The Straits Times, 28 August 1957

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    21 1 AVERAGE ■> All V CfettYfcVifcD SAW EXCEED^ 80,000 New*"** 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1957 15 CENTS
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    Goode to be new Governor: Morris to leave
    185 1 ME Chief Secretary, 1 Mr William Allmond Codrington Goode, will succeed Sir Robert Black as Governor of Singapore, it was announced yesterday. diKKif will take office in Dfct-nili'T when Sir Rokrt leaves for his new lppointmcnt as Governor 2 HlillU KIUIR. till
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    KING, QUEEN MOVE IN
    409 1 TRUMPETER SOUNDS GREETING AT THE ISTANA NEGARA Thousands cheer as Negri Sembilan gives Ruler a big send-off Rousing farewell, quiet welcome KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Paramount Ruler elect moved quietly into his new home here today after a resounding send off from Negri Sembilan. At the
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    THE DUKE IS ON HIS WAY
    37 1 I EDINBURGH. Tues.— The rae and Duchess of Glouc*tor left Kinloss aiiport. [[JMnvcrness, today with Prince William for Kuala Lumpur, where the Duke will represent the Queen at the independence celebrations.
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    HOME FROM BRITAIN TO CHEERS, FLAGS AND FLOWERS—THEN THE BIG SHOCK
    37 1 HOME FROM BRITAIN TO CHEERS, FLAGS AND FLOWERS— THEN THE BIG SHOCK PRINCESS MERIAM clasps a handbag, doll and posy and holds hands with hrr nurse. Miss Elizabeth Berlinger, as she, the Sultan and Lady Ibrahim disembark.
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    NO-WORRIES BANDA SAILS IN FOR CELEBRATIONS
    176 1 NO- WORRIES BANDA SAILS IN FOR CELEBRATIONS A BIG crowd of Singapore Ceylonese were at the wharf yesterday to greet Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, who arrived in the Willem Ruys to attend the independence celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Also there were the Com-missioner-General, Sir Robert Scott, and
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    Sultan of Johore to boycott all M-day events
    410 1 Sultan of Johore to boycott all M-day events THE Sultan of Johore will NOT attend the independence celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. NOR will he be present at the state celebrations in Johor e Bahru. And he does NOT plan to abdicate, as has been rumoured. This was learned from a
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    MORE MONEY FOR THE INEFFICIENT
    545 1 MORE MONEY FOR THE INEFFICIENT 'That's my policy'— millionaire SINGAPORE multi-millionaire, Mr. George E. Lee said In the High Court yesterday that it was the policy of his company to raise the salary of both efficient and inefficient workers. During the hearing of a case in which the company is
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    New Delhi post goes to Maclntyre
    96 1 New Delhi post goes to Maclntyre KUALA LUMPUR Tues A federal councillor Mr S. Chelvasingam MacIntyre, has been appointed Malayan High Commissioner in New Delhi, it way nounced tonight H e i» expected to take up his appointment early in September. A Government statement said the present status of th
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    Border incident
    29 1 DAMASCUS, Tues.— A group of Syrian labourers near the Jordan border, repairing the railway line near Shajarah, were forced to stop work by a Jordanian military patrol.
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    Lock icon SYRIA: CAUSE for ALARM
    53 1 WASHINGTON. Tues The' U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said today Syria's neighbours were genuinely alarmed at the very large quantity of weapons Russia had shipped into that country. Syria is believed to have received from Russia 200 T-34 tanks and 70 MiG-15 and
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    Lock icon Talks with 'rebels'
    52 1 JAKARTA, Tues. The Indonesian Cabinet yesterday discussed final preparations for a high-level conference between the central government and regional leaders, the Information Minister, Mr. Sudibjo. said today. The central government is arranging the conference following demands by civil and military leaders in Indonesia's outer regions for greater
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    Lock icon Ceylon tax on travellers
    43 1 COLOMBO, Tues. Ceylon has decided to levy a tax on air and sea passenger leaving the Island. The tax. of two rupee s and 50 cents will be used to im prove air and sea port fact lities.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Protest to U.N.
    38 1 VIENNA, Tues The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament will meet shortly to discuss "suitable measures against the interference of the United Nations In the internal affairs of our country," Budapest radio reported.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Feted in Moscow
    32 1 MOSCOW, Tues. Soviet officials and diplomats attended a reception given by the Syrian Ambassador in Moscow last night in honour of Mr. Hamid Khuja, Syria's visiting Agricultural Minister. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Russian car
    25 1 COLOMBO. Tues. The first Russian car to be imported to Ceylon is now in general use here. The car Is the Moskvitch— U.P.
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    PAP is still without leaders
    196 1 PAP is still without leaders I^EW leaders of the People's Action Party are unlikely to be appointed for at least a fortnight. The moderate group in the PAP central executive committee, led by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, are unwilling immediately to fill the posts made I vacant by the arrest
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    38 1 PRICE FREEZE PARIS. lues linHM .Minister, Mr. Felix Guillurd. ton i,- lit announced that Government had decided to freeze prices at the level of Aug. 15 in an effort to brine inflation to a halt. Reuter.
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    Mr. GEORGE'S MERDEKA 'BRAINWAVE'
    383 2  - Mr. GEORGE'S MERDEKA 'BRAINWAVE' NAN HALL THERE'S A FORTUNE IN THIS HAIRCREAM, SAYS LOCAL BOFFIN WHO WANTS TO CASH IN ON THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE By hE FINISHED PRODUCT QNE MAN in Singapore is expecting to cash in on the Merdeka spirit. He is Mr. K. C. George, principal and
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    MALAYA IN U.N. DECISION
    48 2 NEW YORK. Tucs. The Security Council may be called into session nexi week to consider the application j of Malaya for membership in the United Nations. Britain and possibly Australia. are expected to ask early next week lor a council meeting for that purpose.
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    London reunion ends in driving ban
    180 2 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Tues After' T"ing-Cmdr. William Hedley: C-iff had met in London some friends from Singapore, ho found himself in trouble with the police. Later, at Lambeth police court, he pleaded guilty to being in charge of a car while under the
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    Siam 'death railway' victim freed from Broadmoor
    203 2 Siam 'death railway' victim freed from Broadmoor LONDON, Tues.—A man whose plight E was attributed to his experiences as a pri- soner of the Jap- anese during the war is to be released from Broadmoor, the asylum for criminal lunatics in Britain. E He has spent eight years there, following
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    48 2 Royal holiday cut short BAGDAD. Tues.—Crown S Prince Amir Abdullah oi= Iraq, is due back in Bag-= dad from Istanbul. No of-s flcial reason was given tors his unexpected return. The Crown Prince had= accompanied King FeisaiE to Istanbul on his sum-: mer holiday early last= month.—Reuter. s
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    American scene
    795 2 From DONALD LUDLOW WASHINGTON. Tuesday. By far the best television show on the air today and the most revealing spotlight on America continues to be the Senate investigation of the trades unions. Right through the day in clubs and bars and in the home, all eyes are fixed
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    Lock icon Russia: We have super rocket
    387 3 TEST A SUCCESS 'MISSILE CAN REACH POINTS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD* REDS CLAIM THEY jjIVE ADDED ULTIMATE WEAPON 9 TO ARSENAL LONDON, Tuesday. MOSCOW RADIO announced last light that Russia had successf ]|> u tested an inter-continental ballistic rorket "which can be directed
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    Lock icon Britain is sceptical
    75 3 LONDON. Tues. British Defence officials looked with scepticism today on the Soviet claim that it has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Air Marshal. Sir Dermot Boyle, said he couldn't acIcept "as Gospel" the claim that the weapon could be directed to any point In the world.
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    Lock icon NO REASON to DOUBT RED CLAIM – DULLES
    144 3 NO REASON to DOUBT RED CLAIM DULLES WASHINGTON, Tues. The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, said today that he had no particular reason to doubt the vera. city of the Moscow an. nouncement that the Soviet Union had success, fully tested a missile that could I),, directed
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    WEDDING OF A PRINCE
    45 3 PRINCE SADRUDDIN, 24, younger son of the late Aga Khan, and Nina Dyer, 27, British ex-model who were married quietly at Col-logne-Bellerive, Switzerland, yesterday. They are seen in this A.P. picture being greeted during a recent visit to a Paris mosque.
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    Lock icon Cabinet breaks up as Minister weeps
    108 3 Cabinet breaks up as Minister weeps COLOMBO, Tues.— There were tears in the Cabinet when Ceylon's only woman Minister was criticised according to a reliable Informant. And the sobbing of Mrs. Wimala Wijewardene broußht the discussion to a flustered halt. Mrs Wijewt.rdene, aJ-rr.ond-eyed Health Minister, lashed out at her Cabinet
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    Found $86,000
    27 3 HAMBURG, Tues. A nine-year-old boy found a savings book worth 117.000 marks (about $86,000) lying lon a pavement here and returned it to the loser.-
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    35 3 WASHINGTON. Tues— The Secretary of State. Mr. Dulles, said today the United States would consider applications from any Chinese Communist newsmen to visit the U.S. A.P. the constable said. "Yes, a little suspicion."
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    Lock icon PEN congress
    34 3 PARIS, Tues.— Sixty-eight European writers and thinkers leave Paris for Tokyo next Wednesday to attend the annual congress of the P.E.N. club. They are travelling by a special Air Prance aircraft. Reuter.
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    Lock icon CURRY ENTERS AMERICA
    50 3 NEW YORK, Tues. A large display of overseas delicacies, including Japanese and Formosan dishes, was shown at the third annual fancy food and con- fection show at the Sheraton Astor Hotel yesterday. Eastern curry and spices were displayed next to hams and other meats from Germany. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    312 3 LONDON, Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £48-Tt4 -f\ Funding 4% £8»T» +14 War 3V: £65 15/16 +3/16 BANKS Merc. (£5: £2V p.u.) £64 Chartered (£1) 42 6 +/3 Hongkong <$125j £48'-j -t-Vi INSURANCE Com. Nn. (uts.) 77 6 +1/8
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    Lock icon DISARM TALKS A SHAM, SAYS RUSSIA'S ZORIN
    223 3 DISARM TALKS A SHAM, SAYS RUSSIA'S ZORIN LONDON, Tuesday. '■pHE Soviet delegate to the disarmament talks here, Mr. Valerian Zorin, said in a 7,500--word speech today that "those who try to persuade world public opinion that the talks in London, which have been going on for five months, are going
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      Lock icon WOMAN IN COURT FOR LOVING AFRICAN
      69 3 WOMAN IN COURT FOR LOVING AFRICAN SALISBURY, Tues. A 49-year-old Englishwoman pleaded guilty in court here today to a charge of having intercourse with an African, a lorry driver. Mrs. Muriel Nancy Par-doe-Matthews told the S a lisb v r y Magistrate's Court, she had been in Rhodesia for the
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      31 3 TAIPEH: The Nationalist Chinese Foreign Minister. Mr. George Yeh, urged the United States to halt all economic aid to Indonesia because "President Soekarno definitely is leading Indonesia into Communist control."— U.P.
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      50 3 LONDON: The Health Minister, Mr. Dennis Vosper, plans to resign from the Government because of his ill health, the News Chronicle reported.—U.P. JAKARTA: The Indonesian parliament decided unanimously to place on its agenda a resolution submitted by 17 members of parliament condemning "British armed intervention" in the Sultanate of Oman.—Reuter.
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      29 3 COPENHAGEN: Most of the Russian passengers killed in the cra&i. of an Ilyushin-14 airliner here on Aug. 15 were believed to be military experts on their way to Siberia—U.P.
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    Lock icon CLAUDIO ARRAU IN SYDNEY COURT
    104 3 SYDNEY, Tue.sday. THE famous Chilean concert pianist, Claudio Arrau, was charged here today with behaving in an offensive manner at a men's toilet in Lang Park. Sydney, on June 17. Arrau pleaded not guilty. A constable said he saw Arrau follow a man into a
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    Fined $1,000
    26 4 Soh Ah Foo, 20, was fined $1,000, or two months' jail, in Singapore yesterday for being in possession of 201 b. of uncustomed tobacco.
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    $1 MILLION WINDFALL
    277 4 Retired City Council employees may be getting- 'Bonus 9 pay-out plan to be discussed on Friday A FIVE-MAN special committee of the Singapore City Council has recommended additional provident fund payments, totalling more than $1,267,000, to those who retired from the service between September 1945 and December
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    FIVE-BOSS MAN FINED $46
    90 4 FIVE-BOSS MAN FINED $46 A Singapore judge, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday told K. Suppiah, a National Serviceman, not to tell him a I "cock and bull" story. He said this when Suppiah pleaded inability to attend parades because he worked for five employers, and was busy till very late at
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    UMNO bazaar
    27 4 The Singapore UMNO will hold a bazaar at the home or its president, Inche Abdul Ham id bin Haji Jumat, on Sept. 7 and 8.
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    Bullets charge
    33 4 TELUK ANSON. Tues. Mat Keling bin Dollah. 57. a tapper, pleaded not guilty here yesterday to possessing two cartridges at Kampong Padang Kerbau. Bail of $500 was granted until Nov. 1.
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    Driver fined
    22 4 A clerk, Dale Soh, alias Soh Kek Klan was yesterday fined $60 In a Singapore traffic court for negligent driving.
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    Rats killed
    16 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Town Council reports that 214 rats were destroyed in July
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    PROFESSOR BACK: MY SYSTEM IS GOOD
    189 4 iTTOE head of the University of Malaya's law depart A ment, Prof. L. A. Sheridan, returned to Singapore from Australia yesterday more confident than ever of the success of his proposals to enable students to qualify locaily as lawyers. During his six weeks' visit,
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    POLICE FIND GUN HIDDEN IN PARK
    62 4 POLICE FIND GUN HIDDEN IN PARK Singapore C.I.D. Secret Societies sub-branch men yesterday found a revolver, wrapped in paper, hidden in King George V park Acting A.S.P Elam Din, at the head of a party of detectives, went there after a tip-off. "We believe the revolver, a .38, was hidden
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    Court sets deadline
    69 4 Singapore judge, Mr- Choor Singh, said yesterday that he would acquit Lim Yak Ting of a charge of extortion if his alleged victim Ng Hock Seng, did not appear in court by Sept. 10. The prosecution stated that the police were unable to trace Ng. even after
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    GRACIA'S BACK —WITH TWO WISHES AND A HUSBAND
    107 4 GRACIA'S BACK WITH TWO WISHES AND A HUSBAND WHEN (iracia lay i above with her husband) came ashore from the Willem Roys in Singapore yesterday she said she had two immediate aims. FIRST, she wanted to form a theatrical group in the Colony an ambition prompted by three years' acting
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    A day in jail
    35 4 SEGAMAT, Tues. Jantan alias All bin Raidin. 31. wma sentenced to a day's imprisonment and fined $500 at Segamat for assisting in the disposal of stolen jewellery belonging to his sister.
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    Sin Pao—the big question mark
    183 4 Sin Pao— the big question mark MAN IN JAIL HAS THE ANSWER WILL t'.c Sin Pao apply for a licence to continue publication or will it wind up? The answer may have to come from Changi jail, where the paper's managingdirector. Mr. Pu Wu Mun. is held under the Preservation
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    2 JOIN NANYANG VARSITY
    61 4 Two teachers have joined the Nanyang University. They are Prof. Bennett Ten Jun Fuh from Hong Kong who will head the Accountancy and Banking Department and Mr. Jen Tai. from Manila, who will be lecturer in modern literature. Thp unm t on() ready nas 90° n
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    GIRL, 15 FOUND PREGNANT IN SCHOOL
    275 4 GIRL, 15 FOUND PREGNANT IN SCHOOL was f()1 sevl n months r ?n iv during a routine ft* ernment school T dical in Sinppor. told yesten Dr. Dorothy I a medical of) the girl w h a ;«*t different when told of t condition on May n,, year. -a m
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    The $70 gift
    33 4 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Ahmad bin Maulud. 28. a corporal in the special constabulary, was fined $7o at samat ta giving Lebar bin Ahmad sever katis of rice in excess f ration.
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    An unarmed man wins fight with a crocodile
    110 4 An unarmed man wins fight with a crocodile KUA.VI W Tur» tapper who fought crocodile with bare hands and «<m li recovering from his injuries in KuanUii hoy pital. Tlie creatur.- ittatked Cfceaa (/boons Kit. as he was tathini m river at Bit" v Jtl village, 11 ■lies rom here
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    Phone repair service goes into action
    99 4 FAULTY telephones in Sin 1 gapore are being rapidly repaired and brought into service again. The acting general manager of the Singapore Telephone Board. Mr. J. A. Oagan. said yesterday that th 3 fault repair service was now in full s*-inR. A large number
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    Royal wedding – on – water will highlight festivities in Rahman's home state
    606 5 Royal wedding on water will highlight festivities in Rahman's home state MERPEKA IN YOUR TO WN STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL REPORT ON KEDAH DAYS I I TO FEDUATIOM IKOIFENOMCI V OAT OR STAR. Tues.— A H::hliSht of Kedah's t-day merdeka cc- ins will be a j al river pag- here on
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    The equal – rights women are rescued by a man
    258 5 The equal rights women are rescued by a man rpHE equal-rights fighting women of Singapore A were yesterday rescued from defeat at a discussion by a man. The man who saved the women was Dr. K. M. Fozdar. husband of the secretary of the Singapore Council for Women. The discussion
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    Father of freedom* will be garlanded
    207 5 Father of freedom* will be garlanded K\ I I MPI K. Tues. Ih.iiiN.mds of Alliance itiu will shout "Bapa rdekaaa tauah ayer" i dt Independence) three timei in honour of Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, imraedutch liter he is given the title at the youth midniulit rally on the Club
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    TOLLING BELLS, PRAYERS TO MARK MERDEKA
    215 5 TOLLING BELLS, PRAYERS TO MARK MERDEKA KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. /CHRISTIAN churches in Malaya will usher in merdeka with pealing bells, specially composed prayers, thanksgiving services and broadcast messages from the religious leaders. In many churches prayers i will be said in four languages I —Malay. English. Chinese and I The
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    EQUALITY IN POMP URGED BY YOUTHS
    237 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. —The UMNO Youth organisation in Johore has sent a three-point protest to the Alliance Governmenr. over the coming merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. The protest, resulting from a resolution passed unanimously at a meeting of Johore State UMNO Youth in Batu
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    Rice offence: $50
    23 5 SEGAMAT, Tues. Four Chinese of Batu Anam were fined $50 each for having dried cooked rice in a prohibited area.
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    Dance girl admits attempt at suicide
    100 5 Dance girl admits attempt at suicide A SINGAPORE dance hostess, Annie Chia, appeared in a Colony court yesterday on a charge of attempted suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills on Aug. 21. She pleaded guilty. Inspector E. J. Sundram, prosecuting, said that Chia was found sprawled In a
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    Sports query in Assembly
    59 5 A Liberal-Socialist Assemblyman, Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, wants to know if the Singapore Government will set aside funds for the building of a sports stadium in the Colony. Mr. Soh. who will bring up this query at the next Assembly meeting on Sept. 11, also wants
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    Four nations in fly-past
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Twenty-four aircraft from the air forces of four nations will take part in the merdeka fly-past here on Sunday morning. The formation will be led by six Chipmunk aircraft A the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force— three each from the Kuala Lumpur and Penang
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    Four sent for trial on robbery charge
    180 5 CV)UR MEN were committed for trial at the next Singapore Assizes yesterday on charges of armed robbery and dishonestly retaining stolen property. Kirn Ming Chong. 20. Ooh Cheok Hoon. 36. Wee Ah Meng. 22, and Ng Kiang Nang, 21, were alleged to have
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    TOP BRASS WELCOME TEMPLER
    71 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —Two old friends of Malaya the Templers flew in this morning for the merdeka celebrations Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, now Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and his wife were obviously touched by the warm welcome they received. The top brass of
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    Anniversary
    24 5 The Master Printers' Association held a dinner at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. Telok Ayer Street, last night to commemorate their 20th anniversary.
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    Thief jailed
    24 5 SEGAMAT, Tues. Kol Sur Chong, 29, of Jas!n who stole a watch from a case was today sentenced to six months' Jail.
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    Mental hospital
    47 5 The Tampoi Mental Hospital, Johore Bahru. with about 1,300 patients, has appealed to the public to send old blankets, slippers picture books and other articles Gifts in cash or kind should be sent to Miss M. B. Jones. Nursing Sister, Tampoi Mental Hospital. Johore Bahru.
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    DEATHS
    53 6 to Worii $10 (Minimum). McLEAN: W. H. McLean, retired Director of Harper, GUflllan and Co., Ltd., suddenly at his home In Dorset on Saturday, 24th August. WILLIAMSON: Suddenly, on Aucust 18th, 1957, Alexander Dewar Williamson, MB., p.R.C.S. (Edin.). aged 52 years, dearly loved husband of Catherine, 25 Broad Walk.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    72 6 111 Wordt $10 (Minimum). MR. AND MRS. CHEW BENQ SUM thank relatives and friends for their kind attendance and valuable gifts on their wedding. MR. &i MRS. R. G- ANDREWS thank all Relatives ii Friends for their Kind Attendance and Valuable Presents on the occasion of tfieir Marriage. MR.
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    FUNERAL
    40 6 in Word* fit (Minimum). FUNERAL of Madam Chin Kul i Ngiong, beloved wife of Dr. Tham Ying Khew of Ipoh takes place to-day, cortege leaving 735 Geylang Road. Singapore, at 4 p.m. for Bright H'U Drlv*. Thomson Road crematorium.
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Aug. 28, 1957. Singapore Citizens
    737 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Aug. 28, 1957. Singapore Citizens There are no surprises in Singapore's citizenship bill, and no reason why there should Lave been any. The bill has been an unconscionably long time in the drafting, however, and was not even available publicly for the first reading at
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    The Ultimate Weapon
    441 6 The Ultimate Weapon Last week the Russians carried out their thirtieth nuclear test, at least the thirtieth of which there is any record. The fact that there had been a nuclear explosion in Russia was first disclosed in Washington on Friday. Yesterday the Russians claimed they have developed and tested
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    Communist technique of subversion
    1389 6  -  GERALD OE CRUZ by The Singapore Government's White Paper on Communist activities gave only a part of the story of how Communists operate. Some of the activities appear innocent and even praiseworthy. But seen against the broader pattern of the Communist scheme or picnic, for example,
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    3 6 EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT
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      MORE THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTITUTION
      330 6 MAY I bring out a ITI few discrepancies in T.S.D.'s arguments about the Constitution? There is no doubt that Reid Constitution (even in its amended form) has given "self-government full and complete" to Malaya. The did not complain that any on c race has been
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      The right to voice views
      125 6 WITH reference to the letter by T S. D. (S.T. Aug. 23), perhaps, he considers himself "a foreigner" and does not value freedom of speech and of movement of an individual, since he can at any time catch the first boat to leave Malaya. Has
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      129 6 MALAYAN [RAILWAY I I GOING TO THAILAND? Through International I Express passenger services I run twice weekly leaving j Prai (Penang) for Bangkok on Mondays and Fridays, j and Bangkok for Prai (Penang) on Sundays and j Thursdays. These trains connect at Prai with the I Malayan Railway night mail
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    TEACHER WEDS A LAWYER FROM KUALA LUMPUR
    53 7 MX P. SUNDRAMOORTHY. a Kuala Lumpur lawyer, and Miss T. Annalakshmi, a Singapore teacher who were married In the Colony yesterday. A reception was held at the Raffles Hotel. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Nathan of Singapore.
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    Mrs. Banda: Women can help rule
    309 7 THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING CAN ASSIST THE MEN'S WORK, SHE SAYS CEYLON'S first lady, attractive Mrs. Srima Bandaranaike, 40, wife of the Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, explained yesterday how women can help the work of men in government. She arrived with her husband,
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    Banda on the problems of merdeka
    133 7 Banda on the problems of merdeka lR s< )LOMON Banl DARANAIKE, Prime ol Ceylon, Singapore yesjjrday that the people would be jacrd with problems as they stood on the threshold of independence. bafl-vd. There will be r of difference and language. on and many tilngs. teae can be overn- e
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    SULTAN'S CALL FOR PEACE
    76 7 ICAMTAN, Tues. The Pahang yesterday '00 fishermen on tin Tioman Island off the tcr. coast to live in har- to what race I 'heir neighbours He said that merdeka call- led for a lot of sacrifice and the co-operation of every citizen to make the new
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    Satay dance
    35 7 The Kiwi Members' League, Singapore, will hold its second "Satay in the Moonlight" social and dance at Nicoll Drive, 13 milestone Tanah Merah Besar on Sept. 7 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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    MAGAZINE PUBLICATION SUSPENDED
    69 7 MAGAZINE PUBLICATION SUSPENDED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malay political weekly Kritlk. edited by Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'af ar. president of Party Negara. has temporarily stopped publication. A member of the management committee said today that it was hoped to resume publication soon after independence. "When it re-appears it will
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    More M-day guests
    94 7 Lord Ogmore who, as David Rees Rees-Williams. practised law in Penang before becoming Under-Secretary for the Colonies in the postwar British Government, returned to Singapore late last night by BOAC, on his way to the merdeka celebrations at Kuala Lumpur. He was accompanied by his wife. On
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    Cinema for a SATA centre
    53 7 A $3,000 donation to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association from the X-ray Club will be used to install a cinema at the Lee Settlement at the South Winds rehabilitation centre. A SATA spokesman said yesterday that at present inmates have to walk several miles for any
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    White Paper
    26 7 A Chinese version of the Government White Paper on the Communist threat to Singapore is available from the Department of Information Services. Empress Place
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    Voting check
    17 7 Nearly 700 people checked the City Council voters rolls at the 32 inspection centres yesterday.
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    Boy (4) clings to kidnapper
    247 7 WHEN DAD TRIES TO TAKE HIM KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A TEARFUL four-year-old Indian boy howled in the High Court here today when his father tried to take him away from a bus-driver who was convicted last year of kidnapping him. The incident occurred when the
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    ARMED MEN ATTACK WOMAN, 70
    66 7 ARMED MEN ATTACK WOMAN, 70 Madam Ng Chin, 70. was knocked unconscious last night when she and her grandson, Yeo Ah Lay, 32, were attacked by five armed men. Madam Ng and Yeo suffered head injuries. The attack took place at Bah Soon Pah Road, off 11 J mile. Sembawang
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    GLOUCESTER WILL RIDE IN SINGAPORE ROLLS
    112 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Duke of Gloucester, who will arrive here on Thursday to represent the Queen at the merdeka ceremonies, will use a Rolls-Royce owned by Mr. E. I. Henton of Singapore The car, with a British Crown attached to the radiator, has
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    U.S. expert to advise on exams
    86 7 U.S. expert to advise on exams rE Singapore and Federation governments have Invited an American expert to do research on the present educational testing service for secondary schools. He is Prof. Morey J. Wantman, Associate Dean of Instruction and Student Services at the University of Rochester, New York, who has
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    Boatman jailed
    24 7 SUNGEI PATANI. Tues. A boatman, See Phuat, was yesterday jailed for four months for stealing $100 from a coffeeshop on Aug. l
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    UNION BACKS THAT BIG SWOOP
    289 7 UNION BACKS THAT BIG SWOOP 'Industrial peace a must' THE Singapore Workers' Union in Middle Road 1 yesterday backed the Government's anti-subver- sion campaign. The union's president, Mr. V. K. Nair, told the Straits Times: "No honest trade unionist who has the Interests of the workers at heart, need be
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    Sambanthan and Devaser are friends again
    109 7 Sambanthan and Devaser are friends again KUALA LUMFUR, Tues.— The "misunderstandings" between Mr. K L. Devaser, Federal Councillor and former President of the Malayan Indian Congress, and Mr. V T. Sambanthan, Minister for Labour and the present president, have been settled, says a statement issued by the MIC tonight. Mr.
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    Trader fined
    33 7 KU/> T A LUMPUR, Tues. A K .jaug businessman, Kam Kirn Swee, 37, was fined $250 or three months' jail here today for possession of a seven-inch knife on Aug. 18.
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    Agong salute
    29 7 The Royal Artillery will fire a salutp on Monday at 10 a.m. from Blakan Mat! to mark the Installation of the Yang- di-Pertuan Agong in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope greet Malaya
    478 8 Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope greet Malaya 'May people be brought into true community' VATICAN ENVOY WILL CALL ON PARAMOUNT RULER rpHE Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury have sent messages of goodwill to Malaya on its attainment of independence. An invocation of blessing by the Pope was brought to
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    Quads make it 12 for Rubis
    68 8 Dayak padi planter Rubis anak Nyian, 36, proudly shows oft her quadruplets born at Kuching General Hospital on Friday. She has eight other children. The quads, a dot and three girls, are all doing well. Th« quads' weights range from 31b. lOoz. to 41b.
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    Prisoners will go gay with sport, sweets and smokes
    198 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. SPECIAL three-day merdeka celebrations, starting on Saturday, will be held for Malaya's 2,500 prisoners, i Prison authorities are ar ranging for prisoners t< celebrate the occasion !r their own way. There will be feasts, concerts, sports, parades and
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    Road death inquest
    80 8 A Singapore coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, yesterday returned an open verdict at an inquest on a four-year-old girl, Woon Geok Tiah, who died after being knocked down by a taxi near the Prince Charles Crescent Girls' School on July 4. Police Inspector Seah Tsun Toh. who
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    No obstruction
    42 8 Lee Seng Kiat was acquitted in Singapore yesterday of a charge of obstructing a public servant in the discharge of his duty. He was said to have grabbed the driving licence from a friend when a policeman asked for it.
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    Inspector goes
    24 8 JOHORE BAHRU Tues Mr. E. H. Yuill, the Johore inspector of machinery has returned to Britain on retirement under the Malayanisation scheme.
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    YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO LIVE IN CO-OPERATIVE DRIVE
    156 8 YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO LIVE IN CO-OPERATIVE DRIVE rpHE names suggested for two new roads in the x Co-operative Housing Estate at Paya Lebar in Singapore, have been described as "atrocious" by a member of the Serangoon Rural District Committee. The names are: Co-opera tive Drive and Dividend A spokesman
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    Cut leave to see birth of a new nation
    67 8 Cut leave to see birth of a new nation MR. M. 1. O'HARA, Forest Officer, Kuala Lump t. who went to England fite months ago on leave, returned to Singanore in the Willem Ruys yesterday in time for the merdeka celebrations. He told the Straits Times that leave could be
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    Lim to attend review
    41 8 The Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will attend a review and the display to be staged by the Singapore Battalian of the Boys Brigade at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sept. 4 at 4.30 p.m.
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      580 8 I gramme Summary, 602 Hello RADIO MALAYA Young Children. 6.30 Speak Malay. i 6 35 What Merdeka Means To Me, SINOAPORE 476 41 metres 6.40 When Day Is Done, 6.55 ToKUALA LUMPUR 341 metres morrow. 700 Time Signal And PENANG 366 metres j News, 7.10 News Talk. 715 MALACCA 297
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      Lock icon Hypnotist used pretty women mediums to ferret out top Nazi secrets
      1467 9 Hypnotist used pretty women mediums to ferret out top Nazi secrets A BLACK limousine skidded to a halt outside a Berlin theatre in March, 1933, as crowds eked through the doors to watch a demonstralioll of mental-telepathy by Germany's master clairvoyant, Jan Eric Hanussen. From the car leapt three uniformed
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      449 9 HAVE YOU BEEN TO HARDIAL SINGH'S INTRODUCTION SALE? COME LOOK! AT THESE AMAZING BARGAINS $.cts. English Printed Silk 36" 80 per yard. Soft and Stiff Nylon Net 54" 1.15 American Printed Carnival Silk 45" 1.90 American Printed Shantung 45" 1.75 Chinese Brocade 27" 2.90 Chinese Raw Silk 27" 1.90 German
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      98 9 «r>.v Morgan M.D. Packing up Divli Tracg Out at season .■VT^RI V"* 7 tl /'BLOOD IN TUE SNOWf TJI W MOST BOW AND ARROW "1 l'' M |rl 'H AND A BftTW wwERE Ji I ENTHUSIAST'S ARE LAW-A3IDINJG. J IhW <W O'Hara ntinetield up \s^^^^ A BLINKIN' jH^^RM "'"\:^S "ffiflhtAm
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    TIN AND RUBBER DROP " BUT SHARE LEVELS FIRM
    840 10 TIN AND RUBBER DROP BUT SHARE LEVELS FIRM By Our Market Correspondent TIN and rubber prices slumped in Singapore yesterday. The tin price reached the lowest level since July last year at $365.12} a picul yesterday while rubber touched the lowest level since February at 87| cents a pound for
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 September lint grade robber buyers fob. elwed la Singapore on Tuesday at 87 cents per lb., down one and flve-elghths cents on Monday's close. The closing tone was Irregular. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S.S. Spot lob. buyers 87, sellers 87'/,.
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    STORE SHIPPING
    87 10 Ship* lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Empire Orwell 1/2, Pembrokeshire 4/5, Subadar 6A, Purnea 6/7, Sargodha 8/9, Idomeneus 10/11, Loksang 13/14. Billiton 15/16, Atsuta Maru 18, Lapaz 19, Lawu N. Wall 1, Bruas 21/22, Benveg 23. Auby 24, Isarco 25/26, Phrontls 27/28,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    123 10 I Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- 1 I change: noon prices per picul yesterday were: 1 Copra- quiet; August /September J $25 buyers, $26 sellers. Coconut oil: I quiet; bulk $41 2 sellers, drum 1 145% sellers. Pepper: steady; about 15 to 20 tons of business reported done; Muntok
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    89 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday tall rates to $100)- Canada: buying airmail T.T. 30 15/18. O.D. 311/18. 90 d/st 31*» credit bills. 317/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D ready: Canada 30 9/16; Belgian Francs 1610 V Swedish
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    12 10 OFFICIAL PR ICES SIN(, APO| WBBtR. K f A »t» Picul (dow,,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    84 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOCKM ment stocks price varlatii high turnovei Stock Exdi. stocks e;k-eo the day. Turn at the easier rate S.S firm marke:. Loans 3,; j. Loans 3> 4 I ,^-58 £99 a" Bank of N.S.W. Con. Zinc Mount Lyell N. Broken Hii; Hill 50 '..2o'* Mount Morgan Peko Western
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      264 10 NOTICES PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE Sale of GJ. SheeU and Bidge*. Tenders will be received at the office of the Director of Public Works, Federation of Malaya, (Federal Council Chamber) Kuala Lumpur, up to 12 noon on the 10th September, 1957, for the purchase of:. 4 lots of 14,000
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      208 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Steward, Malayan Training College, Kota Bharu (Salary $528 (MEN) pjn. plus allowances). Candidates must be Federal Citizens over 35 years of age on Ist January 1958 and should have had a good general education. Preference will be given to those who
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      325 10 NOTICES ESTATE OF CHIA TECK LIM DECEASED. Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 34) Notice Is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased late of No. 350, Geylang Serai, Singapore, who died on the 21st day
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      491 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for the post of Hews Reporter (Malay) In the News Division of the Department of Broadcasting, Federation of Malaya. Qualifications: Age noti less than 25 but under 40 A good general education with fluency in i Malay and English. Must be able
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      580 10 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI Vacancies exist for the following appointments on contract In the Brunei Government Service. COSTING ASSISTANT The person appointed would be responsible to the Chief Accountant of the Public Works Department of Brunei. Qualifications required are a wide experience In standard methods of costing In Civil Engineering
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      FAZIEL FINDS THE LAND OF MYSTERY
      568 12 PAZIEL FISH popped his head out of the water, looked about, him and uttered a squeak of surprise. Instead of the usual, shining stretch of sand, a wide yellow strip lay before him. A wide, yellow strip which stayed quite still. It neither bobbled
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      They travelled a charmed ring
      465 12 r'U have perhaps heard the story of the donkey which starved to death when placed between two bundles of hay because it could not make up its mind which to take. Well I don't believe any donkey would be as stupid as -j that, but
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      TINTACK GAVE THE WARNING
      341 12 THE first man to sail around the world alone was Joshua Slocum. an American captain. He was a man of high courage, for not many of us would have liked to tackle such a task single handed without even the aid of radio Captain Slocum built
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      394 12 Thank you for those welcoming letters Dear Boys and Cirls, j >-.! I have received a letter from Konf? Oon rffl picture to paimt \T(/***^sJ/Mf\ Sun, of 690 Upper Serangoon Road. 4i miles, LIA tiat/>'o -A Singapore 19. He asks if anyone can let p. *f§!--~*\ him have stamps from
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      208 12 THE Here is the story of march to nation! MERDEKA ~*> f i BOOK Between the handsome covm tfUUIk of thjs beautiful!v A Strait. MM Nation V} ls Malaya from early nationhood; the ad nH e r of t* 16 P as t: the prol ON SALE today and the
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    THE VICTORIOUS NEW ZEALANDERS
    39 13 THE victorious New Zealand team pictured with the Borita Harian Trophy yesterday. From left: Colin Clark (manager). Don Eagle. Keith Anderson. Warren Johnson. Des Smith. Warwick Dalton and Elvyn Penning ton (coach). Straits Times picture.
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    Indonesians are in for a tough time to keep title
    330 13  - Indonesians are in for a tough time to keep title V. P. MAYAOAM INTER -PORT TENNIS By KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE INTER-PORT tennis championships,' beginning on the Selangor Club courts here tomorrow at 4.30 p.m., will be the keenest ever so far in the series. Indonesia, the holders, are going
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    Lock icon Sub -four minute mite by a Swede
    59 13 GOTHENBURG, Tues. Dan Waern of Sweden ran the mile in 3min 59.65 ec here last night. It was the third time that Waern bad broken (our minutes in less than six weeks. The four-minute barrier has now been broken 28 times, by 16
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    23 TEAMS FOR NANYANG CUP TOURNEY
    147 13 23 TEAMS FOR NANYANG CUP TOURNEY A RECORD entry has been received for the Malayan Chinese Sports Federation's ann v a 1 international Nanyang Cup basketball competition for men and women in aid of the Nanyang University Fund. The tournament has attracted 23 teams this year— l 4 men and
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    Kamo, Krishnan in 4th place
    64 13 RYE. New York. Tues.— Kosei Kamo (Japan) and Ramanathan Krlshnan (India) representing, Asia finished in fourth place In the Nations Cup lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. They had 70 points six less than the winners Michael Davtes and Bobby Wilson (Britain)— in this new round
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    Pro tennis results
    46 13 PARIS: Professional tennis results Pancho Secura wL« e 2«H < T rilll M <! 2 6 L 4 SeiCUra beat Kramer 6-1 88 1 ?7 h«.h h?\ Oad eat Kramer a *d Rosewall fi-1 L"?! 6- -IT" 6 7 5 6 3: R SCWaII bPat
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    Berita Trophy goes to Kiwis
    343 13 Berita Trophy goes to Kiwis I£UALA LUMPUR, Tues. 1V New Zealand's cyclists again proved too good for all opposition in the Merdeka cycling championships when they took all four international grass track events here today. Warren Johnston, who competed in the Melbourne S Olympics last year, took two events the
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    'Unreasonable'
    281 13 THE CHINESE CHARGE AGAINST M.A.W.F. FOR NOT INVITING THEM KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A LETTER from the All-China Athletic Federation received here yesterday said that it was "unreasonable" of the Malayan Amateur Weighliftins Federation not to invite China to the Merdeka Games weightliftins; championships The letter, from the secre- tary-general
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    SPINNER PIERIS WRECKS NORTH MALAYA
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    SCOREBOARD
    182 14 CEYLON Ist INNS 314-9 decN. MALAYA Ist INNS Wanless c Pierb b Buhar 56 Loretto b Alwis 11 Doraisamy Ibw Pierii 14 Ganeson Ibw Buhar 0 Hollingworth b Pieris Chye Teik Ibw Pteris t Wharton st Fernando b Fieri* 2 Eng Kirn c and b Inman Andres b Alwis
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    RAOC's league cricket team
    56 14 The R.AOC. team to meet Nee Soon In their Joint Service* cricket league match at Friendly Hill today will be: Capt. M. Bruhl. MaJ. W J. Smith. Capt P. R. Goodwin. Capt E Corringham, U- J. M. Alway, Lt. P. C. HoweU, SQMS Walker, Sgt Davles,
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    32 14 LONDON. Tues— Results of last night's Rugby League matches: Bramley 2 Wakefleld Trinity 23; Castleford 5 Bradford Northern 19; Oldham 7 St. Helen's 2l Worklngton Town 15 Barrow o.— Reuter.
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    Army cricket XI
    46 14 The Army team to meet Police at Thomson Rooad on Sunday In their last S.C.A. senior tournament match will be: Lt Mallett (capt), Cpl White, L/Cpi Orindrod, Lt. Alway, WO Flood. WO Walker, Lt. Yeoman, Sgt.. Tiffin, Lt. Somers, Cfn Booker, Dvr. Hayward.
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    Siamese are courageous and speedy, says Seth
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    Lock icon ANOTHER WIN FOR SURREY
    165 14 LONDON. Tues Results In today's cricket matches were: At Baxton: Match Abandoned, wicket saturated. Northampton 131. Derbyshire »5-5. At Birmingham: Surrey beat Warwick by 10 wickets. Warwick 186 and 218 iE Bedser 7-53). Surrey 392 and 13 for none. (Surrey 14 points). At Tauntc: Yorkshire beat
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    GAME SHAMROCK SLIPPED FOR TOP t-SPRINT
    896 14 GAME SHAMROCK SLIPPED FOR TOP t-SPRINT EPSOM JEEP SUMS UP TODAY'S BUKIT TIM AH R AI DISTINE IS THE DANGER Gunong Rapat should go one better over 7F 4&. |TP only oneJlf v lb for his Wk brilliant comew back win in the Summei Cup over 6f at Bukit Timah
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    BEST BET: HOPEFUL BLUE
    35 14 BEST BET in today's Bukit Timah card is Hopeful Blue in the 3.45 race. BEST OUTSIDER is Jolly Day in the 3.15 race. THE COINC was good up to last night.
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    Ourchances are good, says the captain
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    BUKIT TPtAH RUNNERS AMD RIDERS 1
    1165 14 STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS RACE 1 a. 15 (CI. Dlv. 3) 7F. 1 94 Sporting Venture (L.C. Yong) Daniels. S 9.0 MiteheU 2 7 Count Paid (Mr. Mrs. T.H. Teo 1 Rodgers, 5 8.10 3 025 Steam On (Epsom Stable) Rodgers, 5 8.10 Footer 4
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    McMullans win golf tourney
    54 14 Mr. and Mrs D. W. McMullan (3611/16) won the Royal Island Club's mixed foursomes stableford competition over the weekend. O/Capt Hopkins and Mrs. Patterson (34 No were runners -up. Mrs. D. W. McMullan (nett 35) won the women's nine-hole one- 1 club competition. Runner-up was, Mrs.
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    Lock icon UK soccer results
    111 14 LONDON, Tues. Results of last night's English football matches were: DIV. 1: Aston Villa 2 Leeds United 0; Blackpool 1 Luion Town 2. "IV. 2: Blackburn Rovers 2 West Ham Uni.ed 1; Bristol Rovers 5 Derby County 2; Stoke City 3 Bristol City 0. DIV. 3 (SOrTH):
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    Lock icon Ballymoss 4 to 1
    148 14 HE'S FAVOURITE FOR TE ST. LEGER AT DONCASTEI LONDON. Tues.— Last nights callover at the Victoria Club here made the Irishtrained Ballymoss a 4 to 1 favourite for the St Leger to be run over 14 furlongs at Doncaster on Sept. 11. Ballymoss, owned by American
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