Singapore Standard, 7 January 1957

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  • 36 1 Singapore Standard tiger STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POLICI 2400 "%KL t*? \l\ iuE T*^ f\j 4* _~C FIRI BKIGADI GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 \o\. VII. >o. 188 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 529 1 Dusk To Down Curfew Again PENANG, Sun.— For the running, Police p.m. imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Georgetown as mob vioe continued unabated c Jan. The curfew ir^tn 5 p.m. a.m. tnmorr- v is :hree rs loner: tl an the one This, the lard understands. wa.s critical ruling at 3
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  • 99 1 A 10-Mile Wall Of Flames SYDNEY. Australia, Jan. P> A bushfire raging m South Queensland is th:^rucning to link ud with a smantic wall of flame, 58 miles long, m northwestern New South Wales. Between the two fires Is thr tiny Queensland township ol Hungerford, with a population of 25.
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  • 65 1 70 Injured In Crashlanding TULSA. Oklahoma, Jan. 6 (AP) An airliner with 10 persons aboard crashlandcd on a suburban farm just two miles away from the Tulsa municipal airport last night m rain and fog. The three crew members and seven passengers wer injured, two of them critically. Six were
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  • 560 1 Ike Asks Congress For Power To Use Armed Forces In Middle East And Says We'// Defend Nations Who Seek Our Aid' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, (UP) President Eisenhower asked Congress yesterday for power to use U.S. armed forces, on a moment's notice, to defend any Middle East
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  • 260 1 DIFFERENCES AMONG LEADERS SINGAPORE State UMNO is facing a crisis which may lead to a split due to differences among leaders m the organization. Top executives of the Party yesterday met at the residence of its chairman and the Colony's Minister for Local Government. Lands
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  • 126 1 HONGKONG. J?n. 6, (UP). Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung is reported today "diligently" studying the English language. Hongkong's Communist Ta Kung Pao said Communist Chinese Premier Chou Eji-lai revealed this last Dec. 18 while addressing overseas Chinese at a reception m Burma. According to
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  • 56 1 FORT WORTH, Texas. Jan. 6 (AP) Martha Ann Wilson, 15, a high school student, shot herself to death on Saturday after her father told her ho sold her pet horse. In a note found near the girl's body she wrote: "I have no reason to live
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  • 75 1 LONDON. Jan. 6 (Reuter) President Nasser has affirmed that he "will not allow British and French ships to pass through the Suez Canal as long as Israel does not withdraw from the 3aza Strip and the strip returns to Egypt." Cairo Radio announced m an Arabic
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  • 67 1 TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuter) A United States Air Force helicopter hovered over the slopes of the 7,557-foot high Mount Asahidake, Northern Japan, today directing a rescue party searching for three missing persons A police spokesman said a severe snow blizzard was hampering the rescue of a
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  • 4 1 President Eisenhower
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  • 210 1 MILLION R.I, SPORE JEWEL RACKET BARED MILLIONS of dollars m gold, diamonds and rupiahs are reported to have been smuggled into Singapore from Sumatra and Jakarta following the political upheaval m Indonesia. Businessmen m Sumatra and Jakarta, who find it difficult to transfer their rupiahs. tied up with the foreign
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  • 112 1 NEHRU'S WARNING ON M.E. INDORE, Jan. 6 (Reuter) Mr Nehru. India's Prime Minister, declared here today that any attempt by any outside power to fill any power vacuum m the Middle East was fraught with the gravest danger to the peace of the world. Mr. Nehru did not make any
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  • 71 1 CANBERRA. Jan. 6 (Reuter) Britain will launch two research rockets Into space from the Woomera range m Central Australia this year, the Australian Supply Minister. Mr. Howard Beale announced today. Mr. Beale said that these rockets were expected to increase greatly the scanty information at present available
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  • 43 1 MADRAS. Jan. 6 (AP> Only two of India's New Year's eve quintuplets survived today. Two of the five girls born on Dec. 31 to a 29-year-old Indian servant woman died two days ago. A third died on Saturday night.
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  • 138 1 From ANDREW ROTH, London Bureau Chief LONDON. Sun. There was an air of troubled embarrassment around Federation Headquarters m London this morning. Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman's announcement of the failure of the Federation delegation to secure any substantial .offer of British economic assistance
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  • 113 1 Gun Battle Ends In Car Crash MEXICO CITY. Jan. 5 (UP) A beautiful girl and 100.--000 pesos from the sale of narcotics led to a running gun battle between two rival gangs m speeding automobiles on one of Mexico City's main streets yesterday. The chase ended when Victor Manuel Navarro,
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  • 23 1 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was charged m New York with stealing a car to keep an appointment with a probation officer.— Reuter
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  • 112 1 MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (Reuter)— The Hungarian Government has invited Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, United Nations Secretary-General, to visit Hungary m the spring of this year, according to the Soviet Communist newspaper Pravda. Pravda. quoted by the official Tass News Agency, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Mr.
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  • 35 1 THE first electrically detonated bomb to go off m Cyprus for over a month exploded m a village near Paphos earlier on Saturday, wounding* four British servicemen ridinrf m a military vehicle. A.P.
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  • 126 1 Indonesian Editor Released JAKARTA, Jan 6, (UP). Military police released an Indonesian newspaper editor from jail yesterday after holding him for 21 days without rharges. Indonesia Raya editor Mochtar Lubis was placed under house arrest m Jakarta following his release from jail. A strong critic of the Government, he was
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  • 67 1 CAIRO. Jan. 6 (Reuter) A spokesman of the Yemeni Legation here said that the Yemen was considering breaking off relations with Britain following "recent British" attacks on Yemeni towns and villages." Yemeni circles here said that Imam Ahmad, ruler of the Yemen had instructed the head of
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  • 599 2 But Russians Say There's Danger Of War, Not Peace LONDON, Jan. 6 (AP) Britain last night hailad th<? new "Eisenhower doctrine" for the Middle East, but there was no echo from the Arab world "We welcome this evidence of the President's intention to place United States
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  • 101 2 KLAXG. Sun. Over 40 Muslim religious leaders from *U parts of the Federation began here today a study course to "discuss and discover" causes of a rise m divorce ntd and domestic disharmony among Malays. Tne co»;rse was opened by Tuan Ka]i Patch Akhir. chief of the
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  • 156 2 THERE is no age limit to those who wish to enter the "Rock 'N Roll" contest to be held m conjunction with the screening of the film "Teenage Rebel" at the Odeon Theatre on Wednesday. night. All intending couples here again the pairs need not
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  • 70 2 500 GIVE HIM A SEND-OFF MORE than 509 Malays gave a rousing send-off yesterday to Inihe Syed JafTar Albar. Publicity Chief of I'MNO. above, who left by plane for Jakarta on a nne-montb visit. Inche Aibar is visiting Indonesia after 28 years to see his mother. thre« sisters and two
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  • 251 2 Standard Music Critic RICHARD FARRELL gave a second brilliant piano recital, consisting of items from the standard repertoire, m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Beethoven's "Appassionata" sonata was given a bold and finely proportioned reading. Very occasionally some of the effects seemed over-calculat-ed with
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  • 49 2 LIM KIM SENG. 22. a clerk, was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital last night with a gunshot wound m his left leg. He was cleaning a .22 rifle m a room m Prince Charles Square when the gun went off, Police were told.
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  • 44 2 THE Balestier Community Centre heJd a prize giving and annual children's party m Singapore last night. There were a free magic show by Mr. Jimmy Choo. amateur magician, and a free cinema show. Children weie given cakes, drinks, ice-cream and toys.
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  • 44 2 MEMBERS of the Delta Ganges Welfare Association m Singapore are notified that the drawing of the organization's private lottery will be held on March 31 at 5 p.m. at the headquarters of the Association. All members are requested to be present.
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  • 120 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Johore State Committee for Merdeka Day celebrations had its first meeting today wi:h the Mentri Besar, Dato Wan Idris bin Ibrahim as chairman. The meeting appointed a central working committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Mentri Besar, Ungku Ismail, to
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  • 57 2 Moorhouse' s Body For U.K. NAPLES. Jan. 6. (UP)— The body of British army Lt. Anthony Moorhouse. kidnapped and killed hv Egyptian guerilla? during the Anglo-British occupation of Port Said, was flown to England today m a Royal Air Force plane. It was draped with a Union Jack snd accompanied
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  • 38 2 THE Argentine Government yesterday declared a national day of mourning for the death of Austrian President Theodor Kocrner, and Foreign Minister Luis Podcsta Costa personally conveyed to Austrian Ambassador Mcinrad Falser the official condolences.— UP
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  • 68 2 WINNERS of ~the"" "Miss Trade Fair" con- test m Penang are i Miss Chan Yee Wah (right). The runner- up Miss Esther Chan (centre) and the third, Miss Yee Yoke Ai (left). The contest was held at the New World Amusement Park on Friday night. The
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  • 115 2 Call For An All-Patty Mission THE Pong^ol Tampenis branch of the Singapore Liberal-Socialist party wants the Chief Minister to take an all-party delegation to London for the constitutional talks on the Colony's future m March. This was a resolution adopted by the branch at its inaugural meeting held m Sennett
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  • 168 2 MORIB, Sun.— The Minister for Agriculture; Inche Aziz bin Ishak, declared today that his Ministry svould try its best to bring down the mortality rate among Malays by popularizing food containing adequate protein and fats. Malays reached a "super record" m death rates m
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  • 78 2 EXECUTIVE committee members of the striking Malayan Airways local employees Union last night met the risiting Federation Minister for Communications and Works, Inche Sardon bin Jubir and explained to him the reasons which led to the strike. Earlier the unionists met Singapore's Minister for Local Government. Lands
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  • 129 2 First RAF Fighting Squadron KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The first fighting squadron of the Royal Air Force Regiment (Malaya) to rrcciv c intensive training m jungle warfare technique from the army is now on offensive anti-Com-munist terrorist operations m South Perak, the RAF announced today. It is No. 95 quadron, commanded
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  • 78 2 ATAMI f Japan). Jan. 8 (UP) A young man and his fiancee's mother leaped their death at the city's be.st known suicide spot, police said today. The bodies of Takeshi Takahashi. 22. and Mrs. Take Asami. 40, were dl Saturday on rocks about 230 fret below
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  • 64 2 MANILA. Jan. G iUP> The Briti.-h BhiD. New minster, has reached th« American tanker. S Soutnern States, m d since yesterday m 1 Philippine waters, reports reaching here said The tanker, m a d message yesterday su Herod an "er »lty due to loss of Frencn water."
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  • 55 2 MEXICO CITY. Jan. 6 W\ Cuban revolutionary > Fidel Castro Ruz still Cuba fighting the refill President Fulgenc:<> her sister said today. Lidia Castro Ruz, 42-ycar-o.* elder sister of the young stu dent leader, said r,c-A ports that Carso Rui to safety m Mexico arc of
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  • 27 2 CHILEAN poete: G Mistral. 1945 Nobel winner, was reported d> n* of canrer yesterday In JJi Hemstead. Long Ijg general hospital. She Is 00. UP
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 66 2 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.30 p.m. Jan 5 to 7.30 a.m. Jan. 6: Singapore (7 IF); Penang (74F): Kota Rahru (73F;-. Kuala Lumpur (71F); Ipoh (72F); Kuantan (66F). Maximum Temperature From .:>0 a.m. to 7.30 dm. Singapore (87F); Penang (86F); Kota Rahru (82F); Kuala Lumpur (fiF): Ipoh (89F); Kuantan
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  • 55 3 r MR. and Mrs mrr I. T, Won*, after their wed- I dins jresterdaj at St. Matthew's Church, Singapore S Ihr brulr is thr former Margaret Lim, second < daiichtir <>f Mr. and M r s. Lim Heng Ooi. and the 1 croom is the only .son of
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  • 99 3 The Long Arm Of The Law THE Singapore Homicide solved 18 out of the ..-dors committed m the v during the past year. Secretary. Mr. Peter io. told the Standard rriay. •hrr ncht cases are rill undor active investigate addod. In one ca Mr. Clasue tho murderer coinmitiicide. hoped that
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  • 58 3 1,748 pics pass before their eyes t A judges for Iho International -raphy sat beJ° rea el" yesterday til past mid'ograpl: and m colour, them m succes:an, hon. salon I hon. secretary of Society of orisored the s-.andard that rds would be an:l)ition of the ohs will be held g
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  • 145 3 PAR IT BUNTAR. Sun.— The following have been appointed to serve on the Rent Assessment Board, Rubber Supervision Licensing Boarrj and the Excise Licensing Board lor Krian district for 1957 Rent Assessment Board: District Officer, Krian (Chairman), Tuan Haji Jaffar bin Haji Abdul Rauf. Dato Sri
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  • 252 3 Traction Co. Men Pose Go Slow' Threat THE 3.000 trong SingaTraction Company Employe* Union yoster- n c d the the workers v to press demanding a. -::t-hour shif: on I ek for 2,000 men m the traffic department. Tho management countered with a two-shift offer entailing the retrenchment of 180
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  • 487 3 BRAGA REVIEWS HIS MINISTRY'S PROGRESS SINGAPORE'S Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, yesterday told Standard that, last year, great strides had been made m the expansion of preventive and cura-. tive services m the Colony. Ono of the most important developments, he said
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  • 157 3 Dancers' Artistry Holds Crowd Spellbound SUJATA and Asoka, the worldfamous husband and wife dance team, last Saturday drew a record crowd to a Colony night spot with their exposition of exotic Indian dances. Typical of their repertoire was the dance of "Rama and Sita." Replete with traditional costumes, the dancers
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  • 142 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Johore may shortly become the first Malay Staje m the Federation to have a "cabinet" system of government and a "Speaker" to presideover State Council meetings. Amendments to the State Constitution gazetted today said the Speaker may be appointed by the
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  • 76 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Siew Fong. a communist terrorist has just surrendered at Kampar Police Station m Perak At Jeram New Village In the same area, a Home Guard operational section fired at a light seen outside the perimeter fence during Friday night. The area was searched without result.
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  • 80 3 A GANG of 20 secret society thugs beat-up a 21-year-old fitter, Leon^r Kum Yuen, and knifed him twice m the back at Eu Tong Sen Street. Singapore, yesterday. Leontj also sustained a wound on his forehead and was admitted to the General Hospital m a
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  • 191 3 Police Set An Ambush Recover A Stolen Gun A LICENSED revolver, alleged to have been used JIJL sen or robberies, murders and kidnapping, was recovered by the Singapore Police on Saturday night roliee took the gun when they ambushed three men attempting to rob the Victoria^ Confectionery. The thug holding
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  • 159 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Federation acting Chief Minisa C u', che Sulei man bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said yesterday he did not pretend that arrangements m this country m regard to local government were perfect mainly because of the pace of its development.
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  • 86 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Senior Scout Mahmud bin Sa'ad, 18, of the 20th Alor Star Group, yesterday received from the Federation Chief Scout, Sir Donald Mac-Gillivray, the coveted Silver Cross for Gallantry. Mahmud, a pupil of the Alor Star Arabic School, merited the award by his
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  • 221 3 Canon Has Plan For Health. Wealth Happiness CANON Peter Howes, <*6-year-oid Anglican priest who has worked m Sarawak for 20 .wars, plans to bring health and prosperity to {.000 poor land Dyaks living m a remote part of Sarawak First Division. His first task is
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 122 3 |V X^ v <M OTATION: may woll be ;of k 'I Hi«* ma^terpi -re j Mnv'T' -Emerson. N lOR i:\iryonf: allow. >r poss: ->:e con- I prior to I after wh eh I present* ha shun uvt- lete tasks. matters. V'M X RIRTHDATtf \M> RIRTHSION eh zi to Ami tblems.
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  • 204 4 ABORIGINE BLOWPIPE DELIGHTS FEDERAL EDUCATION MINISTER KUALA LIMPIR. Sun. T« n Aborigines of Kelant.in's Temia r ti ibr yesterdiy presented a delighted Federal Minister with two genuine "Sempitan" blow-pipes. T\<e group, seeing the Capital for the first time, is on an eight-day civil s course m Selangor To several, this
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  • 91 4 'Community Education' Exhibition A "COMMUNITY Education" exhibition, organized by the Singapore Governmpnt Information Services, will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Jan. 14 for five days. Various audio-visual aids for community education m the fields of health, education, welfare and information *ill be shown. It will include stands
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  • 113 4 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The first batch of Malaya's policewomen ted the Se.^ions Court yesterday to hear a lecture on law by the Police Prosecutor. ASP Santokh Singh. The policewomen, led by ASP Barbara Wentworth. also observed the hearing of some theft and maintenance cases. One of
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  • 285 4 FREE CHINESE SCHOOL STARTS TODAY IPOH, Sun.— A total of 150, between the age s of nine and 13 who wmiiri have spent the rest of their lives m illiteracy oecause of poverty win r S their first lesson m Chinese education tomorrow
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  • 113 4 PEXANG. Sun. When schools re-open tomorrow morn:ng. Penang Police will the Chung Ling High School authorities m re-admit-ting more than 2.000 students for the new term. The Chief Police Officer, Penang. Mr. P.H. O'Flynn. said thot Police would take precautions at the school m view
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  • 92 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. me Chinese community will pay their own expenses m the one-week long Merdeka celebrations. ivieraeita Representatives of the Kuala LumDur MCA. Chince H C A amb of Commerce and the Chinese Assembly Hall, yesterday appointed a committee to organize the celebrations under
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  • 224 4 Penang Ait port: Good Progress In $1 Mil. Project PLNANG, Sun.— Good progress has been made m strengthening and extending the runway of Bayan Lepas Airport here to take m heavier and larger international aircraft. i All aircraft, including those of Malayan Airways, nave been diverted to the Royal Air
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  • 307 4 THEIR COURAGE IS Aft EXAMPLE TO VILLAGES IN THE FEDERATION Only Ten Bandits Are Left In District TAxNGKAK, Sun.— This little sub-district of Muar, once dominated by a strong force of armed Communist terrorists, today redeemed itself from their clutches and became one
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  • 239 4 Popular RAF Officer To Leave Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A man who pioneered the Indian Ai r Force and flew the first prototype of the record-breaking 'Canberra' bomber will leave Malaya shortly after two-and-a-half years service as commander of the R.A.F. station here. Group Captain H. P. Broad, one of
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  • 32 4 ONE-YEAR-OLD Dave Hendroff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Griffin HendrofT. of 2876A Cochrane Road, Kuala Lumpur, pictured with his mother at his birthday party held recently. Standardpic by Yong.
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  • 172 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The High Commissionerr Sir Donald MacGillivray yesterday opened $150,000 Headquarters for Malaya's 42.000 scouts and named the gleaming threestorey structure "B-P House" after the movement's illustrious founder, Lord Baden Powell. Sir Donald, who is the Federation Chief Scout, presented 40 Queen's
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  • 64 4 SUNGEI BAKAP, Sun. Two young girls. Lee Aun Lye, and Ooi Chin Gnoh were involved m a collision with a Singapore car here yesterday. They had alighted from a bus and were crossing the road to return to Wellesley (new) Village when the accident took place.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • 635 5 BRIGHT 1-9-5-7 for AUSSIES STRONG DEM A ND FOR WOOL WHEAT. SUGAR AND BOOM FOR MINES HOPES are high that the com.ng year will be a bright and prosperous one for Australia, and the barometer certainly seems to indicate good "weather" ohead, though there are some storm clouds m the
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  • 1055 5  - LETTER from Down Under Jim Henry By 'Our Queensland Correspo n don t) rain protection during their expeditions. Quiet Sailing TIIF It OOG-tons P. O. liner Strathedon sailed from Melbourne lor London the other day very quietly, without the usual hustle and bustle, the crowds of faiewelfoin on the wharf
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  • 384 5 r|VERSHADOWINa this week m the Australian sports wtfrM was, of course Australia's over- > whelming success m her defence of the Davis Cup m Adeln.de. The clean ween 5-ni P vie- o vio A Y, ie A^ CrlCan chal i en^'" wa/ ireelv predicted and came as no nrprbeT
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  • Article, Illustration
    1602 5 11 ■■'^'^^^^^"•■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■B From Our Correspondent ICDGING from comments m the uwrld press on F-emier Nehru > Tisit to Washington, LnnHnn Bonn, etc., the Indian leadrr had had a most unforlc time discussing the worlds problems with some ot the principal actors m the n.nins drama today. The fourteen
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 561 6 THii Singapore Malay Education Council is right an insisting that modern Malay text books should supplant the out of date ones now being used m "he primary and secondary Malay schools. Hitherto British authorities on Malay history have made much fuss about the Hikayat Abdullah just
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    • 356 6 A N'EW^ student organization is m the process of being set up m Ma'aya. It has been planned by leading members of the University of Malaya Students' Union and is expected to be launched next month. Its sponsors are determined that the new body, to bo known as
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  • 1146 6  - Disunity in Argentina HUGH LYALL -by BUENOS AIRES. ARGENTINA starts 19 5 7 with the majority of her political and economic problems mostly legacies from the Peron regime still unsolved. The provisional Government headed by President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu has been m power for more than 13 months, and has
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 107 6 Sir; The Matron of the Red Cross Cripoled Children's Home wishes to thank all individuals and firms for the;: generous gifts of money and presents which helped to make Christmas a very Merry One this year for the children m the Home. j The Executive Committee
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  • 676 6  - A Hollow Victory for Italy's Reds PETER COTTRELL by ROME: I ML Italian Communist Party, the biggest m the West, with its alleged two million members, has emerged from its first "post-Sta-linist" congress once again formally united round the "flexible line" of its leader Palmiro Togliatti a line which consists
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  • 560 6  -  RAWLE KNOX By HONGKONG diplomats m Asia expect a fresh and solid Communist demarche to result from Mr. Chou En-lai's coming visit to Moscow. Most Asian statesmen view the proposed meeting with some excitement, believing that Mr. Chou will report the misgivings of independent Asian countries about
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 178 7 INCITEMENT, CHARGES JAKARTA JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Reuter)— The Indonesian Government last night charged "some foreign countries" with "tatervcnlßf m the internal situation m Indonesia through their press and radio." over the r r Rea srokesMinistry of I reign prtmentariea on Indonesia were and were often incitement
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  • 59 7 Reds Get Jitters Over N.T.S. DON, Jan. G (AP) as demanded protec- r crewmen of Soviet against anti-Communist while they are m Brin Office said last Soviet Ema note proactivitios by n as "NTS the name used anti-Communist eminization whose full N t lonal All ancc an Solidari." Soviet note
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  • 145 7 BUDAPEST. Jan. 6. (Reutrr>. A four-man United Nations team had talks m Budapest yesterday to study the possibility of U.N. economic aid to strife-torn Hungary. The U.N. tram, which arrived here yesterday, is headed by Mr. Philiippe de Seyncs. Under-Secrctary m charge of Economic Affairs.
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  • 90 7 DETROIT, .Jxn. 6, (AP) Four women held a would-be hold-up man m a chair at a beauty shop on Saturday and kept him, there until police arrived. Police said James Ellis, 24, tried to imtimidate the women with a toy pistol. Mrs. Jessie White, owner of
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  • 306 7 Marie Tells Of Movieland Kidnapping Bid INPIO. (California', Jan. I lP ,__Marie (The Body) McDonald, bruised and with t.rth broken lpparinJlv from a beating told Liu. wsterriay a h irrow•nc lair of 24 hours m kidnappers' hands, threatened s.jufd-off shotgun. Ihrn I- os Angeles police (U n their own twist
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  • 358 7 OIL FAMINE MAKES THOUSANDS JOBLESS 'JON. Jan. 6 (AP) ;'s nil famine has l Britain's autobile industry into a and resulted m ployment and shorworking for tens mds of workers. f rai ning following c Suoz Canal into British car sales both at homo and m
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  • 206 7 American Support Helps Stabilize Finance Position LONDON, Jan. 6, (UP) British financial experts said today the pound sterling is "out of danger" and over the hump for the time being. American support, m addition to commercial factors, was said to have contributed to the strengthening" of
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  • 109 7 CAIRO. Jan. 6, (Rcutcr) Egypt has called for Israeli forces to speed up their withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. Brigadier Amin Hcl m y. Egyptian, liaison officer with the United Nations Emergency Force, told reporters that ht had given this message today to Major-Generai E.
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  • 111 7 Talks To Begin With Russia VIENNA. Jan. 6 (Reuter)— The Hungarian Minister of State Mr. George Marosan announced today that talks with the Soviet Union would be held soon to create a new basis for Soviet-Hungarian relations. According to Radio Budapest, the minister said m a speech m Komlo that
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  • 35 7 PRIME Minister Tanzan Ishibashi will visit Washington for high-level talks with President Eisenhower some time m April soon after the passage of next year's budget, informed sources said m Tokyo yesterday. UP
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  • 27 7 THE International Red Cross has asked British Government permission for a Red Cross mission to visit internee camps m Kenya, it was learned yesterday.— UP
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  • 200 7 MOSCOW. Jan. 6 (Reuter) The Soviet Union and three last European .states pledged full support to the Hungarian Government of Mr Janos Kadar at top level talks last week m Budapest, it has announced here today. Mr. Nikita Krushchev, Soviet Communist Party chief and Mr.
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  • 103 7 Peking Leaders Flayed BELGRADE, Jafl. 6. (Rruton. The official Yugoslav newspaper Borba today accused Chinese Communist leaders of failing to distinguish Communism from Stalinism. It also accused Chinese leaders of using unjustified, unprincipled and incorrect arguments m attacking Yugoslavia^ independent line of Communism. Borba was making the first Yugoslavia press
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  • 84 7 HUSBANDS HAVE SOME RIGHTS PARIS, Jan. 6, (AP) A French court ruled yesterday that husbands have some rights wives aren't supposed to hit them with hatchets. Although her husband forgave her, a judge told Madame Therese Bellardon he could not let her go unpunished She pleaded guilty to striking Pierre,
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  • 118 7 BAGDAD, Jan. 6, (Reuter) The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri Al Said, last night said that Iraq's armed forces were equipped with the latest weapons which could, if the need arose, be used m an atomic war. Speaking m a nationwide broadcast on the eve of the
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  • 25 7 COMMUNIST Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev announced that he had just returned from Budapest, where he had made a first-hand study of the situation.
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  • 74 7 pholo. WORM) famous actor Charlie Chaplin and his family were visited at their home near Vovcy, Switzerland. by Swiss chimney sweeps who traditionally visit private homes on New Year's Day to bring luck for the coming year. Left to right: leader of the croup of sweeps Ami
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  • 131 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP)— Rear Admiral Albert G. Mumma, the U.S. Navy's bureau of ships chief, said the American Navy is training more than 2,000 men each year as nuclear technicians to man the atomic submarines and surface ships being built. The pool of
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    • 53 7 Garden Set, as illustrated, __^=ar o l d i n 5 Comp Stools f\yv mS i MBE^L 72 Two $84.00 J^l'/y^^j^f ir^vNl 84" spread Jj V $81.65 $93.00 Garden Furniture m Metal and Canvas FURNITURE DEPARTMENT I f |IJ 1 T I Vfl I fOfi top floor ■■■■^■^HHBHif^KfHwMi Raffles Place,
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    • 785 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. lei. J3V23/6. *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SIRVICI Te H.lltax, Boston. New York. Baltimore. Philadelphia Oilt Ports. S'por. P. Sham Penang POLYPHEMUS 8/14 Feb 15/16 Feb 17/18 Feb Carriers option te proceed vie ethet ports to load and discharge catge>. NORTH
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    • 1103 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) "Tpt" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T o r^ Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONOON CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Out Sail* PJ'ham Penans Cyclops for Clasgow
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    • 745 8 MITSUI Vffi\ LINE Spore P. Sham Penonr FOR JAPAN Nochison Mont for Yokohama. Kobe G. 19/20 Aiumoton Maru tor Kobe. Yokohamo, AAoji. 7 Jan N os man Maru tor Yokohomo Kobe Moji vio Hong Kong 13 Jon 10 Jon FOR U.S.A. For New York PhHodelphlo Baltimore Asokoson Mary 15 Jon
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    • 680 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Sailings tot Bangkok and/or Far East Pen an« P S'W -fr "MALAYA" 16/18Jon 19/22Jon 23/24 j K O« A 22/24 C -JUTLANDIA" 23/24 Jan 25/25 Jon 26/28 j ot HOMEWARDS Sailings tot Genoa Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg. Copenhagen, Gothenburg Oslo. S'por. P. Shan, PeßOfJo "BOGOTA" 9/12 Jan
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  • 335 9 Finance And Commerce INDIA has reduced the quota for the Importation of copra for this year by 50 per cent, was re P or d m the Singapore market. policy remained changed and supplies of Singapore could be maintained, there could re that
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  • 81 9 P World Airranged for I 00,000 of it was an[r. Jujn T. •it. 1 1 per cent re subject king fund 4:11 m 1968. ii scheduled provision for is m addition ••2-term •nent m the LJSS6O,OOO,OGO I May. ited that the c used to c company'j
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  • 64 9 IXTRA furnaces comir g introduction should give capacity for a pi£ tput expansion this t icast a million tons n this year, say 5 the Iron and Steel Beard. farance came into m Lancashire m nd a large nev one rough is being m
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  • 349 9 TIN EXPORTS COMPANY REPORTS orta of tin io all 1 Singapore and (is; ring Decem--162 ton?, ac- minary statis- Aycr Hitam Tin Dredging Ltd: Out of profit of £126.067 (41 after profits tax. dividends totalling 21- per- share were paid for the year ended 30th June, 1956. Net liquid assets
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  • 101 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association's changes m its rates to merchants on Saturday were: New York: buying. T.T. 325 OH 32?. 90 days" airmail 33 credit bills, .13 1/16 trade bills. buying, T.T. 31 3/8. O.D. 31 1 90 days airmail 31 13/16 credit bills. Z\\ trade bills.
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  • 182 9 HOSE SOLVES A SHIPPING PROBLEM onveying, King water liquids lation to by nee rly ..nd harbour the hoses u^ed ork have often —the open I hoses, for •he toother :m--in all dockncd Jjoses :m--to the liqiid. S and drain ng nd deteriorate L* h oils or grc.ise and when exposed
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  • 29 9 THE U.S. Air Force m Britain has started taking delivery of a U*****,000 fleet of 67 sixwheel tractors from Leyland Motors Ltd., Lancashire, England.
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  • 31 9 EIGHT aluminium-alloy lifeboats built m the North East of England are being shipped from Liverpool to Genoa this month- They have been built for Cantieri Navali Riunati, of Ancona.
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  • 27 9 SCOTTS, Grcenock. have launched the diesel-driven oil tanker Angelos Lusis of 17.500 tons deadweight for Sociedad de Carga Oceanica. S.A. of Panama (A. Lusi. Ltd).
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  • 30 9 THE British Army has introduced automation into its records office with machines that can sort punched hole record cards at the rate of 40,000 an hour.
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  • 46 9 NEW YORK. Jan 4 (UP>— Today's Dow-Jones closing aver^grr: STOCKS: 30 Industrials 4^8. 1!2 20 Rails I'i6 42 I.j Utilities 69.0; 65 Stocics ***** BONDS: 40 Bond? 89 67 The Dow-Joaci Commodity Futures Index (1&24-2H average equals 100) close at 1C V :;3
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  • 199 9 •New Commissioner PENANG, Sun. Australian engineering goods, mining equipment and road-building equipment will play an important part m the Malayan market m future. This was stated here yesterday by Mr. P. R. Searcy, the new Australian Government Trade Commissioner and Commercial
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  • 334 9 By a Market Correspondent SATISFACTORY prices for Malaya's two staples, rubber and tin, the continuation of company tax at 30 per cent and the recent comparatively peaceful and mature comportment m the political arena, are all factors which have contributed to the agreeable performance
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  • 300 9 BUSINESS done m shares from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4: Industrials: Fraser Ncave Ords. $2.40 $2 37>,. Fraser Neave Prefs. $4.00. Federal Dispensary $2.20. Gammon $2.05, Hammer Co.. $1.57$ $1.60. Hume Industries Ords. A.6/1* to 6/4 J. Malayan Cement $1.674. Malayan Collieries $1.07 $1.08. Metal
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  • 79 9 A NEW self-contained servicing trolley for ground testing the hydraulic equipment of various types of aircraft has completed exhaustive working tests, its manufacturers, Irving Crames Ltd.. Gloucestershire, announced. The unit incorporates an in- dustrial diesel engine powering a series of hydraulic pumps producing a line
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    • 144 9 BARBER-FERN- VILLE LINES 1 Ol> /Ncw York. Philadelphia. Baltimore, Mobil*. New Orleans Mouttcr (via Cipe ot Good Hop*) Spore P. Sham Penang New York U *JANTvi Port SaiU 9 l» n 10 l* n 13 14 an 16 Feb ILlfc 14/21 |an 22/23 |an 26/27 |an 5 Mar n N
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    • 278 9 NOTICES AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION. SINGAPORE AUSTRALIAN citizens resident m Singapore are reminded of the desirability of registering their particulars each year. Including any change of address, with the Office of the Australian Commissioner. Crosby House. Robinson Road. Singapore. Registration cards, with return postage, will be forwarded upon request. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE
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    • 582 9 The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 11) In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore TN BANKRUPTCY No. 477 of 1 1956. RE: K. S. PILLAY of No. 173, Mackenzie Road, Singapore, 9. Receiving Order made 3rd October, 1956 Date of Adjudication sth November, 1956. Date and place
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    • 532 9 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPART- Lj MENT: (a> Erection of Group "B" Steel Street Lighting Columns 1957. Tender Deposit $100/-. Close 12 N00N— 17.1.57; and (b) Supply of Lamas Tender Deposit $50/-. Close 12 NOQN —6.2.57. 2 WATER DEPARTMENT: Contract for Mainlaying— Jalan Euno.s to Simpang Bodok.
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    • 489 9 MALACCA MUNICIPALITY RATES FOR THE Ist HALF-YEAR. 1957. r\WNERS of property are r«minded that rates lor the Ist half-year 1957 are due and payable m advance uithout demand at the Municipal Office, Malacca, m the month of January, 1957. 2. The percentage of rates payable for the year 1957 Is
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  • 941 10  -  JOHN FAIRGRIEVE A Review Of The 1956 By LONDON, Jan. 6— With the end of Britain's flat racing for 1956, one of the features of the season has been the remarkable success of veteran trainer Captain Charles Elsey, who heads the trainer's list with 83
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  • 68 10 CHICAGO. Jan. 5. (UP) Mrs. Pat McCormick. two times double Olympic diving champion will be honoured as the first «\vinner of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Trophy at a presentation dinner here on June 26. The event, originally scheduled for Jan. 15, was changed to June 26,
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  • 264 10 Motor Sports Club Plans Programme KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The new committee of the Malayan Motor Sports Ciub has drafted a very fu:i programme for the coming year. The committee hopes to run two events every month, one competitive and one social. The club opens the New "War with an event
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  • 269 10 SYDNEY. Jan. 5. The names "McCabe" and "O'Reilly" appeared on the Scoreboard at the Sydney Cricket ground today for the first time since the war. And the board showed: McCabe 187, O'Reilly 1 fc* 187. The two former Test giants were introduced to the crowd at
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  • 60 10 LONDON, Jan. 5, (Reuter) Oon Chong Jin, 17-year-old student from Kuala Lumpur won the boys singles title m the All-England junior badminton championships here today. In the final he beat Roger Mills (London) 15-5. 15-3. The match was played at a fast pace and it was
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  • 185 10 Eddy Ong In B'ton Final HARLEM, The Netherlands, Jan. 6 (AP)— The Dutch Open Badminton Championships went into its concluding day today with top players from Malaya. Britain, Denmark and Indonesia competing. Results Men's singles Semi-finals: Eddy Choong, Malaya, defeated H T. Findlay, Britain, 15-2, 15-1 Ong Chong Teik, Malaya,
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  • 74 10 Jackie Robinson To Quit NEW YORK. Jan 6. (Reuter) Jackie Robinson, 38. first Negro to Dlay m American major league baseball, is to retire from the game Robinson, who became one of the United States leading stars, has announced his decision m a copyright articles m the forthcoming issue of
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  • 403 10 ORTEGA IS BOXER OF THE MONTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Jan. 6 (AP) Gaspar Ortega, an unranked welterweight only three months ago. was rated No. 2 m his division and selected as boxer of the month m the newest ratings of the National Boxing Association released on Saturday night. Fred Saddy, chairman
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    • 345 10 (C^M, n a .m,1.45,4 > 6.30& "^"Q fr 9^9 9.30 p.m. la l^ji j^yy^M^SL TiJMORROW THEIR FIRST WEDDING NIGHT Starring: Shia Mong, Foo Chee m Mandarin (SB) 11 a.m., 1.45. 4. 6.30 9.30 p.m. HI? THE SUPREME EXCITEMENT OF OUR TIME! COMING Latghter Maker of All Time Cy; f f
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    • 30 10 TAJ CINEMA 14th CiLORIOUS DAT Last 3 SHOWS: 3 15. 6 15 and 9.15 p.m "ADAM" (Malay) Starring: ROOMAI NOW IMI Kalthoum and many others Open Tomorrow "SALE NADALSA" (Hindi)
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  • 151 11 BAN OF SUNDAY SPORTS TOKYO, Jan. 6, (UP) The head of the Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation said today banning of any sport on Sundays is "inconceivable" m Japan. Dr. Ryotaro Asuma. President of the Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee. made the statement when
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  • 466 11 United Lucky To Survive 3rd. Round UK. SOCCER REVIEW LONDON, Jan. 6 (Reuter) —Manchester Unit e>d, clear favourites for the English Football Association Cup, were lucky to survive the third round against Third Division Hartlepools United yesterday. Manchester were three goals up after half an hour but Hartlepools, before a
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  • 1066 11 LONDON. Jan 5. tßeuter) English and Scottish football league standings after today* matches are as follows: LIAGUI l II KIT. (South) Barnsley 3, Port Vale 3. Bolton W. 2. Blackpool 3. B'mouth 2. Accr-.ngton S 0. Bristol C 4. Rotherham U. 1. Burnley 7. Chesterfield
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    • 312 11 TUITION UNION INSTITUTION No. 106 Jalan Raja Laut. K.L. Morning Classes: 1 Kinder garten English Classes for children of 3 years and upwards (8-12 am.). 2. Chinese Primary Classes Ist and 2nd years Afternoon Classes 1. Chinese Classes for English School Girls and Boys (2 30-4 30 p.m.). 2 Chinese
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    • 1036 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANI SINGAPORE COUNCIL FOR CINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL: ADL'LT EDUCATION Required for CITY ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT: (A) TEM\PPLICATIONS ate invited PORARY JUNIOR ASSISTANT V for the following Posts m the RESIDENT ENGINEER for th* Council, from British subjects rr construction of Ulu Pandan Federal citizens who have lived -Jurong)
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    • 297 11 Standard's gROSSWDRD PUZZLE /"T T'FC 3" But I am constant a« the I.LLH.3 northern (JuVus Caesar) 4. Bolt, farm or hone* d\ 5 Birds as towels In a way (6) i though EdwaM l* 6 f u «wns up m a com■blt manner (4) -nation <8 7 End of 25
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  • 525 12 AS BILL FUNK SEES IT IS good to know that Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the Badminton Association of Malaya, is pptimistic over Malaya's retention of the Thomas Cup m 1958. It is also good to know that the BAM Chief is fully aware of the improvement made by
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  • 473 12  -  TONY RANGEL PENG SOON WILL TRAIN THE TEAM By PENANG, Sun.— The Badminton Association of Malaya is very hopeful of retaining the Thomas Cup, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, President of the B.A.M. told a Press conference today. "Many promising players will come to our assistance," said
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  • 180 12 Two-Minute Silence Observed J PENANG. Sun. J J Members of the Stand- J ing Committee of the J J Badminton Association 5 of Malaya, observed a 2 J two-minute silence, as a 5 < mark of respect to the J late, Mr. Chan Lai Hong, i J a past vice-president
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  • 37 12 HASTINGS, England. Jan 6, (Reuter) Bent Larsen of Denmark and S. Gligoric of Yugoslavia tied for first place today m the premier tournament of the Hastings International chess congress with six and a half.points each.
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  • 389 12 PENANG, Sun.— The Badminton Association of Malaya strongly feels that as badminton is our national game and Malaya is the world's badminton champion the Governments of the Federation and Singapore should be approached for assistance whenever our players proceed overseas for competition. This was
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  • 511 12 JAYARAM IS TAMIL TOP ATHLETE R. Jayaram. the Colony quarter mile rhampion, won top honours at the Tamil's Festival Sports annual meet at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Jayaram was first m the 100 yards. 220 yards, 440 yards, high jump and the long jump events. He narrowly missed winning the
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  • 108 12 S e PO e &CS€O e P€ THE man who will return to Sydney for another crack at George Barnes for the British Empire Welterweight title flew m to the Colony yesterday. He is West African welterweight champion, Attu Clottey. Clottey was outpointed by Bamea
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  • 261 12 Nugent Bags 4 For Changi IN the semi-final of the Air Force inter-unit hockey cup competition, played at Seletar yesterday, Changi beat Seletar by four goals to one. The match was a replay, the first tie having been drawn at two goals each. In this game there was no doubt
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  • 134 12 ARMY K.O. HOCKEY TOURNEY THE first round of the Army hockey knockout championship for the major units will be played today between the 30th Battalion. Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Malayan Basic Training Centre at Friendly Hill Royal Army Service Corps who entered two teams lost their matches to
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    94 12 time, construction of the swimming pool is now m its final stager.. It is expected to be ready by late February. Seen above is a genera riot of the $450,000 Farrer Park project' Left foreground it the 80x40 loot sha,Uoio pool with the main 165x70 foot main pool
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  • 763 12  - Brilliantly Open Came Thrilled Rugby Fans GRAHAM TURNER B> THE game between the Singapore and Federation Services must rank above all else as one of the most entertaining games of the season. It fvas played on a hard, dry surface under a bright sun and the result was a fast,
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  • 35 12 NEW YORK. Jan. 6 (Reuter) —Tom Courtney, Olympic 800 metres champion, was beaten by a virtually unknown runner. Dennis Gatto. of NewYork University, m a hOO-yarri (548.6 metres) indoor race here last night.
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    • 163 12 HARLEM. The Nrth*. lands, Jan. 8 \p,_ Fri N Choong and newcomer n? Chong Teik, both o f 2* laya, won the men clnnhu! title m the Dutch oSS Badminton 'hampion,hi n by dcfca,tinc I D ley and H. T Hni aTS Britain lt-15, 15-2. nf The Britishers even..]
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    • 19 12 OSAKA. Japan. .1 TOrient hantamwr pion Leo Espint lipnines kept hi with a unanir decision over Japan's Otaki.
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    • 44 12 BOMBAY. Jan. 6. (I C. G. Howard 'y cricketer; runs on with all their innings wkkei halfway stage m hero against the Cricket Cj of India Presi nt After the second the scoreboai I read H eleven. 319 and o r* ket Pr<
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  • 22 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Selangor Hindu Yo jranization brat Kajan: Club by 4-0 m a soccr on the Kampong Attap fNUM today.
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