The Straits Times, 27 July 1957

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    13 1 The Straits Times New**** Estd. 1845 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1957
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    FLOODS BATTER JAPAN
    139 1 BODIES OF HUNDREDS SWEPT AWAY IN RUSHING TORRENTS Eye-witnesses say dead will number thousands when rescuers enter No word of 500 caught in train TOKYO, Friday IFFICIAL count of dead in the Kyushu (I disaster increased steadily tonight as enewed contact with inundated towns ant 1 rities.
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    150,000 FAMILIES ARE NOW HOMELESS
    95 1 150, 000 FAMILIES ARE NOW HOMELESS KR pilots who began ferrying doctors, rescue sauads and supplies into tht •me passeneers were seen cowering rool of carriages in torrential rain. ivy rain continued after rain gauges had led the heaviest falls ever 27in. in 24 hours. worst Hood disaster. nese Government
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    Lock icon 'BOLT OF LIGHTNING CUT THE SKY'
    153 1 OR.Yasujiro I kawa, a 34--?roc< r, said began Qgry boll of the sky." mdtaf thunder fol- md then the rains laid Not by the It seemed as if id dumped the "mtents oi a lake on us." i said he had family to .md
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    Father didn't know his twins had died
    346 1 Father didn't know his twins had died DOUBLE SHOCK AT HOSPITAL IPOH, Fri— The proud 1 father of a set of premature twins had a double shock when he went to the Ipoh General Hospital tc see the 20-day-old babies for the first time. First, an official told him that
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    Lock icon RAF calls a halt to Oman raids
    152 1 SHARJAH, iTrucial Coast), Fri. After throe days of cannon and rocket attacks the Royal Air Force announced j today it was suspending fur- j ther action against Oman re- bels. There was no immediate information about the period of suspension but observers here
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    THAT $80,000 COULD BE ALL YOURS!
    87 1 YOU'VE still time to make your bid for the $80,000 Jackpot in The Malayan Monthly's Contest 'L' (July). And there's also $5,000 in consolation prizes. The contest closes on Monday TWO days from today. Entries from outside Singapore will be accepted up to 10
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    Lock icon Fired: The $50 million ruler
    211 1 he did command was dimmed by the shadow of Premier (now President) Habib Bourguiba. On May 15. lf>43 a week after the Allies drove the Germans out of Tunis, the French dethroned the allegedly pro-German Bey. Moncef. and installed I-. imine. his cousin. I. .inline
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    Lock icon PRINCESS IS TOLD: OH, DO RAISE THAT NECKLINE...
    102 1 PRINCESS IS TOLD: OH, DO RAISE THAT NECKLINE... LONDON, Fri. The Dail.y Express suggested to Princess Margaret today that she watch her weight or raise the neckline of her dresses. Proof of the plunging neckline in the paper was a pic- turc of the Princess at a Buckingham Palace garden
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    Best man's bride
    34 1 KANSAS CITY, Fri. —Mrs. Marion s. Hedrick, 67, and Mr. E. W. Stilwell. 76. who m best man at her first wedding 4l years ago. were married last night. A. P.
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    Lock icon Strikers foiled
    106 1 POLICE GET THE LORRIES IN lONDON, Fri.— Police J escorted convoys of fruit and vegetable lorries into the London markets today to prevent intimidation oy striking porters. Vans from the farms were met on the main roads outside the London area and collected into groups before moving on
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    Death on the bridge
    54 1 Trio Yuen Liang, 24, a Malayan Airways traffic clerk, was killed last night when his 1 nntor cycle ran into the the back of a car on Merdeka Bridge, Singapore. His pillion rider, Goh Teck Thye, 27, also of Malayan Airways, was admitted to the General
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    Lock icon The last 1,200
    25 1 LONDON, Fri. The last 1.200 men of the Commonwealth contingent in Korea will leave Inchon tomorrow, the War Office announced today —Reuter.
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    Self-rule? 'No one wants it in Hong Kong'
    157 1 Self-rule? 'No one wants it in Hong Kong' LONDON, Fri. The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Alexander Grantham. said here today: "Not only is there no demand for selfgovernment in Hong Kong but there is a definite opposition to it." He added: "What the Chinese ask of the Government is
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    Lock icon 60 DIE AT WEDDING
    30 1 CAIRO, Friday.— Sixty people, including the bride, were killed when a house where a wedding was being celebrated collapsed here today. The bridegroom was injured.— Reuter.
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    Brunei on the merdeka road
    42 1 Brunei on the merdeka road BRUNEI, Fri.— Britain and the Sultan of Brunei today issued proposals to give Brunei its first written constitution. Under the plans the Sultan, who is Asia's last absolute Malay monarch, will govern his oil-rich state, a British
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    34 1 CHINA OFFERS REBELS AID (Sre this page) CAIRO. Fri.— Red China has offered to send help to rebel forces lighting for control of Muscat and Oman. spokesman for rebels said tonight. U.P.
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    Lock icon EARL OF ROCK WEDS TYPIST IN VILLAGE CHURCH
    199 2 EARL OF ROCK WEDS TYPIST IN VILLAGE CHURCH T ONDON, Fri. The Earl of Wharncliffe, known to friends as "Lord Rock and Roll," married Miss Aline Bruce. 19--year-old shorthand typist, in Bolsterstone parish church, near Sheffield. Yorks., yesterday. Lord Wharncliffe, 22. is a professional jazz drummer and recently became the
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    Lock icon DYING BOY ON WORLD TOUR SEES POPE
    192 2 Matador dedicates his first bull to Richard after a big welcome in arena BARCELONA Fri.— Bullfight fans gave Richard Skelton. son of American comedian Red Skelton. a standing ovation in the Monumental arena yesterday and matador Antonio Bienvenida dedicated his first bull to
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    Lock icon Shells end lull
    21 2 TAIPEH. Fri— The Communists broke a four-day lull last night and fired 40 shells at Little Quemoy.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon PRETTY GIRL SAVED BY ROSARY
    124 2 PRETTY GIRL SAVED BY ROSARY NEW YORK, Fri.— A Roman Catholic priest used a string of Rosary beads yesterday to save the life of a pretty girl teetering on the roof of a six-storey building. The girl, Juanita Marrero, 20. of Puerto Rico, was seen on the edge of the
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    Lock icon Govt. wins debate on economic policies
    321 2 THORNEYCROFT TO SET UP PRICE'REVIEW COUNCIL LONDON, Friday. T*HE British Government last night won a 63 majority in the House of Commons for its economic policies, defeating a critical Labour motion by 304 votes to 241. One Conservative, Mr. Martin Lindsay, sprang a surprise
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    Lock icon JUDGE ADMIRES COURT CAN-CAN
    239 2 Showgirl witnesses kick and cartwheei LONDON. Fri.— Two nightclub beauties kicked up their heels in an eyecatching can-can dance before an appreciative judge in Lewes Assize court last night Th bewigged and redl justice watched inly as the two beaui- gyrated before him with flying legs,
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    Lock icon WHY ROUND CHESES? THEY
    123 2 BONN. Fri. Dutch insistence on making cheeses round is annoying German food retailers. They arc planning a protest against this "senseless adherence to tradition" to the Netherlands Embassy here and to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. A spokesman of the Food Retailers' Association said today: "To
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    Lock icon Sixth day in a tub of ice
    53 2 DALLAS, Frt. Bill Turner. 62. whose temperature rose to 1096 decrees before he was placed In a tub of ice. entered his sixth day of survival yesterday. Doctors said they hart never heard of another case of anyone surviving so long after such
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    Lock icon Molotov 'to be ambassador'
    43 2 WASHINGTON. Fri.— The I Washington Post reported today that the Kremlin had decided to allow Mr. V M. Molotov, the ousted Sovle' Foreign Minister, to leave Russia for an ambassadorial post "either In Argentina oi t Afghanistan."— Reuter U
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    Lock icon $90,000 suit after lie
    62 2 BALTIMORE. Fri. Mary 1 Leona Gage Enni.s. whose "I am single" lie put her out of the Miss Universe contest, is facing a US$3O,OOO <$90.000> law suit. The raven-haired beauty la being sued by the blonde beauty she defeated for the right to represent Maryland in
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    HAIRDO'S AND DON'TS FOR THE FORCES
    106 2 Barbers: Drop sergeant-major's cut LONDON. Friday. DRITAIN3 18.000 professional hairi tested today at the "sereeant major's haircut enforced in the anne; serrlcea The National Ha Federation sent i all three serv: «s' departments "There ever today officers i i hair be unlformlj to one-quar
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    TROOPS TO BEAT RED OILMEN IN SUMATRA
    99 2 TROOPS TO BEAT RED OILMEN IN SUMATRA JAKARTA. Fri— The Indonesian Kovrrnment today called in troops to run North Sumatra's rich oilfield plagued by Communist labour unrest. The .Minister for Trade and Commerce Mr. Sunardjo. said: "The only way to speed up production in that stateowned enterprise is by asking
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    Lock icon CEYLON'S LANGUAGE ROW is SETTLED
    151 2 CEYLON'S LANGUAGE ROW is SETTLED C OL SS ft* nounced its aeoS o > call on a *°n obedience propose sia tne island. >* The announ a joint stati of the Federa Premier, Mr. So ranaike. after meeting Agreement Th c statement tt u the leaders had aJES *l Tamil
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    Travel limit
    20 2 TOKYO. FW nese Oorernmi n| today tricted thp travel of S diplomats to wit] radius of Tokyo. Reu'.f
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    Jailbreak ends
    16 2 P..RIS. Fri— French prison rarden today decided to end their 10-day pay strike Fteuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    271 2 LONDON, Pri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Jenim Kepong (2/-! i .•_>-'... por- nek Rubber Tru I Se<lei..ik ilping Utd. Sun RtM SOITH \H;i< I' De Beer.c Anglo- Amencan Freddies President Brand President Steyn Western Hoi. F.S. Geriuld RUBBER
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    Lock icon No greens-lived to 102
    24 2 SYDNEY. Fri. "ears-old v here on Wei never tc have vegetables in Sh« whose dirt of meat, bread v Reuter.
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    'Nominated members used to ensure Government majority'
    392 3 LIB-SOCS ON ATTACK BUT LIM REPLIES: COUNCILS WILL RELY ON THEM nominated members in elected bodies are out of date today, they are needed as experienced hands to guide the first three District Councils to be established in Singapore next year. With this
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    NEW 10 cts. STAMP ON SALE IN 8 DAYS
    74 3 NEW 10 cts. STAMP ON SALE IN 8 DAYS ■HI I .■clcr.ilion 1(1 cent tbove) will be m ill post otlices in 1 pdcratton except ..id at tho General •hit. Singapore, on I 1 tifet and a piftbe Sultan of 111. j us uill be sold b«--I in. .11. d
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    Malay lectures
    20 3 day on "Oui Its Meaning" will 730 Dunman Road c Sundays, wed- Fridays at 7.3 C ning tomorrow.
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    "NO" TO DIALECTS
    157 3 "N O" TO DIALECTS tnbly rejects bid to open Council to more tongues Tingapore L-eui.s-Assembly yes- "no" to a :ialist move arious Chinese to be spoken La Council. In to Mandarin, M lay :ind Engwas debatinc il Government Bill h Chinese dialects ken in the pro- Councils. bo opposed the
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    MARILYN'S STATISTICS RAISE A LAUGH
    25 3 PUPILS of St. Margaret's School laugh at a reference to Marilyn Monroe's vital statistics in the debate.— Straits Times picture.
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    MALAYA'S NAVY TO SAY 'M-HELLO'
    159 3 MALAYA'S NAVY TO SAY 'M-HELLO' CHIPS of the Royal Malayan Navy will visit every state in the Federation to take part in local merdeka celebrations, it was announced yesterday. H.M.M.S. Penyu, commanded by Lt.-Cmdr. P Wilson, will be at Port Swettenham from Aug 28 to Sept. 4 for the national
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    Johore Guides for parade
    49 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl.— Three Guides from Johore Bahiu have been selected to take part in the merdeka parade at Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 31 They are Miss Christina Khoo. a Cadet, Che Hendon binte Haji Nasir, a Guilder, and Che Haslnah binte Ibrahim a Guide.
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    STUDENTS SHOW SPIRIT IN ROCK 'N' ROLL DEBATE
    321 3 IS rock 'n' roll the result of too much independence or too little? This question was argued at a mixed schools debate at St. Andrew's School, Singapore, yesterday. Boys and girls from three mission schools St. Andrews, St. Margaret's and St. Hilda's
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    Strike talks
    28 3 Talks to end the two-month-old strike for more pay by 23 shoe *alesmeri in five stores in Slngapo"- will begin at the Labour Mln.stry on Tuesday.
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    DATO TAN AGREES TO BE GOVERNOR
    159 3 'Short term' in Penang KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE M.C.A. president, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, has been persuaded to consider accepting the post of Governor of Penang after merdeka, it was learnt here today. Sir Cheng-lock has made it clear, however, that he will retain
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    Strike report for Mr. Lim
    46 3 The Singapore Chief Minister and Minister for Labour. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. -*ili receive a report on the bus strike talks which broke down this we<k. The report is now being drafted by Assistant Commissioner for Labour. Mr. Goh Koh Pui,
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    Reception by officers
    48 3 j Lt.-Col. R. W. Stephenson and the officers of the Ist Bn Singapore Infantry Regiment, will give a cocktail reception at the S.M.F. Headj quarters in Beach Road, to- morrow at 7 p.m. The wife of the Chief MiniLster. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will attend.
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    Play next week
    39 3 The Singapore Dockyard Club Amateur Dramatic Society will present "Will Any Gentleman? 1 a three act farce by Vernon Sylvaine, at the Dockyard Theatre, Naval Base, on Thursday. Friday and Saturday next week at 8.30 p.m.
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    Curiosity killed a youth
    254 4 -AND COST LIFE OF RESCUER (JURIOSITY killed an 18-year-old youth and led to the death of ii man who tried to help him, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. The youth, Isnin bin Kamari, a labourer, died of respiratory failure due to oxygen deficiency when he
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    Warehouse men cash in on go-slow
    87 4 RENTS lor godowns had risen as much as 50 per tent since the Singapore Harbour Board go-slow began nearly a month ago, consignees said yesterday. They pay lighter charges as Jong as their goods are in the lighters so they are anxious to unload
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    Homage to Dato Panglima Kinta
    41 4 IPOH. Fn. The town council observed a minute's silence at its meeting last night to honour the memory of the Dato Panglima Kinta Dr. Dato Hajl Mohamed EusnfT bin Mohamed YusofT w.-ho died early this month
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    Shoemen unite
    17 4 Foot-wear makers in Singapore are to form an association called the Foot Wear Workers' Union.
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    LIFT MECHANIC INJURED
    61 4 A mechanic. Hoo Ban Chen. 33. was injured while 1 repairing the motor of a lift on the roof of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building 1 yesterday. The brake slipped and the lift suddenly pl'.nged downwards. A cro .^-spanner on the motor .pun wildly and hit
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    300-YEAR-OLD GOLD COINS UNEARTHED IN KEDAH
    264 4  - 300-YEAR-OLD GOLD COINS UNEARTHED IN KEDAH BENG SOON Ancient legend of militant suitor recalled by treasure find A LOR STAR, Fri.— r Gold coins believed to have been used more than 300 years ago during the reign of Sultan Sulaiman Shah, ancestor of the present Sultan, have been found in
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    CONSUL'S DAUGHTER IN FOR HOLIDAY
    47 4 CONSUL'S DAUGHTER IN FOR HOLIDAY MISS IMAI ROHREKE, 15. a German schoolgirl who flew into Singapore yesterday to spend her holidays with her parents in Kuala Lumpur. Imai's father is the German Consul in Kuala Lumpur. She will be hrr P for seven weeks Straits Times picture.
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    Park to be developed
    51 4 Lake Gardens plan KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A municipal committee has agreed in principle to proposals to develop the Lake Gardens. The plans will develop the gardens into a natural park and will close existing roads in the centre to traffic. The committee is asking for detailed
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    22 delayed by visa trouble
    45 4 Twenty two members of the Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers' Union due in Singapore by BOAC yester day to attend the Hong Kong Products Exhibition, werv delayed because of visa trou ble. dome of the delegation are expected by aif today.
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    Drive for more members
    32 4 MALACCA, Frl.— The Ma lacca Indian Association is :o start a drive for members. At present it has about 200. This was decided at the association's general meeting
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    Shots at sentry
    27 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Three terrorists fired at a Home Guard sentry in the Klang di-strict yesterday. The sentry fired back and the bandits fled.
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    Phone union cables War Office after Governor's 'no'
    155 4 Phone union cables War Office after Governor's 'no' rpHE Singapore Tele- phone Board Employees' Union last night cabled the War Minister in London after it had been told that the Governor, Sir Robert Black, would not meet a union delegation at Government House. The delegation was to have discussed with
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    DUD CHEQUE MAN IS JAILED
    224 4 Cheated a salesman of $4,900 A FORMER company proprietor who issued a worthless cheque for $4,945 after receiving 130 watches was yesterday Jailed for 12 months by a Singapore court. David Eng Ah Kow, 25. formerly of the Guan Aik Enterprise (M> Co. was found
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    Kiwi ship blasts Reds in jungle
    77 4 Kiwi ship blasts Reds in jungle Hi. New Zealand cruiser Koyalist. now on her wa> to Hone Kong, shelled terrorist targets in the remote Penggerang area ol South-East Jobore on Thursday. From a point five miles offshore the cruisers gun* roared out for an houi and a half while an
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    Packed house at play
    50 4 PENANG. Fn A packer house greeted the opening performance last night of the visiting Indian dramatic troupe. T. K. S. Brothers, v the City Stadium Park eraK Road. The troupe will oresent three plays during their short season here. They leave Pen ang on Aug. 8.
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    Three cleared of rioting charge
    55 4 Three men, accused of armed rioting, were acquitted of the charse at their trial in Singapore yesterday. Lim Gim Seng, Lim Wah Thiam, and Ali bin Mohamed Amln had pleaded not guilty to assaulting Choo Eng Cheong and his three sons with an iron pipe
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    Repeat show for UMNO fair
    39 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri A dondani; sayang party ied by Mr Gwee Peng Kwee of the Gunong Sayang Club. Singapore will repeat their performance at the Tembatan Nong Chuk UMNO fun fair here tomorrow night.
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    Ships' officers threaten go-slow
    196 4 rE Malaysian Ship Officers' Union, which claims 300 members, is threatening a go-slow as a result of its wage dispute with the Singapore Maritime Employer's Federation. The union secretary, Capt. Mohamed Said Alias, .aid yesterday that a meeting next week would consider thus course of action
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    $20,000 M-joy
    20 4 SEGAMAT, Fri Segamat will spend $20,000 on the Merdeka celebrations to be held on Sept. 11 and 12.
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      173 4 ntniA |f if AVA I j -n:»cli 4.00 Lazy Afternoon; 4.30 J»lim«j***A Tea Dance; 5.00 Saturday Medley: SINGXPORE 41 metres 5 3 0 Bandstand; 5.50—6.00 i.i iii i I'MPI'R ■Ml metre* (approX) Sports Hour; 6.30 ProPF\ \fi 61 m"m i gramme Summary; 6.32 Light MALACCA m£Sm Musi 1 7.00 New.
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    My problem: Space, money and staff
    546 5 My problem: Space, money and staff COCHEME TO COMMISSION AT HOSPITAL— JPOH, Fri. The problem of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, is "'space, money and more staff." The Superintendent, Dr. M. A. K. Cocheme, said this today while the commission of inquiry was touring the hospital. The commission, consisting
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    Police look into golf club funds complaint
    119 5 I>OLICE are investi- stating the reported theft of a "considerable" sum of money from the funds of the Royal Singapore Golf Club. A check is being made on the books. The auditors are now trying to discover how mucli money is involved. Circulars
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    Orders against two debtors
    51 5 A receiving and adjudication order was made against E.A. Kunz of Tanglin Road in the Singapore High Court yesterday on the petition of the Income Tax Department for a debt of $2,222. A similar order was made against Tay Own Teck of 1 Jervois Road for
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    School expansion
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Five acres of State land in the mukim of Plentone:. Johore, j has been reserved for an extension of the trade school and staff quarters.
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    Find this woman-Red Cross gets request
    112 5 Find this woman- Red Cross gets request KUALA LI.MPI'R, Fri. The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva has asked Malaya to help trace a Chinese woman .Mrs. Tjong Se Niong who is believed to have visited either Kuala Lumpur or Malacca in 1935. She is said to have
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    SCHOOLS: GOVT. HAS SAVED $20 MIL.
    173 5 Afternoon sessions justified KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government has saved at least $20 million by providing afternoon sessions for some school children, the Minister lor Education. Dato Abdul Razak. said tonieht. From the beginning of 1956 education had cost the Government an increase
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    Malay Regiment's music director leaves army
    80 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Thu Director of Music of the Malay Regiment Central Band. Capt. Edgar Lenthall, returns to England by air to- j morrow on retirement after 36 years in the army. He joined the Malay Regi- ment in 1937. when It was in
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    Mayor of Singapore will be 'just a figurehead,'Assembly told
    308 5 Mayor of Singapore will be 'just a figurehead, 'Assembl y told THE mayor of the new Singapore City Council was described as 'just a figurehead" in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. This definition was given by the Minister tor Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy when he spoke on an amendment
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    He'll probe secrets of beggars and vagrants
    160 5 He'll probe secrets of beggars and vagrants EQUIPPED with a pen- cil, notebook and' a list of leading questions, a senior student from the Department of Social Studies at the University of Malaya will go to Johore Bahru in October to quiz a cross-section of local beggars and vagrants. "It's
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    New language lessons
    38 5 The Singapore Workers' Education Association has started a Malay class at Geylang English School, Lorong 21. The class is held every Tuesday and Thursday between 7 p.m. 8 p.m. The fee is $1 a month.
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    $7,000 bankrupt
    42 5 Teckchand Tejoomal, trading as T. Teckchand, was declared a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday on the petition of Dhalomal Ramchand for $7,063, the amount due for goods sold and delivered to him between Feb 13 and June 10.
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      309 5 TA YLOR DANCE STUDIO: ALLIANCE FRANCHISE: ExYMCA .Orchard Road) -Movie MH u« 'ft of Ba)ler hibuitm of French palntinss at 20 j Circle show -ThuiKter £TvMC A auditorium. Orchard Laidlaw Buildln B .opposite Hill" 8 p.m.; Senior Can ibrl dge sg x»u~ General Post Office) 9 a.m. to 1 Malay
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    36 6 10 Wurdl $2. i1l minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Singapore. 8 Orange Grove Road, Slngapore-10 (off Orchard Road i Sunday Sen-Ices and Sunday School 10 30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays. 7 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    58 6 IS Word, SIO (minimum). MR UM HONG HUAT thanks the doctors, sisters and nursing •taff of Ward B-l, Tan Tock Seng Hospital for their devoted attention to his beloved wife Anna Goh Han Sim, during her Illness and also all friends and relatives for their donations for masses, wreaths,
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    IN MEMORIAM
    18 6 10 Word, HO (minimum). DONALD: Alex. July 26th. So loved and so sadly missed. Marion Families.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    323 6 JO Word, $10 (minimum). HARROWS LTD SALE from Monday 29th July 1957. 7 Orchard Rd. DRESSES GOWNS Sale Starts on Monday at Mulchands. 82-1. Bras Basah Road. DOROTHY GRAY Finisheen Compact. Tinted cream base for a moist, dewy look, in handy com- pact. MACVITA, the ideal unsweetened biscuit for
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    317 6 iO Wordt $S (Min.)— Box in <•<«. extra. HOUSE FOR SALE. Attractive Tudor cottage Dorset VtM London Road 4M Shaft-sbury originally four cottages half modernised, three bedrooms, two reception, bathroom, etc. remaining five rooms not modernised. Pour outhouses including garage In acre orchard, paddock, vegetable garden, rock garden,
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    LOST
    34 6 20 Word, $i (Min.)— Box 10 rfi. ixtra. ATTENTION TAXI DRIVERS!! Reward. Lady's Reading Glasses Left in Taxi 10.30 p.m. Wednesday, Travelling Thomson Rd., Police Station to Oxley RoadContact Simpson, 3 Oxley Road.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 27, 1957. Waiting To See
    558 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 27, 1957. Waiting To See It is pleasant to have the Indonesian Government's reassurance that it has no intention of making another New Guinea issue out of the British Bornean territories. A speech in Indonesian Borneo by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Mr. Chairul
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    Rule By Huff
    333 6 Some curious ideas about representative government ar c held in this country, not only by the average voter but by elected representatives who should know better. For example in the course of a debate in the Ipoh Town Council an Alliance member was criticised by a colleague.
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    New Inflation
    248 6 Like influenza, inflation has a new mutation. Both America and Britain are suffering from the virus, although America's Secretary of the Treasury insists that the American brand is simply the classic variety, too much money chasing too few goods. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the debate on
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    As I was saying..,
    999 6  - As I was saying ANY challenge to the freedom of the press at once has all good newspapermen up in arms, but it is a little difficult to see how a scuffle in the Ministry of Labour threatens press freedom. A trade union official, angry over a story In the
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    Japanese girls grow faster than boys
    673 6  -  JAPANESE men, who have accepted the occupation fostered emancipation of their women with some reluctance, may have to look up to them one of these days. The awful truth Is that women here are growing faster than men. A Ministry of Education survey shows
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    120 6 (From the Straits Times of July 25, 1907) rE Government yesterday gazetted the appointment of a commission to Inquire into the opium question The Hon. Mr. John Anderson is President and other members are Hon. Mr. Tan Jiak Kirn. the Hon Dr. Galloway. Bishop Oldham. Dr. W.R.C.
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    CINDERS NOW: SIR ROBERT GIVES WORD'GO'
    66 7 CINDERS NOW: SIR ROBERT GIVES WORD 'GO' rnor, Sir Black, offiI Singaathletic rrer Park ilat< ,i the City itest nterithle- Olympic I -mile cinder I liable asset ithletic but cham pr conditions to abroad to Colony in c d ational aid: "Singaral awards in l r with the stlience which
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    'Insane when he threatened baby'
    232 7 SERGEANT'S DEFENCE TO HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE: JUDGMENT IS RESERVED CFRriTAVT D KUALA LUMPUR Friday. Raymond Morris Nevin of the Royal Australian Artil\f- v was tcm P° rar >b insane" when he broke into the house of the Minister tor Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, picked
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    Medical evidence disputed: 'Only a two-hour talk'
    652 7 police operations room through the wireless set in a police patrol car that he was speaking from "Nevin Estate." This showed that ne was cither insane at that time or he was an "extremely fine actor." There were two ways ot looking at
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    Lock icon FAREWELL KRIS
    568 7 Ir-old gift for MacG on visit to Perak Sultan KN'OSAR. Fri. mlssloner. r.iy wa:-. heath. 11 He i li on P ik h re to- iv received r her m Keeon m I>kandaria hi re, Itan and the lan, the Sultan eta anu .it the pp,- i n
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    '999'—then a struggle
    51 7 '999'— then a struggle Man in hospital FLICE last night overpowered a young tractor driver after a 20-minute struggle in a house in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. They went there after a "999" call. The man Samsudin bin Yu.sop. 25, was admitted to the General Hospital suffering from an "unknown
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    Passing out
    29 7 Two platoons of the Ist Bn.. the Singapore Regiment will hold their passing out parade at the Malayan Basic Training Centre, Nee Soon, at 10 a.m. today.
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    THOUSAND HAWKERS IN COURT
    49 7 THOUSAND HAWKERS IN COURT Extra police were tailed to the Singapore City Court yesterday when it dealt with a record number of m (i n- than 1.000 hawkers' cases. This was more than twice the previous highest number brought to the court in one day. There were no incidents.
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    Four years old
    15 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The Federation Military College celebrates its fourth birthday tomorrow.
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    Apex Club
    16 7 The new president of the Apex (City) Ciub of Singapore is Mr. Michael Fam.
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    THEY'LL FRET THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY ILL, SAYS DEFEATED Mr, BERGERE
    33 7 NICETTE and PEPSI with the man who will look after them during their month's quarantine in the animal infirmary. Mr Vusoff. Straits Times picture
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    Nicette and Pepsi are quarantined after all
    276 7 Nicette and Pepsi are quarantined after all THE battle over two beautiful Siamese cats ended yesterday when their owners, a newly-arrived American couple, were forced to yield to Singapore quarantine regulations. Because the owners, Mr. and M;s. Morton Bergere, had anirily refused to hand over the cats to officers of
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    FORMER COUNCILLOR GRANTED DIVORCE
    155 7 A FORMER Singapore Legislative Councillor, C. H. rg Dasaratha Raj, has been granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months by Mr Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Court on the ground of his wife's adultery. The suit was not contested, j
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    Geology survey hits snags
    281 7 SEVE.\ MEN LOST FOR TWO DA YS KUALA LJPIS. Friday. men were lost tor two days in deep jungle and five sick and injured mm were carried out during a geological survey of jOJ square miles of rugged terrain in south Kelantan and north-east Pahang. Inche
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    THE IDEA MALAYA GOT FROM OLD CHINA
    205 7 THE IDEA MALAYA GOT FROM OLD CHINA i IT UAL A LUMPUR, Fri. IV —The idea for the public service commissions in the Federation and Singapore originated from the public examination system of recruitment In Imperial China. Prof. C. N. Parkinson, Professor of History at the University of Malaya, said
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      373 7 ncerto 'Pianoi in F (Gershwin); Rhapsody in Blue! Ccrshwini. Julius Katchen iPiano) with Mantovani Concerto, for Violin" Orch. (Paganinil: No. 1 in D miior, Op. 6: No. 2 in B minor. Op. 7. Ruggiero Rico Th L ndon Symph. Orch. Icond Collins) nccrto Pi-noi No. 1 in B flat minor
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      131 7 Use Asepso Soap for skin complaints I I can't possiblq go to the dance this week. J K Not with all these Hb Aw} spots on my face. h V K \ff/ n~ J^YOU SHOULD USt\ mM W ASEPSO SOAP. MM M I'VE NEVER BEEN P^H^ I BOTHERED WITH fc^jgg^-aS?A
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    The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
    10 8 HIS SECRET WEAPON— THE PEOPLE
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    INDEBTEDNESS AMONG OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
    1160 8 MUCH has been written about indebtness in the Government service and the recommendations made by the Government and the Staff Side Council for steps to be taken to stop it. It is a pity that Staff Side Council, have overlooked one very important recommendation for
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    MERDEKA SHOUT OR BREAD WITHOUT THE 'MENTEGA'?
    98 8 AS a citizen of a country which is steering for independence in th e years to come, I fully endorse every word that "Malayan" wrote about "That Merdeka Shout." It is true there is much to be done by every Malayan in order
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      275 8 Feel the effect... Switch on a Crompton Parkinson High Efficiency Ceiling Fan and feel how well it works: see how little current it consumes I Ordinary fans give only half its amount of effective cooling for every unit of electricity. Notice, too, that it runs with absolute silence. The secret
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      243 8 VITAL WATERBURY'S COMPOUND When you reinforce your daily diet with pleasant-tutting Waterbury's Compound, you'll find thai you build up Vital d? Vigour and vitality in a surprisingly short Rich in strengthening essentials. .^^H^AX Waterbury's Compound adds energy to your system helps build resistance to fatigue and protects better against colds
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    Lock icon Entertainments in early Singapore
    1189 9 ••1.Ct,*.l '"'"^^^^v^f^^^TT^VIVVfIVVVffIViViIVVViIIiIVfNIVVHMnVIVHIVVVVVVVIIVftVVfVIVfffVVIVV'riVVVIIVMNIIIHiIIIVIVi^IVIIIWVi'iI'MnMHIIIMIIIIIHM MR. Dutroncoy, proprietor of Sinrtpore's first hotel, 'character." ionsieur Yvan, physician to a French i f i c mission iy through Singapore in :he year 1852, early victim ,\entricity. to the nne afterrreeted by ho, as a Fersey, spoke French) with tale about a
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      50 9 Your eyes feel T.on.ing fresh" 10-second Murine eye bath! soothing. RiNE in each tension.. I^ 1 For this hath gently I tissues. nd relieves ihe day's auy is- 'tttto outstanding new FIDELITY and !'*ier i! divclaped r 'can morkut °"<pli»ierc the "■c >nabl«t you I °"v volum. Itvtl I .ound.
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      169 9 Don't take chances when you buy oil c 3oy^^^^s TfJwmSkQk FOR CASTROL BY NAME A fgfQlfftlj B Just as you ask for your favourite brand of cigarettes I lliP*^i V by name< so you should ask f r your favourite brand of IV7 W oil. If you want CASTROL ask
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      99 9 /l#>.v Mary an M.tK Gate vhwred /JiVJfc Tracy l#i svurvh 1 a^ 7~] HT LOOC. LI7Z. ALLWDMEN^ VB' ME PROBABLY WENT HOME I 1 NOW, WHEHE DID Ijjp M»i*lii— W EVEN A POLICEWOMAN UKE fI TO GET SOME OP HIS WIFE'S J° S\ U A HE. OO? '^^YES. UZZ. 8
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    WITH RETURN OF BUYERS
    777 10 By Our Market Correspondent A NUMBER of industrial counters which had shown marked falls on Thursday staged a recovery on the Singapore Share Market yesterday as a result of buying interest at the lower levels. Several shares almost made recoveries to midweek levels and indicated buyers'
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    Cautious rubber dealers
    495 10 Cautious rubber dealers market opened the week with most dealers cautiously probing until the results of the Goodyear wage talks were known, reports Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co., Ltd., in a current review of the Singapore Rubber Market. Only small business was contracted and with buyers reluctant, slightly easier conditions
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    RUBBER PRICES
    154 10 1 August first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Friday at 92 ->i cents per lb.. down half a cent on Thursday's close. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92, sellers 92 Vi
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    85 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— Canada: buying airmail- T-T. 30 7/8, OD. 31, 90 d/st 315/16 credit bills, 31 3/8 trade bills. Sellin r 1.1 or O.D. ready: Canada- 30 9/16- Belgian francs 1616
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    154 10 Ships lyinc aloncsidr the Singa- i pore Harbour Board wharves or i expected today air: Hamburg 1 2 Templar 4/5. Ditmar Koel 6A, City of Ottawa 6/7. Nleuw Hoi- 1 land 8/9. Salsette 11. Malay 13/14, President Madison IS If. Aneen- kerk 18. Beetong N. Wall 1, Rokan
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    12 10 RUBBER 9 V U1 T *1 <"P 75 cents,. I
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    86 10 TN *mJSS% 1 Stock K able tone wa though move Turnovers were oil stocks 1 Exploration d Timor 7d .x slightly bir recorded In groups. Loai:. on average tun Loans 3 Loans 3 V, Bank of N,s Con. Zinc Mount Lyell N. Broken BUI Hill 50 Mount Morgan
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    66 10 Singapore CMmm |'rodu f change: DO I yesterday were: Copra: Iteadj August $25' buyi Coconut oil: $41 sellers. Pepper: <j ed done; M Sarawak $109 special Bai SI). Singapore (nj 1 p.m. prices: Btl July $24', Tone steady. Fair merchantable Bon mixed copra: $27 seller.- Singapore Coconut 0|
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      86 10 KENJILE asphalt tile rubber tile solid vinyl tile 0 cork tile cushion-back vinyl tile m vinyl asbestos tile jp 1 i*^v KEN-CLEANER 94. Robinson Road. Singapore. Tel: ***** ***** Branches: Kuala Lumpur— Penang. Cable Add. "Happysafe''. W «U\ wW H I PRIME FROZEN I I U.S.A. GRADE 'A' I E
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      679 10 NOTICES INDIAN FILM DISTRIBUTORS SREE JANAKI PICTURES 33 Batu Road, Kumla Lumpur. Latest 35 MM Indian Films available for booking now. Enquiries from exhibitors solicited. Telegrams: Nagar. Telephone 4389, P.O. Box 426. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Messrs. Henry Noon <fe Company announce that, as from 29th July 1957, their office will
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      693 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that we the undersigned partners of Marlie Co., 413, Alexandra Road, Singapore have retired from the above business on 31st March, 1957, henceforth have no connections with the above firm whatsoever, now carried on by the continuing partners. Signed LIM KIA TOW LIM KIA
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      349 10 NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA FEMALE DISPENSARY ASSISTANT The Central Electricity Board j wishes to appoint a female assistant for its staff Dispensary 'at Bungsar. Kuala Lumpur. The I Dispensary is staffed by two 1 hospital assistants and a Doctor j attends the Dispensary every day.
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      447 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 3p PAYS Sailing San Vancouvet Franciico S'porc P.Swett Penang ln Elisaberh Bakke 31 1, Cjertrud Bakke 4/ 6Aug 7Au? 9Aus IU Ellen Bakke 27 |uly 26/28Au« 29Aut 31 Aug 1 Kristin Bakke 3 Aug 2] Aug 20/22 Sept 23Sepr 25Scpt J Anna
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      1307 11 CafccMSf MANSFIELD «ft CO., LTD. MiS4ta Singopore) 12 Unae) r THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE D T .r' Clings to livikpool, Glasgow london ft continental ports 5A v,. Suei «ith l.berty to proceed via Panama or Cap. of Good Hope) ptMl to proceed v.o "^P^ »o load ond discharge cargo Du
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      1090 11 EAST ASIATIC UNES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST VIA SUEZ Penong P. S'horr Spore J"*"*; 14/1* Aa, 9/12 Aug 13/14 Aug 15/17 Aug *}°"l£" Oongkok only) 19/22 Aug 21/24 Aug 2S/27 Aafl SARGOOHA" 2S/24 Aug 27/28 Aug 29/30 Aug HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, 4NTWIRP, ROTTERDAM,
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      929 11 buil°dln« THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD T 23j7i N#: SINGAPORE (Incorporated n the Unitea Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. CONTINENTAL PORTS Spora P. S'hom Penang BINVRACKIE for London, Homburg, Rotterdom G.3S-36/ 4 Aug London dlract arrives 26 Aug BCNALBANACH for Aden, Jeddoh, Port Sudan 9/13 Aua M/M Aug BINCRUACHAN
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      1206 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ILLERMAN LINES KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG I HULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER PORTLAND and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Accoptln, cargo for Control 4 South ond Canada vio Colombo America CITY OF OTTAWA BOUGAINVILLI -Z*T/« Ju^jX. Au/r/^u. 2 f
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    GOING HEAVY
    40 12 There has been rain daily in Penang during the past week and the going today is certain to be heavy. The following have been scratched from all engagements: Gala Opening, Dapple Grey, Bangkok, Sooka and Ring of Fortune.
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    Golden Melody gets a track to suit him
    790 12  -  By EPSOM JEEP pOLDEN MELODY, winner of four races this season, is contesting the Commissioner General's Cup over a mile at Penang today. This will be Golden Melody's first run in Class One but, with only 8.2 to carry and a track
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    RUNNERS and RIDERS at PENANG
    1147 12 Race 1 i.00: Class 2, Div. 2—l Mile 1 008 Hang Tuah 6y Posner 8.13 Shaw Stable Spencer 2 387 Dusty Bridge 5y Mitchell 8.11 R. J. Manecksha Tjoa 3 008 Star Sapphire 6y Camer 8.09 Double T Stable Rodgers 4 060 Sunny Day 4y
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      460 12 i~r~^~~i-4 opens today! )f I WHEN THE LAW RAN OUT FOR TEN MEN J AND A MAVERICK GIRL, trapped in T I the West's most deadly land! 'Wy H RIVERjQ t^^GEORGE Montgomery •••.w; henoerson j^ AN AUIEO ABI.STS PICTURE M 1 ZT BURT KIRK OMn pir LANCASTER DOUGLAS J 2ND
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      499 12 W ft Jf it j a Shuw .ihi<u> it .■> the Stett *hvu James Stwart sisa; 40p0»ns 'Towmtrrnw ROBERT MITCHUM^W 4K\\ m 6c RANDOLPH SCOTT in I Tttn iff hi Mitlnit/ht Kill/Ft Jfe'¥*fc&&g£: 2 HUDSON "MARTHA WER DAN'dUßt'l Today 9 a.m. Tomorrnw i "CI'LT OF THE COBRA". "DRUM BEAT' |.pnn
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      70 12 Straits Times Crossword tt~-^' j 10 .9 ..»-.1 <|| ..-IM l 111 I I H 2d l 111 I I ACROSS sumablv (5) 1 What's more. Elizabeth assiml- 14 Fashioned perhaps by Gilbert lates singular date (7). certainly by Cyril < 5) 5 501 on the establishment all 16 Fowl
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      202 12 24 Area nt to be managed (9). 26 Lowest of the low (5). 27 "And add to these Leisure" (Milton) (7). 28 Attempt to navigat* without a boom (.7) DOWN 1 Jonsonlan braggart (7). 2 Expressive Inhalation (5) 3 Area 5 Is It, or clerical assistant iB, 7> 4 Hausa
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      327 13 „,,d from Pmf. 6) ITIONB VACANT f;n ,-BnxSOct: extra. 18TAMT Manager ,r female. State ;:iry to Box male lemale partI .e.-Klrls/recep-S l 2 nig-htly, driver, salesgirls. wfatar Apply Nortt) Bridge in 1957! As an Great Eastern Life, d biggest Life my. you can earn for Free Manager for Box 395,
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      302 13 SITUATIONS VACANT 20 Word. SS (Min.)—B,,x SO ct: extra. CLERK REQUIRED by legal firm preferably with court' experiA n 3Bo0 A 8 PP T y glVlnß det3lls tO B X APPLICATIONS are Invited from experienced young Automotive Engineers. Excellent prospects for executive and administrative positions In the automotive trade for
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      846 13 SITUATIONS WANTED 20 Word, tS (MiH.)-Box SO ct: extra. EXPERIENCED DOCTOR desirous to uork as Locum In Kuala Lumpur, available immediately. Write to Box A 8707, ST., K.L. ACCOMMODATION VACANT Wards SS <MiH.)—Box SO cts. extra. MODERN FLAT. Fully Furnished. 4 Rooms One Air-Conditioned. Phone *****. WHOLE FLOOR or Rooms
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      916 13 VEHICLES WANTED 20 Words SS (Mi*.)— Box SO ct: extra. A5O CAMBRIDGE Required by Private Buyer. No dealer cars accepted. Full particulars, including price, to Box A 3834 S.TADVERTISER INTERESTED in Purchasing Good Used Cars. 1951 1957 Austin, Morris, Hlllman, Fiat, Ford, Vauxhall. Cash Pay- ments. Telephone *****, P.O. Box
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      712 13 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 20 Words SS (Miit.)— Box SO cts. txtra. 2 STORIED BUNGALOW. si miles Holland Road Immediate vacant possession. Price $80,000. Area 28.500 sq. ft. Box A 3787. S.T. 2 STORIED BUNGALOW. Stevens Road. 4 Bedrooms with 3 Baths. Area 8,000 sq- ft. Price $50,000 with vacant
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      494 13 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS 20 Words SS Min.)—Box SO ct: extra. DO YOU WORK in the Garden? If you do you need Professor R. E Holttum's "Gardening In the Lowlands of Malaya". It deals with every gardening problem; Is handily indexed and profusely illustrated in colour and line. Price $12.50 from leading
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      89 13 Nourishing. Tasty RYVITA Crisp and crunchy RYVITA makes every meal tastier and more nourishing.' RYVITA thr .Miriniu daily r^*2^Zm m *£^-~r?. food makes you fit and keeps BSSs^*^^^S^^*^ you slim. Try RYVITA your- "YKjlig -■If, enjoy this crunchy cri^p- 4JP^'T*^ brrad every day and feel rT^^i^'^ better for it! RYVITA
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    259 14 SOUTH CHINA ON A GOAL SPREE 6,000 fans see tourists whip Perak 8-0 IPOH, Friday. OOUTH CHINA went on a scoring spree and chalked up the biggest victory of their tour of the Federation when they beat Perak 8-0 on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. About 6.000 fans who
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    IMPROVED AFTER THE GAMES —OEHLERS
    197 14 IMPROVED AFTER THE GAMES —OEHLERS THE Singapore hockey team has improved sinc c its return from the Olympic Games, said Mr G. E. N. Oehlers, the president, at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association yesterday. "Those who saw our teams in action, after their return from Melbourne,
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    Worrell puts W.Indies back in Test
    635 14 Worrell puts W. Indies back in Test England are all out for 279 at close only 137 runs ahead From SIR LEONARD HUTTON LEEDS, Fri. ENGLAND were all out today in their first innings for 279 runs five minutes before close of play on the second day of the fourth
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    NZ AIRMAN WALKS AWAY TO A NEW MALAYAN RECORD
    29 14 BRO.MLEY. winner of the three miles from <.< raid Mclntyre in the record time of 15min. 11.6 sec. Straits Times picture.
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    SCA's new move against truants
    299 14 TOURNAMENT BODY TO DECIDE T<HE Singapore Cricket Association proposes to take strong disciplinary action against any state players who withdraw from representative matches I without a proper excuse. Mr. M.C. Schubert brought to the notice of the S.C.A committee last night that in recent weeks
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    Lock icon COUNTY: Middlesex win by 209 runs
    193 14 COUNTY: Middlesex win by 209 runs LONDON. Fri— Results In todays cricket matches were: At Lords: Middlesex bt Essex by 209 runs Middlesex 337-6 dec and 141-6 dec Essex 186 and 83 <TiUnus 5-15 1 Middlesex 14 pts. At Birmingham: Warwick bt Scotland by an inns and 75 runs. Warwick
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    SCOREBOARD
    90 14 WEST INDIES IST. INNS. 142 ENGLAND IST. INNS. Richardson c Alexander b Worrell 10 Smith b Worrell 0 Graveney i, Gilchrist May c Alexander b Sober 69 C'owdrev c Weekes b Walcott 68 Sheppard c Walcott b Weekes 68 Evans b Worrell 10 Lock b Gilchrist 20 Trueman not
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    Bankers win
    19 14 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank beat R.A.F. Seletar "A" 5-3 in a friendly soccer match at Seletar yesterday.
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    Bromley cracks 3 miles mark
    366 14  -  By SAUL JOSHUA JOHN BROMLEY, the Army's middle distance ace, yesterday set a new record of '15min. 11.6 sec. for the three miles when the Singapore A.A.A. championships began at the new Farrer Park stadium. Bromley, 27, won by two yards from the pint-sized Gerald
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    SINGAPORE AAA MEET RESULTS
    534 14 YESTERDAY'S Singapore I A.A.A. results: MEN'S FINALS Six miles walk: 1 J. Hyslop, 2 N. G Bullen. 3. Yusoff bin Hussaln, 4 P Thomson, 5. K. C. Philip, 6. D. J. Cole. 52min. 3.3 sec (all six broke Malayan record). Hop. step and lamp: 1. Llm
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    2 TROPHY RACES AT IPOH
    98 14 IPOH. Friday. -Tw-o special events— one each for stay- 1 ers and sprinters In Class One- will be provided during the l-three-day meeting of the Perak Turf Club o n Sept 14. 18 i and 1 mDi nD the Sultan's Gold Vase over 5J furlongs,
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    Refs meeting
    23 14 The RAF. Referees Society of Malaya will hold Its monthly meeting at the Britannia Club on Monday at 7 30 p.m.
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    COLLEGE WINS
    36 14 Johore English College beat Johore P.W.D. by seven wickets In a friendly match yesterdayPWD 101 (Meng Fatt 29, Lazaroo 28. Rajakulasini-am 4-23. R Fernandez 3-9). English College 110 for three (Ong Tong Yong 74).
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    LESSON FOR JAPAN'S CUP TEAM
    183 14 LESSON FOR JAP AN'S CUP TEAM By NORMAN sito T<HE J;i 1 Cup their badminton^ before a pore croud 2 000 at Stadium They mad slor., not a.s yei tion it-,l' world cha Malaya, bui are coming and who amonp; then youth vrr side. The Jap.! by Singaporr singles a
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      233 14 [WEEKEND DiARY) TODAY TOMORROW SOCCER: Tourists match: SOCCKR: Singapore I Kowloon Busmen, Jalan Besar, 5.15 Singapore Selection y Kowloon p m Mr 2A: Darul Afiah v Busmen, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m Sukaramai. Jalan Besar 3.45 p.m.; Junior rup-tie (replay): Div. 2B: Radin Mas v Customs. Rajaji v R N Kranji,
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