The Straits Times, 22 May 1956

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    MARSHALL FIGHTS ON
    199 1  -  HARRY MILLER It's an optimistic Chief Minister who Hies to India for talks with Nehru From Mission 'has not been a failure' LONDON, Monday. rrybody ebe, perhaps, the departure of papore's Chief .Minister, Mr. David rom London airport this morning was i mission that failed. i nut
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    All this and joy in their stars
    435 1  - All this and joy in their stars WILLIAM FISH By I AGE-OLD DRUM RHYTHM. ...TWO HEARTS IN TUNE.... AND I 1,000 GOOD WISHES AT THIS WEDDING OF THE YEAR MUAR, Mon. 4 THOUSAND guests threw rice and applauded as the Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, exchanged vows here
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    The others home this week
    144 1 The others home this week rE Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, Mr. Lim Choon Mons: (LiberalSocialist leader i and Mr. L. C. Goh (assistant secretar- t 0 the delegation) are expected in Singapore tomorrow. Three other delegates are expected back this afternoon. They are Mr.
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    Malayanisation to go on
    63 1 <if Personnel. Mr. J. D. Higham, returned to "•amir,- l» Qantas-ROAC yesterday from the mer- <nd said that Malayanisation would go on """Pitr their failure. tn comment on the breakdown of the merdeka nt'lvnidi Mr Mak Pak Shee (Labour) and Inche i I'm Ibrahim find.), also
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    [run Run to the rescue...!
    27 1 UNABLE to manipulate chopsticks at the banquet, Martine Carol, gets expert assistance from ber host, Mr. Run Run Shaw. (Straits Times picture).
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    Lock icon BID TO BREAK 'RUBBER STAMP'
    232 1 Burma leftists enter polls to foil U Nu's plans RANGOON. Mon. Burma's extreme left-wing opposition party is making a determined effort to break into the Upper House of parliament in elections which start tomorrow. The Upper House has until now "rubber -stamped" Premier U Nu's
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    $500 MILLION FOR FEDERAL ARMY
    138 1 'It's a big sum,' says Tengku, 'but worth it' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that S5OO million of the 52.000 million loan which the Government hoped to raise in Britain would be used to build up the Federation's armed
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    Martine is charmed by chimp
    289 1  -  PATRICIA MORGAN By CARESS AND CUDDLE AT COLONY BANQUET MARTINE CAROL ITI scintillated at a lavish Chinese banquet given in her honour in Singapore last night. She was devastatingly beautiful in a daring gown which seemed as though it had t>een moulded to her fabulous
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    31 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— Minnie Mangum. 52. a spinster, pleaded guilty today to embezzling U551,082,968 from her employer, the now-de-funct Commonwealth Building and Loan Association. Sentence wa s postponed.— AP
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    Lock icon Birdman Valentin killed
    81 1 LIVERPOOL. Mon.— Leo Valentin, the famous French birdman. was killed at an air show here today when his parachute failed to open after he had jumped from a plane at 9.000 feet. \He was making his first I flight in Britain with 1 wings .strapped to hi.s
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    Lock icon Crabb: 3 moved
    32 1 LONDON, Mon. The Daily Express said today that three junior British Intelligence officers concerned in the disappearance of frogman Lionel Crabb have been transferred to other government departments— A.P.
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    POLICE ARREST 70 STRIKERS
    175 1 POLICE ARREST 70 STRIKERS SUNGKAI, Mon. pOLICE today arrest- ed about 70 strike ing workers at the Harrisons and Crosfleld latex installation in Sungei Klah, South Perak. for ignoring repeated police warnings to disperse. Police said that the strikers nad oeen warned they were an unlawful assembly. The strikers were
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    Red shot in Negri
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— A terrorist was killed today by an area security unit patrol in the Kuala Pilah district of j Negri Sembilan. Another I bandit escaped. The dead terrorist was Ya u Xi Wing.
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    Lock icon Students barred from talks
    29 1 BANGKOK. Mon The Government today barred a Siamese student delegation from attending the AsianAfrican students' conference, to be held in Bandoeng later this month. Reuter.
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    204 1 Cypriot gunmen vigil at No. 10 ON DON. Mon. Armed police guarded government offices today after Scotland Yard received secret information that Cypriot gunmen had entered the country to carry out reprisal killIngs. It was the first time Lon- dons uniformed police had carried guns since Irish Republican Army activity
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 BRITON KILLED BY BOMB NICOSIA. Mon. British soldier killed by bomb thrown from balcony into Jeep in Nicosia street today. Bomb fraßments wounded six other people. r.p.
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    Lock icon RED SPORT MUST WIN FOR PEACE
    159 2 68 Soviet teams on tour WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States Information Agency claimed today that the Soviet Union was increasing its participation in international sport to promote Communism and the Soviet "peace offensive." An agency statement said Russia sent 68 sports teams abroad in
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    Filipinos pick new officials
    43 2 The following have been I elected officials of the Filipino Association of Singapore. President Mr. F. J. Benig, vice president Mr. F. A. Undasan, secretary Mr. B. J. Tupaz, assistant secretary Mr. A Rio, treasurer Mr. P. A. Pineda.
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    Rotary talk
    28 2 Mr. Denis H. Komlosy. Planning Adviser of the Singapore Improvement Trust, will speak on the Colony's Master Plan during tomorrow's Rotary luncheon meeting at Cathay Hotel.
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    28 2 TUNIS, Mon.— A gunman shot at policemen guarding the villa of the Tunisian Premier, Habit) Bourguiba, yesterday. One was fatally wounded and another slightly hurt.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Singapore now a vacuum and\ there'll be a clash, j he warns Oxford club j
    782 2 Singapore now a vacuum and there'll be a clash, he warns Oxford club MARSHALL BLAMES BRITISH LABOUR PARTY to* 'THE SURGERY 1 of MALAYA :v.": ;£v.- A >";': v :x. QXFORI), Mon. Mr. David Marshall, Chief Minister of Singapore, said here last night: "We are going back to a bankrupt
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    Lock icon 'UNWISE' TO ASK BRITAIN TO QUIT CEYLON
    111 2 'UNWISE' TO ASK BRITAIN TO QUIT CEYLON COLOMBO, Mon.— Mr. J. R Jayawardene, former leader of the House of Representatives and Food and Agriculture Minister, said it would be unwise to ask Britain to leave her bases in Ceylon In view of unsettled international conditions. "In case of an attack,
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    'MR. LEE HAS A BRILLIANT CAREER —AS A MIMIC
    190 2 As PETERBOROUGH tees PAP boss LONDON, Monday. A COLUMNIST in the conservative Daily Tele- graph today forecast that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Chief People's Action Party delegate at the merdeka talks; might succeed Mr. David Marshall as Singapore's Chief Minister. The
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      Lock icon TIPS FROM KREMLIN PAY DIVIDENDS
      80 2 MOSCOW, Monday. ]LfR. DUNCAN SANDYS, the British Minister of iT Housing and Local Government, who had tips from a Soviet deputy premier, won bets on three out of four races at Moscow racecourse yesterday. Mr. Sandys, on a 12-day tour of Soviet housing projects, placed*
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      34 2 LONDON: Mr. Francis Noel Baker, a Labour M.P. who recently visited Nicosia and Athens today expressed optimism about the chances of a scheme mutually acceptable to all parties concerned with the Cyprus issue. —Reuter.
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      14 2 MOSCOW: Mr. Christian Pineau, French Foreign Minister, left Leningrad this morning for Kiev. Reuter.
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      20 2 KARACHI: Pakistan's Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammad All, will leave on June 2 for an official visit to Communist China. —Router.
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      19 2 BAGDAD: King Faisal of Iraq has accepted an invitation to visit Morocco immediately after his present visit to Spain.—Reuter.
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      10 2 CAIRO: Egypt and Poland have concluded a new arms agreement.—UP.
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      24 2 JOHANNESBURG: South African-produced polio vaccine similar to the American Salk vaccine will be used on a large scale In South Africa from July. Reuter.
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    Lock icon HALF MILLION WILL ATTEND PILGRIMAGE
    239 2 To pay homage to Buddha NEW DELHI, Mon. On a low ridge ov»n Delhi, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the prim,. will lay the foundation stone, on May ment to Buddha to start a year's celebratio 2.500 th anniversary of Buddhism. More than half a million Buddhists
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    A hunch pays off: Twins and £300
    148 2 A hunch pays off: Twins and £300 T f NS nin tin family of fhi» v (GeM and la,!, KEF So when she and ha hatband actor a Williams, h> am fd was expectins a J? they insured for n ■calnsi twins. They took out Ik Policy "to pay fnr
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    Lock icon Soekarno's trip
    24 2 CHARLOTTESVILLE (Verginiai. Mon.— President Soekarno of Indonesia placed a wreath of red and white carnations on Thomas Jefferson's grave here yesterday. Reut«r.
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    26 2 TAIPEH, Mon.-A Corair.jnist Chinese gunboat n "heavily damaged' yejter--1 day in a sea battle off Ulta i a Nationalist Chinese cor, muniaue reported.— U.P.
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    H-BOMB DROPPED—INFERNO BEFORE DAWN
    255 3 H-BOMB DROPPED INFERNO BEFORE DAWN Observe)* see mystery lights as nuclear cloud rises 25 miles above sea ABOARD Mt. McKINLEY, off Bikini, Monday. fig }j r> t United States hydrojren bomb to be drnppt'd from an aircraft was exploded ))f j ;i v oxer Jiikini Atoll in the Pacific proven
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    Lock icon AN ATOMIC CLOUD...
    55 3 I seen from 12 miles away A COLUMN of atomic dust rises after the detonation of a British atomic device at Monte Bello Island on May 16. This picture was taken from 12 miles away on board H.M.S. Narvic. The blast of the explosion was felt for
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    Lock icon NO DANGER FROM THE FALL-OUT
    232 3 From its original white brilliance, the fireball became creamy and then red as it shrunk. On the rim of the horizon a brilliant red shaft of lighted cloud rose swiftly to join up with the mushroom cloud above. Below, over the target island, there quickly
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    Lock icon 1000 MILES A WA V...A SHOCK
    49 3 HUMANE, Mon. A shock from America's hydrogen bomb explosion over Bikini atoll was recorded 3.000 miles my on a seismograph at Brisbane University. A inivervitv official said the fact that there was any record •t all indicated the power of the bomb. Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE 30 GAY GIRLS TURN UP
    142 3 ANSWER TO 90 BACHELORS' PRA YERS COPENHAGEN, Monday. TWENTY-ONE Copenhagen spinsters arrived at 1 lonely Fejoe Island for a free dinner and dance last night, answering the appeal for "30 gay girls" by the island's 90 bachelors. Five of the 21 girls were members
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    Lock icon Confidence in Aden
    279 3 ADEN, Mon. Hundreds of Arabs shouted anti-British j slogans yesterday when Lord Lloyd. Parliamentary Secretary for the Colonies, left for Somaliland, leaving behind a colony convinced that Britain intends to stay. Businessmen here were relieved at Lord Lloyds firm statement to the legislature on Saturday that Britain
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    Lock icon French gang arrested
    79 3 TUNIS, Mon.— The Tunisian Interior Minister, Mr. Fayed Mehiri. announced last night that the first French terrorist gang operating here had been discovered and eight of its members were under arrest. The Minister said the gang was traced last week after a branch office of the NeoDestour
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    68 3 rKYO, Mon— Japan today outlawed prostitution. The Governent's anti-prosti-tution Bill was today unanimously passed in a plenary session of the Japanese Parliament. It is Japan's first anti-vice law. Since 1947, five similar Bills have been shelved in the committee stage. Although punitive measures will not go into
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    Lock icon $500 m. a year racket
    298 3 $500 m. a year racket SENATE 'WAR' ON! VICE EMPIRE WASHINGTON, Mon.— Senate investigators said today that pornography has mushroomed into a US$5OO million-a-year racket which is contributing to an "appalling" rise in youth perversion and sex crimes. The Senate juvenile delinquency sub-committee called for stifler Federal, state and local
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    Lock icon Hunger strikers collapse
    46 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. Four hunger-striking patients of the Kanchrapara Tuberculosis Hospital here collapsed today had to be put into oxygen tents while the strike of about 200 inmates went into its sixth day. The strikers ignored Government appeals to call off their strike. U.P.
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    MYF debate
    32 4 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a debate on "Mul-ti-lingualism is essential in our multi-racial society" in the church hall. Fort Canning Road, at 8 p.m. on Friday.
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    'GO HOME EARLY' IDEA SPREADS TO THE COLONY—
    298 4 Don't be laxy, says commerce, but... A FEDERATION proposal that Government office hours be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. is favoured by Singapore Government employees, but opposed by the three chambers of commerce in the Colony. The Federation Qovernment Services Staff
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    British expert to help Colony couples to find wedded bliss
    147 4 British expert to help Colony couples to find wedded bliss f|B. DAVID MACE, the MJ first general secretary of Britain's Marriage Guidance Council and a founder member, is to come here next year to advise on establishing a similar council In Singapore. Dr. Mace, who is now professor of human
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    THE COURT GETS A HUMBLE PETITION...
    214 4 THE COURT GETS A HUMBLE PETITION... A SEAMAN arrested In £X connection with alleged opium offences last week wanted time to prepare his defence. He made the application in a Singapore court yesterday in the traditional Chinese way. When the usher, Mr. Llm Teck Ann, called out the case. Yeo
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    BODY FOUND IN POOL OF BLOOD
    71 4 BODY FOUND IN POOL OF BLOOD Singapore police are investigating the death of a Colony factory manager at Lorong Tai Seng yesterday morning. Mr. Scan Slew Chuan, 55, manager of the Ek Liong Hin Jelutong Factory and father of seven children, was found lying in a pool of blood outside
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    New lawyer
    18 4 PENANG. Mon.— Mr. Trlptlpal Singh was admitted to the Penang Bar today by Mr. Justice Spenser-Wilkinson.
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    Harbour staff wants top men picked by selection committee
    248 4 Harbour staff wants top men picked by selection committee T<HE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association x yesterday told the Malayanisation Commission that a selection committee be created to make appointments and promotions in the Harbour Board "on a fair and equitable basis." In a memorandum to the Commission, the association
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    TENGKU'S BRCIHER BREAKS DEADLOCK
    84 4 TENGKU'S BROTHER BREAKS DEADLOCK ALOR STAR. Mon.— Tengku Abdul Rahman's brother, Tengku Kassim, a Federal Legislative Councillor, successfully acted as mediator last night in the two-week-old dispute between 300 Kuala Kedah fishermen and the 20 fishing companies employing them The men, on strike since May 9, will return to work
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    Negri rice cuts
    66 4 SERAMBAN, Mon. The Negri Sembilan Government tonight said that as part of a food denial operation, the rice rations in the Tampln district and the Gemas subdistrict have been reduced. The new rations are three katis a week for a man, 2V 2 katis for a woman
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    Music contest
    27 4 The Anglo-Chinese School Theatre Club. Singapore, will hold its annual inter-form music competition at the school auditorium in Barker Road at 7.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    The Sinner
    34 4 The Sinner, a film directed by Will! Forst. will be shown by the Singapore Film Society at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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    FIVE THUGS ATTACK YOUNG HAWKER
    181 4 He refused to pay 'protection money' FIVE secret society gangsters attacked a young hawker in Henderson Road, Singapore, last night, because he refused to pay them $10.80 "protection money." Although there was a large crowd at the scene, a busy village market place, no one
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    Transport men to strike in Negri
    146 4 Transport men to strike in Negri SEREMBAN, Mon. Negri Sembilan's transport system will be at a standstill on Wednesday when 700 workers of eight bus, lorry and taxi companies go on a one-day strike. The strike was decided on at an executive committee meeting of the National Union of Transport
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    500-mile dash to deport a German
    153 4 A 55-year-old German busi- neaanan who was Jailed for three months in Singapore for illegal entry into the Colony, was taken on a 600-mile motor dash to Penang yesterday by senior Sails S whfch he ww to^be deSorted from Singapore during toe weekend Rosenthal
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    Cup of tea makes him outcast
    195 5 r//i YOUNG MAN WHO HAD 1 GOOD FIGURE IS SOW JUST A SHADOW gfO warsaffo Lo Wei Choy, was a healthy relMHriM young man. He had a good job. Thi\hi is n tcast in Singapore all because "innk medicinal tea. tber has turned him
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    A night of dog bites
    40 5 I Ai. ciiwee, a two-year-Grylang Serai. boys ;ind a man by do^s in sepai within an igapone last night. victim* were Lee and Scow Teow ix Tan Keng ing Kok Hin, both Tay Piang, 49.
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    Youth council's now chairman
    30 5 HAHRU. Mon. Tin Whatt was chairman of the Y'uth Council at annual confervrday cted were Mr. I Suan Kok. and K. K. chairmen, and Slow, treasurer.
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    feet postponed
    14 5 •^orial arranged for iy tbe Singapore St. Church Guild has ■a postponed.
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    Selangor ends post of British Adviser
    174 5 ITUALA LUMPUR, 1V Mon.— Selangor is to be the first Malay State to abolish the post of British Adviser. A Selangor Government spokesman said today "There will be no replacement when the present British Adviser Mr F. V. Du-skworth, goes on retirement early next
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    Raffles girl wins prize
    56 5 Janet Tar., of Raffles Girls' School, is the winner of this year's Commonwealth essay competition, sponsored by the j Singapore branch of the Overseas League, on the subject "From Empire to Com- mor.wealth." Goh Kok Kheng of Raffles institution and Yeo Cheng Chuar. of Serangoon English
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    Hearing put off
    40 5 The Singapore Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal, which is scheduled to sit on Friday to hear the case of Government technical employees' claim for a revision of salary scales, has postponed the hearing to June 2 and 4.
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    UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR A SUCCESS
    144 5 UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR A SUCCESS UO economics essays every week MALAYA'S course on economics, which aunched last month for general community ion is a "definite success." More than 300 students j enrolled for the series of 13 i weekly radio lectures on the economy of Malaya. Mr. Paul Sherwood,
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    JUS SOLI IS SUCH A WALL MATTER'
    69 5 JUS SOLI IS SUCH A WALL MATTER' •IIKWOKTH.Mon. J l>res,dent of the 1 l^'t Pcple's Party. Sj; "ißht urged '"'< to quarrel 11l( 'r races over lv ;t """all matter" b; jy-i (citi Zen Ship «ant independMalaya de fl. y H Au gusl next 5 "f. told a rally tupp,.
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    $400 robbery
    23 5 I PENANG, Mon.— Burglars 'entered a shop in Burmah l Road during the weekend and stole $400 in cash and goods.
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    Cheongsam: So chic says La Martine
    394 5 Cheongsam: So chic says La Martine FRENCH STAR MEETS THE PRESS AND, WITH SMILES. TALKS ABOUT RIVAL BEAUTIES THE visiting French 1 actress, Marti ne Carol, yesterday spent her second day in Singapore in bed, having a course of penicillin injections and pills to bring down a fever. And the
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    Community hall
    17 5 TEMERLOH, Mon.— A new community hall at Kerayong New Village was officially declared open yesterday
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    Minister says 'no' to teachers' plea
    250 5 SEVEN SACKED MEN MUST GO REPRESENTATIVES of five Singapore teachers' organisations yesterday failed to get seven dismissed Chinese school teachers reinstated after an hour-long interview with the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. The representatives were from the Singapore Teachers' Union, English Teachers'
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    NIGHT HAUL: POTATOES, SOAP, STEAK
    73 5 A BURGLAR with an odd A taste in swag raided Mr. L. R. Weston's flat in Jago Close, Katong, early yesterday morning. He stole a suit, two steaks, J lb. butter, a half-empty tin of aowdered milk, eight potatoes, two tablets of soap, an iron,
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    TUC ASKS FOR AID FROM ABROAD
    169 5 TUC ASKS FOR AID FROM ABROAD SINGAPORE'S moderate trade unions, in a bid to improve their organisational methods, are seeking the cooperation of unionists in other countries. The president of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, has made an initial approach to Australia. He also intends to contact union
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    Mission from India due
    47 5 A cultural mission consisting of 18 of India's most famous dancers and musicians is expected in Singapore on June 3. The mission, which is on a tour of South-East Asia, will give its first concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall on June 4.
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    Penang concert
    27 5 PENANG, Mon. Seventeen undergraduates of the Lady irwin College, Delhi, will visit penang in July to stage a concert of classical, folk and ballet dances.
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    DEATHS
    88 6 20 Wordt $10 (Minimum) MR ARUMUGAM SUBRAMANIAM. membor of SHB Police Force, nephew of Mr. S. Kandtah dNM Batu Tekak Estate, Kuala Ketil, K«d*h, passed away suddfnly. Trie Cortege leaves General Hospital mortuary at 5 p.m. 22nd Ifajr. MR. ABARANA THAVA RAJOO I of til), Coilece Road. Kuala Lum-
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    175 6 20 Words $10 (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. SUNDRAM TEVARAJ thank all Friends and Relatives for their Valuable Presents and Good Wishes on the Occasion of their Marriage. MR. AND MRS. OSMAN I MOHAMED ROSE thank Relatives j •nd Friends for Valuable Presents and A'tendance at their Wedding on 13.5.56.
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    Sfo'S traits Simrs Singapore, Tues. May 22, 1956. A Loan From London
    659 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. May 22, 1956. A Loan From London The Colonial Office was said to have been astonished when informed by the Federj ation merdeka delegation that Malaya expected a "launching I grant" in aid of independence. j Perhaps Whitehall was as- tonished only by the timing
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    The Ghost Villages
    346 6 The New Villages have been out of the limelight for some time; mainly because they are no longer, as they were a few years ago, of immediate and vital concern in the war against terrorism. Now that the terrorists are a waning force, and the 600,000 ex-squatters
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    Man And Myth
    182 6 The viruses which cause scrub typhus, dengue fever, rabies, yellow fever and other diseases have found strong allies in myths and superstitions to which som? Malayans cling. A spokesman of the Virus Division of the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur has complained that stubborn and
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    The ABC of lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII borrowing 92,000 m.
    1378 6 The ABC of borrowing $2,000 m. imiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiim by 81* George Beresf ord-Stooke Second Crown Agent for Oversea* Governments and Administrations. PROM the earliest days 1 the Finance Department of the Crown Agents has been one of the major departments of the Colonial Office. It all began in the mid nineteenth
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    His worst eiiciti> is liiinsHfe'
    786 6 His worst enemy is himself FARCE is often allied to tragedy. It is so in the case of the Chief Minister of Singapore The appeal to the Americans against the "short-sighted brutality" of the very people with whom he is trying to resume negotiations. The perennial astonishment that insults end
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      Can they be replaced")
      95 6 Can they be replaced U7E hear quite a lot. of TT Merdeka these days. Could those who shout Merdeka, answer the following questions: 1. Are you in a position to replace the British soldiers who have come thousands of miles, leaving their family behind, to live in the mosquito infested
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      Let'them travel separate
      96 6 Let' them travel separate PLANES are not yet Infallible, so it would be the height of folly to bring back all the Merdeka mission In one plane. I suggest that they should return as far as Bangkok In three different planes; and then have a cruiser lying off the bar
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      Only political safety
      33 6 rIS no use of talking about 'merdeka' in coffee shops, streets and cinema halls. Educate yourself to become good citizens of Malaya. Education is our only political safety. TEACHER. Serendah.
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      Brighter Baling wanted
      147 6 I WAS recently on a short visit to Baling, the peaceful little town in the State of Kedah and the scene of the recent Chin Peng talks. The peace and tranquillity of the place makes me feel that no one, not even the Communists, who set foot
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    HELPED A GIRL: ENDS UP !> COURT
    79 7 HELPED A GIRL: ENDS UP IN COURT LJMPUR, Mon. k clerk of ProBoard. J was tolC ed to three !nr corsl2o helping ira.v her tted help- d tak-,-.f notice allowed (Vrtificate Wons. a t he Food tment, told the philus ap- ;iskcd If thdraw her tions. would like she alleged.
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    Sultan presents school trophies
    23 7 BRTQNG, Mon— The Sul- (day present--20 captains and the Suleiman In a ceremony on a four- of th( district.
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    Officer cleared
    20 7 IJOBORE BAHRU. Mon. D today with- b zt 1 of rape Ytw Choon, a officer, and he was
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    me old, old way... ■■
    80 7 me old, old way... TIN ("Imirful ceremonies of a Straits Chinese wed- c Mai of 100 years ago will be seen again during MiriMinuncr Ball which will be held in Singapore 5 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Hi, Ball i> being organised by the Siglap Girls' unrirr the leadership of
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    Two saved from jail—by faith
    259 7 Two saved from jail— by faith FROM COURT TO TAOIST TEMPLE...NEW HOPE FOR ALL OPIUM ADDICTS MAGISTRATE CONVINCED THAT THEY CAN BE CURED BY PRIESTS VISIT to a Taoist temple in Changi Road has convinced a Singapore magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, that opium addicts can be cured by faith.
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    Clerks take strike vote tomorrow
    147 7 Clerks take strike vote tomorrow 82 DEPARTMENTS AFFECTED T<HE 3,000 Singapore Government clerks who are seeking more pay, will take a strike ballot tomorrow unless the Government accedes to their demand. Their leaders announced last night that plans had been completed for the "ballot" in 82 Government departments. Officials of
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    Cameraman in crash
    56 7 Mr. Johnny Quek, a freelance photographer, was injured last night when his car was involved in a triple collision with another car and a lorry near the junction of Wayang Satu and Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. He was admitted to the General Hospital with head, face and
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    Black on air
    17 7 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will broadcast to Singapore schools on Empire Day tomorrow.
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    Terrorists flee from Gurkhas
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A 1/7 Gurkha patrol yesterday surprised two bandits washIng in a stream In the Segamat district of johore. The bandits escaped.
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    New judge
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. Justice Good has been appointed the Johore Judge to succeed Mr. Justice Storr, who retires next month.
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    Mr. TAN FORMS A NEW LABOUR PARTY
    115 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The rebel Labour leader, Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, today announced the formation of a new party the Labour Action Party. He said the party was formed in Malacca last night at a meeting of 30 former members of the Labour
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    MYC WON'T BREAK A-W-A-Y
    151 7 I Scouts want nothing to do with politics JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A resolution asking the Malayan Youth Council to break away from the World Assembly of Youth was defeated at the M.V.C. national conference here yesterday. The motion, by the Boy Scouts Association, was defeated by
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    WANTED: $55,000 FOR SICK CHILDREN
    115 7 ST. ANDREW'S Mission and Orthopaedic Hospitals hope to raise $55,000 this year for their growing obligations to treat Singapore's sick children. Mr. G. H. Kiat, chairman of the Appeal Week committee said in a weekend broadcast that last year the two hospitals spent about $250,000.
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    Visit No. 2 by burglars
    36 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mon. The Rest House here has been burgled for the second time in a week. In the latest burglary the Rest House lost whisky, brandy and beer worth $46.
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    DATO'S DAUGHTER TO WED
    69 7 MALACCA, Mon. The daughter of Dato Sir Chenglock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, and Lady Tan, Miss Ruth Tan Slok Lan. and Mr. Aloysius Dennis Locke, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Locke, will marry at the Church of St. Theresa In Malacca on
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    UNION WILL MEET ON MERGER PLAN
    87 7 UNION WILL MEET ON MERGER PLAN The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will meet on Friday to approve a move to amalgamate with the new Singapore Harbour Board Workers' Union which has a potential membership of about 10,000. The amalgamation was decided at a meeting of representatives of five harbour
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    THEY ALL SAY 'WE CANT HELP YOU' TO CRIPPLED CHEE FONG
    167 7 BECAUSE the Social Welfare department has no facilities for crippled children, a 10--year-old Singapore girl has to lie all day long just gazing at the roof of her hut. Wong Chee Fong, who was born a cripple, has been
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    The doctor dallied after crash ST
    257 7 The doctor dallied after crash S T MOTHER TELLS OF GIRL'S DEATH f\R. EDWARD GEORGE LEONARD, 25, of the Singapore General Hospital, took his own time to get out of his car after the vehicle knocked down a little girl .in Serangoon Garden Estate one night, the First Traffic Court
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    BIGAMY CHARGE FAILS
    95 7 BIGAMY CHARGE FAILS 4 LLAGARATNAM RAJA A SUNDRAM, a clerk, was acquitted at the Singapore Assizes yesterday of a charge of bigamy. He was accused of marrying R. Maheswary, on August 26, 1951, according to Hindu rites, while already married in Muslim law to Kechik binte Hassan. Mr. M. Karthigesu,
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    Mother, aged 20, accused
    45 7 Maimon binte Molok, 20, was charged in Singapore yesterday with leaving her son "with the Intention of abandoning him" near the fence of the wireless station in St. Michael's Road on the evening of May 17. Bail was allowed until June
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    New principal
    27 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mon. Capt. Bernard Preedy. retired officer of the Malayan Educational Service, has arrived here to become headmaster of Grammar School, a private school.
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    Fire at dock: Was it sabotage?
    64 7 Fire at dock: Was it sabotage? A mysterious fire broke out in "P" godown of the Singapore Harbour Board late on Sunday night. Harbour police suspect sabotage. About 1,000 tins of Australian butter, joss paper, bundles of old newsprint and a large quantity of Hong Kong iried fruit were damaged.
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    'MILLING INDUSTRY ON THE WAY OUT'
    215 7 'MILLING INDUSTRY ON THE WAY OUT' SINGAPORE'S rubber magnate, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, told the Straits Times yesterday: "The Colony's rubber milling industry is on the way out." He suggested that Instead of flogging "our dead horse, we should look forward to developing new industries to provide maximum employment for
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    Nurse to study in Sydney
    56 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mrs. Khoo Whay Sin, staff nurse at the Municipal Maternity and Baby Health Clinic in Cheras Road here, has been accepted for a course at the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies in Sydney. The course starts in October
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      57 7 High tides TODAY: «n«t.pore 9.39 a.m. CBft. lin.) 9.26 p.m. (Bft. 5Jn.); Port Dickson 4.50 a.m. (7ft 21n 5.15 p.m. (Bft. 7Jn.); Penang f 2* im «n.) U. 41 pnf < oir 4iii. TOMORROW: Singapore 10.32 a.m. (Bft. Jin.) 10.03 p.m. (Bft. 81n.); Port Dickson 5.32 a.m. (7ft 6Jn.) 6.57
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    A WOMAN DRIVER OFFENDS
    356 8 A WOMAN DRIVER OFFENDS MONDAY T HAVE thought until 1 now that Tom like most other men, was prejudiced in his opinion of women drivers, but this morning I cannot help seeing what he means. My taxi is following a woman who swerves from one traffic line to another all
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    ■JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKIIIMIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^ | Oriental influence in the { ! modern Mandarin look I
    151 8 Oriental influence in the modern Mandarin look Now that the Oriental influence is (weeping the fashion world, we in Singapore are fortunate in being on the spot, where there is such an abundance of materials and ideas. LEFT. Two-way dress and jacket team have a one-slit skirt, with rounded corners.
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    ENJOYS HER WORK
    301 8 CAREER WOMAX A SINGAPORE career woman who "loves her work" and specialises in making other women look their best, is charming, Scotsborn Miss Anne Cortis, beauty expert at a city store. "Looking lovely is so important to women— it gives them a tremendous lift in morale," Miss
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      172 8 Wot a shadow o[ a doubt r^x withKptex t^% Now comes packed nl RBi in pearl-grey boxes 1 Jm BL More women choose Elsl^l^Lw KOT E X than a|l_ other I sanitary towels. Ht for SWEET SLEEP VITACU P is the best family food drink because:- It is concentrated crammed
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      321 8 Straits Times Crossword "77" 15 '6 18 |H '9 20 "w Hi 25 2 ACROSS 7. Princely feast provider gives 1. Sea-mammal having swal- bread to mice (9). lowed a legislator (7). 8. Go down here? (7). 5. Restricted accommodation lot 13. Hitch at a butcher's (10). two sleepers (7).
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      The vanished giants of South America
      1513 9 t ANNA'S 1 Ml LX ffl% BATH M M agellean was first to to I tell of living giants THERE were giants in those days" is a common saying in England. But icre really giants in any days? Giants il!v dismissed as part of
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      221 9 f I ISSUE ON SALE NOW mil MM IS THE MAGAZINE WITH A WE MOST to .ffer It itimuIP l»t«i-it tittrtain-it inform. w3lK%3*'*|gS&B-»MHIIBt^BJ Vglßa^Bsßk^ J2S BBBBsW BBSf MM -"'Jp^fc y ZjUX&.. ff ;^^p THE HARBOUR BOARD SCOniSH l^tsssssl bbsssV slk^L a^H *V *B *^BSs%^a^Bssssssi Bsssssssssssssk^ksssssssssssssl lIVI IwVl if K| Qg^issssssssssssssssf
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      208 9 Hex 3iorgan« 3M.D* Breaking news r 2!SßP^lss3K2r^ r vrs~/V\R~l I YOU PBOMI&EP I CCULPNT ULA HXJ COULP'VE CALLEP' ALL \IT 5 WUCH AHEN'Ce MXI C-OIN6 r O )M JV*^^ ■^^BARKEB'fI VOU'P CALL *VC,yTWE OLD *YAM WAS I WANTED WAS TO MEAU I Touef4E« WEAK THE NEWS to THE LAPV AMP
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    INDUSTRIALS FIRM ON A QUIET COLONY SHARE MART
    341 10 INDUSTRIALS FIRM ON A QUIET COLONY SHARE MART By Our Market Correspondent WITH the tin, rubber and produce markets closed yesterday for the traditional Whit Monday holiday, the Singapore Share Market alone operated. The feature of this market was the strength of industrial shares, although business was still of a
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    139 10 MELBOURNE:— Mon. INVESTMENT turnover moderate with rises exceeding falls narrowiy on ihe Stock Excnaimo here touay. Variations were masuy .small. In inininus uraniums and gold were more active and generally .steady but other mining were again quiet. Loans were firm. Loans 3V- 1956-59 £94 5,32 Loans 3V- 1955-58
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    291 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Although the volume ot business written was not large, industrials were quietly firm. Tins were steaay whilst rubbers inclined lower." Singapore and Federation Brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fed. Dispensary $1.85; Fraser and Neave ords $1.70; Gammon $1.84 cd, $1.80
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    BUKIT LINTANG
    37 10 The Marvan Investment Trust has asked the directors of Bukit Lintang Rubber Estates whether they would be prepared to recommend an offer of 3s. fid. share to holders of the £40,000 capital of that company.
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    Hong Kong exchange
    17 10 The free exchange In Hong Kong was closed yesterday for the Whit- suntide holiday.
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    SHIPPING
    78 10 Ships Kln Sinsapwr H..,i •f r\p,., P Orwell CP. Benak roe 89. Da Singapore 15 16. R Slrma N Wall 4 N. Wall Inverb;,: Jeronimo 26 tvs 3132 Hi 36 Hey 40 41, Cl Outer 1;,,.,,| pit Mmi bouii, r>c i Yu, Buinover Independent n Batoebah: Miguel, P Inner
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    EXCHANGE Rate!
    44 10 EXCHANGE RATES The Malayan r.\ohj ntf Association credit bills I Canada 32 11/16. O.I) 33 3 credit bl bills. »orn ,tj Can Swiss Francs Franrs ***** i 1620^.: Holland !)euls,lu- Mark Kroner 169; Danish K Norwegian Khpikt Lire 2038J i Riyals r.7 FW|p. iVs,.'
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      758 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS V\<\.\( V IN THE POST OK IKhH.ATiON INSPECTOR. DRAINAGE IRRIGATION TRENGGANU. APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for the Post of Probationer Irrigation Inspector, at the D.I.D. Kuala Trengganu. 2. Candidates mast have attained their i7th but not their 23rd birthday and must have passed the School Certif'cate
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      307 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Pederal Citizens, age 17 but not 23 lor appointment as Clerks In the Postal Clerical Service. The appointment is pensionable. Salary scale: $137.50 x 7.50 152.50/199 x 14 227/254 X 14 394/408 x 14 478 Vacancy Bar. Special Orade I $516 x 19 592
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      415 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA SCHOLARSHIPS. Applications are Invited from Federal citizens for scholarships leading to appointments in various Government Departments. Candli dates should possess university entrance qualifications. The awards i cover courses in Accountancy, I Agriculture, i awards may be given I for pure Science) Civil
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      386 10 NOTICES BERNAM (ML PALMS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that In pursuance of a Resolution passed at the 27th Ordinary General Meeting, the following final dividend Is declared for the year ended 31st December. 1955, vl»:— 30% (Coupon No. 21). The
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      853 10 NOTICES HITAM TIN LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation or Malaya) SPECIAL RESOLUTION At a duly convened Extraordinary General Meeting of HITAM TIN LIMITED, held at the Registered Office of the Company, Hongkong Bank Chambers, Penang, on the 18th day of May. 1956, at 12 o'clock noon, the following resolution was
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      139 10 SHIPPING NOTICES OSAKA SIIOSKN KAISHA t*. "INDUS MARU" Arrived 10.5.56 Consignees of cargo ex the abovt vessel are notified that the General Survey will be held in S.H.B Godown 6A at 9 a.m. on Friday, 25.5.1956. No other surveys will be held. Agents: PATF.RSON. SIMONS ft CO. LTD I NOTICE
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      424 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— JO OAT Sailing San Vancouver Francitco S'poie P Swtt. j Kristin Bakkc Sailed sailed 3 |un 6 Jun Anne Bakkc Sailed tailed 15 |un 18 |un 19 Jun Elisabetti Bakke 16 |un 30 |un 30 |ul Cjertrude Bakke 30 |un 14 |ul
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      1185 11 MANSFIELD <$c CO., LTD. Trt, 4 THE BLUEFUIWEr- UNE SnGI M L'VI^OOL, GLASGOW', WNWNiTcONTINENT^rPORTS >* a Singapore D^ So-". p. Shorn Penang MMIMBMI Mey 20/23 Mey 23 24 UW M.y2S #4^24/27 May 28/29 r M^-30 ju^ s &V 5 TuV. 2 2 t Dubln M.y 30 Ju-a 3 J^. 4/
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      1042 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWA>Pt *-'H»9. Hr Bangkok ond F.r E.rt Penang P. Sham S'por* KAMioWA mm 24/2 f M-, M^GOALA o/7J«na 8/10 Jum 11/13 Jane mawala VlO Jan* 11/12 Jun. 13/14 Jan* MVA IS/14Jone 17/18 Mm 19/22 Jane HOMEWARDS Sailings for Genea. Antwerp. R*tt*rd*m, H.mhurg, Cs.s.li.gia Spore P. S'hom PanoriQ
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      1014 11 buTldTnc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENT PORTS S'poro P. S'hom Panang BENCRUACHAN for Avonmouth, London, Newcastle 28 May/ 1 Jun* 2/ 4 Jan. 3/ 4 Jum 'BENMHOR for London, Rotterdam 30 May/ SJuaa Dtr—tarrtre*Lia«*a 30 Jan* BENALDER
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      1294 11 McALISTER dc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLKRMAM tfc BUCKHALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE I VANCOUVER and for U.S.A., North Atlontic Ports *««Ptlng cargo for Central A South ond Canada ond via Colombo Amerlee CITT OP MANCHESTER PRANCISVILLE SS'por P. S-hom Penonq
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    Spencer welcomes new Tin I Agreement
    570 12 Spencer welcomes new Tin Agreement JHE Federation Government Economic Adviser, Mr. Oscar Spencer said the International Tin Agreement, if "properly and sensibly" implemented would provide a successful floor price for tin, Malaya's No. 2 product. Mr. Spencer, was commenting on Indonesia's ratification of the Tin Agreement in London last week
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    LIQUID SPRAY STOPS RUSTING
    242 12 LIQUID SPRAY STOPS RUSTING ANEW method of preventing industrial waste by preserving materials against the corroding rust of tropic humidity is now being marketed in Malaya. It is known as Liquid Envelope and is a sprayed plastic made by Jenson and Nicholson Ltd. of London under licence and marketed locally
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    Our trade with R.I. showed a big increase last year
    362 12 Our trade with R.I. showed a big increase last year T*HE value of exports from Singapore to Indonesia A last year improved by 40.6 per cent compared with 1954, totalling $199,672,244 against $141,969,137, Mr. K. Siagian, Economic Advisor and Assistant Trade Commissioner for Indonesia in Singapore, said yesterday. Mr. Siagian
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    Coconut oil sales up 50%, copra down 40%
    204 12 SINGAPORE'S foreirn export of coconut oil (refined) for the first quarter this year showed an increase of 56.4 per cent over that of the first quarter last year, according to official statistics. The total exports for the first quarter this year were
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    CHUNG KHIAW BANK SUCCESS
    310 12 Profit of over $560,000 CHUNG KHIAW BANK Ltd.. Singapore, has accomplished another successful year with a net profit of $561,711 for 1955. Mr. Ko Teck Kin, chairman of the board of directors, announced at the annual meeting last week. Mr. Ko said it was proposed to
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    Rubvb*r director has retired
    69 12 Rub ber director ha s retired A™ xeat, •T* Malayan niiii N r ness, Mr. Illn director of II,,!, <,'„', Bath and <„ (ll gj* pore, rublirr brek scheduled t.» 1,.v, t,,,i ls Britain on retirement Mr. Cutler joined i Peat in and came to Sin,,^ Dating the war he
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    Singapore a team of bowlers
    305 14 SELANGOR WILL FACE CONSTANT BARRAGE IN WEEKEND GAME THE SIDE WINNING WILL LEAD IN THE SERIES By Our Cricket Reporter SINGAPORE have pickeda side of bowlers to meet Selangor in next weekend's three day cricket match on the S.C.C. padang. It is one of the
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    297 14 SPORTSFRONT Webb, Hobbs. Beanies and Vellupillai were not available and, in a side whose batting strength lacks the impression of solidity the absence of Webb and Hobbs is a concession of strength of the first magnitude. Beames will be missed behind the stumps where he has kept without equal tor
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    ROSEWALL AND ANDERSON TO PLAY IN STORE
    140 14 \USTRALIAN Davis Cup players. Ken Rosewall and Malcolm Anderson, will arrive in Singapore On May 29 en route to England for the Wimbledon championships. They will play exhibition matches here. Singapore Lawn Tennis Association last night made arrangements for the visitors to play
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    BOWER WINS
    38 14 C.J.R. Bower won the annual shoot of the Ex-Services Association at the Bukit Timah range on Sunday. His score was 93 out of 100. Second was Ahmad Bujang (77) "hilp C. G Toh (76) was third.
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    296 14 Corinthians are still in serious trouble SINGAPORE Corinthians in the lower half of the S.A.FA first division league table and struggling to avoid relegation remained in deep trouble last night. They were trounced 8-2 by H.M. Dockyard at Jalan Besar Stadium. Several or their players failed to turn up and
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    Lock icon McGregor rejected
    88 14 MELBOURNE. Mon Lawn Tennis Association of Australia tonight rejected an application by Ken McGregor to be reinstated as an amateur. McGregor, who turned professional three years ago. had told the association he wanted to play in minor tournaments but a Victorian delegate said "If we granted the application
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    ASHNESS CUP TENNIS FOR THE SCHOOLS
    506 14 AN inter-secondary school tennis competition for the Reverend Father Ashness Cup will be inaugurated this year. This was announced by the Singapore Secondary Schools Sports Council after their meeting yesterday. Mr. Joseph David, the Director of Physical Education in the city, who is chairman
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    CHUA CUP
    28 14 The Chua Choon Leong Cup tennis match between Johore and Singapore will be played on June 14 and 15 at the V.M.C.A. courts, Bras Basah Road.
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    Lock icon India OK visit of five to Malaya
    243 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Badminton AssociaX tion of India have approved Malaya's invitation to five of their top players to take nart in the Selangor International Gold Cup badminton championships, to be held in Kuala Lumpur next July. The Indian B. A. are
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    Vietnamese bring seven pressmen
    220 14 Vietnamese bring seven pressmen ■If lETNAM'S national soccer team of 17 players and three Officials flew into Singapore yesterday together with seven newspaper reporters and two supporters. The visitors were immediately rushed off to the reailway station to catch the night mail train to Kuala Lumpur where they are to
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    Lock icon Iharos romps home to easy victory
    240 14 LONDON. Mon. Sandor Iharos. Hungary's holder of five world records, romped home to win the 3.000 metres international race when the British athletic games were resumed at the White City here today. Though he had to make his own pace practically from the start,
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    Charity boxing to be held earlier
    266 14 SINGAPORE Amateur Boxing Association's charity programme between the PARELP (Par East Land Forces) inter-unit champions, 30 Battalion, R.A.O.C, and the Singapore Olympic probable* in aid of the S O.S.C. Fund, has been brought forward to the first week of August. This was announced at
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    MANAP GETS #/ BIG CHANCE /jy SUNDAY'S TIE
    276 14 MANAP GETS HIS BIG CHANCE IN SUNDAY'S TIE A MALAY stat may emerge from Sunn, minton exhibitions which are beir by the Singapore Badminton Associating the Nanyang University Fund. The Johore player, Omar bin Manap. will get his big chance. Watching him at the Badminton Hall will be members of
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    Cambridge made to follow oj face defeat
    176 14 Cambridge made to follow on face defeat CAMBRn> fAMBRIDtiF V; werr all their fir.-.t inn in reply to 414 for seven Th.^ touri! thi* morning day total Cambridge behind and wickets for I get to avoul the Univt'i. In the Univi ings Indian li Sinph hir al Gamlni Gix,: batsmar,
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    Lock icon Lanes lead Yorks by 81
    134 14 Lanes lead Yorks by 80 LONDON. Tues. County cricket close of play scores today were: At Romford. Worcester 189 and 125-5 (Peter Richardson 50 1. Essex 237 (Geoff Smith 68). At Cardiff. Glamorgan 217 and 120-5. Combined Services 194. At Leicester, Northampton 193. Leicester 352-9 (Lester 122). At Leeds, Lancashire
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      48 14 ._l _fc&4 ,_wM_k_> SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Dir. 1 Marines v Indian R.C., Jalan Besar; Div. 2 A Sukaramai v Haikowyn. Geylang: Fathul Karib v Chinese Athletic, M.F.A. ground; S.C.C. v Selrtar. padanc; Div. 2B— S.R.C. v R.E.C.E., padang. ATHLETICS: Monk's Hill School championships. BOXING: Boys' Town championships, Bukit Timah.
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