The Straits Times, 1 June 1956

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1956 15 CENTS
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  • 462 1 The fc wise course" for Singapore— advance to self-rule till way ahead gets clearer Text of London reply to Mr. M British (lovern- > n t maintains thai ihf "wise course"] >ingaporc now is advance to in- j elf-govenuneat I the way for-i can be
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  • 53 1 SIR ROBERT TA KES THE SALUTE THE GOVERNOR. Sir E Robert Black, taking the salute at the Queen's Birthday 5 parade on the Singa- pore Padang yesterday. Overhead a flight of 5 RAF. bombers followsed by two waves of R.A.F., R.A.A.F. and 5 R N.Z.A.F. jets scream=ed in salute. Straits
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  • 96 1 KLANG Thurs.— The 130 Indian workers on the Java Sflangor Estate in Kuala Selangor have decided not to talk to their employers or even say "food morning to them. They started their "no talk" move yesterday after "a SU A spokesman for the National Union of Plantation
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  • 182 1 Doctors, magistrates warn parents LONDON, Thurs. Doctors and magistrates today warned j parents that they would j be guilty of mental cruelty if they nagged their children to do well at school. A joint report by the British Medical Association and the Magistrates
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  • 296 1 8 times LIM ASKED THE LIB-SOCS Will you arrest me? )N about seven occasions in London and once yesterday morning, the People's Action Party Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Chin Siong. asked the Liberal Socialists whether he would be arrested if they came into power. Chis was disclosed yesterday by Mr. William
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  • 20 1 Twelve people were Injured two seriously when three cars overturned in three separate accidents in Singapore last night.
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  • 80 1 A SINGAPORE Wolf Cub, Tan Joo Yong, 12. has not been seen since leaving home yesterday morning U> watch the Queen's Birtbchay parade on the Padang. Tan. of St Anthony's Boys' School, left his Market Street home at 7.30 a.m. In high spirits, promising to
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  • 223 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Queen on horseback, in scarlet tunic and white plumed hat, inspected her Guards at the Troopine the Colour ceremony here today, aware of widespread reports that Cypriot terrorists might be plotting an attempt on the lives of the
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  • 245 1 PAP 'PROTEST WEEK PLAN 'Down with imperialism 9 campaign in Singapore People's Action Party is organising a "protest week" in Singapore— probably next week— "to expose Britain's imperialist attitude which caused the breakdown of the merdeka talks." This move was decided on yesterday at a meeting of the party's executive
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  • 53 1 HONG KONG, Thurs— The Chinese Communist Premier, Mr Chou En-lai, today proposed a toast to the health of the Queen and the happiness of the English people. Mr Chou was attending a reception in Peking given by the British Charge DAffaires, Mr. Con O"Neill, to celebrate
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  • 44 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. Chinese movie queen, Li Li Hwa, announced her engagement today to a popular Chinese film actor, Yen Tsun. They will marry before she sails for the United States in the President Wilson on June 18. U.P.
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  • 38 1 SEOUL. Thurs. The Western powers today announced that Communist truce Inspectors will be expelled from South Korea within a week and may not return until the Communists rectify breaches of the armistice in North Korea. Reuter.
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  • 63 1 THIRD MAN IS HELD SINGAPORE police last night arrested a third man In connection with the murder of a moneylender, P. Muttu Karuppan. He will be charged in court today. Two men have already been produced in court, tentatively charged with the murder of Muttu Karuppan, 37, whose body was
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  • 42 1 THE HAGUE. Thurs. Soldiers of a crack Dutch regiment are growing moustaches to make their unit "more manly." The men have a choice of five types: The Clark Gable. Prince Rainier. Adolf Menjou. FTi'Hebar and the Walrus. —Reuter.
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  • 158 1 2,640 sacked by the robot COVENTRY, Thurs.— Trade union officials at the Standard Motor Company here today decided to ask their unions to call an immediate strike because automation has led to the sacking of 2.640 men. The officials met in angry mood after last night's announcement by the firm
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  • 28 1 KHRUSHCHEV ON DISARMAMENT MOSCOW. Thurs. Mr. Khrushchev told Danish parliamentary deleKutiuii today Soviet Ininii was not afraid of President Eisenhower's "open skies" disarmament inspection programme. Reuter.
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  • 886 2  -  t VERNON BART LETT iiiiiim.iimiimiM MR. M. DDOITT MENTION IT, VOX BOYD FA VOUBS COMMONS MPER VISION SPECIAL POWERS E A FEW points for the record. At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the Chief Minister's Office issued a statement on the Colonial Office reply about the
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  • 32 2 Raja Kamaruddin, aged 20. the on of Raja Noordin, memuer of the royal family of Negri Sembilan, left the Colony for Australia yesterday in the Charon. He will study accountancy.
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  • 138 2 Now he will go home once more THE three Ceylonese stowaways Roy Wolff, Misbah Hamld Shafle and Mohamed Faiz Zarook— who slipped into Singapore off the Vietnam last Saturday, have been transferred to the Remand Prison in Outram Road. Faiz Zarook, the Straits Times
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  • 57 2 The Australian Army Minister, Mr. J. Cramer, has announced that a representative of the Returned Soldiers League will visit Malaya to inspect the conditions under which Australian troops and airmen are serving. The visitor is Mr. W. Lonnie, president of the West Australian branch of
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  • 66 2 Wanted: A Malayan expat TIHE British Broadcasting ■I Corporation is offering an $8,457-a-year post of programme assistant to anyone who can speak fluent Kuoyu and Cantonese. The annual salary includes an expatriation allowance of about $1,147. A separation allowance of roughly $977 a year will be given to married men
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  • 21 2 KUANTAN, Thurs.— A new primary school has been opened at Sungei Lembing by the Pahang Consolidated I Concession Ltd.
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  • 80 2 CALAIS. Thurs. A pretty French girl riding sidesaddle on the pillion of a boy friend's motor scooter caught her dress in its rear wheel and suddenly found herself naked. When the scooter stopped, the girl, whose cotton dress had been completely pulled of! her, ran to a I
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  • 98 2 SINO-MALAY SCHEME FOR DELIVERING THE GOODS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ASINO-MALAY transport company with a capital of $100,000 will soon be launched in Tangkak, Muar. to carry the district's vegetable produce to Singapore and other towns. An executive committee meeting of the Tangkak branch of UMNO recently decided to start the
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  • 29 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Thur.— A variety concert in aid of the Kuala Kangsar Cricket Club will be staged at the Clifford School hall on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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  • 136 2 Wanted: $10,000 for thirty to do a s pot of history rPHE University of Malaya's 1 Historical Society has one month to raise $10,000 to send SO members on a trip to India, Pakistan and Ceylon. The society needs $14,000 to cover expenses. The students who are scheduled to sail
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    • 66 2 LONDON. Than. The second of Mrs. Marie Collins twin boys was bom yesterday. 12 days after the birth of her first. It was the longest gap between twin births in the history of the Jewish Memorial Hospital here, where yesterday's twin Joined
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    • 14 2 LONDON: Mr. Duncan Sandys. Britain's Minister of Housing and Local Government, arrived here after
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    • 5 2 a 12-day tour of Russla.Reuter.
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    • 26 2 MOSCOW: Marshal Zhukov presented go!d watches to a Rear Admiral and a Cruiser Captain who took the Soviet leaders to Brl tain last month.— A. P.
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    • 27 2 BORDEAUX: The French aircraft >a -Tier Dixmude arrived here with a number or U.S. made planes and helicopters for the French Army for use In Algeria.— _A£:
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    • 25 2 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican announced that the Pope, suffering from a sore throat, had suspended indefinitely audiences granted to pilgrims and tourists visiting Rome.— Reuter.
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    • 31 2 RIO DE JANEIRO: Students made a determined effort to paralyse the traffic here and, in continued protest against increased fares, staged sitdown strike on the rails to hold up tramcars.— Reuter.
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    • 5 2 MONTREAL: Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-
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    • 25 2 General 01 the United Nations, received an ovatl 1 when he was presents with an honorary degree Doctor of Laws at MeG:. University here.— A.P.
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    • 51 2 WINNIPEG: A 60-year old Canadian pilot, mlssmi for 12 days on an arct:: flight, has been found ittn and unharmed. The pilot, C. C. Crossley, was spcttes on Tuesday b> a searct plane. He was waving frantically near a tiny tent, pitched on an Ice pack near the Arctic circle.—
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  • 136 2 2 FINNS FOR AIRMAN MICKEY PENANG tv. r Malaya* trali an twins** Cathedral of t i sumption her! week. Q«r Tho babies, two h. nettes. were b<*nV&*l pin K Military ho,^Anights a3O uithln T* of each other in'M^yaX^Aircraftman Mirkev £> the Royal Austral,?* Force, stationed at ]L* worth, told tho
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  • 32 2 1 Telok Ayer Market ft, oldest in Singapore, will's, modernised next year The City Councii b voted $12,030 for j electrical and sanitary z 1 stallations. lIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi 1
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  • 162 3 gig arms scandal trial in Britain IONDON, Thurs.— BriI, Died charges against a London for allegedly ide the Big bargo or arms ti to the Middle i.rion was the irllamentary up-m-'nts of "Junk thai found their Middle East from .ring at CarLhe Government charged the Anco M.irhinery Co.. of with
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  • 128 3 j MOON, Thurs.— A Mosi- i-oh Radio comment* I r nil last night that Gnet Kelly's marriage to fcfc¥ i Rainier formed part of a plot to steal the limelifiht from Bnlfanin's »nd Khrushchev's visit to Britain. plotters, he said, were "tain British
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  • 365 3 Pomon toy, scratched mtotms lurtil she btod, murder court told Typist: I lost courage but he kept egging me on to prove my love A RFAlTTtpiti vi PARIS > Thursday. A hir YTJ L londe accused of drowning her child as a love sacrifice to an
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  • 82 3 BLAST AT BASE IN CYPRUS NICOSIA, Thurs. ALL work stopped today at Episcopi, Britain's key military base near LJmassol, after an explosion In a building under construction. One Cypriot worker was f iightly injured. Twelve sticks of dynamite were found. Meanwhile, Cyprus braced itself for further violence. Five people died
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  • 61 3 MOSCOW. Thurs. The magazine "Question of History" yesterday accused Stalin of advocating Communist co-operation with middle class Russian revolutionaries during the period between the overthrow of the Czar and the triumph of the Red revolution. The magazine declared f hat instead of following the Lenin line of
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  • 35 3 VENICE, Thurs.— A FrancoBelgian plan to creat a "Eurafrica" community by merging the economies of six European nations with their dependant African territories was discussed at the foreign ministers meeting here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 198 3 LONDON, Thurs. Questions are to be asked in Parliament about debutante parties attended ,by the 20-year-old Dnke of Kent, it is disclosed today. Mr. G. M. Thomson, a Labour member, is to ask Major Gwilym LloydGeorge, the Home Secretary, "what action was taken
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  • 193 3 STUDENTS CAN'T RECONCILE FACTIONS BANDOENG, Thurs. ATTEMPTS to begin A the business of the Afro Asian Students' Conference failed late today when members of the non-Communist bloc protested vigorously that the credentials of the delegations present had not been checked. The "little Bandoeng" conference which was
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  • 30 3 GENEVA. Thurs. The standard of living in Russia and Iron Curtain countries will rise slower in future than in the past two years, says a United Nations report.
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  • 47 3 ALTHEA GIBSON, America's new tennis star, leaves the court after winning the singles title in the French international championship in Paris. She beat Angela Mortimer of Britain 6-0, 12-10. Miss Gibson is the first Negress to win the title.
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  • 134 3 Tensing: Everest again from the forbidden Red China side DARJEELING. Thurs. The Sherpa who paced Sir Edmund Hillary to Everest's summit announced yesterday he hoped to tackle it again, this time from tht forbidden north side controlled by Red China. Sherpa Tensing disclosed his plans after news
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  • 30 3 DAMASCUS, Thurs. An official spokesman said yesterday that the Syrian Government so far has not decided to recognise Red China, but is carefully studying the Question. A P.
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  • 43 3 LONDON. Thurs. Officials waited all today in London to hand over a new flagship for the Bulgarian merchant navy but the crew railed to arrive. An embassy official said the crew had been expected on Monday but "something has happened." Reuter.
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  • 231 3 LONDON. Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £52% «< Funding 4% £88*4 H War 3«/4% £70% BANKS Mercantile (£12%) M Eastern <£5> £7H Chartered (£5) 35/9 Hongkong ($125) £92)4 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 89/- Royal 85/- /6 PrudentUl £46»i +tt
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  • 28 3 LONDON. May 31— Spot MJtA, July-Sept. ;<<*d., Oct -Dec. 2IHd., Jan-Mar. 20". cl. April-June 20 \d.. June ci.f. 21 \d., July c.l.f. 2i>,d., Tone: Quiet but steady.
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  • 22 3 M)NDON, May SI. Cash Buyers £721; Sellers £722: Ptorward Buyers £720tf; Sellers £721; Settlement £726; Turnover, ud. 45 tons pjn. 210.
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    • 446 4 W GEORGE Iff LID A(^2G-o^) U LUIIU I LIL LIU. PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE FORMAC OPENING TOMORROW OF THEIR NEW FRIGIDAIRE DISTRIBUTING SHOWROOMS AT NANYANG BUILDING, 63 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE, IN HONOUR OF THE 20 MILLIONTH FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATING UNIT, THESE NEW SPACIOUS NATURALLIGHT SHOWROOMS WILL DISPLAY ALL FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCTS PROOF OF
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  • 337 5 KUALA LUMPUR MUST REACH FOR THE SKY TO END HOMES SHORTAGE COiSCIL SHOULD ACT \O\V TO PREVENT SUMS, SAYS MR. CHONG KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. \il I/11-STOREY flats were the only solution W to Kuala Lumpur's "disgraceful" squatter -rtblen, the Municipal Council here was told
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  • 105 5 1,000 enrol to learn the Malay language K LUMPUR, Thurs. MOM than 1,000 Chiiii'sr, Indians and Kuroprans arc to attend the -■"> Malay classes ed by the Selan£l ,r Adult Kduration Asm,nation. The cl.issps are to be held at thp Pasar Road i rwl Maxwell Schools here Th(»<<e at Pasar
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  • 68 5 Children flee gang 'war' /CHILDREN fled in terror as \j detectives chased youths down Sunshine Terrace, re, yesterday after a |ang war tip. Six youths five students t naval rating were They were handrifTed and taken to Paya Lfbar poiice station. The six. all witn similar were later hanuod to
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUjL Thurs— Nomination day for the Jerantut local council election has been fixed for June 4. Nominations will be receiv- Ed between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.i at the court house and the] community hall at Jerantut.
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  • 46 5 A visiting physicist, Dr. S.K. a. Emerrtius Professor of hy-sifs at the University of Calcutta, and a pioneer of radio research in India, will I talk on "Economic Planning in India" at the niversity of Malaya's cheliMry lecture hall on June at 6.30 p.m.
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  • 86 5 New houses for fire victims KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Municipality is building 100 low-cost houses at Ulu Klang. near Kuala Lumpur, for victims of the recent Gombak Lane fire disaster here. Work on the buildings nas already started and the houses are expected to b« completed by the end of
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  • 22 5 Representatives of 21 industrial organisations and unions in Singapore will meet on Monday to discuss the Shortage of skilled men.
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  • 42 5 The Bishop of Singapore will be one of the representatives from overseas churches at the meeting of the consultative body of the Lambeth Conference In London from July 16 to 18 in preparation for the Lambeth Conference of 1958.
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  • 157 5 WTISH trade union lecturer yesterday warned Singapore workers against the danger of Comaiat infiltration into unions. -j The Communists, he said.i trying to gain control trade unions to serve the °rHgn policy of Russia and China. Speaking as a guest at the nnual meeting
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  • 82 5 V Thurs. The j rp Mdeni of the Malayan ANMMiation, Dato luht nßlock Tan told \tr h ianters iast n| f hi lha was convinced n-» ''i* tura rubber could jt c < inn pet it ion of »J'it|,eti c product. Natural rubber would continue to hold
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  • 58 5 TWO PEOPLE were injured when this car crashed into a tree in Connaught Drive in Singapore just before the start of the Queen's Birthday Parade on the Padang yesterday. The injured. M. Rajapave. 22. and Lee Hock Heng. 25. were
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  • 234 5 COUNCIL ROW OVER POSTAGE "^EW Singapore housing estates will be kept waiting for their water, electricity and gas supplies if City Councillor Mr. Sim Beng Seng, carries out his threat of savins postage money. The wait would be three weeks longer than necessary. I
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  • 70 5 RAUB, Thurs.— Abu bin Said, 18, a padi planter, was yesterday fined $50 or three weeks' jail for being found with a kris at the Raub bus station on May 25. He pleaded guilty. A rubber tapper, Ahmad bin Yub Ludin. 18, was fined $40 or
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  • 41 5 Mr W. B. Wilson, an industrial relations officer of the Australian Department of Labour National Service, will speak on "The trade union and wage fixation in Australia" at Raffles Institution, Bras Basah Road, Singapore, at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 32 5 Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship Council will hold a "Youth for Christ" rally at Wesley Church, Fort Canning Road, tomorrow with the pastor, the Rev. Craig S. Wilder, as speaker.
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  • 24 5 BATU GAJ^H, Thurs— A social in aiu of the District Welfare Fund will be held at the Brewster Club here on Saturday.
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  • 86 5 BUTTER WORTH. Thurs A customer lost his money and his temper at a pintable booth at Kepala Batas, the Butterworth Rural District Council was told yesterday. "When the operator refused to refund his money, the customer drew out a dagger and struck at the table," Tuan
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  • 49 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs. The Sir Henry Gurney Memorial building and Boy Scout camp at Beluru, five j miles south of here, was de{clared open today by the District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, I Mr. R. West. The building cost $4,000 and extends over two-and-a-I half acres.
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  • 216 5 Two-day Assembly meeting will discuss 'censure me' rIE Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting next week— the last for Mr. David Marshall's coalition Government will deal with "unfinished business." The Government will also table a White Paper giving all aspects of the merdeka talks and reasons for the failure.
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  • 186 5 Small boys, dogs aid bootleggers in Singapore ILLICIT distillers In Sln--1 gapore prefer to operate in daylight guarded by an elaborate alarm system of dogs, trip-wires and crackers fired by small boys to warn against surprise by Customs raiding parties. This is disclosed in the Singapore Customs annual report which
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  • 36 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Thurs. Dr. C. M. Chako, of Kuala Trengganu, has taken over from Dr. Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki as medical officer at Besut. Dr. Ariffin resigned recently to further his studies in Britain.
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  • 31 5 BENTONG, Thurs.— A display of mobile equipment by the 21st Infantry Workshop on the outskirts of the town near the rest house highlighted the Queen's Birthday celebrations here today.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 489 5 ffffWPPPWPWPWP^PPPW SINGAPORE YOI'TH COIN- YJW.C.A. (Orchard Road): CIL: Festival of Youth exhibition Dancing examination 9.30 a.m.; 11 am. to 6 pjn.; laleniime con- Institute of Bookeepei examinaI test 7 p.m. at Victoria Memorial tion. bodybuilding, welghtllfting, Hall. Judo 5.30 p.m.: table-tennis 7 pjn. SHELL THEATRETTE: Free Y.W.C.A.: Square Dance Club
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    466 6 Guns boom and planes flash as 20,000 packJSingapore padang for Queen's parade TWENTY-THOUSAND people jammed the Singapore Padane its approaches yesterday to watch the colourful cavalcade n f Queen'e Birthday Parade. the Highlighted by the intermittent boom of guns and the scream md n of aircraft flashing across
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  • 36 7 S mEßS Q^n^h^ yesterday's SCREAMING EXCITEDLY, this girl presses her fingers to her ears as the booming 21-Kun salute and the sharp fen-de-Joie echoed at yesterday's parade, in Singapore.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 148 7 First the Colour was trooped, then Security Forces took part in giant parade KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— Six massed bands and more than 1,500 Servicemen representing practically every arm of the security forces today took part in the biggest and most spectacular Queen's Birthday parade ever held in the Federation. Detachments
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  • 35 7 0 A L A TRENGGANU. The Minister for Dato Abdul Razak, te East Coast to the people the nt'a new education addressed rallies :i Jt rtch. it rallies yesterKcmaman. Dungun Best.
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  • 177 7 300 BANK WORKERS WANT CASH ON JUNE 12 OR ELSE... jyjORE THAN 300 employees of the Oversea Chinese Bank in Singapore will take a strike ballot on June 12 if the bank does not pay out their money in the staff provident fund that day. This decision was taken at
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  • 106 7 ITie Royal Air Force Regiment (Malaya) stationed at Tengah, Singapore, got its first Malayan acting warrant officer yesterday. He is 36-year-old Mohamed bin Husain, who rose from the ranks after joining the Air Force as an Aircraftman Second Class in 1947. Warrant Officer Husain. who has spent
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  • 110 7 3,500 go to party given by Governor NEARLY 3,500 people thronged the lawns of Singapore Government House at the garden party In honour of the Queen's birthday. In sweltering heat, the party-goers sought the shade of trees, hats, fans or parasols and reached eagerly for iced soft drinks carried round
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  • 39 7 PENANG, Thurs.— The Second Magistrate, Mr. E.A. Long left for the Cameron Highlands today on a fortnight's local leave. Inche Hassan bin Hussein, Circuit Magistrate, Province Wellesley, will act as Magistrate here during Mr. Long's absence.
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  • 125 7 Rural Board district rate collection centres are a hit with villagers PAY your rates the easy way without wasting time on bus journeys to and from town. That was the advice given to villagers by the Singapore Rural Board, when it set up district collection centres. And the
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    • 232 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMTERATOTE (7.30 pjn. on May SO to 7 JO i a Jn. on May 31) Singapore 74 degrees. Penang 75. Kote Bharu 74 Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipob 73. Kuantan 72. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURI (7.30 ajn. to 7.30 pjn. on May 3D Singapore 87, Penang 85, Kota Bharu 87,
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  • 76 8 20 Word* 110 (Minimum) MADAM KWEK AH JOON, Ape 71, passed away peacefully on JOth May at 38 Arab Street, leaving behind three sons. Scab Kirn Mong. Seah Cheng Koon, Robert Scah Swee Chiang, three daughter-in-laws, six daughters. five son-in-laws. Cheok Peng Nehee, Lim Peck Nghee, Tan Keok Chiane,
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  • 40 8 MO W»r4* tU (Minimum) THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Quah Cheow Kay thank all who lent Cars, sent Wreath*, Scrolls. Roasted Pigs, Telegrams and Letters of Condolence and those who Rendered Assistance and Attended the Funeral on 31.5.56.
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  • 251 8 20 Words $10 (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In Uie -Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word punle. MURDER ON THE Nile. The £.a«e Club requests your company at Victoria Memorial Hall 7th, Bth. 9th June. Bookings Robinsons. METHODIST AFTERNOON SCHOOL, Ipoh Annual Sports on 2.6.56
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  • 659 8 Singapore, Fri. June 1, 1956. Rubber Wage Deadlock Arbitration is the obvious road to settlement of the estate wage dispute. But neither the Malayan Planting Industry Employers' Association nor the National Union of Plantation Workers has formally accepted the Labour Department's offer, although the employers have said from the beginning
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  • 303 8 Democracy in Eastern Pakistan has not got over its teething troubles. The East Pakistan Assembly was dismissed in May 1954 aa a result of widespread rioting in the provinces when over 500 people were killed. The Assembly met again last week and its constitution has been suspended
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  • 226 8 Singapore's City Council has voted in favour of what amounts to a taxi monopoly. By deciding not to increase the number of licensed taxis beyond the existing maximum of 1,560, the City Council has strengthened the hands of present taxi owners kgainst possible competition. It is difficult to
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  • 458 8 TTCE main difficulty x about the present situation in Cyprus is the complexity resulting from the number of conflicting factors which are Involved. One reason why the recent debate in the House of Commons threw so little light on the problem of what ought to be done is to
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    • 116 8 rE report of the Federation Education Committee says nothing about the future of the teachers of English In vernacular schools. Has the committee simply Ignored us or was It not aware of our existence? The report says that teachers will come under a unified salary scale
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    • 62 8 With all his faults... I HOLD no brief for Mr. David Marshall. He has his faults, I admit, and ac- cording to his critics, they are legion. But I sincerely believe that there Is no one at the moment who can step into his shoes. I think even his enemies
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    • 87 8 Asscm biyman HATS off to Mr. Lim Cher Keng. In my opinion he is the most understanding and sensible of all the Assemblymen In the Opposition Benches of the Singapore Legislative Assembly. His statement that there is no one who can replace Mr. David Marshall as Singapore's Chief
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    • 134 8 BEING Interested in the history of aviation in Singapore, K.H.s and Mr. Lai Kai Joo's letters provided pleasant reading. My earliest recollection was the landing of the famous Smith brothers' plane on the old Race Course in 1919. A photograph of the landing is exhibited in the Raffles
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  • 1147 8  - Britain is left hold ing the NATO baby P *of: U W'U/AAfJ Military rale alan<* is unlikely «&> moro than contain terrorism until the terrorists can be isnlntod /r o#ff r^ "-i^nl support by mobilising general ttentimvnt uyainst tit, By ly because Britain, to whom Turkey originally gave over the
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    • 542 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Worit $10 (Minimum) CHEW— KIONG: The engagement was announced on 31.9.56 between Mr. Andrew Chew Chin Thor, youngest son of Mr. and Mr». Chew Hock San to Miss Nancy Klor* Poh Llan. eldest daughter of Mr. Si Mrs. Klong Chal Woon. Both of Singapore. PERSONAL 20 Words
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    • 85 8 juiTro« T l 1 M Your mtn Hungarian!" h j How a game of cbns IwcasM matter of life j mmt death. TferOUag tnw- > Uf* wempc story. t M Am. II rajv »O lIISJWSJBV i •or v/on rvW Ab tuny wmy to un|H o»* yo»r command of E^lsh, j
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    • 106 8 The HAMMOND j jiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiint'lP'^ 1 YWlumic 9 most gloriou* roice The many installations of this i»«» I already carried out ir. this country have I the eminent suitability of the HAMM ORGAN for Churches and Homes I Malaya. I Cone and hear the Hammond in our Showroom -j^ 1 j
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  • 450 9 'Sa moche Fijians' last goodbye today BUT TIME WILL NEVER BREAK BOND WITH MALAYA, SAYS CO. piJI'S sad song of farewell Isa Lei will rise from 850 voices at the Singapore wharves today. For this is the day that the Ist Bn.. Fiji Regiment sails for home after more than
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  • 210 9 IPOH MOVE TO CURB NIGHT LIFE: NO LATE PERFORMANCES IPOH, Thurs. The 1 managements of cinemas and cabarets here were shocked today •to receive notices from !the Town Council, cancelling their permits for icrformanres after midnight during next month. The general manager of 6haw Brothers Organisation tn Perak. Mr. Ng
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  • 51 9 TPOH. Thurs. The latest addition to the string of new hotels constructed here since the war is the $120,000 threestorey Princess in Anderson Road. It was declared open today at a cocktail party by Mr. Lee Kiah Tin, a vice-president of the Perak Kheng chiew
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  • 31 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. About 150 motor cyclists from Royal Army Service Corps units In central and north Malaya will compete in the annual motor cycle trials here on Sunday.
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  • 286 9 A MOB or villagers threatened to lynch an 18-year-old boy in Singapore yesterday because someone thought he looked like the "phantom raper of Mergui village." No one has seen the "phantom" closely enough to b e able to give the police a description.
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  • 74 9 Taking the salute' at the Queen's Birthday parade in Labuan was the last official act of the Governor of North Borneo, Mr. R. E. Turnbull, before boarding a Malayan Airways plane which arrived in Singapore yesterday. He leaves by air this morning for six weeks leave
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  • 46 9 IPOH, Thurs. Malaya's rural population will be able to learn Romanised Malay through radio lessons, starting from June 30. The 10-week daily course is sponsored by the Federal Adult Education Association in co-operation with Radio Malaya. Instructions will be in simple Malay.
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  • 30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A patrol of the 2/10 Gurkhas fired on a terrorist In the Kulai area of Johore yesterday. No terrorist incidents were reported today.
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  • 181 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYAN nurses must be ready to do menial Jobs in hospitals, the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, said today. Declaring open the annual delegates' conference of the Malayan Nurses Union here, he »ald that In a Federation
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  • 372 9 THANK BRITAIN FOR THIS, SAYS Mr. HEAH Booqwt tog T»ngkn-brt«kb«t tog •ntf-BrttUh to S^pore PENANG, Thursday. THE PRESIDENT of the Penang Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Heah Joo Scan?, today praised the record of British rule in Malaya, and rapped anglophobes in Singapore for decrying colonialism. Mr. Heah said: "At
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  • 109 9 REFUSED LEAVE, SO SHE QUITS KOTA BHARU, Thurs. A Division One Malay woman officer in Kelantan has left Government service because her request for leav« has been rejected by the Federation Government. She is Tengku Zainab binte Zakaria, 29, State Welfare Officer, who left Kota Bharu yesterday for England to
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  • 35 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Lee Wah Bank will open a branch here on Saturday. A reception will be held at the new premises in High Street at 10 a.m. to mark the opening
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  • 23 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Mr. W. L. OaUetty, from Kuala Lumpur, has succeeded Mr. K. j. Henderson as Secretary for Chinese Affairs, johore.
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  • 152 9 Wu returns with sealed lips TPOH, Thurs. T|R. Wu Lien Teh, one of the two delegates who went to London to seek expert constitutional advice on the status of the "Queen's Chinese In an independent Malaya, returned to ipoh yesterday, with sealed lips. "I am sorry 1 cannot tell you
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  • 79 9 Singapore police yesterday questioned a cake seller and seized his car after a boy was knocked down and killed in a mystery road crash at the 11th mile Bukit Panjang Road early In the morning. The boy, Pay Keng Siong, 12, was cycling to market
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  • 447 10 WHAT a gem of a film is "The Ladykillers," one of the most brilliantly funny comedies ever to come out of Ealing Studios, famed for "Cenevieve" and "Doctor in the House". It's an uproarious "crime thriller" in which a sinister gang, led by
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  • 44 10 SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER as he appears in the title role of Shakespeare's "Richard III," coming to Singapore at the end of this month. flailed as the finest performance of his career, the film is also produced and directed by Olivier.
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  • 193 10 FIRST CLASS acting by child star Adek Wan 1 Hussain as a slum boy fighting to make an honest living gives great impetus to the otherwise languid Malay film Mega Mendong (Darjc Clouds). 1 He brings to the screen a vivid glimpse of the
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  • 330 10 "MOT as a Stranger," a Stanley Kramer production coming to the Capitol, sets out to glamourise the medical profession. Robert Mitchum plays a dedicated young surgeon who puts his profession above all, even his adoring wife (Olivia de Havilland). Don't
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  • 97 10 Hollywood is buzzing with rumours that Marilyn Monroe will wed playwright Arthur Miller— of "Death of a Saleman" fame— before she leaves for Britain next month to make "The Sleeping Prince" with Sir Laurence Olivier. Redhead Rhonda Fleming has rtlea a divorce suit against Dr. Lewis
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    • 422 10 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRAaiONS I SHOWING! Wl lIUL I R 6.30 ft 9.30 P.M. l*£P DEMAREST WitUAH UKU mam mm warn MIDNIGHT TOMORROW! He's A Gun For Sale! ROBERT 'MAN WITH JAN MITCHUM THE GUN" STERLING ua. Tomorrow 9 ajn.: "THE FIGHTER". Sunday 9 a.m.: "3 STOOGES plus CARTOONS". 5
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    • 280 10 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTR\f ti,.77 TODAY iCAIH^f. ,1 "to story tfUlMßotti! /^gfo --"r I I Mrt-s«fl«r! i -CW j DON TAYLOR- RAr DANTQK TOMORROW MIDHICHT! FOR LAU^JT^ Rank Organisation PrtM-nts ALEC GUINNESS ii THE LADYKILLERS Cecil Parker Herbert Lorn Peter Sellars l> Colour by TECHNICOLOR v (ir Swnday 9 a.m.: "THE
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  • 1159 11 rm^ IN January 1934 the terrifying resurgence of Hitler's Germany should have awakened 1 ur opc to her threatened values. France, most ally, should have rallied to meet the not yet formidable, of which she viously was destined to be among
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  • 230 11 and all his Government. They did more. Around the chamber massed bands of organised young rowdies, Fascist and Royalist in unholy alliance which lasted till the fall of France when at last some of the more decent royalists perceived their error and
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    • 517 11 THE NEW 1956 Qfeuqeotp PEUGEOT OF FRANCE v ll| A spaciom. Powerful and Economical Motor Car, 1j Lifrei, 403 Saloon, 4-door 5/6 Scaters. front //^^■•J Rpl%& »eat« form ileaping-fctrHit. II Engine 4 cylindm. 15.9 H.P. develop. 58 BHP. bmJbjlJJ, 146S 0M Pu Rw Jr>^^L_<i»A^-, Fonrtprod «yoeliroiii««li gear-box with ov«r-d»ive t%>«^^^B^-
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    • 152 11 Box 3iorgan 9 3M.D. W«* in tare lII i W.I *****1 l 111 Illll llil^ir%ctmMV"l op coucse, i wm Ttwen wmv T| M tve askeo wvsclf thki "V W sms dm m tove witui^W U* ja 'i-*j/ j^ y|^ XSUMWEPOP M£B DIP YOU QUEffTIOt* AWkNV TIMES.' I I Mt, BMIUE—
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  • 54 12 Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates Ltd. made a profit for 1955 of £70,892 against £78,788. United Kingdom and Malayan taxation requires £31,000 (£41.000), transfer to replanting reserve £5,000 (£10.000), and provision for depreciation of Investments £12,500 (nil). Proposed dividend 3d. (3d) per 2s. stock unit less Income tax £21,871 (£21,871).
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  • 76 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Jason 1-2, Chandpara 4-5, Inchjura C.P, Glenorchy 6-7, Bencruachan 8-9, Benmhor 11, Benavon 13-14, Antilochus 19-16. Shlnyu Maru 18, Rawang N.Wall 2, Rhu N.Wall 4. Sedlll N.Wall 8, Serdang N.Wall 10, Maxwell Branrier 21-22, Song Be 23,
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  • 76 12 Alor Pongsu Amalgamated Estates Ltd. have sold their Brieh estate at Bagan Serai. Perak, comprising 544 acres, for £16,333. This was the company's oldest property. It was acquired some sixty years ago and (says the chairman, Mr. J.M. Baber.i has always suffered from the grave disability of flooding.
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  • 24 12 dollar was quoted a; mv I cash and 5.88 he I Sterling was Booted I one tael of gold at 25c I
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  • 55 12 The United Sua Betone r Estates Ltd. have decided v"' commend in respect j ended December 31 a I of 30 per cent, less i total dividend for the per cent). The dividends If apprmtf jbe posted on Ju:t- I holders who were or j at the
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  • 271 12 TIN EASES FOR THE SEVENTH DAY ON COLONY MART By Our Market Correspondent pOR the seventh consecutive days' trading tin fell in price on the Singapore market yesterday, despite the steadier trend in London overnight. The price yesterday was quoted at $366.25 a picul, a drop of 75 cents on
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  • 45 12 THE Federations Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting May 31:— RUBBER: 78i cents per Ib. COPRA: $466 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $758 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $378 per ton..
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  • 89 12 INVESTMENT UI i firmer I »as up 2s Hi' ab Cr/^1 Broke, Bank of N s W I Mount Lyell N. Broken mil 2 < I Hill 50 I Mount Morgan M/: 'i I Peko I Western Mining I Ampol. Ex I OU Search Aust Consol. md"; "^i
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  • 57 12 cording to statistics n Th* April total mcl Un\ted° 3^^ C 2r i2l utoll sh 'Promt* tail u 'ncludm. j2^ ihfnmAnf 8 033 t0 si.ipmenta of copra caw v.33.1 tons of which EamT? 3.898 and 3.169 tons wjnt>, bmpmfnts of dessicat»d em*! amounted to 2 L">B tn r
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    • 319 12 *A.IOIA-« BRITISH ROPEWAY ENGINEERING CO. LTD. nil ml M^^i WW The last word in r °P ewa y design An Aerial Ropeway nay be the answer to your transportation problem. IT ritt for illuslraltd brochure. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Ipoh. Penang. Sandakan. No lonpr need you suffer
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    • 1488 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TWO YEAR CEETIFICATE COURSE (IMC/ItSS) TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE, SINGAPORE. Applications for admission to the First Year of the above course will be received on forms obtainable from the Registrar, Teachers' Training College, Paterson Road, Singapore, 9, up to 21st June, 1956. The qualifications for entry are: Age: Candidates
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    • 850 12 NOTICES AMPAT TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND NOTICE Is hereby given that at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on the 26th day of June, 1956, the Directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend of l/6d per .share leu Income Tax at
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    • 514 12 TENDERS i DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS AND UNSERVICEABLE STORES BY ORDER OF CHIEF ENGINEER HQ SPORE BASE DISTRICT Tender No. CESBD/Sales/81 TE> jEriS are invited for the purchase of surplus and unservl- < ceable War Department Stores, i The stores comprising 7 lots must be accepted as and where they lie.
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    • 494 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA /U.S. PACIFIC PORTS-30 DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swer. Penan; FmiKristin Bakke Sailed tailed 3 Jun 6 jun 7 jun 17 Anne Bakke Sailed tailed 16 jun 19 jun 20 jun 3: Elisabeth Bakke 16 Jun 30 |un 30 |ul Cjertrude
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  • 249 14 'Indonesian system strangles Colony trade' SINGAPORE'S trade in textiles with Indonesia is being seriously hampered by the Indonesian pro-forma invoice system, Mr. D. T. Assomull, chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday. Mr. Assomull said that most of the trade which traditionally had gone through Singapore in
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  • 190 14 Malaya is best mart still for Swiss watches MALAYA is still one of the best markets In the East for Swiss watches, according to Mr. PhiliDpe Kind, sales manager of Vnlcsin Watch Factory, Switzerland, Mr. Kind said that the Malayan people were very advanced, and when watches were concerned, preferred
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  • 171 14 rpHE Federation of Malaya X was again ahead of Singapore in the manufacture of soap in March, according to official statistics just released. During the month, the amount of soap manufactured in the Federation totalled 30.811 cwt. as against 22, 578 cwt. manufactured in Singapore.
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  • 317 14 Malayans eat 62 lb. of fish per head each year THE total annual production of fish for use as human food in the Federation of Malaya amounts to 140,000 tons from the sea, lakes, ponds and rivers As the population of the Federation of Malaya is approximately 6 million, the
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  • 132 14 A CREDIT agreement aggregating U.S.SSO million, wnich will be used to finance part of the purchase price of new aircraft ordered, has been extended to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines by three leading American banks: The First National City Bank of New York, the Chase
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  • 169 14 BRITISH aerial survey experts have evolved a further application of air photography. The firm which is at present engaged on aerial surveys in Malaya and Siam, in connection with railway development, and has already conducted geographical and photographic surveys for a variety of
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  • 322 14 TEXTILE DUTY SCRAPPED FDIA'S exports of medium cotton textiles to Malaya and other countries last year Improved by 74 per cent as a result of the abolition of export duty on this variety, Mr. Ram H. Notaney, overseas officer of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council said in Singapore yesterday.
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  • 41 14 Investigation by British organisations of possible large scale overseas application ol a new weed killer as a means of increasing food supplies, is revealed in the annual report of the National Research Development Corpora tion, published in London.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 341 14 B^_. i SbK FUNGICIDAL CREAM No SINGAPORE FOOT should be without Fitoban Fitoban is a soothing cream specially recommended for the treatment of Singapore Foot. You can also use it for treating dhobie itch, ringworm, barber's rash and other fungal infections of the skin. Fitoban is non-greasy and will not
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    • 259 14 There's none better than a PONSOM Touil get really grateful thanks when you give a Ronson lighter a practical, thoroughly re- jfi v»„ liable gift that's good to look Jfj at, too! Like this Flo-litu J&S^ Princess, feminine version of Kk7^\ the Standard lighter shape. You "V A can see
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  • 249 15 OIV. 1 RIVALS STILL MfiCK AND NECK SINGAPORE Amateur FA. first division rivals, Tigers and Amicables, both won their matches at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tigers, who have yet to lose a game this season, stayed on top of the table with a
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  • 363 15 McDonald's 112 gives Aussies lead OXFORD. Thurs. jOOUN MCDONALD, the Aua\j tralian opening batsman, acored bis second century of the reason against Oxford University here today. McDonald took nU score to lit and the Australians replied with 234 to Oxford's first innings total of 157. At close "the University were
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  • 66 15 Johore Cricket Club beat S.C C. by three wicket* in their friendly cricket match on the padang yesterday. Johocc'a Tictory was made possible by two good Innings by Oraham and Roberts who were unbeaten with 74 and 40 respectlveS.C.C. 91 (Caantn 26. Hobbs 14.
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  • 534 15 r pHE junior championships ties i in the Singapore lawn tennis championships drew the most I attention yesterday when two sin- Eles semi-finals and a doubles semi-final were decided at the V.MC.A. courts. Chin Kwong Tong, the No. 1 seed, and Henry Pang,
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  • 438 15 WE BATTING and bowlsfg X averages of the S.C.A senior tournament to date are: felluptllal loss Javaratnam Marts Vebb Clng lobbs Vhitmell krae kngullia ;hong Jin rtatam Slew iMTon la Sllva 'lowrtglit Uhraff r. Martens •rector Junendran kindram m luueln 8. lattln»ly Unnah >unn <ohlnder S.
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  • 189 15 Amicables claim victory in game marred by incidents SEVERAL incidents In the second half marred the floodlit game between Amlcables and Rovers. The player wtoo «ot the worse of it was Low Kok Cheng. Amlcahlfts' left-back. who had to be carried oat in the 75th minute. Arnica bles won 4-1
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  • 59 15 BRISTOL, Thurs Britain and Chile finished the first day of their European Zone Davis Cup quarter -final here today on level terms, each whining one of the opening singles Luis Ayala (Chile) beat Roger Becker C" aln) 3-6 6-4, 6-9, 3-6, 6-3 Billy Knight
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    • 474 15 TIITION Mtn.'- U rU. extr*. rVINO AT MSM. I, lfied English. ii iv speaking lnstruc- iinin $60. Phone Goh. MCA COMMERCIAL <■ Beginners" Accounting, .shorthand. TypeSeveral Shorthand j lasses. Typing j si 'egle Road, j JUNE: Steno- 1 Air-crmd. Rm. adv. Accty., out day). Vacsn- dif. !>iages, speed, in) Morn:
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    • 402 15 BOOKS ft PUBLICATIONS 2tW,rd, $S <Mt».)-Box MH: extra THE JANUARY 1956 Edition of The Federation of Malaya TeleFCHTHER fcJPPLIES OF The 1955/56 Edition of the Straus <>f Singapore and Malaya will be available shortly Contains: 300 page alphabetical clpssifitd directory with over 35,000 entries 600 pages listing companies their executives
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  • 396 16 SPOTTING THE WQINNERS By Epaom Jeep MY ten to follow at the Perak Turf Club Derby Meeting are: MON SABREUR: For the Derby; scored an impressive all-the-way win over the Bukit Timah 1% miles on Governor's Cup Day; on his English form is well up to Malayan "Classic" standard and
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  • 237 16 Rajoo gets tough job against Neo RAJAM RAJOO, this year's Youth flyweight champion, has 1 tough assignment tonight when he meetsj Jackie Neo in the semifinals of- the novices championships at \the Great World arena. Jackie, \a stylish and aggressive newcomer to amateur boxing, came through the preliminaries with flying*
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  • 690 16 Tod weight Bearer Bond keeping his form DERBY RUNNERS WORK OUT ON SOFT TRACK By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Thurs. STAGE SHOW II (Posncr) and Amusement II (Geyer). were matched in a splendid gallop on the training track at Ipoh this morning. Breaking from the half mile they ran the last
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  • 366 16 WEEM SHOWS UP WELL IN TRIAL WITH MONEYSMATE IPOH, Thurs. WEEM, with Mawi up, showed up well in a tryout with Moneysmate (West) on the training track at Ipoh this morning. They went from the half mile and made a race of it over the last 3f. in 38 4/5.
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  • 271 16 PEKAN, Thurs. TWO British nurses, answering a last-minute request, made a 2 50 -mile Journey across Pkbang in a Land Rover to take part in last Tuesday's amateur race* here. They were Miss Valeric Johnson, of the British Red
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  • 14 16 Prosperity Premier Stage Show II Weem Nod Sabreur Stealth
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  • 122 16 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Thurs. BRITISH television viewers last night saw Singapore sprinter Tan Eng Yoon running at White City, headquarters of British Athletics. Tan was a member of the British Empire team running against the Amateur Athletic Association team in the 4
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  • 53 16 vr ALIK bin Selamat of the Ma--I'l layan Rough Riders (Singapore branch), was champion cyclist at yesterday's Queen's Birthday grass track meet on the m.f.a. ground. Malik won the half mile sprint, one mile and three miles. The nine-event programme was organised by the Singapore
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  • 161 16 TROON, Thurs. pECIL BEAMISH. Irish lnternational and former Malayan champion, was eliminated by the Scottish champion, R. Reid Jack, In the fifth round of the British Amateur Golf Championship on the Troon links yesterday when the quarter-final stage of the tourna- ment was reached. The
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  • 472 16  - $230,000 IN STAKES TO BE WON AT IPOH EPSOM JEEP JtTTIMt By STAKE money for the three-day Perak Derby meeting will amount to $230,000. The Perak Derby, with $30,000 in stakes plus a $4,000 gold trophy, Is the richest prize In Malayan racing. A special race, the Merdeka Trophy over
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  • 56 16 TT. W. Bell and Mrs. K. Meyer. of Royal Singapore Golf Club, yesterday won the open mixed foursomes (medal) golf competition, for players with a maximum handicap of 21, with a net score of 71. Runners-up were Chief Technician Logan and Mrs. B. Smith, of
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  • 44 16 BODCA and Dockyard "A" drew I—l in SAFA Div. 2B match at CYMA ground yesterday. W. Chan scored for BODCA and Manlam for Dockyard. Star Soccerltes "A" beat Chinese Athletic "A" 2—o in a Div. 2A match at Farrer Park.
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  • 98 16 SOCCER BAFA League, Dlv. 1: Star Soecerites v SHB Police, Jalan Beear; Div. SA: RAF Tengah v Per Mmponan SUa, Farrer Park; Dlv. 3B: Bedok v Mount Emily, Geylang; RAF Changi v Blue Rovers, MFA; Pondok Peranakan v SeUa Jays, CYMA. ATHLETICS St. Andrew's Junior School I and II
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  • 267 16 LONDON. Thurs. HPHE 382 entries for the Epsom Derby, Britain's premier turl classic, to be run next Wednesday, were whittled down to 38 at yesterday's final acceptance stage. This year's prise for the mile and a half race over the sloping, twisting Epsom Downs totals £20,400.
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  • 201 16 'We want to be back' is Fijian choru s as they sadly l eave By THE SPORTS EDITOR TSIMELI RADRODRO, captain of the unconquered Fijian Rugby XV, heavyweight boxing champion among a race of manly men, in fact the First Gentleman of Sport in the Regiment, had an eve-of-departure message
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  • 465 16 as to create a feeling that they have always been living here. This was what Radrodro had in mind when he said that Malaya had become a home from home and that lt was unthinkable that the Fijians should lose all contact with this country. Radrodro himself is making
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