The Straits Times, 19 February 1958

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    21 1 AVEHACE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80*000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1958 15 CENTS Now** 1 flew***
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    Lock icon WOMAN STILL IN A COMA HAS BECOME A MOTHER
    82 1 WOMAN STILL IN A COMA HAS BECOME A MOTHER LONDON. Tuts— A woman siiil in a coma today. sis months after a road acci dent, has given birth to a 4-lb. girl in a Leeds maternity home. Mrs. Rita Nemeth. 30. wife of a Leeds dental surgeon, has not spoken
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    Lock icon Leave to appeal in libel case
    85 1 NICOSIA. Tues. The Cyprus Supreme Court today granted Kemsley Newspapers leave to appeal to the Privy Council against an £8.000 sterling libel award to a local beer making concern. The case arose from the publication of an article In the Kemsley Newspaper Sunday Empire
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    POLICE KILL AN AMOK
    605 1 FRENZIED MAN WOUNDS A CIVILIAN AND A DETECTIVE Revellers scatter wildly from path of chopper attacker in Singapore Bullets finally halt career By DEV SHRIDHAR A 46 -YEAR -OLD Chinese who went berserk with a meat chopper in busy Beach Road, Singapore, yesterday, was finally shot
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    NASSER ('THIS IS MINE') INVADES THE SUDAN
    311 1 NASSER ('THIS IS MINE') INVADES THE SUDAN Cairo denies discovery of mineral deposits in region prompted action LONDON. Tuesday. EGYPTIAN and Sudanese troops were today both reported to have entered a 10,000-square mile area of North Sudan bordering the Red Sea which has been unexpectedly claimed by Egypt Egypt said
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    Another three Singapore ships detained
    478 1 THREE more Singapore-bound ships from Sumatra 1 were detained at Pulau Samboe yesterday as the Indonesian Central Government Intensified Its blockade against rebel barter trade ports Singapore shipowners say ♦.he Colony-registered Chlat Soon and Kah Kheng from alembang and the Beetong. I om Diambl. were
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    33 in prahu run naval blockade
    152 1 33 in prahu run naval blockade AN Indonesian pra h v carrying 30 tons of rubber worth $55,000 ran the blockade from Sumatra to Singapore yesterday. The prahu. carrying 33 men. had sailed from Indragirl. Central Sumatra, one of the two ports first blacklisted by Jakarta In a bid to
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    Lock icon Indian 'distress'
    39 1 NEW DELHI. Tues— lndia has told Britain and the United States she Is "distressed" over participation by British and American firms in building a dam In the Pakis-tan-held part of Kashmir. Mr. Nehru told Parliament today— Reuter.
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    Lock icon HE KILLED EX-FIANCEE —JAILED
    101 1 HE KILLED EX-FIANCEE —JAILED LIVERPOOL, Tues. A 21--year-old airman who flew home from Cyprus last I Christmas to find his fiancee had met another man was Jailed for eight years yester- j I day for her manslaughter. The airman. Albert Houghton, was accused of strangling Dorothy Lilley. 20-year-old schoolteacher, and
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    Lock icon '163 dead' claim
    38 1 RABAT, Tues A communique of the "Moroccan Army for the Liberation of the Sahara" published here last night claimed 163 Spanish dead In fighting in the Spanish Sahara and the Ifni enclave last week. Reuter.
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    Lock icon They mourn for Manchester United
    214 1 LONDON, Tues. -Representatives of the sports world, the Press and foreign embassies attended a special memorial service In London today for victims of the Manchester United football team air crash at Munich. Mourners Included officials from over 100 football clulu and associations. The Duke of
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    28,000 VICE GIRLS IN MALAYA—EXPERT
    422 1 28,000 VICE GIRLS IN MALAYA— EXPERT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. EE first Malay anti-vice congress which opened here today was told that there are about 28,000 ly prostitutes throughout the Federation. Giving this figure to 20C startled delegates and obser vit.s, the secretary of the congress preparation committee, Inche Ismail bin
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    SEATO land and air exercise
    41 1 BANGKOK. Tues. SEATO land and air manoeuvres will be held In Central Sian next April. Siamese army sources said today. They said the manoeuvre were being arranged Jointly by the Siamese and United States Army authorities.
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    2 a.m. news roundup
    319 1 2 a.m. news roundup POLICE CHIEF DROWNED KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Mr. Leslie George Valpy, Commandant of the Federal Police Training College at Kuala Kubu Bharu. Selangor, was drowned this afternoon while ..swimming in the sea IKI miles north of Kuantan. Mr. Valpy was on a farewell visit to friends in
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    Four quit UMNO in protest
    135 1 Four quit UMNO in protest K LUANG. fues Four UMNO elected town counclll >rs here quit the party today In protest against thaction taken by MCA electro councillor, Mr Chong S'--> Kheng. who they flaim. sub m.tted a motion tv the Town Council In his own nam without consulting oth»
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    Lock icon MORE SNOW IN BRITAIN
    40 1 LONDON, Tues. A new| cold snap brought snow today to many parts of the British Isles. Falls were particularly heavy down the eastern side of Scotland and England though London and the south-east remained clear. Reuter
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    Lock icon Welcome back! Crowds greet Mac
    62 1 Mr. Harold VUimillau lilt British Prime Minister waves both arm, In answer to the cheers of part of the crowd in Downing Street who were welcom ing him back to No. 10 The Prime Minister had arrived earlier at London Airport from a 30.000 mile,
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    Lock icon Tunis: U.N. meeting may go on
    639 2 ANGLO-AMERICAN OFFERS OF 'GOOD OFFICES' ACCEPTED BY BOTH SIDES TENSION EASES BUT NEW COMPLAINTS AGAINST FRENCH 'AGGRESSION 9 TUNIS, Tuesday. pRENCH and Tunisian acceptance of AngloAmerican offers of "good offices" to settle their dispute produced a big: relaxation of tension in the political atmosphere
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    Lock icon Ice runway is cracking
    55 2 WELLINGTON, Tues. Deep cracks are starting to develop in the ice runway at McMurdo Sound, according to a report received at American navy headquarters in Christchurch today. 'This means the strip viM not be usable and we will have to build another." said the senior staff
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    Lock icon Constable tells of £10 a week offer
    194 2 LONDON, Tues. A detective sergeant charged with conspiracy was accused today by two policemen of trying to obtain money through bribes. A constable. Frank Knight rf Brighton. Sussex, police said detective sergeant Trevor Heath, 36, offered him £10 a week to inform a
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    A LIKELY TAIL —SORRY, TALE
    65 2 A LIKELY TAIL SORRY, TALE THERE'S no law against dogs riding bicycles, so when one pedalled by displaying impeccable road sense, the policeman didn't bat an eyelid. Passers-by stared and cars pulled into tbe kerb. But actually the shajtgr dog was stage midget In Baker, who is appearing in Plymouth,
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    Lock icon Jets force down airliner
    50 2 BEIRUT. Tues. Two Byrian jet fighters forced a Lebanese airliner to land at Damascus airport and detained the plane for six hours, it was officially announced here yesterday. The announcement said the incident occurred on Sunday when the plane was flying from Beirut to Jerusalem. Reuter.
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    Lock icon RUSSELL: EXTINCTION IN 40 YEARS IF...
    175 2 LONDON, Tuesday. OERTRAND RUSSELL declared last night that it was an "even chance" whether any human being would exist 40 years hence. He was speaking at a crowded meeting organised by the campaign for nuclear disarmament. The campaign is backed by many leading clerics,
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    Lock icon Iraq won't quit Bagdad Pact
    65 2 ISTANBUL, Tues.. Th? Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Adrian Menderes, said yestet day after a meeting here witn the Iraqi Ambassador. Mr Naguib Al Ravi, that Iraq would not withdraw from the Bagdad Pact Mr. Ravi said later he ha'i told the Prime Minister that reports
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    Lock icon 'Missile base'
    32 2 LONDON, Tues. The Western world's first rocket missile ba.se is to be set up by early next year at Kirton Lindsey Lincolnshire, northeast England, the Dally Herald reports today— Reuter
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    Lock icon 170 DIE IN BIG FREEZE
    40 2 NEW YORK. Tues. More than 170 people are now estimated to have died through the blizzards, which have I swept wide stretches of Eastern North America since the weekend— and the Arctic spell continues— Reuter.
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    Lock icon ROYALTY WITH THE COMMON TOUCH
    216 2 ROYALTY WITH THE COMMON TOUCH pANBERRA, Tues.— yj The Queen Mother this morning stopped the royal progress to the Canberra airport to speak to a cripple. The cripple is Miss Valeric Raward, 34, who contracted polio when she was 22. She is still confined to a wheel chair. At present
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    Lock icon Mr Ascoli (rubber pioneer) dies in hospital
    243 2  - Mr Ascoli (rubber pioneer) dies in hospital LATEX SHIPMENTS— HIS IDEA LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE death has been announced here of Mr. Frank Ascoli, managing director of Dunlop Plantations Ltd., until his retirement in 1955. He was 74. He died in hospital at Windsor on Friday. Mr. Ascoli Joined the Dunlop
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    Lock icon Girls in court hunt clients
    66 2 WARSAW, Tues. Many, Warsaw prostitutes pass their "off-duty hours" sleeping, playing cards, drinking vodka and telling amusing stories in the city's principal law courts, according to the trade union newspaper Olos Pracy. When they get bored they go to the court rooms to listen to
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      180 2 RADIO MALAYA K »>K Choir; 1000 Greeting! In Miuic; 11.00 Holiday Concert; Ntnnvn short Bin 120 Close Down: P.M. 1.15 FootSEFVirF irfft)« llfjhts Parade: I 3° T"* New s-ivriMßF 14i Footlights Parade Part Two; Ki\i» i mpi 530 A Canadian Yarn; 54S Mrdium Vjvf 311 mrtrM Hawaiian Blossoms: 6.00 StudentB
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    Lock icon IKE WONDERS: WILL EXCHANGE OF SPEECHES GET US ANYWHERE?
    546 3 BULGANIN TOLD: REDS TO BLAME IF THIS ARMS RACE GOES ON 'A terrible new menace in making 9 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. DRBSIDENT Eisenhower, in reply to a letter from the Soviet Prime Minister, Marshal Bulganin, said he had begun to wonder whether
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    Lock icon A TORONTO RECORD: SEVEN SETS OF TWINS
    79 3 Seven sets of t»m s in school that's the record In Toronto, Canada. Lined up in one classroom the; are (from left): Janet and Judy Forsythe, Eve and Lionel Goldman, Joan and June Dewhurst, Ken and Bob Hadlow, Anne and Barb Dames, Bruce
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    Lock icon Savaged by monkeys
    76 3 SYDNEY, Tues. More than 100 stitches were inserted in an 11-year-old boy's legs and arms after he had been savaged by three South American spider monkeys at Sydney's Taronga Park zoo. Th e boy, Milton Hines, of Peakhurst, Sydney, had dropped into the monkey pit to retrieve
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    Lock icon Journalist dies
    23 3 LONDON. Tues. Mr. Donald R. Spendlove, news editor of Britain's domestic news agency, Press Association, died here yesterday, aged 63 —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Americans queue for free govt. rice
    134 3 NEW YORK. Tues.— Abou* 400 unemployed queued yes i terday in the textile city nf j Biddeford. Maine. where about a third of the 13.5001 workers are now out of work, to receive rice, chees* and d.y beans distributed from government surpluses. Mrs. Annette
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    Lock icon Do not treat bank men as political footballs—governor
    281 3 Do not treat bank men as political footballs governor LONDON, Tuesday. MR Cameron Cobbold, Governor of the Bank ol England, last night warned against treating the bank's part-time director as a "political football." He was referring at thannual dinner here of the Overseas Bankers' Club t> opposition Labour Party crt
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    Lock icon 27 FUNERAL SACKINGS: FIRM RELENTS
    116 3 27 FUNERAL SACKINGS: FIRM RELENTS lONDON, rue*.— A Sailor I 4 Lanes, firm which sacked 27 employees last week fo> leaving their work to watcii the funeral of a Manchester United player, relented yes terday. The firm, which produces wooden boxes, said all 27 could return to their jobs today.
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    Lock icon Nash invited to visit Siam
    65 3 BANGKOK. Tues Th" Prime Minister of new Zea land Mr. Walter Nash, has been invited to vis.t Slarr during his forthcoming tou.of South-East Asia. Siame<» government sources said todayMr. Nash, whose Labour Government was returned to power at the last elections will lead New Zealand
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    Lock icon Textile show
    22 3 LONDON. Tues.— Diplomat., from 50 countries attendeJ yesterday's opening of Brl tain's textile show— the largest ever held here. Reuter
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    Lock icon 'CHIEF FLEES TO CAIRO'
    40 3 'CHIEF FLEES TO CAIRO BEIRUT. Tues A Beirut evening newspaper reported last night that the chief of the Syrian intelligence department had fled to Cairo after the discovery of the most recent alleged "imperialist plot" against the Syrian government. U.P.
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      RUBBER
      32 3 LONDON. Mon. Spot 22\d Mar. 23d.. April-June 23.d July-Sept. 23% d., Oct.-Feb. 23', d. Jan-March 23\d.. Peb. elf 22 T sd.. Mar. c.l.f. 22% d.. April 22 7 »d. Tone: Lifeless.
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      TIN
      23 3 LONDON. Mon. Buyers t730 ■ifllers £731 Forward buyers. L' 730 1 sellens £731. Settlement £730 V». a.m. 45 tons, p.m. 70 loot.
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    Lock icon TODD QUITS AS PREMIER OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA
    163 3 TODD QUITS AS PREMIER OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA SALISBURY, (Southern Rhodesia) Tues Mr R. S. Garfield Todd Prime Minister of Southern Rtao desia. fortnall> tendered the resignation of himself and his cabinet to the Governor Sir PeveriP William Powlett la*t night Mr Todd was ousteo from leadership of to* United Federal
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    Lock icon But obviously...
    38 3 BANGKOK. Tues.— Tourinj film star John Wayne, askeo at a Press conference 'f Siamese girls were beautifu. said: "Yes, of course." an-1 added "That's the obvious ques tion, the obvious answer anrt the obvious truth "—Reuter
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      350 3 SAVE TIME SAVE MONEY The wise housewife appreciates the economies to be made by shopping at Cold Storage where all her food requirements are so conveniently available under one roof. SHOP ARRANGEMENTS CHINESE NEW YEAR Sin«aa*r«i W» or* open fo day until I p.m. Pimm) K. Lumpur) Wt ore opan
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      688 4 JAPAN^f ASIA'S BEST CUSTOMER AND SUPPLIER f^fy i That division of lalioiir is an essential fader in the j»Bv f |<A^ development of economic society is as true U;da\ ;is it was in f^^\ W 5 f vKi Ihe past. The prosperity of international economy is n«» f^ n^ tß^
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    Negara 'united front' polls plan
    549 5 DATO ONN: WE HAVE 15 MONTHS IN WHICH TO PREPARE OURSELVES PARTY TO HOLD TALKS WITH OTHER POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. pARTY NEGARA will hold talks with other political organisations to form a common front in next year's general elections. Announcing this at the
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    KEEP SCHOLARSHIP, SAY UMNO WOMEN
    206 5 'It will prevent many hardships' IPOH, Tues.— The Ipoh branch of 1 the Women's Section of UMNO is protesting against Government's decision to stop state and Federal minor scholarships. At its annual meeting here. U passed a resolution urging the Education Ministry to reconsider its
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    NEW LOOK FOR K.L.
    180 5 Wag-decorated streets and floodlit buildings in honour of ECAFE /UALA LUMPUR. l Tues. The Federal capital has been" iiv;-n a $10,000 "new iook" in honour of the ECAFE conference which cpeiis here later 1 this month. The flags and the banting hat went into storage after
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    THE PRINCESS TAKES A JOB WITH WOMEN'S INSTITUTES
    207 5 THE PRINCESS TAKES A JOB WITH WOMEN'S INSTITUTES IPOH. Tues.— A pretty Malay princess, grand niece of the Prime Minister. Trngku Abdnl Rahman, has been posted to this town as the State organiser for Perak of the National Association of Women's Institutes. "I am very happy to have got this
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    Malay education: A new move
    200 5 PARENT-TEACHER BODY PLANNED BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tuesday. •pHE Federation of Malay School Teachers' Associa- tions plans to form a national body of Malay teachers and parents to fight for improvements to Malay education in the country. i This was announced by Inche Mohamed Noor bin Ahmad,
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    Patrol finds bandit's body
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The body of a man was found by a patrol of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in tbei Yong Peng area of Johore last Sunday. It has been identified as that of a terrorist. Pay Tee Kiat Near the body were a pair
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    New all-out plans to get 12 Kedah Reds
    164 5 New all-out plans to get 12 Kedah Reds KI'LIM. Tuts.— The South Krdah War Exrcutive Committee will intensify this year its fighting war" aeainst the 12 remaining Communist terrorists in the district. "We are making an all-out bid to clear the area before the Prime Minister's target date of Auc
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    Wanted: A board to wipe out malaria
    289 5 Wanted: A board to wipe out malaria I^UALA LUMPUR, 1Y Tues. The Federation's malaria advisory board considers that malaria is still a serious problem and wants the Government to set up a Training Centre to carry out large-scale trials In controlling the disease. One of the functions of the centres
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    Tea for Tengku
    34 5 ALOR STAR. Tues The Kedah Mentrt Besar. Tengku Ismail bin Tengku Yahaya. will attend a tea-party by the Kedah Youth Council at the Sultan Abdul Hamld College here on Feb 22
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    'Mercy dash' skipper dies in hospital
    203 5 'Mercy dash skipper dies in hospital PENANG lues A Uermar sea captain died in the Pen ang General Hospital yesterday. It was his maiden trt;> to the East. Capt. Alwlti Otten. 49 skipper of the North Germar Lloyd freighter Weserstei". fell ill when the ship was o0 Colombo, an unscheduled
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    PERSONAL
    17 6 •11 W»w4* til 1 Himni'mi OEI KOEN HI AN. I wish you Good Luck Happy Prosperity.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    112 6 U W«rW> tl» (Uimimmm) IM DREAMING OP A White Christmas where the air Is clear and fresh—"WOT, another advertisement for Air-Wick?" KIRSCH SUNAIRE Venetian Blinds tor lasting window beauty ■mi cool liiwiiors. Telephone l.iwies Miller A: Co. Ltd Singapore •»386 or K.L. ***** PULLER FIGURE LADIES I Please Note—Tommy
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  • She Straits Simrs Singapore, Wed Feb. 19, 1958
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      Choice For The M.I.C.
      624 6 1 is no escape from this liml- I '.atio.i.. Tlie M.I.C. must act. think and behave as a partner in an Alliance Government and not as a political organisation with no loyalty except to itself. Those who do not agree would do better to find political
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      Growing Problem
      317 6 Petaling Jaya's discussion of housing will attract interest beyond the immediate orbit of Kuala Lumpur's satellite. Mr. Teh Hung Kiat, who leads Alliance representatives, on the town committee, pleaded successfully against prosecution of a thou.sand householders for alleged illegal extensions to their homes. He was especially concerned that
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      Cracker Happy
      262 6 The firing of crackers ovei the Chinese New Year banishes sleep for people sensitive to loud noises. But a few nights of insomnia and nervous strain are not too great a sacrifice to make in the interests of inter-communal goodwill. The fact that crackers have been noisier thi»
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      Malay teachers fit to fake secondary classes
      560 6 ISMAIL Rahmat IST Feb 13 1 seems not to be well up on the subject of Malay Schoo's and the Malay Secondary Classes Nor for that matter has he quite understood the Razak Policy? His argument on the lack of text-books for Malay
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      80 6 The ritfbl I HAVE read a lot about compulsory voting, and nearly every time Australia and New Zealand are Quoted as countries where it works. I would like to say that in New Zealand, at least, voting Is not compulsory It is merely compulsory to register. It is left to
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      52 6 Mi-hour »*«*k for <In 111 riE Bhopworkers and Clerks' Charter was brought into force by the elected government from Aug. 1. 1957. Employees at the Naval Base who fall under the category of Industrial clerks are still working a 48-hour week Instead of the 44-hour week prescribed by the charter
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      The durable timber bridge
      254 6 NO firm decision has been made by the Municipal Council that the fallen bridges at Lake Gardens will be replaced In con crete. The money allotted would, no doubt, cover such expensive construction but In fact the new bridge may well prove to be a long
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    Isolate delegates in a ship in mid-Atlantic
    982 6 Isolate delegates in a ship in mid-Atlantic One way to ensure success of Summit Conference MR. Harold Macmillan's latest letter to Marshal Bulganin makes it fairly certain that there Is to be a Summit Conference. I suspect that already a minor intrigue has begun In the various Foreign Offices. The
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    CHIEF CLERK CLEARED IN $2,300 TRUST CASE
    233 7 CHIEF CLERK CLEARED IN $2,300 TRUST CASE IPINO. Tues. The X .lief clerk of the Aurl- .Ural Office, Taiping, who was charged with cri. ■imal breach of trust of $2,318 over a period of three years was acquitted in the magistrate's court here yesterday. Nazarudin bin Noordin, was alleged to
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    More Malay teachers quit UMNO
    123 7 More Malay teachers quit UMNO K LUANG. Tues. The 35 lalay teachers who are members of UMNO in the > Kluang district have quit the party. Among them are Che Hendon binte Haji Hashim. leader of the women's section of UNMO. Kluang. who is also an executive member of Johore
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    POLICE 'WAR' ON CYCLISTS
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Traffic police here have decided to "get tough" with cyclists who refuse to allow j pedestrians the right of way at zebra crossings. During the week-end ;nore than 20 cyclists were each fined $3 on the spot for failing to stop at "Z'
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    $2 mil. Airways shares for public
    472 7 BOAC OFFERS CHANCE TO CITIZENS TO OWN SO PER CENT OF MALAYA'S OWN AIRLINE DIRECTORS EXPRESS CONFIDENCE, BUT THEY WARN, 'RETURNS WILL BE MODEST' By GEOFFREY BOLAND SINGAPORE, Feb. 18. '■pHIRTY per rent of the capital of the newly constituted Malayan Airways is to
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    NEGARA MAN BEATS ALLIANCE AT POLLS
    192 7 KUALA TRENC-GANU, Tuesday. DARTY NEGARA candidate Inehe Mohamed i r Taib bin Haji Ismail beat the Alliance candidate,»lnche Wan Mohamed bin Mahmud. in a Kuala > Trengganu town council b'-elertion .for the Kuala I Ward. I Inehe Mohamed Taib poll ed 257 votes to
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    Store profits
    41 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. —For the first time since its formation in 1952. the Ceiu ral Province Wellesley co operative store here showed a profit for 1956 and 1957. The store made $6,024 net in 1956 and $6,839 last year
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    Patricia and Daisy-New Year beauty queens
    93 7 Patricia and Daisy -New Year beauty queens ABOVE: Elected Miss PinI p at a New Year Eve dance at Singapore's Sea View Hotel was Dais? Szeto. centre. With her are runner-up Joan Charleswortli. right, and Wendy Locke who came third. LEFT: CURVACEOIS teenager model and beauty queen. Miss. Patricia Yung
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    MCA youth get a list of 'don'ts'
    203 7 DRAFT CONSTITUTION READY IPOH, Tuesday. PROVISIONS to gag" members of the youth section of the Malayan Chinese Association have been included in its draft constitution. Under the discipiinaj v .■•> de member* have to ob >erve three strict Dtn'ts Not to divulee any
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    138 7 New demand by settlement officers: Theu want increases of up to $60 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The 500--strong Settlement Officers' Association of Perak. Selangor, Negn Sembilan and Pahang today agreed to ask the Government for a pay rise of between $20 and $60. The secretary ol the Perak
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    CAPITAL HAS QUIETEST CHINESE NEW YEAR
    161 7 CAPITAL HAS QUIETEST CHINESE NEW YEAR KIALA LIMPIR, Tues.Chinese New Year in the Federal capital was one of the quietest in years. Most people were content to pay the customary visits to relatives and entertain friends at home. Cinemas were parked, how. ever. Thr New Year so far has been
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    Demonstration for Minister
    63 7 IPOH Tues The Acting Minister of Interior and Justice and Min;.--.r for Transport, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Hajl Talib was given a demonstration of fire-fight-ing by members of the Ipoh fire brigade here yesterday afternoon. He made a special trip to Ipoh to present a trophy to
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    MALAYAN MARKET: FRENCH INTEREST
    285 8 MALAYAN MARKET: FRENCH INTEREST I^UALA LUMPUR, Tues— Private enterprise in France has its eyes on the Malayan market and experts are anxious to participate in the technical deve- lopment of the country. The French Ambassador to Malaya. M. Francois Briere, I told the Straits Times this today. He said: "You
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    SPARKLERS GREET NEW YEAR
    35 8 A TYPICAL scene in Kuala Lumpur Judy, Nel. son and Aileen Ng, children of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Kee Wee. light up sparklers to herald the New Year. Straits Times picture.
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    Registration soon in Kedah
    43 8 ALOR STAR. Tues Prelt minary registration of voters for the Federal and Stat" eltct.ons will start in Kedah nan. In Alor Star, the Stato capital, registration will be gin on Feb. 22 and in other districts on March 1.
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    Home Guard
    26 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Inche Ismail bin Mohamci haa been appointed Stai 1 i Home Guard Officer. Johor" I in place <>: Brigadier E. J. < Denholm-Young.
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    HIGH TIDES FOR THE HOLIDAYS
    61 8 TODAY: Singapore 11.11 »m tClt. 3in >: Port Dickson 7.10 am <Bft. MB.) 7.22 p.m. iBfi 8m > Penan; 12.54 am. ("ft. Bin i 127 p.m. i7lt. 21n.>. TOMORROW: Singipor c 12 08 a.m. < Sft oin 11.46 am. (9f; Ha.); Port Dick*on 7.38 am.
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    40-FOLD INCREASE IN TAIWAN PADI
    145 8 BUTTERWORTH. Tuesday. 4 40 FOLD increase in short term Taiwan padi cultivation in Province Wellesley is expected this year as a result of the opening of the $2,800,000 Muda irrigation project last October In Province North where I only 450 acres were planted with Taiwan
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    Two lessons in folk dancing
    58 8 PENANG. Tues. Famed i folk dance expert Ricky Holder) will hold two sessions in Penang tomorrow. The first for the publ- j will start at 5 p.m. at the Westlands School Hall and the second, for student teachers, will be given at 8.30 p.m. at
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    Rotary picnic
    37 8 I JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. A picnic for physically handicapped children has been organised by the Johore Bahru Rotary Club for Saturday at Tanjong Denga. Launches will be provided to take the children to the site.
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    3 EXPERTS ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA
    99 8 3 EXPERTS ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA Three experts from Australian universities have arrived here to prepare Malayan doctors for the primary examination of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. They are Dr. H. H. Eddey and Dr. G. S. Christie, of Melbourne University, and Dr. R. W. Hawker, of Queensland University.
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    American ball
    37 8 Mr. Avery F. Peterson, the American Consul General in Singapore, will be the guest of honour at the annual George Washington ball of the American Association of Malaya at trio Sea View Hotel next Saturday.
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    Buses at standstill: Ten sacked, 160 others strike
    138 8 Buses at standstill: Ten sacked, 160 others strike KUALA TRENGGANIT, Tues. Bhs services •f the Trengganu bus company operating from here to outlying districts were at a standstill today because 160 employees went on strike in pretest a^minst the sacking of nine inspectors and one extra driver. A spokesman for
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    DONOR: $1 IS ALL I HAVE
    103 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A Malay schoolgirl. Che Laila Hussin of Kuala Trengganu, has been the first to respond to the Malay Regiment's appeal for public donations to tts memorial fund. She sent $1 "with all sin- cerity and a letter which said:— •I wish
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      312 9 SEE THE CANON STAND 9th Singapore International Salon of Photography 1958 Victoria Memonal Hall Feb 2 1 it Mar 2nd Advertisement. Do you suffer from stomach upsets? Food cannot digest properly If the glands of the st ohm. h produce too much acid. An excess of stomach acid holds up
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      301 9 f iintuii A 1 <>. By .l##fs I CnOUOh *J\ p PRIVATE E>C5 m f^^&!i' l **sm^^T^jWPr l ]^R \[*Z^^^£^b2^m K. ARE SO f*Ai?TiCULAR "~^Jf^Ut^^^L N /^£~J Tin* Saint By I 0 Inarivris BStfj^ffim^^H^JHßß r H4vE youTand you u find yoo^ mowr now ill make yoo a pqgposi--cn. REALLY s
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    Goodyear executive due in Singapore today
    242 10  -  V|R. ROBERT S WILSON. executive vicepresident and sales manager of The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company, one of the America's most widely known sales executives is due in Singapore today for a short visit. 45 years service Mr. Wilson's sales experience covers a continuous period
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    U.K. METAL DEALERS EXPECT SHORTAGE IN TIN SUPPLIES By Our Market Correspondent
    449 10 U.K. METAL DEALERS EXPECT SHORTAGE IN TIN SUPPLIES By Our Market Correspondent THE tin price held steady in London overnight with cash tin at the international tin agreement floor level of £730 and the three months price at a contango of 10s. A certain amount of United States demand was
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    R.I. tin for U.S. smelter
    180 10 'THE Central Govern--1 ment in Jakarta announced this week that the smelting of Indonesian tin ore for the American market would be transferred from Europe to America A statement from th e Mining Products Office said Indonesia would still smelt Its tin in Europe (or
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    156 10 MELBOURNE rues. INVESTMENT shares recorded a steady tone on an active market on the Stock Exchange here today Humes rose Is. and North Broken HUI gained 2s. In an Improved base metals section Other mining stocks were steady. Loans maintained a firm tone Loans 3V; 1956-59 £99 3s.
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    97 10 Ships I miis alongside thr Singapore Harbour Board Wharves ar expected today are: Wtllem Ruvs 1 2 Asphallon 4 5. MiyaJlma Maru 6A Velebit 6 7. Belalder 8 3 Benvorlich 10 11. Cardiganshire 13 14. President Coolidge 15 16 State of Madras IS Thela Star 1» 20 Tong
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    SELANGOR OFFER
    60 10 A conditional offer has been received of 2s 3d per 2s unit for I the whole of the Issued 1120.000 capital of the Selangor Rubber Company, which the directors are not prepared to recommend Members are advised not to dispose of thetr holdings meantime A circular will be
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    BATU TIGA
    96 10 Subject to approval of a final con trad the directors of Batu Ttaa iSelangori Rubber Company have agreed to sell the Buklt Klara estate for approximately E 172.000 or Ms 3d. per £1 or- dinarv stock, noc all 01 which Is available toi distribution to stockholders. It U
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    Malakoff Rubber
    24 10 Warrants will be posted on March 7 in connection with the repayment of 2s 6d. per 10s. unl' of Malakoff Rubber Estates.
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      897 12 Mat's spells do no good for the bear Mansoor Monkey calls for AH and Rukiah early one morning, saying that Bakar Bear has fallen down a pit, and can't get out. They go to see what they can do, and try to drag a tree trunk over so that Bakar
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      SNACK FOR MAUD
      72 12 SNACK FOR MAUD Maudie's long neck is at full stretch when she is offered the contents of a picnic basket brought to her by a young admirer. NOT MAD Chong: How many times a day do you shave? Chang: "About fifty." Chong Are you mad? Chang: "No. I'm a barber."
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      222 12 HERE are some more r i pals for you. Grace Perera, age 559-3, Princes Road, K. Lumpur. Rose Kon, 53-5 Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur. Johnnie Khoo, aged 15, 61 Khaw Sim Bee Road, Penang. Hobbies: Badminton, views, swimming. Ramlee Ismail, aged 16, S.A.H.C., Alor
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      HOT—OR COLD?
      157 12 IF someone told you that you did not know the difference between heat and cold, you would laugh at them, but when you have tried this experiment you will not be so sure Take three bowls. Fill the first with cold water, the second with luke warm and
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    BROTHERS (8 IN ALL) MAKE HOCKEY HISTORY
    303 13 BROTHERS (8 IN ALL) MAKE HOCKEY HISTORY |r/UALA LUMPUR, Tues. Perak's Phillip Sankey will lead the Federation team in their return hockey international against Singapore at Farrer Park on Saturday. He will skipper a strong side which includes t/ght Fede ration Olympic players. Surprise omission is that of Selangor's Gerry
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    Mariam and Omar keep 'mixed' title
    150 13 IPOH, Tues. Triple -title holder Mariam Borhan of Selangor retained her mix ed double s champ.onship in the All-Malayan Malays bad minton tournament here last night. Mariam and her partner Omar Manap of Johore. bea' Kamariah Khusrin (Selangor) and Mohamed Noordit. bin Mohamed Ali
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    252 13  - An honour I covet— Tengku KEN FERNANDEZ CALL TO MALAYA'S TOP SOCCER FAN TO HEAD ASIAN F.C. 'I must give matter careful thought' By KI'ALA LUMPUR, Tuev ri.M.KI \I.DI I UMI 1 MAN, the Prime Minister ot the Federation and >lala\.is Number One soccer fan, told me today that he
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    261 13 DON'T PRAISE CRAIG'S CAPTAINCY -SAYS MAILEY ./CANBERRA, Tues— Vetev ran Australi \a cricket critic, Arthur Mailey, sayt that he disagrees with Sir Donald Bradman's recent praise of lan Craig as Test captain. "There appears no douot that the weight of captaincy has seriously affected Craig's value as a batsman," writes
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    DOWN GOES GOALIE DAVID
    35 13 Down Kors David McKintosh. the D*ocaster gs>s>lkeeprr and eager Cardiff forwards are robbed of a chance at coal in the F.A. Second Division game played on Feb. 8. Cardiff won 3-1.
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    Lock icon Favourites Wolves have tough q-final Cup draw
    285 13 Favourites Wolves have tough q-final Cup draw LONDON. Tues.-Wolver-hampton Wanderers, leaders of the English Firs; Division, have one of the hardest ties in the quarterfinals cl Tbt F. A. Cup. the draw fat which was made here la->t night. Wolves. chasing the double of Cup and League championship, are away
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    32 13 GLASGOW, Tues. A Scotland XI was held to a 1-1 draw by Rangers, the First Division club. In a Scot ttsh World Cup trial match here last night— Reuter.
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    124 13 KIMBERLEY, Tues. A| 1 hurricane second wicket stand of 293 by Les Fa veil (190) and Bobby Simpson (150 not out) and some hostile bowling by Alan Davidson enabled the Australian cricketers to go near to victory over Orlqualand West in their three-day match here
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    Sharin now puts out Selangor star
    217 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Sharin Osman created yet an- 1 other upset in the Malayan M ilavs tennis championships when he ousted Selangor's No. 1 S.A Adzman in the singles quarer-nr..il« Sharin won 6-2. 5-7. 6-3 in 75 minutes. Men's handicap doubles (2nd' round): Muda
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      48 13 IPOH GOLF: North Malayan rbamplonshtps (finals), Ticrr Lanr course, 8 aJB. KI'ALA Ll'MFt'B TENNIS: All Malayan Malays rhantpmaships. S.lUn Meiini l«b n«fc ■linnnil Sdsncor C1»» v. BA> SrUUr, paibutc .ItillOßl RAHKI RrCOEK: Ui Jahar* Kt»Sll. JWmct tiAhrm. SINGAPOUE Xl I. .IK: RAF S.-lrUr l-l T. GHQ FarcH, Meter.
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    1410 14 AMUSEMENT PARK HAS BEATING OF RIVALS IN TROPHY SPRINT DISTINE WILL BE HIS CHIEF RIVAL Speedy Coffee Exporter worth an each-way bet RACING WITH EPSOM JEEP A MUSEMENT PARK'S victory over the Bukit Timah 6f on Feb. 1 confirmed that he is still an outstanding sprinter. With
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    117 14 Course facts and fancies SAGE BLUE CAN MAKE AMENDS THE NEW Jack SpencerGarnet Bougoure partnership can register their first big-race success toith Amusement Park in the Henggeler Memorial Trophy today. SAGE BLUE was strongly fancied in his first outing at Bukit Timah on Feb. 1 but beaten by a heavy
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    78 14 KINGSTON. Tues. The Pakistani cricket team were 93 runs ahead of a Jamaican Colts XI with eight first innings wickets in hand at the end of the first day of their two-day match here yesterday. The Colts were all out for 106. pace bowler Ikram Ilahl raking
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    48 14 LONDON. Tues. England will meet Soviet Union in a soccer international at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 22. the Football Association announced yesterday. England and Russia ar» already due to meet in Moscow on May 18 and in a World Cup match on June 8 Reuter.
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    31 14 BANGKOK. Tues Siam to meet Pakistan In the Asia' Zone final of the Thorn---Cup badminton champion ship here on March 27 and 28 It was announced her> today. -ReutT
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    48 14 IPOH, Tues. Two Perak players will meet in the final of the North Malaya golf championship at Tiger Lane, here, tomorrow. In the semi-finals today. Too Joon Loke beat O. Halliday seven and six and J. M Welsh beat Tom Hastle flv»> :nid four
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    301 14 War on bookies: Tote machine may be answer rOSE behind the Malayan turf clubs' drive against bookmakers should be Interested in this Item by Sydney Dally Mirror sports coloumnist Frank Browne: "The most sensational racing development in many years might be just around the corner. It concerns the replacement of
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      167 14 JOE HOCK KEEPS EAST INDIA SINGLES TITLE CALCUTTA. Tues —Tan Jo« Hock. Indonesia's No. 1 badmin. ton player, retained his singles title in the East Indian championships here yesterday when he beat compatriot Eddy Yusuf 15-10. 15-9 in the final Gajanan Hemmady and Vikram Bhat. (India) won the doubles, beating
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