Singapore Standard, 18 June 1957

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    33 1 Singapore Standard *T*NDARD POUCE ***** (5 lines) 2400 jftt R^ *Ar\ *\j I JS. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 28n 2414 1. 11. >o. 349 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1957 12 PACES J5 CENTS
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    Lock icon Bus Strikers' Latest Tactic Is 'Peaceful Persuasion'
    193 1 >ITvIKI.NG members of the Singapore Bus Workers' n have launched a campaign of -peaceful persuaThe managements of these two bus companies have complained to the police that i r- were using hire cars to pick up fares at bus stops along routes operated
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    Lock icon HEATING APPEAL DISMISSED
    192 1 Judge Criticizes The Prosecution Jl SI II X XXX.II I m the Singapore II CmaU ywter«;.i> dismissed the app'.-i! b% insurance agent. Mary Ng iCTtom Lower iM I liaifu a| three tht* jail and a >■»■' ,-n a iharse ittempted ciitatin^ The jud^ a tet reduced the
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    Lock icon NEW CABINET FOR IRAQ
    50 1 BAGDAD. June IT Reuter) ng Faisal today entrusted Senator Ali Jawdat. a former Premier and Ambassador to London with formation of a new cabinet to succeed that of General Nuri Al-Said. who did not wish to continue m office for health reason was announced here today.
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    30 1 LORD Ismay, former SecGeneral of the ie Treaty Organization was invested by the yesterday as a X cf the Garter, Britain's oldest ■nost noble order of chivalry. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ceylon Cuts Rubber Price
    55 1 COLOMBO. June 17 (UP)— Ceylon's Rubber Commissioner today announced a price cut of 10 cents a pound on all grades of sheet rubber effective tomorrow. The new revision follows a general decline m world market prices as well as D f1 I Id Ceylon by Communist
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    Lock icon Britain's Ship-To-Air Missile
    176 1 A BEASLUG TEST missile bcinir fired from the guided weapons trials ship H. M.S. Girdle Nesi daring recent sea trials. Seaside is a medium range ship-to-air weapon designed to •■gage a.ny eneniy bomber uhu fa r\ ides the fighter det'em cs of the Meet. The missiles are
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    Lock icon TWO MALAYAN ATTACHES FOR LONDON COMMISSION
    380 1 TWO MALAYAN ATTACHES FOR LONDON COMMISSION KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The otlii of independent Malaya's high commission 1:1 the United Kingdom is I h.i\ c tv o "military •.:t.u hes." Dato Nik Ahmad Kimii. the ffigk Con-missioner-desisnate, is to l>r issistrd hy two oflicers of the MM^lli Army. They are Col.
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    Lock icon TO BE A 'HAJI' IS MY AMBITION-TUNKU
    330 1 Pilgrimage Will Coincide With His Sfaie Visit To Saudi Arabia CHIEF MINISTER IS OFF TO MECCA NEXT JUNE TO FULFIL HIS SECOND VOW KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Chief MiniMrr Ti: Abdul Rahman will go on holy ;nls:rima£C to Me< < a next June m
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    Lock icon MORE KIWIS ARE COMING TO BASH THE TERRORISTS
    209 1 WELLINGTON. June 17 (Reuter) Mr. Tnomaa MacDonald. New Zealand's DeMinister, said today recruiting would start on Wednesday for the 74Utr Infantry 1 Battalion b New Zealand plans to to Malaya In early Jannai The cabins UldlO approved th« sch< me. which was
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    Lock icon THE END OF A MANEATER
    222 1 BBNTONG, Mon. Love today lured Bcntongs second nan-eating tiger, a nine-looter weighing 340 lbs. into the (lame Department's death trap m a hid to steal tin bait to iced his m ate "Mr. Stripes" was promptly shot b> the Pahang (lame Warden. Mr. A.K. Robinson,
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    Lock icon Railwaymen Threaten A Nation-wide Go-slow Today
    366 1 PORT SWETTENIIAM, Mon. The National Union of Raihvaymen today served notice on the Administration that "a dispute is m existence" over its 85,000,000 wage claim indicating also that the current "go-.slow" at Port Swettenhain may become official and nation wide tomorrow. The union's letter
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    Lock icon SOEKARNO GETS SLAP IN THE FACE
    136 1 SOEKARNO GETS SLAP IN THE FACE JAKARTA. June 17 (AP) The rebellious Central Sumatra "BanMiv.:" govern, ng council tod i.v refosi d to recognize President Boekarno*! nomination of Mr. Dahlan Ibrahim as their representatiTe <>n the rn wiy-iormed National Coun 'il. The Cmtral Sumatrans. m el ler rejected the Nat.
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    Lock icon US Court Frees 5 Red Leaders
    63 1 WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuter)— The U.S. Supreme Court today quashed the conviction of five Communist party leaders on charges of plotting to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. Government. The five were set free. At the same time the Supreme Court ordered
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    Lock icon 'Hussein Divorces His Queen'
    57 1 Hussein Divorces His Queen CAIRO .Tun. 17. (Reutrr) Thi- Koptian nfwspap. r A I Aliram -.nd toda> that municatin- the decision to her m .»ir«. last week Al Ahram said tl <■ Jordanian IJunn had to Bagdad to settle I afl.iu- and the future It bab\ daughter Princess Alya The
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    Lock icon 50 KILLED IN 12-hr. HAITI BLOODBATH
    403 2 POKT .U PRINCE, Haiti, June 16 (UP)— The army and supporters of ousted provisional President Daniel Fignole clashed m a 12-hour bloodbath m the slums of Port Au Prince yesterday that left at least 50 persons dead and hundreds wounded. SUB D iKMBtS, follower?
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    Lock icon THE MODERN WAY TO PERFECT FITNESS
    87 2 Have yoa ever ilopr I r h.u qmrku xaaar me is pßaßasa; o>. mow nij;]-, i pporiunities ■•j •>•■ > -»n m i\p larked the 1"? h... k!-t. although il>ml i medical **»i ii i r t\rr\ au i* 11 w iici 15 inirrtsiru
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    50 2 KENNETH LOW XV chief clerk of \KI. Grange Road, Singapore, at General Hospital yesterday (June IT 1957). Cortege leaving 173 irlton Road at 4.30 p.m. today for Church of Saini Peter and Paul. Queen Street and thencf to Bidadari. D» mourner by w\ Vcnm B Lin, and two children.
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    Lock icon 'We Won't Forget East Germans'
    181 2 ADENAUER GIVES A PLEDGE: BONN. June 17 (UP) Chancellor Konard Adenauer pledged today that West Germany will not foruet the Fast Germans who scarificed their lives and freedom lour >ears ago m an attempt to throve off Soviet rule. A -.-jnauer addressed a commemorative service
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    Lock icon 6 Warships In A Show Of Strength
    119 2 6 Warships In A Show Of Strength LONDON. June 17 iUP> Russian warship.- today were rep iTted en route from the Black Bi a westward tor an tppan nf b< wof Soviet naval strength In the Eastern Mediterranean. MOSCOW notified Turkey of Its intention of moving six warships through the
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    Lock icon Reds Told To Resign
    81 2 TIARGATE, England, June 17, (Beater] a British tn la union at its annual conference here today passed a resolution calling on all trade union officials and officers, who ;,rc Communists, to rc^isn from the party. Tbi union, the Assort.-, 1 irn r ,f Supervisory Staffs, Executi
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    75 2 KATMANDU, Nepal, June 1: (Reilter) A British expedition climbed the 2?.!). n ,.i-ft. Marhe Purehare (F:-htail Peak) m the Xepaiese Himalaya! June '2, the expedition leader, Major ,1 O. M. Roberts. i: ban today. The live-member expedition include?; two members of the successful Even I Tixpodition
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    Lock icon III-treatment: A Govt. Probe?
    42 2 LONDON. June 17 (Router) —Two British Labour member.-, ol Parliament arc to k the Government to Investigate comnlaints of 111-treat-ment, lodged by eight Cy- .-s r\:n^ ntf tor EOKA terrorist activities, whom they saw m prison here today.
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    41 2 LONDON. June 17 (AP)— Peking Radio announced today thai two vice-governors and another I' \idiim official of Kwangsi Province were Ed for failing t) distribute emergency food gup* pile: during a famine In the province last year.
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    Lock icon TIBET TO BE LEFT ALONE?
    80 2 HONGKONG, Juno 17 (AP) —Re China today admitted ritaip new setback m its ti-vc.,r-ol<i attempt to brirg the hardy Lamas of Tibet into the Communist camp. A brief anr.ouncemeiv by Peking Radio said most of the Chinese personnel DOW working there will be withdraw^, and
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    Lock icon Water-Skiing For Shah & Queen
    78 2 Water-Skiing For Shah Queen ISLE OF CAPRI. Italy. Ju.-.e II (UP) The Shah of Iran and his Queen Soraya went water-skiing and sightseeing on this paradise island today The Shah and Soraya visited Capri's famed Blue Grotto today, and then went waterikiinf at the Marina Piccola beach Last evening, they
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    Lock icon LONDON TO TOKYO IN 41 HOURS BY BRITANNIA
    184 2 LONDON TO TOKYO IN 41 HOURS BY BRITANNIA LONDON, JOBS 17, < R'_uter) The air journey between Lor.c.on and Tokyo will be cut to 41 hours from July 16 When British Oversea.- Alrwayi Corporation will put its giant Britannia turtwpropeOcT a i :.ers on this route. &JOJLJC. BfM I rbo-prop
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    Lock icon Malaya Seeks Technical Advancement
    186 2 Malaya Seeks Technical Advancement GENEVA, June 17 (Real I The Federation's delegate to the 4'iih Internationa] Labour conference, Mr. Bon Siew Loon, t >day sa:d: "Although my country Is rai among the less highly developed countries ot the world, the quest lor technological progress is universal and of peculiar interest
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    78 2 hr.i-! l. June i: I I' A pilot of a 1 rans-World Airlinr.s Sup tiun suffered a fatal heart attack while speraswii tin tuiL< t-ra.l'l uith aboard on Saturcl ni-ht. His i-ci-pil. t t..,,k f-r control of tlv from the dyta| pilot and made an SWMVgWMV
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    Lock icon HEAT WAVE HITS U.K.
    213 2 LONDON, June 17 (Reuter) London had its hottest day today for r early two years. At noon G.M.T. the temperature m central London reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time since August, 1955. Brilliant sunshine and record temperature were reported throughout Ihe country and tee
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    Lock icon Bearded Man Told To Quit
    75 2 LONDOx. Jane 17 (Reato 1 1 A policeman who went on duty at Buckingham Palao wearing a beard. C< m I Stewart Dean, lias been told to resign from the force. This, wa announced today after Constable Dean had appeared before a disciplin iry board
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    Lock icon On Visit To Japan
    53 2 liIRMI. s i I>rputy Premier. I Ba Swi l- lnit< (i by I» i <.«n«ral Ak-i.i Koriaki of th< lu>< n ihi- Burmese leader, m k nti an uni.!!i. Ms,t I Hi Kodak! ih. < h.. -is nt tin- I itid Soa Air I)- f- n
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    Lock icon American Scientist Found Dead
    93 2 American Scientist Found Dead PACIFIC GFOVE. Call: nia. June brilliant scientist under subpoena to ar, re 1 House Un-Americar I üb-committee died < today, apparentlj a ze J The scientist, Vf K. Sherwood. 41. was found ing m the Hopkins Marint Laboratory by his wife. Barbara, just after midnight. He
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    Lock icon OFFERS GALORE
    19 2 RED China claimed yester* flood of offers to sell British goods to the mainland has started. AP
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    211 2 COLO.MBO. Jimp 17 (Renter The World Council of Prate today appealed to all ..merriments "m thi of all that is sacred to man" t<» act m favour ol mediate ending of nuclear tests. is appeal was adopted at the end of a seven-day session of
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    155 2 SEOUL. June 17 IUP) Pr> ident B m n Rhee warned today that the Western powers would commit suicide if they make disarmament agreements with the Communists because "the Scvi i not go,ng to disarm." Rhee also said that the danger of
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    Lock icon CHINESE CARS
    26 2 >NG. June 17 <AP> Red China will st I duction of a five-seat during the next 1. plan next 3 0* Radio said today.
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      149 2 CLOSING rubber trices (rents per Jb) m Singapore yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot 93^ 91 Int. July R.S.S. No. 1 94} 94\ K.S.S. No. 2 f<3'. fH~ K.S.S. No. 3 M| IJZ Tone: Quiet and slightly easier. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was 5384 per picul (Down 50
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    Lock icon PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices
    66 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices INDY SIIIKS, IX. a rereptionist at Katong Grange House is i ■j.ti-.il animal lover. Before roming nut mi i n ii. ninnili- i_,. mdv (also known to her close lui!> i worked :ri i veterinary hospital m KniUand. itairns tioiiif >he hopes to specialize m
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    Lock icon Open Verdict On Boy Killed By Mine Blast
    230 3 Echo Of Bathroom Tragedy SINGAPORE Coroner. Mr. Giam C'honj; Hin-. yesreturned an open verdict at the inquest on a 17--■uld mason, Chua hiru Ciuan, who died m an exv;on caiLsed by a mine iu.->e at the Nanvan* r Girls' nl o;\ April
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    Lock icon The Dangers Of Spitting
    86 3 T he Dangers Of Spitting SIXGAPORE I I rict Traffic Judge B who caught a man out of a Court window, warned him of the danger of spitting m public places. He told the man. Iff Boon of the preva:ence of ;'.osis m the Colony. one of the main carriers
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    90 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The following Inspectors h been promoted to the rank of *T*rtm* Superintendent of •c. on probation for one Messrs. Gar. Kok Leong, Martin Jalleh Ibrahirr. X Coon Hens Tann. Ong Chuao Bock. Goh Swee Cheang, Hashim bin Long. Charles Tan K;m Sw n
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    27 3 POLICE constable. Chiam yesterday or :er--1 by a Singapore cour P»y $45 a month maintenance ■JJUs wife. Teo Gek C --year-old son. B
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    Lock icon Druggist Struck By Lightning
    108 3 Death In A Thunderstorm A DRUGGIST. Ho How 17, who was watc v *ractor at work at timah Park during a thunder•torm, on the eveninf of was struck by lightning n the way to hospital, Singapore Coroners Court •a a- ye.- tor day An tje-witness, Baseri
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    Lock icon Martial Law Is A 'Gag' In R.I., Says Masjumi Man
    329 3 Martial Law Is A 'Gag' In R.I., Says Masjumi Man I PARTIAL Lav: m Indonesia has prevented people from expressing their feelings against the recent formation of the National Council the supreme poI -making body of the traj Government m Jakarta. This was stated m Singa- *erday by Tuan Haji
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    62 3 X: Magi strata Capt. Mohamed Salleh bin Sulaiman today acntaßOd Teh X )i. 31, to a year's jail on convicting him of a charge of being a member of a secret society. The court was told thai Teh. who was arrested on April U had
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    Lock icon 4 Men Stab A Student
    46 3 17-YEAR-OLD student. Khv. KwaoSi knifed three times m the back by four men m Whampoa Place. Singapore, yesterday Khwav was on his way to the public telephone, when the men pounced on him and bed him. He was admitted to hospital.
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    Lock icon Alleged False Statement At Trial Of Two Men
    403 3 Inspector Claims Trial To Perjury Charge INSPECTOR Simon Cor nelius of the Singapore Police was yesterday charged m a Colony Court with making a false statement at the trial of two men, Kuluhe Lokuge Martin, 29, and Joseph Tan, 24, former insurance
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    Lock icon 121 Will Strike Over Dismissal Of One
    178 3 121 Will Strike Over Dismissal Of One A TOTAL of 121 local employees of a Singapore shipg concern, Messrs. [j v r and Company Limite 1. fO on strike on July 1 m protest against the dismissal of an employee. Tnc Ha* Kcrr Local Employees' Union will give the oagement
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    Lock icon LABOURER CLAIMS TRIAL
    48 3 A LABOURFR, P, Nagappan, 23, claimed trial m a Singapore Court yesterday to two charges of criminal intimidation and attempted extortion. He was alleged to have threatened Nadaraja with injury at Delta Road on June 10. Xagappan was allowed bail of si.ooo until June H.
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    35 3 B. E.M. FOR LIM THE QUEEN has awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil) to Mr Lim Thar. Yong, a Grade I Overseer m H M D m Singapore for Ml services to the Royal Navy.
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    Lock icon No Overtime For Phone Men Today
    123 3 No Overtime For Phone Men Today MEMBERS of the Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union will not do overtime work today They will attend a meeting called by the Union this evening to protest against the Board's refusal to grant a manent pass to the Union's Secretary, Mr Jamit Singh, to
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    Lock icon 4 Boys In Car Mishap
    66 3 IPOH, Mob. Four Malay boys, on their way to schooJ on bicycles this morning were injured m a collision with a i'a r m Gopeng Read. They were Yacob bin Hai m, 16, Ah I tl Wahab bin Mbhamed Yusot I7 t Mohamed A.i bin
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    495 3 Famous Dancer Who Wears A Jewel On Her Midriff I.v BEBNABD WJI.I.IAMS I met a pressman's dream yesterday m w nrld-famed Kathrrin,. Dunham choreographer, anl hropnlogist author, linguist, artist md dancer —m truth a "woman or many parts." Advance reports had hinted that she \.;is a "disciplinarian,' who does not
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    Lock icon Work-To-Rule Has Not Caused Any Cargo Pile-Up In S'pore
    126 3 THE "wnrk-tn-rulc" campaign adopted by railwayman m the Federation has not caused any back-log m the handling ol cargo bom Singapore to the federation, the Railway Traffic Buperinten:cndent Singapore, Mr. H. A. PunelOW, told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Ponelow admitted On
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    62 3 SHAW BROTHERS' East* mancolour production. "Har.g Tuah," wh eh won the bed music award In last year's Asian Film Festival held m Hongkong. has been entered for the Berlin Fflm Festi which open; on Thursday. Tne Aim, shown m Singapore last year, stars P. Ramiee,
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    143 4 EXHILARATING EXCITING THRILLING 1 enJid <>) Puk 2 Solo Flier EXHILARATING, exciting and most thrill ThebO were trie words used 21-year-old Pilot Oflta r, Bikramjit Singh of the Ifan Auxiliai y Air Force after he became the KCOUd of six trainee-pilots to fly solo m an Hindustan HT-2 trainer at
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    109 4 A WATCHMAN. Aludin bin Ghulam Mnhamed. who appeared before Magistrate Mr. T. s Sinnatburay for ne^ ing to maintain his wife and four children yesterday, pro--1 to look after her well if she would return and live him. The couple have been married for 16
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    561 4 18,000 SNATCH: MAN SENT FOR TRIAL A SHOP-ASSISTANT, Ton Eng Whatt, was yesterday committed by a Singapore Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of abducting Ng Hee What, a cashier m a scrap iron dealer's shop, at Bah Soom Pah
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    Lock icon IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK, SAYS ANN
    109 4 "IT'S nice to be home again." said Miss Ann Tan Niak Ai when she returned to Singapore \esierday from her studies m America by PAA airliner. Ann. whoso home is m Kauh. Pahang. has been away from .Malaya for three years. She is
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    Lock icon The Welfare State: Another Step Soon
    127 4 SINGAPORE Government is consider. ns introducing a social security scheme based on the recommendations of the Minimum Standards of Living Committee This was revealed by Mr. M. P. D. Nair. Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary, at an election rally .n rapport ol Mr.
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    Lock icon Mother, 22, Died After Having Had An Abortion Rules Coroner
    271 4 Mother, 22, Died After Having Had An Abortion Rules Coroner SHE TOOK SOME 'POISON PILLS 9 FEXANG, Mon.— The Coroner, Mr. Aw Ah Wall, today returned a verdict of "death by abortion." at the end of an inquest into the death of a 22-year old woman, llah Miow Siang. who
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    Lock icon ABANDONS CAR
    41 4 A MAN abandoned fa II and escaped after being Chased by a police patrol vehicle m Pasir Panjani Eft ad, Singapore yesterd Found In the detained vehicle, were 192 pounds of cigarettes on which duty had not been paid.
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    37 4 HONGKONG, June 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.67 to £1 Sterling: $0.19 to US$l--$1,839 to Ma m van $1; $0,129 to one Indonesian Rupiarr Gold $270.5 to a taei.
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      481 4 Standard cJiim.avx.aQ Information at a Glance n kl pathological mretinc at Path <S>: 710 News Talk (SKL/P/ -j< c <=--- t- Hfl t r r f imillllllai General Hoj I m M): 715 Sports Rce! (S): 730 cazine t r v Dta *f tl >*«- ■riT *w^l l voi VsT:
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    Lock icon New Pay Scheme Will Be More 'Tidy'
    209 5 GOVT.IS WORKING ON A BETTER DEAL FOR ALL TEACHERS BUT UNION WANTS A DEFINITE DATE SINGAPORE'S Education Ministry is working on a new scheme, which will "tidy up" the existing salary structure lor teachers of various categories, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mr. Lee
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    Lock icon Census Men Tote Up The 'Floaters'
    186 5 THEY GO ON BOARD SHIPS 6c PEEK UNDER STAIRS THE census count of the floating population of Sinjjapwe Which commenced at si\ o'clock yesterday was completed m the early hours of today. O t s- .an. m F .j. Phillips t Id Stand thai
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    169 5 Lnglish Teachers In Chinese Schools IPOH, Mon.— The Association of Teachers of English m Chinese Schools. Federation of Malawi, will seek an interview with the Federation Establishment Officer for pay increases for past services rendered. This was one of the decisions taken at the third annual
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    251 5 Assailant On Police Records Attack On Polls Man SINGAPORE Police have now established that one of The thugs who assaulted Liberal-Socialist polling agent, Mr. Abdul Rahman m Sattar, on Friday night, is a known secret society member. Mr. Battaf, Who claimed that he was beaten unoonSCl< us with ;i hockey
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    48 5 Indian Arfs 3-Day Festival THE INDIAN community m 11 stage an Arts festival during the first of July. The festival starting on July 6 will be opened by the ter for Communications and Works. Mr. Francis ThoThe three-day programme will include several items of n dancing and classical
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    80 5 Defendant Sick, So Case is Adjourned JOHORE B/ Mnn. Justice Hepv. 1 :he High Court yesterday adjourned a case against J. C, ng. who was ill. Mr. A. Bedcovits. of Si: had fucd a suit ag-« mi for the recovery of :i5 being profes.sional Xees m connection with the preparation
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    107 5 UMNO Gets A Ticking Off KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Keeper of the Rulers' Seal. Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri declared tonight there was no question of denying the Sultan of Johore his eligibility for the oflice (if Paramount Ruler as demanded by Klan^ 0 yesterday. "The election of the Ylß| Di-Prrtuan Besar
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    93 5 CHAN Yuen Foo, 23, was charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with intruding into the privacy of a young housewife, Chan Soh Chun, m a house m Teo Hone Road, on Feb. 2. Both lived m the same house Soh Chun told the court she saw
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    25 5 THE Chinese Swimming Club. Singapore, will hold a Social and Dance at its premises m Amber Road on Saturday, June 22, from p.m.
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    65 5 MRS. SEOW Pi ck L* ng WU elect* a Resident of the Siglap Girls' Club at ttl annual ing held recentOther offlc! ila el< cted: Mr. k. Krishnao i:• i r Mr. peon Pent Kb on. Committi Mrs. E. C Kr.ial. Mrs Loh M Eng, M;
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    43 5 photo. ways is seen being off loaded i'mm the rtwel, /Ueinous by the BHB riant floating i r.inc, Ninuod. A 5(00.000 main line 1.500 h.p. Diesel electric locomotive, the first of 20 ordered by Malayan Rail- Standard
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    241 5 Capable Of 60 m.p.h. Till- FIRST of twenty 1,500 h.p. dicscl-elcctric locomotive^, which will he used to gpQti up rail travel between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, was oil-loaded from the car^o-vessel, Alcinous, at the Harbour Board y c.s t c r ri a y
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    44 5 GENERAL SIR Francis Festing, C-in-C Far East Land F< rces, lcit Singapore by RAF Valctta yesfa rday on an 11-day visit 10 North Borneo, Brunei ii Sarawak. Tie was accompanied by Maj.-Gen R. G. Collingwood, GOC. Singapore Base District.
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    71 5 Their Last Respects To iW. Chua A large gathering of friends relative h the Lfiua cheng Liat, Cha.rman and ManagDireci le and Carriage Company Ltd., yesterday. Mr. Chua died m his sleep on Saturday. Hie cortege left hL dence at 32 Lloyd Road at 2 p.m. for the Crematorium at
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    76 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon.— The annual feast of St. Anne here on Aug 4 will continue to be held at the present church m Kulim Road although a new $130,000 building will be opened by that time. St. Anne's Church, built about a century ago will not
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    56 5 THE Indonesian Navy traininf ship "Dewa Rutji" is exM h fl In the Singapore Naval Bt "his morning. Commanded by Capt. F. Suak. the ship is on a four-day courtesy call. She will drop anchor m the Outer Roads on Friday and on Saturday, the
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    323 5 Counsel Challenges Towkay To Cut Off Cockerels Head Kuala LUMP 18, Moa millionaire busines n Kok Hoong cut off a cockerel's head m a temple and v his clarm for more than I 000 from a local mining firm is j This question occupied the
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    265 6 PATRICK O'DONOVAN reports from Washington armament, particularly as regards the bomb, is beginning to be generally accepted. Before that it had remained sort of hobby of the President and a few of his uninfluential advisers. Now it is accepted that tiere (ould be a form of peace which need not
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    102 7 POTATOES -AS BIG AS FOOTBALLS! MELBOURNE, June 17 (Reuter) Growers m the rich potato-producing OtWft] Rangen around Coku- haw a problem their potatoes season are too big to D Many potatoes as b: footballs, and weighing up to 5 lb. each have been unearthed by the pickers. Mr. Joe Lavery.
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    112 7 TOKYO. June 17. (Reuter)— The Foreign Ministry said today that Japan will help m a tn ire hunt for the Portue Government this year or next year oil Nagasaki, southern Japan. A ■pokesman for the Minis* Tv .-airl Portugal had
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    196 7 HE CLUNG TO LIFE FOR NINE HOURS... NEW TORK, lion John B Ifoir, 43, ot Cromwellroad, Earls Court, was visitIng Ww York. He Wf aated by the city's skyscrapers and tw.nkling lights. So, early John took a stroll on to a pier jutting out into the swiftly-flowing 1 River, to
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    100 7 Kidnapped WITH Approval ROGHUDI, Italy, June i 7. (UP) Roghudi's mayor and the young school teacher ne otrrilj kidnapped, were found by police today living the perfect love story m a >rian mountain cave. The "kidnapping" turned out to be a Calabrian-style elopement, planned as a ru.-e to evade a
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    145 7 AVA GETS READY FOR COURT MEXICO CITY, June IT (AP) The Mexican attorney for actress Ava Gardner said yesterday that Frank Sinatra's lawyers probably would file their answer to Miss Gardner's divorce petition some time during this week. The attorney said he felt confident Sinatra would not contest the suit,
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    50 7 NEW YORK. June 17 (AP). A woman was stabbed to death by her husband on Sunday for Riving a "Father's Day" gift to another man, police reported. Police said Raphael Montanez, 27. a grocery clerk, stabbed his wife, Martian argument about He was charged with homicide.
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    120 9 m II KOADs A t X Adrastu? 1 »nsea, B i. M ter im Karsik. Pteasantville. De Eerens. 1. V r: N;s. •bo Mara, wako Maru. INMR ROADS Rtogam. Teck Thong. SunOS Mft. Bahru. Inchwelb R Rimau. P. Kidjang. Beetong. Champadah. Bruas. Torir Panai. Thanya. Watana. Perintis.
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    155 9 Am pat Tin Profit AMPAT Tin Dredging Ltd's accounts for the year ended Dec. 31. 1956. show a profit 11l and the directors recommend a final dividend of 37J per cent, making 55 per cent for the year, the same as the previous year. This will leave £96.817 to be
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    333 9 DENMARK, best known for her agricultural products, has become m recent years a net exporter of machinery. The industries of many -ountries, including Malaya, now use Danish industrial goods. Latest available detailed Statistics show that Malayan orts of these goods though small as compared with
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    25 9 TEKKA Ltd.. has declared a second interim dividend of 3d. per share for the year ended March 31. payable m England on July
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    193 9 Helicopters Aid Oil Search In Papua PREPARATIONS for drillin? m Papua the Koinewu Well (now at a depth of some 3,000 feet) have been considerably speeded up by the use of helicopters. In the difficult terrain of Papua, where British Petroleum is searching for oil m asSOdai with Australian interests,
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    34 9 THE first Portuguese passenger ship to be built m the p war period, the 12,975--ton luxury liner Angola, is m the River Tyne. North I England, for a spt v:.u ey.
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    160 9 RESTRICTED trading was repor.cd m the Mala] m re market yesterday industrials firm and l sellers reserved. Tins and rubbers were quietly steady. 'Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebroki i n torday were: IM)L>TRI \!> :s Seller* Fraser Neave Ords. McA 1 i 188xcl M
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    347 9 GROWING MARKETS IN ASIA FOR N.Z. FARM PRODUCTS IfKNKY WAUGH CO.. I II).. the local agents for Millars Machinery Co., Ltd of London, recently gave a demon.stra.tioL to local engineers and architects of the Millars vacuum concrete process at their depot at »i, m.s. Bukit Timah Road. Photo shows a
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    82 9 FIRESTONE T :v ft Rubber Co. has reported net income 180 or U553.44 a share, foe the .six months a ed April 30, compar U5527,140,605, or US$3. re m the half-year ended April SO, 1956. Net sales were U*****.42- 1.--328 for the period, compared U*****,070,658 a year ago.
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    254 9 Vacuum Concrete Process VACUUM roncrc:e. the modern solution to the kge-dd problem of how to produce quick hardening and stronger concrete, la to be introduced to Malaya. The vacuum process h one ITfaleb ha> beet) u>ed extcn- Y in other parts of the 1 rid to BD IN IOWeOSt concrete
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    44 9 CASH dividend payments by American corporations i uinf public reports totalled nearly 4 billion (US) dollars during the first five months ol thifl year, an increase of per cent over the figure fol the same period of 1U5G. A. P.
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    27 9 THE modernization of jute mills m India is making steady progress, 43 out 112 jute mills having so far been modernized or partly modernized.
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    86 9 THE M m Exch i kc B Association n c foil exchanges m its rates to ny chants yesterciaYork, buying T.T 32|. O.D. 32? 90 dayi Birmail, lit bills 33-i/lfl trade bills. Canada buying. T.T. 31J. O.D. credit bills. 313 trade bills Selling T.T. or O.D rendv York
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    95 9 LLOYD'S annual report, on Shipping said British merchant -hipping and the Royal Navy are now giving "serious consideration" to atomic propulsioo for ships. Special Lloyd's surveyors and engineers are working m con Deration with the British Atomic Energy Authority and the Industry on the problem. the
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    166 9 SALES of British cars m the I S. during April rose to a record 5.638. the British AutomoManufacturers' Association reported. This figure represented an increase of 142* over the month las! year The April BgUTi err ifht torsi British ear talkm m me U.S.
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    118 9 RUBBER DROPS Xt ON c. ON QUIET MART SINGAPORE rubber prices fflifHfay closed quiet and slightly easier at !)4J cents per lb. for International first grade rubber for July shipment, a drop of 1 cent on Friday. The market remained stagnant fhroughout the day at around the level Overseas orders
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    84 9 A NEW air-cooled didd suitable for such rugged work as driving, building and civil engineering contractors' equipii has been developed by one of Britain's leading diesel manufacturers. The first air-cooled model m the company'? range, H 2 manufactured mi n one ar| d two cylinder sizes ranging m
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    212 9 JAPAN'S exports to the sterling area during; April totalled V. 8.898,092,000, 19.6 per cent less than March, but 32.3 per cent above the level for April 195fi. They indicated a 25 per cent rise (iv cr the monthly Mrenge for 1956. and occupied 42.5
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    113 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per pirul yesterday were Copra June/July buyers: S26J sellers: coconut oil m bulk $4"} sellers, m drums $45* sellers iUuntok white pepper $113 sellers. Sarawak white $112 sellers, special Sarawak black $76 OPKA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO LTD. JUNK 11 am
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    91 9 HONGKONG'S Kowloon i Motor Bus Company has lao d a £300,000 order I r 100 single-deck buses from Britain. The Chtt chosen b the recently introduced Scddon Mark 17. The body will be built locally by the bus company In their own workshops from framings and
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      239 9 W A. !1 f l^ r X^ X MALAYAN sharebrokers reported tha following bu done: Fed. Disn. :?2: Gammons [ammer* $2.12*; H kong Shanghai Bank erics $3.15; Cements $1.1 I; Collieries SI. 01; McAlister SI $1.84 overnight; Metal Box 12 124: Robinson ords $1.87 overnighi and yesterday; Sime Darby J2.90
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    217 10 PaUc*. fHE royal tour of the Commonwealth kept Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh away from England and their home between November 1953 and May 1954. On their r-- ,-n to Buckingham Pclcce almost the first ceremony was a sherry party on June 2 to
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    1777 10 TRAVEL HARD WORK FOR THE QUEEN THE END FIREWORKS strcnhrd into tin n,.-i to britihten u/> the uhrrt thronged on the hanks tor a ulinifts „< liritish row:/ "lipU who WCltt for floodlit trip down the rirrr during their i/.ni visit to I'aris. there were already rumours that the Queen
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    243 12 Workshops Surprise The Paymen THE winning motor cyclists, Ong Tine Hin (left) who won the Motor Cycle 35#tt class with hiv Norton bike and Chiew Cheng Huat. who clocked the iastest time with his Matchless 500 cc. for the second successive year Chiew also won another first and second prizes
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    291 12 Fathuls Hand 3 A's A Whipping FATHUL Kinb Club trounced Amicable Athletic A»ooutmn b\ ten coals to on m th- <U\ division 1 lea^.. -r m.itrh played .it :cables who upset Marino 3-3 last week failed I up to expe Outstanding for tthe Fathuls «tn inside-left Lazim Adam and left-half
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    99 12 SAFA's CHALLENGE CUP DRAW _TW draw for the s.\F.\ tup '.lonrntiu m J nl i> t"llous: MOR Bye REME Marines v? RE C A r.AF A I A. VS Tiger S.A. vs I nar); Star Soc- 1 1 MOK> Bye SRC Blue Rovers vs Cosmo S.C Bedok S.C v$ Western
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    111 12 WOMEN'S GOLF FINALISTS Mrs. Lumsden will defend her title against Mrs. Nichol m the finals of the Singapore Women's Golf Championship at the Royal Island Club on Saturday at 215 p.m. Results of the semi-finals r ed on Sunday at the Royal Island Club were: Mrs. Lumsden beat Mrs Payne
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