The Straits Times, 21 August 1957

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    22 1 AVEBAtF I.AIIV TEH Tlf lEU SALE IJAUfcUI 00, OOP' The Straits Times. flew**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1957 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon A-BOMBS FOR MALAYA
    349 1 Jets already here can carry them CANBERRA Tuesday. BRITISH forces in Malaya may soon be armed with atomic weapons. This was stated here today by Mr. Duncan Sandys, the British Defence Minister. He told a press conference: "British forces in Malaya are to be cut slightly, but
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    BANGKOK CLAMP MAY SEND RICE PRICE UP
    480 1 BANGKOK CLAMP MAY SEND RICE PRICE UP BAM Malaya's biggest Her of rice is reported to have impospd a general 30 per cent cut on her exports of the grain, bringing the threat of price rises and short"he Federation .iigapore. ar > indications that, unless special meataken by the Qovernment,
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    Lock icon Boy, 16, jailed for life
    44 1 TOKYO. Tues.— A 16-year-!d boy who robbed and an American trader W his Japanese wife was Lied for life today. "Ufa S. Booth. 81. a tijbroker. and his wife were tobed to d(ath in their toe noar here.— Reuter.
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    COLONY GETS IT RIGHT
    47 1 I Mncapore Government W had intended to con-Ip'-ulate the Federation on lljoming independent "on ■SSay Auc;. 30, 1957," yes■Wai corrected its message to read "Saturday, Aug. 31, I 1957" the right date. The message will be placed before the Legislative Assembly meeting today.
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    Runway in the sea
    44 1 HONG KONG, Tues.—Reclamation work on the big jet airliner runway is more than two-thirds complete, the government announced tonight. When it goes into service latp next year the runway will stick more than one and half miles into the sea.
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    Atomic trade
    27 1 NEW YORK. Tues.— A shipment of 57.000 lb. of heavy water left today for Sweden, where it will be used in a nuclear power reactor.
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    Woman's bite kills a nurse
    128 1 Woman's bite kills a nurse |£UALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The police are investigating the death of Che Siti Rahimah binte Haji Ibrahim, 21, a nurse at Kuala Kubu Bahru Hospital, who died yesterday after being bitten by a woman patient under observation. The body was brought to the General Hospital here
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    Dr. Ismail: I've been 'selling' Malaya
    265 1 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Malaya's Ambassador designate to the United States, returned to Kuala Lumnur today after "selling" Malaya to American businessmen. He said at the airport today: "I met many businessmen who showed a keen interest in Malaya.
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    For every true Malayan
    159 1 HAVE you £ot your copy of THE MERDEKA BOOK— the story of Malaya's road to nationhood? This is the quality publication to mark a £reat historic occasion— 72 pa&es beautifully produced on art paper. THE MERDEKA BOOK is fully illustrated. There are six superb fullcolour plates,
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    DR. THONG: 'YES, I AM IN CHINA'
    402 1 DR. THONG: 'YES, I AM IN CHINA' Trip 'in university tradition* THE Malayan physicist, Dr. Thong Saw Pak, 33, "missing" since his recent resignation as a University of Malaya lecturer, yesterday cleared up the mystery oi his whereabouts. The young Jpoh oorn scientist in a letter to the Straits Times
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    Ceylon cricketers in crash
    75 1 Ceylon cricketers in crash MALACCA. Tues. The Ceylon cricketers, coming by road from Singapore to play a match here, this afternoon met with an accident eight miles from Batu Pahat. Their car and a bus collided. The tourists' star batsman. Abdul Lafir. was the only casualty. He bumped his head
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    47 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. Although India issued passports to only 139 people for the Moscow youth festival, more than 600 Indian delegates turned up there, the Upper House was told today. The Indian delegates who turned up Included mostly Indians living abroad, she said. Reuter.
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    20 1 COLOMBO, Tues. The three-man official Hungarian mission visiting Ceylon, today called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Bandaranaike. Reuter.
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    23 1 CALCUTTA. Tues. Four people were killed and 17 injured when a runaway goods trolley hit a Calcuttabound express. Reuter.
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    56 1 SHEFFIELD, Tues.— Asian flu today swept Sheffield Wednesday's soccer playing staff and left manager Eric Taylor wondering how he is going to field a top-class team for the start of the English League season on Saturday. Five new cases were reported today. That sent the
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    Lock icon Branded-'to discourage lovers'
    74 1 Branded -'to discourage lovers' NEW YORK, Tues. A woman charged today that her husband branded his initials on her to discourage any love rivals. Mrs. Carol Payne, 26, of Paterson, New Jersey, filing a suit for divorce, said her husband Daniel Payn e branded her with a piece of hot
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    24 1 PARIS, Tues. Prince Norodom Sihanouk left Cambodia today for France to recuperate from overwork, it was learned today from Pnom Penh. Reuter.
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    59 1 NEW YORK. Tues.— Stormy weather has delayed "Doppler." code name for the 13th nuclear test this year in Nevada.—Reuter. 1 1 •i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1
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    Busmen end 87-day strike
    186 1 Busmen end 87-day strike ■yHE strike by about 1 120 employees of the Tay Koh Vat bus company in Singapore has been called off after 87 days. An agreement ending the dispute was reached between the company and leaders o! the workers at the Labour Ministry yesterday. Those on strike
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 COLONY MANHUNT Singapore dctrctivrs wrrc curly today hunting four men who stabbed I Hi.; Yang Kiang. 46. in Paya Lt-bar Road last night. Tang admitted to hospital dangerously ill.
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    Tory arrives
    26 1 Mr. Oeofroy William Tory, 44. the British High Com-missioner-designate in independent Malaya, arrived with nis wife in Singapore last night by air from Britain.
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    American scene
    980 2 past. And dollar spending, naturally, means trade with the United States. I predict that when the Malayan Embassy Is opened, Dr. Ismail is going to have many callers knockIng on his door, wanting to Investigate the market. More and more stories about Malaya are beginning to appear in
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    Lock icon BY GONDOLA TO THE EDGE OF MYSTERY SPACE
    220 2 BY GONDOLA TO THE EDGE OF MYSTERY SPACE NEW YORK, Tuesday. AN adventurous young American flier-scientist drifted across midwestern United States today on the threshold of space, probing "the mysteries of future space travel. Major David Simons, chief of the U. S. Air Force aeromedical laboratory's space biology branch, reported
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    45 2 COLOMBO. Tues.— A former Cabinet minister, Mr N. H. Keertiratne, was held by the police yesterday in connection with the shooting of a plantation owner, Victor Edirislnghe. EdlrLsinghe was found shot dead near his car on his plantation In the Rambukkana district. A.P.
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      Lock icon Wife— 'I shot wrong man'—is jailed
      60 2 Wife 'I shot wrong man is jailed OS ANGELES, Tues. —Mrs. Josephine McDaniel, 49, pleaded not guilty to murder here yesterday. Her defence: "I killed the wrong man." She told the court: "I wanted to shoot my husband, Harvey. He annoyed me." The husband ducked and she killed a man
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      18 2 TUNIS: A French military plane crashed in the mountainous area south of Tunis, killing ite four occupants.— Reuter.
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      23 2 MADRID: Prince Juan Carlos of Bourbon. 19-year-old son of the pretender to the Spanish throne, entered the Spanish Naval officers' training college. Reuter.
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      21 2 ZURICH: Setfen climbers were feared dead in a blizzard which whipped the Swiss Alps. Five others fought their way to safety.—A.P.
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      27 2 LONDON: The armed forces were cut by 60,000 to 702.100 in the 12 months ending in June. Biggest service i s still the army with 367.200 men.—Reuter
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      29 2 LONDON: Prince Henry Kimera, brother of the Kabaka of Uganda, was barred from driving for a year and fined a total &f $237.60 after pleading guilty to drunken driving.—A.P
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      24 2 STOCKPORT: Cm Motors, makers of c0"11?1^'. cial motors and bus boc> building, have announce that they are to close tW» factory here.—F> nd n»
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      Lock icon First radar speed trap fine
      43 2 LONDON, Tues Harold Smithers, the first British motorist caught in a radar operated speed trap, was fined $13 at Leyland. Lan- cashire. ji'>liTil.n l". A.A. and R.AC, h they will fißht to h.»vf radar traps outlaw fi Reuter.
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    'Come to Russia'
    22 2 MELBOURNE, Tues. Leningrad has invited the Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Sir Frank Selleck, and Lady Selleck to visit Russia.
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    NEW HAIR STYLES FOR MEN WITH A BASINFUL
    69 2 SYDNEY, Tues. Hair- dresser Angelo de Marco today offered defence authorities new look hair styles for servicemen to stop complaints about the traditional basin cut." He has designed: A parted flat top signifying dogged I —for the Army: #A taporod brush ba^
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    Lock icon The Halle finances in 'an unholy mess'
    260 2 The Halle finances in 'an unholy mess' EDINBURGH. Represent, five orch< Edmburih F( 7^ Kenneth c eh manager of thf inn c Old Halle Or, b i°°- yea Mr. Crickmi „.|je ri an independent nat Tor committee to examine ls. he subsidies for music He was hop:-.. or st l.
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    26 2 MANILA. T formally presented to U Philippines Government plan to estab'.ish economic de\elopment funi according tn a sp< the Japanese En today.— Reuter.
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    Fred flies in
    25 2 HONG KONG. star Fred Astaire arrivfd he with his 15-year-olri daugnte Ava today on a pleasure tn through the Far E ter.
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    Lock icon NEW U.S. PLAN IN BID TO SAVE THE DISARM TALKS
    263 3 NEW U.S. PLAN IN BID TO SAVE THE DISARM TALKS fONDON. Tues.— The h united States has nroposed "far reaching" new disarmament s to its allies in L attempt to prevent the London conference fro m breaking down. authoritative sources disclosed tonight. gu" the open skies plan gnd a halt
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    Lock icon On show: The 304-lb. fish the Queen refused
    160 3 On show: The 304-lb. fish the Queen refused T ONDON, Tues_A 304--*-f lb. sturgeon, one of the largest ever to be landed in this country, was on display in a London shop today after the Queen had refused a traditional offer to send* It to her. The fish, o ver
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    51 3 SYDNEY, Tues. Production of petrol and oil from Australian coal was forecast today by the Chairman of the Victorian Gas and Fuel Corporation, Mr. R. S. Andrews. Mr. Andrews arrived in Sydney by air after spending four months studying coalgas plants in Britain and Germany.
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    Lock icon That holiday could be annual event
    131 3 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. Herbert Leigh Holman, stock- broker first husband of Bri- trea Vivien Leigh, i Mid here last night that his recent holiday with Miss Leigh and their daughter. Suzanne. 23. might become •n annual event. He returned by air from Milan after
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    Lock icon Syria condemns Ike Doctrine
    329 3 AMERICA WANTS TO GIVE COUNTRIES TO ZIONISM AND IMPERIALISM U.S. WANTS TO DESTROY ARAB INDEPENDENCE, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER DAMASCUS, Tuesday. I HL Syrian Foreign Minister, Mr. Sayed Salah el Bitar, yesterday accused the United SKfS? of trying to destr <>y the independence of •Middle Eastern countries
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    Lock icon Pound stays
    16 3 LONDON, Tues.— The Treasury last night denied rumours that the pound be devalued.— Reuter.
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    New disobedience threat over language policy
    167 3 COLOMBO. Tuesday. SIR JOHN KOTELAW ALA'S United National Party yesterday threatened a civil disobedience campaign if the Government does not repudiate an agreement by which the use of Tamil will be allowed as an unofficial secondary language. Mr. J. R. Jawardene, acting secretary of
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    Lock icon THE TORY BOYS TO HEAR A RED
    79 3 THE TORY BOYS TO HEAR A RED LONDON, Tubs. The Russian Embassy said last night one of its officers. Mr V. Semenov. would address Young Conservatives on Friday. He will go to Chelsfield. Kent, to talk on "Life in Russia today." The Conservative agent there, Mr. Brian Wilcox. said: "1
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    Lock icon rWO JAILED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING—OF EXPRESS
    83 3 rWO JAILED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING— OF EXPRESS GERMAN footplatemen Oskar Sauerbrey (left), 42, and bis assistant Karl Rupp. 52, sit in court in Traunstein, West Germany, on charges arising from injuries sustained by 11 passengers of the Salzburg-to-Munich special express on Sept. 23 last year They were jailed for driving
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    64 3 SEOUL, Tues.— Hundreds of South Korean war veterans and students here sell their blood to buy bread and pay for tuition Each morning, at the national blood bank in the outskirts of Seoul, 80 war veterans and students line up for a physical examination. Most of
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    LONDON STOCKS.
    247 3 LONDON, Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were:— LOANS Consols £484 'i Funding 4% £89H War 3>,% £665» BANKS Merc. t£s-£2'.ipui £6 11/16 Eastern (£5. £9' 4 I Chartered (£1) 42/Hongkong ($125) £48 INSURANCE Com. Un. (Uts.) 74/9 /6 Royal 79/104 —/9 Prudential
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    RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. Tues— Spot. 27>»d., Sept. 27'-,d., Oct.-Dec. 27' id. Jan-Mar. 275 d.. April.-.Tane 27*, d.. July-Sept. 27',d.. Aug. c.i.f. 26 T »d., Sept c.i.f. 27d., Oct. tit. 27 ',d. Tone: Quiet.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON Tue«— Buyers £744. sellers £744 W. Forward buyers £744';, sellers £745. Settlement £743. Turnover a.m. 130 tons, p.m. 50 tons.
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    Lock icon BIG HUNT ON FOR IMAM OF OMAN
    307 3 BIG HUNT ON FOR IMAM OF OMAN Til USCAT, Tues. w Royal Air Force planes today dropped leaflets offering "generous rewards" from the Sultan of Muscat for the capture dead or alive of the Imam of Oman, his brother Talib, and Sheikh Suleiman. The leaflets also warned the people o
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    Lock icon Jail for life
    41 3 HANOVER. Tues— A British military court today sentenced Mrs. Hilda Bird. 29. wife of a British Army sergeant stationed In West Germany, to Iti- imprisonment for the axe slaying of her four-year-old daughter France? last April 18.— A.P.
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    Nkrumah booed
    31 3 ACCRA, Tues. Police today made a baton-charge on demonstrators who booed and shouted at the Prim? Minister. Dr. Kwame Nkru man. when he arrived at the National Assembly ouilding
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    Sgt. describes ship chase
    345 4 I BOARDED VESSEL AT FULL SPEED^A VERY DIFFICULT TASK 9 MARINE SUPERINTENDENT ALLEGES ATTACK IN HUA LI'S ENGINE ROOM SINGAPORE Marine Police sergeant told yesterday of his chase of the m.v. Hua Li which was ploughing at full speed through the heavy shipping in the Outer
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    OFFICER: CREW LAY DOWN AND SLEPT
    230 4 OFFICER: CREW LAY DOWN AND SLEPT SINGAPORE crew members of the tanker Gervase Sleigh lay down on deck and went to sleep after an order to man their stations, it was alleged in a Colony court yesterday. The ship's chief officer, Mr. George Wallwork, giving evidence against six seamen accused
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    Trial delayed
    118 4 He said the trial was delayed as a result of reluctance and delaying tactics on the part of Leo and his engine room crew. During one of his checks he discovered that while tie was away some one In the engine room had withdrawn two four-gallon tanks of
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    Club dance
    25 4 The Singapore City Apex Club will hold Its anniversary dance on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Alumni .Association Centre. College Road, Singapore.
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    Lib-Soc leader
    17 4 I The Singapore Young Lib* ral-Soclalist Group has elected Mr. Lim Yong Peng as chairman.
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    POLICE: 27 RADIO SETS IN SAMPAN
    118 4 POLICE: 27 RADIO SETS IN SAMPAN pENA N G Tues. Twenty-seven radio sets, hidden in secret compartments, were found in a sampan caught by Customs officers after a chase, the first magistrate's court was told today. Tio Hee Kheng, taikong of the sampan, pleaded not guilty to dishonestly retaining the
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    '43 QUIT? THAT'S NOT TRUE'
    145 4 PENANG, Tues. The Penang division of Party Negara today denied a report that 43 of its members in Kampong Makam. a Party Negara stronghold, had resigned to join UMNO. The party whip, Inche Ismail bin Che Mat, said that seven Negara officials reported to have
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    In: Therapy expert
    50 4 An Indian expert in occupational therapy, arrived In Singapore from Bombay by Air India yesterday. She is on her way to Indonesia to attend a seminar to discuss the rehabilitation of cripples in Asia. Mrs. Nimbkar is the Director of the Occupational Therapy Training School in Bombay.
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    First meeting
    22 4 The Tripartite Consultative Committee for the service departments in Singapore, held its first official meeting at the Labour Minitry yesterday.
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    Teacher fined
    23 4 A schoolteacher, Loh Shoon Wah. charged with negligent driving, was fined $80 In Singapore yesterday. He also had his licence endorsed.
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    Aborigines' 'strike'? They're wise to business tricks now
    282 4 Aborigines' 'strike'? They're wise to business tricks now KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Educated aborigines who trade are getting "wise" to the tricks of local businessmen and are now refusing to sell their jungle products at .rock bottom prices. This was the explanation given today to the Straits Times by a spokesman
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    'Most ruthless tourist fleece—the tax man'
    391 4 'Most ruthless tourist fleece the tax man THE most ruLhless 1 fleecing of tourists in Singapore is done by the Income Tax Department, according to an American in Bangkok. Singapore is getting "uppleasant publicity" on account ol it. Mr. John Zylstra. of the Kelvinator International Corp.. has written to the
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    HOSTEL PLAN FOR EX-PRISONERS
    122 4 'THE Singapore After-Care Association is planning 1 to build a three-storey hostel providing temporary accommodation for ex-prisoners while they are seeking employment. The chairman of the association, Col. John W. Blake, said yesterday that it was hoped to start the $200,000 project early next year. The
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    Crocodiles menace a village
    77 4 Crocodiles menace a village ALOR STAR, Tues. Kedah State Council was -.Id toda> that Kuala Saleh villagers in north Kedah faced the risk of bt'ing eaten by crocodiles "The greatest risk is run by 150 village schoolc In Wl ■<■ ii who have to cross a rudely constructed bridge every
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    Boundaries to be extended
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Four acres of land in Jalan Straits View, opposite Bukit Serene, have been acquired by the State Government for $100,000. It is intended to extend the boundaries of Istana Bukit Serene.
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    Old Vie meeting
    27 4 The Singapore Old Vk torians' Association will hold its annual meeting at th>» I Victoria School in Jalan Besar at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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    He s chairman
    22 4 Mr. H. B. Tan has been elected chairman of the Tanglin division of the Singapore Young Liberal Socialist Group.
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    'SMASH BLACK CROW GANG'
    80 4 ALOR STAR, Tues.— Inche Arshad bin Tengku Ismail (Alliance) told the State Council today that Kedah's "Oagak Hitam" (Black Crow) gang was responsible for many robberies and cattle thefts in North Kedah. "It Is active in 20 kampongs but the villagers are too scared to go
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    RUBBER FIRM FOR TRIAL
    383 5 'Qytly interpretation of mutually agreed facts Is In dispute 9 Magistrate: I find there 0C sufficient grounds .|g MOE and Co. were committed for trial yester(is summon? involving a total of f 553,694,575. company, estabbhed i n 1938 is said t0 ll'vp considerable control world rubber
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    Leader attacks Causeway pass plan
    105 5 Leader attacks Causeway pass plan THE president of the Pan Malayan Islamic Association, Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helim. who returned to Singapore from Indonesia by Garuda yesterday, criticised the Federation Government's proposed Causeway check on travellers from the Colony after merdeka. "The present conditions in the Federation do not warrant such a
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    Japanese call on Mr. Lim
    40 5 A delegation of six from the Japanese House of Representatives yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. The delegation are on a fact-finding tour of SouthEast Asian countries.
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    LEFT-RIGHT FOR THE PHONE STRIKERS
    98 5 JK.E telephone strikers, who have been out 4J days, go back to work today— marching. 1 gather outside ,> Centra! Fxchange in Hill ar "l nurd) in at 8 Singh, secretary J ipore Telephone ■mployeea Union, said "It is to show the the men are
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    Books out of order
    69 5 A Singapore magistrate yesterday told lay Chin Kiat, a second-hand goods dealer: If you can't keep your ledger, you should close your shop." Tay, of Creylang Road, had pleaded guilty before Mr. Choor Singh to two charges of not having his ledgers in order on June
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    Home for aged
    36 5 A sum of $44,100 ha s been given towards the cost of the St John's Home for the Agea which is to be built by the Anglican Mission in Singapore, on Sennett Estate.
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    POLICE TAKE OVER THE MYSTERY VESSEL
    51 5 STRIPPED to the waist, a Singapore Marine policeman bails out water from an abandoned speedboat while his colleagues look on. The boat, believed to belong to three Indonesians, was washed up on Bedok beach yesterday. It was later towed to Clifford Pier. Straits Times
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    Found on beach —speedboat with 3 bullet holes
    212 5 Found on beach —speedboat with 3 bullet holes 4 SPEEDBOAT, believed to belong to three Indo- nesians, with gashes in the bow which looked like bullet holes, was found abandoned on Bedok beach in Singapore yesterday. The 15-foot long craft was I later towed to the Marine police depot at
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    Men suggest one wife
    43 5 Men suggest one wife KUCHING. Tues. Chimsc headmen decided at a meeting in Slbu that polygamy was harmful and degrading and that it should be abol shed by law. They made this suggestion subject to the preservation of rights of existing secondary wives.
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    Who'll fight at polls?
    56 5 The branch secretaries of the Singapore Labour Front last night met to discuss the nominations of candidates for the coming City Council and District Council elections. Mr. Tang Peng Yeu. the general secretary of the Labour Front, told the Straits Times after the meeting, "We Intend
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    SHARMINI DID NOT SEE BEAUCHAMP
    273 5 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Tuesday. IT is now clear that Miss Sharmini Tiruchelvam, 23, did not see Antony Beauchamp, London society photographer, on the night before he was found dead in a West End flat. It was earlier understood that Sharmlni. the daughter of Dr.
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    100 sarongs— $1,250 fine
    52 5 100 sarongs $1,250 fine JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. When customs men raided a house at Jalan Übi on Friday they found Fatlmah binto Harun, 40, of Keiantan, in possession of 100 new sarongs on which duty had not been paid. Tn the Sessions Court today she was fined $1,250, or 10
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    Interviews for recruits
    52 5 The chief recruiting officer of the Malayan Recruiting Team. Major H. Brummell. will visit Muar and Batu Pahat from Sept. 6 to Sept. 10 to interview potential recruits for the Malayan other ranks of the British Army. Vacancies exist for tradesmen and non-tradesmen In all arms of
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    Aid to workers
    42 5 A delegation from the Air Ministry Local Stall Union will meet the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, on Friday, to discuss- how best the Government can help to find alternative employment for 41 R.A.F. civilian workers declared redundant.
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    Singapore visit
    21 5 Viscount Kllmulr, the Lord Chancellor, and Viscountess Kllmuir will visit Singapore after attending the merdeka celebrations In Kuala Lumpur.
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    NO RIGHT TO NAME BUT PAYS ROYALTY
    211 5 rpWO Singapore busi- nessmen have been granted a franchise to conduct Dale Carnegie Courses in Singapore but they cannot use the name "Dale Carnegie" for their courses. And yet they must pay a 15 per cent royalty on every I course to the
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      344 5 POLICE BAND concert at Es- 1 In* (3rd noon Battery Road, ward Road) Bodybuilding, bilplanade Garden 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. j 6.30 p.m. Hards 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.; interSINGAPORE LEGISLATIVE j WESLEY METHODIST FEL- j church leaders' fellowship meeting, ASSEMBLY meeting at Assembly I LOWSHIF: Discussion meeting, basketball
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    DEATHS
    132 6 ill Words $10 (Minimum). CABLE RECEIVED from Ceylon of the death of Mr. A. Kandlah age 74, retired Malayan Pensioner at Vaddukoddai on 19.8.57, beloved father of K. Kandadas. P.WD Seremban. RODRIGUES: On 20th August. 1957, Annie Elizabeth Rodrigues, nee Desker, mother of Dunstan Rodrigues, in her 85th year.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    39 6 Vi Word, $10 Minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Fong Pook Hong thank Relatives sr.d Friends for their Services R nrie cd. Condolences, Gifts, Wreaths. Scrolls, Night Visits, Loan of Cars, Buses and Attendance at the Funeral.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    183 6 20 Word, $10 (Minimum). NOW OPEN to all Mont Dor Ice cream, milk and snack parlour —Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Rd. MACVITA, the ideal unswee.'ened biscuit for jaded appetite —so light, so much food value in so little bulk. DORIS GEDDES The Little Shop i n HiS!'-; Hotel. Superb
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Aug. 21 1957. The End Of A Strike
    682 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Aug. 21 1957. The End Of A Strike The telephone workers in Singapore end their futile strike today. On Monday talks begin at Telephone House on the union's wage demands. The men should never have struck. Wage talks between th c 1 Board and the
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    Petty Patriots
    234 6 An Independent Assemblyman, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, wants the Singapore Government to bar Federal citizens from posts in the Colony public services. Is this to be retaliatory, or is Mr. Lee simply a petty colonial patriot? Mr. Lee is not the first politician nor will he be the
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    Hard Business
    238 6 There was both sound sense and nonsense in the speech of the Federation's Acting Minister for Commerce and Industry when opening in Kuala Lumpur a Federation branch of a Singapore firm. It was nonsense to point to this enterprise as an example how, by "hard business calculations and
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    Arab kings who hold on to their oil royalties.
    738 6  - Arab kings who hold on to their oil royalties. DENIS WARNER By Is America propping ip autocratic, dictatorial rulers who have little Interest in the mass of the people ni have no intention of promoting democracy or Improving the lot of their poverty-stricken subjects? This is the last of three
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      1189 6 This doctrine can give rise to dictatorship fTHE stand taken by your paper on the issue of fundamental rights in our new constitution leaves the freedom loving subjects of this country in your debt for voicing their feelings and thoughts. The Press has a duty to the public and the
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      KIRKBY PRINCIPAL DESERVES INVITATION TO M-CELEBRATION.
      201 6 KIRKBY PRINCIPAL DESERVES INVITATION TO M-CELEBRATION. AS far as I know the principal of the Malayan Teachers' Training College Ktrkby has not been invited to attend the Merdeka celebration. I would like to remind the people of Malaya that Mr. O. J. Ourney the present principal, had done indescribably much
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      499 6 I Straitt Times ft free Press For the convenience ot ■•>«*- risers our repretentothrM at lit J i floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORACE, i i ORCHARD ROAD, will wcehre imall advertisements an* aenwert j 'o bo* numbers. j Classified advertisements may I olso be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD Winchester
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    WANTED: 4 PLEDGE OF STABILITY
    80 7 WANTED: 4 PLEDGE OF STABILITY OBNANU, rues.-For- nvestors would vied in bint Malaya ii vernment could economic and jtability. •I na ve Det asKea oy in Europe. Amerlvhat will hapleka, Mr Hean sident if the Rubber Trail--.iid today at -fcause iry fMteoctc* uiroughout the which there might Malaya should on
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    'Death House' drama as detainee pays last respects
    211 7 'Death House' drama as detainee pays last respects i SIXG \POKE political A ietainee, Miss Ng cc, 20, was allowed hall an hour's freedom early this week to attend her father's funeral. ji m 1 tki'n in a prison r -in Outram Jail to h.r (hull Street home rhert ihe
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    No Red labels at fair
    581 7 MADE-IN.CHINA GOODS MUST CARRY NO COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA DEFENCE HEAD SAYS: THERE IS AN EMERGENCY LAW TO FORBID THAT iraf KI] XLA LUMPUR, Tuesday |HL federation police have stepped into the trouble over the merdeka trade fair. While the question of "clearing" Hong Kon* businessmen who
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    Admiral here
    20 7 Rear-Admiral L. G. Durla .her flew Into Singapore last night to take over as second-in-command. Far East Station.
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    $15,000 in fund
    21 7 The Umar Pulavar Tamil School in Maxwell Road. SinI gapore has now collected $15,143 for Its building fund.
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    MALAYAN BEAUTY FLIES AWAY TO AUSTRALIA FOR HER HONEYMOON
    82 7 MALAYAN BEAUTY FLIES AWAY TO AUSTRALIA FOR HER HONEYMOON 9HMMH SLEIGH, run ner-up in the 1954 Miss Malaya competition, and her husband left Singapore for Sydney by Air India yesterday. She and Mr. F. C. Bombell. who works for an advertising agency, were married in Kuala Lumpur 1 on Saturday
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    KATHI IS DISMISSED 'FOR DISOBEYING'
    166 7 KOTA BHARU, Tuesday. 17-ELANTAN'S Chief Kathl, Tuan Haji Nik Adeeb. 1V was relieved of his post because "he did not follow the orders of the Government," the state council here was told today. i An elected councillor Inche Yaacob bin Awang. was told in a
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    In: The varsity probe chief
    52 7 Dr. R. S. Aitken. ViceCharicellor of Birmingham University, arrived in Singapore last night to head the five-member University of Malaya commission which is being set up to work out plans for the university in the next eight years. The commission is expected to begin work
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    Now only 46 Reds
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Mentri Besar of Pahang, Inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim, said last night that there were only 46 terrorists left in the state. He urged state councillors to co-operate with the Government to finish the Emergency by the end of next year.
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    581 'inspectors'
    31 7 A total of 581 people in Singapore yesterday visited inspection centres throughout the island to check the electoral registers for the coming Singapore City Coun- i cil elections. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiimii
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    Five days to try to win that Jackpot
    60 7 THERE'S a $35,000 Jackpot waiting to be won in The Malayan Monthy's Contest 'M' (August) And there's the usual $5,000 in consolation prizes. The closing date of this contest is Monday, Aug. 26 FIVE days from today. Send your coupon, with postal
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    In all the Perak towns, gaiety: and in the jungles, war DAYS TO FEDERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY
    423 7 In all the Perak towns, gaiety: and in the jungles, war DAYS TO FEDERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY IPOH, Tues Security forces will carry on their war against terrorists infesting Perak while the rest of the state celebrates m c rdeka. A total of $247,200 $150,000 from the State government and the
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    LIM WILL SHOW SINGAPORE'S SECRET GIFT TO FEDERATION
    226 7 LIM WILL SHOW SINGAPORE'S SECRET GIFT TO FEDERATION 'pHE Federation's attainment of merdeka on Aug. 31 will be the principal topic of discussion when the Singapore Legislative Assembly meets this morning. One of the gifts which the Colony will make to the new independent states will be put on display
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    Killed by train
    22 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Kee Kirn How, a 68-year-old vegetable seller here, was kiocked down and killed by rain yesterday.
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    Board collection
    17 7 The Singapore Rural Board will make a district collection at Nee Soon village on Tuesday.
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      72 7 SOBRANIE Virginia are no ordinary rettes; they are made to meet the ments of the most fastidious of palates. MIANIE Virginia is matured in -just like vintage wine to iron the perfect cigarette! SOBRANIE VIRGINIA sou: agents:— I IS THE *^£>. VITAMIN MILK ijffiSllß 6,000 I'- or ■|S3 WHICH GIVES
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      121 7 Sankey Sheldon steel filing cabinets, as illustrated above, are (ire-resisting, durable and of outstanding appear. TT o' o p s ple ance. Two drawer and three DUNCAN drawer models arc also ROBERTS i of course! available Tel: ***** SSHNuW^ §lkmild!<S>lM| Agents: Duncan "biTis L imiinl Croiby House, Robinson Road. Singapore
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    Worker 'corrupted by Parampalam'
    453 8 COCHEME SAYS INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT TOOK $7 SO JPOH, Tues.— An intelligent young hospital assistant was corrupted by his association with Dr. S. Parampalam, Dr. M. A. K. Cocheme said here today. The doctor, Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, was giving evidence before the
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    Soldier alleges he was paid $80 but was told to sign for $130
    628 8 J^ MALAY soldier told a Singapore court martial yesterday that he was given $80 as pay and was asked to sign two papers as having received $130. The soldier, Cpl. Baharom bin Duhi, of 30 Bn., Royal
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    Law course
    25 8 The Singapore Council for Adult Education will start a course in constitutional law at the Singapore Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, on Sept. 12.
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    CREEK BODY: JAIL FOR ONE
    69 8 Iftekhar Ahmad wa& jailed for four years in Singapore yesterday for causing grievous hurt to Habib Anuwar. Mozaffasul Hague. who appeared on the same charge, was found not guilty and acquitted. They were alleged to have been Involved in a fight with Anuwar. whose decomposed
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    Singapore women best off -Mrs. L
    177 8 Singapore women best off -Mrs. L SINGAPORE women are much better off than women in other Asian countries, Mrs. Mary Lobo, vice-pre-sident of the Singa")re Council of Women, said yesterday. Mrs. Lobo, speaking about the Asian women's conference she attended ln Bangkok, said: "I discovered this after closely following discussions
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      335 8 B Jf it a a Shaw ahoui tt a the 3ul 4i in EASTMANCOLOR L n M nda lIBP 11 I 4.6.304, J| RICHARD BASEHftRT MAKV mmnt^ 'R-tOg Opt'ns Tmmmrrmm 't'rjiM thru JfImV^HHH lodtjiii* Dru ami J^icLondoa Introducing RONALD HOW/\Rl>— Son „i th» i ■^^^^^^^^^^^L^SLIE HOWARD. 1.45, 4. uo 4
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      413 8 gm x*» k Go into art Elan K *5) Straits Times Crossword 25 s T?atc k h T(7) usbad up to 26 Peter is seen during Interval (7). I I- I I I I I 27 Pity a girl 1 4 > 3 5 8 7 8 28 Powerful source
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    Lock icon GORDON SELFRIDGE: The wonder boy of retail business STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE.
    1511 9 GORDON SELFRIDGE: The wonder boy of retail business STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE. Commerical wizard who invented the annual sale and bargain basement. n\K morning in 1903, iarry Gordon ridffe, hustling ural manager of hall Field's giganChicago departt store, confronted ard. penny-pinch-multi-millionaire Selfridge had tod work in the i> a messenger
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      8 9 jr WORLD'S I LONCEST B CAR RACE M
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      287 9 x i *yi<iw- *0%%X Individually or as a team, the four designs' of Dexion Slotted Angle provide the perfect answer to almost every equipment problem. Used together or used alone, these angles will give you j3Er structures of any sixe for any need. *f.¥Q But beware of imitations! Don't just
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      110 9 Wc.Y Morgan M.D. A retractor .SE THIS MEMOSTAT I PULL BACK ON \M /Pifc^- r^'* CETeACTOR, JUNE/ r^ VTHAT HEMO&TAT/ J>^ /£p J W m]^^ Jf roiN&.' c r jA cavell/ room J^gm^^ i r^^W I'ivk Tracy Back to town "SISBB^B^^BH T CEI7TAINLV NOT' AND JUST \BF WMAT TCBT OUT
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    'NO DEVALUATION' SENDS RUBBER DOWN IN FACE OF DEMAND
    194 10 By Our Market Correspondent IN spite of better overseas advices, the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday reacted to the denial of sterling devaluation reports and levels were easier. Another contributing factor was slightly less interest than in recent weeks in lower grades.
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    OFFICIAL PRICE.
    7 10 SINGAPO,;, 1 RI'BBKR P'cul (dm;
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    85 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS A stron> j recorded in tt-» I on the Mcii I today v> range or was mode;,. was active other mini: held firm Loans 3', Loans j^ Bank of n..--. w 2,1 Con. Ztnc. .~*>, Mount Lyell I N. Broken Hill HUI 50 Mount More;. I Peko Western
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 10 I Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- change: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; August /September $25 buyers, $26 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $41 sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper; quiet; no business reported done; Mu-itok i white $112, Sarawak $111, special Sarawak black $75 (all unchanged) Singapore
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    436 10 The Malayan Share Broken Association reported: "Industrials were quiet, rubbers were steady and tins Arm." Sincapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelt ords 345. 3d.; Oatnmon $2.60; W. Hammer $2.45 cd and $2.47% cd; Henry Waugh $1.91 H; M. Breweries $3.70; Malayan
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 10 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Tuesday at 92' v cents per lb.. down five-eighths of a cent on Monday's close. The closing tone was barely steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91%. sellers
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    96 10 The Malayan Exchanfe Banks Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 30%. O.D. 30%, 90 d/st 31 3/16 credit bills. 3i'» trade bills. SelUnf T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 30 7/16; Swiss Francs 140%; French Francs
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      1227 10 NOTICES P.W.D. ROAD NOTICE TRAFFIC using the JohoreSingapore .Causeway will be Interrupted during the period between 12.00 midnight on 23/8/57 and 6.00 a.m. on 24/8/57. J. CUMMINO, STATE ENGINEER, P.W.D., JOHORE. FOR SALE WD SURPLUS VESSEL One 36-foot Wooden Harbour Launch (Hull only) as viewed at 37 Coy RASC (WT)
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      510 10 TENDER TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS ARE INVITED by the Controller of Telecoms., Stores and Workshops, Brickfields Road, Kuala Lumpur for the purchase of 19 surplus second hand Motor Vehicles and 1 surplus second hand Motor Cycle. The vehicles may be Inspected at the Telecoms Stores, Petallng Jaya and tender
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      1283 11 i, uos MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. -j||H BOM (Incorporated m Slngopora) 12 THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE J SWINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTININTAL PORTS vo Suei wit* liberty to proceed via Panama or Capo of Good Hoo.l option to proceed via «*»*£»J» load aZ disc Wo. caTio Havre, Liverpoo.
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      1138 11 STffiEZTTrnfiTTIfMrfMTTT!^ BAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST VIA SUEZ _ea____iva Panong P. S'hom Spore MEONIA" In Port 11/14 Aug IS/17 Aaf Benfkok only lIJAJfIODHA'' 25/14 Aaf 27/28 Aug 29/30 Aug SIENA «co* SI Aua/ 2 S«pt LALANDIA'' IS/17 Sopt 18/19 Sopt 20/22 Sopt Bangkok only HOMEWARDS
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      967 11 BuaMr* THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD %7i N SINGAPORE (Incorporated In tho United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. ft CONTININTAL PORTS S'por* P. Sham Ponong BENCRUACHAN for London, Antwerp In Pert/22 Aaf 23/24 Aug BENLOMOND for London, Hamburg, Rotterdam 2* Aug/ S Sap* London dlract arrtve. 27 Sept dENVANNOCH
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      It's a lucky day for the Boy Scouts after all
      1066 12 It 's a lucky day for the Boy Scouts after all SUDDENLY, the outer cave was filled with noise. As fax as the Scouts could Judge, there se*med to be a great many people in it. They stared at each other, their hearts beating furiously. "What are we going to
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      SORT THE JOKE OUT
      186 12 D*ar Boys and Girls. Her c are the winners Of our 'Jumbled Rivers' rootest Awyong Van Shi, 25 Prince Charles Crescent, Singapore 3. George Alexander. 10 Cnampaka Avenue Singapore 13. K. Vijayalaximi. Outdoor Dispensary, Malacca. Salil Ray, 332 lalan Sulit. Batu Pahat. Malaya, A. F. Bai|un
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      NOSEY CHAP
      116 12 George, the King Penguin knows a thing or two about looking smart, but Joe, the little chap seems to resent this inspection. I went to the London Zoo several times tvhile I toas on holiday boys and girls, and I found these penguins fascinating to watch. Tney may
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      See the mountains on the moon
      393 12 See the mountains on the moon A LTHOUOH the moon Is not J\ a planet, it is our nearest neighbour in the sky being 240.000 miles away. This still, seems far enough, but when wo consider the stars, which are sometimes millions of light years off. we realise that our
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      202 12 out of mil with ihe, nw WHJ lillliMlAlil'l Ftatunnt the transparent cartridge M^V thai always lets you know how fl^V much ink you have -wnen you WU buy rt-and as you use it 1 SoU Agent.: OVERSEAS TRADFRS LIMITED. SINCAPORE -KUALA LUMPUR PENANC Fly A.1.1, to MW"*jff-«* ••J f-i Leave
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      12 12 C.C.C. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Comer Club.
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    More facilities for the punters
    281 13  -  EPSOM JEEP NEW BUKIT TIMAH POLICY (S: MAKE IT EASIER TO BET By DUNTEKS at Bukit r Timah are getting more and more benefits and betting facilities as a result of an all-out campaign by the go-ahead committee of the Singapore Turf Club to bring
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    GUNONG RAPAT IMPRESSIVE
    408 13 Numismate does the fastest gallop fUNONG RAPAT, a stylish winner over six furUT long s at Buklt Timah last month, goes over a mile on Saturday and he will probably be better at this distance. This four-year-old, ridden by Tom Mortimer, went attractively in a try-out with
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    THE 'MELODY' LOOKS IN SPLENDID CONDITION
    204 13 THE 'MELODY' LOOKS IN SPLENDID CONDITION G OLDEN MELODY, who scored a double at the last Buklt Timah meeting, did even time on the track yesterday morulng. He looked In splendid condition. Dapple Grey (Barratt) ran 3f In 44 2/5 wide out. Don Wayne (Smith) Clocked 43 3/5. King Pap
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    81 13 MELBOURNE. Tues. The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia last night warned Mervy Rose and Don Candy that they face possible suspension. The two Australian tennis stars were instructed not to receive expenses from any tennis tournameent committee after the completion of the Wimbledon championships, but since then
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    Lock icon Frank Blunstone breaks a leg
    38 13 AMSTERDAM, Tues. Frank Blunstone, 23-year-old England and Chelsea outside left, broke a leg here on Sunday during a soccer match between Chelsea and the Dutch first division clud. Ajax. Chelsea won 4-2.— Reuter
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    21 13 GLASGOW, Tues. Rangers beat Celtic 2-0 In the first round of the Glasgow Football Cup here last night. Reuter.
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    42 13 'Busby Babes' are the favourites LONDON, Tues. Manchester United are favourites in bookmakers' lists to win the English soccer championship for the third successive year even before a ball has been kicked in the 1957--58 league campaign, which starts on Saturday.— A.P.
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    Moss the winner
    31 13 ROME, Tues.— Stirling Moss of Britain, driving a Vanwall, yestttday won the 25th Grand Prix of Pescara. World champion Manuel Fanglo, In a Maseratl, was second. A P
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    109 13 NEW YORK. Tues. rFHE New York Giants, five times World Series baseball champions and National League winners 17 times, yesterday decided to move to San Francisco next year. The reason for the changi 1 is that the Giants, one ol three major baseball clubs In New
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    60 13 HE WANTS TO FIGHT TERRY SPINKS PANCHO BHAT.UHJI, 23. of Calcutta, former flyweight champion of India, Burma and Ceylon, is now training in London, where he hopes to get a bout with Terry S pinks. Britain's Olympic flyweight champion who is now a professional. Since he went to Britain Bhatachji
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    106 13 'Sugar' Ray gate may be $1 million NEW YORK, Tues. A MILLION dollar gate Is anticipated when "Sugar" Ray Robinson, still the most colourful boxer in the United States, defends his world middleweight title again.-; welterweight champion Carmen Baslllo at the Yankee Stadium on Sept. 23. This prediction is being
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    77 13 LOS ANGELES. Tues.— Archie Moore, world light-heavyweight champion, and Tony- Anthony (New York) signed yesterday foi their title fight here on Sept. 20. Under the contract, Moore takes the whole of the $70,000 television receipts and $20,000 of the "gate." Anthony will get a third of
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    23 13 LONDON, Tues. Results ol Rugby League football matches rjlayed yesterday- Leeds 68 Blackpool 6; Hull Kingston Rovers 5 Featherstone 19. Reuter.
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    Brian Oliver to miss M-Games
    78 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Brian Oliver, Australian winner of the hop step and jujmp at the last Malayan athletics championships, is not coming for the Merdeka GamesOliver, a flight lieutenant In the Royal Australian Air Force, has cabled the Pederalon of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union saying
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    Sundra 133
    66 14 KUANTAN, Tues— The Rest retained the Oross Shield by beating Europeans by an Innings and 10 runs in the annual cricket match played here during the weekend Highlight of th e match was a century by R. Sundrallngam, who scored 133. Including four sixes and 10 fours. Europeans
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    All-Services Cup final is likely
    833 14  - All -Services Cup final is likely BOB PIDGEON IN MERDEKA YEAR, THERE MAY BE NO MALAYANS IN SOCCER SHOWPIECE SOCCER TOPICS BY THEY MAKE A STRONG BID IN BOTH ZONES THIS YEAR'S Malaya Cup final can hardly escape being an anticlimax for soccer fans, since it is scheduled to be
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    57 14 CAMBRIDGE Blue lan Pieris cuts a delivery from Woodhousc past Delilkan at mills during the Ceylon team's first innings against Singapore on Monday. The other batsman is J. G. C. Pieris while others in the picture are wicketkeeper White and umpire
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    CHEW BEE and MOSES FOR 'PORT' MEET
    133 14 Indonesians draw bye into s- finals 'THE Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya yesterday A named Ong Chew Bee (Singapore) and Moses Tay (Perak) to represent Malaya in the inter-port tennis tournament which will be held in Kuala Lumpur from August 28 to 31.
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    Tay and Ganesan to clash again
    318 14 STRONG TEST FOR SCHOOLS TEAM lOHNNY TAY, the promising schoolboy quarter- miler, aims to prove that his thumping win over Singapore champion Ponniah Ganesan in the recent Civilian-Ser ices contest was no fluke. The two quarter-milers will •for the third time at i today
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    Suspended
    27 14 A S.A.F.A. Commission of Inquiry yesterday suspended James Perera. a NTS player who was sent of! during a S B.H.f.a match against Bata. for two months.
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    Indian XI for annual game
    69 14 The Singapore Indian Recreation Clsb will meet the Johore Indian Recreation Club in their annual soccer match for the Indian Independence Day Cup presented by Mr. Slnniah Plllal at Parrer Park on Sunday. The team to represent Singapore I.R.C. will be chosen from: Narayanan, Renga.
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    RAM TO CONSIDER EDDY'S COACHING OFFER
    195 14 RAM TO CONSIDER EDDY'S COACHING OFFER PENANG. Tues. rE president of the Badminton Association of Malaya. Mr. Heah Joo Seang. today rated Malaya's chances of retaining the Thomas Cup next year as "reasonably good.' "We have Eddy Choong, and my son Johnny, holder of the All-England doubles title with Joe
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    175 14 LEICESTER, Tues T<HE WEST Indies defeated Leicestershire by an innings and 212 runs here today, claiming the county's remaining two wickets for the addition of lo runs to the overnight scor e of 59 for eight. Final scores were: Leicestershire 75 and 74; West Indies 361
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    Two singles
    78 14 Each match will consist of two singles and a doubles. Indonesia, will be represented by Tan Llep TJlaw, the holder of the Malayan singles title, and Ketje Sudarsano Ceylon will be represented by Bernard Pinto and Rajah Praesoddy. K.H. Ip, a former Malayan champion, will lead Hong Kong
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    Achilles meet
    45 14 The Achilles Club will hold their annual athletic championships at the Parrer Park stadium on Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. There will be an inter-school relay and an open discus event (or which entries will be accepted at the start of the meet.
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    Lock icon FULL POINTS FOR SURREY
    154 14 LONDON, Tues. RESULTS in today's cricket AY matches were: At Lords: Surrey beat Middlesex by 102 runs. Surrey 178 and 207. Middlesex 100 and 183 (Walton 89). (Surrey 14 points). At Chesterfield: Somerset beat Derbyshire by an innings and 21 runs. Derbyshire 192 and 121 (Wight
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    Schools team for 'tri' athletics
    167 14 T*HE COMBINED Schools athle- tic team to meet Combined RAF. and Swifts in a triangular meet at Changl today will be: 100 yds: Lee Keng Fong, K. Soon, (Reserve V. Khoo); 220 yds: K Soon, E. Fnda; 440 vus: P. Balakrlshnan, Johnny Tay. (Chal Kwang
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    COMBINED XI LOSE 7 wkts FOR 99
    162 14  - COMBINED XI LOSE 7 wkts FOR 99 A. Sripathy. From MALACCA. Tuesfo Ceylon cricketers wiic delayed by accident while travelling 1,., S f Uns morning and then- match .Jalacca-Johore Combined started Lite, at 4.30 p.m. In just under two hours pla s.de had lost seven wickets for 99 n M.
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    37 14 YORK, Tues. Major L. B. Holiday's Gratitude won the Nunthorpe Stakes, run over five furlongs here today. Mr. G. A. Gilberts Right Boy was second and Mr. T. H. Farr'* Vigo third. Five ran. Reuter.
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    62 14 Sixteen comm take part In thi championships of t:.< Business Hoa-es tlon to be hi 2.30 p.m. at the j Stadium A total of 214 M compete in 16 evenU present G.EC, S C Darby, 1.C.1. Shell Ne->tanglo, Hume. Cal less, Boustead. Metal B Company. Nan
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      90 14 ES2DIAPY ATHLETICS Triangular meet: Swifts. Combined School* and Combined R.AJ Chanel, 3 pjn.; S.A..VV training for Merdeka Games. Farrer Park, 4.30 pjn. SWIMMING Army championships. Britannia Club, 11 Ajn.. 8.8.C. 2nd junior championships. Tanjong Rhu, 4.30 pjn. BADMINTON 8.8.A. Schoolboys and (irU championships. S.B.A. hall. 7.30 pjn. SOCCER s.B.H.K.A. league
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