The Straits Times, 2 May 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1*56 15 CENTS
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    TRIPLE CONTROL PLAN
    669 1 SAFEGUARDS... IN CASE OF A COMMUNIST COUP 1 New proposals envisage Prime Minister, Governor-General AMD a British High Commissioner Merger with Federation -THEN A REAL STEP FOR WARD From HARRY MILLER LONDON, Tuesday. Til! Singapore delegation to the constitutional talks with the Colonial Office today proposed the
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    Lock icon I'd rather be a servant in the house of the Lord...'
    136 1 I'd rather be a servant in the house of the Lord LEXINGTON (Virginia), Tue.<; -Senator Alben William Barkley collapsed and died while making a ned) to university students here today. X:. Barkley. 78, (at left above with Mr. Harry Truman i, was Vice-President irom 1949 to 1952. He had served
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    A FLAG . MARKS MAY DAY
    78 1 A FLAG MARKS MAY DAY f\NE Communist flag was \J found- by- the police hanging among some buntings at a Chinese wayang stage in Boon Teck Road, Singapore, yesterday. The police aL'o found some subversive documents written in Malay. The documents are being studied. Apart from the flag and the
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    Lock icon Missionary in plane crash
    78 1 Missionary in plane crash KUALA BELAIT (North Borneo) Tues. An Australian flying missionary escaped from a crash which wrecked -his plane when he landed on a "pocket handkerchief" airstrip in a remote jungle area of Sarawak yesterday. Reports reaching here today gave the name of the pilot as Bruce Morton,
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    Lock icon New air link
    22 1 I TOKYO, Tues. Japan Air |*w announced today it pis to inaugurate a flight to wgkok in September.— A.P.
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    Doctor dies at sea
    53 1 Colonel W. F. Cooper, medical officer in charge of officials at the Singapore General Hospital, died suddenly at sea, according to a message received yesterday. Col. Cooper and his wife left Singapore in the Chusan on April 10 for a holiday in Japan. The Chusan arrives
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    Family of 21 pack up and are off to Britain
    390 1 Family of 21 pack up and are off to Britain FATHER NEEDS A CHANGE, SO DONT-PART-US STEPHENS DECIDE TO GO WITH HIM KLANG, Tuesday. rpwENTY-ONE members of one of the first EurasA ian families to settle in the Klang district will leave Malaya on Friday to live in England. And
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    MacGillivrays are back
    29 1 The Federation's High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, CiTlved in Singapore yesterday after a four-week holiday in Australia and New Zealand. He was accompanied by Lady MacOilllvray.
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    Lock icon Gaza pact
    34 1 JERUSALEM, Tues.— lsrael and Egypt have agreed to a plan for United Nations observation posts to be set up along the Gaza strip border, a United Nations communique reported here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Forced to land
    27 1 JERUSALEM. Tues. A Royal Dutch Airlines Dakota on charter to Egypt was fore- ed by Israeli fighters to land at Lydda airport today.— UP.
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    10 HURT IN GRENADE OUTRAGE
    379 1 Bomb flung into crowded restaurant IPOH, Tues.— Terrorists last night flung a band grenade into a crowded restaurant in Sungei Siput, 18 miles north of here, and injured 10 people —four Australian servicemen. thr«e Asian police inspectors and three civilians. The injured inspectors are Mr
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    Lock icon Russia insists
    38 1 LONDON. Tues.— The Soviet Government has established an award of a gold medal for "outstanding scientific achievements" to mark the 50th annlversarv of the Invention of radio by "the «reat Russian scientistPopov", Moscow Radio said Reuter.
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    Trader, 51, fights off two thugs
    204 1 NIGHT ATTACK IN LONELY DRIVE A 51-YEAR-OLD merchant fought off two thugs last night after they had beaten his drivel: unconscious in a lonely drive off the 7} milestone, Bedok Road, Singapore. Mr. Chua Boon Chye of McCallum Street, and his 52-year-old driver. Ng
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    Tengku Abu Bakar dies in London
    106 1 Tengku Abu Bakar dies in London From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Tues.— Tengku Abu Bakar, second son of the Sultan of Johore. died today after an operation in the London Chest Hospital. He was 58. A Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Tengku Abu Bakar will be remembered as
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    Lock icon Equal pay
    29 1 GENEVA. Tues.— The Soviet Union has endorsed the Drtnciple of equal pay for men and women for work of equal value, it was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Italy expects...
    15 1 ROME. Tues.— ltaly expects 12 million tourists to visit Rome this year.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 'Yes' or 'no' at next session
    163 1 'Yes' or 'no' at next session LATEST ON THE TALKS LONDON, Tues.—Today's merdeka conference lasted only 15 minutes. Mr Marshall told reporters as he left the meeting: "I am very satisfied with the unity displayed by my delegation today." He said that the next meeting would be held either on
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    For first time
    33 1 TOKYO, Tues. Salk polio vaccine— enough to immunise 200 infants has been shipped to Japan and was used for the first time yesterday at the First National hospital here.— AJ».
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      153 1 W THE STORY YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR— NOW THE DUCHESS TELLS ALL U {ABDICATION SECRETS! K f\ID THE DUCHESS of WINDSOR by the only. woman in the world Of the Abdication drama, the «ff ieally BELIEVE cue could *h° c n B ive tnem re "bout to Ouchess says: "Np
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    Lock icon Synthetic: The big peril
    393 2 MAN-MADE RUBBER HAS THE TONNAGE LEAD, CLAIMS GOODRICH CHIEF Only a part can be met by 'natural* SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. fRUDE RUBBER has lost its tonnage leadership to synthetic rubber in the U.S. economy, Mr. William S. Richardson, President of B. F. Goodrich Company, told the
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    U.S. wants death for drug peddlers
    131 2 U.S. wants death for drug peddlers WASHINGTON. Tues. A SPECIAL Senate judiciary sub-committee has called for the death penalty for narcotics peddlers in a Bill to "declare war" on the illicit drug traffic. The Bill would outlaw the use of heroin, even for medicinal purposes and provide penalties ranging from
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    Lock icon STAR IS ACCUSED OF 'LOVE THEFT'
    175 2 STAR IS ACCUSED OF 'LOVE THEFT' Her lawyer says Til clean up this whole ridiculous mess 9 NEW YORK, Tues —Film star Martha Raye, who is being sued for. alienation of affections by a young housewife, Is also to be sued for divorce by her husband Edward Begley, 30, the
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    Lock icon Car production in low gear
    48 2 DETROIT, Tuea. United States car production from Jan. 1 to yesterday was estimated today at 2,291,537 vehicles 604,000 fewer than in the same period of last year. Chevrolet, the cheapest car In the General Motors range, was the leader with 622,279 vehicles. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Jap cold snap
    23 2 TOKYO. Tues.— A cold wave which hit Honshu, main Japanese island, last night caused frost damage to mulberry trees.— Heuter.
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    U.S. must spend
    40 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Mr. Harry A. Bullis, chairman of the Board of General Mills, Inc., said today that in the economic cold war with Russia, the United States must spend and Invest "billions of dollars" more abroad. AJ».
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    Lock icon Red light tally
    26 2 SEOUL Tues. There are 50,000 prostitutes in South Korea, according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs. A.P.
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    18 2 OTTAWA, Tues. Field Marshal Montgomery will pay a three-week informal visit to Canada this month.— UP.
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    EARL LOSES 58-YEAR RECORD
    89 2 EARL LOSES 58-YEAR RECORD LONDON. Toes.— Earl Howe, 72 yean eM. had his first motoring conviction in 58 yean of driving at Beaeonsfleld, Buckinghamshire, when he was fined 5.% for falling to stop after an accident and failing to report it. "We are reluctant to sp»U such a record," said
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    Lock icon Camera in law suit
    105 2 HeclaimsSHmillion HOLLYWOOD. Tues. Itaiian-bom former heavyweight basins champion Primo Camera yesterday sued Columbia Pictures for U851,500,000, charging invasion of privacy in the film "The Harder They Fall." The giant ex-champion conUnds the picture has caused him to be subjected to scorn and ridicule, and that as
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    Brigadier's car 'no greyhound'
    95 2 Brigadier's car 'no greyhound' astonishing state nf that if MaW p ou n f d wanted to overtake th Radier he was not \1 «>- He said his car 4^ capable of travellfnj^ miles an hour if KOl > il that is so t -k think he had better buyfe
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    Lock icon Red gold hoard
    34 2 LONDON, Tues. Rujy now has gold reserves S about 200 million fine ounce worth £2,500.000,000 accord ing to an estimate today one of the world's bigger firms of bullion dealers" Reuter
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    Lock icon Insecure Ceylon
    29 2 COLOMBO. Tues.-Ceylo:.' new Socialist novernse:: today abolished the Deparment of Public Securo created last year on the Ike of Britain's M. I. 5 counte espionage organisation. Reuter
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    Lock icon 8 picked up
    29 2 ROME, Tues. Eight me who fled from Yugoslavia I: a motor-boat have been picked up in the Adriatic by c Italian cutter and landed;: Ancona. Reuter.
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    FORMER BOXER SHOT 9 TIMES
    243 2 NEW ORLEANS. Tues. A FORMER boxer, Leonard Ceaser, 33-year-old rape suspect, was shot nine times yesterday during an attempt to escape a police trap. As he lay paralysed from the waist down, he muttered that he was "too tough to die."— U.P. WASHINGTON: The International
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    MAJOR TOLD: BUY YOURSELF a SCOOTER
    275 2 MAJOR TOLD: BUY YOURSELF a SCOOTER Qnfr 3Q m.pJi^-downhlH, with wind LONDON, Tu^ TF, said a judge yesterday, the major s ea 1 not overtake the brigadier's car, the m*Z to buy himself a scooter. JOr «*k An Old Bailey Jury took eight minutes t« 60-year-old Brigadier George Fothergin ei'ip^'
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    Ex-leader dies
    14 2 BONN, Tues.— Former Field Marshal Ritter Von Leeb, 78, has died here.-^AJ.
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    Lock icon MEN DON'T CHANGE...
    64 2 LONDON. Tues. Men followed girls in the 14th century much as they do now, it was revealed in a Salisbury court yesterday. Colin W. Leverton, 19. was bound over under a statute of 1361 to be of good behaviour for a year after admitting that he "did
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    Lock icon Glubb: The Red rape of Jordan
    259 3 THAT ART OF FAWKIMG TO FOES AMD IWFUMATPIC FMEMDS' <0B SPENT A FORTUNE: THEY WON IT F OR NOTHING' t ONDON, Tues. v S i r John Glubb, former chief of the \rab Legion, said yesterday that Jordan's friendship with Britain was stolen in
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    Lock icon Visit to U.S.
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. The Lord Mayor of London, Aid>Tman Cuthbert Ackroyd, intted here last night for a three-day official visit. Eeuter.
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    Lock icon Appointed
    21 3 CANBERRA. Tues. Mr. Patrick Shaw has been appointed Australian Ambassador to Bonn in succession to Mr j D.L Hood.— Reuter.
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    Brains of British tops, say students
    208 3 Brains of British tops, say students in THE dIKSE ME TIE lEST TOILERS TAIPEH, Tues. 'THE British are the 1 world's most intelligent people, in the opinion of a group of Chinese college students surveyed here by a visiting American professor. The students also thought their own race, the Chinese,
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    Lock icon May Day pardon
    27 3 BUENOS AIRES, Tues.— The Government released 250 minor Peronlsta labour leaders—former supporters of the deposed Dictator Peron— in a May Day eve amnesty. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Another dies
    26 3 JERUSALEM. Tues—Another Israeli soldier died yesterday after Sunday's mine explosion under a military vehicle near Nir Izhak village close to the Gaza border. AP.
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    Lock icon EX-NAVAL MAN IS FINED £36,500
    91 3 EX-NAVAL MAN IS FINED £36,500 KARACHI. Tues.— Joseph Napoleon Smyth, a British former lieutenant commander in the Pakistan Navy, was fined £36,500 and sentenced to three years' jail with hard labour here for misappropriating Pakistan Navy funds. Smyth. 47, changed his plea to guilty Just before the Judge sentenced him
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    Lock icon Royal birthday
    23 3 BRUSSELS. Tues. Japan's Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Ryujl TakeuchL last night gave a reception in celebration of the Emperor's birthday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon US$lOO,OOO for expert
    60 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. Mr. William F. Friedman, the IS Government's top expert •n codes, will get US$lOO,OOO wider a bill passed by the wnate and sent to President Eisenhower. The reward is intended to offset some of the money that Mr. Friedman, inventor and communications expert, might have
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    I AM A CROWN PRINCE, I AM 10-AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ALIVE
    38 3 I AM A CROWN PRINCE, I AM 10-AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ALIVE CROWN PRINCE Carl Gustav of Sweden is a keen gymnast and shows his paces on his 19th birthday, which was on Monday-— AJP. picture.
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    Lock icon EDEN'S A FLOP —GAITSKELL
    195 3 'Prices are up, prestige down 9 ONDON, Tues. Op- position leader, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, yesterday described the Tory Government's record last year as "deplorable." In a Labour Party golden jubilee message, Mr. Gaitskell said that Sir Anthony Eden's policy had failed to Improve the internal or
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    Lock icon Ike's guest
    21 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— President Soekarno of Indonesia will arrive here on May 16 as the guest of President Elsenhower.— U.P.
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    Lock icon THE DUKE APPEARS ON TV
    71 3 LONDON, Tues.— The Duke of Edinburgh last night gave the first live televised broadcast by any member of the Royal Family to mark the 21st anniversary of the formation of the Central Council of Physical Recreation. The Duke, president of the council, spoke on "Active
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    LONDON STOCKS
    70 3 LONDON, Tues. STOCK MARKETS today failed to respond to the overnight advance on Wall Street and with little else to help sentiment conditions once again were quiet and irregular. OUt-edged securities recovered from a dull -start and dosed with a number of small gains. Closing middle prices of
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    TIN
    23 3 TIN LONDON May 1.-Caah Bayers 1750; Sellers £751; Forward Bay era £749*: Sellers (749; Settlement 1751*. Turnover: am. tons; pja. 136 tons.
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    RUBBER
    22 3 LONDON. May I.—Spot 36 *d., June 36* d.. July-Sept MKd., Oct.-Dec. aSfcd., Jan.-Mar. 34% d., May d.f. M*»d. Tone: Barely steady.
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    Lock icon ORDERED HIS MEN ON DEATH MARCH
    115 3 ORDERED HIS MEN ON DEATH MARCH WASHINGTON, Tues. —The Marine Corps said today that Sgt Matthew McKeon was under the Influence of liquor when he ordered recruits on a night march In which six were drowned. His trial by court martial was recommended. A court of inquiry found that he
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    Admiralty hushes up death of daredevil George Medal frogman
    170 3 Admiralty hushes up death of daredevil George Medal frogman LONDON, Toes.— Britain's I most famous war-time frogman has been killed while making secret underwater experiments, the Admiralty announced yesterday after keeping the news hushed np for a A brief Admiralty announcement said only that Commander Lionel (Buster) Crabb "Is presumed
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    Britain grounds the veteran Yorks
    123 3 TWO KILLED IN LATEST CRASH LONDON, Tuesday. ffHE Air Ministry grounded as a troop carrier BriA tain's oldest transport plane, the four-engined York, after another crashed yesterday. The aircraft, loaded with servicemen and their families, crashed on take-off at Stansted airport killing a Royal Air
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    Lock icon The bard: A shock in sand
    74 3 The bard: A shock in sand r^fn«T-»HHR«T TUM. The American literary detective, Calvin Hoffman, opened a 500-year-old tomb today hoping to find documents that would prove that Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's plays and found only a pUe of sand. There were no documents In the ancient tomb at Scudbury Chapel.
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    ALL COOK TOGETHER TO BEAT THE REDS
    145 4 ALL COOK TOGETHER TO BEAT THE REDS IT AJANG, Tues.—Com1V munity cooking centres were set up in the Ulu Langat area of South Selangor today to prevent food going out to terrorists. The decision for communal kitchens was made by the State War Executive Committee. The move Is also to
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    SALLEH OFF TO GET NEW LIMBS
    66 4 SALLEH OFF TO GET NEW LIMBS Salleh bin Arrlfln. the 14--year-old Bukit Mertajam schoolboy who lost both arms and a leg in a train accident last year, left Singapore by BOAC for London yesterday. He is to receive medical treatment at Roehampton Hospital, London, and be fitted with artificial limbs.
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    Marriage on rocks —three reasons
    255 4 Marriage on rocks three reasons NO HOME, NO CASH. NO FURNITURE PRETTY Loh Yuen Chec. 32, made up her mind last December that she would never again live with her husband, Ong Swee Ouan, 34, an assistant librarian at the Teachers' Training College. Yesterday she sued Ong for i maintenance
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    St. John branch
    39 4 KUALA BELANOOR. Tues. —A resolution to open a district branch of the St. John Ambulance Association here was passed at a public meeting here yesterday. Another meeting will be held on May 26 to elect officials.
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    Fishermen to be organised
    46 4 Chinese fishermen on the coast of Sarawak, near Mlri, will soon be able to own their own boats and nets. The fishermen are being organised into a fishing Industrial co-operative society under the guidance of International Labour Organisation expert. Mr. Peter Goullart
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    Subway plan
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An allocation of $50,000 was approved by the Municipal Council last night for work on Malaya's first subway for pedestrians In Kuala Lumpur.
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    Ship is back
    21 4 The 2,795-ton freighter Negobla returned to Singapore yesterday with generator trouble 18 hours after leaving for Calcutta. i
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    Murder trial
    37 4 KUALA TRENGGANTJ, Tues. Deraman bin Mat Zain was committed yesterday for trial at the next Asslaes on a charge of murdering Jusoh bin Tahaya Baktl at Kampong Tok Muchong, Bu~ kit Payong, on March tt.
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    These BAs won't do says Chew
    299 4 *VAOOB STATUS OF CHINESE U. SPELLS TROUBLE^ NANYANG HAS NO RIGHT TO CONFER DEGREES THE Singapore Minister for Education, Mr. 1 Chew Swee Kee, said yesterday that Nanyang University degrees could not be recognised as qualifications for Government jobs. "The reason Is that Nanyang
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    $6,000 for boy who had to leave school
    91 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Toes.— A seven-year-old boy, Sulalman bin Baharuddln, was today awarded $6,000 damages for Injuries he received when he was knocked down by a car driven by Goh Seng Cheong, a merchant, on the Qombak Road hi March last year. Sulaiman,
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    High tides
    55 4 TODAY: Singapore 2.26 ajn (7ft. 91ns.) 4.02 p.m. (6ft. 61ns.); Port Dlckaon 10.14 ajn. (Oft. Mat.) 10.54 poa. (6«t 41m.) Penang 4.10 ajn. (sft. 21ns.) 3.55 pjn. (6ft.). TOMOKKOW: Singapore SJ.7 ajn. (7ft. 41m.) 5.06 p.m. (6ft. 5to».): Port Dtekson IUO *JB. (6ft. 41ns.); Penang 5.16 ajn. (4ft
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    FARM SHOW MAY BE PUT OFF
    70 4 SINGAPORE'S acting Chief O Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. said at a press conference yesterday that the island wide agricultural show might be postponed for two months. Mr. Chew said all the rural district committees felt that more time should be given to farmers
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    WOMAN ASKS MERCY, GIVES 9 REASONS
    121 4 A WOMAN hawker brought all her nine children to the Singapore City Court yesterday when she pleaded guilty to setting up ah unlicensed stall in Cavanagh Road. Nee Ah Yong asked the Magistrate. Mr. K. C Chan, to have pity on her because she
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    Stabbed and robbed
    54 4 Sufflah binte Haji Arif. 53. was stabbed and robbed of a gold bangle by a youth in Jervois Road, Singapore, yesterday. The attack took place as the woman was walking to a shop. Sufflah received injuries in the back. She was treated at the General Hospital and
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    No haircuts after 7 p.m.
    57 4 IPOH, Tues. The Perak Barbers' Association has decided that business hours should be from 8 ajn. to 7 p.m. from June 1. Barber shops do not dose at present till we)', past 9 pan. Air-conditioned shops will charge $2 for a haircut and shave, while
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    U.S. fellowship
    30 4 Dr. Ong Guan Bee, a surgeon at the Kowloon Hospital Hone Kong, whose family live hi Sarawak, has been awarded a 14-month travelling fellowship to the United States.
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    Charity bazaar
    35 4 The Inner Wheelers of Singapore will hold a bazaar and Jumble sale in aid of local charities at the Prebysterlan Church Hall in Orchard Road from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
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    This boy is missing
    67 4 This boy is missing The next day his mother, Madam Urn Fan Nya, received a letter from him which had bam posted in Terak rtnsim where Yong attend* the San Mm Middle School. He has not been teen since. Police are Investigating. TONO KOK KONG, 18. a schoolboy, told his
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    Mersing D.O.
    32 4 JOHORB BAHRU, Tues. inche Ooyub bin Manas has been appointed District Officer, Mersing, In succession to Ungku Mohamed Salleh, who has been transferred to Kluang. w m mm m m
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    WORTHS $40,000 THIS OPIUM IS NEW TO SINGAPORE
    100 4 WORTHS $40,000 THIS OPIUM IS NEW TO SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Custom, investigating an°s»« consignment of worth $40,000 which ft SfR d oar aVanin ft It was crude opium O f type unknown to sink pore, a Customs spoke!" man said. v KeiIn all it weighed lnnib ann was divided into ba£
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    2,000 avow loyalty
    64 4 IPOH. Tues.-The NortH Malaya Commercial and Industrial Employees' Union today pledged their loyalty to Malaya and full support to the Chief Minister in the fight for Independence. Two thousand members, laeluding hundreds of women, today celebrated Labour Day at the Jubilee Cabaret with i tea party. Mr.
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    CURB L-DRIVERS PLEA
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Municipal Council waj asked last night to ban learner drivers from using roads v busy parts of the town. The President, Mr. A. D. York, said that he would take the matter up with the Road Transport Department arid find out what it
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    No free music to boost concerts
    135 4 SINGAPORE police have refused permission for the sponsors of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 8 ym phony Orchestra's visit this month to sell tickets in the rural areas from a lorry. The police, object to the organisers attracting crowds to the lorry by playing re-
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    SOLOMON EVEN DIDN'T DO THIS
    152 5 SOLOMON EVEN DIDN'T DO THIS nfT TERWORTH, B L T J,,-As a "fasting nnth" gesture, the nee Wellesley MajS m che Hassan Wsain, today paid Sm out of his own k :"t to settle a dispute h]S court between •-'f isa. claimed B f U £ang Mn Abdul had the
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    Rice for bandits charge
    56 5 TFMERLOH. Tues.— Dollah t R.rah. 30, was yesterday mied with having providr. 33 katis of rice to people tfrcumstances which rals- a reasonable presumption tat it was intended for ter- D Bah. who was arrested r. Feb. 5 at Kampong Telok Ir«. was offered $1,000 bail.
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    Secretary quits
    39 5 The programme secretary c! the Singapore Brothers of )km Mr. Ahmad All Khan Srattee and the vice-presi-tat, Mr. Syed Ahmad Dahhs, have resigned following i dispute over a move to jtj ;he organisation into a political party.
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    Two on leave'
    36 5 TAIPING, Tues.— The Rotry Club here has granted re month's "leave" to two Muslim members, Inche Hasian. of the Land Office, and tchf Lsmail. of the Replantr: Department, because of t* fasting month.
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    SOLDIER SHOOTS HIMSELF
    50 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Fusilier C. B. Taylor, a 19--year-old National Serviceman in the 2nd Bn., Royal Welch Fusiliers, died after accidentally shooting himself ln the head with his own pistol in a Jungle base near Gemas, Negri Sembilan, the army announced today. The accident occurred last Saturday.
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    Alter church, she walked up a hilly path-that was the last they saw of Lean
    475 5 Alter church, she walked up a hilly path-that was the last they saw of Lean THE GIRL IN THE CHOIR ON MEW YEARNS DAY BALIK PULAU, Tneg. 17- YEAR- OLD firl f Lean Kee Nyong, whose nude body was found tied to a tree in February this year, was last
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    16,000 MILES FOR GRANDMA
    133 5 16,000 MILES FOR GRANDMA KEVIN MORGAN (above), an eight-year-old schoolboy, is making a 16,000-mile flight to escort his 62--year-old grandmother from England to Wellington, New Zealand. His parents emigrated to New Zealand three years ago. Now it's time for grandma to Join them. Bat why ask Kevin to bring her
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    A special holiday
    60 5 PENANG, Tues. All English schools here will observe a holiday on Friday to mark an official visit by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahrnwn Vernacular schools will remain open because they closed when Tengku Abdul Rahman paid Penang his first official visit since the London merdeka talks,
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    REVENUE MEN BACK AT WORK
    152 5 Probe promise ends pier strike A STRIKE by 100 Singapore Customs revenue offl- cers was called off at noon yesterday. The Customs men, who are stationed at Clifford Pier, belong to the Government Workers' Union. The five-hour strike ended when the Government agreed, after talks
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    Bazaar lucky draw winners
    178 5 Bazaar lucky draw winners LUCKY number winners at the International ffnitfiar for the Blind In the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore on Saturday were: RED: 1 Dr. Keshmahinder Singh; 2, Hospital Road; 2, Dr. John Cameron, City Health Office; 3. Peng Cheng Enn, 2 Ring-wood Road. Katong: 4. Tan Ron Choo,
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    They had triple wedding
    48 5 KUALA UPIS, Tues. Three Chinese couples were married together at the Khek Association here yesterday. They were: Mr. Chan Chun Choi and Miss Wong Koon Ying, Mr. Soong Lit Mun and Miss Hoh Mul Ting, Mr. ChongPak Kuan and Miss Yew Wu Tub Ying.
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    Boy drowns
    27 5 TELUK ANSON. Tues. Six-year-old R. Sinappan was drowned when he fell into a canal at Parit Dua, in Sungei Sumun, 18 miles from here, yesterday.
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    'I stabbed voodoo men' statement in court
    85 5 AN alleged admission by V. Vairappan that he stabbed V. Kulanthalvelu and Ganapathy, because the two men had practised black magic on him, was read in a Singapore court yesterday. Vairappan was accused of murdering Kulanthalvelu at Mackenzie Road on March 9 last
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    'Happy men happy'
    73 5 JLMR. GEORGE LEE, proill prietor of the Happy World in Singapore, yesterday denied that he had received 13 demands from the Singapore Workers' Union on Dehalf of his employees. Mr. Lee added: "As far as I know my employees at the Happy World are happy." The union,
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      104 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert, E > pl tt .i«ii» Garden, pjn. to 7 pjn ROTARY CLUB: Luncheon/ business meeting, Cathay Hotel, 1 pjn.; public career lecture on "Singapore Police Force" by Mr. Peter Claque, British Council Han, Stamford Road, 7 pjn. to M pjn. UNIVERSITY Or MALAYA: Public lecture on
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    241 6 20 Herd* $10 (MMmum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mali' 11 you want to win that $5,000 word punle. COTTON DRESSES to dear $30. All Sizes. Town and Country, Meyer Chambers, Ranks Place. DRASTIC REDUCTIONS In Casual Comer 1 Grand Sato. EverythtnK must be cleared before new
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May, 2, 1956. Workers In Paradise
    663 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May, 2, 1956. Workers In Paradise Communist anger is rarely speechless, and the Chief Soviet delegate to the U.N. Economic and Social Council quickly found a torrent of words in reply to charges in the Council that the Communist Government of China Is using slave
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    Seremban's Lead
    259 6 When the 1952 amendments to the Federation's citizenship laws came into force, it was officially stated that 1480,000 Chinese had become citizens by operation of law and that 450,000 more were eligible. But there was not even one-tenth this number of Chinese on the electoral rolls. While failure
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    Part Time Service
    253 6 There has been an encouraging response to the Federation Government's appeal for doctors to do part-time work in Government hospitals. Should Singapore not follow this Federation example? For it is no consolation to patients in queues to be told that by international standards there is really no
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    THE REVOLUTION IS ON IN EGYPT'S VILLAGES
    1107 6  - THE REVOLUTION IS ON IN EGYPT'S VILLAGES 01/r HARRIOT "'TOD/ V the pashas 1 walk on the pavements and the captains ride in the Cadillacs," said an Egyptian friend cynically. "The more things change, the more they remain the same," he added. Many Egyptians are cynical about the re-' volution.
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      209 6 pmZENS of Singapore v; must always be on the alert that the Civil Service shall remain independent and not fall under the control of whatever political party Is in power. Let us not be duped by the specious reasoning of ministers who assert
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      Where is the criticism?
      118 6 /\NE ot your correspon\T dents, signing himself TRUTH', states that "the Liberal Socialist's magaBine, THE TORCH, of April 15 has criticised the Labour Front Coalition Government on the question of flood alleviation." Then he goes on to ask two quesHere are the facts:— The Torch did
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      New Flag for Kedah, please
      96 6 IAM Indeed sorry to see that the Kedah Government is so poor. I hope in the next Legislative Council meeting, more money would be allotted to Kedah so that she can obtain a new state flag, as soon as possible. The present flag is so
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      Computing horse-power
      101 6 I THINK It is high time that a different system of computing hone-power for cars was devised. On one car, it is rated as 10 h.p.. (engine capacity Is 1,285 ex:.,) whilst on another, it Is rated at 11.4 h.p., (engine capacity being 1089 ex.). Surely the less
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      Replanting grants
      102 6 I HAVE read with shock the article in your paper, "Rubber Small-hold-er will get more replanting," dated April IS. it says "No small -holder however. Is to be eligible for a grant if he owns more than 30 acres of rubber land." Unfortunate small-hold-ers (those who own more
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      Malayanised nightingale
      85 6 Malaya nised nightingale IN the Interest of Malayanisatlon of the text books, I humbly 1 enclose a verse of the "Ode to a Nightingale" (malayanised to the 'nth degree). "O for a draught of toddy that hath been Cooled a long age in a toddy shop. Tatting of don't-know-tohat-man And
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      Election promise long overdue
      82 6 As one of the voters who supported the Alliance in Johore State Elections held last October, may I enquire whether we still have a representative on the Johore State Council? I could well remember when one candidate was campaigning for votes, he promised to visit Kulal
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    Trigger day in Monte Hello
    244 6 ffiHE day in May on which X meteorological scientists decide to start Britain's atomic weapons test in the Monte Bello Islands, off the north west coast of Western Australia, might be called Trigger-Day." For it is widely believed that the Monte Bello programme will include
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    It was s-u-c-h a quiet May Day
    944 7 A jubilant Chief Minister puts through a special radio-telephone caU because POLICE STAND BY, HAVE 'NOTHING TO REPORT' ii \V DAY in Singa)l „r 0 ,nd in parts the Federation, i hnl observed by [s u: ,s nonetheless Je quietest post-war "Ed this
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    RIOT FEARED -SO KIDDIES GOT A HOLIDAY
    95 7 RIOT FEARED -SO KIDDIES GOT A HOLIDAY HINDREDS of Sing a pore children ,njnyfd a holiday from ,chf>ol yesterday bec»use of fears of May Day violence. And many of them irf being kept at home ijain today. This is because seveul private schools decidrd last week that it would be
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    CLENCHED FIST AT SERVICES WORKERS' RALLY
    54 7 ONE OF MANY clenched-flst posters displayed at the various May Day meetings in Singapore yesterday. This one was 'aken at the rally held by civilian employees of the three Services at the Badminton HalL The speaker in this photograph shoots "merdeka" on ending his
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    WESAK: DECISION TODAY
    133 7 WESAK: DECISION TODAY Row ovar moon rnHE row over the moon X among Singapore Buddhists who want the "proper day" to be fixed as the Wesak public holiday has been considered at "high level" in Empress Place. A decision on whether it will be May 23 (as already gazetted) or
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    Envoy's job
    29 7 The Indonesian ambassador to the United States. Mr. M. Notowldlgdo. passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to prepare for PwfWen* Soekarno's coming goodwill visit to America.
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    Old Lam felt for the cash and shivered— he'd carried a ghost
    216 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tuesv— A 64-year-old trishaw nan hen is still trembling at the thought that he drove a ghost to the cemetery on Sunday night. What other explanation could there be for the few pieces of crumbled paper
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    Fall in for training in commerce
    166 7 Fall i n f or training in commerce NEW PLAN FOR MILITARY COLLEGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rpHE Federation Military College at Port Dickson A may soon be turning out Malay candidates for executive posts in commerce and industry. A plan is now being considered by the Minister for Commerce and
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    $600 fine
    39 7 Described as a big manufacturer of coffee powder, Ng Aik Ouan, of Alk Huat and Co., Singapore, was fined $600 In the City Court yesterday for having for sale coffee, below the minimum standards required by law.
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    Ceylon will stay in the Commonwealth—Sara
    123 7 Ceylon will stay in the Commonwealth Sara CEYLON, despite Initial fears, is NOT going to leave the Commonwealth. Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. the Ceylon Commissioner In Malaya, who returned by Qan-tas-BOAC from Colombo yesterday confirmed this decision by Mr. Solomon Bandaranalke, the new Prime Minuter. Mr. Saravanamuttu said In a message
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    TENGKU: MALAY ONLY IN 10 YEARS
    161 7 TENGKU: MALAY ONLY IN 10 YEARS If UALA LUMPUR, Tues. 1V The Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has told a Malay literary society in Alor Star that Malay only will be used in all Government offices in 10 years. He was replying to a letter from the Malay Language
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    Dutiable goods
    24 7 Tan Chock an odd job man, of Upper AUunied Road Singapore, was fined $500 yesterday for having 3041 b of dutiable cigarettes.
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      63 7 The weather MINIMUM TSMKBATTOtE: (7 JO pjn. on April SO "IJO^m Luinpur VS. Ipoh 74. KuanUn 73MAXIMUM TBMKBATVSB: <TJO a.m. to 7 JO pjn. onMwl): Singapore 81. Praang 88. KoU giteu 91 K»l> Lumpur 97. Ipob 91. Kuaatan 89. BAINFAIX (7 JO «JH. to 7 JO piToii May 1): «»««pw«
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    THE BANDITS ARE VERY TIRED
    144 8 Bourne sees victory signs PENANG, Tuesday. LT.-GEN. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, retiring Director of Operations, said here today that the security forces were now winning the Jungle war. "I think the enemy Is very I tired," he said at his farewell visit to the settlement. The
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    The amah's savings...
    46 8 Singapore householders who are not contributing to the Central Provident Fund on behalf of their servants may receive a "reminder call" from a Provident Fund Board Inspector. The board's general manager, Mr. H. 8. Robinson. said yesterday Inspectors were now making check calls.
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    Pay dispute: Probe put off
    52 8 IPOH, Toes. The dispute between the Malayan Mining Employers' Association and the Malayan Mining Employees' Union scheduled for hearing by an arbitration court in ipoh today, was postponed to the end of this month. The president of the court Mr. Justice Good, will be the
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    Wesley talk
    34 8 Dr. Khoo Oon Teik of the General Hospital, Singapore, will speak on "Live Victoriously" to the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship at Wesley Church hall. Fort Canning Road, at 8 p.m. on Friday.
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    Malay soldier who stole letters gets nine months
    97 8 Malay soldier who stole letters gets nine months fJRIVATB Jamaluddin bin X Mohamed was sentenced by a Singapore court martial yesterday to nine months' detention when found guilty on six charges of stealing letters from fellow soldiers. The court was told that on Feb. 22 a search was made of
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    ENGLISH
    79 8 'Too useful to be jettisoned' rnHE Burmese Director ot 1 Education, U Ba Bwa. arrived in Singapore by Qantas yesterday for the threeweek study of educational methods hi the Colony and the Federation. He said: "We are neighbours and should know what's taking place in each other's country." In
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    New food checks to starve out a Red jungle gang
    328 8 18 HELD AFTER STAY-AT-HOME CURFEW IN HIGHLANDS TANAHRATA,Tues. x New food measures were imposed today in the Cameron Highlands area in a bid to deny supplies to a gang of 60 terrorists operating in nearby jungle hills. Head of this
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    Samsu charge
    28 8 Poh Tiong Loo, 39, claimed trial hi Singapore yesterday to a charge of having 10 gallons of samsu. and was offered $1,000 ball tin May 15.
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    More pay for busmen
    48 8 Workers of the Paya Lebar 3us Company In Singapore received Increased wages yeserday. Drivers now get $9.30 a day !45 cents more) and conduc- tors $7 a day (SO cents more). All busmen In Singapore received double wages yesterday for working on May Day.
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    8 to contest 6 seats
    55 8 KDUM. Tues.— Eight candidates will contest six seats In two of the three wards In the first Sungel Kechll Ellr local council elections on May 14. Three candidates in tampons ward— Mr. G. Marlmuthu. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Hussaln and Inche Abdullah bin Ahmad
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      230 8 RADIO MALAYA (*Pn>frmmmes ttms marked can be reeeiTed by Uateners la Malacca) (Short warn 48 62m. Mldsam wave 476 m, MS. 888 m, asm XB7m.) PJM. 1.00 Wednesday Serenade. •1.30 News 1.48 Melody Of Love, 6.00 Prog. Summary, 6.03 Australian Magassne, 8.03 Pcces Pafourttes, *~g.B> Singapore Snare Market Beport. *7.00
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      185 8 Regional SINGAPORE (Short wa*» 6*m. Mfiwwm w«f« 476 m.) AM. 7.15 Opening Annct. 7.18 Btano Playtime, 7.30 News. 7.55 A Date With Music, 8.80 News Hfiartllnnn. 8.03 A Date With Music P.M. 5.00 Ugbt Music 6.15 Polk* Pile. 5.30 Tea Dance, 8.5S Regional Anncts. (SSB Metres and 4* metrM) PJM.
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    Lock icon MUHin n iniuiHHiuiiiHiiii»nHiiiiiiiiiini if iiiimnHiiiiiiiiiiumHmmiinHiimmiiiiiiiniiinniinniMi^mnnMßßaiiMumHiniiiuiiiiiHiH^ Man flirted with death] at $85,000 a time |
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      77 9 Bex Morgan. 3M.D. To Mr. Barker HfVJi I>«cir Jioom l« dusted HH^^M^^H|^BH| fVE5-OWE OP TWE EARUER N pTVWJULDBfc ULWTJ I MEANWHILE TVPES-- PLASTIC PTT5 IN I IMPO99BLE TO TARE THOSE 1 IN THE MCJNEr£ MEET NED "T TWIS THE EAR AND MAS WIRES TELL WMCM EAR- TOR^GOOD' UOH^DUSTTME I VWCkS,
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    INDUSTRIAL SHARE DEALS CONTINUE IN GOOD QUANTITY
    447 10 INDUSTRIAL SHARE DEALS CONTINUE IN GOOD QUANTITY By Our Market Correspondent TARGE quantities of industrial shares continned to change hands on the Singapore Share Market yesterday as local buyers still took advantage of the comparatively cheap prices now ruling. In the past two weeks there has been a big shakeout
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 May first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 88<4 cento pVr Ib., 1% cents above Monday's closing prlee. The closing tone was steady. Closing prices in cents per Ib. wen: Mo. l R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88' i. sellers 88%; No. 1 R.S.S. May buyers
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    242 10 The Malayan Share Brokers AwriitMii reported: "There was again a fair support for industrials, but prices were more or less unchanged. Tina were slightly irregular, whilst rubbers were again slightly lower." Singapore and Federation Braken reported the following buiiBCBB done ycßwrtiAy:^— B.M. Trustees $6.25; Con. Tin Smelt ords
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 10 Blßf psrs Chine* Produce Ezehanfe; noon prices per plcul yesterdmy *kre:— Opra: steady; May $29% buyera, $30M. sellers; June $29% buyen. $30% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $46 sellers; drum $49 sellers. Prater: steady, about 30 to 40 tons of business reported done; Muntok white $101. Sarawak $100.
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    75 10 Ship, Mag atonfsWe the Sing*. pan wrtwr Baa*t wharves or ■MMtii later are: Chusan 13, Hoogkark 416. Barumun C.P., Benvorlich 617. Agamemnon 89. Amankark 11. Banvrackle *****. Buys *****. Bund« 18, KUsabeth Bakke l»|30 PeUling N. Wall 3, Senggarang N. WaU 9, MST Ugh* ter No. 13 N. Wall
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    73 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS TNVESTMtN L it°.V,- able tone ders held i.rm on -t S change here today H Loans 3,, iq;,;'.,, Bank of N.S.W 6 v. Mount Lyell N. Broken H:il JM Hill 50 '2:Mount Morgan Peko Western Mining Ampol Ex. Oil Search Aust. C0n.,01. inn A.P.M. (new) Bradford B. Hill
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    63 10 The Malayan Exchan,. I AssocUtion made ;h e changes in its rates T, <£ yesterday:— Canada: buying 32 3 4; O.D. 32 7 8 so7c credit bills, 33 3 16 t'-> Selling T.T. or in, Canada 32 7 16. On the free octal Hong Kong yejtenh dollar was
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    HIGH TIME THAT NO-BALL RULE IS RE-WRITTEN
    757 13 That problem of 'drag' rests with umpires -■v CANBERRA, Toes. EIGHTEEN years ago at Worcester that rich character, Ernie McComtek, bowled 37 no-balls in the first match of the Australian tour. Nothing like that is likely to happen tomorrow, when the Aussies begin
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    564 13 Ross, Harbans lead in the averages By JOHN MASKS POUR batsmen have scored more than 200 runs each after six weeks of the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament. They are B Jt.C.'s Brian Marks (288), Cheong Thlam Slew (216), last week's centurymaker Neal Hobba (203) and Kenneth Lee, of the
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    60 14 Spartans, a second division team In the United Services league, nhockwl the first division R.A.F. Seletar Base XI 4-3 yesterday. Outside right Hill sparked Spartans victory with three goals. The other was scored by centre forward Crouch. Spartans' rightback Gannon put the ball through his own
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    MALAYANS HELD
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
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    Now the Belgians agree to come
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    SHOOT WINNERS
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