The Straits Times, 19 May 1956

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1956 IS CENTS Not*** 1
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    TRY, TRY and TRY AGAIN
    233 1 Marshall plans to sign agreement on a GOVERNMENT -not all-party -basis Inspired by Boyd's report p rorr HARRY MILLER [ONDON, Fri. Mr. ;i id .Marshall I a Irier. He is now ll in k i n K of recptnmi; the- merdeka Kgotiations on a (fvernmenl
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    THE FACE THAT SAW THE CRISIS
    14 1 THE FA CE THAT SAW THE CRISIS SIR ROBERT BLACK It was so disappointinn
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    The task ahead in Singapore
    388 1 BLACK IS BACK TO TACKLE PROBLEM 'JMIK Governor of Singapore, Si r Robert Black, returned to the Colony yesterday from the unsuccessful merdeka talks in London already looking forward to the next steps towards independence. "We have to adjust ourselves to start again," he said
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    Big bang: Was it DEFENCE A-bomb?
    236 1 DERTH, Fri. Obser--1 vers at the Monte Bello nuclear test on Wednesday believe Britain may be on the verge of converting the A-bomb into a defence weapon. They believe the test was an experiment with a small tactical weapon small enough to be used
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    22 1 TOKYO, Fri. A slight earth tremor shook Tokyo and the surroundine area today. No damage or casualties were reported. Reuter.
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    PARTIES DIVIDED ON IMMEDIATE POLLS
    491 1 T>OLJTICAL parties yesterl day expressed conflicting views on whether there should be new elections in Singapore. The People's Action Party said there must be new elections and that the Labour Front should remain in office only in a "caretaker" role. President of the PAP. Dr.
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    TENGKU: 'WE WILL AID COLONY'
    817 1 TENGKU: 'WE WILL AID COLONY T HE Federation's future army, though it will not be a big one, will be large enough to come to the help of "our next door neighbour," should its assistance be required The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said this yesterday when he opened the
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    16 escape in air crash wreck
    52 1 NEW DELHI, Fri.— All 16 I passengers escaped with I minor injuries when an Indian Airline. 1 Dakota crashed and was totally wrecked on landing at Ahmedabad today. The air hostess, Joan Nunes ignored a broken leg to help the passengers escape through the
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    Go-slow: War of nerves begins
    210 1 Go-slow: War of nerves begins l/'UALA LUMPUR. Fri. 1Y The National Union of Plantation Workers today claimed that estates all over the Federation were paralysed as workers took their second "voluntary day of rest" since the union ordered a "go slow" last week. But the secretary of the Malayan Planting
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    39 1 .MARSHALL SENDS A NEW LLTTKK LONDON. I ii. Marshall MM tonight In- hid uritlrn "another liUcr" to Lennox liovd alxmt faOan of talks. There was immediate speculation that it \va> \et another move tn revive negotiations Ueuter.
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    SURREY TROUNCE AUSSIES
    54 1 LONDON, Fri— Surrey the county champions, beat the touring Australian cricketers by 10 wickets at the Oval today. Scores were: Australians 259 and 107 (Lock 7 for 49 1. Surrey 347 and 20 for none. The last county team to beat the Australians was Hampshire in ls>l2.
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    Post-mortem in that homing plane
    1372 2  -  HARRY MILLER IT WAS ALL A TRAGEDY OF TIMING— IF ONLY DAVID MARSHALL HAD KEPT HIS TEMPER, THOUGHT OF THE SOLUTION i\ L TIME AND GONE ABOUT IT IN THE RIGHT WAY THE MERDEKA TALKS MIGHT YET HAVE BEEN SALVAGED Mr. BOYD'S MISSIM GUESTS— THEY
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    Lock icon Why Boyd turned Singapore down—secret statement out
    387 2 Why Boyd turned Singapore down secret statement out POSITION DIFFERENT IN FEDERA TIOS ONDON, Fri. Mr. Lennox Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, warned the unsuccessfu 1 Anglo Singapore conference, that Singapore faced a threat of "subversion by highly organised and powerful Communist groups," it was revealed tonight. He told the conference,
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    Lock icon HOW DEATH CAME TO H-DUST VICTIM
    296 3 Scarred skin,, jaundice, fluid i, lung.-tJieH fatal pneumonia fhe 207 days of agony of Mr. Kuboyama LONDON, Friday. rpHK FIRST complete case history of a man kilU'd by the effects of radiation from a hfdrojren bomb is published today in the Sarnal -.Medical World."
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    BLACKBURN FREED AND WEDS HIS 'DARKEST HOURS' FRIEND
    161 3 MR. RAYMOND BLACKBURN. 41, former M.P., has just been released from jail after serving a sentence for fraud. He has married Mrs. Marianne Ferguson, 27, the Brazilian woman who met him at the prison sates. After the ceremony, at Chelsea register office,
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    Lock icon Panty raid: Coeds pushed out in the nude
    120 3 Panty raid: Coeds pushed out in the nude BERKLEY. Fri. THREE thousand I'nirersitj of California ilajrntn invaded at least ,i iwen Nororitv houses „n \\Y(lins(la> niuht in a •■pant> raiding party" that liii'ii-ii into a near riot. Coeds wore "knocked armiiKl. assaulted, car-rn-t! outside in pyjamas or nude, the student
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    Withdrawal
    15 3 MONROVIA, Fri. The Government has from the General t on Tariffs and I iter.
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    Lock icon ARAB TRADE BOYCOTT
    96 3 ARAB TRADE BOYCOTT LONDON, Fri.— Sir Leslie Plummer, Labour M.P., charged yesterday that Arab states are boycotting British firms that have Jewish directors or do trade with Israel. He asked the government for action "to stop this interference with the legitimate rights of British exporters." Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, President of
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    Lock icon Air change
    25 3 GAZA. Fri. An Eayptian spokesman said that two I Israeli planes violated air j space oi the Egyptian-con- trolled Gaza strip yesterday. I-AP
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    Those letters in blood 'foolish'
    69 3 Those letters in blood 'foolish MNG KONG: A Chir Communist party has condemned and dangerous." the practice of .some overnger party members In letters and petitions with their own blood. A copy of the Peking China Youth' here, .said that nfting with blood was un- Reuter. NEW YORK: The Rocke-
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    24 3 XEW YORK: Actor Burgess Meredith collapsed during the last act of "Hamlet" in Texas and was unable to finish the show. —A.P.
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    18 3 LONDON: Leeds University has conferred an honorary Degree of Law on India's High Commissioner in London Madame Pandit.—A.P.
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    11 3 WASHINGTON: Admiral Felix Stump. U.S. Navy chief in the Pacific, yester-
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    17 3 day warned that the free world could not stand any further losses to Communism in Asia. Reuter.
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    18 3 NEW YORK: Eugene List, the pianist, and his wife. Carol Glenn, violinist, will tour Indonesia in September. A.P.
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    35 3 WELLINGTON: Mr. Ormond Wilson. former M.P.. who returned from a month's visit to China, said that Chou En Lai's government was sufficiently firmly established to allow visitors to see all parts of the country. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon TWO ASSAULT PARTIES CONQUER MANASLU PEAK
    114 3 KATHMANDU, Fri. rE Japanese expedition conquered 26.658- ft. Manaslu Peak with two assault groups, it was disclosed here today. The names of the successful mountaineers are still not known. The text of the radio message from the leader. Yako Maki, to the Nepalese Government
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    Lock icon Trade contest
    33 3 CAPE TOWN, Fri.— Mr. Eric Louw, South African Finance Minister, told the House or Assembly yesterday that severe competition from Hong Kong was one of the Government's major trading problems. Reuter
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    Lock icon They agree
    20 3 VIENNA. Fri. Radio Bucharest said last night that Rumania and Iceland had agreed to open diplomatic relations.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Beerbohm is seriously ill
    47 3 ROME. Fri— Sir Max Beer bohm. the 83-year-old British writer and caricaturist, was today reported to be growinp steadily weaker. He has beer confined to bed for six week; at the Villa Chiari Clinic, n Rapallo. with a heart ment and gout. A.P.
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    Lock icon STICKY BUSINESS—BY GUM
    52 3 STICKY BUSINESS— BY GUM SOURABAYA, Fri.— East Java authorities said toda they are stuck with 200 tons of unused ballot papers fror last September's parliamentary elections. The newspaper-size ballots, carrying picture symbol of 190 parties, will be sold to the public for wrapping pap< or wallpaper for Javanese village b/.mboo
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    LONDON STOCKS
    234 3 LONDON. Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53\ —1/16 Funding 4', £90\ War 3',.% £72 1/16 —1/16 BANKS Mercantile <£12V«> £4 Eastern (£5) £7% Cnartered t£s) 34/3 Hongkong ($125) £93* INSURANCE Com. Un. <uts.) 87/l»4 —/V.i Royal 83/10', Prudential £46»,
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON. May 18.— Spot 25', d. June 25'vd.. July-Sept 24'; d' Oct.-Dec. 24 «,<!.. Jan -Mar 24d. May c.l.f. 24'^d. June c.l.f 24' id, Tone: Quietly .steady.
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    TIN
    27 3 LONDON Mnv 18 —Cash Buyers £751-; SelV r .s £752 Forward Buyers £752; Sellers £752 i: Settlement £752; Turnover: a.m. 105 tons (n o afternoon market).
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    Lock icon Janet: May I wed?
    149 3 •MAHARAJAH LOVES ME' ONDON. Fri. Form- er beauty queen Janet Hicks, flew back from India yesterday to ask her parents if she can marry the Maharajah of Mynensing. "We are very much in love," said Janet as her parents met her on the doorstep of their
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    Lock icon Ceylon drops hanging
    43 3 COLOMBO. Fri. Ceylon's House of Representatives yesterday adopted a Bill to suspend capital punishment for three years. The Bill provides life Imprisonment in place of the death penalty. The Government intends to abolish capital punishment if the suspension works.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soekarno: We are not against the West
    171 3 'BUT WE WILL FIGHT COLONIALISM* WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Soekarno of Indonesia said today his country was not neutral and would never be neutral "until man the world over is free." But he did not say on whose side his Government was with, although
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    Blinded, but he will carry on fight
    74 3 Blinded, but he will carry on fight NEW YORK. Fri.—Newspaper industrial columnist Victor Riesel, blinded in an acid attack by an unknown assailant here last month, vowed from his hospital bed yesterday that he would continue his crusade against trade union corruption and racketeering. Despite weeks of police investigation, the
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    PET AND REGRET, BY MR. F
    273 4 Advice to youth: Don't look for Mi— Right but Ml— Right Type Youngsters who go necking and pecking can make a mess of their marriage pETTINCi between young people who are not in love and do not intend to marry can hinder the development
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    Federation clerks plan wage offensive
    88 4 Federation clerks plan wage offensive IPOH. Frl. TIE Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions is to put up claims to the employers of its 10,000 members. At a recent delegates' conference, Mr. C. H. Yin, vice-president of the federation, was appointed chairman of a negotiating committee. Talks will
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    Burner explodes, injures man
    47 4 A shoemaker, Lee Pin Cheow, 44, was badly burnt about the face and chest, when a kerosene burner he was lighting exploded and burst into flames, in his shop in Race Course Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Lee was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Photo talks
    26 4 Mr. Kwan Chee Yew, a well-known photographer, yesterday gave a talk to members of the Photographic Society of Singapore at the British Council Hall.
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    Man remanded at Woodbridge
    45 4 Ng An Bee, of Joo Chi.it Road, Singapore, was remanded at Woodbridse Hospital for two works by a Singapore court yesterday on charpp of attempted suicide. Np allegedly s-.aobed him•elf in the stomach "n Dec. 12 last with a vegetable knife.
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    WANTED: 50 NOT AFRAID OF WORK
    80 4 WANTED: 50 NOT AFRAID OF WORK IPOH, Fri. Fifty hardworking youths are needed by the British Army. A recruiting team will visit the Malayan Chinese Association's Perak headquarters here from May 21 to 24 from 10 a.m. to interview potential recruits. Applicants must be aged between 18 and 25 with
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    Lady Black is re-elected
    59 4 Two hours after she returned to the Colony from London, Lady Black, wife of Singapore's Governor, attended the annual meeting of the British Red Cross Society at which she read •preetings from the home effice." The meeting, which was held at the St. Andrews War Memorial
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    Baby found abandoned under bush is dead
    80 4 T*HE new-born baby which 1 was found abandoned under a bush in St. George's Road by a Singapore schoolboy on Thursday has died at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. A spokesman of the hospital said yesterday that the baby was premature and weighed only 21b.
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    TEN6KU ASSURES YOUTH COUNCIL: I'LL GIVE YOU EVERY SUPPORT
    134 4 TEN6KU ASSURES YOUTH COUNCIL: I'LL GIVE YOU EVERY SUPPORT rE Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, assured the Malayan Youth Council yesterday that his Government would give it every support. Opening the national conference of the council at Johore Bahru. he said: "You are making Malaya a better country to
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    Boestamam wants early election
    149 4 AFTER MERDEKA PENANG, Friday. TTOE president of the Partai Rakyat (People Party) 1 Inche Ahmad Boestamam, said today his party planned to contest the next Federal elections. We hope they will be held i as soon as possible after the Federation has achieved independence next year,"
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    Thief loses the loot
    44 4 The manager of the NAAFI canteen in Nee Soon Camp Singapore, chased a tlhief who had run away with a cash box from behind the counter, on Thursday night. The thief flung the box and escaped. The box had $600.
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    Opium haul
    26 4 About $IO.OQO worth of opium was seized by the Singapore Customs on board the Bentong yesterday. The ship arrived from Bangkok on Thursday night.
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    Teeth theft
    29 4 Thieves broke into a dental clinic in Prince Philip Avenue, off Alexandra Road, Singapore, on Thursday night and stole some gold teeth and tools worth about S5OO.
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    St. John's meet
    29 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. The annual meeting of the St. John's Ambulance Association will be held here on May 23 at 5 p.m. at the association's headquarters.
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    THEY ASK FOR SOLID LEARNING
    217 4 THEY ASK FOR SOLID LEARNING ILLITERATES attend- ing adult education classes in Singapore are exceptionally sophisticated and critical, according to the secretary of the Singapore Council of Adult Education, Mr. P. K. Hernon. He said yesterday that the students tended to be bored by over-simplified classes. "One old lady left
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    Girls' hostel
    21 4 JOHORE BAHRU. iTi. A hostel costing nearly $280,000 is to be built at the Sultan Ibrahim girls school here.
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    GIRL TRAPPED IN MACHINE
    74 4 A fire engine turned out to a house in Orchard Road. I Singapore, yesterday afternoon, to help free a 10-year-old schoolgirl. Lee Peng, after she had an arm caught in the wringer of a washing machine. Lee, who was visiting a friend, had been wedged in
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    He was Feared by the secret society gangs
    241 4 He was F eared by the secret society gangs Mr. C. W.LYLE DIES, K A MALAYAN Civil Service ofw feared by secret society menS in Malaya because of hk inti "!J» knowledge of their activities. J Mr. C. W. I for Internal former Been I Affairs ana cieties in Singapore,
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    SYMPATHY, SAYS A GENERAL
    59 4 SYMPATHY, SAYS A GENERAL THE CHIEF OF STAFF of the South Vietnamese Army, Gen. Tran Van Don, (above) leaves Singapore by air today after a three-day whirlwind tour of Malaya. The General, who saw something of jungle warfare with the security forces, said: "We most certainly sympathise with your fight
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    THE TENGKU GOES A-RONGGENG
    35 5 TH E TENGKU GOES A-RONGGENG DERATION CHIEF MINISTER, Tengku Abdul Rahman, taking part in a at the United Malays National Organisation's 10th anniversary celebrat on at the UMNO House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night.
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    RULES NEGLECTED—SOLDIER SHOT DEAD ON PARADE
    250 5 RULES NEGLECTED— SOLDIER SHOT DEAD ON PARADE So check made on loaded rifle Coroner I EN the bugle t d. Signalman bin Hassan, the Singapore Signals Regirabbed a rifle the gun rack lashed off to parade cround. v not his rifle that t. And it was ho sun went rig
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    TUC organises lectures
    47 5 The Singapore Trades Union Congress is organising a series of eight weekly lectures on various aspects of trade unionism. Mr. Charles Gamba, of the University of Malaya, will give the first talk on "The Economist and Labour," at Baffles Institution at 7 p.m. today.
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    Centre meets
    25 5 The Serangoon Garden Community Centre, Singapore, will hold its first annual meeting at Nos. 10 and 12 Penhurst Place at 10 a.m. tomorrow,
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    Inside China—by Purcell
    459 5 Inside China— by Purcell A MODERN MARCO POLO LIFTS THE 'BAMBOO CURTAIN' ALL'S WELL— BUT WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM MAY NOT BE GOOD OUTSIDE [)R. VICTOR PURCELL, lecturer in Far Eastern history at Cambridge University and expert on Eastern affairs, has arrived in Singapore from China favourably impressed with what
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    MERDEKA RULED OUT SAYS ONN
    102 5 MERDEKA RULED OUT SAYS ONN JOHORE BAHRU. Pri. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, secretary general of Party Negara, predicted tonight that there would be no merdeka for Malaya on on Aug. 31, next year. Dato Onn was speaking to members of the Johore Bahru branch of Party Negara at his
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    Red boss 'big flirt, poor fighter'
    145 5 Red boss 'big flirt, poor fighter' ALOR STAR, Frl. A SURRENDERED bandit, Sul San, today denounced his former platoon leader, Ah Chuan, as "a great flirt and an even greater coward." Sul, who surrendered less than two weeks ago, said that whenever security forces attacked a camp, Ah Chuan would
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    Insurance company told: Pay that $31,000
    152 5 R. Justice Taylor in the i"l Singapore High Court yesterday ordered the Asia Insurance Co. Ltd., to pay $31,371 in an action brought by a widow for damages. The widow, Scan Ong Ah. brought the action originally against the driver of a car. Ong
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    DEATH
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. May 19, 1956. After The Breakdown
    655 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. May 19, 1956. After The Breakdown The Singapore political picture, now that the London talks have failed, is simply a smeared canvas. No real design can emerge until after the merdeka delegation is back, and the Chief Minister has reported to the Assembly. Mr. Marshall's
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    The V.P.P.S
    288 6 Even the most modest Legislative Councillor is human enough to expect and relish V.I.P. treatment. After all they are the representatives of the people and it could be argued that any slight to them is a slight to the collective ego of the people. But there is a
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    In The Hospitals
    230 6 By warning Federation hospital staff not to give preferential treatment to their relatives or rich patients, the Health Minister has gone further than in his reply to the Malayan Tamils Association's complaint. He had earlier been content to wait for "a change of heart" among the hospital
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    As I was saying...
    1033 6  -  TWO firm conclusions emerge from the failure of the London negotiations on Singapore's constitutional future. The first is that Mr. Marshall has talked himself out of politics a quite remarkable accomplishment. The Lab-our-Front must now look upon him as a liability and not a leader. The
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    Singapore in search of a leader
    761 6  - Singapore in search of a leader 1 VERXOS j BARTLETT j piTY the poor com- mentator in a situation which turns somersaults almost in the time it takes to type a sentence. At one moment all the Singapore delegates were out of step but our David. They wanted to accept
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    134 6 (From the Straits Times Of May 17, 1906) MR. H. N. RIDLEY writes to say it may be as well to warn planters to keep an eye on their rubber nurseries, as there ha.s arisen an export trade from Singapore to Dutch Colonies in rubber seedlings. Thefts
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    New deputy
    21 7 Bn mtident ol the Singa■r Chinese Chamber of Tan Siak Kew, iron appointed deputy mof thr Singapore Itlephoae Board.
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    Lawyer struck off Register
    482 7 CHIEF JUSTICE TOLD HE USED CLIENT'S MONEY, TOOK MONTHS TO REPAY FRAUDULENT CONDUCT? HE WAS JUST RASH AND HASTY— COUNSEL A PFNANP UALA L ™PUR, Friday. FLNANG lawyer and pre-war Queen's Scholar Lim Kheng Kooi, was today ordered to be struck off the Register of Adyocates
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    Wesak Day plans
    110 7 The "Illumination" by 2,500 lamps, radio talks in Tamil and English, and a twominute silence for world peace are highlights of the first day Wesak celebrations by the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society and the Kuala Lumpur centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhist at the Buddhist Temple
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    D.O. takes over
    28 7 BUTTERWORTH. Frl. Mr. D. A. Borrie has assumed duty as Province Wellesley District Officer, relieving Mr. J. L. H. Davis, who has gone oh leave.
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    Treat all alike. hospitals warned
    227 7 Treat all alike. hospitals warned BEDSIDE 'PERKS' OUT LEONG KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 1V —The Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, today promised swift action to stop Federation hospital staffs giving preference to relatives and to rich patients. He told the Straits Times that he would issue
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    $2,000 raised
    22 7 KUANTAN. Fri. Nearly $2,000 was collected at a Chinese theatrical show here in aid of the Chu.ig Hwa School fund.
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    DIANA BECOMES THE BRIDE OF A SINGAPORE DOCTOR
    37 7 married yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore. Straits Times picture. DR. GREGORY IP TIT SHING and his bride, formerly Miss Diana Goh Suan-Liew, (above) were
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    Front cables: 'Well done'
    68 7 Front cables: 'Well done The Labour Front last night sent a cable to the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, expressing appre- elation of the delegation's courageous, though futile, bid to win freedom for .Singapore. The cable said: Appre elate courageous struggle. Well done Labour Front delegation. Merdeka." The Front decided
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    THEY SHARE A JOKE
    12 7 1 And for Jasbir: A ray of sunshine
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    PAY DISPUTE AT DOCK: DECISION ON MONDAY
    88 7 PAY DISPUTE AT DOCK: DECISION ON MONDAY PENANO, Fri. A "final decision" in the present wage dispute between 1,200 Pcnang dock labourers and their contractors is expected on Monday. After a secret meeting lasting two and a half hours this afternoon, negotiations between the National Union of Factory and Geeral
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    'Top jobs even with no merdeka'
    184 7 POLICY LAID DOWN 10 YEARS AGO REPRESENTATIVES of more than 10,000 local Singapore Government officers yesterday maintained that Malayanisation of the public services was never treated as pa r of thr merdeka movement. They see no reason why the Malayanisation Commiss i o n
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    More pay for 500 busmen
    45 7 About 500 employees of the Hock Lee Bus Company in Singapore, will get a general increase in wages and better conditions of service. This follows an agreement signed yesterday between the management and leaders of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union.
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    'No more truck with the Reds'
    205 7 'No more truck with the Reds' if From Page One allowed to take part in politics, they would impose such measures upon businessmen that it would be very hard for them to carry on," he said. He felt sure the Reds would use extortion to raise party funds. "I do
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    Appeal to motorist
    63 7 Singapore Traffic Police last night appealed for a motorist to help them in their investigations into a fatal accident along Farrer Road at about 1 o.m. on April 4. The police have been told that tone motorist was driving behind a military truck which knocked down a
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    GO-SLOW TACTICS WILL FAIL
    334 8 Planters stay calm In face of workers 9 drastic action threat and say— Union bosses told: We'll never give in to force but we are ready for any talk ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. -—Rubber estate owners remained calm today as the workers threatened a "more drastic line
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    Beating the shortage of graduate teachers -by scholarships
    111 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rIRTY FIVE pre-univer-sity teaching scholarships will be awarded in the Federation this year to enable boys and girls who would otherwise leave school to stay on in the sixth form. The Federal Legislative Council yesterday voted $28,000 to set
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    RACES: Rediff usion wants to try
    253 8 THEY'D LIKE TO REPLACE RADIO REDIFFUSION would like to broadcast regular race commentaries if the four Malayan turf clubs agree, the general manager of Rediflusion (Singapore), Mr. K. H. Oldridge, said yesterday. Radio Malaya will cease to "cover" the races after today because of
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    NOW THE BEAU'S COMRADES SURRENDER
    89 8 SEREMBAN, Fri.— Two terrorists who escaped death when Chi Ying, the bandit "Bean Brommell" and two others were shot dead in Pertang last week surrendered to a group of kampong Malays last night. The terrorists Yau Mvi, a woman, and Yau San surrendered because of
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    Easier to land
    51 8 Travellers from Singapore will now find It easier to go ashore at Saigon. The Vietnamese Consulate in the Colony yesterday announced that ship passengers will no longer require a transit visa. They need only get their passports endorsed by the Saigon Harbour Police. There will be no
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    Posting date for Calchas
    39 8 PENANG. Fri. Mall for Colombo and Britain by the Calchas must be posted at the General Post Office by May 22. The next batch of mall from Britain will arrive by the Canton on Sunday.
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    Maths meeting
    25 8 The Malayan Mathematical Society will hold Its next monthly meeting at the Teachers' Training College, Paterson Road, at 4.30 p.m. on May 25.
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    Whit holiday
    15 8 The Dutch Consulate in Singapore will be closed on Whit Monday, May 21.
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    SURPRISE? HE GOT SUCH A SHOCK
    204 8 SURPRISE? HE GOT SUCH A SHOCK THE Director of In- donesia's Natural Resources Department, Prof. Kusnoto, who wanted to surprise his Singapore colleague Mr. J. W. Purseglove, got a shock instead yesterday. He arrived in Singapore on the Indonesian fisheries research boat the 200--ton Samudera from Jakarta only to learn
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    They'll pray in peace
    48 8 TAIPING, Frt.— Muslims at Friday prayer in the Kota Road Mosque will no longer be disturbed by traffic. The Talping Town Council decided yesterday to ban traffic along this road on Fridays between noon and 1 p.m. Vehicles will be diverted to Main Road.
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    New branch
    39 8 BENTONG, Fri.— A Pahang branch of the Pan-Malayan Rubber Workers Union has been formed at Karak, near here. Officials are: Chairman, Wong Koon Tai; vice-chair- 1 man, Chan Yoon Wah; secretary, Wong Kam Choon; treasurer, Boon Sul.
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    NOR, 5, WAS SO UNHAPPY
    190 8 Big crowd, but she was lonely |jK)R half-an-hour yesterday a five-year-old girl stood in a corner on the deck of* the Anking which left Singapore for Mecca, sobbing bitterly. She had lost her mother in the big crowd of visitors. Nor Hayati whispered that her
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    'Golden voice' contest
    54 8 SEREMBAN, Fri. The Negri Sembilan "golden voice" contest for telephone operators in the state will be held at the King George the Fifth School here at 5.30 p.m. on May 24. The winner will be presented with a trophy and will represent Negri Sembilan m the finals
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    6 MONTHS FOR TEENAGER
    90 8 Eighteen year-old Gan Choi Peng, of Jalan Datoh, Ipoh. was sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Singapore court yesterday for abetting another man in the theft of a pair of trousers at Geylang Hotel on Feb. 16. Gan. who has two previous I convictions, will
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    State Secretary on tour
    35 8 State Secretary on tour ALOR STAR. Fri. Inche Azmi bin Mohamed. First Assistant State Secretary, toured Kedah coastal villages near Kuala Sanglang yesterday. He met village leaders and discussed their water problems during prolonged droughts.
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      RECORD OUTPUT OF TIN
      213 9 IN reply to the query raised by "A.R.M." regarding record output by a tin mine the answer might be, from the old "Tronoh Mines Ltd." in or about August 1911. The mine was "open cast." with inclines and trucks for the removal of all ground treated.
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      Safety in Silence'
      100 9 I WAS rather amused by the appeal of our socalled leaders to the people of Singapore to keep calm It was also re-echoed by our acting chief Minister in his recent radio broadcast It would appear that but for these appeals the people of Singapore would have
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      It's only a setback, not a failure
      697 9 THE breakdown of the London talks cannot be termed a failure. It is only a setback and not a very serious one. Mr. Marshall should have yielded to Britain and could have made a compromise over the question of Internal security. The right
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      LETTERS THAT ARE DELAYED
      162 9 ¥>OSTMEN in the Kuala Lipls district do not deliver letters according to the postal address. When a private letter is addressed to the home of a government employee I see no reason why it should not be delivered at home. Why should it be thrown in
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      Higher rents in Kuantan
      44 9 SOME weeks back there appeared in the Straits Times a letter by "Rented" concerning housing allowance In Kuantan. The fact that even rural Temerloh fetches more in housing allowance than Kuantan makes me feel that "Rented" has understated housing con-
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      Racing ban is stupid
      54 9 ALONG with thousands of racing enthusiasts. I agree that the decision of Radio Malaya to ban race broadcasts after May 20 Is stupid. Other than the broadcasts on races and sports. Radio Malaya service is not good. The news is old stuff. The music, is too
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      Sun spots and Radio Malaya
      65 9 CAN anyone, other than the so-called experts at Radio Malaya explain the very poor reception of Radio Malaya and the 8.8.C. We have had various reasons given e.g. sun spots. But why should the sun single out BBC and Radio Malaya programmes I just don't
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    SHARE MARKET IS STILL STEADY ON TALKS COLLAPSE
    341 10 SHARE MARKET IS STILL STEADY ON TALKS COLLAPSE By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market yesterday continued to ignore the breakdown of the Merdeka talks in London and remained quietly steady. An encouraging feature of the market during the long drawn-out talks has been the refusal of investors to
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    251 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "There was again some selective support for industrials, but markets generally were quiet, with some price changes." Singapore and Federation Brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Eraser and Neave ords $1.67 a: Gammon $1,874 cd. $1.85 cd $1.87 cd; M. Breweries
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday, at 83 cents per lb.. down 1? 8 cents on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing prices in cents per lb., were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f. o. b. buyers 83 7 sellers 84-V No.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    157 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- I cbange: noon prices per picui yes- terday were: Copra: quiet; May $29. buyers. $29 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $45 sellers, drum $47 >j sell- ci s. Bepper: quiet, with no business reported done; Muntok white $91. Sarawak $90 (both varieties down $2).
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    LAST U.S. PLANT CHANGES HANDS
    87 10 WASHINGTON. Frl.— The US Government yesterday sold the last of its 27 synthetic rubber factories to Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation for U553.125.--000. Tie plant, at Lulsville. Kentucky, originally cost U5531,500.--000. but had depreciated to a book value of US$6,OOO 000. The other 26 plants
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    Small move in rubber this week
    437 10 MOVEMENTS in the rubber price during the week have been small and although at times there appeared to be possibilities of a temporary reaction to the downward trend any improvement was short-lived and bullish features were overshadowed by the recesI sion in the U.S.A.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    17 10 KIBBIk V MI Per lb. down <- TIN S3? P'i'ul (down >. <OPR\ pirul (dow n S
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    69 10 INVESTMEN-)'s F!i! fairly wli mostly confined with prices Bechance here showei quiet market firmer trend Loans 3,. SM£ 5 Bank of N 8 \v Mount Lyell N. Broken HI: Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western Mining" Ampol. Ev Oil Search Aust. Consol. Ir.r' A.P.M. lle w, Bradford B.
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    SHIPPING
    134 10 Ships lvin t M pore Harbour Bnard uhjn expected today ar f Bdoua ly 1 2 Hai Hin 3 4 North Star C.P Bali 6 7 89. Drente stein 15 16 sie>; Ryuwa Maru in 20 s 2, Scudai X v Wnli 6. Qiang Honz Tat N Wall 10.
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    33 10 On the Iref I I Hone Rons vesterd; I dollar «v quoted at 58* I cash and 5.88 for T.T. I Sterling was quoted I one tael of Kold <r 1
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      417 10 NOTICE NOTICE SINGAPOftK CITY COI T NCIL SHAIK MADARSAH LANE will be closed to through traffic from 21st May. 1956 until further notice for the purpose of reconstructing the road BY ORDER. CARS FOR HIRE When travelling to Wett Australia on leave. Ute Sydney Anderson's "U Drive" Hire service. 1
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      851 10 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Applications are invited from Federal Citizens or British Subjects born in Singapore for appointment as Information Officer on the Staff of the Commissioner for Malaya in the United Kingdom. The appointment will be on contract for three years in the first instance or on secondment if a
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      567 10 NOTICE GOVERNMENT CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL The Government is starting further classes In the Government Chinese Middle School, which is now in Its own building in Queenstown. Applications can now be received from boys and girls for entry to Junior Middle I and Junior Middle II classes to commence on 2nd
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    SURREY SCORE TENWICKET TRIUMPH
    335 12 After 44 years, county beat the Aussies SCOREBOARD AUSTRALIANS— IST INNS: 25» SURREY IST IYNS— 347 AUSTRALIANS ZnO Inns. McDonald c Laker b Lock 45 Burke c and B Lock 20 Mackay lbw Laker 4 Harvey c May b Lock 10 Miller c Swetman b Lock
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    Glamorgan recover
    152 12 Glamorgan recover LONDON, Fri. pLAMORGAN, who yes\J terday faced an innings defeat in their county cricket championship match against Sussex, today recovered to score 200 for the loss of one wicket. Wooller (79 not out) and Parkhouse (71) defied the Sussex bowling to earn Glamorgan a draw. Result of matches
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    SOSC elect officials
    72 12 Office bearers of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council elected at their annual general meeting held at Garden Club yesterday were: President. C. C. Tan (re-elect-ed): vice-presidents: G H. Klat (re-elected), Son Ghee Soon; Hon. secretary: a. T. Rajah re-elect-ed); Asst. hon secretary: B. L. Dunsford (re-elected).
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    TAHA SCORES 10
    41 12 Chartered Bank the SBHFA Div. 1 league team, were trounced 18-1 by Telok Kurau Rangers in a friendly game at Farrer Park yesterday. Tana (10) and Gelly (8.1 scored for the Rangers while Palaniapan replied for the Bank.
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    THE TITLE-SEEKING ARGONAUTS LUCKY TO STAY UNBEATEN
    206 12 THE TITLE -SEEKING ARGONAUTS LUCKY TO STAY UNBEATEN Argo--i- nauts kept their unbeaten record yesterday but they were lucky to do so. Meeting Pulau Brani United in their first division match at Jalan Besar Stadium, Argonauts were twice behind but managed to score two late goals for a 3-2 victory.
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    Schools get ready for Fed. tours
    144 12 SINGAPORE Combined Schools' Sports Council have finalised their plans to send two teams to tour the Federation and Indonesia at the end of the year. The rust contingent to leave Singapore will be the swimming and water-polo team, which will tour Indonesia In August.
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    FAM pick 14 players for Cup training
    149 12 FAM pick 14 players for Cup training KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. F.A. OF MALAYA have picked 14 players for intensive training over four days in preparation for their Asian Cap second leg match against Vietnam here next Thursday. The F.A.M. squad will begin their training on Sunday under G. Paul, former
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    Tamil BA edge Farrer Juniors
    82 12 TAMIL Brotherhood Association beat Farrer Juniors 2-1 in their S.A.F.A. Div. 2B match at M.F.A. ground yesterday. Nathan and K G Balan scored for Tamil B.A. and Edward for Farrer Juniors. St Johns S.C beat Balestier United 2-0 in the other Div. 2B match at
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    S'PORE MALAYS TEAM TODAY
    61 12 Singa jru Malays team for todays &APA Community League match against Indonesians will be picked from the following: Oman Angullia. Idros Albar. All Samijan Rashid Glman. Johan, Othman Johan Hassan Arif, Ahmad Yusof, Ismail Yusof. Ibrahim Mansoor Omar Awang, Tanir Abu Radin All. Aman Kastawi Awang
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    High jumper Soon Keng does it again
    538 12 nNG SCON KENG. who set a i record of 4U. lOln. for the j women's high jump at the Malayan championships last year, equalled this mark when she cleared 1.475 metres »4ft. lOin.) at the S.C.A.A.P. sports meet on the Cnl- nese High
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      329 12 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATT R AC > jojf s^ TODAY QlSffi HEI«E*T J YATES YVONNE DE CARLO tricolor b, (MM A REPUBLIC PRODUCTION MIIIXIIIHT 10M4.1U 1 »OG"t ON TRAIL OF BOM, A IKmW AN ALUEDARTISTSPICTUR^rr. "^SJj'^'^ m IQHNNY SHEFFIFI n mm MORRIS^ TOMORROW f "(JO a.m. :> S \'nV, l; n'
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      348 12 Today CRICKET FRIENDLIES: Woodbridfe HosplUi r R A.E.C.. WoodbrMfe; S.C.C. v Free Forester*, padang; S.C.C. v Indian AssocUtion. Balestier Road; R.E.M.E v University. Sepoy Lines; S.B.C. Wanderers padanf; Non-Ben-ders v R.A.F. Seletar. Seletar SOCCER COMMIMTY LEAGUE: Malays v Indonesiant. Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m. S.A.F.A. Div. 3A: Katong Radin Mas, Geylang;
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      174 12 20 More than old-fashioned— before 1-ouis XVI at least (12> 23 It throws light on polar retrions (6) 24 "The endearing— of female friendship" (Johnson) (8) 25 A matter of Itself to the Investor (8) 26 The Beaver State 16) DOWN 2 A famous Winnie returns m circular form (4).
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    Bearer Bond for the big race
    543 14 WITH ANY LUCK HE'LL BRING OFF THIS RARE CUP DOUBLE HE WILL STAY DISTANCE AND NOT BE TROUBLED BY 9.0 By EPSOM JEEP BEARER BOND, winner of last year's Singapore Gold Cup, has a great chance of bringing off a rare Cup double by
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    174 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.15. MISTY JADI Saratoga Mirandola I SARATOGA Misty Jadi Wonder Gold SANDOWN II Mirandola Mist? jadi Rare 2. 2.45. Race 3. 3.15. PADI FItXI> WHITE HEATHER Cynosure Padi Field Coparabana j Scone Stone PAUI STORE PADI STORE Three Rings Three
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    LITTLE JOHN BEST FOR SUMMER CUP ON THE TIME TEST
    379 14 THE Summer Cup over 6f. for Class 1. Div 1 sprinters (Race Five) may develop into a great battle between three flrst-up winners, Malayan Scholar, Little John and Hurry Hurry. On the time test Little John should come out on
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    Going is on soft side
    58 14 rr\HE going up to last even- ing was still on the soft side. TODAY'S Nap: Stage Sbow II in Race Four. Best longshot: Tipsy Trout in Race Three. RADIO MALAYA will broadcast today's races. DOUBLE TOTE will be held on Races Four and Seven; and
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    Stage Show better on second run
    360 14 CTAGE SHOW II is my Cup day nap. This useful four-year-old errey certainly did not blot his copybook when he narrowly missed a place in a tisht finish over 6f. in Div. 2 on Wednesday. Little John, the winner, has gone up to the
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    129 14 LONDON, Frl. FINAL acceptors with weights, for next week's flat racing are: The Manchester Cup. (l'im., Manchester. May 25): Rhinehart 1 9.0. Entente Cordiale, 8.13. Rowstc.n Manor and Tintlnnabulum both 8.9. Roman Festival 8.3, Blue Lightning and Hyperio Kid both 8.0, Tlppecanoe 7.13, Periwig 7.12, Club
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    Airmark gets a chance with his late finish
    290 14 AIRMARK looks as good a bet as any in this 9f. handicap (Race Eight). This Airborne grey has shown up well In his recent races. On Spring Cup day at Bukit Timah in March he went, down by a nose with 8.10
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    80 14 THEY'RE OFF -MUCH TOO SOOH FOUR Jorkry* were thrown off their mounts In ap unusual accident at Newmarket recently. At the start of the Ely SUk-v Jockey* V. Barlow. 8. Smith. I Piffott and K. Mcrrer fell off their mounts. The xti-Hards hrlil an inquiry nnd concluded that the fall*
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    TRY THIS PAD DOUBLE FOR A BIG DIVIDEND
    338 14 TRY THIS PAD DOUBLE FOR A BIG DIVIDEND DADI FIELD (Race Two) and Padi Store (Race Three) are worth coupling for a good-priced double at Bukit Timah today. Padi Field does best over l^m., and he likes a soft surface. This erey won twice over a trip this season. At
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    111 14 MR. J. KENNY. SKA stipendiary steward, will bid eoodbye to Malayan raring at Bukit Timah today, concluding da> of tbe Governor'!) < up Meeting. Mr. Kenuy leaves for Australia shortly on letirement. He will be honoured by the Malayan Trainers' Association
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