Singapore Standard, 4 May 1957

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    31 1 Singapore Standard 254 T S A W5 A "!!«,T *°i£Jf' /A^ V7*l 3£„ FIMBRICADI GfNIRAL HOSPITAL 28M 2414 n VII. INo. 301 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1957 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon GIRL HELD CAPTIVE IN THIS HUT FOR THREE MONTHS
    9 1 GIRL HELD CAPTIVE IN THIS HUT FOR THREE MONTHS
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    Lock icon ABDUCTED FROM DOCTOR'S HOME
    307 1 AN 11-YEAR-OLQ Singapore girl, who was abducted by a man three months ago, yesterday escaped from her captor and ran home to her mother. The girl, Valli Amma. had spent the three months m a dark, squalid wooden hut which was covered with a tarpaulin roof
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    Lock icon Reunification Of Germany
    267 1 BONN. May 3, Re uter)— Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance today renewed pledges to strive for the reunification of Germany m freedom. Mr. John Foster Dulles, the United States Secref State, blamed Russia for the continued division ailed on her to end it. If she
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    Lock icon SLIGHT PROGRESS
    37 1 A FRENCH Foreign Ministry spokesman yesterday described the latest Soviet disarmament proposals put forward at the United Nations disarmament subcommission m London on Tuesday as "slight progress." But, he said, they were still unacceotable.- Reuter
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    Lock icon They Do Not Want More Pay!
    88 1 SYDNEY, May 3 (Beutcr) More than 15d lorry drivers employed by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. struck today because their envelopes are too he-. The company insisted on putting extra money incpntht* payments m the men's pay envelopes after they had declared they didnt
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    Lock icon One Killed In Crash
    67 1 A DHOBY, Pitram Singh was killed and six soldiers injured when a military truck m which they were travelling went off the road at the 7i mile Clementi Road Singapore, yesterday. Two of the soldiers were admitted to hosoital. The others were treated as outpatients. Police
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    Lock icon Envoy Seeks Israeli Support
    56 1 JERUSALEM, Israel, May 3, (AP) Roving American envoy James P. Richards conferred with Premier Ben-Guiron here today to seek Israeli support ,for the Eisenhower Doctrine. Results of their 40-minute talk were not divulged at once and Mr. Richard went immediately to the Foreign Ministry for a
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    Lock icon SECOND SERIES
    26 1 THE second series of British atomic tests at Maralinga m South Australia would be held m September, the Melbourne Sun Newspictorial said yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon Gay Time For Sir Winston
    82 1 LONDON, May 3 (AP)— Sir Winston Churchill. 82. had a high old time until at least 1.20 a.m. today at the coming out dinner-dance of his debutante grand- daughter. Sir Winston went to Claridges to see Edwina Sandys launched into society. "This is most enjoyable.
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    Lock icon Fun To Fire Palace
    59 1 TOKYO, May 3 (Reuter)— Metropolitan police reported today a 16-year-old boy was arrested on charges of netting fire to a building within the Imperial Palace. The boy told police he thought it would be "fun" to set fire to the Palace after seeing a Japanese film
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    Lock icon Tunku May Become Foreign Minister Too
    230 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, who will become independent Malaya's first Prime Minister, is also expected to be first Foreign Minister following an imminent reshuffle of the Alliance cabinet after Merdeka. The Tunku will retain the Defence portfolio although ho will
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    Lock icon APPROVED
    27 1 THE West German Bundesrat (Upper House) yesterday unanimously approved In first reading the six-nation common market and Euratom treaties signed m Rome on March 25.- Reuter
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    Lock icon AMBUSHED
    22 1 SEVEN French soldiers were killed and 11 wounded m an ambush by 100 rebels near Zemmore m Western Algeria yesterday.- AP
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    Lock icon Pasha's Six Sons Arrested
    50 1 RABAT. Morocco. May 3 (AP) The Moroccan government announced early today that six sons of the late Pasha of Marrakesh first reported kidnapped and held for ransom have been arrested. An official communique from the Ministry of the Interior said they are accused of "anti-national activities."
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    Lock icon OIL CRISIS OVER
    25 1 EUROPE has successfully weathered the Suez oil crisis and stocks are now normal, the Emergency Oil Committee announced m Paris yesterday.- AP
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    Lock icon No A-Troops For Germany
    53 1 BONN, May 3 (AP) The West German Defence Ministry said today reports that Britain plans to move an atomic rocket regiment into this country are not true. A spokesman said headquarters for the British Rhine Army informed the Bonn government that stories predicting such a development
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    Lock icon 1st CONVOCATION IN FEDERATION
    159 1 1 st CONVOCATION IN FEDERATION THE University of Malaya will hold its most colourful and memorable convocation ceremony m Kuala Lumpur m September shortly after the Federation achieves independence. Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor A. Oppenhelm, told the Standard yesterday that the convocation was A Big Day For Varsity expected
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    Lock icon PROTEST MARCH
    45 1 WOMEN'S organisations throughout Britain are being circulated with an appeal from the National Council for the abolition of nuclear tests to stage a "black sash" march through London on May 12 as a protest against Britain's projected H-hnmh test m the Pacific— UP
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    Lock icon The Main News At A Glance
    93 1 Big battle of the frogs m Penang page 1 Pan-Malayan plan to protect fishermen page 2 Racehorse trainer's cheques for $1 1,000 bounce page 3 Rulers' final meeting on Reid report on June 6 page 3 Lawyer accuses police of abusing powers page 4
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    Lock icon POLLING DAY ON JUNE 29
    307 1 POLLING DAY ON JUNE 29 Cairnhill, T. Pagar A CLEAR FIELD FOR PAP s LEE KUAN YEW BY-ELECTIONS for the two Assembly seats, Tanjon ff Pajrar and Cairnhill, have been tentatively fixed for June 29. The Singapore Government yesterday issued the writs for the elections. May 18 has been named
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    Lock icon FROGS
    69 1 Battle It Out Again In Penang YELLOW frog* m a coconut plantation m Jelutong, Penang, took offence when brown frogs invaded their domain yesterday. It was the mating season. A batt!? involving scores of frogs followed. The result: dead frogs littered the "battlefield." This was the second "battle of
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    Lock icon 3thA-Bomb Victim This Year
    84 1 3thA-Bomb Victim This Year HIRpSHIMA, May 3 (UP) Hiroshima City today claimed its eighth victim this year from the atom bomb blast of Aug. 6 1945 The death of 51-year-old Shizuto Igi of the Hiroshima Procurator's Office at 6.10 a.m. was ascribed to "atom bomb illness." Igi was pinned down
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    Lock icon POLICE HUNT FOR CLEVER AMATEURS'
    137 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Police are combing the Federal capital for the cat-bur-glars who have netted over $30,000 loot m recent thefts. District Crime Officer, Mr. Choo Kok Weng. told the Standard today that every available policeman is out looking for the burglars. In addition detectives
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    Lock icon FIRST LANDING
    32 1 THE French medium range jet airliner Caravelle landed at Idlewild International Airport yesterday. It was the first Jet transport ever permitted to land m the Metropolitan New York area. A.P.
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    Lock icon Vatican Guards Nab Visitor
    56 1 VATICAN CITY, May (AP) A visitor to the Vatican's treasure rooms whipped a hammer from his pocket yesterday and smashed a glass cabinet containing two diamond-studded crowns Vatican guards, who subdued the youth m a brief tussle before he could reach the crowns, identified him as
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    Lock icon Tunku, Lim Reach Accord
    213 2 Tunku, Lim Reach Accord KJALA LUMPUR, Fri. Fisherman harassed by naval patrols m the Johore Straits are now to get a protection under an agreement reached between the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore today. Tunku Abdul Rahman and Mr. Llm Yew Hock decided at the first Pan-Malayan ministerial
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    Lock icon Still No News About Missing American
    106 2 Still No News About Missing American HONGKONG, May 3 (UP).— Reports spread through Portuguese IVlacao today that American tourist Donald Blackwood, missing with his Korean wife and b3by. had been seen on Communist China's Lappa Island at the edge of Macao harbour after he vanished on Saturc ay. The:*e was
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    Lock icon Congratulations To Each Other
    78 2 Photo. IT MYINT THEIN (left), a judge of the Supreme Court of Burma, and JWirjono Prodjodikoro. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia, congratulate each other after being elected President and vice-PTesident respectively of the Asian Legal Consultative Committee at its session at Vigyan Bhavan.
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    Lock icon NO DECISION ON ATOMIC WEAPONS
    150 2 BONN, May 3, (Reuter)— The West German Foreign Minister, Dr. Heinrich von Brentano, said today that no decision had been taken at the N.A.T.O. Council meeting: here about the equipment of European powers with atomic weapons, nor had the question of atomic armament of West
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    Lock icon Reds Hold Manoeuvres
    47 2 OSLO. May 3, (AP) Norwegian whalers have reported huge Russian naval manoeuvres of? the coast of Murmansk, the Oslo morning newspaper "Afternposten" said today. Norweigan military authorities indicated that the reports are correct, but refused to comment on or affirm the "Afternposten" story officially
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    Lock icon 3 BOATS SEIZED
    28 2 THREE Japanese fishing boats were seized and taken into custody by a Russian patrol boat off Chishiya, Northern Japan. Kyodo News Servicf reported yesterday. A.P.
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    Lock icon CHURCHILL CRITICISES UN
    176 2 HIS FIRST SPEECH FOR ABOUT A YEAR Its Attitude Did Not Help Either West Or Mid-East' LONDON, May, 3 (Rcuter) Sir Winston Churchill today criticised the United Nations for its attitude last Autumn to the British and French action m Suex. The 82-year-old statesman, m his first
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    Lock icon Highest Skill Of Brain And Hand
    129 2 "In the keen international race before us the prizes will go to the nation which has the highest skill of brain and hand. Where we are behind we must catch up: where we lead we must stay ahead. "But man does not live by
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    Lock icon New Clashes In Honduras
    23 2 TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. May 3 (AP). New clashes between Honduran and Nicaraguan forces were reported today along their disputed border.
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    159 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber Dri^l (cents per ib) m sZ?| pore yesterday were 1 RSS No 1 no; «n| RSS No 2 891 2 1 1 RSS No. 3 88i a 1 Tone: Slightly caY I The price ot tin on ti,l local market vesterdal LONDON RUBBER No. 1 R.S.S.
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    Lock icon DEATH
    42 2 "VI RS FOO YEOW TOONG a ■'■▼A Choong Siew Kirn. ptaj away peacefully on 2/5/57 Lar.: behind two sons, Kong Fs Nyit Fah and a daughter Fooa Kiew. Funeral will take N| today. 4/5/57 at Hume Str« Ipoh at lO.Oq a.m.
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    Lock icon All's Really Fair In Love
    81 2 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 3 (AP) The old saying. "All's fair m love and war," never was truer. Just ask one seven-year-old at Ann Arbor's Lower School. Open warfare broke out between his first grade class and another. Our hero came home flushed with victory.
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    31 2 THE UNITED STATES Navy has accepted the first and largest of three rockets which will drive the first earth satellie into space some time during the geophysical year.- Reuter
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    Lock icon We're Ahead Of Reds, Says Stump
    158 2 We're Ahead Of Reds, Says Stump SYDNEY. May 3 (Reuter) The greatest military force ever to be concentrated m the Pacific will include 300,--000 men. 400 ships and nearly 2,500 aircraft, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Felix B. Stump, said today. The force would be bigger than any wartime
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    Lock icon US. WARSHIPS LEAVE M-EAST CRISIS AREA
    119 2 WASHINGTON. May 3, (AP) The U.S. Navy announced today that the major fighting ships of the 6th Fleet are moving out of the Eastern Mediterranean where they were rushed during the Jordan crisis last weeK. It said they are returning to the Central Mediterranean
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      32 2 ACKNOWLEDGMFNT MR AND MRS. LAU Xl CHIONG and family tha: all friends and relatives l sent Wreaths. Scrolls, etc, pi night visits and attended funeral of the late Madam I Chiong Mikie'-v.
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    Lock icon Up, Up, Up Went The Painter
    172 3 Up, Up, Up Went The Painter A KUALA I IMPUR Chinese girl who went to Hongkong seym years ago will le married today to an RAF corporal it St. John's Cathedral, Honqkonc. The bride is Miss Chan Sinyoon? (Favourable Face), 21. a sergeant and judo expert with the Hongkong Police
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    Lock icon Rulers To Meet For Final Talks On Reid Report
    361 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Malay Rulers will meet here on June 6 to discuss the final compromise on the Reid Constitution emerging from next week's Merdeka talks m London between their representatives, the Alliance and Britain. The eight-man Federal delegation, headed
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    Lock icon Straits Chinese Will Safeguard Their Birthright —
    339 3  - Straits Chinese Will Safeguard Their Birthright T.W. ONG THE Straits Chinese developed Singapore into what it is today and they will not allow their birthrights, to be jeopardised m any way, Mr. T. W. Ong said yester- day. Mr. Ong made this statement m the course of his presidential address
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    Lock icon 7 Vietnamese To Study Police Methods
    72 3 7 Vietnamese To Study Police Methods SEVEN Vietnamese police officers, led by Mr. Ly KhaiThoai (above), a senior polire official, arrived m Singapore yesterday by P.A.A. to study the work of the Police Reserve Unit. The police officers will be trained how to handle riots and mob violence by Deputy
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    Lock icon Midwives' Pay Claim
    66 3 REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Government and Government Midwives Union met yesterday to make preliminary arrangements to set up the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal to hear the midwives' claim for parity and equal pay as nurses. It is understood the first sitting of the Tribunal will take place
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    Lock icon Trainer's Cheques 'Bounced'—COURT TOLD
    245 3 PENANG, Fri.— Two cheques totalling 811,008 which a racehorse trainer sent m payment of arrears to the Employees Provident Fund, were returned by the bank. This was alleged by Mr. Tan Teik Peng. Assistant Commissioner for Labour, m the Magistrate's Court today when W. S. Bagby,
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    Lock icon FUN FAIR
    45 3 A GALA fun fair will be held at the Tamil Methodist Church, 14 Short Street, Singapore, today from 4 p.m. The fair which promises to be best organised by the Church, is sponsored by the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Church.
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    Lock icon VISITING VET
    26 3 THE travelling dispensaries of the Penang Veterinary Department visited 66 villages, 28 kampongs and three estates m Penang Island and Province Wellesley last month
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    Lock icon MOTHER KILLED
    27 3 AN expectant mother, Aishah binte Uda, 25. was killed by lightning on Thursday night m Mr attap house m Jalan Kebun. three miles from Klang-
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    94 4 Brochure On New Stamps KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— An art brochure' describing the complete issue of the new pictorial stamps will be available m limited supply at all Post Offices m the Federation and at the General Post Office, Singapore, this Sunday. The brochure will be issued free to each person
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    Lock icon It's Fantastic, Says Defence Counsel
    269 4 Father Charged With Kidnapping Daughter From Wife A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. T. T. Rajah, yesterday accused the police of "grossly abusing the powers given to them by the Legislature." Mr. Rajah was defending Lim Ah Huat and Goh Heok Huay, charged with kidnapping an 18---year-old
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    Lock icon Gold Watches And Bonuses For Traction Co. Men
    298 4 Gold Watches And Bonuses For Traction Co. Men SINGAPORE film magnate, Mr. Loke Wan Tho, enter- taincd the visiting T. K. S. Brothers 1 dramatic troupe from Madras at the Odeon Hollywood Room on Thursday m "appreciation of the T.K.S. Brothers' efforts to promote Indian culture." Mr. Loke commended the
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    Lock icon Student Stabbed
    74 4 A SINGAPORE Chinese High School student. Chia Chong Kai. 20. was stabbed on the forehead after an argument with another student m a hostel m Duke Road, yesterday The argument arose, after some students, practising judo m the compound of the house annoyed Chia. who was studying m
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    Lock icon Varsity Union Against Tests
    48 4 THE University of Malaya Students Union is against the conduct of any future experiments m nuclear explosions. In a protest resolution, which it passed yesterday, the Union said all experimental nuclear explosions pose a grave threat to the very survival of the human race.
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    155 4 'XCHANGE' PHOTOS SHOCK A MAGISTRATE PENANG, Fri.— A City Council draughtsman sent obscene photographs to the United States m exchange for American goods, and seemed to make a trade out of them, the First Magistrate's Court was told today. The draughtsman Tan Gee Hong, was sentenced to one month's jail
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    Lock icon Pictures Of Baling For Tunku
    93 4 Pictures Of Baling For Tunku MALACCA, Fri. Malaccas Chief Police Officer. Mr. T. B. Voice, is to present Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, with a complete set of pictures taken at the historical Baling peace talks. The pictures will probably be presented to the Tunku on Merdeka Day, Aug. 31.
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    49 4 INCHE Abdullah bin Mohamed. District Officer. Muar, has been transferred to Johore Bahru to act as State Secretary, Johore, m place of Inche Rahman Musa. The latter has been appointed Acting Deputy Mentri Besar, Johore, replacing Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, who is on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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      430 4 Standard c4(manac Information at a Glance K&t^SSZS <iFvn;ir» n «r«'"'- S^^sSs s -msLssrsWGß TIME tide &»&;•$> S s~3S -Women and Law" !>y Mrs. TODAY: g T ra ,T,S ie e Pr view <S); 7 pm. 1145 Kenneth McKelTa? ?n Nancy Yap. at Sky Palace Res- Singapore 044 am. (9 ft)
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    508 5 hey're Off On The Big Hike Today TWO adventurous youths, a Malayan and a Norwegian, leave Singapore today on a hitchhiking tour of the world. Both are travelling on British passports. They are David Kuan Yong Thian of Singapore, and Paul Joseph Ankorne, who was recently demobbed from the British
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    Lock icon A GANGSTER ALSO NEEDS PROTECTION— IF HE'S GOOD
    161 5 A GANGSTER ALSO NEEDS PROTECTION— IF HE'S GOOD Soys Judge THE Second District Court Judge, Mr. D. H. Chapman, m sentencing a youth to a year's imprisonment on a charge of causing hurt to a painter with a dagger, said that even if the complainant was a gangster, he was
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    90 5 A 'smart nurse in uniform' PRETTY 21 -year old Gladys Tan, one of the 20 Colony nurses, from Government, City Council and private hospitals, who will be taking part m the "Smartest Nurse m Uniform" competition which will be held m conjunction with Woodbridge Hospital's second annual dance at the
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    Lock icon ARMED ROBBERY
    34 5 A WOMAN, Yew Ah Ying, was robbed of jewellery worth $450 by three men, one of whom was armed with a knife, at her home m Queen Street, Penang on Thursday night.
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    Lock icon Youth For Trial At Assizes
    92 5 AN 18-year-old Chinese, Chow Kum Soon, was committed to stand trial at the next Assizes on charges of attempted extortion and robbery. The offences were alleged to have been committed between Nov. 9 and 13 last year. Ng Tan Swce, a hawker, told the court
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    Lock icon CHETTIARS TO BUILD COLLEGE IN MALAYA
    119 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The president of the Chettiar Educational Society, Mr. Ramanathan Chettiar, today said his community would soon set up a college m Malaya. ne saia mis ai a lea pany given m his honour on the eve of his departure to India.
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    Lock icon Jail And Ignominious Discharge For Two British Soldiers
    195 5 Jail And Ignominious Discharge For Two British Soldiers TWO British servicemen, who threatened military policemen with broken glasses at a bar m Sembawang Road on the night of Feb. 22, after one of them had assaulted a sailor, were discharged from the army with ignominy and were given prison sentences
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    Lock icon STC Man On Theft Charge
    48 5 A SINGAPORE Traction Company worker, Abdul Rahman bin Babjee, claimed trial m a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of stealing vehicle spare parts belonging to his employers H e was allowed bail of $250. The case was postponed a week for mention.
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    Lock icon Film In Aid Of Jamboree Fund
    85 5 The film "Shane" will be screened at a charity show at the Odeon Theatre. Singapore, next Saturday, May 11, at 9 a.m. The show is being given by the Cathay Organization m association with Paramount Fi!ms of Malaya m aid of the Gan Eng
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    106 6 GENEVA J 'J'HE effect on future generations of manJ kind of increasing doses 5 of atomic and other pene- trating radiations in- eluding those produced Jby the radioactive fall- out from nuclear explos sions and the nature S and extent of the damage I done to the genes, which J
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      Lock icon The Red Menace
      530 6 T7ROM all parts of the Federation warnings have been intensified against the menace of Communist infiltration. Coming, as they have, immediately after May Day assemblies throughout the country, these reminders have a special significance m view of the preparations that are being made m the Federation for
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      327 6 ANCIENT habits are hard to break. Among the different races of mankind, there are customs and beliefs that continue despite the modern trends of civilization that have taken root m the most distant and little known lands. Habits m dross, conduct and foods m one country can
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    Lock icon Daughters of the Revolution
    489 6 WASHINGTON Daughters of the? American Revolution! have just finished theiri annual convention inj Washington. They are J among the less attractive^ phenomena m Ameri-5 can public life. To be a2 D.A.R. you must be ablej to claim and prove at£ least one ancestor who* fought with
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    Lock icon Hazards of RADIATION
    952 6 Hazards of RADIATION their effect on our future genera iiotts SESSION V POINTS t sides of the Iron Curtain. Before the Committee were some 80 technical reports (submitted by 27 Governments and various international agencies) concerning the radiation hazard to man's health and heredity. For the first time since its
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    16 6 "DOTH as scientists and as representatives of their Governments, most of the delegates are
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    654 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By A TAKING its bow on the local news stand s. Labour, the official organ of the Labour Party of Malaya, made a pertinent observation m its editorial column when it said that "not a little bit of energy has gone into planning
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    99 6 We, the PEOPLE Sir— Kluang, which is fast growing, is the dirtiest town m Johore, and yet the Town Council has fixed very high rates. Nothing is known about how the Town Council spends the money it collects annually from the taxpayers Every time a complaint is made to the
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    91 6 Improve this area. In fact, the condition of this area is far worse than it was before. Flies and mosquitoes breed m great multitudes. No permanent drains have been constructed. The water still flows through the existing earth drains, and is always stagnant m many places. Refuse and
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    411 6  -  John Davy A TRICKY industrial problem is to ensure that the nylon thread used for various gauges of stockings is really as thick or as thin as it is supposed to be. The fineness of this thread is measured by its 'denier rating* which is the weight m
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    175 7 Life Has Not Been The Same... Judge Told NEW YORK, May 3 (AP) Fernando Lamas, actorhusband of screen beauty Arlene Dahl. yesterday told New York State Supreme Court Justice Henry Clay Greenbert that there is an "over-emphasis of sex" m the movies and particularly m advertising involving his wife. Lamas
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    237 7 Festival Off To A Roaring Start With Live Lions CANNES. France, May 3.— "I wanted it to be a roaring success that's why I brought m the lions." said American Droducer Mike Todd early today as he laughingly kissed his dia-mond-bedecked bride and movie star Elizabeth Taylor. (See above). The
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    56 7 FRANKFURT, May 3 (AP)— Actress Lilli Palmer and Argentine film star Carlos Thompson yesterday declined to confirm or deny New York newspaper reports that they plan to marry. Interviewed m Portofino, Italy. Miss Palmer said: "Ask me m July, when my divorre case (with British
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    36 7 PRINCE Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco held a glittering party m Rome last night for the Drinces of the Roman Catholic Church but stayed severely aloof from the rest of thoir guests.- A.P.
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    110 7 TAIPEI. May 3 (UP)— The provincial government has reinstated an attractive 25--year-old teacher who was fired six months ago for allegedly working at nieht as a bar maid, serving Gl's. The city government discharged Miss Hsu Li-ming late last year from her NT$3OO (MS3O)
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    301 7 Out At Last— A Top Defence Secret STOCKHOLM, May 3 (AP) One of Sweden's top defence secrets of World War II leaked out today a fishy story of using seals to hunt down foreign submarines. "Yes, we tried it,*' a naval spokesman said, "and you needn't get flio (impudent) about
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    50 7 Theft. ..In Slow Motion TOLEDO, Ohio. May 3 (AP) A thief has been stealing Jess White's automobile the hard way. piece by piece. White. 34, complained to police that someone stole all four wheels off his 1948 car Monday, the hood on Tuesday and the radiator and grill on Wednesday.
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    140 7 NUERNBERG, Germany. May 3 (UP) West German authorities today anxiously watched flickering sios of a neo-Nazi revival. The Swastika flag of Hitler's Third Reich was discovered fluttering over a Nuernberg Park shortly before a May-Day trade union rally. Police were seeking unknown anti Semitic
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    446 7 America's No. 1 'Stormy Petrel' Is Dead WASHINGTON, May 3 (AP) Death wrote an end last night to the storm-filled career of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, one of the 20th century's most controversial political figures. The Wisconsin Republican died at 6.02 p.m. at the Naval Medical Centre at nearby Bethesda,
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    74 7 Carlin's wife. Elinore, accompanied him as far as India but then decided to go no further. Carlin today said his proposed route would take him to Northern Japan and he expected to begin his Pacific Ocean crossing on June 1. He said his North American
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    157 7 'Mussolini's Loot Went To The Reds' PADUA, Italy. May 3 (AP)— A former partisan chief declared yesterday that all Benito Mussolini's vast personal treasures had been turned over to the Italian Communist Party after the pudgy dictator had been shot and strung up by his heels m a Milan square.
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    67 7 CHICAGO. May 3 (UP)— Many of the jewels owned by Theda Bara, billed as the "Wickedest Woman m the World" m the silent film era. were auctioned off m a busi-ness-like manner last night to a small crowd of dealers. It was the second of
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    369 8 Life begins at 62 for envoy 'Sara' "SARA" is retiring. Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, Ceylon Commissioner m Singapore and for the Federation of Malaya, who, m 1954 polled 439,228 votes to win a Singapore Standard-sponsored contest for the Most Popular Personality m Malaya, is ending his term of office m September
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    67 8 THE following were elected office-bearers of the Old Raffiesians' Association at the annual general meeting held last week President: Dr. A. C. Sinhv, Vice-President Dr. Gwee Ah Leng; Secretary: Dr. Yeo Oon Hock; Asst. Secretary: Mr. Sohan Singh; Treasurer: Mr. Chan Kee Kok; Committee Members: Mr. V.
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    326 8 THE STORY BEHIND MALAYANISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE REVEALED THE Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, was the only man who believed that most of the senior posts m the Singapore Police Force could be filled immediately by local officers, states an editorial m
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    150 8 TOP AVIATION JOBS FOR ASIANS SOON EIGHTY-EIGHT per cent of the top posts m the Department of Civil Aviation will be held by local officers by August this year, said Mr. Robin Rendle. the Airport Commandant, yesterday. Mr. Rendle, 51, who is retiring under the Malayanisation scheme this month, added':
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    51 8 KIDNAPPING 2 CHARGED TAN ENG WHATT and Loh Moy were charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with abducting a scrap iron dealer, Ng Hee Huat. at 9 p.m. m Bah Soon Bah Road, off Sembawang Road, on April 26. No plea was recorded. Both were remanded m custody till May
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    49 8 A 24-YEAR-OLD woman, Lee Choon Lav. was fined $5,000 or 12 months' imprisonment m the Butterworth Sessions Court yesterday on pleading guilty to a charge of fraudulent attempt at evasion 2? stoms duty > amounting to $1,320 on 33 tahils of gold at Mitchell Pier on April 24.
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    34 8 Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.55 to £1 Sterling; $6.***** to "S $1: $1,842 to Malayan $1; $0,148 to one Indonesian Rudlah; Gold $271.25 to a taeL
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    231 8 Lim speaks again on merger SPEAKING of a Singapore-Federation merger, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Lew Hock, said on Thursday night that the present time was a period of courtship, from which would come a real union of the destinies of the two territories. He
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    30 8 THE Club Leaders' Training Course examinations, organised by the Federation of Boys Clubs, Singapore, will be held at the Outram Road School from May 4 to May 11.
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    88 8 MR. Giam Chong Hing, a Sincinnr* Coroner, yesterday held a bicycle de a responsible for the death of his 24-year old China-born wife. Goh Geok Koon. Goh was found hanging: m her room m Hill Street by her husband, Ng Kirn Sui on
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    107 8 And blaming Ng for neglecting his wife, the coroner gave his reasons why she took her own life. These were: Lnhappi. ness; homesickness and the fact that she had to do household chores despite her sickness. But Ng said his wife hanged herself because she was suffering from
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    125 8 Airways men to get bonus next week THE management of Malayan Airways is expected to make an ex-gratia pa.yment to its 600 local employees early next week, the Standard learnt yej. terday. This will bring to an end the dispute between the management and its employees who went on a
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    51 8 LEADING Aircraftsman R. Kennedy, 19, of R.A.F. iti Changi. was the lucky 50 donor to the Singapore Blood Bank on Thursday. He was donating his blood for the second time, lucky donor he received a fret double pass vaild for a m to any Shaw organization
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    76 8 There was a decrease m fatal accidents m Singapore m March compared with figures for February. Eleven persons were killed compared with 20 killed m February. There were 11 fatal accidents m March, 19 m Feb- ruary. There were 561 arr;den*J (197 casualties) m the
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      953 9 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE THE KLUANG CO-OPERA-TIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. will shortly invite tenders for the construction of 40 bungalows at Kluang. Contractors wishing to tender for work m the categories listed below are required to register with the Architects or with the employers before 12 o'clock noon on Saturday the
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      118 10 Rubber Down 5/8 Cent On Liquidation RUBBER closed at 90g cents for International first grade May shipment yesterday, cent below Thursday. An easy trend set m on liquidation for May shipment by speculators, it was reported. The market opened at 90| cents. Overseas orders were poor. At noon the price
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      50 10 NETHERLANDS industrial development made further progress m 1956. Production and turnover were considerably higher than m 1955 and preceding years. The index figure (basis 1953 equals 100) of industrial production (exclusive of building trade) m 1956 was 124, compared with 110 and 118 for 1954 and 1955 respectively
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    40 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling. T.T. or O.D. ready: New York 32 7/16: Belgian Francs 16<li; Holland Gldrs. 123|: Swedish Kr. 168. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    273 10 U.K. Steel Industry Expanding UNITED Kingdom steel production this year is expected to exceed 22 million tons compared with 20.7 million tons m 1956, itself a record output, according to the British Iron and Steel Federation's annual report published m London. In the past year deliveries of steel to the
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    251 10 FURTHER liquidation of the May position has produced a slightly increased turnover this week and a widening- of the discount on the current month. says the report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. There has again been a good demand for distant forwards but sellers
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    119 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices Der picul yesterdaywere Copra, FOB. May/June $25$ buyers, $26} sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40 sellers, m drums $435 sellers, Muntok white pepper April F. 0.8. $104 sellers, Sarawak white 0103 sellers, special Sarawak black $70. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO
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    40 10 NEW YORK, May 2 (UP).— Dow-Jones closing averages:— STOCKS: 30 Industrials 498.5R 20 Rails 147.02 15 Utilities 73.46 65 Stocks 174.52 BONDS: 40 Bonds 90.02 The Dow-Jones commodity futures index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed at 154.85.
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    25 10 A CAR cover that converts into a tent big enough to sleep six adults is being manufactured by British Geon Ltd. London.
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    198 10 CONSIDERABLE progress is being made m the further devekmm •übber cultivation m Papua and New Guinea, the Minister for Territories m iasluck, announced recently, according to an article m Austral News he Australian Trade Commission. i -1 New areas have been planted, old areas have
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    332 10 MALAYAN ECONOMIC REVIEW IN our issue of May 2, we published excerpts from an article by Mr. Siew Nim Chee on the International Tin Agreement and from an article by Mr. P. W. Sherwood on the Central Bank Report. W e have been asked to point out that not only
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    21 10 A NEW research and practical operation laboratory of W. A. Scholten's Chemische Fabrieken N.V. m Holland, has been opened.
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    128 10 Interest Sterling Rubbers HERE was a mi o I turnover of business local share market I* I with price movement I to be erratic m all 'M Taere was continued Ti m sterling rubbers njs ß thr riC V han es announ-e-l the Association y^'l were: Amal Malay 2.42 247
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    178 10 MALAYAN sharebroke-; ported the following bud done yesterday: C.T.S. ords 33/6, Fed I $2 03, $2.04. Gammons $2.40; Hammers $2.16; Honri Bank $895; McAhster Box $1.86. OCBC $371: ords $1.78; S. TradrWearne Bros $3.15; Jacks $J F N. ords $2.37* to Cement $1.60. Aokam $1.5.5. $1.5$ Amal
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    65 10 A SOLAR salt works* salt refinery is to be« tablished at Rockh Queensland, by Cer" Queensland Salt Industa Ltd. Production is pis' 15.000 tons of salt year natural brines which ait# mated to have a salt cflBM of at least three times thati salt water. The
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    500 12 CHAPTER ONE mjfjjUftj M> jttg^ TpROM the day when Victoria, as a girl-Queen became the first tenant of Bucking-ham Palace, the vast house m London, capital of the Commonwealth, has l>een the official reside nee of Britain's kings and queens. Here the modern history of Britain
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    1944 12 Victoria had to borrow a clock. ..and make a key for her room gas and electric appliances has been installed. It is situated m the basement right under the royal suite, and this put an end to the irritating delays m service that were necessary when the food had to
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    348 13  -  BILL HOLDEN Today's English Cup Final By It'll Be A Tough Fight' Trainer AFTER putting Aston Villa players through their hardest day's training since the semi-final, trainer Bill Moore gave a warning to Manchester United that it's going to be a tough Wembley Cup Final.
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    84 13 LONDON. May 2 (UP) The British press gave this evaluation today of Prince Charles' first public performance on a cricket pitch: "He is a buttyrfingers fiflder. He uses a bat like a golf club. But he is a holy terror as a bowler a cracker-jack like his
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    50 13 MELBOURNE. May 3 <AP) The Australian cricket team to tour South Africa, announced unexpectedly tonight, i s Ron Archer, itichie Benaud, Peter Burge. Jim Burke. Lan Craig. Alan Davidson. John Drennan, Les Favell. Wally Grout. Neil Harvey, Barry Jarman, Lindsay Kline. Lan MacKiff, Colin McDonald and Bob Simpson.
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    58 13 SINGAPORE Combined soccer team against King's Own Scottish Borderers at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight at 7.15 p.m. is as follows:- Sect Yew Chang; I. J. Vass, Johan Hassan; Evans, Lee Kok Seng. Ho Hin Weng; D. Nonis. Peter Corthine. Hatch. Radin All, Daim. Reserves: Idros Albar. A man
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    71 13 LONDON. May 3 (Reuter) Cricket results: At Cambridge: Yorkshire beat Cambridge University by 212 runs. Yorkshire 34fl for nine dccl and I"i 7 for five dccl. Cambridge University 159 and 134— Cook 61 not out, Close five for 29. At Lords. Surrey beat MCC by 238 runs. Surrey
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    51 13 NEWMARKET, Cambridgeshire. May 3. (Reuter)— Rose Royale, owned by the Aga Khan, and Sensualita. owned by his son Prince Aly, finished first and second m the One Thousand Guineas for fillies run over a mile here today. The Irish filly Angelet which started favourite at 4/1 was
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    168 13 Chinese beat Europeans 8-1 m a S.A.F.A. Community league soccer match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Chinese opened up with two early goals m a rather lopsided match Right-back, Petri m trying to lob the ball over the bar, put it into his
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    33 13 WORCESTERSHIRE, May 3 (Rcuter)— West Indies gained au easy innings victory over Worcestershire m their cricket friendly here today. W. Indies Ist Inns. 2f)o for 9 Worcestershire 80 and 133
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    395 13 THE following will compete m the qualifying round of the Eu Tong Sen Cup golf tournament at the Royal Island Club on Sunday. May 5. First Nine (Beginning at 8.00 a.m. and teeing off m groups of three at five minute intervals)N. Sutcliffe (6). P. Bristow
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    251 13 Early Setback For Federation In Inter-Services Cricket THE Federation Services were m a bad position at the end of the first day's play m their cricket match against Singapore Services at RAF diangi yesterday. In reply to Singapore's 120, the Federation were three wickets down for only 5 runs when
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    194 13 A Funny Tale From Moscow MELBOURNE. May 3 (Reuter) In cartoon and editorial, Melbourne Herald tonight satirised the reported statement of Soviet runner Vladimir Kuts that English track rivals made an unsportsmanlike attempt, to block him winning a gold medal at Melbourne's Olympic Games. The cartoon, spread over six columns,
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      122 13 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League: Div. 2A- Badan Kesenian vs Kota Raja at Jalan Besar Stadium 5.30 p.m.; Div. 2 A. 8.0.D.C.A. v s Police "A" at Police Depot 5.15 p.m.: Div. 38. Bukit TUnah S.C. VS Pondok Peranakan at Geylarg 5.15 pm.; Div. 38. Min~ to S.C. vs Perhimponan Stia at
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      368 13 TODAY'S QI'OTATION: "Most people would sue- J coed m small thing* If they \v<ro not troubled with Krt-at umbitions." Long- lei low. 1 *ATUROAY FOR EVKRY. <>NL: After noontime com- prises the best portion of J the day. although the day J m general favours dealings with others. those who
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    332 14 Here's a red-hot tip for the Kedah Cup— lt's... Says WINDSOR LAD BLUE ICE, an up-and-coming four-year-old gelding, won so convincingly on Wednesday I have no hesitation m taking him to beat the opposition m the Kedah Cup (Race Five) over 8i furlongs at Penang this afternoon. finaJ
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    27 14 Our on-the-spot cameraman "freezes" them as the runners thunder across the line at Penang on Wednesday, first day of Penang Turf Club's Summer Meeting,
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    85 14 I UNLESS there is a sudden change m th« weather, the track for this afternoon's races at Penang should be very good. Best outsider BEST longshot at Ponang today is Golden Melody m the Kedah Cup (Race 5). Premium Bond should make a sound each-way bet m the
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    798 14 Vcrni. a long-striding four-year-old. should win the Summer Cup (Race Six) run over 8i furlongs. He got into all sorts of trouble m his 7 furlongs race on Wednesday, but did well to finish a strong third to Lycos. Staying is his game. He
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    152 14 RACE SEVEN Holiday Flight ac cepting, and I make him a good each way proposition m the main six iurlongs sprint He shaped like a readymade winner m his dawn effort on Saturday, when he went much better than Marigold, returning 36 3/5 sees,
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