The Straits Times, 16 August 1959

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    18 1 The Straits Times I Nett Sales Mot** 1 I i No. 1251. SUNDAY. AUGUST 16, l»sy 20 CENTS.
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    CIVIL SERVICE TOLD: BE IN TUNE WITH PEOPLE
    425 1 Premier: Never forget what Reds have to offer Survival of our system or else... SINGAPORE. Sat.— The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today warned the top men of the Civil Service never to forget "that the Communists are only too ready
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    MALAYANS ARE SAVING MORE NOW|
    53 1 MALAYANS ARE SAVING MORE NOW KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. People in the Federation are becoming more "dollar conscious.'' a spokesman of the Post Office Savings Bank headquarters here said today. Deposits exceeded withdrawals by $4.7 million during the first seven months of this year. Excess "I deposits over withdrawals last year
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    Japanese mark 14th anniversary
    36 1 TOKYO. Sat. Japanese today quietly ob-served the 14th anniversary of their surrender in the Second World War. Memorial services were held throughout the country for those who had died during the war.
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    $10,000 TOBACCO SEIZED
    82 1 $10,000 TOBACCO SEIZED CINCAPORE, Sat. —The suspicious movemems of a lorry at Kheam Hock Road early this morning resulted in the seizure of 1.000 Ib. of cigarettes with an estimated $10,000 in duty involved. The lorry was spotted by a Customs land patrol near l[w Singapore Golf Club. Mure Customs
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    Lock icon Family's new life as pearl divers
    70 1 Family's new life as pearl divers NEW HAVEN (England). Sat.— An English family of three plan to sail by trawler with a crew of six to begin life as pearl divers in the Timor Sea, between Australia and Indonesia. "We want to break away from the humdrum life of going
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    'Chinese can't go it alone' -warns MCA president
    164 1 'Chinese can't go it alone' warns MCA president PENANG. Sat. The acting MCA National President, Dato Dr. Cheah Toon Lok. today called on all Chinese not to drift from UMNO —•'or we stand alone at our own peril." "We have so much at stake In this country." he said In
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    Inspector loses gun in fight with 3 thugs
    218 1  - Inspector loses gun in fight with 3 thugs EE BOON LEE By Singapore, Sat. A POLICE INSPECTOR was seriously injured when he grappled with three thugs at the seaside resort of Pasir Ris here late tonight. One of the thugs stabbed Inspector Abdullah Sidik bin Alang, 33, twice in his
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    Lock icon IKE WILL STAY AT CASTLE
    57 1 LONDON. Sat. Presi dent Elsenhower has been officially invited to stay with the Queen at Balmoral Castle during his trip to Britain later this month. It was announced here today. The President has accepted the Queens invlta tion and will also sptlid some time at
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    JAP STEEL MISSION
    28 1 TOKYO, Sat. A Japanese steel mission will tour the Middle and Near East next month to explore the possibility of expanding Japans overseas markets.— UPJ.
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    Lock icon ANNE IS NINE
    27 1 LONDON, Sat. Princess Anne celebrated her ninth birthday today at Balmoral Castle with Prince Philip and the Queen and her brother Charles. 11.— U.P.1.
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    OneMrife law: New divorce court for those polygamous cases
    284 1 One wif e law: New divorce court for those polygamous cases CINCAPORE, Sat.— The Government is to set up a new divorce court under legislation now being drafted to outlaw polygamous marriages among the Chinese Stating this today, the Minister for Labour and law. Mr K. M. Byrne, said it
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    Airline sacks 42 men
    174 1 Airline sacks 42 men BIG SMUGGLING PROBE SEQUEL I ONDON. Sat. Two navigating officers and 40 stewards have so far been dismissed by British Overseas Airways Corporation following investigations into smuggling on the airline's Far Easterr routes, BOAC announced today. But a Corporation spokesman denied a newspaper report that two
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    Stop Press
    23 1 SPORE WOMEN IN PEKING LONDON. la< < VUe-PrcmicT Chen I insht reectved Mi- iii 1 Miirii jM./ii.r p.vr.\ Ny« agmcv reported.— Ri
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    TOBRUK
    851 2  -  Alistair Mac Lean by It was scarcely begun... yet here already was the pattern desperate courage and over all the hidden hand of politics... ONLY a handful of men Churchill, Smuts, Roosevelt, among ilirin were toM the secrets of Tobrak. The invslery of why this hinge-pin of the desert
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    They held Rommel
    3085 3 shots his gun crew loosed off against the advancing armour, and on the fourth he could clearly see an "I" tank grinding to a halt as a shattered track spun off the driving wheel. Seconds later, a dazed and uncomprehending Luigi was picking himself up painfully from
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    Minister warns Woodbridge Hospital staff
    145 4 Minister warns Woodbridge Hospital staff SINGAPORE. Sat. A Woodbridge Hospital employee suspected of being corrupt may be sacked from the service. Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, the Health Minister disclosed today. As a result of information provided by a relative of a former patient of the hospital, the employee Involved was
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    Pay cuts: Staff side makes counter proposals to Govt.
    262 4 Pay cuts: Staff side makes counter proposals to Govt. SINGAPORE. Saturday. JHE staff side of the Civil Service Joint Council has submitted counter proposals to the Government on the pay cuts. In the case of officers drawing between $251 and $505 basic a month, they are prepared to accede a
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    Deadlock over claim for pay
    158 4 Deadlock over claim for pay CINGAPORE. Sat—Ne- gotiations between the staff and management of the Singapore Standard which suspended publication on July 31 came to a deadlock today on the question of severance pay. As a result the TUC will call a meeting of all trade unions here to discuss
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    CULTURAL MISSION SINGS A HIT-TUNE DURING CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
    276 4 CULTURAL MISSION SINGS A HIT-TUNE DURING CALL ON PRIME MINISTER SINGAPORE, Sat. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and the Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Kajaratnam. received a surprise when the Indonesian Cultural Mission paid courtesy calls on them this morning. The dancers, musicians and singers, encouraged by Pattasur
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    Lock icon – NEWSMAN WEDS FORMER AIR GIRL
    65 4 NEWSMAN WEDS FORMER AIR GIRL Mr. Chin Kah Chong. 28. chief of the Singapore bnreau of Pan Asia News Agency, and his bride. Ohxeki Royoko. 24. of Osaka who was Miss Air Hostess 1956 in Japan. The bride is a graduate of the Osaka Women's University. They were married in
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    TAXIS AT CINEMAS AND THE POLICE
    140 4 TAXIS AT CINEMAS AND THE POLICE SINGAPORE. Sat. The secretary of the Singapore Taxi Drivers' Union, Mr. Tan Ket Ching. today charged that taxis waiting for fares outside cinemas and amusement parks were being "harassed" by the police. This was going on. he said, in spite of a Traffic Police
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    Govt. plans to improve islanders9 welfare
    359 4 Govt. plans to improve islanders' welfare CINCAPORE. Sat. The plight of the poor and neglected f isherfolk who live on the little islands around Singapore has been brought to light following on-the-spot investigations made by a party of Government officials led by the Secretary to the Ministry of National Development,
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    Three Jays to go— tough fight ahead
    261 5 Three Jays to go tough fight ahead KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. All parties are ready for the Parliamentry election on Wednesday, when 101 members of the 104-seat House of Representatives will be chosen by the people. Three seats in the House have already been won without a fight by the Alliance.
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    What the candidates are telling the people
    408 5 What the candidates are telling the people I(UALA lUMPUR: The vice president of the PMIP. Ustaz Zulkifli Muhammad said today in a broadcast that a PMIP Government would adopt a motto of responsibility, sincerity and progress. He said that Malay would be made the language of administration in the Government
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    LEE GIVES WARNING OF FORCES UNDERNEATH...
    775 5 it From Page One strate that the democratic system can produce results. "It is In our interests to show that under the system of one man, one vote, there can bt an honest and efficient government which works through an efficient administration in the
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    387 5 PARTY LEADERS ON THE SPOT PREDICT These are the latest developments in the States, according to party leaders on the spot: SELANGOR: Chairman of the state alliance, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. spoke of a "big victory* for bis party. "We are confident of getting 12 of the 14 seats
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    Rl INDEPENDENCE DAY
    33 5 SINGAPORE, Sat.—lndonesian nationals resident here have been invited by the Indonesian Consulate to attend the official Independence Celebrations of the Republic on Monday at 33 Paterson Road at 8 a.m.
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    THREE-DAY CIVICS
    22 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Twenty six Tamil school teachers today began a threeday civics course organised by the Johore Information Services.
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    DEATH
    29 5 MR. A. J. MOODUOAMA KOTHAGODA. of 7 Jalan Chempaciak, Singapore, passed away on isth. Cortege will leave for Buddhist Cemetery. Upper Berani_ixm Roau, at 4.30 p.m. on 16th
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      353 5 New Concept in Writing Inspired by Nature Itself! Just as the sides of a glass draw up the edges of the water in \J it, as may be seen by holding a glass of water at eye-level and observing the concave surface of the water, so do the -ffl^wllt^ hundreds
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    Lock icon Sleepless Beautu
    1264 6 Sleepless Beauty DO YOU LOOK JUST TERRIBLE AFTER A NIGHT WHEN EVEN COUNTING SHEEP'S USELESS? THEN THIS IS FOR YOU SOONER OR LATER there will crack a dawn when you struggle into painful consciousness, pry your eyes open with toothpicks, and moan because you have not had a wink of
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    185 6 Recipe IVITH ci'ildrer, on school TT vacation, picnics are No. 1 on the entertainment programme. And whtn you think of picnics you think of food. Healthy young appetlt« will love the foot-long Hero Sandwiches that have taken the United States by atorm For six. buy six foot -long French bread
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    Spore Ballet's most ambitious show yet w
    892 7  - S'pore Ballet's most ambitious show yet CATHERINA NG By OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ARE UP TO IT, SAYS DIRECTOR MARTINUS CLASSICAL ballet on a scalenever before seen in Singapore will be presented lo the public when the Third Season of the Singapore Ballet Academy opens at the Victoria Theatre from
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      107 7 "5P ENTERED FINISHED AWARDS TambreUa J^? PROVED SUPERIORITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL InthegruellingScottishSixDaysTrial. jj^fa from which tvventy-eight specially o **^F~ prepared motorcycles were forced f Jf i to retire. Uiree standard Lambretta Li M 150s were entered. All three finished J\ "ipiP""*^ the course with their motors
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      157 7 Your radio listening RADIO SINGAPORE Medium Wave 476 Metres. AM. 6.30 Good Morning: 6.32 Morning Prelude; 7.00 The Ne»>: 7.05 Momenu Of Melody; 8.00 The News; 8.05 Breakfast Club; 00 Programme Summary: 9.02 i Concert Orchestral; 9.30 Religious Half-Hour; 10.00 Semprini Seren- ade; 10.30 Popular Vocal; 10.45 j Talking About
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      177 7 MF.DIIM WAVE SERVICES Kuala Lumpur 341 Metres. Prnan; 366 Metres. Ipoh 330 Metres. Malacca 297 Metres. A.M. 6.30 Good Morning To You; 6.32 Morning Prelude; 7.00 Time Signal and New.*; 7.05 Moments Of Melody; 8.00 The News: 8.05 Breakfast Club; 9.00 Programme Summary; 9.02 South Of The Border; 9.15 Morning
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      11 7 TUE 4** (SAMBQL<S I GOBACl^^y RAD OUR I /\x\ -gasped *&&*T§ffe^ZL2±
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    Lock icon Floods of death make it East Asia's worst year
    332 8 PACE EIGHT ROUND-UP OF THE NEWS FROM FAR AND WIPE < JOKYO, Sat. A wave of devastating floods during the last two months has left about 4.000 people dead, missing or injured in East Asia. Japan, Korea, China, Formosa and Hong
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    Lock icon MR. X IS CHOSEN TO PLAY CHRIST
    201 8 MR. X IS CHOSEN TO PLAY CHRIST MEW YORK. Sat. An anonymous actor will portray Jesus in a US$lO million fiim about the life of Christ being planned here. Miss Elaine Rutledge. attractive New York screen writer in her twenties, who did the last rewrite of the script, described his
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    Lock icon Pilots strike in protest
    55 8 NEW DELHI. Sat.— lndian Airlines was paralysed today by a 24-hour strike by pilots at three main bases. The pilots were protesting against what they called •"the high handedness and insulting behaviour of the general manager of the corporation and the chief pilot, towards the president
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    House passes Bill to curb racketeering
    95 8 WASHINGTON. Sat. The House of Representatives yesterday passed a Labour Bill to curb trade union racketeering. The Bill had the enthusiastic backing of President Elsenhower but was strongly opposed by organised labour. Known as the GrifflnLandrum Bill from the names of its sponsors, it
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    Lock icon Police guard for blazing town
    41 8 JOANNESBURO, Sat. Police reinforcements armed with rifles and sten guns' patrolled Harding. 65 miles from Durban, during the night after grass had been set alight on farm>. the Johannesburg newspaper, i Rand Daily Mail, reported today.
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    Lock icon U.S. plan for low interest loans to poor nations
    199 8 U.S. plan for low interest loans to poor nations WASHINGTON, Saturday. DRESIDENT EISENHOWERS top advisory council on world financial problems reported today that if was "both feasible and desirable" to establish a new international lending institution to help underdeveloped countries. The United States will formally propose the setting up of
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    LAOS ASKS U.N. FOR A NEUTRAL OBSERVER
    364 8 From JOHN WILLIAMS VIENTIANE. Sat. CPOTLIGHT on the Lao- tian crisis today shifted from hot war to cold war with the Laotian Government appeal to the United Nations for a neutral observer to visit the frontier with Communist North Vietnam. Withdrawal of the
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    APPEAL TO WRITERS
    32 8 LONDON. Sat— An appeal to writers all over the world to raise their voices against "provocation violation of human rights" has been made by the Hungarian Writers Association abroad.
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    Divorce ban won't stop people indulging in 'free love'
    456 8 CINGAPORE, Sat. Several prominent persons today disagreed with the Catholic Church's view that the banning of divorce would prevent people from indulging in "free love." St. Jusephs Church (Portuguese Mission). In a newsletter published yesi terday. had urged the Government to
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      SCOTLAND YARD WAR ON VICE
      78 8 I ON DON, Sat. Scot- land Yard, armed with a tough new law was to crack down on London's prostitutes at one minute past midnight to night. The new Street OfTencea Act, providing for fines ud to M 5225 and three months' jail for prostitution,
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      33 8 NEW DELHI: India today celebrated the 12th anniversary of its independence. In the Capital. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru took the salute at the historic Red Fort as an army parade marched by. —UPI.
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      29 8 BELGRADE: Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia arrived by air at Pula, Yugoslavia, yesterday for a 10-day visit as the guest of President Tito. He was met by president Tito.—Reuter.
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      31 8 TOKYO: Three hundred thousand people jammed Kirn II Sung square in Pyong Yang to mark the 14th anniversary of North Korea's "Liberation" by the Soviet Army Pyong Yang Radio reported. U.P.I.
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      25 8 WASHINGTON: A fullscale model of the American "paddlewheel" satellite, now in orbit around the earth, is to be shown at the American Exhibitioo in Moscow.—Reuter.
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      22 8 CANBERRA: Princess Alexandra of Kent received a 'wattle <an Australian flower i welcome" when she arrived for a 43-day tour of Australia.—Reuter.
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      22 8 JAKARTA: President Soekarno has received a message of congratulations from President Elsenhower on the occasion of Indonesian Independence Day on Aug. 17.—Reuter.
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      29 8 TAIPEH: The United States army today turned over one battalion of NikeHercules anti-air missiles to Nationalist China in a ceremony held at the missiles' base in Northern Formosa. —U.P.I.
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      Lock icon Balloon fails to orbit
      62 8 CAPE CANAVERAL. Sat.— An attempt by the United States to place a shining light-weight inflatable sphere in orbit around the earth failed last night after what appeared to be a perfect launching. The sphere a 12-foot "balloon of aluminium foil" was housed in a steel cylinder
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    Pope to revise book ban
    120 8 NOME, Sat— Pope John is contemplating a drastic revision of the Roman Catholic Church s 400--year-old Index of forbidden books. The Index, which lists books condemned as heretical, dangerous to morals, or otherwise objectionable, was last published in 1948. Some of the 6.000 works it
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    Query on Tun Leong's speech for Police
    104 8 Query on Tun Leong's speech for Police MALACCA, Bat.— Solicitor* of the Malayan Party election candidate. Mr. Tan Kee Oak have asked th« Malacca Police to investigate whether the Governor of Malacca, Tun Leong Yew Koh and a Supreme Court interpreter who are alleged to have made political speeches recently
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    Are the Gospels really true?
    2160 9  - Are the Gospels really true? GEOFFREY ASHE A MODERN WRITER MAKES AN ON-THE-SPOT INQUIRY INTO EVENTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by For 19 centuries the story of Christ has challenged and inspired the world. How does that story stand today, in the light of modern scholarship and discoveries? Does its
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    Now the axe falls on bar girls
    269 10 Now the axe falls on bar girls CINGAPORE, Sat.— Hundreds of bar waitresses in Singapore have been served with quit notices. And those who are kept on the payroll have been told that they are in for pay cuts at the end of this month. Bar owners complain that business
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    OPIUM: BIG POLICE HUNT ON FOR DENS
    431 10  -  EE BOON LEE A change in the law leads to more arrests of addicts and thugs By SINGAPORE. Saturday. SINGAPORE Police have intensified their drive to wipe out opium dens one of the largest sources of underworld income. Raids are being carried out
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    Towkay who gave up bright lights of city for a home in the jungle
    703 10  -  TAI SING ONN By KUANTAN. Sat. Towkay Apong, a comparatively wealthy man who owns one of the biggest hotels in the state capital, does not find civilization attractive enough to make him stay. He prefers his
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    Tourists 'shoot' two nice girls with many questions
    371 10 ITS TOUCH BEING A GUIDE BUT THEY LIKE IT By ESME BAPTISTA SINGAPORE, Sat. So you'd like to be a tourist guide. Nice job you think. It is but being a tourist guide is hard work. I found this out the other
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    C'WEALTH COURT DECISION IS UPHELD HERE
    609 10 C'WEALTH COURT DECISION IS UPHELD HERE SINGAPORE, Saturday. COR the first time since the State of Singapore camt into being, a provisional maintenance order made in a Commonwealth country against a resident here was today confirmed, with cerra'n modifications, by a local court. Matters of constitutional law were raised and
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    36 10 Tourist guides Daisy Koh (foreground) and Holly Richardson (right) are seen "on duty" in this Sunday Times picture, taken inside the double-decker tour bus. Holly is giving the pas~ sengers a running commentary on the tour.
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    Lock icon Two killed in plane crash
    57 10 KARACHI, Sat. Two men were killed and one seriously Injured vhen a Viscount belonging to the Pakistan International Airlines crashed near Karachi airport during the night. The dead were Captain Bern Lehr, an American adviser loaned to P.I.A. by the International Co-operation Administration, and a
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    The day Jayne Mansfield knelt at my feet
    959 11 The day Jayne Mansfield knelt at my feet DOUG LACKERSTEEN meets the big and the famous in London vV v. I KNOW you're going to doubt me, but I 'ye j^ had jayne Mansfield kneeling at my feet. It's the truth, so help me, word of honour, crossing heart, and
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      12 11 ©ALISTAIR MACLEAN Churchill agrees to a "suicide plan" to save the Aussies.
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    SUNDAY. AUGUST 16. 1959. ONE ROAD, OR MANY?
    491 12 THE STRAITS TIMES SUNDAY. AUGUST 16. 1959. ONE ROAD, OR MANY? WEDNESDAY is a vital day in Malaya's history. Votes cast in that day's general election will decide whether Malaya continues 1 1 s prosperous march forward or whether it slides into the stagnation of factional bickerings and unstable coalitions.
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    THE DATO WENT A-WOOING THE VOTERS
    1836 12  -  R. CHANDRAN Through crocodile-infested rivers, 'tiger country 9 and jungles crawling with horrible leeches By- JO MEASURE the mettle of the candidates from different political parties, the lonely people of the lost regions in Pahang use a special yardstick the mountains, rivers and swamps,
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    INDIA IMS MADE GREA T STRIDES IN 12 YEARS
    345 13 The Sunday Times August 16, 1959 Early problems over— the accent now on progress I M)1A stands today as a unified nation of 360 million people with a strong Central Government and a single law reigning from one end to the
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    Major industrial boost is now on
    792 13 uiillion people on the ruiis icicn time. jiut inusc responsible lor iMe ut'swny oi me nation saw tnai neiuier consoiiuauuu nur me dratting of a pious constitution woulu nave any meaning MUSK tne age-old poverty, ignorance, disease ana misery were aoolished. it required an
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    Tobacco has big role in India's economy
    522 13 Tobacco has big role in India's economy 'TOBACCO piays a prominent role in the economy of the country in several ways. As a cash crop, it brings to the cultivators an annual income of about Rs. 400 million. It is a substantial earner of excise revenue in India and brings
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    Freedom has also led to economic content
    346 13 Freedom has also led to economic content Page 13 J r* J I*- i i. J gINCE our' Independence 12 yean ;i#i, India's leaders have striven to raise Hie standard of living of the people through a concerted national effort With the setting up of the Planning Commission in 1950,
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    India and j mm? UUUIIII •■--•■-by old ties
    364 14 India and Malaya bound by old ties RECENT STATE VISITS HAVE BROUGHT TWO COUNTRIES CLOSER INDIA'S historic connection with Malaya dates from ancient times to the present day. It forms an unbroken and undeflled stream and the cultural contribution of India is still apparent in the fields of languages, folklore,
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    400 MODERN PLANTS BOOST TEXTILE TRADE
    267 14 INDIAN textiles ongin--1 ated ir. times immemorial and India can rightly be called the home of cotton fabrics. It is in fact a story that has been woven into the very texture and tapestry of her cultural history. Her very civilisation known as the
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    INDO-MALAYA TRADE HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS
    666 14 the Indian High Commissioner in Malaya for the Uurd International conference of the World Assembly of Youth held in August 1958, in New Delhi Sir Henry Lee. Malayas Minister of Finance, was in Delhi in October 1958. leading a delegation to the conference
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    5-year plans have raised living standards
    1272 15 5-year plans have raised living standards THE DAWN of independence found Ihe country lace to face willi problems of great complexity. The war and partition had considerably dislocated the economy. There was scarcity of goods, leading to inflation. Against this, freedom had raised the people's expectations for a higher standard
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    The growing role of women in India
    81 15 r fDACTC Women play an important part in the skilled crafts. y»l\Mr J Here they are seen putting the finishing touches to hand painted pottery. Cf ICklfC Indian women are also contributing to the great JVnICnV^C advance in science and research as shown
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    Industry go-ahead
    466 16 TARGETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BEATEN pEW people realise the tremendous progress India has made in industry and engineering during the last te v years. Most foreigners have still the impression that India is a vast undeveloped region where people still depend on small-scale industries and imports. While it
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    THE COUNTRY IS NOW PRODUCING ITS OWN CAPITAL GOODS
    584 16 THE COUNTRY IS NOW PRODUCING ITS OWN CAPITAL GOODS manufactured in India are now installed even in foreign countries and the pro.duction of these units compares very favourably with the imported production. India not only makes spinning frames but also makes cards, drawing machines and inter-frames. Plans for the production
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    INDIA'S FIFTH SHIP
    19 16 [HE s.s. Jalapankhi, the fifth Indian ship built at the Yi&hakhapainam Shipyard, keen *t her launching.
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    Aussie Minister arrives today
    46 17 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. R. G. Casey, will arrive in Singa pore tomorrow afternoon by BOAC. He will be accompanied by his wile and his private secretary. They will leave i tor Bangkok by Qantas on Tuesday.
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    Premier speaks at SUJ lunch today
    47 17 SINGAPORE, Sat. The i Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will talk on the "Eng-lish-educated and tneir future" to members of the Singapore Union of Journalists at a luncheon at the Cathay Hotel tomorrow. The luncheon meeting begins at 12.30 r-m.
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    Hut gutted in Tiong Bahru fire
    86 17 Hut gutted in Tiong Bahru fire SINGAPORE. Sat. Fire last night destroyed a hut at Kampong Tiong Bahru shortly after a carbide lamp had exploded. Twenty-lour people from two families were made homeless. Damage was estimated at $8.000. Kampong Tlong Bahru was the scene of one of the biggest attap
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    BOY WHO WAS CANED HANGED HIMSELF
    153 17 13 LITER WORTH. Sal —A A* 16-year-old boy. 800 Chong; Hoi. hanged himself after lie had been caned by his father on sus- picion of stealing 40 cents, the coroner's court here was (old today. Mr. 800 Seong Hong said his son Chong Hoi
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    203 17 MALAYANS AT SANDHURST LONDON, Sat —Eleven Malayans have successfully completed a course at the Royal Military' Academy. Sandhurst, with a view to being commissioned in the Federation's Armed Forces. They are: Ewe Kee F. Khoo, M. Said, Sew Nyan Wong, Ahmed bin Mohamed Sharif, Chan Meng Yin, Ghazali Musa. Yew
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    MAN GETS $44,300 AWARD FOR LEG
    145 17 SINGAPORE, Sat.— Mr. Justice Buttrose in the High Court today awarded total damages of $44,300 to a young barber, Chiang Ah Boon, who received a serious injury to his left leg while boarding a Singapore Traction Company bus in North Bridge Koad four years
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    Harding due today
    35 17 SINGAPORE, Sat. Field Marshal Lord Harding ot Petherton. who Is Colonel ot the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, will be arriving here tomorrow for a three-week tour of Singapore and Malaya.
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    Countryman's journal
    452 17 Friday. Aug. 7. gEFORE the last war this month was always dry, being known by South Johore rubber planters os the secondary wintering month. Since Hiroshima it has ceased to be that. Yesterday nwrnlni we had th,> heaviest shower for many months— a proper wash-out. The temperature dropped
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    15 lives lost—they call it 'Bridge of Death'
    512 17 15 lives lost— they call it 'Bridge of Death' RECKLESSNESS, BUMPS ON ROAD, SHARP CORNERS BLAMED By JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Saturday. £T LEAST 15 motor-cyclists and pillion riders have died in crashes on Anderson Bridge in the past 20 months. And now speedsters followers of the late movie idol Jomes
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    TIN PRICE
    28 17 SINGAPORE. Sat— The tin price in Singapore today improved again by 37J cents to $399.87 J per picul. The estimated offering of 160 tons was unchanged.
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    COPRA PRICE
    36 17 Slnjaporr Copra Assorißtion noon prices per plcul on Saturday: fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: August $38 (Nominal). Tone was quiet. Sinpiporr Coconut Oil Millers' Association: bulk $57.50 sellers, arum $60.50 sellers. Tone was quiet.
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      322 17 What's on Today CHINESE WMJBJL* Boy Scouts, table-tennis, badminton 9 a.m.. art class 3 p.m.. Red Cross 3.30 p m., basketball T.30 p.m. NAKAYANA GURUKULA: Demonstration anc lectures on YOGA at 188-68 West HUl Rd.. Sembawang. 5 p.m. EL1M CHURCH: Sunday school 9.15 a.m.. morning worship 10.30 a.m., evangelistic service
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    287 18 Sunday Times picture contest ALL THE PRIZE WINNERS WINNER of this week's top prize of $30 is "The Philosopher" (Picture No. 1), submitted by Chia Yun, of 181 K Jalan Kayu, Singapore 28. Mr. Chia used a Rolleiflex camera and Kodak Tri-X film. Setting: f-5.6, 1/25 second. The second prize
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    Pic of the Year contest VIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMI
    12 18 Pic of the Year contest PHOTO DIGEST IN PAGE 20 THIS WEEK
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      298 18 Here's the splendid Farina-styled WOLSELEY t a r iiiTAi il I |Uf jfi I s s I»^ I i¥ 1 I* Uuotone Colours >y r-»v^^ ~^^mWTm optional extra. Lxtra door width at knee level Polished wood facia with cowled instruments lhe 15 60 combines exquisite line with a luxury specification
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      202 18 ACROSS: 1. Rapture iTi: 6. sovereignty <7>, Hart of lur. Vegetable (1); 10. Masculine (4); 3. Groove 14); 4. Sprea. (4); 11. High deck at stern <4i; new-mown Bra.v (S); 5. .shut up! 12. Trudge (4); 13. Knowledge (7); 6 Variety (4); 7. Achieve. (8); 16. Newt (3i; 17. Respond
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    595 19 Films Preview |WALT DISNEY'S SHAGGY DOG STORY P IS A BOW-WOW OF A COMEDY PETER LlM^see^ the new^films Uproarious tale of a tailless canine THE SHAGGY DOG M«Miw|, j MN Walt Disney Hot*", Tommy Kirk YOU EITHER LIKE dogs, or you don't. You cannot be indifferent to them, because they
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    LIFE CAN BE SO DULL
    170 19 LIFE CAN BE SO DULL ...watching marooned men THE LITTLE SAVAGE Pedro Armenoerex, Rodolfo Hoy o$ Terry Rongno 20th Century-Fox COR the first hour or so. it's just like being marooned on a desert island with a tiresome old man and a little boy. Lots of talk, but no diversion.
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    ON THE RECORD...
    150 19 pops: Apart from being the owner of a warm voice. Caterlna Valente is a sort of voca! chameleon Site is capable of mergtne her style naturally with any form of popular musical rhythm. Her versatility includes a talent for singing in six languages and. what's more, she
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    Music from the South Seas and Cuba—in stereo
    346 19  - Music from the South Seas and Cuba in stereo METRONOME. By J^USfC for "Some Enchanted Evening" is provided by the Troubadors in one of the most pleasant instrumental performances that have been released of the tunes from "South Pacific" (Kapp stereo KL-1091). The Troubadors Is a small, highlyaccomplished group of
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    •sir ROBERTA I SHORE
    32 19 ROBERTA SHORE As vivacious a j 15-year-old as you will ever meet. Lovely Roberta makes her screen debut in "The Shaggy Dog.' and gives a performance that's as outstanding as her charm.
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    1443 20  -  RAYMOND THOMAS THIS IIIIIIIIIIWEEK: Aillll!llllll!llll!li:i!illlll!lllilH DISCUSSION ON THE USE OF LENS FILTERS By MOST photographers are familiar with the expression "panchromatic film," when making monochrome or black and white pictures. A few will also be familiar with the term "orthochromatic film." More than
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    109 20 NEW YORK. Sat.— A group of some 30 film educators from 22 universities in the United States, meeting for the third year at th» Museum of Modern Art hero, have formed thp Society of Cinematologists. It is ''a learned society" with aims
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    79 21 Memo to busy women There is no other sanitary protection that is as convenient and comfortable as Tampax! Tampax lets you sit. stand and walk without even feeling its presence. Tampax does away with odour problems, disposal problems, and even the problem of concealing a package in your desk. Millions
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    804 21 STORM OVER MALAYA Here's why we hear thunder after lightning... is it that there is thunder immediately after lightning? Singapore. Thunder is due to vibrations along the path of the lightning. Continued rolling of thunder is caused by the lig-zag path of the flash. To tell how far away lightning
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    627 21 When the wife is smarter... IS it good to marry a girl with higher qualifications than myself? Will we be happy together? P. I'nless there is a great difference in your education, it shouldn't affect your happiness. It obviously hasn't stopped you falling in love with her, if you are
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      27 21 Drop a line to The Know Alls. The Sunday Times, Times House, River Valley Road, Singapore 9. Writ! ti Jim Lh, Swwlay Ti-t, Time, Houie Swgapfrt 9.
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      986 22 I COLONSL WOKTrfY YOU »A<US WITM eUNS^B^J 1 "■?*>JK5fwL^*"% MEANWHILE v IN A SECRET /'tmiSSulU WITCW 4 .^C<V EKiCOUNTEfc CCfc *E, **> INSTRUCT OWS TO "pVlT TB^h^ttr^S BSHi /V jjjfjllr 4 T KEGjN-t{.JNNEfcVEE T S U IM^OgTAKiT EMOUSH^ (j"MQjSA>7l7 SU>JS PO AS Mg SAVS../jj^ BY AKAIN6 THE SULUS f SAPaU
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      454 23 T#£T CiffCo Wild west favourite NICE ANP PEACEFUL TOKI6HT.' [sugPCACY TWg CRACK OF A RiFLE SHATTERS THE TT 7. KIOTHIM' TO SPOOK THE CATTLE. [*/)*<», SE\~\~l STILLNESS. I r~ A SHOT.' BLA2ES.' SOMEBOPY I TW£ flU>/B<B >**4JV ><A/g ANOTHER CO*9OYts) I MEANWHILE, AT THERA\CH...\ RiSTtE2S! RjSr.E^S I .'ySUWMEP PPWM OLP
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      306 24 iZm W~ OO WITH U&VVHEM YOU P/WISH isLip| K SqSKKß^^^-^L t^ UNTIE SOU... JUST TjJP^l^ ~~-#">^i^-| |#I S^SV A//«SV 6W4saa? H/sfi/AE AHO\ YW/fiLBO AGA/M BUT MOT SOOM I (X^^D^SVr TH£ RJPLB BUTT r MirP fiQiKJft. VlC^~^^\ /*~> S C TAKE A CLO&E LOOK J 'Y~P^TCAROr7^Ab~PA^7 r^~ WM^^* flP''^^ l il^^
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    1694 25  - WE'VE FOUND OUR PARADISE ISLAND TOM HEPWORTH AH this and baby too BY WE RACED THE STOCK AS GIANT SEAS SWAMPED THE SHIP Concluding story of the couple who sailed the South Seas AFTER l\\o veins of trading in the New Hebrides we decided to tiikc a busman's holiday, and
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      169 25 YOU DIAL TO DEFROST IT AND IT SHUTS ITS OWN DOOR i^^T^^frroi^v (SSSSIf tSI ThlS latest General Electr 'c VT^B^^ 3 P-JBl 1 refrigerator (Model LB 81S) |^Ljm| v^l 5 T 1 acts like something from th« I j^^Bg^j] t^TLT world of the future. Th« -s*Pk B&Ky l> special General
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    Today: Two-car test for man and wife
    630 26 ROAD TESTING THE NEW SIMCAS !!!lllllllllllllll HIS or HERS?llllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM WARNING ON MOTORING AND MARITAL STRIFE... ARIANE FOR 35 M.P.G. ECONOMY NO T so long ago. I was bemoaning the fact that there weren't enough new cars to keep this motoring column going. Now
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    ALL THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL RESULTS
    383 26 SYDNEY. Sat— itesuHs of the Australian soccer matches played today were MM South Wales Federation Div. 1: Northsice 0 Bankstown 0: Hakoah 3 Budapest 1: Corrimal U v Balgownie < tomorrow > Apia v Granvllle (tomorrow): Auburn v Glaciesvllle tomorrow); Canterbury v Prague (timorrov): Conrord
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    155 26 LONDON. Sat— Resul.s of today's Scottish league ..nd cup matches (half-lime scores in bracket* were: Airdrieonians 4 Celtic 2 2-2 1 Arbroath 0 Albion 3 (0-2 n Berwick o Falkirk 2 (0-2*: Clyde 4 St. Mlrren 2 Cowdenbeath 4 Alloa Athletic 3 (1-1). Dundee United 2 Stranraer 0
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    AIRMEN KO'D
    35 26 SINGAPORE, Sat. Goals b> i Maniam. Obed. and Rahim en- abled H.M. Dockyard to beat Royal Air Force Changi 3-0 in the second round of the SAFA I junior cup at Dockyard today.
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    Lock icon COUNTY CRICKET SCORES
    114 26 LONDON. Sat— Tea scores in todays county cricket matches were: At Lords: Yorkshire JOl-6 iK. Tuylor 41. Scou 79i v Middlesex. \t Portsmouth: H.nnpshire 21i-l iR. Marshall 63. J. Gray 88 not out. H. Horton 57 not ouli v Surrey. At Dover: Kent 152 (A. Dixon 43
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      5 26 SPORTING SAM by Reg. Wootton
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    SELANGOR SET FOR A WIN
    367 27  -  F. SALAHUDIN BOWLES HITS A FINE 7© FOR SPORE, BUT... They are 296 ahead with eight to go By Singapore, Sat. SELANGOR are 296 runs in front with eight second innings wickets in hand at the end of the second day's play in their three-day
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    141 27 SCOREBOARD SELANGOR Ist Inns 353 Singapore Ist Inns Sullivan b Beck 4 Marks run out Woodhouse c Walker b Guru Bowles Ibw Guru 70 da SiWa Lakhbir b Guru U Sheppard b Guru Delilkan b Guru Anhraff st Walker b L^khbir 0 Najralah c Walker b Beck Roberts not out
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    CHESHIRES WIN THE SENIOR CUP
    151 27 CHESHIRES WIN THE SENIOR CUP OINGAPORE. Sat.— A fitter and faster Cheshire Regiment beat the holders GHQ FARELF 4-2 in the Senior Cup Soccer final of Lne Singapore Base District at Ayer Rajah Road today. The trophy was presented by Straits Times. The Cheshires were handicapped for 50 minutes of
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    Webber wins golf medal
    75 27 SINGAPORE. Sat.— J. R. Webi bei with 39\ points won the "B j medal stableford at the Royal Singapore Oolf Club today. J.H. Mills with 38 points won the "C" I medal. I Other cards: *B division H.T. I Benny 38'«; A.J. Masterton 38; C.B. Yeates
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    346 27 I^UALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaya will be con--1 sidered as the venue tor I 1962 world amateur golf I championships for the Eisenhower Cup. when representatives of competing nations meet in Pennsylvania next year. The meeting will be held during the 1960 Eisenhower Cup competition which
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    YEW CHANG BEATEN.
    40 27 All Singapore goalkeeper Yew Chang helplessly looks on as the ball enters the net off a stinging drive by Lam Kam Tong for Hong Konr. Chinese fiist goal. Hong Kong beat All Singapore 6-o— Sunday Times picture.
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    All-Singapore no match for HK Chinese
    261 27 All-Singapore no match for HK Chinese SINGAPORE, Saturday. THE visiting Hong Kong Chinese Football team, smarting from their 5-3 defeat by S.C.F.A Invitation XI on Thursday, today turned on their full power on All Singapore to win as they like by 6-0 at lalan Besar Stadium. Hong Kong, after taking
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    ALL THE INTER CLUB RESULTS
    503 27 MEN 100 yd!»: 1. E. Frlda (Police). 2. Kesavan Soon (Police), 3. Ho s>hen Lim (Schools). lOsec (equalled record); 220 yd s: 1. Kesavan Soon (Police), 2. Low Sin Cheok (Schools), 3. Tan Eng Yoon (Swift), C2.lsec (equalled record 1 440 yds: 1. M. Jegathesan
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    127 27 WELLINGTON, Sat. A try two minutes from the end by fullback Don Clarke, which he himself converted, gave New Zealand victory over the British Isles by 11 points to eight in the second Rugby Union Test match here today. The Lions, who were 6-0 down at
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    Pal finds 13 feet is lucky for him after all
    337 27 By LIM KEE CHAM CINCAPORE. Sat. Pal Singh, holder of the Malayan and Singapore pole vault records, had refused on two occasions this season to attempt for 13ft because he said he was suprstitious. But today he tried that height
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    Guest star Julie Hoyle wins
    413 27  -  MOK SIN PIN By SINGAPORE, Sat. Former British Olympic swimmer Julie Hoyle proved too good for her Singai ore rivals when she won the wmnen'B 100 metres backstroke, for which she flew about 6,000 miles from London to compete la. at the S.A.S.A, championships in
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    ROGERTHORPE COMPLETES HATTRICK
    698 28  -  EPSOM JEEP Arthur Ward scores an early riding double By Kuala Lumpur, Sat HE LEADS FROM START TO FINISH TO BEAT STABLE MATE RECENTLY promoted field over 7F at Kuala after a splendid Lumpur today, double at Bukit Timah, Arthur Ward jumped him L and S Stable's
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    42 28 M H urdr. SIU (.Minimum). MARGARET Jacob beloved mother of Thomas Jacob and 1 Joseph Jacob passed away peacefully at Muiukumpuzha. Deeply mourned. P. V. THOMAS of Malayan Film Unit on ij-8-SJ. Funeral took place the same day at Cheras Cemeteiy.
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    63 28 CLOSE SHAVE FOR FORMER CAMBRIDGE U. COLT' FORMER Cambridge University "colt" Roger Bowles (lying on ground) scrambles home just in time as former Ceylon player M. Sathasivam. wearing hat. makes an accurate return during Singapore's first innings at the padang yesterday. The batsman at the other end is Reggie da
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    MAIN 6F TO FAVOURITE
    1312 28 breakaway at tin 3F ana led by ;ive lengths Into the straight irom Pride of Chevalier, with Nazrana third. Kalanu-ioo and French Shoe were next, with the rest well beaten Carthusian kept up a good gallop In the straight to win as he liked from Kaiamuzoo,
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