The Straits Times, 13 August 1957

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    16 1 AVERAGE DAILY fKBTIFIED SAtE CXCITEP3 IME,4MtO flew**** Estd. 1845, SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1957 15 CENTS
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    IT'S 'MASS HYSTERIA'
    869 1 STRAITS TIMES INVESTIGATES THAT MYSTERIOUS MALADY Nothing supernatural, doctor reports after seeing school and pupils Bomohs, yogis, won't be needed il'Oii. Mon. The mysterioVB malady that ha< been affecting pupils of the Saiehiah (Jirls Institute at Temoh, 30 milts south of here, g mass hysteria, a iortor
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    103 1 EIGHT DIE IN FLYING BOAT CRASH HOLLANDIA, (Dutch New Guinea), Mon.— A Dutch naval flying boat crashed on take off today near Merauke, New Guinea, killing eight of the 10 people on board. The plane, was on its way to drop supplies to an advance team of scientists who are
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    Labourer is buried alive
    41 1 A Singapore City Council labourer was buried alive yesterday evening when a trench he was working in at Evans Road, off Bukit Timah Road, caved in. Ayavoo Ramasaniy, 34, was dead when other workers dug him out.
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    PRINCE UNDER FIRE AFTER THIS TRIP
    45 1 PRINCE PHILIP, Prince Charles and yacht designer Uffa Fox in the Prince's yacht Bluebottle at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Several British newspapers criticised the Prince next day for taking eight-year-old Charles out in such a rough sea. Fox picture.
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    THE PRIZE OF PRIZES: A MAN
    115 1 THE PRIZE OF PRIZES: A MAN LONDON. Mon. The Daily Sketcb came up today with a new idea in the prize-giving race among London newspapers. The Sketch announced that its new prize would be a man. Tbe Sketch published the picture of a handsome 49-year-old former Army ma joe. 6ft.
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    Lock icon DEATH—AND DRAMA-IN THE AIR
    1105 1 DEATH— AND DRAMA- IN THE AIR 79 die as Canadian airliner crashes in flames: Nations worst aviation disaster MONTREAL, Monday PL \NE bringing 73 holiday makers back from Europe crashed and burned out in desolate country 20 miles from Quebec city yesterday. All passengers and the crew of six were
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    Express crashes
    21 1 ROTTERDAM Mon An express train collided with local passenger train near Eindhoven today, killing eight people and injuring 50
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    21 1 LONDON, Mon. Nearly 5,000 dockers stopped work today in support of London's striking vegetable and fruit market workers. Reuter.
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    Phone men to meet
    197 1 Phone men to meet Sack warning to be discussed IyHE Singapore Tele- phone Board Employees' Union will hold an emergency general meeting tomorrow to consider the ultimatum issued by the Board to its striking employees to return to work by Aug. 19. or face dismissal. The union's executive council, which
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    35 1 INDUSTRY INQUIRY LONDON. Mon— lord '.'ohm, tiO Appeal Court judue will lie. i council on prices, productivity iiid incomes Xt up hy (.((wrnniont to study industrial problems, it was announced here tonight. Keuter.
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    Lock icon Sub sinks two boats in port
    48 1 LONDON, Mon. A British submarine rammed four fishing boats in Great Yar- mouth harbour today when huge waves tore her from her moorings. Two of the boats sank. HMS Selene's bow was dented but she left harbour under her own power. A.P.
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    Big fire: Was it arson?
    409 2 EIGHT LORRIES LOADED WITH RUBBER LOST, AND PART OF GODOWN DAMAGED IN DISASTER is not ruled out in yesterday's big rubber blaze in Singapore. But no evidence of it has been found. The Fire Chief, Mr. J. Angus, said that if it \v;is a case
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    Shell kills four boys as they play
    86 2 YORK, Pennsylvania. Mon. Four boys playing "war" were killed by the explosion of an army bazooka shell here. The boys two pairs of brothers were blasted to death when the shell went off in a back yard on Saturday. An elderly man. grandfather
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      Lock icon 20,000 IN A 'PEACE' CLIMAX TO FESTIVAL
      64 2 20,000 IN A 'PEACE' CLIMAX TO FESTIVAL \f OSC O W, Mon.— i?1 About 20.000 youths in Moscow's Dynamo Stadium were arrayed to spell out the words "peace and friendship" with illuminated flags as the cJimax of the closing ceremony of the Communist-backed world youth festival. A few minutes earlier
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      24 2 BANGKOK: Dr. Thanat Korman, Siam's permanent delegate at the United Nations has been chosen as the next Siamese Ambassador to the United States. —Reuter.
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      26 2 TEHERAN: An agreement between Persia and Russia for the joint utilisation of the River Atrak areas, on Persia's northern border with Russia has been signed.— Reuter
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      26 2 VIENNA: The Hungarian Minister of Tarnsport Mr. Toistvan Kossa. admitted that a purge of "coun-ter-revolutionary elements" in Hungary had been carried out among railway workers. Reuter.
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      24 2 WASHINGTON: Senator Hubert Humphrey Democrat of Minnesota, said that a lack of overseas food stockpiles was a "dangerous gap in our defence structure." A.P.
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      28 2 BRISBANE: A Comet jet airliner arrived after a 36-hour flight from England which included stops at Singapore and Darwin. The plane averaged 535 m.p.h. during the trip. Reuter.
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      25 2 PEKING: Work has started on the longest railway tunnel in China 4,640 yards long —on the new Chungking Kweiyang railway in the southwest.—Reuter.
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      19 2 BANGKOK: The Siamese Government has agreed to let opposition party mem. bers appear on tele, vision. Reutrr.
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    REDS THAW THE COLD SHOULDER
    71 2 REDS THAW THE COLD SHOULDER BERLIN. Mon. The East German Communist Government resorted to a draft yesterday to get workers to attend a farewell rally for the visiting Soviet Communist Party chief, Mr. N i k i t a Khrushchev. The Communist Party newspaper Neves Deutsrhland disclosed that all factories
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    BUT EXPLOSIONS HEARD BY Tflj WATCHMEN WERE PROBABLY ROOF, GLASS CRACKING
    55 2 BUT EXPLOSIONS HEARD BY Tflj WATCHMEN WERE PROBABLY ROOF, GLASS CRACKING A DRAMATIC PICTURE taken in the middle of the night shows Singapore firemen playing t a vivid sea of flames in yesterday's rubber godown fire in Kirn Yam Road. Firemen fought the blaze than three hours. Straits Times picture.
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    Chaplain starts a row in scout camp over a Buddhist service
    605 2 Chaplain starts a row in scout camp over a Buddhist service BUTTON PARK, (Birmingham), Mon. A Church of England clergyman last night issued a statement at the World Scout Jubilee Jamboree here after an incident between himself and the deputy leader of the Ceylonese contingent in a tent reserved for
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    Lock icon JAVA REDS IN FOREFRONT
    150 3 Communists repeat poll successes at the expense of Nationalists The strongest political party on island today JAKARTA, Mon. The Indonesian Communist Party today appeared to have established itself as the biggest political party in Java. Early returns from weekend elections in West Java showed I luil
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    Treasury takes a mansion
    48 3 LONDON. Mon. The British Treasury has accepted an Elizabethan mansion and park in settlement for ibout £1.200.000 estate duty which became due when the 'Oth Duke of Devonshire died in 1950 Wi.'h it the state receives eight major works of art, including a Rembrandt.
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    98 3 WELLINGTON, Mon. The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Sidney Holland, today announced he would retire when the present term of Parliament ends late in September. He will not stand for reelection at today's caucus meeting of the National Parliamentary Party. Mr Holland intends to
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    Lock icon CAO DAI MAN TO DIE ON GUILLOTINE
    72 3 SAIGON, Mon.— A military court martial here today sentenced Gen. Nguyen Van Thanh of the Cao Dai sect, to death on the guillotine for desertion and implication in high treason. Thanh was captured in October 1955 while fighting with the Binh Xuyen and
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    Mao delays trip
    29 3 WARSAW. Mon. Chairman Mao Tse-tung"s visit to Poland has been postponed until the end of this year or oarly next year, informed sources here said today.
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    16 3 TOKYO, Mon— Seven thousand U.S. marines today began their final withdrawal from Japan. UP.
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    Lock icon CLIMBER IS GIVEN UP FOR DEAD: TWO OTHERS VANISH
    193 3 CLIMBER IS GIVEN UP FOR DEAD: TWO OTHERS VANISH OERNE, Mon. Rescue teams who snatched one man trom an icy death on the 12,000-foot. Eiger Peak in the Swiss Alps gave up another climber for dead today. A bitter snowstorm last night evidently put an end to the sufferings of
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    27 3 NEW DELHI. Mon— The Indian parliament was told today that 107 Indians had been killed in Malaya in the nine years of the Emergency. -UP.
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    THE QUEEN MISSES THE St. LEGER
    131 3 LONDON, Monday. T»HE QUEEN, one of Britain's keenest racing fans, x will not attend the St. Leger next month, the last classic meeting of the flat racing season, it was announced today. Lord Altrincham. in his recent much-publicised criticism of royalty, complained that the
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    Youth festival crowd clashes
    33 3 ZURICH, Mon. Several hundred anti Communi*; students clashed with Swiss youths returning from the Moscow World Youth Festival at the main station here last night. Several neople were injured.
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    Lock icon Line-up of the reluctant stars 'wanted9 for Confidential testimony
    126 3 Line-up of the reluctant stars 'wanted 9 for Confidential testimony HOLLYWOOD; -Mon. Out GaMe, Ava GardUl ,l Joan Crawford fr( the i*t'*t lm stars •wsated" l«da y for a mwini H-1 <»f mol > than inn relnctanl celebrities .ut.P'"' 11 1 u> testify ■boat pn'-'-ihlc < imbarrasl, n ttptriemeea at
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    Lock icon TREATY BROKEN BY IMAM'
    222 3 Britain mediated 37 years ago LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN denied today that a secret treaty signed irs ago gave the rebel Imam of Oman any i set up an independent state. A Foreign Office spokesman said the treaty had been broken by the Imam himself and therefore
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    Lock icon India to end ban on strikes
    67 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. The premier. Mr Nehru, told par- clay the Govern- decided to revoke nt ban on strikes by Icea employees. Ing the Govern- powers to meet a ike by 280,000 workers was passed by, er House of parlia- i ::ke was called
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    Credit squeeze
    25 3 PARIS, Mon.— France to- her credit squeeze further by raising rate from four to cent following the reform of the foreign payments I
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    Lock icon Pact with Japan hits Aussie trade
    169 3 CANBERRA. Mon. Con- ire being pruned or ci at Australian facts in favour of cheaper Irom Japan, the Director of the AssoChamber of ManuMr Latham Wit- today. Vlthall in a statement tiring as director, W that evidence of the I the recent trade Japan
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    31 3 HONG KONG. Mon.— Hong Kong today announced that refugees who reach Hong Kong via Macao must hold a Macao identity card for six months before entering the colony. A.P.
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    Lock icon WEDDING DAY FOR 8,000
    65 3 MEXICO CITY, Mon.—Mexico's biggest mass wedding was held for 4.007 couples in the huge national auditorium yesterday. Many couples had up to four children with them some babes in arms. others up to four years old. This was the ninth mass wedding sponsored by the Government
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    LONDON STOCKS
    331 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS j Consols £50 n ii Funding A'r £89 13 16 +1/16 War 2 l i r l £67<-j —>» HANKS Merc. (£5-£2'ipu) £6 11/16 Fastern (£s> L 8". Chartered (£5) 41/3 +/3 Hongkong ($125)
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    Lock icon Mr. Banda defends language agreement
    151 3 Mr. Banda defends language agreement fOLOMBO. Mon. The Prime Minister. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, today defended his agreement with the Opposition Federal Party on the official status of the Tamil and Singalese languages. He said the agreement would make for the realisation of the ideal of a united Ceylon. In a
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    Lock icon Nasser plot denied
    54 3 CAIRO, Mon. All 13 defendants in the conspiracy trial pleaded not guilty today to a charge of plotting the assassination of President Nasser and the overthrow of the regime. The defendants include two former cabinet ministers Mohamed Saleh El Din and Abdel Fattah Hassan and retired Brigadier
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    Lock icon Nehru 'yes'
    24 3 Nehru yes' NEW DELHI. Mon. Mr. Nehru said today that India was prepared to attend meetings of the U.N. disarmament sub-committee if Invited. Reuter
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    WEA to hold social, dance
    47 4 The Singapore Workers' Education Association will hold a social and dance on Aug. 31 at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise. Tickets at $1 each can be obtained from the Junior Technical School, Balestier Road, or from WEA office. 74--1 Bras Basah Road
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    Lee 'turns down compromise bid by extremists'
    272 4 RIVAL PAP GROUPS PUT OFF TALKS UNTIL TONIGHT TWO SAID TO HAVE OFFERED TO RESIGN UOPKS of a compromise between the "moderate" and "extremist" groups in the central executive committee of the PAP are fading out. The two groups were supposed to meet
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    TEACHERS WED
    78 4 MR. JOHN TAN CHENG HONG, a teacher, and his bride. Miss Lark Khoo Gek Choo. after their wedding at Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore. Straits Times picture. MX KHOO 800 KX<; and his bride. Miss Annie Lee. at their wedding reception in Singapore. Mr. Khoo. a teacher, is the
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    This is what our men are REALLY like, talks told
    202 4 This is what our men are REALLY like, talks told T^HE Singapore Council 1 for Women has written to the Asian Women's seminar in Bangkok giving its own account of the fight for equal rights for women. The letter resulted from a statement made by a Singapore delegate. Mrs. Mary
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    HIS COURAGE LED TO REDS' DEATH
    111 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A BRITISH soldier whose "determination and rx courage" helped to eliminate two ranking terrorists in Kluang, Johore, has been mentioned in despatches. He is Lance-Corporal lan Royds Fraser. 20. of the Ist Battalion. King's Own Scottish Borderers. On June 25 his
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    CAR CRASH WIDOW LOSES HER $30,000 AWARD
    182 4 CAR CRASH WIDOW LOSES HER $30,000 AWARD KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A trial Judge's finding, "though ingenious, was quite inconsistent with the evidence," the Federation Court of Appeal said today. The court allowed an appeal against a $30,000 damages award made to a widow and her five children by the Selangor
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    M-joy address
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inche Zainal Abidin, State Information Officer, Johore. will address members of the local Rotary Club at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow on the state's merdeka cc' ations.
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    Local men have better chance
    287 4 —UNDER NEW GOVT. SERVICE PLAN 'THE Singapore Gjvernment said yesterday that the new General Executive Service was designed to give local officers a chance of reaching the top It described the reorganisation of the civil service as a big tidying up process' which would increase
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    No change for Colony MCA after merdeka
    99 4 No change for Colony MCA after merdeka TWE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is likely to retain its status after th e Federation achieves independence. "We haven't discussed the matter but I can see ".I reason why we should not remain the same as we are at present,"
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    200 at piano recital
    42 4 The Singapore Chamber Ensemble yesterday held its second "Soiree Musicale' when the British pianist Geoffrey Tankard gave a recital of classical music. About 200 people attended the concert which was held at the Adult Education Centre. Fort Canning.
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      67 4 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE 41 metres. KUALA LUMPUR 341 metret. PENANG 366 metre*. MALACCA 297 metres. AM 7.15 Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Serenade- 7 30 Time Signal And News; 736 A Date With Music; 8.00 News Headlines; 802—830 A Date With Music: PM. 1.15 Lucky Dip- 130 Time Signal And News-
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      67 4 Anniversary; 6.55 Regional Announcements; 6.56 Singapore Snare Market Report 700 Time Signal And News: 7.15 What Mercleka- Means To Me; 7.2.i Sports Reel; 7.30 The Malayanaires 800 To Let; 8.30 Life With The Lyons 3.00 Discussing The Discs; 930 Time Signal And News; 9.45 Kathleen Perrler Sings; 10.00 L P.
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    We won't km Colony industry'
    309 5 MINISTER SAYS: fEDERATION POLICY IS OURSELVES FIRST 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ay ACTING Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari. said today that to kill Singapore s was "the last thing" the Federation ntl >(] to do. he said, the policy would
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    He wanted to eat in style, like a king'
    66 5 He wanted to eat in style, like a king' in. -An inmate lee Home told Magistrate's that he ■upper trays wanted to eat the kinfcs oi bygone c aluminium home,' 1 said ing, 68. when j .lty to dislining three secution stated the found in a Jrlutong on they liad
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    Arrest this driver' -coroner
    64 5 Arrest this driver' -coroner ordered at a inquest yes- 1 I council drilamaniam, for causing the death ■ir-old boy ov i ving. I coroner, j ad bin Hussein, i .ler at the end D Mohamed was pintruck driven by was told that silled on June nimaniam wa.s the city council
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    Bid to murder is alleged
    46 5 A. Govindasamy. of Enggor Street, was charged in Singa- j pore yesterday with the attempted murder of K. Thangavelu at a labourers' quarter in the Singapore Harbour Board on Saturday. He wa s remanded till Aug. 19. No plea was taken.
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    MY I SAID 'NO' TO POST OF CHIEF MINISTER: DR. LIM
    144 5  - MY I SAID 'NO' TO POST OF CHIEF MINISTER: DR. LIM KHOR CHEANG KEE PENANG, Monday Whip, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, today chief ministership of Penang firm believer mi '<• told me, moral pre- I ally those which t family oblibOM father, Dr. Leong, died re- son should acwhile still
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    Tax plea to Sir Henry
    45 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Minister of Finance, Col. Sir Henry Haushik Lee. was asked today to grant deductions from taxable income for the support of dependent parents. The request wa s made oy the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce.
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    RED SHIPS LOAD $4 MILLION CARGOES
    105 5 Two Communist freighter* t are loading rubber and coconut oil from Singapore valued at over $4,000,000. Both vessels came along- j side the Singapore Harbour Board wharves over the 1 ,m,b,mri The Polish vessel Bales- law Beirut is loading 790 tons of rubber for
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    75 WELL GET MERDEKA PERMS FREE
    48 5 75 WELL GET MERDEKA PERMS FREE BI'KIT MERTAJAM. Mon. Seventy-five girls in the Bukit .Mertajam district will be given free merdeka perms. Two beauty salons in the Bukit Mertajam district have offered their services free in September. Coupons will be distributed by the merdeka celebrations charity sub-commi tee.
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    Rag-time is coming up again
    104 5 Rag-time is coming up again THE secretary of the Freshmen's Orientation Committee of the University of Malaya, Mr. S. Kumarapathy, said yesterday that ragging would continue when the next academic year begins in September. "But," he added, "no ragging will be allowed at functions organised by this committee. "This is
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    It wins a car
    28 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM Mon. —Ticket No. ***** won the first prize a motor car in the St. Anne's fun fair lucky brick draw last night.
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    Aussie ships coming
    48 5 Two Australian destroyers, the Anzac and the Tobruk, will visit ports in the FederaI tion during the merdeka cele- 'orations. The Anzac will be at Port I Dickson from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 and the Tobruk at Penang from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.
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    Envoy talks
    38 5 Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. who is shortly resigning from the post of Ceylon Commissioner in Singapore and Malaya, addressed more than 100 members of the Ceylon Tamils' Association at its premises at Handy Road. Singapore last night.
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    TENGKU TURNS MODEL. DISPLAYS MERDEKA AND FORMAL SUITS
    106 5 THE FEDERATION Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, in the ceremonial dress deft) which he will wear at the merdeka ceremonies in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 31. Standing in front of him is his daughter Mariam. The dress, known as the Muscat dress,
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    Dragon man held a day after wedding
    144 5 MALACCA, Monday. A SINGAPORE waterfront worker who came here, his home town, to get married was arrested the day after his wedding on a charge of being a member of the Ang Bin Hoay triad society. Tan Kirn Watt, 24, was today fined
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    THE GENERAL FLIES A SICK NAVAL OFFICER TO HOSPITAL
    155 5 THE GENERAL FLIES A SICK NAVAL OFFICER TO HOSPITAL ON BOARD H.M.A.S. TOBRUK, Mon. A young engine-officer of H. M. A. S. Tobruk, who fell seriously ill at sea off the west coast of Malaya, was rushed today by plane from Sitiawan. Perak, to Kinrara military hospital near Kuala Lumpur.
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    Rain floods road
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Heavy overnight rain has flooded the Muar-Parit Sulong Road in Johore to a depth of 11 inches between the 91 3/4 mile and 92 1/2 mile., according to P.WD. reports reaching here tonight. The water is rising.
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    Fell off train
    34 5 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. A 70-year-old labourer Man Han Yoon, received severe head injuries when he fell off a moving train soon after it had left Serdang railway station near here yesterday.
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      106 5 POLICE BAND concert at King George V Park 5 30 p.m. to 6.30 'IIONG KONG TRADE EXHIBITION at Happy World Stadium 6 p.m. to midnight. SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show— Living Silver. News Magazine No. 48— Shell House. Collyer Qun»v. 1.15 p m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film show at
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      199 5 FELLOWSHIP: Hiking tourmeet at R"x Cinema. Mackenzie Road, 8 a.m. I II 1 1 Kll SOCIALIST PARTY: Stamford division general com- 1 mittee meeting at 171 Waterloo Street. 7 p.m. YWCA (Raffles Quayt: Malay j class 10.15 a.m.; Chinese cooking IdaM 10 30 a.m.; cake-baking 'class 2.30 p.m.; ballroom dancing
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    29 6 20 Word, 110 (minimum) NONIS: John Horatio, aged 58, of 42 Cowdray Avenue. on 12.8.57. Funeral service at Church of Immaculate Heart of Mary at 6 p.m. today.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    97 6 2u Word* $10 (Minimum) OLDTIMERS "In the know" Insist on Peter Dawson Special Scotch Whisky Sole Agents Robinson's. "MY OLFACTORY protrusion diagnoses H2S'\ Small boys often Ilka to use long words, but In plain English he's remarking on a nasty smell. The remedy? Airwick. ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL Fashion Shoes
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 13, 1957. The Primary Duty
    604 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 13, 1957. The Primary Duty There was good sound sense in the Chief Minister's speech to Malay journalists. The primary duty of the Federation Government, said Tengku Abdul Rahman, is to improve Malayan standards of living. There is more to independence than that, of
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    Pen Pushers
    344 6 The warning to parents by the Federation's Trade Union Adviser not to put their sons in white collar jobs may have no more effect than previous exhortations of this kind. Even if the parents are agreeable, the educated youth still shows a bias in favour of work which
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    Ring Up And Ask
    172 6 If Singapore's telephone workers ignore the Board's call to resume work or individually take the consequences they will have only themselves to blame should the consequences hurt. This foolish strike should never have started. That it did was the result of bad advice and too great
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    And now Khrushchev wants to liquidate Communism too
    1114 6  -  ALEXANDER METAXAS The Red Army and its leaders have let the men of the Kremlin destroy one another with f/, eif intrigues. Khrushchev has emerged victorious but isolated. He will remain in power just 0 Of)g he gives the Red Army satisfaction
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      Assistant ministers and merdeka invitations
      218 6 SO Singapore's four assistant mini; tors feel snubbed because they have not been invited to take part in the merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the month. It is difficult to imagine one good reason why the Federation Government should extend their
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      The forgotten merdeka guest
      61 6 IT is surprising to note that the Honourable Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald exCommissioner General for South East Asia, has not been invited whereas personalities of much lesser importance have been invited such as wives of exGovernors and a woman driver. Will the Federation Government consider inviting
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      Unionist can be tough bosses
      129 6 IT was amazing to read that 15 union employees in Kuala Lumpur were retrenched by their unionemployer because of "reorganisation". Later they were re-instated. A trade union is capable of exploiting and enslaving its own employees. A workers' union is said to champion the cause
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      'No strike' gift for September
      72 6 MAY I make a suggestion to capitalists and labourers in Malaya? The people are being called upon to contribute handsomely to celebrate merdeka which means dipping Into our pockets. The suggestion I am making is for workers to make their contribution to the celebration by
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      Personal view on bull fights
      57 6 I REFER to the article appearing in the Straits Times yesterday headed "Malayan Bull Fights Do No Harm, says R.S.P.C.A." I shall be much obliged if you will make it clear that I was speaking personally and not in my official capacity a s President
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      M.I.C. CANNOT CLAIM CREDIT FOR THIS
      168 6 IT was interesting to read in a report "Ban Toddy" (S. T. Aug 3) that the President of the M.I.C. and Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T Sambanthan, said "The M.I.C. campaign against toddy was proving very effective in Pahang which had become a
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      52 6 The WALTER PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER for Every Home Spore .v Penang $395.00 Federation $460.00 The Most Versatile Low Priced Complete Tape Recorder for Home Recording Teaching Business Industry Local Government Professional Recordings. Snle Agents:KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD 122-124. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE, 9. 227. BAIT ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR 24, BEACH
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      152 6 Bring your records "ME- BOX plays all speeds ct fiBIBB records and changes W them automatically It T^"j^^B|6r~ wJ> is housed in a beautifully 'yf designed cabinet finished in mahogany. J^^^^^k on the aW( K ftM Quite suddenly a minor miracle takes place. I sitting in the same room as
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    PLEA FOR SPEECH FREEDOM CLAUSE EXPECTED
    92 7 PLEA FOR SPEECH FREEDOM CLAUSE EXPECTED LA LUMPUR, Mon. jV Further criticism of the -iteration in the .rational guaranol freedom of is likely to be the Federa. Council in Wednesday. rtunlty will arise council considers which approves the Malaya Agreei establishes infor the country. will be introduced Minister. Tengku Rahman.
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    Garlick denies merger plan
    24 7 I Garllck, director v Anti-Tv I den* d to be mer Singapore erring to a re- red on Sa--upore Eng-
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    POWER GRAB BID AT MIC MEETING
    206 7 ction of officials put off K ANSON, Mon. annual meetlocal hranch Malayan Indian v.vi called off uproar yesterday what is believed utside attempt the 500 who turnnted bogus subs- 1 Ipta and tried to embershlp cards d give them a vote 1 were leiused
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    'Second wife used judo on the first'
    377 7 ARM WAS DISLOCATED... WHEN HUSBAND HELD MX PABf WAS UNBEARABLE. SAYS WOMAN TWO HURT IN JAPANESE v. CHINESE FAMILY ROW, COURT TOLD-THREE DENY INJURY CHARGES YOUNG Japanese wife applied judo to her husband's first wife, Lim Siong Hwang, and dislocated her right upper
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    A Bill to let the bulls wrestle...
    80 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A Bill permitting the 'wrestling of bulls" on special occasions "of public interest" will be in♦mduced at the Federal Legislative Council on Wednesday. The Bill will be rushed through on a certificate of urgency. Bull lighting will be one of
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    Secretariat to be abolished
    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Bill to abolish the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs is to be introduced at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. It was published In the Government Gazette today.
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    Doctor tells Salehiah girls: Don't be afraid
    25 7 DR. CHANG HOEY CHAN talks to a group of pupils at the Salehiah Girls Institute Straits Times picture.
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    CASEY TO BRING GIFT: 4 SWANS COMING TOO
    89 7 CASEY TO BRING GIFT: 4 SWANS COMING TOO "THE Australian Gov- eminent will present two tables and chairs, an Australian painting and four black swans to the Federation Government to commemorate Malaya's independence day on Aug. 31. This was stated yesterday by the Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. R.
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    GUILTY PLEA IN NOTES THEFT CASE
    85 7 GUILTY PLEA IN NOTES THEFT CASE Yusoff bin Mohamed, a peo:i at the Defence Branch oi the Chief Secretary's Office, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday to stealing four specimen currency notes carrying a face value of $11,150 from the office in Empress Place on Saturday. Inspector
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    HONG KONG SENDS WOMAN TO ILO TALKS
    104 7 HONG KONG SENDS WOMAN TO ILO TALKS HONG KONG'S only delegate to the International Labour Organisation's Asian Regional Seminar now being held in Singapore is a young and attractive Chinese woman. Miss Mok Sau Ha. Miss Mok is a labour officer and the only one, too attached to the Hong
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    Lock icon RETURNING HOME
    39 7 THE SULTAN of Johore and the SulUnah in the dining car of the Willem Ruys train at Waterloo Station. London They left on Friday after holidaying in Britain for Malaya to attend the merdeka celebrations.— A.P picture.
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    School gifts
    13 7 Donations to the Umar Pulavar Tamil School, Singapore, have reached $14,394.
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      65 7 Give Bob Martin's once a dag «E. C^BU^t\ >^B^BmSß^S^x^B^mr^ him healthy, handsome, gai) ily out of condi- formula listless and dull. le ToZ£\Z Mitatinjf With viumlm of the B Grojp I o was his toil. Why 1 L U cU <I*uppi1 *uppiy Pr S"U™ I like that, when Ss"d Vfi
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      150 7 Scotch whisky... there's W^ >^_ a fine, honest drink For JL^CFIM w you, appropriate to every occasion. In Haig you savour Scotch at its best, ■M^~ distinguished by the rare character that befits the product of its oldest *k {%^M fr distillers. So stick to Scotch and give it a
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      FORMAL for MERDEKA
      128 8 THE RUSH IS ON ALL over Malaya, women lucky enough to be going to the Merdeka celebrations are rushing the tailors and stores for full-length formal evening gowns, hats, long gloves and all the accessories that go with a grand occasion. Buyers and couturiers in Singapore tell
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      THE HATS
      142 8 Hats, a sort of poor relation in Malayan fashion, because we wear them so seldom, are now coming into their own in a big way and some of the newest London and Continental styles will certainly grace the Merdcka functions. The Duchess of GloucesTc". who is slim and
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      PLAIN, FANCY
      192 8 find them too uncomfortable to manage. 1 am inclined to agree with Mr. Thaarup. having bitter memories of a day at the'races in a high wind, when I was unwise enough to wear a light, wide skirt that would not stay down and a straw hat that had
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      MINISTER'S WIFE
      277 8 A charming Malay woman who is looking forward to attending the Meredeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, is Puan Kartini Binti Haji Mulek. wife of Singapore's Minister for Local Government. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. Puan Kartini, who is the mother of four children, enjoys accompanying her husband
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      CAREERS
      146 8 Puan Kartini has definite views about training children and thinks it important they should learn to do some job or take up a profession. "I hope my three daughters will all have careers." she told me. "I think it is the right ng for girls to. be trairud lor
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      BARGAINS
      97 8 Show me the woman who can resist a bargain—most of us would brave the noonday sun or a hot, jostling crowd to get one. And tomorrow promises to be our day for bargains, because SATA is to run a jumble sale at the St. Andrew"s War Memorial Hall to
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      282 8 1 Bath time is CussonS time j£^|i DobH Af^ CussonS *g^ BABY SOAP BABY POWDER Have you any of these ugly troubles f^t\ ECZEMA ITPM mfJ pimples T RASHES SORES? NEW DISCOVERY CURES QUICKLY BRITISH scientists have perfected a new clinically-tested skin balm. Painstaking research has proved conclusively the effectiveness
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      131 8 ci Mm Mm4^ m -af 1 Pastry that's crisp and golden to look at pastry that simply melts at a bite that's the result when you make it with Stork Margarine! Stork makes all pastry and cakes and sponges too into something extra-special. Give yourself a treat next baking-day use
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      103 8 Straits Times Crossword "I 2 I I s I 1 f 8 I I "ll 9 ill 5 ll^ I_i_l_il_fe_il_i H u >5 25 26 ACROSS 14 Number sighted off Plores 1 Natal here and now (8, 7). '5-5). 8 Ungainly return of fifty 17 He lives in Europe and
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      205 8 25 Tory gain In revolution (8). 27 "Laugh where we must be where we can" (Pope) 16). 28 Incongruity ot I.LP. City ambition (IS>. DOWN 2 Pretty Mile Inn without relevance (13). 3 Mark of extra 111 breeding (5). 4 "That unrest which men miscall—" (Shelley) (7). 5 Pericles wanders
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    Lock icon SELF-MADE KING ZOG FELL PREY TO MUSSOLINI
    1471 9 SELF-MADE KING ZOG FELL PREY TO MUSSOLINI Napoleon of the Balkans O^E April day in 1939 a cavalcade of sleek black limousines sped over rugged, twisting Albanian mountain tracks towards the Greek border. Fleeing to safety in them were lean, dark and dapper King Zog, his pretty young queen, Geraldine,
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      73 9 fO« unUAS 1 &ZBM MODEL *6080^2 'mCD£LS6IIO j| Refresh job-tired eyes in seconds Cenfic Murine 2-drop c »e quickly helps overworked eyes feel fresh look fresh! qmek drops of <■ eye— your feel soothed "and trends! For »MbH »way distantly re- "puffy" 8o buy j ■rr-h MURINE^ LORCOMAT C 35
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      6 9 M GIRL FROM 8 SKITTLES M
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      295 9 A.47 A.11 j BatyWEEfiS^^ with cottc... y-. Colic pains literally torture babies^ At such times, a teaspoonful of gentle n. v Milk of Magnesia added to each quart X of baby's formula, or a few drops added to his fruit Juice or water, will relieve his colic, help him bring:
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      198 9 Jff.v Jtargan 3M.D. Parting friend ■agggaiCTlJlilMJb*Ay t nr^e Hf cTO X^ I THE LEAST SHE Come/Amp THAT<S EXACTLY I >OU POMT FOR A MOMENT THINK \&i— '-<l^^*J- THE A K p OK T SHE V HAVE DONE WA* STOf WHAT I'M GOING TO [I WOULP OFPENP PH. MORGAN BY J
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  • Article
    PRICES HOLD STEADY IN QUIET TRADING ON SHARE MARKET
    583 10 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was a "Monday-ish" atmosphere on the Singapore Share Market yesterday but values were generally inclined to remain steady. There were further indications, however, of a slightly firmer attitude in tins and dollar rubbers, with sellers somewhat
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    21 10 SINGAPORE, Aug. 12. RUBBKR: 92| cents per lb. (down onehalf a cent). TIN: $369,874 per picul (up 12} cents)
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Monday at 92% cents per lb. down one-half a cent on Friday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f o.b. buyers 91 -i. sellers 92;
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    116 10 MELBOURNE. Mon. investments were variable although few moves were large on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. B.H.P. dropped Is. Trading was moderately active Loans 3', To 1956-59 £98 9/32 Loans 3 V.i 1956-58 £99 7/16 buyer Bank of N.S.W unquoted Con. Zinc 94/- buyer Mount Lyell 26/3 seller
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    142 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New York: buying airmail: TT. 32>... O.D. 32'-s, 90 d/st 32 15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail: T. T. 30%. O.D. 31. 90 d/st 31 5/16
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    113 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul I yesterday were: Copra: quiet: August/September $25 buyers, $26 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 >i sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business reported done; Muntok white $111, Sarawak $110. special Sarawak black $75 (all I unchanged). I Singapore
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    88 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or I expected today are: Frankfurt I' 2, Benalbanach 4 5, Ivan Sechenov 6A Zeeland 6 7, Abbekerk 8 9, Orestes 10|ll, Slrdhana 13 14, Sudan 15 16,, Sangola 18, Rengam 19E, Serampang N. Wall 1. Segamat N Wall 8.
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    PRODUCTION IN JULY
    79 10 Unltac Ltd- report that July production for Malaka Plnda Rubber Estates Ltd. was 117,600 1b; United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd. 126,175; Ayer Molek Rubber Co. Ltd 28,340; Leong Hln San Ltd. 48.000; Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd 43.793. Rivervlew Rubber Estates Ltd report production In July at 146,133
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      1250 10 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS A number of scholarships will be, available during 1 1958 for courses involving the study of science and allied subjects- These scholarships are designed tc I qualify the selected candidates for appointment to posts In the de-
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      809 10 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. George Dutta is no longer In the employ of the Cathay Hotel, Cathay Building, Singapore, as from the 12th day of August, 1957 from which date he has no authority whatsoever to transact business for the Cathay Hotel. K. T. SAN, Secretary, for Cathay Hotel, Slglap Development
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      219 10 SHIPPING NOTICES NOTICE M.S. "BOISSEVAIrT/L (10/8) Gdn. 20C M.S. "HOUTMAN'VL (11/8) Gdn. 40/41 The general surveys of all I damaged packages will be held on Friday, 16-8-57 for the "Boksevaln" and on Monday, 19-8-57 for the "Houtman". No further surveys will be held after these dates. N.V. K. P. M-,
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      509 10 FROM DETAIIJDIPII^RAMM^ RADIO WEEKiv I 8 FERN-VILLE FAR EAST LINES. New Fast Monthly Service From U. S. GULF PORTS TO SINGAPORE (VIA HONGKONG) Commencing With T. S. '-KXNGSVILL! Loading Last Fci* New Orleans 14th Sept Due Singapore »4Mi Nov. and Thereafter Leaving On 14th Of fcv fc T M*«ft HARRISONS
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      1265 11 yglt»4of MANSFIELD oft CO., LTD. i«ii 2412, lasc) (Incorporated ,n Singapore) (U THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE EfIINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS 5 v,. Sun •'■•'♦7 Proceed via Panama or Capo at Good Hope) 1 on to proceed vio other ports to lood ond discharge cargo Singapore verpool
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      1073 11 Wtk)}lM^)ll'JJiVi^ffWffTm^ EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST mmmmmmmm VIA SUEZ Penang P, Sham Spore INWA le Pert 14/14 Aeg "MEONIA" (Bangkok enlyj 19/22 Aug 21/24 Aag 21/27 Aeg 1 SARGODHA" 25/24 Aug 27/20 Aug 29/JJO Aag HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN. PORT SAID. GENOA, ANTWERP. 1 ROTTERDAM,
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      997 11 Kn* THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD V&i"*- 1 SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. A CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penong BENAUANACH for Aden, Jeddoh, Port Sudan G. 4-5/15 Aeg 14/18 Aag BENCRUACHAN for London, Antwerp In Port/19 Aeg 20/22 Aeg 11/24 Aag BENVANNOCH for
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      1198 11 HoALISTER CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: 2*3* l ELLIRMAN UMBS KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG A NULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND ond tor U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Atc «r*»"o eeigo tor Central ft Seuth and Conodo via Colombo America CITY OF POONA SUNNYVILLE Spore P. S'hom
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    Future world tin demand is optimistic
    113 12 THE chairman of Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd., Mr. Clifford Waite, says he is optimistic about the future demand for tin. In his statement for the company's annual meeting in London this month Mr. Waite says tinplate now takes 40 per cent of the world's
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    Air hostess helps boost Singapore
    96 12 Air hostess helps boost Singapore Pretty Air-India International airlines air hostess Joyce Goode, who lives in Singapore, helped to publicise the airline as well as Singapore and Malaya at the Sydney Industries Fair. An interested visitor to the fair, who is seen in this photograph, was the Premier and Colonial
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    Red China's synthetic rubber plan
    84 12 Red China's synthetic rubber plan /COMMUNIST China Is to \J produce synthetic rubber by the summer of 1958 says the Peking newspaper "Ta Kung Pao," according to reports from Hong Kong. Construction work has begun on a synthetic rubber and caustic soda plant at Changshou, on the upper Yangtse River,
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    New outlet for British caravans
    146 12 New outlet for British caravans A BRITISH company, Sprite Caravans of Newmarket. England, is introducing its caravans in Singapore and Malaya. Mr. Sam Alper, managing director of the company, saw in Singapore that caravans had proved popular in Europe, the United Kingdom Canada. Australia and many other countries where they
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    Shareholders' committee to 'shake up' tin company
    423 12 EFFICIENT WORKING AND CARE OF EXPENDITURE SOUGHT No dividends paid for three years SHAREHOLDERS of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging No Liability are reported to be forming a committee to seek more efficient working of the company and more care with expenditure. The move
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    AUSSIE FLOUR TRADERS FACE MARKET LOSS
    130 12 j From K. D. GOTT in Melbourne I mHE president of the -L Flour Mill Owners' 1 I CouncU, Mr. R. P. Mini- f i He, has announced Aus- I tralian flour exporters I I are bein* severely I I trounced by heavily I
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    Goodyear expands
    27 12 Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company has announced the formation of a new subsidiary for the purpose <>l establishing and developing a rubber plantation in Guatemala.
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    Caravans come to Malaya
    37 12 This is one of the caravans to be introduced in Singapore and Malaya Picture above shows its interior. furnished with every amenity of a home. The caravans cost between $4,000 to 57.000 each.
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    President Lines build two new USs4om ships
    132 12 REGULAR CALLS A I MALA VAN PORTS A MERICAN President Lines plan to build two new passenger-cargo ships costing U5540,000,000 for their round-the-world trips, calling at Singapore and Malaya. T^e two ships, which will be named President Lincoln and President Roosevelt, are expected
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    C AND W EXPANDS OUTPUT OF CABLES IN SINGAPORE
    143 12 CABLE and Wireless Ltd. plans to nrnri,, nautical miles of cuble at the Sln«'S Cc Factory next year. This is revealed in the annual report nr*. at last month's meeting in London. The ren the factory had produced 800 nautical mill
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    New Blue Funnel ship due today
    95 12 Ante™, is f ::.T, v 0 a y P aTe. tOdayon "'-«i Launched Tyre last Octo T»nor is an improve versing the post wa t 'A- C 2?2 Blue Funnel sh ips O f »m? 27 vessels art i ;n Jsd» at all Malay;
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    NEW SHIPS FOR LYKES
    77 12 The United States Marltime Administration has signed a contract calling for construction of 53 cargo ships in U.S. shipyards dur ing the next 14 years. Mr. Clarence G. Morse, the Maritime Administrator, has announced in Washington the estimated cost of th»» programme wa s M 51.500.00-0-000.
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    'Playing host' tourism plan
    41 12 A plan to nt-ate lnternational goodwill and boost the tourist trade in Singapore includes Singapore peofe "playing hosts'- to forebr visitors. The plan is part of a campaign by G. C. Nanda and Sens, travel agents Singapore.
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      156 12 Nr-i Sanitary Ti Mures frJ jJLJ of "Distinction by jjjj ASSOCIATED CLAY INDUSTRIES LTD. Th« AC I Showroom at We hold the largest Stocks n Peterson Simons Co., Ltd. Malaya of sanitary ware in ara Singapore of attractive designs and six differ- cnt colours. Sole Agents and Stockists: UNIVERSAL SIGN
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    'I HAD TO SEEK NAVY AID' says CAPTAIN
    391 13 A SHIPS captain told a Singapore court yesterday that when his Colony-engaged crew threatened the safe navigation of his vessel which was carrying 4,000,000 gallons of petrol in Iraqi waters on May 12, he called in the local Iraq police and Capt.
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    Accused of rioting
    60 13 Two youths, facing a rioting charge, were alleged in a Singapore court yesterday to have assaulted members of p "rival secret society" in West Hill Road on Sunday. They were Abdul Razak bin A. Aziz. 19. and Mohamed Yassin bin Azil. 17. No plea was taken. Bail
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    600 Hajis return
    33 13 About 600 Malayan pilgrims who visited Mecca disembarked last night in Singapore from the Anshun. One pilgrim. Haji Taib bin Ranamista, 65 died on board the ship during the voyage.
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    Scott presents MBE insignia
    38 13 Mr. Teoh Loh Swee of Singapore yesterday received the insignia of the M.B.E. from the CommissionerGeneral for South -East Asia Sir Robert Scott. Mr. Teo. 36. is the transport manager in the Com-missioner-General's office
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    New school Singapore inferno
    94 13 New school Singapore inferno SEREMBAN. Mon. The school at Linggi. Port Dickson. which was burnt dow i earlier this year, is being rebuilt. A RAGING INFERNO hit Kirn Yam Road, Singapore, yesterday when these lorries loaded with rubber, were gutted. This scene shows some of the fierce pillars of fire
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    'I gave steward $300/ witness alleges
    450 13 17 th DAY OF THE INQUIRY TPOH, Mon.— A food contractor, Mr. Pang Kent? Chan, alleged before the commission of inquiry here today that he had to give the steward of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan. S3OO when he obtained a contract. Mr.
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    More than $4,000 in Perak FA Fund
    115 14 More than $4,000 in Perak FA Fund IPOH, Mon. THE Perak A.FA. "Footballers' Benevolent Fund" now stands at more than $4,000. Among the latest donations are: Mr. W. McGregor Watt, former president of the Singapore A. F.A. $100. Mr. Chia Boon Leong. former Singapore soccer star $50, and the two
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    , MARTENS, KRETSER IN TEAM ! v.CEYLON
    157 14 MARTENS, KRETSER IN TEAM v.CEYLON JOHN MAHTENS, who scored the season's first century in the senior cricket tournament last Sunday, and Paul de Krets^r who has shown consistent all-round form, will mak e their first state appearances this season when Singapore play the touring Ceylon team on the padang on
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    Yogorajah manager & selector
    259 14 Yogorajah manager selector THE Singapore Hockey Associa- tion last night named its secretary, Mr. s. Yogarajah, as manager of the Singapore hockey team for the Merdeka Games. At the same time the S.H.A. decided that, as manager, Yogarajah would have full authority for the selection of the teams for the
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    FOOTBALLERS want NEW DEAL
    908 14  -  808 i'IDGEON By PERAK TRAGEDY STIRS DEMANDS FOR A BENEVOLENT FUND FOOTBALLERS and r footbaU fans all over the world have earned themselves a glowing reputation for their willingness to give their services in a worthy cause. And Malaya's record in this respect stands second to
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    A DOLEFUL DOCUMENT from THE M.H.F. CHIEF
    710 14  - A DOLEFUL DOCUMENT from THE M.H.F. CHIEF NORMAN SIEBEL By MR. D BLAMES! THE FED GOVERNMENT THE MOST DOLEFUL document of the year from a Malayan sports controlling organistaion has just reached me. It comes from Mr. A. Durairatnam, the acting president of the Malayan Hockey Federation, which met in
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    Yee Cheng keeps her crown
    33 14 Yee Cheng keeps her crown TONG YEE CHENG (above). 19-year-old Ipoh schoolteacher, retained her Perak B.A. women's singles title by beating Chin Phee Keow 11.5. 7-11, 12.10 on Sunday night. Straits Times picture.
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    Vietnamese threat in Malayan tennis
    244 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The most serious foreign challenge in the Malaand the inter-port tournament may come from Vietnam. Vietnam will be represented by three top players, Including the singles champion. Nguyen Van Tich, 28. The other members are Vo Van Bay, 26, and Vo Van
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    Busmen win
    27 14 BANGKOK. Mon. rpHE Kowloon Bus tourists trounc. 1 ed a Royai Siamese Air Force side 8-1 In a soccer match at the National Stadium yesterday
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    SAFA gives $500 to Perak Fund -IS PLA YERS named for M-GAMES
    210 14 SAFA gives $500 to Perak Fund -IS PLA YERS named for M-GAMES- rE Singapore Amateur F.A., at a Council meeting last night, unanimously approved a proposal by a former president, Mr. W. McGregor Watt, that a donation of $500 be sent to the Perak F.A. Benevolent Fund. This will be
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    FATHUL OUT
    105 14 CHANGI ARE SECOND DIV. 2 SIDE TO SURVIVE CUP FIRST ROUND JJ A.P. Changi, the Dlv. 2B league champions, yesterday beat Fathul Karib, a first division club. 3-0 in their S.A.P.A. Senior Cup first round match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Changi are the second Div. 2 club to
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    Badminton booming in Formosa
    199 14 By MOX SIM PIN fHE latest recruits to lnterna- tlonal badminton are the Nationalist Chinese who hope to participate in the Asian Games and the Thomas Cup badminton tournaments in the near future. Mr. Wei Chen Wu, secretary general of the National Badminton Association of the
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    W. Indies Put out Lanes for 79
    45 14 W. Indies Put out Lanes for 79 MANCHKF week t< final Test Indies found like thel] form when thi Lancashire hours b.r day. The We.-,t Tnrii, dared their Saturday. five. Lancash:/ better in th< making 207 the close wh only 31 run innings d< I
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    Lock icon SCOREBOARD
    93 14 WEST IM.II 317 LANCASHIRE K1 Smith b Hall lni Ikln b Worrell Pullar b Hall Washbroo;. lU b Worrell Grieves c Walrott b Valentine Bond c Goddi.!.; b Whiteley not out Bowman c Pail Greenoußh si Valentine Hayes c Alexander b Tattersall c Kan! Total Fall of mU 59.
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    Lock icon RAIN STOPS OVAL MATCH
    108 14 LONDON, Mon. Close of play scores in today's cricket matches were: At The Oval: Middlesex 114. Surrey 100 7 (Clark 50). rain stopped play. At Leeds: Yorkshire 147 5 v Kent, no play today rain. Tea scores in other matches were: At Portsmouth: Hampshire 231— 8
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      29 14 E^HDiARY ■occn S.A.F.A. Div. IB: K M I Tuan Mont. Gcyhat'; Junior Cup tie: S.R.C. Knt., Raja. pi. dang. ■OCTET S.H.A. vs Royal Nan, Bal*. tier Road, 5.15 p.m.
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