The Straits Times, 29 June 1957

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1957 15 CENTS
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    MALICIOUS RUMOURS MAY CAUSE INTER-RACIAL STRIFE
    18 1 Tengku lashes out at 'our enemies 9 and says Care is needed
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    TELLING THE PEOPLE... NOW IN MALAY, TOO!
    264 1 TELLING THE PEOPLE. NOW IN MALA Y, TOO! QN MONDAY the Straits Times 1 will publish for the first time its rumi edition, BERITA I HARIAN. E This is one of the most significant and important developments 1 in the history of Malayan 1 journalism. The reading public in Malaya
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    WARNING BY RAHMAN
    375 1 'Penang row must not be repeated 5 I T HE CHIEF MINISTER, SS£ta AmS..^ warned the people of the Federation against the dan- ger of inter-racial strife as a result of malicious rumours i being spread by "our enemies." He told the annual conference of UMNO youths,
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    Lock icon Home for Xmas
    36 1 BRISBANE, Fri. Troops of the Australian 2nd. Bn.. sent to Malaya in 1955. would be home by next Christmas, the Minister for the Army, Mr. J. O. Cramer, announced at Canungra yesterday. Reuter.
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    KEEPER OF THE SEAL GETS TOP PALACE JOB
    107 1 KEEPER OF THE SEAL GETS TOP PALACE JOB THE KEEPER of the Rulers' Seal, Tv a n Mustapha Albakri (above), has been appointed by the Malay Rulers to act as Grand Chamberlain a prise Job at the palace of the Paramount Ruler. His first public function wiU be to conduct
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    Raja Lope is promoted
    44 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacOillivray. has approved the promotion of Lleut.-Col. Raja Lope Nor Rashid to be a colonel in the Malay Regiment. Col. Raja Lope is a senior officer attached to the Federation Army Headquarters here.
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    Lock icon Nasser meeting
    28 1 CAIRO, Fri.— Colonel Cyril Banks. British M.P., had an hour's talk with President Nasser here last night. He Is due to leave for London tomorrow.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BOTTOM OF THE PAGE NEWS—THE MEN WHO WANT TO STAY DOWN
    152 1 BOTTOM OF THE PAGE NEWS— THE MEN WHO WANT TO STAY DOWN SYDNEY, Fri. About 300 miners at Aberdare Colliery Cessnock, in the northern New South Wales coalfield, began a stay-in strike today. The miners are protesting over dismissal notices to 260 men whose services are not needed. The men
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    Voting today: So many shocks expected
    607 1  - Voting today: So many shocks expected By FELIX i ABISHEGANADEN SURPRISES are expected in the Singapore Legislative Assembly by elections today when people from Tanjong Pagar and Cairnhill go to the polls. Two Independents, .Ax Ooh Kong Beng contesting Cairnhill and Mr. C. H. Koh at Tanjong Pagar. may get
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    HUNT FOR HOSPITAL BREAK PRISONER
    163 1 AN island-wide hunt was on in Singapore last night for a prisoner from Outram Road jail who dashed to freedom while awaiting treatment at the Oeneral Hospital. Tough Isaqulden Musayed All, 31, nicknamed "Gurkha"—is serving a threemonth sentence for failing to report while under police
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    Knifed after meeting
    50 1 SEREMBAN, Frl. Che Tilong binte Lamat, 40, the leader of Kaum Ibu at Kampong Linsum, 17 miles from here, was stabbed while she was returning home from a party meeting yesterday. Her condition is reported today to be serious. A woman has been detained by the police.
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    DOLLAR TOTE NOW
    572 1 and credit betting (WITH rebate) too, in new bid to beat the bookies IN an all-out campaign Ito combat illegal bookmaking, the Singapore Turf Club will introduce a special $1 totalisator to all members at the July meeting. The Club will also provide credit betting to ordinary
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    Dock overtime ban backed
    20 1 SHIPOWNERS AND UNIONS AGREE SINGAPORE shipowners yesterday supported the Harbour Board in banning night overtime work
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    LIM BACK TODAY: ISRAEL TRIP OFF
    102 1 LIM BACK TODAY: ISRAEL TRIP OFF TVE Chief Minister of Sin- capore, Mr. Urn Yew Hock, will return to the Colony this afternoon. He has cancelled his threeday visit to Israel. News of his sudden return caused surprise in Government circles yesterday. A newsagency report from Tel Aviv said Mr.
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    Korea polls
    321 1 TOKYO, FrL— North Koiea announced today that it would hold a general election on Aug. 27. the wharves. The ban was introduced on Thursday night after the goslow by members of the Harbour Board Staff Association. There will be no overtime work between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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    STRIKERS TO FAST 'TO DEATH'
    90 1 STRIKERS TO FAST 'TO DEATH' PENANG, Fri. Thirteen workers of the Straits Stevedoring and Shipping Co.. who had been on strike for 31 days, started a hunger strike today. The men said they would continue until their demands are met. "They have assured me they would go on fasting till
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 HUNDREDS DIE IN HURRICANE WASHINGTON. Fri Hundrrds today reported killrd in southwest Louisiana by hurricane Audrry. Reutf-r.
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    Lock icon Fish by the million —but all were dead
    143 2 Fish by the million but all were dead T>OME, Fri.— Millions of 1V tons of dead nsh. perhaps equal to the entire world catch in a year, are floating in the Arabian Sea. The United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation «aid last night that the report had been made by
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    Lock icon STUCK TO THE DECK TO STICK TO THE JOB
    104 2 STUCK TO THE DECK TO STICK TO THE JOB ADELAIDE, Fri. Sticking Plaster on hi, shoes kept a surgeon on the liner Strathaird from sliding away from the operating table in a dramatic appendicitis operation today. The operation on five-year-old Raymond Robins was successful. The ship's surgeon, Dr R. Y.
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    Lock icon Siege raised
    23 2 BUENOS AIRES, Fri.— The state of siege which granted extraordinary powers to the Argentine Government was raised last night.— Reuter A-RiMf/
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    Lock icon Barrister is accused of being too friendly with 'king of crime'
    671 2 AfrrfiFn PHONE TAP CONVERSATIONS READ AT A 'PRIVATE TRIAL' TONDON, Fri.— Snatches of telephone conversation tapped by police between a barrister and a self-styled "exking of the underworld" were read in public here yesterday. The barrister, Mr. Patrick Aloysius
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    Lock icon Arrau isn't in court to answer charge
    169 2 SYDNEY, Fri. The Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau failed to appear in court here today to answer an offensive behaviour charge. Mr. Mervyn Finlay. for Arrau. asked the magis- trate for a remand until Aug. 27. Mr. Finlay said Arrau, one of the world's
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    Lock icon Quake hits a Red town
    50 2 MOSCOW, Fri. An earthquake struck the town of Chita, in Transbaikal, Siberia, today, cracking walls in a number of houses, the Soviet news agency Tass reports. Chita Is an important east Siberian town of over 100,000 in habitants.— Reuter. British Government acts on cancer report
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    Lock icon DON'T-SMOKE DRIVE TO START SOON
    349 2 LONDON, Friday. 'JHE British Government has announced plans for a nationwide propaganda campaign to inform the public of the dangers of smoking. This follows publication of a top-level report saying the increase in lungcancer deaths in the last 10 years is largely caused by smoking.
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    Lock icon HONG KONG FILM SHOWN AT BERLIN FESTIVAL
    88 2 BERLIN, Fri.— Cathay Film Productions of Hong Kong yesterday presented "The Valley of Lost Souls" at the international film festival here. The black and White Aim won the applause of the public for its fine acting, especially of Miss Lin Oai in the
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    Lock icon CHANGE ABOUT THE HOUSE
    57 2 NEW YORK. Fri.— Owners of 200 homes in the Rutherford area of New Jersey, were startled when they woke up to find that the paint on their houses had changed colour during the night. Many white houses had turned a dark brown. Experts believe the change
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    Lock icon Two-charge Miller is freed on one
    91 2 Two-charge Miller is freed on one WASHINGTON. Fri. Federal court today reversed the convictior of playwright Arthur Miller on a charge < contempt of Coner. reaffirmed his conviction on another contem charge. Mr. Miller, husband Marilyn Monroe cleared of thr which arose when he n fused to answer questions put
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    Lock icon Spirited away
    32 2 NAPLES, Fri.- Vittorio M rold. bound and watched helplessly at here today as thieve; ed nearly 2.000 Gallons ol petrol from hLs pump into a tanker and drove away. Reuter.
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    Lock icon H-BOMB FIREBALL IN A PACIFIC SKY
    42 3 AN OFFICIAL picture of Britain's third nuclear test explosion which took place on June 19. The device was dropped at a high altitude in Christmas Island. This explosion completed the current series of tests. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon 'SONGGRAM OUT' REPORTS ARE DENIED
    248 3 BANGKOK. Fri The Prime Minister. Marshal Pibul Songgram at a special press conference held here today denied reports that he had been forced out of office by a behind-the-scene-coup. The local press and the capital itself were full of rumours this week that the premier
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    Lock icon No recognition, whatever others may do—Dulles
    354 3 No recognition, whatever others may do— Dulles the problem of Communist China.*. SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. J 1 HE Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dalles, said today that under present conditions the United States would not recognise Communist China and would maintain its trade embargo against the country. "Whatever others
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    Lock icon Dunkirk special
    42 3 LONDON, Fri.— A pilgrimage to the beaches where the most famous evacuation in history took place 17 years ago will begin here tonight when more than 1,500 men and women board special trains to cross the Channel for Dunkirk.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mayflower goes
    26 3 PLYMOUTH, Fri. Mayflower II left under tow last night on the first stage of a Journey to its summer berth in New York.— Reuter
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    Lock icon SIXTH U.S. A-OEVICE TURNS OUT A DUD
    93 3 SIXTH U.S. A-OEVICE TURNS OUT A DUD LAS VEGAS, Fri. A mechanical failure today prevented scientists from carryinß out the sixth atomic explosion of America's 1957 test series, the Atomic Energy Commission announced. The device mounted on a 500-foot tower— failed to fire at the scheduled time. Some 1,900 marines
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    Lock icon TAXI-ING PLANES COLLIDE
    59 3 RIO DE JANIERO. Fri. Swissair and KLM airliners collided while taxi-ing at Recife airport yesterday and were unable to continue their flights. The Swiss airliner from Buenos Aires and the Dutch liner from Montevideo locked right wings and were both damaged. Some of the passengers continued their
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    LONDON STOCKS
    271 3 LONDON. Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £50% +1/16 Funding 4% £87 7/16 +tt War3H% 15/16 +1/16 BANKS Merc (£s— £2% pu) £5H Eastern (£5) £8K Chartered (£1) 37/IV4 Hongkong ($125) £94 H INSURANCE Com. Un. (uU.) 79/4V4 +/3 Royal
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    Lock icon PREMIERS DIFFER ON NEW U.N. SEAT
    182 3 PREMIERS DIFFER ON NEW U.N. SEAT ONDON, Fri. The Commonwealth Prime Ministers today discussed the question of Communist China's admission to the United Nations. The question was brought up in a general debate on East Asia and the Far East. According to conference sources. Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister of
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    Sports-fan Menxles has TV fitted In his Rolls
    98 3 LONDON. Fri.— Mr. R. G. Memies, the Australian Prime Minister is driving around in London's most distinctive car— the only one here fitted with television. Mr Memies. here for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, is a sports fan and in the coming
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    Lock icon Ghana bid for complete ban on 'The Queen'
    192 3 ACCRA, Fri. "God Save the Queen" will soon cease to be played on any occasion in Ghana, the National Assembly was told yesterday. Mr Kofi Baako. Minister without portfolio, speaking in a debate on a Bill providing for recognition of the Queen
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    Ministry 'No' to wage increase for normal teachers
    427 4 Ministry 'No' to wage increase for normal teachers COVT. ANSWERS UNION ADVERT SETTING OUT PAY DISPUTE DETAILS* CORRESPONDENCE THE Singapore Government yesterday made it clear that it would not entertain any claim for more pay from its normal-trained teachers The Government, in a statement, said that these teachers were already
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    Free legal aid for the poor from Monday
    93 4 DATES for the introduction of new legislation which will improve the lot of thousands of people hi Singapore have been fixed by the Governor. The first part of the Legal Aid and Advice Ordinance will operate from Monday. Under this part, the
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    GIRL, 12, KEPT IN JUNGLE
    32 4 evidence at abduction hearing A GARDENER abducted his employer's 12-year-old maidservant and hid her for three days in the jungle, a Singapore preliminary inquiry was told yesterday.
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    Year's jail for assault on girl
    95 4 Year's jail for assault on girl llf R. JUSTICE Chua In the •"■1 Singapore Assize Court yesterday Jailed Ong Teow Chuan, 21, a clerk, for one year for criminally assaulting a girl under 14 years of age, in May of last year. Chin, who admitted intimacy with the girl, said
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    Youth workers
    215 4 Officials of the Singapore Buklt Timah Youth Club are: Chairman, Mrs. EM. Boswell: management secretary. Mr. Robert Chong; treasurer. Mr. Peter Lam; club leader. Mr. Lawrence Ng; committee Messrs. R. 6. BosweU, Son Chee Koon, Tan See Wan, Omar bin Kalld and Karappiah. The girl, T. VaUlammal, alleged
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    Meeting off
    17 4 JOHORE BAHRU. PH. The Johore State Welfare Committee meeting scheduled for Sunday has Deen postponed.
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    'They can't understand the bills'
    111 4 V| OST consumers of water, (as and electricity cannot understand the bill the Singapore City Council sends them, said Mr. Lee Choon Eng at a council meeting yesterday. "Why make it so difficult" he asked, "when the council could revert to the old and simple
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    ORCHARD ROAD ANTI-FLOOD CONTRACT—A PROTEST
    388 4 ORCHARD ROAD ANTI-FLOOD CONTRACT— A PROTEST TTHE Singapore City A Council yesterday confirmed a committee decision awarding a $337,337 contract to alleviate flooding in the Orchard Road area to Wang Coo-kien. The work involves the widening and covering of Stamford Canal which runs through the area. Although the tenderer was
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    Reds have helped
    74 4 MALACCA Prl. The Resident Commissioner of Malacca, Mr. H. Q. Ham. met. said today that the terrorists, by their foolish actions over the past nine years, had helped the people considerably in the task <ji building up the Malayan nation. "If they continue to light after merdeka
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    Festing back
    26 4 Oen. Sir Francis Festiriß. C.-in-C. FARELF, returned t<> Singapore yesterday by R.A.F Valetta after an 11 -day tour of North Borneo. Brunei anj Sarawak.
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    Robbers get 2 years more on appeal
    181 4 WAHAB bin MOHAMED, SO, and Sallm bin Kasan, 30, under sentence of eight years' Jail each for armed robbery, had their terms increased to 10 years by the Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday. Wahab and Salim were appealing against the Assize Court sentence
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    LET'S GET SET TO FIGHT ELECTIONS -TUCMAN
    244 4 LET'S GET SET TO FIGHT ELECTIONS -TUCMAN ITUALA LUMPUR, rrt —Malayan Trade Union Congress leaders were urged today to build up a political fund so that the mt.u.c. could put up its own candidates for the General Elections ln 1959. The president of the congress, Mr. Tan Chong Bee, addressing
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    MacG. ORDERS ASYLUM PROBE
    246 5 MacG. ORDERS ASYLUM PROBE IT UAL A LUMPUR, Pri. 1V —The High Commissioner in Council has appointed a commission to inquire into the conduct and administration of the central mental hospital at Tanjong Rambutan because of a "certain amount of public disquiet." Mr. Justice Good will be chairman of the
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    Head of Govt. unions
    42 5 The president 6f the Singapore Union of the Postal and Telecommunications Workerers. Mr. P. L. Anthony, has been elected new president of the Federation of Unions of Government Employees. The federation represents, about 18,000 members in 27 unions.
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    'GO-SLOW STAYS TILL A PASS IS GIVEN'
    209 5 Phone men spurn board offer tions could begin on June 14, they were abruptly terminated over the question of the pass. This was followed by the strike notice. The board said it had received legal advice and had no option but to refuse
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    New lawyer
    20 5 Mr. Lai Tung Fatt was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday to practise as an advocate and solicitor.
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    Mayor in tiff with councillor: I will have you thrown out
    176 5 STORMY DEBATE OVER ADAMS' JOB PENANG, Fri.— The 1 Mayor, Mr. G. H. Goh. tonight threatened to "chuck out" an independent city councillor for "contempt of the house." "Not contempt of the house, sir," said Mr. A. Raja Gopal.
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    Bus owners refuse 'court' hearing
    261 5 THE managements of the Hock Lee and Tay Koh Vat bus companies in Singapore, some of whose workers are on strike, yesterday rejected the Bus Workers' Union's request to refer their dispute to an industrial court. I Their decision was conveyed to leaders of the
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    Three on riot charge
    294 5 Goh Beng Kirn, chu Cheng Chan and Lim Kang 800 were jointly charged in a Singapore court yesterday wit v < rioting and being member, of an unlawful assembly In Prince Philip Avenue at mid-day on June 27. Chu faces an additional charge of being a
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    Trade school
    23 5 JOHORE BAHRU, *TL— The Johore Government ia* bought 12 acres of land at Pontlan as a site for a ade school.
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    The Straits Times Singapore Sat. June 29, 1957. The Day Of Indecision
    527 6 The Straits Times Singapore Sat. June 29, 1957. The Day Of Indecision There will be some sympathy for Singapore voters who go to the polls today. The candidates are an odd lot and the campaigning has left a thick fog through which the voter must grope his way to the
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    Tackling The Bookmakers
    423 6 Tackling The Bookmakers A bold experiment to counter the bookmakers is announced by the Singapore Turf Club. It is frankly experimental, but it may be successful because it threatens to undermine the bookmakers at their strongest point The turf clubs and the Government take between them twenty per cent of
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    Bomb Protests
    177 6 Why were there fewer protests in Japan against the Russian nuclear explosions than against the recent British tests in the Central Pacific? The British Embassy in Tokyo has had only one answer to its questionnaire, and that was from a Party man following the Party line. Th e
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    As I was saying...
    1122 6  - As I was saying TODAY'S two by-elec-A tlons in Singapore bear not the slightest resemblance to the contests foreshadowed in the April debate in the Assembly when Mr. Marshall threw out his incautious challenge. Mr. Marshall was to have fought Mr. Lee Kuan Tew in Cairnhill, and Mr. Lee Kuan
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    Reds Ease zest and morality
    499 6  -  By- WALTER BRICCS sectarianism and subjectivism which depart from the masses and reality." These Communist cliches mean simply that, in the eyes of the regime's dedicated pathfinders, many Party members are losing their zest and moral fiber. They have drifted away from Party direction this
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    163 6 (From the Straits Times of June 20, 1907) WHE rumour was current A in Chinese circles today that the Emperor of China died at seven o'clock this morning. Enquiries at the Chinese ConsulateGeneral elicited no confirmation of the rumour, but several of the leading Chinese merchants had
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    MERDEKA 'IS NOT ANSWER TO ALL ISSUES'
    209 7 MERDEKA 'IS NOT ANSWER TO ALL ISSUES' nAN ADA has demonstrated clearly that political independence does not of itseli solve the problems facing a enveloping nation. Mr W. Withell said last night when proposing a ist 'o Canada at the Prince's Restaurant. Mr. Withell, who was liking at a dinner
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    LANGUAGE BAR PROPOSED GO-SLOW: 'Govt. should act now'
    114 7 LANGUAGE BAR PROPOSED GO-SLOW: 'Govt. should act now' KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Government is to be asked to 1 troduce a condition that :n-Malays applying to join tie Government service must MORE DANGEROUS THAN STRIKES, DECLARES BUSINESS LEADER: OUR ECONOMY IS IN DANGER JHE Government should take immediate action to
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    Rising: Parcel post rates to India
    68 7 Rising: Parcel post rates to India rE surface parcel postage rates to India will be increased from Monday as a result of the revised handling and delivery charges in that country, the Postmaster General of Malaya announced yesterday. The new rates will be: parrels not exceeding 31b. $2.10; 71b $3.40;
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    Train death
    265 7 Mr. Yap said working-to-rule was more dangerous than an actual strike. The loss suffered was greater. "It is time that the Government and the public awoke to this new danger, threatening the industrial health of the Colony," he added. Referring to the go-slow action taken by Singapore Telephone
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    Acquitted of crash death
    77 7 A motorist. Oovinda Raja Balakrishnan, was acquitted in a Singapore court yesterday of causing the death of a woman by negligent driving after the court ruled that the police had failed to explain "how and exactly where the accident took place." It was alleged that the
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    Poultry projects
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— RIDA has loaned $1,000 to Haji Ahmad bin HaJl Hassan of Pontian, $2,000 to Peng Chan Heng of Muar and $2,000 to Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Hassan of Muar. for establishing pure-bred poultry farms
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    Union Jack to fall as merdeka is proclaimed
    215 7 |{UALA LUMPUR, Fri. When the Federation flat; is hoisted at the Merdeka St&dium here on August 31 the Union Jack will be lowered. The secretary-general of the central merdeka celebrations committee Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib. said this at the annual conference
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    Sea sports for welfare
    45 7 SITIAWAN. Fri.— The Dindings district welfare committee has organised a programme of sporting and social events from tomorrow to July 21 to raise funds to finance its activities. Highlight of the programme will be sea sports in Lumut on July 7.
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    MAN LURED TO DEATH in LANE
    220 7 Nurse phoned for ambulance A MAN died on his way to hospital on Thursday night after he was stabbed in the back in a Sin- s?apore back lane. A nurse heard him shout for help. Chan Eng Kok, 37, a "good luck" charm and
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    Only 2 days left for that entry
    72 7 Only 2 days left for that entry YOU'VE still time to make your bid for the $75,000 JACKPOT in The Malayan Monthly's Contest K. The closing date is MONDAY at 5 p.m. TWO days from today. Entries from outside Singapore postmarked before 5 p.m. on July 1 and received by
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    THE EIGHT WHO WILL FIGHT FOR TWO SEATS
    21 7 TAN|ONC PACAR Lee, Chong and Koh CAIRNHILL Soh. Coh, Keng Muda and Majid
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    SMUGGLERS ON THE RUN ABANDON LUXURY BOAT
    98 7 SMUGGLERS ON THE RUN ABANDON LUXURY BOAT SINGAPORE Customs have seized an expensive smugglers' speed-boat. A party of revenue officers were on patrol In a Custom's launch near the Merdeka Bridge on Thursday night when they spotted the speed-boat. When the smugglers realised they were being trailed, they dumped several
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    Reds fire on bungalow
    44 7 IPOH, Fri.— Terrorists fired at the manager's bungalow on Kamiri Estate in the Sungei Siput area early today. A special constable on sentry duty fired back and the bandits fled. Security forces began a follow-up. There were no known casualties.
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    New post office
    18 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A new post office will he opened at Tranquerah. Malacca, on Monday.
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    WHERE CAST TOUR VOTE
    264 7 WHERE CAST TOUR VOTE Cairnhill DISTRICT ONE Polling Station; Nge* Ann Girls' School, 229. River Valley Road. DISTRICT TWO has two polling stations. Residents of Clemenceau Avenue, Dublin Road, Eber Road, Lloyd Gardens, Lloyd Road, Orchard Roac Oxley Rise, Oxley Road, River Valley Road and Tank Road should go to
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    DEATH
    43 7 SEOW KIM PUAN, age 61, passed peacefully 28-6-57. Leaving behind his wife Madam Koh Pek Nya; 3 sons; 3 daughters; 1 son-in-law Khoo 800 Chye; 1 grandson. Cortege leaving 309, Telok Kurau Road 2.30 p.m. Sunday (or Bedok Methodist Church, thence Bldadarl.
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    UNIONS POOH-POOH THE PROSPERITY REPORT
    54 8 'Better life? Lots off Jobs? Benham's ott the mark' SINGAPORE trade union leaders yesler d a y disagreed with Dr. F. C. Benham that there had been a marked increase in the workers' standard of living. They also felt that Dr. Benham was "well off
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    CHEATED MAN TAKES PITY ON PENNILESS FAMILY
    153 8 A FORMER hawker told a l\ Singapore court yesterday that his pregnant wife had persuaded him to admit his guilt ln a cheating charge. He had previously pleaded not guilty. And the man he had cheated of $78 worth of chicken essence said
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    Boss to 12,000 to leave
    176 8 Mr. L. D. Millo, command civilian administration officer at Far East Air Force Headquarters, will leave Singapore with his wife and daughte r for Britain on Tuesday in the Asia. He h?s been in charge of the 12.000 local R.A.F. civilian employees for th P
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    Gather in old taxes before demanding more, Govt. told—
    238 8 "V'EW TAXES should not be imposed until collection of the present taxes has been tightened up, said the president of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. L. Lane, yesterday. Mr. Lane was commenting on the statement by Dr. F. C.
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    Two freed in riot case
    279 8 Goh Swee Chuan and Heok Kirn Sua were acquitted in a Colony court yesterday of a charge of rioting. It was held that there was insufficient evidence to convict them. They were alleged to have been together in a lane about 30 yards from Yio
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    ROW OVER SACKED CLERK IS SECRETLY SETTLED
    112 8 THE dispute between Islay Kerr, a Singapore shipping company, and its employees' union over the dismissal of a clerk, has been settled. The union, which claims to have 121 members, has withdrawn its strike notice. It has also called off a goslow Mr.
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    P.C. must pay
    34 8 A police constabl' Abdul Rahman, was ordered by a Singapore court yesterday to pay $15 monthly towards the maintenance of his two-year-old daughter, Rohana. The order takes effect from July 1.
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    Lock icon Conquest of malaria i the Malay Peninsula
    1416 9 i ,KjJMr J*****^**«^ittMir^*ffßtil|^^^B^^_^Bflis J)O(TOR WARD, physician to the East India Company at Prince of v foMt'end 311^ by bedside f his lategt »> ati nt »nd waHeTsadThe symptoms were no different from those he had watched deve--I<P "^Z* th a 2 his ellow
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      71 9 Slvx 3l»rgan 3M.D. Last thing IHek Tracy Explosive "-iiTTttii iTI ?$W yeyi SODNEV JUST J CANONS OP IT— ME GET f'\ T^T\ r 1. NiTROOL.YCE.RJrJ- 1 IVY CAN BLOW VSJk W**^ 1 wimxhw I f °^r A J^vy D JJ v Tn_^ult h^^^^rl ~*ysa£ ppg^pooNgy ope* poo? 4w» Q'Eiara Caswnie
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    'No give or take' market
    492 10 'No give or take' market AFTER the initial shake out on the last week's news from Indonesia, the market has remained surprisingly steady, report Holiday. Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd., in a current review of the Singapore Rubber Market. Considering that consuming centres report fairly free offerings from Indonesia theite
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    Questionnaire
    69 10 The directors of the Batu Kawan Rubber and Coconut Plantations, with estates In Province Wellesley. are preparing a circular setting out considerations which should be taken Into account before members decide whether or not to accept the invitation of a Mr Askam. who is seeking support tor the sale
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    THE HALF YEAR FEELING INFLUENCES SHARE MARKET
    667 10 THE HALF YEAR FEELING INFLUENCES SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent 17ND of June settlement of accounts and closure of banks affected trading to some extent on the Singapore Share and Rubber Markets yesterday. Even so, levels in the industrial section of the share market were generally steady around the
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    Oil searches in Australia
    144 10 The Sun Oil Co., of California, intends to drill for oil with associated companies in three areas of Australia's north-eastern state of Queensland. These are near Emerald. Longreach and Brisbane. Other fields In New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia are under consideration. Recently the Australian
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.14% for cash and 6.16% for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 16 45 and one tael of gold at 268%.
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    TIMBER LOSS
    32 10 British Borneo Timber Ltd. reports a loss last year of £34,335 against a profit in the preceding year, Including £96,100 estimated amount due by the British Government under guarantee, of
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 10 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Friday at 91% cents per lb. unchanged on Thursday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices fn cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91>«, sellers 91 ?4: Int. 1 R.S.S. July
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    84 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Nevasa 12, Bantam 45, Mandama 6A, Sunda 6|7, State of Travancore-Cochin 819, Tegelberg 11, Eastern Muse 13)14. Stentor 15|16 Benreoch 18, Sumpltan N. Wall 1, Phong Chau 21|22, General Ben 23|24, Tong Thay 25, Benattow 27
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 10 RUBBER: fIP Per lb. (unchanged, TIN: KJW.3714 P ropR A P 3 r 2 c nt^ 1/UrKA: tnquotrd
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    99 10 MELBOn INVESTMENTS with rises and on the Melbournetoday. Movements gent narrow. British tobacco minings trading wag with no definite trend riations were small i slightly, easier. Loans 3",% 1956-59 Loans 3*% 1956-58 £98 im. Bank of N.S.W Con. ZincMount Lyell N. Broken Hill ••>-", Hill 50 ig Jf
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 10 Singapore Chinese I'roducf r, change: noon prices per c yesterday were: Copra: quiet; Jam/Job buyers. $25 seUen Cotonj oil: quiet; bulk $40' 4 drum $44 >■; Kite*, jw steady: about 10 to 15 business reported done; white $112, Sarawak Sill, clal Sarawak black S7j (in h $D. Singapore
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      627 10 NOTICES GUILDFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. VACANCIES for boarding pupils for the term commencing on 11th February. 1958 exist at the Junior jvho (Ages 7-12 years). For further particulars write to the Bursor, Oulldford Grammer School. East Oulldford. Western Australia. NOTICES NOTICE As from Ist of July,
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      395 10 NOTICES NOTICE MALACCA JIN AI HUAY Ali members are hereby inform;ed that the Benevolent Section has been dissolved at a general meeting on Saturday 22nd June, 1957. at 4.15 pjn. Re:K.P.M. MOHAMED SULTAN BROTHERS, MALACCA All Persons are hereby informed that I. K. P. M- M. MOHAMED IBRAHIM, the Main
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      789 10 NOTICES TELUK ANSON RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore). (In Voluntary Liquidation) A First Distribution of $3.75 per snare has been declared payable on 22nd July, 1957. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books will be closed from 15th to 32nd July, 1957. both days inclusive. R. D.
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      252 10 SHIPPING NOTICES S/S "SILVERDRAGON" Eta Singapore Ist July, 1957. Sailing for Phnompenh. For Freight particulars, please contract Chip Hwa Shipping A Trading Co., Ltd., 45, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore. 1. Tel. *****, ***** Se *****. OSAKA SHOBEN KAISHA "WAKO MARIT/Lifhter arrived 17.6.57 Consignees of cargo ex the above vessel ar
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    The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
    13 12 TODAY IS POLLING DAY IN SINGAPORE'S TWO BY-ELECTIONS
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    Let's trust in the u.n. and end the rice stockpiling
    414 12 Let 's trust in the u.n. and end the rice stockpiling T AM intrigued by the 1 casual acceptance of the justification for a government rice stockpile in your leader of June 15th. Do you, Mr Editor, really think the intelligent people of Malaya would believe that, under modern war
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    LadY Elephants say, So sorry
    161 12 OUR attention has been drawn to a report appearing on page 4 of the Sunday Times referring to our forthcoming visit to Kuala Lumpur for the M.A.H.A. Exhibition, in which it is incorrectly stated that we live in Kedah. We wish to make it clear
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    Smoking in buses
    43 12 IT is ridiculous to set up smoking and nonsmoking areas in a bus when no action is taken on violaters. How can we expect smokers to refrain from smoking in the nonsmoking area when conductors themselves smoke? MOINVDIN MABICAN. Singapore.
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    Parking with lights on
    48 12 I AM at a loss to understand why motorists in Malacca are still required by traffic regulations to park their cars with lights on after 6 p.m. in certain streets or roads, even though it Is parked under bright street lights. G. PEKIN. Malacca.
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    Disturbing cinema-goers
    89 12 I WISH to draw the attention of Indians who go to Indian movies in Singapore or Federation and behave like children. When there is a song many of the spectators start singing and clapping their hands or feet. So, instead of listening to the film song, w e
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    Communal agitators
    142 12 Communal agitators IT is no surprise that the Chief Minister and other political leaders are disturbed by rumours. If they are seriously troubled over this issue, th'-. should set about doing something to it and not just to feel displeased. It is not all false that certain sections of the
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    Why not bring in more trout?
    101 12 IT is very good of the Sultan of Johore to import a number of fallow deer into this country for breeding purposes. If my memory serves me right the Government before the war brought young trout and set them free in the rivers of
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    Now black earth on the road
    76 12 I MUST congratulate the Rural Board on the prompt action taken after a letter appeared in the Straits Times complaining of the tardiness of the Board in clearing the rubble and grass from the roads of Serangoon Garden Estate. But after their labourers have
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    TEACHERS' POSITION IS WORST IK PRIVATE ENGLISH SCHOOLS
    142 12 TEACHERS' POSITION IS WORST IK PRIVATE ENGLISH SCHOOLS rE position of teachers in private English schools Is even worse than that of their counterparts in Government or Aided English or Chinese schools. The minimum qualification for an English teacher in private schools is Cambridge School Certificate plus a pass in
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    90 14 ed scrapping the present "open door" policy for a return to the pre-war system which featured, principally, a compact, exclusive first division reserved for the community teams and best Services teams. Today CHIA KENG HOCK, a former Singapore Malaya Cup player and one of the great centre forwards in
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    My formula: A national league and 'open' Cup
    1065 14  - My formula: A national league and 'open' Cup TTHE FIRST thing that 1 strikes me about football in Singapore today —and I am sure that many other players of my time must feel the same is how easy it is to play in the first division. Off hand I can
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    OLD AMBASSADOR CAN STAY UNBEATEN
    125 14 USEFUL VETERAN 'GOES AMATEUR' AGAIN says EPSOM JEEP A FTER a successful comeback as a Class 3 race- horse, old Ambassador goes back to gymkhana racing and I expect him to keep his unbeaten "amateur" record at Penang today. Ambassador, still a useful galloper at
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    Now Gordon wants to 'ski' round island
    174 14 Now Gordon wants to 'ski' round island A SECOND Englishman is attempting to water-ski around the Singapore island thij weekend. He is Mike Gordon, a commercial assistant, who will make the hazardous 55-mile trip this afternoon on his 24th birthday. His attempt will b e a day ahead of that
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    STARS DROP VITAL POINT
    115 14 CTAR Soccerites, strong contenY__ ders for the S.A.F.A. First J J-Nsion league title, will have to 1 wln .Njth their remaining games— f againsv o olice and R M t they are 1 achieve their tar's 61 t Yesterday fi^rs m anot her i valuable pointTh
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    Acceptors for Penang gymkhana meet
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