Singapore Standard, 18 July 1957

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    30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POL ICE 2400 it m FIRE BRIGADE 2811 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 01. VIII. No. 16 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957 v pages 15 cents
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    Lock icon The Tunku Could Get No Better Evidence
    203 1 The Tunku Could Get No Better Evidence BAHAU. Wed. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Ratlin a had little trouble to- cnrmncing the people re that food denial restrictions were still neces*_rv. 4 •;.--•>: here from Kuala Lurr?.: t^day by helicopter ti -"-ar :tv representatives c r voice their grievance, against the
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    Lock icon Saras Brother Dies Suddenly
    44 1 JAKARTA. JvHj 17 (Reuter* Mr. M. BaravmnamuttUi Ceylon's Minister Plenipotentiary to Indonesia, will leave here tomorrow by air for Colombo to attend the funeral cf his brother. Mr. Baravanamuttu's brother Lt. Col. P. Saravanamuttu. died suddenly m Colombo last Tuesday.
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    Lock icon MORE GUESTS TO M-DAY FETE
    48 1 t^ LONDON. July 17 (Reuter) Speakers Committee has selected Mr. A. Creech-Jones, Labour), a former Colonial Secretary, ard Sir John Barlow. (Conservative) to represent the United Kingdom branch oi the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at the Merdeka celebrations, it waa announced Last night. I
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    Lock icon STRIKE AT YOUR PERIL...
    698 1 STRIKE AT YOUR PERIL Government Servants Have Duty To Perform And They Should Never Forget It CHIEF SECRETARY REMINDS THEM OF OBLIGATIONS A PUBLIC SERVANT SHOULD RESORT TO STRIKE ACTION ONLY AS A "VERY LAST RESORT" AND EVEN THEN HE DOES SO AT HIS PERIL," THE CHIEF SECRETARY. MR. W.
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    Lock icon TUNKU ANSWERS CUPID'S S.O.S.
    379 1  -  K. C. ARUN Now He Helps To Find Mm ah The Runaway Bride From England By A SERGEANT attached to the Royal An Force station m Kent, England, has sent an appeal to the Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to help reconcile him and his wife.
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    Lock icon PRESS UNION PROTESTS OVERSEAS PAPERS CURB
    167 1 LONDON. July 17 (Reuter) A deputation from the Commonwealth Press Union today protested to the government at restrictions on the circulation here lof foreign and overseas Commonwealth newspapers caused by a recent contempt of court ruling. They said the situation was "tantamount to censorship."
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    Lock icon Governors Set Example
    83 1 NEW DELHI. July 17 (Rev- ter) Governors of India's 14 States have decided on a voluntary cut of 10 percent m their salaries m view of "the present need for reducing administrative expenditure," the President's Secretariat announced today. The Governors receive a monthly salary of 5,500 Rupees
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    Lock icon K.L.M. Crash Is 'Still A Mystery'
    101 1 K.L.M. Crash Is 'Still A Mystery' THE HAGUE, July 17( Reuter) A spokesman for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said today that the crash of a SuDer Constellation with the loss of 57 lives yesterday m Dutch New Guinea was still "a complete mystery." A report from a representative of the
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    Lock icon NEXT MEETING IN NEW DELHI
    45 1 NE XT MEETING IN NEW DELHI LONDON, July 17 (Reuter) The next Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference will be held m New Delhi m December, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association said here today. I. will be the first time the conference has been held m an Asian country.
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    Lock icon Robbery By Telephone
    107 1 NEW YORK, July 17 (AP) The first robbery by telephone m the annals of crime so far as can be learned was reported by New York police yesterday. A downtown liquor store clerk reported a gruff-sound-ing voice telephoned and said: "This is a stickup. Get m thf;
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    Lock icon BRITAIN ASSURES WD EMPLOYEES
    191 1 Spore Govt. Will Be Consulted Mr. Sandys LONDON, July 17 (Kcuter) —The Minister of Defence, Mr. Duncan Sandys said yesterday that if substantial reductions m employment by the services at Singapore proved to be necessary as a result of Britain's new defence policy, the government would
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    Lock icon Talks May Be Useful
    78 1 WASHINGTON, July 17 f ßeuter) President Eisenhower said yesterday a meeting between Marshal Georgi Zhukov and Mr. Charles E. Wilson, the Soviet Union and United States Defence Minister, might, well be useful. The President made his statement m reply to a question at his Press conference.
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    Lock icon SIAMESE TWINS DIE
    61 1 REGINA, Saskatchewan. July 17. (AP). A jour-day struggle jor Uje by Siamese twins whose vital organs were so intimately inter-connected they could never have been separated, ended suddenly yesterday. AHer 85 hours m incubator, Beverly Ann and Barbra Lee Zaharik died m Kegina general hospital. "There was
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    Lock icon BOAC Jewels Stolen In London, Say Police
    160 1 LONDON. July 17. (Reuter).— Police were reported last night to be convinced that a £2.750 consignment of diamonds due to arrive at London Airport by 8.0.A.C. airliner on Saturday, were stolen after the plane reached here. j The stones were flown from Singapore
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    Lock icon Girl's Killer Hanged As Her Father Watches
    174 1 Girl's Killer Hanged As Her Father Watches VANCOUVER, July 17 'Router; Mr. Lawrence Moore watched yesterday while the man convicted of n.urdering his daughter was hanged. Geraid Edward Eaton. 52--year-old ferry worker whom guards called "one of tha quietest, mosl meek and mild oi a., condemned prisoners,*' rat hanged just
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    Lock icon We're An Equal Partner Now, Says Dr. Lim
    441 2 We're An Equal Partner Now, Says Dr. Lim Penang Council Approves Charter PENANG, Wed. The Settlement Council today approved the Federation constitutional proposals and expressed support for the Constitution of the State of Penang. Alliance member Mr. LiT> Chong Eu. introducing the I motion, said his proposal mark- j cc'
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    253 2 TREATED AS ANAK TIRI?' -NEVER PENANG, Wed— lnche Hashim bin Awang, member for Province North, said m the Council today that it was wrong and mischievous for some people to allege that "we are being treated as "anak tiri' or step-children under the new constitution. He was seconding the motion,
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    Lock icon Exhibition On Life In America
    78 2 Exhibition On Life In America A TWO-WEEK exhibition of prize-winning photographs on American life will open at the U.S.I.S. Library m Singapore today. The photos, numbering 74, have been selected from among 400 entries suhmitted by students from 39 countries studying m the United States for the 1956 Foreign Students
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    Lock icon DUKE HITS THE GOALPOST AGAIN
    67 2 CIRENCESTER, Gloucestershire, July 11 (Reuter) The Duke of Edinburgh collided with a goalpost for the second time m three days while playing polo for Windsor Park against the local side at Cirencester Park here yesterday. He remained m the saddle and was unhurt. The Duke
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    Lock icon JAMMED LOCK KEEPS 2 IN CELL
    66 2 WOLVERHAMPTON, England, July 17 (AP) An embarrassed policeman explained to the judge today why his two prisoners hadn't shown up m court when *heir names were called the lock on the jail door had jammed. "At the moment, we can't get them out-," he
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    Lock icon FILM CHIEF DIES
    27 2 MR. RAYMOND V WEMPLE, 54, Financial Vice President of the United Artists Theatre circuit. Inc.. and Associated Companies died yesterday m New York. U.P.
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    Lock icon Kudos For Bingham As He Ends 7-Year Stint
    109 2 PENANG, Wed. The Settlement Council today paid tribute to its chairman, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. P. Bingham, who presided at his last meeting before Merdeka. Speaking on behalf of the councillors, Dr. Lim Chong Eu complimented Mr. Bingham on the competent
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    167 2 Hongkong Artist To Hold Exhibit A HONGKONG artist, 26-year-old Miss Ma Soo Shen, will hold a three-day exhibition of Chinese paintings at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, from July 26. The exhibition consisting of more than 100 paintings, will be officially opened by the I Vice-President of the Cham-
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    150 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 921 923 Int. Aug. R.S.S. No. 1 934 931 R.S.S. No. 2 92k 92* R.S.S. No. 3 911 921 Tone: Steady quiet. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was $3731 per picul (Down 25
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    57 2 LONDON. July 17 (Reuter) Britain's fastest fighter plane, the English Electric P-One. has broken the existing world speed record, the company announced today. They said the Diane had flown faster than the present world record of 1.132 miles per hour held by the Fairey Delta-Two.
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    Lock icon TROOPERS BEAT UP AFRICANS
    109 2 MARSEILLES. July 17 (Reuter) Seventeen North Africans were m hospital here today after French paratroopers roamed Marseilles last night, beating up North Africans on the streets and m dockside cafes. The paratroopers, used as shock troops against insurgent and terrorists m Algeria, were on their way
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    Lock icon Cambodians Can Keep More Than One Wife...
    215 2 Cambodians Can Keep More Than One Wife... PHNOM PENH. Cambodia, July 17 (UP)— The Cambodian Congress voted yesterday to allow Cambodians to keep more than one wife. The deputies also voted to prohibit nuclear bomb tests after hearing orators blame the tests for causing the recent epidemics of Oriental flu,
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    Lock icon R.I. Officials For Talks In Celebes
    116 2 JAKARTA. July 17 (ReuterJ A group of high Indonesi&a Government officials left Jakarta today by air for Mensdo. Capital of North Celebes. to hold "brotherly discussions" with local leaders who have defied the Central Government by de< -ring the North Celebes Islan of Easl
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    Lock icon AMNESTY TO 650 PRISONERS
    68 2 PARIS. Ju v 17 (Reuter The French Government to- decided to offer amnesty political prisoners m Madagascar who were impnscr fo owing the 1946 revclt the i a' The Udon, taken by I M counri! of minsters. the granting of a large rr* >■ sure of
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    117 2 Part-Time Prison For Teenagers LONDON. July 17 (AP)— A Government Advisory Council tcriay suggested part -mre evening jaiic for boys under 21 convicted of relatively minor offences. The council believe surh "attendance centres" might ofler more hope of reforming a boy than the ordinary jails. The youths would get a
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    36 2 HONGKONG. July 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exohange were $16.40 to £1 Sterling; $6.***** to U.S.Sl; $1,838 to Malayan $1; $0,160 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $262.75 to a tael.
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    54 2 TOKYO. July 17 'AF Twenty-three students fi f< reign countries toda: tended the open:' z a?a five-day International S' meeting at the Interna Christian University Foreign nations psr. ing were Australia, B Fi an c, Hoi gkong, ir" dia nesia, Ma aya, Na-. China, the Philippines
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    24 2 POPE PIUS XII is -ligrf indispased with an mfc tooth and swelling ol his per lip. an unofficial c said yesterday. Reuter
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    57 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices \l ICE CHENG 21, is a counting machine operator m ;he Great Eastern life Assurance Co.. Ltd. A trip to llnnskong and Japan has long been a cherished ambition of Alice's. She hopes to make it m the not too distant future. Alice reads a
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    Lock icon SOS For Funds To Aid Colony Pianist
    172 3 His Studies At Royal College May Be Stopped UNLESS additional funds can be found, a young Singapore pianist who is studying at the Royal College of Music m London, may have to r#im to Singapore with his musical education only partly completed. II
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    Lock icon DAWN RAID ON THUGS: SFVFN HELD
    136 3 DAWN RAID ON THUGS: SFVFN HELD DETECTIVES led by ASP. Elam D:n bin Bag )0 ol the CID.. Singapore, arrested five wanted rm n m Paya Lebar Area, IO a dawn swoop yesterday. A large quantity < f jewel- :y wa.> also recovered. Two cf the men, who fell t~to
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    Lock icon MIDNIGHT RALLIES
    39 3 BHITONG, Wed. The Kuala Langat District Alliance Committee has decided to celebrate Malaya's independence at midnight, Aug. HO. U.M.N.0.. M.C. A. and M.I.C. youths wfll form a parade at the Town Padang. after the flair hoistine ceremony.
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    101 3 Village Is Re-named After or Lim IN recognition of the services cf the late Mr. L:m •a Pang, to the public, a. ;t Hill Estate has been rr.ed Chong Pans Village him by the Singapore ral Board. rhe villagers residing m area had earlier written •he Rural Board suggesting the
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    49 3 \[R KHAW TECK LOON*. marketing officer m the ;apore Ministry for Com:ce and Industry, left rapore v?>*;erday for Deni by KLM to attend a c n agriculture. course Is sponsored by the International Labour Or- n and FAO of the Nations It begins on .y.
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    24 3 .7. A.a. Panglima Bukit retiring Mentr: Perak, will be maa as new president ol B tary C i a: lv h or
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    21 3 VIIIOLD p gol the Bt. Paul's n m Seremban will •d their annual reunion n Au_ 3 i
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    127 3 BACK from Britain for a triple celebration here i is Miss Lee Teng Gee. elder daughter of Mr. Lee Chee Shan, managing director of Chung Khiavv i Bank. Ltd., and Mrs. Lee. j Miss Lee returned to the Colony yesterday by < KLM. Super Constellation.
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    Lock icon Deputy Foreign Minister To Lighten Tunku s Load
    284 3 HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN NEW SECRETARIAT WING KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Independent Federation may have a Deputy Foreign Minister to lessen the burdens of Tunku Abdul Rahman, who will assume charge of foreign affairs besides being the first Prime Minister.
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    Lock icon Varsity Branch In K.L. To Open Soon
    216 3 Varsity Branch In K.L. To Open Soon ALL plans are set for the opening of a new Univcr- i sitv of Malaya Branch at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. W. Burton, the Registrar, told the Standard yesterday. The tentative date for the opening is Sept. 16. Thh ta the first phase m
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    107 3 ARSONISTS shot flaming arrows into the roof of a Singapore farmer's attap house m Geylang Serai, yesterday. The farmer. Lim Kee Nee, who came out to investigate, -liscovered four burning arrows, two stuck on his roof and the other two on the roof of his barn. Summoning
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    Lock icon Labourers Rout Six Hoodlums
    89 3 SIX secret society hoodlums who demanded $1,000 as pro ection money from a Singapore contractor, was put to flight by his labourers m Opera Estate, yesterday. The .six men approached *he towkay and assaulted him. when he refused to pay. Hearing cries for help. 20 labourers
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    Lock icon SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
    37 3 ENGLISH and Malay schools m Perak will close m Aug. 7 and re-open on \ug. 29 three days earlier nan planned m order to jllow children and teachers o take part m the Merdeka telebrations.
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    Lock icon Stop Strikes By Political Education
    211 3 Stop Strikes By Political Education Lt. Gen. Sun THE main cause of strikes m Singapore is the lack of political education, Lt.-Gen. Sun Pao-kang, said yesterday. Lt. Gen. Sun, former member of the Chinese Nationalist Army, author, Journalist and traveller, arrived m the Coi'ony yesterday after a tour of Britain.
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    Lock icon Smugglers On The Run
    42 3 SINGAPORE Customs intercepted a smuggler's tpeedboti on the east coast at dawn yesterday and seized 895 pounds of cigarettes on which duty was $6,977. The chase led to Si_ an where the smugglers dumped their cargo and fled.
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    Lock icon JAIL SENTENCE REDUCED TO FINE
    50 3 A LABOURER. Hou You Sing, had his two-month jail sentence reduced to a $200 fine on appeal before the Smgapore High Court yesterday. Hou was convicted of possession of a wire clipper with intent to commit an offence. Mr. D. G. Osborne-Jones argued the appeal.
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    Lock icon Fitter Is Freed On Rioting Charge
    187 3 HE Vil AS AT A PARTY: ALIBI A FITTER, Phang Soo, 21, told the Singapore Second District Court Judge, Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday, that he was attending to guests at his father's birthday party on the night of March 30 the night he
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    Lock icon Eu Will Head Inquiry Into SHB Dispute
    117 3 SINGAPORE Government has appointed Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, a Colony District Judge, as Chairman of the Court of Inquiry, which will investigate the dispute between the Harbour Board and its Staff Association. It also appointed Prof. Charles Gamba, of the University of Malaya,
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    93 3 ST. PETER'S Church, at 40 Tavistock Avenue, Serangoon Garden Estate, will hold a second Fun Fair and Fete on July 20, under the patronage of Mr. Francis Thomas. Minister for Communications and Works. The Fair will start at noon and continue to 6.30 D.m. The
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    Lock icon $1,500 Jinjang Robbery
    38 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Four dagger-wielding thugs gol away with $1,500 m cash anc jewellery from a coffee stop al Jiniang— six miles from here yesterday. The thugs held up the pro prietor at dagger point.
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    Lock icon $10,000 KEDAH ANNUITY
    310 4 Payment To Go On After Merdeka KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Thc new Federal Agreement between the Queen and Malay Rulers to be signed here on Aug. s—will5 will feature the continuation of tlie $10,000 annuity payment to Kedah, even aftei merdeka, the Standard learnt today. Provision for this
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    62 4 Globe Trip To Study Culture A TEN-MAN intercultural travel delegation from America arrived m Singapore yesterday by PAA. for a short visit The delegates for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, after a tour will attend a seminar meeting today. Leader is Dr. Allyn P. Robinson. Director of the
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    113 4 Retrial For Jailed Constable A FORMER police constable. Or.:; Thiam Bcn^, 25. who was jailed for two years for theft, was yesterday ordered to face I rc-tria! en anneal before the Singapore High Court. Ong waa found guilty of atcwUni 24 bottlea of brandy ITOrth I3SI from I car at
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    23 4 A DANCE hostess, Mary Tan, IH. ol Geylang Road, was admitted to the General Hospital. Singapore. yesterday suffering from suspected poisoning.
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    131 4 Puzzled Over Wife's Death Fall AN insurance canvasser. Mah Cheng Lit. 43, told a Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday that he could not understand why his wife should commit suicide after being married to him for 19 years. Mah was giving evidence at the inquest on his wife. Leong See Yin,
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    26 4 A COLONY youth, Tay Boon Ho. 13, was seriously stabbed m the back hy two armed men m the Great World Park, last night.
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    249 4 Student Tells Rotarians SINGAPORE Rotarians. sponsors of a "Public Speaking Contest" for sludents, yesterday heard speeches from prize winners at the Rotary Club's weekly luncheon at the Cathay restaurant Miss Vasantha Ramalingam, Sixth Form student of Bartley School, and first prize winner, told her listeners that
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    Lock icon Aga Khan's Best Friend In S'pore
    198 4 Aga Khan's Best Friend In S'pore THE youngest son of Adlai Stevenson the Democratic candidate twice defea'cd by President Eisenhower m the U.S. elections lias arrived m Singapore on a world tour m the President Polk. He la 21-year-old John Fell Sevonson. an economics undergraduate at Harvard University. Prince Karim.
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    Lock icon 'Many Gangsters In The Army'
    192 4 MALACCA, Wed. Testifying m a secret society case today, a Police Inspector said that many gangsters had enlisted m the Army m the Federation. Inspector P. Senivasagam said that the Army personnel were not aware of this lact because they did Dot know the significance
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    Lock icon S.J.A.B. CHIEFS MEET
    139 4 S.J.A.B. CHIEFS MEET THE first conference ol District, Divisional, and Corps Presidents of the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Singapore was held yesterday. Sir Robert Black, Governor of Singapore, and Lady Black, both patrons, were guests of honour. Sir Roberi declared the conference open. Sir Robert said the conference was
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    156 4 PHONE BOARD MAKES A COMPROMISE THE general secretary of thc Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union. Mr. Jamit Singh, has offered to call off the strike and to suspend discussions on the question of a permanent pass for him on one condition, the Telephone Board said yesterday. The condition was to
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    307 4 LegMatlre Assembly: Meeting at Assembly House, Empress Place. 10 I m. Chinese YMCA: Bodybuilding and Billiards 2.10 p.m Badminton S pjn at Prince Edward Rond. Theosophical Society: Talk on "The Mother Lodge of American Theosophy" by Adelaide Eastley. I No. I Cairnhill Road. 6.30 p m. YMCA:
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    663 5 Nearly All Can, If They Have Stayed Here A Year FERSONS born m the y deration and who have redded m Singapore for -c than one year, can v c m the next City i incil elections m DelS :'iher. was announced yesterday by
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    145 5 Lack Of Players So Price Cut A PROGRAMME change was announced yesterday by the Singapore Musical Society for the Julius Katchen concert tonight, at 3.45 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The' Grieg Pianoforte Concerto will not be played because of inability "to secure adequate rehearsal with the woodwind and brass
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    59 5 A LU.utsj.MMJ military Police interna! security excrete wall be put into operation from today and will lr.st till Friday evening The Object of thc exercise is to provide experience to both military and police officers In deployment of troops and police m emergencies. Additional troops anil Police will
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    142 5 Infantino To Give Recital ONE of the most enthusiastically received artists ever to come to Singapore will return to the Colony for one recital only, under the auspices of The Singapore Musical Society. He is the famous tenor Luigi Infantino. one of the youngest stars a', La Scala. Milan, who
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    28 5 THE Governor. Sir Robert Black, will present Insignia of] Orders and Medals i<> 34 re- j .ipienta at Government Hou.e on Saturday at n a.m.
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    25 5 WOMAN S i Buan Hock. #8, waa found h a a Temple of th< Goddess ol :n Temp>r R ad. Ser:in last msht.
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    131 5 Travel Is So Good For Geography Teacher J TO Miss Nancy Dow, 2r>-year-old n-cycd American geography teaehlying round thc world is not just a lay. To her, it is thc best way to study world and its people gcographiMiss Dow. who loft Singapore ves:iy by KLM for Siam, Burma and
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    482 5 THE Singapore Nature Reserve Board turned down a government application j for 1.000-acre piece of swamp land m the Ulu Fudan area for prawn I breeding because it decided the "preservation of the flora and fauna of the island* 1 should have precedence
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    144 5 TWO new members were a m m at the Singapore itive yesterTrrv wen Arc Acting Mt t< n ienera Mr. F.. p. Shank i ncfW men-bee lit C In hi Mr. Soh Ghee Soon (1 dbei a] S tcialj rt). Mr.
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    77 5 A SINGAPORE cyclist, Tan Bah B was mbbed ol Sion tao two men m a footpath, fl Boon Ti ck Road, on Toes- daj nighl rhe robt rs hid m a patch ol blukar. When Tan came n< ar. they pounced on him. One
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    271 5 Aircraft Carrier Takeover Is Fixed THE INDIAN Government hxs acquired an aircraft carrier from Britain I as p?rt of her naval ex- pa nsion programme. Com- mandor I). R. Mehta. senior officer of the visiting Indian Navy frigate squadron told the Standard yesterday. Be added
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    391 5 Architects: No Statutory Min. Fees From Now On ARCHITECTS m Singapore who have hitherto been allowed by law to charge a minimum fee of 71 per cent of the cost of a building project and to recover five per cent of the total cost of the project if it was
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    967 6 Singapore Abuse Of Freedom INDONESIA'S plight is, indeed, a sorry one. The clamour with which her leaders hailed the freedom which they demanded and received on Aug 17, 1MB, has given place, in the space of eight short year;, to discontent and strife, to economic distress and political squabbling, to
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    1528 6 Shadows Whispers over Cholon ...there is an inevitable psychological struggle going on between nationalistic pride and economic necessity... rConcluding this review of;! the political to*o*ommmmm i jsituation m South i; ivietnam three years!; 'after the ceasefire! between the South an. the Communist North by OBSERVER Saigon\ Correspondent Dennis B.oodworth <
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      268 6 Sir- My son, stu lying m an Eng'ish Primary School, informed ire at the begin- nf this year that it was compulsory fT all lara's to learn a second iaga He submittad his na fo r the Mala, language i lasLa v.cc's Ui teacher rear'
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      88 6 Sir— Advertising Is now encroaching upc_ C^'Aec Quay, where the rOOI ol a building has been painted frith i si^n advertising a product, Tre building t- one whirh has ar h;*e< tural merit and ll qai'e a pleasing termination to thi visitor along C >1 jam Quay. The
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    335 6  - CHALLENGE to NKRUMA Bankhole Timothy By .4 CCR A ALTHOUGH Dr. Kira^re Nkrumah's Government secured the independence of Gh.cnn on';/ four months ago, there are already s pas of iissotts/octiOß within the ruling Convention Peop'e's Party (CPP). This dissatismction is shorn m a v'-vid nmy hy rhe decision of Mr.
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    583 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA By r T_l| shape of things to come shows that while 1957 will be Merdeka Year for the Federation it will be Scandal Year for the Governments of Malaya, with hospitals playing a major role. The probe into the management and conduct
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    346 7 photo. photo. photo. photo. ABOVE; Swedish motorship La Plata lists badly and burns amidships during a fire off the Southern coast of Bahai, Brazil A.P. RIGHT: Wealing a miner's safety helmet and white dust coat. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is shown with Mr. Jack Thomson,
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    812 8 Manickam Tells Packed Supreme Court-* On Mrs. Vasuthevan: Our Relationship Was Strictly Business wfll c^i KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Former driving instructor Joseph Noel Manickam, 38, denied today he had attempted to murder a pretty social welfare assistant and her husband. His defence was
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    143 8 We Support The Tunku, Suys Purty Ra'ayat PENANC. Wed. The Ptnang Division of Party Ra'ayat has promised its "fullest support" for the Chief Mini.ter, Tunku Abdul Rahman, m his efforts o overthrow subversive and the anti-mcrdeka elements who are attempting to jco pardise Malaya's stability after independence. Inche Aziz Hamidy,
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    58 8 MALACCA. Wed. About 40 workers of the Sin Swee Rubber Factory here went on strike yesterday over a wage disDute. The workers, who were given one month's notice because the factory is closing, demanded three months' salary. The company served notice on the workers on July 4.
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    48 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Chen Thin Yin, an accounts clerk who pleaded guilty yesterday to five charges of misappropriating over $36,000 belonging to the Fui Chiu Association, was today sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and $1,500 fine, or m default another 18 months' jail
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    48 8 PENANG, Wed.— A 47-year-old woman, K. Muthu was fined $10 m the Magistrate's Court today for being found drunk and incapable at the Great World Park on July 16. The court was told she was found lying on the five-foot-way of the park.
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    31 8 THE clock tower at Fort Road. Penang. will not ne chiming for about one week. Acting City Engineer Mr F.J.M. Jorge, said today the chiming mechanism is under repair.
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    562 8 THE MENTAL HOSPITAL INQUIRY: SECOND DAY Bones m the soup and twigs m the tea IPOH, Wed. Dr. S. Parampalam, Assistant Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital at Tanjong Rambutan told a commission of enquiry today that "m the interests of the 3,500 patients"
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    89 8 Woman Dies From Slab Wounds KLANG. Wed. a 22-year-old woman labourer. A'--, Krishnan. rushed asl nighl the X an c District Hosi tai with stai wo a died fai y Th s I- the I2tt iolent oeath m tao tri I tring the r %i six months. p. c told
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    44 8 PENANG. Wed —City C _nri ors wi hold a oockl party far the m 'a-^f a- i officers of [nd m Va v Squadron at N< 8 Resider v Road, on Moi a The squadron is on a goodwill visit to Penang.
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    385 8 Counsel Makes A Complaint In Court PENANG, Wed.—Defence counsel, Mr. Lim Kean Siew. told the Sessions Judge, Mr. David Anthony today that he did not see why lawyers should be so disrespectfully treated m courts nowadays. Mr. Lim made this remark m the Sessions Court
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    300 9 P_BAIK_DNT transported cast and technical staff to Paris where key scenes were made at the Eiffel Tower atop Notre Dame Cathedral and the Grand Palais. along Champs Ely-eel and through the Montmartre. at fabulous Sacre Coeur overlooking most of Paris, aboard a fishing barge along the Seine and a
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    596 9 Paris as Giant 'Prop' AUIMtEY HEPBURN, who was discovered for i films when she danced m i[ the chorus line of a Loni don revue, has now come |> full circle m her career. i 1 After winning an Aca- demy Award for her L dramatic prowess, Audrey i sings
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    240 10 THE Resident Commissioner, Penan?. Mr. R. P. Bingham, recently made an inspection tour of the South-west district of the island. Photo shows Mr. Bingham j inspecting a fishing hook Inspection Visit that was used by the fishermen of Telok Kumbar to catch sharks. District Officer, Balik Pulau,
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    70 10 INDICATIONS are that the 1957 export figures of the agricultural machinery Industry of Britain will be an time record, said Mr. Lionel Harper. President of the Agricultural Engineers' Association, at the opening of the Royal Show at Norwich. "Export sales to the end of May were
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    355 10 THE management of N.V. 1 Stoomvaart MaatschappLj j Ncderland (S.M.N.), Ams- j terdam, state m their 1956 report that owing to the j satisfactory offers of cargo 1 on the regular lines the earnings for this year on j the operation of vessels were
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    175 10 Further Upsurge In Industrials MALAYAN Sharebrokers' Association yesterday reported a further upsurge m the industrials section with buyers unsatisfied at the higher levels, i Tin shares we;e again irregular, while interest m rubbers was mainly confined to sterling counters. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers
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    252 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yes- tcrdav reported the following business done Fed Disp. $2.25; Fraser and Weave ords S2.TTA overnight and yesterday; Gammons $2,674 overnight and $2.70 to $2.72^ yester- day. h. Waugh $157] $1.90; Hume prefs A22/-. ords A6/l_; Breweries $3.45 overnight and $3,471 yesterday; ML Cements $1,781;
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    Lock icon A-Tanker Reaches Design Stage
    234 10 AX UNfe- powered tanker of 60,0n0 tons or more is now m the design stage and is to be built by a new British nuclear power company. This new s was given m London by Sir Roy Dobson. Director of the HawkerSiddeley Group of companies. It
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    76 10 ORDERS worth more than CIJOO.OOO have been placed recently for nine of the Britishproduced EP. 9 aircraft and spare parts. The EP. 9 was cresigned hy F Igar Percival, the famous A isl ra ian bom aircrafl pioneer pilot and designer. especially for agricultural ■a ark. s
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    137 10 Magic Switch Radio i\ GERMAN company of radio manufacturers are now introducing sets with a remote sonic switch device, into the Malayan market. A "magic switch" enables the listener to switch on and off a correspondingly fitted radio from any place m the room, without the need
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      280 10 SELANGOR' S RICE BOWL MAY BE ANOTHER KINTA VALLEY KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor's "rice bowl" m Tanjong Karang mcy be turned into another Kinta Valley, by the end of the year. Several million dollars worth of capital is being poured into it to develop the rich tin deposits that have
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      152 10 A NEW gas turbine will be shown publicly for the first time at the Marine Welding and Nuclear Energy exhibition to be held at Olympia. I London, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 12. The turbine will be housed m a special viewing chamber. coupled to a generator,
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      135 10 RUBBER DROPS 1/2 c. SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday droppedj half a cent to 93£ cents per lb. for Inter- national first prade rubber for August shipment yesterday, on a quietly steady market. Local and upeountry selling was largely responsible for drop m prices. The market opened quiet at about the
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      34 10 THE net profit of The Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., Madras, for the half year ended June 30 suhject to audit, including the amount brought forward from last year's accounts amounts to R5.18.29.840.12.
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      534 10 THE CONTINUED depression last year a the ramin market had at least the beneficial effect of forcing shippers to explore new markets, and _T rouncountncs m 1955. This is stated m the Sarawak Forest Department's 1956 anti ial report submitted by th< Consen ator of
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      319 10 Twenty-Five Years Of Tin Research AS part of the 25th anniversary celebrations, scientists of the Tin Research Institute have been demonstrating to visitors to the Institute's laboratories at Greenford, near London, new techniques m the application of tin. Outstanding among them was continuous casting cf bronze rods on a machine
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      31 10 TIIE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In itl rates' to merchants yesterd iy: Canada: selling. T.T or O.D. 30-n /ie ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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      114 10 SINGAPORE Chinese produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were copra, July/August $25 buyers. $26 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40_ sellers, m drums $45J seller*, Muntok white pepper $1(18 sellers. Sarawak white SlO7 sellers, special Sarawak black $73. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO. LTD. JULY 11
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      584 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore" VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an Extraordinary general Meeting of the Com- j >any to be held at the offlres of Boustead Company -Imited. Collyer Quay. Singa- j Dcre on Saturday, 10th j August, 1957. at 1145 a.m.. nembers will
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      252 10 4,000 Bottles An Hour O.V their stand at the Br-in.sh Trmda FrAr ani Exhibition m Helsinki m Scpicrbcr one company show bottle washing, filling and ccr v.aehinei with intermediate conveyors, able to mdle ;.p to 4,000 bottles an hour. BARBER-FERN-VILLE LINES For Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans,
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      1256 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) Sh De p p p t inB THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE J? SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to
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      1683 12 From Our Correspondent pEYLON is still obsessed by linguistic vagaries. Why she should be so afflicted is beyond our imagination. We have had to shelve no less than fifteen provincial languages when we framed our Constitution. We cleverly manipulated the issue and made Hindi our national language and
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      779 12  - M& 5,000 MILLION! Frank Entwisle The man who was worth In Retrospect— By ITE was a man of two worlds. And m each world he was mighty. To 20 000,000 Ismaili Moslems of the burning plains, mountain valleys and teeming cities of the East, the Aga Khan was a holy
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      174 12 The world famous family of TIGER medicinal products ___P^_»^3__u mmW ___Bk CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache Stomachache, Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache. Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL nl_^___L___ fremindiß JAiA-i pi m I __H_H__B m MOU Q There no city -^Iwl
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    879 13 DON'T CAST CLOUTS AT PETERI...SAYS JACK PEART LONDON, Wednesday. jKICKET. lovely cricket, should be as simple as walloping a ball with a willow bat, but it has developed into the sporting gods' gift to armchair critics bowling verbal bumpers: \w aid think that England were
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    54 13 NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuter) Wimbledon champion Lew Hoad won his second professional lawn tennis match In the 'tournament of champions' here yesterday. With Jack Kramer (U.S.) he beat Pancho Scgura (Ecuador) and Dinny Pails (Australia) 9-7, 11-9 m doubles. Hoad boat fellow Australian Frank Sedgman
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    263 13 LONDON. July 11 (AP) Denis Compton. once Britain's best batsman, livened the cricket scene on Tuesday with a reminder of his old genius and the first century of his farewell seaMiddlesex, he 104 against thc L a c a shire bowling m match that wa?
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    79 13 CANANDIAGUA, New York. July 17 (AP) Britain's Donald Campbell on Tuesday Bet the week from July 26 to Aug. 2 for the first serious attempt to break his own jet speedboat record of 225.63 miles an hour. Campbell already has flicked the jet-powered Bluebird II over Canandiagua
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    82 13 LONDON, July 17 (Reuter) —Dai Recs. of South Herts has been chosen playing captain of the British Ryder Cup golf team to meet the United States at Lindrick. Nottinghamshire, on October 4 and 5. It is the second time that this honour has been bestowed
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    202 13 NEW YORK, July 17 (AP)— I The Philadelphia Phillies kept their half game lead despite a 6-2 defeat by Milwaukee OO Tuesday night while Injury again hit one of the contender- m tht close National League Pennant race when Cincinnati's Frank Robinson was hea tied m a 6-1 red
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    83 13 Cooper wins to enter 3rd round CHICAGO. July 17 (Reuter) Ashley Cooper (Australia), runner-up for this year's Wimbledon title, and Herb Flam (U.S.). defendine champion both reached the third round of the U.S. clay court lawn tennis championships here today. Cooper top seeded overseas player, beat Gregory Grant (ÜB.) 6-3.
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      119 13 IJI Abner By Af Capp B^i^._-i____ll[r^i^^^^6-^_aa?TO») [lggss»g| I P ™__.^sj l THET FAT BACHELOR V, s accustomed toa r 7 puay wifout him -nor < km DAISVMAE.r-ASAVOOMINO )l MANGIN"ROUND J X RNERTYPE OF MAN.'.' J StBEP WIFOUT HIM /T J g^^gsS-gg^ J^ l H^^£? p > r y |c-jjjjj»^ I
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      374 13 rp ODAY'S QUOTATION: 1 1 JL "I. ans aro verbal forI gem."— Chat field. THURSDAY FOR EVERYONE: This is 1 constructive 1 1 day for contacts with 0 hers 1 I and for development ot plans, I decisions, relationships. Make i I certain that you make the most of the
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    515 14  -  BILL FUNK Spore Make America's Venture Cagers Fight Hard Far Victory By Licked ...But Colony 1 Didn't Know It ANOTHER 'Venture' victory. Another 'Venture 1 disphv that was dazzling to the eve. The visiting American cagers who were faster and more direct m their
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    353 14 Six-In-Row For The Mercantiles SBHFA J Leagues s FAVOURITES for this season's Singapore Business Houses Football Association division one league title, Mercantile Bank scored their sixth successive victory when they beat Chartered Bank by two goals to one on the SCC padang yesterday. With this victory, Mercantile Bank are second
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    100 14 TAUNTON S July 1" (Reuter -We t 1 -he von the were At to .a aammmu batting before :ea bets.^ aegan the.: trri i nn i c aga. st S-rr.er They •cored 51 for three m -a- rre S m.- ice bo
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    410 14 100 yards: 1. FS. Hamzah (Butterworth) 10.-sec 2. F/O. Morgan Jones (Kuala Lumpur). 3 Sgt. Glover Wright (Changi I •A I 100 yards WRAF: F L' Williams (Changi) 12 7s 2 Sift. Applegate (Changi) 3. LACW. CO NC, 2-0 yards: 1. FS. Hamzah (Butterworth)— 23 2sec., 2.
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    64 14 TODAY'S SPORT In Tht Colony SOCCER fu i SAFA fuaior cap-tie, Safcaramai SC. mad tt-A F. Seletar ai Geylang Str.d'.r^- 1 Kick-ofj 5.15 p.nv ATHLETICS G r 's Inter-echool tnemt mt Jalan eleaer Stadium. S-q'np pr-'^cr/ School* I md II on the school ground. BASKETBALL Tmlwii (br Victory (US] ca
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    30 14 THE JoJMW PWD wil play Singapore PWD m a friendly cricket match for the Eu Jen Choon challenge cup on Saturday a* the Ceylon Sports Club gr rand.
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    681 14 FOR the first time after several meetings, the Penang Turf Club has received good entries for the forthcoming Ausrust Bank Holiday Meeting;. A total of 163 horses from Classes 1. 2 and 5 has entered for this meeting. Following are -he entries: let
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    487 14 SISON CRACKS THE MALAYAN 3 MILES RECORD Four New Far East Air Force Marks Set At Seletar By VAZIR MARKAR THE Royal Air Force 'distance specialist' Neville Sison, running an intel-j ligent, well-paced three miles, broke the Malayan record for the event with a 15 minutes 1.7 seconds finish at
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