The Straits Times, 21 March 1956

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  • 295 1 MarshaU and his top officials confer for SO minutes Chief of the Special Branch there TOi'-SrX RKT high-level conference in Sine soterday5 oterday discussed, it is understood, j, unC merdeka riots and certain aspects of ilony'g political situation. Chief Minister, Mr- David Marshall, the Secretary, Mr.
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  • 270 1  -  PATRICIA MORGAN By TWE aspirations of Singapore's Labour Front are to 1 be set to music. The tune is to be one without too many sharps or flats. "The idea of this is that our party supporters will then be able to
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  • 64 1 Soekarno says 'yes' to Ali JAKARTA. Tues. -OEKARNO toil, .s approval to Dint't submitted eek. will be headed 1 Sastroamkljojo Prime Minister IB the Comrted Govern1] last July i :th the Army. Government v. ill a of Indonesia's parties and flve The Communist be represented :nent. observers said the ■position
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  • 27 1 V Tues. Lt. Cdr. -Smith, 56, who ..L'd made sailing .taming the first ered craft to make crossing of the in a Lon- uime— Reuter.
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  • 16 1 I Tues. Cheering v reoied Mr. i»res. the Turkish when he ar- .'ire.— Reuter.
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  • 43 1 NICOSIA. Tues Greek and Turkish Cypriote clashed here today. British troops used tear gas to disperse the crowds in the second day of violence between the two factions. More than 20 people were injured in a two-hour battle. AP.
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  • 268 1 BASIC PAY DEMAND REJECTED by ESTATES KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MALAYA'S rubber estate owners today flatly rejected a basic wage structure proposed by the National Unioh of Pfantation Workers on the grounds that the industry could not afford it. At a meeting with union leaders today representatires of the Malayan Planting
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  • 30 1 CANBERRA, Tues. Communist China has shown •some willingness" to resume trade with Australia, the Trade Minister, Mr. John McEwen. told the House of Representatives here today Reuter.
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  • 10 1 fauses havoc in orchards and gardens— Reuter.
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  • 75 1 The White Paper outlining the Singapore Government's education policy based on the All-Party Committee report Is ready. The Minister for Education, Mr. anew Swee Kee, told the Straits Times yesterday that he would present the White Paper for debate in the Legislative Assembly next month. He
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  • 49 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, announced today that he had accepted President Eisenhower's invitation to visit the United States for personal talks. He will go to the U.S. in the first week of July for three or four days. Reuter.
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  • 17 1 PARIS, Tues. France to- day solemnly recognised Tunisian independence. In a Joint protocol signed here.
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  • 34 1 MAHE. Seychelles Islands, Tues. Archbishop Makarios, exiled leader of the union-with-Greece movement in Cyprus, was allowed out of his hilltop lodge today to go shopping in town for tropical underwear. A.P.
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  • 68 1 CAPT.'S COMPLIMENTS —$60,000 OPIUM TH E Singapore Customs were handed $60,000 worth of opium by the captain of the Silverwave when the ship arrived from Calcutta yesterday. A Customs spokesman told the Straits Times the cap- tain reported that the opium weighing 1241 b. was found during a surprise search
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    48 1 RAJA SAIDATCL ISHAN. first wife of the Raja Muda oi Selangor, is separated from her husband, who recently married a Sumatran princess. Straits Times picture shows her with three of her six children (from left) Raja Abdul Samad. Raja Arafah and Raja Idris. (See Page 9)
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  • 157 1 RED CARPET READY FOR B. K. 'The cost? Cheaper than H-bomb* LONDON. Tuesday. TiHE Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, told the House of Commons today that during the visit here next month of Marshal Nikolai Bulganin and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev there would be "full provision" for top-level discussions. The Russian
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  • 103 1 ADEN Tues.— A series of strikes virtually paralysed this British protectorate on the Gulf of Aden today. There were sporadic outbreaks of violence. Five thousand workers at an oil refinery went on strike today. demanding higher wages, recognition of public holidays, union hours and
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  • 253 1 EX-MDU MAN BACK WITH A MESSAGE HHHE newly-appointed organising secretary of the Labour Front. Mr. Gerald De Cruz, arrived in Singapore yesterday from London with an "important" message for the people. He said: "While we are engaged in a struggle with Britain for
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  • 95 1 HONG KONG. Tues. rr\HE Governor, Sir Alex--1 ander Grant ham. tonight openly criticised thought control in Communist "dictator states." "A country that deliberately retards the mental growth of its citizens is condemning Itself to ultimate decay and dissolution." Sir Alexander said. Referring to thousands of
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  • 62 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A European woman, Mrs. A H. Hogge. 35, was killed today when her car was involved in a collision with a lorry at the junction of Kia Peng Road and conlay Road. Her husband. Major A. H. Hogge, who was driving, was not
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  • 143 1 Hotel slaying riddle GIRL STABBED, 4 MEN VANISH PENANG. Tues. A MALAY girl was murdered in a hotel this afternoon minutes after four men had telephoned her to see them. The girl who has not yet been identified, arrived at the Central Hotel in Chulia Street at 4.30 p.m. and
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  • 29 1 BATON CHABGES IX CDH NICOSIA. Tues— Hi sh troops made ttto baton chargei m Mcmlh totl.iy aii^t.v Turks demonstrated against (lash between Turks and (.reeks >est«rday. Keuter.
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  • 35 1 MADRID, Tuc.s A tame partridge, which could predict rain with uncanny accuracy 24 hours ahead, has died at the age of 13. victim of a wave of intense cold in southern Spain.— Reuter.
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  • 366 2  -  NELSON RUTHERFURD RICHARD JOINED THE NAVY TO SEE SINGAPORE By RICHARD FLETCHER, a 19-year-old British youth, spent his childhood in the Sime Road internment camp, Singapore, as a prisoner of the Japanese. His parents had left the Colony before the outbreak of the
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  • 154 2 APPEAL BY MALAYAN DOCTOR DISMISSED LONDON, Tues. THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday dismissed an appeal by a Malayan doctor, Ong Bak Hin, against a decision by the disciplinary committee of the General Medical Council that his name should be erased from the medical register. Lord Oaksey, presiding,
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  • 103 2 Nine officer cadets of the Royal Malayan Navy were among those chosen recently to form a special guard-of-honour for ceremonies during which the freedom of tht Borough of Dartmouth in England was conferred on the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The cadets went to Britain last
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  • 30 2 MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet ship Lena has sailed from the Antarctic for home, leaving behind expedition members who are to spend the winter on the frozen ccntlnent.—Reuter.
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  • 152 2 CHANCES of being among the first officers of the Royal Malayan Navy and prospects of seeing the world are available to all Federal and Singapore boys. Applications for entry into the Royal Malayan Navy as officer cadets are being accepted until March
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  • 60 2 Major W.R. Stokes, War Office Inspector of Army education, has been appointed head master of the Army boarding school at Cameron Highlands. He leaves Eng- land in May to take up his appointment In July. Due In Kuala Lumpur in April is Miss Helen McDermott, of Bolton,
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  • 125 2 Answer in two years UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE CABLE TESTS GET UNDERWAY gUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation's Telecommunications Department has started pilot schemes to see if underground telephone communications would be a success here. It will be at least, two years before the department knows the answer. The Director-General of Telecommunications, Mr.
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  • 173 2 Mollet yields to Poujadist bullying PARIS, Tuesday. THE Mollet Government has made concessions to the Poujadist movement demand for an amnesty of all tax offenders. The Finance Minister, Mr Paul Ramadier, said an amnesty would be given if taxpayers gave up physically resisting collectors. Mr
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  • 28 2 NEW YORK. Tues— MLss Margaret Tru:nan yesterday said that she would marry at 4 p.m. on April 21. in Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. Reuter.
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  • 58 2 BUTTER WORTH, Tues. I Alleged to have returned Iron banishment, Chan Boon Hong, 60, was today ordered to be remanded pending mention of his case on March 27. Chan, it was been banished I pore by the G Council on Nov 21. lws He was arrested
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  • 228 2 THREW A BOMB 'JUST p Ol A THRILL' VICOSIA. Tn youn* Brit I^l vate was COUrt IM fl terday to hay throwing his officers' excitement.- He and th Pleaded not gu E e o^ two bomb PxnirS camp, in Wn ?<fe s a^ were said to l 5? 0(11(2 wounded.
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  • 25 2 WELLINGTON Tues. -M Labour taember I H of Represcrv Andertoi.. I private bill into I to try to abo'. punlshrm nt R; ill
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  • 24 2 The six memb I visiting British I I tary delegation I I the Singapore I X-Ray Club v "I members. J
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  • 377 3 THE WICKED THINGS ARE GONE SAYS GEORGI GEO BGI MALENKOV. L f^e? N Sovi?t d prirn. linl^r. last niKht impressed on leaders o5 Brl „,h Labour Party that Russia Was n( house in order and cleaning up the Z JJ Stalin regime. v c Vlces hour and a half the
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  • 91 3 MOSCOW, Tues. Ambassador Hayter, last Soviet pcoped the visit Bulpanin and v to Britain be beginning nd better era of •i n the two .fd move. Government entire teleradio broadrks to Sir bis speech 3 niet relaimbMMdoc to ever been portunity. said: "The visit of
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  • 23 3 D6COW. Tues. Marshal Soviet Prime reived Mar1■ h deputy chairmunist China. "warm and talk, the Soviet <a id —Reuter.
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  • 9 3 ISBURO, Tues. of Johannes- >Ed the million
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  • 35 3 LN Tues. Russia -lied an invita- of British Moscow, r-aused specu- iation that Soviet leaders may not want foreign visitors during the Stalin controversy and the disturbances in Georgia.— U. P.
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  • 51 3 MR. MALENKOV. Russian deputy Prime Minister, raises his glass with Lord Citrine, chairman of the Central Electricity Board (left) in the Soviet Embassy in London. The man on the extreme left is unnamed. Mr. Malenkov is in Britain to inspert electrical installations. A.P.
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  • 141 3 EDEN: CUT THE PRICES S LONDON, Tues. IR Anthony Eden last night appealed to British industrialists to stabilise prices and, where possible, bring them down. The Prime Minister was meeting representatives of the Federation of British Industries in the third of a series of talks on the country's economic situation.
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  • 41 3 AUCKLAND, Tues— Mrs. G. Heinrich. of Auckland, has established a world record by landing a 451 lb. blue marlin on an 801 b. line. It was the first blue merlin landed in New Zealand by a woman. Reuter.
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  • 36 3 BERNE. Tues. Mr. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, has sent a telegram of good wishes to the Swiss people on the tenth anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations betrveen the two countries. Reuter.
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  • 228 3 'INDIA PLOTS TO HALT U.S. AID* KARACHI, Tuesday. THE Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Mohamed Ali, A told parliament here last night that 10 Pakistanis had been killed and 18 hurt when Indian troops fired on a Pakistan border outpost during the previous night. He said:
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  • 159 3 Divorce in the test tube age... LONDON. Tues— A Gov-ernment-appointed commission which spent nearly three years investigating divorce in Britain today urged the prompt establishment of an official body which would try. through guidance and education, to prevent broken marriages. The commission made no sweeping recommendations regarding existing divorce practice
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  • 25 3 MOSCOW, Tues— Mr. Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Premier, left here by air today to attend Pakistan's republic day celebrations in Karachi. Reuter.
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  • 22 3 NEW YORK, Tuts.— A 6 lb. boy was born to actress Mamie Van Doren and bandleader Ray Anthony. A. P.
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  • 16 3 LAPAZ, Tues. The Cabinet of President Victor Paz Estenssoro of Bolivia resigned yesterday. A.P.
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  • 43 3 DOUGLAS. Cape Province. Tues. A 16-year old boy. Martin Visser. saved a school bus carrying 30 children when the driver collapsed and died at the wheel. The boy. sitting beside the driver, seized the handbrake and stopped the bus. Reuter.
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  • 36 3 LONDON, Tues.— Brigadier Pitzroy Maclean, Undersecretary for War, made it clear in the House of Commons yesterday that officers who did not carry out a recent War Office "anti-bull" order would be disciplined.— Reuter.
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  • 310 3 LONDON. Tues. STOCK MARKETS were leas certain today. Prices advanced during the morning but later receded from the best levels. Business was limited and it took little to move prices. Industrials were disappointing after good start. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS
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    • 233 3 A trip to the moon... AUCKLAND, Tues. A One visitor in 10 at the Astronomical Society's stall here wanted to buy a plot on the moon. There was even an offer from a land agent to sell title deeds of moon plots at five per cent commission. But the society
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    • 61 3 LONDON, Tues. Three Royal Air Force squadrons have now been equipped with Valiant atomic bombers. Britain's most powerful secret plane, it was disclosed here today. A fourth squadror. is being trained in their use. A single Valiant can carry greater hitting power than the whole of Britain's
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    • 26 3 MELBOURNE, Tues— Mr. Langton Stavely, the oldest practising lawyer in the Commonwealth when he retired five years ago, has died. He was 93. Reuter.
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  • 108 4 Neither fear nor favour... TVfR RICHARD CATLING, a ITA former Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police In the Federation, and now Police Commissioner In Kenya recently commended an Inspector who gave him an order Mr. Catling, in civilian clothes, was driving in Nairobi when the inspector stopped his car and asked
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  • 43 4 Sir Earle Page, who until recently was Australian Minister for Health, arrived In Singapore by air yesterday on his way to Karachi as the Australian representative at the Pakistan Republic Day celebrations. Sir Earle continues his journey today.
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  • 57 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman will be Deputy Mentri Besar of Johore, in place of Dato Beth bin Mohauied Said, who has gone on leave. Raja Omar bin Chik, District Officer, Kluang, has been transferred to Johore Bahru to act in Ungku Ismail's place
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  • 167 4 PRIEST SAW A MAN TAKE GODDESS' GEMS 7 shouted as he rushed out of the idol's room 9 PENANG, Tues. AN Indian priest told A the Sessions Court here today he saw a bald-headed man suddenly rush into a room and take some jewellery from a goddess. Abdul Rahman Kutty
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  • 156 4 Penang leader gives a warning PENANG, Tuesday. A FORMER Federal Legislative Councillor, Mr. Koh A Sin Hock, last night sounded a warning against anti-Chinese discrimination. "It is not generally known, but some of the newly-inde-pendent countries have been very discriminating against the Chinese," he said
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  • 36 4 The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Mr. D McLellan and the Principal Inspector of Chinese Schools. Mr. O. P. Darke, left Singapore by air yesterday for London on six weeks' leave.
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  • 143 4 'FILM STAR' NORMAH GOES ON A U.S. VISIT A MALAY housewife and politician from Kedah, Che Normah binte Kamaruddin, is among eight Malayans who leave for the United States this month for a threemonth visit on leadership grants. Che Nonnah. 29. will Interest herself In social welfare wort:, and political
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  • 53 4 The Singapore Assistant Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at an inquiry into the death of Wong Yin Foo, 30, who fell into the deep tank of a ship berthed at King's Dock on the night of Jan. 16. Wong was
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  • 27 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. inche Suki bin Abdul Kadir, State Elections Officer, has been appointed Assistant Secretary. Local Authority, in addition to his other duties.
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  • 181 4 12 days' OFF- 8 day,' p A BOUT 40 workers employed at A Tyresoles factory in Pasir Pam a go on a 12-day holiday from tomorrow J get only eight days' pay. While they are away the factory will be shut. It will I reopen
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  • 109 4 A CAUSTIC WORD FOR DOPE CASANOVAS A tra Mr terday had IZ^, I say about thl11 He said- "r and mistresses?^ ways i n aifflSaf just have to say Vf^ their men." h Mr. Deveita, r bourn made th, marks when h", ls £1 Dretty u^T Ping. 28, on a
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  • 23 4 The Singapore c M Adult Education lastdfl decided, aft I debate, to adjourn to I nual meeting to April 10. I
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    • 512 4 DA*** A **AY AVA C°m*«. "9.30 News. 9.45 Barrel RADIO MALAYA House. iO.OO The Goon Show, 10.30 U.OO Dance Music. •Profnunmes thus marked can PoolAMfil be received by listeners in Malacca. itCglOOai Short wave 49 A 62m. Medium fiIWrADADV wave 476 m.. S4S, 366 m. and 297 m. »**U»AlfOK«i A.M.
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    • 96 5 LOWER pEES BUT SLOWER WORK r.-.n^apore Public administer! wtestata and innd both simple Heated cases. The -i able therefor v than that would have to estate were adJjjilstcred by a private B although slightly will have to be lawyer, the estate, DTOlvCd one. is ip in a very short nost
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    • 89 5 The right to a name 11 Milution passed by Hutton Lane branch Penant u.m.n.o. special comment ..'.rioubtedly viewed Malays who are itlzena of this counat concern and t.ind taken by this strikea me as selfish ::iunal-minded. Thr resolution suggests Is country belongs to Historically distortion. ig h t has the
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    • 184 5 I VOTED at the last elec--1 and I was then in dependence for re, on the assumpat Singapore would become part of the Federation of Malaya. it is quite evident that the Federation will have us only on terms thich would probably be tnaoceptable to us. In view
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    • 403 5 VVHEN the Malayan inS ie p n a C y e ers° f EUrOpean o,££ r na J rellefs which are ?rnm° rkied for deduction from assessable Income JIT H e Jh? c tio 35 we£f£sd in light of the circumstances prevailing in the
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    • 464 5 •THE National Union of Plantation Workers are now putting forward quite absurd demands for increase in wages. These are: contract tappers from $3.75 to $6 minimum: check roll from $3.15 to $5 25: weeders from $2.50 to $4. Evidently, the bosses of the union have
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    • 137 5 JUSTICE IN JAKARTA I am surprised at the suggestion of Mr. K. E. Hllborne that both Mr. Marshall and Mr. Lee Kuan Yew should turn their attention to their next-door neighbour for the alleged deplorable manner in which Justice is being dispensed in that country. At a time when the
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    • 97 5 rpHE Broadcasting Department surely must have received news that all was not well at Kallang before the 7 p.m. news on Sunday evening. It is suggested that the withholding of any such news constitutes a serious dereliction of the Department's duty to the public. E.G.S. Singapore. (It
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    • 178 5 •THE letter from "Queen s Chinese" was really refreshing. I was talking to a Chinese schoolboy recently and he remarked that he wasn't particularly fond of one of his teachers. It eventually came out that this teacher had said that all the British In Singapore were "big
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    • 178 5 IT is high time the Traffic Branch in Ipoh got drwn to business regarding cyclists. The recent regulations mean nothing to the present day cyclists; they continue to rid^ three and four abreast in the main streets, cycle without lights, ignore traffic lights and signals and are
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 290 5 Straits Times Crossword 8 'O |H i? I|| T" i* 15 16 >f I 18 '9 HH 20 1 ?i 22 111 25~ I ACROSS 7 "Nor bowed to Its idolatries a 8 Old bird for a aoubie »ct <4>. patient <Byron) <4>. 9 Melton can't change— he's al- 14
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  • 58 6 NEW HOME FOR SURVEY DEPARTMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. ANEW three-storey Mock of Government offices is to be built on a 10-acre site in Gurney Road here. The site cost just over $230,000. The Survey Department will probably take over the first floor of the new building. Allocation of office space
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  • 105 6 Sunderlands off to 'hunt subs' EIGHT Sunderland flying boats of the British and New Zealand air forces thundered over Collyer Quay in formation yesterday before flying seawards to begin a series of anti-submarine exercises. This is the latest phase in •Exercise Monsoon,' 1 the grand scale air-sea manoeuvre now in
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  • 312 6 TWO HA YE QITTT AND MANY ARE PLANNING A LONG HOLIDA V GRUMBLES AT CITY BALL —THOSE AT THEIR JOBS SA V: 'MORE WORK FOR US' rONCERN is being expressed by Singapore City Councillors over the recent reduction in their ranks by resignations and by members going
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  • 173 6 TEN, INCLUDING A CYCLIST, WERE INJURED EIGHT children, one a girl, were injured yesterday afternoon when a car taking them to school overturned at the junction of Hindoo Road and Upper Perak Road in Singapore. Also hurt were the driver of the car and a passing cyclist. Seconds previously, the
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  • 157 6 NOT THE LICENSING AUTHORITY T"RE fixing of fares on Singapore Traction Com- pany and other buses will remain the function of the City Council and Rural Board when a new licensing authority is set up. Mr. R. W. Jakeman. acting Permanent Secretary for the Ministry
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  • 28 6 The Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will hold a public merdeka meeting under the "old apple tree" at Empress Place at 1.20 p.m. today.
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  • 94 6 A six-man trade union dele- gation yesterday asked the Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, if it was possible for two union representatives Ito accompany the merdeka mission to London as observers. The delegation, drawn from the National Convention of 'Trade Unions, called on Mr.
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  • 39 6 The Singapore Traction Company has started on a conversion scheme which will give its buses an allaluminium body. The company now has 15 all-aluminium buses on the roads. Another 68 will be similarly converted.
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  • 40 6 About 900 girls from Chung Hwa Girls' High School, Bartley Road, will join the Singapore X-ray Club this week. The club was recently formed to arouse public interest in the work of Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
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  • 57 6 Ng Koon Guan. a Koon Seng Road shopkeeper, was fined $250 for selling coffee powder of a quality below the minimum standards laid down by law. Mr. K. C. Chan, the magistrate, said that the 14 per cent difference In quality was Inexcusable and he
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  • 106 6 McNeice, Ho quit jobs body TWO members of the Malayanisation Commission who differed sharply from the rest, Sir Percy McNeice and Mr. Robert Ho, have resigned. The secretary of the Commission. Mr. Lee Slow Mong, said yesterday he was not surprised because Sir Percy and Mr Ho had pointed out
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  • 146 6 ORACLE DRUGS RACKET EXPOSED whic h they P >* °°uld cure tuh alQl by cosmic ray berc < This was reveal by the Mm£ r aie f d ft Mr A J- Br«'ga. M Mr. Braga sairi bogus, new-fa nn L" Al otof tary Chinese S2, pro P* coming here
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  • 66 6 Bail in film case Pang Yew Chuar. 11 I charged in a Singapore I yesterday with having I reels of obscene fllm I Smith Street on the I of March 19. Pang claimed trial and I I case was postponed to I 27. Bail was allowed. The magistrate. Mr JSI
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  • 27 6 Mrs. Lillian G. whose husband. M Scow Lin. a clerk, left he: three years ago. was gran:e: a divorce in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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  • 134 6 k HUSBAND and wife will compete for the $10,000 being awarded in the Stanvac economy run from Butterworth to Singapore starting on March 31. They are Mrs. Irene Lim, and Lim Peng Han, one of Malaya's best-known racing i drivers. Lim Peng Han will
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  • 172 7 Private tutors enjoy an un.n^.n^ boom ai- \n many firms I Malay I a 'must' j or senior staff gORE Knjrlish-speak- Ing people than u r a re learning a u r n;uiilar language, n ginpipore. the Governjaalism camrommercial too are ng their emstudy Malay :in. me
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  • 11 7 BAHRU, Tues anathan has been Health Officer for ■.ore.
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  • 118 7 of about 3.000 ore Government Uked the Direcr.nel. Mr J D. .speedy settleIr wage claims, nment has rethelr demands are msidered. A deannounced soon. The clerks are members of the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union and the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications
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  • 79 7 Morrison has tea between courses The visiting British I arhanirntary delegation had a Chinese lunch yrs-tt-rday with rommittre members of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan Siak Kew. pre.ident of the Chamber, said that it was an "informal Catherine" to enable the delegation to meet members of the
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  • 267 7 —by sympathetic magistrate 4 60-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday callI ed the "biggest hum- J bug in Singapore" by a j I Colony magistrate. The man. Ban Singh had for the past three months I failed to settle a fine for 1 being drunk. On four
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  • 72 7 $2,000 fine on illegal lottery man KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. KWOK CHENG HONG, 38. of Chow Kit Road, was today fined 52.000 here for assisting in the running of a 'chee fah" lottery. Mr. Santokh Singh, A.S.P.. prosecuting, said Kwok was arrested at Chow Kit Road on Nov. 8. In a
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  • 134 7 /CENTRES to facilitate the vv registration of pupils in primary classes In Government and aided English schools in Singapore will be jset up soon by the Education Ministry. Parents will not have to ro from school to school In search of vacancies. Centres will
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  • 51 7 Five retired Singapore postal employees with 170 years of service between them yesterday received valedictory letters from the Director of Posts, Mr. M. L. Durrant. They are Inche Mahmood bin Kiagos. Mr L.J. Lesslar (clerks), Inche Bakar bin Ahmad, Mr. G. Kannusamy and Mr. M. Manikam
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  • 55 7 The Singapore Government announced last night that March 31 will be the closing date for the submission of objections by the public to the Master Plan. Since details of the Plan were disclosed on Jan. 3 there have been a few individual objections and a protest
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  • 50 7 Chitambaram Oovindasamy pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of stealing a typewriter worth $720, belonging to the Army Civil Services' Union at Upper Serangoon Road. Bail of $1,000 was allowed and the case postponed for mention on March 27.
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  • 169 7 Students: Did you see them? TELL Mr. CHEW HAVE YOU any Information to show that Chinese school students took part in i the merdeka riots at Kallang in Singapore on Sunday? If you have, the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew I Swee Kee, would like to have lit. Mr. Chew
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  • 44 7 A carpenter's apprentice, Wong Boon Sin, 17, was jailed for 18 months by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday after pleading guilty to a charge of causing grievous hurt to a fellow worker, Koh Show Yee, 23.
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  • 195 7 Trisha man assaulted mother of 6, court told Vf ALACCA, Tues. The iTI President of the Sessions Court here, Mr. G.R.T. Chelvam, today committed Sidek bin Baehik to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of robbery and causing hurt to a pregnant woman. Sidek, a trisha rider,
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  • 61 7 A cyclist, Ang Seng Chian, 16. who was carrying a jar of acid on the pillion of his bicycle, was severely burned yesterday morning, when the jar burst and the contents splashed over him. The jab broke after Ang had collided with a trisha in South
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    • 86 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 4.17 am (7 ft. 8 In.) 7.34 p.m 16 ft. 3 in.); Port Diclcson l 01 a.m (6 ft. 3 in.) 1.22 p.m {b ft. 7 ln.>: Penang 9.24 a.m. (4 ft 6 in.) 8.57 p.m. i5 ft 6. in i. TOMORROW: Singapore 6.00 ajn. (7
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  • 45 8 20 Word* $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. PetroneMa Dragon thank all Friends ano Relatives who send Wreaths, llwiaf of Condolence, Loaned Care and Attended the Funeral on 17.3.56 and also those who paid Night Visits and Rendered Assistance in all aspects.
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  • 148 8 to Wewdk $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. ITS THE WICK that does the trick! Which wick? Why Air- wick, the 100 Air-freshener. All good dealers stock it. BE WISE COWANISE let US destroy your rats
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  • 54 8 10 Words tit (minimum). WILKINS. Jack, Patrick, Kenelm of Myrtleti.ile Estate, Ringlet at Ipoh, on the 16th March 1956 In his sixty sixth year. APPAN: Mi. T. V. Appan passed ana,- peaceful! on 20th March, at Oeneral Hospital. Cortege Leaves 47 Lorong G Telok Kurau at 11 ajn. 2lst
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  • 877 8 The State Times Singapore, Wed. Mar. 21, 1956. Problems Of Merdeka Singapore's party leaders are in remarkable agreement in their reaction to the merdeka rally riots. The riots were "unfortunate," but they must not be made an excuse for variation of the merdeka schedule. Meanwhile Mr. Marshall, as becomes a
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  • 290 8 There is only one interpretation of Mr. Khruschev's attack on Stalin, and the pro-Stalin demonstrations in Georgia and Armenia, which makes sense. There is now genuine collective leadership in Russia, and the opportunity has been seized to destroy dramatically and finally the Stalinist cult. There were
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 408 8 Small group out for trouble IN your issue of March 20 you published a tribute from myself to the conduct of the Police at Kallang on Sunday in which you quote m« as saying two or three thousand people, all young including some Chinese students in school uniform, attempted to
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    • 93 8 IN answer to S. Ramachandra I would like to point out to him that because we are Christians, we put unwanted animals out of their misery. It's not 'only Britishers also on the Continent unwanted stray animals are rounded up by the police and, if not claimed
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    • 151 8 rpHE Straits dollar Is at A present one of the most stable currencies In the world After merdeka Is the Straits dollar going to retain Its present value? Singapore can be virtually by-passed as a port with the development of Port Swettenham and Prai. The
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    • 191 8 MANY hundreds of people passing along the Seremban-Kuala Pilah Road In connection with the royal wedding at Sri Menanti must hav e seen another aircraft piled up in the undergrowth at the end of Paroi Camp, only a few feet from the road. Many, also, must have been
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    • 382 8 Communism is waiting to move in for the kill mHERE is something very 1 unpleasant about our merdeka movement. Aa each day passes, more and more of the evils associated with it are becoming evident. Communism has been and is always behind the scenes and is only awaiting the kill
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    • 210 8 worse ROUND THE CORNER. I AM appalloft tv bors of the have attempted down the ii Sundaj g has be« sham the Anybody wrspectivp that, if o nism ca n break targe o] in* intrndPd as stration o, wards a common! worse dli around the corner sions when conflict nion
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    • 36 8 IF you agree with our present ChM Minister. Mr. David Marshal!, you are i patriot. II you dii him you are a ci coward and a tl us from mrrdoka. TAN KIM TIE. Singapore.
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 115 8 WHO is David Marshall trying to fool? I recently saw a screening of the Federation's Merdeka Mission to London, and the twittering, ribald laughter and caustic comments which greeted every cry of "merdeka" on the screen would have made Mr. Marshall blush but then, we all
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      • 78 8 THE people of Singapore should be grateful to the hooligans who rioted at Kallang. Grateful to them for permitting th# visiting British Parliamentary delegation a preview of merdeka under the present administration. Now the British delegation can see clearly who are the people supporting David Marshall for
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      • 94 8 Misguided leaders PEACE LOVING citizens of this country have seen chaos, arson, riots and murder which we thought would disappear with the Japanese. We were mistaken. The Kallang incident has shown us clearly the true meaning of mob-rule under our weak-kneed and misguided politicians. A handful of well-trained, young, courageous
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      • 68 8 IN the Sunday Times editorial: "We Think," an accurate forecast of the very sort of people that attended the rally was given, and many are grateful today for reading It as a warning and wisely remaining at home. I'm sure the Parliamentary delegation has now an idea
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      • 198 8 IT is indeed a stunning thought, that the people on whom the future government of Singapore may descend are the very people who today are behaving in such lunatic and irresponsible manner in their schemes of giant rallies, mass soliciting of the illiterates and placarding of this
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      • 64 8 I AM resident of a P.A.P. dominated area. The signature co 1 1 ec 1 1 n g campaign is entrusted to youths who I believe, were behind the riot last year. Knockings at the door by these youths during the night are very undesirable,
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      • 156 8 Would not take 'no' AS you have rightly pointed out. Mr. Marshall's "referendum 1 is a farce. The other day a supporter called on me for my signature. Without handing the book to me he asked for my confirmation that I would signify "yes." I refused to do so, and
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  • 41 9 LUMPUR, Tues. i committee of > Cham- mmerce is to meet i I huradajr for one of I important policy i meetings. The main Item for discussion is a recommendation that multi-lingualism be introduced in the Federal Legislative Council.
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  • 549 9 Kilt, muwnr lU,.* tmMt appn c^ IPOH, Tues. i _'ii-\ ear-old girl m t'pt in the f] (i rh Cotui here tojj ;j when she was irensed of murderj nl 'the other *omarT in a love triangle. Chonn Moi ged to have a
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  • 73 9 PORT SWETTENHAM. Tues. TWO seamen were drowned 1 when a tongkang overturned 40 miles from here on Sunday. A third man saved himself by clinging to the capsized craft He managed to right the boat and sailed for Indonesia. One of the drowned men was
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  • 42 9 Down the tin output KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation's tin output dropped last month. Production of tin concentrates was 103 272 piculs compared with 123 393 piculs in JanuaryIt contained 4.629 tons of tin metal against 5,531 tons in the previous month.
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  • 36 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A total of $5,923,501 was deposited in the Federation Post Office savings bank last month. It exceeded withdrawals by $323,424. During the month 5,551 new acounts were opened.
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  • 37 9 BATU GAJAH. Tues.- A new Malay settlement will soring up half a mile from the railway station here by the end of this year. The Perak Government is spending $40,000 on the settlement.
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  • 146 9 A SAILOR WHO SUCKS HIS THUMB ALL DAY Gunnar's smile wipes away the Captain's frown Gunnar Muhlmann, of the T>anish freighter Michael Jebsen, is the captain's pet. He's easily the most pampered sailor in the history of navigation. Does he polish the brass or scrub the deck? Not on your
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  • 261 9 LAWYER SAYS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ELSEWHERE Kl'AIfA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 4 LAWYER alleged here today that the Federation Government, "unlike the government of every other civilised country," made no provision for the poor. He was Mr. S.K.S. Peddie. appearing in the Second Magistrate's court for 56 squatters
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  • 103 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T*HE general manager of Fraser and Neave Ltd., 1 arrived from Singapore to attend today's negotiations between union representatives and the company to end the strike at its local factory. But the talks ended wltnout a settlement being reached. Negotiations will
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  • 26 9 BATU GAJAH. Tues— The funeral took place today at Malim Nawar of Mr. Khoo Seng Cheang. 66. chief clerk of the Anglo-Oriental Mining Company.
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  • 25 9 IPOH. Tues. Fifteen wardresses from various prisons in the Federation will undergo a nine-week course at the Prison Training Depot in Taiping.
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  • 48 9 RAUB, Tues.— The man who won the first prize of $170,000 in the Selangor Turf Club's recent million-dollar sweep today gave $3,500 to charity. He is Mr. Kong Chap Sun. of Raub. The money Is for Chinese schools and charity organlsa- tions.
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  • 56 9 PORT SWETTENHAM. Tues. —Two sailors failed to join their ship, the Elizabeth Bakke, when she left port yesterday. They were Derrick Graham and Gerald Baltzer. both Canadian citizens. The ship's agents today informed the immigration authorities, and the police started looking for them. Up
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  • 281 9 TWICE RENOUNCED RAJA TO LEAVE KUALA LUMPUR, 1V Tues. Raja Saidatul Ishan, first wife of the Raja Muda of Selangor, disclosed today that she had been renounced for the second time by her husband. This happened a few hours before the Raja Muda
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  • 84 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. An emergency meeting of all branches of the Selangor Division of the Labour Party of Malaya is to be held on Sunday to discuss the suspension of the division by the party's National Executive Council. The council at a meeting in Ipoh on March
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  • 66 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Ibrahim Cheng Tsln Yen. 54, a Chinese Muslim, was yesterday acquitted by the Second Magistrate's Court here on a charge of defaming Fan Hoi, manager of the Sungei Way Chinese School committee. It was alleged that on Aug. 16 last year Chen issued
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  • 22 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Kuala Lumpur branch of the United Commercial Bank will be officially opened on Thursday at noon.
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  • 134 9 First a welcome then a protest J£UALA LUMPUR, Tues. Thousands of padi planters in the Tanjong Karang "rice bowl" of North Selangor are organising a big welcome for the Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Lshak. who is to visit them on Thursday. But after the welcome is i
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  • 205 9 Work to rule may spread Xl ALA LVMPI R, Tuesday. TWE situation at Port Swettenham, where 570 dock workers have beer working to rule since Friday worsened today. The railway administration is unloading only essential cargoes. i i Several ships are calling at Singapore or Penang
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  • 50 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Trainees at the Federation Police Depot here gave displays of riot and ambush drill today for South Vietnam's Director-General of Police, Gen. Ngoc Le. Gen. Ngoc Le and three senior Vietnam police officers arived today to study police methods in the Federation.
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  • 87 9 PENANCJ. Turs EURASIANS here will meet tomorrow to discuss their position in an independent Malaya. Mr. Shelley. Federal Legislative Councillor and President of the Pcnanj; Eurasian Association, will preside. "There are about 3,000 Eurasians in Prnanr and 1 hope everyone will
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  • 133 9 Penang CPO says 'things are better' PENANG. Tues. rE Emergency situation had improved a great deal in Penang this y<*ar Mr. S. B. J. Donaldson, Chief Police Officer, said today on the eve of his retirement from Malaya. Mr. Donaldson estimated [there were still 41 Communist terrorists on Penang; Inland
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    • 658 10 TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAVE 'THE boys froze against the wail hardly daring t o breathe as the torch light flickered towards them. Surely the man was bound to spot them at any moment. But their luck was in this time for the light suddenly swung back into the stone chamber
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    • 120 10 The four scouts are camping by the sea. Gurchan i Singh buys a model ship from the village and later that I i day he is captured by a Mr. Lee who demands the ship I i back. Fortunately Gurchan Singh has hidden it and refuses
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    • 243 10 Dear Boys and Girls. Here *re the six winners of our colouring contest in which you were also asked to supply the missing parts of the drawing. Sim Boon Hoe. 828 Pas.r Panj a n g Road, Singapore 5, Zainab Awang, 1 2 lalan A.
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    • 290 10 "THERE were two policemen on duty outside the. Westminster Central Hall when I went there recently to see the National Stamp Exhibition. This was merely a courtesy precautionary measure, for inside the hall itself there were plenty of plain clothes men from Scotland Yard,
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  • 1403 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES. Cranmer at the stake inspired new church Martyr who died unflinchingly LIKE ALL great faiths that have endured through the centuries the Church of England had its martyrs. This day, f our hundred years ago, the foremost of them and the greatest, Thomas Cranmer, died fearlessly
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 127 11 Rex Morgan, 3M.D. Taking care at Dick Tracy Tracy afloat g=-t^-^4^^S K TWE ONLY \m* YOU CAN I W^LE TRACY KNOCKED I I "CAN'T SEE MUMF3LES Tl li'l 7^^ rt p^* b^ AREA Is RDC? ME BCEATVILESS BY TWE FALL COULOJT DO MUCH ABOUT SAM TO AL— WE MAVE YOUR
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  • 578 12 BETTER VOLUME OF BUSINESS DONE IN LOCAL SHARES By Our Market Correspondent WHILE tin shares eased on the local share market yesterday, due to profit-takinjj after the firmness in this section on Monday, industrials were well supported. In the industrial section prices were more than fully maintained and a better
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  • 145 12 April first grade rubber buyers f.e.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 97% cents per tb. up oneeighth of a cent on Monday's closing price. The rinsing tone was quiet. Clos'i? prices in cents per tb were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b h u «"s fi* I sellers 98
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  • 51 12 The Selangor and Pahang Rubber Trades Association has agreed to the proposal that Saturday be observed as a full holiday in the Malayan rub'oer market. The suggestion was first made at a luncheon in Singapore for Mr. W. H Lockwood. former president of the Natural Rubber Bureau in
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  • 158 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- change: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Copra: quietly steady; April $28' buyers. $28 S sellers; May j $28' buyers. $28. sellers. Coco- nut oil: steady: bulk $41 3 sellers; drum $44 sellers. Pepper: steady; Muntok white $126, Sara- wak $125. special Sarawak black
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  • 69 12 COLOMBO Tues— The Ceylon Government has introduced a fertiliser subsld" to encourage widespread use of fertilisers on coconut estates and small holdings. An announcement said the Government would make an outright payment of half cost of fertilisers in the case of small holdings (coconut ;ands of
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  • 93 12 Ships lylnif mlonfslde the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Oranje 12, .Mellskerk 45. Palchol C.P., Akagi•■»n Maru 6 7, Mat arum 89, Benreoch 11, Demodocus 13 14. Idomeneus IS 16, Qltnartney 18. Sttrickbank 19 20. Peterzwel 22. j-arui 23. Scudal 24. Polypheneu.s 'ii 26, Bradeverett 29
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  • 26 12 On the free ci K Hong Kong dollar was cni.ted s« and 5.87', v r Sterling w a.-, mjoted I one tartof n 1
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    • 454 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS 1 APPLICATIONS are Invited for temporary employment as a technician in the Virus Laboratory, Institute for Medical Research. Part-time work may be acceptable, secretarial experience an advant- age. Inclusive salary according to i qualifications and experience, to a maximum of $300 pjn. Apply with details to Director, Institute
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    • 461 12 NOTICES RANTAU TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Directors of this Company have declared an Interim Dividend No. 23 of 10 cents per share less Malayan Income Tax 30'; in respect of the year ending 30th June 1956. Such Dividend
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    • 469 12 NOTICES THE NYALAS RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 10 per cent less 30 per cent Income Tax in respect ot the year ending i 31st May 1956 will be paid to shareholders on the Register on the
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    • 786 12 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE Tender* will be received at the office of the Superintendent of Education. Kedah/Perlis, Alor Star, up to noon on the 2«th of March. 1956, for the supply of furniture for Malay Schools. 1 Pull particulars may obtained from the office of the Superlntendient of Education, Kedah/Perlts. P.W.D.
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  • 68 14 DUBLIN. Tues. Mr. Linnett, one of the Irish-trained contingent, will not run in the Grand National on Saturday. He rapped himself at work and his trainer, Charley Rogers, decided after a veterinary examination that it would be impossible to run him. Also scratched: Sun Clasp. LONDON.
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  • 508 14 EPSOM JEEP REPORTS ON THE TRACK WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH DOES DAY'S BEST GALLOP AFTER HIS SHORT SPELL RACK ON the active 0 list after a brief let up, MAZOOKA, winner of the P O Cup under 9.8, showed plenty of galloping zest on the
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  • 345 14 SANDOWN II and CINEMA 111, two well-performed newcomers who will make their bow in Malayan racing at the Easter Meeting at Bukit Timah, showed galloping ability on the training track yesterday morning. Easy action Sandown II showtd a nice,
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  • 254 14 LONDON. Tues. PRISKY SCOT, a Hghtly- weighted four-year-old colt, had a host of backers for tomorrow Lincolnshire Handicap at last nights Victoria Club callover. Support to win £16.000 brought Frisky Scot's odds tumbling from 20 to one to clear second favouritism at 100 to seven
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  • 87 14 SYDNEY, Tues. The Sydney trainer. Jack Green. Is preparing to contest major races In t" 1 United States next year with Ms small but select team of horses. "I consider our horses the equal to any In America", he raid. Green will be the first
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  • 33 14 KINOSTON Tues. Emilio Sanchea, ex-Ughtwelght champion of Honduras, won a unanimous decision over Kid Banga, of Jamaica, In 15 rounds to win the Jamaica lightweight boxing championship on Saturday night. A.P.
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  • 85 14 JOHN LANDY. world inn, record holder (3rnin. 58sec). competing at a new distance in the Australian athletic championships, won the Three Miles at Melbourne on Mar. 12 in 13min. 42.25ec. Above world Six Miles record holder Dave Stephens is leading Landy and L. Trigs; of
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  • 387 14 ITNDECIDED. with Jackie Jones up. got a track to her liking and went like a winner when she galloped 3f. in 36 3/5 at Bukit Tim a h yesterday morning. On this gallop Undecided must have a great chance in the Class 2.
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  • 50 14 WORCESTER. Tues. A Birmingham racegoer scopped the tote double pool at thp National Hunt meeting here yesterday to win 6 1.359. 9s. for hi s ten shill- ing stake odd--2.718 to onp He was the only punw'j couple Inglebv '25 to I'an- Coup dEi R^utc-
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  • 270 14 Class Four gallopers break 38 for 3 By XI S() M IH> B ALKAN CHEvJ* smart-ioo k F b y Prime pk R G «>den Us Chev au? start winner 'J* 5* gSES mornin" y ster fo Balkan Chevalier «k up. showed oood siS tryout with Rom^"* returning 37 v?,
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  • 47 14 MEXICO ru«.-&* won f !ie Pan-American championships yesterday holding Argentina to a J-J i the final game. Brazil finished thi tournament With four view:* 4 cue draw. Argentli I and three Ues, an I Rica finished Hill Mexico tied for fourth Chile fintsh.-d Last—A*
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  • 414 16 ONE major upset marked the start of the annual FARELF Individual boxing championships at Tanglin gymnasium last night when 12 preliminaries and three semi-finals were decided. This upset was in the semi-finals of the lightweight division when the favourite. Pte Webster <30 Bn. RAOC
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    • 289 16 Cold brought on leg trouble again, he says ONG POH LIM (35) THINKS HE'S MADE HIS LAST TRIP TO LONDON LEFT Singapore completely well but the cold here has brought on my leg muscle trouble again," Ong Poh Lim told Max Robertson in a 8.8.C. interview after the AllEn gla
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    • 209 16 MALAYANS TO PLAY IN INDONESIAN TENNIS TOURNEY A MALAYAN tennis team, comprising Lim Hee A Chin, Khong Kit Soon and Moses Tay, will leave Singapore by Garuda Airways next Wednesday for the Indonesian national championships, which will be held at Semarang this year. The Malayan champion, Ong Chew Bee, is
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    • 229 16 rTHE SOUTH team to A meet North in their annual fixture at Penang over the Easter holidays (Mar. 31. Apr. 1 and 2) will be named on Monday. The delay in the selection Is because the Negri Sembilan Cricket Association have not submitted
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    • 76 16 Blue Rovers beat Setia Jaya 6-2 in a S.A F A Div. 3B league game at Oeylang yesterday. Ismail 1 41. Kam in and Basri scored for Blue Rovers and Kadir and Madon for Setla Jaya. In another Div. 3B game at Parrer Park. Windsor
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    • 92 16 BERLIN Tues. Emil Zatopek, triple Olympic gold medallist in 1952, said in East Berlin last night he would defend two of his titles 10.000 metres and Mara'hon in this year's Olympic Games at Melbourne in November. He also holds the 5.000 metre- title. Zatopek told an
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    • 31 16 FINN KOBBERO of Denmark congratulates Malaya's EDDIE CHOONG after the final of the All- England badminton singles on Saturday which Eddie won 11-15. 15-3, 15-11 A.P. picture.
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    • 275 16 It's a fight against relegation for Stars this season OTAR SOCCERITES, the glamour team of the Singapore football league compeition in 1954, have fallen on very hard times. For the third time In the first division of the league this season, they were trounced yesterday at Jalan Besar stadium, this
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    • 196 16 All-rounders in tour side show form LAUNCESTON, Tues. T*HE ALL ROUNDERS in the Australian cricket team to visit England this summer played a big part in the touring side's 229-run victory over Tasmania in a three-day match here. Tasmania, who needed 323 runs for victory, were dismissed for 93 today
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    • 116 16 R.AJ". Seietar won their second match In the United Services Div 1 league by beating Royal Signals 4-1 at Seietar yesterday. Jones. Proctor, Slavin and Cand. Un scored for Seietar while Bettringe replied for Signals. RAF Spartans beat RAF Athenians 3-0 in a Dlv. 2 game
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    • 24 16 Rajaji beat Naval Rangers 3-0 in a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park yesterday Chandran (2) and Oovindasamy scored lor Rajaji.
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    • 86 16 MELBOURNE. Tues Davis Cup selector Cliff Sproule will mar.-.pe the Australian Lawn Tennis team to play at Wimbledon and other overseas tournaments this year. He replaces Harry Hopman. team manager for many years, who is not available. The Australian Lawn Tennis Association, who appointed Sproule last
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    • 65 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Johore Ceylonese beat Rengam Planter's Club by 44 runs in a cricket friendly at Rengam. Ceylonese 200-8 dccl. is Moorthy 57, M. T Lingam 28. J. Wilson 26. Silveraloo 23 Alagacone 23 n.o Burton 3-44. Fowler 4-48). Rengam Planters 156 (Burton 50
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    • 56 16 Bt. Joseph's beat St. Andrew's 3-1 in an inter-school soccer match at Woodsvllle yesterday. Poo Cheng Theng (2.) and Chong Cho Seng scored for St. Joseph's and Wong Kui Hin for Saints. St. Michael's beat St. Anthony's "B" 5-0 at Thomson Road. Francis Chong (4)
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    • 184 16 BRIDGETOWN Barbados Tues— Barbados beat E. W. Swanton's XI by an Innings and 12 runs on the fourth and final day of their cricket match here. Scores: Barbados— s22 for eight declared. Swanton's XI 262 and 248. Michael Stewart (Surrey) and Hubert Doggart (Sussex)
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    • 146 16 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. XJUBERT ESSAKOW. who was Xi knocked out by Willie Toweel In a lightweight boxing contest here last night, was s' ill unconscious 12 hours aTter the fight. His condition is critical. Basakow, a former South African amateur champion, was knocked out In
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    • 275 16 CAMBODIA TAR EARLY LEAD BUT LOSE 7-4 DENANG started the new sS^Srl" 1 victory over the Cambodians on Green here today. This was the Camh^ successive defeat. They had lost 9-2 to m Asian Soccer Competition and had ber^ by the Malayan Chinese F. A. Playing with beautiful i combination,
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    • 146 16 oi the Selangor t,,.^^[ expected tj be re£J the November-r> this year snjd rw? T =>Rb Thuraisinjham t h ,H S;r *> the adjourn™ a^£>^ meeting of the Club hey 11 The meeting Dad b. on Feb. 28 or. a J,!* gardin K acccp
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    • 27 16 LONDON, Tues. t»o tn Tout A l'Heure ar.d Valimt &2 have been officially the Grand National steahZ which will bo run atS Liverpool, ne
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    • 142 16 LONDON, Tues. BIRMINGHAM CITY, the Midlands club, were made 11-to-8-on favourites to win the English Football Association Cup when bookmakers met at the Victoria Club here last night. Birmingham, who have never won the coveted trophy, meet Manchester City in the final at Wembley on May 5. The
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    • 52 16 BOXING FARELF individual rhampionships (semi-flnmli). TanfUn, 8 p.m. SOCCER FRIENDLY': Jacks v Mercantile Bank Farrer Park. NETBALL INTER -GIRLS' SCHOOL: Group "A": St. Margaret's v Paya Lebar, Tanjon* Katong 4.45: St. Joseph's v Hartley, Tanjong Katonr.. 5.20; Groa» "B" Kno Chuan v Tanjong Katong. S.M.S.; 4.45; Methodist v Siglap. S.M.S..
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