The Straits Times, 6 July 1957

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    14 1 The Straits Times. Mala** tie****** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1957 15 CENTS
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    TEACHERS: BIG SPLIT?
    258 1 SECRET MEETING BREAKS UP AT la.m. WITHOUT AGREEMENT Management committee fails again to fix date for the strike SECRETARY SAYS: Early review of whole situation 'pHE management committee of the Singapore Teachers' Union held a hush-hush meeting last night for the purpose of fixing a date for
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    The new Malaya and you
    114 1 The new Malaya and you T IKE most constl- tutions, the con- stitution of indepen- drnt Malaya is It ngthy and difficult to understand. Yet it is important that everyone In Maaya should know and appreciate it. On Monday, the Straits i Times will publish the i first of four
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    135 1 'STRIKE A T MIDNIGHT IF STB REJECTS UNION OFFER' Till. Singapore Telephone 1 H <> a r d Employees' I on hist nicht gave its rv.utivr council a man i<p c .ili a strike at midtonmht if the incut rejects a proposal by the I union spokesman said: t
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    Gangsters bash youth in fruit stall fight
    129 1 Gangsters bash youth in fruit stall fight CAR-LOADS ol gangsters upset fruit and food stalls at the junction of Telok Kurau and East Coast Road, Singapore, last night. Chee Siew Chong. 21. who got in their way, was hit on the head with an iron bar. He was taken to
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    Coffee shop man murdered
    34 1 A 24-year-old cofTeeshop assistant, Kang Soon Yang, was found stabbed to death in Kampong Wa Tanjong. Singapore, last night. He la believed to have been murdered by secret so--•iety gangsters.
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    Now a UNION'S workers ('WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS') call a strike
    308 1 Now a UNION'S workers ('WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS') call a strike 'WE ARE FIGHTING 1 FOR OUR RIGHTS' i I/UALA LUMPUR. Fri. 1V Twenty-six employees of Malaya's biggest union, the 150,--000 strong National Union of Plantation Workers, went on strike today over the dismissal of 15 of their
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    Lock icon U.S. sets off biggest bomb
    55 1 NEW YORK, Fri. The most powerful atomic test weapon ever exploded in the United States burst with earth-shaking force over a brigade of entrenched marines at the test site in Nevada today. The explosion was the greatest and most spectacularly beautiful of the 51 test
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    BOMBS AT JAKARTA REDS
    161 1 -Then gunshots: Party leaders unhurt JAKARTA, Fri— The Russian Embassy here was heavily guarded by armed police today following grenade attacks on the headquarters of the Indonesian Communism Party Mid "Sobsi," a Commun-l.st-led federation of trade unions. The general chairman of the communist Party, Mr. DN.
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    Ruler's brother: 'I sometimes felt like drowning myself
    10 1 Ruler's brother: 'I sometimes felt like drowning myself TENGKU NASIK
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    A $1,500-A-MONTH TENGKU ADMITS $60,000 DEBTS: 'TOO MANY FRIENDS'
    932 1 A $1,500-A-MONTH TENGKU ADMITS $60,000 DEBTS: 'TOO MANY FRIENDS' SEREMBAN, Friday. q^ENGKU Nasir bin Tengku Mohamed, a brother and private secretary of the Yang Di-pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, today told a public examination at the Supreme Court that he was so heavily in debt that he sometimes felt like
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    Kuomintang denial
    54 1 TAIPEH, Fri.— The Kuomintang today denied a charge by Tengku Abdul Rahman that its members had tried "to gain power in Malaya". A statement by the party said: "The Kuomintang has no political intentions nor has it engaged in political activities of any kind outside the domains of
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    Lock icon BANK CHIEF ON TRIAL IN JAKARTA ON ARMS CHARGE
    181 1 BANK CHIEF ON TRIAL IN JAKARTA ON ARMS CHARGE JAKARTA. Fri. Mr. William Watson, deputy manager of the Chartered Bank here appeared before a court today charged with the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. The prosecution said that a revolver and 45 rounds of ammunition were found in
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    Siam's royal baby
    44 1 BANGKOK, Fri.— A fourth child a princess was born to King Pumiphol Aduldej and Queen Sirikit of Sian; last night, the Royal Palace announced. The royal family now consists of one boy, who is heir to the throne, and three girls
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    Lock icon Malaya told: Glad to have you
    130 1 Malaya told: Glad to have you ONDON, Fri. A ■^communique from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference today said: "'The Commonwealth ministers noted that the Federation of Malaya was on the eve of attaining independence. "They extended to the Federation their warm good wishes for its future and they looked forward
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    STOP PRESS
    85 1 PURCE CONTINUES .MOSCOW. In Two more Soviet Icirli rs have Immii purged from party posts and rciirvrcl of Government sAee, T:i^s reported today. They are Mikhail Pcrviikhin :ind >la\im Sal>nro\. uiio both lose olliic as I M l>< puty Prime Ministers— Kciitrr. U.S. UNWILLING LONDON. Iri— >t:»ss«Ti told
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    Lock icon 50 drowned
    26 1 CALCUTTA. Fri. Fifty people were drowned today when a boat carrying 70 pasMOCers capsized in the flooded Behar River, swelled by heavy rains.— U.P.
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    Youth deserted by friends, fatally beaten
    226 2 Youth deserted by friends, fatally beaten TWO WHO FLED CONDEMNED SINGAPORE'S assistant coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday reprimanded two youths for "turning lail* 1 when their friend \v;is beaten itp by a Loh Ah keong, 20, and Lim Yam Bok, 15, were j worse than cowards, he said, as
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    Mr. Butterfield leaves Colony
    33 2 The Attorney General. Mr. C.H. Butterfield. has resigned from the Singapore Government under Malayanisation. He left the Colony for Britain early this week. His successor is Mr E.P. Shanks.
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    HIT-RUN1 CAR HUNT AFTER MAN DIES
    69 2 HIT-RUN 1 CAR HUNT AFTER MAN DIES 4 DYING statement by a labourer has set the Singapore Traffic Police on an island-wide hunt for a hit-and-run car. The labourer. Menon Mohamed Khalid, 50. was found injured in Joo Chiat Lane at 1.15 a.m. on Thursday, and was sent to the
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    Concert for 700
    20 2 The American singer and guitarist William Clauson yesterday entertained 700 children at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore.
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    Men stop car, rob woman
    45 2 Two men carrying knivrs stopped a car in Redhiil Road, Singapore, at 2 a.m. yesterday and robbed a woman passenger. Madam Koh Ah Eng, 25. of a gold Chain worth $415 and a wristwatch with a gold strap worth $125.
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    Youth meeting
    30 2 The inaugural meeting of the Sembawang Youth Club will be held at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow at the Old Clinic premises, Andrews Avenue, off 15th mile Sembawang Road, Singapore.
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    SEVEN ATTACK ONE
    36 2 Seven men attacked Tan Eng Hoo. 27. with iron rods and stones in a backlane off Gopeng Road. Singapore, on Thursday night. Poilcr said the incident was connected with a secret society dispute.
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    TELL US ABOUT GRAFT, COMMISSION CHAIRMAN APPEALS
    244 2 TELL US ABOUT GRAFT, COMMISSION CHAIRMAN APPEALS pUBLIC response lo the three-man commission appointed to investigate corruption in Singapore has been "disappointing." In a broadcast last nißht the chairman of the commission, Mr Justice Chua, said: "There must be many instances where members of the public have been victimised by
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    Questions on ministers' bodyguards
    71 2 Questions on ministers' bodyguards n^HE question of bodyguards A for Singapore's ministers and assistant ministers will be raised in the Legislative Assembly on July 17. Mr. Lee Choon Eng (Independent) wants to know "why bodyguards are necessary for them." He will also ask the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock,
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    Parking move
    35 2 The white line running down the centre of Hill Street from its junction with River Valley Road to Cole- man Street to prevent parking will be removed shortly. This follows protests by residents.
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    WAR ON DEBTS AND BETS
    383 2 Govt. drive to save Its workers from moneylenders' clutches J Office-hour gamblers now face threat of sack: Keep an eye on the people concerned memorandum THE Singapore Government has introd*, stringent measures to deal with memt^. of the civil service who gamble or g debt.
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    ON HOLIDAY WHEN HE LEARNT-HE'S FIRST AMERICAN TO GET STATE MEDAL
    118 2 MR. JACK HARRIS, he mine superintendent of the Eastern Mining and Metals Company, at Dungun. Trengganu. is the first American to be awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the state. Mr. Harris was holidaying in Singapore with his wife,
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    WHY EUROPEANS ESCAPED FLU
    230 2 Different living, survey finds SAMPLE survey of the effect of the recent influenza virus on Singapore shows that Asians were much more susceptible to U than Europeans. This is attributed, not to any special Immunity In Europeans, but to differences in living conditions and diet. 38-day
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    BRUNEI CALL FOR INDEPENDENCE
    152 2 VIR. Walter Raeburn, the formei constitutional ■L"* adviser to Singapore's merdeka mission, said yesterday on his return from Brunei that the Party Rakyat there had submitted a memorandum to the Colonial Office seeking self-government. Mr. Raeburn was invited by the Party Rakyat to study I the
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    Husbands earn, wives travel in America
    101 2 rE hard-earned money of American men is spent by their wives in foreign travel, judging from the number of passports issued to housewives. According to th c May issue of Travel News, the official publication of the American Society of Travel Agents, housewives topped
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    $51,000 fees
    19 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Foes paid to specialists in Johore Bahru General Hospital last year amounted to $51,000.
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    A SHOW TO TELL YOU HOW TO GET VEG. CHEAPER
    117 2 riMIE Singapore Agricult v r a 1 Co-operative Union will celebrate the International Co-opera-tive Day today with an exhibition of farm products in the Great Eastern World. Geylang. The secretary. Mr. Sim Kirn Poh. said yesterday that the main object
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    'PERSUADE THESE TO GO BANKRUPT'
    256 2 'PERSUADE THESE TO GO BANKRUPT' help to limit the act gamblers considi The memorand m out that it is ess all those in th< should be encoui save It recommencl. period of ttari officers shouiu I opportunity oi their debts and such cases shou] I sary. be refen welfare section.
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    Lock icon 'Mass meetings support Mr. K'
    599 3 REDS SAY 60,000 LEADERS HAVE ADDRESSED PEOPLE M MOSCOW AREA I BUT NON-COMMUNIST SOURCES EXPECT MORE PURGES fHOl's.\ I) 6 of mass meetings in Russia are supporting the dismissal of the tour top Communists Molotov, .Malenkov, Kajranovich and Shepilov according to Moscow Radio. And echoes
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    Lock icon NOW MOLOTOV CITY WANTS A NEW NAME
    71 3 NOW MOLOTOV CITY WANTS A NEW NAME MOSCOW, Fri. A meeting of workers in the Ural mountains city of Molotov today peti. tioned the Supreme Soviet to restore the town's pre-revolutionary name of Perm. If the petition is granted, which is very likely, several cities, factories, farms and cul. tural
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    Lock icon 'he mixture as before?
    63 3 :>ON. Frl. The comdth Prime Ministers lay discussed the imms of the recent i in the Soviet hierart i cording to authoritairces. ire ild the con- Isensus was that the dismissals were unlikely to produce much change in Soviet fore--1 ign policy because in the recent
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    Lock icon 92 TIES IN CAIRO'S FIRST ELECTION
    79 3 T ATEST returns today first parliamentary CAIRO, Friday, showed 92 ties in Egypt's elections. The official returns indicated that balloting may have to be held again in these 92 districts. President Abdel Nasser's I two brothers will both be members of the new Egyptian
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    Nehru to lunch with a Queen
    31 3 THE HAGUE, Fri. The Indian Premier. Mr. Nehru, will lunch with Queen Juliana on Tuesday. Mr. Nehru will arrive on Monday for a two-day stay.
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    Lock icon Fighting in Cuba
    28 3 SANTIAGO. iCuba). Fri. Government troops have left for Palma Soriano, where fighting has been reported on a lanr near the Palma Sugar 1 Mill —U.P.
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    Lock icon Kaganovich 'insulted party workers'
    200 3 Kaganovich 'insulted party workers' MOSCOW, Fri.—Official and Press attacks against the expelled croup of Soviet Communist leaders today grew In intensity. Lazar Kaganovich. one of the three men dismissed from the Communist Party's praesidium and central committee, was subjected to a special attack by the chairman of the Ukrainian Council
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    Lock icon NEW DEAL FOR RUSSIAN FARMERS FROM JAN. 1
    150 3 NEW DEAL FOR RUSSIAN FARMERS FROM JAN. 1 LONDON, Fri.— A decree abolishing compulsory deliveries of farm produce to the state by members of collective farms has been issued by the Soviet Communist Party leadership and the Soviet Government, Moscow Radio said last night. The decree comes into force on
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    Lock icon Last troops go
    31 3 AMMAN, Fri. Britain evacuated its remaining troops and airmen out of Akaba base and Jordan today, 10 weeks ahead of the tai^et date set after the Suez invasion.—UP.
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    Lock icon A CRISIS, SO INDIA RAISES £100 mil.
    121 3 A CRISIS, SO INDIA RAISES £100 mil. F ONDON, Fri. India was reported yesterday to have raised about £100,000,000 in credits in Britain to meet a mounting economic crisis. Indian sources said some of the credits are being extended by private firms, some underwritten by the British Government and some
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    Lock icon Made point with a bottle
    51 3 PARIS, Fri.— M. Jean Dides, extreme right-wing French Deputy and former inspector, was struck by a bottle in the corridors of the National Assembly after an argument with a Communist deputy. He was not seriously injured but had to be treated by the assembly doctor.
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    Lock icon Jakarta editor arrested
    233 3 JAKARTA Fri. The editor-in-chief of the Dutch-larguage Daily Nieuwsgier. Tengku Zulkifli Hafae. was arrested by military police at his home yesterday. The editor's wife said that he was at dinner when the military police entered. An army spokesman today said Hafae was taken into custody because of
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    Lock icon Ceylon declares 'war' on its overdraft
    151 3 BEER, CIGARETTES TO BE DEARER COLOMBO, Friday. THE Ceylon Government yesterday announced a new tax on bank charges, the tripling of import duty on luxury goods and heavier duties on beer and cigarettes in a bid to reduce a budget deficit of 200 million
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    LONDON STOCKS
    309 3 LONDON, Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were:— LOANS Consols £49S binding 4% £86\ Var 3' 2 £67 9/16 3/i« BANKS 4erc. (£s— £2'i pu) £6 !astern (£5) tB** rhartered (£1) 38/--iongkong ($125) £101', -'4 +3" INSURANCE :om Un. (uts) 79'ftoyal 80. 9
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    NOW 'ROYAL' FIRMS WILL HAVE TO PROVE IT
    230 4 NOW 'ROYAL' FIRMS WILL HAVE TO PROVE IT KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE federation Government has passed new laws to prevent firms from suggesting fictitious patronage by Malay Rulers, the Queen, and the British and Malayan Government in the names of their businesses. Under the Registration of Business Rules. 1957, published
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    Governor visits child clinic
    48 4 The Governor of Singapore, i Sir Robert Black, paid an informal visit yesterday to the maternity and child welfare clinic at the recently opened Buona Vista community centre. He was shown round by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health. Dr \l. Doraisingham.
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    NAMED: TWO FIJIANS WHO ARE COMING FOR M-DAY
    130 4 NAMED: TWO FIJIANS WHO ARE COMING FOR M-DAY SUVA, Fri. Col. Edward Cakobau and Mr. H. Maurice Scott have been selected to represent Fiji at the Merdeka Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. The Federation Government invited the Government of Fiji to send one member of the Executive Council and one
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    Expats to council: Are you going to Malayanise us?
    260 4 COMPENSATION GUARANTEE SOUGHT THE Senior Officers' Association of the Singapore City Council a 1 European organisation— has told the council that Malayanised expatriate officers should be assured of "equitable compensation for loss of career. In a letter to the special committee
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    'SUPERMAN' HAS YET TO BE FOUND
    112 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government has been searching for nearly a year in Britain, Australia and India for a "superman" to set up an anti-corruption branch independent of the police. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the Straits Times today that he
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    YACHT PUTS IN MINUS SAILS
    217 4 TWO weary adventurers anchored their battered yacht Swannee, minus her sails, off Clifford Pier, Singapore, yesterday evening after a voyage from Port Swettenham that nearly ended the day it began. The 44-foot boat will spend about three weeks in the Colony for repairs while its
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    Two streets to be closed
    36 4 Woodsville Close, between Woodsville Road and Meyappa Road, and Moonstone Lane, between Opal Crescent and Topaz Road, will be closed for four months from July 15 for city Council sewer laying.
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    Railman killed
    29 4 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. A railway worker, Vadivelu. 29. was run over and killed last night by the engine of n northbound goods train at the station here.
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    Ward leaving on July 18
    49 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation Deputy Chief Secretary, Mr. N. Ward, will leave Malaya on retirement on July 18 He came to this country as a cadet officer in 1928 He acted as president of the Singapore Municipal Council for seven months in 1951
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    Business lunch
    32 4 Mr. E. Ugast. Par East Chief of 20th Century Fox. gave a luncheon party for friends and business associates in Singapore yesterday. He is here on a four-day business visit.
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    LABOURER'S DEATH: WARRANTS ISSUED
    136 4 T<HE Singapore Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of two men for the murder of a labourer. Tan Tong Hoi. 25, alias Kan Lai. at Upper Thomson Road on June 7. Tans wife. Lim Chwee Chuan. told the court that
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    200 houses ready soon
    66 4 Two hundred terrace houses being built on a site off Chua Chu Kang Road by the Singapore Improvement Trust ill conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government. Lands and Housing, are now ncaring completion, said a Government statement issued yesterday. The two-bedroom houses will be ready
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    Driver stabbed
    27 4 IPOH. Fri. A taxi driver. Labh Singh, 25, was stabbed In the stomach early today after an argument with another taxi driver. Police are investigating.
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      467 4 niniA UA i 4»a \l£9 Afternoon; 4.30 Tea HiUllU MALiAXA Dance; 5 .00 Saturday Medley; 5.30 Bandstand; 5.50 6.00 aprux SINGAPORE 476 metres and Sporls Hour; 6.30 Programme KiH.iruw^n 4 Summary; 632 Lißht-Muslc. 6.5s nV7v «!.>. i. metres. Proßramme Preview; 7.00 News m w »?r »«7 met r^!!; 7 10
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    'Alice in Wonderland' waterfront
    343 5 I SEARCH FOR STORAGE SPACE, YET GODOWSS j ARE EMPTY rHK general scene along the Singapore waterfront yesc rday was, as one igent put it, like a i 11c I'rjm "Alice in l\ onderiand." While the Singapore ir Board had of empty godowns M>:..-i-:ue.s were hunting
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    Acquitted on 3 trust charges
    40 5 Acquitted on 3 trust charges KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. treasurer of the ■)'partment Civilian 1 V-sociation, Lee Chu j I alias Lee Chiap 1 was acquitted today charges of criminal trust of amounts t 5164 70 belonging to j II association.
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    $2,000 arch
    24 5 ING. Fri. Residents Kamsxng Dodol in Perak ad have decided to raise build a merdeKi picture of the Minister. Tengku Abdul ihman.
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    Indian editors fly home
    62 5 Mr. C. R Srinivasan, 67. editor of the South Indian Tamil newspaper, Swadeshamitran, and Mr Kasthuri Srinivasan of The Hindu, a Madras English daily, left for home by Air India yesterday after a week's stay in Singapore. They had earlier been on a month's tour of
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    Singers wanted
    25 5 The Singapore Musical j Society still has vacancies for I local singers to take part in its presentation of Mendelsohn's "Elijah" in September.
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    Court told: Strike means no pay
    178 5 Court told: Strike means no pay 'THEN HOW CAN I MAINTAIN CHILDREN?* IVONG AH PIN hopes earnestly that the threatened Singapore Telephone Board strike will not last very long. "For if it does," Wong, a clerk employed by the board, told a Singapore magistrate, Mr. T. S. Sinnathuray, yesterday, "there
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    They met in Ipoh—now she flies to wed in England
    118 5 They met in Ipoh now she flies to wed in England IPOH. Fri —An Ipoh K «rl has Kiven up a promising career in thr Medical Department and is flying S.OOO miles to Britain 'o marry. She is Miss Patricia Leo Joo I .in. tii a staff nurse at the
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    Ollie Davies buried
    72 5 Prominent racehorse owners, trainers, jockeys, stable boys and officials of the Singapore Turf Club were among those at the Bidadari cemetery yesterday to pay their last respects to C. O. (Olliei Davies. 65, well known Malayan racing personality, who died in his sleep on Thursday. The pall
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    Bill to protect securities
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A new Bill is to be introduced at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council to repeal and re-enact, with modifications, the Government Trustee Securities Ordinance. The Bill is to enable Federation Government securities to continue to be treated as trustee securities in
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    100 TEACHERS -40 PUPILS
    154 5 Study experiment at Nanyang A BOUT 40 children who are the sons and daugh- ters of the employees of Nanyang University will soon have 100 teachers to instruct them if a plan to set up a primary school for experimental teaching materialises. These hundred teachers are
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    Hari Raya fair
    39 5 PENANG. Fri. To raise funds for their branch, the Kampong Ara branch of Province Wellesley UMNO will stage a fun fair during Harl Raya Haji week. There will be cinema shows. kronchong parties and wayang kullt.
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    Rally today
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri, The Selangor youth section of the Malayan Indian Congress is holding a two-day rally at the Chettiars Hall here, starting tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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    Contractor's suit ends
    64 5 The Singapore High Court yesterday reserved judgment in the action for damages brought by a contractor and his wife against the AttorneyGeneral for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Tan Kay Teck and his wife, Chia Bee Sim, alleged that they were wrongfully arrested and confined by the
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    CALL OFF STRIKE FIRST, SAYS GOVT.
    309 5 Revenue men want to have talks on their dispute THE Singapore Govnment last night [tated that it would r unic discussions only tho strikes by f toms revenue officers tid Its other workers lad been called off. Government statement Discussions will be only after
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    ALL EYES ON V.1.B.s. (VERY IMPORTANT BOXES)
    82 5 FIFTY work-a-day boxes j received extra-special treatment when they were landed at Singapore yesterday. P«»:ice launches brought them from tho Denbigh- shire to the Master Attendant's Pier. More policemen stood guard as labourers (above) loaded them into a lorry which took them to
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    Talk... talk for three hours—all wasted
    85 5 Talk... talk for three hours all wasted AFTER discussing a new constitution for nearly three hours last night, members of the Singapore Youth Council found to their surprise that they had no quorum. The discovery was made when the constitution was put to the bouse for approval. A count disclosed
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    Decree nisi for receptionist
    56 5 Foo Siak En, a receptionist at a clinic, who sued her husband, Foo Tat Phean, formerly a clerk, for divorce on the ground of desertion, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The parties were married on Nov.
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    Strike lectures—denial by college
    162 5 Strike lectures— denial by college rE principal of the Singapore Teachers' Training College, Mr. P. S. Dempsey. yf sterday denied that trainees at the college were being given lectures on strikes. He said that the allegaItion made by Mr. K. S. WilI liams secretary of the SinI gapore Teachers' Union,
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    RACE BAR CHARGES: FRONT'S EVIDENCE
    194 5 RACE BAR CHARGES: FRONT'S EVIDENCE THE Tanglin branch of the Labour Front has lined up several public servants with evidence to support allegations of racial and language discrimination in Government departments. It is to ask the Government to set up a commission before which such evidence could be given in
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    Served 35 years
    29 5 KUALA LIPIS Fri. Mr. S. Ratnasingam, hospital assistant, has retired from service after 35 years in the medical department. He served in Perak, Selangor and Pahang.
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    New lawyer
    24 5 Miss Alice Erh Soon Tay was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Court.
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      456 5 Feel the effect... Switch on a Crompton Parkinson High Efficiency Ceiling Fan and feel how well it works: see how little current it consumes! Ordinary fans give. only half its amount of effective cooling for every unit of electricity. Notice, too, that it runs with absolute silence. The secret lies
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 6 I* Wordt tit (minimum). SHARPE-ELLIOT In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband John i Jack) died during Internment 1944. Sadly missed. Always tv my Thoughts.
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    240 6 Word* flu (minimum) MACVITA, the ideal unsweetened biscuit for Jaded appetite so lignt, oo much food value in so llii.e bulk. SALE Last day, cotton morning, maternity dresses, $10 $25. Duncans, 11 D Almeida St. Ist lioor, Ofl RaSles Place. LAST CHANCE! Hurry and make the most of Whlteaways
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 6. 1957. Peking And Moscow
    629 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 6. 1957. Peking And Moscow The skilled guessing as to the significance of the biggest reshuffle in Moscow since Stalin died has distracted attention from the singular news from Peking. There is a chill in the air in China, enough to wither the petals
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    Alliance And K.M.T. 'Plot'
    491 6 Allegations that Kuomintang elements are plotting to take over the Malayan Chinese Association seem to have been exaggerated. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan has put the conspiracy in its proper perspective. The only evidence of a "plot" is the assertion that recently 300 applications for membership have
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    As I was saying...
    983 6  - As I was saying cynicus by EFFORTS to attract new industry to Singapore, and to expand existing trade, are not going to be successful if the income tax authorities can help it. An American visitor who had spent a week In Singapore, discussing business with his firm's local branch, was
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    12 6 SHOES OFF FOR PRAYERS— Photo by Lim Yaw Chong.
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    Who cares about the foreigners?
    553 6 POREIGNERS, includ- ing Americans, travel freely about Japan today, as they have done ever since the first year of Japan's post world war second Independence unescorted and without trouble except in rare cases. Even Individual cases of foreigners of any nationality being molested in this
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    196 6 {From the Straits Times of July 7, 1907) SINGAPORE is never out of the line of fire. On one side, the Sumatrans are opposing Dutch troops, on the other, the Japanese are meeting with a stubborn resistance from the aborigines of Formosa. No sooner had China succumbed
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      346 6 FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT OF LASTING PLEASURE SONATA NO. 1 in F minor. Op. SO (Prokofiev) SONATA NO. 3 in D mo|or (Lacloir) SONATA in F miner (Au Tombeou) (LocottHi orr. Ynyt) y David Oistrokh (Violin) ond Vlodirmir Yompolsky (Piono) ALP. I4II S CONCERTO IN A MINOR, Op. 14 (Grieg) S
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    NISHED CIVIL SERVANTS MAY GET REMISSION
    62 7 NISHED CIVIL SERVANTS MAY GET REMISSION UMPUR, Fri. n civil c been under the (ConDiscipllne) ;inply punishB now the law, need to- j may be years n which the Good conduct (ranted i rid the Beer has v r (arnn from :;:iv'nt to authority. law. when j.' >n to an
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    18 7 .a the i urriage md ol de- b' 1 made inths. •:-.urried f i
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    Kaberay night tomorrow
    50 7 tertainers i-and-a-half- i I'iititled Badminton m to- i :.tertain- 1 ment will be th e selecllcr. of ■Miss X-Ray Club of 1957 from a field of 20 entrants. The show, in aid of the I X-Ray Club, is sponsored by the Katong branch of the; Labour Front
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    Tengku seeks pledge of support
    105 7 Tengku seeks pledge of support KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The Chief Minister. Te'ng- I ku Abdul Rahman, will ask the Federal Legislative Council on Wednesday to welcome the coi stitutional proposals. His motion also calls upon the council to declare that it will "fully support all the steps necessary to give
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    Court told: 7 helped to recover bank loot
    439 7 Court told: 7 helped to recover bank loot gOON after their arrest in an $80,000 bank burglary case, seven men were said to have helped the police to recover more than half of the loot which had been kept in various Singapore homes. Part of the $33,600 cash recovered, a
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    Rotary installs new president
    40 7 JOKORE BAHRU, Fri.— Mr. P G M. Lee was installed president of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club by the out- going president, Mr. Mark Foenander, at a dinner at the Royal Johore International Club yesterday. I
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    Courtesy, so Union Jack will fly
    91 7 Courtesy, so Union Jack will fly KUALA LUMPUR Fri The Union Jack and the flags of foreign countries can be flown in the Federation on Merdeka Day as a "mark of courtesy" to the countries but they will have no official status. They will b e flown at Merdeka Stadium,
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    SIR DONALD STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURE
    308 7 Increase prosperity, he says, opening MAHA show KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, today stressed the importance of agricultural development to increase the Federation's prosperity and provide a high standard of living. Opening the Malayan AgriHorticultural Association exhibition here, he
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    New president
    28 7 KOTA BHARU, Fri.— The Mentri Besar. Tengku Hamzah bin Tengku Zalnal Abidin. was Installed as the new president of the Kota Bharu Rotary Club last night.
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    $3 MIL. FISH CO-OP IS LAUNCHED
    126 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The East Coast Fishermen's Co-opera-tive Transport and Marketing Union was inaugurated in Kuala Trengganu today to implement the Federation Government's $3,000,000 scheme to improve the fishing industry on the East Coast. More than 50 delegates from 40 fishermen's co-opera-tive societies attended
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    A CLOUD DIMS WEIR JOY
    19 7 SOME of the former addicts released from the opium centre on St. John's Island
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    Cured—but now they have nowhere to go
    334 7 Cured but now they have nowhere to go 'PAY GEOK HUAT, 50, A stepped off a launch at the Singapore Master Attendant's pier to freedom yesterday but in an unusual sense. With 19 other patients from the Opium Treatment Centre on St. John's Island he was released cured of his
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    7 8 "WELL. WELL! HOW QUICKLY YOU HAVE GROWN!"
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      101 8 keep off 'L' MEN FROM HOSPITAL ROADS I WOULD urge immediate action by the Police or other authorities concerned to keep learner drivers and their vehicles away from the General Hospital compound. Recently I came across several cars with L-plates on the hospital roads. Only Thursday night I saw three
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      SPEAKING (UNBIASED) FOR THE TEACHER'S
      144 8 SPEAKING (UNBIASED) FOR THE TEACHER'S IN your leader, "The Itch to Strike" (ST. July 2) you state that the whole argument boils down to a claim for equal treatment for lower qualifications With all respect, I beg to differ. What about a normal trained teacher and there are many who
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      CHANGES IN MUSLIM MARRIAGE LAWS MOST UNDESIRABLE
      272 8 CHANGES IN MUSLIM MARRIAGE LAWS MOST UNDESIRABLE 11 It i/ not teach Quran in 3Maiay? IT is abundantly clear from her letter <S.T. June 26) that what Mrs. Fozdar suggests now is a fundamental and far reaching change in the Muslim law of marriage. a change which is not very
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      Only praise for Berita Harian
      136 8 IN THE Straits Times of July 2. I was reported as expressing the opinion that the standard of Malay used in the Berita Harian was low. I did not In fact say so. What I did say to your representative was that on a cursory
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      IVarlurs are justified
      90 8 IVarlurs are justified MR. CHEW SWEE KEE. the Minister for Education, says that even if the teachers do go on strike, the schools will still remain open, but I for one, will never send my five children to school to idle away their time and gain unwanted knowledge from others.
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      196 8 IT is annoying to hear that Miss Sigambah and Miss Sibamah have been invited to the Exhibition this year, while I have not. I was a full grown and experienced lady before they (and M.A.H.A. i were born, and with 50 years of Government service behind
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      FRUIT GARDENS NEED PROTECTION
      123 8 IS it not time that the Singapore and Federation Governments moved to protect and develop fruit gardens in Malaya? It is fantastic to note how fast local fruit is disappearing; and to note the soaring prices of local fruit whereas imported fruit becomp cheaper. I have
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    SINGAPORE WAS A FLOURISHING ASIAN TRADE CENTRE CENTURIES BEFORE RAFFLES
    1346 9 am at Singapore", wrote Stamford Raffles to friend William Marsden. "True to my word i) the enjoyment of all the pleasure which a footsiich classic ground must inspire." It was Jan--1819, and Raffles was in a mood of rare elaH
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      153 9 I Tour i I I S.E.ASIA... Mr. Mousedctr. a popular hero of ft Malay fables, tells us that many I I years ago the elephant lost a wager S to the tiger, the priie being hi* life. CA V*/\ I Mr. Mousedeer. being anxious to y jgwy I help his
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      185 9 Iff.v Morgan 31. D. J\ r o marriage '^ji^F"Mf HfS HOT §^"^~WHATWAX| I 1 PONT KHOW! 1 "^j WHAT YOU Kf \sf I*" bOOD FOR E3 MR. LOCK? JU6T PONT TRUST HIM.' TRv lNi j o -34Y |$>JT THAT V HAVE MARTHA J%A H^^ --"W H s TRYING TO TAKE
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    Sleepy rubber market
    392 10 ACCORDING to Byron A "a third of life is spent in sleep." It would appear during the past week that the rubber market was trying to double this figure, reports Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd. in its weekly review of the Singapore Rubber Market. With still
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    116 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per Picul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; July /August $24-\ buyers, $25 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $4»\ sellers, drum $44 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $109. Sarawak $108 (both down $1), special Sarawak black $73 (unchanged). Singapore Copra
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    90 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or rxpwted today are: Ludwlgshafen 1 2. Wonosobo 4 5. Mandama 6A. Kaiimata 67, Thorstrand 8.9, State of Travancore-Cochln 11, 1 Rondo 13 14. Stentor 15 16, Japara 18. Caltex 93 19. Kampar 21 22. Larut 23. Salong 24. Benattow
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    TINS PRESENT FIRMNESS BUT GAINS ARE ONLY SLIGHT
    596 10 By Our Market Correspondent A FIRMER influence continued in the tin secA tion of the Singapore Share Market yesterday with industrial very steady. Rubbers were again quietly steady. Movements were again within narrow limits against a good turnover of business. The Singapore
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    22 10 SINKAPOKt: j. RUBBKK ,i per lb. (dou,,' i 2? eighths of a „,u 1 TIN: 1380.25 picul (.low,, COPRA: 1^
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    RUBBER PRICES
    164 10 July first trade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore on Friday at 9P» cents per lb. down three-eighths of a cent on Thursday's clooe. The closing tone was steady quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were:— OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers MXi sellers 92
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    151 10 MELBOURNE. Fri THE recent upward trend of the Investment market was checked slightly tixlav on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. Although overall rises exceeded falls. BHP closed at 54.5.. fall of Is. Trading volume was heavy. Loans 3 1 1956-59 £97 19 32 Loans 3Vr 1956-58 £98 29 32
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    TIN OUTPUT
    51 10 Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging (No Liability) has reported that In June, Takuapa No. 1 and 2 dredges worked 1,233 hours, covered 250,000 cubic yards and won 637 piculs of ore. Sungei Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd. worked 632 hours, covered 33Jt4°0 yards for an outpu, of 684 pfculs In
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    50 10 Tha Malayan l x <ha n Aaoctatlon marie changes In Its rate yesterdiy (all rata Selling T-T. or O l>. „v gian Francs 1621, rr,nrh i *****. On the free fxclunj, m Hong Ron* yesterc dollar was quoted and 6.144 for T.T. Sterling W* one tael of gold
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      314 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens who are j suitably qualified to fill numerous posts in Institutions providing training courses for prospective j teachers. Those selected may be appointed as Senior Lecturers (Men. $982x34-1254, Women $808x 28-1032 i. Lecturers (Men. $592x34--934. Women 544; 579x28-775) both In Division I
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      403 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Exhibitions Officer, Information Services Department; Salary scale $891x28-1087, with CO. LA. at current rates. Applicants must be Federal Citizens and possess the following qualifications: —i :n Oood theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the j technique of interior decoration, commercial advertising,
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      235 10 NOTICES ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE SECTION (5 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Notice Is hereby given that certain works are to be carried out In Woodsville Close between Woodsville Road and Meyappa Chettiar Road, and In Moonstone Lane between Opal Crescent and Topas Road necessitating the closing of the above roads In
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      786 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL DEBENTURE STOCK 1948/68-73. NOTICE Is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed from 7th to 30th July. 1957, both days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants in respect of Interest due on the above Stock for the current half-year ending
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      223 10 TENDER NOTICE RE-TENDER TENDERS ARE Invited from approved contractors for the construction of a 6 Storeyed Office Building at Penang Road, Peniing, for the Malaya Borneo Building Society. Particulars of tenders can be obtained from the architect's offices at Penang or Ipoh any working day. Tenders shall be submitted to
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      1202 11 let-. 1405 MANSFIELD t& CO., LTD. Mi MM Incorporated in Singopore) (12 Mt THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 53? SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Suci »'th liberty to proceed via Panama or Cope of Good Mope) 7%/, on to proceed v,o other port, load ond discharge ca£o Singapore
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      2070 11 MililPMCiiiiJLivirmHuiiJjU EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/O* FAR EAST VIA SUEZ Panang P. S'hom S'por* "JUTLANDIA" (Bangkok only) In Port 8/ Jury "MOMBASA" 10/11 Juty "FALSTRIA" (Bangkok only) 13/14 July IS/14 Juty 17/18 July HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG, OSLO VIA
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      1244 11 MoALISIER CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ILLIIHAH LIMBS KLAVIMEBS LIMB LONDON, HAVRI, ROTTERDAM LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Mr 0 Al f ric C lt l Uth and Canada via Colombo CITY Of OTTAWA* BONNEVILH S'por* P. S'hom Ptnana S'por*
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    May declares at 619 for six; W.I. 59-0
    1088 12 GRAVENEY GOES ON TO 258... THEN 'TIRES OUT' SKIPPER'S 104 WAS A PERFECT INNINGS StR LEONARD HUTTON Reporting on the third Test I TRENT BHIDGE, Friday. WHEN THE second day's play in the third Test between England and the West Indies ended
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    184 12 Surrey win LONDON. Prl.— Results In todays county cricket matches: At Derby: Surrey beat Derbyshire by 8 wkus Derbyshire 146 and 153. Surrey 160 and 140-2 (Fletcher 51 not out). Su/rey 14 pts. At Northampton: Northamptonshire beat Somerset by 124 runs. Northamptonshire 14P and 196, Somerset 139 and 8"
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    31 12 ST ANDREWS. Fife. Fri. Bobby Locke of South Africa won the British Open golf championship today with an aggregate of 279 (69, 72. 68. 70) for 72 holes.
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      NEWCOMER MUSA IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST ROUND WIN
      679 12 NEWCOMER MUSA IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST ROUND WIN Yj USA bin Haji AbduliWl lah, a new name in Singapore tennis, yesterday scored an impressive three-set victory over K. A. Bushby in the men's singles of first round of the Singapore Lawn tennis championships. Musa won 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 at the Tanglln
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      569 12 I RSSMpTrMWmIIPBBHPnr^MM m >- i KTfTFSrrn nightly 2 shows at J *1^ P C O Nl 6.75 9.30 p.m. f KA™™NE....^^ "~LJ I "^C ADMISSION: $B'-. $s'-, $3/-, $2/-. NO FREE LISTS. IMPORTANT =j| J Patrons are res|>«rtfull_v reminded that owing to hea\y ■M ill ni.uiil for seats all unpaid
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      575 12 J( it t. a sAaui shout tt the SUM tkt» !^fW a ffH a r VffP*fV*fV"'^^ PHOM i [«^'J^l[^ 1 1 1 v L<W 11. 1.45,4. 6.30&9.30 1 tlpiv lUiitlv i»r Survival! Robert MITCHUM A and RANDOLPH SCOT! In S Tomorrow M'nite "MISS JASMINE" Ma.v Today 9 a.m. |l Tomorrow
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      110 12 Straits Times Crossword 17* 77" "IT" 8~ l 6 V T j rJ~^~"r~ i 1" ZSjill_lZMli_i_ y ii i i I i I Eiii~y~a y y y ACROSS 14 Hiirpoonlst gives more than a 9 Strange complaint for which Rood account of himself (10). provision made (7). Not design ng
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      233 12 26 Where to get a bargain In London (8). 27 An affectionate start? (4, 3). 28 Not too distant understanding (7). DOWNN 1 Delicacy of a West-country-man (4, 4). 2 One third row to church (6). 3 It's a curse when small change is let In somehow (10). 4 A
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      84 12 ESOIARY CRICKET: CUrke Cup: Europeans v Rest, padanr, 2.15 p.m.Friendly: R.E. v S.C.C., R.E TENNIS: S.L.T.A. championships at S.C.C., S.R.C., V.M.C.A. and Tanflin cou'-ts. ATHLETICS: Federation of Boys' Club championship, Jalan Be«ar, 2.15 p.m.; Cedar Girls' Secondary School meet, Balestier Road; Pearl's Hill Schools I 11, Outrara School ground. GOLF:
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      452 13 S ,H inONI VACANT ,-Holiotf txtra. j ns are Invited i ho have had experience in Apply stating experience to I •/cCOUNTS CLERK i 5 years experience nd qualified up to ■\alent. Salary according to Box A 3400. S.T. we): -known Chi-, ;>.ir.y energetic :> with Motor i .\r.A ability
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      888 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT It Wordt SS (Min.)— Box SO ct: txtra. BRADDELL HEIGHTS Fully Furnished 3 Bedroom Bungalow Vacant 10th July. Tel- ***** AVAILABLE till end October Tanglin fully furnished Bungalow, i two bedrooms, one aircondltioned. i all modern conveniences, rent $500 Box A 3511 ST. IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION I Modern Bungalow
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      853 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 20 Word. H (Mm Box >»>•>« txfra. LAND FOR SALE In Kuchlng, Area ***** sq. feet. Enquiries to Box A 3506. ST. AT THOMSON ROAD new reinforced concrete frame 2 storey luxurious highly elevated Bungalows with reinforced concrete upper floors. 4 bedrooms all with bathrooms attached,
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      885 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Word* U (Min.)— Box SO ct: txtra. ANGLIA 1955 perfect condition ***** miles one European owner. Phone Gray ***** from 4 to 6--1951 ROVER Excellent condition 4 new tyres, regularly serviced, insured till end December. $2800/-. Please ring *****MAYFLOWER 1951, Excellent condition, new Paint and Upholstery-
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      712 13 FOR SALE 20 Wtrtt So (Min.)— Box St et: txtrm. O.EC. CEILING FANS available on Hire Purchase, no deposit, only $11 a month. Ring Fan Hlrings j *****, 177 Orchard Road. FILLERY COMBINED Floor Cleaner Polisher, excellent condi. tion. Bargain at $175. Phone *****- TEAK DINING TABLE Chairs buffet $120
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