The Straits Times, 10 August 1957

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    13 1 The Straits Times New**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1957 15 CENTS
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    THE 'BLOT ON MERDEKA
    502 1 CAUSEWAY CHECK UNDUE VANITY OF A NEW NATION* Spokesmen say Federation passes plan is petty and unrealistic Banker hits travel ban LI LUMPUR, a Kri. —The Federa(iovernmentV restrict travel between here and Sins .i> described loda> as "a show of undue vanity by a new nation."
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    Lock icon LONDON DOCK STRIKE SPREADS: 3,200 IDLE
    86 1 LONDON DOCK STRIKE SPREADS: 3,200 IDLE LONDON, Fri. A dock strike already involving 2,200 men handling food cargoes spread today when about 1,000 workers stopped work at Thames wharves and warehouses. Two ships, the Brenda and the Hind, unable to enter the docks because of the strike, turned round and
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    Boy stabbed in 'duel'
    59 1 A friendly toy-pistol "duel" between two schoolboys in the Beauty World Park, Singapore, last night ended with J one of them being sent to the General Hospital with a stab wound. During the "duel" an argument developed and one of the boys drew a knife and
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    'MISSING' FILE CAUSES FLARE-UP AT INQUIRY
    578 1 God save our gracious Queen, ..Lc|||§f||sre our noble Queen... A BIG file of papers, marked as a Crown exhibit in a Singapore preliminary inquiry on Thursday and taken away by mistake by defence counsel, led to an angry exchange yesterday when the inquiry was
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    Lock icon New 'plots' bared in China, say papers
    263 1 FORMER KUOMINTANG MEN ARE BLAMED PEKING, Friday. PHINESE newspapers today disclosed more "counter-revolutionary" activities in places a« far apart as Shanghai and Shantung Province on the Eastern seaboard and Yunnan in the far South-West. In Tsinan, capital of I Shantung, yet another "counter
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    Lock icon Dr. S. 'TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT'
    115 1 JAKARTA. Fri. Humours were rife here today that President Soekarno will dissolve parliament <vhen lie proclaims his new life movement on Aug. 17, the anniversary of Indonesia's independence. Suluh Indonesia, the official organ of the nations largest party PNI, commenting on the rumours said in
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    Lock icon Thinner Marilyn
    35 1 NEW YORK. Fri— Marilyn Monroe, who lost her baby after thre e months' preg- j nancy, will leave hospital tomorrow. Her weight i s down about 161 b from her usual, 1251b.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Capital doubled
    27 1 HONG KONG. Fri. The j Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation announced today that it will; increase the corporation s capital from HK525.000.000 to HK550.000.000.— U.P.
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    Round world in 80 hours
    40 1 PARIS. Fri. Jean-Claude Verne de Lasse. teenage great-great-nephew of Jules Verne, author of "Round the World in 80 Days." ai rived back in Paris yesterday after completing a round-the-world trip by air in 80 hours.
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    Lock icon Boats for Turkey
    23 1 OTTAWA. Fri. Canada will supply Turkey with ten coastal escort vessels Wiis year under its NATO mutual aid programme. A.P.
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    Lock icon SHOCK TACTICS...
    91 1 DETROIT. Frl. PickeU used a mouse and st snake against women who would not 'oln a strike to nt their firm to recognise the Electrical Workers' Union. The men tossea the mouse Into the office where the six women were working. They screamed and leaped on desks. The
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    Penang boys sing 'The Queen'for last time
    208 1 Penang boys sing 'The Queen'for last time PENANG, Fri. The 2,600 pupils of the 105-year-old St. Xavier's Institution sang "God Save The Queen" for the last time today before leaving for the second term vacation Led by a senior teacher Mr. A.A. de Cruz, the students sang the anthem alter
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    LINDA TO SAIL TO CHINA SOON
    149 1 tX)RMER Singapore schoolteacher, Linda Chen, detained last September as a security risk, will I be sent to China. Attempts by her wealthy parents to have her sent anywhere but China have failed, the Straits Times learned yesterday. Linda is one of 21 people detained
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    Straits Times commentator to broadcast
    56 1 Straits Times commentator Vernon Bartlett will introduce one of two programmes which the 8.8.C. will broadcast on Aug. 31 to commemorate the Federation's independence. The programme will present a picture of Malaya and the country's main racial communities. It will include a message recorded by
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    Double pay call
    21 1 WARSAW, Fri. Meat workers in Lodz today hewn a five-day strike demanding a 100 per cent wage increase.
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    Lock icon China visit
    33 1 MOSCOW. Fri. Fifteen American delegates to the world youth festival in Moscow have been invited to visit China for three weeks as guests of the Chinese authorities, delegates said today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon DOCTOR: HIGH HEELS MAKE YOU FEEL, LOOK BETTER
    165 1 DOCTOR: HIGH HEELS MAKE YOU FEEL, LOOK BETTER I ONDON, Fri.— A Bri- tish doctor has stepped right out in defence of women's high heels, producing medical, psychological and social arguments to support his view. "Do not let us think that anythino we can say or do will distract our
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    British force halted at Fira
    331 1 British force halted at Fira OMAN, Fri. The Bri-tish-led cloumn advancing against the Imam of Oman's stronghold at Nizwa was withdrawn yesterday afternoon after meeting unexpectedly strong opposition at Firq, six miles from Nizwa. It is estimated that 200 trained men led by the Imams brother. Talib bin Ali, are
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    28 1 SULTAN SAILS SOITHAMPTON. I ri Sultan i> f Johorc left for in. mi- today in liner Willrm Ruys, accompanied by his wife and daughter Miriam. Reuter.
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    HOLIDAY IN COLONY, TOO
    29 1 The Singapore Government announced yesterday that Aug. 31 will be a public holiday to mark the emergence of the Federation as a sovereign independent state.
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    Lock icon 9,000 to strike
    117 2 'INSULTED BY U.S. BOSSES' T>ABAT, Fri. More than 9.000 Moroccan workers at strategic American air and naval bases in Morocco voted to strike on Monday because of "insults and mistreatment by American officers." 'Mistreated' The action wa s taken by the Union Syndicate of U.S. Air Base
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    Lock icon POLICE TELL OF MAN'S TERRIBLE REVENGE
    86 2 SYDNEY, Kri.— Police alleged in a Bega court today that a triple kill mv ii:wi stemmed from man's hatred for a police constable who had honked him for traffic offences. Myron Bertram Kelly, S2| agricultural contractor of Bega. appeared in court charged with having
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    Lock icon Black mart in stamps foiled
    34 2 BOMBAY. Fri— A plan to establish a black market m postage stamps has been frustrated by yesterday's calltng off of a postal workers' strike, it was learned here today.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon MORE FREEDOM IN CYPRUS
    63 2 NICOSIA, Fri. British authorities in Cyprus today lifted a number of Emergency regulations, including many affecting the free movement of Cypriots. The 33 regulations which were relaxed included powers to appoint press and radio censors and to control lines of communication. Curfews and exit visas also
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    Altrincham: 'It's 3-to-l for me'
    626 2 QUEEN'S CRITIC SAYS HIS VIEWS ARE SHARED BY MASSES OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD f ONDON, Fri.— Lord Altrincham, ,'W-vear-ol(l Conservative peer, claimed in Manchester last night that his recent criticism of th c Queen and her court was "an opinion shared by masses
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    Lock icon The Oliviers mix their marriages for holidays
    178 2 The Oliviers mix their marriages for holidays f ONDON, Fri.— Actress Vivien Leigh left yesterday for a holiday with her first husband and their daughter. He r present husband Sir Laurence Olivier, packed for a holiday with his son by his first wife. "It is something we have never done
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    Lock icon Tobacco firm to aid probe
    48 2 SYDNEY. Fri.— The British Tobacco Company (Australia; will support officially sponsored research into the suspected relationship between smoking and lung cancer said the chairman. Mr. T.J.W. Foley. The amount of support the company would provide would not be chicken feed, he said. -Reuter.
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    Lock icon SOVIET SPIES JAILED: 'LEADER' CHAEGED
    311 2 NEW YORK, Friday. JACOB ALBAM, 64, a tea and spice dealer, and Mrs. Myra Soble, 52, were sentenced to five and a half years' Jail each today for spying for the Soviet Union. Myra's husband. Jack So- r ble, 54, third member of the I
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    Lock icon Soviet planes for Yemen
    51 2 LONDON. Fri. The British Foreign Office today announced that seven, shipments of Soviet arms had been made to the Yemen. A spokesman said that some of these shipments incluaed a number of aircraft. There were also 50 Soviet instructors or technicians in the Yemen, he said.—
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    Atom memory
    20 2 NAGASAKI, Fri. Three hundred thousand people here today observed the 12th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack. A.p.
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    Lock icon Italy sends Marquis for M-joy
    59 2 Italy sends Marquis for M-joy RO.V THE llarq i- cassi Ratti Menti lian Ambaaaadoi will head 1t../. the Malayan n bratUm*. the l announced b< n He will carry "goodwill and i 01 from the Italian i to the Paramount B« He will also n ments for establishlne d matic
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    Lock icon General's tour
    24 2 LONDON t of Staff of the Gen. Maxwell Taylor here by air today I York on bis w army installations many. Reuter.
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    Lock icon GUESS WHO ALMOST MADE THIS CATCH
    80 2 WELL HELD, sir oh, bi< luck. The man in dark |faMH flannels and cricket c»p who ALMOST m. (If ihi* fine action r.itih is PltaH Philip, tieldiiu d from the Dake of Sorfoll( in a charity match at th' Duke's home. Arundfl Castle. Prince
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    Lock icon Nina turns down trip to Lorn
    160 2 MOSCOW, Fri. Nina Ponomareva, the Soviet woman discus thrower, has withdrawn from the Soviet athletic team which is to meet Britain in London later this month because of "the painful impression" of her last visit, a Soviet official said today. She was convicted then
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    Lock icon NASSER LIES, HUSSEIN ACCUSES
    319 3 <gypt an d Syria 'try to force Jordan to sell its religion' AMMAN, Friday »-I\<; HUSSEIN yesterday accused Syria and Sgypl of using "lies and deceit" in an at- force Jordan to "sell our heavenly reKjnon a"d traditions." ■to a recent address in Alexandria by President
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    Lock icon Actor weds actress in ceremony aboard boat
    97 3 Actor weds actress in ceremony aboard boat GIBRALTAR, Fri. Briti^i actor Laurence lljtui iS and actress Margaret I.riehton, 35, ■CX married in a flveminuti icrrmony aboard a beat litre hist night. Ihey urre married by Mr. R o li r t Norton-Amor, Gibraltar's M:irriaee Registrar aboard the pa*mmk' r tender
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    Reprieve for cottage
    36 3 Kri.— Cable and has deferred plans g its manager's .noleon's cottage Helena after repreiy the French and the British I )!fice. A Fri nch newspaper had inn over" reports to remodel the cottage—Reuter.
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    15 3 I LONDON. Fri.— Parcel post -en Britain and be resumed from -Reuter.
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    Nehru to Japan
    27 3 TOKYO, Fri. India's Premier. Mr. Nehru, will make a week-long state visit to Japan from Oct. 4. the Japanese Foreign Office announced today—A P.
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    Lock icon Harry, 90 and lonely, advertises for a wife
    201 3 f ONDON, Fri.— Ninetyyear -old Harry Shaw, twice married and twice a widower, today appealed for a third wife with a small newspaper advertisement. Harry, as hale and hearty as ever, lives in an old folks hom e at Wolverhampton. This is
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    Lock icon Civil servants' strike off
    61 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. The civil servants' strike due t<) begin at midnight yesterday has been called off. At a two-hour emergency meeting here leaders of the Posts and Telegraph Employees' Union and the Civil Aviation Department decided not to go aheaa with the strike in view
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    Lock icon Stop your smoking and put on weight
    154 3 Stop your smoking and put on weight LONDON, Fri. A five-year comparison between two groups of business and professional men showed that those who stopped smoking- put on weight, the Lancet said today. "It is widely believed that people who give up smoking put on weight," the journal said, "but
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    Lock icon RIDDLE OF 2 POLISH SUBS OFF BRITAIN
    139 3 LONDON, Friday. TWO Polish submarines appeared mysteriously off the east coast of Scotland early today and cruised slowly southward watched by the Royal Navy. There were rumours In I London diplomatic circles that the crews might be planning to seek asylum In Britain.
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    Lock icon Selwyn Lloyd's former wife remarries
    70 3 Selwyn Lloyd's former wife remarries PORTSMOUTH, Fri. Mrs. Selwyn Lloyd, former wife of Britain's Foreign Secretary, was married at Peterfleld register office near here today to Mr. Martin Lubbock, a London businessman. Mr. Lubbock. former Lloyds underwriter and old Etonian, is the man Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. 52. cited in bis
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    Lock icon Boys pinch us, say girls
    40 3 BANGKOK Fri. Police said they had been petitioned by schoolgirls for "reasonable protection" against being pinched in buses and public places. The girls said most of the pinching was being done by boy students— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Village gutted
    23 3 RABAT. Fri— A fire caused by a candle left 350 families homeless in a village near here, police said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BATTLE OUTSIDE RUSSIAN EMBASSY
    129 3 'TOKYO, Fri.— A mob of 70 Japanese nationalists fought with police outside the Soviet Embassy here tonight. The nationalists drove to the Russian embassy in buses to protest against the Russian attack on Japan 12 years ago today in the last days of the Pacific War.
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    50 3 Syrian border manoeuvres DAMASCUS. Fri. Press reports here said today Turkey was deploying troops on Syria's northern border. The reports said between 3.500 and 5.000 Turkish troops with 50 tanks and armed vehicles were assembling in the Qarak Kahan border area, 45 kilometres from Syria's economic capital of Aleppo. A.P.
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    Lock icon What a 'head' must know
    75 3 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. T. B. Rice today listed the follow I ing skills which he said he needed in his first year as principal oi an English country fchool: "A sound knowledge of such arts as plumbing, rural drainage, electrical wiring and the local dialect,
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    Ordeal in crippled plane
    85 3 HONOLULU, Fri.— A military plane with 67 people from California landed safely in Hawaii yesterday after creeping 1,000 mile.s in six hours with two dead engines. Skimming just above the Pacific Ocean swell, the pilot, Maj. Samuel Tyson, nursed the two remaining engines of his C-97
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    LONDON STOCKS
    273 3 LONDON. Fri. Closing middle prices of selected i stocks cot including s\amp duty were:— i"n a Consols £50 -j ',i i'undinp 4 r r £89 :l Var 3V £67\ —1/16 BANKS rterc. (£5-£2>ipu) £6 11/16 Eastern < £8 7 Chartered <£1> 41/- ionßkong isl2s« £103 INSIRAXCE ;om Un
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      Lock icon An atom hope for old baldies
      96 3 An atom hope for old baldies f ONDON, Fri.—Some hope was offered to bald heads at the last day of the conference on hair growth here by an American biologist who has found that radiation can start hair growing —on rabbits and mice. Prof. Herman Chase of Brown University in
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      27 3 CASABLANCA: Dockers unloaded seven tons of arms and 71 tons of munitions from the Yugoslav freighter Serbia. Port officials said they were destined for Saudi Arabia.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon New speed bid
      25 3 NEW YORK: Donald Campbell will make another attempt to break his world water speed record on Canandalgua Lake near here next week.—A.P.
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      26 3 GENEVA: Asian influenza has reacned its peak in Chile with an estimated 200,000 cases, it was announced at the headquarters of the World Health Organisation here.—Reuter.
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      25 3 BANGKOK: A *man burnt down a Buddhist temple, leaving 40 priests homeless after they gave him tips for lottery numbers that did not win.— Reuter.
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      31 3 BONN: The Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, accused Russia of breaking 56 treaties since 1925, and enslaving more than 100 million people since the end of World War II Reuter
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      18 3 PRAGUE: Czech television commentator Vladimir Vesely has been Jailed for 25 years on charges of spying for America.—Reuter
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      14 3 WASHINGTON: India will make a drive next month to attract U.S. private capital. —A.P.
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      20 3 LOS ANGELES: Two taxi driverswwoh o have won safety awards filed accident reports here. They collided with each other.—Re iter.
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      23 3 TAIPEH: The Ministry of Education discounted Hong Konn reports that Formosa would cut down the enrolment of overseas Chinese students this year. —Reuter.
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    PAY RISE EXPECTED SHORTLY FOR 6,400 IN GOVT.
    175 4 PAY RISE EXPECTED SHORTLY FOR 6,400 IN GOVT. A BOUT 6,400 Singapore r Government em ployees in Division IV will probably get their pay increases next month. Details of their new salary structure have almost been completed and instructions will go to 20 departments today to ascertain the additional pay
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    Tengku to talk on defence
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will speak to the people of Malaya in a broadcast in English at 7. 10 p.m. tomorrow on "The Defence of Realm." He will speak in Malay at 7.30 p.m.
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    I PAID $500, BOTTLE OF BRANDY TO GET IN, SAYS FORMER PATIENT
    670 4 I PAID $500, BOTTLE OF BRANDY TO GET IN, SAYS FORMER PATIENT 15TH DAY OF THE INQUIRY IPOH, Friday. A FORMER inmate of the Central Mental Hospital. Tanjon^ Rambutan, Mr. Jag; SingJi, told the inquiry today that he had to present a bottle of brandy and pay $500 to obtain
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    Talks are so boring says councillor
    113 4 SEREMBAN, Fri. A Labour councillor, Mr. Cheah Yen Kwee, said at yesterday's council meeting that it was boring to listen to speeches. He said this after the President, Inche Ja'afar bin Taha, had announced that the Minister for Natural Resources would be giving a
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    Mrs. Lobo: The men still 'wonderful'
    188 4 SHE SPOKE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS BANGKOK, Friday. MRS. MARY LOBO today reaffirmed her belief that Singapore men "are wonderfui." I As Singapore delegate to the Asian Women's seminar here, she caused a flurry of disagreement among Singapore women leaders when she was quoted as
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    $56,000 debt court told
    66 4 A receiving order was made by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Knight, in the Singapore High Court yesterday against K. M. Abdul Kassim and Co., whose liabilities amounted to $56,925 The order was made on the petition of the firm's creditor. O. Uttaram, trading as
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    Blood banker
    23 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Dr. L. H. Tan has succeeded Mr. V. O. Donough as chairman of t>e Johore Bahru Blood Bank.
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    'Tails' wins M-day trip
    64 4 SEREMBAN. Frl.— The toss of a coin by the Town Council President. Inche Ja afar bin Taha. decided which of two town councillors should attend the merdeka proclamation in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 31. Only one invitation had been received. Two councillors. Mr Tham Tatt Ming
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    $3.29 THEFT: 2 YEARS' JAIL
    38 4 TELUK ANSON. Frl. Sarvan Binsallan. 35. who had a previous conviction for theft, was sentenced yesterday to two years' Jail for stealing 47 coconuts worth $3.29 it Kampong Telok Kcrdu r, Utan Melintang
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    Judge lectures two young rob
    223 4 A SINGAPORE district judge yesterday commented on the "tactics of violence" used by two young boys in a robbery near a school last month. Mr. J. F. McWilliam warned the boys Freddie Yeo Kirn Hock, 17, and Oh Soon Tin. 16 that the road they
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    MacG TO GIVE HIS LAST ADDRESS
    231 5 MacG TO GIVE HIS LAST ADDRESS KUALA LUMPUR Fri lv —The High Commis- sioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. will address the Federal Legislative Council for the last time on Wednesday. It is expected that he will review features of constitutional progress and speak of problems of the day It will be
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    Court order rescinded
    76 5 A receiving and adjudication order made last month against E. A. Kunz on the petition of thp Income Tax Department for a debt of $2,222 was rescinded by the acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Knight, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Kunz's ground for the order to
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    Company gets ultimatum
    50 5 The Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union yesterday gave the management of Caldbeck MacGregor and Co in Cantonment Road a weeks ultimatum to reinstate two dismissed clerks and end the "enforced retirement" of anorner. The company's general manager, Mr. C.G.B. Fairbairn, said he would issue a statement today.
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    NOT INVITED—FOR SAFETY
    43 5 ALOR STAR Fri Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubii Minister for Works Posts and Telecommunications, last night told an UNMO youth rally why China and Egypt had not been '""onc^onTe^stid 'SS^STm Malayan Governmen?coJd Tot guarantee the_safety of their de.e C ates._
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    Sermon will be a film
    44 5 A film picture will replace the sermon during the evening service at the Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Th P film, "Upriver in Sarawak," is about the pioneer work of Christian missionaries amone the Iban people.
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    Teachers' dinner
    19 5 PENANG, Fri. The Penang and Province Wellesley Chinese Schoolteachers' Union will hold its annual dinner on Sunday.
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    New shop hours: Plea to the public
    246 5 SHOPKEEPERS in High Street and North Bridge Road appealed to the public yesterday to accept the new shopping hours 9.30 a.m. to 630 p.m. These are the hours most of 1 them have adopted under the new Shop Assistants' Ordi- nance which came
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    School extortion gangsters face severe punishment
    346 5 TEN EXPOSED IN KUALA LUMPUR WILL BE FLOGGED KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Education Department and the police today began a full investigation into gangsterism in schools here. This follows action at the Victoria Institution, the Federation's leadina English school, against 10 boys said to
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    A MERDEKA GIFT FROM BRITAIN –
    94 5 A MERDEKA GIFT FROM BRITAIN THE GOOD WISHES of 500 former Malayans and 145 Malayan companies registered in Britain for thp nations future after independence are symbolised in this massive silver inkstand. Nearly $5,000 was subscribed for this "token of friendship and lasting goodwill." I Only $3,200 was spent on
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    THE DILEMMA OF A UNION MAN
    166 5 THE DILEMMA OF A UNION MAN No law against quitting— official ■"THERE is no law in Singapore to prevent any union 1 member from resigning, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. He was commenting on a complaint by a member ot the Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union who claimed that
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    2,570 in jails
    53 5 KUALA LUMPUR. FrL The daily average prison population in the Federation from April to June was 2.570. a "fairly constant" figure, says the quarterly report from the Minster for Home Affairs. The number of detainees on June 30 wa? 274 compared with 261 at the end vi
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    'Cut out bull fights' plea to Minister
    94 5 'Cut out bull fights' plea to Minister ALOR STAR. Fri.— A Kedah state councillor protested to a Federal Minister last night against the inclusion of bull fights in the mer- deka celebrations. "This so-called sport Is against the Muslim faith," Tuan Haji Omar bin Hajl Hashim, a religious teacher, told
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    New school
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Tengku Tun Amlnah. consort of the Regent of Johore. declared open the $125,000 Larkin English School in Jalan Larkin, here yesterday.
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    DEATH
    36 6 ■> ..rii tm I Minimum I MISS M. A. BUXTON M.B.E. j away peacefully at her i r,>me at 7 Gentle Road, Singapore Funeral 5 p.m. St. Andrews Cathedral Saturday 10-8-57,, followed by Internment at; Bldadarl
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    127 6 M 1t,.,,;, tin SALE LAST DAY Today at Mulchands. Do Not Miss this Opportunity. VANITY'S GENUINE SALE. Last day, everything at quarter price closes i p.m. Vanity, 11 Battery Road. ENJOY SUNDAY luncheon at Prince'l listening to Franco Trom- his Italian Quartet. 1-3 pm. Dancine nightly. THE GOODNESS of
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    The Straits Times singapore,sat. Aug, 1957. Revolt In China
    715 6 What is the explanation of Peking's almost masochistic disclosures of turmoil and plot in widely scattered parts of China? It is logical |to assume that the publicity is related to the intensive drive against th e 'rightists" which temporarily has ended
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    No Illusions
    306 6 It would be comforting to know that Mr. Khrushchev has lost his touch, but while he certainly did not reveal it in his East Berlin speech it is safer to conclude only that he was a little of! form. That can happen as easily to statesmen as to
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    Travel Ban
    117 6 "Unrealistic" and "unnatural" are good adjectives for the proposed travel pass system which the Federation Government may impose at the Causeway. The reaction of Federation business men and others, which we quote today, is healthy and it is to be hoped that it will also be instructive. The
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    1024 6  -  CYXICUS by SATURDAY STUDY THE claim by the P.A.P.'s left wingers that there isn't a split in the party makes the outcome of the tussle in the Central Executive Committee harder to predict than ever. The left wing members of the executive point to the non-Communist"
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    WATCHDOGS OR BLOODHOUNDS?
    826 6  -  FttAJVCfS WMLLMA3IS By SIR Linton Andrews, chairman of the Press Council, who has been moralising broodily as is his wont about the press, has just been accusing those papers that seek a mass circulation—"bloodhounds of circulation instead of watchdogs of the public" of, among other crimes, "seizing
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    112 6 (From the Straits Times of August 8. 1907) A number of very pointed remarks respecting the A Singapore property owners were made at the meeting of the Legislative Council the other day when some of them were accused of squeezing their tenants, studying their own pockets more
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    BEATEN AFTER CURSING TRIP
    53 7 BEATEN AFTER CURSING TRIP mo York Soon i captured t of an ailing visitor taken tan. him back to I to a sugi he return to with him. sh< arrived, it, a Colony court assaulted mother of yong. drop charges g hurt against the j abused and the court. report
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    U.S. film show
    14 7 :.:pur. Fn. n S< rvlce show at the 5 on Sunday.
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    VICTIM'S FAMILY SOUGHT
    42 7 terday tlves of 27, who m he fell while on his Point at Thursday, to contact them. They should contact Inspector Eugene Wong, of Sepoy Lines police station. The po'ice believed that Cheah came from Kota Tinggi or Penang.
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    Science takes a hand at Salehiah
    323 7  -  RONALD KINSEY By IPOH, Friday STOP THIS SUPERSTITIOUS NONSENSE, says MUSLIM LEADER THE TROUBLE IS JUST ENVIRONMENTAL fEX famed spirit fighters having failed, Western medical science will try now to solve the mystery hauntings of the Salehiah Girls' Institute. 'I think we must put
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    Triplets are born in 20 minutes
    68 7 Triplets are born in 20 minutes K .if AX Fri. A fishmonger's wife, Wong Loot. 20. has had triplets here. Wong, wife of Chee Ah I h.u.i. had three daughters at the Chinese maternity hospital on Wednesday. The first, weighing 4 3 4 1b., was born at 1.05 p.m.. fol.
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    Civics lecture
    30 7 JUMUKE BAHKU. ttl. A one-day civics lecture for 100 Chinese local councillors and community leaders from Kulai sub-district will be held at the Kulai court house on Sunday.
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    Driver, 57, is drowned
    57 7 Bujang bin Sulong, 57. was drowned in the sea off Tanjong Hian. Sembawang. yesterday when he was diving for seashells at a keloii 6 Two friends who were with him at the time, summoned the Marine Police when he failed to come up. Bujang was found
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    Ceylon talk
    32 7 Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, the Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya, will give a lecture on "The Present Situation in Ceylon" at the Ceylon Tamils' Association Hall, 11, Handy Road, Singapore, on Monday.
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    6-HOUR HUNT FOR GIRL WHO WAS IN HOSPITAL
    83 7 6-HOUR HUNT FOR GIRL WHO WAS IN HOSPITAL A SIX-HOUR police A hunt for a missing schoolgirl ended last night in the Singapore General Hospital. The girl, Sic Swee Eng, aged eight, was in the hospital with a fractured left leg She was on Ml way back from school in
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    Lib-Soc class on politics
    46 7 The Katong branch of the Liberal-Socialist Party last night held its first class in politics at the home of the branch chairman, Mrs. LeonSoh. in Boscombe Road. Singapore. Mr. Frank James, a Lib-Soc. central committee member, spoke on the principles of politics.
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    Detective hurt in crash
    41 7 Detective Corporal Chua Bok Aun, 33, was seriously injured when his motorcycle was Involved in an accident with a car at River Valley Road, Singapore, last night. His pillion rider, Kck Ah Bee. 29. was also injured.
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    VARSITY SET-UP—A REVIEW PLANNED
    154 7 VARSITY SET-UP— A REVIEW PLANNED THE Singapore and Federation Governments have appointed a commission to review the constitution, working and finances of the University of Malaya. The review is to be made in the light of the experience and rapid expansion of the university in the last seven years and
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    New labour adviser
    47 7 The Singapore Minister for Labour and Welfare has appointed Mr. Teh Choon Keat to be a member of the Labour Advisory Board. Mr. Teh is secretary of the Seamen's Council of j Action and an official of the Singapore City Council Ser- vices Union.
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    THE RICH WIDOW...
    50 7 Xl LIM Fri— The chairman of the North Regional Malayan Association of Youth Clubs. Inche Mansor bin Haji Ahmad, today described Malaya as "a rich widow." "Guard her well and prevent her from falling into the hands of unscrupulous admirers.'* he said at the association's inaugural meeting
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    SCHOOL WHERE GIRLS GAIN THE STRENGTH OF AMAZONS
    55 7 THIS is the Salehiah Girls' Institute, scene of the hyterical attacks among students. Dormitories in thi.s building accommodate 104 girls from all over the Federa- tion. Discipline is strict The inset photograph shows one of the windows barricaded to prevent girls escaping
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    Governors: MacG tells council
    272 7 LEONG, RAJA SIR UDA HAILED MALACCA, Friday. THE High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, it is reliably learned, announced the appointment of Mr. Leong Yew Koh, Minister for Health, as first Governor of Malacca to the Settlement Executive Council this morning. Sir Donald was stated also to
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    Phoenix Park and the High Commissioner
    101 7 AFTER the Federation achieves independence the relationship of the British High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur with the C o mmissioner General's office at Phoenix Park, Singapore, will be the same as that of any other British ambassador or Colonial Governor in South-East Asia. Confirming
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    Latest pump for harbour fire-fighters
    62 7 SINGAPORE Harbour Board is to buy for its fire brigade a new British portable gas turbine pump the first of its kind in South-East Asia. It has a capacity of 500 gallons a minute. A representative of the company. Mr. T. Wall, told the Straits
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    $16,000 debt
    32 7 Ec Chi Song, alias Ec Chin Song, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore High court yesterday on the petition of Tay Boon Thong for a debt o f $16,000.
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    'Make me a bankrupt'
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Dr. Godwin Joseph Nicholas de Fonseka. a former Kuala Lumpur municipal councillor, was today declared a bankrupt by the Selangor High Court. Dr. Fonseka. now a private practitioner in Ipoh Road, told Mr. Justice Smith he wanted to be declared bankrupt of his
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    Party today for child star
    59 7 Keris Film Productions, will give a tea party today in honour of Adek Wan Hussein, who won the Best Child Star award for his part in "Mega Mendong" at the recent Asian Film Festival in Tokyo. The party will be held at the Cathay Organisation's
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    'Limit speed'
    31 7 A Singapore Legislative Assemblyman. Mr. Lim Choon Mong. will ask Urn Assembly meeting on Aug 21 to impose a 20 m.p.h. speed limit in housing estates and residential areas.
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    Filipino ambassadors of culture due in tonight
    113 7 Filipino ambassadors of culture due in tonight TWELVE singers and dancers from the Philippines arrive In Singapore tonight on a self-sponsor-ed cultural visit. They will give a performance of 300-year-old folk songs and dances at the Victoria Memorial Hall from Wednesday to Friday next week. The Filipino Consul in Singapore,
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    Raub visitor
    22 7 RAUB. Fri. The Minister for Education. Dato Abdul Razak. will visit Raub tomorrow. He will speak at the Mahmud School.
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    DOG BITE KILLS A WOMAN IN KEDAH
    100 7 DOG BITE KILLS A WOMAN IN KEDAH A LOR STAR, Fri.— A A 64-year-old housewife. Sa'adiah binte Musa, died from rabies In the general hospital here after being bitten by a dog. It was the second fatal rabies case in North Kedah this year. The acting state Veterinary Officer, Tuan
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    Annual contest
    22 7 The Singapore Chinese Swimming Club will hold its annual talentime contest on Aug. 23. Entries will close on Aug. 15.
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    'Suddenly same signal shot up'
    134 8 'Suddenly same signal shot up' approach Queen's dock. Then he looked back and saw the signal had gone down. Suddenly the same signal shot up again. He felt something was wrong and decided to drop anchor off King's dock. In reply to Mr. A. F. Thome, counsel for the Board
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    To hold arts festival
    33 8 The Singapore Indian Fine Art Society will hold its first annual arts festival today and tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m at the Singapore Cultural Centre, Canning Rise
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    WHO WILL PAY FOR 'BUNNY'S' VISIT? ASKS COUNCILLOR
    312 8 IfUALA LUMPUR, Fn. Forty-five written questions are down for answer by the Government at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative council the last before independence. Mr. K. V. Thaver (Trade Unions) asks for an interim statement on the progress of negotiations on
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    Inquiry samples an SHB foreman's Malay
    529 8 Inquiry samples an SHB foreman 's Malay 'JALAN TRUS^STASD BY MCAPAL MINYAK 2 O'CLOCK' A EUROPEAN officer of the Singapore Harbour Board, who testified in a court of inquiry yesterday that he could make himself understood in Malay, was asked to repeat his instructions to two serangs one day. The
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    10 Govt. men go bankrupt to beat the moneylenders
    150 8 10 Govt. men go bankrupt to beat the moneylenders TE N Government workers with liabilities totalling $34,558 were adjudicated bankrupt on their own application in the Singapore High Court yesterday. They were: Mohamed Said bin M. A Karim. Sect Nam Yong, Thamby bin Kadir, M. D Jalam. R. G. Conceicao.
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    Alsagoff for celebrations
    52 8 Dato S. I. O. Alsagoff. a Maluyar. Muslim leader, and Syed Mohamed Salim Alraphi, the Iraqi Ambassador to India, will represent Iraq at the merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Dan Alsagoff was recently made the consul-general for Iraq in Singapore and the Federation He was formerly her
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    STARTING PAY: A $200 GRUMBLE
    183 8 STARTING PAY: A $200 GRUMBLE I'HE president of the Singapore Federation of Unions of Government Employees, Mr. P. L. Anthony, said yesterday that the Colony's new General Executive Service salary scale was most unfavourable compared with that of the Federation Government. There was a difference oi more than $200 in
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    Library call by Labour Front
    42 8 The Singapore Labour Front wants $500,000 to be Included in the City Council's 1958 budget for the establishment of public libraries throughout the island. This re c tlon was passed at a meeting of the central committee
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      532 8 i Dance; 5.00 Saturday Medley; RADIO MALAYA 5.50—6.30 upprox. sports Hour; 6.30 Programme Summary; 6.32 j SINGAPORE 41 metres Light Music; 7.00 Time Signal KI'ALA LI'MITR 341 metres And News; 7.10 Towards I'KNAXi; 366 metres Merdeka; 7.20 Latin Quarter; 730 MALACCA 297 metres Yours Sincerely; 8.00 Listener's: A.M. 7.15 Opening
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE HARVEY: FATHER OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
    949 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE HARVEY: FATHER OF MEDICAL RESEARCH For 1,500 years previous to Dr. Wiliiam Harvey the arteries uxre thought to be full of air...the veins full of vapours... Through simple experiments he showed the blood to circulate through the lungs and the body in constant circular motion. Every
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      133 9 Ilex Morgan 3M.D. Catied away 7 THANK IOV, V ILL BE RI&HT OVER-- g!JT FIU^T WAVE AH EMERGENCY VT PON'T WOeR 1 f w^~""""~ S fiA. KARL £r r^ LET WE SPEAK TO THE EESiPENT AT THE HOSWTAL I'M AgOUT T, REX VKfiS -TOU'RE WANTED ON VON SERVICE.' _s^y*^ NOT
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    Rubber market plods on
    400 10 Rubber market plods on AS was once said of A schoolmasters the market this week has consisted of "the same persons telling the same people the same things/ reports Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd., in a current review of the Singapore Rubber Market. In spite of better export figures
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 10 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Friday at 93 cents per lb. down one-quarter of a cent on Thursday's close. The closing tone was very quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91"», sellers 925;
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    PRODUCTION IN JULY
    49 10 Turquand Young and Co. report that July production by Ayer Panas Estate Ltd. was 85,500 lb Glenealy Plantations Ltd. 75,500; Kluang Rubber Co. Ltd. 75.000; Pajam Ltd- 129.000; Ulu Benut Consolidated Rubber Co. Ltd. 34.000. Talam Mines Ltd. have advised that July output was 373 piculs.
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    SHARE MARKET QUIET BUT PRICES HOLD STEADY
    271 10 SHARE MARKET QUIET BUT PRICES HOLD STEADY By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market continued along its quiet, drifting way in trading yesterday, reminiscent of the past week. Levels were mainly steady and several isolated counters attracted more attention. There were good inquiries for Singapore Cold Storage with exchanges
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    406 10 The Malayan Sharp Brokers Association reported: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady." Singapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelt ords 34s xd: Fraser Neave ords $2 92'j (delayed $2 90 and $2.91: Gammon $2.65: W. Hammer $2.35 and
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    STORE SHIPPING
    185 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Himejl Maru 1,2. Empire Fowey 45, Ditmar Koel 6A. Thermopylae 6 7, Benavon 8 9. Utrecht 10.11, Glenartney 13 14.' Sudan 15 16, Somali 18, Phong Chau 19. Tapah N. Wall 1, Sumpltan N. Wall 8.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    84 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following I changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32-;-, O.D. 32\, 90 d 'st 32 15/16 ;-v.-dit bills. 33 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Belrian Francs 1615\. On the
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    99 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Investment' row? strong undent J? Stock Excna... ll «»2 was active wide range dropped N Timor Oil again p n U«ht of the i shares close! trading, othei rally steady, rowlv on mh Loans 3 Loans 3 V Bank of N S t Con Zinc. Mount Lyell N.
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    77 10 Singapore hinrs, p rod change; noon p terday were: Copra; quiet; Knt $25«4 buyers. nut oil: quiet drum $45', sellers Pfpi,.!? no business reD<r, tok white $1 special Bam changed) Singapore (ii|>:.i \ssotiau-, p.m. prices: Strafe r, itm August $2i Tone quiet Fair merchantable BombtTM ed copra August
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      407 10 NOTICES THE MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) DIVIDEND No. 54. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 6 r less Income Tax for the year ending 31st August, 1957, on the Shares of the Company has been declared and will be
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      701 10 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. 00l Kee Aun has resigned his position with Penang Sanitarium Ho: .pit a 1 (Mission Hospital) and Is no. authorized to transact business oi collect monies on behalf of said institution from 6th August lE'57. SI B P. HASKELL. Manager, Penan?; Sanitarium Hospital NOTICE Until reconstruction is
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      866 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for two posts as Assistant Controller In the Trade Division, Ministry of Commerce Industry, Kuala Lumpur. The appointment Is temporary In the salary scale $614 x 28 838/863 x 28 1087. The possibility of appointment to a permanent post would depend on
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      388 10 NOTICES THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fortieth Annual General Meeting of the Corporation will be held at the Registered Offlce of the Corporation at 16-D, Cecil Street. Singapore on Sa'urday the 24th August. 1957 at nooc for the following purposes:—
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      THEIR NEW RATES
      54 12 HOSPITAL assistants, laboratory assistants and sanitary inspectors were paid their revised salaries from May 1956. In Malacca and in Selangor X-ray assistants have received their revised salaries. Will the Federation Establishment Officer kindly explain why the X-ray assistants in the other states should not draw their revised
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      Stalwarts of phone hoard
      39 12 Stalwarts of phone hoard HATS off to the stalwarts of the Singapore Telephone Board who have maintained and are maintaining our phones in spite of the efforts of Mr. Jamit Singh to sabotage this essential communication service. *****. Singapore
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      IMPROVE POSTAL DELIVERY
      162 12 OVER two years ag 0 the Post Office relieved itself of the responsibilities of sorting out covers which did not have a P.O. Box number but simply sorted them out into streets for the postman to deliver. From July 1, they started an innovation by issuing cards
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      Is it correct English?
      230 12 Is it correct English? MAY I ask anyone who has the feel of the fluw of good English in his veins to tell me whether the phrase "artistically minded" (City Father or what not) 18 correct English? It is true w e have "basic", and "scientific" whose adverbial forms are
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      The other deadly smoke
      62 12 The other deadly smoke SUDDENLY Singapore health officials have become aware of the dangers of cigarette smoking, but they are apparently not aware of the death, dealing smoke that belches from the city buses. For years nothing whatsoever been done to check that danger to public health, in spite of
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      A horrifying sport
      106 12 A horrifying sport TT IS quite horrifying to read that Merdeka in the new Malaya is to be celebrated by a very beastly form of cruelty. Here we are, trying our best to teach the young to have compassion for, and to eliminate cruelty to, all forms of life. And
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      Bullfighting is cruel
      40 12 Bullfighting is cruel WITH pain in my heart, I ask the Merdeka Celebration Committee to stop the proposed bullfighting. Bullfighting is very cruel. Such programmes on a day of rejoicing will be a hindrance to the people's joy. ANTI-SUFFERER Singapore
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      LABOUR SURVEY IN SINGAPORE
      265 12 I HAVE the honour to refer to you r leader "Labour Survey' 1 (S.T. Aug. 2 1 in which you state that "the Singapore Government which has been even more reticent than the Federation, has been stimulated by this example into making a survey of its
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    19 12 Hit Lordship's frightfully busy just now but would you earo to have a fow lashes at tbo assistant editor?"
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    Dial Singh, 19, wins three miles final .in LA. meet
    323 13 (SINGAPORE'S best Asian middle distance runner, *J Dial Singh, 19, won the three miles final in the lnaugnral Indian Association athletics championships which began at Balestier Road yesterday. After following the pace for the first two laps. Dial led the
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    Negri F.A. told: Use your money on sport
    159 13 Negri F.A. told: Use your money on sport SEREMBAN, Fri. NEORI SEMBILAN'S State Financial Officer, Mr. A. H. Robson, yesterday urged the State football association to spend money on sport rather than on entertainment. He was commentinf? on a motion by Mr. Choong Yoon Chong (Alliance) to rescind the Town
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    Merdeka basketball
    23 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri.— Six teams ompete In the Merdeka Games basketball tournament Hong Kong, Slam, Indonesia. Formosa, Singapore and the Federation
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      530 13 NOTICES NOTICE Federation of Malaya 541,250,000/- 4', Registered Stock 1965/1975NOTICE is hereby given thati the Registers of the above-men-tinned loan will be closed from I 19th August to Ist September, 1957. both days inclusive, tat preparation of Interest Warrants. J. H. NEWBIGGING, I Registrar, Public Debt Office, Federation of MalayaNOTICE
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      153 13 [weekend diary) TODAY TOMORROW SOCCER: Malaya Cup: Singapore CRICKET: SCA Junior "A": Joint Services v sWaiwor. Jalan SRC v F and N. padanc, CSC v Besar (5.15); SAFA junior cup YMCA, BalesUer Road. RAF tie (replay) —Darul Allah v (hand "B" v RAF Seletar "A", Mlnto, Jalan Besar, 3.45 pm.
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    Lucky Touch should win again
    810 14  -  EPSOM JEEP BEST BET: H N ND 2 s °f BEST OUTSIDER: "Xk'eT t g r o a o c d k Speedy Professor Bancot fighting fit after spell is a good longshot By New Grass looks a safe each-way investment UCKY m lj TOUCH,
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    (handsome may be too) good in his class
    224 14 three-year-old by the Phoenix ran was fourth with to speedy Alu Alu over 6f and then third to Lucky Touch. Peace Police is coming to hand nicely. He ran two encouraging races at Ipoh in June when second to San Juan over
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    Malaya Cup victory for Kelantan
    60 14 KOTA BAHRU, Fri. KELANTAN beat Pahang 4-0 in their east zone Malaya Cup tie at the Sultan Mohamed Stadium here today. Kelantan led 1-0 at half time scoring through Suleiman RaliimOn resumption Kelantan dominated play and In the first minute scored through Maurice Khoo Mid-way
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    KUALA LUMPUR CARD and SELECTIONS
    1455 14 2.15 -Race 1: (Cl. 4 Div. 2) 7F. 1 259 Handsome (.SL Stable Lee, 3 9.0 West 2 938 Canton II IC.K. Ch'ng Mdm C.T. Grn> Hobbs. 6 8 \i Donnelly 3 43 Today Matinee (Shaw Stable) Sperver, 3 8.9 Posner 4 027 Sweet Violets
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    PERCY THE STAR IN TRIAL GAME
    150 14 PERCY THE STAR IN TRIAL GAME SINGAPORE'S Merdeka Games hockey squad i showed the benefit of their four months' training under Burdett Coutts when they played a trial game on the padang yesterday. The S.H.A. official coach said afterwards he was well satisfied with the performances of the trainees and
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    CUP SHOCK
    229 14 AMICABLES the 'GIANT KILLERS' OUST POLICE IN Ist ROUND AMICABLES the "Giant Killers" have done it again. They provided the second shock in the S.A.F.A. Senior Cup competition by beating the formidable Police side 4-1 in the first round at Jalan Besar S'^dium yesterday. On xftursday. Tigers, the
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    Perak must play...
    94 14 IPOH. Frl. PERAK will have to play its Malaya Cup soccer match against Penang, scheduled foi Aug. 17 at Ipoh, as no reply will be available before that date to 8 request to withdraw from the competition The Perak A.F.A. has written to the Football Association of
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    Lock icon New record by Murless
    91 14 LONDON. Frl.— Noel Murlos. the Newmarket trainer, beat the all-time British record for a season's winnings when he saddled v.he Queen's tllly. candytuft, to win a race at Brighton yesterday Horses from the Murless stable have now won £94,080, beating the previous record of £93.899 set
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    Lock icon W.I. match abandoned
    90 14 BIRMINGHAM, Pti. Heavy rain caused an estimated loss of £1.000 or more in gate money when the West Indies match against Warwickshire was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled today With Warwickshire. 184 and 204 for six against Wen Indies' 212, leading by 176
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    Medan FA may visit S'pore
    60 14 The Medan Football Association has asked for three matches in Singapore after the Merdeka Games. The Medan team will include six Indonesian Olympic representatives, four of whom will be in the Indonesian national team competing in the Merdeka Games. If S.A P. A. agree, the
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    Surrey all set to keep title
    140 14 CURREV clinci cricket the sixth son by in shire in terday. They i j ed ii the; their sevei es and thi ers—N'iall the re Both remote to seriously. Surrey's their 16th for a poir.'. of a Results i ResuU I At Pontvpridel doned.
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