Singapore Standard, 19 July 1957

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  • 32 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE fn V7*| FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 lines) 2400 W *\d I 2811 2414 01. VIII. No. 17 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 183 1 I Will Not Go Back To Sutton, Says Midah Runaway Bride KUAL A TRENGGANU. Thurs. Midah binte Ali reported runaway-bride of RAF S?t. Eric Sutton, told the Standard today, "I do not want to reiurn to him." retry M:dah. now staying a- Kampong Ladang. said i?.? had flown back home
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  • 120 1 KUALA SELANGOR. Thurs. Villagers of Sekingchang In the Selangor "r:ce bowl area have threatened to go Into the jungle and hunt for the 14-man terrorist gang i: tr. fail to surrender by Sunday deadhne of the -day cease -rire ordered toe District War Execu-
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  • 25 1 THE French Prison Warders Union last night decided to continue Its 48-hour strike paction until its demands for more pay were met. Reuter.
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  • 308 1 LORDS DEBATE MALAYA FUNDS TO DEVELOP FORMER COLONIES LONDON. July 18 (Reuter) Lord Ogmore, a former Labour Colonial UnderSecretary, yesterday protested at the governmentsponsored Colonial Development Corporation not being able to start new projects m a colonial territory which achieves independence within the Commonwealth. He told the House of Lords:
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  • 88 1 Assembly approves corrupt polls Court of Inquiry page 1 KLM plane crash survivor tells dramatic tale page 2 Government employees want strike law scrapped page 3 Federation wants top RAF man to head air force page 4 Sleeping on floor allegation m mental hospital
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  • 830 1 Lee Warns: Clean Polls Or We Will Hope... Full Support For Court Of Inquiry Into Corruption THE SINGAPORE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A MOTION BY THE MEMBER FOR TANJONG PAGAR MR. LEE KUAN YEW FOR THE SETTING UP OF A COURT OF
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  • 99 1 WASHINGTON. July 18 1 (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Dulles today offers news leaders a six-month trial formula for letting American reporters go to Red China. Mr. Dulles arranged an afternoon meeting m his office with five men representing the daily press,
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  • 24 1 THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies underwent an operation for the removal of his tonsils yesterday at University College Hospital, London.
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  • 170 1 DR. ISMAIL 'ESCORTED' TO THE U.S. From ANDREW ROTH LONDON. July 18 Malaya's ambassador designate to the United States left rain-swept London Airport last niaht for his threeweek "preliminary canter" m America amidst pomp and a distinguished "escort". The pomp was for the Queen Mother whose returning plane taxied off
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  • 219 1 WALKOUT STUNS COUNCIL Mr. Yap Opposes The Constitution SEREMBAN, Thurs. Mr. Yap Mau Tatt, a member of the Lav Pak Khuan "Equal Rights" mission to London today shocked the Negri Sembilan Council of State by announcing his resignation and walking out of the meeting m protest against the constitution. After
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  • 27 1 PREMIER Nehru said yesterday the Indian Government will not participate m a "World Conference against the Hydrogen Bomb" m Tokyo on Aug. 12-18.- A.P.
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  • 171 1 NEW DELHI, July 18 (UP) A former dancing girl, turned bandit queen asked Prime Minister .Jawaharlal Nehru today for amnesty for herself and her followers The bandit girl, known as Putli. operates ferocious Dacoit gangs m two states of Central India and
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  • 75 1 LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) Two men and a woman, each jailed for six months, were alleged m court here today to have stolen about 720 cats between them m the past year. They told the Police, it was stated, that they went round the streets at
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  • 22 1 SOUTH African multimillionaire John Schlesinger's American-born wife has filed a suit for separation, naming British fi 1 Maureen Swanson.- A.P.
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  • 67 1 LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) The Government, already under fire for a spate of rising prices, today announced increases m Post and Telephone rates. Ordinary letters sent within Britain will need a threepenny stamp instead of a twopence halfpenny one. It will cost twopence halfpenny to
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  • 28 1 TWO secret society thugs were arrested and four parangs recovered after two detectives had broken up a gang clash at Raffles Quay. Singapore, at dawn yesterday.
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  • 165 1 LAZYBONES RI Pa p er Rebukes Djuanda's Ministers JAKARTA, July 18 (UP) The Times of Indonesia complained today that ministers of the new Djuanda cabinet "are collectively the laziest bunch m the government service." The newspaper said editorially that the prime minister's deputies "are doing too much gallivanting and, consequently,
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  • 204 1 LONG BEACH, California, July 18 (UP)— Leona Gage, a black-haired Cinderella from Maryland who entered the Miss Universe contest with only USSIO m her pocket, last night won the coveted title of Miss United States m a borrowed dress. The green-eyed, long-legg-ed Miss
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  • 128 1 You Can't Completely Ban A- Weapons— Mac LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, said today it would not be possible to put a complete ban on nuclear weapons. Answering questions m the House of Commons, he said such a ban "could only be enforced if the
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  • 223 1 M-Day Parade Will Be The Biggest Ever HE WILL BE IN CHARGE KUALA LUMPUR Thurs The Sixth Battalion, the Malay Regiment was today chosen for the historic task of mounting the first guard-of-honour for the Yang diPertuan Agong. Sixth Malay, which has frr long beer, tipped to become the Paramount
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  • 276 2 What A Time He Had In Malaya RKW YORK. July 13 (UP) A concert tour of the Orient left Metropolitan Opera 4 enc r R 'h a r i Tucker with little z about. I". eight weeks, he not only tra* elled 50,000 miles or. sever. airlines, giving 20 concerts
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  • 565 2 We Felt A Bump Then... CRASH Survivor Tells Of Plane's Last Dramatic Moments THE HAGUE, July 18 (Reuter)— The last dramatic moments of the X.L.M. Super Constellation Neutron which crashed with a loss of 57 lives on Tuesday near Biak, Dutch New Guinea, were toStt for the first time today
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  • 81 2 CAIRO. July 18 (UP) The body of the late Aga Khan was flown today to Aswan on the Upper Nile for temporary burial *omorrow In a yellow oak coffin m a house named "The Light of Islam." The coffin, shrouded ln white satin for
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  • 25 2 A SINGAPORE labourer. Tay Boon Ho. 17. was stabbed thrice after being waylaid by two men m Kirn Seng Road on Tuesday night.
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  • 41 2 A B-47 stratojet. taking off from Byess Air Force Baso m Abilene. Texas, hung m the air and then nosed to earth last night, erupting into an explosion seen 15 miles away and kiiline its four crewmen.- UP
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  • 396 2 KITCHEN-A PIANIST OF TODAY'S ELECT Standard Music Criiic JULIUS KATCHEN, the world renowned American pianist, gave a prodigious programme m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. The crown of the evening was an intense and lof'.y reading of Beethoven's great E major sonata. 0p. 109. Here, it seemed, was something
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  • 136 2 MINISTERS BOSSES MEET ON CRISIS LONDON. July 18 (Reuter) British cabinet ministers conferred today with leaders of empl< organizations m fresh efforts to solve the 0 j soaring prices now threatening economic si The conference followed similar meetings yester lay with the heads of the staterun industries which are under
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  • 153 2 COM M OD IT Y PRICES Cl.OSl\(j rubber prices <cents p« r 11., j n Singapore vesteid:t> were:— Buyers Sellers iffw R.S.S. Nn 1 f»SI R..s S No. 2 901 9 0, R.Ss No 3 lone: Quietlj .-trad-. The price ol i, n lr Singapore vesterria* <a as $37."> i
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  • 33 2 HONGKONG. July 18 S'.m S .ec I the J Ex i 1 Slcr ing; $0.0475 1 $1; $1,838 I jrar $0,151 to one Ir ru iah; Gold $262.62! to a I
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  • 50 3 PREETY GIRLS In Singapore Offices AMY TEO. lfl is a typist m the Elections Section of the Statistics Department. Amy has been working tn this section for seven months and finds her job interesting. She likes dancing and the movies. Her hobbies are stamp collecting and corresponding with pen pals.
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  • 237 3 SIM SUGGESTS NO COMPENSATION FOR COUNCIL EXPATRIATES LABOUR Fr.-r.t City Counei r, Mr. Si n Ben* S ng, b g i she 'a M with it compensating ita e\::.T.. I-. a memorandum to I C moil. Mr. Sim stated I I c t in C .1 now occupied by trial
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  • 169 3 M.Sc. MAKES A PLEA FOR RECOGNITION OF U.S. DEGREES RECOGNITION o f American degrees by the Singapore and Federation Governments is a matter of "immediate concern" to Malayan students, vicepresident of the Malayan Students' Association of America. Mr. Wong Wu T>uuh. told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Won I an M.
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  • 104 3 A Jane With Trim 35-24-35 Figure Flies Into Colony TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Jane Carter hn everything a good figure and good Miss Carter, last year's "Miss TV" m Sydney, has something else too a good voice. She arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas to appear m a
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  • 82 3 Concluding that Kok's object m befriending her was not to put business m her way but to squeeze money from her. Ng became angry and quarrelled with him. She denied knowing anything about Kok being charged In a magistrate's court m connection with an opium case ano that
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  • 59 3 THE Court of Inquiry which will look into the riisnute between the Singapore Harbour Board and its Staff Association will hold its first sitting today. The Court, composed of Mr. Eu Cheow Chye. Chairman. and Mr. D. W. Holder and Prof. Charles Gamba. as members, was
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  • 386 3 CHANGE THESE LAWS: UNION MEN 'Strike At Your Peril' Protest TRADE Union leaders m Singapore yesterday demanded a revision of Government General Orders, which lay down that public servants absenting themselves from work for more than one week "may be held to have vacated their posts." This was their reaction
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  • 114 3 U.M.X.O. LEADERS from the Federation will address members of the Singapore U.M.N.O. south division this Sunday on merdeka and its effects on the •Muutrv and its citizens. An CM. NO- spokesman said yesterday that the meeting. which will take Dlace at the New Star Cinema. Pasir
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  • 126 3 PRESIDENT of the Institute of Architects of Malaya. Mr. G. E. Magnay, said yesterday that the Institute is aware of Government's decision to withdraw the scale of fees from the architect's Ordinance. He was commenting on the passing of an amendment to the Ordinance m the
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  • 264 3 MARY NG, a 36-year-old ex-insurance agent, was yesterday acquitted on a charge of cheating a broker of $2,500. After recording her written statement of defence read out by defence counsel. Mr. P.F. De'Souza. the District Judge, Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, said: "I give you
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  • 152 3 SATA Fund Gets Cheque For $1 ,000— Anonymously 1 ONE of the most generous donations to the Lee Settlement "Dollar for Dollar" Fund, organised by SATA m Singapore, was received yesterday morning. It was a cheque for $1,000 and was sent anonymously. Said Mrs. Diana Golding. SATA Public Relations Officer:
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  • 22 3 KUALA LUMPUR businessman Mr. Chua Boon Guan has been re-elected president of the Selaneor. Panang and East Coa^t Transport Opera*ors' Association.
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  • 299 4 Nucleus Will Have About 20 Aircraft KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government has asked Britain to "second" an Air Commodore as commander of its own air force to be started after Merdeka Day. This oflicer, selection of whom is understood to
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  • 117 4 Allegations Of 'Racial Bias' TANGLIN branch of the Singapore Labour Front yesterday alleged that "racial and language discrimination was prevalent m certain Government departments. A delegation, led by the secretary of the branch. Dr. Arthur Lim, met the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew
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  • 118 4 STB MEN TO DECIDE TODAY REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union yesterday net otTicials of the Labour Ministry to discuss the 12-cay-o!(l strike by over 1,000 workers of the Board. The Ministry officials are understood to have conveyed to union representatives the latest Board oiler that two Board
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  • 51 4 THE following were elected official! of the Shell Employees' Union Mr. Kum Teng Hock, president; Mr. Lav Yeow Fatt, vice-president; Mr. John de Foe, secretary; Mr. Benedict de Souza, asst. secretary; Mr. Lim Geok Hong, treasurer; Mr. Austin Chia. asst. treasurer. A committee of 10 members was also
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  • 96 4 VETERAN Shaw Brother's theatre manager, Mr. Teo Hock Tiang who now manages •he Capitol Cinema, Singapore. ■M yesterday presented with a shield whhh he won m the IM6/19S1 "Cleanest Theatre" contest. The competition, open to the eight Colony theatres of the Shaw group,
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  • 88 4 MANAGEMENTS of Tay Koh Vat and Bbck Lee Bus '^'.panics and representatives of the Bus Workers Ur.ion met at the Singapore Labour Ministry yesterday to discuss a possible settlement of the 53--day-old strike by 350 busmen employed m these two companies After a two-hour discussion,
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  • 142 4 Pride Of Kiwi Fleet In Colony MANY New Zealanders including the Flag Officer Malaya Area. Rear Admiral G- A. Thring, yesterday morning met the pride of the Kiwi fleet when the cruiser, Royalist, docked at the Naval Base, Singapore. The biggest and most modern ship of the New Zealand fleet,
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  • 221 4 A FEW days after two men. wero advised net to quarrel but live In peace, one \va. found dead, a Singapore preliminary inquiry was tod yesterday. In the dock stood two coffee se'lers Iftekhar Ahmad, 30, and MozafTasul, Wh faced a tentative rbarfß Of
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  • 55 4 TWO renresentatives of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce, Tuan Ha:-id Alwie and Raja Yusof bin Ahmad. WU] In a M-fflU Malayan trade Bmm B to Hongkong. Formosa and Japan. The mission which is expectec to leave SingaDore on July 24 will also extend its tour
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  • 158 4 Cultural Group To See Chew MINISTER for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee and Mr. Yap Phcng Geek, member of the Singapore chapter of World Brotherhood. will meet the ten members of the "1957 Intercultural Travel Seminar to Europe and the P^ar East" at tea and discussion today at the V.M.C.A.
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  • 211 4 LAUGHTER and hand-clapping broke out m a Singapore Court yesterday when a Magistrate. Mr. Robert Chee. after 15" minutes of coaxing, finally succeeded m persuading three women to shake hands with each other. I The women. Tan Sa Moey and Ah Yee. both
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  • 65 4 SINGAPORE'S Social Welfare Department last month paid out $518,242 to 16.860 people m public assistance, states a Department report issued yesterday. A further sum of $171,913 was given to 2,046 people m tuberculosis treatment allowance. The Department's Anti-Virp Section carried out eight raids on Colony
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 125 4 Spore Diary CMmm YMCA: Rod\ building and B lliardi 1-10 dim. Wrestling 7.30 p.m. Chinese Shadow Boxing 6 4.i and 830 p m. Movie Club Show 8 p_ YMCA: Bodybuilding, Weightlifttafl 4 30 p m. Malay Class, shorthand class and judo practice 9.30 pm Table Tennis 7 pm. Motor Repair
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  • 572 5 Witness Could Have Been Culprit: Counsel KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The "attempted double murder" case against Noel Joseph Manickam took an unexpected turn today with a suggestion that his former housemate, now a prisoner, 1 'could have carried out what is occupying the attention or
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  • 619 5 More Allegations At Mental Hospital Inquiry IPOH. Thurs. Bathing arid dunking facilities were so poor at tiic Central Menial Hospital at Tanjong Rambutan that one patient was <ccn climbing up a water tank for a drink of inter, alleged Dr. S. Parampalam
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  • 99 5 AS part of its contribution to he Colombo Plan, the British Government is sponsoring a Summ'T School m Singapore lor 35 Laotian and Cambodian students who are studying English. The school is being organized by the British Council and will be under the direction of Professor
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  • 971 5 DPP inche Salleh Abbas cross-examined Manickam for four hours during which the latter repeatedly maintained his innocence. DPP: Do you realize you are facing two serious charges? M: I have done no harm to anyhodj and do not understand why all this f-houlci
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  • 362 5 there was a vast difference between the female and the male section of the hospital. Conditions m the female section were much better than the male section because there was supervision by the matron. Both senior male nurses, Mr Bc!la rs and Mr.
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 508 6 CINGAPORE'S Chief Secretary, Mr. \V. A. C. Goode, did some straight talking m the Legislative Assembly last Wednesday when he reminded those m the employ of the Government of the difference between what they consider their rights and what is their duty to the public. The
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    • 391 6 HTHE first Councillor to walk out of the Straits Settlements Legislative Council was Mr. Lim Cheng Ean of Penang. That happened some 25 years ago when all Councillors were nominated by the British colonial administrators. He took that step because he was angered by the official refusal
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  • 363 6 LOJTDOir. HVIE current issue of the Journal of the Brit ish Interplanetary Society has a survey article on the mysterious subject of "elcctrograiii c.s'\ TJus subject, i' H cea be cnl'cd that vet. is Die study of gravity arfth particular reference to ways of overcoming Eg. "Ant i-Grar"
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  • 1149 6  -  Dennis Bloodworth IN INDONESIA by SINGAPORE HTHE seemingly unending troubles of the young and independent Republic of Indonesia now receive little detailed attention m the world Press. The basic facts are now familiar: President Soekarno has decided that the Western parliamentary system does not work m
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  • 1085 6 PATMmO'im(kVm on WERNWRN PRACTICAL BUSINESS WASHINGTON A great and wonderful change is taking place m Washington. Conceptions and near-principles that once were considered immutable and sacred have suddenly begun to wither and decay. It is possible to put forward ideas now that only a few months ago
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  • 741 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA By 'THE timely warning uttered by Chief Secretary Goode m the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday should give I nourishing foc»d for thought to hoi- headed public servants whc have threatened to go on strike or are toying with the idea He made
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  • 154 7 MPs VISIT VICE TOWN STEPNEY LONDON, July 18 (Reuter)—Two junior Government ministers a man and a woman visited London's East End by night recently to study prostitution, Parliament heard late last night. The Ministers were Mr J. E. S Simon and Mips Pat Hornsby-Smith, Joint UnderSecretaries to the Home Office.
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  • 315 7 Prostitution Is On Increase In Singapore NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuter) Prostitution is legal m all but seven of a group of British dependent territories reviewed m a United Nations report un crime, released yesterday. The 213-page publication, titled "International Review of Criminal Policy/ listed the seven exceptions as: Bahamas,
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  • 224 7 Beauties Are Anti-Presley He's Vulgar And Too Loud LONG BEACH, California, July 18 (AP)— Do European girls like Elvis Presley? Well, yes and no, according to some of the foreign beauties m the Miss Universe contest. Here are their opinions of the hip-swinging singer who has had a fabulous but
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  • 121 7 DANGER: Don't turn off the TV when hubby is watching it— magistrate BALTIMORE, July 18 (AP)— A wife who turns off the television of a baseball game being watched by her husband is asking for trouble m the opinion of Magistrate Howard L. Aaron. Thomas Mulholland. 32. was before the
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  • 68 7 SANTA MONICA, California. July 18. (AP).—Swedishborn Inqer Stevens, Bin:* Crosby's latest leading lady, divorced Anthony Soglio yesterday. Miss Stevens. 22. charged cruelty and testifier! Soglio. 34, had a vicious temper and was jealous. She said he objected to her acting career and on one occasion struck
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  • 61 7 I MINCE Juan Carlos de Borbcn. son of Spanish Pre- tender Don Juan and considered a possible successor to General Franco as Spanish Chief of State, dances with Piluca Moreno Benjumea. daughter of the Count of Santa Marta de Babio. during a gala ball m the Prince's
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  • 92 7 COLUMBIA. Missouri, July 18, (AP) A 10--year-old child bride and her 19-year-old husband were separated yesterday pending determination of the status of their marriage. Donna Sue Nichols and Charles William Turner Jr.. were married on June 18 Disclosure last week of their marriage led quickly
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  • 57 7 LONDON, July If, (Ratter). A coroner's inquest was told yesterday that M 87-ycnr-old man. Frederick Savers "got fed no" imth waiting for the traffic lights to ch'ivge. tried lo cross the road by crawling under a lorry, but was crushed to death i;-lien the lorry moved.
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  • 35 7 A new tanker capable of carrying 1^83.540 gallons of wine, will make its first voyage from San Franc KO to New York between Sept. 1 5 and Oct. 5. its owners announced. Reuter.
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  • Article, Illustration
    44 7 Aloha, There CANDRA LEI LIAHIWA FORSYTHE. poses against a YYaikiki background after she was named Miss Hawaii. She will represent the islanis m the Miss America contest at Atlantic City m September. She is of Hauaiian-English-German descent and is an air hostess- UP photo.
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  • 142 7 NEW YORK, July 18 A British Royal Marines officer, Lieutenant-Coionel Frank R. A. D. Taylor. 35, has been arrested m Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with prowling and resisting arrest. Somebody phoned the police there and alleged that a man carrying a hand
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  • 69 7 DARWIN, July 18 'Reuter) Capitali>ts and other nonCommunists still had substantia] power m Communist China, Australia Council rf Trade Unions President, Mr. Albert Monk said today. Mr Monk, back from heading a Union delegation tour cf China said: "I don't thin* the f rnm< m
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  • 172 9 DF..MAXD for industrial es continued unabated terday, and generally ers were still unsatlsal at the higher levels. Industrial shares ln demand j tai Box. Malayan Fraser Sc Neave, ■al Dispensary. GamHammers, Breweries Robinsons, -s were firmer, while rubber shares were INDUSTRIALS B era Sellers Fed.
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  • 314 9 \LAYA\" ■i. kers yesay the business de ?2.271; Fraser and Heave ords $2.80 to $2.85; Gam- -s $2 7.) wermsnt. ?2 73j ve.-tcrdav; 11 .mmers >2 2 J to $130: R Waugh $1.90; Hume .-crnig'-.i la*' J Ff? erne" ?1 -TeAl mm I ,nd yes 'f i! B
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  • 56 9 12 passengers and a cargo capacity for 6,000 tons. In a I lition she h«a refrigeratinr» space for special cargoes and her 12 passenger cabins are air-o oditi ned. The HaU lor ia under the com- g ol Captain Henry sen. L I plot the line
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  • 149 9 SHIPS IN PORT OITER ROADS Osambaur Stureb irg. Stra il Bali, Benvrackie North Star, cisvi le Arizona Maru, Agatha Paoli, Ikushima Maru, Surabaya Maru. Malaya. Polly, I Bansr-iaai Ilardagon. Benin IWTR ROADS Hone Ming, Perak, Kampar, G Sent; Leong. Rokan, Gold Hong Fng. Thanvn W .■ami. Tons Thay. Caltex v
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  • 74 9 SINGAPORE rabbet stocks at Ike end of June totalled •mg B 49,566 tons M en i of the previ *M month. 1 c figures exclude foreign trai pment which amounted 1,013 *SU the end of a 1,411 ton at the end of umw. Pr luction m June
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  • 135 9 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday closed unchanged from the previous day. International first grade robber for August shipment closing at B3| cents per lb, on a quietly Steady market. The market ruled quiet thn UghOllt the day with only •mall business p*st*ng. Some switching of positions was reported.
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  • 25 9 A £A3m. overseas shipping pas-enger terminal will be built m Sydney to accommodate two new ships now on order for the trans-Pacific service
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  • 133 9 THE West German Parliament has approved the creation of a Central Bank for the Republic, thus reversing the decentralization of the banking system imposed by the Western Allies during the occupation. The law was passed unanimously by the Bundestag without debate. It sets up a
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  • 304 9 BEARING MEDIUM FOR BRIDGES AN in '.cresting new application for rubber— that ot" uetiris as a bearing medium m bridfei —is n> foaled m the latest issue of "Ktiober Developments'' issued recently m London. One of the problems which faces the designer of steel bridges is to decide what type
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    129 9 SINGAPORE Chinese produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, July/August $25 buyers, $2(1 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $404 sellers, m drums $45^ sellers. Muntok white pepper $103 sellers. Sarawak white $107 sellers, special Sarawak black $73. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER, BATH CO. LTD. JULY 11
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  • 170 9 Rubber Industry Will Prosper If Malaya Remains Stable PENANG, Thurs. The Malayan Rubber industry will prosper if the country remains stable after Merdeka, Miss N. K. Fisher, assistant secretary to the Board of Trade, London, said here. Miss Fisher, said the outlook for Malayan rubber m general was very good.
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  • 249 9 A NEW lightweight bus and coach chassis designed to touch a new low level m fuel consumption has been announced by Albion Motors, the Scottish vehicle builders. Named the "Abcrdonian" to indicate its Scottish thrifiincss. the chassis combines a careful design with the use of special steels,
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  • 101 9 OFFER FOR STANDARD MOTOR ORDS THE chairman of Standard Motor Company, Lord Tedder has announced that an offer had been received from Massey-Harris-Ferguson. Ltd.. of Toronto, to purchase all the ordinary shares of Standard Motors not already held by M.11.F. This offer is fully supported by Lord Tedder and Standard
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  • 48 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made thaj following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buvintr. TT. 31 OD. Sift. 90 days airmail 31 7/16 credit bills, tlj trade bills. Selling. TT' or OD. ready: New York US/If; Canada 308. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 541 9 BIG SCOPE FOR NATURAL IN ROAD BUILDING WRHnbd ONE of the main projects of the Natural Rubber Development Board last year was towards developing a further "vast potential outlet for rubber" m road construction. This is revealed m the Board's annual report published recently m London. This records a "steady
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  • 92 9 IMPORTS of tin concentrates into the Federation of Malaya and Singapore (excluding movements between the two territories) m June amounted to 1,368 tons (estimated tin metal content, Ml tons), against 1,623 tons m May (1,162 tons). Of the June imports, 1.18 5 tons (880 tons)
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  • 254 9 FIRE-RESISTANT RUBBER FLOOR TILES RESULT OF RESEARCH YEARS of research by one of Malaya's leading rubber goods manufacturing firms have resulted m the production of durable and lire-resistant rubber tiles m a wide range of colours. Mr. Shum Kwni II ttf, general manager of Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works Ltc'-,
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  • 64 9 A SHEFFIELD firm of hand tool manufacturers established m 1774 are compiling records of their products tchich are still m use after ynany years of faithful service. The oldest shovel they have yet'heard nf icas made for the Crimean War, and a saw shipped round the Horn
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  • 39 9 THE Mercantile Bank of India Ltd.s Singapore branch has received cabled advice from its London ofliee that the Board of Directors have declared an interim dividend of 12} per cent 'ess ta.x payable on Aug. 20.
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    • 245 9 BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES c -t New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston (vie Suez! Spore P.S'ham Penang New York f:iv s'. -.E Loading C.44 Sa.is 21 |uly 22 (uly 26/23 July 30 Aug ■tUtVlllE 30 July. S Aug 9 Aug 13/14 Aug 16 Sept Sew York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
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    • 212 9 NOTICES NASSLM A CO., LIMITED will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at MALAYAN WIRE MESH COS FACTORY 71 m.s. BLKIT TIMAH ROAD on WEDNESDAY. 24th JI LV 1f)57 at 10 a.m. PERTAIN Surplus Equipment and stores Comprising. Chain Link Single and Double Spiral Machines; Crimping Machine; Motorised Shears and Punching Machine;
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    • 531 9 NOTICES TRADE MARK NOTICE GLOBE fat~jfi FABRIC VOTICE is hereby given that L the Trade Mark ted abo 1 is the absc .v and exclusive property rf Globe Traders of Nc 108A High Street, PC' Br n 2124, Singapore, and is use., rv them hi resp< tof N3 on Sneers.
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  • 687 10 Locations Throughout The World tiiiiiiiiilliiili lIiiiiJ.iIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiii I 1 1.1 .1 I In his DELUXE TOUR, Darryle F. Zanuch and his Stars will travel round the globe... T)ARRYL F. Zanuck's "Deluxe Tour.'' the first motion picture to he photographed and exhibited m CinemaScope 55, based on Frederic Wakeman's best-selling novel, will
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  • 84 10 LONDON. PRINCESS Margaret has announced that she will attend the July 25 premiere of Dnrrvl F. Zanuck's ISLAND IN THE SUN here at the Carlton Theatre. The special benefit showing is being held for the Royal Ballet. Joan Fontaine, who plays a starring role m the
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  • 101 10 Anna Kashfi W ins Lead In 'Cowboy' Hollywood— Anna Kai hfl, dark-eyed beauty who came to Hollywood from her native India via London, is being borrowed by Columbia Pictures from MGM for the stellar feminine role m "Reminiscenses of a Cowboy tentative title). Glenn F -rd ar.d Jack Lemmon have
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  • 349 10 JOE Pasternak, producer of M-G-Ms "Tl j C::\i Be r > man who can take a *un club or leave it alone. But he particularly enthms:z*:ic --cr w'' eh Sim s :-d Paul Douglas during the -:g of »l»*s *\J'• t U m L it, CU"icUCaf lfl
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  • 336 10 Flashes from the Studios r)ANNY KAYE is exU perimenting with clown make-up m connection with his forthcoming; appearance as a circus performer m Sol C. Siegel's production of "Merry Andrew." The famous star has been meeting with Emmett Kelly, for many years the most celebrated clown with the Ringling Brothers
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  • 323 10 story has an unusual ending which should not be disclosed. The rushes of the picture prove E.stella's brilliant direction and the film is expected to be a hi:. While Estella works on "One Came Home." Phani Majundar, now settled m at Shaws
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    544 11  -  Tommy Farr FIGHTING FACTS: By LONDON, Thurs.— To me jt >ecms that only a cruel idcnt can stop Tonga's j ihnny Halafihi from becoming world light-heavy-;ht champion within two years. i Halanni punches like a power-d :i I D l l has age beyond question a big ::^h:
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  • 109 11 Leonard Wins Golf Title PETERBOROUGH, Ontario. T ;>• 18, (AP). Stan Leonard, Id pro bran Van:vrr and La. -I: ;te, Quebec, on Wednesday uigbi woo tho tdian Profess ional Gol- Association championship with a Hiiwi iiimVii 1 fmi niu over M I Le r fin! hed two strokea P Plel
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  • 77 11 EIGHT of the members of Queensland University's team gather to inspect the championship eun which they have won three years m a row. Team captain Sec Chim Leong. of Penang holds the cup. Others are (from left) Pak Kni Yong of Penang. Lien Kok Kheong of Kampar,
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  • 399 11 Crack All- Asian B' ton Team Scores Great Victories BRISBANE. July 18. The University of Queensland's crack all-Asian badminton team has won the Australian University championship. The 10-»man tram. comnri=i'm students from Malaya and Singapore defeated strong teams from the Universities cf Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide. The matches were held
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  • 185 11 David Sheppard turns in ka fine prformance LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) —The Reverend David Shep-y-aid yesterday staked a claim Ist a place m England's cricket team for next week's Fourth Test by helping Peter Richardson m an opening stand of 87 for the Gentlemen against Players at Lord's. Tho cuVs
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  • 209 11 NEW YORK July at (AP) t New vrt Giant* v 1 A ikl] Dodgers definite will be playing their regular s< n home games i'r San Franc: m i and Id i Ac jele respectively, m \958. Thi As* iciated Press was told that on Thursday by a source
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 201 11 Lil Abner By Al Capp I IK BEiN' A BIDDER. VO\ F3OT.BE IN' A MOTHER, I^.l (AH V 7< N )CAINTMAVETHET < VO'CAIN'T NOT MH' SOLUTION TO TH' L^ f BACHELOR HANG IN J V H AVE HIM T^TTZ SPOKEN" I ECNfVARD R- MUSHROOM RQUNi' TH' J^ r XC ~T~\
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    • 467 11 £Z<>^Mb________________ TODAY'S QUOTATION: I X "To Aye m hearts wo I leave behind, is not to ,1 i die." Campbell. I I I l{ll>\\ FOR EVEBTONE: i I Make the nosl oi the day's I oppo tunitles for sod l and I i progressive activity. Promote i 1 I talents
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  • 1014 12 A MASS ONSLAUGHT BY THE BOYS GIRLS Schools Enter Their Best In Bid For SAAA Titles SINGAPORE'S school athletes, banned by a Ministry of Education ruling from representing clubs or association, will be out m force for a mass onslaught on Singapore's major athletic titles and records at the Colony
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  • 475 12 He Shot To Fame In An Armchair TODAYS story... by CHAN SWAN BEE The Human Angle In Spm A 35-YEAR-OLD telephone switchboard operator shot himself to fame m an armchair m Sydney to win the coveted prize of the best archer m West Australia. Jim "Slim" O'Connell, who was paralysed
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  • 96 12 THE Foong Seong Cup first round badminton match between Singapore and Johore win be olayed this weekend at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre's indoor courts. Kallang. Singapore has selected :he following six players: Omar Ibrahim. Seah Lye Huat. Robert Lim. Lav Teng Chuan.
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  • 81 12 Dickson Decides For Seletar A SOLITARY goal m the second half by centre forward Dickson cave Royal Air Force, Seletar, a 2-1 victory over Sukarami Sports Club m a SAFA junior cup-tie at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Sukarami opened the scoring through Marzukri, the Airmen brousht the score to level terms
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  • 45 12 SOCCER In a SAFA division 118 watch Customs S.C. meet Western S.C. at Geylajig Stadium. Kickoff at 5.15 p.m. Division 3B Kebenaran Club meet Bukit Timah S.C. at Farrer Park. ATHLETICS Bedok Boys and Girls primary schools annual meet on the school ground.
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  • 298 12  -  LOO CHUNG CHEE By They Miss Century-score Against H'kong Hoopsters TONIGHT, the American 'Venture for Victory* cagers will take off for Jakarta with a clean record I winning run of 26 victories since they opened their Far Eastern tour m Taipei. Yesterday, the 'Venture'
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  • 43 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Kowloon Busmen made it six wins m a row m the Federal capital when they beat Malayan Indians by 5 3 m a hard fought soc cer match on the Princes Road stadium ground here today.
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  • 234 12 West Indies Collapse Against Alley Lobb TAUNTON, July 18 (Reuter) The West Indies cricketers collapsed against the pace bowling of Brian Lobb and Australian Bill Alley and were all out for 78 their lowest score of the tour against Somerset here today. The West Indies, who were 51 for three
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  • 748 12  -  PETER WONG Vlf I< B I mfV ms^mWrnrnW/A i <______L»^ MCJL X IL I +L AnmmmmmTALTt 1%.LV a I ___J______a_____aa__i _^^>^________i I By SWEET seventeen, and already m 'Winner-land', Alice Tav proved Singapore's best schoolgirl athlete, at yesterday's third annual English secondary girls' schools meet
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