The Straits Times, 27 April 1959

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  • 19 1 \VIII\(.I DAILY CERTIFIED VU F EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times :!OH Estd. 1845. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1959 15 CENTS
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  • 617 1 'I'M CONFIDENT OF SUPPORT IN TANJONG PAGAR' SINGAPORE, Sun. The nnin who will oppose Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. the PAP seeretarv-ge-neiiil. in the coming general election today explained wliv he was doing so Dr. C. Subrahmanyam, the Liberal Socialist candidate. told
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  • 30 1 OSTEND. Sun Belgian navy experts suspect that a bomb and not a boiler explosion caused the Egyptian steamer Al Kahira to blow up in Ostend harbour last month.
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  • 931 1 fc FAlR DEAL* CALL FOR CHINESE EDUCATION An attack on Government for 'unreasonable measures' NEED FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING Malayan point of view is urged by Dr. Lim KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday )N 1 THOUSAND representatives of Federation Chinese guilds and associations, among them several top leaders of
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  • 275 1 After-race motor crash kills winner PENANG, Sunday. A MOTOR-CYCLIST taking part in the Penang and North Malaya Motor Club kilometre sprint at Sungei Nibong, six miles from the city, was killed today when his machine crashed after he had won the race. Tong Beng Kong, 36. of Ipoh, flashed past
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  • 194 1 3 HURT IN ACID ATTACK BY 20 THUGS SINGAPORE, Sun. For ten terrified minutes tonight an electrician and his family crouched behind wooden planks while 20 gangsters bombarded their Geylang house with acid-filled bottles. The electrician, Ngal Mun Bwee, 49. and his son, Yee Choi, 17. were severely burned in
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  • 35 1 SAIGON. Sun. President Garcia of the Philippines said last night that he and the South Vietnam President Mr. Ngo Dinh. Diem have agreed on a treaty of friendship to be signed today.— Reuter.
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  • 27 1 TAIPEH, Sun.— The number of juvenile and women criminals in Formosa had increased six times from 1952 to 1958, it was reported here today. Reuter.
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  • 185 1 KOTA BHARU, Sun.— The Sultan of Brunei. Sir Omar j All Saifuddin, this morning i flew to Kelantan to present the Sultan of Kelantan with the Most Esteemed Royal Family Order of Brunei. The Sultan of Kelantan conferred on Sir Omar the most Esteemed Order
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  • 245 1  -  R. CHANDRAN AIRPORT CONFUSION AS VIGIL FOR ACTRESS ENDS By SINGAPORE. Sun. The vigil for actress Jennifer Jones at the Singapore Airport ended this evening In confusion. It all began when QantEUflight 534 from London, the plane on which she was expected,
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  • 29 1 PARIS. Sun. President Charles de Gaulle yesterday gave a lunch in honour of Sir Anthony and Lady Eden in hi., private apartment at the Elysee Palace. Reuter.
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  • 48 1 TRIVANDRUM. Sun. The three opposition parties Congress, Praja Socialist and Muslim League— in Commun-ist-ruled Kerala state announced today that they will submit a petition to President Rajendra Prasad setting out "charges against Communist rule." The petition was approved yesterday by the three parties. Reuter.
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  • 32 1 INVADERS THREAT BALBOA, i (anal Zoru > Sun. Government Minn today that scabornr invaders who hacked their way into jun«lc jlltwiiy from Atlantic coast bcachc* poM"d serious threat to sovcrnm< nt
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  • 216 1 SINGAPORE, Sunday. SEVENTEEN survivors from a sunken ship stepped ashore today at Pulau Bukorn from the Greek freighter Alexandrios which picked them up in They are from the Indonesian 150-ton cargo ship Madju which sank in the Straits on Thursday wbile bound for Penang with
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  • 74 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. Three people were drowned in separate tragedies here today. Police recovered the naked body of a Chinese youth from the sea off Chapel Road. The body of another- man, identified later as Mohandas Singh, 23, was found floating in the sea off Tanjong
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    • 67 1 PATEK PHILIPPE VICTORIES at the Geneva Observatory In the two "Categories" which represent more than 99% of the watch making industry's production. .Results of the 1958 Competition announced February 5, 1959. Sole Agents: H. SENA, LTD. Singapore Penang Tiger Beer Testimonials General BOOKER RULES ("St y" to his friends) making
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  • 332 2 GOVERNMENT WARNING AFTER DISCOVERY OF TEACHER'S NOTES WICKED TALK' AIMED AT IMPLANTING SUSPICION, HATRED KUCHING, Sunday. TIIH Sarawak Director of Education, Mr. 11. <i. Dickson. has warned ol (.Ommunist inliltration in Chinese schools in Sarawak. Mr. Dickson has issued a statement telling school managers and parents to
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  • 94 2 66 BOYS END A CAMPING COURSE SINGAPORE. Sun. Sixty-six schoolboys have ended eight days camping on Pulau Tekong. The boys came from English and Chinese schools in Singapore. The camp was organised by RAF Changi and the Social Welfare Department. Beds, stoves, food and sports equipment were provided free. Five
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  • 33 2 KUCHING, Sun. Police are seeking public co-opera-tion in preventing thefts of orchids in Kuching. During recent months there had been an increasing number of orchid thefts, police said.
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  • 68 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor Boy Scouts Association is planning to raise $100,000 towards the National Boy Scouts Association's proposed $5 million endowment fund. The Selangor association is arranging an elaborate programme which will include a ball, fun fair, fashion parade and ballet dancing exhibition to
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  • 39 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Mr. Keng Ban Ec, of Singapore, will talk to members of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club on Tuesday on "Water Skiing." The talk will take place at the Civil Service Club, at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 35 2 TAIPING. Sun. Foong Chin Wan. 18, was jailed for six months by the Sessions Court here yesterday for causing hurt to Yap Mok Sooi with a bottle at Jalan Iskander on Feb. 13.
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  • 249 2 ONE HUNDRED and ninet> walkers of both sexes and all ages gathered in Collyer Quay, Singapore, this morning, for the third annual walking race organised by the Workers' Education Association ambulance brigade. They had to walk 17 miles to Woodlands police station.
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  • 184 2 ILO TEAM IMPROVES CANNERY OUTPUT SINGAPORE. Sun. A Singapore canning company may save thousands of dollars a year by using new management techniques to improve productivity. The Lam Soon Cannery learnt the techniques from the International Labour Organisation productivity demonstration mission, now in Singapore. The Ministry of Labour and Welfare
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  • 39 2 KUCHING, Sun. Sarawak's new Chief Secretary, Mr. F.D. Jakeway, will arrive in Kuching on Thursday. Mr. Jakeway, former Chief Secretary in British Guiana, was appointed to his new post at the beginning of the year.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 34 2 THE GAMBOLS by Barry Appleby Ton oeab. i can't c*ce Hpbaps you ooulosetV CLEANING UP APTEC J 9OM6ONE TD OOME IKI J ill THE aiMNTINo) J UEIP YOU/-"\ TgV SiUdii OLD MBS ™"<3«'*MrTwir ~/^aTirT^\
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  • 290 3 HE ACCUSES MR. K. OF SUPPORTING RED SUBVERSION OF THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST CARIO, Sunday. i)RFSIDEN'T Nasser renewed his attack on Com- munism last night. He accused Russia of supporting Communist parties which, he said, were trying to place the Middle East in their sphere of
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  • 218 3 CHINA BOMBS DALAI'S ESCAPE ROUTE NEW DELHI, Sun. The Hindustan Standard reported today that Chinese aircraft had heavily bombed Tibetan areas adjoining I n d i a's North East Frontier Agency, through which the Dalai Lama escaped. The raids were made in an attempt to wipe out Khamba rebels, the
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  • 72 3 THE PRINCE GOES SAILING NASSAU. Sun. Prince Philip went sailing again yesterday on the second day of his visit to the Bahamas. He flew to Exuma in the morning to watch the final day of the week-long annual Outisland Regatta, featuring sailing work boats which transport passengers and produce among
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  • 46 3 CHICAGO. Sun. A 20-ton atom smasher is being advertised for sale in newspapers here and in New YorK today. It was used by the late Dr. Enrico Fermi, a pioneer of the atom bomb. It Ls expected to letch about US$lOO,OOO < $300,000). Reuter.
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  • 61 3 NICOSIA. Sun.— The main towns of Cyprus were placed out of bounds to all British servicemen from midnight last night until Monday morning. An official spokesman said the t>tep was taken to avoid the possibility of any incidents today during May Day celebrations, held early
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  • 68 3 LAUSANNE, Sun.— NATO is .studying a sensational new Swiss anti-aircraft gun so completely automatic, fast firing and deadly efficient that even jet fighters don't stand a chance against it. the Gazette of Lausanne said on Saturday. "More than 60 generals and colonels from 11 NATO countries'*
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  • 30 3 ROME. Sun. Seven people died and 39 were injured when a lorry and a bus taking pilgrims to a religious shrine collided near Foggia yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 211 3 Panama invaded by 30, says Govt. DANAMA CITY, Sun.— A group of about 30 "foreign invaders" landed at Playa Colorado, about 55 miles south-west of Panama City, yesterday and made their way inland, an official Panamanian Government communique said today. The communique, issued after a four -hour cabinet meeting which
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  • 124 3 Getting set for Berlin airlift BONN Sun.— Major extensions now being made at Hanover Airport, about 62 miles from the East German border, are designed to fit it better for a Berlin airlift should this be necessary, reliable sources said. The preparations include extension of the runway, construction of extra
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  • 168 3 PARIS, Sun. Hostess Elsa Maxwell clashed sharply yesterday with French customs officials who demanded to know how much French currency she was carrying in her handbag. Passing through the customs at Orly Airport on her way to Madrid. Miss Maxwell first declared 100.000
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  • 56 3 CAIRO. Sun.— The United Arab Republic President. Co!. Nasser, ordered yesterday that revenue from all foreign tolls paid for use of the Suez Canal be used for economic development of the URA. An executive order said no money would be allocated from canal revenues without official
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  • 76 3 BIRLA HOUSE in the North Indian hill resort of Mussoorie. where Tibet's "God-King", the Dalai Lama, will live in exile after his long journey to escape the Chinese. The place is called "Happy Valley." The house, well furnished
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  • 271 3 M\\. KHRUSHCHEV, the Soviet Prime Minister, today rejected President Eisenhower's proposals for a limited ban on nuclear weapons tests. In a letter to the President, he said that Mr. Eisenhower's proposal for a ban on nuclear tests at an altitude of less ihan
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  • 124 3 Travellers seize plane at gunpoint MIAMI, Sun.— A Cuban Airlines Viscount airliner was taken over at pistol point in Cuba last night by four of its 12 Cuban passengers, and diverted to Keywest, Florida. Two men and two women were detained by the immigration authorities. The men handed over their
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    • 49 3 f ONDON, Sun. The v British Hospital •for mothers and babies at Woolwich was ordered closed and more than 30 mothers and their babies sent home after two premature babies died on Sunday from a disease believed to be related to typhoid fever.
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    • 23 3 Six of the babies sent home and two hospital nurses have since been discovered to be suffering from the rare disease, named Salmonella.
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    • 24 3 LONDON: Mr. R. A. Butler, Home Secretary, refused a reprieve for Jos e p Chrimes. 30-year-old labourer, due to hang on Tuesday for murder
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    • 15 3 LONDON: Lady Cecil, widow of Viscount Cecil of Chelwood died at her home in Sussex
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    • 24 3 PARIS: A total of 30? people died in this month's floods in Madagascar and more than 100,000 are homeless, a French cabinet minister said.
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    • 18 3 BUDAPEST: More than half of Budapest's lawyers were expelled from the Bar after a political purge last yeai.
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    • 18 3 LONDON: Soviet workers have raised funds to aid Algerian rebels, Radio Moscow said in an Arabic language broadcast.
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    • 32 3 VALETTA: Mr. Dom Mlntoff. leader of the Maltese Labour Party, called for a popular front of all political parties here until Britain agreed to hold elections to establish a new Maltese Government.
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  • 70 3 VATICAN CITY, Sun. A Catholic publishing house in Rome next week is to issue a complete version of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables," which has been on the church's index of prohibited books since 1864, according to unofficial Vatican sources. The sources said the book would appear
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  • 46 3 LONDON, Sun. The Sunday Dispatch reported today that the British Government had decided definitely to jump into the space race and shoot for the moon. The newspaper's bannerline story said: 'Final details will be agreed at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday." UP.I
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  • 38 3 DUESSELDORF. Bun.— The Veterans Association of the Waffen S.S., Hitler's elite troops, is calling for pensions for former members in the same basis as those given to former soldiers of the rest of the Wehrmacht.— Reuter.
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  • 24 3 LONDON. Sun. Britain, Holland. Belgium. France and Denmark yesterday joined in a simulated H-bomb attack to test warning and monitoring systems. U.P.I.
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  • 156 3 On way to Woomera: Is it down in Russia ONDON. Sun. A British freight plane missing with 12 men aboard since Thursday near the Russian-Turkish border was carrying secret equipment to the Australian Woomera rocket range. A Ministry of Supply spokesman said today the Avro Tudor
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  • 218 4 Clay: Synthetic and natural should co-operate MALAYA'S NEW RUBBER RESEARCH CONTROLLER ARRIVES PENANG, Sunday. CIR Geoffrey Fletcher Clay, newly-appointed Controller of Rubber Research in Malaya, said here today natural rubber and synthetic should not oppose and compete with each other. i "I hope there will be increased co-operation in research
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  • 47 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Mr. Roy Disney, president of Walt Disney Productions, and brother of Walt Disney, is due here by air on May 6. Mr. Disney, accompanied by his wife, will spend several days In Singapore before going to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
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  • 104 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. A four-year-old boy, Choo Chin On, was saved from drowning when a motor-sampan carrying a picnic party of 14 sank off Siglap today. The party, out on a fishing trip, were about half a mile from shore, when a heavy wave
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  • 82 4 SEREMBAN, Sun. The chief clerk jf the OCPDts office, Mr. Foo Ho Meng, was married to Miss Gan Sum Tho at the Registry of Marriages this morning. The bridegroom Is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Foo Fock Hee and the bride is the fourth daughter
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  • 198 4 Well save vice girts pledge by Islamic candidate SINGAPORE, Sun. Haji A. Wanjor, a candidate of the Singapore Pan-Ma-layan Islamic Party for Siglap, today promised that nis party would fight against prostitution if it were returned in the general election. Hajl Wanjor said that there were many street women in
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  • 59 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Kee Slew San was fined $40 In the magistrate's court here today for falling to comply with an order by the town council In September to carry out repairs to his house. Kee told the court he was unable to carry out the
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  • 22 4 IPOH. Sun. Mr. Yusoi Khan, offlceT commanding the No. 2 Police Field Force here, has been promoted Superintendent of Police.
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  • 182 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Hugo Gouthier, leader of a Brazilian trade delegation, said here today that natural rubber would remain important for "many more years," despite competition from synthetic. Most nations, he said, still preferred natural rubber for their industries. The delegation, which arrived here
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  • 74 4 RESULTS OF ELECTION AT GELANG PATAH JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Two Socialist Front candidates and an Independent won three vacant seats in the Gelang Patah Local Council at a by-election held here yesterday. The successful candidates were: Mr. Wong Loy (Socialist Front) 126 votes, Mr. Kwok Sok Keng (Independent) 100, and
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  • 39 4 SINGAPORE, Bun. Mr. T. M. Hart, former Financial Secretary of Singapore, has been appointed Bursar of Loretto, the well-known Scottish public school. Mr. Hart left Singapore on retirement under the Malayanisation scheme last December.
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  • 25 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mrs. E. J. Riches, wife of the manager of Kulal Besar Estate, has left for Australia on a visit.
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  • 146 4 MALAYAN STUDENTS COLLECT CASH TO AW ALGERIANS SINGAPORE, Sun. Students from the University of Malaya in Singapore have collected $1,750 to help finance Algerian refugees studying in institutions of higher learning in Morocco, Tunisia, and Europe. The collection was carried out by a special committee set up by the University
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  • 98 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. 'PHE SINGAPORE Indian Congress tonight disA sociated itself from the Malayan Indian Congress candidates standing in the coming general election. The congress, in a statement, said that Indian candidates standing on different party tickets did not necessarily have SIC support. Their stand
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  • 88 4 HE'S HIKING ROUND THE WORLD SINGAPORE. Sun.— Seeing the world the hard but cheap way is the pastime of 23-year-old English hitch-hiker. Peter Thursneld, who Is in Singapore after doing more than a year's travelling from Britain. For Peter, an experienced hitch-hiker, this i s his third tour. He has
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  • 35 4 TAIPING, Sun.— A housewife. Yong Slew Eng. 36, was fined $200 or two months In jail for allowing her hous* In Pokok Assam new vlllag* to be used as a common gaming house.
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  • 18 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Bicycle Dealers' Association held a dinner to celebrate Its sixth anniversary tonight.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 529 4 I Singapore diary^7.\ INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY std. 1 3.15 p.m.: Judo practice for MOVEMENT: Free film show at seniors 5.45 p.m. Trafalgar Home, Yio Chu Kang FEDERATION OF BOYS' Road 7.15 p.m. CLUB: Judo' 6 p.m.; motor-re-SHELL THEATRETTE: Free pairing, art class, photography 7 film show "Tailgate Man from p.m. New
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  • 238 5 Coffee in canteen, then he said three and fired QNE two three/ said the constable. Then he fired at the manager of a police canteen and instead hit a police corporal in the buttock. The constable's oct "I was fooling/ he said was described in
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  • 93 5 SARAWAK'S MALARIA FIGHTER IS LEAVING KUCHING, Sun. Mr. F. Lachance, a World Health Organisation entomologist, will leave Sarawak on May 4 after spending nearly five and a half years fighting malaria in the Colony. Mr. Lachance. a FrenchCanadian, first arrived in Sarawak in December 1953 when the Colony's antimalaria project
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  • 54 5 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. Delegates from Penang, Kelawei. Province North, Province Central and Province South UMNO divisions met behind closed doors at the UMNO headquarters here today to consider their 11 candidates for the state elections in June. The names will be submittpd to the Penang state Alliance council
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  • 316 5 Thousands expected to greet delegates SINGAPORE. Sun. Shaw Brothers have asked for extra police to be stationed at Singapore Airport on Tuesday night. They may be needed to control the thousands of fans who are expected to welcome the Shaw Organisation's delegation of
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  • 42 5 KOTA BHARU. Sun.— The Kota Bharu District Officer. Dato Wira Jaya. yesterday declared open a $15,000 bridge named the "Jembatan Bahgie"— linking Kedok with Beta near here. The 252 ft. bridge built with RIDA money, is the longestin country.
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  • 164 5 PLAN FOR PERAK'S RURAL AREA GOES AHEAD IPOH, Sun.— The Perak Government is going ahead with its efforts to develop the rural areas of the state. Nearly $500,000 is to be spent on rural works, and another $400,000 will go into the construction of roads and bridges in the rural
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  • 44 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. A 15--year-old boy. Chin Ah Tee. fell into a drain and broke his right leg tonight in escaping from a gang of thugs at Jalan Besar. He has been admitted to hospital. Police later detained three men.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 151 5 Cur men A Co. Btj 3iu& The Saint Miy Leslie Charteris y^ SI^PLETDNII r BUT TMy GOOD MAH. MAYS YOU T HOWEVER. SINCE YOU HAVE TALKED, I"^ fYOUVE GOT yOUff\ CO/VVMON SENSE y OO NEVER REAUZEPTHAT I WILL NOT HAV6 YOU TORTURED. YOU 1 ANSWER-TELL THESE W«OULD TELL IPROWISEO^ AN
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  • 57 6 MADAM YEO GIM EE (Mrs. Yap Geok Song) aged 83. passed away peacefully on Sunday 26 ins:, at her residence. 125-J Thomson Road, leaving behind three sons. Yap Kirn Chuan, Koon Hoe and Kirn Swee. one daughter, three daughters-in-law and several grandchildren. The funeral will leave on Tuesday 28
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  • 31 6 U Hor*. Sit (minimum). MR. E. S. THAMBIRAJAH and children of Sereuiban thank relatives and friends for their condolence messages. wreaths, and attendance at tiie funeral of his i*lo\ed wife.
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  • 27 6 in Wor4t Sit (Vinimum). IN LOVTNO MEMORY of Our Beloved Father (A. Nagallnsan) uho left us on 27-4-57. Sadly Mused by his Wife and Chilcrer.
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  • 187 6 it W»r4» $lt (Minimum). ANNUAL SALE at Towr Country starts today for four days only. WONDER CURE for the travel bug. A trip to Hongkong or (3000. These are prizes in the Libby's Label Competition. CURED! That tired, run down feeling by taking a few jars of Apollo Essence
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  • 661 6 The Straits Times Monday, April 27, 1959. P.A.P. versus The Rest One hundred and ninetyfour candidates are to contest the May 30 general elections that will launch Singapore upon its future as a fully selfgoverning City State. But for the successful objections against four other nominees (including Mr. Lim Koon
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  • 285 6 A smaller, more modern and more efficient industry is the objective of the British Government's £30 million plan fur Lancashire cotton. For years this traditionally British industry has wilted in the face of competition in its export markets and penetration of the home market by low wage Commonwealth
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  • 210 6 There could hardly be a stronger argument for the $2 million loan which the Port Swettenham harbour board is seeking than the warning that the port's only oceanliner wharf is in so bad a condition it will soon be impossible to make proper use of it. Tests nearly
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  • 1065 6  - Ghana's confident growth P.J. MONKHOUSE DR. NKRUMAH'S LEADERSHIP By ACCRA. rro revisit Accra after nine years' absence is like standing astride the meeting point of two centuries. The old down-at-heel Accra is still there, but overshadowed by the unmistakably new. Massive departmentstores testify to the spending power of the people,
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  • 1035 6 THE PEOPLES COMMUNES KUALA LUMPUR. THE complaint of the ordinary member of the British House of Commons is that, al-» though Parliament meets for some eight months in the year for five days a week, he too seldom gets a chance of making a
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  • 742 7 STRESS IS LAID ON CORDIAL TIES WITH FEDERATION SINGAPORE, Sunday. JHE SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan, today warned that "our only guarantee of freedom is to elect men who will respond to our wishes and, if necessary, die for
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  • 179 7 CHAMBER PLANS TO CHANGE 'ANTIQUE' CHARTER SINGAPORE, Sun. >^The Chinese Chamber of Commerce here plans to change its constitution for the first time in its 53--year history. A 15-man special committee was appointed today to draft the new constitution "so as to keep pace with social, political and economic changes
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  • 326 7 Ca t holics wa rned: Don't vote for the Marxist-inspired SINGAPORE, Sun. Roman Catholics throughout Malaya were told today not to vote for parties or candidates "who are inspired or guided by Marxist principles." This warning was given in a pastoral letter read in all Roman Catholic churches in the
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  • 398 7 'NIP IN THE BUD 9 PLAN TO KEEP CHILDREN ON RIGHT PATH SINGAPORE, Sun. Liberal Socialist Party will set up a special welfare department to help parents to "nip in the bud" the first signs of delinquent behaviour in their children if it is returned to power. Announcing this today
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  • 1058 7 Lee: Lib-Socs are our real enemies-we will expose them during next five weeks Party candidates are introduced as election is stepped up SINGAPORE, Sunday fHK election campaign went into top gear tonight as political parties held their first rallies following yesterday's nominations. The leading parties began introducing their candidates to
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  • 38 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Yong Boon Cheong, 74, was Jailed for 10 months today after failing to pay a fine of $2,700 for being in possession of an unlicensed still and 36 gallons of fermented mash.
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  • 205 7 'DEVILS SPOKE TO ME' CLAIM SINGAPORE, Sun. A doctor of the Woodbridge Hospital told a Singapore district judge yesterday of a labourer who, wnile a mental patient, had complained of hearing :he "voices of devils speaking to him." The labourer, Soh Mun Kuen. 25, was accused of being a member
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  • 33 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. The new Friendship Club will hold its inaugural meeting at the YMCA in Orchard Road at 3 p.m. on May 2. The club invites would-be members to the meeting.
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  • 163 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. Ihe, Young Christian Workers, an international Catholic organisation, is arranging a fourday programme to observe Labour Day in Singapore this year. On Thursday a public forum on "Trade unionism and society" will be held at the Catholic Young Men's Association hall in Waterloo
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  • 1231 8 By Our Market Correspondent JT was back to the "boomlet conditions of July 1957 on the Malayan Share Market last week with an extremely good turnover and price rises reported in all sections. Once again the market was supported to a large extent by
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  • 370 8 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported on Saturday (April 25) "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady and the turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrials: 8.8. Petrol 58s. 9d. (AIS); Fraser and Neave ords $1.53 (O), $1.54; Gammon $1.85; Henry Waugh
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  • 604 8 WHEN the Singapore Rubber Market closed on Friday the price of May first grade stood at only two cents below the dollar level last reached on January 11, 1959. After a good turnover, short-covering and bull buying the official close was 98 cents and one-eighth
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  • 26 8 Kempas Ltd. t Interim. Current payment 35 r et Date of payment May 29 Total for year Total for previous year i 5r c
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  • 669 8 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (April 25). INDCBTBIALS Buyers Sellers ■»i-\ Bricks Prat. m i.et i.ao Ordt i.iO 340 Mla> let 11.00 id (buyani B. B. Petrol 56/ 58.B. M. Trustees
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    • 1152 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS NOTICES TOWN COUNCIL OF BANDAR ROAD CLOSURE-KRIAN ROAD PENGGARAM, BATU PAHAT. J?^ JR APPLICATIONS are Invited Main Line between Ulu Sepatang from F>oeral CitUen or Johore and Kamunting > will be closed to State National for appointment as traffic for repairs from 6.00 pjn male Clerk In the
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    • 348 8 TENDERS PETALING JAVA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TENDERS are Invited for the i supply and delivery of one refuse collection vehicle to Petaling Jaya. Specifications and form of tender may be obtained from the Town Engineer, Petaling Jaya during normal working hours. Tenders in sealed enveloped marked "Tender Por Vehicle" must be
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    • 1041 8 "K LINE" Express U.S.A. Pacific «c Atlantic Coast Service E.T.A. tXX t T A Spore P. S h ?ti Penanf H'kong I. Angeles New Yor| •■Kiytmwi Mari 21 39 Apr li Part 4 May 24 May II Jiat "ftNi.kawa Mart" Ist Call n/24 May »/n May 2* Call 27/31 May
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    • 1557 9 Tijli 1405 MANSFIELD «Sc CO., LTD. T«n MM (18 IiMSI Jrtcorporated in Smjaeore) (12 IiMS) Cr 1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LDfE T »C SAILINGS TO LVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LOftBON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS (Via Saw witt liberty to precMd «ia Paaaaa ar Can at Saad Rapt) Camera option to proceed via other
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    • 1223 9 EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARD SAILINGS FOR ABEN, PORT SAIO, GENOA. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AMSTERDAM. BREMEN, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN. 60TNENBUK ANB OSLO S'oore P. Sham Penang "JUUANOIA"" 27/28 Apr 28/28 Apr •KOREA" 2S Apr/ 4 May 5/ 8 May 8, 7 May •MEONIA"" 21/22 May 21/24 May 25/28 May "OEIRA- SO May/ 4
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    • 1389 9 lluTohc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SINGAPORE (licereiratad ta tke Uaitit Kiapaa) S LINES SAILINGS TO ABEN. U.K. ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Paaang BENALDER for Hamburg, London M'bro.. Hill _|a Pert'2B Apr BENLOMOND for London. Rotterdam, Bremen, Hamburg G. 15-18/ 8 May LndM direct arrins May 28 BENVORtICH
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  • 736 10 LONDON, Sunday. f EICESTER City's great light to stay in the English League's First Division ended in success yesterday the season's last Saturday with a 2-1 home win over the League runners-up, Manchester United. Cheering fans swarmed on to the pitch
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  • 1089 10 FIRST DIVISION P W D L P A P Wolves. 42 28 5 9 110 49 61 Man. Utd. 42 24 7 11 103 66 55 Bolton 42 20 10 12 V9 66 50 W. Brom. 41 18 12 11 87 67 48 Arsenal 41 20 8
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  • 443 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. Results of second round matches Dlayed in the men's singles of Singapore Badminton Association's Junior championsnlps tonight were: Soon Pock Cheng bt Robert Tan 15—9, .15—11; Tan Boon Liat bt Boey Lian Teck 15—8, 15 4; Kwok Woon Hup bt Goh Kirn Thong 15—8,
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    • 596 10 I CAIHAY ORCAyiSATIOM fr?4l flliifil'l Mlnf T/»i**w A ruAiuri 1.45, 4.15. 6.45 t'i'JViJ :i u6 TODAY 4 SHOWS! 9.30 p.m. jf victor THE BANDIT OF ZHOBE ANNE J MATURE AUBREY 4 rriMlhim Pct T Ev Bartok (J.A.R.0.) 4( m 3^" 3BIED" 7 TODAY 4 SHOWS! TsREP J JJESn^tMIRTHEELMS* SOPHIA LOREN
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    • 521 10 (■■■■■■■■■a iaisiaNTOERsaRYi 3 -Day Festival TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 31 YEARS of UNDISPUTED SHOW BUSINESS LEADERSHIP Vx PRICE j ADMISSION TO ALL SHAW Cinemas, Amusement Parks Cabarets in SINGAPORE, The FEDERATION of MALAYA m SARAWAK and BRITISH NORTH BORNEO B phone V 1L 3 i> r; "S lSi Sht s 284
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 350 10 25 Loyalty to the old place is Straits Times Crossword 'r7r\ h 2 Pharos afloat with lungs and haunch (9). [z I Ij I 14. I II IB I l^™T"Thlß Not &n tx>o c presumably pH^^J L^ l^ -^^^^^^^■~~~L^Mr~~~feißl^i 4 Sum u p' lm u p <Its not p°~ V
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  • 274 11 'MADE IN SINGAPORE' GOODS JNZZDED THE Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, yesterday urged industrialists to manufacture goods locally. Tun Lim, who was speaking at the opening of the final seminar on "Productivity Techniques" at the Cultural Centre, said: "Our ability to earn the things
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  • 375 11 GRA YES HOLD UP NEW HOMES FOR FIRE VICTIMS A three-week delay SINGAPORE, Sunday. 17ICTIMS of the Kampong Tiong Bahru flre, now temporarily accommodated in S.I.T. flats at Kallang, will have to wait a while longer for their new homes to go up on the blackened site. Work cannot begin
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  • 58 11 Inland out Indonesia's deputy Premier SINGAPORE, Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia, Dr. Idham Chalid, passed through Singapore by Air India to. day on his way to Cairo. He will attend an Islamic conference there, then go on a extensive tour of Middle Eastern countries. At the airport, Dr.
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  • 38 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Sessions Court today ordered the confiscation of a car and 550 packets of fireworks worth $110. Othman bin Ahmad who attempted to smuggle the fireworks, hidden in the car, was fined $220.
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  • 130 11 SINGAPORE, Sunday. A SENIOR electrical engineer of the City Council, Mr. L. A. Estrop, \ett Singapore for Colombo by BOAC today to interview six Indians and Ceylonese who had applied to t>e engineers in the council's electricity department. Mr. Estrop said that the six,
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  • 136 11 Don't discard English, says a Ceylon MP KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. President of the Ceylon Tamil Congress and member of the Ceylon Pajrliament, Mr. G. G. Ponnambalam, said today that the English language could build solidarity among Asian nations and pleaded that it should not be discarded. Mr. Ponnambalam was speaking
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  • 160 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Big crowds in many parts of the city were attracted last night by an illuminated float with a hand dipping into a ballot box. The float, constructed at a cost of about $5,000 was being put on a trial run In the
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  • 61 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Two hundred delegates from 30 countries in Asia and observers from all over the world will attend the East Asia Christian Conference of the Methodist Church here from May 21 to May 27. It will be the biggest Methodist conference to be held in the
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  • 19 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. No cases of smallpox were reported here today for the ninth day In succession.
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    • 818 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 20 Words Sj (Mm.) Box it cts. extrm FULLY FURNISHED SINGLE. Double Rooms. M S Kitchen. Telephone, Own Entrance. Moderate Rent, District Newton. Suitable W, Girls. Apply Box A 4125 S.T. NEW SEMI-DETACHED Double storey, fully furnished, at Lorong Siglap, off Siglap Road. 3 oedrooms, dining and sitting
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    • 623 11 BOATS. YACHTS. FOR SALE it Words Si (Min.)— Box St els. txtrm 20FT. SLOOP Bermudan rigged with outboard engine. $1,000 ON offer. Telephone *****. 20 FT. CABIN CRUISER teak under water, built December 1958, 35 H.P. Johnson Outboard Motor Remote control less than 15 hours running, awnings and other equipment;
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    • 17 11 X'XyXyV- VyXvIvX* [BE^EC] H e "Mteries with j s '6a//y a •X»!"l^B»'«'*''.''i'X'/lHlX*!'!*I •XvX'x'X'Iv.'X't'X 1 l t ?S
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  • 130 12 Servicemen dropped by SAFA CINGAPORE, Sun. Singa- pore Amateur Football Association today announced it has dropped the four Services players selected to represent Singapore in the Asian Cup Central zone tournament next month. The four players are: Roy Davey (RAFt, Alan Butcher, Len Lauderdale and Arthur Berry (all of the
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  • 333 12  -  KEN FERNANDEZ JUNIOR ASIAN CUP MEET WILL BE HELD ANNUALLY By BID TO EXCLUDE 'CAPS' BEATEN RUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —Burma will stage the second Junior Asian Cup soccer competition next year. This was decided today at a meeting of team managers of the nine nations
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  • 1138 12  -  F. SALAHUDIN MUIRHEAD BEATS ARMY WITH SUPERB LAST OVER EFFORT BY SINGAPORE, Sun. Superb bowling by Hamish Muirhead (5-21) enabled defending champions Singapore Cricket Club to score an exiciting 100--run win over Army in their Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament on the padang today. Army,
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  • 136 12 gINGAPORE. Sun. Despite good bowling by Surjit Singh, who took nine for 39, S.H.B. Police were beaten by Combined Schools in the junior tournament today. Combined Schools beat S.H.B Police by 67 runs at Keppel Road. Combined Schools 129 iVaz 27. T. Martens 25. Shin
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  • 153 12  - Penang: 'Meeting for maidens' EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Sur.. The Penang Turf Club's summer races which ended here yesterday was notably a meetinc for "maidens." Maiden winners during the three-day meeting were: Briden and Singora II on the first day; Happy Melody. Boomerang and Docmaytor on the second, and Toreador,
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  • 117 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. After leading 3-1 at halftime, Singapore's probable Asian Cup soccer side faded away and were beaten 4-3 by Maesa. the Jakarta league champions, at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Dollah Zainoi gave Singapore the lead in the 17th minute and five minutes later Davey
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  • 73 12 LONDON, Sun.— Rain vashed out the start of the first-class cricket season in England yesterday. In the match between Cambridge University and Surrey, the county champions, at Cambridge, there was no play until 3 p.m. Fifteen minutes later rain halted play for the day. The one-day match
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  • 236 12  - KOREANS IN SLOW MOTION NORMAN SIEBEL, CHAMPIONS vs THE REST By Kuala Lumpur, Sun. THE match between the Junior Asian Cup cham- pions and The Rest, played at the Merdeka Stadium today before a crowd of 3,000 was the anti-climax of the nine-day festival of youth footi__n UCLII. The Koreans,
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  • 118 12 Tengku tells boys: Don't be discouraged ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tengku Abdul Rahman, the president of the Football Association of Malaya, today advised the Malayan Junior Asian Cup team "not to be discouraged but to train hard and try and win the next competition at Rangoon next year." The Tengku had
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  • 110 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Singapore Warriors won the MacDougall Cup when they edged Singapore Polo Club by ■i,-3 in the final of the Malayan Polo championships at Thomson Road today. Singapore •Warriors, who played with a 3\ goals handicap, were lucky to win. The> were under heavy pressure
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 47 12 SOCCER: SAFA. Asian Cup training, Jalan Besar. 5.30 pin.: Div. 2A C.A. •"A" v Mount Emily. Geylang; Div. 3A Maxwell "A" v Queenstown, C.U. ground; Div. 3B Police "A" v S.H.B. Police, Thomson Road: Halkowyu v Kampong Silat. Balestier Road: Radln Mas v Kebenaran. River Valley Road.
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