The Straits Times, 8 August 1957

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    19 1 AVERAGE M^+SrttntiFt ■?■«■■> «*|,F t Hl OO»OT*O The Straits Times. flea**** Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957 15 CENTS
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    $160 m. MERDEKA LOAN
    321 1 It's the first: Interest 5i p.c. BANKERS CALL IT A 'QUITE ATTRACTIVE' PROPOSITION To help finance five-year development project in the Federation V\ LUMPUR, *v \V,.(i. The Fed-j eration Government] announced tonight thai it will float a loan ot $160 million at 5{ per (fill interest
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    WOMAN'S 50ft. DEATH FALL-ON A TRISHA
    101 1 WOMAN'S 50ft. DEATH FALL-ON A TRISHA AHOISKWIFE, Lee thai I Ku ,m 42. fell 50 feet to j bet death from the fourth lloor of the Shanghai Association at the Nanking Street-New Bridge ■Koad junction yesterday. Lee, who died several hours after admission to the General Hospital, landed on a
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    Chiang sinks 4 gunboats
    52 1 TAIPEH, Wed. a Nationalist naval patrol sank four Red Chinese gunboats and heavily damaged five others in a sea battle in the Formosa Strait early today, a Defence Ministry communique said. The sea battle was fought off the China coast at Fu Tou Kan, between Axnoy
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    Lock icon RAF attacks Yemeni force
    51 1 ADEN, Wed. The Royal Air Force attacked Yemeni forces on the disputed Aden protectorate border yesterday. A communique said R.A.F. planes carried out assaults on a Yemeni force occuping Jabel Dhahat Shunquair. "The R.A.F. is determined to continue attacking until Shuquair is evacuated," the communique added.
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    Lock icon ON MY LEFT.
    69 1 BANGKOK, Wed.— A boxing promoter here today offered to arrange a main bout fight between a Government and an Opposition assemblyman who clashed in a heated debate in the National Assembly. The promoter said: "I have offered my services to save the good name of the nations
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    The YIPs for the great day
    672 1 LADY GURNEY IS A SPECIAL GUEST T<HE Federation. Government today announced the 1 names of foreign government representatives and special guests who will attend the merdeka celebrations hero Among the 34special guests is Lady Gurney, widow of the former High Commissioner who was killed
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    Lock icon 3 M-DAY GIFTS FROM THE KIWIS
    79 1 3 M-DAY GIFTS FROM THE KIWIS WELLINGTON, Wed— Three Sifts from the New Zealand Government will be presented to the Governmrnt of Malaya on Merdekr. Day, it was announced here today. They are: A greenstone inkstand mounted in silver (for the Federal Parliament); A set of books on various aspects
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    Canal denial
    38 1 LONDON, Wed.— The Suez Danal Company in London issued a statement today denying a report that it would be willing to recognise nationalisation of the waterway by Egypt in return for an indemnity of £15 million.
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    Lock icon Twins—for the seventh time
    45 1 Twins— for the seventh time NEW YORK, Wed. A seventh set of twln B has been born to Mrs. Marcella Big Crow, 34. an American Indian at South Dakota. Mrs. Big Crow has now given birth to 18 children. Her husband is a farmer. A.P.
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    Bomohs will treat 'haunted' girls of Salehiah
    316 1 Bomohs will treat 'haunted' girls of Salehiah SOMETHING TO DO WITH SPIRITS' IPOH, Wed.— Five bomohs hav-^ been engaged to treat students at the Salehiah Girls' Institute for mysterious attacks of hysteria. Thirty of the 128 girls at tne institute, a religious school at Temoh. 30 miles south of here,
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    Lock icon Marines depart
    22 1 TOKYO. Wed. The Japanese Foreign Ministry tonight announced the withdrawal of the United States Third Marine Division from Japan. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peking's Hong Kong charge denied
    213 1 LONDON, Wed. Britain yesterday rejected allegations by the Chinese Government that building demolition near Hong Kong Airport disregarded the legitimate interests of Chinese residents. A British Note delivered yesterday in Peking and published here today said the British Government could not accept allegations in a
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    BIG CABINET CHANGES IN OFFING
    120 1 BIG CABINET CHANGES IN OFFING Tan Siew Sin and Maclntyre are down for top jobs KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. *p\Y() new laces may be brought into the iirst Merdeka Cabinet to be approved by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong-elect on the eve of Merdeka Day They are those of Mr. Tan Siew
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    Full Ministers
    186 1 Four Assistant Ministers in the present Government are expected to become full Ministers in the Merdeka Cabinet. The Assistant Minister for Home Affairs Inche Baha- man bin Shamsuddin. and the Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, are expected to respectively head their present
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    Lock icon Hardy is dead
    37 1 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. Oliver Hardy, the fat half o: the film comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, died today. He had not even been able to speak since a stroke paralysed him last September. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Wild life move
    30 1 COLOMBO. Wed. The Government ha s appointed a committee to ensure the protection Of wild iife following reports that the elephant may vanish from the island.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mao has trouble with co-op farmers
    104 1 Mao has trouble with co-op farmers PE' G, Wed.— The Communist Party newspaper People's Dailj reported today that "not a few" agricultural co-operative* were operating what almost amounted to a black market in grain. A front Page editorial in the paper attacked speculation in tbe co-operatives which "if it were
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    Murder suspects held at dawn
    226 1 Murder suspects held at dawn UOUR murder suspects. one a woman, were arrested by detectives from the Secret Societies Branch of the CID in a series of dawn swooy.i in Singapore yesterday. The arrests followed an allnight investigation by DetInspector Chia Cheng Poh of the Special Investigation Service. The woman
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    STOP PRESS
    25 1 RAIL RECORD LONDON. Wed luxury train "The Cal<tldiiian" broke OIMSN London record today kj making 401-mile trip in m\ hours 27 minutes. Itrutcr.
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    Lock icon Another A-bang by America
    51 1 LAS VEGAS. Wed.— The United States fired its 12th shot in the current atomic tests series. The force of the blast was equal to 20.000 tons of TNT. Eleven people were -arrested yesterday while demonstrating against atomic tests at the natal gate of the proving grounds.
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    Lock icon FORGED NOTES WARNING
    44 1 JAKARTA. Wed.— The At-torney-General. Mr. Suprapto, today warned thnt counterfeit 100-rupiah notes were ".irculatin* in Indonesia. Antara, a quasi-Govern- ment news agency. earlier reported that an investigation had revealed that counterfeit notes were being smuggled into the country from Singapore.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 'I did what Philip would have done9—fined £1
    455 2 'I did what Philip would have done 9 fined £1 AFTER A TELEVISION DEFENCE, A BLOW IN THE MOUTH I ONDON, Wed— A magistrate today fined 64- year- old Philip Kinghorn Burbidge £1 for punching Lord Altrincham in the mouth for his recent attacks on the Queen and her entourage.
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    Lock icon Hong Kong play wins
    77 2 CARDIFF, Wed —Mr. Dyfn a 1 1 1 Morgan yesterday won the bardic crown and £40 oc tho Welsh National Eisteddfod at Llangefni. North Wiles, for a metrical play about a young Welsh doctor in Hong Kong. Mr. Morgan, aged 40, was vith the Friends (Quaker)
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    Lock icon HAND THAT HELD THE QUEENS...
    68 2 LONDON, Wed. Filipino Boy Scout Romulo Peralta, 16 was presented to the Queen when sh c visited the world jamboree camp at Sutton Park on Saturday. They shook hands. Today he was reported for having dirty finger nails and his secret was out. "Mv hand
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    Lock icon Surprise for Mr. K at Berlin welcome
    156 2 BERLIN. Wee A Nigerian student startled Communist gua-.d; here today when he darted out, of the crowd and shook Mr. Nikita Khrushchev vigorously by the hand. Mr. Khrushchev who is leading a Soviet delegation to East Germany, had just mounted the rostrum when
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    Subs collide
    22 2 New York, Wed. Two submarines of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet collided underwater today. Both were slightly damaged No-one was hurt.
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    Lock icon 2 DIE IN WEST JAVA VILLAGE OUTRAGE
    190 2 JAKARTA. Wednesday. TWO men were killed when 150 heavily armed bandits sacked Negia village in Bandoeng regency, West Java, it was reported here today. Before an army brigade drove the bandits off they burned down 85 houses. The dead are a villager and
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    Lock icon Huge slash in French budget
    85 2 Huge slash in French budget PARIS. Wed. The French Cabinet agreed last night to demands by the Finance Minister, Mr. Felix Gaillard, for a cut of 600,000.000.000 francs ($5,200 million) in the 1958 budget. Mr. Gallard had insisted that the entire amount had to De slashed if France was to
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    Lock icon Czech floods
    10 2 PRAGUE. Wed. Floods have followed heavy rains. A.P.
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    Lock icon LIZ GIVES BIRTH TO A GIRL BY CAESAREAN OPERATION
    166 2 LIZ GIVES BIRTH TO A GIRL BY CAESAREAN OPERATION NEW YORK, Wed.— Actress Elizabeth Taylor gave birth to a four pound. 14--ounce premature daughter by caesarean operation here yesterday. Her husband, producer Michael Todd— already a father and grandfather at 54— said the Infant appeared to be "stillborn." I The
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    Lock icon Soviet spy arrested
    57 2 NEW YORK. Wed.— Rudolf Ivanovich Abel. 55. was accused today of spying for Russia and transmitting defence information from 1948 until his arrest last June. FBI officials said Abel was a Soviet intelligence colonel masquerading as a Brooklyn ertist. He was the highest ranking Soviet national ever
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    M.P. CANCELS HIS PHONE
    66 2 LO.uJN, Wed.— A Tory X.P., Lieut-Colonel John Cordeaux. is having the phone removed next week from his flat in his Nottingham Central constituency. Colonel Cordeaux. who has refused to accept the M.P.'s salary rise, said yesterday: "I think we should all practise little bits of economy
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    Co-op's policy on S-E Asia wins talks approval
    179 2 STOCKHOLM, \v,.,i, A PPROVAL of the International Co-op. liance's promotional policy in Soutii and "the newly-developing countries in a resolution passed at the Alliances or pis ;s of Papers on of so-operal developed coui by Mr. Davi United Nai Assistance Mr. W.
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    There is a lot ' to one's name...
    86 2 There is a lot to one's name... CAPE TOWN, Wed.— The Dean of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, is all against odd names. Children, he says, should be given really Christian names, such as those of the saints. "I would refuse to baptise children with names like Tuesday, or Sixpence," he said
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      274 2 Bj^^ Malayan Cement Limited announce that the first stage of their expansion ha« fi^fc* mgSS commenced. The second cement kiln, which is now being shipped from Europe, will JP^T shortly arrive at Rawang, and the other machinery will follow. This will give an increa 'JsiSSSß^^ sW& output of over *****0
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      Lock icon inspection SCHEME 'A RAY OF HOPE'—IKE
      246 3 inspection SCHEME 'A RAY OF HOPE'— IKE v .\MiIMiTUN, Wednesday SIDENT EISENHOWER said today that Russia accepted the main inspection zone used by the West, it would be the greatest i| hope on the dark scene since he entered the White House in January 1953. President was referring to the
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      Floods in Borneo carry off houses
      71 3 Floods in Borneo carry off houses JAKARTA, W.-d. Flood u.iiri> from UIRC big rirers in South Borneo have Inundated villages. m.i\ baoei uid rained rice crops, accordin reportg reaching today. it-, said the cxi.ii' mi the damage h;«d n estimated. s<> far mo casualties wore reportr idle his hron suspiiidnl
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      Vandals blow up war memorial
      24 3 Wed. A British ria] in the centre was demolished rfu] i xplosion night. library nearby (i and hundreds battered.
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      Lock icon PEKING'S AUTHOR No.l ACCUSED OF BEING A TRAITOR
      261 3 PEKING'S AUTHOR No.l ACCUSED OF BEING A TRAITOR OEKING, Wed.— Ting 1 Ling, China's greatest living woman writer, has been accused by fellow authors of rightist thoughts and anti-party activities over many, years. The 52-year-old novelist, who has been a member of the Communist Party since 1931 and who once
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      Lock icon Hurdles champion plans a TV test
      201 3 V YORK. Wed—Olymn hurdles champion un has decided to Amateur Athletic ning that he k his amateur :l he is married tionally televised ..id yesterday he go through with n to Gwendolyn the TV show id Groom" on two would re57,200 in gifts I
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      TWO ACTORS APPEAR IN COURT TO TESTIFY AT ALLEGED LIBEL CASE AGAINST MAGAZINE
      62 3 ACTOR Tab Hunter (left) and Buddy Baer. former heavyweight boxer who turned actor, appear in court at Los Angeles at the start of the criminal libel trial of a subsidiary of Confidential and Whisper magazines. They were
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      Lock icon NO-STRIKE ORDER GOES OUT
      115 3 NO-STRIKE ORDER GOES OUT !\TEW DELHI, Wed. The Government of India today issued an order prohibiting any strike in the postal, telf graph and telephone servicts or in the operation and maintenance of airfields or aircraft. The order, issued because of the threatened strike of 500,000 civil servants, due to
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      Lock icon Cables may cost more
      44 3 Cables may cost more LONDON. Wed. The annual report of the Cable and Wireless Company, published today, foreshadowed substantial increases in its telegraph and radio-telephone charges It said that although profits had gone ud since the previous year the dividend outlook was "extremely unfavourable."—Reuter.
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      Lock icon Red invitation
      23 3 LONDON. Wed. Archbishop Makarios, leader of the Cypriot union-with-Greece movement, has been invited to visit Moscow. Moscow Radio announced yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Starlight move to rebel area
      173 3 OMAN VILLAGERS WELCOME TROOPS BAHREIN, Wednesday. THE Sultan of Muscat's men, backed by British troops, today advanced to within 20 miles of the rebel Imam of Oman's forces at Nizwa, an official spokesman said. They met no opposition. Nlzwa lies inland about 100 miles from
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      Lock icon Nobel man dies
      19 3 MUNICH, Wed.— Nobel Prize winner Dr Heinrich Wieland died yesterday at the age of 80— UP.
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      Lock icon THANKS, AN AUSTRALIAN EX-POW TELLS GUARD
      103 3 TOKYO. Wed. An Australian army officer interned in Singapore during the war. today contacted one of his former guards and told him: "I owe every, thing to you and your kindness.'' Lt. H. M. Chalmers, of Queensland, talked by radio. telephone with Pyo Sang
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      LONDON STOCKS
      298 3 LONDON. Wed Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including i\amp duty were:— LOANS Consols £50\ 'A Funding 4 r £89\ +5/16 War 3> 2 £67 9 16 —1 16 BANKS Merc. (£5-£2U pu) £6 11. 16 —5/16 Eastern (£5) £8 7 Chartered <£l> 40/6 Hongkong ($125) £101-..
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      RUBBER
      27 3 LONDON. Wed. Spot 27'vd.. Sept. 27'4d., Oct.-Dec. 27'-d.. Jan-Mar. 27\d., April-June 27\d.. July-Sept. 27-\d. Aug. c.i.f. 27d., Sept. c.i.f. 27\d Oct. c.i.f. 27V4d. Tone: Very quiet.
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      TIN
      21 3 LONDON. Wed. Buyers £739.- sellers. £740. Forward buyers £739.. sellers,. £740. Settlement £741. Turnover a.m. 55 tons,, p.m. 100 tons.
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      84 3 DIVORCE NEED NOT FOLLOW ADULTERY BERLIN, Wed. Adultery is not necessarily a reason for divorce in East Germany, according to a directive of the Supreme Court published today. The directive said that under East German law couples can be d vorccd "only if there are serious reasons and if the
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    MID-1958 MASS X-RAY PLAN TARGET
    186 4 "\IASS X-rays to determine Singapore's incidence iTI of TB are unlikely before the middle of 1958, visiting Australian TB expert. Sir Harry Wunderly ;ud yesterday. Sir Harry paid preliminary visit two years ago and later organised a team of Australian experts to come to SingaD<>re
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    $5,500 haul by thieves
    70 4 $5,500 haul by thieves OLKGL.ARS broke inO to a in: use in Joo Avenue, off SeranKoon llii.ui. Singapore, yesterday and stole $5 000 in cash and jewellery. Thr K»r,ds siolcn *ere a Kold bangle. worth $1,000 four gold rinus worth $1,000. a S5OO--urisi watch and 53.000 cash. M ul.ini Tang
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    Varsity show
    32 4 The University of Malaya Society in association with the Philippines Consulate in Singapore, will present a concert, "Philippine Night", at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Au'4 14. 15 and 16.
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    'Plot to beat up heads' story
    602 4 PLAN TO ATTACK DURING A CINEMA SHOW FAILED, INQUIRY IS TOLD INMATE SAYS HE SAW BOYS HIT ACTING CHIEF OFFICER MALACCA, Wednesday. AN inmate of the Henry Gurney Approved School at Telok Mas alleged today at a preliminary inquiry here that he watched some
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    SOON EVEN COLONY'S WATER WILL BE 'FOREIGN'
    63 4 SOON EVEN COLONY'S WATER WILL BE 'FOREIGN' AFTER Federation independence this month, Singapore will import most of its water from a "foreign" country. The Colony now uses 57 million gallons a day. Of this, only 30 per cent comes from island catchment areas. The remaining 70 per cent is pumped
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    Hit-run charge
    50 4 Hit -run charge Chueng Heung L'.n denied in a Singapore court yesterday that he was a hit-and-run motorist who killed Tin.; Yit Koi in Tanjong Pagar Road at 12.50 a.m. on June 22. He also denied a charge of negligent driving. He was allowed bail of $5,000 till Aug. 14.
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    'Farewell' from 100 STC men
    160 4 fHE former general mana■l- y,er of the Singapore Traction Co., Mr. A. A. Ewlng. 61, who retired last month, sailed in the Carthage for Britain yesterT h c y were seen off by Mr. Ewing's successor, Mr. G O. Wilson, and more than 100 S.T.C.
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    Tax haul
    15 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Government collected $11,602,304 In income tax last month.
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    Lock icon ELIZABETH TRAINS TO BECOME LIBRARIAN
    60 4 ELIZABETH TRAINS TO BECOME LIBRARIAN MISS ELIZABETH WONG YIN-YIN (above), tbe first student from North Borneo to train in London as a librarian. Miss Wong, 18. was born in Shanghai but went to Jesselton with her parents when she was one. She speaks five Chinese dialects and Malay and English.
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    Mother and son robbed
    45 4 ALOR STAR, Wed Four robbers, one armed with a revolver held up a woman. Teh Hawfi. and her son. 13. last night at Kampong Gua Panji. 21 miles from Kangar. Perils. They threatened them before escaping wtth clothes valued at $60.
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    Park concert
    25 4 The Aug. 15 concert by the Singapore Police Band at Katong Park has been postponed to Aug. 22. It begins at 5.30 o.m.
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    Services unions are ready to merge
    148 4 A I EMBER organisations of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions have agreed in principle to form a single new union. This decision was reached after the 10.000-strong Naval Base Labour Union had become an affiliate. The federation president. Mr. N.S.N. Nair. told the
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    TRIO FLEEING FROM ONE ROBBERY GET VICTIM No. 2
    108 4 TRIO FLEEING FROM ONE ROBBERY GET VICTIM No. 2 THREE thues. fleeing from ROBBERY No. 1, stopped -hurt as a car pulled up within yards of them. A minute later, the unlucky motorist became their VICTIM No. 2. It happened in Somapah Road, Singapore, last night. VICTIM No. 1 was
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    Speech day
    22 4 BATU GAJAH. #cd.— The Sultan Yussuf School. -atu Gajah, will hold their annual speech day md exhibition here on Friday
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    STOREMAN GETS SIX MONTHS
    157 4 $23,900 worth of liquor /o. A STOREKEEPER was jailed for six n Singapore court yesterday for misappro] I $23,926 worth of liquor. Chua Ban Hock, 35. father of six, was said to have committed the offence betw*>er March 1 and March 21 while employed by Caldbeck
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    30-min. flight
    26 4 The Chinese V.M.C.A. is sponsoring a 30-minute educational flight over Singapore on Aug. 22. The flight will be made in a Malayan Airways Dakota.
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    Bank expert to see Hart
    51 4 Mr. w. H. Wilcock an Australian banking expert flew into Singapore last night from Kuala Lumpur after talks with the Federation authorities about the appointment of an adviser for the proposed National Bank of Malaya Today he wiil meet the Financial Secretary, Mr T M.
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    MOTHER-IN-LAW THOUGHT WOMAN WAS JINX
    140 4 A WOMAN told a Singapore court yesterday that she was driven out of her husband s house at the instigation of her mother-in-law who said she was a "Jinx" to the family. Chang Kirn Hiang, 20. who was claiming maintenance from her husband Yeo Kirn
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    Two Lee sawmills close
    95 4 Two Lee sawmills close TWO of Ji gest sawn J* owned l h. Ltd.. hay, down as a i ber marketin ding The 300 worl at the mills Johore Bahru and th< iTinggl- Lo::.:, .paid off with wages. A company it was hoped to mills in about (months after of
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    $1,234 bash for Indian doctors
    58 4 $1,234 bash for Indian doctors NEW ni.i. ill. fed Malaya WMltl IM I doctors at betuen. and 51..'!4 a nootfa This does not indodq I of living allowanc tuity at the md year contract, and furnished quarters at .1 BMitnl I charge. .Mrs. l.akshnn Menu put> Minister .01 Extern Affairs,
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    Woman, 66.,had opium charge
    39 4 Woman, 66. ,had opium charge Lee Chin;:. 66, < I pleaded not 'pore to havii opium in her room at Bor Tat Street at I I Tuesday. Bail of $10,000 In tw I i ties was allowed for a week
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    Trade leader: We need an anti-strike law
    222 5 Trade leader: We need an anti- strike law [MONISTS 'BLOCKING EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIES' Jill president of the Singa I re hinese Chamber nteree, Mr. Tan Siak k! yesterday that the needs a law, similar passed in India, enthe Government to -Hikes in essential rvices illegal, iid the Colony's trade lirl
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    NEW HOLIDAY LAW
    44 5 NEW HOLIDAY L AW nr S acting I r for La- j Kok Ah Loy.j asked shop- j llecl and w type oi Labour Nlini employers. must choose i Friday or I Shop Asment Ordishops could I ul the week :y Holiday now one.
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    Judgment later
    13 5 I The F.'de- Appeals toon Sammuel L'T. against -runted J un
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    He will help direct Malay film here
    56 5 He will help direct Malay film here MR. TEODORIC SANTOS, a Filipino film director, who flew into Singapore from Manila by PAA yesterday to help direct a Malay film for Shaw Brothers. His firm -is looking forward to producing a series of Malay-Filipin 0 films in Malaya in the near
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    Kidnapper jailed for five years
    206 5 JUDGE: I HOPE THIS IS WARNING AT Singapore Assizes yesterday Mr. Justice Buttri rose sentenced Tan Eng Whatt to five years' jaii for holding a scrap iron dealer, Ng Hee Whatt, for an $18,000 ransom. i Ng returned safely to his home in Sembawang, Singapore,
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    Cheap M-power
    35 5 TAIPING Wed. Electrlcitv will be eight cents per unit 22 cents cheaper during the merdeka celebrations to enable proprietors ot firms in Taiping to compete in the shop and business premises decorations competition.
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    Dayak girls learn to fight domination by grandma
    199 5 KUCHING, Wed. Dayak women in Sarawak are being taught to break away from the domination of their grandmothers and to take an interest in the world outside the home. The Lady Education Officer here, Miss H. M. Wallis, has introduced courses to
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    STRIKE BALLOT BY 48 CLERKS
    87 5 STRIKE BALLOT BY 48 CLERKS EMPLOYEES of Caldbeck Macgregor and Co. in Cantonment Road. Singapore are meeting tonight to take a strike ballot. The Singapore Business House Employees' Union, which claims to represent 48 members in the firm, said the dispute is over the dismissal of two clerks and the
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    Fashion show
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Kluang Club will hold a fashion parade and dance on I Aug. 17.
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    'HELP BOY SCOUTS IN JOB WEEK'
    84 5 THE Governor, Sir Robert A Black, yesterday appealed to the people of Singapore to support the Scout movement by responding generously to the "Job Week"— Aug. 10 to 16— and donating to the building funds. The appeal will be spearheaded by the "Job Week
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    MIDAH'S HUSBAND WANTS A JOB IN MALAYA
    225 5 MIDAH'S HUSBAND WANTS A JOB IN MALAYA A FORMER R.A.F. ser- geant whose Malay wife left him in Britain and returned to Trengganu is determined on a reconciliation. THE HUSBAND. Mr. Eric Sutton. now living at Sittingbourne, Kent. "vrote to the Straits Times yesterday saying: "I love her. Even if
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    Extra holiday
    20 5 KUALA LIPIS. Wed—Pahang will h-ave an additional public holiday on Sept. 4 apart from Aug. 31, Merdeka Day.
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    JUMAT PLANS GOODWILL BODIES IN COLONY
    116 5 THE Singapore Minister f-ir local Government. Lands and Housing. Inche Abdul Harnid bin Haji Jumai, is sponsoring a move to form "goodwill committees" throughout the island. The object is to promote friendly relations between the different racial groups and to remove any misunderstandings between
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      99 5 I wonderful new idea in MEAT PIES Swanson Frozen meat pies individual servings! Filled with tender meat! Extra flaky crust I So easy to prepare I \ow enjoy the savory goodness 1 VMBT or Beef Pie, without all the fuss preparation! Just put generous-sized 'zf..s Meat Pies Into the oven
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      386 5 g\J\ Too often £3\ to be a coincidence! Volkswagen WINS 1957 AUSTRALIAN AMPOL TRIAL OUTRIGHT Volkswagen SECOND IN 1957 AUSTRALIAN AMPOL TRIAL Volkswagen Ist. 2nd. 3rd. in OWN GLASS Primarily, Volkswagen was not especially designed to win trials the tact that it continues to do so Is purely incidental! Volkswagen
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      329 5 HONG KONG TRADE EXHI- small boys 4.30 pm., beginners BITION at Happy World Stadium 1 5.30 p.m.; bodybuilding, weißht- opening by Chief Minister, Mr lifting 4.30 p.m Malay class 5 30 Lim Yew Hock, 6 p.m. p.m.; Sceneshifters meeting 8 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free pm.; at Baleslier Road pavilion film show
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    167 6 M Word, $11, (minimum) MR MRS. VINCENT GOMEZ Thank all relatives and lriends for their kind attendance at, their wedding and for all their valuable presents. MR. <t MRS. PATRICK M BALLARD Thank their friends and relatives, who sent them presents and who attended their Wedding on 5.8.1957. MR.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    186 6 M M.irrf. |M (Minimum, SALE TILL SATURDAY at I inda. LJresse.- iS: OoWM Prices Slashed. SALE OF THE YEAR at Vanity. Ha'.f priced frocks, handbags, belts. flower*, jewellery, etc 11, Battery Road. COCKTAIL HOUR— Dry Ply I Sherry by Findlater's Prelude I to ;i Gooa Dinnerl Sole Agents— Robinson
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Aug. 8, 1957. The Battle For P.A.R
    664 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Aug. 8, 1957. The Battle For P.A.R The pro-Communists in the People's Action Party at last i have overplayed their hand. For four hours the newly elected Central Executive Committee discussed the allocation of top party posts, only to disperse without reaching any decisions. The
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    Strike Ban
    289 6 The Indian Government's action in outlawing strikes in essential industries has brought protest, as was to be expected. The ultimate source of union strength is" the right to stop working. But when half a million workers in the public services threaten to strike, bringing the railway, postal and
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    Action In Oman
    250 6 It is two weeks since the Sultan of Muscat turned to Britain for help in quelling the revolt in Oman. Yesterday the first ground attack against the tribesmen was mounted when men of the Sultan's Northern Frontier Regiment moved before dawn on the village of Izz. about
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    A new policy required for new villages
    1018 6  - A new policy required for new villages PAUL MARKANDAN By IT IS SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST NEW VILLAGE WAS BUILT. A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN NEW HOMES. THE PURPOSE ORIGINALLY WAS TO REMOVE THEM FROM COMMUNIST INFLUENCE AND INTIMIDATIONS NOW THAT THE COMMUNIST MENACE
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      Allotting race meets is not satisfactory
      387 6 rpHERE lias been a large A number of letters in the Straits Times on the pros and eons of how to combat the bookmakers and improve racing in general. The Singapore Turf Club during its last meeting has tackled the problem with more vigour
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      Official cancer probe urged
      22 6 lITITH all this talk about cancer of the lung being caused by smoking cigarettes, it is about time
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      Is this council active?
      85 6 IS the Negri Sembilan Youth Council still functioning for th e benefit of member clubs? If so, who are its officials? Why have no reports of its activities or statement of accounts been forwarded to member clubs? These are the questions confronting the new and older
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      Seremban. Strikers tell untruths
      33 6 Seremban. Strikers tell untruths AS a member of the public and a telephone subscriber, I must tell the strikers that their posters in front of the Telephone Board Ornc e contain a lot
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      92 6 IWAS shocked to read the report (ST., Aug. 3) that our Assistant Ministers feel snubbed, unwanted anywhere and are therefore very cross because they have not been invited to the merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. This clearly gives an idea of the type of assistant minister we have who should
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      Combine beauty with utility
      93 6 Combine beauty with utility THE preservation of the 1,300 acres of nature reservation at Ulu Pandan, Singapore. Ls a matter of considerable importance to those who tak P pride in the historical, cultural and artistic side o f Singapore. When you r reporter telephoned to me I said that it
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      Why are assistant minister* annoyed?
      90 6 that both ministers and as- I sistants cannot attend the I celebrations at the same time. When a minister is away his assistant or deputy acts for him. And should he be unable to attend for any reason, he may depute his assistant or someone
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      Congestion in J.B. market
      44 6 Congestion in J.B market WHILE the market inspector Is doing his utmost to clear obstruction diip to congestion in the Johore Bahru market, the Town Council has been granting new licences which makes congestion in the market more acute MARKET GOER Johor e Bahru.
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    PAP row leaves party leaderless
    409 7 MODERATES DON'T WANT OFFICE NOW THE EXTREMISTS, TOO, SHY AWAY FROM TOP POSTS JUL People's Action Party is leaderless at the moment because of the diametrically opposed views of the two groups in the newly-elected central executive committee. Following Tuesday's sensational announcement that the six-member
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    Charge: 'On boat that rammed launch
    79 7 Charge: 'On boat that rammed launch NG GEOK BENG. 42. pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of being in a speedboat which rammed a Customs' preventive launch thereby obstructing the Customs' men from doing their duty. He also pleaded not guilty to a charge of not obeying
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    Bravo, says Ruler
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Sultan of Brunei has sent his congratulations to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri SembiVan on his appointment as trie Paramount Ruler of the Federation. He also sent a congratulatory message to the Sultan of Selangor, wh 0 has been named Deputy Paramount
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    A VIP for DINNER? ONLY IF GOVT. APPROVES
    189 7 A VIP for DINNER? ONLY IF GOVT. APPROVES I' Wtd. v iproval comr the merdeka >ry of the mer,<tions commitAbdul Rahman lib said yester- a security pre--1 lice are respon- ti'ty of the visitors. They must naturally be very anxious. "Besides, private and official functions must not clash. It is
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    CYMAs may set up central body
    79 7 Singapore Catholic Young Men's Associations will soon amalgamate with the CYMA (Singapore) with the object of forming a central body. A merger has been considered desirable because the CYMA plans a new building to cater for its members. ALOR STAR, Wed— A padi planter's
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    TO ENGLAND TO CUT A COCONUT
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    Singapore's 'wonderful men~a protest cable to Mrs. Lobo
    154 7 Singapore's 'wonderful men a protest cable to Mrs. Lobo THE Singapore Council of Women is to ask Mrs. Mary Lobo, its vice-presi-dent, for an immediate explanation of her speech on "Singapore's wonderful men at the Asian Women's conference in Bangkok. Mrs. Lobo. an official deleKate to the two-week conference, said
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    Extradition problem: The answer soon
    10 7 AND TREASURY PROBES TAX WORRY
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    TRIPLETS but only one lives
    199 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. ANY problems on immigration or extradition between the Federation and Singapore after independence here will dp dealt with at joint ministerial meeting?, the senior assistant Minister for Home Affairs cold the Straits Times today. Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin was commenting on the
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    $1,200 theft
    23 7 Thieves broke into the Katong Dispensary, Joo chiat Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning and took about $1,200 from the cash register.
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    SCARED OF POLICE? NOT US, CHORUS 200 STUDENTS
    190 7 SCARED OF POLICE? NOT US, CHORUS 200 STUDENTS WHEN Inspector S. Arumugam asked 200 boys and girls of Braddell Rise School in Singapore if they were afraid of a policeman in uniform, the students shrugged their shoulders "Let me assure you that I am your friend. Now are you scared
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    Appeal for witnesses
    64 7 A hospital attendant. Ng Yap Yong, 54. died in the Singapore General Hospital yesterday from injuries he received when he was knocked down by \i taxi in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital grounds on Aug 4 at 6.50 a.m. Police are appealing for eye witnesses of the
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    Husband to pay $60 a month
    44 7 A clerk in the Singapore Harbour Board. R. Montelro. was ordered by the Singapore Sixth Magistrate Court yesterday to pay $60 i month to his wife, Nancj Monteiro, towards the maintenance of the wife and his four children.
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    School drama festival
    45 7 The finals of the music and drama festival organised by the Singapore Anglo-Chinese School Theatre Club will be held at the school's Le P Kuo Chuan Auditorium in Barker Road, tonight at 7.30. Admission will be by programmes, available at the gate.
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    KNIFE LADDER COLLAPSED, KILLED 2 BOYS
    411 7 KNIFE LADDER COLLAPSED, KILLED 2 BOYS Medium tells inquest: A DELICATELY-BALANCED ladder of knives collapsed and killed two boys in Rangoon Road last May when a crane operator ignored the advice of a temple medium, it was alleged at a Singapore inquest yesterday. Lim Poh Huat, the medium, of the
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      172 7 A' .HE NEUCHATEL STATE OBSERVATORY ZENITH HOLDS THE PRECISION RECORD FOR WRIST AND POCKET WATCHES Perfection exists ZENITH Proves it by making The Beit and Mott Accurate Watthc* FAYRE-LEUBA'WATCH CO., LTD. IM-F Hatter* Road Singapore sola by alt teadinQ watch dealers FAVRE-LEUBA SERVICE Out tWMM Marion undo iwit* THE WORLDS
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    200 boys sail for first 'overseas' tour on island
    185 8 TWO hundred boys of the Singapore Army Trade School went "overseas" j for the first time yesterday when they embarked on a bulling craft at Seletar for a 12-day "amp ■I Pulau Tekong. The camp the first larceWSlc one to be
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    MORE SUPPORT FOR NEW PARTY
    210 8 MORE SUPPORT FOR NEW PARTY 'THE 4,500-strong SinA gapore Business Houses Employees' Union has decided to join the proposed Workers' Party to be formed this month "exclusively for unionists." It is the second big union affiliated to the Singapore Trades Union Congress to back the new party. The first was
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    Colony UMNO merdeka team
    37 8 The Singapore branch of UMNO is to send an official delegation of 200 members to the Federation merdeka celebrations at the end of this month. All Colony UMNO groups will be v iSented.
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    C.I.D. CHIEF: I DID NOT CALL HOSPITAL CLERK SKUNK
    444 8 THE THIRTEENTH DAY IPOH, Wed.— A police witness today denied that he had called :i clerk at Tanjong Ramhut an Mental Hospital a skunk. The former chief of the Pcrak Criminal Investigation Depart-nent. Mr. T. Hamilton, also denied an allegation by
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    $25,000 CHEQUE FOR WOMEN'S HOME
    90 8 THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board yesterday gave the Government a cheque for $'25,000 towards the cost of a home for Malay women. The rhrqur was pro- vented to the Director of the Social Welfare Department. Mr. T. P. Cromwell, by the chairman of the board,
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    Two top police officers Malayanised after 56 years in Singapore
    238 8 TWO senior officers with a total of 56 years* service in the Singapore Police Force left in the Carthage for Britain yesterday under the Malayanisation scheme. They are Mr. W. J. Parks, 48, the Deputy Commissioner, and Mr. L. R.
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      382 8 w macaaaß^B^a>^aaa^aa*aa>«ali^aV^a^aam 3^t ifATMAvi OM S rODAr w jWAInAJJ 11a.m. 145. 4.15. 645 4 9.30 p.m. yi "IT'S TERRIFIC"! "TAUT"! "THRILLING"! J^- j Douglas Lackerstoen (Sunday Times) *U<m,SU!lodil.Vi«&^MHßJa o ll^rtaJUSllCE J checkpoint: X SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT jf Jean Simmons Paul Douglas Anthony Franciosa j "THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT' J
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      503 8 OnAW^URGANISAT Iv/N 31 il i v Shatv ihvw it j tht Llk^t titm n ROCK P*f fnjfjl jjj Mtt& Xt»xt 1 hunt ftB^F Bob HOPR Katharine HEPBI R in VISKVISIDa M KIrtHUUHiK (5.8.) Saturday Midnit/ht "Hi tmaWIUE mu REED^H^ W Introducing Eddie Calve, i S Hi, Saturday Midniuht Th. --M:\KR-BLFOItK
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      172 8 RADIO MALAYA »rffi 2S%JP?S SINCiAPORE 41 metres w ews X alk; 715 What MeVdeka KLALA M'MPI'R 341 m^tr M ?*f a 2: s T M 720 Th ContlnenPENANC. 366 metr™ i^.T *****1 730 A Natl °n In the MALACCA 2H7 metres Making; 8.00 Music Shop; 8.30 The A.M. 7.15 Openln
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    STRAITS TIME SPECIAL FEATURE
    716 9 3AY the whole world wonders what will be the fate of the four purged Kussian Ministers— Molotov, Malenkov, Kaganovich and Shepilov. Thoughts ot many turn back to December. 1953, when another Stalin man, Lavrentv ruthless head of the M.V.D. secret police and Lord of the Siberian
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    Lock icon Mad dog of Kremlin Beria went down with his master
    1015 9 Mad dog of Kremlin Beria went down with his master (POWDER BLAST j§ WrtECKS m A FLEET Actually, all Beria did was to introouce a little finesse Into the work of the secret police. The liquidations, spying and oppression continued— but more quietly. In World War II Beria had the
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      227 9 her? 4** r. now this ccs arc you ttry much xly poised I!f in any rrplc. She h any per;.it can be she long :crnal sanime <>f two and chafprdblcms pax. internally. pins and -inp when I 1 applicator A month's iuc handbag can take a :!c you're n rely
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      50 9 Rik thinnest automatic f) uiatch Y r p fflodel Ha now OT ON SALE •SELF WINDING WATERPROOF 21 JEWELS GOLDFILL or STAINLESS STEEL SOLE AGENTS Moniori (ESTABLISHED 190 4 LTD. ARCADE BUILOINC RAFFLES PLACE SINCAPOSE P O SOX 393 KUALA LUMPUR PENANC IO RN E OIS ARA W A K
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      225 9 Mi<>.\- Morgan M.IK So charming r^,*' HAP I KNOWN HOW > |g^^ WHAT ARE WE WAITIN& !I f I AM.TOoTI V^^ ><^e>». iPirii Tracy Hittvr night ■^^■■nfl I M|^r cold-cold--- V I I Once again, tracv lapses I I A QJ!E T w.ndless sncw I TERRIBLE COLD--- h INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    94 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. Loans 3U% 1956-59 £98 5/32 Loans 3Vi 1956-58 £99 a Bank of N.S.W £38>i seller Con Zinc 94/6 Mount Lyell 26/6 seller N. Broken Hill 149/3 Hill 50 20/- buyer Mount Morgan 13/ ll'i Peko 6/I*4 Western Mining 12/ lVi Ampol. Ex 13/11H Oil Search 9/3'^
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    RUBBER PRICES
    155 10 Antusl flrsl trade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Wednesday at 92 cents per lb. down one-eighth of a cent on Tuesday's close. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices ln cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92 sellers 92%: Int.
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    PRICES ARE STEADY BUT TRADE IS IDLE ON SHARE MARKET
    112 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE idle attitude of recent trading was again apparent on the Singapore Share Market yesterday but values were inclined to remain steady. Any movements were within narrow limits. Industrials continued generally firmer while tins showed some
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 10 SINGAPORE, AUG. 7 RUBBER: 921 cents per lb. (down one-eighth of a cent). TIN: $370.75 per picul (unchanged).
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    437 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "Industrials were steady. Tins were dull and rubbers featureless." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:— Fraser Sc Neave ords $2.92V2; Gammon $2 55 (odd lot), $2.60 (overnight), $2.62*4 to $2 65; W. Hammer $2.35 (overnight), $2,374: Henry Waugh
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    108 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; August/September $25*% buyers. $26', sellers Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk $41 sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 15 to 20 tons of business reported done; Muiitok white $111, Sarawak $110, special Sarawak black $75 (.all
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    STORE SHIPPING
    88 10 Shipa lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board whmrves or expected today we: Ronaville 1.2, Bayerstein 45, Oltmar Koel 6A, Sumatra 6 7, Benavon 8 9. Utrecht 10.11, Olenartney 13 14. Fernmoor 15 16, Somali 18. Larantuka N. Wall 1. Sumpitan N. Wall 8. Langsa N. Wall 10. Reginald
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    39 10 On the free exchange market In Honj Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.96 for cash and 5.96 >-i for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15 97 and one tael of fold at 260 'i.
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    PRODUCTION IN JULY
    71 10 Boustead-Buttery Estates Agency Ltd. have announced production In July for Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd. at 69,800 lb. Borelli Rubber Co Ltd. 75,000; Connemara Ltd. 53,000; New Serendah Rubber Co. Ltd. 70,000; Bassett Rubber Co. Ltd. 34,000; Kuala Sldlm Rubber Co. Ltd. 99,767; Buklt Kepong Rubber Estates Ltd.
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      601 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for the appointment of Assistant Forest Botanist for the Research Branch of the Forest Department- Salary scale: $324 x 14 352 420 x 14 518/538 x 18 700 plus cola at current rate. Applicants must have attained their 20th but not ihelr
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      382 10 NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB~ AUGUST MEETING 1957. IST DAY— SATURDAY 10TH AUGUST 1957 2ND DAY— WEDNESDAY— I4TH AUGUST 1957 3RD DAY— SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST 1957 The usual Unlimited $1 Sweep each day; $2 Course Cash Sweep on each Race; $2 Treble Tote and $2 Forecast Pools will be held. As
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      810 10 NOTICES ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LIMPIR Outputs of tin concentrates for the undermentioned Companies under the management of AngloOriental (Malaya) Limited for the month of July, 1957 are as follows: PicnU AMPAT TIN DREDGING LTD. 1,791 BERJUNTAI TIN DREDGING LTD 2,677 KAMPONO LANJUT TIN DREDGING LTD 1,300 KAMUNTINO TIN DREDGING
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      293 10 NOTICE THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (No. 118) NOTICE is hereby given under Section 137 of the Enactment that a Draft layout, a< per plan No. J3 '3063. of the area adjoining the Sultan Ibrahim Park, which Is Temenggong Ahmad, Parit Tok Kathi. Jalan Abdul Rahman and Jalan Khnlidl, has been
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      467 10 The Cycle Carriage Co rio,. Made in Germany (PAPTS 1 ACCSINGAPORE Xl; FERN-VILLE FAR EAST New Fast Monthly Service From U. S. GULF PORTS TO SINGAPORE (VIA HONGKONG) Commencing With T. S. "KINGSVILLE" Loading Last Port New Orleans 14th Sept Due Singapore 14th Nov. and Thereafter Leaving On 14th Of
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      1213 11 le i:z4os MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. t«i,» 4 i* ,lncorporot.o m imgopor.i ()2 intl) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE l.V« SAILINGS to LIV£RFOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS va Suci -th liberty to proceed via Panomo or Cop. of Good Mope ,o proceed v,o otner port, o ,ood d eSnorJ,^argo Al£in
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      2053 11 Wf MI m O^^mr^m iff '^M mk *I immmL fm mm mI M Dm\ EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST VIA SUEZ Penang P. Sham Spore "KOREA" 15/16 Ang "INDIA" 8/12 Auq 13/14 Aug 15/17 Aug "MEONIA Bangkok only) 19/22 Aug 23/24 Aug 23/27 Aug SARGODHA"
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      1231 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ELLERMAN LINKS KLAVBNKSS LINK LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG A HULL SEATTLE, VANCOUVER A PORTLAND ana tor U.S.A., North Atlanta Port, ""l^uZ*""" Uth 0 ***** rzzr P Spore P Sham Penong Spore P. S'hom Penong 3/ 9 Sept 10/12 Sept
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    A BARBECUE BELLE
    751 12 Bikinis and skis OARBECUE parties have always seemed to me to be the ideal form of entertainment in our equatorial climate and it is nice to see that one of our live-wire local groups is taking advantage of it. Mr. Bobby Lim, of the Malayan Waterskl Association
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      273 12 st\> Ut'd worth a big bite! "^ulip" brand canned meatd. TRADE MARK Chopped Ham Chopped Pork Luncheon Meat Cock* ail Sausages OVERSEAS CORPORATION (For East) LTD. (Inco'portted m Singapore) Fo' information and bookings JB .V coniu/f your Trove/ Agent or ■".*&ii :^*'W” p MALAYAN AIRWAYS \wt^^-.l GENUAL SALES AGENTS •IEI.
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      180 12 WISE GIRLS EVERYWHERE CHOOSE MODESS are silky-soft and extra-ah invisible under the slimmest skirt or sam, and economical too. MODESS Towels with the MODESS all-elastic ad belt give extra-comfortable, invisible protection. a JMwvnm c »4cft*v*cn product The Borneo Company Limited (incorpor. Sde Agents: LAP HENC CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hong
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    562 14  -  NORMAN SIEBEL SOCCER GLOOM DEEPENS AS TOURIST "GATES" FALL By SUPER -LEAGUE PLAN IS STEP ALONG THE RIGHT TRACK [T WILL BE against a grim background of the most dismal balance sheet involving touring teams that Singapore Amateur Football Association council will meet next Monday
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    358 14  - Season tickets for M-soccer BOB PIDGEON FAM MAKES H CONCESSIONS By I THE Football Associa--1 tion of Malaya has made a splendid gesture j to the average fan by making concessions in j the admission fees to be chareed for the Merdeka international soccer tournament. The F.A.M. now proposes to
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    87 14 Results in tl c Singapore Badminton Assecia lon's junior championships a: tht Badminton Stadium last night were: Men's doubles final: Ang Kiap Song and Noor Salleh bt Kok Peng Foo and Chan Ah Chee 4-15. 15-10. 15-11. Men's singles .?eml-flnal: Leong Yun Chan bt Ha*him Haron 15-10,
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    40 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.—Ten--1 zah won t!ie R.A.F. Malaya in- ter-statlon tennis championship when they beat Kuala Lumpui 8-7 here today. Earlier Tengah beat Butterworth 9-0 and Kuala Lumpur defeated 1 Butterworth by the same margin.
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    328 14 "THE FIRST shot in the A Singapore Amateur Football Association's "brighter soccer" campaign seems to have misfired badly, writes 808 PIDGEON. This has been the worst season ever, from almost every point of view, that Colony soccer has experienced Not all the blame for
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    92 14 LONDON, Wed— Tea scores In today's cricket matches were: At Portsmouth: Surrey 257-3 j (Stewart 92, May 72 n.0.) v Hampshire. At We«ton-Super-M»re: Sussex 243-3 (Suttle 94. Parks 92) v Somerset. At Manchester: Lancashire 187-3 (Pullar 113 n.0.) v Nottingham. At Canterbury: Kent 194-3 (Wilson 82.
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    103 14 ON THE RAMPAGE AGAIN =Six for none ll#t 34 baits RAMADHIN'S BIRMINGHAM, Wed. bowlers Sonny Ramadhin and Aif Valentine brought about a remarkable collapse of Warwickshire here today by claiming the: last seven wickets in the I space of nine runs and dismissing the county for 184. At close the
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    131 14 WARWICKSHIRE Ist Inns Gardner b Ramadhln 19; Homer lbw Ramadhin 98 Stewart c Kanhai b Valentin* 20 Smith b Valentine 29 I Cartwright lbw RamadMn Leach b Ramadhln 0 Sin?h c Smith b Valentine 4 Spooner b Ramadhir. 0 Bannister b Ramadhln Griffiths b Ramadhln 0 Hollies not out
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    141 14 DJAKARTA. Wed. »pHE Indonesian Federation of Football Associations today announced it was sending a team to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the Merdeka Games soccer championship. The Federation said it also wanted to organise an Asian-Afri-can soccer tournament 1q Indonesia next year It proposed inviting
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    492 14 ROYAL Air Force Seletar retained their swimming title with a total of 110 points at the inter Royal Air Force Singapore swimming championships at Seletar yesterday. Seletar dominated the meet. Except for the 200 and 400 yards freestyle
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    356 14 MY ten to follow at the Selangor Turf Club August meeting are: Lucky Touch: Made a promising debut at Bukit Timah last month when he scored an all-the-way win over 6f. in heavy going; takes any going. Misty Line II: Struck his best form at
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    332 14 Player defies the referee so match is stopped rpHE Singapore Business Houses Football Associa- tion's soccer competitions, which have reached the half mark uneventfully, were yesterday marred by the first incident. The section "E" league and cup match between N.T.S. and Bata on the S.R.C. padang had to be called
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    57 14 HOBART, Wed. The Hong Kong club. Eastern A. A.; drew 2-2 here today with a Combined Australian team The Chinese led 2-1 at half-time! It was one of the roughest matches ever seen ln Hobart. both teams using their weight freely. Scorers for the Chinese were
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    139 14 IH! A miles H broken h I W yestercl;,-. p v, ore il champioi. IS I Nee Soon I II both beal II —the first I la^a a h I Sison. of the p, p 1 a great rac from Bran] I I sec
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    19 14 Indian Been I I pore will meet I.R. II soccer match I Pillal Cup I Park. I
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