The Straits Times, 16 July 1957

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times He*** I**1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TL'ESDAY, JULY 16, 1957 15 CENTS
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    RAHMAN SETS A RIDDLE
    257 1 LETTER FROM CHIN PENG? ALLIANCE CHIEFS ARE BAFFLED Communist leader must have sent new peace feelers, they believe Now he says: I have a reason t-l MA LUMPUR, 11 M o n Alliance leaders here were I ioday by ftngku Abdul* Rahman- statement yesUT(la> that he
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    3 TOP PEKING REDS ASK FORGIVENESS FOR 'SINS'
    96 1 3 TOP PEKING REDS ASK FORGIVENESS FOR 'SINS' PEKING, Monday. THREE "rightist" Chinese cabinet ministers today circulated written confessions of their ideological sins at the National Peoples' Congress here. The three. Lo Lung Chi (Timber Industry), Chang Po-chun (Communications) and Chang Nai Chi (Food) had been given until today to
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    CONFESSION No. 1
    132 1 by Comrade Lo Lung-chu Minister of Timber LO LUNG-CHI admitted he had been "very wrong" in his actions and speeches against the Communi-st Party "in spite of the fact that I was well treated by the party and people after the Liberation (1949)." He promised the Congress
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    Lock icon AMERICAN WHO VANISHED TO CHINA REAPPEARS-WITH HIS FAMILY
    92 1 AMERICAN WHO VANISHED TO CHINA REAPPEARS -WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER DISAPPEARING Iw two months. Mr Lonald Blackwood is shown with his Korean wife and their ten-month-old child in Hons; Konc after his return from China. The family had disappeared from the Portuguese territory of Macao. Mr. Bl;i« kuond. a clothing
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    Town Reds ruled turns 'white'
    297 1 'BLOWPIPE' CRISIS LAWS OFF KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. PUA MUSANG, the only town in Malaya occupied by the- terrorists since the Emergency was declared in 1948, today became "white." This south Kelantan town. n the "Golden Blowpipe" ailway line between Tumpat and Gemas in the Galas
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    Lock icon The beautiful big bang
    65 1 NEW YORK, Mon. The atomic device that failed to detonate because of a power failure when a first attempt to fire it was made two weeks ago, was exploded at the atomic test site, Nevada early today. The explosion, seventh °f the current summer test series,
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    33 1 TOKYO, Mon.— The Japanese cabinet's economic council today held its first meeting and decided to implement a series of emergency measures to improve Japan's international trade nnc l payments balance. Reuter.
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    POLICE OPEN A NEW DRIVE ON GANGS
    111 1 POLICE OPEN A NEW DRIVE ON GANGS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation police have started a nation-wide check of known "bad hats" and gangsters as part of their security programme for the coming merdeka celebrations The head of th c Federation's Criminal Investigation Department, Mr. H. G. Beverley, told the
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    Lock icon They burnt me — but boy lit tire himself
    94 1 They burnt me but boy lit tire himself GLASGOW, Mon. Glasgow police said today that the account by nine-year-old Sammy Trible corroborated by his younger brother Billy that youths had seized him on Saturday night poured turpentine on him. roped him tp an oil drum and set him alight was
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    Lock icon 270 drowned in heavy storm
    51 1 TEHERAN, Mon— Two hundred and seventy people wer.^ drowned when a Russian fishing vessel carrying passengers and supplies was wrecked yesterday in the Caspian Sea. according to reports received here today. The reports said the Ru.sslan fishing boat EshghabaJ went down in a heavy storm
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    Onn welcomes Berita Harian
    183 1 T\ATO Sir Onn bin Ja'afar Lfeditor of the Kritik weekly, welcomes the publication of Berita Hanan, Malay edition of the Straits Times, and describes it as "a right move and timely with the changes in the country. He writes: "I welcome Berita Harian and hope it
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    CONFESSION No. 2
    139 1  -  Comrade Chang Po-chun -by Minister of Communications pHANG PO-CHUN said J he "bowed low" to the Congress. He said his present "confession was not yet complete and deep enough and he promised more disclosures and self-critic-ism He apologised for having suggested the formation of a political council
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    Lock icon CONFESSION No. 3
    118 1  -  Comrade Chang Nai-chi -by Minister of Food fHANG NAI-CHI, who until today had refused to recant, admitted some errors because of "thoughts and actions springing from bourgeois individualism." But he stressed that all the time his "questions were but questions of thought and wrongs but wrongs of
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    36 1 TOKYO, Mon. Japanese firemen equipped with gas masks today descended into the holds of the 7,207-ton Greek vessel Pinios in Tokyo harbour to recover the bodies of two seamen overcome by gas fumes. Reuter.
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    19 1 SALISBURY (South Rhodesia). Mon. The Queen Mother arrived in Salisbury from Nyasaland by air this afternoon. Reuter.
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    84 1 BUD AND LOU BREAK UP HOLLYWOOD, Mon. The film comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello had broken up, Costello said yesterday. He said the reason was .hat Abbott, at the age of 61. wanted to rest for a •vhile Costello "the fat one" oi the team, is 10
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    Police seek deaf mute
    47 1 Singapore police are looking for a deaf mute in connection with a knife attack on 27-year-old Kok Ah Ang at the 10th mile. Changi Road, last night. Kok. who is in a serious condition, was given a blood transfusion in the General Hospital.
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    53 1 LONDON, Mon. A photograph 35 feet long and 12 feet high claimed to be the biggest enlargement ever produced In Britain was exhibited in Central London today to publicise the plight of Britain's 10.000 historic churches. It shows the medieval screen of an ancient church
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    Lock icon 'Peking aid to bandits to go on'
    162 1  - 'Peking aid to bandits to go on' DAVID CHIPP By PEKING, Mon. China has no intention of calling off the terrorist war in Malaya, even though Malayan independence is only six weeks away. This is indicated in a speech by the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Chang Han-fu, to the
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    25 1 CYPRUS DEBATE NKW YORK, Mon Greece today requested new debate on Cyprus dispute in United Nations General Assembly, according to UN. officials. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Object lesson'
    28 1 NEW YORK, Mon. The New York Times said today: "The orderly fashion in which Malaya has moved forward is a good object lesson in government." Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE AGA KHAN: BURIAL IN EGYPT
    230 2 pENEVA, Mon. The body of the late Aga Khan is to be flown to Egypt on Wednesday, accompanied by his widow, the Begum, his son, Prince Aly Khan, and his successor, Prince Kanm, the family announced yesterday A family spokesman said the embalmed body
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    Lock icon Police fire kills two
    47 2 COLOMBO. Mon.— Reports reaching here today said two men were killed and one injured in the tea-growing hill town of Uda Pussellawa on Saturday night, when police opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against attempts to organise a new plantation porkers' union. Reuter.
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    175 2 'PEOPLE HAVE NO FAITH IN THE GOVT.— DEMOCRATIC CRISIS IS AHEAD 9 JAKARTA, Monday. FORMER Vice-President Mohammad Hatta said today that Indonesians "must have the courage to admit that we have failed miserably since our general elections in 1955." Commenting on the current political climate
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    138 2 Prince Philip falls from pony in polo pile-up LONDON, Mon. The' Duke of Edinburgh fell in a polo match at i Cowdray Park, Sussex, yesterday, while helping his team to victory in the finals cf the Cowdray Park Gold Cup, the bi? priz-i of the British p;.lo
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    Lock icon Rush to see life by a boy facing death
    137 2 Rush to see life by a boy facing death fOPENHAGEN, Mon.— Richard Skelton, uine -year-old son of comedian Red Skelton. who is said to be dying from leukemia, today visited three Danish castles, including Elsinore, legendary home of Hamlet. Mr. and Mrs. Skelton, their daughter Valentina and Richard arrived here
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    34 2 PARIS, Mon.— lt was learn ed in Paris from Pnom ''enrt today that M. Phlek Phoeu.i former minister and expert on economic affairs, has agreed to form a new Cambodian cabinet.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MISS LEIGH IN THE TRAGEDY OF A THEATRE
    91 2 MISS LEIGH IN THE TRAGEDY OF A THEATRE ACTRESS Vivien Leigh, who was recently ushered out of the House of Lords for interrupting a debate to protest against the demolition of the St. James Theatre in London, is shown with a protest poster. The poster, captioned "Big Business as Usual"
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    Lock icon Siam will send a Prince
    56 2 i BANGKOK, Mon. Prince Wan Waithayakorn. Siam's Foreign Minister, will represent his country at Malaya's i independence celebrations. Prince Wan, who is als o I President of the United Nations General Assembly, said he would go to Kuala Lumpur on his way to open the
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    Lock icon MARRIAGE IN THE SKY CRASHES IN A DIVORCE COURT
    134 2 MARRIAGE IN THE SKY CRASHES IN A DIVORCE COURT KANSAS CITY, Mon. The "sky-marri-age" of a 54-year-old cemetery "millionaire" and his beautiful brunette wife, 29, has crash-landed in court. Edward L. Williams said In a petition that he was "totally without funds and asked the court to modify alimony and
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    400 homeless
    36 2 TOKYO, Mon.— One person was killed, 16 others injured and more than 400 made homeless this mornine when a fire razed 59 houses in the coal mining town of Yamad* in north Kyushu. AJ.
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    25 2 NICOSIA, Mon.— More than 1,000 Cypriots being held without trial started a 24--hour strike 'today as a protest against their continued imprisonment. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Trade ban was a boon, says China Minister
    181 2 Trade ban was a boon, says China Minister M()N(i KOXd, M ondai Vice-Foreign Minister of C0n,,,,,,. x China, Mr. Cluing Han-fu, said today Western embargo against trade with China li proved of actual advantage to her. It had hel] economic inri< strengthened her 0 and provided eood^ ditions for speedy
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    Lock icon HE STRANGLED WIFE'S FIRST LOVE'—A DOG
    75 2 HE STRANGLED WIFE'S FIRST LOVE'— A DOG MIAMI, Mon. Henry L. Hanna. 43. a restaurant owner, has been sentenced to 50 days' jail for "wantonly and maliciously killing bis wife's eightpound Pekinese dog. Hanna's wife, shape y Patricia Ann, 19, told police: "I loved my dog more than anything in
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    44 2 LAGOS (Nigeria), Mon. The third congress of the action group of the government party in western Nigeria has resolved "to work relentlessly with a view to rallying the whole country for the attainment of full Nigerian independence on April 2, 1960."— Reuter.
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    Pact ratified
    29 2 TOKYO. Mon. Osman Ebeid, Egyptian ambassador to Japan, and Aiichiro Fujiyama, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, today exchanged documents of ratification of the JapaneseEgyptian cultural agreement. UJ.
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    Lock icon Arrest of 'Robin Hood' angers 301
    151 2 TKDKYO, Mon. Japanese x police in Osaka, Western Japan, tonight arrested a modern ver.«' of Robin Hood— and t.iis caused angry protests by more than 300 residents A police spokesman said the arrested man had five previous convictions and was suspected of 31 thefts
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    The Kremlin blue pencils Khrushchev
    168 3 LONDON, Monday. •I TK Mr. Nikita Khrushchev's apparently preme power in the Kremlin, somebody insoring his speeches. ord-for-word check of his actual words duri! tour of Czechoslovakia and Mosul them shows that someone in the rarchy is expurgating them, and in some Ing to them.
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    Lock icon SUICIDE PACT BY 3 SAD GIRLS
    81 3 SUICIDE PACT BY 3 SAD GIRLS TAIPEH. Mon.— Three girls entered into a suicide pact at Taichung. One was depressed because her parents had forced her to become engaged to a man she didn't love. Another was unhappy because of a family quarrel The third was a good friend of
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    17 3 TEHERAN. Mon— The Shah today visited villages devastated by the earthquake on July 2. Reuter.
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    54 3 LONDON. Mon. Visitors from Mars :^uld be forgiven if they assumea ihat English women wore nothing but I brassieres and scanties. an official of the British Pro- fessional Women's Club said. Miss Audrey Taylor said her federation was "perturbed" about the growing number of advertisements
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    32 3 JAKARTA, Mon A spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said today the Indonesian Government has invited the Yugoslav vice-president. Mr. Svetozar Vukmanovic Tempo, for a ten-day official visit to Indonesia. Reuter.
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    27 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. Mr. Nehru, the Indian prime Minister, arrived back here by air this morning after his visit to President Nasser of Egypt— Reuter.
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    Lock icon The despair of earthquake victims
    81 3 VICTIMS of recent earthquakes in the Caspian Sea area of Persia. LEFT: Kinullah Namati and bis family sit in front of their wrecked home in the Tillage of Polour. Namati lost his nine-year-old daughter in one of the earthquakes. CENTRE: Hussein, seven, and Fatimah. six,
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    Lock icon Papers spotlight crisis of shrinking £
    215 3 Papers spotlight crisis of shrinking MINISTERS PREPARE STATEMENTS LONDON, Monday. ORITAIN'S Conservative Government this week faces one of its biggest crises since Mr. Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister in the deepening threat of inflation, according to British newspapers. Most national newspapers today front-paged stories and comments on the inflation The
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    Lock icon Stranger in the House takes oath...
    106 3 Stranger in the House takes oath... NEW DELHI. Mon. A MAN walked into the Lower House of Parliament today, took the oath as a member, shook hands with the Speaker and seated himself on the Government (Congress Party) benches. The secretariat, checking credentials following the re-assembly of the House, later
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    Lock icon Took a ride—in police car
    37 3 Took a ride in police car LONDON, Mon. Anthony Scarfe, 30. a fitter's mate, wad fined £5 here today for driving away a police car. Scarfe said he took the car •because he "wanted a ride." Reuter.
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      194 3 Rawya, 32, is first woman MP CAIRO, Mon.— Miss Rawya Attiya, 32. a university graduate, today became Egypt's first woman member of parliament. Reuter. TOKYO: An entire Japanese sewing machine factory its employees and equipment boarded a Dutch freighter bound for Brazil.— Reuter. BEIRUT: The American freighter Sergeant Morris Crane
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    Lock icon Former revolt leader to form new Nepal Govt.
    88 3 KATMANDU. Mon. Dr. Kunwar Indar Singh, a •52-year-old physician turned politician, today accepted King Mahendra's invitation to form a new government within a fortnight. Dr. Singh, who leads Nepal's United Democratic Party, fled •to Communist China after leading an abortive revolt against
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    Lock icon ENQUIRY SOON ON SALE OF U.N. SECRETS TO REDS
    108 3 COLOMBO, Mon. Mr. •Solomon Bandaranaike, the Ceylon Prime Minister, said .today that an inquiry would be held soon into reports that a United Nations employee •passed secret documents from Ceylon's U.N. office to an official of another delegation. The inquiry is
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    LONDO NSTOCKS
    240 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £48*1 Funding 4% £864 War 34% £66** BANKS Merc. (£5 £24 pu> £5'>4 Eastern (£5) £8 15 16 —1/16 Chartered (£1) 40/- /6 Hongkong ($125) £1024 INSURANCE Com. Un (uts.) 76/3 +1/3 Royal
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    RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, Mon Spot 27»4d Aug. 27'4d.. Sept. 27"*, d., Oct.Oec. 27.', d.. Jan-Mar 27% d., April-June 27 v.d., July c1 f 27>*d., Aug. c.l.f. 27'« d.. Sept. c.l.f. 27'*d. Tone: Very steady
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    TIN
    21 3 LONDON. Mon. —Buyers £747 sellers £749. Forward buyers £744, sellers £746. Settlement £750, Turnover a.m 115 tons, p.m. 10. I
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    BRAGA HAS A HEALTH PLAN UNDER STUDY
    241 4 He speaks of 'something adaptable to local needs' THE Singapore Health Ministry is considering the introduction of a national health scheme suitable for local conditions. The Medical Advisory Council has submitted a report to the Ministry the Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga,
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    Aid pledge by Ministry
    52 4 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry stated yesterday that it would help manufacturers who are experiencing difficulty In establishing claims for preference on goods cons'sned to the Federation ihese manufacturers are invited to forward full details in writing of the goods they make and the difficulties
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    Merdeka joy appeal
    26 4 IPOH, Mon. The Perak State Government today appealed to all commercial firms, institutes and house tenants to decorate their premises for merdeka day.
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    WARRANT OUT FOR MISSING MAN
    178 4 A SINGAPORE court yesterday ordered the arrest of Quek Kiok Thiang, who faces a summons charge of illegally operating a life insurance business between Aug. 1 last year and March 20 this year. Miss Mary Lim, the D.P.P.. asked for an arrest warrant against Quek
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    THE INSPECTOR TAKES A BRIDE
    84 4 POLICE INSPECTOR Inche Buang bin Haji Hassan of Muar leads his bride, Che Azizah blnte Hashim, to their bersanding dais at the bride's bouse in Kampong Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday. Inrhe Buang is attached to the Federal PoUce Head- quarters. Kuala Lumpur. Che Azizah
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    Appeal to Lim: Boost tourism
    160 4 TRAVEL MAN COMING FOR TALKS THE president of the Pacific Area Travel Association and the Singapore Hotels' Association will see the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, this week, in an effort to secure Government support Col. C. Young, president of P.A.T.A. will fly
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    Rahman's plea to Penang: No more riots
    67 4 Rahman's plea to Penang: No more riots DENANG, Mon.— The Chief Minister, Tengku Ahdu! Rahman, said here last night that there must br no recurrence of the January centenary riots in Penang. "Please don't let such disturbances happen again," he told a big crowd at the 1 MM) pesta in
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    National flower: 2 suggestions
    41 4 Two people suggested a national flower for Malaya when the Malayan Agrl-Hor ticultural Association earlier this year invited members of the public to name *.heir choice. This was stated in the latest issue of the MAHA magazine
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    7 find holiday jobs so risky
    236 4 7 find holiday jobs so risky SEVEN University of Malaya students doing vacation-time survey work for the Singapore Improvement Trust are finding the Job rather risky. They have got Into several tight corners already they have >-*»en mistaken for fake .-..ius workers, or building inspectors out to find fault with
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    Farm show
    28 4 SEGAMAT, Mon. A farmers' exhibition is to be held at Kluanjj early next month. It will be open to people from Mersing, Kluang and Segamat districts.
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    At last-new map of capital
    62 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— At long last a really up-to-date map of Kuala Lumpur, the Federal capital, is available. The Surveyor-General's Department has Just published the kind of map that will gladden the hearts not only of visitors but also of local residents who find some
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    Accused of gun threat
    64 4 Anthony Goh was yesterday charged in Singapore with criminal intimidation by threatening to shoot Charles Choo Piang Hong with a double-barrelled rifle and by threatening to hit him on the head with an axe at 8.15 a.m. at Upper Serangoon Road on July 14. He pleaded
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    Three run when sentry fires
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A sentry on Craigielea estate, in the Muar district of Johore, last night fired at lights outside the perimeter fence. The fire was returned and three figures were seen running away. The area is being searched.
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    WE ARE NO PUPPETS, SAYS TUC CHIEF
    329 4 THE president of the Singapore Trades Unior. Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan yesterday denied that th? TUC was a puppet organisation of the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, as charged by Mr. David Marshall. "I cannot understand on what ground Mr. Marshall ki
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    Syndicates find fortunes in illegal smokes
    251 5 SPEEDBOAS BRING CONTRABAND CIGARETTES FROM INDONESIA JUGGLING ACKET IS BIG BUfNESS KRFUL Singap'e syndicates Vhind cigarce smuggling c Colony, a citoms spokesman -iid yesterday. diilv people \<li plenty of iky con' finance the ins," lie td the Straits I'inuv •ns patrols ive made many
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    SHE RENOUNCED ROYAL RANK FOR A COMMONER
    52 5 THE FORMER Raja Nor Ismat binte Raja Haji Shahar Shah of Ipoh. who renounced her royal rank and its privileges to marry a commoner. Dato Abdullah bin Dato Stia Mohamed Noordin. State Secretary. Perak. She has taken the new name of Che Wan
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    FIRE TWICE MENACES A HOSPITAL IN 2 DAYS
    114 5 FIRE TWICE MENACES A HOSPITAL IN 2 DAYS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Fire today threatened one end of the maternity ward of the General Hospital the second fire at the hospital in two days. Nurses and patients shouted warnings as flying embers set alight, baby blankets which were hanging out to
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    Ex-lawyer gets 3 weeks to pay $99
    95 5 Ex-lawyer gets 3 weeks to pay $99 PENANG, Mon. A former lawyer, Lim Kheng Kooi, today asked for an ex. tension of tim e to pay 599 arrears of Provident Fund contributions in respect of eight employees. Charged with failing to pay the contributions in April last year Lim promised
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    New MIC branch
    16 5 KUANTAN, Mon— A branch of the Malayan Indian Congress has been formed here.
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    198 5 Improve Your Speech and Writing in a Few Hours irl-nt with the ir-. nd write? Are hat you are not t s that cause rate you? if men and indicapped be*ke embarrass*i speech and cannot express .fectively. ■I to be a master expressive Engwant to
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    A FORMER PRINCES WEDS FATHER OF 7 IN SECRET MIDNIGHT CEREMONY
    225 5 A FORMER PRINCES WEDS FATHER OF 7 IN SECRET MIDNIGHT CEREMONY IPOH, Monday. A YOUNG former Malay princess and a commoner, A for whom she had given up her royal rank and its privileges, were married in secret at a midnight ceremony in Penang on Saturday. The former princess was
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    Rotary speaker
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mr. F. Stott. of Singapore, will speak on "Communalism" to members of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club tomorrow at their tea meeting at 5 p.m.
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    Trustees named
    21 5 SEGAMAT, Mon. Messrs. V. K. Nadarajah and Yeo Oon Keong have been elected trustees of the Segamat International Club.
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    Cannery employees agree to talk
    144 5 EMPLOYEES of Lam Soon cannery, in Jurong Road, Singapore, yesterday postponed their threatened strike over the dismissal of a clerk. This is to enable negotla- 1 tlons to be held at the Labour Ministry at 3 p.m. today. Mr. T. V. Gomez, president of the
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    CALLING 'Mr. CHARLES'
    60 5 Singapore police are anxious to contact a "Mr. Charles" who telephoned on June 30 to report that a Chinese had fallen into the sea. The body was picked up from the sea off South Quay. Mr. Charles is asked to get in touch with Inspector A. J.
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    Estate meals
    18 5 SEGAMAT. Mon. Communal cooking of rice under Operation Cobble has been Introduced on Voules estate, Tenang.
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    Army strategy beats the harbour go-slow men
    140 5 /CHARTERED lorries yester- i \j day took away the heavy j baggage of troops ana families when the troopship Asturia s came alongside the whar- I yes from Britain. Army authorities decided on this because of the go-slow 1 campaign of the Singapore
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    ROW OVER WEDDING: POLICE STAND BY
    149 5 ROW OVER WEDDING: POLICE STAND BY A LOR STAR, Mon.— The police have posted special patrols in the Jalan Tengah area after a bid by six hooligans last Saturday night to break up the wedding of the Chief Minister's niece to a Kedah commoner. Tengku Abdul Rahman, who was at
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      191 5 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show— Our Times No. 31, Apasslonata— Shell House, Collyer Quay. 1.15 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film show at General Hospital (Ward 45) 7.30 P FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Luncheon meeting— talk on "Creative effort in modern 1 times the Dunham Co. 1937--1 1957"
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      139 5 YWCA (Raffles Quay): Malay class 10.15 a.m.; Latin American and ballroom dancing 5 p.m.; Blue Triangle Club meeting 5.15 p.m. CHINESE YMCA (Prince Edward Road): Badminton, billiards, bodybuilding 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; wrestling 7.30 p.m. SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY: Pianoforte concert for students by Julius Katchen, at Anglo-Chinese School auditorium.
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    DEATHS
    139 6 20 Wordi SIO (minimum). V. R. THAMBYRAJAH beloved Father of G. T- Selvaretnam of 21-A Hooper Road passed away In Jaffna. Ceylon on 14th July, 1957. MICHAEL: On 11th July, 1957, peacefully in his sleep at 9. Bolton Gardens, 5.W.5 George Michael In his 95th year,' dearly loved husband
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    60 6 20 Word* Sit (minimum). MRS. 8) MR. RICHARD. Sophia Rd., thank Friends 8t Relatives for their Attendance. Good Wishes. Assistance Gifts on the occasion of their daughter's Christening on T7.57. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Rosalino Marcelo thank all Friends and Relatives for their g,r. ices Rendered, Wreaths,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    345 6 20 Words tit (minimum). CHILDREN'S WEAR Special cflers in all Items at Wasslamull's Children s Shop, 35, High Street. FOR COCKTAIL TIME Jack Straws are Just right for Makan Ketchil. On sale at all good store*. Sole Agents— Robinson's. AIR BEEF Have You Seen The Range Of Specially Selected
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. July 16, 1957. Freedom Of The Press
    771 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. July 16, 1957. Freedom Of The Press A free press is an essential element in a free State, and the Alliance Government will always try to ensure the complete freedom of the press in Malaya. The tribute and the assurance came from the Assistant Minister
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    The Dismissed Dockers
    380 6 If the Singapore Government is going to have an inquiry into the Harbour Board dispute it should announce the commission one man or three and get on with the job. It will have to make up its mind finally by tomorrow, or Thursday, when Mr. Lre Kuan
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    Towards a Malayan art
    2124 6 With the approach of merdeka the time has come for an assessment of the arts in Malaya. What are Malaya's cultural assets? In developing their art what should be the aim of writers, painters, poets and musicians? In this article the author tells of the sources
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      Unbalanced city accounts
      98 6 DURING June three bills were sent out by the Treasurer's Department of the Singapore City Council to many registered consumers. After an enquiry by telephone, it was explained that du e to "unbalanced accounts", bill fo r the month of March and April were delayed. The average
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      He is honorary legal adviser
      112 6 I REFER to the article by Cynicus in th e Straits Times of Jul y 13 in which he alleges that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew receives a nominal fee as Legal Adviser to the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association and is paid for "any actual
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    THIEVES HAD A $3 MIL. HAUL' IN 1956
    102 7 THIEVES HAD A $3 MIL. HAUL' IN 1956 D RTY valued at' >3. 000,000 was Singapore la*,t the annual, the Singapore .sued yes- was slightly the total for branch had a The number of v ere about 70 i ihan in 1955. flgune bfing SO.IM. Revenue up collected by the
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    MAN OFTEN HAD VISIONS OF BEING ATTACKED, INQUEST IS TOLD
    181 7 MAN OFTEN HAD VISIONS OF BEING ATTACKED, INQUEST IS TOLD i ho wil often A by visions of lulted, burst his ld( r, a Singapore .is told yesterday. nan said that the as .suffering was a blow from this was consistbla illness, said 'ivi Yip Chong. a Ist of Woodbridge
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    Indian dinner
    43 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. V. M. M. Nalr. High Comi mlssioner fur India in Malay.i. i will be entertained to dinner by the members of the 'ndiar. community at the Royal Johore International Club on i July 24 at 8 p.m.
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    'I was beaten—police wouldn't help'
    512 7 ENGLISHMAN TELLS OF JALAN BESAR FIGHT, PATROL CAR CHASE AND RUSTY KRIS THREAT A *9 l N(I Englishman yesterday claimed that Singapore police refused to protect him after ne had been beaten up by three men in Jalan Besar on Sunday night. Walter Edland, 26,
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    Medicine chest mix-up killed young wife
    60 7 Medicine chest mix-up killed young wife A N 18-year-old housewife. *».D. Irryn. died when she drank wintergreen oil instead of a prescribed medicine at her house in George Street on April 9 this year. Inspector Fonc Thean (hep told a Singapore inquest yesterday that lnvesr ligations showed that Irryn took
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    'NOTHING EXTRA FOR MALAYS'
    160 7 MCA Chief backs constitution IPOH, Monday. THE President of the Perak branch of the M.C.A.. Mr. Y. C. Kang, said last night that the constitution of independent Malaya is not designed to give the Malays extra benefits. i Speaking at a dinner organised by the M.C.A.
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    Indian ships paying 4-day call
    101 7 Indian ships paying 4-day call AN Indian naval squadron of three ships is due in Singapore today for a fourday visit. The three warships, the INS Tir, Kistna and Cauvery, comprise the frigate training squadron. The senior ship of the squadron is the Tir, commanded by Cmdr. D. R. Menta,
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    '999' calls
    28 7 The Singapore Police received 16,579 "999" calls from the public last year. As a direct result of these calls 395 people were arrested by radio patrols.
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    Please coo, my dove, he pleaded but in vain
    168 7 Please coo, my dove, he pleaded but in vain i A DOVE nestled peace- fully on its perch in a Singapore court yesterday while a man danced frantically around it, snapping his fingers, cooing and waving his handkerchief. Pagi bin Inda, a labourer who claimed ownership of the bird, told
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    Race harmony their aim
    41 7 KUANTAN. Mon. The Pahang state goodwill committee will meet here on July 28 to discuss ways of strengthening inter communal unity and harmony. The committee was formed in February at the request of the Sultan of Pahang.
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    Ships from three navies will join celebrations
    111 7 BRITISH, Australian and New Zealand warships will steam up the -Straits of Malacca in August to take part in the merdeka celebrations. A naval spokesman said yesterday that it was tentatively planned to send the frigate H.M.S. Alert to Port Swettenham. Aboard her
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    Kiwi cruiser here this week, will stay for over a year
    62 7 mHE cruiser Royalist, pride of the Royal New Zealand 1 Navy, will reach the Singapore Naval Base on Thursday after a voyagp from Auckland. As New Zealand's contribution to the Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve, she will be based
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    Army clerk gets a divorce
    49 7 Chang Theng Fatt, an army clerk, who sued his wife, Kwai Lan, for a divorce on grounds of cruelty was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Singapore High Court. The decree is to be made absolute In thre e months.
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    $2,250 radio show for merdeka
    74 7 KIWI A LUMPUR. Mon Radio Malaya here will present its most costly programme ever at $750 for each of three half-hour broadcasts during the merdeka celebrations. The programme will be called "Puspa Warn:'. Malaya" (Malayan Musicale) and will feature the pick of vocal talent in
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    Car theft alleged
    61 7 Ayakanoo Vadi Veloo of Plantation Road, Singapore, I yesterday pleaded not guilty to stealing a car valued at $1,800 belonging to Lim Chuan Huat between 9 p.m. on July 8 and 7.30 a.m. the next day from the junction of Rochore Canal Road and Ophir Road. Bail
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    SARAWAK JUDGE: SMUGGLING IS PROBLEM
    114 7 SARAWAK JUDGE: SMUGGLING IS PROBLEM SIR ERNEST WILLIAMS, the Chief Justice of Sarawak, who flew into Singapore yesterday said that opium smuggling was posing a big problem for the authorities of the three British possessions in Borneo. "The worst cases I have dealt with are in connection with the illegal
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    New crafts for SATA patients
    147 7 THE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosLs Association is to ntroduce new industries at its rehabilitation settlement at South Winds to make the community more self-con-Director of SATA, Dr. G H. Garlick, said yesterday that at present only farming and rattan furniture making viere carried on there. It was
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    K.L. ASKS COLONY FOR 20 CYCLE P.C. ESCORTS
    92 7 K.L. ASKS COLONY FOR 20 CYCLE P.C. ESCORTS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A fleet of motor-cycle escorts will take the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and visiting YIPs to the Merdeka Stadium for the proclamation of independence. The Federation Government is understood to have asked the Singapore Traffic Branch for 20
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    THREE QUERIES TO PHONE STRIKERS
    195 7 T^HE acting general manager of the Singapore Telephone Board, Mr. J. A. Gagan, said yesterday he believed that many of the board's striking employees had not been told the facts by their union leaders. He asked these three ques- DO THE STRIKERS know that if
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    Woman's body in river
    34 7 The body of a young woman, reported missing on Sunday night, was found floating In a small river oil Jurong Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. She was Chua Gek Kew, 22
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    Dance hostess poisoned
    43 7 A dance hostess. Lam Hoong Leng, 24, was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital last night after she was found suffering from poisoning. Police galled to her house in Sims Avenue had to break down the door of her bedroom.
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    OFICER DIES IN CAR SKID
    100 7 OFICER DIES IN CAR SKID ALOR STAR. Mon. Capt. E. P. Stephen Smith, a miltary Intelligence officer attached to the Special Branch here, was killed last night in a motor accident near Anak Bukit, In front of the Sultan of Kedah's istana four miles from Alor Star. Capt. Smith, who
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    Branch chairman
    28 7 Mr. K. K. Pillal was elected chairman of the Borneo Co., branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union. The secretary is Mr K. N. Pillai.
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    Unionists told: Shun bad elements
    142 7 Unionists told: Shun bad elements TPOH, Mon.— A vice--1 president of the 350,000-strong National Union of Plantation Workers, Mr. A. Venugopal, today warned union officials to watch for "bad elements who are trying to infiltrate trade unions to create industrial unrest." Mr. Venugopal. who was addressing a meeting of secretaries
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    Feminine Forum STAR AND HER GEMS
    1093 8 Feminine Forum STAR AND HER GEMS MUCH GLITTER WHEN visiting dancer Katherine Dunham TT offered to let me see her Jewel collection I expected it to be fabulous. Nothing else would be possible for such a stimulating and unusual person. Even so, I was unprepared for the exquisite and striking
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      379 8 Our.n, ihe Mia Oymsty bcwDM K^ vn9 named 0l»w-Chi«n. of th« household I' o J**~*-^tl. ol Won) Wi«9. Minister of tducation. I saved the throne from belno. usurped by I x the Prime Minister. Tor*. Chuh. She married Haw Poh-a young, general L •ho was support,.), h,m-and then tufas* ■I
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      71 8 Straits Times Crossword i _j|:i I m 2' Up 22 25 28~ |1| 2?" ACROSS 9 Old mother about to be Injured (7). 10 I clear the mess about nothing but a heating unit (7). 11 This wild one gets his stripes naturally (S) 12 Pause in play (9) 13
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      50 8 turnout (6) 18 Vehicle holding a six is quite fishy (6). 21 Pains about five and is cut ud (5). 22 Leading lady off stage? (9) 24 A basis for entertaining records (9> 26 The Cockney's warmer animal? <s>. 28 A Oermßn city makee most of this perfume c 7
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      204 8 29 Elevate (7) DOWN 1 One form of publication has no backing at last (7) a Gums up a self-satisfied attitude (4). 3 Gives gears a twUt to be offensive (10). 4 Joining Dad drunk with a mixed drink (6) 5 Rapturous Fleet Street district over stable (8) 8 The
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    RULERS TO GIVE GOODBYE BANQUET FOR MacG
    81 9 L'MPUR, Mon. .Malay Rulers B fa r° well at the Lake for the missioner. Id Macon Aur. 3. day they Federation's int Ruler. icavp here evening of day indepenproclaimed. the pronmny in cadline ra have intlu'y will li ction to the aount Ruler
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    I manager fined $200
    33 9 I manager fined $200 RU. Mon. manager of was fined in his posses- arsenic soluI c tailed to use It was prepared ng to keep empty im used for the arsenic solu- store.
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    Cinema magnate off to premiere
    25 9 Cinema magnate off to premiere I Ron Shaw tit* I tma .nagnatv r fapan Sv attend th*- the Dictur" World In K0 iway a fortnight
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    SIR MAHMUD'S FOUR ROADS TO RACIAL HARMONY
    114 9 SIR MAHMUD'S FOUR ROADS TO RACIAL HARMONY [MM, Mon. Malaya's r.uui harmony' ex">l bo held in "morrow. imhihition. organised by 1 1 speaker of the i "until, Dato Sir bin Mat. will mels showing different races united through parity, unselflsh- <>VP. tlimud got this hi- attended the I Mrml rearmament
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    Merdeka Day — why Aug. 31 was chosen
    124 9 Merdeka Day why Aug. 31 was chosen KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Keeper of th c Rulers' Seal, Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri, tonight explained why the Alliance Govern. ment had chosen Aug. 31 as the day to pro. claim independence for the Federation. H P was answering listeners in the Radio
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    ACCUSED OF PARANG THREATS
    77 9 ACCUSED OF PARANG THREATS YANG Man Yang yesterday pleaded not guilty In Singapore to threatening two revenue officers with bodily Injury by wielding a parang at them to induce them to release a taxi driver whom they had arrested. He was also accused of wielding a parang at another officer
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    Marshall attacks Govt. attitude to midwives
    294 9 CONTEMPT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS DISPUTE, HE TELLS TRIBUNAL Jf R. .DAVID MARSHALL, legal adviser to the Singapore Midwives' Union, said yesterday I that the root cause of the dispute between the union and the Government was "the Government's contempt for midwives." He
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    Union adviser objects to laughter
    278 9 to qualify for a Class B certificate in midwifery, while nurses qualified with a Class A certificate, which required greater proficiency. He agreed that the midwifery service did not include only midwives but also nurses who are qualified in the profession. Mis s Frances Wong
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    Get-together
    23 9 A Hari Raya Hajl gatherIre will be held by the Singapore UMNO Youth Division on Sunday at 15, Lorong M. Telok Kurau.
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    AUSTRALIA WILL ASSIST S.E-ASIAN NEIGHBOURS: McBRIDE
    215 9 AUSTRALIA WILL ASSIST S.E-ASIAN NEIGHBOURS: McBRIDE CIR Philip Mcßride. Australia's Minister for Defence, said in Singapore yesterday that Australia would help her neighbours in South-East Asia. The Minister, who was paying a visit to the Singapore Naval Base, told men of H.M.A.S. Anzac: "We shall help our neighbours which are
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    Two councillors
    30 9 YONO PENG Johore. Mon. Mr. Gwee Eu Yeng, a sawmill manager and Mr. Llm Zim Sim, chairman of the Yong Peng co-operative society, have been elected local councillors.
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    This is undignified, Chew is told
    184 9 UNION ATTACKS MINISTER THE Singapore Teachers' Union last night accused the Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, of adopting "a most unbecoming and undignified" policy in using the Press to conduct a debate on normal trained teachers' claims. The union was referring to Mr.
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    Alert gets a new crew
    61 9 Alert gets a new crew H.M.S. Alert, which took part in the recent British hydrogen bomb tests off Christmas Island, was recommissioned yesterday at the Singapore Naval Base. After a short ceremony, conducted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. H. S. Fry, the new crew which had been flown from
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    Raja Muda opens kampong road
    34 9 IPOH. Mon. The Raja Muda of Perak yesterday opened a 31-mile road, built by the people of Kampong Cheh in Lengong. About 1.500 Malays live in I the kampong.
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      189 9 V<\ !#or#/<fff Jf.#>. Martha wanted S I^HPTrc, JU&T A SEPATIVE^fIf' I WANT MARTHA V I SENT MARTHA \iti V THAMKS POX. X AREN'T XXI INVITIN& M£ V 4 MR LOCK-- SO THAT H TO COME IN HERE 'T HOME' SHE NEEDS \A CS?IVIN& ME I IN, MARTHA WE'VE f a
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    UNITED ENGINEERS JUMP UP $1 ON FIRM SHARE MART
    152 10 UNITED ENGINEERS JUMP UP $1 ON FIRM SHARE MART By Our Market Correspondent A NUMBER of industrial leaders showed improvement on a firm market which affected all sections of the Singapore Share Market yestprriji v There was no semblance of "Monday-itis" on the market and little hesitation to move_ to
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    159 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. A more Irregular tone was displayed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today, although rise* exceeded falls. Trading was active with sales covering a wide range of stocks. B.H.P. shares held steady at 535. 6d. following the announcement of record profit figures. In mining, trading was quiet
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    582 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Firm and active conditions prevailed on the local share market, with the possible exception of local rubbers." Singapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelt Ords. 365. 6d. cd (overnight); Praser &*Neave ords $2.74 (overnight), 12.74 and
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    150 10 The Malayan Excnange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (.all rates to $100):New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32 9/16, OD. 32 11 16, 90 d/st 32 15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills Canada: buying airmail: T.T. j 31 1/16, O.D. 31 3/16,
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    STORE SHIPPING
    87 10 Ships lyfci( alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or I expected today are: Ben van hoc h 13. Peleus 45, Kyoan Maru 6A, Agamemnon 67, Ball 89, Louise Lykes 11, Manila Maru 13 14,1 Gorgon 15 16, Glengyle 18. Lam Ann N. Wall l, Beetong N. Wall 8.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    19 10 SlN<;ap (>k RIBBKK U ''"> IS T (up 0 "nt, a cent) Uar W TIN: plcul (down V,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    89 10 August f\nt m f-o.b. closed ln '""<*' bj, Monday at 5.4 '"**!*>" one- quan<r The rlosiii.; Clo«n c prjr< yesterday were OFFICIAL: b buyer, <N); Int. l r s ■< 94: seHers M Sept. buyer, INOFFIIIA, OP Int. 2 R.s s i 1N X* seller 93' v buyers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    48 10 Singapore (hi no*. Pr dv chance: noon yesterday were Copra: quit $24-\ buyer! count oil: quiet lers, drum $4 quiet; no busi Muntok white special Barawi unchans."-<: Sinjaporr Copn Wia,,,. p.m. price,: sir.,. July $24 quiet. Fair mrrciuntablr Bon. mixed copra: J $27 >4 seller s
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      1075 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment to the post of MACHINERY ASSISTANT ln the MACHINERY Department on the Salary Scale for Technical Assistants $324x14--352/419x14 545/562x18-652 plus COXA., at current rates. Applicants must possess the Technical College Diploma ln mechanical engineering or its equivalent. Application on Form
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      745 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that my child Lorraine Marguerite Yvonne Dlllew. born on 8.5.52 in India, will henceforth be known as Lorraine Marguerite Yvonne Rodtwltt. Sd. E. M. RODTWITT. NOTICE I have resigned my position as Manager. TAN HONG TEK St CO. Singapore from 16th July 1957 after
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    yUGOSLAVIA main mart for Malayan coconut oil
    127 12 yUGOSLAVIA main mart for Malayan coconut oil T ARGER purchases of J crude coconut oil by Yugoslavia boosted Malaya's foreign exports of the product in May. Yugoslavia bought 1.503 tons of crude coconut oil from Malaya in May. about a quarter of which came from Singapore This amount was the
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    NEW REMOTE-CONTROLLED RADIO
    139 12 ANEW kind of German radio, which works with a remote sonic switch device without any wire con- i nection, is one of the latest engineering novelties in- i troduced in the Malayan market. By this "magic switch", a listener can switch on i and off a correspondingly
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    'India can beat Japan's textiles'
    194 12 'India can beat Japan 's textiles INDIAN printed goods can successfully meet the strong Japanese competition in the Malayan market, in the view of a Bombay textile company director, Mr. V.P. Shah, who visited Singapore recently. But Indian textile manufacturers must produce more variety of attractive designs and colour combinations,
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    'Malayanisation is proceeding'
    121 12 A leading European firm has announced in Kual:i Lumpur that it has so far Malayanised at least 30 per cent, of its executive positions A director of Sime, Darby and Co. Ltd., Mr. W. Locke said shortly after the rehabilitation of the business id 1946 the company
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    'CONTINUED TIN STABILITY'
    116 12 The tin market is notorious- ly volatile, and certain factor < must be watched if the present stability Is to be maintained, according to A. Strauss and Co. Ltd. in the July review of the tin market Some slight unrest in Singapore, threatening tin shipments almost overnight,
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    UK steel record
    59 12 The production of steel in the United Kingdom for th* first six months of the year was 11.140.000 tons compared with 10.600.000 tons for the same period last year. This Increase of 5.1 per cent means that total production this year Is expected to exceed 22.000.000 tons
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    JUNGLE LAND HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED Stage is being set for $3m. Merdeka Fair
    450 12  - JUNGLE LAND HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED Stage is being set for $3m. Merdeka Fair TAN TOCK SAIK 300 exhibitors to take part BY AFTER a year's planning and work, the stage i« set for the biggest-ever trade fair in Malaya the $3,000,000 Merdeka trade fair and motor-show in Petaling Jaya, which
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    $55,000 rest centre for foreign visitors
    47 12 $55,000 rest centre for foreign visitors Workmen are seen here working on the $55,000 ulrconditioned YIP club house for guests at the Merdeka Trade Fair in Petaling Jaya, next month. The house will be completely surrounded by an artificial moat. Three bridges will provide access for visitors.
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    Can demand increasing
    112 12 THE world-wide increase of demand for cans is the subject of comment in the July issue of the magazine "Tin." As the standard of living rises in underdeveloped countries the demand is likely to increase still further, the article says. Can-makers are well aware of this demand
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    Executives studying local needs
    69 12 Executives studying local needs TWO executives of Johnson and Johnson Export Ltd.. manufacturers of medical and surgical accessories, hay.--arrived in Singapore study Ing market conditions. The organisation's general manager, Mr. G. Nosotti. and advertising manager, Mr. K Barclay, arrived yesterday. The managing director. Mr E. Marsh, will arrive soon. The
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    Jack's new director in London
    35 12 Jack's new director in London Mr. H. F. Clements, who recently retired as chairman and managing director of William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd.. has now joined the board of William Jacks and Co., London.
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    CHINA BUYS COPRa" SUPPLIES FROM NORTH BORNEO
    211 12 By E. HONG from Tawau, North Bon*T^ r»OMMUNIST CHINA is negotiating f or th v> chase of a further 1,000 tons of cor North Borneo for August shipment. Communist China ha s al- ready bought 2,000 tons of FMBNB copra for July shipment
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    'Natural must take offensive'
    127 12 A TECHNICAL advisor,*. A vice to user i V] rubber is again Mr. y by the Natural i: w lopment Board The need v. tioned by the Board -12," but it has been -"J& in more recent yeai development of c^ro>titr« from synthetic rubber h, reached
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    Seven records at ACS meet
    96 13 PARIT BUNTAR, Mon. SEVEN records were broken at the 32nd annual athletic sports of the Anglo-Chinese School held on the padang here yesterday. Outstanding athletes were Mohammed Adnan bin Omar who won four events (440, 880, mile and hop, step a~<ri Jump) to become the
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    Merdeka Games: N.Z. asks why no expenses?
    427 13  - Merdeka Games: N.Z. asks why no expenses? DAVID FINDLAY From WELLINGTON, Mon. MISGIVINGS about iTX some aspects of the New Zealand cycling team's visit to Kuala Lumpur next month, for the Merdeka Games have been voiced here. The team of four cyclists —Pius coach and manager —is expected to arrive
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    Lock icon DADAWN WAS IN GREAT FORM
    79 13 HONOLULU, Mem- Dawn Praser, Australian Olympic swimming- champion, equalled her own world free-style record for 100 metres and bettered her world 100 yards record here last night. She covered the 100 metres In lmln. 2sec. and in the course of the swim clocked 56.35 ec
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      61 13 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE 41 metres KUALA UMPIR 341 metres PENANG 366 metre* 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; 8.00 News Headlines; 8.02—8.30 A Date With Music P.M. 1.15 Lucky Dip; 1.30 News; 1.46—2 00 Lucky Dip;
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      64 13 niversary; 6.55 Regional Announcements; 6.56 Singapore Sh re Market Report; 700 News; 7.10 News Talk; 7.15 Sports Reel; T. 30 The Malaya na Ires; 8.00 To Let; 8.30 Life with the Lyons; 900 Discussing the Discs; 9.30 News; 9.45 Janos Starker; 10.00 L. P. Review; 10.30 11.00 Ted Heath and
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    Kesavan sets pace for records
    322 14 FIVE HEW MARKS ON FIRST DAY OF SVOKS SCHOOLS ATBLETICS MBBT FRIDA MAY PUSH HIM TO I FASTER TIMES By SAUL JOSHUA CINGAPORE'S sprint champion. Kesavan Soon of Victoria School, set the pace for records when he bounded away to new times in the sprints
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    ACS quartet in Young Cup relay final
    187 14 ACS quartet in Young Cup relay final Andrew's) took second place with 138 ft. 2in. The fourth record to topple was |H the 220 yards "B" division j when Wilson David (Beatty) clocked 24-3 sec —a tenth of a second better than the old recordThe Anglo Chinese School "B" division
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    NZ DAVIS CUP TEAM DUE HERE ON JULY 28
    135 14 NZ DAVIS CUP TEAM DUE HERE ON JULY 28 By MOK SIM PIN NEW ZEALAND'S Davis Cup team will play exhibition matches in Singapore at the end of this month. The New Zealanders, who are on their way home after their Davis Cup second round tie against England and the
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    Lock icon Tyson takes 7 for 25
    136 14 LONDON, Mon. 17RANK (Typhoon) Tyson showed 1 a glimpse of his England form when he took seven Glamorgan wickets for 25 runs today. His performance enabled Northampton to beat Glamorgan by ten wickets in two days. Score were: At Cardiff: Glamorgan 103 and 107 (Tyson
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    RESULTS OF FOUR FINALS AND HEATS
    897 14 Results of finals were: Pole vault: 1. Low Sin Moh (RI) 10ft.- 2- Wong Kul Hld (SAS) 9ft. Bin.; 3. Jagrup Singh 'RI, 9ft. -Sin.; Shot pat: 1. L. da Sllva (SJI) 33ft. 61n. 2. M. Rodrigeus (SJI) 33ft. 3in., 3. Seah Pong Hyu
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    S. China should keep cup for HK
    299 14 S. China should keep cup for HK MALAYAN CHINESE FACE DEFEAT says 808 PIDCEON MALAYAN CHINESE, smarting under Sunday's 6-2 defeat by Kowloon Bus just about the worst defeat in their record can expect similar treatment from South China in the Ho Ho Cup match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
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    SASA NAMES 16 FOR M-GAMES TRAINING
    94 14 TTOE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association last night named 16 water-polo players to undergo training for the Merdeka Games at Kuala Lumpur The final selection will be H made after "time trials" to be held on July 27. The 16 players named for training are:
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    Swim final
    26 14 Foo Chee Han won the 1,500 m final of the Chinese Swimming Club championships at Amber Road yesterday. His time was 21mln. 49.1 sec
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    Signals in Cup Final
    63 14 ROYAL Signals beat Singapore Guard Regiment 4-0 at Slim Barracks yesterday to enter the Base District's Parker Cup soccer final. The other finalists are Regimental Pay Office. Signals opened the scoring midway in the first half through Stoddard and led 1-0 at the interval. They added
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    WINNING DEBUT for HOAD
    60 14 NEW YORK. Mon— Lew Hoad. Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, won his first professional match yesterday beating fellow Australian Frank Srrt;man 6-3 6-4 6-4 Hoad, who recently signed a 1 44,000 contract with Jack Kramer, was playing in the Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills. Sedgman won
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    Big victory for Venture
    33 14 The Venture for Victory basketball team from the United States scored their second win in Singapore when they beat Tuan Yon 91-48 at the Great World Stadium last night.
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    Katong out
    25 14 Yesterday's BAFA matches results: Junior Cvp Police "A" 1, Katong 0 (at Geylang); Dlv 3B Tuan Mong 3, Kebenaran 1 (at Farrer Park).
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    EDDY THE ONLY 'FOREIGNER' in BAM MEET
    888 14 FULL LIST OF ENTRIES IPOH, Monday. EDDY CHOONG and three Sarawak players form the overseas entry for this year's Malayan badminton championships to be played here from Aug. 22 to 25. All the other International stars from Inala, Denmark, Indonesia. Slam and the
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    Prize for Wong
    50 14 Wong Tik Yuen won the Royal Island Club Captain's Prize (18 holes stroke) with a nett score of 69 at Thomson Road on Sunday. Wong 1 32 > also won the second nine holes of the ball sweep, the first nine went to Ghew Keow Seong (33).
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    W. Indie 337-7 in 2nd innings
    55 14 W. Indie 337- 7 in 2nd innings SOUTH AA si r< the third wtoSt Bruce P., went on to s Evertoii helped th regain th< after beii the fir,; Htanpshire At clo.-u 337 for jecor.d innings -n.' 110 in th Hampshii Hampshire Saturday, had severely bowler Tom Dewtoey^ ichieved hi
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    74 14 west mn K| Inm Gray c Sober., b ;>. Sainsbu: Harrison Dewdney Heath b Dewdm Burden c a: Wickets fell at: u^° 159 159 BOYVLIM Worrell 16-2-41- 19J-2-38-5; Sobd WEST IM)ll>-;,,di nri Ganteaume Palraudeau Asgarali lov. Weekes ltm B Walcott Bl Sobers c EaaeSmith lbw SliacUcon Worrell not Alexander
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    Woodhouse to lead S'pore
    54 14 JOHN Woodhouse, the Singapore Cricket Club captain, will lead the Singapore side against Malacca in the two-day match on the padang this weekend. The team is: John Wood- house, H a I Chris Arkell. Bill B Delilkan H Allen Orindrc m Kirkham. Lea K Hanrahan. Ti.
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      55 14 wmwm ATHLETICS: Inter-school championships (finals) at Jalan Besar (3 p.m.); FE4*' championships at Seletar SOCCER: SAFA Junior Cup: C.A. "A" v Haikowyu at Geylanr; Rajaji v R.V Kranjl at Farrer Park; Western v Bedok at Farrer Park; SCC v Pond ok Peranakan at padanc. BASKETBALL: Hon* Kon; v Singapore at
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