The Straits Times, 4 August 1958

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SILE EXCfiBPS 80,060 The Straits Times Nat*"* Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1958 IS CENTS
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    Lock icon SECRET RED 'SUMMIT
    772 1 'NIKITA IN PEKING' NEWS SURPRISES WORLD He has been conferring with Mao and top aides for three days Diplomats in Moscow in the dark MOSCOW, Sunday. MR. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV and Mao tsetung, the S iet and Chinese Communist leaders, have oeen conferring secretly in Peking since last
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    EIGHT DIE AS CAR PLUNGES FROM FERRY INTO RIVER
    110 1 LOS ANGELES. Sun. lght people, including five young children. drowned yesterday when their station wagon shot out of control off the Princeton ferry and plunged Into the Sacramento rtlver. The accident wiped out virtually the entire family' jt farm worker Fortlno
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    Lock icon Thousands In holiday rush to Continent
    67 1 Thousands In holiday rush to Continent LONDON. 8«sl Craw Channel ferries today began a n*n-sto» dawn tomMnlght service between Britain and France In the year's biggest MMay rash to the Continent A pact official »t Dover aaU to UM ears would be ferried to France today, with vtsstls 'crammed to
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    BRAZIL TO GET U.S. LOAN OF $450 m.
    130 1 WASHINGTON, Bunday BRAZILIAN Ambassador Ernanl Do Amaral Peixo- to disclosed today that the United States has agreed to lend his country US$l5O million ($450 million) to bolster its dwindling foreign exchange reserves. Agreement was reached *t a late meeting yesterday between Brazilian
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    Lock icon End of tour
    32 1 SAIGON. Sun Tv.o South Vietnam railway officials. Mr. Nguyen Van By. and Mr. Nguyen Van Huan have returned here from a twoweek tour of the Malayan Railway system. Reuter.
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    30 1 SAIGON. Sun. The new Indonesian Consul-General Mr. Basri Haznam. has arrived here. His predecessor Dr. Ppsik. defected to th- 1 Indonesian rebels three months ago.— Reuter. i 1
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    Lock icon Manila hit by flu epidemic
    97 1 Manila hit by flu epidemic MANILA. Sun. Influenza epidemic has hit Manila and the suburbs, the city health officer reported today. Some 300 people were reported affected with the disease In several towns and villages In nearby Bulacan Province. A physician said the flu outbreak in Bulacan occurred weeks ago
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    Lock icon Police kill two
    32 1 LUCKNOW. Sun. TWO people were killed and three others Injured yesterday when police fired on a stonethrowing mob composed mostly of striking medical students. Seventeen policemen were Injured.- U.P.I.
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    New Red envoy
    30 1 TOKYO. Sun.— The newly appointed North Korean ambassador to communist North Vietnam, Mr. Chon Chang Chor. arrived by train In Hanoi yesterday to assume hit post.— DJ»i
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    IKE HAS A PLAN TO SURPRISE KHRUSHCHEV
    266 1 IKE HAS A PLAN TO SURPRISE KHRUSHCHEV WASHINGTON, Sunday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER will take the offensive r at any summit meeting on the Middle East and confront the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. NUctta Khrushchev, with wide-ranging proposals for stabilising the area. This assurance came from a high-ranking American official who asked
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    Bank's 'client' makes off with $10,200
    207 1 Bank's 'client' makes off with $1 0,200 ONDON, Sun.— A lone J gunman got away with about £1,200 ($10,200) in Brentford, Middlesex, yesterday after shooting a bank cashier and forcing the three other members of the staff to tie one another up. The cashier, who was shot In the chest.
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    Police smash Red gang No. 14
    247 1 Police smash Red gang No. 14 PEN ANC, Sunday. I JHE 14th branch of th« terrorist organisation in the Certak Sanggool-Pulau Betong area, in south-west Penang, has been smashed. The last member of Him group, Lai Man Chine, 35, fere himself up to a police party In* night. He is
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    Lock icon Hopes of early end to Lebanese revolt as rebel leader has talks with Chehab
    302 1 OEIRUT, Sun. Rebel D leader Saeb Salaam yesterday left his for-tress-home In the Basta quarter of the city for the first time since the revolt began 12 weeks ago to visit General Fuad Chehab, the president-elect.
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    CO-OPERATE IN SPACE ADVENTURE SCIENTISTS
    181 1 CO-OPERATE IN SPACE ADVENTURE SCIENTISTS MOSCOW, Sun. Scientists from many countries now in Moscow for the International Geophysical Year' assembly have urged world co-opera-tion in the launching of experimental rockets and earth satellites. They want this co-opera-tion to continue after the official end of the year on Dec. SI. Soviet
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    Rubber firm dispute settled
    129 1 Rubber firm dispute settled 'THE Singapore Rub- ber Packers Association has settled a wage dispute between the management of Ek Liong Hin Rubber Company and 130 redundant workers of the firm's godown in Davidson Road. The association president. Mr. Ng Quee Lam. who acted as mediator, said 83 of the
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    Lock icon NEW SOVIET CHARGE OF AGGRESSION
    104 1 NEW SOVIET CHARGE OF AGGRESSION LONDON, Sun. The Russian Communist Party newspaper Pravda today alleged that "the U.S. has openly Interfered In the Cuban civil war" Radio Moscow reported. Pravda said the U.S. was "sending its soldiers to the Cuban province of Orient* under the pretext of protecting water supplies
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    Lock icon Mekong project: Big task
    80 1 BANGKOK, Sun. A Canadian expert said here that aerial surveys of "great magnitude" were essential for carrying out a development project for the Mekong River outlined In a United Nations report. Lieut. Col. Gerald An- drews, surveyor-general of British Columbia. Is in SouthEast Asia to otudy
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    Lock icon REBELS ON THE RUN—JAKARTA
    181 2 REBELS ON THE RUN— JAKARTA JAKARTA, Sun. Lieute-nant-Colonel Rukminto. commander of Government military operations in the North Celebes, said today his troops were exerting such heavy pressure on the rebels that they were unable to launch guerrilla drives, Antara news agency reported. Col. Rukminto said the Government knew the location
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    Lock icon Mountaineers in road mishap
    46 2 PRAGUE, Sun.— One of two cars bringing Sir John Hunt and his British mountaineering group back from Moscow overturned about 15 miles from here last night. Sir John Hunt. In a phone call, told the British Embassy no one was hurt.— Reuter.
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    DE GAULLE SAYS IT: A-BOMBS BY FRANCE
    135 2 DE GAULLE SAYS IT: A-BOMBS BY FRANCE DAJUS, Baa. General m. Charles de Gaulle, the FresMb Pusaitr, yesterday visited the big atomic centre at Marcoule, near Marseilles, and all but an■o«nced that France is building the atoaie bomb. It has been an open secret for months that France is racing
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    Lock icon CHURCH BARS MEMBERS FROM CINEMA
    123 2 CHURCH BARS MEMBERS FROM CINEMA NEW YORK. Sun. The Roman Catholic Church In UJka Placid has forbdden its members to visit the town's only cinema (or six month*, following Its showing of the Brigitte Bardot film. "And Ood Created Woman." The Right Rev. Monsignor James Lyng said he imposed the
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    54 2 WASHINGTON, Sun— The official Congressional Record published this week an article in praise of Philippines' President Carlos P. Oarcia as "an outstanding statesman, humanitarian and a devoted servant of the Philippines' Republic.'* The article was one of the repercussions of the visit President Oarcia made to
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    RUTH ELLIS's EX-HUSBAND FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL
    157 2 RUTH ELLIS's EX-HUSBAND FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL LONDON, Sun.— The former husband of Ruth Ellis the London model hanged for murder three years ago was found dead in a hotel bedroom in Corbiere, Jersey. Channel Islands, yesterday with a pyjama cord round his neck. He was 49 year old George
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    Summit futile —says Chiang
    65 2 Summit futile says Chiang TAIPBH, Bun. President Chiang Kai-shek of Nationalist China said yesterday that Indirect aggression caused the Middle East crisis and should be dealt with by stirring up revolts behind the Iron Curtain. "The summit conference will not be able to solve any problem because the balance of
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      MARGARET SPEAKS IN FRENCH AT OTTAWA CEREMONY
      97 2 MARGARET SPEAKS IN FRENCH AT OTTAWA CEREMONY OTTAWA, Sunday. pRINCESS MARGARET yesterday added her name to those of her sister, brother-in-law and mother in Ottawa City Hall's visitors' book. Opening the ultra-mo-dern black glass and grey stone City Hall, Princess Margaret showed great interest when Mayor George Nelms pointed out
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      23 2 BANGKOK: The Siamese cabinet has approved a 400 million bant (about $43.--500,0001 programme to build more schools in the next three years.— Reuter.
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      32 2 w HELSINKI: Social.Democrat O. Hiltunen yesterday agreed to try to form a new government without the Communists, who emerged M the strongest single party In last month* par- llamentary elections. U.P.I. Www
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      24 2 BERLIN: Herr Walter Ulbrlcht, first secretary of the East German Communist Party, has left Berlin for Russia for his annual holidays.— Reuter. A -A
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      27 2 TOKYO: Japanese police today said more than 200 families were made homeless when a huge waterspout destroyed a large section of Isezakl City, north of Tokyo.— Reuter.
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      31 2 WWW NEW YORK: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana, left here by air yesterday for London on his way back to Accra after a two-week visit to North America.— Reuter.
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      29 2 Www BANGKOK: Siam's third medical school enabling 30 more doctors to be trained a year to to be built In the northern city of Chlengmal within two years.— Renter.
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    Lock icon 5Ib. OF METAL IN HIS TUMMY!
    36 2 NYKOEPINGI (Central Sweden), Son.— A doctor operating on a middle-aged man for stomach trouble here found five and a half pounds of coins, button* and nails in Us stomach. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE U.S. TRIGGERS A 6,000-MILE MISSILE
    412 2 A great roar** then rocket streahs at ms,ooo m.p.h. YEW YORK, Sun. 11 —The United State* yesterday fired successfully an Atlas inter-continen-tal missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The missile's oceanspanning potential is 6.326 miles. But reports Mid the Atlas was fired yesterday at a
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    Lock icon BELGIAN PLANE FORCED DOWN
    188 2 Czech jets intercept airliner VIENNA, Sunday. r*ZECH JET fighters forced a Belgian Sabena airlines passenger plane to land in Czechoslovakia yesterday afternoon. The twin-engine Convalr Metropolitan was released five hours later. It arrived here last night With 1» passengers en board, it was flying from Frankfurt
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    SAUCERS IN THE NEWS AGAIN
    50 2 WASHINGTON, Sun A group which include-. former Central Intelli geace chief. Vice Admiral K H. Hillenkoetter, reported yesterday that Congressional committees have conducted secret hearings on "flying saucers." The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena insists the air force is proving flying saucers exist— C.P.l.
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    Lock icon SEARCH FOR HOUSE WITH CREAM FRONT DOOR
    97 2 BLACKPOOL, Sun. Bank holiday week-ender Miss Mary Thorpe. 50, from Loud .n, has spent half her seaside stay searching for a house with a cream front door and sleeping at the police station. She arrived here on Friday morning, booked In at a
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    Dulles for Brazil
    28 2 WASHINGTON. Sun— The US. Secretary of State, Mr. Dulles, leaves for Brazil today to tackle the thorny problem of economic aid for Latin America.— UJU.
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    Lock icon Sputniks 'beat' U.S. moons
    133 2 Sputniks 'beat U.S. moons LONDON, Sun. Prof. F. Kitchen, a British physicist, said yesterday the information received from American earth satellites was of "considerably less value" than that from Russian Sputniks, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. Prof. Kitchen, a delegate to the Assembly of the International Geophysical year now
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    A-WASTE POISONS THE SEAS RUSSIA
    215 3 MOSCOW, Sun. A Russian scientist warned yesterday that dumping of radioactive v/aste in the ocean now being done in a small way by Britainmight someday contaminate the plants, fish and mammals of the sea and, through them, man himself. The warning came In a lecture
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    33 3 ATHENS. Sun. -The Corfu Straits, between Greece and Albania, which was mined during and after the second world var. Is now open to International navigation, it was announced here todayRenter. U.P.I
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    TALKATHON..
    148 3 NEW YORE, Sun. A groan of U.S. Air Force sergeants at a Jet bomber base here gabbed away today in an attempt to crack a 92-hour "talkathon" record sot recently by a North Carolina housewife. Only one rale worried them— they'll bo disqualified if they swear The first pair
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    Lock icon ...AND PUFFATHON
    105 3 CHICAGO, Son Richard E. Valley, a 32-year-old Flint insurance sales man, yesterday won the world pipe-smoking title by palling away for Ihr 34mln Msec. Valley beat 76-year. old James 8. Canningbam of 'lint, by only three seconds. Cunningham was competing for the lint time. There were S3 con.
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    Lock icon Dag anxious for a New York summit
    311 3 HE CALLS IN U.N. COUNCIL ENVOYS NEW YORK, Sun.— Mr. Dag Haramarskjoeld, the U.N. Secretary General yesterday completed preliminary talks with Security Council members except Iraq— in an all-out bid to stage a summit meeting in New York One highly authoritative source said
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    Lock icon GENEVA DEADLOCK: Mr. K BLAMES U.S.
    247 3 ivioSCOW, Sunday. MR. Nikitu Khrusnchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, has told Mr. L. G. Coinns, British chairman of the Movement for Nuclear Disarmament, in a letter: "We hope tha. common sense must eventually prevail and that nuclear weapon tests will be terminated everywhere The
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    Lock icon THE U-BOATS
    114 3 Former Nazi submarine crews are told of Hitter's 'mistake' in strategy UAMBURG. S U nFormer Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. leader of Nazi Germany after Hitler's suicide, was enthusiastically cheered when he addressed a reunion, here of 3.000 former U-boat officers and men yesterday. Doenitz. 87. who served a
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    POLE-VAULTED TO FREEDOM
    48 3 VIENNA San.— One more Hungarian became frr. yesterday— became uf bin «ound athlrtir training In the Dole vaalt. Polire herr uld former arm* miMn >erceanl Ferrn Naey fled icros* the Iron Curtain to Austria by polr vaulting over barbed wire fences aad border mine Held*
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    Lock icon Hundreds flee as blasts rock city
    197 3 Hundreds flee as blasts rock city DIO OE JANEIRO, Sun —A series of explosions, possibly set off by saboteurs, ripped through an Army ammunition dump 10 miles from the heart of Rio de Janeiro for more than 10 hours yesterday, smashing homes and stores and forcing thousands to flee. More
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    U.S. to test new missile
    50 3 NEW YORK. Sun The second stage of a massive Titan Intercontinental missile arrived at Cape Canaveral yesterday aboard an Air Force transport to undergo tests. It was reliably reported The Titan, made by the Martin Co. at Littleton Colorado, is a 5.500-mllp ran** weapon.— U.P.l
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    Arab visitor
    26 3 CAIRO. Sun.— The Sultan ol LaheJ Aden Protectorate, arrived here yesterday. He was met at the airport by President Nasser's Grand Chamberlain Aly Rashld
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    NIGHT OF TERROR ON HILL
    280 4 10 families, 80 inmates ot welfare home men— d by huge ialtong Bre FIREMEN BATTLE UNTIL 3 A.M. BEFORE BLAZE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL KUALA TRENGGANU, Sunday. \T LEAST twenty families and the 80 inmates of the welfare home here spent a night of terror last
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    2 women inspectors help spring a trap
    145 4 2 women inspectors help spring a trap IPOH. Sun. Two pretty women police inspectors yesterday abandoned their regulation blue uniforms and dressed up in gay Saturday night clothes to lay a trap for a suspected extortioner. The inspectors. Miss Sybil F. de Silva and Miss Chung Chew Yoong, were with
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    Extension of fund sought
    53 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Ceylonese Malayan Provident Fund plans to open membership to all Ceylonese between 18 and 45 years of age residing in the Federation. The annual meeting of the association on Aug. 17 here will be asked to pass an amendment to its rules
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    RITA ENTERS FOR PRINCESS SINGAPORE CONTEST
    65 4 RITA ENTERS FOR PRINCESS SINGAPORE CONTEST MISS KiU de Silva. »jed 23. one of Ike entrants for the Princess Singapore contest to be held on Saturday at 8 p.m at Raffles Hotel in aid of the orphanace of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Entries for the contest should
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    Student sweeps the board
    39 4 IPOH. Sun— An Upper Six science student. Wong Kean, has swept the board in the annual photographic competition at the AngloChinese School here. He won the top prizes in the pictorial, portrait and still-life sections.
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    Polls challenge by Seenivasagam
    174 4 PENANO, Sun. The secretary-general of the People's Progressive Party, Mr. D. R Seenivasagam, last night challenged the MCA president, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, to resign from the Federal Legislative Council and fight a by-election against him in Ipoh and Menglembu. Mr. Seenivasagam, speaking at a rally
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    Leprosy risk—a demand by 100
    310 4 Leprosy risk a demand by 100 SETTLEMENT MEN PETITION GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. UfORKERS of the Federation's leper settlement in Sungei Buloh have petitioned the Federation Government asking for a better deal in case the> contacted leprosy. There are 100 workers in the I settlement. The petition said that In
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    ROBBERS' $2,400 HAUL
    80 4 IPOH, Sun.— Burglars last night broke into a private Chinese club in Anderson Road and stole $2,400 cash and a fountain pen worth about $35. The burglary was discovered when Miss Chan Cheong. 44. who la the caretaker, returned to her room in the Club about 11.30
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    A former PWD chief dies
    46 4 KUCHING. Sun. Mr. R E. "Teddy" Edwards, a former Director of Public Works. Sarawak, died recently in Selsey. Sussex. Mr. Edwards. 61. Joined the P.W.D in 1926 as a Junior assistant engineer. He became director in 1940. and retired In 1952.
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    NAAFI shop at base
    39 4 Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, the commander-ln-chief. Far Eastern Station, will ope na new branch of the NAAFI at the Naval Base. Singapore, on Aug. 13. The self-service ship will cater to about 500 naval families.
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    Staff side threaten to boycott Whitley Council
    282 4 Staff side threaten to boycott Whitley Council KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federation's Government Services Staff Council today threatened to boycott the National Whitley Council if the Government did not withdraw a circular which said it would entertain no more claims for higher salary. A resolution adopted at an emergency meeting
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    Miners' home guard costs too much
    168 4 IPOH, Sunday. ABOUT 250 Perak miners want to stop paying for the maintenance of the Kinta Valley Home Guard, which for six years has protected them from the terrorists. The miners plan to ask the Federation Government to bear the whole cost of keeping
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    30,000 MORE WILL GO TO SCHOOL
    112 4 30,000 MORE WILL GO TO SCHOOL IPOH, Sun. About 30,000 children, (he balance of those registered during "Operation Torch" two years ago. will be admitted to English and vernacular schools in Perak when the new school term begins in January. An education department spokesman said that no plans for registering
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    PAKISTANIS URGED TO HELP BUILD MALAYA
    102 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. The Federation's Deputy Prime M>P tg r Dato Abdul Raaalt bin Hussein, today called on Pakistanis in the Federation to support the Government in building a strong Malayan nation The Dato who was speaking at the opening of the Selangor Pakistanis
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    Railway faces worst money crisis for 26 years
    220 5 Railway faces worst money crisis for 26 years $4 MILLION LOST AS REVENUE NOSEDIVES iti-ai.a UMITB, San. The Ferenae «f the Malayan RaHway t(wk steep iwse-diTe in the first half «f this year, resaHii»c in a Ims «f $4 mHthm. This amount ia more than half of the estimated $7
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    BOY DROWNS IN SEWER
    85 5 BOY DROWNS IN SEWER IJENANG, Sun.— An 11-year-old Chinese schoolboy feM into ft manhole and was drowned in a sewer in the heart of the city yesterday evenine:. Goh Kong Ghee, a student of the Poay Cheng Chinese School, was walking across the lawn in the Carnarvon Sneet traffic circus
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    Courtesy call
    25 5 JESSELTON. Sun. Two frigates of the Indian Navy the Tlr and Cauvery. will call at Labu n tomorrow for a day s visit
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    THREAT TO SARONG MEN
    78 5 PBNANG, Sun— The North Malaya Sarong Industries Association has appealed to the Minister for Commercr and Industry. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. to permit tax-free Importation of white and grey cloth used for printing sarongs. The association. In a petl- tlon. has also asked for a higher
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    VILLAGERS LIVE IN FEAR AS WILD DOGS DESTROY THEIR LIVESTOCK
    114 5 VILLAGERS LIVE IN FEAR AS WILD DOGS DESTROY THEIR LIVESTOCK KUALA ntBNGGAirr, Son Six wU4 aVaaa aie renaming the outskirts of Kampong Batu Knam. six Miles awrth «f here, and k*ve awring the past five ways kilted thtee buffalajta. three goats and several wild boars. A vfaaacrr tea* the Strait.
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    Politics banned at merdeka contest
    173 5 rUALA UJIIPUR, Son. A ban has been placed un communal or poiitieftl displays and advertisements of any particular product on all floats entered for the contest here on Aug. 31 to celebrate the Federation's first anniversary of merdeka. The contest is open to all districts,
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    Conference of youth clubs
    46 5 I KOALA LUMPUR, Sun. j The Malayan Association of Youth Clubs is to hoM a sixday conference and training course In Kota Bahru from Aug. 9. The conference and training coarse will be limited to youth organisations tn the I east coast.
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    Naval visit
    44 5 PENAN a. Sun-Member* of the Penan* contingent of the Royal Malayan Poller Force and their families this morning' visited the two Australian cruisers. Voyager ami Warramunga. now In Penang to provide sea traiaUie for members of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reaerre.
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    347 6 19 Ward, $11 iMimimmm) COLD STOHAQE— AU our Sin-gap-ire Simp- will be Open Today until 5 p in YOU MAY WIN an Automatic Sewing Machine. Buy Hunts at Cold Storage. Orchard Rd HALF PRICE SALE at Vanity, Wonderful bargains in frocks, hats, costume, jewellery, etc. THE "H.M.V SALONS at
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      Progress in Borneo
      702 6 North Borneo laces many ol Malaya's problems, and is likely to attack them in much the same way, but as a recent immigration agreement with Hong Kong implied, overpopulation and unemployment ait> not uinong them. An earliei scheme which sponsored immigration from the Philippines was not successful,
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      Singapore Fair
      273 6 The Chinese Chumbei o. Commerce, as Mr. Ko Teck Kin reminded its guests the other evening, has a tradition ol rising to the occasion when Singapore ha* something to celebrate It was in this tradition that the Cham be i decided to organise trad. lair to be held
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      Planned Speed
      176 6 The University ol Malagas Faculty of Engineering in Kuala Lumpur has gone up in record time. The tirst brick was laid in May and on Friday students heard their first lecture in th>> building. But it is one thing to put up faculty building in record time and
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    CHEHAB AS PRESIDENT PLEASES WEST AND EAST ALIKE
    954 6 CHEHAB AS PRESIDENT PLEASES WEST AND EAST ALIKE Peace is more important than scoring points at summit FIS pleasant to be able to write about the Middle East with something almost recognisable as optimism, although I can imagine few more unfortunate moments for the arrival of more American troops on
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      By-election propaganda kindled hatred among kampong people
      308 6 By-election propaganda kindled hatred among kampong people IHAVE never before worked for a political party until the Mayor's senseless actions in the City Council moved me to work in the Kallang by-election Now I realise how a comparatively small number of supporters, described by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (S.T. July
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      76 6 TIE letter by -Old Oeor glan' iST July 28) k very true. There are other factors to cause deep rooted grievances among the tea chine stafl beside* defect* in the system There are principals ot schools who bully the un-der-training teacher;, to their hearts content The trained teachers
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      Adverse effect of rent law on City revenue
      400 6 IN the Straits rlmet. ol July 7 under the heading: "More Revenue if Rent Control is amended" the retired City Assessor. Mr J 0 Aspmall. Is quoted as having brought to the notice of the City Council the loss In revenue under
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      These students enjoy too much freedom
      110 6 rPHE Technical Institute ■1 In Kuala Lumpur Is a most Important Institution Unfortunately there are no restrictions on the movements of the boys, and after school hours nobody seems to care what happen* to them. Boys can be seen going out In groups after
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      86 6 I WOULD UKr lv propose that the national flower ot Via.aya should ot- the chempaka or as the Chinese c all it the flower of the moon I am not much ot a horticulturist, but 1 do know that trie orange or white chempaka blooms every day trom
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    Tax holiday Bill: Minister is queried
    319 7 NOW RUBBER GOODS MANUFACTURERS PREPARE A LIST OF POINTED QUESTIONS WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE THE GOVT. GOING TO INTRODUCE AGAINST THE DANGER OF ABUSE? KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. r j'HK MALAYAN Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Association wants to know what safeguards the Government will employ to ensure
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    U.S. envoy to visit N. Borneo
    107 7 U.S. envoy to visit N. Borneo rE US. Ambassador to the Federation, Mr. Homer M. By ing ton, will leave Singapore by air today for an unofficial visit to the British Borneo territories. Mr. Bylngton will fly In an U.S.A.F plane to Kuching. From there, he will visit Brunei and
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    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Minister of Transport Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib. the Malayan Ambassador to Indonesia. Inche Sent bin Abdul Rahman, and the Indonesian Ambassador tc Malaya, Dr. Mohamed Razlf left today as guests of Garuda Indonesian airways for a four-day visit to Indonesia
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    Puisne judge
    26 7 JESSELTON, Sun. Mr Geoffrey Gould Brlggs, At torney-Oeneral, Eastern Region of Nigeria, has been appointed a puisne Judge in Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei.
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    MONGREL IS ONLY WITNESS TO BRUTAL SLAYING
    192 7 YOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A J brown and white mongrel dog wa« the only witness to the brutal slaying of bis master, a 50-year-old farmer. at Tampoi, near here, yesterday. The farmer, fay Kok Cheng, wax savagely clubbed and vtabhrd to death with a
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    A TOP JOB FOR BRIG. MOORE IN BRITAIN
    220 7 A TOP JOB FOR BRIG. MOORE IN BRITAIN IPOH. Sun. One of the most decorated soldiers In Malaya, Brigadier Peter Moore, D. S. O. (two Bars), M. C, leaves shortly for Britain where he has been Riven the top job of deputy director, army weapons development at the War Office.
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    Anniversary
    33 7 PENANG, Sun.— The Union Girls' High School here celebrated its 30th anniversary with a speech day yesterday. A fun fair to raise money for the building fund will be held on Wednesday.
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    'Sacrifice' call to doctors by Minister
    286 7 GREAT NEED IN RURAL AREAS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. fPHE FEDERATION'S Minister of Health, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, last night called for a "greater spirit of service and sacrifice" among doctors. I He told the annual dinner of the Alumni Assoc.atlon ot tiie King Edward
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    HABIBAH IS 'FASHION QUEEN'
    83 7 HABIBAH IS 'FASHION QUEEN' SEREMBAN. Sun. A 20-year-oid teacher beat 17 other S" r 's to win the title of "Fashion Queen at a contest here last night. She is Mi, s Habibah bintc Hajl Jamil. The contest »a> organised b y St. Paul's Institution in aid of l's school
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    Forest guards in training
    43 7 BENTONG. Sun. More than 60 forest guards from the Federation and seven from Borneo and Brunei will soon complete a month's 'raining course at Kampong Jambu Rlas near here. They will receive further training at Keponr neai Kuala Lumpur.
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    Youth centre is planned
    40 7 KUALA TRENGGANU. Sun The Trengganu Youth Council Is to build a youth centre here. It has appointed a subcommittee headed by Its chairman, Inche Mohamed Nur bin Hajl Ismail, to raise funds and find a tie.
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    Party urges Govt. to stop monsoon sackings' by firm
    104 7 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sun. The Trengganu Party Ra'ayat wants the State Government to ask the Eastern Mining and Metal Company Limited in Buklt Besi to stop sacking workers during the monsoon season. The party has made the re. «vest In a letter
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    Official: Banned union to disband
    113 7 Official: Banned union to disband KUALA LUMri'R. San. The executive committee of the banned 15.tMstrong National Union of Factory and General Workers met for the last time today and decided to disband the organisation. It decided to drop an earlier decision to appeal to the Supreme Court against the cancellation
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    Big success for dramatic group stage play
    63 7 Big success for dramatic group stage play MUAR. Sun. The Muar Dramatic Group scored a big success here on Thursday night when they staged James Bridles "Tobias and the Angel" at the Convent hall. Inche Yusof bin Karto of the High School played the title role, while the part of
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    Ceylon club jubilee
    40 7 The Ceylon Sport.s Club is celebrating Its alive Jubilee In Singapore this week with a film show, sporting events and a dance. There was a silver jubilee dinner at the club premises In Balestler Road last night.
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    Church fun fair
    32 7 The Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Church in Singapore Is holding a food and fun fair at the Geylang Methodist Olrls' School from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday
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    Cha-cha contest
    26 7 The 1958 Singapore cha-cha and rock-'n'-roll open championships will be held at the Great World Cabaret from 8.00 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 16
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    SHUN PA WANGS, MALAY WOMEN TOLD
    275 7 INCHE Abdul Hamid l bin Haji Jumat. chairman of the Singapore UMNO and Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, yesterday appealed to Malay women not to rely on f pawangs" or "bomohs" to cure their children from Illnesses. At a meeting of the
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    DAMAGES OF $65,000 IN SCRAP IRON ACTION
    149 7 DAMAGES OF $65,000 IN SCRAP IRON ACTION KUALA TRENGGANU, Sun —Mr. Justice Neal has awarded damages and costs totalling $65,000 to Leow Cheng Chiang of Singapore, who had claimed damages- for wrongful termination of a contract for the sale of 4.00Q tons of scrap iron at Bandi mine in Kemaman.
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    An appeal to the Muslims
    196 7 An appeal to the Muslims THEY ARE TOLD: BACK UMNO MALACCA, Sun.— The JTI president of the Muslim League of Malaya. Mr. A. M. Abu Bakar. today urged the 120.000 non-Malay Muslims in the country to give their wholehearted support to the Malays and the UMNO. Mr. Abu Bakar, who
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    SCIENCE PLEA
    158 7 Minister urges Malay students to study technical subjects KUALA KV»NGSAR. Sun.— The Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari, yesterday urged the students ot the Malay College here to take "more interest in science." Inche Johari, who was I speaking at the annual school day function. said
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      THE MM JACKPOT!
      855 8 Where you went wrong T»HE results of The 1 Malayan Monthly's Jackpot Word Puzzle "X" <J«ly) were announced yesterday in The Sunday Times. Here] are the judges' comments on what they thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult clues. ACROSS
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      Jordan: Testimony to man's unconquerable judgment
      318 8 JORDAN. By Aim Dearden. (Hole. 215.). By EILUNED LEWIS TO call this book top- ical would be an understatement. It was high time that such a study as this should be written, for Jordan has been for ion- a Cinderella State, not even admitted
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      Hungary's ten days of freedom
      372 8 Hungary's ten days of freedom BOY ON THE ROOFTOP. By Thomas Sxabo. Translated by David Hughes. (Heinemann. 12s. mX By R. GLYNN GRYLLS IN that miraculous ten days of Hungarian freedom in October. 1956, the two groups who took the lead were the intellectuals and the young people. It was
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      Three decades of Arctic trapping
      304 8 IN THE LAND OF THE MUSK-OX. By John Gioever (JarroMc 21*.) MOST people think of Greenland as a barren waste of blizzards and sub-zero temperatures. It is true that few people live in Greenland and a man may go for months without seeing another human,
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      272 8 Straits Times Crossword 7" t~ T~ v 5" i 7~" "^i IS 14 "20" 2. m" i m" ACB4MS 5. Shading (7). I. light tan teethe chance from 6. Not up to Gateshrad to prothe Dovellats job (7. 3. 4). vide this Indian cart (5). 0 Prohibition of amber change
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    1711 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE THE RAPE OF POLAND When Czarist Russia damped her iron rule over Poland in a final bid in 1863, 20,000 patriots were killed; 18,000 exiled and 25,000 government officers were sacked and replaced by Russians. ]^O COUNTRY in Kurope has had such an unhappy history as
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      138 9 Vartnvn A to. By $laa SUCELV \C\J IAFtCTI* fjW HVMATS *«vv ADOPT 7 << S^V\l T **-> "CAN i*Pl*<i«6O< WpS^" the Suiiti By Lettiie Vharterin ltd M/UAT UUAV?I /""\fcJ TUC r^AIfTO«OW^F UAJ AT .mt i Dirk I ruvtg By Vhenter Gauid H F 7" HC «CAVH3 TIMC PO) "S W
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKETS REVIEW
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      Fears for future curb business
      679 10 By Our Market Correspondent FEDERATION sources on Friday reported that business on the Malayan Share Market ast week must have been the lowest for many /ears. Singapore brokers also reported, that with no ncentives, business was at a low ebb and v/ithout ;aking account the
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      Russian buying COMMODITY REVIEW
      456 10 Russian buying COMMODITY REVIEW ANE feature on an otherwise quiet rubber market last week was small purchases of No. 1 grade rubber for Russian account. This firmed the closing price (which had opened the week at SOU cents on Thursday. This was the day on which Russian buying encountered a
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      BUSINESS DONE
      279 10 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was, reported by one Arm of brokers for the period July j 26 to August 1. INDI'STRIALS: Fr.ser Ne*ve Ord S2 55 to S2 51W. Gammons $1 40 and SI 41, Hamrrer Co. Sl6O. Honfjkong Telephones HK
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      47 10 Alexandra Brickwork* I Id orrts do. prcf. Kuehai Tin <l»57) Ltd. Rantau Tin Dred(inf Cu. ltd t Interim. Current payment 20', 10', 15* Date of payment Aug. 16 Aug 16 Aug. 23 Sept. 2 Total far yemr 30 74"? ic; Total for prrviou* year 75%
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      698 10 rE following list Of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Friday. IMII>T«MI.S Ale* Brick Pref 1.73 I.M cd Ordt 1.4* 2.55 od Atla* Ice II ibuTersi B B. Petrol tt/- B M Trustee* I.M %M Ron. no Smelt
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      472 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS BRUNEI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT VACANCIES— TRAINED ENGLISH TEACHERS Applications are invited from Trained English Teachers speciHllzlng In various subjects for fddlUonal posts which will be vacant during January 1959 In the following:— Sultan Omar All SaUuddln College, Brunei Town Girls High School. Brunei Town. Anthony Abell CoUege. Serla 2.
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    1133 12 'LATE-COMER' MOLLY IS FIRST-AND IN RECORD TIME! \yHITE CITY, Lor, don, Sun. A new world record for 440 yards for women was set here yeslerday by Britain's 21 year old Molly Hiscox, who returned a time of Ss.(>scc. in an invitation event during the two-day match here between Britain and
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    174 12 Laker (7-53) routs Notts for 142 HANTS HAMMER KENT BOWLING LONDON, Sunday lIM LAKER, the England spin bowler, gave Surrey the English county cricket champions a great start to their match against Nottinghamshire at the Oval here yesterday. Laker took seven for 53 In helping the southern county to dismiss
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    176 12 HARFORD HITS 127 RUNS SWANSEA. Sun.— Alter iusing their opening batsmen for seven runs, the New Zealander* made a splendid recovery on the first day of their cricket match against Glamorgan here yesterday At the close— after a total of 300 minutes batting— they had 308 runs on the scoreboard
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    38 12 VANCOUVER Sun. Bob Bedard the 26-year-old Quebec player, won the Canadian lawn tennis championship for the third time In four years here yesterday He retained the title by beatIng Whitney Reed (California) 8-0, 8-3. 8-3— Reuter
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    218 12 ««N 8 EVENTS if YABOS: 1 DH. Segtl Brj 2 GJI. D., 8A) I*l. »rl(ht»eH (Br) BlCij 440 J .E. Sallsirary (Br) 3 KM. Gmper (Aat) 47.1 m*. THBBE MILKS: 1 A.O. Thorn" (A»rt) t &Jt. BUM (Br) S DAG. FM. (Br) Umln 2* C ■ec;
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    168 12 DAVIS CUP: ITALY GAIN 2-1 LEAD MILAN. Sun.— ltaly garnet; a 2-1 lead over Britain in the Davis Cup European Zone final here when hey won the doubles today. They need to win only one oi the remaining two singles to qualify to meet the Philippines, the Eastern Zone champions.
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    344 12 county cricket champtoosdJd table: IK Inn P W L ONDL DBPPU HanU 1* 10 t 6 0 J 4 14 156 Norttaaata 30 10 S S 0 3 14 140 Srey 19 B 4 t 1 0 2(1 134 SomerHt II I U 0 I IHIII Kent
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    181 12 Two Poles beat a world mark WARSAW, Sun.-The two- day athletics meeting between the United states and Poland ended here yesterday with a win for the Americans In the men's 25 teh i an w Tlctory for °i£ s in tne women's events The United States men earned their victory
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    Sponge ban
    20 12 W*W york. Bun -Th* United States Table TennU Association has banned the use of the sponge rubber bat
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    Prince of Lalita gets 9.7 in Gold Cup
    203 13 PENANG, v n.— I The Official Handicapper has nominated II Class One horses for the IYn:iMi< Gold Cup to be run over a mile and two furlongs here on S;ilunp day. They are (with weights) Prince of Lalita (9.7), Three Rings (9.1),
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    PENANG WEIGHTS
    342 13 WEIGHTS for all nine races at Penang on Saturday are: THE GOLD COP CllDivl-1 4 M Prince of Lalita 9.07 Three Rings Ml Tudar Wonder t.N Strait* Code 8.11 On State 8.11 Brilliant Scholar B.OC Irish Pearl I «5 Adelaide Star 7.1* Golden Melody 7.08 Couag 7.08 Sweet
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    16 runners for King's Cup
    64 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Sixteen Class One horses have been nominated to run in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Gold Cup over six furlongs here on Aug. 16. They are: Amusement Park, Anna Kumara, Artina, Distine, Downing Street, General Pil, Grand Chancellor. High Socks, Hopeful Blue, Hurry
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    Lock icon US 'pira ting' A ussie athletes—charge
    216 13 US 'pira ting A ussie athletes— charge SYDNEY, Sunday. rfiHE Australian Amateur Athletic Union will fight United States universities' attempts to "pirate" topline Australian athletes, a Union official said here yesterday. he official. Mr. Dick Corlsh. said the Union believed the offers were acts of "open professionalism." AA U secretary
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    Australian soccer
    55 13 Australian soccer I SYDNEY Sun. NSW ASSN. Dlv. 1 Norm: West Wullsend 3 Cardiff 3: Weston 4 Eastlakes 4: Newcastle 0 Wallsend 5; Blacksmiths 3 Merewether 4. NSW ABBN Dlv. 1 8»»Ui: Manley 3 Ept 3; Balgownle 3 Northshore 0. VICTORIAN STATE LEAGUE: Hakaah 1 Jnventm >. QUEENSLAND TBISTEAM SHIELD
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    S'gor Malays enter final
    68 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Selangor Malays qualified to meet Singapore Malays in the Rulers Shield cricket final when they beat Pahang by 213 runs on first Innings at Gurney Road today. Pahang 95 and 95 for nine (Haniff Khan 5-25); Selangor 308-8 decld. (Merican Sutan 43. Sidek
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    22 13 PORT ELIZABETH, Sun The French Rugby Union touring team were beaten 9-5 by a Junior Springboks side here yesterday— Reuter
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    CEYLONESE DRAW ANNUAL GAME
    301 13 TAMILIAN Physical Cultural Assedation, of Kuala Lumpur, I drew their annual cricket match against Ceylon Sports Club at Balestier Road yesterday. Set to score 175 runs for victory. T.P.C.A. were 144-7 at close. S. Kulasingam. who hit 78 on Saturday for CSC, was awarded a bat
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    North lose eight for 115—six fall to Ross
    493 14 North lose eight for 115— six fall to Ross il'OH, Sunday. ftAIN stopped play two hours before the scheduled close on the second day of the North-South cricket match here today. Scores when play ended shortly after tea were: North 155 and 115 for eight: South 151 Stan Nagaiah and
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    Secretary quits
    24 14 KOTA BAHRU Sun— The secretary of the Kelantan Amateur Football Association, for the last six years Mr Ng Vow Chonc has resigned
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    S'gor boys win 4-1
    118 14 KUALA LUMPUR, dun. Selangor became the Central *"f champions In the Malayan Combined Schools In-ter-state badminton for th? Heah Joo Seang trophy when they beat Negri Sembilan ov 4-1 at the Selangor badmin ton hall this morning. They will now meet the southern zone champions, either
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    Malayans & Filipinos share the doubles
    350 14 Malayans Filipinos share the doubles KUALA LtMPUK. Sunday. D. DEYRO and M. Dungo, of the Philippines, and 1V On? Chew Bee and Moses Tay, of Malaya, finalists in the men's doubles event of the Malayan tennis championships, were declared joint holders when rain washed oat play during the first set
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    Kowloon and FAM draw
    70 14 PENANG. Sun— Kowloon Bus Company kept their unbeaten record when they drew 1-1 with a Football Association of Malaya selection here today. F.A.M.. dominating the arst half play, took the lead In the fourth minute through Zalnal Abidin. Kowloon equalised lust before the interval through Wai
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    Reds win Shielo
    27 14 BUKIT MERTAJAM Sun Red House won the Kam Kee Hock Challenge Shield with 103 points in the first primary school athletic meet here yesterday.
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    56 14 BANGKOK, Sun— The Siamese Football Association has announced that it will have seven local referees registered with FIFA so that they can officiate in the South-East Asia Peninsula Games In 1959. Burma, Cambodia. Laos, Malaya and South Vietnam have been invited to the Games which
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    MCA decides to invite Occasionals next year
    183 14 IPOH Sun. The Mala yan Cricket Association today decided at Its annual meeting here to send an official invitation to the Varsity Occasionals of Madras to tour Malaya next year. The Varsity Occasionals had recently offered to visit Malaya, but the MCA did
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    MALAYAN FOOTBALLERS LACK SELF-DISCIPLINE
    1188 14 i^y7*7j^*7 v? v t^^v^FyTf^^r*/; f 'jt iiijTsjt^m^^m^ THIS is the first of three articles written exclusively for the Straits Times by WALLEY BARNES, the former Arsenal and Wales international fullback who recently concluded a coaching tour of Malaya and Singapore. NO EXCUSE FOR LACK OF STAYING
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    No 5-set matches forLTAM tourney
    88 14 KUALA LUMPIR. Sao. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya at its annual general meeting here hut night decided not to introduce five set matches at Malayan championships. The meeting was closed to the press. The association however, will encourage state affiliates to introduce live-set matches
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    Four records broken
    329 14 MALACCA, Bun. Four records were broken In the triangular athletics meet between Swift A.A. of Singapore. Negri Sembllan and Malacca at the High School ground here today. Swifts won the meet with 56 points. Second were Malacca (52) and Negri Bembllan (44) third. The records were 880
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    WARD GETS 'TEMPTING' OFFER
    52 14 WARD GETS 'TEMPTING OFFER By EPSOM JEEP PNANG. Sun. Australian jockey Arthur Ward, who is having a profitable "busman's holiday" in Malaya, said yesterday he may ret.nm to Malaya after the Bpnii? race In Sydney and Melbourne. Ward. I am told, has been offered a "tempting retainer" by a leading
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    Rough play in final
    79 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Negri Sembilan Eurasian Association retained the La Brooy Shield for soccer when they beat Singapore Recreation Club 2-1 in the Anal on the Imbi Road ground ♦oday. Fikj-'j tempers and rough play spollea the match. At one stage play siopred for a while
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      32 14 TELIK ANSON SOCCER: Bagan Da toll Estate v Methodist Afternoon School. Speedy Road padang ■DAB SOCCER: Dlv 1 league— Police ••A" v Teachers D.T.C. IFOH CRICKET: North v South (final day), padang.
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