Singapore Standard, 9 September 1957

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  • 57 1 GERMANY WARNED: RENOUNCE ATO OR.... 3 (Rev- Id West aces the muring n policy and ..bandonwar prt-para-ber pres- with ntalned V'- Germany 01 M scon yesite I S■■ r reign L Mr And: I Or rr.y--t the S v;et Justified said I pciicy ox government it v 3 atothe hi
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  • 16 1 Ron, i Singa- yes- tamed Security in S( cretary, icid the man was
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  • 18 1 Japan Faces New Disaster 1 <UP > into in with -sterl of or ired teleEi diag na] tion across
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  • 89 1 THOUSANDS celebrating the moon festival saw a repeat of the Kuala Lumpur fireworks display at th e old KalJang airport in Singapore last night. Crowds jammed the Merdeka Bridge, Nicoll Highway, and Clifford to get a better view of the display. Traffic aJong Mount- batten
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  • 209 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UP)— President Eisenhower warned Russia yesterday not to push Syria into an act of aggression against any of its neighbours. Prescient Eisenhower also ifflrmed his intention to carry out the policies expressed in the Eisenhower doctrine to aid Middle East
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  • 133 1 Atomic Shot No. 18 Is Fired ATOMIC TEST SITE, Nevada, Sept, 8 (Reuter) A brilliant yellowish flash lighted the desert sky today as nuclear scientists fired atomic shot No. 18 in their current series. The short flash of the below nominal shot quickly turned to a dark orange which lasted
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  • 281 1 Through. The Mail Bag, A Counter To Govt's Mammoth Leaflet Appeal KUALA LUMPUR, SUN.— MALAYAN COMMUNIST BOSS CHIN PENG WAS REPORTED TODAY TO HAVE REJECTED THE "NEW AND FINAL" SURRENDER OFFER ANNOUNCED BY THE PERSEKUTUAN TANAH MELAYU GOVERNMENT ON SEPT. 3. THE REPORT STEMS FROM
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  • 233 1 PILOT SEES VOLCANIC EXPLOSION OFF INDONESIA AN AIRLINE pilot flying from Darwin to Singapore, yesterday reported he saw a volcanic explosion of terrific force on Guian Gapi, an island on the north-east corner of Flores, near Indonesia. The pilot, Captain C. S. Sanderson, of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, in
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  • 22 1 A SOVIET scientist claimed on Saturday to have developed nicotine-free tobacco by grafting tobacco plants to tomato plant roots.- AP
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  • 17 1 EAST Germany and Egypt yesterday signed a trade pact for 1958 totalling M 575,600,000. UP
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  • Article, Illustration
    67 1 THE second day's Merdeka celebrations in Johore Bahru, saw thousands lining the water-front to watch a parade of decorated koleks, part of the seasports arranged for the day. Besides the kolek parade ther-. were swimming and diving competitions and walking along the greasy pole. A competitor is seen
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  • 149 1 ALGIERS, Sept. 8 French troops last night were locked in a pitched battle with a force of 150 Algerian Nationalists 20 miles from Bouira in the Grande Kabylie region east of Algiers. Reports said 12 French troops were killed in the opening engagement. Rebel
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  • 199 1 TAIPEI, Sept. 8 (AP) Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, as seen through the eyes oi a Chinese Nationalist newsman who covered the birth of the new state, is a born political leader, staunchly supported by Malays, but also commanding a hkh degree of popularity
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  • 48 1 AMMAN, Jordan. Sept. 8 (Reuter) Police announced here today that security forces have arrested two Communist leaders. lisa Ayed and Sami Amareen, both government employee s. They had been in hiding following certain incidents and were arrested while travelling from Salt to Amman, police sta'.ed.
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  • 25 1 STIRLING Moss, driving a British Vanwal). yesterday won the 28th Italian Grand Prix, la* of the 1957 world motor- raring championship events.- Reuter
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  • 441 2 We Cant Run Risk Of Being Dictated By Them, Says Premier KULIM, Sun. To accept Chin Peng's Malayan Communist Party as a political party with a right to contest in elections would spell the end to independent Malaya. This was stated by the
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  • 69 2 IPOH, Sun. About 200 guests attended a garden party at the residence of the Mentri Besar, Perak, Inche Ghazalli bin Jawi. in Tambun Road here last evening. Among the distinguished gathering were the Sultan and Raja Perempuan of Perak. heads of government departments. State and Town
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  • 170 2 Govt. Aid Needed To Boost Rubber PENANG, Sun. The President of the Rubber Trade Association here Mr. Heah Joo Seang. today called on government to review prospects for natural rubber in relation to synthetic and take steps to protect the interests of the industry. Mr. Heah was speaking at a
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  • 121 2 Chong Bound For Formosa, Says Sister THE eighteen-year-old Singapore girl. Chong Swee Chu, who left on the Tjiluwah on Saturday is heading for Formosa to complete her studies. "She has already finished one year at a Formosa school and will do another two more," said her sister yesterday. "My sister
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  • 33 2 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. A young Chinese woman on the Penang-Butterworth ferry launch, the "Tinggiri.' fell overboard in mid-channel in the early hours of this morning. Her body has not been recovered.
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  • 110 2 11 To Study British Rail Administration KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Eleven Malayan Railway personnel flew to London today for h.gher training in administration and engineering under its 'Malayanisation' plan now well advanced. They will study and serve a period of "apprenticeship" with the British railways for two or three years. On
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  • 45 2 Announcer Takes A Bride A SINGAPORE school teacher. Miss Florence Soundra Leela was yesterda; I Mr. V. Tharma Raj, a Radio Malaya announcer, at the St. Andr< v g Cat] dardpic shows the bride cutting the cake at a reception at the AdHpn )i 1
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  • 251 2 PLEDGE TO GOVERNOR PENANG, Sun. Independence, entailing heavy responsibilities, will not find the rural people shirking from their duties, said Tuan Haji Azyze, chairman of the Rural District Council at a Merdeka tea party held here yesterday. Residents In rural Penang share with
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  • 46 2 Off To Study Medicine AN old bo> :he Md ist English S Malim, Sw.> left for Iretl studies by thi V yesterd.i\ Sun of I rontracloi Mr. I he will t.ik( up the Royal (i \k geons in Dublin, Hod^l school studfi Chinese hool, Ipohfc >earv
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  • 153 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Indian organizations in the Federation will meet here shortly to discuss the formation of a national liaison body to co-ordinate their activities. First stco in this dire I was taken last week representatives of se\ Indian associations in Of States who attendee
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  • 86 2 Down Come The Merdeka Illuminations KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Federal capital's atmosphere of gaie'.y will come to an end tonight when the 20.000 yards of coloured neon illuminations provided for the Merdeka lete by the Central Electricity Board are taken down. Tomorrow, roads, government offices and buildings will be stripped
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  • 32 2 IPO) Mr. Y< oil admitted 1 following dent at th< Fair Pai Mr T< a car dlivd g Vi c or Of lie.!., when off the road. Mr. >
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  • 56 2 TAIPING. Sun.— Mr. Loo Sook Mm pro-tern chairman ot the Taiping Branch ol the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday urged members to elect their office-bearers with care. He was speaking at the annual general meeting of the branch. I Tht IB ft $17 I Savi
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 492 2 Standard cJilmanac Information at a Glance BfJ^^MPiQI Port DTckson 7.04'T.m! (9ft.) n 7.23 orgaiP'iM l^Tow'n WMsMmm lisg»~^| RADIO MALAYA Singers. 7.45 Malayan Indepe™ liritish Poster Design Exhibition- dence Celebrations— A report on At the British Council Hall' RADIO .MALAYA (General Her- ™c second week's events Bpm Stamford Road 9 a.m.
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  • 49 3 THE manager of Southern Hotel in Singapore, Mr Loh Kam Yin, yesterday donated 4,000 Moon cakes for distribution to various Homes for handicapped and underprivileged children. Standard picture shows members of the British Red Cross, arranging and packing the cakes before sending them away.
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  • 191 3 g II .MII K. Sun. Communist China has |c her bu,!^t trade contact with the independent u»h the .Merdeka Trade Fair now being held at Petaiing Java. The China Pavilion which is the largest in Ute Trace Fair has attracted record Long queues
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  • 24 3 C British neel pore d tod.. taki chair- rtv set :onial ement k rritories I at m I idas
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  • 27 3 M aiini a E iti n number ned ba here It n 1 street B I tak d pos- :le and Qic claic Police
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  • 47 3 CHIEF of the Imperial Sral S*.a:T. Field Marshal Sit Herald Templet*, and Lady Tempter yesterday left Singal fof Britr.in by BOAC after attending the Merdeka celebrations in the Federation. They were seen otl by the Commanc.er-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General Sir Francis Festing.
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  • 113 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The week following Independence Day went by without a single fatal accident in the Federal capital. Traffic Police announced today. There was. however, one case of road fatality during the week ending with Merdeka Day. Aug. 31. JASIN. Sun. The Minister for
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  • 157 3 CAUSEWAY: NO DECISION TILL NEXT YEAR DECISION on causeway restrictions has been shelved until early next year, informed sources told the Standard yesterday. This is because of the strong representations made lo the Federation's Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman by Singapore Government not to take any action until all aspects
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  • 42 3 SECRETARY FOR SARAWAK pic. MISS Joan Smith, who arrived in Singapore yesterday from Sydney, Australia, by BOAC to take up a sec r e tarial appointment with the Sarawak Government. She was formerly attached to a civil broadcasting firm in Australia. Standard
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  • 114 3 A 800-WORD memorandum protesting against the recent arrests of trace union leaders by Singapore Government wiil be sent to all non-Communist countries in the world. The memorandum was prepared by the Singapore General Employees' Union and signed by eight other leftist unions. The unions are:
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  • 32 3 THE GOVERNOR of Malacca. Mr. Leong Yew Koh. took the salute at a grand merdeka parade by more than 200 men from eight units at the Malacca padang this morning.
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  • 46 3 Governor Attends Church MALACCA, Sun. The Governor. Mr. Leong Yew Koh has attended church almost every day since he came here as Governor 10 days ago. The Governor, a staunch Catholic attends the Catholic Church at Riverside. One of his daughters is a nun in Perak.
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  • 33 3 A SAN FRANCISCO bound Pan-American World Airways plane, which returned to Singapore on Saturday after developing engine trouble near Saigon, yesterday resumed its journey after mechanics had rectified the trouble overnight.
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  • 237 3 Khir Johari Tells People At Pesta Meet Abdul Rahman, was speaking to a large gathering after opening the Pesta celebrations in Jasin. "There are certain bad elements in this country. who are bent on wrecking our freedom by spreading ail
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  • 87 3 Merdeka Party In S'pore HUNDREDS of Malays thronged the residence of Singapore U.M.N.O. chief, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, in Lorong M Telok Kurau, last night to celebrate the attainment of Merdeka in the Federation. There were Malay dances, songs and several other kinds of entertainment. The celebrations will
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  • 126 3 3 Helens In Running For 'Queen' Award PETALING JAVA. Sun. Three 'Helens" are vying strongly for the coveted title of "Queen" of the Merdeka Trade Fair which ends on Sunday. The latest vote count places Miss Helen Lai of Nomura Trading stall on top of the list with a total
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  • 158 3 SINGAPORE'S first calypso dance contest, held in conjunction with the Chinese Moon Cake Festival on Saturday night at the St. Andrew's School hall, was won by the Colony's teenage dance champions, Master Sunny Low and Miss Betty Low.* Sunny and Betty won "The
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  • 23 3 A COMMITTEE meeting of the Federation of Rubber Trade Associations will be held in Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday at 3.00 p.m.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 1231 4 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) <in<c«pcr*iec in Singapore) (12 lines) 'Zr THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Sues with liberty to proceed via Panama or Cape ot
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    • 879 4 MITSUI |g| LINE S'p*rc P. S'hoir Penonr FOR JAPAN Meiko Mom for Yokohomo. Moii Kobe Osoko vio Hongkong 17 Sepf 15Sept 13£ept Nosuson Moru for Yokohomo, Moii Kobe Osaka 17 Sept Hogwioton Moro vio Monilo tor Yokohomo, Nogoyo. Kobe 21 *«P f mm FOR U.SA. Fo? New York. Phifodelphio, Baltimore
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    • 678 4 EAST ASIATIC LMI OUTWARDS Soilings for Bongkok ond/ot F 6 loi) Penon fl p "LALANDIA" 16/18 Sept 19/20 Seoi W Bonokok only. M "SONGKHLA" 29 Sept/1 Oct 2 2 o C t "JAVA" "SELANDIA" 2/3 Oct 4 S Oct Bongkok Only. HOMEWARDS Soilings foi A Jen, Port Sold Qtno* 4
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  • 66 5 Group To diversify Interests is ,v Khan its inThe need March 31, ud tra t L 8 17.000 to ii ian Sir a. It 1 aim of the m a careful re~;our- p \nv into prospect than -iiiple s sound p 04 the D and its ase Sing ipore rue
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  • 40 5 THE Chartered Bank's Singapore branch has received telegraphic advice from its head office in London that the Court of Directors has declared an interim dividend of 7\ per cent actual subject to income taA payable Sept. 27.
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  • 34 5 cent Koh (seen above in the bureau). Together with two other gir's from their head office. Misses Phyl Westerhout and Margaret WiUiams. they put on a fashion show to highlight the opening.
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  • 36 5 THOMAS D e La Rue Company (Plastics Division), London. \s to spend £1 million on an extension scheme during the next four or five years Half the present production at the factory is exported.
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  • 222 5 IPOH. Sun. Chinese miners here are worried over the fali in the price of tin which was first regisI tered in August. The price has now almost reached the "floor" price fixed by the International Tin Council under the Tin Agreement of 1953. A leading
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 5 ANGLO FRENCH Trading Co. he'd a cocktail party to mark the opening of their travel service bureau at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore. The bureau's main job is to book passengers and to give advice to travellers. Consultants are Misses Jacqueline Free and Milli-
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  • 65 5 EXPORTS of tin and tin concentrates from Malaya during August amounted to 6.664 ions (48,097 tons lor the first eight months of the year 1 according to official statistics. In July, 5,223 tons wen? exported. Exports to the United Kingdom in August amounted to 150 tons (222
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  • 164 5 Demand For Rolling Stock Grows AGAINST world competition, Australia is supplying an increasing amount of railway rolling stock to countries in the Pacific and Asian areas. Diesel electric engines, steam locomotives, electric rail cars and passenger and freight cars of all kinds have been exported to Hongkong. India, Pakistan, Nauru.
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  • 235 5 AN adequate carry-over of stocks both in Singapore and Penang at the beginning of last week and a somewhat lower volume of arrivals below 1.500 tons have failed to stop a declining trend in prices in the Singapore copra market, according to the weekly report
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 5 THE success of two Australian-built diesel-electric locomotives delivered to the British-owned section oi the Kowloon Canton Railway, Hongkong, a year ago, was reflected in a repeat order for three similar locomotives.
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  • 164 5 ASPECTS OF MARKETING IN AUSTRALIA BECAUSE of the emphasis in Australia on exporting, merchandisers have possibly become neglectful of the home market, an advertising manager told a recent marketing conference of the Australian Institute of Management The manager, Mr. G Nicholls, of Kraft Foods Pty. Ltd., said that manufacturers had
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  • 55 5 Revenue Collections Higher GROSS cumulative revenue collections for January/August this year amounted to 566,897,000 an increase of $7,273,000 on the same period of 1956. All round increases in revenues for entertainment $4,000,000 (up $103,000), liquors 817,147,000 (51.128,--000). Licences $287,000 (537.000), motor vehicles 51,006.000 ($64,000), petroleum 516,967,000 (52,715.000), tobacco 529,333,000 (53.216,--000),
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  • 44 5 A NEW industry for processing synthetic yarn, such as nylon and terylene. is to be established immediately at Quarry Hill. Bendigo, Victoria, at a cost of about £A 250,000. The industry is being established by 8.L.8. Corporation of Australia Ltd.
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  • 226 5 CURRENTLY attracting attention at the Merdeka Trade Fair in Petaling Jay a is the booth exhibiting Indian handloom textiles. Colourful sarees. silk scarves, cotton mats bedspreads, turkish towels and other utiUty varieties have been specially imported for display and sales at the fair. An official of
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  • 354 5 -BUT BUYING SPREE OVER By A Market Correspondent THE buying spree in Malayan share markers is a thing of the past. Many stocks have been back-pedalling, with interest at a fairly low ebb. However, despite the general downward trend, partly attributable to the lower
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  • 142 5 Roving Envoy Arriving THE Japanese roving ambassador, Mr. Ataru Kobayashi is now touring South-east Asia. He is due in Singapore on Sept. 19 from Ceylon. He is the first roving ambassador appointed by Prime Minister Kishi to be sent to this territory, and he left Japan a;, the end of
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  • 359 5 BUSINESS DONE IN THE WEEK Business Done in shares from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. Industrials: Chartered Bank 41/9 to 41/7s, Fraser Neave Ords $2.85 to $2 90. Gammons 52.50 $2,524, Goodwood Park $1.325, Hongkong Bank (Lon) £484. Hume Industries Ords A-6/IJ, Hume Industries Prefs. A.24/-, William Jacks 52.40. Malayan
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  • 175 5 Ulu Klangr Tin Limited: Report for the year ended 31.3.57 shows profit of $3,356 only. Net liquid assets on March 31 at $287,125 were equivalent to 32 cents per share. Agreement has been reached for disposal of two mining leases for a total of $10,000 but actual agreement
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  • 72 5 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday: London: selling, T.T. or O.D. 2/3-7/8; buying, airmail. T.T. 2/4, O.D. 2/4-1/32. 30 d.st 2/4--3/16. 45 d/st 2/4-1 4. 60 d/st 2/4-9/32. 90 d'st 2/4-13/32. 120 d/st 2/4-17/32. 180 d St 2/4--25/32.
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    • 76 5 NOTICES JOHORE P.VV.D. TENDER NOTICE RENDERS will be received x by the State Engineer, Johore, up to noon of the 21st: September, 1957 for the purchase of 81 Empty Oil Drums. Full particulars may be obtained from the Mechanical Engineer, PWD Workshop, Johore Bahru. NOTICE pUTHRIE CO. LTD., wish to
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    • 548 5 NOTICES ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR OUTPUTS of tin concentrates for the undermentioned Companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited for the month of August, 1957 are as follows: PICULS Ampat Tin Dredging Ltd. 1,649 Berjuntai Tin Dredging Limited 2.175 Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredging Limited 1,1 08 Kamunting Tin
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 529 6 ARE the communists from the mainland conversing on Singapore? The time has come for them to take some decisive action. They either accept the amnesty offer or prepare for a showdown. Since the Federation Government is firm in its determination not to recognize the Malayan Communist
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    • 416 6 "MALAYA'S women leaders, who have so frequently shown a lack of ideas and objectives in their claims for emancipation and equality with men, can learn a great deal on how they can use their rights wisely and progressively from the President of the National Council of
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 432 6 Sir How to reduce the number of vehicles on the roads of Singapore? This is a question neither the Government nor the City Council or the Registrar of Vehicles has attempted to Solve. The answer is simple. It is just a question of readjusting the present
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    • 251 6 C*OMMUI\IST gains in municipal and provincial elections in Java are not by themselves very important, They indicate a current trend but they do not undermine the authority of the central Government, since President Soekarno insisted from the start that Indonesia must be firmly controlled from Jakarta, What does
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    • 428 6 Sir— "Bonande's" disappointment over the selection of officers for the Executive Service should on no account culminate in an attack on the 229 selected officers whom he labelled as "mostly raw and inefficient." Since they have been selected it is proper that they be given the chance
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  • Article, Illustration
    904 6 MAN AT THE TOP DR. HAMMARSKJOLD Prototype For a New Kind of Man' WASHINGTON XHE first five-year Term of office as Secretary-General of the United Nations is about to end for Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold. In that time he has been attacked on both halves of our divided world.
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  • 253 7 'Indonesia) Sept. 8 (UP) Some t nose nut here to discuss the effect :nr .i.wriinu it '> controversial new head tax on lead- ra caJ a king rec c ld< r the Im will 1 impo 1 fished Sat w of fan mconv
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  • 73 7 I ;g. Moscow] r Red --well. i sU ri visited ncrlcan F J tin it, and cti an, of i by tCB Si will took r I Red China the M I aim ri to have i by ballot. They r. t of
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  • 25 7 MARRIAGES between aunts and nephews and uncles and nieces, formerly only possible by Royal permission, are now allowed in Holland.- Reuter
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  • 54 7 photo. PROUD father Mike Todd looks over wife Elizabeth Taylor's shoulder at his month-old daughter. Liza, as they leave the Harkness Pavilion of the New York Medical Centre. Liza, born prematurely on Aug. 6, now weight 6 lb 5 oz. Mrs. Todd's smile matches the sparkler
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  • 57 7 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (AP) A juror's illness has put the criminal libel trial of Confidential magazine into recess until Tuesday. Confidential and Whisper Magazines Publisher's Distributing Corporation, Fred and Marjorie Meade and Hollywood Research. Inc., are being tried on charges of conspiracy to commit criminal libel
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  • 370 7 Marshal Vershinin LONDON, Sept. 8 (AP) Soviet air force Marshal Konstantin Vershinin said last night that Russia could reach any part of the world with its new inter-contin-ental ballistic missile. This and other ominous comments by Vershinin were broadcast by Moscow Radio in
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  • 569 7 THE LATEST ON PRINCESS M4«GARET —Sunday Pictorial LONDON, Sept. 8 The Sunday Pictorial today quoted an unnamed friend of Group Captain Peter Townsend, the man Princess Margaret announced two years ago she liad decided not to marry, as saying they had
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  • 212 7 Troops, Tanks Out At Battle-Scarred Cuban Naval Base HAVANA, Sept. 8 (AP)— Cuban troops and police in tanks and armoured cars sealed off all entrances yesterday to the battle-scarred naval base city of Cienfuegos, in South-Central Cuba. Heavily armed patrols hunted for remnants of an estimated 400 rebels who failed
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  • 138 7 LABOUR'S NEW PARTY RECORD LONDON, Sept. 8. (Reuter) The membership of the British Labour Party reached a new record figure last year, topping the six-and-a-half million mark for the first time in the history of the movement. This was disclosed today in the party's annual report, prepared for its 56th
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  • 139 7 Soviets Only Seek Trouble —MORRISON TEL AVIV. Sept. 8, (Reuter)— Mr. Herbert Morrison. Foreign Secretary in the former British Labour Government, last night described the Soviet Union as a "troublemaker" and "reactionary." He added that the Soviet leaders also "appear to be anti-Jewish." Mr. Morrison was replying to questions on
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  • 242 7 NEWS THAT POISONED' A BOY'S MIND LONDON, Sun. A fourteen -year-old boy was a loving son until he learned that the woman he called Mum was. in fact, his grandmother, a court was told yesterday. The secret that he v/as born illegitimately and legally adopted by the grandmother was revealed
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  • 51 7 PEDIGREE dogs in New York irill have to submit their noses lor a noseprint before they will be accepted for irisurance by the Animal Insurance Company of America. The noseprint of a doa it said to be as infallible for identification as a human being's fingerprint.
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  • 24 7 THE Warsaw City Transport Organization has given a season ticket for life to a boy. born in a tramcar last month.
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  • 82 8 i T i 1 SCREEM actresses famous for their individual charm and beauty found i i 1 themselves in straw* competition with Princess Virginia Ira Furstenberg, i 1 during the recent Film Festival in Venice. The beautiful raven-haired princess, i i 1 who uas married at 15
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  • 1300 8 First Man from West to Penetrate C. Asia Deserts ERNEST Johnson continues today his series on the extraordinary tales of endurance of pioneers who braved death from torture, thirst, heat and ice, starvation and disease to penetrate where no strangers had trodden before, and sometimes to plant new names on
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    • 279 8 22— Keep plans, contacts clear. H unmvo'.ved. Think things through aflVltntlj LEO— July 23 to Aug. 22— M Protect your own holdings: use care tact concerning *W friendships. flnilKWl. comhm plete tasks. VIRGO— Aug. 23 to Sept. M 22- Maintain the good will |2 of higher-ups and poise. n peace
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  • 186 9 THE prowess of Asian Soccer in the future will depend to a very great extent on the deliberations of these men who represent the eight nations taking part in the Merdeka Soccer Festival in Kuala Lumpur. They met informally in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday
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  • 187 9 K. record- were Second- aw ia] a'h'ethe s hool cha ond bam- first in fan one-mile and W >ents L i dc In 440 y E nd in the lloaf pr» I i\ ISMRI EN yards: Ho yards: 1 Boh m. 8 Hcn| Tuan I*
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  • 118 9 Fastest 10,000 m by UK's Knight I (RevBritain by A*° 1 in the n ens Li I>: w match. »c Decennial G Yesterday, but WiSTS wm their Bin perforI '-ams dur- ia doubtful n> Was fce!te r than today by tain's six »n 23 minutes tiOM man. but rr.etres Only
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  • 43 9 Yong q r, pic by OW FOOK SENG of Singapore jerks 240 lbs during the Flyweight contest of the Malayan Amateur Weightlifting Federation Championship held at the Chen Woo Stadium, Kuala Lumpur over the week-end.- Standard
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  • 135 9 IP OH. Sun— In the Perak inter-zone Merdeka Cup final. Central Perak scored an easy 4 l victory over North Perak on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground here today. Singles: N. Natekar (India) of the cup was made after the match as
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  • 142 9 Exhibition B'ton In Penang PENANG. Sun Malayan and Merdeka badminton champion Eddy Choong partnered Ooi Teik Hock for a thrilling exhibition match against Teh Kew San and Lim Say Hup at the Han Chiang High School Hall tonight. Eddy and Ooi won 15—12. 15—4. Tonight's exhibition matches between foreign champions
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  • 315 9 I.A. Ist. Innings Mnhinder Singh c Bone b Meadows 23 Abdul Razak b Hanrahan 2 Vijiasingaxn b Hanrahan 4 Angullia c Hopgood b IVleadows 17 Ajit Singh b Flood 3 R. Sandosham c Darley b Hanrahan 6 Hussein Shah c Flood b Turner 4 Rajendra b Hanrahan
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  • 92 9 EDINBURGH, Sept 8 (Reuter)— A runner missing after a race to the top and down the Scottish Mountain of Ben Nevis, the highest in Britain, died today shortly after being found by a rescue party. The runner T. H. Rlx 24 of Addlestone, Surrey, was
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  • 46 9 LOS ANGELES. Sept. 8 (Reuter) The Reverend Bob Richards, twice Olympic pole vault champion, is retiring from competitive athletics to be a compere on a television sports programme. In accepting the post Mr. Richards said he did not plan giving up his religious work.
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  • 210 9 Gandhi Memorial Cup UNUSUALLY good fielding by the Indians very nearly deprived the Royal Air Force from retaining the Gandhi Memorial Cup in their annual match at Balestier Road yesterday. However the airmen, who needed only 52 runs in the second innings
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  • 148 9 MALACCA, Sun.— An Indonesian Selection beat South Malayan Malays by three goals to one in a friendly soccer match played at the Kubu stadium today. At half time the score was one-all. Centre-forward Suseno gave Indonesia the lead in the tenth minute, but the Malays,
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  • 44 9 HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8 (UP)— Jimmy Carter. three times former holder of the worlds lightweight championship, beat out a steady tattoo of body punches to score a unanimous decision over Mickey Northrup last night in the 10-round main event at Hollywood Legion Stadium.
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  • 86 9 PENANG, Sun. A Singapore cyclist, Ooi Teik Pheow, was attacked by another competitor after he had won the 25 miles mass-start cycle race held at the Esplanade today. The two were separated by officials. Fourteen cyclists took part in this morning's race, but only eleven completed
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  • 214 9 Tiger Scott knocks himself out in the 2nd Round P. K. KUMAR, heavyweight champion of South India drew with the Chinese champion of Malaya, Leow Kwong Seng after six rounds at the Great World arena on Saturday night. Kumar and Kwong Seng gave a display of clean hard wrestling and
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  • 76 9 SYDNEY. Sept. 8 (Reuter) Rod Phelps. Australia's International Rugby Union full back was today passed by a bone specialist as fit to tour Britain. France and Canada with the Australian team later this year. He was the last of the "doubtfuls, included when the team was picked a
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  • 345 9 RSGC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS QUALIFYING round results of the Royal Singapore Golf Club's championship held on Saturday and Sunday are: E S. Ainley 95 92=187; M. C. Bain 86 +83 169: K. W. Bell 86 +86 172; R. Craik 83 +85 168: E. Crosland N.R.; F. M. Cunningham Scratched; H. B.
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  • 740 10 Trounce Sussex For 6th Straight LONDON, Sept. 8 (Renter) -The 1957 English county cricket championship ended on Friday with the match at Hove between Surrey and Sussex Surrey, champions for the sixth successive year, ended a triumphant season by defeating Sussex by seven wickets and
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  • 329 10 Pasir Panjang Boys First To Win Dunsford Trophy PASIR Panjang Boys' Club gained the distinction of being the first to win the Dunsford Boxing Trophy in the contest organised by the Federation of Boys' Clubs when they scored a total of 44 points at the Great World Arena last night.
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  • 69 10 MELBOURNE, Sept. 8 (Reuten Mexican boxe- Gaspar Ortega has been book*" 1 for a series of fights in Australia, and will make his debut against New South Wales lightweight RusseH Sands at Sydney on either Sept 23 or 30. Two other "importation" for Australian boxing this year
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  • 72 10 TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuter) Takashi Ishimoto. Japans 22--year-old university student, swimminp star today established a world record for the 100 metres butterfly event when he swam in the semi-finals of the Ail-Japan student swim- ming championships in Tokyo. His time foi the event was one minute
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  • 71 10 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Reuter) Joe Miceli (New York) shattered Johnny Saxton's comeback campaign by defeating the former world welterweight champion after three rounds here. The r ing physician called off the fight after examining Saxton, who was bleeding heavily from the mouth After the
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  • 330 10 US. To Rely On "Old Guard" In Davis Cup Round FOREST HILLS, Sept. 8 (Reuter) The United States will rely on the "old guard," with a sprinkling of youth for the inter-zone and, if necessary, challenge rounds of the Davis Cud. The team, announced today, is: Gardnar Mulloy (43), Richard
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 10 THRILLS at the bull fight for the crowd dangerous moments for the handlers a bull leaves the fighting to chase a handler during this event on the Selangor Turf Club padang. Bull fighting was one of the events during the Merdeka Games in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 208 10 USLTA Row Over PROs Amateurs NEW YORK. Sept. 8 (Reuter) The United States Lawn Tennis Association last night shelved a move to sanction open tournaments between amateur and professional playj ers. A special committee set up to study the question expressed themselves in favour of op^n tournaments, but executive committee
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    • 24 10 SOCCER SINGAPORE Selection vs. Thailand National Football team at Jalan Besar Stadium. Kick off 7.30 p.m. Bintang Bnlan vs Banden Kesenian at J.B. 6.15.
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  • 117 11 l^T HILLS, New York, Sept 8 (UP)—Top\.hlry Cooper of Australia knocked out the Am eru'3n from the U.S. tennis singles championniiv and swept into the final round by H rb Ham of Beverly Hills, California 6-1 ter over I •>', made staving off •lerr.endous h
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  • 175 11 May, Cowdrey Awarded For Outstanding Performance LONDON. Sept. 8 (Reuter)— With the close of the county cricket season in England', the annual awards made by a British business firm have been announced. The feat of Peter May, Eng's captain, and Colin Cowdrey in taking the highest mi of 411 in
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    61 11 Photo. SPEEDING towards the camera during the sidecar event of the 35th Grand Prix of Nations motorcycle race at Monza. Italy, are J. Drion of France on a Norton (No. 8) and F. ocheideffer of Switzerland on a BMW (No. 36). The race was won by Aiding Milant of Italy
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  • 395 11 Nottingham Forest Keep Up Their Winning Run LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reut€r)-~ NOTTINGHAM FOREST, promoted to the English league division one this season, won again yesterday and are still sharing the leadership on points with mighty Man-. Chester United. Forest's 2-1 victory over Manchester City was their fourth in five league
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  • 162 11 Down to bottom spot went to Sheffield Wednesday, beaten 3-2 at Portsmouth in spite of a second-half rally which brought them level after being two goals down Left back Jack Manscll got the winner for Portsmouth. Charlton and Fulham, level on points at the top of
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  • 378 11 UK SOCCER RESULTS LONDON, Sept. 7, (Reuter).— Results in today's English and Scottish matches were: LEAGUE DIVISION I Birmingham C. 1. Newcastle U. 4 Blackpool 1. Arsenal 0. Everton 3. Chelsea 0. Leicester C. 2 Bolton Wand. 3. Luton T. 3, W'hampton Wand. 1. Manchester U. 5. Leeds U. 0.
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  • 80 11 Boxer Wonts To Ban Knockouts MOSCOW Sept. 8. (Reuter) A Soviet boxer wants to ban knockouts in Russian rings. The boxer. G. Gumirov. said in a newspaper article that knockouts were negative and unnecessary features of amateur boxing. Bouts should be decided rather by technique and skilful tactics. Th P
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  • 51 11 PARIS, Sept. 8 (Reuter) Mme. Cino Del Duca's Scot II will not run in the St. Leger at Doncaster on Wednesday, his trainer, Pierre Pelat, said tonight. Mr. Pelat said the colt, winner of the Deauville Grand Prix, would be kept for engagements in
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  • 43 11 PARIS, Sept. 8, (UP)— Japan lost to Germany 4-5 in the water-polo at the World University Games here. Half-time score was 1-2. But despite the defeat, this was the .Japanese team's best water-polo show in the games so far.
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  • 92 11 Campbell to make one more attempt TORONTO, Sept. 8 (Reuter) —Donald Campbell said he had cancelled plans to return to England and was going back to Canandaiguia Lake, in New York, next week to have another try at breaking his world's water speed record in the jet-powered Bluebird II Weather
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  • 178 12 VV\VVWV\\\V\V\VVW\V\'VW\V\\V\V\V\VV\\\\\\\\\'V\\\\WVV\W\\\V\V\V\V\V 000 The Mighty Fi/ians She's Dainty... She's Pretty... And Strong, Too! TWO action studies of the mighty Fijians by Standard cameraman Yong Poh Fah. RIGHT: M. Rakuro, a giant (14 st. 6 ft. 4in) smash' ed the Malayan discus and shot putt records marks
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  • 400 12 Indons Give The R.A.F. A Hit To Remember Before Today's Take-off Indonesia, runners-up in the Prime Minister's Cup soccer tournament at Kuala Lumpur, dazzled Colony fans hvst night with a grand B—28 2 victory over Royal Air Force Combined at Jaian Besar Stadium, Singapore. The Indons have only been beaten
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  • 222 12 THE END OF THE QU EST It's the end of tbe quest for Hongkong ft team which began with controversy, and ended with victory in the miniature Asian soccer competition for the Prime Minister's Cup played at the brand new Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. When it nas announced that
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  • 942 12 Malayans Fail By 10 Runs To Avoid An Innings DeH Buhar Jeffery Start The Rout Before Lunch I MALAYA 2nd INNINGS A. Grindrod lbw T. Buhar i M. McCaw b. S. Yatawara J. YVoodhouse c A. Lafii b S. dp 4Mi M. Shepherdson lbw J. G. C-
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