The Straits Times, 30 May 1956

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    23 1 *v c w/i <nr *\fr*z~ 1 jtr^irr"n^^r^ir^ri n ia The Straits Times. Mai***' flew*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1956 15 CENTS
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    BRAIN TEST IN SCHOOLS
    310 1 Experiment by UNESCO expert to select the best for secondary classes If s all done with drawings PLUS ABILITY TO BE ,LXTEDFOR PROMOTION MALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ANDARI) SIX pupils in the Federation in future have to pass a battery of five nee tests as veil as
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    Promoter Lee takes a tax k.o.
    433 1 Promoter Lee takes a tax k.o. HE WANTED TO AID CHARITY L— NOW HE LOSES $6,500 A SINGAPORE travel A agent, who turned fight promoter to help charity yesterday paid $3,000 entertainment duty out of his own pocket and he has to find a further $3,500 by Friday. Mr. Lee
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    MYSTERY FIRE GUTS BUS
    86 1 MYSTERY FIRE GUTS BUS Another damaged PORT DICKSON, Tues A bus belonging to the Chin Wah Omnibus Company was completely gutted at Pasir Pai.jrMie" village last night and another vehicle was damaged by fire. A petrol can and rags —ere found near the buses, vhich ply the Port Dick-son-Pasir Panjang
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    Lock icon Olympic champ dies in chair
    39 1 MELBOURNE, Tues. Sir Frank Beaurepaire, exOlympic swimmer, the man who did most to bring the 1956 Olympic games to Melbourne, died of a heart attack today in a barber's chair. He was 64. UP.
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    Lock icon The new threat to Press freedom political strikes
    186 1 ZURICH. Tuesday. A FINNISH editor said here today that the free- dom of the Press was being threatened in a new war by political strikes. Mr. Eljas Erkko, editor of the Finnish Helsingin Sanomat, was speaking at the opening session of the
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    Lock icon And one pint for my dog Rusty...
    105 1 SYDNEY, Tues. A beer-drinking dog who had his own pint in a mug inscribed with his name could be described as "a regular patron" of an hotel, but constituted "an unusual danger," a judge said here today. Judge McKillop awarded CAtiOO ($4,000) damages
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    Lock icon ...And mod. con. for 3 hounds
    59 1 ...And mod. con. for 3 hounds SI DBIKY. (Ontario). Tues.— Mr. John Clemens has staged a ceremonial opening of the three-storey doghouse, with all modern conveniences, he has built here for his three prize Afghan hounds. Now he is seeking a fire hydrant to place outside the door as a
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    21 1 CANBERRA, Tues. The Australian Government has decided to send trade missions to South-East Asian and Middle East countries. Reuter.
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    TENGKU BACK ON LEAVE FROM INDIA
    66 1 TENGKU BACK ON LEAVE FROM INDIA TENGKU Ahmad Neran* (above), only son of the Federation Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday to spend a sixweek holiday with his parents. He came by air front India, where he has been attending the National Defence Academy at Poona.
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    Lock icon Ike's choice
    23 1 WASHINGTON. Tues.— Mr. Fred Seaton, White House assistant, was nominated by President Eisenhower yesterday to be Secretary of the Interior. Keuter.
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    Lock icon Deer, deer
    25 1 LANSING, (Michigan), Tues. A startled deer dashed into a clothing store here yesterday, saw its reflection in two mirrors and charged them. U.P.
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    MARSHALL: MY CABINET GOES WITH ME
    249 1 Calls on Governor twice in 36 hours 'purely routine' THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall is believed to have called on the Governor, Sir Robert Black, twice during the past 36 hours. After he met Sir Robert yesterday morning, he announced to an Assembly
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    Now they'll go free
    51 1 JAKARTA. Tues.— Indonesian judges have been ordered to release all prisoners who have been awaiting trial for long periods and whose guilt had "not been convincingly proved." The president of the Supreme Court, Mr. Wirnono Brodjodikoro, said there was a shortage of prison space and of
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    Flying tonight
    24 1 ROME. Tues. Pilots working for Italy's two main airlines today called off a 17--day strike fed- better conditions. They go back tonight.
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    CHETTIAR'S SLAYING
    139 1 CHETTIAR 'S SLA YING Two men are remanded 'J'WO MEN were charged in Singapore yesterday in connection with the slaying of a Chettiar moneylender, P. Muthiikaruppan, whose body was found in a trench on a hillock at Changi on Monday. Suppiah Kadir Velu and R. S. Kalwant Singh were Jointly
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    STRIKE BALLOT SURPRISE
    177 1 Govt. clerks put off counting the votes TWE strike threat by 3.000 A Government clerks took a dramatic turn yesterday. Their leaders suddenly decided not to count the strike ballot. The decision came after a three-hour meeting between the leaders and the Director of Personnel, Mr. J.
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    337 1 'TERRORISTS'— THEY KNEW BERIA MOSCOW. Tuesday. EX3UR men, said to have been accomplices of the 1 former Soviet secret police chief Beria, have been executed in Azerbaijan for "treason" and "terroristic acts." Their leader, D. M. Baglrov, next to Beria is the most important Communist
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    Lock icon Indian strike: Four dead
    56 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. Four railway workers were killed and seven injured today in a clash with police at Kalka, 35 miles from Simla. It was the ni"st report of deaths in a series of strikes which has been sweeping Indian railways in the past few weeks.
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    Human rights
    21 1 STRASBOURG. Tues. The European Commission of Human Rights will hear Greece's application about human rights in Cyprus on Friday.
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    Shah's shower
    27 1 MOSCOW. Tues.— A special bathroom will be built in the Kremlin for the Shah of Persia and his wife when they visit Moscow in June.
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    Rubber: 'Don't panic' says Tengku
    185 1 Rubber: 'Don't panic' says Tengku KUALA LUMPUR. v Tues. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here tonight that there was "no need to panic" at the present downward trend in the price of rubber. He said there was no rea- son to believe that prices would continue to fall.
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    21 1 SOVIET-I.S. FEELER WASHINGTON. Turs Soviet Embassy said today Russia interested exchange courtesy visits by I.S. and Soviet warships. —A.P.
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    27 1 LONDON. Tues. Hitler's Order of the Day promoting Rommel to Field Marshal in June 1942 was sold for £58 to a British collector yesterday.—A.P.
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    Lock icon Big setback for Italian Reds
    231 2 STRONGEST COMMUNIST PARTY IN WEST THRASHED AT ELECTIONS BETTER LIVING STANDARDS CAUSE BIG SWING FROM EXTREMISM ROME, Tuesday. ITALY'S Communist Party, the biggest in the West, has suffered its first severe defeat, judging by results pouring in today from local elections throughout the country. The
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    PERCY'S MIX-UP WITH A MIXER
    102 2 PERCY'S MIX-UP WITH A MIXER SHEFFIELD. Tues. Three surgeons crawled into a giant mixing machine last n'.ght and amputated the legs of a maintenance man who became trapped inside when the whirling blades started accidentally. Fifty-year-old Percy Smith had crawled into the idle machine to grease it after the day's
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    Lock icon Secret trip
    24 2 ROME, Tues. Signor Togliatti, Italian Communist leader, left Italy secretly yesterday to see Marshal Tito before the Yugoslav President visits Moscow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon New Royal Navy sub damaged
    46 2 LONDON, Tues. —The Explorer, one of two new experimental submarines built for the Royal Navy, has had to return to port after being damaged. Minor damage was caused by leakage from a container of high test peroxide used in propulsion.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon SCIENCE KNOWS WHAT IT IS NOT
    122 2 MELBOURNE. Tuesday. MILLIONS of web-llkc white threads are drifting through Melbourne's seaside suburbs hanging from lines and wires, sticking to cars and clothes, catching in trees— and then vanishing in a few hours. Six scientists have studied the threads. They have tested them with
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    BAMBOO CURTAIN GETS IN THE SWIM
    53 2 THESE TWO MODELS caught Hie «v« at a display of Hi* Uttst 1956 »wim suits in P»"«- The girl en the left is wearing an unusual two-piece suit made of bamboo, called "Barrier of My Heart." On Hi* right "Little Prince**," a cotton tatin
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    Lock icon THE OLD ORDER CHANGES...
    167 2 And so does Peking drama TOKYO, Tues. Famous Chinese opera star Mai Lan Fang said here today that Chinese drama was changed under the Chinese Communists because it was created in a "feudal society" and did not "fit conditions today." The 63-year-old actor, considered China's most
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    No Everest 'brain barrier' for Swiss team
    199 2 No Everest 'brain barrier' for Swiss team -FIRST MAN TO THE TOP AUCKLAND, Tues. A Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to conquer Mount Everest, today congratulated a Swiss team on scaling Everest and the adjacent Lhotse peak. "They put in a lot of hard work on both," he said. Sir
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      Germans told: Have more babies
      67 2 BONN. Tues. pERMANY will vanish as vJ a nation within three centuries unless the Germans have more children, the Family Minister. Mr. Franz Josef Wuermeling, said yesterday. He asked every German family to have at least three children. "Of 35 nations. West Germany has not
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      25 2 WASHINGTON: The formal Invitation to Gen. Nathan Twining, U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff, to attend an air show In Russia has been delivered—Reuter.
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      22 2 LONDON: BOAC expects a loss of £1,500.000 this year because of rising costs and the expense of Introducing new types of aircraft.—A.P.
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      10 2 BELGRADE: President Soekarno of Indonesia will visit Yugoslavia In September.—AP.
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      21 2 NEW YORK: Diana Dors. Britain's Marilyn Monroe, will co-star with American television comic George Go- bel in her first American film.—AP.
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      35 2 TOKYO: More than 7,000 boys and girls aged between 18 and 19, who ran away from home to seek jobs and have a gay life In the city, were given police protection last year. Reuter.
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      28 2 NEW YORK: Russell Tongay, Miami swimming Instructor serving 10 years for the high diving death of his five-year-old "Aquatot" daughter Kathy. has been committed to hospital as insane.—A.P.
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      19 2 NEW DELHI: King George VI currency notes will cease to be legal tender In India on Oct. 28 Reuter.
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      30 2 NEW YORK: Five men who call themselves "the adventurous bachelors" have left here In a 44 ft. fishing vessel on the first leg of a three-year cruise .round the world.—A.P.
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      32 2 MANILA: A spokesman of the President's office confirmed newspaper reports that the U. 6. Government had agreed to waive its claim to full ownership of American naval bases In the Philippines.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon He prefers to dig his own grave
      44 2 CAPE TOWN. Tues— Durbanvillp's gravedigrer. Mr. C. J Watney, hat begun to dig his own grave. Mr. Watney Is 64 and, being accustomed to digging graves, he decided that nobody but himself should dig his own.— Reuter.
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    GUNMEN SCARE BIGGER GUARD FOR QUEEN
    143 2 GUNMEN SCARE BIGGER GUARD FOR QUEEN Police mingle with London cr m SCOTLAND YARD drastically tacrea over the Queen today followii three fanatical Cypriot gunmen h Britain. The gunmen are believed to have orders to attempt to assassinate members of the Royal Family and Government leaders in retaliation for Britain's
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    IRAQ: THESE WEDDINGS ARE OUT
    48 2 IRAQ: THESE WEDDINGS ARE OUT BAGHDAD government yrsterri duced a Bill to car. SSS?"* diplomal^ A former P'emip* fjdhll Jamaii, g*** an America.-. government "I ;;ee no re 0 k I marriage to a Pakistani r, I Persian or Turk becaus, <■. countries arc our allies""' said. A. P.
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    Flood danger
    22 2 INDIANAPOLIS. I state of fiooci emergi I I been declared in I po'is, a city of 450.000 -A. p I
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    Lock icon WOMEN 'MADE TO DRUDGE'
    68 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. Miss Frieda Miller, former director of the U.S. Women's Bureau, said today that the industrial revolution in the Far East seemed to be following the early Western trend in that women ha:: and low-paying jobs. Miss Miller recently n- I turned from a Far
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    Lock icon 'IRON CURTAIN' PARTS TURKS, GREEKS
    214 3 'IRON CURTAIN' PARTS TURKS, GREEKS In Athens, radio announcers donate $3,81S to Tnoiia* ttruggle Gun-enforced barrier erected to halt Nicosia race riots NICOSIA, Tuesday. DKITISH troops were ordered last night to -tart buildinjr a permanent barbed wire, -iin-riilorced barricade through the heart of .Ni (»-i;i to divide the Greek and
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    Lock icon $12 million a month dope king arrested
    233 3 $12 million a month dope king arrested DOME, Tues. One of the five most wanted men in the Middle East and a secret heroin laboratory manufacturing U554,000,000 ($12,--000,000) a month worth of narcotics for smuggling into the United States have been found. The raid was made in Beirut by Lebanese
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    WHAT A MESS!
    170 3 LONDON. Tues. The Manchester Guardian today launched one of the strong-r-t newspaper attacks yet on the British Government for its Cyprus policy. Today we are in an Intolerable mess," the newspaper said in a lengthy fd.toria;. It said that Mr. Aneurin Bevan was correct in calling the
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    Lock icon SOEKARNO CHANGES OVER TO NEW YORK TIME
    59 3 PRESIDENT SOEKARNO of Indonesia sets his wristwatch after checking with the clock in the tower of New York City Hall. His son, Guntar. is in the centre. Mayor Robert Wagner of New York City has his hand in his shoulder. President Soekarno is
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    Lock icon PEKING CLAIMS OUTPOST 750 MILES from SINGAPORE
    110 3 PEKING CLAIMS OUTP OST 750 MILES from SINGAPORE HONG KONG, Tues. pOMMUNIST China today v^ laid claim to a tiny group of islands between IndoChina and the PhilippinesBorneo group which would biing her territory to within 750 miles of Singapore. Peking Radio announced that China "reiterated her claim to sovereignty
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    Lock icon Pardon sought for Reds
    43 3 ATHENS, Tues. Thirty deputies belonging to all opposition parties have tabled a petition asking the government to grant an amnesty to all sentenced and exiled communists. They ask also for the abolition of capital punishment for political crimes.— Reuter.
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    36 3 PARIS, Tues.— The future of the United States air bases in Morocco will be decided by talks between the Moroccan and U.S. Government* In consultation with France, Moroccan officials said here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    149 3 BUT HE DIDN'T COMPLAIN— POLICE SYDNEY. Tuesday. DOLICE said today orchestra conductor, Sir Eugene Goossens, never made any formal complaints that he had been blackmailed into importing obscene literature and pictures into Australia. The Chief of Criminal Ini vestigation Bureau, Superintendent D. Caiman, said any
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    LONDON STOCKS
    267 3 LONDON, Tues. EXTREMELY quiet and generally dull conditions prevailed in stock markets here today. The renewed fall on Wall Street yesterday and fears of rising costs in Industry folowing the increased coal prices were unsettling influences. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS
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    RUBBER
    24 3 LONDON May 29.— Spot 22-\d.. July-Sept. 22', cV. Oct.-Dec. 21\d.. Jan.-Mar. 21 \d June c if 2i";d July c.l.f. 2l»id. Tone: Barely steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON, May. 28. Cash Buyers £726: Sellers £727; Forward Buyers £72f1; Sellers £727: Settlement £7324. Turnover am. IS tons p.m. 130.
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    1,600 idle
    26 3 NEW JERSEY, Tues.— More than 1,600 men at the Ford Motor Company factory here are out of work for a week because of overproduction.
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    Burst tyres delay plane
    48 3 SHANNON AIRPORT, Tues. —Two tyres of an Air France Super Constellation burst as the plane landed here yesterday. Fifty eight passengers were shaken but uninjured. The departure of the plane, bound for Paris from Montreal and New York, was delayed 12 hours until midnight—A.P.
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      147 3 As F'R-E'S'H as if you picked them in your own garden.,, ■X No waste '$$fr- f a JL J SHOP ARRANGEMENTS THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY Jlit. May, 1956 SINGAPORE We or* closing at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Dtliv«rlc> os usual. KUALA LUMPUR We arc closing all doy tomorrow and IPOH PENANG there
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    Mr. CHEW: WE ARE NOT UNFAIR
    217 4 Mr. CHEW: WE ARE NOT UNFAIR 'THE Minister for Edu- cation, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday denied that his department was discriminating against the Singapore Chinese School for the Deaf. Charges of discrimination «pre made on Monday by Mr. Chuang Hui Tsuan, secretary of the school's managenient committee. Mr. Chuang
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    Promotion
    40 4 KUCHINO, Tues. The Sarawak Government has announced the promotion ol Mr. C. B. Murray, Deputy Director of Lands and Surveys, to the post of Director, and Mr. K. Leeston-Smith, Assistant Superintendent. Sarawak Constabulary, to the rank of Deputy Superintendent.
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    Talk on Israeli trade
    50 4 The Jewish Welfare Board is sponsoring a talk on "Israel's overseas trade" by Dr. J. H. Roman at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden In Singapore at 8 p.m. today. Dr. Roman is manager of the Ft. East Israel Trading Corporation, representing all export firms in Israel.
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    Off to Manila
    21 4 Mr. W. R. Herrod, president of the International General Electric Company left Singapore, yesterday by air for Manila.
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    A ROYAL WEDDING IS ARRANGED...
    110 4 A ROYAL WEDDING IS ARRANGED ALOR STAR, Tues.— Tengku Abdul Malik, second wn of the Sultan of Kedah, will marry Tengku Raudzah, eldest daughter of the Sultan of Selangor. on July 22 at Kuala Lumpur. The couple have been engag- ed since 1950 when they were 10.000 miles apart. The
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    2,000 look for fun find none
    95 4 KLANG, Tues. "If ORE than 2,000 Malays who streamed into town yesterday from surrounding Kampongs went home in the evening disappointed. They had come to town thinking that there would be fireworks, free film show and ronggeng to celebrate the 58th birthday of the
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    Cess millions—refund planned
    353 4 Cess millions— refund planned Govt. wilt also take action against gambling in 'paper' rubber J£IALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation Government is expected to announce very soon" a scheme to refund to the rubber industry money collected under the rubber anti inflationary cess scheme. The Assistant Minister for Industry and Commerce,
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    SUICIDE VERDICT ON 'NO OBVIOUS WORRIES' RAF MAN
    158 4 SUICIDE VERDICT ON 'NO OBVIOUS WORRIES' RAF MAN Accident? Coroner disagrees 'THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yes--1 terday recorded a verdict of suicide at the inquest on Senior Aircraftman Dudley John Veale, 22, of R.A.F. Seletar. Voale was found shot through the head at the R.A.F. Maintenance Base
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    Malaya to hear the Faraday Lecture
    116 4 IPOH, Tues. The 1 Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in Britain has. for the first time, given permission for the Faraday Lecture to be given outside Britain. Mr. Dennis Smith, a member of the institution, will give the lecture at Penang. Talping,
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    Python caught
    14 4 A 20-ft. python wa s caught on Labis Bahru Estate. North Johore.
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    2,500 WATCH SCOTS FUSILIERS ROUT REDS
    233 4 2,500 WATCH SCOTS FUSILIERS ROUT REDS I Bandit war comet to village at crack oS dawn IPOH, Tuesday. GUN FIRE woke up the 2,500 residents of Tanah Hitam new village this morning and they saw Scots Fusiliers rout some bandits after a sharp exchange of flre. The village Is about
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    Policeman paints a departing soldier
    80 4 Policeman paints a departing soldier A POLICEMAN turned artist to paint this portrait in oils of a soldier. The painting is of Lt.Col. Ratu P. K. Ganilau, commanding officer of the Fiji Infantry Regiment. It was commissioned by his officers' mess. The artist is A.S.P. David Brent, who is O.C.P.D.
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    Thugs rob cab driver
    74 4 Posing as fares, two thugs forced taxi driver Abu Ibrahim to drive into a Chinese cemetery in Whitley Road. Singapore, and robbed him of $23 early yesterday morning. The robbers boarded the taxi at the junction of Chancery Lane and Dunearn Road. Once inside the graveyard.
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    5 TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER
    211 4 Court told of bloody body in ditch ALOR STAR, Tuesday. FIVE tappers were today committed to stand trial for murder at the next Kedah Assizes. They are K. Govindasamy, his son O. Subramaniam, and three brothers, N. Ramasamy, N. Tumbavayan and N. Perumal. They
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    Strike made STC 'broke'
    74 4 Strike made STC 'broke' The Singapore Traction Company, which is not paying any dividend on its ordinary stock this year, yesterday explained why. A message from London sad resources had been depleted by the 142-day strike. It was also necessary to rebuild reserves to meet the increased cost of replacing
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    Malaylanders? 'Not interested'
    59 4 Malay landers? 'Not interested' PENANO, Tues.— The UMNO president here, Inche s. M. Zainal Abidin, said today his party was "not interested" in finding a new name for Malayans. Inche Abidin said he thought it unlikely that Penang UMNO would seriously consider a proposal by its Hutton Lane branch to
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    Bad driving: $25
    23 4 KLUANO, Tues.— Hau Kirn Wan, 25, of Andersen Road, Singapore, was fined $25 or five days jail for inconsiderate driving.
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    Unhelpful to tax men
    64 4 Chia Vim, owner of two shops In Victoria Street, was fined $400 in the Singapore City Court yesterday for not completing Income tax returns for 1954 and 1955. Mr. 3- E. Jeans, prosecuting, sale' Chla had been "not very helpful" to the Income Tax Department. He
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    Big police hunt for third man
    150 4 STOWAWAY No GIVES UP Now ANOTHER of 1 l»nei Vietnam u rr J e Monday nighl la> Sf&man- v, Ug The second i wa s l!)-yoar-<,; Mlsbah Hamid Shun. said the othp r ma n ing in the Changi areT immigration officer said J
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    Wage talks
    27 4 The Stanvac Employer Union yesterday opened wa,: negotiations with the man agement on behalf of th company's 300 employees li Singapore. No decisions were reached
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    Teachers meet
    19 4 MUAR. Tues. Tho N tional Union of Tr;irhr Johore, will hold its anm meeting here on Thursday.
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    A TALE OF UPS AND DOWNS
    98 4 Twenty nine air passengers set a new record for the Singapore Airport yesterday They passed through the Customs Hall six times in three days. They arrived on Sunday, left for Darwin on Monday and returned later on three engines. Yesterday they prepared I take
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    We pay legal wages Bus Co.
    131 5 We pay legal wages Bus Co. IK I cucral manager ,h. Singapore mctien < ompany, Mr. x I nu. said yes•uat the comM payng; Us m accordance findings of the „r of inquiry. f»mc was comthr S.T.C. l.mitavres' I nion that it i to ask the ,l;.rify its rcilitions on
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    Aussies plan more trade with Malaya
    106 5 T Indian Minister itir. Mr. John said In Singa- rday that his v. U particularly i to increase its Ith "the very atMalayan market." id this was so because, Japan. Singae and the Federation ckxest trade reis of all the Asian with Australia. en
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    Creditors to get $190,000 more
    139 5 Official Assignee of now paying the and the final dividend per cent to the ere- thp estate of the Lim Soon Ban. who (dared a bankrupt at 0l 1952. dividend of nine ib>orbing $190,000. ::.rial Assignee had paid already three dividends totalling 55 per cent.
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    INSURANCE WORKERS PUT IN 24 DEMANDS
    328 5 INSURANCE WORKERS PUT IN 24 DEMANDS Two-week ultimatum by 600 to 23 companies JHh Singapore Insurance Companies' Employees Union yesterday sent in claims for higher wages and better working conditions on behalf of about 600 office workers in 23 of the Colony s big insurance establishments hrnJh? vn f lon
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    Sultan of Selangor dresses for a party, and cuts the cake on 58th birthday
    42 5 Sultan of Selangor dresses for a party, and cuts the cake on 58th birthday THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR cuts the cake for his guests at a garden party at the Istana Bukit Kota, Klang, on Monday, his 58th birthday. Straits Times picture.
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    Woman on way to see new grandchild killed in crash
    137 5 Woman on way to see new grandchild killed in crash A 46-YEAR-OLD woman died in a road accident on her way to see her newly-born grandchild, the Butterworth Cor on c r's Court was told today. The Coroner. Inche Hassan bin Hussein, returned a verdict of death by misadventure, on
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    D.Os feted
    43 5 KLUANG, Tues.— The Eurasian community here gave a tea party to former District Officer, Raja Omar bin Chik, now acting president of the Religious Department, Johore, and the new District Officer, Ungku Mohamed Salleh bin Ismail at the Asia Hotel yesterday.
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    Lib-Soc meet
    25 5 The Liberal-Socialist Party met last night to hear a first-hand account of the London merdeka tflks from their representatives in the all-party delegation.
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    18 SHOPKEEPERS MUST QUIT
    212 5 Council wants to develop land (YWNERS of 18 zinc and plank shops between High v Street and Elgin Bridge in North Bridge Road, Singapore, have been given quit notices by the City Council. About 300 people, including j the families of the owners and shop assistants
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    Fowl thief sent for head test
    115 5 PENANG. Tues. A YOUNG man from a "good family," caught stealing chickens for the twelfth time, was today told by the Second Magistrate, Mr. E. H. Long: 'From reports on you, you don't like work. I think there is something wrong with your head."
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    Ede to question Govt. on policy
    235 5 A LIBERAL SOCIALIST Assemblyman, Mr. John Ede, will ask for details of Singapore Government's declared policy of encouraging industrial development at the next Assembly meeting on June 6. He will ask the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, lor results so
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    DEATH
    73 6 20 Wordw $lt (Minimum) AYESHA BINTE HUSSEIN ALSAGOFF passed away peacefully at Seremban General Hospital on 26th May 1956 at J. 15 p.m. Capt. Mohamed bin Dato A. M. AJsagoff of the Malay Rf iHHint wishes to thank all fellow Officers and Friends for their Messages of Condolence. W-.caths.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    64 6 2* Word! $10 (Minimum) MR. MRS. LEE BOON ANN thank all friends relatives for their valuable presents, good wishes nsrtstar.ee attendance at th"ir wedding on 24.5.56. JACK PEMBERTON English. Sandra and the sisters of the late Mrs. Vera (Babs) Pemberton-Eng-lish thank all kind friends and relatives for the beautiful
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. May 30, 1956. Light On The Failure
    662 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. May 30, 1956. Light On The Failure Statements on the London negotiations made by Singapore's Chief Minister, the Liberal-Socialists and the People's Action Party confirm two assumptions which have been drawn from Press accounts of the talks. Lack of unity within the Singapore delegation was
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    Power For Progress
    300 6 Power For Progress Electricity, said Sir Donald MacGillivray when unveiling a plaque to mark the completion of the Connaught Bridge Power station in Klang, will be a vital factor in raising the standard of living. It is essential to economic development and industrial expansion. The World Bank Mission, when considering
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    Role Of Youth
    173 6 In his address at the opening of the Festival of Youth exhibition, Singapore's Education Minister said that young people should not get the idea that they were the most important part of the community. Mr. Chew Swee Kee's reminder was a necessary corrective to present thinking. It
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    This is not the only brick Mr. Lloyd has dropped
    968 6 This is not the only brick Mr. Lloyd has dropped I AT his press confer- ence on his return from London, Mr. Marshall made one statement of which few people seem to have realised the importance. Had the decision been left to the British people, he said, or to the
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      Merdeka does not mean one long holiday for us
      213 6 M erdeka does not mean one long holiday for us IN Malaya and Singapore today the people do not realise just how extremely lucky they are. Britain has learnt that the nationalist spirit in the East must b e satisfied. Malaya is being given freedom under most beneficial conditions and
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      Singapore and Cyprus
      134 6 rpHERE seems to be a X great deal of muddled talk about Sigapore becoming "another Cyprus." Surely this is an absurd comparison. Whatever thr faults of the Cypriots. and no one can condone terrorism, at least they are natives of the Island, and they were there when
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      This lovely lady
      86 6 SINGAPORE has indeed grown up to be a very lovely daughter of a renowned mother, Great Britain. With a little more grooming, there is no doubt that she will soon be ready to stand on her own a lady at once sensible, poised and beautiful. Yet the
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      Qualified clerks
      130 6 "ARANG Singapura" proU bably is not awaro that government clerks are the worst paid and have been badly treated as compared with other services in which the same minimum educational qualifications are required. It Is a wonder that government clerks are better paid than commercial clerks when the
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      Attlee's login is also
      165 6 I MUST express my great appreciation of the letter by "A Mere Woman." She has said what many others have thought since reading Earl Attlee's article which appeared in the Sunday Times. Earl Attlee's entire logic 1a false. And why? For the simple reason that he
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    A HOME FOR TIRED BUSINESSMEN
    665 6  -  D. H. BRANDON """""MIHIIR I Nobody bofhvs about health schemes for sick bosses and so a m jf. lionaire has sot up By IS the hero of the S American system of private enterprise, I capitalism the Big Business executive E losing glamour? There are
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      157 6 What more can you do KEEPING A FAMILY FIT AND WELL 1> make sure they get good meals and l^ aOKi and sleep, yet still they pick up infections .and i»n« Can you guard against this? f Yps 8 i* c f l n e vits Ribena. For Rlbena-the natural
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    2 HOURS OF FEAR FOR FAMILY
    126 7 2 HOURS OF FEAR FOR FAMILY r A L A LUMPUR. |V fun Two masked mrr. hold up a bus JSmpany director, his X and thpir y° un ß SttUhter at knife-point ,arlv today and robbed [hem of Jewellery worth 00. M nearly two hours Mr. md his wife. Oaik
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    Death fall from lorry
    44 7 KUALA LL'MPUR. Tues. A lorry attendant, T. R. guppu Hair, 02. was killed this ifternoon vhen he fell off a lorry at road junction The accident occurred as Bm ;o'rv was turning into San Pene Road from Sungei B"?: Road.
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    Farewell party
    38 7 K D ALA TRENGGANU. Tues. Mr. Justice Rigby. t co:ng to Penang on transfer, was given a tea party i 1 the Government Club here j <y by the staff of the 6'jpreme and Sessions courts.
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    Reminder about reward
    81 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A voice plane is still making daily flights over South Perak to tell villagers of the $1,000 reward offer for news of the taster plane which crashed Ust Wednesday. Tie air search for the miss- -1 ing plane has been abandon- ed, but troops
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    12-month cabaret ban after spree
    279 7 MAGISTRATE; DRUNKEN BEHAVIOUR MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT AFTER THE BOAT RACE BUT NOT HERE TWO PLANTERS ARE TOLD BY COURT: YOU MUST STAY AWAY FROM IT n i JELUK ANSON Tuesday. X^O planters today were banned from the I ans Cabaret here for a year
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    Ambulance in satellite
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Petaling Jaya the satellite town, will soon have an ambulance manned by the St. John's Ambulance Brigade. The Administrator of Petaling Jaya, Mr. G. W. Rothery. disclosed this at presentation of first aid certificates to 20 members ol the Brigade at the weekend. Mrs.
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    Fined $300
    39 7 IPOH, Tues.— The manager of the Toong Sang Mining Kongsi, Chang Kong Yik, was fined $300 by the Ipoh Magistrate today for failing to forward particulars of his workers to the accountant of the Employee's Provident Fund.
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    Going on leave
    35 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues.— The Ellerton Club here will entertain Mr. R. West, District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, and Mrs. West, to a farewell tea-party on Friday, prior to their departure on long leave.
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    New offices
    30 7 KUALA KANGSAR. TuesThe National Registration Office and the Food Control Office here have been removed to the top floor of the former Penghulu's Rest House in Jalan Datoh.
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    The Chew blast: He's right, they say
    268 7 The Chew blast: He's right, they say YOUTH COUNCIL IS NOT SO PLEASED f EADING members of two large Singapore youth organisations yesterday strongly supported the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. in his warning to Colony youth. Opening the Festival ol Youth Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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    SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
    127 7 Gock-a-doodle-do greets 'guilty 9 plea KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A cock crowed in the Second Magistrate's Court here today when 17-year-old Teo Ah Leong walked into the dock. Teo was charged with stealing 15 fowls worth $17© on three separate occasions at Petaling Jaya, six miles from
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    VICE-CONSUL DROPS IMMUNITY PLEA
    186 7 THE German Vice-Consul in Singapore, Dr. H. Scholten, who invoked his diplomatic immunity in a traffic court last week, withdrew his plea of immunity yesterday and was fined $25 for inconsiderate driving. Mr. D. E. Pollard, defence counsel took this action after the magistrate, Mr. Tan
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    Grants for farmers
    59 7 ALOR STAR, Tues. A resolution empowering the Perlis Government to provide cash grants 'totalling $900,--000 to padi planters at the rate of $8 per relong will be moved by the State Secretary. Inche Abdullah bin Sahat. at the Perlis State Council tomorrow. Only those who have planted
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    George Town spreads the word
    156 7 PENANO, Tues. George Town's centenary celebrations next year will be widely publicised throughout the world. Mr. S. V. Adams, chairman of the publicity sub-commit-tee, reported that an approach would be made to the National Geographic Magazine for an up-to-date article on George Town with colour
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    CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE FLOWER GIRL
    48 7 II »fc^w"° #P fl 2 wer glrl chr i Btln e Khor Seok Kee. congratulates the bride. Miss Tan Saw Pnalk. after her marriage last Sunday to Mr. Khor Cheang Chuan of the Penang staff of the Bank of China.— Straits Times picture
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    NO ORDER TO TO QUIT, TENGKU SAYS
    147 7 NO ORDER TO TO QUIT, TENGKU SAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rFHE Chief Minis t c r, X Tengku Abdul Rahman, today denied that he had ordered Singapore Alliance leaders to quit the Government should the Labour Front form a coalition with the LiberalSocialists. He was refuting a report in a
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    HOSTILE WITNESS IN EXTORTION CASE: UNIONIST FREED
    332 7 HOSTILE WITNESS IN EXTORTION CASE: UNIONIST FREED Fourth man: 4 I received $250' 'THE dramatic evidence of a key prosecution witness in a Singapore court yesterday abruptly ended the trial of Lee Yong Mm, 34. a trade unionist accused of extortion and attempted extortion. A. G. Lefort, a P.W.D. clerk,
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    Food clamp relaxed
    68 7 IPOH, Tues. Emergency Regulations governing vehicles carrying food on the Batu Gajah-Tanjong Tuallang road and the TronohSlputeh road, about 20 miles south of Ipoh, have been relaxed. Under new regulations, restricted articles can be conveyed on these roads on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 7 a.m. and
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    School grants
    24 7 BENTONG. Tues. Twenty four new village schools in Pahang are to be given grants totalling $18,000 this year for repairing their buildings.
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    7,000 BOLT UNION
    161 7 7,000 BOLT UNION Revolt in Medical Federation j(UALA LUMPUR. Tues. More than 7,000 Junior employees in Government hospitals in seven States and Settlements have broken away from the allMalayan Federation of Medical Employees' Unions and formed their own union. Representat ves of the breakaway unions took the decision at a
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    New division
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Ihe Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the new UMNO division premises at Benut, Pontian, in Johore on Friday.
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      138 7 The weather MINIMI'S! TEMPERATURE (7.30 p.m. on May 28 to 7.30 am. on May 29): Singapore 75 degrees, Penang 74. Kota Bharu 74. Kuala Lumpur 72, Ipoh 73, Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m on May 29): Singapore 87, Penang 90, Kota Bharu 88, Kuala Lumpur 91,
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    O.C.P.D. going on leave
    40 8 NIBONG TEBAL, Tues Mr. T. H. Huxley Duggan, Offlcer-ln-Charge of the Police District of Nibong Tebal will go on long leave this week. Whilst on leave he will attend a course at the Ryton-on-Dunsmore Police College.
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    Police on TV
    20 8 LONDON, Tues.— The Federation of Malaya Police band appeared In a BBC television programme during the weekend.
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    DEATH JUMP FROM SCHOOL WHICH EXPELLED HIM
    240 8 Student: Better to die than suffer CHUNG Cheng High School student committed suicide at the Catholic High School, from which he was expelled a year earlier, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. Koh Pori Keng, 18, was killed in a fall from the
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    'Make bosses start factory again'
    181 8 CALL BY FUNG KEONG WORKERS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T<HE National Union of Factory and General Workers is to ask the Government to press the proprietors to re-open the Fung Keong Rubber Factory in Klang. i A union delegation will call on the Assistant Minister for
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    SHOW FOR NEEDY STUDENTS
    86 8 SHOW FOR NEEDY STUDENTS fPHE Bedok School's Parent--1 Teacher Association and Bedok Sports Club will hold a charity show in aid of needy students at Bedok School, Singapore, on Sunday at 8 p.m. The show has been called the "Grand Variety NigM," or "Malam Aneka Warna." In their drive for
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    Stage Club
    29 8 The Stage Club, Singapore, will present "Murder on the Nile" by Agatha Christie at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 9 p.m on June 7, 8 and 9.
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    THIEF GRABS $120 FROM WOMAN
    62 8 THIEF GRABS $120 FROM WOMAN A THIEF knocked down a woman and robbed her of $120 while she was walking home alone a path in Somapah Estate at Changi. Singapore, yesterday morning. The woman, Phuay Lye Choon, 50, had just returned from shopping in Upper Serangoon Road. Police have found
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    Art Society exhibition
    44 8 The Singapore Art Society will hold an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Chinese High School students at the British Council gallery in Stamford Road from Saturday to June 10. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily.
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    Colours on show at big parade
    219 8 Colours on show at big parade EK)R the first time the people of Singapore will see the colours of the Singapore Volunteer Corps at the Queen's birthday parade on the padang tomorrow. They will be placed to the rear of the parade commander, between the ceremonial detachments of the Army
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    Thief jailed
    31 8 PENANG, Tues.— A mason, Mun Tin Kong, 21, who snipped off a gold chain and bangle from a 5-year-old boy was today sentenced to one year's Jail for theft
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    THE PRIVATE WHO WENT A.W.O.L.
    160 8 'Sorry, but will try to soKHer better* pRIVATE Douglas Leonard Gower, 21, of Ist. Bn., L Queen's Royal Regiment, was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore court martial to six months' detention six weeks after his release from nine months' detention for two previous offences. Pte.
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    Girl changed her age
    67 8 IPOH, Tues. A pretty 24-year-old girl. Chin Slew Chun, admitted in the Magistrate's Court here today that she once subtracted two years from her actual age. She pleaded guilty and was fined $10 for making an unauthorised alteration in her identity card between Oct. 5, 1950,
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    Housing scheme
    26 8 KLUANO. Tues. The newly-formed Kluang Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. has bought about 10 acres of land at Jalan Mengibol. It will build 40 houses.
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Mate disobeyed captain's orders: 80 died on rocks
    1691 9 STRAITS TI MES SPECIAL FEATURE Mate disobeyed captain's orders: 80 died on rocks (MARCH ON 1 BLEEDING M 1 The jinx struck only I tOO yards from share 1 IN a musty courtroom in the sleepy little New South Wales fishing village of Eden, 68 years ago, a 12-year-old boy
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      77 9 Rex Moraan. M.D. Liia is hurt Dick Tracy Refused divorce ■■^^■■■■1 I YOU CAME HERE TO THIS VERY 1 f^O-IR MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND^ B* STJU WANT TO HEAR RCX* I O* E NK > IT IN JUNE MAD COT OFF YOUR BETTING OOJVERSATON, J ".^^SSKT^^ffiK V^PtV^AN?^ Ace O'Miuru Getting scared EV6«Y
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    TIN TAKES ANOTHER TUMBLE ON LOCAL MARKET YESTERDAY
    376 10 TIN TAKES ANOTHER TUMBLE ON LOCAL MARKET YESTERDAY By Our Market Correspondent THE fall in rubber and tin prices in Singapore yesterday continued unchecked as poor overseas demand for the commodity and the, settlement of the Penang dock strike, made their influence felt again on local markets. Tin has lost
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    333 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "A smuu volume oi business was written on a li' at market with smaii price variations." Singapore and Federation Brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fra^er and Neave ords $1.72 1,2; Gammon l 61.70, $1.72 12, $1.71; Hongkong Shanghai $870.00; Jackson
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 10 June first grade rubber buyers f o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday, at 75' 3 cents per lb., down 1!» cents on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was steadier. Closing prices in cents per lb.. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 76. sellers 76' 8; No. 1
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    PRODUCE KRICES
    71 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: June $29 l buyers. $29<S, sellers. Coconut oh: quiet: bulk HIM sellers. drum $46 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet, with no business reported done; Muntok white $92. Sarawak $91. special Sarawak black $70 (all varieties down $1V
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange market In Honr Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.85 <; for cash and 5.87 'j for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15 82 and one Uel of gold at 255.
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    SHIPPING
    114 10 Ships lying alongside <he Singapore Harbour Board h.n <or expected today are: Duneia 1/2. Soudan 4/5 Inchjura C.P i Itola 67. Bencruachan 8, 9. I Benmhor 11. Benavon 13/14, Hamburg 13 16. Shinyu Maru 18. i Maetsuycker 19/20. Serampang !N. Wall 4. Landak N. Wall 6. I I Playaran
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    68 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Minvc turnover trading spread ani firmer, aithouen ViLr'^i ceededi:. here tod inly quip' ease. Norl Loans v.r Loans 3 Loans :r Con. Zim Bank of N Mount Lye N. Broken Hill 50 Mount m Mo Western Ampol. k Oil Search Aust cop. A.t'.M. ine'.v, Bradford B. Hill Pro.
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      434 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Films Distribution Officer at Malayan Film Unit. The j appointment will *be on a temporary basis in the first Instance with "tl c possibility of Contract or permanent employment later. Salary depends on qualification and experience bur It will be in
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      559 10 NOTICES SUNGEI KINTA TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated in England) Telegraphic advice has been received from London of the recommendation of a dividend of 4/- per stock unit, less Income Tax at 8 6 in the in respect of the year ended 31st December' i 1955. payable on 12th July 1956
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      587 10 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for buskness on Thursday 31st May, 1958 for the Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen. CHAPTER 216 (Pawnbroker!) UNREDEEMED PLEDGED GOODS AND JEWELLERY FROM THE FOLLOWING PAWNBROKERS' SHOPS No. 21
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      885 10 NOTICES NOTICE CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE No collection of refuse and nlghtsoll will be undertaken by the City Cleansing Department on I Thursday, 31st May 1956, Queen's Birthday. The City Council mcl- j nerator at Kolnm Ayer Lane will be closed on this day. BY ORDER. NOTICE NOTICE U hereby
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      813 10 TENDERS PERAK POLICE TENDER NOTICE TENDERS which will clo«e at 12 noon on Monday the 4th June, j 1956, are invited by the Chief Police Officer. Perak, for the supply j of cooked meals and uncooked food Ito the Federal Area Training School, Ipoh and No. 2 Police Field Force
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      ADVENTURE IN THE JUNGLE
      773 12 More pen friends The jungle folk go up in a balloon and after many adventures they decide to come down only to find that they don't know how. Mat decides to cast a spell to make the balloon heavier, but gets stuck half way through. While
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      THESE WEREN'T EVEN LISTED
      269 12 There is also no doubt that Monaco will reap a large harvest from the sale of its series commemorating the wedding, but I think that I should warn you that from a monetary point of view, the stamps will not be likely to increase in value.
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      THEY RAISED UMBRELLAS MOSTLY
      193 12 MOHAMMED: "This is certainly a wet section of the country. What do you rqise here?" Ali: "Umbrellas mostly." Man: "Boy, call me a taxi." Boy: "What?" Man: "I said call me a taxi." Boy: "All right. You're a taxi." "Ow," cried the soccer player. "I've been
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      199 12 yX* Dear Boys and Girls. KL*i J Here are the six winners of our crossword i contest. Horace Chan, 7-C Tiong Eahru Road, v 1-^7^ Singapore 3. Raoiesh Harurruil Idnani. 6-A Jago V^"** I^'Jl Close, Off East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Kwok Jj/k /*if Chee Chuee, 13 Merino Crescent, Singapore
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    Lock icon Tuli turns down bout with Perez
    85 13 LONDON. Tues. South African flyweight Jake Tull has turned down an offer to fight world champion Pascual Peres In Buenos Aires next month, said his manager today. He added Tull wants to become a printer and intends to settle down In that Job before
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    Lock icon OUTSIDER OUT
    41 13 LONDON. Tues. Geoffrey Brooke, trainer of The Tuscar. said last night that the colt would not run In the Epsom Derby on June 0. The Tuscar was quoted at 66 to one at yesterday's callover on the classic. Reuter.
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    Lock icon ONLY 25 MINS PLAY BUT IT SUITED AUSSIES
    278 13 ONLY 25 MINS PLAY BUT IT SUITED AUSSIES Seven tourists ill or hurt LONDON, Tuesday. /\NLY 25 minutes play was possible before lunch today in the match between M.C.C. and the Australians at Lord's, which was abandoned as a draw. v M.C.C, at 203 for nine, were still 210 runs
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    92 13 AUSTRALIANS— Ist Inns. 413 M.C.C— IST. INNS. Simpson c Bnrge b Archer IS Rlchardaon not oat 36 Milton c Rutherford b Archer 1 Graveney c and b Archer 30 Cowdrey b Archer 0 Oakman b MHler 80 litmus c Langley b Miller 32 Sainsbary c sub b Benaud 6
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      906 13 DANCING 2» Word, $10 (Minimum) Italia 1 month, lo Words $2.30 (Mm.) HAFTLES HOTEL Nightly Dance and Floor Show from 9 to 12 p.m. SEASIDE RESORT, Pasir Ris Hotel, Dine* Dance Hawaiian Band nightly. CHICKEN INN. Seavlew Hotel, Dancing 9—12 p.m. to our Continental Band. Saturday extension 1 am. VISIT
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      491 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE I* HW, tS (Min.)— Box SO cts. sxtra MORRIS 8 TOURER 1937, ne« Hood, new Battery, good Engine, j Owner returning U.K. $500. Tel: I *****. FORD PREFECT Late 1955 Model, 4600 miles, excellent condition. $4,000 0.n.0. Phone Cook I *****. 1951 TRIUMPH MAYFLOWER, Austin A4O. 1952
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      519 13 FOB SALE 1(1 Word, U (Min.)— Box M <■(•. extra GOLDEN COCKER SPANIEL I Pedigree Male and Female Pup- pies. 5 weeks old. Phone ***** or 6405 after 6 p.m. HAVE YOU SEEN the attractive and reasonably priced Perstorp Panel Dining Room Furniture In' our Showroom? Wendt (81nga- pore> Ltd.,
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      SIX NEWCOMERS WERE WINNERS IN U.K. LAST YEAR
      381 14 SIX NEWCOMERS WERE WINNERS IN U.K. LAST YEAR By EPSOM JEEP SEVERAL newcomers will make their debut in Malayan racing at the Perak Derby Meeting. Calculation, Full House (late Denarius), Fair Raleigh, Infernal Region, No Worry (late Fakir) and Sweet Violets were all winners in England last season. CALCULATION, a
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      Mon Sabreur's great chance
      825 14  -  EPSOM JEEP THE PERAK DERBY RUNNERS GET DOWN TO SERIOUS WORK From" HE'S TAKEN THE LONG TRIP FROM SINGAPORE WELL A LIGHTWEIGHT with a great chance in the $30,000 Perak Derby next week is Mon Sabreur. This well-bred four-year-old by the Irish St. Leger winner, Beau
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      It was grand tennis even though Aussies arrived late
      485 14 It was grand tennis even though Aussies arrived late By ANG EAM HOCK UfHAT a capacity crowd of tennis lovers at the S.C.C. looked forward to as the tennis treat of the year nearly turned a flop yesterday. The Australian tennis stars, Ken Rosewall and Mai Anderson, did not arrive
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      Four records—and more expected by Saints
      232 14 Four records and more expected by Saints WITH four records already broken in the. completed events and more to likely to go on Saturday St. Andrew's School can look forward to a great season In athletics. Athletics master. Ken Martlnus. said yesterday that it seemed almost certain that several of
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      CORINTHIANS MAY WITHDRAW
      47 14 SINGAPORE Corinthians yesterday again gave a walkover their second in two weeks when they failed to turn up for their S.AF.A. first division match against Police at Jalan Besar Stadium. Corinthians may decide to withdraw from the league, the Straits Times was told later.
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      SAAA meet to be at Jalan Besar
      123 14 SAAA meet to be at Jalan Besar SINGAPORE Amateur Athletic *-> Assr ion at a meeting last night d cided to hold this year's national championships at Jalan Besar stadium. S.A.A.A. had earlier scheduled the championships for July 20 and 21 to be held at Farrer Park. where a cinder
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      CSC SINGLES XI vs MARRIED
      56 14 The Ceylon Sports Cli'b Singles team to meet Mtaried*- at cricket tomorrow at Balestter Road will be selected from: S. Nagaiah, S. K. Kulasingam. Manawadu. A. Anthonisz. S. Sooceleraj, S. Paramathevan, T. Rajendram, A. C. Shegaran. E. Wicks. S. Kulasingam. W. Ponnambalam, E. Balasingam, S.
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      NARROW WIN FOR RAMC
      39 14 R.A.M.C. beat R.M. Navy 4-3 in an United Services Soccer League. Div. 2 match at B.M.H. ground yesterday. McCran. Kassim, Lunny and Preece scored for R.A.M.C. and Sakawl, Abu Bakar and Ibrahim ♦or the Navy.
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      RAF CHAMPIONS
      37 14 Tunstead and Gartland of Changt won the men's doubles title In the Far East Air Force tennis championships when they beat Dunne and Lipscombe of Tengah 6-2, 6-2 on the Fairy Point courts on Sunday.
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      RSGC RESULTS
      23 14 Capt. T. B. Low and Mrs. G. R. Standish (one down) won the Royal Singapore Golf Club's May mixed foursomes bogey.
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      SHIELD MATCH
      29 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.—Johore Police, the joint holders with Kedah Police, will meet Selangor Police in their Hannigan Shield soccer match at the Police Depot {round on Saturday.
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      Three tie for Island Club medal
      312 14 "THREE golfers J.D. Donnelly, J. Muraille and P. Slater tied in the "A" division of the Royal Island Club's men.; monthly medal competition. Tan Soon Hock was the "B" winner while the "C" medal went to E. Webb. Mrs. S. K. Oaw and Tan
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      HK's EASTERN ARE DUE NEXT WEEK: VIETNAMESE TO BE REGULAR VISITOR
      414 14 moves into top 1 gear in. June. Here is the catalogue of big matches next monthall in the Malaya Cup: Saturday, Malacca v Combined Services (Spore) at Malacca: June 9, Johore v Singapore; Combined Services v Negri in Singapore;
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      CHAMPIONS
      13 14 Pankhurst House I Division champions andra GlrU' Beeon I athletics champions:.:, I
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      Lock icon Outschoorn hits 154 n.o.
      157 14 LONDON, Tues.— Former Singapore cricketer Laddie Outschoom scored 154 not out for Worcester against Hampshire today. The match was drawn. Gloucester sprang the surprise of the matches ending today by beatinc Surrey, the holders, by 10 runs. Keuilts were: At Gloucester, Gloucester beat Surrey by 10
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      163 14 i4ffftß Piffi SOCCER SBHFA League. Div. 1; Ford t Hongkong Bank, Jalan Besar; Sime Darby v Mercantile Bank. Farrer Park; STC v F N. STC; Chartered Bank v Shell. .River Valley Road; Div. 2: C W v Breweries, Farrer Park; Jacks v SCS, padang; 111 v Guthrie, padang; Mansfield v
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