The Straits Times, 3 May 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAT S, 1956 IS CENTS
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    YES' OR 'NO' TOMORROW
    439 1 Sir Anthony to commit Cabinet on Singapore** merdeka proposal* 'Quit' talk but mood is hopeful IoXG CHAT WITH GRIFFITHS From HARRY MILLER LONDON, Wed. rHK Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, has called a meeting of the Cabinet for tomoro» at which Britain's answer to Singapore's merdeka
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    IT Will open the road to Rome
    290 1 IT Will open the road to Rome IMTD: A CERTAIN EASTEM 6IRL ITALY'S top film pro- ducer, Mr. Dino de Laurentiis, is touring the Far East looking for a star —and she may be in Malaya. The man who discovered Sophia Loren. Gina Lollobrigida and Sylvano Mangano (now his wife),
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    SACRIFICE CALL BY RUBBER CHIEF
    108 1 SACRIFICE CALL BY RUBBER CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The president of the Rubber Producers Council, Mr. H. A. Campbell, said today that sacrifices must be made by Government, estate owners and the workers until the synthe-tic-natural rubber position has been adjusted. He was commenting on reports that Goodrich Company scientists
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    Lock icon Reserves up
    28 1 LONDON. Wed. The sterling area's gold and dollar reserves a barometer of Britain's economic health rose by $51 million In April, the Treasury announced today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Len says no to politics
    51 1 jONDON wed.— Len Hutton. the former England cricket captain, has declined an offer by East Bradford Conservatives to be their prospective Parliamentary candidate. Hutton said last night: "I have too many commitments to get Involved In politics— and I have never been very interested in
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    ABDICATION SECRETS
    204 1 COR THE SECOND r TIME IN A LIFE MORE FABULOUS THAN A FAIRYTALE, THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR TODAY FINDS HERSELF THE MOST WIDELY DISCUSSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD. Twenty years ago the world watched with awe and wonder King Edward VIII step down from his Throne to marry
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    NEW WAR ON GRAFT SOON
    51 1 NEW WAR ON GRAFT SOON KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government is to set up an anti-corruption department soon. This was announced today by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. The proposal for an anti corruption department was a lastminute inclusion in the Alliance manifesto for the Federal elections last
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    NO CLAMP ON DOUBLE-10
    212 1 Tengku says: 'I regard it as China's sacred day 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that he regarded the "double tenth" as "a sacred day in the history of China." He said this when denying a report in a Singapore
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    BOAC gets a new boss
    44 1 Mr. Basil Smallpeice, who held the post of Deputy Chief Executive and Financial Comptroller under Sir Miles Thomas, has been appointed managing director of B.OJLC. Mr. Smallplece was in Singapore for the opening of the Singapore Airport last year.
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    Driver dies
    27 1 RAVENNA, Wed. British racing driver John Heath died today from injuries he received In Sunday's Mille Miglia race. His was the sixth race death.— AJP,
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    Oui, Martine in person
    196 1 FRENCH FILM STAR TO VISIT SINGAPORE AM ARTINE CAROL, l famous French film star, will pay a threeday visit to Singapore this month. She will stop in Singapore on her way to Hollywood via Bangkok and Hong Kong, accompanied by her husband. Mr. ChristianJaque. They are
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR AT SIR ROBERT'S FUNERAL
    136 1 HONG KONG. Wednesday. 'THOUSANDS of people lined the streets here today 1 in pouring rain to pay their last respects to Sir Robert Ho-tung 93, the millionaire philantropist I who died last week. The hearse bearing his bronze coffin was surmounted by a cross of
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    Lock icon No curtain there
    51 1 CANBERRA, Wed. Mr. Harold Holt, the Immigration Minister, today said that there was no "iron curtain" round the country, and no visitor was excluded except In security cases. He was speaking In Parliament of the granting of visas for visits by Russian and Chinese Communist trade unionists.
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    Lock icon Ike mourns
    27 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Elsenhower will lead mourners today at the funeral service for the former Vice-president. Mr. Alben Berkley, who died suddenly on Monday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Film subsidy
    20 1 TAIPEH. Wed.-— The Ministry of Education here has authorised 8150,000 for subsidies to. Overseas Chinese film producers.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Canverra downed —by a wild goose
    91 1 Canverra downed —by a wild goose MELBOURNE, Wed. A CANBERRA Jet bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force crashed into a swamp last night when a wild goose was sucked into Its starboard engine. It was announced here. The Canberra was racing down the runway of Townsville air base. Northern
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    Lock icon Battle outside Govt. House
    132 1 Battle outside Govt. House VTCO6IA, Wed. A British soldier was wounded in a gun battle with three Cypriot rebels less than 100 yards from Government House here today. Police chased the gunmen but they escaped In winding streets and alleys. I In Famagusta, 10 petrol bombs were thrown at flats
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      34 1 3i^^p TRADING CO. STOP PRESS ENVOY RENOUNCES KNUKHTHPOD COLOMBO. Wf*.— Ceylon's Ambassador lo Washington. Sir Srnarat Gunawardrne. has trnounred his knighthood in deference to policy of Sir. Bandaranaike'b Government of discouraging imperial honours. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ceylon plan for state buses
    262 2 BRITISH EXPERT WILL BE ASKED TO ADVISE GOVT. HOW TO DO IT COLOMBO, Wednesday. AN expert from Britain will be invited by the Ceylon Government to examine and submit proposals for the nationalisation of bus transport, the Minister of Transport, Mr. M. Senanayake, said today.
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    Just a whisper of whiskers for Anne
    50 2 Just a whisper of whiskers for Anne FRENCH film stars were gainful |q take awiiiwurFt sl n "g to a Paris gala performance of "Beauty and the Beast" last week. Lovely Anne Beranger did more she adapted her make-up to match the whiskers of her pet Persian cat.— Popper picture.
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    Lock icon Margaret in crash
    34 2 LONDON, Wed. Princess Margaret was in her fourth road accident yesterday. She was not hurt. Her chauffeur-driven car and another collided. The front bumper of the Royal car was damaged.— A.P.
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    Lock icon M.R.A. play scores big success in Britain
    166 2 M.R.A. play scores big success in Britain COVENTRY, Wed. MORE than 2,000 people JfX packed into a theatre here last night to see the British premiere of the Moral Rearmament play "The Vanishing Island. A large crowd also attended a demonstration of Moral Rearmament at a hotel. Japanese kimonos, African
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    Lock icon Eight held
    24 2 MEXICO CITY, Wed. Eight communists were arrested yesterday when they tried to march in a Labour Day parade with "inflammatory placards."— UP.
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    Emma is 100
    24 2 NSW YORK. Wed.— Mrs. Emma Johnson. <rho came to America from Sweden In 1881. celebrated her 100 th birthday yesterday AJP.
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    Lock icon THAT KISS
    270 2 explains— she took |me by surprise while I was sipping orange juice LONDON, Wed. Mr. Herbert Morrison, who was photographed being kissed by a glamorous Cuban girl, "Chelo the H-Bomb," in Koala Lumpur during his recent tour of Malaya gave his explanation of it here last night. The
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    Lock icon FOUR KILLED UNDER TRAIN
    56 2 PATNA (Bihar). Wed. Four people were fatally injured when they threw themselves before a train in a demonstration at Blrhee railway station. 112 miles from here, last night They were in a crowd of 400 collected to demonstrate for "certain passenger amenities" at the station, according
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    Sacred bath for a king
    140 2 KATMANDU, Wed.— King Mahendra of Nepal was crowned here yesterday amid scenes of ancient Hindu pageantry In the crowded courtyard of the Palace of the Monkey God. The 35-year-old monarch, wearing a Jewelled and plumed crown, ascended the throne at exactly 11.17 a.m. —the moment
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    Lock icon PLUS MUDPACK AND MILK AND HONEY AS NEPAL CROWNS A NEW MONARCH
    315 2 PLUS MUDPACK AND MILK AND HONEY AS NEPAL CROWNS A NEW MONARCH of the last monarch* in Asia, The coronation rites are probably the most ancient in the world. Before the crowning the king was smeared with clay from 15 different placesincluding a mountain top, horses' and elephants' stables and
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    Girl AND boy baby is now a man-made girt
    97 2 WASHINGTON Wed,—Physssmas reported today that they had successfully performed "corrective svgery* obi a baby born about eight months ago as a true hermaphrodite. A hermaphrodite Is a person with both male and female sex organs. True hermaphrodites are nejUeal rartttes. Only
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    Cable flashes
    103 2 United States on May 14. —U.P. WELLINGTON: Mr. Sidney Holland, the Prune Mtalater, yesterday announced rises ranging from £15 to £410 annually for 125.000 state employees^-Reuter. MONTREAL: The 26,000--ton Empress of Britain, her maiden voyage completed, sailed for Liverpool yesterday with more than 1.000 passengers. —A.P. TOKYO: Japan
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    Lock icon IN 3956 FT MIGHT BE 'STANDING ONLY'
    166 2 AUCKLAND, Wednesday. THERE would be standing room only for every--1 body on earth In 2,000 years time if the present world population rise continued, the British physicist, Sir Charles Darwin, said here last night Be said that universal compulsory birth control wag the
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    Three of crew die in steamer blaze
    53 2 EDINBURGH. Wed— Three msmbsrs of the crew died yesterday when fire broke out ft» fare cabins of the 6433--ton British steamer Catrnavon. berthed here. A man and a woman wort taken to hospital suffering; barns and shook. Cause of the nre Is not
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    Lock icon PRINCESS GRACE GOES TO FIRST BULLFIGHT
    172 2 PRINCESS GRACE GOES TO FIRST BULLFIGHT MAJORCA, Wfrinp-H PRINCESS GRACE of Monaco watched h, a; bullfight yesterday. She and Prince r H presided over the show as guests of thr and civil chiefs of this Spanish island in th i? terranean. The newly-weds were in high spirit*. They bowed to
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    Lock icon 'Terror rule in Kashmir'
    92 2 'Terror rule in Kashmir' KARACHI, Wed.- Mr \M hammed Al; p r omi Pakistan, charwT&J that the people of «X mir are being s U pm£tl and that 'anybody ng a plebiscite i S ai in jail and beaten ud I The Premier ,<peakina Dacca capital oPJ Pakistan, said that
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    P.M. invited
    19 2 KATMANDU. Wed The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Tanka Prasad. has received an Invitation to visit China.
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    Lock icon Dulles in Paris
    20 2 PARIS Wed. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, arrived here by air today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Back to 1853
    30 2 BUENOS AIRES. Wel.-M gentina has scrapped tM President Juan Peron's cxfl stitution of 1949 and j '|B back to the liberal constisM tion of 1853. Reuter. I
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    Lock icon 'Perfect bride' for TV tape pal
    293 3 ROMANCE GOES ON THE RECORD YEW YORK, Wed. ]> An American TV m'nouncer flies to Cairo this week to marry an Egyptian (tiri he wooed and won by letter, telephono, tape recordin".": and photographs. WF S Carroll H. Pederson, fi "of Salinas. California. cue
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    Lock icon DENIS BACK IN HOSPITAL
    43 3 LONDON. Wed. Denis Compton went to hospital yesterday for the third time Jr. six months for treatment en his right knee. The kneecap was removed last November. He will have a manipulative operation, the second in a month. UP
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    Russian colonel: This tunnel was used to tap our phone lines in Berlin
    149 3 A TUNNEL extending 350 yards from the American sector of Berlin Into the Soviet sector hi which Russian and East German telephone lines were said to have been topped was shown to newspaper correspondents by the Soviet
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    Formosa dam
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The United States and Formosa yesterday provided funds to start work on a U5540.000.000 dam on Formosa. a. p.
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    Lock icon HITCH IN PLAN
    141 3 -So U.N. peacemaker decides to stay on in the Middle East JERUSALEM. Wed. Mr. DaK Hammarskjoeld, U.N. SecretaryGeneral, yesterday decided to stay in the Middle East instead of flying back to Rome. This was because of a lastminute hitch in his plan for an Arab-Israeli cease-fire. Mr.
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    THE ROBOT AGE (AND MOTOR STRIDE) AT BRITAIN'S DOORSTEP
    418 3 THE ROBOT AGE (AND MOTOR STRIDE) AT BRITAIN'S DOORSTEP COVENTRY, Wednesday. COMPLETE deadlock was reported yesterday in Britain's first "automation strike," by 10,000 workers at the Standard motor works here. The men are striking because 3,500 workers are to be laid off during a £4,000,000 retooling on automatic lines at
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    Liberalise sex and save America's marriages—Kinsey
    182 3 Liberalise sex and save America's marriages— Kinsey PRINCETON. Wed. r|R. Alfred C. Kinaey, •IS Director of the Institute for Sex Research, today ■lamed much of America's "social discord" on lack •i a proper outlet for sex. "Hero we have youth at the peak of sexual [capacity without a totalised or
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    Lock icon A MATTER OF A DEGREE
    214 3 Truman's doctorate raises fuss OXFORD, Wednesday. A WOMAN philosophy don of Oxford University today unsuccessfully opposed the conferment of an honorary degree on former United States President Harry Truman because he was "responsible for the dropping of atom bombs on Japan." The Don, lfltt Gladys
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    Lock icon Church gets angry over that visit
    107 3 Church gets angry over that visit LONDON, Wed.— The Free Church of Scotland today attacked the British Government for making the Queen receive "representatives from a godless and atheistic state" on a Sunday. The church's question committee said the government had failed to impress the Soviet leaders. Mr. Bulganin and
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    Lock icon Off to London
    22 3 NAIROBI. Wed.— The Governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, leaves here on Sunday for London for "routine discussions."— Reuter.
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    16 3 KARACHI. Wed. SovietPakistani negotiations for a trade pact will begin here this month.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Anti-tax men accused
    51 3 PARIS, Wed. Pierre Poujade and six of his antitax party colleagues have been told to appear in court on June 14 on charges of organising a collective refusal to Day taxes. One of the defendants has been elected to the National Asaemblv and can claim parliamentary immunity.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    166 3 LONDON, Wed. Fwas a fairly active day I n stock markets and the general tone was firm. As It was the first day of the new account the shares of companies which are likely to announce dividends during this period received special attention, dosing middle prices of selected
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    TIN
    23 3 TIN LONDON. May. 2—Cash Buyers f7M; Sellers (7M; Forward Buyer* C7flH; SeUers C7S2; Settlement 1753. Turnover: ajn. 55 tons; p.m. 50 ton*.
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    RUBBER
    18 3 LONDON. May. 2.—Spot Md., Junto 25v4d.. July-Sept. M^d! Oct.-Dec. 35Ud., Jan.-Mar. U%d.. May elf. Js*d. Tone: Quiet.
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    LEPERS SAY YES TO $200,000 INCREASE
    187 4 521 working patients to benefit KUALA LUMPUR, wed. Working patients at the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement have accepted the pay increases offered by the Federation Government. The workers had threatened to strike again if the new pay proposals were not satisfactory. They went on
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    Malay gets new appointment j
    55 4 KOTA BHARU, Wed. A Malay has been appointed deputy manager of a Colonial Development and Welfare Fund project the Kelantan fish marketing scheme at Bachok, near here. He is Inche Abdul Salam bin Ibrahim, formerly of the Fisheries Department. He assumed duty yesterday under the
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    MR. BANDA BREAKS HIS OWN BAN
    69 4 Mr. S. W. Bandaranaike. Ceylon's new Prime Minister, recently brake a self-imposed ban never to attend any social function. He attended the wedding of Mr. Lucien de Zoysa. brother of his new Finance Minister, and Miss ManoranL the only daughter of the Ceylon Commissioner
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    Off to study
    24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Dr. P. 8. Raman, a Johore pathologist, nas left for America and Britain on a year's study tour.
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    WELL DONE' MESSAGE TO THE KIWIS
    75 4 WELL DONE' MESSAGE TO THE KIWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Officer Administering the Government, Sir David Watherston, this morning congratulated the men of the New Zealand Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment, on their first anti-terrorist success. A patrol of the squadron last Friday killed two terrorists who had walked
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    Widow, 44, fights two thugs
    212 4 BLACK EYES— BUT SHE WINS A 44-YEAR-OLD widow, Fong Yien Sim, fought off A two thugs who tried to strangle her yesterday morning in her home in Henderson Crescent, SingaI pore. The men, one armed with a bearing scraper, pinned her down to her bed.
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    Gardener's theft
    86 4 PENANG, Wed.— A gardner Sinathamby, was today fined $40 for stealing a pair sunglasses belonging to Mrs. P. M. Little, a friend of his former employer, ft'rs. Stone of Batu Ferringhl. Mrs. Stone testified that Sinathamby was in the habit of borrowing money from her. She said she
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    Schoolteacher is transferred
    43 4 North Johore Indian schoolteachers will give a farewell party to Mr. J. Isaac, Assistant Inspector of Indian Schools, North Johore, on May 12 at the India-Ceylon Association Tamil School Hall at Segamat. Mr. Isaac is being transferred to South Johore.
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    SCHEMES FOR MORE SKILLED WORKERS
    85 4 PLANS to turn out 1,000 skilled workers annually have been drawn up by the Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson. One Is for the Singapore Government to set up adult vocational training centres. The other is for employers to introduce apprentice classes. Mr. Tyson
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    Sewerage expert is sought
    54 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed The Jobore Bahru Town Council has again discussed the necessity of Introducing a water borne sewage system. The council has asked the State Government for an expert opinion from a health engineer with a view to making a start with the scheme for
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    Replacement
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Mr. K A. Blacker has been appointed Commissioner for Lands and Mines, Johore, In place of Mr. 8. Angus, who left for Britain on Sunday on holiday.
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    The odd one in the family
    320 4 The odd one in the family PASTOR'S SOI STOLE FROM SCHOOLBOYS 'FALL, good-looking 1 Chung Chi Kong, 22, one of the nine children of a pastor, who was convicted in a Singapore court yesterday of theft, stood staring at his toes when he was described as "the odd one in
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    Indian Chamber officials
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The following have been elected officials of the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce: President, Mr. K. Dyalchand, vice-president, Mr. P. Lai; hon. secretary, Mr. Nari Daswani; hon treasurer. Mr. N. Ganesan
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    Youth cleared
    30 4 Choh Slew Weng, 15, who was accused at the Singapore Assizes of causing grievous hurt to Madam Chee Kum Chee while committing housebreaking, was cleared of the offence.
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    Bus row ends
    19 4 SEREMBAN, Wed. The month-old dispute between four bus companies here and their employees has been settled.
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    PROSPECTORS ARE FINED
    64 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. 81m Kirn Sin, 88, Lee Chong, 57, and Yang Tham Mun. 35, of Jlnjang new village claimed trial In the first Magistrate's Court here today to charge of prospecting: for tin without lawful authority at Sungel Tua at 8.30 a.m. on April 28. Ball
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    Mother-in-law trouble after wife had left him
    185 4 Mother-in-law trouble after wife ha d left him THE HAWKER vs. 'VERY RIG WOMAN' TWO years after their marriage, Kn e ik h x 19, and her husband, Low Yon K n\v a v\ year-old hawker, had a quarrel. Ene went to her mother. "^ntho-i Yesterday a Singapore Court heard
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    FOR SALE SIGN AT RUBBER ESTATES
    60 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. OWNEKB of small rabber sstotss In remote area* •fjohore an offering their prepartlei for sale feeeaase they an making no profit. Some owners say that the price of rubber does not leave a margin of gala for small properties to bo
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    RED FARMS IN BOMBED AREA
    58 4 RED FARMS IN BOMBED AREA ALOR STAR, Wed. A patrol of No. 1 Police Field Force, combing recentlybombed areas in Kuala Nerang, located two terrorist cultivation plots today. The plots appeared to have been newly prepared. There were signs of bombs having blasted them. Three Canberras and six Venoms dropped
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    Public library discussion
    42 4 The Malayan Library Group will hold a meeting to discuss "The Public Library and the Community in Asia" in the U.S.I.S. theatrette, India House, Penang, on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. Librarians from all over Malaya will attend the meeting.
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    JUNGLE FORT PLANES SET NEW AIRLIFT RECORD
    79 4 JUNGLE FORT PLANES SET NEW AIRLIFT RECORD KUALA LUMPUR Wed Pioneer aircraft O f Royal Air Forre^tmoS set a new record fo carrying men and supply to Jungle forts. mci The Pioneer support ni ht of No. 267 Squadron n^ 642 passengers and more than 100.000 Ib., of suppiiw and
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    Provident fund to close down
    55 4 Another company in Singapore—the Mercantile BankIs winding up its own provident fund scheme and is making Its staff contribute solely to the Central Provident Fund. Special pay sheets are now being drawn up to "pay off" the staff In Singapore and the Federation who have
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    Fined $300 for overloading
    50 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed I Kwah Sai Yok, Singapore- B owner of a lorry fourd I] carrying an overload of iron pipes was fined S3OO or three H months' jail here today. If Liang Seng and Co. «n fined $250 for a similar of- 1 fence. I
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    Hawker wants $3,000 bride back
    172 4 A HAWKER, Tan Eng Qua, 24. who was ordered to pay monthly maintenance of $50 to hi? Tire. Yeo Chin Hwa, 21. last November, yesterday asked a Singapore Court to cancel the order as he wanted her back. "Tell me why you have decided to
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    JUST A HUT-BUT WHAT A PLAN
    166 5 JUST A HUT-BUT WHAT A PLAN ■the master planner of Lihp new Singapore, Dennis Komlosy, Sot vestorday evening Sring around rub'a r trPS s and planning Jp construction of a *tie attap hut. Komlosy's master plan, L been estimated, may Ap Sinßapore Govern- $ioo million. •ri hut that he planned
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    Cable to King of Nepal
    42 5 BJALA LUMPUR, Wed. he Raja of Perils has sent a ;r.eratulatory telegram to tf 'King of Nepal on his coxation. on behalf of all The Raja of Perils is the urrent president of the Con- f Rulers.
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    'Pay up' date
    36 5 I There will be a district col::ion of all rates and dues yablc to the Singapore ml Board at 51, Nee Soon >ad. in Nee Soon village, 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. on
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    Dutch to pay homage
    61 5 ilreapore's Dutch community will observe tomorrow fa remembrance of all members 05 the Allied fores and civilians who died ta the liberation of the Netherlands in World War n. The Netherlands ConsulGeneral, Mr. D. G. E. Middelburg, will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph, where the
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    Rice boss says: I gave that order
    379 5 MAM ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPEUTIMO OOVEBIfMEIfT MCE MAKES HIS DEFENCE 'THERE WAS A COMPLAINT AND AN URGENT NEED IN THE HOSPITALS 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. fHE managing director of the Kong Fatt Cheong Rice Agency Ltd., Foong Soon Seng, 40, admitted in the Sessions
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    Polytechnic chief due in June
    39 5 Polytechnic chief due in June MR. DAVID J. WILLIAMS, 1 who will arrive next month to take up the ap- pointment of Principal of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. Williams is a graduate in arts and science of Liverpool University.
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    X-ray members
    31 5 Twelve men from the Ist Fiji Infantry Regiment bave joined the Singapore X-Ray Club as honorary members. Among them are two well known boxers, Isimeli Radrodro and Michael Ravula.
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    On look out for moon
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The official date for sighting the Hart Raya Puasa new moon is on May 10, it was announced here today. If the moon is seen on May 10, Hari Raya Puasa will begin next day. If it is not sighted the festival
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    Top secret plan to beat strike talk men
    148 5 Top secret plan to beat strike talk men PKNANG. Wed. OSNANG port authorities bave drawn up "top secret" plans to avert dock dislocation if 1,200 contract labourers go on strike. "We shall do the best we can," Vice-Admiral J. W. Jefßord, chairman of the Penang Port Commission, said today. He
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    HARD WAY UP IS BEST, HE SAYS
    241 5 Claque on police careen rnHE Singapore Police 1 Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque, last night stressed the importance of joining the force as a constable. "It is NOT undignified," he emphasised during a talk on "Police as a Career" to the British Council Hall.
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    Promoter fined
    32 5 TELUK ANSON, Wed. Chew Eng Seng, 32, a cycle shop assistant was fined $750 here when he admitted helping to promote a "characters" lottery at Paulin Street on April 7.
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    $10-a-day boy was a thief
    260 5 g^ m_ 1 -Jl m E j^J A SINGAPORE magistrate, Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam, yastertJsy deplored the Colony's backwardness hi penal reform. "We have no Borstal institution or even an approved sehssi far offenders over 17," he said. Mr. Jeyaretnam made this comment when faced
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    12 GIRLS WITH A BIG JOB ON SATURDAY
    71 5 12 GIRLS WITH A BIG JOB ON SATURDAY rpwMiVE Singapore girls -I on Saturday will try to sell 3,000 souvenir programmes of Radio Malaya's talentlme finals which will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday night. Proceeds from the sale of programmes and the 600 tickets for the
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    Red Cross show
    31 5 r -ne Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society will hold its annual Junior Red Cross exhibition at Raffles Girls' School hall at 11 son. on Saturday.
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    'KING OF HELL IS COMING'
    193 5 Hundreds flock to temples PENANG, Wednesday. SUPERSTITIOUS Chinese here are flocking to tern to ask the gods to save them from the "King of Hades." The latter, according to a story, appeared before awotnan recently in a dream, and threatened to "claim people born In
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    Jailed—then freed
    64 5 Jailed— then freed BUTTER WORTH, Wed. A former police constable, Jaff ar bin Arts 24, sentenced to 40 days' jail for theft, was freed immediately as he had been to custody .from March 21. The Province magistrate, Inche Hassan bin Hussain, iconvlcting him, said: "The Government employed you to catch
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    On to India
    28 5 Tne ArcnDisnop i» oriabane, Dr. R. C. Halse, arrived in Singapore yesterterday by Qantas. He is on his way to an inspection tour of Madras.
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    20 p.c. rise in pay for 1,000 women
    166 5 IF THE UNIONS WIN THUS CLAIM... ABOUT 1,000 women employees In the Armed Services in Singapore will get a 20 per cent increase in salary if their unions win a demand for equal treatment with men. The Services unions Intend to do
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    Admits he loitered: 5 months
    76 5 Admits he loitered: 5 months KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. JOHARI bin Baharom 29. pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate's Court here today to loitering to Davidson Road at 1 a.m. on April 25. He also admitted having not reported to the police station when he was under police supervision. He was
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    School fears are over
    60 5 School fears are over It was school as usual again for Singapore ftf^vyfc^H"*" yesterday after hundreds of them had enjoyed an unofficial and unexpected holiday on May Day doe to ttoeir principals' fear of an outbreak of violence. All private schools and kindergartens contacted by the Straits limes reported normal
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    SURPRISE CHECK ON DRUGS
    44 5 PENANO, Wed. Police and medical authorities yesterday carried out a surprise check on local drug dealers. The check was led by Mr. C. R. P. Strachan, of the Medical Department, and Inspector Gurcharan Singh. Some unlicensed dealers may be prosecuted.
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    ALMONERS' TRAINING ADVISER
    79 5 MISS HELEN REES (above) has been sent here by the World Health Organisation at the request of the University of Malaya and the Government to advise on the setting up of an almoners' training coarse. The suggestion Is that the university's present two-year social studies course should
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      55 5 SHELL THBATBETTB: Vne film ahow— The ReciUl— BheU B^*°Ar^&^ I ci. lecture on 'T«r»ooalappiiiirwnc»t S^?oK^l?Sfi §> US[ h ONABT MOVEMENT: Free film ahow at Kwoog Wat Slu VMS Hospital. Raman Mlaldn. 7 BJU. MtmSHIBBD &OSS BOCIETY: Old P«opl*> Club aodal at W«itoy Church haU, 4, Fort Canning Road 4 pjn.
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    DEATH
    37 6 LANG: MISS MAY LANG, lately SUIT Nurse In Mtddleton Hospital, passed away peacefully at No. 215, Race Course Road, Singapore. 2-5-56 at 10.47 p.m. Funeral today, cortege leaving house for Bldadarl at 4 p.m. .irvKnwt rnr-MCWTc
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. May 3, 1956. Echoes Of May Day
    667 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. May 3, 1956. Echoes Of May Day Not only the Chief Minister was pleased that May Day in Singapore was celebrated without violence. But Mr. Marshall might not have been quite so pleased had he attended the May Day meetings, and appreciated the tone of
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    Unity On Trial
    314 6 At the end of Tuesday's talks on Singapore's constitutional future, Mr. Marshall expressed his complete satisfaction "with the unity displayed by my delegation today." While this preserved the confident note of his week-end statement that allparty agreement had been reached on all points, the implication is that
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    Ten Year Problem
    201 6 The Federation's Chief Minister has told a Malay literary society that only Malay will be used in Government offices within the next ten years. Some Malays, said the Tengku, think ten years is too long a period. But it must of necessity be a long and difficult
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    Indians sober up on prohibition
    529 6  -  Eugene Levin INDIANS are finding it is M. easier to talk about prohibition than to accomplish It The Indian constitution pledges the country to work for prohibition. A few months ago a special central government "prohibition inquiry committee" recommended that April 1, 1958, be made
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    POVERTY KNOWS NO CREED OR RACE
    1234 6 POVERTY KNOWS NO CREED OR RACE A nadir writ* on Malay €<onomy TLfY letter on Malay ITI economy published on April 18, has drawn a number of comments from your readers. That progressive Malay lady. Wan Farldah of Telok Anson, while supporting my views, has suggested that special attention be
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    MR. HASHIMOTO IS SO SORRY
    517 6 THE man who sank the last major XJB. warship lost In World War II says he feels deeply sorry for the men who were aboard. "Japan fought a wanton war," says Commander Moo h 1 1 sura Hashimoto, aged 47. "i feel deeply sorry for
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    He was rejected
    154 6 MAM-MN- THE STREET w f HAVE resided in Malaya x for 41 years and on my return from leave in Britain in February of this year, I applied, with the assistance of the Penang Registrar, for Federal Citizenship. My application was returned for further details and was
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    $105,658 vanished—manager
    263 7 $105,658 vanished —manager POLICE FOUND WHISKY UMDEB TILL WHTO CABHBB DDMT RITURM PROSECUTION WILL CALL 97 WITNESSES IN COLONY BANK CASE ggMOR officers of a Singapore bank missed "$105,658 when a cashier did not resume irtrk a I tor lunch, it was alleged at a preliminary jnquin yesterday. s,,on Huat
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    Federation's new Attorney-General
    100 7 Federation's new Attorney General MR. T. V. A. BRODIE, 49, who has been appointed Attorney-General of the Federation. He has been acting in this post since November last year, when the former Attorney General, sir Michael Hogan, left to become Chief Justice In Hong Kong. Mr. Brndie. who is a
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    ORDERED TO BREAK THE LAW
    66 7 TEMERLOH. Wed A Inner driver. Kathiravelu, *as fined $50 or three weeks fa:,' here yesterday for carryhe passengers in his lorry. Kathiravelu told the Circuit Maeistrate. Mr. J. R. Whimf'r that he had been instructed Dy the manager of tho estate on which he worked
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    Bird show at Happy World
    43 7 Mr. Loke Wan Tho wIU open the first Singapore Cage-Bird Society show and exhibition at the Happy World stadium at 5 p.m. tomorrow. The exhibition will be on from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday
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    CELEBRATION IS DELAYED
    59 7 SEREMBAN, Wed. Soldi«rs of 2 6 Gurkha Rifles stationed in Negri Sembilan *ere unable to celebrate the fwonation of the King of wpal today because of operational duties against terror- Ma But preparations have been made for a big celebration when they return from the jungle operation,
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    HACKETT'S CONTRACT IS EXTENDED
    71 7 HACKETT'S CONTRACT IS EXTENDED I KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federation Government has extended the contract of the Selangor State Information Officer. Mr. H. J. Hackett, for six months. Mr. Hackett's contract was to have expired on Aug. 4 this year. Recently people in several villages in Selangor petitioned the Chief
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    Yogi has key to secret power
    451 7  - Yogi has key to secret power WILLIAM FISH By A LONG-HAIRED In- dian yogi squatted on a tiger skin in a terrace house in Serangoon Road, Singapore, yesterday and expounded his beliefs which amount to this: "Anybody can do anything—provided I show him how." Gnanavallal ParanlothiMahan "His Holiness" to his
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    'EXPATS WON'T BE RUSHED'
    168 7 I've no rigid plan Tengku KJALA LUMPUR, Wed.— There is to be no target date for full Malayanisation of any Federation Government department, the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the Straits Times today. Malayanisatlon would take plenty of time, he said. "We are not tied
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    Free filmshow
    26 7 There will be a free show of Commonwealth films at the British Council hall in Stamford Road, Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. on May IS.
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    All quiet
    21 7 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. It was all quiet today on Malaya's Jungle war front. No casualties or Incidents were reported.
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    Three-year dispute
    72 7 AFTER negotiations lasting three and a half years on and off revision of the salary scales of the meteorological staff In Singapore Is to be settled by arbitration. Mr. V. Rajagopal, president of the Meteorological Technical Employees' Union, told the Straits Times last night that the Government had
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    The riddle of the man who prayed
    189 7 WHO was the man who sat praying In the changing room for the woman contestants at the recent sarongkebaya quean competition the man who was visible to some and unseen by others? This man, who "vanished" immediately after the show, was said to
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    'LET FAIR PROFITS LEAVE MALAYA'
    212 7 'LET FAIR PROFITS LEAVE MALAYA' Square deal plea j by bank chief A SQUARE deal for foreign investors in Malaya by allowing them to continue remitting reasonable profits abroad is urged by the chairman, Sir Kenneth W. Mealing, in the annual report of the Mercantile Bank of India, published yesterday.
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    MEET 'HIS HOLINESS' WHO CURES BY LOOK, THOUGHT AND TOUCH...
    21 7 THE YOGI 'anybody can do anything provided I show him how.'
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    New president
    31 7 Mr. Peter Joe Chla. a stu-dent-teacher at the AngloChinese School. Singapore, has been elected president of the Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship Council. He will hold office till April 1958.
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    $150,000 building planned by union
    128 7 ESTATE WORKERS TO HAVE NEW HQ KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A $150,000 headquarters building for the National Union of Plantation Workers will be built at Petaling Jaya. Construction will start In June and the building Is expected to be ready by the middle of next year.
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    Homicide case man escapes
    90 7 Homicide case man escapes KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. A MAN awaiting trial on a homicide charge, Mohamed Amln bin Said, escaped from the Central Police Station lock-up here at 1.05 this morning. Police have set up roadblocks at all points of exit from the town in a bid to recapture him.
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    Assizes date
    21 7 The next session of the Singapore Asslsei will be held at the Supreme Court at 10.30 a.m. on Monday.
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    They CAN mix
    153 7 ...POLITICS AND ISLAM ISLAM does not forbid L religious organisations from participating m politics, the Chief Kathi of Singapore, Tuan Haji Ali bin M. 8. Salleh, said yesterday. He thought, however, there were enough political parties open to Colony Muslims. These was no need for new ones.
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    DOUBLE-EDGED
    122 7 Jail and fine penalty too harsh, Chinese chambers protest KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today protested to the Federation Government against the double penalty imposed on traders infringing the Registration and Licensing of Busi--1 nesses Ordinance. Under the ordinance an offender is liable to one
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    Degrees: U is worried
    41 7 An official of the Nanyang University yesterday said it was "a serious matter" that the Singapore Government r- Id not at present recognise its degrees. He said the matter would be discussed by the University's executive council.
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    PETROL KIOSK MEN WORRIED
    96 7 PETROL KIOSK MEN WORRIED I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Petrol agents and dealers in Selangor, Negrl Sembilan and Pahang are worried over their suppliers' plans to build more kiosks They met here last night to discuss ways and means of safeguarding their own interests. The meeting appointed a sub-committee to approach
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    Stabbed in street
    49 7 Moi Lam, 55, of Pagoda Btreet, was found stabbed in the neck and back In Banda Street, Singapore, yesterday morning. He was wounded during an argument with another man. He was treated at the General Hospital and allowed to go home.. Police have made an arrest.
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      135 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPUATUKE: (7.30 p.m. on May 1 to 7.30 a.m. on May 3): Singapore 7ft iktrtH. Ponanc 75. KoU Ba»ru 75. Kuala Lumpur 72. Ipob 71, KuanUn 73. MAXIMUM TEMPKKATUBE: (7.30 ajn. to 7 JO p.m. on May 3) I Singapore M Penan* M. KoU Bahru 89. Kuala
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    NEW MOVE TO AID STUDENTS ABROAD
    138 8 NEW MOVE TO AID STUDENTS ABROAD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government will discuss the setting up of Malayan diplomatic agencies in Australia and New Zealand. The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGiUlvray, said this here today on returning from a four-week tour. •'I have had official talks in Wellington and
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    The floating exhibition
    49 8 Hong Kong has started a "floating exhibition" to popularise her goods in Singapore. The 14,000-ton liner Ruys at present alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves, has showcase crammed with "made in Hong Kong" goods. The goods include shirt, shoes, leather goods, slippers, hats, handbags and belts.
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    Queen's dock to be flooded
    44 8 About 7,000,000 gallons of sea water will be pumped slowly into Singapore's $5,500,000 Queen's Dock so that its 160-ton gate may be put in position. The pumping operation will begin on Saturday and Is expected to last three days.
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    Malayanisation
    26 8 The next public session of the Malayanisation Commission will be held at 5 p.m. today at the Conference Room, Public Relations Office, Assembly House, Singapore
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    Exhibition of paintings
    39 8 Paintings by Mr. Chen Wen Hsi will be displayed In the British Council Hall from May 5 to 13. The exhibition, sponsored by the Singapore Art Society will be opened by the Com-missioner-General, Sir Robert Scott.
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    LABOUR REBELS TO 'PROBE' LEADERS
    127 8 They will demand to tee the books KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A PROBE into the Labour Party of Malaya's headrL quarters administration in Penang will be started by seven branch representatives on Friday. 1 The "investigators" were appointed at a conference of Selangor, Johore, Negri Sembilan
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    M.Y.J.—future plans
    46 8 M.Y.J.— future plans ■me Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship Council has decided to hold the Northern District and the Southern District M.T.F. Institutes in Kuantan and Singapore respecttTely during the April holidays next year. The next All-Maiaya M.T J. Institute wlB be at Penang in April 1958.
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    Couple robbed
    28 8 Three youths, one aimed with a knife, robbed a couple of a fold rtaff and wrirtwatch In Farrer Park, Singapore, at about 10.30 pan. on Tueiday.
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    Party with the Monte Carlo touch
    78 8 A PARTY with the Monte Carlo touch that will be the Dale Carnegie Club's annual reunion on Saturday at Eu Villa, Addis Road. Singapore. The party will last from 8.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Guests will spend the evening in a glorious gambling spree
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    Inspection trip
    33 8 Mrs. O. C. Scott, widow of Wing Commander H. O. Malcolm, V.C.. and a director of the Malcolm Clubs, flew into Singapore by 8.0.A.C. yesterday to inspect the Malcolm Club here.
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    Mr. Chew: A marriage has been arranged? Well, it's all work of God
    240 8 CANDID CONFETTI~BY CHURCH LEADER YOU there, the girl with the stars in your eyes. You are so sure he is Mr. Right. Do you know who sent him to you? And you gay bachelor who has met
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    FOLLY to THROW OUT ENGLISH
    165 8 Ceylonese Q.C. blames fanatics rVHE new Ceylon Government's rejection of Eng- llsh as the official language was an act of grave folly, Mr. R. R. Crossette-Thamblah, Q.C., former Solicitor-General of Ceylon, said in Singapore yesterday. He said that because of this short-sighted fanaticism the standard
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    Boys stole turkeys
    55 8 KUALA aLUMPUR, Wed. S. Sethu and M. Ganesan, both 17, pleaded guilty here today to stealing three young turkeys belonging to Squadron Leader S. Arnold at Jalan Abdullah hi Bungsar Road, yesterday. Inspector K. K. Pillay said the boys sold the birds for $9. They were allowed
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    Phone link with North Borneo
    56 8 A telephone service between North Borneo and Britain was opened for the first time yesterday. It will be available every day, except Sunday, for two hours daily at £3. 15s for a three-minute call. A caller from Britain will be able to speak to a
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    SEA SNAKE POISON CURE?
    147 8 Lovers' Isle deaths now major research KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Malaya may be the first country to discover an antidote to the deadly bite of a poisonous sea snake. Experiments are now being carried out with animate periodically injected with small quantities of sea snake venom. rhey
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    His burial place is still in balance
    263 8 His burial place is still in balance JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. decision has yet 11 been reached on whether the body of Tengku Abu Bakar ibni Ibrahim, who died in London yesterday following a chest operation, will be brought here for burial. Tengku Abu Bakar. who was 58, was the ra
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    Medal for her
    39 8 A Sarawak woman. Miss Elisabeth Chiew, who saved the life of a Catholic sister when both were attacked by an inmate of the Slbu Benevolent Home, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for her courage.
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      64 8 Regional SINGAPORE (Sbert www torn. Mednusi ware Mtaa.) AM. 7.18 Opening Anct. 7.18 Piano Playtime. 7. 50 News. 7.35 A Date with Music. 8.00 News Haamtnsa. 8.02 Date With Music, VU. 6.00 Calling AU Hospitals, 8.85 Regional AnncU. (888 Metres and 48 Btetrts) P.M. 10.00—10.18 Han* News from Britain and
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    Lock icon Pleasure boat captain panicked: 600 died
    1462 9 WILLIAM LAW, second -steward of the Thames excursion steamer. Princess Alice, chatted intimately to his fiancee in a corner of the crowded saloon as the vessel nosed her way towards Woolwich. The steward found it hard to make himself heard above the laughter and
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    RUBBER WAGE CLASH DOUBTS AFFECT PRICE IN COLONY
    475 10 RUBBER WAGE CLASH DOUBTS AFFECT PRICE IN COLONY By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the National Union of Plantation Workers meet by agreement in Koala Lumpur on Monday in, a last minute attempt to settle their wage dispute, certain sections of the Singapore Rubber
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 10 May first grade mbber bnyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at W% cents per Ib., down one-eighth of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was easier. Closing prices in cento per Ib. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88%. sellers 88%; No. 1 R
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    78 10 Siagayare Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; May $29 7 buyers, $30% sellers; June $30 buyers, $30% seUers. Coeonnt oil: steady; bulk $46 sellers; drum $49 sellers. Pepper: quietly steady, with no business reported done; Muntok white $102, Sarawak $101, special Sarawak black
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    298 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported; 'There was again selective support for industrials with few price changes. Tins were irregular to higher whilst rubben were quiet.*' glngaporb an* Federation Brokers report* d the following asiihuss done yesterday:— 8.8. Petrol 48s. 9d; Fraser and Neave ords $1.68%; W. Hammer
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    76 10 The Malayan Exchange Bank, fliaorlatinn made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday:— New York: buying airmail: T.T 33%. O.D 33. 90 d/st 33 3/18 credit bilk. S3* trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: New York 33%. On the free exchange market ta Hrn« Bang
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    U.S. car production
    32 10 DETROIT, Tue». uniteo SUtas car production for the flrtt quarter tola year U eatlrhaUrt at tSnjUt vehicle.. 804.000 fewer than the mum period last year, according to automotiTe News.
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    100 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS tNVESTME^ R spread with small i the Stock Exchaiu., rises exceeded fells were small, in mmi steadier, silver JSdT,*! firm and gold and quiet. Loans weu stron. ernment anix v next loan win i». Loans 3'i,', 1951 Loans 3,, 19S0-..3 Con. Zinc. Bank of NSW Mount Lyell 1
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    MINERAL OUTPUT
    45 10 The Federation v i tlon of minerals ot! the first quarter of Coal 50,554 tons. Raw i,^ troy ozs., iron Ore :,h\ ri Bauxite 61,891 tons h (exports) 22.624 tun.- Wolf r ,7 tons, Schetlite 11 ton. (oi™ 76 tons and China st]
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    78 10 SUM lytne aloiißsidf th, ad pore Harbour Board »hin« expected today are: Chu?^ Hoogkerk 4 5. Bnrunuin c P fc vorllch 6 7, Agamemnon 89 Aa skerk 11 Benvrackie ;3 H s, 15 16, Sunda 18. EUzaMh Bai *****. Rawang N. Wall 5 j N. Wall 7. BeU^a v;
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      568 10 Nancys NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. 8. K. SOON (BNO BOON HAT). Hlwßin, hw resigned from our firm effective a* of April M. IM6. Henceforth, he hu no Mitborlty to transact business or eoUect monies on behalf of our EDWARD ED CO.. LTD., No. 1, Orchard Road, Singapore,
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    118 12 SWIMSCTT STYLES Singapore for many a long day art these slinky American swimsuits. in black, white and many vibrant colours, iney are not in the economy class, but are well-cut, well finished and of good quality lastex. In line with newest fashion trends. they are one-piece, with welldefined
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    AMAH WILL NOT TAKE MEDICINE
    492 12 LIKE all people who begin to feel better after an illness, Amah is inclined to forget to take her medicine once she feels slightly better. I pointed out that the doctor had given valuable time finding out what was the matter with her and that
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    Marriage and business mix
    300 12 TVVMXX *r THE WEEK A PETITE, blond Singapore woman -who runs her own city business, finds that marriage, a family and a career mix well. She is Mrs. Marie Urn. who in spite of her busy life still makes time for social service work. When I
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    New diet removes surplus pounds
    245 12 New diet removes surplus pounds There may not be much truth in the old saying that "nobody loves a fat girl," but show me the woman who can feel happy, poised and confident with too many inches round the hips, a bulging tummie or a spare tyre. A sensible diet
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      73 12 Straits Times Crossword |l •8 I I I E^l^ I I I xs ACBOSg 8. They do your Job elsewhere 7). 9 As an allowance It Is rather small 10 Par from bright (8). 11 Discovered in a grave state in India (4). 13 Snap* of the earth? (I). 14
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      192 12 IS It is mysterious end can be obscure (S). 15 Incentive for 7? (4). 30 A •tronc force Is In pneweiton 31 Quiet interval? (4). 32 Inconsiderable sweet (6). 23 The one tbe devil takes (8). 24 Meteorologically below par (5. 3. 7>. DOWN 1 The flower* that bloom In
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    WORCESTER COLLAPSE FOR 90 AFTER 73 FOR 5
    217 13 Lind wall, Crawford gtv« Ausstoe a flying start WORCESTER, Wed. fHE AUSTRALIAN cricket tourists can be well satisfied with the start they made against Worcester today in the opening first-class match of their current tour. They dismissed the county team for only
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    Lock icon TWO WARWICK BATSMEN GET CENTURIES v SUSSEX
    125 13 LONDON. Wed. rpwo Warwickshire batsmen •a- scored centuries today, Wolton making 101 and Gardner 103 not out when Warwick had made 230 for five by tea against Sussex at rtir** 1 Tl griftrn. Tea scores m matches starting today were: At Oxford, Oxford
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    Busmen get first points off Shell
    207 13 ISSUES* NOOSES SOCCER MUM-UP SINGAPORE Traction Sports Club gained theii first victory in the Business Div. 1, soccer league at the expense of Shell S.C. whom they beat 2-0 at Serangoon Road yesterday The busmen, who have been beaten In their last three outings,
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    Results and the latest positions DIVISION ONE
    140 13 Results and the latest positions DIVISION ONE Uon 2 F t. Bank E «rby j tlon c N. P f nfcukom DIVISION TWO v. jacks J c Btum rage S3O 0 10 If 3 3 0 0 17 3 6 let 4 3 0 1 11 6 6 W. 4302(64
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    ONE WICKET WIN
    49 13 Woodhrtdge Hospital beat RAF Chal Keng by one wicket in a cricket match at Ylo Chu Kang "R^lTjf^well SO. A. Shns 16. C. T. Foster 3-13. A. L'estrange 3-14, N. Sta Maria 3-18). Woodbridge 67-9 (A. Lestrange 36 8. Perretra 11 n.0.. RodmeU 7-31. Pootltt 3-31).
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    JACKS KEEP THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD
    279 13 JACKS rnii<" f tlMrt their unbeaten record when they beat Cable Wireless 3-0 in a Dlv. 3 match on the padang. Jacks are now second in the league with the same number of points a> Cold Storage who have a better goal average. Jacks dominated
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    Draw and starting times for Eu Tong Sen golf
    309 13 rpHE DRAW and starting times A tor the qualifying round of tha Eu Tooir Ben Cup goU oompetltlon at tb« Royallaiand Club '^mSn'rS: t.15 d.w. ueMuilan (3), M.O. Murchlaon H. HaUortl (8); 6.30 QM. Addjaw (t), C.Y. Koh (8). WX Prft^
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    SCOREBOARD
    70 13 WORCESTER Ist Inn* Kama b Ltatwall 31 p. Rlehardaan c Craig b Crawford 15 Omtseheetß a Maekay b Daws b ÜBS*** 31 D. Rlehardaan law Davidson 9 Bartaa^at Maiisrks b Jenkins c MaaTerhs b Crawford Booth Ibw Unftwall 0 Rorry eMs Mi ah. b Baawsa 0 Chesterton nat oat
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    70 13 LONDON, Wed.— Denis Compton. England and Middlesex cricketer, left hospital today after a second manipulative operation on his right knee. The knee-cap was removed last November, "The doctors seemed pleased with the results," said Compton. "They were able to bend the knee much more than before. I
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    TURNER HITS 66 FOR CHANGI
    41 13 Ohangi "A" drew with Royal Army Ordinance Corps In a cricket match at Changl yesterday. Changi 115 o uact (Turner 66, Pittman 21, Jones 3-24. Moore 8-59, Grimble 3-10). RAOC 79-3. (Weale 18. McKenale 30 da).
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    Ceylonese Xls for weekend
    95 13 TTOE CBTLONESE team to meet x R.A J l Singapore in a senior tournament cricket fixture at BalesUer Road will be: A. Vijlaratnam. C. Thuraisingam. P. de Kretser, S. Nagaiah, s. Kula«inym s. K. Kulaslngam. T. Rajendran. S. SooceleraJ. S. Parama thevan, E. Wicks, S. Yogarajah
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    2,000 goes to biggest outsider
    211 13 2,000 goes to biggest outsider NEWMARKET, Wed. r<XLLES de Retz, a 50 w to 1 outsider, won the Two Thousand Guineas, the first of the British classics, run over the Rowley Mile here this afternoon from a field of 19. Ridden by Frank Barlow and trained by Charles Jerdein, Gilles
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    GOLF WINNERS
    28 13 Mr. and Mrs. H. Poutsma won the Royal Singapore Golf Club's April nine-hole mixed foursome, with a net score of 33%. There were 14 other cards.
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      563 13 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS 10 Word, U (Mim-i-Btx twtU. txtrm. THE JANUARY 1868 Edition of The Federation of Malaya Telephoue Directory can be purchased trom the Strait* Tunas Press Ltd Ceett street. Singapore. Price tIM per copy. Postage 80 cents extra. FURTHER SUPPLIES OF "Gardening m the Lowlands of Malaya" by R.
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    Bagby saddles three winners
    1744 14  -  EPSOM JEEF WHAT HAPPENED AMD LA ROMDE SCORE DOUBLES DATS TOP DIVIDEND WAS ONLY $27 By f A RONDE'S bright v speed once again Droved too much for his Class 2, Dtv. 1 rivals at Penanc yesterday, second day of the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting.
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    Indian Davis Cup stars to play today
    74 14 Indian Davis Cup stars to play today npHE Indian Davis Cup X players, Ramanathan Krishnan and Naresh Kumar, arrived in Singapore by 8.0.A.C. from India yesterday. They are on their way to Tokyo for their Davis Cup tie against Japan on May 18 to 20. Krishnan and Kumar will play
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    Heys scores 47 in last game
    66 14 Playing his last match in Singapore. Sgt. Charlie Heys scored 47 not out for R.A.F. Seletar Polytechnics against R.A.M.C. in an inter-services cricket league game which was drawn at Seletar yesterday. Heys leaves today for Britain. Seletar 117-4 dccl. (Set. Heys 47 n.0.. Jackson
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    Good start in schools athletics
    356 14 Good start in schools athletics Tft I VE RECORDS were Bettered r on the first day of the Singapore Chinese Schools' three-day athletic meet at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Singapore women discus champion and former Malayan record holder. Tip Ngan Chiau, set the first record of the meet when she
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    COCKELL'S TITLE DECLARED VACANT
    126 14 COCKELL'S TITLE DECLARED VACANT LONDON. Wei. TtON COCKKIX, Britfah h*aTjrw«lf kt hexiai tsapsri C*asipisit>lfs OsaawHOf. The Ceaaaatttee named tkree sfllolal eoatenden. One tkesa Is KlUmc Lsve ot Teaiga, wh. ksweke« mat CwkeU la tw* rewais last week and was Intirectly the cuk e( the action taken last CmMI. who baa
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    188 ENTRIES FOR STORE MAY MEET
    711 14 Seven races only for the second day A TOTAL of 188 entries— B9 from Class One and 99 from Class Three has been received for the Singapore Turf Club May Meeting at Bukit Timah on May 12, 16 and 19. Entries are: Class One
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    101 14 rraßtf wIU be eight races a day 1 on the first and third days. sUrtlng at a.15 p.m., and seven races 00 the second day. The racing schedule to: FIRST DAY (MayJSJ^CIMs 1, Diva. 1, 3 and 3— l«. Class I. Dlvs. 1. 3 and Diva. 1
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    S'PORE SOCCER ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL
    665 14 BRUSSELS, Wed. PLOM 8,000 miles away I send some words of consolation to Singapore fans who have been complaining, with reason, about the standard of football in the Colony: I've just seen worse much worse. I have been at a local derby between
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