The Straits Times, 3 September 1957

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    MALAYA'S KING INSTALLED
    1404 1 CEREMONY WAS BRILLIANT BLEND OF THE OLD AMD THE NEW Oath of office** then shouts of 'Daulat Tuanku' ring through august chamber Three times he was acclaimed The Ruler KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rtJANKU ABDUL RAHMAN was installed hire today as first Yang di-Pertuan Agong E independent and
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    Lock icon Mac sends personal disarm plea to Bulganin
    307 1 Mac sends personal disarm plea to Bulganin LONDON, Mon. The British Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan, has appealed to Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, for "favourable consideration" of the Western partial disarmament plan put to Russia last week. The appeal was contained in a personal letter from Mr.
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    Pageant of Parliament
    311 1 FREE MALAYA'S POLICY WILL BE KNOWN TODAY THE AGONG WILL DELIVER SPEECH FROM THE THRONE ITVALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Yang diPertuan Agong will deliver the Speech from the Throne tomorrow morning when he opens the first Legislative Council of the Federation of Malaya. He will outline Independent
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    Lock icon China trade
    36 1 HONG KONG, Mon. Herr Otto Wolff von Amerongen, leader of a West German trade delegation to Peking, said on arrival here today the delegation would seek an agreement for direct trade with China. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Aussie advance troops coming by plane
    96 1 Aussie advance troops coming by plane SYDNEY, Mon. The advance party of Australian troops for Malaya will leave Sydney by plane tonight. Fifty soldiers and 28 women and children will leave by a specially-chartered aircraft at 7.30. The main body of 1,100 troops and 200 women and children will leave
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    CIGARETTE HAUL IN CONSULAR BOAT
    110 1 Crew were not involved DUTIABLE cigarettes was found in an Indonesian Government launch in Singapore waters on Saturday. The launch was used by the Indonesian Consul-General's office in Singapore for trips to the Kariman Islands. It was returned to the Indonesian consulate-General after representations were
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    Gangs clash in street
    105 1 rO detectives last night chased and caught a youth and recovered a six-inch dagger after a gang clash In Singapore's Chinatown. The gang fight started in a coffee stall in Pagoda Street and spread to Temple Street and New Bridge Road, causing panic among hawkers and
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    Party Ra'ayat head chosen to lead united Socialist front
    126 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. —The leader of Party Ra'ayat, Inche Ahmad Eoestaman, has been elected, chairman of the Malayan People's Socialist Front. The front, which was formed here on Saturday Merdeka Day— is spon-. sored by Party Ra'ayat and the Labour Party
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    DETAINED NEWSMAN IS RELEASED
    73 1 DETAINED NEWSMAN IS RELEASED ONE of the men detained by the Singapore Special Branch during the recent clean-up of subversive elements, was released yesterday afternoon. He is Tan Chee Liat, crime reporter of the Sin Pao. which has since ceased publication. He was arrested with three other Sin Pao employees,
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    Lock icon 97 feared drowned sailing to N. Borneo
    113 1 97 feared drowned sailing to N. Borneo JAKARTA, Mon. J Ninety-seven people are missing, feared drowned, after four sailing boats capsized on their way from Tarakan. East Borneo, to Tawao. in British North Borneo. Few details of the accident have reached Jakarta, but it is understood that the heavily loaded
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    44 1 PAKISTANIS KILL 13 IN KASHMIR HI DKl.lir. Mm r.ikist.im police shot d'-ml 1 i persons. including live local policrntrn. in weekend demonstrations at Mirpur, Kashmir, against building of d;i:n which will render many homeless, said Indian newi, agency. Fifty-U.u persons injured.*— U.P.
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    KING KISSES THE KRIS OF STATE
    12 2 THE YANG di-PERTUAN ACONC yesterdays picture.
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    THE OATH OF OFFICE
    103 2 THE OATH OF OFFICE VV 1 Abdul Plh lUrta. Cak.%* •»ad. rani di-p"?.**-Ag»ni; Of the Irdem" ■JW: -Ha11,!,, "And by nriM at m. oath do v,i, m nl "JjJ truly declare ti.it v shall justU and 7,i.v' fully perform fit in the administration the Federation ,t, n J laya in
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    THE PROCLAMATION
    98 2 THE PROCLAMATION UfHEREAS w T? eorfaaee viith tne provisions <n n,. Constitution oi the iei t rati,,,, of .Mahva, lheir Hlgnnessea the Rulers of the M.ili\ state, have chosen and i-lerted His ffighnen luanku Abdul Rahman llm y. Marbum Tii.uiku Muhammad to be Vans diPcrtuan Agong "It is nereby proclaim.
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    Lock icon UNIONS TO REJECT PAY RESTRAINT
    223 3 UNIONS TO REJECT PA Y RESTRAINT Employers must choose between anarchy and industrial democracy TUC chief gig backing is expected f or attack on Tory policy IONDON, Mon.— k tJniofl leaders re--reseniini most of the 1 300,000 workers amto the Trades ÜBionU B ion Congress have decided to support „H
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    Twin gives kidney to sister
    55 3 Twin gives kidney to sister h Mon. Doctors mover! a good r ">ris Huskey. 14 rred it to h^i Dolores, wh n is 'ith a diseased ial operation took •'Dining operating the Peter Bent ital here. said results would mcd lor at least s had gone as s in four
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    Lock icon Syria explosive, says Nehru
    31 3 Syria explosive, s ays Nehru I:: Mon. The Minister, Mr. w "'.v described the Syria as "danI fxplosive" and o Russia and the use Middle East 1 chequer board Wei -Reuter.
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    Lock icon Jimmy's no cissy now—even if he did bawl at barber
    115 3 Jimmy's no cissy now— even if he did bawl at barber NINETEEN month -old Jimmy Book, sits in apprehension (left) in a barber shop in Warren, Ohio, as he watches the barber at work on the customers Second from left, Jimmy takes the chair himself and his Initiation begins. It
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    Lock icon 77 die in Alps Diem in Darwin
    44 3 I HENNA, Mon.— The numIfl killed in climbta in Austria this d to 77 over the Reuter. DARWIN, Mon. President Ngo Dinh Diem, of Vietnam, arrived here today for an eight-day state visit to AusI tralia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon DOCTORS CAN CHANGE THOSE VITAL STATISTICS
    139 3 DOCTORS CAN CHANGE THOSE VITAL STATISTICS r ONDON, Mon.— Many British women are undergoing major operations to reduce their vital statistics, a leading plastic surgeon said today. The surgeon, Mr. Patrick Clarkson, gives details of j bust reduction and reshaping operations in the Practitioner, a medical journal. He says that
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    Lock icon STRIJDOM MAN SEEKS ANTI-RED LINE-UP
    206 3 h London for defence talks LONDON, Monday. \j C. ERASMUS, Defence Minister in the i African Government of Mr. Strijdom, here last night for defence talks with the British government. He will discuss future defence planning, he said, "in the light of accumulating evidence, such
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    Lock icon Charlie's son to wed film dumb blonde
    138 3 Charlie's son to wed film dumb blonde GENEVA, Mon— Charlie Chaplin's actor son Sydney will marry film "dumb blonde" Judy Holliday (above) before the end of the year, a friend of the family said yesterday Sydney, 31, brought Miss Holliday home to meet his family yesterday at his father's lakeside
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    Lock icon ARMY TAKES OVER A JAVA HOTEL
    104 3 ARMY TAKES OVER A JAVA HOTEL JAKARTA. Mon. Indonesian military authorities today confiscated the "Savoy Homann," the nations best and most modern hotel, in Bandoeng. West Java. An army spokesman, Lieut. Col. Rudy Pirngadie, said the confiscation order was issued by the Chief of Staff as chief military administrator during
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    Lock icon 114 languages
    13 3 LONDON. Mon Moscow Radio is now broadcasting in 114 languages— U.P.
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    Lock icon Another rebuff for Soekarno
    154 3 CELEBES REVENUE LOST JAKARTA, Monday. rpHE Central Government's efforts to solve Indo- nesia's economic troubles suffered a set-back today as the South Celebes announced openly it would keep most of the revenue the region earns from copra trade. The representative of the Governor of the South
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    Nasser: Let us be pals again
    82 3 Nasser: Let us be pals again LONDON, Mon.— The Egyptian president, Col. Gamal Nasser, wants to be friends with Britain again. The Ceylonese High Commissioner in London, Sir Claude Corea, returned from Cairo last night and said that his talks with the Egyptian president showed that Col. Nasser was prepared
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    Lock icon SYRIA MAY DROP FREE ENTERPRISE
    72 3 DAMASCUS. Mon Syria's Minister of National Economy opening a trade fair dominated by a massive Soviet pavilion, yesterday called for a "limitation of economic freedom" to bring Syria into line with "advanced European countries." Mr. Halall Kallas said the Government should put forward a "progressive"
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    A HOUSE WITH A VIEW...
    54 3 I KMI, Mon— Anthony Boulter had the tax assessIs house reduced because the view from His •"> "f the new Bristol mortuary. 1 )!1 niv wife and I can see the bodies." Boulter "v hoard, "and it causes an unhealthy interest fJUdrea." The board cut
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    Lock icon AD SOLD A GIVE-AWAY SAFE
    59 3 NEW YORK: For two weeks the post office at St. Joseph, Missouri, offered to give away an antiquated safe to anyone who would haul it off. There were no takers. So the postmaster advertised. The successful bidder, a seed company, bought the safe for Sl9B
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    45 3 LONDON: A War Office spokesman last night described as "absolute rubbish" a Cairo report that R.A.F. planes had killed a number of Yemeni soldiers with poison gas.— A.P. LAS VEGAS: The United States has fired the 16th atomic shot of the summer test series.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon HALF-BRAIN MAN REMAINED NORMAL
    45 3 NEW YORK: The American Psychological Association was told on Sunday of a patient. 39. who otained his intelligence though half his brain was removed in an operation. The entire right half of the patient's brain was removed in the operation. A.P.
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    43 3 TOKYO: Japanese scientists said radioactive rain fell in Japan on Saturday. They attributed it to Soviet nuclear tests. U.P. JAKARTA: The Indonesian Government has approved Garuda Airways' request to increase passenger and freight tariffs in its domestic services by 30 per cent. A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    305 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols <7^i xd Funding A r c £90 1/16 War 3'iC'o £65->i BANKS Merc. (£5: £24 P-u.) £64 I Chartered (£1) 42/6 Hongkong ($125) £47 INSt'BANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 79/14 Royal
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    Lock icon 150 DIE, 400 HURT IN TRAIN
    105 3 B^^^^^^B^^^^P^E^^jT^E^D^H 11 KINGSTON, Mon.— About 150 day trippers were killed and 400 injured in a railway disaster late last night in the Manchester district of Jamaica. The victims were taking part in a day excursion organised by a Catholic organisation, the St. Ann Holy
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    MERDEKA photonews
    105 4 PAGE OF PICTURES TAw^ THE INSTALLATION QF^ YANG DI-PERTUAN Ar^ r THE FOURTH DAY A COL. SIR HENRY HAl'-SHIK LEE. Federation's Minister of Finance, smiles with pride as he watches the installation ceremony of the Yang Dl-Pertuan Agong. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. I.im Yew Hock, looks at the
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    PRINCE WILLIAM-A STUDY IN EXPRESSIONS
    47 4 CANDID shots of Prince William, son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, as he watches the installation ceremony to right): a. "Now, let me see'; b. 'That's a new one'; c. 'Oh, ij's fascinating"; d. 'Hello! Look who's coming in now
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    Lock icon M-JOY OVERSEAS
    47 5 THE SON OF THE PARAMOUNT RULER PLATS HOST TO Mr. DULLES charge d'affaires, Tengku Ja'afar (centre) son of the Paramount Ruler greets the Secretary of State. n Foster Dulles. Looking on at the Malayan independence reception is the British Ambassador, Sir Harold Caccia. U.P. Radiophoto
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    Malaya's coming-out party was a glittering London success
    346 5 From RONALD BAXTER LONDON, Monday MALAYA was launched in London high society when the High Commissioner, Da t o Nik Kamil. was host to Dearly 1,000 people in glittering Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane. There was champagne md smoked salmon, "Negara Ku"'
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    Britain is praised at merdeka reception
    105 5 AND IN WELLINGTON IT was a cause for pride that Britain's tutelage of Malaya had been so peaceful, the New Zealand acting Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. M. Algie. said at a reception in Wellington. The function was one of a number organised
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    HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO PARK?
    113 5 HOW much should a motorist be charged for a space in the Singapore Automobile Association's proposed $1,500,000 four-storey car park in the heart of the city? This is the issue that is holding back plans to build j the park on the plot
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    Crash death: Misadventure
    45 5 A verdict of misadventure was recorded in Singapore yesterday on a taxi driver. Teja Singh, whose taxi wad involved in a head-on collision with a bus at the 9th mile Upper Thomson Road on July 25. Teja Singh died the next day.
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    GUESTS AT THE GARDEN PARTY
    59 5 GUESTS AT THE GARDEN PARTY THE PRINCIPAL guests arriving for the merdeka garden party given by the Prime Minister of independent Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman, at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. On the left: The Yang diPertuan Agong, Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman, his consort and the Duke of Cloucester. On the
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      203 5 11.00 Programmes In English RAfITO MALAYA I Malayan Musicale: 11.30 Half-an-KAUIU n«li»»« i hour by the Beach of Swaying SINGAPORE 41 Metres j Palms: 12.00 Tamil Programmes; KUALA LIMPIR Same as I P.M. 1.00 Programmes In English Sine anon- until 2 p.m. Lucky Dip; 1.30 Time Signal and rod Dm
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    MERDEKA photonews
    132 6 MERDEKA photonews /the\ i fourth j V DAY J THE GREEN LIGHT ALL THE WAY FOR OSMAN... FOUR-YEAR-OLD MARIAM, daughter of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdiri Rahman, raises her hand in merdeka salute at the garden party for 1 ,500 guests at the Tengku's home. Puan Shariffah Rodziah. the Prime
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    MARIAM GIVES THE SALUTE
    95 6 MR. AHMED BALAFREJ. Foreign Minister of Morocco, presents the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with a cold and silver dagger with the word "independence" engraved on the blade. It was a gift from his king. THE BURMESE representative. Mr. I Kashid. presents a silver bowl, on A a
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    Governor greets Duke in airport ceremony
    243 7 1,000 VILLAGERS GATHER TO SEE ROYAL ARRIVAL pEN ANG, Mon. One thousand villagers gathered at Bayan Lepas airport this afternoon to greet the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester as they landed in Penang with their son, Prince William. The royal aircraft, an RAF Valetta
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    Courts try out a new plan for cases
    245 7 Courts try out a new plan for cases SINGAPORE'S criminal district and magisstrate courts will start an experiment on Monday, designed to end inconvenience to the public and the Bar. Under the scheme, all new police arrest cases and all cases for mention will be brought up only in one
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    MARRIED—BUT ONLY JUST
    21 7 MARRIED— BUT ONLY JUST Jacques and .Maria, after their wedding at the Seamen's Chapel, ConneJl House. Singapore, yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    STUDY GIFT OFFER-5 YEARS IN JAPAN
    120 7 THE Japanese Government has offered two x scholarships to students in Singapore and the Federation. One will be given to an undergraduate and the other to a post-graduate. Mr. K. Muraoka, the Japanese Vice-Consul in Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday that the scholarships
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    TRACTION CO. PLANS NEW BUS SERVICE
    84 7 TRACTION CO. PLANS NEW BUS SERVICE The Singapore Traction Co. has applied for permission to operate a new service from Paya Lebar airport to Tanjong Pagar. via Nicoll Highway. The proposed route is: Paya Lebar Road, Guillemard Road, Nicoll Highway. Beach Road. Bras Basah Road. North Bridge Road, South Bridge
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    Death benefits 'main draw of this medical service'
    421 7 iT'HE death benefits 1 scheme of the Mm Chong Medical Service was the main attraction drawing new subscribing memtters, a Singapore district court wayS told yesterday. Miss Ding Sink Ching. an office typist said this was so during her employment by the
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    WHAT A RUSH FOR MARIA!
    229 7 Marry me** in 48 hours, said engineer Jacques Her gown was ready ten minutes before the wedding VjARIA CHONG looked iTI lovely, cool and collected as she glided down the aisle to the tune of the wedding march in the Seamen's Chapel in Connell House.
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      138 7 SHELL THEATRETTE: Free film show— Community Workshop, News Magazine No. 15 SheU House. Collyer Quay, 1.15 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT: Free film show at General Hospital (Ward 45) 7.30 p.m. RAFFLES MUSEUM (Stamford Road): Exhibition of photographs by Tham Yew-fun, Ang Kok-huat. Tan Slong-teng, Wan Yue-kong, Kwan Chee-yew 9 a.m.
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      90 7 training— small boys 4.30 p.m beginners 5.30 p.m.; bodybuilding weightlifting 4.30 pm.; hockey umpires revision course 5.30 p.m.; Malay class 5.30 p.m. at Balestier Road cricket practice 5.30 p.m.; motorists' self-repair class 7.30 p.m. CHINESE YMCA (Prince Rdward Road): Billiards, bodybuilding, badminton 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; wrestling 7.30 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    71 8 111 Word, til) (.Minimum) MR. AND MRS. M. A. MENON thank all Friends snd Relatives for their Presence, Kind Wishes and Gifts on the occasion of theii marriage. MR. VICTOR JESUDASON, i retired Teacher of Anglo Chines? School, Sitiawan, passed away peacefully on 29.8.57. His family thank all friends
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    IN MEMORIAM
    75 8 II) Words $10 (Minimum). HITCHAM— In Loving Memory Of Ned who died Sept. 3rd., 1939, the beloved wife of Hannah. "Some day we'll understand." THE DIRECTORS and Staff of Maclaine Watson Co. Limited tender their sincere sympathy to the Family and Relations of Lav Swan Chay who passed
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    PERSONAL
    31 8 2» Wordi HI i Minimum). MH A. SUTHERLAND of Rangoon Burma would be pleased to meet old friends from Rangoon: Kindly contact at Prince's Hotel G:.!:u Orchard Road. Telephone 309G2.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    181 8 it Wordt till (Minimum). CLEARING OFFERS: —Ladies' Shorts $3.50, Jeans $5.90, Handtowel Sets $2.50. Bedsheets *2.70. Lucks 17, Orchard Road. vV.M'SONIANS: Will all Wat•onians In Singapore and the Federation pease write W. J. Gibb, 4 Collyer Quay, Singapore. New Club being formed. ADVICE AND INFORMATION on "Hoover" washing machines
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Sept. 3, 1957. As Others See Us
    632 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Sept. 3, 1957. As Others See Us Malaya has many friends. No country has been more warmly welcomed into the company of sovereign nations. And probably no dependent territory, achieving independence, has been better able to stand on its own feet. The Federation is deeply
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    Symbol Of Unity
    249 8 Much of the ceremonial surrounding the installation of the Paramount Ruler came from Malaya's past. But for all the ritualistic survival, yesterday's ceremony marked a sharp turn in the history of this land. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is Malaya's first constitutional monarch, bound to act on the
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    Hibernation
    204 8 "With independence already achieved, there is no longer any reason for us to continue our struggle." So said the terrorist who surrendered on Merdeka Day. H P has managed to resolve the dilemma which confronts all Communists in Malaya. Communist parties, however, do not dissolve. Individuals may surrender or
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    WHY FREE MALAYA NEEDS THE COMMONWEALTH
    1708 8  - WHY FREE MALAYA NEEDS THE COMMONWEALTH VERNON BARTLETT However one may judge the Commonwealth nobody can deny its great p ar developing a system of government which, more than any other, seeks to def the rights of man. That is why even strongly nationalistic leaders like i and Bandaranaike have
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      GIVE PRIORITY TO LABOUR STABILITY
      218 8 EXPRESSIONS of concern by local leaders over the future of our educated youth and of the Colony itself will sser e no useful purpose unless the Government can recapture the confidence of capitalists and industrialists that the Colony's labour problems and strikes will soon be
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      These buses still emit fumes
      77 8 rE recent assurance by bus companies that their buses are :egularly serviced and therefore do not emit smoke is untrue. Buses running in Katong. Bedok and Changl area are the worst offenders. I have kept a regular watch and have found that almost every one
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      The pat ice did good jab saving kidnap victim
      110 8 I READ with pride the story of Mr. Ng Sen Choy's kidnap rescue story (S.T. Aug. 29). The Singapore Police has done a wonderful Job by rescuing Mr. Ng within half an hour. The Government should consider in purchasing more fast
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    THE BANK THEFT CASE: 2 WEEKS FOR TRIAL
    166 9 THE BANK THEFT CASE: 2 WEEKS FOR TRIAL rU O eeks were set j yesterday by justice Tan Ah it Singapore the trial o: who are alhave broken trong room of of India and doten aboul $80,000 in cilery. The art on Monjomtly charg- ken part in >etween 3 p.m.
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    Civics course
    32 9 I people, eight ol i liahermen and i ktt prison warders, will Bie a or.e-day civics course. morning organ- W for the Singapore GovBoent by the Department i ition Services.
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    VIPs dine by candles as lights flicker out
    157 9 VIPs dine by candles as lights flicker out KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Distinguished guests dining with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at Carcosa last night ate their first course and part of their second by candle-light because half the lights in the residence had fused. The blackout struck Carcosa in
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    MIGHT HAVE DOZED, ADMITS DRIVER
    139 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. MOTORIST said today he might have dozed off a time his car hit a guide stone and overtimed, resulting in the death of his fiancee. K D. Hampson was givini: rtdence here at an inquest s D. E Matinson. aged H.. school
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    Two fined over bus exhaust
    46 9 JOHORF BAHRU. Mon. Hassan bin Aman, a bus driver and the Alec Bus Co. were fined $40 and $120, respectively, here today for allowing a bus to emit smoke to the annoyance and likely injury of other users of the road.
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    Still talking
    25 9 The Singapore Telephone Board and its employees union yesterday held their fourth wage negotiation meeting and agreed to resume the talks this .afternoon.
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    Lights and fans may soon cost more
    461 9 INCREASED ELECTRICITY CHARGES ARE 'NECESSARY TO PREVENT A LOSS NEXT YEAR' CONSUMERS HAVE PAID SAME FOR SEVEN YEARS DESPITE HIGHER PRODUCTION COSTS SINGAPORE householders, industrial consumers and cinema operators may have to pay more for their electricity from next year. But gas charges
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    Cleared of bid to extort
    87 9 Cheng Heng Phun, said to be from the "108" secret society group, was acquitted in a Singapore court yesterday on a charge of attempted extortion. It was alleged that he, tried to extort $50 from a coffee shop proprietor, Tan Yew Chip, on June 6,
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    Tax concession on agenda
    43 9 The committee of the Singapore Travel Agents' Association will tonight discuss the income tax concession to be made to visiting businessmen and the training of Colony guides. The Government has agreed to a month's tax-free stay for overseas businessmen.
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    TEMPLERS LEAVE IN RAF HASTINGS
    144 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The Chief of the Imperial General Staff and former Federation High Commissioner Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, left here in an RAF Hastings this afternoon with Lady Templer for Singapore. At an informal gathering at the RAF station a small group of
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    TUC checks up on employers' crimes
    162 9 rE Singapore Trades Union Congress has asked its affiliate unions to supply it with information of cases in which employers are evading the new Clerks' Employment Ordinance. The TUC president, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said he had complained to the Minister for Labour, Mr. Lim
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    SINGAPORE GUNS ROAR SALUTE AS AGONG IS INSTALLED
    86 9 A 21 -GUN SALUTE to mark the installation of Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman as Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya was fired on Blakang Mati Island, Singapore, yeste rday It began at 10 a.m., in the presence of army officers
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    DENIAL BY WITNESS OF $4,100 GPO THEFT
    141 9 A CLERK at the Singa- pore General Post Office. Gay Hock Chew, denied in a court yesterday a defence suggestion that he was the person who stole postal and money orders worth $4,100. Mr. R. E. Redrup. defending. made the suggestion in his
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    School birthday
    16 9 RAUB. Mon.— The Methodist Girls' School here will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week.
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    Australia offers Govt. servants
    201 9 WE ARE OUT TO HELP. SA YS CASEY KUALA LUMPUR, Monday A USTRALIA is considering sending some of its top A civil servants to help fill gaps caused in the public services by Malayanisation. I II the plan materialises 1 these key men will alsn act
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    Banda flies home in a hurry
    98 9 Banda flies home in a hurry THE Prime Minister of Cey- lon. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike. and his wife left Singapore hurriedly yesterday in a special R.A.F. Valetta aircraft after receiving an urgent cable from Ceylon that Mrs. Bandaranaike's father was seriously 111. An hour after they took off from Changi
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    THE SMOKING BUS AND Mr. M
    84 9 THE SMOKING BUS AND Mr. M WHILE he was Chief .Minister, Mr. David Marshall sent a written complaint to the Registrar of Vehicles about a Hock Lee bus. Mr. Marshall, a Singapore court was told yesterday, was in a car at RochorV Canal Road in March 1956 day s before
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    8,200 see the vote registers
    63 9 A TOTAL of 8,200 of the 500.000 eligible voters for the forthcoming Singapore City Council elections had checked their names in the electoral rolls. Yesterday was the last day to check at the 32 registration centres throughout the city. The Registration Officer. Mr. S. C.
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    Farewell to the MacGillivrays
    156 9 'WE'LL BE BACK BUT NOT FOR FIRST MERDEKA ANNIVERSARY' £IR Donald MacGillivray, the former and last British High Commissioner in Malaya, left Singapore for Bangkok by Qantas yesterday. He was accompanied by Lady MacGillivray. The couple, who will spend two monjhs' holiday in Siam. Hong Kong.
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    Obscene pictures
    35 9 For having in his possession 25 obscene photos on March 27. Woo Wee Cheng, a coffee-stall owner, was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday. A detective found, the photos in his left trouser pocket.
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    21 SUSPECTS ROUNDED UP
    73 9  -  Five men wanted in con- 1 nectlon with gang activities I were among 21 secret society suspects rounded up by the Singapore C.I.D. at the weekend. One is believed to hay-> been concerned in armed robbery, one in simple robbery, one in theft and two in
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    33 10 ORIENTAL TOUCH These lovely Hong Kong lounge pyjamas of pure silk brocade are worn by film star Eleanor Parker. Frogged fastenings, cheongsam neckline and slit trousers all follow the Chinese style.
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    THE WAYTO HARMONY
    963 10 THE WA YTO HARMONY A GOOD THERAPY AFTER puffing up the 97 stairs to our editorial A office someone counted them out of morbid curiosity— l decided that perhaps better breathing and exercises would be the answer to this daily torture, so I sought out Mrs. Margaretha Groene-veld-Asselberghs, Malaya's only
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      265 10 Straits Times Crossword HP"" 5 5 v Z_ r l__lijl_Z I Z Z l|| 28" ACROSS 7 Object found In torn clothing 1 Quizzing the directors? (8-5). (7). 10 Box capable of expansion (5). 8 They have specified terms ot 11 Ancient tribesman finds reall- employment (13). ties confusing (9).
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    The woman behind The Tengku
    1147 11  - The woman behind The Tengku NAN HALL SHY. sweet and simThat's a typical description of t he wife of Malaya's first Pr me Minister. people some- tmy. She is "-an 4ft. lOin. nost big dollat know more tbout the woman life with TengRahman for the the woman i; the possible
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      60 11 #fc.v Morgan J/.IJ- Changing wnind Dick Tracy ed aui Ac<> O'Kara Taking chance 7.|o|/// M m c.n F ABANPON'NS- THE ~^93r W.HAT HAPVEN-i \M VS» \UJST TAKE OUR CHANCE Iff L. ILJ i/i V// eockcT' •< p?op?s' rsST2oy BHrX t <2^s, captajn 7 aj we have no chance of /£fl
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    SHARE, RUBBER MARKETS FEATURELESS IN SINGAPORE
    517 12 By Our Market Correspondent GINGAPORE markets were generally quiet and featureless yesterday with Federation of Malaya centres still closed for the Merdeka celebrations. As nearly half the share business transacted is now estimated to be done in Malaya, the quietness of the Singapore market
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: qiJet; September/October $25 >4 buyers. $26 U sellers Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $U% sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet: no business reported done; Muntok white $115, Sarawak $114, special Sarawak black $7j (all unchanged). Singapore Copra Association
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    STORE SHIPPING
    247 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Bengalen 1,2, Pyrrhus 4:5, Slngkep 6A, Salmara 67, Benvannoch 89. Polydorus 10 11, Telemachus 13 14, Glengarry 15 16, Marne Lloyd 18, Olang Seng N. Wall 1, Senggarang N. WaU 8, Rawang N. Wall 10. Maxwell
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    199 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.98 for cash and 5.99 H for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.60 and one Uel of grid at 260", The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to
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    RUBBER PRICES
    218 12 September first grade robber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore on Monday at 88 i cents per lb. up one cent on Friday's close. The closing tone was dull. Closing prices in cents per To. yesterday were: OFFICIAL; Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 88 i. sellers 88 i;
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    140 12 MELBOURNE. Mon. Investments stocks were generally steady in price on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Retailers and leaders were prominent fn an otherwise quiet market. Mining shares showed a moderate turnover with little price variation and main interest centred on the silver-lead jroup. Loans held a firm tone.
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    'Palm oil and tea cannot oust rubber in Malaya'
    256 12 NATURAL rubber can compete successfully with its synthetic rival, fiven certain basic conditions, Sir John Hay, Chair, man of many Malayan enterprises, has stated in an article in the Manchester Guardian. These are non-discrimin-atory taxation, adequate replanting and the absence of
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    10 12 IMNGAPOr, Rl IW.I Per it,. U P orif.
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    Sengat Rubbe offer details
    33 12 Sengat Rubbe offer details Saareholdi Estate Ltd of tne 3%d. ea, of the comp I condition lance by liquldati,,: that the mean sh their n than it; mending cept the 1 mg.s w.
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      570 12 NOTICES LARUT TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Dividend, the Forty-second, of sixpence (6d.) per share, less Income tax at the rate of thirty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the Register at the 18th September,
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      655 12 NOTICES KUNDANG TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Dividend, the Sixteenth, of four shillings (4s. od.) per share, less income tax at the rate of thirty per cent, has been declared due and payable to shareholders on the Register at the
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      758 12 NOTICES McALISTER COMPANY, LIMITED Notice Is hereby given that the Transfer Books of McAUster Sz Co. Ltd., will be closed from 10th September to the 20th September 1957, Inclusive. By Order Of The Board, a. P. MOULTON. Secretary. SINGAPORE, 2nd September, 1957. ROBINSON COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony of
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    $1.m. factory will produce building materials
    287 14  -  I MALAYAN TIMBER-BRITISH CEMENT USED IN NEW PROJECT Target is to lower costs of Malayan home-building BY ANTHONY OEI THE Borneo Co. Ltd., Singapore, plans to build a factory costing more than $1,000,000 in Pasir Panjang Road to enable the company to increase the
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    AUSSIE SMOKERS TURN TO FILTERS
    113 14 airlift to the rescue fHE Australian cigarette manufacturing trade has reported increased demand lor filter-tip cigarettes, following considerable publicity to reports that lung cancer is related to cigarette smoking. A British-backed company. Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Limited, made a spectacular airlift of 20,000,--000 filter
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    Sarawak oil royalty plan
    67 14 The Acting Financial Secretary in Sarawak. Mr Hep burn, h-.s announced that the question of revision of reve>-.u e from the oil indusUy "has been and st.ll is under consideration" by ths government. A question on revision of the royalty of oil in view oi the
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    ESTATE'S FUTURE UNKNOWN
    106 14 ESTATE'S FUTURE UNKNOWN rpHE chairman of Tremel--1 bye (Selangor) Rubber Company, Mr. G. H. Maserit lei says the board of directors cannot make any plaas until they know details of the Selangor Govern ment's acquisition of land oik the outskirts of Klang. The government gave formal notice in the Selangor
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    Big rice export
    24 14 Production of padl In the 1956-57 season, outside Communist China, is estimated at 127,000,000 tons of which Asia produced 113,000,000 tons.
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    ARTIST AND HIS MURAL AT FAIR
    36 14 Mr. W. Littler, manager of a Kuala Lumpur advertising agency, stands beside a mural which he designed for the Lever Brothers' stand at the Merdeka Trade Fair, in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Labour unrest mounts in Kerala
    229 14 Labour unrest mounts in Kerala By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MEASURES to combat iTI indiscipline and lawlessness by plantation workers were discussed at a conference of tea, coffee and rubber planters in South India last week. The planters, most of them British, met to discuss their anxiety over the labour situation,
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    Ex-navy painter designs stalls
    106 14 A former wartime Royai Naval Artist designed a mural and a number of the stands on display at the Merdeka Trade Fair, in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. W. Littler, manager 01 Master's Ltd.. advertisin agents, in Kuala Lumpur was appointed a Royal Naval Artist towards the end
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    Red China shows heavy machinery at K.L. fair
    60 14  - Red China shows heavy machinery at K.L. fair Eric Woolnough Communist China is eirijtiasising its ability to supply other countries' needs with Its exhibition at the Merdeka Tradr Fair, in Kuala Lumpur. This photograph shows S2oo.ooOworth of heavy and light machinery made in Communist China where it is beine exhibited
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    TOP GRADE RUBBER PLAN FOR SARAWAK
    210 14 THE Sarawak Government hopes to set up a Rubber Adisory Service to encourage production of high quality rubber This has been revealed in Kuching by the Acting Director of Agriculture in Sarawak. Mr. P. J. Harper. "The government is fully aware of the need
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    U.S. is Malaya's best customer replacing U.K.
    172 14 U.S. is Malaya's best customer replacing U.K. —IN FIRST HALF Y^AR THE United States— Malaya's second bes rubber after the United Kingdom- I largest consumer of Malayan products h half of this year. The United Kingdom, traditionally th customer for Malayan goods, dropped place, although the position in rubber maintained.
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    'WEAK' RUBBER, TIN PRICES DISCOURAGING
    114 14 'WEAK' RUBBER, TIN PRICES DISCOURAGING rl Financial Times said it regarded "the I weakness" in the prices i of tin and rubber as dis- i i couraging to the Fede- ration of Malaya. The Federation re- j ceives about 85 per cent f of its export revenue I from tin
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    RI tin exports
    22 14 Indonesian tin-ln-ore shipments in July of 1.971 tons all went to the Netherlands Shipments were 1.800 tons I. June.
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    New British cars for Malaya?
    127 14 ORITAIN'S giant mote: combine the Bntish Motor Corporationhas perfected two nes models which are expected to have a wide oversea; appeal. The new car> are Morris Oxford and The Oxford has a mode:: all steel body and Is Idea: for work and pleasure. A saloon
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    Piruz redeems himself at doubles
    568 15  -  V. P. NAYAGAM By EDDY AND HOCK HENG LOSE IN TWO SETS After the boos, cheers for Selangor's No. 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. CELANGOR'S temperamental badminton ace, Abdullah Piruz, who was booed off the court yesterday, made a dramatic "come back" this morning. He was
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    NATAKAR & SETHTOPLAY IN PENANG
    97 15 NATAKAR SETHTOPLAY IN PENANG PENANG. Mon. PNANG will meet the Indian badminton team In a friendly match rt th' Han Chiang High Scho-.! Hall here on Sept. 7 and 8 as part of the Merdeka Cele bratlons. Penang women will also meet Indonesian women India will be representP'i by T.
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    THE HERO OF THE COLONY XI
    7 15 THE HERO OF THE COLONY XI CORTHINE
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    W. INDIES OUT 291
    179 15 W. INDIES OUT 291 Collie Smith in bright knock HASTINGS, Mon. West Indies collapsed after a good start end were all out for 291 just before tea against Leslie Ames's XI here today. At close of play, Ames's XI had scored 121 for three wickets (Robertson 43, Barrlck 59 not
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    SCOREBOARD
    85 15 AMES'S X1— 323— 9 DECL. WEST INDIES Ist Inns. AsfaraU st Murray b Tribe 25 Gantesome c Murray b Bennett »0 Sober* c Murray b Mon 31 Smith c Dewes b Compton 79 Kanhmi not out 71 Worrell b Manning 1 Par-audrau c Dooiand b Mannitif 12 Alexander st
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    SPORE 'POLO' TEAM SCORE EASY WIN
    395 15 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—Slnga- pore gave a splendid display to beat Malaya 13-2 In a waterpolo match which climaxed the two-day Malayan swimmlnc championships at the Chlnwoo pool today. Singapore's victory was mainly due to a fine performance by Tan Eng Bock who scored five
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    Corthine acclaimed best player in M-soccer
    355 15  - Corthine acclaimed best player in M-soccer NORMAN SIEBEL WEARY SINGAPORE ASK FOR POSTPONEMENT By KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Today's match between Singapore and Burma in the losers league for fifth to eighth positions in the Merdeka Games soccer tournament has been postponed till Saturday. Singapore asked for the postponement as their
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    13 15 SOCCER S.A.F.A. Junior Cup: Arsenal v Mount Fmlly, Geylant, 5.15 p.m.
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    SEEDED MEN REACH 3rd ROUND
    531 15  - SEEDED MEN REACH 3rd ROUND KEN FERNANDEZ By l/'UALA LUMPUR, Mon. —All seeded players foreign and iocal had no difficulty in reaching the third round of the men's singles in the Selangor international lawn tennis championships now in progress at the Selangor Golf Club courts. All have won their first
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    Lock icon Surrey win in two days
    89 15 ONDON, Mon. Surrey com- pleted another two-day victory when they beat Warwickshire by an Innings and 70 runs at the Oval today. Surrey 251. Warwickshire 95 (Lock 4-14) and 86 (Lock 6-46). Surrey 14 points. Tea scores in other matches were: At Bournemouth: Gloucester, shire
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    205 15  -  NIELSON THE FIRST SHOCK by FOREST HILLS, (New York), Mon.— Kurt Nielsen, 1 Danish holder of the American indoor title, brought off the first upset of the American singles lawn tennis championships here yesterday by beating sixth-seeded Hamilton Richardson, top-ranked United States player. Sept. 10 here
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    68 15 REYKJAVIK. (Ireland)— France beat Iceland 5-1 In the World Cud soccer qualifying match. Reuter. DENVER: Alex MitetT seventh ranking heavyweight boxing contender, will meet John Holman on DARWIN: A Japanese Toyopet is among the 59 cars still left in the 10,300 mile round-Australia Mobilgas reliability trial. Leading with
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