The Straits Times, 15 July 1957

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    CRISIS: A TARGET DATE
    417 1 Tengku has plan to finish it by 1958 BATU GAJAH, Sunday. JHE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today placed a target date for the end of the Emergency and the costly war against the Malayan Communist Party. "We must finish it by the end of 1958,"
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS SEND TANKS TO YEMEN
    156 1 RUSSIANS SEND TANKS TO YEMEN i|i\|Xl\. Sun. The l> >nviet bloc is sending arms Including tanks to tin- Arab kingdom of the Yemen. whiiM' tribesmen arc skirmishing along the border with the British protectorate of \(!<!i. a usually reliable source said here today. According to the source, about 12 Russian
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    'Monster' catch off China
    55 1 TOKYO. Sun.— Communist ned today that its caught a giant fish" off the coast g in south China. Radio said the fish, w a pure rectangular shape, boat 1.600 pounds fr 10 feet long" It had two antennae, a fit tail and a mouth two jet
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    THE BARBED WIRE IS REMOVED IN NICOSIA
    119 1 THE BARBED WIRE IS REMOVED IN NICOSIA NICOSIA. Sun.— Troops today pulled down the line of barbed wire barricades dividing the walled city of Nicosia. It was erected last year. The line was constructed by army engineers 14 months ago at the height of the Emergency to prevent easy access
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    Lock icon Chou: Ike's plan for Middle East will fail
    163 1 CAIRO, Sunday. MR. CHOU EN-LAI, the Chinese Communist Prime Minister, today attacked the United States Middle East policy and said her "attempt to dominate the area will lead to the U.S. being burned by the area's oil flames." He said that the
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    Lock icon Ku Klux Klan threats sent to an M.P.
    82 1 LONDON. Sun. Scotland Yard today was investigating threatening letters signed "Ku Klux Klan" sent to a Socialist member of Parliament and several trade union leaders. The "Ku Klux Klan" is a U.S. organisation which opposes racial equality. Mr. Maurice Orbach, who represents
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    SOLD—TO BAR NEGROES
    54 1 SOLD— TO BAR NEGROES YORK, Sun The, t Lauderdale. Florida, J Ission has voted to' icipal golf course re than half its' vent its use by Federal judge Joseph P.I Lieb recently ruled that the i course must be opened to Negroes. The Fort Lauderdales Men's Golf Association is buying
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    TO BALI FOR 'FUN' AT 72
    99 1 TO BALI FOR 'FUN' AT 72 Dr. Sophie Peterson, 72, who passed through Singa. pore yesterday on her way to Bali to study the island at first hand. A trained scientist Dr. Peter, son turned to geography because she thought it was much more "fun.'* She is a geography lecturer
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    Chief Minister puts six thugs to flight
    537 1 Chief Minister puts six thugs to flight By CHAN BENG SOON ALOR STAR, Sun. THE Chief Minister, 1 Tengku Abdul Rahman, last night chased six hooligans who were trying to break up the wedding of his niece at Jalan Tengah here. The Tengku rushed to the bride's home from his
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    Lock icon Buraimi move
    27 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. A spokesman for King Saud saici today that Saudi Arabia would like to resume "indirect" discussions with Britain op the Buraimi dispute.— UP.
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    Pedestrians peep at robbery without calling for police
    174 1 BYSTANDERS watched as a Singapore family was robbed last night but they did not call the police or try to h<"lp. Three hooded men with knives forced Mrs. Cherry Phillips, a housewife, her fcur children and her grandmother. Madam See Swee H?r,
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    Lock icon ONASSIS CANAL PIPE PLAN REJECTED
    145 1 CAIRO, Sunday. EGYPT has rejected the project of Mr. Aristotle Onassis to lay an oil pipeline from Suez to Port Said along the western bank of the Suez Canal, it was officially announced today. Mr. Hassan Ibrahim, chairman of the State Economic I Organisation, added
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    Lock icon The Navy's back
    32 1 CAIRO, Sun. The first British warship to pass through the Suez Canal since the Anglo-French landings last year, the frigate Loch Killisport, entered the canal at, Suez today. Reuter.
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    WD MENPLAN A MERDEKA PROTEST
    290 1 WD MEN PLAN A MERDEKA PROTEST They'll march round capital KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A BOUT 2,000 employees of the War Depariment v will march in procession round Kuala Lumpur a few days before merdeka day to protest against their retrenchment without the offer of alternative jobs or compensation. No date
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    Lock icon New York (7,771,509) falls back to No. 3
    86 1 NEW YORK. Sun. The Mayor of New York, Mr. Robert Wagner, announced '<*st night that a c«-n- ..s in the city indicated that the population had dropped by 120.448 since 1950 and now stood at 7,771.509. The count means that New York,
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    Lock icon Lebanon visit
    25 1 BEIRUT. Sun.— a Foreign Ministry source said yesterday that Lebanon had given permission for British naval ships to visit Beirut this month. A.P.
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    Lock icon NAVY PLOTTING A HATCH
    52 1 NEW YORK. Sun. The United States Navy hopes to find out how penguins hatch eggs on a bare sheet of Antarctic ice by broadcasting an egg"s temperature changes from a tiny radio transmitter near an egg, relayed by a booster set to a camp 10 miles
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    Lock icon 'Diablo' delayed
    20 1 LAS VEGAS, Sun. The much-delayed atomic test blast "Diablo" was postponed today until tomorrow because of unfavourable weather.—U.P.
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    Lock icon Hussein changes Jordan cabinet
    136 1 Hussein changes Jordan cabinet AMMAN, Sun. King Hussein of Jordan reshuffled his cabinet last night. As the six-day official holiday for the Bairam Muslim feast ended, the government announced that five new ministers had been added to the seven-man cabinet head- Ed by the aged Prime Minister, Mr. Ibrahim Hashem.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    32 1 DIE FIGHTING WASHINGTON, Sun Pakistan I'rimr .Minister Suhrawardy -.ml today his people would "die fighting" rather Ihan permit India to divert waters of Kashmir rivers for its own use.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 7,000 up
    36 1 LONDON, Sun— The Sunday Times today published its 7,000 th issue. It had 32 pages and special articles on the theme of British achievement since the Sunday Times was born 135 years ago. Reuter.
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    Lock icon We'll win the world—Mr. K
    359 2 We'll win the world— Mr. K BAIT FOR CONQUEST: >MARX*LENINISM SPREAD WETH BUTTER' 'NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP SOCIALISM TAKING OVER FROM CAPITALISM' PR AGUE, Sunday. JOVIAL and confident, Soviet Communist Party leader Xikita S. Khrushchev yesterday predicted that Marx Leninism "spread with butter to make it even more tasty" would
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    Lock icon The world's champion beer drinkers
    81 2 The world's champion beer drinkers NEW YORK. Sun— The 1957 Brewers Almanac, published by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, revealed today that Belgium leads all nations with an average per capita consumption of gallons of beer and ale. Luxembourg took second place with 29.1 gallons. Australia third with 28.6 gallons. New
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    Lock icon ORDEAL BY FIRE
    146 2 Brother rescues boy lashed to post with blazing petrol at his feet pLASGOW, S v n.— Police are searching for four youths who tied a young boy to a post and placed a lighted petrol can at his feet. The boy, Samuel Trible, 9, who was taken
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    Lock icon A-effects probe
    41 2 NEW YORK. Sun. The New York Times, in a dispatch < from Washington published today, said that the United States Atomic Energy Com- mission was planning an expanded, long-range research programme into the effects of nuclear radiation on humans. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Rightists' make their public confessions in China
    344 2 'Rightists' make their public confessions in China By DAVID CHIPP PEKING, Sun. The first public confessions by Chinese "rightists" who have attacked the Communist Party were made before the National People's Congress (parliament) yesterday. The closing session of the congress, which was to have taken place yesterday, has been postponed
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    Lock icon BARING FLIES IN TO DISCUSS KENYA POSERS
    228 2 BARING FLIES IN TO DISCUSS KENYA POSERS LONDON, Sun.— The Governor of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, is due to arrive here by air tomorrow for highlevel talks on political difficulties in Kenya includine demands for more African representation in the Legislative Council. The Governor Is expected to confer with the
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    Lock icon 'DOWN WITH HUNTING' SA YS BIGGEST UNION
    87 2 LONDON, Sun. The Transport and General Workers* Union, which with over a million and a quarter members is Britain's largest, yesterday condemned blood sports. The 800 delegates passed a unanimous resolution at their biennial meeting at Torquay calling on the Government to abolish
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    Lock icon Do filters fool the smokers?
    259 2 A PROBE ON LUNG CANCER RISK WASHINGTON, Sunday. 4 HOUSE Government Operations Sub-committe-A announced today it would start hearines a Thursday to determine if niters protect smoke:; from lung cancer. The chairman, Mr. Johc A Biatnik, said that the U.S. public spent c extra half
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    NEW HOPE FOR CANCER VICTIMS
    129 2 NEW HOPE FOR CANCER VICTIMS NEW YORK, Sun. Two leading cancer experts predicted today it will be possible to cure cancer with chemicals befor e the end of the century. Dr. Daniel Shapiro and Dr. Morton Kligerman, both of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre, said this in the current issu
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    Lock icon UNWANTED SUITOR KILLED IN TRAP THAT WENT WRONG I
    346 2 UNWANTED SUITOR KILLED IN TRAP THAT WENT WRONG I OKLAHOMA CITY. Sun.— A pilot told yesterday how he flew home from Wyoming on emergency leave in an air force jet plane and fatally shot his wife's unwanted suitor in a police-planned trap that went wrong. The husband, Lt. Leo J.
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    Lock icon CONFIDENCE IN THE POUND AT AN ALL-TIME LOW'
    216 3 Spiralling cost of living points to a difficult time for Govt. LONDON, Sunday. Labour Party spokesman on economic affairs, .Mr. Harold Wilson, said here yesthat confidence in the purchasing power I had reached an all-time low. rhis was already having an effect
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    Aga Khan turned down Egyptian throne offer'
    155 3 Aga Khan turned down Egyptian throne offer' /< MRO Sun The I .tiro newspaper \khlui Elyon vtid todaj Ilie British uithori- twice offered the 111. lga Khan the 1 throne early in World War I. lln newspaper said In. il the first time he his willing, hut Lord hiti hener.
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    Lock icon Moscow mission
    34 3 BELGRADE. Sun. A toplevel Yugoslav delegation will Wye for Moscow shortly to try to persuade Russia to go nhead with a $525,000,000 investment in Yugoslav aluminum production, it was reported yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon NEW SELF-RULE CYPRUS PLAN
    175 3 I ONDON, Sun.—Brilj tain is considering a now plan to put turbulent Cyprus on the road to independence under the auspices of NATO. Government sources said. Official sources said the Government had taken no final decisions but that the scheme, if all went well. might be
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    Patients flooded out
    46 3 1 HICAGO, Sun. More than 150 patients in a hospital acuated today in the aftermath of near-record II which deiucrd the Chicago metropolitan area. itor> from giant >torms seeped into the basement if hospital destroying medical supplies and knocking Off power. I". P.
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    Lolita will star in this film
    45 3 KONG, Sun. A aiger here ha.s len to play opposite I Jack Kelly. Hong Konu Affair", a ade shortly here. v-iour-year-old Lolita ray t sampan Kelly will play the an American who Hong Kens to help the family's fortunes.
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    Lock icon SHE DIED GIVING BIRTH BUT STILL LIVES
    113 3 AS A mother lay giving i birth, she died, but came I back to life. She is Mrs. Nellie Spires Atkins, aged 23, who is shown resting comfortably lin Washington County Hospital, Chipley, Florida. after returning to life. i This followed a dual
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    Lock icon NEW-LOOK ARMS MAY IMPERIL ASIA: OBSERVER
    212 3 NEW-LOOK ARMS MAY IMPERIL ASIA: OBSERVER LONDON, Sunday. T»HE Observer today said that Britain might enA danger her contribution to the security of South-East Asia by devoting too much of her resources to nuclear weapons. The real test of British I prestige lies in her ability to i forestall trouble
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    Lock icon Sonali gets passport
    51 3 BOMBAY, Sun— The Indian Government yesterday issued a passport to Mrs. Sonali Das Gupta, whose name ha.s been linked romantically with that of Mr. Roberto Ros.sellini. The woman's husband, a film director, had opposed her application for a passport, which will enable her to leave the country.
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    Lock icon Drying up
    25 3 WARSAW. Sun— The Vistula, Poland's longest river, is slowly drying up in the heat wave. All regular river traffic ha s stopped.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Siamese twins 'precarious'
    60 3 REGINA (Saskatchewan^. Sun. The future of Siamese twin girls born joined at the abdomen was precarious, the doctor who delivered them on Friday said last night. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Vassil Zaharik. Together they weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces at birth They were
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    Lock icon Airlift to aid quake victims
    54 3 GENEVA. Sun.— Five U.S. Air Force Cll9 "Flying Boxcar" transports today began a Red Cross airlift operation from Bovington air base, near London, to carry more than 500 tents to the thousands made homeless by the recent earthquakes in Persia, it was announced at Red
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    31 3 DAMASCUS, Sun. Prime Minister Sabrl Assali said yesterday the Syrian army "is fully prepared to retaliate with double force against any further aggression on Syria's southern border." A.P.
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    212 3 Canadian doctor warns of epidemic and says: It may be a killer rRONTO, Sun. A Toronto medical authority predicts that thousands of people will catch Asian flu when it hits Toronto in the autumn or early winter and some will die. Dr Andrew Rnocies, director of the School
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      262 3 The brave Red sailors, by Zhukov AM OSCOW. S v n.— Marshal Georgi Zhukov. the Soviet Defence Minister, said in Leningrad today Russia now had "a mighty navy capable of safeguarding all our maritime borders and the state interests of our great homeland." He said: "Our navy has first class
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    144 3 CAIRO, Sunday. THE INDIAN Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, yesterday criticised the Eisenhower Doctrine for linking military and economic uid. But he said it was up to the individual countries of the Middle East to decide for themselves whether to accept the doctrine. Mr. Nehru
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    Bomb outrages
    25 3 ALGIERS, Sun. Twenty! persons were wounded yesterday in two rebel bombings on the eve of the French celebration of Independence Day— U. P.
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    BUY MALAYAN—THAT'S HELP WE'D WELCOME'
    303 4 BUY MALAYAN— THAT'S HELP WE'D WELCOME' Minister's call as he leaves for US THE "biggest and most welcome" help any foreign country can extend to independent Malaya will be to boost her trade, the Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said yesterday. Dr. Ismail,
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    8,000 MILES TO WED IN IPOH
    62 4 Mr. and Mrs. Colin Hartley Allenby who were married at St. John's Church, Ipoh. on Saturday. The bride, Miss Pat Lucas, arrived in Malaya last, week after travelling 8,000 miles from England with her wedding trousseau. The bridegroom is an engineer attached to Messrs.
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    UNION MAKING BID TO AVERT STRIKE
    156 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Municipal Workers' Union is making an attempt to avert the strike by 2,000 dailyrated municipal workers, which is due to start at midnight on July 24. 1 The reason, It Is under- stood. Is that the union doeo not want
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    Brahms music on Thursday
    41 4 The Singapore Recorded Music Society will Include Brahms' German Requiem in Its symphony concert of recorded music to be held In the Oel Tiong Ham Hall. St. Joseph's Institution, Bras Basah Road, at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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    Gangster stabs youth at cinema
    166 4 Gangster stabs youth at cinema IPOH, Sun.— A secret society gangster late last night stabbed a 19-year-old youth, Ho Teck Shlng, twice In the baqk while he was standing with his sister and two other women In front of th e Majestic cinema here. Ho was rushed to hospital, where
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    BROKE JAW: POLICEMAN GETS JAIL
    99 4 BROKE JAW: POLICEMAN GETS JAIL TEMERLOH, Bun. A Special Constable, Mohamed Taib bin Ya'acob, 25, was sentenced to a weeks' jail on Friday for punching a rubber tapper. Yam Thiam Pow, and breaking his jaw. Chon Chong Fah told the court that Mohamed punched Yam at an open air cinema
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    Temple festival
    18 4 A purification ceremony was held at the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylon Road, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    CHOOSE MALAYA OR INDIA, SAYS SIKH LEADER
    191 4 CHOOSE MALAYA OR INDIA, SAYS SIKH LEADER PENANG, Sun. A Sikh leader, Mr. Jag-Jit Singh, last night urged his community to "make up your mind whether you belong to India or Malaya." "I have already decided for myself, and from now on, India will not mean anything to me," Mr.
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    CINEMA SPIV FINED $25
    45 4 KOTA BHARU, Sun. Chua Lv Khim. 27, was fined $25 or two weeks' jail for selling black market tickets at a cinema here on May 24 He had sold two 65--cent tickets for $1 each to Wan Mohamed bin Wan Mahmood.
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    Mata mates to star in big merdeka river pageant
    130 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A water pageant will be held on Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 in the Lake Gardens here to mark th« attainment of merdeka. "It will be the most colourful event in the merdeka celebrations programme." said a spokesman
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    MILLIONAIRES HELP SCHOOL TO GET NEW BUILDING
    191 4 MILLIONAIRES HELP SCHOOL TO GET NEW BUILDING MILLIONAIRES have contributed substantially to the St. Margaret's School fund for anew $445,000 secondary school building ih Farrer Road, Singapore. The Government has already voted a grant of $123,- 750, and the school has applied for another $41,250 to be Included in next
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    Policeman carried drunk to station
    73 4 Policeman carried drunk to station BUTTERWORTH, Sun.— A police inspector carried a drunken man on his shoulders for 200 yards to the Prai police station, the Butterworth magistrate's court was told today. K. Sambu. a labourer. 43, was fined $20 for behaving in a disorderly manner at Prai Main Road
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    Kaum Ibu
    23 4 PENANG, Sun. The president of Penang UMNO. Mr. S. M. Zainal Abidln, will open the Sungei Aral Kaum Ibu branch tomorrow
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    Worried SIT men may vote on strike
    221 4 TIfORE than 300 local offl- cers of the Singapore Improvement Trust may take a strike ballot If negotiations on their future employment reach a deadlock. S.I.T. Local Officers' Association members are alarmed at the recent Government statement that "Malayanlsation of the trust would
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    Tengku hits back at 'aid' critic
    305 4 Tengku hits back at 'aid' critic OATU GAJAH, Sun A statement by Alliance Perak stau councillor, Inch* TaiU(< din bin All. that tt* Federal Government*'! not dome: enough to hek the Malays in the econn mic field was denied hv the Chief MimJte? Tengku Abdul Rahman here today. "No government
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    Dancers meet
    20 4 PENANG. Sun. Th Penang Dance Associate: committee will meet at tb( Piccadilly Hotel at 6 p.m. or Tuesday.
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    Pahang Sultan awards medals
    280 5 ITUALA LIPIS, Sun.— 1Y The Sultan of Pahang presented 31 jubilee medals when he went to Jerantut for the district's celebrations of his silver jubilee. About 3.000 people ed the celebrations. Arches were erected on thp main road which was lined dv school children for the
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    Australia to go on helping Malaya get rid of Reds
    265 5 BUTTERWORTH, Sunday. "AUSTRALIA intends to continue giving aid to Malaya and the future independent Malaya to rid this country of Communism." The Australfan Defence Minister, Sir Philip Mcßride, told the Straits Times this after visiting No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron,
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    You can even become the Premier new Malaya
    244 5 You can even become the Premier new Malaya LEADER TELLS NON-MALAYS: IPOH, Sunday. THE Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, said here last night that nonMalays, born in Malaya and who became Federal citizens by Merdeka Day, could aspire to the highest post in the country
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    Defence chief to see base
    42 5 Australia's Minister for Defence. Sir Philip Mcßride. will today visit the Singapore Naval Base and No. 1 Squadron RAAF at Tengah before leaving for Sydney tonight with his wife. He visited Australian units in the Federation yesterday.
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    Appeal to Sultan on Mentri Besar row
    131 5 Appeal to Sultan on Mentri Besar row KL'ALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Perak liaison officers of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party will send a memorandum to the Sultan of Perak on the appointment of a new Mentri Besar when Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang retires They will suggest two senior Malay members of the
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    Engineer off
    30 5 KUALA LIPIS. Sun. The executive engineer, Mr. A. R. Titford will go on leave soon to Britain. He will be succeeded by Inche Ahmad Din bin Haji Kassim.
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    New union officials
    68 5 Mr. A. K. Abraham was yesterday elected president of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union at its delegates conference. Other officials: Vice-presi-dents, Mr. John Chung Teck Hee and Mr. Cheong Mm Chee; general secretary, Mr. K N. Pillai and treasurer, Mr. Tan Ong Chwee. The conference agreed
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    Australia plans trade boost
    40 5 The Australian Minister for Trade. Mr. J. McEwen, said in Singapore yesterday that his country was planning to step up commerce with the Colony. Mr. McEwen who passed through yesterday met Australian trade representatives in Singapore.
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    Firms agree in principle to European hospital
    145 5 Firms agree in principle to European hospital A NUMBER of Eur- opean commercial firms have agreed in principle to the establishment in Singapore of the $1,750,000 hospital suggested by the British European Association. This was decided at a recent meeting of representatives from the commercial houses. The firms now have
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    FIRE THREATENS CLINIC
    61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. HosDital assistants, attendants and outpatients battled with a fire which threatened to burn down the eye clinic at the General Hospital here this evening. The fire destroyed 20 yards of bamboo fence a few yards from the clinic. It was put out a few
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      206 5 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE 41 metres KUALA LUMPUR 341 metres PENANG 366 metres MALACCA 297 metres A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and Opening Announcements; 7.16 Morning Serenade; 7.30 News: 7 35 A Date With Music; 800 News Headlines; 8.02—8.30 A Date With Music; PM 1.15 For the next fifteen minutes we Intend
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      222 5 the Hammond: 6.00 Programme Summary; 602 Women's Half Hour; 6.30 The Music of Boston Promenade Orchestra; 6.55 Regional Announcements; 6.56 Singapore Share Market Report; 7.00 News; 7.10 News Talk; 7.15 All About Merdeka; 7.30 Melodies and Memories; 8.00 World Affairs: 8.15 The Opposite Sex; 8-30 The Goon Show; 9.00 The
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      77 5 lemard Road) Badminton 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m bodybuilding 6 p.m. -to 7 30 p.m ballroom dancing 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m BUKIT TIMAH YOUTH CLUB= Table-tennis "A" 4 p.m. and "B" 4.30 p.m.; bodybuilding, football, indoor names 4 p.m.; badminton "B" 4.30 p.m. LIBERAL: SOCIALIST PARTY: "Meet-the-People" session at
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 6 2(1 Words $10 (minimum) MR. NG EE CHEONO and Brothers of Ipoh Tender their Heartfelt Gratitude to those who se.u Wreaths and Attended the Funeral of the j r beloved Mother on 11-7-57.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    229 6 20 Words $10 (minimum) "Oil MARGARET! and you profess to love me." "What's cook- j ing honey?" "My Air-wick bottle 1 Is empty." JULIUS KATCHEN Concert for students only tomorrow at 5-30 p.m in the Victoria Hall Tickets at Robinsons or Cold StorageDORIS GEDDES The Little Shop Raffles Hotel
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 15, 1957. Smoothest Of Passages
    611 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 15, 1957. Smoothest Of Passages The House of Commons had a useful if unexciting debate on the Federation's Constitution to which most of Malaya's particular friends in the House contributed a valued thought or two. A notable feature was that the Government's reply to
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    The Fallacy
    290 6 Nine-tenths of all Government business, observed the Federation's AttorneyGeneral during the debate on the constitution, has nothing to do with communalism. He invited communal politicians to look at the schedules to the Constitution to appreciate this fact. It is unlikely, however, that the communal leader will transmit this
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    The U.S. Price
    262 6 For the last two and a half years natural rubber has been above the 30 (U.S.) cents level in the American market. This year the price has averaged 32 cents, and it has been fairly stable. And slowly, month by month, the ratio of consumption of natural
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    A CURSE to new Malayan NATION
    180 6 A CURSE to new Malayan NATION TYR M. SAID should be commended for his comment on 'China-buta marriage' (S.T. July 1) by bringing out what he called "the pernicious custom or practice of facile divorce." This fact Is a disgrace to every self-respect-ing Malay. If neglected it will bring a
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    Housing in Malacca
    41 6 r'O years ago the Malacca municipal authorities set up a municipal housing scheme. The proposed sites were Bona Vista Road and Ujong Pasir. Many people applied for houses. Since then, we have heard nothing TAI MEN KHOO Malacca.
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    What proof is wanted?
    137 6 IAM a Federal Citizen and have four children, aged from 15 to 22. All were born in Kuala Lumpur. My wife was born in Singapore and has lived in Kuala Lumpur since childhood. She applied for Selangor State Citizenship in September 1956 and has passed the
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    More staff needed
    29 6 OINCE the post office was built in Mersing the town has grown. There is no sign of more staff in the post office. AHMAD KAMAR Mersing:.
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    Most absurd strike
    85 6 f\F all the strikes we have had in Singapore, the telephone strike is the most absurd. The employees should be told (and lam doing it now) that they cannot expect any public sympathy. Why should the phone employees suffer the loss of wages merely to glorify or
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    Road work priority
    112 6 ALL the lorongs leading from Teluk: Kurau Road are in a bad state of repair. If ever the authorities aecidod to make up these lorongs, on c would expect Lorong J to be given priority, since Teluk Kurau English school, attended by more than 1.200 children is
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    For radio enthusiasts
    207 6 lAS one of the exhibitors on the Amateur Radio I ft. stall at the recent Rotary Hobbles Exhibition, I would be grateful for an opportunity to answer Mr. Y. S. Leks letter (S.T. June 26). The offer to assist interested persons to take up I I amateur
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    Danger to health
    86 6 ON Feb. 25. I addressed a complaint to the Singa- pore. Rural Board requesting an inquiry into the k circumstances whereby a pig-shed was erected so near to my house as to constitute a danger to the health of the tenants living nearby. After 3J months I
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    Bad 'phone manners
    157 6 Bad phone manners 5j TVURINQ my stay in Singapore I have been most I MJ unfavourably impressed by what may be called the "telephone manners" of many of the business community here. By that I mean that my work is often in- terrupted by an incoming call, and after lifting
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    Grateful Tangkak
    42 6 PLEASE allow me to thank and congratulate the authorities who have, at last installed a public I weighing scale in Tangkak vegetable and meat marI ket. I This should b e done in other markets all over Malaya. Tanrkak. OBSERVER
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    MAN-IN-THE-STREET
    32 6 iVoir that buildings or» going »P rvmarkahlo rapidity. rmlv nl rontrol has beeomm a tanxt. the npivs bmnvtiL thy ouitvrs sutler, o>a. ntonvy is rampant, and erosion is passible, tvrite* reader.
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    Rent control unfair to pre-war owners
    644 6 /\N October 4, 1954 your paper printed the following: "Mr. Marshall said he favoured lifting of rent control on business premises but it would have to be done gradually to avoid chaos. First rents above $300 should be decontrolled. The control, he said, represented
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    Rush for Durian
    107 6 I HOPE the police will notice that the stretch of Rochore Road between North Bridge Road and Beach Road is at present almost impassable between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4p.m. during the present durian season which will last for about 4 to 6 weeks. Would
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    SIMPLER WAV OF RENDERING MUNICIPAL BILLS URGED
    135 6 IN reply to complaints about the new system of rendering the monthly consolidated accounts tor ya ter, electricity, and gas to consumers, the President of the City Council said that the billing was done by accounting machines This operation was not; easily changed.
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      13 6 ORIS EXPERT and EFFICIENT SERVICE *t tMJtd. I<S it court* quay J itNCAPOfH
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    Mystery phone call upsets Tengku's tour times
    348 7 Mystery phone call upsets Tengku's tour times WING'S WELCOME PARTY DISPERSES THEN RAHMAN ARRIVES A MYSTFRY L IPOH Sund{| yivii&itiKr telephone message this morning u P Pets et the tour programme of the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and brought a rare^i f only mild outburst from him. s a
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    CHEW: NO TALKS ON THESE TERMS
    84 7 CHEW: NO TALKS ON THESE TERMS for EduMr. Chew aid yrsterf the Governd not negothe SingaUnion on laying tions. n a Hod at a on Saturlr >■■ Its strikt conditions. the Govproposals promise of tlons and ptable tc d "How ami in negoti,i one-sided t accept •Think again' I the
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    Katchen is back again in Colony tor recitals
    83 7 THE AMERICAN pianist Julius Katchen, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Jakarta by BOAC Britannia after a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. With them they brought souvenirs of the tour presented by admirers. Mrs. Katchen wore an
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    Federation Army gets stronger
    114 7 TRANSFERS FROM 18 BRITISH UNITS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE strength of the Federation Army has been increased to over 9.000, with the transfer of persons from 18 British units. Most of the people transferred —58 officers, 1.538 troops, and 164 civilian employees are Malayans, but there
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    REGENT: HAVE FAITH IN MERDEKA
    181 7 REGENT: HAVE FAITH IN MERDEKA JOHORE BAHKL. Sun. Th c Regent of Johore, Tengku Mahkota. told representatives of the Malay. Chinese, Indian and Ceylonese communities today to have "full faith in merdeka and the manner in which the laws of the country would continue to be administered for the good
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    ties: Ministry steps in
    57 7 ppore Telephone entered its :dav with no ettlement ent reported ■:rikers returned n Saturday. Employees' Union secretary. Mr. Jamit sin^h. said yesterday that all the 1,100 members of the 'union were on strike. Mr. Jarrrit Singh added that 'the Labour Ministry was trying to find a
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    Crash fear so cyclist jumps on to car
    84 7 Crash fear so cyclist jumps on to car BATU GAJAH. Sun. A cyclist, V. Subramaniam, 22, jumped on to the bonnet of an on-coming car and smashed the windscreen when trying to avoid a collision. He suffered cuts and bruises and has been admitted to hospital here. Th c accident
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    Wounding case: Man held
    49 7 KUALA TRENGOANU. Sun. —Police today detained a man in connection with the wounding of Siah binte Long. 40. at Kampong Kluang. 11 miles from here, yesterday. Siah who was in a serious condition when taken to the hospital yesterday, is now reported out of danger.
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    Road victims
    13 7 "OR, Sun. killed. 19 damaged idents during lidnlsht on :;illv an-
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    Malay Agency in Kuala Lumpur
    27 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Agency for Malay Language and Literature tEwan Bahasa) yesterday moved its headquarters from Johore Bahru to Kuala Lumpur.
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    Welfare needs
    34 7 PENANG, Sun. Estimated requirements for 1957 and 1058 from the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board will be considered by •the Settlement Welfare Committee at its monthly meet--1 ing on July 18.
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    MUSICA VIVA — THE FINAL CONCERT IS A WINNER
    128 7 MUSICA VIVA THE FINAL CONCERT IS A WINNER rpHE Singapore Musical So■l ciety presented its final chamber music concert of this series at the Cultural Centre in Fort Canning last night. The "Musica Viva" players gave a fine rendition of Mendelssohn's string quartet Op. 44 No. 1 Mozart's Piano Trio
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    Shell students on holiday
    67 7 Five young Malayans who are studying engineering at Loughborough College, England, on Shell scholarships are due to arrive in Singapore tonight on a twomonth holiday. They are Ahmad Noordin bin Shamsuddin who will be accompanied by his wife and child. Yec Kwok Leong. Lim Mm Ghee
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    Wage dispute
    31 7 The Singapore Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal will hear th e wage dispute between the Government and the Midwives' Union today at the public relations conference room at Assembly House.
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    Buddha festival
    38 7 The Buddhist Union of Singapore will celebrate Kwan Imm Tann at the Jalan Senyum shrine tomorrow with special services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., followed by a film show of Buddhist pictures at 8.30 p.m.
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    Ten years old
    33 7 The Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr Lim Yew Hock, and Mrs. Lim will attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Gimson School for boys at Clementi Road. Singapore, on Saturday.
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    JVC IS A PUPPET FOR Mr. LIM, MARSHALL ACCUSES
    415 7 JVC IS A PUPPET FOR Mr. LIM, MARSHALL ACCUSES THE former Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday accused the Singapore Trades Union Congress of being a "puppet organisation of Mr. Lint Yew Hock," the present Chief Minister. He made the accusation while addressing the second annual delegates' conference
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    JUDGE GOES ON HOLIDAY
    87 7 The Singapore Chief Justice. Sir John Whyatt. left the Colony yesterday by BOAC Britannia for a three, month holiday in England. Magistrates and lawyers gave him a farewell cocktail party at the YIP room. During Sir John's absence Mr. Justice Knight will act as Chief Justice.
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    SAFETY DRIVE
    121 7 Council, with its eye on the children, aims to cut down road accidents T*HE chairman of the Singapore Safety First Council, Mr. A. E. Shepherd, said yesterday that he council was going to concentrate on educating schoolchildren to be safety conscious at all times. He said: "I feel
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    Morals charge
    39 7 PENANG, Sun. William Gopal, 20, pleaded not guilty today to living in part on the earnings of a prostitute between May 25 last year and May 20 this year. Bail was allowed pending hearing on Aug. 13.
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      109 7 |\7iTnriir(f7^^HßSHHlHfl||||HHH^H^^Att^BP Jj^kLl HYDRAULIC PRESSES 1 FORCING HOB B INC I PLATE BENDINC BALINC 1 STRAICHTENINC FORMINC Technical Enquiries to: W^ JwSwiP^BsisT^^^Wß3(B^^« pVVVm\ SlN<.^POl^^ iclaM UMPin p^^^^^, iron Malacca- SEI(EM!^^N I Vj£j}j H10N.V1.,, j EYE EXAMINATION You cm ft with false teeth but you f^T can't mi with artificial «y«t. Your
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      An indictment for perjury
      631 8  -  HERBERT AGAR THE 'PUMPKIN-PAPERS' By IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. By Alger Hiss. (John Calder. 255.) IN the summer of 1948, at the height of Mr. Truman's campaign for the presidency, a man called Whittaker Chambers testified before the unAmerican Activities Committee of the House
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      FROM PATROL OFFICER TO HOME GUARD COMMAND
      383 8  -  HALL ROMNEY By Whispering Wind, by Syd Kyle-Little (Hutchinson, 18$). IT would have been interesting to know how Mr. Kyle -Little came to leave Arnhem Land to become Colonel Commandant of the Home Guard in Negri Sembilan. The fact that Malaya is a
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      390 8 ■j^^C^-^- -._^^adfc^E giPFMCv .fflnll Bl Mm This water is DEADLY! The ELECTRO-KATADYN Unit is connected to the water supply as The dangers of contaminated water shown by the diagram below: supplies are well known. Invariably, ii_^ the destruction of harmful pato- y^-'ry^ genie germs existing in water, is a j,%
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      246 8 if ||B| curling I a^l of your Sobranie Virginia take 1 feWL into thin air the cares of office Tjfi and the frets of home. Here JM now is all peace and quiet, r*r a mellow contentment that is [a the benison of a cigarette to J WM which three
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      186 8 Straits Times Crossword 1 2 3 4|H b I p I J3 9 I 13 14 SS|| 15 16 "2?" 22 23 "51" ~"~^H'"~ ZIIIZBlUlHIIII"" 26 n n n Urn n m ACROSS 1 And circumstantial, as Elgar would have said? (7) 5 Yachtsmen use this temporary fastening as a
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      153 8 (9). 7 Backward soldier and card game at home here (5) 8 "We were a crew" (Coleridge) <7). 14 Cash for mute lemon (5). 16 Granting some rope in winning service (9) 17 Overlook (7). 18 Trust him to make a mess of things (7). 19 It may hang about
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Crimea veteran solved the riddle of the Nile
    1569 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Crimea veteran solved the riddle of the Nile 111 ISH2 an adventurous young Briton, i Manning Speke, waited with ill-con-mpatienee outside the Royal hut of King of Uganda. Speke was the first ian to penetrate so far into the heart of \rrica, then known as the
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      246 9 "From health comes wealth" Health of mind and body trt essentials for the successful mcv of this world A keen and an //tM&k^^j^^*****. alert mind is dependent on physical fitness f -^"V^JfcJ l^*^ and the key to success lies in Brand's Essence n^9b^^\ih of Chicken, the essence of strength. xfi
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      156 9 |fir>.v Morgan Jf.H. A promise H THE HO c,Pi TAI 1 UNTIL Off. MOff&AN IBAWB, MAeTHA/ HE FRO* YOU FATHER.' I WIU V> Wirh Travy Snotrsirom ~""^^S T MORE y DON'T YELL IN I AND TVIE DCX TRACV If DON'T LIKE T C«! 'I ~-*B IS-Jt- MV-V"EAR.» THE FAMILY DECIDES
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Investors bolstered by second-quarter output figures
      429 10 Investors bolstered by second-quarter output figures By Our Market Correspondent CTEADY to firm conditions ruled throughout all sections of the Singapore Share Market last week. Encouraging output figures for the second quarter of the year brought an optimistic outlook among investors in the mining section and counv ers received strong
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      Tins uncertain, hesitant 01 devaluation rumou
      235 10 H7HILE rubber remain- ed essentially steady In Singapore in the past week, changing mainly on unfounded rumours of sterling devaluation, the tin price weakened. The tin market, which had come to depend on the stability which buffer stock buying had created in recent weeks,
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      COMMODITY REVIEW
      72 10 COMMODITY REVIEW There was some scarcity of lower sheets and unsatisfied demands from the United Kingdom and Continent towards the close as sellers remained reservedSingapore Copra Association noon prices per picul on Saturdaywere: Straits Borneo copra: July $24 4 (Nominal). Tone quiet. Fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: July $27 H
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      EXCHANGE RATE
      30 10 The Malayan Exchinjf t, Association made Ux changes In Its rates w *cq on Saturday (all Selling T T or 0 D New York $32 5.16; (m, 11/16.
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      BUSINESS DONE
      509 10 THE following business onion the Singapore bare Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period July >'■ to 12. INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords. 36s- 9d. and 365. 6d Eraser Sc Neave Ords. $2.63 to $2.72/2, Gammons $2,324 to $2.60, Hammer C 52.20,
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      989 10 fTHE following list of re- vised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers Association after its last meeting on Friday. IMIIMKMK Alex Brlcka Pref 1.55 160 Ords i.so 2.00 Atlas Ice 11.00 xcl ibuyeri] B. B. Petrol 88 B M Trusteeg 6.10 6.50 Con. Tin Smrlt
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      1371 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS Invited from Federal Citizens for the post of Advertising and Publicity Clerk. In the office of the Traffic manager, Malayan Railway, Kuala Lumpur. 2. Applicants must have had practical experience of advertising and publicity. 3. Candidates should p<iesess a good knowledge of Malay and English. 4. Salary
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      594 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS IN THE BUKIT MERAH ESTATE AREA The entire electricity supply to Buklt Merah Estate, Redhlll Road, Redhill Close and the Section of Henderson Road by New Ring Road will be Interrupted between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday,
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    Lock icon Delaney half mile in 1:49.6 equals Wint's record
    419 12 Delaney half mile in 1: 49.6 equals Wint's record LONDON, Sun. RON DELANEY of Dublin, Olympic 1,500 metres gold medallist, won the half mile in the Amateur Athletic Association championships at the White City Stadium here yesterday in the fast time of one minute 49.6 seconds. His time equalled the
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    WEST INDIANS FALL TO SEAM ATTACK
    286 12 WEST INDIANS FALL TO SEAM ATTACK HAMPSHIRE GAIN Ist INNS LEAD LONDON, Sun. WEST INDIES conceded first innings j lead to Hampshire on I the first day of their match at Southampton yesterday after being dismissed for 110 their lowest score of the season. The county had replied with 127
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    COUNTY TABLE and AVERAGES
    355 12 COUNTY TABLE and AVERAGES LONDON, Sun. Latest positions in the county cricket championship table are: Ist Inn. P. W. L. D. L. D. BP.Pts. Surrey 15 12 1 2 1 2 28 178 Warwickshire 16 9 1 6 0 4 14 130 Derbyshire IS 8 4 3 0 1 18
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    Lock icon County cricket hit by rain
    269 12 County cricket hit by rain GOONESENA TAKES 7-75 LONDON, Sunday. Rain prevented a ball being bowled in two county matches yesterday and at other venues, wickets tumbled on rain affected pitches. About 6,000 spectators turned up at Bradford for Johnny Wardle's benefit game between Yorkshire and Surrey, the champions, but
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    Lock icon KING'S CUP AIR RACE GOES TO A JET FOR FIRST TIME
    190 12 KING'S CUP AIR RACE GOES TO A JET FOR FIRST TIME COVENTRY. Sun. For the first time in its 25 years history, the King's Cup air race was won by a jet aircraft here yesterday. The winner, a 50-year-old mill owner. Fred Dunkerley. made up a handicap of 34min. 59sec
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    Lock icon Lorraine sets new world records
    169 12 HONOLULU, Sunday. TWO world swimming records for women were beaten here last night by Lorraine Crapp of Australia and Nancy Ramey of the United States. Lorraine covered the 800 1 metres freestyle in 10 mm. 24 3 sec. 6.6 seconds better than her own official
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    Golf medal to Dickson
    82 12 A.J.B. DICKSON 62 (86—24) won the Royal Singapore Golf Club's "C" medal competition yesterday. Other cards: D. Allison 70 (94--24); F. Creed 72 (91-19); R.D Oillespie 72 (96—24); A.J. Masterton 72 (91-19); W.J.M. Warden 72 (92-20) The qualifiers and draw for the annual Duffers" Cup competition
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    Title to Bayer
    22 12 ONTARIO, Sun. George Bayer (California) won the Canadian open golf championship with a 72-hole total of 271 here yesterday.
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    Lock icon Hoad's debut postponed
    47 12 NEW YORK, Sun. The professional debut here yesterday of Wimbledon champion Lew Hoad was postponed 24 hours because of rain. Hoad was to have met fel-low-Australian Frank Sedgman, th e 1952 Wimbledon champion, in promoter jack Kramers "Tournament of Champions" at Forest Hills Reuter.
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    90 12 RAY LINDWALL INVITED TO COACH IN INDIA NEW DELHI, Sun. RAY Lindwall, Australia's fast bowler, has been invited to coach in India for three months, it was learned here today. The decision to invite a coach was made by the Indian Cricket Board of Control after they had turned down
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    Results of Australian soccer
    136 12 SYDNEY, Sun. Australian football results today were: N.S.W. STATE Cl'P (North): Young Wallsend 4 L. MacQuarle 3. N.S.W. DIV. 1 (North): Awaba 4 Merewether 2: Cardiff 2 Cessnock 2; Weston 1 Mayfleld 3 Wallsend 3 Eastlaker 3; Blacksmith 3 West Wallsend 3. NSW FED. DIV. 1:
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      38 12 ATHLETICS Intrr school championships (first day), Jalan Beaar, 2.30 p.m. SOCCER SA.F.A. junior cup: Katong v Police "A", Geytenf; Div. 3B: Kebenaran Club v Tuan Monir. Farrer Park. BASKETBALL Tuan Mong v American Venture, Great World, 8 p.m.
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    STC FINDS ANSWER TO THE BOOKIES MENACE: TOTE TURNOVERS SET A RECORD
    218 13  - STC FINDS ANSWER TO THE BOOKIES MENACE: TOTE TURNOVERS SET A RECORD EPSOM JEEP By WETTING on the toa talisator at the Bukit Timah July Meeting nearly reached two million dollars as the result of an allout campaign by the Singapore Turf Club to stamp out bookmaking on the course.
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    A TROPHY FOR PEGGY
    36 13 MRS. PEGGY WEE, representing "Pop's Stable" receives a trophy, won by Golden Melody, from Mrs. T. M. Calhaem. wife of the chairman of the Singapore Turf dab at Bukit Timah on Saturday
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    Lezmore first in yacht race
    40 13 F/Lt Lezmore <G:rl Pat' won the Winston Cup at the RAF. Seletar Yacht Club's meet yesterday. Runner-up was SAC Snooke (.Cariadi while J/T Leti took third place The Airborne trophy went SAC Winston (Golden Eagle)
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    Seletar beaten
    27 13 H.M.S. Terror beat RAF. Seletar 3-2 in a friendly soccer match at Seletar yesterday. McGulnell. Hardley and Meadowcraft scored for Terror and Davies for Seletar.
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    Lock icon Russian sets world high jump mark
    55 13 HELSINKI, Sun. Yuri Stepanov, of the Soviet Union, beat the world high jump record by clearing "ft. lin. in Leningrad yesterday, according to the Finnish News Arency. The existing record is 6ft. 9'oin. set by Charlie Dumas of the United States at Los Angeles
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    A profitable holiday for Arthur Ward
    151 13 RETURNING to Slnga pore on a "busman's holiday." Arthur Ward topped the jockeys list with our winners at the Bukit Timah July Meeting. Ward and his wife leave this week for Hong Kong on the second-leg of an extended vacation trip. Bukit Timah stables
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    Hong Kong, Aussie XVs want to play here
    302 13 Hong Kong, Aussie XVs want to play here A BRIGHT RUGBY SEASON AHEAD TWO FOREIGN rugger teams— Hong Kong and the Australian Colts may play in Singapore and the Federation during the coming rugger season. This was disclosed by Mr. O. H. R. Beadles, the retiring president of the Singapore
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    ENG QUEE AND BIRCH TAKE 'FASTEST TIME' AWARDS
    483 13  -  EDIN PETERS By r«HIA ENG QUEE, 37, one of Singapore's top racing drivers, won the Fastest Time of the Day award at the Singapore Motor Club's speed trial at Princess Elizabeth Estate yesterday. He was the meeting's star performer in his locally-built
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    MCFA TEAM FOR HO HO CUP
    77 14 KUALA LUMPUR Sun.— The Malayan Chinese F.A. team to play Hong Kong Chinese in the Ho Ho Cup match at Princes Road on Saturday will be: Ong Kirn Hock (JohJ; Lee Sal Chong (Pk. capt.i, Kwong Chong Ylng (Joh.); Mok Wai Hong (N.S.). Lee
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    Not-so-mighty S. China now
    679 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL SINGAPORE'S TEAM OF TRIERS CUT THE TOURISTS DOWN TO SIZE By COOL, CLEVER CORTHINE SCORES 3 FOR SELECTION COUTH CHINA, 9-2 winners over Singapore Si no-Malays on Saturday night, almost left themselves too few goals in their locker for their match against Singapore Selection
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    CHARLES KUDA WINS IN A TIGHT FINISH
    78 14 A close finish for the Bukit Timah Stakes, (Race Five) at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Mr. K. Y. Urn's Charles Kuda. ridden by K. Mitchell, in the centre is over-taking Lady Scarlet (West) and Star Signal (Maniam) on the rails with Merdeka (Jones)
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    SIR DONALD LEADS HIS TEAM TO VICTORY
    105 14 SIR DONALD LEADS HIS TEAM TO VICTORY MALACCA, Sun. rE HIGH Commissioner's XI. led by Sir Donald MacGillivray. scored a thrilling four-run victory over the Resident Commissioner's XI in a friendly cricket match here today. Sir Donald, playing in his first cricket match for 28 years, helped his side to
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    BAM names 15 players to be invitee
    84 14 BAM names 15 players to be invitee KUALA 1.1 MPIK h Fifteen playen, ;n(1| T two Indian llinina> h pers. arc to be invit* the badminton indU of -Malaya lor the mttf, championships to h-f-ci here. They are I v (India). indu Mat (India), Kddie i h'. Teh Kpu San,
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    Singapore again win by an innings
    96 14 Singapore again win by an innings NEGRI OUT FOR 98 AND 95 SEREMBAN, Sun. SINGAPORE scored an innings and 66 runs victory over Negri Sembilan in their two-day inter-state cricket match which ended on the station padang today. In reply to Singapore's first Innings score of 256, Negri were dismissed
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    SCOREBOARD
    204 14 SINGAPORE Ist Inns 259 NEGBI SEMBILAN Ist Inns Stanislaus c Fonj We ng h Sand.osham 2 Devindran b Hanrahan 0 Sathiapalan b Sandosham 1 Retnam c Retnam b Woodhouse 18 Yon* JLim b Woodhouse 28 Gore b AngullU 20 Harding b Hanrahan 2 Ratnayake b Sandosham 1 Ratnarajah lbw
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    KOWLOON OUTPLAY MALAYAN CHNESE
    134 14 KOWLOON OUTPLAY MALAYAN CHNESE KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. ITOWLOON busmen to- day beat a Malayan Chinese Football Association side 6-2 at Princes Road here. The Chinese surprised the visitors when they scored first in the fourth minute through Wong Kong Leong. Kowloon got on terms in the eighth minute when Lam
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    SINGAPORE SENIOR TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
    767 14 SRC v Varsity UNIVERSITY beat Singapore Recreation Club by 38 runs on the padang. UNIVERSITY Sithawalla b Perera 20 Qunendran lbw Schubert 6 D. Singh c B. Marks b Schubert 10 Harcharan run out 23 Arumugam c Perera b B. Marks 32 Beng Wai not out
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    CHINESE WIN, RECS LOSE IN DAY OF UPSETS
    341 14 CHINESE WIN, RECS LOSE IN DAY OF UPSETS Yogarajah's 90 best e££ort THE PLACID, true-to-torm spell in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament was broken yesterday when the four bottom teams gained full points from opponents in the upper half. Bottom-placed Chinese scored their first victory this season, beating Royal
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    F&N ARE FIRST TO TOPPLE SERANGOON GARDENS
    266 14 CERANGOON Gardens suffered their first defeat in the S.C.A. junior tournament when they were beaten by newcomers Fraser and Neave at River Valley Road yesterday. Wensley, of Seletar "B", per- formed a hat trick In the fourth over against S.H. B. Police. He!
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    DEWS, SIVA SCORE FREEL
    148 14 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S XI Ghazalli c McKechnie b Kirkham 0; MacGillivray b Hammett 0; Dews b Kailasapathy 68; M. Shepherdson c Goad b Wood 4: Bin Ken c b Kirkham 7; La 11 Singh c Kallas b Wood 11; Gillespie c Fowier b Lakbir 8; Sivagnanam not
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