The Straits Times, 19 July 1957

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    15 1 The Straits Times flatlet He**"** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1957 iC 15 CENTS
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    POLITICAL GRAFT PROBE
    3573 1 House hears of polls bribes QUOTES I The democratic system must fail if the people in it consist of knaves, buffoons and nincompoops Mr. Lee "van Yew. In Singapore there ore so many ways of making quick money. That is why there is so much corruption. Mr.
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    A schoolhead gives away month's pay
    41 1 A schoolhead gives away month's pay THE headmistress of a girls' school in Singapore yesterday gave SI. OO0 her month's salary to the dol-lar-for-dollar fund of the South Hinds tuberculosis rehabilitation centre. With this donation the fund now stands at 520.000.
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    Lock icon Banda chides envoy for praising U.S.
    151 1 COLOMBO. Thurs. Th-: Ceylon Prime Minister, Mr I Solomon Bandaranaike. told the House of Representatives last night that he was taking steps to see that the country's diplomatic representative., did not speak out of turn. He was replying to Oppo- i isition criticism of
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    Lock icon First a bump and a breaking sound...then terrible seconds
    376 1 First a bump and a breaking sound then terrible seconds CRASH SURVIVOR THOUGHT HE WAS ONLY ONE ALIVE THE HAGUE, Thursday. r pHE last moments of the KLM Super-Con-stellation which crashed with a loss of 57 lives near Biak, Dutch New Guinea, on Tuesday were told for the iirst time
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    MFU MAKES HISTORY -£10,000 WORTH
    137 1 LONDON, Thursday. yHE Malayan Film Unit has made history with its 1 colour film, "Timeless Temiar," and will probably earn about £10,000 in addition. For this 50-minute film, which was voted the best film made in Asia last year, tomorrow begins a threeweek run at
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    Lock icon Big bus strike
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs. Union leaders representing 100,000 provincial busmen rejected a Government appeal today to call off a country-wide transport strike timed to begin at midnight tomorrow.— Reuter.
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    MALAYA NAMES DATO SETH AS AMBASSADOR TO SIAM
    150 1 MALAYA NAMES DATO SETH AS AMBASSADOR TO SIAM KUALA LUMPUR, 1Y Thurs.— Dato Mohamed Seth bin Mohamed Said, 56, former Deputy Mentri Besar of Johore, has been appointed Malaya's Ambassador to Siam. He and his wife will leave for Bangkok next week. Dato Seth was educated !n Muar and Singapore
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    Lock icon Flood toll touches 1,000
    105 1 Flood toll touches 1,000 A/lANILA, Thurs.—Tor- rential rains from typhoon "Wendy" which caused mighty floods in Pangasinan Province were today feared to have claimed 1,000 victims. Survivors said that hundreds of men, women and children were swept out into the China Sea. Mass burials In the little town of Mabini
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    45 1 GENEVA. Thurs. The Soviet delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council today submitted a resolution calling on the United States, Russia and Britain "to conclude without delay an agreement for the simultaneous and concerted cessation of nuclear weapons tests." Reuter.
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    24 1 DISARM TALKS LONDON, Thurs.— White Paper said Russia and the West had marie "substantial advances" in quest for partial disarmament agreement.— A.P.
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    Army, RAF will try to please their 'axed' staff
    242 2 Army, RAF will try to please their 'axed' staff Army and Royal Air Force in Singapore yesterday said they would do everything possible to find other jobs for the 200 service employees who arc to be "axed" because of reorganisation or financial cuts. They also said ro more block staff
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    GURKHAS HAPPY, GENERAL HAPPY
    68 2 GURKHAS HAPPY, GENERAL HAPPY GENERAL Toran Shumsher J.B. Ran*, Commander-in-chief of the Napalese Army, left Singapore for Katmandu by Qantas yesterday after a brief goodwill tour of the Colony, the Federation and Hong Kong. At the airport the general told reporters: "I am very happy at the way my countrymen,
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    Bus strike talks
    72 2 Representatives of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union and the managements of th c Hock Lee and Tay Koh Vat bus companies met for the second time at the Labour Ministry yesterday but failed to reach a settlement in the 53-day strike by 350 employees of both companies.
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    Assistant D.O.
    24 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Syed Jaffar bin All. chief clerk of the Johore Bahru Supreme Court, has been appointed Pontlan Assistant District Officer.
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    RAF 'WILL CONTINUE AID TO MALAYA AS LONG AS IT IS NEEDED'
    182 2 ifUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The new Commander-in Chief, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon, today pledged that the British air arm would continue to 'do its best for as long as needed" to help the
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    Bank workers may strike
    67 2 PENANG, Thurs. The! banking section of the Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union will inert on Saturday to consider strike action after the breakdown in negotiations between the Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions (Banking Section) and the Malayan Exchange Banks Association. The bank
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    65 TO GO ON TRADE MISSION TO FORMOSA
    95 2 65 TO GO ON TRADE MISSION TO FORMOSA rE chairman of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce Inche Abdul Ha mid oin Alia vie. will be one of the four leaders of a 65-man SingaporeMalayan trade mission to Tormosa next week. The main delegation of 50 Singapore and Malayan businessmen
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    THE SCOUT MOVEMENT WILL 'GO MALAYAN'
    316 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Boy Scouts' Association will forbid the formation of Scout units affiliated to foreign associations after merdeka. This is to prevent "undesirable foreign influence" from entering the 42,000--strong Malayan movement. Foreigners will be "screened" and must obtain the approval of
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    Malayan students in US 'rejected and dejected'
    256 2 Malayan students in US 'rejected and dejected' THEIR DEGREES ARENT RECOGNISED MALAYAN students in America are feeling rejected and dejected because degrees obtained there are not recognised here, according to Mr. Wong Wu-tsuan who has returned to Singapore from the United States on a holiday. Mr. Wong, who Is the
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    SHIPS CLEARED
    144 2 Busy lighters work 50 vessels, beat harbour men's go-sloic T*HE huge backlog of ships waiting in the Singapore Roads to work their cargo by lighter has been cleared. Shipping agents reported yesterday that lighters could be hired easily. A few days ago there was not one available. Lighter
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    Army team to seek recruits
    51 2 A recruiting team will visit Malacca. Kuala Pilah and Soremban to seek recruits for the British Army I and the Malay Regiment. The team will visit Malacca on Aug. 7 and "8. Kuala Pllah on Aug. 10 and 11 and Seremban on Aug. 13 and
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    MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS MISTRESS WITH AN AXE
    86 2 JOHOKfc BAHKL Iburs.— A town council labourer. Krishnan. was sentenced to deatb in tbe High Court today for murdering bis mistress. Nagamab on Feb 15 The assessors found that Krishnan bad acted under grave provocation and bad no intention of
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    Clean cinema
    25 2 Mr. Runme Shai presented a shield for cleanest cinema In the 5Tj» Group in Singapore Mr. Teo Hock Tana, mana?<of the Capitol Cir.err.a.
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    DEMAND TO LIM: END THESE RACE BARS
    121 2 DEMAND TO LIM: END THESE RACE BARS THE Tanglin branch g« the Singapore Labo': Front, yesterday ca on the Chiel Mr. Lim Y. w jjock "wipe out racial iv language discrimir* tion" in Governmedepartment innately 1 Dr. Arthur Lim Slew fa who led a delegation of n members of the
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    English course starts today
    49 2 A special course :n EBgna is being arranged by th British Council in S:ngapor for 35 Laotian and Cambodian students. The course, part of t:. British Government's contr.bution to the Colombo Plat will begin today after a shon opening ceremony at the University of Malaya.
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      Lock icon Jail for three who stole 218 cats
      70 2 Jail for three who stole 21 8 cats I ONDON, Thursday. Two men and a woman were each jailed for six months here today for stealing 218 cats between them in the past year. They were said to have gone round at night by car picking up the cats in
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      30 2 BONN: The 100,000 th member of West Germany's new forces was given a picture of the Defence Minister. Herr Franz-Josef Strauss, and four volumes of biographies of "Great Germans." Reuter
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      24 2 LONDON: Customers in a burning Piccadilly restaurant continued eating as 30 firemen last night tackled a fire from the roof Of the building. —Reuter.
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      26 2 NEW YORK: An explosion killed three men aboard a navy submarine chaser off the tip of Long Island. The injured were taken aboard the Queen Mary.—Reuter.
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      20 2 ROTTERDAM: A man told police here that he kept two four foot lons snakes because he was "afraid of mice."—Reuter.
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      25 2 JAKARTA: The Indonesian Government has drafted a plan to buy modern arms on long-term credit to re-equip its armed forces, the Defence Ministry announced. Reuter.
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      31 2 NEW DELHI: India s first college of physical education opens In August. It will be named after the Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, the woman who helped lead the rebellion of 1857.—A.P.
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      23 2 VATICAN CITY: The Pope has recovered from a slight tooth infection which caused him to cut short an audience in St. Peter's Basilica.—A.P.
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      22 2 HAN FRANCISCO: i new tanker capable o cabling 2.383.540 Pi" 0 of u-ine nil! me' inucge from he York in September.— ter.
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      26 2 LONDON: A 60 mine worker. M Kane, seriously this year with tl miner's disea coniosis, is back here most complr'' after emht treatment in a sanatorium.—R>
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      24 2 CARDIFF: tttm is being sought at official inquir> 1 1 de«« Milford Haven. In as one of the -r( ports of the "orld. Reuter.
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      23 2 C**P DANTIBI S. Two beautiful mannequins will Le Havre on 8 Leningrad and present < "ready-to-wear" ate^made by 35 ot gest Paris fash; Reuter
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      MAN IN HURRY CREPT TO DEATH
      50 2 LONDON. Thurs. _/i coroner's jm/v tn*av that an Sl-year- n ld man. Frederick S pot fed up with waiting for the traffic s J". ehamgt, tried to cross the road by crairr a lorry and wan crushed to death uhc moved. Verdict: Accidental death.
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      190 2 How to clear your home i| 'L of all insect pests !I Q H^ hi I -S 1 1" I 'hC *v hours ;^K"- Ir-;- ft Yes in one day only you can get rid of Ants, Moths, Cockroaches, Mosquitoes and other insect pests which invade your home, bringing the
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    Jabs restore youth
    156 3 PROFESSOR TURNS BACK THE CLOCK WITH NOVOCAIS It's widely used as a local anaesthetic UERANO, (Italy), Thurs. Novocain, irideb used as a local in lesthetic by dentists anfl physicians, has rejuvenated thousand.-, of old people, according to a report made today to SOO doctors froni nations meeting
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    Lock icon It's dearer now to phone, post and cable
    275 3 It's dearer now to phone, post and cable f ONDON, Thurs.— The J Government, already under fire for rising prices, today announced increases in post and telephone rates. Ordinary letters sent within Britain will need a 3d. stamp, instead of a 2' 2 d. one. It will cost 2»/>d. (instead
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    Lock icon Wreck found
    34 3 TAIPEH. Thurs.— A search party today discovered the wreckage of a missing United States C-47 transport plane which crashed in the mountains south of here on Tuesday with 16 people aboard. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon WHEN A MAN ALMOST HAS A RIGHT TO STRANGLE HIS WIFE —BY A JUDGE
    116 3 WHEN A MAN ALMOST HAS A RIGHT TO STRANGLE HIS WIFE —BY A JUDGE BALTIMORE, Thurs. A judge here said it was almost justification enough for a man to strangle his wife when she turned off the television set as he watched a baseball game. H e was hearing assault
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    Lock icon IKE REBUFFED: MILITARY AID IS HALVED
    155 3 IKE REBUFFED: MILITARY AID IS HALVED WASHINGTON, Thursday. 'THE House of Representatives yesterday refused by 136-31 to give President Eisenhower full authorisation for military aid for the fiscal year 1959, beginning next July 1. The President had sought a permanent "no ceiling authority for arms aid to allies of the
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    Lock icon Former reserved seat M.P. acquitted
    58 3 Former reserved seat M.P. acquitted AMBALA (Northern India), Thurs. Mr. Virendra Kumar Satyawadi, former Member of Parliament, was today acquitted of charges of making a false declaration. Mr. Satyawadi had appea'ed against conviction and sentence of six months' jail for declaring he was an "untouchable' 1 to con. test a
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    Lock icon 'Censorship' protest by Press Union
    91 3 LO.VDON. Thurs. The f wealth Press Union oteated to the -.1 restrictions on n here of foreign commonwealth caused by a rec mpt of court ruling. They said the situation was "tantamount to censorship." Messrs. W.H. Smith and; Sons, Ltd., were fined and I cautioned
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    Lock icon NOW DEAF CAN HEAR WITH 'BIRD'S EAR'
    98 3 NOW DEAF CAN HEAR WITH 'BIRD'S EAR' NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE, Thurs. A microscopic ear operation, giving deaf patients "serviceable hearing" by providing them with a sort of bird's ear, was described here today at the British Medical Association conference. Mr. Francis McGuckin. surgeon to the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Newcastle, said that
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    Lock icon Stamps for jamboree
    53 3 LONDON, Thurs. The three stamps to be issued in August by the British Post Office to commemorate the world Scout jubilee jamboree will be in the biggest rolls to be produced anywhere in the world. Each roll will contain 4,800 stamps. A set will cost not less
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    32 3 CAIRO, Thurs. The plane carrying the body of the late Aga Khan from Geneva landed here today The body will be buried tomorrow alongside the Nile near Aswan. Reuter.
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    Polio increase
    29 3 COLOMBO, Thurs. The Colombo district showed an alarming increase in the number of polio cases in the first six months of this year, health authorities said today.
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    Lock icon FAINTING'S NO CRIME NOW
    98 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Secretary for War. Mr. John Hare, undertook yesterday to see that no British soldier was punished in future for fainting on ceremonial parades. Labour members had protested in the House of Commons when, in answer to a question, he said that 20 men
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    LONDON STOCKS
    239 3 IAI.MIV/,V 1 V Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty vere: LOANS Consols £49 a i +tt Funding 4% £87' 4 War 34% £67!, BANKS Mere. (£5-£2!,pu) £6 4 +>i Eastern (£5) £8 7 S rhartered (£1) 40Hongkong ($125) £101 4 xd INSURANCE :om. Un
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON. Thurs. Spot 27' id.. Aug. 27>/4d., Sept. 27\d., Oct.Dec. 27^d.. Jan.-Mar. 27'2d. Anrtl-June 27>4d.. July c.i.f. 27iid., Aug. ci.f. 27»4d., Sept. ci.f 27Sd. Tone: Quiet
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    TIN
    19 3 LONDON, Thurs—Buyers £743, sellers £750. Forward buyero £746>-.. sellers £747. Settlement £747 Turnover a.m. 100 tons p.m. 110.
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    Lock icon 'Peking not a Red regime'
    121 3 'Peking not a Red regime' JYARWIN, Thurs.— The Australian Trade Union Council president, Mr. Albert Monk, said here today he was convinced that the Chinese Government was "not a Communist regime." Mr. Monk, who led a union delegation to China, said only 54 per cent of the People's Congress members
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    Lock icon Total H-ban 'impossible'
    60 3 LONDON Thurs. The Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan. said today it would not be possible to put a complete ban on nuclear weapons. Answering questions in the Commons, he said such a ban "could only be enforced if the total past production of fissile material could be
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    Lock icon Bandit queen pleads with Nehru
    174 3 'AMNESTY -OR I DIE AN OUTLAW NEW DELHI, Thursday. A FORMER dancing girl turned bandit queen asked A the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, today for an amnesty for herself and her followers^ The bandit girl, known as Pulti. bosses ferocious dacoit gangs in two states
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    Army to have flying arm
    61 3 LONDON, Thurs. The British Army is to have its own air corps, the Secretary for War, Mr. John Hare, told the House of Commons yesterday. A comparatively small body, formed largely of specialists and technicians from other services, it would specialise in reconn.iissance and liaison
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    Lock icon Rebel defeat
    21 3 ALGIERS, Thurs.— Security forces in western Algeria killed 49 insurgents and captured 18 in the past 24 hours. —Reuter.
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    SULTAN'S NO to THRONE MAKES JOHORE SAD
    175 5 Abdication rumours go round again BAHRU, ure. Throughohore today there gret over the decision not iid for election a i'uamount Ruler ifter independence. h the disapcame new that the 83--iler intends to! on after his England in Johore had uld stand for the
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    AUSSIE BEAUTY HERE—ONE MONTH LATE
    98 5 AUSSIE BEAUTY HERE— ONE MONTH LATE Red tape delayed Jan's singing date^and all because she's under XI JAN CARTER, 20, a Sydney singer was to have arrived in Singapore last month for a season at a Colony nightclub. But red tape stopped ber. "Because of my age it took me
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    $60,000 for information
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government paid out $60,886 last month for information leading to the capture or killing of terrorists. Of this $24,500 was paid in Negri Sembilan, $19,136 in Johore, $9,900 in Selangor and $7,350 in I Perak.
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    Bid by Chew to lift travel ban on students
    216 5 Bid by Chew to lift travel ban on students THE Singapore Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, has asked the Federation Government to lift one of the travel restrictions against Chinese students from the Colony. This follows representations by the principals of three of the biggest Chinese middle schools the
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    Tengku sends condolences
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today sent a teiegram of condolence to relatives of a 75-year-old Pejnan<.r cake seller, Yeap Boon For.g, who died after falling from his bicycle when avoiding a car in which the Tengku was travelling in Penang last Sunday.
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    BARS IN MENTAL ASYLUMS SHOULD GO, SAYS EXPERT
    106 5 rjR. E. CUNNINGHAM DAK, an Australian authority on mental dis. orders, who passed through Singapore by Qantas said yesterday that it was time bars were removed from mental asylums all over the world. "Mental patients, except those who ;ir». extremely violent should
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    'Don't fear the bandits'
    57 5 TAPAH, Thurs. Thirtyfive leaders of the Good Citizens' Committee of Batang Padang district were told yesterday that there were 75.C00 people in the district against only 90 terrorists. "You should therefore not be frightened of the terrorists," Brigadier j. F. Metcalfe, commanding the 2nd Federal Infantry
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      360 5 CHINESE V.M.C.A,: Movie V.M.C.A, (Orchard Road): Club show •'Tr.al" 8 p.m.; Chinese Bodybuilding. weißhtlifting 4 30 shadow boxing 6 45 a.m. and 8.30 p.m.; Malay classes 5.30 p.m. p.m.; bodybuilding, billiards 2 and 8 p.m.; shorthand class and p.m. to 10 pin.: basketball and judo 5.30 p m.; table-tennis 7
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    DEATH
    60 6 to Word, $10 (minimum). MRS. LILY MINJOOT (nee Gallstan) Age 79, passed away peacefully on 18-7-57, at 267, Tembellng Road, leaving behind 6 daughters, 3 tons, 2 daughters-in-law. 4 sons-in-law, 28 grandchildren, and 30 great grandchildren to mourn her lou. Funeral to be at the Church of the Holy
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    52 6 10 Word, tlO (minimum). TaMILY OF THE Late Mr*. X, S. Rajah of Ulu Remls Estate wish to thank Friends and Relatives who sent Condolence*, Attended and Assisted at the Funeral ONG CHWEE CHIAM. 799 Havelock Road thanks Doctors, Nurses and Attendants for hi* stay in General Hospital for
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    PERSONAL
    25 6 20 Word, $U (minimum). WILL MR. L. L. W. please ring ***** concerning the two Muslim gentlemen who recently went by air to Colombo.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    164 6 10 Word, $10 (minimum). DOROTHY GRAY Sheer Velvet Compact Dreamy, light and sheer, wonderful for quick touch ups. TOWN COUNTRY have opened their new "Tanglln Emporium" on Orchard Road for the convenience of shoppers In the residential area. SICK-ROOM ODOURS eliminated. How? With Air-wick, of course. Air-wlrk will keep
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. July 19, 1957. Local Govt. Changes
    811 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. July 19, 1957. Local Govt. Changes A whole day has been set aside by the Singapore Assembly for th e committee stage of the Local Government Bill which will create a new City Council and four district councils. A full day is not too much.
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    Gangster Politics
    340 6 There was unanimous support in the Singapore Assembly for the motion asking for a commission of inquiry into allegations of corrupt practices by elections candidates. It would have been most surprising had there K-en dissent There is little doubt that there have been malpractices, and Mr. Lee Kuan
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    BUT GRADUALLY THE MIRACLE WAS ACHIEVED
    1178 6  -  The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Mac Donald by When I arrived in Malaya in 1946 sceptics kept dinning into my ears that it was hopeless to try to create a mutually trustful partnership between the Malays and the Chinese. SOUTH-EAST Asia is a significant corner
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      THAT MERDEKA SHOUT: 'No useful purpose is served by this cry'
      129 6 THAT MERDEKA SHOUT: 'No useful purpose is served by this cry' T READ (S.T. July 10) 1 that the Singapore and Federation Governments have agreed that the voice of Tengku Abdul Rahman leading thousands of voices with a shout 'Merdeka!" should be heard at the opening and closing of each
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      296 6 I can understand why the citizens of the Paris Commune screamed "U--berte' 1 as th e heads of the hated aristocrats rolled from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. I can even understand why President Soelcarno of Indonesia keeps on roaring: "Merdeka!", for he still regards Irian
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      44 6 Leave it to the announcer TF merdeka must be shoutA ed a certain number of times at the start and end of each radio transmission, obviously the proper person to do it would be the announcer with no political axe to grind TOCHOUSAN. Singapore.
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      Long wait for citizenship
      57 6 MANY months ago we applied for citizenship In Batu Pahat but up to now we have heard nothing about its fate. W e do not mind waiting for a few months fo r our citizenship certificates to b P approved but to wait for almost a
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      67 6 IT is a great shame to the Malay community to see more and more of our poor, helpless, innocent Malay wives divorced by their inhuman husbands, Just because they wish to satisfy their brutal desires. It Is high time that our Malay leaders and the chiefs
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      Menaced by hawkers
      103 6 RECENTLY I moved into Race Course Road. Singapore, and every night I am kept awake by the insane "Tick Tock Tick Tock" beating of night hawkers up to 130 or 2 a.m. I lived In Kuala Lumpur for a year and as far as I can remember
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      87 6 THE PRISON AT RECSK Here, Hungary's Communist rulers have a house of torture, staffed by men of bestial cruelty. In this excerpt from his book 'The Bridge At Andau' James Mlchener shows how sadism and depravity are natural products of a system that depends tor Its existence on the dregs
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    Negri council walk-out shock
    390 7 WILL CONTINUE TO KNOCK AT DOOR OF JUSTICE** YAP MAU TATT QUIDS LEADER QUITS AS VERDEKA WHITE PAPER INTRODUCED SEREMBAN, Thursday. MAI TATT, one of the three dele- om the Chinese Guilds and Associairotested on the constitution to the rotary in London, resigned from he bilan
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    Allan loved sport but then came polio
    360 7  - Allan loved sport but then came polio R. CHANDRAN By ALLAN QUIRK, an Australian schoolboy living in Perth, loved all kinds of sports. But tough and strenuous mimes like rugby, tennis and swimming were his favourites One evening In January, 1954, Allan plunged into a pool to complete his sporting
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    THOUSAND EXPATS WILL STAY WITH GOVT.
    90 7 THOUSAND EXPATS WILL STAY WITH GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs More than 1,000 expatriate officers have decided to remain in the service of the Federation Government after merdeka. A spokesman of the Federal Establishment Office said today that these officials had been offered guaranteed service ranging from three to eight years.
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    Two escape as ship rams a kelong
    182 7 'CRASH— THEN HUGE BLACK SHAPE' rfO Singapore fishermen had a miraculous escape when a ship rammed and d. abolished their kelong half-a-mile off Pulau Übin on Tuesday night The Marine police learned i of the incident only last night when the fishermen, Ng
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    Sultan gets his ciders' authority to sip M-pactj
    65 7 Sultan gets his ciders' authority to sip M-pactj —The Dewan j (We its lor tiie P< ilk to sun It new i ederattan of Maraent. rier the conatHattoa of meat of the Irian v mi U essential Itjwc tht- state nn heirty to new trea--I.flltS. k Drum Negara is a
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    Farewell to Sir Donald
    38 7 UMPUR, Thurs. I [uda relanireweU party I Commissioner i llivray, and ray at the I Muda in Hoot ciuy. 300 people, mrr Minister, I Kahman, hid s and cumrs, have been Selansor prea nt.
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    President again:
    19 7 lUMPUR. ThunL— l n Ciuan has •resident of Pahang and I port Opcra--1 Appeal to Tengku fails
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    SMILING SCHOOLBOY. 15, WILL PLAY FOR AUSTRALIA FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR
    15 7 ALLAN QUIRK Doctors said 'Never"
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    RAF MAN GIVEN A CHOICE
    306 7 KUALA TRE.IGGANU, Thursday. If IDAH binte Aloi, 21. a Trengganu who married a sergeant in the Royal Air Force, has decided not to return to her huoDand in England, despite his apneal to the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to help bring about a reconciliation.
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    Black Bear gets top Scout job
    99 7 MR. L. A. Woodford, 50, better known to Singapore Scouts as Black Bear, has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Scouts in the Colony. He is the first local man to be appointed to this post, taking over from Mr. R. E. Ince of the
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    Art exhibition
    33 7 An exhibition of 74 photographs by students from 39 countries studying in the United States was opened to the public yesterday at the United Stakes Information Service Library, Cecil Street. Singapore.
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    Mary acquitted again by same judge
    134 7 MARY NG, 36, who is now serving a prison sentence, was yesterday produced before Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, a Singapore judge, for her defence on other charges. Mr. Eu bad acquitted Ng on Sept. 27 last year on charges of cheating Kok Mm Yin,
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    Cruiser for Far East Fleet
    43 7 The New Zealand cruiser Royalist arrived in Singapore yesterday from Auckland to join the Far East Fleet. She was met as she docked at the Naval Base by the Flag Officer, Malayan Area, Rear Admiral G. R. Thring.
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    Chandu fine
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— In the Kluang Sessions Court today Foo Boon Kwang. who lives in a Chinese temple, was fined $60. or 14 days' jail, for having in his possession half a tin of chandu dross.
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    Cleared of road death charge
    50 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Lim Jet Oi who was charged in the Kluang Sessions Court, with causing the death of Foon Teng by negligent driving of a van was found not guilty and acquitted. It was stated that Foon Teng rode his cycle into the van.
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    AID FOR FAMILY AS ADDICT IS TREATED
    191 7 A FATHER Of eight children, sent to the Opium Treatment Centre at St. John's Island yesterday. need not worry about his family. The Social Welfarp Department said yesterday that the wife of the addict. Llm Yit Foon. could apply for public assistance. Lim.
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    WHIRLWIND WRECKS 32 HOUSES
    171 7 WHIRLWIND WRECKS 32 HOUSES IPOH, Thursday. A WHIRLWIND destroyed 32 houses and caused about $60,000 worth of damage in the west coast of Perak near Bruas, at about 3.30 a.m. last Saturday, according to delayed reports reaching here today. Twenty-six of the i houses destroyed were in Patai Remis. a
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    Chief Kathi of Kelantan is sacked
    108 7 Chief Kathi of Kelantan is sacked KOTA BHARU, Thurs. The Chief Kathi of Kelantan, Tuan Haji Nik Mohamed Adeeb. 47, was dismissed today by the State Government. He received a letter from the Government sacking him "immediately on receipt of the notice." The letter said: "The Government is not satisfied
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    Free to land
    26 7 Six hundred and seventyone passengers who arrived in Singapore in the Hoi Houw from China two days ago were released from quarantine yesterday.
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    Mock riot
    23 7 A police-military Internal security exercise began in Singapore at noon yesterday. It ends today when mock riots will be dealt with
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    DEATH
    48 7 MADAM TOH YING. aged M\ mother of Madam Lily Cheng and Miss Cheng Poh Chin, passed away peacefully at 56 Malabar Street on 18-7-56 at 9 p.m. Service at St. Matthew's Church, Neil Road, at 4 p.m. today, followed by burial at Bldadarl at 4 30 p.m.
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      17 7 m POUND OF CADBURV'S J DAIRY MILK J CUOCQLAT6 K J for the Purple and Gold Label
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      192 7 SELLARS: To John and Isobrl at X.X July 18, a son, Michael John- Both well. <IKHINGSKIN A^L This wonderful liquid healer (r||fc give, you IWmKiUff/ f/""^ •'"j^L^k^v. Are you Buffering the agony of itching Sl r Skin? Dow it irrit«t«»yr>u«liday? f)onB sto P vo sloping at night Then r» T)
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    Take Steinbeck's bus to drama, humour
    520 8 ■k SUSAN BARBIE SEES IHE NEW FILMS -k Meaty fare on the road to landslide peril NO CORN IN THIS RIC -HE CAN REALLY AC! DESPITE HIS LOOKS A JOHN Steinbeck story is al- ways a guarantee of strong, meaty fare with plenty of
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    The flinty Flynn does it again
    173 8 The flinty Flynn does it again ERROL FLYNN, flintfaced and snowing undeniable signs of his notoriously gay past, is nevertheless emerging as an actor, late in life though it is. In his latest film. "Night in Havana," he is still quick on the draw and as ready as ever to
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    Lock icon BING'S NEW CO-STAR DIVORCED
    83 8 BING'S NEW CO-STAR DIVORCED Swedish-born Inger Stevens, Bing Crosby's latest leading lady, has divorced Anthony Soglio in Santa Monica but he will continue to get five per cent of her earnings as her business agent. Miss Stevens. 22, charged cruelty and said Soglio, 34, had a vicious temper and was
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    MARTINE A VICTIM OF MILAN MUDSLINGERS
    259 8 MARTINE A VICTIM OF MILAN MUDSLINGERS U[E have seen Martine Carol's retrousse charms in many a comedy, and most recently in that clever Continental film, "The Beach." Now we have another proof of her dramatic capabilities in the French film, "Scandal in Milan" French dialogue with -adequate English sub-titles. The
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    Heady feast oS charm, colour
    294 8 Heady feast oS charm, colour A LL the colour and pic- turesque charm of the vintage season in Southern France combine with a moving, human story to make M.G.M.'s colour production. "The Vintage," an unusually enjoyable film. With such a foursome as Pier Angeli, Mcl Ferrer, Michele Morgan and John
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      363 8 23 Jack Day, kins, the artful one Straits Tini6S Cro^worrl a niei iost hfad JIlaM<J "I'W* VflUddWUlU 25 Feign sickness so graduate may stay (8). 26 It doesn't happen every day mi 1 Hi 2 pi 3 m 4 m 5 HPHI _JM M^__i^_i^^|i nothing ls left (13,. IH 8
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    COCHEME WAS ASHAMED, SAYS INQUIRY DOCTOR
    1104 9 .1.1 1.., J ..1.MLJ«L [burs. The i Superin--1 l t\ c c< n J| cn i Hospital g Kumbun Dr. S. Param--Im, tod*y act-used i superior officer [indifference and itial treatthe inmates lifee institution. rd day of n of inulleged M A. K. 'crintenho.spital,
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    Holiday 'prize'
    35 9 Th e 2.494 students of the Anglo-Chinese School. Singapore, are having a "vlciory" holiday today to celebrate their success on Tuesday when they won the inter-schools athletic championship for the fifth successive year.
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    sembly 'breeze' on docks go-slow
    155 9 CHIEF PRODS CHIEF MINISTER [the Singapore Harbour Board was of a breezy exchange between the Ister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and the People's leader. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in the i mbly yesterday. t' id tiv as Mlnlite; Welfare, had iri to inquir and circurast
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    Mew union in the making
    16 9 Mew union in the making im five houses met (i^cusslons a nation--:milar 4.500Businesv Union favour dele-
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    'Thanks' letters
    11 9 I: ben of igapore will be Victory ry on
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    Ismailis mourn
    11 9 Thon, will in mourning n at the 10 a.m
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    TOH TAHWIL SUCCEEDS UNCLE
    72 9 TOH TAHWIL SUCCEEDS UNCLE IPOH, Thurs— The Sultan of Perak today appointed Ton Mud. i Tahwil A Za r bin Ahmad. 34. as the Orang Kaya K.r i Dato Panglima Kirn .i Sri Ainar Bangsa Di-Raja. to succeed his uncle, the late Dato Haji Mohamed EusolY bin Mohamed Yussof. who
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    School variety
    28 9 TAIPING, T h v r s. St. George's Institution will stage a variety concert in the school hall on July 26, July •21 and July 28.
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    The Katchen concert was a great triumph
    199 9 rE distinguished Ameri- j can pianist. Julius Kat- 1 chen. last night gave a superb performance at the Victoria Memorial Hall in i one of the most exacting and impressive programmes we have heard for a lon< time. The first half was a
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      281 9 Are you lacking in energy,f eeling tired... gE. do your thoughts go round and round? j When difficulties arise in the office or at home do you find ~*^^D Ejti you cannot think clearly and have to struggle through the feUBkL i «%s%£ day If so you should try Sanatogen.
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      135 9 Jim: Morgan 31.0. Th* stigma IHch Travg Frvsh mapripT: V- -I I And on the will above— I WC«Cf ~'3 xiMDa funny. "1 f q^~ i just picked up YP Mfl^^^ ■I <^^-, WVt-b tci -tcat-v AMD VkJ-fl VSM TWiS IS TWE SPOT i k "f^ o CIGARETTE BUTTS JYt
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    GENUINE INVESTORS INVADE SHARE MART TO KEEP LEVELS UP
    566 10 By Our Market Correspondent T EVELS of industrial leaders continued to move higher in unabated activity on thei Singapore Share Market yesterday. The surge in business activity, at a time when the market is normally in the doldrums, is attributed <
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    RUBBER PRICES
    154 10 August fint irrade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Thursday at 93 cents per tt>. unchanged on Wednesday's close The closing tone was quietly steady. Closing prices In cents per lt>. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92, sellers 92^4 (N); Int. 1 R S.S.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    87 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100) Canada: buying airmail- T.T. 31, O.D. 31' 8 90 d/st 31 7/16 credit bills. 3 P.... trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D, ready: New York 32 5 16; Canada
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    46 10 The Federation's Minister of Finance has axed the following prices for calculating Customs Duties for the week from July is Rubber 93!, cts. a lb. Copra $396 a ton. Coconut oil $722 a ton. Palm oil $***** a ton. Palm kerutels $356.50 a ton-
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    529 10 The Malayan Share Brokers As■oclaUon reported: "Demand lor Industrials continued unabated with buyers still unsatisfied at higher levels. Tina were firmer and local rubber.-, quiet." Sincapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday:- Fed. Dispensary $2.27' a; Fraser <fc Neave ords $2.80 to $2.85; Gammon $2.70
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    13 10 OFFIciAL7RjI SIN(;.\p Oui RUBBKK r UM 9mA {msgggi!W P'cul nip I
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    93 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOUR;. market ante on the Melbo today, with rise i Uons of tlv roleum rose is. bu rnr n Aa >- main feature. Trad" Pt0l ■ctlve. In ploratton rote the main nria WiM Steady trading was holding steady Loans 3>, Loan s 3\ Bank of NSW Don Zinc
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    124 10 Ships lyini; ..Inns-id,. ft. I pore Harbour Hoard ut,.expectril tad Jackson 1-2 shire 6A. iv Chemist 8-9 b> Manila Maru' 13-u, g^' 15-16. Glengyle ;8 i N.Wall 1, Sumnltan Frederick Clover Thay 23. Perak 24 25-26. Klnabalu 27-->jijr--29-30. Salmar.i 33-34, Medor. 35-36 38-39. Fernbi" 42-43. Francbuie 44 Ships
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    81 10 Singapore Chines Product b hangc: noon pricey per erday were:Copra: QDtet; myers, $2S sellers toconit i lUiet; bulk M MfH sellers. Pepprr. msiness repor'cd d ehite $108. Ban SiOT. no Saraw ik black H hanged Singapore Copra A«ocal»i i.m. prices: Strai" luly $24 4 teady Fair' merchantable Bombiy
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      464 10 NOTICE CHANGI BUS CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATE An application has been made to the Directors of Changi Bus Company. Limited to Issue a duplicate certificate for 275 fully paid shares of $25.- each, numbered 6294 to 6568 (both numbers Inclusive), In the Company In place of
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      1035 10 COMPANY MEETING TRONOH MINES MR. J. H. RICH'S STATEMENT ponies of the Tronoh-Malayan Tin Group, has actively engaged in testing various areas In Siam, and although no area has yet been proved results have been sufficiently encouraging to warrant additional boring which is now being undertaken. Mining Operations in Malaya
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      438 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VOLUNTEERS are required from women of a good educational standard between the age of 17 years and 35 years for the Women's Section of the Singapore Division, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The branches for which volunteers are now required are: (a) SECRETARIAT (b) PLOTTING AND SEAWARD DEFENCE.
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      820 10 NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENT Messrs. Neiil and Bell announce the following Tin Ore outputs for the quarter ended 30Ui June, 1957:— Fteuls Ayer Hltam Tin Dredging Ltd. I.M» Puket Tin Dredging Ltd. 2,554 The Sungei Besi Mines Ltd. Sungei Besl Section 2,482 Pelepah Section 2,880 Southern Tronoh Tin Dredging Ltd. (2 Dredges
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      319 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U. S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore P.Swctr. f. Elisabeth Bakke "Mr** Cjertrud Bakke 4/ 6Aug 7Au« 9Au; Ellen Bakke 27 |uly 26/28Aug 29Au? 31Au< l-» Kmtin Bakke 3 Aug 17 Aug 16/18 Sept 19Scpt 21 Sept 1 1 Accepting Cargo
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      1168 11 |ri »405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«: 4 t% >' n 9°POre) (12 fpW THE BLUE FUNNEL LIME LV* „,..Mo^es, K Nnar* J»ly 14/19 Jul J *J 27/2. burg July 24 j u y j 7 rjsrtis? July Au9 4 A j/ i jth Aug 11 Aug IB Aug 19/21
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      1136 11 M dil pM*i i 1 7 >j p nxrmn v u pM EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST VIA SUEZ Penong P. Sham S'pora "FALSTRIA" (Bangkok only) In Part In Part KOREA" 10/11 Aug "INDIA" 7/10 Aug 11/12 Aag 1 3/1 S Aag "MEONIA- 19/22 Aug
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      969 11 SU THE BEN LIME STEAMERS LTD ifctri SINGAPORE (Incorporotad n tha Unitoo Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO UK ft CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Panong BENMHOR for Liverpool, Rotterdom, Hull G. 6-7/24 Jury 25/2* Jaly BENVRACKII for London, In Poet/22 My 33/34 July Hamburg, Rotterdam 35 Jaly/ 4 Aug London direct
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      1239 11 McALISTER <5e CO.. LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ILLIBNAM LINES KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Port, A tta r9O Am r rk s W th and Canada via Colombo CITY Of OTTAWA* BOUGAINVILLE Spore P. S'hom Penong
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    41 12 Thr eeneral manager of Johnson and Johnson Export Ltd., Mr. G. Nosotti (centre), and the advertising manager, Mr. K. Barclay, (left), discuss a market research programme with Mr. G. Wright, of the imports department of the Borneo Co. Ltd., Malayan agents.
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    Tin from sea project hits minor snags
    241 12 ...BUT 'TEETHING' PROBLEMS ARE GRADUALLY OVERCOME j TECHNICIANS are gradually overcoming the minor problems which have been created in the use of a grab dredge for the first time in the recovery of tin ore from the sea bed off the Siamese coast.
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    NZ trade drive
    75 12 Mr S. T. Murphy, a member of the New Zealand Products Marketing Commission said in Hong Kon K that New Zealand's trade with South East-Asia, which was negligible before World War 11, had now reached worthwhile proportions." Mr. Murphy who has just completed a survey of the
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    Incense buyer
    30 12 Singapore bought most of Sarawak's 274 tons of incense woods exported to overseas markets last year, according to reports from Sarawak. Smaller quantities were sold to Hong Kong.
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    RUBBER FLOORING INDUSTRY STARTS
    188 12 A NEW industry in Malaya, the manufacture of rubbar tiles for floors started recently by a I Malayan rubber goods manufacturer, will help meet increasing demand. Using Malayan natural rubber, the company, Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works Ltd is now producing attractive rubber tiles for homes,
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    New ideas brighten city's skyline
    269 12 New ideas brighten city's skyline NEON ADVERTISING EXPERTS IN DEMAND THE increasing popularity of neon sign advertising in Singapore has made the standard of this medium of advertising one of the best in South-East Asia. Competition is keener than ever," says' Mr. Tan Hock Seng, supervisor of a leading Singapore
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    NO PLAN FOR NEW FACTORY
    222 12 JOHNSON and Johnson Export Ltd., of England, has ro definite plans for setting up a manufacturing organisation in South East Asia but similar moves have been made with success in a number of countries. This was revealed in Singapore by the organisation's general manager, Mr.
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    Big oil bid in Sumatra
    131 12 rpHK British Dominion Oil 1 Company Ltd. is reported to have reached agreement with two New York organisations to search for and develop oil in a *ib,ooo acre area in the Palembang region of Sumatra, in Indonesia. Reports from Calgary, in Canada, say the two
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    Better prices for securities
    80 12 A Bill, which will provide i a more extensive market and command a better price for Sarawak Government securities, is to be introduced at the next session of Council Neeri, say official reports from Kuching. Under the Bill, trustees In the United Kingdom are permitted to
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      229 12 Kodak Announces the NEW LOW- COST A COPIER ,^^f S 1 The low cos* copier i^m 1 every office wants vx. 1 ers Mk Full copying range i^~""'£v rea op« r tin 9 e»s« j- h «'p yo« Speed communications —^aßW^ Cut retyping expense j Simplify paperwork ■Hi I ,in
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      234 12 TWYFORPS n For over a century the name of TwyIn colours and fords has been outstanding in the white Lavatory Basins. sphere of sanitation Toilet Basins Squatting Toilets, low level Twyfords are the largest manufacturers cisterns, sinks. urinals! of Sanitary Pottery in ENGLAND and pedestals, suites. J J bathroom their
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      376 13 i I from Pace 6.) BjTCATfONI VACANT il, -Box SO ct: oxtrm. I KSOIRLS, Exper-j xtlies a recom- personally be- 41. High Street. KD LADY Cal- :nne Operator re- reply stating age j < xperience with par- J c lo calculating A 36&3 S.T. N IHAPHERS (Male I •equlred by
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    Alice Tay was star performer
    298 14 BAFFLES GIRLS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP FOR TEAM TITLE RUT... SHE SETS 2 RECORDS, MISSES A THIRD By SAUL JOSHUA WHEN Raffles Girls' School yesterday, for the second successive year, won the Singapore English secondary intergirls schools championship at Jalan Besar stadium, they emulated the Anglo
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    KOWLOON FIGHT FOR 5-3 VICTORY
    238 14 KOWLOON FIGHT FOR 5-3 VICTORY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MALAYAN INDIANS put up an unexpectedly good showing against Kowloon Bus in the Hong Kong tourists' fifth and last game here today, going down 5-3 after holding the visitors- to 2-2 at the interval. The Indian defence continually packed their goalmouth and
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    U.S. cagers win triangular
    54 14 The visiting American basketball team Venture for Victorybecame champions in the triangular meet against Singapore and Hong Kong when they beat Hong Kong 92-50 at the Oreat World lasX night Singapore, who lost to the Americans 84-65 on Wednesday, were second. They beat Hong Kong 76-58
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    Ah Soo is in the news again he beats Eng Hong
    163 14 REMEMBER Lim Ah Soo, the "unknown" who beat Ooi Teik Hock in his prime at Penang a few years ago? Shortly after that sensational victory— one of the biggest upsets ever in Malayan badminton— Ah Soo left for further
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    AUSTRALIAN 'INVASION' OF MALAYAN TURF
    150 14 AUSTRALIAN 'INVASION' OF MALAYAN TURF JEEP'S JOTTINGS DOCKSIDE and -led Joker, two well-bred Australian horses due to arrive here by air next month, will be raced In Malaya by owners in Australia. Dockside Is a Glassy sprinter and Red Joker ia targetted for the longer classic races. They will De
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    Janet not quitting
    122 14  -  LIM KEE CHAN RUMOUR THE WORK OF SOME MISCHIEVOUS PERSON. SAYS FATHER OF COLONY SPRINTER By A RUMOUR that Singapore sprinter, Janet JesudaA son, is giving up athletics was strongly denied by her father yesterday. Mr. E.W. Jesudason, who Is [Principal of Bartley Secondary School, told the
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    Johore AAA
    22 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The Johore Amateur Athletic Association championships will be held at Batu Pahat on Aug 2 and 3.
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    Junior Cup soccer
    16 14 RAF. Seletar beat Sukaramal 2-1 in a SA.P.A. Junior Cup-tie at Geylang yesterday.
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    STEPPING OUT TO VICTORY
    13 14 ALICE TAY goes on to her 100 yards win
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    Joyce won relay for Raffles on the post
    245 14 Alice also won the 80 metres hurdles in a new record time of 13.1 sec— again beating Ruth Ferrelra's record by four tenths of a second. Earlier Alice had woo the 100 yards In 12.3 sec, mlssl'ig her third record by a
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    How the girls ran and jumped
    378 14 DIVISION 100 yd: 1 Alice Tay (MGS), 2 Joyce Sim (RGS), 3 Foo Slew Llan (Crescent), I2.3sec; 220 yd: 1 Joyce Sim (RGS), 2 June; Stewart (CHIJ), 3 Foo Slew Lian (Crescent), 289 sec; 80 metres hurdles: 1 Alice Tay (MGS), 2 Joyce Sim
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    ENTRIES, DRAW FOR SINGAPORE AAA MEET
    1004 14 T^HE Singapore A.A.A. has received 205 entries 166 men 39 women for the annual championships at Farrer Park stadium on July 26 and 27. The full entries and draws for the heats are given below. 100 YARDS Heat 1: Victor Khoo (7); Chan Kam
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    LINE-UP IN THE WOMEN'S EVENTS
    285 14 100 YARDS (First three in each heat to compete in the final) Heat 1: Mary Klass (3); Llm Poh Teng 1 Elsie Thumboo (2) Yong Vi sect (4); Foo Swee Llan (6); Mildred Kwee (S). Heat 2: Carmen E. Ramsay (2); Chong Yoong Yin (4);
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    Lock icon W. Indie shot on for 78, hit bad
    192 14 W. Indie shot on for 78, hit bad TTO I 1 Somerset tod B the Wesi I M for7Brur. th I lowest tct .i onS mer and the I f he V K!( I 1 less than ion t m But the I-Jfl equally baC. fl kets for 38 I
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    Lock icon Sheppard 551 in Gents 169
    89 14 Sheppard 55 1 in Gents 169 LONDON, i In todays cricket Iha tin ia n At Lord's: Gentlemen V (Sheppard X) OrKl layed start. At Northampt ana. Warwick 138 i Smith 5-33). Mtartbamptoo At' Oval: Leicestershire I 77-2. rain d<-: (Jit stone: Kent 193 I (Ikin 68. Bond 51. Half;
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