Indian Daily Mail, 31 December 1955

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. XI NO. 318 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955 FOUR PAGES 15
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  • 385 1 Nehru To Announce Plan Talks With Desai (From Our Own Correspondent) BOMBAY, DEC. 30: IT IS STRONGLY BE MEVED AMONG KNOW LEDGEABLE CIRCLES IN BOMBAY AND NEW DELHI, THAT BOMBAY CITY MAY BE DECLARED A CENTRALLY AD MINISTERED AREA, AN D
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  • 36 1 THEY TALK TO PRESSMEN FIRST Dato Sir Cheng-lock (left* Tungku AbtluJ Rahman (centre) and Mr. David Marshall (right) are coming out to meet the Press before the meeting with the Communists at Halin^ on Dec. 28.
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  • 191 1 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Dec. 30. Premier Nehru returned to New Delhi yesterday after a whirlwind four-day tour of the West Coast. The tour had been very strenuous for he had addressed fifteen lakhs of people m fourteen major meetings and had spoken more than fourteen
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  • 373 1 LONDON, ue:. 30: British Government officials sa.v the end of the talks at Baling as a victory for Tungku Audui Rahman and Mr. David Marshall. They pointed to the consistent refusal of tiSe Chief Minister of Malaya to agree to Chin Peng's demand that
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  • 38 1 PERMANENT BODY FOR FLOOD RELIEF Krom Our Own Ccrresponrient > NEW DELHI, Dec. 30. The Government of India have decided to set up a permanent organisation to plan and provide for relief during emergencies lifce floods and cyclpnei.- •Copyright.
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  • 111 1 TOWNSEND TO BE ALY KHAN'S HORSE TRAINER? BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 30. The newspaper La Nation Beige said yesterday Group Captain Peter Town send, rejected suitor of Princes s Margaret of Britain, will quit as air attache here and leave the Royal Air Force. The paper said Townsend probably will become
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  • 179 1 Soekarno's First Wife Demands A Divorce? Appeal To Harahap Hatta JAKARTA, Dec. 30. President Soekarno's wife wife No. 1 is demanding a diorce, sources close to the' place said. She is 30-year-old Fatmawati. who left the presidential alace after her hu3band took a second wife last year. Indonesian women raised
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  • 64 1 On account of the Chief Minister's participation m the talks with the Malayan Communist Party leaders, the meeting of the Council of Ministers had been postponed to today, Dec. 31. The Chief Minister will not, therefore, be able to attend the "Meet the People's Session" today
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  • 112 1 LONDON, Dec. 30: Admiral Earl Mountbatten, Britain" s First Sea Lord, is planning an official tour of the Far East early next year, an authoritative source said here yesterday. The source added that Lord Mountbatten's detailed tour programme was still being arranged. He is expected to
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  • 57 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30: The United States accused Arab League nations of boycotting foreign firms whicb do business with Israel. The assertion came m a State Department statement. The Department's spokesman, Mr. Joseph Reap, also said that certain nations had regulations wHich prohibited the granting of visas
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  • 322 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Itip. United States yesterday replied to India with a formal note clarifying- U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' recent reference to Goa as a province of Portugal. Indian Ambassador G. L. Mehta announced that he was handed the
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  • 88 1 INDIA— R.I. CULTURAL CO-OPERATION NEW DELHI, Dec. 30: An agreement for promoting cultural relations between India and Indonesia was signed here yesterday. The agreement which will operate for ten years declares the desire of the two governments to encourage co-opera-tion m all fields of art, science and literature. Reciprocal visits
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  • 75 1 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS. Dec. 29. Madame Sun Yat Sen visited Avvai Home and Orphanage yesterday at Adyar and praised the efforts of those running this institution which Is considered to be one of the best of its kind In India. Doctor Muthulakshmi
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  • 168 1 (From Our Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 30: Chinese and Indian members of Alliance National Council today registered a strong" pro. test against Tungku Abdul Rahmans stand on the nationality proposals m His policy statement to UMNO Assembly last Sunday, the Indian Dally Mail reliably learnt. The
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  • 145 1 (From Our Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 30: Malayan Indian Congress Working Committee is to meet shortly to censure its past President and nominated Legislative Councillor Mr. K. j L. Devaser for this utterances In support of recognition of the Communist Party. Mr. Devaser m supporting recognition
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  • 47 1 CAIRO. Dec. 30.— The Aga Khan left by piano yesterday for his favourite l^per Egypt winter resort town, Aswan. The leader of the Ismaili sect and his wife, the Begum, are to spend a winter vacation In the Aja'a villa there.- AP
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  • 119 1 NEHRU TO OPEN INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS NEW DELHI. Dec 30.—Indian Premier Nehru will open the 43rd annual convention of the Indian Science Congress at Agra next Monaay. Forty delegates from 11 countries will take part. Russia is sending 14 delegates— the largest team led by Alexandre Toptchiev, General Secretary of
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  • 285 1 Tungku's Final Warning To Communist Terrorists (From Our Correspondent) "Since the Malayan Communist Party refused to accept the amnesty terms I, as the Chief Minister Of the elected Government of the Federation of Malaya, with the concurrence of the High Commissioner and General Bourne
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  • 44 1 A film of Chin Peng's peace talk* at Baling, rounded up with a newnreel '1955,- will be released today (Dec. 31) for Kuala Lumpur theatre* at the 6.80 pi"- show and m Singapore theatres on Sunday, Jan. 1, 1956.
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  • 165 1 In a statement on the Dating Meeting, tne Director of Operations, l-t.-Gcn. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, yesterday said: "It is now dear to the whole country and indeed to the world that there is no truth m the Malayan Communist Party claim that they are fighting for the
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  • 44 1 PNOMPENH, CAMBODIA, Dec. 30.— Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister an ex-King <><" Cambodia, today reaffirm:- I < anil oclia's complete nr o trulity and Maid his count' would* "i*:e«p up diploraaii relations with all po\\< ■■> respecting her sovereign her integrity and her ideal Reuter
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  • 454 2 Indain Daily Mail S'pore, Sat, Dec. 31, 1955 Notes And Comments A TIMELY GIFT fHE Singapore Tamils Representative Council, who are the sponsors of the Tamils Festival, will, we are glad to announce, present about 5,400 Tamil books to the University of Malaya, during the next Tamils Festival which comes
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  • 35 2 NEW DELHI: Mr. Nehru said m the Rajya Sabha that Pandit Pant had participated m the strenuous debates In the two Houses m spite of being 'acutely unwell and m great pain."
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  • 2875 2 Bid .To Curb Linguism Assurances To Minorities Urged NEW DELHI: A proposal to form five Zonal Councils each of five or six States to consider niu- < trial economic, developmental and border problems was suggested to the Lok Sabha by Mr. Nehru and welcomed with
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  • 56 2 BANGALORE: About 250 delegates representing- 23 member countries and several observers are expected to attend the secssions of the E.C.A.F.E. and its committee on industry and trade to be held here between Jan 24 and Feb 14. Dr. Hammarskjoeld, u.N. Se-cretary-General, is likely to attend the
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  • 570 2 VIJAYAWADA: The Sarva Seva Sangh meerin h last week discussed the future of the Bhoodan movwi with special reference to the "land revolution* vll n where about eight-hundred villagers have (riven all nT? lands to Bhoodan. vnelr Messrs. Shankar Rao Deo, Jaya-Prakash Narayan
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  • 691 2 "In regard to language, there are rather intimate, passionate ideas m people's minds. I can understand the pa3oion for any language, Hindi or any other t but tne person who feels passionately, about a language must also remember that the othtr fellow also feels passionately about it. That
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  • 100 2 AHMF.DAU AIt A village milkman was sentenced In- the Ahmedabad Judicial Magistrate to pay a fine of Rs. 75 or undergo 15 days' imprisonment for refusing to take the oath m court. The Milkman, Mangal Bechar, was called as a witness m a
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  • 64 2 TRICOLOUR IN CONGRESS FLAG "MISLEADING" .INDOREj Mr. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, General Secretary or the all-india Bharatiya Jan Sangh, said that retention by Lne Congress of the tricolour as the party's fla^ 'contused the people to such an extent that they believed that the Government and the Congress were one". He
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  • 389 3 Flexible Phasing Favoured: 1954 Decision Still Stands NEW DELHI: THE CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE IS UNLIKELY To UNRESERVEDLY SUPPORT THE PROHIBITION INQUIRY COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION SUGGESTING ENFORCEMENT OF COUNTRY-WIDE PROHIBITION BY 1958. Without departing fro m last years resolution urging more effective implementation of prohibition, the trend of
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  • 243 3 KOTTAYA: Dr. S. RadhaKrishnan. Vice-President of India, pleaded for "national education" for the progress of the country. Inaugurating the celebrations of the N.S.S. Hindu College at Chaganacherv last week, he said, "We have to develop nationalism m our mmd that India was one unit,
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  • 92 3 STATUE OF GOMATESWARA NEW DELHI: The Government of India is taking every possible precaution to preserve the world famous statue Of Sri Gomateswara m Hassan district of Mysore State and therefore there is no room for anxiety about the damage to the statue caused by the ravages of weather, says
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  • 97 3 INDIA AND MONGOLIA TO EXCHANGE ENVOIS NEW DELHI; The Gcv* ernment of India and the Government of tne people's Repuuhe or Mongolia have decided to e.staolish diplomatic relations between the two countries and to exchange representatives of Ambassador s rank. A Press Note fro m the Union Ministry of External
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  • 170 3 CASTE TITLES MUST GO, SAYS DR. PATTABHI HYDERABAD: Dr. PattaI bhi Sitaramayya, Governor of Madhya Pradesh, said that perpetuation of caste and subcaste titles to names should be discouraged. "We cannot with any grace cr consistency call people by titles which indicate the caste to which they belong. There must
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  • 249 3 'SUGARCANE YIELD STILL VERY LOW' NELLIKUPPAM (South Arcot): Inaugurating the 20th meeting of the Indian Central Sugarcane Comittee, Mr. Bhaktavatsalam, Madras Agriculture Minister, said that despite the valuable research conducted m the country for a long period, the disquieting fact was that the yield of sugarcane per acre as well
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  • 104 3 NEW DELHI: His Excellency Sigru Gaetano Martino, Italian Minister for Foreign aitaira, will arrive here on Jan 3, by train fro m Bombay. During his four-day visit to Delhi, the Italian Minister will :all en the President and the Prime Minister and visit the National
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  • 167 3 LAHORE: Mr. Justice Shablr Ahmed, judge of the West Pakistan High Court, rejected the contention that the establishment of the West Pakistan Act of 1955 was not a valid law and at any rate could not apply to Bahawalpore State. His Lordship observed that the
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  • 111 3 NANGAL: An official report said that soil conservation measures were proposed and a network Of subsidiary dam s planned to be constructed on the trllti'taries of the Sutlej and on the main river upstream from the present reservoir to prevent silting- of the Bhakra Dam.
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  • 118 3 XEW DELHI* In the Rayja Sabha m a written reply Mr N. Datar, Deputy Home Minister disclosed that on the 80th September last, there w ere m all 122 persons detained Of them, 112 persons were detained for activities prejudicial to the security of the State
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  • 116 3 NEW DELHI; Mr. B- N. Tatar Deputy Home Ministry told the Sabha that a formal agreement with the jamrau and Kashmir Government under Article 278 of the Conatl- tut'on regarding financial Integration of that state would be conducted very shortly. Mr. Datar, who was replying lo
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  • 275 3 DACCA All newspapers here last week quoted "well informed" and authoritative sources saying that official and unofficial agencies m India were still alluring minorities of Bast Pakistan with tempting baits to migrate from here. They reported; "Recently when a party of 200 Hindus
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  • 82 3 SURCHARGE PROPOSAL FULLY WITHDRAWN BOMBAY: The West Coast BOMBAY: The West Coast of India, Pakistan and the U.S.A. Shipping Conference announced here the withdrawal of the proposal for a35 per cent surcharge on cargo from Bombay to the U.S. Atlantic ports. The surcharge was to be effective from Jan. 1,
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  • 1097 3 Statement Circulated To M.P.s. NEW DELHI: Mr. Rama Krishna Dalmia circulated to members of Parliament, to Cabinet Ministers and to the Press a statement refuting the allegations made against Aim by Mr. Feroz Gandhi m the Lok sabha. Mr. Dalmia said that the cases pending In the
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  • 513 3 ifDMBAY; The Executive Committee of the Bombay Pradesh Congress committees decided to expel Dr. T. Naravanr. Deputy Minister for Prohibition, Government of Bombay, from the Congress and demand his resignation as a member of the State Legislature. The executive, which was presided over
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  • 113 3 COIMBATORE: Prime Minister Sri Nehru last weeK displayed an expert's touch m doing masonry work. While lay m z the foundation stone for a textile research institute here last week, he emptied a basin full of cement on the foundation spot and neatly laid row of bricks
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  • 45 3 PATHANKOT: Vehicular traffic between Pathankot and Dalhousic has been suspended as the result of a heavy snowfall m DaMiousie last week. About eight inche s Of snow hays been recorded according to reports received here. Buses are going to Ranikhet only.
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  • 29 4 MOSCOW. Dec. 30: The Supreme Soviet ended its fourday session here yesterday with a resolution approving the Atsian trip of the Soviet leaders Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev.- Reuter
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  • 99 4 SINHALESE TENDERERS HANDICAPPED KANTALAI: Mr. W. L. Perera m requesting Uu» chair, man to publish notlcdb of the Village Committee m Sinhalese too, said that notices exhibited at the China Bay market were of no use as they were written m Tamil only. He was speaking at the monthly meeting
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  • 596 4 COLOMBO: THE SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY DECIDED THAT SINHALESE SHOULD BE THE STATE LANGUAGE FOR CETLON. At the annual rally at th*. SanghabocUii College, Nittambuwa, Veyangoda, the forty resolved: (a) that Sinhalese afon4 be adopted as the official and State language of our
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  • 88 4 COMMUNISTS HAVE MORE JET PLANES WASHINGTON. Doc. 30General Laurence Kuter, Com. mander of the United States Far East Air Force, said that the Communists have more Uan 7,000 aircraft about half of them jets m the Far East compared with some 2,000 American planes. Writing m the unofficial Army Navy
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  • 219 4 The Commissioner for Labour reports that many employers and workers appear to be m doubt about holidays over the New Year period, says a statement issued by the Ministry of Labour and Welfare yesterday, it adds: The position is that Monday Jan. 2 will be a
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  • 120 4 'a he Army Civil JSci vices union, Singapore, has averteu retrenchment ana oown graving or '600 employees m UH Army, Mr. Lingain told tne Indian Daily Mail last night. The Army carried oui a review ot establishments and declared approximately 300 appointments redundant. line ACSU argued that
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  • 54 4 CHETTIARS' CONTRIBUTION TO FLOOD RELIEF Chettiars' (Nattukkottai) Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, have sent a sum of ks 1,500 ($950/-) to Mr. Mamaraj, Madras Chief Minister for tne purpose of relief to the victims of the recent cyclone and flood m Tamilnad. In all the Chamber has contributed its. 6,501 towards
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  • 46 4 The High Commissioner m Council has on the advice of the Puiblic Service Appointments and Promotions Board approved the appointment of Mr. S. E. Chamier as Chairman to tile Administrators of the Government Rubber Replanting Scheme with effect from Jan. 1, 1956.
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  • 93 4 COLOMBO. Dec. 29. Ceylon has made use of a favourable trade balance with Red China under the rubber-rice pact to buy more than 7,000 tons of sugar, its landed cost here l s estimated at 700,000 tlve a S descrlbed M "competiNegotlations are In progress between Ceylon
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  • 182 4 TAMILS FESTIVAL BADMINTON TOURNAMENT Following are the fixtures for Tamils Festival Badminton Tournament to be played as follows FIRST PLACE: Union Technical School, Balestier Road, Singapore. DATE: 31.12.1955. TIME: 7 p.m. sharp The following Single matches will be played. (1) Patrick Jean vs. C. Chelliah. (2) V. Thanabal vs. E.
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  • 171 4 Money prizes are onered by the international Comeaeraticn of Free Tiado Unions (the anti-Communist trade international) to members of its amlitited organisations for essays on the Traae Union movement and kindred subjects. Essays may be on the subject "Why I am a trade unionist" or
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  • 138 4 FIJIANS SERVICES TO MALAYA The Tungku Mahkota yesterday morning presented a silver salver to the Ist Bn., Fiji Infantry Regiment, at a ceremonial parade hold on the padang of ti^e Government English High School at Batu Pahat. It was m recognition of the Regiment's unique services to the State of
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