The Straits Times, 31 August 1959

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    22 1 \\lll\l,l ll\ll.Y < I lITII II l> SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Gat*"* 1 Estd. 1845. MONDAY, AUGUST 31. 1959 15 CENTS.
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    TOP HONOUR FOR TWO
    344 1 KING ANNOUNCES SPECIAL M-DAY HONOURS LIST And Cabinet Ministers are included for the first time Razak and Sir Henry created Tuns KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. TWO MORE Tuns were created by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong today The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Dato Abdul Razak
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    King says: I am proud indeed of all of you...
    511 1 T<HE Yang di-Pertuan Agong said tonight he was very pleased with the way the people of Malaya had carried out their responsibilities since the country became independent. In an anniversary broadcast as the country ended Its second year of independence,
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    VOLUNTEERS BRAVE THE JAIH, CHOPPY SEA Nation builders give island a face-lift
    418 1  - VOLUNTEERS BRAVE THE RAIN, CHOPPY SEA Nation builders give island a face-lift MUSHAHID ALI By OINGAPORE. Sun. Five hundred volunteers today braved ra u and a choppy sea to give Pulau Sudong a )ace-lift. It was part of the Ministry of National Development's project to improve living conditions on the
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    PAA plan for faster flights to the East
    154 1 TVJEW YORK, Sun. Pan American World Airways applied today to introduce direct, one-stop jet services to the Orient which could out flight time by more than half. The airline said in evidence submitted to the Civil Aviation Board in support of its
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    Lock icon Casey in Berlin
    35 1 BERLIN. Sun. The Australian Foreign Minister Mr. Richard Casey, arrived here today by air from Bonn for a two-day visit, during which he will meet the Governing Mayor. Herr Willy Brandt— Reuter.
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    Ike stops for church, golf
    234 1 PRESIDENT Eisen- hower and Mr. Harold Macmillan were early this morning continuing their restricted discussions on world issues. The only two other people at the talks were their Foreign Secretaries. Mr. Christian Herter, and Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. These "top secret" discussions started last evenIng after
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    Lock icon A NEW BIRTH CONTROL PILL: 50 TO TRY IT OUT
    279 1 A NEW BIRTH CONTROL PILL: 50 TO TRY IT OUT LONDON. Sunday. 50 married women volunteers are due to start test here this week on a new form of birth control which, it is hoped, may solve the problem of cutting down the rapid growth in world population. The women
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    Lock icon A 50 PER CENT PAY BOOST FOR CONVICTS
    125 1 A 50 PER CENT PAY BOOST FOR CONVICTS LONIK)N. Sun.— British con-, viivts have been granted u'Jge increases of up ta •*j Pr cent in tn MR irest refurro or this century. fe ■•"•ft announced here The new earnings scheme, which comes into force on Sept. 23, is designed to
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    More clashes on India border
    218 1 More clashes on India border YEW DELHI, Sun. 11 Renewed outbreaks of fighting along the border of India's NorthEast Frontier Agency were reported today. The clashes, which involved Indian border guards and Chinese Communist forces, were said to have resulted in several lives lost. Reports from Calcutta indicated that the
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    34 1 IKE-MAC ACCORD LONDON. Sun PrtM dent Ebenbowcr and Mr. Harold MacmiHan wn understood to ha\c reached fall agreement on HM bi>'\c approach to the President's fotrhcominj talks with Mr MkiU Khrushchev. Renter
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    Maoris in war paint at merdvka show
    50 2 Maoris in war paint at merdeka show MEN of the Ist Bn New Zealand Regt.. from Talpinc. performing a Maori war dance a special item v the Anek.i Warna Merrieka (an all-communi-ty variety show) at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens last night. Straits Times picture. (More p?ctures in P»s«- 15).
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    STORE MAY REPA^ INDONESIAN VISIT NEXT YEAR
    120 2 STORE MAY REPAY INDONESIAN VISIT NEXT YEAR SINGAPORE. Sunday. SINGAPORE may send a cultural delegation to Indonesia next year, returning the visit paid here by the Indonesian mission this month. The Minister for Culture, j Mr. S Rajaratnam. said to- j day that the government had been considering the idea
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    $11,000 collected at Flag Day
    47 2 SINGAPORE. Sun.— A record $11,480 was collected at a Flag Day in aid of the Ramakrlshnan Mission yesterday. The collection, which will be used to maintain the boys' home at Barney Road run by the Mission, exceeded last year's figure by $1,500.
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    Art display
    24 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. -There will be an exhibition or paintings by Miss Sunyee at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    Win $2,000 for nothing
    44 2 YOU can win $2,000 for nothing in The Malayan Monthly's 1 Free Entry Word Puzzle "G" (August). This contest closes on Monday next at 5 p.m. Full details are published in The Malayan Monthly for August. Post your entry NOW.
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    Back from leave
    23 2 BATU GAJAH. Sun.-Dr. (Miss) L E. Elbert has returned from lonK leave and resumed duties at the General Hospital here
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    'Early merdeka saved the Malays'—Tengku
    296 2 'Early merdeka saved the Malays' Tengku KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday rpHE PRIME MINISTER. Tengku Abdul Rah-! -1 man, said here today that the Malays would have perished under the British 'divide and rule" policy if it had not been for early independence. Opening the annual meeting of the Union of Malay
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    'Orphans' wish their 'mother': Many happy returns...
    144 2 'Orphans' wish their 'mother': Many happy returns... DENANG, Sun.— There was a happy reunion at the Penang Convent today when more than 300 former inmates of an orphanage, many now parents, celebrated the diamond jubilee of Sister St Antoinette. Sister St. Antoinette took her vocational vows 60 years ago when
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    50 hotels'raided'
    25 2 50 hotels 'raided' IPOH. Sun. Police last night visited about 50 hotels In town in a surprise move against bad characters. No arrests were made.
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    A BULL GORES HIS BOSS
    87 2 A BULL GORES HIS BOSS ITOTA BHARU, Sun.— 1V A padi planter, Inche Salleh bin Awang Din. 25, was yesterday gored by his bull which he said had never shown any temper. Inche Salleh was leading the bull home from his padi field at Bechah Resak. Tumpat. when he was
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    'CHEAP LABOUR' WARNING BY UNION CHIEF
    113 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Clerks were today warned to be on guard against any attempt by employers to recruiting "cheap labour" from thousands of boys who passed out from schools every year. The warning was made by the chairman of the Selangor division of the
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      128 2 Rice is essential to Malaya. Not only is it the staple food of the people but th« cultivation of padi also provides employment for nearly 25 per cent of the wageearners in the Federation. However, Malaya's padi fields produce only slightly more than half of the nc« required for home
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    Lock icon TO THE DEFENCE OF COMMUNES
    407 3 But Chinese leaders admit there is opposition in ranks: Chou seems to be debate winner PEKING, Sunday. /CHINESE Communists yesterday defended the 26,006 communes they set up a year ago but admitted there was continued opposition within their ranks to the experiment in communal living.
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    Lock icon Ike may visit India after Moscow
    211 3 LONDON, Sunday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER may visit India after his trip to Moscow in autumn, according to reports received here. An Indian journalist suggestea this possibility at a joint briefing held by American and British spokesmen on President Eisenhower" s current visit to Britain. The
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    Lock icon No gas or germs
    35 3 HALIFAX. Sun.— A group of 26 scientists from eight countries including Russia meeting at Pugwash. Nova Scotia, yesterday urged international agreement to prohibit the use o' biological and chemical weapons.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Mr. K LIKELY TO BRING FAMILY WITH HIM TO U.S.
    114 3 Mr. K LIKELY TO BRING FAMILY WITH HIM TO U.S. WASHINGTON. Sun.— The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, will bring his family with him on his visit to the United States next month, according to Press reports. Diplomatic sources here were quoted as saying he would bring his wife
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    Lock icon Voters out in force
    52 3 SAIGON. Sun. Voters turned out in force today for the South Vietnam genera] elections, with queues forming at polling stations an hour before balloting started More than seven million men and women were expected to vote in the election of 123 deputies to the country's National
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    THE NAKED AND THE THIEF
    72 3 CAIRO. Sun —While trying to stop a thief from getting away with his wallet. Azmi Ghubrial was arrested lor Indecent exposure today. Ghubrial was taking a shower in a public baths. when he saw the thief take his clothes hanging outside the door. Snatching up
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    BERT CYCLES HOME MINUS A MUDGUARD
    95 3 bidden outside the big cities. "I think the real reason wag that it ruled out an official interpreter travelling with me." he said. Bert cycled a total of 2,340 miles, from London to Moscow and back, sleeping under hedges and in cheap lodging houses.
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    MAN CAN SURVIVE AN ATOM WAR
    205 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE human race could survive atomic war despite the genetic results of radiation, a Congress committee reported today Summarising the report or a flve-day series of hearings On the probable effects of a heavy nuclear attack on the United States, the Joint
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    Lock icon Border row in Burma
    65 3 RANGOON. Sun. About 200 East Pakistan Rifles and Pakistani border police raided Taungbro village Inside the Burmese border on Aug. 21. looted it and burnt down the police station, Burmese sources charged yesterday Burmese policemen had to ifave In the face of overwhelming numbers. Many Burmese
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    Lock icon The doctors' dilemma...
    60 3 BOGOTA, Sun. Two surgeons got their signals mixed at a local hospital last night. A patient suffering from haemorrhoids was operated on for hernia. The hernia patient underwent surgery for haemorrhoids. The mix-up was not discovered until the two patients came out of anaesthesia and discovered they
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    Lock icon The ideal space crew —two men, one woman
    306 3 The ideal space crew two men, one woman ONDON, Sun. Tht F 1 best trio for a long space flight lasting several years would bt two men and a wo man, said Professor 1 V. Helvey, who is no* engaged on researci on manned satellite, in the United States. "I
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    $100 FEE NEEDED TO SHOOT A TIGER
    146 4 $100 FEE NEEDED TO SHOOT A TIGER KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Tigers and leopards including clouded leopards are among list of 37 animals which have been declared "reserved animals" in Selangor. A Government order just published jets out the licence lees at $100 a head lor tigers and leopards. Other reserved
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    'Economic union is practicable9—Dr. Lint
    556 4 'Economic union is practicable Dr. Lint SUCH CO-OPERATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL CAN BRING PROSPERITY TO BOTH TERRITORIES SINGAPORE. Sunday. I)R. L1M TAY BOH. an expert on economics, has advocated the treatment of Singapore and the Federation as a single economic unit. It was through economic co-operation at national level based
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    MINISTER ONG LENDS A HAND WITH THE SAW AT SUDONG
    44 4 THE Minister for Nationaf Development, f^Ar. Ong Eng Guon (wearing straw hat), lends a hand with the saw at Pulau Sudong yesterday. Volunteers cleared the island of fallen coconut free trunks. Straits Times picture.
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    Singapore doctors get all-in-one association
    197 4 Singapore doctors get all-in-one association SINGAPORE, Sunday. A NEW medical association to look after the pro- fessional interests of Singapore doctors is to be inaugurated this month. Named the Singapore Mcdi- cal Association, it will take over the functions of the present Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College
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    PREMIER AND FAMILY AT GARDEN CONCERT
    126 4 PREMIER AND FAMILY AT GARDEN CONCERT SINGAPORE. Sun. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and his family were among the big Sunday crowd at tonight's Aneka Ragam Ra'ayat at the Botanic Gardens. A 10-mtnute acrobatic display by Mr. Ko Soo Ho was the highlight of the evening and provided
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    Mr. Lee's talk
    24 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will address a meeting of the Singapore Chinese Journalists Union on Tuesday.
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    On merdeka and after...
    58 4 PENANG. Sun.— The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee. said today that, despite the heavy burden of the Emergency, Malaya had made remarkable progress since merdeka. "Her future progress, I am confident, will be even more rapid." he said In a message to the people on
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    Talk at Nanyang
    28 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Dr. You Poh Seng of the University of Malaya will give a talk on "Population Growth" at Nanyang University in Jurong on Tuesday.
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    Narcissus Queen
    22 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. Miss Linda Tom. Hawaii's 1959 Narcissus Queen, will arrive in Singapore on Thursday on a Far East tour.
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    Singapore Sikhs accept a convert
    300 4 GIFTS AND PARTY FOR HARBANS SINGH (EX-ERIC MELLOR) SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Sikhs today accepted the two-day-old convert, Harbans Singh, 26, (formerly Eric Mellor), into their community, with gifts. This morning, at the Central Sikh Temple in Queen Street, the Head Priest. Glany Mahinder Singh presented
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      105 4 Singapore diary... SINGAPORE JUDO CLl'B: 6th nese cooking opor ayam (Java Kyu to 4th Kyu 7.30 p.m., ad- stylet 10.30 a.m.. Katong Club revaneed class 8.30 p.m. cipe day at Amber Road. 4.30 p.m.. INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY Malay Standard I 5 p.m. MOVEMENT: Free film show at CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Students* Reformative
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    UP to 20 MONTHS' HOLIDAY
    296 5 That's what new deal for Singapore City Council labourers allows SINGAPORE, Sunday. rpIIE long-standing dispute between the City 1 Council and its 16,900-strong labour force is over at last. A note from Mr. P.C. Lim, the administrator of the City Council, to the Singapore City
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    WANTED MAN FOUND IN CAVE
    66 5 WANTED MAN FOUND IN CAVE BLKIT MERTAJAM. Sun.— A Minted man was found hiding in a cave with a young woman at Bukit Mertajam Hill today. The man. who was bring sought by police in connection with a recent stabbing at a cinema hall here, was surprised by police party
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    PSC members
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The members of the Johore Public Service Commission are Ungku Hajl Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (chairman). Inche Abdullah bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Inche Abcul Jabbar bin Abdui Majjid. Haji Amin bin Amran and Mr. Chee Kok Swee.
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    Savings stolen
    31 5 IPOH. Sun. Burglars yesterday broke into the home of a washerwoman. Che Ah Kwee, 50. in Kampong Simee. while she was out and got away with her $510 savings
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    Envoy calls
    22 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong received the American Ambassador lii Kuala Lumpur. Mr Homer Bylngton. Jr. In audience.
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    FAIR LADY ELIZA IS •MERDEKA QUEEN'
    40 5 FAIR LADY ELIZA IS 'MERDEKA QUEEN' MISS ELIZA FONG. who was crowned "Merdcka Queen" at a gala ball at the Sea View Hotel. Singapore. on Saturday. The ball was organised by the Singapore Government Services Football Association. Straits Times picture.
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    Man who got 10 years in 1946 jailed again
    184 5 Man who got 10 years in 1946 jailed again A LOR STAR. Sun.— A padi planter, Hamid bin Awang, was jailed for five years today for illegally possessing a Japanese rifle and 10 rounds of .303 ammunition. He was also ordered to un- j dergo three years' supervision. The Kedah
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    FORMER SPEAKER IS SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF MALACCA
    254 5 f THE Speaker of the former Federal council, Dato Haji Abdul Malik bin Yusof.,. was sworn in as Governor of Malacca today i by the Chief Justice. Dato Sir James Thorn- j son The 15 minute ceremony, in the State Le-
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    MAN CLAIMS ABANDONED CAR
    73 5 MAN CLAIMS ABANDONED CAR BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sun. A Singapore resident. Mr. Tan Chin Bok. of Dunearn Road, today claimed his car which had been reported missing since June 24. The vehicle, with a Singapore registration, SF 4823. had been abandoned near the police station here last week with its key
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    Crash victim's ashes due
    58 5 PENANG, Sun. The ashes of a former Penang Shell Company engineer. Mr. Lai Peng Cheang, are expected to arrive here tomorrow for interment in a vault of the Sleeping Buddha at t.ie Burmah Lane temple. The late Mr. Lai was killed in an air crash near
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    Top Perak Govt officer retiring
    42 5 IPOH. Sun. The Btate Development Officer. Perak. Mr. I.E. Abbey, is retiring next week under the Malayanisation scheme. He came to Malaya in 1941 as a British army officer and Joined the Malayan civil service In 1950.
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    DEATH
    25 6 Wt4. Sit (Mi mi mum > WINDEATT: On 35th August. 1959 in England Thomas Reginald Amerv Wlndeatt. Former Partner of Messrs. Oaborne and Chappe. Ipoh.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 6 20 W*4» lit (Minimum) THE FAMILY at the Late Mrs. Tan Boon Eng nee Alice Cheong thank all relatives and friends for their donations, night visits, assistance and funeral attendance. who died on 24th August. 1959.
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    IN Ml. MORI AM
    27 6 IN MEMORIAM M H .rrf, tit (Minimum) TAN HONG TEK: In Sacred M«mory of a sincere friend who dlt'a at Singapore on 31st August 1932. R.I. P.
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    %ht Straits ©mes Monday. August 31, 1959. The Third Year
    618 6 The Straits times Monday. August 31, 1959. The Third Year Today, as the Federation of Malaya celebrates the second anniversary of its independence, the nation can look back upon the past twelve months with satisfaction. It has been a year of continued political stability and peace among the communities, maintained
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    Jobs After School
    387 6 Mr. Lum Kirn Tuck's warning against the threat of replacement by youngsters fresh from school shows rather less sympathy for these boys than they deserve. Mr. Lum who is chairman of the Selangoi division of the Malayan T.U.C.. treats them as a source of cheap labour when
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    Nuclear Ban
    242 6 The Soviet Prime Minister says the U.S.S.R. will conduct no more nuclear tests so long ns America and Britain do not do so. This follows President Eisenhower's decision last week to prolong America's test suspension by two months to reach until the end of this year. The British
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    THE NEW IKE
    1323 6  -  PATRICK O'DONOVAN The old inertia and vacillation have gone in their place a fresh vigour From I Washington, Sun. SOMETHING very strange is happening to the U.S. President. It is not only that vigour and initiative seem to have been restored to him, but also that public
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    Big baby battle
    469 6  -  NOEL HUDSON: From Detroit, Sun. DETROIT'S BIG THREE HAVE PUMPED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO WHAT IS CLEARLY THE GREATEST GAMBLE 111 U.S. AUTO HISTORY ON secret testing grounds on the out s k i rts of sprawling Detroit, the big three of United States motoring, Ford, General
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      The non-English educated: All they want is a better deal
      120 6 I HAVE read with great interest the correspondence On the Englisheducated Issue. Most of the Englisheducated. as expected, have defended themselves somewhat valiantly. But they do not seem to have realised the facts from which this controversy arose. From recent
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    WHAT PRICE EFFICIENCY?
    123 6 I HAVE never ceased to admire the efficiency of the City Council. In spite of its having a horde of efficiency experts irom overseas and its wonderful accounting machines mat are supposed to turn out thousands of bills a day. it is still unable to render bills
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    7 7 The Straits Times FEATURE HRfl KskL- Sir
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    CHALLENGE OF THE YEARS AHEAD
    2976 7  -  DATO OSCAR SPENCER It can be turned into era of opportunity BY \f ERDEKA DAY and the election of a new Government make this a good time to take stock of recent progress and then to take a look at the future. First we can
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    Foundations I are laid I
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    ...an exciting future
    1097 8  -  Felix Abisheganaden By PACE 2 presents a review of two tiny forces that broke a record, but did not set a new one the Federation of Malaya's Air Force and Navy. They are well on their way to becoming the pride of the nation. JHE record for
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    1324 9  -  ABDUL WAHAB ZAIN Folk lore and classics in print or on the way BY LANGUAGE, to enlighten and improve society that, in short, i« what the Language and Literature Agency stands forAnd had it not been for red tape, especially in matters of finance,
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      GHAZALI: OLD HAND AT JOB He serves his second term of office
      436 10 GHAZALI: OLD HAND AT JOB He serves his second term of office 'FHE MENTRI Besar of Perak, Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Hu.i: Jawi. the second youngest Chief executive of a state, is no newcomer to the job. He first took on the appointment on Aug. 1. 1957, a month before
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      Dato Omar—man of the people
      237 10 Dato Omar— man of the people KEDAH'S Mentri Besar. Dato Syed Omar bin Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin, is an aristocrat but he is also essentially a man of the people. He does not believe in racial and social distinctions and strives quietly for peace and unity among all communities. His wide
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      234 10 he takes over with new confidence rp\VO YEARS AGO. when he was offered the Chief Ministership of Penang. a 5350-a-month Supervisor of English in a Chinese school accepted reluctantly. But any misgiving: which 48-year-old Oato Wune Pow Nee might have fell in August 1957 have now given place to quiet
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      DATO AZIZ RELATED TO THE SULTAN
      187 10 PAHANGS Mentri Besar, Dato Wan Abdul Aziz bin Engku Abdullah, is a distant relative of the Sultan of Pahang. The Sultan's grandfather and his great-grandfather were brothers. His father, Engku Abdullah, was one of Pahang s four major territorial chiefs, with the title of
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      Mufti was suspended for leading protest
      208 10 A JOHORE Mufti who was suspended by the British Military Administration in 1946 for alleged treason against the late Sultan of Johore and the state is now its first elected Mentri Besar. Tuan Haji Hassan. j4. an Egyptiantrained theologian and .»rahic scholar, is one
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    228 11 SIX STORIES OF SUCCESS From CLERK to the TOP rpUAN Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim, the 1 63 -year-old Mentri Besar of Perils, started life as a clerk and rose to the highest post in the state. The bespectacled Mentri. a father of eight, was born in Penang and received
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    rhe doctor .Illlllflltlllllllllllllllllllllllllll is a nmiiiiiiimi chain imiiiiiiiniiiiiiiin smoker iimiimmiiir.iimiiiii
    154 11 The doctor is a chain smoker AFTER nine years of politics, a man from Linggi. a small village in Negri Sembilan reached the stage of being elected a state councillor. That was in 1955. During the next two years Internal dissensions in his party led him to resign his seat
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    Poor man's son makes very good
    235 11 Poor man's son makes very good SELANGORS Mentri Besar, Inche Abu Bakar bin Baginda, was a packer-cum-messenger at the age of 12. Dissatisfied, he joined an English school. On passing, he worked as a Clerk for two years. 1 Then he became a police inspector and rose to the rank
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    The shy man was surprised by election
    242 11 The shy man was surprised by election KELANTAN's first elected Mentri Besar, Tuan lla.ii Ishak Latif bin Omar, 41 is a shy man. He prefers to spend his time with his family. He has 11 children nine boys and twn girls. The oldest, a 15-year-old girl is married and already
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    Man with a mission to kampong folk
    211 11 MALACCA'S new, nonsmoking, teetotaller Chief Minister, 34-year-old Inche Abdul Ghaffar bin Baba, has a mission he wants kampong people to have a better standard of living. "My principle is that the rich must help the poor and not trample on them I think
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    HE'S SAID FAREWELL TO THE SPORTS HE LOVES
    235 11 INCHE Mohamed Daud bin Abdul Samad. the Mentri Besar of Trengganu was an overseer and a businessman before be entered politics. At 34, he is the youngest elected Mentri Besar in the Federation, though he does not kno:v his birth date. "In
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    339 12 Education— a period of change and a need for adjustment Conflicting views between Govt. and public: Grounds for dispute and assertion THOUGH most ot the thought that created it preceded independence, the Federation's education programme is essentially of the independence era. This means that like most things in a period
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    ROLAND CHALLIS REVIEWS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM
    1152 12 ROLAND CHALLIS REVIEWS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ing the growth of (he languages and cultures of the other races." It will be regrettable if the promised review makes too much of the primary school achievement imposition Children who learn in English and Chinese ar^ well enough catered lor but only this
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    Farewell to the first Chief of Staff
    116 13 Farewell to the first Chief of Staff LIEUT.-Gen. Dato F.H. Brooke, first Chief of Staff of the Federation's Armed Forces and General Officer Command i n g, Federation Army, ends his tour of duty in Malaya in mldOctober. Gen. Brooke also took on the responsibilities of Director of Emergency Operations
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    EMERGENCY '59
    902 13  -  HARRY MILLER Will 1960 see end of terrorist war in Malayan jungle? BY THERE seems to be no reason why the 11-year-old Emergency should not be over towards the end of 1960. A few pockets of resistance exist today and in them manoeuvre about 250 Communist terrorists a
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    Today a nation rejoices
    253 14 Today a nation rejoices THE Merdeka anniversary celebration programmes in some main towns today are: PEXANG 8 a.m.: Parade at City Sta- i dmn; 4.30 p.m.: Garden party i ai Residency; 8 p.m.: Malam Budaya" (cultural night) at City Stadium. 8 a.m.: Flag -raising ceremony and parade on Padang Court
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    Unions' accent is now on caution & compromise
    491 14  - Unions' accent is now on caution compromise P. KRISHNAN By rpHE first year of Mer- deka has been a period of learning for most of the Federation trade unions. Some of them .have had bitter lessons from their mistakes while more organised ones have consolidated themselves by increased membership and
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    The growing role of missions abroad
    402 14  -  TAN TOCK SAIK By W ALAYA S diplomatic missions abroad are playing an increasingly important role. The Federation has at present 14 missions overseas. It is represented by four High Commissioners in Britain. Australia. India and Pakistan and four Ambassadors in the United States,
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    Such a dazzling merdeka show
    481 15 AN EVENING OF COMEDY AND SONG-AND A MAORI WAR DANCE TOO-THRILLS LAKE GARDENS CROWD AT LEAST 30,006 people saw dazzling scenes of dancing, singing and comedy sketches in one of the biggest shows of the year at the Lake Gardens here tonight. The show, known
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    HIGH TIME FOR ONLY ONE CHAMBER: YAP
    153 15 SINGAPORE. Sunday. r JpHE vice-president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek said today he hoped in future there would be only one chamber representintr businessmen of all races He expressed his hope at a special committee meeting to
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    ROBBERS TIE UP WOMEN
    56 15 SINGAPORE, Sun Four masked men broke Into a beauty salon at Cambridge Road last night and carried off three hair dryers and a collection of gold ornaments. The loss was estimated at about $550 Four women. Including the proprietress. Madam Chan Wai Hoy were tied up
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    40 15 THE POLICE RESERVE UNIT had a tough time last night trying to control a crowd of more than 30,000 people who turned out to witness the Aneka Warna Merdeka variety show at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon ANEKA WARNA COMIC SKETCH AT LAKE GARDENS SHOW
    48 15 A COMIC SKETCH presented by Mr. Khoo Eng Yean and his troupe was one of the Chinese items presented at the Aneka Warna Merdeka variety show at the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens last nifht. Straits Times pictures by Harold Teo.
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    TOBY OF THE BROKEN DREAMS JUST WANTS TO FADE AWAY
    184 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Emmanuel Toby Ebiember the Nigerian night club owner banned from Singapore, was in a hotel in Batu Road here today He said he was soon going to live with a friend In the Federation He would neither
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      D.O. IN THE BUSH
      653 16  -  J. Cairn*. BUSH AND BOMA. By (Murray. 18*.). wnuuu COLLECTORS ASKETCH^BOOj^TECHNIQUE FOR A VANISHING BREED A BOOK like this will "be a period piece in a few years. Mr. Cairns was a district officer in Tanganyika settling shauris— that untranslatable Swahili word meaning anything from a
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      A woman's choice—and a shining example
      160 16 A woman's choice-and a shining example RKVEILLE FOR A PERSIAN VILLAGE. By Nftjneb N«jafi and Helen Hincklcy (GoUancx. Zl). THIS is an interesting and moving account of how one woman chose to help her country/ Najmeh Najafl. a girl from a well-to-do family would. In the normal way, have married
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      241 16 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSs and a catch, maybe <3-sj. 1 U died alter a ,I*l IV. 5 JS f 5? i t by Mac 23W^.^«3?Xr 9 Moved expenttvt? What a Cl^ 1. tavolved *Ith Amerlc^ oitv l (4 4) fllm-producer (4-6). 10 Boianlcil «atat with the wrong 15 7^ "J
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      Markets: A general easing
      1388 18 DOWNWARD REACTION By Our Market Correspondent A FTER the buoyant conditions which prevailed following the Federation of Malaya General Election on August 19, the Malayan Share Market underwent a reaction last week. A five cents drop in the rubber price, an easier tin price plus profit-taking
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      SATURDAY BUSINESS
      235 18 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported on Saturday (Auf. 29): "All sections were quiet and the turnover was small." Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrials: Fitzpat ricks $1.05; Fraser and Neave onto $1.40 (OL). $1.44; Gammon $1.85 and $1.86; W. Hammer $1.50 cd (O, T), $1.51 cd
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      STOCK INDICES
      22 18 Malayan Share Market: Aug. 29 Aug\ 38 Industrials: 97.10 97.10 Tins: 111.45 111.18 Rubbers: 143.40 145.87 Jan. 1 1958 100
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      43 18 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED Humr pref. ord. W. Hammrr Baklt Kfttll «0. t Interim. Current payment 67rt 6',t 5%t Date of payment Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Sept. 19 Sept. 19 Total for year 12% ToUl for previous year 15% 1&% 20% ia% 12%
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      Lock icon Rubber eases to low levels
      613 18 /\N Monday the Singapore Rubber price went to v the highest levels of the year reaching $I.lo£ after the Laotian crisis had deteriorated. Afterwards, however, big bearish factors came into play and the price on Friday closed nearly five cents easier at the lowest levels
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      OFFICIAL PRICES
      26 18 TIN RUBBER (tvt plcol) (per Ib.) A0r.24 $4«1.62 ti $I.lo', 25 $401,874 $1.08 26 $441.75 $l.M*i 27 $4«2.M $1.07 28 $401.50 $1.05\ 29 $401.25
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      1187 18 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (Aug. 29). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this year. IHDUJTHIHS I eel .mi capttal ism I ull «*|"*|l liiain a
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      784 18 NOTICES NEGRI SEMBILAN MALAYS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ENACTMENT. 1949 Srhotormhlpa 196*. APPLICATIONS are Invited from Malay Negrt Sembtlan Nationals with Higher School Certificate qualifications for a State Scholarship at an Oversea University for courses which are not provided at the University of Malaya. Forms of application may be obtained from the
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      956 19 NOTICES CHAPTER 195 (P.witaker.) Unredeemed Pledged Goods and Jewellery frees the following Pawnbrokers' Shops No. 21 New Bridge Road Chin Chong Pak (Chop Tbye shrn, No. 135 New Bridge Road Lam Joon Slong (Chop Sena Foh) No. 189 South Bridge Road Lam Joon Chong (Chop Bern Thye) No. 255 South
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      559 19 NOTICES NOTICE The Public are hereby notified that the Public Level Crossing at Railway Telegraph Post No. 131/6 on the Kuala Dlpang to Bungel Tulang road will be closed for repairs on 1.9.69 from 6.00 pjn. to d.OO a.m. the following morning. Road vehicles will be permitted to pass at
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      812 19 (Continued from Page SITUATIONS VACANT it Wtrd, SS (Min.)— Box St et*. txtrm ADVERTISING Box A 4058 S.T. thanks all applicant* for post of telephone operator which is now filled. INTERNATIONAL CONCERN requires energetic Chinese Salesman experienced General Import particularly hardware. Please apply with copies of testimonials and re- j
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      854 19 BOOKS tl PUBLICATIONS 10 Wtrd, Si (Mln.)— Box it ct: mxtrm FonUna Bsafcs TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC By James A. Michener A special film edition of these delightful stories Is now available at aU Good Bookshops. For complete enjoyment, buy yourself a copy now. and enjoy the wit of
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    Lock icon Lucky Vietnam KO Koreans
    771 20 LATE GOAL CRUSHES FA VOURITES KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. SOUTH KOREA, the favourites, are out of the running for the Merdeka anniversary soccer championship. Dramatically, by a goal scored two minutes from time, South Vietnam, relegated the Asian Cup holders to the losers' pool in the first
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    Hong Kong lead impressive march-past
    177 20 Hong Kong lead impressive march-past ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A brief ceremony, but with dignity and impressiveness befitting a national occasion, marked the opening of the third Merdeka soccer tournament here tonight. At 6.25. the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong and the Permal6uri Agong arrived and the national anthem was played. Then the
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    Walkover
    27 20 PENANG, Sun. Muslim Recreation Club 'A' were awarded a walkover in their first division league soccer match when their opponents, the Ramblers, failed to turn up.
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    Indians are confident
    205 20  - Indians are confident VIC NAYAGAM By WE HAVE EVERY CHANCE OF WINNING TITLE' KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. India's national soccer team arrived here by air today confident of winning the .seven-nation Merdeka anniversary soccer tournament. Mr. E. P. Eapen. manager of the 18-member team, said: "We have every chance of winning
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    Oxford last
    46 20 TOKYO. Sun. Oxford University finished last in the final ol the rowing regatta at Sapporo, Hokkaido, today. The 1000-metre race was won by Hitotsubashl University with Tokyo University second. Hitotsubashl beat Oxford earlier this month in the final for the Japan national rowing championships.
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    Ladies triumph
    41 20 PENANG. Sun. Ladies beat Gentlemen by four runs In a Penang Sports Club home-and-home cricket match at Western Road yesterday. Ladles 99 (Mrs. Dickinson 21, extras 37; Gentlemen 95 (J. Hymphreys 33. G. H. Conaghan 24 Sue Harlson 5-26).
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    Winning streak
    34 20 PENANG, Sun. The strong Penang Garrison XV maintained their winning streak when they beat Penang Sports Club by 10 points (two goals) to 8 (goal and a try) at Green Lane yesterday.
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    Lock icon Hutton hits 80 runs
    107 20 LONDON. Sun. Close of play scores In yesterday's county cricket matches: The Oval: Middlesex 306-8 (Murray 65, Bennett 74 n.0.) vi Surrey. Bournemouth: Derbyshire 326 (Hall 52. Johnson 80. Morgan 75) vs Hampshire. Canterbury: Kent 258 (Dixon 76, Borde 5-44). India 91-3. Lord's: Ireland 276-7 dec.
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    Mohar best
    66 20 SINGAPORE, Sun. Mohar bin Abdul Rahman was the outstanding performer at the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club annual athletic championships at Bukit Chermin today. Mohar won the "C" division Individual honour, three winning events, two of them 220 yds and 80yds hurdles In record time Ng Swee Leong
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    SELANGOR WREST RULERS' SHIELD
    280 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. QELANGOR Malays wrested the Rulers' Shield from the holders for the past two years, Singapore Malays, with a thrilling five-wicket win in the last over of the match on the padang today. Final scores Selangor 225 and 113-5. Singapore 106 and 229. -11.
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    MALAYA'S ÜBER CUP TEAM NAMED
    174 20 MALAYA'S ÜBER CUP TEAM NAMED QINOAPORE, Sun.— Malaya's Über Cup team to meet Hong Kong at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Saturday (7.30 p.m.) was announced by the Badminton Association of Malaya tonight. The team is: Mrs. C. Samuel, Tan Gaik Bee, Nancy Lim. Teoh Slew Tong, Lam Kit Lin
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    Golf finalists
    67 20 CINGAPORE. Sun. Ooh Kee Seah and Wong Weng Foo will meet A. Munday and K. C. Tim in the final of the Royal Island Club's International Cup on Sunday. Ooh and Wong entered the final after beating Y. Kobayashi and Y. Tanaka 4 and 3 In a semifinal
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    31 20 PARIS. Sun. Baron Ouy de Rothschild's Shantung, one of Prance's top three-year-olds this season. Is to be sent to stud In England, his trainer, Geoffrey Watson said yesterday. Reuter.
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    5-1 win for Indonesians
    146 20 SINGAPORE, Sun.—lndone- slan Combined Universities completed their Singapore tour with a resounding 5-1 victory over Malayan Universities at Buklt Timah today. It was the only victory of their four-match series in Singapore The visitors assured themselves of victory right from the start when their more constructive
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    EX-SOUTH STAR IN TOURING FIFTEEN
    309 21  -  S. JOSHUA, By THIL seven-nation Merdeka soccer tournament which began here tonight will have a "break" on Tuesday to make way for a Rugby match between the touring combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Rugby Union side and an All-Mala-ya fifteen at the Merdeka Stadium (kickoff
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    Lock icon Gunners hold Wolves to 3-3
    504 21 Gunners hold Wolves to 3-3 U.K. SOCCER ROUNDUP T ONDON. Sun. WolXJ verhampton Wanderers, the English First Division soccer champions, were surprisingly held to a 3-3 draw by Arsenal in a hectic game at Wolverhampton. A goal by Mike LIU put Wolves ahead In the first half but Arsenal made
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    1 WEIGHTS FOR AIT EIGHT RACES AT BUKIT TIMAH ON WEDNESDAY
    523 21 WEIGHTS FOR ALL EIGHT RACES AT BUKIT TIMAH ON WEDNESDAY 11TEIGHTS for afl ff eight races at Buklt Tlmah. Singapore, on Wednesday are. Cl. I—9 Fur*. Downing Street 9.07 Rogerthorpe t.M Brilliant Scholar 8.12 Campdale 8.12 Shamrock Slipper 8.0» Naxakat 8.07 Golden Melody 8.04 Frinee Charter 8.02 Youghal Bridge B.o*
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    MELBOURNE TRIP FOR MOSES?
    198 21 REVIEW by EPSOM JEEP SINGAPORE. Bun. —It was a big day for apprentice jockeys at Buklt Timah yesterday. They won six of the eight races. Young Moses Lee has probably earned himself a trip to Melbourne for the international Invitation Stakes with his brilliant riding of
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    Seletar are favourites
    83 21 SINOAPORE. Sun. RAP Seletar, who have won promotion to the first division of the 1960 BAPA league, are favourites to win the FKAF soccer championships to be held at Seletar from tomorrow to Sept. 5. The championships, which Include two competitions interstation knockout and slx-a-side have attracted
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    375 21 pOREST HILLS. Sun. Australia gained a 2-1 lead over the United States, the holders, in the Davis Cup challenge round here yesterday by winning the doubles. Australia's Neale Praser and Roy Emerson beat Alex Olmedo and Earl Buchholz of the United States 7-6. 7-5. 6-4.
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    Vital role of varsity
    368 22 WE ARE ALIVE TO THE SIGNIFICANT PART WE MUST PLAY: PROF. SANDOSHAM SINGAPORE, Sunday. |>KOF. A.A. Sandosham, Principal of the University of Malaya here, has said that the University is fully alive to the significant part it has to play in an independent Malaya and it
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    34 22 MADRID. Sun. Thirteen miners were killed and six injured at Utrillas, near Turuel. Eastern Spain, when boxes of dynamite exploded In a lift about to descend Into the Santa Barabra mine.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    56 22 THE FAMILY of the late Madam Tan Teng Neo of IC. Ben? Swee Place, Singapore, thank •11 friends and relatives for their condolences, wreaths, ca&h. gilts end kind attendance. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Bern? Tlan View thank all friends and relatives for ihelr condolences, wreaths, donations, loan
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    'Admit Asians to Australia9 call
    56 22 'Admit Asians to Australia' call SYDNEY. Sun. Dr. Selwyn Baker an Australian medical missionary, said here today that Australia wa.s losing a, chance to enrich its culture by not admitting "Asian new Australiaii.v"' He suggested that Austra- lia adopt a quota system under which all people. Irrespective of race or
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    Face-lift for an island
    39 22 SOME of the 500 volunteers, including PA. P. Assemblymen, who braved rain and a choppy sea yesterday to give Pulau Sudong a face>lift. Mixed groups are seen here carrying away logs. Straits Times pic ure
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    'The merger ideal should never be forgotten'
    317 22 'The merger ideal should never be forgotten SAYS THE BEAM SINGAPORE, Sunday. tf ERGER between Singapore and the Federation i?1 should never be forgotten as the ideal for the healthy, happy and prosperous future of Malaya, declared THE BEAM, official publication of the Singapore British European Association. In an Editorial,
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    'Revolt1 of Trust tenants told to quit flops
    248 22 'Revolt of Trust tenants told to quit flops SINGAPORE, Sun. A revolt of Singapore Improvement Trust tenants under quit notices has flopped. Thirty-five families In a block In Upper Pickering Street ure Involved. Their flats are required to house the SlT's Building Department, now In Queenstown, to speed up building
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    MAN, WOMAN STABBED
    64 22 SINGAPORE. Sun. A Harbour Board labourer, Muthu Vasan. 30. and a woman R. Kasimah. 29. were ad; mltted to hospital at 130 a.m. with stab wounds. Police recovered a blood- .stained knife from a house In Dell Street, off Tanjong Pagar Road. The man had Injuries in
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    TAIL-ENDERS FOIL REST BID FOR A WIN
    288 22 BACK PAGE SPORT SINGAPORE, Sunday. rpHE REST, set the difficult task of getting 113 runs in 50 minutes, failed by 24 runs to beat Europeans, and the annual match for the Clarke Cup ended in a draw on the padang today. Final scores
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    SCA decides senior title this week
    135 22 SCA decides senior title this week SCC AND THE RAF DRAW SINGAPORE. Sun. Defending champions Singapore Cricket Club drew their vital match In the S.C.A. Senior^ tournament against Royal Air Force at Changi today, and are champions again If the S.O.A. general committee this week accepts the recommendation of Its
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    Eleven records take a tumble in Federation amateur swim meet
    565 22 KUALA L.UMPUR, Sun. Eleven records were broken and two equalled in the Federation of Malaya Amateur Bwimmlng Assoelation championships which concluded today at the Chinwoo pool here. Women swimmers figured prominently In the championships. They set five records out of
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