The Straits Times, 14 May 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAT |4, I§S6. 15 CENTS
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    MERDEKA: ALL CHANGE
    835 1 Boy<Ts ultimatum mafcoi Loo think a*4in: twitch in tactic* to follow I DAY OF SURPRISES From HARRY MILLER LONDON, Sunday. irHKRK has been a crucial switch of alignments 1 within the Singapore delegation, a switch ihith is bound to affect the whole outcome of 1 the London
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    Fast is over.. now feast begins
    61 1 Cakes, sweets, soda pop and treat bit smiles. Good eatinc is the distingaishing feature of the Hari Raya festival coming after a month of fast. And in this happy Koala Lampi* home, the table laden with goodies was the natural fathering place for thereon*.
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    CONFIDENCE VOTE FROM THE FRONT
    125 1 FROM SINGAPORE: r\. Gcaeral Council of the Mm;. i pore Labour Front jsjfctisj tabled the Chief Minister! Mr. David Marshall, reaffirming its faith and confidence in his leadership of the merdeka mission. Ifc' pledge of support was one of seven resolutions adopted after a six-hour
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    Lock icon Troops due
    21 1 TOKYO, Sun.— A continent of British CommonJttlth troops left Kure, Wes-'*-n Japan, today aboard a ■ilitary transport lor Singa-fcf.-Reuter
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    14 fired: 600 estate workers strike
    181 1 THEM BACK, SACK FOREMAN* JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. SIX HUNDRED workers at Kulai OU Palms Estate downed tools yesterday, bringing work on the plantation to a complete standstill They are striking against what they call the "unreasonable dWntssal" of 13 Malays and one Chinese. The
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    Lock icon French guns smuggled to rebels
    93 1 PARIS. Sun. PENCH authorities are Investigating an important case of arms smuggling between a French arms factory and Algerian rebels in Cairo via "representatives of an Arab country in Paris." the French News Agency reported today. The report said a Paris examining magistrate, M. Bene
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    The Crabb scandal: Reds blame Britain
    289 1 The Crabb scandal: Reds blame Britain MOSCOW, Sun. fIPHE Soviet Admiral in command of Soviet ships which recently visited Portsmouth threw doubt today on the British Government's statement that it had not authorised Commander Lionel Crabb's frogman operations near the ships. Rear-Admiral V. F. Kotov said in an interview in
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    BLOW AT ESTATE GO-SLOW
    104 1 BLOW AT ESTATE GO-SLOW Enter 'blacklegs' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. f TNION officials alleged U today that some estates had attempted to employ "blacklegs" to do the work of absent men in estate factories. The secretary general of the National Union of Plantation Workers. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, said the men
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    Lock icon Jap fish treaty falls through
    51 1 MOSCOW, Sun.— Japanese negotiators last night refused to sign a fisheries agreement with the Soviet Union because they claimed the Russians wanted to introduce a last-minute "political" condition into the agreement. The Japanese delegates, as well as Western diplomats here were astonished' by the last-minute
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    Race to save a town
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    Lock icon H-Bomb test is off again
    36 1 ENIWETOK, Sun. The sixth postponement of the American H-Bomb test was announced today. The test was rearranged for Tuesday morning. Weather experts said the outlook for Tuesday was "not encouraging."— Reuter.
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    HERE'S A CHANCE TO WIN $25,000
    66 1 prize money «f vajm JT can be won In The Malayan Monthly's Jackpot Purale Contest -V. In addition to $2t,«M in the first prise pool, there Is $5,0H In consolation prizes. The contest closes at 5 pan. TOMORROW. Entries from outside Singapore postmarked Tuesday
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    Egyptians fire on vehicle
    35 1 JERUSALEM, Sun—Egyptian positions opened fire on I sn Israeli military vehicle in the Ein Hashlosha sector of the Oasa Strip today. No casualties were suffered and ther fire was not returned.
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    'A-base' charge
    23 1 MOSCOW, Sun. The newspaper Red Star charged yesterday that Japan is being converted into an atomic base for the United States.-
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    Missing girl: Clues found by river
    131 1 KUALA KANGBAR, Sun.— Police investigating a report of a missing girl found two possible clues— a pair of clogs and a pair of leather slippers —on the bank of the Perak River, a quarter of a mile from here yesterday evening. The girl l»-year-old
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    STROKE OF PEN LAYS A GHOST
    224 1 STROKE OF PEN LAYS A GHOST A 45-YEAR-OLD Singapore painter, Tan Kai Huat, can now sleep soundly. The ghost of his wife is at peace and he is confident she will no longer haunt him. For six years, Tan said, her spirit tormented him because she had been buried under
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    STOP PRESS
    59 1 FROGMAN: LATEST (See this page) LONDON, Sun. lop British intetliEcnce agent said today Britain's missing frogman Crabb "was a straightforward freelance spy." Lt. Col. A. P. Scotland, retired World War I »»d H intelligence agent, aaid Crabb was on a "hard cash' 1 mission when he swam out
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    Lock icon Reprisal horror proof offered
    211 1 Reprisal horror proof offered NICOSIA, Sun. r»YPRIOT extremists offered today to produce the identify documents of two British soldiers to prove they had been hanged as a reprisal for the British execution of two Cypriots. The Eoka underground organization said it would produce the paybooks of British Lance Corporal Gordon
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    Lock icon Austria polls
    31 2 VIENNA. Sun. Austria's voters s>o to the polls today to elect a new parliament and decide whether they want more nationalization of basic industries or more private enterprise. A.P.
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    TIBET REBELS WAGING OPEN WAR ON RED MASTERS
    235 2 KATMANDU, Sun. —Tibetan rebels armed with spears and muzzleloading guns have launched attacks on Chinese Communist troops occupying Eastern Tibet. A Lhasa trader who fled to Nepal this week said tribesmen routed a Chinese garrison at Chamdo, burned the barracks and seized
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    Close shave for Greek rioter
    37 2 GREEK POLICEMEN lash oat with truncheon* at one of the rioters who clashed with police dorms the demonstrations in Athens that followed Britain's decision to hang two Cypriot rebels. A .P. picture.
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    Lock icon 'Ike is in top form'
    72 2 WASHINGTON, sun.—President Elsenhower's doctors have given an "excellent" report on his physical condition, a White House spokesman said today. To bear out the optimism of the report, he added, the President played round of golf immediately after leaving the hospital. President Eisenhower entered the Walter
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    Volcanic ash showers city
    31 2 fejurru, Ecuador, sun.— Two volcanoes north-east of Quito in the Andes Mountains have burst into activity. Quito has been showered with volcanic ash for several days. AJP.
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    Lock icon Teachers' pay
    26 2 LONDON, Sun.— Delegates representing 230,000 school teachers decided yesterday to accept a new Government pay award amounting to £31 I million a year. Reuter.
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    EAST END JOLT FOR SOCIETY
    149 2 $7,000 stolen at 'slumming' party LONDON, Sun. PICKPOCKETS crashr eda society "slumming" party in London's dockland early today and walked oil with Jewellery and other loot worth $7,000. Actor Peter Prowse staged the party In a stable in Stepney, a dingy dockland area. Nearly ISO
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    Lock icon Paris paper accused
    67 2 PARIS, Sun. A French I military tribunal yesterday began to investigate a Defence Ministry complaint that the Paris Communist newspaper L'Humanite had tried to undermine the moral of the army with the aim of hindering national defence. L'Humanite carried on its front page a resolution of the
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    CHAMBER QUITS
    80 2 From committee fTHE Chinese Chamber of JL Commerce has withdrawn from the Chinese Education Committee, a spokesman confirmed yesterday. He said that since the Government has now accepted the five principles for which the committee was fighting, the chamber could see no reason for the committee remaining; in
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    Bandits' peace plot laid in U.K.
    197 2 REDS SIVE AWAY THE SECRET KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Fwas at a secret meeting of Commonwealth Communist parties in London in 1954 that the M.C.P. plans for ending the Emergency outlined in the "Ng Heng" letter originated. This was revealed yesterday by Inche Ya'acob bin
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    'Save elephants'
    30 2 COLOMBO. Sun. The Warden of Wild Life Mr. C.W. Nicholas, warned today that elephants will become extinct in Ceylon unless they are protected in their native Jungles. UJ».
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    Cars, cars, cars
    25 2 WASHINGTON. Sun. There were 62,760,000 motor vehicles in the United States last year— a" record increase of 4497,000 over the year before.—AJ>.
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    Lock icon Iron curtain up for refugees
    49 2 MOSCOW, Sun. Spanish refugees from the Franco regime living in Russia nave been granted exit visas to leave Russia. This is the first time that any of the 5.000 Spaniards who came to Russia after the civil war have been allowed to leave.— Reuter.
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    22 2 BERLIN, Sun.— Bast Germany will reform its criminal law to "increase the people's confidence," it was announced last night.— Reuter.
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    SMILE, PLEASE SHE DID
    53 2 PRINCESS MARGARET fives a special smile to three-year-old Angus Moore, of Battersea, as he waits to photograph her at the Festival Hall London. She was attending the jubilee celebration! of the Union of Girls' Schools for Social Service. The princess wore a pastel yellow dress and
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    Lock icon A TTACKED WHILE HE SLEPT
    57 2 COLUMBUS (Ohio). Sun.— Police here have arrested a 30-year-old woman who was alleged to have poured a caustic cleaning solution over her husband while he slept. The husband is in hospital with serious burns over a large part of his body. Doctors said he might
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    HOLWAY—IF THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT
    142 2 rE Singapore Government will be asked to declare a public holiday the day Mr. Marshall and his merdeka mission return from London if they are successful. So that the maximum number of Singaporeans can welcome the mission, it has been decided delegates should arrive
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    Lock icon FILM CENSORSHIP TALKS
    47 2 PARIS. Sun.— Film directors of 34 nations, including the Soviet Union and China, win study the problems of film censorship at a six-day con- gress which opens here m S W stars will meet del, gates at a river boat party the Seine.— Reuter.
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    Senate to probe M and B
    105 3 Senate to probe M and B WASHINGTON', Sun. The Senate Internal > f ,unt\ Sub-committee |v tn tafia an official invrstisalion of the actiutit^ in America of Guy Burgess and Donald M.it li-.t i.. the British diplomats «ho defected lo Russia in 19.">1. The way was cleared for the investigation
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    Nurses meet
    26 3 GENEVA. Sun. Nurses from all over the world met terday, the 116 th an- of the birth of Nightingale, to dis•j. professional problems. I
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    Frogman: Heads must fall
    278 3 LABOUR LEADER ATTACH A^* LTY DglgAim ye miAWamm RUSSIAN DIVERS SPIED ON BRITISH SHIPS LONDON, Sunday, ff?E f<> rmcr Lahour Defence Minister, Mr. Kmmanucl Shinwell, yesterday demanded thai the (Government make "big changes at the Admiralty" because of the missing frogman This was the latest of
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    Lock icon FRANCO CHARMS GRACE
    46 3 MADRID. Sun. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace c: Monaco lunched with General Franco and high fejßM) Government oft.a;> and their wives at the Pardo Palace yesterday. The Princess, the former Grace Kelly, told a news conference "General Franco overwhelmed us with attentions." A.P.
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    264 3 Winston's grand idea is catching OLD STATESMAN OFFERS NEW APPROACH SBONN, Sun. IR Winston Churchill's Aachen speech in which he called for a grand alliance of all the European powers to include the Soviet Union, the United States and Canada, has become the great political theme of the week in
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    Lock icon 12 MYSTERE JETS FOR ISRAEL
    78 3 12 MYSTERE JETS FOR ISRAEL PARIS, Sun. The French Government is to deliver 12 more Mystere Four jet planes to Israel, the French Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. This is believed to be in line with the new Western policy of allowing a "coordinated trickle" of arms to Israel to restore
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    Lock icon Fatima pilgrims
    36 3 FATTMA, (Portugal), Sun. A throng of half a million pilgrims from all parts of the world gathered here yesterday to commemorate the appearance of the Virgin Mary to three little shepherds in 1917.— AP.
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    Lock icon WE GROW STRONGER DAILY—NASSER Hari Raya message at Gaza
    156 3 WE GROW STRONGER DAILY— NASSER Hari Raya message at Gaza GAZA, Sun. rpHE Egyptian Premier, x Col. Abdel Nasser, paid a surprise visit to the Gaza strip on the Arab-Israel border yesterday for a Muslim New Year talk to soldiers and refugees. He told a crowd of thousands outside the
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    6 die in blast
    23 3 ROME, Sun Six workers were killed and another seriously injured when gas exploded in a tunnel they were drilling.^AJ.
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    247 3 LONDON, Sunday. T»HE Queen, accompanied by PrinA cess Margaret, yesterday reviewed 21,000 members and cadets of the St. John Ambulance Brigade here in Hyde Park. About 25,000 people watched the Queen inspect the parade from a Land Rover before the march past. In the parade
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    57 3 NEW YORK, Sun— The atomic submarine Nautilus will move from teereey into th c public eye next Saturday, when it take* 12 newsmen and photographers for an overnight cruise. IP**?** wUI a clear lew of the •>•»» vessel the following day as she proceeds on
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    236 3 Russians seek neutral France PARIS, Bun. RUSSIA, on the eve of the French governmental mission to Moscow, yesterday launched a drive to bring France around to a neutralists position between East and West. The Soviet ambassador, Mr. Serguei Vlnogradov, speaking at a meeting of the French diplomatic press association, called
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    Lock icon Big flare-up in Algeria
    336 3 ARMY OF ALLAH ATTACKS AS FASTING MONTH ENDS: 284 REBELS KILLED IN DAY i ALGIERS, Sun. —The rebel "Army of Allah" yesterday opened its expected big offensive as Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, ended. During the past 24 hours, 284 rebels have been killed. In
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    Hari Raya gifts for 150 in jail
    146 4 Hari Raya gifts for 150 in jail SYNE hundred an fifty \J Muslim convicts in Singapore's Jails received their share of Bari Raya goodwill yesterday. They were paid a visit by an UMNO party and received gifts of food, fruit and cigarettes. The leader of the croup general secretary Syed
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    Only dad can stop these lads
    265 4 AUTHORITIES CANT IMTERVKM IF MO OFTMICB IS DISCLOSED POLICE CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT MINORS WHO WANT TO GO TO CHINA F Singapore parents wish to stop their children going to Communist China, it is up to themselves to act For neither the police nor
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    Sarawak war on gambling
    111 4 Sarawak war on gambling KUCHING, Sun. rE Government of Sarawak is trying to stamp out gambling— and it's tackling the problem in the Malayan way. A new Bill to modernise the local gambling laws is based largely on the Federation of Malaya Gambling Ordinance. The Bill follows an application by
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    Police children hold sports
    44 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun. Two hundred children of the police force here took part in a sports meeting on the police padang yesterday in celebration of Hari Raya Puasa. Mrs. H. R. Mlddleton, wife of the OJS.P.C, gave away the prizes.
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    Oilfield ferry on trial
    35 4 A 70ft. all-welded steel ferry, named Pemancha, built for service between Brunei and the Seria oilfields, successfully completed her trials in Singapore waters yesterda. The ferry will leave for Brunei today.
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    Log crushes a workman
    42 4 BENTONG, Sun.— A timber worker, Lai Heng, 40, was pinned by a log he was trying to drag at the 16th mile, Ben-tong-Raub road, today. Lai was taken to hospital with a fractured left thigh and hand Injuries.
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    New manager
    25 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Mr. Goh Chee Hin. from the Malacca branch, has been appointed manager of the Overseas Chinese Bank in johoro Bahru.
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    Varsity talk
    31 4 Professor J. Z. Young of University College London, will talk on "The evolution of homoestatic control" at the University of Malaya's arts theatre at 6 p.m. on May 18.
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    Cadets off to U.K.
    72 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Twelve cadet officers from the Federation Military College at Port Dickson will fly to England from Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to undergo a six-month course at Eton Hall, an officer cadet school in Chester. On completion of the course, the cadet officers will be
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    Soekarno is due today
    37 4 President Soekarno will arrive at Singapore Airport today from Jakarta on the first leg of his Journey to the United States on the invitation of President Elsenhowever. He is expected at 11.30 a.m.
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    British Council function
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the British Council's new cultural society on Wednesday. The Sultan of Selangor will attend.
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    Aeromodellers
    21 4 The Singapore Aeromodellers' Society held a radio control, power duration, and power precision display at the former Kallang Airport yesterday.
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    Mission arrives
    25 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A Burmese educational mission led by its Director of Education, U Ba Bwa, arrived here today for a week's visit.
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    DANCING CHAMPIONSHIP
    55 4 The 1856 Singapore amateur dance championship ship will be held on June 5 and 6 at the Happy World cabaret. The championship, wnicn will be judged by Mr. Leonard Lim Hock Guan of Kuala Lumpur, is open to all amateur dancers who have never won first, second, or
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    A call to all mine workers
    109 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A CALL to all mine workers not to be satisfied with the "few gains" they had already achieved was made by the vice-president of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Mining Employees Union, Mr. Ang lian Yee. here today. Mr. Ang
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    Car kills woman
    35 4 YONG PBNG, Sun.— A woman, Kor Yu Hing, 46, of Lam Lee Estate, was killed on Friday when a scout car skidded off the road at the 7X mil»st.i-m*> and crushed her.
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    JAPS WON'T RUSH STORE—CONSUL
    171 4 JAPS WON'T RUSH STORE— CONSUL NOT many Japanese firms are likely to open branches In Singapore even If the entry of Japanese nationals In the Colony Is approved, the Japanese ConsulGeneral Mr. Ken Ninomiya, said yesterday. Only a few big firms, such as the Mitsubishi trading concern, were likely to
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    Now he's engaged
    32 4 POLICE INSPECTOR John Packiam, of Kuala Lumpur, slips a ring onto the linger of Miss Helen Legrand at their engagement party In Singapore during the weekend. Straits Times picture.
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    Labour Front drive for members
    161 4 BIGGEST EVER CAMPAIGN PLANNED 'PHE Singapore Labour Front, which is following A the London merdeka talks with "quiet optimism" will next week launch an island-wide membership campaign in preparation for the next Legislative Assembly elections. ever in the Colony will last eight months. Each week
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    Wage talks resume
    42 4 Wage talks resume Wage talks between the Singapore Government and leaders of its employees' unions representing 3,000 clerks will be resumed this morning. The unions are the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union, and the Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers.
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    Licensing
    17 4 SEGAMAT, Sun. The next session of the Segamat Licensing Board will be held on June 14.
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    UMNO: QUIET ANNIVERSARY
    55 4 Singapore UMNO membercelebrated their tenth anniversary yesterday quietly. A few of them took time off from Hari Raya celebrations to attend a rally at Bukit Panjang, where they heard their leaders talk on the work done by the organisation. Other meetings were held at Pasir Panjang and
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    BETTER SEA-MAIL SERVICE SOON?
    223 4 BETTER SEA-MAIL SERVICE SOON? rPHE Singapore Director 1 of Posts, Mr. M. L. Durrant, said yesterday that he was trying to organise a better surface mail service between England and Malaya. Book and magazine sellers had complained about delays in surface mail deliveries, he said. "My department has been negotiating
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    Youth club to hold dance
    42 4 The Joo Chiat Youth Club will hold a Hari Raya Puasa social and dance at the Joo Chiat Community Centre next Saturday between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. Tickets at $1.50 can be bought at the door.
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    MALAYS HIT OUT AT P.W.D.
    180 5 (rippled by current system, no t enough capital hOTA BAHRU, Sunday. rKeUnUn Malay Chamber of Commerce ha a ked the Minister for Works, Inche bin H a j Jubir to investigate the m\ P practice of holding contractors' depo- until after completion of work. hamber
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    Australian wedding in Penang
    69 5 Australian wedding in Penang PENANG. Sun. „-cc GtodW Shaw, of M .Queens- to Malaya ago from Darmarried here her Servicert, Leading Kinesley Da- South Auswho came i In September sailing with Airfield ConSquadron of the raltan Air Kd at Butter- Leader Rev. g. W. r A.F. chapit the cereSt. George's
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    New A.D.O.
    17 5 Sun. Inche r. Abu has been apd ADO.. Batu Pahat, il Inche Bidin bin I-
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    Youth party
    47 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A tea party in honour of delegates attending the Pan-Ma-layan Youth Council's conference here is being given by I Mr. R.M. V. Slnniah Pillai. leading member of the Indian business community, on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Royal Johore International Club.
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    Car hits boy
    27 5 BENTONG. Sun.— A seven-year-old boy. Chan Ah Karri, was injured by a car! at Ketari. near here, last night. His right leg v/as fractured.
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    VISIT TO CHILDREN'S HOME
    39 5 '."MPUR. Sun. r.pler, wife of the High Commissioner, Templer. today ihe Selangor Chil- dren's Home. Lady Templer. who arrived here yesterday, will declare open the T.B hospital at Cheras Road, named after her, on Thursday.
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    Happy World workers press claims
    106 5 Happy World workers press claims ABOUT 50 labourers, wiremen and ticketsellers employed at the Happy World Park in Singapore decided at a meeting yesterday t o meet the management at the Labour Department on Wednesday to discuss their wage claims. They are members of the Singapore Workers' Union, which recently
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    A treat tor the youngsters
    36 5 CHILDREN from the Singapore Youths Peoples' Association entertaining boys of the Ramakrisfcna Mission Home with national songs of many countries, in connection with Commonwealth Youth Sunday, held yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    QUEEN SPEAKS TO YOUTH
    205 5 'Be courteous and kind 9 message ALL countries of the A Commonwealth celebrated Youth Sunday yesterday. In Singapore, churches held special services In celebration, while the Singapore Youth Council arranged with its affiliates to hold appropriate functions. The Queen's message to Commonwealth youth was read at
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    Career talk
    29 5 Mr. c. R. Sonalkar will talk on "Commercial Banking" at the British Council Hall on Wednesday in a series of career talks arranged by the Rotary Club.
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    Mr. Chew backs anti-Red revolt
    217 5 Mr. Chew backs anti-Red revolt CLENCHED FISTS AT MEETING rTHE Singapore Gov- eminent welcomes the anti-Red revolt among Chinese school students. On Saturday students belonging to the Singapore Anti-Communist Corps started a poster war against their •'Red-influenced colleagues." Commenting on the poster campaign, the Acting Chief Minister, Mr. Chew Swee
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    Socialist state is MIC aim
    48 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malayan Indian Congress wants the creation of a Socialist state in the Federation of Malaya. A resolution urging this was passed by an overwhelming majority at today's annual delegates conference of the M.I.C. at the Chinese Assembly hall here.
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    Woman killed
    33 5 Chia Ah Shoy. 39, a housewife of Bukit PanJang village, was fatally Injured when she was knocked down by a car at the 10th mile, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, last night
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    Still glorious—minus two violins
    139 5 Still glorious minus two violins rOUSANDS more listened to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra last night playing at the Badminton Hall in Singapore. And what a glorious programme! Conductor Alfred Wallenstein. who has promised to give every Singaporean "Joy. comfort and pleasure", has certainly fulfilled that pledge. Last night's programme
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    26 6 20 Wnrdt fin (Minimum) TN MEMORY of the late Ong Teng Ann who passed away on 14.5.55 Interred Cheras Protestant Cemetery "Rest In Peace".
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    51 6 20 Word. $10 (Minimum) THE FAMILY of the late Mr. 0. Kathlravelu thank all for their Telegrams. Wreaths, Assistance end Attendance during their bereavement MR. MRS. A. KARUNAKARAN of General Hospital, Jnhore Bahru thank Relatives and Friends for their Valuable Presents, Good Wishes and Assistance at their Wedding on
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. May 14, 1956. Mechanised Rice-Growing
    740 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Mon. May 14, 1956. Mechanised Rice-Growing The promise or is it the threat? of machine-grown rice has been made before without the traditional techniques of Asia being disturbed. This time it is an American businessman in Australia who holds out the prospect of mechanised cultivation on
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    Playing Fields Can Wait
    492 6 The Singapore Government cannot be accused of rushing through with its plans for setting up a Polytechnic. Every step it has taken was the result of carefully prolonged deliberation. More than three years have passed since a committee made its urgent recommendation for a Polytechnic. On
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    THE MORNING AFTER THAT DINNER
    1516 6 It wat not all forgiven and forgotten at a flushed and angry Khrushchev bore dn^n on the waiting socialists and shouted "Hamstvo" At Bulganin and Khrushchev soiled away in their cruiser the British socialist* wondered what harm if any had been done to their electoral
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      Are these people fit to teach our children?
      252 6 ffIHE Education Department intends recruiting teachers for their Primary Schools from those who have passed Form Three. The very thought that our children will be taught by those with Form Three qualifications will shock us, for it will mean that our standard
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      He stood all the way
      189 6 WITH reference to the recent correspondence regarding lack of seats in railway carriages, I am prompted to say the following: I travelled between Kuala Lumpur and Taiping during the recent holiday. On one occasion I had to stand in the train all the way from
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      Is this a record?
      81 6 Is this a record f\NE would be Interested \J to know what constitutes a record output for any one mine or dredge in terms of dally or monthly outputs. Gossip has it that some 40 years ago, one European company produced 10,000 plculs in one month from an open cast
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      Don't blame the sun
      166 6 DURING a varied travelling experience, I have never quite heard or experienced such reception as one gets in Malaya, from Radio Malaya and the 8.8.C. We have had several explanations of sun spots which never seem to affect Radio France, Radio Moscow. Radio India. Radio America
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      He was so very bared
      148 6 I CANNOT thank Mr. Mar- shall and his colleagues for introducing multl-lin-gualism in the Legislative Assembly as it means more expense, delay and unnecessary work. I have been bored at a Union meeting conducted in four languages. My solution is that we must have only
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      This silly restriction
      72 6 RENCENTLY I visited the Woodbridge Mental Hospital and I was surprised to read a notice at the entrance, which said that no cooked food was allowed to be brought in. It is most ridiculous to forbid visitors to bring some food to feed the Invalids. I understand
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    POLICE BAND HOPE U.K. WILL SAY: PLEASE STAY
    140 7 POLICE BAND HOPE U.K. WILL SAY: PLEASE STAY rfiALo LUMPUR. Sun. P'ZTitty mem- r s of the Federation rfMalaya Police Band tl Kuala Lumpur toS m a chartered JoAC Arponaut on I goodwill tour of Britain- Dir^ftor of Music, W Crofts, told the nir that the Bandsrmined to play to
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    Electricity for Changi folk soon
    99 7 KNGAPORE rural residents J a: Char.si will have to wait ts a lew months before try |H their long-delayed Irtricity supply. The Electrical Engineer, It R. A. Waddle, said vesfcday that the R.A.F. had tptf'i to lease the City Ctunci! land for the sub--osa Mr.
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    YWCA talk on children
    42 7 A talk on 'The child In ft* tally" will be given to■r at the YWCA., Raffles pr. Thf talk, which begins at UC am |g one of a series public lectures on "Martnp What It Means To K
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    PATROL BAGS A BANDIT
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— A ■M n: the 22nd. Special Air fcrvice Rrgiment killed a Ms) in the Perak-Kelan- tan border area yesterday. Another terrorist with him escaped. The patrol recovered two shotguns and four packs.
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    Mass rally —but only a few turned up
    121 7 Mass rally —but only a few turned up PENANG. Sun. TH E Penan* Malay Patriotic Youth League at a rally this afternoon at Dato Kramat Gardens agreed there should be "only one nationality, one language and one country" in an independent Malaya. "The Malays are a peace loving people and
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    'No' to local school boards
    510 7 TEACHERS ENDORSE EDUCATION REPORT IN PRINCIPLE, BUT SAY.., 'ONLY A CENTRALISED AGENCY CAN MAKE RAZAK POLICY WORK 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday THE National Union of Teachers opposes the recommendation in the Razak Education Report that local education authorities should be set up in the Federation.
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    Murugiah meets Lady Templer
    44 7 LADY TEMPLER, wife of General Sir Gerald Templcr, former High Commissioner in the Federation, visited the Federation School for the Deaf in Penang daring the weekend. Here she is seen carrying Mnragiah, one of the yonng pupils. Straits Times picture.
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    Singapore harbour freight down
    146 7 BUT STILL THIRD HIGHEST EVER T ESS cargo was handled at Singapore wharves in the year ending last June than in the previous year. But the year's total of 5,458,690 tons was still very big, says the Harbour Board's annual report. More general cargo was handled
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    Tappers say 'no work'
    83 7 RAWANG, Sun.— About 250 tappers on Rapal Bahru Estate, about 13 miles from here, went on strike yesterday. They downed tools in protest against the dismissal of a mandore who had been working on the estate for 10 years. The tappers went to work as usual
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    TAX MAN PLANS TO HAUL 700 TO COURT
    214 7 TAX MAN PLANS TO HAUL 700 TO COURT The snag— can't get mat dates ABOUT 700 prosecutions are pending against A people in Singapore for not sending Jn returns to the Income Tax Department. Disclosing this yesterday, the department's courts officer, Mr. J. E. Jeans, said there was a big
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    Opium on bus had 'no owner'
    87 7 Opium on bus had 'no owner' BENTONG, Sun. POLICE seised about IMb. K of raw opium on the Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan express bus yesterday. The 0.C.P.D., Bentong, Mr. P. J Eagen, stopped the bus three miles from Ketari, near here, and found the opium hidden in a basket. Nobody
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    Public forum on education
    44 7 me Singapore education Society will hold a public forum at St. Joseph's Institution hall tomorrow at 6.45 ML The forum, which will be opened by the Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. will discuss "Bilingual or multilingual education in schools."
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    Terrorists fire on patrol
    65 7 Terrorists fire on patrol IPOH, Sun. —An area security unit patrol was fired on by an unknown number of terrorists using a bren gun, sten gun and rifles in the Sungel Siput district of Perak yesterday. The patrol took cover and then charged but the terrorists fled. Nearby a small
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    Penang flyers wine Dane Cup
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Penang Flying Club won the Dane Cup here today at the end of the three-day PanMalayan Flying Clubs' Rally. Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, the previous holders, came second. The Royal Singapore Flying Club won the Vettiamman Cup for blind flying.
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    Aid for hospital
    24 7 BANTING, Sun.— The Kuala Langat branch of the MAPTB has collected $1,045 for the Lady Templer TB Hospital in Kuala Lumpur.
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    THE GUEST CONDUCTOR
    37 7 ALFRED WALLINSTEIN, conductor of the Los Ah*slm Philharmonic Orchestra, puts of ywmfl Singapore muikteM throy«h their pacM y«t«rdky ot Hrn horn, of Mr. Goh Sn* Tic, wM biw Colony mutk tMch«r S»rorh Time* picture.
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    Court will be cooler
    44 7 The Singapore Second Criminal District Court at Sepoy Lines will move tomorrow to its former premises, now aJrconditioned: at South Bridge R< Two more courtrooms the Coroners' Courts-will getairconditioning tomorrow. This brtagV the toM of "cool comfort" courts to eight.
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    Man overboard
    34 7 BUTTBRWORTH. Sat. A Chinese passenger on the fSrv BaganTteU overboard (jMidßtee g S here last night Sid is presumed drowned. The ferry circled for half an hour to valn learch for him.
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    Their ears alone will guide them
    168 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Fourteen young Malayans with acutely sensitive hearing will be in the Chinwoo Hall here on Thursday evening to listen to the famed Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. But they will not be able to see the orchestra in action. They are all
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    Union chiefs
    37 7 The following were elected office bearers of the Paterson. Simons branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union: Chairman, Mr. Tay Chin Phong, hon. secretary Mr. Wong Liang Kwan, hon. treasurer Mr. Foo Kok Yong.
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    Guild wins approval
    76 7 The Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, gave his blessing to the. new Singapore Student Teachers' Guild when it was inaugurated at the weekend. The object of the guild, which has been formed by teachers-in-training. is to foster the corporate life of student teachers and to improve
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    DEATH
    81 7 ENG Ah Chat, aged 27, passed away peacefully at Singapore General Hospital on Saturday. Dearly missed by his loving parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eng Chan Seng; brothers. Ah Koon, Ah Sik. Ah Loke, Ah Pat and Ah Kow; sisters. Hoi Yin, Sic Moi, Ng Mot and Sup Moi; brothers-in-lay
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    PERAK TO FIGHT JOHORE PROPOSAL
    141 7 PERAK TO FIGHT JOHORE PROPOSAL IPOH, Sun. pERAK'S 41 delegates 1 will oppose Johore's proposal to elect a deputy president for the Malayan Chinese Association in Kuala Lumpur next Sunday. This decision was confirmed at today's meeting of the working committee of the Perak branch when 21 members voted against
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      137 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on May 12 to 7.30 ajn, on May 13). Singapore 77 degrees, Penan*. 77 Kota Bahru 72, Kuala Lumpur 75. Ipoh 76. Kuantan 72. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 ajn. to 7.30 pjn. on May 13) Singapore 85. Penanfc 89. Kota Bahru 85 Kuala Lumpur 93.
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    Democracy cannot buy friends in Asia
    893 8  -  ALLINGTON KENNARD By DEMOCRACY IN WORLD POLITICS. By Latter I. Pearson. (Princeton University Press. London: Cumberlege. 155.) CULTURAL FREEDOM IN ASIA. Edited by Her. hert Passin. (Charles Turtle, Tokyo. Y360). WHERE is nothing A novel in the nature of our international problems. If they
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    It s dangerous to know how
    443 8  -  LAN FLEMINU By SCARNE ON CARDS: With a Photographic Section on Cheating at Cards. (Constable. 355.) ALTHOUGH cheating at cards is not numbered among the cardinal sins, I suppose it is the only anti-social act that remains as heinous and as severely punished today
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    BRIDGE
    238 8  -  KENNETH KONSTAM By APART from an occasional third-in-hand opening bid for tactical reasons, a five-card suit should always be bid before a fourcard suit, but where two suits are held each containing five cards or more the higher-ranking one should be bid first. Subsequent bidding is simplified, and another
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    GENTLE PRINCE
    271 8 BUDDHA JAYANTI SOUVENIR (Published by the World Fellowship of Buddhists, Sela n g o r Centre). rR the 550 million Buddhists throughout the world Wesak Day. 1956 is particularly memorable in that in addition to marking the birth and enlightenment of the Lord Buddha it also coincides with
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    but the Egyptians knew it ages ago
    255 8 Powers to overcome sickness! Means to escape poverty! Knowledge to bring happiness and peace of mind! Skill and genius to create a civilization which we still copy today! These are only some of the accomplishments of the ancient Egyptians; Above and beyond these
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    HOW I WOULD PROMOTE INTER-SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP
    884 9 SI SGAPORE differences L# ."Jirnts of Eng- i L Ch>' 1( ta the result sch policy and s We and ,-hcol currl- •'clip' 'o improve by the Oov- ,-rnment In •he form of p Malayanlaed educatkmal policy. Grant* In !rt should i equal and
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    The winning essays
    317 9 JULIANA WOV (18 YRS.) IPOH gCHOOL student, are future citizen, and potential leaden. To overcome language dif ficulty among students I would suggest first th learning of a common language, say Malay. The next step will be the settin M w:°if 'iT?* 1 b dy ie lk
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    JUDGES' COMMENTS
    141 9 Quite rightly most competitors saw the problem o f inter-school friendship as largely one of breaking down the barriers that differences in language had erected between schools. The need for a common language and common education policy was stressed. However we need not wait until then to promote
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      127 9 Rex Morgan* MM. Throw away -^Sr^^ii^^isSi L^^fl^ir^^^s^J rS^.^^^^sSr>i jAI MR.BARKK/ ALLMVMEP»CINEs7/^*»~— -""H NA P *ji i^^_ .^^H L W»WETV-WW>£ PEBCEtfrJT I Oiek Tracy aspirins m^^--~^Z Wr^aZZHmMv^laEßaNC, B»O IS CBAND-MftVBE [OAF TWE POLICE JLTO TELL ™!5^R. /^T^S |OU? TMAT I SEVBfITV-RVE. HB/E OEB4 ALL 2 \OU TO (POUNDSt Lkjß< INMIAMI JO
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    Business in local shares shrinking
    454 10 By Our Market Correspondent AS May progresses, so the volume of business written in local shares on the Singapore Share Market appears to be shrinking. Last week was no exception and the amount of business transacted was definitely lower than in the preceding period. This
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    Price boost hopes fai
    449 10 OEAKiSH factors domi- minated the Singapore rubber market last week and the price drifted off to its lowest level since March of last year. Liquidation by disappointed sellers who had held off, hoping that the go-slow on Malayan rubber estates, which began on Friday, would push
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    Lock icon SYNTHETIC PLA IS EXPANDER
    68 10 SYNTHETIC PLA IS EXPANDER AKRON. Sat. -General T™ Rubber Company announrrc work has begun on thp fir*.' r expansion of Its Ashtabuk chemical plant. Expansion o unit will boost by 50 per rer. plants vinyl resin prociu capacity. It has been turning out plastic raw material at a ra 25
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    125 10 /COMPANIES operating V> in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:SULOH RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.: the final dividend of 10 per cent less 30, per cent income tax for the year ended December 31, 1955 payable to shareholders on the register on May 16. 1956. Also, an interim dividend
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    BUSINESS DONE
    349 10 rpHE following business done X in the Singapore Share Market hut week was reported by one firm of broken for the period May 5 to May INDUSTRIALS: British Borneo Petroleum 495. 9d. and 505., Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 295. 6d. and 305., Fraser Neave Ords. $1,694 to $1.65,
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    MALAYAN SHARE LIST
    530 10 rE following fall revised share list was issued bj the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after their last meeting on Thursday: INDUSTRIALS R* I Bivcn Sellers BTlekworsa f. IJO I.M Is. I.M 1.01 Vet 11.00 (buy«ni Petrol 4»/- 60/TrusiPM It t.M Tin Smelt f MA 20/-xd tk 1.65
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      879 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the following appointments in the Land Offlce, Singapore:— (A) One Temporary Technical Assistant (Civil Engineering) Salary Scale $445-ISA--505 30A 535-15A-595/bar/ 610-20A-710 phis variable allowances. Total emoluments at present range from 9578.50 with annual increments to $855/- p.m. (Single) and $951.75 married). Applicants shall possess
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    Can Miller retain his form this time?
    463 11 ANOTHER GLORIOUS START FOR WORLD'S GREATEST ALL-ROUNDER, BUT- "»nw«, Baa. MIGHTY Keith Miller, ±aia. has made another glorjoos start to a toor of England but his undefeated 2SI at Leicester last week has Prompted cricket fans here to wonder whether this time Miller
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    McDonald hits 195 in aussies' feast of runs
    234 11 AT NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM, Sunday. LED by an enterprising innings of 195 by opener Colin McDonald, the Australian cricketers enjoyed a feast of runs against Nottinghamshire on the Test ground here yesterday when they scored 396 for five before the close. McDonald, who
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    SCOREBOARD
    60 11 AUSTRALIAN'S Ist Innings C. McDonald c Bowe b Stocks 195 J. Rutherford c Dooland b K. J M?ckay lbw b DooUnd 1 I. Craig c Rowe b Walker U K R. Miller ran oat 10 P. Burge not oat R. Benand not out 1* Extras 8 ToUl (for five)
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    SIX-WICKET WIN
    47 11 OH Q. PARKLP beat Singapore Cricket Club by six wickets In a cricket match at TangUn yesterday sic.C. 173-9 dccl. (Knight 44. Pike 28 no. Arkell 22 Whltmell 4-58, Flood 3-26) O.H.Q. 175-4 (Whltmell 44 n.0., Jourdan 44, Barry 88. Warren 26 n.0.. Galloway 2-32).
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    SEGAMAT BEATEN
    49 11 University of Malaya beat Segamat C.C. by 111 runs In a cricket match at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Varsity 177 (Hacharan Singh 48, p D Mayo 26 V. V. Nathan 57. Whitehead 2-47, Ramanathan 5--70) Segamat 66 (Ramanathan 20. Whitehead 12 B. K. Sen 6-30. Lakbir Singh 3-2).
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    bandy's last mile Restless after bid for record failed
    116 11 bandy's last mile Restless after bid for record failed FRESNO. CaßfsniMV, San. JOHN Lan*> AnstraHa. J world mile wears naWw. »ld be had probably second outside his reeors— was •ridtenloiu.'' Press* to eterlf, W» mUt nee^ staismMrtte Mil*: "I mean ttat I «*TSJ**^^2 the I.SM mclrsa sr the Mw» metres
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    Bowlers came to the rescue of Surrey
    273 11 LONDON. Sun.— Surrey, seeking their fifth successive championship have made an inauspicious start this season. As often happened last year their bowlers made up for the batting failures yesterday against Glamorgan at Cardiff. After an opening stand of 76. Surrey were dismissed for
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    BULGARIA END BRITISH HOPES
    252 11 BULGARIA END BRITISH HOPES By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Sun. BULGARIA drew 3-3 with Britain here kvt night to qualify for the Olympic football tournament In Melbourne. Earlier, Bulgaria had defeated Britain 2-0 in Sofia. The Bulgarians led 2-1 at half time after Britain had scored first but there was very
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    S.J.I. sports
    21 11 St. Joseph's Institution wi. i hold its junior school sports at the school ground tomor row at 8.30 a.m.
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    MILNE SETS A RECORD FOR 'LORNIE KILO'
    678 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. TX>RTY-SIX-year old r Jimmy Milne, last year's winner of the Singapore Motor dab's Gap Hill Climb, set a record of 26.4 seconds at the Malayan Motor sports Club's "Lornie kilo" here today. Milne, who has been driving his Cooper 1098
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    APPUNI'S BATTING AND BOWLING TURNED THE TIDE
    1039 14 APPUNI'S BATTING AND BOWLING TURNED THE TIDE SINGAPORE Rest made a sensational recovery to beat Europeans by 49 runs in a thrilling' finish to their annual Clarke Cup cricket fixture ended on the < padang yesterday. J Few had expected the match to swing round as I sharply and dramatically
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    141 14 rE REST beat Europeans by seven wickets to regain the B.P. de Silva Cup In their annual "Test" at Western Road today. The Rest's easy victory was due mainly to two bowlers, Hayati Meah and J. R. Andres, who had a big
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    The Rest triumph in three states
    230 14 APPUNI AND MEAL HOBBS TAKE HONOURS PI WEEKKMirS BIG CRICKET MATCHES |T has been a triumphant weekend for Rest cricket teams in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. At these three centres they won their annual matches against Europeans— by 49 runs in Singapore, eight
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    327 14 THREE important dcci- sions were made at the Badminton Association of Malaya's newly- formed training and tournament subcommittee's first meeting held at the Selangor B.A. hall in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They were: I Methods of selection and dates for Über Cup trials
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    SELANGOR REST GET 89 IN 46 MINUTES
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    539 14 SOUTH WOMAN KEEP McGABE REAY CUP KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. NORTH beat South by six matches to five to win the Guillemard Cup for the first time since the war in the' annual tennis "Test" here today. In the McCabe Reay competition for women,
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    568 14 ■nj BIGHTS for Wednesday (May 16), sees** day of the Singapore Governor's Cap meeting, are: CJ- 1, Dlv. I— 6l Shamrock SUpper 9.05 Distil* B.IS MiwiU 8.11 Walla Walla 8.06 Native Baler 8.04 The Ringer Ml Solidarity 7.12 Ginseng 7.11 Bracelet Boy 7.10 little Cherringten
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    229 14 ROYAL. AIR Force put up an lmxv proved display to score a convincing 6-2 victory over Singapore Indians in a BAFA community league game at Jalan Beaar stadium yesterday. The airmen completely outplayed the Indians and could have doubled their score had their forwards taken
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    68 14 FOUR-GOA KIM BENG IS HERO S'PORE KUALA LUMPfp CINGAPORES Kirn Be, back yesten centre f o] hit four goal Selan R or nei ces Road, hi the Colon-. victory. At^lf time the score Two quick goals as?E?g But Singapore hattrick by K abled them terday's di Selangor had the visitors
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