The Straits Times, 31 May 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1843. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1956 15 CENTS
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    BODY REPLIES: It's NO
    710 1 Bang go Mr. M's hopes HOPES of the London mordeka ilka being re-opened dashed yesterday. "Important" mess- vhich tho Chief| Mr David Mar- 1 ,i of on his re- 1 om London arrived re from the Office. to t.he Governor, f Black, It said: Colonial Office
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    Lock icon Perlis Ruler is knighted
    836 1 THE ACCENT IS ON VOLUNTEER FORCES IN QUEEN'S AWARDS TO MALAYANS ENGLAND'S FIRST PRO CRICKET CAPTAIN GETS KNIGHTHOOD POPULAR 'EXPATS'— BINGHAM, HIGHAM— ARE HIGH ON THE LIST MALAYANS of all races and in widely differing walks of life have been decorated in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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    Lock icon 3-in. hat pin exorcised the 'ghost'
    101 1 3-in. hat pin exorcised the 'ghost' LONDON, Wed.— George Lovering turned on a flashlight during a seance here the other night and, he told a court yesterday, caught a lake medium standing o n a chair pretending to be a ?host. Then, when medium Frederick Scammel suddenly slipped into a
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    Lock icon 2 DIE AS BOMB HITS LORRY
    145 1 Soldiers caught in ambush NICOSIA, Wednesday. ACYPRIOT extremist threw a bomb today at a truckload of British soldiers returning from a Queen's Birthday parade rehearsal at Famagusta. Two were killed and 20 injured. The bomb burst the vehi- i cles faetrol tank and sprayed
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    Lock icon 'No hanging' Bill moves on
    66 1 LONDON, Wed. A Bill I aimed at ending the death I penalty in Britain took a major step forward tonight Hhen the House of Commons completed its detailed study of the various clauses. Loud cheers from the "abolitionists" greeted the end of a crucial stage
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    Lock icon Russian Salk
    13 1 LONDON. Wed. Russia is to mass produce Salk polio vaccine. U.P.
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    Lock icon A gamble with death
    73 1 CALCUTTA, Wed. An Indian Airlines pilot recently flew for half an hour knowing that coiled up under his seat was a snake that might strike at any minute. The two-foot greeri snake was spotted by the copilot when the plane was 80 miles from Calcutta. The
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    Birthday Honours: Arise, Sir Len
    1982 1 Birthday Honours: Arise, Sir Len INTRODUCING THE NAMES IN THE NEWS TODA V THE QUEEN, in her Birthday Honours published today, has bestowed a knighthood on Len Huttori, the first professional cricketer to captain England and the man who led England to victory in more Test matches than any other
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    Lock icon Festival ends
    24 1 COLOMBO, Wed. Weeklong celebrations marking 2 500 years of Buddhism ended here last night with a fireworks display in Independence Square. Reuter.
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    Lock icon QUEEN WILL CHOOSE SIR ROBERT'S CHARITY
    170 1 QUEEN WILL CHOOSE SIR ROBERT'S CHARITY HONG KONG, Wed. Sir Robert Ho-Tung, "Grand Old Man of Hong Kong." who died here last month aged 93, left £10,000 for orphans of British servicemen killed in the last war, his trustees announced today. Sir Robert left the choice of how the money
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    Lock icon Traffic stopped for THAT girl
    48 1 HONG KONG, Wed. French film actress, Martine Carole, who stopped traffic in Hong Kong when she appeared in public, left here by air for Tokyo today. The police had to cordon off crowds to prevent her from being manhandled by enthusiastic crowds— Reuter.
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    GIRL IN CHAINS, MAN FINED
    38 1 RANGOON, Wed. A government pensioner was fined $35 today for hanging a chain and padlock round the neck of his 12-year-old maidservant. He said he did this to punish the girl for stealing.
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    Lock icon Threat by nine nations
    159 1 'Walk-out at Bandoeng if politics crop up' BANDOENG, Wfd RELEGATES from nine countries, including; Malaya, agreed today to wu!!r out of the Afro-Asian students conference if '•political issues" were brought up. The countries are Malaya, Japan. Pakistan. Ceylon, Atghanistan. Persia, India, the Philippines and Indonesia. In
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    STOP PRESS
    24 1 AR.MOrm.li CARS FOR E(JYPT PARIS. Wed. Frame has completed the delivery of l« fast 13 tun armoured cars to Ec.vpt. I. P.
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    MALACCA GETS EIGHT NEW JPs
    199 2 MALACCA GETS EIGHT NEW J Ps MALACCA, Wed following hS e made Justices o tho >* for MalaccaMr. Hghin, Wei q* leader of community. Mrs. E. E G Cm active volunu,worker. of th/Sasin^cSS mumty and membe Jasin District Coui Inche MohamecT Manap. a membP Jasm Wstrici CouneU S Jasm District
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    Lock icon PLOT TO RESCUE MAKARIOS
    289 3 Briton, Frenchman to z S man gawg cla|ms tOßdon newBpaper foiled when schooner sank in Indian Ocean: 20 drowned, five held LONDON. Wednesday. fpHE Daily Telegraph said today an international plot to snatch Archbishop Makarios of (v;) nis from exile was foiled when a ship tarrying
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    Lock icon BRITAIN BLAMED for RIOTS
    96 3 BRITAIN BLAMED for RIOTS 'Divide and rule' HEW YORK. Wed. etatel delegate to d Nations. Mr. a Palamas. alleged that the British Govnl was fostering [*urlci*b strife in ■0 ;uv to continue rule there. Mr Palamas said Greece Follow up her request •.'bate in the United (;< rial Assembly i
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    Lock icon Air ambition
    33 3 ?AIOON. Wed. South m p>day opened to ln- manorial traffic a new runway as part of a series ations designed to! Saigon airport one of i best in South-East Asia. Renter.
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    Lock icon Blow at rebels
    22 3 TUNIS. Wod. French 'roops have killed 71 rebels ..nd captured 17 in a rrn.ior sweep in southern Tunisia. A.P.
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    Lock icon WANTED: 360,000 SKUNKS
    46 3 OKYO. Wed.— ln an atipt to rid the Amamilima group of Islands. itben Japan, of snakes, local health board has appealed for the importation ■of 360.000 skunks. A test showed 'hat skunks were ad< pt at killing snakes and finding snake eggs.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Windmill nudes call six lonely men
    79 3 SIX LONELY bachelors in the Falkland Islands are in for a surprise they have been "adopted" by the showgirls of London's famed Windmill Theatre. Last week the girls were interviewed by an Australian radio announcer for a special broadcast to be beamed on the
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    Lock icon Air show visit
    35 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Gen. Nathan Twining, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, today accepted with President Eisenhower's approval an invitation to attend the Soviet Air Force show on June 24 Reuter.
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    Lock icon BANDA BANS A TAMIL RALLY
    182 3 Too much communal tension COLOMBO, Wednesday.— Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike. Prime Minister of Ceylon, said here today he would not allow a proposed mass demonstration in Trincomalee. the big British naval base He was commenting at his weekly Press conference on a report that the opposition
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    Lock icon Queen in Sweden: No risks taken
    88 3 Queen in Sweden: No risks taken STOCKHOLM. Wed. SWEDISH security officials, responsible for the Queen's safety during her official visit here next month, are keeping a close watch on sea and air ports for undesirable aliens Security men said today that they are on the look out for fanatic Greeks
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    Lock icon Star divorced
    37 3 LOS ANGELES, Wed—British actress Joan Collins was awarded a divorce in the Superior Court yesterday from actor Maxwell Reed and her attorney said she had agreed to pay Reed U555,950 and the legal fees.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Duke praises the Jews
    49 3 LONDON, Wed— The Duke of Edinburgh praised Britain's Jewish population last night for enriching "every part of our national life over the years." The Duke and the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, were the leading speakers at a Guildhall dinner of the Anglo-Jewish community. U.P.
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    Lock icon Climb team lost in Himalayas
    121 3 Climb team lost in Himalayas Trying to conquer last unbeaten peak ITATMANDU, Wed. Nepal frontier stations were alerted today to seek news of an Argentine expedition trying to climb Dhavlagiri, the last of the world's unconquered peaks. Officials here think the fine weather, which helped a Swiss team to climb
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    Lock icon Briton slain
    31 3 NAIROBI, Wed. John Hutson, a 35-year-old Briton, was stabbed to death by an African near his home at Kisumu. on the Kenya shore of Lake Victoria early today. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    243 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were LOWS Consols £52 7 Funding 4 'r £89'* >-i War 3V, £71\ —3/16 BANKS Mercantile (£12fc) 14 Eastern (£5) £7S, -f->4 Chartered t£5) 35/9 /6 Hongkong is 125) £92 '4 INSURANCE Com. Un. <uts.) 89-
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    RUBBER
    24 3 LONDON. May 30— Spot 21 T 4d.. July-Sept. 21*^.. Oct.-Dec. 2l'4d.. Jan-Mar. 20^d., June c.l.f. 21%d.. July tit. 21Hd. Tone: Quiet but steady.
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    TIN
    25 3 LONDON May 30. Cash Buyers £727; Sellers £729; ForI ward Buyers £727; Sellers £72»: j Settlement £731; Turnover; a.m. 1 110 tons p.m. 20.
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    Lock icon Boatmen trapped on lake of death
    292 3 Cable Jias&ci EXDRT LAMY, Wed. Two Africans reported yesterday that a dozen members of their tribe were trapped and starving to death in the centre of a big lake choked with papyrus reeds. The natives, who live in French Equatorial Africa were boating across
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    Lock icon Plane that can twitch wings
    43 3 DALLAS: The U.S. Navy revealed it has a Jet plane which can raise and lower its wings in flight to change its speed. The wings hinge at the rear and raise in front for takeoffs and landings. A.P.
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    The battle against narcotics
    219 4 COLONY INTELLIGENCE HQ HAS 24,000 NAMES ON BLACK LIST THE Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of the Malayan area, with headquarters in Singapore, had, at the end of last year, the names and addresses of 24,000 suspects, according to the Singapore Customs annual report published yesterday. A
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    RUBBER: 'DON'T BLAME THEM'
    92 4 PENANG, Wed.— The president of the Federation of Rubber Trade Associations, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, said today the Malayan Governments should distinguish between legitimate speculation and blind gambling. There ha s been unnecessary criticism lately of paper-rubber operations," he said. "It is unfair to attribute any
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    He killed buffalo with one blow
    197 4 ANGRY FARMER MASRIN: I WILL MOT BE COWED' A FARMER, Masrin bin Talb. 40, was pottering about in his garden in Bukit Tlmah Road on Tuesday morning when a huge buffalo lumbered through the gates. Masrin managed to cajole the animal away from the
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    Malays told: It's up to MacG.
    96 4 Malays told: It's up to MacG. MALACCA, Wed. The Malay Chamber of Commerce has been told that nominations to the Settlement Council under the present constitution are entirely at the discretion of the High Commissioner. The Chamber had written to the Resident Commissioner last week asking for representation on th«
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    Whenataximan can refuse a fare
    83 4 SINGAPORE'S taxi drivers cannot refuse to hire their taxis unless they are already engaged. The Deputy Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. Ong Soon Ann, said yesterday: "The law states that drivers have no right, unless engaged at the time, to refuse to hire their taxis to
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    Party plans 4 branches
    59 4 MALACCA, Wed.— Four more branches of Party Ra'ayat v.-ill be formed here soon. The new branches will be at Alor Gajah, Bukit Untang, Pokok Mangga and Jasin. So far 16 branches have been formed in the Setlement with membership of more than 1,000. The party plan
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    INFLUENCING PEOPLE WITH MUSIC, SONGS AND DANCES
    244 4 INFLUENCING PEOPLE WITH MUSIC, SONGS AND DANCES rpHE South-East Asian tour of an Indian cultural A delegation, due in Singapore this weekend, was yesterday described by Mr. B. F. H. B. Tyabji as a new Government of India policy to strengthen ties with its Asian neighbours. Mr. Tyabji, who was
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    UMNO branch
    27 4 The UMNO branch in Singapore has formed another women's section to deal with the political and general interests of Malay women in the Rochore area.
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    Visitors to Malacca feted
    63 4 MALACCA, Wed. The Honorary consul for Norway. Mr. S. C. Friis-Lund and tho manager of Thore.sen and Company, Hong 1 Kong. Mr. J. Eitzen. were introduced to the Resident Commissioner, Malacca. Mr. H. G. Hammett, and heads of commercial firms at a dinner here. The dinner
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    To take up new post
    39 4 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. —Inche Abdul Rahman bin ja'alar has arrived here from Johore to become Agricultural Assistant. He replaces Inche Mohamed Noor bin Haji Abdul Hamid, who has been promoted Assistant Agricultural Officer, Trengganu.
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    Club officials
    35 4 KLUANG. Wed. Officials of the newly formed Sultan Ibrahim Youth Club, Kluang, are: President, Mr. C. R. Krishnan; vice-presiden", Tuan Hajl Ismail bin Hassan: secretary, Mr. Fernandor and treasurer. Mr. Tan Kirn Seoh.
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    Asian students' plight where to board?
    108 4 MELBOURNE, Wed. The Melbourne University Assistant Student Counsellor. Mr. Don Anderson today confirmed reports that some landladies are evicting Asian student boarders for the Olympic Games period. The alleged reason was that Olympic visitors are prepared to pay higher accommodation rates. Mr. Anderson said
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    PERFECT STAFF
    110 4 33 to receive awards never late, never missed a day's work A 810 Industrial firm in Singapore is proud of its 33 "perfect" employees. For a year not one of them has missed a day at work or been a minute late. The model workers are employed by
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    INDONESIA HAS RELEASED 5 FISHERMEN
    158 4 6 weeks in jail— month .sentence FIVE Singapore Malay fishermen bavi the Colony after nearly six weeks In island. They were arrested by an Indonesian patrol boat in Indonesian waters on April 22. Charged with Illegal fishing, they were sentenced to a month's imprisonment. But
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    He wants to save a grave from defilement
    141 4 He wants to save a grave from defilement EE KOON CHEW, a t<hU ed with jrrowinit concern as construction labour?* prepared a vacant lot m &ims Avenue, Singapore for a new building Yesterday, he rang up the Straits Times and asked 'Js it possible for me to halt the building
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    Victim named
    35 4 IPOH, Wed. The Brittah soldier four.ct dead with a gunshot wound yesterday in his camp near Ipoh was Sergeant Eric William Harjrreaves, 20, of the 51. IteM Regiment. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
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    Children's fete
    35 4 KLUANG, Wed— About 100 children in the Yap Tau Sail Village Kluang will be given a tea-party by the it Br South Wales Borderers, on Friday. Following this the band will ben* Rrtrcat
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    YWCA meeting
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    GOVT. AID FOR FARMERS
    60 4 mm, a th i»wxi padi ptant*" tV _11, J^'JUliJ aiu'.r'ln'ts tV.l.lllMK POO.OOO l||inl The State Council '^.^i,,".' on the Perils Government U ul lls by the Federal Government ta»t ye" m v ,i,.,i The State Secretary. Inch, bdl been moved the resolution, said the «H P
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    GIRLS MOLESTED BY 'PHANTOM'
    277 5 Woman walks nightly in dark to trap tex fiend Angry villagers form corps of vigilantes as protection ELDERLY woman has organised a corps of vigilantes to hunt down a "phantom" who has attacked seven women in Mergui Village Singapore, in the past three weeks. And the
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    Councillor: This village is in fear
    103 5 Councillor: This village is in fear ARAU. Wed.— An Alliance Councillor. Inche YusofT bin Abu Bakar, today urged the Perlis Government not to hurt the feelings of the people. He was referring to the demolition of 30 houses in Kuala Perlis, to make way for a new police station and
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    Varsity may course for almoners
    149 5 Varsity may course for almoners rnHE University of Malaya X is contemplating setting up an almoners' training course, said Miss J. M. Robertson. Senior Lecturer of the department of Social Studies, yesterday. Miss Helen Rees, who has been sent by the World Health Organisation, is discussing with the University whether
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    OH DEAR, SAYS DR. CARTNER OF INDIA, IN SINGAPORE
    127 5 OH DEAR, SAYS DR. CARTNER OF INDIA, IN SINGAPORE DR. DOROTHY CARTNER, who nursed many Malayan refugees in Bangalore during the tot war, had a pleasant swprise when she arrived In Singapore Airport last night. She clasped her hands and cried "Oh dear ....it's wonderful" when told that one of
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    HIS STAMP DUTY
    137 5 Councillor didn't stick to his post so committee sticks to letter of law A Singapore City Councillor, Mr. Sim Beng Seng, who sent letters to the Council unstamped, will have the double surcharge deducted from his $200 monthly allowance. A finance committee decision, confirmed by the council
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    Will hearings be in public?
    58 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. One of the first things the Constitutional Commission will decide is whether its hearings should be public, the chairman, Lord Reid, told reporters on his arrival at Port Swettenham in the Glenorchy today. Lord Reid and Lady Reid were then driven to
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    Didn't halt—$30
    33 5 Didn't halt— $30 Tan Choo Yong, of Cross Street was fined $30 in Singapore yesterday for not halting at a traffic sign at the junction of Fort and Mountbatten Roads on March 8.
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    FOOTBALL FLOWN IN FOR TROOPS
    76 5 A FOOTBALL was flown In by a Qantas Constellation to Singapore yesterday for men of the 105 th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, at Butterworth. It was presented by the Sporting Globe, of Melbourne and had been auto- graphed by members of Hawthorn Football Club,
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    Training Malays in Chinese firms
    194 5 GOOD IDEA SAY UMNO MEN SINGAPORE Malay leaders yesterday said that the admission of Malays into Chinese firms and factories would bring about a better understanding between the two communities. They welcomed a statement by the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tan
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    P.C. fined $50
    10 5 SEGAMAT. Wed PolKe and hitting another vehicle.
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    Tea dance
    11 5 The Singapore Chinese fffe?SJS!S!ii p.m. to 6 p" 1
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    Woman, 20, stabbed
    43 5 A pretty woman, S. Sundarmah. 20. was found with I multiple stab wounds in her home in Buyong Estate, Singapore, yesterday. Sundarmah. wife of a 60--year-old man was admitted to hospital in a serious condition. Police have detained a man.
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    Art exhibition
    24 5 An exhibition of 28 water colours and drawings by Dong Kingman, an American Chinese artist, will come to Singapore soon from Talpeh.
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    THUGS TOOK FRIGHTLEFT LOOT
    104 5 mwo armed robbers were 1 frightened away from a house in Bukit Tlmah Road, Singapore, on Tuesday when a man appeared in the hall while they were tying up a woman. They were so surprised they ran off with only two of the four gold bracelets
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    Certificates of Honour for two
    23 5 The Governor of Singapore has awarded Certificates ofHonour to Dr. Chia Boon Leong and Mr. Lee Leung Kee.
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    VOLUNTEER NURSES FLY IN
    57 5 Two nurses w,ho will enter bandit-infested territory in the Federation to bring medicine to the kampongs "simply for the love of it" arrived in Singapore by Qantas- BOAC yesterday. They are Miss P. S. Saggers and Miss E. Y. Dawson. who volunteered for 18 months duty.
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    Bank employees threaten strike
    62 5 More than 300 employees of the Oversea Chinese Bank may go on strike if their two-month ultimatum to the bank to refund their provident fund money is not complied with before June 12. The secretary of the Singapore Bank Employees' Un'in, Mr. K. C. Thomas, said
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    Electors: New rolls out
    209 5 Electors: New rolls out 14 DAYS FOR YOU TO CHECK STEPS to bring Singapore's electoral rolls up to date begin tomorrow. For the next fortnight the registers are open to public inspection and objection. More than usual interest is expected in this year's revision in view of the demand by
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    $7 was stolen
    30 5 PENANG. Wed.— Thanapan Suppiah was convicted here today of stealing $7 from Ragapun in McNair Street on night of March 20. Sentence was deferred until June 6.
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    DEATHS
    37 6 20 WorU Sit (Minimum) MRS. SIRANJEEVI of 4\4 mile Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur. Expired. Funeral Thursday Morning 10 a.m. BEACH: Lawrence Georje Colonel, Late R. E., dearly beloved Fatht-r of Daphne Ransome, died Suddenly In England.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    117 6 20 Wurit lit (Minimum) MRS. PARKIAM CHELLIAH Thanks all Relatives and Friends who sent wreaths, condolence messages, assisted and attended the funeral of her son Master A laharw in Singapore on Sti 5.56. .MADAM LOW SOON KEOW mid Family sincerely thank the Buff of Rediffusion, Relatives and Friends for
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    269 6 !<> Words Sit (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day !n the "Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. HIS MASTER'S VOICE" 6.i!ons, 101 T?ngUn Road and Cod Storage Arcade will be open today between 9 l p.m. METHODIST AFTERNOON j SCHOOL. Ipoh Annual Sports on £.6.56
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. May 31, 1956. A New Chief Minister
    616 6 Th e Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. May 31, 1956. A New Chief Minister The London talks on Singapore collapsed two weeks ago. Events since have been dominated by Mr. Marshall's foredoomed attempts to reopen negotiations with I the Colonial Office on his own, and by party-line ex- i planations of
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    Russia's Buddhists
    306 6 With their eye as usual to the main chance, the Russians have helped celebrate the 2,500 th anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment. Moscow Radio has broadcast lengthy reports of Buddhist festivals, mostly in Siberia, and of celebrations by smaller Buddhist communities elsewhere in Russia. The official Russian news
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    Housing Labour
    274 6 Commenting on the rehousing of estate and other labour, the Department of Labour records "a refreshing and growing interest in housing among estate managers." In place of the old familiar labour "lines" many employers appreciate now the need to provide for their workers a genuine home, that provides
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    1543 6 'THE task of defending the Colonies Is a formidable one, and It has become more formidable In recent years. If we consider their number, variety and size this is hardly surprising. The area that has to be defended is no less than 1,960,000 square miles, with
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      Six-hour day and shop assistants
      287 6 WAGE earners, particularly office workers, will doubtless welcome the adoption of the 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. working day. The additional one and a half hours' work In the "moming session only" scheme will more than compensate for the extra leisure envisaged in the afternoon
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      The great shack
      105 6 Fcame as a great shock to all teachers of English in vernacular schools to learn that primary teachers with form 111 qualification will oe placed in a better position than the teachers of English In vernacular schools whose qualifications are forms IV and V. It is understood
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    12.000 TO TUC: NO POLITICS, PLEASE
    83 7 12.000 TO TUC: NO POLITICS, PLEASE THE Singapore Federation nf Unions of Employees ng to affiliate the Trades Union f the Congress nclude a "no poli:Uuse in its con•;on. committee has nted to open ne- T.U.C. Important' will report .••derations an- n ny? on June 25. ian said: "The riause
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    A date for Mr. Sommerville
    30 7 I BAHRU. Wed. er'i Church Hall irten School will lit D. A. SomBritish adviser n Friday. ..'ion service will ny the Yen. Archdeacon of jre
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    10,000 visit the youth show
    28 7 d'tO people went :torU Memorial the past three ie Singapore Youth exhibition. .m. today there rr film show at The exhibition ends .-day.
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    They will help in curing the sick
    143 7 They will help in curing the sick rN nurses from the Lady Templer Hospital in Kuala Lumpur sail from Singapore today in the Matsuycker for a threeyear training course at Royal Perth Hospital The nursts are Misses Li Ah Yin. Eileen Wong Sou Tim Tarn Kam Yong, Lee Kin Yin.
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    V.I.P. visitor
    28 7 The American Deputy Assistant Secretary of Stat°. Mr William J. Srbald. will arrive in Singapore on June 30, on a six-week tour of the Far East.
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    700 GUESTS FOR GARDEN PARTY
    125 7 Queen's birthday in Malaya L' LLA LUMPUR, Wed. I IX The High Com»ner and Lady [acOillivray will enter--700 guests at a party at King's tomorrow after- i as part of the i Queens birthday celen the Federal' High Commissioner. 1 following telegram the Colonial Secretary
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    Rotary visitors
    43 7 A party of Medan Fotarians will arrive in Singapore on June 18 for a two-day visit as guests of the Singapore Rotary Club. A dinner and dance In honour of the visitors will be given at Cathay Restaurant on June 19.
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    Victim both times, court told
    89 7 Victim both times, court told A YOUTH was tentatively charged in a Singapore court yesterday with robbery and attempted robbery. Sim Ah Moh was said to have held ud Ten Kirn Seng with a knife In McPherson Read Singapore, on the morning of Mar. 30 and robbed him of $2.
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    Met men's wages
    61 7 The case of 50 technical employees ir. the Singapore Meteorological Department who are seeking a revision of their salary scales will come before the Civil Service Tribunal on June 2 and 4. The men, members of the Meteorological Technical Employees' Union, agreed to put their claims before
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    S.T.C. workers don't want holiday
    219 7 THEY PREFER TO WORK FOR DOUBLE PAY— BUT BOSSES SAY 'NO' A N£ W dispute has arisen between the Singapore Traction Company and the S.T.C. Employees I nion. been^k 1 T S 197 u drivers an^ conductors who have take a paid holiday today the
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    Woman on hurt charge
    49 7 A housewife. Tan Leng Hal, pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of causing hurt to a man, Goh Kirn Slong. at her_home in Kampong Tiong Bahru on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Choor Singh, the magistrate, released her on $300 bail until June 6.
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    Consular plates on lorriestill today
    350 7 Consular plates on lorriestill today 70 TO LOSE 'CC PROTECTION SEVENTY Singapore drivers will have to come out tomorrow from behind the protection of the yellow "Consular Corps" plates on their cars. From tomorrow the "CC" badges will be issued ONLY to people who are entitled. to them. So many
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    $1,000 reward offer
    65 7 Singapore Police are offering $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the persons responsible for the loss of 10,000 gallons of bitumen emulsion at the Malayan Bitumen Products Ltd., Dun earn Road, on May 6. The bitumen, worth about $10,000, flowed into the Buklt Timaih
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    He'll serve three months instead
    216 7 CHOW Wen Chye. proprietor of a printing press, yesterday had a Jail sentence of two years reduced to three months by the Singapore High Court. The original sentence was imposed earlier by a District Court which found him guilty of being in possession of copies
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    'Women only' will be members of new Singapore club, but the boss may be invited
    194 7 'Women only' will be members of new Singapore club, but the boss may be invited 'IWKEE secretaries, a public A relations officer, and the acting manager of a big Singapore import firm were among seven city workers who got together at lunchtime yesterday to form a new business club. All
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    Hunt for the third man is over
    215 7 7 WANT TO STAND ON OWN FEET' THE Third Man Mohamed Faiz Zarook, the last of three stowaways on tne French liner Vietnam who slipped into Singapore last Saturday— surrendered to the Singapore immigration authoriI ties late on Tuesday. Mohamed had stowed away
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    Pioneer planter retires
    76 7 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. MR. M. J. KENNAWAY. a pioneer planter, leaves Malaya on retirement on June 7. He is 76. He came to this country In 1904 after having been In Ceylon since 1899. He established many estates here and has been on the board of the
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    QANTAS chief
    34 7 Mr. C. O. Turner, chairman of the QANTAS board of directors arrived In Singapore frq^i Sydney last night on hi s way to London for talks with BOAC on "general partnership plans."
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    TAXIS: COUNCIL NOT TO LIFT LIMIT
    126 7 TO the relief of hundreds of Singapore taxi drivers A who packed the City Hall gallery yesterday, the city council rejected a proposal to remove the limit on the number of licensed taxis. It would have meant that anyone could apply for a taxi
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    He needn't go to jail
    61 7 A six-month jail sentence imposed by a lower court on a taxi driver. Chong Tien Seng. 32. for housebreaklng, was set aside in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Instead. Chong was bound over in $1,000 for two years for criminal trespass. Mr. Justice Tan Ah
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    Farewell party
    38 7 BUTTERWORTH Wed Mr. M. A. Kidner. the Buklt Mertajam District Officer, who Roes on leave early next month, will bp entertained by the Buklt Mertajam Recreation Club to a farewell dinner and dance on June 9.
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    New No. 2
    22 7 Rear-Admiral W. K. Edden. Deputy Commander, Malayan Area, arrived In Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday He succeed* Vice-AdmiraJ R Elkin*.
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    KEEP OUT THESE COLLABORATORS, SAYS PAP MAN
    419 7 KEEP OUT THESE COLLABORATORS, SAYS PAP MAN 'Lib.-Socs. scared of polls' rpHE PAP Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Chin Sionp, yes- terday called on the people of Singapore to ensure that the Liberal Socialists who are "collaborators of colonialism" do not come into power. In a statement, Mr. Lim accused the Liberal
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    Captured rhino dies in zoo
    160 7 Captured rhino dies in zoo JOHORE BAHRI. Wed. r |TKE rhinoceros trapped recently by Sakais in the Endau juru-lr has died at the Johore Zoo. The Sakais used wires to bind the animal and these wires cut deeply into the rhino's body, inflicting severe wounds. At the zoo the rhino'g
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    Plans for big show
    83 7 Entertainment will be provided for visitors to the I forthcoming Singapore agricultural show to be held at [the old Kailanc Airport from Sept. l to 5. Plans to put ud sideshows, including band concerts. I wayangs, cinemas and joeet modern, are now under way. 1 A
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    W. J. Gray dies
    26 7 BUTTERWORTH. U>d. Mr \V. J. Gray. Superintendent of the Bagan Dalam Slipway, died today In Bagan Luar. Butterworth. He leave* a widow
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      137 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 pjn. on May 29 to 7.30 a.m. on May 30 > Singapore 75 degrees. Penang 75. Kota Bharu 74. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 74. Kuantan 72. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 pjn. on May 30 Singapore 89, Penang 86, Kota Bahru 90, Kuala Lumpur
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    Local doctors claim expats get favoured treatment
    689 8 IN PROMOTIONS, IN OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY... GOVERNMENT discrimination against locally-train-ed doctors is alleged in a memorandum on the Malayanisation of the Federation's Medical Services. The memorandum has been compiled by the Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine and the University
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    TENGKU'S LOVE LETTERS
    122 8 Dumped, then they go to court rr\VO love letters from a Perak tengku salvaged from a rubbish heap were shown in a Singapore court yesterday in a case against a hotel proprietor. Seah Khay Beng. of the Great Asia Hotel. Katong. pleaded not guilty to dumping rubbish
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    CHETTIAR SLAYING: DRAGNET NOW SPREADS TO WOMEN
    135 8 CHETTIAR SLAYING: DRAGNET NOW SPREADS TO WOMEN SINGAPORE detectives from the Homicide Squad are looking for a number of women in their efforts to contact a man who they think may be able to help them in their inquiries into the murder of a moneylender. They think that one of
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    The Queen's birthday
    57 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Royal Naval Association of Malaya will be hosts at a cocktail party in honour of the Queen s birthday at the L n .kc Club here tomorrow. Among those present will be the High Commissioned, Sir Donald MacGillivray, Lady McGillivray. and Rear Admiral
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    Sports stadium
    40 8 PENANG, Wed. The Municipal Council here today decided to invite the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to open the new Municipal Sports Stadium when he visits the settlement during the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championship meet in August.
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    New chairman
    27 8 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— Mr. R. P. Partridge was elected chairman of the Malayan Technical Services Union, South Perak branch, at Its annual meeting held here.
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    $5m. budget approved
    69 8 PENANG, Wed. The Penang Municipal Council today approved a supplementary budget of $5,912,717. "But I must warn you that this does not include provision for the recent revision of daily wage rates and salary scales for clerks," the Municipal President. Mr. J. S H Cuny ngham -Brown
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    Bribe acquittal
    29 8 SEGAMAT. Wed. Tan Chik, 67, was found not guilty of offering a 90 cents bribe to a special constable at Buklt Siput new village. He was discharged.
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    King's Dragoon Guards for jungle
    97 8 King's Dragoon Guards for jungle THE KING'S Dragoon Guards, who take over from the 11th Hussars, disembarked from the troopship Dunera yesterday. Lt.-Col. W. N. Cairns. Officer Commanding (above), said his men looked forward to jungle fighting. "The regiment has been only as far as the Middle East." he said,
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    OH BRAVO, Mr. CHEW SAY TEACHERS
    122 8 pNGLISH teachers in Chinese schools in Singapore yesterday expressed satisfaction o v er a decision to allow seven dismissed teachers to continue teaching pending the outcome of their appeal to the Governor-in-Council. The teachers were dismissed on the grounds that their continued employment would
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    Death probe
    40 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. Police here are Investigating the death of a farmer, Yunus bin Omar, 25, of Mukim Manir, seven miles from here, on the Trengganu river. Yunus died on Monday from gunshot wounds while hunting mouse deer.
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    Claims trial
    36 8 Soraini bin Asmara pleaded rot Ruilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of cheating a businessman, Mohamed Aly Gha s bin M M. Aly of cloth worth $3,750. Bail was allowed until next Wednesday.
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    $10 parking fine
    29 8 Lee Slong Lim of Thomson Road was fined $10 in Singapore yesterday ror obstruction by parking his car too far from the side of the road.
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      231 8 RAIIIO MALAYA News; 9.45—10.00 Radio Malaya Mm aw jm#»«*jm*jm .j^. 1000 Jam g^on- 10 .3Q (•Programme* thus marked can Music Past And Present. be received by listeners In MaTs'nirt w~e and mm. M- ReglOttal dlum wave 475 m., 343, 366 m. and nw%»o% a 297 m.) SINGAPORE P.M. 9.00 The
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    Lock icon Led army on bleeding feet to free Europe
    1267 9 L\TE in May, 1795, the Revolutionary Assembly in Paris met to stage one of pod dramatic scenes in its violent history. mics of the Republic had at last driven ncmies from the soil of France. Hie Terror had ended and Robespierre, tody
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    The outcry far blood horrified all Europe
    177 9 day on a few mouldy crusts and scraps or rancid bacon. It did not shoe or clothe the men who limped into battle with bleeding feet, their clothes in rags and their ammunition pouches empty, it did not instil discipline in a rabble
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      131 9 Rex Morgan. M.B. Hart badly r "^~j^^gigf «db «Bomt w«v pionyT how coujp i matt r \jlu doesn't mawe "*-> bnp out mow ula 08. *s. THttee j boa bring < woolp k wk>*s 4 «*Mn> she woaowe moq&mi i the ooctors say MOW LONG HWE *OU jSr MOWTH& I
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    RUBBER, TIN DROPS CONTINUE ON SINGAPORE MARKET
    647 10 RUBBER, TIN DROPS CONTINUE ON SINGAPORE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent gQTH rubber and tin continued their price drops in Singapore yesterday in the absence of substantial demand. Tin fell off by $3.12£ to $367 per picul. which represents a loss of $9 since May 23 and la the lowest
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday, at 72' t cenus per lb, down 3V 4 cents on Tuesdays closing price. The closing tone was easier. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 72^4, .sellers 72-,; No. 1 R.S.S.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    76 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 32U. O.D. 32H. 90 d st 32 15/16 credit bills. 33 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 32 3/16. On the free exchange market in Honr Kong
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    ESTATE YIELDS 1,000 1b. PER ACRE
    103 10 An average yield of over 1,000 lb. an acre from its Kupang estate in Kedah is reported by Gadek Rubber Estate Ltd., whose chairman. Lt.-Col. P. W. S. Roberts, states that on certain areas a yield of over 1,400 lb. an acre was obtained.
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    70 10 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed— The commercialisation committee of the Brazilian Coflee Institute has voted In favour of regulating shipments of coffee to ports during the crop year commencing July I. The committee will report today to the plenary meeting of the Instituted administrative board which Ik meeting here
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    178 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchance: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: easy; June $28 3 4 buyers. $29 1.4 sellers. Cocount oil: quiet; bulk $42 1.2 sellers, drum $45 12. Pepper: quiet, with no buoine^s reported done: Muntok white $91. Sarawak $90 (both varieties down $1), special Sarawak
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    73 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS INVESImf. steadii ers mall swing on today, n selling expand* and V. 1 both drop** i 6d. Oil steady n Loan*. :< Loans 3 Con. Zinc Bank of N 8 7, 1 Mount Lye] \wsrr* Mount U Peko 2' Western M Ampol. Ex Oil Sear, n Aust. Cor-,
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    97 10 I Ships Mil,; iie^u gapore Harliciir u expelled tod.v an I Omara 4 5, 1:.. j 6 7. Bencru.i han 89 Br~ Benavon 13 14, Ham I Shinyu Maru 18. M^'. 1 1920. Berampan dak N. Wall 8 and 9. Serdan Maxwell Brai I Brooke 23. Salon? Maru 25'2ti.
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      412 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA CHAIR OF PHYSIOLOGY Applications are Invited for appointment to the Chair of Physiology. It la hoped that the person appointed to nil it would dp able to a.ssume duties early in the academic session 1956 57. be- j ginning October. 1956. Appli ..nLs will be
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      432 10 NOTICES THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore i. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 10% less 30% Income Tax In respect of the year ending 30th September 1956 has been declared on the I Ordinary Stock and Management I Shares of
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      425 10 NOTICES THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950 (F.M. No. 52 of 1950) TAIPING TOWN COUNCIL (PROCEDURE FOR ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS 1954 (Appendix B to Pk. G.N. No. 210/54) Regulation 10 Notice of Completion of Revised Register No. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Revised Register of Electors for the ASSAM KUMBANG
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      882 10 NOTICES THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950 (F.M. No. 52 of I>M) TAIPfNG TOWN COUNCIL (PROCEDI'RE FOR ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS 1»54 (Appendix B to Pk. G.N. No. 210/54) Regulation 10 Notice of Completion at Revived Register No NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Revised Register of Electors of the KLIAN PAUH
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    251 12 Continental fashions are gay carefree INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR IN THE NEWEST CASUAL CLOTHES f HINESE, French, Italian, Spanish Vj these are some of the styles currently gladdening and adorning the 'playgrounds' of the world. The Oriental influence which has so recently added drama to the feminine wardrobe has now "gone gay."
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    560 12 SPACESHIPS ARE MYSTERY TO A CHILD WE are giving away our two pups, so we have not really named them properly. No doubt their permanent owners will call them something different. We had stuck to the unimaginative names of Blackface and Longtail. This, however, did not satisfy our little girl
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      387 12 .27. VUla in Yorkshire features an Straits Times Crossword f ."I 1, K&aj* I IT~T 1. I 7 a I I 29 Tner e 1* no difficulty where HI this is complete (4). 'Hi DOWN t 2. It will turn milk (5). IXV X ass* ssa^ _a^ 3 Not a
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    Lock icon A chance of knowing Lord's better missed
    623 13  -  JACK FINGLETON By REINFORCEMENTS FOR INJURY-HIT AUSSIES? LONDON, Wed. WITH the first Test at Nottingham only ten days away, the Australian team suffered sickening blows at Lord's yesterday when there was almost .a procession of injured players to the pavilion in this drawn
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    91 13 AMSTERDAM, Wed.— BRITAIN were Uust night chosen to compete In the finals of the Olympic Football competition at Melbourne during a surprise meeting of the Olympic Soccer Tournaments Committee here. The 16 finalists will be: Australia. India, Slam, United States, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Hungary,
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    Holder Conrad wins
    116 14 TROON, Ayrshire. Wed. r\N a day of shocks in the British Amateur Golf Championship, holder Joe Conrad of the United States eased his way into the last 32 on the windswept, Iron-hard Troon Link yesterday. But he was four over four? when he defeated Tom Armstrong, a
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    These acts of shame must stop
    612 14 SOCCER THUGGERY? HERE'S EVIDENCE IN PLENTY THE EVIL IS NOT REMOVED BY FAP's HOT DENIALS By THE SPORTS EDITOR DOC C E R in Penang never lacks for sensation with its abuseshouting spectators and its too- virile players. Civilian, referees do not want to
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    A Springbok champ gives S'pore stars a surprise
    274 14  -  MOK SIN PIN By 3OUTH AFRICA'S Olympic pole vault prospect, Mechiel Burger, slipped into Singapore unannounced and surprised Singapore athlet i c officials and athletes on Raffles Institution ground with some grand hurdling yesterday. 3urger, a science student ol the University of
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    Lock icon Aussies 108 for five to Oxford's 157
    222 14 Aussies 108 for five to Oxford's 157 LONDON. Wed OXFORD University scored 157 against the Australian tourIng side here today, their last wicket falling just before tea. At the close the Australians had replied with 108 for five. Ovfiiru Ist Inns Metcalfe c and b Johnson 40; Gibson b Crawford
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    NO PLAYERS FROM PERAK FOR ÜBER CUP TRIAL
    120 14 NO PLAYERS FROM PERAK FOR ÜBER CUP TRIAL K. LUMPUR. Wed. PFTEEN women players have been recommended by state badminton associations to take part in the Über Cup Trial fixed for June 17. a day after the North-South encounter in Kuala Lumpur. Nominations have not been received from Perak. The
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    679 14 Spore must have Hobbs and Webb v Fed in August By Our Cricket Reporter OELANGORS victory over Singapore by 42 runs in their cricket match at Singapore last weekend was a splendid example of the axiom that fielding wins matches. Selangor could not claim they had the better batting
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    Eight enter semi-finals
    96 14 •VTINETEEN bouts were decided on the dpening night of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's annual novices championships at the Police Training School last night. The semi-finals and finals will be decided tomorrow and on Saturday at the Great World starting at 8 p.m. QUARTER-FINALS FLY: Lee Seng
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    GURKHAS HELD
    21 14 In a Parker Cup first round soccer gsme at Slim Barracks yesterday. R.E.M.E. and 1 2 Gurkhas drew l-l.
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    69 14 TENNIS S.L.T.A. open championships, V.M.C.A. and Tanglln. SOCCER S.A.F.A. League. Div. 1: Pulau Brani v Tigers, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.; Rovers v Amlcables. Jalan Besar, 7 p.m.: Div. 2A: C.A. "A" v Soccerites."A", Farrer Park; Dlv. 1 2B: BODCA v Dockyard "A", C.V.M.A. CRICKET S.C.C. v Johore
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    MERCANTILE LOSE THEIR RECORD
    433 14 THE crack Mercantile Bank team lost their hundred percent record in the Business Houses first. division league when they were held to a scoreless draw by Sime Darby at Farrer Park. This was a big blow to the Bank team who were bidding for the title
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    SBH results and latest positions
    328 14 Yesterday's resulta and latest positions in the Business Houses league were: N. Carbon 2 Boustead 4 Wearne Bros 3 Borneo C». 1 Traction "A" 5 I. Gate* 1 Postponed. fraction "A" 8 6 1 1 24 14 13 \earne Bros. 8 6 0 2 34
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    FOUR RACES TO SULTAN OF PAHANG
    306 14 PEKAN. Wed. THE Sultan of Pahang had a good x birthday present when his horses won four of the six amateur races held to celebrate his birthday here yesterday. Sambo (Che Ismail). Sound Wave and Bolter gave him an early treble. In the last
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    402 14 KIT SOON LOSE IN 2 SETS TO PLODDING KIM T«HERE was another upset in the v I x tennis championships when th the Malayan doubles title K s Khr I ated from the men's open singles t I V.M.C.A. courts yesterday. I Diminutive Kirn, playing !in grand form, dominated the
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    All the tie for today
    84 14 All the tie f or today Ties to v.M( We» X!,-,:. I pm V Ah Ko» i n K sagoff; Oi Huck T« E N. Alk e;:; Kwoti« n, A. V S M B V Men's tortltj and A. ley alld H B W*»: H. Kami ben v Lou R
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    76 14 TWE SEVLN were com; 1 athletic champ; n yesteraay The put oH on Sal ram. Lon r jump. Cpl Him (Camp.. 2. Pt« Pte. Curzon i A 1. Pte. Sivan. 2. L Cpl Hod 3. L/Cpi. Jam putt: 1. Capt. Duvwr. Maj. Whitmell. 3 Cpl Prrni
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