Singapore Standard, 26 July 1957

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    13 1 \nl. VIII. No. 21 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon DRAMA IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET
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    Lock icon Trade Mission Arrives In Formosa
    80 1 Trade Mission Arrives In Formosa TAIPEI. July 25 'Reut-r 1 Fifty members ol a S:ngar re-Malaya Industrial and commercial delegation arrived here today to explore possibilities of trade with Form a \nother 15 members of the c 1 ration, largest-ever to h* re will be arriving to- ngapore-Malayan bus!--r aders
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    Lock icon RED BAN STAYS
    25 1 THE Thai National Assemyesterday voted against i pposition mov« s to t r.d c mntry's anti-Commu-r law by 120 votes to 47.—
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    Lock icon AMOK BUTCHERS HIS TWO SONS
    54 1 CLTXEO. Italy. July 25 (AP). Biagio Pir.ca, St, went berserk at nearby Paesana today, chopped his two small sons to death with a hatchet and srave'y injured his daughter before hanging himself. Police said the man ran amok because his Polish wife, 25-year-old Gina, had
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    Lock icon JAILED IN HK
    27 1 A PAKISTANI resident of Hongkong was sentenced yesterday to 18 months' imprisonment for "unlawful wounding" of his dance hostess girl friend in Honqkong.- -U.P.
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    Lock icon Firemen Stand By At Crash Scene
    165 1 A FIRE engine was summoned to the junction of Short Street and Albert Street in Singapore yesterday following a triple crash which resulted in two of the vehicles ending up on their sides. A witness to the accident had sensed the danger of the
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    Lock icon Opium Worth $220,000 Seized By Customs Men
    166 1 Smugglers Escape In Speedboat TRAPPED in a Singapore Customs Officers ambush, three smugglers broke through leaving: behind 750 pounds of opium worth 8220,000 on a lonely stretch of beach off sth mile, Pasir Panjang Road, in the early hours of Thursday morning. The
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    Lock icon RAF VENOMS BLAST MUSCAT REBEL FORT
    145 1 SHARJAH, Trucial Coast, July 25 (Reuter)— Four Venom jets of the Royal Air Force today blasted the gTeat round fort at Nizwa, headquarters of the rebel tribesmen led by the Imam of Oman. The jets operating from their base at Sharjah used rockets and
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    Lock icon Dondang Sayang sparks a new Merdeka calypso
    89 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Malay classic "Dondang Sayang" will provide the "base" for a Merdeka calypso called "Dondang Sayang Merdeka." Radio Malaya's Malay programme will broadcast this calypso during the Merdeka celebrations, the Standard learnt today. "Dondang Sayang Merdeka" will have ten pantuns
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    Lock icon NAVAL FORCES TO BE REDUCED
    163 1 NAVAL FORCES TO BE REDUCED LONDON, July 25 (Reuter) The number of men in the Royal Navy will be cut from 120,000 to between 90,000 and 100,000 by 1962, it was officially announced today. This stems from the Government's new streamlined defence programme for the nuclear age and the decision
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    Lock icon PRIEST (105) DIES
    31 1 TOKYO, July 25 (Reuter)— Japan's oldest Buddhist priest Chief Abbot Shinryw Yoshihara, yesterday died at the Zenkoji Temple, Kofu City, near Tokyo, at the age of 105, Reuter
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    36 1 U.S. ARMY Sgt. William J. Smallwood, who spent more than two years in East Germany, was found guilty of desertion by a general courtmartial on Wednesday and sentenced to two years at hard labour.- A.P.
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    Lock icon MAN FLUNG OFF PLANE
    72 1 LOS ANGELES. July 25 (AP) An explosion blew a gaping seven by four foot in the fuselage of an airliner early today over the California desert. One passenger is missing and presumed dead. The airliner— a twin-engined Western Air Lines Convair made an emergency landing at
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    Lock icon 'Sidewall' Wheeler Ordered Freed
    137 1 FUCHU, Japan, July 25 (AP) A. U.S. Air Force commander today rejected the conviction of Airman Donald Wheeler for refusing to get a "white side wall" haircut and ordered him released from confinement and returned to duty. A court-martial on Monday had found the 20-year-old airman
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    Lock icon THE BEY OF TUNIS IS DEPOSED
    324 1 TUNIS, JULY 25, (REUTER)— THE TUNISIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TODAY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ABOLISH THE 250-YEAR-OLD MONARCHY, THUS DEPOSING THE BEY OF TUNIS AND PAVING THE WAY FOR PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC. M. Habib Bourguiba, the Prime Minister, was proclaimed first President of the new
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    Lock icon POUCE GUARD FOR BUSES AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES
    177 1 POUCE GUARD FOR BUSES AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES LONDON. July 25 (Reuter) Police escorted buses and coaches taking workers to their jobs in many parts of Britain today to prevent further violence as 100.000 bus workers continued their six-day-old strike. The biggest single company involved, the Midland Red Bus Company warned
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    Lock icon COLONY MAN IN CHINA SEA DRAMA
    115 1 COLONY MAN IN CHINA SEA DRAMA HONGKONG, July 25 (Reuter) A 60-year-old Chinese from Singapore, Wong Ming. fell or jumped overboard from the 3,388-ton Danish vessel Heinrich Jansen on Tuesday while she was bound from Singapore for Canton In Communist China, it was announced when the ship arrived, here today.
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    Lock icon Hiroshima A-Bomb Killed 2 Malayans
    96 1 TOKYO, July 25 (Reuter) The death of two Malayan students during the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima city, Southern Japan, was made public here today for the first time. A spokesman for the International Students Association said both students were attending the Bunri University
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    Lock icon TAXI DRIVER DIES IN CRASH
    43 1 A SINGAPORE tud driver, Tf.a Singh w«j killed when his taxi collided w;th a bus in Nee Socn yesterday. A pas«cr.ger in the taxi, Kcr.z Chee HOOn, 2 r trained injuries and was removed to the General HorpitaJ
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    Lock icon ONLY HUNDRED REFUGEES A DAY
    54 1 LONDON, July 25 (Reuter) —The Governor of Hongkong, hero today thai rel igee; 'were no longer p- :ring into the colony from the mainland. He told a panel cf interviewers during h. raaio press conference heard here thai they were arriving st a ra*e of
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    Lock icon Campaign For Causing Trouble
    786 2 Cocheme's Answer To Parampalam's Allegations Bricks And Stones Do Not Make A Mental Hospital' IPOH, Thurs. The Medical Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital at Tanjong Rambutan, Dr. M. A. X. Cocheme, today described as a "campaign for causing trouble" the "investigations" made by his deputy,
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    Lock icon India s 'Peace' Defence To Cost 2,580 Mil. Rs.
    252 2 lower House Passes Record Budget NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuter) The Indian Lower House today unanimously voted a record 2,580 million rupees for the three armed services for the coming year. Winding up the two-day debate, the Defence Minister, Mr. V.K.
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    Lock icon WIFE DROVE OFF WITH TWO MEN
    76 2 A SINGAPORE ticket sel'er reported to the Police yesterday that two men in a car took his wife away from their home in Bukit Panjans Village. He said when he returned home from a theatre after duty, he saw his wife, Tai Lee Hwa,
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    Lock icon Girl's Fault But Father Is Fined
    73 2 HONGKONG, July 25 (UP) The father of a seven-year-old girl was fined HKSSOO ;:or neglecting to exercise proper control over his daughter. The young girl was found by Police last Tuesday acting suspiciously at a street crossing. Subsequent search allegedly resulted in the finding
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    Lock icon Broker, Envoy Fined $1/2 Mil.
    72 2 NEW DELHI. July 25. (UP). An American stockbroker and a Cuban diplomat were fined more than US$5OO,OOO each today for smuggling arms, gold, dollars and other currencies into Pakistan. Fines of U*****,000 were levied against Leo Roy Frey. 30, of Los Angeles, and Thomas Daina.
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    37 2 HONGKONG, June 25 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.15 to £1 Sterling; 5t3.00 to »U.S. SI; $1,837 to Malayan $1; $0,140 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $261.75 to a tael.
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    64 2 CINEMA MAGNATE. Mr. V Loke Wan Tho (right) is seen here receiving Mr. Aw Cheng Chye, Governing Director of Aw Cheng Chye and Sons Limited, at the premiere of 20th Century Fox's presentation of the "Big A Show" at Odeon Theatre on Wednesday night. In the centre
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    Lock icon He Denies Romance
    68 2 NEW YORK. July 25 (AP) "Ridiculous." Lord Patrick Berc^ford said today about rumours of a romance with Princess Margaret, according to the New York JournaiAmerican in a copyrighted dispatch. "Utter rot." he rcdied to reports he is resigning his Army commission to be with the Princess. The
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    147 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Tone: Very quiet. The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was S3T4! per picul (Up SIS). LONDON KLBBfcK No. 1 R.5.3. Settlement House Terms. Thursday's opening first session were: Tone: Quiet CLOSING Spot 27 Id. August 27^d. September
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    Lock icon FIRE PUT OUT
    25 2 TWO fire engines put out I fire which broke out in attap hut in Lorong 5, Gcylang Road. Singapore, ear.y this morning.
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    Lock icon Malayan Airways: DECISION NOT TAKEN AS YET
    138 2 Malayan Airways: DECISION NOT TAKEN AS YET SINGAPORE'S m:cations Mr. Francis Thorn; Legislative Assembly yer.er. day that the p I ing the grant of chise to Ma Limited was at the mom; i certain. a questn n i Yew (PAP T. He told the House that government was t; :ile
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    124 2 TWO :-A". were romrr.:v I to the Assizes I y the Si ■th Court Mr. RBI. Pat< on a cha ol armed robbery. They v.-ere nR Sow 3 and Sin 1 v•* to have robbc h .usewife, Nfi Min W a go n c.d a ian
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    Lock icon Union's Plea To Governo
    72 2 THE pre t cf pore Telephone h p*o\* cc s \J i* i '< r* n sis VfltwHl *S the G vern t, Wk ert B:, k, a kin* foi an inter-. I on the question fairness and d British and '■-■cr mflltarj personnel as .kc
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    Lock icon PARTY CHIEF RE-ARRESTED
    41 2 ANKARA. A Court hew today orr.c: the re-ar: c t ol Bo.uk: i-.c.cr pub ai N ol Turkey'* three r st:on artil The Court reversed a <■* i other Co.:- Bolukr; -rial on i nal A debate on June
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    Lock icon Chew Assures A Standard Reader
    332 3 SINGAPORE'S Education Ministry yesterday assured a Standard reader that the fact that his son *iad no Malay teacher in his school was not due to Government indifference but rather to the difficulty in engasintr. teachers for the job. The reader. Mr. Tan Kia Watt, had
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    Lock icon GHOSTS ON POLLS LIST CHARGE
    605 3 MORE NAMES THAN ACTUAL RESIDENTS, CHARGES MR. LIM THE Liberal Socialist leader in the Singapore Legislative Assembly, Mr. Lim Choon Mong, yesterday speke of the existence of "ghost voters" when he led the attack against a Government bill on the delineation of boundaries for the
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    Lock icon Bigger Council Bid Fails
    172 3 Bigger Council Bid Fails The Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterdaythrew out an amendment to the Local Government Bill tabled by Liberal-So-cialist Assemblyman for Tanglin, Mr. John Ede, that the number of City Councillors be increased from 32 to 48. Mr. Ede"s amendment was lost by 26 votes to nine. Three members
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    Lock icon What Happened To Rent Cuts?
    256 3 What Happened To Rent Cuts? LEE SLATES POLLS PROMISES ELECTION promises for the reduction of rentals on Singapore Improvement Trust housing have yet to be fulfilled by the government in power today, Independent Assemblyman for Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Lee, speaking during
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    Lock icon Ex-Gangster 'Tec Gets Thug 5 Months
    236 3 Ex-Gangster 'Tec Gets Thug 5 Months A SINGAPORE detective yesterday told the Seventh Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan, that he was "once a very active member of the 18th secret society group." Ong Kok Poh. the detective, was testifying at the trial of a labourer, Lim Choon Huat, 28, charged
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    Lock icon ROTARY COMES TO AID OF 45 HOMELESS GIRLS
    196 3 THE Singapore Rotary Club is trying to find a home for 45 girls, who are about to be evicted from their Salvation Army Home in Oxley Road. Rotary president. Mr. Alan E. M. Geddes. told the Standard yesterday. The Oxley Road Home,
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    3 3 Yesterday's Air Arrivals
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    Lock icon SCREEN TEST FCR DIANA IN LONDON
    92 3 MEET the "Reluctant Debutante" Iflss Diana te Hove, half-English, halfDutch television and stage actress. Miss te Hove, a 24-year-old blonde with green eyes, arrived in S.ngapore yesterday by Qanta.s for a short visit. She is on her way home to Britain after appearing in
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    Lock icon SCOUTER ON HIS WAY TO JAMBOREE
    93 3 SCOUT ER ON HIS WAY TO JAMBOREE Mr. Vernon Dawe, Deputy Commissioner cf Scouts in Western Australia, arrived in Singapore yes erday by Qantas on his way to attend a world scout Jamboree and conference in Britain. Mr Dawe, a City Valuer of the City of Perth Council, was met
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    Lock icon Dog Bit Face Of Officer's Wife, Court Told
    340 4 Dog Bit Face Of Officer's Wife, Court Told OWNER IS FREED OF NEGLIGENCE CHARGE AN Army officer's wife, who took her chief tenant's dog for a walk, was later bitten by it on the face, the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Mrs. Charlottee Hertha Alwine Alma Williams summoned
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    Lock icon Still No Accord In Bus Wrangle
    104 4 Still No Accord In Bus Wrangle HOPES for a settlement of the strike t>y more than 200 busmen employed by the Hock Lee Bus Company in Singapore were dashed yesterday as representatives of the management and the employees refused to compromise. At a joint meeting at the Labour Ministry yesterday
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    Lock icon Unions Told To Register Their Men
    73 4 Unions Told To Register Their Men SINGAPORE'S Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. Sag Choon Yee. yestcnlav asked all unions in the Colony to register the names of their standing committee officials. Mr. Sng said several unions have' formed special standing committees for cultural, educational and propaganda activities, but have failed
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    62 4 SENATOR Justin Kotelawala, managing-director of the Ceylon Insurance Limited, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC from Colombo. He will study the possibilities of setting up a branch of the Ceylon Insurance in the Colony and Federation. He leaves for Kuala Lumpur by Malayan Airways tomorrow. The Senator is
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    Lock icon Dutch Warship Due In S'pore
    49 4 THE Dutch Navy destroyer, the 3,000-ton, Groningcn, will arrive in Singapore on Saturday on a three-dejy informal viait. She is en route to Dutch New Guinea with a complement of 15 officers and' 223 ratings. The destroyer has a maximum speed of 36 knots.
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    Lock icon Three Anthems By S'pore Man
    68 4 A SINGAPORE music composer, Tuan Zubir Said, will submit three "National Anthem" compositions to the Federation Government before Aug. 31. Tuan Zubir Said said yesterday he would not take anv reward for his composition! should any one of them be chosen. He said" he had
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    Lock icon PARENTS' DAY
    25 4 THE Siglap Secondary School will observe Parents' Day tomorrow with an exhibition starting at 10.30 a.m. followed by a concert in the evening.
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    1942 4 THE following is a list of Singapore candidates who were successful in the Theory of Music Examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, held in March this year. GRADE I Marv Tan. Sathiapama Vythv. lingam, Chiang Siew Bit, Yeo i Chee
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    Lock icon CORRUPTION PRORE DREW A BLANK...
    175 5 CORRUPTION PRORE DREW A BLANK... KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The Selangor Police were called in to investigate allegations of corruption against the staff of the office of Registrar of State Nationals, Inche Ismail bin Abdul Latiff. the State Secretary told the State Council today. j "But. so far. no arrests have
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    Lock icon They'll Make Their First Big Effort
    145 5 THE women's section of the Singapore British European Association, which was formed fao January this year, has decided that their first big charity effort for 1957 will be for tht Singapore Children's So ietv Convalescent Home, at Tanah Merah, Mrs. C. If. Williamson, Association
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    45 5 SIXGAPORE Rural Board mambei Mr. h.j.c. Kulasin^ia, suggested at the bosrd*i meeting yt?stcrday that gignboardl displajdng the date and time of visitt by mobile dispensaries bi ,-ct np at vantage points in the rural areas to assist those in need of medical aid.
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    Lock icon REDS REAPING A $22,000 HARVEST
    363 5 Rubber Stealing Scandal KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Rubber thefts from estates in Selangor alone are running in the region of 750,000 lbs. a month a loss to the industry of more than $22,000 a day. And, said Mr. A J. Hunter, who made this disclosure in
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    Lock icon Escaped Boy's Bid To Steal A Purse
    198 5 CHANG GEK CHU, 17, who twice escaped from the Gimson School for Boys, was yesterday ordered by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. J.F. McWilliam, to be remanded in Police custody until Aug. 8, pending a report of his suitability for borstal training.
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    Lock icon He Made A Friend Then Cheated Him
    128 5 A PEXAXG man, Mohamed Jois bin Abdul Wahab, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust of two gold rings Valued at $67, and $20 in cash, on Nor. 11. 1954. Inspector F. Samuel,
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    Lock icon Man Fined $5,000
    111 5 ONG CHYE HUAT, 25, a labourer, was yesterday fined $5,000 or in default 10 months' jail, by the Singapore Seventh Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan, for possessing 305 pounds of dutiable cigarettes on Mar. 22, in Loiong Baung Kok, of! Ponggol Road. The prosecution told the Court
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    Lock icon SPECIAL PUJAS
    41 5 SPECIAL pujas (prayers") will be conducted v' the Sri Lankaramaya Buddh.st Temple in St. Michael's RoaC. Singapore today, (New ]\?oon Day). from 6 to 7.3(1 p.m. by the Pali section in memory of the late Madam Soh Khian Xeo.
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    20 5 H.M.A.S. ANZAC. under Commander J. P. Stevenson, will pay an operational visit to Penang arriving on Aug. 3
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    Lock icon Fed. Expats Can't Get S'pore Jobs
    133 5 Fed. Expats Can't Get S'pore Jobs EUROPEAN Officers of the Civil Service in the Federation cannot obtain tiansfer; from the Federation to Singapore. Permanent Secretary of the Establishments Branch of the Singapore Government. Mr. R. C. Hoffman said this yesterday. Mr. Hoffman added ths'. H would be contrary to the
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    Lock icon Charged With Using False Order Form
    168 5 Charged With Using False Order Form A LABOURER took delivery of 13 bags of pepper from a store by usins a false order form, but he failed the next time when suspicions were aroused, it was said in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Or Sok Lak. 27, was charged with us.ng
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      477 5 Standard cAlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Independent Missionary MoveW*l»**%w»A r%SrtWU inent: Free film show at Tan C* |»Wrfc MJMlMrjf Toc k Spri£ Hos:i:tal 7.30 n.m Kntnng Boys' Club ((tiilliptnard BiiddhKt I'liion Shrine (."iims. Knad): Badminton 5 pm. Body- h;.iigi): Talk by Dr. R.chard building 6 pm. A. (Sard on 'Buddhist
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      Lock icon Nehru Hits Out
      429 6 'pHE workers and trade union officials of this counirv who have acquired the nasty habit of threatening employers and indulging i n go-slow tactics ought to hear what Premier Nehru thinks of such tactics. In a recent debate in the Lok Sabha OB the pay structure of
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      470 6 statements were made last Wednesday on the subject of approaching independence for the Federation of Malaya. Two of them emanated from the spokesmen of Malay groups in Singapore, the third came from the leader of an expatriate organization in Kuala Lumpur. The citizens of both territories could not
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    1085 6 d, flbj HONGKONG 'pHE first official announcement Peking has ever made on the China-Burma border dispute is Mr. Chou En-lai's statement to China's National People's Congress, and it leaves matters just where they were. Mr. Chou repeated the known facts that Burma has agreed that the 100
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    111 6 Sir In response to my letter rn cur Spec.al Constables, which appeared in your July 4 issue, I take this opportunity to thank you and Mr. Wong Foo Nam. of the UMNOMCA Alliance, on behalf of the Special Constables. It was very kind of Mr. Wcng to
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    97 6 stables that their case will c > looked into and the terms and conditions improved? For two years. Revenue Cncprs waited patiently for their case to be settled. The Government did nothing until they were forced to use the strike weapon. The Special Constables do not and
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    Lock icon G.P.O. WORKERS
    191 6 Sir Over two yean ago the Fost Office relieved ibe'.f of the responsibilities to sort out covers which did not have P.O. B x numbers so that they COdld have less work to do. but simply sorted them out into streets for the postmen to deliver. From July
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    48 6 Sir— Of late, almost all airmail letter.s (envelope.-) do not reach the addressees In indix, especially in Madras State, while the aerogrammes are delivered promptly. It .s rumoured thai these envelopes have mysteriously disappeared. v.iil the postal authorities at both ends investigate this matter? RASCHID Singapore
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    556 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By XO GREATER compliment x I'as been pad to <he Federal Chief Minister, Tanku Abdul Rahman, than by the assurance of the European Civil Servants' Association of Malaya that he need not fear a sudden exodus of expr/riate officers after merdeka. And
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    479 6  -  William Clark KUNWAR INDER SINGH NEW DELHI HT'HE key to the complicated political situation in Nepal is King Mahendra's desire tor democratic elections wlrch he believes will lead xo stability for his regime, plus the fear in all political parties that they will lose when the elections
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    65 7 Photo. THE Areana Playhouse at Atlanta, Georgia, is preparln? to present "Bus Stop" and has chosen Jean Ferchaud shown here, for the role of "Cherie." which movie actress Marilyn Monroe played in the film. Joan. 20. a former Georgia State College co-ed, won the role
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    154 7 Lana And Hubby No. 1 At Daughter's Bedside DENVER, July 25 (UP)— Movie star Lana Turner and her ex-husband No. 1 flew here together to the bedside of their seriously injured 14--year-old daughter. Cheryl Christine Crane was hurt on Sunday when she fell nil a horse while riding bareback on
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    102 7 Here Is A Recipe For Divorce LOS ANGELES. July 25 (AP» Here's a reciDe for divorce: Take clothing and bedding and scatter them on t'r. I frOßl room floor. Pour the contents of fruit JaiSi vegetable cans. m.lk cartons and other bottles over the garments. No m:xing required. Mrs. Shirley
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    598 7  - I ACCUSE BRITAIN OF BLOCKING THE ROAD TO PEACE Bulganin LONDON, July 25 (UP) The Soviet Union last night formally accused Britain of blocking East-West agreement on disarmament in a "deal" with the Western powers to help Chancellor Konrad Adenauer win the German elections. The charge was contained in a
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    63 7 NEW YORK, July 25. (AP) —The romantic adventures of portly millionaire John Jacob Astor reached court again yesterday. A green-eyed brunette model sued him for $467,100. charging breach of con ract. Mrs. Lucille Ann Stlgllch CapMSO, the model, claimed AsfeOT made offers of U551,250 a month
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    87 7 LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)— Four Peers and 30 members of the House of Commons have signed a pledge to abstain from alcohol after receiving a letter from the Band of Hope Union. The general-secretary of the Union, the Reverend R
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    172 7 JAP SWORD USED IN BRUTAL MURDER OF GIRL STUDENT LONDON, July 25 (Reuter) A Pole was accused in court here yesterday of having "horribly and brutally" murdered a 24-year-old art student with a Japanese Samurai sword and then of having attempted to ikill himself. The prosecution said that the Pole,
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    98 7 Headhunter's Son Has New Parents COMPTON. California, July 25 (AP) The four-year-old son of an Indonesian headhunter was adopted yesterday by two American missionaries who have reared him from infancy. The Rev. Dr. John A. Breman of Xorwalk and his wife were doing medical missionary work in an Indonesian village
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    52 7 Djilas is quoted by Life zs declaring in the book which is entitled "The New Class" tnat "the world centre of Communist ideology no longer exists; it is in the process ol complete disintegration. The unity of the world Communist movement is incurably injured There are no visible
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    92 7 FLESSBVRG. West G,r- Re^c*)-An unknown creature said to resemble Sror.'c n 5 'crotij Loch Ness 7r,o>7.<;trr 5 reported to >c-r <• rrp P d fh« dpprhs of 0 pool norfh 0/ the Gcr-c^-Dr.r, -.«h border here end bitten a barhrr. Accordrno to reports
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    270 9 FURTHER RISES IN RICE OUTPUT RECENT reports show a .till further increase in ice production in Asia in 1956 1957, states the Commonwealth Economic Committee's report just pubOfflcial estimate in Pakistan its the area under rice at 22.445.000 acres, and pro.iction of Daddy is estimated a: 13.312.000 tons. Th crop
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    88 9 Fed. Rubber Statistics In June FEDERATION of Malaya rubber statistics for June showed that oroductlon totalled 29.628 tons from estates, and 21.583 tons from smallholdings. Imports during the month amounted to 2,937 tons of which 1.613 tons were from Singapore. Exports during the month amounted to 48,645 tons of which
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    38 9 NORWAY'S Director General of Harbours has placed a contract with Lobnitz and Company of Renfrew. Scotland, for a diesel electric four cubic yard noo-self-propelled dipper dredge 100 ft. long. 30 ft. broad and 9 ft. deep.
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    21 9 THE Export-Import Bank has granted Iran a US$lO.--000.000 credit for the purchase of 50 U.S. built diesel electric locomotives.
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    259 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tin production in the Federation has shown a "substantial drop" during this year despite the fact that the price of the commodity has varied but little, the quarterly bulletin o£ Mining Statistics disclosed today. Production of tin concentrates had dropped from
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    222 9 Japan Taken More Of Our Rubber INDUSTRIES EXPAND JAPAN will continue to need rubber from Malaya to feed her i n d u s t ries, a spokesman of the Japanese ConsulateGeneral in Singapore told the Standard yesterday. He pointed out that hi s country imported 43.906 tons of rubber
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    40 9 which will be used to control oil flow and gas production of three giant gas making plants, will be completed in a month's time British ga s expert Mr. A. Turner (foreground) is personally supervising the work.
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    108 9 CONSUMPTION of new rubber in the U.S. last month totalled 111,950 long tons, the Rubber Manufacturers Association reported in New York. This compared with a total of 126.315 long tons used in May. June consumption of synthetic rubber amounted to 70.772 long tons, compared
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    33 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the Following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday; Canada: buying. T-T. 30-15/16. O.I). 31-1/16, 90 days airmail 31-3 8 credit bills, 31-7/16 trade bills.
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    256 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: C.T.S. ords. 34/-: F. N ords. ?2.87J to $2.80: $2.82* overnightGammons 52.57J to $2.55, $2 f,QHammers $2.35; H. Waugh $1 07 overnight: Hume ords. Afi/fr Breweries $3.60, $3,574. $3,521; Cements $1.70: M Colls $1 lfr McAlister $1.97j; m ph.
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    147 9 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday closed very quiet at 93 1/8 cents per lb. for International first grade rubber for AuKust shipment, a drop of 3/8 cent on Wednesday. Prices opened slightly lower on lower overseas advices. first business having been around 93 3/8 cents. At noon
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    185 9 THE decline in Malayan industrials continued yesterday, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. T.ns were firm and rubbers were quiet. Price changes announced by the Association were: Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 70 <- 72/Con. Tin Smelt. Ords. 33 6 34/6 xd Fraser Neave Pref 3.95
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    217 9 SINGAPORE Chinese produce Exchange noon closing prices per Dicul yesterday were: copra, July /August $25} buyers. $26 j sellers; coconut oil in bulk $41 sellers, in drums $452 sellers, Muntok white pepper $110 sellers; Sarawak white $109 Tellers, special Sarawak black $74. COPRA HOLIDAY CUTLER BATH CO LTD
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    504 10 relives Lindbergh's fantastic adventure in aviation "fHE Spirit Of St. Louis," a dramatization of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic Transatlantic flight is based on the Pulitzer Prize book by Lindbergh, who spent more than 14 years in preparing his fantastic adventure story for publication. With James Stewart
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    286 10 Kelly steals the Show IF anyone remarks that scenes in a new picture were stolen from Van Johnson by a dog. Van will be neither surprised nor mortified, for he knew zchat he wa3 petting into when he signed to star with Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer and that dog in
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    315 10 his direction of "The King and I" and Wardrobe Director Charles LeMaire and Cinematographer Leon Shamroy are multiple Academy Award-winners. Producer Henry Ephron and his wife. Phoebe, a top writing team both on Broadway and in Hollywood, with such pictures as "What Price Glory" and Irving Berlin's
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    154 10 A LTHOUGH Hollywood motion picture companies have travelled millions of miles to nearly every remote spot of the world in order to obtain unusual and authentic locales, it remained for Republic to discover the beauty of Portugal for the screen. Filmed in Trucolor and Naturama, in and about
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    382 10 MAMIE FRONTS FIGHT FOR FIGURES HTHAT "perfect 36" description of a good figure will soon be a thing of the past. if platinum-blonde Mamie Van Dorens current crusade gets any backing. Or, if you prefer, fronting. "It's the most dishonest me: surement I ever saw." sa>a Mamie. "How can a
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    119 11 LONDON, July 24 (Reuter) Jack Roberlson. Middlesex's 40-year-old opening oat, hit 2(U not out against Essex at Lords here today to register the 66th century of his career. He hit 28 boundaries in his innings, which lasted nearly five and a half hours. His polished
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    48 11 BARNES. Surrey. July 24. (Reuter> The touring Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association team were beaten 21- -46 by Harrodians, the London department store team, in a match here this evening. J. Tindall was Hongkong's most consistent player of the match, while R.C. Butler also played brilliantly.
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    100 11 MANCHESTER, July 25 (Routor) Derek Ibbotson, of Britain, the world's fastest miler, won the international mile event here last night in 4 minutes, 3.3 seconds. His time was 6.1 seconds outside his five-day-old world rerorci, which has yet to be ratified. Tom Courtney, American Olympic
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    68 11 2 CHICAGO, July 25. j (Reuter)— Eddie Machen, 2 second ranking conten- der for Floyd Patterson's 2 world heavyweight title, j j retained his unbeaten j j record in 22 professional 2 fights when he outpoint- S 2 ed Bob Baker (Pitts- 2 burgh) over 10
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    72 11 LONDON July 24 (Reuter> Captain Piero D'lnzeo of Italy WOO the King George V Gold Cup. one of the most coveted awards in international ihOW jumping, at the Royal International Horse Show here tonight. Captain D'lnzeo, bronze Medal winner in the Olympic event last year, rode Uruguay. Ntakj
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    23 11 WESTERN Sports Club beat Selctar Football Club by four coals to three in a SAFA Div. L'B league at Geylanj* yesterday.
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    87 11 Letter To the Sports Editor Sir, As a spectator at the water polo match between the ChamDions (Singapore Swimming Club) and the Rest played last Sunday at the S.S.C. pool. I was greatly shocked at the behaviour of some of the spectators at the Club. Water polo is admittedly a
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    81 11 the following are ■elected m represent R. Signals (Singapore) v.s r. Signals (Malaya) ai Princess Mary Barracks this week-end, Saturday from 2 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. Capt. J. felfnr. Lt. A. Yeoman. wo II W. Huehes. s. sat A. Hulse. S«t J Tiffin. Cv\. A.
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    89 11 RESULTS of the 80-ev co-ti-eplition held at the Royal Inland Club on the July 24 were:Winner: Maj. J Townsend (10) 5 up: Other Cards: Col. G.S.K. Maydon (5) 1 up; Maj. G. S. Balleine (2); Maj. T. R. Warren (12); Col. E. V. Ranson (14) 1 down, Maj.
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    310 11 the spectators there would be very biased in their opinions. Whether they did understand the rules ol :he game or otherwise. there was no justification j on their part in booing and j shouting at the referee, who would have been distracted had he not concentrated on
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    72 11 TOKYO, July 29 (Renter) Thousand! of Japanese spectators today crowded one of the largest baseball stadiums in Kobe City, Western Japan, to watch the nrsl game of the first al'-.Japan blind base. championships. Teams from every school for the blind hi Japan an participating. A spectator watching
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    160 11 Airmen Trounce Indians ROYAL A:: P t I went on a i Diing spree and trounced the Indians bv eight goa. I one in SAP" A Con nv itj league match ai Jalan B. ai -ay Centre-forward Cooper and efl McHardi« -t itstand in 1 men'i Boi I 1 a
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    329 11 The 'Hurricane' All Set To Blast Floyd Off Heavyweight Map COLUMBIA. New Jersey, July 25 (AD— On the shores of the Delaware River, not far from the retreat where Gcme Tunney trained for Jack Dempsey over 30 ye?.rs a?o. Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson is trying to build up a storm for
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    61 11 JOHANNESBURG, July 25 CAP 1— Ger: Potgieter. 20--year-old South African wh< bettered the listed vqcU record for the 440-yard hurdle? earlier this ft a I h a 50.7 clock. r.z. suff( I brr ken r.< ckbone :n r ifi practice tame in Pretor i Wednesday. Doct< ra will
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    65 11 WELLINGTON, N< w Zealand, July 25. (Renter)— Ichiro Ogimura. Japan's former world table tennis champion, was beaten by R.V. Jackson, Australian and New Zealand chamnion. in an exhibition match at Hamilton last night. Jackson wen 21 11. 21—15. Ogimura and Tosh Tanaka. Japan's re. nt world
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    876 12 •THE TEAMS WEST INDIES: J. D. Goddard (Captain). C. L. Walcott, F M. Worrell. E. D. Weekes. B. H. Pairaudeau. Rohan Kanhai, G. Sobers. O. G. Smith, S. Raraadhin, R. Gilchrist, F. M Alexander. ENGLAND P. B. H. May (captain), M. C. Cowdrey, P.
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    74 12 With the largest number of entries submitted by the Ministry of Education, the meet has become unofficially a contest between the stars from the Schools against the rest of Singapore. But except i° r the sprints, the challenge from the Schools is weak in tho distance
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    694 12 On Heavy Track, Honey Bird Pappa's Love Crack 38 1/2 From WINDSOR LAD PEXANG. Thurs. Outstanding: workers at this morning's winding up gallops were trainer Ivan Allans HONEY BIRD and PAPPA'S LOVE who cracked 38^ sec. for three furlongs on a heavy track to return the fastest time of the
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    1020 12  -  KEN JALLEH by i the Sports Editor GENTLEMEN, the question today is not whether starter Mr. A. T. Rajah will sport a red, green or yellow jacket ..but whether the athletes he 'pops off' with his gun will realise their dreams
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    125 12 8 S'gor Players Selected for North PENANG. Thurs. T. Sivagnanam of Selangor will lead the north team against south in the annual cricket "classic" to be played at Singapore during the August bank holidays. Besides Sivagnanam, there are eight Selangor players in the north side. The other two are from
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    104 12 THE following players have bom .-circled to represent Singapore Selection against the KowloOfl Busmen tomorrow, at Jalan Boar Stadium. Kick off at 5.15. p.m. Singapore Selection: Idros Albar. Loh Yong Kong. Lee Kok Seng: Boon Fook: I. J. Vass Osxnan Johan; Kas.-im. Tahir J Harvey, Ismail Yusoff, T>aim
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    72 12 THE Badminton Association of Malaya has invited four of Singapore's top badminton players to participate in the coming Merdeka Championships in Kuala Lumpur in September this year. The four invited are: Ong Poh Lim, Omar Ibrahim, Nancy Lim and Jessie Ong. THE Japanese Thomas cuppers; pictured on
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    309 12 THE following are some of the best known performances of Singapore's athletes this season (the names and times in brackets are the existing Singapore records): MEN 100 yards: (Ali bin Ahmad 10 sees. 1940). Kesavan Soon 9.85. Ernest Frida 10.1s, Lim Jit Imm 10.45. 220 yards: (Tai Chong
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