The Straits Times, 8 June 1957

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    Lock icon INDONESIA IN DANGER'
    231 1 PREMIER; WE MAY FALL WTO THE VALLEY OF DISASTER Rebel regions have split state... economic problems mast be solved Private interest has to go JAKARTA, Fri.— The Prime Minister, Dr. Djuanda, today predated that Indonesia would "fall into the vallej of disaster" unless her economic problems are
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    Flu: A new vaccine soon
    104 1 Flu: A new vaccine soon GENEVA, Fri. Vaccine against the kind of influenza virus which is causing epidemics all over South-East Asia may be ready for use by the end of July, the World Health Organisation reported today. The virus, a new strain of type "A" was identified by the
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    Tengku to ask Dato Tan: Will you be Penang's Governor?
    154 1 ITUALA LUMPUR, Frl v The Alliance is to propose that Dato Sir Chenjjlock Tan. president of the Malayan Chinese Association, be appointed Penan;' s first Governor under the new constitution. The suggestion will be conveyed to the Dato by the
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING IS PUT OFF
    56 1 CATHEDRAL WEDDING IS PUT OFF r DAY'S wedding in Singapore between a British serviceman, L/C pi BUI Simpson, and a local girl, Mazenah Jantan, at St. Andrew s Cathedral has been put off. This was announced last night in a joint statement by the Archdeacon of Singapore, the Rev. Robin
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    Lock icon Sandys to tour
    29 1 LONDON Fri. The Defence Minister, 'At. Duncan Sandys, will visit British military installations in Aden, Kenya and Libya from Jun e 12 to June 23.— A.P
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    BOAT BURNS AND OVERTURNS: 3 FEARED DEAD
    146 1 BOAT BURNS AND OVERTURNS: 3 FEARED DEAD TELUK ANSON, Friday. A MAN and two women, all Indians, are believed to have been drowned when a six-passenger outboard motor-boat caught fire and capsized in the Perak River 28 miles from here today. Four other men, including the Malay boat owner. Mohamed
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    Lock icon Delhi removes a statue
    50 1 NEW DELHI Fri. A statue of General Alexander Taylor, who played a major role in the capture of Delhi during the 1857 Indian mutiny has been quietly moved from a public park in Old Delhi to the former international trade fair site in New Delhi. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Atom mission
    31 1 STOCKHOLM, Fri.— A Japanese delegation which will study Swedish plans for the peaceful use of atomic energy is due to arrive by air tomorrow on a brief visit. Reuter.
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    Troops search in vain: Still no sign of towkay
    279 1 Troops search in vain Still no sign of towkay "PHERE was still no sign 1 yesterday of Mr. Koh Han Ec, the 33-year-old Singapore motor spares dealer who was reported missing on Thursday. Mrs. Koh told the Straits Times from her husband's Tyrwhitt Road shop: "I have not received any
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    THROUGH THE $ CURTAIN
    40 1 THROUGH THE CURTAIN The Controller of Foreign Exchange in Singapore announced yesterday that the basic travel allowance available to Malayan residents and which previously could not be used in Canada and the U.S. dollar area, can now be used anywhere.
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    Tengku to be asked about his choice of Malaya's envoys
    204 1 KUALA LUMPUR, »rl. —The Chief Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, will be questioned at the UMNO general assembly on June 29 on his choice of men for diplomatic appointments overseas, an informed UMNO source told the StralU Times today. The source
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    The big draw
    23 1 FARNBOROUGH. Frl Some of Britain's Kiilded missiles may be the big attr;irtlon at th« annual air show here in September.
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    THEY ALL WANT THAT BABY
    448 1 THEY ALL WANT THAT BABY gEVEN people including an engaged couple offered yesterday to adopt the two-month-old baby boy, the seventh child of a Singapore technician who feels he cannot afford to educate the child properly. The engaged couple are Straits-born Indian Catholics. The husband-to-be, a clerk, explained that his
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    TROOPS ROUT REDS IN CLIFF BATTLE
    246 1 2 Iban trackers wounded but.,. IPOH, Friday. A PATROL from the Ist Bn., the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, charged up a cliff in the face of intense terrorist fire and routed a gang of 20 after killing one of them. The engagement took place yesterday
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    Student dies in race
    50 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A 17-year-old student of the Victoria Institution here. Tan Lam Sang, collapsed and died this evening as he was running in a practice test for the 100 yards. His body was sent to the General Hospital for post mortem. The police are investigating.
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    Lock icon The quins: Only two survive
    39 1 LOURENCO MARQUES. Portuguese East Africa). Fri.— Three of the quins born to an African woman here yesterday have died in hospital. The other two are very weak and are not expected to survive. -Reuter.
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    Those two front wheels to come off again—for the police
    108 1 Those two front wheels to come off again for the police BERNARD Arnold's 150 m.p.h. Cooper Bristol racing car will once again lose its two front wheels after tomorrow's Changi circuit meeting. Thli time he will take the wheels off himself to Hive them to the police The police recovered
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    Lock icon Victor sets a record
    47 1 LONDON. Ft! Britain's latest four-Jet atom bomber, the Handley Page Victor, has broken the sound barrier, its makers, the Handlev Page Company announced vasterday The company said it is orobablv the largest military aircraft in the world to j have done so. Reuter
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    Lock icon Guided missiles for Norway
    49 1 OSLO, Fri.— The Norwegian Defence Minister, Mr. Nils Handal. told the National Assembly last night that Norway had accepted an American offer of Hone.st John Rockets and guided Nike Ajax missiles. Norway has not received any offer as regards atomic weapons of any kind. Reuter.
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    The missing H-bomb fallout
    199 1 The missing H-bomb fallout TX3KYO. Fri.— Japanese scientists are still waiting for the radioactive fallout that could be attributed to the British bomb tests in the Pacific. Dr. Yasuo Miyaka of the Meteorological Research In- stitute said it was about time the British bomb fallout appeared. From Jakarta it is
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    STOP PRESS
    53 1 1.30 a.m. CRASH Mr. O- D. Stephen, X, commercial assistant, and Munah hintr Snnrn. both seriously in.jun-d In car accident on Nimll IliKhway at I ::n a.m. MOORE SUSPENDED NEW YORK. Fri— National Boxing Association today suspended light heavy champion 4rehle Moore for failure to Ighf challenger Tony
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    Lock icon Stalin died in rage after threat to exile Jews, Paris paper says
    466 2 Stalin died in rage after threat to exile Jews, Paris paper says PARIS, Fri. The newspaper FranceSoir s;iid today that Stalin <lit'd alter a lit ol rafle while threatening to deport all Jews from Kussia. The newspaper said the details of Stalin's death wore revealed in Warsaw by the Soviet
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    Lock icon Palace PC sticks out neck to keep beard
    92 2 Palace PC sticks out neck to keep beard LONDON, Fri.—The beard which has caused the Mispensinn of a Rucking, ham Palace policeman was persistently growing today ului,. its owner awaited a summons to appear before a disciplinary hoard. Police Constable Stewart Dean has refused to shave it off. He said
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    Lock icon Comet display
    27 2 LONDON, Fri. The De Haviilund Comet 111 experimental jet aircraft landed at its home base last night after riemonstration flights in Finland and Sweden. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DOCTOR SEES PERIL IF YOU SMOKE VIRGINIAN TOBACCO
    201 2 DOCTOR SEES PERIL IF YOU SMOKE VIRGINIAN TOBACCO ONDON, Fri.— A Bri- tish doctor yesterday blamed Virginian tobacco for the increase in lung cancer. Writing to a medical journal, Dr. Albert W. Bauer, of London, said: "Qne thing is certain the enormous increase in lung cancer is closely allied to
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    Lock icon U.N. to meet on Hungary
    40 2 NEW YORK, Fri. The five-member committee set up by the General Assembly of tho Uirted Nations to investigate last year's Hungarian rebellion and the Soviet actions to meet the rebellion, plan.s to convene today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SAD MEMORIES: SO LAUREN PLANS TO SELL HER HOME
    136 2 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Actress Lauren Bacall is planning to sell the luxury home she shared with Humphrey Bogart because there are too many memories of her late husband. "I thought I could live here the rest of my life."' Miss Bacall said,
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    Lock icon ACTOR IS HYPNOTISED: HE PLAYS HIS ROLE IN REAL LIFE
    271 2 ACTOR IS HYPNOTISED: HE PLAYS HIS ROLE IN REAL LIFE I ONDON, Fri. The story of an actor with stage fright who was hypnotised into giving such a good performance that he later confused his stage part with his own identity is told in the latest British Medical Journal yesterday.
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    Lock icon 'Prohibition in India is not all bad'
    195 2 SOPER SEES BETTER VILLAGE LIFE LONDON, Friday. T\R. DONALD SOPER, former president of the v Methodist Conference in^Britain, declared today that he was concerned at the inferences which would be drawn from the possible failure of prohibition in India. Dr. Soper said: "Is
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    Lock icon IT'S WORK BY ORDER UNDER GHANA PLAN
    87 2 ACCRA, Fri. The Government of Ghana said yesterday that unemployed people who refused to work may be directed to Join a proposed new National Workers' Brigade and "render some useful service." The aim of the brigade is to create work for as many
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    Lock icon Death of a ship
    19 2 LONDON. Frl.— The 20.000--ton Orient liner Otranto is to be broken up for scrap. Reuter.
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    Bid to win control of Whiteaway Laidlaw?
    235 2 PERSISTENT MYSTERY BUYER From HALL ROMNEY T ONDON, Prl. "Whitei^ away Laidlaw bid?" asks a headline in the Daily Telegraph which says that steady buying of £1 ordinaries of Whiteaway Laidlaw Co., which has lifted the price from 245. to 30s. 6d. during
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    FLU CLOSES ALL NEW DELHI CINEMAS, SWIM POOLS, SCHOOLS
    265 2 FLU CLOSES ALL NEW DELHI CINEMAS, SWIM POOLS, SCHOOLS NEW DELHI, Friday. ALL schools, swimming pools and cinemas here have been closed until further noticein an all-out government drive to stem the fastspreading influenza epidemic Nearly 3,000 new cases were reported in the capital yesterday, mostover 6.000 Besides affecting essential
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    Lock icon 30 girts enter world strip contest
    68 2 30 girts enter world strip contest PARIS, Fri. Mr. Charles Albertos, 42-year-old Paris night club owner and organiser of the first International Striptease Contest, said today he had received more than 30 entries from as far afield as Mexico and Indonesia. At least 12 nations, including the United States, will
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    Prison camp plaque gets a new home
    138 2 Prison camp pl aque gets a new home I ONDON, Fr Plaqur carved ta A Japanese prison caiil to find a wT n p£9o.ooo Church for Btevenage n^T Hertfordshire This will bo thr church of St .c. foth it has hung but th? were Ju.st ,W present R.;ctor of S
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    WORLD'S No. 2 CAR MAKERS
    87 2 BONN, Fri. West Germany is now the world's second biggest motor car producer, the Institute for Economic Research reported today. The institute said that German production last year passed that of Britain to take second place behind the United States The num ber of vehicles
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    COMMONS PROTEST OVER PHONE TAPPING
    174 3 COMMONS PROTEST OVER PHONE TAPPING iON DON, Fri. The I- ;;)ing of a lawtelephone by ai the request of Bar Council, the :iin<4 body of banisters in Britain, protests in the onions yesterday. rcua Lipton (Labour) "Are we living in state?" Socialist, Mr. SydSilvennan, who is lawyer, complained "growing and
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    Flying Squad really flies
    27 3 PORT OF SPAIN, Fri.— otland Yard flying detectives flew into Trinidad yesterday to escort to England Dennis Stafford, an escaped convict A P.
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    Lock icon U.S. COURT FIGHT TO SAVE GIRARD
    292 3 Authorities must now show cause why soldier should not be sent home Unconstitutional to let him be tried by Japanese judges 9 plea by his lawyers A FFnrPAi WAS HINGTON, Friday. A L J ud ff* yesterday directed U.S. auWim n *r? sh w
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    Lock icon Terror raid: 214 now held in Paris
    104 3 Terror raid: 214 now held in Paris PARIS, Fri. OOLICE detained 70 more North Africans in predawn raids bringing to 214 the number of suspected nationalists rounded up in the last 24 hours in the Paris area. For the first time in metropolitan France, a European was killed and another
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    Free Geigers
    28 3 MOSCOW Frl. Russian youths are being issued with newly-perfected pocket-size Geiger counters to encourage them to look for uranium in all parts of the Soviet Union.
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    Lock icon Nearly there
    25 3 NEW YORK Fri. The Mayflower II radioed today that she expects to reach Plymouth. Massachusettslandfall of the original Pilgrim Fathers, on Monday. —A.P.
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    Lock icon Bank man held
    26 3 JAKARTA. Fri. The director of the Bank Negara. Indonesia. Mr. A. Karim. has been arrested, the Jakarta City Military Command announced today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 19 killed in lorry crash
    60 3 NEW YORK. Fri. -Nine- people were killed yesln one of the worst lorry smashes in the I States. n and a lorry carry- rani farm labourers d near Fayetteville. North Carolina, the force of the impact strewing dead and injured all over the road. At
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    Lock icon A TIRED PRINCESS LIFTS FOOT OUT OF SHOE AS SHE WATCHES DERBY
    51 3 A TIRED PRINCESS LIFTS FOOT OUT OF SHOE AS SHE WATCHES DERBY PRINCESS MARGARET. tired from walking on the spongy turf of the Epsom Downs, lifts her right foot out of her shoe as she watches the 178 th running of the Derby. Her escort has not been identified. A.P.
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    Lock icon 'RED POLLS PLOT IN LEBANON'
    196 3 Pro-West .government takes precautions BEIRUT, Friday. npHE Lebanese Government today closed the x Lebanese-Syrian frontier and confined Palestinian refugees to their camps to prevent interference with next Sunday's elections. Officials said the frontier had been closed to prevent Syrian military intelligence and Communist agents crossing
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    Lock icon Union demand
    30 3 LONDON, Fri.— The National Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union here, yesterday called on the Labour Party to nationalise Britain's shipping and her shipbuilding and repairing industries. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ports they pass
    34 3 WARSAW, Frl.— Polish seaports bave a world monopoly in inefficiency, and foreign ships are becoming less and less willing to bring cargoes in, the Polish newspaper Sztandar Mlodych said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon D-DAY HEROES HONOURED
    83 3 RANVILLE, (Normandy), Fri. A memorial to Allied troops who fell during the D-Day landings 13 years ago was unveiled today by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, Commander of the Allied air forces during the invasion. The 10-foot high granite memorial, dedicated to the "heroes
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    LONDON STOCKS
    282 3 LONDON. F*t. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were:— RUBBER LONDON Frl. Spot 27 Ud, July-Sept. 27^d., Oct. -Dec. 27% d.. Jan.-Mar 27 5 d., April-June 27!, d.. June elf. 27d.. July c.i.f. 27d.. Auk. c if. 27d. Tone: Very steady. TIN LONDON. Pri.
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      Lock icon BAGDAD POWERS' NEW ARMS PLANS
      196 3 BAGDAD POWERS' NEW ARMS PLANS KARACHI, Fri.— The 1V setting up of a more comprehensive military planning structure among the Bagdad Pact powers, and a series of economic projects to accelerate the development of the region, were the two main points emerging from the third meeting of the pact's ministerial
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    Chiang's son was not in the anti-U.S. riots
    129 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.— Mr. Lincoln White, State Department spokesman, said yesterday that no reports had been received suggesting that the son of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek was involved in the antiAmerican riots in Formosa last month. He was replying to a question at his
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    EDITOR: REDS MADE ME RUN THEIR PAPERS
    538 4 Alleged statement tells of the travels of man accused of consorting with Reds KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A 40- YEAR-OLD man was alleged to have told the police in a statement that he was "taken away" by the Malayan Communist Party to help to
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    Court told of death of a witness
    84 4 Court told of death of a witness rpHE death of a coffeestall 1 keeper resulted in the acquittal in a Singapore court yesterday of three youths who had earlier been accused to trying to extort $10 from him on Feb. 19. Inspector R. Sandosham said that the stallowner, Habbib Anwar.
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    Club meeting
    18 4 The annual meeting of the Singapore Bukit Timah Youth Club will be held on June 16.
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    PAT'S GOT ALL THE ANSWERS ON S'PORE
    52 4 PAT'S GOT ALL THE ANSWERS ON S'PORE PAT GARDNER (above) went aboard the Bine Funnel liner GorfOn yesterday to begin a new Job "selling" Singapore to visitors. She has been engaged by Mansfield Co., to meet travellers and give them any information they may be seeking about the island. Straits
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    4th birthday
    22 4 The Singapore Itinerant Hawkers and Stallholders Association will celebrate its fourth anniversary at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Thursday night.
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    PAP: We're not using students in polls battle
    98 4 THE People's Action Party secretary, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday denied that the party was using students to canvass in the byelection campaign in Tanjong Pagar. Mr. Lee was commenting on an allegation made by the Liberal-Socialist candidate, Mr. Chong Wee Ling,
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    Sought for 4 years
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. A driver now employed by the German Consulate in Kuala Lumpur has been wanted by the Johore police since 1953. the First Magistrates Court here was told today. Abdul Hamid bin Ahmad was today charged in connection with an alleged cheating case, involving
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    CITY COUNCIL SENDS FIVE MEN TO SCHOOL TO BE GROOMED FOR LEADERSHIP
    130 4 rESE five men will be the Singapore City Council's first "supermen." They left by train last night for a 25-day training course at the Outward Bound School at Lumut. Perak. They are going to the school "to develop
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    HE'LL MODEL NEW AUSTRALIAN 'FLIGHT SUIT' ON WORLD TOUR
    110 4 MR R.J. ZOOCHI, a BOAC executive from Melbourne, who flew into Singapore yesterday, will be a male fashion model for the next few months. He will have to tour the world wearing a suit made of a special fabric and be
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    'Playing'—but baby died from broken ribs
    145 4 'Playing'— but baby died from broken ribs A HEALTHY, seven-month-old baby, Ibrahim Bashser, died in the Singapore General Hospital on April 10 this year of fractured ribs. His mother, Asisab Bee. 35. the wife of a wharf labourer in Kamponsr Bahru. told a Coroner's inquest yesterday how she thought he
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    Wage inquiry
    35 4 The Singapore Civil Ser vice Arbitration Tribunal wilJ hear the wage dispute between the Government and the Midwlves' Union on July 15 and 16 at the Public Relations conference room at Assembly House.
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      265 4 o Z V Ll CONCERT «>y Band of CHINESE YJK.CA. (Shenton 2nd Gurkhas at Esplanade Garden Way): Art claw 9 a.m to noon; &™at§Sj»l bazaa. ta fcr^ffi fSfWd aid of the blind. Victoria Memorial p.m.; Art Club 2.30 p.m.- at Sele?''J° am tO J n i\2 P?J lln t K
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    Divorce for wife a major
    78 5 EH Lucy Turneri'd her husirico Francis i for divorce on > adultery, was i nisi by Mr. i it In the SingaCourt yesterday. to be made K months. were married in 13, 1945. and child, a son. who is mother. made, with the M.ijor Turnerier
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    Sheech contest
    15 5 i pore Chinese II hold a Chinese mtest for students Edward Road to-
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    MORE PAY ONLY IF PRODUCTION IS INCREASED'
    352 5 Planing chief makes p«tfto« statement socftM, Mr. S. J. Nias, said today that the M.P.I.E.A. must reject nevwafc revisions proposed by the country's 320,000 estate work,,.l(s pay scales were tied to productivity in the case of tappers and h,,iir> the case of field
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    Union chief
    25 5 Mr. V G. Ananthanarayanan has been elected president of the Singapore Ad« miralty Local Staff Union. The secretary is Mr Lee Ah Huat.
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    Children moving into new schools
    70 5 ABOUT 1,200 children from t. five Government primary schools will be transferred on Monday to three new schools in Tanglin The new schools, Tanglin Boys", Tanglin Girls' and Kay Siane schools, are 300 yards away from the ones the pupils are now studying in. The
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    Welcome party
    41 5 The Singapore Kerala Samajam will hold a tea party at the Adelphi Roof Garden to welcome the new Commisi sioner for the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. V. M. Madhavan Nair, and Mrs. 1 Nair, on June 16.
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    Fire fund pay out on Tuesday
    77 5 Fire fund pay out on Tuesday 'THE Singapore Social WelA fare Department will pay i»ut rehabilitation money to the Cecil Street fire victims on Tuesday from 3 p.m. The money will come out of the fund started by the Straits Times and the department. The fund now stands at $8,082.
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    WARSHIPS WILL GIVE BIRTHDAY TRIPS
    180 5 BRITISH and Australian warships will play a major role in the Queen's birthday celebrations in Malaya and Borneo next Thursday. Detachments from the frigate Opossum, the submarine Telemachus. the Terror, the Royal Malayan Navy and the MRNVR will take Dart in the parade on the
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    Ministers hit out at Lib-Socs at election rally
    240 5 Ministers hit out at Lib-Socs at election rally SEVERAL Ministers of the Singapore Labour Front Coalition Government last night attacked the Liberal-Socialist Party at a by-election rally in Tank Road. They were speaking in support of the Front's candidate, Mr. Keng Ban Ee. Uniformed police and detectives stood by as
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    AWARDS FOR 42 MODEL EMPLOYEES
    75 5 AWARDS FOR 42 MODEL EMPLOYEES FORTY-TWO workers of the National Carbon (Eastern) Limited received cash awards for being model employees for the year. Three of the men. Tan Faey Tiay. Nadesan and Motitan got the awards for the fourth year running. They got $50 each. The others got $40 each.
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    Dead man was ex-gangster
    46 5 Singapore police said yesterday that the labourer who was murdered in Upper Thomson Road on Thursday night was "reliably known as a former secret society man." Tan Kong Lai, 26, was stabbed to death after he had fed rabbits behind his house.
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    30 UNIONS COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF LEE—'MAN WE TRUST'
    154 5 30 UNIONS COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF LEE— 'MAN WE TRUST' TTHIRTY unions, which claim to represent about 50,000 workers, last night uiged their members to support the Tanjong Pagar by-election candidate, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, "the man we know and can trust." The call was made at a meeting
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    Johore to pay $2,159
    41 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Johore's share of the entertainment allowance to the representatives of the Rulers who attended the Merdeka talks in London amounted to $2,159. This amount also included the retainer fee for the delegation's legal adviser.
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    Birthday ball at Johore
    41 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A ball in honour of the official birthday of the Queen will oe held at the Johore Civil Service Club on June 13. The band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers from Singapore will play.
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    Local stars in Handel's 'Solomon'
    137 5 rpwo local musicians who, scored success in their training abroad will appear tomorrow for the first time since their return to the Colony recently. Benjamin Khoo will conduct the Singapore Chamber Ensemble in its performance of Handel's "Solomon." Mr. Khoo graduated from i the Royal
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    Phone workers want talks on 20 demands
    227 5 Phone workers want talks on 20 demands THE 900-strong Singapore Telephone Board I Employees' Union yesterday submitted 20 I j demands, to the board. The demands are for higher wages and better conditions. The union wants negotiations to begin within a week. The union asks for pay increases between two
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    TERESA WILL SING AT FAIR
    55 5 MISS TERESA LIANG PIN. the Hong Kong soprano and music teacher, will entertain patrons at the International Bazaar for the Blind at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, today. The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will open the bazaar. There will be light entertainment all afternoon. It
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    Jailed for theft
    54 5 Hee Cheong Huat who spent three years in Gimson School after being convicted of theft in 1953 was yesterday sentenced to four months' jail for stealing again He was found guilty of taking a bicycle belonging to Llm Peng Wah from the five foot way in Hokkien
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    New leader
    30 5 PENANG, Fri.— The Penang UMNO's kaum ibu (women's section) last night elected Puan Dasimah binte Dasir as its new leader. She succeeds Puan Sharifah, who died last month.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. June 8, 1957. The Labour Scene
    634 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. June 8, 1957. The Labour Scene A homily in the monthly report of the Federation's Labour Department suggests that the paternal authority of government is still a very necessary protection against the bad employer, and that the requirements of the Employment Ordinance are not always
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    Jakarta's Masters
    331 6 The Indonesian army's assumption of practically complete power is not to go unchallenged. But the challenge has been left very late, and is now made in the most delicate manner imaginable. It is necessary, says the Prime Minister, "to improve co-ordination between the Government and the army in
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    A Change Of Mind
    169 6 A third modification of policy in four months on the financial grant to the Federation Adult Education Association is welcome news. Not, of course, because there has been so much chop and change, but because the decision to help the Association carry on with its English
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    As I was saying.....
    1070 6  -  CYNICUS by AT a by-election cam- paign luncheon in Singapore which will not figure on the candidate's expense sheet, the talk turned to the value of public meetings and a candidate's speeches. "Don't bother about meetings and speeches", said the candidate's adviser. "They'll get you nowhere."
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    1245 6 Continuing their trip Messrs. Make- j j peace and Scott went from Taiping to Kuala Kangsar and Ipoh. Then from Sungkai to I I Kuala Kubu and Kuala Lumpur. From there they went to Seremban, then the terminus of the northern line and j also of the
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      202 6 /I i r^ti Have you often thought that a radioCram is not reproducing f.uthiulN those brief, extra-loud passages in a piece of music; that the? are beint "cut-off" and distorted? Jt" This is because a slncle power output a? »alve— or even two valves conventionally M ronnecled cannot be sufficiently
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    DRIVER PAYS $45 FINE AFTER 5 YEARS
    88 7 DRIVER PAYS $45 FINE AFTER 5 YEARS :\ER. K. Vaiatha- of Veerappa Lane, asked for pay when he fined S4» by a gapore traffic court r inconsiderate drir t€ WtU Jul'l, 28. 1952. given a month to :he fine. passed. He said not pay and was .1 Sept. 29, 1952.
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    Tengku sees air chiefs
    43 7 Tengku sees air chiefs A I DIfPOB, Fri. called on the nister, Tencku Abdul day one to say the other to say latshal V. E. Han--appointed Air tnmanding, Malaya, rtesy cnll. and his departing Air W. H. Kyle, was fi rew< 11 visit.
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    Counsel: What I meant by 'McCarthy' charge
    129 7 i E BAHRU. Fri. -Mr. J 7 T. Rajah, counsel for Union of Fac- General Workers, i commission today n he said yesterday question asked at smacked of a thy witch-hunt." his j were directed at king the questions, j t:d he did
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    Probe told of two scared men
    574 7 COUNSEL: GANGS OUTSIDE FACTORY— THEY WANT POLICE GUARD TO COME TO THE PINES HEARING wuv iv JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. mLi nL lftr ee-man commission inquiring into the causes of labour unrest in the Malayan pineapple industry was told today that two witnesses it had
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    CITY COUNCIL DECIDES PAP SYMBOL MUST GO
    108 7 CITY COUNCIL DECIDES PAP SYMBOL MUST GO rE huge PAP flash and circle symbol painted on the road In Tras Street to publicise the party In the Singapore by-elections will have to go. I City Council workers will sturt "blacking" the symbol today. The City Engineer's Department decided yesterday to
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    Whit Monday
    25 7 The Indonesian Consulate General will be closed on Whit Monday, but the passport section will be open from 9 ii.m. to 10 a.m.
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    Boyd told Urn of transfer plans in London
    284 7 Boyd told Urn of transfer plans in London CHRISTMAS ISLAND DID NOT BELONG TO US' THE acting Chief Minister, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, said yesterday that the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, was told two months ago of Britain's intention to hand over Christmas Island to Australia.
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    YES, NO, YES — CASH AID FOR ENGLISH CLASSES
    82 7 YES, NO, YES CASH AID FOR ENGLISH CLASSES TPOH, Fri.— The Fed--1 eration Government has modified— for the third time in four months Its policy on grant-in-aid to the Federation Adult Education Association. It will now subsidise English language classes up to jthe third standard. Disclosing this to the Straits
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    Singer from New York flies in to wed
    64 7 rpHIS AMERICAN couple X will be married next Saturday in Singapore. after being In love for four years. lie is Mr. Leonard Rose, the Columbia Pictures accountant for South-Last Asia, and the bride-to-be Is Miss Renne Greenfield, a New York radio singer.
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    SIT WILL BUILD A TOWN
    107 7 SIT WILL BUILD A TOWN Satellite for 80,000 in Woodlands yHE Singapore Im- provement Trust will build a satellite town for 80,000 people in the Woodlands area. The town, which will occupy a 3.000-acre site opposite the Kranji War Memorial, is for workers employed in factories in Bukit Timah. "Clearing
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    Defence talks with M.P.
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Labour Member of Parliament and a former Undersecretary for Air. Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas. arrived hero today to hold informal talks with officials of the Federation Defence Ministry. Mr. de Freitas will return to England on Monday.
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    Mannequin on round the world trip
    81 7 Mannequin on round the world trip MISS DIANE SIMPSON, 18, a Melbourne mannequin who passed through Singapore by Qantas yesterday on a trip round the world to meet as many models as possible. "I want to see whether I can learn anything from them," Diane explained. She was accompanied by
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    Experts to study port facilities
    296 7 BIG SINGAPORE SURVEY PLANNED T*HE Singapore Government is appointing a port A commission to study and make recommendations on all aspects of the Colony' r ort activities. The commission, which will start work here in August, will be under the chairmanship of Sir Eric Millbourne,
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    TWO COLONY HOMES BURGLED
    56 7 TWO COLONY HOMES BURGLED Burglars entered two Singapore homes yesterday while their occupants were I away. In Martaban Road, the intruders got away with Jewellery worth $1,500. In Chatsworth Road in Serangoon Garden Estate, 'Mr. L. R. Keelan of the City Council reported the loss of a number of suits,
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    N.Z. scholarship
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Mr. G. Nair, of the Government High School at Batu Pahat. has been awarded a Federal Scholarship to take a woodwork course in New Zealand.
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    Art exhibition
    27 7 The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. yesterday opened an exhibition of Chinese paintings by Prof. Cheng Man-chlng. at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    TRAVEL AGENCY HEAD IS FINED
    219 7 TRAVEL AGENCY HEAD IS FINED \IRS. BORIS HOLITI LAND, head of a travel agency, was fined $150 in a Singapore district court yesterday for retaining nine travellers cheques worth U.S. $160 and four others worth £20 each, an offence under the Foreign Exchange regulations. She pleaded guilty midway through the
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    DEATH
    38 7 GUNAWATHIE THEDIAS Wife of Mr. Dayananda Thedias on 7.6.57, after a short illness. Cortege leaves 537. Oulllemard Road at 5 p.m. on 8.6 57 to the Sinhalese Buddhist Burial ground. Bid;idari. Deeply regretted. Ceylon papers please copy.
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    Villagers join in the 'treasure hunt,' but it's for shrines
    517 8  - Villagers join in the 'treasure hunt,' but it's for shrines KHOR THEAN HONG By MOTORIST ALMOST DROWNED AFTER HE SKIDS INTO DITCH (TRIOUS villagers of Permatang Pasir crowded round as a group of young men and women started digging on a vacant piece of land behind a shop. "It must
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    The old polygamous order changes not
    296 8 Mrs. FOZDAR BACK ON THE ATTACK THE Chinese and Muslim Advisory Boards had ignored all the criticisms and appeals of the Singapore Women's Council for a Monogamous Marriage Bill, the Council's honorary secretary, Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, complained yesterday. Not only were they maintaining the
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    RESULTS of VARSITY EXAMINATIONS
    647 8 RESULTS of the Intermediate and Sessional examinations of the Faculty of Science, and the Intermediate examination of the Faculty of Engineering were announced by the University of Malaya yesterday. The Intermediate and Sessional examination results of the Faculty of Arts will be announced on Tuesday, June
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    COLONY BORSTAL READY TO OPEN
    138 8 COLONY BORSTAL READY TO OPEN SINGAPORE'S first Borstal at Outram Road is expected to be opened on July 1. The Commissioner of Prisons. Major W. L. P. Sochon. said this yesterday. He said the opening of the Borstal ready for occupations some weeks ago had been delayed because of several
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    SHAWS' BIG CHAPLIN FILM DEAL
    70 8 SHAWS' BIG CHAPLIN FILM DEAL Shaw Brothers have obtained exclusive showing rights of Charlie Chaplin's new film, "A King In New York," for Singapore, the Federation, Hons; Kong and the Philippines Chaplin wrote the script and directed and acted in the film, which is about th»? king of an imaginary
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    Holiday trip to Britain.
    51 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Mr. K. T. Joseph, headmaster, of the Government English School, Batu Pahat, accompanied by Mrs. Joseph, will fly to Britain on Monday for a holiday. Mrs. Joseph, who was at one time a municipal councillor of Malacca, intends visiting various county councils in
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      429 8 n IA quest; 3.30 Jake Box Parade; 4.00 KAlflU MALAYA Lazy A'ternoon: 430 Tea Dance: 500 Saturday Medley; 5.50 Singapore 476 metres and approx. Sports Hour; 6.30 41 metres. approx. Proeramme Summary: Kuala Lumpur 341 metres 6.32 Light Male; 6.55 Programme Penan? 366 metres. Preview; 7.00 News,; 710 Towards Malacca
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    Singapore found place of honour for royal Siamese gift STRAITS TIMES Special Feature
    1192 9 Singapore found place of honour for royal Siamese gift STRAITS TIMES Special Feature or shine the elephant has kept its lonely vigil for more than 80 years fIERE a small tUphant outside the w m blv House at Singapore. It is a Iher weather-beaten ,1 for it has kept lonely
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      130 9 Rex iMorgan M.D. Worush /-m puo»jc sou on nr I 17 simpuv TO WiASWRC Mi W5yT any vj^ 7' K7^ wr< c /THERF NO RUSH 1 I &tAP I SPOTTED VOU A U O\-D 0€ rfTUiMAN THAT i*i»tHit. [i/ 1 (|\^&?^bA t s j Uiek Irncf, r J^J^L I' B^BIHBBmHBIHBHBB
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    SHARES REMAIN STEADY WHILE MARKET KEEPS ACTIVE
    664 10 By Our Market Correspondent CTEADY and active conditions again prevailed throughout most sections of the Singapore Share Market yesterday. However, there was a perceptibly easier tendency in the tin section which again showed mainly selective interest. In the rubber section, sterling shares still
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    Rubber market moving
    372 10 A BREATH of life seems to have been instilled Into the market this week and the stirring of the corpse has induced some stale bears to cover their shorts, report Holiday, Cutter, Bath and Co., Ltd., in their current review of the Singapore Rubber Market. However. New
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    PRODUCTION IN MAY
    56 10 Rubber outputs during May have been reported for Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd. 61.000 lb: Borelli Rubber Co. Ltd. 61,000; Connemara Ltd- 47,500; New Serendah Rubber Co. Ltd. 67,000; Bassett Rubber Co. Ltd- 26.500: Kuala Sidim Rubber Co. Ltd. 102,015; Bukit Kepong Rubber Estates Ltd. 18.800: Kempas Ltd.
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    Drift in value
    117 10 Clients of Close Brothers again press for the sale of Cheras Rubber's estate. In March, Close Brothers urged the Cheras Board to recommend a bid of 30s. per £1 share with a minimum acceptance of 37,500 of the 65,000 shares. On the facts as published, says Close
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    Finance Bill is a benefit
    90 10 Shareholders of Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Co- are the first to benefit from the concessions to overseas trading corporations In the U.K. budget. The directors announce that In addition to a final dividend of 20 per cent, they recommend a bonus 12H per cent on
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    Amalgamation
    47 10 The directors of Kapar Para, Braunston (Malay), and Harpenden (Selangor) Rubber companies have announced that at the May 23 meetings, the resolutions for amalgamation of Kapar and Braunston were approved. The resolutions for amalgamation of Kapar and Harpenden were approved by Kapar but not by Harpenden.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    159 10 June first grade rubber buyers t.o.b. closed In Singapore on Friday at 91\ cents per lb up five-eighths of a cent on Thursday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cent.s per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91' i,, sellers 91%
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    82 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New York: buying airmail: TT. 32 9/16, O.D. 32 11/16, 90 d/st 32 15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills. Selling T.T. or On. ready: Camda 30',. On the free
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    Estate bought
    83 10 Dlv Yam Rubber Co-, with an estate at Sungei Choh, In Selangor, recently bought the neighbouring Bukit Munchonjj estate for £35,000 In cash and 45,000, £1 sheresThe capital of Ulu Yam becomes £110,000 In £1 shares and amount the cash was found from Ulu Yam reserves. Bukit Munchong
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 10 OFF ICIAL PRICES RIBBER %**l P«r Ib. (up n ,c«nt, of a cent, TIN: $3M.«, P«cu| (down pi 1* COP »A: l-n^y".
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    77 10 MElJioTNVESTMEN I the Melboii:r> change today. Mam- well supported. j£ barrier stocks "5 market. Loans w er Loans 3>,i% 195fi-- Loan* 3> t 1956-58 Bank of NSW. Con. Zinc Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 V Mount Morgan Peko i)l I Western Mining Ampol. Ex. Oil Search
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    93 10 Singapore CMwm Produ,, i change: noon prices per terday were:--Copra: quiet; June buyers, $26 W seller*. (oconnV quiet; bulk $40 < $45 i sellers. PCfßoj about 50 to 60 torn < reported done; Mtmtok •< Sarawak $117 ibeh up V clal Sarawak black $80 Singapore Copra *TiihU, p.m.
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    78 10 Ships lying alongside thf ft gapore Harbour Board uh.im. expected today are: 1-2. Dona Ourania 4-5 Amo Maru 6A, Kambodia 6-7. Gle:.. 8-9, Inchulva 11, Oven-; 14, Taronga 16-16, 18. Tapah N. W;UI I Belli Wall 10, Reginald B Larut 23, Benve-i: JJ 25, Perak 26, Bcnli Hallvard
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      369 10 PARK tint Clou Bungalow* Fer Sal* Byklt Timah near Singapore Turf Club opposite William Jack's Showroom. 999 years leasehold land, opproiimot c area per sublot 10,000 sej. ft. Cash Purchases or Easy Payment can be arranged. TYPf D Scni-detoched two-storey house. Selling at $19,850/- Easy Payment can be arranged. TYPE
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      416 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KELANTAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGHER STUDIES Applications are Invited from subjects of His Highness the Ruler of Kelantan for the following scholarships: (a) Accountancy (b) Valuation (a Science <d> Engineering. 2. For (O and (d) preference will be given U> holders of a Full Higher bchool certificate or
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      913 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE CftLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of S cents per Stock Unit, less 30% Income Tax, In respect of the financial year ending 31st August, 1957 will be paid on the 25th June. 1957, to all Stockholders on the
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      560 10 NOTICES NOTICE OUTHRIE CO. Ltd., wish to announce that Mr. Wong Yew Fook, Olivetti Department Mechanic, has left their employ and Is no longer authorised to represent them In any way whatsoever. NOTICE THIS Is to notify that Mr. OON HOCK SAN will not be liable as a partner of
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      278 10 Estates for sale According to the Eastern agents of the Banteng (Selangor) Rubber Estates It appears that offers may be made In the near future fur both the company's estatesIf these prove to be adequate the board thinks it would be In the Interests of stockholders for the estates to
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      374 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient servici FROM CANADA/U S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 OATS Sailins San Vancouver Francisco Sport P.Swet Panan. F m?Anns Bakke 16/18|une 19|urte 21|une 3_V Elisabeth Bskk« 9/11|uly 12|mW I4M> 28* Ciertrud Bakk* 19 |wn« Slab 4/ 6Aus 7Au» 9Au* 2U Accepting Cargo for FrewsnHe— calling Ceraldror FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA—
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      1014 11 Huamm THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD n 7 SINGAPORE (incorporataa in tha United Kingdoml 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. ft CONTINENTAL PORTS VIA SUEZ S'pora P. S'hom Penang BENCLEUCH for London, Rotterdam, Hamburg 6.13-14/ Jana 10/11 Jana BENATTOW for London, Rotterdam, IS/38 Jane 21/22 June Hamburg, Antwarp 21 June/ 1
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    Police in new villages have to get on with oil lamps
    900 12 mRAVELLING through the 1 Federation to Singapore last week our car broke down just before curfew. We managed to reach on c of the new villages and wish, through your paper to thank the Police for their kindness and
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    ABSORBING WAR DEPARTMENT STAFF IN FEDERATION ARMY
    122 12 ABSORBING WAR DEPARTMENT STAFF IN FEDERATION ARMY WAR Department employees through their union have asked to be absorbed in the Federation Army in view of the forthcoming mass retrenchment. As an employee of the War Department I would like t 0 stress that the civilian employees should thank their lucky
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      652 12 1 Crisp, golden pastry pastry that melts at a bite that's the result when you use Stork Margarine Stork makes cakes and sponges too, into something extra-special. Give yourself a treat next baking-day use Stork Margarine. I I If you want to receive copies of Stork cookery leaflet! I I
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      154 12 And that* s the way toilet tissue should be, not crisp and harsh but smooth and soft cotton-wool $oit like Andrex. The weave and texture of Andrex gives you long over-due absorbency and it goes furth« toot For babies, for mothers for everyone, the complete <IWi«iif^ of Andrex is smooth
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      106 12 The STRAITS TIMES Satartfay foram What would you do if <jou were Chairman of Ike Smqmpo^ TV Corporation Interviewed by T.H.Peng, they said: M..« Rom Chan: I'd five them a Mr. MMMmWV' Jlu* KitSSo^^'ih^^'p'r^" B^Bvt #y >n Ill I^^B^ffl III 1*T U fl^B^l B^BM B^B^V B^B^H B^B^Br^^^^^^^ri^^BBfc^^~~~~" "^1 J I"
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    150 14 LONDON, Fri. rjERBYSHIRE and Surrey gainiJ ed maximum points from their county wicket matches which end. Ed today. Results were; At Lord's Derbyshire beat Middlesex by 163 runs. Derbyshire 223 and 242. Middlesex 127 and 175. (Derbyshire 14 points). At Oxford, Worcestershire beat Oxford University by
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    Zain gets three
    43 14 Minto CU. trounred X.ML. 7-0 in a S A FA. Div. 3B league match at Farrer Park yesterday. Mohd. Zain (3), Samaon (2), Sliarifl and Majid scored. Perhtmponan Stia beat Bukit Timah 4-1 in another Div. 3B game at Geylang.
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    Big schools meets today
    52 14 'TWO Singapore schools with strong athletic teams will hold their annual championships today Anglo-Chinese School, last year's inter-school champions, wilj hold their meet at Jalan Besar stadium, starting at 2.30 p.m St. Patrick's annual meet will be held at the school field. East Coast Road, at
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    Lock icon Gloucester beaten by 154 runs
    368 14 ATKINSON (101 n.0.) AND ALEXANDER (51) PUT ON 143 FOB SEVENTH WICKET Emmett (duck in 1st. inns) hits 91 in 65 minutes BRISTOL, Fri. AN ATTACKING cen- tury partnership for the seventh wicket between Denis Atkinson 1 #101 not out) and Gerry Alexander (52) helped
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    Lock icon CREPELLO WELL BEHIND AT TATTENHAM CORNER
    87 14 j CREPELLO. ridden by Lester Piggott. is in I I the hunch fifth from i I the left as the Derby j I Held goes round Tat- I tenham Corner at Ep- i som on Wednesday. Crepello went on to I finish a length
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    262 14 SCHOOL RULES 'MURDERING' CRICKET CONGRATULATIONS to Norman Siebel and Bob Pidgeon for their SPORTSFRONT article on Singapore schools sport. However. they made no mention of cricket, which I think is the game that suffers the most from the Education Department's attitude. The standard of this game is very low in
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    Do they realise the problems involved?
    156 14 YOU HAVE, by your SPORTSFRONT article really shown the stupidity of the ruling by the school authorities, but you have omitted the case of budding schoolboy cricketers by not showing their frustrations, for they too are faced with the same dilemma There are cricketers
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    168 14 DOPE TESTS— WHY TRY TO PASS THE BUCK? J J. P. HANNAH must think the racing public inge--1.T.1 uious if he believes he has absolved himself and Turf Club from the responsibility of lowering the .v. juards against the doping of racehorses. He saus the decisioii to replace Dr. Rintoul
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    RACING OFFICIALS ARE SERVANTS OF PUBLIC
    146 14 THE statement by the president of the Perak Turf Club that the decision not to have Dr. Rintoul in attendance at the next Ipoh race meeting was made by the S.R.A. and not the Perak Club is interesting. The fact that Mr. J. P.
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    BROWN KEEPS PRO TITLE
    41 14 BROWN KEEPS PRO TITLE KILMARNOCK, Fri. ERIC BROWN, 32-year-old British Ryder Cup international, retained the Scottish professional golf championship on the Baw rassie course here yesterday with a 72-holes aggregate of 284. He had rounds of 70, 73. 73 and 68.
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    PULAU BRANI SAVED BY AH HOE'S LATE GOAL
    139 14 PULAU BRANI SAVED BY AH HOE'S LATE GOAL A LATE goal by centreforward Ah Hoe helped Pwlau Brani to draw 2-2 with Indian Recreation Club in their S.A.F.A. first division league match at Jalan Besar yesterday. It was a touch-and-go attair with the Islanders twice fighting back to draw level.
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    Damrongdez stops Lee
    180 14 SIAM'S fourth-ranking Orient lightweight. Damrongdez, scored a fourth round knockout victory over Fighting Lee, of Indonesia, in their scheduled tenrounder at the Happy World last night. Damrongdez. who scaled at l33'i pounds, lived up to his reputation and his powerful right was too much for the IndonesianThe
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    Abu Bakar, Bhajan share title
    422 14 ABU BAKAR bin Falll and and Bhajan Slnwh, both with 18 points, were Jofnt champions at the Oan Eng Song s-hooi n annual athletic championships at Anson Road yesterday. Ab'i B?kr<r set two records. He won the hop. step and Jump with 41ft. 3' 2
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    Lee brothers battle for honours
    409 14 SEE TECK FINISHES A POINT UP THE Lee brothers— See Teck and Goh Teck—dominated the St. Andrew's Junior School annual athletic meet at Woodsville yesterday. After a keen tussle. Sec Teck (17 points) won the award for the best individual performance. Goh Teck was runner-up
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    FEAF GOLF MEDAL
    26 14 F.E.A'.F. monthly medal Stableford golf results were: Div. "A" F/Lt. Bray iSeletar); runner-up S/Ldr Crowley (Changit Div. "B" F/O Chisholm; runner-up C/Tech Harris.
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    The Queen gains her first 'classic'
    178 14 The Queen gains her first 'classic' By VERNon EPSOM K<^ T H E Qu. 1 first ,1, The Oafc afternoon second sti beat Irish^ Silken Gl head in a Third b 11 was the !froir. Franc 'owned by t Carrow, I Silken GUdi ißose Royalc Carroz/.a R i ter Pu-gou
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      115 14 EUgDIARY SOCCER S.A.F.A. Div. 2A: Police "A" v V M.S. A., Thomson Road; Div. 3B: Pondok Peranakan v Bedok, Geylanfr; Kebenaran Club v Haikouvu Farrer Park ATHLETICS A.C.S. meet, Jalan Besar stadium 2.30 p.m.; St. Andrew's (senior), Woodsvillp; Paya Lebar I and 11. Paya Lebar; Telok Paku, Teluk Paku; St.
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