The Straits Times, 29 April 1958

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    24 1 AVEHA«E HAILY (IHTIIIKH SALE KXIEEIIS 80,000 The Straits Times Mel*** Hat!** 1 Ik***** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1958 Q If. 15 CENTS
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    BRITISH SHIPS BOMBED
    473 1 UNKNOWN PLANE ATTACKS TANKERS IN BALIK PAPAN Vessel ablaze... but SOS says: 'No loss of life' r J'\\ British tankers were bombed by an unidentified plane as they lay at anchor in Balik Papan harbour in Indonesian Borneo early yesterday morning. They were the 8,139-ton Daronia of
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    LIM IS 'NOT AWARE' OF COLONY VISIT BY SJAFRUDDIN
    99 1 LIM IS 'NOT AWARE' OF COLONY VISIT BY SJAFRUDDIN ■rm Chief Minister, Mr. Llm Yew Hock, was non-committal yesterday when questioned about top Indonesian rebel leaders, including the Prime Minister. Mr. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, having passed through Singapore at the weekend. "All I can say is that, as far as I
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    Lock icon The parcels mystery
    75 1 LONDON Mon. Worried British Railway officials sought an explanation today of how a freight-car loaded with Christmas parcels got into a siding at Leeds last December and stayed there unnoticed for four months. The van was part of a mail train which left Manchester on Dec 23.
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    Lock icon Island tremor
    18 1 TOKYO. Mon. A slight earth tremor today shook southern and eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. -Reuter.
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    Top Red killed in ambush
    247 1 HE FED PERAK TERRORISTS IPOH, Monday. A HIGH ranking terrorist who had a narrow escape from death in an ambush 14 months ago has been killed by a patrol of the 3rd Royal Malay Regiment. I He was Ah Cheu. 30. branch committee secretary of
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    Lock icon JOCKEY STRAKER BADLY HURT IN FALL
    74 1 JOCKEY STRAKER BADLY HURT IN FALL SYDNEY. Mon— Jockey George Straker, 23 who recently returned to Australia from Malaya, is in a serious condition In Newcastle Hospital following a race fall today. Straker was Injured when his mount and another horse collided at Broadmeadow race track. Newcastle. He sustained a
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    Fire walking holiday
    53 1 RAWANO. Mon— Workers In Sungel Choh and neighbouring estates will be given thp day off on May 3. so that they can attend the fire walking ceremony at the Brl Maha Marjamman Temple, here. The ceremony will start early in the morning and will continue till late
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    Lock icon MPs walk out
    40 1 NEW DELHI. Mon— Almost all opposition members in the Indian House of the People i lower house) walked out today after the Speaker refused to allow a debate on the arrest of one of their colleagues- Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soraya's trip
    29 1 HAMILTON, (Bermuda). Mon. Ex-Queen Soraya of Persia arrived here yesterday in the liner Queen of Bermuda from New York for a stay of about a week. Reuter.
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    U.S. to send up another moon?
    57 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— Activity at the missile test centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, over the i "kend supported unofficial reports that an attempt will be made this week —possibly today— to launch a fully Instrumented Vanguard earth satellite. Crews worked on the 72--foot Vanguard
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    Lock icon Troops banned from towns
    34 1 NICOSIA. Mon.-All the main towns of Cyprus were reported today, to have been placed out of bounds to British troops as- an EOKA "We will kill Britons" ultimatum expired.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Campaign against noise
    70 1 SAIGON, Mon Saigon police announced today they have opened a campaign against noise. The use of motor-car horns Is banned except In cases where It is absolutely necessary and totally banned during the siesta hours of 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. and during the night. The announcement also
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    Lock icon TARUTING FALLS TO JAKARTA FORCES
    213 1 TOKYO, Monday. /CENTRAL Indonesian Government forces have captured the last rebel stronghold in west Sumatra while other forces continue to close in on the rebel capital of Bukit Tinggi, it was reported today. A broadcast by Radio Medan. monitored here, said loyalist forces bad captured
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    Hospital uproar, then lightning strike
    308 1 Hospital uproar, then lightning strike ({UALA LUMPUR, Mon. —Malaya's shortest strike on record was called at the General Hospital here today. It started at 10 am. Ten minutes later it was over. Involved were seven assistants and eight other staff members in the outpatient department. Trouble began when about 300
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    Lock icon Sweden to have new election
    48 1 STOCKHOLM. Mon— King Oustaf Adolf of Sweden today decided to dissolve Parliament. At an extraordinary cabinet meeting this morning he agree to the request made by the Prime Minister. Mr. Tage Erlander, last Friday after the government's defeat in a pensions debate.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Pilgrim deaths
    34 1 LAGOS, Mon. Ten Nigerian pilgrims to Mecca have died of baclllary dysentery and 700 have been quarantined at El Obeid In the Sudan the Nigerian Pilgrim Officer at Khartoum has reported.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Economic talk
    37 1 PORT OF SPAIN, Mon. The United States VicePresident. Mr. Richard Nixon, had a brief talk on economic matters with Sir Orantley Adams, the Prime Minister of the new West Indies Federation, here last night.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon TEACHER: WHY WE THREW BOMBS at SOEKARNO
    133 1 TEACHER: WHY WE THREW BOMBS at SOEKARNO JAKARTA, Mon. One of four young Indonesians who went on trial today on charges of attempted assassination of President Soekarno last November admitted h e threw hand grenades upon instructions from an anti-Communist Muslim group. Five hand grenades were thrown on Not. 11,
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    Lock icon Formosa visit
    26 1 TAIPEH. Mon The Turkish Prime Minister. Mr. Adnan Menderes. arrived here today for a three-day visit at the Invitation of the Nationalist Government Reuter
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    Lock icon Naval visitor
    33 1 SEOUL. Mon. Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone. British comm a n d er-in-chlef Far East, today arrived at Inchon aboard his flagship. H.MS. Alert, for a three-day visit to South Korea. Reuter
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    Lock icon Official is safe
    34 1 ADEN, Mon. Mr. Robert Somerset. British official besieged by 300 rebel tribesmen in an Aden protectorate fort near the Yemeni frontier, was reported here today to be safe and well.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 2 a.m. news roundup
    323 1 2 a.m. news roundup |AKARTA CONCERN Ovck BOMi>(NO> JAtvArtl'A, Mon.—lndonesia put anii-auiruit ur..-mes on tin* alert toti jy follow me tin- him i ii-i.-b of two ttritisb tankers at Balik 1 apan in feast Borneo. Anti-aircraft exercises were carried out in Medan, and the com* nianurr oi tile Air Forco
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    'WE ARE SLAVES SAY WORKERS
    315 2 'Family businesses' flayed over lony hours, low wages IPOH, Monday. ALLEGATIONS of "slave labour" condition* in local "family businesses" were made to the Straits Times today. Shop assistants complained of long working hours, wages no better than a pittance, and repeated threats of dismissal. They
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    Assembly halt impresses visitor
    96 2 Assembly halt impresses visitor MS. M. MIRZA. managing director of the Pakistan Finance Corporation, and joint secretary of the Pakistan Ministry of Finance, yesterday described Singapore's Legislative Assembly hall as "one of the most beautifully furnished in the world." He said this after being shown around the Assembly House by
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    Boy, 16, stole a motor car
    38 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Mohamed Sharif! bin Ahmad 16. pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court today to stealing a car valued at $3,000 belonging to Sangaran Chettiar. Sentence was deferred to May 15
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    AUGUSTIN OF WISDEN FAME IS TO BECOME A PRIEST
    135 2 AUGUSTIN OF WISDEN FAME IS TO BECOME A PRIEST PENANG, Mon. A member of Kedah's famous Augustln cricketing family will be ordained a Catholic priest here next month. Robert Aurusttn. seventh son of Mr. J. F. Augustin, former Deputy Superintendent of Education, Kedah and Perils, has an elder brother also
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    Normal hours at registry
    50 2 The Singapore Citizenship Registry at 9. Fort Canning Road, will not be open during the lunch hour from 1 p.m to 2 p.m. from today. The Registrar of Citizens. Mr T. P. Cromwell, said that the number of applicants did not warrant the extra ofTke hours.
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    Penang teachers plan protest
    145 2 PENANG, Monday. 'TEACHERS will meet here on May 10 to protest E against an Education Department circular that married women teachers might be retrenched next year. Married women teachers, who are considered temporary, have been told their services might be terminated along with untrained temporary teachers
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    SAVE WATER, SAYS MAYOR
    70 2 PENANG. Mon— The Mayor of George Town, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. will tomorrow appeal to householders to save water during the present drought. A City Council spokesman explained that despite an J earlier appeal, householders were using more water than 1 necessary and supplies wre reaching
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    SULTAN'S GRANDSON SAILS BACK
    101 2 II M.XI MOHAMED AHMAD. 32. a grandson Of the Sultan Of Jotiore, returned Singapore yesterday in the Canton after three years' study in Britain. He told the Straits Times that be spent a year and a half with the Royal Navy and the rest of his
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    Passage to India: New appeal by traders
    193 2 Passage to India: New appeal by traders MALACCA, Mon.— l "Malacca Indian Chamber of Commerce last night decided to ask the Indian High Commissioner in Malaya to Investigate allocation of unberthed sea passages between Malaya and Madras. The chamber was told at its annual meeting that applicants for passages always
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    Johore Army wife whisked off for TV surprise
    285 2 Johore Army wife whisked off for TV surprise lOHORE BAHRU, Mon. —A telegram arrived as Mrs. Mary Stewart Cox and her husband were having tea in their home here at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 19. By seven o'clock the next morning, she was breathlessly abroad a BOAc Britannia winging
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    Bank dispute talks go on
    36 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Negotiations over the Oversea Chinese Bank dispute with its employees were held at the- Labour Ministry the whole of today without settlement being reached Talks will resume tomorrow.
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    Park man, 67, drops dead
    38 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 67-year-old proprietor of a gaming stall at the Bukit Blntang Amusement Park here collapsed and died last night Lool Chew 8eon«. had been In the business for 20 years
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    MINISTER WON'T INTERVENE IN PORT UNION ROW
    138 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister for Transport, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Tallb. won't intervene in the dispute between the Penang Port Commission Employees Union and the commission. But Inche Abdul Rahman Is quite willing to grant onion representatives an Interview. He told
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    Train loses 9 goods wagons in Arau spill
    165 2 Train loses 9 goods wagons in Arau spill ALOR STAR, Monday. goods wagons attached to an Alor StarPadang Besar passenger train were derailed yesterday as the train was entering Arau station, 30 miles from here. Four of the wagons landed on their sides. Another lay across the track and blocked
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    PENANG WAS FIRST, HE CLAIMS
    96 2 PENANG WAS FIRST, HE CLAIMS PENANG, Mon The President of the Penang branch of the National Innn of Government Office Workers, Tuan Haji All Rouse, today claimed that Penang was the first state in Malaya to provide Government servants with free tuition in Malay. "We have been having classes since
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    $90 for 2 yards of cloth
    43 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Lee Wan Teh was fined $90 in the magistrate's court today for taking two yards of plastic cloth Into a restricted area without a permit. He said that the cloth was for his sister.
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    $1038 HAUL FOR BURGLARS
    69 2 $1038 HAUL FOR BURGLARS BUTTERWORTH. Mon Burglars stole a steel trunk from a house in Kampong Telok Pral yesterday. The owner. Mr. T. A. AHapitchay. said It contained SlO3B in cash, two gold rings, a watch, clothes and some documents. .In Penang. a Chinese family in Kajang Road woke up
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    Gang suspect is held
    37 2 PENANG. Mon Penang police today picked up a suspected gangster they had been looking for during the past week. The man. believed to be a member of Gang 24, was arrested In Buttrrworth
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    Lock icon Mr. K speaks of all-out bid to ensure summit success
    427 3 U.S. LIKELY TO GIVE IN TO RUSSIAN DEMAND TO WIDEN THE TALKS MOSCOW, Monday. MR. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, the Soviet Prime Minister, said in Kiev yesterday that Russia was "making every effort" to ensure that a successful summit conference took place.
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    The Caronia in drydock J
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    Lock icon MEN GOGGLED AS GLADYS WALKED DOWN PARIS STREET
    183 3 MEN GOGGLED AS GLADYS WALKED DOWN PARIS STREET PARIS. Mon. MEN jumped into parked cars or fled d iuii side lanes as Gladys, a young circus lioness, padded ..nun a street in Paris last night and walked into an hotel. Gladys with two other lions had been performing at a
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    Lock icon Pakistan's P.M. blames Russia
    74 3 KARACHI, Mon. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Firoz Khan Noon, said today that Kashmir would have been liberated now had it not been for Russia's obstruction. All U.N members except Russia, he said, were for an Impartial plebiscite in Kashmir. Mr Noon added he had made
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    Lock icon Saigon growth
    20 3 SAIGON. Mon— The population of Saigon has now reached two million, compared with only 500.000 In 1945. -Reuter.
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    Lock icon REBELS SURROUND AN ADEN FORT
    138 3 R.A.F. planes pound the besiegers ADEN. Monday OEBEL tribesmen equipped with rifles and bren guns from the Yemen have surrounded a platoon of Government guardt in the fort of Assairir, 18 miles from the frontier, according to a British communique issued yesterday. The communique. Irom
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    Lock icon Australians sight U.S. satellite
    84 3 Australians sight U.S. satellite ADELAIDE. Mon A USTRALIAN observers i\ early today made what Is claimed to be the first sighting of the United States satellite Vanguard, in the southern hemisphere. Mr. J.M.R. Frost, one of ten 'moon watch" observers at the Adelaide University observatory, said the satellite was sighted
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    Lock icon Tory MP dies
    24 3 LONDON Mon Bir lan Orr-Ewlng, Conservative M.P. for Weston -Super- Mare since 1934, died In hospital yesterday He was 84.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Princess swims in blue lagoon
    48 3 TOBAGO. Mvm Princess Margaret yesterday went swimming In the shimmering blue lagoon by the Burcoo Reef \t this "Robinson Crusoe" island. She used a divinß inuk to watch myriads of beautifully coloured angel fish and otbor tropical species about a mile offshore.— Keuter.
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    Oeparture fixed for Thursday
    117 3 nil Cunard Company said in London last niuht that their 34.183-ton luxury liner Caronia. held up in Japan since April 14 afier ml! iline with a luht tower while leaving Yokohama, was expected to sail on Thursday after completing repairs. The Caronia is seen above ••uteri"*
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    Malta: Call goes out for general strike
    180 3 DTEEL-HELMETED poli streets last night and Governor' 5 palace as a ca] strike today. The call was made by the Maltese General Workers' i Union, main supporter of the former Prime Minister, Mr. Dom Mlntoff. as a national protest against British policy towards
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    Lock icon Jet for Nasser
    28 3 CAIRO. Mon The Soviet TU-104 jet airliner in whleh President Nasser of Egypt will fly to Russia tomorrow arrived at Abu Suweir airport yesterday.— Reuter
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    British tourists
    21 3 MOSCOW. Mon The first coachload of British tourists to visit Russia this year .ir rived h?re late last night.
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    Lock icon Now Turks refuse to pay taxes
    111 3 NICOSIA, Mon. ABOUT s.<M»n Cypriot Turks decided yesterday to form separate Turkish municipalities in the main towns of Cyprus and to pay no more municipal rates to the Greek Cypriot councils. L'ntil nine months ago the Turkish Cypriots had a minority membership in the
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    Lock icon 'Improve Asian relations'
    45 3 BOSTON. Mon Gen. Carlos P. Romulo. the Philippines ambassador to the U.S. railed last night for Improved American relations with Asia and Africa. He sal that it would oe futile foi America to conquer space If it meant losing the earth UP
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    Lock icon MOON TRIP WILL COST $20 MILLION, SAYS U.S.
    218 3 MOON TRIP WILL COST $20 MILLION, SAYS U.S. U/ASHINGTON Mon —It would cost up to $20 million to get a space vehicle to the moon and it could be done this year, U.S. Air Force officials said in testimony made public today One of them. Ma) -Gen F. A Bogart.
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    Lock icon BENGAL OIL STRIKE SPREADS
    225 3 Four companies affected over retrenchment issue (CALCUTTA, Mon.— An 11 -day-old sit-down strike of 195 oil employees threatened to tie up West Bengal's entire oil industry. The state government has called for federal government Intervention to deal with the "serious situation" which has developed since the
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    Lock icon Crisis talks
    29 3 PARIB Mon Mr. Rene Pleven. French middle-of-the-road leader, today continued his talks with political leaden- to flnd a way of endIng the 12-day old government crisis. Reuter.
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    Lock icon —RACEPOLICY IS WRONG, MENZIES TOLD
    254 3 —RACEPOLICY IS WRONG, MENZIES TOLD MELBOURNE*, Mon.— It was disappointing to flnd the Prime Minister, Mr Robert Menzies, apparently sharing; the view that any change in Australia's official policy on Asian immigration would let in the kind of racial troubles known in some other countries, the Melbourne Herald said in
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    Scouts at Windsor for review
    78 3 Scouts at Windsor for review LONDON. Mon rE Ouke of Edinburgh yesterday took the Queens place to review the annual St George's Day parade of 1.000 Queen's Scouts at Windsor Castle. The Queen, who Is recovering from a cold, had beeh advised to stay in bed for the weekend Prince
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      OUR GIRLS DREW RECORD CROWD
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      213 4 Straits Times Crossword IZQI _J_332_LZP ACSUSB L)u>priu>iiiv ptn.n iime, ale out tolerance of bands muaeri —that's last bur two (IS) side, rock-and-roll (IS) < Pool begins to soften the 9 "She was a shape ol end Is senility (7) dazzling hue" (Keata) (7) is Ran back to desert— l nave
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    STHAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEAT! HE
    105 5 midday on September 27, 1814. the Russian navi- a lifetime of campaigning wa s never defeated, even by Nagator and explorer. Lieutenant Lazareff, cruising the poleon. mid-Pacific in his ship Souworoff, noticed swarming sea It developed a reputatio nas a repository of vast buried birds
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    Lock icon The golden storehouse of the Pacific
    991 5 The golden storehouse of the Pacific SUWARROW'S unofficial history stretched back centuries before Lazareffs voyage of discovery. Its importance stemmed from Its positionalmost in the centre of the Pacific, about midway between Australia and Hawaii and some 2000 miles north-east of New Zealand. Spanish galleons voyaging home from the Ingles
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    Judge: be a cruel hubby
    207 6 Judge: be a cruel hubby MALACCA, Mon.— The Malacca magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, told a woman today that he was not inclined to believe her story that she had tried to end her life because her husband had ill-treated her. She had after all borne him seven children, he said.
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    Rubber fine
    26 6 KLUANO. Mon— For being in unlawful possession of 13 katls of scrap rubber valued at $5. Ong Soo. 46. of Kluang. was fined $100
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    Father of 7 can't
    165 6 SUICIDE BID WIFE 'HAD ANOTHER MAN' STORY FOUNDRIES TO CLOSE, 400 WILL BE OUT OF WORK IPOH. Mon. About 4M 1 foundry workers will be •at of work In Perak at the end of this month, the Straits Times was told today. Six foundries in the
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    FRAGMENTATION KILLS 14 CO-OPERATIVES
    154 6 FRAGMENTATION KILLS 14 CO-OPERATIVES IPOH, Monday. FOURTEEN co-operative societies in estates In r Lower Perak and the Batang Padang district have closed down during the last 12 months due to fragmentation. An official of the Cooperative Department told the Strait.s Times today that the societies represented a third of the
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    He writes history while he hikes
    76 6 He writes history while he hikes TAPAH, Mon. An ex. soldier is touring Malaya on foot to gather material for a history book on South-east Asia. He Is Inche Kadir bin idris. 26, formerly a private In the R.A.S.C., Singapore. Starting his tour from Kuala Lumpur a month ago, Inche
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    New school for Malay girls
    31 6 TAIPLNG. Mon. -A residential secondary school for Malay girls is being planned for Talplng. Two 30- acre sites have been tentatively picked for a three-storey structure.
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    Strive hard to improve, Minister to postal men
    146 6 Strive hard to improve, Minister to postal men I/UALA LUMPUR, Mon. 1X —The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, advised Malays last night not to think they were superior to the other races as far as the national language was concerned. Inche Sardon. who was
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    WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMAS TODAY
    838 6 P«»nani{ CATHAY: Peyton Place 1.15, i 30, 6 45, 9 15; ODEON: Secret Place 3.15. 6.45. 9 15. PARAMOUNT: Mukudam Katha Mangal 330. 8.30; CAPITOL: Buckskin Lady 1.15. 330. 6.30, 9 30; REX: City of Shadows 1 15. 3 30. 630. 930; LIDO: Victory
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      211 6 RADIO MALAYA **>*" p-m 115 music with Ycur Makan; 1.30 The Newt; 1.45 NATIONAL SHORT uslc Wlth Your Makan; 8.00 WAVE SERVICE Close Down; 5 00 Music Prom The 41 metrea Ballet; 5.30 Fiesta; 6.00 Happy SINGAPORE Anniversary; 6.45 Ltghta On; 653 Medium wave 476 metre* Regional Announcements: 6.54 KUALA
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    VIP wives mad at Kaum Ibu
    382 7 THEY WANT TO BATTLE THOSE WHO BRANDED THEM AS 'SNOBS' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JVTALAY Ministers' wives were hopping mad this morning because the Kaum Ibu (I MNO's women's section) had branded them as "snobs." Shortly after reading the attack in the Straits Times the
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    Politician: 'Citizens only' call
    96 7 Politician: 'Citizens only' call PENANG, Mon. The Penang UMNO at its annual meeting last night derided to ask the Feder. ation Government to recognise only political parties whose registered members are Federal citizens The resolution, moved by the executive committee, urged that parties which did not meet this require, mint
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    Youths rob constable
    56 7 IPOH, Mon. A police constable, Llm Swee Yong, 22. was sitting with his girl friend on a bench in Coronation Park here last night when three Chinese youths held them up at dagger point. The youths robbed the constable who was unarmed of J7 in cash and
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    BODCA men will choose queen
    47 7 The 8.0.D. Civilian Association will celebrate its eleventh anniversary to- j morrow with a variety show and dance at the Fraser and Neave Hall. I Highlight of the evening will be a "BODCA Queen' contest lor which 14 entries have been received
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    IPOH TO HAVE TWO NEW CINEMAS
    88 7 IPOH. Monday. TpWO new cinemas costing about $600,000 will be 1 built here soon. One will be put ud by the Shaw Brothers Limited and the other by the Cathay Organisation. Costing about $300,000 each they will be built In Cockman Street. Plans for
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    Govt widens road Chin Peng took to school
    97 7 Govt widens road Chin Peng took to school SITIAWAN, Mon. A twoinilr stretch of road between here and KampotiK Koh once used by Chin Pent;, the terrorist leader, on his way to school, is being widened. \bout t .imii) school children now use the road along which there are eight
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    Woman bound over
    76 7 Woman bound over PENANG, Mon A woman was today bound over in $500 for six months for having illegal character lottery tickets at Jelutong Road on March 15. Ooi Keng See, 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of helping to run a lottery. She .said her husband earned only $100
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    Boyle is rapped for 'feel at home' speech
    261 7 Boyle is rapped for 'feel at home' speech I{UALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malayans are puzzled over a statement by the Parliamentary Secretary to the British Ministry of Education, Sir Edward Boyle, that overseas students should oe made to "feel at home" when in Britain. Sir Edward also said: "If we make
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    Doctor off to Canada
    61 7 KUALA LUMPUR. MonThe Trengganu State Medical and Health Officer. Dr. Haji Abbas bin Haji Alias, left here by air today for a four-month study course In public health organisation and administration in Canada under the Colombo Plan He has been the State Medical and Health Officer
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    Chinese named as police chief
    47 7 IPOH. Mon. Deputy Superintendent of Police. Mr Albert Mah, O.CPX>. Kuantan, has been chosen to be the first Chinese police chief of Ipoh. He will replace Mr. J. J. West next month. Mr. West is retiring after eight years' service In Malaya.
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    Mediation offer
    40 7 MALACCA Mon The president of the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tan Kee Gak. has offered to mediate In the two and a half month old strike of over 50 employees of the Malacca Omnibus Service here.
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    Envoy's call
    24 7 KOTA BHARU. Mon.— The Siamese Ambassador to Ma laya. Nat Sunthorn Hongladaron, today paid a courtesy call on the Sultan of Kelantan.
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    EXPAT WITH 31 YEARS' SERVICE TO RETIRE
    105 7 EXPAT WITH 31 YEARS' SERVICE TO RETIRE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. R. G. Heath. 54, the expatriate officer with the second longest service with the Malayan Government, will be leawng the Federation at the end of the month. Mr. Heath, the Director of Agriculture, has been 31 years in the
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    12 months' jail
    25 7 A Singapore court yesterday sent Yeo Peng Leong. 22 to 12 months' Jail for extorting $3 from a stallholder on March 30
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    RAF unit wins trophy again
    76 7 PENANG. Mon. The Deputy director of the marine craft section of the Air Ministry in London, Group Captain E. W. T. Hardie. today commended the Glugor unit for its "great achievement" in winning the Far East efficiency trophy for the second year running. "It Is
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    Australian trade men see Tengku, Tan
    296 7 I^UALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The 22-man Australian Trade Mission today began its five-day Malayan tour confident of a tremendous increase in the flow of tradt 1 between the two countries. Thlb morning the leader of the mission. Mr. R. W. Swartz. Parliamentary Secretary to the
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    The Malayan
    277 7 ONE WHO HASN'T RECEIVED EXPATRIATION PAY "THE Singapore City Council Finance and General Purposes Committee has decided that a Malayan among other things, is one who has NOT been in receipt of an expatriation allowance at any time The committees decision was reached at a meeting yesterday after
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    THE SHOCKING IGNORANCE ON EAST COAST
    234 7 THE SHOCKING IGNORANCE ON EAST COAST IPOH, Monday. A NUMBER of high government officers In the East Coast are as ignorant about the affairs of Malaya as the men-ln-the-street there. A member of the commission of Inquiry into a wages council for "controlled business" workers who has Just visited Kota
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    Trial date for hurt case
    101 7 Trial date for hurt case MALACCA, Mon. May 14 is the date fixed for the trial in the Malacca Magistrate's Court of Tan Keng Long and Tan Keng Cheng on two charges of committing house trespass and causing grievous hurt to Malacca State and Municipal Councillor. Mr. J. L. De
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    Priority plea
    64 7 JOHORr BAHRU. Mon. The Johore branch of the Malayan Postal Workers' Union decided at Its annual i meeting here today to urge the Government to give priority to serving temporary officers in the Postal Department in selecting officers for the permanent staff. The meeting also decided to ask
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      333 7 MY CONSTIPATION WORRIES ARE OVER! I ALWAYS TAKE Milk of Magnesia j^^Sjf****^) Berause it provides mort J^KM^^&WX complete relief than single* sV purpose laxatives! Constipaj9 |Ka tion and acid Indigestion |N9kS^H^k3[ usually go hand in hand. Thafs why laxatives which C| *tf act on constipation alone are 1 1 only
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    DEATHS
    109 8 It »..r«. till i Minimum) JACK MELVILLE LAWTHER passed away peacefully on 28-4-58 after long Illness Courageously Borne. Sadly missed Inserted by his Loving Mother. Sisters and Brother. MADAM MAODELENE YEO lENG NEO (nee Mrs Ang Ane Kow) passed away peacefully al the age of 72 years, at her
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    85 8 MR OH HOCK TECK and family thank frle.ids and relatives who sent telegrams, letters of condolence, wreaths and also all those who assisted and attended the funeral of Mrs Oh Hock Teck (nee Tan Slew Nah. MRS WEE WHATT BENO and family thank all relatives, friends and staffs of
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    134 8 U Wot*, tit (Minimum) FOR COCKTAIL TIME Jack Straws are Just right for Makan Ketchll On sale at all good stores Bole Agents— Robinson's. THE MODERN way to keep four home country fresh 24 hours day Is with Alr-Wtck as it banishes all smells Good shops itock Alr-Wlck. SOMEONE'S
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    32 8 If Worrit U <Mi* B.x M rfi txin DORSET COAST Sunny Flat tn detached house, large garden— 6 fna weekly, smaller Hat I gns. October onwards Robertson Oreenacrea Lvme Regis
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    PHOTOGRAPHY
    93 8 Wmrdt I, <*)■■)—••* Ha tttn COLOUR PHO-lOORAPHT DM many u**s id Commerce and Iddivrv Advanced development of the Tfrocese in the Straits Time* Colour Laboratories whlcb produce* crarupareoctea and ooloui prlnu up to 11 i ban made Its use possible (or mans purpose* Including house magazine* brochures thnwrardt and
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. Apr., 29, 1958 Three Miles Failure
    642 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. Apr., 29, 1958 Three Miles Failure Failure to agree on the breadth of territorial waters quite obviously has reduced considerably the value oi the conference at Geneva on the taw of the sea The traditional three mile limit, observed Ly most of the maritime powers,
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    Pirate Unions
    341 8 The Federations Minister for Labour is so perturbed by the problem of splinter unions that he has asked the National Labour Advisory Board to examine the problem. Employers' organisations and the Malayan Trade Union Council have also been asked for their views. The Government's concern with splinter unions
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    Wildcat Warning
    139 8 It looks as if the much criticised Mr. Sandison is having the last wry laugh after all. For what could be more irresponsible than the strike notice posted by officials of the Perak branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers? A union spokesman has explained that the
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      Cinema ticket touts cash in unhampered
      269 8 Cinema ticket touts cash in unhampered LAST week 1 went to the morning show of an old Tamil picture In a Singapore cinema. I arrived at the theatre half an hour before the show but I was told that all the tickets for that particular show had been sold out
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      Transferred to school three miles away
      174 8 MY seven -year-oio daughter attends Birkhall Road II School, less than a quarter of a mile from my home From the next school term she will be transferred to the River Valley Road School, three miles away from my home To get there she
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      OFFICIAL UNCONCERN TOWARDS K.L. POOLS SHOCKING
      157 8 OFFICIAL UNCONCERN TOWARDS K.L. POOLS SHOCKING IN the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital there is a tiny swimming pool for children down with poliomyelitis What a sname to read In the Straits Times that the pool Is soon to be closed because It has deteriorated to a dangerous condition. It Is
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      More from insurance
      73 8 MOST oi the Government servants who contribute to the Widows and Orphans Pension Fund are not happy or contented over the manner in which this fund is being operated and consider that they do not derive benefits in an equitable way They rightly feel that if they
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      A furtive stranger in the bedroom
      1103 8 IT happens, 1 know, to scores of people to too many people for the good reputation of Malaya But it still remains an unpleasant and alarming experience to wake up and to find that a stranger is moving furtively about in the dark of
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      Swaying palm trees and cows lead to sufficiency
      575 8 Swaying palm trees and cows lead to sufficiency ANE can sympathise with 'Downtrodden" m his lament on the passing ot the golden era for coconuts (R.T. Apr. 22). as this crop was once known as the Consols of the Eist. His statement that a three acre smallholding can produce 2.000
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      109 8 ATTENTION MOTORISTS! MARICAN SONS 74, Orchard Road SINGAPORE 9 hay« pleasure in presenting the INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE PARADE a second edition of the "International Automobile Catalogue," for which the publishers received many congratulations testifying to the uniqueness o( this publication. Th« worj 'Catalogue' has been changed due to difficulties with >h#
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    High Court is told of jealousy stabbing and 'suicide9 note that was faked
    745 9 High Court is told of jealousy stabbing and 'suicide 9 note that was faked PLEA OF GUILTY BY YOUTH, 19, REJECTED BY THE HIGH COURT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A HANDSOME young vegetable gardener, Hew Voon Thoong, 19, admitted in the High Court here today that he had stabbed his sweetheart,
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    8,000 SAILORS ON $ MILLION SPREE
    153 9 8,000 SAILORS ON MILLION SPREE EIGHT THOUSAND sailors with $1 million in their pockets have arrived in Singapore for a three-day spending spree. They are the crews of 24 warships from Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan, which are assembling at Singapore Naval Base for the two-week
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    Rubber brokers carry on
    217 9 SINGAPORE rubber brokers were carrying on as usual yesterday despite the ruling of the Singapore Appeal Court last week that "paper" rubber deals came under the heading of gaming contracts and were not enforceable in law. A leading broker said: "What really counts is the integrity
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    Tried to extort, court told
    50 9 Ong Beng Leng 27. was charged In a Singapore court yesterday with attempted extortion of 53.000 from Low Bob Tan. 23. by putting him in fear of bodily Injury. He pleaded not guilty and the case will be mentioned on May 5. Ong was remanded.
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    MCA MAN WILL STAY IN OFFICE
    75 9 IPOH. Mon The Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association tonight announced that Mr Chan Chee Cheong had withdrawn his resignation as one of the vice-presidents of the branch. The statement said that Mr Chan changed his mind after talks with the branch acting
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    Stamp from the slot machine
    43 9 A machine issuing 10-cent stamps will be Installed tomorrow at the main entrance of the Singapore General Post Office. Fullerton Building This will b e the first stamp machine to be put into use in Singapore or Malaya.
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    Union meeting postponed
    43 9 A general meeting of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union scheduled to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall today, to protest against the alleged victimisation of certain workers. ha s been postponed to May 13 because of current negotiations.
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    BOY OF 12 HAD MORE COURAGE THAN THIS MAN: COURT
    172 9 BOY OF 12 HAD MORE COURAGE THAN THIS MAN: COURT ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mon A magistrate, Inche Abdul Rani, today criticised a man for lacking the courage demonstrated by a 12 year old boy. THE BOY, was Bhulndei Singh of Bukit Bintang Boys School. It was stated that he had
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    Popular Mr. Chung
    87 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A young Colombo Plan student from Batu Oajah. now studying radiograph* in the Royal Melbourne Hospital has proved so competent and popular, that the doctors there have asked the authorities to let him remain In the hosDltal instead of transferring him from one Institution
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    Aishah wants to be a journalist
    104 9 Aishah wants to be a journalist INDON, Mon— he Aishab Asii, of Hale Road, Kuala Lumpur, who Is now studying Journalism at London's Regent Street Polytechnic, will return home at the end of October. Che Aishah. who came here In March 1955, will leave tor the United States at the
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    MAY DAY STRIKE: UNION BLAMES MPIEA
    286 9 IPOH, Mon. The Perak branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers today said that it had not served a one-day-strike notice on the Malayan Plantation Industries Employers Association. A spokesman for the union, Mr. Noel Emmanuel, told the Straits Times: "We will not
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    JAPANESE NETS DOUBLE SELANGOR FISHERMAN'S CATCHES
    149 9 JAPANESE NETS DOUBLE SELANGOR FISHERMAN'S CATCHES I/LANG, Mon.—Mala- yan housewives will soon get cheaper and fresher fish for their dining tables. A new type of multicoloured net Imported from Japan has helped to double the catch along the coastal districts here. Now Malacca fish merchants have asked the Fisheries Department
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    MCA HAS PLAN TO WOO THE WORKERS
    182 9 MCA HAS PLAN TO WOO THE WORKERS IT U ALA LUMPUR, Mon. The MCA has drawn up a plan to help thousands of Chinese workers in Malaya and at the same time to win their political support. Under the scheme, which will be considered by the association's central working committee,
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    $20,000 for BOY WHO LOST RIGHT EYE
    243 9 A 17-YEAR-OLD schoolboy. Leong Chin Hung, who lost his right eye when he was knocked down by a lorry in Buk.t Timah Road two years ago, was awarded $20,380 damages by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tan In the Singapore High Court yesterday. Defendants
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      46 9 Congratulations and Best Wishes to I SHAW BROS. LTD., I on the occasion of their j 30th ANNIVERSARY i! j: j BAGGAGE TRANSPORT SERVICE 104, Kong Hoa Bldg. 2A. George Street, Singapore- 1. •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^(^^^^v^^^^"^, MM M^^^^^^7jl^W^y!w(ff7Jm 92.2° F I Hu m idity Hfa|l|Le^^^TnM^^9^^^^^^ 53 i R.H.
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      61 9 for thinking Malayans IS SOCIALISM JfiSk- POSSIBLE ,455 '^^W* MALAYA? s *»c Should Rubber, Tin, A L H^hl Horse Rating, And Big Business Be Nationalised? In "SOCIALISM IN ASIA". Alex Josey reveals Ibe Plans and Hopes of Anian Socialists and Explains the fundamental difference belneen Socialism and Communism. "...A particularly
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      32 10 Heartiest Congratulations tnd Best wishes for Continued Prosperity to Messrs:^ Shaw Brothers Ltd. from Globe Silk Store Segamat. Kuala Lumpur »n4 Singapore With the Compliments HAK HUAT COMPANY 62, Rochore Rd., Singapore.
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      146 10 Heartiest Congratulations to Shaw Brothers on their 30th Anniversary in Show Business RADIO Coming Attractions (in cnlnr) < "Jet Pilot" (John Wayne— Janet Ulth) "The Girl Most Likely" (Jane hnoeio 'The Naked the Dead" < "Stagestrttck "< Henry Fonda—Susan Strasberg) and Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" tiiiiHiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiMHHiHiMi'HiiiMHiiiiiMiiiHimmiHimtiimiimi
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      105 10 JEST WISHES SIEMENS M/S SHAW BROTHERS f^Bk 30th ANNIVERSARY igg^i from T^ jf^ MODERN SILK The New German STORE "Automatic" Iron with [Ladies' Exclusive Shop) Speoallv bullMn for extra lon* life high *I* heat inn capacity Super ironing efficiency >ILKS COTTONS Low current consumption Correct i'OMna WOOLLENS SSSST Button -lot
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      265 11 ANNIVERSARY Ai^f(//fjn I COMPLETE RANGE OF VjQy PROJECTION Qyi^j /jX^\ RCA "400" SENIOR g 4 designed and engineered tor high I I* 0 111 /[^c* i5^J quality reproduction of both picture ■^W n d sound. 4 #fe i^-r^j RCA 400> magn tic Id in in 1 V. 'r^S^rß rg really
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      68 11 p j PEARL DEAN (ASIA) LTD. I IOE, ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING. FINLAYSON CREEN, SINGAPORE- 1. The World's largest Screen Advertisers and sole contractors for all types of B 1 screen advertising in the Shaw Circuit a 1 of Cmemas throughout Singapore, the* Federation of Malaya. British North Borneo, Brunei Sarawak
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      277 11 iiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiiiiiiic:iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiii!iH[:iiiiiiiiiiiic]MiMiiiiiiic]iiiiMiiiiiic:iiii^ Wishing fhe f SHAWS' ORGANISATION j A HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY I with CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE /UNITEDV 1 DON'T MISS g THE FOLLOWING PICTURES 1 la MAY! WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION THE QUIET AMERICAN I TIME LIMIT TNE. CARELESS YCmRS IMtJIIIIIIlllllltJIIIIIIIIIIIICJIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllllll'ltJIIIIIIMIIIItJIIIIIIIIIIIItJIIIIIIIIIIl" r^g\ WORLD'S MOST W^^k POPULAR r|rc!.^^ a(fe
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      63 11 hi the rVssociation of Accredited Advertising Agents I of Malaya (congratulates SHAW BROTHERS LIMITED on the occasion of their 30th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS CATHAY LIMITED FORTUNE ADVERTISING LTD. G. T. ADVERTISING ft PUBLICITY SERVICE MARKLIN ADVERTISING LIMITED. MASTERS LIMITED PAPINEAU STUDIOS ADVERTISING PROGRESS ADVERTISING LTD. TAN HONG TECK ft CO. C.
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    RUBBER PRICE FALLS OVER TWO CENTS ON HEAVY SELLING
    477 12 RUBBER PRICE FALLS OVER TWO CENTS ON HEAVY SELLING By Our Market Correspondent j'lIK price of rubber in Singapore yesterday opened lower on easier overseas advices and the decline continued with upcountry selling and some liquidation by dealers on anticipation of further arrivals of rubber from Indonesia. May first grade
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    141 12 MELBOURNE. Mon. TNVESTMENT •bares recorded an easier tone with Bradford down 9d. on the Stock Exchange here today. Broken Hill South dropped 6d. In an easier base metals section. In an otherwise quiet .mining Loloma dropped Is. to provide the main market variation. Loans 3 1 1956-59 £98
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 12 Maj first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 72Ts cents per lb. down 24 cents on Friday's closing priceClosing tone: Barely steady Closing prices in cents per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S Spot fob buyers 72%. sellers 73V Int. 1 RS.S May buyers
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 12 SINGAPORE, April 28 RUBBER: 721 cents per lb. (down 21 cents). TIN: $365 25 per picul (up $2).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    498 12 Ihe Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: All sections on the local share market were easier, with industrials leading the decline. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported tbe following business don« yesterday: Alex. Bricks ords $2 50; B B Petrol 50s. (overnight); Fed. Dispensary $2.15 cd
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    STOCK INDICES
    19 12 Malayan Share Market: APR 28 APR 25 lndmtri.lv M3B 92.49 Tins: 88.41 89.45 Jan. 1 1958 100
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    138 12 The Malayan Exchange Bank;' Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32",. O.D. 33, 90 d/st 33% credit bills. 33 3/16 trade bills. Canada: buying alrmab T.T. 31 15 16. O.D. 32 1/16, 90 d/st
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    85 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady quiet; UK/Continent April May $31* buyers, $32 sellers Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk $47 sellers, drum $50 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $127. Sarawak $126 (both down $1), special Sarawak black $72
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      1097 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from PMml Citizens for appointment to vacant posts of Agricultural Assistants, in the Department of Agriculture, on the salary scale $310-Al4-352 419-Al4-545 562A lB-652 p.m. plus other allowances at current rates. Candidates for appointment must have attained their 18th but not their 24tb birthday. They
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      754 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens or State Nationals and from serving permanent Government officers including those on probation who have Attained the age of 17 but not 24 years for appointment as Student Interpreters Malay and Indian (.Tamil)— ln the Judicial Department, Federation of Malaya, on the
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      949 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are Invited from Federal Citizens and from Serving permanent Government Officers Including those on probation for appointment as Secretary/ Receptionist* In tbe General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, In the salary scale of $253 x 14-351/EB. Bar/866 x 14--422 plus cost of living allowance at current rate*. Candidates must
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      681 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Applications are Invited lot tbe poet ot Aislsiapt Rural Development Officer with tbe Rural A iiiuiiitilal Development Authority. Applications must be Federal Citizens and must be physically fit; they should have attained their 17th but not their 26tb birthday, and they must have
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      39 12 THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED ACCEPTINC PASSENCIRS ANO CARCO TO P. SWETTENHAM PENANC NECAPATTINAM ANO MADRAS TSS "STATE OF MADRAS" VOY 52 Singapore Port SweUenhswi Pentns Alongside Codown 4/5 Arrfvim 28.4.58 6.558 7.5.58 I**""* 5.558 6558 8 5 58
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      Agents for U.S. foods
      63 14 The International Division of Consolidated Foods Corporation of San Francisco, states that it has no Intention of making any change In its local agent for the marketing of Monarch processed food goods. The local distributor and representative Is Edlben Trading Co., Singapore. The Corporation was founded
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      N.T.S. celebrates 100 years of world trading
      479 14  - N.T.S. celebrates 100 years of world trading ANTHONY OEI OLDEST COLONY BANK CELEBRATES By NETHERLANDS INSTITUTION WHICH HELPS MERCHANTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES \KI>KKLAM)S( UK Handel-Mi j., N.V., (Netherlands Trading Society Bankers), the oldest banking organisation in Singapore, which started as a commercial enterprise, celebrates its centenary on Thursday. The president
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      DIRECTOR TO LEAVE COLONY FOR U.K.
      203 14 A DIRECTOR of AngloAmerican Corporation Ltd., Singapore, Mr. D.F. Mac Coll, leaves the Colony on May 8 for the United Kingdom after nearly 12 years with the company. Mr. Mac Coll Joined AngloAmerican In June 1946 after derr obligation from the British Army. During
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      Rubber footwear increase
      115 14 Rubber footwear increase PRODUCTION of rub- ber footwear in thp Federation of Malaya is still rising, according to the latest official trade statistics. The Federation produced j 963.000 pairs of footwear in January compared with 861.--000 pairs in December 1957 Output for the whole of last year at 11,235.000 pairs
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      Unilever in Indonesia
      50 14 Unilever's soap and co onut oil factories In Indonesia which were forced to close down for two months due to lack of raw materials have now resumed production. During the whole period of the shut-down, no worker was dismissed and full wages including rice rations were paid.
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      Car sales brisk despite business outlook: Traders
      282 14 CALES of passenger cars in Singapore and th« Federation of Malaya are brisk, despite a slowing down of business due to the fall in commodity prices and the Indonesian fighting. This was the opinion given yesterday by a number of leading Colony motor
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      I AUSTRALIAN TRADE MISSION
      191 14 rE 23-man Australian trade mission is now in Kuala Lumpur after a successful 11-day stay in Singapore to promote trade between Australia and Malaya. The delegates have met Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr. l.im Yew Hock, officials of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders
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      Blue Funnel maiden voyage
      250 14 (X)MMANDED by Captain R. A. Hanney, the 8,500 ton Blue Funnel cargo liner Menestheus on her maiden voyage from U.K. left the Colony last week for Hong Kong. Menestheus was built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering at Dundee. She has a single screw propellor and has'
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    Lock icon THREE MORE ENTER DAVIS CUP 2ND ROUND
    357 15 THREE MORE ENTER DAVIS CUP 2ND ROUND LONDON, Monday. DRAZIL, Chile and India clinched their first round matches in the European zone Davis Cup tennis competition yesterday. Czechoslovakia, Spain and West Germany reached the second round on Saturday while two other first round matches remain to be decided. The eight
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    96 15 Pakistan to send 86 to Tokyo LAHORE. Mon.— The Pakistan Olympic Association has made a provisional selection of 86 athletes to take part in the Asian Games starting m Tokyo on May 24. The team will be accompanied by 16 officials. one I coach, a photographer and a i reporter.
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    Lock icon Soccer honour for Danny
    50 15 LONDON, Mon. Danny Blanchflower. captain of the I Northern Ireland team, has i been chosen "Footballer Ol The Year" by the British' Football Writers Association. Blanchflower plays righthalf for Tottenham Hotspur, who signed him from Aston Villa for a reported £30.000 in the 1954-55 season. Reuter
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    French victory
    17 15 HULL. Mon —France beat England 24-14 In a rugby league amateur international match here yesterday—Reuter.
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    127 15 POISONED THUMB COSTS ANN CHANCE FOR TWO TITLES BOURNEMOUTH. Mon— A poisoned thumb cost Ann Haydon. Britain's International lawn tennis and table tennis star, a chance of two titles in the British hard court tennis championships here yesterday. She was forced to retire after one set of the
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      506 15 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL Or MNGAPOKi j NOTICE TO FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS Football Associations an hereby notified thai when Uielr team* are playing matches at the Jalan Beaar Stadium, they can apply for passes for the members of these teams on submission of the names to the undersigned at leas' 2 days
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    Kedah in FS Cup tourney
    77 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Kedah will now play in both the Foong Seong Cup and the Heah Joo Seang Cup (for women) inter-state badminton competition this year Kedah. who failed to send their entry at the closing time, have asked to be included in both the
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    Perak Malays seek a building
    54 16 IPOH, Mon.—Perak Malays Football Association decided yesterday to call a meeting of all Malays sporting organisations In the state to discuss building a Perak Malays Sports Club. P.M.F.A. hopes that representatives from Malay sports organisation* and clubs for badminton, hockey, cricket and athletics will attend
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    Kampar beaten
    24 16 TAIPINO, Mon. Chinese Recreation Club beat Kampar R.C. 4-0 In their first round tie of the Sultan's Cup tennis competition here yesterday.
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    71 16 HONO KONG. Mon. -The Hong Kong Football Association today rejected the touring Blackpool football club's otler to play a third match here on June 8 on the ground that there was no available time. For the same reason It also turned down a request of
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    Malacca in 2nd victory
    100 16 MALACCA made amends for their two previous defeats when they beat Kelantan 2-1 in the second match yesterday. Kelantan opened scoring in the 19th minute when Hamld Ghanl quickly shot in from five yards after the ball had struck a defender and rebounded into play. But
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    Jit Imm fails first attempt
    92 16 Singapore sprinter Lim Jit Imm failed by two-tenths of a second in the first of his three special Asian Games trials at the Farrer Park stadium yesterday. Paced by three other sprinters, Llm returned ll.lsec for the 100 metres in his first attempt and 11.0
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    Defeat avenged
    22 16 KLUANG. Mon. British Military Hospital avenged last week's defeat by beating Indians 4-3 a in a friendly soccer match here.
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    S'GOR: CHANGE OUR ZONE
    239 16  -  VIC MAYAGAM RUNNERS- UP PROTEST OVER THF NEW MALAYA CUP GROUPING By We should play in north, says letter to FAM KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fpHE Football Association of Se langor has written to the F.A. of Malaya protesting against the grouping of the teams for the
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    Negri boys upset to take title
    335 16 MOON HOONG'S GOALS WIN VEGRI SEMBILAN upset all speculation m becoming the first holders of the McGregor Watt Cup when they finished champions in the Schools Soccer Festival which ended last night. They achieved .this by oeating the favourites. Singapore, 2-0 In the last
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    Parsons best in Army trial
    37 16 SEREMBAN Mon. The f'o-day Army cricket trial emied here yesterday in a draw. Possibles 175-8 dccl. (Parsons 38) and 126-7 dccl. (Parsons 46). Probables 136 (Bar I nes 43 ret) and 60-6.
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    STATE CRICKET
    173 16 BELOW-STRENGTH SELANGOR XI CAN STILL BEAT MALACCA KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Selangor will not be at full strength when they meet Malacca in a friendly interstate cricket match on the padang on Saturday and Sunday. Police players were not considered for selection as the Federation Police will meet their
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    LTAM'S 5 FOR TOKYO NAMED
    157 16 LTAM'S 5 FOR TOKYO NAMED KUALA I.IMPIR. Mon. Moses Taj, S. A. Adzman. Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua and Katherine Leong will represent Malaya In tennU at the Asian Games at Tokyo next month. The L.T.A.M. selection committee named them last night after trials at the Selanxor Golf Club. Four men
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    NS Chinese to defend trophy
    49 16 SEREMBAN. Mon. Negri Chinese will defend the Lai Teck Loke tennis trophy against MaI lacca ana Selangor Chinese here this week-end. Negri won the Cup two years In succession- 1956 and 1957. Play starts at 3 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday.
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    120 will spread athletics gospel
    284 16  - 120 will spread athletics gospel OM XII lIAHC THEY GIVE UP LEAVE TO ATTEND COURSE By DENANG, Mon.—Arm- ed with clinic notes prepared by American coach. Tom Rosandich, 120 physical education instructors from the Ministry of Education left Penang over the weekend with a common purpose— to raise the standard
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    NO WORD FROM CUP VISITORS
    138 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fHE Badminton Association of Malaya still does not know when the Thomas Cup semi-nnalists— United States, Denmark, Siam and Indonesia— are arriving in Singapore. This Is causing the B.A.M some concern as some of the teams may fly In without warning Mr.
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    Heah now heads the selection committee
    214 16 Heah now heads the selection committee morning with the three from Singapore Ong Poh Llm Johnny Heah and Llm Say Hup. They will be Joined by Oon Chong Teik from England on May 9 The B.A.M. president. Mr Heah Joo Seang. has replaced Mr. Wee Kirn Wee as chairman of
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    BOXERS GET OKAY BUT TENNIS NOW DOUBTFUL
    177 16 BOXERS GET OKAY BUT TENNIS NOW DOUBTFUL rO SINGAPORE amateur boxers, flyweight V Kesavan and featherweight Austin Dunsford have been included in the Singapore contingent to take part in the Asian Games in Tokyo from May 24 to 31. They were unanimously recommended after Friday night's final trials by the
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    Hitch in FAM's training
    202 16 Hitch in FAM's training ITU ALA LUMPUR, Mon. The training programme for Malaya's Asian Games soccer team has met a hitch. The training, scheduled to have been held at the Merdeka Stadium today, was at the last minute transferred to the Princes Road Stadium. At 10 p.m. tonight none of
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    13 ENTER SHIELD MEET
    71 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Thirteen teams. < including Joint holders V.MC.A and Postals, will compete In the Navaratnam Shield cricket knockout competition which begins on Sunday. Teams taking part are: Top section: Postals. T.P.C.A. Selangor Club, Klang Club, Belfleld Club and Police. Bottom section: S C R.C,
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