Singapore Standard, 22 May 1957

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    27 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines! 2400 it m i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 HGJ SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon 15m CARGO OF RUBBER TO RUSSIA
    55 1 I Red Skips Singopore mi consignment X ;>>ia t.s being th,- freighter i purr. rday that pick up bend I ns cf OV ny and t. Penang re further tlvitj in tni trawI en route to Kahningbunkers rawStandard \U remain till the arrival bin,
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    Lock icon 'TUBE GIRL' CHARMS HOSPITAL
    45 1 'TUBE GIRL' CHARMS HOSPITAL INDBI U KOTH -1 "She charming r 'rv f St. if ter n G ••ir.dam- 5 enthurythlng ib ut what r ind eyen tlimate!" till :n the I 3 before treatn r._ X-Rays supporters i he is being .cr and is
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    Lock icon Archie, The Dummy, Lost
    49 1 May 21 (Reuter) king dxaam-t is c m Sydney. is Ar An- I oquist E I V. and rauio I insured for in a suitcase a taxi which 1 m his Bondi |to the AB C studios in t" v try- o taxi late today.
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    Lock icon THE MAIN NEWS AT A GLANCE
    93 1 THE MAIN NEWS AT A GLANCE FRANCE WANTS NEW TALKS ON SUEZ... page 7. m DEFENCE LAWYER CRITICIZES POLICE w METHODS page 5. KELANTAN CRAFTSMEN WORK ON ROYAL REGALIA page 1. DEPUTATION SEES MINISTERS TO AMEND w EDUCATION BILL page 5. UMNO-MCA DECISION ON MALAY UNION ACTION page 4. 'FLU
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    Lock icon I'm Pleased With Outcome—TUNKU
    361 1 I'm Pleased With Out come—TUNKU LONDON TALKS END: LONDON, May 21 (Reuter) Britain and Malaya today agreed on final details of a constitution for an independent Malayan Federation, authoritative sources said. The agreement was reached at a final plenary session today of the Anglo-Malayan Constitutional Talks, begun hero on May
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    83 1 From ANDREW ROTH LONDON. May 21 The Tunku has apparently finally decided Dato Nik Kamil will be Malaya's first High Commlssloner in Britain after all, according to a delegation source. This decision made originally some months ago was suspended by the Tunku for a while because
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    94 1 LONDON*. Wed— The subject still to be redrafted is tint specifying the right of Commonwealth citizen-, in Malaya.. I am authoritatively informed, cables Andrew Roth. There is also an agreement in general that British subjects before Merdeka retain their status but this is still to be put
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    Lock icon BIG BRITISH STRIKE OVER
    51 1 LONDON, May 21 (UP) Leaders of more than 3,000,000 British engineering workers today voted to accept an employers otter of 11 shillings a week extra basic pay and a one-year wage freeze Informed sources said this virtually settles' the one-year-old dispute in Britain's strike riddled engineering
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    108 1 A SINGAPORE schoolboy had the finger-tips of both hands blown off while carrying out an experiment with gunpowder at his home in Strathmore Avenue off Alexandra Road last night. He was admitted to hospital suffering from severe burns. His condition is not serious. The boy, Chee
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    Lock icon 3 TOP POLISH REDS EXPELLED
    56 1 WARSAW, May 21 (Reuter) Three top Polish Communists have been expelled from the party for failing to supervise the activities of the old Ministry of Public Security. They are Jacob Berman, a former vice-premier, Stanislaw Radkiewicz, one-time Minister of Public Security, and Mieczy Slaw Mietkowski,
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    32 1 THE United States Navy was given the green light yesterday by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee to start building a 300 million dollar (.106.800,000 sterling) nu-clear-oowered aircraft carrier. Reuter
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    Lock icon Young Lovers In Park Warned
    137 1 Jail For Indecency MALACCA. Tues— Mr. F. J Roach, the C.I.D. chief, today warned teenage lovers at the Coronation Park that it was a serious ofTence to commit an indecent act in public. The maximum penalty is three months' Jail or a fine or both,
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    Lock icon 'FLU IN FEDERATION: SIX DEAD, 121,000 HIT
    365 1 'FLU IN FEDERATION: SIX DEAD, 12 1,000 HIT DOCTORS REPORT FOUR MORE VICTIMS IN KEDAH AND PENANG -ALL CHILDREN 21,000 NEW CASES YESTERDAY ALONE THE TUT EPIDEMIC IN THE FEDERATION HAS CLAIMED FOUR MORE DEATHS. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL OF DEATHS FROM 'FLU IN THE FEDERATION TO SIX. All four
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    Lock icon NAKED BODY FOUND
    86 1 NAKED BODY FOUND A SINGAPORE coffee-seller who refused to pay extortion money to a secret society, was found dead yesterday. His naked, decomposed body was recovered from the swamp off Tampenis Road. Police suspect that he was murdered. Owing to the decomposition of the body, no marks of violence have
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    Lock icon 32 DIE IN KILLER STORM
    52 1 KANSAS CITY, Missouri. May 21 (AP) A vicious tornado which smashed across the south edge of Kansas City at dusk last night left a grim trail of death and destruction. Rescue workers toiled through the night and counted 32 dead. At least 200 more were
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    Lock icon JETS COLLIDE
    32 1 TWO Japanese Air Force F-86 jet fighters crashed yesterday when one of the pilots was killed while the other parachuted to safety. the Japanese self-defence headquarters announced last night UP
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    Lock icon STATE REGALIA FOR PARAMOUNT RULER
    277 1  -  SHARIFF AHMAD Kelantan Craftsmen Working On New Royal Costumes By KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation government has placed an order with leading Malay songkit weavers and silversmiths in Kelantan for the supply of costumes and regalia of state for the Yang Di-Pertuan Besar Agong, independent
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    Lock icon Thugs Stab Widow, Escape With $7,000 Loot
    222 1 Thugs Stab Widow, Escape With $7,000 Loot A FLU-stricken widov/ was stabbed when she struggled with a hold-up gang in a vain bid to save her cash and jewellery worth 57,000 in a house in Valley Road, Singapore, yesterday. The widow. Madam Chua Mvi, 48, and her attractive daughter-in-law, Mrs.
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    29 1 EGYPT yesterday officially otcered a 1! ships approaching the Suez Cana! from the Red Sea to hoist their flags so the nationality can be easily recognized.- AP
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    157 1 Soekarno Djuanda Heading For A Split JAKARTA, May 21 (UP)— President Soekarno is pressing Prime Minister Djuanda to take a "get tough" policy toward the rebellious outer islands, political sources said today. These sources predicted that such tactics were "extremely danserous" and could lead to a serious clash between the
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    37 1 MANILA'S influenza epidemic gained momentum yestercay as City Health Officer. Dr. Mariano Icasiano, reported that the total fatalities directly attributable to the disease reached 31 and the number of known cases rose to 54.000. AP
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    49 1 A- ENERGY IN BURMA BY '65 TOKYO, May 21 (AP) Burma hopes to have its first research reactor by 1960 and to be generating nuclear power by perhaps 1965. Dr. Hla Nyunt, Deputy Director of Burma's Atomic Energy Centre, said his nation Is now concentrating on "training and prospecting."
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    Lock icon ATOM TOWN MEET
    29 1 WORKERS at the Soviet Atom town of Dubna, near Moscow, held a mass meeting yesterday to demand the prohibition" of nuclear weapons, Moscow Radio reDorted. Reuter
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    20 1 ITALY'S first one-party government in four years was sworn into office last night by President Giovanni Gronchi.— AP
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    154 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 901 91 Int June R.S.S. No. 1 91 911 R.S.S. No. 2 89f 90* i R.S.S. No. 3 88} 89i Tone: Inactive. The price of tin on the local market yesterday was $384 per picul
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    Lock icon 92 Insurgents Knocked Out
    33 2 ALGIERS, May 21 (Reuter) Security forces killed, wounded or captured 92 insurgents in two battles in eastern Algiers in the past 24 hours, according to reports received here today.
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    349 2 LATEST MOVE IN SOVIET PEACE OFFENSIVE Let's Have Bilateral Talks, He Urges French Premier MOSCOW, May 21 (AP) Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin yesterday proposed bilateral Soviet-French negotiations as a preliminary step to new big power disarmament talks. The proposal was contained in a 4,000-word letter to
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    184 2 BAGHDAD. Iraq. May 21 (UP) Arab League Secretary-General Abdel Khalek Hassouna today called on Israel to accept the 1947 U.N. partition plan as the first step in a general settlement of the Palestine problem. It was the first time any responsible Arab leacer had
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    Lock icon Thousands Cheer The Queen
    142 2 Thousands Cheer The Queen COPENHAGEN. May 21 (Reuter)— Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip landed here today to the cheers of thousands of Danes to begin a colourful three-day state visit. The sky was grey and the wind cool but the Queen wearing a warm blue dress carried her coat over
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    Lock icon VISIT TO SWEDEN
    29 2 QUEEN Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands arrived in Stockholm yesterday in the cruiser, De Zeven Provincien on a three-day official visit to Sweden. Reuter.
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    22 2 MR. Nobusuke Kishi. Japan's Prime Minister, flew into Rangoon yesterday to start a twoweek tour of South-east Asia. Reuter.
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    87 2 PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti. May 21 (AP)— The Army took over the government of this republic today "to save the nation from anarchy." A proclamation signed by Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave. Haiti's army chief, said the military rule would be enforced only until a provisional
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    Lock icon Women Man The Pumps At Fires
    116 2 Women Man The Pumps At Fires STUTTGART, West Germany, May 21 (Reuter)— When the fire alarm goes in the village of Doernach (population 320) near here, women dash to the pumps and hoses. A women's volunteer Are brigade ha> been formed as, during the day. there is usually only one
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    Lock icon Robbed Kiosk Of On Gallon Petrol: Jailed
    215 2 A LABOURER. Ang Thong Kiat. 27. was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore Court to three months jail tor robbing a petrol kiosk of one gi petrol. On another charge of to stop at a road block, he was fined $100, in default one
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    21 2 nister ha cial nev today. He ws Pljaku. -neiJ of a »h| ■.I En vers 11 state po
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    15 2 -a fair;- I quake rockc I yesterc. sted for a f.vrtoßfcifl I -UP. 1
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    129 2 LOCAL LAW DEGREE BA COUNCIL GIVES NO THE Singapore Bar Council has agreed that a Bachelor of Law degree conferred by the University of Malaya should constitute a professional qualification for the practice of law in Singapore. Professor L. Sheridan. head of the University's Law Faculty, in revealing this yesterday,
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    Lock icon Taken for a ride and robbe
    116 2 A CONTRACTOR. Shikh Shakib bin Daud. told a Singapore court yesterday that he was taken for a ride and then robbed by the driver. In the dock was the driver, V. Elappan. 28. He was tentatively charged with rob- bing Shikh Shakib of his
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      81 2 I Tour jf CP A CIA wl I 1 I I*, v V I H -v pw Mr. Mousedeer. 'a popular hero of v, Malay fables, tells us that many \v years ago the wild boar used to be A the proud possessor of a pointed nose. Escaping from a
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    Lock icon 'A JOLLY GOOD IDEA IF IT'S OPEN TO ALL'
    446 3 'A JOLLY GOOD IDEA IF IT'S OPEN TO ALL' Local Reaction To That $1% Mil. Hospital POLITICAL and trade unions leaders in Singapore yesterday received with "mixed feelings" the announcement that the British European Association proposed to build a $1,750,000 hospital for use by Europeans and others leading or accepting
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    11 3 AN Artist's impression of the hospital.
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    Lock icon Eleven Bills (Eight For 2nd Reading) For Legislative Assembly Today
    353 3 EIGHT BILLS down for their second reading and three introduced for the first time, will take up the major part of today's proceedings at the Singapore Legislative Assembly. i The Singapore Military Forces (Amendment) Bill, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve
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    53 3 THE LEGISLATIVE Assembly today will meet without two of its most prominent figures Mr. David Marshall and Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Both resigned from their seats following their challenge to contest a byelection. Mr. Lee is now re-con-testing his scat in Tanjong Paear while Mr. Marshall
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    Lock icon 'There Are Just NO Local Men'
    229 3 'There Are Just NO Local Men' That New Expat At Pay a Lebar THE appointment of Mr. K. M. Barclay as Chief Operations Officer did not off-set the Malayanization plan of the technical services of the International Airport, the Permanent Secretary for Communication and Works. Mr. P R. Lewis, talc,
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    Lock icon Thugs Rob Woman Of $250 Jewels
    88 3 A SINGAPORE housewife. BongSU binte Ismail, was held up al dagger point and robbed her of jewellery worth $250 m her home et Trafalgar Street, at dawn yesterday. The woman told the Police that she wag awakened by a stranger standing by her bedlide
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    Lock icon NEW CASTLE'S 600 MEN AIRLIFTED
    119 3 THE Royal Navy cruiser Newcastle attached to the Far East Station is being recommissioned in Singapore. The ship', complement of over 500 ...Ti ers and rat inns have been air. if led from Britain. An Admiralty spokesman told the Standard yesterday that Captain Gordon Lennox
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    Lock icon Compensation For Those Retrenched Now Ready
    215 3 GENERAL MANAGER of the Dunlop Rubber Purchasing Company, Singapore. Mr. J. E. Cogswell, yesterday said that workers who were retrenched last week could collect their compensation from the Company's oflice any day during working hours. In a statement Mr. Cogswell said: "Cash compensation of
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    Lock icon ORCHID THIEVES AT IT AGAIN
    54 3 ORCHID thieves struck again on Monday night and stole 20 plants worth about $700 from a garden in Swettenham Koad. The plants belonged to Mr. R. Scott of the Straits Times Press. A few days earlier, Colony Assemblyman Mr. John Ede's garden was raided and
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    Lock icon SYED ALHABSHI FOR MANILA
    51 3 SYED HARUN ALHABSHI. a committee member of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, will attend the third National Muslim Filipino Conference in Manila on May 26. Syed Harun told the Standard yesterday that he was attending the Conference on the invitation of the Muslim Association of the
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    52 4 Picture by MR. NEO HOCK LENG. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Neo Soon How and his bride, the former Miss Nellie Ching Kirn Neo, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ching Kok Guan. who were married in Singapore on Sunday The bridetrroom i s a well-known Singapore footballer.- Wee
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    Lock icon WITHDRAW CAIRNHILL CANDIDATE OR QUIT ALLIANCE
    523 4 WITHDRAW CAIRNHILL CANDIDATE OR QUIT ALLIANCE UMNO-MCA TELL MALAY UNION: THE United Malays National Organization and the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday called upon the Singapore Malay Union either to withdraw its candidate, Tunku Muda Mohamed bin Mahmood, from contesting the by-election at Cairnhill or quit the triple Alliance. This decision
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    Lock icon 4 YEARS FOR STABBING HIS MISTRESS
    122 4 4 YEARS FOR STABBING HIS MISTRESS WILLIAM ANDRADRY, a i river, who stabbed his mistress five times when she rejected his advances, was yesterday sentenced m a Singapore Assize Court to four years' imprisonment. He was convicted on a charge of causing grievous hurt to his mistress. Tav Vat Neo.
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    Lock icon Needless Toots Cost Driver $30
    120 4 Needless Toots Cost Driver $30 HAROX bin Haji Sidek was! yesterday fined $30 in a Singapore Traffic court on two charges of sounding his horn unnecessarily and failing to produce his driving licence when asked to do so by a Police Officer. X Singh of the mobile pel: c squad,
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    110 4 FIVE junior officers of the Singapore City Council will undergo a training course at the Outward Bound School at Lumut in Perak from June 8 to July 2. The training Is expected to develop in them the qualities of courage, confidence. initiative and perseverance
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    38 4 HONGKONG. May 21 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: 51 6.74 to £1 Sterling $6.2575 to U.S.$l; $1,838 to Malaya $1; $0,128 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $276 125 to a tael.
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    Lock icon 'CAN'T BE DONE,' SAY DEALERS
    149 4 'CAN'T BE DONE,' SAY DEALERS MORE than 400 Singapore second-hand goods dealers yesterday appealed to the Government to abolish a provision in the Second Hand Dealers I Ordinance requiring them to I keep a serial number for every purchase and sale. In a letter to the Assistant Minister to the
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    Lock icon LEE ASKS KOH TO DEFINE HIS STAND
    219 4 MR. LEE KUAN YEW yesterday called upon his opponent, Mr. C. H. Koh, to declare publicly his stand in the coming Tanjong Pagar by-election. Mr. Lee said the voters of Tanjong Pagar had the right to know what Mr. Koh stood for arid
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    76 4 A SINGAPORE journalist, David Tambyah. was fined a total of $150 in a Colony Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to three income-tax charges. The Court was told he failed to furnish returns of his income for 1953, 1954 and 1955. Seven other people, who pleaded guilty
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    Lock icon HE FEARS 'FLU EPIDEMIC MAY SPREAD TO R.I.
    200 4 Top Health Official Seeks Preventive Measures A TOP Indonesian Health Ministry official arrived in Singapore yesterday to study the influenza epidemic in the Colony and the Federation to find measures to prevent it from spreading to his country. Dr. Mamoen Rashid. head
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      377 4 Legislative Assembly: Meet^g at Assembly Ha;; Empress p.ace 10 a.m Rotary Club: Weekly luncheon meeting talk by Mr. G. L. Pee: on "Wayside Impressions" at Cathay Hotel 1 p.m Chinese YMCA: Bodybuilding Billiards and Boxing 2-10 pm Basket Ball Practice 7 30 pm. International Women's Club .Members weekly meetins a'
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    Lock icon LAWYER HITS AT POLICE METHODS
    418 5 PIN-TABLE TRAP SETS POSER FOR COURT BATU GAJAH, Tues. Defence counsel Mr. V. Jeyaratnam criticising police methods today in setting traps to apprehend alleged offenders, said: "There is no law in this country which says that the police can employ one of their own men
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    95 5 Indonesians watch our census men a TEAM of officers I from the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statis- ties and the Ministry of I the Interior are pictured above watching a Field Officer of the Federation Aborigines Department C 1 taking a census at th*» Kuala Pansoon Abori- ffines Settlement in
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    Lock icon CABLE MEN TO STRIKE IF...
    104 5 THE CABLE AND WIRELESS Workers' Union representing 80 messengers, watchmen, drivers and <weepers gave their employers a 1-1-strike notice yesterday. In a statement, the Union said that the men would down tools on .lune t! if negotiations to settle their claims for higher wages and
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    Lock icon He Obstructed The Sergeant
    71 5 ON Ah Kee, 48, a labourer, was yesterday fined 1 50 in a Singapore court nn a charge ol preventing a police officer from discharging his duty. The Court was told that on Feb 17 a police sergeant was trying to stop two men who were
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    20 5 A COMBINED British Army and Malay Regiment recruiting team will visit Kuala Lipis on June 3 to recruit youths.
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    Lock icon GIRL REFUSED TO GIVE HIM A 'NICE TIME'
    170 5 A SINGAPORE waitress told a Court yesterday that when she refused to have a "nice time" with a man, he beat her up. l Asked by the Magistrate, I Mr. T S. Sinnathuray, what she meant by a "nice time," she replied:
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    Lock icon Denies He Knocked A Cyclist
    190 5 A SOCIAL Welfare Youth Service Officer, Tang Chee Yuen admitted in a Singapore court yesterday that he was involved in a motor car accident on Oct. 20 last year, but denied that he had knocked down a cyclist. Tang was charged with driving a car
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    Lock icon Police Fire On Four Reds
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A Police patrol exchanged fire With four terrorists in the country district of Penang yesterday. There were no known casualties. The patrol recovered two packs and two flour sacks containing food, clothing and cooking utensils.
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    Lock icon CHEE FAH FINE
    30 5 "LOO Tong. 51, was yesterday fined $1,000 or six months imprisonment in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for assisting in the running of a chee fah lottery.
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    Lock icon FROM QUIET TO BEDLAM IN A 35-YEAR SPAN
    125 5 WHEN Dr. Hidetoshi Shiga, a World Health Organisation official in Manila, visited Singapore 35 years ago, the city was "quiet and very peaceful." Yesterday, Dr. Shiga left after a short visit and found it had "changed" to a roaring prosperous city." Dr
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    Lock icon Deputation from schools sees Lim, Chew on Education Bill
    187 5 Deputation from schools sees Lim, Chew on Education Bill REPRESENTATIVES from six Chinese educational bodies in Singapore met the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday seeking amendments to the Education Bill. The discussions, which lasted for more than two hours,
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    78 5 SPEAKING on behalf of the inmates of Tampoi Settlement, formerly known as the Leper Camp, at the sth Mile, .lohore Bahru, Mr. Ang Siew Thiam, yesterday told the Standard of the receipt of numerous gifts during the recent Vesak celebrations. He said gifts were received as
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    56 5 MR. A. G. Benedict was elected president of the Singapore Psychology Club, recently. Other officials are: Vice-pre-sident: Mr. A. N. Shohet. Secretary: Mr. Richard Chen; Treasurer Mr. Ong Soon Ec; Committee: Miss Lillian Tan, Mr. Donald Lim and Mr. Raymond Teo. The Secretary can be contacted at
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    41 5 THE staff of William Jacks and Co.. (M) Ltd., Ipoh branch, last night gave a dinner in honour of their managing director, Mr. H. F. Clements, who is returning to Britain shortly on retirement after 32 years in Malaya.
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      497 6 most South-east Asian countries continue to lag behind in their trade promotion efforts, the Colony of Hongkong has forged ahead industrially and today plays a major role in economic development. Its entrepot trade has assumed huge proportions and expansion is taking place both in light and heavy industries.
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    157 7 WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuter) President Eisenhower today asked Congress to approve a foreign military and economic aid programme of 3,865 million dollars for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. In a special message to E ingress, the President said at a refusal to give
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    81 7 Next Film Festival At Manila TOKYO May 21 (AP) was picke I as the site ct year's Fifth Asian film PattivaL The Federation of Motion Pi ;re Producers in Asia a SO re-elected Masaichi Nagata, lent of Japan's Daiei Studios, -P Leon, I film cxc .tive, wa named President to
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    51 7 JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuter) President Eisenhower is understood to have sent a persona, letter rejecting a threetimes repeated invitation from President Ahmad Soekarno to visit Indonesia The reply was delivered last night the day after President Yoroshilov of Soviet Russia left Indonesia. The letter was dated May
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    56 7 —HONGKONG, May 21 (UP) The Hongkong newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported today that the northern and eastern districts of Canton were flooded with more than three feet of water on Monday following torrential downpours. The newspaper reported from Canton that in certain suburban areas flood.
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    84 7 FORMER CHILD PRODIGY ON DRUGS CHARGE TWENTY FOUR YEAR-OLD Sandra Moore Mazelle, a former violin prodigy, appeared in court in Los Angeles, California, last week, to answer charges connected with narcotics. She is accused of giving a codeine preparation to her escort, Leonard L. Charles. The codeine, she said, was
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    285 7 It's For Egypt To Put Herself Right Dixon NEW YORK, May 21 (Renter). In the Security Council debate on Suez, Sir Pierson Dixon, the British delegate said his government supported the initiative taken by the French and was in broad agreement with the criticism which M
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    144 7 Nuclear Explosion A Success— Mac LONDON. May 21 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Macmillan. the Prime Minister, said today that Britain's nuclear explosion in the central Pacific last week was successful and made "a notable advance in the development of our deterrent power." Mr. Macmillan added: "Fori reasons of security I shall
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    76 7 WASHINGTON. May 21 (UP> France and the United States hold "similar views" on how bes: to solve the Suez Canal crisis, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau said today. Emerging from a 45-minute meeting with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Pineau said that while France
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    57 7 TAIPEI, May 21 (Reut,r)— The new 7,500-foot long runway of Taipei's international airport was officially opened to traffic today. It is capable of handling the moSt modern airliners, including Douglas and Boeing jets and Britannia turboprops. President Chiang Kai-shek's personal D.C. 4 was the first aircraft
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    135 7 AT THE beginning of the Security Council session on Suez, Mr. Arkady Sobolev, Soviet delegate, objected to having a debate at all, repeating his previous stand that Egypt's declaration "reflected" the six principles and was in accord with the 1888 Convention and the U.N. Charter.
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    371 7 'All Nations Are Using It, Why Can't You?' NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuter)— Mr. Omar Loutfi, Egyptian Permanent United Nations Representative, who sat in at the Security Council debate on Suez as an interested party though Egypt is not a member, said the "insulation" provision in the six requirements was
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      228 9 'STABILIZE FREIGHT RATES' CALL -0 petting: up of liaison committees representa- dipping companies and traders, will go a long ilize freight charges between world ports, the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. D. told the Standard yesterday. •J there was a gradual spiral in urges in the last few years, with
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      26 9 QUIET DAY IN RUBBER MARKET I closed a: 91 I •ie June cent below w i h v o •.<et. luirj was Association ••::.'.s per lb.
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      22 9 Shipments Of Latex nents of pre- > tram Malaya amounted to h 7,683 tana •ent! igal conlatex ship- ton i j same period
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    60 9 MR. P. T. Brocken, a director and Mr. J. B. Woodhouse, service manager, of Harper, Gilfillan Co., Ltd., have recently returned from Tokyo, where they attended a New Products Indoctrination Meeting conducted by a Euclid training team from General Motors Overseas Opera- a;lgjl;dfjkg MR. P.T.
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    648 9 BRITISH steel making facilities should reach an annual capacity of about 24 million tons next year about double the immediate postwar production and by 1962 should exceed 28 million tons, the British Iron and Steel Federation announces in its annual report. The report
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    104 9 MALAYA'S external trade in April showed a favourable balance of $300,000, imports totalled $330.8 million and exports $331.1 million, according to preliminary figures issued yesterday. But the position in the first four months this year showed an unfavourable balance of $81.2 million, with imports at $1,488.4
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    112 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra, May/June $25* buyers; $26* sellers; coconut oil in bulk $41 sellers, in drums $45* sellers, Muntok white pepper $109 sellers, Sarawak white $103 sellers, Special Sarawak black $75. COFKA HOLIDAY, CUTLER, BATH CO.. LTD MAY 11
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    214 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business (June yesterday: CTS Ords 35/6; Gammons $1.97., $2<k>; Hammers $8.10; H. Waugh $1.82.. $1.83; HK Bank $BP..">: Hum. Prefa Al9/6; Jackson $1.55 cd: McAlister $3.38; Metal Box $1,824 overnight; Robinson Ords $I.Bls to $1.825, $1.81 overnight; S- Darby $2.80 to $2.85:
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    23 9 NEW YORK. May 20 (UP) Dow-Jones closing averages: The Dow-Jones commodity futures index (1924-26 average equals 100. at 156.37. alkjglf;dk
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    31 9 INDUSTRIALS were again firm on the Malayan share market yesterday. Tins and rubbers were irregular. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: al;gkjl akgldf;kjg kgjahfg;
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    108 10 Ouiz Corner Eleven actors hare played "Tarzan" in the past 38 years. Can you name all of them? To give you a start off, here are the first four: ELMO LINCOLN, GENE POLAR, P. DEMPSEY T ABLER, JAMES H. PIERCE. Now ivhat about the remaining seven"! The
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    928 10 y f* NEW FILMS IN Wartime India TN line with its policy to make films against picturesque and interesting: backgrounds, the Rank Organisation plans to shoot two important pictures in India this year. They are THE DECEIVERS and THE WIND CANNOT READ. Author John Masters is working
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    214 10 ]\JOVIE fans will be gasping at the outfits top Hollywood designer, Edith Head has created for Anita Ekberg in Paramount's rollicking Martin and Lewis comedy, "Hollywood or Bust." The fabulous wardrobe, said to be the most lavish created at Paramount in several years, consists of
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    675 10 First Tarzan in COLOUR and Cinema Scope Hunk of a Man GORDON Scott is the hunk of man who lets out with the famous Tarzan call in "Tarzan and the Lost Safari," presenting all-new adventures of the intrepid king of the jungle. The actor stands 6'— 3. weighs 218 pounds.
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    408 11 Sweden Prepares For World Cup Soccer Final I.^ s teams parti--1 |h« linal of the Champion- irst Round ur jiff with v.rrkoping as j. These towns are n ol Sweden is the smal- ne with its 80,000 S tai (Stock* i c number takes the new stadium of Gothenburg, venue
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    168 11 I\ Mm 21 (Reuter) —Brian Statham, the gjij bowler, again stole the limelight from Is with a match-winning, all-round perllMfl Warwickshire at Coventry today. fate the second .ir.tained' points record ag B coni helped dih bonus t I give S ;rI c oval. Lock -X D
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    213 11 NEW YORK. May 21. iAP) The Brooklyn Dodgers ran their winning streak to four Monday night drubbing the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 to climb within a half gome of second place Milwaukee, and 2i in back of the National League-leading Cincinnati Redlegs. With rain cutting the American League schedule
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    156 11 NO BAN ON PRIZE FIGHTING IN BRITAIN LONDON, May 21 (AP) The government on Monday rejected an appeal by ringhating Dr. Edith Summerskill for a ban on prize fighting in Britain. The 55-year-old redheaded Labourite Member of Parliament, who once described prize fighting as "uncivilised and degrading," put this question
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    347 11 Italians Davis Cup Favourites LONDON, May 21 (AP) Defending champion Italy was betting favourite to carry off the European zone championship of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition today as teams prepared for quarter-final matches. The men tipped to win its third straight European title are 22-year-old Nicola Pietrangeli, one
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    154 11 SYDNEY, New South Wales, May 21 Twenty-yea r-eld Sydney batsman Norman O'Neill is planning to gain experience in English cricket during the Australian winter of 1958. Last season O'Neill impressed cricket experts all over Australia with his dashing batting displays but he was surprisingly omitted from
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    95 11 Kuts May Run In Australia MELBOURNE, Victoria, May 21 Australian track fans may sco the Russian runner, Vladimir Kuts, in action again this year. Kuts thrilled huge Australian crowds with his smashing wins in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres events in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. At the request
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    58 11 SYDNEY. May 21 (AP)— British Empire welterweight champion George Barnes, 1 53£ lbs. gave on c of the worst displays of his career when he was outpointed' by Queenslander Clive Stewart. IGO lbs., at Sydney Stadium last night. Stewart had Barnes on the ropes for the greater part
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    105 11 £25 a seat to watch Young England SOFIA. Tues. Hashlights and flowers and a crowd of fans that was the greeting for the Young England Soccer men when they touched down here. Interest in the match against Bulgaria was at fever pitch. In the black market up to £25 was
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    117 11 His First Win In Two Years NEW YORK. May 21 (AP).— Archie Mcßride of the United States scored his first victory in two years on Monday night with a 10 -round decision over Germany's Willi Besmanoff at St. Nicholas Arena. A 13-5 underdog. Mcßride spotted Besmanoff nine pounds 195 to
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      182 11 Abner By Al Capp I :>OGBATCH- kP^V/C /i^^VESr Da__-« r^IvSSS l UmXSTASQU/ETASKDLXS llley Oop By VJ. Hamlin ~-~rm*&-7& s*^X;<. vc SLT )MY STAR 3, Vhs I wnf -til L. .YES, I f SEEMS TO M 6 YOU SHOULD JH|3 S^--^ ~J E*HAU*STION? /PHYSICALLY, HE'S A \7 H^> V I QJESS
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    225 12 'All Malaya' To Continue PENANG, Tues.— The President of the Malayan Cricket Association, Mr. Lim Khye Seng, today stressed that constitutional changes in Malaya should not make any difference where cricket is played, and how it is played. Mr Lim said that it was qu *c
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    310 12  - And Almost..... The Riot Squad AL JOHNSON fcraM The Ctcto4 By PRETTY lanka Abildgaard played soccer at Farrer Park on Monday evening— and almost drew the Riot Squad to the match! Farrer Park fans gaped. They yelled. And they were delighted. It ivas the first time, they had seen a
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    125 12 LONDON May 21 (Reuter* Results in today's cricket matches; At Gloucester. Gloucestershire won by 11 runs. Gloucestershire 144 and 124 Leicestershire 127 and 130 Palmer 65, Smith five for 43 At Grmvesend, Glamorgan won by five wickets. Kent 165 and 171. Glamorgan 166 and 173 for five. Parkhous
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    496 12 Worrell Takes Six For 71 In Drawn Game Against MCC iseOREBOARfrI WEST INDIES Ist Innings 337 for six declared and 193 for three. M.C.C. Ist. Innings D. B. Close absent hurt 108 T. H. Clark b Worrell 14 Rev D S. Sheppard c Atkinson b Valentine 13 T. W. Graveney
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    82 12 Derby Callover LONDON, May 21 (Reuter)— Closing offers at last night's Cal lover at the Victoria Club here on the Epsom Derby, to be run on June 5 were: Crepello (13-8)- Mo_rn c (6-1)-Pipe of Peace (10-1); Apostol (100-8): Doutell c (100-7); Prince Taj and Messmate (100-6)-London Cry and Rovaumont
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    603 12  - Services Pass Hongkong 's Century Easily VAZIR MARKAR BIG VICTORY IN ONE INNINGS By soreboard HONGKONG H. Bfdson b Turner 8 D Coffey c Sharpies b Kine 3 P. Dodge b Barron 1 F Findlay c King b Sharpies 31 B. Dhabher c Goodwin b Turner A D. Pettit lbw
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    47 12 BENTONG. Tues Telecoms team made its debut here yesterday when they tJayed a soccer friendly against the Indians Th P Indian's won the match 2-0 (Raiah and Kandasamv scored* superb goal-keeping by former state player Mohd Bin Siak saved the Telecoms from a bigger deficit.
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    41 12 RAFFLES Institution will be holding its Annual Athletic Sports on Saturday, June 1, at 3 p.m on the School Ground. There will be two events for Old Boys, the Inter-Team Relay and 100 yards handicap (Old boys over 30)
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    1002 12  -  unknown Opening Trackwork At Bukit Timah fly I He's Shaping Up For A Winning Effort I REMEMBRANCE, a promising three-year-old owned iby Madam Lee Cheng Kin, shaped like a winner at Bukit Timah yesterday. With jockey Smith astride, he strode out nicely to
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    139 12 SINGAPORE will feature in two soccer matches this weekend aginst the powerful Selangor Rangers at Jalan Besar stadium On Saturday the 25th a Singapore Selection will be the first to take on the visitors in a floodlit match at 8 p m while the following day
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    342 12 Police Win In Second Half Rally POLICE Sports Association after being held oneall in the first half made a grand rally to beat H. ML Dockyard by 7-3 in a SAFA Senior .ague soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Dockyard's defence did well in the first half to keep
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      95 12 SOCCER S.B.HF.A. LEAGUE: Div. I Chc-'^red Bank vs Singapore Cold Sto'^ge at F N ground. Singapore Traction Company is Shell Sports Club at Farrer Park. Hongkong Bank vs Ford at S.T.C. ground. Breiceres vs Mercantile Bank at Farrer Park. Div. 2. Jacks Sports Club vs United Engineers at R.L ground.
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