The Straits Times, 10 May 1958

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    16 1 The Straits Times Mai*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1958 if if if 1$ CENTS
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    652 1 RUBBER TALKS WALK-OUT EMPLOYERS HIT BACK AS WILDCAT STRIKES CONTINUE 2 conditions for new negotiations KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fHE Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association today broke off wage negotiations with the National Union of Plantation Workers. MPIEA representatives walked out of the conference hall here when news arrived that 2.000
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    Lock icon Rebel plane hits Ambon again
    261 1 JAKARTA. Friday. AN INDONESIAN Air Force spokesman, Captain Agus Suroto, today confirmed that a rebel plane yesterday again bombed Ambon airbase in the Moluccas capital, Antara news agency reported. The spokesman said the bombing caused a little damage, which was immediately repaired. The army spokesman.
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    Lock icon Youngsters mob Duke
    64 1 LONDON Frl. The Duke of Edinburgh was mobbed by 1,000 cheering schoolchildren at Wanstead (Essex) yesterday and had to abandon a tour of new playing fields. The Duke stopped smiling as children tore at his sleeves and said sternly: "Stop shoving." He was rescued by six policemen
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    Ex-envoy dies i
    19 1 Ex-envoy dies WASHINGTON. Frl. Mr. Joseph Davles, former United States Ambassador to Russia. died here today. He was 81
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    Lock icon Killed by blast
    23 1 PARIS. Frl. One woman wa« killed and six workers Injured today In an explosion at a gunpowder factory here —Reuter.
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    Shah for Japan
    22 1 TOKYO Frl The Shah of Persia will arrive here on May 19 lor a two- week Stat*' visit.— UJ».
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    WHAT THE WORKERS WANT..,
    101 1 WHAT THE WORKERS WANT =5 For the first time yesterday the employers officially disclosed the workers' proposals for a new wage agreement. Acceptance of the proposals would involve an increase of $300 million in production costs. THIS is the new salary structure demand by the workers: A BASIC MINIMUM WAGE
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    (...The bums' offer)
    132 1 The bosses' offer THIS is what the employers are prepared to negotiar- for: •A NEW WACE structure for tappers which would provide a minimum basic wage including a cost of living allowance, incentive payments to reward higher production and a prosperity element whereby workers may share in the benefits of
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    BITTER NEW MOSCOW ATTACKS ON TITO
    143 1 BITTER NEW MOSCOW ATTACKS ON TITO MOSCOW. Frl. The Communist Party organ Pravda today launched a bitter attack against Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. The blast came on the heels of an official announcement that the Communist Central Committee had Just completed a twoday meeting. However, there was no confirmation either
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    Lock icon 'No hanging' experiment
    42 1 COLOMBO. Fri— The Ceylon Senate (Upper House) last night passed a Bill to suspend the death penalty for a period of three years as an experiment. The Bill now goes to the Governor-General. Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, for assent Reuter.
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    Evening dress test for Miss Singapore
    76 1 Evening dress test for Miss Singapore ALL the contestants In the Miss Singapore Contest will be judged In the first instance in evening dress or national costume. Dnly those who are selected as semi-flnal- I TRIXII LEE another entrant in the Miss Singapore contest. tsts will be Judged In swim
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    $500 PRIZE BY BERITA HARIAN
    64 1 $500 PRIZE BY BERITA HARIAN OERITA HARIAN be- gins its great new word puzzle contest on Monday. In this $500 must be won every week and the entry is free. You must have your copy of Berita Harian on Monday for full details and your entry form. Make sure you
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    18 KPM ships anchored in Singapore up for sale
    207 1 EIGHTEEN X.P.M. ships lying idle In Singapore are up for sale. Some of the ships have been here since the start of Indonesia's anti-Dutch campaign In October The others arrived after they were released by the Indonesian Central Government last month.
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    SINGAPORE POLICE HQ RAIDED
    111 1 SINGAPORE POLICE HQ RAIDED A MAN raided police headquarters i n Pearl's Hill, Singapore, and entered a room where confidential documents were kept. The intruder, still at large last night, entered the room after forcing a door. Mr. Eu Cheow Eang, the Police Secretary, yesterday said that nothing was stolen.
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    SULTAN URGES COMMUNAL GOODWILL
    352 1 r D JOHORE BAHRU. Friday. A *AKEWELL appeal for communal goodwill among Johores 1.000,000 people was made here today by the Sultan, Major-General Sir Ibrahim An erect and soldierly figure, the 84-year-old Ruler was thanking 250 guests at a tea party held In his honour at
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    Lock icon By ship to Hong Kong
    61 1 HONO KONG. Frl. The Dutch-owned Royal Interocean Lines which has temporarily suspended passenger service to Indonesia announced today it would begin a weekly passenger service between Hong Kong &nd Singapore from mid-May. The Tjiwangi and TJlluwah will be used on Hong Kong Singapore passenger service
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    Lock icon Miners rescued
    22 1 SHARPLES. (West Virginia). Frl. Rescue workers today freed 22 coal miners who had been trapped behind a flooded underground gallery.—Reuter.
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    2 a.m. news roundup STUDENT HELD IN SECURITY SWOOP 140 KILLED IN TRAIN SMASH
    154 1 2 a.m. news roundup LONDON TALKS: NO SNACS ANTICIPATED LONDON, Frl. The Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode. arrived here today for talks on giving the colony internal se.f-government and told reporters he did not anticipate any ..nags He said at London airport that the AngloSingapore discussions, beginning next Mo
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    STUDENT HELD IN SECURITY SWOOP
    60 1 STUDENT HELD IN SECURITY SWOOP The Singapore Special Branch yesterday detained a student under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance. He is Tan Kent Lit. 22. of th- Chinese Hieh School in Bukit Timah Road. Tan was arrested in nl* house in Purvis. Street, off Bearh Rnid. in the afternoon
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    140 KILLED IN TRAIN SMASH
    30 1 RIO 1)E JANEIRO. Frl One hundred and forty proplp were killed and 3M injured in a head-on collision between two trains near here last night.
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    Lock icon Mac defeats a censure
    282 2 Mac defeat a censur e votes HOUSE ENDORSES GOVT. HANDLING OF BUS ROW LONDON, Fri.— Tl British Governmei last night won Hout of Commons approv for its handling of tl London bus disput defeating a Labot Opposition censui motion by 320 votes t 253 a (iovernmei majority of 67. Mr.
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    NEW YORK TIMES MAN DETAINED IN JAKARTA
    116 2 NEW YORK TIMES MAN DETAINED IN JAKARTA JAKARTA, Fri.—lndonesian military police today detained Mr. Bernard Kalb. correspondent of the New York Times, on undisclosed charges. Eye-witnesses >said the police patrol took Mr. Kalb from his office in central Jakarta. Earlier this week police detained Mr. S. T. Usieh, Indonesian-born correspondent
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    Lock icon Spaak in Oslo
    31 2 OSLO. Fri -Mr Paul-Henri Speak, NATO secretary general, arrived here today by air to begin a three-day visit to Norway at the conclusion of the Copenhagen conference —Reuter.
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    BUSINESSMAN KELLY BEATS BUS STRIKE THIS WAY
    90 2 lUt businessman, complete with the bowler hat, brolly and briefcase, i 8 Mr. Michael Castle Kelly. 38, of Chdaea. He Is beating the Loadoa has strike this way. The water scooter churns up a lively wake as he makes Ms way home ap
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    Lock icon MINISTER SEALED IN FLAT SERENADES PASSERS-BY
    345 2 DOME, Fri.— A Protes- tant minister walled up in his flat in Fondi by his Catholic landlady serenaded pass-ers-by with rousing hymns yesterday while lawyers debated how to extricate him His only way out Is through the wio<lou which looks oat on the street
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    Lock icon $144,000 haul from post offices
    72 2 $144,000 haul from post offices LONDON. Fri r'O London sub-post offices were raided last night and cash, stamps and postal orders worth £17,000 (about $144,M0> were stolen. Raiders at Wanstead, unabte to break open the safe, carried it out to a Tan and drove off with it. It contained cash,
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    PAKISTANI PARTY CHIEF STABBED
    144 2 LAHORE, Friday. •TOE leader of the Republican Party, Dr. Khan 1 Sahib, was stabbed to death here this morning. According to first police reports, Dr. Khan Sahib was attacked in his home and died soon after admission to hospital. Police said the assailant was Ata Mohammed,
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    Bel Geddes dies
    30 2 NEW YORK, Frl.— Norman Bel Geddes, designer, author and theatrical producer, died yesterdaj at the age of «5. He was the father of actress Barbara Bel Geddes.
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    NZ PREMIER: NO MAJOR ASIAN IMMIGRATION
    187 2  -  DAVID FINDLAY From WELLINGTON, Friday. THE NEW ZEALAND Government does not favour 1 large-scale Asian Immigration to New Zealand, the Prime Minister, Mr. Walter Nash, indicated in a speech here. A questioner had asked at a public lecture If the Government proposed to "open
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    Lock icon More gains by Labour Party j
    58 2 More gains by Labour Party LONDON, Fri. A stronf swing to the Left In towi council elections yesterdaj throughout England ant Wales gave the Laboui Party control of many extri councils and net gains of ai least 220 seats. The 373 councils Involved lr, the polling ranged from smal towns
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      U.S. plane sets altitude record
      29 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. A Onlted States FIO4A Btaxflghter has recaptured the world altitude record with a climb to 91.249 ft, the VLB Air Force announced.
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      26 2 LONDON: Ten thousand guitars are being Imported from Russia to Britain next month under a tarter agreement. Russia «1)l get £10,000 worth of razor blades. Beuter.
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      18 2 LONDON: The cost of operations by the Atomic Energy Authority In the IM6-57 financial year was 25.361.407. —Reuter.
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      19 2 MOSCOW: Russia rejected a U.S. Government Invitation to send Soviet sclen- ti.sts to watch an American nuclear test. Reuter.
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      25 2 PARIS: Mr. John Foster Dulles, VS. Secretary of State, arrived by air from Berlin to preside over a conference of American diplomatic envoys In Europe.
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      17 2 WASHINGTON: Peru apologised for the stoning of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon by anti-American students In Lima. UP.
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    AMERICA TODAY
    101 3 MALTA POLICE CHARGE RIOTERS VIOLENCE IN VALLETTA a street scene last week snowing police (dark ficures at top left corner) charging rioters. The troubled island of Malta shut down under a general strike and the Governor, Sir Robert Laycock, took swift action. He banned all demonstrations and public meetines. Reuter
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    174 3 Power politics all week long prayers to U.N. on Sunday NEW YORK. Frl. CATHERINE GAVIN. U.S correspondent for the Glasgow Bulletin, said In a Mike Wallace interview today that the U.S. Government "plays power politics all week long and thetv prays to the U.N. on Sunday." Wallace asked
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    Lock icon Festing in Fiji
    31 3 SUVA, Frl. Gen. Sir Francis Festlng, is visiting Fiji on his way back to Britain to take up his appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Stan*. Reuter.
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    Lock icon New president
    18 3 SAN JOSE. Fri.— Mr. Mario Echandl was yesterday sworn in as President of Costa Rica —Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'FLYING SAUCERS' PROTEST MARCH
    139 3 LONDON, Friday. A SOCIETY which believes in men from outer space announced last night that it will stage a protest march through London against "Government silence" on flying saucers George King, 38-year-old secretary of the Astronautlcal Society, said he received Instructions from people on Mars to
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    Lock icon MO,OOO mob stars at film festival
    102 3 10,000 mob stars at film festival CANNES, Fri. POLICE reinforcements were rushed to the Cannes film festival palace last night as 10,000 people mobbed stars attending a gala performance. The crowd overwhelmed the small force of police, and guests were pushed and battered as they fought their way up the
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    Lock icon Uranium glut
    37 3 WASHINGTON. Fri The Atomic Energy Commission announced yesterd y that uranium is now In such plentiful supply In the United States that private producers may begin to sell it to domestic and foreign buyers. U.P
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    Lock icon Pastor faces tax charge
    68 3 NEW YORK, Fri. A Federal Grand Jury today indicted Mr. Adam Clayton Powell, Negro clergyman and Democratic Congressman, on charges of attempting to evade income taxes. Mr. Powell, who represents the Harlem district of New York and is pastor of its biggest church, was accused of
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    335 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON, Thurs There was renewed uncertainty on the London Stock exchange today although conditions became steadier during the afternoon following news that the Minister of Labour was prepared to meet representatives of the Transport Commission and the railway unions tomorrow. This prompted a certain amount of bearcovering especially
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    Lock icon —Jakartafree port I plan will hit Malaya
    257 3 Jakarta free port plan will hit Malaya lAKARTA, Fri. The J Indonesian Government is preparing to open a free port in Indonesian territory to rival Singapore. This was announced by the Indonesian Shipping Minister, Mr. Mohammad Nazir, at a conference of Shipping Ministry officials In Sourabaya. Mr. Nazlr sale Singapore
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    Music, boxing to woo Perak's young toughs from streets
    220 4 IPOH. Friday. A BIG drive will start soon to woo Perak s "wild boys" eH the streets into the beiing ring and music classes. It will bf launched by the PeraJc branch of the Malayan Association cv Yoyth Clubs, whose officials,
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    'Infant' Dragon cleared
    123 4 PENANCJ. Fn.—Apprentice jockey Chris Dragon, 17. was today acquitted of a summons charge of failing to submit his income tax returns last year He was described as an 'infant" and therefore outside the Income Tax Ordinance. When the case came up today the prosecuting officer. Mr Cheah
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    Cyclist robbed
    30 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Four men stopped p rubber tapper. Ramasamy. on a lonely road near Meru village Klang yesterday and robbed him of M 5 and his bicycle.
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    Council meeting postponed
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. The Selangor State Council meeting which was scheduled to take place on Monday has been postponed to May 20 to give the Mentri Besar. Inche Abdul Jamil bin Rai.s. time to prepare for the meeting.
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    $8,200 AID FOR VILLAGERS LEFT HOMELESS BY STORM
    79 4 $8,200 AID FOR VILLAGERS LEFT HOMELESS BY STORM PARI I BUNTAR, Fri A total of njtN has been calkrU-H so far to help villagers af KampoiiK Bagan Tiang wbeae homes were destroyed to a fierce storm reeeatry The Perak Religious Department «ay« SS.OM tbe Social Welfare Department S'-'W and the
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    CO-OP MEN WANT FILM ABOUT THEM
    87 4 CO-OP MEN WANT FILM ABOUT THEM The All-Malayan Co-ope-rative Conference is to be asked to make a him about the co-operative movement In Singapore and the Federation to give it a boost. A resolution to this effect will be Introduced oy the Singapore Public Services Cooperative Stores at the conference,
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    Had no records
    25 4 SEGAMAT. Thurs. For falling to keep proper records of hU sales, a bar keener. Kuan Mun Oho. 50 was fined $mo here.
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    PARK CLOSED TO P.P.P.
    206 4 'Let Abell stay' SARAWAK COUNCIL ASKS THE QUEEN TO GRANT FURTHER EXTENSION IfUCHING. Fri.— The Council Neßrt is to ask the Queen to grant a further extension ol office to the Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abell. Introducing the motion at the recent council meetIng. Inche Habibullah bin Majtd (Unofficial),
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    PARK CLOSED TO P.P.P.
    87 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri An application by the Selangor branch of the People's Progressive Party to hold a public rally at th e Tengku Abdul Rahman Park opposite the Merdeka Stadium here on May IS has been turned down by the Municipal Council. The branch secretary, Mr
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    New MCA building: $170,000 to go
    67 4 New MCA building: $1 70,000 to go iron Fri. The Perak branch of tbe Malayan Chinese Association has raised $tt »M of the >1'»» 000 still needed for a new headquarters building here. Of the sum raised, about >2.000 came from a $2 levy on members. The huildine wUI go
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    TENGKU: MALACCA VISIT NO POLL TOUR
    181 4 TENGKU: MALACCA VISIT NO POLL TOUR MALACCA, Frl.— The W1 Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, denied yesterday that his visit here is connected with the forthcoming Malacca rural district council elections. He said the invitation by th e Malayan Party was •absolutely groundless Nomination day for the elections is on
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    VARSITY STUDENTS IN BOOK PROBE
    219 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. *THE UNIVERSITY of Malaya Students 1 Union Kuala Lumpur division, is making its own inquiries into allegations that university students have been damaging books belonging to the Kuala Lumpur Book Club. The chairman of the union. Mr Gurnam Singh, said today: W
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    GANG CLASH NEAR A TODDY SHOP
    63 4 GANG CLASH NEAR A TODDY SHOP TANJONG MALIM Frt Gangsters and thugs are openly Intimidating estate la bourer- her* This afternoon two gangs with seven Indians on each side, clashed near a govern mem toddy shop The cause uf the clash is believed to be the refusal of a member
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    Rousing welcome for stars
    60 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri About «00 people gave Indian screen and stage actress Kamala Lakshmanan and her sister Radah a rousing welcome at a reception here tonight. Among those present were th e Minister of Health, Mr. V. T Sambanthan, Mrs Sambanthan and the Indian High Commissioner
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    MAID HELD UP BY GEM THIEVES
    148 4 IPOH. FrL— Two Chin--1 ese with knives held up a maid servant. HuJ Tham Khal, 23. near the New Town police station here yesterday afternoon and took $1,066 in Jewellery and cash. The robbers entered a house In Chun*- Onn Slew Street by releasing
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    Sarong wins ILS. prize
    80 4 Sarong wins U.S. prize KUALA LUMPUR, rfl A silver- threaded <*mgkel sarong from the East Coast has won a design award at the seventh International Trade Fair for Allied Arts In Washington, it was announced here today Thr Malayan oooth with its mum wuvrti textiles and hand-made silverware, straw mats,
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    ONG SAYS 'YES' TO TALKS ON I SCHEME | for EXPATS
    334 5 ONG SAYS 'YES' TO TALKS ON I SCHEME for EXPATS Negotiation subcommittee appointed— meeting on Tuesday THE MAYOR of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, announced yesterday that he was agreeable lo negotiation with the City Council's expatriate officers on his Malayanisation scheme. And he made one notable amendment to the
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    ESTATE BREAKUP: 8,000 HAVE LOST JOBS IN PERAK
    115 5 ESTATE BREAKUP: 8,000 HAVE LOST JOBS IN PERAK IPOH, Pri An estimated MM estate wwken hi Perak lost their Jobs because of estate fragmentation over the last IS months. Sixteen estates with a total acreage of 17.5*> acres were broken up in this period They are mostly In the Bating
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    Penang to study civic centre proposal
    91 5 Penang to study civic centre proposal PENANG. Pri. rE State Government has set up a committee to study the possibility of building a civic centre in Penang. The committee will also consider the question of com bining for this purpose three funds previously started for the construction of a Queen's
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    Promotion for assistant
    44 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Major Khalid bin Mohamed Yassin, now assistant military adviser to the Federation High Commissioner in Britain, will become military adviser later this month. Col. Q. Wort, the present Military Adviser will relinquish his appointment on promotion to Brigadier.
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    Indian dancer in Ipoh
    31 5 IPOH. Frl. An Indian classical dancer and 91m star, Miss Kamala Laxaman, will give a performance at the Rex Theatre here on May 12 at 9.30 p.m.
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    On transfer
    26 5 TAIPING, Frl. Mr Loke Wing gan has arrived here on transfer from Kuala Lumpur to be th c Assistant State Commissioner for Labour, Talping.
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    Perak man has his own summit troubles
    197 5 Perak man has his own summit troubles IPOH, Frt OTATE Government officials here yesterday turned down a request for a Perak flag by a young Malay exsoldier who hopes to plant it on top of Mount Everest. They told Inche Sulalman bin Ahmad. 30. who Is Joining a Japanese expedition
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    Man found with throat cut
    35 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frt. An old man. Wong Soon, was found with his throat cut In his house at San Peng Road here yesterday. He was admltUd to the General Hospital.
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    Education query
    40 5 PENANO. Frt— Mr. P. O. 8 Nalr (nominated) will ask the State Council next Monday for the cost of primary education In Penang for this year, and the amount of contributions from the Federal and ''or State Governments
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    New officer
    36 5 PARIT BUNTAR Fit— The New Assistant District Officer, Krian, is Inche Aziz Rahman bin Abdul Aziz He succeeds Inche Mohamed bin Yeop Abdul Raof who has gone to Slim River as Assistant District Officer.
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    Extortion is alleged
    55 5 Leong Ah Heng and Urn Song Chong pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to causing hurt to Irene Chia Kirn Hiang and extorting from her $5 The offence was alleged to have taken place in a Singa pore bar on May 2 Both were remanded
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    Minister visits constituency
    49 5 KUANTAN, Frl. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Hajl Talib Minister of Transport last night told a mass rally of 1,500 Malays at Tan Jong Lumpur: "The problems of Government are your problems The Minister arrived here yesterday on a six-day unofficial visit to his Pahang Timor constituency.
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    VISITORS CROWD 'SACRED' POND
    228 5 BALING, Friday. T»HE "SACRED POND" of Kuala Pulai, which appeared three weeks ago when two coconut trees suddenly sank into the ground, continues to attract a daily stream of visitors as stories of its miraculous water spread through Kedah. Superstitious villagers have fenced the pond and
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    Tank collapse: Police probe
    159 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DOLICE have asked the Executive Engineer at Kajang for a report on the 30,000-gallon water tank that burst on Monday, killing two children The two dead, with seven -other children, were playing near the tank when one sectior of the 20ft high concrete
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    23 5 IPOH. Fri. A list of more than 2,000 jurors for Perak for 1958 Is published In the latest state Government Gazette.
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    Last visit to tomb of a famous ancestor
    64 6 SINGAPORE businessman. Mr. T. V Mitchell who leaves Malaya at the end of this month after 45 years in the East, paid a farewell visit to the tomb of his great-grandfather, rapt. Francis Light the founder of Penang. on Thursday Mr. Mitchell
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    Young thugs make 'Feeling of Love' taboo
    239 6 Young thugs make 'Feeling of Love' taboo HIT TUNE GOES UNDERGROUND AFTER POLICE DRIVE \'< longer is the famous Malay balls'* "Rasa Sayang Eh" heard in the Katong district of Singapore. The title means "the feeling of love" the name adopted by a new gang of teenage thugs which has
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    STABBING: JEALOUS HUSBAND JAILED
    149 6 STABBING: JEALOUS HUSBAND JAILED SJUNGEI PATANI, Fri.— A fisherman who attacked a youth with a knife out of "senseless Jealousy" was Jailed for five months here yesterday. The youth. Ahmad bin Saud. 19. told the court hat JafTar bin Bakar. 39, invited him into his house and then locked the
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    Medical officer off to Ipoh
    46 6 BATU GAJAH. Frl— Dr Leslie Paul, medical officer of the general hospital here has been transferred to Ipoh. He has been succeeded by Dr. L E. Elbert. lady medical officer, formerly of Teluk Anson, who has just returned from home leave.
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    THE FIRST ASIAN IS READY TO MOVE IN
    80 6 THE FIRST ASIAN IS READY TO MOVE IN PENANG. Fri. The appointment of the first Penan* Asian officer to succeed an expatriate officer will come up for confirmation at Monday's meeting of the City Council. Mr C. B. de Souxa has been recommended by the Health. Water and Veterinary Departments
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    KHIR REASSURES EDUCATIONISTS
    276 6 PENANG, Friday. •THE Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here last night the Government "never intended" to force Chinese schools to convert Into national-type institutions when It introduced the controversial promotion examination for senior middle classes. The Minister met members of the management committees of
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    Quiet day
    20 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Ftl.— No casualties to terrorists or to security forces have been reported Id the Federation to-
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    27 entries for speech contest
    62 6 Twenty-seven entries— four from Chinese schools have been received for the Singapore Rotary Club's annual Inter-school speech contest, to be held at the Cultural Centre next Thursday and Friday The contest Is open to all secondary school student* Entrants will be required to recite a
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    Overtime for council staff
    49 6 SEREMBAN, Fri. The staff of the Seremban Town Council attending nightly meetings of the council are to be paid a special overtime allowance. It has been recommended that division one officers should get $5 an hour, division two $4 an hour and division three S3.
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    PLANTER FOILED THIEF'S ESCAPE
    174 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Friday. A PADI planter foiled a burglar's escape bid by deflating the latter's bicycle tyres, the Bukit Mertajam court was told yesterday. Ang Chuan Tong, 30-year-old coftee shop assistant, was jailed for six months for at- tempting to break into a sundry shop at
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    New post
    25 6 TAP AH. Frl.— The second assistant district officer here. Inche Adam bin Abdullah has left on transfer to Kuantan a<: assistant district officer.
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    THENEWGOC PAYS FIRST VISIT
    97 6 THENEWGOC PAYS FIRST VISIT IPOH. Frl MaJ -Gen J A. R. Robertson, the General Officer Commanding the 17th Gurkha Division, Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces today paid his first visit to the Commonwealth units serving In the "Operation Ginger" area of Perak During his six-hour stay here, the General, who was
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    Kaum Ibu is 12 years old
    64 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Kuala Lumpur Kaum Ibu Division will celebrate the 12th anniversary of "Hari Ibu" (Mother's Day) tomorrow with a run fair at UMNO house. The Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, will fly back from Malacca to open the fair which consists
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      905 7 Napoleon had too talkative an agent in East DE LA HOUSSAYE-A GLIB TONGUE T lEUT. COLONEL Leon de la Houssaye was a talkative officer. He talked about the certainty of France's eventual conquest of Europe; about the great Napoleon and his victories at Austerlitz, Jena and in the Peninsular: and
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    DEATHS
    156 8 M »vr4, til minimum) MADAM JEYAMARY DAS passed away on 9.5.58. Cortege will leave 81, Durnatn Estate, Spore, at 4 p.m. today. M. DANIEL 8.A.. L.T, exMunicipal Chairman, Mavellkara, Kerala State, and brother of Messrs. M. Oeorge M.B E., and M. John (Survey Department, Singapore), Lt Comdr. II Samuel.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    120 8 W»r*, til (Minimum; MR. MRS. JAFFAA AHAD wish to thank all their friends for the wedding gifts on occasion of their marriage. MR. LAUW BONO KENQ and Family Thank Relatives and Friends who sent wreaths, donations, rendered assistance and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Lauw Bong Keng
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    170 8 111 Horis tIU I Minimum) THE COCKPIT'S Java Rijsttalel Is served every Saturday and Sunday lunch time SPECIAL OFFER at Cold Storage. Scotch Lemon Sole Fillets Turbot Fillets $i per Ib. AN EATING THRILL Add one or two drops of Tabasco to your Makan. Tabasco made from Chilli, gives
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      624 8 Rubber Wage Crisis Estate labour can hardly blame the planters for the breakdown in the rubbei wage talks. More wild cat strikes yesterday provoked the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association into suspending negotiations with the National Union of Plantation Workers until these strikes are ended. Strikes in the middle ol
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      The Navy's Day
      344 8 The Royal Malayan Navy has steamed a long way since 1948 when three Royal Navy officers were given the Pelandok" and a handful of Malay volunteers and told to create a navy. Today it has a complement of 30 officers, 100 chief petty officers and petty officers
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      Free Port Threat
      227 8 Free ports are made and not born. The plan announced by Indonesia's Minister of Shipping to create a free port there to rival and then outstrip Singapore is all well and fine, but the fact that Indonesia feels so acutely the need for one also explains why
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    As I was saying..
    1289 8  -  CYNICUS by IF I hear or read much more about the allparty mission to London I shall be in danger of becoming confused. For I thought there was agreement, and that the Assembly had approved Singapore's new constitution. Yet It seems we are off to bake
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    11 8 AVER IT AM TEMPLE— Photo Oy Wan Seng Yip
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    744 8 MAX %IH HOW «V A YOUNG Chinese from Shanghai was among the dozens of applicants for a $100 a-month-job in Hong Kong. He was a firstrate shorthand typist, speaking excellent English, who in some other parts of the world would command three or four times that
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    96 8  - FIFTY YEARS AGO {From the Straits Times of May 7. 1908 MR. JB Elcum. Director of Education, says in his annual report English schools generally made very satisfactory Improvement tn efficiency during 1907. This was especially marked tn the lower classes. It is curious and very unsatisfactory. Mr. Elcum adds
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      434 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. M W.r*, til Midi mum). TALALLA: To Daisy and Oeorge at Salmon's Maternity Home on 6.6 58, a daughter, Nallni Alice. JONES: to Heather and David a son, Craig Alexander at Youngberg Memorial Hospital on 8.5.58 M H.rrf. |1« i mtUmmm). TAN WANO: Khek Cbye youngest son of
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    COUNCIL SUED IN CONTRACT ISSUE
    256 9 COUNCIL SUED IN CONTRACT ISSUE PENANG, Fri.— A contractor, Ng Chee Hong, today sued the Penang City Council for payment of $33,262 over the construction of a filtration plant and extensions to another plant five years ago. Ng blamed the council for causing a delay in the completion of his
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    Archbishop due
    31 9 The Archbishop of Melbourne. Most Reverend Frank Woods, brother of the former Archdeacon of Singapore, the Yen. Robin Woods, will arrive In the Colony from Australia on June 14.
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    Open verdict on pawnbroker after sparring session story
    812 9 CORONER RAPS POLICE INSPECTOR, QUESTIONS DOCTOR'S CONDUCT. SINGAPORE coroner yesterday criticised a police inspector and questioned the conduct of a private doctor when he returned an open verdict at the close of a three-day inquest on Chong Khin 800, 38, a pawnbroker.
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    Tyre plant 'in our interests'
    33 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said today that the prooosfd establishment of a fae'orv to produce motor vres wps In the nations best Interest*.
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    Valeric, 22, will wed Malay architect
    103 9 Valeric, 22, will wed Malay architect KUALA LL'MPCR. Fri. Pretty Valerie Dearing. 22. (above) arrived here by Britannia today to Join her Malay fiance. He is Inche Ikmal Hixham, 28. a P.H.I) architect and the eldest son of Tuan Hajl Mustapha Albakri. chairman of the Federal Election Commission. They plan
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    Parking offence
    28 9 Tr»'rteen motorists were yesteiJay fined $10 each when they pleaded guilty In a Singapore court to the charge of parking their vehicles at a taxi stand.
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    Labour youth
    28 9 The Singapore Labour Front youth section will be officially Inaugurated by the party secretary-general. Mr. Francis Thomas, at the party headquarters at De Souza Street today.
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    GANG TAKES TO THE RAILWAY TO ROB PASSENGERS
    189 9 GANG TAKES TO THE RAILWAY TO ROB PASSENGERS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 4 WELL-ORGANISED gang is operating on second class trains on the Kuala Lumpur to Penang route, robbing passengers. The gang's method is simple Two of the thieves board the night mail train at Kuala Lumpur, one of them parrying
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    Pay plan for Negri councillors
    103 9 Pay plan for Negri councillors SEREMBAN. Frl. The Negrl Sembllan government agreed In principle to the paying of allowances to unofficial members of the town council, but the Minister for Natural Resource* must agree to amend the Town Board Ordinance. Th.s was stated at last night's meeting of the town
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    NAVY'S BIRTHDAY
    72 9 rE Royai Malayan Navy will celebrate Its 10th birthday tomorrow by opening its doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. people ma y visit R.M.N ships and the barracks at Woodlands, where there will be a children's fun fair, cheap meals and refreshments. There will
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    11 JOHORE SAYS FAREWELL TO THE SULTAN
    44 9 1 1 JOHORE SAYS FAREWELL TO THE SULTAN THE SULTAN of Johore arrives, with Lady Marcella and Princess Mariatn. at the Royal International Club to attend a tea party given in his honour on the eve of his departure to England. -straits Times picture.
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    Planter fined
    19 9 SEOAMAT. Frl. W D. Reardon, 27. of Paya Lang Estate, was fined $50 here for negligent driving.
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      PRIVATE PIARA THANKS PALS
      92 9 PRIVATE PIARA THANKS PALS ITUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Pte. Piara Singh, the British soldier turned Sikh, now at hi» home In the London suburb of Penge. has written to his Sikh friends here thanking them for their help "during my difficult day." In a letter to Mr. Balwant Singh. a Kuala
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      43 9 Lorry attendant Oh Ewe Chan. 23. was killed when the vehicle sumersaulted off the road and landed In a ditch at the 6th mile. Teluk AnsonBagan Datoh Road yesterday. The driver. V. Navaratnam. 41. Is In Teluk Anson hospital with a fractured arm.
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      19 9 Two thugs robbed Sim Ah Guan. 18. of a wrtstwatch aPer attacking him in an amusement park In Singapore
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      22 9 Convent the Holy Infant Jesus will hold a flag day today. About 200 abandoned cables are cared for at the Convent orphanage.
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      35 9 A bus was stranded for three hours on a ferry In thp middle of the Marang River last night when the cable burst A breakdown gang from Kuala Trengganu was summoned to repair the cable.
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      228 10 v TO PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS STANDARD-VACUUM OIL COMPANY, (liKorporace<J in USA wjA limited LUbifi^} "^TtooW* 5 AVIATION MODUCTS On the occasiort of the opening of their new office to accommodate a progressive enterprise. CONGRATULATIONS To Pan American World Airways on the opening of their new offices m m EVERETT TRAVEL
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    A PROUD RECORD OF AVIATION 'FIRSTS'
    357 11 IN its 30 years of exI perience in internaI 1 on a 1 commercial aviation. Pan American World Airways has established a reputation for leadership in fields ranging from the development of airways and airport traffic control to food service and low cost tourist
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      25 11 We extend our sincere congratulations to Pan American on the opening of their new office THOS. COOK SON 39 ROBINSON ROAD SINCAPORE Telephone *****/9 6700
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      296 11 The new Pan American office I WPJkJBX AMBRCCAV 1 We are proud to have been the general contractors for the construction of the new office for Pan American World Airways Inc. and take this opportunity to offer our congratulations and best wishes for the future. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. 44 WINCHESTER
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    METAL PRICE RISES $4: HAS SQUEEZE STARTED AT LAST?
    419 12 METAL PRICE RISES $4: HAS SQUEEZE STARTED AT LAST? By Our Market Correspondent pHE tin price in Singapore yesterday rose sharply by $4 to $371 per picul which is only $5 below the highest price for the year to date, recorded in March. During this week the price has been
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    345 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "There was a good selective support for industrials and tins which were fully steady at the close. Rubbers were quiet. There was an Improvement in turnover." Singapore and Federation broken rr>parted the following bustneas done yesterday: Fed Dispensary $3.16 cd eel; Praser
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    I STOCK INDICESI
    18 12 Malayan Share Market: May May Industrials 89 U B*7o Tim: n.u u.n Jaa. 1 ISSR-1M
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    91 12 Singapore Chines* Praainee Es change: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady quiet; UK/Continent May/June |31^ buyers $32 sellers Coeonal oil: steady quiet; bulk M% sellers, drum $50^ sellers Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $126. Sarawak $125. special Sarawak black $73 (all unchanged) Singapore
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    11 OFFICIAL PRICESI
    24 12 1 1 OFFICIAL PRICESI SINGAPORE, MAY 9. RUBBER: 73* cents per lb (up five eighths •f a cent). TIN: $371 per picul (up $4).
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    Active week in rubber
    286 12 r£ rubber market bu again experienced an active week, nervous and irregular conditions prevailing, report H.C.B. Ltd. In their yeekly rubber circular The worsening Indonesian shipping situation and the threat of labour trouble on Malayan estates were the main bull factors. Imports and exports were respectively
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    119 12 MELBOURNE, Ftl. INVESTMENT snares showed a 1 quiet tone with E.S.A. Bank aown ls.6d. providing the main price variation on the Stock Exchange here today Loans t%% 1956-58 £98 lbs 9d Loans 3(4% 1955-5S £9> 17s. 3d. Con Zinc 55/ buyer Bank of NSW U> -j Mcunt Lyell
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 12 May first grade rubber •■yen lob closed In Singapore yesterday at 73 w cents per 1b up riveeighths of a cent on Thursday's closing price. Closing tone: Barely steady Closing prices tn cents per Ib yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 HSS Spot fob. buyers 73V. sellers 73 Vs;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    116 12 The Malayan Kxrhancr Hanks' Aaaactallan made tbe followliig changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to 1100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32'fe. O.D. 33 90 d/st 33'<, credit bills. S3 3/16 trade bills Canada: buying airmail T.T. 11%. OD S3. N d/st 33 5/18 credit
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    Rubber crops
    17 12 Bakll Kalil produced 26,481 Ib of rubber In April. Ayer Mole* crop iv 34.430 1b
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      424 12 NOTICES NOTICE FEDERATION OF MALAYA 532.0M.D9a/- 3*% LOAN IMI/1971 NOTICE is hereby given that the Registers of the above-men-tioned loan will be closed from 18th to 31st May. 1958, both days inclusive, for preparation of Interest Warrants. C.E. UASCOIONE Registrar, Public Debt Office. Federation of Malaya IN THE HIGH COURT
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      464 12 NOTICES NOTICE The Office of the French Embassy will be closed on Saturday the 10th and Monday the 12th May. The office will be at Kwang Tung Association Bldg.. 4th Floor, 44 Pudu Road. Telephone numbers ***** and ***** THE HALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. (Incorporated In the Colony of
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      485 12 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from registered class "D" Contractors and above at the office of the State Engineer PWD. Perak Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. of the 16th May, 1968 for Decorating of Government quarters and institutions In Krlan and Selsoua up to 30.6.1959. Tender Forms and
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      735 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS Application^ are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Assistant Game Warden In the State of Perak. Applicants must be between 21 and 30 years of age and have passed School Certificate with Credit in tbe English language be of robust physique and hare an aptitude for Field
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      708 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service HOM CANADA/ UV PACIFIC POUft OAT> Sailing too AfrtTlm «»<••'« fraacrior s*aM Ptror. t ('mantle KRISTIN JAKKI Sail** SeUatf IS/2* Ma, tl Mat 14 Mo, 11 May EUSAKTH BAKKE 11 May 4 Jun* 7/ 9 iyly 11 July II Jwl, 10 Jala UIRTRUD tAKRI NJMi U
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  • The STRAITS TIMES Saturday foriim
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      Popular site for park
      124 14 Popular site for park i j k PROPOSAL for a national park In Perak was Initiated by me as a member of the Perak Council of State some four or five years ago The Government gave the assurance that the -natter would receive every consideration. I suggested then that it
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      Give more opportunities to Malayan engineers
      477 14 WE know that the Federal P.W.D. is a vast organisation capable of handhng most, if not all. of the Government work available in Malaya today. Yet. In the past some work was farmed out to consultants abroad, on the grounds of the shortage of
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      Motorists warned too late to stop
      142 14 IF the Singapore Traffic Police are out to catch motorists and make money tor the Government their present change in position. Jig the "Halt" sign a' the junction of North Buona Vista Road and Holland Road (Holland Village) is a sure hit. Previously the
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      Unfinished roadworh
      124 14 Unfinished roadwork I HAVE been a regular visitor to Market Street, Singapore, for many years and feel that It is necessary to point out a bureaucratic action which was not only unjustified, but continues to be so. There was a first-class shop, respectable and completely renovated. It wculd seem however
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      .THE FIRST STAMP MACHINE
      88 14 THE FIRST STAMP MACHINE rE automatic stamp vending machine now in use in Singapore Is stated (ST. May 2) to be the first In Singapore or the Federation. Sometime in 1036 or 1837. I remember very well, a similar machine was Installed In Ipoh Post Office and I can recollect
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      Overcrowded taxis
      29 14 rE safety of passengers In overcrowded taxis In Batu Pahat and on the road to Muar must be considered by the police and the Road Transport Department
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      The right to abstain
      56 14 COMPULSORY Toting \j should be Introduced Into the City Council and Legislative Assembly as an experiment before tntroduc Ing it to the electorate Members should not In future be allowed to abstain from voting at these meetings. If they can abstain, why cannot we voters have
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      678 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 21 Word, ti (Him.)— Box it ill. txlrm SMALL, FURNISHED FLAT. /Or single Kurniumn Qf pnnplp v.lthout children. Scotts Rd Tel 2&T70 alter 10.00 ajß. MARINE PARADE REST HOUSE Restaurant aad Bar. Accommodation must be booked ia I advance. Restaurant and Bar tonight dancing by Baby Low and
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      872 15 r.l>l( AIION U WrnrntU U |*i.l-J.j»»rui«(« CHINESE YMCA School's Beginners' Accounting, Book-keeping. Shorthand, Typewriting. Addldanal Maths, Sensor literature Lanaiage, Hajgiuii vn, Latin. Shorthand Speeds. l«7 Selegle Road. Phone *****. TUITION tt Word, ta I Him.)— Box it tli ttlrm LONDON OBIVINO SCHOOL Charges only for the necessary lesson* required to
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      916 15 VEHICLES FOR SAl.fc U {Nta.)-fHM(tau*M THE AUTO-MARI, 9-11 Penna Road. Phone *****. Often rotkl used Cars. Basy payments trade aw. evranged OPEL KAPITAN $5,900/. Standard 12 $700 0.n.0. Terms can be arranged Ring ***** 53 Jalan Chengkek off MacPhesson Rd. Vt LITRE RILEY Saloon good condition registered 1951 $2,100 0.n.0.
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      731 15 KOK SALE itWmrdm U (Him.)— Box tt rli. txlro ONE HOIST. One Cutting Machine, One Chain Block, One Frame $1,000 an j. Phone 26. us RCA Hi-Fi Apparatus in cabinet capable noising 300 retinas (Cost $1,508) plus 300 Classical LP records. $1,200 o.no. Tel. *****. SILVER CROSS PUSHCHAIR. Deluxe Model
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      317 15 MISCELLANEOUS It Worm* ti (Mim.)— Box it til. txlrm. ELECTRIC AND SWEDISH Massage steam bath etc. 432, Batu Road 2nd floor K.L. 938 a.m •JO pm. Telephone ***** except Sundays. SPRAY-PAINTING for your offlee cabinets, desks: furniture, refrigerators, motor cttrs, etc. King Safety Motor Co. Telephone ***** MADAM SHIRLEY (Indonesia)
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      179 15 YVHKKr: TO EAT tt Ward, tit (Mimimum). Omilf I mtomlh. tt Wordi IXit Urn.) MAYFAIR HOTEL Wiener Schnitzel. RAFFLEB HOTEL Ell?i.r>rtnan Jrtll rot thn-r of dLsrrln)i..atlng rood taste ENJOY EXCELLENT Canton* esc food lunches/ dinners at Air View Restaurant. MAJESTIC HOTEL Couiteoua Service— Excellent Food- Surrlal Chinese Dishes ***** P.W.D.
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    MALAYA CUP: 15 TEAMS
    371 16  -  OB KEE TIANC RECORD ENTRY FOR SOCCER'S PREMIER PRIZE By Newcomers are Fed Armed Forces IT H Singapore's return and the entry of Federation Armed Forces for the first time, this year's Malaya Cvp Malayan soccer's premier prize will be contested by a record number of
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    Lock icon A DISPUTED PENALTY GIVES 'BABES' FIRST-LEG VICTORY
    118 16 A DISPUTED PENALTY GIVES 'BABES' FIRST-LEG VICTORY MANCHESTER, Frl. A hotly-disputed penalty gave Manchester United a 2-1 victory here last night In the first leg of the European Cup soccer semi final against Milan, the 1957 Italian champions. United now go into the second leg In Milan next Wednesday with
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    Services name same team
    69 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.—Combined Services team to meet Malacca in the FAM Cup final at Merdeka Stadium tomorrow night will be the same as that which beat Penang 6-1 two weeks ago. Team is: Popplewell f Royal Signals)- Walton (Llncolns), Cockerlll (74 PP. Regt. RE.); Lauderdale (2
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    Barnes to visit Malaya in June
    271 16  - Barnes to visit Malaya in June KEN FKHMANDBZ By WALLEY BARNES. former Arsenal and Wales captain, is to make a coaching tour of Singapore and Malaya next month. His visit will be sponsored by the British Council which in the past months had made several "top priority" requests to London
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    Youngest Oon makes debut
    164 16 Youngest Oon makes debut J^UALA LUMPUR, Fri— Oon Chung How, 12, youngest brother of Thomas Cup prospect Oon Chong Teik, made his debut in the Srlangor novices badminton championships here today. Chong How, was beaten 15-2. 15-2 by Fam Sin Quang Results: Singles: (First round) Mohamed Yusof bt Slew Hoi
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    Dol's hattrick
    46 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl A hattrick by Dol Salleh enabled UMNO to beat Malay Mall 3-1 in a First DlvUlon soccer league tie at Princes Road today. Hassan scored for Malay MaU. Other results Dlv. 2— 8.1.A. 6, ■namos 1; Malay Putra 1. Ramnad 1.
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    SPORTS EDITOR
    88 16 OFF TO COVER GAMES E STRAITS TIMES 1 Sports Editor Norman Siebel -will be in Tokyo =to cover the Third E Asian Games Leginning on May 24. 2 Siebel left Singapore last night on the |AL's inaugural Singapore Tokyo flight. E He will report on the preparations and
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    Lock icon Surrey beat tourists by an innings
    181 16 LONDON, Fri. Surrey, champion cricket county for the past six years, thrashed the New Zealand touring team by an Innings and 163 runs yesterday with more than one and a half days to spare. The New Zealanders. demoralised by the pace of Peter Loader
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    Lock icon COUNTY CRICKET
    251 16 GLOUCESTERSHIRE SCORE FIRST WIN OF SEASON vs ESSEX ONDON, Frl. OloucesLi tershlre became the first winners this season of a County championship match and took the maximum 14 points when they beat Essex by an innings and 71 runs. Result* In yesterday's cricket matches were: At Oxford: Yorkshire
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    Fed basketball team for Tokyo
    66 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl—Malaya's basketball team to the Asian Games at Tokyo this month was named this evening. The team Is: Chlen Kok Cheng (Sel.), Pun Cheng Seng (Sel Chan Kum Hong (N8), Chan Vow Kae (NS), Yee Keng Mun (Joh.). Wong Seng Kang (Kel.), Yong
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    Good support for STC yearling scheme
    405 16 SUPPORT for the Singapore Turf Club's yearling scheme Is described as "very encouraging" by the secretary. Mr. L. C. Bailey. Specially selected by a leadIng bloodstock agency at the yearling sales In Sydney, the yearlings are now being "broken In" at the Mlnaville Stud
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    END OF AN INNS.—BUT NO BICKERING AT BICKLEY
    130 16 END OF AN INNS.— BUT NO BICKERING AT BICKLEY AFTER attacking Sir Leo nard Hut ton (left) on his book "End of an Innings. Denis Compton (right) and the former England Test captain were on friendly terms again their battle of words" obviously past at Biekley. Kent More than ISJM
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    Special Feature a good bet
    210 16  -  EPSOM JEEP By SPECIAL FEATURE, a consistent "gymkhana" horse, looks a good bet in the Div. 1 Deletion Derby over 7f (Race Eight) at today's amateur meeting at Kuala Lumpur. At the last amateur meet- Ing, at Kuala Lumpur in September, Special Feature won the
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    GYMKHANA CARD
    283 16 Race t—l. IS HI Rl IM.HAM S < I R R (Class 5) 2f. Connie. First Venture, Venturesome, Kolek. Sultan, Colleen, Corrida, John Whllly. Shiver, First Watch. Guile. Scratching: Rocket. a m 1.45 COWDBAT PLATE (Class 4) sf: Catchweights 12.7 Moondyne. Bess, Morning Sun. Bolter. Wlllora. Noble. Kalena.
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    Beware of the Danes -Oon
    293 16  - Beware of the Danes Oon KHOO SIAM HOCK I By KUALA LUMPUR, Frl Beware of Uu Danes! These were tru first four words said bj Oon Chong Teik. wh< sacrificed a medica examination at Cam bridge University nex week to return to Ma laya to help defend th< Thomas Cup,
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      37 16 KUALA I.IMPI K CKICKET: Barriaans v PoktaU, Railway ground; Kllat v S.CB.C, Pudu Road SOCCER: School, Rahman Cap. semi final Merdeka Stadium («.3O p.m.); F..VM. Cap nn.l. Menleka Stadium. (8 p.m.). BADMINTON: Neriees Badminton competition (t p.m.)
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