The Straits Times, 12 April 1957

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    15 1 The Straits Times ffctio** 1 He**?** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1957 15 CENTS
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    LIM's BIG MOMENT
    1121 1  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN The man 'who knew what he wanted' gets it But 26 words spoilt a really happy ending Last -minute Boyd ban: Subversives can't be Assemblymen From LONDON, Thursday TN a solemn 20 -minute cer- emony, Britain this morning handed over full management of Singapore's internal
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    'WE DELIVERED GOODS'- CHIEF MINISTER
    1000 1 'WE DELIVERED GOODS'- CHIEF MINISTER 'THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, is confident that when the merdeka mission returns to Singapore they will not be confronted by any political criticisms because "we have delivered the goods.' He told a press conference, broadcast by the 8.8.C. last night, that he
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    Lock icon Well done, says Australian minister to Singapore '
    154 1 Well done, says Australian minister to Singapore CANBERRA, Thurs.— The Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, yesterday congratulated the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, on the success of his mission at the constitutional talks. He said that the outcome of the talks "represents a great
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    Lock icon 'DON'T STRIKE' PLEA TO PILOTS
    115 1 'DON'T STRIKE' PLEA TO PILOTS MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Australia's acting Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Fad den. has asked the Qantas pilots to refer their pay grievance to arbitration and not to co on strike. The pilots have threatened to strike at midnight tonight. Sir Arthur said he found it "completely baffling that
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    Lock icon Mine kills two U.N. soldiers
    30 1 CAIRO. Thurs. Two Indian soldiers of the UN. Emergency Force were killed today by a land-mine on the demarcation line of the Gaza Strip.— Reuter
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    DEBATE ON REID REPORT
    58 1 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Federal Legislative Council will debate the Reid Report when it meets on May 7 on a motion by the Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Alliance sources said today. The Chief Minister will ask that it be accepted as a bas\ for the
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    Royal trip
    19 1 STOCKHOLM, Thurs. King Gustaf Adolf and Queen Louise, of Sweden, left here today by air for Britain.
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 CHINA TRADE LONDON Thurs— Macmillan told Commons full account would he taken of industrial and trade interests in Sinpapore and Hone X"' v before decision on China trade was reached Keuter. AMMAN PROTEST AHUM. Thurs—Thousands of Palestinians demons* rated today against King Hussein's dismissaJ of Nabulsi— I/.P. (See
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      317 1 Our Establishment WILL REMAIN CLOSED TOMORROW being SINHALESE NEW YEAR DE SILVA BROS. v(.iout.ictunnß |ewcllers" f i.ice S porc-1. Phone: 83 11 5. Main points in the agreement THE NEW CONSTITUTION may I come into force at any time after Jan. S I 1958. SI NCAPORE will be known as
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    Lock icon A candlelit mediaeval banquet for Queen on last night of stay
    535 2 A candlelit mediaeval banquet for Qu een on last night of stay jg m HOBBY UPSETS TIME-TABLE gg PARIS, Thurs. Paris last night staged a mediaeval banquet by candlelight for the Queen on her last night in the French capital. Surrounded by the art treasures of the ages the Mona
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    Lock icon CUPID TAKES A HAND IN ARAB-ISRAEL DISPUTE
    176 2 pAIRO, Thurs. Ro-*-y mance Is the latest complication in the Israeli-Egyptian dispute. Egyptian officers are complaining privately that u.N. Emergency Force troops are falling under the spell of pretty Israeli girl soldiers across the Gaza demarcation line 'No fraternising* The Egyptian officers say
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    Lock icon Sir Winston's secret
    82 2 LONDON. Thursday— Sir Winston Churchill yesterday gave the secret of his present good health at 81 after severe illness and a momentous life: "A lot of drinking, a lot of eating and eight or nine hours of sleep, most of it in the day time." Sir Winston
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    Lock icon HUSSEIN SEEKS NEW CABINET
    216 2 Troops guard roads to capital AMMAN, Thursday. If ING HUSSEIN of Jordan today asked Dr. Hussein Fakhri Khalidi, a senator and former Foreign Minister, to form a new Government. Dr. Khalidi was given 24 hours to hold consultations and form his government, after King Hussein had
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    'LIM SUCCEEDS WHERE MARSHALL FAILED'
    140 2 From MASSEY STANLEY SYDNEY. Thurs— The Sydney Morning Herald, praising Mr. Lim Yew Hock's "quiet and business-like approach which succeeded where flamboyant David Marshall failed." applauds the London agreement. "Strictly from the Australian viewpoint, the continuing access to the Singapore base facilities is a necessary
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      230 2 AN APOLOGY AND AN EXPLANATION FROM TO ITS FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS IT is with the utmost regret that we have to advise that our Qantas pilots have gone on strike and that all Qantas services are consequently disrupted. The issue is a simple one: the pilots, or rather their Association,
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    Lock icon BRITAIN'S TRADE GAP-£49M.
    319 3 Exports for March -^o? m im on worth— et up new record fades calls for aid to India in his Budget speech LONDON, Thursday. iid Eccks, President of the Board of announced yesterday that Britain's mdc "trap" for March the difference xports and imports was £49 milMi
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    Mr. Djuanda gives priority to the rights of the provinces
    96 3 JAKARTA. Thurs. Indonesia's new Prime Minister. Mr. Djuanda. said tonight the problems his Cabinet would tackle were the implementation of the autonomous rights of the provinces and construction work in the outlying regions. Mr. Djuanda said: "These, and the restoration
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    Lock icon DRIVER FORGOT TO MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS
    60 3 "SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS" says the sign on this truck which skidded and crashed into a store at Hubbardsville. New York. Four people in the store escaped uninjured as the building burst into flames. It was destroyed in less than 20 minutes. The
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    ENVOY'S SUICIDE: IKE SPEAKS
    69 3 ENVOY'S SUICIDE: IKE SPEAKS WASHINGTON, Thurs President Eisenhower yesterday expressed sorrow over the suicide of Mr. E. Herbert Norman. Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. The President expressed the hope that the -fine relations'" between Canada and the United States would be restored as quickly as possible. Mr. Norman committed suicide in
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    Money reform
    26 3 MADRID. Thuii. The Spanish Government yesterday announced an eight per cent, devaluation of the peseta and forecast steps to unify its multi-exchange rate system.
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    Lock icon New nuclear blast
    297 3 AND THIS RED TEST EXPLOSION WAS BIGGER THAN OTHERS, SAYS U.S. WASHINGTON, Thurs. —The United States Atomic Energy Commission has announced that the Soviet Union yesterday conducted its third nuclear weapons test in the last eight days. The announcement said that the latest explosion was "somewhat larger
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    Lock icon APPEAL TO WORLD COURT on H-TEST
    200 3 THE HAGUE. Thursday. ILfIR. MASATOSHI MATSUSHITA, special envoy of lfl the Japanese Prime Minister, arrived here today to see the president of the International Court of Justice to try to stop the hydrogen bomb test on Christmas Island. Mr Matsushita, who came by air
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    Lock icon Fatal crash
    35 3 VIENTIANE (Laos i. Thurs. —A light plane of the Laos Air Service crashed on Tuesday, killing Lt. Col. Khushal Chand. Indian member of the International Armistice Commission for Indochina, and two Frenchmen. A.P.
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    Lock icon EGYPTIAN ARMY ON THE MOVE
    44 3 CAIRO. Thurs— The Egyptian army had started manoeuvres. This announcement follows an allegation by tsypt that Israel was "c ontrmplatinc accrcssion" against Egypt. and reports that Israel was planning to send a "test ship" through the Suez Canal. Renter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    269 3 LONDON. Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Consols £53 11 16 —3/16 Funding 4% £88 T x War 34% £73"^i M BANKS Mercantile (£5) £414 Eastern (£5i £7 1 16 Charted (£lt 37,9+1/1014 Hongkong <$125i £954 1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 85
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    RUBBER
    26 3 LONDON, Thurs.— Spot 27 May 21\A.. June 27!5.d. JulySept 27'4d.. Oct.-Dec. 27d.. JanMar 26\d.. April elf. 27d.. May cl.f." 27d. June c.l.f. 27d. Tone Quiet.
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON Thurs Cash buyers £771. sellers £773. Forward buyers £767-. sellers £768. Settlement £771. Turnover a.m. 130 j tons; p.m 110 tons.
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    SERVICE BOSSES WILL BE BOUND by LABOUR LAWS
    290 4 rpHE three armed Services employing local civilian workers will be bound by labour and social legislation of self-governing Singapore, it was announced last night. Agreement on this point followed discussions in London between the Singapore constitutional delegation and the Colonial Office. An
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    Malay soldiers in Hong Kong ask for books
    175 4 rvNE HUNDRED and fifty Malays serving with 91 Field Squadron, R.A.F. Regt. (Malaya) at Kai Tak airport, Hong Kong, are short of reading matter I in their own language. Books and magazines in Jawi or Romanised Malay script are unobtainable there. Into
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    SUICIDE? MY BUSINESS, SHE SAYS
    101 4 A YOUNG married woman told a Singapore court yesterday that it was her own business if she had tried to end her life, as she had done nobody any wrong. Lee Ah See, 21, was stated to have taken a solution of caustic soda on
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    'Speech was not political'
    49 4 The chairman of the Sin.gapore Chinese High School, Mr. Yeo Chan Boon, yesterday denied in a letter to the Education Ministry that Mr. Tan Lark Sye had made a political speech in the school. "Mr. Tan's speech was confined to educational topics." said the letter.
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    Murder charge
    25 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Letchumanan, of Kulai Besar Estate, was today committed for trial on a charge of murdering his wife on Jan 13.
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    Her man went away-and then wished he hadn't
    199 4  - Her man went away- and then wished he hadn't R. CHANDRAN By r|NE evening four years ago a mutual friend arranged a blind date for Barry Handley and Lucielle Robinson, both of Perth, Australia. They met and fell In love. But seldom does the path of true love run smoothly.
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    Ball tomorrow
    27 4 The Singapore Improvement Trust Local Officers' Association will hold an Easter Ball tomorrow night at the Sea View Hotel. Tickets are obtainable at the hotel
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    ENTERTAINERS STAGE A PLEASING POTPOURRI
    189 4 "On Stage,'* a potpourri of ballet, sons and theatre, currently running at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, is virtually an amateur night. Presented by Prances Vernon, with the collaboration of the Stage Club, It introduces ballet students of all ages. "The Dancing Class" is fresh
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    Funeral of Mr. Pillar
    59 4 A funeral service yesterday at th e Catheri the Good Shepherd, pore, for the late Mr. g G. Pillay, a senior mcx the Bar and a fon cipal commission' A large Rathe the burial sen Bidadari Cemetry. There was ;i honour from repi detachments of the
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    Mr. Lim and C won't be late despite strike
    226 4 T»HE Qantas pilots' strike has caused ai in the arrangements for the COQBtitutio team's return to Singapore but it will scheduled arrival here at 3 p.m. on s Qantas officials here said yesterday that the team would fly by BOAC to
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    WHEN MAS WAS HELD CRIMES STOPPED
    85 4 After a mason hari arrested frequent breaking a: Kirn Sencß.!, s cam c to a n al This was stated in a i court yestcr,:., Toh Foyan charges of theft sonal and effects belong dam Chan v Insprctor E. J. Walk the court found
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    No approval for building
    51 5 Wee Thiam Siew and Co Ltd.. were fined $200 in the Singapore City Court yesterday for starting building work on a new house in Haig Road last August without the approval of the City Council. A representative for the management pleaded guilty on behalf of the
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    New lives for three after operations on their hearts
    301 5 New lives for three after operations on their hearts KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J'HREE young women will be able to lead normal lives after successful operations on their hearts at the Lady Templer Hospital here. They were the first heart operations carried out in the Federation, the Templer Hospital surgeon told
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    'PINES' UNREST PROBE
    113 5 'PINES' UNREST PROBE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TTOE Federation Govern--1 ment has appointed a three-man commission to inquire into the labour unrest in the pineapple canning industry in Johore. Mr. Justice Smith is the chairman and the other members are Raja Musa bin Raja Mahadi and Mr. Leung Cheung Ling, both
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    AFFECTING ECONOMY -COURT
    193 5 I FOB, Than. The Sessions Court president, Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen bin Tengku Ismail, said here today that character lotteries were affecting the economy of the country and something must be done about it, when he fined a housewife $500. The housewife. Lee Ah Kew. 32, had pleaded
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    Sultan to return? His health will decide
    153 5  -  HALL ROMNEY From ONDON, Thurs. During Ld a visit to the Sultan and the Sultanah of Johore in their suite at Grosvenor House, a Daily Mail reporter. Olga Franklin, asked the Sultanah if they would return to Malaya "to become King and Queen
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    'WORK WITH RIDA' PLEA
    299 5 New economic deal for rural people KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Inche Ahmad Perang, who became head of the Rural and Industrial Development Authority, today, thinks rural people have bright prospects of enjoying a higher economic status after merdeka. Inche Ahmad, who has been Johore State Financial Officer
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    HOMICIDE – OLD MAN GETS 8 YEARS
    185 5 HOMICIDE OLD MAN GETS 8 YEARS OINGAPORE Assize *3 Court yesterday Jailed for eight years a man who stoned another to death in River Valley Road on Oct. 3 last year. K Adimulam, 64, a former Hindu temple pipe-player, was charged with murderIng C. Rengasamy on the pavement outside the
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    Hindu festival
    26 5 The Singapore Hindu Sabai will celebrate its third anniversary and the Hindu New Year at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 6 p.m. on Sunday.
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      406 5 radio malaya Regional SINGAPORE ('Programmes thus marked can be (Short wave 41m., Medium war* received by listeners in Malacca). 476 m.). (Short wave 41m.. Medium waro A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and 476 m., 341 m., 366 m. 279 m.). Opening Announcement; 7.16 P.M. *1.15 Potpourri; 1.30 News; Morning Serenade; 7.30
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    The new Singapore
    5216 6 HERE IS THE REPORT THAT LAYS ISLAND'S WAY TO SELF- GOVERNMENT (SINGAPORE should be known as the State of Singapore. The following provisions for the pro- tection of Malay and minority interests in Singapore should he included in the Constitution: IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY O f
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      288 6 WEEK-ENDER Jggfl Malaya's popular week-end paper on sale every Friday and designed for your relaxation. Each week you get the best reading and pictures page after exciting page of super H^ features articles featurettes, 9^ sports, terrific pin-ups. j^^^B Some of this Grace chano ■■>■■■■* *k the Mambo Girl week's
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    DEATH
    39 8 21) Words $10 (minimum). MADAM WEE GUEK YONO need 54 beloved wife of Klong 1 ■< Hong passed away peacefully hi :s!»2 Race Course Road yesterc);iv morning Funeral on Saturday at 2 p.m. cremation at Ylo Chu Kang Road.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    63 8 1U Wards HO (minimum). FREEBOROUGH: To the very dear and unfading memory of Eric O.S.P.C killed April 12/1949. Mother IN LOVING MEMORY of Emlle H< liner, died on the 12th April 1964. A light from us has gone a voice we loved Is sti!;. There Is him ness
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Apr. 12, 1957. The State Of Singapore
    1118 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Apr. 12, 1957. The State Of Singapore Sixteen months after Mr. David Marshall made his first merdeka visit to London, Mr. Lim Yew Hock returns with full self-government. The State of Singapore will be founded on a date to be fixed after January Ist. The
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    THEIR VOICES UNHEARD
    135 8 THEIR VOICES UNHEARD rpHE Eurasians, the most law-abiding and peaceful community in Malaya today, have been ignored and forgotten by the Alliance Government. We have no political party which we can join, and being a rather small group, our voices cannot be heard over the speeches of the Alliance. The
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    I live today thanks to a stranger's kindness
    453 8 ABOUT three weeks ago I had a very bad accident and was in quite a bad way. It is easy to know when you're in a bad way, because your breathing becomes so difficult that you need oxygen, there's too much hustle
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      Has Islam hindered Malay advance ?
      403 8 Has Islam hindered Malay advance IN view of the recent decision to adopt Islam as the state or national religion for an independent Malaya, it will not perhaps be out of place to say that Islam has since become a popular topic of conversation among certain sections of the nonMalay
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      S'pore should pay for it
      141 8 S'pore should pay for it SINGAPORE has treated Britons in its service very well and it is up to the services to treat their local employees equally well. This reasoning has been put forward by the Singapore TUC in support of its efforts to assure the future of Singapore's 40,000
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      Poster outside a church
      75 8 TT was most surprising to notice a big poster advertising "Rock Around the Clock boldly displayed in front of the steps of St. Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah. Every church-goer entering the church was tempted to have a glance at it before entering the house of God.
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      Telephone is needed here
      57 8 MAY I suggest to the Singapore Telephone Board that a public telephone is needed in Upper Serangoon Road (near the No. 18 Bus terminus) People living in this area find difficulty in making a call. The other day I had to walk one mile to make
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      MUST NOW PAY FOR TUITION
      125 8 rpEACHERS from verna--1 cular schools who are attending the normal classes are entitled to have free tuition and travelling allowances. Recently the Johore Education Department has changed its policy and we have been asked through a letter to pay tuition fees for the first and
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      Lock icon More buses for Marpherson Rd.
      56 8 More buses for Marpherson Rd. IT would be much appreciated if the S.T.C. could increase the number of No. 12 buses running along Macpherson Road. Also much inconvenience has been caused to the public by the nonchalant attitude of some of thp drivers, who many a time ignore the signal
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      FILM CAMPAIGN SHOULD REACH HAWKERS TOO
      253 8 rjTHE "Serve Clean Food" A driv c introduced by the Singapore City Health Department to bring home to the city's estimated 20.000 hawkers how food should b e prepared and sold in order to combat the incidence of typhoid is a welcome measure in
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      THOSE WHO WORK HERE SHOULD SETTLE HERE
      198 8 THOSE WHO WORK HERE SHOULD SETTLE HERE AS a civilian employee of one of the three armed services I appreciate the untiring efforts made to safeguard the future of the workers by Mr. S. Jaganathan, Singapore's T.U.C. President and Mr. Liin Yew Hock, Chief Mmlater of Singapore, and his colleagues,
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      Preview for comptroller
      244 8 Inote that both parties to a trade union-em-ployer dispute submitted for arbitration to the Industrial Court will now be entitled simultaneously to send copies of their case to the Court. I suggest that steps now be taken to amend the Income Tax Ordinance (Section 7«) to provide
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    On the Margin
    318 8 On the Margin IT was Inter. Khor speaking in Hokl reporters in \h< Times office In Penar In the head offln Straits Times in our Chinese clerica used to speak B to* each other wh> Joined the pap> r but even befon the change-over In the office wa ticeable. rnHE
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    VARSITY TEACHING SPEED-UP FOR K.L.
    156 9 VARSITY TEACHING SPEED-UP FOR K.L. I VERBXTY teaching I II start in Kuala ur in September— 18 months earlier expected li because the UniverMalaya authorities lined Permission to \ariou> Government tional buildings like and teachers' •ollefes on loan anpletlon of their campus near Pctaling r tho old plan lnstruc--1 ilri
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    A Customs course for Singapore graduate
    65 9 A Customs course for Singapore graduate MR. LEE KHEE YOON. 27, of the Singapore Customs and Excise Department, who left for Britain by BOAC yesterday for advanced training. A graduate of the Univer. sity of Malaya, he will be with the British Customs for six months. Mr. Lee is the
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    EXHIBITIONS COME UNDER CONTROL
    120 9 LUMPUR, Thurs. Ffderatior. Governtoday published a I mergence Regulation otrol public exhibias a precaution undesirable pro:da by any alien ntry or political body. the new regulation, c Minister for Internal r and Security can promoter or any ficial concerned in any lay of goods, books, ires,
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    Directors: Reports misleading
    105 9 Directors: Reports misleading GATTEY and Bateman, secretaries for the Cameron Highlands Hotel, yesterday issued the following statement: "The directors of the hotel have carried out an Investigation into the incident on Sunday. "They are satisfied that reports appearing in the newspapers are completely misleading. "The hotel Is a commercial concern
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    Judgment reserved
    90 9 Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah In the Singapore High Court yesterday reserved Judgment in a family dispute in which Towkay Choo Eng Heng, a 73-year-old Yio Chu Kang property owner, is suing three of his adopted sons and two of his grandsons, for possession of a farm, a
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    Engine fault delays plane
    47 9 A Pan-American Stratoclipper. which was to have arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon, has been delayed in Manila for 24 hours because of engine trouble. The plane, with passengers from San Francisco, Honolulu, Manila ana Saigon, is expected to arrive at 3.45 p.m. today.
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    Hotel incident: State govt. steps in
    437 9 SERVANT CLAIMS: RAJA OF PERLIS AND PARTY WERE ORDERED TO LEAVE COMPOUND TANA RATA, Thursday. 'pHE Pahang State Government has stepped into the Cameron Highlands Hotel incident, in which a party of Siamese tourists and their Ipoh hosts were refused admission for tea on
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    Council aims to borrow $20m.
    61 9 The Singapore Legislative Assembly will be asked at its meeting on April 24 to approve a City Council proposal to borrow $20,000,000 for public service projects. The council plans to raise the amount of the last debenture stock from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000. The terms are
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    RED PACKETS ON MERDEKA DAY
    146 9 Celebrations will cost estates $960,000 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs mHE Federation's 320.000 X plantation workers will receive merdeka "ang pows" totalling $480,000 from their employers. Each worker will be given $1.59 as a present on Merdeka Day. Aug. 31. This was decided at a council meeting
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    PUNTERS AND STAFF TO MEET ON WAGES
    178 9 PUNTERS AND STAFF TO MEET ON WAGES Negotiations soon oi SI 3 m. claim IfUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association today decided to open negotiations with the All-Malaya Estate Staff Union on claims for wage increases for 11.000 clerks, conductors and hospital assistants on estates. The union
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    DECREE FOR A HAIR DRESSER
    93 9 DECREE FOR A HAIR DRESSER A year after her marriage, her husband was twice arrested by the police and twice Imprisoned in Changi Prison, said a young hair dresser. Rosa Chin Nget Lan. also known as Rosa Chan Yuen Lan. in the Singapore High Court yesterday. She was suing her
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    Offices closed
    30 9 The offices of the Ceylon Commissioner in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya will be closed from tomorrow till Tuesday during the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year season.
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    44 YEARS-SOCIETY NEVER REGISTERED
    139 9 44 YEARS- SOCIETY NEVER REGISTERED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. a LAWYER and president of the Singapore Family A Benefit Society, Mr. N. N. Leicester, and 10 society committee members were cautioned and discharged in the Sessions Court here today for assisting in the management of an unlawful society last year. The
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    'Misadventure'
    39 9 A Singapore coroner yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on a 53-year-old woman, Chia Kirn Neo, who fell off an STC bus at the Junction of North Bridge Road and Coleman Street on the morning of March 14.
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    He idled the years away, says wife
    188 9 A young mother told a Singapore court yesterday that she regretted marrying a man who was "nothing more than an idler and wifebeater." Ang Kirn Kee said her husband, Lim Bok Chu, preferred to live on his mother and had not tried to
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    Indian holiday
    20 9 The offices of the Indian I Commission in Singapore will remain closed tomorrow on the occasion of Baisakhi.
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    Lazy settlers warned
    63 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Minister for Agriculture, Inche Axis bin Ishak, visited the croup settlement for former special constables at Kampong Java Stia on the Kuala Selangor road yesterday and threatened "drastic action" against a few of the lasiest people there. He told the penghulu that he
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    RUSSIANS WALK TO FILM SHOW
    60 9 RUSSIANS WALK TO FILM SHOW ABOUT 40 Russian sailors, including two women, trudged from Clifford Pier to the Odeon Cinema last night to see "War and Peace." The sailors, from the Nickolay Nekrasov, Dmitry Donskoy and the Kirn, had been given landing permits to see the screen version of Leo
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    9 to be trained as officers
    64 9 Nine young Malayans have been chosen from among more than 200 applicants for training as officers hi the Royal Malayan Navy. The lucky nine, representing the 1957 intake, will begin preliminary training in the R. M. N. barracks. Woodlands, at the end of May.
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    FREE RIDE AND $5 FOR THIEF
    72 9 FREE RIDE AND $5 FOR THIEF A Singapore court yesterday gave Tan Swee Lim a I free ride by train back to his hame in Penang plus $5 for expenses on the Journey. Tan, 24, had agreed to return home as a condition of his discharge. He was given $28.25.
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    Delightful, these dizzy Disney dogs
    411 10 Delightful, these dizzy Disney dogs SUSAN BARRIE SEES THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS THOSE who agree that Disney is incomparable as a creator of screen magic will also agree that he reaches a new high in cartoons with "Lady and the Tramp." This is the first feature-length cartoon to be made
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    WAYNE PLAYS A U.S. BADER
    590 10 Fmany ways "The Wings of Eagles" is reminiscent of "Reach for the Sky," the story of "Tin-legs" Bader, the famous Battle of Britain fighter pilot who led such a heroic life after he lost both legs in a crash. "The Wings of Eagles" tells the
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    AGE CREEPS UP ON ERROL
    255 10 But he can still outwit the cut-throats USED as we are to the swashbuckling Errol Flynn wooing his wenches while he wields a sword or duelling pistol, it is a pleasant change to see him in "Istanbul," a UniversalInternational adventure yarn. The film has plenty
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    ON A JAGUAR JAUNT TO MEXICO
    146 10 ON A JAGUAR JAUNT TO MEXICO MG.M's "The Living Idol" is built round the theory that "the soul wears out many bodies." This film will wear out many critics. I have seen some Implausible plots in my time, but this one is too much to swallow. A pity, because the
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    Jayne beats Marilyn
    59 10 For the first time a copy is doing better than an original. Jayne Mansfield has beaten Maiilyn Monroe at the box-office. Miss Mansfield (from the Monroe production mould: walk, talk, and wiggle) has done it with her film "The Girl Can't Help It," which is taking more
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    TRADE AND CULTURAL RELATIONS
    354 11 IT IS proposed that authority to conduct matters concerning trade and cultural relations with other countries should initially be delegated to the Government of Singapore in the following terms: HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT agree that the responsibilities entrusted to the Government of Singapore may be exercised in
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      243 11 Important Announcement to Owners of /4&\ Overage iX;j Airconditioners J p/ Steel Scrap i« worth $l."> 0 per ton. At that rate \our old airconditionpr will eventually be worth only $15. Don't Irl that happen! j I i§aßsHS*P'^^^_^— --J I |Jr-^^L l^aJaa»W*^.^B«ay* > y^^^^ Contact Climate Knpioeerini: Ltd., uh" will
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      158 11 Rex Morgan 3M.D. Police arrive Nisi ,t¥^ mthes what* *nton6?M W Birr why t Two know Biactlv what* r please X *ovz cather says he's >s 6sj fivVW^. i {^e\ VVHY ABE TM6 POLICE WHATS 1 HAPPENED -—AND >Ou WAD WHAT'S Tmi* Kin ROBBED. mis* «|J ASDtMO«&AN ™3v HERB *S^
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    SHARE MARKET STILL HAS ACTIVE TRADE AT HIGHER LEVELS
    180 12 By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market again presented active trading in industrials and tin sections yesterday with many counters changing hands at improved levels. The rubber section remained firm b^t there was a shortage of sellers. A similar situation
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    46 12 The Federation's Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs Duties for the week from April 11. Rubber 90% cents a Ib. Copra $436 a ton. Coconut oil $748 a ton. Palm oil $789.50 a ton. Palm kernels $374-25 a ton.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 12 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 92 cents per lb. up oneeighth of a cent on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S-S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92%, sellers 92%; Int. 1
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    628 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Brisk and i widespread trading continued on the local share market, and with a few exceptions, price changes were again to higher levels." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:- 8.8. Petrol 605.; Fed. Dispensary $2.20 cd; Praser A
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    120 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchanje: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: easy; April $26 buyers, $37 14 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 seller.^, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 30 to 40 tons of business reported done on both varieties; Muntok white $102. Barawak $101, special Sarawak black
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    80 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32%, OX) 32%. 90d/st 33 credit bills, 33 1/16 trade billsSelling T.T. or O.D. ready: New York 32%. On the free exchange market in
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 12 SINGAPORE Wi RUBBER: n» 'I Per lb. (up one- Pi ?i! t of a cent). TIN: 5387.25 m-r (up 25 cents' r '""<■' COPRA: lnqu.»i,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    85 12 MELJiO' INVESTMENTS wer. 1 Melbourne Stock today. Price movem. large but rises r range of stock reacted sharply to gains. Consol Zinc and New Broken were firm. Loan 3%% 1956- .v. Loan 3V; IM6Bank of NSW. Con. Zinc Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill W Mount Morgan Peko
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    91 12 Ships lying alongside pore Harbour Board expected today arc: P Aalsdyk 4!5, Kinatulu SA I;. 6,7, City of Covei docus 11. Wonosobo' 13 pang 15 16, Panama it N. Wall 7, Perils 21 22 Ban 2324, Elisabeth Bakke Amagisan Maru 27 28 M Breconshire 31 32. Wall Van
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    March production
    36 12 Riverview Rub Der F have announced prodi; March at 123,156 lb Output by Talam Mls< during March was 366 pi The tin output oi ii (Sungei Besi) Ltd- to: quarter of this ye plculs
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    Offer is too low
    53 12 The directors ot United i (Malaya) Rubber Estates c the offer of 16s. 6d. by Setnn Tl for the £1 units Is too does not in any nj si the value of the assets They strongly advi«e rr to take no action until they h further
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      620 12 NOTICE EASTERN REALTY COMPANY. LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; that the Twenty-fourth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Third Floor. China Building, Chulla Street, Singapore on Saturday, 27th April. 1957, at 12.30 p.m to
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      342 12 NOTICES NOTICE SUNGEI BAGAN RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN j that an Interim Dividend of ten percent (ICT-. less 30% Income i tax, has been declared by the Directors In respect of the Financial Year endln? 30th June, 1957, payable on 10th May, 1957, to
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      489 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS DRAINAGE A IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, KEDAH. VACANCIES APPLICATION are Invited from Malay Pedera] Citizens for the post of Probationer Irrigation InI spector in the scale $137.50 A 7.50 1 —152.; =>()/ Examination Bar/209— 14 —307/Examlnatlon Bar/324 A14 450. Candidates, unless already In Government Service, must have attained their 17th
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      898 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are invited from Federal Citizens lor the past of Biochemist at the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur. Minimum qualifications: an honours degree In chemistry or an equivalent academic qualification and one year's approved postgraduate experience. A higher degree, preferably In organic chemistry or biochemistry, would be
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      755 12 NOTICES NOTICE This la to give notice that Mr. Tbeodofre To (also known m To Shlu Wah) has no authority whatsoever to transact any business or to enter into any contracts hereafter on behalf of Messrs. Llm Theng de Co. of Asia Building, Singapore. BRADDELL BROTHERS, Solicitors to Messra. Llm
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      450 12 KNUTSEM LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORT!> iO DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore S'wet Pen.ing Ciertrad Bakke 1 3 Ap, 25 Ap Ellen Bakke 8/10Mav UMav 13M.n VH* Kristin Bakke 13 Apt 27 Apr 29/31Mav l|un e 3|unc UN Anna Bakke 2 May ISMav 16/18|un e 19|une 21|unc
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      1358 13 ,7,: urn MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. T.i, mi* 11 I"*" 1 Incorporated in Singapore) „j ||M THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T 1 „berty to pr^«d V ta Su., .rj.-am. Z&FWgSm?" iot tm l-vpooi P penono •^n^lo^ 00 M SJU ■I (pas. only) Apr 14 Apr 17 B.r'mti Avonmouth Apr IB
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      1032 13 HRTTSffifffffff^L^^^^^S EAST ASIATIC LINBS OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR RANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Panang P. Sham S'pora "LALANDIA" 14/19 Apr 24/21 Apr 22/24 Apr »tiw.*. BaB 9»«>l< only 30Apr/2May BOGOTA" 17/18 May "SELANDIA" 14/17 May 18/19 May 20/22 May Bangkok only HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG, OSLO ■Mama
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      915 13 Km THE REN LINE STEAMERS LTD TUt?" SINGAPORE (Incorporataa in tha Unitad Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO O.K. ft CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Penong REHAVON for Liverpool, Hamburg. Hull G. 4/7/14 Apr IS/14 Apr BENVENUE tor London, Rotterdam, Antwerp 20/24 Apr Lanaen «ra*t BENVORLICH for Avonmouth, Lonoon, Hamburg 28
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    K.L.M. LINKS SINGAPORE AND BASLE
    127 14 AT least five people from Singapore have booked on the new direct air service to Basle which X.L.M. is starting on Sunday. The inclusion of Basle in the X.L.M. service will provide a convenient and direct link between Singapore and this important Swiss ccites.y es.
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    More estates will change hands
    242 14 INTEREST in rubber 1 shares in Malaya is increasing with a speed-ing-up in the pace at which estates are being bought out. Last year about two dozen rubber companies were sold direct to buyers or were amalgamated with other groups. There have also been a
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    Nutmeg men are being 'undersold'
    192 14 Nutmeg men are being 'undersold' rpHE Singapore nutmeg market is experiencing one of the worst trading periods this year. Practically no arrivals have been received in the Colony from the Celebes and Macassar since February and stocks are scarce. Mr T. K. Teng, secretary of the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange,
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    Move to oust old rubber directors
    266 14 SHAREHOLDERS of Sapong Rubber Estates Ltd., will be asked at an extraordinary general meeting in London on April 29, to elect new directors and approve termination of the appointment of Harrison and Crosfteld (Borneo) Ltd., as managing agents and Harrison and Crosfield Ltd., in
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    R.I. tin exports
    32 14 Shipments of Indonesian tin in ore in February were 1,702 tons compared with 2,090 tons in January, according to reports from Jakarta. All the February shipments went to Holland.
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    Port's special representative
    74 14 Mr. a.R. Smith, export sales manager of the Easterbrook Pen Company, In the United States, is visiting Singapore during his three-month, round-the-world sales promotion trip. Mr. Smith Is also a special Trade Representative for the city of Philadelphia, in the United States. Hi s object is to
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    New manager for Cook's
    76 14 Mr. B.E. Kinna, president of the Singapore Association of Travel Agents, has been appointed manager of Thos. Cook and Son Ltd., Singapore. Mr. Kinna, who is also secretary of the Skal Club, succeeds Mr. J.S. Campbell, who leaves the Colony on Tuesday for Europe, on transfer.
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    CASH OFFER RECOMMENDED
    109 14 Shareholders of Allagar Rubber Plantations Ltd. have been recommended by the directors to accept an offer from Banlr Rubber Estates Ltd., on behalf of a syndicate consisting of itself and two other companies, to acquire all the £110.000 stock of the company for cash at the price
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    Goodyear maintains 'living stockpile'
    181 14 TTOE Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., of Akron, 1 Ohio, maintains what it calls a "living stockpile" of natural rubber in South-East Asia to meet increasing demand for the product. The company has plantations in Sumatra, the Philippines and a latex creaming plant in Malaya, apart
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      335 14 cA Novelty ..-and here Id what the ladle* have waited }0r.... cA very etylith waterproo} watch that wind* it*el} JHV up automatically f£Bf/ whilst being JSf/ Rolled gold CSM Alfc^ \jw Steel back t^*p^ IR N "m* /Mm/ One of rl Actual site f^M/ tiniest water /^Hy proof automata fmßm/
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      422 15 Check Before Posting Replies to Box Nnbort I care should be taken replying to box mntber o use the CORRECT i .■FER and Address to rfce Times Cecil Street. MODATION VACANI Yin.) Bmx it cte. extra. sfrrJ-detached House, Dapat. Johore Bahru r: rooms. Bathrooms at r ar.ts' Quarters; Mo-Ljong-bath, Water
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      512 15 GODOWN SPACE VACANT 2« Words ti <mi*.)-BoxMcts.,xtrm. TO LET OR For Sale Godownt Vacant. Freehold. ModeTn T£w Oodowns near Railways and S Hi h l ut 6 ooo SQ Modern Sanitation. Electric and Water Inj stalled. Apply Box A 2308, S.T. EDUCATION *W.r*.s4 (Mim.)-BoxttcU.txtrM. BETHEL ENGLISH SCHOOL (Entrance Flower Road.
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      741 15 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES StWordsU (MlM.)—Boxitef.tMtrm. WANTED Shop Premises, will I r»y good rent for locality in districts 14 or 15. Apply G.P.O. Box TO LET Shop Premises Oood locality for office and wholesalers/ retailers district 7. write for particulars to Box A 2207, S.T. SHOW ROOM GROUND Floor i wanted by
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      842 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Words ti (Mi* Box it ctt. txtra. PLYMOUTH 1955. Mileage about j 15,000, condition and upholstery as new. Price $7,000.— 0.n.0. Tel: tttU Office hours. MORRIS MINOR 2-Door, 8 months old. 3000 miles. Perfect condition. Owner leaving. Offers i to Box A 2196, S.T. THE AUTO-MART.
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      493 15 FOR SALE M Words $i (Him.) Bom M cts. owtru. RADIO 3 SPEED PICKUP in good condition. Best offer over $200. 39 Colchester Grove, Serangoon Odn. Estate. ASHA'S BARGAIN of Bargains Now On. Buy Best for Easter Festival— Nylon Panties $1 90. Nylon Mojud Stockings $3.50, Orion Jumpers $15.50. Can-Can
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      481 15 TENDERS WIDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited to run the Canteen at the Chinese Swimming Club from Ist May 1857. Particulars, Tender Forms and other detail* obtainable at the Club Office. Y. S. LEONO, Secretary. CITY COUNCIL, SINGAPORE TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS ARE INVITED from First Class Contractors for the construction and
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      166 15 P^Ronson Electric Shaver J k gives you a much closer J SlloYc I The unique Rouson Fo!l. whlci. H\ shields the powiirful rutt«r» from tbe skin. Is the thinnest ever made g^ so the blaCies can cet closest gg=^ to your skin— can civ* you the bß\ closest shave of
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    Watch these newcomers
    70 16 The Sullivan stable will introduce a batch of newcomers at Bukit Timah and a couple worth keeping an eye on are Peace Police (late Savory) and Hopeful Blue. This pair of three-year-olds showed useful speed from the barrier in a starting test yesterday morning. Others in the
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    Brilliant Scholar faces big test tomorrow
    503 16 EPSOM JEEP'S BUKIT TIMAH PREVIEW Barakat does an impressive gallop NEW JOCKEY CRAMER TO RIDE HIM IN HUNTER MEMORIAL STAKES rpHE greatly improved Brilliant Scholar faces his first test in the top class at Bukit Timah tomorrow. With only 7.7 this useful five-year-old must
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    A good bet -Brave General
    98 16 A good bet Brave General nRAVE GENERAL again took the eye with a splendid gallop yesterday, clearing away from Superscope over 3f in 38 4/5. He should be a good bet tomorrow. Alu Alu (Franklin) created a good impression when he paced Triwalla (Donnelly) in a 3f try-out In 381/5.
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    BLUE TANGO SHAPES LIKE A FIRST DAT WINNER
    555 16 BLUE TANGO, with Ken Barratt up, shaped like a winner in his final gallop when he drew away from the well-performed Dollar Factory at the finish of a 3f try-out in 37 2/5 one of the best times of the morning. Singora
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    BASKETBALL RESULTS
    78 16 RESULTS of semi-final fixtures xl> In the S.YS.C basketball league last night were: DIVISION TWO: Group 1: Ming Chong 57 Wu Tung 46. DIVISION THREE: Group 1: Chwee Hwa S3 Je Yen 37; Fowlle North (Ta Hwa) wo Ming Joon; Group 2: Student Weekly 54 Sin Hwa 75;
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    Chew Bee, Hee Chin in final
    71 16 Ong Chew Bee and Llm Hee Chin entered the doubles final of the V.M.C.A. lawn tennis championships when they beat I. A. Alsagofl and H. Kamls 6-1 6-1 In 20 minutes at Bras Baoah Road yesterday. They will now meet A.G. Pakir and Chan
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    S.R.A IN DRAW UP NEW 'BATTLE PLAN' IN AID TO GET THE CONCESSIONS.
    243 16 S.R.A IN DRAW UP NEW 'BATTLE PLAN' IN AID TO GET THE CONCESSIONS. HEARTENED by the news that the British Government has scrapped entertainment tax on horse racing, the Straits Racing Association is drawing up new "battle plans" in their campaign to persuade the Malayan Governments to reduce the crippling
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    No bias against Penang, says Wee
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    Hockey training
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