The Straits Times, 7 May 1957

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    15 1 AVERAGE HIH ißgjt»ffiEjHBfcMtElMWifE#S^W^ff^V The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAT 7, 1957 15 CENTS
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    SINGAPORE FLU SCARE
    510 1 SCHOOLS MAY HAVE TO CLOSE* 2S,OOO PUPILS ABSENT Health and Education Ministries making argent review of the situation Worst ever in Colony history SINGAPORE'S -(hools may be dosed as a result of the influenza epidemic thi- worst in the Colony's history. Ministries of lion :mri Health gently
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    Lock icon JAKARTA GIVES MARSHAL V A BIG WELCOME
    128 1 JAKARTA GIVES MARSHAL V A BIG WELCOME JAKARTA, Mon. MARSHAL Klementi Voroshilov. president of the Soviet Union, arrived here today for a two-week state visit. He is the first head of state of a major power to visit the young republic. He was welcomed at Kemajoran Airport by the Indonesian
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    Lock icon Eden flies to Ottawa
    37 1 BOSTON, Mon. Sir Anthony Eden, looking tanned and rested, left here by air for Ottawa today to spend a further three weeks convalescing as guest of Mr. Vincent Massey. the Canadian Gover-nor-General. Reuter.
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    The 'king' and I—by Onn
    195 1 The 'king' and I— by Onn NOT ONE 'WHO TODAY DIVORCES A WOMAN TO MARRY ANOTHER TOMORROW' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Reid recommendation that the Paramount Ruler of independent Malaya should hold office for five years could lead to "the appointment of a Ruler who may be unsuitable on account
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    'HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR REINS'
    253 1 Suhrawardy's advice to Malaya THE Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, yesterday gave this advice to an independent Malaya: "Go slow and hold tight to your reins, for there is the danger of your running away. Mr. Suhrawardy said this on his arrival at
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    Married—for 17th time
    59 1 Married— for 17th time MALACCA, Mon. A police supervisee, who recently married his 17th wife, gave that as an excuse today when charged with failing to report his new address. Hamid bin Rahmat. alias Sheh Aflendi, 45. told the magistrate that he had Intended to contact the police when he
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    PARTY WALKS OUT FROM CONGRESS
    213 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday CUPPORT for the Malay Congress weakened when the Party Rakyat delegation walked out of a meeting today. The delegation, led by the party's president. Inche K. Ahmad Boestamam. left while the congress was debating the Peninsular Malays Union proposal for a national
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    19 1 AMMAN, Mon. -Jordan remained quiet today as the Government continued its measures to maintain calm.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nuclear risks
    22 1 LONDON. Mon. British insurance companies will soon be providing cover against nuclear power risks, it was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dance tempo rage: Slow, 510w... hiss, kiss, slow
    89 1 Dance tempo rage: Slow, slow kiss, kiss, slow LONDON. Mon. rE snowball dance better known as "Slow, Slow Kiss, Kiss. Slow," has become the rage at Durham youth club and has started parent* worry big about teen-age children. The teen-agers dance it this way: The lights dim and a couple
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    Chick-in-egg patient ('not cured') is out now
    281 1  - Chick-in-egg patient ('not cured') is out now ROGER TANTON HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN KNOWS NOTHING OF DISMISSAL, BUT- By KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. patient who found an embryo chicken in an egg he had for yesterday's breakfast at the General Hospital here told the Straits Times today he had been "dismissed" from the
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    Lock icon CAESAREAN OPERATION SAVED TIGRESS
    59 1 CAESAREAN OPERATION SAVED TIGRESS PRINCESS, a four-year-old Bengal tigress, undergoes a Caesarean operation performed by Dr. Jack Brundrett (right). In the Dallas Zoo Texas At left Is Mr George Bullocb. op- crating supervisor of the too, holding a bottle of dextrose which is fed to the* unconscious animal to prevent
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE 'THE FRONT LINE'
    256 1 LONDON, Monday. rpHE COLONIAL Under-Secretary. Mr. John Pro- fumo, said today that Singapore was the "lront line of Communism and politics there are really a matter of me and deatn. He was answering a question in the House of Commons by Mr. James Callaghan, who had
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    29 1 CABINET CRISIS BOMB, .Mon Italy faced political iritis tonight with collapse of moderate irntrc cabinet he. id. hy Antonio Srcni. who :s expected to resign tonight. R«uter
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      8 1 THE PICTURE THAT ANGERED BRITAIN** See Page Z
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    A JUNGLE SOLDIEK WOULDN'T 08EY...
    178 2 A JUNGLE SOLDIER WOULDN'T OBEY... ITTTHILE a company of the 2nd Bn., Royal Welch Fusiliers, were on patrol in the Jungle near Ulu Teram. Johore, on April 10, a soldier refused to obey a command. Fusilier David Gordon Jones. 21, appeared before a Singapore court martial yesterday accused of refusing
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    Hush-hush TV report being studied by Colony Govt.
    305 2 Hush-hush TV report being studied by Colony Govt. MATHS. DEGREE FOR MISS CHANG NEW YORK, Mon. -Mis. Chan* pi_n daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Chan*, formerly of Singapore, will graduate from Ran-nolph-Macon Women's College In Lynchburr, Virginia, next month Miss Chang, who has completed a four-year coarse, will receive
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    137 2 PICTURE THAT SHOCKED A NATION THIS portrait of Sir Winston Churchill ha* been condemned by British critics, newtpanc,, and by Sir Winston himself. The Daily Td c graph reported that Sir Winston was "frankly offended by the portrait and was making no secret of his anger." Here are two other
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    Lock icon A stroll to church meant death for 3 children
    98 3 LONDON, Mon. Two it tie sisters and a boy raMag hand-in hand lung a pavement to lutrrh at Hexham, Northumberland, yesterday were killed by a ir which mounted the pavement and mowed ihcm down The girls, Joanna Polloik. 11. and Jacqueline,
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    Lock icon ARMY TO CELEBES REBELS: YOU MUST OBEY RULES
    158 3 ARMY TO CELEBES REBELS: YOU MUST OBEY RULES T JAKARTA, Monday Indonesian Army last night told the rebillious province of East Indonesia that it must obey traJ Government, regulations. army order, if obeyed East Indonesian adition. would end the in the Celebes, which when army and civil seized control there
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    Lock icon Taxation talks
    18 3 ACCRA. Mon.— Ghana will open negotiations 'am on double taxa- British firms operat- this country. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Egypt held in Soviet grip
    435 3 RUSSIA COULD RUIN NASSER OVEKMIGHT, SAY ECONOMIC EXPERTS WHEAT AND PETROL EXPORTS ARE THE TRUMP CARDS CAIRO, Monday. RUSSIA has Egypt at its mercy economically and conld rain her overnight, economic experts said yesterday. They said she could do this by refusing to take Egypt's
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    Lock icon Police quell Polish army revolt
    89 3 Police quell Polish army revolt WARSAW. Mon ONE thousand police and troops were used to quell a major riot in Naroslaw a garrison town in south-west Poland it was reported today. A report In the newspaper Szpandar Mlodych said it was one of many recent outbursts against Communist state authority,
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    Lock icon Arabs blacklist U.S. tanker
    37 3 DAMASCUS, Mon. The Arab League today blacklisted the American tanker Kern i Hills for carrying oil t 0 Israel I last month. The 10,441-ton tanker will be barred from all Arab ports. —A.P.
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    39 3 PRINCESS MARGARET —GIRL GUIDE Princess Margaret, wearing Girl Guide uniform, arriving at the guide training centre at Foxlease. in Hampshire, on a private visit She met Commonwealth headquarters advisers and discussed the movement within its various branches.— A.P. picture
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    Lock icon Two Nazis accused after 20 years
    179 3 'NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES' TRIAL itfUNICH, Mon. The trial opened here today of two former high S.S. officers accused of helping to kill seven men after the notorious I "Night of the Long I Knives" more than 20 years ago. The officers, Sepp Dietrich.
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    OFFICIAL NOTE ON PIANIST WHO WOOED PRINCESS
    84 3 STOCKHOLM. Mon— The Master of the Royal Household. Count Carl-Reinhold von Essen, said in a Press statement today that Mr. Robin Douglas-Home, a London advertising agent and jazz pianist, had asked for the hand of Princess Margaretha of Sweden. His suit was rejected.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    231 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were:— LOANS Consols £53H Funding 4% £904 -f War 3V4% £71?» BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4 9/32 Eastern (£5) £7 Chartered (£1) 39/14 Hongkong C 9125) £954 +1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 85/14 Royal 88/14 Prudential £43
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    RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON. Mon Spot 26' id., June 26\d. July-Sept 26> t d., Oct.-Dec. 26d.. Jan.-Maf. 25^d.. April-June 25Hd., May c.lf. 25\d.. June c.lf. RU July c.i f 25 T^d. Tone: Easy
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    TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Mon— Cash buyers £768 S,, seller? £769 Porward buyers £768, sellers £169 Settlement £771. Turnover am 130 tons, d ni. 5S tons.
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    Lock icon REFUGEES REPORT TtEIGN OF TERROR'
    273 3 REFUGEES REPORT 'REIGN OF TERROR' AHORE, Mon. The Pakistan newspaper Civil and Military Gazette yesterday quoted Tibetan refugees reaching the Kashmir border as saying that Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, had been taken from Lhasa to China for "medical treatment." The refugees said Tibet had been under martial law
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    Lock icon Killed by mine
    31 3 VIENNA, Mon. Austrian police reported today they saw a Hungarian girl, aged about 17 years, blown up in a minefield as she sought to escape to Austria. A.P.
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    28 4 FLU EPIDEMIC SETS OFF A BIG RUSH AT HOSPITAL SCENE at the General Hospital outpatients department yesterday as crowds of flu-stricken people rush for treatment. Straits Times picture.
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    J.B. inspector transferred
    36 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Insp. C. C. Stevenson has been transferred from the Sessions Court here to be senior Crime Investigation officer. His place as court inspector has been taken by Insp. Harbajan Singh.
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    Film show
    36 4 A two-hour programme of documentary films on life in Malaya will be shown by the Singapore Film Society at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on May 19.
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    The 'constant wife'
    170 4 HUSBAND: 'SHE WAS ALWAYS STARTING QUARRELS, ALWAYS ENDING THEM BY ASSAULTING ME 9 pHANG THENG FATT. a War Department clerk, said in the Singapore High Court yesterday that two months after marriage his wife constantly started quarrels and rounded them off by assaulting him. One« during an
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    HUNT FOR ARTIST'S 'DREAM' GIRLS
    89 4 HUNT FOR ARTIST'S 'DREAM' GIRLS rE two girls who come nearest to being an artist's "dream" will win the prizes awarded for the best professional and amateur models at the "Artists and Models" ball at the Sea View Hotel. Singapore, on May 13. Several of the Colony's prettiest girls are
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    85 films on black list
    41 4 The Malayan Catholic News in its latest issue lists 85 films as "morally objectionable in part for all." Among them are "River's Edge," "You Cant Run Away From It", "Flight to Kong Kong", and "Designing Woman."
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    D.O. moves
    22 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Inche Abdul Ra'of bin Haji Mohamed Said has been transferred from Merslng to Pontian as District Officer.
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    TAX-ROW DANCERS ARE SO GLAD TO GETAWAY
    152 4 SPANISH dancers Pepita and Enrique left Singapore yesterday by X.L.M. for Paris but first they made public their views on this island. Enrique spoke of their audiences: "They were an uncultured lot who did not appreciate our dancing. "They could only have been
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    School dinner
    29 4 The Gan Eng Seng School Parent- Teachers' Association and Old Boys' Association in Singapore will hold a "Founder's Day" dinner in the school hall on May 18.
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    Beware of enemies, says the Tengku
    154 4 SOME 'AHE AFRAID OF MERDEKA ALOR STAR, Monday. TTOE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, warned an Alliance youth meeting here last night to "beware of enemies around us." "We have many, and they are doing all they can to defeat our .objective," he said.
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    POLICE SEEK A BOY PATIENT
    61 4 POLICE SEEK A BOY PATIENT Singapore police are anxious to interview a 17--year-old boy who disappeared from the General Hospital two hours after he was brought in with suspected pieces of glass in his stomach. When police tried to get a statement from him at the hospital, he was missing.
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    Baby show
    23 4 Johore Bahru will today observe World Health Day with a baby show near the fire brigade station In Jalan Ah Fook.
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    STILL NO DATE FOR BORSTAL OPENING
    142 4 'THE opening date of Singapore's first borstal— ready for occupation several weeks ago has still not been decided. The Prison Department is waiting for the Public Services Commission to appoint three house masters. The Commissioner of Prisons, Major W. L. P. Sochon, told the
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      189 4 SHELL THEATRETTE: Ftee RAFFLES Ml SKI M: Sp«cial nlm show— Look At Your World, exhibition of photographs by Chua John SebMtian— Shell House. Soo-Bin. P. L. Chan, Ho TatCollyer Quay, 1.15 pjn. Beng. Lee-Llm and Peng-Seng INDEPENDENT- MISSIONARY sta mford Road, 9 ajn. to Genem^Holpitar^Wart? W 7.30 c STUDY GROUP
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    fecurity gets big boost
    219 5 Security gets big boost W*NMBm PLAN TO AMEND ORDINANCES MAY AFFECT HUtm*BDB paltime servicemen Abe called out ]vm regular forces [\\intain order Auapore (iovernment has taken measures luorporate hundreds of volunteers and rJi members of three defence services in j.nv's internal security organisation I Bills made public last night affect
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    Naval amateur dramatics
    47 5 The Dockyard Amateur Dramatic Society at Sembawang Singapore, will present a play 'Four Winds" by Alex Atkinson at the society's theatre at the naval base on Thursday Friday and Saturday at 8.30 p.m Tickets can be boueht at the door at $2 anrt $1
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    ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR RADIO MAN SHE MADE — SO ABSENT-MINDED –
    17 5 ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR RADIO MAN SHE MADE SO ABSENT-MINDED MARIE Breeze blew her picture into Savasrs heart
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    lection move
    9 5 Election move ;-Socialist Party ected nominate by-elec-j Pacar and
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    staying with sterling
    216 5 bimonwealth pool gives Malaya all she asonably needs in American dollars IT A LUMPUR, The likeliMalaya turning -ca or Russia for meet its capital is dismissed tospokesman of •;on Ministry of Finance as "pure speculation." He was commenting on a report of Malayan experts in the Conservative
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    Greek girl flies to marry her pen-pal
    341 5  - Greek girl flies to marry her pen-pal R. CHANDRAN By QJAVAS ZOUMIS, 32, 0 a Greek technician, was busy repairing a radio in his sister's house in Sydney one evening a year ago when a letter from Athens landed at his feet. "Oh, get it for me, will you. This
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    ft drifts 0 ambush. w makes ids flee
    70 5 ft drifts into ambush, new makes Reds flee ■11 —The Federaiser »n Aborigines. 1 D. Noone, was 1 by terrorists 1 ting down the M-r on Friday. and his escort uirninc to Grik ml to Fort Ker- i) jungle in the ,t IVr.ik area, when Hacked. rroriste, using a and
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    3 boys hurt i crash
    20 5 •.vre in j urea overturned in Singapore, at Chua Chew Wee Leong, 16. Lee, 18.
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    Bt Proud of Ytur English
    206 5 Be Proud of Your English iontent with the ■k and write? Are at you are not lakes that cause overrate you? ai of men ana .inandicapped beunake embarrassrojln speech and I cannot express effectively. v it to be a master expressive Engwant to became r ersatinna'.ist ar.d Do you want
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    Apology ends UMNO dispute
    95 5 Apology ends UMNO dispute KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today received an apology from a "rebel" UMNO leader, Dato Raja Mohammed Hanifah. who is secretary of the Negri Sembilan state organisation. The apology ended a monthlong row between the state organisation and its headquarters in Kuala
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    He ignored his father's warning—and died
    150 5 He ignored his father's warning and died A BOY whose father had often warned him that cycling in town was dangerous was knocked down and killed when he borrowed a friend's machine, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. Urn Swe e Kirn, a Chinese High School pupil, was hit by
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    INSANITY: A DIVORCE LAW CHANGE PLANNED
    101 5 INSANITY: A DIVORCE LAW CHANGE PLANNED AN amendment to the Divorce Ordinance Llm Swee Kirn a Chinese a wife to institute divorce proceedings in Singapore if one of the parties is "incurably of unsound mind" and has been under continuous treatment outside the Colony for five years preceding the presentation
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    BROKER JOKERS' MONOCLES ON THE WA V, AND SO IS A TEN-GUINEA BILL
    190 5 BROKER JOKERS' MONOCLES ON THE WAY, AND SO IS A TEN-GUINEA BILL OEFUSING to De outclassed" Dy a monocled lx fellow passenger on board the Willem Ruys, two Singapore brokers wired a Colony optician for identical adornments to be sent to them by air to Cape Town. The optician. Mr.
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    Air displays over Brunei
    59 5 Six Venom jet fighters of No. 45 Squadron. R.A.F., will fly from Butterworth to Brunei tomorrow to give a display at the official opening of the town's new civil airport. tfaletta transport or No. 110 Squadron RAF., and a Bristol freighter of No 41 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F..
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    FILM STARS MUFF UNES ON VITAL FANTASTIC STATISTICS (82-23-54)
    123 5 FILM STARS MUFF LINES ON VITAL FANTASTIC STATISTICS (82-23-54) THREE yitung Siamese film stars flew into Singapore by BO AC yesterday and startled everyone at a Press conference by riving a fantastic set of vital statist i'^ Reporters, with pencils poised, put th<> vita] question (through an interpreter) to the
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    Shapely Siamese girls give reporters a shock at airport
    125 5 Shapely Siamese girls give reporters a shock at airport when a Columbia Pictures official drew her aside. There was a whi«.pered conference, with an interpreter in attendance. Then Ngamta returned with a broad smile and whispered to the other girls. Their shapely curves shook in a fit of giggling. The
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    DEATH
    46 6 Word, $1$ (minimum). MADAM TAN KUM NEO, aged 77, passed away peacefully at 1. Frankel Avenue, Singapore, 15, leaving behind one son. Wee Van Soon. 3 daughters, one daughter-in-law. 2 sons-in-law, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at 10 ajn. on Thursday. 9th May 1957.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    86 6 to Word, Sit (minimum). MR. MRS. MICHAEL HENG thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes and valuable gifts on the occasion of their marriage ln 4th May 1957. MR. AND MRS. K.A. LINGAM thank all relatives and friends lor their kind wishes, attendance and assistance on the
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    194 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). SALE NOW ON at MulchandsJ 82-1. Bras Basah Road. Dresses Gowns Prices SlashedFOR COCKTAIL TIME Jack i Straws are Just right for Makan j Ketchil. On Sale at all good stores Sole Agents Robinson's. SAVE $70 a year by Joining the World Book Club- Write
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    She Straits Simr* Singapore, Tues. May 7, 1957. Sterling And Staff
    597 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. May 7, 1957. Sterling And Staff The economic consequences of Malayan independence seem to have attracted a generous share of the Conservative Commonwealth Council's attention at its annual conference in London. The Council does not express official British opinion, but it helps make British policy,
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    Visiting Premier
    292 6 Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, Pakistani's Prime Minister, who is on short visit to Singapore, is perhaps the outstanding statesman that country has produced since Mr. Jinnah. Before he took office in September last, the avenue to political success was by way of the Muslim League. The first blow
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    Trouble In Tibet
    202 6 Little news comes out of Tibet, and most of what does is unreliable. But there is evidence that the unrest which led to revolt in parts of the country a year ago has continued to simmer. Reports brought out by refugees who have reached Kashmir with the
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    JORDAN'S ARAB NEIGHBOURS
    1308 6 'THE political and eco- nomic interest of Jordan's neighbours in her present plight are more diverse than the oft-proclaimed "Arab unity" might lead one to suspect. Persia and Iraq, members of the Baghdad Pact, are conscious of the danger of Communism in the Middle East, and thus
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      Nat here in Singapore
      99 6 Not here in Singapore TLfAY i refer to a Reuter lfl report appearing l n the Straits Times of May 3 in connection with the current session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs at New York. The report quotes the British representative as having stated that heroin, mixed
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    THE MEN WHO ARE IN CONTROL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
    24 6 PRESIDENT OF SYRIA KINC SAUD OF ARABIA PREMIER OF IRAQ THE SHAH OF PERSIA
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    JORDAN'S ARAB NEIGHBOURS
    324 6 On the Margin IN the days v.n four Rulera old federation i make a form.il in Jalan R meetings ot the ral Council, one most Impress! was the oi ci 3 of Negri Sembila] When I went b;. Seremban this time I were, to my surprise cwrtury-old I main that
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    MALAY CONGRESS ADOPTS 16-POINT CHARTER
    184 7 MALAY CONGRESS ADOPTS 16-POINT CHARTER UA L A LUMPUR, JV Mon. The Malay Congress today adoptrd a 16-point charter to 'guarantee the livelihood" of the people and urged that it bo incorporated in the constitution of indopmdent Malaya. rjip charter was put forward ty Negara, one of I M.ilay organisations
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    Fumes: Two collapse
    53 7 T Hirers of a gang ere overcome by .ilo working with tc drills on the fifth of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank ChamIn Collyer Quay. Singa- night. Tan Soon Kang. 21. and i Salleh bin Haji it. ,S9. were admitted to (h nrral Hospital where indition was said
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    Man accused of abducting girl
    40 7 ijoo Krishnan, 23, was m Singapore yestervnth abducting and ping an 11-year-old girl. offences were alleged been committed in iui Kang Road and !< Road between Jan. 26 eh 8. Rajoo was remanded for a week.
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    Police eye new harbour union
    387 7 MEMBERSHIP BADGE SHOWS STAR, HAMMER, CLENCHED FIST** 'RED EMBLEMS 9 IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMUNIST-FRONT ORGANISA TION— BLADES T HE n fwfv ial Br nc j 1 j? k eepin» an eye on the Worke^S 1 86 Sm(fapOre H bour Bo d nist-front activities
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    MR. SHAW LEAVES FOR FESTIVAL
    64 7 MR. RUN BUN SHAW, the Malayan cinema magnate, left Singapore for Japan by BOAC yesterday to attend the South-East Asia film festival at Tokyo. Straits Times picture shows Mr. Shaw with Malay film Stan Saadiah (left) and Hashimah, who were among a large gathering who
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    Pirate taxis—new law is aimed at driver, passenger, owner
    164 7 Pirate taxis-new law is aimed at driver, passenger, owner T<HE fate of Singapore's pirate taxi operators is sealed. Action that will give passengers owners and drivers a lot of trouble is planned by the Government. This is what can happen under the new measures planned: The passenger may be arrested
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    Waring takes a London course
    39 7 Sir Douglas Waring, a member of the Federal Legislative Council, is among representatives from about 30 Commonwealth and Colonial legislatures who began on Monday a month's course in parliamentary procedure and practice in London.
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    Man accused of murder
    32 7 Low Kwan. 26, was charged in Singapore yesterday with the murder of B. K. Bha.skaran Kurruppu in the Dockyard on April 17. Low was remanded for a week.
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    TUC plea for 'temporaries'
    33 7 The Singapore Trades Union Congress will today send the Government a resolution passed at its May Day meeting last week asking for the reinstatement of all dismissed temporary clerks.
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    Music degree
    34 7 Miss Loke Park Thonij of Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, has received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne. She will return to Malaya at the end of the year
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    Farewell lunch
    36 7 The Buddhists of Singapore yesterday gave a party to delegates and observers to the Buddha Jayantl celebrations at Bangkok with a lunch at Maha Bodhi School in Geylang. The party left by air later.
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    Dies at work
    25 7 Ho Tan Chwee. 26, a painter fell to his death from a 20ft. high window while painting at Middleton Hospital, Singapore, yesterday.
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    Don finds his Malayan beauty at the station
    239 7 HERE'S A HIKER WITH AH EYE FOR GLAMOUR DURMA has the most beautiful children in the world but if you want to see beautiful Rlrls you should go to Ankara. Teheran or Kuala Lumpur, says Don James. He is one of the
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    3 held after clash
    52 7 Singapore police detained three secret society suspects last night after a fight involving more than 20 people in the Chinatown area. Detectives from the Secret Societies Branch of the C.I.D. chased a mob armed with bottles and iron bars at Banda Street, near the Junction of
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    NZ envoy to fly to SEATO talks
    50 7 The New Zealand Commissioner. Mr. Foss Shanahan, will leave Singapore tomorrow for Bangkok for a meeting of the seato Council of Representatives. He will also attend festivals commemorating the 2,500 th anniversary of the Buddhist era. He will be accompanied by Mrs Shanahan
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    Food offence
    28 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Lee Teng Leong, a lorry driver of Singapore, was fined $500 here today for moving eight tons of shrimp paste without a permit.
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    Farmer's suicide
    28 7 A verdict of suicide was recorded in a Singapore coroner's court yesterday on Ang Ah Bah, a retired farmer, who was found hanging from a tree.
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    WD men not public servants—counsel
    138 7 WD men not public servants— counsel A CIVILIAN employee In the War Department was not a public servant as defined in the Singapore laws, and so could not be accused as such of taking a bribe, defence counsel submitted in a Colony court yesterday. Mr D. Marshall was defending Fazal
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    MOTORIST ALLEGED TO HAVE TRAILED' A WOMAN L-DRIVER
    190 7 MOTORIST ALLEGED TO HAVE 'TRAILED' A WOMAN L-DRIVER A WOMAN undergoing a driving test was menaced and trailed by another driver from Upper Cross Street to Enggor Street till she became "very nervous and did not know what to do," the tester who was with her alleged in a Singapore
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    Pangkor fish eatoh sets a record
    76 7 Pangkor fish catch sets a record IPOH, Mon. Fishermen on Pangkor Island had a record catch of about 1,600 piculs of fish on Saturday night the best so far this year. "This Is a break for as," the owner of a fishing syndicate said today. "For the past three or
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    Electricity off
    30 7 D' Almeida Street. Singapore, was without electricity during lunchtime yesterday while minor repairs were carried out by the City Council. The supply was resumed Just before 2 p.m.
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    Club social
    22 7 The International Women's Club of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. will hold a dollmaking meeting and social at 5 Raffles Quay tomorrow.
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    Band concert
    19 7 The Singapore Police Band will play at the Esplanade Garden from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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    BODY IS FOUND IN LOVERS' NOOK
    134 7 T*HE body of Chua Kek Seng, 24. a shop assistant, 1 was found hanging from a tree in the undergrowth around Mcßitchie Reservoir, Singapore, yesterday morning. The body was found by a police search party assisted by about 50 of chua's friends and relatives.
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    General is re-posted
    70 7 Mai Gen. T.B.L. Churchill, who has been in charge of administration at O.H.Q. Far East Land Forces for the past 20 months, leaves Singapore for Britain in the Bayersteih today to take up the post of Vice-Quartermaster General at the War Office; His successor is Ma j.
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    Wesak festival next week
    41 7 The Burmese Buddhist Temple at 17 Kinta Road. Singapore, will hold Wesan Day celebrations on May 13. 14 and 15. There will be Buddha Puja ceremonies and offerings of flowers. The temple will be Illuminated at night.
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    He draftee Malaya's income tax regulation*
    70 7 He draftee Malaya's income tax regulations KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The man who drafted Malaya's Income tax laws has retired after 10 years' service. He is Mr. Robert Heasman. Controller-General of Income Tax in the Federation and Singapore since It was introduced in the two territories after the "\r. An expert
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    Pier rescue
    25 7 A housewife, Sim Teck Choon. 24. was rescued from the sea off Clifford Pier and sent to the Singapore General Hospital last night.
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    FIRM HAS TO PAY A MINER $6,061
    301 7 FIRM HAS TO PAY A MINER $6,061 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Justice Smith today ordered the firm of Lee and Wong of Mountbatten Road, building and engineering contractors, to pay a tin miner, Woo Kwai. $6,061. Woo had sued the firm for the money, claiming that this was the sum
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    New T.B. ward in hospital
    30 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mon The Sultan of Trengganu yesterday opened a second tuberculosis ward in the General Hospital, here. Costing $55,000. the ward has 24 beds.
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    1182 8 LIGHT AND DARK A SOFTER, looser, more casual line with a late 'twenties look is the biggest fashion news in latest overseas collections. Softly sloping shoulders, rounded necklines and a waist not too sharply defined are all reminiscent of 1929 or the early 'thirties. So are
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      357 8 I 22. Obstinate— but brainy? (10). Straits Times Crossword a^gr^v 27 Results of our thrift (8 1). I 2 3 5 6 DOWN 1- Think you see this? You're 3SSS vSS wrong (7, 8). s§S §S^ ssS§ Sssss sssls 2. Explain farmer money (7). SS§ iS3§ HI SSS 3SS i.
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    1433 9 THE STORY OF PASSCHENDAELE M' """"***************11! fl -HKN dawn broke through the autumn mists of Handera on November 7 1917 thf ..nshine glinted on a scene of nightmare Froln the putted rum that had once SSmE!: U«f YPWI to the Passchendaele rid£?here etched a sea of tortured mud-seamed with lerrible
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      292 9 BOVRIL PUTS STRINGTH INTO ML mm Rs^l^UirH mm mm WmF '*S 10-lbi. of prime beef goes into the making of 1 -Ib. of Bovril. And there £M are enentijl vitjmint ai well! Bovril ii eipecijlly rich in 81. B 2 jnd 812. Drink B^^k. cup or Bovril every djy. and
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      165 9 Mto.x Morgan J/.U. Heip needed ■^^^T J^^^MlW r^"^ELS~fwE fPC MOC&AN, WOULP W WELL, I WOULD U« f I WAWT VOV X> CUUB6€ ME FOR rr"~^VHH| P^ HO*., Ott MCK&AM YOU COME TO Ol* J, T>— Birr JDO HAVE 1 A* A P«OFE*«iO«AL CAU I NEED H >c. c ha>.^ .ootf
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    597 10 The Malayan Share Broken A— rtstlon reported: "Despite quiet trading and a few irregular price movements, there was a steadier sentiment in all sections." Singapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday:— Fraser Se Neave ords $2.40 (overnight), $3.40; Gammon $2 xd (overnight), $2 xd; W.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange; noon prices per plcui yesterday were:Copra: quiet: May /June $25 buyers. $26% sellers. Coconut all: quietly steady; bulk $40 4 sellers, drum $44% sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done; Muntok white $104 Sarawak $103, special Sarawak black $70 (all unchanged) Singapore Copra AeeeclaUon
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    SHARE MART OPENS WEEK WITH QUIET TRADING CONTINUED
    232 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market opened the week yesterday with quiet trading and an erratic tendency in the tins and industrials sections. Turnover was described as "moderate" for a Monday. On the Singapore Rubber Market, May first grade dropped
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    RUBBER PRICES
    154 10 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Monday at 88% cents per lb. down one and a half cents on Friday's close. The clewing tone was barely steady. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88 sellers 8914;
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    73 10 S'PORE SHIPPING Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bayernsteln 1/2, Bencleuch 4/5, Van Neck 6A, President Grant 6/7, Java 8/9, Cyclops 11, Astyanax 13/14. Chandpara 15/16, Tallsse 18, Gorgon WSEDE, Petaling N. Wall 6 to 8, Larlang N. Wall 10, Frederick Clover 21/22, Asphalion
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    OFFICIAL PRb j
    19 10 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE Mn RUBBER: 88, per lb (down n a half cents). TIN: $389 p (unchanged) COPRA: Unquote
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    AUSTRALIA* STOCKS
    73 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOV Investments were B moves were for situ: 1 the Melbourne St<>< today. Loans 3<4% 1956-59' Loans l\L% 1956-58 Bank of N.3.W. qi Con. Zinc Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western Mining h- Ampol. Ex Oil Search Aust. Consol Ind. A.P.M. (new) Bradford
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    EXCHANGE RATQI
    114 10 EXCHANGE RATES The Malayan Exi Association made changes in its rates yesterday (all rates New York: buy] 32 5/8, O.D. 32 3 4 credit bills. 33 1/16 t Canada: bir 31 1/4, O.D. 31 3/| 11/16 credit bills. II bills. Selling T.T. or O.I) r. ,dv York 32 7, 16;
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      366 10 g\ J^T^Jo&<£^m^m^m\ News from Malaya for Readers Overseas A subscription to the Straits Budget is most informative because this weekly publication really keeps its readers up to date on Malayan News. Each issue contains major items of Malayan news and editorial comments as published in the Straits Times. Thus U.K.
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      444 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS FEDERAL BURSARIES AND STUDENT PROBATIONERBHIPS IN THE MALAY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE. 1957 Applications are Invited from male Federal citizens for the above awards. Federal bursaries are tenable in the University of Malaya and may be awarded for studies in Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Social Studies, Law and
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      399 10 NOTICES IN THE SUPREME COURT Of THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA IN THE HIGH COURT At KUALA LUMPUR Companies Winding op No: 1 of 1967 In the Matter of THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1945-46 and In the Matter of YOON LEE CAN COMPANY, LIMITED NOTICE Is hereby given that a Petition for
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      596 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD Of THK FEDERATION OF MALAYA Apprentice Inatmctot— J.TJL Applications u« invited for the Poit of Appwntlo. nutmetor wtuie dutie. will bo to temch Apprmtto- the Bmlc Skill, in Workttaop Practice. initially tb» •ppototment wffl be in Kuala Lumpur but the instructor may be required to
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    TRADE MISSION'S FLYING VISIT
    153 12 V"INE members of the 11 35-man Australian trade mission which has been visiting India and Ceylon are due in Singapore this afternoon. They will spend several days in Singapore discussing trade possibilities in their respective spheres. Among the members of the mission who will spend several
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    Executive post for local man
    83 12 Mr. Thomas Ee. representative of May and Baker Ltd., in Malaya, leaves for London today to undertake a sixmonth executive training course. Mr. Ec has been with the company for 10 years. While in London, he will attend the Company's Commonwealth conference which begins next
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    New pencil factory begins in Singapore
    164 12 /\NE of Singapore's newest secondary industries, I a pencil manufacturing project will begin full I I production in two weeks. The Malaya Pencil Manufactory Ltd., will produce different types of pencils including lead pencils, with and without erasers, blue and red pencils, copying pencils
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    'New army vehicle
    63 12 New army vehicle The Ford Motor Company of the U.S. has announced that it ha* developed, hi co-operation with Army Ordnance and the Kaiser Aluminium Company, an allaluminium vehicle body for a new experimental military vehicle. The body and frame structure, which Is spot welded throughout, weighs only 124 lbs.
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    Assistance scheme for coconut growers
    129 12 'GOVERNMENT IS NOW EXAMINING THE POSITION' THE Federation of Malaya's Controller of Export Commodities Division, 1 Mr. P. F. Adams, has revealed that the government is now examining the position of the coconut industry" in Malaya. A working party is at present examining the industry
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    New executive for Stanvac
    100 12 Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. has promoted one of its Singapore employees to the post of assistant accounting and finance manager, (Malaya Division). He is Mr. Quek Liang Chua, who joined Stanvac as a storehouse clerk in the Accounting and Finance department in 1927. Mr. Quek. 52, has
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    Plantations hope for big benefit
    298 12 (THE Batu Kawan Rubber and Coconut Plantations Ltd. has greeted the proposal to extend assistance to growers of crops other than rubber. "No precise details are yet available, but since we have in recent years carried out extensive replanting in our coconut areas, we are
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    'We can meet all competition9
    156 12 'We can meet all competition' "WE are a Malayan company but can face the competition of any European or American civil engineering concerm declares the chairman of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., Mr. J. C. Gammon, in his report to Saturday's annual meeting. "When, In 1927, I converted the business I had
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    Share brokers' new committee
    93 12 The annual meeting of the Malayan Share Brokers' Association has elected a new chairman and committee. The new chairman is Mr. H. J. Sinclair, of Kuala Lumpur who has taken over office from the retiring chairman, Mr. E. A. Corless, of Singapore. There is annual retirement.
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    Malacca sale has sunnort
    104 12 Malacca sale has support ""TTf London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Company reports that its recent offer for the £175.000 capital of Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates at 325. per £1 unit has been accepted by over 9-10ths and the Board hope that the balance will shortly come In. Bukit Kajang has
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    Transport talks
    78 12 Mr. L. C. Hawkins, of the London Transport Executive, as chairman of the Transport Commission on Public Passenger Transport in Singapore, visited Singapore for meetings with Chinese bus companies' representatives to discuss prospects for formation of a statutory limited liability company to operate public transport. In a report
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    AUSTRALIAN EXPORTERS TO HAVE 'SAFE TRADE'
    156 12 AUSTRALIA'S Exports Pay- merits Insurance Corporation is expected to begin insurance operations in the next few months. Exporters wilt be able to obtain insurance cover against losses arising 1 from insolvency of an overseas buyer, protracted default on his part, or inability of the
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    Coir industry plan to give employ men t
    198 12 rpHE Rural Industrial Development Authr fostering a spare-time industry for thp men of the East Coast where there is seasonal t employment because of the monsoon. After months of research, it has deck: the best way of encouraging coconut coir-p tion is
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    Alternate directors sought
    168 12 Alternate directors sought rPHE directors of Radella A Rubber Estate Ltd. will propose the inclusion in the Articles of Association of a new ruling which will provide for the appointment of alternate directors. The proposal is contained In their report to be submitted to the 42nd ordinary annual general meeting
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    58 12 The Polymer Corporation has announced in London a new rubber flooring vhieh can be applied over smooth surfaces and has a built in, pressure sensitive adhpsive backing. It acts as a floor tile and is protected by a thin coating of treated pap<?r on all four sides.
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    49 13 THE SEQUENCE camera catches the end of Gene Fuhner's reign as world middleweight champion as he goes to the canvas under the pounding fists of Sugar Ra> Robinson during the fifth round of their title fight at Chicago last week— A.P picture.
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    220 13 Elliott declared 100 percent fit before fight —BOARD SECRETARY'S STATEMENT JOHANNESBURG, Monday. qiHE SECRETARY of the Transvaal Board of J- Boxing Control, Mr. C. Liebenberg, said here last night his board was satisfied that Scottishborn Jimmy Elliott was a hundred percent, fit when he entered the ring for his fight
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    67 13 McAteer weeps on hearing the bad news McAteer and Campbell were due to return to London tomorrow. McAteer, broke down and wept when ho heard of Elliott's death McAteer and Campbell, went to the hospital where they spent hours waiting for news of Elliott. As news of Elliott's death spread
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    25 13 WARSAW. Mon. Poland scored a shock 1-0 victory over Hungary in a soccer international watched by a crowd of 50,000 here yesterday. Reuter.
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    72 13 Welsh international footballer John Charles who is to have a ear provided by his new Italian dob, juventns, Inspects a Fiat 600 at Leeds. Charles's transfer to the Turin club ha» brought the highest fee In British soccer—reported to be
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    82 13 PARIS. Mon. MERVYN ROSE of Australia yesterday defeated Budge Patty of the UJ3. 7-5. 6-3. 7-5. to win the men's singles title of the Paris International tennis championships. Rose had been seeded No. 2 and Patty No. 1. In the mixed doubles final. Marle-Odlle
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    183 13 BOXING HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIRTY, HE SAYS NEW YORK, Mon. STEVE Hamas, who was world heavyweight contender 22 years ago. called for the "abolition of boxing." Hamas, still hardy and fit at 50. charged that "boxing always has been dirty and is no better or no worse now than in
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    Thuraisingam and Cooke out
    281 14 TWO CHANGES IN SINGAPORE XI TO PLAT HONG KONG LES KING RETURNS TO BOLSTER BATTING rIGHT servicemen have been selected to represent Singapore against the Hong Kong visitors in the first match of their Malayan tour on the Singapore padang on Saturday and Sunday. The team,
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    Tribe (82) Barrick defy Wl in 138-run stand
    254 14 Tribe (82) Barrick defy Wl in 138run stand NORTHAMPTON. Mon. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, who made 91 in reply to the West Indies first innings score of 328 for seven declared, had scored 191 for three in their second innings by the close on the second day of their three-day match here. D.
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    123 14 WEST INDIES— Ist Inns 328-7 dccl. NORTHAMPTON— Ist Inns. Brookes low Valentine 20 Reynolds b Ramadhin 1 Livingston c Kanhai b Valentine 20 Barrick b Ramadhin Tribe c Kanhai b Valentine 2 Broderick c Weekes b Ramadhin 9 Fellows-Smith b Ramadhin 25 Tyson b Ramadhin 0 Allen c Sobers
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    33 14 ATHENS. Mon Greece and Yugoslavia played a goalless draw in their Group 7 World Cup preliminary qualifying soccer match here yesterday. The countries will meet again in Yugoslavia in November. Reuter
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    FINISH of the 2,000 GUINEAS
    61 14 Crepello fights off two challengers THE FINISH of the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 1 Crepello, (No- 19). ridden by Lester Piggott, holds off the challenges of Quorum (on the outside), ridden by A. Russell, and Pipe of Peace (No. 14), ridden by Scobie
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    XL RACE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    344 14 KL RACE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY WEIGHTS for all seven races on Saturday, first day of the Selangor Turf Clnb May meeting, are: San Fernando 8.07 Malay Film II 80S Colombia 8.04 Reasonable 8.04 Lord Fredrick n 8.03 Windsor II *.»2 Buitensort 8.01 CL. 5, DIV. I— s' iF. Wedding: Walts
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    58 14 IPOH, Mon. The 15/19 Hussars will play their last match in the Ipoh District League on Thursday in a replay with the defending champions, the Ramblers. When the teams last met, the match was abandoned six minutes from the .end by referee S. Nalliah because of
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    SEVENTH WIN FOR RAF
    90 14 R.A.P. Changi scored their seventh straight win In the SAPA Dlv. 2B league match when they were awarded a walkover by Seletax P.C- at Parrer Park yesterday. In another Dlv. 2b game at Purer Park, R.A.F. Seletar beat Western S c 5-2. Jones (3), Harrison, Lawrence
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    Athletics off
    25 14 The Inter-school triangular athletic meet between st Andrew's Army Trade School and Beatty Secondary School at Woodsvliie yesterday was postponed because of rain.
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    Valuable tourists
    272 14 By F. SALAHUDIN MORE THAN half a million dollars' worth ot cricketers will arrive In Singapore on Aug. 15. They are Ceylon's 15 players who are scheduled to play nine matches in Singapore and the Federation. At $38,000 each, the 15 players are Insured for $570,000 by the
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    Colony champion quits
    172 14 Colony champion quits By JOE EZEKIEL WEIGHTLIFTER Wong Kay Tt Poh who finished ninth in the Olympic Games tournament at Melbourne announced yesterday that he has decided to quit the game for good. The 27-year-old Singapore middleweight champion said he could no longer stand up to the strain of serious
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    Lock icon Craig to lead Aussies
    36 14 Craig to lead Aussies MELBOURNE, Mon. Lan Craig (New South Wales). 21 -year-old Test batsman. was today appointed captain of the Australian cricket team to tour South Africa. Neil Harvey, 28, (Victoria) was named vice-captain.— Reuter.
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    171 14 TWO -DAY WIN FOR YORKS LONDON, Mon. YORKSHIRE scored the first victory of this season's English county cricket championship at Bradford today. They beat Derbyshire by nine wickets by the tea interval. Freddie Trueman, who took five for 66 in Derbyshire's first innings of 149. followed up with flvp fo
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    Peel leads qualifiers
    91 14 E. E. PEEL, of the Keppel Club, headed the eight qualifiers into the matchplay stages of the annual open Eu Tong Sen golf competition run by the Royal Island Club. Peel, whose handicap is 17, went round the 18 holes in a net 65, one stroke ahead
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    SCAAF to 'make friends' with clubs
    92 14 T*HE Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, in a bid to foster good relationships with other athletics clubs in Singapore, will Introduce a number of invitation events in their annual championships. The Singapore Chinese two-day meet will be held at the Chinese High School ground.
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    Lock icon MAY CHOSEN CAPTAIN FOR ALL FIVE TEST MATCHES
    99 14 MAY CHOSEN CAPTAIN FOR ALL FIVE TEST MATCHES LONDON. Mon. PETER MAX. 27-year-old Surrey cricket captain, was today appointed to lead England (or the entire rive-match Test series against tbe touring West Indies team Tbe choice ut May as captain for the full series came as no surprise He led
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    'OK' f0] Forces circuit meet
    262 14  - 'OK' for Forces circuit meet EDIN PE-ERs I By THE newly-;, 1 Forces Motori;, (Singapore bratu 1 completed plans its first circuit at Changi on June Air Commodon Tindal-Carill-Wi.: ron of the club. Straits Times yost. 1 permission to hold t] has been obtained Permission wa.s the Air Ministry Marshal
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      51 14 EHHDiARYJ ATHLETICS Singapore Chinese Schools annual championships, Jalan Besar, 9 a.m. SOCCER S.AF.A. Div. 2B: St. John's v S.H.B. Police, Geylant; S.C-C v Alexandra, padang; SRC v Customs, padang:: Div. 3A: Mount Emily v 5.T.8., Farrer ParkFriendly: United Rovers v 6t. Joseph's Bras Basah Road; I.R.C. v Fathui Karib Farrer
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