Singapore Standard, 13 July 1957

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  • 627 1  - 21 -Gun Salute In All State Capitals Will Greet The Head Of State K.C. ARUN By P \LA LUMPUR. Fri. Tit-nty-one gun salutes i l be fired simultaneous:n Kuala Lumpur and every state capital on Sept. 2 hen the Yang di-Pertuan Aeon j takes his oath of office and becomes
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  • 98 1 They Demand Right To Report News SAN FRANCISCO. July 12 Reuter) A group of American newspaper editors meet- h«re has der'.ared "its una.'erable and continuing support of free reporting from Red China". 77. -.c sre up— the Freedom of A: Committee of the A -erican Society of New?--r -er Editor?
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  • 99 1 HONGKONG. July 12 (Reuter» American salesman. Donald Jackson Blackwood of Norwood. Ohio, who disappeared with his South Korean wife and infant son from Macao two months ago said here today he went to Communist China "for curiosity." Mr. Blackwood told a press conference he was expelled
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  • 148 1 M-DAY STRIKE LOOMS Union Firm On Demands KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federal capital may be a "mess" on Merdeka Day if the Municipal Workers' Union which has already served a strike notice decides to exercise that right by the end of August. A spokesman of the Union said today: -'If
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  • 121 1 LLSAKA, July 12 (Reuter)— The Queen Mother yesterday presented a set of silver drums to the First Battalion. Northern Rhodesian Regiment which m 1955 killed more Communist guerillas m Malaya than any other unit. The ceremony took place at an imDressive parade during
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  • 208 1 Asst. Foreign Exchange Controller Lodges Complaint $3.6 MILLION IN AMERICAN CURRENCY INVOLVED A SINGAPORE rubber firm, Messrs. Aik Hoe and Company Limited of Beach Road, was yesterday summoned to Court to answer 68 charges, involving IS $3,694,575 (about $11,083,726 Malayan) under the Foreign
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  • 81 1 Jakarta Court Jails Banker JAKARTA, July 12 (Reuter) —William Watson, a British deputy manager of the Chartered Bank here was sentenced two months and 12 days jail by a Jakarta District Court today for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Watson, who had been In custody for this exact
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  • 28 1 LONDON. July 12 (Reuter) The House of Commons today gave a second reading agreement m principle to the Federation of Malaya Independence Bill without a vote.
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  • 59 1 JAKARTA. July 12 (UP)— First Deputy Premier Hardi and Foreign Minister Dr Subandrio will represent Indonesia at the independence celebrations of Malaya on Aug. 31, it was officially announced today. Subandrio said Indonesia had originally intended to have Prime Minister Djuanda represent the nation but "due
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  • 47 1 THE Superintendent of Census, Mr E. J. Phillips, yesterday warned the public against persons who may impersonate census officers. He said census officers were withdrawn at the end of last month when the census was completed Householders will not, therefore, be approached again.
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  • 108 1 Rl Officials Get Rude Awakening JAKARTA. July 12 (Reuter) Military Police rounded up all government officials still at home 15 minutes after the official day had begun m Bandjermasin. Indonesian Borneo yesterday. More than GO officials were caught dawdling over their morning coilee or napping peacefully m their beds by
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  • 38 1 A DELEGATION of Indian Army and Air Force officers led by Gen. K. S. Thimayya, Army Chief of Staff, arrived m Moscow yesterday at the invitation of Marshal Georgi Zhukov, thp Soviet Minister of Defence. Reuter
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  • 196 1 20,000,000 Wait EMBALMERS WORK LATE INTO NIGHT GENEVA, July 12, (Reuter) Prince Aly Khan is "most likely" to succeed his father the Aga Khan as Imam (spiritual head) of 20,--000.000 members of the Ismailia Moslem sect, sources close to th* family said here today.
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  • 46 1 DINARD. France, July 12 (AP) Actor Tony Curtis was struck m the eye by an arrow today during a movie scene depicting 150 Vikings storming the coast. Tony was rushed off to an eye specialist who thought the eye could be saved.
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  • 19 1 MR. JOHN B. HOLLISTER has resigned as director of the U.S. International Cooperation I Administration (ICA) A.P
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  • 134 1 An Extremely Rare Find PERTH, July 12 (Reuter) Twin unborn calves were found by processors of Cheyne Beach Whaling Co. working this week on a 43--foot humpback cow whale. The calves were fully formed, but would not have been born for some time. They were
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  • 156 1 CAIRO, July 12 (UP) Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser discussed the future of the Suez Canal during a six-hour meeting yesterday. Informed sources said after the meeting the canal was one of the major subjects m the wide-swinging
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  • 31 1 SALIM KHAN, Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner m London, died suddenly yesterday. He collapsed outside the High Commissioner's Office and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. A.P
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  • 27 1 PRESIDENT Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam will make an official visit to India this winter, it was learned m New Delhi yesterday. Reuter
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  • 364 1 I DON'T NEED HELP OF ANYONE IN U.S. NOW I CAMP WHITTINGTON, Japan. July 12 (UP)— Army Specialist William S. Girard today rejected offers of American aid m his forthcoming Japanese manslaughter trial with the assertion, "I do not need the help of anyone m
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  • 24 1 THE World Bank yesterday announced a U5590,000,--000 loan to India to assist m modernizing the Indian rail- 1 way system.- AP
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  • 146 1 Dilapidated Home Of The Premier C'ttee To Probe No. 10 Repairs LONDON, July 12 (Reuter). —One of Britain's .a, ott famous houses, No 10 Downing Street, official London residence ol British prime ministers, Is so dilapidated as to need extensive n pair. Mr. Harold Macmillan, the present occupant ol the
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  • 63 1 PARIS. July 12 FAteen-year-old Jean Claude de Lassee. great grandnephew of Jules Verne, French 19th century fiction writer and author of "Round-the-Worid In 80 Days." today started ofl <~r. a flight round-the-wcr.d ;n £0 hours. His trip will take him to Rome. Beirut. Calcutta Bangkok.
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  • 169 2 TAIPEI. July 12 (UP) Serious floods, possibly the worst m the history of China, have sweDt across millions cf acres of farmland m Red China and left more than 10.000 persons homeless, it was reported here today. Communist Chinese newspapers said Shanghai was
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  • 71 2 ATOMIC TEST SITE. Nevada, July 12 i Reuter) F.jrir.2 of the Diablo the atomic device that failed to explode on June 21 be UM of a power failure hai been pert oil at least until tomorr morning It wa? scheduled to be exploded from a
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  • 35 2 \RGARET iSaralai daughter ct Mr i-- Mrs M George Govt irvev Der-: ra. sed away reace- on 12th July 37 Service al Bl Andrew's Cathedra] at spm fo lowed by interment a: B:da-cA.-i today
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  • 127 2 WELLINGTON, July 12 (Reuter) Two Christchurch physicists suspect that New Zealand is being subjected to abnormal radioactive fallout through pollution of atmosphere by cumulative nuclear weapons tests. The physicists, Mr. R. Borthwick and Mr. J. Tait. sa:d tonight 'hey had traced m rain water what
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  • 588 2 Chou And Mao Can Help Stop Terror -Griffiths LONDON, July 12 (Reuter)—Mr. Alan LennoxBoyd, the Colonial Secretary, today moved the second reading of the j Malayan Independence Bill m the House of Commons. The House of Commons had earlier welcomed the bill which Mr. Lennox-Boyd said,
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  • 113 2 CANBERRA. July 12. (Reuter).—The United States and Australian Governments agreed to exchange atomic information for mutual defence purposes. Acting Defence Minister. Howard Beale announced here tonight. He said the proposed agreement between the two countries had been signed m Washington today. Under the agreement, Australia
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  • 75 2 JAKARTA. Jul. 12. (UP).— The Indonesian army's Chief of Intelligence. Lieut. Col. Sukendra today questioned Lucien Ira Zamorski, an American student held under military arrest for two months without charges. Zamorski, a 32-. car-old Foundation scholar whose wife resides m Moline. Illinois, was brought to
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  • 209 2 Council Is No Threat Premier JAKARTA, July 12 (Reuter) President Sukarr I said today that his National Council would not "impa > the position of either the cabinet or parliament."' "The cabinet continues to be responsible to parliament and its position is exactly the same as m the past," he
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  • 20 2 THE A Ann influenza has reached epi lemic proportions m Melbourne, it was officially announced last night. Reuter
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  • 144 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Spot 93 M| Int. Aug. R.S.S. No. 1 93| 94 R.S.S. No 2 92A R.S.S. No. 3 92* 92i Tone. Quiet The price of tin m Singapore \esterdav was $379] per picul (Up SIJ) LONDON RUBBER
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  • 56 2 NICE. July 12 (UP) The Shah of Iran and Err.: Soraya left here t« day a a special plane for Tf visit to insoect 'ear;: damage m Iran. They took off fri m c airport at 0626 GMI a four encined Conste placed at their
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  • 17 2 QUEEN Elizabeth a QufH-n Mother, arrived i° Blantyre. yesterday the first-ever Royal tOUT Nyasaland. Reuter
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  • 43 2 MRS. LILLIAN Forbush, of North Adams, Massa chusetts, is carried unconscious down an escape ladder from her second floor apartment during a fire which swept four buildings in the downtown section of North Adams, recently. Mrs. Forbush was taken to hospital.
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  • 121 2 MAEBASHI, Japan, July 12 (AP)— Brother killed brother m a furious medieval style duel at Annaka near here last night, police reported. Kunio Kpitabashi, 42. an innkeeper, fought his unemployed brother Kiyoshi Koitabashi 32. each armed with an ancient C-foot spear. Kiyoshi stabbed Kunio m
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  • 62 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices TVUSY MONTEIRO. 19. Ls a stenographer with Henry Waugh and Company Ltd. Daisy loves dancing and her favourite number is rock 'n roll. Once m a while she goes to picnics. At home she keeps busy writing letters to pen-friends m England. Australia and Malaya.
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  • 289 3 r Standard Music Critic WILI lAM CLAUSON, the Arm r an baliad-singer and g gave the s< nd ol ta o Bits for Donald M re Prod Uons m th< I Centre last nig h t I do not remember having spent a more thori
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  • 86 3 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of lhe Fas Basl Land f t pGei Sir Fran Festing, who s Lnte U XMi itary A viser to SEATO. leaves Singapore today by air for Kar a a four- U y I it r < Whim in Pakisl n, he will o re.
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  • 32 3 THE Pr -si nal Woman's A -iati p. will hold an maa .rai luncheon at the Cathay Restaurant today at 1.15 p.m The Chiel Minister Un Yew Hock will the gathering.
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  • 61 3 TWO civilian employees of •rl R rai Air Force, Changi. V. Sittiah and X. Rarnu, wee t la? acquitted n Sing.; »re court on a charge f stealing patent medicine an i me lical ipmenl En m the RA F. H ital m Changi on
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  • 236 3 THE SINGAPORE Jam r Trade School has adopted a unique sy.-tem to ensure that all its MusLim pupils attend compulsory Friday mosque service. a: d n ci --ry Friday, every Muslim boy is asked assemble :n the court-yard of th.c schooL after having
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  • 224 3 Meet The People Drive Is Launched THE Singapore Labour Front has launched an island-wide campaign to consolidate and boost its membership, the Standard was told yesterday. Chairman of the Front. Chew Swee Kee, said Assemblymen and City Councillors will pay personal visits to
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  • 90 3 A NUMBER of General Service Medals are still awaiting claimants. Ex-Army personnel, who have served with the Imperial Forces m Malaya (MORs) on and after June 16, 1948, and who have not received' their General Service Medal with Clasp (Malaya) are asked to contact the o__cer-in-Charge,
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  • 60 3 IPOH, Fri. Toh Muda Tahwil A'zar bin Che Ahmad, keen Rotarian and territorial chief of Parit, is to be appointed the new Datoh Panglima Kinta, territorial chief of Kinta district shortly, the Standard learnt today. Pie w:ll assume the title left vacant by the death last
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  • 84 3 FOUR men, one armed with I revolver, held up a watchman at a building site m Jalan Hue Yoh. off the sth m.s Yio Chu Kang Road. Singapore early yesterday morning, and escaped with a fuel pump, worth $200. The watchman told the police that two
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  • 62 3 KLANG, Fri— R. Chandran, eyewitness to a stabbing case m which a woman hawker received six stab wounds on her chest and stomach, rushed to the hospital anc' donated a pint of blood m a bid to save j her life. The woman, who is
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  • 69 3 BUK IT MERTA.TAM. Fri. Although Bukit Mart—jam was declared a "white area" more than One md a half years ago, the perimeter fence, stretching from Alma to Bukit Berapit, a distance of five miles, will not be removed yet. Thil fence was erected at I cost
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  • 84 3 KUALA LIPIS. Fri. A rubber tapper, Phuan Wai. 49. of Tanjong Lipis was fined $25 m tho Magistrate's Court, today for throwing a five- foot log from a moving train, likely to endanger the life of any person working on the railway track. Abdullah bin
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  • 88 3 MR. TEO CHYE POH. 24, sailed for Britain yesterday on the liner Corfu, on a scholarship awarded by the General Electric Co.. (Malaya) Ltd. Mr. Tco. a University of Malaya graduate m Physics, had been with the radio department of G.E.C. for the past year
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  • 39 3 THERE will he a special m irning show of the popular Tamil film "HaridaA' at thc Cathay Cinema Singsnore on Aug. 5, at B.:>d m aid of the Singapore Tamils Schools Library and Valluvar Iliam Building Fund.
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  • 56 3 PENANG, Fri. A labourer, V. Kandasamy. 60. was today committed by Mr. Au Ah Wah m the Magistrate's Court to stand trial at the next Assizes, on a charge of murdering another labourer, A. Perumal, at Sungci Dim Village on May 21. Kandasamy reserved his defence and was
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  • 187 3 irregularities At Hospital COMPLAINTS of irregularities m the Kandang Kerbau Hospital have been received by the Singapore Health Ministry, Mr. A. J. Braga, Minister for Health, told the Standard yesterday. The present Police probe "appears to lend substance to my fears." Mr. Braga
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  • 35 3 EAR-PIECES of telephones have been removed from four Singapore public telephone booths m Owen Road, Cambridge Road. Norfolk Road and Balestier Road. Po.ire believe it is the work of mischief makers.
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  • 111 3 THE Malayan Board of Film Censors banned' six out of 857 films imported into Malaya last year. Of the banned films, three were from America, and onp each from Britain. Japan and France. A report published by the Board yesterday said America took
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  • 50 3 THE Australian Minister for Defence. Sir PhiliD McBride. was yesterday held up m Athens on his way to Singapore from London. His plane was reported to have been delayed because of "elevator trouble." It is not known whether Sir Philip and his wife will arrive today.
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  • 300 4 Give Anti-Graft Tearr: Wider Powers, He Says PEOPLES Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who won the by-election m Tanjong Pagar last month, wants effective measures against election malpractices. At the next Assembly meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Lee will seek
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  • 456 4 65,000 Workers Withdraw Pay Claim KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The 65.0UU daily-paid government workera today decided to withdraw their claim lor more wages which would cost the KO~ernment an extra $30,000,000 annually. Decision to withdraw the claim wai made R-tei a tenman delegation of the Staff Side of the Daily-Rated National
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  • 23 4 THP'. Sc'etar Golf Club held rta annua] ball at the Cathay Restaurant last night. More than ?>^ member] and their wives attended.
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  • 91 4 FIRST ASIAN TO WIN THIS AWARD MR. TC. EASAW, (above) of the Johore Health Department, recently became the first Asian to be awarded i Fellowship of the Royal Society of Health m London. Disclosing this to the Standard yesterday. Dr. A.N. Ray, Mr. Easaw's immediate superior and the Chief Health
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  • 65 4 PRIVATE D.P..T. Knowles. 20. Royal Army Ordnance Corps driver, was yesterday fined $800 and disqualified from driving for ihrce years by a Singapore traffic court. He was (bond S'-iilty of a charge of causing the death of a labourer. Tan Ah Her. 18, hy driving
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  • 37 4 RICHARD Lee Paik Lin. 24. was sentenced m a Singapore Court yesterday to a total of six months' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to six charges of cheating involving $210 between June 7 and 13.
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  • 110 4 'Postpone Council Elections THE Tanglin branch of the Labour Front yesterday called uoon the government to postpone thc December elections to the City Council by at least one month a.a counter-challenge to the Liberal-Socialist Party. "The Lib-Socs. have threatened to resign all their nine seats m the Council if the
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  • 104 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A young special constable was today sentenced to one month's jail by Magistrate, Tuan Haji Mahammad Taib. for shirking duty again. Osman bin Afriffin, 23. attached to the area security unit at Sungei Besi, pleaded guilty to absenting himself "without any reason whatso-
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  • 178 4 Attempt To Crush Reds IPOH, Fri.— Five platoons of the Police Field Force are being deployed m the current operation Operation Komol on the Perak-Thai border. The Malayan Security Force is operating on the Malayan side of the international boundary and m South Thailand. The
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  • 178 4 Boy's Death: Open Verdict Returned SINGAPORE Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, returned an open verdict yesterday at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of 10-year-old school, boy, Mohamad Hob bin Omar, who was knocked down by a lorry on June 12 at Jalan Eunos. A labourer, Yaya bin
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  • 144 4 Penghulu On Forgery Charge MALACCA. Fri. A penghulu, Hussain bin Yahya, was today charged with lorging a document m order to transfer a piece of land owned by Mat bin Musa to lour persons on Nov. 30 last. Head penghulu, Ahmad bin Kulon, told the Court he was informed by
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  • 57 4 PENANG, Fri. The leader of the All-Malaya UMNO Women's Movement, Che Fatimah Kadir. will crown "Miss Penang UMNO" at the UMNO Pesta on Monday night. Twenty Malay beauties will be competing for this title. On Monday afternoon. Che Fatimah will attend the inauguration of a new
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  • 40 4 ROSALINO Marcelo. 38, was fatally injured, when his motorcycle was involved m a collision with a Hock Lee bus at Alexandra Road yesterday evening. Singapore Traffic Police are appealing for eyewitnesses to contact Inspector Eugene Wong. Tel. 2400.
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  • 39 4 A SINGAPORE doctor. Lav Chew Seng, 36, was injured when his car overturned at Lconie Road last night. A woman. Chye Cheok Moi. 20. who was m the car. was also hurt. They were taken to hospital.
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    • 536 4 <a~Mlmanac Information at a Glance ordinary general meeting at Light Relief CS) j Id pjn. BBC. rl At KAnr Beattv Secondary School 4 p.m. Jazz Club (S); 10. 3d -11 p.m. For INtjAPQRC nmWmma a«-__ri? _r- *I*I__I? Bachelors Only S j^MJLf^ *_____»ul llMlJi OC XIUHI R\Dlo M\l,\\\ (Kegional): 715 Wf
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  • 313 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Commerce Minister, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman hinted today he has a "secret plan" to induce more Malay youths "of the right type" to take up commerce as a career. lie told the Standard he fully agreed
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  • 46 5 PENANG. Fri. One of the most daring house-breaking incidents took place early this morning when 30 radio sets, valued at $3,000. were stolen from a firm m Penang Road. The thieves gained entry after breaking the lock of the front iron gate.
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  • 235 5 CONGRESS CRITICISES RULERS and COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Working Committee of the Second Malay Congress alleged today that the Malay Rulers hud acted "unconstitutionally" m accepting the provisions of the new cons.itution passed yesterday by the Legislative Council. The Congress held that the legislature itself had committed an act
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  • 43 5 LT. KASSIM bin Hashim of the 4th Battalion the Malay Regiment, Tapah is pictured cutting the wedding cake at the reception after his marriage to Che Zainab. the ward of Mr. Mrs. Kassim bin Abdullah at Teluk Anson recently.
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  • 127 5 EIGHT Malayans have been called to the British bar Their names were m the Inns of Court list of successful students published m London on Wednesday. Among them is Choong Ewe Leong. of Penang. more popularly known m sporting circles as David Choong, cousin of the
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  • 124 5 KUALA LIPIS. Fri. A verdict of death by misadventure wns recorded today at the conclusion of an inquest by Coroner Raja Azlan Shah on a Gurkha soldier, Harka Bahadur Gurung. 2b\ who was crushed to death on Feb. 14 when his jeep was involved m a
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  • 106 5 L goes shopping for winter clothes SOON after her arrival m Melbourne. Australia's 2.000 th Colombo Plan student, Che I'mmi Kelsom binte Maidin of Trengganu. went shopping for woollen clothes to wear m the cold winter weather. As a member of a Girl Guide troop m
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  • 94 5 PENANG. Fri. The Settlement formed a Family Planning Association at a meeting of medical practitioners and laymen at the E, and O. Hotel last night. The meeting was convened by Mrs. Margaret F. Roots Field Representative of the National Committee on Maternal Health m America. Dr.
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  • 165 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A young estate owner broke the arm of his 60-year-old "opium-smoking brother" after a quarrel over money. Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani was told today. Lim Hon Siong, 29. was bound over m the sum of $100 for six months when
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  • 23 5 A 17-YEAR-OLD sir Lob Siang Gaik. was found hanging m her house m Jura new iff age near Bukit Mertajam yesterday.
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  • 472 6 CCIEXCE is on the march. Having surveyed and explored most of the earth's land and water and having harnessed the power that nuclear energy can provide, whether this is to be used for man's well-being or for his destruction, the mass search for more and more knowledge
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  • 377 6 AS is to be expected, the Malay Congress is not happy about the adoption by the Federal Legislative Council of the Constitution for independent Malaya. Neither are certain sections of nonMalays. These dissentient voices belong to those who place their own interests above that of the country.
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    • 323 6 Sir— After two years' constant exhortation the Supreme Court Bench had at last attained its proper number ol live judges, and the voluminous list ol cases pending was being reduced slowly, so that no longer was there only a hopeless feeling that a case set down for
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  • 2031 6 Survey of National Habits and Practices t-GASPER!^, r- 9 fT-HIS smoking machine 1> 1 puffs SIXTY cigar- j ettes m one go— to help 1.the thc uork of American Z cancer research scientist, Z Dr. Evarts Graham, who g 2 is seen watching the C- machine at
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  • 625 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA By f\F all leaders of political thought m Malaya, the one who has progressed from triumph to triumph overcoming all obstacles m his stride, is the Federal Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who scored hi.s greatest success, if not thc greatest, on
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  • 178 7 Vivien Was Ejected From Lords 'My Lords, I Want To Protest, But... LONDON July 12. (AP) Actress Vivien Leigh was chased out of the House of Lords last night when she interrupted the proceedings by shouting from the gallery. Miss Leigh, wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, stood up while the
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  • 73 7 BELFAST. July 12 (Reuter) 1 About 20 young men m county Fermanagh have been arrested during the night a few hours before the traditional "Orangemen" celebrations m Northern Ireland. Police disclosed this early today after a widespread hunt throughout the county for men thought
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  • 73 7 WASHINGTON. July 12 (AP) The House Rules Committee yesterday cleared President Eisenhower's Foreign Aid Bill for a House vote without acting on a resolution aimed at ending foreign government trials of American servicemen The rule committee decision is likely to lead to a move on the
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  • 275 7 Nuclear Scientists Sound A Grim Warning Small Wars Might Result Bn US, Russia sing A-Bombs PUGWASH, Nova Scotia, July 12 (AP)— Nuclear scientists from East and West yesterday told the world that mankind must abolish war or suffer catastrophe. Twenty men from the United Slates, Soviet
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  • 84 7 THE Republic of Korea Air Force pilots and crew chiefs stand at attention beside their F-86 Sabre jets lined up for a ceremony held m Suwon, Korea, for the transfer of a jet-training unit of the United States Air Force for the young growing ROK Air
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  • 212 7 We May Not Be In Love, But Let's Wed— Khrushchev PRAGUE, July 12 (AP)— Nikita Khrushchev last night suggested a marriage of convenience between the Co_i_i_nist and capitalist worlds to avoid the danger of I war. Then he hailed Yugoslavia as a loyal member of the socialist camp. He chose
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    • 32 7 PARIS. July 12 (UP)— The French government has announced that it is setting up powerful propaganc'a machinery to counter Arab-inspired propaganda den ouncing France's role m Africa, especially m rebellion-wracked Algeria.
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    • 42 7 TEHRAN, July 12 (UP)— The Iranian Majlis (Lower House) yesterday passed the long debated oil bill authorizing the government and the National Iran Oil Company to negotiate with foreign firms on exploitation of oil outside the present consortium limits.
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    • 36 7 WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuter) Mr. H. S. Suhrawardv. the Pakistan Prime Minister, last night gave a dinner and reception here m honour of Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, and Mrs. Dulles.
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    • 36 7 HONGKONG. July 12 (AP) Don aid Jarkson Blackwood, an American clothes salesman and his South Korean wife and child who vanished mysteriously on a trip to Macao on April 28, returned to Hongkong today.
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    • 33 7 WASHINGTON, July 12 (UP) 1 The government gave the go-ahead' yesterday for mass production of a vaccine effective m warding off the highly contagious "Oriental flu" now spreading throughout the world.
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    • 31 7 HOLLYWOOD. July 12 (UP)— Film star Rita Hayworth said yesterday she was "genuinely sorry" to hear of the death of her former father-in-law, the Aga Khan, m Geneva.
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    • 29 7 DAMASCUS. July 12 (AP)— Damascus Radio charged last night "Israel's recent aggression on Syria's southern border has brought Middle East tension to the highest peak of danger."
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    • 32 7 HAVANA. Cuba. July 12 (AP) The Turkish freighter Sadikoglu. which ran aground 10 days ago on Blanco Bay off the const of Cuba, was refloated yesterday, the Cuban Navy said.
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    • 27 7 BEIRUT. July 12 (AP) Lebanon's journalists last night launched a strike aimed at forcing the government to withdraw a bill allowing "preventive" arrests of journalists.
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    • 25 7 BREMEN. Germany. July 12 (UP)— A cargo of electrical parts was flown to Communist China last night from this north German port.
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  • 122 7 Jobs For Purged Red Bosses MOSCOW. July 12 (AP)— A Foreign Ministry spokesman said last night the Soviet grvernment plans to use purged Kremlin leaders "according to their professional abilities." His statement was taken as confirming reports that the men will not be put on trial. Following up a Moscow
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  • 80 7 VEINNA. July 12 (UP) Budapest Radio disclosed yesterday that three "young" prisoners escaped from Budapest's Central Prison, main detention centre for heroes of the Hungarian revoltThe broadcast did not specify whether the escapees were political prisoners or criminals nor did it say how they got away
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  • 55 7 LONDON, July 12 (AP) Kabul Radio, quoting "well Informed sources" said yesterday an unsuccessful assassination plot had been made against King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan and Premier Daud Khan. The broadcast said no official announcement had yet been made, but it was understood a commission
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  • 56 7 LANSING. Mich. July 12 (AP) Michigan prison inmates may get a pay increase soon— their first m more than a quarter century. Corrections Director Gus Harrison told the State Corrections Commission that prison pay ranges from five cents a day "for unskilled workers to 70
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  • 109 7 A Private Dispute, Says Judge PORTLAND. July 12 (AP) A rival's suit seeking to dethrone Miss Oregon failed m court. Circuit Judge James \V. Crawford decided he did not have jurusdiction m such a "private dispute." Miss Sonja Landsem's credentials, which entitle her to entry m the
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  • 20 7 A DELEGATION of Pakistani Moslem leaders rras arrived m Moscow for a visit. Radio Moscow reported yesterday. UP
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  • 62 7 WASHINGTON. July 11 [AP) Pakistan's Priir.e Minister Huseyn Suhrawarriy conferred with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles yesterday on military and economic problems m Asia anr: the Middle East The jaunty fi4-year-old Pakistani told newsmen his 45--minute White House meeting was "most interesting and
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  • 19 7 THE much-postponed firing of the Diablo shot m the current nuclear test series was delayed again yesterday. AP
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  • 14 7 THE House of Commons will debate the Cyprus issue on Monday. UP
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  • 193 7 US Hits Back At Mr. K. 'Clean H-Bomb Not Stupid' WASHINGTON. July 12 (AP)— The White House hitting back at Nikita Khrushchev, said yesterday the I nited States intends to continue its efforts to avoid "mass human destruction" by atomic weapons. The statement, issued with "the full knowledge" of President
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  • 54 7 LONDON. July 12 (LP) The chief of Britain's Air Staff will hold a two-day conference with eighl Commonwea'.:h Chiefs of Staff next month, it was announced yesterday. Air Chief Marshal Sir Dern-.ot Boy> said the gather- ing here would ba tot the pur- pr? P of
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    • 45 7 f»r that gives you uch ft tor so little 3*4 cv. ft. Refrigerator ENGLISH ELECTRIC Singapore an*4 Penang $494 less 5% for cash Federation $593 less 5% for cash CXTENDED HIRE PURCHASE ~Tt«Mj' SANDILANDS BUTTERY Cr CO. LTD, Singapore kuala lumpur ipoh penang kota eharu
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  • 313 8 Telephone Strike Govt. Issues Warning Exchanges Are Out Of Bounds: Gazette SINGAPORE Government yesterday warned that the Central Telephone Exchange m Hill Street and other "satellite" exchanges m the City are protected places and no one should occupy them without a valid permit from the Telephone Board. A Gazette notification
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  • 159 8 Settle All Claims By M-Day: Port Men PENANG, Fri.— Tiie executive committee of the Penang Port Commission Employees' Union, at an emergency meeting, decided that all employees' grievances and requests for better service conditions, already submitted and under negotiation with the Penang Port Commission, should be settled before Merdeka Day.
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  • 63 8 Tree Kills Woman: 6 Escape PENANG, Fri. A 27-year-old woman. Hali Jah binti Omar, was killed m her sleep when a coconut tree fell on her house at Tanjong Tokong during a heavy storm early this morning Her younger sister, brother-in-law, and four children escaped injured. The tree smashed the
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  • 67 8 PENANG, Fri. Twenty-seven-year-old Boey Foong Kong, was charged m the Magistrate's Court today with attempting to commit extortion, by putting Tan Yiat Thong, m fear of injury at Perak Lane on July 10. Boey, it was alleged, induced Tan to deliver him $300. saying that Tan
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  • 69 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman this evening laid the foundation stone of the $20(1.000 new mosque at the Kampong Bharu Malay Settlement here. The mosque named Masjid •Jameed is being built with the efTorts of Muslims m the area. together with donations from
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  • 62 8 THE Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hin?, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of a 10-yeaY-old farmer, Ang Tai Heng, who died of suffocation shortly after a meal Mr. Giam giving his finding said the post-mortem
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  • 41 8 MR G. JOHN, senior special grade signalman has retired from service after 33 years m the Malayan Railway. He served m all signal cabins from Taiping to Singapore. Mr. John was an old boy of St. Paul's Institution, Seremban.
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  • 211 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri.— ln honour of the Feast of St. Anne, and the Titular Feast of the Church of St. Anne here, arrangements have been made for a twoday celebration on Aug. 3 and 4 This colourful annual festival is expected to attract a
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  • 46 8 IPOH, Fri. Fire broke out last night at the Nam Fong Sawmill m Menglembu. four miles from here, causing damage, estimated at $4,000. The blaze, believed to have started from a short circuit, destroyed an amount of timber. No one was injured, however.
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  • 39 8 TAN See Boon. 21, alleged to be a member of a gang of thieves, was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate, Tuan Haji Mohammed Taib, for theft of two car headlights.
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  • 14 8 MESDAMES Tamayo Miyagi (left) and Haru Nishioka at the Singapore Airport.' Standardpic
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  • 145 8 JAPAN will invite the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to an exhibition m Hiroshima m April next year to commemorate the recovery oi Hiroshima after the war. i The Prime Ministers ot India. Ceylon. Burma and Thailand, will also be invited. This
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  • 61 8 KUALA TRENGGANU. Fri •-The Federation's first "white"' state had Red trouble last night, but came out with flying colours. Three terrorists, trying to sneak into the peaceful Kampong Rantau Panjang m the Kemaman district, were shot at hy an alert Police party who killed one
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  • 34 8 PENANG, Fri. Twenty bales of rubber, worth $5,000 was missing from a godown m the Penang Port Commission yesterday. The rubber was unloaded from the steamer, Semantan, on July 7.
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  • 33 8 BUTTERWORTH, Fri.— Mr. J. R. Milburn, Settlement Agricultural Officer, leaves the Federation under Malayanization on July 20. Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Amin, Agricultural Officer. North Perak will succeed Mr Milburn.
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  • 47 8 PENANG. Fri. The level crossing at Penanti at the 12th mile Permatang Pauh/ Sungei Lembu Road m the Province will be closed to vehicles from 8.55 p.m. on Tuesday to 5.45 a.m. next day. Road traffic will be allowed to pass at intervals.
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  • 202 8 Unionists Ask For Assurance KUALA LUMPUR. Sat— T c insurance section of the Selangor Clerical and Administratis c Staff Union today demEr.iH, that i: employe s to follow a policy of harassment and victimisation of union members." Chairman of the insurance se tii Mr. A. B. Gomez t d the
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  • 44 8 MISS Leone Nasreen France. 19. daughter of Singapore lawyer. Mr. H. A. Franc is, yesterday left Singapore fi r Britain by the liner Will* m Ruys. to take a ■eeretarial course. She will be away for two years Standardpic
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  • 113 8 SINGAPORE members of the Ismailia Muslim sect yesterday sent a telegram of condolence to the Begum, wife of the Aga Khan who died on Thursday. Mr. S. H. Jivabhai, a re- presentative of Colony lsmailis told the Standard that Ismaili business houses In the
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    • 255 8 _v I I B vx _fi~* ___> H —1 __^l_l B^_v a _i _M_x. /mWOm\ AvLa /Amr --.-..--------I _B H _H l^__. J_L ake your time choosing one '^m of the new FORTIS watches— it *^B is going to last you a life -time* Strength and precision are the kmm,
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  • 227 9 SCHOOL PERSONALITY CORN ER BANNING today the StanYouth Page will fea* re I new series, "'Youth ■-.Ay Corner," special* r Malayan Students. |"or c first «ftic> we have 14-year-old Changi student. Wendy <c who became then n m the Ist "Miss Queen Contest he'd m coojur. ".i :n with a
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  • 483 9 of to U.S. on grants "*TT"F. are thrilled and excit- ed at the very thought of ?oin? to America." This was the consensus of four _f Colony students who leave tf\or the United State;* on July v 3O on 'Teenager Programme" scholarships offered by the Department
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  • 479 9 Plan a Kite Contest £VERY boy and girl wants to build a kite. Often, due to slight mistakes that could be easily corrected, all these kites are not going to By. This then is the time to round up the kitebuilders and enlist an adult's aid. Maybe
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  • 141 9 Social Diary HPIIREE Colony students, winners of the "Public Speaking Contest for Schools." V. Ramalingam (Hartley School), Douglas Koh (Victoria School), and Vivien Soh (Raffles Girls School) will receive their awards at the next Rotary Club luncheon at Cathay Restaurant on July 17. The winners will speak on the subject
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  • 124 9 An Hour at the Standard FOUR students, editorial members of the Christian Brothers' Schools' (Malaya) News Bulletin, made a study tour of the Singapore Standard last Saturday. They rcere Form V pupils of St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore. After scrutinising their own bulletin, which is being done by the Standard's job
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

  • 189 10 JAPAN'S sterling exports during May which totalled US$lO7 million, were higher than those for April, though her exports to Singapore and Hongkong declined during the period. Swinging up sharply by 9.1 per cent, from April, Japan's sterling exports rose during May standing at the levels
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  • 112 10 TWO Borneo oil men, who are being trained m Australia by the Shell Oil Company at its big refinery at Geelong. Victoria, may be followed by other Borneo technicians seeking experience at the refinery. The present trainees are Mr. Peter Goh Soon Teck, 33, of
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  • 110 10 Shipments Of U.S. Car Tyres Down U.S. manufacturers* shipments of passenger car tyres during May totalled 8.056,507, compared with 8,104,362 tyres m April, the Rubber Manufacturers Association reported m New York. Production of passenger car tyres m May increased seasonably to 8.312.496, an increase of 5.51 per cent over April.
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  • 28 10 FRENCH banking and mining interests have formed a Frs. sm. company to develop the economy of French Equatorial Africa and m particular the French Congo.
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  • 245 10 Bright Outlook For Rubber In Papua, New Guinea OUTLOOK for the future of the rubber growing industry m Papua and New Guinea is bright, according to the Australian Exporter. Export of rubber from Papua has risen from 1,198 tons m 1948 to an expected 4,000 tons this year. Considerable progress
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  • 200 10 THE general buoyancy m industrial shares continued, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday. Tins were m the main firm, while rubbers were slightly better. Price changes announced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers 8.8. Petrol 66/- 68/- Fed. Dispensary 2.20 2.30 Gammon 2.58 2.63 W. Hammer
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  • 257 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Fed. DUp. $2.20. $2.25; F N ords $2.72^ to $2.73J: Gammons $2.56 to $2 CO: Hume prefs A2O/9. ords A5/11; Jacksons Si.OG overnight and $1-67; Cements $1.74 to $1.72; Robinson ords $IJ9 to $1.&7*; Sim e Darby 51.92A to
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  • 35 10 CLEARANCES of tobacco leaf at Queensland auctions have been satisfactory this season, according to the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. William McMahon. Substantial quantities of Queensland leaf had been sold at auction.
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  • 31 10 MR. 11. F. CLEMENTS, who recently retired as chairman and managing director of William Jacks Co. (M) Ltd., has now joined the Board of William Jacks Co. Ltd., London.
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  • 114 10 SINGAPORE Chinese produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, July/August $24J buyers, $252 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40J sellers, m drums $45 J sellers. Muntok white pepper $109 sellers, Sarawak white $108 sellers special Sarawak black $73. COPRA HOLIDAY, CUTLER. BATH CO. LTD. JULY
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  • 60 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. T.T. 32 9/16. O.D. 32-11/16. 90 days airmail 32-15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills. Canada: buying. T.T. 31-1/16. O.D. 31-3/16, 90 days airmail 31* credit bills 31-9/16 trade bills; selling.
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  • 149 10 ONE of the biggest business efficiency exhibitions was inaugurated recently m London. Electronic devices for speeding office work were features cf the display by 135 companies. New equipment on show includes an electronic machine capable of adding and subtracting at the rate of 700 characters a
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 174 10 Rising Trend Seen In 'Smokes' Trade MALAYA'S trade m cigarettes has sho*n a rising trend despite the increased duty, latest detailed statistics revealed. In the first four months this year 6.290.453 worth $29,006,491 were imported into Malaya (sare period 1956 6,284.912 lb. worth $28.215 512)' During the same period 1,925,770
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    • 108 10 U.K. Firm's Executives Arriving MR. G. Nosoti. general manager of Johnson Johnson Export Ltd.. and Mr. K. Barclay, the advertising manager, are due to arrive m Singapore on Monday. Their arrival will be followed a few days later hv that of Mr. E. Marsh the company's managing director. They will
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    • 144 10 Wheat Export Prospects AUSTRALIA had a r chance of selling 1~ r bushels of wj^at annua] j the local and^ltport rrarKc according to the chairman the Australian Woe?.: Boar-. However, the American m h plus food disposal p.an cr- j| endanger Australia's wh< a markets m the Middle F. and
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    • 79 10 MR. J. F. SINCLAIR, (pictured above), manager of the South Eastern Area Department of the Shell Petroleum Co. m London, is now m Singapore on a threeweek visit to Malaya. He is responsible for the administration m London of the Shell Co. of Singapore and the
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  • 77 10 THAN SPARENT Ther-.^ plastic Aim to rack iofl foodf is becoming increa* :r.g v popular m Australia, both among customers and r-.sr.-> fad :rers. The latest development is prepacked meat foe m c self-service stores. The packages are effii ior.lv and err v by the app":^Gt:on
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  • 33 10 THE consumption cf wor. the U.S. has been running behind thai of 1956. the I :mption of raw wo May average- 7.693,000 week. .;"r below Apr: cow May. lPf>A A.P
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  • 222 10 Rubber: ProfitTaking Absorbed GOOD overseas acceptances mainly for two and three ribbed smoked sheet coupled with rumours emanating from Hongkong of the possibility of sterling devaluation caused the Singapore market to open about one cent above the previous close, says the weekly rubber report of Holiday, Cutler. Bath, Co. Ltd.,
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  • 114 10 THE Federal Government of Australia has given permission for the export of 700,000 tons of raw sugar from the 1957 season's production, the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. McMahon. announcec*. Mr. McMahon said the latest estimate of the 1957 crop was 1.215,000 tons of which approximately 500.000
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  • 64 10 SINGAPORE ruDber prices yesterday closed at 93J cents per lb for International first grade August shipment on a quiet market, unchanged from Thursday. Prices opened slightly lower yesterday morning. Later. prices steadied with fair inquiries for lower grade sheets. At noon the market was quietly steady at 93|
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  • 53 10 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spct fob. (nominal) 93 93$ International Aug. No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. 932 94 Int. R.S.S. No. 1 Sept. P4J H| I Aug. No 2 B2J B 3 Aug. No. 3 92 92J
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  • 22 10 A NEW re?earch and practical operation laboratory of W.A. Schoi'ens Chemi?che Fahrieken N.V., Foxho 1 (the Netherlands), was opened recently.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 616 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Tenders T. WATER DEPARTMENT: (a) Purchase cf One Standard Vanguard and One Commer Van. Tender Deposit $200 Cose 12 NOON 23/7/57; (b) Supply of Galvanised Steel Unsocketed Tubes of J", 1" T. 2" and 2J" Nominal Bore. Tender Deposit $200/-. Close 4 P.M 20/8 57.
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    • 571 10 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD FEDERATION OF MALAYA. SALE OF GENERATING PLANT THE following Diesel Generating Plant is offered for sale by tender and can be seen at the Bahau Power Station of the Central Electricity Board. One— Ruston Hornsby Type BHRA. 40 B.H.P. Single Cylinder. Horizontal 290 R P.M. oil engine,
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    • 395 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE AIRPORT RECEPTION ROOM Reception Room is avail- able at Singapore Airport which may be used by the general public for the following purposes: (i) Reception of passengers arriving or departing by air. (ii) Private Parties. (iii) Conferences. The Reception Room may be hired on application to the Airport
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    • 212 10 BARBER- FERN-VILLE LINES For Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Mobil*. Now Orleans. Houston (via Suez) Spore P. Sham Penang New Toik KINCSVILLE 15 16 |u!y H ft* FRANCISVILLE 13/21 July 22 |uly 26/28 July 3C A I From New York, Los Angeles. San Francisco, (via Hongkong! N.York L-Ales SF ko
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    • 818 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. JJ923/6, *****/4 132/6 Robinson Read THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax. Montreal. Boston, New York. Baltimore Philadelphia b Cult Ports S'por. p. Stum Penang nAS 19/24 |uly 25 lulv 26/27 lulv isTtLOCMUs ..T.r.rrry: 20/25 Aug 26Aug 27/28Aug T/ 15 Oct 16 Oct 17/18
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    • 1296 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «t CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Inccicciatec m bmgepeie) (12 lines) Sh D p 7 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T 0 p 7 SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty
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    • 867 11 NITSUI t^ LINE S'por* P^'hons Penonc FOR JAPAN Akakurasan Maru for Yokohama, Kobe, Moji via Hongkong G. 6A Nachison Maru for Moji 22 July Awajison Maru for Yokohama, Nogoyo, Kobe 24 July FOR USA. For New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore vio Bombay Akogisan Maru vio Bombay 22 July 24 July Hodakasan
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    • 631 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Sailings tor Bongkok ond/or For Eost vio Sues. Penong P S'hom Spore "MOMBASA" Cod 42 43 "FALSTRIA" 14/15 |uly 16 17 Jul 18. 19|uly Bongkok only HOMEWARDS Sailings for Aden, Port Said, Genoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, vio Sues. S'por* PS 'Horn Penono "BOGOTA"
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  • 529 12  - SBA 'RESCUE' JAPAN' S THOMAS CUPPERS BILL FUNK Wee Company Makes Midnight Bid For Beds By JAPAN'S six-man Thomas Cup team, bound for Colombo, Ceylon, were saved lrom a night on the hard benches ol Paya Lebar airport by welcoming Singapore Badminton Association officials last night. Tiie Japanese cuppers were
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  • 576 12 Nine Records Go At JBDAAA Meet THE Johore state long jump record, officially held by Fijian T. Naidole, was broken yesterday when I ngku Ibrahim beat it by two inches. Ungku Ibiahim jumped 22ft. 1 .'.in. Naklolc had set the record at 21ft. 11
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  • 517 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Kowloon Busmen avenged a former defeat when they turned the tables on Malayan Malays to win by five goals to three the thrill-a-minute soccer match at the Princes Road stadium today. a year ago, Malayan Malays hit the busmen tor a
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  • 569 12 THIRTY YEAR OLD CSMI John Bromley of (Jeneral Headquarters Far East Land Forces was the star athlete at the Singapore Base District individual athletic championships where he broke two three-year-old records on the Nee Soon Garrison ground yesterday. New records established yesterday by
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  • 159 12 TODAY'S SPORT In The Colony RACING: Singapore Turf Club July meeting 3rd doi/. CRICKET: Nun -Benders CC. vs Police on Police ground. S.C.C. vs R.A.F. Seletar at S.C.C. at 2.15 p.m. S.C.C. vs R.A.S.C. at R.A.SC. at 2.15 p.m. ATHLETICS: Police Sports Meet at Thosnaar Road 2.30 p.m. Boys Town
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  • 272 12 TWO new records were established m the completed events at the Tanjor.g Katong Girls' School 4th Annual Athletic meet held on the Hai:; Schooi\s grour.d yesterday. Phoon Hun Siong of Yellow House with 12 points won the School Championship, when she was first m the
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  • 229 12  - Peng Han Out For More Awards PETER WONG By MM Pent. Han. Singapore s leading racing driver and the one who ha-- won the most K.T.I) awards m this country is out for more awards. Lim has entered for two events for tomorrow's set ond annual Singapore I Motor Clubs
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  • 248 13 New Century Record By Emily ~\7'J PAHAT Fri. Four v ere smashed on 'he first rhe Batu Pahat District v Meet held yesterday at r Stad:um here. record A c iv was <-r M:ss Emi! Mathews ran the 100 v A m eh .4 sees better r_- rev: )us rec
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  • 46 13 HELSINKI. Ju'.v 12 R. u'.-r> O'.avi SaAo'n i Kin ♦he world 1 500 metres n Am \Ve~-em K.n .:A ca < i 'me of 3 m:rrs 40 2 > T":s is f ir-t< c: 1 second 4 wfn w r (Huns i record Bir.ee last August.
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  • 67 13 Seen above are the victorious 'Venture for Victory' capers making their first tour of Singapore. Thc visiting American baskctballers open their four-game series m the Colony today against Nam Hin Lee at thc Great Word at 8 p.m Standing (1. to r.) George Glass, Clyde Cook, Dick Kamm.
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  • 230 13 LINDA DAVID SHARE THE HONOURS THE Royal A:- Force Seletar Secondary School athletic meeting ighted by the setI BS Ot 11 OOm records and fi rop honours of the day wen' Linda Bod lington and I Fil tti ick. o shared the V el >r Ludorum Tropl !>« tween 14
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  • 685 13 American Cagers Open S'pore Tour Tonight Unbeaten In Taipei HK THE visiting American 'Venture' cagers, who have so far had a winning streak of 22 games, 13 m Taipei and nine m Hongkong, are determined to stay unbeaten m their four-game series m the Colony. Flying into the Colony yesterday
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  • 44 13 RAUB, Fri. Aflcr I (OtlltSS Brsl half. Mahmud 9chool beat C ifford School Kuala Lipis. 1-1 m the Merdeka knockout soccer competition at the Raub Padang yesterday. Mahmuda scored through Malck Osman and AAz Jartan. Cliffbrdiana equalled through right Sfinf Hassan Mohamed.
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  • 49 13 VIO Chu Kang School will hold its ."Srd Annual Athletic Sports Meet on Tuesday. July 30. at AOO p.m. Two events pre open to old pupils: 440 yds. for boys and 100 yds. lor uirlsIntending competitors are requested to turn up at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 78 13 THE following team has been selectee to represent the R^ya! Air Force (Singapore), versos Spore Chinese Rcc. Club at Hong Lim Green on Sunday. LAC Sibley (R.A.A.F. lenEah) LAC. Haines (RA.F Changi), SAC. Wallace (R.A.F. Tengah), LAC. Altv ißaf Chanei), (Capt) Fit. Lt. Gillespie (R.A.F. Changi),
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  • 90 13 I THE team to reprcscA Ar Royal Army Ordnance Corp.versus Rnval Signals m an Inter Corps Cricket Mfcteh today a( PrinceSS Mary Barracks Ground. Dover Road will b~ Cspt Bruhl Bony Major Lorcn?"n (3 BOD), Ca pt Webb (443 BAP» Cant Goodwin (3 BOD) Capt. Pearce ML (1
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    • 380 13 111 Abner By Al Copp ijCm E,tJT \I AH CA,N T I WES MOT USED U LIKE. HIS LATE) 7 (-WHY DOES AHG/T >> /i_srr<_a\ v m-he IVseewmVW Ito fat, sloppy pappy— <I a rcru/v o- eil/a/p uoL^n*' I K,NDA I BEASTS. HE'S < Ll'L ABNER.'.' f RAGE WHEM AH
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    • 398 13 > npODAY'S QI'OT ATION: J j X"< an aaythiac be so 5 Hi-Kiiiit a** to have few c *> wants, and to serve them J one's sell?'- K.MERSON. x SATURDAY FOR EVERT- ONE: Make this a routine "I day. Use what you have m- J stead of buyiiip new thinps.
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  • 1508 14 RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.— Horses Class 2, Div. 2—6 Furs. 1. Waxer 4y 9.04 Mr. Ch'ng Chwee Kirn Mrim. Goh Choo Tho Hobbs Donnelly 2. 492 Valiant Knight 3y 9.03 Mr. Yap Kirn Hoe E. van Bkelen Barratt 3. Frog 111 date Top Security! 4y 9.03
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  • 377 14 IRISH PEARL TO WIN STEWARDS CUP Says WINDSOR LAD THE STEWARDS CUP, highlight at Bukit Timah today, last day of the Singapore Turf Club's July Meeting, should resolve into a four-cornered battle among Golden Melody, Irish Pearl, Copacabana and Mirophli. My choice is Irish Pearl. This four-year-old by Derby winner
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  • 1037 14 He Can Get You Off To A Good Start GARRYDEN Alu Alu For A Double RACE ONE GARRYDF.N should win the opening race. This Denturius !our-year-o!d missed his engagement on the second day and could have been saved for this. He has been going great guns m dawn displays, and
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  • 68 14 TIIE going for today's races at Bukit Timah will i probably be yielding at the j I best. I BEST OUTSIDER I Best longshot today is t Vcrni m Race 7. Hopeful < Blue looks a reasonably sound bet m the third event. i The Big Sweep will
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  • 187 14 Windsor Lad Scrutineer The Spectre Francis GXKKYDKN GARRYDEN GARRYDEN XICOL WINGS 1 \ali;iiit knight Gunong Kapat Nioil m^ Khan.li Star Full House Quiny Noble I>miicc \aliant Knight SOOKV BANGKOK RAMiKOK CHARGE SHI ET Grey Court Charge Mieet I limiimi Inr Chanticleer White Magic hanticlecr Htill.r stock liutfer sunk
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  • 259 14 HOPEFUL BLUE improves with each outing, and I doubt that his promotion from Class Three will stop him. He looks good enough to win the main sprint (Race 3) for horses Class 2, Division 1, making it his third off the reel.
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