The Straits Times, 1 April 1957

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    A PLEDGE TO W.D. MEN
    329 1 LIM ASSURES SINGAPORE T.U.C. CHIEF BY PHONE No need for Colony's 40,000 services' employees to worry about future Agreement in London is the hope T p t |<yi yp:w HOCK, the Singapore Chief "•Minister, said yesterday that the Colony's 411 iii'io Chilian Services employees need
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    GOVT. DENIES BIG RUBBER SMUGGLING
    316 1 GOVT. DENIES BIG RUBBER SMUGGLING 'Envoy's charge exaggerated' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. ALLEGATIONS of a multi -million dollar rubber A smuggling racket between Indonesia and Malaya made by an Indonesian consular officer in Penang on Wednesday have amazed government officials here. They said today there was some smuggling in rubber scraps,
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    Table tennis students met match in Mr. Lim
    176 1 Table tennis students met match in Mr. Lim From FFi.IX ABBHEGAHADKN LORI JM Mm —It I b/.hK"* MJUaitib and table Iranta tt Malaya Hall lad night when the Miuapore merdeka team naJ a night out with the students. Thp bahy talk eta* from Mr. Chen Swee her. Min'stor for F.dut
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    A bicycle to be unwrapped
    83 1 The rider of this bicvele caped without serious injury when it wrapped itself tightly around a road sien on the Chanel load yesterday. The tangled mass i s all that was left of his cycle .fter a collision with a car at the 9} milestone.
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    Captain saves 2 in gas-filled hold
    174 1 FOUR MEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL A LUNCH-TIME message from the captain of the Ikan Mas, a freighter in the Singapore Outer Roads, yesterday saved the lives of two officers trapped in a gas-filled hold. I Just before noon Captain Sarmai bin Salleh ordered a
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    Lock icon Union chiefs consider next move
    99 1 Union chiefs consider next move LONDON. Sun. UNION chiefs held informal talks here today to consider the next move in national engineering and shipyards strikes which will tomorrow involve 1.700,000 men throughout Britain. Leaders of three of the largest o/ the 40 unions Involved In the two strikes met to
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    Lock icon Cairo has big plans to improve canal
    117 1 CAIRO, Sunday. f»OL. ABDEL HATEM, the Government Information Chief, said today that Egypt has decided to carry out immediately "a huge improvement and repair programme in the Suez Canal." He said Egypt would devote a large part of canal tolls to keep the
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    JACKPOT IS NOW $60,000
    59 1 JACKPOT IS NOW $60,000 THE $60,000 Jackpot is waiting to be wort in The Malayan Monthly's Contest "C". There's also the usual $5,000 in consolation prizes. The closing date of this great contest is Monday, April B— SEVEN days from today. Send your coupon, with postal order. NOW. Pull details
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    Lock icon 70 buried in avalanche
    46 1 TOKYO, Sun. Seventy road construction workers were buried alive in a snowslide in Hokkaido, Northern Japan, today. Thirty, 15 of them injured, clawed their way to safety through snow and debris. Police and army rescue teams were rushed to the area. Reuter.
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    34 1 WASHINGTON. Sun.— The United States is this week expected to approve an economic aid offer to Poland. It will be one quarter of the amount which the Poles are asking. A.P.
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    Lock icon Cost of health
    20 1 LONDON, Sun. Britain's National Health Service will cost £556,000,000 this year £21,000,000 more than last year.— Reuter.
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    Mayors to meet
    20 1 TOKYO, Sun. Forty mayors from 18 countries will attend the first Asian mayors' conference here In October.
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    LEE WAS AT MEETING
    143 1 I In fact he was the first man there From FELIX ABISHEGANADEN f ONDON. Sun. Mr. Li Llm' Yew Hock, the Chief Minister, this evening denied the report that Mr. Le e Kuan Yew was absent from Friday's final session of the constitutional conference. If the
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    Lock icon Bare facts give him a win
    51 1 LONDON, Sun.— A swimmer who loses his trunks in a race •and finishes in the nude is still the winner. That was the decision of the Amateur Swimming Association yesterday after discussing the bare facts of a swimmer who did this at Newcastle recently.
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    Lock icon Kashmir polls
    38 1 SRINAGAR, (Kashmir) Sun. Sixty per cent of the Kashmir's 180.000 voters went to the polls in heavy rain today to elect eight members to the State Legislature in the first general election in its history.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pension postmen
    22 1 BONN, Sun. The West German Post Office has organised a door-to-door pensions delivery service for all pensioners over 75.— Reuter.
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    MOON SEEN: TODAY IS FIRST DAY OF THE FAST
    132 1 MOON SEEN: TODAY IS FIRST DAY OF THE FAST MUSLIMS throughout the Federation and Singapore began their monthlong annual fast today. The Keeper of the Rulers' Seal. Tuan Haji Mustapha Al Bakri officially announced in Kuala Lumpur last night that the new moon for the month of Ramadan, the Muslim
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    Malaya tipped as U.N. member
    132 1 Malaya tipped as U.N. member •^EW YORK, Sun.—ln--41 dependent Malaya was reported here today to be almost certain to become the 82nd. member state of the United Nations Britain Intends to sponsor Malaya's admission to the U.N. when the General Assembly meets in the autumn it is understood here. It
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    50 1 REVOLT QUASHED IN SUMATRA JAKARTA. Sun. —Military (iiniiMinli r of South Sum-ill .i Col H<r lian. nicil tooifht h»- had inii-!nrt «it«mpt by number ».lli< >rs to "go ■gatat milit.irr hierarchy" jnd that officers had fled to provincial capital Palrmbang. Civil air flights <o Palrmbang susprnded. Renter. AP
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    Lock icon Envoy returns
    34 1 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. Vassilio Mostras. the Greek Ambassador to London who was withdrawn a year ago in protest against the British Government's deportation of Archbishop Makarlos, returned to resume his post today.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Braga in Japan
    24 1 TOKYO. Sun.— Singapore's Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga. arrived here tonight to inspect Japanese hospitals and health services. Reuter.
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    Lock icon RUSSIA WARNS DENMARK
    475 2 of support points* threat by Bulganin 'Keep American atomic units off your soil 9 COPENHAGEN, Sunday. J>HE Soviet Prime Minister, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, has warned Denmark not to permit the stationing of United States units armed with atomic weapons on Danish soil, it was announced last night.
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    Lock icon CIGARETTE? LET AUTOMATION LIGHT IT FOR YOU -PERHAPS
    155 2 CIGARETTE? LET AUTOMATION LIGHT IT FOR YOU -PERHAPS LONDON, Son. Automation has arrived at the London office of a leading industrial construction firm. The journal of the British Institute of Directors described this "wonderful contraption" thus: It occupies the whole of a directorial desk and consists of a series of
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    Kelly yacht sold
    29 2 MONTE CARLO, Sun. Prince Rainier has sold the yacht Deo juvente, on which he and Grace Kelly spent their honeymoon last year, for $420,000.— A. P.
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    Lock icon Chief dies — his 80 wives take a bath
    138 2 Chief dies his 80 wives take a bath ACCRA, Sun— The 80 widows of an African chieftain were publicly bathed today as part of the funeral ceremonies which are still going on four months after his death. Prom the day the ruler, Awoni Amprusi. traditional chief of the Bakwu people
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    Lock icon Rare violin is unclaimed
    62 2 PARIS. Sun. A Stradivarius violin believed to be a genuine and valuable product of the 18th century Italian master Is lying unclaimed In a Paris police lost property office. A municipal pawnshop manager found it on a street bench after an unknown woman who tried to
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    Lock icon For Far East
    35 2 PARIS, Sun. A new department of the World Bank has been formed to tackle increased banking operations in nine countries in the Far East, the World Bank office here announced yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon TWO INDONESIAN WIVES FIND 'PARADISE'
    56 2 MRS. AMY HARSOYO. vice president of the Indonesian Association of Wives of National Policemen, and Mrs. Tary W. Sugondo, both of Jakarta, are seen here in Louisville. Kentucky, during a tour of the United States. Their most striking impression of America is that it "is
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    Lock icon BODY IN PASS
    130 2 Kidnapped woman murdered TEHERAN, Sun. Police i today found the body of Mrs. Anita Carroll, the American woman kidnapped a week ago. in a rocky pass 10 miles from the spot where her husband was killed. Bandits had taken her clothes and Jewellery. The i body was
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    Lock icon The Queen prepares for Paris in the spring
    63 2 THE QUEEN photographed at Buckingham Palace last week in a white satin evening gown which she will wear during her state visit to France, starting next Monday The gown is embroidered in gold and pearls. The diamond brooch on her left shoulder
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    Lock icon A BLAST FOR SPEEDSTER IKE BUT NO SUMMONS
    95 2 A BLAST FOR SPEEDSTER IKE BUT NO SUMMONS WASHINGTON. Sun. Police said yesterday that President Eisenhower would not bo prosecuted for speeding at 75 miles an hour on his trip to his farm at Gettysburg on Friday. A Secret service agent said last night there was no special reason for
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    Lock icon LOST: A PERILOUS ARMY 'PENCIL'
    147 2 BERLIN, Sunday. CEVERAL hundred British soldiers were today searching with mine-detectors, geiger counters and other equipment along a 40-mile stretch of road near Celle, West Germany, for a radioactive metal object lost yesterday by an Army unit. The British Forces Network, broadcasting to British Forces
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    Lock icon Rubber dealers accused
    47 2 COLOMBO, Sun. Some Ceylon businessmen are dealing directly with China in violation of Ceylon's rubberrice agreement with Peking, a Government spokesman said. Those illegal transactions through Hong Kong have helped create a gap In the trade balance between Ceylon and China, he said.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Story misfires
    34 2 WASHINGTON, Sun. The U.S. Defence Department yesterday denied a report that the air force had made a test firing of an "Atlas" intercontinental ballistic missile which ran away into outer space— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Union conference opens
    49 2 NEW DELHI. Sun. Delegates to the Asian regional conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions began a six-day meeting here yesterday. Among the 60 delegates to the conference are representatives of Ceylon, South Korea. Formosa, Malaya, Hong Kong. Singapore. Japan and the Philippines.— U.P.
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    Lock icon BABY FOR LESLIE CARON
    55 2 LONDON. Sun. Leslie Caron, the French actress, gave birth to a 61b. Boz. baby boy here yesterday. Her husband, theatrical producer Peter Hall heard the news while rphcarsing a Tennessee Williams play, Camino Real, at the Savillo Theatre. Rehearsals were suspended for an hour while he
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    Lock icon New Nasser Canal threat
    544 3 TIED UP WITH PALESTDIEAgAB REFUGEE PROBLEM, HE SATS ISRAELI SHIPS WILL BE BARRED 'Egypt not going Communist' CAIRO, Sunday. THE Egyptian President, Col. Nasser, strongly 1 indicated yesterday that he would refuse Israel permission to use the Suez Canal or the f.ulf of Akaba. •I am
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    Lock icon Tourist bait
    33 3 MOSCOW, Sun. The Soviet Government yesterday announced the introduction of a special tourist rouble rate increasing the value of the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies by 150 per cent. U.P.
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    Lock icon Killer reprieve
    36 3 LONDON. Sun. The Home Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, has recommended a reprieve for 24-year-old Edward Burdett, sentenced to death here last month for murdering his wife by putting, cyanide in her tea. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Red praise for Britain's strikers
    281 3 Red praise for Britain's strikers MOSCOW TALKS OF THE 'CRIMINAL' RULING CIRCLES LONDON Sun.— Moscow Radio yesterday praised Britain's 1,700,000 shipbuilding and engineering strikers and said that the "criminal calculations by British ruling circles" to launch an "even more wide-scale assault against the rights and living standards of the people"
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    Lock icon 'Stop this aid'
    26 3 BUDAPEST, Sun. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has asked a number of Western legations in Budapest to stop distributing air parcels to Hungarians. Reuter.
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    FIRST 2 CONVOYS THROUGH
    88 3 PORT SAID. Sun. The Crst two convoys to pass :i the Suez Canal since *»r d wd the waterway last tyvember sailed into Port s*d harbour yesterday. This afcrked a major step towards ifesumpton or normal operai.fns. The first convoy to enter nine ships of five
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    Lock icon MEET THE WORLD'S ONLY POWDERED PREMIER
    52 3 The Prime Minister of India. Mr. Nehru, really entered into the spirit of things during the Holi Festival (marking the arrival of spring) at New Delhi. This picture shows him after celebrating crowds had splashed his face and clothes with water and coloured powder.
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    Lock icon H-BOMB SCARES THE ISLANDERS
    199 3 Pacific is not so peaceful now SYDNEY, Sunday. COME Pacific islands inhabitants have developed "hydrogen bomb Jitters," the Sun Herald reported today. The paper based its report on accounts by the crews of a trans-Pacific airliner which arrived here last week. It quoted them as saying
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    Lock icon Labour man backs test
    92 3 LONDON. Sun. Mr. George Brown, Labour's chief spokesman on defence in the House of Commons, said last night that Britain must be able to show an aggressor that she has the hydrogen bomb. "And the only way to do that to show that it has been
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    Lock icon G.I.s to leave
    26 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. About 4.400 United States troops will be withdrawn from Britain this year. They have been engaged on airfield construction work. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gestapo killer gets hard labour
      67 3 STUTTGART, Sun. Dr. Guenther Venediger, former Gestapo chief of Danzig, was sentenced yesterday to two years' hard labour for his part in the shooting of four R.A.F. officers recaptured after escaping from a camp at Sagan, Silesia, in 1944. The executions orders for which came
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      12 3 NEW DELHI: India has opened direct radiotelephone communication with Saudi Arabia. —A.P.
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      31 3 MADRID: Madrid police raided what they described as a centre for preparing clandestine Communist propaganda hi a Madrid suburb, detained 14 allegeed Communists and seized a quantity of "subversive literature."— Reuter.
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      23 3 NEW DELHI: The King and Queen of Nepal arrived here for a one-month unofficial tour of India, alter a tour of Ceylon.— A.P.
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      34 3 DAKAR: More than 25 million Africans and Madagascans went to the polls yesterday in elections called to pave the way for substantial internal autonomy in French territories 16 times the size of France. Reuter
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      25 3 COLOMBO: Katunayake airport will be taken over by the Royal Ceylon Air Force when the British move out at the end of this year. —UP.
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      22 3 HAMBURG: The Finnish ship Asturias sank in the Baltic Sea after colliding with another Finnish vessel, the Satakunta, in dense fog. U.P.
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      71 over the eight (hundred)
      33 3 BRISBANE. Sun. Edward E. Ebtery, B. is well known In court here yesterday he pleaded truiltv to his 871 st charte of drunkenness. His last appearance: Thursday. CJP.
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    Lock icon SAFER TO FREE MAKARIOS —LLOYD
    251 3 SAFER TO FREE MAKARIOS —LLOYD T ONDON. Sun. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, said yesterday that Lord Salisbury's resignation from the government over the issue of the release" of Archbishop Makarios was a "matter of great regret to me." Mr. Lloyd, said that Lord Salisbury was a colleague "whose
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    No respite for Eoka
    55 3 NICOSIA. Sun. Official sources here said yesterday that British forces would continue operations inst Eoka terrorists despito recent policy changes toward Cyprus. This decision follows Sir John Harding's Broadcast tn which he said "certain relaxations" would be made in security when he was satisfied that extremist
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    34 3 LONDON, Sun. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh took Prince Charles and Princess Anne for a ride across the Romney Marshes in Kent yesterday on the world's smallest public railway. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Reds hold ship
    33 3 HONO KONG, Sun. Communist North Vietnam announced yesterday it is holding a French freighter on charges that it sank a Chinese fishing boat on Feb. 24, killing five fishermen.— A.P.
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    SCHOOL HEAD HITS OUT AT HIS 'PASSENGER' PUPILS
    244 4 No platitude* with the prteei at this speech day ITAJANG, Sun. Kajang High School held a speech day with a difference yesterday. Instead of the usual speeches praising the school's achievements by the headmaster, Mr. J.R. Davidson, sharply criticised its "unwilling pupils
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    Married or single: No difference in law
    165 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MALAYAN labour legislation contains no discrimination between married I and unmarried women, or I legitimate and illegitimate children, in the payment of l maternity benefits to women I in Industry, says the monthly organ of the Malayan Trade Union Council,
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    K.L. man takes on signals job
    47 4 KUALA LIPIS, Sun. The new chief signals officer of contingent headquarters here is acting deputy superintendent of police Mr. K. D. Ur- qhuar.t who has been transj lerred from Kuala Lumpur. He replaces Mr. R. A. K. Ash who has retired.
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    804 DONORS IN A MONTH SET NEW RECORD
    89 4 804 DONORS IN A MONTH SET NEW RECORD rriHE Blood Transfusion X Centre at Singapore General Hospital had a record 804 donors in March —the highest monthly total recorded since the centre was opened In 1946. Still increasing "The demand for blood keeps on increasing and so does the supply",
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    8 seamen's unions merge: But at least one refuses to join
    217 4 T EADERS of the Singapore Seamen's Council ol v Action decided yesterday to merge into one national union. The new union will be known as the Seamen's Union of Singapore. But the Malayan National Seamen's Union a member of
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    She is New Zealand's radio link with Malaya
    76 4 She is New Zealand's radio link with Malaya JENNY DAY (above), 21. will open Radio New Zealand's first regular broadcast to Malaya on April 21 when she announces from Wellington: "This is Radio New Zealand calling Malaya." She will compere a "Malayan Half Hoar' programme at 5.50 pjn. every Sunday.
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    Meeting on culture
    55 4 MALACCA. Bun. A sixday congress on Malay culture will be held here from Dec. 14. Delegates from other parts of South-East Asia will be invited. This was decided yesterday at a meeting sponsored by the Malay Literary League. The meeting appointed a committee headed by Inche Mohamed
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    CUSTOMS OVERTIME —A PROTEST
    117 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. qpHE Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Johore are to protest against the overtime charges levied at the Johore Bahru Customs sta- tion at the Causeway. The protest is not so much against overtime charges as against the conditions which lead to importers
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    2 strikers accused
    57 4 RAUB, Sun. Two strikes at the Rauh Australian Gold Mine, tw 0 miles from here, were charged here yesterday with criminal intimidation. Langsar, 28, and Liew Fah, 41, were alleged to have threatened Harun bin Kassim with injury. The two pleaded not guilty to a joint charge.
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    Meeting change
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The annual meeting of the Department Civilian Staff Association, which was to have been held here today, has been postponed to >prll
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    Doctor is new president
    65 4 Dr. V. Thamblplllai has been elected president of the University of Malaya Society for the current year. Other officers: Vice-presi-dent, Mr. Hon Yung Sen; honorary secretary, Mr. Lim Ho Hup; honorary treasurer, Mr. Chan Kee Kok; committee members, Messrs Lim Kirn San, Foo Yeow Yoke, Paul
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    —These— 4 stamps are really Malayan
    147 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A new range of postage stamps to be issued in May will include four "national" ones common to all Malay States. Penang and Malacca. The Queen's portrait will appear on 11 denominations of Settlements stamps. while those of the States will
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    Jail for the 'job-getter'
    52 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Laa Lai Hock was sentenced in the Sessions court today to four months' jail for cheating choo Yone Fatt of ISO. The accused obtained the money by pretending that hcould get Choo a job as a bus driver with the Hock Lee Bus
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    Farewell dinner
    45 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Mr L. V. Strlvens. manager. Craiglea Estate, Muar. and Mrs. Strivens, were entertained to a tarewr". liner at the Happy Restaurant. Muar. yesterday by the Asian staff of the estate on the eve of their departure to Britain on leave.
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    'I WANT TO STAY IN JAIL' – HE WILL
    199 4 'I WANT TO STAY IN JAIL' HE WILL rpELUK ANSON, Sun. A man described by Inspector N. Mah&devan, prosecuting, as "naving spent half his time in prison since 1923". told the CJrcuit Magistrate here, Mr. E.M. Smallwood, that he "would prefer to stay in jail forever." Hashim bin Mat, 65.
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    New officials of St. George
    67 4 The new officials of the Singapore branch of the Royal Society of St. George are: President Mr. L. L. Cooper; vice-president Mr. K. E. W. Hatchard; secretary Mr C. F. Pope; treasurer Mr. R A. Yokes; auditor Mr. E. A. Corless: committ j: Col. A.
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    213 strikes during 1956 was the Federations' highest in 10 years
    115 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The spirit of change in the Federation due to the coming independence is said by the Labour Department to have contributed to the record number of strikes In the country last year. There were 213 strikes
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    'No' to Aussie milk plant
    375 5 ONCE ACCEPTED AID OFFER IS REJECTED REASON: TOO EXPENSIVE TO RUN— THE ANNUAL COST IS NEARLY $2,000,000 fHE Singapore Government has now rejected Australia's Colombo Plan offer of a $700,000 milk reconstitution plant an offer which was accepted by the former Chief Minister, Mr. David
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    Two die in crash on trip from cremation
    88 5 SILIAU. Sun. A MOTHER and son returning to Siliau after the cremation of their grandmother at Bahau were killed yesterday in an accident at the Bth milestone, Bahau-Kuala Pilah Road They were Mr. S. Palaniasamy, 23, and his mother, Valliammah. 48. Three
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    'Give syces overtime, basic wage'
    134 5 'Give syces overtime, basic wage' A MINIMUM salary of $120 a month, and medical, educational and housing benefits for drivers of private-ly-owned cars have been proposed by the Singapore Labour Front's Tanglin branch. The branch, which has been considering ways to improve working conditions for chauffeurs, will place its recommendations
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    Baby show aids church fund
    39 5 The Wesley Methodist Church, Port Canning, will hold a food and fun fair and baby show on Saturday for its building fund, which now exceeds $86,000. The church hopes to reach $100,000 this year.
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    Reserved stalls
    31 5 The Pasir Panjang branch of UMNO is to ask the Singapore Government to reserve a space at all Governmentrun markets in the Colony for Malays to sell their goods.
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    New officials
    37 5 Newly-elected officials of the Singapore South- Western District Youth Club, Indus Square are: Mr. T. R. Fernandez, president; Mr. Koh Sing Kirn, vice-president; Mr. C. K. Sam, general secretary; and Miss Teng Hian Eng, treasurer.
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    Perak drive
    39 5 IPOH, Sun. One of the biggest operations of the Emergency, code-named "Chieftain" in English and "Dato" in Malay, will start. in the Tapah district at dawn tomorrow. It aims at eliminating the 175 terrorists In the area.
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    27 study civics
    20 5 KUALA LIPIS, Sun. Twerty-seven kampong headmen and local council members have completed a threeday civics course here.
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    Appeal
    14 5 The Salvation Army opens its annual appeal in Singapore and the Federation today.
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    GIRL, 24, DIES IN CRASH
    65 5 A painter's girl friend, Yeo Soon Geok, 24, was killed last night when she was hit by a bus in Changi Road, Singapore. Yeo was pillion riding, with the painter, Tan Gel Leng, 24. on a motor-cycle, when it collided with a car. They were
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    COLOMBO PLAN AID? JUST ASK FOR IT
    92 5 COLOMBO PLAN AID? JUST ASK FOR IT SINGAPORE and the Federation could ret more Colombo Plan aid by just asking for it. The Deputy Director of the Colombo Plan Bureau in Colombo, Mr. M. A. Shareef, said this yesterday before he left Singapore for Ceylon. Mr. Shareef arrived in Singapore
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    Re-elected
    19 5 SEGAMAT. Sun.— Mr Chan Chee Kong was re-elected president of the Segamat Youth Club at its annual meeting.
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    TIMBER MEN CALL FOR HELP
    154 5 'Govt. must aid our industry' ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun. 1V Representatives of nine timber trade associations in the Federation and Singapore who met here yesterday warned that the industry was "in a most precarious position." They decided to urge the Federation Government to set up a
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    No ink permit
    42 5 SEGAMAT. Sun. A school teacher from Bekok. Llm Nam Seng. 41 caught at a police road check taking a bottle of printing ink out of a restricted area without a permit, was fined $120 in the Sessions Court here.
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    Indian leader: We have faith in the Tengku
    78 5 BATING. Sun. Confidence In Tengku Abdul Rahman's intention to safeguard the welfare of non-Malays was expressed by the president of the Kuala Langat branch of the Malayan Indian Congress. Mr. D Jayaratnam. at a meeting today. "The Chief Minister has proved that
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    26 6 2* Herd* 11* (minimum). MR. St MRS- BAY KWANO YONO Thank all relative* »nd friends for their pre»enU and attendance at their wedding on 3
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    148 6 20 Wori» ll* (minimum). DON'T MISS THE Algeranott BaUet Group with the great Alceranova. Victoria Memorial; Hall April 3rd and sth. Bond at Robinson*. FOR CHILDREN:— CANCAN Slips $5 50, Jeans, Shorta Party Dresses Ladles' Washable Dreaaes from $10.90, 3 BedsheeU $10.00, Cheapest Luck's 17, Orchard Road. GOING HOME?
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Apr. 1, 1957. The battle is won
    1155 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Apr. 1, 1957. The battle is won "It's all over boys. We have got what we came for." Mr. Lim Yew Hock will hardly get himself into the dictionary of quotations. It does not matter; at least the waiting pressmen did not need to divine
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    British education is too specialised
    1368 6  - British education is too specialised C. P. Snow- by The development of a stientific attitude demands not only the compulsory teaching of science at secondary school hvl but also the teaching of social history. Only a training of this kind can free the scientist from the blinkers of specialisation. This
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      A doctor on aliens and 'mster' race
      404 6 A doctor on aliens and 'mster race DR. BURHANUDDIN, the president of the Islamic Party Is reported to have said at Kota Bharu that. "First and foremost it should be emphasised that Malaya belongs to the Malays and they are the masters in this country." Twenty years ago that Austrian
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      Why repay with rock 'n' roll?
      80 6 FR Jamshed Medora. an Indian settler In this colony, to advocate rock 'n' roll Is unbefitting. Singapore has been very hospitably to these Immigrants from abroad, and we as Indians who have found this soil and Its people conducive to our material welfare should
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      Dance fit for missing links
      44 6 JAMSHIO MEDORA (S.T March 16) speaks for only a small group of silly youngsters. Rock 'n' roll is mean and depraved. Hep-cats are not actually animals, but represent a link between Peking man and civilised man. TAX HENG Singapore.
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      Extra voyage to Madras
      73 6 ►THERE has been a great x scramble for passages to Indian ports especially by Rajula and State of Madras since the beginning of the year. The result is that a good number of passengers from up-country are stranded and face a lot of Inconvenience. Perhaps the
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    On the Margin
    411 6 On the Margin PASSING the fine man^osteen orchards outside Kajang, I wondered why I had seen nothing of an orchard industry all the way from Johore Bahru Such vast areas of rubber, and so little fruit. I look at this cap in Malaya's economy with now eyes, after living in
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    $9 MILLION IS SET ASIDE FOR NEW HOSPITALS
    162 7 ipOH. Sun.— Under its i new five year plan the Federation Government is to spend about $9,000,000 on new hospitals in Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. spokesman of the Health v said today that In jpoh a new administrative block, outpatients department,
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    Children's Day film shows
    43 7 Thousands of Singapore i school children will today celebrate Children's Day with lilm shows in 18 c:nemas between 9 to 11 a.m. The official Children's Day was yesterday, but the Education Ministry had declared today a holiday for them.
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    New union to elect officials
    45 7 The newly-formed National Union of General Workers in Singapore will tomorrow hold the first of a series of meetlncs to elect branch officials. The rr.eeting will be held at noon near the Lam Choon rubber factory at Bukiti T.mah Road.
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    FIRE IN JOCKEY'S CAR
    53 7 IPOH. Sun— The back seat 0! a car belonging to jockey Jackie Smith was destroyed by nre last night. The car was parked at the 'Ruby Hotel, where Mr. Smith i is staying for the duration of the Ipoh races. He rode a winner. First Trick,
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    Racketeers defy the law to exploit poor
    493 7 UNAUTHORISED KAMPOKOS SPRING UP FASTER THAW DEMOLITION ORDERS ARE MADE 200 ILLEGAL HOMES STAND FOUR YEARS AFTER JUDGE SAID: 'STOP WORK' UNAUTHORISED house* are springing up like mushrooms m Singapore's city kampongs as new legislation to curb them is being prepared by the
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    They'll fly their own planes soon
    76 7 They'll fly their own planes soon MR. A. J. CHAVES, the Indian Government's chief pilot trainer, who has been coaching pilots in Jakarta for Garuda Airways, said in Singapore yesterday that Indonesian pilots would fly all the line's aircraft by 1960. He said that the airline had about 50 pilots,
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    Janet Grigg flies home
    41 7 Miss Janet (irlgg. the <»* Zealand nursing sister who received serious head Injuries in a riding accident at Buklt Tlmah a month ago, left Sin gapore early yesterday for home in an R.N.Z.A.F. Hastings. Her mother accompanied her.
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    Recruits sought
    23 7 TAN JONG MALIM, Sun. Good Citizens Committee members here are going from house to house to recruit helpers for their campaign.
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    15-ft crocodile worries battlers
    136 7 15 -ft crocodile worries battlers JOHORE BAHRU, Bun. Bathers and fishermen are becoming wary of the strip of water opposite the Istana Besar. On Wednesday a 15-ft crocodile was seen there and yesterday it appeared again. inspector Segaram, who saw it yesterday, when it was close to the Causeway, ran
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    CHINESE WELCOME 'NEW DEAL'
    136 7 CHINESE education leaders in Singapore yesterday praised the Government's decision to admit Chinese middle school students to the civil service. The Government announced Its "new deal" for Chinese graduates on Saturday. Mr. Tan Lark Sye. chairman of the Nanyang University, said: "At last the Government has
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    QUEST FOR MILLION
    66 7 Nanyang University is planning to buy 1,000,000 books for its library. The chairman of the University's Executive Council Prof. Chang Tien Tse said yesterday: "By the time all the books arrive, we will have a good collection on Chinese classics and other literatures." Names of the bosks
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    Reunion dinner for teachers
    54 7 The annual dinner of the Singapore Teachers' Training college will be held at the Capitol Mandarin Room at 8 p.m. on Saturday April 13. Past and present pupils who wish to attend should contact Mr. Patrick Mowe or Miss Mary Ong at the T.T.C. Paterson Road.
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    Scout association officials
    34 7 IPOH. Sun. The following have been elected officials of the Lenggong District Boy Scouts Association: Chairman: Inche Ohazali Jawl; vice-chairman; Inche Tajol Aros: secretary: Mr. A Krishnan; treasurer: Inche Hashlm Musa.
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    A MINISTER WATCHES FOR NEW MOON
    92 7 THESE men formed one of six teams of Singapore Muslims who watched last night for the new moon marking the beginning of the fasting month. This team, en top of the Asia Insurance building, failed to see the moon. Inche Mohamed Sidik, As. sistant
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    Blocked line—so it's all change here
    139 7 Blocked line— so it's all change here K.L., SINGAPORE MAILS RETURN SEGAMAT. Sunday. nASSENOERS for Singapore and Kuala Lumpur changed trains at Segamat today because of a blocked line caused by the derailment of a goods train. The day mall from Singapore returned to Singapore with the Kuala Lumpur train's
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    Businessman reports a threat
    66 7 Businessman reports a threat A MAN was arrested yesterday after an alleged attempt to extort $300 from a businessman. Mr. Tay Kok Choo. managing director of Khoon Hoe and Company reported a threat to chop off his head. Detectiv e Inspector M. Kanapathy of "G" Division arrested a man at
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    GUILDS URGE FOUR POINTS FOR CITIZENS
    76 7 IPOH. Sun. The Federation of Chinese Guilds and Associations is to press for the acceptance of the four recommendations made to the Reid constitutional commission which have not been included in the commission's report. These points are: Citizenship by right of birth, citizenship tights
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    Sewing machine men retires
    57 7 The staff of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. gav e a dinner at the weekend for Mr. W. J. Nelson, the company's general manager in South-East Asia, who is retiring. Mr. Nelson, who has worked in the Far East for 25 years, leaves for Britain with
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    Two hurt in crash
    84 7 Two R.A.M.C. men. Cpl. R. J. Kiddel and Pte. H. Bejerno. were Injured last night when their motorcycle collided with a military truck at the junction of Dover Road and North Buona Vista Road. Singapore, last night. They were both admitted to the British Military Hospital,
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    Woman knocked down by car
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. An unidentified Chinese woman was run over by a car In Jalan Nghee Hong this morning and badly injured. She was taken to hospital, but was unable to make a statement to the police.
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    3 REDS (ONE WOUNDED, ONE WOMAN) SURRENDER
    89 7 3 REDS (ONE WOUNDED, ONE WOMAN) SURRENDER KUALA LUMPUR. Bun Thre e Communist terrorists, including a woman, surrendered in the Tangkak area of Johore early this month It was announced today. Lim Meng and a woman bandit, Geuk Ouan, gave themselves up to a police area security unit patrol on
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    $36,298 for dependents
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A sum of $36,298 was paid to dependents of workers killed in the Federation in February. The monthly report of the Labour Department stated that there were 22 cases of death by accident during the month.
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    Labourer killed
    35 7 A labourer, Toh Chew Kwa, 57, was killed yesterday when a plank hurtled down 100 feet and hit him on the head outside the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building in Collyer Quay Singapore.
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    They too want to meet Boyd
    74 7 IPOH, Sun. The president of the Peoples' Progressive Party, Dr. S. Kanapathipillai, yesterday called for a delegation representing all non-Alliance political parties to go to London to see the Colonial Secretary, Mr Lennox Boyd. H e told the party's annual meeting that the delegation
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    Aid for youth
    19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Federation Government has granted $87,000 aid to voluntary youth organisations for 1957.
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    For goodwill
    14 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sun. —District Officers In Trengganu will form all-community goodwill committees.
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    COLONY SEEKS EXPATS FOR MEDICAL WORK
    179 7 COLONY SEEKS EXPATS FOR MEDICAL WORK Local men to take over later rpHE Singapore Government, faced with a shortage 1 of specialists in its medical services, has approved the recruitment of a number of doctors from abroad. They will be offered short-term contracts. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of
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    U.S. mission busy in Penang
    107 7 U.S. mission busy in Penang PENANG, Sun. THE visiting U.S. trade mission will have a busy four-day stay in Penang this week 1 The mission, which arrived here today, will call on the Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. P. Bingham, tomorrow. The Mayor of Penang, Mr. G. H. Goh, will introduce
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    Waitress is fined
    68 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sun. —A waitress in a Singapore bar. Junainah alias Ena binte Sani, 26, was fined $250 or four months' jail here today when she was found guilty of assisting in the disposal of stolen bangles orr Jan. 24. Junainah told court that she had three
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      125 7 .DJI^kQ. HYDRAULIC PRESSES I fjf^HF~*H r "ii", 1 111 "in""! 1 I DRAWING EXTRUSION 1 FLANCINC (OCCLINC I FORCING HOBBINC PLATE BINDING BALINC I STRAIGHTENING FORMINC Technical Enquiries to: ■Xr^™ SINGAPOHf •M M A IIMPI'« ■PI NAM. IPOH MALAII A SfItMUS I Il'iwJ) kOTARHMd, TUCK AKMON mamas JESSELTON -ins I
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      The German with the poison tooth
      697 8  - The German with the poison tooth AUington Kennard m i The SCHELIF"BERG MEMOIRS. B-, Walter Schellenberg. (Andre Deutsch. 255.) COLD IS WHERE YOU HIDE IT. By W. Stanley Moss. (Andre Deutsch 12$. 6d.) SCHELLENBERG was almost, not quite, the born secret service agent. A course in duplicity, blackmail and violence
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      Moore on Malaya
      575 8  -  WALTER WARWICK THE WORLD OF NOVELS By 1 THE SACRIFICE by Donald Moore (Arthur Baker 12*. 6d.). GOOD RELATIONS by Derek Barton (Michael loseph 13*. 64.). ANOTHER SKY by Naomi Lane Babson (Maomillan Us. 6d.|. MUCH IN EVIDENCE by Henry Cecil (Michael |oie*h 12*. 6d.) FkONALD Moore
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      217 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 5. Commanders' sweeping state- l< SS iST*" (7). Tore before a rover to 7 nee ""taUte measure "•Err«,r to 8 -on M B A ht p°rt. to K roS a^eTto"^^ gR j^ure give, a motor* 12. nm. for a heavenly b*ng KJ- I^^I.! ISmafE r^tf.- ffUS-wiU.
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    1626 9 Balaclava hera\ reckless in lave and war TsS^Mwm the Light Brigade galloped to destruction down the Valley of Death at Balaclava, its commanding officer shouted to one of his aides: "Well here goes the last of the Brudenells!" He was wrong. The gallant hot-headed
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      110 9 Hvx Morgan )LD. Her hand is cut S __B. t^Le^ lMa K^gi f f ««t»* WfOtO WITH V K rr* CUT SAPIY y-Th iHES J*OTHIN* X p- FATHER Cx** HANP, MAKTHAi<J MATTM*' ItL CAu. T A POCTOK CAN DO j 1 \S EJ? yji ci^ Trt 7 I jA If
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      Rubbers irregular, tins easier
      530 10  -  Our Market Correspondent By THE Singapore Share Market opened last week with a steady undertone and good inquiry in the tin and rubber sections. But from midweek to the close, tins developed an easing tendency, rubbers became irregular while industrials remained steady and quiet throughout. A
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      207 10 y\IVIDENDS announced last week by companies operating: in Malaya were: WEARNE BROTHERS LTD.: a second interim dividend of 5 cents per stock unit, less 30 per cent income tax payable to stockholders tn the register on April 23. Books wiU be closed from April 17 to 23. SUNGEI
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      BUSINESS DONE
      392 10 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of broken for the period March 23 to 29:— INDUSTRIALS: ConsoL Tin Smelters Ords. 31s. V-.-d.. Federal Dispensary $2.17 H c.d. Fraser ft Neave Ords. $2.32H to $2.31% C.d., Gammons $2.07 H
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      694 10 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by The Malayan Share Broken Association after their last meeting on Friday:— Buyers gellsrs Ales Bileka Pref 1.14 I.M Ordi. i.7i IU Atlas lea 11.0(1 (buyers) 8. B. Petrol MA 68/--8. M. Trustee! 10 I M Con. Tin Smelt
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      494 10 PUBLICATION of rub- ber consumption figures in the United States for February was blamed for the easier tendency which persisted throughout last week on the Singapore Rubber Market From the opening, April first grade moved progressively down at each day's close —94)4 cents. 93>/4, 90% to the
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      442 10 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA NOTICE During the month of Puasa the Board's Offices will be open from UO am until 1.30 pjm. on w*k days, and 7.30 a.m. until 1.00 p.m. on the weekly half holiday. AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTIES TO be heM at
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      799 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNClL— Applications are Invited for the post of a Technical Assistant In the Town Planning Branch of the Municipal Engineers Dept. Salary Scale: $372x18--463/480x34-600 with a variable Cost of Living Allowance. QoallncaUoni: A pass In the 2nd Technical Exam of a Oovt. Dept. in Engineering
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    445 12 RIGHT HOOK STOPS CHALLENGER DOWER IN RD. 1 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. A POWERFUL right hook to the Jaw enabled Pascual Peres of Argentina to retain his world flyweight boxing title against Welsh challenger Dai Dower after only two minutes of fighting last night. It was a
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    UNITED STILL HEADING FOR THE TREBLE
    782 12 LONDON, Sunday. FOOTBALL League championship honours are beginning to take shape and three of the four division leaders won yesterday while near rivals were failing, and the other, Colchester, drew. Colchester's home lapse In Division Three's Southern Section enabled Torquay, winning away, to close
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    Glasgow title to Eddy
    203 12 SONNEVILLE LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS GLASGOW, Sun. EDDY CHOONG Of Malaya won the invitation badminton tournament's singles title nere last night by beating Ferry Sonneville of Indonesia, 15-8, 15-6. Choong, winner of the All -England title for the fourth time last weekend, was much too good
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    1067 12 P W D L P APts Leicester C. 37 23 9 5 96 57 55 Blackburn R. 37 19 9 9 77 68 47 Notts Forest 35 18 10 7 78 43 46 Sheffield TJ. 37 18 8 11 82 66 44 Stoke City 37 IS *****53 43
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    38 TEAMS REMAIN IN NEXT ROUND OF SYSC BASKETBALL TOURNEY
    128 12 38 TEAMS REMAIN IN NEXT ROUND OF SYSC BASKETBALL TOURNEY TtfTRTY -EIGHT teams from x three divisions qualified for the next round of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre's basketball league. A number of teams remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. Among them were two first division teams Thong Chin (Group 1)
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    Spend more on youth sports—Fox
    165 12 Spend more on youth sports— Fox PENANG. Sun. I A MERICAN basketball coach Samuel Fox today urged the Federation Government to allocate more funds for the physical education of Malayan youth"Sport can give your youths an all-round education which no classroom can provide." Fox told the Straits Times. "It also
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    CHINESE SC TO LAUNCH MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
    226 14 fPHE CHINESE Swimming Club x will soon launch a membership campaign- Members joining the club during this period will not have to pay the entrance fee. At the annual general meeting of the club yesterday Mr. G. H. Kiat. who was re-elected president, said
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    Varsity beat Army by 3 wickets
    483 14 SCC SHOT OUT FOR 50 BT POLICEMEN RECS SUCCEED IN RUN- A- MINUTE RACE AGAINST CSC gINGAPORE Cricket Club were skittled for 50 runs by Police yesterday— one of the club's lowest totals in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament for a long time.
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    SCOREBOARD
    709 14 Police v SCC POLICE beat Singapore Cricket Club by sis wicketa at Thomson Road. SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB Sheppard lbw Sandosham 12 Barker c Sandosham b Cooke 14 Heard b Sandosham Harper b Sandosham 3 Woodhouse lbw Cooke 2 Kirkham b Sandosham 11 Allen b Cooke Mattingly cda Silva b
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    Results in junior tourney
    233 14 Results in junior tourney SECTION "ARAF Chanri "B" beat Singapore Recreation Club by 19 nut at Changi. Chanel "B- 160 (Alty 55, Mlddleweek 47, Holden 20. Woodford 6-43). SRC 141 (Prugneit 30, Scully 20, Woodford 15, de Witt 14. Mlddleweek 4-11). RAF Seletar "A" beat Fraaer and Neave by 117
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    386 14 WEIGHTS for all TT seven races at Ipoh on Wednesday are: Cl.Z,Dlv.l~6F. Art 948 Pearl Cit, 8.13 Stage Play 8.12 Two Dimension 8-11 Metrostar II 8-19 Lady Scarlet 846 Buffer Stock 8.95 Valiant Knight 8.05 Powhatan 844 Coffee Exporter 843 Remembrance 8.02 Fair Nipper 8.01 Cl. 1,
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    MCFA lost $11,600 on last HK tour
    124 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MALAYAN Chines* Football Association lost $11,641 on Its Ho Ho Cup tour of Hong Kong last year. The annual report, which was passed at today's annual gene r al meeting, states that $7,020 was spent on chartering an aircraft from
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    THE 'BOY' GOES TO CLASS ONE AFTER THIS
    34 14 Shoeshine Boy (Kit son Leong) goes to the winning post three lengths clear of Don Wayne (Merv Posner) with Numismate {Sheldon Geyer) third. Straits Times picture.
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    SHOESHINE BOY (£600) MAKES THE GRADE
    249 14  - SHOESHINE BOY (£600) MAKES THE GRADE EPSOM JEEP By OHOESmNE BOY goes *3 up to Class One after his smashing threelength win in the Class 2, Div. 1, 6f handicap at Ipoh on Saturday This strapping five-year-old gelding by the Cobbler has turned out to be a fine bargain. Costing
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    Tahir's late goal made it 3-2
    330 14 SINGAPORE RALL V FROM 1-2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A WELL-PLACED grounder by inside-left Tahir A seven minutes from time gave Singapore a 3-2 win over All-Selangor In a soccer match at Princes Road stadium here today. Singapore, after trailing 2-1, rallied splendidly to snatch
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    Katar goals rattle IRC
    105 14 tNDIAN Recreation Club lost 1 ground in the S.A.F.A league first division championship when H. M. Dockyard beat them 3-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. This was Indians' second defeat in six matches and for Dockyard their second win in three matches. Indians started confidently with
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    STORE XI TODAY
    52 14 The Singapore team to meet R.A-F Combined in a friendly soccer match today, at Jalan Besar stadium, kick-off 530 p.m., will be: Skinner; Tahlr, Osman Marrof: Omar Rahmat, Vass, Hln Weng; Kassim, Lazim Adam, Sahar, Abdul Yusof, Palaniappan. Reserves: Robin Chang, Ramll (Police). Hee Wah, Tahir (Police),
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    MCFA set July 7 as Ho Ho Cup date
    238 14 MCFA set July 7 as Ho Ho Cup date KUALA LUMPUR Sun CIONG KONG Chlnest 11 soccer team will tour the Federation aft( j their inter-port match for the Ho Ho Cup to b< played in Singapore. The tentative date for the annual cup match is fixed for July 7.
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    SHB GO DOWN 4th TIME
    95 14 Releg.ited S.H.B. Police nlayinf with ten men, were beaten 3-0 to Dockyaid "A" in S.A.F A. Dlv. 2B league match at Jalan Bes.u stadium yesterday. This was the fourth defeat foi S.H.B- this season. Ali. Obed ami Rajoo scored. Darul Afiah beat BODCA 5-L' in
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    Double victory
    25 14 Singapore Swimming Clvi trounced R.A.F. Seletar 16-3 In friendly water-polo match ;i Seletar yesterday. S.S.C. also won the secont team match by 11-4.
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      28 14 SOCCER Friendly: Singapore "A" v R.A.F. Combined, Jalan Besar. 5.34 p.m.; Inter-school: St. Andrew's v Gan Eng Seng, Woodsville. TENNIS V.M.C.A. open championships. Bras Basah Road, 5 p.m.
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