Singapore Standard, 11 May 1957

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    30 1 Singapore Standard «iIGEO STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POLICE 2400 ?R it iH 3L FIRE BRIGADE 2811 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 Jviln* 11 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1957 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon BIG SEARCH FOR A 'LOST' FAMILY
    316 1 Wife And 3 Children Disappear With Gems By PETER WONG A SINGAPORE travelling x haberdasher has lost his family and he's desperately combing the island for them. Teng Hai Fan. of Lorong 27. Geylang, came home from his rounds on Sunday even, ing, and
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    Lock icon POLICE ROUND UP K.L. BURGLAR BAND
    324 1 Suspects Squeal On Others Kl\l LUMPUR, Fri. lire tonight arrestrd si\ r^nn^ m connection with t recent mure of hurclarin "hirh more than i.noo uonh of rash an 1 iperty were stolen. A police party from "B" division. Headquarters headed by Inche Mokhtar Marahakim,
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    Lock icon Army Takes Over Govt.
    30 1 Ar my Takes Over Govt. OGOTA. May 10 (UP). i assumed >1 the government .it according to ?.n ;nique. "nouncpment says bnard was ap•nent bent Gustavo Roi and the armed
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    Lock icon 'Master Spy Leaves UK'
    91 1 LONDON. May 10 (Reuter) Mr. Eugen Perianu, a Rumanian diplomatic attache m London, who has been expelled by the British government from the United Kingdom, left here by air today for Bucharest. He flew with his wife. Elena and his son and daughter, by way of
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    Lock icon Site For A New Capital
    57 1 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. May 10 (Reuten— The West Indies Federation has chosen a United States naval area seven miles from here as the site for its capital, it was announced here today. The area, 18 square miles on Trinidad's north-west peninsula, includes the partially
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    Lock icon 'LOVER' BANNED
    25 1 'LOVER BANNED ONE HUNDRED copies of the Japanese language version of D. H. Lawrence's novel. "Lady Chatterly's Lover," wore confiscated by Tokyo police yesterday.— AP.
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    Lock icon DANGER LIBS AHEAD, SAYS MONTY
    138 1 DANGER LIBS AHEAD, SAYS MONTY NEW YORK. May 10, (Reuter). —Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. Deputy Allied Supreme Commander m Europe, said tonight the startling success of the Soviet Union m the Middle East would go much further unless the Western Alliance quickly rame to its senses which it shows little
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    Lock icon 1st GOVERNOR
    21 1 QUEEN Elizabeth has appointed Lord Hailes to be the first governor-general and commander-in-chief of the West Indies Federation. Reuter
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    22 1 PRIME MINISTER Nobusuka Kishi and his ruling Liberal-Democrat party leaders have agreed to a reshuffle of the cabinet m July AP
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    Lock icon Old Venetian Ruler's Heart-in-Vase Find
    100 1 VENICE, May 10 (AP) A 300-year-old marble vase containing the heart of Doge Francesco Erizzo one of the famed princely rulers of Venice, was discovered yesterday durin r reconstruction work at St. Mark'sbasilica. The vase, elaborately carved with the life history of the Doge, was
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    Lock icon Heaviest Attacks On 3 Islands
    89 1 Heaviest Attacks On 3 Islands TAIPEH. May 10 (UP) Communist Chinese artillery units today launched one of their heaviest recent attacks on three Nationalist, Chinesehold islands m the Formosa Strait. A correspondent of the official Nationalist Chinese Central News Agency reported tonight that Nationalist garrisons on the islands of Little
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    Lock icon Labour Gains At Polls
    93 1 LONDON, May 10 (Reutef') A marked swing to the left m Britain's weeklong Municipal elections had by today given the Labour Party a total of over 261 net gains. Socialists have so far also captured control of 17 more local councils, but lost it m six
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    Lock icon 10 Yrs. As Governor, Still They Want Him
    161 1 HONGKONG. May 10 ißeu. ter) A delegation of three leading Chinese businessmen leaves here tomorrow for London to ask the Colonial Office to extend the terms of the Colony's governor. Sir Alexander Grantham, due to end m July. Sir Alexander, who has
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    Lock icon Sub Rescues Air Crew
    72 1 HONOLULU, May 10 (AP) The American submarine Bream rescued ten men from a raft early today after their U.S. Navy P2V patrol plane ditched m the Pacific 170 miles south-west of here. The downed crewmen were "all uninjured and m good condition," the submarine radioed. The
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    Lock icon BAN H-TESTS NOW – RUSSIA
    143 1 BAN H-TESTS NOW RUSSIA 3 Parliament Meet Mooted MOSCOW. May 10, (UP).— The Supreme Soviet resolved today to appeal directly to the American Congress and British Parliament for immediate cessation of nuclear test explosions. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged before Russia's parliament that the Western powers "consistently oppose and undermine
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    Lock icon EASY WIN
    18 1 RAJENDRA PRASAD was re-elected President of India today by an overwhelming majority over two rivals. UP
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    Lock icon 'FLU EPIDEMIC TAKES TURN FOR THE WORSE
    455 1 1,524 CASES IN 24 HOURS Schools To Remain Closed THE 'flu epidemic m Singapore and the Federation took a turn for the worse yesterday. In Singapore, Q. total of 1,524 'flu eases^were treated at the General Hospital, as against 1.480 m the previous
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    Lock icon 98,976 Are Stricken In Taipeh
    81 1 98,976 Are Stricken In Taipeh TAIPEH, May 10 (Reuten The Public Health Department announced today that 98.976 people m this city had boen stricken with influenza. It warned the population to take the greatest possible care. More than 1,000 Americans are reported to be among the victims. All lower and
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    Lock icon Lennox-Boyd Requests Prei-Talks Meeting
    154 1 TUNKUI FOR PRIVATE DISCUSSION LONDON, May«o, (Reuter)— Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaya's Chief Minister, who arrived here my air tonight from Kuala Lumpur will have an informal and private discussion to narrow morning with Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the British Colonial Secretary. A well-informed source said today that
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    33 1 THE motor vessel Charon was given a clean bill of health by a quarantine department doctor when she reached Fremantle yesterday from Singapore where there Is an Influenza epidemic. Reuter
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    Lock icon PRINCE CHARLES
    29 1 PRINCE CHARLES, who had an operation on Thursday for the removal of his tonsils and adenoids, has had a good night's sleeD. Buckingham Palar.p announced yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon No Fear Of Epidemic Spreading Across World
    160 1 LONDON. May 10 (UP)— Health authorities here said today it had been established that the epidemic of influenza m Pacific areas was a "mild form" and there was no reason to fear that it would develop into a worldwide epidemic. The authorities at
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    Lock icon Britain Will Have Nuclear Fuel For Export Overseas
    273 2 JOHN O'GROATS, Scotland, May 10 (Reutcr) Britain's first big "fast breeder* reactor now being completed on the stormy northern coast of Scotland will supply nuclear fuel not only for Britain's future power stations but also for export overseas, it was announced here
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    153 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prires (cents per Ih) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 89 89J Int June RSS No. 1 8^ 89? RSS No. 2 88} 88] RSS No. 3 87* 88 Tone: Quiet. The price of tin on the local market yesterday was $386 per picul, (Down
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    38 2 PREMIER Gu v Mollet said yesterday that the only regret he has about the Anglo-French invasion of the Suez Canai Zone last November is that he had to aeree to bring it to a halt A.P.
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    Lock icon A BREACH
    23 2 THE Soviet Union yesterday branded the Western European Common Market as a breach of the principle of international economic co-operation. Reuter
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    Lock icon Liner Arrives With Sick Passenger
    70 2 THE Lloyd Triestino line passenger vessel, Tostana, arrived m Singapore last night with a seriously ill passenger. The passenger, 26--year-old Italian Mario Fregonese. suffering from meningitis, was brought to Clifford Pier by launch with the ship's doctor m attenGence. A waiting ambulance rushed the patient
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    Lock icon 3,000 ON STRIKE
    34 2 ABOUT 3.000 labourers of the United River Transport Company m Bangkok whose job is to load goods for export from godowns to lighters went on strike yesterday for higher charges.- Reuter
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    Lock icon TRIP TO MOON
    25 2 A US. Army scientist has offered to send a missile to the moon within five years "if somebody will foot the bill."
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    Lock icon ASIA WANTS TO END MISERIE
    289 2 Reds Are Takin AdvantageDiem Tells U WASHINGTON, May 10 (R euteri Ngo Dinh Diem the President of VietnJ here today that colonial domination ha his people embittered and impatient. Addressing the National Press Club *on h day of his four-day state visit to Washingtr added
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    Lock icon PERSIAN BANDITS
    34 2 PERSIAN bandits alleged to have murr.ered three Americans m March have killed three Persian border policemen m the mountainous Niloh area of Persia, Pakistan Foreign Office sources said m Karachi yesterday.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Atomic Energy Agency
    382 2 U.S. URGED TO JOIN NEW WORLD ORGAN WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, said today that the proposed International Atomic Energy Agency to promote use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes "can help m moving toward control of nuclear weapons." Mr.
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    Lock icon Causes Of Tension Discussed
    80 2 JERUSALEM. Israel. May 10 (Reuter)— Mr. David BenGurion, the Israeli Prime Minister, and Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations Secretary-General today discussed "some of the underlying causes of tension" m the Middle East, a joint communique after their meeting said. Mr. Hammarskjold arrived here yesterday and
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    Lock icon UK Garrison To Quit Bermuda
    67 2 LONDON, May 10 (Reuter)— The British army garrison m Bermuda is to be withdrawn as from May 31 and will not be replaced, the War Office announced tonight. A statement added: "This decision has been necessitated by the reduction of the army strength and has
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    Lock icon BULLETS MISS US. PUBLISHER BY INCHES
    122 2 BULLETS MISS US. PUBLISHER BY INCHES BANGKOK, May 10 (UP) U.S. Publisher Gardner Cowles and his party narrowly escaped death or injury today when six bullets were fired at a U.S. embassy speedboat carrying the party on a sightseeing excursion. One bullet passed directly beneath a camp chair on which
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    Lock icon DICTATOR BOWS TO OPPOSITION
    153 2 BOGOTA, Colombia, May 10 (AP) Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was swept out of power today m a flood of opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, the business community and the people. Dictator Rojas turned over power to a military junta, amidst scenes of jubilation and shouts
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    Lock icon SPECIAL U.S. AID FOR MID-EAST
    95 2 WASHINGTON- v (Reutcr) Tnp has agreed toTenfe dollars worth of tary and econor number of M tries Mr. j am President Eisenh envoy, gaid tod ay I "Sr Charfl S. Who w, to Washmgton thi, wS a 15-nation Middle h* 1 sion to explain of
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    36 2 CAIRO. May 10 (APtrial of 16 ppor four Britons, on will reopen m Ca after a four-we*--ment. All 16 have b jail since last Aui with spying for I a view to over Egyptian Goverr
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    Lock icon British Ships to Use Canal
    35 2 LONDON, The Cabini have reached on allowing Briti use the Suez Cara threat of troublt froai of its own parliaporters. The nature will not be next week m 4 Commons.
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    Lock icon MCOLONY SECRETARY BEST OVERSEAS STUDENT
    218 3 MCOLONY SECRETARY BEST OVERSEAS STUDENT THI (IMinrtion of being I port meceMfW cindiIdatr m the final examinations of the Corporation of I s held m Decem- to a Sine, pore I Mr. Wee Keng I t thr annual riinnfr of P District So- orporatioa of I Lnirs held at the
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    Lock icon 'Cheerful Charlie' 64, Survived A Rhino Charge
    294 3  - 'Cheerful Charlie' 64, Survived A Rhino Charge CHAN SWAN BEE r STURDY little man, with a spring m his step, bright blue eyes ami a cheerful smile walked off a PAA piane at Paya Lebar airport yesterday. il who will Thursnself as rule." re yescalls, a il around American Florida
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    60 3 Meet Pretty Pam At The Airport If m trained children's Tha V Ll(( iind hostess, •f S short is the career IM I(I Mrs Pamela Join^'' .'^vo,, W ho has Paru,*'"^ I a former NS^I hnth m Liver»ncl •ro r kli W 1 POr .t' likrs livin fl IL 7/.
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    Lock icon Airman's Car Killed Woman
    37 3 Fit. Sgt. k Allsop, whose and killed lined $2(K and driving for Au Ah Wah, Couit tol Mid: "You 'mate to be "Serous driv- a more ser--.ot been has said ,1 would have
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    Lock icon UNION SECRETARY SENT TO JAIL
    166 3 Admits Using Funds SEREMBAN, Fri. Ng Huat Hong, secretary of the 600 strong Negri Sembilan branch of the National Union of Factory and General Workers today pleaded guilty before Sessions Court President, Inche Ali bin Hassan, to a charge of criminal breach of trust of
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    Lock icon Registrars Wife Dies
    71 3 KLANG. Fri. A lecturer m English of the Singapore Teachers' Training College, Mrs C. S B Devan. 31. died last night at trie Klanj Hospital after a short illness. She was the wife of Mr. C. S B. Devan. Registrar of the Singapore Teachers* Training College, and
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    Lock icon TENSION AT FRONT MEETING
    98 3 TENSION AT FRONT MEETING TENSION prevailed at the Labour Front branch at Bencoolen Street yesterday when the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy met a group of residents from Stamford to hear their grievances about housing. Mr. Jumabhoy arranged this meeting to hear complaints from the applicants
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    Lock icon 2 Bus Unions Seek Unity
    95 3 THE Singapore Bus Workers' Union and the Singapore Transport Employees' Union are negotiating for "co-opera-tion'" between them m order to present a stronger case m their present dispute with their employers A meeting was held at the Labour Ministry yesterday. The unions aacr c asking
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    16 3 MISS Phyllis P. L. Tan has been appointed secretary of the Bar Committee, Singapore.
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    Lock icon Ex-Farmer Is Honoured: First George Medal For Fed. Army
    231 3 Ex-Farmer Is Honoured: First George Medal For Fed. Army KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The first George Medal for the Federation Army has been awarded to Lance Corporal Abdul Rahman bin Awang of the 4th Battalion, Malay Regiment. A former farmer, L/Cpl. Abdul Rahman, 24. rescued seven soldiers from drowning m a
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    Lock icon We Are No Friends Of The Reds, Say 2.000 SHB Men
    246 3 We Are No Friends Of The Reds, Say 2.000 SHB Men TWO THOUSAND members of the Singapore Harbour Board Workers Union yesterday strongly refuted allegations that they were Communist sympathisers. Their general secretary, Mr. Jamit Singh, said that his Union was "working on legitimate trade union lines." At a meeting
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    Lock icon Gibbon Lands Boy In Court
    146 3 Gibbon Lands Boy In Court PENANG, Fri. A youth. Mahmoud bin Haji Akil, who brought a pet gibbon from Alor Star to Penang. found himself m the Magistrate's Court today. facing two charges under the Wild Animals and Birds Protection Ordinance. Mahmoud pleaded guilty to charges of taking a gibbonmawa
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    Lock icon A PUNCH CAUSED WOMAN'S DEATH
    215 3 A PUNCH CAUSED WOMAN'S DEATH A PUNCH by a young welder, Lav Ah Leng on a woman's stomach, caused her death. This was revealed to the Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing. at an inquest into the death of Yeo Poh Choo. 40. who died four hours after receiving the blow
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    Lock icon H.K. EXCHANGE
    36 3 HONGKONG, May 10. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $1672 to £1 Sterling $6.2925 to U.S.$l; $1,840 to Malaya $1; $0,143 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $274,875 to a tael.
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    22 3 A SINGAPORE motorist. H. A. Collins pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving m a traffic court yesterday.
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    19 3 MR. Donald Hugh Chapman has been appointed a District Judge for the Colony, it was announced yesterday.
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    Lock icon He Used $10,000 Of Mine And Took A Jap Bride, Alleges Wife
    324 4 He Used $10,000 Of Mine And Took A Jap Bride, Alleges Wife A HOUSEWIFE alleged m a Singapore Court yesterday that her husband went to live with a Japanese woman after taking her bank savings, amounting to $10,000 and leaving her penniless. Tan Theng Poh, a car dealer, appeared on
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    Lock icon Flowers For A Lovely Lady
    101 4 A TTRACTIVE Malay filmstar. Maria Mcnado, last night made her first personal appearance at the Cathay cinema where the Keris film, Pontianak. m which she plays the role of the vampire, is tow having a record screening. The actress sang two songs during the interval
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    Lock icon $17,500 DAMAGES AWARDED
    91 4 A WIDOW. Loh Yee Mui. was awarded damages totalling $17,500 by the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. John Whyatt. m the High Court yesterday. Her husband, Yee Seek Tong. a $300-a-month carpenter,, died m a motor accident at Clemenceau Avenue on Aug. 8. 1955. The action was brought
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    Lock icon Census Of Terrorist Strength, Too
    126 4 Census Of Terrorist Strength, Too KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The big census which is being conducted m the Federation, when completed, will also give an "accurate" reckoning of the number of Communist terrorists m the jungle. Mr. T. E. Smith. Superintendent of Census, said today. Mr. Smith agreed that several estimates
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    Lock icon NANYANG DEBATE
    29 4 THE Nanyang University English Society will hold a debate on "Higher Education After Malaya achieves Independence," at the Arts Faculty Hall, on May 17. at 7.30 p.m.
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    66 4 $1,621 FOR T.B HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Donations totalling $1,621 were received by the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital In April. Tho amount included $471 contributions through the "ton cents scheme" from 12 tin companies. Other donations Included $170 from Major Gerald Glover of London, $720 from proceeds of a cinema
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    Lock icon All Alone In The World, So Neighbours Bully Me, Says Widow
    270 4 All Alone In The World, So Neighbours Bully Me, Says Widow KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A widow facing a hurt charge today told Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani that because she was "all alone m the world," she was "bullied" by her neighbours. She had therefore struck a woman m retaliation. Pak
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    Lock icon END STRIKE, MINISTER TELLS PINE WORKERS
    159 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation government today urged the Lee Pineapple Canning Factory and workers who are members of the National Union of Factory and General Workers to resume production pending a decision on their dispute by the Commission of Inquiry. The Commission has
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    Lock icon $5,000 Bail In Abduction Case
    89 4 TAN ENG WHATT and Loh Moy Kian. who were remanded m police custody last week after being charged m a Singapore Court with abduction, were each granted $5,000 bail yesterday. Tan and Loh were alleged to have abducted a scrap^ iron dealer, Mr. Ng Hee
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    Lock icon INDUSTRIES APPLY FOR AID
    106 5 INDUSTRIES APPLY FOR AID THE Singapore Industrial Promotion Board has so far received 27 applications for financial and technical aid, manager of the Board, Mr. L. Cresson. told the Standard yesterday. Applications for loans ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, have come from existing industries. No application has b^eri received for
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    Lock icon Sandosham Named First Hall Master
    235 5 PROFESSOR A. A Sandnsham, Professor of Parasitology, University of Malaya, has been appointed first Master of Ring Edward VII Hall The appointment is a rare academic distinction. Prof. Sandosham a former student of the King Edward VII College of Medicine has also boon elected a
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    Lock icon Red Cross Works Throughout C'wealth
    98 5 Red Cross Works Throughout C' wealth THE British Red Cross Society's homes for crippled children m Singapore. Trinidad, and British Guiana illustrate well the widespread work of the society throughout the Commonwealth. This was said by the director of the Overseas Branches Department of Commonwealth countries of the British Red
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    Lock icon Yet Another Lecturer Quits
    247 5 Dr. Laird Will Sign Up With McGill University DR. MARSHALL Laird, Lecturer m Parasi t o I o g y at the University of Malaya, will resign at the end of this month. He will join McGill University m Montreal, Canada, as an Associate Professor of
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    Lock icon Labourer To Hang For Wife's Murder
    132 5 Labourer To Hang For Wife's Murder JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A labourer, Letchumanan, was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Hepworth for the murder of his wife, Natchamal, at the labour lines m Kuala Besar Estate on Jan. 13. Natchamal with stab wounds was found dead beside her sleeping two-week-old
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    Lock icon Fed. Goes Without A Chief Minister
    213 5 Fed. Goes Without A Chief Minister KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation will be without a Chief Minister until the Merdeka mission, which left yesterday, returns from London. A statement, detailing arrangements for discharging the functions of government during the absence of the constitutional delegation m London, made no mention of
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    39 5 THE Controller of Posts, Northern Division. Mr. V. L. Smith, has advised that with the re-openin^ of the Bayan Lepas Airport m Penang on May 13, mails would be despatched from Bayan Lepas Airport from that date.
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    Lock icon New Wage Pact Signed
    79 5 THE Standard Vacuum Oil Company of Singapore yesterday signed a new wage agreement with the Stanvac Employees Union providing for wage increases, additional leave and better medical facilities for its'2lo industrial workers m the Colony and Pulo Sebarok. Both company and union officials declined to disclose
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    81 5 THERE will be no delivery of letters or parcels on Tuesday (Wesak Day), which will be a Public Holiday, the Director of Posts, Singapore, announced yesterday. The General Post Office will. however, be open from 9 a.m. to noon. All other post offices and postal agencies will
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    Lock icon Results Of Baby Show
    93 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Following are the results of the Baby Show competition, held at the Johore English College hall, yesterday m conjunction with World Health Day. Group 1: Six months to one year: 1. Paul Boorman. 2. Patricia Natusch, 3. Chong Chuan Took. Group 2 One
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    Lock icon RAYA TEA PARTY
    36 5 THE Klang UMNO will hold a post-Hat i Raya tea party on Tuesday at the Dewan Melayu. More than 100 guests from all branches of the Klang UMNO division are expected to attend.
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    229 5 MCA Man Freed Of Trust Charge SECRETARY of the Kuala Lumpur Brr.nrh of the Malayan Chinese Association. Lim Fee Seong, was discharged by a Singapore Court yesterday because the Magistrate could' not make "head or tail" of the case. Lim was
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    130 5 A LAWYER'S clerk, Lim Kirn Huat. 29. told a Singapore court yesterday that he had been foolish and asked for another chance to make good. He said this after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $624.90 belonging to his employer.
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      488 6 'pHERE are still many Malayans who fondly imagine that, after the merdeka convulsions have subsided, the pattern of administration and of life will follow the same old way to which they have been used. But it will not be so. Pan-Malayan departments will become separate departments after
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      423 6 WHENEVER an epidemic hits this country the superstitious and gullible people have a field day m propagating the most outrageous rumours. In the 1918 influenza epidemic, which proved fatal to hundreds of Malayans of that time, false prophets foretold to ignorant people that the sea would dry
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      269 6 Sir Congratulations to Inche Ibrahim b. Haji Karim for his good, sincere and inspiring Hari Raya speech. He is a true Malayan. There are some peopl* such as 'Darah* this and what have you who have not reached the understanding that many races have made Malaya and Singapore
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      143 6 Sir The public of Bandar Penggaram should like to know what the town councillors have done for the betterment of the town. It is shocking to see many useless road signs erected for nobody's benefit. So far so good but they have done nothing to improve the roads,
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    505 6  - The News as ir Strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA By HY all this concern over the statement made by Federal Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, before he emplaned for the London Constitutional talks that the income tax department, among other Pan-Malayan bodies, will split with the dawn of Malaya's independence? He
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    373 6  - Paris Letter Nora Beloff Eiffel Boom r\NCE again. Paris m springtime is exercising its magical fascination on the outside world. But this year, m the polyglot processions of tourists ambling down the Champs Elysees, you are at least as likely to hear wails about Paris prices (my dear!... the hats:
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    52 7 Photo. Inah ot Kersia ana vueen both shoeless, the shrine of Imam Reza at Meshed, Persia, recently. It is reported that Soraya and the Shah are ntly m Zurich to consult Swiss medical specialists r possibility of the Queen producina a heir tn the
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    63 7 A-Tests: Safe To Carry On I WASHINGTON, May 10 U.S. Defence De- it has tld Congress of nu:lear lid continue at f I rate 40 to 50 rious danger ans from radioactive von m March I Frank H. Shelton, al director of the r>ecial Weai published a House Approibrommittee. member
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    214 7 The World Is Drawing Nearer Disarmament: Stassen HAVE A WATCHDOG BODY TILL CONTROL BOARD TAKES OVER' LONDON, May 10 (AP) American delegate Harold Stassen urged a United Nations committee yesterday to prepare for the time when the world would put down its arms by creating
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    108 7 MEXICO CITY. May 10, (AP)— Darryl F. Zanuck, producer of the movie "Island In The Sun," said yesterday he personally would indemnify any theatre that is penalized or fined for showing his film when it goes into general release next month. This was Zanuck's answer to
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    56 7 Japs Can Now 'Dial-i he-News' TOKYO. May 10 (AP) Seven of Tokyo's major newspapers will start a dial-the-news telephone service here today. Listeners within (dialling distance of Tokyo will be able to ring the newspaper numbers and get 90 seconds of tapererorded news stones. The news will be revised and
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    257 7 Don't Live In Fool's Paradise Tedder LONDON, May 10, (AP) —Lord Tedder, World War II RAF Chief, warned yesterday against Britain placing too much reliance on "mystic missiles or misguided projects" m its defence plans. Speaking during a House of Lords defence debate. Lord Tedder said that if these missiles
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    134 7 Missile To Defeat The Missile WASHINGTON. May 10 (AP) The U.S. Defence Department has rxpressed confidence that an antimissile missile will be developed to protect the United States against the intercontinental offensive missiles now being perfected. A House Appropriations Subcommittee got the assurances from officials at closed door hearings. Their
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    155 7 LONDON. May 10 The 5,675-ton Norwegian tanker "Sande-Fjorri" last night picked up all seven crew members of the ditched US. Air Force KC-97 strato-tanker and reported them "m excellent condition." The announcement of the rescue was made by U.S. Third Air Force
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    158 7 LONDON, Fri. This is what a man m a temper did to his ten-month-old stepson: 0 Fractured his skull. Broke both arms. Broke a leg. Smashed four ribs. The stepfather. Alan Chad- derton. 29. of Twelfthavenue, Abbeyhills. Oldham, Lanes, pleaded guilty at Manchester
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    160 7 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 10 (AP) The Japanese learned Chinese art from the Chinese and they do it better than we," says a Chinese artist and teacher from Hongkong who is visiting here. Mrs. Alice To Chen declared "the Chinese want always to keep things the
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    93 7 He Wooed A Swedish Princess TWENTY five yearold Robin DouglasHome, nephew of the Earl of Home, le&der of the Conservative Party m the British House of Lords, is photographed going from his car to the Berkeley Hotel. Piccadilly, London, last weekend. Mr. Douglas-Home, a London advertising agent, also plays the
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    201 7 BOGOTA. Colombia, May 10 (AP) Colombia's Roman Catholic Cardinal condemned police killings of demonstrators as bankers, businessmen and manufacturers stood fast yesterday m their paralysing strikes against Wednesday's re-election of President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Two huge demonstrations, one m the morning and the other
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    103 7 Moratorium On Death Penalty SACRAMENTO, California. May 10 (AP) The State Assembly voted 43 to 29 yesterday to declare a six-year moratorium on the death penalty m California with some exceptions. The bill now goes to the Senate. 'The legislation would spare the lives of men now m San Quentin's
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    140 7 Delicious, though 2 months old WASHINGTON, May 10 (AP) The U.S. Army served some Congress members and newsmen yesterday with a tasty luncheon made from food treated by atomic radiation to preserve it aga.nst spoilage. The food was two months old. A little earlier some of the newsmen sampled a
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    70 7 HONOLULU, May 10, (UP) A telephone call that a bomb had been planted on the Matson liner Lurline touched off a vain search of the ship 30 minutes after it sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco. Following the anonymous call, Matson officials here notified the
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    366 8 A gloomy record, says Mr. Ogle —and HE'S been there only 40 days IPOH. Fri.— Anderson School here has had 15 headmasters since Sept. 24, 1945 when the school was reopened after the war. And only three of these headmasters during this 12-year
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    96 8 No 70,000 jobless in Malacca MALACCA, Fri. The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Foo Teck Yen, today denied that there were more than 70.000 unemployed m Malacca as stated by Settlement Councillor Inche Hasnul bin Abdul Hadi m the Settlement Council yesterday. Mr. Foo s?.id there were only 800 unemoloycd
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    74 8 TELECOMS CHIEF FINED $75 FOR NEGLIGENCE MALACCA, Fri. The Assistant Controller of Telecommunications, T. E. Cameron, was today fined $75 by Magistrate Ramanatha Iyer, for negligent criving. Cameron, who pleaded guilty by letter, was stated to have run into a traffic island and smashed a lamp post at the junction
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    36 8 THE Johore Bahru branch of the Malayan Chinese Association have requested all members who have taken out National Certificates to register as voters m time for the Town Council elections later this year.
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    54 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. UMNO Headquarters here revealed today that the misunderstanding between the party's Penang division and its Dhoby Ghaut branch has been ironed out. The settlement was reached following the recent visit to Penang of the party's secre-tary-general, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, and publicity chief,
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    232 8 PARIT BUNTAR. Fri. I A man demonstrated to a startled Sessions Court today how a man equipped with the nor- mal quota of two hands could steal three fowls at one time. The demonstration I was given by Taib of Bagan
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    229 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Registrar of Societies today struck the Kuala Lumpur Squatters Association off the register because it was felt that the organization "is likely to be used for unlawful purposes and prejudicial to good order." The Government also refused registration to six
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    656 8 Preliminary census figures show a startling increase The big drift to Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.—Preliminary figures derived from the Malayawide census which is going on at full speed today indicate that the total population of the Federation is
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    114 8 SEREMBAN, Fri. Mr. Robert Singam, Labour member for Rahang Ward, said m the Town Council here last niqhi that he was at a loss to understand why rich people should be allowed to go scot free when they erect unauthorised' buildings. Mr. Sin^am was
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    46 8 MALACCA, Fri. A new secondary co educational school, costing about $200,000, will be built by the Church of England at Bukit Bahru shortly. The church also has plans to erect a new vicarage at the Banda Kabar end of the Malacca Club.
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    43 8 THE Kuala Lumpur Police reported yesterday that the Triang-Mengkuang Road, at the 102J Mile, was flooded to a depth of one foot with the water rising. The road was still passable to heavy traffic only at the time of the report.
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    71 9 DESIGNED by Prince Albert, this gilt table centre it one of the magnificent pieces of Royal Plate from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle J tchirh uere recently shoicn to the public at the Victoria nnd ilftrrt Museum, London, It is 30 inchen high nnd depicts models of four
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    1980 9 Attempts on the Queen's life YUGDFGFDHSDFHB B period between 1840* and the 1860s tish Royal Family through s o rr. c nes. The first :vas known as the m which ;'.ate of the o p]e was at times so even half-fart h;e minted. There as a pod deal of oppofrom
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    40 9 is they ucre used by Queen Victoria these "remnant*" of the royal properties ar b ?in s displayed m the sitting room of OSBORISE HOUSE, the famous J +**&iom near Cotces, Isle of Wight, where Queen Victoria died. J
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    62 9 Last Eastei by royal permission OSBORNE HOUSE was opened to the public who was given the chance to see Queen Victoria's owr\ rooms, including the bedroom (m picture above) where she died. The first public opening was sanctioned last year by Queen Elizabeth who declared that OSBORNE
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      351 9 ■■■I A. I j I iv^ TODAY'S QUOTATION "The difficulty m life is the choice."— George Moore. SATURDAY FOR EVERYONE: Be guarded against a tendency toward haste and complications m the morning. Keep busy and get things accomplished during the rest of the day and evening. BIRTHDAY AND BIRTHSIGN ARIES
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    80 10 ELECTRICAL heater elements are now being applied to the leading edges of the fin and tailplane units of the Bristol Britannia airliner as a safeguard against ice-forma-tion. Known as "Spraymat" the de-icing system consists of flame-sprayed me- tal elements sandwiched between layers of insulating material. In this
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    97 10 RUBBER closed quietly m Singapore yesterday with International first grade June shipment at 89 cents per lb., 1J cents below Thursday. At the close of the day's trading merchants were still anxiously waiting for developments on an industrial dispute reported m the U.SIt was
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    96 10 New Product For This Market RESEARCH by a British firm. Smith Nephew Ltd., has resulted m the development of a new product "Dilacol," which has recently been introduced m Malaya. "Dilacol" is a new formula for counteracting the common cold, it is claimed. It is said to be equally effective
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    22 10 A TRADE mission from Formosa held talks m Ventiane earlier this week to explore possibilities of increasing trade with Laos.
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    355 10 ALTHOUGH the rubber market cannot as yet be said to be active there has been a little more life m it this week and a rather better turnover than for some weeks past, says the report of Holiday, Cutler Bath Co. Ltd. i At the beginning
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    512 10 New Importance To U.K. I Lead ndustry LEAD, one of Britain's oldest industries, is suddenly acquiring a new and quickly growing importance. As Britain's atomic scientists representing perhaps the newest of her industries add daily to their country's contribution to world progress m industry, medicine and
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    120 10 U.S. Rubber Industry Sales May Top Record MR. CHESTER J. Nooman, a director and vice president of the United States Rubber Co., predicted m Pittsburgh that rubber industry sales will reach a record high this year. He also forecast a price increase. In a speech prepared for delivery at dedication
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    67 10 AFTER a survey of nearly 10.000 square miles of area m the Gangetic Basin, m West Bengal, an American oil company has started test drilling operations at a place about three miles from Burdwan. The Indian Government holds 25 per cent of the shares under
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    37 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T. or O.D. ready were: 30 7 8, Swiss Francs 1421, Belgian Francs *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    Lock icon Industrials And Rubbers Easier
    190 10 TRADING was restricted on the Malayan share market yesterday with industrials and rubbers generally easier, while tins were irregular. -J Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B B. Petrol 59/6 61/6 Con. Tin Smelt Ords. 33/9 34/9 Fraser Neave
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    136 10 New Stable Rayon Fibre Announced THE American Visclose Corporation announced m New York a new highstrength staple rayon fibre which it calls Avisco XI. The company said the yarns m the new staple are 70 per cent stronger when wet and 40 per cent stronger m the dry state than
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    68 10 WEST Germany let the field m the growth of its national product between 195n and 1955. the United Nations disclosed m New York. The West German national product, m constant prices, expanded about 60 per cent m the period and the growth pattern differed from that
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    60 10 A SHIPWRIGHT of Perth (Western Australia), Mr. R. E. Johanson, has invented a device to save time and costs m manufacturing lifeboats and similar vessels. This device is a tubular steel cradle which can be swung round m a full circle to give shipwrights easy
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    119 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices Der picul yesterday were Copra, FOB. May/June $25J buyers, $26i sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40£ sellers, m drums $44J sellers Muntok white pepper April F. 0.8. $108 sellers Sarawak white $107 sellers, special Sarawak black $73. COPKA HOLIDAY. CUTLER, BATH CO
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    161 10 RECORD SALES OF U.K. CARS IN US RECORD sales of British automobiles m the United States during the first two months I of this year were reported J by the British Automobile Manufacturers' Association. Although normally a slow selling period, the first two months of 1957 saw 6.396 British cars
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    150 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done yesterday: C.T.S. ords 34/3: Fed. Disp. $2 02J: F. N. ords $2.40 i, $2.40: G-.mmons $1.96 $1.95: M. Colls $1, $1.01: McAlister $3.40. $3.37*: M. Box $1 85: Robinson ords $1.80: Sime Darby $2.75: U.E. ords $9.80; Jacks $3.27£,
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    63 10 TOTAL imports of rubber, all grades, from all countries into Malaya during April amounted to 29,008 tons as shown by final documents received. The figure includes 14,111 tons imported on provisional permits m previous months for which final documents have been received and excludes some 18.855 tons
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    112 10 'Normal Condition Shortly' m Indonesia^ national trade OWIn 9 th c boj imports of Q J tlal consumer goods 1 only temporary'! The head of I mic section O f >C*m nesian Consul I m Singapore T -lJ Sutadiastra, ioV I the Standard y^S Hope He added no- I ing
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    119 10 £7. 5 Mil. Aircraft Exports BRITAIN'S air- export 0.-i I prorii; I in£j its total f I £24,237,625 ai o: nearly Cion r I ol exports. Aircraft and psr I for £13.858.995 of I exports. The United SUU L headed the list I overseas customei million worth ol I lowed
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      321 10 NOTICES F.W.D. TENDER NOTICE. will be receive from registered Contra c tors of Class 'D' and above a the State Engineer's Office Seremban, up to NOON of th< 20th MAY, 1957 for the con ctruction and completion o Accommodation for 23 Malayar Inf. Workshop m F.M.V.A.S.C Lines at Rasah Road,
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    291 12 Perak In Losing Battle For Malayan Tennis Title SEREMBAN, Fri. With two outright victories to their credit, Singapore are poised to retain the Chua Choon Leong tennis cup. In the challenge round now being played at the Sungei Ujong Club courts, the Colony are leading Perak by two matches to
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    124 12 SOCCER: Charity Match; Singapore vs. Federation, Jalan Besar Stadium. SAFA League: Div. 2A. Badan Kesenian vs. Gymkhana S.C., Geylang. Div. 2A. Police 'A" vs. Darul Afiah, Police De.pet, Div. 3A. Junior A. A. vs. Rajaji SC, Jalan Besar Stadium at 4 p.m., Div. 38. Kebenaran Club vs. X.M.L.,
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    141 12 F. E. A. F. TENNIS RESULTS THE two top seeded players will meet m the men's singles final of the Far East Air Forces Lawn Tennis championship at RAF Changi today, starting 3 o'clock. F/Lt. J. K. Jackson, seeded No. 1 from Hongkong, will have as his opponent Senior Technician
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    173 12 TWO big sporting events mark sports m the Colony today. At 11 a.m., the Colony's cricket team will take on Hongkong m the first of a two-day match at the SCC padang. Later, m the evening at 5.15 p.m. Singapore and the Federation of Malaya play
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    97 12 LONDON May 10. (Reutcr> Results of today's cricket matches were: At Lords. Kent beat Middlesex by an innings and 59 runs. Kent 34G for eight declared. Middlesex 108 and 179, Compton 53. At Cardiff. Lancashire beat Glamorgan by three wickets. Glamorgan 104 and Ifi7. Lancashire 171 and 101
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    23 12 PARIS. May 10 (Reutcr)— Singapore were granted affiliation to the International Fencing Federation at the Federation's congress, sitting here today.
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    366 12  - Fighting Lee Outpoints Tony Assan LEONG HEW MENG By IF EVER was a case needed to boxing and fighting: are two different commo^r* t different values attached to them, last bout at the Happy World stadium was the pej£ For m this bout we saw the full application of the
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    51 12 Bino-Blalay friendly match I Federation ;fl Stadium at 5.15 p.m. ed from the following:— j Soot Yew Chang. Cheng. Yee I Seng, Foo Hee J Beng. Quah K::i, Kirn Swcf. Lfong Choon eH Whey Ah Kuan, Art] Maswan I Hasan, Badin Mi, l-:r.;ul !m Dollah Yusoil, Daim, lUH
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    126 12 Time robs sailors of victory THE H.M. Ceylon S. Vijaya kept their winning record intact when they drew their farewell match against Johore Ceylonese at BaleMier Road yesterday. The men from Vijaya who had won all their matches auainst ships of the Royal Navy were unlucky because time did not
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    448 12 LONDON, Oxford, May 10 (Reuter) The West Indies dismissed Oxford University for 84 runs m their second innings to gain an easy innings and 90 run victory here today. Brisk hitting by Rohan Kanhai, Garfield Sobers and Collie Smith enabled the
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    37 12 THE frien visitii Fairer Park tod Thanabal, D rrm Moktee. samy, M. M Jong, B. Cor. Jaffar, Abd.il Kadir, G Ba krishnan, Yap Kenj? Chung. P. Mr. M. Sp.i Ceyl' lay a will 'kick, oil
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    408 13 SMALL PLAYERS CAN SUCCEED IN BASKETBALL IvHV YORK CITY, May 10. CHET FORTE, li nvhla I "nlvcrsity star who was named to the Alltrira basketball team, demonstrates that a perKpr doesn't need height to be successful on the W\ 'net stands onl> 5 feet 9 inches (about 1.7 ■V»o vet
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    16 13 In (Router) iod Chic vill mret -cond rour»d Euroip match 17. 18 and 19.
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    77 13 TORONTO, May 10, (AP) World-famed Austrian-born track coach Franz Stampel will head the coaching clinic at this year's Canadian Olympic training plan here m August. Stampers acceptance was announced on Thursday by Harry Price, vice president of the Canadian National Exhibition and chairman of the CNE's sports
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    239 13 NEW YORK. May 10 (AP) Cincinnati and Boston were within a half game of the top m their respective leagues »on Thursday following victories which stretched the Reds' winning streak to nine games and the Red Sox to four m a row. Don Hoak. the National League's leading hitter,
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    310 13 An Upset In Rome Tennis ROME. May 10.— Tiny 18--year-old Rosa Maria Reyes of Mexico scored an upset 6-3. 6-3 victory today over Darlene Hard of Montebeiio, Calif., m the women's singles of the Rome International tennis tournament. Mrs. Dorothy Knode of Forest Hills, N.V., advanced to ihe quarter-finals with
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    107 13 Braves vs Pandas The Highlight HIGHLIGHT of tomorrow's softball programme will be the return ball game between the champion Consulate Braves and Fred Eu's Pandas at 4 p.m. on the St. Joseph's Institution ground. In the first meeting. Braves dramatically eked out a 20--19 win m the vital seventh. To
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    24 13 LONDON. May 9. (Reuter) Ards beat Bangor by four goals to zero m an Irish League City Cup match at Bangor tonight.
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    207 13 LOCKE FAILS TO QUALIFY SOUTHPORT. Lancashire, May 9, (Renter) After a day of exhilarating golf m which the course record was broken twice, Ken Bousfield, the British Ryder Cup player, lei the field by three strokes with 36 holes to play m the Dunlop 90 holes professional golf tournament here
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    96 13 INDIANAPOLIS. May 10 (AP) Guiseppe Farina, former world auto racing champion from Italy, escaped injury on Thursday when his new American car skidded and spun into the infield on the southwest turn at the Indianapolis motor speedway. Farina was practising at 125 miles an hour for the 500-mile
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    65 13 CHICAGO. May 10 (UP> Gene Fullmer, former world middleweight champion, was signed yesterday for a return 10-round bout with Ralph (Tiger) Jones at Chicago Stadium, on June 7. In their first meeting at New York last April 20. Fullmer won a close 10-round decision. Fullmer was dethroned as
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    331 13 Stage Is Set For First InterCommunity Sports FOR the first time m the history of Colony sports, an Inter- Community Centres Sports meet will be held today at Fraser and Neave ground commencing at 2.30. me oraer 01 events lor the meet is as follows: The March Past of Competitors:
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    111 13 MELBOURNE. May 10 (Reuter) A fight between the West African, Attu Clottey and George Barnes for the Empire welterweight title is tipped for next month, Sydney Morning Herald boxing writer reported. He quoted a -prominent member" of Stadiums Limited saying both boxers were likely to
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    109 13 MELBOURNE. May 10 (Reuter). Wendy Marshall, widow of the late world champion swimmer John Marshall, will visit the United States this month to keep a promise she and John made some months before his death. Friends of her late husband at Yale, have started a fund
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    358 14 But keep an eye on Safe Venture says WINDSOR LAD WINGED WARRIOR has made further progress since his splendid maiden win at Bukit Timah, and with three pounds less to carry m this 5) furlongs sprint for Class 4 Division 1 horses, he may
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    460 14 Start The Day With Wedding Waltz RACE ONE Wedding Waltz, who gave two good accounts of herself at Ipoh, should land the spoils here. This Agincourt mare is retaining her evergreen form. She won cleverly over the six. beating Siam Rice and then fought out a keen duel with the
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    481 14 The 'Belle' May Do It At Last RACE THREE IN a very open race in which half the field has good claims, I am giving Devon Belle a chance to score her long overdue win. The "Belle" gave a creditable account in her only race at Bukit Timah last month,
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    1113 14 RACE 1: 2.30 p.m.— Horses Class 5, Div. 1— 5y 2 Furs. 1. 712 Wedding Waltz 5y 9.07 K!nta Valley Stable Sleigh Sleigh 2. 535 Fresh Mystery 4y 8.13 M s. Leong Ah Kow and Mdm. Wong Hup Thye R. van Bkelen Barratt 3 339 Balkan Chevalier 4y
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    256 14 RACE SEVEN Pack Of Gold put up a sparkling display at Bukit Timah when she whipped a Division One field over the six furlongs. She came through with a well-timed run to clinch a neck decision from Gala Premiere She gets one pound more
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    192 14 Windsor Lad Scrutineer The Spectre r.. *ranrj, 1 WEDDING WALTZ BALKAN CHEVALIER MICKEY MOUSE k7\7~~ s> 1 Mirkey Mouse Fresh .Mystery Wedding Waltz n Hr\ Balkan Chevalier Wedding Waltz Glittering iV, l z v"i X I.Wc r j MAJI LA PULOT ITAM M \JI LA mTTTTT 2 Persian
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    87 14 THE TRACK for this afternoon's races at Kuala Lumpur will probably be yielding at the best. Best outsider Best longshot at K.L. today is Good Returns m Race 7. Pleasure Park m the sixth race should make a sound each-way bet. Big Sweep The Big Sweep will be
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    258 14 Bright Sun can outshine the opposition 1 RACE FIVE J BRIGHT SUN Is my choice m the seven furl™, for Class Four. Division Two performers Th P five-year-old by Black Rock showed gailoDine winning over the Bukit Timah mile last rnon'h y There was plenty of merit In Bright Suns
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