The Straits Times, 24 May 1957

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1957 15 CENTS
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    FIRE: MAN's STATEMENT
    809 1 $13,000 NEEDED TO GIVE THE HOMELESS A NEW START Welfare Department starts fund and Straits Times gives $4,000 'Chain smoker' calls on police CINT.APORE Police are investigating a voluntary statement made yesterday by a European in coaaecn with the big fire in Cecil Street on Wednesday niijht.
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    Lock icon SWITCHED OFF LIGHTS AND FLAMES SHOT UP'
    18 1 Mr. MacDONALD made a statement to the police. Straits Times picture.
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    PLANTER SAVES FRIENDS IN RED DEATH TRAP
    398 1 PLANTER SAVES FRIENDS IN RED DEATH TRAP MUAR, Thursday. A YOUNG European who took up planting in March after serving with the Army in Malaya yesterday saved two of his colleagues from almost certain death after they had been ambushed by a terrorist on Craigielea Estate, ten miles from here.
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    Lock icon SOUTH AFRICAN BAN ON SANTA
    64 1 SOUTH AFRICAN BAN ON SANTA PRETORIA, (South Africa). Thurs. The Transvaal Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church has decided to ban Santa Clans and all his trappings from future festivities of the church. These include lighted Christmas trees in church and the holding of rarols by candlelight services before Christmas.
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    Hello... it's up 5s
    133 1 Hello it's up 5s LIQUIDATION MEETING ADJOURNED AS OTEC GETS SHARE OFFER LONDON, Thurs.Oriental Telephone and Electric Co., shares rose five shillings to 76s 6d. following the announcement of the adjournment of today's general meeting to consider voluntary liquidation. The adjournment was to glvp time for further discussion on an
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    Tengku has lunch with Mac at No. 10
    424 1 Tengku has lunch with Mac at No. 10 LONDON. Thurs.— The British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, gave a luncheon here today in honour of Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Federation Chief Minister This was their first meeting sinc c Mr. Macmillan became Premier in January. Guests at the luncheon, at
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    She returns to her children in China the country she wants to die in
    148 1 AN 81 -year-old woman. Madam Ho Ah Chay. who left Singapore in the Tjiwangi for China yesterday, was too weak to walk up the gangway, but it was the happiest day of her life, because she
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    Scientists say the flu bug is new type
    272 1 HIGH PRAISE FOR COLONY DOCTOR MELBOURNE, Thursday. OIR MacFarlane Burnet. director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for. Medical Research, said today that a new type of influenza virus was responsible for the epidemic now sweeping the Far East. Scientists at
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    FLU VICTIMS BARRED ON MADRAS BOAT
    70 1 FLU VICTIMS BARRED ON MADRAS BOAT PENANG, Thurs.— Five suspected influenza victims were not allowed to sail from here aboard the State of Madras today. A family of four were also barred, after the ship's doctor, Dr. A. Rahman, found that the youngest child had measles. These nine disappointed passengers
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    Lock icon 'Bomb' protest
    25 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— Students and Buddhists today bepan an Indefinite picket outside the United States and British embassies in protest against nuclear tests— Reuter.
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    NURSE CONSCIOUS AGAIN
    71 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Miss Margaret E v ar e 1 1. aged 26, the Lady Templer Hospital assistant nurse who was found unconscious In her hospital quarters last Sunday regained consciousness after 72 hours in the Kuala Lum- pur General Hospital. A hospital .spokcsm-i'i said today she
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    Lock icon H-dust victims to go home
    37 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Eight-two South Pacific islanders cured after exposure to fall-out during the United States nuclear tests at Eniwetok in March, 1954, will return to their homes in about two months.— Reuter
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    34 1 $756,000 CLAIM WASHINGTON. Thurs.— U.S. today claimed $756,604 from Soviet Union for damage suffered when B-29 reconnaisance plane was shot down by Soviet Aghters over Hokkaido, Japan, on Not. 7, 1954— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Boyd to Nigeria: I may say no
    149 1 Boyd to Nigeria: I may say no ONDON, Thurs.— The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, warned today that Britain will not Rive automatic approval to Nigerian demands for immediate self-govern- ment and full statehood by 1959. He told a Nigerian delegation of 43 at the opening session of a
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    Train kills woman
    36 1 Train kills woman A 57-year-old woman, Koh Suan. knocked down by a goods train near Kampong Bahru Road yesterday morning, died on the way to hospital. The train from Kluang stopped to pick up the woman.
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    Lock icon HUSBAND URGES GOVT: EXPEL HOME BREAKER ROSSELLINI
    274 2 BOMBAY, Thursday. THE Bombay Chronicle said today the husband of the beautiful Indian script writer whose name has been linked romantically with Roberto Rossellini, the husband of Ingrid Bergman, has asked the Government to expel the Italian film director The English-language newspaper said
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    Lock icon Pact on envoys
    23 2 SEOUL, Thurs. The South Korean Foreign Ministry today announced South Korea and West Germany had agreed to exchange ambassadors.— Reuter.
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    For 4 gifts and wig, 500 women seek a 'Yul' look
    141 2 SYDNEY, Thurs.— More than 500 women Jammed the telephone switchboard of a Sydney television station yesterday and today offering to undergo a x Yul Brynner haircut. The women volunteered to have their heads shaved on the TV programme "It
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    Lock icon Red stars can go on tour
    38 2 'WARSAW, Thurs.— Poland's Ministry of Culture last night announced new contract conditions for state opera singers and ballet dancers, which should leave them freer to take outside engagements and travel abroad.— Reuter.
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    Sgt. who killed Peeping Tom is acquitted
    272 2 TAIPEH, Thursday. MASTER Sergeant Robert Reynolds, 42, was today found not guilty 111 of voluntary manslaughter of a Chinese, Liv Chi Jan, whom he discovered peering into his wife's bathroom late on the night of March 20. At a United States general court
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    UNKNOWN
    66 2 NEW YORK. Thursday. A 14-YEAR-OLD boy shot his mother and "later dead last night after a row over bis school homework, said police at Rye. New York. The boy, Andrew Casey, surrendered meekly when police, whom his father telephoned, arrived and took him away for questioning. The father was
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    Lock icon NEWSMAN CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGE
    128 2 -NICOSIA, Thurs. Nicos 1* Sampson, the 22-year-old Cypriot Journalist, was today acquitted of a charge of murdering a British police sergeant, John Thoroughgood. 29. last September. The Judge ruled that an alleged admission by Sampson was inadmissible as evidence because the prosecution had failed to
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    Plane loses door
    28 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. A cargo door and 14 pieces of luggage (ell fifim a Viscount aircraft flying at 12,600 ft. over New Jersey on Tueaday.-^A-P.
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    Lock icon 'CHINESE PUZZLE' CONSPIRACY OF THE CONCUBINE
    262 2 'CHINESE PUZZLE' CONSPIRACY OF THE CONCUBINE SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday. WALTER FONG, 49, wealthy merchant in Sacra- mento. California, was indicted yesterday in a Chinese puzzle conspiracy to import from Hong Kong a pretty concubine who has borne him six children. I A Federal Grand Jury also indicted Fong Yin* Hlng,
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    Lock icon Hungary dead
    20 2 BERLIN, Thurs. Official figures show 2,700 persons were killed in the antiCommunist uprising in Hungary last year.— A.P
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    Lock icon Naval visitor
    17 2 HONG KONG. Thurs. Vlce-Admiral Chung Keuh, south Korea's Chief of Naval Operations, arrived in Formosa.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon UNKNOWN
    87 2 WAK-riMfc ferry pilot and attractive wife and mother, Jackie Moggridge, is now a civil airline pilot operating from Portsmouth Airport. Hampshire. Jackie seen here at the controls of her plane began her air career with a parachute lump when •he was 17 After earning the Kings Commendation for service
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    NEHRU, KISHI HOLD TALKS
    64 2 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Japanese Premier, Mr. Nobusuke Kishi, had a 50--minute meeting; today with Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister. It is understood that they discussed the world situ- atlon. with particular reference to the threat <» nuclear tests. They are. to have a detail^
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    Murderer of girl, 8, admits second sex slaying
    138 2 WATERBURY, (Connecticut). Thurs. Handsome George J. Davies yesUrday confessed his second sex slaying, police here said. The 38-year-old paroled sex offender told police he strangled and then thrust a screwdriver into 17-year-old Gaetane Boivin on May 9 when she res ed him.
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    Lock icon Defence talks
    30 2 LONDON, Thurs. British and West German Defence Ministers. Mr. Duncan Sandys and Herr Franz Strauss, began two-day tai* here today on military co. laboratlon between the countries. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Djuanda tours Java rebel lines
    170 2 JAKARTA, Thurs. The Army Chief of Staff. MaJ.Oen. Nasution. and the Prime Minister. Dr. DJuanda. who is also acting Defence Minister, left here today to survey military operations against rebels in West Java. The Army Information Department said they were accompanied by the Commander of
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    Lock icon CHINA TRADE: EASE-UP SOON?
    243 3 Mao willjfe^goods available to Russia, says official source business interests are pressing, so Britain 01/ relax her embargo LONDON, Thursday. nRITAIN may decide to "go it alone" in relaxP mi: the embargo on trade with Red China if .ulniud States refuses to follow suit, official \___ts
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    Lock icon PLANE AHEAD OF TIME IN LONDON-TOKYO RECORD BID
    117 3 PLANE AHEAD OF TIME IN LONDON-TOKYO RECORD BID KllllWlK. Iceland, T l, u rs A British If in-jfi anberra bombg jrrivi <l here today in m attempt to break the London to Tokyo record. The nl.iiif, which also „ll aiirnint a record on h f rp!urn trip, landed Suites ahead
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    Atom tests put back again
    37 3 LTV YORK. Thurs. have caused the moment for the eighth day of the opening summer-long t series in Nevada. y was announced her experts once rlined to take a the turbulent uputer.
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    Lock icon Sir Anthony to return home
    42 3 OTTAWA, Thurs. Sir Anthony Eden will sail on May 28 for England in the Empress of Britain. Sir Anthony arrived at Government House on May 6 with Lady Eden to convalesce after an operation in Boston. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Anglo-Egyptian talks
    45 3 E, Thurs. Britain :ypt have postponed :.i tomorrow the first their financial on problems Mng out of the Suez r The talks were to have started today. British and Egyptian delegations are due to arrive in Rome today from their respective capitals. Reuter.
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    Lock icon A ROYAL FAREWELL AT BAGDAD
    38 3 KING SAUD of Saudi Arabia and King Feisal of Iraq clasp hands warmly at Bagdad airport as Kins Saud takes leave of his host at the end of a State visit.— A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Quemoy trip cancelled
    47 3 TAIPEH. Thurs. Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas. a British Labour M.P. visiting Formosa, today cancelled his scheduled flight to the offshore Island of Quemoy. within range of Communist guns, and toured Taipeh city instead. The reason for his change in plans was nut given. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Flood deaths
    23 3 SANTIAGO, (Chile). Thurs The death toll as a result of floods throughout much of Chile was yesterday placed at 12.— AP
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    Lock icon MAC SPEAKS UP FOR LLOYD
    192 3 Final answer to Tire him' men LONDON, Thursday. 'THE Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmlllan, yesterA day delivered an unusual defence of the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, In the face of rumours that he was about to be eased out of office. Mr. Macmillan termed
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    Lock icon Eiffel earnings
    26 3 PARIS, Thurs.— The Eiffel Tower is one of the biggest money spinners in Paris. Last year's total earnings were 325.000,000 franc 1 (J2.762.ooo).— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Spray-on suits will mean the end of needles
    110 3 Spray-on suits will mean the end of needles LONDON, Thurs. Tailors will be discarding needles soon and learning the spray-gun technique of making a suit, an industrial scientist predicted tonight. "It will be a sort of space suit," said Sir Harry Jephcott, chairman of the National Council of Scientific Industrial
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    Lock icon CHILDREN DIE IN ICE-BOX
    63 3 CAMPBELL (New York), Thurs. The bodies of two young sisters were found yesterday in a closed refrigerator on a patio of their farm home. Police said the girls, aged six and four were apparently suffocated when the refrigerator door swung shut on them while they were
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    LONDON STOCKS
    245 3 LONDON, Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £51 Funding 4% £89* V 4 War 3V4% £99% BANKS Mercantile (£si £4 11/32 Eastern (£5) £6% Chartered (£1) 36/7H /6 Hongkong ($125) £95 INSURANCE Coni. Un. cuts.) 80/7H liVt Royal H4', /104
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    RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, Thurs Spot 264 d., June 26-Sd., July-Spet. 26N,d.. Oct.-Dec. 26 '-id. Jan. -Mar. 26 Hd.. April-June 2fiV, May c.l.f 26 \d.. June c.l.f. 26-Nd., July c.l.f. 26Xd., Tone: st lightly easier.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON, Thurs. Cash buyer* £765 .sellers £765 Forward buyer* £762 V sellers £763. Settlement £765. Turnover a.m. 25 tons, D.m. 10.
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    Lock icon 26 DEE IN HONG KONG STORMS
    289 3 26 DEE IN HONG KONG STORMS HONG KONG, Thurs. Deaths In Hong Kong's three-day rainstorms rose to 26 today. Fourteen of the dead were unearthed from a landslide at a hillside cemetery. One more body was recovered from a squatters' village in Kowloon. The Government said the rain was the
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    Grass moan
    205 4 A NUMBER OF SOLDIERS 1 ARE 'CUT UP* AT HAVING I TO DO THE TRIMMING NTMBER of soldiers in the Ulu Pandan amp of the Ist. Singapore Infantry Regiment nre angry because they have to cut grass. One of them rang up the Straits Times to complain: "We
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    1,000 at funeral
    42 4 More than 1,000 people attended the funeral at Bldadarl cemetery on Wednesday 01 Mr. K. Abraham a rural cleansing superintendent in the Singapore Ministry of Health. Mr. Abraham, 56. died at the Singapore General HosIpital of a heart attack.
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    THE RAF EXPLAINS COPTER DEATH 'SECRECY'
    144 4 THE RAF EXPLAINS COPTER DEATH 'SECRECY' rnHE Royal Air Force is X keeping silent about the helicopter accident at Seletar on April 16 when Cpl. R. F. Martin. 22, was killed by a rotor blade which fell off the machine as it was warming up. An open verdict was returned
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    My $5,000 trip was well worth it—Braga
    294 4 My $5,000 trip was well worth it Braga THE recent controversial trip to Japan by the Singapore Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, cost taxpayers about $5,000. This represents two-way air fares and some hotel expenses incurred by the Minister and his companion, Dr. c. Marcus, a Ministry medical planning
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    FIVE NATIONS JOIN SEATO WAR GAMES
    85 4 FORCES from Slam, New Zealand, the Philippine, Britain and the United States will take part In the Joint air ground operations in the Sarabori and Lopburi areas near Bangkok as part of "Air Link? the SEATO exercise due to begin on May 29. Director
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    'HAUNTED' MAN CUT THROAT IN HOTEL
    200 4 In his pocket was a rosary A FEW DAYS after he complained of being "haunted by ghosts," a man left his wife and child in Kluang and came to Singapore. On the afternoon of Feb. 17, the body of Peter Yap, a 51-year-old rubber
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    Ships warned
    33 4 Ships are warned to keep clear of an area about 100 yards from the breakwater in Singapore roads, opposite Clifford Pier, where salvage operators are working to clear a sunken lighter.
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    Damages case report
    67 4 In a report in yesterday's Straits Times, headed Damages cut by $30,000" it was stated that Mr. H. E. Cashin, counsel for the appellants, submitted that the judge had misconducted himself in assessing the expectation of iife of a woman who had died in a motor accident.
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    REVUE LOSES $2,000 DEPOSIT
    151 4 REVUE LOSES $2,000 DEPOSIT KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Rose Marie Revue, which has been attracting large crowds at the Bukit Bintang amusement park here for more than a month, had its licence withdrawn after last night's performance. The District Officer, Mr. O. R. A. Turnbull, who is the licensing officer,
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    Off on leave
    28 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mr. A. l. Hardy, Officer Superintending the Police Circle of Kluang. left today with his wife and family for Britain on leave.
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    Taxi limit is off, so car sales soar
    254 4 60 NEW VEHICLES TAKE THE ROAD THHE LIMIT on the licensing of taxis in Singapore has now been removed and 60 new vehicles have been added to the old maximum of 1,650. Sales of some cars have shot up and a motor
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      288 4 E____s_X___3 SHELL THEATBETTE: Free parish meeting at home of Mrsfilm show Trumpet Shell House, Lim Huay Jin at 126 A, strathCollyer Quay, 1.15 pm. more Avenue. 8 p.m. INFORMATION SERVICE OF VMr /o-fli.. c.-.n M _l«* nntiA- irrmr flim <hnv Rivor ••■■•ca. (Rames Quay): Malay _HmU^-rabrtfa7 i7et i r£ class
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    TONTINE PROMOTER IS ACCUSED
    288 5 Expert explains workings of Chinese loan soctotiea Housewife charged with cheating 13 women PENANG, Thursday. TONTINE promoter, housewife Urn Choh Tee, was charged here today with cheating 13 women of $4,221 on Feb. 15 last year. Lim, it was alleged, got the money from the complainants
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    Mother's claim on the STC fails
    98 5 Mother's claim on the STC fails LIM PHAIK ENG failed in her claim against the Singapore Traction Co. for damages for the loss of her 11 -year-old son, Low Kirn Lee, a schoolboy, who was knocked down by an S.T.C. trolley bus in Kallang Road on April 8, 1955. Low
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    Tut flags out for jubilee'
    43 5 BENTONG. Thurs. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Mentakab has asked shops, schools and associations there to fly the Pahang State flag on May 29— silver jubilee of the Sultan's reign and to declare the day a holiday.
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    Guilty plea rejected
    62 5 Tan Bah Ba\, alias William, alias Ronny, an employee of the Scientific Instrument Co. of the Arcade, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to committing criminal breach of trust of $1,080 of the company's cash between Feb. 7 and May 16 this year. Tan's plea, however,
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    Cruiser visit
    36 5 PENANG. Thurs.— H.M.S. Newcastle, a 9.000-ton cruiser, flying the flag of Rear Admiral W. K. Edeen, flag officer, second-in-com-mand. Far East station, will arrive in Penaiig on June 8 and stay for a week.
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    Election dare
    218 5 MALAY UNION to EX-MEMBER SIDIK: QUIT ASSEMBLY, FIGHT OUR NOMINEE THE Singapore Malay A Union yesterday issued a challenge to the Assistant Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Sidik, to resign from the Assembly and contest a by-election against a union nominee in the Southern Islands. The challenge came
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    A FRIEND SAVES MAN IN FORGERY CASE
    203 5 A FRIEND SAV ES MAN IN FORGERY CASE LAU LIEW TIONG, 31, till recently a salesman at Getz Bros, and Co., Singapore, who pleaded guilty in the Assize Court yesterday to a charge of using a forged sales receipt as genuine and to another charge of forging an endorsement on
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    Colony prisons boss on leave
    50 5 Major WI.P. Sochon, the Singapore Commissioner of Prisons, and his wife, left yesterday in the Tjiwangi for a two-week trip to Honjj Kone. He told the Straits Times, before he left, that the Singapore "Borstal" would be opened as soon as he returned from leave.
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    Visitors from Ceylon
    38 5 The Ceylon Government delegation which attended the Buddha 2.500 th anniversary celebrations in Siam. visited Penang yesterday on its way home. The delegates will be In Singapore this evening and will leave on Sunday morning.
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    Trade fair
    29 5 KOTA BHARU. Thurs. The Kelantan Agri-Horticul-tural Association is to hold a show and trade fair at the Padang Oarong school here from July 7 for three days.
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    Servicemen's remains taken to Kranji war cemetery
    85 5 Servicemen 's remains taken to Kranji war cemetery A LARGE-SCALE exhumaA tion of service graves is being undertaken in Singapore. The remains will be reburied at the Kranj* War Memorial cemetery. Scores of the graves of servicemen have already been dug up at Bidadari. The graves, complete with tombstones, are
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    WALTZING ROUND THE WORLD, BUT SHE STILL LOVES TO ROCK
    116 5 WALTZING ROUND THE WORLD, BUT SHE STILL LOVES TO ROCK RUBY JOHNSON, one of the world's top ballroom dancers, is also a lover of rock 'n' roll. Ruby, who has won the world ballroom dancing championship for three consecutive years, said in Singapore yesterday: "There's no harm in rocking. It's
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    Customs appeal rejected
    36 5 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— The Finance Ministry has rejected an appeal by the F.M.S. Chambers of Commerce and the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce to modify the present methods of valuation by the Customs.
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    FIRE VICTIMS RETURN TO SALVAGE CLOTHES
    29 6 WOMEN victims of the fire pile food and clothing into baskets and bundles before moving out of their ruined home. Straits Times picture.
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    Judge suggests perjury, acquits in killing trial
    159 6 IPOH, Thurs.— A "parade ot unreliable witnesses" daring a two-day trial enabled a labourer, S. Govindasamy, accused of a killing, to walk out of the Ipoh high court today a free man, without making his defence. Govindasamy had claimed trial to culpable homicide
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    MONTH'S GRACE FOR HERTSLET
    236 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Malaya's oldest scout, Mr. H. R. Hertslet, 72, who was dismissed recently from his post as warden of the scout hostel here, will now be able to stay in his quarters till the end of June instead of leaving on May 31. Mr.
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    PLEA: 'WE WANT TO LIVE TO RIPER OLD AGE'
    182 6 PLEA: 'WE WANT TO LIVE TO RIPER OLD AGE' DENANG, Thurs. A 1 pensioner, Mr. S. Navaratnam, urged last night that something should be done to improve health conditions at Caunter Hall, a kampon? area three miles from the city, "so that we retired people can live to a riper
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    Youth accused of extortion
    65 6 A youth, Van Song Km pleaded net guilty in Si pcre yesterday to extortic by threatening to stab Woo Wing Huen, of Mosque Street and forcing him to sign promissory note for $4,300 ci March 9 this year. Van was alleged to have committed the art
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    Colony men for ILO talks
    63 6 The Permanent Becretarj to the Labour Mini L. C. Goh. will reproSingapore Government a International Labour Isatlon conference at uen> next month. The president of the SI Dore Trades Union C Mr. S. Jaeanathan. will •'< tend on behalf of the workers, and Mr A.
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    Court orders pine strikers to leave
    324 7 GROWERS WILL SUFFER UNLESS LEE CANNERY RE-OPENS— LAWYER JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. fHE Supreme Court here today ordered 261 dismissed strikers to vacate their quarters at the Lee Pineapple Co. cannery in Jalan Scudai. Mr. Justice Hepworth granted an application by the company for an
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    Theft at office
    29 7 IPOH, Thurs.— A typewriter valued at $200 has been stolen from the office of a government contractor, Inche Yom Ahmad bin Ngah Ahmad, in Kampar Road.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER FORCE PIONEER DIES of HEART ATTACK
    200 7 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER FORCE PIONEER DIES of HEART ATTACK TIIAJOR William Athelstan Aeria, 0.8. E., a pioneer ITI of the Eurasian volunteer movement in Singapore, died of a heart attack at the General Hospital yesterday afternoon. He was 64. He is survived by his widow, a daughter (Mrs. Lan Ross), and
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    Culture and new nation
    78 7 The Indian Fine Arts Society is holding a public forum on "The Place of Art and Culture in the Development of a New Malayan Nation" at the Shell Theatrette in Collyer Quay. Singapore, at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The speakers will be Haji Zainal Abideen bin Ahmad
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    TB sanatorium opens in June
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The Johore TB. sanatorium at Tampoi will be opened by the Regent of Johore on June 1. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Sultana of Johore on Nov. 25. 1955.
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    Club film show
    28 7 The Singapore Square Dance Club will hold a free film show, of "Roman Holida> at the Y.W.C.A. hall in Raffles Place today at 8 p.m.
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    P.C. PICKS CROWN WITNESS
    53 7 A POLICEMAN was asked by a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday to identify an accused person a man he helped to arrest. P.C. Hamzah bin Jani point- ed to a prosecution witness. The accused man, Lim Eng Lee, 41, accused of fraudulent possession of lead and copper
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    Tea lorry crash driver injured
    45 7 Scores of tea cases tumbled into a monsoon drain after a lorry went off Neil Road. Singapore, yesterday. Lee Ah Chuan. 28. the driver, was seriously injured in the accident. The lorry hit a lamp-post before ending in the ditch.
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    52 NEGRO DANCERS FOR COLONY
    174 7 52 NEGRO DANCERS FOR COLONY A FAMOUS American dancer. Katherine Dunham, will perform in Singapore next month with her original Broadway company of 52 Negro dancers. They will later tour the Federation. Mr. s.A. Rao, vice-president of the Cathay Organisation, announced this yesterday "We feel it is time Malaya saw
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    Annual contest
    37 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The annual first aid competition of the Selangor branch of the British Red Cross Society will be held at the High Street school here on Saturday. Lady MacGillivray will present, the prizes.
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      208 7 Straits Times Crossword 3~ ACROSS 7 Scandalous tirade on standard 1 l^turn which may be staged j £>- a R SS.2^. admirers, M 10 [H£r!ef our to put on li srtssi-. l «!Ba nzrsrs ztl?: si 17& w n*-^. but 14 SSii'Tb-t ln 6> the earl, A sound sound which
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    DEATHS
    102 8 20 Wordt $10 (minimum). MRS JIMMY ONG KIM SENG, (nee Madam Tan Keong Neo) parsed away peacefully at 2 p.m. on 23rd May 1957. leaving behind beloved husband, son and daughter to mourn loss. Cortege leaves 137 A, East Coast RoaJ. Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. today (Friday) for Queen
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    76 8 M Wordt $10 (minimum). MRS K ABRAHAM. 800 Pastr Panjang Road, Singapore, and children thank all relatives and friends for their visits, wreaths and attendance at the funeral of the late Mr. K- Abraham at Bldadarl Cemetery on 22.5.57. BEREAVED FAMILY Of the late Mr. Kan Yew Kwong sincerely
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    PERSONAL
    25 8 20 Wordt $10 (minimum). WILL JENNY LIEW Previously employed by Splcers Singapore or anyone knowing her present whereabouts. Please communicate Box A 2793 S.T.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    143 8 20 Wordt $19 (minimum). SPECIALS TODAY at Cold Storage Orchard Rd. Danish Cut-up Fryers. Loin Lamb Roast, Tanglin Pork Sausages. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES of Mary Kindergarten, 9 Holland Road, Singapore 10, will be closed for today, Friday. May 24. MRS HINDS' SCHOOL. Masonic H.i 11. Seremban, has vacancies in Kindergarten
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 24 1957. Pan-Malayan Problems
    620 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 24 1957. Pan-Malayan Problems Assemblymen anxious for light on the future of pan Malayan Government departments did not get a great deal of satisfaction from Mr. Lim Yew Hock and his colleagues. Obviously Singapore does not want the pan-Malayan departments broken up, but this
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    A New Outlook
    287 8 There seems to be a significant change in labour's attitude to overseas capital in Malaya. Until quite recently it was an article of faith with trade union leaders that the removal of the "grip of foreign capital" was a necessary prelude to the liberation of the worker
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    Britain And Egypt
    175 8 The Anglo-Egyptian financial talks which open in Rome today are descriDed in London as "delicate." There will not be very much delicacy about the respective claims. Egypt is expected to include a very large sum as compensation for the loss of life and material damage suffered as
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    39 8 Bombs are uncix/iWzed, bestfal, frightful, cruel, murderous, suicidal, grisly, inhuman. They Should be abolished Thatsridht! No*/ we can &il live in h&rmony. 4 Shur up! IF WE FELL FOR THAT ONE World Copyright fey arrangement with the Manchester Guardian
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    READY FOR WAR WITHIN THIRTY NINE HOURS 'We are a lean and mean division *
    525 8  - READY FOR WAR WITHIN THIRTY NINE HOURS 'We are a lean and mean division "U/E are a lean and mean division," that is how the commander of the first American "Pentomic" unit, a highly-mobile force equipped with the latest atomic weapons, put it Britain's Defence White Paper called for "highly
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      Public should be told who guided penang school probe
      172 8 ris heartening to read that the Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Razak. supports the disciplinary action taken by the headmaster of the Chung Ling High School, Penang. This is not the first time that the Minister for Education has shown that
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      Generous enough to non-Malays
      90 8 1 WOULD refer to the letter (B.T. May 15) written by Ungku Yunus and comrades of Batu Pahat on the subject "Injustice to non-Malays" They should realise that the Malays in thi* country have done enough justice to the non-Malays and should bear In mind that
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      Protest is selfish
      69 8 O C. Tai's protest against i 3* the closure of schools (S.T. May 18) is selfish. The time lost is of paramount importance to the School Certificate class students and to other students alike who are preparing for examinations. He should hav e considered the irreparable loss
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      Road repair needed
      30 8 Road repair needed AFTER heavy rain, Jalan Suleiman in Johore Bahru is not a road but a muddy path. Will the P.W.D. please do something about it? TAX-PATER, Johore Bahru.
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      Fairness not forgotten
      54 8 lITOEN I read the letter "Injustice to nonMalays" (S.T. May 15) I feel that there are still some very fair people In this world. What they wrote in the letter is all very true and fair. So thanks to them and their fairness shall not be forgotten.
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    The Army of the atomic age
    180 8 The Army of the atomic age "little war" threats, Is the question of landing bases. Admittedly, the troops are dropped by parachute and so is all the light equipment, but if the planes cannot return to a nearby base, problems of supply arise in spite of the latest re-fuelling-in-the-air devices.
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    On the Margin
    383 8 On the Margin f|N Wednesday anH V Thursday this CC J lumn told how wandering scholar r, Chinatown and C owner if a luxurious motor cruiser helped me, each in his own way, to tike a new ion! at Singapore. Today I lave to record a third such expr-riencf and
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      92 8 He's Given Sight H to 10MM f§ I Inspiring story of the i I veteran surgeon of the I North-West Frontier, J I still bringing sight and I I healing after 56 years' Nightmare en the 79th Floor What happened when a 1 I plane crashed into I I New
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      81 8 As George said to the Dragon 4m[ "PIMM'S _\°l v^Kll\ comes first "Ho, there within! Here's one without Pimm's No Beauteous damsels in distress must wait. Everything takes second place to nectar such as this. All knightly quests should be in search of borage and sliced Isme to top this
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    SO LONG, BUT NOW BISHOP IS to TAKE SERVICE
    186 9 SO LONG, BUT NOW BISHOP IS to TAKE SERVICE silver chalices, (I* burners and vs are being ight for the first gy to be cele- a bishop in the re Armenian r ch of St. Gregory .inator. for 30 day the Colony community o attend a long tifical service. which
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    Tweedie the snake expert to retire
    103 9 Tweedie the snake expert to retire rpHE man who has made X Malayan snakes and crabs his "speciality' 1 Mr. M.W.F. Tweedie, will retire as Director of Raffles Museum, Singapore, in July. Although his post is not to be Malay anised for another five years, he has elected to go
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    'AID THE CHESHIRE HOMES' PLEA BY MINISTER
    80 9 Singapore Education I Mr. Chew Swee Kee. I appealed to the give generously and for Cheshire •nessage. read by Mr. U Abisheganaden, the ex-M-cretary to the Ministry, at a concert given by the Recorded Music Society, he said: "These homes will serve a
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    Europeans clash on association aims
    653 9 NON-MEMBERS OPPOSE HOSPITAL PLAN: OUR CLUBS ALREADY AROUSE ANTAGONISM' BR ]L ISH r EUROPEANS in Singapore-abont 4UU of them— clashed yesterday over the policy and purpose of the British European Association. The dispute took place in Robinson's cafe at the association's first public forum to
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    Murder thriller verdict: Excellent
    203 9 Murder thriller verdict: Excellent "COMEONE WAIT- ING," an ingenious and well-constructed play by Emlyn Williams, was presented last night by the Singapore Stage Club in the Victoria Memorial HalL Skilful production and some excellent acting made this murder thriller tense and absorbing from the dramatic opening scene to the surprise
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    CLEANERS DROVE CARS: ONE JAILED, OTHER FINED
    91 9 TWO ear cleaners both without driving licences drove away the can they were told to wash. Bat they had not rone far when police arrested them. In Singapore yesterday, Sarip bin Isaiah and Mohamed Sani bin Omar each pleaded guilty to three chances
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    New plane plan
    32 9 BOAC Is to introduce the V.C. 10, a medium-long range fast turbo-Jet airliner, from mid-1960 onwards for its African. Far Eastern, and Australian services, the Singapore office announced yesterday-
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    Japanese trade delegation in the Colony
    74 9 Japanese trade delegation in the Colony MB TESHIFUMI TANAKA, the leader of a 12--member Japanese trade delegation, which flew to Singapore by BOAC yesterday front Colombo for a brief visit. At the airport, Mr. Tanaka, who Is Governor of Hokkaido province. Northern Japan, told* reporters that daring their five days'
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    VEG TAX TO STAY SAYS MINISTRY
    162 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fAXATION will continue to be levied on salted, dried and preserved vegetables, a Ministry of Finance spokesman said today. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce had protested that the Customs authorities had made a mistake by levying a 25 per cent
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    Tickets for parade
    70 9 A limited number of tickets for seats for the Queen's birthday parade at the Singapore padang at 7.30 a.m. on June 13 is now available to the public. Applications must be written and posted to the Assistant Secretary (Political), Chief Secretary's Office, Empress Place, not later than
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    Body in river: Man held
    49 9 Singapore police last night detained another man in connection with the murder of Habib Anwar, 41, a charwallah, whose body was found in a river near Tarnpines Road on Tuesday. On Wednesday. Alor Gajah police held a suspect, Istekhar Ahmad. 30, a bread-. seller.
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    Two more days
    56 9 There are two more days in which to register children born in 1949 and 1950 for primary one classes in Singapore Government schools in January next year. The days are tomorrow and June 1. Parents should bring their children to the nearest Government primary school for registration
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    Firemen say: Violation of our rights
    179 9 npHE Singapore Fire Brigade Employees' Union wants the City Council to regard the service of pre-war employees who were prevented from working during the occupation, as unbroken. At a union meeting on Wednesday, a resolution was passed condemning the council for "having taken a
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    CAKES FOR OLD FOLK AT MRS. GOODE'S ANNUAL PARTY FOR HOME RESIDENTS
    106 9 ABOUT 100 old folk from the Nantina and Bushy Park Homes, Singapore, were the rnests of Mrs. W. A. C. Goode, the wife of the Officer Administering the Government, at her home hi the Government House grounds yesterday.
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    Back PAP man, Malays told
    145 9 POLLS CAMPAIGN STARTS MORE than 1,000 members of UMNO at Tanjong Pagar have been told to support the People's Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in the byelection for the Singapore Legislative Assembly. The president of the Singapore branch of UMNO, Inche Abdul Hamid
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    Garage fine
    29 9 Herbert H. de Souza, of East Coast Road, was fined $125 in Singapore yesterday for having an illegal garage in his home. He pleaded guilty by letter.
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    Commonwealth Day today
    54 9 Thousands of students in Singapore will today observe Commonwealth Day with parade.s and assemblies for talks by public leaders. Lord Elton, a vice-president of the Commonwealth Day movement, has sent a message saying the Commonwealth family would play a great and leading role in a world of
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      5 9 after the show DRINKING CHOCOLATE
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      129 9 LIM: To Dr- Arthur Llm Slew Menc and Poh Oeok, a son. at Kanciang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, yesterday- Both doing well- "Good stuff goes into little space" A \f/j an Portable with the de Luxe Features a Gift for a Lifetime Typing T rP m t SHOWROOM 154. CLEMEN CEAU
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    Putt-putt parents join hunt for two on run
    336 10 Putt-putt parents join hunt for two on run SUSAN BARRIE SEES THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS 'pHIS is a bumper week for comedies about children running away from Swiss schools to Paris and harassed parents hunting them down. Both M.G.Ms "The Happy Road" and the French production, "Oh! La-la! Cherie," are
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    DIZZY DANY-STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL TO STRIP SHOW
    384 10 IF you like your comedy very French, very funny and distinctly original, take a seat for "Oh! Lala! Cherie." one of the brightest and best of Its kind for some time. It has the fin and sparkle of French champagne and is just
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    Seamy side of nursing, with ex-dumb blonde Belinda
    313 10 AS a film on a serious A subject, set entirely in a big city hospital, "The Feminine Touch" is hard to fault. Based on the novel "A Lamp is Heavy," by Sheila MacKay Russell, it deals with the problems of trainee nurses
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    A FABLE ON FILM—AND IT'S FEEBLE
    87 10 A FABLE ON FILM— AND IT'S FEEBLE "Husn Banu" a Hindustani film, has a feeble plot but plenty of action and adventure. It is based on a fable about the fantastic powers of a magic ring which had been in the possession of a giant for 10,000 years. Harun, a
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    IN THE DESERT—CORN A LA FRANCAISE
    219 10 IN THE DESERT— CORN A LA FRANCAISE AFTER two comedies with a French flavour I was rapidly becoming a Francophile. Then a third French film, "Storm Over Arabia," broke over us. I realise now that even France can produce corn and produce It by the bushel. So much had happened
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    Lock icon Prowlwr slashed the 'Black Duke'
    1579 11 AT 2.30 a.m. on the morning of June 1, 1810, the ancient brick palace of St. James was wrapped in profound silence. Suddenly, through one of the suites of royal apartments, rang scream after scream of fear and agony. Whitefaced servants ran through the corridors,
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      252 11 RfVDERS' I'IISTBAG :r best way to Igjr to make my face I adopt a style to and I*BB width The top h*ir In thU hulltniph. a.n<2th* 'mm the fac« the head. A -.g it most Buit- > -.•.her is very hot 1 —r and become able and develop .an J
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      202 11 'ft hstu ngocxiac it hotel What a treat when you bake with Stork It makes sponges and cakes as light as a dream you'll find it hard to stop the family eating the lot all at one go! But it doesn't really matter. Stork is so economical that's why it's
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      94 11 Rex Morgan MM. Poisoned wine V^^r' i^bm9 wft* JP*^^**^ Jii+ I r^^y*^^~^^^r^^a»B^^^L>y?^B^a^»^Jg|^s>^^g^gß^g^H r~~~*~^j j >jJ IVIW T~ T**^ -oij^i 1 Dick Tracy Cra*y wnah 11/ NO KIDOING-UE mS I "AW^OLJ JUST SANVONE I I TgETOFRJ^^ Jz*^^_ v f BEtfTIMO THE A'R. wm-l HrS 1 TVIgM POLTnOSL CANOI DATES X t
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    INDUSTRIALS STEADY AT HIGHER LEVELS ON SHARE MARKET
    378 12 By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH there was little improvement on Wednesday's high prices in the industrial section of the Singapore Share Market, yesterday's exchanges were maintained at steady levels. In the other sections of the market, the easiness in tin shares appeared
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    408 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Industrials were again firm on the local share market with some slight gains- Ting were barely steady with buyers at lower levels and rubbers were featureless." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:— Eastern United $30.75. Fed. Dispensary $2;
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    Rice for China
    66 12 Ceylon has decided to accent an offer from China to supply 15.000 tons of rice at £34 15s per metric ton f.o.b. according to reports from Colombo. This Is additional to the amount China has contracted to supply under the Rubber-Rice pact, and is also of better
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    Offers for Ratanui
    28 12 Stockholders of Ratnnul Rubber have been advised that offer* have been received from prospective buyers In Malaya to purchase the company's estate. Negotiations are proceeding.
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    46 12 The Federation's Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs Duties for the week from May 23. RUBBER 90 cts. a lb. Copra 9406 a ton. Coconut oil $716 a ton. Palm oil $789-50 a ton. Palm kernels $351.25 a ton.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 12 June first grade rubber buyers f-o.b. closed in Singapore on Thursday at 89 cents per lb down three-quarters oX a cent on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was barely steady. Closing prices in cents per lb yesterday were:OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RS.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 89%, sellers 89V Int.
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    85 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Nieuw Holland 1-2, Templar 4-5. Arta 6A, Hoegh Silverspray 6-7, Canton 8-9, Luna Maersk 11, Sargodha 13-14, MaasLloyd 15-16. Bendoran 18, Beetong N. Wall 6, Sedlli N. Wall 10, Islander 21-22, Bidor 23. Perils 24, Tjipanas
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    16 12 quarter, of 'a °r*n t h' hr TIN: $385 Z\(up $1). COPRA: |-n quotM
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    111 12 MELBOURNE w INVESTMENTS were flrm on the Mr/, Exchange today variations were narrow was moderately active 't> of the ■mini a rise of s Broken Hill. OUv also improved I^.n dOn P rlces °"s i 2 while gold was variable were steady. Loans 3V. 1956-59 96 n,, Loans
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    95 12 Singapore Chinese Product h change: noon prices per ptcnl J' terday were: Copra: quiet; May June m\ buyers, $26/2 sellers. Coconut A quiet; bulk $41 sellers, drum sellers. Pepper: quiet; no bus reported done; Muntok whitelli Sarawak $107. (both cown si i cial Sarawak black $74 changed). Singapore
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    90 12 The Malayan Kvchangc But, Association made the foßnfe changes In Its rates to mere yesterday (all rates to $100 i- York: buying airma:l 32 5/8, O. D. 32 3/4, 90 d credit bills, It 1/11 tt Selling T. T- or OD. Mfc French Francs *****: Dniwbi Marks 135
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      498 12 NOTICES NOTICE Our Office* at No. 1564, Cecil Street, Singapore, were gutted by fire on Hi* 22nd May, 1957. A* from that date our office addrcis will be: 10-M. Atia Insurance Bldi.. Flnlayton Creen, Singapore 1 Telcphonet: ***** *****. HWA PENG CO. LTD. NOTICE Our Office* at No. 156 A.
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      334 12 NOTICES KEDAH HIGHER STUDIES SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATIONS are Invited from subjects of His Highness the Sultan of Kedah for Scholarships fo r advanced courses of study either at the University of Malaya or Institutions abroad. Applicants should possess a full Higher School Certificate with the subjects required by the faculty of
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    191 14 US PLANS NATURAL RUBBER BOOM DEPORTS from New York suggest a growing interest in natural rubber by leading United States companies including the large synthetic producers. The goal of the companies in the forefront of planting programmes, claimed to involve tens of thousands of acres, is to raise the supply
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    Vietnam seeks rice market
    74 14 Vietnam is trying to export Saigon rice to Malaya. Exports were disrupted soon after the war by the internal situation in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Consul in Singapore, Mr. Pham Khac Rau said yesterday the political situation in Vietnam had improved considerably and the Republic had found
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    Britain opens trade office in Federation
    103 14 Britain is setting up a Trade Commissioner's office in the Federation of Malaya in recognition of its new status on attaining independence. The U.K. Assistant Trade Commissioner in the Federation, Mr. A. G. Dunnett, says the Federation will become mor« important from the trade
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    6 14 DIRECTOR SEES ECONOMIC EXPANSION IN MALAYA
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    New Aussie project planned
    152 14 New Aussie project planned A LEADING Australian concrete building material manufacturing company, Concrete Indvstries (Australia) Ltd. plans to set up a branch factory either in Singapore or the Federation of Malaya. This was revealed by Mr. K. B. c. Milburn, managing director of the company who has been assessing market
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    Branch manager
    34 14 Mr. Paul Slow, who Joined the Singapore office of Muller and Phipps (Malaay) Ltd. six years ago as chief clerk, has now been appointed branch manager of the new office in Penang.
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    Bank promotion
    40 14 An employee of the Sinpore branch of the Bank of America, Mr. Teo Poh Kong has been appointed a proassistant cashier. Mr. Teo. who has been a banker for 11 years, joined the Bank of America in 1955.
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    Huge synthetic plants worry rubber growers
    485 14 FRANCE BRUT BRITAIN lit Wggert pint in Europt WEST GERMANY Ruhr factory will produce 45,000 ton... Plait to be built at Le Havre.... ITALY Raveiia works will boost production JAPAN Til target is 30,000 tern by 1050.... PLANTS' COMBINED PRODUCTION CAPACITY WILL REACH AN
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    4m. rubber seeds order placed by North Borneo
    138 14 rE North Borneo Rubber Fund Board in Jeaselton has announced that it has placed Arm orders in Malaya for 4.000.000 rubber seeds to be delivered between August this year and March 1958. A further provisional order for 1.000,900 seeds has also been
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    Rice men warn of threats to trade
    126 14 rpHE Singapore General Rice Importers Association has warned the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that continued enforcement of the present stockpile regulation on rice might bring further recession in trade. In a letter to the Ministry the association says imports of rice in
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    8 14 Commercial News and Views compiled by Eric Woolnough
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    Singapore gas works' new plant
    126 14 T>HE Kallang Qas w x Singapore will soon h, new oil-burnins equin* for steam boiler??*^ $80,000, plus installatS?^ The equipment, which t.. be supplied by a British I pany, Laidlaw Drr"- fj^ Ltd of Edinburgh, thmftft agents for Malaya McAjb? 1 and Co. Ltd is
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      52 14 TV IN SIAM Pye has received an order worth $1,360,000 for a complete television station for 81am. to be sited at Bangkok. Bangkok has had a television service for about three years, operated by the Government administration which controls radio and using an RCA. transmitter. There are about 9.000 rsceivers
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    237 15 Small nations resent the Olympic games NEW YORK, Thurs. MR. AVERY BRUNDAGE, president of the International Olympic Committee, said here yesterday that many smaller nations felt they were at a hopeless disadvantage in Olympic competition against powerful teams entered by the United States and Russia. Deep concern He said this
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    57 15 Singapore Malays team to meet Europeans in a S A.F.A. community league match at the Jalan Besar stadium today, kick-off 5- 15 p.m will be chosen from: Idros Albar Maswan, AH Samljan, Johan Hassan, Aman Kastawi. Osman. Johan, Ahmad Yusoff, Ismail Yusoft", Ibrahim Mansor, Awang Bakar,
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    Valiant Knight goes like a winner with Ken Barratt riding
    158 16 VALIANT KNIGHT shaped like a winner in his winding-up gallop yesterdayy morning. Ridden by Barrett, Valiant Knight came right away from Whimsical Walker at the finish of a 3f try-out In 36 4 5- They were on tiie oucer rails
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    615 16  -  WARDLE SAVES YORKSHIRE AFTER SEVEN HAD FALLEN FOR 78 SHEFFIELD, Thurs. 4 1,1. praise to Johnny Wardle for saving Yorkshire's face against the West Indies here at Sheffield today. After seven wickets had fallen for 78 Wardle kept Yorkshire in the game with an
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    639 16 EPSOM JEEP'S BUKIT TIMAH ROUND-UP FAIR NIPPER AND CHARLES KUDA IN GOOD GALLOP rvUR NIPPER (Mitchelli r and Charles Kuda (Ransome) provided an Interesting gallop. They raced stride for stride over 3f. in 37 with little between them at the finish Both are engaged in
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    165 16 Kobbero out of merdeka tourney KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. FINN KOBBERO has declined an invitation from the Badminton Association of Malaya to take part in the merdeka invitation championships. Mr. N. P Krlstensen. president of the Danish 8.A., said in a letter to the B.A.M. which reached here today: "Much as
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    22 16 Singapore Swimming Clut beat Army in the opening match of the S.ASA "B" division water-polo league at Tanjong Rhu yesterday
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    210 not out by Grieves
    118 16 LONDON, Thura. rpEA scores In county cricket matches today were: At the Oval, Surrey 320-7 dccl. (May 117. Clark 95 Stewart 51). Sussex 144 At Gravesend. Kent 392-6 dccl. (Wilson 157, Pretlove 101. Cowdrey 86). Leicestershire 199 (Palmer 57) At Oxford, Middlesex 155 (Blck 53,
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    186 16 A MONO the newcomers classified by the Straits Racing Association Is Fire Risk, a well-per-formed four-year-old chestnut Irish-bred gelding by The Phoenix out of Firelight Fire Risk Is In Class One As a three-year-old last year h« won the Newbv Stnkcs over a mile
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    37 16 Cosmos Sports Club beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 6-1 in a S.A.F A. Div. 3B league match at Farrer Park yesterday. In anothe r Div. 3B match at Oeylang, Bintang Bulan beat Serangoon Malay Youngsters 3-2.
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