Singapore Standard, 7 May 1957

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  • 149 1 ••L\ LUMPUR. M">n. Ra'ayat dele- led by Inche ■iman. toe ay I the Secrnd over disith *he me?ton constitu- delegation of three, the party's 84 Inche Nazar d;d not attend the n the afternoon a hu.srrd v Bnestaman although hla 2.500 willing to parn
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  • 295 1 ..Visiting Premier Tells Malaya I THE South-east A Trrity Organization is a if forte" for ctesei •-operation among nations, th" Pakistan Prime or, Mr. H. S. Suhraurdy. said m Singapore ast ni?ht. Mr. Suhrawardy an p:e yesterday from Bangkok I a two-da; on the >
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  • 335 1 Malay Congress To Send Delegation To Britain WELL GO TO THE UN IF NECESSARY, SAYS THE SPONSOR "WE WILL GO TO THE UNITED NATIONS. IF NECESSARY. TO PRESENT OUR DEMANDS IF BRITAIN TURNS THEM DOWN," TUAN HAJI YAHYA DECLARED TONIGHT. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Second
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  • 43 1 TWO ELECTRICIANS workng on a switchboard at the nent of a bank were adnitted to the Singapore General Hospital last night suffering from suspected gas poisoning. One of them. Tan Song Kang. 21, was warded m an unonscious state.
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  • 131 1 Jap Air Designers Hid From The Yanks TOKYO. May 6 (Reuter> The man who designed Japan's wartime fighter aircraft said here today he kept a group of 60 leading Japanese aircraft designers hidden throughout the United States occupation on the eighth floor of a Japanese brewery office. Mr. Yasujiro Okano,
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  • 179 1 THREE Singapore teachers unions last night agreed to consider the question of uniting together and forming a single national union of teachers, with its membership open to all registered members of the teaching profession m the Colony. The agreement was reached at a meeting
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  • 126 1 X'MAS BABY FOR GRACE OF MONACO? LONDON. May 6 (UP) The London Sunday Dispatch said that Princess Grace of Monaco (right) "is believed to be expecting; another baby." The Dispatch's Rome correspondent reported the baby is believed due around Christmas. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace are visiting Rome and had
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  • 105 1 ITALIAN CABINET TO RESIGN ROME. May 6 (Reuter)— Italy faced political crisis tonight with the collapse of the moderate centre cabinet headed by Signor Antonio Segni. Signor Segni was expected to hand the resignation of the government to the President of the Republic after tonight's cabinet meeting. The Vice-premier and
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  • 59 1 LONDON, May 6, (Reuter)— British insurance companies will soon he providing cover against nuclear power risks. The chairman of the General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Sir Stanley Norie-Miller, said that his corporation had set aside half a million pounds sterling as a contingency reserve
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  • 24 1 MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES. American Secretary of State took off for Washington aboard a four-engined military Constellation last nicht from Paris.- Reuter
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  • 27 1 SIX persons were killed and two critically injured m a two-car collision 13 miles south of Monahans. a West Texas town yesterday.- A.P.
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  • 138 1 BILL FOR SECURITY DUTIES MEMBERS of the Singapore Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force and Singapore Military Forces are liable to be called upon to perform internal security duties under a Bill to be introduced shortly. At present, the M.R.N.V.R. and the M.A.A.F. Ordinance provide
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  • 149 1 The Dance That Packs The Floor DURHAM, England, May 6 (Reuter) The snowball dance better known as "slow, slow, kiss, kiss, slow" has become the rage at a youth club here and started old folk worrying about teenage children. The teenagers dance tt this way.
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  • 317 1 fghfghj A LIBERAL Socialist "Riant" may take on two trade unionists m the flffht for the Cairnhill seat left vacant by the resignation of Mr. David Marshall. City Councillor Soh Ghee Soon has indicated his intention to contest the by-election and is preparing
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  • 255 1 'Colony Politics Is A Matter Of Life Death' LONDON. May 6 (Reuter) Mr. John Profumo, Colonial Undersecretary, said today that Singapore was the "front line of Communism" and politics there were really a matter of life and death. He was answering a question m the House of Commons by Mr.
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  • 35 1 A MONUMENTAL mason currently advertising m a New Zealand provincial paper believes m coming right to the point. He informs Intending clients that he is available for interview a.t the cemetery. Reuter
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  • 29 1 FORTY-SEVEN Chines who had escaped from Red China arrived at the northern Formosan port of Keelung yesterday from Hongkong, to start a new life m Formosa. A.P.
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  • 30 1 NICARAGUA and Honduras have agreed to call off their border war pending an International ruling on the cen-tury-old dispute that touched it off, it was announced yesterday. U.P.
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  • 16 1 DR. Adolf Schaerf, a year-old socialist, has been elected the new Austrian President. Reuter
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  • 247 1 Polite Stand By But It's... PENANG. Mon. Police Special Branch officers and men were on the alert throughout today following rumours that Chinese school students would stage another "rebellion" on the re-opening of the schools this morning. However, everything went on smoothly at the Chung
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  • 51 1 VEENENDAAL, Holland, May 6 (Reuter) A Dutch cigar factory has started a drive to popularise cigar smoking among women. After many months of experiment the factory has started production of what it call "an excellent little cigar for ladies." It is about the size of a
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  • 15 1 THE ITALIAN Government resigned early this morning. Reuter. Earlier story m column four.
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  • 325 2 We Can Hit Any Part Of Globe Zhukov BONN, May 6 (UP) Russia is pushing development of unmanned supersonic bombers, along: with an extensive rocket programme, NATO sources said today. The indications were that for operations over very long distances the Soviets at present are
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  • 154 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rents per Ib) m Singapore yesterday were:— Buyers Sellers Spot (Norn.) 88i 89* fnt Nay RSS No. 1 88 1 89* RSS No. 2 87 i 881 RSS No. 3 87 87 i Tone: Barely steady. The price ot tin on the local market yesterday
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  • 92 2 WARSAW. May 6 <AP>— A major riot was reported today from Narcslaw. a garrison town m south-west Poland. More than 1.000 police and trocps were called m to quell it. A report m the newspaper Szp\nder Mlodych suggested it was one of the most serious of
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  • 23 2 SIR Anthony Eden, recuperating from a recent intestinal operation, left Boston for Canada yesterday for a two- week visit. U.P.
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  • 76 2 STOCKHOLM. May 6. (AP) London jazz pianist Robin Douglas-Home is reported to havi? told a Swedish newspaper that his romance with Princess Margaretha of Sweden is not all over. S'veden's bigsest daily news- paper. Dagens Nyheter. said today that when it telephoned Douglas-Home m London on
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  • 167 2 JERUSALEM (Israel Sector), May 6 (Reuter) Mr. David Ben-Gurinn. Prime Minister, today outlined a "make the desert bloom* plan to settle half a million new and old citizens m the Negev. (desert) within the next few years. Speaking m a radio broadcast on* the ninth anniversary
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  • 55 2 pboto. ROCKET-bearing mill- i j» tary vehicles trundle 2 through the crowd-pack- 2 2 ed Red Square. Moscow, 2 during the annual May Day military parade and celebrations. The Soviet 2 leaders watched the 2 parade, highlight of which was a fly-past of j nearly 200 jet
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  • 191 2 U.S. PERFECTS NEW TACTICS ELGIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 6 (AP)— The U.S. Air Force announced today the Boeing 847 Stratojet has successfully accomplished the "toss bombing" manoeuvre for delivery of an atomic bomb. The announcement said this was "a revolutionary addition to
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  • 55 2 STRASBOURG, May 6. (Reuter) Sir James Hutchinson. British Conservative Member of Parliament. was today elected president of the sevenpower Western European Union's Assembly here. In his inaugural address. Sir James Hutchison expressed his pride and happiness at the honour bestowed on him "m recognition of Britain's sincere
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  • 29 2 DR. Namdi Azikiwe Prime Minister of the eastern region of Nigeria, arrived m Liverpool yesterday for talks aimed at obtaining Nigerian independence within the British Commonwealth 1959.
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  • 148 2 MOB STORMS LEGATION FOR THE HIRD TIME SAIGON. May 6 (UP) Hundreds of Chinese youths pushed through police lines today and swarmed into the Nationalist Chinese legation m the greatest violence thus far m South Vietnam m the Chinese citizenship dispute. Police and Chinese demonstrators scuffled m the streets outside
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  • 245 2 British MP's Have Faith In Merdeka KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. British membe Parliament were enthusiastic about the i<>rth C( independence for the Federation and were looking forward to further friendly ties between tail* and Malaya, said Clerk of the Federal Le ture, Mr. C. Fredericks, today. Returning from a four-month "familiarize
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  • 83 2 LONDON. May 6. (Reuter)— General Don Emilio Alaman. Spanish Deputy Chief of Stall and Director-General of Military Training, called at the British War Office here today for a general discussion and later lunched with Major General C.R- Price. Director of Military Intelligence. The Spanish general
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  • 27 2 EISENHOWER Doctrine Middle East envoy. James P. Richards, left Tunis yesterday for the capital of Morocco after two days of talks with Tunisian officials. U.P.
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  • 143 2 "Go Home,' Crowd Tells Voroshilov JAKARTA. May 6 (UpJ Anti-Communi.sv battiH with police and tore t-M Red signs at the state Da'vl to prote.U the arrival M Soviet President KlerJ Voroshilov today on official state visit. According to eye-vitnej a crowd of about 1.000 be 9 ripping down pictures 1
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  • 60 2 SYDNEY, May 6, (UP)-* Commander-in Chief of I United States Pacifir Fleet:, today the United States the British Common -> must remain so strong I enemy would attack the Speaking m romme: of Coral Sea Week. Felix Stump asserted the pc pies of these nations must!
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  • 102 2 HOLLYWOOD. May 6. (AP) Marilyn Monroe today was reported to have rejected because of pregnancy the role she's always wanted most io play. For months the blonde gla- mour queen has been rumoured expecting a baby- Both she and her husband, playwright Arthur Miller,
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  • 148 3 'WIFE SHUT ME UP IN BEDROOM' Husband Alleges iaPPINESS cane to clerk, Chang one month ge. Naggings, and fights made a nightmare. the High Court cd his pretty wife. a hairdresser i d grounds of ■ere married at 1951. They :rcn, two boys i the slleged i rwent at the
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  • 38 3 E Katong branch of the c- ipore I Front will 5 railed Satur lay, June I 9 p.m., at the Badminton ired by X-Ray Clvb 1 and the devet programme of, the X branch.
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  • 155 3 THE American Foundation for Overseas Blind hopes to offer scholarships to blind students m Malaya and Singapore m the near future. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Paul J. Langan, Councillor for Far East of the Foundation who arrived by P.A.A. for
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  • 189 3 Case Against Inspector Was A Conspiracy' Court Is Told A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. Davjd Marshall, submitted m a Colony court yesterday that the whole case against his client was a "well-planned conspiracy." He was referring to the case of F. Karim, an inspector m *> I^^** I the Army Depot
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  • 169 3 Colony Tagore Circle Honour The Poet's Birthday A TWO-PART programme m honour of Dr. Rabindranath Tagore's birthday will be given by the Singapore Tagore Circle at Victoria Memorial Hall, on May 9, at 9 p.m. The first -half of the programme will be an interpretation of the great poet's life
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  • 77 3 A DETECTIVE was passing by a Harbour Board godown when he saw a labourer removing a bottle of brandy. Inspector Lee Cheng Thim told a Singapore Court yesterday. Govindasamy Shunmugan, 26, pleaded guilty to two charges of breaking a wooden case with intent to
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  • 57 3 FOLLOWING the overwhelming success of the Malay picture "Pontianak" now showing at the Cathay Cinema, Singapore. Keris Films yesterday announced that production for a sequel, "The Revenge of Pontianak," will begin m a week's time. This film will feature the same "Pontianak" cast, and will again
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  • 396 3 Court Told Of Shots After A Wedding Feast PENANG, Mon. Special Constable Abdul Talib bin Haji Abbas, was charged m the Assize Court here today with the murder of Corporal Taib bin Haji Ahmad, at the Tactical Headquarters, Sungei Bakap, Province Wellesley, on Nov. 15 last.
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  • 195 3 H. M. Cy. S. Vijaya, of the Royal Ceylon Navy, which has been refitting at the Singapore Naval Base, will be "showing the flag" m Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang during the next fortnight. The ship will anchor m the Singapore Roads today. Tomorrow
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  • 68 3 PROFESSOR B. W. Purslow of the University of Malaya will speak on "the International Geophysical Year" at the luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at Cathay Hotel tomorrow. Prof. Purslow has been working on aspects of ionosphere research since he joined the university m 1952 as
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  • 39 3 THREE people were injured and removed to the General Hospital, Singapore, yesterday, when a car overturned m Chancery Lane They are: Chua Chew Hwa, 18, Choo Wee Leong, 16, and Tan Chew Lee, 18.
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  • 37 3 HONGKONG. Ma y 6, Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: 516.57 to £1 Sterling; $6.***** to U.S.SI; $1,840 to Malaya $1; $0,145 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $271,875 to a tael.
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  • 45 3 MR. ABISHEGAM, son of Mrs. K. Abishegam of Kuala Lumpur, was married last week to Miss Sarojini Abrams, daughter of Mr. J. J. Abrams of Singapore, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. More than 300 guests attended the reception at the Adelphi Grill Room. Standardpic
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  • 178 3 SINGAPORE rubber magnate. Mr. Ko Teck Kin. speaking at the Golden Jubilee dinner party of the Goh Loo Club on Sunday night, said that the club" was an established institution radiating "goodwill for all." For 50 years of its existence, the club stood
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  • 49 3 A 24-YEAR-OLD housewife, Sim Terk Choon, of Bukit Ho Swee. Singapore, was rescued from the sea off Clifford Pier, last night. She was saved by a Malay boatman who spotted Sim soon after she fell into the sea. Sim was later treated at the General Hospital.
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  • 166 3 SINGAPORE Legislative Assembly, like other new Parliaments m the British Commonwealth, was presented with a stone from the bombed Palace of Westminster m London. The gift symbolizing a link with the Mo her of Parliaments, is shaped m the form of a "Tudor Rose." It
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  • 64 3 TWO leading Buddhists of Singapore, who have been invited by the Thai Government *o participate m the Buddha Jayanti celebrations m Bangkok, were given a farewell lunch here on Sunday. The delegates are: Miss Pitt Chin Hui, President of the Singapore Regional Centre of the World
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  • 167 3 HOW many people are there m Singapore who answer to the surname of "Allison?" If you are one of them then you're m luck For a pleasant surprise awaits you on the opening day's screening of "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" at the Odeon Theatre, Singapore, later
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  • 22 3 TOTAL export of all grades of rubber from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya during April 'amounted to 76,039 tons.
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  • 22 3 THE Burmese Buddhist Temple at Kinta Road m Singapore, will hold Wesak Day celebrations for three days from May 13.
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  • 33 4 KOH Kirn Kwang. a driver employed by the Singapore Traction Company, was aquitted m a Singapore court yesterday on a charge of obstructing a policeman m the course of his duty.
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  • 151 4 *\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\W\V J MEET THE "darlings" of the shooting unit of J Columbia's "The Bridge 5 On The River Kwai,'» which has just been com- pleted m Colombo. From left to right: 0 Misses Ngamta Supha--2 hongs, 22, Kannikar Dowklre. 19. and Yvannart •rwwwwwwwwwwvwwwwwwww" Punyachoti, 24.
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  • 227 4 An Expert to train special branch men in S'pore Mr. Corridon gets the job for 5 years SINGAPORE Special! Branch Police officers will undergo specialised training under an expert. And the expert handpicked for the job is none other than Mr. R. B. Corridon, a Superintendent of Police with vast
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  • 172 4 Cook Own Food And Shun Hawkers Health Chief SINGAPORE'S hawkers are a menace to public health, City Health Officer, Dr. H. R. Morrison said yesterday, advising: people to cook their own food instead of relying on hawkers or foodshops. Unhygienic hawkers cause innumerable bowel diseases like diarrhoea. dysentery, worms and
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  • 98 4 Terrorists Attack Census Men IPOH. Mon.—The Fedderation's Adviser on aborigines. Mr. E. O. D. Noone and his census taking party and escort were fired at m deep jungle m Upper Perak last Friday while they were returning to base. Mr. Noone and party were travelling m a raft and going
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  • 67 4 15,000 Are Insured Against TB FIFTEEN thousand workers from 100 European firms have insured themselves against pulmonary tuberculosis. a senior spokesman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, told the Standard yesterday. The spokesman regretted that only six Chinese firms have joined the scheme. Fraser and Neave were the first to give
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  • 20 4 MR. RUN RUN SHAW left Singapore yesterday by air for Tokyo to attend the Asian Film Festival.
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  • 171 4 CALL TO RECOGNIZE NANYANG DEGREES NANYANG UNIVERSITY should set ud an InterUniversity Council to demand the recognition of Nanyang degrees, states an editorial m the "Solon Nantah." published by the English Society of the University. The editorial says: "We think it is now opportune to raise this question and to
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  • 125 4 A MOTORIST. Chia Cheng Kee, of Paya Lebar Road, was charged m a Singapore Traffic court yesterday with driving m a dangerous manner and sounding the horn unnecessarily. Lim Kian Lie. a tester, told the court he was m a car beside a zirl. Chong Siang Khen?.
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  • 76 4 GAX EXG SENG SCHOOL will celebrate its Founder's Day on May 18. A dinner will be held at the school premises ir Anson Road at 7.30 p.m. The sponsors of the dinner are the Gan Eng Seng School Parent-Teachers Association and the Old Boys Association. The hon.
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  • 26 4 THE Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Singapore, Mr. F. Sharp, has left the department under the Colony Government's Malayanization scheme, the Standard was told yesterday.
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  • 190 4 Arrest Of Driver Ordered MR. K.T. Alexander, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday ordered the arrest of a taxi driver. Choy Fook Seng, after an inquest into the death of a schoolboy, who was knocked down by his taxi, m Upper Serangoon Road on March 15. In returning a verdict of "death
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  • 55 4 NEW ZEALAND Commisrioner m Singapore, Mr. F. Shanahan, will leave for Bangkok tomorrow to attend a meeting of the Council Representatives of the SEATO. Mr. Shanahan, who will be accompanied by his wife, will also attend the 2,500 th anniversary of Buddha m Bangkok next
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  • 320 5 'ROVING AMBASSADOR' FLIES IN ON VISIT EiW PLAN WILL BE XPLAINED TODAY A PLAN to form a national organisation g 000 Singapore teachers and subsequent gjgomation with the World Confederation Organisations of the Teaching Profession has en mooted by the Confederation's roving nbassod'or,
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  • 48 5 A PAINTER, Ho Tan Chwee, was killed yesterday when he fell from a window m Middleton Hospital, Singapore. Ho was painting the hospital walls when he slipped and fell. Another man, Chua Keat Seng. 26. was found hanging m a house off Leonie Road.
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  • 42 5 NANYANG University students from the Commerce and Banking Faculty have formed a Commerce Society to promote cultural interest and student welfare. Under the advice of three professors, the society will hold frequent debates, seminars and discussions on arts.
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  • 82 5 FARELF boss gets War Office job Ahilin T BL Churchill, who has been m charge of nimstriiion GHQ FARELF for the past 20 months, of v,' s n -«Por P today for Britain to take up the post Offiif irtf 'rmaster-Ceneral to the Forces at the War of i/' is
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  • 117 5 lf\G\rOßE Statistics DeE'nt needs 300 Chinese Likin- enumerators for E« uork. Chief Statistician Be J. Philips told the SUnEd yfsti rdaj ■JV traisilf course l! started yesterday morning Various centres m the City ft i mm) enumerators taken V«o fir for the big
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  • 53 5 Firm Offers Scholarship I LEADING British c cc--:Tcred to engineering £,ran Singapore and the i of Malays every r Metropolitan-Vickers t will give r the selected tenable for two o free pas- tial expenses, bees a w« *.r>end of $88 ring tha two-year trair ing will be at the mpany's
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  • 42 5 Claims Trial To Modesty Count EAR-OLD sailor, B rsop yesterday ••■red trial m the Singarore R e's Court to a i criminal force W a woman, with intent to m ;e her modest y at the .urant, Nee Soon, I allowed $500
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  • 84 5 TWO Chinese girls, one from Kuala Lumpur and the other Aus-tralian-born, recently had degree! conferred on them by the Chancellor of the University of Melbourne! Australia, Mr. Justice Dean. The Malayan, Miss Loke Park Thong (left) received a Bachelor oi Music degree, and
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  • 206 5 PIRATE TAXIS: OWN ERS AND USERS ARE LIABLE Govt. proposal m new bill SINGAPORE Government is to tighten the law against pirate taxis. Under a bill to be introduced shortly, measures aacr c proposed which make a person who permits a private vehicle to be used as a taxi equally
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  • 86 5 RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGES FOR ENVOYS RECIPROCAL privileges and immunities are conferred on official representatives of certain Commonwealth Countries m Singapore under a bill to be presented to the Legislative Assembly soon. The privileges, already extended to consular officers of foreign countries, are to be accorded to representatives of Canada, Australia, New
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  • 131 5 BRIDEGROOM WITH A BAD MEMORY GETS A $600 JOLT JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. —A bridegroom, who failed to return some articles he borrowed from his match-maker friend, was today fined $600, m default four months' jail, for criminal breach of trust. Mariam binte Haji Isahak. a joget dancer, told the magistrate
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  • 58 5 A FORMER Singapore girl, Miss Pi-li Chang, will graduate from the Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va., m the United States on June 3. Miss Chang is the daughter of Mr. K. S. Chang, formerly with the Singapore Standard, and Mrs. Chang, who moved with their family to
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  • 177 5 A PRETTY Chinese girl Jumped into the sea to "drown herself and her worries," a Singapore court was told yesterday. Wong Joo Woh, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to end her life by jumping into the sea off Nicoll Highway
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  • 251 5 THE Superior of the Portuguese Catholic Mission for Singapore and Malacca. Reverend Father Manuel Teixeira, is the first Catholic priest m the Colony to regularly donate blood to the Blood Bank. Father Teixeira, who is 45, has made a total of 20 donations
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  • 104 5 AIR MARSHAL FOR AIRPORT OPENING AIR Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges, C-in-C British Far East Air Force is to attend the official opening on May 8 of Brunei's new civil airport. Six Venom jet fighter aircraft of No. 45 Squadron led by Squadron Commander Geoffrey Cooper will fly from the Federation
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  • 87 5 Man charged with raping girl, 11 A 23-YEAR-OLD unemployed Indian, Rajoo Krishna, of Kolam Ayer Lane was charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with abducting an 11-year-old girl, Valli Amma. at Chua Chu Kang Road on the night of Jan. 26. He was also charged with raping the girl at
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  • 28 5 FOO KANG HAI was acquitted m the Johore Bahru Sessions Court yesterday on a charge of cheating a woman of $5. The prosecution withdrew the charge
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 496 6 'THE motion adopted by the last session of the Singapore Legislative Assembly to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of corruption involving. Assemblymen and employees m Government and other public bodies, such as the City Council, is well timed. The people of Singapore have
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    • 446 6 TN these post-war years the passing of resolutions seems to be the popular pastime of political parties, trade unions and other bodies. This habit is indulged m by those wishing to let off steam and to show the world they are no longer dumb but have minds of
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  • London Letter
    • 376 6 British Business Men '"VHE real criticism of the English class-structure m this country," said a friend of mine, "is not that it is inegalitarian— which is inevitable but that its inequalities bear no relation to the country's economic needs. I read that the Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire has this week
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  • 1086 6  - Is Jordan rich enough to survive? H.A.R. Philby C SPOTLIGHT ON MIDDLE EAST j By AMMAN gEHIND the swift-mov-ing crisis m Jordan lurks a nagging questionmark of whether or not Jordan is economically strong enough to survive. Despite the uncertainties of the situation, there is ground for hope provided that
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    133 6 American ?M master Mr. Arthur E. >J merfietd 9 has nppafl ed a Stamp .-ir/riwfl Committee, compnM three philaltkM three artists and j Government puhki expert, to advitt Department on fl subject matter, d? {m production and ijfl of United $\P stamps. There has some criticism cent American
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  • 522 6  -  JOHN DAVY by HTHE essential defence of America is based on the conception that if yon have sufficient hydrogen bombs, "nd adequate means of <!Aivering them, you will never have to use them. It is based on something new m the philosophy of war the idea that no
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  • 560 6  - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA By r PHE greatest enemy of Malayan leaders and those who aspire to lead is their tongues. It has been the sad duty of this column on occasions to refresh the memory of the people by turning back the hands of the
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  • 113 7 DKOPPINCi into Panama m l demonstration of the U.S. air assault technique, paratroopers of the Second Battalion Combat Trr.m of the 32>th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, jump into the heart of the Panama iungle at Rio Hato I B. Air Force C-11M planes carried the troops
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  • 22 7 AURESS Shelley Winters f best beau, actor ranciosa. 28. were ion Saturday nigrit m son City, Nevada. hpr announced. AP
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  • 306 7 Her Only Food: Orange Juice With Ice TOKYO, May 6, (Reuter) A young Japanese woman mountaineer who was forced to lie out on a bleak mountainside m Central Japan with a broken leg for five days was rescued by Police today. The- mountaineer, Miss
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  • 45 7 MONTREAL. May 6 (Reuter) The Canadian director of the French Line, Mr. Georges Simon, said here that work would be^in later this year on a successor to its North Atlantic liner Normandie, which burned and capsized m New York years ago.
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  • 139 7 Tall Texan Bride Is No. 10 NEW YORK. May 6 (AP)— Thomas F. Manville Jr., 63, stooped and gray but sparkling of eye, took his 10th bride yesterday and married into a family of tall Texans. The tallest of the Texans was gorgeous blonde Patricia (Pat) Gaston, 27, who retired
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  • 246 7 Leaders Favour The Idea Of ResidentialVisitsToC wealth MELBOURNE, May 6, (Reuter) Senior members of the Government, including the Prime Minister, Mr. Menxies, supported today a suggestion that the Queen should regularly establish residence m Commonwealth countries, Melbourne Herald's Canberra correspondent 1 reported. He
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  • 123 7 Juvenile Crime Is Going Up WASHINGTON, May 6 (AP) American Senate investigators said yesterday that if the upward trend of juvenile delinquency m the U.S. continued unabated, more than one million children will be brought before the courts m 1965. The warning was sounded by the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Sub-committee
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  • 110 7 Governor In Trouble Over Thugs TEHERAN. May 6 (UP) Iranshahr Governor Ali Mobaraki was dismissed yesterday for alleged laxity m the prosecution of Dad Shah bandits who killed three Americans m March, a Gendarmerie spokesman said today. A cousin of the governor was also arrested for alleged links with the
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  • 33 7 A BABY girl with two heads was pronounced m "healthy condition" 124 hours after she was born on Sunday to a poor couple m suburban Pflsav CHw m the Philippine.— U.P.
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  • 194 7 MELBOURNE, May 6. (Reuter)— Firestrcak, Britain's new air-to-air guided missile tested at Woomera, was not likely to be adopted by the Royal Australian Air Force, the Herald's aviation writer said today, adding that an American missile was more likely to be adopted. He was
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  • 55 7 Cancer Claims A-Scientist ST. LOUIS. Missouri, May 6 (AP) Cancer claimed the life yesterday of Dr. Joseph W. Kennedy, 40, one of four scientists who discovered the element Plutonium, esseniial m making atomic bombs. Dr. Kennedy, chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Washington University m St. Louis, had been
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  • 44 7 PROVIDENCE. Rhode Island. May 6 (Renter) Marriage licences m Rhode Island will use the wording "prospective bride." Up to now, it has been "expectant bride." Mrs. Louise Stoddard, only woman member of the State Legislature, introduced the oill making the change.
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  • 127 7 One Way To Get A 'Confession' SAN FRANCISCO. May 6 (AP) A Catholic priest released six weeks ago by Chinese Communists after six years m prison told for the first time yesterday of brutal beatings that forced him to falsely confess he was an American spy. "I confessed, yes, I
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  • 230 7 The Quiet American' To Be Completed In June ROME, May 6 (UP) Hollywood's Joseph Mankiewitz turned Rome's wine-famed Frascati and Cinecitta into "little Vietnam" today. Mankiewitz organized a train and airlift from Paris to bring some 40 Vietnamese from Paris to provide the natural setting for his U551,500,000 film version
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  • 132 7 CANNES, May 6 (Reuter) The Soviet Deputy Culture Minister, Mr. Vladimir Sourine. chuckled aj the height of a caviare-and-vodka party which he gave at the Cannes Film Festival last night and said: "Surely this beats any- thing that, Hollywood can do." The party held
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  • 58 7 MOSCOW. May 6 (UP) The Soviet Government recently announced price reductions of vacuum cleaners, alarm clocks, baby food, perfumes and other consumer goods. The cuts, averaging about 20 per cent, and the latest m a series that began m 1947 and bring prices down to two and
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  • 29 7 COMMUNIST China, mixing propaganda with business, has started exporting a soft drink to Hongkong. The name: Red Star. Sellers report few calls for the bottled drink. A.P.
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  • 64 7 The Very, Very Young Dancers YOUNG ballroom dancers competed yesterday at the Empire Rooms, Tottenham Court Road. London, m an "Old Time Dancing* competition organized by the periodical "Dance News." Competitors aged from between eight and 16 travelled from all over the country to take part. Seen here are Victoria
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  • 206 7 Eren Flays Archbishop Makarios WASHINGTON, May 6 (UP) A Turkish spokesman said today the return of Archbishop Makarios to the political scene has "wihered" hope of a "just, peaceful and democratic solution" of the Cyprus dispute. The statement was made over a Washington Radio station by Nuri Eren, Director of
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  • 74 7 NEW YORK. May 6 (UP) Police were leaving a drug firm today after checking a burglary report when they heard the telephone ring m another room. Some one picked it up and said, "hello." Police entered the room with drawn guns and found Ramsey Gerena, 26. He
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    • 1157 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) ih »W THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE v SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carrier* option to proceed via other ports to lead and discharge car** (with liberty to proceed via Suex or Panama or Cape
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    • 600 8 EAST ASIATIC LINEi OUTWARDS Soiling* fot Bangkok ond/oi Fa. i tott Penorio p^- how "BOGOTA- 17 I -SELANDIA- 16/17 Moy IS/ISMoy j/!' 1 BANGKOK ONLY lk M HOMEWARDS Soiling* for Genoo. Antwerp. R otttr<te Homburg, Copenhagen. Gothenburg. Oil o JAVA" «6/i6 M fly U/1 J "LALANDIA" 17/17 May 18/ IBMa
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  • 272 9 Investment In C 'wealth Should Be Greater' I over i* r .f 6 of pvtornal capital piold for the Common,alth comes from Bri•The House of Com'n* WIS t° ld thLs when debate* a private mem--3J motion on the subf r t 0 the integration H development of Comonwealth natural re-
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  • 233 9 Output Of Cacao ay Rise B large proportion of H-^ure cacao trees m i and New Guinea hates that production ft o expected to nI substantially over rears, as ft plantings come I ill bearing, says an B;le m the Australian X al journal of ■A. :alian Exporters' B n.
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  • 50 9 A BIG deposit of iron ore has been discovered north of Thevenard, South Australia. Its total reserves are estimated at one million tons. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. will soon begin a large-scale search for iron ore over 6,000 square miles m North Queensland.
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  • 131 9 fghfghjfg o-,«,v0^ AYA had an unfavourable trade balance of $78,032,000 m the first quarter of this year, official I statistics revealed. In that period imports total $1,154,179,000 and exports, total $1,076,147,000. In the same quarter last year Malaya had a favourable balance: Imports were
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  • 85 9 Camera Can Be Used For Research AN Exnkta camera with many new accessories to meet the viost exacting requirements of amateurs. professional photographers, artists and scientists, is now m the Malayan market. It can be fitted with bellow attachments specially for micro-photography or it can also be fitted on to
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  • 33 9 TRANS-CANADA Airlines has exercised options to acquire 13 more prop-jet Viscount airliners and two more long-range Douglas DC. 8 turbo-jet aircraft with RollsRoyce Conway engines, it was announced m London.
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  • 375 9 Hay On Changes Of Rubber Industry THE vicissitudes of the Malayan industry are exemplified by Sir John Hay's report this morning to the shareholders of The Malacca Rubber Plantations. Recording a record crop ot over 10.000,000 lb. for 1956, Sir John says "this unequalled harvest produced m cash £21,500 less
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  • 109 9 Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying, T. T. 32|. OD.. 32}. 90 days airmail 33 credit bills. 33 1/16 trade bills. CANADA- buying. T. T. 31J OD. 31 3/8. 90 days airmail 31 11/16 credit bills. 312
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  • 290 9 Steel, Iron Castings For Mines In Malaya IRON and steel castings made by a Western Australian firm, Hadfields (W.A.) 1934 Ltd., of Perth, are exported for use m milling operations m mines m Malaya, New Guinea, South Africa and other countries. Research conducted by the firm into metal wear with
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  • 244 9 Britain's Economy Improves THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, said at a meeting of the National Production Advisory Council m London that he thought perhaps "we are today at a turning-point m our economic affairs m one important respect." He added: "Production has been about steady for two
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  • 33 9 FIRST shipments of parts for three prefabricated transit yieds and two cocoa sheds for the Tema Harbour Scheme m Ghana are expected to leave Gateshead, North East England, next month.
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  • 192 9 DESPITE quiet trading and a few irregular price movements there was a steadier sentiment m all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Hume Industries Ords. A7/9 AB-/3 cci Jackson Co. 1.52 1.52 cd M.
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  • 272 9 -TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON QUALITY CLAIMS AN 11 -man rubber mission, sponsored by the Rubber Trade Association of Japan, is due m Singapore on Saturday "to exchange views on imports and exports with local dealers/ It will comprise three groups, one representing importers m
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  • 47 9 MALAYAN rubber exports m the first four months thi? year totalled 317.272 tons against 316.294 tons m the same period of 1956, according to preliminary figures for April issued yesterday. In April exports totalled 76,039 tons, as compared with 81,194 tons m the previous month.
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  • 291 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: F. N. ords $2.40 overnight. Gammons $2.00 xd; Hammers $2.15; H. Waugh $1.85; Hongkong Bank $890; Hume pref. A2B/9; Jackson $1.55 cd; M. Colls. $1.01; McAlister $3.30; Robinson ords $1.78 overnight. $1.78 to $1.79 yesterday; Cold Storage $1.80 overnight, $I.Bl}
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  • 38 9 AUSTRALIAN production of most crops was higher m 1955-56 than m the previous 12 months. Oats, barley and wheat were respectively 72 per cent., 42 per cent, and 16 per cent, higher than m 1954-55.
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  • 34 9 THE total area of all crops grown m Australia m 1955-56 was 22.45 million acres as against 21.69 millions m the previous 12 months. AH the States increased their cropped area.
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  • 111 9 RUBBER closed barely steady m Singapore with International first grade May shipment at 881 cents per lb. 1£ cents below Friday. The market opened m the morning at 90 cents and soon began to slip as liquidation for May continued. At noon it stood at 89}
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  • 357 9 THE latest results of European research into the many and varied potential uses for organotin compounds have just been outlined to 750 American scientists by Mr. W. R. Lewis, Assistant Director of the Tin Research Institute of London. This occurred at a symposium on metal
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  • 119 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra, FOB. May/June $25* buyers, $26* sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40 sellers, m drums $44* sellers. Muntok white pepper April F. 0.8. $104 sellers Sarawak white $103 sellers, special Sarawak black $70. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER, BATB CO..
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  • 2191 10 Lay of the Bedchamber Scandal hjhfjhfgfhjfg •an affair of the liver that rocked the throne CHAPTER II Elizabeth Mo r |fl author of THE figl TOUR OF COMMONWEAIH traces the mom t J events m BuckinJ Palace of more fl a century of tl fl residence m I series on
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    • 319 10 TODAY'S QUOTATION: MBHHMHMRfIHHHHH associations, friend "Me »l<tw of nmciif ami FSlßffinXvT«l! Evening: rest and relax. quirk of eye."— CERVANTRS. Wmmom^Mmm^moMt^^^^ZZM Oct. 23 im>i»\\ kok every- Kirn i nil iWf \\7 1 iT%r^ 21 Be fi" arr|fi ONE: This Is a generally KH I' 1 jfla^^ii mi 'Aw career. serv.ee. constructive
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  • 87 11 Photo). CHICAGO: With the ring lights overhead looking like stars, close-up, middleweight champ GENE FULLMER takes a left hook from challenger RAY ROBINSON flush on the jaw m the fifth round of their scheduled J5round bout m Chicago Stadium, Fullmer was dethroned by
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  • 167 11 SPANISH THROW BANNED IN U.S. May G, (R<?uericaa Amateur X banned m I 'ho so-cal.cd e M ja.-e--originated by edo. of the Univer- Rico, until a its legality was tan of Field F last weeK tne problem was being tnken ud by the International Am.it cur Athletic Federation. which barred
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  • 228 11 JOHANNESBURG. May 5 (Reuter) The Secretary of the Transvaal Board of Boxing Control, Mr. C. Liebenberg, said here tonight' his board was satisfied that the Scotsborn Jimmy Elliott was a hundred per cent fit when he entered the ring for hi s fight
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  • 36 11 MELBOURNE, May 6 (Reuter) lan Craig (New South Wales) 21-year-old Test batsman, was today appointed captain of the Australian cricket team to tour South Africa. Neil Harvey, 28, (Victoria) was selected vice-captain.
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  • 37 11 WARSAW, May 5 (Reuter) —Poland scored a shock 1-0 victory over Hungary m a soccer International watched b y a crowd of 50,000 here today. Jankowski scored the winning goal m the third minute.
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  • 38 11 A MEETING will be held at the Girls' Sports Club Serangoon Road on Thursday at 5.30 p.m., for the c arke shield", Singapore netball League. Will those wishing to participate In the league, please send a representative.
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  • 95 11 Tears From A Champ JOHANNESBURG, May 6, (Reutcr) Pat McAteer. the British middleweight champion, broke down and wept when he heard of the death yesterday of Jimmy Elliott, his opponent m a title bout on Saturday. McAteer and his manager, Mr. Campbell, had arranged to go to a night club
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  • 82 11 PARIS, May 6 (AP)— Mervyn Rose of Australia on Sunday defeated Budge Patty of the U.S. 7-5. 6-3. 7-5. to win the men's singles title of the Paris international tennis championships. Rose had been seeded second and Patty first In the mixed doubles final. Marie-Odile Bouchet
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  • 54 11 COPENHAGEN, May 6 (AP) —Preston North End of England easily defeated a Copenhagen selection m a soccer match here on Sunday 3-1. The half-time scor c was 1-0 VIENNA, May 6 (AP) Austria narrowly won the 14th International soccer match with Sweden here on Sunday l-o. The
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  • 591 11  -  PETER WILSON 'Venomous back-biting m ruining Britain's chances* asks I WONDER why it is that of all the major sports, Britain has done worst m lawn tennis since the war v *X may only <»-incld€nce f but I wonder whether the often venomous back-biting
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  • 53 11 BARCELONA. Spain. May 6 (AP)— South Africa defeated Austria 5-0 on Sunday m a match to decide third and fourth place m the four-day international field hockey tournament. There were 10.000 spectators at the Las Cortes Stadium. The Netherlands won the tournament by defeating Spain 2-0
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  • 34 11 ATHENS, May 5 (Reuter)— Greece and Yugoslavia played a goalless draw here today m their group 7 World Soccer Cup preliminary qualifying match. The countries will meet again m Yugoslavia m November.
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  • 101 12 The fabulous Walter Lindrum, King of Billiards, "declared open the newly constructed biUiards recreation room of Mr. Aw Cheng Chye. Chairman of Haw Par Bros, m Pasir Panjang yesterday. In this picture above, the Maestro is seen demonstrating a shot to his host, Mr. Aw,
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  • 827 12 FOLLOWING are weights and probable starters for all seven races on Saturday (May 11), Ist day of the Selangor Turf Club May meeting:. Horses Class 4, Div. I— sV 2 Furs. 337 Blue Tanfo 4y 9.00 Blue and Green 00 Combine R. van B'kelen
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  • 119 12 r,Ol Bold Dragoon 6y 8.09 Miss Emilie Donnelly .37 Persian Count 4y 8.08 Mr. Lim Huck Aik and Dr. •jftc \i i Tan Cheng Long.. .Donnelly 306 Majul., 6y 8.06 Mr. T. V Mitchell DonnelW ;ii p H lot Itam 4^ 8 0 <{
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  • 156 12 Horses Class 5. t Div. I— Abt. 7 Furs. Siam Rice 9.00 M.irciano 8.1- Siapi Tahu 8.10 Honey Bee 8.10 Kingfold 8.09 Bi ff Hit 8.08 Prince David 8.07 Clear Vision 8.06 C>rene 8.03 Linjrfield 8.02 Horses Class 5. Div. 2— Abt. 7 Furs. Trow Hill
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  • 168 12 NORTHAMPTON, May 6 (Reuter) Northamptonshire, all out for 91 m their first innings m reply to the West Indies 328 for seven declared, had made 73 for three m their second knock by tea on the second day here. In Northamptonshire's first innings, Ramadhin
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  • 423 12  - Lindrum(I'llbe back')Gives Him Impressions On A Successful Tour LEONG HEW MENG By MR. WALTER LINDRUM, the greatest billiards player of all time, told the Standard yesterday that he would be bact for another tour of South East Asia and the Far East because of the tremendous enthusiasm shown by the
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  • 211 12 Services Player Dominate In Colony Team EIGHT Services players have been incline Colony XI for the Interport cricket match Hongkong here this weekend. They are G Tv is to captain the team, Alty, Bone, Goodwin L. King, Mallett and Rose. The remaining th 1 Sandosham, Delilkan and Kirkham TwTiMk Vellupillai.
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  • 109 12 KAJAXG, Mon. A brilliant spell of bowling by E Boyce, who at one stage took four wickets without conceding a single run. turned certain defeat into victory for Klang Club m their cricket friendly against Kajang Indo-Ceylonesp on the Town padang yesterday With only eight runs to
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  • 102 12 SERAXGOOX Rangers B P beat the Youth B.P. by 6-1 and the line-up were Serangoo-i ttangen players mentioned first: Singles: p.Y Lim lost to Er Choon Hian 15-9: 15-12 C. Chew beat Lim Hock Soon 15-4 15-9 \_co Cheng Sons beat Eric Choo 1; 7^\ 4 Lim Kirn
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  • 27 12 IPOH. Men. Defending champions, Ramblers Sports Club trounced Malays by 9-0 m a Senior Division soccer league match played on the water-logged' upper padan ff today.
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    • 195 12 Legalise The Bookmakers Sir —It is high time we had licensed bookmakers. The public want them. Every race-day literally hundreds of bookies operate at turf clubs and they cannot be stopped because the public aa c behind them. Let us face up to it. A large revenue is being lost
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  • 24 12 Pictures hv THIS is how they finished at Penang last Saturday 9^ ihft p pna Turf Club May Meetine. cnane Scoop
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  • 120 12 FAM Tea Against Colony KUALA U Mpur Selamjor's Abdul Gha? 'redeemed 1 himself-* days i match m Combined S«rvic« h? selected to lead the t tion attack against s£ m /u c s Wmensl match to be played at Besar n stadiu m On sl 5 FAM selectors nairn teen
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  • 63 12 MAXWELL Sport! Setia Jaya b y thre< one m a SAFA Di i match at Geylan; 'M yesterday. Ramlee. Kassim and m Buang scored -a while Madon nett( |9 In a Div. 2A ma Park. RAF Seletar 1 tern Sports Club by fl to two. In another ma
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    • 82 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League Div. 28. St. John's S.C i's S H.B. Police, Geylang; Div. 28. Singapore Cricket Club vs Alexandra Football Team, SCC; Div. 28. Singapore Recreation Club vs Customs S.C, SRC; Div. 3 A. Mount Emily S.C. vs Singapore Telephone Board S.C, Farrer Park. FRIENDLY: Indian Recreation Club v
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