The Straits Times, 16 May 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon THE TALKS FAIL
    1010 1 8 a.m. SPECIAL EDITION: Text of Colonial Office communique Page 2 Marshall (TU resign') returns on Sunday m*HE Singapore merdeka talks ended last night without agreement being reached. n official communique issued in Lon- thf end of a r>o-minute afternoon t ike between the Singapore delegates c
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    It's a setback—but this is not end of the road
    626 1 It's a setback— but this is not end of the road (Page One comment T ndon aegotiahav( failed rdeka mission to Singapore handed. n came after fte rejection by the Government final proposal would have as- the Federarovernment, al- h indirectly, sponsibility for the internal security of a self-governing Singapore.
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    'BE CALM' PLEA BY ALL THE PARTY LEADERS
    271 1 POLITICAL leaders in Singapore early today appealed to the people "to remain calm and patient" over the failure of the merdeka talks. The acting Chief Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. who is to broadcast to the people at lunch time today, told
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    Defence chairman: That was the last straw
    158 1 From HARRY MILLER f ONDON, Tues. The Li London talks on the future constitution of Singapore finally broke down on the single point of the chairman of the Defence Council. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Lennox Boyd, rejected the proposal to have a Federation
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    Marshall's desperate last effort
    95 1 LONDON, Tues. The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, made one desperate attempt to save the talks today when he saw the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, at 10, Downing Street. But when he emerged from his 15-minute interview he wore a face of doom. Sir Anthony
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 'I'M SORRY 1 SAYS TFNC.K! The Federation's Thief Minister. T«ni;ku Abdul Rahman, said this morning: "I am very sorry to hra r about the breakdown, very sorry indeed."
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    Why the talks failed: The full story by the Colonial Office
    854 2 LONDON, Tucs.— The following is the full text of the Colonial Office statement on the Singapore Constitutional Conference which ended today: "The Singapore Constitutional Conference ended today without agreement. "A constitution offered by Her Majesty's Government was refused by
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    Lock icon SUMMARY of PROCEEDINGS
    761 2 IN THEIR first proposals the Singapore delegation demanded sovereign independence with the Commonwealth by April next year. They proposed that in the Independence Act conferring this upon them there should be provision to allow Her Majesty's Government to maintain bases on the island and to have a
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    Lock icon HUGE RUSSIAN ARMS SLASH
    228 3 6i divisions to be scraps- Ann -Tirirhipit wUI join mothball fleet 1t 200.000 men ln be CUt in year: Needed for industry yOSCOW. Tues. i Russia trill cul her armed forces by 200.000 men by ittl May. divisions inded. Thirty- 1 troops will be from Bast
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    Lock icon Turkey visit?
    19 3 BONN, Tues. The West r Prt -ident. Mr. Theot Heuss, will probably visit. I next spring. A.P.
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    Lock icon GULLIVER'S TRA VELS...
    38 3 GULLIVER 'S TRA VELS. LONDON. Tui Mrs. Guy rday received ;i ■•card mailrd in Barcelona. 6r«;n 29 years ago. lightly soiled." said Mrs. Gulliver, "but the postman could give us no explanation why it took so long." A.P.
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    FAMILY AND TOWN PAY HOMAGE TO JUNGSCHLAEGER
    76 3 LEON JUNGSCHLAEGER. who died recently in Indonesia while on trial for alleged subversive activities, is buried in his home town of Maastricht. Jungschlaeger fell ill during the trial and died in < hospital after a stroke. The Indonesian public prosecutor had demanded the
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    Two wounded
    23 3 JERUSALEM. Tues. Two Israeli workers were wounded yesterday when shots were fired from a Syrian position on labourers in Upper Galilee
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    Lock icon Red students to be harmed warning
    180 3 ARMED POLICE SEARCH LINER HONG KONG Tuesday. OEAVILY-ARMED police today searched the 11 8,630-ton Dutch liner, Tjiluwah. aftsr authorities here had been warned against an attempt to "sabotage" 25 Chinese Communist students on their way to the Afro-Asian conference in Indonesia. The Tjiluwah's sailing
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    Lock icon BABIES —BY EXPRESS DELIVERY
    108 3 PLYMOUTH. Toe*. Lady Astor was swamped by letters offering her children of all colours and ages yesterday, and perhaps for the first time regretted one of the piquant public remarks for which she is famous. Lady Aston, now 77. had nearly 50 letters offering children since
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    Lock icon WIDOW AND SOLDIER SON
    16 3 Mrs. Jungschlaeger and her son walk in the funeral procession. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Burmese polls off
    78 3 Anniversary clash RANGOON, Tues. Elec- tions in Rangoon city for three members of the Bur- 1 mese Upper House have been postponed from May 22 to May 31. The election officer said that the original date was I too close to May 24, when i Burma celebrates
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    Mountain tour
    34 3 TOKYO, Tues. Three Japanese students sail on May 30 for Pakistan to join three Pakistani students for a four-month scientific expedition in the Eastern Hindu Kush mountain areas of Kashmir.— A .P.
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    Lock icon BRITAIN'S NEED
    139 3 Nuclear power wanted for peaceful purposes, says Sir Edwin WASHINGTON. Tuesday ttlß EDWIN PLOWDEN, head of Britain's Atomic Energy Authority, said at the White House yesterday that Britain had a very urgent need for nuclear power for peaceful purposes. Sir Edwin s;iid that he thought America and Britain
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    New envoy
    20 3 LONDON. Tues. Mr. Dermot MacDermot will be Britain's new ambassador to Indonesia, the Foreign Office announced last night—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ike's envoy
    32 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.—Senator Walter George, 78. last night accepted the invitation of President Eisenhower to be his personal representative in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation with the rank of ambassador.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cambodia visit
    27 3 PHNOMPENH Tues. The Cambodian Foreign Minister, Mr. Nnong Kimmy. yesterday said that the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Chou En-Lai, would visit Cambodia this summer. A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    247 3 Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53 3 h Funding A c B £904 War 34% £71^i U RANKS Merrantllp (£l2*4) 14 Eastern (£5) £7',; Chartered (£5) 34/9 Hongkong .$125) £94 4 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 87/- +/3 Royal 84 3
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    RUBBER
    25 3 LONDQJf May 15— Spot 25\d., June 25^d July-Sept 24\d., Ort.-Dec. 24\d.. Jan -Mar. 24\d. May c.i.f. 24% d. June c.i.f. 24 ,d. Tone: Steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. May 15— Cash Buyers £750; Sellers £751. Forward Buyers £750; Sellers £751: Settlement ,£748; Turnover: a.m. ISO tons; Ip.m. 80.
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    Lock icon Frogman: Eden to keep secret
    206 3 Frogman: Eden to keep secret LONDON, Tues. OIR Anthony Eden. amid Socialist cries of "shamp" and "resign." refused for the second time last night to disclose the truth about missing frogman Commander Lionel Crabb. saying it involved important international as well as national interests. The Labour Opposition had forced a
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    Lock icon Off to new life
    50 3 ROME. Tues. Mordecal Oren, Israeli Socialist leader released on Sunday after four and a half years' imprisonment in Czechoslovakia, left here today by air for Israel He flew here yesterday from Switzerland. Oren had been sentenced to 15 years' jail on a charge of espionage. Reuter.
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    C.I.D. report secret
    263 4 MR. CHEW WONT COMMENT ON TALKS DOSSIER STUDENTS REPEAT: POLITICS ARE OUT A SECRET C.I.D. report on the forthcoming AfroAsian students' conference in Bandoeng has been handed to the acting Chief Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. Mr. Chew, had asked the Director of the Special Branch, Mr.
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    For Nanyang
    25 4 More than 200 students from the Federation and Singapore started their preuniversity courses in science, commerce and arts in the Nanyang University yesterday.
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    More pay move
    23 4 KUALA LUMPUR, TusS.Government interpreters are to press for a better salary scheme They will meet soon to prepare their claims.
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    Vietnam general to visit K.L.
    55 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Chief of Staff of the South Vietnam Army. Maj.Gen. Tran Van Don, will visit Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The general, who Is now in Singapore, will be met at the railway station here by the Chief of Staff. Malaya Command. Ma j.
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    Boy knocked down
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A six-year-old boy. Male Kum Lam, was slightly injured when he was knocked down by a motor cycle at the Tiong Nam settlement here this evening. He was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    JUNGLE LUST—WITH A G-STRING ATTACHED
    39 4 JUNGLE LUST— WITH A G-STRING ATTACHED THE GORILLA hangs menacingly over his victim before tearing off her clothes a seen? from the new American floorshow. Beauty and the Beast, which opens at the Cathay Restaurant tomorrow. Straits Times picture.
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    ENTER PRINCE KONG —LADY-KILLER
    227 4 GORILLA THRILLER If ING KONG'S son has lumbered into Singapore. 1Y With him came four spare skins and a glamorous wife. Prince Kong— better known in Hollywood as Scotty de la Roche Is the world's best known gorilla man. In his German-made gorilla skin he has
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    Cheers as plane crashes
    139 4 Cheers as plane crashes T»HE pilot of a Royal Singapore Flying Club plane and a passenger had a narrow escape last evening when their aircraft crashed into shrubbery off St. Michael's Road, Singapore. The plane, a Cesnna-170. l.ad taken of! from Paya Lebar Airport 14 minutes earlier. At 1,200 feet
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    Compensation demand by Perak ex-detainees
    112 4 Compensation demand by Perak ex-detainees BATU OAJAH, Tues.— Three hundred Malay ex-detainees in Perak are to send a memorandum to the Federaj Government demanding compensation for the period of their detention. This was one of the resolutions adopted at a meeting of ex-detainees held yesterday in Padang Rengas. 37 miles
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    TWO LOSE LEGS IN CRASH
    55 4 TWO LOSE LEGS IN CRASH IPOH, Tues.— Two Indians. N. John. 24. and L. Elian. 27. had their right legs amputated last night at Ipoh Hospital after a road accident. They were on a motor cycle which was involved in a head-on collision with a car nine miles south of
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    TRADER KIDNAPPED BY GANG
    122 4 They wanted his keys for $1,600 haul AN INDIAN shopkeeper, Mohamed Ibrahim, was r abducted by a gang of four Malays while he was taking a bath at a public standpipe in Carpmael Road, Singapore, at about 1 a.m. yesterday. He was bundled into a car'
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    'Merger is inevitable'
    72 4 The Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association decided at a recent meeting to support fully its Kuala Lumpur headquarters decisions on the question of citizenship rights and merger between Singapore and the Federation. On the merger Issue, the branch felt that since Singapore was closely connected
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    Girl tapper is granted bail
    61 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A pretty rubber tapper. Lee Than, 21, of Batu Caves, claimed trial in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of unlawful possession of 10 katis of scrap rubber at Sungei Tua Road on May 9. Lee was granted bail of
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    Hit by lorry
    36 4 MALACCA, Tues. Hoo Ban Tong. 62. was fatally injured after being knocked down by a lorry while walking along First Cross Street here thij afternoon on his way home. He died in hospital
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    Malaya's answer—give and take
    151 4 Malaya's answer give and take MALACCA, Tues.--Mr. Tan Slew Sin. publicity chief of the Malayan Chinese Association, told 1.000 Malays at Ayer Molek. near Malacca, last night that no community in a multi-racial society could have everything its own way. He said that there must be "a spirit of compromise,
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    MINORITIES SEND SOS TO MARSHALL
    372 5 Whirlwind round ofi talks in the Colony and then- please reserve at least 3 seats in assembly riDERS of minority communities in Singa(ir( j i-torday sent two urgent cables to P l,n (in the question of their representation addressed to the Chief Minister, Mr and
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    APOLOGY IS SOUGHT FOR SLUR' ON SULTAN
    138 5 APOLOGY IS SOUGHT FOR SLUR' ON SULTAN MPUS. Tues. Keeper of the Tuan Haji Mbakri, has mcial protest United States ;i!iainst an recent issue .in American jed that the ang, formerJt" State in often re- i nipany of a after aging and villagers unthe night. Slur on Malay i morality
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    Colony's Master Attendant retires
    91 5 Colony 's Master Attendant retires SINGAPORE today is second only to London as a port in the whole of the Commonwealth, and indications are that more and more ships will call here. This was said yesterday by Mr. T. B. Low, (above), the Master Attendant, who is due to leave
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    LABOURER WITH RED DOCUMENTS JAILED
    126 5 LABOURER WITH RED DOCUMENTS JAILED IPOH, Tues. A 29-year-old labourer, Low Kam, was sentenced to three years' jail by Mr. Justice Pretheroe today •for having Communist terrorist documents. He pleaded guilty to having seven terrorist documents, written in Chinese, at his home in Nalla new village in the Tronoh area
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    WATCH on CENTRES
    96 5 Government vigilance to guard against any possible unlawful activity rE Singapore Government Is keeping a close watch on community centres for unlawful activities. Regular checks are being made, said Mr. w. S. Woon of the Social Welfare Department, yesterday. Mr. Woon, who is in charge of community
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    Radio noise—distance causes it, he says
    140 5 Radio noise distance causes it, he says :P;id of the engineerpartment of Radio Ml D. S. Miller, yes--..fl that noise and in--1 in radio reception federation cannot be Rented as long as Ra- continues to fi m Singapore. wai commenting aint by a Straits t in Ipoh, who M nreption
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    Girl was stabbed in car
    156 5 —STATEMENT IN COURT A 22-year-old Malay girl Janyah binte Salleh was stabbed because she resented being fondled by a man, the Singapore Assizes was told yesterday. Facing a charge of murdering Janyah on Jan. 14 were four men, Ignatius Thomas. Amin bin Mohamed, Phillip Foo
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    They've been together for . fifty wonderful years
    342 5 They've been together for fifty wonderful years A RECIPE FOR HAPPY MARRIED LIFE THE MOTHER and 1 father of nine children and grandparents of twenty-three boys and girls, Mr. and Mrs M. L. Marcus yesterday looked back on their 5J years of married life and said happily: "It's been wonderful."
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    Chettiar fined
    11 5 A Market Street moneyhis income tax returns for 1955.
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    US students to visit Malaya's bases
    114 5 BRITISH military bases in Malaya will be visited by students from the National War College in Washington. This is part of the college course. Students visit different parts of the world every year. The tours are considered necessary as the students have to study
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    'POOR RETURNS' SHOCK
    77 5 The Malay Artistes' Association has called In the police to investigate a large number of forged tickets used for the association's Harl Raya variety performances last week-end at the Happy World stadium. The association was shock- ed at the poor returns for the two nights' performances despite
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      256 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert. 5 30 pm. at 6. Raffles Qua*. Esplanade Garden, 6 pjn. to 7 1 V.M.c.A. (Orchard Road) pjn. Chess Club, bodybuilding, weightBOTARY CLUB: Weekly lun- lifting, gymnastics 5.30 pjn.: Art cheon meeting— talk by Mr. Al- Club 6 p.m.; motorists' self -repair fred Wallensteln. musical director
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    DEATHS
    133 6 It Wordt lit (Minimum) CUTHBE: On May 6, Kenneth Vlncer. cf Kir.dower, Mt. Martha, Victoria, Australia. Mourned by his beloved wife and daughter. Joan (Mrs. Kinder), Father-in-law of Barney, grand-father of Brian. Pamela and Maureen. Aged 72 .ears. QUEK Mr. Quek Teow Tay, Age 83 years of Chop Hiap
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    95 6 to Wordt 110 (Minimum) THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Yuen c Shun thanks all Friends end Relatives for their Messages, Wreaths, Gifts. Attendance and As: im ance at the Funeral. MRS. M. DORAISWAMY and v ■...<::■. thank all who attended the Funeral of Mr. M. Doralswamy of K
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May 16, 1956. The Russian Bait
    582 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May 16, 1956. The Russian Bait There are not many countries which could reduce their armed forces by 1,200,000 men and have any army, navy or air force left. That is the first reaction to the Russian announcement. The second is that Russian fear of
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    Shorter Hours
    338 6 The Shop and Office Employees Bill, now being studied by a Select Committee of the Singapore Assembly, is admirable in many respects. But in progressive social legislation of this kind it is possible to kill by thoughtless kindness. Among the bills many provisions are clauses relating to shorter
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    A Fishy Business
    288 6 The Japanese have finally secured from Russia a shortterm agreement on the North Pacific salmon fisheries after as curious a contretemps as any in the long and often peculiar history of RussoJapanese relations. Moscow announced some time ago regulations for the fishing grounds which would ruin the
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    PEOPLE WANT JOBS
    343 6 PEOPLE WANT JOBS Siam's army bosses want dollars tor mort arms but CIAM is divided three ways in the controversy over whether U.S. economic or military aid should be given priority. But there is general agreement on one point— U.S. aid is not great enough. At one extreme are the
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      PLAN MEDICAL, SERVICES TO DO GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMRER
      259 6 PLAN MEDICAL, SERVICES TO DO GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMRER I HAVE great respect for Mr. Chew Swee Kee as the Minister for Education. He has shown rare courage and determination in tackling a very difficult problem. But as the Acting Minister for Health Mr. Chew has fallen down
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      No future in School Certs.
      151 6 MORE and more people are attending commercial evening schools. The subjects in most de- mand are shorthand and typewriting because jobs can easily be obtained if one has a knowledge of these subjects, and if one is competent one can earn handsomely. It is said
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      Station hotel wanted
      41 6 Station hotel wanted THERE are Station Hotels A in the Federal Capital and in Singapore, but why is there not one in Penang for the benefit of travellers? Such a project should bring good revenue to the department. PARAM. Kuala Krai
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      Foot walks for safety
      65 6 Foot walks for safety WILKINSON ROAD is if fast becoming an important link between Mountbatten Road and Tanjong Raton* Road. A large number of motorists and cyclists are using this busy thoroughfare every day and night. Should not the road authorities take Immediate steps to provide adequate footwalks for the
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      AlloWance for pensioners
      66 6 rpHE Federation OovernJL ment announced as far back as June. 1955 that tbe cost of living allowance payable to Federation pensioners who retired on or after Jan. 1, 1955 will be revised. But up to date nothing has been heard about it though nearly a year has
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      Who cached The T.N.T.?
      46 6 IREAD in the Straits Times that about 400--lbs. of T.N.T. were found on an island off Pasir Panjang, but it appears from the Press report that no attempt was made to waylay or ambush the persons who cached the T.N.T.? D.R. Singapore
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      Street lighting is delayed
      55 6 II7E asked for street lijrht*T ing in Cuppage and Koek Roads about three months ago. Result: only three street lights have been Installed at the Orchard Road end of Koek Road and none at Cuppage Road. Why this delay and the discrimination as regards lighting in
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    Will Canada be taken over by the Americans?
    764 6  -  WASHINGTON. T*HE survival of Ca- nada's independence from the United States has suddenly become the central domestic issue in Canadian politics. Americans are totally unaware of the hot debate north of the 49th parallel whose centre they are. U was primarily the
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      97 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY SEASON TICKETS SAVE MONEYThe rates for monthly and quarterly season tickets on the Malayan Railway arc as follows:--(a) Monrtily season ticket* between any two specified station* not more than 50 miles apart: lat 2nd 3rd clan class. class. $4.50 $2.20 $1.50 per mile per month Minimum charge $4.50
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      163 6 What more can you d( KEEPING A FAMILY FIT AND WELL i make sure they get good meals and plcnii and sleep, yet still they pick up Infections Can you guard against this? Yet- I Ribena. For Ribena— the natural way C— is a great source of health. It strength
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    Sim saw me before he voted'
    664 7 i.nkK WAN Mil 10 a director he athay Or- l i<m allied in s High rt yesterday thai tv Councillor, L Sim l l S(MI- sec him scSed gainst Mr. (lkt .-s Katong cmcI rl is asking an order to quash decisions d the
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    5,000 form their own union
    51 7 5,000 form their own union MOOO unionle-ss Government ive citcided to li n of their r»r. called the Singarrnment Miscel;ar.for,.- Officers' Union. .ill grades workers -uch as. boardfcg officers, instructors, lion ofliccrs. agrii.irticultural librarians, ve.Ntigators, •:«hery inspectors rinary assistants. nesting will be at Service Associa- en on Friday at 5:5
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    Housing scheme
    22 7 K. iang Co-operative Boclety plans to uses, at a cost of 1500.000 on 10 acres i at Mengkibol Road. I
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    Annual meeting
    26 7 Xi deration Forces f 8t»fl Union will hold its Mi annual meeting at the fra far Theatre. Port Dickr. T. Sunday at 9.30 a.m.
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    Show nets $900
    22 7 KAJANG. Tues. A variety show held yesterday netted $900 for the Kajang High School Malay Boys Hostel Welfare Fund.
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    DRIVER KILLED BY ROBBERS, COURT TOLD
    196 7 Stab wounds pierced lungs p.m. on Nov. 29. Police found only 50 cents on his person. Tan and Tay said that Lav was a "friendly" man. Lav's mother, Ooh Sim, said that her son had always been on night shift. He had not told
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    Wage talks fail: Strike ballot
    50 7 Members of the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union and the Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers will take a strike ballot from Monday to Friday next week. This was announced by their union leaders following a breakdown in wage talks with Government yesterday.
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    Police say it was a revenge killing
    251 7 BIG HUNT ON FOR GETAWAY CAR SINGAPORE Police, investigating the murder of a petrol station manager, Teoh Cheng Wee, in Tanjong Katong Road on Monday night, have started an island-wide hunt for the murderers' getaway car. i The Murder Squad thinks it was
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    Fitting climax to wonderful tour
    293 7 rNDREDS of music lovers again packed the Singapore Badminton Hall last night for the final concert by the Los Angeles philharmonic Orchestra. What a wonderful season It has been. The memory of this rare feast will live for a long, long time. Once again the
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    Variety concert
    37 7 Chines* folk dances, songs and plays will feature the variety concert to be presented by the Singapore Chinese Schools Association at the Happy World Stadium on Saturday. proceeds will go to thp Association's building fund.
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    BABY RESCUED FROM THE JUNGLE IS NAMED DAVID
    195 7 THE BABY BOY round by the Parachute Squadron of the 2tod Special Air Service Regiment in deep jungle in Perak yesterday afternoon has been named David. Major Catherine Smith, of the Salvation Army Home .in Ipoh, seen with him (above) b now
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    Wife: Husband beat me, mother egged him on
    147 7 k 42- YEAR-OLD mother of three told a Singapore court 'yesterday her husband "treated me like a dog." "He kept me when he needed me and kicked me out when he didn't," said Tan Meng Chia. "He used to beat me and
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    LOKE TELLS HIGH COURT
    167 7 architects at their request. Mr. Brash, referring to the Council's ad hoc planning committee which had delegated powers, questioned the committee's legal position. He said there was no authority in the Municipal Ordinance for the Council to nominate any of Its members to sit on the
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    Three hurt in crash
    53 7 RAWANG, Tues.— A lorry loaded with charcoal hit a stationary car and crashed into a pillar of a shop house here on Monday night. Three people in the car. were injured. They were Mr. Wong Kam Wing, a foreman of the Malayan Cement Works, his wife
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    Beer case: Bail allowed
    57 7 Poh Whatt Chye, 39, of Pasir Panjang. claimed trial in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of 18.325 cartons of beer worth $278,096 on Nov. 22 last while in the employ of East Asiatic Co. Ltd Bail of $50,000 in
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    Had chandu: $30 fine
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Yee Seng, 60, was fined $30 in the First Magistrate's Court here today for possessing 13 packets of chandu at Sungei Besi Road on May 13. A detective stopped Yee Seng and found him carrying the chandu in a matchbox. Yee Seng pleaded
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    Bourne's successor flies in
    92 7 Bourne's successor flies in Lieut.-General R. Bower, who is taking over from Lieut.-General Sir Geoffrey Bourne as Director of Operations in Malaya, arrived in Singapore by Qantas Constellation yesterday. He was met by Major General L. H. O. Push, Chief of Staff, G.H.Q. Farelf. and will fly to Kuala Lumpur
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    Cadets fly off
    27 7 Twelve cadet officers who rose from the ranks in the Malay Regiment left Singapore for London yesterday morning for a six-week officers' training course.
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      133 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 p.m. on May 14 to 7.30 a.m. on May IS): Singapore 76 degrees, Penane 77. Kota Bharu 74. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 76. Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on May IS): Singapore 83 Penang 89. Kota Bharu 90. Kuala Lumpur 94.
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    CRISIS THREATENS TO SPLIT THE YOUTH COUNCIL
    280 8 CRISIS THREATENS TO SPLIT THE YOUTH COUNCI L Showdown on *no politics* move CRISIS is likely to develop during the four-day national conference of the Malayan Youth Council which opens at Johore Bahru tomorrow. The crisis will centre on a resolution, proposed by four of the council's most powerful affiliates,
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    Fourth man attended 'extort talks9—police
    208 8 Fourth man attended 'extort talks 9 police HE WILL BE PRODUCED AS WITNESS pOLICE will produce a against Lee Yong Mir trial for alleged extortit tion, at the next hearing Magistrate's Court was tc Inspector E. J. Walker said that the witness was the fourth man present during "negotiations" at
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    Haulage permit offence
    52 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A lorry owner, Chan Yew. was fined $70 in the First Magistrate's Court here today for failing to comply with the provisions of his haulage permit. He pleaded guilty to carrying fruit and vegetables instead of fish in his lorry on March 28 at
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    Two gave a $50 bribe
    66 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Jalal Din. of the Military Camp, Kluang, and Jagat Ram, of Majedee Barracks. Johore Bahru, were found guilty in the Sessions Court today of corruptly giving Sgt. William King $50 as an inducement to him to falsify the laundry account. Jalal Din
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    Kiwis' party
    19 8 The New Zealand Society (Malaya) will hold its annual party at Tanglin Road, Singapore, on May 22.
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    He man return to cast a spell
    53 8 He man return to cast a spell FRANQUIN. New Zealand hypnotist, who flew into Singapore yesterday on a holiday tour of the Far East. He hopes to return with his show towards the end of the year. Franquin told the Straits Times that his show was based on audience participation.
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    NEW $200,000 OFFICE FOR TENGKU
    64 8 NEW $200,000 OFFICE FOR TENGKU KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A new office is being built for the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his staff. It will be situated near the Residency in Brockman Road here. The single-storey timberframe building is expected to be completed by the end of next month.
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    Back from leave
    26 8 SITIAWAN, Tues.— Mr. Pall Singh, Assistant Superintendent of Police, has returned from leave and taken over duties at the police headquarters in Tapah.
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    RIDDLE AT SEA
    161 8 Indonesians hold five c; shermen and say: 'We know nothing' THE Indonesian Consulate A in Singapore claimed yesterday that they were ignorant of the circumstances surrounding the arrest of five local Malay fishermen near Raffles Lighthouse 22 days ago. "We do not know anything about this case,"
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    TAPPERS' 'NO' TO A MIDDLE WAY OUT
    224 8 TAPPERS' 'NO' TO A MIDDLE WAY OUT ITUALA LUMPUR v Tues.— The secretary of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association, Mr. R. O. D. Houghton, today said that the National Union of Plantation Workers had from the start rejected arbitration in their wage dispute. Mr. Houghton told the Straits Times
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    Celebration
    26 8 KUALA KANOSAR, Tues.— The Khek Association here celebrated their eighth anniversary yesterday. It was decided to renovate the association premises at a cost of $14,000.
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      574 8 radio malaya Regional ('Programmes thus marked can cTUf* A lIAUli' be received b, listeners in Ma- WRGAFOKE larral (Short wave 62m. Medium wave mmm 476 m.) (Snort wave 49 and 62m. Medium A.M. 7.15 Opening Annct.: 7.16 wave 476 m., 343. 366 m. and 297 m). Piano Playtime: 7.30 News;
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    Lock icon Cattleman who made $300 million fortune
    1347 9 HP (DEFENCE MAFEKINC^f IS7I. a > oun Texas catt e man na med \|,nor Cooper Keith arrived in Costa Rica yd a 100-mile railway through foetid, bidden swamps and jungles where neither m,n nor native had been able to live nThree of his brothers
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      297 9 YOU NEED A MEAL BEFORE YOU WORK! ?J^j^Jjj)\mz bread and^% l^i^jif BLUE BAND I !|^wl MARGARINE f *^^B|Br in the morning! -V. f You can't expect to be really efficient at M W^^^ taatt Z^*J^ MJl uAiiiMi^lllMm your ob if all you have firf>t thinß 1S a &tttttttttt|o[|jj| HP IS
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      137 9 Hex 3iargan m 3M.D. Very papular f/^^~JB^^ZZZ^^r tvo. HER I POUT] r I'm sorry, miss INPtSPOS€D~Aiy^ P^ PO MM) NIAtMCfT populabitv IT'S THAT WOMAN Trt ucp INDISPOSED FOB W"T #f||n >/i* C&NTfcsnr Cv -^M AT/Vll] ClO I CUE UJAUK K U Hbk J^ mWrWDKV run y ttUttmXK P A/ft lI
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    SHARE MARKET STILL IGNORES EFFECT OF MERDEKA TALKS
    435 10 SHARE MARKET STILL IGNORES EFFECT OF MERDEKA TALKS By Our Market Correspondent THE prolonged Merdeka talks on Singapore's future in London are still having no real effect on the Singapore Share Market and although business is on a reduced scale, pi ices are still very steady. Operators seem determined to
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 June first trade- rulV)er buyers f.o.h. closed in Singapore yesterday at 84', cents p<>r lb.,' down half a cent on the close for the position on Monday. The closing ton,, was slightly steadier. Closing prices in cents per lb.. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 84 sellers
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    Pengkalen dividends
    65 10 Pengrkalen has declared a fourth interim dividend of 15 per cent on both classes of shares, payable in England on June 8. in respect of the year ended September 30. 1955. In addition a second interim dividend of 25 per cent on both classes of shares has been
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    RUBBER CROP
    11 10 River view produced 122,258 lb. of rubber In April.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    302 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "On the local share market, industrials and tins were steady with a fair volume of business passing, tut rubbers were easier." Singapore and Federation Brokers reported the following business done yesterday:— B.B. Petrol 465. 9d.; Fed. Dispensary $1.87-; Fraser and Neave ords
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    80 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 32 11/16, O.D. 32 13/16, 90 d/st. 33 1/8 credit bills, 33 3/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 32 5/16. On the free exchange market in
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    SHIPPING
    97 10 Ships lylnc alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Hoegh Trader 1-2. Chuoh Maru 3-4, North Star 4-5. Nias C.P.. Wesersteln 6-7. TJipanas 8-9. Drente 11. Kyotoku Maru 13-14. Somali 15-16. Grelorsa 18. Hal Hing 19-20. Soon Bee N.Wall 2, Segaxnat N.Wall 4. Serampang N. Wall
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 10 OFFICIAL PRI CES SINGAPORE mv RIBRKR s**l j PT In. (down tent) t TIN: |37 5 <'ln«'n r, V P I "'P IS rents, r fc'«|
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    81 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS JNVESTMKN x derate on here today i> firm and in eased sliylr: recorded. I slightly, but while RDlti 'steady. li, average Loans 3\Loans IV Con. Zinc Bank of N.S.W Mount I.yell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Mortan Ptko Western Mining Ai lpol Ex Oi. Search 1 Aust.
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    68 10 Singapore hini^r Pro<l ur i change: noon yesterday vere:— Copra: itcadjr. June B ers. $30' 4 sellei i steady; bulk sellers. Prpp.r 10 to 15 tons of 1) done on whilf- pepp 20 ton.s on black $95, Sarawak vm black $71 (.ill Singapore «ptj p.m. prices: June $30
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      459 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens are 17-23 for the post of Official Translator (Malay Writer /Translator) De- partment of Agriculture. Kuala Lumpur. Salary scale: $(152.50). J (160) 1C7.50 $224x14 336, 366x 14 422/448x14—50*. Applicant* must have passed the School Certificate Examination with a credit in English and
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      307 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that I, J. J. Ballard, Branch Manager of Eastern Agencies (1946) Limited, Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for the transfer of a Retail Shop licence in respect of premises 4th floor. Mercantile Bank Building. Singapore to Neville Anthony Hall.
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      518 10 NOTICES NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OT BETELNUTS FROM SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM AND PENANG TO CALCUTTA NOTICE is given by the undernoted Lines comprising the Straits/Calcutta Conference that in respect of sailings on and after the 15th June '1956, the rate of freight on Betelnuts shipped from Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang
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      784 10 NOTICES HEINTZA ESTATE VALUABLE BUILDING LAND FOR SALE By Order of the High Court at Penang the whole of the remaining property of the Heintze Estate amounting to over 800 acres of land on Penang Island and 591 acres of agricultural land at Sungel Slput will be sold by the
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      TAHIR GETS IN SUCH A MUDDLE
      666 12 The jungle folk decide to make a balloon. Unfortunately Ezani gets in the way when Mat casts his spell to inflate the balloon and he grows bigger instead, rising in the air. NOW READ ON. "CH3R goodness' sake do something Mat," cried Rukiah in
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      HE'S NOT TWELVE SO FAR
      388 12 Crystal gazer: I'm afraid someone very near to you Is going to be disappointed." Client: "Quite right. I have come out without any money." Father: "Why do you stand in front of the mirror with your eyes shut?" Son: Well Dad I want to know
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      So many kinds of birds
      282 12 So many kinds of birds I WAS talking with a friend the other day about the use of birds and bird designs on stamps, and after he had gone, I decided that I would do a little investigating and see how many countries actually use, or have used, a bird
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      Auntie Kathleen Writes
      205 12 Auntie Kathleen Writes Dear Boys and Girls, Here are the winners of our crossword puzzle. Tharam Singh. 3030-B, jalan Shahbander, Kuala Lumpur, Rattan Kaur. 13 St. John's Hill Road, Malacca, Mervin Mirapuri, 52-D Lorong 2, jalan Ngee Heng. Johor e Bahru. Leong Har Chye. 13-B Upper Chmchew Street, Singapore I,
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      PEN PALS
      74 12 HERE ere some names of boys and girls from overseas who would like pen friends in Malaya. Margaret Jaure, aged 13, Church Street. Mitcham, Victoria. Australia. Hobbies art. Mary Laing, aged 14, Glenavon,' Water Street, Blayney, N.S.W., Australia, Hobbies, Music, Sewing. Virginia Swan. 15/2 Auburn Side, Dehiwela, Ceylon,
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      291 12 H *w*^z~sw^^ quality n U %T^p& jjT JAPANESE U B OvJlxmKbJL vims B I GOOD ENOUGH I /Hi l J 'FUJIYA' BRAND A Cultured Pearls M I are real pearls I J Modern science has merely learned U M how to control their growth B J ON SALE^AT ALL. HIGH-CLASS
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      42 12 C.C.C. Collect six 0/ these coupon* to join the Children's Corner Club. Please enrol me as a member of the Wise Owls Club and tend me a badge. I am enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self-addreued envelope. Name > *ddre« ..v
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      184 12 CLUES ACROSS.— I. Fungus you might mistake for a mushroom. 6. It looks like a very large shrimp. 8. River on which Devon's county town stands. 9, First name of a famous Pickwick Papers character. 10. M -i Quixote" was written by Cervantes. 13 A French coin, 14. Henry VIII
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    Selectors to try him out again on Sunday
    529 13 IS KIM BENG THE MAN TO REPLACE BAKAR? |S Quah Kirn Beng the 1 answer to the Singapore soccer selectors' search Tor a centre forward to replace the injured Awang Bakar in the Malaya Cup competition this year? At Kuala Lumpur on
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    TRUEMAN (5-34) RALLIES YORKSHIRE TO 6-WKT VICTORY
    385 13 TRUEMAN (5-34) RALLIES YORKSHIRE TO 6-WKT VICTORY LONDON, Tuesday. YORKSHIRE, who are considered as the strongest L challengers to Surrey, the county cricket champions, today scored a notable victory over Northampton, who last week had beaten the chamNorthants snatched first I Innings points off Yorkshire yesterday, mainly through the efforts
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    Lock icon Stocks bits 171 against Australians
    97 13 Stocks bits 171 against Australians LONDON, Tues. VTOTTING HAMSHIRE IN today became the fourth county team to hold the touring Australian cricketers to a draw. The scores were: Australians 547 for eight dccl. and 53 for one. Nottingham 345. Stocks, playing a treat inning of 171, became the second county
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    JOHORE WIN SHIELD TIE
    110 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Johore Ceylonese regained the VythUlngam Shield from Ceylon Sports Club, of Singapore, in their annual cricket match at Muar. Batting first Johore were all out for 155. Veteran A. Bartheloi scored 56 while V. R. Sabapathy took five for 60 and Soocelerai three
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    Lock icon LAVANDIN IS NOW 7 TO 1
    134 13 LONDON, Tues.— The French colts. Lavandtn and Phllius. remained first and second favourites respectively for the Derby at last night's Victoria Club callover here. Odds offered at the end of the session on the mile and a half race, to be run at Epsom
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    Kee Cup for cycling trial
    80 13 MR. Kee Yew Leng, vice-presi-dent of the Singapore Cycle Racing Association has presented a cup to be awarded to any cyclist wh o equals of beats the qualifying time in the Olympic trial to be held on June 3. The qualifying time is shr. llmin.
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    Court upholds Santee ban
    32 13 NEW YORK, Tues. The lifetime suspension on American mller Wes Santee imposed by the Amateur Athletic union, was upheld by a New York State Supreme Court Judge today.
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    Lock icon S. AFRICANS WIN
    21 13 CANBERRA. Tues. The South African Rugby Union team beat an Australian Capital Territory XV 41-6 here today. Reuter.
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    Amateur racing atPekan
    127 13 PEKAN, Tues. A N amateur race meeting is to be held here on May 29, as part of the birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Pahang. This is the first time since the war that a race meeting has been organised in this Royal town. The programme
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    IRC steady themselves by beating Dockyard
    237 13 IRC steady themselves by beating Dockyard INDIAN Recreation Club, who are still not entirely safe from relegation, yesterday gained two useful points with a 4-0 win over H.M. Dockyard In their S.A.F.A First Division match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Insideleft Chandra Krishnan scored the two best goals of the match.
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      104 13 SOCCER S.B.H.F.A. LEAGUE, Div. 1: Ford v Shell, Farrer Park; Slme Darby v H.K. Bank, BsJestler Road; MereanUle Bank v Chartered Bank, Jalan Besar; Pulau Bukom y S.T.C, Farrer Park; Dlv. 2: S.C.S. v Stanvae, Farrer Park; MeUI Box v Gnthrie, Farrer Park; Cable and Wireless v BaU, R.I. ground;
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    FOLLOW ROMAN SHOE—HE'S DONE WINNING GALLOPS
    191 14 FOLLOW ROMAN SHOE— HE'S DONE WINNING GALLOPS DOMAN SHOE showed his quality in his first Malayan race, at Bukit Timah in March, when he ran a creditable third with 8.7 to Kentucky Pride in Div. 2 over 6f. This handsome four-year-old has made splendid headway sinee he has shown great
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    Distine to take main sprint
    389 14 HE'S BEEN PLACED IN NINE RUNS, WON IN REMARKABLE TIME BUT IF TRACK'S YIELDING TRY MALAYAN SCHOLAR By EPSOM JEEP THK Hobbs stable may score another big race success with Distine in the Class 1, Div. 1, 61. handicap (Race Five) at Bukit Timah today,
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    TOUGH, WIRY PRESIDENT WILL SADDLE UP
    759 14 PRESIDENTS curi- ous habit of throwing his head high probably cost him the race on Saturday when he went down by a neck to Two Dimension in a Div. 1. 6 f. race. A martingale may do the trick and, with a 2-lb. pull
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    It's Bajan's turn after so many good efforts
    260 14 It's Bajan's turn after so many good efforts DAJAN deserves a winning break, after some game efforts, in Race Six. This Migoli grey ran two promising races at Kuala Lumpur last month. With 8.6 he finished third to Magic Eye over 5Af. and over 6f. in Div. 3 he went
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    PLAYER TAKES REFUGE IN POLICE STATION
    112 14 PLAYER TAKES REFUGE IN POLICE STATION K LUMPUR. Tues. ANGRY spectators today chased a footballer with sticks, causing a F.A.S. Third Division match at Sentul to be abandoned one minute before time. Mali Chong Kee, a Socfin S.C. player, fled into a Police station and was later escorted away by
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    FRIIS-LUND WINS
    48 14 Royal Singapore Golf Club's monthly medal istableford "C" Division) for May was won by S.C. Prtls-Lund <25 19Vi=44tt). FYiis-Lund also won the ball sweeps over the first and second nine. The May mixed loursomes over 18 holes went to F. W. Dunhlll md Miss M. Ackers.
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS
    130 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.30 JARA Daybrook Life Jacket LIFE JACKET Jara Daybrook TRINIDAD Jara Life Jacket Race 2. 5.05 HURRY HURRY Sincero Dande Bay SINCERO Harry Hurry Misty Jadl IHRRV HURRY Sincero Twu Vermouths Race 3. 3.40 ROUGH tc READY Bondi Kempton BOUGH
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1102 14 Race 1 2.30: Class 3, Div. 4— 6 Furs. 1 209 Dragon Seed 4y Ransome 9.00 Mr. Mrs. C. H. Tan Allan 2 457 Sugar Bush 6y Leong 8.11 K. S. Leong Dr. C. L. Lo R. Breukelen 3 John Silver 3y 8.11 Mmes, Lee and Yap
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    Malayan hockey team likely to be placed 6th
    158 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. 'fr'HE Malayan hockey A team to play in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne hope to be placed oetween sixth and eighth it the Games. The annual report of the M.H.C., which Is to be presented at its fifth annual
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    BID FOR AUSSIE JUNIORS TO BE AT LTAM MEET
    285 14 BID FOR AUSSIE JUNIORS TO BE AT LTAM MEET A REPORT in the Straits Times on Sept. 22 last year, quoting an Associated Press interview with Sir Phillip Mcßridf. of the Ministry of External Affairs, Australia, will i inspire the Lawn Tennis Association of Malay;* to approach Australia to send
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    SPORTSFRONT We'll have eight for Melbourne—Lim
    254 14 SPORTSFRONT We'll have eight for Melbourne Lim MR. LIM THYE HEE. former crack Malayan hurdler and now an honorary coach Of the Srlangor Amateur Athletic Association, has just started the second phase of a training programme lor the Federation's candidates to the Olympic Games. Mr. Lim is confident that the
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