The Straits Times, 13 July 1958

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  • 13 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES I NO. 1,190. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JULY 13, I>SB. U CENTS.
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  • 197 1 S'pore bill gets 2nd. reading in the Commons LONDON, Sat. fTHE House of Commons yesterday gave a second reading agreement in principle to a Bill to provide for the setting up of a state of Singapore and for its "peace, order and good government." Singapore, at present a crown colony,
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  • 132 1 .UALA LUMPUR. Sat. I'Hfc; registration period for national service has been extended a fortnight to July 26— the original closing day being today. The Chief Registration Officer. Mr. E. M. McDonald, said today that the response to the registration had been "excellent". It is expected that the
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  • 91 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Bat. A PETITION for divorce n against Bir John Huggins. 66. former Governor of Jamaica, on the grounds of misconduct, has been filed by Lady Huggins, 50, for hearing in the Southampton divorce court, it was announced yesterday The case is due for hearing on
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  • 33 1 CAPE CANAVERAL. Sat.— A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile was fired into space early today. Unofficial reports said the aim was to recover the tactical nose cone. —Reuter.
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  • 39 1 THE TAKE-OVER CEREMONY: On Hie bridge of the Pebndok are Tengku Abdul Rahman, Mr. Lim Yew Heck, Dato Abdul Raxak and Mr. E. I. David watching R.M.N. ships go by. Sunday Times picture.
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  • 405 1  - TRANSFER BY SINGAPORE STRENGTHENS HOPE FOR A MERGER, SAYS LIM NELSON RUTHERFURD By I gINGAPORE handed over the Royal Malayan Navy to the Federation yesterday making it the world's newest and youngest navy. At the end of the ceremony, the ensign of the new navy fluttered from *km yardarm for
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  • 181 1 Margaretha's suiter calls off visit n Wll VIM ft r^p o^^ "»"*"*>. Sat. {JR. Eric Paalsson, nead of .i,4 lh< J Bor «holm hospital said today that Princess Margaretha of Sweden wat suffering from a painful kidney s'one attack and must have complete rest for some That was why Mr.
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  • 72 1 Death of rubber industry pioneer LONDON. Sat filß EBIC MILLER, life president of Harrisons and Crosfleld, Ltd.. since 1924. died here, ared 76. Sir Brie, chairman of the company until last November, had served the firm for nearly fit yean. He played a great part In the development of the
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  • 50 1 JAKARTA, Sat. Antara news agency said the Chiefs of Staff of Indonesia's three armed services had been promoted The army's Major-General Abdul Haris Nasution is now Lieutenant General, the Navy's Rear-Admiral Subyakto Is now vice-admiral, and the Air Force's Air-Commo-dore Suryadarma is now Air Marshal.— Reuter
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  • 44 1 JAKARTA, Sat. The Indonesian Government firmly denied that the Philippine [Consulate in Menado was burnt down. Mr. Ganis Harsono. the Government spokesman, lna prepared statement said: "W' do not understand sta'<--ments made by the PbMppine leaders, including that of President Garcia." Reuter.
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  • 336 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. THHE Minister of Educa A tion, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, declared here tonight he would not tolerate any "narrow and selfish pressures" that tried to influence the educational policy for personal reasons. He added: "It will be suicidal
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  • 225 1 Five killed in bus ambush: Tension mounts in Cyprus 'TENSION rose in Cyprus to a bus and killed five 22 the number of people d this week. The bus was stopped and Off tit with machlnegu-.i fire near Kondea. a Greek Tillage east of Nicosia. Three of the Turkish passengers
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  • 59 1 ROME, Sat. -People walked to work all over Italy today as a nation-wide 24-hour strike of bus and tram company employees brought city and suburban transport to a halt. The strike. Involving more than 100,000 drivers, conductors and other employees. was called because of
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  • 29 1 I HW YORK. Sat The current economic recession has caused a drop In the number of marriages in the United States, an insurance company here reported. Reuter.
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  • 26 1 VANCOUVER, Sat.—Princess Margaret arrived at Sea Island airport here at 9.15 a.m. (1615 (i.M.TI today to start her month long tour of Canada.— Renter.
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  • 54 1 JAKARTA. Sat. (GOVERNMENT troops were now only a few miles from Tondano, one of the last rebel strongholds left ln the North Celebes. Antara news agency reported. Tanggari. very near to Tondano. had fallen, the agency said. The advancing Government men were supported
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  • 136 1 Bodies of missing boys found in pond SUNCEI PATANI, Sat. A police parry searching for three missing Siamese boys found their bodies in a 30 foct-deep pond in Tassek new village near Kroh (Upper Perak), last night. The dead boys Vlthlam. 11, son of Din Chen: Oprum. 0, and Famlt,
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  • 34 1 STOP PRESS NUCLEAR TEST BY U.S. WASHINGTON; Sat A U.S. nuclear test explosion, 13th. in the current series, was made at Bikini atoll in the Pacific last night, an official statement said today. Renter.
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