The Straits Times, 16 May 1958

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  • 21 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED KALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times He**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAT 16, 1958 *ft 15 CENTS 1
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  • TWIN THREAT TO PEACE IN N. AFRICA, MID-EAST
    • 66 1 Disorders continue as U.S. fleet sails to trouble spot and American small arms are flown in to help the Chamoun Government. Foreign Minister Malik charges "massive interference from outside" and Cairo speaks c! a "bloody battle" at Tripoli. Americans and British residents evacuated to Beirut.
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    • 66 1 As General Salan is given full powers to maintain order, the new Premier, Mr. Pflimlin, speaks of "grave anxiety." The dissident settlers enlarge their "Committee ot Public Safety" and again call for Cen. de Gaulle to take power in Paris. The wartime leader remains silent, as
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  • 772 1 U.S. sends fleet, airlifts arms to the Lebanon f ONDON, Thurs.-' NATO announced last night thai Allied warships and planes will move into "the whole Mediterranean" j this weekend for a major exercise coinciding with the up- heavals in Lebanon and Algeria. Authoritative sources said American
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  • 269 1 REDS SEND UP SUPER SPUTNIK MOSCOW, Thursday. RUSSIA has launched her third sputnik, Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reported today. The sputnik was launched today and is already in orbit. The orbit is 1.175 miles at its highest point and it is circling the earth once every 106 minutes,
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  • 93 1 Rebel planes hit ships at Ambon MANILA, Thurs.—lndonesian rebel air force planes attacked enemy shipping in Ambon harbour and the airfield at l.aha. according to a Radio Menado broadcast monitored in Manila. The rebel radio claimed rebel planes damaged and probably sunk one small gunboat and three tenders. The Laha
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  • 28 1 SYDNEY. Thurs.— Japan is expected to buy 2.5 million tons of Australian coal a year by 1963. coal exporter. Mr. J Blits. said here today.
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  • 300 1 SALANISTOLD: TAKE OVER FULL CONTROL PARIS, Thursday. JHE French Premier, Mr. Pierre Pflimlin, in a broadcast to the nation, said Gen. Raoul Salan been made responsible for the maintenance of order in Algeria and the general had temporarily taken over all civil and military power. Mr. Pflimlin said France had
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  • 77 1 NO RETURNS UNION STRUCK OFF ROLLS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Registrar of Trade Unions. Mr. J. G. Adams, has cancelled tin- registration of the 2.000 strong South Malaya Shop and Industrial Workers Union, for "failing to show their annual returns." This was told to the Straits Times today by the
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  • 34 1 QUEST FOR MISS SPORE AUDREY THOMPSON, another entrant in the Miss Singapore contest. Winner of the contest will represent the Colony in the Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach, California. Entries close next Wednesday.
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  • 556 1  -  LESLIE HOFFMAN From I ONDON, Thurs. —The two most difficult questions which have so far faced the working party on the future constitution for a fully self-governing Singapore are those concerning the functions and responsibilities of the British Commissioner and the
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  • 73 1 CHIANG GUNS CRIPPLE RED GUNBOAT TAIPEH, Thurs.-The garrison command on Matsu Island today claimed to have crippled on Tuesday night one of three Chinese Communist gunboats which were attempting to launch a sneak attack against the Nationalist defended island group near the Mm River. A Matsu communique said Nationalist shore
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  • 56 1 HONO KONG. Thurs— Two British tugs which sped to the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, will make a first attempt to refloat the United States cargo-passen-ger liner President Hayes tomorrow. She Is stuck fast on a coral reef near Drummond Island about
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  • 308 1 2 a.m. news i roundup CHINAS THREAT TO HELP R.I. PEKING. Thurs. The Chinese government tonignt nil. nil yesterday's Russian warning of the consequences of foreign intervention in the Indonesian rebellion with a ti.iat ot its own to provide "furtner assistance" to the Indonesian government beyond present economic aid. i
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  • 43 2 LONDON, Thurs. The Queen has broken with tradition again by scrapping her Whitsun visit to Balmoral. Normally she spends a fortnight at Whitsun staying in Balmoral, her Scottish home and fishing for salmon in the River Dee— Reuter.
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  • 149 2 TOKYO, Thnrs. The Malayan Prime Minister, Tengkn Abdul Rahman, will be a puzzled man when he arnvrs here on May 21. on a state visit to Japan. In a recent letter to a friend here the Tengku asked if it would be
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  • 155 2 pANBERRA, Thurs. South-east Asian countries have a "keen desire," to develope trade relations with Australia, the Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Mr. R.W.C. Swartz, said here today. Mr. Swartz, leader of a 22- 1 man Australltn trade mission which recently visited Singa- pore, Malaya and Slam said
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  • 68 2 BAGDAD, Thurs. King Faisal of Iraq and King Hussein of Jordan last night ended talks on the governing of the two-day-old Arab Union of Jordan and Iraa in "full agreement." it was officially stated here. An official spokesman said a royal decree would be issued today
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  • 39 2 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— Japan will soon sign an agreement with India providing for Japanese financial and technical aid In setting up a technological institute in India for training In small industries, informed sources said today —Reuter.
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    • 171 2 LONDON, Thurs.— The court of criminal apeal today dismissed appeals by former Brighton detectives John Richard Hammersley and Trevor Heath and bookmaker Samuel Bellson against their conviction of conspiracy to obstruct the course of public Justice. Hammersley and Heath are serving five-year sentences and Bellson a
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    • 35 2 LONDON. Thurs— The Royal assent was yesterday -ivrn to a BUI to enable Britain to transfer authority over Christmas Island In the Indian Ocean from Singapore to Australia by order-in-council.— Renter.
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  • 311 2 Death -fall envoy touches off new U.S.-Canada row BREACH OF TRUST, SAYS OTTAWA /YTTAWA, Thurs. The Canadian External Affairs Minister. Mr. Sidney Smith, today accused the United States Senate internal security sub-committee of violating Canada's trust in making new public statements on the controversial Norman case. Mr Smith told the
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  • 186 2 SIR ROY HITS OUT AT LABOUR PARTY OULAWAYO, Thurs.D Sir Roy Welensky. th Rhodesian Prime Mm isler. has accused th British Labour Par.y c "missing no opportu nity to harm us, parti cularly in the radi field." He told a United Feden Party meeting that he too great exception to
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  • 44 2 NEW YORK. Thurs Mi Huang Shao-ku, Deput' Prime Minister of Nationalis China, visited the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Dai Ha m m arskjoeld. yesterda; and was guest of honour a a lunch here attended by re presentatives of 40 Unite* Nations delegations— UP.
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  • 35 2 DACCA, Thurs— The Oov-B ernments of East Pakistan and Assam state todas agreed to a cease-fire In thfl disputed Patharla forestj area, where firing has beenl reported over the past threJ days. Reuter. I
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  • 156 3 NIXONS CUT SHORT TOUR-ON WAY HOME SAN JUAN, Thurs. Vice -President Richard Nixon and his wife ended their South American tour ahead of schedule yesterday and flew from Caracas, Venezuela, to the island of Puerto Rico for an overnight stop on their way home. rhey will fly today to Washington
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  • 30 3 MOSCOW, Thurs— The ambassadors of the Bandoeng conference nations gave a luncheon today at the Hotel Sovietskaya in honour of visiting United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser—Reuter.
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  • 217 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. i i Russia has warned Britain of the "possible consequences of such a dangerous step" in renewing nuclear tests, the official Soviet news agency Tass reported last night. The agency said that a note was sent to the British Government on May
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  • 27 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Sir Hayden Starke, retired Justice of the High Court, of Australia, died at hLs home in Melbourne yesterday. He was 87— Reuter.
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  • 666 3 'Premier must go 9 demand by Algiers 'safety committee 9 BUT PARIS FEELS DANGER OF CIVIL WAR HAS PASSED PARIS, Thursday. THE DANGER of a trial of strength between the "Committee of Public Safety" headed by Gen. Jacques Massu in Algeria and the Pflimlin Government receded a little this morning
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  • 229 3 'Strong man' Lacoste may return to ease crisis PARIS. Thurs. VIRTTAL agreement between the new Prime Minister, Mr. Pierre Pflimlin and the Socialists to bring them into his government in order to help appease the army and angry French settlers in Algeria was reached last night. Leading Socialists will probably
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  • 38 3 SEOUL, Thurs.— The South Korean police said today eight miners were killed, three injured and five missing yesterday as a result of an pyp'osion at a coal mine In V or.uwol. north of Pusan Reuter.
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  • 53 3 A NEW HIGH ALTAR was dedicated in St. Paul's Cathedral. London. last week to the men and women of the British Commonwealth who died in the two world wars. This picture shows the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh standing in the centre aisle
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  • 140 3 Home again hoodoo ship from Antarctic SOUTHAMPTON, Thurs The Royal research ship, Shackleton. arrived here today from the Antarctic after a half-year voyage of bad luck. She brought home 21 scientists and technicians— most of whom had been away more than two years from the Falkland Islands dependencies survey, on
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  • 31 3 HONG KONG, Thurs Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, C-in-C Far East station, arrived today from Japanes? waters aboard the frigate Alert. He will leave for Manila on Sunday. Reuter.
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  • 244 3 LONDON. Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £49 15 16 +14 War 3'»% €6511/16 14 Funding 4'< £86 11,16 BANKS Chartered (£1) 40 4' 4 3 Mercantile <£1) 30 7 4 Hongkong ($125) £41', 4 INSURANCE Com. Dn. (uts.i 66
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  • 30 3 LONDON, Wed. Spot 21»4d.. June 21 \d., July-Sept. 21Hd., Oct.-Dec 21 'id.. Jan-Mar. 21 Hd., Anrll-June unquoted: May c.l.f. 21% d.. June e.l.f. 2i'.d. July "If. JlHd. Tone: Dull.
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  • 22 3 j LONDON. Wed—Buyers £739; filers £730' i: Forward buyers £733..: sellers £734: Settlement £730 h; am 60 ton*, p.m. 50 ton*.
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  • 119 4 Heavy rain ends Penang drought pENANG, Thurs. Heavy rain in the last three days has i saved Penane; from water rationing. Two weeks ago the Mayor. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. warned that rationing might be imposed on the city's 250.000 people unless they used less water. Monday storm Rainfall during
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  • 55 4 PENANG. Thurs.— About 150 Indians in Penang entertained Miss Kamala Letchumanan. leading Indian dancer, and Alms star, at a tea party at the E and O Hotel yesterday evening. Miss Kamala made two stage appearances at the Rex Theatre before crowded audiences on Monday and Tuesday. She
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  • 137 4 PENANG. Thurs.— A City Council plan to build a $700,000 canal to stop flooding in Sungei Pinang. has been held up for lack of money. The Mayor, Mr. D. s. Ramanathan, said today the project had been delayed because the Federal Government development loan
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  • 204 4 SAMBANTHAN IS ASKED: WHO IS PRESIDENT —PILLAI OR MENON? fENANG, Thursday. THE Penang State Alliance Committee test night decided to a>k the Malayan Indian Congress president, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, which of the two rival MIC state groups he recognises the South Province faction led by
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  • 84 4 No tetter trouble in Penang PENANG, Ihurs While letters arc being returned to the Ferak State Government because they were written in English and not Malay, the Penang State Government ia adapting a policy of maintaining a smooth ex. change of correspondence with the public. "We reply to letters either
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  • 59 4 SUNGEI PATANI, Thurs.— A retired District Officer. Tuan Syed Ahmad Aljafrie. has been elected patron of the new youth club of TanJong Dawai Bedong. The club plans to start a domestic science class for Its girls' section on the return of Che Fatimah Yusoff who
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  • 39 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Dr. Llni Kee J.n who returned recently from Britain after a two years' study course. ha& been appointed to act as State Physician, Johore. during the absence of Dato Dr H. B. C. Wallace.
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  • 67 4 THE FEDERATION PBIME MINISTER Tenfka Abdul Kahman unveils the commemorative stone of the Ipoh SrkoUh Tuanku Abdul Rahman at a rerrmonv Wednesday. The school Mt< after the Yang di-Pertnan Afrong. is the first Malay secondary school in Malaya. The $2 million school has hostels and
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  • 67 4 PRODUCTION BACK TO NORMAL AT FORD WORKS EUJLL production was resumed at the Ford Motor Company work? in Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, yesterday. A company spokesman denied that the men had been barred from work on Wednesday, as a union statement alleged. "An executive told men at the factory gate
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  • 23 4 PENANG, Thurs.— The Den tal Nurses Training School will hold a dance at the E and O Hotel on May 31.
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  • 51 4 PENANG. Tburs. A 25--year-old woman. Lav Ec Lin. was today charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Chan Swee Chan, in Brewster Road. Ipoh, on Feb. 26No plea was recorded and the magistrate. Tuan Nik Hussain bin Nik All, ordered Lav to be escorted back to Ipoh for
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  • 105 4 NEW OFFICE FOR THE ELECTRICITY BOARD rIPING, Thurs. A new $200,000 office for the Central Electricity Board at Station Road here was officially opened yesterday by Dr. Phyllis Cumming, wife of Mr. K. J. Cumming, a member of the Board. Mrs. Cumming sketched briefly the history of the development of
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  • 111 4 ROBBERY BY TWO MEN-AND A WOMAN A MIDDLE-AGED Chi. nese woman helprc two men rob a youot woman in Eng Hour Street, Singapore, or Wednesday. Mi.ss Lim Ah Mui. 19 aa: standing on the f.ve-foot-wa] outside her house, after completing the morning's chores when sst.h t was confronted bj the
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  • 29 4 Burglars oroke into thi home of a Singapore mtrchant. Mr Neo Teng B(on. a Lorong 10. Geylang. on Wed nesday and .-itole cash iim jewellery with $2,230.
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    • 243 4 RADIO: 6eneral Programme] RADIO MALAYA Aud f™iu: 2 no ciot* mm; mi District Newsletter; 5.15 String viTinvii Seienade: 5.30 Accent On Ih« WAVE SEBVIfE Accordion: 545 Radio Ranch: 41 mnrrV 60 M B "K: 63° "»ing Ir. The 72« il kc/» I Country: 6.45 Lights On: P53 SINGAPORE I Rp
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  • 237 5 'AXE-ACID' MAN IS TOLD: LOOK AT VICTIM attacked her when she spurned him. The Kedah DPP. Inche Aziz bin Mohamed Zain. said that after Yong poured acid on Lee's face he tried to kill himself. Sentencing Yong to four years* jail on the first charge and 18 months' on the
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  • 33 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Dr. Llm Chong Eu, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, will open an exhibition of paintings by Mr. Chia Yu Chian at the Penang Library at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 301 5 THE HEIGHT OF EASTERN FASHION LIFTS EYEBROWS IN LONDON LONDON, Thursday. THE cold stares of Englishmen and women are going to force one of Singapore's prettiest exports to give up her graceful chongsam for a shapeless dress. She
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  • 86 5 PARATROOPERS HOLD RED SUSPECT NEAR JUNGLE CAMP IPOH. Thurs. The 22nd. Special Air Service Regiment operating in (be jungles of the "Operation Ginger" area of Perak yesterday caught a terrorist suspect who had been identified as Leong Sin. No shots were fired when Leong Sin was held near a terrorist
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  • 145 5 KUALA LUMPDR, Thurs.— The Conference of Rulers' iB-man standing committee on religion has recommended the banning of a book which maintains that Muslims can eat snakes, turtles and monitor lizards. The book 'Ibadat Rasulullah" (The Religious Obligations of the Prophet), written by a
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Chai Kum 57, a housewife, was today fined $490 on three charges of possessing samsu. fermented mash, and a still. In mitigation Chal said she needed samsu tor her own consumption as she was ill.
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  • 172 5 DOCTOR: HOSPITAL CRITICS COWARDS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Critics of nurses and midwives at the General Hospital here were today branded as "cowards" by the Superintendent. Dr. M. Vellupillai. He was referring to two letters to the Straits Times from Mrs. C. Ponniah and a woman who signed herself "Seeing Is
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  • 26 5 MALACCA, Thurs. Shop assistants here have decided to ask the Registrar of Trade Unions for permission to form a Malacca Shop Assistants Union
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  • 474 6 Razak warns soldiers: Keep out of politics KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fllE Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, today urged members of the Federation armed forces not to mix politics with soldiering. This did not mean they should have no views on politics. But, the Dato added, their first
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  • 56 6 Acrobatic display over harbour VENOM Jet fithters of No 14 Squadron. Royal New Zealand Air Force, will give an acrobatic display over the sea off Quern Elizabeth Walk at 9.30 a.m. today The squadron, led b> Squadron Leader A. F. Tucker, will fly over Singapore In formation making the numerical
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  • 39 6 Loh Kai Wah. of Kalian* Road, and Kang Yew Chong of Yeo Chu Kang Road, pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of trying to extort $5 from Gan Klat Seng Bail was allowed.
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  • 59 6 IPOH, Thurs.— Two brothers who admitted stripping parts from stolen bicycles to tlx on their own machines, were fined $150 or two months' Jail each by the Ipoh magistrate today. Tan Kiang Nam. 20 and Tan Klan Weng. 29. pleaded guilty to retaining stolen property in
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  • 30 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.A hospital assistant attached to the Kuala Lumpur general nospltal was fined $300 last month for corruptly accepting $1, according to a Government statement issued today
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  • 194 6 OEREMBAN, Thurs. Four men were today sentenced to a total of 31 years In Jail for robbing a couple in the Lake Gardens here at dagger point. Mr. Justice Smith sent Low Ah Kow. 26, who was said to have five previous convictions,
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  • 38 6 The Singapore Olympic Sports Council will hold a flag day on Saturday to raise funds to send their team to the Asian Games at Tokyo. The council U still In need OX $17,000.
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  • 191 6 JUNGLE BOY DAVE HAS A PARTY IPOH, Thurs. David the aborigine baby who was saved from the Jungle in Perak by security forces today celebrated the second anniversary of his rescue. A party was thrown for him at the Salvation Army Girls' Home here where he is staying. And there
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  • 29 6 The Blue Cross Charitable Institution yesterday sent a cheque Tor $11,625 to the Singapore Social Welfare Department for victims of the Kampong Koo Chye fire disaster.
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  • 168 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TOKYO will award Tengku Abdul Rahman the 1 freedom of the city during his visit to Japan next week. The Tengku and his wife. Puan Sharifah Rodziah, accompanied by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. MrTan Slew Sin and Mrs. Tan. will leave
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  • 31 6 KUANTAN. Thurs. Fire destroyed a smokehouse in Jabor Valley Estate, 12 miles from here yesterday morning burning 700 lb- of rubber sheets. Damage Is estimated at $20,000
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  • 28 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.Shaw Brothers, Kuala Lumpur, have given $500 to the relief fund for the relatives of 12 men trapped In the Raub Gold Mine
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  • 89 7 IPOH, Thursday. AN "ideas pool" has been started by Ipoh police in its efforts to beat crime here. The pool will take the form of regular fortnightly "brainstorming" conferences which all police officers will attend The first conference was| held yesterday. The new O.C.P.D. Mr. Albert
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  • 71 7 A "Battle of the Bands" competition for limited sixman jazz, skiffle and jive groups ln Singapore will be held by Shaw Brothers vi conjunction with the midnight screening of Louls Armstrong's film "Satchmo the Great" at the Capitol on Saturday. Only amateur groups will be allowed to
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  • 28 7 An Army depot employee, Padmanazhan ("handrail was acquitted In Singapore yesterday of stabbing a labourer. V. Madavanandan, in a bus shelter at Bukit Panjang Road.
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  • 365 7  - Garieb (I am no assassin) tells of ordeal in jail NELSON RUTHERFURD BATU PAH AT, Thurs. MALAYAN HELD ON SUSPICION OF BEING INVOLVED IN SOEKARNO MURDER PLOT IS BACK i by ONE OF four Malayans ar rested by Jakarta authorities for alleged complicity in the assassination attempt on President Soekarno
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  • 116 7 Six men will advise on design of new stamps THE Singapore Minister for Communications and Works. Mr. Francis Thomas, has appointed a committee to advise him on the design and issue of postage stamps. The chairman. Mr. D. I. Goodwin, permanent secre. tary to the Ministry, said yesterday that the
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  • 244 7 Death made him forget— fined IPOH, Thursday. 4 SPECIAL CONSTABLE said in court here today he forgot all about his work when he found that his father and younger sister were dead on the day he went to see them after a two-year absence. Raja Abu bin Raja Ahmad. 20.
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  • 112 7 LANGUAGE SCHOOLS POSE A DANGER IPOH. Thurs— The Chief Minister of Malacca, I in- hiOsman bio Talib, warned last night that communal feeling N would be roused if all races here wanted the Government to set up schools with their languages as medium of instruction. Speaking at a dinner here
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  • 255 7 KUALA LUMPUR, I%^ Thurs.— The Federation may bid for the honour of playing host to the International rubber study group conference next year. The question has been di>cusseri between the Government and the Rubber Producers Council whose members have welcomed the idea. It
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  • 41 7 PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs. New officials of ParJt Buntar b r anc h of the MIC are: President. Mr. T Packrisamy vice-president, Mr. O. Karup^ Plah; secretary, Mr. V R Samy: assistant secretaryi Mr. R. Rajoo; treasurer, Mr Venugopal Pillay.
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  • 74 8 II Word, HI (Minimum). MRS LEE CHAK KWOK and famuy thank all relatives and friends for their condolences, wreaths and assistance at the funeral of tht late Mr. Lee Chak Kwok on 14.5.58. THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. Mabel Fernandez wishes to express their hear felt thanks to
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  • 225 8 JO Wordi ill (Minimum) JOHNNY BORG. The Cockpit's Singing sensation sings and presents a floor show Nightly except Mondays. WIVES REVOLUTIONIZE your Ideas about the freshness of your home. Once you've used Air-wlck you will never want to be without It. SALE OF DRESSES Stock being cleared regardless of
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    • 591 8 The Algerian Flames While the domestic implications for France of the crisis which has flowered in Algeria still command first attention, the explosive possibilities in North Africa are only too apparent. The warning by Algerian rebel representatives in Cairo that Arab '"volunteers" may be recruited, and the rebellion turned into
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    • 266 8 Apart from the controversial clause which bars detainees standing for election, the London talks on the draft constitution apparently mainly concern the Public Service Commission and the functions and responsibilities of the future British Commissioner in Singapore. It is somewhat surprising to find the AllParty Mission united
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    • 262 8 The driit from the kampongs to the towns continues to be the subject of debaU and of some alarm among Malay leaders. From Mala> youth leaders in Selangoi there has come a call foi Government measures to stem the drift, with proposals foi "social education" and the building
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  • 1130 8 Time expands like an old elastic in prosperous but dusty Jeddah by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FIVE kinds of time are used in Saudi Arabia, and four of them are met in Jeddah. The only one missing is Dhahran time, a device of the Arabian American Oil Company and the United
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  • 253 8 lIP to today, Pierre Pflimlin was the "often a bridesmaid, never o bride" of French politics. It took budding civil war to catapult him into the Premiership. The 51 -year-old Pflimlin had attempted twice before to form a cabinet and become Premier
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    • 114 8 Keeping up reputation of hospital rE letter "Seeing Is Believing" (ST. May 8» urging th e Federal Minister for Health to visit the maternity wards of Kuala Lumpur, should rouse Singapore's Minister for Health Although there are better facilities 'In the Randans Kerbau Hospital in Singapore, the behaviour of the
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    • 246 8 LAND TRANSFER AND CONTROL OF PETITION WRITERS WHILE I cannot deny the allegation made by Inche Yahaya bin Hajl Harun In the Perak State Council (ST. May 8) I would beg to say that the brokers referred to by him must be some unscrupulous petition writers and their agents. There
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    • 537 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 111 Hard. Ml (Minimum). BAKER. To Pam and Barry at Ktti.uanij Keruau Hospital a son on lota May. AHUh; To Sheila and Mike a daugnter iDebra, al Kuantan Hu.v'^l on 13.5 58. ak.iUUj: lo Olive and Fred ai h.M.H. Taloing a daughter, Carole Lesley on Tuesday lath N..iy.
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    • 90 8 Enthusiasm: the fuel of SUCCESS "If I am trying to decide between two men of fairly equal ability," says the chairman of a large company, "I know that the one with the more enthusiasm will go further." A personally helpful article by Norman Vincent Peale in the April Reader's Digest
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  • 205 9 No-sail seamen pickets jostle Majeed A GROUP of angry sea- men yesterday after- j aoon Jostled Mr. M A. Majeed, president of the Malayan National Seamen's Union, and forced him to take refuge in the office of the Master Attendant. An official of the Malayan National Seamen's Union 'ater confirmed
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  • 79 9 SEREMBAN, Thurs. About 40 Government employees last night met to discuss how to combat the mountIng number of burglaries In this town. There have been 90 in the last two months. The meeting convened by th e Chief Health Inspector, Mr. A. K Ratnam, called on Government
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  • 78 9 New synthetic product: Details needed KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malayan rubber producers are anxious to know more about a new synthetic i roduct which has been claimed to be more "rubbery" than natural rubber. Known as "Deuterio rubber," the new product was announced by Dr. Waldo L. s.- mi in. of
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  • 27 9 BATU PAHAT. Thurs. Thirty boys of the Upper Form of the Batu Pahat High School are going on a historical tour of Malacca tomorrow
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  • 467 9 UPCOUNTRY TURF CLUBS DRAW UP SCHEME TO THROW OPEN TOTE TO GENERAL PUBLIC IPOH, Thursday. rfURF CLUBS in the Federation will throw open their betting facilities to the general public by September in a bold bid to beat the bookmakers, t(' Government approval is obtained.
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  • 139 9 Tree David or try him, urges union I^UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The executive committee of the banned National Union Of Factory and General Workers tonight denied It had &ny connection with the Middle Road group in Singapore In a statement issued after a meeting which discussed the detention of its secretary-general,
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  • 48 9 JESSELTON, Thurs— Bchool children in North Borneo may soon be playing their parr, in the Colony's tourist trade. A suggestion has been made by the chairman of the Kudat district team that the children be taught to make articles with appeal as souvenirs.
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  • 43 9 THE TKM.K! MAHKOTA of Johorr (with sash) leading a procession of dignitaries, after hi s proclamation yesterday as Regent of the State in the absence of his father the Sultan, who left for Britain on Wednesday.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 138 9 [{LANG, Thurs. Ma- laya can grow enough coffee for its own consumption and thus save $5,000,000 a year Mr. R. A. Irving-Bell, manager of the Haron Coffee Estate, said today. Last year Malaya imported 36,075 tons of coffee worth $57.9 million
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  • 40 9 Mr. Tan Theng Chiang, the Singapore Assistant Minister for Local Government Lands and Housing, will visit the S.I.T. housing estate at Buklt Panjang on Saturday morning. He will be accompanied by the Trust manager. Mr J. M. Fraser.
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  • 195 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. A FORTUNE-TELLER faced a Sessions Court A President today and admitted he could not tell what Inche H.M. Hashim hat. in mind for him The exchange between the president and the fortune teller— charged with cheating the post office of
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  • 44 9 A 60-year-old woman. Ng Sai Moy. was fined $5,000 or six months' jail in Singapore yesterday for possessing 212 lb. of uncustomed cigarettes The cigarettes were found by a customs party which raided a house in Jurong Road early yesterday.
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  • 260 9 A 17 GUN SALUTE -AND TENGKUIS MADE REGENT JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. AS guns boomed 17 times in Royal homage, the Tengku Mahkota of Johore was today proclaimed Regent of the State in the absence of his father, the Sultan, who left for Britain yesterday. lo him was granted all the
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  • 129 9 INTERIM WAGE PLAN FOR MEN ON ESTATES KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. An interim wage rate for Malaya's 200.000 plantation workers is expected to be worked out when negotiations resume tomorrow be twrrn the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the National Union of Plantation Workers. The resumption of the talks was
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  • 45 9 BRUAS. Thurs —A good citizens committee will be formed in Bruas. the only mukim tn the Dindings district which is not in the white area. A public rally has also been planned to take place here at the end of the month.
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  • 18 9 BITIAWAN, Thurs.— Mr. N. Supplah, chief clerk at Lumut district hospital, has been transferred to Tanjong MaUrn.
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  • 52 9 IPOH. Thurs. The Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce today appointed four delegates to attend the annual meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Kuala Lumpur on June 22. They are Mr. Lav Pak Khuan, Mr. Peh Seng Khoon. Mr. Chan Chee Kheong and Mr. Llew
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  • 189 9 V U ALA TRENGGANU, IV Thurs.— The Trengganu Chief Surveyor, Haji Mohamed Yatim bin Yahya said last night that the 'Jin Islam" in his house had stopped playing tricks. "Since yesterday evening. I have not seen any strange happenings in my house." Hajl Mohamed told the
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  • 461 10  - Movie blamewashing for Quiet American HUGH MABBETT FRIDA V SPOTLIGHT ON THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS By .ONSIDERED strictly as a film, "THE QUIET AMERICAN" is good entertainment. It has action, romance, first-class dialogue and fine characterisation. But as a screen version of Graham Greene's best-selling novel of the same name,
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  • 165 10 Colonel Widmark —private dick DICHAKD \VII> IV MARK has a typical role as a good, serious jjuy with high ideals, in "TIME LIMIT" as an American colonel investigating a fellow officer suspected of collaboration with lv<* enemy in Korea. The officer (Richard Basehart), also a man of ideals, got himself
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  • 50 10 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs.-The major studios have made multi-million dollar bids for the film right of "My Fair Lady," the hit musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" which has run three years on Broadway and opened in London last week. None has been accepted so far.
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  • 326 10  - SCHOOLBOY HOWLER FOR THE MASSES SUSAN BARRIE By THE STORY OF MANKIND," purported to be based on the book by Hendrick van Loon, has such an impressive list of stars in its enormous cast that even De Mille would be envious. See it if you want a good laugh. Some
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1385 11 Animal trappers triggered crazy hunt for exotic gem IN the summer of 1890, four Australian kangaroo hunters were tracking a wounded buck through desolate sandstone country northwest of the Darling River. Bending down to follow the trail, one of them picked up a piece of brilliantly coloured mineral. Then he
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    • 275 11 Varntvn A i <>. ttu Ma a ll»J.»l«r: l »»mry.lflni *O CKXJBT IOIR Kent SuSrtOEP /'?SJ I ONCE K&O I AKM »AKO.y A SUFf OENT wr > Tu I I>T 5 mice Sigiroi, VX) >C\j HAVE READ in R3u. PIAV AT FiRST BUT /i aY HC MAD EXPLANATION BUT HISOiV
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  • 22 12 SINGAPORE, MAY 15. RIBBER: 72| cents per lb. (up a quarter of a cent). TIN: $369.50 per picul (up $150)
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  • 126 12 MELBOURNE. Thurt INVESTMENTS maintained a steady tone on the Stock Exchange here today. The steepest moves were Broken Hill Proprietary down 7d and British Tobacco down 5d Loans 3%' i 1956-59 £98 16s 6d Loans i%% 1955-58 £99 18s Jd Bank of NSW £35", Con. Zinc 59/6 Mount
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  • 89 12 Singapore I'hinrse Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were. Copra: steady quiet; UK Continent May June $31 buyers. $32 sellers. Coeanat oil: steady; bulk $48 sellers, drum WV sellers Pepper: steady, about 20 tons of i business reported done for the white variety; Muntok white $126. Sarawak
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  • 398 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Atsatiation reported: "Industrial! were firm, and tins and rubben were quietly steady. The turnovei was small." Singapore and federation brok< era reported the following businest done yesterday: Fed. Disperuar) $2.18 cd cci; Fraser Neave ordi $2.50 and $2.51 U; Gammon (Rights) 50 cents (overnight),
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  • 705 12 MALAYA OPERATORS SHY OF STERLING RUBBER SHARES By <>v i Market ('or respondent ACTIVITY in sterling robber shares which until recently were finding a ready market in Malaya has now dropped to next to nothing following the announcement that the City of London Fraud Squad is investigating the affairs of
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  • 147 12 June first grade rubber uujrer* f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 724 centi per lb. up a quarter ol a cent on Wednesdays closing price. Claalnc tone: Inactive. Closing prices In cents pei lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. .spot fob. buyers 74. sellers 74%; Int 1
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  • 80 12 Th« Malayan Fxrhanie Banks' Association made the following changes in Its roles to merchant* ye.stetday (all rates to $100): Sfllinf TT. or O.I) ready: Canada 319 16: Swiss Francs 141%; French Franc* ***** Belgian Francs 1613<<: Italian lire ***** On the free eichaDge market In Hong Kong yesterday,
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  • 19 12 Malayan Share Market: May 15 May 14 Industrials: 90.44 89.99 Tins: 86.62 87.16 Jan. 1 1958 100
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  • 37 12 Sungei Way (Setangor) Rubber Company profit for the year 1957 before tax amounts to 164.739 against £62.538. Taxation absorbs £11.820 against £29.8i'5 after deducting provision for taxation no longer required of {If .225 against nil.
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    • 796 12 NOTICES C. H. WILUAMS B.Sc F.AX PJLV.A. VALUER ESTATE AGENT gpeclaltet Valuer of Real i*f» ptrty for all Parpoan to Instructed to dispose of the following properties: BEAUTIFUL NEW Bungalow Residence on high ground In Frankel Estate, fully fitted and lavishly flnUhed, Lounge/ Dining Room with divider and large covered
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    • 462 12 NOTICES NOTICE SIME, DARBY CO., UNITED, SINGAPORE Mr. David Low Hal Chew is no longer in the services of the above > Company with effect from 13th May 1958 and be baa, therefore, no authority henceforth to act, to transact business or to collect monies on behalf of Btme Darby
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    • 480 12 NOTICES THE RED OMNIBUS CO., LTD. BAGAN SERAI NOTICE This is to notify the public that Mr. Ooh Soo Pin has ceased to be a director and an employee of the Red Omnibus Co. Ltd., Bagan Serai and has no authority to act or conduct any business on behalf of
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    • 848 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS art Invited from Federal Citizens and from serving Permanent Oovernment officers Including those on probation for appointment as (a) Broadcasting Assistant Orade m, (b) Broadcasting Assistant Orade IV in the Department of Broadcasting, Federation of Malaya. Candidates are liable for service in any part of the Federation.
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    • 760 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications art Invited from Federal Citizens for any of the following vacant posts in the Department of Agriculture: Chemists, Research Branch Qualification* required: (a) An Honours Degree In Chemktrj of a recognised unlveratty; and (b> (1) Two years approved post-graduate training in Agriculture and Chemistry at a recognised
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    • 429 12 KNUTSEN LINE-om«MT service fmm uwm, us pacific foim w orn MM Sir, M| iiKnni francisc* S M'f I* ''a»tlt kkistin IaKU Saiiei Sailrt W/U Ma> n Mat II Mai M May CUSaIETH B»KIU II Mai 4 Hat 1/ Imn II lad II luH II lull snrrtUD uin 11 int mm
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  • 404 14 Chinese send their money here from R.I. RUPIAHS CHANGED FOR DOLLARS FEARS OF POLITICAL SITUATION LEADS TO CAPITAL MOVEMENT ALARMED by the growing anti-Chinese measures in Indonesia, wealthy Chinese businessmen in Jakarta, Palembang and Medan are converting millions of black market rupiahs into Malayan dollars and transferring the money to
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  • 305 14 'Housing business very good' T*HE prospects for housing estate business in Singapore are good, said the retiring manager of the Singapore United Rubber Plantations Ltd., Mr. A.L.B. Swaine, yesterday. The company through a subsidiary is operating one of the largest real estate businesses in the Colony. Well ahead Mr. Swaine.
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  • 53 14 Malaya's exports of crude coconut oil in March totalled 4,581 tons of which 2.084 tons were from Singapore. Russia bought the largest amount totalling 1,300 tons. Second largest buyer was Formosa, with 300 tons and third was Yugoslavia. 200 tons. Exports of refined coconut oil in March amounted
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  • 225 14 THE Arcon group, the largest manufacturers Of prefabricated buildings in the United Kingdom, have appointed their own representative in Malaya to extend further their overseas service. The representative is Mr. Kenneth U. Thompson, whose headquarters are at BA. Fernhill Road. Singapore. Mr. Thompson will be
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  • 258 14 THE Colonial Development Corporation, with $153 million interests in Malaya and Borneo, is to spend over $11 million in pioneering a new industry in Borneo, oil palm cultivation in which activity it has also invested more than $9 million in Johore. The Borneo
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  • 84 14 SARAWAK exported 13,500 tons of round timber In the first two months of this year. The largest buyer was Hong Kong, which bought 7.706 tons. Sawn timber exported during the period totalled nearly 19.000 tons, of which the United Kingdom purchased 12,600 tons. Sawn ramln
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  • 227 14 Motor firm open third branch in North Borneo OORNEO Motors Ltd., attracted by the promising trade future of Sarawak, have built an office for their new branch in Kuching costing $300,000. The company has built Us one-storey modern build. ng at the junction of Thompson and Padungan Roads. The Kuchints
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    • 310 14 The Problem Move 16,000,000 Yards of Rock, Marine Clay, > BHUII Mm jl J^^^K^^^S&^^^^^^r^ again the answer was ?irestOttt Tyres In excavating the marine channel on Galop Island in the St. Lawrence Seaway, millions of yards of heavy boulder -strewn glacial till are being moved under the toughest haul road
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  • 347 15 Competing nations salute the Games TOKYO, Tburadw. JAPANESE Prime Minister Mr. Nobusukc Kishi <hh\ <ti\*kwMs from competing nations today saluted the Third Asiim Games which will open here on Muy 24 Mr. Kishi said in a speciai statement that he was confident the Games would "contribute to the furtherance of
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  • 206 15 Dr. Aviggor Dagan: •Transferred Into the wider spirit of political relations, the spirit of fair play Is one of the pnnchtii condin -"n oi peace and progretc Th» Asian Games will be a great and important manifestation of this sntrlt-" PAKISTAN AmLaasadot Dr Omar HayaL
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  • 448 15 (MMBKiDoE. Tburs Michael Jasnes. who came into the public eye when he scored a century against the Australians two years ago, again stole the limeiisht when be rheched a Csmbridee University collapse by 'coring 74 against the New Zealand cricketers here yesterday. From 81
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  • 136 15 DIVING— CHAMPION DUE ON JUNE 17 KOKt.KI C'LO fWOR 111 I American chajnpion diver who woa a g«Jd medal at the 1956 Olympics, will visit Singapore and the Federation in June and July under a State Department grant Arrangements are being made fey thr Singapore Amateur Swimming Association *mJ the
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  • 38 15 VICTORIA British Colombia. Thurs.— A proposal to send a Canadian Ice hockey team to tour Japan in 1t59 will be made at the annual meeting of the Canadian Amateur H octal", Association in Toronto next week.
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  • 182 15 EUROPEAN CUP: UNITED GO DOWN TO MILAN \fILAN, TTmr.s.— Milan iTI beat Manchester United 4—o here last I night and will meet Reai Madrid, the hold- ers, in the final of the European Soccer Cup. United won the first leg 2—l in Manchester. Manchester, who were a goal down within
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  • 101 15 LONDON, Thurs Close of play scores In yesterday's U K. county cricket matches were AT UABKIMiUE: York* v. Warwick no play, rain AT OXFORD: Lanes 130 (Washbrook 43. Marner 59 J. Bailey 5-31) Oxford 24-3. AT UOVE: Sus-ex 328-ft I enham 88. Oakman 93. Parks 98 no),
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  • 4 16 NORMAN SIEBEL IN TOKYO
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  • 29 16 KONG LEONG TURNS DOWN SEVERAL OFFERS BY PRO SOCCER CLUBS KONG LEONG (left) shares a desk with Leong Kit Loong. also from Ipoh. at the Syd ney Technical College
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  • 159 16 J I \lC\<. professional football clubs in Australia are eagerly sr ■king the services of Wong Kong I iime the former Perak star inside forward. But they li.ni- little rhanre of signing him up. "I am an amateur and 1 will not forfeit my status
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  • 86 16 DENANG. Thurv David Choong, former holder of the All-Eng-land doubles title, was beaten In straight sets by Lee Kan Hon. 1957 Penang junior champion. In an elimination round for Penang's Malayan badminton championship entrants last night. Kam Hon won 15-7, 15-1. In the other matches.
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  • 141 16 If UALA LUMPUR. Thurs.—Sen- tul Works beat Postals 4-1 in a first division Government Departments and Business Houses soccer league match at Imbl Road 1 today. I Postals were first to score t through inside-right Azaruddln I but Sentul replied thrice after ihls through
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  • 86 16 The nr.^ Dutch oi 48 members of the Singapore contingent to the Asian Games was given a rousing send-off when they left for Tokyo in a chartered C.P.A. plane early yesterday morning. A large crowd of officials, relatives and friends was at the Paya I Lebar
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  • 489 16 fOKYO, Thurs.— Tokyo is taking the Asian Games in its stride. This teeming, fascinating, busy city with a day time population of nearly nine million is used to handling vast tourist trade and the influx of some 1,300 competitors and officials for the Asian Games,
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  • 344 16 S'pore to meet Philippines in Ist j w-polo game Malaya and Formosa to open soccer tourney "TOKYO Thurs. The Philippines and Singapore will clash in the opening match on May 28 in the wa.er-polo tournament of the Third Asian Games here There will be no extra tun should the scores
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  • 568 16  - MILE BID BY SHAMROCK SLIPPER EPSOM JEEP By SHAMROCK SLIPPER, a O formal pll.ght sprint er. has devfi"._ed Into a useful middle-distance horse and at around a mile he can I be a formidable adversary. This seven-year-old Is keeping his form and will make a great bid tn tomorrow's Class
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  • 24 16 ADELAIDE. Thurs Mr. E. J Hayes Star Aim won the Adelaide Cup. run over two miles at Morphettville Race Course here yesterday
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  • 354 16 L> VKI.INMt, a newcomer in the v Manning stable, showed promise when he beat The Friar II by several lengths in a testing 31 Iryout in 37 4/5. He was kept wide out all the way by Ken Barratt. On this workout.
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  • 258 16 0 1 l*^ fJ9^^K^*-l fRAINER Jimmy Martin has returned from a brief visit to Australia, bringing with him two horses by air. Lady Damnos and Lady Maloja. Both were winners In metropolitan areas. Martin visited the Mlnavllle Stud near Sydney, where a batch of
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  • 194 16 GHEE LIN PAUL DROPPED FROM THE TEAM I^IJALA LUMPUR Thurs.— The Federation of Malaya Amateui Athletic Union toda> announced that the two high Jumpers, N. Paul and Tan Ghee Lin, have been dropped from the team to the Asian Games at Tokyo this month. Mr. Cheah Telk Cheang manager of
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  • 42 16 KUALA TRENOGANU. Thurs. —Bella Sports Club beat Malay Teachers Association 3-1 In a Dlv. One Trengganu soccer league match on the padang here today. Salleh Bakar (2) and Harun Puteh scored for Bella. and Jantan Ismail scored for teachers
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  • 30 16 KUALA KANGSAR Thurs. Kuala Kangsar Indians received a walk over from Suara Muda In the first of the District League Dlv. 1 soccer match to be played here yesterday.
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