The Straits Times, 15 May 1957

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    21 1 HHm. *M. fitl I A M,KAi A(IPI Net*"* He**"**' The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1957 15 CENTS
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    12,000 DOWN WITH THE FLU
    1297 1 SELANGOR MorepuplU PERAK Only Asians PENANG School* may JOHORE -increasing absent attacked be closed everywhere Sweeping epidemic— this is really it' Dr. DIN: WORSE MAY COME IN NEXT FEW WEEKS' SFLI'ENZA victims in the Federation have soared to 12,000, according to the latest reports received
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    PRETTY PEGGY MODELS A CHEONGSAM WITH A
    77 1 BIG DIFFERENCE THIS creation by Laura's Dress Salon is a different version of a cheongsam. The mannequin, Peggy Tan. wears the clinging strapless navy blue satin cheongsam with a rhine-stone-studded collar. Additional embroidery with rhinestones accentuates the dress line Peggy wears long white
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    ON-SPOT PROBE IS SUGGESTED
    80 1 MELBOURNE. Tues.— The Herald tonight an on-the-spot inquiry by Australia into the mic sweeping Malaya. an editorial it said: "It would be a comnse precaution to fly a small team of medical ers to Singapore." Commonwealth Health Department i the Maetsuycker. due in Fremantle to.v from
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIA TO GET CULTURES
    82 1 CANBERRA. Tues.—Culof the Sinsa-. flu virus would in Australia in c few days, the acting -ter for Health, Athol Townley. said today. be used to prepare me and to study the Ehe Commonwealth Health Department asked for the Singapore cultures as a precaution and for research.
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    Lock icon GIFT' SKULLS MATCH HEADLESS BODIES
    82 1 ALUTTA. Tues.— A 40- I rear-old Sadhu (Hindu i"lv man found in pos- *sion i six children's nm arrested on a murder charge on Sunday. k is reported to hav e said Ui mentor who lived on ™c banks of the River i Ganges a
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    Lock icon Pope's guest
    21 1 VATICAN CITY. Tues. The Pope today received in private audience Cardinal Stefan Wyszynsky, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno.— Reuter.
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    THE NEW CONSTITUTION
    200 1 Working party meets: No differences From RONALD BAXTER LONDON. Tues— The Federation's delegates to the constitutional talks got down to Ironing out details today when a working party met at the Colonial Offir'e under the chalrmanshio of Sir John Martin. Representing the Federation were the Minister for
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    VIA SUEZ
    116 1 Business as usual again on that waterway Fhst British ship goes in as Cairo orders the payment of tolls in sterling F)RT SAID, Tues. The 7,127-ton Poplar Hill entered the Suez Canal today, the first London-registered ship to do so since the British Government's announcement yesterday allowing her
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    Lock icon Petrol off the ration
    28 1 LONDON, Tues.— Petrol rationing In Britain is to end tomorrow. Lord Mills, the Minister of Power, announced today. Rationing began on Dec. 17. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lloyd's aide resigns
    57 1 LONDON. Tues.— Viscount Lambton has resigned bis post as Parliamentary private secretary to the foreign Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, for personal reasons. He said his resignation was not connected with the Tory revolt In the House of Commons last night mainst the Government's terms for v? i
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    FATHER BONAMY DIES AGED 54
    361 1 FATHER BONAMY DIES AGED 54 French priest who served Malayan Catholics nearly 30 years THE Rt. Rev. Michel Bonamy, 54, VicarGeneral of the Diocese of Malacca, died suddenly at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday morning. The cause of death was thrombosis. He had been in hospital for several days under
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    Lock icon ISRAEL PLANS CARGO TEST
    166 1 ISRAEL PLANS CARGO TEST JERUSALEM. Tues.— J Israel will try to send cargo through the Suez Canal in a chartered ship to test Egypt's blockade at the first opportunity. Foreign Ministry sources said today. But the plan to send an Israeli-owned vessel through the waterway will b e held up
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 1.45 A.M. CRASH Four men admitted to hospital after two cars collided opposite Capitol Cinema 145 am. They are: Tan Tiar Cbar. 48. Ah Sang. 34. Chins Ah Lim. 40. Tan Hian Wat. 40
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    240,000 killed
    17 1 JAKARTA. Tues Tuberrulosis killed 240.000 people in Indonesia last year, the Health Ministry said today.
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    Lock icon LABOUR TABLES MOTION OF CENSURE
    94 2 LABOUR TABLES MOTION OF CENSURE LONDON, Tues. The Labour Party last night tabled a motion of censure on the Government over its Suez Canal policy. It will be debated in the House of Commons in the two-day debate, tomorrow and Thursday. The Opposition chief spokesman will be Mr. Hugh Gaitskell.
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    Lock icon 8 TORY M.P.s QUIT OVER SUEZ
    851 2 Capitulation to Nasser, say rebels: Peer goes, too LONDON, Tuesday. FIGHT members quit the British Conservative Parliamentary Party last night in protest against the government's announcement earlier in the day that British ships could again use the Suez Canal. Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime
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    Lock icon Army, police are one
    45 2 Army, police are one AMMAN, Tues. The Jordanian Cabinet approved the merger of the police force with the army last night, it was announced today. A Royal decree issued a fortnight ago approved a plan to put the police force under the army command. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Danes pick their Parliament
    44 2 COPENHAGEN, Tues.— Danish electors went to the polls today to choose 175 members of their 179-mem-ber Folketing (Parliament) from 750 candidates. Voting for the two representatives from Greenland and the two from the Faroe Islands will take place later. Reuter.
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    Lock icon AMBER LIGHT
    184 2 U.S. ships get 'go-ahead 9 but protests must be recorded WASHINGTON, f Tues.— The State Department has informed American shipowners there are no objections to their using the Suez Canal, but advises them to continue to pay tolls only under protest. The U.S. position was clarified following the
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    LEGLESS AND ONLY ONE-ARMED, BUT TONGA TAMES LEOPARDS
    80 2 and his right arm in 1945 as he fled from the advancing Russian forces He was then 12 years old. Now under the name of Tonga, he puts his wild cat through his paces in Hamburg shows. A.P picture. TWENTY-FOUR- Y E
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    Lock icon CAN A MAN LIVE TO BE 150?
    145 2 Quite possible, says doctor CHICAGO, Tuesday. F)R. EDWARD BORTZ, former president of the American Medical Association, believes that man may soon attain a life span of 125 to 150 years. Saying that many doctors "shun the aged" he called on medical science to
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    Lock icon Reporters may visit China
    33 2 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The White House Press secretary, Mr. James Hagerty, said last night that the question of permitting reporters to go to China was under top level review.— UP.
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    Lock icon Dag satisfied
    35 2 NEW YORK. Tues. Mr. Dag Ha m mars k joe Id, the U.N. Secretary-General, said on his return here that he was very satisfied with his visits to Rome. Geneva and Israel.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Watch shows the shape of time to come
    29 2 THIS futuristic wristwatch by Swiss jewelled-lever watchmakers is gold-plated, water-resistant and selfwinding. It was shown at a Basle fair. Renter picture.
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    Lock icon Cure for Reds
    26 2 TAIPEH. Tues. The Nationalist Government will soon start re-education courses for Communist Chinese agents discovered on Formosa, the China News reported today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cairo 'spy' trial
    22 2 CAIRO. Tues. The trial was resumed here today of 20 people, including eight Britons, on charges of spyIng.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon SPURNED LOVER EXPLODES A BOMB
      284 3 SPURNED LOVER EXPLODES A BOMB fTAIPEH, Tues. —Fu 1 Lin-sheng, 39, decided to renew a rejected marriage proposal but his hoped-for-bride, Sung Ching, and her father would not let him into the house in a village near here. "It's no use wasting your time," said the father "My daughter won't
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      The coldest day on record
      39 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. A new world cold record of 100 degrees below zero has been registered at the South Pole. The previous record 90 below was recorded in February, 1892, in Northern Siberia.— U. P.
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      Lock icon Nuclear 'fall-out' in Britain
      264 3 jiTHONJWM 90 IS ON THE )SCREASE, BUT 'NOT OOUGB TO DO HARM' LONDON. Tuesday. r UK llrilish Government disclosed yesterday 1 K1 t soil in England and Wales was showing increasing concentrations of strontium 90 the (i\e substance thrown out by nuclear ex--iosions. Minister of Agriculture.
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      IT'S JAIL FOR TWO OLD NAZIS
      81 3 IT'S JAIL FOR TWO OLD NAZIS Tues. Former ral Scpp Dietrich, today sentenced LonttaV jail for murder of six own Shirt leaders 30, 1934 Hitler's the Long Knives. ntenee was imMirhael Lippert, concentration lief, for aiding in uder of Ernst the S.A. chief of ho Hitler claimed inned a revolt.
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      Russia: We can spot tests
      36 3 •N, Tues. Moscow :.isht said that it ..lly possible to explosions and so far had been ho said that tests :x> spotted —as an against banning building a case on tter.
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      21 3 LONDON. Tues. The Soviet Government today asked wage earners to contribute 12,000,000,000 roubles US$3,000,000,000.) to a national loan. U.P.
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      Lock icon U.S. to test A-bombs from -balloons
      134 3 .ADA, Tues. The' ertea of United States tests will open here ire dawn next Thurstiigb winds and bad (in not intervene. Energy Commission intend to make the i ies the safest of radioactive fall-out. decision on the weather will be made on Wednesday night.
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      Lock icon REFUGEES ON HUNGER STRIKE
      34 3 HUNGARIAN refugees in a camp in Vienna turn their plates upside down during a hunger strike because the authorities cannot get them entry visas to America and Canada.— A.P. picture.
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      Lock icon MILLER GOES ON TRIAL
      131 3 MILLER GOES ON TRIAL WASHINGTON, Tues. MR. Arthur Miller, the American playwright and husband of actress Marilyn Monroe, went on trial her e today on a charge of contempt of Congress. H e wa s greeted by a battery of newsreel and other cameramen as he arrived at the court
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      Lock icon Navy splits into task forces
      227 3 EACH WILL BE SELF-CONTAINED LONDON, Tuesday rtfHE self-contained task forces which would form the future British Navy would be deployed in the most advantageous way around the world, but could concentrate should the need arise, Mr. Christopher Soames, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, said yesterday.
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      Lock icon SOEKARNO GETS PAY RISE
      61 3 JAKARTA. Tues. President Soekarno today got a salary increase of 2.000 rupiahs a month, making his total salary 5.000 rupiahs. or 450 Malayan dollars at the present free market exchange rate. The Government also raised the salary of the Prime Minister from 2.000 rupiahs to 3.500
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      Lock icon Boy risked death with 'little wire stick'
      118 3 Boy risked death with 'little wire stick' NEW YORK, Tues. A nine-year-old boy last night solved the disappearance of a radium applicator from a hospital at Charleston, Virginia. "It's just a little wire stick," the boy said. He showed the instrument to his father, who telephoned the hospital. The hospital
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      Cairo visit
      20 3 CAIRO, Tues— The Afghanistan Premier, Sarder Mohammed Daoud, arrived here yesterday for a six-day official visit— A. P.
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      Lock icon Magsaysay fund
      30 3 MANILA, Tues.— The Rockefeller Brothers Fund of New York yesterday gave $500,--000 to start a "Ramon Magsaysay Award" to perpetuate the ideals of the late FiUpino President.— U.P.
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      LONDON STOCKS
      238 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £524 Funding 4% £90 War 34 r f £70 11/16 +1/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4 11/32 Eastern (£5) £6% Chartered (£1) 38/14 —3 Hongkong ($125) £944 INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 82/- —1/3 Royal
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      RUBBER
      30 3 LONDON. Tues. Spot 27 ",d., June ITU, July-Sept. 27.d Oct.-Dec. 2Tvd Jan-Mar 2fi".d April-June 2fi\.. May c if 26 -\d.. June oil. 26-, d., July c.l.f. 26Hd. Tone: Firm.
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      TIN
      22 3 LONDON, Tuee. Cash buyerx 1762, sellers £763. Forward buyers £760. sellers E7fio'-.. Settlement £762-. Turnover a.m. 160 tons, p.m. 40 tons.
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    Lock icon NOT DEATH, BUT A KISS of LOVE, WEEPS LINDA
    384 4 Tearful star says 'I gave him a good luck embrace" before car crash MILAN, Tuesday. FILM star Linda Christian emerged from her secluded hotel bedroom today to express indignation at reports that she gave crack racing motorist the Marquis Alfonso de
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    Ceylon film fails
    38 4 CANNES, Tues. The Ceylonese entry "Rekava" (The Destiny Line) was shown to an almost empty theatre at the international film festival here today. The critics who were there gave the film a cold reception.—U. P.
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    106 4 Rebel plot against Marshal V exposed JAKARTA, Tues.— The West Java Command announced in Bandoeng today that security forces prevented Darul Islam rebels from carrying out plans "to create disorder during th« visit of the Russian President. Marshal K. VoroshUov, last week. The Army Information Department refused to comment on
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    Lock icon The atom-dare men come to blows
    158 4 TEMPERS rose and blows were exchanged when members of the Japan Council for the Prohibition of Nuclear weapons met here tonight to decide on the despatch of a vessel to the Christmas Island danger zone to protest against the proposed British hydrogen bomb tests.
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    Lock icon Estate grab plan for Nehru
    37 4 NEW DELHI, Tues.— Mr. S. Namboodiripad. Communist Chief Minister of Kerala state, said here today he intended to recommend to the Central Government nationalisation of all foreign-owned plantations In his state Reuter.
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    Lock icon Embezzlers got the most
    33 4 ATLANTIC CITY. Tues— A Chicago banker. Mr. Ross Humphreys, said here that embezzlers stole $10,000,000 from United States banks last year ten times as much as bank robbers Reuter.
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    PRINCESS MARGARET HAS CHAT WITH GUIDES AND CUBS
    51 4 PRINCESS MARGARET speaks to a group of ku\ and wolf cabs at a housing estate during her visit Bristol as president of the Church of England Youth Council. At right is the Rev. Ronald Armstrong ir Hartcliffe. Bristol, with whom the Princess
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    43 4 BAN FRANCISCO. Tues.— Miss Nina Duden, 68, and Mr. Ben McAllister. 72, were married at Buena Park after a whirlwind engagement of 44 years. Confided the new Mrs. McAllister: "My engagement ring was worn out three times."— A.P.
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    27 4 TEL AVTV, Tues. A twohour gun battle between an Israeli patrol and armed Jordanians in the Hebron foothills was reported by Israel military headquarters. Reuter.
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    Her deathbed
    34 4 NEW YORK, Tues.—Ger-man-born Mrs. Freda Byerly died on Sunday night in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 106. Bhe had been in good health until she fell from her bed last Tuesday.
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    50 4 GENEVA, Tues.— Dr. Paul F. Russell, of the Rockefeller Foundation, today received the Darling Foundation medal and prize "for outstanding achievements in the control of malaria" from Dr. Sabih Hassan al Wahbi. president of the 10th World Health Assembly which opened here last week. Reuter.
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    30 4 LAS VEGAS, Tues.— Atomic Energy Commission scientists assembled here today in preparation for the start on Thursday of the new series of United States nuclear tests. Reuter.
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    28 4 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Senate Republican leader. Mr. William Knowland, announced today that he will try to curb American military aid to Communist Yugoslavia. Reuter.
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    24 4 HOLLYWOOD, Tues—Dorothy Dale, 74. a beauty of silent films, was burned to deatlt in her tiny cottagp here last night.— Reuter.
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    40 4 LONDON, Tues 000-ton cruiser HMS land will leave here on R 24 for trials co: the H-bomb test.Pacific. An Admiralty spoke said she would and American sysi washing ships water to carry away active fall-out— UP.
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    31 4 NEW DELHI. Tues gers in BiharPradesh havo been >< one meal every two two people have died J starvation, the Fo Mr. Ajit Prasari day.— Reuter
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    32 4 CHICAGO. Tues. year-old girl mas and buried under porch of her home >' and police said neighbour boy adm crime shortly after th body was found earl A.P.
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    198 4 FOR SALE TO THE PEOPLE— THE VOLKSWAGEN PLANT HAMBURG. Tucsdav A BILL will soon be introduced in the West Gem A Parliament to sell to "widely-scattered pnv ownership" the giant Volkswagen car works, th Economics Minister, Professor Ludwig Erhard, He said the ownership of the Volkswagen works was to be
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    543-TAPS A MINUTE MADE HER WORLD'S BEST TYPIST
    104 4 543 -TAPS A MINUTE MADE HER WORLD'S BEST TYPIST MILAN. Tues. TpHE 30-year-old mother cl >*• an eight-year-old boy was announced as the winner of the world typewriting championship held here. She is brown-haired, buxom Lore Alt, a secretary from Stuttßart who won tl last championship in 19! In a
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    216 4 AMSTERDAM. Tues. Dr. Oscar Pollack, chairman of the executive board of the International Press Institute, told 200 editors and correspondents here today that the institute's Asian conferences were becoming a bridge between East and West. Dr. Pollack, opening the three-day annual conference of the Institute,
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    One union becomes five, two more apply for merger
    317 5 MIDDLE ROAD MEM ARE REORGANISING THOUSANDS of workers formerly belonging to the dissolved Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union in Middle Road, have reorganised themselves into five new unions. One of them claims to represent about 10,000 men. employed in most
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    RIDDLE of THE COCONUT SHOOTS FROM a PILLOW
    78 5 PENANG, Tims.— Malay villagers in Bongor, Kulim, are puzzled by seven coconut shoots growing from a baby's pillow. A bomoh told the baby's father, Haji Wan Dok, to wrap up the shoots and hold a kenduri. He did. Two days later,three more
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    SINGAPORE JUDGE RETIRING
    82 5 SINGAPORE JUDGE RETIRING MR. JUSTICE WHITTON. a Judge of the Singapore High Court, will be retiring next month. Mr. Whitton has been in Malaya since 1929 when he joined the Malayan Civil Service as a cadet. In 1939 he entered the Colonial Legal Service and has worked as District Judge,
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    Jail and rotan for tapper
    47 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr Justice Hepworth in the High Court here today sentenced Roupong bin Omar. 39. a tapper, to two years' jail and six strokes of the rotan for rapine a 10-year-old girl in a kampong near Pontian. He pleaded guilty
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    DYAK BOYS TO STUDY IN SCOTLAND
    79 5 DYAK BOYS TO STUDY IN SCOTLAND KUCHING, Tues. -Two 16 year old Sarawak Dyaks, J a m i n anak Masin and Luke anak Tungku, hav e been chosen by the Budu Progress Committee to continue their education in Nairn Academy in Northern Scotland. They sailed for Britain a few
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    Anniversary
    30 5 The Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and Mrs. Lim will attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Gimson School for Boys in dementi Road on June 22.
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    'Saucer' talk
    24 5 Prof. J. C. Cooke, of the University of Malaya, will give a talk on "Flying Saucers" in the chemistry lecture theatre today.
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    WHAT SPACE DOES YOUR HOBBY NEED?
    219 5 ORGANISERS of the Singapore hobbies show yesterday urged all exhibitors to inform them without delay of the exact amount of space required for their entries. The secretary, Mrs. K. D'Netto. said: "We must also know the type of display each entry will need for
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    Sessions Court trial for 4
    67 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Ong Ah Hock, Lee Hong Yong-, Tan Ho Seng and Tan Tow Seng accused of the robbery of cash and jewellery at a Chinese temple in Johore Bahru came before Mr. Justice Hepworth in the High Court for trial. At the request
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    Division chief
    24 5 KUALA KANOSAR Tues.— Inche Khalid Abas bin Adam was re-elected chairman of UMNO. Kuala Kangsar division, at its annual meeting here yesterday.
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    NOW THEY CAN RETIRE AT 45
    108 5 NOW THEY CAN RETIRE AT 45 KUCHING, Tues. Expatriate officers m Sarawak will be able to retire at 45 instead of 55. Apart from anything else, this provision will assist in the gradual replacement of expatriate officers by local officers," says the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. George Strickland, in a Bill to
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    Boys study nursing alongside girls
    109 5 TREADING PATH OF MERCY nnn JESSELTON, Tuesday JWENTY-ONE young men here are demonstrating that nursing is wrongly regarded as a preserve I for women. They are taking a course at the Nurses' Training School under an Englishwoman, Miss Ruth Moxford. Twenty-nine girls are on the
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      278 5 Middleton Hospital Moulmeln Road. 7 30 p.m. YWC.A. (Raffles Qumy): International Women's Club meetIng "Cooking demonstration eastern style" by Madam Marie 10 a.m.; beauty culture class 515 p-m CLOTHING SHOP at St. Andrew's Cathedral, C.W-A Room, South Side, 3 p.m to 530 p.m. CHINESE Y.M-C-A. (Shenton Way) Bodybuilding, billiards, boxing
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    AN $18,000 BOOST TO SATA
    111 6 AN $18,000 BOOST TO SATA Half of it from Mr. Lee's offer 'THE dollar for dollar gift offered by a Singapore millionaire, Mr Lee Kong Chian, has given a big boost to SATA's fund raising campaign for a new village at South Winds. The Director of SATA Dr G. H.
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    Talk by Lim
    22 6 The Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will address the Singapore Rotary Club's lunch at the Cathay Restaurant today.
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    SARAWAK GIFT TO MALAYA
    88 6 SARAWAK GIFT TO MALAYA f_ v KICHING, Tues Sarawak has offered a $2,000 gift to the Federation to mark th c attainment of merdeka. The Federation Government has accepted the gift, which wiU take the form of a committee table and 12 chairs, to be used in the present Legislative
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    New guide
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A new edition of the Post Office Guide will be on sale at the larger post offices in the Federation and Singapore from Thursday. Smaller post offices will get copies en order.
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    Tin council repeats its tax grouse, foresees no relief
    346 6 APART FROM THIS, THOUGH, IT'S CONFIDENT ABOUT FUTURE PROSPERITY IPOH, Tuesday. THE F.M.S. Chamber of Mines mouthpiece of Malaya's billion-dollar tin industry feels that the country's present financial position offers little hope for tax reductions "in the immediate future." The chamber's
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    Crowds at pageant
    33 6 PENANG, Tues. Crowds attended the pageant staged by the Penang Convent as part of the Christian life exhibition being held here. The pageant traces the history of the Catholic church.
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    Tax meeting
    26 6 The Income Tax Payers' Association will hold a general meeting at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, at 5.30 pm. tomorrow.
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    Future will be prosperous as past
    72 6 IPOH, Tues. A prosperous future for Malaya was forecast by Mr. K. Brown, the chairman, at the annual meeting of Malayan Producers Ltd., In Tanjong Rambotan yesterday. "This U a historic year for the Federation of Malaya, with the granting of independence in August,"
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    SEIZED $36,000: HIGH COURT TO DECIDE
    249 6 SEIZED $36,000: HIGH COURT TO DECIDE A SINGAPORE high court will next month decide the future of a $36,000 fund raised by the defunct Singapore Chinese Primary Schools Teachers' Association. The association, banned during Operation Liberation last October, raised the money as a welfare fund for members. It Is in
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    Farewell tea
    27 6 The Singapore Y. M. C A. will give a farewell tea party today to Mr. Andrew Lee, programmes secretary, who has resigned after nine years.
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    THE GONDOLIERS ALL SET TO ROLLICK TONIGHT
    129 6 ONE of Gilbert and Sullivan's most rollicking operettas, "The Gondoliers" will be presented at 8.30 tonight at the Singapore Council for Adult Education's cultural centre, Fort Canning Road. It Is all about the Duke and Duchess of Plasa Toro's frantic search among the
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    BRIDE AND GROOM SHARE THE NUPTIAL RICE
    41 6 INCHE ADBUL AZIZ BIN ALIAS, of the Information Department, Kuala Lumpur, sharing a plate of rice with his bride, Che Aminah blnte Lebai Abas, after their wedding at Kajang on Sunday. Straits Time* picture.
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    Union: Gold strike still goes on
    157 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rnHE MALAYAN Mining Employees' Union today J- said that the strike at the Raub gold mine was still on. "Whatever the management may say about the strike being over, it is still alive," a spokesman said. "We will ask the Government
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    Poison wasn't locked away
    40 6 JOHORE BAHRL. Tues. B. K. Pannlcker. who was in charge of a dispensary in Tampol In August last year, was fined SlOO for keeping a bottle of poison in a place not under lock and key.
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    Court shortage
    19 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Owing to the shortage of magistrates, the Johore Government is seeking to reemploy pensioners.
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    Troops arrive
    19 6 The 19.121-ton Empire Fowoy arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday with 450 troops and 96 service families.
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    A PLAN to END RUBBER QUALITY ROWS
    336 7 Tan Lark Sye suggests independent board THE president of the Singapore Rubber Trade Association, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, yesterday suggested that an independent board be set up to evaluate the quality of rubber exported from the country. He made the suggestion to members
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    BLESSING IN TEMPLE FOR INSPECTOR
    71 7 A BURMESE police officer. Inspector Ohn Mating, receiving blessings from the resident monk of the Buddhist temple in Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur, the Yen. Dhammananda, who is tying a talisman round his wrist. Inspector Maung, who Is studying Malaya's police criminal system, paid a special
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    COLLAPSE AT WHEEL: DRIVER DIES
    58 7 COLLAPSE AT WHEEL: DRIVER DIES ALOR STAR, Tues. A Kedah government clerk, Inche Ismail bin Che Kassim. died in Alor Star hospital last night ten hours after he had been found unconscious in his car. Inche Ismail, 37. of the Sik District Office, was driving along Jalan Kanchut yesterday morning
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    Plane delayed
    21 7 An evening KLM airliner to Jakarta was delayed for 90 minutes at Singapore Airport yesterday by oil pump trouble.
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    Oldest Scout's job going to steward
    208 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A STEWARD will take over the job which Malaya's A oldest Scout, Mr. H. R. Hertslet, 72, has been doing in B. P. House, Scout headquarters and hostel here, the Straits Times was told today. The Executive Commissioner of the Boy
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    Woman found dead
    46 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Tues. A woman, M. Ammini, 54, was found dead yesterday in a robber estate at Bukit Berapit, about nine miles north of here. She had head injuries, and her left earring was missing. It is believed she was robbed and murdered.
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    Indian expert to advise Govt.
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A bank expert from India. Mr. P. S. Beale. has arrived here to advise the Federation Government on the formation of an industrial development (finance) corporation. The corporation Is to help the future expansion of private industry in MaLvu by providing financial
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    494 'ANTHEMS' REJECTED: 20 STILL TO JUDGE
    94 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Nearly 500 entries for the Federation's national anthem competition have been eliminated from the contest as "unsuitable" since judging started last year, an anthem committee spokesman said today. The judges, headed by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdnl Rahman, have 20
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    Must-quit families seeking new homes
    145 7 Must-quit families seeking new homes ABOUT 110 people liv- ing in a house condemned by a Singapore court as unfit for human habitation are desperately looking for new homes. On May 3 the tenants were served with notices to quit by Friday. Yesterday none of the 22 families living In
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    Talk on Tamils
    29 7 The Rt. Rev. Kulendram, Bishop of Jaffna, will speak on "Ceylon Tamils, Past, Present and Future" at the Ceylon Tamil Association, Singapore at 615 p.m. today.
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    TECHNICIANS PLAN TO QUIT RADIO
    118 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Technical staff of Radio Malaya here plan to leave their jobs because they fe»l that they have no chance of getting top posts, the Straits Times was told today. They are dissatisfied with the method of selecting the officer for the post
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    DEATHS
    53 8 ZO Word, lit (minimum). CASHIN: Charles Emile. 63 Young berg Hospital yesterday. Funeral Bldadari 5 p.m. today. Cortege leaves 87 Lorong M, Telok Kurau 4 pjn. BOUDVILLE: On May 14. Mr. P. X. Boudville, at his home l n KLumpur. Funeral at Cherte Road Cemetery today, 5 p.m- Penang
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 8 20 Word, 110 (minimum). MR. AND MRS. P. NAVARATNAM thank all friends and relatlves for attending their wedding party and for the valuable presents on the occasion of their marriage in Kokuvil, Ceylon.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    64 8 20 Word, flo (mimmum). ABERDEEN ANCI US Scotch Beef Is '•Todays Special" at Cold Storage Orcharo Rd. DORIS GEDDES 1 BOUTIQUE at Adelphl Hotel Grill Room Entrance has the Most Enchantlne Cocktail and Dance Frocks at cost or less. Open during Lunch. A FRIENDLY WARNING- We all know the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May 15, 1957. The Clerks' Charter
    699 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. May 15, 1957. The Clerks' Charter Singapore's May Day gift to clerks and shop assistants seems to have earned its sponsors little thanks. The clerks will now have the shortest working week in Asia, 39 hours with 13 days' paid holidays and two weeks' annual
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    Suez Debate
    435 8 There will be some plain speaking in today's Suez debate at Westminster, and the revolt of eight Conservative Members of Parliament will give it a certain piquancy. But it is unlikely that there will be any serious attempt to embarrass the Government Acceptance of the Egyptian Government's terms
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      INDUSTRIAL PEACE
      131 8 BEING convinced that national prosperity is dependent on industrial peace I feel Justified in commenting on the breakdown of wage negotiations between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the All-Malayan Estates Staff Union, and their Joint-decision to submit the dispute to a court of arbitration. With the
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      Injustice to non-Malays
      156 8 THE Alliance and the J- Rulers have agreed that no period for the expiry of Malay privileges should be written into the Constitution. Though we are Malays, we feel that this is an injustice to our brothers, the non-Malays. We should be more reasonable. We firmly believe
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      No place on Malayan map
      74 8 Fthe new pictorial Issue of Federation of Malaya stamps, lam sorry to see that on the 30 cents stamp. bearing the map of Malaya, there Is no indication of the existence of Palau LangkawL True tne population here is less than 20.000, but this Island
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      New deal for clerks
      39 8 poULD anyone enlighten v* me as to when the new deal for clerks as set out in the Clerks Employment Ordinance which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly comes into force? BROWNED OFF. Singapore.
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      Training details wanted
      40 8 Training details wanted pARLY In February we were selected for appointment as studentteachers in the day-train-ing centre Malacca So far we are oblivious of the venue and date of commencement of training and also the salary scheme. VIVA VOLE. Malacca.
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    The journey that has not ended
    1188 8  -  HARVEY STOCKWIN TEN YEARS AGO FOUR MILLION REFUGEES STREAMED FROM PAKISTAN INTO INDIA HOPING TO FIND PEACE AND REST IN THEIR NEW HOMELAND. SOME HAVE FOUND NEITHER REST NOR PEACE. AND FOR A GREAT MANY OF THEM THE PAVEMENT IS THEIR HOME. > By
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    On the Margin
    395 8 On the Margin W E were sitting r side the new Sl house at Johore Bah'i Mark Foenandor »m t admiring the evenin' light on the Btra? 0 Johore, when m B suddenly point straight in front „f hr and said: "That 4;' me angry." I then discovered he was
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      64 8 Malayan Hallway HOTEL SERVICES— A high degree of comfort and service is provided for travellers I at the Malayan Railway I Hotels adjoining the W stations at: I Singapore Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh s Air conditioned bed- rooms are available at these hotels, and prior f reservation is recomI mended.
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    SESSION WAS TOO SECRET: NOBODY GROUSED
    143 9 i LUMPUR, Tues. ft general purommlttee of the a Lumpur Muniincil held its 1 1 session to■f allegacorruption 1 municipal but nobody had inine to tell them. The con rr.ittee waited for hour and then jjif committee had deto hear grievances members of the
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    DEA THIN FISH LORRY SMASH
    54 9 Tues. A lorry I 40 piculs of fish in boxes overturned the 42nd mile, I ad, and scattered over the road. One of the attendants on the lorry. Lam Siew Pooi. 32, was killed outright, while another attendant Chan Fook Mun. 26. received leg injuries.
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    Here to boss Philips Electric Co.
    59 9 Here to boss Philips Electric Co. MR. A. DIKKLRS the new managing director of Philips Electric Company (Malaya), who flew into Singapore from Amsterdam by KLM yesterday to take up his duties. Mr. Dikkers. who has been with the firm for 12 years, spent seme time in India and was
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    Acquitted
    24 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A postal clerk, Mohamed Taib bin Mohamed Yusof, 42, accused of criminal breach of trust of $168, was acquitted today.
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    GOLF CADDY STOLE $100 CAMERA
    78 9 GOLF CADDY STOLE $100 CAMERA KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A 17-year-old Selangor Golf Club caddy, Ismail bin Sudin. pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate's Court here today I to stealing a camera worth $100 from C.P. de Rome, a club member, on April 15. Ismail also admitted a charge of assisting
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    Three dead, 300 sick on flu island
    244 9 THREAT OF STARVATION FOLLOWS EPIDEMIC: WHOLE HOUSEHOLDS LIE ILL, UNABLE TO WORK pLL— AND fear— have gripped the inhabitants of tiny (half a square mile) Pulau Sudong. Ihree people have died there since the epidemic began 10 days ago. About 300 of the
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    DOGS, CATS, PIG, RAT, MONKEY AND BEE GO ON BITING SPREE
    203 9 DOGS, CATS, PIG, RAT, MONKEY AND BEE GO ON BITING SPREE BITES from a bumble-bee, a rat and several domesticated animals sent 13 people to the Singapore General Hospital yesterday. Five men and a two-year-old boy were bitten by dogs, three boys by cats, one man by a monkey, another
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    Result was such a shock to the winning model
    338 9 Result was such a shock to the winning model ANN, 16. IS SO SAD— SHE IS FIRST, BUT NOW SHE MUST LEAVE SINGAPORE 'THIRTY Singapore A models competed for the title of "Miss Model 1957" at the Artists' and Models' Ball at Raffles Hotel. But when the winner was announced,
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    Woman rescued from sea
    43 9 The commander of a police patrol car gave artificial respiration to a young unidentified woman after she had been rescued from the sea off Beach Road, Singapore, yesterday. The woman was taken to the hospital in a serious condition.
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    'EXCELLENT RUSH TO JOIN ARMY
    130 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. r[E Federation Army has got its full quota of Chinese troops. A total of 174 Chinese were accepted during the recent recruiting drive. I A spokesman said: "We have all the Chinese we need for the present We aimed at having 40
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    Girl labourer falls 35 ft
    43 9 A girl labourer. Lee Sal Tin. 16. fell about 35 feet from the scaffolding of a two-storey building in Meyer Road. Singapore, yesterday. She was admitted to the General Hospital where her condition was said to be "satlsfactory."
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    Two appointed by Sultan
    32 9 KUANTAN. Tues. The Sultan of Pahang today installed Inche Abdullah bin Tok Muda Ibrahim as Acting Mentrl Besar and Inche Ismail bin Mohamed Jamil as acting State Secretary.
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    THOUSANDS GO TO TEMPLES TO MARK VESAK
    213 9 THOUSANDS GO TO TEMPLES TO MARK VESAK THOUSANDS of people in Singapore yesterday x celebrated Vesak day— the most important festival in the Buddhist calenda They flocked to the Siamese Buddhist Temple in Race Course Road to kneel before the huge statue of Buddha The resident monk, the Venerable Krang
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    Gifts for the poor and Red Cross
    106 9 Gifts for the poor and Red Cross The Consul-General for Burma U Kyaw, said that Buddhism was the best answer to countries waging hot and cold wars. Earlier, the Regional Centre distributed gifts to 12 charitable institutions, including the British Red Cross. S.A.T.A.. the Little Sisters of the Poor and
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    Chinese art
    23 9 An exhibition of paintinc-* by Lim Tsing-ai will be opened at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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    1112 10 MYSTERY LAND AT THE TOP OF THE BEANSTALK The story so far. Golly, Teddy and Rosemary decide to go to Nursery Rhyme Land for their holiday. They step into a picture of Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack drops a bean which they plant, and when they have watered
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    Bakar Bear is chased by bees
    355 10 |^EAR Boys and Cirls. Here are the winners ot the painting contest. Wong Kong Kee. 29. Jalan Sekolah, Simpang Pulai. Perak. Curbachan Singh, 1 12, Mining Quarters, Kamunting. Taiping. Mary Easaw. SS3-A, Gunong Soga. Batu Pahat, Johore. Cracie Teo. 4. Broadrick Road, Singapore. 15.
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      604 10 build op you* N^^^Qr^pyp*yypypyj)^^ MARMITI. f^JSsS&i&S^ Dunn, IK, f,«, 0»n,,t,, ui /'^S^^ifll'^"^ /ffgUJJJ (h*n 4 i«m lo til (or an ti n Afi •mirntion. which he ItiUd one °"^V < ,4sLl **3M 4»1. whil« walking imurably O ,)t ft |-J JL '"3 In Wd. ht dricovtrtd /O, hut in which
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      12 10 C.C.C. Collect $tx of these coupons to loin the Children's Corner Club.
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      212 10 For vigorous health-boundless energy you need concentrated Vitacup the delicious 'nutty' milk chocolate flavoured beverage. Drink it hot or i drink it iced you'll love it eithei way! Mr You get more cups per tin ißs^E^r^H than any other brand. Made by the makers of WINCARNIS /^^.fi 1 \^r' Antimannem
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    There's death in his face said the gypsy
    1364 11 There's death in his face said the gypsy THIRTEEN AT TABLE. .THEN CAME THE DRAMATIC WARNING #.«•«/*> Howard, home from* Hollywood, has f/ono to Madrid for a lecture tour. At the Hotel Hit* he meets the beautiful Countess Miranda She im T F f ountess Miranda's first espionage assignment had
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      17 11 Leslie Hotrard. has Mt Madrid for Lisbon. The last pirnic party he t arm the ill-fated take-off.
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      196 11 t, i I 'yy\j* IE A DOUBLE J^ DIAMOMD §MH| works wonders Ir Jjaeß^M Double Diamond is a strong, more thoroughly b^»^A^^lb refreshing Pilsener beer than any other you've H t %/fJzS^WMfm ever tasted. It's the most popular F'ilsencr Vf^jtuSmj^SSC^ I m Malaya. No other beer gives you such a
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      82 11 Rex Morgan 3#.H. Martha tired rU K RI&HT f MARTHA.' WKAT* WKON& ?Y (T<S JUST THAT T SOMETHING'S WKON&,"T PLEASE, JOIN X•— fathsr i Is Lj 0 8 E£N apw< tL< LrTTLC I MA THA TEU WUT ow ovesr, Dick Tracy Stumped S V S<Z "N PLAT-TOPS REMAIN& ANOWE V
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    UK RUBBER DEALERS LOOK TO RUSSIANS TO SALVAGE MARKET
    231 12 UK RUBBER DEALERS LOOK TO RUSSIANS TO SALVAGE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent PEPORTS from London reveal that rnk. dealers are looking to Russian buvjmr v the trade out of the doldrums. A surprising feature of the past two rr which have experienced quiet conditions ha* the steadiness of the
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    56 12 MELBOURNE Loans 3i;% 19.VLoans3'i'; 1956-58 ffl Bank of NSW. iu Con. Zinc Mount Lyel| N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko I Western Mining".!"" Ampoi Ex. Oil Search Aust. Consol. Ind. A.P.M. (new., Bradford B. Hili Pro. Courtauid Dunlop Elec. Zinc Pelt Tex. G. J. Coles Herald
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    77 12 Ships lyinir alongside i hf k gapore Harbour Bi>.nd hi,', expected today are Heiyo Maru 45, Chengtu 61, Orestes 8 9 c-7. Ripon 11, Carthage 13 us--15 16, President Monroe 13 nong N. Wall 1, Wall 6, Sedenak N. Wall 8 te garang N. Wall 10. Beh^ Empoh
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at C 28 i for cash and 630 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 16.76 and one tael of gold at 275.
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    TIN PRICE
    18 12 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was $384.50 per picul, down 50 cents on Monday's price.
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      255 12 TENDER TENDER VICTORIA MEMORIAL THEATRE TENDERS are Invited for the Electrical Installation Phase IVA from electrical contractors. Deposit $100/00 payable to city Treasurer. Specification documents from Wakeford Lowndes, 79, Anson Road, Singapore on presentation of receipt Tenders close on Monday, 3rd June, 1957. C.C.CHUA& SONS, LTD. WILL SELL BT PUBLIC
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      579 12 NOTICES PETALINC JAVA AUTHORITY Applications are Invited for the appointment of qualified Accountant to the Petallng Jaya authority on three yean agreement in the first Instance. Petallng Jaya, a new town about seven miles from Kuala Lumpur, Is being developed, to an ultimate population of about 60,000. Candidates must be
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      414 12 NOTICES SZE HAI TONG BANKING AND INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE Is hereby given that the Forty-Third Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at See Hal Tone Bank Building, No. 57 Chulia Street, Singapore on Wednesday the 29th May, 1957 at 2.30 pm. Notice
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      647 12 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE BJaU, Tenders will be received up to noon Thursday 23rd May 1957 for the erection of- a house In Ipoh. Full details may be obtained upon application by letter to the Architect E. S- Cooke, 8. Market Street, Kuala Lumpur. There Is no guarantee that the lowest
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      444 12 KNUTSEN LINE obibmt §brvice f ROM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailina San Vancouver Frsnciteo Spore P.S'wct Penanr f'mjr Kriitin Bakke 29/31 May Ilune 3|une M| c Anna Bakke ISMay 16/IB|une 19|une 2l|un c IM Elisabeth Bakk, 22 Ma* Slene 6/ 8 lulv 9 lulv 11 lulv 23 AccepNnt Canto
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    Lock icon Fraser and Hoad in final
    143 14 Fraser and Hoad in final ROME, Tues. f EW HOAD and Neale Fra- ser, Australian top-seeded pair, reached the final of the men's doubles in the Italian tennis championships yesterday. They beat Hugh Stewart (U.S.) and Luis Ayala (Chile) 6-2. 4-6, 10-8. 6-2 in the semifinals. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) entered
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    Three Ws' steer West Indies to 4-wkt win
    1023 14 _Fro« SIR LEONARD HUTTON ILFORD, Tues. AFTER having lost theii fourth wicket at 15 today, the West Indies beat Essex by four wickets before tea on the final day here. The West Indies recovery s i.rtcd with the advent of the three
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    MCA 'ANXIOUS'TO INVITE AUSSIES
    162 14 MCA 'ANXIOUS' TO INVITE AUSSIES PENANG, Tuesday. T»HE MALAYAN Cricket Association is "most anxiA ous" to have an Australian side play a series of matches in this country. "But it is very unlikely that an Australian team will be able to come this year although the M.C.A. had already sent
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    Lock icon LANCASHIRE BEAT KENT
    133 14 LONDON, Tues.— Results In county cricket matches ending today were: At Lord's, Middlesex beat Gloucestershire by 135 runs. Middlesex I 329 and 133 for seven dccl. (Cook five for 46). Gloucestershire 213 and 114 (Hurst six for 33). At Frome, Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 92 runs. Somerset
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    Masseur for footballers
    134 14 Singapore Amateur PA. Coun--0 cii yesterday decided to appoint an official masseur to attend to players who may be injured during matches or In training. But players must first have the authority of the SAFA medical adviser before they can avail themselves of the services of the
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    Crepello's odds tumble
    137 14 LONDON, Tues. SIR Victor Sassoon's Crepello, the 2,000 Guineas winner at Newmarket, remained firm favourite, with his odds tumbling from 9-4 to 7-4 at last night's callover at the Victoria Club here on the Epsom Derby on June 5. The odds against all the leading fancies were
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    Police put out Indians for 58 runs
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    Banquo to be flown out in time for Perak Deity
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    49 16 A hat-trick midway through the second half by Awang Bakar In a scrappy SAFA first division league match enabled Police S.A. to defeat Pulau Branl 4-1 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Skipper Lee Kok Seng made the score 4-0 before Sarian Sudln replied for Pulau Brani
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    Roy Bain back —and hits 50
    82 16 Roy Bain back and hits 50 Former South and Singapore opening batsman, Roy Bain, returned from retirement yesterday and scored 50 for S.R C. in their drawn cricket fixture against S-C.C. on the padang -yesterdayBain, who Is now completely recovered from the knee injury which brought on his retirement. showed
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    Bid for AAA meet on club basis rejected
    147 16 A PROPOSAL to conduct the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's annual championships on an inter-club basis this year was turned down at a committee meeting of the association last night. However, the committee may decide to hold a separate Interclub championship at a
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    241 16 THIS CONSISTENT SEVEN FURLONGS 'SPECIALIST' SHOULD SUCCEED IN HIS BID FOR EIGHTH VICTORY TODA V Three*times'runner'ap Marciano deserves a break, but... By EPSOM JEEP §lAM RICE has won seven races in Class 5, and should add to his list of victories over his pet
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    301 16 MANIAM AND WANLESS PUT ON 84 PENANG, Federation looked set for a first lnnii 1 at the close of today's play in th. cricket match against Hong Kong on Road ground here. With six wickets in hand, the Federation are only 20 behind Hong Kong's first innings score of 158.
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    105 16 KUALA LUMP! r r •pHE Badmlnt, of Malaya may team to play ches in China the new governmen- merdeka na.s no Mr. Chenh Mah E B.A.M. secretary b night that the I be made some timp In after the Thoma<" Challenge Round He added that Athletic
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    78 16 The third hat-truk season was parfDrn padang yesterd;u bowler Stan Nagaiah durir.drawn match i rain i Padang Clubs and Kh* Cb Lee's XI Nagaiah took (oar five balls and finM for 18 in 11.3 over?. The other feature of the p was a fluent 73 by leftha
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