive in Washington on May 16 for a previously announced visit. He will be flown here from Honolulu in President Eisenhower's plane Columbine 111. AJ>.
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  • 51 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, is expected to announce full details of his promised "peoples' war" against the terrorists at the Federal Legislative Council meeting on May 16. His statement will also include an announcement on the Government's future policy on the
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  • 215 1 Govt. men go on strike ONE HUNDRED Singapore Customs revenue officers at Clifford pier last night de- cided not to report for duty this morning. The men belong to the Government Workers' Union. They are striking because an Asian officer whom they "don't like" is working at the pier. Just
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  • 48 1 BOYD GETS NEW MEMORANDUM See this page LONDON, Mon. Mr. Marshall sent in his new memorandum to Mr. Boyd this afternoon. I understand there was some sharp disagreement over H *t delegations conference and some fate amendments were made. Basic principles however unchanged— From Hairy Miller
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  • 35 2 BRUSBELS, Mon.— Mr. Khrishna K. Chettur, India's ambassador to Belgium, died here yesterday of heart failure. Aged 55, he had held the Josts of ambassador to apan and to Burma. Reuter.
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  • 52 2 AMMAN, Mon.— The chiefs of staff of the Arab armies are expected to hold a conference here next month following the visit of Jordan military missions to Cairo and Beirut. The conference will discuss co-ordination of Arab military strength to unite the Arab armies against any Israeli
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  • 337 2 Nt the eiroicLE, scnomsTg ram the 4 swhits of yellow leat A JOYLESS LIFE— ONLY 8 ARE LEFT AND SOON THEY WILL BE A LEGEND NEW YORK, Mon.— An American museum expedition to Slam disclosed today its discovery of a legendary tribe of nomads
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  • 95 2 HOME AGAIN GO TONGA'S 'TIN CAN' ISLANDERS UKUUALOFA, Tonga Islands Mon. Former residents of "Tin Can" Island in the Tonga group are planning to occupy the island again for the first time since its main town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1946. The island real name Miuafoo— gained
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  • 111 2 T ONDON, Mon. Some men are allergic to certain types of lipstick. A medical magazine said today a kiss could cause dermatitis. This might be particularly embarrassing for men leadlng double lives. The Prac- titioner warned in an article by Dr. Geoffrey Hodgson, dermatologist. Liquid nail
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  • 425 2 EDUCATION is the main solution to multi-racial and multilingual problems in Singapore and the Federation, Dr. Alexander von Arx, Professor of History at the University of Indonesia, told the Straits Tmies last night. Malaya must educate all races before the country could be firmly united, he said.
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  • 67 2 KINGSTON (Jamaica). Mon. The committefi set up to continue work on the formation of the British Caribbean Federation will hold Its first meeting in Barbados on May 29. The committee, appointed at the recent Caribbean. Federation conference in London, will consider among other matters the selection
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  • 21 2 LONDON, Mon. Britain and Russia continued talks here today on the problem of maintaining peace In partitioned Vietnam.— Reuter.
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  • 159 2 NEW YORE, Mon,—Fresident Elsenhower* pet hates, which most often cause him to low his temper, are politicians who pot their arms round bis shoulder, unf eminine women, gossips, and unpunctaality, it was reported today. The magasfrw Look said the
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  • 81 2 LIVINGSTONE, Mon.— Lord MalTern, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, said yesterday the Federal Government did not intend lifting the ban on Indian immigration to the federal territOr Addresslng the British- Indian Association and the Indian Chamber of Commerce here. Lord Malvern
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  • 32 2 Princess attends Red Hat Ball A RADIANT Frincess Margaret arrives for the Bed Hat Ball at Grosrenor House, Park Lane, London, on the evening of St. Geone's Day. April 23.— Reuter picture.
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    • 275 2 LILLE (France), Mon. A French Fakir, Yvon Yva, 25, who was buried alive in a wooden coffin here 10 days ago, hopes to "surface" tomorrow after 286 hours underground. He has lost consciousness four times since he was buried six feet down. A doctor prescribed
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  • 156 2 MUST NOT FAIL COLONIES LONDON, Mon. Jj Minister or «?t-t "Hs Colonial Affairs lij John Hare, sairi' I today that L-W must find "ne<v fl* tions" to meet the?! blems of colonial M noT^th^cogSlfJ because w e lack th? I tlon and the t\< ■x;h';i [f^M operate with them in
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  • 36 2 TAIPEH, Mon.-TheCr-B ese Nationalists said M that 200.000 leaflets cKj "safe conduct" passes been sent to the CommuL-B mainland recently. B They did not say how ft I were delivered.— Reuter. B
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  • 32 2 JERUSALEM. Mon. Dag Hammarskjoelci, Ur.:v:Bi Nations Secretary-Genenß, has cut short a visit to Ci-» in view of new border in H dents in the Gaza strip it was learned today.-?';:
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  • 16 2 LONDON. Mon. E:y: has decided to open consi-H ates in Tunisia and MorocH Reuter
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  • 356 3 Mls»He chief: P.S. can make hydgoaon warheads to g— h awoss o— ani General talks of 'major scientific find 9 WASHINGTON, Monday. ■lAJ.-GEN- S. R. BRENTNALL, VS. Air Force guided missiles chief, has told a congressional committee that American scientists have Lnd a way to make hydrogen
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  • 100 3 JERUSALEM. Mon. The Israeli Minister of Finance. Mr. Levi Eshkol yesterday presented to the 24th World Zionist Contress here a four-year $1,000 million plan for sctqftg 250 000 new colonists !r. Israel. fthkol said that to help pay for the plan American .ould be
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  • 76 3 CALCUTTA. Mon. Eight thousand dockers returned to wrk today, ending a two- 1 wit-old strike which held up tany ships. Daring the strike period a itatp of emergency was dedutd in the docks and ■dttarjr workers were brought in to load and unload Ml The docker^
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  • 26 3 KARACHI. Mon— Pakistan k to recognise the indejendence of Tunisia and Morocco "within the next few Jays, an official source said wre last night.— Reuter.
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  • 47 3 HAVANA, i Cuba i, Mon. Civilians attacked an army m yesterday at MaUnzas 60 miles east of Havana, according to reports Aching here. Details of the attack were meagre, but it was believed here that the rebel movement was quelled almost immediately. Reuter.
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  • 124 3 NAVY HAS A-BOMB CARRIER r LONDON, Mon. r O new carrier-borne planes one capable of carrying an atom bomb have successfully completed sea trials with the Royal Navy. They are the De Havilland 110, the largest and most advanced all-weather fighter ever built for the Navy, and the Vickers Armstrong
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  • 54 3 RAPALLO, Mon. Sir Max Beerbohm. the British critic, essayist and caricaturist, is in a private nursing home here where his doctor said he is having a general check up. The doctor said he had been suffering from asthma and gout, but was now a little better.
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  • 32 3 PALM A (Majorca), Mon. Rain yesterday forced the postponement of a bullfight scheduled to be held here this afternoon in honour of Prince Rainier of Monaco and Princess Grace. U.P.
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  • 40 3 CHARLIE CHAPLIN and his wife. Oona. meet Marshal Bnlganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, at a reception at Claridge's Hotel in London during the Russian leader's tour of Britain with Mr. Nikita Khrushchev. Beater Picture mm S
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  • 40 3 TWO Prime Ministers. Sir Anthony Eden and Marshal Bulganin, clink classes before drinking a toast at the reception at Claridee's which was riven by the Soviet Ambassador to Britain. Mr. Jacob Malik.— Renter picture
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  • 221 3 500,000 TO STORM PARLIAMENT DARIS, Mon. Mr. Pierre Poujade, the anti-tax shopkeepers' leader, today threatened to bring half a million Frenchmen to the gates of Paris in opposition to the present parliament. Addressing a national congress of his movement, at Saint Cere in South- West
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  • 267 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON. April 30. —Cash Buyers £753; Sellers £7534; Forward Buyers £749: Sellers £750; Settlement £750. Turnover: a.m. 120 tons; p.m. 50 tons. RUBBER LONDON. April 30.— Spot 26d.. June 35^d.. July-Sept. 35',d.. Oct. -Dec.
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  • 192 3 U Nu, the neutral, wins in Burma RANGOON. Mon. Prime Minister U Nu's Government was swept back into full power for another four years in Burma's weekend election. The outcome was never in serious doubt since opposition to the neutralist leader was minor. Only 80 of the 200 seats In
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  • 53 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. Mr. Ajoy Kumar Ghosh was reelected general secretary of India's Communist Party yesterday. Earlier In the 10-day congress, delegates voted to support the Indian Government In Its policies of defence of peace and land reform, but resolved to emerge as a unified
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  • 44 3 HONG KONG, Mon. —An 11 -man Australian goodwill mission arrived here today from Sydney on their way to Communist China for a month's visit. The party was led by Prof. C. P. Fitzgerald, a Far Eastern history expert. I
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  • 34 3 ROME, Mon. A school bus jammed with 35 children of Rome's English-speaking colony collided with a tourist bus here today. police said at least 16 people were injured. U.P.
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  • 138 4 —But it's only for comfort SHUTTERS went up yesterday for the first time— on all doors and windows at the Singapore Criminal District and Magistrates' Courts buildings in South Bridge Road. Outwardly, the courts seemed to have been dosed. This is not so. It was
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  • 37 4 Father Muhren dies The Rev. Father Dominic Muhren died suddenly at Mukah, Sarawak, at the age of 42. Father Muhren, who was in charge of the Mission in Mukah since 1956, first went to Sarawak in 1938.
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  • 263 4 Jobs -for -boys talk 'is all damned rot' #M _*_^_MLM VMS AM| MiiMMM%tt I fcw W— FW_t_P¥_Bft_ft I MR. CHEW EXPLODES— THEN EXPLAINS "IT'S all damned rot," snapped Mr. Chew Swee Kee, Singapore's acting Chief Minister, yesterday. This was his explosive reaction to a Liberal Socialist Party accusation that the
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  • 76 4 FONG UN KIEW (above). a 24-year-old hairdresser. was rescued from the Singapore River on Saturday afternoon. She pleaded gnflty to attempted suicide la court yesterday. She said: "I wanted to end my life because my mother would not let me do what I
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  • 37 4 TAIPING, Mon.— Mr. Chung Swee Wah, Labour Officer, Perak North, has left on transfer to Muar. His wife, who is a teacher, has been transferred to the Sultan Abu Bakar Girls' School in Muar.
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  • 17 4 An Indian cultural delegation of dancers and musicians will arrive in Singapore early next month.
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  • 112 4 LOTS OF TAX WHISPERS BUT MOSTLY UNTRUE rTHE Singapore Income Tax X Department has received an increased number of letters, about alleged tax evasion, since it was announced a month ago that rewards would be paid. But most of the letters merely say "so-and-so is making a lot of money,"
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  • 163 4 Proposal by Malay political party KUALA KANGSAR, Monday. T*HE Purtobohan Bumi Putera, a Malay political A party, wants passport regulations to be introduced between Singapore and the Federation, until the merger of the two territories is an accomplished fact. A committee meeting of the party here
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  • 207 4 TB at sea blame crowded cabins OR PERHAPS KITCHEN— DOCTOR TPHE Medical Director of the Singapore Antix Tuberculosis Association, Dr. G. H. Garlick, yesterday blamed bad sleeping accommodation on cargo ships for the high rate of tuberculosis among seamen. "The accommodation for seamen on certain ships," Dr. Garlick said, "is
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  • 102 4 PINE STRIKE OVER SOON JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— One thousand workers on the largest pineapple estate in Pontian district of Johore, who have been on strike since Mar. 23, may resume work on Thursday. The Labour Department, assisted by Mr. Ang Teow Slam, has found a basis for the settlement. Negotiations
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  • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A 19-year-old terrorist was today sentenced to death by the Federation Chief Justice. Sir Charles Mathew, for unlawful possession of a shotgun and ammuntion. Hiew Fah Sang, alias Ah Kwee, was arrested by security forces in an ambush at the jungle fringe on
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  • 315 4 DEATH AFTER A GOODBYE PARTY A YOUNG Indian la- j bourer who had made arrangements to leave for India in j March last year was stabbed to death— two days before his intend- ed departure. Thla was stated at the Sin- gapore Aasiw Court yesterday at the trial of V.
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  • 25 4 The annual meeting of the I Graduate Teachers' Association wiU be held on May 19 at the Beatty Secondary School at 3.30 p.m.
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  • 28 4 The Sandakan Town Board. North Borneo, is to ask the Government for money to build a new high rourt on the old Albany Mansions site.
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  • 138 4 rpHE sub-committee of the A Singapore Youth Council, which is investigating the way the youth of Singapore spend their leisure hours, hopes to start "field work" by the middle of May. Mr. A. F. Wells, a member of the sub-committee, told the Straits Times yesterday
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  • 475 5 SIT CHIEF WARNS: 'TOTAL BREAKDOWN IF THE EXPATS DECIDE TO GO' THE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST will face the danger of a complete breakdown in its operations if its expatriate officers should at "some future date" decide to quit. The manager of the Trust, Mr.
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  • 85 5 rkIRECTINa air strikes *J against the terrorists Is part of the new job of Group Capt. R. J. P. Prichard, 41, who has taken over the command of the RAF Station, Tengah. Singapore. He succeeds Group Capt. R. T. Frogley. Group Captain Prichard. was
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  • 63 5 Mr. Justice Taylor In the Singapore High Court yesterday ordered the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a judgment debtor, N. Thangavelu, who failed to attend in response to a summons to show cause why he should not be committed to prison. The judge
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  • 79 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.-^An persons unknown. Astate kepala, Lam Ah Piang, The body, which had been was found slashed to death slashed 10 times, was found on an estate road in Geylang by a rubber tapper. Patah district on Dec. 25. Lam had been a prosecution At the
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  • 133 5 [Statement by union on court case tendon has been F,' n (0 a report which d:a cc i in the Straits fijd <*t. 19 1955 Krf. union: We Are £tf 'Racial Har- won y Our Aim. heer pointed out to > this report of a Iwnent by the Penang
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  • 51 5 ■Ht 400 students who o: find places in Singattt secondary schools arted their courses in even- classes yesterday. courses offered are t£sh language, mathemaeconomics. geography xi book-keeping. 10 classes, six in i ondary School m classes for girls), two 'Gan Ens Seng School and in Siplap
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  • 47 5 A young maidservant was (omitted for trial at the a magistrate's gft yesterday on a charge i: abandoning her baby auehter in a backlane at fc*ze Road on Dec 31. Tay Slew Hong, 17, was t»anwhile remanded in the fetation Army women's in■Mftl home.
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  • 175 5 Dutch Consul-General gives reception ABOUT 500 guests attended a reception given in Singapore yesterday by the Netherlands ConsulGeneral, Mr. D. G. E. Middleburg, to mark the birthday of Queen Juliana. The reception was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., to deal
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  • 146 5 University snobs bitter attack NEEDS OF ADULT EDUCATION PENANG, Monday. AMR. KHOO CHOO POON, cnairman of Penang iTI Adult Education Association, today criticised "academically qualified people who behave like "They give the impression that universities churn out superior beings no longer capable of mixir.g with their less fortunate brothers," he
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  • 141 5 SINGAPORE taxi drivers jammed the City Council galleries yesterday in anticipation of debates affecting them. One debate proved a short ope The other did not come off.' The council rejected a proposal that the Registrar of Vehicles should not record all reports
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  • 104 5 KLANG, Mon.— A legless man, V. Vythilingam. 32, may get a job in a shoe factory here. The District Officer. Mr. T. J. Mathlas. and officials of the Malayan Indian Congress have asked the management of the factory to employ him. Vythilingam had his left
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  • 30 5 A group of Japanese university students will visit Malaya for 10 days soon "to explore the wider horizons of international goodwill between nations which were once at war."
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  • 34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. E. D. Knight has arrived in Johore Bahru and taken over the appointment of Controller, Telecommunications, johore Region, from Mr. D. Smith, who has been transferred to Perak.
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  • 125 5 LIGHTNING STRIKE BY BUS WORKERS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— All 36 employees of a bus company in Kajang, 15 miles south of here, downed tools today in protest against the management's refusal to consider their demands sent in 10 days ago. The National Union of Transport Workers made six demands to
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  • 37 5 The Institution of Structural Engineers has agreed to exempt civil engineering graduates of the University of Hong Kong from the whole of the graduateship examination of the Institution and also part of the associate membership examination.
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  • 27 5 Mr Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday admitted Mr. David Bernard Ounston to the Colony Bar to practise as an advocate and solicitor.
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  • 136 5 More pay for all tops the list MORE THAN 50 labourers, wiremen and ticketsellers employed at the Happy World, SingaUnion, which represents the workers, sent 13 demands to the management yesterday. The union is demanding an increase of $1.35 a day for labourers
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  • 33 5 About $25,000 worth oi opium was seized from a house in Lorong N, Telok Kurau Road, by Singapore Customs officers yesterday. It weighed 611 b. A woman has been arrested.
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  • 35 5 A 36-year-old woman, Ang Bak Sum, was severely stung by a swarm of hornets in Jurong Road, Singapore, yesterday. She was treated at the General Hospital and allowed to go home.
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  • 71 5 LOG EXPLODES AT MILL Then workmen find shrapnel IPOH, Mon. A LOO suddenly explod- ed at the Sim Lee sawmill in Lumut, setting fire to an electric saw. Workmen were baffled until they discovered that a 20 mm. shell had been Imbedded in the log. The shell is believed to
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  • 54 5 Tan Chu Nyo, 67, ws fatally injured when his tricycle collided with a lorry near the Beach Road police station in Singapore yesterday morning. He died at the General Hospital last night. Eye-witnesses are asked to contact Inspector A. J. Wilson at the Sepoy Lines
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    • 79 5 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.45 ajn. (8 (t 4 Ins.) 3.11 pjn. (6 ft. 9 Ins.); Port Dickson 9.36 ajn. (7 ft. 3 Ins.) 10.08 p.m. (7 ft); Penang 3.35 ajn. (5 ft 6 Ins.) 3.26 pjn. (6 ft 4 Ins.). TOMORROW: Singapore 2.26 ajn. (7 ft. 9 Ins.) 4.02
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  • 120 6 It W»rds tit (Minimum* MR. MRS. F. B. Marshall thank all those who attended the Bwrrtaft of their daughter on 28-4-56 and also for the kind greetings and presents sent to the Couple. KOON FOOK SAM and Brothers thank all Relatives and Pttaod* who sent Telegrams Wreaths and Loan
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  • 207 6 20 H „rd, $10 (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that (5,000 word puzzle. DON'T LET unpleasant odours spoil your guests' pleasure. Keep An-Wick in the Bathroom. COTTON DRESSES to clear $20. All Sizes. Town and Country, Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place.
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  • 48 6 2ii Wordt $19 (Minimum) McCOY: In Loving Memory of Mum Rachel MUUcent who passed sway on 1-5-55. "Gone But Not Forgotten". PERSONAL 20 Horrfu |20 (Minimum) MY GRATEFUL THANKS To Blrssed Martin for his intercession. Favours granted. Employment and better prospects obtained for my soils. K.B.
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  • 556 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. May. 1, 1956. May Day Review Today workers throughout the world will celebrate May Day in their own fashion. In Communist countries, and particularly in Moscow and Peking, the rejoicings are never complete without monstrous assembly of tanks, troops and aircraft. Despite the encouraging flutter
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  • 333 6 Almost on the very eve of the resumption of the Lancaster House conference, and barely three hours after Mr. Marshall had spoken unhappily of disagreement within his ranks, the Singapore delegation has found unity. The relief which the Chief Minister has expressed will be shared in
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  • 330 6 Russian press comment on the London talks, while designed to reinforce the friendly optimism of the Anglo Russian communique, unfortunately only emphasises in the end the absence oi positive results. In at least two respects the comment is even alarming. It seems to assume that the talks
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  • 276 6 by O.H. Brandon The State Derm, planning staff, once al* glomeration O f 1^" brains, has deterioratSik a routine operation. The dilemmas a power is facing in u.^ licy-makin* are t North Africa bctwa? France and t!v AtoS Arabs, in Palrstu.. J^l and the Arabs J r he Ba B
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  • 741 6 WASHINGTON. 'THERE is a growing feeling here that American foreign policy is coming apart at its seams. Nobody in the Administration would publicly admit It, because that would draw the country's attention to it and would not give the Democratic Party strong ammunition In
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  • 886 6  -  Walter Briggs LIQUIDATION IN RED CdDtA By "IN a country predo- minantly illiterate, it is impossible to set up communism. It is not enough to depend upon state decrees and Communist Party slogans or upon the work of the elite... Boys and girls
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 122 6 lAM In full concurrence with Leong Wai Fun's criticisms headed "Not a Drop to Wash". I am sure that every railway traveller will agree with his description of the service provided and of the prices charged. The price for a cup of coffee and tea was fixed
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 471 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. M Word. $1* (minimum). M' ELWAINE: To Margaret and Da- :d. at Kandang Keroau on 29th April a son, Peter. ROBINSON: To Jane, wife of E A N. Robinson, on 2«th April, «t K K a son. Charles Edward. Both well. SITUATIONS VACANT ft Word, tS (Min.)-Box M
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  • 452 7 THEY CUT PERIMETER WIMt AMD TRACKED VICTIM DOWM AS HE WEMT HOMK AFTER DPTY SOW IT'S A VILLAGE OF SILENT AND FRIGHTENED PEOPLE SKNAI, Mon. rOMMI NIST terrory jsts hacked their y through the double perimeter feme of this South j o h»re village shortly
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  • 118 7 K. MMPUR, Mon. THE ledrral Medical Department today offfrrd higher allowances to the 521 patients »hi went on a live-day strike at the Sungei BuMi Leper Settlement. Then new scheme gi\inc increases ranging from SIS to 542 a month »ill MM the Government $200,000 a
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  • 46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation had a favourable trade balance of $818 million last year, according to figures published today by the Department of Statistics. Total trade for the year amounted to $3,902 million— $2,360 million exports and $1,542 million imports.
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  • 113 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. WHE case against Chan Seng Pee, of Malacca, charged with moving cloth without a permit, which was adjourned last week for a chemist's report ended abruptly in the Sessions Court here today. The point which arose at the previous hearing was whether
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  • 43 7 Two men waylaid a fishmonger, Ng Yong Ann. in Joo Chlat Terrace. Singapore, early yesterday morning and robbed him of $68. Ng told the police he was going to the market when he was attacked. He was tied up and gagged.
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  • 28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— An area security unit patrol fired at two terrorists they contacted in the Ipoh district of Perak early today. The bandits fled.
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  • 248 7 GIRL DEFIED HER GRANDMOTHER fHREE Kuala Lumpur women were acquitted in a Singapore court yesterday of a Joint charge of "importing" a village washergirl into the Colony on i Feb. 20, for prostitution. The judge Mr. J.W.D. Ambrose, acquitted Wan Lin, 47, Yeong Foong Heng,
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  • 147 7 Sea god pacified, now 10,000 wait for the catch "OH. Mon. Three goats, f PV, and a number of 'owu were slaughtered in ceremony on Pmagkor Ufad yesterday as peace ofierinrs to the angry sea About 10,000 fishermen living on the Wand, on the weyti coast of Perak, spent M.tOO
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  • 37 7 The 18,036-ton Empire Orwell arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday with 250 troops for Malaya. The troopship also disembarked 120 service families. In transit to Hong Kong were a further 300 troops and 106 families.
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  • 157 7 PEHANG, Mon. Salleh bin Arlffln, the 14-year-old limbless Bukit Mertaiam schoolboy, left here b, air for Singapore this afternoon on the first stage of his Journey to England He is to be fitted with artificial limbs at the worldfamous Roehampton Hospital near London.
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  • 80 7 CLERKS' PAY TALKS OFF TILL FRIDAY Talks between the Singapore Government and two of its employee's unions on higher wage claims for 3,000 clerks, which began yesterday, were postponed to Friday. The two unions are the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union and the Singapore Union of Postal and
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  • 60 7 The Singapore Unemployment Society intends launchIng a vigorous campaign to persuade the Government and all political parties to press for a social and economic policy that will bring about full employment in the Colony. The society will hold a meeting on Friday to report on the
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  • 54 7 Ho Chwee Beng, Lee Say Seng and Oon Kirn Huat were charged in Singapore yesterday with rioting and causing hurt to Te Cheng Eng with a parang, while in an unlawful gathering in Boat Quay on April 22. The youths were allowed ball. The case will
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  • 269 7 Warning on Nanyang: Guidance or trouble IMTER— UNIVERSITY COUNCIL URGED TPHE Singapore Grad- uate Teachers' Association maintains that the Nanyang University must be given direction and help to orevent trouble later. Its latest Bulletin, published yesterday, says that unless the new university assists Immediately in forming an inter-university council, "there
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  • 45 7 Goh Ah Lye, 80, was found suffering from poisoning In a house in Kirn Keat Road, Singapore, yesterday. She was treated, at the General Hospital' for the effects of drinking a strong cup of washing soap, and later allowed to go home.
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  • 133 7 $40— BUT NONE FOR MUM A JOHORE MINER, Tan A Oon Khiang, yesterday applied successfully to a Singapore court for a variation of a maintenance order made against him two years ago. Under the new court order, he has only to pay from today $40 a month to Madam Goh
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  • 79 7 She forgot he wasn't her husband Maintenance— It's men all the way A HOUSEWIFE, Lee Fong Ling, agreed in a Singapore court yesterday that she was only the mistress of the man she sued for allegedly failing to maintain her. "Then your remedy is not In this court, which provides
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  • 133 7 rpHE Festival of Youth orX ganised by the Singapore Youth Council, which was to have begun today, has been postponed because it would clash with the Chinese interschools sports. Mr. G. Abisheganaden, honorary general-secretary or the council said, the Chinese inter-schools sports
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  • 228 7 GIRL'S PICTURE PRODUCED IN EVIDENCE 'Stolen letters' court martial A PICTURE of a young girl, Radziah binte Mohamed Zaln, was produced In evidence at a court martial in Singapore yesterday. It was alleged to have been found in an album belonging to Private Jamaluddin bin Mohamed, who is charged with
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  • 49 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A Chinese woman tapper on an estate in Johore had a near escape from death when she was attacked by an elephant. She was picked by the elephant with his trunk and flung to the ground. The woman received head and neck injuries.
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  • 120 7 WEDDING BELLS FOR GIRL IN DOCK ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —A girl charged with theft left a court arm-in-arm with her sweetheart today after the magistrate was told they would be married this week. "Her past is behind her," said Vow Wah Hin, 20. "I want her to start afresh." Her
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  • 429 8 MONDAY rever I saw an air of outraged matronly dignity it is in Kirn this evening. Deep in my book I am dimly aware of whoomps and fuffles and looking up, ccc the dog apparently chasing her own tail like a three month old pup.
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  • 108 8 Glamour saris for Romantic evenings For sheer coolness. make a gauzy, lighter-than-air sari dress, > using the patterned bor,,ders for special interest. LEFT. Bouffant■skirted, sleeveless dress with a patterned sari border forming a deep shawl collar and repeating itself in the hem. It is worn with a wide .cummerbund of
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  • 262 8 CAREER GMRL ....HER VOICE MS FAMOUS A career girl with a soft. husky voice and a vivadons personality hasa weekly "fan" mail big enough for a film star. She is Constance Cork, of Singapore, who presents the programme, "Forces Favourites," on Radio Malaya every Wednesday.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 285 8 Straits Times Crossword i 7 nr"j p r~j je e~ TJ" v "75" i 6 17 '8 >9 20 3T 2? 24 5T """ii'*" v m ACROSS (7) 1' Visual and corporal effects of 14 Record of long standing to the blows standardised in America French (8). (5, 9, 1).
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  • STRAITS TIMES Special feature
    • 1488 9 1 A scandal made him I famous overnight I ONE day in 1911 a long petition appeared in the little cafes and bistros of Bohemian Paris. "Free ApoUinaire!" shouted the heading. Writers, artists and "philosophers" of Montmartre and Montparnasse clustered round eagerly to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 263 9 IVJODERN SANITATION *S uNSEWERED rfV AREAS THE ■VCEIA OISSOIVEMATOR "f.+U I'll-""-"* -oUVt powATia r Secosart >^ it mawrlal In chemically into a sterile solution .'a* ->y into the soli 1 „c l« not available I a pply for MUNICIPAL 'rpFOVAL m and More Attractive allatlon $400.00 o ne drum of
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    • 295 9 MX CONSTIPATION WORRIES ARE OVER! wmW-L^m^^S^Sß^^ aW MOMMY ALWAYS GIVES ME Milk of Magnesia jU^SSfL Because it provides more SfEmm fjL complete relief than singleaC Ba\ Purpose laxatives! Constipafl In tion and add indigestion usually go hand in hand. r^^P^^ That's why laxatives which FSi- r* act on constipation alone
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 204 9 Rex Morgan, 3M.D. High puise rate Tkjiii JJP^^k3iLljirrTJ"^Br 1 801 f ARE *>U ™E TyE* IM DR. MOO6AN/ I WAsi TwHERE IS THAT DOCTOR I T YES I TOLP XI Mtelffr?J3PßJSr^jsc~^j% 1/cALLED yOSUMJL BARKER /MV PULSE RATE IS N»CTY-SOt /Hl* YOU WEBE J Dick Tracy Onig picture ■|^^H||^H^B^l r MEARINC
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  • 303 10 FEDERATION'S TRADE 10 PER CENT BETTER IN FIRST QUARTER By Our Market Correspondent THE value of Federation of Malaya trade in the. first quarter of this year was 10.7 per cent higher than in the corresponding period last year, totalling $1,011.3 million. Imports at $415.5 million during the period rose
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  • 149 10 May first grade robber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterat 86% cents prr It)., down flveeighths of a cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was uncertain. I Closing prices in cents per Ib. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 86%, sellers 87 >k; No. I
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  • 38 10 Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., London have recommended a final dividend payable on June 30 of 6, on the Ordinary Stock, making a total of 10', for 1955. The annual meeting will be held on June 14.
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  • 264 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Both industrials and tin shares were slightly better on balance, although the bulk of business done was in industrials. Rubbers were slightly tower.'" Singapore and Federation Brokers reporttsd the following business done yestr Fraser and Neave ords $1.b5 to $1.67-; Gammon $2.07
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  • 294 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made th* following chanties in its rates to merchants yesterday:— London: selling T.T. or O.D. 2 3 1516: buying airmail: T.T. 2 4 I|l6, O.D. 2 4 18. 30 dst 2 4 9 32, 45 d!st 2 4 11 32, 60 dst 2
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  • 74 10 Singapore Chines* Produce Exchuie: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Copn: firm; May (nominal). $29 S buyers, $30 sellers; June taSVi buyers, $30 sellers. Coconut oh: quietly steady: bulk $45>j sellers; drum $484 sellers. Pepper: steady unchanged with no business reported done in the forenoon. Muntok white $100.
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  • 22 10 SINGAPORE Vt rubber 8 A r 'i n per ib (down 50 centsV COPRA: tttu Per picul up j$ Jjj
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  • 92 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS jnvestme^ 1 x Stock Exrh., moderately active W > ceedlng falls, but not large. Mining \'£g**« was quiet with prtwhSSS steady. Loan* were v €a dS Loans 3'i', 1»56-59^.1l Loans 3V, 1955-M Con. Zinc Bank of N.S W I Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill !Hill 50 Mount Morgan
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  • 51 10 Ships lying alon«sid f th, >„ pore Harbour Board »han* expected today are. Am ,1 BrnvorJich 67. Pre«ider 89. Agamemnon 1 1 jL.... j: 1314, Ruys 15 16, Sur.da beth Bakke 19 20 PeUtin* i 3. Senggarang N. Wai; j Lighter No. 12 N. Wall 10 Bt 2122 Sunnyville
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1311 10 NOTICES THE AVER MOLEK RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 10% ]e.ss 30°; Income Tax, has been declared by the Directors in respect of the Financial year ending 30th September 1956 payable on 15th May 1956 to members
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    • 337 10 NOTICES TEMERLOH FERRY One Pontoon only will bt> operating on 6th. and 7th. May 1856. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Llm Hock Aun has resigned his position as from 30th April. 1956, and has no authority to transact any business or to collect monies on our behalf. THE
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    • 874 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citlsens or those eligible for Federal Cltlaenship* and/or State National* for appointment as Senior Salesman in the customs and Excise Department, Johore, in the salary scale $100 x 7.50 115/130 x 7.50 190 plus Cost of Living and Housing Allowances at current rates.
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    • 804 10 NOTICES I NOTICE We wish to announce that we are resuming business as Guarantee and Non-ouarantee Rubber Brokers on the Ist May 1956. European Brokers B. Wilson. E. Mlddleton. Chinese Brokers:— Llm Slew Poh. Lee Kok Tong. MACPHAIL CO.. LTD.. (Members of S.C.C.R.A.), sth Floor. Asia Insurance Building, Singapore 1.
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    • 760 10 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS ate Invited lor the supply of the foUowlut ttstnt to NoTJ Field Force at Fengkalan Ohepa for the period Ist July, IBM to ftat December, 1956:— a. Cooked meals b. Uncooked rations Tenders must be on the orppet form which can be obtained from the office
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    • 437 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O PAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Franeiscr Spore P. Swei Kenans rm.-, Kristin Bakke Sailed 2 May 1 |un 4 |un S |un > Anna Bakke 2 May 15 May 15 |un 18 |un 19 |un Up Elisabeth Bakke 8 |un
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  • Commercial news and Views
    • 371 12 Jaycees pledge all out help to aid trade JUNIOR Chambers of Commerce in Asian countries are being urged to help in every way possible to make a success of trade missions visiting their countries. This appeal was made in one of the resolutions adopted at the sixth Asian Regional Conference
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    • 281 12 COMPANY HAS FAITH IN MALAYA'S FUTURE pAITH in Malaya's future is reflected in the construction of the $5 million American International Assurance Co. Ltd.'s building in Singapore, said Mr. O. M. Hughes, managing director of the company. Mr. Hughes was present to conduct last week's ceremony at which Sir Robert
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    • 111 12 ANEW use for tin, which promises to lead to an expanding demand has been successfully tested in London. Tin has been proved by the Tin Research Institute of Britain, to add to the life of certain types of paint used in situations where wet
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    • 151 12 INCREASE IN SYNTHETIC PRICE SOON? rE B.F. Goodrich President said in San Francisco on Saturday that the price of synthetic rubber may move up fractionally in the next 30 to 60 days. He indicated the price may rise from the current 23 to 23k- or 24 U.S. cents range, reports
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    • 238 12 Biggest trade fair planned for Colony in August \f ORE THAN half the 128 stalls planned for the iTI fifth post-war Great World Trade Exhibition have already been booked by well-known Singapore firms, Mr. Abdul Hamid. assistant manager, whose organising on behalf of the Great World, said yesterday. The show
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    • 172 12 RRlTAirrs aviation exports in March almost equalled the figure for the whole of 1946, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors announced. The March total ol £14,093,202 was 77 per cent hither than any previous month's flrures. The value of aircraft, engines, and components
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    • 310 12 GREAT EASTERN SCHEME COMPLETE 'THE last phase of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Ltd. $2 million housing project in Haig Road, Singapore, will be completed by September, Mr. A. E. M. Oeddes, secretary of the company said yesterday. This Involves the construction of four blocks of flats which, together
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    • 54 12 Motor car output in the United States last week totalled 129.960 units which was little changed from the previous week but compared with 184,279 a year ago, according to Ward's automative reports. The agency said industries are scheduling a daily output rate of 24,800 for May
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    • 229 12 TH E Goodyear Tire Ac Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio has announced important changes in its top level management. Mr P. W. Litchfield. chairman of the board, has relinquished his position as chief executive to president W. J. Thomas, who becomes top ranking officer
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    • 88 12 HPHE plastics industry, which 1 in 1953 brought £23 million of foreign currency into Britain, has advanced "in a way without parallel," Mr. C. C. Last, chairman of the British Plastics Federation said at the Federation's annual luncheon in London. Rlr^Last^aidtha^plastlc materials' manufacturers sold 85,000 tons abroad
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    • 216 12 IC.LUMPUR 2927 SINGAPORE 2412 PENANG ***** rnoUj*^!^ Hss\ Pah American w!j\ World Airways 1 IV RAIL TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD r.a.t-K jfif^K Trade with I 4Rp 1 Australia and New Zealand Bosineu men trading with Australia and New Zealand are invited to use the complete banking service of
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    • 168 12 WOW! VARTA BATTERIES AkE TERRIFIC fp|s VARTA J\jSfe BATTERIES *^^^iV Orv cho'geJ newer, Stronger and longer life. Made In Germany Used as original equipment feeding German vemcles. I Singapore Stockists: NAM WAH BATTERY SERVICE I SWEE KIM BATTERY SERVICE 4, Rochore Canal Rd. I 19, Eu Tong Sen St. Upcountry
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  • 582 13  -  LEONARD BELSHAM dote, Rtehavdfton to Mhrc that No. 1 problem? By LONDON. Mon. AUSTRALIA'S cricketers hajve arrived in England with the reputation, according to Australians, of being the best side for years. No wonder, perhaps, that they are hopeful of regaining the Ashes. But when
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  • 651 13  - A SILVER LINING IN THAT CLOUD OVER BRITISH BOXING VERNON MORGAN By LONDON, Mon. BRITISH boxing suffered a severe setback in the eyes of the fistic world last week when both the heavy weight champion and his challenger were completely eclipsed and beaten In two rounds while Peter Waterman, reckoned
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  • 78 13 LONDON. Mon.— Hungary and Yugoslavia drew 9-3 In their soccer international before a M.OOO crowd at Budapest yesterday. Vukas gave Yugoslavia the lead after five minutes, but Fenyvesl equalised three minutes before the Interval. Hungary took the lead In the 66th minute with a coal from
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  • 301 13 BRESCIA, Italy, Monday. ITALY'S powerful Ferrari racers today held an un--1 disputed sweep of the 23rd Mille Miglia open road race the bloodiest in 18 years. Roaring yesterday over dangerous wet roads, five officially entered racers of the stable finished In
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  • 98 13 PHILADELPHIA. Mon. AN Oxford University athletic team won both the 4 x One Mile and 4 x 880 yards events in the Perm relays here on Saturday. Both times were well outside the existing world records. The Oxford team of Don Gome, Derek Johnson. Alan Gordon
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  • 56 13 MEXICO CITY Mon. Memo Dies, of Mexico, leading contender for the world flyweight title, scored an unanimous ten rounds points decision over fourth ranking Oar icm of the Philippines. b..t last night. The Filipino was aggressive throughout but Dies fought cleverly andbuiit up a big margin
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  • 338 13 DAVIS CUP Poland beat Austria by taking last 2 singles VIENNA, Mon. POLAND made a great come-back to beat Austria 3-2 in their Davis Cup European Zone first-round tie in Warsaw yesterday. Poland will now meet Italy. Austria led 2-1 when play was resumed yesterday, but Poland's representatives played magnificently
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  • 142 14 Jt| ALAYA'S women hoca key players have never played against a foreign team, but they may get their chance soon. The All-India women's national team will be in Singapore for a night on May 18 on their way to Australia for an international competition.
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  • 581 14 THERE'S A MIXED BAG FOR THE SOCCER FAMS TODAY BUT 'MALAYA CUP* PLAN FOR SCHOOLS IS GOOD NEWS THERE'S a mixed bag on the Malayan soccer front today disappointment, good news and a spot of confusion. The disappointment concerns Singapore only and it means
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  • 440 14 A day of surprises at the stadium FWAS the day of the underdogs at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when both first division matches in the SAFA league brought in upsets. In the 5.15 game Rovers, whose form has been patchy of late, were at their best to surprise the strong
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  • 70 14 PNOM PENH, Men. TWE Football /.meUUflB 1 of Malaya team beat a Pnom Penh Selection 2-1 here today. Malaya had lost by 3-2 to Cambodia yesterday in their Asian Cap return match. Pnom Penh led l-« at the interval with a goal by centreforward Troual in
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  • 280 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 3IVAGNANAM is to lead a young and fit Selangor side against Perak in the State's first cricket match of the season, at Ipoh this weekend. Apart from the fact that the leading bowler is not the ideal man to captain a
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  • 305 14 TWO DAYS' EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE BY INDIAN DAVIS CUP MEN INDIA'S Davis Cup team oi ttamanaman Krlshnan and Naresh Kumar will play exhibition matches in Singapore next Thursday and Friday, May S and 4. The Indian tennis stars are on their way to Japan to play off their Davis Cup
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  • 316 14 MALAYA'S glooe-gircuing Daamuuon piayers, uoi Teik Hock of Penang and Ong Poh Lam of Singapore returned by air to Singapore unheralded late last night. There was nobody except a few relatives to meet them when they landed at Paya Lebar Airport
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  • 74 14 PARIS. Mon. M. Francois Dupre's Tanerko gave a furthei pointer to his Epsom Derby rhfinAf when he ramped home in the 3.500,000 francs (£3.500) Prix Noallles. run over 1 mile 3 fur. at Longchamp yesterday. Tanerko (TantlemefflLa Divine), who recently won the Prix Juigna on his
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  • 33 14 Wrestling classes will begin at the Chinese YMCA's new premises today. The nan. instructor, Liev Kwong Song, win hold two claaes on Tuesdays and Fridays between 9 to 10 P.m.
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  • 31 14 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.— This evening's men's doubles final of the Selangor Golf Club open tennis championships vtas postponed owing to rain and will be played later In the week.
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  • 125 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Johore Civil Service Club beat Army (Singapore) by 5-3 at tennis here over the week-end. Results (JCSC first): Singles: Wong Thian Teck and Ooh Teik Chow lost to Major Gale and Capt. Nlnness 4-6, 3-8; beat Major Orindtoy and Capt. Turner Cooke 3-6.
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  • 130 14 LONDON, Mon. WILLIE Watson, the York- shire and England lefthander, hit the first century of the English first-class cricket season today in Yorkshire's match against the M c.c. at Lord's. Watson reached his hundred In three hours and 35 minutes. He hit ten fours. Scores
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  • 446 14  - DUSTY BRIDGE IS A CREDIT To TRAINER TJOA EPSOM JEEP By STRAINER S. K. 'Sam' TJoa, who looks like having his best ever season, introduced a smart newcomer in Dusty Bridge at Penan* on Saturday. This Irish-bred four-year-old by Dastur made an impressive debut when he ran on resolutely to
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  • 231 14 PENANG, Mon. SKI FIESTA, with Abdul Mawi up, did an impressive gallop on the training track at Penang this morning. Breaking from the half mile, he steadily clapped on the pace to cover the last 3f. in 38 2/5. He has shown
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 59 14 SOCCEK UNITED Serrtees leagsw, Dlt. 1: Wanderers Setoter, Wanderers; Teagah v MRNVK, Teagah; Di». S: Spartans r KAMC, Spartans; KEME v Teagah. REHE; Cnaaden t Terrer, ChaagL SAFA toags*. Div. 2A: S.C.C. v Y.M.S.A., radaag; Dlt. 3A: Werken E.A. t Joffilads. GeyUnx, Dlt. SB: Indian B.S. v Tomb MTeng, Farrer
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