The Straits Times, 12 May 1958

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    14 1 The Straits Times lie**** £std. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY, 12, 1958 ft 15 CENTS
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    311 1 12 TRAPPED IN GOLD MINE BLAST SENDS TORRENT OF WATER RUSHING INTO TUNNEL SURVIVORS TELL OF CRIES Some feared to have drowned RAUB, Sunday. TWELVE WORKERS, including; two European supervisors, are tonight trapped hundreds of feet underground in the Raub Australian Gold Mine at Bukit Komam, two miles from here.
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    87 1 LONDON. Sun. British newspapers today printed page one pictures of 18-year-old Pansy Urn. daughter of Mr. l.im Tew Hock. ▼he pictures were taken outside Buckingham Palace, where Pansy went walking yesterday in a chrongsam. The News of the World, which has a circulation of more than
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    THE MISSING MEN
    59 1 In addition to the two supervisors, Mr. J. W. Ferguson and Mr. |ames McCulloch the trapped men are: Wong Chee Seng (50), Chai Yoo (45), Chai Wong (41), Chee Chen Fook (42), See Yee Chong (45), Wong Sew (40). Ariffin bin Sudin (48), Hamid bin Drif (22),
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    DRAMATIC CLIMB TO SAFETY
    467 1 the pit, 200 feet below. "The five of us rushed frantically for the end of tunnel where the steel emergency ladder leads up 700 ft. to the surface." "Three people went up ahead of me. They were Chai Yoo, Mohamed bin Suleiman, and Chong Fatt. "Abdul
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    Lock icon Nehru to rest 'away from man'
    333 1 Nehru to rest 'away from man' DELHI, Sun. i The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, told Congress Party members yesterday he was planning a holiday "completely away from human beings" and would leave on May 20. He would spend 10 days in north India and visit the Kula Valley in
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    Lock icon New trade visit
    31 1 TOKYO. Sun— The Government plans to send another group of roving; ammassadors to South-East Asia and other parts of the world to study trade and economic problems.— Reuter.
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    26 1 WASHINGTON, Sun A new letter from Mr Nlklta Khrushchev on disarmament was delivered to the State Department today. Its contents will be revealed tomorrow.—Reuter.
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    SHE SEEKS A CROWN
    48 1 MISS BRIDGET PEREMtA. another entrant in the Miss Singapore Quest The girl who wins this contest will represent the Island In the Miss Universe beauty pageant In Long Beach. California, In July No more entries will be accepted after May 2» Straits Times picture.
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    Union to discuss rubber wage rift
    134 1 IPOH. Sun —The executive council of the National Union of Plantation Workers will hold an emergency meeting In Kuala Lumpur on Friday to discuss the breaking off of wage talks by the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association last Friday. The meeting will be preceded
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    The acid victim improves
    58 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun The wealthy Kuala Lumpur tin miner and rlc e merchant, Mr Tan Kirn, over whom a bucket of add was poured while he was asleep yesterday is better today but still on the "dangerously ill" list In the General Hospital An attractive 35-year-old
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    Red flag row
    35 1 TOKYO. Sun.— China today recalled two trade delegations In Japan after a visitor to an exhibition of Chinese stamps In Nagasaki nulled down the Communist Chinese flag In the exhibition hall— U-P.
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    Lock icon Miss England: Four emergency rules
    268 1 LONDON, Sun. Anxious mothers and hidden girdles will be banned on Friday when the third attempt in two weeks is made to choose Miss England, 1958. The first Miss England. 16-year-old June Cooper, was under age. The second, 22-year-old Wendy Peters, turned out to be
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    BERITA HARIAN $500 CONTEST STARTS TODAY
    69 1 BERITA HARIAN $500 CONTEST STARTS TODAY Today Berita Harian begins it* great new $50* word puzzle contest. This prise must be won every week and the entry Is free. Here is a contest which every member of the family will enjoy. But to enter you must have your copy of
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    Lock icon Plane wreck found
    72 1 ROME. Sun. -Police todaj identified the wreckage of a plane found on a thickly wooded mountainside In southern Italy as that of a British de Havilland Heron which disappeared in midFebruary with three people aboard on a flight from Athens to London. The three bodies found with
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    Lock icon REBELS 'SORRY' FOR BOMBING
    281 1 But attacks will still continue MANILA, Sunday. 'THE rebel North Celebes Government today ex--1 pressed Its "profound sorrow" for the deaths of seamen In its recent air attacks on merchant ship- Ping. A broadcast by Menado Radio, monitored here, said: "The revolutionary govern meat regrets that
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    Lock icon Call for three million spies
    65 1 PEKING Sun.— The people of Peking were urged today to Increase their vigilance against counter-revolution-aries. The Peking Peoples Daily, organ of the Chinese Communl.st Party, said: "It is simple enough for each of our three million citizens to keep watch for suspicious characters In his
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    23 1 NICOSIA. Sun. Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Cyprlot Oreek auxiliary policeman. Panayiotis Ouranlou, aged 40, at Styllos village last night— Reuter.
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    Start of talks will be brief
    218 1 Start of talks will be brief From LESLIE HOFFMAN I ONDON, Sun. The opening tomorrow of constitutional talks between the Singapore delegation and the Colonial Office will be purely formal and is not expected to last more than an hour. Only on Tuesday will the two delegations get down to
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    Paragon petition to High Court
    50 1 LONDON. Sun -A petition for winding up Paragon Holdings is being presented in the High Court by one of its subsidiaries, Kuala Muda Rubber Estates. The stock exchange -has suspended permission to deal in shares of Selama Malaya Rubber Estates and Peto Scott Electrical Instruments.
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    JASIN APPEAL TO TENGKU
    246 2 People in 4 new villages want to return to old homes He tells them to stay and promises land gifts MALACCA, Sun. T ~h ii usa n ds of people resettled nine years ago in four kanv>ngs in the Jasin district because of the Emergency today
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    CHAMBER: TAX HITS MINING PROGRESS
    176 2 CHAMBER: TAX HITS MINING PROGRESS IPOH, Sun. The Malayan tin mining industry continues to suffer the highest rate of duty levied on tin exports by any country in the world, the council of the FMS Chamber of Commerce states in its annual report for 1957. Because of this, it says,
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    A BIG LAND PROJECT BEGINS IN TRENGGANU
    153 2 A BIG LAND PROJECT BEGINS IN TRENGGANU ITU ALA TRENGGANU. 1Y Sun. A multimillion dollar land development scheme has begun in Trengganu, the most backward state on the East Coast. The plan Is to develop 4,000 acres of virgin land in Chalok. 35 miles north of here, for cultivation by
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    NASSER ENVOY WILL HA YE TALKS HERE
    134 2 NASSER ENVOY WILL HA VE TALKS HERE KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. "THE Egyptian Ambassador in Jakarta, Mr. E Ali 1 Amroussi, will come here on Wednesday as a special envoy of President Nasser to pay a courtesy call on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. This
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    AT LAST
    15 2 The annual report of the Colony of Singapore for 1958 is published today.
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    Hiker has foot trouble
    81 2 TANJONG MALIM. Sun. i The two busmen who left Kuala Lumpur on Thursday for a walk around the world, I have reached Tanjong Malim, but one is already suffering from a sore foot and he has given up shoes for slippers, i The hikers ar e
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    SAFETY IN CYCLING
    169 2 "Mv skirt is too tight", said Tory MP. Miss Joan Vickers as she tried to mount a bicycle outside the House of Commons, "though years ago I cycled all over Malaya." Miss Vickers, a welfare worker in Malaya in the early post-war period was the only woman
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    Mistaken identity: 60 don't think it's funny
    328 2 Mistaken identity: 60 don't think it's funny IPOH, Sun. OERAK'S 60 public health inspectors are tired of being mistaken for meter readers, postmen and peons because of their ambiguous uniforms. They want the Federal Uovernment to provide a standard and distinct. ye type of uniform for inspectors throughout the country.
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    27 2 OTTAWA. Sun. Three thousand Canadian Pacific railwayman went on strike today in protest against the lay off of 75 diesel firemen said to be redundant.—Reuter.
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    66 2 MOSCOW. Sun.— The Kremlin will be turned into a museum under a 20-year reconstruction plan for Moscow's city centre" outlined today. The plan provides for a big park to be laid opposite the Kremlin, providing stands for guests watching parades in Red Square. The huge
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    WIDOW OF A GOVERNOR'S AIDE DIES AT 70
    100 2 TAIPING, Sun. One of the oldest residents, Fatlmah Bibi, 70, died here recently. Bhe was the widow of Bubadar Elam Din, who was aide de camp to a former Governor of Singapore, Sir Arthur Young. Elam Din was also an officer In
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    Alliance draws up platform for next yeai
    196 2 Alliance draws up platform for next yeai BUTTERWORTH SundaJ TttiE deputy president of UMNO Malaya. Abdul Razak, said here today the Allium-eH already drawn up a new manifesto for the Fed! elections next year. Dato Razak, who Is also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, said he hoped the
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    Welfare 1 villages!
    63 2 Welfare 1 villages! PONTIAN. Sun.-The later for Works. Post* Telecommunications. I Sardon bin Hajl Jubir. t urged that welfare coir tees be set up in small t and villages throughout Federation to advise loca habitants in times of ne Addressing communty ers at the UMNO h quarters here, he said
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    INSTRUCTION IN ARABIh
    62 2 INSTRUCTION IN ARABIO KUALA TRENOQANU. Sun. The Trengganu religious department will soon set up a secondary religious school using Arabic as medium of instruction. It has spent more than $20,000 renovating the house of the former Mentri B the late Dato Amar Di to house the school, The headmaster wil
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    Lock icon Tripoli anti-U.S. riots: 15 dead
    417 3 CITY SEALED AS MOBS BURN U.S.I.S. BUILDING BEIRUT, Sunday. I LEAST 15 people were killed and more than 125 wounded in riots in the north Lebanese city of Tripoli yesterday after a howling mob, estimated at several thousands, smashed the windows then burned and pillaged
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    JAYNE
    188 3 upsets the British film men pANNES. Sun.— British film men, cold shouldered by shapely Jayne Mansfield at a luncheon party yesterday exploded: We shall never come to a Cannes Film Festival again never.'" Jayne was to have been the star guest at the party, given in honour of British
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    TEN-YEAR-OLD SON OF RED SKELTON DIES OF LEUKEMIA
    167 3 RICHARD SKELTON. son of comedian Red Skelton, died of leukemia on Saturday night, 10 days before ■is 10th birthday. The comedian and his wife, Georgia, were at his bedside in the University of California's Los Angeles medical centre. Skelton, knowing that his
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    Lock icon Rift: Tito, Voroshilov visits off
    126 3 BELGRADE, Sun— An official visit to Yugoslavia by the Soviet President. Marshal Voroshilov, due to begin tomorrow, has been cancelled because of the latest Yugo-slavia-Soviet ideological rift it was reliably reported tonight. Yugoslav sources said there also appeared to be little chance that President Tito
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    Lock icon Satire routs the sack
    39 3 NEW ORLEANS, Sun Fifty high school boys, critical of women's sack dresses, went to classes here yesterday wearing gunny sacks Girls wearing sack dresses were so mortified they went home at once and changed —Reuter.
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    34 3 KINGSTON, (J maica). Sun. The Chief Minister, Mr. Norman Manic; called on churches to make today a national day of prayer for rain to break Jamaica's worst drought in nine years. Reuter.
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    Lock icon $ million blaze
    29 3 million blaze NEW YORK, Sun. Documents signed by Abraham Lincoln and 122,000 books were burned In a million-dol-lar fire which destroyed the public library at Galesburg, Illinois, yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Eight-death murder trial: Spivs cash in
    152 3 Eight-death murder trial: Spivs cash in pLASGOW, Sun.— I Underworld spivs here are running a fast and shady trade In false souvenirs of carpenter Peter Manuel, who faces trial here tomorrow charged with eight murders. Teen-aged girls, house, wives and crime-struck juveniles are paying from $1.20 to $2 50 for
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      49 3 ADEN, Sun. Police toda; investigated an explosion which shook an unmanned police station near Aden's electric power station last night. There were no causalties or damage. Terrorists who have infiltrated from the nearby Yemen, which claims Aden as Its own. are thought resDonsible.— Reuter
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      48 3 LONDON: The Minister of Transport Mr. Harold Watkinson, refused to allow a Russian Tu-104 Jet airliner to land 60 members of the Moscow Arts theatre at London Airoort because of the noise of ita engines The plan* will now land at Stansted. Essex. 30 miles from London.— U.P.
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      32 3 TEHERAN: The British Commander In Chief In the Middle East. Lt.-Oen Sir Roger Bower, arrived trom Cyprus for a five-day visit to discuss general strategy with military leader* on Bagdad Pact Droblems.
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      17 3 BERLIN: An East German Government delegation left for Rangoon to negotiate a trade agreement with Burma —Reuter.
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      22 3 PARIS: Police said they had arrested 89 active members of the outlawed Algerian National Liberation Front In the last three weeks— Reuter.
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      18 3 WASHINGTON: Mr. J. Edgar Hoover began his 35th year a s director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.—U.P.
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      26 3 LONDON: The United States naval base at ChaKuaramas. Trinidad, will not be released to become the site for a West Indies capital, It was reliably reported.—Reuter.
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    43 3 hl.li.TLli?' w m T Tl^ cc teen »«e™ broke Into a spent $12 to see the film "The Ten Commandment. They r/if- 10 l r 8s( d «««t they broke Into the school aeain and returned the remaining $198.-Reuter.
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    Lock icon A-THREAT: PLEA TO NEHRU
    149 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday. ''THE Indian Communist Party last night called on A Mr. Nehru and his Government to bring the moral force of India to bear to halt the "perilous drift toward nuclear war." The party's central executive released a resolution which also urged the Government
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    Lock icon BAN SUNDAY PAPERS —SCOTTISH CHURCH
    95 3 BAN SUNDAY PAPERS —SCOTTISH CHURCH EDINBURGH, Sun. A J committee of the Free Church of Scotland today urged members to ban the reading of Sunday newspapers. In a report to the church's general assembly, It deplored "the demoralising Influence of these British national Sunday newspapers which use the Lord's Day
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    32 3 PARIS. Sun.— The manuscript of the order to set up the guillotine for the execution of King Louis XVI of France In 1593 was auctioned here yesterday for $3,100.— Reuter.
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    26 3 LONDON, Sun. Eight Russian infectious disease experts left Moscow by air for Pakistan yesterday to help fight its cholera and smallpox epidemics. UP.
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    116 3 Asian loyalty 'astonishes' Macmillan EDINBURGH, Su n The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan, said here last night that the sense of partnership and friendship In "the new Commonwealth countries" of India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Singapore had "as. tonished' 1 him on his Commonwealth tour. They were people, he said, absolutely
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    CHIEF MINISTER AT GUARD CAMP
    68 4 THE PENANG CHIEF MINISTER. Mr. Wong Pow Nee. inspects a carbine during his visit on Saturday to the Penang Home Guard training camp at Telok Bahang where 100 Guards arr taking a nine-day refresher course. On left is the camp commandant. Capl Tan H*ck B«ry
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    The war of words: Sarawak gets subversion warning
    288 4 GOVERNMENT GIVEN POWERS TO PROHIBIT ENTRY OF LITERATURE KUCHING, Sunday. A PLEA for constant vigilance against the written and spoken word the basis of subversive propaganda which in turn was the chief instrument in the prosecution of the cold war, was made
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    A COURSE in MUSLIM LAW FOR TWENTY
    159 4 A COURSE in MUSLIM LAW FOR TWENTY KLANO. Sun. fourth-year students at the Muslim College Malaya, will leave here at the end of this month for a special course in Muslim law at the University of Malaya. 'Students who pass the course will be qualified to become judges in religious
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    Jungle quiet
    18 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. No casualties to terrorists or members of the security forces were reported today.
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    Gift of books to library
    41 4 IPOH, Sun. The former Mentri Besar of Perak. Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, last night announced that he would contribute 100 books to the Perak library The Dato was re-elected i president of the library's management committee.
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    JOHORE STILL USES THAT CENTURIES-OLD 'TUN' TITLE
    115 4 JOHORE STILL USES THAT CENTURIES-OLD 'TUN' TITLE JOHORE KAURI. Sun.— A title in the Federal Honour* li X t which was obsolete until re* rently in other parts of the Federation for the past 200 years is still ■sed in Johore. The title Tun is, however, rarely awarded The father
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    Two Malayan sports stars wed
    101 4 IPOH, Sun. Two Malayan sports stars who met on a badminton court about three years ago were married here today. They are: Hamzah Shamsuddln, 27, Malayan hockey outside-right at the last Olympics In Melbourne, and Nahariah blnte Hussein, 33, a champion badminton player. Hamzah, a
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    Success story—at 21
    218 4 Success story at 21 POVERTY NEARLY BEAT PIANO PRODIGY THE MAN is the world famous pianist Julius Katchen. THE WOMAN Is Mrs. Madeleine Aitken of Sin- OOVERTY nearly fore- ed a young, talented Singapore pianist to give up his music career three years ago. Today, th e boy— Yu Chun
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    CHINESE URGE 'BE LOYAL TO MALAYA'
    178 4 CHINESE URGE 'BE LOYAL TO MALAYA' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday 'THE president of the MCA, Dr. Lim Chong today urged the Chinese to be loyal to NLil and to adopt a "live-and-let-live" attitude. He was speaking at a meeting sponsored by the MCA to boost the organisation's citizenship drive. Representatives from
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    SELF-HELI BODY FOB MALAY CONTRACTO]
    81 4 SELF-HELI BODY FOB MALAY CONTRACTO »!»OH, Sun. About Malay contractors in P« today formed an associa to help Malays play grei part lr> the economic life the country. The other objects of new body, the Perak M; i Contractors Association. I to. Inculcate the spirit of operation and self r
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    Stole cycle
    26 4 TEMERLOH Sun- A r ber tapper, a.i.i- bin I Abdul Manan, '.O. v stole his friend's bicycle yesterday fined $100 or th months' imprisonment
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      166 4 RADIO: General Programme DAnifk Uif AVA Strings; 200 Close Down; S»»Jm**Jm*Jm District Newsletter; 5.15 Interl v»xi«iv»i uiniT Por Music: 5.30 Children's V NATIONAL SHORT gM H WAVE SEBVICE g.15 Woman's Magazine: 41 wtin Light* On; 6.53 Regional SINGAPORE nouncement: 6.54 Singapore Sr Medium w»Te 47« metres Market Report and National
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    TERRITORIAL ARMY PLANNED
    276 5 Razak: Chance for youth to pledge Imjmiiy to Malaya It will replace home guard, special constabulary BUTTER WORTH Sun. A territorial arm.v is to be formed to replace the home guard and special constabulary. Announcing this today, the minister of Defence, Dato Abdu! Razak. bin Hussein, said:
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    NURSES RENEW PLEDGE
    47 5 PENANG, Sun.— Sixty nurses renewed their Florence Nlghtingle pledge during a "nurses recognition" service at the Wesley Methodist church here today. A nurses' choir from the general hospital attended. The service was interdenominational, with nurses professing other faiths present to reaffirm their nurses' pledge
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    'Lonely outsiders' get the blame for increase in divorces
    112 5 'Lonely outsiders' get the blame for increase in divorces KUALA TRENGGANU, San. "Outsiders'' were today blamed for Trengganu's hich divorce rate. Trenggana's Commissioner or Religions Affairs, Date Bentara Luar. told the Straits Times: "Yoang ■sea from outside get married to local girls for company and comfort while they are working
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    N.Z, Venoms to leave for home
    139 5 N.Z, Venoms to leave for home vj E w Zealand's No. 14 Venom 11 Fighter Squadron will leave for borne on June 30, after thre« and a half years at Tengah, during which It has been continuously engaged in anti-bandit operations In Malaya It will be replaced by the Royal
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    Klang goes gay for Sultan's birthday KLANG. Sunday.
    181 5 Klang goes gay for Sultan's birthday KLANG. Sunday. TTOIS royal town of seiangor win go gay on lues- day when the Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong. the Sultan of Selangor, celebrates his 60th birthday. Final preparations for the celebration are now almost complete Bunting decorates the route to the Istana Kota
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    A QUEEN ~ OF AIR IS HERE
    68 5 A QUEEN OF AIR IS HERE MISS SHEILA K RIP ALANI. 21, (above) Air India's most beautiful *irh««tess and the 19Sg AirluMs Queen •f Bombay, arrived in Sin. gapwe s« Saturday A farmer fashion model. Sheila te«fc to the air to as* the "big cities". She was »e»ectod -Airlines Qbbbm"
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    2,000 jobless in Penang
    56 5 PENANG. Sun. The manager of the Penang employment exchange. Inch* Din bin Pa wan teli. today appealed to employers to help reduce the "high number" of unemployed in the state. He said 1.932 people registered with the exchange last month. They Included an administrative officer and
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    MAN FROM KEDAH IS MADE A PRIEST
    171 5 MAN FROM KEDAH IS MADE A PRIEST PENANG, Sun. Mr. Robert- Augustin, one of the 10 sons of Mr. J. F. Augustin, retired deputy Superintendent of Education. Kedah and Perils, was today ordained a Catholic priest by the Bishop of Penang, Monsignor Francis Chan. The two-hour ceremony at the Cathedral
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    $200 is stolen from canteen
    39 5 BUTTER WORTH, Sun.—Cigarettes, milk and some cash were found missing Irom the canteen at Mitchell Pier here yesterday. The loss was estimated at $200. A Port Commission guard found the canteen door loci broken.
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    7 to witness opening
    74 5 PENANG. Sun Mrs. Mushir Arlff. chairman of the Penang territorial association of the Women's Institute, will lead a delegation to the I official opening of the Ibu Pejabat, Women's Institute, by the Raja Permalsuri Agong. In Petaling Jay a on May 21 Other members of the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    108 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS t« iHmmmmi THE BEREAVED FAMILY of Mr. N. K Dey thanks all relatives, friends for their kind assistance messages of condolence and for attending the cremation ol the late Mrs. Dey. i"HK FAMILY of the late Madam Jeysmaiy Das wish to extend their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to friends
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    360 6 M »«r* If. <H>m,m»m) BUY MALT for your baby f Bio maJt is better I it'a pure hlchgrade barley-malt extract, with Vitamins! JOHNNY BORO. The Cockpits Kinging Sensation slngi and presents a Boor show Nightly except Mondays. ELSIE MARY LTD.. 2nd Floor. 13 Battery Rd. Just Arrived Gay Italian
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      Peking And Tito
      572 6 Peking And Tito Bew breath between is and the Soviet widened astonishingthe Yugoslavian st Party congress. More than anything ci.-* the unexpected violence oi China's attack has made the breach unbridgeable. Peking's onslaught is less an indication, however, of Mao Tse-tung's position as one of Communism's leading theoreticianthan an illustration
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      Salt Mines Of Malaga
      396 6 Salt Mines Of Malaga Pist Coast tour of duty r many Governicers exile to the "sail To be posted to the provinces" of Malay v is regarded as a transfer from the civil list to tlie black h'sl The dark years of exile are spent in planning the road back
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      Masculine Evil
      136 6 Every organisation which sets out to fight against prostitution in Malaya quickly finds out the reason why so many women take up this way of living. And thereafter, unless part of their work is little publicised, continue as organisations trying to rescue and rehabilitate the unfortunate women without
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    Russia puts hurdles on road to Summit
    858 6 Russia puts hurdles on road to Summit WE MAY YET SEE MR DULLES AS THE KNIGHT ERRANT OF INTERNATIONAL CONCILIATION AS... if r Dulles, it ap- pears, is making another "agonising reappraisal" of Uni:ed States policy. If one may make so bold as to say so. it's about time. too.
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    SURNOS BARTLETT
    361 6 Ana it-si you .stiuuia mum that 1 am unduly critical of the Western policy &gt;&gt;f hesitation. I would remind you that, the nearer we get to a summit conference, the more the Russians themselves put obstacles In Its way Why should- we have allow d them to get
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    BUDDHISM ON WORLD MAP
    398 6  -  BRUCE RUSSELL By A BUDDHIST univer- sity founded by Kinij Chulalongkom of Siam (Anna's "student prince" in "The King And I") is planning to propagate the principles of Buddhism abroad. More than 500 yellowrobed monks from all over Siam as well as from Laos and Cambodia
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      Clamour for special seats unjustified
      278 6 Clamour for special seats unjustified TtHE recent mov e oy the 1 Singapore Indian Congress seeking reserved seats in the Legislative Assembly is not justified and this demand should b*&gt; ignored. The position of minority communities In a selfgoverning Singapore will be protected, as it will be written into the
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      They who hare won Malayan hearts
      89 6 THE recent resolution passed by the Selangor UMNO, urged the Selangor Government to replace the statues of King Edward VII and Bir Prank Swettenham near the Secretariat Building with statues of the Tang di-Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister Selangor UMNO .snoulri not forget
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      English—A bird with natural feathers
      75 6 English— A bird with natural feathers rl Prime Minuter 1 speech on th e importance of English should be an eve-opener to all those who want to do away with English quickly in Malaya This is what the Indian President, Dr. lajendra Prasad. once said when he spoke of the
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      Curb thugland excesses
      67 6 ris becoming apparent that the minions of thugland are having a field day. Reports of stabbings are growing in frequency Wide powers should be vested in our Police Force to curb the excesses of these youthful marauders It Is high time our elected Assemblymen took cognisance of
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      ; Beyond human I understanding
      67 6 Beyond human understanding CYNICUS" says that if he hears or reads much more about the allparty mission to London he will be in danger of becom- m* confused 18.T May 10 &gt;. That Is exactly how a good many of us feel, it seems to me that the way* of
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      Spirits at school functions
      40 6 HPEACHERS *ho drink 1 alcohol within their school premises at any function are contaminating the educational atmosphere .of the schools. The Singapore Ministry of Education should ban aH intoxicating drinks at school functions A RICHARDS. Singapore
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      82 6 THE DALE CARNEGIE CLASS MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY! 6.30 to 10.30 pan. at INSTITUTE OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP 28 B, Clemencenu Hou*« Fensag Lane, Spore 9 Phone Enquiries: Mr. CHIU NAN 6 YANG IT'S STILL NOT TOO j i LATE TO JOIN THE j NEW CUSS! j See tor yourself the I
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      125 6 MITCHELL I ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS I FOR 1958 H IBmßßW3l__l_ti ***** if ll I IJ JSeSSSaCar I "t room H 189 I air amUitvmcrs Now Mitchell m«k.v. l ulllg exciting ami carefree with cool, comfortable days nuiet restful nights. Mil. hell Jl BIi.KE i« the modern room air conditioner with
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    Shippers defy rebel bomb warning
    297 7 INSURANCE BATES DOUBLED^BUT FREIGHT FOR INDONESIA STILL GOES THROUGH OWNERS TO MEET CREW REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS 'DANGER ALLOWANCE' DEMAND SINGAPORE Chinese shipping companies are defying an Indonesian rebel warning to keep clear of Indonesian waters unless they have special clearance. Dozens of ships are on
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    24-hour curfew on 4,000 is lifted
    118 7 24-hour curfew on 4,000 is lifted KUALA LUMHUR, Sun. The SelanKor Government today lifted its 24-hour house curfew on 4.000 people in Rasa new village. 35 miles from here. rhe curfew was imposed following a 3 a.m. round up of ten suspected Communist helpers In th e area. «*bout 800
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    New electoral boundaries
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Hajl Mustapha Albakri presided at a meeting of the Federal Election Commission held here recently to discuss the delinatlon of boundaries for new electoral wards in Johore. In the next Federal elections Johore will have 16 seat* instead of eight
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    Bachok council elections
    42 7 KOTA BHARU. Sun Inhe Mohamed Amln bin Ya'icob defeated two other independent candidates in the Bachok town council elections for the Kuala Bachok ward yesterday. About 54 per cent out of I 'he electorate of 177 cast i otes.
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    'SUPPORT H-BAN' CALL
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR Sun. ne Kuala Lumpur branch 1 the Malayan Indian Conre.s.s tortav passed a resolulon calline on the Governneni to .supnort nuclear dlsrmament. At the branch annual meotlnx. Ule president. Mr S. Govinrta Raj said that nuclear weapons and atomic urueads constituted a gravt anger. The
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    Two ships idle in Singapore as crews refuse to sail
    196 7 Two ships idle in Singapore as crews refuse to sail because most SUigapore insurance companies refused U&gt; accept war rLsk insurance fo. goods to Indonesia. A., a result of the recem bomb ng. freight charges for cargo to and from fndo nesia oarticularly the danger zone, have been almost douhlrd.
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    Celebrations planners
    78 7 I BRUNEI. Sun. The follow Ing have been elected to the general committee of th. Sultan s birthday celebrations which will be held in Brune&gt; Tow»» in September: Yang Teramat ulia Ouh Penglran Pemencha. chair man. Inche Sunny bin Ahmat. secretary. Mr. A. M. Noor and Awang Hapidz
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    Malayan police officer arrives
    53 7 BRUNEI. Sun. Superintendent of Police Arlff bin Dams, of Federation Police Headquarters In Kuala Lum pur. arrived here recently on hi* way to Seria to inspect the Malayan police contingent stationed there. He was met on arrival at the Brunei Airport by the jO.C.P.D Brunei A.S.P
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    RAHMAH IS 'QUEEN OF THE HAIR BUN'
    288 7 RAHMAH IS 'QUEEN OF THE HAIR BUN' 14 VIE FOR BEST-TRESSED' TITLE If U ALA LUMPUR, Sun A Fourteen longhaired beauties waltzed to the strains of "Around- thq. World" here last night while competing in Uie Kaum Ibu's hair bun contest. And more than 500 people cheered as a 20-jrear-old
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    Sultan opens trade school
    50 7 KU.*LA LUMPUR. Sun. The an of Selangor today open ihe trade school in T&lt;*.nj".i^ Karang. rice bowl of the state. The school, one of the first under the new educattoi scheme, gives opportunities for children In rural areas to i learn engineering and other 1 trades
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    Woman found dead
    37 7 KOTA BHARU Sun. A Siamese housew.te. Mekklau 24. of Kampong Julok. a border village, was found dead In her kitchen by her father last night. She was Injured in the back of the neck.
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    Plea for Malay Affairs Dept.
    44 7 BUTTERWORTH. Sun. The Penang State UMNO general assembly today decided to ftjfc UMNO Malaya to request the Yang d.-Per-tuan Ati ng to set up a Mala.\ Affairs Department Inche Hashlm bin Awang a Federal Councillor was re elected president
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    Buffet dinner
    33 7 A buffet dinner was held at the East Coast Road home of Mrs. Beow Peck Leng. president of the federation of Girls Clubs, on Saturday for youth welfare workers In Singapore.
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    Union officials
    31 7 The Portsdown branch o» the Army Civil Service Union. Singapore, has elected Mr. P C PUlal as chairman. Mr P. K. Kaimal secretary, and Mr Koh Peng Heng treasurer
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    Elders fear democracy
    157 7 ITOTA BHARU. Sun.— The older people of Ktlanan do not want local councils because they fear they may have to pay more taxes, a State Government spokesman said today. The spokesman said they were also afraid that the Government would confiscate their properties if they were unable
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    KELANTAN MALA YS PLAN AN ECONOMIC CONGRESS
    79 7 KOTA BHARU, Sun— The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, Ls expected to open a five-day Malay economic congress here In August. The congress sponsored by the Kelantan Malay Chamber of Commerce will itudy the causes of the Malays' backwardness in business It will
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    CARNIVAL—THE BIGGEST EVER
    355 7 CARNIVAL— THE BIGGEST EVER AN INTERNATIONAL trade fair b&lt;int&gt; planned by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will occupy 200 acres of land in in? old Kallang airport, and will be Singapore's biggest ever carnival The Singapore improvement Trust's multt -million dollar Kalian* satellite town eipectt'd to be completed '11
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    Parang thief hurts Saga
    74 7 BAIT PAHA I. Sun A watchman, Ahmad Khan Mb Nasal Khan. M. is no* recovering in Johorr Bahr« hospital from pa. rang wounds h r received while trying t« catch burglar her, early today. Ahmad Khan disturbed the burglar as hr was ransacking a shop at
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    New officials elected
    52 7 The following have been elected officials of the Singapore Improvement Trust Local Officers' Association: Messrs KhalafT Albasrawjr president: A. D. Ponnamba lam and Chan Thye Swee vice presidents: M M M Menon. secretary. O. V Dharan. assistant secretary: Yeo Ban Beng, treasurer: and Tav Oiian Cheong. assistant
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    Broke curfew: $25 fines
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU Sun Pour Chinese who broke the curfew regulations In an area "overed by Operation Tiger were each fined $25 in the magistrate's court here
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    Matches fine
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. SunToh Poh. who attempted to .smuggle Into Johore from Singapore 10 packets of matches on which the duty amounted to $2 40, was fined $25 here.
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    Stay away students: A new offer
    168 7 Stay away students: A new offer If U ALA PILAH, Sun. The Federation Government offered today to set up a Malay Secondary class foi border line" students oni&gt; as a concession to parents who still want their children to study Englfeh in "remove classes. The Minister of Education. Inche Mohamt&lt;i
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    More protection for poultry
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Protective vaccination o« poultry In Johore proved so successful last year that it being intensified this year A travelling dispensary will! tour rural areas and estate* in all districts.
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    Hawkers fined ,
    13 7 Hawkers fined JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Sight hawkers who caused obstruction were rach flnrri
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    CONCERN AT GANG FIGHTS
    76 7 TANJONG MALIM. Sun I Police are concerned at the I sudden increase in gangs to activities here In the oast week there n*ive been several clashes involvine rival gangs On Saturday there were four separate incidents in I which thug.s clashed With sticks, lottles and stones.
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    A state makes Malay a 'must'
    227 7 A state makes Malay a 'must' 1/UALA TRENGGANU. IV Sun. The Trengganu State Government today issued a circular to all heads of departments throughout the State, informing them hat Malay must from now on be used at levels of administration. Disciplinary action will oe I taken against officials who rail
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      112 7 WHY STAND PAIN EVEN FOR A MINUTE Suffering the pains of sore i^^^A muscles, arthritis, rheumatism. yiT- 1? neuralgia, lumbago 7 Pal on I 1 Sloan's Liniment it goes straight to the place that B hurts doesn't have to *i».^^^*^ dissolve and travel through the PrV^l*' body like aspirin So
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    The tragedy of the Spy
    506 8  -  LAN FLEMING By THE MAN WHO IS SELDOM TRUSTED BY WAR MINISTERS THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK. Ed.ted by Criham and Hugh Creene. (Hart Davis 155.) T CANNOT understand why the great spy novel has never been written. The true spy i s a fascinating figure
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      NOW TO OFFSET NO-WORK AT SIXTY
      272 8 NOW TO OFFSET NO-WORK AT SIXTY THE OF RETIREMENT. B y Cecil CHishofm. Phoenix House. 12*. 6d.) MR. CHISHOLM ITI chides one for making inflation the excuse for adopting a "don't worry, it may nevor happen" attitude to old age and retirement. He calculates that the average annual rate of
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      The horrid path to Pacific War and after
      798 8 The horrid path to Pacific War and after ALLINGTON KENNARD By Tt» Knights of Sushido. y Lord Rmsefl ov Liverpool. (Cats** Its.) T»WELVE years after the end of the war the atrocities which disgraced the Japanese name are forgotten. Or so Lord Russell says, launching a companion volume to "The
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      MYSTERY AT THE ABBEY
      121 8  -  THE HELL FIRE CLUB. By Donald Mc(ormirk. (Jarrolds. lSs.) PR el«*c on 2M years the mysteriaus cere, monies performed at Xedmrnham Abbey in the eighteenth century have caused endless speculation Unquestionably, if sa. tank practices and black masses took place, with unspeakable orgies to follow, the
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      114 8 %o&lt;*s^tk&gt;-qout&gt; -fevburite soap so precious rr's how sealed in mTyfc- jasss^tttm^ :-f)^ ||^^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^B^^^^^^H tV- -^ii.- &gt;w- /^BB^ktwL^BflsVßjßH I t~\ /i '^*^^H ahd The whlto P url| y of fragrant LUX Is a/*V now protected with luxurious gold foil. m. Open the lovely new |&gt;a«k, and there you'll md your favourite
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      206 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS HUtory should be an open 7 Vessel which five* me a ren'. book to theee experts (4, 1). C&gt;. IS Not necessary but mostly use--8 Slight with half a doaen ful U) tne seajnatreaa &lt;•). 10 S &gt;S£. 7.V. «J-f -*&gt; 11 .Sailors In the drink
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      'Young' veterans
      1120 9 LLOYD MORGAN n&gt;— I^TIE achievement of a 73-year-old Chinese grandfather in a recent Singapore-Johore Bahru walking race was front-page news in the Malayan Press. Remarkably, he beat six youngsters to the finishing tape. The septuagenarian ascribed his rtness in what most people are prepared to concede is old
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      444 9 EVERY CHILD needs Vitamin G r&gt; EVERY DAY i Bk 3? &gt;^«\ jBI B vHßiw^iHM II Vitamin C is the energy vitamin. Children V&g^ U need it to develop strong bones and teeth, and A FI to increase vitality and reaistance to infection. II The body does not store this
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      349 9 I 4irni4&gt;t» A 0«. By /If as B^B^MbT^SJS£ V^JS^l 01^ I /^s7rrasEse£ir^BF~ 77jT88 f V^ so i nms «g«t- i tou&gt; wuhc W^ZJjSar K UXKIAIG CHAP TURNED IV&lt;XJ »«E SCAREP j VKV I WAS ONtV ACMSBNG &gt;CUJ FIGURE^, BBBV V^n^V^^WK 1,// .if ULi^aOi^ \i/ i// JL iJt/\"Tw' *^^a^* L^m^Lu B^Br
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      Nervous market easily moved
      634 10 By Oar Market Correspondent ANCE again last week on the Malayan Share Market Friday proved to be the day on which counters experienced their biggest moves. Last Friday's move was due to the $4 rise in the tin price and an improvement in the iuuuci puLc.
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      (piviPEtvns Aivrcoimfii?)
      47 10 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED Britbti Baraea VHr+r.m Syndlr.lr lid Jackson Ca. lid The MaUkt JMiMli Rubber Estate. LM. B»f »n Serai Rnbiwr EiiUlca t Interim. Carnal IWTmrnl U. 7d 10% Dalraf M7«ea» May SI Mny 31 ToUl far year Is 7d. IS% ToUlfor prtiU— year I*. M ao% MM
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      BUSINESS DONE
      254 10 rE following business doneW in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one Brm of broker, for the period May Jto t. perwary $1.16., cum »U, Fraaer Neave Ordinary $2.47% to $2.50. Oammons (Malayai Limited 12. ex rights, Oammona Right* 47% cents. Hammer Co. $1,524 to
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      Rubber bearish, irregular
      518 10 DUBBER was an active market in Singapore last 1V week, but the trend was nervous and irregular with prices subject to the pressure of bullish and oeansn lnnuences. Bullish factors were the lightening strikes on Malayan plantations and the suspension of the wage talks In the industry
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      420 10 rE following list of reTlsed quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after Its last meeting on Friday. ESS Milan Brlrt* t iM 1 IM &gt;M ■r* II oi itrnmi Petrol 4t 41/- at Truslcat »l» Tin Smelt t It II tlO &gt; it c
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      1232 10 NOTICES RUBY GENERAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. wish to announce that with effect from the 13th May. 195S their office will be situated at «a. THE ARCADE. 3rd FLOOR (Raffles Place entrance) Straganora. BAILIFF'S SALE la The Supreme Caart of the Fed. ot Malaya In The High Court at Seremban. iTil
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      643 10 AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS CONSULTANT A gaatla—sa, at present ia Singapore, bat a resident of MELBOURNE, Managing Director of a S«b«i4iary of a World Wide Organisation doe to retire at th, ens' of the year, offer* kit services ss s CONSULTANT on Importing to anal Import, n« from Australia also laying. Snipping,
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    Lock icon Barbarians held
    35 12 JOHANNESBURG, Sun The Barbarians Rugby Union team, comprising players from England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales, drew 17-17 here yesterday with Transvaal In the first game of the five-match tour of South Africa. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Athletes & officials pour into Tokyo
    327 12 Athletes officials pour into Tokyo PAKISTAN'S KHALIQ DOES 10.6 SEC. IN TRAINING TOKYO Sunday. 'J'OKYO'S International airport was a beehive of activity yesterday as delegates to the 54th session of the International Olympic Congress and athletes to the Third Asian Games arrived on nearly every aircraft. The International Olympic Congress
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    110 12 LONDON. Sun. Lancashire club Wigan won the Rugby League Cup final at Wembley yesterday, beating Workington Town 13-9 (three tries and two goals to one try and three goals) It was Wigan's fifth victory at Wembley since the war and they were worthy winners in
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    —AUSSIE— WATERSKI OFFICIAL
    75 12 AUSSIE WATERSKI OFFICIAL Mr. George Beynon. presi. dent of the New South Wales Waterski Association, who is on a short visit to Singapore. Mr. Beynon leaves for Bangkok tomorrow. He will later visit Hong Kong and Japan. Mr. Beynon is making this tour on behalf of the Australian Waterski Association
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    PIETRANGELI, AYALA IN LAST 4
    93 12 PIETRANGELI, AYALA IN LAST 4 ROME. Sun. Nicola Pietrangcli (Italy), the holder, and Luis Ayala (Chile) yesterday joined Mervyn Rose (Australia) and Ramanathan Krishnan (India) In the men's singles semi finals of the Italian Lawn Tennis Championships here. Pietrangeli beat Pancho Contreras (Mexico) 6-4. 6-1, 6-3 and Ayala beat Giuseppe
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    Lock icon Surrey off to a good start
    268 12 LONDON, Sunday. OURREY, six times County champions, got off to another good start in the English County cricket season here yesterday. A century by Bernard Constable (102) and 97 by David Fletcher enabled them to declare at 336 for seven. They then captured two
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    54 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun— Police B beat Belfleld Club. Kuala Kubu Bharu, by eight wickets In a Navaratnam Shield cricket knockout tournament match on the Gurney Road ground today. Belfleld Club 64 i Johlnder Singh 21; Ronald Louis 5-14. Perelra 3-14); Police 75 for 2 (Merican Sutan
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    293 14 Rahman Cup to Selangor PERAK OUTPLAYED IN SCHOOLS FINAL Ameran in superb three-goal display KUALA LUMPUR Sun. Selangor Com bined School became the first holders of the Rahman Trophy when they whipped Perak Schools 6-1 in a fast and thrilling final of the Federation inter-state schools soccer competition at the
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    46 14 IPOH, Sun.— Kampar District were held to a draw by Ipoh Police in their Brander Shield Cricket League match on the Coronation ground today. Kampar 152 (W. Green 58; A. Balaratnam 4-29 K. Ramakrtshnan 3-70); Police 84 for eight (Kuladeva 4-29 1
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    64 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun—Selangor today woo the two remaining ties In their Inter-state friendly tennis match against Perak on the Selung or Golf Club courts Selangor thus won the match Today's results (Selangor players first): Susan Ault beat Anna Han 6-4, 6-2: J. E. M Ault
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    266 14 A-Games team rout Rest 13-2 By MOK SIM PIM OINGAPORES Asian Games waterpolo team trounced the Rest of Singapore 13-2 in an exhibition match at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday. The Games team were much too good for the Rest. They showed understanding and co-ordination. In attack they had speed
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