Sunday Standard, 5 May 1957

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    22 1 SUNDAY STANDARD hfg n m s. a it s« Vol. VII. No. 305 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1937 24 PAGES 20 CENTS
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    300 1 -0 POLITICAL leader m Matey* has so well I comprehended the con; of «h«. citizenship problem as iid the Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, when he told t he SrUnsor Branch of th e M.ilavan Chinese Association that, as a result of n domination and the introduction of
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    Lock icon 'All's Well' On Mayflower
    45 1 I LONDON, May 4 (Reuter) Mayflower 11. replica Fathers sailtoday reported ill's we::" from a position St west of the Canary Her captain. Austraian:m Commander Alan Vil»r?. radioed that the vessel hich had been beca mcd veiling at a speed of
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    Lock icon SIX TRAPPED IN MINE
    43 1 CAKTANISSETTA, Sicily. May 4 (AP) A cave-in yesterday trapped 28 miners m a 600-foot deep gallery of a sulphur mine near here. Rescue squads dug 22 of the men free after hours of work. Some had suffered minor injuries.
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    Lock icon ECONOMIST DIES
    26 1 THE death of Sir George Paish, a liberal economist and ardent free trader, was announced m London. He died last Wednesday, aged 89. Reuter
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    Lock icon BADGE SELLERS
    33 1 THREE pretty girls who sold "MERDEKA badges" to the public m Kuala Lumpur on Friday. (From left to right): Lily Chiu, Dixie Lee and Easter Wong Standardpic by Yong Poh Seong.
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    Lock icon FED. NATIONAL FOR TOP JOB?
    299 1 Ministers end two-day conference m Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— A Federation national might be appointed as Singapore's first Asian Governor-General if he were Malayan born. Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, gave a hint of this to newsmen at the airport prior to
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    Lock icon Rock 'n' Roll Stars 'Tricked' In Bangkok
    166 1 Rock 'n' Roll Stars 'Tricked' In Bangkok MALAYA'S Rock *n* Roll champions, invited to Bangkok to act as judges and to give exhibitions m the Thai capital, were left "stranded and deserted" by the organizers after the shows.) Singapore's champions. Ahmad and Marina (Mr. and Mrs. M. Hussain) who returned
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    Lock icon THE MORE WE ARE TOGETHER
    94 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Two Town Board labourers, hauled up before a Magistrate for disorderly behaviour m public, obtained his pardon by pleading that it had resulted only from "drinking: together for friendship's sake." In a mercy petition to the court, the labourers said: "*Ve ha»e
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    Lock icon Insurance To Pay $7½ M. For Loss
    223 1 Six Ships that went to the Reds BALTIMORE, May 4, (Reuter)— A Federal District Judge has ruled that an insurance firm must pay r552,466,825 (about 57.5 million Malayan) to the Republic of China, the United States and the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
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    Lock icon DAISY VOTED THE SMARTEST
    61 1 MISS DAISY Lim Swec Hiang, 21, the only entrant from Woodbridge Hospital, was last night voted the Smartest Nurse m Uniform at the Woodbridqe Hospital Recreation Club's second annual dance held at Sea View Hotel. Runners-up were Miss Joan BiacKwell and Sybil Shrapnell. There were 21
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    Lock icon No Longer Expectant
    55 1 PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 (AP)— From now on marriage licences on Rhode Island will carry the wording "prospective bride." Up to now, it has been "expectant bride." Mrs. E. Louise Stoddard, only woman member of the house, introduced the bill making the change. The Senate gave
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    Lock icon CONGRESS CHOOSES NEW NAME FOR MALAYA
    333 1 CONGRESS CHOOSES NEW NAME FOR MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Sat— Malay Congress, by a majority vote, accepted the PMIA-sponsored "Federation of Malay States" (Persekutuan Negri Melayu) as the new name for Malaya after Merdeka. Nineteen delegates voted for this against 11 lor "Malaysia" and nine for "Malay Peninsula." The name "Malaya"
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    42 1 TUAN HAJI YAHAYA bin Sheikh Ahmad is pictured here speaking at the 2nd Malay Congress which met at the Sultan Sulaiman Club yesterday. The Congress which started three hours late adopted a new name for Malaya. See story on right.
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    Lock icon Father On Murder Count
    58 1 TELOK ANSON. Sat. Baker bin Ahmad. 48. was yesterday charged wi*h the murder of his 18-year-old son Shahalan bin Baker. Baker was alleged to have caused the death of his son m his home at Kampong Tebok Mokmin, Runggkup. Lower Perak. on April 29.' The case
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    Lock icon Ex-Police Officer Charged
    82 1 Ex-Police Officer Charged LONDON. May 4 (Reuter) A former Malayan Police Superintendent. Gordon Howard de Vere Ralph, charged at suburban Wimbledon yesterday with embezzlement, was alleged to have told a detective sergeant: "I'll be thankful to get it all cleared up. I have been scared every time there is a
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    Lock icon A Heroic Act —But In Vain
    96 1 A Heroic Act But In Vain TWO European men were driving along Nicoll Highway yesterday morning. Suddenly, they saw a woman's head bobbing m the sea. They stopped the car. "Time for action." said one to the other, and both, fully clothed, jumped into the sea. They rescued the woman,
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    Lock icon Townsend In Peking
    44 1 PEKING, May 4 (ReuteD Group Captain Peter Townsend today arrived m Peking, on the latest stage of his world tour. His plane was delayed by bad weather for more than 24 hours at the industrial town of Wuhan, m central China.
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    Lock icon She's Deb Of The Year
    80 2 She's Deb Of The Year photo. THE debutante of the year, Henrietta Tiarfcs, models a wedding gown by Victor Stiebel at a fashion show m the Berkeley Hotel London, m aid of the Notional Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Looking on ure debutantes S jsan Cole and
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    Lock icon McCarthys funeral services
    120 2 WASHINGTON, May 4 (AP) —Funeral services for Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, probably the most controversial political figure to emerge m America, m 'he last decade, will be held m -he U.S. Senate. Flans were set up on Friday for services m the Senate Chamber where the Wisconsin
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    Lock icon BRITAIN INTENDS TO BE NUCLEAR POWER — BUTLER
    207 2 BRITAIN INTENDS TO BE NUCLEAR POWER BUTLER BIRMINGHAM, May 4, (Reuter) Mr. R.A. Butler, the Home Secretary and leader of the House of Commons, told an audience here last night that though Britain intends to be a nuclear power, it would be the first to welcome a general agreement on
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    Lock icon 'But We Will Welcome Disarmament,' He Says
    223 2 Committee meeting m London. "The Russians have got and have tested the bomb. Therefore it is not surprising that they have now changed their tune, and, at the moment when our own work for our defences approaches fruition, they demand the abolition of
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    Lock icon NATO's Might Will Be Used Against Any Soviet Attack
    353 2 NATO's Might Will Be Used Against Any Soviet Attack BONN, May 4 (Reuter) —The 15-nation Atlantic Alliance declared last night that it must be m a position to use all available means, including nuclear weapons, to meet any Soviet attack. After a final meeting m the German Foreign Office, the
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    Lock icon STRIJDOM'S NEW ANTHEM' COMES UNDER FIRE
    198 2 STRIJDOM'S NEW ANTHEM' COMES UNDER FIRE CAPETOWN, May 4 (AP)— South African Premier Jan Strijdom was hotly criticized m Parliament yesterday for his decision to scrap "God Save the Queen" as the national anthem m favour of "Die Stem" ("The Call of South Africa.") Mr. T. S. Bowker, an opposition
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    Lock icon 'THAT GREAT, BIG TAPIOCA BLOB OF A HEAD...'
    134 2 LONDON, May 4 (AP) —A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill went on display at the Royal Academy yesterday to the vast annoyance of assorted critics newspapers and Sir Winston himself. The artist, biff, bearded 47-year-old Raskin Snpar called it "that great big
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    Lock icon MUSSOLINI'S VAIN BID TO ESCAPE WITH A FORTUNE
    172 2 PADUA, Italy, May 4 (AP) Mussolini's last bodyguard testified yesterday that II Duce tried to flee to Switzerland with almost a fortune m gold bars, coins and foreign currency as a stake for his final years. The testimony was heard by an
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    Lock icon Gloria Wants A Divorce
    69 2 SANTA MONICA, May 4 (AP). Actress Gloria Grahame filed a suit for divorce m the superior court yesterday, charging her writer husband, Cy Howard, with extreme mental cruelty. The complaint said the couple married m Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1954 and separated last March 16.
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    Lock icon Closer Look At The Sun
    80 2 WHITE SANDS, New Mexico, May 4 (Reuter) A "Sunflower" Aerobee rocket soared 125 miles into the air yesterday to photograph the sun. It was the last Aerobee firing of the season here before scientists test other rockets. At a predetermined height, a camera popped from
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    Lock icon Bomb Threat
    26 2 TEGICIGALPA, Honduras, May 4 (AP) Honduras threatened yesterday to bomb Managua, Niearaguan capital if Nicaraguans drop any bombs on border towns claimed by Honduras.
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      129 2 The Singapore Motor Club ANNOUNCE SHELL MALAYAN MOTOR RALLY will take place on AUGUST 3rd. 4th. and sth. 1957. Will all those competitors i.icluded m the 120 accepted entries at the time the event was postponed m December last year, please reply, by May 10th to P.O. Box 486, Singapore,
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    Lock icon THIRD MAN IS KNOCKED OUT
    376 3 Hubby Gets Back The Wife Who 'Ran Away' I KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A couple who had s on married for 12 years, were today reconciled ;f ore a Kuala Lumpur magistrate after the "third a n m their "love triangle," was bound over for enticed
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    Lock icon 'Minister Refused To Listen To Our Case,' Union Tells High Court
    274 3 'Minister Refused To Listen To Our Case,' Union Tells High Court KIALA LUMPUR, Sat— The Pan- Malayan Rubber Workers Union claimed ■p the Hiffh Court today that the Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan had Refused to £ive it an opportunity to refute allegations that "it may be used
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    Lock icon College For Malay Women
    222 3 College For Malay Women JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. -A college for girls which till use Malay as the fiedium of instruction for econdary education is exected to be opened here m Merdeka Day. Chairman of a seven-man 5e committee, Puan Ibu told Ihe Standard that Sultan of Johore had encouragement to
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    33 3 MR. HAROLD Macmillan. British Prime Minister, is due to leave London by air on next, Tuesday morning for Bonn for talks with Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the West German Chancellor. Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Master Plan' For Tourist Promotion
    104 3 'Master Plan' For Tourist Promotion SINGAPORE'S Minister of Commerce and Industry. Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy, told the Standard yesterday that he was working on an ambitious "master plan" to make the island a haven for tourists. The Commerce Ministry has now taken over the responsibility for tourist promotion from the Chief
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    Lock icon TIN PRICE
    67 3 SPORE, Sat.— The price of tin on the local market was $389 per picul cup 50 cents). COPRA Singapore Copra Association closing prices per picul yesterday: Straits Borneo copra for May $223 buyers. $23! sellers, tone steady; fair merchantable mixed copra for May/June shipment to Bombay $261 buyers,
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    Lock icon Mammoth Procession To Highlight Wesak Day
    207 3 3 NIGHTS OF FESTIVITIES PENANG, Sat.— A crowded three-day programme, the highlight of which is a mammoth flower and flag procession, has been planned by Buddhists of various nationalities to commemorate the *****t anniversary of the triple events m the life of Lord Buddha.
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    Lock icon 1957 LOCO CHAMPS
    89 3 1957 LOCO CHAMPS ♦Fn F °R the first time since its inception m 1954, Singapore Loco Shed won the 1956 Wav I Failure league Shield" which is being competed annually by the Malayan RailLrOco Sheds m the country for efficiency m maintaining locomotives. Wav f standa| dpic shows Mr. A
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    Lock icon PNEUMONIA KILLS 34
    54 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Pneumonia took a toll of 13 deaths m the Federation during the second week of April, official health statistics disclosed today. Although the malady had caused 21 deaths during the first week of April, the Acting Director of Medical Services, Dr. ML. Bynoe. discribes
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    Lock icon Wife To Get $300 Monthly
    39 3 PARTNER m a rubber company, Lim Soo Whee, was yesterday ordered by a Singapore court to pay $300 monthly maintenance to his wife, Seah Sye Chean, and her son, Arthur Yew Kwong, aged eight.
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    Lock icon PLANE STARTS A BLACKOUT
    41 3 I FRANCISCO, May 4 *P) A Navy fighter plane •ipped two 220,000-volt power acking out |sn Francisco and points to «c south— an area of more han a million population— for rom 2o minutes to more than
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    Lock icon SARDON SETS AN EXAMPLE IN THRIFT
    66 3 THE Minister for Works, Post and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir recently inaugurated Selangor's Mobile Post Office Service, the first of its kind m the State. Picture shows the Minister opening a Post Office Savings Bank account through the new Mobile Post Office
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    Lock icon BREAK FOR BOY WHO CHEATED
    124 3 BREAK FOR BOY WHO CHEATED PENANG, Sat.— Loor Che Wah, a 19-year-old schoolboy, who cheated the Post Office Savings Bank of $98, was today sternly admonished by Sessions Court President, Mr. David Anthony, and bound over m the sum of $250 on one surety for two years. Loor inserted the
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    32 3 BUTTERWORTH. Sat A buffet car parked at the Prai railway station was broken into yesterday. A sum of $20 and three tins of cigarettes were stolen. Police are investigating.
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    Lock icon HAVE NO FEAR OF THE FUTURE
    282 4 Govt's Primary Duty Is Miners' Welfare, Says Chief Minister IPOH, Sot. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman reassured the mining community that they would have no fear to their future or the future well being of the industry. The Tunku was speaking at the opening
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    Lock icon MALAYA'S OWN NATIONAL STAMPS TODAY
    229 4 MALAYA'S OWN NATIONAL STAMPS TODAY KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Federation's new national stamps, to be released for sale tomorrow, are designed to place Malaya on the world philatelic map, Mr. J. B. Stoddart, director of posts (finance) declared today. I Many DeoDle m the world are not aware of where
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    Lock icon GOLD MEDALS FOR DONORS
    50 4 MR. A. J. BRAGA, the Minister for Health, will present sold and silver medals to 57 blood donors who have made 10 or 20 donations to the Blood Bank. The presentation will be made at the Blood Transfusion Centre, General Hospital at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Golden Jubilee For The Old....
      199 4 ONE of Singapore's oldest clubs the Goh Loo Club m Club Street, populp.rly referred to as the "millionaires" rendezvous celebrates its 50th anniversary today. Since the club was founded m 1907 by the late Mr. Khoo Kwok Wah. one of the Colony's most prominent bankers
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      234 4 Speech Training For The New A group of ambitious men who seek "to improve themselves m the arts of speech and leadership, as a. means of increasing their usefulness m business, social and civic relationships." last week organized a club m Singapore for this purpose. Known as "The Toastmp.sters Club.
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    Lock icon POLICE KNOW WANTED MAN
    65 4 SINGAPORE Police are looking for the man who abducted a 11 -year-old girl. Valli, from the home of a doctor m Chua Chu Kang Road three months ago. Said a police officer yesterday: "We know the man all right." Valli escaped from her captor on Friday.
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    Lock icon 'Keep The Spirit Of Hari Raya'
    74 4 'Keep The Spirit Of Hari Raya' KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister for Transport, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, today urged members of the Malayan Railway Malay Employees' Club to retain the "spirit of Hari Raya m this Merdeka year for the establishment of a true Malayan nation." He was speaking at
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    Lock icon TALKS ON STAFF CUT
    58 4 THE Singapore Naval Ba?e Joint industrial Council met on Friday to discuss "manpower reductions." A short press release issued by the Commodore Superintendent. H. If. Naval Base. Singapore, and the Naval Base Labour Union yesterday, said that the '"views of both management and employees were and
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    Lock icon Armed Robbers Take Jewellery
    44 4 TWO masked men forced their way into a hut m Braddell Road. Singapore, on Friday morning and robbed a housewife of Jewellery worth $750. The housewife. Madam Ng Miun Wah. said the robbers were armed with a six-inch dagger each.
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    58 4 THE DIRECTOR of Education announced yesterday that registration of children to the Darjah Sekolah Melayu will be as follows Children born m 1949— from May 6— May 31; children born m 1950— June I—June1 June 30; children born m 1951 from July 1 —July 31. Those who
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    Lock icon Peon Bound Over For $500
    100 4 Peon Bound Over For $500 A SINGAPORE Cold Storage peon, S. Malivaghan. pleaded guiity m a Colony Court terday to criminal breach of trust of $50 belonging to the Company on April 10. Malivaghan, a former inmate of the Gimson Boys School, was bound over m $500 for six months.
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    17 4 TWO Communist terrorists have surrendered m the Federation No details are yet available
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    Lock icon Telecoms Chief Retires
    65 4 RETIRING Controller of the Telecommunicate Department, Singapore, Mr. J. Medcalfe-Mooro exprflj ed complete confidence m the local staff m the MJ] running of the Department, before his departure Australia yesterday, aboard the Maetsuycker He said there was excellent talent m the P'P 1 ment among local men.
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    214 4 PENANG. Sat.-P r eJ tions are bein 2 taken! the Chung Ling ]:J School here to ensure J the expelled students'! kept away when the sch! re-open for their se "M term on Monday. For these exDefled studj 13 from the Chung LiniS School and five
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    313 5 Be On Guard: Perak's 4th 'White Area Is Warned BATU KURAU, Sat. The Raja Muda of Perak today declored Perak's fourth White area covering 180 square-miles m Krian, Larut and Matang district, freeing over 20,000 people from irksome emergency curbs. At meetings he addressed here
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    45 5 f IISS Pansy Chin (centre) was selected "Sarong Kebaya" Queen 1957 at the kkit Bintang Dance Hall m Kuala Lumpur on Hari Kaya nijjht last Thurshy. The runners-up were Miss Irene Wong: (left) and Miss May (right). Standardpic by Yong Poh Seong.
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    Lock icon Ex-boxer Jumped Ship To Win Freedom
    500 5  - Ex-boxer Jumped Ship To Win Freedom Bernard Williams By 1 ITHIRTY-eight-year-rid iul Lojnikov, a state--5s Russian, who was fused permission to nd m Macao from Red Una, and who made a amatic escape by jumpg overboard rather an return is now a free an bound for Brazil. p au! an
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    65 5 MR. AND MRS. CHOW FUTT MUN who. were married at St. Theresa's Church, Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore, yesterday. More than 500 guests attended the dinner held at Buona Vista Community Centre. Mr. Chow is a shipping contractor and is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chow Peng Yoon. The
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    Lock icon BIG U.S. GIFT OF CLOTHING FOR MALAYA'S POOR
    223 5 BIG U.S. GIFT OF CLOTHING FOR MALAYA'S POOR IPOH, Sat.— A consignment of 484 bales of used clothing is on its way to this country. It represents the gifts of the National Catholic Welfare Conference m America to the poor and needy. Each bale is about 100 pounds and the
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    Lock icon 20 Appeal Against Rent Increase
    132 5 20 Appeal Against Rent Increase A COMPLAINT and an appeal for help m the matter of the recent increase m rents for Singapore Improvement Trust shophouses m Redhill Road and Clcse. have been received by Assemblyman. Mr. Lee Choon Eng. <Jnd.) from 20 shopkeepers. In their petition they request Mr.
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    Lock icon ILO Offers Colony Five Types Of Aid
    221 5 ASIAN development plans that lay too much stress on machined and ignore the proper utilization of manpower is bound to fail, deputy Director of Asian Field Office of the International Labour Organization, Mr. P. S. Narasimhan said m Singaoore yesterday. Mr. Narasimhan who
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    205 6 THE TROUBLE WITH THE CAINS IS, THEY'RE ALL- LONDON, Sat Mary Cain blushed when the magistrates' chairman told her yesterday: "Stand up when you speak to the magistrates." For Mary, 23, WAS standing up. She was even wearing: high heels. Despite this, her head appeared only a few
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    Lock icon CEYLON VISIT
    34 6 THE Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Nobusuke Klshi, will visit Ceylon from May 28 to May 31, m the course of goodwill tour of South-east Asia, it was announced m Colombo yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Merdeka Celebrations Taking Shape
    639 6  -  Andrew Roth From l\\\\\v\\\\\\\v\ J^ LECTURE scheduled for later this week "Islam m the World Today"—will be £iven by A. Majid, the editor of the Islamic Review. As par* of their general cockiness over approaching Merdeka, many young Malays have been thinking and talking increasingly about
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    Lock icon 'Tibet' Dance By Students
    54 6 Standard pic by STUDENTS of Kuala Lumpur Middle Schools performina the "Tibet" dance at the Malayan Workers Welfare Association Concert m aid of their Welfare fund held at the Chin Woo Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur on May Day. More than 3,000 workers of all races attended the
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    Lock icon Parting Of The Ways
    96 6 HOLLYWOOD. May 4 (AP) Actress Ginger Rogers, 45, announced on Friday that she and her fourth husband, Jacques Bergerao. 30, former Paris lawyer turned Hollywood actor have separated. Through a spokesman, Miss Rogers said Bergerao moved out of their Beverly Hills home on Thursday to a
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    146 6 LONDON, Sat High Court judg c be asked to sol*, riddle: If a man is fined <l offence, anri Paying, should the m** recoverable from y The Crown ruling on the case Southampton man a. Frank Ham,. Harris was seni two years' gaol for rS and fined a total
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    55 6 THREE Indian Joury now on tnur m Ausa are expected to arriu Singapore on May 16 They are Mr. Dursa Joint Editor of the H: than Times. New A. K. Gupta. Joint Ed^ the New Delhi edition 4 Hindusthan Standard of cutta. and Dr. Kr>Sridharani. Special New" hi Correspondent
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    35 6 PRESIDENT Ei?enhi will personally welcome 1 sident N-o Dinh Diem, South Vietnam, .it Wad ton's national airport I he arrives on Wednesdi his four-day State rj White Hou^p official $&&i terday. Reuter V.UM
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    809 7  - Mother- In-Waiting NURSE KATHLEEN AS soon as you suspect you are a mother-to-be, it is best to arrange to see your doctor and put yourself m his care. He will want to see you at regular intervals to check on your general health, and examine your blood to see if
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    1604 7  -  JEFFERY JAMES IN this changing face of Singapore, the "tea money squeeze of thousands of the Colony's homeless remains unchanged, unchecked, uncontrolled. "^^B'^^HZ mtJll^^Bt \^^^K 111 I**i Bl 1 IT j^^B*d I"IZt 111 1 1 111 THE racket of making money out of the growing public need
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    285 7  -  SW ANN IE By By THREE world travellers stepped off three separate planes at the airport last week, and strangely, sat m the same corner to relax. Shortly afterwards when the departure of the planes was announced over the public address system, the three weary passengers got up
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    247 10 Officials Snub Players Union LONDON. May 4 (Reuter) The English Football league has snubbed the Players' Union over the Union's request for an inquiry into "racketeering" m English football. The Players' Union claim that illegal payments are a common practice and they recently started a campaign to obtain 1,000 confessions
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    23 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Whites beat Colours by six goals to one m the FAM trial at the Princes Road Stadium today.
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    61 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Olympic runner Kenneth Perera broke hi s own Malayan record for the 880 yds. which he created at the championships at Penang last year when he cut the time down to 1 mm. 57.5 sees, without being extended m the triangular ath'etic meet here today.
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    285 10 ASTON VILLA BEAT UNITED IN THRILLING CUP FINAL WEMBLEY STADIUM, Middlesex, May 4, (Reuter)— Aston Villa caused an upset to beat the 2/1 on favourites, Manchester United, 2-1 m the Football Association Cup Final here today. United .laboured under the handicap of being without goalkeeper Ray Wood for almost forty
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    39 10 Saturday's FA Soccer Results LONDON. May 4 Renter i Results of today's Association Football: F. A. CLP FINAL Aston Villa 2. M'chester l\ 1. GLASGOW CHARITY CUP (Second Round) Queens P. 4. Third Lanark 1. Rangers 2, Clyde 0.
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    186 10 HOAD IS BEATEN BY DROBNY BOURNEMOUTH. Hamslvre May 4 (Reuter) Jaroslnv Drobny beat Lewis Hoad, the Wimbledon title-holder. <>-4, ti-4. 6-1 m the men's singles final of the British Hard court lawn tennis championships here today. Shirley Bloomer won the women's singles title by beating Patricia Ward m ?»n AllBritish
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    188 10 NORTHAMPTON, May 4 (Router) West Indies made an indifferent start to their second match of the tour against Northampton losing two quick wickets for 13. Bruce Pairaudeau, who opened with Nyron Asgarali. fell leg fcoTore to Harr y Kelleher at two, both scored by himself,
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    35 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Three States— Penang, Negn Sembilan and Selangor— will be taking part m the Fourth Annual Pan Malayan Inter-State Sikh Cricket competition which begin this month for the Mahima Singh Shield.
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      253 10 Selectors Are Capable Sir With reference to the press interview by Mr. R. P S. Rajasooria of Kuala Lumpur, criticising the formation or a Malayan Ceylonese Cricket Selection Committee. I am directed to write as follows: At a meeting of representatives of Ceylonese bodies from Singapore, Johore, Malacca. Negri Sembilan,
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    190 10 Hatch Puts 5 Past KOSB SINGAPORE beat King's Own Scottish Borderers by five Ror.'s to one m friendly soccer match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. A feature of the match was the spe.'taculr-r display by centre forward Hatch who scored ?M five goals for the Colony. Although
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    65 10 SERANGOON Gardens "B" team suffered their first defeat when they took a six wicket beating from Ceylon Sports Club m their cricket friendly at Balestier Road yesterday Gardens: 125— Whitshiie 50, Davidson 21. Seymour 19— Bowling Anwar three fo r 20 and Feranando two for 15. CSC 127
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    161 10 BUENOS AIRES. May 4 (AP) An Italian club on Friday was reported t-> have made the biggest money oflcr of all times m soccer football a nd the Argentine League Champions River Plnte were said to be ready to take it under consideration. The Juventlifl team
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    64 10 AT the second annual general meeting of the Pasir Paniar.g Boys' Club, the followine were elected jf^ce-bearers for the 'yea r 1 957-. T >b Chairman: Mr. Antj s*oon Hoe; Hon. Secretary: Mr. Tan Wee Hong; Hon Treasurer: Mr Leon g Foon Chew; Committee: Messrs^ On 2 Leng Hoo.
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    321 10 SERVICES CRICKET ENDS IN TAME DRAW THE annual cricket match between the joint services Malaya and Singapore ended m a tame draw at Changi yesterday. In reply to Singapore's first fnninss total of 120 runs. Federation carried their overnight score of three wickets for five runs to 211 The Federation
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    71 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat -Sel angor Club beat Selango r Police by four wickets m their cricket match on the Selangor Club padang today Hi hli of the match "-as the fine batting performance of Se angor Club's opening bat Mills, who topscored with 49 runs. f« Se
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    465 10 Penang Bowlers Do Well In Inter-State Match At Ipoh IPOH, Sat. Penang did extremely well to (lien,! Perak for 109 runs m the first innings of the Intor-st cricket match played on the padang today. Heavy n fell shortly after 3 o'clock when the last Perak hatsnS was out and
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    291 10 Colony Police On Top FINE bowling b> s y.!,. pillai (4-16) and R s an sham (3-22) helped Co£ Police to dismiss the Fed/ ration Police for only I runs m the first inning J their annual cricket ma J School ground yesterday Federation lost five wickets with oni on
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    2171 11  -  WINDSOR LAD Rivals Eclipsed In The fcedah Cup Race By hhfgh TOTAL POOL: $165,950 Ist Prize: *****4 ($49,755) 2nd Prize: *****2 ($19,902) 3rd Prize: 215G24 9,951) STARTERS— ($3,109 each): Nos. *****1, *****4, *****0, *****8. CONSOLATIONS:— ($746 each): Nos. *****2, *****6, *****8, *****9, *****1, *****5,
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    199 11 Penang— 2nd Day, Saturday, May 4, 1957. Going Good Race Horse Dividend Time 6s Distances Matrix (5) 808 Camer $11/5 Cl. 3 Div. ft Mnith $<>0/- i i eCp Princely Gift (2) 8.06 J {-gjL liougoure $8/- i^ins. Indian Heather II (7) 8.07 Cl. 3 Dlv.
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      156 11 TODAYS SPORT ■> CRICKET S.C.A. Senior Tournment: S.C.R.C.vs S.C.C. SCRC; CSC. vs University, CSC; R.A.F. vs Army. RAF. Junior "A": S.R.C. vs RA.F. Tengah, SRC; R.A.F. Changi "B" vs F N. Changi; S.G.S.C vs R.A.F. Seletar "A", SGSC. Junior "B"; R.AA.F. vs R.A.F. Changi "A". Tengah; R.A.F. Seletar "B" vs
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    440 12 Asks LEONG HEW MENG JN the highly competitive field of sport today, one of the necessary ingredients for success is money. With it one gets the wherewithal for the mental and physical build-up such as only money can
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    276 12 PROMOTER A. Razak makes a return to the fight business after a long lay-off with an attractive card at the Happy World arena on May 10, featuring three main events. Main fight on the programme of six bouts is a 10--round contest between
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    1834 12  - STAGE SET FOR VISIT OF H.K. CRICKETERS LINESMAN By NEXT week the Malayan cricket community will welcome to these shores the third team of Hongkong cricketers to visit the country, sixty-seven years after the inauguration of the Interport series insofar as Malaya is concerned. This triangular contest of strength between
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      1308 13  - FREEDOM- BUT I LONGED FOR GAOL JOHN SMITH L^^>.^LA^^^-Z^ X^ 1 m\£ Cm id AiTmm By John Smith, sentenced *3 to death for murder, was reprieved just before p|j World War I, and jailed i| for 20 years. Continuing §jj! his story, he tells about his j§| |;|i life m
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      640 13  -  TOM TULLETT WHAT THE BRIDEGROOM TOLD THE BRIDE By THE 79-year-old self-styled King of the Crooks raised his glass m a toast to the beautiful girl sitting opposite him m her undies. As he did so, m his Park-lane mansion, he said to
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      168 13 SAYINGS OF THE WEEK TT is rather fascinating to watch the fission-fusion-fission of members opposite. We are only waiting to see which way the fall-out will be Mr. Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence. Nations that you can buy never stay bought. Mr. Chester Bowles, former U.S. Ambassador to India. Things
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      342 15  - New Riviera Beachwear Jeanne Graham By. from Cote D'Azur: £LL along the beautiful Cote d'Azur, the visitor will find exclusive little boutiques filled with gay, exciting French beachclothes. For years, the men who design this beachwear have worked m comparative obscurity m Nice, Cannes, Juan-les-Pins, known only to wealthy women.
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    1206 16 SOME NEW YORKERS THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT CHINESE BE TAUGHT AT NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOLS AS AN ACCREDITED LANGUAGE. Surprised? Don't be. Chinese, as a language course m the public school system, is nothing novel m the U.S. The first
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      2177 22 \RE you one of those people who simply must 'keep up with the Jones'? It seems to b e of the master-motives m modern society. But I think it takes much different forms t? most people realise. In fact, a great many of the keep-uppers hare no real idea why
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      272 22 taking second place m life. And why should the* so? If Pisces people look to 'the Jones' way o f I it is only because a Jones-standard has been fa which they genuinely admire. When they are attracted they compete, and generally to vor> 1 effect. This, for them, is
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      528 23 PATHETIC LIFE STORY OF AN OUTRAGED GIRL TtfE fOVNG LIFE. Nyn y Leo Townsend. (ape 155.) rflE LOVIISG COUPLE. By Virgin Ho tea ns. (Wullvr. 13** 6d.) i FOURTEEN-year-old rirl is the victim of a gang of •his outrage ;ch more from fact that those reslightly puni springs her dis;s
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    79 24 WHEN WAS THE FIRST AIR MAIL SENT? THE first air letter, apart from those carried by pigeon or arrow, was probably that received by Benjamin Franklin, m France, from England m 1785. It was taken across the Channel by balloon. Th«? first air mail of the present kind
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    339 24  - 'SMILING BISHOP' AND THE ARTIST Roger Yue By QF THE 173 paintings now on show at the eighth annual exhibition of the Singapore Art Society m the British Council Hall, one particular exhibit holds fascination to the many people who visit the display. Entitled "The Smiling Bishop, 1 the painting,
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