Singapore Standard, 17 May 1957

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    31 1 Singapore Standard ,/r^L, M ei #R v^| jl »«j^« ««t 4^ Ml. v>- SI SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS TUNKU TO MAKE HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS RETURN
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    Lock icon MALAYA'S OWN AIR FORCE SOON
    370 1  -  K. C. ARUN Supporting The Army' Will Be Its Main Role By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is expected to announce soon after his return from London the creation of Malaya's own air force, the Standard learned today. The Force will not
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    109 1 \Shst A Success L if i.-\p> ti it> first i huh over ivtfs of the ng this na- said exr devise :rce d a m i i\ a r being ir-engin< a r In the Chrl :30 miles south t 8008 -err.er.t 'vpe I ed. but
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    22 1 GOEBBELS. Hitler*! baa been red d I— 19 bad bb six and commit- his wife In r r m besieged Reuter
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    Lock icon RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL TEACHER FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT
    326 1 Pet dog alive in gas-filled kitchen By JOE SASSOON A 41-YEAR-OLD English teacher of Raffles Girls' School in Singapore. Miss Francis Marion Myers, was yesterday found dead in the gasfilled kitchen of her flat in Leonie Hill Road. Lying near the body
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    Lock icon King's Bid To Prevent Chaos
    71 1 COPENHAGEN'. May 15 (UP)— Denmark's King Frederick called in party leacers y in an attemot to bring K out of Denmark's worst political confusion since World War 11. There were at least six possibilities for a government to rep. ace that of Premier and Foreign
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    Lock icon FRENCH KILL 100 REBELS
    48 1 ALGIERS. May 15 (AP). Some ll Algerian rebels were killed durir.^ a two week French assault on a rebel base In the Tamesguida mountain UCa south of A". -liers, French headquarters announced yesterdajr. French losses were given as two paratroopers killed and eight wounded.
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    Lock icon 'Flu: Colony Doctors' Free Service To Victims
    285 1 'Flu: Colony Doctors' Free Service To Victims SINGAPORE'S government doctors have banded together to provide free treatment for influenzastricken patients at a temporary clinic to be opened at the Pearl's Hill Youth Club at the entrance to New Bridge Road. The Ministry of Health has agreed to supply the medicine
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    Lock icon 35,000 CASES IN FED.
    152 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The total number ol influenza cases reported in the Federation to date is 35,000, the Assistant Director of Medical Services (Health) Dr. Mohamed Din, announced tonight in the first Press statement since the 'flu epidemic hit the country. i Johore had a list
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    59 1 A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy, Lai Fook Heng, was found lying in a back lane off Smith Street, Singapore, with head injuries last night. A man saw Lai and telephoned for the police. He was frothing from the mouth and was unable to talk. Lai was admitted to
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    Lock icon Manila Is Hit Too
    110 1 MANILA, May 16 (UP-Reu-ter) Health Officer Dr. Mariano Icasiano on Wednesday night reported an "intensifying" influenza epidemic which has bed-ridden at least 10,000 residents of this ci:y alone. In Madras, 250 passengers on board the Rajula, which arrived early today from Singapore, were reported to be
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    Lock icon Talks Near Final Stages
    90 1 Talks Near Final Stages LONDON, May 16 (Reuter) British and Malayan delegates meet here again today for what are hoped to be the near-final stages of their attempt to iron out snags in a new Malayan constitution. The draft constitution to give Malaya independence inside the Commonwealth next August is
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    Lock icon Tunku To Call On The Queen
    29 1 LONDON. May K> (Reuter) Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malayan Chief Minister, will call on Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace tomorrow, it was learned tonight.
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    62 1 has been recommended. A Malayan delegation headed by the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, opened talks here with the Colonial Office this week in an effort to resolve the outstanding details. Most of the work since the opening plenary session on Monday last has been carried out by a working
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    Lock icon Big Plans For Tunku's Return
    70 1 Big Plans For Tunku 's Return KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Alliance supporters are planning a triumphal return to Kuala Lumpur for the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and members of his Merdeka mission, when they return on May 27. The plane carrying the Malayan delegation will leave London Airport on May
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    Lock icon Collision In Suez Canal
    61 1 PORT SAID, May 16 (Reuter) The Norwegian tanker Vespasian of 12.786 tons and the Yugoslav ship. Uirina 624 tons, were in collision today at the south entrance of the Suez Canal. The Uirina was reported to be sinking slowly, as the Canal Authority dispatched tugs to
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    Lock icon NUNS ON STRIKE
    31 1 NUNS and priests of the Buddhist Nichiren sect took part in a hunger strike at the A-bomb explosion centre in Nagasaki yesterday in protest against nuclear experiments. Reuter
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    113 1 'Tube' Girl Arrives In London From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, Fri Govindammah. the "Tube" girl, landed here by plane at 12.45 a.m. this morning She looked well and was smiling as she was met by the airport dortor. a nurse and a platoon of Press cameraman and reporters The plane was
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    Lock icon Policeman Found Shot
    46 1 AX Army depot policeman, Sagcrt Singh, 20, was found Bfa n B i the head at No 3 Ba?e District Depot in Labrador Villa at the junction of Pasir Pan.iang and Alexandra Road i n Singapore yesterday. A rifle lay by his side.
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    21 1 MR Eyvind Bartols has resigned as administrator of the 15-nation Sjgz Canal U?ers Association, it was officially day. Reuter
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    Lock icon VICTORY PARADE BANDIT, 3 TOP REDS DIE IN BOMBING
    328 1 VICTORY PARADE BANDIT, 3 TOP REDS DIE IN BOMBING SEREMBAN, Thurs. An RAAF Lincoln bombing raid in d?ep jungle off Jelubu on Monday killed Tan Fook Long, a terrorist boss who accompanied Chin Peng to the London Victory Parade after World War II and who had a price of $18,000
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    145 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) to Singapore yesterday were:— Buvers Sellers Spot 9U 9H Int. June RSS No. 1 91* 91 J RSS No 2 901 903 RSS No'. 3 891 891 Tone: Steady. The price of tin on the local market vesterday was S3B4J per picul
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    254 2 Students Call Mass Rally TOKYO, May 16.— The Japanese Government today formally protested to the British Government against the holding of a nuclear test at Christmas Island. 1 Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshide Ishida said the Government instructed its ambassador in London, Haruhiko Nishi, to
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    Lock icon Fall-Out Negligible, Says Mac
    151 2 LONDON, May 16, (AP)~ Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said today that initial reports from Britain's first H-bomb explosion indicate that local fall-out was "almost negligible." He also told the House of Commons that the explosion will strengthen Britain's hand in further international discussions on nuclear disarmament
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    456 2 Mixed Reaction From World Capitals LONDON, May 16.— News of the H-bomb test which made British the third world power to possess the "ultimate deterrent" was greeted by the British Press with big headlines and general approval today. Most editors took the view th3t possession of the bomb will free
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    147 2 World Court Is The Right Place NEW YORK. May 16 (Reuter). Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. United Nations Secietary General, indicated today that the World Court was the proper international organ to decide whether the Constantinople Convention permitted Egypt to exercise belligerent rights against Israeli ships in Suez. "If the matter is
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    Lock icon Sovief President Visits Medan
    66 2 JAKARTA. May 16 (Re'.: 4 .rr) Visiting Soviet Presi Marshal K. Voroshilov flew with President Soekamo tc to Medan, capital of north Sumatra. Medan is the only major city in Sumatra held fc>v troops loyal to the Central Government. A report from Medan today said that
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    32 2 MR. Dag Bammtrekjoeld, the U.N. Secretary-General, said yesterday he die not sider a personal appeal to the great powers to halt nuclear tests would be "useful or even appropriate." Reuter
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    Lock icon U.K. Backs France On Suez
    123 2 U.K. Backs France On Suez LOXDON. May 16 (Reuter). Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today that Britain supported the French Government's request for a Security Council debate on the management of the Suez Canal, and was in close touch with the French authorities on
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    Lock icon $102 Mil. Cut In U.S. Budget
    72 2 WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuter) The Senate last night cut more than $102.--000.000 (about £35,000.000 Sterling) from the budget less than 24 hours after President Eisenhower's televised appeal that big cuts might cause a "needless gamble" with the nation's safety The vote was 61 to
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    38 2 THE Mongolian People's Republic is ready to start negotiations with Japan on the normalisation of relations between the two countries, according to a joint Soviet Mongolian statement published by the Soviet agency Tass yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon WAR CRIMINAL FUNK RELEASED
    51 2 BERLIN, Mav 16 (AP) Walther Funk, Hitler's Economics Minister, was released today from Spandau War Crimes Prison The long-ailing Funk, who was serving a life term, was released from Spandau without any prior announcement and quickly whisked away by car to a secret hideout in West
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    Lock icon BLACKWOODS WENT TO RED CHINA
    113 2 BLACKWOODS WENT TO RED CHINA MACAO. May 16 (Reuter) Police today published evidence to show that the missing American salesman Mr. Donald J. Blackwood, his Korean wife and their infant son. sailed from here to Communist Lappa Island aboard a sampan on April 27. This was the first official information
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    62 2 THIS IS the scene from the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" that news photographers were trying to get when the film was being made in London. It shows fabulous Marilyn Monroe and British actor, Sir Laurence Olivier in a kissing scene from the film. Sir Laurence forbade any
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    244 2 How To End R.I. i m JAKARTA, May 16, (UP)— I -ormrr ViebH Mohammad Hatta on Wednesday called u r? rule in the provinces as the onl> \va> t< "prosi>eroiis Indonesia. i -h Dr. Hatta. an outspoken opponent of President Eh no f s po ides, addressed a mass
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    86 2 PHILADELPHIA May 16 (AP) "Mary Jo. a 17--year-old lonely hearts letter writer, wasn't "Mary Jo" she was a 24-year-old man named Herbert, Postal inspectors s&id today. The man. Herbert S Scott, was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Warren Bass.
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    63 2 I lON ,KO: ter)— l retu of Hongkong. Grantha n that h( v offi gaticn con to j ex nded. His tc Ju v He the build:-..: that 1 Th, Lshed in Earlit three-m tion from M Alan Li ing of office ol Later, I The S« much ai
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    Lock icon 300 Super Oil Tankers By 1965
    28 2 300 Super Oil Tankers By 1965 I gramme to deadweight I earn told th< -tankers Ihe nd the Africa. The E plain thi i I as an ternationa
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    17 2 PARIS J IT); 1 P' tiai j Ifi.!»fi6-ton Canal. not on J terminal
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    25 2 GROUP Captain Peter Townsend returned to H I gkong from Red China yesterday unwilling to answer tuewt questions asked by new: UP
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    537 3 Lint Yew Hock Speaks To Foreign Correspondents "LET THEM NOT TRY TO UPSET DEMOCRATIC MACHINERY WE HAVE" CHIEF MINISTER Lim Yew Hock yesterday warned that Government will crack down on all subversive elements trying to upset the democratic machinery set up to achieve self-rule for
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    94 3 f e 'iped_ Police l a b Robbers L| „ho was instnintai h the arrest of r nbbei> was award§l0 0 b> Mr. Justice Jtton in the Singapore i.. Brf Nesterday. cycling 4 the 12th Road, on j j nn 2S when 1 cries for help. r
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    23 3 Kgt ilture today to rt Coast o Gov- > tmpleMBM to I which rev Lvizxg U) p.-.rchi e i r fishing gear.
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    34 3 D Thur-- Tfcf Mr. D^v.ci tn< ttl a case in Ibrahim committins: of trust Of 15 while r firm textile merBtreet 14, ItM and Mr. -a^- tted that the failed to ttion.
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    47 3 Hold On, And You' II Get More MPUB Thurs.— to the Em- :dent Fund 1 .thdrawal bcthey are leaTtni M.i- 1 to hen a en ible them mployer's i •Cretan Bl r he Fund's rcnlax l?t--1 rt to all conwho had recently ted aj itlona for :ontributions.
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    12 3 ywca coi- 19 in its ppeal, the genMiss V. N.
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    Lock icon 'Freak' Storm Sweeps Into A Knmpong, Tears Off Roots
    221 3 'Freak' Storm Sweeps Into A Knmpong, Tears Off Roots HUNDREDS of people panicked and jammed the streets, when a "freak" storm tore the roofs off their homes in Kallang B&sin, Singapore, last night. The roaring wind wrapped zinc sheets around telephone posts 40 feet high. Over a hundred people abandoned
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    Lock icon 'Hugging Could Have Caused Baby's Death'
    177 3 THE death of a one-year-old baby boy from four fractured ribs could have been caused by violent coughin^ or his mother's hugging, Dr. A.O. Aaron, a Government pathologist, told a Coroner's court yesterday. He said this at an Inquest on Christian Muthu. who died
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    36 3 The acting French Consul General in Singapore M. (iaston Genebelly sailed for Europe yesterday on the Chnsan for a well-earned holiday He is expected Jo return to Singapore early in September.- Standard
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    15 3 MENTRI 'S VISIT THE Mentri Besar, Perhs Dato Razalli will visit Tarnbun Titian* on Saturday
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    159 3 Yahaya Is Set On Beating The 'Flu KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A clerk today set the Kuala Lumpur Supreme court criminal registry agog when he marched in heavily muffled in a hoodlike woollen cap, thick sweater woollen socks, tweed slacks and leaning on a walking stick. His colleagues laughed. Those who
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    Lock icon THEY SERVED AS ESCORT TO CHIN PENG
    113 3 THEY SERVED AS ESCORT TO CHIN PENG IPOH. Thurs. The Commanding Officer of the 15/19 King's Own Royal Hussars Lt Col C. D. Agnew. said 1 today that his regiment has had "very friendly relations" with the civilian population. "They have likad us and we have liked them. Certainly we
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    Lock icon Alert Staff Saves Office From Fire
    104 3 Alert Staff Saves Office From Fire SEREMBAN, Thurs. Prompt action by the staff of the Telecommunications Department saved the telephone switchboards from serious damage by fire at the main exchange here today. A short circuit at one of the boards set it on fire but before it could spread members
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    43 3 LIM EWE HUAT was the accused and not Tav Bean Seng. as reported in the Standard yesterday, in a case in the Penang Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. in which Lim. a fish-seller, admitted stealing a bicycle and' fish, prawns and crabs.
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    17 3 FAMILY remittances from Malaya to China in April totalled $1,695,137, of which $1,112,--093 was from Singapore.
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    Lock icon 6 Yrs. Ban For Hit And Run Driver
    99 3 A HIT-AND-RUN driver, Chua Kens Seng, of Silat Road' was fined $2,000 and disqualified from driving for six years by First Traffic Magistrate. Mr- J. B. Jeyaratnam yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of causing death by negligent driving. The
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    190 3 Starvation On Islands Is Absurd Goodwin THE acting Chairman of the Rural Board. Mr. A. E. Goodwin, yesterday refuted suggestions that the islanders in Singapore's neighbouring isles were on the verge of starvation due to the influenza epidemic. In a statement on the conditions of life in the Southern Islands.
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    37 3 HONGKONG.* May 16. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.75 to £1 Sterling; $6.2575 to U.S. $1; $1,839 to Malaya $1, $0,130 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $275,375 to a tael.
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    86 3 A YOUTH, P. Manikam, knifed a man because he did not like the way the man was making love to his (Manikam's) sister, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. Manikam pleaded guilty to causing hurt to his sister's friend, S. Ratanan, on May 15
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    79 3 A SINGAPORE stenographer Irene Overee, will be tried on Aug. 20 on a charge of criminally intimidating her husband. D. Overee by threatening him with injury. She was alleged to have committed the offence at a house in East Coast Road on May 1. Yesterday
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    41 3 PROFESSOR Yeoh Ghim Seng Professor of Surgery at the University of Malaya, and Mr. H.M. McGladdery, Chief Government Surgeon in Singapore, have been appointed honorary consultants in surgery to the British Military Hospital in Singapore, the War Office announced yesterday.
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    172 3 THE Singapore Musical Society will hold' its first practice for the chorus of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera. "The Mikado." on Monday, May 30. at 5.30 p.m. in St Andrew's Memorial Hall While the Society hopes that many of those who took part in the Teachers' Training
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    76 4 THE .100 Chiat Community Association at its annual general meeting recently re-elected its president, Mr. A. V. Winslow, for a second term. Other office bearers elected were: Mr B. Annamalay, vicepresident; Mr. Lim Tai Chwee, secretary; Mr. Hu Chee Yong, treasurer; committee members Mr R. Ramason. Mr
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    54 4 MR. T. Fox, of Singapore, who has been conducting a judo class for young folk of the Unity Boys' Club, Johore B.ihru. will begin instructions in the art of self defence at the Youths Training Centre at the Social Welfare Home to meet the growing demand for instruction
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    321 4 THE LABOUR FRONT last night decided that it will not put up any candidates to contest the forthcoming by-elections in Tanjong Pagar and Cairnhill. This decision was taken by the Labour Front after a two hour meeting of its leaders. The President of the
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    180 4 War Dept. Men To See Lim Tomorrow A 17-MAN delegation from five unions, representing 40,000 civilian employees in the Armed Services in Singapore, will tomorrow seek an explanation from the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for the de!ay in setting up the proposed tripartite committee. The committee, which will
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    47 4 THE following have been appointed members of the Batu Pahat Rent Control Board:- The District Officer. (Presicen*). Sjed Esa bin A.'wcc. Mr. Tan* Peng Khonn. Inche Ahmad bin HajJ Abbas. Mr. g. Somasundram, Mr. Son Ah Teck, Mr. Kang Foon Tons and K.L. Meyappah Chettiar.
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    142 4 A JOY ride turned into a death ride for pretty Yeo Soon Geok, a Singapore's Court was told yesterday. The Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, was holding an inquiry into Yeo's death as a result of an accident at 9.30 p.m. on
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    145 4 A FORMER doctor's assistant ran an unregistered "clinic" a Singapore Court was told yesterday. S. K. Kandiah of Miri Road was fined $100 after he admitted practising medicine without a licence. Prosecuting officer, Inspector E. J. Walker, told the court that a
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    324 4 TAX PAYERS' ASSN. WANTS A NEW DEAL INCOME tax payers in Singapore will ask gov ernment on Monday tc {grant them increased ex« emption allowances in reI spect of children and some in respects of relatives. These demands will be submitted in the form of a memorandum by the Income
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    128 4 THE Export Manager of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph .Company Limited, Singapore, Mr. W. J. Richards, an old "China hand" with about 40 years experience in the Far East, expressed confidence in Singapore's future despite political developments yesterday. He said "Commercial expansion in Singapore
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    54 4 TWO labourers, Sinathamby inangavelu and A Arunachalam were each fined $40 in a Singapore Court yesterday, after they had pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt to a Police Constable, Mohamed YusofT bin Mohamed Noor. The offence was alleged to have been committed in Holland
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    112 4 Colony Man To Make Home In US A leading member of Singapore's Jewish community, 26-year-old, Mr. Ralph E. Sassoon. left by the passenger liner. Chusan, on his way to settle down in San Diego US.A. Travelling via London. Mr, Sassoon. a qualified accountant Ls the eldest son of Mr. anc:
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    90 4 Hammer Attack On Islander AN islander. Hu Chei Chew, was hit on the jaw with a hammer and rolled of $45 in Cn>h after four men entered his home in Pulatl Übin on Wednesday evening. EARLIER on Wednesday a man. Le e Siong Cheng, of Jalan Kembangan, off" Changi Road,
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    82 4 REDIFFLSION (Silver Network): 7 am. Opening. Announcement--7 nl Sunrise Serenade: 7.30 News 735 Musical Clock: 8 pm. Dan' Dare; 815 The Musical Clock Ticks On: 8 30 Morning Medley 1 p.m Strictly Instrumental- 130 News- 1 4.i Potpourri: 2 nm The Sher-) Fields Show 2 15 Westem Harmony: 2
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    148 4 THE proposed Singapore Motor Show, which was to have been held at the Happy World Amusement Park, has been indefinitely postponed. 0 MALAYAN 10 VARSITY JOB GOES JO EXPAT T i single suitable iun h; ts been found II th>' P l)st °f e University JOB HAS
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    132 5 RE judge, Mr. J. F. McWilliam. yester- it was high time he realized age his way of life. iid thi> h bir to eight s Into eight r in :wc at Balleh had a previous conviction for a similar offence in 1955 for
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    161 5 THE Singapore Government \\-ill award a number of buisaries for new entrants to the Faculties of Arts. Science and Medicine, and for graduates who have been accepted for the Diploma in Education and Honours Degree Courses in the University of Malaya. In addition, many teaching bursaries are
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    89 5 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers Union at its 11th annual general meeting held recently President Mr. Lira Tin Soon, vice-presidents Messrs. Lim Toh Nee and Wee Kim Wee. secretary Mr. Charm Chee Beng. treasurer Mr. Tan Kwvng Soon, Executive Council members
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    201 5 THE smart blonde girl in the air hostess uniform at the airport yesterday attracted little attention. She sat demurely in a corner seat in the lounge unnoticed till a reporter happened along. Identification came quickly. She was of course Miss Ellen Forseth, a Norwegian beauty, who
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    90 5 Australian Brain Surgeon For Colony An eminent Australian neuro-surgeon, Mr. Douglas Miller, who has operated on six brain tumour patients from Singapore and the Federation, la expected to arrive in the Colony today. He has been invited by the Singapore Government to teach and demonstrate neuro-surgi-cal techniques. This is Mr.
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    269 5 FAS To The Rescue Of Wedding Party KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Air Service today played a big part in making a wedding party in Dungun, Trengganu a success. Had it not done so the kronchong party at the wedding would have lacked its "beat." Few people at the Kuala
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    67 5 THE Sime Darby branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union has appointed the following office-bearers for the year 1957/58: Chairman Mr. Ng Kim Song; secretary Mr. Chan Chin Yew; treasurer Mr. Abdul Lateef. Committee members are Messrs. G. A. Ree. Ong Geok Teng, Yeo Cheng
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    320 7 Communists Are Increasing, Says Iraq's Ex-Premier BAGHDAD, May 16 (UP) Former Iraqi Premier Soleh Jobr warned yesterday that the present government's policies are forcing people into a leftist pattern which could have serious political results for Iraq. Jabr told American correspondents that "the
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    68 7 AIR GIANT DROPS 10,000 Feet In 90 Seconds A Trade Wind type flying boat of the United States Navy rests on a mud reef in San Francisco Bay off Oakland, California, after falling 10,000 feet in 90 seconds when one of its eight propellers ran wild. All 16 persons on
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    179 7 Poland's Gomulka Tells Russia LONDON, May 16 (AP)— Polish Communist Party leader w.a Us aw Gomulka declared yesterday that Poland and other countries of the Communist bloc are entitled to ow a different "road to Socialism" from the Soviet Union.
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    48 7 DAMASCUS. May 16 (AP)Syrian President Shukri Kowatly yesterday handed over £2,000.000 Syrian to aid the Algerian rebels. An official announcement said he handed the moneycollected in a nation-widt "Support Algeria" campaigr last year to a six-man delegation of the "Algerian Liber ation Front."
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    86 7 CHELMSFORD, England. May 16, (AP) "Sing as you've never sung before. Raise the roof if you like," the conductor told 350 members of the women's institute choir at their annual music festival last night. They did and the roof fell in. Four members were
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    157 7 WASHINGTON, May 16 (AP) Senator Alexander Wiley urged today that a conference of interested parties be called in an effort to settle the dispute over how to dispose of enemy-owned property seized by the government in WoriH War TT He suggested that the
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    139 7 1,000 MPH 'Saucer' Was A Jet LONDON, May 16 (UP) Air Secretary George Ward saifl in the House of Commons yesterday that only five unidentified objects had flown over England this year compared with six last year and six in 1954. He was answering a question on how manv flying
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    64 7 PARIS, May 16. (Reuter) Britain was the second biggest creditor with a surplus of $45,900,000 (about £16.392.--000 sterling)— in the European Payments Union <EPU) for the month of April, according to figures issued by the EPU here. Germany remained *he biggest creditor with $123.--20D.000 (about £44 million
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    110 7 Four Hurt In A-Plant Explosion BROOKHAVEN. May 16, t'Reuter) An explosion took place at Brookhaven National Nuclear Laboratory, on Long Island, yesterday. Brookhaven is one of the principal centres for peacerul nuclear research in the United States. It is less than 100 miles rrom New York City. An Inter-American Symposium
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    56 7 GUADALAJARA. MEXICO. May 3 6 (AP) Meetings of ovtt five person? were prohibited yesterday Mexico's second largest city continued in a virtual state of following student riot?. The Army remained in control, patrolling the streets and guarding public building The an*i-Corrm':ni-t student front charged that the entire
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    38 7 photo. ITALIAN screen actress Rosana Schiaffino enjoys the Riviera Sun on the balcony of thp hotel Martinez in Cannes. France. Rosana is in Cannes for the International Film Festival. AP
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    254 9 ANOTHER BID TO REMOVE RICE STOCKPILE L v MPI'R, Thurs. The burden of de--1 r of rice is a national responsibility Luicl f !>t be P laced on the shoulders of the rice •td the Associated Chinese Chambers of .in in a renewed request that Governf tit dabblmg \n the
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    117 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing I M Der picul yesterday re C pra. May/June $251 buyers; %2S\ sellers; coconut oil in e i rs. In drums seller-. Muntok white pep- I fc lers, Sarawak $105 sellers, Special i Sar:. l 'k $73. COPKA HOLIDAY. CUTLEK BATH CO
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    206 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokor? rep< rtcd the rollowing business done yesterday: C.T.s. orda 35/-: F. and N. orda $2.40; Gammons $1.92§; Hammera $2; M Breweries J3.02J; M. Box $1.82) overnight; SiTie Darby $2.75 overnight; U.E. irda $9JO; Wearne $3.05, $3.06 overnight and delayed. Aokam $1.50; Austral Amal. 23 3
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    184 9 INDUSTRIALS and rubbers were dull on the Malayan -hare market yesterday. Tins were generally firmer, with a fair turnover. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B B. Petrol 59 60 cd Gammon 1.92 1.96 Ei'kong Shai (Hkong re?.' 875.00 895 00
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    296 9 JAPAN WANTS MORE ILMENITE ORE FROM MALAYA JAPAN is looking to Malaya for bigger supplies of ilmenite ore to meet the needs of her expanding chemical industries, a spokesman of the Japanese Consulate-General told the Standard yesterday. Malayan exports of ilmenite to Japan in 1956 totalled 51,693 tons valued at
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    82 9 VIETNAM INTEREST IN PEPPER {FINANCE a COMMERCE I VIETNAM has shown increasing interest in black pepper from Singapore since last month, according to Colony produce merchants. Vietnamese interest in black pepper was still reported in the Singapore market yesterday. They estimated that in April Vietnam had bought over 200 tons.
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    94 9 TIIK Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the lollowing changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. T.T. 32 9/16, O.D. 32 11/ IH. 90 days airmail, 32 15/lfi credit bills, 33 trade bills. Canada: buying. T.T. 31 3 16, O.I). 31 5/16, 90 days airmail. 31
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    104 9 MALAYAN rubber imports in April totalled 29,014 tons against 26,976 tons in the previous month, according: to statistics issued yesterday. Of the April imports, 13.655 tons came from Sumatra, 6,361 tons from Borneo (Indonesian) and 4,331 tons Xrom SarawakThe imports include 14,111 brought into
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    85 9 INDIA TO INCREASE TAXES THE Indian Government has proposed sweeping tax increases to keep the Second Five-year Plan from, being crippled while admit:ing that the Plan still is likely to lag behind schedule. Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari asked Parliament for tax rises and other measures totalling 778 million rupees
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    42 9 CEYLON is negotiating to enter into a long-term agreement with Japan to sell salt and some other commodities with a view to correcting the present adverse balance of trade which stands a; nearly 10 to one in Japan's favour. UP
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    89 9 Price Up 5/8 c. On Buying Support RUBBER closed steady in Singapore yesterday, with International first grade June shipment at 9U cents per ib., I cent above Wednesday. Buying support from speculators and traders firmed the price. A feature of the market yesterday \i as a reserve of sellers from
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    41 9 NEW YORK. May 15 (UP) Dow-Jones closing averages: STOCKS: 30 Industrials 501.98 20 Rails 146.13 15 Utilities 73.87 65 Slocks 175.11 BONDS: 40 Bonds 89.88 The Dow Jones Commodity Futures Index (1924-26 average equals 100) closed &t 154.53.
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    282 9 INTEREST In Magnetic Recording at the London Audio Fair centres on the display of EMITAPE put on by Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. All three types of EMITAPE are prominently featured •"77" for professional and specialized recording; "88" for general purpose use, and "99" thin-based,
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    34 9 PRESIDENT OF A.I.A. FETED Club at Cathay Restaurant yesterday. With the guest of honour are (left to right), Mr. Chang Chin-fa, Mrs. M. L. Lee and Mr. Tay Tin Un, Singapore general manager. Standard
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    102 10 ALAN LADD, who pro- duced m A Cry in the Night" for his Jasruar Productions at Warner Bros., says his decision not to star in this suspense drama was based on two things. "First." said Ladd. "I'm building a company to make pictures, regardless of the cast.
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    284 10 IF you want to grow as an actor travel. That's the contention of Rock Hudson, a gentleman with a supersize wanderlust, and also about the hottest star in Hollywood. Recently Hudson combined acting with travelling to Virginia and Texas where sequences of "Giant," George Stevens
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    382 10 MUSIC SETS THE MOOD FOR THE STARS PIIMITRI Tiomkin. a gentleman who has three Oscars on his mantlepiece for his achievements as a composer, believes the time will come when background music for motion pictures will be written before the picture is filmed. Tiomkin already did some musical trail-blazing along
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      72 10 Quiz Winners 'yHE first three correct fans who identified the pictures as the most dramatic scenes in: (a) THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, (b) BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. (c) ILL CRY TOMORROW are R. T. Noya of 33-G Chancery Lane, Kwan Yue Fong of 152 Neil Road and
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    105 11 liasilio Holds Out... HI( A(<> Ma 16 Ap French middleweight pj*n Charles Humez may get a crack at Sugar world title If welterweight champion en B.i^ilio holds out for more than 17£ per cent t pur>e in the proposed "million dollar" bout
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    120 11 TELOK ANSON, Thuraday— Putting up a fi:. e performance. Anglo-Chinese School defeated PID Sports Ciub 3-2 in contested Div. 1 league soccer- tame yesterday Raja ar.d Khaliel .-cored for the schoolboys whilst Bnkar netted for did. PENANG Thursday— The ftrsi --■iccor match veen the Muslim Recr<ib and the
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    127 11 ROME, May 16 (AP) Italy's automobile and motor-cycle federations last night announced the suspension of all open road races for the rest of the year as a result of the 13 deaths In Sunday's MilJe Miglia. The two federations informed the Government of their decision
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    115 11 TTIE following team has been selected to represent the Royal Air Force (Singapore), versus Spore Cricket Culb at the S.C.C. Padar.g o:i Sunday in a crickc: match: L, A C. Sibley (B A A.F. Tengah), S. A. C. Haines »R AF. ingi), Fit Lt. Gillesple tR A
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    384 11 NEW YORK, May 16 (AP) Davis Cup tennis competition reaches full scale activity on Friday with play in all three of the challenging zones. At Manila, Japan and the Philippines meet for the Eastern zone championship. Second round matches are scheduled throughout Europe
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    333 11 LONDON, May 15 (Reuter) Dick Spooner, Warwickshire and England wicketkeeper, helped in the dismissal of the first five Nottinghamshire batsmen for 22 runs at Edgbaston but was not able to challenge the world record of seven i*i**»«»nrc Nottinghamshire achieved a partial recovery through Ken Poole
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    150 11 NEW YORK. May 16 (AP) Donald Campbell, Britain's speedboat king, said on Wednesday he would attempt a new water speed record of 250 miles an hour this summer on Lake Canandaigua in upstate of New York. "I am hopeful but not overconfident that we can
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    100 11 Ibbotson's Great Race OXFORD, May 15 (Reuter) Derek Ibbotson, British Olympic athlete, ran one of his best races here tonight when he won the mile event in 4 min 0.6 sec. Ibbotson, who leaves on Sunday to race in the United States, came within a fraction of breaking the four-minute
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    27 11 COPENHAGEN, May 15 (Reuter) England beat Denmark by 4-1 in their world cup soccer match here tonight. The teams were level at 1-1 at halftime.
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    42 11 GLASGOW, May 15. (Reuter) George Low, 27-year-old Scottish-born assistant at Enfield. Middlesex, equalled the course record of 66 to jump into the lead of a star-studded field in the first round of the Swallow Penfold professional golf tournament here today.
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    277 11 NEW YORK, Mar 16 (AP) The Cincinnati Redlegs moved back into a first place tie with Milwaukee in the National League on Wednesday night defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 otter Brooklyn had beaten the Braves 3-2 in lo innings in the afternoon. The Chicago White Sox retained their half
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    50 11 LONDON, May 15 (Reuter) —The Royal Yacht Squadron (Britain) today sent an official challenge to the New York Yacht club for the America's Cup. The best-of-pcven series, to be raced off Newport, New Jersey, in September, 1958. will revive the century-old event after a lapse of 20 years
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    849 12 WEIGHTS and probable starters for all seven races at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, final day of the Selangor Turf Club May Meeting, are: Horses Class 4, Div. 1-9 Furs. 791 Buitenxorif 6y 9.00 T.T.C Stable n££3l 164 Mont Blot II 5y 8.13 P.C.T. Stable Daniels
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    135 12 SINGAPORE Malays, reigning Community league champions made up for their recent defeat by trouncing the Indians 8-1 in their match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Malays wno were beaten 3-2 m their first outing bv the RAF. were by far th e superior team v«.ierd?v. They
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    56 12 SINGAPORE Minto Cricket Union maintained their unbeaten record bv beating Bintang Bulan Sports Club bv three goals to one in a SAFA Div. 3. match played at th e Geylar.g Stadium yesterday. Bintang Bulan were however the first to score through Saip but Zain. Yatim and a
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    50 12 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs Chartered Bank Sports Club moved to the 'op of the Div. 1 FAS Business Houses league table with grand 2-0 win over Sentul Recreation Club in a thrilling soccer match at Ipoh R.-)ad today Right winger Danker scored both the &oals. •^•TODAY'S INTER-PORT CRICKET TEST*^r*
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    372 12 "Were hatting well" KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— -The Hongkong: cricket team arrived here by plane from Penang today confident of winning the three days 'Test' against the Malayan Cricket Association which starts on the padang tomorrow. Mr. R. W. Bell, tour secretary, said at the airport
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    252 12 Government's Dynamic Approach to Sport... a snip off the Budget THE Singapore Government is spending slightly more than one percent on sport in the schools. This snip in the Colony's budget was revealed by Jhe Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to Youth and Sport, a brand new publication for
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    94 12 TODAY'S SPORT SOCCER: Community League: Chinese vs Army at Jalan Besctr Stadium at 7 p.m.: S.A.F.A. League: Dtp. 1. Fathul Karib Club VI Royal Engineers Civilian Association at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. Div. 2A. 8.0.D.C.A. vs Kota Raja at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m.; Div. 2A. Darul Aiiah
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    26 12 RMS Concord a well deserved three £<•>•,- to one victory over Seletar Young Indian? In a friendly soccer match at the HMS Terror ground yesterday.
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    52 12 iron. Thurs.— Perak Chinese Physical Culture Association b sponsoring a Perak Amateur Weight-lifting championship in the Jubilee Park on July 6 and 7 There will also be a "Mr. Perak" contest. All entries should reach the secretary of the Association at No. 20 Jalan Datoh. Ipoh. before
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    282 12 Cambridge Ist innings 225 West Indies Ist innings N. Asgarali c Swift b Goonesena 17 B. H. Pairaudeau b Smith 127 C. Walcott o Goonesena b Rutherford Bfi G. Sobers lbw b Smith 15 Smith not out 55 Worrell c James b Wheatley 49
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    163 12 Locke's Magic Putter GLASGOW. Scotland, May II (AP> Bobby Locke, South African golfinfl star '.vent to with his mas.c utter today <''"- r shot a 67 to stay among I leaders in the professional tournament over the 6.058-ya:c Killcrmont course. Locke"? round av e him a 36--hole total of 135—
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    64 12 R SEREMBAX. Thurs. Xegr; 2 Sembi'.an Chinese gained an easy 4-0 victory over the Police 9 in yesterday's XSFA League 0 encounter on the Station Road 7 ground. 0 The .\*ok brothers— Wai Keen and Wai Honp played well to 6 givp the Chinese their first
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    273 12 CINERAMA DOES FINE GALLOP This Speedy Grey Bears Watching From WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. CINERAMA, from the lucky Shaw Stable, displayed vastly improved form on the training track this morning when he easily skipped over three furlongs in 39 sec. BL BB I Entertainment HI 1 Hits the Post
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    36 12 THE SAFA Div on e league fixture between Fathul Kanb Club and Royal Engineers Civilian Association scheduled for today has been postponed °s most of the Fathul Kanb players were down with flu
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    227 12 Watch Soon Meet Lee At SCAAF Mee By RAYNOLD JALLF.H MEET Lee Sun Sen at the Singapore n Amateur Athletic Federation's annui at the Chinese High School ground Sundav. Lee is Singapore's most promising athlete at least I the best man we had at the last World Olympics in Melbourne.
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    63 12 THE Icam to rtprc>pnt t)M Young lien's Sikh Associ.r against the Oarul Afiah in the SAFA Div 2A leiicue match at Fairer Park today will be selected from the follow Raj, Jasbir Singh. B Sui S my. Hassan, Baldhi--3 Bhariff, A!;. Harbhaian Singh Ifanmohan Sinch. Alan Chong, Kwang
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    84 12 YOUTH AND SPORT YOUTH and s Dorf publication n necessity. Ms °«*j to Singapon u r *i and women v, > "Like youtu lJ( r rcs^ the world if? i veneration m are anxious h fH thi t<> Hnd i,pv f J stressed ne paper woul,] Pad l these iQ
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    48 12 Letter To The Sports Editor Chargini A Feet Unfair THF T-ise teheti ikt I S< bilan Foc:*all Am charged i ior be i r, lion i ed a gau form i 1 me rr to hai?< these '< when t> i maitti the The < 3 ciliors i >: public
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