The Straits Times, 29 July 1958

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    21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 Nat**" 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 29, IMS ft 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon NEW CYPRUS FLARE-UP
    531 1 FOUR MURDERED: HEAVY DAMAGE BY ARSON Foot renews 'peace' appeal to community leaders 'Fight to finish 9 call by Grivas sets spark NICOSIA, Monday. POUR TURKS were killed in Cyprus in a new outbreak of violence and arson following: a "fight to the end" call issued by
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    Lock icon FEISAL TREASURE WORTH $4,250,000 IS FOUND
    141 1 FEISAL TREASURE WORTH $4,250,000 IS FOUND I ONDON, Mon.— Trear sures and valuables of the murdered king Feisal of Iraq "believed to be worth nearly $4,250,000" are reported today to have been recovered from a safe in his English manor home. The Daily Sketch reporting this, says i' .ale was
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    Explorer TV may exist for 5 years
    152 1 Explorer TV may exist for 5 years WASHINGTON, Mon—U.S. Defence Department scientists. basing their forecast on observations of Explorer IV daring it* Ant 24 boars of life, said yesterday that the new satellite should stay la orbit for fly« years. The Naval Research Laboratory, on the oasis ef latest calculations.
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    PUBLIC TOLD: DO NOT KEEP THIS PAPER
    101 1 PUBLIC TOLD: DO NOT KEEP THIS PAPER KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The Federation Government today warned the public against retaining a new "manifesto" issued by the central committee of the Malayan Communist Party. A statement Issued tonight said: "It Is well known to the Government that recently there has been circulation
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    Cigarette ban
    15 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain's commercial televlsionnetwork has banned cigarette advertisements during children's programmes— DPI
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    Lock icon Airlift ends
    19 1 NICOBIA. Mon. The airlift of the 10th Infantry Brigade from Britain to Cyprus has been completed.— Reuter.
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    Four bandits in give-up drama
    933 1  -  HENRY PAUL si%Mrww*w Kwmwmwmf By TANAH RATA, Monday, IV>UR Communist terrorists, including a state 1 committee member and a branch committee member, dramatically surrendered tonight as they were being led to a lock-up under arrest. Originally, state committee member. Yeong Lam, 43. branch committee member.
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    Lock icon Queen making progress
    44 1 Queen making progress LONDON. Mon. The Queens doctors, after checking on her recovery from catarrhal sinusitis, decided this morning to make only one daily visit In future. They have been making two calls a day since the Queen became 111 a fortnight ago— Reuter.
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    'Extra men' call
    26 1 BEIRUT, Mon. The United Nations observation group In the Lebanon has asked for 400 extra observers to bring its strength up to 900.
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    Lock icon Siamese envoy is recalled
    54 1 BANGKOK, Mon. The Siamese ambassador to the United States, Nal Thanad Khorman, has returned home at the urgent request of the 8upreme Commander. Field Marshal Sarlt Thanarat, OoTernment sources said today. They said they believed Nal Thanad would report on the progress of Siamese requests for
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    FLYING TACKLE-2 HELD
    40 1 mm IL r A poIlce "r*"" 1 no onto the field v^JtV^^J 90 2 1 3 durtn rugby league match at ?h«E£! >» e^. South Wale*. The players were later KsX TSl 0 beb Tk)ur togwprlnted. and re-
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    TEMPLER IS OFF ON FAREWELL TOUR
    125 1 LONDON, Monday. VI ELD- MARSHAL Sir Gerald Templer, who retires 1 as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in September, has started a series of farewell visits to the I vQrinnc armv s»/\mman*1a Sir Gerald, who was High Commissioner In Malaya for more than
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    Lock icon Raab flies out
    24 1 MOSCOW. Mon -The Austrian Chancellor. Dr. Jullua Raab. left for home by air today after a week's rislt to Russia— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Officer dies of polio
    52 1 HONG KONG. Mon A Royal Navy officer, Lt Alexander Anderson. 25. died at sea of polio in the HMS Crane while on passage from Japan to Hong Kong, a Navy statement said today. Lieutenant Anderson who came from Surrey was buried at sea with full naval
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      MEET IN MOSCOW -SAYS NIKITA
      128 1 LONDON, Mon. The Soviet Premier, Mr. Nlkita Khrushchev agreed today to hold a summit conference in Geneva or "any other city" in Europe if the United States fears security would be a problem in New York. 11a specifically suggested Moscow. Mr. Khrushchev did so In
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      NEVER FEAR, WE STAND BY YOU — DULLES
      182 1 NEVER FEAR, WE STAND BY YOU DULLES LONDON, Mon. Mr. Foster Dulles, the Ameiican Secretary of State, told members of the Bagdad Pac here today that they need have no fear that if they were faced with a situation similar to that in Jordan and the Lebanon the U.S. would
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    Art exhibition
    25 2 An exhibition of Philippine art will be opened by the Philippine Consul. Mr Alejandro Holtgores. at Raffles Museum on Frid«j at 5.15 p.m.
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    GENERAL ON BORNEO VISIT
    36 2 The Commander-in-Chief Far iCast Land Forces, LtOen. Sir Richard Hull, will leave Changi today for a two-day visit to North Borneo. He will be the guest of the Governor. Bir Roland Turnbull
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    Just how does one put a djinn I back in his bottle?
    859 2  -  DONALD LUDLOW [•-■AMERICAN SCENE BY WASHINGTON, Monday nrHATEVER settlements are achieved in the Middle East crisis and as a vY I write they seem as fragile as they are far away the problem of m Nasser remains. To
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    Nehru: No U.N. force for M-E
    311 3 BAGDAD PACT UNDER FIRE: 'IT HAS BROUGHT NOTHING BUT TROUBLE' WRONG FOR TROOPS TO BE STATIONED IN FOREIGN LANDS' CALCUTTA, Monday. INDIA is opposed to any form of United Nations police force in any Middle East country, the Premier, Mr. Nehru, said here yesterday.
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    Chennault, the flying Tiger, dies at 68
    180 3 Chennault, the flying Tiger, dies at 68 NEW ORLEANS, Mon. Lt.-Gen. Claire Chennault. 68. whose "Flying Tigers" battled Japan's air might in the skies over China at odds of 20-to-one in World vVar 11. died yesterday after a two-year struggle with lung cancer. Gen. Chennault. who had stubbornly maintained he
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    Lock icon Row. with wife—fired his house
    73 3 Row. with wife fired his house MANILA. Mon.— A drunken warehouse guard set hi? house on fire last night after a violent quarrel with his wife, police reported. They said they had to torce Ca r oB Carbon, 41. out of the burning house arter tie refused to budge. Carbon
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    Lock icon Immigration crackdown
    62 3 WASHINGTON. Mon A US Immigration Commissioner. Mr. Joseph M. Swing, said today an Immigration Service crackdown on foreign sailors who "Jump" ships In US ports caused a 34 per cent Increase In the number of deportations. In a report to the Attor-ney-General on 1958 operations. Mr. Swing said
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    Mr. Strijdom is in hospital
    47 3 CAPETOWN, Mon. The South African Premier. Mr. J G. Strljdom, entered hospital yesterday for several days' treatment for a heart condition. He has been a heart sufferer for a number of years. There was said to be "no deterioration" in his condition—U.P.l.
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    Severe floods hit Bombay
    63 3 THE MAIN STREET of Bombay's industrial suburb of Kalyan is seen flooded to the second floor of buildings. Continuous rain for more than 72 hours covered some areas with nine feet of water more than one third of normal rainfall for the entire monsoon period. In
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    FLOOD HAVOC IN ARGENTINA
    149 3 I>U£NOS AIRES. Mon. 11 Floodwaters from the swollen River Plata last ngh: inundated Buenos Aires, paralysing transport and leaving thousands of people homeless. The floods Argentina's worst since 1918— forced the evacuation of about 1.000 families from the La Plata sub- urban area 25 miles south
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    JORDAN PARATROOPS UNLOAD SUPPLIES
    54 3 BRITISH paratroopers in Amman unload supplies from a I.S. transport plane. The paratroopers were sent to Jordan last week at the reouest of King Hussein, who has said he wants them to stay five years to prevent the overthrow of his regime by Naoseriaspired rebels, as
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    Lock icon REBELS IN NEW BID TO RETAKE STRONGHOLDS
    237 3 REBELS IN NEW BID TO RETAKE STRONGHOLDS I JAKARTA, Monday. rrHE MASSIVE rebel attack on Buklt Tinggl In K West Sumatra last Wednesday coincided with a North Celebes rebel attack aimed at retaking their fallen stronghold at Tondano. A Jakarta communique, admitting that in the mld-nlght-to-dawn attack the Sumatran rebels
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    Lock icon 2 men in balloon soar 13 miles
    114 3 2 men in balloon soar 13 miles WASHINGTON, Mon— Two American bslUentts, who spent Saturday night at heights or up to 13 miles, landed in North Dakota yesterday after having set ■p a new unofficial stratospheric balloon endurance record. Aloft for 34 hoars and 43 minutes, they heat by more
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    Holiday tragedy
    29 3 LONDON. Mon. Valeric Blumson yesterday tried in vain to save her father from drowning when a holiday launch capsized In the sea. It was her 17th birthday
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    Lock icon Bomb alert at airport
    51 3 LONDON, Mon. British European Airways officials were alerted last night after a telephone warning at London Airport that there was a bomb aboard one of their aircraft. A service to Edinburgh was held and searched but nothing was found. The airliner left M minutes behind schedule.—
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    Lock icon RED NETWORK REVEALED
    112 3 RED NETWORK REVEALED BONN. Mon. Communist merchant ships travelling to Western ports are part of a Communist Intelligence scheme to carry out cold war espionage in the Western world, an East German merchant navy captain charged in Cuxhaven yesterday. The Captain. Kurt Mallast. 42. said he beheves that virtually all
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    Lock icon Tories may spring an election
    151 3 Tories may spring an election I ONDON, Mon There is a growing fear among Socialists in Britain that the Conservative Government Intends to capitalise on its recent apparent Increase In popularity oy springing a general election in the late autumn. Labour politicians' real worries began with a recent public opinion
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      Lock icon 'BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR IN FIGHT AGAINST CANCER'
      67 3 'BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR IN FIGHT AGAINST CANCER' WASHINGTON, Mon.— Dr. Leroy E. Burney. the U.S. Surgeon-General, said yesterday that a "breakthrough is imminent" in the battle to prevent and cure cancer Whether the breakthrough "means one year or five years, I don't know." Dr. Burney said. But he voiced optimism
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      31 3 LONDON: The Sultan of Muscat and Oman left by air for Aden after a twomonth visit during which he had an unofficial talk with Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary. Reuter.
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      23 3 NEW YORK: The United Arab Republic ambassador. Mr. Omar Louftl, has protested to the Security Council against US. aircraft "violations" over Syria. U.P.I
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      24 3 SEOUL: The Japanese and South Korean governments have opened negotiations to determine the legal status of more than 600,000 Korean residents In Japan Reuter.
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      19 3 BELGRADE: The official Yugoslav newspaper "Borba" said the recent arrest of cypriot Greeks in Cyprus was an "intolerable step."—Reuter.
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      24 3 COLOGNE: Former West German counter Intelligence chief Otto John returned to freedom after serving 19 months In prison for conspiring with the Communists dpi
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    Lock icon Bakers' attack on housewives
    63 3 LONDON. Mon.— The National Association of Master Bakers today urged prosecution of housewives who contaminated food on sale In shops. Their Journal stated: 'There can be few bakers who have not had to complain of cigarette ash spilled over goods on display, bread handled with dirty
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    Lock icon Off to Peking
    41 3 TOKY(* Moil— Mr. Tadataka Sau. Socialist member of the Upper House of the Japanese Diet, left today for Peking to become the first Japanese politician to visit Communist China since Peking broke off trade relations with Japan.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mounties guard Princess
    64 3 OTTAWA, Mon. Princess Margaret weal U the nooaUln resort of Bmnff. Albert*, to spend a restfal weekend relaxing at a ranch where her privacy was Kuarded by more than IM red-eoato* Moan ties. A crowd of more than YON people mared welcome as thr Princess stepped from
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    Central cooking plan accepted with protest
    170 4 Central cooking plan accepted with protest SUNGEI SIPUT PETITIONS RAZAK I POH, Monday— An emergency meeting of the Sungei Siput Local Council has decided to accept "under protest" the central cooking system which will affect the town's 18,000 people. The meeting also decided to petition the Defence Minister Dato Abdul
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    Hostel opening
    29 4 PENANG, Mon. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the new Madrasah Almashoor Hostel for girl students in Burmah Road at 4 45 p.m. on Friday.
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    OH-SO-SHY SHIRLEY AND HUSBAND REUNITED
    84 4 OH-SO-SHY SHIRLEY AND HUSBAND REUNITED DE.NANG Mea~ Jswmey's I end casae today for exRoyal Marine, Mr. Ronald (iuley aged Vt wbo hitch-hiked MM miles over land and sea to be retailed with but Chinese wife. Mr. Cluley stepped off the mail trass from Kuala Lumpur this moraine straight rnto the
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    POLICE SEEK AMAH IN 'DOG BIT MONKEY' CASE
    153 4 POLICE SEEK AMAH IN 'DOG BIT MONKEY CASE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— For 10 days police here have looked for a Chinese amah the only witness to the death of a monkey alleged to have been bitten to death by a neighbour's dog. The monkey belonged to Lance Corporal P. Western,
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    More bandits quit in Selangor: Only eight are left
    158 4 More bandits quit in Selangor: Only eight are left KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWO more Communist terrorists have surrendered in north Sdanfor. Now only eight remain to be eliminated in this area. The terrorists, a Government statement said today, gave themselves up to a rubber tapper on Beruntong estate in the
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    NEW EFFORTS TO GET MORE TO SURRENDER
    171 4 "Special efforts are now being made to obtain more surrenders before the first anniversary of merdeka at the end of next month. At the time of the surrender of Ah Leng and Ah Keong. the entire Rasah gang were living in one camp
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    RITA LOW SEEKS PRINCESS TITLE
    64 4 RITA LOW SEEKS PRINCESS TITLE MISS RITA LOW, who is among the It entrants taking part in the "Princess Singapore" contest and dance to raise funds for about 250 children at the orphanage of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Singapore. So far $1,200 has been collected or promised
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    Petaling Jaya inspection
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Slew Sin. today toured the Industrial area in Petailng Jaya to see its development. Hp visited 11 factories which manufacture paints building materials, army uniforms, hardware, provisions, matches, cables, samsu and soft drinks.
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    MURDER OF HIS MISTRESS ALLEGED
    196 4 MURDER OF HIS MISTRESS ALLEGED KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— The Deputy Public Prosecutor told the Supreme Court here today that a man who had kept his mother-in-law as his mistress for 10 years had separated from her two years aeo after a quarrel. K Retnam. 32. of Salak South, pleaded not
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    Two on weapon charge fined
    62 4 ALOR STAR, Mon— A man found with a knife and another with an Iron rod at Kuala Nerang on July 20 said In court today they were armed because the area was bandit-infested. Ibrahim bin Salleh, 27. and Mat bin Idris. 39. pleaded guilty to
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    New councillor
    30 4 Inche Buang bin Omar Junld. the new Singapore PAP City Councillor who won the Kallang by-election on Saturday, will take his seat at Thursday's meeting of the council
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    ADULTERY WITH A MARRIED WOMAN IS NO OFFENCE'
    228 4 ADULTERY WITH A MARRIED WOMAN IS NO OFFENCE' |>ENANG. Mon. A lawyer, Mr. S. Thillaimut.hu, submitted in the Appeal Court here today that it was no offence under the Malayan penal code, to commit adultery with a married woman. Mr. ThillalmuUiu was arguing an appeal by a van driver. Ya'acob
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    Tea traders hit at call for protective tariff: 'Price would go up'
    137 4 Tea traders hit at call for protective tariff: 'Price would go up KUALA LIMPt K Mon The Federation Tea Traders Association strongly opposes the move to impose a protective tariff of 75 cents a pound on Indonesian and Formosa n tea. A decision to this effect was taken at a
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    Man accused of his brother's murder
    175 4 PENANG, Monday. A QUARREL between two brothers ended in one of them being stabbed to death, a preliminary inquiry was told here today. Tang Seah Ltew. aged 28. was tentatively charged with Urn murder of his elder brother. Tang Ah Gam, in their Kimberley
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    Museums officer for Federation
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Government U to engage a museums display officer to re-arrange the layout of exhibits In the national museum In Kuala Lumpur and the Perak museum In Taiptng. His services will also be available on "loan" to nate museums.
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    Postal agency
    16 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A new postal agency has been opened at Penaga. Province Wellesley.
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    Talent quest in Johore
    45 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Teachers at the English College here are organising the first all-Johore talent auest for schools to be held on Auf 7. 8 *nd the best performers will be chosen for a grand merde k a annlveraarj talent show.
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    HAD AIR PISTOL WITHOUT LICENCE: FINED $50
    122 4 PENANG. Mon— A lacehorse trainer. R. W. Bagby, was today find |M for p—easing an air pfatol without a iieeßMe. Inspector Tuan Syed Jalalluddin. who proMcatod. said Urn ntetol had been with Bagby since April ltM. Ttir ttecswe iixptitd «n AprN 7 bat
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    'No deposit' charge against 5
    87 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The director of the Employees Investment and Finance Co. Ltd.. Gan Boon Keng, and four other businessmen pleaded not guilty In the Sessions Court today to charges of carrying on the business of life assurance without depositing tlv required security of $200,000
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    New T.B. centre in Sarawak
    46 5 KUCHING. Mon. A new convalescent home for the Antl-TubercMloBis Association of Sarawak was opened at Batu Kitang. near here, yesterday, by the wife of the Chief Justice, Lady Williams The Governor, Sir Anthony A bell, headed a number of distinguished guesU.
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    Planters' reply to union pay scheme in week
    175 5 Planters reply to union pay scheme in week KUALA LUMPUR, Mo*. |N the next seven days ft will be decided whether or not there is to be peace on Malayan estates. Representatives of the Notional Union of Meteri-i Workers' and the Malayan Pkwitiag Industries Emp'- 'ers' Association Met today and
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    STABLE RULE IS 'BETTER THAN TAX RELIEF'
    359 5 STABLE RULE IS 'BETTER THAN TAX RELIEF' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A STABLE government, expanding population and rising purchasing power are what industrialists look forward to in Malaya rather than a period of tax holidays. The retiring chairman of l Lever Brothers (Malaya) Ltd., i Mr. N.F. Nicholson, said this i
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    Agricultural show ends
    55 5 MALACCA. Mon. Pour bai'ds. one musical party and one ronggeng party were In attendance at the two-day Malacca state agricultural show which ended last night at Jasln. 18 miles from here The official opening by the Chief Minister. Dato Osman bin Talib. on Saturday morning. wa s
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    Boys' orphanage closed
    54 5 IPOH Mon. The Sultan Abdul Aziz Malay Orphanage, for Boys at Kuala Kangsar has been closed because it cost too much to run. There were about 50 boys at one time but now therr are only 35. The orphanage was opened In IMS and was ran by
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    Aid to blind
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Sixty members of the Mentakab and Temerloh youth clubs sptnt yesterday cutting down trees and clearing the compound of the Temerlon blind centre.
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    'Shifts, not sack' call
    54 5 IPOH. Mon. Members of the Perak Transport Workers Union last night urged employers affected by the trade recession to allow their workers to work in shifts, instead of retrenching them. A resolution passed at the union's annual meeting here warned that retrenchment would "cause trouble" between
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    Village welfare
    27 5 KLANO. Mon. A village welfare committee was formed today at Kampong Pandan, near here, as part of UMNO's drive to form committees throughout the country.
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    Heavy rain at last breaks the drought
    64 5 Heavy rain at last breaks the drought Bl KIT MERTAJAM, Mon. Heavy rain from early today broke a drourht in Province Wellesley and raised hopes that the present water rationing in Bukit Mrrtajam would end aoon. Supplies at present are stUI restricted to 5i hours a day. Residents are hoping
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    Canberra man back
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The second secretary to the Malayan High Commission In Canberra. Mr. Wong Slew Ming, arrived back here today to become an assistant secretary in the administrative division of the Ministry of External Affairs. His successor in Canberra Is Mr. T&y Fook Choy, an executive
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      462 5 9.15; CAPITOL: Time Limit 12 45 3. 7. 9.1»; BUN: lavttble Boy 3. 7. 8 15; GRAND: Thai Plranthal Vashl Plrakkam (Tamil) 1. 5. 9.30: STAR: New Ltfe/Newly Wads (Cantonaaa) 11.44 3, 7 JO. Kaagei Slpnf PRINCESS: 81m Ten Pel Thin Hup (Mandarin) 2.M. 7, 9.M. lt«ab CATS AT: Blood
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      215 5 Port Kwellcalaeua CATHAT: Sea wife 3. 8 45. REX: Curse of Frankenstein 2 30. S 48, 9. SUN; Aandl Petra Seivam (Tamil) 2. b JO. 9 Hawaait Bn: FToaUer Seowt 2.M, TJO. MB Nirrrmfcam CATHAY Robbery Under Anns 2 .30. 849, 9 30, SAPPHIRK Awel Oharam 230. 645. 930. CAMTOL:
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  • Obituary
    DEATHS
    87 6 J« »ur4, lit I Minimum) MR. LIM TONG SENO passed away peacefully on 28.7.58, leaving behind his Wile, 2 Daughters, 1 Adopted Son. Funeral on 29-7-58 from 11 Cheeseman Road at 11 a.m for cremation *t Batu Gantong. TAN HOCK GHEE. Aged 72 PHs-ed away peacefully on 28-7-58 at
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 6 .'</ Hor.. Sit I Minimum) THE FAMILY OF the late Mr T. V Templeton thank those who sent Letters and Telegrams of Condolence, Wreaths, also those who A.-^Lsied and Attended the Funeral
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    IN MEMORIAM
    38 6 t» Wortft ff« I Minimum > IN EVER LOVING Memory ol Heather Bryi-e Mother. Mtlty Tom Frank. IN LOVING MEMORY o( Stella Getreuer who passed away on 29th July 1957 For Ever Missed by Ann and Paul
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      The Summit Conflict
      600 6 Conflicting ideas of the purpose and the form of the summit conference on the Middle Last crisis seem now to have put this meeting in jeopardy. If the idea is simply that the heads of government replace the permanent delegates to the Security Council then it will
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      When The War Is Over
      322 6 Why should anyone think that a document disclosing a Communist plan to infiltrate opposition political parties in the Federation is probably bogus and in any casthas been disclosed simply "to create a scare to lavour the prolongation ol the Emergency Regulations"'.' Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam,
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      T.B. Survey
      207 6 When the buigapore Government launched its tirst systematic T.B. survey this month there were tears thai very few people would come lorward. The attendance tn the first week wa»_ over a thousand a day, proof that with the right kind of publicity the public will shed the fears
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    Only hope lies in open covenants secretly reached at summit
    921 6 THE only certainty about the summit conference is that there won't be one. There will be no meeting of halfdozen leaders who bear the main responsibility for keeping the peace. Mr. Khrushchev wanted six men to meet himself, President Elsenhower.
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      WHY UPSET SATISFACTORY SPECIALIST SYSTEM?
      630 6 ON reading the pages of the Straits Times during the last few days. I see that we in Singapore are again engaged in one of those distressing pogroms, all too familiar of iate, which on this occasion appears to be directed against the personal characteristics
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      ECONOMISE ON TOURS
      102 6 ECONOMISE ON TOURS REX kM TLY i lie ACluai revenue ol the Sinaapor> Government ha« (alien ■>" far below the estimated figure that the govern mem is unable to mm all the expenditure approved in the budget fur this year Vs a result much of the approved expenditures has been
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      ALREADY GONE FAR ENOUGH
      75 6 'pHfe. public is miormrd 1 that thrri? will not Of any City Council notices In the Straits Times lor ■w*year I am a reader ot (lie Straits Times and the Straits Times only and have been reading It -ver since I can remember «md long before
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      TELLING THE PEOPLE
      68 6 TELLING THE PEOPLE THE Mayoi ol Singapore has recently introduced a praiseworthy scheme whereby City Council news is brought to tbe people I refer to the notices at bus stops But by refusing publication of City Council notices In the Straits Times. which has the widest circulation here, the Mayor
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      Examined by doctor old enough to be son-in-law
      100 6 rE Singapore Director ol Medical Services says t: t to ex oec t female doctnrs to examine uirl candidates Is not reasonable lust as It was unreasonable to expect ladles treated tn hospitals to be examined only by lady doctors Very v«>rv
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      It could be due to bad sorting at other end
      111 6 It could be due to bad sorting at other end I WONDER, and no doubt others wonder too. why It is that with very nearly a daily aeroplane service from London to Singapore malls are so very erratic 1 suspect bad sorting in Britain- so that some mails go out
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      Beggars who turn down protection, help
      80 6 TWERE have been reports I that the beggars in Ipoh have refused lodglne and protection offered by the Department of 8o cial Welfare because of the generosity of the nubile and because the hP'-'sars are certain they ran earn a living by begging. 1
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  • Article
    13 U.S. students see Asia the hard way
    190 7 13 U.S. students see Asia the hard way KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An American university professor and 13 of his students are getting a man-in-the-street view of Malaya. For the two days they have spent in Kuala Lumpur they have stayed at a $6-a-day hotel in Brickfields They have eaten Malayan
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    The main plank
    61 7 IPOH, Mon. The main plank of the Alliance campaign for the next general election will be the party's achievements. This was stated to about 60 United Malays National Organisation leaders from Perak by the Minister for Interior and Justice, Inche Sulelmar bin Dato Abdul Rahman, when he
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    Car stripped of hub caps, tyre
    47 7 IPOH. Mon. Har 800 Chye, 22. a mason, came out of the Lido theatre after a show last night and found the four hub caps and a spare tyre of his car missing Total value of the stolen articles was $82.
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    David accuses the Govt.
    75 7 IPOH. Mon— Mr. V. David, the former general secretary of the banned National Union on Factory and Genera) Workers, who was released from detention three weeks ago. yesterday accused the Alliance Government of using "undemocratic and unparliamentary methods" in its bid to win the next elections.
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    New councillor
    23 7 TANJONO MALIM. Mon The Perak Ruler-in-Council has appointed Tuan Haji Hashlm bin Haji Salleh a member of the Tapah Town Council.
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    Call for ban on pensioners in Govt.
    233 7 -AND THOSE ALREADY IN THE SERVICE MUST BE REPLACED AT ONCE, STAFF UNIONS DEMAND KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE FEDERATION Government was urged today to put an immediate end to recruiting more pensioners for the public service. A decision to this effect was taken
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    Mao's pictures prominent in the churches
    320 7 Mao's pictures prominent in the churches CHAPLAIN'S VISIT TO CHINA TXHE Rev. Stuart McGee. 28. Singapore port chap- lain, who recently returned to the Colony after a trip to China, found that in the Anglican churches he visited a huge picture of Mao Tse-tung dominated the wall behind the altar.
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    Woman, SO, in river blames the devil
    104 7 Woman, SO, in river blames the devil IPOH, Mon.— An 80-year-old woman, found up to her neck in tbe Kinta River, told police that she was led to do it "by the devil." The woman. Cbeong Ah See, was saved from possible drowning by a police constable who spotted her
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    New Sultanah
    39 7 ALOR STAR. Mon. The Sultan of Kedah. Tengku Abdul Halim. has appointed his consort. Tengku Bahiyah. to be Sultanah of Kedah. Tengku Bahiyah is the eldest daughter of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raia Permaisuri Acong.
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    Lock icon MISS SINGAPORE IN BEAUTY PARADE
    45 7 MARION WILLIS on the "Miss Singapore float during the parade of "Miss Universe" contestants at Long Beach. California, last week. Marion was not among the 15 finalists chosen on Friday. The winner was Luz Marina Zuloaga of Colombia U.P.I, picture
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    THREE CLEARED OF ALLEGED ASSAULT
    176 7 THREE CLEARED OF ALLEGED ASSAULT ♦THREE seamen were 1 acquitted in Singapore yesterday of a charge of rioting outside Fullerton Building on May, 30. resulting in Injuries. to Mr. M. A. Majid. president of the Malayan National .Seamen's Union. Also said to have been injured in the alleged rioting were
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    'Subversion the aim of Red polls plan'
    278 7 'Subversion the aim of Red polls plan BE ON GUARD, 7,000 TOLD IPOH, Monday. T»HE DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of De- fence, Dato Abdul Haiak bin Hussein, said today the terrorists were supporting political parties in opposition to the Alliance with one aim in mind: to introduce Communist methods
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    $350,000 FRAUD CASE: BANKER ON TRANSFER TESTIFIES
    232 7 $350,000 FRAUD CASE: BANKER ON TRANSFER TESTIFIES ]t|ALACCA, Mon.— The case in which a man is accused of attempting to cheat a bank official of $350,000 was called in the Sessions Court here today. It has been postponed previously to Aug. 5. But the case was ment.oned today to record
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    Jail for escape
    20 7 Omar bin All. 26, was Jailed for one month In Singapore yesterday for escaping from police custody.
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    SHELL NEWS CHIEF FOR BRITAIN
    109 7 SHELL NEWS CHIEF FOR BRITAIN MR. STEPHEN SIM SEE LOT. 29 (above). Shell Company information officer In Singapore, leaves for Britain on Aug. 5 for a two-month course In the public relations department of the company's London office. Mr Sim Joined Shell In 1954. Since then he has been press
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    Postmen want lottery 'bonus'
    50 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Postal workers war* a com mission on prize- von by Social Welfare Lutuo j.«eu sold at post ooVe* the money to go lr.' a welfare fund for employee Representations will be made to the government ty the Union of Post Office Workers. Malaya.
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    Lock icon Shaw films for U.S. television
    89 7 ■ONG KONG. Mon —Shaw and Sans have signed a l'Ss2 million agreement with an American television network to produce a series of television films entitled "Far East Dispatch." Shaws announced today that since Mr. Ronnie Shaw's return from America their production department had keen totally
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    Award of $5,000
    59 7 Maimunah binte Tapa. a young widow whose husband, a 24-year-old constable, was kiUed by a lorry In Woodlands Road on Feb. 4. 1957. was awarded $5,000 damage* and costs by Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin the Singapore Hifth Court yesterday. The damages were awarded against Teck Huat
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    Assistance for gale victims
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The state welfare committee has approved a grant of $400 to help the victims of last week's gale to repair their houses The UMNO welfare committee will donate $75 to the two fishermen wnose homes In Puau Duyong Kechil were damaged
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    Band concert
    20 7 The Singapore Police Band will play at the Esplanade between 5 30 p.m. to 6.30 pjn on Sunday.
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    Govt. told: You can be Red-anted, too
    186 7 PENANO. Mon. The chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya. Mr. D. 8. Ramanathan, today warned the Federation Government of possible Communist Infiltration Into the three Alliance partner organisations -UMNO, the MCA and the MIC. "The Government Itself would In a way, be
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    KIDNAPPED GIRL, 14, WED HER
    56 7 KIDNAPPED GIRL, 14, WED HER KLANG. Mon A youth kidnapped a 14-year-old «tri and later married her. the Sessions Court here was lold today. M. Subramanlam. 21. was found guil'v of kidnapping Anchalal from the guardianship of her father. Perumal Muthukumaru. at Valam brossa Estate. Kapar. on F<b Subramanlam was
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    Grenade blast
    34 7 KUCHINO. Mon rwo hand grenades, believed to be of a type used by the Japanese in the last war exploded near the Blntulu airstrip where labourers were clearing and burning overgrown grass.
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    Promotion
    26 7 TANJONC MALIM. Mon Inche Anmad bin Abdul Waha'o. senior Malay teacher in the Sultan Idrls Train .ng College here. ha s been nromoted assistant lecturer
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      91 7 PRODUCTS Pj p .TTpJfJj^fROSl Whatever your choice I fi 5j5L-c» tfsj I famous i* i Ai Hk^m you can ure DANISH CHEESE Wjß f^ffPH^,fl FRESH MILK I PURE DAIRY CREAM ■bfIL^S^HMRH LUNCHEON MEAT Hi fH BsSSW^I PORK LUNCHEON MEAT KJ(M||\lM BE^SJ COOKED HAM aT^3QJEF?T^* SAUSAGES tmCSf s^^^ PATES a=^^^^^y %t
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      72 7 hoover $oM6&sitim MODEL 822 A SImbSJ. Oeans twite lts *"»«ing >BpPJm^sWv *-t-r-e-t-c-h Or*nor» deonart reach to f Consteiioi or. to rwr« .X Ker« M MICI iCmmwi iMh MNGAWU/ftNANS UOJ 00 I.ISS 10% CASM riOIIATION Of MALAY* SMI.M DISCOUNT iMtH, tf«B m» ■■MurlMi HOOVE* <nlm Ihi si^^hsmt Imm a. If /T
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      RETURN TO SINGAPORE
      1224 8 FRIENDLY REUNION A FRIENDSHIP that began in Singapore about eight years ago between a Malayan girl and an American, woman was renewed this week when the American, Mrs. Katharine Carr. arrived to stay with Miss Stella Selliah. Mrs. Carr. an enthusiastic traveller, met Ceylon born Miss Selllah
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      130 8 E I*3 El* L fc jpi -^is^H HbbP^ J±Xbblb^bb^bbH Jaiparsad Rai— Maniparsad Rai— Hariparsad Rai— Kluang I^^. These fine Gurkha triplets; this T| f<fe merry Chinese toddler and the cute, s| i^ j little Malay girl, all have one thing in iBBBk ls-/' common they are splendid examples of Lactogen-fed
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      207 8 Kfl v* I^cl^bb^bb^bb^bbl BBK-i-^^v^aßßTK^B B» V W^^^ Gel the Dralle Habit! JPtTT^W Dr Dralle'i Lemon Shampoo i I I LFf^^BW gci»e» your hair thit clean iparkle, leaves k SKA/WPOO i( silky and shiny and how good W B^mL^lm^A P^BBVKiX ktmelit.f I "n^^jKt|H i Dr. Draile'i B.rkin Tonic, fortified *»L *3
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      241 8 Straits Times Crossword 8 H S^B S B 5 mil S ?2 25~ 2* 2S A{ BOSS a. "His looks do heaven" 1. The fruits of one's labours Marlowe > <f). 7> U. His beauty on reflection was 5. Encourage changes In a team fatal (t). m £".Li. lr Revolutionary
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Claire Chennault, hero of the Flying Tigers
    1343 9  - STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Claire Chennault, hero of the Flying Tigers LLOYD MORGAN BY VOLUNTEERED TO BE FIRST TO THE MOON LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Claire Lee Chennault, hero of the Flying Tigers, is dead. Hut the memory of "Old Leather Face," as his Chinese comrades knew him with deep affection, will live
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      258 9 UNION OF BURMA AIRWAYS \J I Announce the introduction of I VICKERS VISCOUNT SERVICE between SINGAPORE and RANGOON I via BANGKOK with effect from 30th JULY 1958 Wirh connections to: HONGKONG. CALCUTTA. CMITTAGONG fey USA VICKERS VISCOUNT to: PCKINfi. SHANGHAI, CANTON. MANNING. KUNMING. MOSCOW. IRKUTSK. HANOI. PYONGYANG, ULAN BATOR by
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      228 9 Varnten A 0 V#. By 3ia» BMBH£^^^y cos having a HHBt~ 3T IT~ 1 I c> vuv =>T KMV uuests top *j 1 yS&fyar WA^ATHON VVITM J^ AT_VV CASILI'^^S W hecva^ and TwE moon P^^l W|r B^Lv UE f^~-^- X l/VvTT /~7MKTr\% (The Saint By Leslie Charter!* W WHAT IS
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  • Article
    TIN CONTINUES TO EDGE UPWARDS IN PRICE IN SINGAPORE
    815 10 TIN CONTINUES TO EDGE UPWARDS IN PRICE IN SINGAPORE By Our Market Correspondent ]y|AIN feature of Singapore markets yesterday was the continued edging up in the tin price which gained another 12} cents to $376 per picul. Continuous daily rises since Tuesday have now added $4.37$ per picul and the
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    STOCK INDICES
    21 10 Malayan Share Market: Jblt 28 Jsdy Z5 Industrials: M.76 81 i.98 Tina: 79 M M.94 Jan. I 1SM IM.
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    THIRD MILE
    51 10 Thr Third MHe Investment Company, formerly Third Mile (F.M.8.) Rubber (the estates were sold In June-August. 1957) Is payIng S per cent, for 1957 on capital increased to 1158.750 by n 150 per cent, scrip Issue The payment for 1956 was 10 per cent, on the old £83,500
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    27 10 SINGAPORE. July 28 RUBBER: Mi rents per lb. (down threequarters of a cent). TIN: $376 per picul (up 121 cents) Unofficial estimated offering 125 tons.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    124 10 INVESTMENT shares maintained a firm tone on the Stock Exchange here today. Price movements were small on lighter volume trading. Retail and electrical sections displayed a firm upward trend. Loans 34% 1956-&9 £99 14s 9d Loans 3V, 1955-58 £100 15s. 9d Bank of N.S.W (354 Con. Zinc 61/14
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    RUBBER PRICES
    156 10 Aurust tint grade rubber buyer* fob closed in Singapore yesterday at 80 cents per lb. down three-quarters of a cent on Friday's closing price. Closing tone: Very quiet. Claaing prices In cents per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 R8 8. Spot fob. buyers 79 1 sellers 80"-»
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    201 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' AmariaUon made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday London: selling T.T or O.D. 2 3 78; buying airman T.T. 24. O.D. 3 4 133. 30 dst 2 4 5 32. 46 dst 2 4 7 33. 60 dsl 3 4 9
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    99 10 Slnjaporf Chineae Prodoc* Exrhange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK /Continent July/August $31 buyers. $31H sellers. Coronal all: quiet; bulk i $48 sellers, drum $51 sellers Pe>per: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $135 Sarawak $134, special Sarawak black |76 (all unchanged). Stngapare Copra
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    STORE SNIPPING
    149 10 Ship* tjrtag allsgaHi the Sin (apart aTaiaei B*ara wlunet of expects* taaay an: Wona«tlrl 1 J Hminittn 45, blander «A Rajula 87. President Adams 8 9 Benattow lOfll, Loksang 13 14 Mlkagesan Maru 15 16. Selandla 18. Sujl Mam 18. Sedang N. Wall 4. Berudom N Wall 5,
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      384 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD Applications from qualified candidates are Invited for the post of Civil Engineer In the Civil Engineering Department of the Singapore Harbour Board Applicants should be Corporate Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers and should have considerably pcst-quallfication experience, preferably with a port or
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      546 10 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGATOBS Suit No. 1241 of 19M In the Matter of the Estate at EENA SAYS SAVED AHMED BIN SAVED IBBAHIM also known as E. 8. SEYED AHAMED aectaae«. Between 1. Jamilah Bee blnte Ahmad (w), 2. Khalnin Nlsha
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      708 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.' H.M. NAVAL BASE. SINGAPORE Vacancies will exist In the near future (or a number of Infs U' Teachers at the above School. Acceptable candidates will be British trained Europeans qualified under British Ministry of Education Regulations preferably with experience in English Primary Schools. They must
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      765 10 SHIPBROKERS FOR SALE. PURCHASE AND CHARTER HULL AND MACHINERY INSURANCE INCLUDING WAR RISKS AMERICAN ASIATIC SHIPPING AGENCIES LTD Steamship Agents and Operators CsMe AsHrats OeMnarfc Hovtt felcphon. •CHARTIRWIL' Trfc Floor S'aere I ***** m m niiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini V>T\ KNUTSEN LINE X nwM OMM/u. weiric nm n un »Knin Ist Frsadsts I'tsrs
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      1478 11 T«ii 1403 MANSFIELD «Sc CO., LTD. Tel: 1411 (M kant llecarptraM at TaisMerw, (11 hen, JIT" THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE SAILINCS TO LIVERPOOL, 6LASGBTI, LBNBSN I CONTINENTAL PMTS (Vu Smi witl Baert; to fritted na Ptaaaa m Cape tl Coat Nape) Carriers opojoa to proceed aa ellaM parts to but
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      1098 11 McALISTER d. CO., LTD. Til.: Ma.: MMI ELLERMAM UMU KLAVKNESS LIKE taMRMI, Qtm, MTTEMABL, LM AUtEUS. UN FRANCISCO MMtttC. ami MMMFIMMMB SfATTU. MKnvtl I PORTLANB AM far U IX. Nartk ABaatf PortV Accepooi ta-jl far Ceatr.i i st.tt aai Canada «to Oolomae km**, on bf imflpsm ""VEIIf 1 Start P
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      China undercuts Hong Kong products in Malaya
      362 12 PRICES ARE 40 PEB CENT CHEAPER 50... {JONG KONG exports to Malaya, particularly in sundry poods, will be reduced considerably this year as a result of increasing competition of similar products from China, Singapore importers said yesterday. The importers said that China was
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      Australian plastics to be sold locally?
      234 12 Australian plastics to be sold locally? A COMPANY, wni(h claims to be <-nt ms^ to produce p; as tic cables in Australia, is planning to market its products in Malaya. The company is A.P.I. Cables and Insulation Pty. Ltd. o' Melbourne, a subsidiary of Moulded Products (Australasia) Ltd.. largest manufacturers
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      MORE FRUIT
      34 12 The Federation of Malaya imported 22,146 tons of fresh fruit during the first four months of this year valued at $13.5 million, 01 1.181 tons more than the corresponding period last year.
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      YET ANOTHER SHIPPING SERVICE TO OPERATE
      282 12 rrHE Gold Star Line, a Hong Kong registered shipping company, is opening a service from Japan via Singapore to South and We^t African ports next month The service accoidins to the local agents Ba«<-etto Shipping and Tradin tt Co.. Ltd will be a monthly
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      Rank acquire new interest
      81 12 rE Rank Organisation and R.K.O. Teleradlo Pictures, Inc., Jointly announce that distribution rights to all R.K.O. films In many major territories throughout the world, outside North America, have been acquired by Rank. This latest acquisition of major American film product for sub-distribution in certain areas is
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      Stocks of flour glut local mart
      228 12 FkESPITE a reduction v of $17.03 per ton offered by Australian flour producers in June this year, Singapore importers are cautious about increasing purchases because of the presence of surplus stocks at present on the local market. Less re-exports Mr. Teo Tiang Seng, chairman
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      'Insurance fees inadequate for vehicle business'
      258 12 'Insurance fees inadequate for vehicle business MOTOR Insurance business in Malaya has been ■L" unprofitable during the last few years because of the Increasing number of road accidents and higher court awards for third party injury claims, said Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin general manager of the Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd.
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      Singapore company to run $2 mil. factory in K.L.
      212 12 A NEW factory for the production of edible oils and soap, which will cost over $2 million, will be operating in two months' time at Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur's new industrial centre. The factory has been built by Lam Soon Cannery
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    EXHIBITION MATCHES
    87 14 OENANG. Mon. The visiting Indonesian tennis team played exhibition matches against Malayan players here yesterday. Results (Malayan players first): Moses Tay bt Kweee Llong Tjhlang 6-3, 7-6; Tan Song Kean ■••1 to Tjanjono 6-2 (one set): Mrs. T. M. Sheppherd lost to Mr* Tan Lien TJlauw 6-1, 6-1.
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    Lock icon U.S. team misses world record
    404 14 U.S. team misses world record AMERICANS LEAD IN MATCH AGAINST RUSSIANS SHOCK WIN BY BULATOV IN POLE VAULT MOSCOW, Monday. JHE_ United States led Hussia by 83 points to 75 on the combined men's and women's events at the end of the first dnv in their two-day athletics meeting here
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    RESULTS OF THE 1st DAY'S EVENTS
    330 14 RESULTS of the first day's events in the athletics match between Russia and the United States -t Moscow: is* MfclKtS l. I MarcUson (US), t C. tollymore (US), J L Bartenev (B) la.Zsce. WOMEN'S INN: 1 B. Jonr. (US), I V. Krcpklna (R), I
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    Linesman 'sacked'
    77 14 TELUK ANSON. Mon.— Two players and a linesman ere ordered off the- field In a Div. 2 league soccer match here between United Plantations and Shell Sports Club. Following a scuffle. Jamaluddln Ibrahim of Shell and A. Appalasamy of United Plantations were sent off three minutes from the
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    Lock icon Aussies say: England side is strong
    367 14 Aussies say: England side is strong j Doubtful in j j batting' Interesting j selection ••■>•••• j A party of seventeen MELBOURNE, Mon. *T1 lan Johnson, captain of the Australian cricket team, beaten for the Ashes in England in 1956, said today: "The English team to tour Australia In 1958-59
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    Two changes in South XI
    57 14 Schoolboy Abdul Razak and David Alty. both of Singa pore, will replace spinnerAlex Delllkan and Hamlsn Mulrhead In the South eric ket eleven against North at Ipoh this weekend. The South team will be Thuralsingam (captain' Alty. Razak Barr.ck. Na galah. Norrls. Pearce Schu bert.
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    Lock icon Tourists lose
    24 14 CUREPIPE. (Mauritius Mon.— The South China sex cer team of Hong Kong wer beaten 2-1 by a Mauritian X here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon ELLIOTT IS FIRST ACROSS THE FINISHING LINE
    41 14 AUSTRALIAN Herbert Elliott (right) beats Brian Hewson of England In the MO yards final at the Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff Anns Park last week. Elliott's tine was latin. 493 sec. Renter picture
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    Busmen fight for 4-3 victory
    281 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 'THE visiting Kowloon Bus soccer team of Hong Kong beat an F.A.M. Selection 4-3 in a floodlight game at the Merdeka Stadium here last night. It was a clow match throughout with Kowloon fighting hard for the second victory of their tour.
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    BRILLIANT 3 MILES BY BUDDEN
    72 14 f\AVE Budden of the Royal Lf Air Force yesterday Improved on the Malayan three miles record when he won the event in the Singapore InterServlces athletics championships at Farrer Park stadium His time or I4mln. 55sec. was faster by B.4sec. than the existing Malayan mark
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    Manop may be out
    81 14 I IfUALA LUMPUR, Mon— A Siamese boy who flew over 500 miles to play In the Malayan tennis championships may not be able to compete because his entry was received late. He Is Manop Pongstate, 10. Slam's junior singles runnerup. Mr. V. Rajaratnam, the organising chairman
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    Wearnes win with 9 men
    47 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Wearne Brothers, playing with only nine men, beat Forest Research Institute 5-4 In a Government Departments and Business Houses Dlv. 3 match here today. In a F.A.B. Div. 3 match. Selangor Indians "C" beat Permuda Jalan Raja Bot 1-0.
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    Reggie, 18, wins FTD
    48 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Eighteen-year-old Kegvie Stuart stole the show at yesterdays Kajang SDrint Riding a 175 cc BSA. Stuart, won the Fastest Time of the Day award. He clocked lmln 463 sec for the difficulty and trlckv course of a mile and a fifth.
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    Aust soccer
    48 14 SYDNEY. Mon —Results of Australian football matches played yesterday were: NSW ABSN OHr. 1 North: Awaba 3 Blacksmith 5: Wallsend 1 Adam* town 2. Cesanock 7 Weston 2: Eastlakes 1 West Wallsend 4: Cardiff 5 May*eld 3. NSW ASSN D»» 1 S««tb. Corrimal 1 Bataownle 1
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    Two bur races for Bukit Timah
    103 14 npHE Singapore Turf Club's 1 August September meeting will be held at Buklt Tlmah on Aug. 30. Sept. 3 and 6. The meeting Is for Classes 1 and 2 horses. Entries close on Aug. 20. Main races at the meeting are the Singapore Cup
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    KL GETS CUP FINAL
    199 14 KL GETS CUP FINAL Tengku gives vote after seeing King KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 'THE 1958 Malaya Cup Final will be played undei* floodlights at Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Stadium on Aug. 23. This was announced by the F.A of Malaya late last night. Earlier yesterday. the F.A.M. council had reached a
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    AMBITIOUS SCHEME FOR SCHOOLS LAUNCHED
    125 14 AMBITIOUS SCHEME FOR SCHOOLS LAUNCHED KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The F. A. of Malaya last night approved of a ambitious scheme to train schoolboy footballers. Three times a year, a batch of 24 of the most promising schoolboy stars will undergo centralised training under F.A.M. coach Choo Beng Quee. the former
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    Lock icon No anthem
    38 14 BERLIN. Mon. Fanfares will replace the playing ot the German national anthem to avoid East-West German rivalry at the forthcoming European track and field championships In Stockholm where an all-German tean^ I Is to compete Reuter.
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    Loyals 5-3
    21 14 IPOH. Mon. The First Loyal Regiment beat Kings Dragoon Guards 5-3 In a Dlv 1 soccer match here today
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    Lock icon No play before lunch
    64 14 MANCHESTER. Mon.-Heavy weekend rain wnich saturated the prevented play before lunch on the fourth day of the Fourth Test between England and New Zealand here today. An Inspection was made two and a hair hours after normal starting time. More rain was forecast. England. 206 for
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      33 14 ki ALA LUMPUR: Sorrer— ODBH League Dlv 3. Sentul Railways Municipal 8.C.. Taylor Road; RAJ* v UMNO. Merdeka j Stadium, 7.30 p.m Rangerj v Police Depot. Merdeka Stadium. 8 43 p m i
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