The Straits Times, 11 May 1956

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times. He**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1956 i 15 CENTS
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  • 289 1 BOSSES: We will not yield UNION: Workers are prepared tor sacrifice* Go-slow it is— plus bus strike? i LAST-MINUTE bid to avert the "ro ,1,,u" rampaifa on Jdaya'ti rubber (..late, tailed last niirhl. The country's {20,000 estate workers will not Ih i working today. Work will
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  • 190 1 A MYSTERIOUS fire broke out in an attap hut housing a Malay family of eight near the junction of Geylang Road and Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore, about 2.30 a.m. yesterday. tonds before the fire, ,'ht-month-old boy. Sapwoke up the household his cries. The child's
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  • 32 1 COLOMBO, Thurs. No Government servant should draw a monthly salary of more than Rs. 1,000 (approximately $645>, a resolution to be placed before the Government Parliamentary Group here said.— U.P.
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  • 24 1 BRUSSELS, Thufp— nity-year-old Georges Orogniet claimed the world egg-eating record today. He said he swallowed 44 boiled eggs in 30 minutes— A.P.
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  • 71 1 Stroll for a Royal corgi I It was one of the fine spells in the moody English spring, so Princess Anne took one of the Royal Family's corgi dogs for a walk. She is seen blinking into the sun at Smith's Lawn. Great Windsor Park, where
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  • 19 1 JERUSALEM. Thurs Arab marauders last night blew up a railway line two miles from Beersheba.— U.P.
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  • 197 1 Big progress official CITIZENSHIP TALKS MAKE Mr. M SO HAPPY From HARRY MILLER LONDON, Thurs It was a happy Mr. Marshall who emerged from today's merdeka talks. At the end of a 50--minute session which discussed citizenship, the Chief Minister told me: "I am quite satisfied. The communique you will
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  • 239 1 Mr. Chrimes 'I WANT TO SEE TNE GOVERNOR' gets a jail or fine reminder •THE Governor's order of appointment and the Commission's powers to fine or jail people for contempt were read out by the chairman of the Malayanisation Commission, Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan, at its session yesterday. Then Dr.
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  • 579 1 Disc jockey faces five tax charges MALAYA'S ace diac jockey, Kingsley Morrando, of Radio Malaya, appeared in a Singapore court yesterday on five charges of failing to submit income tax returns from 1951 to 1955. Morrando is to leave on Sunday for Britain on a six-month scholarship with the BBC.
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  • 42 1 Two buses belonging to Ta'y Koh Vat Company caught fire in separate incidents in Singapore yesterday. One was destroyed in the morning in Whltley Road while being refuelled. The other was damaged at Kampong Java Road last night.
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  • 71 1 Q. C wife is found dead LONDON, Thurs. Mrs. Christian Curtis Bennet*. young ex-cabaret, star wife of Mr. Derek Curtis Bennett. Q.C., was found dead last nigVit in the bedroom of a London flat They were married quietly in London last August when she was 25 and her husband 51.
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  • 119 1 It's tomorrow because moon wasn't sighted— holiday still today Fwill be Hari Raya tomorrow for Muslims in Singapore and the Federation I The Keeper of the Rulers' Seal announced In Kuala Lumpur last night that the new moon had not been sighted In the Federation by 11 p.m.
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  • 35 1 NORFOLK. Thurs. U.S. Navy Secretary, Charles Thomas said today the Navy is planning to build a mammoth nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching the ,500-mile medium range ballistic missile from below the seas. A.P.
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  • 165 1 Two hanged: Nicosia riots NICOSIA, Thurs. STREET riots broke out °in Nicosia today after the British authorities executed two Cypriot terrorists. Youths and girls loosed a barrage of stones at British soldiers outside the Greek Phaneromeni Church. Tur- kish Cypriot polTce moved in swinging batons The executions of Michael KaraolLs
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  • 184 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. A SINGAPORE building contractor, Mr. Leon g Chet A Sang, arrived here today by air from Singapore in an attempt to persuade his runaway schoolgirl daughter Pui Kum, 20, not to go to Communist China. He said Pui Kum, eldest of his
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  • 31 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs.Major Harolzo Veloso, leader of an unsuccessful jungle revolt in Februaiy. has been sentenced to 30 day.s la the guardhouse for granting an unauthorised interview.— A.P.
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  • 41 1 NEW YORK, Thurs.— A candlemaker, Mr. L. P Markert. said here that if all American women over 19 gave their right age at birthday time the industry would have to produce 200 million more candles a year.— Reuter.
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  • 35 1 FROGMAN: 'YES' TO DEBATE LONDON, Thurv Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, bowed before storm of Press and political denunciation and agreed to debate case of missing frogman on Monday.— U.P. (See Page 3)
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  • 24 1 ENIWETOE ATOLL. Thurs. —The H-bomb test explosion scheduled for early tomorrow was postponed again only a fpw hours before blast time. —A.l.
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  • 169 2 AUSSIES TO CRASH RICE MARKET CANBERRA, Thurs. AN American-Austra-lian syndicate today announced plans to make Australia one ol Asia's major rice suppliers. Mr. Allen Chase representing the syndicate, said at a news conference that rice could be produced more cheaply in the Northern Territory of Australia than in Asian countries.
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  • 56 2 Cancer cure is possible NEW YORK. Thurs.— About 400.000 Americans living today have been cured of cancer, the American Cancer Society claims in its annual report. The report said that at least 800.000 more people row expected to die from cancer in the next 10 years could be saved if
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  • 34 2 VIENNA, hurs.— The HunErian Foreign Ministry has formed the Austrian diplomatic mission in Budapest that all barriers on the Austro Hungarian frontier will be removed by the end of this month.— Reuter.
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  • 949 2  -  VERNON RARTLATY LIKE PSALMIST DAVID. MARSHALL IS ALTERNATELY BOASTFULLY OPTIMISTIC AND PROFOUNDLY GLOOMY I c-...« hby Straits Times special writer who is j back aftsr a visit to London during I the first half of the merdeka talks, j CHINESE FEELINGS MAY INFLUENCE OUTCOME OF LONDON
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  • 61 2 The Duke of Edinburgh, wearing polo kit, talks with the Queen on Smith's Lawn. Windsor Great Park. Their children. Prince Charles and Princess Anne, stand at the right. The Duke, playing for the Welsh Guards team in the first matcKof the season, scored two
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  • 139 2 Slam next year plans a ban on opium smoking In the name of Lord Buddha GENEVA, Thurs.— Siam will ban opium smoking next year in honour of Buddha who was "against the use of all toxic products," m Siamese spokesman said today. Laant Prakob Thanakat, Slam's observer at the U.N.
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  • 131 2 ADELAIDE. Thursday. A ROYAL Australian Air Force Canberra Jet bomber will fly through an atomic cloud minutes after the explosion of a British atomic weapon In the MontebeUo Islands this month. Date of the explosion, to be set off from a tower, has not
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  • 84 2 Cable f lathes MOSCOW: Marshal Bulganin went out of his way at a Czech Embassy reception here Jto say Russia "would like to build relations with all countries" in Just the way he and Mr. Khrushchev had during their recent visit to Britain. —Reuter. BAGHDAD: A Jordanian Embassy spokesman said
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  • 102 3 THE FIRST STRIKE OF ROBOT AGE is OFF COVENTRY. Thurs J r 11 000 workers of f. E h Standard Motor s tractor fac- voted today rv n n ri Britain's first iomation" strike. n who went on )r: 26. voted to ,rt on Monday ns recommended to work" move
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  • 34 3 says Ike TA=HIN'GTON. Thurs. House said tonight medical examina- announced today by Elsenhower, would ual check-up Mr. has had for the past 10 years. The Jd he would have attoo on Friday.—
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  • 35 3 PARIS. Maine. Thurs.— ■BtKi morals indictments returned by an mrd County grand jury r >: the Rev. Cari G. Sea:z. 33. pastor of the First ir,-ersa!ist Church of Norii Mair.e.— A.P.
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  • 34 3 TOKYO. Thurs.— The newsfijer Asahi reported today M Tokyo and Okayama In detected radioactive ration in rain that fell M Monday and Tuesday, it believed the May 5 exjaon at Bikini was the
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  • 82 3 CHURCHILL: RUSSIA HAS A ROLE AACHEN, Thurs. Sir Winston Churchill declared here today that in a true unity of Europe, Russia must have iher part. He was receiving the Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to European unity from the city of Aachen. Sir Winston said that until recently Russia had
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  • 53 3 BOSS. Thurs.—Gen. Alfred Gner.ther. outgoing North Mdc Treaty Supreme i Cr.mander, told West Ger- < Mm yesterday they should li ?at least 18 months' conr:.fi<m. i Gen. Gruenther said that once the West German defence contribution of 500,000 men had been mustered, NATO would be able to defend
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  • 183 3 MASERU, (Basutoland), Thurs. A special meeting; of the Basutoland Council here is studying ways to stamp out a grisly trade in human flesh and blood for black marie rites. Yesterday Ma'ntzebo Seeiso, the late Paramount Chief's principal wife who now acts as Regent, con- demned the
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  • 171 3 ARMS DELIVERIES DISCUSSED PARIS, Thursday. IiiARSHAL TITO of Yugoslavia yesterday inspected iIK the Mystere, France's latest supersonic Jet fighter, on a visit to an aviation factory in a Paris suburb Informed sources said the Jugoslav Government is interested in the fighter, and is investigating the
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  • 29 3 LONDON. Thurs. Britain and Russia have called on North and South Vietnam to take steps towards free elections to bring about reunification of the partitioned country. Reuter.
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  • 31 3 TRENTINO, (Italy), Thurs. Police setup a special guard yesterday when scores of children gathered around an overturned trailer truck which spilled 10 tons of chocolates on a highway. AP.
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  • 21 3 JAKARTA, Thurs.— Police at Palembang have confiscated a large number of pocket knives decorated with nude pictures. Reuter.
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  • 77 3 'LICK YOUR FLOOT' ORDER CAPTAIN CASHIERED LONDON, Thurs a British Army captain was* dismissed the service yesterday after a courtmartial was told he made a recruit lick his foot Capt. Dennis Merrick John, Royal Artillery, pleaded guilty to scandalous behaviour. The sentence is subject to conflmation. The prosecution said the
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  • 36 3 JERUSALEM, Thurs. A British passenger plane was forced by an Israeli fighter aircraft to land at Lydda airport today. The British plane was later allowed to leave after its crew was questioned.
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  • 30 3 LONDON. Thurs. Princess Margaret laughed, stamped her feet In time and cheered with 8,000 other fans last night at Louis Armstrong's jazz jamboree at the Empress Hall.— Reuter.
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  • 746 3 Vanished frogman: Move by Labour to censure Eden UPROAR IN THE PRESS: WAR THIS THE WORK OF SECRET SERVICE? LONDON, Thurs. fHE Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, faces a personal vote of censure for his refusal "in the public interest" to reveal how a British frogman vanished in a mystery
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  • 67 3 MAASTRICHT, Th v r s Leon Jungschlaeger, who died in Jakarta three weeks ago, was buried here yesterday with thousands of mourners present. jungschlaeger, who was accused in Indonesia of sub- version and against whom the death penalty was demanded, became a martyr in Holland, where he was
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  • 108 3 LONDON, Thurs. i Closing middle prces of selected stocks not ncludng stamp duty were: mis fling 4% 3% 1 K 1 14 1 19 mm ft /6 4 Un. i I in. Pac. li I -/S +1/I >. 1 npat (4/-) Tl UWUll Al/V 9, XIU11U11 K9 I
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  • 26 3 LONDON May 10.—Spot 25% d., June 25 \d., July-Sept. 2S\A., Oct.-Dec. 28d.. Jan.-Mar 24 Hd,, May c.l.f. 25' id.. June c.l.f 25% d! Tone: Quiet.
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  • 22 3 LONDON, May 10—Cash Buyers £751>4: Sellers £752- Forward Buyers £750; Sellers £751; Settlement £754; Turnover: a.m. 45 tons; p.m. 30 tons.
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  • 321 4 'Temporary clerks can win if they go to court— but they won't 9 'EQUAL BKMKFITr CLAIM BY COUMSM. THE Singapore Civil Service tribunal was told yesterday that the Govx eminent could be forced by law to meet the demands of its 728 temporary clerks for 30 months' back pay. Mr.
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  • 149 4 THE JUKE BOXES GET REPRIEVE— BY COUNCIL CHIEF'S CASTING VOTE -IEREMBAN, Thurs. A 5 motion by Mr. Chin See Tin to prohibit installation of Joke boxes In lodging houses, restaurants and street stalls was defeated at the monthly meeting of the town council today. When the President Inehe Maarof bm
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  • 39 4 Dr. Kal-Loo Huang and Hr TEH. Hancock have been appointed members of the Board of Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic. They replace Messrs. Ong Piah Teng, a nominated Assemblymen, and H. Flrshman, who have resigned.
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  • 226 4 THE BANDIT TERROR WHO WORE A TRILBY IS SHOT DEAD AT DAWN A DAY'S MARCH IN JUNGLE KUALA KLAWANG, Thurs. Chi Ying, the bandit "Beau Brum- mcl" who sported a trilby, is dead. He was killed by security forces yesterday as he was leaving camp eight
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  • 185 4 PANADA is to lend Malaya several teachers under the Colombo Plan for staffing technical and trade schools. J Announcing this yesterday, the new Canadian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. M. P Carson, said: "I expect three of our instructors to arrive here by September to help
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  • 79 4 TVBE cost of moderalsA mr Singapore's Victoria Theatre has been grossly under-estimated and the City Council must vote $550,000 more for the project if it is to be completed. The Council approved SBO0 t ooo to cover the whole modernisation scheme but the work so
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  • 93 4 A stinking flood in homes WAN THO AVENUE hi Sennett Estate, Singapore, is flooded with several inches of sewage and It is seeping into homes. Angry residents repeatedly rang up the Straits Times last night and said: "It's stinking here." Mr. F. S. Kremple a resident, said: "I have been
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  • 63 4 Three men, two armed with revolvers and the tbird a dagger, entered a dental clinic in Geylang Road, Singapore, yesterday and robbed the dental of $200. two watches and two fountain pens. The dentist, Lee Tuck Siong, and three people on the premises were (herded into
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  • 31 4 Progressives are no more The Singapore Progressive Party was "officially" dissolved last night A Government Gazette supplement revoked the 1947 Gazette notification which declared the Progressive Party as a political assocla-
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  • 31 4 The Kiwi Club, Singapore, will hold a "Kebaya Queen" competition during its picnic on Sunday at South Winds, the SATA rehabilitation centre at Tanjong Balai, off Boon Lay Road.
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  • 137 4 GENERALS HERE FOR 'SECRET TALKS' rrHE Director of Mili- tary Operations at the War Office, Mal.Gen. J. H. N. Poett, afrrives In Singapore today for top-level discussions with Army chiefs in the Colony and the Federation. It Is understood the question of the Colony's Internal security will be raised during
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  • 130 4 Tlfß. ALFRED Wallenstein, iU music director of the 100-strong Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, which flies Into the Colony today, has sent greetings of friendship to the people of Singapore. In his message, Mr. Wallenstein says he hopes that his orchestra's music will "carry an Individual
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  • 204 5 300 men who blasted Reds say farewell K.ALA LIMPUR, Thurs— Three hunJ' T n of the 25th EJmrnt Royal Artillery eiven a big send-off .the railway station hand of tne Ist Bn., .oval Hampshire Regi- n t drowned the noise yft, train as it pulled U n was tnkins: the
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  • 60 5 A Singapore branch of the Association of Supervising Eectrical Engineers has been formed with Mr. F. R. Emaerson v chairman and Mr. i Dawson secretary. The branch, which meets c the first Tuesday of every nonth, aims to raise the iv l- of the profession and
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  • 19 5 PENANG. Tnurs. The Anjlo-Chinose School Union •t celebrate Founder's Day r.th a dinner on Sunday, May 27.
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  • 95 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Hundreds of married soldiers h the Federation military forces are to receive a Hari toya windfall of up to $94 uder a new allowance •cheme drawn up by the War race and the Federation Government. An Army statement says that from now on a
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  • 45 5 The Rev. Ronald ButlerWhite, assistant minister at the .Wesley Church, Singapore, will be dean of the 1957 Southern District Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute in Singapore. The Rev. Robert F. Lundy will be dean of the Northern District M.Y.F. Institute in Kuantan.
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  • 167 5 $45? OH, THAT'S FAR TOO MUCH MALACCA, Thursday. tfTAFF NURSES, residing in hostels in the Federa- tion are to protest against the Government's decision to deduct $45 every month from their pay as hostel rent. This follows pay increases, ranging from $47 to $92
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  • 60 5 The leisure probe on I Monday i The sub-committee of the Singapore Youth Council on Monday starts investigations into bow the youth of Singapore spend their leisure. The first stage of the survey will be devoted to youth organisations, and it is expected to be completed by October. Thousands of
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  • 426 5 Stay In a fumte ol+artng, then tight to the finish IPOH, Thurs.— An I ban tracker today told the Ipoh coroner of a life-and-death struggle with a bandit collaborator in a gloomy jungle hut. The coroner, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Yusof, recorded a verdict
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  • 42 5 Two Singapore schoolboys have tied as winners of a quiz on tuberculosis which was conducted by SATA to spread knowledge of the disease. Their names will be announced tomorrow. About 3.000 schoolchildren competed in the quiz.
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  • 35 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tnurs.— Mohd Tamin bin Hussain a lorry attendant, who tried to smuggle six cartons of cigarettes by hiding them under sacks of flour, today was fined $200. or one month's jail.
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  • 21 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Ali bin Othman, a pollot supervisee, who failed to report, was today sentenced tc one year's jail.
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  • 78 5 NEW BRIDGE WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY mHE Kallang Bridge is e»--1 pected to be completed in July, the Singapore Minister for Communications and Works. Mr. Francis Thomas, said yesterday. When the bridge is open th«> police plan to take a traffic census to see If it eases congestion in
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  • 135 5 ESTABLISHMENT of a Japanese bank in Singapore has been agreed to in principle by the Government, the acting Chief Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Chew said that there had been no objections to a request by the Bank of
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  • 111 5 rpuE United Malays National Organisation which claims to have more than 10,000 members in Singapore, Is planning to open five new branches. One will be at Pulau Tekong. It will be the first UMNO bid to get a foothold in the Eastern island.
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  • 391 6 SUCH A SHOCK for MR. TEO QVe pot $10,000 in it for public goodj Gambling? It's nonsense, fumes Mr. Teo 'USED FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSES'— GOVT. THE Singapore Government last night closed down the Colony's premier community club —the 2,000 strong Tiong Bahru Community Centre. A
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  • 25 6 There will be a free show of Commonwealth films at the British Council Hall In Stamford Road, Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 23 6 Dr. Roderick Huang will talk on "English literature in. Malaya today" at the Victoria School, Singapore, tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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  • 105 6 Expats on probation may go at once under this new Bill KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. European Government officers on probation wishing to retire now will be paid gratuities on a certificate of urgency under a new BUI to be introduced at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. This legislation follows
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  • 94 6 Will you do good deed for a Scout? TAIPING, Thurs. ROGER BAUER. 14, of Illinois, U.6.A. wants to write to young Malayans. To young Bauer, this is a matter of urgency. He is a Boy Scout, and. to qualify for the American' Boy Scout organisation's merit badge, he must write
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  • 111 6 IT ANA SUPPIAH was jailed by a Singapore court yesterday for cheating the Singapore Social Welfare Department of $600. Suppiah admitted he recelved $600 from the Department when he claimed he had suffered loss In a fire which broke out In Kampong Silat
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  • 69 6 New officials of the Royal Engineers Civilian Association, Singapore, are: President, Mr. O. R. Binns; vice-president, Mr. V. V. Thaver; secretary. Mr. L. J. Lefort (re-elected); treasurer, Mr. H. Umapathy Velu; sports secretary, Mr. R. H. Khan; auditors, Mr. Tan Chy e Teow and Mr. K. T.
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  • 234 6 Why did car swerve off road? RIDDLE FOR CORONER I'HE pet of the family, plump three-year-old Veronica quietly watched her aunt, pretty Monica Wee, at the wheel of their new car as it purred at 25 m.p.h. along the narrow Ponggol Road. The little girl wax seated on the lap
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  • 52 6 A man accused of trafficking in Indonesian counterfeit currency notes denied the charge in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday He was Lee Chong Sal who was said to have made a deal in 100 counterfeit Indonesian 1,000-rupiah notes on Aug. 19 last year. The hearing
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  • 20 6 The Bishop of Macao, Dom Policarpo da Costa Vaz, left Singapore for home yesterday after a short visit.
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  • 276 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A 20-year-old girl told the < Sessions Court here today that she did not have to doctor to get a medical certificate. The certificate said she was unfit for work. On the strength of that certificate < the said she withdrew
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  • 157 6 Indonesia: 'Things are better' rE vanguard of Indonesian President Soekarno's U.S. -bound party arrived in Singapore yesterday in a chartered Garuda Convair. It is preceding the President to Washington where he will pay a state visit A former Vice Premier, Mr. Suwirjo, (above) now the President Director of the national
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  • 172 6 STUDENT LEADERS ASSURE Mr. CHEW TOE Malayan dple ?a x tion to tho A S Asian Students' Con ference at Bandoen" will dissociate Sf selves from all sta te merits and resolution* that might "brins about tensions." And they will u-ithdr»» entirely from th P connft if it is used
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  • 34 6 A Singapore magistrates court yesterday comitted Bachan Singh, of Wayan; Satu, for trial at the Assizes on a charge of murdering Babu Singh in Dunearn Road on the night n! March 25.
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  • 94 6 FEWER STRIKES— BECAUSE WORKERS ARE HAPPIER rpHE industrial situation in X Singapore is "very satisfactory", the Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, said yesterday. "There have been only 14 new strikes this year— only four ln April.'* he said. During 1955 there were 256 strikes. Mr. Thomas attributed
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    • 343 6 CARS J FOR HOME LEAVE I You'll «cc Hie betf of Britain from a car of your own! You can find all Hia 1 enchantment historic Britain offara off Hie beaten track aa wed aa famom 1 haunts if you get befcind tne wh««l of any of Hie magnificent ford
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    • 94 6 <•■«•••••••••••••••••••• |T AD I I" A I TO^IORIIOU j j IArIIUL pram 9 SSisssssfc 1 ■ftliW»Bkf** lfl Bhß^wjJb>b£ JuJtti i !^g^»^Bfiß™A. >- VICTOR MATURE JAHBT LEIGH In Columbia's .^k^ksSSSSSSSSSHMBsT' SSSSBBBBBBBBSSSBW ,«■■■■> iff I THE FIRST CINEMASIOPK PICTURE FILMED IN THE HEART i i OF DARKEST AFRICA. j M N TECBNMCOLOH
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    • 70 6 High tides TODAY: Singapore 11.34 ajn. (8 ft. 3 Ins.) 11.04 p.m. ft. 2 Ins.); Port Dickson 652 ajn. (8 ft. 4 Ins.) 7.22 p.m. (9 ft. 8 Ins.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.17 ajn. (8 ft. 4 Ins.) 11.43 pjn. (9 ft. 4 Ins.) Port Dickaon 7.34 ajn. (8 ft. 6
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  • 254 7 MISSING MEN— SHOCKFOR BAILORS ft U TTERWORTH, Thurs. Pour bailors who stood surety for two men reported missing today applied to be released from a total bail of $20,000. But the Sessions Court President, Mr. B. J. Jennings, told them they must produce the bailees in court next Thursday. "If
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  • 65 7 Mr. C. K. William Wee, North Borneo Magistrate and treasurer of a town board, was one of the overseas visitors who talked with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited the Torquay Corporation Waterworks centenary exhibition. Mr. Wee is a member of a
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  • 26 7 There will be a public lecture on "Reincarnation" at the Bahai Centre hi Raffles Place, 2, D'Almeida Street, Singapore, at 10.30 a.m on Sunday.
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  • 62 7 PENANO, Thurs. —Burning candles started a fire hi a Tua Peh Kong Temple in King Street at noon today. Pour nuns in the temple one of. the oldest in Penang —fought the nre until the arrival of the fire brigade. The temple was crowded with worshippers
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  • 722 7 cmronafc all this is improper i 'P HE chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, told the Malayanisation Commission yesterday that he felt the Board members had been undergoing an inquisition before the Commission. He said it
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  • 126 7 Insurance men present new claims > HTHE Singapore Insurance Companies Employees' J L Union has fixed a minimum salary of $200 a month for clerks, telephone operators and typists. i A flve-man negotiating' i team has been chosen to press this and other claims
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 218 7 Believe u5.... there i$ no better n or safer fresh mjjk available in Malaya than BEAR BRAND Sterilized Natural Milk from Switzeriand. A glass of cold BEAR BRAND Sterilized Fresh Milk is a tonic at any time for you and your children. riv^^^^n Swiss Mi"* iIZOSLLIO (M' T-TD S'PORE-K LUMPUR—
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    • 396 7 TO THE PUBLIC: I (fNTURV-FCK I TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM (EAST) LTD. by courtesy of I THE CATHAY ORGANISATION I I announce II I a Demonstration of 1 1 CINEMASCOPE THE NEWEST AND GREATEST ADVANCEMENT IN MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY AND I PRESENTATION II THE ODEON THEATRE. SINGAPORE Tuesday, May 15th I
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    • 231 7 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 5. Where Odysseus was at bom* 8. Do they grow In Baker Street? 6 a mtotake and get a (10, ft). mission 9. One is the number they think official who accepts anything? of (8). 7) 10. Plant misplaced mI to a g^ lt motoring organisation
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  • 162 8 21, Word. Sit (Mimimutm) MRS. ANN AMAH AROOMOOOAM. widow of the late V. Aroomootiim. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, passed away on 10.5.56 at tne jebiden.-e oi her daughter at 73 Mala Kuching Road, Malacca. MADAM KOH YEW KUM, Age 83 years I beloved mother of Messrs. Choo Seng Kay, Choo
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  • 187 8 20 Word* *1» Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mall" if you want to win that $5,000 word purale. ART OP DANCE studio. No classes Friday. Hart Raya. Can be made up by arrangement. Classes as u.sml Saturday. 2 DAYS LEFT for booking for Los Angeles Philharmonic
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  • 579 8 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. May, 11, 1956. The London Prospects Soulbury Constitution which preceded the grant of independence to Ceylon. ThU will not have escaped Mr. Marshall* attention, although it has not yet persuaded him that it is an acceptable device. The task of persuasion seems to have devolved
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  • 301 8 Padi cultivation is not the hill answer to the problem of rural poverty in the Federition. By encouraging more farmers to grow rice, rural poverty indeed could even be worsened. This point was brought out forcefully by a University of Malaya lecturer, Ungku Abdul Aziz, in a
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  • 284 8 Immediate enforcement" of a land settlement scheme for Indians is being sought by the Port Swettenham branch of the Malayan Tamils Association. The frequency and regularity with which this demand has been pressed suggest that the attractions of such a plan are overwhelming. No doubt it has
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  • 1585 8 THAT DMNER wh r Pf Edith Summer kUI tlinc j^ I gSBBSS before the ennny and Bevan shouted.... I "OOrTBUIIY-YOU CAN'T BUIIY ME! 1 Ie Big Boss?" for That Dinner. NOW the speech., begin And four j British jourMlitfj, Tiwor Evj~» Derek Marks, William Berkley j
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    • 615 8 rnHE questions before the J. British Government, lust now, is not what should Britain now do to preserve her life-line in the Far Cast but, what should Britain do for the greatest good of the largest number of people in the Federation of Malaya and in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 555 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. In Word. tU (MMmmm) FLETCHER: en 9th May 1»88 at B. M. H.. Singapore, to Brygld, wilt of Fltzroy Fletcher daughter. LUST to Words SS f.Miii.)— Box SO eft. rxlra.l ALSATION *****, "Silver" Black Tan, Kink to tail, wearing wide chain collar. Reward. Tel. 2404 Ext. 464. HOME
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    • 67 8 Australians Keep Faith No country in the world cares for the families of J Its war dead with as much generosity and love as Australia does through Legacy, an extraordlnary voluntary organisation of exService men. How Legacy cares for widows arid orphans of Australian fighting men Is told In the
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    • 28 8 ui^sS^PaiM r'l'Jf ,^L^ ly^^Btt»«l There's no better drink under the sun t BULMERS mA Cider Kffl IT'S SPARKLING, ■IP™ M'RMHING, INVICORATINC CALDBECK MACGREGOR ITD< SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR F^
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  • 172 9 FLIGHT OF CAPITAL: NO WORRY CHEW -oc Singapore acting f^' 1 Minister. Mr. ifrswee Kee. said C Crdav there was r l? of a shift of rf £from the Colony. faPlt c tl told the Straits M- C ,H a t the reported V js n ".nno.ooo to Hong 0
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  • 26 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— tie Rubber Research Insti- Malays nad a sur5 $1,039,884 last year. io the balance l ILshed in the GovpMtf Ossette today.
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  • 14 9 competition will fcheid at Singapore's Buklt Community Centre t: 230 pjn. tomorrow.
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  • 40 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. tp.t labourers today were fcfd S5O each or two weeks' lor bung out of doors nrfew hours. They claimed they were delayed by a puncture to the car bringing them back to the estate.
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  • 188 9 Disc jockey pleads 'not guilty' ft From Page One Tax Office. He took out duplicate tax forms for all the five years, filled them in and submitted them, Mr. Gauntlett said. At the start of the case yesterday, Morrando pleaded guilty before the City Magistrate, Mr. K. c. Chan, to
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  • 465 9 'WASTE? WE HAVE SAVED MILLIONS AND YOU ARE JUST MISCHIEVOUS 9 I^fj MiniBter of Singapore Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday challenged a charge by locally qualified doctors that mUHonJ of dollars were being wasted in remodelling perfect y good General Hospital wards without increasing
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  • 124 9 THEY ARE OFF TO BRITAIN The future undecided MR. L. W. DONOUGH, first Clerk of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, who recently retired at his own request, left Singapore with his family for Britain in the liner Corfu yesterday. Mr. Donough Joined Government service in 1922. Tributes to his qualities and
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  • 196 9 I We-won't-change Govt. men change their mind I i rfIHE Singapore Govern--1 ment last night "quietly" reversed its week-old decision on the Wesak holiday. May 24 and NOT the 23rd is now the day. Empress Place, which only a week ago gave a lengthy explanation
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  • 176 9 FALSE INFORMATION, SAY POLICE SEREMBAN, Thursday. rpENGKU Suleiman bin Tengku Burhan, of Sri Menanti, today appeared before the Seremban Magistrate, Inche Abdul Wahab bin Ma'asul, on a summons charge of having given false information. He is accused of having written to the State Replanting Officer,
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  • 53 9 BOAC's world-wide picture exhibition of scenes from all ports of call, including a number of the Straits Times finest colour prints, is now on show in Sydney. A Sydney columnist describes the Straits Times pictures as "strangely beautiful studies of Singapore coloured brilliantly by a secret
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  • 316 9 pong Hoon also blind, came along LITTLE URL WAS SO SAB 11T1L... A YEAR ago tragedy r% overtook Aw Geok Heok, a happy, healthy 16-year-old Singapore girl who loved to do fine embroidery. Suddenly one Sunday her vision became blurred and a few days later she was blind. At the
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  • 28 9 There will be a district collection of Rural Board rates and dues at the West Hill village market from 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 261 9 GAY TWO DAYS TO FOLLOW FOR 2,000 When a minister weds MUAR, Thursday. MORE THAN 2,000 invitations have been sent out for the two big receptions that will follow the marriage of the Federation's Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, and Miss Umasundari of Muar. The first reception will
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  • 140 9 'Cruel wife' divorce suit fails lif ß JUSTICE Taylor, In the ITA Singapore High Court yesterday, dismissed a divorce suit brought by Mr. Daniel Albert de Foe, a private tutor, against his wife on the ground of cruelty. The parties were married in July 1940 and they have two children.
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  • 30 9 Radio Malaya will broadcast a commentary on the friendly soccer game between Singapore and Selangor from the T.P.C.A. ground at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday from 5.10 p.m.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 129 9 Hudson's II Cumentkol, Jujubes STOP COUGHS, COLDS SMOKERS THROAT *»nt4it« have proved eonclutirely thst no fewer than *>tty«ight different infection! may b« traoed with mare or directneM to the human month v focal or •tarting P»nt- Tbe month that being tbe gateway for the entrance weue. it i» there that
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    • 78 9 is a fnastcrptoco of pr«-i OSion construction. The accuracy and flawta* V^^V/jpßSpß^^^j^^^R movtment embodied in IvJ^r^i^2i^Bnnnni every machine, intpre Bk^H flowing rhythmic ■InnniBHHHRfIRSRSRfIH peed of operation. BEIH, MEYER i CO. LTD., P.O. In 2000, Sinn pore. MTEMM. SIMORS ft CO. LTD., Kmli Lwpv. Pirn««. I Peekifieorid /KlnnßßnßßnnnnV [■HnHnW^SnaLyLnnfl vflLr?V\ 8
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  • 639 10  -  NEMRY THEDY w |TS THE year's wildest, maddest, most extravagant party a two-week shindig of champagne, sun. fun and glamour. It's the Cannes. Film Festival. 1956. Thirtythree countries have Rent their films and stars and are rivalling each another in publicity gimmicks.
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  • 297 10 The week 9 new films SHADES of Primo Car- nera! In "The Harder They Fall," Columbia's savage film exposing America's boxing rac- ket, the producers have drawn as much as possible from real life to give it terrific reality and impact. They have certainly
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  • 195 10 HTHE FRENCH have a 1 way of saying it even in CinemaScope. In "Oasis" their second widescreen release to come to Malaya they have successfully combined with the Germans to put across a typical continentaltype story that is as earthy as it is topical. It exposes
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  • 121 10 pULSHAN BAHL, well known producer of Hindustani films, has made another popular picture in "Rajdhani" (with English subtitles) now showing at the Oarrlck. The story Involves the clash of interests between a Rajput queen mother and her subjects. Durga Khote gives a good portrayal of the
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  • 51 10 Indonesia will enter five specially chosen films In the Asian film festival to be held in Hong Eong this year. Indonesian actors and actresses will go along, among them Clamourous Lies Noor The Alms an "High C«esf "Father's Love,- "Sacred Man." "English" and "Only One
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 414 10 SELAMAT HARI RAYA PUASA A The Cathay Organiaation Theatre. TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! M-G-M prmntt Tim Lm S*n PtiMtmC^^ SSSB^ i-ciNEi»ikBcor«sMeoLo« (Q GRACE KELLY ALEC GUINNESS Q) C— ~s?\ LOUIS JOURDAN* n%js^ Free List om|wlil Plw Tom Jerry CinwnaScopo Cartoon "Thai's Mr Mummy" LatCTt G.B. News: "Its« F.A. CUP FINAL". MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
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    • 465 10 I SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACrin^ WISHING ALL OUR MUSLIM FRlFvTi>t AND PATRONS I)S SELAMAT HARI RAYA PLa^x i OADITfII dv^R' a Mm ALAN LADD li/#? EDW. 6. ROBINSON »»On— aoMtcoPC *no WawnewColor il MIINI6HT TONIGHT! Special Hari Raya MidnightlCfi "lllliJlAl II" DEV ANAND NALIM JAYWMv *1 MUNIMJI P A N
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  • 1322 11 Bonus rioters marched on the White House STRAITS TIMES Special Feature Jr^LADY WAS 1 I BURIED M HVorst stump choked 1 American industry I DOWN Pennsylvania Avenue, WashingI ton one afternoon in 1932, marched o f the United States Army. They re in battle array, wearing gas masks and dcc
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    • 334 11 ion mifr nm> Hmtotoi TO BEAT VI M^ MOOIHER,BIsTER OEMIWe! A bright, dean, shining house is every woman's pride and joy. And when you see a home like this, you can be certain that Vim has been busy again, getting Honing results beyond compare. You can really trust Vim to
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 78 11 Hex Morgan. 3M.D. The model son [WHERE'S NE^'NvVOUR BROTWER'S M| f~i^sflßß^sSl!/B OLO MAN'S B€En7 BEEN TWE CCWWIJUMT WE P6SCKIB6S /««n«l\ i\ ,^<-~~~^.^\ j B»\l^ T^_\ TWPj I i row weeks J i pbw symptoms myself /y^^BJ Dick Tracy Mrs. Vulcan worried Bl^U ta^ Jßs^sLuf^L^^™. pH BV^*l k.l FP^^n^lP Bl^L^ Vt
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  • 176 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: May $30 buyers. $30* 8 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk 546>4 sellers; drum $48% sellers. Pepper: steady, about 10 to 15 tons of business reported done on white pepper, with no transaction reported on black: Muntok
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  • 723 12 OVERSEAS' INTEREST IN RUBBER IS STILL VERY SMALL By Our Market Correspondent fN the face of small overseas interest, the price 1 of rubber in Singapore yesterday continued to drift to lower levels. May first grade, now within a few days of ceasing to be the current quoted position, closed
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  • 106 12 Ship* Mag ahmgside the 8lng»--ptn BtAomr BoMd wharves or txpcctcj today we: President Arthur 1 12 Oentrdmer 415. Indus Mora C.P. Song Be 67, Olenroy l|9 Perseus 11. Prometheus 1314. Burnside *****. Orelrosa 18. Itaria *****. PerUs N. Wall 2 to 4, serdsflg N. Wall 6. Landak N. WaU
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  • 35 12 On the fr«e exchange market In Kane yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.83% for cash and 5.M% for T.T. RterHni was quoted at 16.10 and •a. Ual of fold at 254*.
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  • 45 12 rE Federation's Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting May 10: RUBBER: 872 cents per lb. COPRA: $480 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $188 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $372.25 per ton.
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  • 32 12 SINGAPORE M4V K RUBBER: S*" 1 I cent), per b Smh I TIN: $375.1 >i Dfr (OP 50 cents) P r Dlf «l I COPRA: $3|.ni Picul (down 2:, t
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  • 126 12 MELBOURNE Tv LV INVESTMENTS record-, B undertone with XL 1 Ing steady, although tn2 slightly expanded ob h air? '<■ Exchange here v^ 11 trading was quiet Pn^-^B variable with no ia recorded. Loans \v,l ra^B Loans SH% 1956-r.s isv?", I Loans 3'^'; 1955-38 w I Con. Zinc.
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  • 144 12 May first grade rubber b b un, n 1.0. b. closed in Singapore nl T day at 85"St cmls p fr it,' one-eighth of a rrnt on wife, day's closing prirr. The cloning tone wt| "stwci at the close." Closing prh es in cfn( s pn k were:
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1146 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGES Applications are mvtted from federal Cltlsens for anpotatenent v Senior Lecturer In Biology: Ktary scale. (Men) |»BteA34-U»4 (Women) $806xAa6-1.0M; an* as Lecturers In Biology andTamtt: salary scale (Men) $503. 628xA34--}S4 (Women) $644. 579x28-776 PsndM***' should have a good Snours degree with professional training and
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    • 775 12 Nonrtcta rHE MALAKA PIHDA RUBBER ESTATES, LnHTED (ZBoecporatad in the Colony of Singapore)' DlrlAend No. M. NOTICB 18 HEREBY GIVEN that a Second Interim Dlrldend of t% less Income Tax for the year ending Slst August, 19M, on the Shares of the Company has been declared and will be paid
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    • 813 12 NOrITCES Nona KOH LAP OWO ALIAS OMJC COH left our services on the «th tay/66 and, therefore has no uthority to tnnMCt any business collect any f«« on the Comwny'a behalf. THKIFTK MEDICAL SERVICE. 47-B Worth Canal Road. NOTICE Finn* able to supply a Diesel name driven generator set and
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    • 276 12 MAERSK LINE ANNA MAERSK PENANC SINGAPORE N. YORK (Ist coll) (2nd coll) 12/1 J May 17/16 May Junt (2nd call) PALMA SINGAPORE N. YORK ArrWsd 10 May S July Sailing 26 May KNUTSEN LIMB OaUEM t service fROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O PAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver »lßTgr S'pote P.
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    • 1223 13 '„405 M.4NSFIELD CO^ LTD. i«i.x 4 i2 Jpi (Ineorporoted In Singapore) m« fi^ THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE 0<?" proceed via ether port* to load and dischorae ami* uHOS UVt"POOL. GLASGOW. LONDON ft CC^INENwTpOrB t* w Singapora Due Sails P. Sham Penong Avonmouth •»*J^ 4 Hamburg Ma» U May 11/12 Gtetaow43.il
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  • 396 14 GINGAPORE will goon be able to manufacture its own polythene products, a by-product of transparent plastic material, already popular and in great use in Europe and Japan. The initial step will be taken by Singapore Paper Products Ltd., one of the progressive paper manufacturers
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  • 144 14 GREATEASTERS SECRETARY LEAVES ON WORLD TRIP rE actuary and secretary of the Great Eastern life Assurance Company Ltd., Singapore, Mr. A.EJH. Geddes left by air yesterday for a business trip round the Mr. Geddes 35, win be away for four and a half months, meeting investment advisers and broken in
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  • 253 14 TSE United States Trade Fair is to be held at the New York Coliseum from April 14 to 27. 1957. This World Trade Fair will be a unique opportunity for the presentation of foreign products, from the smallest to the largest, state the organisers. The
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  • 120 14 A ladle crane sam w the most powerful in the world has been built for the Australian Iron and Steel company by a Cheshire firm, Joseph Adamaon k Co Ltd. Hyde. It has. been designed to lift a dead weight of 416 tons and has
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  • 280 14 t*he local market is responding well to products made by the Indian handloom industry, according to Mr. K. Govindasamy, manager of the Indian Handloom Goods Emporium in Singapore. He said another new emporium had been recently opened in Kuala Lumpur by the All
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  • 111 14 DODGE ft Seymour, Ltd. New York, have announced the appointment of Mr. R. C. Conlin as Tice president of Dodge Seymour (Far last) Inc. Mr. Conlin, who has been acting as manager of the Singapore office of Dodge ft Seymour, Ltd., has
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  • 270 14 NEW DRUG DUE SOON ON LOCAL MARKET A REVOLUTIONARY new type of penicillin, of the type known as phenoxymethyl, will soon be marketed on the Malayan market, as limited supplies are now being air freighted and will be available at the end of this month. The new penicillin is being
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  • 51 14 The story published on this page on Tuesday under the heading "Barlow Group 1955 profits" should have referred to the results of the year's workings for Highlands Malaya Plantations Ltd. Barlow and Co. Ltd. act as agents for this company which made a profit last year of
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    • 361 14 FOUR OUTSTANDING CONSTRUCTION jfi| 1. THE MONO-BAIL TRANSPORTER Self-propelled. Automatic stop and return. Carries concrete at exceptionally low I I 2 THE DRAYTON DUMPER \(S& I 'Provides fast, dependable lldCajJU. transport for all general IfjjJlvUUljr contracting work on con- THuB 3. THE VIBROPACTOR Most economical method of compacting bituminous /T\
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    • 159 14 A portable for your home. for your formal correspondence, for your personal work, for keeping up your social contacts. A lightweight typewriter Jfcw that you can take on trips, /¥*J| that will fit ///VV^ in an> corner in ff jH in your suit-case or II I fl in any drawer
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  • 44 15 BRADFORD, Than. THE Australian cricx keters had scored 30 runs for two wickets in reply to Yorkshire's first innings total of 120 for nine declared by the close of play on the second day of their Match here today. Reuter.
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  • 143 15 Broke his neck in Cup Final MANCHESTER. Than. BIERT TRAUTMANN. Man- Chester City's brilliant German-born goalkeeper, broke his neck in helping his side win the English Football Association Cop at Wembley on Saturday, a hospital X-ray revealed yesterday. He was taken to hospital after seeing bis Manchester team-mates leave by
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  • 56 15 GLASGOW. Thurs. yThlrd Lanark reached the flat* of the Glasgow Charity Cup^iast on the toas of a coin, s Their match uttut Cattlo «nded In a •corata* draw, and tht two captalna^daclded to spin a coin for Jin right to meet Partlck Thlstle/nn the final
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  • 871 15  -  DESMOND HACKETT I A great Mart and fighting finish LONDON, Than. England 4 Brazil 2 ENGLAND spanked the Fandango footballers from Brazil down at wonderful Wembley yesterday but, Oh dear, the heartaches they save the crowd before they completed this crazy football chore. It was
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  • 201 15 LONDON, Thursday. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE easily took first innings 11 points off Surrey, the holders, in their county cricket fixture at the Oval today. At dose of play today, Northants had replied with 309 all out to Surrey's MO. Jock Livingston scored
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  • 105 15 JOHORK BAHRU, Thurs.— Johore Civil Service Club beat Singapore Cricket Club by eight —Mi'tm to one at tennis here over the weefcReaulU (JCBC players flnt) Ooh Telk Chow and Major Oale beat C. Arkell and D. Organ. 7-5. 6-0; beat Parker and K. WUfbrd
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  • 164 15 LONDON. Thurs. HPvYO hundred players, the J- maximum allowed, will take part in tho British Amateur Oolf Championship at Ttoon. Scotland, starting on May The new rule this year, limiting the field to two hundred by restricting the list to players with handicaps of
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  • 83 15 Col. P. D. Miller won the Singapore Army Oolf Society's "A division •stableford competition at the R.S.O.C. on Wednesday. The "B" winner was Col. C. J. Tobta. The ball sweep on the first I nine went to Col. Tobln and Col. I W. A. K. Ross
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    • 15 16 Roman Shoe Golden Surprise TheWlxard Lycos Honey Bird i Sincero
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    • 24 16 Farrer Juniors beat Springdale S. C. 2-0 in a SAFA Div. 2B match at Farrer Park yesterday. Edward scored both the goals.
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    • 220 16 AMICABLES A. A., one of the three teams contending for the BAFA first division league title this season, made short work of SHB Police whom they trounced 7-2 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. It was a one-sided affair with the businesslike Amicables doing
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    • 280 16  - ROMAN SHOE IS DAY'S) FASTEST EPSOM JEEP WINDING-UP GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH i By He showed his heels to Distine in trial ROMAN SHOE, with v, n, Mickey Donnelly astride, showed a delightful tarn of speed In a testinr trvout ed stable-mate, Distine (Basri), on the training track at Bukit
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    • 270 16 Newcomer Sincero one for the notebook QINCERO, a Frenchbred four-year-old by Birthday Greetings, has trained on splendidly since his initial race in March. Ridden by Hudson, this newcomer cleared away from Bright Sun (Mitchell) *t the finish of a 3f. tryout in 37 4/5 at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Sincero
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    • 367 16 Fell, Little Cherrington destroyed LITTLE CHERRINGi TON. a useful topclass sprinter at his best last season, was destroyed after an accident on the training track at Bakit Timah yesterday I morning. This Stardust gelding went fast from the Sf At the top of the straight lie stumbled and fell. He
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    • 87 16 «HE TEAM to represent x R.A.O.C. against R.AJ3.C. In the annual Inter-Corps cricket match at Ayer Rajah Road tomorrow will be: tfaj. Magulre, Ma]. Mackenzie, Maj. Howard. Capt. Webb. Capt. Moore. Capt. Grlmble. Lieut Allway, Lieut FutreU, WO Osman. SQMS Walker and Pte Jones. The RAOC
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    • 61 16 Fifty events were contested at the two-day athletic meet of the Stamford Girls School which concluded at Waterloo Street yesterGreen House were team champions of Stamford I with 148 points followed by Red with 124 and Yellow 10*. The Stamford II champions were Blue Home
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    • 494 16 THESE CLASS THREE STARS CRACKED 38 FOR 3 FURLONGS T YCOS, The Wizard, Pizarro MJaxiA Dragon Seed were the pick of the Class 3 horses out on the track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. All three cracked 38 for 3f. Lycos (Hudson) beat Cedar Hill (Oeyer) in a good torout
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    • 125 16 C HANOI Lodgers had to fight hard to beat Seletar Athenians 3-2 In a United Services Div. 2 league soccer match at Seletar yesterday. Changi had slightly the better of play throughout after they opened scoring in the second minute through Hollis. Lodgers went further ahead
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    • 48 16 i The Singapore Chinese Amateur i Athletic Federation nave received 17S entries for tbefar two-day championship meeting at the Chinese High School on May IS and 19. The entries this year are the best for many years. Last year there were 142 competitors.
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    • 27 16 l Sime Darby beat Singapore Cricket Club "B" 3-0 In a friend- ly soccer match on the padang yesterday. Rahmat (2) and David Ho scored.
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    • 20 16 W.R.A.P. Changl beat W-R.A.FV Seletar by 21 points to six in a netball match at Seletar yesterday.
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    • 202 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. l AN elaborate programme is x\ being drawn up for the Federation's Malayan sixday Hockey Carnival, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur from Aug. 26 to Che 31. The carnival is being planned to select the Federation's Olympic
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    • 118 16 THE CURRAOH COUNTY Kildare. Ireland Thurs. rGLISH TRAINED colt Lucero. owned by Mr. O.A. Oldham. won the Irish Two Thousand Guineas for three-year-olds run over one mile here. Ridden by 'Manny' Mercer, i Lucero, a flve-to-one chance, finished strongly to beat Mrs. H. Nathenson's
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    • 505 16 After a hopeful start Spore soccer is falling back into 1955 blues By The Sports Editor SINGAPORE FOOTBALL, which started in March with a blaze of glory, sparked by the brilliant form of its veterans, is right down in the dumps again. It is now almost where it had been
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    • 385 16 SINGAPORE badminton fans will not see the Penang Thomas Cop player, Ooi Teik Hock, In action in the charity match in aid of the Nanyang University Fund at the Badminton Hall on May 27. But there will be ample compensation. Eddie Yusuf.
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