The Straits Times, 3 May 1957

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    RAHMAN'S UNITY PLEA
    984 1 -WE MUST MAKE UP MINDS TO SWIM OR SINK TOGETHER* Strong nation cannot be built on fear, distrust, suspicion, says Tengku Foes of Alliance bitterly attacked I \LA LIWIITR, hurs.— The Chief Te■ f k v il Rahman, told a nese audience here t, l;i\ that "this
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    BOY'S QUERIES IDENTIFY MURDER VICTIM
    288 1 Press pictures 'like my sister 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. i YOUNG MAN'S inquiries led early today to identification of the woman who was found murdered on April 26. in a stream in Salak South. four miles from here. She was his sister, Chong j Yook,
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    Lock icon Pay rise urged for ship builders
    122 1 Pay rise urged for ship builders LONDON. Iliurs. The Government court of inquiry today recommended that 3.000.000 British shipyard and engineering workers, who went on strike a month ago. should get an unconditional rise of up to five per cent (8 6 a week) in liieir basic wages. This increase
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    Canberra to fly 'reindeer route'
    49 1 LONDON. Thurs. A Canberra bomber will fly to Tokyo and back in 38 hours and 20 minutes on May 23. the Royal Air Force disclosed today. The purpose of the flight is t o investigate meteorological conditions for aircraft operating on the Arctic route.
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    Lock icon 31 killed when plane crashes in flames in wood
    220 1 31 killed when plane crashes in flames in wood f OND O N Thurs. people, in eluding a mother and her two children, died in a two-engined Viking plane when it crashed in flame? into a wood last night just after taking off from Blackbushe airport. Only four badly burned
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    Lock icon ANOTHER JOCKEY WITH A BROKEN NECK DIES AFTER RACE SMASH
    112 1 ANOTHER JOCKEY WITH A BROKEN NECK DIES AFTER RACE SMASH MELBOURNE. Thursday. A SECOND jockey died today following Australia's worst racing smash for years which took place at Albury, 200 miles north of here yesterday. Jockey Maurie Gray, 43, died in Albury hospital to- j day. His neck was broken
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    Lock icon Kidnapped—five sons of pasha
    71 1 Kidnapped five sons of pasha RABAT, Thurs.— Five sons of the late El Glaoui, famous Pasha of Marrakesh and one of the most powerful rulers in the former French Morocco, were kidnapped yesterday, according to reports reaching here today. The Moroccan authorities are trying to secure their release but foldiers
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    Lock icon KKK in Britain
    41 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Home Secretary. Mr. R. A. Butler told Parliament today that Ku Klux Klan sympathisers are operating "on a small scale" In Britain Police are ready for action against any breach of the peace. -UP. I
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    Lock icon 'NO MILK' NOTE IN THE MILK
    53 1 LONDON. Thurs. Mrs. Evelyn Schofleld opened a bottle of milk and out fell a soggy note written in red Ink .saying; "No milk today." Mrs. Srhofield complained to the health authorities in Oldham. Lancashire. The dairy was fined £2 yesterday lor failing to wash
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    Lock icon WALES HONOURS A PRINCE
    40 1 PRINCE PHILIP, in the uniform of a colonel of the Welsh Guards, is seen at Cardiff Castle, where he was presented with the freedom nf Cardiff by the Mayor. Alderman D. T Williams (left).— A.P. picture.
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    MONTY: FORGET THE H-BOMB
    310 1 'Get on with honest day's work 9 SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday. FIELD MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery said here today that he thought people were "losing their perspective" when talking about hydrogen bombs. Lord Montgomery, who Is Deputy Supreme Allied Commander tn Europe, was speaking to reporters before sailing to
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    Lock icon Diana leaves husband: It's all over'
    78 1 Diana leaves husband: It's all over' LONDON, Thurs—British film actress Diana Dors has parted from her husband. Dennis Hamilton, according to newspapers today. The actress was reported to have stalked out of her luxury home on the banks of the River Thames at Maidenhead last week-end. The Daily Mirror quoted
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    Lock icon Townsend off
    26 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. Group Captain Peter Townsend left for Communist China today for a two-week visit on his round the world solo trip. UP.
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    Lock icon 8 warships in
    26 1 BEIRUT, Thurs. Two more ships of the United States Sixth Fleet arrived here today, bringing the total in the harbour to eight.— Reuter.
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    First novel by Katherine Sim
    47 1 LONDON. Thurs. Mrs. Katherine Sim of Penang, who has written extensively for the Straits Times and ha.s two or three books to her credit, has written her lint novel. "Malacca Boy." It will be available in Singapore by the end of August.
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    Kidnapping: Two held
    46 1 Singapore police yesterday detained two men for questioning in connection with the kidnapping <>f Mr. Ng Hee Huat, 24, a scrap iron dealer. Mr. Nr was freed on Monday night— four days after he ni abducted— after hi.s family had paid $18,000 ransom.
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    Knife ladder kills 2 boys
    70 1 Knife ladder kills 2 boys I SCHOOLBOY, Tan x Hock Enp:, 10, was crushed to death yesterday evening when a 100-foot ladder of blades fell on him as it was being hoisted into position for a Chinese festival tomorrow. Another boy. Sim Choon Ho. 8. seriously injured, died in hospital
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    STOP PRESS
    46 1 U.S. ACCUSES RUSSIA NEW YORK, Thars United States today accused Soviet Union of having made war on Hungarian people. "Present regime was installed by and. continues to exist solely because of continued presence of Soviet armed forces." U.S. said in letter to United Nations.
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    Lock icon Gold reserves
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs. The sterling area's gold and dollar reserves rose by $111 million to 52,320 million during April. the Treasury announced today.— Reuter.
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    LEGAL POSER FOR CDC IN A FREE MALAYA
    207 2 LEGAL POSER FOR CDC IN A FREE MALAYA LONDON, Thursday. THE Colonial Development Corporation fears that it will not be able to operate in Malaya the moment the country ceases to be a protectorate and becomes an independent state. In its annual report released today the corporation draws attention to
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    Lock icon No ulcers on bowling greens
    88 2 No ulcers on bowling greens JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. pLAY bowls and avoid ulcers that was the advice given by Mr. Jack de Beer, of Johannesburg, president of the South African Bowling Association, when he addressed Port Elizabeth Rotarians recently. Bowls was a pastime which had a stabilising influence to which people
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    Lock icon Police seize Red mail
    32 2 BRUNSWICK, Thurs—Police today announced the confiscation of an unspecified number of parcels containing Communist propaganda booklets and leaflets, which had been sent by mail from East Germany —Reuter.
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    Formosa 'flu epidemic
    42 2 TAIPEH. Thurs.— Hospitals in Taipeh and Keelung were officially described as "crowded" today as an influenza epidemic continued to spread in Formosa. There are 2,000 influenza victims in Taipeh. mostly school children, and between 3.000 to 4.000 in Keelung.
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    Lock icon Leaflet raid
    36 2 TAIPEH. Thurs. The Nationalist air force dropped "millions" of leaflets in another raid on major cities of seven provinces on the China mainland late on Tuesday night, according to an air force communique. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.S. carrier Sails as Crisis Worsens
    80 2 THE world's largest aircraft carrier, the 60,000-ton Forrestal, which, with other units of the American Sixth Fleet, sailed from Villefranche, France, for "an undisclosed destination Rear Admiral M. E. Arnold, commanding carrier division IV of the fleet, said the fleet was sailing on "an
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    Lock icon Labour study
    26 2 MIAMI, Thurs. Two Japanese trade union leaders are looking over Miami area industries and studying how labour unions in this resort area function. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.N. COMMISSION TOLD OF SINGAPORE ATTEMPT TO CURE DRUG ADDICTS
    157 2 U.N. COMMISSION TOLD OF SINGAPORE ATTEMPT TO CURE DRUG ADDICTS NEW YORK. Thurs— An experiment in the treatment of drug addicts in Singapore has been undertaken by the British Government, a United Nations committee was told yesterday. Addressing the commission on narcotic drugs, Mr. T.C. Green, the British representative, said
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    Malayans fight for medical courses
    202 2  -  LAN MOK-AI By STUDENTS seeking adml in Britain are today 1 sible competition in the a Only one student from a large number of Malayan applicants has gained entry this year. Mr. Wan Bahruddin of tne Malayan Students' Unit In London told the Straits Times,
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    Lock icon Atom tests on apes
    50 2 MUNICH, Thurs. An institute to study human protection against radiation, using anthropoid apes for experiments, is to be built here within a year as part of Munich University. The new centre will be financed partly from West German federal funds and partly from local funds. Reut?r.
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    Lock icon Nasser thanks Red Muslims
    45 2 MOSCOW, Thurs. A message from President Nasser thanking Soviet Muslims for their help to Egypt was read today at a mosque in Ufa. iti the Bashkir region of Russia Muslims throughout Russia celebrated the end of the fast of Ramadan. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Oil ban off
    23 2 ATHENS. Thurs. All restrictions on the consumption of oil for domestic and industrial use have been cancelled in Greece. Reuter.
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    Lock icon COMMONS QUERY
    152 2 Boyd says Singapore Govt is studying 'confidential proposal' on future of Harbour Board employees T ONDON, Thurs.— Capt. R. A. Pilkington (Conservative) asked the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, in the Commons yesterday whether, in view of the published report about Malayanisation, he would state what proposals
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    Lock icon HE FELL FOR FILM IMAGE: NOW THEY WED
    145 2 HE FELL FOR FILM IMAGE: NOW THEY WED PARIS, Thurs.—Beautiful Japanese film star Kieko Kishi arrived here yesterday to marry the man who fell in love with her image on the screen. He is French film director Yves Ciampi, who ran forward to embrace her as she stepped from the
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    Lock icon Special envoy in Greece
    38 2 ATHENS, Thurs. Mr. James Richards, President Eisenhower's special Middle East representative, conferred with the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Constantine Karamanlis. yesterday. Earlier, he was received In audience by King Paul and Queen Frederica.— Reuter.
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    Tour of China
    26 2 TOKYO, Thurs Twenty prominent Japanese .physicists will leave on Tuesday for a tour of Communist China at the invitation of Peking's Chinese Academy.
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    Lock icon U.S. navy; AIR FORCE j WAGE OWN WAR
    125 2 U.S. navy; AIR FORCE j WAGE OWN WAR WASHINGTON. Renewal < Force-Naw com ovpr the vuli. naval carrii •< was disclosed I testimony publi a congressioiu: tee. Senior Navy offirj ed that a task fon-. tirely capable of defer itself, would ha-. first, and that a base was morr The
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    Lock icon Red rebels jailed
    48 2 HONG KONG, Thurs persons described tionaries and .provi have been sentenced part in uprisings. In ist North Vietnam. Hanoi announced today. The radio said the I given sentences by a tribunal on April 24. but r mention was made length of their imprison rr.o.v -A.P.
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    NATO will use all resources in defence'
    150 3 NATO will use all resources in defence' BONN, 1 Inns Lord Ismay. retiring Set.,l a r y General <>f \\IO said today that ,n% aggreuiea against „i the treat] partM 1., < hi id l>c met by .a atonic weapons. Kin. nkable decree lj has been built wen the part--1
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    30 3 1 Thurs. The mission here lay the former gover- the Bank of Korea. You Tack. would pecia] envoy in Japan Korea t lie restoration of 1 lations. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peace up to Kremlin: Adenauer
    331 3 RUSSIA SHOULD AGREE TO CONTROLLED ATOMIC DISARMAMENT, NATO TOLD BUT THOUSANDS MORE TANKS ADDED THREAT IN EAST GERMANY BONN, Thursday pHANCELLOR Ivonrad Adenauer warned earnestly today that a modern atomic war would ring "an apocalyptic fate" upon all mankind Including the peoples of the Soviet
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    Lock icon GRIM SAFETY FIRST WARNING TO DRIVERS
    53 3 A NOTICE points the moral as this battered wreckage of a car warns motorists on this Lancashire road that death r ay wait round the corner. On five week-ends. 2.000 vehicles an hour oass alone it on the way to the Lake District and
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    Lock icon Menzies ill
    30 3 CANBERRA. Thurs. The 1 Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies. is suffering from fa- tigue and fever which de- vcloped on his return from his visit to Asia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SYRIAN TROOPS QUIT JORDAN
    196 3 and all because of U.S. fleet JERUSALEM, Thursday. SYRIA is withdrawing its troops from Jordan, chiefly because of the strong support the United States gave King Hussein in sending the Sixth Fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean, reports reaching Jerusalem said today. The fleet's presence also is
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    Lock icon Missing family: Envoy acts
    62 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Phc U.S. State Department reported yesterday that the US. Consulate General in Hong Kong had sent an American representative to Macao to investigate the disappearance of an American businessman there on April 27. The Department still has not solved the mystery in- 1 volving
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    Lock icon Prince Charles sets juvenile fashion
    313 3 LONDON. Thurs— Prince Charles departed from convention today and wore a pair of sandals to school, instead of the regulation black footwear. In a land where style almost always conforms to Royal standards even amona children, parents are braced for a deluge of demands for
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    Lock icon HE KEPT BRITAIN LAUGHING...
    53 3 LONDON Thurs.— Robh Wilton 7f»-year-old comedian, who set Britain lauKhins at itself through the worst days of World War 11. died in hospital here yesterday after a glandular illness. His wife Florence, who appeared with him in some or his acts, died in February last year
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    News film of Moscow parade destroyed
    76 3 News film of Moscow parade destroyed MOSCOW, Thurs— Secret service men yesterday confiscated film taken by two American newsreel photo, graphers near the Red Square, scrne of the May Day military parade. The two men were standing 200 yards from the parade when they were hustled to a nearby control
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    Lock icon Singles, please
    23 3 MONTREAL. Thurs.—Phillipe Langlois 26. fiance of quintuplet Cecilc Dionne, said today they "want a lot of children but no quintuplets." U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    327 3 LONDON. Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53 'h Funding 4'- £90 +3/16 War 3<-.'<- £71 15/16 —3/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £414 Eastern (£5) £7 Chartered (£l> 39/7.- /3 Hongkong ($125) £95';. —1 INSURANCE Con. Un. <uts.) 84/I'j 474' i
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  • STUDENT ARE WARNED BE CAREFUL HOW YOU WEAR YOUR HAIR
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      ULTIMATUM TO CURTIS BOYS: CUT—OR QUIT
      198 4 ULTIMATUM TO CURTIS BOYS: CUT— OR QUIT gT. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, has banned the Ton\ Curtis hair style. I tie school warned boys who had adopted what was considered a gangster vogue that they would be dismissed if they failed to have it changed. And yesterday the actor's fans arrived
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    Regent's aide
    39 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Tengku Abdul Rahman, son of Tengku Ahmad and grand.son of the Sultan of j Johorc. wh o recently return- j cci from Britain, is being! trained to be secretary to the Repent of Johore.
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    'Records' fine
    27 4 SEGAMAT. Thurs. Tan Ho Peng, 42, a tobacco dealer, was fined $500 at Batu Pahat for Idling to keep up-to-date records in his stock book.
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    Peace Sanctuary celebrates
    43 4 The Singapore branch of the Universal Peace Sanctuary celebrated the 55th birthday of its founder yes- i terday with a tea party at Its Upper Serangoon Road premises. A general meeting was held after the party, and new officials elected.
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    PENANG SCHOOL HAS TO FIND REPLY TO $500,000 QUERY
    181 4 PENANG SCHOOL HAS TO FIND REPLY TO $500,000 QUERY PENANG. Thursday. T*HE Chung Ling High School committee is facing a 1 $500,000 question. This sum is the estimated total subsidy which the Federation Government has granted the school since January. 1956. If the school decides not i to accept the
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    Musical Party for Hari Raya
    47 4 The Singapore Social Welfare Centre Committee !•< sponsoring a Malay musical party tomorrow night at the Lim Ah Pin Road Social I Welfare Centre. The party for Hari Raya ti under the direction of Inche Manap bin Mohd All, of Kampong Mulap. Tampines.
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    Garden monkeys are too dull to work
    154 4 npHE monkeys in the Singapore Botanic Gardens— 1 there are more than 100 of them and some dislike humans intensely— cannot be trained to gather plant specimens in the treetops. This Is because they are of ■unintelligent kera crabig species, the keeper of
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    Minister orders a probe into that 'perm' ban
    281 4 -THE Singapore Minisi ter for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday instructed E his department to in- quire into the Method- ist Girls' School's rule E forbidding primary class children to have E "perms." I A Singapore Assembly- man, Mr. William Tan,
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    Council: No room for complacency
    83 4 Council: No room for complacency PENANO. Thurs. rE Settlement Youth Council today warned its members that there was "no room whatsoever" for complacency. This is a time for very careful thought," writes the secretary, Mr. M. N. Lingam, in his annual report. The need is for mutual help and encouragement
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    WIDOW IS AWARDED $21,250 DAMAGES
    158 4 WIDOW IS AWARDED $21,250 DAMAGES 4 WIDOW, who brought A an action for damages for the loss of her husband on her behalf and on behalf of her three children, was awarded damages totalling $21,250 by Mr. Justice Whitton in the Singapore High Court yesterday. She is Thia Geok Eng.
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    'AUTHENTIC' STAGE FOR PLAY
    52 4 'AUTHENTIC' STAGE FOR PLAY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Malayan Arts Theatre Group will present Shakespeare's "The Taming of The hhrew' 1 in the Town Hall here from May 23 to 25. For this performance by the all-community group, the hall's stage will be specially extended for "audience participation" in true
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    Women and law
    43 4 Miss Nancy Yap, a Singapore lawyer, will be the Ruest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club at the Sky Palace restaurant on Saturday. Miss Yap will give a talk on "Women and the Law."
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    STUDENT'S WEDDING SURPRISED FAMILY
    189 4 Ttfß. CHIN TED iTI LOONG. father of a Malayan student who married an Australian girl last week, said in Singapore yesterday that he had "advised" his son against marriage. But the son. Mr. Chin Yoon Fook. popular former Raffle.* Institution student, was married on April 27
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    A forty-year ghost story began with a girlish prank
    272 5 A forty-year ghost story began with a girlish prank yews many people in Singapore have m(1 that the Telephone Hoard building Itreet is haunted by the ghost of a young U relay this ghost was effectively laid by n who started the legend— the retirsupervlsor, Mrs. Jean Nesbit. She chuckled
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    Riddle of baby who took poison
    47 5 Riddle of bab y who took poison i E coroner's not discover a two-year-to be given tier home in Road. Mr Giam returned an Mary Tan, March 5 her parents .is roisoned boy who the same i 'hang Boon He said: know she had .-oria until I
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    Joint talks
    28 5 Leaders of the Singapore Midwives' Union will meet the Government this morning to discuss the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal which will look into their wage dispute.
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    Schools can punish— but there's a limit
    163 5 Schools can punish but there's a limit and prin- cipals of schools in Singapore can punish students to enforce discipline, but they must not go beyond certain prescribed limits. The Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan. said yesterday principals were allowed to use their discretion in this matter. Mr. McLellan
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    Man cleared
    35 5 S. Eagambaram. a checker in a Singapore film company, was acquitted in a Singapore court yesterday of a charge of living on part jf the immoral earnings of his wife. I Suppamah. 18.
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    Monaco holiday for best essay
    124 5 and win a paid holiday in land of Prince Princess Grace. en made by tionsJ Academy which Prince patron. It is nta at uni- The essay can be written in English. French. Spanish. Italian or German and should reach the secretariat of the academy at
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    OBSCENITY WARNING TO UNIONISTS
    50 5 OBSCENITY WARNING TO UNIONISTS IPOH, Thurs. About 800 members of four unions were advised to avoid obscene literature and striptease shows. This was one of the resolutions adopted at the May Day celebration teaparty yesterday. Another resolution asked the Federation Government to declare Labour Hay (May 1) a public holiday.
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    `I LIKE IT HOT' SAYS SINGING STAR AIDA
    85 5 `I LIKE IT HOT' SAYS SINGING STAR AIDA AIDA MORENA, 21--year-old Filipino singer and dancer who is to appear at a Singapore night spot, warned yesterday "Don't expect any- thing sentimental. I like the hot stuff. Hot? "The cha-cha and rock 'n roll," she said. Aida, who arrived on Wednesday,
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    SINGAPORE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ARE LIKELY THIS YEAR
    187 5 SINGAPORE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ARE LIKELY THIS YEAR EJECTIONS to a newly constituted Singapore City Council may be held before the end of the year, the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, In~he Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, told the Straits Times yesterday. But elections to the new i district
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    This romance began in a hospital ward
    44 5 BI7KIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. A former patient married a nurse from the local hospital at St. Anne's Church. Mr. Francis Xavier Money, of Butterworth P.W.1)., was the groom and Miss Mariana Isbella Sargaram. of Penan?, was the bride.
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    MCA women's cookery class
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs The women's section of the M.C.A. will hold its next cookery class at the home Of Miss Amy Wong in Jalan Nong Chik at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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    'WRONG TYPES' TRY TO JOIN THE ARMY
    137 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Many desperate unemployed youths turn to the army as a last resort, a recruiting officer of the Feder--1 ation Army told the Straits Times today. He said that because of this seven of 10 potential recruits during the general recruiting
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    Masked men with knives rob family in house
    129 5 THREE masked men, all armed with daggers, entered the house of a businessman in Jalan Kembangan. off Changi Road, Singapore, at 2 a.m. yesterday and got away with 51, 396 in cash and jewellery. Mr. Choo Meng Poh. 45. his wife and
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      167 5 j 565,000! YOU HAVE ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT TO MAKE YOUR BID could be your month to win the $65,000 JACKPOT in The Malayan Monthly's Contest 'H. The closing date is Monday THREE days from today. Send your coupon, with postal order, S NOW. Full details in MM for April.
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      618 5 seethe GRAETZ Dfji/[o<m JeJut^ Concert Had Diffusion _^_^^^^^^™SB2^fe§l Grind R.idio^i.im 27 1 WET a^^^ B^^^^^^^^^^mi^SSSSS^i with Sound Compressor H^| Sound radioted on concert hall diffusion I '<!- l^fl 1 to the aitn ul resonant cabinet. Optimun I Ul 'tntic and noise suppression. Automatic M F^M^^^^^^^^^^^^Bl record changer with high fidelity
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      236 5 SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: Y.W.C.A.: Malay class 10 15 Exhibition of worts by local a.m flower arrangement cUuss artists at British Council Gallery, 5.15 p.m. Stamford Road 9 am. 5.30 p.m. RUT v < MMBBMi jrvi,u,i I.IBKK.M. SOC lALIST PARTY: f nhntocrmherV uork Stamford division commits meet- Q lo n m
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    DEATHS
    71 6 it Word* 11* f minimum). ON 2-5-57. M APPIAH, retired Telenraph Inspector, Railways. Funeral Friday. 3-5-57, at 5.00 pm. from 41 Jalan Gadlng (former 199 A Bukil Blntsiig Roadi. Kuala Lumpur, for Cremation at l.oke Yew Road, Crematorium. The remains of Mr. C Kandtah, Chief Clerk. Mecnanlcal Engineers Office
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    103 6 ill .l~ $10 I minimum). MR AND MRS KHOR KOK KEE Thank all lrlencis and relatives lor their valuable presents, letters and telegrams of congratulations and assistance at their Ýg on 1.5.57. MR AND MRS LAU HUN CHIONG and family thank all relatives and friends, who sent Wreaths. Scrolls
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    IN MEMORIAM
    34 6 20 HordM till (minimum). JIANNEE: In loving memory ol my dear husband who died sud- denly May 3rd 1956 "In constant thought and >ilent sorrow". Inserted by his loving wife and daugther.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    157 6 111 H,,rrt, flu (minimum). SALE NOW ON at Mulchands, Drex-.es A: Gowns. Prices slashed. PRINCES MIDNIGHT ROOM Air-Conditioned available, no charge, Private Parties Functions Etr. THANK YOU DARLING for the beautiful present, and the Airwick Mist, you do think of the nicest things. DEANS SCHOOL Wll] re-com-mence for the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 3, 1957. Citizenship Riddles
    587 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. May 3, 1957. Citizenship Riddles No major difficulties attend the final talks with Whitehall j which representatives of the Federation's Working Committee on the Constitution are to have later this month. But there are aspects of the problem of citizenship still to be solved. It
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    Tengku's Warning
    297 6 There was straight speaking by the Federation's Chief Minister at a reception given by the Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association to the delegation representing the Rulers and the Alliance Government which is flying to London next week. Distrust and suspicion between the communities can wreck independence.
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    Colonial Help
    209 6 Whitehall may have excellent reasons for not rechristening the Colonial Office (hard though it is to guess what they are) but there can be no reason for refusing the Colonial Development Corporation's suggestion that it be allowed to keep up with the times. The CDC. wants to be
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    HOW COMPETITIVE IS BRITISH INDUSTRY?
    864 6 IN 1956 EXPORTS FROM BRITAIN REACHED THE RECORD FIGURE OF £3,403 MILLIONS rpHERE is no more familiar cry than that British industry lost its competitive qualities and that it is beginning to cost itself out of world markets. Fortunately the facts do not wholly fit
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    Well poised to trade with Red China
    518 6 true comparative value oi sterling. By over-devaluing the authorities at the time created an under-valuation of sterling which, over the past seven years has been corrected by a more rapid increase in wages. cost* and prices in Britain than has occurred in countries
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      Dirtiest town in Johore
      192 6 T FULLY agree with 'Rate Payer' of Kluang (B.T. Apr. 29). Kluang is a fast-growing town, but health and the sanitation have deteriorated, and it is now considered the dirtiest town in Johore. The area from the first to the second milestone, Jalan Mersing, which came
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      TRAFFIC ALONG KALLANG ROAD
      54 6 rE suggestion of TKL for a review of traffic arrangements along Kallang Road Ls not a new ono. Months ago a former nominated councillor raised tlie matter at a council meeting and was promised that the proposal would be referred to the traffic authorities. Nothing has
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    On The Margin
    335 6 On The Margin n OMING fro m tralla, whf-r--vast majority wives and have no tlomp.swhatever, on. notices differei the way M a homes are run But those riifr, not so wide a.s th be. When Cry! in Kuala I me to a Bunda; I discovered I tess did all her
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      94 6 just o*!XV He's Glren Sight to 100.000 jt Inspiring story of the I veteran surgeon of the North-West Frontier, jjjl I still bringing sight and Iff I heiillng after 56 years' I aervlce. Nightmare on the if 1 79th Floor I What happened when a I plane crashed Into a
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      185 6 ARTHUR MEE'S CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUME! Encyclopedia it a big word .md m sound rather dull. But there nothing; dull about the 10 wondorr: volumes of th* CHILDREN Encyclopedia. Each one it pad" with vivid pictures on every im.igi able subject under and bcyont the sun, and the
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    2 ESCAPED SOLDIERS (THEY FACE SENTENCE) ARRESTED
    125 7 2 ESCAPED SOLDIERS (THEY FACE SENTENCE) ARRESTED -j i British National rvlcemen who es- from custody on lay while awaitthe verdict of Sinrr court martial .rges apainst them < n recaptured. 7 Driver wP. o'Con- the RASC. and Dean. 21, of the Catering corps Police arroted In a bar in
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    LONG ARM BUT A SHORT MEMORY
    73 7 LONG ARM BUT A SHORT MEMORY TAN Cuan Hin was arrested on Wednesday for failing to appear in court to answer an illegal hawking charge. He protested his innocence. The police did not believe him. In court yesterday he said: "I appeared before mother magistrate last October. He fined me
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    Hari Raya haul
    21 7 FEISANG. Thurs. Thieves broke a safe and stole $1,855 from a shop at Permatang Tinggi during Hari Raya.
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    Burglars loot a bar
    61 7 Thurs.— ln a dawn arrived at the premises in burplar* Jalan Yang Kalsom early this $700 worth of had bpfn robbed of brandy and cigarettes 35 DO tt] e s of brandy, nine bottlr? of whisky, w .th $226 N yang worth of cicarettfv h»irow Choon
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    Meeting report baffles MCA chiefs
    512 7 THERE IS NO QUESTION OF TALKS WITH THE GUILD MISSION TO SEE BOYD, THEY DECLARE TOP \in J^ LA LUMp UR, Thursday. 1 j d officlals ln Kl »ala Lumpur, Malacca and fenang today denied any knowledge o£ a meeting said to have been arranged
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    Prison murder
    39 7 Koh Lee Hua, a prisoner in the Royai Malayan Navy prison barracks, Woodlands, was found guilty at the Singapore Assizes yesterday of murdering a fellow prisoner, K. Kalimuthu, on Feb. 6 last. He was sentenced to death.
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    NEW COMMISSIONER IN MALAYA ONE OF INDIA'S YOUNGEST ENVOYS
    104 7 NEW COMMISSIONER IN MALAYA ONE OF INDIA'S YOUNGEST ENVOYS ONE of India s youngest diplomats, Mr. V. M. Madhavan Nair. 38. the new Commissioner in Malaya and Singapore, arrived yesterday in the Cliu-an. Many prominent Indians were at the wharves to welcome Mr. Nair and his wife and son. After
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    NO JOKE-IT NEARLY COST HIM HIS EYES
    88 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— What is believed to have been a practical joke nearly cost a 10-year-old Malay boy his eyes. On Tuesday. Nordin bin Pali, of Kajang. was :wk< d to light a festival l#mp in cigarrtte tin. As he put a match
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    Help from doctor
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Dr. Ruth Mansfield a leading British anaesthetist. is helping to establish an anaesthetic service in the Lady Templer Hospital. Dr. Mansfield, who was given four and a half months' leave to work here, said today that she was "very favourably impressed" with tho facilities
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    Charge denied
    41 7 PENANG. Thurs. Wo Hon Weng pleaded not guilty here today to a charge of being found loitering at a bus stand at Church Street pier with intent to steal on May 1. He was allowed bail until May 17.
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    Shyness holds back charity workers
    219 7 APPEAL FOR THE CHESHIRE HOME STUFFY conventions and cold formalities prevented people from takinc more than a detached interest in charity work, said the wife of the Chief Justice of Singapore, Mrs. John Whyatt, yesterday. Mrs. Whyatt said that sol many thought that an -ppeal
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    NINE FEWER ROAD DEATHS LAST MONTH
    65 7 Eleven people were killed in as many fatal accidents in Singapore last month as compared with 2H in February. There were 197 casualties in 561 accidents in the city area and 47 casualties in 123 accidents in the rural areas. A total of 2,932
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    Police officer transferred
    49 7 IPOH, Thurs. Inspector Atma Singh, attached to the police court at Kuala Kang- sar, has been posted as area inspector. Ipoh South, after I returning from seven months' 1 leave in India. He takes over from a woman inspector. Miss Khairunisa Karim. who is on leave.
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    Anniversary joy
    32 7 PENANG, Thurs.— The Pening Pictorlalists will celeorate their third anniversary with a dinner at the South Eastern Hotel on May 25 fol.owed by an outing at Tanlong Bungah next day.
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    Temple festival
    33 7 The sithirai Sathurthi festival of the Sri Senpaga Vinayavar Temple in Ceylon Roaci. Singapore, will be held today from 5.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The sponsor is Dr. P. T. Nathan.
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    POWER FAILURE PUZZLE FOR CITY ENGINEERS
    253 7 POWER FAILURE PUZZLE FOR CITY ENGINEERS Workers went to offices without their morning coffer, or tea. Trolley buses were stranded in the middle of the road and had to be pushed to the sides. Passengers caught other buses. T»HE Singapore City Council Electricity Department A investigators were baffled yesterday by
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    Hospital delay
    55 7 At the General Hospital several patients had their injections postponed as equipment could not be sterilised Telegraphic and cable services were maintained by switching on emergency power. At the Singapore Airport six generators which automatically went into action as soon as the mains Tailed, supplied emergency power. All
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    Threatened his father
    70 7 A 22-year-old youth who wrote two threatening and anonymous letters to his father demandine $500 was put on 12 months' probation by Mr. Justice Wnitton in thr Singapore High Court yesterday. Oeorße Cheanc Keng Chuan pleaded guilty last week to a charge of criminal intimidation. The letters
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    Patrick the painter wins $3,000 in Manila
    111 7 Patrick the painter wins $3,000 in Manila A QUIET, unassuming r% clerk in the Federation Establishment Office hetc. Patrick N? Kak Onn, 24. has won the first prize in the SouthEast Asia Art Festival in Manila. Patrick's painting—"Batek Malaya"— which Illustrates Malay kampong women hanging their sarongs on a large
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    No casualties
    16 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. No Emergency casualties or incidents were reported In the Federation today.
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  • PREVIEWING THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS
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      A Peck peek at world of fashion
      696 8  -  HUGH MABBETT A HAG T( BEAUTY THEN KAMPONG VAMPIRE By SUSAN BARRIE I^HE new Keris Films production. "Pontianak," is a picturesque Malay legend starring one of Malaya's most talented actresses, Maria Menado. Based on the ancient belief in vampires, it inevitably has a
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    Chevalier off
    21 8 Maurice Chevalier will leave France for Hollywood soon to star in an M.G.M. remake of "Gis;i" with Leslie Caron.
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    Magnani hurt
    30 8 Anna Magnani received slight head injuries yesterday when a heavy iron stand toppled over on an outdoor Nevada location during shooting of "Obsession." She was taken to hospital.
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    Brazzi tries to bust the bank until Glynis says 'finis'
    326 8 Brazzi tries to bust the bank until Glynis says 'finis' By DAPHNE MORAN T OSER TAKES ALL" rould have been a sparkling, witty English comedy, instead it has many disappointing lulls. It is based on Graham Greene's novei of an accountant who falls prey to the Monte Carlo roulette wheel
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    It's a record
    23 8 Hollywood will make a record 52 films in foreign countries this year. They include Britain. France Japan. Ceylon and Vietnam.
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    Film of China rescue
    53 8 The story told by American pilot Henry Bush of rescuing a boy hostage from China is to be made into a film. RKO announced yesi terday. It will be called "China Rescue." RKO representatives in Hong Kong are arranging the necessary clearances for the pilot and
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    HITCH ON THE HOLD-UP TRAIL
    209 8 while Fonda makes the heart beat faster AN Alfred Hitchcock thriller is always a draw-card. His latest. "The Wrong Man," certainly has most of the qualities we expect from this inspired director— notably suspense and gripping realism— in full measure. 1 Starring Henry Fonda and
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      466 8 «tf??^L Jf it a o Shaw ihow it thi fßtrt tkmt ATTRACTIONS MB? J m ***** lIIIU^ S in 8J53& "UNGUARDED MOMENT"" LM. Picture in TE( HNK OI.OR g Plus: "NAT KING COU Story' (Scope A 1,,,, \lso Pathe News: Spore Chief Minister sinns in London AV».W #'ll«f»#/#» MAN AGAINST
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      402 8 Straits Times Crossword I^^ZZTTL last (8) luhaj lkw.M vvvssi vnn.\JJ 1 k!Aij»i fvSSB" M TTSS^ 22 Of French Scots affair In H 2 M 3 4 5 6 W 7 open (6). f^i 1^: 23. About to nuke— and make 8 9 better (6). HH 24. Subsequent meetings about T^
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    Lock icon First Lqdy risked capture by Redcoats when
    938 9 HE thunder of guns was coming closer. Victorious British Redcoats were advanon Washington during the ISI2 war with infant American Republic The streets lammed with the fleeing, panic-stricken nilation. One of the calmest persons in whole capital was a tall, graceful middleI but
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    Jnvaders burnt Washington
    442 9 Jnvaders burnt Washington sident in 1801. he appointed James Madison his Secretary of State. Gossip said that, more than Madison's own services, he required those of his wife. Widower Jefferson needed a woman to act as his official hostess. Dolly Madison was the ideal choice. Height of fashion Thits stu
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      421 9 BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJfSTY THE QTJEEV PISrTJIT MANUFACTT-RERf TEEK. rPSAN <fc TO LTD A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1857 3» D MAY 1957 OF LONDON £f*±^ OF FAMOUS SlSCUrrSt^Jjj^^ OFFER YOU THE WORLD'S FINEST BISCUITS BACKED BY A HUNDRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE B^^^^^^S sH Clorox, the world's favourite MA ;j0
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      193 9 Ip.v Morgan MM. Taking care SSBB^^^^HHH r «*«'•<* vs-n vw you Wko^^M f I came *"tee »o^ si that you j j ,^t\ i 7^i^»s "'■'^'^■^■■■^^■^■l H-ANCTOS^ —^L|^ COULP HfcLP ME, MAL.' BUT ALL 'a. 'i rf^* V llfl a^H K r.r^--^^ -ANPMAVEMIM t^^^^^[ I I YOU SATIS 'GET RID
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    STERLING RUBBERS STILL POPULAR ON 'HALF' A MARKET
    314 10 By Our Market Correspondent IT was difficult to judge the trend of the Singapore Share Market yesterday with only part of the market operating. Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh sharebrokers were not operating with the twoday Hari Raya Puasa holiday in the Federation.
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    NEW DEAL IN ESTATE
    225 10 THE directors of Braunston (Ma-i laya> Rubber Estates Limited have informed shareholders that terms have been provisionally agreed on for a amalgamation to be effected by the acquisition by Kapar Rubber Estates Company Limited of the assets and undertakings of Braunston and also, those of Harpenden
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    506 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: Trading was only slightly restricted by the holiday in the Federation. All sections on the local share market were irregular with a firm undertone. Price changes were mostly within narrow limits." Singapore and Fede' .uion brokers reported the following business done yesterday:
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 10 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.h. closed in Singapore on Thursday at 91 cents per lb. up a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91, sellers 91 a;
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    99 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Chusan 12, Yokohama Mani 45. Nikko Maru 6A. Eun-l>ates 6T. Java 89, Bendoran 11. Astyanax 13 14. Boissevain 15 16 Arkeldyk 18, Senai N. Wall 5. Selancor N. Wall 7, Sr. Bila N. Wall 9. Benveg
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 10 SINGAPORE M RUBBER;,, lb. (up one quarter „f r cent). TIN; $388 ,K- r nifli (up $1). COPRA; ln* )U oi,,i
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    99 10 MELHOriINVESTMK.N i but tornoti f small on the M change today most balanced bui i narrow. Batons an Is. Minings. BUyi again easier with North closing 4s. lower, o moved variably on Loans were steady. Loans 3','i 1956- Loans 3,, 196J Bank of NSW Con. Zinc Mount Lyell
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    88 10 Singapore CMncte I'i.i,, change: noon prices terdav were: Copra: quiet; Mi. J buyers, $26 > quiet; bulk $40 ,ii:> sellers. Pepper quid reported done: Mvi Sarawak siO4, ib'>u> special Sarawak bla $1). Singapore Copra pm. prices: Straits I May $22 :l buyers June $22-' i buyer.s $2 Tone
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    51 10 The Malayan behangi Assoriation made t change in its ratee yesterday ithe rate is Selling T.T. or I) Canada 30 15, 16. On the free exehangi- na Hong Kong yesterday, I dollar was quoted at rash and 624', for T.T. Sterling WM quoted one tael of gold at
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      444 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD or the FEDERATION OF MALAYA Applications are invited for the post of: ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICER. CENTRAL EI^ECTRICITY BOARD, FEDERATION OF MALAYA. J. Candidates should have had at least six years' experience of. and close association with, Staffing and Welfare matters in a large Industrial or
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      290 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Radiographers, in the various hospitals in the Federation of Malaya, in the salary scale $452-Al9-566/578-Al9-654 plus COLA, at current rates. Candl- dates must not be over 35 years I and must be holders of the Diploma of Membership of
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      422 10 NOTICES NOTICE It is hereby notified that Mr. Ng Teck Huat is no longer In our employ and has no authority to collect bills or negotiate whatever business on behalf of our Com- pany. UNION MOTOR SUPPLY CO., 41, Cross Street, Kuala Lumpur. BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES, SINGAPORE NOTICE OF
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      410 10 NOTICES BATU SELANGOR TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraocdinary General Meeting of Batu Selangor Tin Dredging Company Limited will be held at the Offices of the Generall Managers. Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited. 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, the
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      954 10 NOTICES WILLIAM JACKS k COMPANY (MALAYA), LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE Is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company at Ocean Building. Collyer Quay In the Colony of Singapore on Saturday, the 25th day of May, 1»57
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      427 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US PACIFIC PORTS —30 DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore P.S'wel Pcn.inp f Ellen Bakke 10/12 May 13M.iv ISMny 2 Kristin Bakke 29/31 May 1 |une 3|une Annaßakke 2 May 15Mav 16/18|une 19|une 21|un c Elisabefh B.ikkr 22 M.iv Slune 6/ 8 lulv 9 lulv
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      1062 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Penong P. S'hom Spore ,:_!»1"V Odn2S/39-1700 •OGOTA" 17/16 May -SELANDIA" 14/17 Mey IS/19 May 20/22 May Bangkok only HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR GENOA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG, OSLO S pore P. Sham Penang "PRETORIA" 4/ 4 Moy Not Leading Singapore
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    AN 'OPEN MIND' ON PUBLIC VEHICLES
    278 12 AN 'OPEN MIND' ON PUBLIC VEHICLES T*HE chairman of directA ors of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd., Sir Thomas Strangman, says the Singapore Government has an "open mind" on the type of single undertaking for common ownership of public passenger transport in Singapore. Sir Thomas explains that the government has
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    New Guinea's output of rubber is rising
    339 12 MALAYAN VARIETIES AND EXPERIENCE ARE BEING USED THE most advanced planting varieties used in Malaya, and Malayan experience and recommendations are being used to boost rubber production in Papua and New Guinea. i I el l Recent importations into the budwood nurseries include
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    Manager receives firm's authority
    103 12 After 36 years* service with William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd.. Mr. K. C. Chan, manager of the company's rubber department, has been granted a Power of Attorney, riving him full power to act for the company. Mr. Chan joined the company in 1921 as an
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    Motor show to boost car sales
    159 12 A MORE elaborate plan is being arranged by the Singapore Happy World management committee for its second annual motor show to be staged at the stadium at the end of the month. The organising committee will put up more stands than last year's 30
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    Estate claims amenities are 'best in district'
    279 12 rpHE Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate Ltd. claims that A it leads the way in its district in providing amenities which attract and keep reliable and satisi fled employees. This claim is made by the company's alternate chairman, Mr. H.R. Mackay, in his statement
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    106 12 Mr. E. G. Dale, managing director of the real estate firm of Dale Marden and Company, says existing housing conditions in Sarawak are below modern requirements and standards. Mr. Dale, wh 0 has just returned from a tour of Sarawak, said the Sarawak Government had reserved
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    97 12 Mr. Henry M. Winter, (above), president of PepsiCola International, arrived in Singapore yesterday with the marketing vicepresident of the company, Mr. John Rhodes. The two executives will meet local Pepsi-Cola bottlers with a view to fostering international trade and friendship. There are 263 bottling plants
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    39 12 United Kingdom steel production this year is expected t o exceed 22 million tons compared with the record 20.7 million tons in 1956, according to the British Iron and Steel Federation's annual report published in London.
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    135 12 BRITISH India Steam Navigation's consolidated operating profits, after providing for survey repairs, rose from £3.055.120 to £4.748,304 for the year ended September 30. After depreciation and increased tax. the net balance is up by nearly £1.2 m. at £1.944.618. The nnal dividend on the
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    'Tropicalised' music strings
    75 12 A special range of cor-rosion-proof •tropicalised" strings for guitars, banjos, mandolins and other musical instruments has been introduced by a London manufacturer. Developed after several years of intensive research, these strings, designed especially for the tropics, are made In stainless steel the covered strings being wound with
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    Estate pulls out of hemp project
    230 12 IfSCOT Rubber Estates Ltd. lust ye v could r J dertake to advance further sums to ftnan manila hemp project a«, Sungei Mai estate, in p^ hang, according to the company's chairman Mr m mm I Alex Douglas. The hemp corner: taken over by
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    151 12 HEMP SCHEME WILL NOT BE ABANDONED THERE is no question of abandoning the Sungei Mai hemp project in Pahang, says a representative of James Warren and Co. Ltd., in Kuala Lumpur, agents in Malaya and secretaries in England for Malayan Products Ltd. The project began in 1949 on a 2,000-acr
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    32 13 WELLINGTON 'New Zealand i, Thurs. Jock Aird, former Burnley and Scottish international soccer fullback, has accepted an offer to play for Hakoah (Sydney > in the newly-formed Australlan professional league. Reuter.
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    40 13 HOUSTON. (Texas), Thurs.— Herb Flam, who is in the official American team for Wimbledon this year, beat Mervyn Rose 'Australia). 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 in the men's singles final of the River Oaks tennis tournament here yesterday. Reuter.
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    24 13 BELFAST. Thurs. Northern Ireland boat Portugal, last night by threp goals to nil in thfir World Cup preliminary round soccer match. Reuter.
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    385 13 SUGAR RAY IS CHAMPION AGAIN BY A KNOCK-OUT CHICAGO, Thursday. gUGAR RAY ROBINSON brushed back the years for one electrifying burst of violence last night to knock out champion Gene Fullmer with a left hook to the jaw after about a minute and a half of the fifth round. rvoDinson
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    878 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL HUTTON SAYS: THIS WAS A SPLENDID VICTORY FOR THE TOURISTS WHY NOT BRING IN RAHIM OMAR ON THE LEFT WING TOMORROW? FROM SIR LEONARD HUTTON. FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN WORCESTER, Thursday. JHE WEST INDIAN cricketers have started their tour in the best possible
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    236 14 tag bats In the country. I was immediately Impressed when fast bowler Dewdney. bowlIng apparently well within himself, had Richardson in difficulties in his third over. He looks a lively bowler. His run to the wicket is smooth and as he delivers the ball his left shoulder points directly at
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    166 14 Fourth defeat for Eurasians and it was their worst EURASIANS took their fourtl)— and worst— drubbing ln the S.A.F.A. Community League when they were beaten 8-0 by R.A.F. at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Leading R.A.F. in their scoring spree was centre-forward Cooper who found the Eurasian net four times. In
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    145 14 RAF tennis draws big entry rpHE Far East Air Force X annual .lawn tennis championships are to be held at the Fairy Point courts at Changi from May 4 to 11. There is an entry of 56 in. the men s singles and 32 pairs in the men's doubles, players
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    125 ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR TURF CLUB MEETING
    543 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A TOTAL of 125 entries 65 for Class Four and 60 for Class Five has been received for the Selangor Turf Club meeting on May 11, 15. and 18. Dlnki s Four .dmisMon .rgentina "he Beast ie Hue Tango Iright
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    301 14 WEIGHTS for all •even races on Saturday final day of the Penanir Turf Club's Summer Meeting, are: THE KEDAH CUP CLASS 2—B',;; F. Honey Bird 9.00 Opera II 8.13 Indoubtable 8.13 Numismate 8.12 Bine Ice 8.10 Irish Pearl 8.08 Credit Balance 8.07 Star Signal 8.06 Senang Hati
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    98 14 /"^LOSE of play scores in today's English crirket matches were: At Lord's. Surrey 318-8 dccl. and 199-6 Clark 99 1. M.C.C. 149. (Gray 50. Laker 4-27 1. At Taunton, match drawn (twoday friendly 1. Glamorgan 253. (Watkins 62 1 and 125-6 dccl. (Hilton 4-13 Somerset
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    55 14 Two Indonesian boxers. Fichtinß Lee and Suatman. flew into Singapore yesterday. Fightine- Lee. the Indonesian lightweight champion, will fight Thep Vithol while Suatman, Indonesia's flyweight champion, will meet Chua Gim Chiang Both flgbtl will be held at the Happy Worid stadium on May 10. Each
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