The Straits Times, 4 May 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times. /Hal*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1956 15 CENTS
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    40 1 OVERCOME with grief. Aw tVah Ho sobs uncontrollably on the shoulder of a detective. She had left a three-year-old ffirl asleep on the top floor. ..And could not go in to save the child. 1 Pn^ttae to» floor si*J£iJ«|*K I
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    SIX DIE IN BLAZE
    783 1 Only one boy escapes from fire trap in a world-famous street of death houses Heroic rescue bids fail tWO UP STAIRS of NO RETURN SIX PEOPLE, including two children, were burnt to death when fire swept through two floors of a four-storey building in Sago Lane,
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    The Six who died
    58 1 T* BE six dead wore last night identified as: CHUNG YOKE KWAI, 43, wife of a taoist priest uoo SIAK LIN, aged two years, her hter; I MAX AH SENG. 54, an undertaker; NG SAN. 58. also an undertaker; E 800 AH CHENG, a three-year-old girl;
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    First Malay prince buried in Britain
    173 1 FiSERAI, OF TENGKU ABU BAKAR F'om HARRY MILLER LONDON, Thursday. TENGKU ABU BAKAR. second son of the Sultan of 1 Johore. was buried in the Brookwood Cemetery Poking today. A member of his family and about JO friends, including former Government officers, Mended the
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    Lock icon $85,000 reward
    43 1 NICOSIA. Thurs. A £10.000 (about $85,000) reward. British protection and a free passage to anywhere in the world were offered today lor informatiori leading to the capture of George Grivas. 57 believed to be the ieader of the Cyprus terrorists.— Reuter.
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    53 1 VANCOUVER. Thurs.— The Lady Laurier Club, a Canadian organisation of liberal women, has strongly recommended the emasculation of all known sex fiends. A resolution was passed after the weekend murder of eight-year-old Carolyn Moore, In Langley. British Columbia. 30 miles east of here. A man has been charged
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    Lock icon PAP boss to Britain: Don't delay merdeka
    166 1 PAP boss to Britain: Don't delay merdeka ONDON, Thurs:—Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, leader of the People's Action Party in Singapore, today appealed to Britain to concede Singapore's "legitimate demand for self-gov-ernment" at an early date. He said in an Interview that if Britain "refused to give what, we ask for
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    Lock icon Off to China
    23 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. President soekarno nas officially accepted the invitation to visit Communist China, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. Reuter.
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    Reds kill Maori soldier
    101 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A Maori soldier became New Zealand's first casualty in the jungle war yesterday. Terrorists shot and fatally wounded him from the opposite bank as he was crossing a river on. a log in the Perak-Kelantan border area. He fell into the river and
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    16 1 TAIPBH, Tnurs. communists on Amoy fired 52 I shells at. Little Quemoy today A.P.
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    Lock icon M-BUZZ IN CABINET
    152 1 Reply today— but first Boyd has a word with Mr. M LONDON, Thursday. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, asked the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to meet him privately tonight a few hours after the Cabinet had considered the merdeka delegation's proposals for indenendence.
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    Crash kills four
    31 1 L I NCOLN. (Nebraska). Thurs. A ,8-47 Stratojet bomber crashed on a farm 10 miles from the U.S. Air Force base here last night, killing the four crew—Reuter.
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    25 1 PARIS. Thurs. Lord Ismay. secretary general of the Atlantic Pact, told a Press conference here tonight he hoped to retire next year. Reuter.
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    39 1 BIG RANG TOMORROW? WfcW YORK. Thnrs.— First of United States new MTifs of nurli-ar tests will b P carried out Saturday, Weather pirniittiny at thr F.niwetok proving grounds in Pacific. Atomic Energy Commission officials announced today. Rcuter.
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    Lock icon Henry Fonda divorced
    44 1 RENO. (Nevada). Thurs. Actor Henry Fonda was divorced yesterday on grounds of extreme mental cruelty by the former Susan Blancharri of New York. Mrs. Fonda was awarded custody of their daughter. Amy. 2. The couple married on Dec. 28. 1950.— U.P.
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    Lock icon C-Plan show may be put off
    194 2 MR. BANDA TALKS OF PRESSING PROBLEMS (COLOMBO, Thurs. Ceylon may postpone the Colombo Plan exhibition, which the Queen Mother was due to open here early next year. The Prime Minister. Mr Bandaranaike. told a press conference today: "It is very difficult for us to
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    Lock icon Smoking ban
    18 2 TAIPEH. Thurs.— Formosan provincial police have issued an order prohibiting teenagers from smoking and drinking. —UP.
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    Lock icon HE WANTS TO SELL HIS REMBRANTS TO BUY SON A CAR
    134 2 HE WANTS TO SELL HIS REMBRANTS TO BUY SON A CAR TIMMINS. (Ontarto), Thurs American and Canadian art dealers are bidding today for two Rembrandts which have been lying at the bottom of a packing case here for two years. They have been put up for sale because their owner
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    NOW POUJADE IS 'PRESIDENT'
    156 2 Supporters give him a title ST. CERE, Thursday. Tif ß. PIERRE POUJADE, 35-year-old leader of the anti-tax shopkeepers' movement, was last night invested with "presidential" powers by his supporters at a congress here. The 400 delegates, representing 90 French departments have been meeting for three days
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    Lock icon 113 YEARS FOR SEX ON GIRL
    71 2 1 13 YEARS FOR SEX ON GIRL MELBOURNE, Thurs. Henry William Armsden, 23, a lorry driver, was sentenced to 13 years' jail today for a sex attack on 22-year-old Gloria Bentham on the banks of the River Yarra. Police investigations into the attack were among the widest operations in Australian
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    Lock icon Army slates demon demob barber
    195 2 LONDON, Thurs. Former Private Willie Smith, victim of an army "demon demob barber" has received an official semi-apology for the loss of his curly brown hair. The Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, Mr. Fitzroy Maclean, admitted yesterday in the House of Commons that "this
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    Lock icon RIOTERS SLAY PASHA'S FRIENDS
    203 2 MORCCO. Thurs. OIOTING Arabs torAX turfed and murdered friends of the former pro-French Pasha, Thami El Glaoui, here today and set off a wave of arson and violence. The Governor called In troops to restore order, but at nightfall the rioting continued In the Arab quarter.
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    Lock icon Landslide: 4 die
    27 2 HONG KONG. Thurs. A woman and three children were killed and six others injured by a landslide In a squatter area here today. UP.
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    Lock icon Jet repairs
    25 2 HONG KONG, Thurs. Hong Kong's $7,000,000 airport, now beinß built, will have workshops capable of major overhauls on most modern ]et airlines. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Diana will need no air conditioning when she comes to Singapore
    79 2 Diana will need no air conditioning when she comes to Singapore DIANA DORS shows one of the dozens of evening gowns she will bring with her on her visit to Singapore In three months' time. An off the shoulder model hi pale turquoise, it matches her Cadillac. A turquoise bine
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    Lock icon LIFT BAN ON RUBBER SHIPMENTS, M.P. URGES
    110 2 LIFT BAN ON RUBBER SHIPMENTS, M.P. URGES LONDON. Thurs.— A Labour M.P., Mr. S. S. Awbery, yesterday urged the Government had bought about embargo on the export of rubber from Malaya to China to help trade in Malaya. He told the House of Commons that the Soviet Government had bought
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    Lock icon A-SUB ENTERS NET, DRAGS SHIP
    204 2 I B^^^^^J^^^p^B^^^^^^^^P^E^^C^^C^^pfl H limn XTEW YORK, Thurs. The U5555,000,000 atomic powered submarine Nautilus ran into a trawler's net in the Atlantic and towed the boat until the net cable snapped. The 61ft. trawler Jennie was not damaged. The cable break saved the vessel from being
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    Lock icon No bananas
    115 2 KINGSTON: A dock strike Is tying up banana shipments from Jamaica. —AJP. WASHINGTON: Most of the new long-range Jet 852 bombers produced In the last three months were not accepted by the Air Force because of component failure. General Curtis Lemay, Chief of the Heavy Bomber Command, said
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    Lock icon Deals go on
    58 2 WASHINGTON: The U.S. Army has affirmed that It* policy of buying munitions In Japan for other Asian countries will be continued. There will be no major Increase In orders. A.P. CALCUTTA: Ten U.S. nuclear scientists, now on a tour of Asia, have gone to Rangoon. They will
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    Lock icon BLOODSTAINED BOATMAN
    250 2 Charged with child murder MIAMI, Thursday. A HELICOPTER found the floating body of one c two missing brothers yesterday. A bloodstained boatman who said he purposely drowned one little boy after the other fell overboard was charged with murder. The sheriff fearing a lynching attempt, appealed by radio
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    Lock icon Plane released by Israel
    28 2 JERUSALEM. Thurs.— Israeli authorities yesterday released the X.L.M. Dakota grounded at Lydda airport. The plane, on charter to Egypt, left Lydda for Cairo. U.P.
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    Philippine aid
    29 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs.— The International Cooperation Administration today authorised the purchase of $5,700,000 worth of evaporated and condensed milk for the Philippines under the Mutual Defence Programme —AJP
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    27 2 BAGHDAD. Thurs. King Feisal of Iraq made the first broadcast from Iraa's new British built television sta- tion yesterday his 21st birthday.— AP. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiii f
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    Menace in the air
    114 2 Menace in the air 'CHALLENGE FRos RUSSIA T ONDON, Thurs Rri exports of aircraft 7* aircraft equipment m y fore long have to "fa* petition from Russl ".y Reginald Maudling viru of Supply, said here night. Speaking at the Instfoiu. of Electrical Engineer^ 0 warned: "We ar, petition of an
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    Lock icon 5.000 freed
    19 2 LONDON. Thurs. Mrthan 5.000 people have beereleased from Polish DTWW under an amnesty. Warsa* Radio said.— Reuter
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    15 2 KARACHI, Thurs.-A tra: agreement will be sign* soon between Pakistan a Persia.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 'NEW LOOK' NATO TO MEET RED WILES
    325 3 pultcs, Pineau begin crucial talks at Quai d'Orsag PARIS, Thursday. fin- Unerican Secretary of State, Mr. John foster Dulles, and the French Foreign Min- r Mr. Christian Pineau, agreed yesterday on jjjknins NATO into more than a military t jg meet Russia's strategy
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    ART MODELS WANT MORE FOR NUDE POSES
    72 3 ART MODELS WANT MORE FOR NUDE POSES FLORENCE, Thurs. i;l|y|s models thii.iicii-d t<» strike unless they p .,,d' MX tar Do«Hi, iimiirls want a ginimuni 1.5.548 im .<ntli instead of their L«| IMX ie»ts an J, -mlii-<r nlii-< m>< ial insu- h lii (■iinnelli. a -ml that a moUt lit,-
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    Lock icon 10.000 mph plans
    41 3 lON. Thurs. p:vduction of an tal ballistic mLs. IgM I to travel 5,000 dl ud to 10.000 disclosed here Udfaray, preI nvalt division d Dynamics Cori said that a new be built by the .d his company Reuter.
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    Lock icon Photographer of Royalty dies
    30 3 Thurs. Mr. appointed by i Viet rla as Britain's BkciaJ photographer, lay. He was 83. ■P who retained his Bye reigns, was y clerk at WindAP.
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    Lock icon The way to manhood...
    41 3 Thurs.- A psyt yesterday said Idren from broken sometimes set fires «pn n unconscious Dr. Stanley J. Geller. who studied 75 boys, said fire was an assertion of their manhood and was their means of protection. U.P.
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    KINKS' IN THE WINGS GIVE MORE POWER TO NEW BRITISH BOMBER
    73 3 THE FIRST air-to-pfcture of the new production Avro Vulcan bomber with the modified leadlnr edge to the wing. It Is on test before goingInto service with the ILA F. this year. There are "kinks" and projectinr Andes on the
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    125 3 THIS CAN KILL BRITAIN LONDON, Thurs. A WRONG attitude to- wards automation could kill Britain in her competition with America, Germany and Japan, Sir Robert Boothby. a Conservative M.P., said here last night. He said: "If we really embarked on a new Luddlte movement of smashing the machine it could
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    Lock icon Son flies for the funeral
    57 3 AMSTERDAM, Thurs. TJ.S. Army private John Jung. 24. arrived here yesterday *rom New York to attend the funeral of his father, Leon Jungschlaeger, who died in prison in Indonesia Jung, a naturalized American, was flown home at the expense of the Dutch Government. He got
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    Lock icon Trip to Italy
    20 3 CAIRO, Thurs.— Lieut. CoL Nasser, the Egyptain Prime Minister, has accepted an invitation to visit Italy.— Reuter.
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    Convict says he ran jail
    141 3 Convict says he ran jail BUT LOVE LIFE HAD LIMITS KAMPALA, Thurs.— An inmate of the central Uganda prison admitted today that he "more or less" ran the institution, but denied that he made love with the prison matrons. "My love life has caused consternation among official circles," admitted prisoner
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    These mice save money
    152 3 THEY SOLVE RAILWAY'S LITTER PROBLEM— AND 90 CATS KEEP DOWN MICKEY'S LITTERS RASLE, Thurs. Mice living in the 12--mile tunnel Unking Switzerland and Italy save Swiss Railways thousands of dollars a year. The railway is responsible for keeping the 50--year-old tunnel clean— but the mice do
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    27 3 a*™** T****' Th» Went German Government last night said that it needed an 18-montn conscription period to honour its obligations and assure Its safety.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Lloyd arrives
    25 3 PARK, Thurs.— Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, arrived here today by air for the Atlantic Council meeting which opens tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon New mountains
    25 3 CANBERRA. Thurs.— The Australian Antarctic expedition has discovered a new range of mountains with "F 9 3 more than 13 ft. high.— Reuter.
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    27 3 PARIS. Thurs. The JVench Premier. M. Guy Mollet. last night won a confidence vote in the National Assembly on his Old Age Pensions Bill.— Reuter
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    Lock icon CATCH ON A KETCH GIRL WALKS OFF
    140 3 LE HAVRE, Thnrs. An atteactive English girl said today she cut short a trip to Australia by ketch be-«"-fthe skipper "was not my type." "Either you like people or you don't," said Marion Thompson, 2«. "I don't like Mr. BrentMartin Brent is the
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    Lock icon Sergeant June brands husband deserter
    110 3 CHICAGO, Thurs. Mrs. June Fishbein, a former sergeant in the Women's Army Corps obtained a divorce here after she said her corporal husband deserted her because his lower rank gave him an Inferiority complex. Mr. and Mrs. Fishbein were married in Japan in October 1954,
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    55 3 PERTH Thurs. The British destroyer Concord has been damaged by a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and has abandoned a weather patrol she is making for the Montebello inlands atomic tests. The Concord has arrived at Fremantle for repairs to small holes in the hull plates of
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    LONDON STOCKS
    302 3 LONDON, Thurs. r|*HK undertone of stock markets x was generally satisfactory but there was a certain amount of hesitancy on the part of Investors to extend their commitments. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £54% Funding 4% £89% War 3%% £733/16
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    Teacher: Wife caned me
    196 4 DIVORCE JUDGE TOLD; I WANTED EXPLANATION, BUT I WAS FLOGGED HUSBAND ALLEGES PUBLIC BEATING BECAUSE BE HELPED A MAN A MAN who asked his wife for an explanation got a flogging instead of a reply* Singapore High Court was told yesterday. Mr. Justice Taylor reserved judgment
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    THRIFTY HABIT GROWING
    89 4 THRIFTY HABIT GROWING f\NE out of every eight \J people in Singapore has a Post Office Savings Bank account, and the average balance standing to the credit of each depositor is $363. Yet Singapore cannot claim to be the most thrifty place in South-East Asia, a Government spokesman said last
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    Old boys' annual dinner
    45 4 The annual dinner of the Christian Brothers 0.8.A will be held on May 10, at St. Joseph's Institution Singapore, at 8 p.m. All old boys who wish to attend are asked to contact the secretary at the school before May 8
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    Pay dispute is settled
    78 4 A complaint by the Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union about shortage of one day's pay in the pay packets of certain daily rated workers of the Health Department has been settled. The union and the Labour Ministry last night jointly stated that workers who
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    Are sweets sugar? Magistrate says 'No'
    107 4 Are sweets sugar? Magistrate says 'No' IPOH, Thurs. GUGAR is a sweet, but are sweets sugar? The Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Yusof decided today that they are NOT. When Yang Koon Soon, 58, pleaded guilty to moving 46 katls of candy out of food restricted Slmpang New Village
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    Cheat jailed for a year
    40 4 SEGAMAT. Thurs. A former post master at Labis. 38-year-old Omar bin Mohamed Amln, was sentenced to 12 months' jail and fined $1,750 or a further six months' jail ror criminal breach of trust of $1,725.
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    Off on leave
    20 4 SEGAMAT, Thurs. Mr. D.S. Whitelegge, Assistant Administrative Officer here, Is leaving this week for Britain on leave.
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    Fruit farm aid
    42 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— To encourage the cultivation of fruit, RIDA has lent $2,000 to Che Hasimah binte Ibrahim, of Tangkah, towards the cost of planting oranges, and $700 to An* San Hoe. of Muar, to plant rambutan at Muar.
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    To study law
    27 4 TAIPING, Thurs. Mr. D. A. Devadason, a former teacher of the King Edward VI School here, is leaving soon for England to study law.
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    PRETTY EDUCATION OFFICER MARRIES IN SEREMBAN
    44 4 PRETTY EDUCATION OFFICER MARRIES IN SEREMBAN BOSS DAWN NGUI CHON 01. an Education Officer and elder daughter of Mr. Ngul Ohoon Jin. Principal of the Anglo -Chinese School at Seremban. was married recently to Mr. Tan Kah Jin. of the Chief Secretary's Office. Singapore.
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    NEWSVENDORS' UNION
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The Federation's first newspaper vendors' union will be launched here on Sunday. More than 200 people are ex- pected to attend the toot ration at the Krishna BhU restaurant in Batu Road 3.30 p.m. It will be called the Sei gor News Vendors' Union, j
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    S'pore Flying Club finding its wings
    203 4 THE Royal Singapore Flying 1 Club Is at Lst "finding its wings" after moving from the old airport at Kallang to Paya Lebar. Mr. P. J. White, the new president, said yesterday that club flying since the move topped the 100 hour mark last
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    MAN TELLS THESE WOMEN IN COLONY: YOU'RE LAZY
    176 4 They deal with unlicensed hawkers at the d, Hlt I A MAN yesterday chided certain Singapore WOMEN for beta* lazy. Tbe metmm to Dr. C. J. r«fa. a CHy Councillor. Uhe women he criticised are those who live near f oad markets
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    NURSES 'TOAD CAP' ROW IS STILL BREWING
    94 4 NURSES 'TOAD CAP' ROW IS STILL BREWING JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. nrtHE dispute over what 1 nurses at the Johore Bahru hospital call the -toad" cap is not over yet. When the nurses were ordered to wear it they protested and petitioned the Federation's Director of Medical Services. The director referred
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    P.O. takings were short
    92 4 TELUK ANSON, Thurs— When a check was made at the postal agency at Kampong Sungei Ayer Tawar in Sabak Bernam on Jan. 19, by Mr. 8 P. Wright, chief investigation officer from Postal headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, and Mr. Ong Teik Kooi, postal clerk attached to
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    Boy electrocuted
    20 4 A nine-year-old boy, Saratman bin Ahmad, was found electrocuted In his house at Lorong Tai Seng. Singapore, yesterday.
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    NEW JAP SHIP IN SERVICE
    54 4 The 8,700-ton Buenos m Maru, belonging to <& Shosen Kaisha. is Singapore next week or. > maiden voyage from Jaw' Built at Kobe and lauaci on Jan. 31, the Bueno* t Maru is on the Japan-Sc-America service via pore. The ship has a speed 16.2
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    70 go to lunch
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thai Seventy boys and girls o! Selangor Children's fee Klang Road were today a Hari Raya Puasa lunch Che Yah bintc Haji ii hamed Ali, a member i board of governors.
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    Doctor leaves
    21 4 Dr. L. Sammy of Sir.gapo will leave the Colony I London today. He intends be away for four months.
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    Master Plan: Expert due for probe
    165 4 292 HAVE SENT IN OBJECTION A SENIOR inspector in the British M: Housing and Local Government, Mr. f h will preside at the inquiry into objections to s pore's Master Plan. I The Singapore Government last night said Mr. Carr would spend some time
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    Cuepacs a giant new union
    174 5 Cuepacs a giant new union .MALA LUMPUR, K Thui>:.-The 30,000--■tsong Federation Government Services Staff Council is to be dissolved to make way for the Congress of Unions o f Employees in the public and Civil Services (Cuepacs). olutton to this effect rnovpd at the sixth annual delreatrs conference thr Council
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    BANDIT GIVES UP IN KLIANINTAN
    101 5 BANDIT GIVES UP IN KLIAN INTAN He's the first since the talks IPOH, Thursday THE first terrorist to surrender in Upper Perak 1 since the Baling talks gave himself up to the police at Klian Intan on Tuesday. He is Chan Nan Seng, a member of the terrorist armed work
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    Devil's pool' claims victim No. 3
    77 5 Devil's pool' claims victim No. 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A schoolboy. Woo Fook. 16, was drowned in a mining pool at Kampong Pandang here yesterday tvfning. Woo was believed to have gone to the pool for a swim with a party of boys. But none of thrm could be found
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    Teacher falls to death
    46 5 IPOH, Thurs.— A Chinese schoolteacher. Mr. Wong Sin Nam. 66. fell 20 feet from the window of his house in Hume Street yesterday evening and died In hospital one and half hours later. Mr. Wong had been ill for la long time.
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    BORSTAL FOR COLONY SOON
    464 5 Funds set aside to build new centre to retrain young offenders \S institution similar to Britain's Borstal to retrain juvenile delinquents aged 16 to 21 will be set up in Singapore Ijefore the end of the year. A Government spokesman said yesterday that there was provision
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    THIEF GETS INTO 3 POLICE HOMES
    61 5 THIEF GETS INTO 3 POLICE HOMES IPOH. Thurs. A BURGLAR entered three houses occupied by European police offlcers last night. He took a brass jewel box containing trinkets valued at $100, six tins of cigarettes and $15. In the second house the robber found two fountain pens and $18. He
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    Duke's equerry has a laugh at airport
    107 5 Duke's equerry has a laugh at airport A KEEPER of Koyal confidences, Mr. Michael Parker, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh, flew into Singapore by Qantas yesterday. Australia-bound. He is to spend a fortnight making preparations for the Duke's visit to Melbourne for the opening of the Olympic Games
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    Guard stole: Bound over
    73 5 A 20-year-old security guard who admitted taking four bottles of scent from a case of perfume at the Singapore Harbour Board on April 8 successfully applied to a Colony magistrate, Mr. S. K. Lee. yesterday, for leniency. Elizer said that It was his first offence. He
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    BIG DRIVE AGAINST WIRELESS 'PIRATES'
    124 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. RADIO MALAYA Is being cheated of about $200,000 a year by people who do not buy wireless licences for their sets. The acting Deputy Director of Broadcasting In the Federation, Mr. Tony Beamish, today warned that he would act against these "pirates'
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    Johore first
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A Johore trainee Eksan bin Sulopg. came out first in the examination for Ferguson tractor operators at the School of Mechanical Cultivation. Ipoh. recently.
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    WOMAN SAYS SHE SAW A MURDER
    185 5 'His bald head shone in the moonlight' THRIVING along Dunearn Road, Singapore, one knight in March a woman saw a man "with a shining bald head," hitting something on the ground with a "heavy instrument" The woman Mrs. MargaretLewis, of Calaecotte Hill Estate, said
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    Gardens music
    24 5 The Regimental Band of the Ist Queens will play at the Singapore Botanic Oardens from 5 p.m. to 6 pjn. on Sunday.
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    WEAL CAREER GIRL' BY A BEAUTICIAN
    98 5 AN Australian beauty expert. Mrs. Joanna Mur-ray-Hobbs, yesterday gave 50 Singapore girls hints on how to look the "ideal career girl". In the first of two free lessons at the Y.W.C-A. hall, she explained the importance of creating a good Impression. Well-kept hair, hands
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    Tea plantation strike enters eighth day
    97 5 TANA RATA, Thurs.— The strike which started on Sungei Palas Tea Estate near here last Thursday entered its eighth day today. Of the 340 workers, 110 aborigines have since reported for work. The others, mostly Indians and Chinese, are still on strike. A meeting
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    A magistrate's gift to old lady produced a surprise
    159 5 A magistrate's gift to old lady produced a surprise rVHE gift offered by the Singapore magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, to the 81-year-oJd war heroine, Madam Cheng Seang Ho, resulted in his contacting 8,000 miles away a relative he never even knew existed. Novelist and short-story writer, Miss Pamela Colebourn
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    GRENADE VICTIMS ARE NAMED
    60 5 GRENADE VICTIMS ARE NAMED KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Army today released the names of the four soldiers of the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment injured in Monday's grenade blast in Sungei Siput, Perak. They were Privates R. J. Grosse. E. O. Lin don. E. C. Pickering and C. Mckay. Four civilians
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    10th year
    23 5 KAJANO, Thurs.— The Ulu Langat branch of UMNO will mark its 10th anniversary with a cocktail party on Sunday, May 13.
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    LONDON HAS A PLAN FOR THE EXPATS
    235 6 LONDON HAS A PLAN FOR THE EXPATS Briton* want to vw mowtoim m*f* **—6om LONDON, Thursday. AN announcement will be made soon by the A Colonial Secretory, Mr. A. Lennox Boyd, on a proposal to set up a Commonwealth Service or an Overseas Service. The Minister of State for the
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    Two men climb safely out of lorry after crash into ditch
    116 6 Two men climb safely out of lorry after crash into ditch THE DRIVER OP a Umber lorry and his oompaaiea narrowly escaped being crushed to death when the wood-piled trailer they were driving skidded on the Kota Tinggl Road. IS* milestone, yesterday. As the lorry tamed a bend m the
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    Trengganu soil investigation
    46 6 KUALA TRENGGANU, Thurs.— A party of Agricultural Department officials led by Mr. J.K. Coulter, visited the Mukim Tersat area of Ulu Trengganu yesterday to investigate the possibilities of agricultural development in the district. The Trengganu geologist Mr. W.P. Panton, accompanied the survey party.
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    Acquittal in robbery case
    142 6 Acquittal in robbery case BECAUSE there was no proper evidence of Identification two men, Teo Geok San and Goh King Song, who were tried at the Singapore Assizes on a charge of armed robbery, were acquitted and discharged. They were alleged to have robbed Madam Chen Nyuen Lan at her
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    New union officials
    57 6 IPOH, Thurs. Mr. Foja Singh, of the Ipoh Magistrates Court, has been elect- Ed chairman of the Perak branch of the Federation Interpreters' Union. Mr. Lai Nai Sing, also of the Ipoh Magistrates Court i is secretary. The committee is: Mr. Ong Hock Lum, Mr. Kala Singh,
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    'Malaya needs trade training'
    121 6 ITUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. An International Labour Organisation expert, Mr. E. P. Eltham, said here last night that a national training scheme should be started to prepare trade apprentices for the highest positions in industry. He told Rotarians it was no use turning out "halfbaked salesmen by
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    Escapee is captured
    67 6 KUALA TRENGGANU, Thurs.— Mohamed Amln bin Said, 35, who escaped from the police station lock-up here early yesterday while awaiting trial on a homicide charge, was recaptured this morning. Fishermen mending their nets spotted him walking along the coast at Batu Burok. 2J miles from here. They
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    Had arms: Death
    66 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A 26-year-old terrorist, who said that he was forced by his commander to carry a firearm, was today sentenced to death by the Federation's Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew. for possessing a shotgun and 20 grounds of ammunition. The terrorist, Leong Ah Swee. was
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    Cruel to pigs fined $35
    47 6 BENTONO, Thurs. Lam Heng, 45. was fined $35 here yesterday for causing unnecessary suffering to IS pigs. Inspector J. Urn told the court that Lam had not placed boards between the three tiers of baskets in which the pigs were being carried.
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    Fair is off
    38 6 KAJANG. Thurs. The 1866 Kajang fair planned for June SO has been called off as the organisers were unable to get the District War Executive Council to relax the 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.
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    TEACHERS SPLIT AT COLLEGE
    168 6 Normal men plan to bolt union OTUDENT teachers in Normal training classes *3 in Singapore want to split from the Teachers' Training College Students' Union, because, they say. the union is run by about 250 "certificate course' 1 I students. iney wiu meet nexi oaiurday to
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    Convent fair
    21 6 There will be a fun fair at the Katong Convent, Marine Parade, Singapore, from 9 ajn to 6p.m. tomorrow.
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    VILLAGE OF EVIL SPIRITS
    198 6 j Man disappears —an old fear returns rfBLUK ANSON, Thurs.— Evil M. spirits have taken away Dris bin Mat Hut's the talk at Sungel Lanchang, in the Bagan Datoh area of Lower Perak. where Dris lives. A pawang has been called to find him. An extensive
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    Malayans 'keen to know fellow Britishers'
    113 6 QTUDENTS from Singapore. "The institute is now bel? the Federation, North coming the natural 'home' of Borneo and other Common- Commonwealth citizens from wealth, countries who visited overseas in London," it addLondon last year, were eager cd. to learn about each ether and The
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    Strike at all ports?
    182 6 Strike at all ports? WARNING BY UNION MAN KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A strike of all port workers In the Federation and Singapore might be called if troops are used to unload cargo at Penang. The Penang Port Oommlsilon has hinted that troops nay be used If workers at the jort
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    Routine tour
    32 6 KUALA TRENGG ANU Thurs.— Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, D.W Yates, the officer in charge of Emergency operations, arrived here yesterday for s "routine tour 1 of Trenggam and Kelantan.
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    Had opium, fined $175
    57 6 BENTONO, Thurs. When police raided a house in Chui Yin Street they found Chow Won. 50, smoking an opium pipe, the Magistrate's Court here was told yesterday. Opium was found hidden in two cigarette tins and another two pipes were found when the house was searched.
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    'I hit her with empty bottle, then tied a rope round her neck'
    733 7 MURDER INQUIR VIS TOLD OF ALLEGED CONFESSION TO A MAGISTRA TE 7 am distressed, I have done wrong, and may God forgive me* Pl \N(i. Thurs. f Ml AH HAH, 19IVI ,i old rubber W*r< confessed in
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    Gang of 15 rob woman of savings
    83 7 ALOR STAR, Than. Fifteen Malays last night held up a Malay woman at Gulok Fating, 15 miles from Jitra, ripped her pillow and took $300 hidden in it. The woman was with her 10-year-old son when the robbers, carrying parangs, entered the house.
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    WHIPPING, JAIL FOR TWO MEN
    153 7 WHIPPING, JAIL FOR TWO MEN Their robbery 'almost a piracy' PENANG, Thursday. rVO men who robbed a tongkang crew were Jailed for seven years by the Assize Court here today. They were also ordered to receive 12 strokes of the rotan eacn. Tan Thean Lee and Tan Boon Chye were
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    New hall for school
    57 7 TAIPINO, Thurs^-A new building and hall for the All Saints' School, Kamunting, will be officially opened by the Raja Muda of Perak next Wednesday at 10 a.m. The service of dedication will be performed by Archdeacon A. C. Dumper of North Malaya. H There will be
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    Claims trial to 'outrage' charge
    49 7 BATU PAHAT. Thurs.—Kalwant Singh, 40, of Senggarang was charged here with having committed house trespass and using criminal force on Asmah binte Siraj with Intent to outrage her modesty. He claimed trial and the case was postponed to May 17. He was allowed balL
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    Acquitted
    21 7 SEGAMAT. Thurs. Tbe president of the Sessions Court here acquitted 25-year-old Ahmad bin Jamal, of housebreaking at Jementah new village.
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    Boy, 10, finds brother dead
    46 7 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. A six-year-old boy, Ayerop, was found dead in a buffalo pond at Permatang Perangan, Butterworth, yes- terday. v The discovery was made by his brother, Maniam, 10. after a search. The boy had been missing earlier the same day.
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    Jus soli: A 2-1 plan by a planter
    257 7 Jus soli: A 2-1 plan by a planter PENANG. Thaw.— An Knailsh planter who Is retiring after M years In Malaya today suggested a solution to the present eontwveisi on Jos salt (Htifnshlp by right of birth). "My personal view Is that every Malax should be entitled to two votes
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    70 MORE DAYS TO COOL HIS TEMPER
    126 7 70 MORE DAYS TO COOL HIS TEMPER AN Irish soldier with a "volatile temper" was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore court martial to 70 days' detention for refusing an order. He was Belfast-bom Sapper Gerald McCourt, Royal Engineers, Singapore. He pleaded guilty. The sentence is subject to confirmation. Capt P.KA.
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    Jailed for 15th crime
    61 7 IPOH, Thura.— K. Subramaniam, 32, with 14 previous convictions, was Jailed for one year here, today when he pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle on April 21 fet The jail term will be followed by a year's police supervision. Subramanlam's previous convictions were for assaults on
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    7 fined $240
    28 7 BEGAMAT, Thors^-Seven Indian labourers of Voules Estate were fined a total of $240 nere for moving food out of a restricted area without a permit.
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    CBT—IB months
    37 7 CBT— IB months sboamat. Than. Loaf Check Hong, 30, former cashier of the Segamat branch of Sham Th> Leong Rubber Works, was sentenced to 18 months' Jail her e tor criminal breach of trust of 554.6 M.
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      181 7 Straits Times Crossword DOWN 7 St?Frl£f y (77^"*^" 1 Bteculte go down like mad! 8 Hope beg,, numyup Id thl 6 Worker who cuU off MS). 14 SSlpirt'.uitobte lor mottMr t Hla iwrpo" to NonMnMl stimulus (4). is view of nsttart boad 10 City not to back author (10). 18
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    DEATH
    36 8 2i, Wordi $10 (MUdmmm) JIANNEE: Mr. T. Jlannee. 68 years, suddenly on 3rd May, 1956 cortege leaves No. 38 Meyer Road, at 4.30 p.m. today for Protests nt chapel, Bidadari Cemetery, for Service and Interment.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    87 8 20 Word. $U (MUdmmm) MR. AND MRS. lONATIUB PILLAY thank all who sent Wreaths. Telegrams and Attended the Funeral of their eldest son Si ilien. MR. St MRS. EDWIN RAJAIAH thank all those who Rendered Assistance, sent Presents. Telegrams and Letters, and Attended their wedding. MRS. YEO SOON BEE,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    293 8 20 Word* $10 (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. HAPPY HAPPY DAY! Swim Euiis by Rose Marie Reid are charming. Oet'em at Modern Silk Store, 34. High St.. Spore 6. 9 DAYS LEFT for booking for Los
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. May, 4, 1956. The Nanyang Graduate
    542 8 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. May, 4, 1956. The Nanyang Graduate The future of the Nanyang University is assured, but not that of its graduates. Nanyang is planning for the enrolment by the end of next year oi some 3,000 students, and 5,000 by 1960. This is nearly three times
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    Burma Election Lesson
    360 8 Although Burma's Premier, U Nu, has escaped the unpleasant fate of Sir John Kotelawala in Ceylon, the election results can give him only a limited satisfaction. The Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League is winning an overwhelming victory on the actual count of seats 120 out of the 154
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    After Forty Years
    254 8 1 A letter which we published yesterday adds to the misgivings, expressed frequently in recent months, over operation of the Federation's citizenship laws. The writer has lived in Malaya for oVer forty years. All his savings are in this country. He has no wish to live anywhere
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    Fear lurks at the frontier
    918 8  -  LESLIE F. D ANIELLS INTO EAST BERLIN I By ¥N the Russian zone of 1 Berlin, next door to the ornate Cathedral, is the Nation Gallery. On exhibition there is the great collection of Dresden pictures which have been returned to Germany from a long
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      No lament for a landmark
      600 8 myfY first reactions to the JH article "Lament for old landmark" written by your Btanley Street on April 7, were violent and I have, therefore, waited a few days to simmer down and to consult my Church Board. Unfortunately, I still cannot think very kindly
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      Provident fund withdrawal
      79 8 VtGUk correspondent, Mr. X P J>.A. Kunhi, appears to have misunderstood the provisions of the Central Provident Fund Ordinance. The Ordinance provides that a contributor who "proves to the' satisfaction of the Board that he is about to leave Malaya with no intention to return thereto" may
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      Indonesian replanting
      114 8 WITH reference to yields given to your story "Indonesia must replant now" I would point out that it is utterly impossible to produce 1300 kilos per acre from any acreage in Indonesia. The correct yield from smallholdings would be around 400 kilos per hectare and from European Estates
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      Flight of the white man
      140 8 Flight of the white man HAVING read the speech E of our Liberal Socialist E Mr. Llm Choon Mong to Malayan students in Lon- don I am impressed by his apprehension that the kicking out of the "white S man" will be followed by similar action against the yellows, browns
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      Temporary clerks
      55 8 Temporary clerks rE views of Socrates E which appeared on April 23 in your column, s have, I am sure, the support of all temporaries. It Is E high time that the Feder- ation Administrative and E Clerical Services Union E took up this matter with E the authorities concerned.
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    THE DANCING IMMIGRANTS
    539 8 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LONDON. TT was not necessary, the other day, to be a sleuth-hound with the astuteness of a Sherlock Holmes in order to reach the conclusion that another large batch of coloured people had just added themselves to London's population. A population, let It
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    Cashier took a bag to work court told
    299 9 OUSUAL'SIOS,6SB HISSED i HANK cashier told a' Singapore court i .rtterday that he sawj '.fcllo« cashier, Soonj HualScnx, carrying a, b, L r when he arrived nr work at 9 a.m. on L Z c'hwee Tee said it r ,7 musual for
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    University talk
    46 9 P.- !ps?or J. Z. Young of fcf Department of Anatomy, unity College, London, d eivp a Wallace Memorial lecture on "The evolution of kraeostatic control" at the Mi lecture theatre. Universe nf Malaya, in Cluny P. id, Singapore, at 6 p.m. on Hay 18.
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    Acquitted
    25 9 IChonE Song Nam was acItttd by a Singapore maptnte'i court yesterday a charge of attempting v steal a car battery at wmng 23. Geylang.
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    Stole shoes
    25 9 II M. Noor Mohamed was Wti for six months by a Sneapore court yesterday for paling two pairs of shoes at Sultan Mosque.
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    Celebration at Island Club
    36 9 The Japanese Consulate in I Singapore was closed yesterday when Consulate staff and friends celebrated the 55th birthday of the Japanese Emperor. At night, a reception was held at the Island Club.
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    Cyclist killed
    23 9 A 43-year-old cyclist sam Tong Kwin, was fatally Injured in an accident involving a car in Beach Road. Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Drowned in sea
    21 9 A l»-year-old youtn, roo Say Kwang, was found drowned in the sea off Meyer Road, Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    We are all for it, says Mr. Chrimes
    211 9 MALAYANISATION IN SHB npHE Singapore Harbour Board hesitates to discriJ- minate between serving Asian and expatriate officers, the Malayanisation Commission was told I last night. Ur Van Phmat Om>k a Mr. Yap rneng uecs, a member of the Board, told the Commission's
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    Fire-trap horror... in a street where death is always present
    51 9 Fire -trap horror... in a street where death is always present SCENE at the tire in sago i,aue, i v wuicn six people were burnt to death.— Straits Times picture. FIKEMEN lowering t a c body of one of the six peo--7 pie killed In I the fire.— Straits Tunes
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    Boy killed in crash
    68 9 i An eight-year old boy, Perumal, was fatally injured when knocked down by a car at the 13% milestone Sembawang Road, Singapore, at 12.15 p.m. yesterday. The driver picked him up from the drain and took him to the Naval Base hospital. He died on the
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    Mozart recital
    36 9 The Singapore Musical society's gramophone recital of works by Mozart, which was postponed last Monday night, will now be held at the St Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Hall at 7.30 pan. on May 7.
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    Honorary canons installed
    44 9 Two new honorary canons of St Andrew's Catherdral, Singapore, were installed yesterday evening by the Archdeacon, the Yen. Robin Woods. They were the Rev. Dr. Sverre Holth, warden of St Peter's Hall, and the Rev. Chiu Ban It, vicar of Selangor.
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    GOVT. DECISION ON WESAK STANDS
    181 9 Public holiday mil be on May 23 "THE row over the "Wesak" moon has been settled. The original date May 23 declared as a public holiday by the Singapore Government, stands. Buddhist Association li I memoers, wno nave numneu elaborate celebrations for the 23rd, are
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    U.S. Navy will call officially
    107 9 on Federation it's the first KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Three ships of the United States Navy are to make an offeial call on the Federation next month. It will be the first official 1 visit ever made by the U.S. Navy. The three vessels— a cruiser
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    60 LAWYERS SAY TO MAGISTRATE: PLEASE STAY
    136 9 60 LAWYERS SAY TO MAGISTRATE: PLEASE STAY A PPBOXIMATEL Y M A lawyers have written to the Singapore magistrate, Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Colebourn. appealing; to him to continue his service on the Bench. The 52-year-old magistrate confirmed the appeal and expressed willingness to stay. "I like the people of Singapore
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    Chinese school set-up will stay—Chew
    142 9 Chinese school set-up will stay— Chew rnHE Minister for Education, 1 Mr. Chew Swee Kee, has assured a delegation of Singapore Chinese s c h 00l teachers that the present administrative system In Chinese schools would remain unchanged. The teachers who saw him raised four principal points: That there should
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    BUS ROW: MINISTER ASKED TO ACT
    174 9 BUS ROW: MINISTER ASKED TO ACT KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Minister for Transport, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, was today asked to intervene in the dispute between the Selangor Omnibus Company and the National Union of Transport Workers. More than 60 members of the union went on strike 24 days ago
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    New association formed
    44 9 The Raffles Park Owners' Association was formed last night by residents of Raffles Park, a housing estate. One of its main objects will be to negotiate with the builders of houses in the estate and to seek legal redress, when necessary.
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    Union loses $8,000 to cheque forger
    81 9 A SUM of $8,000 has been A drawn from the bank account of the Singapore Union of Journalists through forged signatures on three cheques, a police spokesman said yesterday. The amount was paid out In a period of 14 days. The forgery was discovered
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      63 9 The weather MINIMUM TEHTEKATOEE: (7JO pjn. on May a to 1M *J«BiSruiß. Kuala Lumpur SI. Ipoh High tides TODAY: SUignpore 4.33 »m. Port Dlciaon midnlfht (Sft.) IMS pjn. (tft «n.); P«fnf (sft lin.j 7 JO pjn- (Mt. 31n,). ajn. (.tit. 6(n.) 7.19 pjn. («ft. Si" Port Dlekm Ul ajri. (Sft.)
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    Music for millions...
    404 10 LuHinnH. 15,000 SEATS AT $1 TO HEAR U.S. BEST™»««»««»<*™««<\ Get youngsters interested is the L.A. way THE 100-strong Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, which begins its Malayan tour in Singapore on May 12, has one aim: To bring good music to as many people as it possibly can.
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    A CHINESE ROMEO AND JULIET
    110 10 A CHINESE ROMEO AND JULIET "Liang Shan Po and Chn Ting Tat" in technicolor to essentially a woman's film there isn't a man hi It The story to based on a delightful folk tafc, a kind of Chinese Bosses and Juliet brought to the screen in operatic form. It k
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    Princess Grace (in old lace) is still a stunner
    330 10  -  CECILE PARRIBH f S DISREGARDING silly comparisons with that wedding and treating Grace Kelly's new film, "The Swan," purely as an example of cinematic art, I found it delightful. This adaption of Ferenc Molnar's play about princess who has a romance
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    DEADPAN IN BRANDO-LAND
    264 10 H)n the waterfront revenge and remorse WABNER Brothers' "The Darkest How," to chiefly another excuse for Alan Ladd to give his wsnal perfonumw as a tough, taettarn wrongrighter. This time he is ex-cop Steve Brills*. o«t to take venegeance an the killers of the man far whom
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    For sale: A moustache
    82 10 WILLIAM HOLDKFTB first mouitache— he crew It for a film— will be Mttttobed for charity In Hollywood on May IS. His barber ktavvd It off. kept the pieces and re-assembled it on a rubber llP t BAND-LSADER ARTIE SHAW hat toe* dtvmved by his ammUh wtte.
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    Lock icon He kidnapped children ' from she-monsters
    1439 11 He kidnapped children from she-monsters j^ founding m hospitalJF Barnardo fought vice* 1 slavery in slums 1 II THE RAW winter of 1866, a diminutive I street arab, ragged, bare-footed, vermiL led a somewhat precise young medical through the foetid stews of London's y god to an old rag market
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      505 11 ((\V WY DIRECT KSJN FMNi BRITAIN— Blankws i«fr 7 sft DOCK in <*»«■» a\ Cigarette Lighters Jf Malaya and g^^ S& 4fS4f> CUaf^DDIAiBn Women's W 111 l #nVrrlnll Qothes, Children's A* IN LONDON 2£T (^QfIH&jW Electrical Goods I^s a long way to London— but you can Fashions JcSff still do
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      254 11 Hex Morgan* MM* A tip off WITH YOUR I BARKER, DOCTOR/ CALL WASTREL-- A NO'" 4 [STUPIP, PB. MORGAN- -ASKIN6 WE WHAT* V W9K^OT>(OU6HXWI/U."Y FATHER, Wl. ME NEIL/ THE OLD >fTSOOC>-API>WOV/VOU WRON6 WTTH THE OLPMAN/ OlpN'T I JUST 2S3U! B ?*!IS? IT i'J >OCTO L MRKER! y MAN»M», __^iMAMen-,POCT©R.' TELL
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    RUBBER SALES FALL TO LOWEST LEVEL FOR TWO YEARS
    690 12 RUBBER SALES FALL TO LOWEST LEVEL FOR TWO YEARS By Our Market Correspondent QUIETER conditions on the Singapore Rubber Market during April and the comparative lack of overseas interest resulted in exports for last month being the lowest since February 1954. According to preliminary official figures Issued yesterday, which are
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    191 12 Skips tying aJongaMe the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or irttrrt** today are: Chusan 1/3, HbMkerk 4/5, Barumun C.P.. Benvorllch 8/7, Agamemnon 8 9, Amenkerk 11, Benvrackie 13/14, Telreslaa 15/16. Sunda 18. Elisabeth Bakke 19/20, Resang N. Wall 8. Perak 21/22, Walrlmu 23/24, Rajah Brooke 25/26. Sadao 30. President
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    145 12 ■llH in Chtoeae MX•haage: noon prices par plcul yea*^sii? r .teady; May $30% buyers; June 131 Iwyer^Cooowit •a: steady; bulk *47 telters; drum $50 leUers. Penper: Quiet, with no businoss reported done in the forenoon; Mustek white $102, Sarawak $101, special Sarawak I black V» (all varieties uncbang-
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    EXCNANGE RATES
    38 12 On un n«e excnanie mariei in 1 Hong IM| yesterday, the U.S. iSSr waa quoted at 5.13 ft for cash and 5.88*4 for T.T. StorUac was quoted at 15.84 and m tool of goM at 2M*4.
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    46 12 'THE Federation's Fin•L ance Minister has Used the following; prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting May 3:— RUBBER: 8914 cents per lb. COPRA: $474 dot ton. COCONUT OIL: $786 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $372.25. per ton.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    8 12 SINGAPORF x, RUBBER V* 1 I
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    114 12 jnvktm™ derately ac: lye demand heavier 0!l < change here today, tlons were not larg/S? 1 ward trend *a.s maim minings silver leads'^ and B.H. South and both gained 2 S o%** S were quiet, prices moving Loam held firm <: Loans 3., 19.^-59 E3 Loans 3',\ 1955
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    RUBBER PRICE
    127 12 May first grade rubber h f.o.b. closed in Singapore day at 87*, cents per lb five-eighths of a cent on vl day's dosing price. The closing (one «a< ur.ceClosing prices in emu were: No. l R.s.s spo- buyers 87 :l 4 sellers 88- x 0 it May buyers
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    MALAYAN DIVIDENDS
    68 12 Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd. Interim dividend of 5 per r.: deferred shares as increased bi for two scrip issue. For p.tn year four per cent was paid smaller capital. The highc terlm does not Imply higher distribution. United Sua Bciont final dend 30 per cent making <5 cent
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    CHINESE MANAGER GOES TO LONDON
    227 14 CHINESE MANAGER GOES TO LONDON T»HE production manA ager of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd., in Singapore, Mr. Hwang Peng Khun, B.C.Sc. has been invited to visit the head office of the company in London and leaves today on the Chusan. Mr. Hwang will spend two weeks at the
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    C.D.C. makes first profit in eight years
    363 14 C.D.C. makes first profit in eight years THE Colonial Development Corporation, which has over £13 million invested in seven projects in Malaya and Borneo, made a profit last year of £409,233, the first profit it has made during the eight years of its existence. More than half of this Investment
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    Rubber saves Borneo hemp estate from financial disaster
    190 14 RUBBER last year provided the financial salvation of Borneo Abaca Ltd.. the $17 million project in which the Colonial Development Corporation is associated with Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfleld. The company has 12.000 acres of rubber and some 3,000 acres of abaca. Last
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    LATEX FIRM EXPANDS AS ORDERS JUMP
    269 14 EXPANSION in busi- ness has compelled Malayan Latex Ltd., manufacturers of natural foam in Singapore, to order additional new machinery wor $70,000 from America Mr. How Yew Weng, a spokesman of the company told Straits Times reporter Anthony Oei. Mr. How, who Is a
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    Lock icon Goodyear Tire executive to visit Singapore
    119 14 AN official of fee huge American business mw—ilmtion of Goodyear Tire and Rubber will arrive in Singapore next week. He is Mr. F. T. Mageonis who is vice-president and general manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Export company. Mr. Magsasris, accompanied by his
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    DUTCH HAIR TONIC WITH HORMONES IS MARKETED
    217 14 DUTCH HAIR TONIC WITH HORMONES IS MARKETED A DUTCH hair tonic which fontalna synthetic hormones and is claimed to be the only type of its kind in the world is soon to be marketed on a commercial scale in Singapore. The tonic, known as Stilbepan, is made by Dafra Ltd.
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    Record sales of glassware
    65 14 Last year was a record exporting year for the British glass industry. About £19.6 million worth of glass and glassware was sent abroad an increase of £5.9 million over 1954. In 1938 the U.K. had an adverse balance of trade in this industry, importing £3 million
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    Lock icon BENAUD SCORES A SPARKLING CENTURY
    347 15 Australians Mt 418 off Worooifr WORCESTER, Thure. RICHIE BENAUD, m 25-year-old allrounder, hit the first century of the tour for the Australian cricketers in an attractive innings of 160 here today. At close the Australians had scored 438 in reply to Worcester's 90 in the
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    Lock icon Austrians better in draw vs Scots
    228 15 GLASGOW, Thursday. OCOTLAND and Austria drew 1-1 at an inter- national football match here last night in which all the honours went to Austria. ei.nA.4-lA***! nftAM ate KvlrWlf start, fell away and only South African John Hewie, at left back, enhanced his reputation. The
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    Penang FA want new Cup-tie date
    154 15 Penang FA want new Cup-tie date i PENANO. Thurs. POOTBALL Association of r Penang have suggested two alternative dates— May 26 or June 3— for their Malaya Cup fixture against Federation Combined Services scheduled on May 10. ■'The original date Is too near the end of Bulan Puasa (Muslim fasting
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    77 15 LOS ANOET BS. Thurs.—Mid-dle-weight champion Sugar Hay R^SSSn is 35 toSaT M his mountain training camp at San Jucinto. Robinson yesterday received a telegram which read: Coneratualations on your last birthday in boxing. 11l make sure of that Best wishes." It was signed by Bobo
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    MIXED CHAMPS
    36 15 FLORENCE, Italy. Thurs.—Thelma Long of Australia and Luis Ayala of Chile today won the mixed doubles of the Florence tennis championships, beating Brfka Vollmer of Germany and Hugh Stewart of U.S. 6-1. 6-I.— V*.
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    30 15 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs.—Pascual Peres, Argentina's world flyweight bendng champion, is expected to defend his title against Filipino Danny Kid in San Francisco before the end of June. Reuter.
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    SCOREBOARD
    95 15 WOKCISTEB. let INNS 98 AUSTRALIA IST DINS. MfcDeaaM c Dews b FlaveH S6 Burke b Chesterton 4 Maeftmy o Dews b Chesiertea 55 Harvey c Booth b TUveU 3 Craig c D. BJuhardsaa a Haven 8 Maidsefca c Dews k Chesterton 58 Beaaad b FlaveU 169 LindwaU c FlaveU
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    171 15 LONDON. Thurs. CJUSBEX were within easy O reach of first Innings points by tea In their county cricket championship game against Warwickshire today. In reply to Warwick's 279, Sussex had scored 237 for three. Oakman scored] 92 and Parks was 66 not out. Scores
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    S'pore are favourites
    211 15 MT7AR, Thura. CINGAPORK. who have been al--0 lowed to take part for the first time aa a team, are strongly favoured to win the Inter-State championship at the Malayan Cycling Track Championships to bo hold hero on May 11 and 13. Though Sdacgor. the holders, hold the
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    28 15 HOUSTON, Texas Tburs. Wallace "Bud" Smith, world lightweight boxing champion, was outpointed by Joey Brown (Now Orleans) in a ton-round non-title fight here last night.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon South African heads the field in third round
    188 15 SUNNINGDALK Berks.. Tburs. (IARY FLAYER. young T South African open Rnamplon. and Arthur Lees, r.omt>arative veteran British Ryder Cup player, headed a star-studded field of 81. ln- eluding two amateurs, who. I yesterday qualified 1 for the third round of the Dunlop
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    Lock icon CHESTER CUP AND JUBILEE HANDICAP WEIGHTS
    181 15 I LONDON. Thurs. Twenty- three final acceptors, with weights. for the Chaster Cup, to be run t over 3m. 3f. 77yd.. at Chester next I Wednesday. May 9. are: Prince Barle 9.9, Cunningham 9 J. The Black Bane and Purple Band 910. Mahogany and
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    Another 12 records go at schools meet
    496 16 Another 12 records go at schools meet RECORDS toppled like nine-pins at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when another 12 new marks were set up on the second day of the Singapore Chinese Schools athletic championships. Boys from the middle schools claimed seven of the records six in the track events
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    FLOX GOES LIKE A WINNER AT PENANG
    241 16  -  EPSOM JEEP I ran Amur, xnurs. VLOX, a three-year-old half F brother to No Regrets, went like a winner on the training track at Penang this morning. Ridden by Chris Dragon, Bagby's new apprentice. Flox outpaced Marvel of Peru II (Hudson) in a
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    Krishnan plays a splendid game
    619 16  -  ANG EAM HOCK INDIAN DAVIS CUP MEN WIN EXHIBITION IN STRAIGHT SETS CHEW BEE SHOT HIS BOLT WITH A GREAT 4-2 EFFORT By rpHE INDIAN Davis Cup players, Bamanathan Krishnan and Naresh Kumar, won their matches in straight sets yesterday in the first day's exhibition
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    Misra will join them in Hong Kong
    203 16 KRISHNAN and Kumar will be joined by the Indian captain and manager, Sumant Misra, at Hong Kong before the team to on to Tokio to play Japan in their second-round Davis Cup tie. Asked for an opinion on their chances against Japan. Kumar,
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    Rajaji edge Youngsters
    47 16 Rajaji SO. beat Indian Youngsters I—o in a SAFA Div. SB match at Oeylang stadium yesterday. Rajoo scored. In another Div 3 B match played at Parrer Park yesterday, 6.H.8. Police "A' 1 trounced Tornados 7 o. Scorers: Ismail Yusoff (S). Marshall and Bankaran.
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    COBURN SCORES 3 FOR SELETAR
    36 16 Seletar Athenians beat RABC 5-1 in a United Services Dlv. 2 league match at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. Coburn (3), Diclcson and Deeley scored for Athenians and Mohd. Yusoff for RASC.
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    EASY WIN FOR QUEENSTOWN
    35 16 Queenstown beat -United Engineers 8-1 in a friendly soccer match at Queenstown yesterday. AU Ariff (3). Francis Quek (3). Ibrahim and K. V. Chandra scored for Queenstown: Ah Deng for Engineers.
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    BRILLIANT TENNIS IN SINGAPORE
    41 16 NARESH KUMAR (left) and Bamanathan Krishnan, the Indian Davis Cup players, in action on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. They play again today at 4.45, the main match being a single* between these two players.— Straits Times picture.
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    LTAM TO DISCUSS WAYS TO MAKE TENNIS PAY
    542 16  - LTAM TO DISCUSS WA YS TO MAKE TENNIS PAY HENRY PAUL i By If OW TO MAKE tennis in Malaya pay its way will occupy the attention of officials at the annual general meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, May
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    89 16 FEDERATION BEATEN BY VIETNAM SAIGON, Than. FEDERATION of Mar lay* were beaten 4—4 by Vietnam In their first leg match of the Asian Co> soccer tournament (second round) here today. Vietnam led at half time. The second leg match wiU be played in the Federation to decide the team to
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    70 16 rpEN cyclists from Changi and x SeleUr stations will compete in the R.AJF. Singapore Cycling Association 50-mlle tune trial (two-up) meet on Sunday (May 6) at Changi circuit, at 6.30 a.m. Each team will consist of two riders. Those taking part are* Seletar: Cpl.
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    58 16 WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thurs Kevin Skinner, New Zealand's front row forward who had announced his retirement from big rugby, said yesterday he would be available for selection against the South African Springboks who open their tour of New Zealand next month. Skinner was in the 1953-54 All
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    159 16 WEIGHTS fer all Marvel e« six races to- CL 4, DtW. I— 6 F. mil S.M morrow, final day g^ fie,^ 9.00 *"lwuible ChTsJS^MS? ft? h Sf l\i a4,Mr.l-41. cnt samsßer Meet- efcy Lucifer 8.12 ¥--M- In M T™ SS^ 111 E^NOW MS Cl i» S3.*. 11l
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    SRC CRICKET XI FOR SUNDAY
    55 16 Singapore Recreation Club's te«m to meet Singapore Cricket Club in a S.C.A. senior tournament cricket fixture on the padang on Sunday will be: M. C. Schubert (capt). D. C, Ross J. Galistan, B. R. Marks. J, Marks, J. Martens, P. Martens, E. Teaaensobn. R. H.
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    Lack of inches cost Kismet race
    260 16  -  EPSOM JEEP I >7 S PECULATION nosed out Kismet in one of the most remarkable photo finishes I have seen at Penang on Wednesday. Kismet's lack of inches he Is barely 15 band* perhaps cost him the race. The two hones ware locked at
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    WALCOT OR TURPIN FOR RAD
    328 16 WALCOT OR TURPIN FOR RAD By MM XXX (Ha PROMOTING} r sional boxin^S plonahips foi which brings from entf-rtain^ duty-is apparerSS a satisfying expSg that Singaporo p^ ters can hardly 2* get on with their ll effort. And this time they ■>. Ing really high -T^ to get either Jersey
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