The Straits Times, 15 April 1958

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    25 1 I AVERAGE lIAIIY rKBTIIIKB SAIE EXfEEBS 80,000 fat** 1 New*"** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1958 if ft if 1S CENTS
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    'TIGER' BLITZ ON REDS
    795 1 Troops and police go into action at dawn today link with Colony THOUSANDS of troops and police will move into action at dawn in South Johore to help cut "a vitally important" Communist communications link between Singapore and the Federation in a massive drive named "Operation
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    TENGKU, LIM DISCUSS TAKE OVER OF ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY
    96 1 TENGKU, LIM DISCUSS TAKE OVER OF ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The question of the Federation Government taking over the Royal Malayan Navy was discussed here informally today between The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and the Chief Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lin Tew Hock. Tengku Abdul Rahman said
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    Lock icon Bombs again in Cyprus
    39 1 NICOSIA, Mon. A series of- bomb explosions last night damaged an electric transformer In the village of Xeros, west of here. The transformer was Installed to replace a transformer destroyed by bombs last Wednesday Reuter.
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    22 1 HAVANA. Mon.-More than 350 civilian revolutionaries died throughout Cuba In last week's abortive effort to stage a general strike.— UP.
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    POLICE SEIZE TWO MORE IN DA WN RAID
    101 1 POLICE SEIZE TWO MORE IN DA WN RAID I "THE CID arrested two more men on banishment warrants in a dawn swoop in Singapore yesterWith the arrests, the police have now completed a top secret job assigned by the Chief Secretary. Mr. E. B. Four other people. Including a Chinese
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    Lock icon Fewer jobless in Australia
    57 1 I CANBERRA. Mon. The Minister for Labour. Mr Harold Holt, today announcied a sharp improvement In j employment throughout Aus- tralia. I He said the number of men i and women registered as jobless at the Commonwealth Employment Service fell by 5.623 from 70,029 at Feb.
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    Police call for murder tips: One more held
    156 1 Police call for murder tips: One more held IPOH, Mon.— Police ln--1 vestigating the brutal murder of eight-year-old Moha m c d Mostafa, detained a second man for questioning today. They also made an urgent call for Information on the boy's whereabouts between 9 a.m and 6 p.m. on Friday.
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    Missing boat is found: 5 safe
    48 1 PUSAN. Mon— The United States Air Force announced yesterday that a missing army transportation boat had been found 30 miles south of Pusan. All of the five American soldiers aboard were in good health. The boat had been missing since Saturday night
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    37 1 PARIS. Mon. The 15--nation NATO permanent council met here today to consider the West's reply to Russia's proposal for a meeting at ambassadorial level in Moscow on April 17 to prepare a Summit conference Reuter
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    Lock icon Off to Europe
    27 1 KARACHI. Mon— Syed AmJad All. Pakistani Finance Minister, left here by air today on a four-week tour of Europe and the United States -Reuter.
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    Revolt at its peak
    344 1 REBELS EXPECT AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS ON WEST COAST AT ANY MOMENT OUKIT TINGGI, Mon. i D —Fighting In Sumai tra "reached its peak today in preparation for the Central Government's expected invasion of the western side of the island. Five Jakarta warships were at anchor off the
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    Trincomalee oil base scheme
    59 1 COLOMBO, Mon. The former British naval station at Trincomalee may become an oil base for South -Fast Asia controlled by British interests. The Crylon Governmrn* is n<Kotiatinc with a Britishowned oil combine which i« seeking oil Installations there on a three-year lease. The combine would store
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    Lock icon SPUTNIK II BACK TO EARTH
    404 1 SPUTNIK II BACK TO EARTH (the one with Laika in it) LONDON, Monday. CPUTNIK 11 and its dead passenger Laika burned out in a fiery earthward plunge somewhere off the east coast of the United States early today, according to report* from the Caribbean. The first report came from the
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    RAF denies aiding Sumatran rebels
    153 1 RAF denies aiding Sumatran rebels THE Royal Air Force yesterday denied that any of its airfields in Singapore had been used as bases for aircraft supplying the Sumatran rebels. The denial followed a claim from Jakarta that Indonesian Intelligence agents in Singapore had observed unidentified aircraft, which had been used
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    40 1 Jail striptease 'too exciting' LONDON. Mon. Redheaded strlpteaser Rhodt Rogers went to Maldstone Jail on Saturday night to do a fan-dance for the convicts, but prison officials demurred. "No fan dances." they said (Irmly. "The men would get over-excited."— Reuter.
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    36 1 LONDON, Mon— Thick fog forced the P. and O. liner Corfu to anchor In the mouth of the River Thames today on her arrival from the Far Bast with more than 300 passengers. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Blow at rebels
    23 1 ALGIERS. Mon. Nearly 200 Insurgents have been killed or captured > in clashes throughout Algeria In the past 24 hours. Reuter.
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    STABBED BROTHER REFUSED BRIBE
    168 1 STABBED BROTHER REFUSED BRIBE Sacked pupil detained DANGOON, Mon.— A 19-year-old Eurasian youth said he murdered London-born Brother Edmund John because he refused a bribe to reinstate him in a high school here, police said today. The youth, Wilfred Boudville, made a signed confession before a magistrate and was remanded
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    Lock icon Fire at varsity
    19 1 TOKYO, Mon Fire broke out at Tohoku University today, burned 55 classrooms and injured two professors.—Reuter.
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    210 1 2 a.m. news roundup CARONIA HOLED IN HARBOUR CRASH TOKYO, Mon. -The British luxury liner Carottia Uilay struck and destroyed the lighthouse marking the entrance to Yokohama harbour from Tokyo Bay. Tonight it was anchored In the bay Just outside Ho harbour with a hole in the bow above the
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    ANDERSON FOR BRITAIN
    86 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The General Officer Commanding the Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces, Ma]or-Oen. R. N. Anderson, will leave Malaya for England next month to take up the post of Director of Personnel Administration in the War Office. Gen. Anderson will be succeeded by Major-Gen. J. A. R.
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    Lock icon Bombers and fighters to meet any threat
    274 2 AIR FORCE WnX BE QUICKLY REINFORCED IF WAR COMES TO S-E AMA -COMBINED EXERCISE SOON MKLKOURNE, Mon. The C-in-C, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon, paid here today that if war came to South-East Asia, his force would be
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    AUSTRALIAN PM's BROTHER IN COLONY
    49 2 AUSTRALIAN PM's BROTHER IN COLONY Mr. Frank Mencfes, elder brother of Australia's Prime Minister, Mr. R. C. Memies. and leading Australian lawyer and welfare worker, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a five-day visit to the Colony and the Feder. ation. He and his wife are on a round-the-world trip.
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    Civics in prison
    61 2 Civics in prison PENANG. Mon. The A» sistant State Secretary (Development), Inche Wan Ahmad bin Wan Rasdl. today addressed Malay prisoners on the work of RIDA. Mr. Llm Eng Moh, Chinese programme organiser Radio Malaya, spoke to Chinese prisoners on the work of his department. Both talks were given in
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    67 are homeless as fire sweeps row of houses
    205 2 67 are homeless as fire sweeps row of houses BUTTERWORTH, Monday. A SPARKLER landing on an attap roof is believed to haye started a fire which destroyed a row of se?en houses here yesterday. I Thirteen families totalling 67 people were made homeless. Damage is estimated at $60,000 Flames at
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    Thief had seven convictions
    63 2 IPOH. Mon. Teh Hock Joo, 25. with seven previous convictions, was Jailed for one year and ordered to be put under police supervision for another year by the Ipoh magistrate today. He pleaded guilty to stealing 17 fountain pens and a wrist watch worth $367.75 from
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    AIRMAN JAILED FOR THEFT ON LAST DAY IN MALAYA
    273 2 AIRMAN JAILED FOR THEFT ON LAST DAY IN MALAYA PENANG, Monday. 4 N AUSTRALIAN airman doe to leave for home on Wednesday was today sentenced to a day's jail. LAC E. Arkle. of the 2nd Airfield Construction Squa- dron, R.A_A.F. Butter worth waa found guilty of stealing four dollars from
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    Trade team arriving tomorrow
    72 2 Trade team arriving tomorrow AN Australian trade mission composed of leading bankers. Industrialists and manufacturers, is due to arrive in Singapore from Sydney tomorrow to begin a fortnight's tour of the Colony and the Federation. The Government-sponsored mission Is led by Mr. R. W. Swartz. Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian
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    Open verdict on woman
    75 2 Open verdict on woman Th e Singapore assistant coroner, Inehe Ahmad bin Hussein, yesterday returned an open verdict at an inquest on a 69-year-old woman. Thangarji Danamal of Buffalo Road, who was fatally knocked down by a lorry at Bukit Timah Road on March 5 Inche Ahmad said that there
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    Job Completed
    29 2 A $10,000 postal agency was cpened at Pulau Semakau yesterday, thus com. pleting the Government's plan to provide postal services to all the 11,000 islanders off Singapore.
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    'Malay rights' dept. plan
    60 2 BL'TTFRWORTH. Mon. Provim-r Welle*!?? North UMNO at an exreative committee nieetlng yesterday approved a resolution ursine the Yang di-Pertuan A gong to set up a special "Malay rights" department. The resolution will be submitted to UMNO Malaya. The meeting also rcsohrd to ask the Alliance Government
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    H-PROTEST: POLICE GUARD NO. 10
    301 3 No Govt. has right to poison lives of innocent people Gaitskell Deputation stopped from handing in 'halt tests' petition LONDON, Monday. JWO HUNDRED police kept Left-wing demonstrators away from Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's official residence yesterday after a political rally at which Labour Party leaders
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    Lock icon GAITSKELL: WAR RISK SERIOUS
    193 3 GAITSKELL: WAR RISK SERIOUS war, but there is no escaping the danger of piling up one nuclear weapon after another with the risk of the H-bomb being finally used to destroy millions. 1 The risks of a conflict in the trouble-spots of the world were bound to become far mere
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    Eight African nations to confer in Ghana
    156 3 ACCRA, Mon. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Prime Minister of Ghana, said yesterday this week's conference of the independent states of Africa will be the "most significant event in Africa's history for many centuries." Dr. Nkrumah is the main sponsor of the conference at
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    Lock icon EASTER MONDAY CRASH AT GOODWOOD RACE TRACK
    49 3 KACING DRIVER Jean Schra of France slumps half out of the cockpit as his B.R.M. smashes into an obstacle wuile leading In the Glover Trophy race at the Goodwood speed track on Easter Monday. He escaped with shock and bruises. Reuter picture
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    Troops, police stand by in S. Africa
    197 3 STAY-HOME STRIKE BEGINS JOHANNESBURG, Monday. ARMED police and troop? stood by in all main centres of South Africa today to quell any disturbances on the first day of a nation-wide "stay-at-home" demonstration called by non-white organisations. i Africans, Indians and coloured (mixed blood
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    Lock icon Rebels blow up pipeline in Burma
    84 3 Rebels blow up pipeline in Burma RANGOON. Mon. |?OR the second time this F year rebels dynamited Rangoon's main water pipeline, causing an acute water shortage yesterday. It was officially reported that a gang of rebels slipped through the security guards and blew up the pipe about 40 miles north
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    Lock icon Glider record
    33 3 LONDON. Mon -Mr. Da vld Ince. flying an Olympia sailplane. yesterday broke the British distance gliding record with a flight from Lavenham > Suffolk) to Sen nen (Cornwall). 315 miles away- Reuter.
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    Lock icon Piano prize
    27 3 MOSCOW, Mon— Van Cliburn. a 23-year-old Texan whose piano playing took Moscow by storm, won first prize in the international Tchaikovsky piano contest here— UP
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    Charles: A cold
    25 3 LONDON. Mon. Prince Charles, nine-year-old heir to the throne, has a "very slight cold." a Buckingham Palace spokesman said last night. Rentpr
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      TUMULTUOUS WELCOME FOR SORAYA IN ITALY
      32 3 TUMULTUOUS WELCOME FOR SORAYA IN ITALY (HNKA Mon.— ThiMJJ sands of Italians tave Princess Soraya of Persia divorced last week by the Shah a roar of welcome when she arrived here yesterday.
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      35 3 They waited for hours in pouring rain at the railway station where she arrived with her mother and brother from Genera on her way to embark in the American liner Constitution for New York.— Reuter
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      19 3 OTTAWA: The Prime Minister, Mr. Diefenbaker. said Canada and the United States are interdependent both economically and defensively. Reuter.
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      20 3 WASHISGTON: Deput]/ Defence Secretary Donald A. Quarles said United States is still ahead of Russia in overall missiie development. -U.P.
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      29 3 TUNIS: President Ha. bib Bourguiba went into conference with the ambassadors of Britain and the U.S. for talks about France's latest proposals to solve the two-month-old Tunisian crisis.— U.P.
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      28 3 NASSAU: Mr Alan Lennox Boyd, th3 Colonial Secretary, announced proposals for widespread labour and electoral reforms in the Bahamas which meet many demands made during the recent unrest—Reuter
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      26 3 LONDON: Mr. John Profumo, Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, left for Trinidad to attend the inaugural ceremony of the West Indies Federation. Reuter
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      14 3 JAKARTA: A Czechoslovak delegation arrived to discuss means of bolstering trade with Indonesia I'.P
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    Lock icon 'BALLET IN BLITZED CATHEDRAL' ROW
    224 3 COVENTRY, Monday. A R^. W has started over plans to raise money for a new cathedral here by holding a ballet*festival In the ruins of the one blitzed by the Luftwaffe. The Lord's Day Observance Society has called plans for a Sunday Festival on July
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    THIRTY RESCUED FROM SEA
    43 3 PALERMO (Sicily). Mon Thirty people were thrown into the sea when a launch taking them to visit the Royal capsized in Palermo harbour yesterday. All were rescued within a few minutes by other craft headed for the British war-
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    217 3 Another 153 held in Kenya TUAIROBI, Mon.—SecuA rity forces have arrested another 153 Kikuyu tribesmen suspected of being leaders and organisers of the Kiama Kia Muingi, a proscribed secret society. This brings the total number of arrests since the society was banned last January to 250. The new arrests were
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    Lock icon BRITISH CAR SALES GET A BOOST
    81 3 BRITISH CAR SALES GET A BOOST NEW YORK, Mon— Sales of British cars and spare parts accounted for about 50 per cent of the total sales at the nine-day international automobile show which closed here on Saturday. According to latest estimates, 14 British manufacturers sold a total of $12,668,750 worth
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    27 3 TOKYO, Mon A group of three Japanese experts left here today by air for London to Inspect the development of television in Britain Reuter.
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    APOLOGY? MAYOR AND WEE ARE SILENT
    230 4 T»HE Singapore Mayor, 1 Mr. Ong EJir Guan, and a PAP councillor. Mr. Wee Toon Boon, yesterday refused to say whether they would accede to a demand by the council's Senior Officers' Association that they apologise publicly for reprimanding the City Engines r. Mr.
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    Fund plan scrapped?
    63 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Malayan Chinese Association's proposed mutual aid fund, open to members between the ages of IS and CO. will probably be scrapped because of the shortage of staff to nun it. A decision will be taken at the MCA central working committee meeting here
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    Trespasser is jailed
    37 4 JOHORK BAHEU. Mon. Syed Moshln bin Idroos was jailed for two years in the Sessions Court today for trespassing Into the house of Abdullah bin Abdul Majld in Ja'-ui Lumba Kuda on March 18
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    TEACHER UNIONS WILL FIGHT SACK THREAT
    280 4 Chairman: Educational standards would he ruined IPOH, Monday. THE powerful Teachers Panel, 1 which represents nine national teachers unions «n the National Joint Council f»r Teachers, will oppose the dismissal threat to married women teachers. Mr. Teerath Ram. chairman of the panel, said today:
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    Teachers: Pay day delay
    219 4 SOME WERE HARD HIT AND HAD TO BORROW Pressure of Work at Treasury was the cause I/UALA LUMPUR. Mon. 1Y A number of Chinese primary school teachers in Selangor received their March salaries today alter waiting anxiously for 14 days. Their salaries were held up because
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    *****0 to be ASKED TO €XVE $2 EACH FOR NEW MCA BUILDING
    150 4 *****0 to be ASKED TO €XVE $2 EACH FOR NEW MCA BUILDING iron. Mon— The general committee of tbe Malayan Chinese Association. Prrak branch is to appeal to member* to contribute Si each to the stair brad ■■arters baildmr fsnd. It is estimated that the association would be able to
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    M.C.S. man dies
    46 4 The death tlas occurred at Steynlng. Sussex, of Mr Bryan Walton, formerly of the Malayan Civil Servicf Mr Walton, who was 68. Joined the service in 1913 He was appointed District Officer. Kuala Selangor .in 1924 and Superintendent of Land.s Kelantan. in 1926.
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    Labour plan for 'elite' members
    137 4 IPOH, Monday. AN amenttment to the Labour Party of Malays constitution to create a special category of members called "active members" will be discussed at an extoardinary delegates' conference in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Party sources here told the strait.- Times today It was Intended
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    HEADMASTER DIES AT KUALA PILAH
    72 4 HEADMASTER DIES AT KUALA PILAH BEREMBAN. Mon The headmaster of the Tanjong Ipoh English School at Kuala Pllah, Mr. Paul Aslrvadam died in hk home this morning Mr. Asinradam who was 49 served as a teacher in Government schools for 30 yean. His wife is at present head mistress oi
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    Food offence
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Eow He Cho was fined $90 ln the magistrate's court today for conveying in a bus three katls of cuttlefish, a restricted article without a permit
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    Admitted
    26 4 Mr. Noel Anthony O'Rozario. a barrister, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice. Sir John Whyatt. Q.C., In the High Court yesterday
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    WE STAND BY OUR CRITICISMS—UMNO
    141 4 WE STAND BY OUR CRITICISMS— UMNO PENANG Monday TOE secretary of the youth section of the Kampong Makam branch of Penang UMNO Tuan Syed Hassan bin Yahaya, today denied there was any political motive behind the branchs resolution criticising a recent speech by Mr. D. R Seenivasagam. secretary-general of the
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    Driver hurt in accident
    66 4 IPOH, Mon.— A lorry driver Low Bak Wing. 23. was admitted to the hospital here with a suspected arm fracture and face Injuries following an accident off Labrooy Road yesterday. Low was pinned under the lorry when It turned turtle after taking a corner near the
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    Abdul Hamid: Impossible to enforce must voting
    297 5 Abdul Hamid: Impossible to enforce must voting •NOT ENOUGH COURTS. TO PUNISH THOSE WHO MAY NOT OBEY* J I IS "administratively impossible" to enforce compulsory voting, the Deputy Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, said yesterday. He told 24 Singapore teachers who called on him during their civics
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    ARCHITECT. ALSO FOUND A BRIDE IN MELBOURNE
    44 5 MR. Ton SHUNG FIE of Bukit I'asoh Raid, Singapore, went to Melbourne to study architecture. He received a degree and found a bride in Melbourne. He married Miss Priscilla Wong Pin Chan, of Hong Kong, last year.
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    STRIKE AID OFFER BY LOCAL CITY OFFICERS
    169 5 STRIKE AID OFFER BY LOCAL CITY OFFICERS rr SINGAPORE Local Senior Officers' Association yesterday told the Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. that the association would fully support whatever measure the council may adopt in the event of a strike by its 10.000 daily-rated workers. In a letter to the Mayor,
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    Sino-Malay co-op
    81 5 Sino-Malay co-op I PENANO, Mon. The first Sino-Malay Co-Operatlve Society in north Malaya will be I formed soon at Lenggong in Upper Perak. Inchc Mohamed Yusofl bin Hajl Ismail, assistant commissioner for co-operative development, north, told the Straits Times today the society would start with a ca- 1 Dital of
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    MORE MONEY, PLEASE, SAY THE TB BODIES
    179 5 MORE MONEY, PLEASE, SAY THE TB BODIES I{UALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has been asked for more money to fight tuberculosis in the Federation. Btate antl-TB Associations have applied for bigger monthly allocations and the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has set up a subcommittee
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    ABORIGINES-.WARNING ON SEGREGATION
    164 5 7/ could be an offence at law* IPOH, Monday. THE Mentri Besar of Perak. Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, has abked the people of a Malay kampong to guard against segregation in thoir dealings with the aborigines The Mentri Besar made a special weekend trip to
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    First ore front iron mine
    68 5 KUTA I'll \KI Mun. The first shipment of iron ore from the multi-million dollar international mine In Temangan. 50 miles from here, will leave Tumpat early next month for Japan. The mine began operations in November. It has British, Japanese and Malay.tn capital It can
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    'Socialism only answer'
    59 5 PENANO. Mon. The many problems facing young Malaya could be successfully tackled only by a socialist approach, the chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, said yesterday. "Rural poverty, for example. annot be tackled by feeble and unplanned doings of charity," he declared
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    Boy robbed
    30 5 Seng Choon Peng. 18-year-old office boy. was assaulted and robbed of two of his pens by a group of young boys at Chulla Street. Singapore, on Sunday afternoon.
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    Swimmers struck by lightning
    119 5 PENANG. Mon. A boy and a soldier were truck by at Tanjong Bungah last Delightning while swimming cember, the Coroner's Court was told today. Mr. Edward William Page, of the Salvation Army Boys' Home, said that there was "a trerrific cracking sound." Then he was told
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    MCA 'MIRROR' WAS NOT DOING BADLY
    195 5 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. IV —A former chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association's publicity sub-committee, Mr. Tan Siew Sin today denied a report that publication of the Malayan Mirror had cost $46,000 a year. He said this figure was "completely misleading." Nett cost Mr. Tan
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    A WALKOVER FOR THREE
    44 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Three candidates vere returned unopposea to the Tumpat town council during the weekend. They were Incne Mahmood bin Mat Am ii Inche Mahmood bin Zakaria and Inche Ismail bin Ibrahim They will each serve for three years.
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    RMAF PIONEER No. 1 IS DUE THIS WEEK
    217 5 RMAF PIONEER No. 1 IS DUE THIS WEEK KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The first aircraft of the Royal Malayan Air Force, a 16-seater Prestwick twin-engined Pioneer, will arrive here on Thursday. It will be received at the airport by the Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Minister of Defence Dato Abdul
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    Festival soon at Taiping
    52 5 TAIPING, Mon.-A "pesta festival of Malay arts and culture will be held at the Coronation Park here from April 21 to 25. Visitors will see among other attractions, a kronchong competition open to contestants In North Perak, recital of Malay poetry "bersilat" displays and a "sarong
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    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Agriculture. Inche Abdul Axis bin Ishak. will speak at the annual graduation ceremony of the Serdang Agricultural College on Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    133 6 in W»r4* il'i (Mtmimum, THE FAMILY ol the late Mis. Cliai. San CUoon thank ail ine.jcte ■ud .I'lutUes «no ailenueo. vie li.neral, m-hi uitat.is, messes of condolence and mso mi mo.* vwio I rendered asslstance. MKa. lA^i tixG HAN and lainlly thank all mend* and relative* for Ineir »rea
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    163 6 AIR-WICK In ihe home keeps unpleasant odour* at buy try tome, you'll be really amazed. li's aw. liable ai all good stores UENTLEMEM. A fOASI Specify Laoson Champagne lor •■Special" OrcaMOfii A I Uie Ofcal Provision bliopti. Hotels and Ciuos Sole Agents Robinson s TIME IS MONEY:— For all
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      The Liberal Budget?
      568 6 The Liberal Budget? If it were not for the Liberal rebuff to all thought of an election pact against Labour the British Government would be ready for a modest celebration today of a popular budget. The Liberals, however, have knocked the gilt off the gingerbread. Their announcement confirms threatening forecasts
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      Labour At Port Swetlenham
      385 6 Whatever may happen to the broader recommendations of the Millbourn report on Port Swettenham there will be no justification for ignoring the commission's remedies for an unsatisfactory labour situation. Shipowners and traders are dissatisfied with the existing arrangements, and so are the men. It is Sir
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      Critical Choice
      190 6 M. Gaiilard's chances oi surviving the emergency session of the French Assembly, called to appro v.' his conciliatory policy towards Tunisia, depend on whether his critics can be convinced that Tunisia will become less of a base for the Algerian insurgents. French military sources assert that an average
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    LAW OF THE SEAS IS IN THE BALANCE
    670 6 GENEVA. T«HE fate of the 87- nation conference on the Law .of thp Sea is in the balance. The conference la faced with three main proposals on the vital question of the width of the territorial sea and the success or failure
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      Singapore drivers and their road sense
      252 6 Singapore drivers and their road sense rr»HE letter under heading 1 -Worst Drivers in the World" 'ST. March 31) only grazes the fringe of the subject in which Singapore does not seem to concern itself. The low standard of driving has snowballed from many sources. The average Singaporean seems to
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      178 6 No credit Some of the features in Singapore's standard of driving which do no credit to anyone are: bad manners, lack of consideration for other drivers, thoughtlessness, inconsiderate parking, failure to give way to other users, in fact a disgraceful performance These offences bring out the worst in a driver
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      Election at student body
      95 6 ONE of the Day Training Centres in Perak has Just had Its annual general meeting for electing a new student representative body. Its procedure was most unorthodox. For one thing the agenda of the meeting was not printed or even announced beforehand. The members were not
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      Helping out clerks
      54 6 Helping out clerks RECENTLY I went to Ipoh Town Council to settle a bill and the place was choked with people. However three of the clerks Instead of helping out their colleagues spent their time chatting. Cannot the Government do something about public serTants who think that the public are
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    1029 6 When friends are forced to rescue their proteges This is how little wars become big wars iyARS, great in their consequences, fortunately do not always involve great casualties. The fighting in Sumatra has been on so small a scale that one tends to underestimate its importance. Even if the amphibious
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    CAR MAKES A SOLDIER BROKE
    231 7 CAR MAKES A SOLDIER BROKE IPOH, Mon.— An Aus- traltan soldier, Private Keith Owen WTnbank, was adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Syed Sheh Barakbah in the Supreme Court here today. The Judge made a recelv Ing order against Winbank on the application of Mr Ong Ec Lim, a car
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    Bishop there
    25 7 LONDON, Mon. The Rt. Rev. Nigel Cornwall, Bishop of Borneo, has arrived here for the ninth Lambeth Conference which takes place in July.
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    NO RIGHT TO BE DEFENDED BY LAWYER
    225 7 NO RIGHT TO BE DEFENDED BY LAWYER KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A PERSON detained under the restricted residence enactment at the pleasure of the Mentri Besar has no right to be defended by a lawyer at an inquiry, the Selangor High Court Judge, Mr. Justice Sutherland, ruled today. He gave this
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    Planters will make counter-offer on pay demands
    193 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association is to offer Malaya's 320,000 rubber workers a pay scheme with a basic wage and incentives in place of the one submitted by the National Union of Plantation Workers. The association recently rejected the
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    Two-year jail term on CEB account case cricketer cut
    169 7 SEREMBAN, Mon.— A twoyear jail term imposed on Lee Soon Wee, a wellknown cricketer, was reduced to three months and a S5OO fine in the High Court here today. Lee, a former Central Electricity Board chief clerk here, appealed against the
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    Extortion b'd charge
    44 7 See Mm Seang was charged in Singapore yesterday with being concerned, with four others, in trying to extort $1,500 from a housewife. Teo Siew Eng. at Thomson Road during the weekend. No plea was taken Bail was allowed till April 23.
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    Actor's twelve-year hunt for a faithful servant
    403 7 Actor's twelve-year hunt for a faithful servant PACT AS WAR CLOUDS GATHERED f\N the night of Nov. v 30. 1941— a month before the outbreak of the Pacific war— a Shakespearean actor grasped the hand of his 20-year-old Tamil attendant and said: "I will look you up when the fighting
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    IT'S FAREWELL TO THE WILLEM RUYS
    166 7 THE 21,000-ton liner Willem Rays, of Rotterdam Lloyd, which arrived in Singapore last night on its last outward voyage from Rotterdam, is to be taken off the Far East run and put on the North Atlantic service, i Built In 1947. the liner has
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    $6miL paid into fund
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Employees' -Provident Fund received $6,945,972 In contribution* last month. This brings the total for the first quarter of the year to $18--865.955. There were 2,613 withdrawals In March amounting to $1,261,652. The number of contributors registered at the end of March was
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    New turn In loco men's campaign
    129 7 New turn In loco men's campaign KUALA LUMPUR. M«n. The Hork-tu-rulr campaijn by members of the Locomotive Enginemen's Union in protest against the administration's refusal to recognise their union entered its fourth week today. The members, all engine drivers, are working eight hours a day and have refused to do
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    TRADE TALKS TO CONTINUE IN JAPAN
    109 7 TRADE TALKS TO CONTINUE IN JAPAN KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Malayan-Japane.se trade talks begun here when the JapanI ese Prime Minister. Mr. Kishi paid a goodwill visit recently, will continue in Japan next month This was confirmed today by the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, at a Press conference when he
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    Alert detective gets man
    85 7 IPOH, Mon. An alert detective Leng Kirn Poh. who was recently transferred to Ipoh from Kampar. arrested a. man with 10 previous convictious as he got out of a bus after another theft on Feb. 10. In the magistrate's court today, Wong Wai, 41, was jailed
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    Death fall
    31 7 Low Yong Tal. 69. died in th e Singapore General Ho-, pital after a fall from thsecond floor of her Serangoon Road home. In the early hours of yesterday.
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    Club gets gift of 700 books from U.S.
    112 7 VOTA BHARU, Mon. The Suara Muda Club a sports and cultural body here yesterday received 700 volumes of "valuable" reference books from the Asia Foundation. They were shipped direct i from Los Angeles and are tor the club's library. Earlier this year
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    Engaged—a RUGBY STAR AND TENNIS ACE
    81 7 Engaged— a RUGBY STAR AND TENNIS ACE IPOH. Mon.— Former Se.langor and Federation Combined Services rugby star. Capt P. B. Hartland. and Singapore tennis player. MUs Elizabeth King, announced their engagement here today. Capt. Hartland Is now attached to the 95 Field Battery. Royal Artillery at Batu Gajah. Miss King
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    Smelting strike 'unjustified'
    349 7 PENANG, Monday. •THERE should not have been a wages dispute be- tween the Eastern Smelting Company and its workers "to the extent of calling a strike." the court of inquiry investigating the strike was told today. 'The company's terms and conditions of service at the time c'
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    Hotel man buried
    65 7 PENANG. Mon.— The funeral of Mr. H. W. Gachnang manager of the E and O Hotel here, took place this afternoon. He was buried at the Western Road cemetery Mr. Gachnang. who wa--63. died in Penang General Hospital yesterday. He served In Singapore for several years after
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    2 girls get fencing certificates
    199 7 2 girls get fencing certificates SIX boys and two girls hav<> passed the first fencing examinations held by the Federation of Boys* Clubs and have been presented with the Amateur Fencing Association of Singapore certificates of "Awards of Merit" They are: Richard Ke«, Tan Te e Un, Ong Eng Kirn,
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    TALENT IN MUSIC AND THE DANCE
    1043 8 LOCAL BALLET GROUP TO PERFORM ►THOSE two talented young Malayan dancers, Frances Poh and Vernon Martinus, who returned to Singapore a few months ago after successful studies in Britain, will present a season of ballet next month at the Canning Rise Cultural Centre, with
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      97 8 SO PRECIOUS ITS NOW SEALED IN 3hd The white P uri ty of fragrant LUX Is r\kfiV now protected with luxurious gold foil. CSj t 1~1~ m Open the lovely new pack, and there you'll And your favourite pure c white toilet soap. It's the same gentle soap that cares
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      535 8 USED BY THE WORLD FOR SAFETY AND ECONOMY DOMESTIC B^p^J PRESSURE IRON* £^^^^^^^^^^m Bunt bo"" on 1/3 pirn <4B*s| SgtMMfikA Kerosene. Orau«rht>prool llj^Jt-i^^, K\ Urn Ii hi ar otu of doon. SIV Prrfwt hil.noe Extn lira* durable «Mwtrurli<M E^^mi^^* /3j^B •JTILLEY|---— Sincaswir. Peaajig, liwh, Kuala l.iunpur. Malarra. N. Bornr*. Sarawak.
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      273 8 Straits Times Crossword VT T"| Is J IH! 5 ZiZlZ^lizkllZil ml i'Trr fe£ p Ipfe! i I bll"pl"i"l"l" ZBZIZiZiIi!ziIIZ 20 21 22 23 zttziziirizizaziz U" 2B" ACBOSS 6. You can't do them! (15). 1. Leisurely rail Journe\ 7. Elope then, perhaps, by this through the bush? (7). Instrument (9). S.
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    Lock icon IMOGENE WILSON:
    1183 9 Model who soared to dizzy heights* June Tlnnej claimed Imo* gene Wilson made up the assault story to gain publicity. He related how she once fought him In a taxi-cab pushing her foot through the glass of the window She had. he said, tkreatened him with Ice-picks and
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      392 9 Eft V^B g^g^g^^ BmW i ■W^^^SVBUfitfK'^^^i^H. W^mWmmmmm W 9 t Bhl!!^ifl wVa9^b*A* /^^^g^gW/^^Sggfls^g^gß Dm- *j# H^^aiga^^j gv^K*gfet^^Bl^^MP Bp* ifl ggK^-B gft get- Man's- eye view of LAND-ROVER country The road <«r lack of it) ahead matters little to the driver of a Land- Rover even when there's a 2- ton
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      158 9 0 4irni4>ii A #o. By Max Thy Saint By Lvsliv I ha ri 41 is —^^^1^ '•■^■SS^it g^r mm I r UIS i IHvk 1 1414 tf By 1 1»4>si4i iinuM U-- r— 1I ''ll »yr™EKEv back V F IM CQINC~I rHev.TßACv.wweßeT' o^«^ to "1 I GOT ICE CREAI^ g^
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    421 10 The Malayan Share Brakers' Assorlatton reported: "All sections on the local share market were dull and industrials and tins were inclined to ease. The turnover was small." 1 Singapore and Federation broI kers reported the following koatneas done yesterday: Ped Dlspen- sary f 2 25 cd eel (overnight
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    SQUEEZE IN SUPPLY PUTS CENT PREMIUM ON APRIL RUBBER
    410 10 SQUEEZE IN SUPPLY PUTS CENT PREMIUM ON APRIL RUBBER By Our Market Correspondent JMIK main feature of markets in Singapore yesterday was the premium which developed on the April rubber price compared with May. This premium extended in the morning to a cent having Jumped from half a cent to
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    Selangor United
    69 10 Contanglo Banking and TradIng Company baa made an offer on behalf of client* for the £90.000 issued capital of the Selangor United Rubber Estates, of ss. lHd. per 2a. stock unit. -which the directors recommend for acceptance If It becomes unconditional. Mr. E. L. Roberts (chairman) will receive
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    150 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to 1100)New York: buying airmail T T 32 15/16. O.D. 33 1/16. 90 d st 33 3 16 credit bills. 33 1/4 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32. OD. 32
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    STORE SHIPPING
    144 10 Ships lying atongaMe the Singapore Harbvur Board wharves or expected today are: Willem Ruys 1 2, Toian Maru 4. 5, New York Maru 6A, Idomeneua 6 7, Star Alcyone 8 8, City of Ottawa 10/11, Bencruachan 13/14 Olengyle 15/16, Batu IS, NachUan Maru 19/20. Serudom N.Wall 2. Selangor
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 10 SINGAPORE. APR. 14. RUBBER: 79 cents Per lb (up 1 cents V TIN: $360 per pun I (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    152 10 MELBOURNE. Mob. INVESTMENT shares recorded a firm tone with main price rises being AWA up 6d and Humes up 9d. on the Stock Exchange here today. Timor rose Is. in an improved oils section Other mining shares maintained a steady tone, and Commonwealth loans recorded a Arm tone.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 April Brat graa> rubber bayers fob. closed In Singapore yesterday at 79 rents per tb. up 1% cents on Friday i closing price losing tone: Quiet after firm Closing price* In cents per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RS 8 Spot fob. buyers 79 sellers 79 Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 10 I Slntaporr rhlneor Protfaee Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK Continent April May $304 buyers. <31' i tellers Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $46 sellers, drum $49 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done: Muntok white $130. Sarawak $129 special Sarawak black $73 1 all
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      1208 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of Instructor, Pitting and Machine Work, Rural Trade School. Butterworth, P.W. Candidates must be betwd^n the age of 25 years and 35 years, must have passed Form 111 In an English School or the Lower Certificate of Education. must have a sound
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      1191 11 McALISTER <* CO.. LTD. TEL No.: 253«1 EUCHMAN LINES KLAVENESS LINK LONDON HAVBE ROTTERDAM. M AMWUJ $AN tANC( sco, ,no to USA-NtaJth Allow k- P~« "ATTLE. VANCOUVER ft PORTLANO Co^VJo oSSZZ A ft -^A-Urtc.'" 11 CITY OF OTTAWA SUNNYVILLS >&"» PS Ptf^ 28 Apr 5 May ft/7 May l,» May
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    New models from Italy
    56 12 AN Italian auto-cycle manufacturing company has Introduced its latest model to the Singapore and Federation of Malaya markets. The auto-cycle is the 1958 CUlndrata 48 cc., which is fitted with the F.B. Mlnarelll engine. The machine is handled by Hup Teck Trading Co., Singapore, who are
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    Bigger R.I. copra supplies not expected yet
    325 12 Bigger R.I. copra supplies not expected yet INDONESIAN TRADE OUTLOOK BARTER RESUMED AS JAKARTA GETS CONTROL OF REBEL AREAS SUBSTANTIAL supplies of copra from Sumatra are not expected to arrive in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya for another two months at least, said Mr. Mohamed Thajeb, the Indonesian economic
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    RUBBER MILLING FACTORY CLOSED
    260 12 RUBBER MILLING FACTORY CLOSED ¥*HE continuing diffi- culty of getting sufficient rubber for the remilling industry in Singapore has forced another factory to stop operation. Singapore rubber millers said yesterday that there had been no improvement In conditions since the crisis began four years ago. "Hopeless" The remilling Industry depended
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    SWISSAIR OPENS IN COLONY
    82 12 SWISSAIR OPENS IN COLONY SW SSAIR is the latest airline company to appoint a local representative in Malaya. The first local Swissair manager. Mr. Max Landolt, said yesterday that for the present time Swissair planes would not fly to Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. "Wo have made arrangements with other airline
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    JAPANESE AIR SERVICE TO OPERATE IN MALAYA
    252 12 SINGAPORE will soon have another airline service when Japan Air Lines extends its Asian route from Bangkok to the Colony on May 16. JAL will operate three times a week between Singapore and Tokyo via Bangkok and Hong Kong on Sundays. Tuesdays and
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    U.K. sales' manager has talks with Malayan Airways
    191 12 U.K. sales manager has talks with Malayan Airways THE assistant sales' manager of Vickers-Armstrong 1 (Aircraft) Ltd., Mr. H. C. W. Sharp who arrived in Singapore last week on a business visit, said that the Colony International Airport should be ready to take the heaviest and fastest modern aircraft by
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      787 13 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS WANTED SITUATIONS VACANT H W it U <*'">-*•* rf PLANTER AGE 17 9 years exHWard, U (Mlm.>-B.M SttU. txtrm. and r^^ Umi) EUROPEAN STENOGRAPHER served engineer wishes sltuaUon. required with own transport, anywhere considered. Apply Box Mornings only. Buklt Tlmah A 734 8.T., Ipoh. area. Apply
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