Singapore Standard, 3 May 1957

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  • 33 1 Singapore STANDARD POLICE 3» P<? *W Si ***** (5 line.) 2400 ~T** J f\j VP\ FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 \ol. MI- 303 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 134 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Police have asked the Mentri Besar to issue banishment and restricted residence orders to j6 thugs, known to be respnn>il)le for the promotion of vice m the Federal capita. is part of a camto wipe out prosti- m Kuala Lumpur before Merdeka
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  • 46 1 O, May 2 (AP) o Asian countries invited here to an Asia Regional B role inference" sponsored Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) beginning 7 i •*ries have already that they would attend. Thcv include Formosa, the Phi.ippines, Thailand, I South Vietnam, Indonesia, Turkey and Egypt.
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  • 31 1 A 10-YEAR-OLD boy was crashed to death and another seriously injured when -4de: fell on them m Dorset Road last night. The g i-1 boy was Lim Y;.ng I
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  • 69 1 i nc v_nier /v\iniSTer Tunku Abdul Rahman starts on a chicken during his Hari Raya breakfast after morning prayers at the Alam Shah Mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. On his right is the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul
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  • 347 1 BLACKBUSHE, England, May 2 (Reuter) Thirty-one people including a mother and her two children died m a twoengined Viking charter plane when it crashed m tiames into a pine wood last night just after take off from Blackbushe airport. Only four badly burned
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  • 180 1 LONDON, May 2 (Reuter) An Admiralty spokesman said yesterday that it was "the logical conclusion" that Britain's new Indian Ocean carrier task force would use Singapore as its main base. He said the task force which would be formed by the merging of the
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  • 96 1 AMMAN, May 1 (Reuter) The Jordanian Government today ordered the dissolution of trade unions and employees associations m Jordan from tomorrow. A Communist member of the suspended Parliament and several Communist leaders m the Jerusalem area were also arrested under other measures to eliminate potential
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  • 29 1 KLIMENT VOROSHILOV, titular head of the Soviet Union, closed May Day celebrations on Wednesday in Peking with the wish that harmless fireworks replace deadly ammunition.— UP
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  • 27 1 THE Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, is still suffering from fatigue and fever which developed on his return from his visit to Asia. Reuter
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  • 499 1 RULERS DISAGREE ON REID ISSUES But Tunku Hopeful Of Final Talks In London KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.-Differences still existed on constitutional issues between the Alliance Party and the Malay Rulers m the Federation, Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said today. "These points of difference, however, are on minor issues. The Rulers
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  • 143 1 Queue-Jumpers Tangle With patrons A BRIEF but bitter "battle" was fought m the foyer of the Cathay Cinema yesterday morning, when 'queue-jump-ers'' tangled with other cinema patrons, when trying to get advance bookings for the Hari Raya festival offering "Pontianak." Mr. Richard Yeo, house manager
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  • 252 1 SUICIDE TO STOP A-TESTS: CASEY CANBERRA. May 2 (Reuter) The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, said m the House of Representatives today it would be "entirely suicidal" if Britain yielded to the clamour from certain quarters to stop her nuclear tests at Chfistmas Island when she was
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  • 29 1 THE 10th Annual International Film Festival opened yesterday m the gay Riviera town, Cannes, with a performance of Michael Todds' "Round the World m 80 Days." Reuter.
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  • 25 1 BETHEZDA Naval Hospital said yesterday Senator Joseph R McCarthy (RepublicanWisconsin) spent a fairly comfortable night but his condition continues to be serious. AP
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  • 19 1 FOUR Tibetan lamas have refused to return to Communist controlled Tibet following a visit to India. Reuter
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  • 166 2 LONDON, May 2 (Reuter) The Government of the British Colony of Hongkong has provided homes for 210,000 squatters, most of them refugees from China, the House of Commons was toi'd yesterday. Mr. John Profumo, Colonial Undersecretary, who gave this Igure m reply to a question, said
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  • 103 2 COMMODITY PRICES LONDON RUBBER No RSS. Settlement House Terms Thursday's opening first sessions were:— Buyers Sellers June 27 271 July /Sept. 27 27} Oct. Dec 261 211 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Singa pore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot (Nora.) 91 91} Int. May RSS No 1 91
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  • 36 2 THE U.S. Army announced yesterday that it has adopted a new standard rifle which will replace four present types of shoulder-fired weapons. It will be isS npr^ n th«» trnnnc m 1960.- U.P.
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  • 283 2 STRASBOURG, May 2 (Reut€r) Mr. David Ormsby Gore, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, yesterday outlined before the Council of Europe Britain's "£rand design" for a single Parliament of Europe with which the I'nitfd States and Canada would also be associated. The assembly, he said, would
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  • 780 2 BONN, May 2 (Reuter) Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, today rejected any suggestions of a neutral zone m Central Europe and called on Russia to follow West Germany's example and agree not to produce atomic, bacteriological or chemical weapons. In an address of
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  • 51 2 photo. JORDAN soldiers patrolled a street m Amman, Jordan, April 25, during the strict curfew imposed under martial law. Today April 26, the curfew was lilted for three hours and the people thronged the street. Military patrols kept moving- throueh the crowds to prevent any disturbance.-
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  • 146 2 NAPLES, May 2 (AP) Police battled for an hour yesterday with thousands of Neapolitans who turned a traditional May Day parade into a Communist anti-American demonstration. A police spokesman said that some 20,000 people gathered m big Piazza Mancini m front of the railroad station to parade
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  • 59 2 MUNICH, May 2 (Reuter).— An institute to study human protection against radiation, using anthropoid apes for experiments, is to be built here within a year as part of Munich University, it was announced b y Bavarian Government officials. The new centre will be financed partly from
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  • 113 2 - Nun Fails To Convince Voters TAIPEI. May 2 (UP).— A 46-year-old Chinese nun has returned to her secluded life m a southern Formosan temple after being defeated m Nationalist China's islandwide elections Sister Chrysanthemum Lee, a member of the temple of "Lasting Faith" at Kaohsiung. was an
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  • 95 2 TOKYO. May 2 (Reuter) An American physicist. Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, arrived here today to write an account of the No. 5 Fukuryu Maru. a Japanese fishing-boat which was showered with radioactive fall-out during the United States H-bomb tests m Bikini m 1954. While m Japan.
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  • 57 2 TOKYO, May 2 (Reuter). The Asian Solidarity Committee of Japan said today a Soviet goodwill mission, to be led by Mr. M. N. Nesterov. chairman of the Soviet Chamber of Commerce, would arrive here on May 10 to promote an exchange of economic techniques and of
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  • 216 3 KOH LEE HUA, a 22-year-old prisoner, was sentenced to death m the Singapore Assizes yesterday for the murder of a fellow prisoner, Kalimuttu, at the Royal Malayan Navy prison barracks m Woodlands, on Feb. 6. The jury returned a six-to-I one verdict of guilty, after
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  • 154 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.--f M tor Tunku Abdul Rahman today publicly I Federal Transport ter and Selangor MCA chief Mr. Ong Yoke Lin as "a pillar of strength whem I as one of my closest Is." The Tunku speaking at the tea party organised
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  • 62 3 RISING STAR of the Chinese screen, Miss Mak Ling, i s scheduled to attend the first Asian Film Festival m Tokyo on May 20. She stars m "The Three Sisters" produced by the Asia Pictures of Hongkong, which is an entry m the Festival. She plans
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  • 412 3 SARAWAK GOVT. DECLARES WAR' ON BRIBERY AN Anti-Corruption Committee has been set up m Sarawak to investigate into the extent of corruption among Government servants m the country. In an appeal to the peop.e of Sarawak to co-operate m this "house cleaning. the chairman of the committee, Mr. Justice Bodley,
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  • 51 3 KIDNAPPING: 2 YOUTHS DETAINED Singapore Police jester«ay detained two youths In etion with the kidnap?f the scrap iron dealer, g Kee Huat. Mr. Ng was abducted while "turning home after attendrj? a dinner m Amber Road °n *richy night. Hp was released on Monday a ransom of $18,000 was E^gjo^his
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  • 155 3 THEY WANT A NEW NAME FOR MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— cct n c c 4 p an-Malayan Islamic wants the indej?l"d( nt Malaya to be called .^rsr-Kutuan Tana Melayu" In7" ali °n of Malay Stites) tiv2 na tionals, irrespec- race. "Melayu" ,Ma'•c party took this deciaordinary conng held here today
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  • 45 3 FRICTION between two sections of the Sikh community m Singapore, resulted m two night watchman bein-: beaten up m Sibu Road, yesterday. The man, Naryan Singh and Janjar Singh were guarding godowns belonging to two banks. They were admitted to hospital.
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  • 32 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Police today identified the body of a woman found at Salak South last Friday as that of Chans Yoke, a 30--year-old rubber tapper from Raub.
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  • 68 3 PENANG. Thurs. A summons charge of failing to put on his handbrake effectively on his car against Sam E. Gunaratnam a schoolmaster, was today dismissed by Mr. E. A. Long m the Second Magistrate's Court. Gunaratnam's car, it was alleged, had moved forward while parked at China
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  • 118 3 Tots Cry As Thugs Gag Parents THREE little children sobbed bitterly a s they watched their parents being gagged and lashed to a bed by three armed masked men m Jalan Kembangan, Singapore, at dawn yesterday. Their father, Chew Meng Poh, manager of a grocery, had a dagger held at
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  • 113 3 PENANG, Thurs. The necessity for organisations with different appeals to work together m the same area without any feeling of jealousy was stressed by the Federation Youth Services Adviser. Mr. A. R. Allen, m his annual message to the Settlement Youth Council. Mr.
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  • 37 3 SELANGOR Police last night detained a man m connection with the death cf Mr. Ec Keng Khean manager of a printing press who died In Kuala LumDur on Saturday following a knife and acid attack.
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  • 484 3 Buy Red Feathers And Help A Worthy Cause REMEMBER that old song about the red, red, feathers and the hula, hula skirt? Well, tomorrow, make up your minds to buy a red feather early and have it prominently displayed whether on Hawaiian skirt or short because, otherwise you are going
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  • 278 3 By RONNIE DUCLOS AN Australian woman who came here at the invitation of several parents of students now m Australia, has done more m three weeks to bolster ud AustralianMalayan friendship than any official m past years. The roaming "ambassadoress" Mrs. Nancy an Gurner m her
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  • 265 4 800 WORKERS CLENCH FISTS IN PROTEST IPOH, Thurs. About 800 workers, representing four unions, expressed dissatisfaction over the way they were being treated by their employers, with clenched fists at yesterday's May Day meeting, at the Skylight Hall of the Jubilee Park here. After speeches by representatives of the respective
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  • 234 4 Broom Attack Led To Stabbing PENANG, Thurs. A 68-year-old man told the Assize Court today that he was struck with a broom on the face by a widow after she had abused him for 30 minutes. He then bent down, grabbed a knife and stabbed the woman. "I ielt I
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  • 40 4 IPOH. Thurs.— Thieves broke into the Nanyang Hotel m Jalan Vans: Kelsom last night and made off with three cases of brandy and cigarettes valued at $660. The thieves gained admission by forcing open an iron expanding gate.
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  • 72 4 Mr. YEOW CHIEW KIN. son of Madam Fong: Siew Peng and the late Mr. Ycow Hock Wah of Penang:. helps his bride the former Miss Chew Phaik Kee, eldest daughter of Mr. Chew Teik Hock of Kuala Lumpur, to cut their wedding cake at the reception
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  • 137 4 PENANG. Thurs. Chinese press photographers tried to students working their way take their pictures, they cover- ed their faces with paper, through high school were They were told b y the rally camera shy at the Penang and celebrations committee that Province Wellesley workers
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  • 67 4 PENANG, Thurs.— Penang ptctorialists will hold their third annual competition at the South-Eastern Hotel m Tanjong Bungah on May 26. There will be a subscription dinner on the night of May 25. An exhibition will be held of members' winning prints for the past three years. A
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  • 58 4 PEXAXG, Thurs.— Jewellery, worth over $500 was stolen from a room m Katz Street during the Hari Raya Puasa holidays here. In Province Wellesley, cash of $1,855 was stolen from a safe of a sundry goods shop m Permatang Tinggi. Entry was gained by removing a
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  • 283 5 POWERFUL NETWORK MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO ESCAPE DETECTION FOR LONG MALACCA, Thurs. A powerful information network linking Police, Customs, the Immigration Department and the Special branch has made it almost impossible for anybody to slip into Malaya illegally. This was stated today
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  • 175 5 CONGRESS CONVENOR CLAIMS: UMNO will find itself outside the Malay bloc' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The ruling UMNO may find itself m the unfortunate position of outside the "Malay bloc formed after *he Second Malay Congress convention .to be held here from Saturday, the Congress's convenor, Tuan Haji a bin Sheikh
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  • 68 5 TERWORTH. Thurs. A ix-year-old boy, Hussain bin Din. was drowned m the Muda River i] tion canal at Perr tan^ Bcndahnri, eight rr.iles rworth yesterday. am was walking with a party oi r boys by the side of the < Ho slipped and m into
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  • 28 5 THE CATHAY Organisation on with the P.ira™>unt Films of Malaya will harity show of the film "Shane" at the O L__' on Saturday at 9 :i.m.
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  • 32 5 Golden Voice girl Eileen makes it 21 c Miss Golden looped coke at her o L hdoy p° rt y h ;ld l ast weekend. s^ndardpi c by Yong K oh Seong.
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  • 168 5 Colonialism? We believe in our brand... LONDON. May 2 (Reuter) The British Government today declined to take immediate action to change the name of the Colonial Office, as suggested by a Conservative, Lord Barnby m the House of Lords. Lord Perth, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, said: '*I feel
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Federation Army headquarters will hold a children's party on Saturday afternoon to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa. Wives and children of Malayan and British personnel attached to headquarters,, including the GOC, MajorGeneral F. H. Brooke, and Mrs. Brooke, are expected to attend.
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  • 159 5 LONDON. May 2 (Reuter) Mr. William Teclins (Conservative) asked the Colonial Secretary m the House of Commons today how many Fijian troops were employed m Malaya and for how long. He also asked what thanks had been given them for their services there
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  • 26 5 SPECIAL prayers will be ottered at the Sri Sempavinayagar Temple, Ceylon Road, Singapore, today at 5.30 p.m. to celebrate the Hindu festival "Chitra Sathurthi."
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  • 67 5 2,500 LIGHTS FOR LORD BUDDHA THE SAKYA MUNI Buddha Gaya Temple at Race Course Road, Singapore, will be illuminated with 2,500 lights each day until midnight from May 12 to 15 In celebration of the 2.500 th Birthday of Lord Buddha Sakya Muni. Other items included m the celebration of
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  • 97 5 THE new Indian Commissioner for Singapore Mr. V.M.M. Nair arrived m the Colony yesterday aboard the P. &O. liner Chusan from Bo mbay. He was accompanied by his wife and six-year-old son Shankaran. Mr. Nair, who served as Deputy High Commissioner m Ceylon prior to
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  • 228 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today condemned m the strongest terms certain people, who, he alleged, were trying to sabotage the Alliance plan for building a united Malayan nation. He told a tea party organized by the Selangor MCA that these
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  • 127 5 KUAN TAN. Thurs.— The erection of a new branch building at Kuantan by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, clearly showed that capital had confidence m the future Malaya, Inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim, Mentri Besar of Pahang, declared today. He was speaking
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  • 245 5 LONDON, May 2 (Reuter) Mr. John Profumo. Colonial Under-Secretary, said today the British Government would have to consider the question of sending an observer to the forthcoming conference at Kuala Lumpur for the cooperative movements of Asia if invited to do so. Mr. W.J.
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  • 188 5 'Chasing the Dragon an old Colony custom NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuter) An experiment on the treatment and cure of drug addicts m Singapore has been undertaken by the British Government, a United Nations committee was told today. Addressing the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Mr. T. C. Green, the British
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  • 188 5 Beware the Communist menace says Ruler IPOH, Thurs. The Sultan of Perak, Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah, m a Hari Raya message today to his subjects warned them to guard against Communist infiltration. Sir Yusuf said that although the Emergency was fast improving, it was not yet finished. He added that
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  • 50 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The mysterious Anti-Commu-nist Youth League emerged again today with an appeal to thousands of Malayans to support the war against international Communism. In a May Day message received by local businessmen the organisation warned of the "grave threat of Communism" m Asia.
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  • 33 5 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Ceylon Tamils Association of Singapore: s President: Mr. A. Rajah; Vice-President: Mr. S C Somasundram; Secretary' Mr V. Nagalingam; Treasurer 1 Mr. A. Sithamparanathan
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  • 88 6 Sir That the Malays m Malaya are descendants of foreign immigrants and so not the sons of the soil has habitually been the contention of many members of a certain section of the nonMalay community. These people claim that the Malays are no more indigenous to
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 531 6 'J'HE Labour Party of Malaya launched its first official publication, "Labour,"' with a scathing editorial comment on politics that would have lost nothing of its value if it had been a little more restrained. The lapse, however, can be overlooked m view of the call that
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    • 366 6 jIjOWEVER well-intentioned and benevolent members of the Singapore Legislative Assembly may have felt m their protests against the British Government's proposal for the inclusion of a subversion clause m the constitutional agreement, the quick reaction which has followed on the heels of the denunciation is most significant. The
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  • 322 6 We, the PEOPLE to Malaya from countries within the region of this vast archipelago and, (d) Malaya has for centuries been a purely Malay kingdom. When the Malays have moved out of countries m the vast Malay Archipelago and taken up abode m another m the same archipelago, it is
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  • 58 6 r THE second main topic Australia wants to discuss is Commonwealth defence m detail and Western defence generally. Mr. Macmillan's new defence policy is weighted heavily on the side of atomic weapons at the cost (though at this distance it is difficult to tell how much cost) of
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  • 139 6 Sir I have been reading the many articles regarding War Department employees and as a victim of these attacks, I feel I should acknowledge them. There is no justification whatsoever for the view of "LOCAL BORN' that all local born employees m the War Department must be allowed
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  • 260 6  -  LONDON 'T'HE system of railway Icvcl-crcssings ir Britain, ichcreby queues of cars are held'up for long stretches while an old man comts out of a small box, shuts a huge fi\°ebarred gate by hand, waits till a very slow goods train has rattled past, and then, after a
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  • 614 6  - The NEWS as it stirkes me! Aster Gunasekera By Y^/HILE Haui Raya eclipsed May Day m the Federation, it was the other way round m the Colony of Singapore. This had nothing whatever to do with Malaya being a Muslim State and, therefore, more inclined to religious observations. May Day
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  • 330 6 (Commonwealth > doing some defence rethinking lately, but the upshot has not been "so drastic or modern" as Britain's appears to have been. Rather Is the emphasis on a contraction of what was becoming an unwieldy annual call-up of youth for 90 days military training, concentration on
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  • 50 6 ,^M «yj ML. Royal Australian Air Force with more up-to-date jet planes. It is to be a streamlining within the bounds of orthodox defence rather than a departure into atomic age strategy. It is a policy which may now need reorientation, or it may fit m with Britain's latest changes.
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  • 198 6 of the problems of a growing young nation which all too often is completely overlooked is the provision of greater tertiary education facilities. Australia is growing at a really impressive rate. From 7. 579,358 at the 1947 census, the total population at December last had topped nine and
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  • 97 6 pROFESSOR Stephen H. Roberts, vice-chancel-lor and principal of Sydney University, the other day issued a call for special assistance to avert a "serious decline m the standard of education which the University can offer its students." Professor Roberts is merely voicing the needs of all Australian universities
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  • 157 6 TTEADED by Sir Keith ±J Murray, chairman of the Universities Grants Committee of Britain, and including Sir Charles Morris, vice-chancellor of Leeds University, the Committee will investigate the role of universities m the Australian community, the extension and coordination of university facilities, technological education at university level,
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  • Article, Illustration
    121 6 'ITHE granting of independence to the Federation of Malaya on August 31 is to be marked by the issue of a special stamp whose design tcill include a portrait of the Chief Minister, Y. T. M. I link n Abdul Rahman I'utra, and a pictorial vignette showing people
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    • 31 6 Political Contest Sir— Why must Tanjong Pagar be subjected to the much advertised contest of politics? Surely any sewer m the City ic-ould provide a much more appropriate venue. SINGAPOREAN Singapore
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  • 602 7 BRIDE-TO-BE KEIKO GETS A ROUSING WELCOME IN PARIS Stars fr m The News PARIS, May 2 (Router) More than 50 French and foreign air hostesses left their offices at Orly airport last night and gaihereri on the tarmac to greet Mi^ Kirko Kishi, the Japanese film star, when she for
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  • 61 7 NEW YORK. May 2 (UP). The biggest financial deal ever made by a foreign actress m Hollywood history was credited today to Italy's Sophia Loren by Life Magazine. The magazine, which devoted its cover m colour and seven and a half pages to "Italy's Box-Office Bambina," described
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  • 227 7 Makarios Warns NATO: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF CYPRUS ATHENS, May 2 (AP)— Archbishop Makarios warned last night that any intervention by NATO could only further complicate the Cyprus problem. He made his statement m an exclusive interview after Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak had revealed that, as new civilian head of the
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  • 222 7 NEW YORK. May 2 (AP) A baker and his wife found a blonde barmaid lolUna m their bed yesterday ichen theu returned to their Bronx apartment from a long weekend on Long IslandThe baker, Edward Hernesscy, 30. and his wife. Betty, 26, walked into
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  • 231 7 I MALVERN, (England), May 2 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Steele, British Quaker, said here, he will i fly to New Delhi early next week on the first leg [of an attempt to get into the danger zone during 1 B rit a
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  • 22 7 THE U.S. DEFENCE Department called on Congress yesterday to authorize US$l,--561,338,000 for new military construction at home and abroad. U.P.
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  • NEWSBRIFS
    • 74 7 MANGALORE. Sou'.h India, May 2 (Reuter) Indian Christians have adapted Indian classical dances to explain Eible stories. A Catholic group m Mangalore. m South India, recently put on a show of dances interpreting the Bible, featuring the temptation of Jesus after his fas. of 40 days. Abraham's sacrifice, and
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    • 50 7 Bowls PLAY bowls and avoid ulcers that is the advice given by Mr. Jack de Beer, of Johannesburg, president of the South African Bowling Association. Bowls was a pastime which had a stabilising influence to which oeoole could cling when they felt life was moving too raDidly, he said. Reuter
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    • 40 7 OKLAHOMA, evangelist Billy James Hargis whose Christian crusade movement claims more than 1.000.000 bibles have been floated over the Iron curtain by balloons In the last six years, yesterday proposed a similar venture for Communist China. A. P.
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    • 61 7 HONGKONG. May 2 (Reuter) A 100-lb incendiarj bomb believed to have been dropped by the Japanese Air Force during their attack on Hongkong In December, 1941. was blown up by a demolition squad today. It was discovered yesterdaj m the fashicnable residential area on Victoria Peak during
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  • 132 7 FRESNO, California, May 2 (AP)— Hitlers death set off repercussions in the municipal court. Mrs. Dora Brazil Moore, 67, was accused of shooting her son-in-law. Mr Kenneth Smith, 37, because he shot and killed her dog. Hitler. Mr. Smith was charged with a crime
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  • 100 7 LIVERPOOL. May 2 (Reuter)— Rcbb Wilton. 76--year-old comedian, who set Britain laughing at itself through the worst days of the last war. died m hospital here yesterday after a glandular illness. In radio broadcasts. Robb Wilton poked fun at civilians m wartime dress. In
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  • 179 7 VATICAN CITY. May 2 (AP). Pope Pius XII yesterday called upon workers to spread the Gospel as the best means of increasing social justice m the world. On this international Labour Day holiday, the 81-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church told an
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  • 33 7 TRANS-CANADA Airlines hn> purchased 13 Viscount "700" airliners to add to a fleet of H8 of this type of plane already m service or on order, Vickers-Armstrong Aircraft announced yesterday. UP.
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    76 7 BLONDE and shapely screen actress, Kirn Novak, steps out of a boarding-house bath used m a scene for the new film "Pal Joey" at the Columbia Studios i n Hollywood, California. The old bath, rescued from a .iunk yard, was polished and filled with bubbles so that the
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    • 42 7 The Dunlop Tuheless. greatest tyre advance since the first pneumatic. In place of an inner tube. the Tubeles'i has a special air- retaining liner If W^S^l^P^K BCSISTS IMPACT-MAKIS I VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES DUNLOP TUBELESS DLNLOP RI'BBER CO. (M) LTD. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang
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    • 723 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. T*J. i 1923/6. *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Te Halifax, Montreal. Boston, New York. Baltimore, Philadelphia b Cult Ports Spore P.S ham Penang ULYSSIS nammmmmomm 7/15 |un* 16 lune 1 7/ 1 8 June AENEAS 19/24 |uly 25 |uly 26/27
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    • 1094 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 line*) (Incorporated m> Singapore) (12 lines) X 1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 0,V." SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (with liborry to proceed via Suez or Panama ot
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    • 864 8 MITSUI lpg| LINE Spore P^'hom Penonp FOR JAPAN Nosuson Mori for Moll. Kobe, Yokohomo 1 1 May Aiumoton Maru for Mojl. Kobe, Yokohomo via Hong Kong ...II May Bansel Maru for Moji, Kobe, Osaka. Yokohama 28 May 24 Moy Hakonesan Maru for Yokohama, Nagoya. Kobe via Manila and.Pusan 20 May
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    • 615 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES i OUTWARDS Soiling! toi Bongkok ond/oi Fot Eott Penong P.S'horr -BOGOTA- "/u2l "SELANDIA- 16/17 Moy 18/19 Moy 20/231H BANGKOK ONLY HOMEWARDS Soilings tor Genoo. Antwerp. Rotterdom Homburg. Copenhogen. Gothenburg. Oslo. Spore P.S'hom p M "PRETORIA" 4M Mn NOT LOADING SINGAPORE. *"MEONIA" uM 17/17Moy 18/18M.y 19/2 OM ,B
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  • 75 9 rC\)C schemes m the Far East Region at Dec. 31, Mgf were: cuu investment Approved Drawn »!ai iym million million Central Electricity Board 60.7 60.7 Jera] Land Development \uthority 5.1 Kllhi Oil Palm Estate 9.4 7.3 Md.iva Borneo Building Society Ltd. 30.0 20.8 >Itla>an1 t
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  • 216 9 LUMPUR, Thurs.— r. al manufacturers of lightweight motor now concentrat-h-east Asia and l Claudius R. Waler manager of 'he ler-Puch Works, iid the company introi' :st mooed Into eisht months today Malaya v/as developing speedily into an important market. Mr. Walter who is on a Far
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  • 152 9 RLD-WIDE succ-ss been achieved by a spe- range of corrosionrt f strings for guitars, :njos, mandolins and ther musical instruments nti ;:cd recently by the ndon manufacturers of well-known "catneIral t rings. hav r e been tested by ians playing m a wide ange of climatic conditions
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  • 27 9 I THE Aden Government has radio transmit for the Broadcasting Servers, a 7i kW kW, are due to go on •he middle of l:) 57.
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  • 157 9 REFLECTING the liveliness of demand, Japan's steel production m 1956 fiscal year was accelerated by leaps and bounds turning out 5,970,000 tons of pig iron, 11,670,000 tons of steel ingot, and 8.240.--000 tons of hot rolled mild steel, m total. Demand for steel products started to
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  • 272 9 DURING ALL-India Handloom Week celebrations from May 5 to 11, a rebate of three per cent will be allowed on all purchases made at the two sales emporia m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to focus public attention on handwoven products. The handloom industry of
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  • 287 9 CDC Approved £20m. Capital For Projects In The Past Year f MJm ft i r^ if i ft &Sm mß^^^^^^^^^^^T^^^^^^^r^^^^^^^^L^^^l THE Colonial Development Corporation's report for the past year showed capital approved for new projects and for further stages of existing ones at £20 million. About £9 million gross was
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  • 41 9 AN extraordinary general meeting of Batu Selangor Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd. will be held to consider a special resolution to wind up the company voluntarily. The meeting will be held m Kuala Lumpur on May 27.
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  • 201 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: C.T.S. ords 33/101: Fed. Disp. $2-02 overnight. $2.02 yesterday: F. X. ords $2 40: tiammnns $2 xd: Hammers $2.16: H. Waugh $185; Hume pref A2B/9; Jacksons $1.50: Metal Box 51. 875: OTEV 74/6 arrival; Robinson ords $1.76 overnight. $1-78
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  • 228 9 TRADING m the Malayan share market was only slightly restricted by the holiday m the Federation yesterday. All sections were irregular but with a firm undertone. Price changes were small and within narrow limit. Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday reported the following price changes: Buyers Sellers B. B.
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  • 190 9 POLICY TO REDUCE BARRIERS THE U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Mr. Harold C. McClellan said m Washington it is the policy of the United States to reduce barriers which impede international trade and, at the same time, safeguard domestic enterprises. Speaking at the 45th annual meeting of
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  • 75 9 RUBBER UP c. Singapore rubber prices yesterday rose by one quarter of a cent to 91 cents per lb. for International first grade May shipment on a quiet market. The market was quiet throughout the day and at noon was uncertain at 91 cents. Trading was restricted somewhat because of
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  • 36 9 Buyers Sellers. Spot f.o.b. 91 91$ International May No. 1 R.S.S- f.o.b. 91 91| Int. R.S.S. No. 1 June 01 i 92 May No. 2 00 90J May No. 3 89 89$ Tone: Uncertain
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  • 121 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra. F. 0.8 May/June $25i buyers. $26) sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40 sellers, m drums $432 sellers. Muntok white pepper April F. 0.8. SIOS sellers Sarawak white $104 sellers, special Sarawak black $70. COPRA HOLIDAY rUTI.EK.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 187 9 Exchange Br nks made the follov/ing r rates to merchants •Hing, T.T. or CD. 10 W/16 ready. ccbanjaj rates remain fIfJ39H I BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES Boston New Yoik. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Mobil*. New Orleans. Houstor Ig. S'poru P.S ham Penan* New Votk Uovl' EVIcLI In Port-»aili 8 May 9 Mat 13/I«Ma* 16
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    • 38 9 NOTICE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE s.s. "ARKELDYK" arrived 29.4.57 FJAMAGED package may be tendered for survey at godown 18 on 10.5.57 at 8.30 a.m. No further survey will be held. ROTTERDAM TRADING CO (M) LTD., Shipping Department Tel. *****. Agents.
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    • 638 9 NOTICES JACKSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated m the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE OF MEETING TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11 that the nineteenth Ordinary General Mee;ing of the Company will be held at No. 55 Robinson Road, Singapore on Saturday 25th May 1957, at 12 o'clock Noon. BUSINESS 1. To receive and
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    • 1092 9 BOARD OF CITY COUNCIL LICENSING JUSTICES, OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE. TENDER NOTICE OF QUARTERLY FLEC TRICITY DEPARTSESSION H, MENT (1) gupply Qf A QUARTERLY session of 350 Metal Control Boxes to the Board of Licensing contain Accessories lor Justices for Singapore will be H.P.M.V. Street Lamps. Tenheld m the Court of
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 149 9 IN PORT OUTER ROADS Van Noon. Nias. Heather, Mvi Heng. Trakan, Theta Star, Hai Hing, Jans^ens. INNER ROADS Perlis. Hong Eng, Perintis. Tong Sing, Torina, Moonfish, Tr. hjislay, Kinbalau, Annabella, Ikan Mas, Pan^kor. Kah Kheng. Pasoso, Senegarang, Hun Chuan. Lnsem, Pailowa, Southern Trader SHB WHARVES Chusan 1, Yokohama Maru 4,
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  • 419 10  - When an innocent man is on trial... Gretsa A N ALFEED Hitchcock thriller is always a boxoffice draw. He has a style which appeals to cinema fan* who like this kind of entertainment. Hitchcock sperds a great deal of time and money selecting the kind of story that gives his
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  • 34 10 "PAMOUS author-philoso-pher Aldous Huxley will write the screen adaptation of DONQUIZOTE to be filmed as a fulllength animated cartoon, titled DON QUIZOTES ADVENTURES, with the myopic Mr. Magoo In the starring role.
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  • 203 10  - Glimpses of Monaco and a romance R.Y. rpHOSE of you who still remember Grace Kelly's wedding to Prince Rainier m the tiny Mediterranean principality of Monaco will undoubtedly be pleased to learn that there is an enchanting film coming your way which was shot on location m that picturesque little
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  • 261 10  - Marital rumpus with evervthina C.D. hxfgdxfgxdfgrds QREGORY Peck and Lauren Bacall whoop it up with gay abandon, and not a little frenzy, m a marital rumpus called DESIGNING WOMAN, which is soon to come to Cathay. It's got everything ballet, fashion shows, thugs, devotees of the neurotic arts, a bloody
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  • 694 10 1 BEHIND THE SCENE REPORT OF BELANTARA 1 Sferr spent wechs practisi ng /o fight, j| wrestle with a snake, sw »m against !j swift currents and swing from 1 free jo tree. < JT WAS m early 1956. Run Run Shaw, proprietorproducer of the Malay Film
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  • 5 10 Baby Star Risked Elephant Stampede
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  • 95 10 gEFORE starting her career as a film actress, Normadiah was a wellknown Malay I opera actress. Born m Penang, Normadiah came to Singapore m 1954 answering a screen test call by the M.F.P. Studios. She had been the leading star of many of the studios' box-office
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 68 10 you can deliver the goods for less per mile Experience proves the right GOODYEAR tyres^^^MM^^ will save you dollars /7|r*|E|sM JVIORE and more van owners j-3 m~ ml!jfll^4w/n are fitting Goodyear I• -W w~ M JJjJli&flll'l J tyres to reduce their delivery raw w~ w ffl^^~ 9§, milk tyresaretougherandsturdier C
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  • 433 11 Bob Berry (6for 105) wrries the West Indians WORCESTER, May 1 Reutrr) West Indies r n prirnced varying: iorKj on the opening day r their tour today again >t •orfr^rrshirc here, ;it L time m the afternoon "me t\\c wickets for as but pulling up to Lh with 290 for
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  • 151 11 1. (Reuter) English and matches wcie: 1.1 \(.l I 1. Burnley 0. .3. Sunderland I EAGUE II Bristol City 1. m Forest 2. |G| I 111 SOUTHERN Pai ace 1, Torquay City 1. Bournemouth Cty 3. Shrewsbury r 1. Brentford 0. n 0, Ipswich Town 1 Mill^nll 0.
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  • 85 11 WEST INDIES— Ist Inns. Onnteaume hit wkt b Berry 40 Asgaralia st Booth b Berry 35 Walcort c Berry b Flavell 33 Warrell st Bocfth b Berry 38 Sobers b Horton 0 Smith c Outschoorn b Berry 68 Atkinson c D. Richardson b Berry o Goddard c Booth b
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  • 234 11 Crepello 's Impressive Victory NEWMARKET. May 2 (Reuten sir Victor Bassoon's Cropello. joint 7-2 second favourite, won the Two Thousand Guineas, the first of the English Classics of the 1957 season, here this afternoon. Crepello. a son of Donatello. badly drawn on the outside of the field ran into the
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  • 67 11 ADELAIDE. May 2 (Rcuter> John Bi-adman. son of Sir Donald Bradman. after establishing himself ;ts a promising cricketer is now making a name In athletics. He broke a hurdle record at the inter-collegiate sports at Adelaide Oval today. John won the 120-yard hurdle m 15 2
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  • 281 11 English Cricket opens with three centuries LONDON, May 1 (Reuter) T hree centuries including one by England captain Peter May were scored m today's opening programme of first-class cricket. First to reach three figures was Alan Wharton, playing for Lancashire against Oxford University. He scored his century m 162 minutes
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  • 162 11 BOURNEMOUTH. May 2 (Renter The Men's and Women's singles In the British Open Hard Court lawn tennis championships were reduced to the quarterfinals yesterday. Six of the seeded players m the Men's singles reached the last eight, including Wimbledon Champion Lew Hoad (Australia) and
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  • 131 11 TOKYO. May 2 i ßeuter) The Japan Lawn Tennis Association said here yesterday the date for the Philippines-Japan Davis Cup Eastern Zone final In Manila had been fixed at May 17 to 19. The Association said the Japanese Da\ is Cup team lead by Juio Kumanaru
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  • 57 11 BKLFAST May 1 (Reutcr) Northern Ireland Beat Portugal. at Windsor Park here tonight. h v three groals »o nil m their World (up (group 8) preliminary match. CARDIFF. Wales May 1, (Reuter)— Wales beat Czechoslovakia m their World Cup (group 41 preliminary match here tonight hv one ifoal
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  • 31 11 BARCELONA. Spain. May 2 CAP) Spain yesterday crushed Finland 7-0 m the opening game of a four-day six-nation international field hockey tournament m the Municipal Stadium before M.OOO fans.
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  • 93 11 HONGKONG. May 2 (Router) The visiting Indian Davis cup team today beat a Hongkong team 4 o m a goodwill exhibition match here. In the singles P. Lai dcfeatrrl Michael Lo 6-2, 6-2, N. Kumar defeated Edwin Tsni 6-2. 6-2. R Krishnan defeated Ip Koon Hung 6-4, 4-6,
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  • 30 11 TIANNEE: In loving memory J of my dear husband who died suddenly May 3rd. "In constant thought and »i sorrow' In. ertcd by his loving wife and daughter.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 97 11 J GRACE CHANG HACK* OPENING A NEW SEASON J I j majestVc Theatre M ft FROM TODAY! ft M% l\ 1 rnenomenany Onily at 1.00, 0.15, 7.00 9.15 p.m. \fs f« Nd'« bUCCeSSIUI [A Mm m t*' Federation Tour jf I MAMBO GIRL U SVj^ In Mandarin— A Cathay Organisation
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    • 788 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SliliAllUNS VACANI CENTRA!. ELECTRICITY Bi) AKD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAY A. A PPLICATIONSare invited for the post of> tant Personnel Officer, Central Electricity Board, Federation of Malaya. 2. Candidates should have had at least six years' experience of. and close Association 'ith. Staffing and Welfare Matters m
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 236 11 LilAhner By Al Cnpp r^S F^l K^B I GIVE SOMEONE ELSE TOO TARJ> V CHASc""IMB|i I =^t#rX**'sA I T^*«^ 4>^lß *TH* PRIVILEGE O' OME, EOT EF ONE! r^H~f^wCl* W\r I FO'VORE PAPPV'S V\ > 'FEEDlNJ'^O'.'f AH DRAPPED »N MAH LAP- TbTS #JZtf""i«^T^ P \V S^ETRTf rKETCHj \^S > DONE HAD
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    • 452 11 r^rRP^BWHm J TODAY'S QUOTATION: > X "The fir^t termer w:is the first man. and ;ill liistoric nobility rots on posse*sjon and use of land" K.MIKSON. FKIUAV FOR EVERYONE: 1 Shun upsets, haste to m:tiafternoon. after which for- <; ward dealings w;th others. x Later is also K°od for social activities;
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  • 740 12 THE KEDAH CUP Horses Class 2— &y 2 Furs. 251 Honey Bird 5y ».OO Kwik Stable Allan 776 Opera II 5y 8.13 Shaw Stable Martin 409 Undouhtable 4y 8.13 F.C.L. Stable R. van B kelen 936 Xumismate 5y 8.12 Ms. BE. Chew and S.
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  • 117 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs— An attempt is being made to revive the Johore Cricket Club whicn has fallen en hard time due to the rapid movement of 'hard core' members who have m the past organised the Club and its matches. Major J. H. McCulloch, the honorary
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  • 301 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Football Association of Malaya has concentrated the cream of the country's footballers m the Federal Capital to select a team to play against Singapore m the annual sportsman's trophy on May 11 at Singapore. In all 26 players
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  • 544 12 A TOTAL of 128 horses 67 m Class Four, and 61 m Class Five has been entered, for the Selangor Turf Club's May Vleeting: to be held on May 11, 15 and 18. The full entries are: HORSES CLASS
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  • 129 12 THERE will be seven races on each day, the first race to start at 2.30 p.m. The 5$ furlongs race for Class 5, Division 2 on the first day. and the 6 furlongs event for Class o. Division 2on the last day, will be confined to apprentice
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  • 1028 12 SUGAR RAY BACK AS 'KING' OF THE MIDDLEWEIGHTS! Two Rights And A Brutal Left In The Fifth, And CHICAGO, May 2 (AP) Sugar Ray Robinson brushed back the years for one electrifying burst of violence last night to knock out champion Gene Fullmer with a left hook to the jaw
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  • 24 12 PENAXG. Thurs. Penang beat Perak 4-1 m their soccer friendly at the City Stadium here today. Score at half time was 1-1.
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  • 262 12 PENANG, Thurs. Penang Cricket Association electors have picked a fairly well balanced side to neet Perak at Ipoh over the week-end. Eu Cheow Teik las been appointed Captain. ft ie ll»i/»ortnin t-*»4- ntV^s* •••111 -LU i?> uiiLfi tain yet wno win open the
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  • 102 12 PENANG, Thurs. Penang Sport's Club went down by 32 runs to the Royal Air Force on the Western Road ground yesterday. This was Sport's Slub's second defeat at the hands of the Air Force. Going m first. Air Force ran up 98 runs, then skittled out
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  • 106 12 2 Jockeys Die In Racing Tragedy MELBOURNE, May 2. A second jockey died today following Australia's worst racing smash for years which took place at Albury 200 miles north of here yesterday. Jockey Maurie Gray, 43, died m Albury hospital today. His neck was broken m yesterday's smash. Jockey Douglas
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  • 165 12 IPOH. Thurs. Cheah Hock Heng. one of the leading Asian golfers m the country, today won the Perak Open Golf Championship at the Tiger Lane course with course of 84. 74, 82. Runner-up was Too Joon Loke two strokes behind. The champion had the title m
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  • 93 12 THE following have been selected to represent Royal Air Force at Cricket against Army at Changi Pafcar on Sunday, sth May: F/Sgt. Bone (R.A.A.F. Tengah>. L. A. C. Sibley (R.A.A.F. Tengah), Flt/Lt. Gillesnie (RAF. Changi). L. A C. Alty (R.A.F. Changi), Cpl. Middleweek (R.A.F. Changi). Sgt. King (R.A.A.F.
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  • 52 12 ROYAL Air Force trounced Eurasians by 8 goals to nil m a SAFA Community league soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. At half time the Airmen lead by 4 o. /o?^* 6^ w Jt re ord (3K Cooper (2), McHardle (2) and Tilly. Mr. B.
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  • 348 12  -  FULMER says BEWILDERED Gene Fullmer, his middleweight crown lifted, stood m his dressing room last night with open hands and asked: "What happened?" "He got you with one. Gene," said Fullmer's kid brother. Don. "He hit you twice and then came up with that
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    • 121 12 A MALAYAN WIRE MESH AND L I FENCING CO. (1946) UMIKD^I 7] m.t. BUKIT TIMAM ROAD. S'PORE-21 I TELEPHONE *****. I, k^kk^k^kkkkkkkkk^k i TNt tANK OMAMISATIOM MtUNTS J Dirkßogarde '4% I Jf JON WHITELEY fri )f MICHAEL HOROERN r*fb\ 1 Gardener >^wr I From the novel by A. J. CroQin
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    • 83 12 SINGAPORE SOCCER SAFA Community League: Chinese vs Europeans at Jalan Besar Stadium 5.15 p.m.; Friendly Soccer: Rajaji S.C. vs Fraser Neavc at Fct-.V ground. CRICKET: Federation Combined Services vs Singapore Combined Services at Changi. KUALA LUMPUR FAS LEAGUE SOCCER: Div. 1 SEA vs SIA TPCA ground Div 2. South Indian
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