The Straits Times, 5 April 1958

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    27 1 i AVERAGE DAILY <111 I 1 11 1 It SALE EXCEEDS 80,0011 r fat**" 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1958 1S CENTS
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    BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL
    349 1 There's no question now of bringing Jakarta to heel Miss Universe' quest in Singapore AN ISLAND- WIDE quest 1 iA f or a beautiful girl to represent Singapore at the 1958 "Miss Universe" beau- ty pageant will start on E Monday. E The Joint sponsors are 1
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    Rebels may yet pack surprise
    318 1  - Rebels may yet pack surprise DENIS WARNER By SINGAPORE, Friday. yyH ATEVER the future may hold the revolutionary government in Sumatra ie fighting now for survival. For the moment, at least there is no question of bringing Jakarta to heel or of driving the Communists from their positions o? power
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    I'm not a Red Soekarno
    296 1 pRESIDENI Soekarno told a meeting of graduates of the University of Indonesia on Thursday night that he was not a Communist. The President's speech was broadcast from Jakarta by Radio Indonesia. "I have been accused ol being a Communist because I have visited Communist countries,"
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    COUNCIL MEN MAY PUT OFF STRIKE NOW
    154 1 yHE 10,500-strong Federation of City Council 1 Labour Unions. Singapore, may suspend strike notices served on the council. The federation secretary. Mr. K Sivasamy sai yesterday he personally felt this "goodwill gesture" should be made in view of the council's decision on Thursday
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    Four more KPM ships reach Singapore
    67 1 Four more KPM ships reach Singapore PUR more KPM ships I ehak. Labewa. Larianc and Balikpapan arrived in Singapore from Pontianak yesterday after four months' detention by the Indonesian Government. The vessels are among the 36 other KPM ships re. leased recently by the In. donesians. More are expected here
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    Mr. Khrushchev in Budapest
    42 1 VIENNA, Fri. Mr. Nlkita Khrushchev watched from a tribune of honour in Budapest today as Hungarian army tank and artillery units paraded through the streets of the capital to mark the climax of the 13th "Liberation Day" ceremonies
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    Blast at Reds
    22 1 PARIS. Fri— A bomb exploded today outside a Communist party office in suburban LevalloLs. Damage was slight.— Re ater.
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    Biggest holiday rush in years
    110 1 Biggest holiday rush in years I/UALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Hundreds of people in Kuala Lumpur this morning began moving north and south by road, rail and air in one of the biggest Easter holiday rushes for years Malayan Railway north, bound trains were packed to capacity and two extra coaches had
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    Lock icon Songwriter loses leg
    45 1 NEW YORK, Frl The right leg of Cole Porter, the famous songwriter, was amputated yesterday. A hospital spokesman said that Mr Porter had been suffering from a bone disease, which developed after he had a fall from a horse in 1937 Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Be polite' appeal
    41 1 TOKYO, Fri Tokyo Metropolitan Government is asking citizens to display politeness and morality for the visitors expected during the Asian Games, opening on May 24. The metropolis will issue 300.000 leaflets setting out a charter of behaviour— Reuter
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    Lock icon Man accused of eight murders
    45 1 GLASGOW. Frl. Peter Manuel, 31, woodworker, was today sent for trial charged with murdering eight people three women, three teenaged girls, a man and a boy. He will go for trial at the Glasgow High Court on April 14. Reuter
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    Lock icon Empire Orwell safe now
    76 1 LONDON, Frl The 18,036-ton former British troopship Empire Orwell, which radioed for assistance last nleht. has reached a safe anchorage 10 miles off Aveiro, Portugal, Lloyds reported today. Th e Empire Orwell which has a crew of 116 but no passengers, last night reMorted that she
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    10 HARD-CORE TERRORISTS GIVE UP
    290 1 10 HARD-CORE TERRORISTS GIVE UP KLANG, Friday. pEN hard-core terrorists surrendered yesterday and today in the "black" Klang and Batu Arang area. Three have been killed, and the Bukit IJok and Meru Road gangs have been smashed. Eight or 10 members of the Batu Arang gang are on the run.
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    Lock icon Nato's ninth birthday
    47 1 PARIS. Frt. The North Atlantic Alliance must maintain Its defensive strength, Mr. John Foster Dulles. American Secretary of State, said today in a message to M. Paul Spaak, NATO Secre-tary-General. Today Is the ninth anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Judy Garland in tax trouble
    60 1 NEW YORK, Frl— Judy Garland deposited Jewellery and expensive gowns in court here yesterday to Insure her return for further questioning on income tax charges on Monday. The singer, asked to post a $10,000 bond, said she did not have enough money and the tax
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    Lock icon Goa ban lifted
    30 1 NEW DELHI, Prl— The Indian Government today announced the abolition of restrictions on travel to Ooa and other Portuguese possessions in India enforced three years ago.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Snark launched
    20 1 CAPE CANAVERSAL. Frl.— The U.S. Air Force launched a long-range Snark guided missile In a test yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Whip is back for kidnap gangs
    197 1 Whip is back for kidnap gangs T«EN years' Jail and a whipping is to be the new maximum sentence for kidnapping with intent to entort money in Singapore. The maximum penalty for this offence at present is seven years. Whipping as an additional punishment was abandoned about 10 yean ago.
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    Air base snag
    85 1 COLOMBO. Fri Mr. Kenneth East, first secretary of the United Kingdom High Commission In Ceylon, left for London by air last night for consultations on difficulties that have arisen in the talk* for th setting up of a British air base In the Maldives. Reports here said
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    Lock icon 'Support us' call
    30 1 TOKYO, Fri— Japan has received a message from the Soviet Suppreme Council asking for support in securing agreement on the suspension of nuclear weapons tests— Reuter. NIXON
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    Lock icon Delhi—spider web opium centre for Far East
    288 2 Delhi— spider web opium centre for Far East TIP FROM COLONY SETS O*F AN INDIA-WIDE HUNT ]^TEW DELHI. Fri.— Delhi has become a centre for international opium smugglers whose network covers Singapore, Hong Kong and India. In the last 12 months Indian narcotics bureau agents have arrested 200 smugglers and
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    Lock icon MUTINY SAILOR JAILED, DISMISSED
    223 2 PLYMOUTH, Fri. A 19--year-old seaman from the Royal Navy minelayer Apollo who called his shipmates "cewards" when they would net disobey an officer, was yesterday jailed for nine months and dismissed from the service. Able Seaman Denis B. McCarthy pleaded guilty to six charges before a
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    Lock icon NEHRU'S 'NO' TO PROPOSAL FOR 'SUMMIT TALKS ON KASHMIR
    145 2 NEHRU'S 'NO' TO PROPOSAL FOR 'SUMMIT TALKS ON KASHMIR I^EW YORK, Frt— Dr. 11 Frank Graham, the U. N. Kashmir representative, last night called for Indian-Pakis-tani "summit" talks as soon as possible on the disputed territory. Dr. Graham, in a report to the Security Council, asked both sides to decide
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    1107 2 From DONALD LUDLOW MOUNTING PRESSURES A THREAT TO HARMONY IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO the already long 3 A list of troubles that are now so sorely perplexing S him, President Eiseni hower, must add yet E another a deepenS ing rift between himI self and Vlce-Presi-S dent
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    Gen. Nasution has proved himself an able man
    378 2 From Page One es the rebels have in store for Jakarta and doubtless Jakarta has its surprises too. My purpose, however. U not to attempt to predict results but to examine some of the weaknesses and strengths the past month of manoeuvre
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    Lock icon Bombay gets a Communist Mayor
    245 2 (kit of the wmi n Mtf BOMBAY, Fri. rPHE Communists scored a big success yesterday with the election of Shantaram Savlaran Mlrajkar. 56, as Mayor of Bombay, first Indian Communist to achieve such a position. Mr. Mlrajkar was elected Mayor of India's second largest city
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    Lock icon Hidden H-tests now possible
    362 3 MACMILLAN TELLS A STARTLED HOUSE OF COMMONS: BRITAIN HAS SPECIFIC EVIDENCE LONDON, Friday. THE British Government has specific evidence that a country could hold nuclear tests without the rest of the world knowing, Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, (old the House of Commons today. He
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    Lock icon PALE SIR W.NSTON BACK IN LONDON
    114 3 LONDON. Fri. Sir Winston Chun lull and Lady Churchill flew into London from Nice \cMi-rday afternoon. They drove off to Churtwell, their country home, for Easter. Crouds at London airport cheered Sir Winston. Pale and unsmiling, he walked down the steps fri .i the
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    Lock icon Anti-slump Bill
    24 3 WASHINGTON. Frl. An anti-recession Bill authorising a further $1,800 million for highway building was passed by both Houses of Congress yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Rhee's visit
    23 3 SEOUL. Fri. President Syngman Rhee will visit South Vietnam on April 9 at the invitation of President Nuo Din Diem. UP
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    Lock icon Ike on the farm
    22 3 WASHINGTON. Frl—President Elsenhower left Washington yesterday to spend a long Easter weekend at his farm at Gettysburg. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cuba arms ban
    19 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States has imposed a total embargo on arras shipments to Cuba —Reuter.
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    Lock icon P.M. promoted
    19 3 BANGKOK, Frl. The Prime Minister, Lt.-Gen. Thanom Kittikachorn, has been promoted to the rank of general. Reuter.
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    Lock icon EASTER CHAOS ON ROADS OUT OF LONDON
    94 3 LONDON, Fri. A huge traffic jam blocked .the heart of London last night at the start of a four-day Easter holiday break which threatens chaos on many of Britain's main roads. When tl Jam was at its worst, a spokesman of the Royal
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    Two seconds from death
    73 3 TWENTY -ONE passengers in this Copenhagen tram, which crashed into a railway line at the bottom of a steep slope were only a few seconds from death because the Hamburg Express was due to come along any moment. However, two railwaymen acted quickly and stopped the
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    Lock icon BRITISH GOVT. ANXIOUS OVER IMMIGRANTS
    227 3 BRITISH GOVT. ANXIOUS OVER IMMIGRANTS LONDON, Friday. rpHE British Government is "anxiously watching" 1 the flow of coloured immigrants from the Commonwealth now about 40,000 a year, the House of Commons was told yesterday I Miss Pat Hornsby-Smith Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Office, said that Britain's total coloured population
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    Lock icon 'Peers for a lifetime' Bill passed
    124 3 'Peers for a lifetime' Bill passed LONDON, Frl. THE House of Commons has given its final sanction, by 292 votes to 251. to a Bill whicli will allow women to vote in the House of Lords for the first time in its 700 years histc.y. The Bill will also permit
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    Lock icon Transport probe
    29 3 BANGKOK. Fri.— A survey is to be made of all means of transport in Slam as a guide to the long-term development of the transport system.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon $1,000 and medals for the Zeta team
    72 3 $1,000 and medals for the Zeta team LONDON, Fri. SIR JOHN COCKCROFT and his team of scientists who designed Zeta. Britain's "man-made sun" for producing nuclear energy, received a new honour yesterday They became the first winners of the Hulton Achievement Award, to be presented annually to the individual or
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    Lock icon 'Sputnik' opera
    30 3 PEKING. Fri. A new opera. "Sputnik Storms In The Heavens' was presented here yesterday evening by the National Opera Company in praise of the two Soviet satellites Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pledge so 'Scarf ace' back in jail
    191 3 LONDON, Friday. fHARLES Arthur Dennis ('Scarface") Parsons. y escaped conviot who claim? he is innocent of an armed robbery, was back in Wormwood Scrubs prison yesterday after 18 days' freedom. Parsons. 26. voL i tartly came out of hiding o being told of
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    Lock icon Cultural talks
    25 3 CAIRO. Fri Mr. Nikolai Mikhailov, Soviet Miniate of Culture, arrived here today j for talks on cultural exchanges between Egypt and Russia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bus strike talks break down
    56 3 LONDON. Frl.-Talks on the London bus strike threatened for Monday. May 5. broke down yesterday after a 90-mlnute meeting between trade union leaders and London Transport chiefs. Leaders of the capital's 50.000 busmen decided on Wednesday to give one month's notice of strike action In
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    Lock icon Buddhist caves discovered
    40 3 BOMBAY. Frl. Indian archaeologists have discovered two large groups of ancient Buddhist caves near Sudhagarh. 80 miles southeast of Bombay. The caves contain remnants of wall paintings and sculptured reliefs dating back more than 1.500 years Reuter.
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    Lock icon California is a 'disaster' area
    49 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Frl. California State has been declared a "disaster area" after floods killed eight people, left hundreds homeless and blocked railway lines and roads. Property and crops worth millions of dollars have been damaged by storms and flood? lashing the Californian coast -Reuter.
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    Lock icon SLAVERY? NEVER
    131 3 War to death' is better: Monty I ONDON, Fri. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery said last night that even a nuclear war of annihilation was preferable to slavery. The retiring NATO deputy supreme commander, speak In-,' to the Saint* and Blnner* Club, attach vople who said they pr- f-
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    Lock icon PARKER HITS OUT AT PRESS QUIZZING
    227 3 WEW YORK, Fri. A Commander Michael Parker, former private secretary to Prince Philip, fought a verbal duel with reporters who tried to question him when he arrived here by air last night from the Bahamas in the company of Miss Nancy Oakes. He mimicked
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    Lock icon 3 unionists wounded
    67 3 NICOSIA, Fri. Eight masked gunmen shot and wounded three Cypriot Greek left-wing trade unionists last night at a village 12 miles from Nicosia. The wounded men. who were admitted to hospital, said the gunmen tried to enter a club where they were meeting. They shut the door
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    Why not a Florida on Malaya's East Coast?
    409 4 Why not a Florida on Malaya's East Coast? AMBASSADOR ISMAIL'S BRAINWAVE: From DONALD LUDLOW WASHINGTON. Fri. THREE important reports have been sent to the Kuala Lumpur Government by the Malayan Embassy in Washington. I understand that Ambassador Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman proposes in the first report that the East
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    DATE WITH THE NEW MOON: APRIL 18
    82 4 DATE WITH THE NEW MOON: APRIL 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.-The Keeper ol Rulers' Seai. Inche Abdul Rahim bin Rauf today announced that the sighting of the new moon for the start of Hari Raya Puasa will take place on the evening of April 18. If the new moon is seen
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    4 council elections
    51 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Four town councils in Kelantan will hold their annual elections next month Nominations for Machang and Pasir Mas Town Councils will bt open tomorrow Election day Is on May 3 Tumpat and Bachok will hold their nominations on April 12 and elections on May
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    40 REDS—2OO,OOO PASSES
    48 4 40 REDS— 2OO,OOO PASSES PE.NA.NU. Fri. More than IM.im "sale conduct" passes for ttar remaining 41 terrorists in Penane island ire now being air dropped over the hill *reas The passes, printed on leaflets tell the bandits of the extension of the roerdeka surrender offer nntil July It,
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    ENGLISH NOT A MUST FOR POLICE RECRUITS
    140 4 ENGLISH NOT A MUST FOR POLICE RECRUITS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, stressed today that a knowledge of English was not a necessary qualification for entry Into the police force. Dato Abdul Razak declared: "I want to make tt quite clear to all
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    Puasa party for Penang
    54 4 PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Malay Association will celebrate Hari Raya Puasa with a party at the E and O Hotel on April 22. Muslims wishing to Join should send their subscription ($2 a head i to the association treasurer. Tu*n Byed Abbas Alhabshee. 218. Penang Road
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    Singapore has 49,713 cars
    38 4 There were 49.713 cars on Singapore roads at the end of la.st month, an increase of 426 over February. Another 1.031 bicycles were registered during March, bringing the total in the Colony to 235,099
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    New president
    24 4 SEGAMAT. Fri Inch* Abdul Hamid bin Abdul Rahman was elected president of the Government Junior Staff Union at the annual meeting here.
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    UNKNOWN a beauty from 'The Bridge'
    81 4 Age 23; Vital statistics 35**2-35 MISS N/tamtha Supha. pon<ac (ace 23. other vital statistics 35-22-35) is on c ef three Siamese beauties now in Singapore to boost tii,. Academy Award winning film "The Bridge an the Rivrr Kwai". Miss Suphapongse aud the other actresses
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      149 4 DAniA MARAftTa On. |0 30 Etner Paiade. 1 1 00 KAUIU MALAYA Syinphonv For Youth; P.M. 12 00 _j_ Musical Mementoes. 12 30 Songs NATIONAL SHORT WAVE From The Islands; 1.00 Piano SLR\I(F 41 trK-tre* Playtime; 1.15 Proftramme SuraSINCAPORE mury Saturday Date; 2.00 The M'diam nn 47S raetres Week End
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    Bus overturned by crowd union official arrested
    304 5 SINGAPORE 'ADVISER' IS ALSO AMONG FOUR CHARGED AND REMANDED MALACCA, Friday. pOUR MEN, including a union secretary, were produced in the Magistrate's Court here yesterday on charges of mischief, rioting and overturning a Malacca Omnibus Service bus. All four claimed trial. They also
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    Snatch man near bank gets $1,900 from woman
    76 5 Snatch man near bank gets $1,900 from woman A SNATCH thief stole $1,900 from a woman outside the Cbung Khian Bank in Selegie Road, Singapore, on Thursday morning. Kong Ah Woo was going to deposit the money when a man stopped her on the bank steps. Before she could shout
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    Inspector is acquitted
    54 5 Insp. Edward Scully was yesterday acquitted in a Singapore court of a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Tan Peh Chuan after Mr. C. T Foo, appearing for Tan, no evidence. The alleged offence was stated to have taken place at a house in Bali Lane on
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    Bridle path
    33 5 IPOH, Thurs. About 750 people living In Kampong Perak and Kampong Anak Kurau 'n the Taiplng district of Perak will soon get a three-mile long bridle path to connect *he villages.
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    OFFICE COLLEAGUES ARE NOW MAN AND WIFE
    50 5 OFFICE COLLEAGUES ARE NOW MAN AND WIFE MR. AND MRS. W. A LUBCOMBE are pictured owtaide I the Singapore Registry a few minutrj after their Mar- < riage on Thursday The groom and his bride. formrrH I Miss Valeric MaeCallum. are fcotli ftom the Onafesioner General's OWee at Pk»enlx Park
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    JAYCEES PLANNING STUDY GIFTS
    112 5 JAYCEES PLANNING STUDY GIFTS ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Australian Junior Chamber of Commerce is planning to give scholarships for Malayan students at Australian universities and technical colleges. This was disclosed by the lattonal president of the chamber, Mr. Murray W. Pitt, J8 who arrived nere by air From Singapore yesterday.
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    Air force blueprint
    198 5 BILL SETTING OUT THE DETAILS WILL NOW GO UP TO FEDERAL COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri —The blueprint for Malaya's own air forceto be called Tentera Udara di-RaJa Persekutuan (Royal Malayan Air Force) was published today by the Government. An Air Force Bill providing for the raising, disciplining
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    Pour hurt in crash
    67 5 IPOH. Fri. £our people, including an expectant mother, were injured in a headon collision between a van and a car on Sungel Part Road here yesterday evenIng. The Injured are a toddy contractor. Hartdas. who was driving the car. Madam Woo Yit Yin. fi. and her
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    What's on in the town today
    927 5 ''rniiiii; CATHAY: Enemy Below 1.15, 3.30. 6.45. 9.15; ODEON: Winiom's Way 1.15. 3 30. 6.45. 9.15; PARAMOUNT: Engal Kudunibam Perlsu 3.30, 8.30; CAPITOL: Esrapade In Japan 1.15. 3.30, ftJO. 9.30; REX: Legend of tbe Lost 115. 3.30. 6.30, 9.30; LIDO: Gun Fight at O.K.
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    Today's tides for your swimming
    60 5 TODAY: Singapore 11.41 am (Sit. Bin 1149 pm (9ft 6tn.); Port Dlckson 7717* ajn. (9ft. 31n.) 7.40 pm UOft 4ln r. Penang 1.06 a.m. (Bft. Sin.) 1.28 p.m. (9ft.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.30 pm. (9ft. 41n.) Port Dlckson 7.57 am. (9ft 21n.) 8.19 p.m. (10ft. Sin.);
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    'Free' Port Swettenham—experts
    340 6  - 'Free' Port Swettenham experts GEOFFREY BOLAND BY SIME, DARBY' FORMS NEW COMPANIES fore an extraordinary meetin? in Singapore on April 25, does not Involve any company In the group or any stockholder In any additional British income tax, adds t ne statement The present paid up capital of Slme, Darby
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    Bar owner acquitted
    52 6 A bar manager accused of using criminal force on a detective was. acquitted yesterday when police agreed that the detective had entered the bar without a warrant. Mr. N. A Christopher for Lee Ec Kien, the manager, said that the detective In this case had Indirectly committed
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    Three named far big rubber talks
    140 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl— The Rubber Producers' Council has picked three representatives to attend the International rubber study conference in Hamburg, West Germany, In June. They are Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng, chairman of the R.P.C., Inche Abdul Jalll bin Aminuddin, president of the Council of
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    Addition to Britain's team
    48 6 Addition to Britain's team MR. JAMES DUNCAN FKASER. the new Counsellor oi the British High Commission in the Federation, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Mr. Fraser will act as Deputy High Commissioner during the absence on leave of Mr. R. C. C. Hunt. Straits Times picture.
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    Padang reopens
    15 6 SEGAMAT, Fri.— The padang. ciosed for two months for repairs, has been reopened.
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    Four years jail each for 3 killers
    151 6 Four years jail each for 3 killers KOTA BAHRU, Fri. Three labourers were yesterday Jailed for four years each for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. They were Mat Salleh bin Dollar, Mohamed Zain bin Awang and Daud bin Yusoff. They were accused of causing the death of Ya'acob bin
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    Chosen again
    26 6 BEOAMAT, Frl. Mr. M P Kumaran was re-elected president of the Be*amat branch of Malayan Tfdlan Congress at the annual general meeting held here.
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    Federation tour for polls
    41 6 PENANG. Thurs. The Peninsula Malays' Union will our the Federation to re■rganlse branches for the federal elections next year. Inche Isa Hussaln. secr»-ary-general of the union, will aad the tour to Intensify he activities of our memoers."
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    GOVT. IS TOLD: MAKE IT AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE OF THE MALAYAN RAILWAY
    446 6 GOVT. IS TOLD: MAKE IT AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE OF THE MALAYAN RAILWAY KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ■pHK Federation Government is considering expert advice to make Port Swettenham as independent of the Malayan Railway as possible. The inquiry held in October last year into the much-criticised conditions at the port, has
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    One of 36 held In swoop Is freed
    93 6 One of 36 held In swoop Is freed KLANG, l^n The Klang police have release*! a man whom they detained In an early morning swoop on a squatter area In Kampont Tengah here yesterday. The man was among 36 vegetable gardeners and poultry farmer« detained under the Emergency Regulations. Twenty
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    Alone-on 10,000-mile drive to see mother
    180 6 Alone-on 10,000-mile drive to see mother Xl AM AN Frl. A 29-year-old ex-soldier is setting out from here next week on a 10.000--mile car Journey to London to prove that young people still have a spirit of adventure Lieutenant John Castles, of No. 5 Police Field Force, Kuantan. will make
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    PROVINCE DEMOBS 400 HOME GUARDS
    101 6 PROVINCE DEMOBS 400 HOME GUARDS BUTTERWORTH, Frl. Four hundred Home Guards in new villages and kamI pongs in Province Wellcsley have been discharged since the declaration of several "white" areas last year These guards, many of whom served throughout the grimmest years of the Emergency, have been given certificates. A
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    Thirty soldiers give blood
    36 6 About 30 men of the Ist Battalion. Singapore Infantry Regiment, donated blood at the Blood Transfusion Service yesterday. The battalion has contributed about 230 pints of blood in the past six months
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    Off to Britain
    33 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Or. J S. Parampalam. who was transferred from Tanjong Rambutan to Tampol as medical superintendent of the Mental Hospital, will go to Britain soon on study leave.
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    PENANG UMNO STILL BACKS THE TENGKU
    165 6 PENAKG, Friday I TMNO LEADERS In Penang may adv^e the Bagan Dalam UMNO branch to drop a proposed resolution calling for the replacement of the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman a* nrp<tiHpnt nf UMNO P rej > iae 01 "We have every confidence In
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    Kiwis give blood
    67 6 IPOH. Frt. Twenty- five soldiers from the Ist. Bn the New Zealand Regiment, today made their first blood donation at the General Hospital here. An officer of the battalion told the Straits Times that the donation was made as "a token to gratitude" for the help the
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    Mentri named Scout chief
    46 6 MENTAKAB, FYI. The Mentri Besar of Pahang, Inche Abdullah bin Tok Muda Ibrahim, has been elected president of the Pahang Scout Council. Others elected were: State Commissioner, Inche Mohamed Hashlm bin Abdul Malik secretary, Mr. P Jayaraiaaln gam treasurer, Mr. Raja ratn&m.
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    New Press chief
    37 6 JOHORE BAHRD. Prt Tuan Byea Othman bio All, from Kuala Lumpur, baa taken up duties as State Information Officer Johore. In place if Inche Zalnal Abdln who has left for Europe on a holiday.
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    'Spectacular success9 in Perak anti-bandit drive
    301 7 'Spectacular success 9 in Perak anti-bandit drive IPOH, Friday. "OPERATION BINTANG," launched in a 460 square-mile area in the Batu Gajah district and west of Ipoh, has proved a "spectacular success" so far, the State Information Officer, Air. I. S. A. Howard, said here today. He told the Straits Times
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    60 OFFER TO ADOPt BRITON WHO WANTS TO STAY ON
    216 7 60 OFFER TO ADOPt BRITON WHO WANTS TO STAY ON UENANG, Fri— About 60 Malayan families have offered to "adopt" a former British national serviceman, Mr. Francis-Pat-rick Daniel, who wants to settle permanently In Malaya. Mr. Daniel. 28. a tailor's cutter, has until May 3 to find a Job here
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    Car stolen
    48 7 IPOH. Frl A miner. Mr Chow Mak Seng, woke up this morning to find his car had been stolen from outside his house In Anderson Road. The car, a green Austin saloon valued at $2,000. was regularly parked In front of Mr Chow's house at night.
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    Youth Council officials ,
    46 7 Youth Council officials The following nave been elected officials of the Singapore Youth Council: President: Mr. G Ablshe ganaden; vice president: Mr K. L. Wee and Mr. A. M Cherian general secretary Mr. V. Rajaratnam; assistant secretary: Mis s Anna Wee treasurer- Mr Chung Fat* Vat
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    $4,000-A-FINGER CLAIM FAILS
    166 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. \!\R. Justice Shepherd yesterday dismissed a claim for $12,000 by a hawker who lost three fingers in a fight with another hawker. Woo Kow, 42. sued Wong Swee Keong. 34. alleging that Wong attacked, him with a chopper causing three fingers of his left
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    Doctors arrive from India
    57 7 KUALA ~UMPUR. Frt Seven of 79 doctors recruited from Cnrtii to heir, t" relieve Malaya.- doctor <h Ttage have arrived. A Mlnistrjr of Health spokesman today said that they had been sent to Trengganu. Johore and Kedah, where their services were most urgently needed. The doctors
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    E-x-p-a-n-d now says Mr. Wong
    139 7 A TIP FOR THE RAILWAY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Malayan Railway was urged today to adopt "drastic measures" to expand its service. The secretary of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Henry Wong, has made two suggestions in his personal comments on Malayan trade
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    STRIKERS BACK IN SCHOOLS
    198 7 All say 'sorry 9 for behaviour KOTA BHARU, Friday. ALL but a "sprinkling" of the Malay students of the Sultan Ismail College and the Zainab Girls' School who went on strike on March 17 in protest against the use of English as the medium of instruction
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    LADY B-P TRAVELS IN A TRISHA BIG PARADE
    108 7 LADY B-P TRAVELS IN A TRISHA BIG PARADE pENANO, Frl.— The world Chief Guide, Lady Baden-Powell, rode in a trlsha yesterday afternoon to inspect a parade of 500 Guides, Brownies and Scouts from North Malaya. The trisha, decorated with Guide emblems, took Lady Baden-Powell to the inspection stand on the
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    616 babies
    26 7 PENANO. Fri There were 610 new babies in Penang in February, according to the latest city health statement Issued today. There were 143 deaths.
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    DEATHS
    61 8 I* Word, lie (Minimum) MRS. WINEFRED FREDA DON, beloved wife of Hilary Don, daughter of Mr and Mrs. H. Wilson passed away April 2nd. In England. Deeply mourned by family and son. Roger. MORRISON: On 28th March. 1958 suddenly at his home, 48 Brook Street, Monineth, Angus, Scotland: Robert
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    57 8 Words if lUKiioml MR. NO CHENG KOON and family thank all friends and relatives who attended the funeral, rendered assistance, sent wrleaths and scrolls In their recent bereavement. THB t'AMILY OP the late Dr 8. C. Yin wish to thank Relative; and Friends for their Visit*. Wreaths, Scrolls and
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    271 8 M »ori, fit (M<» -nm) THE COCKPITS Java Rljsttafel Is served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time. MODERN SANITATION, however good, Is enhanced by using Alr-Wlck. Keep a bottle In your bathroom. Good stores stock ft. COME AND SING at T.T.C. Presentation of "Lets Make an Opera"! Book Robinsons
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      Taking Over The Utilities
      649 8 The Singapore Government's decision to take the public utilities out of the hands of the City Council is not entirely unexpected, but it comes a little earlier than expected. It will mean amendment of the Local Government Bill, and attack on it is likely to concentrate
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      Kishi's Dilemma
      360 8 The Japanese Government must be wishing it had never approved the sending of a trade mission to China lei alone given its blessings to a priva.e trade agreement For Mr Kishi is now under the fire of his friends as well as his enemies. Washington clearly does not
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      Anthem Habit
      174 8 An Alliance Municipal Councillor has charged cinema patrons with showing dsilespect for the National Anthem. Cinema goers walk out when the Anthem is played. From tins he has deduce that patriotic feeling is on the wane. It is perhaps a mistake to infer too much from the behaviour
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    1189 8  -  CYNICUS by SATURDAY STUDY yHE freedoms which 1 Malaya, as a member of the United Nations, presumably guarantees look a little thin and piqued when It Is possible to send a man to Jail for six months for marrying a woman of another faith. It Is
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    THE KINGDOM OF THE SAINTS
    885 8  -  MAYMOND "H AN easy Joke about the delights or the inconveniences or a harem Is the regular response to any mention of the Mormons. Yet they practised polygamy for less than fifty years, and their Church has flourished for almost 130. It is for other
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    75 8 (From the Stratts Times of April 9. 1908) OWINO to scarcity of cash foodstuffs have come down In price wonderfully In Ipoh and other places. rpHOSE who still entertain faint suspicions of approaching 1 hostilities between Japan and America will do well to note that last year
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    Author's father is buried in Colony
    188 9 rvR. s. C YIN, lather of Leslie Charteris, author of the world famous "Saiht" detective novels, who died on Wednesday, was buried at Bidadari Cemetery on Thursday after a short service. He was 82. About 200 relatives and close friends attended the funeral A
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    SENIOR OFFICERS PROTEST
    71 9 fhe Seniur Officers Association of the Singapore City Council yesterday protested against the council's "unilateral" action in amending the transport allowance rules A formal letter wa* nand ed to the council's Chief Administrative Officer. Mr R Mlddieton-Snlltb. It asked the council for an ac eptable reply .within
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    Govt. to take over utilities
    356 9 JUMAT: THIS IS DEFINITE WHETHER COUNCIL LIKES IT OR NOT THE Singapore Government has decided to 1 establish a Public Utilities' Board to take over all public utilities at present controlled by the City Council. The Minister for Local Government, Inche Abdul Hamld bin Hajt
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    Four girls will give 'run' touch of glamour
    129 9 Four girls will give 'run' touch of glamour CM>UR Singapore girls will F star' In a 10-minute Him on the Mobilgas Economy ran startinr at Kuala Lumpur today. The girls, wbo will not be eligible to compete for prizes, will drive two midget cars alone the actual route: Kuala Lumpur-
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    DET. SGT. HURT IN TAXI CRASH
    87 9 DET. SGT. HURT IN TAXI CRASH KUALA LUMPUR, Trl. Det. Sgt. Haahim bin Hassan, of the Seremban police, was admitted to hospital here In a critical condition yesterday after his taxi hit a lamp post In Cheras Road. The driver. Jee Boon Tean, was treated for cuts on the face
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    Two bodies recovered in Colony
    104 9 Two bodies recovered in Colony POLICE yesterday reI covered the bodies of two Indians— one floating in the Telok Ayer Basin, the other lying mutilated along the railway track near the 10th milestone. Buklt Tlmah The dead men were K. Velu. 45 and Dharan Deorai. 25. Velu's body was found
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    Malaya Is warned: Suicide to kill Singapore port
    162 9 Malaya Is warned: Suicide to kill Singapore port KUALA LUMPLR. Frl The secretory of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Henry Wong, warned today the Federation would be committing suicide If It killed Sinrapore as an entrepot for Malayan trade. He suggested some form of "common market" arrangement between
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    Front walk-out as Ong hits at 'men without honour9
    909 9 Front walk-out as Ong hits at 'men without honour 9 From Page One was carried by 20 votes to 12. The motion added that ■in th< course of negotiations, the other council members should be present in order to get themselves acquainted with the facts and thus not keep 1
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    COLONY MCA WANTS 'PURGE' DETAILS
    150 9 •yHE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese As- sociation has asked Its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur for details of its plan to purge "aliens" from the party i It wants to know the actual definition of the word 'alien" and whether It applies to Singapore
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    NEW POST FOR BANDIT FIGHTER
    62 9 NEW POST FOR BANDIT FIGHTER KUALA LUMPUR. Frl Supt J. J Raj, 37. has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as omcer-ln-charge of police district. Mr. Raj succeeds Mr .J.M.C Wheeler, who has gone on six months' leave to England Mr Raj joined the Malayan Police in 1947 and has served
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    1,400 phones in three months
    54 9 iue Singapore Telephone Board installed 1.406 new llneh during the first quarter of 1958. During the same period 1.800 applications for new lines were received. The number of outstanding applications on March 31, after allowing for agreements sent out during the period under review but
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    Fine after $40 theft
    62 9 A caretaker set fire to his school one night after burgling the principal's office and stealing $40. a Singapore Court was told this on Thursday wnen Jantan bin Tek 24. the caretaker, was tailed for 12 months for burglary and mischief at the Telok Kurau Malay
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    Courtesy calls
    52 9 PENANO, Frl The deputy chief of mission of the American Embassy In Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Arthur B Em >non.i 111 will pay courtesy calls on the Governor. Raja Sir Cda. the Chief Minister. Mr Wong Pow Nee. and the Mayor, Mr D. 8 Ramanathan. when he visits Penang
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    Union asks for talks
    58 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl The National Union of Factory and General Workers wants to negotiate with Fraser and Neave's regarding the retrenchment of workers on the grounds of redundancy. The workers at a meeting today gave a mandate to the general secretary of the union Mr V
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    'False stories'—plea to UMNO leaders
    245 9 'False stories'—plea to UMNO leaders IPOH Frt.— The Peoples legations that Chinese stuProgresslve Party has ap- dents who demonstrated pealedt to UMNO leaders to against the education policy put a stop to 'the spread- were Communist Inspiring of false stories by lrres- cd. ponslble officials of their "In support of
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    WOMAN ACCUSED OF $7,300 FRAUD
    169 9 WOMAN ACCUSED OF $7,300 FRAUD A WOMAN, Ruth Lan Al Jin, of Tiong Bahru. pleaded not guilty In a Singapore district court to a charge of cheating Wong Joo Kiap of $7,300 between March 1957 and September 1957. She was alleged to have committed the offence by deceiving Wong that
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      UNIVERSITY NOT A POLITICIANS' TOY
      1013 10 YIfHEN the Malay School TT Teachers' Federation demanded the establishment of Malay secondary schools by last February, the Alliance Oovernment pointed out the lack of teachers and books. The teachers refused to acknowledge this fact and some of them resigned from UMNO in protest. Now
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      BUILDING BOOM IN HONG KONG
      233 10 BUILDING BOOM IN HONG KONG rls encouraging to read the "whirlwind" building boom in Hong Kong (ST. March 21). The rate of construction of new buildings is the result, among other factors, of "t 1 c enactment of laws freeing the building Industry from irksome out-of-date restrictions." Herein lies the
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      254 10 i Straits Times Crossword s" 7~ g|g» |i 7 a 9 10 ACROSS 7 Wall- iorae what feeble atl Eccentric Ottoman hides knit- """P 1 (5). ting (6). Retttve bodies of police In 8 Presage alteration of brood 2 0r Uc town (lt) fee (8). v Ven «lor wboee real
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      The 133 -day ordeal of 133-day ordeal Poon Lim
      1112 11  - The 133 -day ordeal of 133-day ordeal Poon Lim llimiilllllilllllllllllllllllllilMllllfl JHE freighter s.s. Henlomund sailed from Capetown on November 10, 1942. She was a Scots-offi-cered ship of 9,675 tons with a crew of 55, half Scots, and half Chinese. Poon Lim, a Chinese second steward, aged 24, had left his
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      228 11 tt rnu>n A #o. Hy 3 las PiC ANVIwinG \>^*li AH x-) I~W^f/'Cjf I f I PIA»eP CANASTA »WltM f BUT 1 HOTICiO Wf M 5 J^J I hapcen tc r-\jf ImA.^ iJl^^r^P* J£&Gk. 1 *xs nice octogenarians J*t tuinct^at auts a&Xit >c*j >Ou> y s\ mrQL'^-'Aw^^r j iMKT^Ik. and
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    SHARES EASIER AND QUIET BEFORE SHUT DOWN FOR HOLIDAY
    676 12 By Our Market Correspondent \y HEN the Malayan Share Market closed mi Thursday for the long Easter holidays industrial and tin shares were still dnll and inclining to ease. This tendency has been brought about largely by the drop in the
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    25 12 SINGAPORE, April 3. BIBBER: 77 U tents F«r lb. (down an eighth of a cent). TIN 5355.87H per picul (up 62' j. cents).
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    No feature in rubber trading
    292 12 TTHE usual pre-hollday quietening down of the rubber market has passed unnoticed this week report H c B. Co. Ltd. In their current market review. Further quietening would have ,been almost Impossible adds the report. The only feature in an otherwise featureless week has been
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    123 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs INVESTMENT share* recorded a firmer toot with Bradford Cotton op M. providing the sharpest movement. Mining shares were quit* and held market prices. Commonwealth loans recorded a nnn trend. Loans 3%% 1956-59 £9* Ss. 9d Loans 3V. 1956-5S £101 2s. M Con. Zinc unquoted Bank of
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    RUBBER PRICES
    125 12 Bayers Sellers Int. 1 KJB.S. fob 77 77H Int 1 Spot fob bales AprU 77* TIM Int. 1 R.SA May 77 77% Tone: Idle. April ftrst grade rubber bayers fob. closest la Singapore on T»«ra*ay at 77* cents per lb down ooe-dajhtc) of a cent on Wednesday's closing
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    69 12 Tba MaU)»n Exchanfcr Banks' Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchant* on Thursday (all rates to $100): SHHnR T.T. ar OJ>. ready French Francs *****: Italian Llr» *****. On the free exchange market In Hone Ron* on Thursday the U.S. dollar was ouoted at 580
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    48 12 THE Fe4eratioa> Minfeter 1 or Finance has fixe* thr f"ltov. me prices for ralcnlat»i»K Customs duties far the week frMB April 3. Rubber 11 cento a Ik. Copra IMA a ton. Coeonnt Oil S«2O a ton. raba- oil f«7«.75 a tan. I Palm Kernels $381.25* ton.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    119 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul on Thursday were: Copra: quiet; UK /Continent Aprtl /May $303^ buyers. $31 4 sellers Coconut oil: quiet- bulk $46 sellers, drum $60 sellers P*»per; steady; no business reported done; Muntok white $132. Sarawak $131, (both up $6). special Sarawak Mack
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    491 14 The shocking spy story of one story of one man vs. an armu (SUSAN BARRIE SEES THE WEEK'S NEW FlUjs] pVKN though the notorious Dreyfus case dates back to the end of the 19th century, it has had such an impact on the Western world that most people know the
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    Novelty opera at the Cultural Centre
    165 14  -  NAN HALL rE famous British novelty opera "Let's Make An Opera" will be produced In Singapore for the first time by the Teachers' Training College on April 17, 18 and 19 at the Cultural Centre, Fert Canning Rise. The performances will begin at 8.15
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    12 14 Ulanova and Fadeyechev in Act II of "Giselle
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    ULANOVA OVERWHELMS IN COLOUR FILM
    286 14 BALLET lans will be thrilled by the Rank colour production, "THE BOLSHOI BALLET." made during the company's visit to Britain in 1956. The standard of dancing in this famous Russian company is so breath-tak-ing, the artistry so superb that it is beyond criticism. Director Paul
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    577 15 rE letter by Mr T K Chuan (ST March 27) illustrates the over-riding necessity for compulsory voting The second paragraph of Mr. Chuan's letter puts the position In a nutshell. He state s that and be penalised m a matter which has no
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    359 15 Sunshine I at Hill Station IN recent months the it has appeared in your columns a series of letters advocating the publication of more' information for transit passengers on tour. Apart from tourists passing through the ports of Penang and Singapore. I am convinced that there are many temporary residents
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    154 15 LABOUR UNIONS can strike when they want a permanent pass for their secretary to enter the Telephone Board premises but there Is nothing a telephone subscriber can do to get highly Increased charges reduced The reasons given by the Telephone Board for the Increase are not convincing
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    SCA appeal for umpires
    62 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl..— The Selangor Cricket Association U appea"nK for more umpires to official in Stonor Shield cricket matches and state matches. Dr. Mohamed Din bin Ahmad was elected president of the S.C.A Umpires Board for this year. Other officials are: Mr. A. Nadarajah, Mr. AN
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    461 16 Eddy says it again; We will retain the Cup From I\N MOK-AI LONDON Vrt. WA*TI'RALL\ ebullient Eddy Choong is undismayed, in assessing Malaya's Thomas Cup prospects, by the reverses which Malayan play ers suffered in London and Glasgow. Back in London from Glasgow where, despite a knee injury he beat
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    Rao's late goal beats Services
    129 16 Rao's late goal beats Services KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A goal a mm uie before the end by Kamadas Rao enabled Malayan Indians to beat Combined Services 5-4 in the P.A.M. soccer carnival at the Merd'na Stadium tonight. Indians, showing better combination and speed, led 4-0 at the interval Services came
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    67 16 PORT OF SPAIN. Frl.— The West Indies Cricket Board of Control yesterday announced the names of 16 players for the 1958--59 tour of India They are: Frank Worrell (captain), Franz Alexander. Roy Gllehrist. John HendMcks. Collie Smith. Eric A'klnson Robin Bynoe, Conrad Hunte. Garfleld
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    202 16 BID FOR GAMES: FMOC TO DECIDE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Whether or not Malaya will bid for the 1962 Asian Games will be decided when the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council meets here on Wednesday. Although the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, has told Mr. Fumio Takashima, the secretary -trea surer
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    Pakir is top seed
    96 16 IT LANG. Frl— A record number of entries from the Federation and Singapore has been received for the annual Klang Easter Tennis Tournament to be played from Apr. 4 to 7. Twenty-eight competitors have entered for the men's open singles in which A O. B. Fakir,
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    Lopez withdraws from Run
    134 16 A LAST-MINUTE withdrawal from the Mobilgas Economy Run which starts at Kuala Lumpur today was Dr. Francis Lopez of Singapore. Or Lopez was to have driven Tengku Ismara Raja's M. O. Magnet te (Class Two). He could not net the necesDr Lopez has participated In all
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    122 16 World's best to tour Federation TPOH. Fri— Federation badminton 1 fans will get a chance to see the world's leading badminton players In action after the Thomas Cup competition in June Leading foreign players from Denmark, America, Indonesia, 81am and Malaya are expected to compete in the Malayan Open Incr..imDlonships
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    Victor in s-finals
    77 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl— IndoCeyloneae tennis championships resulU: Men's sincles. first round: V. P. Nayagam wo P L. Alagappan; M. Netchetram bt S. Slvaprsgasam 7-5, 1-6. 1-6; K. Rasian bt J. Bajendram 6-1. 6-1- M. FVUvaratnam bt M. F Togaratnam 6-4. 6-1; G S. Otll w.o A. Rajamoney.
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    112 16 TODAY KUALA LUMPIR CRICKET: Selanfor Club Singapore Cricket Clnb, padanf. TENNIS: AU Malayan IndoCeylonese tournament. Princes Road. GOLF: Malayan championship*. Selangor Golf Coarse. SOCCER: F.A.M. Carnival, fium 7 p.m. MOTOR-RACING: Mobiles Keonomy Ron (K.L. to Ipoh), 7 W a.m. TOMORROW KUALA I I MIM I
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    30 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— Arthur Dews has dropped out of the Selangor side to meet Negrl Setnbilan at cricket starting tomorrow at Seremban. He is replaced by MDoralsamy
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    262 18 RACING with EPSOM JEEP ]^R. TAN CHIN TUAN'S Prince Charter will run in the Spring Cup at Bukit Timah today ana his jockey will be Garnet Bougoure. Bougoure has elected to ride Prince Charter in preference to Shaw Stable's Programme and his
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      102 18 FIRST RACE specialist Bob Franklin should do the trick again with The Cobra. This four-year-old was a confident tip last week but lost his chance at the barrier The Cobra finished strongly in the straight to be fifth to Downing Street. He is certainly worth an each way bet today.
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      105 18 CANASTRA has ocen "saved" tor this mile race and in a modifate field this four-year-old can be backed confidently In January at Buklt Timah Canastra beat Collateral over a mile and at Kuala Lumpur in February he was fourth to Pride of Phoenix over 9f Powhatan showed a return to
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      71 18 FIRST TRICK was a flying" second to Steam On over a mile last week With a 5-lb pull for a P 2 length beating and over a longer trip. First Trick should turn the tables on Steam On. Perhaps So can be backed as a "saver." This flve-year-old can stay
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      15 18 rFTON was, unlucky to go down in the la&t stride to Great Saxon on Wednesday
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      53 18 With Great Saxon out Tufton should make am ends. The challenge is likely to come from Magic Touch. who was third to Artina over 6f on Wednesday. He should be suited by the mile. Collateral can go close. At Buklt Timah earlier in the year he beat James Altch over
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      86 18 DOWNING STREET won so well In Class 2 last week, when he clocked 1.12 for the 6f that i expect him to complete a double. With 7 13 i a drop of 15--lb'. he has a great chance of toppling the top-class sprinters. His closest rival may be Marigold. This
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      66 18 METEORITE II stands out as one of the best bets in today's card. This Borealis flve-year-old won drawing away over a mile last week. Brave General deserves a break after three successive seconds but I cannot see him giving 3-lb and a beating to Meteorite II Sterling is a possibility
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      70 18 WAXER, second to Downing Street last week, looks to have the beating of this field Earlier in the season at Ipoh, Waxer beat the best In Class 2 over 6f In 1:12 4/5. The danger Is Coffee Exporter, who was fourth to Artlna on Wednesday. Little John also merits consideration
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      31 18 MADRID. Frl Real Madrid Spain i. the holders beat Vasas (Hungary) 4-0 In their European Soccer Cup semi-final match here last night, after leading 3-0 at half-time— Reuter
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    242 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Frt. N.A. Harvey, last year's champion, will not be defending his title at this year's Malayan Amateur Golf Championships, which will begin on the Selangor Golf Club coarse tomorrow. The entry this year is 74— three less than the record total In 1957.
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    76 18 PENANG. Frt. The newlyformed Federation of Malaya Schools Sports Council will ask Government for an annual grant of $50,000 The money, if granted, will be used to meet the expenses for various sports sponsored by the Council for inter-schools competition throughout the Federation. Proposed allocations will be:
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