The Straits Times, 16 January 1958

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  • 22 1 AVEBAOE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Mot***. fat**" He**"** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958 v 15 CENTS
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  • 331 1 Out of cabin window to safety PENANG, Wednesday. THREE men were rescued and two others are missing after a "hit-and-run" tongkanjj collided with their motor fishing boat in mid-channel off the Kedah Pier here last night. Another party of fishing enthusiasts cruising near the scene picked up
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  • 339 1  - A deathbed nod— and Theresa takes back ex-husband NELSON RUTHERFURD TWO MISSING AFTER NIGHT-TIME COLLISION OFF PIER Three fishers saved, tell of being rammed by 'hit-and-run' tongkang By CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS*— THREE POIGNANT PICTURES f 4 FOCUS ON TWO HANDS f\ AT BEDSIDE FHE words were whis- pered in ward 55
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  • 94 1 'BRITAIN TO FACE U.S. COMPETITION IN CHINA' HONG KONG. Wed— A British trader today predicted British merchants would soon have United States competition In the China market. Mr. Bernard Buckman. who had just signed a bl< contract in Peking, said: "I believe In the near future we are going to
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  • 127 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. The U.S. Navy disclosed today that its ships and planes are now armed with light new guided mi.ssile torpedoes able to find their targets by sound alone. One of the weapons the Mark 43, is only about oneeighth the weight of alcoholfueUed World War II
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  • 371 1 BIG SWEEP IT'S BACK TO NUMBERS 'Vernacular Press let us down IPOH, Wed.— The Perak Turf Club today reverted to the old system 1 of drawing the big sweep in numbers. The club blamed a certalii section of the vernacular pre.-.s for wrecking the plan j to beat the character
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  • 309 1 Fellow workers raise money Fellow workers raise money Yesterday we drove to Outrain Road prison and met Joseph in an office. Mrs. Leon-Soh spoke to him alo: Gently she told him Theresa was not expected to live. He wept. He told me: "We were married in 1944 but I left
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  • 27 1 DALLAS, Wed. Actress Jayne Mansfield is an heiress who has received more than US$lOO,OOO ($300,000) from her grandfather's estate, her mother said yester day.— Reuter.
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  • 54 1 NEW YORK, Wed. -News week magazine reported yesterday that Britain and the United States had made an Important joint advance In developing an antl-mlsslle missile. The result could be a cony poslte weapon with United States engines, main body and detonation mechanism. Plu s British radar guidance and
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  • 106 1 U.K. rushes troops to Bahamas *ACK TO JAIL NASSAU (Bahamas), Wed -British troops were flown here today from Jamaica 500 miles away to prevent violence in Nassau's general strike. Two planes brought the first detachment of 40 troops each. Nassau Is in the grips of a two-day old strike which
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  • 214 1 Claim to sea is 'illegal' LONDON, Wednesday. A USTRALJA, the United States and France have told the Indonesian Government they do not recognise her claim to a 12-mile belt of territorial waters around the archipelago. They added they would continue to recognise the i
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  • 169 1 PEACE PLAN DEADLOCK: WEST WAITS FOR REDS' NEXT MOVE I ONDON, Wed.—Speculation was current in diplomatic quarters here today over what the next Soviet move would be following apparent deadlock in the Bulganin correspondence on how to negotiate an EastWest settlement In the last month prime ministers of NATO have
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  • 256 1 2 a.m. news roundup RIVAL CANCS CLASH: TWO INJURED Two men were injured in one of two secret society clashes in Singapore last night. N e Moh W.'h. 25. had four stab wounds on the chrst and head. He and Yap Pak Poh, 22, were both Involved in a clash
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  • 54 1 BERLIN. Wed The East German artists' trade union has called for a ban on an orchestra which played rock 'n' roll at a Commu-nist-organised factory dance In Thurlngia, according to the newspaper Das Yolk. The newspaper said a fight broke out after one youth sang an
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  • 117 2 Dr. Fuchs is now only 140 miles from Pole ROUGH SURFACE SLOWS TREK WELLINGTON, Wed.— Vivian Fuchs is now about 140 miles from the South Pole after making about two or three miles an hour over a rough surface, a message to Scott Base said yesterday. On Monday, the British
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  • 107 2 In BRISTOL, England. Sir Miles Clifford, a member of the management Committee of the Commonwealth expedition, said Dr Fuchs will probably xeach Scott Base by early March. He told a meeting of the Bristol branch of the Royal Empire Society: "It is all going to plan
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    1055 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. I HAVE Just learned a fascinating Eisenhower story and there is no reason to doubt its truth. It goes back to the summer of 1956 when the President was at Washington's Walter Reed Military Hospital suffering from his second illness the attack of Ueitis. Just before
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  • 82 2 Wife to wait for him Mrs Joyce Fuchs. wife of Dr. Fuchs left Tilbury, Essex, aboard the Arcadia for New Zealand where she will await her husband. She told reporters she was confident he would complete his trek. Meanwhile, the official correspondent at Scott Base, Mr. Douglas Mckenzie. reported a
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  • 40 2 WASHINGTON, Wed— The tariff commission today asked President Eisenhower to double the duty, from 30 per cent adralorem to 80 per cent, on imports of umbrellas from Japan, which wer« causing serious injury to the domestic industry.— Reuter.
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    • 173 2 BUY A HOME OF YOUR OWN FOR ONLY $63.35 PER MONTH SEMBAWANG ESTATE UPf 1 'f l-J* if mJd* O> fj Two bedroom terrace house, 00t water-borne sanitation, g-^.#**"**^ made roads. Selling price: $8,500 0 0 Deposit: $2,000 Monthly payment: $63.35 These houses may be booked now at SEMBAWANG ESTATES
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    • 443 2 BOAC TO USE 152 -SEAT JET LINERS ON ROUTES TO SINGAPORE- IN 5 YEARS ORITAIN'S aircraft industry received a $510 million New ssringa^S 1 singer's hearing new 152-seat passenger jet airliners which will be the 'WT TMPROVF" bluest produced in Britain. AIjIJ llfli MX\J V£j The airliners— the Vickers VC-
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  • 161 3 =.tmti i iii:i-iii»iii;iiitiiiiiiiii!i.i.iiiiiiin ii^:iiiii;..tiiii.i.ittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiitiM!i:iirTT]iiiiiiiiiififiiiiiiiM«iiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiitiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiKi THIS IS ANNIGONI'S CONTROVERSIAL PORTRAIT OF A ROYAL PERSONALITY I LONDON, Wednesday. mounted here yesterday about this '\Mona Lisa-style" portrait of Princess Margaret painted by Pietro Annigoni, the Italian artist. The portrait Rives the Princess a slight, Inscrutable
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  • 201 3 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. T"HE Senate Democratic leader, Mr. Lyndon B. 1 Johnson, proposed yesterday the United States invite all members of the United Nations to combine for a joint conquest of space. He also called for a reappraisal of both foreign and domestic Dolicies to
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  • 312 3 OONN, Wed. Only "unfortunate c i rcumstances" and the abnormal behaviour of a hurricane were to blame for the sinking of the windjammer Pamir with the loss of 80 lives it was stated tonight by the representative of the West
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  • 120 3 LONDON, Wed. A vigilante" committee today charged that a group of vice lords had mobilised prostitution by having girls drive cars instead of walking the streets. A report by a group of 10 men and women who formed the unofficial council to combat
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  • 255 3 LONDON, fues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Funding 4<~ 0 £86 1118 +4 Consols £47' i j War 3'i £63 7 16 4 BANKS Mercantile <£ fully paid 25 Chartered (£1) 36 +/6 Hongkong ($125) £44 4 INSURANCE Com. Un. (UU.) 70
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  • 29 3 LONDON. Tue». Spot 23' id.. Feb. 23\d Mar. 23'_.ri AprilJune 23\d. July-Sept. 24\d. Ort.-Dec. 24\d., Jan. c.i.f. 23d.. Feb. c.l.f. 23' id.. Mar. c.l.f. 23*4 d. Tone: Steady.
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  • 19 3 LONDON, Tue.i Buyers £730, •filers £7304, Forward buyers £724'r. sellers £725. Settlement t73oi» ua, 440 pjn. 180 ton*.
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  • 208 3 U.S. fires first stage of 'Sputnik' CAPE CANAVERAL. Wed The U.S Army last night, launched a Redstone missile the ft r s t stage of its forthcoming satellite-carrying space vehicle. The 69-ft and 6-ft. thick missile blasted off into a cloudless sky, leaving behind a red flame trail The Redstone
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  • 43 3 MADRAS Wed. The Madras morning newspapei The Hindu broke an 80-year old tradition yesterday oy putting news on its front page instead of advertise ments The paper has a circulation of more tha>. 75.000. one of the blueest in Tndia Reuter
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  • 73 3 HONG KONG. Wed Chen Chi-fang. a 70-year-old big game hunter in Hunan province, central China, uses poisoned arrows for killing leopards and tigers. He does it for business, according to a report from Changsha. which said he heads a team of hunters who have bagged thousands
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  • 223 4 CLASSES FO OVERAGED START IN THREE WEEKS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday, fHE Federation Government's new evening classes for overaged students and others will start in the first week of February, the Straits Times was told today. All students who registered in December have been asked to enrol in the schools of
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  • 130 4 TANJONG MALIM. W«tThe former chairman of the Tanjoug Maiim Malayan Chinese Asu>cUiion. Mr. Tan Boun Jin. was yesterday invited to "change his mind" and rejoin the MCA for the good of his community. The appeal was made by Tuan Mohamed Said bin Hajl i
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  • 45 4 ALOR STAR. Wed. Ir.che Hassan bin Hussein, a ictired teacher of the Sultan Abdul Hansid college. Alor Star, died suddenly in his home at Lorong Pa'anl here today. He retired last August after ?5 years' service. The funeral took place this afternoon.
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  • 41 4 KLU.M«'G. Wed.- The staff oi the Government English School here feted their headmaster, Kr. Khoo Eng Choon fj lunch. Mr. Khoo formerly of Sultan Suleiman School. K. Treiigg:nnu. will soon go ...i tfhnianii v> to the Unl-v■■r.-ity of Malaya.
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  • 135 4 Teachers of blind seek more recruits OENANG. Wed. People I with «n 8.31 a.m U 4.M p.m. ronapVx are n«t the rif ht type for traininc as teachers of the Wind, the Penan* State secretary of tb« EfMttWi of theßJind Mr. H R. Ellis saM today. Mr. Ellis. wh« declared
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  • 18 4 JESSELTON. Wed. The Chartered Bank has applied for a site for a new building in Tawau.
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  • 174 4 NEVER DID I HAVE A CHANCE TO REST A LOR STAR Wed— The Prime Minister, Tenghu Abdul Ratiman, wtio to acarinf the end of hia holiday. Mid today he had not enjoyed it. "It has kca spoilt by the continuous flow
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  • 229 4 Attack on Rczak Plan PENANG, Wednesday. SEVERAL top officials of the Penang State UMNO who criticised tht Alliance Governments education policy last Sunday, have been blacklisted for possible expulsion, informed sources told the Straits Times today The sources said that UMNO Malaya had a.ski
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  • 99 4 Planter's death: Girl in court OUNGEI PATANI, Wed. A preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder a^air a 17-year-old girl, Beh Siew Hoon. wa.j fixed for Feb 3 today by the Sungei Pat. ml magistrate. TUan Syed Madhair Fadaak Beh is accused of having shot dead a British planter. Mr.
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  • 35 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A talk on the "Mystery of Life" will be given by Bhikkhu Sumanalo <Dr. Robert S. Clifton) on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the science hall. Victoria Institution, here.
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  • 220 4 From DAVID lIMH U \ifELLINGTON. Wed Several New Zealanders have shewn much interest In recent remarks of the chancellor of an Australian university who advocated the teaching of Asian languages in Australian 1 schools. These people now urge that Malay. Tamil. Mandarin. Hindi or
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    • 234 4 Now KUALA LUMPUR to BANGKOK by MALAYAN AIRWAYS With effect from Saturday 25th =^^ffiffltftj& January MAX. services ML3O6 Tfflj/^ and ML3OS will call at KUALA 9^ LUMPUR. This has necessitated slight alterations to the schedules as follows: ML3O6 ML3OS 0745 dep Singapore arr 1800 0920 arr K. Lumpur dep 1630
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    • 157 4 BADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORT WAVE SERVICE 41 rn.-l.t--r.(. li'uKi Medium w«vr 4T(J metres KI'ALA LI'MPL'R Mrdium wave 341 metres I'K.NANG Mrdium 3iC metres IPOH Medium uu.e 334 metres MALACCA M -i vave 297 metres AM. 7.15 Openinu Announcement. 7 16 Moniinu Serenade. 7.30 Tlma Signal And News. 7.35 A Dat«
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  • 303 5 COPY EXPERIMENTS IN ISRAEL, TENNESSEE VALLEY, HE SAYS PENANG, Wednesday. JHE President of the Federation of Rubber Trade Associations, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today called on the Government to organise the rubber smallholders into a co-operative scheme and help them to
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  • 31 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. —The Treiigganu Poppy Day committee collected $9,508 la-it year as against $10,102 in 1956. the state organiser of the appeal. Tok Fuan Sri Nela. said today.
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  • 30 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. How Chin Fah. 18. of Sega mat was fined $90 in the magistrate's court here today for failing to obtain an lden tity card.
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  • 149 5 U.S. MILK FOR MALAYA'S POOR I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed 1V —A special consignment of 36 tons of powdered milk for Malaya's "under-privileged children, the sick and aged" has arrived at Port Swethenham from the United States. It Is a gift from the people of America and will be distributed "to every
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  • 47 5 KU.ANTAN. Wed. More than 8.000 copies of coloured portraits of the Yang dlPertuan Agong and Raja Permaisurl Agong arrived at the State Information Office here today. These are now beta* sent to districts In the state for distribution to schools and other organisations.
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  • 45 5 SELF-DEFENCE DISPLAY BY WOMEN AT MALAY VARIETY SHOW Two hf-r-.il.it exponents. Latifah binte Ahmad (left) and Maheran binte Hamid. giving a display of selfdefence at the Penang Art Council's Malay variety show to be staged at the Penan? Teachers' Training College on Friday and Saturday.
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  • 71 5 The University of Malaya Athletic Union will bold Us 1968 ball at the King Edward VII Hall, Sepoy Lines, jn Saturday. While every endeavour Is made to publish classified advertisement!! •n the datei reqnnted it is not always possible to adhere to specified dates for Insertion due to
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  • 350 5 New acting technique by Malayan arts group KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —David Lyttle. thati indefatigable experi- 1 mcntalist in amateur theatricals in Malaya, and the Malayan Arts Theatre group must be congratulated on another successful venture, this time into the realm of "Theatre-in-the-Round." This Is a
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    • 339 5 PeaanK CATHAY: Oh For A Man 1 15, 3 30 645 9.15; ODEON: Spanisr Allair 3.15. 6.45, 9.15; PARAWOL'NT: Makkalal Petra Magarasi I IJO 8 30- CAPITOL: Prtnce and I I ;he Showgirl 1.15. 3.30, 6.30. ».3O; < HEX: Tammy and the Bachelor 115 330 6.30, 9.30; LIDO: Battle Hymn
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    • 667 6 Natural calamity and natural cussedness have hit Ceylon hard. The widespread destruction wrought by the floods would have seriously strained the national economy in any case, but added to the disruption caused by politically motivated labour disputes, its effects threaten to be catastrophic. The immediate menace, as
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    • 518 6 The functions of Singapore'} first Mayor may not yet have been fully and exactly defined. But Mr. Ong Enp Guan is certainly not a full-time executive officer ol the City Council. He is neither paid to do such s job nor entitled to usurp the duties
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  • 897 6 WHAT'S BEHIND THE BULCANIN LETTER? MARSHAL Bulganin's latest letter to Mr. Macmillan, I read, consisted of 18 pages with 19 pages ol annexes. It proposes that the 15 Nato Pact governments, the eight Warsaw Pact governments and six neutral governments shall
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    • 207 6 IT Is Interesting for the public to note that PAP. Councillors are proposing to ask for an Increase in the monthly allowance paid to City Councillors. The burden of providing for such Increase will no doubt fall upon the shoulders of the public as
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    • 116 6 MANY of us who have lived in Singapore all our lives were shocked when we read that the mace was to be removed, Vit that was nothing to what we felt when we heard that the flags which were a symbol of what we fought for
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    • 125 6 City election an eye-opener T*HE suggestion that com- pulsory voting may be Introduced is praiseworthy and should meet with great support. Many of us did not realise the seriousness of adopting an apathetic attitude towards politics until the recent City Council Elections had served as an eye-opener. Surely people could
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    • 71 6 riMiE public certainly ap--1 predates the new S.T.C. bus service between Paya Lebar and Outram Road but on weekdays one still has to wait for at least 20 minutes to half an hour for a No. 4 trolley-bus from either terminus to come along. It would be
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    • 240 6 I WAS a Singaporean and have now moved to the Federation of Malaya to stay for good as I find Singapore l.s too hot for any peace-loving man. Moat of your readers know that only SO per cent of the voters went out to vote
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  • 183 6 11 us I people in the 1" Federation would prefer their identity cards the Singapore style For Instance, the Singapore cards make anyone's Identity a bit clearer than those Issued by the Federation. The Singapore cards have two different columns for ■'Nationality
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  • 464 7 The Tengku says it's 'good riddance 5 'WE STAND FIRM WITH THE LABOUR FRONT: I, FOR ONE, AM NOT THE LEAST PERTURED' THE Federation Prime Rahman, 6aid in Alor UMNO branch in Singa with the Labour Front. Commenting on the Singapore UMNO membei decision not to align with t City
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  • 78 7 FIVE GOODS WAGONS Jumped the rails about half a mile from the Paslr Mas station In Relantan on Monday. The wagons were badly damaged. The train, which was coming from the MalayaSlam border town of Sungel Golok. was crossing a narrow bridge at 25 miles per hour
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  • 64 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Lee Teck Huat who was charged in the Magistrate's Court with the theft of a mairpie belonging to Loh Sze Khu. a schoolboy, was acouitted. The court held that there was no evidence of identification that the bird In court was the bird
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  • 298 7 Murder accused says wounds caused In struggle KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —Abdul Rahman bin Daus, 24, accused ot murdering his mother's lover, today told the High Court he had no intention to cause inJury to the man. Rahman said Ishak bin Othman. 27.
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  • 125 7 KOALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation Government committee appointed to inquire into the position of Government temporary clerks was told tudav that clerks below the age of 45 should be Kiven permanent Jobs. This suggestion was made by the Temporary Officers' Union which said that
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  • 190 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. rVO hundred and twenty-six Government scholars in the technical college here will ask for an increase of $35 in their monthly allowances. They claim that their present grants of $85 a montn are not enough and they have to ask their
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  • 52 7 BEREMBAN. Wed. A patrol of the 7th Bn Malay Regiment, killed a uniformed terrorist 'n the Oemencheh area of Tatn>in last night. The terrorist has bee-i dentlfled a s O Man Tat. ,i member of the Tampin i 'victory district" branch of I the Malayan Communist
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  • 43 7 PENANO. Wed. A dollar-for-song programme will be played at the New World Park from 8 p.m. on Sunday In aid of the Poppy Day Appeal Fund. The Moonlight Orchestra will render request Items In English Malay and Chinese.
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  • 38 7 Had lottery slips— s2oo Lee Kong Eng, a trisha rider, was fined $200 in a Singapore court yesterday for running a chap-ji-kee lottery at Robinson Road on Sunday Lee the prosecution said, had 12 lottery slips when arrested.
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  • 110 7 6 'insulted' council men stage walk-out MALACCA, Wed.— Six ITI Alliance men walked out of this morning's Municipal Council meeting after alleging that they had been insulted. The seventh Alliance man, Inche Tamby bin Abdul, lah, stayed behind He is the president. The remark objected to was made by Mr.
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  • 99 7 All six Alliance councillors spoke against the motion. When, Mr. de Cruz, replying to the debate made the "insulting remark, Mr. Tarn Seat Wah (Alliance) asked, on a point of order, that Mr de Cruz should withdraw his innuendo. Mr de Cruz refused to do so
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  • 134 7 Th« President then asked Mr de Cruz whether he would withdraw his remark but Mr. de Cruz said what he had said was that AUiance sympathy was expressed in words but they should show it in action. This was met by loud chorus of "No,
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  • 329 7 She teas showing how two hit her husband KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —A Sikh wife today broke a ceiling lamp with a stick while demonstrating in court how her husband was hit. Bachan Kaur was giving evidence at a preliminary inquiry in which a father and
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  • 93 7 Whew! It's 95 degrees in Ipoh heatwave IPOH. Wed. Ipoh has been sweltering under a heatwave which reached Us peak yesterday with a temperature of 95.4 degrees. Residents in the built-in areas the town found it hotter with a temperature of 98. For the past week, the thermometer has fluctuated
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  • 40 7 John Innocent Fernandez and P. Vengadasalam pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to having a knife with a two-inch blade on Tuesday night at Kerbau Road without reasonable excuse. They were remanded until next Wednesday.
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  • 149 7 Qantas begins circling world A NEW, $10 million- Super Constellation, "The Southern Zephyr," belonging to Qantas, passed through Singapore yesterday to inaugurate the airline's new round the world service. The sleek, westward-bound airliner which left Sydney on Tuesday is expected to complete the globe girdling flight in six days. Ther
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  • 968 8 Birthday award* to Pwali citizens IPOH, Wed.— The Sultan of Perak today awarded the state's Distinguished Conduct Medal and Meritorious Service Medal to 11 members of the security forces for outstanding services and successes in the antiterrorist war. The 11 were In a group of
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  • 91 8 Federation lifts ban on rubber KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation Government has liited the ban on the export of rubber seed imposed" on Nov. 14 last year. The ban had been ordered to safeguard the supplies of high yielding rubber planting material for smallholders. The Government is now satisfied that
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  • 96 8 ALOR STAR. Wed. The Prime Minister, Tensku AbmrdUt^^'th^V t WUI mediate in the Eastern S Z Il £f VE.T WeekPnd promise" could be reached The Tenstku wm meet the management on Saturday in Penang. He will later meet both the parties "If circum- i stances permit." He
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  • 906 8 rpflF Singapore Turf Club yesterday announced thai a total 1 of 2M> horses has been entered for the January February meeting at Bukit Tiin.ih on Jan. 25 29 and Feb. 1. The entries comprise 85 Class One hurses and 121 Class Three horses.
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    • 474 8 t M»U»I I OPENS TOOAY! U A.M., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 9.30 P.M Jt C f f^ A| Ns 4a^| PUkal Hcl^lfl^ ji^***^^ S U ■V 18, K [*li!t\ f i s« today! M r*.v.vi 5 -K Phone: 369C5. Phone: *****. A' HA.M.,i.IS.J.St. =rmfiMjk jnr\A^~ 7 J jf. C.45 9.15 P.M.
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    • 582 8 ■■™«4Kf3HiHk- Will ># """"<* 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30 CHASLES aa uiKif iy kICIAf VftDitf a| CHAPLIN nUW9 HI NKW 11/WIV A«W«j«i(i (SB). Pint! fnttif *rwm: CETLOWS FLOOD I)Iv\STKR. 9 ■phoisi. i 4a ß!W SSA. \«ll Shwimy 1 1 1,1.45, 4, 6.3t& 9.30 »™JL t £&y BEHIND THE HIGH WAU"
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    • 94 8 SCHEDULE of RACING TUKKE will be nine rivers en the first day and right en the second and third days. The schedule it JAN. 25: Clan. I Divs. 1. 2 and] J cmk mil.-: Class 3. Diva. 1. 2. S and 4 6f; Divs 1 ud 2 en* mtiV JAN.
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  • 1261 9 BABUR, FOUNDER OF THE GREAT MOGUL RULING LINE until I 111 II! 11l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i||i<| Bff' V'»i \A hT Xt p, fi i\i *^^ff^B* I fel '5 "b *mR *MJ h6h I 2 *»5h A RAGGED band of 300 men and women struggled
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    • 136 9 ifi&S^ ICE CREAM B^ I r~*^~^ fjrjg^ 1 Jtt^ tjM^ I r_ XTfijl^M ajy B^k>' cs*^* -i^^dl wS!z*"" J&S *Kt^,^^N^^ J COLD STORAGE CREAMERIES LTD. SMCAPOM KUALA LUMPUR PINANG I j?i People who eat Jt^> QUAKER Oats have I Ijtrf\ THAN Y OU DO t- li^ i need "for mure
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 179 9 < <irn:<:s A fo. By \la<z Thy Saint By Lesiie Vhurteris j A ABSURD) j '866W th{ > /fIIJT SUPPOSf 'them WE SH4LL HAVE PONE Oof?} I /"nt IC/ 'go*\ ORDef? H T TACK' J I IHEy K/li. HIM 7 OUTy- AUD WE SMALL H/V£ TO J jmvjiy''- J /obviously
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  • 995 10 RUBBER SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN IN 1957 ROSE 45i PER CENT B* Our Market Correspondent OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE, JAN. IS. RLBBER: 781 cento per Ib. (down one cent). TIN: $355 per picul (up 12) cento). QN the basis of official published figures one of the most interesting developments on the Malayan
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  • 114 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares recorded a firm tone with Associated Pulp up 6d providing the sharpest movement on the Btock Exchange here today. Loans 3',,<■'<, 1958-59 £98 17s. 6d Loans MM 1956-58 £100 4s Con. Zinc 63/8 Bank of NSW. £35 15/18 Mount Lyell 21/- buyer N- Broken
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  • 151 10 - February Brat grade rubber buyers fob closed in Singapore ietterday at 78',. cents per lb down one cant on Tuesday's closing price. Closing tone: Quiet and slightly easier. Closing prices In cents pet lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.B. fo.b. buyers; 78, sellers 789. Int 1
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  • 112 10 MWk-VWb niULW Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Co»r»: quiet; OK/ Continent January/ February $30 buyers. 5304 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $46' 2 sellers, drum $50 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $99 Sarawak $98, special Sarawak black $64 (all
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  • 84 10 The Malayan Exchangr Banks' Association made the following changes in Its rates to mer'nants yesterday (all rates to Canada: buying airmail TT. 32 7/16. O D 32 9 16, 90 d/st 32 15/16 credit bills. 33 trade bills. Selling TT or OD ready Canada 32. On the free
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  • 84 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: .Straat Bali 1 2, Clytoneus 4 5. Benvannoch 6A Wairimu 67, Dlomed 89, Idomen>us 10.11. Olenartney 1314, Singapore 15 16. Sunda 18 Mandowl 19,20. Sadao N Wall 2. Scudal N Wall 3, Mlnjak 21,22. Banggaat 23.
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  • 69 10 The London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Company announoe that two estates of Buklt Kajang now a wholly owned subsidiary of London Asiatic, have been sold for approximately no, 000 and that Bukit Kajangs remaining estate is being retained. The company also announce that they have recently purchased from
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  • 31 10 KlnU KHIa, Tin Dredfln, has declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent, payable in England on February. 34. The company's books will be closed from Februarx 10-23 inclusive.
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  • 26 10 Further December rubber crop include: Ajrrr P»n». 81.000 lb rilenealy 80 700 lb Kluanr. 71,000 lb.. Pajam 137.000 lb., and Via Benul 38.622 lb.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 897 10 PUFJC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS lATAI milNril RAHAII APPLICATIONS are Invitee LOCAL tUUNtIL BAHAU from Federal citliens and fron APPLICATIONS are Invited serving Government officers foi imm Pedpril ntizens for the appointment to the State Civl ESinSsr 1 c lt t£ c s Qualification School Certificate Division II Cadets, unpassed $415
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    • 775 10 > NOTICES NOTICE a r NOTICE is hereby ghen that 11 Mr. Joseph Chin, formerly Chief 8 Accountant with Muller Phlpps (Malaya) Limited, Singapore. Is no longer ln any way connected 7 with this Company as of 15th January 1958. MULLER PHIPPS (MALAYA) LIMITED, r r THE TOWN BOARDS I
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    • 703 10 NOTICES SOUTHERN MALAYAN TIN ,t DREDGING LIMITED !l (Incorporated In England) QUARTERLY RETURN 1 QUARTER ENDING Sl-U-57. Output: 18.7*5 piiuU C Dredges workiruf The 8terUng equivalent of the average Singapore tin metal price for the quarter was £695 0.7 per ton. While tin control Is In force, future publications of
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    • 753 10 KNUTSEM LINE orieni service FROM CANAPA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS— 3O PAYS V«ncouv«i Francuco S'oara P. Sweft Pman« F'manfla KRISTIN BAKKE Soiled Sailed 17/11 Jan 1* Jan 21 Jan 21 ja* ANNA BAKKf Sailed Sailed/ Y/ll Fab 12 Ftb 14 Fab 23 Fakl ELISAIfTM BAKKt 24 Jan Fab 11/13 Mar 14 Mar
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    • 3420 11 Tel: 1401 MANS.iELD CO.. LTD. Tel: *u» W* l *^^*P*WFW£t m nn^*B^n^9*FMMo**!P*'Q'*F m^*^M?Wl fdfe,Ati42T««_ *o rt\ wrn (18 lines) (Ineoipo-oted m Singapore) 112 lm.s) gU _f I M 'MM 'J >J Jr. Tf IfV If jjf M iW Ojl MCALISTER OC CO., LTD. T|lF BLUE F >j NN el LINE
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    1092 12 FOR LOCAL CHARITIES Fashion, food and fun for all BIG SHOW NEXT MONTH AT GREAT WORLD IN line with his usual custom doing things in a big way— Mike (Around the World in 80 Days) Todd is determined to make a splash with the Malayan premiere of the
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    • 318 12 When your child is in pain tYou can now, at last, give aspirin safely special Children's aspirin. Doctors know that aspirin is best for treating fever and relieving pain in Children, but only in small, exact, safe doses. That is why doctors recommend Angiers Junior Aspirin; it's made specially —to
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    • 188 12 APPLE PIE vb^ 1 pie crust 1 ready to bake 2 and serve Frozen Fruit Pies in on exclusive o '^J iwin-ne Only Swanson offers you two Fresh Fruit Pies in on* handy package! Two delicious fruit pies that look and taste homemade All the fresh fruit flavor is protected
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 362 12 Straits Times Crossword Bg^SStS (6). i H I j I 3 j I* T~ tej 6 Xl x^^ a vu the spw i- a "-i -M-i sailor In cast <8V 3 Financial collapse— littk i i i I i r credit remain* (s* iS^ r^-j i^a D^a s Well tlh|
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    • 259 13 ulf L>H Id I d i^^Vm iVlji i kT din I i^m I Check Betore Posting Replies te Box Nuabert I Utmott car c ihould be taken when replying to box number 1 idi. to ute the CORRECT i NUMBER and Addrcst te the j 1 Straits Times. Cecil Street.
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    • 357 13 SITUATIONS VACANT It Words tS (Mim.) Box it cl,. txlra BOOK-KEEPER REQUIRED for immediate employment Must be conversant with office routine. Correspondence and T>ping. Apply in Own Handwriting stating Salary required, experience and enclosing Copies of Testimonials. Box A 6514, S.T. OFFICE CLERK Grade Oive South Kedah Estate. Applicants must
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    • 902 13 SITUATIONS WANTED It Wordm $S (Mim.) Box St tit. txtrm. LIFE INSURANCE Senior Orj ganlser qualified diploma seeks more senior position with expanding company. Reply from companies only please. Box A 6511 S.T. ENGLISH LADY REQUIRES I temporary post. Will manage guest house, hotel, or private home during absence of
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    • 881 13 TUITION 20 Wordi ti (IBim.) tax St tit. txlrm. SPECIAL COACHING by Experienced Teacher in English and Maths, for Primary VI ior English in Forms IV and V. Apply Box A 6455. S.T. I QUALIFIED Pianoforte Teacher, visit pupils homes. For beginI ncrs. intermediate. advanced grade, or Music for pleasure.
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    • 568 13 VEHICLE FOR SALE M Word, $S (Mlm.) Box Sm tit txlrm FIAT 1100 late 1955 ***** miles one European owner perfect condition fully Insured September j 1958 best offer over $3,600. Ring I ***** office hours. 1956 H HUSKY, 1953 U Minor. Citroen. 1952 m!u., Rover 75,' H'Coupc. 1951 Singer,
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    • 407 13 FOR SALE if Words Si (Him.) Box it tt,. rxlrm. PHILIPS Table Radiogram 195: tn excellent condition. Pbonc *****. PEDIGREE FOLDING DE TACHABLE Pram as new. Rea tonable offer accepwd. Also High' chair and Playpen. 119 Siglap Road between 5 pm. and 7 p.m WE STOCK LAWN Mowers prlc< ranging
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    • 109 13 Superb high fidelity W -J^^ Jg? 1 reproduction /^ita^JmX i combined with "Hi-Fi W#% 1 I a mmmmommmmmlko^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^ U^s Colloro Mork IV Tromtnptor Imtcr.'oncoiK Trock f>onge B, <^^ 3 Speeds— ls" 7'/ a 33,4" per secona \<H Ploys oil pre-recorded top«« \B Mexhonicol Ploce Indicator _^^r^X^sk I< *^^^^JW I T'mpWt*
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  • 59 14  -  EPSOM JEEP I 'BACK TO NUMBERS' FOR THE BIG SWEEP DRAW By and for Dragon too JI'OII Wed.— lt was a day of doubles here loday f o i jockeys trainers and horses. The jockeys with two winning rides each were: DONNELLY on Waxer (Race S ix
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  • 33 14 MANCHESTER, Wed—Manchester United, beat Red Star (Yugoslavia) 2-1 here last night In their first leg match In the European Cup quarter-nnals. Red Star led 1-0 at halftime- Reuter.
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  • 425 14  - Choong Plan to begin at Fencing IT WILL BE A 'MODEL' By OH KEE TIANC pENANG, Wed.— The 1 Penang Badminton Association is making arrangements to implement the training scheme drawn up by Eddy Choong to raise the standard of the game in Malaya. "We have circularised all our affiliates
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  • 234 14 MALAYAN TURF CLUBS SHOULD USE V STARTING STALLS, says BOUGOURE 4ELBOURNE. Wed.—Garnet Bougoure. Malayan champion jockey in 1956, will leave Sydney for Singapore on Friday by Qantas with his wife and three daughters. iougoure, who has been engaged to ride under a sixmonth contract for leading Malayan owner, Mr. Kumme
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  • 217 14 SCHOOLS PLAN BIG SOCCER FESTIVAL IPOH. Tuesday. MALAYAN and Singapore schools will hold their first ever soccer festival at the Jalan Besar stadium in Singapore, during the Easter Holidays. with, teams from eight states taking part. The festival is being spon- sorea Dy me Singapore Amateur Football Association, with the
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  • 2084 14 CHKIS UKAGON. the younß apprentice rider, un Baby Chris (Race Two) ar.d What Happened (Race Three). The successful trainers were- NEAL HOBBS of Singapore I whose winners were ridden by I Donnelly, and THE BAGBYS of Penang I Wally
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  • 64 14 TAIPINO. Wed. A goal by Suppiah in the first half gave Taiplng Colts a 1-0 victory over Indian Association in a league hockey match here yesterday. t^S2 DIARY KUALA KAMUSAR SOCCER: Rmmbleri v I'manc Malay*, padanf. KUALA II Mil K BUGGER: RAMC I Ramblers. Batu Cantonment. HOCKEY: Dl*.
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  • 91 14 HONG KONG, Wed— The Singapore Police cricket team opened their Hong Kong tour today by snatching a fourwicket win with 12 minutes to spare. In an exciting match against the Combined School Teachers and Schoolboys at Craigengower Club ground the visitors replied with 169 for 6
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  • 14 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Heavy rain here today wash•rl out all sports fixtures
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  • 105 14 17- U ALA LUMPUR. Wed. -j Cycle racing which enJoyed so much popularity and support durinv the Merdeka Game j. la to he wide'y orcani^'ij in hvi The Malayan Cvr' 1 tion has drawn up a big programme for the season. There will be races
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  • 137 14 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. The Australian cricket team, unable to bowl Alan Davidson, la v d the penetration in attack to beat Transvaal in their maten here, which ended yester. day in a lifht- hearted draw. Transvaal were forced to follow on 181 runs behind, but John
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  • 56 14 SYDNEY. Wed Olympic swimmer Brian Wilkinson 19. became the second Aus tralian to claim a world re cord in the current New South Wales championships when he won his 110 yardi butterfly stroke heat In 63 h sec. Under a new F.I.N.A rul» any swimmer bettering
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  • 77 14 SEREMBAN. Wed. -The 2 2 Gurkhas of Kluang won the 17th Gurkha Division OC.L.F. inter-unit hockey championship this evening by beating the Kings Dragoon Guards of Ipoh 1-0 on the padang here today. The winning goal was scored in the 10th minute by centre forward Garuldewan.
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    • 735 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. "AT YOUR SERVICE" M Word, tit (Minimum). Dmllm I month. It Word, t2.it (Mtm.) FOR EXPERTS PLASTIC Jobs —City Plastic, 43 Prlnsep Street— *****. EVERETT TRAVEL SERVICE. 11 Collier Quay, Singapore. Tel: *****. SPECIAL TREATMENT, Skin Diseases Consult Muthu, 348 Market Street. Tel. *****. PHOTOSTAT SERVICE: Documents rapidly
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    • 129 14 Take with you d the perfect secretary. I Why continue to be without a B HERMES Baby? It is a faithful g companion which renders inestim--3 able service. You will be able to take r j it with you everywhere: It is alway.s *j ready for use. y The latest
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