Singapore Standard, 18 September 1956

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  • 34 1 Singapore Standard standard POLICE mmilSL Y^ VXH *t£ BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL ***** (5 tlneeT 2400 *TP^ f\j I 2811 24M \„i. MI. No. To- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1956 1 I PAGES 15 (EMS
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  • 305 1 Surcharge On Goods SHIPPERS IN A PANIC A .ARGE number of Singapore expoAers scram- j bled for shipping space} jtsterday. :n a bid to load} arqo before midist night the dead- raen the new 15^ rce on commodities innounced by several conference lines came into' force.
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  • 128 1 Menon In Cairo To See Nasser IAIRO, Sept H AP' 1 Krrshna Menon, End as foreign a: r a.r- xpert, Ed m Cairn on f. 7 for urgent t Ith President Gamal on the Suez Canal \!r Menon InsiA 1 that ■we fin i a way to a igh he
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  • 58 1 JA-CAB A\. Sept. 17 (UP) F ir hundred errrplovec*- of the British firm Harneonj and ;sfield plan to strike on 1 huxaday fail three Suanatra bran rhea of the Company, it was reported today. News reports sa.d the workmembers of the National- KBK union had submitted
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  • 263 1 Woman Bites Officer In Strike Scuffle 18 TO BE CHARCED TODAY A WOMAN bit Deputy .Superintendent of Police T. F. Flynn, and Inspector S. K. Chung was hit with a stick, when the officers attempted to disperse strikers at the godown of Messrs. McAlister Co., Robertson Quay, yesterday. Police later
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  • 112 1 COLOMBO. Ceylon. Sep* 17.— A itrika hy over 1,000 lightermen broach* work :n port to a standstill today The lightermen are demand tag payaaaart of a salary n crease retrospective to Maj last ytar. instead of Septem as agreed to by the em ara. F "Ay-three
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  • 523 1 Camp Blasted On Mountain Top Biggest Emergency Success Of Year KUALA PILAH, Mon.-Five of six Communist terrorists camped atop the 2,400-foot Gunong Pasir were killed when men of the Royal Welch Fusiliers blasted the camp m one of the biggest Emergency successes of the year. The
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  • 430 1 Canal Users Cef Together LONDON, Sept. 17 At least 17, of the 18, nations, which backed a plan for international control of the Suez Canal, will attend the new Suez conference opening here next Wednesday to set up a Suez Canal Users' Association, authoritative sources
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  • 25 1 EGYPT'S first ambassador to Communist China. Hassan Ranab yesterday presented his •-•Aontisls to chairman Mao Tsa-tung, leader, Communist China. Peking Radio reported. Reuter
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  • 55 1 TAIPEI, Sept. 17 (UP) Typhoon Freda's 18-hour rampage of northern Formosa left at least five dead. 5.000 houses flattened and some 4,000 persons homeless today. The tropical storm, moving at a six-mile-an-hour clip. was last reported hallway across the Formosa Straits and headed toward Amoy. on the
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  • 51 1 SYDNEY. Sept. 17 (Reuter) Insurance companies here today announced a 1 50 per cent increase on insurance rates on all goods shipped through the Suez Canal. The rate has been raised from two shillings (Australian) to five shillings per ***** un.der the heading of "war risk and strike
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  • 136 1 SERE.MBAN, Mon.— Five Chinese travellers on the Tampin-Kuala Pilar. Road were killed m the State's worst traffic accident m years, yesterday. They were proceeding south by taxi when, about 4 p.m.. the vehicle collided with an oncoming military lorry. Lee Chan See, 43. and Goh
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  • 41 1 THE Minister for Communication and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, will leave lor Britain on Sunday. Mr. Thomas, during his one month stay m Britain. will make a close study of the operation of the public transport services there.
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  • 214 1 'Un-Malayan And Pro- Communist' THE Singapore Government has refused to re-consider the application of the Sheng Hwa Old Boys' Association to hold a threedav concert frcm Sept 23 to 30 m aid of their building fund. In making the refusal, government still holds on to the
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  • 113 1 French Line By passes Canal Route PARIS. Sept. 17 (Reuter) The largest French steamship line. Messagerles Maritimes, today disclosed that it has begun re-routing its ships round the Cape cf Good Hope to avoid passing through the Suez Canal. Two ships have so far been diverted. They are the 12.625--ton
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  • 28 1 ABOUT 50.000 mine workers; m 30 coal mines and colliery work-hops m the Ranigenj area, Bihar. India came out on strike yesterday for increased wages.- Reuter
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  • 50 1 THE first fatal accident m Nicoll Drive, Sinsapore. occurred last night when a man wa.s knocked down by a car. A taxi driver rushed to Beach Road to phone for an ambulance. The man. Boh KM 57, died on admission to the I General Hospital.
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  • 91 1 SYDNEY. Sept 17, (AP)— Sydney*! mail strike ended ton shi and posi ci :"urned to tackle a huge backlog of mil-, lions ol letters and par The pile-up had accumulated as a r slowdown for lowed by a walk I t all 1 1 r
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  • 173 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (AP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said after a conference with President Eisenhower today that there is no American plan to finance the "detouring of the Suez Canal." Dulles told reporters at the White House the United States is prepared
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  • 33 1 A troupe of 80 Balinese danceis. most of the women wearing whal Peking Rad.o described as "gorgeous sarongs." arrived m Peking yesterday for a three-month tour of Red China.- A.P.
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  • 94 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. T I Officer Administering the Gc ment, Sir David Watherston, has sent the following messcge of congrat •an to the Com- md ng Officer, Second Battc on, Royal Welch Fusilie 1 "Please accept my most Mrtj congratulations on your splend A success m
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  • 156 2 TH_. North Borneo Government has officially Informed Singapore that they will accept unskilled workers as temporary immigrants for a maximum period of three >ears. The aStandard was told yesterday. 3." thc imm grants v be subject to screening bef?:° Da n; id
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  • 153 2 CLOSING robber prices (rents per lb.* mi n Singapore yesterday were: Baver- SellerSpot norn) 921 Oct R>> No 1 93J 9,' li KS S So. 2 *l l 92k X S S No 3 *r 91 Tone Quiet I PORK TIN Th» prue of tin on the local
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  • 127 2 I ROCK n Roll fans m 2 i .Singapore will soon be 1> able to see two more S \xri films besides "Rock 3 Around the Clock." vice- 2 president of Columbia Pictures International. 2 Mr. M. Bergher, said upon arrival at Paya 2 Lebar airport last
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  • 77 2 PEXAN'G. Mon— A poaAe volunteer raaanre, Lim Seek Thyc. afat today charged m the Magistrate's Court with causing hurt to Looi Weng Kong; with a pistol, at Kuantan Road on July 31. Also charged wa? Abdul Bead Rawther. who was alleged to have causad hart to
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  • 358 2 Court Told Of Patient In The Ditch Two On Tentative Murder Charge A DOCTOR'S mercy dash to save thc life of his favourite patient, affectionately nicknamed "Gong Gong/ failed, the Singopore Fourth Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. A resident Medical Officer of the Trafa gai Home,
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  • 94 2 Take Over SIT Roads, City Told MR. Lee Choon Eng (Member for Queenstown) yesterday urged the Singapore City Council to take over and maintain the roads within Singapore Improvement Trust estates. In a letter addressed to the Council, Mr. Lee pointed out that unless the roads, which are the private
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  • 252 2 Workers Query Validity Of Strike Notices A FEW hours after the Singapore City Council received 14-day strike notices from three labour unions— membership 4,200— a group of workers from other departments questioned its validity. The question was raised by them In I letter to the acting City President, Mr. R.
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  • 65 2 PENANG, Mon. The PaBang Malay Association passed a resolution at its committee molting over the weekend urging the Settlement Govcrnmenl to return ail those kampong lands taken from Malays for use a? an Agricultural Experimental Station. This is the second similar resolution made by the Association
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  • 48 2 IfUABa Hon. Pleading guilty to charges of being without means of support and P<">- ctCfriflfl Of house-breaking implement! at Bukit Pasir on Aug. 22, Must aft" a -An Iman was on Saturday sentenced lo six months' jail by President of the Sessions Court, Mr. N.L. Cohen.
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  • 174 2 A BILIv-COLLECTOR. Pek Peng Swee. pleaded guilty m a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of misappropriating 12.173 belonging to Harper Gi'ai'.'an and Co. Limited. Prosecuting Officer. Inspector Elam Din. told the court that Pek's duties were to collect money from customers and issue
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  • 47 2 A youth. Tay Choon Hock, claimed trial m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday, to a charge of attempted murder of Tan Koh Hu alias ,*\h Gong, m the backlane of Eng Hoon Street, on Sept. 15. The case was postponed to Sept. 24.
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  • Article, Illustration
    53 2 A NEW arrival m Singapore last night was Mrs JR. Wilburn, above, the wife of Pan American World Airways manager m Singapore. .Mr. Wilburn. Mrs. Wilburn who flew into Singapore by PAA was met at the Paya Lebar Airport by her husband. Their son is now m school
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  • 53 2 GLAMOROUS American fashion model. Gloria Welch Case, arrived m Singapore yesterday from loatralia by Qantas 8.0.A.C. m route to Thailand and Hongkong. Gloria represented the United States at the recent international fashion show held m Australia alonp witb France. r °Ttaly thai after a sbe^ luil^MMr^hfr m-
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  • 313 2 SIX YEARS' JAIL FOR ROBBER WHO KNIFED A CLERK A SINGAPORE clerk was knifed, while his j friend lav helpless on the floor of a pill-box m Tanjcr.Rhu. a Smqapore court was told yesterday. Xi Sukri, a peon, was i ra* jail by Whitton m the Sin;sizes, for causing I
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  • 33 2 F- teen devotees today c at the Supramaniar pathai Amman ten Gajah Berang the annual fire-wa.x.'-i* ceren The temple ground, filled to capacity v ppen snd spectators tee? appeared.
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  • 34 2 THE literary and de*-* 11 group of the Upper Se»^anf_Q» Community Centre debate on the subject teawomen are equal to men ir cdnef-a-*--at 8 i the _entre xn L-* Ah Pin R:_i
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  • 131 3 Suez. But, There's Ho Reason For Panic, Says Chamber KUALA LUMPUR Mon. Leaders of the business community here fee a a likelih :r.e Suez crisis -rill blow away before the impact o I 0M i lh] ping Charges hits Ma., .ya. ]B any case they were confident the mc reasa
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  • 127 3 3 Years Of Bandit Fighting KUALA LUMPUR. Mon i I No. 155 Squadron, Royo Force, which operates, W ■.turn be i 3_R fci -paign against, the Communist terrorists, this month celebrates its second anniversary oi operations m va The Officer Comma nding. Squadron Leader L. L. Harannounced that cftaring the
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  • 87 3 Housewife Loves Gambling KUALA LUMPUR, Honing was her first loye. said a pretty housewife. E Kwei Lin, 36, today when altsded guilty m Court --..-a "0 -cr A< ttery tickets on the night of "I love gambling— and it's source of great pleasure to at," Fung '.oreover I have been
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  • 83 3 SEREMBAN. Mon.— A contra P I" rrom X -a. a Lumpur, Mok Tai San. wa> today held responsible for the death of an eldei y Sikh cyclist at the conclusion i an Inquest here today. A w.i- Itated before the s- n mb m Magistrate that
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  • 62 3 SEREMBAN, Mac. Abu Bakax bin Menhat and Ng Teck Chov were charged before Ihc -.flora, of Ser. mbao ScsI Court with being m unlawful possession of two piculs and 78 katies of smoked rubber sheets valued at $283.80. Both pleaded! not guilty, 'the case was
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 3 MR. AND MRS. DAY WANDA THEDIAS after their wedding al the Singapore Registry, yesterday. Mr. Thedias. Ihe youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Thedias. is attached to the electrical department of the City Council. The bride, thc former .Miss A. M. Gunawathi is the daughter of the late
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  • 292 3 PENANG. Mon. A carpenter's apprentice, Tan Ah Leng. who has on his risht shoulder a tattoo of an eagle and snake, which WM stated to be an insignia of g -Tiger General." had his conviction quashed and sentence set aside, by Mr.
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  • 144 3 Fined $50 For Abusing Inspector IPOH, Ham Magistrate Che Jamal bin Abdul Lati! day warned that he would not tolerate persons who obstruct police officers m the proper discharge of their duties. 1 heed and do not try and Incite trouble." he I Id a Kinta Valle*} Home Guard.*,Kok Onn.
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  • 41 3 Photo by MR. JACKSON DOHM, Deputy Chief Scout for Canada. S^gPore gently from >, r nodds was atertained to a i ocktat part -held ,t the rejMeace Ofjae S" M SfS- Chye, Deputy Camp Chief, :singapcre. Roy Ferroa
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  • 229 3 Shortage Of Essential Materials, Higher Prices PENANG, Mon.— The Suez Canal crisis will delay the completion of important projects of the Penang Port Commission if the necessary materials such as steel and cement have to come round the Cape of. Good Hope. This was
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  • 303 3 A YOUNG woman told a Singapore Court yesterday, how hor father-m-law. Larw Poh Chuan. 70. was bcaton to death while having his morning coffee at big home m Beach Road on July 22. The woman. Ho Ah Poh, was testifying m a case
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  • 139 3 BEWARE, A s anile like his is poison! KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Director of Information Services, Inche Yaacob bin Abdul Latiff, today warned the people to beware of the smile of a Communist. In his radio talk tonight, Inche Yaacob said: "Behind the smile is a trained and cunning mind
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  • 93 3 PINANG, Mon. A motor mechanic, Chan Sepw Hoon, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment m the Magistrate's Court here today alter pleading guilty to charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly which hafi a common intention to assault. Ooi Ah Bah, at the Sua
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  • 32 3 MAXIKAM. who assaulted his estranged w fe. Rajamal. at Kampong Jawa on Aug. 7 was fined $20 on a charge of causing hurt 'm thc Magistrate's Court m Butterworth yesterday.
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  • 225 3 'We Must Get M-Day On Set Date,' UMNO Youths Told PENANG, Mon. DeDUty Leader of thc Pan-. Malayan t'MNO Youth I Movement. Tuan Haji Ahmad Badawa. today called on Malay youths, particularly thoae In the UMNO. to unite and show determination to attain independence on the date set. Tuan Haji
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  • 93 3 ki:a:.a UTMPUK, Haa. A sencs of a:r-to-arr paragraph*; of some of the Bee aircraft m squadron service with the Royal Air Force has been specially flown out to Malaya by the Air Mil i trj for inclusion m the Royal Air Force exhibition of photography now
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  • 150 3 PENANG, Mon. Magistrate Mr. Au Ah Wah today issued summonses against a Police Inspector and a Police Corporal, following allegations made by a trisha-ridcr, Yeoh Hin Tek. that he had been assaulted by these two persons at the lock-up m Central Police Station
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  • 208 3 LIFT PARKING BAN ON LORRIES. HE URGES PENANC. Mon. The fear: cf lorry driven being hauled Into court for parking their for loading and unloading purposes m China Street, one of the busiest business areas m Georgetown, was revealed by Mr. Lee Cheng Tin, sole proprietor of Union Store Co..
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 303 4 Scramble For 2nd Class Beds news oi tiie increase ofl rata m two Singapore a i pitala yesterday Rt off I scramble tor secondclass wards by first-class ients m the General H, pi1 S'-ral patients approached their ward norsea and sisters and d< manded a 'tran.-afrr". to thc aaCOnd- 1
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  • 271 4 Braga Explains Hospital Rates INCREASED rates for first and second class wards m two Singapore hospitals General Hospital and Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital will only cover ordinary medical treatment, special diet and room charge. Operations, mrgcrj and other specialized form? of treatment arill
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  • Article, Illustration
    87 4 PROBABLY the youngest artist to perform at Ihe variety show to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Singapore's inrorporation as a City on Sept. 22 will be Vithiya Subramaniam (above). Ten-.vear-old Vithiya. a Standard Four student of Raffles Girls Schoo' will present two items of Indian classical dancing at
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  • 93 4 15,771 Seek Public Assistance SLAAAPORE'S Soda) Welfare Department paid out -AA'An te 15,771 people who applied for public assistance last monyA states a Department report. a f arthae mob d |l?lj0H ana given to 2.011 people aa tuberculosis treatment allowance. For the youth aervioe, IS, MQ diah ibuted bj the
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  • 130 4 A SCHOOLTEACHER erai a hanging m a bathroom. a week after his release from Wood: r: Ife Hospital, the Sinnpore Coroner. Mr. Giam Ch Qg if ing, was told yesterdaj The Coroner was holding an inquest on Jenner Seregar. Ma f. laragar, brother of QM
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  • 72 4 MANDORES of the Singapore City Courier' *gr__ glV e financial aid to thc gas workers who are on strike. The decision wa.; made at a meeting held Over th c weekcud under tne chairmanship of Mr. K. P Subramania, President of the City Council Road Workers
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  • 28 4 TAY KENG WENG, 7. fell from the Ural floor of a buil ing m Orchard Road yesterday He wai admitted to' the Singapore General Hospital,
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  • 234 4 CENTRE MUSTN'T PLAY POLITICS SINGAPORE'S multimillion dollar Yout h Sports Centre arill be forbidden to indulge m political activities. This is laid dOWB m the J published yesterday to create a statul 'ry body to govern the Sports Cen I re. The centre will be Opened by the Governor. Sir
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  • 164 4 A DOUBLE check is made to ensure that meat sold m Singapore Is fit m every way for human consumption, City Health Officer. Dr. H. R. .'Morrison, told The Standard yesterday. He dcrned raA aa 1 na that meat unfit for human was being released
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  • 86 4 THE 14. 1 -strong Singapore Federation of Unions of Government Employees art 1 today ■eek pei mission from the Chief Secretary. .Mr. WAA'. Goode, to be allowed to join tne Trade Union Council. General aeeretary of the ..deration, Mr. S. Muthukumaru said the Union's
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  • 137 4 Delegates Honoured At Tea SINGAPORE A A A'O |MB a tea par'.y to 12 .'if- <r r and observers at the Ifl Language and Literary gross, at its luilniiiiif n m East Coast Road yesterday. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haa Jumat, the chairman, welcomed the delegate*- and observers and spoke
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 823 4 cMlmanac Information at a Glance m °s_ OmUl 2 DJB. SC-OOlS* Brao#- Ta'.k— lnternat ona! BOBOrt; 230 a-rlll&dOOtfC JJiaPy f"-" 1 tS»: 7 ProEiamrne Au.stralian News; 240 New.- d<:nCT r Summarj P); 60S Happ; Anoi- men tary; 2.45 Celebrity Violinist; Sail i i ix>- Free m show— The \e.>aiy lP);
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  • 248 5 Sticks, Stones Bottles Fly As 50 Thugs Clash Across The Saigon River MORE than 50 Singapore secret society gangsters staged a pitched battle m the heart of the City on Sunday evening. It was the first time since "Operation Dagger" was launched Dv Police to
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  • 58 5 THE Indonesian Consul-General m Singapore. Dr. Hermen Kartowisastro, presented, on his country's behalf. 250 books to the University of Malaya at the Indonesian Rooks' Exhibition on Sunday. The books arc on science, economics, medicine, law and literature. \bove: Dr. Kartowisastro (rieht) runs through the index album with
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  • 172 5 Mote Vacancies For Children In Colony Schools A TOTAL of 11,500 Singapore school children m the seven-plus age group will be provided with places m various schools m the Colony from January next year. I ..dren m the six-plus age group .-a i| In the rural areas of Bedok, Yio
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  • 74 5 THE l;:e oi the pstaant P Lc Services Commission tended until the S re Government final ;.icv and programme vn ration Govern!, ci la expected to complete thi* a rt Ifl months. The delay is over the question of c ition to officers posts are
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  • 208 5 Guides To Stage Concert ONE of the biggest variety concerts m Singapore will be staged on Sept. 21. at 8 p.m.. at the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium of the AngloChinese School. Barker Road, for the benefit of the Girl Guides' Association. The show. under the patronage of Lady Black. wife
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  • 231 5 Team Will Discuss Varsity's Growth A r'Ol'R-MAN team irom the University oi liftlays, indudimj its retiring Vice Chancellor. Sir Sydney Came, arill leave for Kuala Lumpur mOROW to take part m a special meeting on Univ*) development projects m the Federal Capital. Also with the team will the Un;\a r-rty
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  • 33 5 SBGAMAT, Mon, An old peopleA home was declared open al Bukit Sipul yesterday by the District Ofl-cer, Segam The building, the first ol kind built m Segamat district, cost about $7.0(10.
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  • 36 5 THE Social Service Section I• be Y ;i in I ibexa] Socialists, Singapore will distribute clothing to thc Paya Lebar and MacPhera n Road fire rfcUm*. vis Quiet mb mf g m m m
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  • 24 5 FA? ill. V ren tan ea t< I ing A J < '3 were sent from last month. O; i. a; 1.044 want Singa
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  • 62 5 TWHMY-SIX Canadian and Indian military o'litris serving on the International Truce Con-mission under the (.em'va-Vietna.m Asreement. arrived m Sinsapore on Sunday for a short holiday. They will return to Vietnam on Thursday. Above: Ma ior-C.eneral D. S. Rrar, General Officer Commanding Indian troops m Vietnam (left) and
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  • 255 5 Happy Birthday Colourful Ceremony Marks Occasion JOHORE BAHRU. M :n A colourful ceremon- at the lstana Besar this mornrrr.; rr irked the Sultan c Johor birthday. The Regent, the Tunku Mahkota, on behalf of the Sultan received congratulatory addresses from the Government. the people and the planting com- munity Thanking
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  • 58 5 TiiE Singapora 2, rh Scout Troop ol Gan Ea a Seng School will hold gala dance m the school hai 1 m aid of the Troop, on Sept 29. There wfll be prizes for the spot <\ t*- and k.<Ay draws* A Hawaiian band will be m attendee
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  • 36 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Man. A new Clinic will be opened at Ringgit, Bata Pahat district, on Wednesday by the Regent ol Johore. The Clinic will provide Dentistry and Child Welfare services.
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  • 296 5 Europeans In Macassar Kidnap Riddle A ROMAN Catholic priest, a German doctor, and two Dutch nationals were kidnapped m the Macassar area of Indonesia, Mr. D. G. E. Mid-delbx-trg, Netherlands Consul General m Singapore, said yesterday. They are: Dr. C. J." W. van de Wetering. representative of the Foundation of
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  • 80 5 BUTTERWORTH. lion For making an alteration m her Identity card, 22-year old I. eong Pong Han. area fined 110 m tae Magistrate's Court here today. Leong altered her age frorr. 14 to 12 years. She told the Magistrate. Enche Hassan hin 1! issaic thai 'he figure
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 431 6 JX I ta flood of controversial arguments that are going on m Singapore a.- e'.**e- here m the v aad today— Sua Canal and it] future. the are naive enough, to suggest that r.ole dispute nvolves men gtnp oi the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. j forgotten
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    • 456 6 |N the coming months Malayan, tan havi to do •a I Ah man f :tem, imlfßl I J are prepared to pay more for them. Since g rates are. .r.^ ip due to ships having to travel a longerr .A ara ::.:r. Eui pc and with the I
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  • 508 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦|)y j 4 PROPHET, it is said, is not known m his own coun- try. Similarly, the virtues of good government are not ap- pretiated by the people of a j country. Certainly not till a chani*;,> takes place and what 3
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    • 537 6 S.r; Tho female nf the -a cies mor-i dangerous than the male. This is particularly trur of the Puritan species Puritan females are usually blows v. de-aexed or bjper-sexed frustrated women. Naturally they are envious of the charms of their more sotic "immoral" sisters. .at '.aria
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    • 109 6 Sir: The beach on the 2nd mile Jalan Scudai Road, Johore Bahru, has become a very popular bathing spot. Many people come from Singapore to spend their week-ends and have picnics. There is one thing which ls lacking m this place. That is an enclosure for
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  • 1707 6  -  Frank M. Stott A.M.C.I.M.M. rpWO statements are being Z repeated In Malaya today arith ever-increasing frequency and importance. The first is that the economy of Malaya is 2 too precariously balanced on 2 tin and rubber, whilst the sec--2 ond is that Malaya must have x a programme
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  • 1110 6 eanre ted v me\ t money. and .MATERIALS In Malaya our Industrialisation must be economically sound so that all concerned uul benefit, irrespective of race Of creed. How men to commence a programme of Industrial Development to ensure that it has a more even chance of succeeding What
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  • THIS UNUSUAL WORLD OF OURS
    • 178 7 BRISBANE. Srpt 17 Router) The Queens(io\ernment has or- police to investigate ir_<*s that members of a t living near Brisbane sharing wives. F Aice will inquire about religious beliefs and mo\rmetUs of a sect who live aaa a farm 13 miles from
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    • 95 7 RIDGEFIELD Connc t a Sept. II A?.— Farmer Harold B Jones had to jo nt his a couple of times lo m ika re. He counted five kittens but One of the ki a R. Pbbs re] the rt iy. "A pretty remarkable thing* he
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    • 84 7 MANILA. Sept. 17 (AP) Ireno Cervantes, 29, made spectacular attempt at cle here yesterday. Police said he spent part the day drinking. Then used a soapbox to street and delivered a f irewell spec, h Cervantes shouted to a lathering crowd ot curious spectators that he
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    • 68 7 Eoka Toll: 189 Killed To Date Nl )Slfi Sept 11 Reuter. r -a:. r_M< 2 Injured m prus during 1 vhich ha\ I sin :e EOKA. the Ore< _-< prl t ten nizati tall, a off it fiei These casualty figures are the nd highest for any -r.:_h. sin I
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    • 63 7 INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 17 (AP) Sad-faced clown Emmett Kelly said yesterday ba plans to trade his outsized sho, patchti hat for a drawing board within the next two years. He told a reporter he wants to be a cartoonist. 'y. here for a personal appearance, said he
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  • 135 7 FRENCH TIGHTEN NOOSE ROUND BAYONET KILLERS OR AN. Sept. 17, (UP) Hundreds of French ■drew the noose tighter yesterday on a band of I rebels who yesterday left six bayonetted Mosdies as a memento of their raid on a village 6.5 miles east of here. First reports said that 30
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  • 112 7 Make Your Kiss Short And Sweet BALTIMORE. Sept. 11 (Re te: —Brief kisses arc mv a more aa aa-:*.: taan prolonged ones. Dr. Arthur Bryan of Baltimore City College dad He found after tests he ried out of the bacter. and hygiene of kissing number of bacteria transferred durine kissing
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  • 14 7 karno of Indonesia inspected the Yugoslavia Air Force Units in Belgrade.- U.P.
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  • 60 7 OPERATION MUSKETEER »MP TON: Mobilerait suns, m brand xellow desert camou- 'uc, line the New Dock >t Southampton m order to -ted aboard the sovrrnment requisitioned frei- let "I ittUa I HI tons. Operation Musketeer" into full-swim;. Ilundri'ds of military vehicles, artim; tanks, armoured '"s aa 1 anti-aircraft sun*moved U_r«ach
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  • 30 7 B, N j [/pj Tke administrator oj AroenUv.f State Railu ryj I October f or .-.<- pure isc MM motor cars JOr Passenoer tra*ispo"ta::on on aiilmrl ill
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  • 121 7 Boat From Singapore Has Opium BRISBANE. Sept. 17 (Reuter i— Opium worth more than $65,000 has been seized by Cusfc ms officers here on the Dutch cargoliner Straat BanKa (9.161 ton.--,). Thc 4"?, ounces of opium Brisbani 'a biggest drug smuggling find srnce 1943. A week ago 16 pounds of
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  • 43 7 Nicosia. Sept. 17 (Renter) Two bombs were thrown at a British military vehicle m Famagusta last night the lirst bombs there for several months The explosions caused no damage ot casualties. Troops and police cordoned rff the 1 area.
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  • NEWSBRIEFS
    • 32 7 TOKYO. Sept. 17 <UP) Hassan Ragab, Egypt.**, first. ambassador to Communist China, paid a call on Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-lai yesterday. Peking's Near China News Agency reported.
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    • 30 7 MARSEILLES. France. Sept. 17 (UP) Ivan Sohaaf. alleged Belgian army deserter who c nieased the love-killing oi Japanese student Betsuko TerramotO, was jailed yesterday m the Baumettes Prison.
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    • 27 7 HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 17 (UP)— Klaus Landsberg. 42. Vice-President and General Manager Of Paramount Television Productions, Inc.. died at his Hollywood home yesterday of cancer.
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    • 34 7 SUVA. Sept. 17. (Reuter) A reward of $690 bas been offered for information on the whereabouta of tha paneagera and crew of the Befell Joyita who were lost m October last year.
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    • 26 7 KARACHI. Sept. 17 (AP) Pakistan ha.- decided to attend the London conference ol Suez Canal users next Wednesday. Foreisn Minister Firoze Khan said yesterday.
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    • 32 7 graz, Austria, Sept 17 (Reuter- During July and August 808 Yugoslavs ciDHBd the Austrian border and sought refuge, compared with MO m the same months last your. Austrian authorities announced
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    • 32 7 JAKARTA. Sept. 17 (Reuter)— A host of Soviet scientists, engineers and technical experts of ali kinds ll expected to reach Indonesia following the signing on Saturday of an aid agreement.
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    • 23 7 COLOMBO. Sept. 17 (UP) The Latex Corporation of Ceylon has decided to discontinue operations and close down its factory at Kalutara.
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    • 25 7 MELBOURNE. Sept. 17 (Reuten— A plague of snails is caudni heavy losses to the eranse crop m the Miidera district of Northern Victoria.
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  • 22 7 OLIVER Hardy, 84. p] imp hall oi the Laurel and Hardy comedy tran.. showed s ight Improvement l jreaterday Reuter
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  • 155 7 »'j All A Lot Of Hot Air, Really MENASHA, Wis.. S APi— Hn. Ann tad would li* I I straighten out the author of the saying. -Lightning twice m the same place." Her home l antly was itTUCk for the third time m three years. Lightning hit
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  • 88 7 NEW DELHI. Sept. 17 (UP) India's roving ambassador Krishna Menon left by air for Cairo yesterday to consult with President Gamal Abdel Nasser on the worsening Suez crisis. It was the third visit tc Cairo within two months for Menon, who conferred both. before and
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  • 233 7  -  WILTON WYNN The Battle Of The Minds Of Arabs By Red Stock Up, US Loses Favour CAIRO, Sept. 17 (AP)— Russia exploited the Suez Canal crisis this weekend for a three-pronged propaganda victory m the battle of the minds of Arabs. Most dramatic was the
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  • 128 7 Dulles Under Attack WASHINGTON. Sept. 17 (•UP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles came under a double-barrelled Democratic attack yesterday for hiaS handling of the Suez Canal dispute with Egypt. The attacks came a.s Dulles held a round of lastminute huddles with Middle Eastern experts preparatory to leaving for London
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  • 84 7 LONDON. Sept. 17 (Renter* Fat girls make the beat wives, a fashion firm whiAn makes outsize clothes declared after a survey of their potential customers m Northern and Central England. It claimed that fat airls a-e more romantic than thin g.r more nimble fingered and above
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  • 176 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (i\P) An English man who ha.s been a Stanford professor for four years apparently leapt to his death yesterday from Golden Gate Bridge after a gay dinner party. The Coast Guard recovered a body 12 hoars alter the car
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  • 38 7 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. IT (Reuter) A nationwide survey is to try to find out wnv makes Americans mia*--erab!e Dr. Fillmore Sanford ot thc joint commission on mental illnesa and health will supervise the survey.
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  • 73 7 U.P. NOR WALK. California Brothers Thomas Parker. .Inr ased ten (left) and Richard at-cd seven, calmly eat cake and iic-crram after the*, laid polite tbat they had killed their father. They shot him. they said, because he had punished them for stealinc a
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  • 18 7 SIR 111 left London b; for Nice to spend m the south of Frar.rf Reuter
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 145 7 CHOOSE WISELY choose a n RALEIGH r^S_C-3f! r Ra'eigh Is everjthing you have ever wanted a bicycle tc he! Unsurpassed for speed, and imooth, efTortiesi running. So strong, it will stand up to the roughest roads, the worst weather, m fact, the hardest wear a bicycle is f.~: e^-r^e tc
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  • 261 8 Trench Troops On Cyprus A Threat To Peace' NEW YORK, Sept. 17— Syria and the Lebanon complained to the United Nations Security Council today about the dispatch of French troops to Britain's Mediterranean colony of Cyprus. A B B-dt-DD train the Syrian and Lebanese :r- the United Nations SecuCouncil. imwd
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  • 187 8 ke:.: hampstea:). Era;, ir I Sept 17 I UP) Scotland Yard Ed for a "kid-gloved killer" today aid of i chron_e-trimmed po! p Ta-" line- 64 automo- A veil dressed, kid-gl- A er r.g Mr*. Diana Winifred Suttey, 36. her D I-. and v.
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  • 30 8 A GERMAN P -\KISTANI e^r Karl Her. rligkor a to have attei the A A r" I peak" n the Hin postponed because of financial difficulties. Reuter
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  • 168 8 HONGKONG, Sept. 17 (Reuter)— Crown Counsel charged m Court today that the Government's Superintendent of Mines. William Murray Keay, received $25,000 from Bohespic Mining Syndicate for a man called E. T. Tsao. knowing: that no such person existed. He further claimed that three members of
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  • 142 8 KARACHI, Ser* 7 XT) T^e hear} A a rara 3n of Pak- tan r. grima to Mec:a charged 1 it Saa i A-" \r. a .es had been "unco::ause of Pakist 3 foreign policy. .a iram Ilahi said S "ities ac- used P^kr-tan of
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  • 60 8 photo. PRESIDENT Soekarno of Indonesia (left) stands beside President Tito of Yugoslavia as they ride m state through Belgrade, on Soekarno's arriva.l for a state visit to Yugoslavia. Yesterday, the two leaders completed their political talks during a cruise on thc Danube. They agreed
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  • 289 8 ...Comes Under Fire On The Home Front JAKARTA, Sept. 17 (Reuter) Criticism mounted within the Cabinet today against the joint Soviet-Indonesian communique issued m Moscow at the conclusion of President Soekarno's visit to Russia last week and. joined by party opinion, a majority of the ministers stood opposed to it.
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  • 37 8 STEEL-helmeted troops of the new West German army formed a guard of honour for the first time yesterday to welcome King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece for a three-day state visit to Bonn UP
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  • 108 8 It's A Bit Of A Squeeze < IT S a bit of a squeeze to get three pretty girls I on the front seat of this new German minicar the I "Janus." shown m Nuernberg recently. The car seats four normally, two on the front Z seat and two on
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  • 308 8 Yelling Mob Besieges Jakarta Court DUTCH WOMAN FLEES, REPORTERS ASSAULTED JAKARTA, Sept. 17, (AP) Mrs. Mieke Boumon, of tractive Dutch Major H. Schmidt, climbed a s.x den today to escape a yelling mob bcsicg. c courthouse. crowd then stoned M Bouman's cai rked at the front of the building, smashing
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  • 83 8 LUGANO. Switzerland. Sept. 17. (Reuter) Miss Fiona Cam-pell-Walter, beautiful 24-year-old English model, was married here today to 34-year-old Baron Heinrich von Thyssen, j Swiss multi-millionaire. It was the Baron's third j marriage and Miss CaaapbellWalter's first. The ceremony, which lasted I little more than ten minutes, took
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  • 242 8 HONGKONG, Sept. 17 (AP)— Marshal Chu Teh, the oLd warhorse of the Chinese revolution, told China's biggest Communist Party conclave m history today that Formosa's "liberation was certain—whatever the means used." i The 70-year-old Vice-Chair-man of the Peking regime, his words honeycoated with promises, called
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  • 113 8 THE face ot China 1* rapidl*, < hancinc Thc a Ide pawri al (top pi, turc) hot* with hemp palm alone ihi hri(k and stone buildings i** Road the main of Kweiyanc a.n i <1 1 > of Kni'uli I vince, Southv est i hu
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  • 133 8 WASHINGTON. Sept. 17 (AP)-The U.S Government announced today it v seeking the co-operation nf ni po^ibly^^tialin! U.S. because of the Suez I Stewart, director of Interior Departna ice cf Oil and Gu had telegraphed stab In Texas, Oklahoma, lisiana and New Mcxi Ing th(
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  • 100 8 Ceylon Is Assured On Bases COLOMBO, Sept. 17 (Reuterj—Britain has assured I km that British bases at Trincomalee and Katnnavake will not be u>ed for military preparations against Egypt, authoritative sources said here today. The assurance was sought by Mr. Solomon Banriaranaike Ceylon's Prime Minister, m view of the Suez
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  • 128 8 'Chance For Britain's Shipyards' LONDON. Sept. 17. (Reuter) —The Financial Times today complained of difficulties m t.ac British shipbuilding industry at a time when the Suez Canal crisis might create an immediate demand for more large tankers capable of operating economically on trie Cane of Good Hope route. "Unfortunately it
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  • 29 8 MCARTHUR. Sepl >UP' a star- t Kathy Grant was re] A fi hing crooner Bing Cr I McCl id River, m r rt fori
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  • 87 8 NEW DELHI. Sept. 17 (AP) Floods and heavy rains m wide parts of north India were reported today to have bit more than a million per- sons by ruining their crops and washing away their '.'hemes. From Gorakhpur. Dottfa central India, newspaj reported at
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 183 9  -  PEGGY BRIGGS By A BRAND-NEW TWIST TO AN OLD FASHION LONDON \\ITH a provocative new ranse of ankle a. costume jewelmanufacturer is hop[ll tempt British girls idopt once again the „,•-<. id Fai>tern custom decorating slender inkle*> with eye-catching But there's a new twist
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  • Article, Illustration
    512 9 Terry Pillay visits a school where is taught m 3 styles *+mJ w j xil ST confess that when 1 succeed m sowing on a r-.n m the ri£,ht place a frock, and then make it so through the ie it is supposed to 50 .■lull. I so around
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  • Article, Illustration
    73 9 Brightening Up j I To add a neic, say I. i scarf is tied nd the left ear hi- noma are j ■i tht* \rtir uith doners, heads, ribbons >r uith a Utile, late ilh a vale black ■■and. C. i larue boic ■m uith a short r
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  • 364 9 AIRS R E R writes r "Hf l husband is always s.-y- 'ay can't you get a nice gloss on mv stifl •.>. iiite collars, like the laundries do?" Can you teil me how to obtain this professional polish— or is it a trade secret?" k
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  • 599 9 Fashion Designer from Thailand I JXTKRHSTING people I can be found m Singa'l pore'_ quiet and sedate residential areas, if one only knot's where to L look for them and how to persuade them to tell I the stories of their far- from-routine lives. Ridout Road, which
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  • 254 9 CRAMPS? Not Enough Blood This is a weekly STANDARD feature by a prominent American physician I Q TVhot is wrong with my i husband? He gets awful pains m his knees and the i calves of his legs which 1 wake hi<n m the night. He I has to get
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  • 284 9 THE DOCTOR SAYS vp the blood si, gar'- Mj doctor says Choi mine ii Is R S A There are some peon c wno apparently use up their biooa su_ar rather rap. so that it is lower normal. Some of them bei me quite fatigued and pen at those times
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 135 9 "One sees f6|_MlC-? everywhere these days* 1 tf^^^^^^ TV;fi Ww% Wl fl\ X I'» -.vvW^K Vi 1 (f 7 a_Hßß|_flHra m your home For eai mine f° r endurini se FORMICA Laminated P. no sign... snd tear. Its freshness never r surface doesn't lose ita smoothness. It is made m
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 15 9 BIRTHDAY CARPS s "Three please.'' And now Professor Pinhead will talk on 'How To Concentrate'
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    • 436 9 > TOI) \V S M OTAIION: I I "V>t onU i*a tin-re nn ,r' a m knowing a tl iiig- but a al**i> certain ael m i teaching it." Cicero i 1 TCI SHAY FOR I\ I RY- I j ONE: ike the m. f I by using a Ball
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  • 313 10 Blow To Tin If Industry Neglected PRODUCTION MAY DWINDLE AWAY IPOH, Mon.— The tin industry soys it would be "a grievous blow" to the country if the industry were neglected by Government, with a resultant dwindling away of output. In a booklet issued by its Research and Development Board here
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  • 236 10 NEW CARGO LINER DUE .Standard Shipping: Reporter TIIE Norwegian Knutsen Line has stepped up its service between the Pacific Coast, the Orient and Western Australia with the adrlition of another new cargo liner, the m.s. Kllen Bakke, which arrives m Singapore, on her maiden voyage
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  • 99 10 MALAYAN soap production m the first seven months of this year amounted to 307.495 cwt against 326.21(1 cwt. m Iggt year's corresponding period. ln the same period import* were: {household and Washing soap A037 cwf (last year's period .3.216 cwt. A toilet asoap 1.503.631 lb. (1,315,287
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  • 70 10 MORI than 4.000 radio and television dealers from all over the United Kingdom attended a big radio firms London .-a'.cs conference without even entering the capital city. Instead dealers gathered m fa.c bi- halls m Bristol, Dork- Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham to see and hear
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    25 10 THE 10,430-ton vessel Ellen Bakke of tht Norwegian Knutf-en Line. Thc cargo liner is due m Singapore toy arrow on her maiden voyage.
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  • 43 10 THE boards of tlu* Kinta Tin Mini's Ltd. and Tanjong Tin Dredging Ltd. have dei lared third interim dividends of 25A and 40 respectively for the current year, both payable m England on Sept. 89 to shareholders registered on Sept. 13.
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  • 170 10 THE value of fertilizers m enabling peasant farmers to increase tood production stressed by Mr. H. J. Page, the well-known authority m agricultural science, addressing delegates recently to the annual meeting of the British M iation m Sheffield. He pointed out that m coura: b as
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  • 92 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Pron 8008 closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra. Sept. $26£ buyers, sellers; coconut oil (bulk) sellers, coconut oil sellers; Muntok te pepper $124 sc! sellers A I Sarawak black Singapore Copra Association ag prices: Straits mixed copra: Sept. $261 (nominal) Oct. $27A (nominal). HOLIDAY. (I TIER.
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  • 57 10 MALAYAN imports of tin concentrates during August amounted to 1.215 tons compared with 973 tons mi n July, according to official statistics. Most of the imports came from Thailand (1.091 tons). During the first eight months of this year the total imports amounted to 8 947
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  • 421 10 NO SIGNIFICANT RISE IN H.K. CLOTH INDUSTRY THE current situation m Hongkong does not. m any case, indicate any sign ifi cant increase m quantity of production m the near future for the Colony's textile industry, according to Mr. D. C. Silas, Secretary of tire Hongkong Cotton Spinners' Association. In
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  • 596 10 WORLD tin resources m many areas appear adequate to sustain any increase m the demand for new tin m the foreseeable future, ije of Tin. ick. commodity-inci..* l r Mine?, and Mr, John V. cai assistant on their Problems.' according to the latest It
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  • 123 10 •<* cbrokers yesreported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $207* overnight; Gammon 51.91 to $1.91 J: Georgetown 52.20; Hammer $2.85 and Hume A5/6 xd; M. Cement A A: M Colls 51.09: Metal Box $1.62 Robinson ords $1.62 to Cold Storage $1.51J; Traction Co. 19/3: Straits Times Srraits
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  • 143 10 MALAYAX industrials were quietly steady yesterday, while rubbers were quiet, according to the Malayan Share brokers* Association. spare irregular and inclined to esse. Price change*, announced by the Association yesterday were: Buyers Seller! Fed. Disp 2.04 2.08 T. Disp. 2.15 2.25 Com 1-80 If. Co IJ*I l.io
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  • FINANCE & COMMERCE
    • 79 10 SIN(, \POKE rubber prim yesirid.i> ins, n gine| aie rubber for Octo! P< r lb The market opened steefe at 94 cents but interc*- s-jj. sided and at noon the maraM was dull at 93 1 cc During the day prices moved between 944. and 934 cent*
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    • 39 10 Spot (norn) 93 t. R.S.S. No. Nov R.S.S. No 1 93g j j Oct. R.S.S. No. 2 91 j Oct. R S.S. No. 3 90} 81 R.M.A. on reg. tender:— Oct. 931 Nov. 934 831 Tone: Dull.
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    • 194 10 U.S. Takes Part In More Fairs WASHINGTON, 17,-Wnn U.S. participation m international trad 9 fans on the mm..*. products ,uu\ p.arliM .urn nt an nu.sincss agriculture are. or M will he on di*-plav m dozen countries around \i world. Included m these countries, are Turkey. Greece. Sweden, Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria,
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  • 121 10 Asweiation changes m Its rats I to merchants yesterday were London: selling. T.T 2 3 7 8. buying airrr. 4 1/16. 30 2 4 7 32. 45 i I 5/8, 180 dM I rk: selling T.T. 32 f O.D. 32 11/16; buvir.g airmail, ft 32 15/16 credit bills,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 951 10 NOTICES JOHORE PERAK TURF CLUB PWD TENDER NOTICE SIT TAN S GOLD VASE TENDERS fr n Registered MEETING. 1!.5« -tractors of Qggg-B" and above wii:ar d.ay-sam.U) \Y- r warn mn Mm mc, J0: <m ,v„ n\V \VFI)NESDA_ to 12 noon of the 26th S>LCOM) DAY— WtUNaWtUAi I TVr 1956 {nr
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    • 83 10 NOTICES Thp Bankruptcy Ordinance •CHAPTER 11 > In Ihe High Court of the Colony of Singappore Island of Singapore IX BANKRUFTC. Xo 22*3. 1 Ro: VLO Mil CHWEE of Xo. 254, Jalan Eunos, Singspore, 14. Receiving Order made 16th May. [fM. Date of .Adjudication June, 1956. Date and olare of
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    • 136 10 More Commercial News In Page 72 YUGOSLAV LINE From Adriatic, Neor East, Indio ond Colombo to Diokert* en* Hongkong. Penana P Shorn Malocco Sr mv. "VELEBIT" 7/80ct 9 1 0 Oct 11/12 Oct From Hongkong to Bombay, Aden, P. Sudan, Port. Sc.c Beyrouth, Venice, Trieste ond Rijeko Spore Molocco P.S'hcm
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    • 783 11 r 4 NCLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. ""the blue funnel line"' 6 NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Boston. New -fork, £alt.r-or«. PhiljdelphU b Cull Spor PS hem Pen_« B ■•-> 94 Oct 15/16 Oct 17/18 Oct Wrti' 9 M Nev 15/16 Nov 17/18 Nov gtVSSIS H Dec 4 |an 5,5 )an 7/ g
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    • 1081 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 linttl (Incorporated m Singapora) (12 lineal ■gj 1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE gj 1 Carrien option to proceed via other portj to load and discharge cargc SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENT Singapore. p_„ Osie Sailt P.Sham Penang Perseus tor Lrverpool
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    • 914 11 MITSUI V?^ LINE Spore P. Shorn Penonc FOR JAPAN Mikageson Moru tor Yokohama, Noqovo Kobe vio Honokonc 26 Sept Hoeison Maru tor YcAohomc Noqov- Kobe vio Hongkong 200ct Akibasan Maru tor Yokohama Nagoya, Kobe vio Hongkong 14 Nov FOR U.S.A. vie Sue* Foi New York Philadelphia Baltimore Mooomison Mnn trom
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    • 727 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings tot Rengkol. ond o. tor fcoit Penong »om S pora "SONGKHLA" Gdn, 9 "FALSTRIA" In Port M 2 1 Sept "MEONIA" 11/130ct U Oct 16/190et "LALANDIA" 18 20 Oct 21/22 Oct 2s 2 6 Oct "ASIA" 2 7 Oct 1 Nov HOMEWARDS Soiiinqs tor Genoa
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  • 294 12 BRAZIL MAY BUY BIG TONNAGE OF RUBBER BRAZIL will continue to import a big tonnage of Asian rubber unless large synthetic rubber plants are set up there, according to the Trade Inquiries Bulletin of the Singapore Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This will take place even if estimates of future
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  • 114 12 BRITAIN attracted nearly I quarter of a million overseas its m the peak to month July. The figure, given last week hv the Brit i-h Holidays Association is 220.922 a 2 increase on last year. The total of visitors m the seven months of the year
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    62 12 TUX 2.(!»)1-ton Scindia. a three-masted steamer was the first of the 8.1. company's lane fl itffS. Legend has it that because of the vessels size two pilots were employed to navigate her when she came up the river Hooghly for the first time. She also x.iv service m the South
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  • 28 12 A NEW can-making plant. with capacity for producing about 150 million emu- a fear, is to be built m Puerto Rico by the American Can Company.
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  • 183 12 AN engineer from the Mercedes-Benz car factory at Stuttgart, German;. Willi Zoltberger. is now m Singapore to offer technical advice to customers. Mr. Zoltbe M «a a far' r..z-' -->' a aad Borneo m the course of a Far Eastern tour. The engineer has
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  • 130 12 <H 11 X ROM)*** Dusseldorf. Atreus. Karimata. Alater. ,n a X ,r- V M.i h Tabian. Bellerophon. Hg. Tr»d«r. InehweUs. Abbekerk. Shapur. Dfamra. Beta. Mat Rickmers, I\M X KO \l>*i Stia, Irian. Katong T Buana. p.-.. B laasjH B aa m Champadah. Adm Vernon. Xt a X
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  • 167 12 MORE OIL EQUIPMENT ORDERS IN the first half of this X firms received orders for oil equipment and .erials valued at A 900— the highest figure ever recorded m a ball ar and ua a. ill million on the value of orders placed m the period of 1955. These facts
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  • 382 12 Getz Bros. Planning Expansion In Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Getz Bros. onipanv is planning further expansion m tlu* Federation bcrau.se of the increasing demand lor its products whirh include provisions. che m i c als, building materials, textiles, machinery and automotives. Getz Bros, was established m San Francisco 83 years
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  • 50 12 WORLD production of barley m 1855, the lAS. Department of Agriculture reports, climbed to 2,885 miliron bushels. This compared with 2.8 M million bushels m 1954 and the 1935-1939 average of 2,a*is million bushels. Barley acreage. however, about 8.7 million acres greater than m 1935-1939.
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  • 28 12 of welding concrete, brick, cement and cinder block, tile and all other masonry building mat. rial] with B bond stronger than the joined material itself A.P.
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  • 118 12 THE British Standards Instituinn lias rccomnu ded the adoption or ptcton marking m tiie handling instructions of won danger ous goods. 1 markings are designed to minimize danger to path pie, Pesiels, equipment, or go m the handling oj crates. M tin reason for the picrepresentation of
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  • 822 12 CELEBRATIONS ON SEPT. 25 Standard Shipping Reporter ONE of the largest and oldest shipping concerns m the world the British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. will celebrate its centenary on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The occasion will be marked by celebrations m London, Calcutta. Singapore and
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  • 188 12 CROP insurance is a feasfUf proposition m the countries el Asia and the Far East region, delegates to the FAO sponsorai working party on crop aaaf] livestock insurance cen .r^ed after a ten-day tftiriim held m Santitham Hall, Bangkok, recently. After exhaustive study at schemes
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  • 91 12 TWO new models have been added to the range of Standard car s for 1957: a "Sportsman" version of the Vanguard and an Estate car. The Standard Vanguard Sportsman la based on the ;oon but has an engine of increased efficiency .oping
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  • 130 12 Inside, more attention has been paid to sound-proofing and the luxurious uphoi. n both hide and cloth. There are armrest' i centre of both the front and back seats and equipment includes heating, ventih-a n washers and lea* covered Dunlopillo "crash pads" on the upper and lowarts of the
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  • 46 12 AUSTRALIAN mining e_» perts expect that beach asn* m the northern StaU Queensland will produr-e this year a record output of 40.001 tons of rutile. valuer than £3.000.000. This dou of the rutile will be exported the U.S., and the rest to lW n_
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  • 314 13 Brooks Still Ahead In Mad NL Scramble FLAGTIEING WIN FOR YANKEES MAY YORK. Sept. 16 (.-\P)— The New York Vanclinched at least a tie for the American League p-r^nt and the Brooklyn Dodgers moved out a half m front m the mad National League scramble sunday. I 3 Yanks had
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  • 93 13 Outsider Wins French St. Leger PAJUS Sept II naalm) 11 R. Bea rr. ante iVrsbisn, A _9 to 1 outsider, raced home an or of the Pr;\ R oik the French St Leger. ar Long* champ today. A.: loni aad a half from home jockey Jea-, Deforg .^ht Arabian through
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  • 68 13 whittier. California, Sopt IT. 'AP) Diminutive Marlene Barter Hsgge won the US$5,OOO women s professional Golfers' Association Invitatmnai Open Tournament yesterday, the eighth of the pear. Mr Hagge ti a a final mund 73 for a 72- hole total 292. four strokes under v B_erf_ par.
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  • 73 13 SIR GORDON JOHNNY photo. DONCASTER, Yorkshire Former British champion .jockey and now trainer. Sir Gordon Richards (left), swops hats with .American top jockey Johnny Longden, as the pair meet at the yearling sales prior to the running of the classic St. I.cger race. Johnny Lonuden. who has just broken Sir
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  • 150 13 PARIS. Sept. 16 (IT)— Tony Trabert upset Pancho Gonzales today, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 8-6, 6-2 to win the world professional tennis title here. QenSSlSai was partly crippled by a polled muscle m the* lot t let; m the decisive fourth set. Am estimated crowd
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  • 56 13 ALL Old Boys who wAi to repreaen, tha OBa. XI In friendly hockey matches are requested to give their namei to Mr. Tan Soo Hian (Tel: *****1 and Mr. Teo Tve Hin (Tel: .'***** Mr, Koh Boon Chiang has presented the "H. If. Hoisington Challenge Cup" for this
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  • 36 13 BUENOS AIRES Sept. Ifl 'Reuter' -The combined Oxford and Cambridge V river: ities Rugby Union team heat an V a- ntil c National .Selection 11-3 here today :n the last match of their tour.
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  • 745 13 Swimmers Athletes Set To Win Golds' PARIS, Sept. 17 (Reuter) Judging from training performances, swimmers seem the most likely of all France's competitors to win honours during the Olympic Games m Melbourne this November. Jean Boiteux. France's are swimmer, broke a European and a French record while competing
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  • 203 13 A Warning To Games Officials MELBOURNE. Sept. 17, (*\P) The chief executive officer of the Olympic Games. Lt Gen. Sir William Bridgeford. said last night there would be a full inquiry into overcrowding and rioting at Saturday's Olympic stadium. Bridgeford sdded that Games official? estimated the largoscrowd at the Games
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  • 163 13 DORTMUND. Germany. Sept. 17 (APi European middleweight boxing champion Charles Hume* of France scored a knockout victory over Germany s Peter Mueller m the third round of a scheduled 10-round non-title bout which ended n turmoil m Westfalenhalle here last night. The fight Which saw the
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  • 241 14 They qualified. ..but where' s that SOSC letter? By EDIN PETERS THREE Singapore weight lifters, who made qualifying lifts at SAWLF trials m Juiv before top Singapore Ohmpic and Sports Council official*-., are waiting for confirmation of their selection m the Colony's contingent for the Olympic Games
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  • 176 14 Rika II Is Melbourne -Bound FOI X Singapore yachtsmen will compete m the Olympic Games to be held at Melbourne m November. Three of them will race m the Norwegian built Rika II belonging to Mr. E. G. Holiday, the Commodore of the Royal
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  • 53 14 POLICE Training School boat aa School by M pointj i a tries) tc 6 > pena. tie ma fric r rr y match a: PTS >•: Scorers for the PTS were ]Urn I try and three eoaSharr.s. i Kerr.ar S.r.~. Bom Le A Dan c A abas
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  • 28 14 hattrick by Baker aelped Eng Seng School to beat S* School uree goals to nter -school hockey match on Gan Eng Se S ground yesterday.
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  • 264 14 ARMY maintained their unbeaten record with a fine second half rally which enabled them to sain a 4.3 victory over aSingarmre Eurasians m a SAFA Community league tie at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. A mar lsdwd the aefr Opening game, earned them ad
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  • 59 14 Gl \SG j Sept. n DP Bri m Hewson. m Wm^mmaTt r- produced bq Briton a a tck r t when vent 47 5 seconds. Only Derek Fohns n ever -ra. '--tre race b> a Br where J nsori _ed a t< nth cond faster th m time
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  • 63 14 \^L m^f^ THIS is the latest aerial view of the venues of the principal events at the Olympic Games m Melbourne this year. The Melbourne Cricket Ground, venue for the tradition- 9_B H al opening ceremony and the classic track and field events, is shown m
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  • 94 14 SOCCER SAFA StntOT p Semi-final' Marine Dept. PS A A. A. at Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.; Senior Cuptie T'gcrs S.A. RAF Chanqi at Jalan Brsar, 7.00 ant, a..- pwdsc VS. A%x andra F.T. at Farrer Park, 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY SHA Dfa I: c ra. aSCRC at Police; SCC
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  • 27 14 KUALA LUM PAR. Mon. The Royal Air Force will open their hockey season today when they meet the SelanfOT Sikh nion on the Taylor Road.
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  • 440 14 AHMAD ROSE ARE STILL CHAMPS SEVEN records were hrokrn at the Sinsapore Medical Services 9th annual athletic meet at i.ilan Boar Stadium on Saturday. Ahuirfl Wartam, who wm» rt IndiVidual Champ >n o- came the champion n winning Aye events— 220 ar.d 440 yards, Long tump md imp. Ro» 0
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  • 31 14 THE Singapore Amateur Football .Association's 'Throwin' Competition will take place on Sunday Sept. 23 at Jalan Besar Stadium. 4.00 p.m. Entries ihould be posted to the Hon Secretary.
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  • 37 14 HANOVER. West German?. Sept. 17 (Reuter)— The Soviet Union beat Germany. the World Cup holders, by two goals to one m an International soccer match here today. All the scoring was m the first half.
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  • 231 14 AMAZING BAN ON OLYMPIC SKIPPER LONDON, Mon.— John Brockway, 27, newly-appoint-ed captain of Britain's Olympic swimming team, has been barred from the Newport borough championships on Saturday. i So has John Beavan, 22. Welsh brcast-.Arokc champion and Newport's only other BritiMi international swimmer. B-OCfcjpray is out because he waa married
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  • 250 14  - THIS COACH MUST GO! Jeffery James I* We don't have world class athletes. cagers. witer poloists, boxers, hockey players but m Tan Howe Liang and Wong Kay Poh, we have lifters standing among the worlds best m their respective classes. But if Singapore's weight lifters are to be stronger than
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  • 542 14 SINGAPORE'S racing cyclists will make strong objections to charges of hooliganism within their ranks at the Singapore Cycle Racing Association extraordinary meeting on Sept. 24. Denying that there bag ever been hooliganism m Colony, raring, they told The Standard yesterday that reports about
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  • 222 14 Saints' Rugby Triumph Over SCC "B" ST ANDREW'S School Old Boys' beat Singapore Cricket Club 'Ii by nine points (two tries and a penalty i to nil m a friendly rugby match on the padan? yesterday The Saint? could have won by a bigger margin had they bern ic.-.- carelesi
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  • 202 14 Khalsa Down Teachers FIXGAPORE Khalsa Association scored a well-deserved tour, nil victory over trie Teachers' Trainfae C'iA« 0 ln an si: a Div. 2 league mach ar Senagoon Road yesterc Sikh? attacked from the brA;--Ofl _M were r-ocn one goal up when Dial Singh bi ike and cracked the ball
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  • 46 14 SINGAPORE Medical Union Sports Club beat Singapore Cricket C lb ry threi coais to two In a friendly hockey match on the Padang yesterday. Medicals scored theif goaA through Mobsmen Hamid (2; and Ahmad Mokthar while the Club's goals were by Enderbv and Mormon.
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  • 42 14 ILING by 1-0 at half tin* Sports Club impeond half to beat Singaation Club b goals to one m a friendly hockef match on the pada t S. Soocelara the Ceylonese while the Pees' -Tai cam c from VaHserg.
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