The Straits Times, 25 June 1957

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1957 15 CENTS He*****
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    'GO-SLOW' TO END SOON
    456 1 'GO -SLOW' TO END SOON I7-PAY CAMPAIGN LIKELY TO BE CALLED OFF THIS WEEK MTVC gets results from talks with Railway chiefs and the NUR Point in dispute is now cleared L'l \LA LIMPIR, 11 Mon. The raildaymen's 1 7-day work-to-rule campaign b likely to be called off this week.
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    'SHE CAN WED THOUGH SHE IS FOUR YEARSOLDER'
    107 1 'SHE CAN WED THOUGH SHE IS FOUR YEARS OLDER' LONDON. Mon. One of Britain's leading newspapers suggested today that there was no reason why Princess Margaret should not marry her latest escort. Lord Patrick Beresford. even though he is four years younger. Anne Edwards, columnist for Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express.
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    Princess and peer ride at Ascot
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    Lock icon South Korea put on 'war alert'
    97 1 RED JETS FLY OVER TRUCE ZONE SEOUL, Monday. THE South Korean Government tonight declared a "war alert" after reporting that Communist jets had -broken the armistice agreement. A "war alert" is one step before martial law. The Defence Ministry said that 19 Russian MiG
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    Lock icon DISARM: AT LAST, THE REDS SEEM WILLING
    110 1 DISARM: AT LAST, THE REDS SEEM WILLING WASHINGTON. Mon. The Under Secretary of State. Mr. Christian Herter. said yesterday that the Soviet Union now appeared willing to agree to a disarmament inspection system which might be satisfactory to the United States. If this was so. Mr. Hert*r said: "I think
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    Lock icon Palace reception
    30 1 LONDON. Mon.— The Queen and Prince Philip today held an informal reception at Buckingham Palace for all players and officials of the touring Weat Indies cricket team— U.P.
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    Lock icon New governor
    17 1 LONDON Mon. The Earl of Llstowel' to to be the new governor-general of Ghana Reuter.
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    Killed by beam
    59 1 A labourer. Kane Hood Thong, 26, was crashed to death by a falling wooden beam while working in a 20-foot deep trench at East Coast Road, near the Siglmp Market in Singapore yesterday. Two other work lien who were helping Kang to 'ay the 15-foot beaut at
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    Lock icon Quake recorded
    16 1 SYDNEY, Mon. A big earthquake near north-west N»w Guinea was recorded here yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FREE ONCE MORE-THE RECORD JAILBREAKER
    117 1 FREE ONCE MORE-THE RECORD JAILBREAKER LONDON, Mon. Alfred Hinds, Britain's record jailbreaker. escaped again today while waiting in the central London law courts. He had Just arrived from prison with a police escort to take part in an action against the prison commissioners when he made an excuse to leave
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    Lock icon Arms build-up in M-East
    90 1 LONDON. Mon. Mystery Soviet naval moves in the Mediterranean have spotlighted Russia's latest military build-up in the Middle East. Diplomatic sources report that the Russian military build-up in Syria has approacned "sizeable proportions" with arms stores three times the require- ments of the Syrian army. Arms
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    BIG BUSINESS, UNIONS, IN NEW 44-MAN SENATE
    330 1 KUALA LUMPUR. MonCommercial. planting and mining Interests as well as the trade unions will be adequately represented In the Upper House or Senate under the constitution for Independent Malaya, sources close to the Government told the Straits Times today. The Senate will it
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    WORK ON SHB WHARVES IS 'NORMAL'
    336 1 WORK ON SHB WHARVES IS 'NORMAL' Meeting today on Jamit's pass SINGAPORE Harbour Board officials said yesterday that work on the wharves was going on normally despite the S.H.B. Workers' Union's call to its men to boycott cargoes diverted from Port Swettenham. A spokesman for the board said: "There is
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    Lock icon 20 nations meet for rubber talks
    126 1 20 nations meet for rubber talks JAKARTA, Mon.— The in- ternational Rubber Con ference with delegate* from 20 nations was tor mally opened today in *ogjakarta by the Prime Mini;ter. Mr Djuanda. He said he hoped that CAy conference would lead to sta bilisatlon of rubber price* wh'-h was "highly
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    Lock icon 'FREEDOM' SHOUTS
    58 1 LONDON. Mon. Nigerian students demanding independence for their country today demonstrated outside Lancaster House, scene of the Nigeria constitutional conference. Police were called to clear the entrance to the building as the three regional premiers and the delegations arrived for this morning's session to shouts from the students
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    STOP PRESS
    38 1 JETS FOR KOREA SEOUL. Mon.— Flight of FIOO supersonic jets expected (his week v first stage of arms modernisation announced by Allies on Friday. U.S. Army said today big new helicopters were brought in two months
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    Lock icon Reds the No. 2 party in Jakarta
    166 1 Reds the No. 2 party in Jakarta JAKARTA. Mon.— The Communists moved to second place in the Greater Jakarta council elections today, accord- ago. (See this page) ing to 65 per cent of the polling booths. They made solid galns over their showing in the national parliamentary elec tions two
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    CYMA meeting
    24 2 The annual meeting of the Catholic Young Men's Association will be held at Bras Basah Road, Singapore, at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Hotels urge: Ease laws to boost tourism
    210 2 LIFT RESTRICTIONS AND WE'LL KEEP* VISITORS ENTERTAINED, THEY SAY THE Singapore Hotels' Association is to appeal to the Government to relax entertainment restrictions to promote tourism. It says hoteliers would open more hotels and nightspots if restrictions were not so rigid. An emergency
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    ARCHITECTS' INTEREST IN RUBBER GROWS
    130 2 ARCHITECTS' INTEREST IN RUBBER GROWS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Architects are taking an increasing interest in the possibilities of using rubber for building purposes, says the Natural Rubber Development Board in its report for the first quarter of the year. It adds that an article, "casting concrete on textured sheet rubber,"
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    WANTED: DRUMS TO USHER IN M-DAY
    77 2 WANTED: DRUMS TO USHER IN M-DAY BLTTERWORTH, Mon.— The Penang state UMNO last night adopted a motion urging L'MNO Malaya to ask mosques throughout the Federation to beat drums .simultaneously one minute after midnight on Merdeka Day. "But let there be no misunderstanding as to why these drums will be
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    Annual dinner
    24 2 The annual dinner and dance of St. Anthony's Old Boy's Association will be held at the Capitol Mandarin Room, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    Consecration
    29 2 The Governor of Singapore Sir Robert Black, will be at the consecration by the Bishop of Singapore of the new St. Peter's Church. Serangoon Garden Estate, on Saturday.
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    American political writer on way here
    85 2 American political writer on way here DR. (MRS.) V E R A MICHELES DEAN, an American writer and lecturer on world politics, who is expected to arrive in Singapore from Hong Kong by CPA on Thursday night Widely travelled, she has been the research director of the Foreign Policy Asso
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    Food offence
    35 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Pong Patt who took away 37 pieces of dried bean curd from a restricted area in Ulu Tiram without a permit was fined $50 or two weeks' jail here today.
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    Fowls in boat
    29 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. For carrying as cargo 150 fowls in a boat registered for fishing, Ang Yak Chao was fined $60 in the magistrate court today.
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    Rotary speaker
    25 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. C.R. Honey will speak on "Architecture Here and Now" at the Johore Bahru Rotary Club tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.
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    Sultan's fallow deer arrive
    45 2 The seven English fallow deer which the Sultan of Johore plans to release in the Federation highlands for breeding, arrived in Singapore yesterday. The deer, shipped by the London Zoo, may be set free in the Cameron Highlands or Fraser's Hill.
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    All-the-talents girls —join Katherine
    95 2 All-the-talents girls join Katherine rESE two dancers who flew into Singapore from "Manila by PAA yesterday to join the Katherine Dunham company now assembling here describe their dances as being in three classes hot, moderate and cold. Helen Heyes (left), 22, who was with a Trinidad troupe until she teamed
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    Crash drama
    167 2 MOTORISTS STRUGGLE TO FREE MAN PINNED TO HIS SEAT: HE DIES IN AMBULANCE \fOTORISTS stopped and struggled for sometime to free a man pinned to his seat by the steering wheel after his lorry crashed in Havelock Road, Singapore, yesterday. They eventually succeeded and the man, Lee Kirn
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    Male 'sisters' must have a name
    63 2 rE Singapore Ministry of Health does not know what to call men staff nurses who will be promoted to the rank of sister. "They might be called charge nurses," said Miss B. M. Griffin, principal matron. "But the matter is still unJer consideration." Men
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    W.D. MEN: GOVT. COMMITTEE PROMISED
    221 2 rpHE Singapore Government X will set up a tripartite consultative committee to look into the future of 40,000 civilian workers in the armed services, after the Chic' Minister. Mr. Llm Yew Hock returns* from Geneva. This was stated yesterday by Mr. S. Jaganathan. president of
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    Party at club
    41 2 A reception will be given by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce to welcome the new Commissioner for the Government of India in Malaya. Mr. V. M. M. Nair, and his wife, at the Royal island Club tonight
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    HOUSEWIFE TURNED, SAW FRIEND FLY PAST ON CAR BONNET
    211 2 HOUSEWIFE TURNED, SAW FRIEND FLY PAST ON CAR BONNET A HOUSEWIFE, Chen A Foong. turned around when she got no reply to remarks she addressed to a neighbour with whom she was walking home from market. She saw her neighbour, Wong Kee, "flying past on the bonnet of a car."
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    New officials for Filipinos
    55 2 The Filipino Association <tf Singapore has elected the following offlcals: President. Mr A. F. Arriola-vice-president, Mr. F.J Benig' secretary, Mr. B.J. Tupaz' assistant secretary Mr. Jc Arriola; treasurer. Miss P Gonzales. Committee: Mr F.C. de los Reyes. Mr P. Gonzales. Mr. F.A Vallaneuva Mrs G.E. Bacon,
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    Bahrain gift
    22 2 The Ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa, has given $8,500 to the Muslim College of Malaya at Klang.
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    Lock icon 'PEOPLE'S POWER ENDED BY H-BOMB'
    212 3 'PEOPLE'S POWER ENDED BY H-BOMB' „K ANEIRIN BEVAN, the lib El???'**! 0 1 M affairs spokesman slid I vSuJS rty fu forelfn H .h,.mb had put an end to dSSS?/ In BritlJn and America in so far as the imui£ Britai r were concerned. UCS of *><*<* and raiiy in
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    Lock icon Hundreds cheer as Premiers prance
    73 3 Hundreds cheer as Premiers prance STOCKHOLM, Mon. While 1000 people cheered. Mr Nehru, the visiting Indian Prime Minister, leapt fail; into a maypole dance ifstfrday. The sight of his slim ficure tripping among the dancers induced the Prime Minister of Sweden, Mr. Taee Frlander. to follow suit N«'t to he
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    Lock icon Chiang: Now is time for freedom crusade
    164 3 Chiang: Now is time for freedom crusade YEW YORK, Mon.— President Cblang Kai-shek ,in his book "Soviet Russia in China" published today, says he wants the democracies to support Nationalist China, South Korea and South Vietnam in a war of liberation. "There will be no need for Western nations to
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    Lock icon Quemoy shelled
    30 3 TAIPEH, Mon. Chinese Communist guns today hurled a barrage of 9.000 shells at the Nationalist-held Quemoy Island group off the mainland coast, the Nationalist Defence Ministry announced. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'H-tests did no harm—we have proof'
    134 3 'H-tests did no harm— we have proof' WELLINGTON. Mon.— Air W'C. Oulton. comof the task force, lay that the recent I hydrogen bomb exin the Pacific had caused no ill efforts to any human* or any form of air marshal, whose -re was involved in I the tests at Christmas
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    Lock icon Crosby says many pop songs are trash, blames music monopoly
    356 3 IVASHIN GTON, Mon. Sinyer Binf Crosby has complained to the Senate that much music now popular in the United States is "trash." In a letter to Senator Warren Magnnsoa, chairman of the Senate commerce committee, he wrote: "It falls me
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      Lock icon MORTARS KILL FOUR MEN IN WAR GAMES
      72 3 MORTARS KILL FOUR MEN IN WAR GAMES XTEW YORK, Mon.— Al Four soldiers were killed when several mortar shells fell on a patrol during manoeuvres at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, the U.S. army announced today. The shells screamed into the soldiers as they advanced to capture a hill. One of
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      28 3 MOSCOW: Moscow Radio reported that the well-pre-served body of a woman who lived about 1,700 years ago had been discovered in a burial mound in Soviet Kirghizia. Reuter.
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      23 3 PORT AU PRINCE. (Haiti): A violent rainstorm flooded Port Au Prince and drove thousands of Haitians from their homes in the low-lying slums.—AP
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      19 3 ROME: A West German Army captain has been suspended for allegedly displaying an anti-semitic attitude toward a recruit.— A.P.
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      17 3 MADRID: Four Spanish soldier* died from eating spoilt shellfish and 150 other soldiers were affected. 16 seriously.—A.P
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    TV exchange
    24 3 WASHINGTON. Mon.— The United States tonight proposed to Russia "a regular exchange of uncensored radio and television broadcasts" between the two countries.
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    Lock icon $300 mil. hope
    39 3 NEW YORK. Mon. Mr Nobusuke Kishi. the Japanese Prime Minister, told the Press here today that ho hoped Japan's U5560,000,000 (MslBo million) worth of exports to Communist China last year could be increased to USsloo.ooo.ooo— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pro-West men win 8 Lebanon seats
    125 3 Pro -West men win 8 Lebanon seats IJEIRUT, Mon.— Pro-Western candidates won eight of 10 seats in the third round yesterday of Lebanon's general election. The other two members elected to the assembly for the Bekka region are members of the neutral National Union Front. Election results announced today showed
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    LONDON STOCKS
    289 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £50" t —>4 Funding 4% £87'/j >4 War 3Vi% £68\ —Vi BANKS Mercantile (£5) £5H Eastern (£5) £B, '<, Chartered (£1) 36/74 Hongkong ($125) £97 INSURANCE Com. Un (uts.) 78/3 Royal 83/6 /7H
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    U.S. FIRM CLAIMS IT HAS THE ANSWER TO 'ASIAN' INFLUENZA
    177 3 U.S. FIRM CLAIMS IT HAS THE ANSWER TO 'ASIAN' INFLUENZA PHILADELPHIA. Monday. T»HE Merck, Sharp and Dohme Pharmaceutical Co. x announced yesterday that it had produced a vaccine believed capable of conferring immunity against "Asian" influenza The company said it was I preparing to mass-produce the vaccine if conditions warranted
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    Britons go to hard labour jail
    100 3 Britons go to hard labour jail CAIRO, Mon.— James Swin burn and James Zarb. Britons sentenced to Jail as spies by Egypt, have been transferred to the Turth jail, where hard labour terms are served. Plans for the release of two acquitted British citizens. John Thornton Stanley and Charles Pi
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    Mr. M IS UNDER FIRE FROM KUAN YEW
    383 4 Mr. M IS UNDER FIRE FROM KUAN YEW OWE People's Action A Party secretary in Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday accused the former Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, of not knowing "the meaning of the word shame." Mr. Lee was commenting on Mr. Marshall's criticism on Sunday of the
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    3 HELD IN MURDER CASE
    68 4 3 HELD IN MURDER CASE rrtHREE men were remand--1 edln police custody by a Singapore Court yesterday after a murder charge had been explained to them. S. Mohamed AUapUebay, Hassan bin Mohamed and Hajl Mohideen Shalk Dawood are charged with the murder of Abdul Rahim at 5.45 a.m. on June
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    £5 for 4 cents?
    146 4 KELANTAN'S 1943 STAMPS MAY BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY NOW FIVE British-designed Kelantan stamps which were provisionally issued by the Japanese Occupation Forces for use in 1943 may be worth a lot of money to people who possess them. A Singapore stamp collector who owns
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    Be Proud of Your English
    147 4 Why Language Power is Vital POST COUPON NOW Interesting Booklet Free Your success professional, business or social— depends upon your English. Does your English do you justice? Do you realise that your employer, your friends and your acquaintances Judge you by the way you speak
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    Indonesian students run own 'security' on trip to China
    300 4 ZOO CORDON OFF SECTION OF EJNBB INDONESIAN Chinese students bound for China in the liner Tjiwangi threw their own security cordon round a section of the ship* when she dropped anchor in Singapore Roads on Sunday, screening all visitors to the
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    Signal Corps week dance
    53 4 The Royal Signals Corp* ln Singapore will hold an informal dance tonight ln connection with their corps week which began last Saturday. On Thursday they will hold a combined dinner with the Royal Engineers and on Saturday a warrant officers and sergeants dance will be held
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    FATHER'S 500-MILE DASH TO GRAB SON
    196 4 FATHER'S 500-MILE DASH TO GRAB SON rnHS situation looked desl perate for a Penang father who wanted to stop his runaway son from going to China. The youth was already on board the Hot Wong ln Singapore when Mr. Cheah Thlam Sit, 42, a businessman, decided there was still time
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    TREATED LIKE 'BAD EGGS'—TEACHERS
    150 4 TREATED LIKE 'BAD EGGS'— TEACHERS rpHE Singapore Tamil Teachers' Union yesterday x accused the Education Ministry of treating "underpaid and over worked" Tamil teachers as though they were "bad eggs." In a letter to the Education Minister, Mr. Chew Bwee Kee, the union appealed for a solution to its long
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    No ticket: Fined $5
    52 4 IPOH. Mon. A free train ride from Kuala Kangsar to Ipoh cost Musa, son of Abdullah, 32, of Teluk Anson, a $5 fine ln the magistrate's court here today. Musa pleaded guilty to defrauding the railway administration by travelling on the south-bound night mail yesterday without
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    Retires after 28 years
    44 4 TATPINO. Mon.— Health nurse Miss Loke Soo Foong. of the maternal and child health centre. Taiping, is on leave before retirement after 28 years' service. She was entertained to a farewell party by her collegues and presented with a memento.
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    Primary schools control
    40 4 PENANO, Mon. A settlement education board has been formed to look after all primary schools in Penang and Province Wellesley. The composition of the board is expected to be an. nounced by the settlement eovernment next week
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    Recruit drive
    20 4 A recruiting team from R.A.F. (Malaya) will be touring the Federation and Singapore from Thursday to July 18.
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      128 4 RADIO MAJLAYA ramm Summary: 6.02 Happy Xnoiversary; 0.56 Regional An- nouncemtnU: 0.56 Sli^apoce Slngapan 470 metrw aa< Share Market Report; 7.00 News: 141 metre.. 7.10 New. Talk; Tl5 Sports Reel: Kuala Lumpur 341 metres- 7.30 The Malayanalres; 8.00 Penaof 3« metrea. Brand New! Made For You!; 8.30 MaUeca 297 metres.
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    KIWIS KEEN TO SEE MALAYA
    293 5 KIWIS KEEN TO SEE MALA YA tycy rush to join army force coming here next year: 100 enlist in first two hours From DAVID FINDLAY WELLINGTON, Monday. T HK 120 Kiwi paratroopers at Kuala Lumpur 1 h avo written home such glowing descrinJ!!™ •I Malaya and Malayans that therV C
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    Three years for former RAF man
    84 5 A FORMER R.a.f. con two a S io b a h W Vr° had Spent war^te d nc^ a d^^ r S S in Sapo a re SSfiE i° three years m prispnment on five charges of .^-breaking and thfft hr^ a^ g bln
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    Bandmaster dies
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Capt. W. H. Moore, 51, director of music of the Staff Band, Brigade of Gurkhas, died yesterday in the British Military Hospital, Kamunting, near Taiping He had been ill with bror no-pneumonia. Capt. Moore directed the display of massed bands on the Kuala Lumpur padang
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    Certificates of Merit for 56
    44 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Miss Gunn Chit Wan. a local municipal councillor, was among 56 members of the Selangor British Red Cross Society who today received Certificates of Merit from the acting Mentrl Besar. Inche Abdul Jamil bin Mohamed Rate.
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    UMNO founder resigns
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A lounder member of UMNO Inche Ramli bin Haji Tahir who attended the second Malay Congress in May as the editor of the Department of informations Malay newsP t er T^rJ; esigned from the state UMNO committee and UMNO. Kuala Lumpur. He did not
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    ONE MAN AND HIS GUITAR TO SING IN SINGAPORE
    92 5 ONE MAN AND HIS GUITAR TO SING IN SINGAPORE AMERICAN SINGER William Clauson will make his Singapore debut at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise on July 11 and 12. His programme of folk songs from Sweden. Nor. way Spain and Germany are sung in original languages—but their meanings are put
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    NAAFI MEN MAY NOT JOIN NEW GIANT
    225 5 They're satisfied with present union VINE hundred NAAFI 1 workers in Singapore may not join a giant union of services employees to be organised by the 17,000-strong Army Civil Service Union. They think that the Commercial and Industrial Workers' Union, to which they
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    Police bid to identify skull: Foul play?
    126 5 SINGAPORE police are checking on the list of missing persons in the Colony in an effort to solve the mystery of the skull and leg bones of a human skeleton found on Sunday. The bones were hidden behind thick bushes on top of
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    Cairnhill candidates go to voters' doorstep
    260 5  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN ELECTORATE FtQHTS SOY OF RALLIES, 50... By JHE VOTERS of Cairnhill have been reluctant to leave their homes to attend by-election rallies so candidates are taking their campaigns to the voters' doorstep. I As polling day (Saturday) draws near, more and more
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    'Long-lost friend' was Ms bride-to-be
    135 5 'Long -lost friend' was Ms bride-to-be MR. ALLAN HENDRY. 25, a helicopter engineer serving with the Seria OU Fields, in British North Borneo, yesterday flew into Singapore on 10 days' leave, and posted himself at the entrance into the customs passage way at the airport. For 30 minutes he waited
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    Radio union to join TUC?
    33 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Broadcasting Staff Union is to consider affiliating with the Malayan Trade Union Council. This was decided at the union's general meeting here yesterday.
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      288 5 SINGAPORE POLICE BAND: Peng-Seng Wu 9 am to 5.30 Public concert. King George V p.m. Pa «HFi| 3o "tSfa^MTTB." I'!^.1 ASSOCIATION: Anfilm snow LiOOK ai xour wonu k _,..i, ~,«^i-«i i?_i No 4. Passage to JTlbllofs SheU g? eh T^^ <*»**> <**' House. Collyer Quay, 1.16. p.m. iege Roaa "15
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    DEATHS
    106 6 20 Word* i minimum). CABLE RECEIVED Today Chelvarajah Poore, Pensioner Irrigation Department, Ceylon, passed away at Colombo, Brother of S- T. Poore, Klang Road. K.L. DE SOUZA MYRTLE (Merle) beloved wife of Bertie de Souza passed away peacefully 24-6-57 Cortege Leaves 39 Tessensohn Road 4.30 p.m. To-day for Church
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    152 6 in Words till imimmum) I- B. SEN. thanks all Friends for their Kind Expressions of Condolence, Wreaths, Attendance and Assistance at the Funeral of his Wife on 19.6.57. MR. AND MRS CHOONO THEAN TEIK thank all friends and relatives who sent wreaths, gift.s and attended the funeral of Chow
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    93 6 Word, $10 (minimum} SAVE $70 a year by joining the World Book Club. Write today to World Books Malayan Agency. P.O. Box 1742. Singapore for full details. LISTEN to your favourite Standard Long Playing Records in Airconditloned comfort at Robinson's Record Rendezvous. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur AIR-WICK AIRWICK MIST
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. June, 25, 1957. Election In Indonesia
    577 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Tues. June, 25, 1957. Election In Indonesia One day's polling in j Jakarta is hardly a complete picture of political trends in Indonesia, but it is a significant detail. The Nationalists, the backbone of i Dr. Soekarno's "conception state", are running third to the Masjumi and
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    Rule By Rumour
    311 6 The Federation's Chief Minister and other political leaders are disturbed by rumours, some of them incredibly silly and others stupidly dangerous. Rumour mongering is not an limiffmO feature of Malayan life, but the approach of merdeka appears to have been an unfortunate stimulus. One rumour has it
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    Jamit Singh's Pass
    221 6 Mr. Jamit Singh's "inflamed workers" yesterday were taking the loss of their secretary's permanent pass to the Harbour Board area very philosophically. They were undisturbed by the confiscation, unimpressed by Mr. Jamit Singh's one night hunger strike and unwilling to do themselves a bad turn by refusing
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    Many Asian cities are merely villages come to town
    2053 6 Many Asian cities are merely villages come to town TkURINO the nine- teenth century, the increase in large city population was more rapid in Europe and in North America than in Asia. During the first half of this century, however, the increase in large city population was more rapid in
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      171 6 T READ about the re--1 solution by UMNO, Klang, adopting a vote of no-confidence in the Sultan of Johore, as the first Paramount Ruler of independent Malaya with (great concern. It would be better for any political party not to touch the good name of any
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    AN AIRMAN'S DATE WITH DEATH
    449 7 jglilggggjg killed him M|d_c<rfleague^aB the fr|^whwedutyhetook over went to cinema I The Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, who I was told this yesterday, recorded a verdict of misadventure at the Inquest Into the deaths of the two men. "If Ledson. the Land Rover driver,
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    WONG'S WOES
    159 7 He must find new home for 22 dogs or his Mends may have to look after them DOG trainer Wong Ch: Lok who was given 28 days by the Singapore H:eh Court last week to remove his 22 dogs from is kennels in Dunearn s a very worried
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    Malaya forces for biggest parade
    76 7 Malaya forces for biggest parade K *L AL LUMPUR Mon. -"The Federation Armed Sept. 1 in the biggest f"» d e in the history^ the Federation as part of the merdeka celebrations. ♦v The P«»*e displaying the might and strength of the Malayan forces will march past the Paramount Ruler
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    Padi contest
    35 7 KOTA BHARU. Mon The State Secretary. Dato Syed Abdul Rahman, today opened the Kelantan annual padi competition here. The best samples will be sent to the M.A.H.A. exhibition in Kuala Lumpur next month.
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    $3,753 income tax offer
    42 7 In the Singapore High Court yesterday Leo Klan Sing, a businessman, who owed the Comptroller of Income Tax $3,753. being the balance of a Judgment debt, offered to pay by monthly instalments of $150. His offer was accepted.
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    NO UMNO BID TO BAN ALIEN UNIONISTS
    119 7 NO UMNO BID TO BAN ALIEN UNIONISTS ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The secretary of UMNO Selangor, Inche Hamzah Allang, said today, that the Klang branch of the party did not intend asking the Government to bar non-Federal citizens from joining trade unions only from being officials. Inche Hamzah Allang said the
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    Miss Hwang
    33 7 Dr. C. W. Chen's navigator in the Singapore Motor Club's rally on Sunday was Miss Hwang Su Pin. not Mr. Hwang Su Pin. They lost 865 points and were placed third.
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    Back home
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Malaya's High Commissionerdesignate to Australia. Mr. Ounn Lay Telk, returned to Kuala Lumpur t h< morning after attending two Important Rotary functions in America and Switzerland
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    This could be the mouth to win that $75,000!
    69 7 THAT $75,000 JACKPOT is waiting to be won in The Malayan Monthly's Contest 'K\ There's also the usual $5,000 in consolation prizes. This big money contest closes at 5 p.m. on Monday SIX days from today. Make your bid for the
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    MAYOR'S WIFE FINDS IT FUN TO BE ON MOVE
    82 7 MAYOR'S WIFE FINDS IT FUN TO BE ON MOVE THIS INDONESIAN housewife has visited almost every capital city in America, Western Europe and Asia She is the wife of Dr. R. Soediro, the mayor of Jakarta. Yesterday Mrs. Soediro and her husband passed through Singapore by KLM on their way
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    MILLIONAIRE TO DEFENCE
    192 7 Lark Sye flays anti-capitalists rrHE Singapore multi-millionaire rubber magnate, A Mr. Tan Lark Sye, criticised the "Down with the capitalists" ministers and politicians in the Colony on his return from a short tour of Europe and AmeAt a dinner to welcome him at the Tanjong Rhu millionaires'
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    Safety week: 2nd death
    57 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A fatal accident today brought the road death; toll to two since Road Safety Week began in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The victim today was Yong Chal, 67, who was a passenger In a taxi which collided with a lorry In the Lake
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    Leads Vietnam mission
    49 7 Tran-Chanh-Thanh, Vietnamese Secretary of State for Information, flew into Singapore by PAA yesterday as the leader of an eightmember goodwill mission to the Federation. They are making the trip at the invitation of the Federation Government, and will be In Kuala Lumpur for about four days.
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    EX-CRICKETER SUES FOR DIVORCE
    142 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A FORMER Johore state cricketer, L. P. S. Raja- sooria, today sued his wife, Queenie Lucia Keil. in the High Court for divorce on the ground of desertion. Rajasooria said he married Queenie Lucia Kell, a Eurasian, according to Christian rites In Kuala
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    Rotary dinner
    22 7 The new president of the Singapore Rotary Club will be Installed at a dinner at the Cathay Restaurant on Thursday.
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    Woman terrorist is killed by her own grenade
    296 7 BULLET HIT IT AS SHE TRIED TO THROW IPOH, Monday. WOMAN terrorist was killed last night when a soldier's bullet liit a grenade she was about to throw, exploding it in her face. In the same action a combined patrol from the
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    END-STRIKE HOPES RISE AS BUSMEN DISCUSS OFFER BY MANAGEMENTS
    127 7 END -STRIKE HOPES RISE AS BUSMEN DISCUSS OFFER BY MANAGEMENTS lIOPES of an early n settlement in the Singapore bus strike brightened yesterday. This follows a meeting yesterday between the two mediators of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union and the managements of the Hock Lee and Tay Koh Vat Bus
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    Recognition for Aussie degrees
    41 7 Malayans holding Australian civil engineering degrees recognised by the Institute of Engineers in Australia may soon be allowed to practice in Singapore. Recognition of these degrees is being proposed under the Architects 'Amendment) Bill published last night.
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    Car stolen
    20 7 IPOH. Mon.— A car parked near the junction of Clare Street and Cockman Street, was stolen last night.
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    Special branch change
    43 7 KLANG. Mon.— Mr. A Love, from police headquarters, Kuala Lumpur has taken over duties as circle special branch officer. Klang. He succeeds Mr. K L. Harvey, who left by the SelandlA yesterday for England on retirement under the Malayanisatlon scheme.
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      ACCENT ON MERDEKA
      919 8 KELANTAN GOING from Penang to Kota Bahru less than a couple of hours' hop by Malayan Airways confirms my opinion that Malaya is a country of infinite variety. And this is the "real" Malaya, as overseas people visualise it, the centre of the wonderful Kelantan fabrics and
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      231 8 y^ "I know that Kotex quality is world-famous and it costs me no more! Kotex is made to hold its 7 shape, stay downy soft and assures me of comfort, confidence and security." //< unsurpassed quality is thn *^LW^E3ff'^ reason why more women the Pnkjß^^ world ox rr put their
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      166 8 rsM»n'i Vlvlla' Golf Hose and Gamt*o« BHHBVsTv ;;l ;||Bmi^Biß«Bi Boys' end Girls' School Stockings 'Viyella' Children's and Baby's Socks If IT SHRINKS Eh Ml *S REPLACE Q)t4sM\i»mls»med*hth*mmk*n*f'Viy,Ua'a*d ka» th, Mw <^g 'nii\ £t AGAINST fIN 1 Spray your home, m SAVLON is Non-poi»onoui. Power- Ktf^fcL ful Jnd Clcjnsini; containing BBbm»^WH>'»
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      271 8 Straits Times Crossword i 2 3 X 5 S 7 JH| T?~ is HI "iT" '9 20 Hl?' 22 lIM I I "35" H| "53" 2s i i ll «v A 9S OBS Temporary result or cooking 1. Cheating, like one's alter ego by direct current? (5, 2, 3, 3).
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    Second wife won 'divorce,' court told:
    349 9 COLONY DETECTIVE ACCVSRn OF MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION Man faces bigamy charge A WOMAN lived with a Singapore detective as his wife for six years without knowing that he was still married to another woman. This was stated at a Colony preliminary inquiry yesterday
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    A GIRL FROM THE SALONS OF PARIS
    204 9  -  DAPHNE MORAN 5: P EN( H model FaBorderie to Singapore k the glamour brilliance of s ian dress salons. .said, was to relationships the eastern and rMi of fashion i rt-ady visited the States, West Ininada, Hawaii, JaKong and the !CS. Eastern chic
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    Two rallies
    29 9 Liberal Socialist Party lection candidate for Tanng Pagar, Mr. Chong Wee hold rallies at Maxi at 7 p.m. today. a at Smith Street at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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    FABIENNE'S WORLD IS A BRILLIANT ONE, FULL OF THE GLAMOUR OF FASHION
    24 9 FABIENNE'S WORLD IS A BRILLIANT ONE, FULL OF THE GLAMOUR OF FASHION LOVELY FABIENNE models a cocktail dress designed for her. Straits Times picture.
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    Mercy dash by warship to tanker
    78 9 "T^HE destroyer HMAS Tobruk will return to Singapore today after a 500-mile mercy dash to the Shell tanker Naticina to pick up the chief engineer who was suffering from acute appendicitis. The Tobruk reached the tanker about 160 miles northeast of Kuching. Borneo, on
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    IS IT FOR BETTER OR...?
    90 9 IS married life preferable to single life? This proposition will be aebated in Singapore by eight girls from the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and Katong Convent at the Oei Tiong Ham hall, St. Joseph's Institution, on Sunday. Pupils of the Convent of the
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    6 broke curfew
    59 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Four women, Loh Sin Loy, Lol Kor Koy. Ng Chwee Chuan. and Chan Poh Tip, and two men, Ng Fong Sin and Hong Bwee Kung, who were driving back to Singapore from Malacca yesterday were each fined $25 in the magistrate's court today for
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    PRIZE FOR MALAYAN FILM
    97 9 PRIZE FOR MALAYAN FILM KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. "Wayang Kulit", Malalaya's only entry for the 1957 Cork Film Festival in Ireland, won one of the three second prizes in the documentary section, It was announced today. The film, In colour, was made by the Malayan Film Unit last year. It has
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    Hot war on Teddy Boys
    48 9 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. Butterworth police, stepping up on their campaign against Teddy Boys, have arrested another Malay youth suspected of being a member of a local "Yankee Gang." He was taken from his home In Sungel Nyok Road yesterday under the Restricted Residence Enactment.
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    Consul's party
    28 9 The Siamese Consul General in Singapore. Mr. Nibhon Wilairat. neld a reception at his Lyndhurst Road residence last night on the occasion of Slam's National Day.
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    JEANETTE'S WORDS WERE A TRIUMPH
    181 9 AFTER four years at the School for Deaf Children in Melbourne 11-year-old Jeanette Ling of Singapore recently used her first expression in her own mode of speech communication. 1 When she returned from holiday in the Colony, her bags packed with gifts for school Mends,
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      210 9 "I feel gfifid because I drink 'jBBr 3^ the best milk *3m l^n «<M 1 P«ft Of KHfll D the bighttt qu^l'ty pro* Pilh^A |^F 1 ...mix. »nd you r-» ocft,»eh«»Wim,t*iini NOW TOU CAN BE SURE NEWKOLYNOS B Best Taste <i*2sl Stop Decay ferever! ;^»j new ingredient destroys decay-causing enzymes
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      62 9 Rt>\ Morgan 3M.MP. To talk with Martha Dick Tracy iJnnatieed figure >— —~fr umii AS "THE POUCE STATION W^^KL 21 7ftP B m -JfysJtS-^SL |V>*STBirr/^^GO. r J a figure stands unnoticed r-ACY AND HIS MEN I .fjyp JSiySjWISRf X/ P^^^U MOW THE ENTRANCE. ■^r*^s^B^s^s^s^s^s^^i k k s l> t <rtT
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    FIRM TREND AGAIN FOR INDUSTRIALS ON SHARE MARKET
    204 10  - FIRM TREND AGAIN FOR INDUSTRIALS ON SHARE MARKET Onr Market Correspondent By INDUSTRIALS were again steady tending to firm on the Singapore Share Market at the opening of the week's trading yesterday. It was a firm Monday market with good turnover. The steady undertone was apparent in all sections although
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    RUBBER PRICES
    154 10 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Monday at 92% cents per lb. up one and three-quarter cents on Friday's close. The closing tone was quiet and slightly easier. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    584 10 The Malayan Share Broken Association reported: "Industrial* were firm and tins and rubbers were steady." Singapore and Federation broker* reported the following business done yesterday:— Con. Tin Smelt ords 35s. 9d.; Fed. Dispensary $2; Praser Neave ords $2.70 (overnight), $2.70 and $2- 72 hi: Gammon $2.20 (overnight). $2
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    83 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Corfu 12, Tjlbantjet 4 5, Bansel Maru 6A, Leda Maersk 67, Adrastus 8,9, Bawean 11, Stentor 13 14, Tomar *****. Bellerophon 18, Serampang N. Wall 1, Senggarang N. Wall 6. Sadao N Wall 8, Maxwell Brander
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    151 10 Thai Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New York: Buying aim. ail: T.T. 33 5/8. O.D. 32 3/4, 90 d/st 33 credit Mils, 33 1/18 trade bills. Canada: Buying airmail: T.T. 3t S/16. O.D. 31 5/16.
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    16 10 SINGAPORE RUBBER v 1'"" i r lb (up <)n Picul (down 75 COPRA: Da?*
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    98 10 MELBOUfr f In investments a undertone wa s Melbourne Slock KTrading was be* covering a wide ran Leading stocks to eluded A.C.I. 3s Goldsbrough Is ai, (1 Mining prices movi mostly within nan few silver-lead stock I higher. Loans active around firm Loans 3\'i*T9s6-a'i i\ Loans 3' 4
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 10 Singapore Chmp M PMsn t, change: noon prices per n terday were:Copra: quiet; June 'July s 1 buyers. $25^ sellers. nr, lllu J, quiet; bulk $40 $45% sellers. Pepper: quie' i business reported done white $109, Sarawak Sins .> Sarawak black $72 < all down?' Singapore Copra .W
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      410 10 THE LAND CODE (P.M.B. Cap. 138) SECTIONS 141, 142 AND 143 Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be sold by public auction on SaturUy, 20th July, 1957, at 10 a.m. at the Land Office, Kuantan: Muklm of Sungml Karang. LMR No. Lot No. Area. Name of Proprietor.
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      612 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens, age 20 but under 35 far appointment as stenographers with the Federation of Malaya Government. Salary scale $253 x 14-361/366 X 14-423 plus usual allowances. Qualifications- (a) School Certificate, (b) 1 to pass a test In shorthand at SO w.p.m. and transcribe
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      894 10 COMPANY MEETING DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY A GRATIFYING RECOVERY The fifty-eighth Annual General Meeting of me Dunlop Hubber Company, Ltd.. was held on June 17 In London. The Rt. Hon. Lord Baillleu. K3£., C-M.O chairman. In the course of his speech said:— The results for the full year 1966 reveal the
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      694 10 For the reasons which 1 have already mentioned, our trading results In the United Kingdom were not satisfactory and the resultant profit was extremely low- In fact, had It not been for our widespread overseas activities resulting from the policy of your Board In building up this geographical diversification over
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    Wary Ceylon blocked $700,000 to merchants
    223 12  - Wary Ceylon blocked $700,000 to merchants FELIX ABISHEGANADEN Singapore traders sort out currency problem BY Illegal transfers to Singapore? REPRESENTATIVES of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore have allayed suspicions by the Ceylon Government that traders there were illegally transferring money to Singapore by over-invoiced bilk on Singapore shipments.
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    TAKE OVER BIDS BREAK UP 'HOMES'
    120 12 TAKE OVER BIDS BREAK UP 'HOMES' MR. E. B. Skinner, chairman of Bukit Tupah Rubber Estates Ltd., says take-over bids In the rubber growing industry must obviously be higher than the current market price of the shares but they also, more often than not, represent a figure considerably less than
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    Greater demand for modern British carpets
    90 12 Greater demand for modern British carpets BRITISH carpets are offering stiff competition to Indian and Persian carpets in the Singapore market, according to the general opinion of local carpet importers. One importer said yesterday British carpets are more In demand today, although the quality is not as good as Indian
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    Film nan sees market prospects
    80 12 Mr. Max Verbiest, export manager of Geraert Company Belgium, which manufactures sensitised photographic materials, is conducting a business tour in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Mr. Verbiest says Gevaert films, plates and papers have been popular in Singapore and the Federation for many years
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    PANELS REPLACE MALAYAN TIMBER
    168 12 PANELS REPLACE MALAYAN TIMBER A NEW system of panelx lint? using compressed wood chips is becoming increasingly popular in Malaya and may replace plain timber in Malayan homes and buildings. Manufactured by a South African company, Novobord Ltd., the board can be used for doors, windows, bullt- in cupboards, partitions,
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    New bottling plant in KL
    97 12 The first Pepsi-Cola bottling plant* in the Federation will be opened at Petaling Jaya next month, Mr. J. H Abbott, director of Union Ltd has announced. The site occupies an area of 180,000 sq. ft. of which 20.000 sq. ft. are devoted to the new
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    Merchants face the future with confidence
    139 12 Merchants face the future with confidence RECORDING a year of steady development, particularly In the engineering field, last year, Mr. W. Kenneth Warren, chairman of James Warren and Co. Ltd., in his annual statement to shareholders, says merchant Interests in Malaya have every confidence that the political and economic problems
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    US at Fair
    38 12 The San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will sponsor an exhibit of San Francisco bay area goods and services at the Malaya Independence Trade Fair at Petaling, on August 28-September 15.
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    NEW CONCRETE PROCESS
    80 12 ANEW vacuum concrete process claimed to be capable of producing low-cost concrete structures which have 25 per cent, more strength than ordinary concrete, has been Introduced into the Malayan building industry. The local agents, Henry Waugh and Co Ltd. claim the concrete produced by the process has
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    AUSTRALIAN TRADE MISSION SETS ITS SIGHTS ON MALAYA
    191 12 AUSTRALIAN TRADE MISSION SETS ITS SIGHTS ON MALAYA From MASSEY STANLEY in Sydney. CINGAPORE and Malaya are targets of a special »3 mission just despatched by the Australian Department of Trade with orders to bring back the framework of new Asian and European trade agreements. One of the department's senior
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    'AMS' means atomic ship
    70 12 The designation "A.M.S.", standing for "atomic merchant ship" becomes Al at Lloyds. The report of Lloyds Register of Shipping says this classification is likely within the next few years. Lloyds Report states that "it is preparing for this responsibility by playing an active part in developments
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    'RACE BARS IN GOVT. DEPARTMENTS'
    113 13 Tanglin Labour Front charge rnHE Tanglin branch of the Labour Front wants the Government to take immediate action to end racial and language discrimination in some Government departments. It has also recommended that the Government set up a commission to study ways of stopping suicides
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    WE 'MEMORY MAN' FORGETS
    232 13 Pupils put him right then he beats THEM rpEN minutes after the new A Dale Carnegie course began at the Singapore Chinese Girls' School yesterday the pupils were gently reminding the visiting American instructor that he had left an object out of the memorising list. Mr.
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    Expert to review duties and pay of Div. I men
    340 13  - Expert to review duties and pay of Div. I men BILL CAMPBELL ACTION AFTER TWO PROTESTS By fHE Singapore Government is taking steps to engage the services of a job assessor from overseas to review the duties, responsibilities and pay of all Division I officers. The Government has indicated this
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    Pates has a 'super-league' plan
    316 14 SAFAS APPEAL FOR BRIGHT IDEAS DRAWS A BLANK, BUT... IT SHOULD PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED SHOT IN THE ARM mmyu 808 PIDCBON SINGAPORE'S soccer bosses have drawn a blank in their appeal for ideas to brighten up the game, especially in the closing weeks of
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    WHO WON? ONLY THE CAMERA CAN TELL
    93 14 WHO WON? ONLY THE CAMERA CAN TELL |^O WONDER the judges promptly called "photo!" when these three horses flashed past the post in the five o'clock race at Ipoh on Saturday. And even then one has to look twice at the photo to be certain that BAHAGIA, on the inside,
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    A chance for SAFA
    156 14  -  MOK SIN PIN By CRACK HUNGARIAN SOCCER TEAM AVAILABLE BETWEEN AUG. 4 AND 12 QNE of the most popular soccer clubs in Hungary, v the Perencvaros T.C., would like to play a few games in Singapore if invited, Mr. Arpad Csanadi the manager, told the Straits
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    SBA entries
    23 14 SB A entries Entries for the Singapore Badminton Association's schoolboys championships close on July 6- The tournament is expected to begin next month.
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    KOWLOON BUS WIN AGAIN IN SAIGON
    120 14 KOWLOON BUS WIN AGAIN IN SAIGON SAIGON, Mon. rpHE touring Kowloon Bus A soccer team beat a Vietnamese Army side 2-0 last night, both goals being scored in the second half by inside left Lam Kum Thong. During a dull first half the army side were kept mainly on the
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    Lock icon Compton 82 off Yorks
    129 14 LONDON, Mon. rPEA scores In today's cricket matches were: At Worcester, Worcestershire 148 and 7-0. Glamorgan 114 (Coldwell 7-52). At Tunbridfe Wells, Kent 106 <xnd 74-1. Sussex 254 (Parks 74. Smith 8-110). At Gulldford, Surrey 368-4 decl Oxford University 198-7 (Melville 65, Walton 54 n.o.). At
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    Seletar edged
    37 14 Customs S.C. beat Seletar P.C 5-4 In a S.A.P.A. Dlv. 2B league match at Qeylang yesterday, Naldu (3). Hamld and All Rahman scored for Customs. Seletar replied through Yusoff (2) and Mohamed Darus (2) I
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    Perera to 'invade' Singapore athletics
    219 14 Perera to 'invade' Singapore athletics HE MAY JOIN THE POLICE By V. SALAHCDIM A CAREER in the Singapore Police Force will bring the Federation's 1956 Olympic middle distance runner, Kenneth Perera, across the Causeway next month. Perera will be the second Olympic Games athlete to come to Singapore from Federation.
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    Lock icon World Cup soccer
    32 14 VIENNA, Mon— Hungary beat Bulgaria 4-1 in a World Cup soccer qualifying match is Budapest yesterday. In another World Cup qualifying match, in Moscow, Russia beat Poland 3-o.— Reuter.
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    TALIB'S LATE GOAL SAVES S'GOR
    195 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. AFTER trailing 3-1 at half-time. Johore staged a magnificent rally to lead 4-3 before Selangor forced a 4-4 draw with a goal five minutes from time in a friendly soccer match at Princes Road today. Selangor were without Rangers Abdul Ghanl, who
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    South China delayed in Manila
    114 14 South China delayed in Manila rpHE main party of 20 A players and officials of the South China football team of Hong Kong arrived in Singapore from Manila via Hong Kong last night. The South China team were stranded at Manila for almost a week with visa difficulties. They will
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    Siglap take triangular title
    227 14 CIGLAP Secondary School were champions at the Inter-school triangular athletic meet against St. Patrick's and Presbyterian Boys' School at Siglap yesterday. Siglap scored 90 points, St. Patrick's 76 and PresbyteMan 65 Fazulah Joharl, of Siglap, was the only competitor to win two events— the 440 and
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    Singapore syndicate pays $13,000 for 3-y-o colt
    150 14 r/O English racehorses arrived in Singapore yesterday one for a Singapore syndicate, the Irrawady Stable, and the other for Kuala Lumpur businessman Mr. Leong Hoe Ying. Dawn Flash, a three-year-old brown colt by Honeyway out of Rote Lightning, cost Irrawady Stable more than
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    STARS KEEP IN TITLE HUNT WITH 7-3 WIN
    271 14 STARS KEEP IN TITLE HUNT WITH 7-3 WIN STAR SOCCERITES, who are challenging Marines for the S.A.F.A. league first division championship, yesterday drew a step nearer to realising their ambition when they beat Amicable A.A. 7-3 at Jalan Besar Stadium. i Unbeaten Stars have now collected 13 points from eight
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    Lock icon Test men at Palace
    107 14 LONDON Mon. rpHE WEST Indies Te"st cricketers, with their managers, went today to Buckingham Palace, where they were received by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. It was originally intended that the Queen and the Duke should go to the Lord's cricket ground this afternoon
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    Hoad wins easily, Richardson beaten
    228 14 WIMBLKDON WIMBLEDO TWENTY 1 YEAR-OLD of Australia. ing champion. began the defend- o<'0 < Wimbledon sin with a three-set over the lead it: player, Pierr. D whom he beat 6-2 6-3 on the cent;. c Becausp of H tain form this had wondered whHl> young
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      39 14 EHiDIARY] SOCCER S.A.F.A. Div 1: R.E.C.A, H.M. Dockyard, Jalan Beaar, 5- 15 pjn.; Div. 2A: Bine Rovers V Y.M.S.A, Farrcr Park. ATHLETICS Schools championship*: Bnkit Tlmah South I and II; Crete** Girls' Secondary. BADMINTON SB.A. Junior chajnpionshipa, S.B.A. hall.
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