The Straits Times, 15 June 1957

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 15. 1957. 15 CENTS
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    RAIL GO-SLOW SPREADS
    787 1 a, OOO MEN NOW OBEY UNION 'WORK TO RULE' ORDER Guards latest to join in: 'We are only obeying official regulations* Goods trains running late PORT PILE-UP 'NOT SERIOUS 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MORE railway workers are to join the "work to rule" campaign ordered by the
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    Lock icon HUSSEIN AND SAUD SAY IT: NO FOREIGN PACTS FOR US
    129 1 AMMAN. Friday— 'King Hussein of Jordan and King Saud of Saudi Arabia emphasised their adherence to a policy of "positive neutralism' in a joint communique issued on their talks here last night. The communique said their two countries would avoid
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    Jakarta may cut rice 'ration'
    169 1 NO FOREIGN CASH TO BUY MORE JAKARTA, Friday. THE government may cut its rice allocations to estate workers by half because there is a grave shortage of exchange. Sources said that the Cabinet had little choice, although it realised that a rice cut might cause
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    Lock icon The 111th win
    38 1 OTTAWA. Fri. The final return in the Canadian elections from the Yukon today gave the Progressive Conservative Party its 111 th seat in the nevr parliament, bringing its majority over the Liberals to eight— Reuter
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    Lock icon $885,000 canvas
    40 1 PARIS, Fri. A 1901 painting of apples b y the French artist Paul Gauguin, was sold for 104 million francs < about $885,000 > at an auction here today to Mr. Basil Peter Ooulandris a Greek-born New York shipowner. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mission fire
    21 1 LISBON, Fri. Flr P destroyed the roof of the headquarters of the American Slit!?? mission here last night. A.P.
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    Lock icon Trade with China
    18 1 THE HAGUE. Fri. Holland announced today she lana restrictions on uade with Communist China. -Reuter.
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    Mutiny threat: Was opium to blame?
    341 1 Mutiny threat: Was opium to blame? OPIUM was probably at the root of the threatened trouble in the Singapore owned tanker Gervase Sleigh in the Persian Gulf on Thursday. An Admiralty statement in London yesterday said that the skipper. Captain F. C. Richardson, sent out a radio S.O.S. when he
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    Officer dies in crash
    48 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Mr. J Purdy. a police deputy superintendent, wa s killed at midnight in a motor collision [between his car and a bus. Mr Purdy, 45, was returning home along Jalan Ah Fook when the accident occurred. He died on the spot.
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    Lock icon NEW GIRL MARIA IN A $3 MIL. MOVIE DEAL
    156 1 NEW GIRL MARIA IN A $3 MIL. MOVIE DEAL HOLLYWOOD. Fri.— A Hollywood studio yesterday agreed to pay more than U553,000,000 for the services of a European actress who arrived here only four weeks ago. She is the blonde German star of Swiss origin, Maria Schell, who was brought to
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    Lock icon Dysentery alert in Philippines
    33 1 MANILA, Fri. The Philippines is taking precautions against the entry of dysentery now sweeping Japan. Quarantine officials said all tourists and travellers coming from Japan will be screened. A.P.,
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    Lock icon Crabb: He was spying, says Russian paper
    102 1 MOSCOW, Fri. A Russian newspaper today wrote finish to the story of the naval frogman Commander Lionel Crabb who "perished while collecting secret information' 1 about Soviet warships. The newspaper Sovetskaya Rossia was referring to the discovery of the unidentified headless body of
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    Editor: Public has a right to type of news it wants
    196 1 MELBOURNE. Fri.— The mass of the people have an unquestionable right to have their news presented to them In the way which Interests and entertains them. says the Bydney Morning Herald editor. Mr. J. M Douglas Prlngle. Mr Prlngle
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    HERE IN 300 A.D.-THE INDIANS
    375 1  - HERE IN 300 A.D.-THE INDIANS KHOR THEAN HONG University students discover relics of early colony built by traders In central Kedah By ALOR STAR, Friday. TRACES of an early Indian colony dating back to 300 or 400 A.D. have been found at Kota Kuala Muda, in central Kedah, by members
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    Shipping lines drop Suez crisis surcharge
    88 1 Shipping lines drop Suez crisis surcharge r£ five per cent surcharge on cargo shipped from the Malayan area introduced as a result of the Sues crisis last year will be withdrawn today. Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference, the Far East-Gulf of Aden and Red Sea Ports Conference and
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    Lock icon Nehru flies off
    36 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. Mr Nehru, the Prime Minister of India left here this morning in an Indian Air Force Viscount for Damascus, jn his way to London for the Commonwealth Premier* conference— Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 IKE ON TRADE WASHING ON, lii Pi .iiiwcr siiid toda.\ thai J.ip.ui and 15: it .ii Mast be permitted treet tradr Ik make a tiviag without hartal tv ii('P>-iid on United States aid. lit-uti r
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    TWO FOR MERDEKA DAY
    52 1 CANBERRA. Fri. Australia announced today that the Foreign Minister. Mr. R. G. Casey, will represent her at the Federation of Malaya independence celebrations. The Japanese Government has tentatively decided to send a senior party member, Mr Bamboku Ohno. to the celebrations, says a report from Tokyo—
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    Lock icon H-test causing flu, says expert
    185 1 H-test causing flu, says expert LONDON, Fri. A British virus expert suggested yesterday that the influenza epidemic now raging in the Far East might be a result of British and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests. Mr. Norman Pirie. biochemistry chief of Rothamstead experimental station, said in a letter to the medical
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    Lock icon SHIP'S OFFICER TELLS OF OCEAN ORDEAL
    423 2 He pretended he was at church on Mayflower as he floated nine hours in Pacific LONDON, Friday. A BRITISH ship's officer today told how he occupied his mind with navigational problems and religious thoughts during the nine hours he was lost overboard in the
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    Lock icon Two crashes but the Mayflower II arrives
    242 2 Two crashes but the Mayflower II arrives PLYMOUTH, (Massachusetts), Fri. A band of latter-day pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock yesterday tfta: a collision with a coast guard tow boat injured one of the Mayflower ll's crew and marred the end of the 54-day trans-At-lantic crossing. The 92-foot reproduction of the
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    Lock icon Courtesy visit to Lloyd
    37 2 LONDON, Fri. Mr. Koichl Uda, Japanese Minister in charge of atomic energy, called on the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, here today. A Japanese Embassy spokesman described it as a courtesy visit. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Dog in the bed was too much for this wife
    80 2 Dog in the bed was too much for this wife NEW YORK, Fri. Mrs. Mary Ann Marquette, 25, won a divorce after testifying that her husband's cocker spaniel chased her out of bed. "One night the dog jumped into bed, snarled at me and bit me," she told the court.
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    Lock icon Leaves Cairo
    24 2 CAIRO, Fri. Major-Gen. E.L.M. Burns, commander oi the United Nations Emergency Force, left here by air for his Gaza headquarters today —Reuter.
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    Lock icon THREE BABY GIRLS LIE BURIED NEAR H-ISLE CRUSOE'S HUT
    351 2 PHRISTMAS ISLAND, v Fri.— The 19th Century graves of three baby girls have been discovered on the lonely Pacific island of Maiden, scene of Britain's hydrogen bomb tests. Their tombstones, perfectly preserved, lay a few yards from the hut of Adam
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    CANADIAN POLL UPSET MAKES HIM LEADER
    96 2 CANADIAN POLL UPSET MAKES HIM LEADER CANADIAN Progressive Conservative Party leader Mr. John Diefenbaker, 61. waves as he leaves Regina. Saskatchewan, for his home after learning that his party had won the Canadian election. The smashing political upset has left the Conservatives without a clear cut majority, but it su
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    Lock icon Soviet chiefs switch on the charm
    228 2 FRIENDSHIP WITH BRITAIN WASTED MOSCOW, Friday. TN a burst of cordiality not seen since before the 1 Hungarian rising last October, five Soviet leaders last night sipped whisky and chatted with Western diplomats at a Queen's Birthday reception at the British Embassy. Marshal Bulganin.
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    Lock icon Frogman's life to be filmed
    32 2 LONDON. Fri. Romulus Production.* J; JJg In* the story of Conunand« Lionel CBust.: the frogman who d._. Ed on a dive in Portsiw Bay last year. A.P
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    Lock icon Ceylon's Mr. No-Bases wins the day
    194 2 COLOMBO. Pri.— An agreement was signed yesterday between the Government of Ceylon and Britain on the timing and method of withdrawal of British establishments from the naval base at Trincomalee and the air base at Katunayake. The Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. Soloman Bandaranaike,
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    Lock icon New Stassen plan for arms cuts
    287 3 HIS NEW ORDERS: GET ALLIED APPROVAL, THEN TELL RUSSIANS LONDON, Friday rpHK T.S. presidential adviser, Mr Harold Stassen returned from Washington today with a drastically revised American disarmament plan and orders to win Allied approval of it be fore telling the Russians. Confronted with
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    Lock icon MARGARET'S ESCORT WITH BEARD SETS POSER
    100 3 MARGARET'S ESCORT WITH BEARD SETS POSER LONDON. Fri.— A bearded stranger escorted Princess Margaret to the theatre last night in her second "mystery" date within a wee*. The escort drove the Princess' Rolls Royce to the Savoy Theatre. She sat in the front seat with him. The "mystery" surrounding another
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    Lock icon Red fashions
    30 3 MOSCOW, Fri.— Women's, men's and children's fashions which have been discussed at the international fashion congress will be put on show in Moscow's Palace of Sport tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Woman hermit had 5274,980 cash in box
    179 3 Woman hermit had 5274,980 cash in box ITIW YORK, Fri. A >> board of 5274.580 in eaife has been found in I woodm box in the dreary apartment of a umnan recluse who died hir P thre e weeks ajjo at the ag c of 90. The money includln| some
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    Lock icon PEKING'S CURE: SNAKE WINE
    191 3 PEKING'S CURE: SNAKE WINE TOKYO, Fri.— Peking A Radio today prescribed poison snake wine to cure leprosy. The radio said a leprosarium in Dairen found wine made or substances taken from poisonous snakes effective in curing leprosy. An uninhabited island off the coast of Dairen. northeast China, is infested with
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    Lock icon Cancer cure rumour—stock soars
    199 3 Cancer cure rumour stock soars XEW YORK, Fri. Rur.nurs of a new anti cancer i drug sent stock soaring on New York Stock Ex-; :vj,o yesterday. But the companies concern* I later said the compound till in its infancy clinically'" and required much furr study to determine its ultimate usefulness.
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    Lock icon He 'spied' for Britain, to die
    60 3 He 'spied' for Britain, to die EL SAVED AMIN MAHMOUD, 51, an Egyptian schoolmaster, leaves the dock after being sentenced to death on espionage charges in Cairo. It was the only decision announced by the court that has been hearing spy charges involving four Britons and 12 other men. The
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    Lock icon Russia builds big A-power station
    54 3 MOSCOW. Fri. A big new atomic power station with a capacity of 420.000 kilowatts in its first stage is under construction in the Soviet Union, according to Tass the Soviet news agency. The first stage is expected to be producing current for industry in 1960,
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    Lock icon Evans leaves
    29 3 KATMANDU. Fri. Dr Charles Evans, the Liverpool surgeon whose two-man expedition was the smallest ever to climb a major Himalayan peak, left Katmandu yesterday for Britain —Reuter
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    SHORT(S) CUT TO HOSPITAL
    50 3 PITTSBURGH, Fri. The Pittsburgh Motor Club today made a plea for safe driving but not to motorists. It urged women seeking re- lief from the heat to wear shorts only away from main roads. The accident rate was rising because too many drivers were being distracted.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    283 3 LONDON. Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: RUBBER LONDON, Fri Spot 27% d.. July-Sept. 27 7 ,.d., Oct.-Dec. 27\d Jan -Mar 27 \d., April-June 27',d., June c.l.f. 27>/4<J., July cif 27\d Aug c.l.f. 27-Hd. Tone:' Quietly steady. TIN LONDON. Fri. Buyers £763
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    Lock icon TAIPEH RIOT: 41 TO FACE TRIAL
    372 3 TAIPEH RIOT: 41 TO FACE TRIAL Premier: Five of them are Reds TAIPEH, Friday. THHE Prime Minister, Mr. O. K. Yui, said today that x the Nationalist Government will court martial 41 people who took part in the anti-American riots here three weeks ago. I Mr. Yui told the Legislative
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    Lock icon A hit means end of plane AND bombs
    107 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. AMERICA'S newest antiaircraft missiles are designed not only to down enemy planes but also to render harmless the bombs they carry, an Atomic Energy Commission weapons expert said today. Or Marvin Martin of the University of California's hydrogen bomb
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    14 killed in crash
    57 3 NEW YORK, Fri.— Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed in Clarksville, Tennessee, yesterday when an army lorry left the road and crashed 20 feet into a creek. A spokesman at nearby Fort Campbell Base, in Kentucky, said the soldiers, all paratroopers, were pinned beneath the lorry. Others
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    Lock icon Ma-in-law died —he got drunk
    45 3 Ma-in-law died he got drunk I LONDON, Fri. A man arrested for breaking into a store, told th e magistrate he got drunk celebrating the death of his mother-in-law. "I was expecting some insurance because I had insured her eight times," the man explained U.P.
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    Lock icon Bishop dies
    28 3 LONDON, Fri.— The death of the Right Rev. Guy Vernon Smith. Anglican Bishon of Leicester from 1940 to 1953. was announced yesterday. He was 76.— A.P.
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    STUDENTS GO TO SEA FOR AN AIR SHOW
    131 4 STUDENTS GO TO SEA FOR AN AIR SHOW rpHE Royal Australian Navy played host to 200 students from Singapore Chinese schools yesterday, taking them about 40 miles to sea. The students spent eight hours in HMAS Melbourne, one of Australia's two light fleet carriers, and her two Battle-class destroyer escorts,
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    MINISTER TELLS HAWKERS: UNITY IS STRENGTH
    99 4 The Singapore Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. j J. M. Jumabhoy. told hawkers to unite to "fight for their rights." But he told them to beware of politicians who approached •with smiles on their faces but with no intention of helping." Mr. Jumabhoy
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    Teachers urged: Think before you go on strike
    265 4 ABOUT 140 SCHOOLS MAY BEJ HIT says UNION fHE Singapore Education Ministry yesterday asked members of the Teachers' Union to "think njore carefully before resorting lo a strike." "They must remember the thousands of children in the schools," Mr. Lee Scow Mong.
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    (The M-llne-in green awl white)
    65 4 PENANG, Fri— Members of the Bukit MerUJam Kaum Ibu (UMNO women's section) will wear green sarongs and white kebayas during the merdeka celebrations. "We want to dress alike not only to signify our unity but also to express our gratitude at getting independence. their leader.
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    Two on murder charge
    46 4 SEOAMAT, Fri.— A Malay woman, Plan blnte Bujal. 39, was charged at Segamat with the murder of her husband, Awang bin Kassim, on an estate at Labis. Jointly charged with her was Ismail bin Samad, 27. Both were remanded in police custody.
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    Farmer robbed
    29 4 A Singapore farmer was robbed of $90 by an armed masked man near his house at the 7th mile Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, on Thursday night.
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    School speech day address
    47 4 Dr. B. R. Sreenlvason addressed the students of the Victoria School at their annual speech day yesterday. Two post-senior students, Teh Ec Kheng and Yap Choon Teck, were congratulated by the acting principal, Mr. Boey Chen Kee, on winning Queen's scholarships for 1957.
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    PHONE WAGE TALKS ARE CALLED OFF
    236 4 No pass for Mr. Singh IIfAGE talks between the Singapore Telephone Board and its employees' union broke down yesterday. This was because Mr. Jamit Singh, the new secretary of the S.T.B. Employees' Union, was not given a pass to enter the Telephone House in
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    CO-RESPONDENT ORDERED TO PAY $2,500 DAMAGES
    100 4 Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday ordered a co-respon-dent to pay damages of $2,500 to a husband who successfully sued his wife for a divorce on the ground of adultery. The action for divorce was brought by Noel Fernando, also known
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    CAMILLE—EX-NIGHT CLUB SINGER—FLIES IN FOR DUNHAM SEASON
    102 4 CAMILLE— EX-NIGHT CLUB SINGER— FLIES IN FOR DUNHAM SEASON pAMILLE VAHBROUGH, yj 23. (above) one of the five members of the Katherine Dunham dance company who arrived In Singapore trom Sydney by Qantas yesterday. A former Chicago night clnb singer, Camille specialises in Cuban, Mexican, Spanish and Brazilian dances. With
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    NO TOUGH LINE ON FILMS: CENSOR
    190 4 NO TOUGH LINE ON FILMS: CENSOR IfUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The chairman of the Federation Film Appeal Committee, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, today refuted a Singapore suggestion that Federation censors were taking a tougher line toward suggestive films. He said there had been no change in the policy under which each
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    Four youths held after $300 armed robbery
    134 4 FUR youths were detained yesterday in connection with an armed robbery at the 6i mile Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, on Thursday afternoon. Lee Kirn Tal. wife of a sundry shop owner, her daughter-in-law and her two children were held up by five masked
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    Landlady wins claim for $130
    181 5 |{UALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Mrs. L. M. Legge. owner of a boarding hou&e in Kia Peng Road here, today won a i claim for $130 against an English couple. Mr and Mrs. G. H. Kent, in the sessions court. The court was told that the couple
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    SECRET $22,100 RADIO MALAYA PLAN TO FOIL ANY SABOTAGE BID
    127 5 SECRET $22,100 RADIO MALAYA PLAN TO FOIL ANY SABOTAGE BID RADIO MALAYA has a hush-hush 522.100 plan to protect its home in Broadcasting House, Thomson Road. Singapore from possible sabotage attempts but no one is willing to give details. The only clue is contained in the bald announcement that the
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    Tower-mad?' That's TUC boss, he says 'IF WE QUIT, HE MUST GO TOO'
    244 5 Tower-mad?' That's TUC boss, he says 'IF WE QUIT, HE MUST GO TOO' 'THE president of the Singapore Federation of SerA vices Unions said yesterday the term "powermad politicians' could be better applied to the man who used it. Mr. S. Jaeanathan. The S.F.S.U. leader, Mr. N. S. N Nair,
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    CHOPPER ATTACK MOTHER INSANE
    82 5 CHOPPER ATTACK MOTHER INSANE A Singapore woman accused of attacking her 18--month-d'.d son with a chopper was yesterday committed to Woodbridee Hospital. Cheah Hung Lim. alias Ah Sum. was charsed with attempted murder. But the Assize Court jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of causing grirvous bodily hurt but
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    Annual dinner
    29 5 The Ambulance Section of tne Civil Defence Corps will hold its third annual dinner at its Kolam Ayer Lane clubhouse, Singapore, on July 20 at 8 p.m.
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    NO CHANCE OF $ 'GOING BANANA,' SAYS RAHMAN
    183 5 NO CHANCE OF 'GOING BANANA, SAYS RAHMAN gI'LIM, Fri. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today assured Malayans that there would be no inflation after independence. "There is no reason for it," he told community leaders in Lunas, Kulim. The Tengku added: "We are a rich country and 1 can
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    Youth workers to meet
    43 5 Singapore Malay youth workers will meet at the Singapore Youth Council Hall, Orchard Road, tomorrow at 10 a.m. to discuss the present aspects of local Malay youth sroups and ways and means by which the council can help them.
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    Sister retires
    20 5 SEUAMAT. Fri. Nursing Slste: Rita A Hinds has left Segamat for Australia on retirement under the Malayanisation scheme.
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    OWNERS DISCUSS BUS UNIION'S NEW THREAT
    83 5 OWNERS DISCUSS BUS UNIION'S NEW THREAT SINGAPORE Chinese out owners yesterday discussed the threatened strike oy 1.300 employees in 10 companies. The Bus Workers Union which represents the workers may call the men out in sympathy with its 350 striking members at the Hock Lee and Tay Koh Vat companies.
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    33 6 Wards S2.SO (minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, Singapore 8 Orange Grove Road, Singapore-10 (off Orchard Road) Sunday Services and Sunday School 10.30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays I 7 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    52 6 ill Word* ill) (minimum). MRS. HELEN RODRIGUES' thanks all relatives, the Staff of Bhaw Bros. Ltd.. and friends, for' their kind attendance and floral tributes in her sad bereavement. DAVID AND JOHN HENDRICK Thank relatives, lriends for condolence messafse-,, wreaths, loan tan, attending funeral of their ■later Gunawathie (Noneh)
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    114 6 ill Word, 1.0 (minimum) SAVE $"0 a year by Joining the World Book Club. Write today to World Books Malayan Agency. P.O. Box i 742. Singapore for full details. EVERY SATURDAY and Sunday RUsttafel at "The Cockpit". Ring ***** for table reservations. Do please book your table in advanceFOR
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Sat. June 15, 1957. An Old Stock Problem
    721 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Sat. June 15, 1957. An Old Stock Problem The official rice stockpiles i are anathema to the rice trade in the Federation and j Singapore, but they are a precaution which the trade will have to endure. In reply to the latest protest by the Associated
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    Shunting The Blame
    286 6 Shunting The Blame In a letter which we publish today, Mr. John Brazier, erstwhile trade union adviser and now General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, asks the public not to confuse "working to rule" with the N.U.R. claim for wage increases. Railway rules and regulations are for the
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    Swatow Incident
    239 6 An inordinate excitement in Peking has followed the intrusion of an American fighter plane sufficiently close to Chinese batteries near Swatow to be winged by an accurate artilleryman. The fact that the aircraft was hit seems, on the face of it, proof that the pilot was where he
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    As I was saying...
    953 6  -  cynicus by TOE Federation Appeal A Court's much discussed ruling on a doctor's legal right to be untruthful presumably will have the attention of the Malayan branch of the British Medical Association. The Appeal Court did not question the obligation of a doctor, as a medical
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    1349 6 Through Malaya in 1904 ROM bustling Ipoh to quiet Sungkal is little more than two hours by train. You run across the Klnta Valley by way of Batu Oajah and Kampar missing; all the pretty places that lie under the hills at Kuala Deping and other beauty
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    $70 CLAIM AGAINST JOCKEY REJECTED
    171 7 $70 CLAIM AGAINST JOCKEY REJECTED Fri. The Ipoh I igistrate, Tuan Syed Jamalullil, tori l.smissed a claim itfit against a Joe- J. R. Jones, by a ilting mining: ennear, Mr. l. a. claimed that Jones negligent in allow;>rojection to jut < rear bumper of his of the projec- 1 Mr.
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    COLONEL TO ADVISE FEDERATION DIPLOMAT
    72 7 COLONEL TO ADVISE FEDERATION DIPLOMAT THE FEDERATION Army's Senior Staff Officer (Administration). Col. G. Wort, (above) is to become military adviser to Malaya s Hich Commissioner in Britain after merdeka Dato Nik Kami], now Malayan Commissioner in Canberra, has been named Malayan High Commissioner in London. Col. Wort will be
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    Motorist denies negligence
    52 7 A woman. Chia Swee heu 33. yesterday pleaded not guilty before the Traffic Judge, Mr J. B. Jayaretnam. to negligent driving causing the death of a motor-cyclist Yusof bin Sular on June 13 last year. The case comes up tor hearing on Oct. 14 Bail of $2,000
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    FRONT MAN CHALLENGES LIB-SOC TO DEBATE
    110 7 r Labour Front candi:n the Cairnhii; byMr. Keng Ban Ee. ht challenged his Socialist Party oppo-r Mr. Son Ghee Soon, to drbate tomorrow iking at a campaign j ■ng at Monks Hill. Mr. lid ht would like Mr. to give him an oppor- v
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    Woman stole from host
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL A woman. M- Sarogene, 25. of Bukit Mertajam, broke into the room of a man who had given shelter to her and her two children and stole $2,050. the Sessions Court was told today. Sarogene pleaded guilty to stealing the money from P.
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    New playground
    25 7 The acting Chief Minister Inche Abdul Ham id bin Haji Jumat. will open the Kampong Melayu children's Playground at Jalan Eunos. -ext Saturday.
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    Nightmare for shipping agents
    389 7 THEY WOULD PREFER ALL-OUT STRIKE TO 'WORK-TO-RULE' 'We don't know when ships will arrive or berths be cleared* PORT SWETTENHAM, Friday. THE "work-to-rule" campaign started by 600 members of the National Union of Railwaymen is giving shipping agents here a nightmare. Most of them would prefer
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    MRS. PETERSON, 70, GETS AWARD FOR TAKING CARE OF THE CG'S STAFF
    218 7 MRS. PETERSON, 70, GETS AWARD FOR TAKING CARE OF THE CG'S STAFF \|RS. MART PETERSON, ITI 70. who has looked after the staff of the Commissioner General's Office in Singapore for 10 years, has been awarded the British Empire Medal. Her name was inadvertently left out of the published Queen's
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    Colony will try to keep her Eix laws in line with Federation's
    238 7 Colony will try to keep her Eix laws in line with Federation's QINGAPORE will try its best to have uniform tax laws with the Federation should the Federal Government split the pan-Malayan tax department. Informed sources in the Colony say the man who is now drafting a new income tax
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    Merdeka: amahs and 'boys' worried
    66 7 Merdeka: amahs and 'boys' worried KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Many amahs and cooks ar c registering at the employment exchange here. They fear unemployment after merdeka because expatriate officers are leaving. A spokesman of the exchange said today that 147 of the 1.587 unemployed people on the May register were amahs
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    Free treatment plea rejected
    33 7 SEREMBAN, Fri. The Minister for Natural Resources and Local Government. Inche Suleiman, has rejected a request by Sexemban town councillors for free hospital treatment for them and their families.
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    Youth week
    29 7 A Methodist Youth Fellowship week will be held in Singapore from June 17 to June 23. There will be speech and talentime contests and a combined service.
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    'WORK TO RULE' MEN HOLD UP A STAMP ISSUE
    88 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The "work to rale" campaign by 600 Port Swettenbam railway workers has delayed the arrival of new pictorial stamps for the Federation The ship carrying the stamps ha» been diverted to Singapore. They will now come ud here
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    PUPILS RAISE $200: FIVE-WAY SPLIT FOR CHARITY
    145 7 PUPILS RAISE $200: FIVE-WAY SPLIT FOR CHARITY "TIVERY year boys of the £j Siglap Secondary School in Singapore, hold a collection for various charities. A few days ago, the hat went round for about half an hour and $200 was collected. They decided to split the cash between five charitable
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    Woman is jury foreman
    53 7 A woman Juror, Mrs. Isabelle Atkinson, was elected foreman of the jury at the Singapore Assizes yesterday at the trial of a young Chinese mother on a charge of attempted murder of her 18 months' old son. It is rare for a woman to be chosen
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    'Deaths on road warning needed'
    175 7 npHE number of fatal A road accidents in Singapore had increased alarmingly to 11 a month and nothing short of a deterrent sentence should be imposed on offenders. Senior Inspector Abdul Rahman bin Embi said this yesterday when he pressed a Colony court for a
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    Seamen pay talks on
    43 7 Negotiations between the Maritime Employers' Federation and (he Malay Seamen's Union, Singapore, regarding improved working conditions and wage increase for harbour craft workers opened yesterday. The union is negotiating under the auspices of the Singapore Seamen's Council for Action.
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    FAO ASKS: DOES ATOMIC FALLOUT AFFECT FISH?
    156 8 ARE flsh affected by I atomic fallout? Does radiation reduce their numbers or affect their value as food? |The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is urgently seeking answers to these questions. In Singapore yesterday Mr. G.E. Mulgrue, FAO regional adviser on information
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    PRIZE FOR MAN FROM SINGAPORE
    61 8 A Singapore candidate has won the second prize in the 1956 intermediate examinlat ion of the Association of I International Accountants. Mr. Chan Kual Ser will receive five guineas. Two other Malayans were successful in the intermediate examination (sections I and 2). They are Miss
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    No concern over cocoa
    56 8 No concern over cocoa KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Agriculture Department is "not at all worried" about a "disease" attacking cocoa trees at its experimental station at Jerangau. Trengganu. the department's director. Mr. R. G. Heath, said today. It was probably a soil deficiency and not a "disease" which was causing
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    Divorce for Shell man
    56 8 Cliva da Silva, an employee of the Shell Co., Pulau Bukom, who sued his wife, Phyliss Harriet da Silva, for a divorce on the ground of desertion, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree is to
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    Kelantan silver and leather covers for the merdeka-day Koran
    247 8 Kelantan silver and leather covers for the merdeka-day Koran KEEPER TO SELECT RULER'S SWORD PATTERS KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE Koran which the Prime Minister and other Ministers will use when they take their oaths of office before the Paramount Ruler of the independent Federation of Malaya will have covers of
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    YOUTH'S RESCUE BID PRAISED
    160 8 YOUTH'S RESCUE BID PRAISED A SINGAPORE coroner yesterday commended an unemployed village youth, Rahimansa Kupaghani, of Chua Chu Kang Road, for his prompt response to a call for help. The coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, was told Rahimansa had not hesitated when he heard Esah binte Makatan screaming that her
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    Charity bazaar
    30 8 A charity bazaar in aid of the Anglican High School building fund will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. I
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    EXPELLED: 2 IGNORED A BAN
    78 8 EXPELLED: 2 IGNORED A BAN KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two committee members of the UMNO division in Petaling Jaya have been expelled for attending the Malay Congress last month. They are Haji Tahya bin Haji Ali and Ustaz Hassan Noor. Both were told of their expulsion by the chairman of the
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    Road deaths: Appeal for eye-witnesses
    77 8 Police la&b night asked eyewitnesses of two fatal accidents in Singapore to get in touch with Inspector Gian Singh at Sepoy Lines station. Mohamed Ismail bin Sultan, seven, was crushed to death when a lorry backed into him at the City Council dump in Kolam
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    $21,600 more for merdeka
    24 8 KUANTAN. Fri.— The Federation Government nab given $21,600 for the merdetcu celebrations in Pahang. The Pahang Government has allocated $18,000.
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    Union meeting
    27 8 The Commissioner General's Local Employees' Union will hold its first annual general meeting at the Com-missioner-General's transport premises at River Valley Road. Singapore next Saturday.
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    Colony show
    38 8 The travelling architectural exhibition of the Royal Institute of British Architects will be on view to the ->üblic at the Victoria Memo' .al Hall, Singapore, from next Wednesday to Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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    No licence
    31 8 A kelong owner, Lee Say Lee, of Kampong Loyang. Tampenis. was fined $30 oy a Singapore court yesterday for operating an unlicensed kelong off Pulau Übin on March 7.
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    INDONESIA PLANS A NEW SET-UP
    117 8 lIAJI HUSSEIN bin Abu n Bakar-al Habshee, the assistant secretary of the Masjumi Party in East Java, told the Straits Times yesterday that there was no constitution in Indonesia yet. A constitution was now being prepared under the chairmanship of Dr. Wilopo. Haji Hussein said
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    New elections query for Assembly
    226 8 rf\HE acting chief Minister 1 Inche Abdul Hamld bin Haji Jumat, will be asked to tell the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday whether the Government has fixed a target date for general elections to a newly constituted Assembly. The question will be put by the Liberal-Socialist
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    Lock icon Munshi Abdullah watched the first camera shot of Singapore
    1352 9 F. was n 12th August 1839, at a public meetmg ot the French Academy of Sciences in that M. Daguerrc first introduced his new process of photography. It was a demonstration which captured the imagination of his audience for, here at
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    UNDERTONE CONTINUES TO BE STEADY ON QUIET MART
    132 10 UNDERTONE CONTINUES TO BE STEADY ON QUIET MART By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market resumed yesterday after the one-day holiday with continued steady undertone against a background of moderate turnover. There was a tendency among tins to be irregular while rubbers, although holding generally firm, were quiet. There
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    46 10 The Federation's Minister of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs Duties for the week from June 13. Robber 9l\ eta. a Ib. Copra $404 a ton. Coconut oil $728 a ton. Palm oil $789.50 a ton. Palm kernels $347.75 a ton.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    365 10 The Malayan Share Broken *anrlaHnn reported: "The local share market opened steady in Industrials. Irregular in tins and quiet in rubbers." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Gammon 52.12S (overnight). 52.124: Hume Industries ords ASs.9d. t overnight). Ass7>,d.: Jackson A Co. 11.52 V Malayan
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    Borneo estates sold for rupiahs
    102 10 Sew Hayoep Rubber Estates Ltd. has sold its rubber estates In Borneo for 2.000.000 rupiahs. and has received all but 247.713 rupiahs of the purchase price. After payment* to staff and labour fore* the proceeds of the sale wfll stin ba about 1. 500.000 rupiahs.
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    100 per cent.
    83 10 Jucrs IftTti'T In Selizgor hu declaivd a aecoßd lnurun aHa> dead for th« re*z to March 31. IK?, of 85 per ce^;. less tax. mainnc 100 per etc: on the capital of <45.000. compared 40 per rent- cc £96.000. The directors ictecd to make an application to
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    Sale proceeds
    69 10 .Vsiiers: Bra:«* Se^=^txJ Rubber Co. hu recetred £25 000 frotn the m> a' aal 500-* ere LeeD&nio e*u» at Tx^-.czf M>;:~ Tb* aa> ba>« treed a ris of mooer which "c cocaater m ezeca* v' coenpaxr i ie4|Ukeutem. ntf cacnot usefuOy be espicrd :'-s _«:r.*w Tba director ha,re
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    Decision on sale
    47 10 As. enr*ordi^ArT yener*; iac of Se^iT* )OJL_i.i R_sber aku;es I^4- J» V> faejd 2c Lccdoc on 3mm if u> soaaader a rcaohnaon appransc OH *•> of the c-r-.pa,ry i estate a: 5-r-ii^z Kcd«h. and :r < r iiTvcton to aeH for aoc 'jew thac c::coot 'smtkt.
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    HIGHER OFFER
    49 10 Ptebermwi Secumiw oe befc*^ of J«i» Parm Rubber Z±-^iet tmt wmO* ac offer tar «O^M noca; »Hfcbt. C«Kpa£T «t «ar each IM Ap«: tie Bc*.^: .r K-va-Xaj adnaari «fa»-ifcnldiii act to in— bad of la M per abar* tar a* Tbcvt of the uaucd cmo: a: iUtii
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    Cautious rubber market
    361 10 Cautious rubber market A SHORT week and a merry one has definitely been the key note since our last report and a trend seems at last to have developed although a feeling of caution and uncertainty still appears to prevail, report Holiday Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd. in their current
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    RUBBER PRICES
    158 10 July first grade rubbrr buven fo.b, closed in Singapore on Friday at 94 4 cents per Ib. down half a cent on Wednesday's close. The closing tone was steady quirt Cosing prices in cents per Ib. yesterday were OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S S. Spo: f.o.b buyers 93
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    90 10 The Malaran Exchange Banks Association mace the 'allowing changes in its ra;es to merchants yesterday (all rates to 100k Canada; buying airmail: T.T. 314. OX>. 31>*. 90 d st 3: 9 16 credit bills. 3 IS trade bills. Selling T.T. or OJ). readr: Canada 3« 13 16: French
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    3 10 COPRA
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    69 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS |N a firm bnastmf were no Melbourne Bt In minings v eased N recorded, ffi Loans 3 I Loans 3 Bank ol Ns W Con. Zinc Mount Lye.: HrnT enK: :i Mount Morgao Peko Western Mmkc' Ampol. Ex. Oil Search Aust Oanaol A.P M r Bradford B. Hi::
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    64 10 Sinrapore Chin^* p r(< i^ chanjeterday were Copra b*m k ?uiet bulk i1404 MQan Pepper ous^-.efs repo::« white $1:3 b down 5. i- ogedj. Sinraport Copri %««<,«_ p."». price* J'ine *22-, bu Toce 1 1 Fair merchinubl* Bomtat >. ed copra: Junt $27 I sellers. 7:r.e Singapore Cotonut
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    STORE SHIPPING
    40 10 Ship* ly-ir* pore Harbour Bo*rd »hirt«i erpected todiT i: v Dcna Oorazui B*nvri:i^ Bera Re-*. 1»1(. E 1 UaH aoa BelAii X, mnah 3. tT.ysses pecii i. H R«?&1 N»ti: ihjp, m th» Bam u<* posus; kzi 7-.--
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      431 10 SHIPPING NOTICES S.S. "STEEL ARCHITECT" FROM CSA. The above vessel Is scheduled :o arrive in Singapore oq the ltth June 1957 and will discharge alongside the S.H.B wharves. The general surveys will be] held cm the Tsth and 2?th June 1957 and no eti-.er surveys will be MM. McALISTEK COMPAXT.
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      1179 11 vm i pmci i lI J J kYkmtrwrm BAST ASIATIC LIMBS OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR lAST VIA SUEZ "SAMOA" P#nOn L P I- Part "JUTLANDIA" (Bangkok anly) 2/ 4 July 8/ 4 Jury 7/ 9 Jury "*<>*» ASA" B/lOJaty "FAUTRIA" (Bangkok only) 10/11 Jary 12/13 Jaly 14/U Jury
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      962 11 Kng THE BEM LIME STEAMERS LTD T %m* SINGAPORE (Incorporotad in tho United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS VIA SUEZ Sp'ora f. Sham Ponong BEN ATTOW for London, Rotterdom, la/19 Jema 20/21 too Hamburg, Antwerp 22 June/ 1 Jury Laadoa diract BENREOCH for Liverpool. Hamburg. Hull,
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    Railway work-to-rule must not be confused with stuff claims, says union secretary
    1037 12 Railway work-to-rule must not be confused with stuff claims, says union secretary IN view of the recent statements allegedly emanating from the Malayan Railway Administration concerning working to rule by railway staff my Committee considers it desirable to put the record straight and remove possible misunderstanding with regard to the
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    EROSION THREAT IS NOT SERIOUS
    176 12 rpHE news that the State I Government has abandoned all hopes of saving Teluk Anson from being swallowed by the river cannot affect the town as seriously as might be indicated by the public hue and cry. The fact is that the threat is not
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    SPRINT 'DOUBLE' FOR FRIDA
    441 13 Inter-school triangular* ERNEST FRIDA, the A.C.S. champion athlete, brought off a splendid sprint "double" at the inter-school triangular athletic mcci between A.C.S., Victoria and Beatty on the Victoria ground yesterday. He equalled the interschool 100 yards record of 10.2 sec. set by Lim Jit Imm in
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    ST PATRICK'S BEATEN BY ONE-POINT MARGIN
    234 13 ARMY Trade School became champions by a one point margin over St. Patrick's in the inter-school triangular athletic meet at Nee Soon yesterday. Army Trade School collected 129 points, St. Patrick's 128 and Siglap Secondary School 90. Results were: 1 00 yds: 1 Mohamed
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      124 13 Today's Sports Diary SOCCER I CRICKET .A.F.A. Dlv. 1: Marines v Blar L r fc^f™ v C Pf*»"«: Soceerites, Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m.; r v v n^ ilXr^i P h« i Dlv. *A: R.A.F. Tengah v Police f£RJ C. v R.,..K I han«l. Hong "A", Thomson Road; Dlv. 3B: w.
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    S.T. SELECTIONS
    154 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.15. SENTIMENTAL San Juan Ellen's Treasure SENTIMENTAL Devon Belle San Juan EL'S TREASURE Sentimental San Juan Race 2. 2.45. SHAH DOR Maha Ranee Performer II SHAH DOR Peculiarity Performer II SHAH DOR Quickly Performer II Race 3. 3.15. SURE PROFIT Commotion
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    Sentimental can win in this weak field
    295 14 SENTIMENTAL ha s been O running good races this season and should find his winning turn in this weak field. At Bukit Timah in April, this four-year-old ran a creditable third with 8.7 to Wingfoot over 7f. At Kuala Lumpur last month he
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    ONLY 12 WILL START IN TODAY'S PERAK DERBY 'TRIAL'
    301 14 Daybrook is my pick over Ipoh 9f says EPSOM JEEP QNLY twelve acceptors will run in today's Perak Derby "trial" over nine furlongs at Ipoh and my pick is the front-running Daybrook. This five-year-old gelding by Niccolo Dell'Arca out of Bulolo
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    BEST BET: PEARL CITY in the 5.20
    267 14 BEST BET in today's iloi oe.l ii* vw j card at Ipoh is p Mrl pi*- in riass 1 Pearl city in uiass 1, Div. 2, over 9f (Race n\ This Pprsian Gulf 7). mis fersian wuii gelding is right at his best
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    RUNNERS, RIDERS at IPOH TODAY
    1171 14 Race i 2.15: Class 4, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 077 Peace Pvllee 3y Lee 9.00 Leong Hoe Yeng Sullivan 2 695 Parrot Fashion fly Donnelly 8.13 C.H Smith A L.C. Chan Hobbs 3 900 San Juan 3y Jones 8.13 Aw Cheng Talk Yang 4 900
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    It could be turn for Blue Tango
    510 14 EDDIE'S TRIO DOMINATES THE LAST EVENT rpHE last event looks like Eddie van Breukelen's race. He has three fancied runners Blue Tango, Pack of Gold and Foghorn. Eddie van Breukeln has a strong hand with Blue Tango and Foghorn. My pick is Blue
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    CONFIDENT VOTE FOR 'WARRIOR'
    126 14 II7INGED WARRIOR went like a winner in his winding-up gallop on Thursday morning when he came right away from Shah dOr at the hnish ol a 3f tryout. He meets a very moderate lot here and can be backed with confidence. Winged Warrior made the grade
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    REST of the SPORT in BRIEF
    253 14 SOCCER BAFA Leaf He, Dlv. 1: Tigers 4 Indian Recreation Club 1 (halftune Tigers 1-0) at Jalan Besar; Div. SB: Blntang Bulan 4 Tamil Brotherhood Association l; Tuan Mong 2 Buklt Timah 0; Pondok Bernakan 1 P*-*> 4 -*>onan 1. GOIV Singapore women's champion■hip
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    Soccer dates
    22 14 Malayan Indians will play two soccer matches at Jalan Besar Stadium next weekend, not today and tomorrow, as previously announced.
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    Indians beaten
    38 14 TIGER Sporting Association had to wait till the last 15 minutes before they could get the better ot Indian Recreation Club for a 4-1 victory in their S.A.F.A. first division league game at Jalan Besar yesterday.
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    SCOREBOARD
    133 14 sritßKV— lst Inns :i, w. inihk.s- isi tarn SI'RRKY —Xt Inns (overnight IS! fur thrrr Stewart not out Fletrhrr lbw Dewdnc] Pratt b Hi--,. E. Bedser ih« Dewdnrj Mclntyre not <>nl BUM Total (for sj\ drrl. Wicket frll ..I 198. 218. BOWLINV. bewdnr; I Hall 18-4-62-0; Mklmn 0; Sobers
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    Surrey al but beat the West Indians
    105 14  - Surrey al but beat the West Indians SIX IH »N\P> I BUTTON* 5 1 Hv U)NDON gURREY beat th« in the thre< which end. Oval today. The West make 261 minutes wickets lo: noi out bat and Den jured Rai and tin Surrey we Most ol ilu go to Midi
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    Lock icon NO POINTS FOR LANCS AGAIN
    182 14 LONDON. Fri. T ANCASHIRE. lost valuable ground in the county cricket championship when they were beaten b> Essex today their third successive game without a point. Results in today's matches: At Brentwood, Essex beat Lancashire by seven wickets. Lancashire 117 and 176 (Edrich 72). Essex
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