The Straits Times, 18 September 1957

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1957 15 CENTS
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  • ARMY KICKS OUT PIBUL
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      'BANGKOK FULL OF SOLDIERS, TANKS, PLANES'
      187 1 'BANGKOK FULL OF SOLDIERS, TANKS, PLANES' AIR travellers who arrived in Singapore from Bangkok late night said the se capital was "full of soldiers, tanks, and fighter planes." fto tourists. Mrs. P. Pearson and Miss Charmian Hudson, both of Sydney. who flew to Bangkok on Monday and stayed over•here, said
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      Sir David leaves
      39 1 Federation's former Chief Secretary Sir David Watherston. an d Lady Wathrrston yesterday left Singapore for Britain in the Glenorehy. Sir David is to become Wcial counsellor to the Malayan High Commissioner in London. Dato Nik Kamil.
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      Lock icon NEW COLONY AIR SERVICE
      45 1 LONDON. Tues. A new •c.'vice to Singapore, via Colombo, was opened today *hen a BOAC Britannia took off from London airport. The airliner is the first scheduled British service to use Negombo airport in Ceylon, normally used by service aircraft. Reuter.
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      Lock icon But leader wants to apologise
      438 1 t.hi> a BANGKOK, Tuesday. fHE Army Chief of Staff, Marshal Sarit Thanarat, last night seized power from Marshal Pibul Songgram's government in a bloodless coup which marked the climax of weeks of political unrest. Marshal Songgram. who has ruled the country since V.HA, was reported
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      BIG CRISIS WON'T STOP THE PLANES
      114 1 BIG CRISIS WON'T STOP THE PLANES AIR traffic from Singapore to and through Bangkok today will con. nun,, despite the political crisis in Siam. Overseas airlines in Singapore were told late on Monday night that Bangkok had been closed to traffic. But yesterday new instructions came through that the airport
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    Lock icon Muslim divines make demand
    270 1 'BAN THE COMMUNIST PARTY' SMILING SULTAN INVESTS 110 PEOPLE PALEMBANG, Tuesday. rpHE Muslim religious leaders wound up their flve- day congress today by demanding that President Soekarno ban the Communist Party in Indonesia. The congress which included the highest ranking religious leaders from all parts of
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    $40,000 GOODS GO FROM GARAGE
    84 1 $40,000 GOODS GO FROM GARAGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Tractor spare parts worth $40,000 are missing; from the Wearne Brothers store in Pudu Road here. The firm's manager Mr. G. E. Royre, declined t 0 say how the goods were taken because the matter was in the hands of the police.
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    Lock icon Air Secretary on tour
    52 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr. George Ward. Secretary for Air, will leave tomorrow in a Comet II of the Royal Air Force Transport Command for a two and a half week tour of R.A.F. units in the Middle and Far East. He will visit Aden. Sfngapore and Hong
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    Lock icon Magazine hunted
    37 1 JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesian police continued a relentless search for copies of the Aug. 29 issue of Newsweek magazine, banned because it alleged President Soekarno brought back a Russian blonde from his trip to Moscow. A.P.
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    Lock icon Health talks
    27 1 LONDON, Tues— Delegates from Malaya, Sarawak, Ghana, Uganda, Gambia and Western Germany attended a conference today of the British Association of Public Health Inspectors.— Reuter.
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    Arms case: Another man detained
    114 1 QINGAPORE police have detained another Malay under the Public Security Ordinance in connection with the recent arms case. Ithin bin Lebai Sirun, 34, described as a private tutor, was arrested by Special,! Branch officers in Lorong 25, Geylang Road, yesterday morning. This brings to seven
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    Birthday splendour as Johore honours its ruler
    639 1 fOHORE BAHRU. Tues. J —In a speech from the throne here today the Sultan of Johore told the people of his State his birthday wish that all his subjects forget past differences and live together in a spirit of mutual goodwill. 'I live
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    Lock icon Satellite soon
    24 1 MOSCOW Tues. Russia will "soon" launch an earth satellite into th P upper atmosphere, the Soviet news agency Tass reported today. Reuter.
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    HOCK LEE BUS STRIKE ENDS AS PROBE COURT IS SET UP
    176 1 HOCK LEE BUS STRIKE ENDS AS PROBE COURT IS SET UP A STRIKE by about ■^130 employees of Hock Lee bus company in Singapore has been called off after 110 days. This means that a court of Inquiry which the Minister for Labour appointed to look Into the dispute will
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    24 shot in China after rioting
    43 1 24 shot in China after rioting lIONG KONG, Tues.— Ll China's official news agency has admitted that violent anti-Com-munist rioting erupted last July in the South China province of Kwang-tung. A New China News Agency dispatch from Canton said five Communist officials and
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    152 1 PHAO IN KARACHI KARACHI, Tuev— Gin Phao arrived here on way to Switzerland via Beirut and Rome Reuter. (See this page) an unspecified number of other persons were killed in the outbreak on July 12. It said that 24 murderers who took part in the riot were shot.
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    HARRIMAN FLAYS DULLES
    465 1 NEW YORK, Tues. The Governor of New York. Mr. Avereli Harriman. has accused the Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, of "a flagrant denial of the right of the American people to know" about events in China. Mr. Harriman told a meeting of the National Association
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    QUEEN GOT ME BACK MY SON, SAYS HAPPY INA
    198 2 QUEEN GOT ME BACK MY SON, SAYS HAPPY INA A SINGAPORE mother who was re-united with her missing two-year-old son last week-end said yesterday that she owed everything to the Queen. German-born Mrs. Ina Maria Evans had cabled Buckingham Palace last week alleging that her husband, a British soldier, had
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    Lock icon 14 are trapped
    24 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues Fourteen people were trapped yesterday in an Oakland mill whi<-h burst into flame s after an explosion. A.P
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    Lock icon Painter dies
    17 2 PEKING, Tues— Chi Paichlh, China's best known painter, died here today He was 97— A.P.
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    American scene
    753 2  -  From DONALD LUDLOW back to the dark ages. I am not surprised that. going home the other evening my taxi-driver a Negro, refused to taUc me except to state the fare. Usually Washington taxi-drivers are among the most courteous and conversationally Inclined in America. But he just grunted
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    Loyalty pledge to the King from Services
    282 2 Loyalty pledge to the King from Services FORCES SEND MESSAGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong has received a pledge of loyalty from all ranks of the Federation armed forces of which he is supreme commander. The pledge was in a message from the chairman o! the Armed Forces
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    Lock icon HUNT FOR 'CHICKEN' DRIVERS
    77 2 HUNT FOR 'CHICKEN' DRIVERS MELBOURN E, Tues. Squads of plainclothes police in private cars now mingle with Melbourne's traffic every night In a new drive to sweep teenage "chicken" gangs from suburban highways The move follows increasing reports to police of "chicken" drivers they aim cars at oncoming vehicles terrorising
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    $10 mil. worth of trade from fair
    137 2 KUALA LUMPJR, Tues. An estimated $10 million worth of trade has resulted from the participation of foreign manufacturers In the merdeka trade fair, the Straits Times was told today. Of the 12 countries which took part. Hong Kong leads with about $3 million
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    Lock icon Dr. ISMAIL HANDS IN OFFICIAL PAPERS
    119 2 Dr. ISMAIL HANDS IN OFFICIAL PAPERS V T EW YORK, Tues.- Maiaya's chief UJi delegate, Dr. Ismail Ha Dato Abdul Rahmar. presented official papers for his delegation the U.N. protocol department yesterday preparation for Malaya's expected admission to the United tions today. Dr. Ismail, who :> a- Malaya's Ambassador to
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    Lock icon SAVED CHILDREN AS HUSBAND DIED
    113 2 i YEW YORK, Tues.— Mrs. Dorothy Bunt, 26. had the choice of saving her two children or her husband from suffocating in a gravel pit cave-in. She chose to save the children. She freed herself and immediately began digging for her two daughters. a (i
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    Lock icon WEST BARES NAVAL STRENGTH
    309 3 Guided missiles and delta.ivin^ let bombers in Atlantic exercise 75,000 men from seven nations taking part LONDON, Tuesday. atomic-powered submarine, guided missiles and Britain's latest delta-wing jet bombers will be featured in a massive NATO show of! strength starting tomorrow. More than 200 ships, 75,000 men
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    Lock icon CHEERS FOR MAKARIOS
    23 3 iR( HBISHOP MAKARIOS, Ethnarch of Cyprus, is cheered as he drives through New York after his recent .irrival. A.P., picture.
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    CALL GIRL CLIENTS, BY AN EXPERT
    135 3 CALL GIRL CLIENTS, BY AN EXPERT LONDON, Tues. The n prostitute's averi>tomer is married 1 he is a regular. Listeners to the U£.'s 'Women's Hour" -d.iv heard this in uik 0" the Wolfenden ii»ion's vice report Mrs Rosalind Wil--1 a social worker Mobilised authority tie problem of prostitution, iom customers
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    Lock icon Atomic subs may carry world oil
    82 3 Atomic subs may carry world oil LONDON. Tues. The day may come when oil is transported undersea by high-speed submarine oil tankers propelled by nuclear power. Tests are now being made in Britain to establish if such tankers, which would be up to 100,000 tons, are feasible. Mr. W. A.
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    Lock icon Gaitskell: Dollar gap is more serious than Middle East
    173 3 Gaitskell: Dollar gap is more serious than Middle East LONDON, Tuesday. Ttfß. HUGH GAITSKELL, leader of the British iTi Labour Party, said today that the reappearance of the dollar gap between America and the rest of the world was probably more serious than events in the Middle East. Mr. Gaitskell,
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    Better not to remarry'
    72 3 VATICAN CITY, Tues. be Pope said that when :ated a married better for the to remain faithful "marry>poke about widowhood a speech at his irience of Castel- gandolfo. near Rome. "Although the Church does not condemn second marriages (for widows i the Pope said, "il stiows
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    Lock icon Boys killed
    28 3 PALERMO. Tues. Three Italian boys aged seven to nine were killed when they tried to dismantle a handgrenade they found in a field. It exploded.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon JAPAN TO ACT ON DRUNKS
    91 3 TOKYO. Tues. Japan is expected to revise the criminal law that sterner action may be taken against habitual drinkers. The Prime Minister. Mr. Klshl. today told the Justice Minister, Mr. Karasawa, to take steps promptly to revise the law. Japanese judges and newspapers have said
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    Dies at heroin, vodka party
    51 3 NEW YORK, Tues. Trumpet player Bobby Styles, 28. died yesterday after what police described as a vodka and heroin party. A traffic policeman saw two musicians trying to drag Styles into a taxicab. They said he was sick and needed a djctor. He was dead.
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    Lock icon The meaning of Ike's golf and Nikita's glass
    165 3 The meaning of Ike's golf and Nikita's glass LONDON, Tues. Which is the most significant to international relations, Sir Winston Churchill's cigar, Mr. Khrushchev's glass of vodka or President Eisenhower's golf clubs? This was one of the questions put to a brains trust of delegates to the interparliamentary U n
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    Lock icon Raids alleged
    17 3 LONDON. Tues. Yemen alleged today that a British aircraft bombed Shukair twice last Sunday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon GATE-CRASHER: SET MY HUSBAND FREE
    240 3 ONDON, Tues. A British wife gatecrashed a men-only diplomatic reception here last night, strode up to Egy p ts Propaganda Minister, Col. Abdel Hatem, and said: "Set my husband free." Her husband James Zarb, 37-year-old manager of porcelain factory— is serving a 10 year jail
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    Lock icon Come-back by Comet
    73 3 LONDON. Tuei The Comet made its comeback as a civil airliner today with a 4,400-mile excursion to 3eirut and back in under 13 hours. The British Overseas Airways Corporation Comet II (E) jet airliner took 4 hours 37 minutes on the outward journey. It was the first
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    LONDON STOCKS
    301 3 LONDON, Tues. Closing mfddle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols C47J5/16 +1/16 Funding 4'« £90 15' 16 +3/16 War t£% «5 13/16 +1/16 BANKS Merc (£5: BY p.u.) £7 Chartered (£1) 42'- Hongkong ($125) £44' i H INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 77/1 +/6
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    Perth sees eyesore slums and Singapore's pride
    244 5 TREMENDOUS PROGRESS/ HE TELLS JUMAT «-.HE Earl of Perth, British 1 Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, saw the best and worst of Singapore housine on a three-hour tour of th< island last night. Accompanied by Inche A bdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat,
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    Politicians invited to speak on graft
    142 5 Politicians invited to speak on graft SINGAPORE political parties, Assemblynun i: "l candidates at the June by-elections a rr to be invited to gi\r information on the mmmission inquiring into political graft. The commission will hi. id its iirst sitting at 4 p.m. on Oct. 3, Ml its sittings, it
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    MALAYS FOR TOP POLICE JOBS CALL
    100 5 MALAYS FOR TOP POLICE JOBS CALL Singapore UMNO may urge the Government to train more Malays to become police officers. The proposal will be tabled for approval by the party's annual delegates conference at the Arab Union Hall on Sunday. Singapore UMNO leaders think there should be more Malay police
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    A 'banker' is fined $90
    58 5 Neo Kwan. 21. who failed to attend a Singapore court on Aug. 16 to answer a charge of gambling, was fined a total of $90 yesterday. Neo was alleged to have been the banker in a dice j game in front of a shophouse in
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    Date fixed for TUC-PAP debate
    178 5 The president of the Singa- pore Motor-Vehicle Drivers' union, Mr. Lee Yew Seng, yes- terday announced a time and date for a debate with Mr. Lee j Kuan Yew, PAP's representa- I tive in the Legislative As- j Koabty. The time: 6 p.m. and date:
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    AGREEMENT ON LEGAL AID FEES 'SOON'
    74 5 AGREEMENT ON LEGAL AID FEES 'SOON' The Singapore Government hopes to reach agreement with the Bar Committee soon on fees for its legal aid scheme. The Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday that the differences between them had been narrowed down. Discussions were continuing and there was hope
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    Back to jail
    31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Rabel Patrick, 20. of Bukit Nanas. was jailed for three months here today for failing to report while under police supervision after release from prison.
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    Car driver had no licence
    129 5 VEHICLE'S OWNER SAT BESIDE HIM AN unlicensed driver was at the wheel of a car, the owner of which was sitting beside him when the car was stopped in Upper Changi Road on April 4, Inspector Tuan S. Zain told Mr. Coomaraswamy, a Colony magistrate,
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    Church opened
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, the Rt. Rev. Dominic Vendargon. yesterday opened the $10,000 St. Joseph's Church on Nigel Gardner Estate, 28 miles from here.
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    MORRIS'S LAST DAY IN THE COLONY
    185 5 MORRIS'S LAST DAY IN THE COLONY SINGAPORE'S Co m- missioner of Police, Mr: N.G. Morris, leaves by air tomorrow to become Britain's Deputy Inspector-Gene-ral of Colonial Police. Mr. Morris at the age of 48, was the youngest officer ever to be appointed Police Commissioner In Singapore. He began his police
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    Had no pass
    31 5 A Singapore magistrate Mr. Phillip T. K. Lav yester day fined Chew Shue Wen? 24, for attempting to cheat a bus conductor by pretending he had a pass
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    TWO OUT OF ELEVEN GET BAR LICENCES
    152 5 rpHE Singapore Board 1 of Licensing Justices was told yesterday that an applicant wanted a bar licence in a hotel whose management had six previous convictions for not keeping the hotel register in order. Mr. M. C. Boyle. D.S.P., for the police, disclosed
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    $15,000 SURGERY OPENS
    92 5 THE new $15,000 Lee Kuo 1 Chuan operating theatre at the St. Andrews Mission Hospital in Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, was opened yesterday by Mrs. Loke Yew. The theatre had been redesigned and re-equipped with a donation from the Colony multi-millionaire, Mr. Lee Kong Chian and the
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      409 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert WESLEY METHODIST FELat Esplanade Garden 6 p.m. to 7 LOWSHIP: Discussion group, pjn. church hall, 4. Fort Canning Road, ROTARY CLUB: Weekly lun- 81 L?1? ATIOV army- h™. ffiftSrStt RS.i M »Sd lament F« E^st cor^pondTn^of^e >J eadt uar^' 207 Clemenceau Christian Science Monitor— at f.^oTHivr
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    Miss Chong, 18, beats 35 rials to be 'Merdeka Fair Queen'
    177 6 Miss Chong, 18, beats 35 rials to be 'Merdeka Fair Queen' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Pranksters voted Mrs. Chin Pent;, wife of the terrorist leader in the Malayan jungle, and Mrs. Chou En-lai. the Communist Chinese Premier's wife as the "Merdeka Trade Fair Queen." The names of these three women were
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    RAJA SIR UDA TO OPEN STATE COUNCIL
    125 6 PENANG, Tues. rtM Governor of Penang. Rai.i Sir Uda, will open the first meeting of the State Coun. on Sept. 25. The ceremony will be heir; In the State Council Cham ber at Feel Avenue at 10 a.m i— halt an hour before
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      TREE GOES: PUNTERS STUMPED
      84 6 SUNGEI PATANI, Tues.— Police yesterday uprooted an old tree stump regarded by the superstitious villagers as a shrine, at Sungei Lallang. The stump believed to have been the home of powerful spirits— was regularly visited by 100-char-acter punters who offered gifts in the hope of a
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      Lord Kilmuir on the air
      47 6 Lord Kilmuir, Lord Chancellor of Britain, who headed the British delegation to Malaya's Independence celebrations recently, will be heard over Radio Malaya tonight in a press conference he gave on his return home. The conference centres 1 round his visit to Malaya.
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      Ore for Poland
      23 6 The Finnish freighter White Rose arrived In Singapore yesterday with a cargo of 8,593 tons of iron ore for Poland.
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      COURTS ACQUIT 100 IN LORRY CASES
      107 6 COURTS ACQUIT 100 IN LORRY CASES TWO Singapore traffic magistrates yesterday acquitted nearly 100 lorry owners and drivers charged with overloading their vehicles. The acquittals followed a High Court ruling on Monday that the Registrar of Vehicles had no power to determine the maximum laden weight of a lorry. Postponed
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      Boatman is convicted
      57 6 A 31-year-old boatman. Tan Chong Beng, was yesterday convicted in Singapore on a charge of dishonestly retaining stolen property valued at $895. He was acquitted of another charge of housebreaking. Two others, Nul Chwee Ooh and Tan Chul Shoot were acquitted on both charges. Tan's case will
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      Mary wants to be a vet
      42 6 Miss Mary Lai Joen Khim, 16, a former student of the Holy Infant Jesus Convent, Singapore, left for Switzerland by KLM yesterday. "After finishing school I plan to study veterinary science," she said at the airport.
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      The village queued to drink snake's bath water
      289 6 The village queued to drink snake's bath water A LOR STAR, Tues.— Police and religious authorities last night seized a "sacred" snake which had caused a scare among superstitious villagers in Titi Bomb near Qua Chempadek. about 18 miles from Alor Star. The three-foot snake had been kept since last
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    COLONY LOSES STAR GIRL SWIMMER
    123 6 pRETTY Bernice Lancaster, 15 (above), Singa- pore's most popular schoolgirl swimmer, last night sailed with her parents aboard the Glenorchy for England. Bernice, who holds several swimming records including the 100 metres butterfly stroke, will join a commercial school in England. While a student at
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    The new order
    26 6 A lecture on "World's New Order" will be given by Mrs. Shirin Fozdar at the Ceylon Tamils' Association, Singapore, at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    'ELIJAH' WELL PRODUCED IN SINGAPORE
    143 6 For the choir and orches tra of the Singapore Musical Society, last night's performance of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" at the Victoria Memorial Hall, was a triumph. There was almost a com plete lack of raggedness— and a noticeable feature tn both choir and soloists wab the
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    $50,000 FARM AID PLAN
    342 7 Govt. launches new scheme to cut vegetable prices In Colony THE CHIEF MINISTER ENTERTAINS Co-op market gardeners to get interest free loan fHh Singapore Goveminent is to lend $.)0,()00, interest free, to a group of cooperative farmers who produce the bulk of vegetables eaten in the
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    Press for merger'
    52 7 Party Rakyat had told its Singapore branch to inter sify the campaign for a bin-gapore-Federation merger A resolution to this effcer is expected to be passed a' the Singapore branchs annual conference on Oct. b. The party's chairman. Inche Ahmad Boestaman and the secretary-general, Inche Nazar Nung
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    RASC driver sentenced
    52 7 Driver George Nield, 19. of 6 Coy. RASC. was sentenced by a Singapore district court martial yesterday to six months' detention. He pleaded guilty to using insubordinate language to his superior officer. Capt. E. P. Jones, while on active duty on Aug. 23. The sentence is subject
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    Due for visit
    32 7 Mr. Jacob Halvery. a leading member of the AngloJewish community in London who is at present in Australia will arrive in Singapore on Oct. 10 for a short visit.
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    Suicide verdict
    28 7 A verdict of suicide was recorded In Singapore yesterday on a City Council labourer. Kalimuthu. 41. who was found hanging in his room at Lorong Lalat.
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    Murder charge
    27 7 A Burmese seaman. Maung Khant. who was charged yesterday in the Singapore Central Court with the murder of Tin Myunt, was remanded till Sept. 25.
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    FIRE! MAN SAVES KIOSK
    71 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. An attendant saved a petrol kiosk from explosion yesterday when he detached the hose leading into the tank after it had caught fire. The kiosk is opposite the post office. The attendant was filling two four-gallon tins with petrol when one of them
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    Nanyang to tackle donations problem
    102 7 rE fund committee of j-ss- rssr s $5 000.000 which have been promised but not paid- He told the Straits Times yesterday.- 'The university needs more money to keep it running. "We must not only try to collect these promised donations but also start new
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    A TYPHOON TURNS LE THAN INTO A VILLAGE HERO
    223 7 A TYPHOON TURNS LE THAN INTO A VILLAGE HERO T»HE older fisherfolk of the little Vietnamese village, Quang Ngai, used to laugh at Le Than, 14, because he was the youngest and the most inexperienced fisherman in the place. But from now on Le Than a hero In the vllstory
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    Acquitted of charge
    65 7 Syed bin Ahmad was yesterday acquitted in a Singapore court of a charge of disposing of stolen property when the prosecution told the magistrate. Mr. S. K. Lee, that the complainant had died. The incident was alleged to have occurred in Orchard Road on June 8. The
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    Dasrah festival
    19 7 The Dashra festival will be celebrated at the Chettiars' Temple Singapore, from Sept. 24 to Oct. 2.
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    Cat burglar grabs wife's 40 sarongs
    80 7 IPOH, Tues. A burglar crept into a house through a window at 4th Avenue in Greentown and stole 40 sarongs worth $200 from a housewife. Che Mariam binte Haji Osman. 44, early today. Che Mariam had left her front window open when she went
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    New secretary
    36 7 SEGAMAT. Tues. Inche Mohamed bin Haji All is the new secretary for the Segamat Town Council. The previous secretary, Inche Noar, has left on transfer as chief clerk of the Land Office in Kluang.
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    Audience will pick the winner
    86 7 Audience will pick the winner rpHREE finalists were seL lected at the "Jerry Lewis 1 comedian's contest at the Hollywood Room of the Odeon Cinema last night. They are Wilfred Shimmer. Percy Leicester and Ray mond Ellas. They will appear on the stage of the Odeon Cinema tomorrow at 9
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    Search for missing sailor ends -at USIS
    107 7 Search for missing sailor ends -at USIS rpHE search for the A American sailor, M. M. Whittaker, ended yesterday when he walked into the Singapore offices of the United States Information Services. Both police and American President Lines officials had been looking for him since Monday morning when he walked
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    Netaji new officers
    69 7 At the annual meeting of the Netaji Memorial Library, Singapore, the following were elected officials for next year: President, Mr. Chan an Singh Sidhu; vice-president, Mr. U. N. Dass; secretary, Mr. P. F. Edwin; treasurer. Mr. S. Vaithianathan: and librarian. Mr. Bashist Rai. Committee: Messrs. P.V. Krishnan,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    82 8 20 Wordt SU (Minimum, MR. AND ATRS LIONEL DE ROSARIO thank all Relatives and Friends for their Valuable Gifts and Attendton"»> at their Wedding MR. MRS. STEPHEN SIM thank all their friends and relatives for their kind wishes and valuable presents on the occasion Of their marriage on 14th
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    206 8 Z» HI) Vimmnm) WORST odours are Best ban-! Ished with Air-wick Mist: make* I the air fresh and odour-free. NOW OPEN to all. Mont Dor Ice cream, milk and snack parlour Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Rd. IF ITS SO light, so crisp, so much food value In so little
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Wed. Sept. 18, 1957 The Siamese Way
    763 8 A change of names but not of policy appears to be the outcome of the Army's couo in Siam. The indestructible Pibul disappears, and Marshal Sarit Thanarat takes his place. Sarit is as antiCommunist and pro-Western as Pibul, and
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    National Front
    413 8 Mr. Yap Pheng Geek sees in the Chief Minister's speech on the Singapore Citizenship Bill a "new outlook" more sympathetically disposed to the idea of a National Front. This is not quite so obvious to others, but it is possible that Mr. Yap's enthusiasm for a National Front,
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    29 8 NYE IN MOSCOW World CotntngM ft* arrangement u-tri UW Uar.cKetUr OnarOan JUiT LOOK AT THF AWFUL T^iNC"> I "1 GOIMG TO DO' WHY DOESN'T SOMEONF STOP THf WrAK /VWCA.NS
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    BUNG KARNO:
    1049 8  -  MAO TSE-TUNG. GANDHI. NEHRU AND NASSER ARE SOEKARM CONCEPT OF GREAT LEADERS. HIS AM3ITION IS TO COMi THEIR QUALITIES IN HIMSELF. Misguided democrat FROM the pinnacle of the Government beloved President Soekarno, "Bung Karno," to the people, architect of freedom and master of mob oratory, guides his country
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      A student dispels some morbid fears
      416 8 T BELIEVE it is necessary that some students should personally refute the false and wildly erroneous impression created by your correspondent "Anti Communist" about the Merdeka Convention and the people who organised it. Only a few points will be dealt with. One may like
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      Vacant Council seat
      61 8 WHEN Inche Ghazalli Jawi wa.s appointed Mentri Besar. Perak, his seat in the Federal Council was declared vacant and It wa s announced that a byelection would be held in the constituency of Sungei Perak Ulu. Why has Inche Ghazalli Jawi's seat in the Perak State Council
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      PLAYGROUND OR GAMBLING FARM?
      99 8 WILL the authorities concerned please note that the Farrer Park playground is no longer a children's playing ground but gambling ground for adults Groups of ten or more people can be seen gambling every evening during holidays from the afternoon until late at night). On rainy
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      510 8 I Straits Times Free Press I For »h« convenience of advar- liscn our representatives at let c 1 floor, SINGAPORE COLO STORAOE. I ORCHARD ROAD, will receive MaN I numbers. Classified adverthwaranti may i also be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD., I Winchester Haute, Collyer Quay, j Singapore. MR.
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    $80,000 THEFT: DEFENCE TO OPEN
    154 9 $80,000 THEFT: DEFENCE TO OPEN :p;n. alleged to broken into the ore of the Bank in Singapore n $80,000 in I iewellery, are £pected to make their] In the Assize today. ca.se ended More than 40 had given evidence > ii since the trial pt 9. accused are ex- call
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    Whips to meet
    45 9 Whips to meet KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. whips in the State Councils are to qi xi month to fays to implement lection pledge to i Mintris '.esar. Dvenon of the .ire Raja Mohamed |a Allang and Tuan Ahmad, Alliance whips <v lcingor and Perils hat( Councils.
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    On transfer
    20 9 RAUB Tues. —S. Nada- the Pahang Drainage rigation Department ..tan. has been transferred to the Land Office here.
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    A councillor, so he was reluctant
    107 9 A councillor, so he was reluctant A SINGAPORE traffic court prosecutor yesterday expressed reluctance at having to conduct a police case apainst Mr. Lee Choon Eng, an Assemblyman and City Councillor. Inspector Tuan s. Zam told the magistrate- "I was hesitant to do so until Mr. Lee told me he
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    Bowers say goodbye
    73 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaya's retiring director of operations skipped formality this morning and kept a Royal Air Force Valetta waiting 2*l minutes while he shook hands Wttt) about 150 friends before flying off from here. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, and service leaders and their wives,
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    Decree nisi
    34 9 Ponnusamy Sundra Ghani Devararam, a Singapore postman, was granted a decree nisi in Singapore yesterday on the grounds of the misconduct of his wife. Jabshani The decree becomes absolute in three months.
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    A BIRTHDAY TREAT FOR PRINCESS MERIAM, 7
    101 9 1 E BAHRU. Tues. Meriam, daughi 1 Sultan of Johore. tomorrow and a- 1 .special treat she will be to sit up late and a film show at the litana Bukit Serene. Film Unit proHa.vsan's Homecom- and cartoons will be included in the
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    Pan-Malayan tourist drive planned SULTAN OF JOHORE INSPECTS GUARD OF HONOUR AT ISTANA
    309 9 Pan-Malayan tourist drive planned SULTAN OF JOHORE INSPECTS GUARD OF HONOUR AT ISTANA BUT SINGAPORE IS NOT YET SURE IT'S PRACTICABLE, SAY TRAVEL MAN thit m a KL >LA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ML federation Government has big plans for developing a tourist trade. But whether it will be administered on a
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    Freedom for what? Query in Colony
    133 9 Freedom for what? Query in Colony THE question that Singaporeans must now find an answer for Is not what do they wish to be free from, but what do they wish to be free for. the Director of Information Services. Mr. G. G. Thomson, said last night. Mr. Thomson told
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    Tras to live again
    73 9 RAUB. Tues. The 'ghost town" of Tras is to be reoccupied before the end of this year, a Government spokesman here told the Straits Times today Tras. seven miles from here, was closed down in 1951 because villagers were suspected of complicity in the murder of
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    Spencer to go on tour
    42 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The Federation's Economic Adviser Mr. O. A. Spencer, is to tour the country to see the progress made In projects under the five-year development plan. He recently returned from leave in Britain and Europe.
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    Two accused
    33 9 IPOH, Tues.— Two residents of Kanthan Bharu new village. 11 miles from here, were charged under the Emergency Regulations in the Sessions Court here today with unlawful possession of subversive documents.
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    TWO GET AWARDS AT INVESTITURE
    58 9 LEFT The Sultan of Johore presenting the award of Stia Mahkota Johore to Mr. Lee Ah Soo, of the Chinese Affairs Dept Johore. at yesterday's investiture at the Istana Besar. Johore Bahru. RIGHT: Presenting the award of Dato Paduka Mahkota Johore to Singapore millionaire rubber
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    JOHORE HONOURS LIST: RULER'S SON BECOMES A DATO
    1035 9 TOHORE BAHRU, Tues. J The Sultan of Johore today conferred orders and decorations on 110 people to mark his 84th birthday. Singapore millionaire rubber magnate. Mr. I.cc Kong Chlan, and Kluang Federal Councillor. Mr. Teoh Chze Chong, both received the award of
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    Work on seventh day—poser
    54 9 Work on seventh day poser PENANG, Tues. The Commissioner for Labour. Mr. I. R- Price, said today there was no provision in the Labour Ordinance stipulating that a labourer must be paid overtime for working on the seventh day of the week. "This matter Is left for negotiation between labourers
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    APPAVOO MYSTERY: REWARD OFFERED
    172 9 DELATIVES of a wealthy Singapore contractor, Mr. Kandiah I Appavoo, 68, who is be- lieved to be held by kidnappers, are offering j a $5,000 reward for information leading to i his return. I The reward is being offered I through the police, who are investigating
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    New deputy
    20 9 SEGAMAT, Tues.— Mr. Lee Ah Soo, Chinese Affairs Officer, has been appointed deputy Registrar of Marriages, johore Bahru.
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    BIG DEMAND FOR PHONES
    50 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues More people throughout the Federation want telephones —and the demand is expected to continue to increase as trf ountry Is developed Last month 540 new telephones were Installed, 94 more than m July. The number of new telephones connected this year Is 3,462.
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      HIS STILTS ARE A JOKE TO MAKE EVEN FISH LAUGH
      663 10 HIS STILTS ARE A JOKE TO MAKE EVEN FISH LAUGH Hours of practise, then foolish Faziel goes walking on beach Faziel Fish has seen a man walking along the beach. He determines to explore this mysterious place, but realises he cannot walk on his tail, so he asks Mr. Swordfish
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      Look for the birds
      89 10 Dears boys an<j Oirls. J Here are the six winner^ < ing competition for you this week- but in addition you are asked to find the ten birdl- hldden in thl P'c'ures you 'in^ eacn one- marlt it with a number, then Daint < crayon the
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      THE MAN WHO LOVED DUCKS
      393 10 BOYS and girls who are interested in animals should read that famous book; King Solomon's Ring' by Konrad Lorenz. It is packed with the most fascinating stories and personal experiences, for Herr Lorenz has kept animals all his One of the most amusing pieces is
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      FRIENDS FOR ALL
      106 10 HERE are some pen pals for you. Eddy Cheah, aged id, 328 Onan Road, Singapore 25. Sports. Looi Hoong Thoong, aged 13, P. O. Box 2, Bukit Mertajam, Province Weilesley. Films, badminton. Ng Geok Siang. 306 Balestier Road, Singapore 12. Mohammed Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmed, aged 14,
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      Gorilla
      28 10 This friendly character peering through the bars at Bristol Zoo is Congo, the Gorilla. He and his wife Josephine are the only gorillas in the British Isles.
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      Jupiter is a cold dark planet
      204 10 JUPITER the giant, is the J next planet in our solar system. It has a very long year for it takes nearly 12 earth years to complete *ts journey round the sun. It is truly a giant, being 120 times larger than the earth.
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      30 10 Please enrol me as a member of the Wise Owh Club and send we a badge I am enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self -addressed envelope. Name Address
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    Lock icon Calamity Jane: Legend of Wild West pioneering
    1542 11 Calamity Jane: Legend of Wild West pioneering ,KD figure, dressed in the tattered buckskins of a frontiersI ma n. stepped from the afternoon train at Deadwood (South Dakota) .priiijr afternoon in 1895. oke and down-at-heel, the figure wandered into a main-street ■nut^a^n" gFOUP f drinkers: em I a roar of
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      181 11 EXCmiiG EATING! l^^ii^Bl meat > crumbed and One delicious new food after another— that's what Birds Eye are bringing- you. And look what they've got for you this time- Juat try these Blrd8 Eye p O rk Por-k Fingers. Fingers Take them from the car- ton, crumbed and shaped all
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      93 11 ftt?.v .liorgan 3#.H. Beating signal a nFß> -Jr llfefc LL 1_» fc. 'i«afe^ij^L^Kj* s v SB irk Tracy Looking for light MMH&R&ftyGRSSNIeH I^AND ITS KEEP WATCHING. Iff A ST LT fTHAT MEANS TWEVVE V jn,., 1 [ftßtmqpJ&Raai^^^ for licmts. Igr n_OA-nNC near W left tme rivejj. A^ CANVXWELL.WE CANT^J |Tc*RK.y
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      AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
      141 12 MELBOURNE, Tues. INVESTMENT shares were firm A with little variation In price on the Stock Exchange here today. Woodside reacted 9d. to close at 2s 6d. and other mining shares showed an uncertain tone with little price variation. Loans showed a firm tone. Loans 3H% 1958-59 £97 9/32
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      104 12 Singapore Chinese Prodnee Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; September/October $25 buyers, $26 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40% sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done; Muntok white $113. Sarawak $112, special Sarawak black $72 (all unchanged). Singapore Copra Association p.m. prices-
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      STORE SHIPPING
      80 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Thermopylae 1-2. Lone Star Marine 5 O u J a rat 6A. Idomeneus 8-7, Corfu 8-9. Straat Banka 10-11, Van Neck 13-14. Surat 15-16, Ellen Bakke 18, Arkeldyk 19. Segamat N.Wall 1. Sedill N.Wall 3. Reginald
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    PRICE RALLIES, INDUSTRIAL SHARES EASIER
    331 12 PRICE RALLIES, INDUSTRIAL SHARES EASIER By Our Market Correspondent AFTER its drop of two and a half cents on Monday the price of October first grade rubber rallied again in Singapore yesterday. The price improved up to 85| cents during the day and after easing, following profit-taking, still closed seven-eighths
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    Madingley offer
    36 12 It is announced that the offer of 2s. 6Ud. per 2s. unit for Madtngley (Malay) Rubber Estates' capital has been declared unconditional by the offerer, as an appropriate number of acceptances has been received.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    392 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Industrials continued to ease. Tins and rubbers were irregular." Singapore and Federation brokers mrled the following busir m done yesterday: Fraser it Meave oros $2.87^ cd cb; Uammoo $2.52 Vi and $2.55; W. Hammer $2.45 cd; Henry Waugh $1.87??; Hume Industries prel.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    157 12 October first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Tuesday at 84 T s cents per lb. up seveneighths of a cent on Mondays closing price. The closinr tone was uncertain. Closing prices In cents per Ib. yesterday wereOFFICIAL: Int. 1 R S.S Spot f.o.b. buyers 84,
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    United Patani
    53 12 The directors of the United Patani (Malaya) Rubber Estates state that an option agreement, expiring July 31, 1958, has been concluded with the Government covering an area of about 1.400 acres, at present planted with old seedling rubber. If the option Is exercised, the purchase price will be
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    25 12 change I yestenl I 11n ii I 31 o ;i creciif Mi] SHIi,, Canada Ir»nrs On Hon K k, dollar cash an -ran
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      342 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS H.M. NAVAL BASE TRADE APPRENTICESHIPS There will be vacancies in January 1958 for fully indentured apprentices in H. M. Dockyard, Singapore, in the following trades:— Shipwright, Shipfltter, Engine Fitter, Boilermaker, Electrical Fitter, Blacksmith, Coppersmith and Joiner. An examination will be held In November 1957. Applications are invited from
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      579 12 NOTICES MINISTRY OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY SINGAPORE Joint Singapore/Japanese fishing projects Applications for fishing licences are invited from local residents or local companies Interested in Joint fishery projects with the participation of Japanese fishery technicians. The following conditions are to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Ministry of Commerce and
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      422 12 non-local fishermen to local fishermen and trainees will be on the llcencee. U) All non-local fishing experts must be replaced within three years of the initiation of the project unless prior special permission is given by the Ministry to extend this period. Failure to adhere to the specified rate of
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      829 12 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby clvm that Joseph S. Jebamalal formerly attached to our Kuala Lumpur office, is no longer in our employment and has no authority to transact any business whatsoever on our behalf. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, SingaporeTHE NEW SERENDAH RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated In the
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      329 12 TENDER CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS 1. WATER DEPARTMENT: (a) Contract for the Floor Tiling for Pontian Pumping Station. Pontian. Johore. Tender Deposit $100. Close 12 NOON— B/10/57. and (b) Supply for One 0.25 Fq- in. 3 Core 6.6 XV Cable from CE.B. Outside Transformers to Generator House Switch Room.
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      1040 13 •I'ltSiNG TUB REN LINE STEAMERS LTD SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. ft CONTININTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hem Penong BENAVON for Liverpool. Rotterdam, Hamburg ie Pait/tf Scat •INDOtAN fer London 22/24 (opt 21/24 Seat Hamburg, Rotterdam 27 Sept/ S Oct Leaeon etreet .rrlv.s 27 Oct
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    Marines in 2-1 defeat
    754 14 REME MAKE STRONG SENIOR CUP CLAIM MARINES, the S.A.F.A. Division One league champions, were beaten 2-1 by R.E.M.E. in the quarter-finals of the senior Cup competition at Jalan Besar last night. The goal that put the champions out came only two minutes before full time on
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    Junior XI for league game
    57 14 The Junior Combined team to meet Europeans, Eurasians and Indians in a S.A.F.A. premier league match on Friday at Jalan Besar stadium will be picked from Basari. Sim Ann Soon. Wing Fatt, Tahir. Hamld. Chlan Fook Poon. M;ijid. Wan. Ibrahim Yusof, Khoon b HJ. Ahmad,
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    Rajas, Maxwell to play again
    170 14 I^OTA RAJA and Maxwell will have to meet a third time to decide their Singapore Amateur F.A. Junior Cup semi-final. On Saturday, they drew 1-1. In their replay at Geylang Stadium yesterday, play was abandoned after four minutes of extra time with the score at
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    REGATTA MEN TRAIN FOR 6 HOURS A DAY
    165 14 REGATTA MEN TRAIN FOR 6 HOURS A DAY VISITING crews from Borneo, Rangoon. Penans and Saigon are training six hours a day in Singapore i in preparation for this week's three-^ay InterPort Regatta which starts tomorrow afternoon. The last of the visiting crews, from Pladju. in Indonesia, is expected this
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    Indians in s-finals
    79 14 INDIAN Recreation Club en--1 tered the semi-finals of ihe S.A.F.A. senior cup competition when they beat R.A.F. Seletar 3-2 at Jalan Besar yesterday. Selctar opened scoring In th c 12th minute through McVey. But Krtshnan equalised five minutes later to make it 1-1 at the interval. Bala
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    Recs win rugger revival match 6-3
    223 14 rE Singapore Recreation Club got off to a good start in their rugger comeback bid this season when they beat District Signal* Regiment by six points (twn penalties) to three (penalty) on the padang yesterday. It was not a very impressive win but nevertheless
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    TOUGH TIE FOR SPORE
    245 14 TOUGH TIE FOR SPORE NANYANG CUP SINGAPORE, defending champions, had to fight hard for their third successive victory in the Nanyang University Cup basketball tournament be fore beating Che Lik of Siam 83-64 at the Happy World last night. Singapore recovered from early arrears of 7-11 and 18-21 to be
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    Hatch gets 3 in final
    87 14 THE 10 TRANSPORTATION Squadron. Royal Engineers, beat 30 Battalion RAOC 3-2 in the final of the Army Junior Cup competition at Dover Road. Engineers started with a rush and scored first within ten minutes through Hatch. RAOC fought back after this and scored twire just
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    Singles final
    40 14 The men's singles final of the S.B.A. junior championships between Leong Yun Chan and Lee Kin Tat will be played at the S.B.A. hall tonight. Other ties are: Inter-srhool quarter-finals: ACS v St. Thomas; Victoria "Reds" I Bartley.
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    Lock icon Scotsman KO'd
    32 14 PARIS, Tues Alphonse Hallml, France's world bantamweight boxing champion, knocked out Chick Brogan, the Scottish title holder in the second of a nine- round title fight here last night.— Reuter.
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    34 14 TOKYO, Tues— Orient lightweight boxing champion Flash Elords of the Philippines arrived here today for a non-title bout with orient featherweight champion Shigeji Kaneko of Japan on Sept. 24— Reuter. "TB course
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    Aim: To stop 'coffee shop betting'
    219 16 WHY RACING GOES OFF THE AIR [)R. LEE TIANG KENG, chairman of the Penang Turf Club, said in Penang yesterday that the associated turf clubs' new move to stop racing broadcasts was aimed at putting an end to "coffee shop gambling" on the races.
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    'WAR' ON BOOKMAKING HOTS UP
    217 16 TELEPHONE FACILITIES MAY BE SUSPENDED I CLUBS will CONSIDER all POSSIBLE MEASURES "THE "hot war" against bookmaking is being stepped up by all turf clubs in Malaya. Besides cutting off racing broadcasts in Malaya, the clubs are considering suspending telegraph and telephone facilities at the
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    129 16 Rediffusion chief says: We regret... W£ regret the ban on racine commentaries but cannot help it, said the managing directoi of Rediffusion Ltd.. Mr. Kok Chong Fook, yesterday. He told the Straits Times. "We had discussions with the committee of the Sing<t pore Turf Club and raised various points, but
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    198 16 JUDICIAL A GOOD EACH-WAY WAGER JUDICIAL, well han- dicapped on his Bukit Timah August form, looks a good each-way bet in today's main event (Race 6). He was fourth with 8.9 co Sir Francis in Div. 2 over 6f and then stepped up on that form to score stylishly over
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    Consistent Crown Link is today's NAP at Ipoh
    881 16 J nap Crown Link to win Race 5 at Ipoh today, second day of the Perak Turf Club Sultan's Gold Vase Meetting. This Linklater six-year-old has been very consistent all through this season and his winning turn is due. Earlier this year,
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    639 16 Race 1: 2.30 (CL 1 Div. 4) 5Jf. str. 1 502 Palm Valley (Mr C H V E Breukelen. 5 90 Smith 2 966 Cash Cheque (Mr It Mrs 8 K Poo) R Breukelen. 6 8 13 Geyer 3 Perseus (Rooster Kongsi) Rodgers, 4 8 12 Camer 4
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    393 16 EPBOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 FIRE RISK B». LIGHT PALI 2, 2.30 Pallo Fire Risk Fire Risk Palm Valley Palio P*lm Valley Race 2 MISS PEGASUS CHIENGMAI W. FREEDOM 3.00 World Freedom Charlemond Pleasure Park Charlemond Miss Pegasus Charta—nd Race 3 BILLEEN NUFENEN COLONEL'S SON
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    Gold Cup on Oct. 19
    94 16 The $35,000 Singapore Oold Cup over 1% miles will be run on the last day of the Singapore Turf Club's October Meeting at Buklt Timah on Oct- 12. 16 and 19. Entrifs for the meeting for Class l and Class 3 horses close on Oct.
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    GOING HEAVY
    18 16 Rain fell in Ipoh yes terday afternoon and the going up to last night was heavy.
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    Third victory for Serangoon
    47 16 Serangoon English School scored their third victory in the Inter, school hockey series by beating Dan Eng Seng 4-1 at Serangoon yesterday. G. Jacob (3) and Sundrallngam scored for Berangoon and Lee Soon Seng for G.E.S. Serangoon won the second team match 3-0.
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    Services swim meet today
    41 16 The Singapore inter-Services swimming championships will be held at the Nuffleld Pool at 230 p.m. today. All Services units will be taking part, including teams from the W.R.A.C. and W.R.A.P. Lady Black will give away the prizes.
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    29 16 MELBOURNE, Tues.— The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia decided last night to Invite Swedish tennis players Sven Davidson and Ulf Schmidt to tour Australia this summer.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Aussie XI due here in December
    81 16 Aussie XI due here i n December SYDNEY t team in countries in V, Mr. L j. r who manned Kong team o] tour of AMstra > ganisin^ the i 1 He saiu -he would probably Di a in Hon K Kong Kapore, h.ooncsia £L* The Sin?;in o >-p Footba:
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    Lock icon Wolves beat Villa 2-1
    69 16 LONDON, r.. -R, night's En.Lh were: DIV. 1: derers A Div: 2: 8.-; City 0: Stiff!;. Ham United DIV. 3 (80 Exeter 0: Nor. Brentford 1; pivmou Brighton and Hov e Port Vale 4 Southampton Queen's Park Rar:^ 2' s Town 1. DIV. 3 (NORTHi- Stanley
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    Siam Cup golf
    23 16 Mrs. N. Clayton mfm I Cup competition Urn land Club when sh^ I Payne by five and three I weekend.
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    Lock icon W. Indies win last match
    69 16 NEWCASTLE, Tues. I'ne West Indies ended 'heir tour with a decisive victory over the Minor Counties by an Innings and 103 runs here yesterday. Resuming at 100 tor tw) wickets, the cou: I all out for 189 in their I Innings and could rr.; only
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