Singapore Standard, 20 July 1957

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    26 1 Singapore Standard jH£_i to &o ct fe i *M ""sr" mm, mT n > „l. Mil. .No. 18 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1957 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon HE FLASHES SMILE AFTER SENTENCE
    6 1 HE FLASHES SMILE AFTER SENTENCE MANICKAM
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    Lock icon UK Trade Mission To Peking
    98 1 UK Trade Mission To Peking I PEKING. July 19 Reuter) rhe Chinese Trade Minister Mr. Yen Ch: Chuang ha? »Ed that a British trade nation shall come to n i an official spokesman i here day. date has been announc-p-i tor the visit. The spokesman said the r~:n.ster had agreed
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    Lock icon A 'SAFER' CIGARETTE WITH FILTER
    151 1 A 'SAFER' CIGARETTE WITH FILTER I WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuter) Dr. Ernest Wynder. of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for cancer research told a congressional committee loday that a "safer"' cigarette could be made by using an effective filter with the proper blend of tobacco. Testifying before the House of Representatives committee
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    Lock icon BORROW AND BE SACKED!
    205 1 Look Out For Indebtedness, Govt Heads Told All Civil Servants Must Be Free Of Debts By October 7 ANY SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE BORROWING MONEY FROM OCT. 1 THIS YEAR OR STAND SURETY FOR OTHERS, WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED. This warning was circulated to all heads of
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    Lock icon LUNG CANCER
    232 1 YOU'RE KILLING YOURSELF ON 25 SMOKES A DAY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation government tonight repeated its warning against excessive smoking as the cause of lune cancer. Speaking over Radio Malaya a government official declared that heavy cigarette smoking "is a drug addiction and a form of nervous
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    Lock icon Chopper Man Gets Nine Years' Jail
    38 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Noel Joseph Manickam, 38-year-old former driving instructor was today sentenced to nine years m jail for "perpetrating the murderous attack on a defenceless woman and her husband/ r_l_^_H_HH a_^_H_^_^_H_^__^_H_^_^_^_B
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    Lock icon Not An Atom Of Doubt About His Guilt—Judge
    629 1 Not An Atom Of Doubt About His Guilt— Judge March 15, bemoustached Manickam looked solemn when sentence was passed but Hashed a smile before he was led down to the lockup by a burly Sikh constable, vHe wore the same gray pair of trousers, cream shirt and crocodile skin shoes
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    Lock icon MILLER FINED
    31 1 MR. ARTHUR MILLER, prize-winning playwright and husband of Marilyn Monroe, was yesterday sentenced to a $500 fine and a suspended jail sentence of one month for contempt of Congress.
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    Lock icon AGA KHAN BURIED
    27 1 THE AGA KHAN was buried m a temporary grave m the courtyard of his whitedomed villa on the edge of the River Nile yesterday.
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    Lock icon FEDERATION'S MERDEKA CHARTER IS APPROVED
    423 1 From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, July 19. The House of Commons today passed a bill providing for the establishment of the Federation of Malaya as an independent sovereign country within the Commonwealth. It was given a final third reading without a vote. But the three Conservative
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    Lock icon Jockey Bagby In Court
    55 1 PENANG, Fri. Former champion jockey. Billy Bagby. appeared m the Second Magistrate's Court today on a charge of driving a car m a negligent manner at Green Lane on April 6. The charge stated that the car collided with a cyclist. Bagby claimed trial and hearing
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    Lock icon RIOT SQUADS AT BUS DEPOTS
    173 1 RIOT SQUADS AT BUS DEPOTS POLICE riot squads were called out to two bus depots m Alexandra and Thomson roads m Singapore early yesterday morning, when strikers attempted to stop buses from being taken out. The strikers promptly dispersed on their arrival. The busmen had been on strike for more
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    Lock icon Miss USA A Mother Of Two
    112 1 Miss USA A Mother Of Two LONG BEACH, California, July 19 (Reuter)— Miss U.S.A. 21-year-old Leona Gage who had reached the semifinals of the Miss Universe beauty contest here, admitted today that she had been married and was the mother of two children. Accordingly she will be disqualified from rompeting
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    Lock icon FEDERATION'S OWN NAVAL BASE
    227 1 P. Swettenham To Be The Site KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation will soon establish a naval base, at Port Swettenham, Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman told the Standard today. The Federation today appointed Commander J. B. Burfield, now Royal Naval Liaison Officer here, as its naval
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    Lock icon MEN BLOWN LIKE PAPER DOLLS
    71 1 SYDNEY, July 19 (Reuter) One man was killed and 20 injured m a mine at Pelaw main colliery on the northern New South Wales coalfields today, when hundreds of tons of falling stones converted narrow mine galleries into wind-blast tunnels. Nine of the 20 injured
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    Lock icon 1 MIL. GALLONS DISAPPEARED!
    61 1 MELBOURNE. July 19 (Reuter) More than a million gallons of water has disappeared from the Olympic swimming pool m the last nine months and no one can explain it. Secretary to the Olympic Park Board of Management Mr. E. A. Avery said today the popular theory
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    Lock icon 18 DEAD IN FLOOD HAVOC
    40 1 JAKARTA, July 19 (AP) Eighteen people were reported drowned today and more than 4,000 homeless following flood- ing of the Tijeseel River which flows into the Indian Ocean m the Lakbok district of west Java.
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    35 1 THIS portrait of Federation Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, by Hongkong artist David Cheng has be?n presented by the Tunku to the National Art Gallery soon to be established m Kuala Lumpur.
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    Lock icon Communists' Big Lead In Indonesian Polls
    151 1 JAKARTA. July 19 (Reuter) Latest provisional returns from this week's general elections to city acd regional councils m Cen ral Java today showed that the Communist Party had an overwhelming lead over Hi political rivals. The elections started last Wednesday. In Semarang. the major
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    Lock icon Troops, Police Battle 'Rioters'
    116 2 POLICE, Army and RAF combined units figured m one of the biggest internal security exercises ever held m Singapore yesterday. Several hundred personnel were deployed m the exercise, which began at dawn. Police Secretary Peter Claque said the exercise w as aimed at giving the personnel
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    Lock icon Bloody Anarchy Warning In France Premier Secures Confidence Vote
    198 2 Bloody Anarchy Warning In France Premier Secures Confidence Vote PARIS, July 19 (UP) Premier Maurice BourgesMaunoury told the National Assembly today 'bloody anarchy" would break out unless deputies grant his demand for special police powers against the spread of the Algerian rebellion to France. Bourges took the Speaker's stand m
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    156 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 92} 93 Int. Aug. R.S.S. No. 1 93} 93? R.S.S. No. 2 92! 931 R.S.S. No. 3 92i 92] Tone: Sleady. The price ot tin m Singapore yesterday was 5373 i per picul (Down 12}
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    Lock icon Ten Charred Bodies From Plane Wreck
    155 2 TAIPEI, July 19 (Reuter) Formosan labourers today removed ten badly-charred bodies from the wreckage of a crashed American C-47 transport plane m the mountains south of Taipei, as hopes of finding any survivors dimmed rapidly. Parts of other human bodies were found strewn m
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    36 2 HONGKONG. July 19 —Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $16.35 to £1 Sterling; .$6.***** to U.S.S2; $1.8.38 to Malayan $1; $0,150 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold (262.875 to a tael.
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    25 2 BRITAIN'S Royal Army Medical Corps is testing a new British vaccine deserted to combat Asian influenza, tho War Office announced |Ml night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Liberace's Mother Kicked And Beaten
    154 2 HOLLYWOOD, July 19 (AP) —The mother of p.anist Liberace was brutally beaten and kicked by two hooded men who attacked her on Thursday night m the garage of the Liberace home, m nearby Sherman Oaks. Police said that Mrs. Frances Liberace. 65, went on an
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    Lock icon SAUD FLIES IN
    30 2 KING SAUD of Arabia arr:. Ed Asmara yesterday with r a fleet of pnva*c planes on a holiday visit c Emperor Haile S< assie of E'hiopi a.
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    Lock icon PREETY GIRLS In Singapore Offices
    60 3 PREETY GIRLS In Singapore Offices JOYCE MURRAY. 27. is a secretary at Champion Motors Ltd. She came to Singapore two years ago from England and plans to return at the end of this year. Joyce likes the Eastern way of life and one day hopes to visit other Asian countries.
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    Lock icon Recognize US Degrees, He Urges
    89 3 Recognize US Degrees, He Urges PENANG, Fri.— ldeas of Dreprmng a memorandum for the "accreditation' nf American decrees for submission to the authorities concerned have been considered for some time. President of the American Universities' Club of Malaya. Dr. Oh Kirn Seng, said today. Dr. Oh said that sympathy ihould
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    Lock icon S.T.B. MEN STAY PUT ON STRIKE
    220 3 THE Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union is prepared to open negotiat claims, but will not call of! ions with the Board on wage E the strike. Secretary of the Union. Mr. Jamil Singh, told the Standard last night 'The executive committee of the Union
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    Lock icon FIND SOLUTION BEFORE MATTERS WORSEN-LEE
    1080 3 FIND SOLUTION BEFORE MATTERS WORSEN-LEE COURT OPENS INQUIRY ON HARBOUR GO-SLOW 'Not Legitimate Trade Dispute/ Board Counsel A SOLUTION must be found to prevent a deterioration of the labour position m the Singapore Harbour Board, a Court of Inquiry was told yesterday. The Court set up by Government comprises the
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    Lock icon CHETTIAR YOUTHS
    38 3 CHETTIAR youths m Kuala Lumpur will meet on Sunday at the Chettiar Chamher of Commerce m Ampang Road to form an association of their own for the betterment and promotion of their cultural and social interests.
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    Lock icon She's In Love Only With Her Career
    193 3 MEET pretty Miss Jan Carter, 19. Australia's popular radio and T.V. singing star, and also the first Congo drum player to visit the Colony from Down Under, flew into Singapore on Thursday night, accompanied by her manager. Mr. Bob Marshall, for a six
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    Lock icon Suicide Verdict On Divorcee's Death
    182 4 A DIVORCEE who told her daughter that she would definitely die before May 25 leapt to her death from a three-storey building m Durham Estate on May 22, a Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. The inquest was held into the death of Chow Yik
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    Lock icon Driver Keeps His Head And Saves A Life
    358 4 Driver Keeps His Head And Saves A Life Standard Reporter In Jungle Drama By R. LANG BENTONG, Fri. A lorry attendant would have died m the jungle last night but for the presence of mind of a driver. The attendant, Mah Ah Toom, 20, of Batang Kali, was atop a
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    Lock icon BIG ROLE OF HOBBY
    109 4 SINGAPORE'S Director of Information Services, Mr. G. G. Thomson, yesterday described photography as a hobby that contributes most to nation-building*. He was declaring open the fifth pan-Malayan photographic exhibition organized by the Photographic Society of Singapore at the British Council Hall at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. A
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    Lock icon Child Welfare Lauded
    67 4 THE ten members of the In-ercultural Travel Seminar were "greatly heartened" by the immense progress Singapore had made m child welfare postwar, said its leader, Mr. AUvn P. Robinson, yesterday. Mr. Robinsnn said: "It ls good to see what Singapore .s doing for i*s children after our
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    Lock icon Two Punches Cost $60
    75 4 A MEMBER of the Royal Australian Air Force. Robert AL. Anderson, stationed m Butterworth. was yesterday fined $60 m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court for causing hurt to a policeman and a police inspector on May 17. The court was told Anderson punched the constable inside
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    Lock icon Gangsters Clash: 1 Detained
    87 4 Gangsters Clash: 1 Detained BOTTLES, chairs, sticks and other missiles flew, as two secret society gangsters battled it out m New Market Road, Singapore last night. Pedestrians caught m the midst ol the clash, scrambled to safety under tables and drains, as the gangsters chased each other m a 15-n
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    Lock icon Another New Party By M-Day
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The proposed Socialist Front will be inaugurated before Malaya get its independence on Aug. ii Leaders of Party Raayat and the Labour Party of Malaya are meeting informally m Ipoh next week to work out the final details for the inaugural meeting.
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    Lock icon S.I.T. FLAT TENANTS PROTEST
    81 4 'Mourning Colours 1 RESIDENTS of Alexandra Estate have protested to the Singapore Improvement Trust over the black and white painting on the doors and windows of their flats. In their letter to the Trust, the residents, mostly Chinese, said "It is a bad omen to us."
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    Lock icon TELL ME ALL,' -AIR CHIEF
    99 4 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon. the new Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Air Force, said today he was keen to know how the various R.A.F. units m Malaya were operating against the terrorists m the jungle. "I also want to know how
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    Lock icon GOVT'S AID IS NEEDED TO BOOST IT
    114 4 GOVT'S AID IS NEEDED TO BOOST IT GOVERNMENT support is needed to increase tourism. Colonel C. Young, president of the Pacific Area Travel Association said m Singapore yesterday. He flew m from Manila and will meet Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M.
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    Lock icon Give And Take—Magistrate
    138 4 Give And Take— Magistrate PETTY quarrels need not be taken to court if the parties concerned learn to "give and take." a Singapore Magistrate. Ifr. Robert Chee. said yesterday. Mr. Chee made ihis remark m a case m which a wife. Ng Ah Poh, was claiming maintenance from her husband.
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    Lock icon Customs Men Seize Lorry
    48 4 SINGAPORE Customs yesterday seized a lorry and 396 lbs. of dutiable cigarettes m Changl Road. A party of officers were examining cars along the road when a lorry approached them. On sighting the officers, the driver made off. Duty on the cigarettes was $3,410.
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    Lock icon PNEUMONIA KILLS 30
    53 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Thirty people were killed by pneumonia m the Federation during the week ending June 22, Government stated today. There were 99 cases, of which Perak had 23. Although there were 9.9^0 cases of influenza, these were reported mild and caused no death. Four people
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    Lock icon Colony's Tourist Trade Bright: 17,321 Came Last Year
    241 4 Colony's Tourist Trade Bright: 17,321 Came Last Year A TOTAL of 64.551 persons visited or passed through Singapore m 1956. an increase of 10.630 over the previous year. The figure included a large number of business and holiday visitors. The annual report of the Singapore Immigration Department issued yesterday showed
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      486 4 Standard cAlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Queenstown Community AssotMafl kl £_L DO D E tion: Children's sports a' Queens--o'n V>ar W I town Technical Secondary School _n_k a_>_MH_M_B H J_nr_V_i_7J___V_2f__ B^9 Singapore Photographic Society: W_yflfJ_f_P|A_| Fifth Pan-Malayan Exhibition at ms\V% m m% W m ni 'Ammm.WAmWmm tle British Council Hall.
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    449 5 Stricter Supervision Is Needed Doctor Mental Hospital Probe Enters 4th Day PRESENT STAFF COULD IMPROVE PATIENTS LOT IPOH, Fri. Wiser use of the present staff and stricter supervision from those on top would improve conditions for the 3.500 patients m the Central Mental Hospital. Assistant Medical Superintendent of the C.M.H..
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    Lock icon $50 Mil. For New Malayan Hospitals
    256 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Alliance Government has set aside $50,000,000 for the construction of new hospitals m the country. Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, disposed m a broadcast tonight. This was part of the fiveyear development plan designed to
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    Lock icon Merdeka Day Holidays
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Ministry of Commerce and industry has proposed thai A';rr. ::i be declared national pu le bo iday tor business houses. A second public holiday m Selangor on Sept. 2 wai aKo suggested, A specific second holiday has not yet been fixed lot the
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    Lock icon JUDGMENT RESERVED
    69 5 PENANG. Fri. Mr. Justice Shepherd, reserved judgment m the liiqh Court here today m trie anpeul by two sampan men against their conviction and sentence m the Bukit Mertajarn Sessions Court on Charge Ol importing opium into the reoperation. The sanipan men. Lim Tow Seng and Koay PhS
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    Lock icon Strike Ballot By 3,000 Bank Men
    193 5 Talks End In A Deadlock IPOH, Fri. About 3,000 bank employees m the Federation are taking a strike ballot m the next few days following a breakdown m negotiations with their employers for better conditions of service. A spokesman for the banking section Of
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    Lock icon HEALTH DEPT. IS WELL PREPARED
    155 5 HEALTH DEPT. IS WELL PREPARED KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Municipal Health Officer. Dr. T. J. F. McGarity, today assured the public that every endeavour would be made to maintain sanitary services should the daily-paid workers go on their threatened strike on July 25. He disclosed that bore holes were a"
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    Lock icon FOUND DEAD
    36 5 AN UNEMPLOYED labourer. K. Kandiah. 31, was found dead under a rubber tree at Batak Rab.t Road, Tc.ok Anson, on Thursday. A piece of cloth was found dangling from a branch above the body.
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    Lock icon 'Toddy Shop Brawls A Common Feature'
    116 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Toddy shop brawls m Kuala Lumpur were becoming a common feature. Inspector B. Ramakrishna told Magistrate Tuan Haji Mohamed Taib today. He was pressing for deterrent sentence on 22-yoar-olfi Manickam of Loke Yew Road, who pleaded guilty to causing hurt to
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    Lock icon Pilgrim Ships Due Shortly
    66 5 PENANG. Wed. The pilgrim .ship. Anking. will arrive here from Jeddah on July 26 and will reach Singapore the following day with returning Malayan pilgrims. Tho Anking will make Its second return trip from Jeddah next mon h. She will leave Jeddah on Aug. 16 and
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    Lock icon Deed Owners Worried Will Alliance Govt. Honour Dutch Titles?
    223 5 Deed Owners Worried Will Alliance Govt. Honour Dutch Titles? MALACCA, Fri. The Assistant Senior Lands Officer. Mr. A. Bong, said today more than 500 Dutch title deed owners are concerned as to whether the Alliance Government would honour their deeds after Merdeka. He said most of the hind under Dutch
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    Lock icon RC Pays His Farewell Call
    81 5 PENANG. Fri. The Resident Commissioner. Penane. Mr. R. C. Bingham, paid a farewell visit to he southern district of Province Wel'.esley yesterday. He was told by the Assistant Agricultural Officer. Inche Zainudin bin Abu Bakar. that the padi yield m the Sungel Acheh area during
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    Lock icon A Terrorist Who Imagined He Gave Up
    166 5 HBtAHG, Fri —A draft Press statement In the band Tiling of a Communist terrorist. CheUDJ] Tin F'oh. whi .h ho intended to hand to tho Press after surrendering, disclosed that Communi-t terrorists m Are hills were living a hard life ar.d spent the
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    Lock icon Planter Gets $1,340 Damages
    81 5 BENTONG. Fri. J}.< President of :hr Bessli as Court here. Raja Allan Shah. yesterday awarded $1,340 v special and general damages to a rubber planter. Ng Sang Choy of Loke Yew Street m Bentong. for damages done to his rubber Tees by fire started by another
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      364 6 'T'HE setting up of commissions to probe charges of corruption and malpractices m the Federation and Singapore and the demands for further Investigations into the administration of government departments and organizations have not come as a shock to the people of Malaya. They have been expecting this action.
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      391 6 YV'HY is the law against the publication of inde- Cdll literature OOi enforced more strictly and Vigorously? The question is being asked by leaders of religioo, welfare organizations and youth societies throughout the wor'.d as more and more of what have come to DC termed '"flesh magazines" continue
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    691 6  - SCIENCE NOTEBOOK John Davy Clean H-Bomb LONDON 'THERE is a good deal oi -L confusion about the current discussions m the United States concerning "clean" H-bombs. A number of scientists and military men bave been telling President Eisenhower that further H-bomb tests should be made because: 1. Such tests would
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    Lock icon Gen. Chiang Looks Back
    816 6 I LONDOK I A T the age of 70 General Chiang Kai-shek has written a book reviewing his struggle with, an a defeat by, the Com- ills An English version is to be published m London by Harrap tn October, out extracts received from Form indicate
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    Lock icon Would you like to work in Sarawak?
    1003 6 Would you like to work in Sarawak? ...ONE WHO KNOWS SARAWAK— Do not go there. Yon will be wasting your time. What has Sarawak to o frr you? The boom days are over. A depression that started some years ago has not lifted. Timber companies had been making good money
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    569 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By \FTER several months there was a spark of life m the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Thursday when the House unanimously approved a motion for the setting up of a court of inquiry to investigate corrupt practices during elections m Singapore. The
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    57 7 The Count Just Cannot Take His Eyes Off Kim Novak THE Count is all eyes and no wonder! The object of his admiration is none other than Hollywood star Kirn Novak. Kirn and Count Mario Bandini were lunching last weekend at a famous restaurant right m the heart of Rome.
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    144 7 ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL TURNS INTO ANNUAL RIOT WARSAW, POLAND, July 19 <AP) Poland's annual jazz festival has produced Its second annual riot with up to 2.000 youngsters battling police m the streets of Sopo:, a Baltic coast resort. The only published account of the incident m the newspaper Sztandar Mlodych
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    91 7 'Amok' Driver Suspended For 20 Years LONDON. July 19 (Reuter) A motorist, who "ran amok m his car and sped at 80 miles an hour through London's West End just before dawn pursued by Police, was banned from driving for 20 years here yesterday. Pie was Alexander Henry Fieid. 33-year-old
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    79 7 LONDON. July 19, (Reuter) A convicted bank robber was yesterc.ay ordered m the London Hish Court to pay nearly £20.000 sterling damages to a London bank he robbed two-and-a-half years age* Thp man, 4a-year-old Alfred Frascr was convicted for his nart m a raid
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    173 7 LAUSANNE, July 19 (Reuter) Don Juan. Count of Barcelona and pretender to the throne of Spain, said here yesterday that he would never give up his claim m favour of his 19-year-old son, Don Juan Carlos. The Count was speaking to a Reuter
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    127 7 Robbers Lock 21 In Bank Vault CANTON, Massachussetts, July 19 (AP)— Three bandits waving .4.) calibre automatics herded 21 persons into the vault of a bank here and escaped with an estimated .532,500 yesterday. The trio, described as Negroes between 25 and 30, held l.> customers at bay while five
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    410 7 Bid To Assassinate Nasser 14 Arrested EX-FOREIGN MINISTER THE 'MASTER-MIND' CAIRO, July 19 (AP) —The Egyptian Middle East News agency said last night 14 men led by termer Foreign Minister Salah El Din, have been arrested and charged with plotting to kill President Nasser and his Cabinet. A military court
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    138 7 LONG BEACH, California. July 19 (AP) A rumour that Miss U.S.A. 21-year-old Leona Gage of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was marr.ed caused a furor m the Miss Universe contest last night. The report originated m anonymous telephone calls to a newspaoer m Baltimore. Contest
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    40 7 A JAPANESE slung r"v--~ witn a fourteenth cr-- iry blade was among a er ection rf artic es r onging v I c Duke of Windsor auctioned m Lond n on Thursday for a total of over £2,000 sterling.
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    35 7 INTERPLANETARY travel will r m lire ppace ships at least as 1 irgc as the iiner Quer [ai Urn *iej ensineer of,t-^ A—.er; r-.r. Alias lonf-range missile project said m London yesterday- Reuter.
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    101 7 MEFIDEN. Connecticut, T^.v 19 AF> When a *a> containing US$3 000 v. as stolen from a baking firm In nearby Newlng'Oß earl rr this week thf BmH manager announced the thieves i •->*•" vr c. err ♦>- ray -av wju.u i. r iii" iuun~y. Mario L
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    257 8 FEDERATION TAX ON COLONY -MADE GOODS MAY SPARK And It May Lead To Mass Unemployment And Riots In Singapore SINGAPORE Assemblyman. Mr. R.C.H. Lim, yesterday warned of t "tariff war" between the Colony and the Federation if the Alliance Government persisted m pursuing its policy (rf
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    209 8 ARSON SUSPECTED IN $100,000 IPOH FIRE IPOH. Fri. Mystery surrounds a fire whirh burnt down a sawmill m the dense industrial area at the second mile Ipoh-Menglembu Road early this morning. Practically all the mill machinery and a quantity of timber stored near it were destroyed. Damage ls estimated at
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    55 8 THE captain and cr°w ol the (American amphibious ship, USS Tulare, attached to the Berenth Fleet, wfll play host to 100 Singapore underprivileged children tomorrow afternoon. Tr.* project is being sponsored by the Singapore Ro'ary C üb. It includes a tour cf the ship followed by
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    30 8 THE Singapore Co-operative Thrift nod A. ao Sc lety wfll cc e'rrate S: er Jubi cc wir'n a dinner a* Bt Joseph's Institution at 3 p m. today.
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    169 8 $21,000 AWARD FOR BLIND WIDOW A BLIND widow who lost her husband m a road accident, was awarded special and general damages totalling $21,475 by Singapore's acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Knight, m the High Court yesterday. She was Madam Kho Hock Choo. 43. a mother of four. Madam Kho
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    32 8 VALEDICTORY letten will be presented to seven longservice members of the Ministry ol Health Singapore, at ceremony to be held at the Ministry Offices m Palmer Road, on Monday.
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    205 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The result! of the fina' examination for Stage Or.c. held at the Muslim College of Malaya, Klang, m June are a< follows: First Class Zainuddin bin Abi Salieh, Mchamed bin Che Wok. Second Class Abu Bakar bin Hashim. Third Class Lrmk bin Abhas,
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    123 8 FAST action by a KLM mechanic yesterday prevented a lire which broke OUA on the larmaf of the Singapore Airport (ron reaching an Air Ceylon Constellation only 100 feet away. The mechanic, Mohammed rfOOT, grabbed a fire extinguisher and doused the flames before the fire could spread
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    173 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. About six thugs armed with bicycle chains and daggers clashed at the Batu Lane squatter settlement m the heart of Kuala Lumpur this evening. An 18-year-old carpenter, Cheng Kum Chai of Ampang Road, was rushed to the General Hospital
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    74 8 C-G Welcomes Cambodian Students THE Acting CommissionerGeneral for South-east Asia. Mr. Angus M. Mackintosh, welcomed 34 Laotian and Cambodian students attending a six-week Summer School at the University of Malaya. Organized by the British Council, a.s part of Britain's con rlbution to the Colombo Plan, the Summer School will give
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    35 8 THE new Vice-Consul for the Netherlands for Singapore, Mr. Evert Bos, will arrive m the Colony today accompanied by ?>.lrs. Bo=. Ho replaces Baron Wilprand van Pallandt. who has completed his twoyear term.
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    36 8 TANG Kirn. 4L\ who Mid he was unemployed, yesterday pleaded guilty m a Singapore Court to stealing two pairs of trousers. He was sent to jail ior two years. He had five previous convictions.
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    355 8 Singapore is A Vast Treasure House For Tourists— Film Man PEOPLE m Singapore do not realise what a Wmat treasure house of sights they have to offer tourists, film-maker Mr. Robert Steele, of Auckland, New Zealand, told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Stee^ is head of Robert Steele Procuctions, which specialise
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    176 8 MAAF FOILS 'ENEMY' BID TO BOMB MALCCA PORT SWETTENHAM Fri. An attempt by two "enemy" aircraft to bomb" Molocco todov wo* fr-icd by the quick action ot Malayan Auxiliary Apr Force personnel m comp here. Watched by air force officers ond Chief Mmis»cr Tunku Abdul Rahman, members cf the MAAF
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    31 8 A hotel-ki rrr.r c Kirn Fatt, of Amber R'a-, Singapore, was yester* M N by the r failing to register particulars of a woman lodger on March 12
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    26 8 A CONDUCTOR cf Dams--sara Estate m Batu Tiga. near Klar.g. Mr. Nsrr.biar. zz*~ 36, was stabbed t- death today. Police have detained a man.
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    143 8 THE Singapore Malaysian Ships Officers' Union wants the salaries of Asian officers employed by local shipping con corns to be raised |0 per cent. Union spokesman, CtpC Mohamad Said A ins. lold Use Standard yesterday thai demand for such an increase ha
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    309 9 Want to try? Calling nil students! If you tvnnt to sit nhere Kingslfy Morrando is m the above picture, write m and take part m Radio Malaya's YOUTH AT THE HELM programme pESPONSE to Radio 11 Malaya's call for talents from schools for the Youth At The Helm" programme has
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    106 9 Si:: KOK HEM (Stmmi -n Fu CMflll W*» the Challaap. GapJ won the Victoria I ehoor« onrmal i C I i r the second tear ifl succession. In the first near sim pain am the junior section, icon the junior Challenge K. V. Rajashign'n (extreme !e/t). Rnja tras
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    429 9 Guests of Honour at Rotary 2 r FHREE Singapore stu--1 dents, who were win* C ners of the "Public SpeakH Ing Contest" were guests C. of honour at this week's C Rotarian luncheon meeting 1 at Cathay Hotel. The lucky students were ICtsa Vasantha Ramal- Ingani ol Bartiey School, 5
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    229 9 CT. ANDREWS School, Singapore, held its Annual Speech Day and Prize giving function yesterday at the School Hall at 5.30 p.m. Mrs. N.E. Baines, wife of the Lord Bishop of Singapore, gave away the prizes and the Chief Speaker was Mr. K.T. Ooi, the Chancellor of the
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    83 9 18 CLASSES MOVED INTO NEW SITE r VHE 18 classes of Si. Stephen's ichich were functioning m St. Patrick's. hare moved into the.r ncic building, the St. Stephen's School at Frunkell Estate. The School u-Jiich is for primary education has 27 classrooms irith an enrolvicnt of 191 pupils. A concert
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    246 9 PERSONALITY CORNER SCHOOL "\TEET Lim Pin, 21, of Raffles Institution, Singapore, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim La Yeh of Singapore. Lim is one of the brilliant scholars produced by this well-known institution. Lim has been awarded the Queen's Scholarship and soon will be leaving for England to study
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    194 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Selangor Government has decided, following recommendations from the Municipality, to develop 30 acres of former mining land at Cheras Road for the exclusive use of the timber 1 trade. An official spokesman said the present sites m town proved a nuisance
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    184 10 MALAYAN BUYERS AT TOKYO TRADE FAIR MORE than 1,240,000 Japanese and foreign visitors including buyers from Malaya visited the Japan International Trade Fair held m Tokyo recently. Among the registered buyers. America topped the list with 455. Malaya, with 112 buyers, was placed fifth. A total of 19 countries booked
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    61 10 A SALE of paintings worth over £200,000 teas seen on television recently. Closed circuit television linked the main saleroom at Sotheby's m London's Bond Street, with other rooms m the building. A TV camera installed m front of the auctioneer, relayed pictures of the paintings, as they
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    225 10 Electronics Authority Likes His Stay Here A WORLD authority on electronics, Mr. O.S. Puckle, chief lecturer of E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex, ls m Singapore on his way back to England from Australia where he lectured extensively m the past two months. Mr. Puckle has lectured In Singapore on "Electronics
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    115 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 $45$ sellers, Muntok white pepper $110 sellers; Sarawak white $109 sellers, special Sarawak black $74. COPRA HOLIDAY, CUTLER, BATH CO. LTD. JULY 11
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    53 10 A COMBINATION woodworking machine, claimed to be the only one m the world which will work both with and across the grain, requires no fastening down and vet will handle any length of timber at any angle will be seen at the British Trade Fair and Exhibition m
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    320 10 RUMOURS last week of Russian rubber buying were confirmed over the weekend by purchases m Jakarta and it would appear that small quantities have also been covered m Singapore, says the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. Although rather meagre it does however show
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    87 10 GOLDEN Hope Rubber Estates. Ltd.. reported a profit of £291.346 after taxation for the year ended Feb. 28. 1957. Balance available for appropriation was £29,827 (£208,--419). An Interim dividend of 7$ per cent less tax was paid on April 30, 1957. A final dividend of 17^ per cent
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    169 10 OUTER ROADS Osambaur. Paul Rickmrra Nlio, Malay. Braeside. Aeikci. Maru, Agatha, Surabaya, Polly. Tenko Maru. Liberator (beat Oaks. Silver Dragon. Nassa. Ikushima. Douglas. Hclcion, Agamemnon Mex well Brandet, Straat Bali Chong Using. Stureborg. Douglas. Saban Maru, Harpagor Malaya Fir. INNER ROADS Hong Ming, Hin Cheung. Kam par.
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    216 10 i FATIGUE of metals continues to be the main subject of research on strength of engineering materials m Britain. A report on the work at the East Kilbride station ot" the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research during last year states that fatigue is th<>
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    239 10 A FURTHER sharp advance m industrial prices was reported by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday. Tins were firmer and rubbers quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fed. Disp. 2.28 2.32 Fraser Neave: Pref. 395 405 xd Ords. 284 2 88 G'town
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    136 10 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday closed steady at 831 cents per lb. for International first grade August shipment, a rise of 1 cent on Thursday. Prices opened at about the same levels as on the previous day. At noon the market was quiet at 93 J cents with only
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    460 10 wdrnwENnhernae THE high level which production and employment, trade and shipping traffic reached and maintained m a large part of the world during 1956 justifies the stcte. ment that prosperity continued, according to the managing directors of the Nether. lands Trading Society, m a general
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    270 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2.30: F. N. pref. $4; ords. $2.82J to $2.85; Gammons $2.73| overnight, 52.72J to $2.75 yesterday; Georgetown Disp. $2.90; W. Hammers $230 overnight; H. Waugh $1.90 overnight and yesterday; Hongkong Bank $946 cd cci; Hume ords. AG/4i
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    72 10 A COMPETITION for design and craftsmanship m pewter open to all students m art schools m the United Kingdom has been announced. It is being organized by the International Tin Research Council with the object of drawing attention to the merits of pewter an alloy of tin
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    46 10 WITHOUT being removed from i's test bed. a Napier Gazelle free-turbine engine recently completed three unofficial 150-hour cyclic runs, based on a new British official type test schedule, which includes 50 hours at *he engine's maximum performance rating, and no lewer than 300 accelerations.
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    98 10 Fls 21.7 m. Profits For N.T.S. PROFITS of NTS for 1 after deduction rf taxes j and reserved are f 484.25. .Allocation for extraordinary reserve ar i trar to the special reserve fls 5,000.000 eacn. les fls 8,236,710. With the undistributed as at the end of 195! fli 077.79 and
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    88 10 Crew Flies Out To Sail Tanker A SINGAPORE crew of 29 was recently fin--, oul tc Jacksonville, Florida, to rr.sa the tanker. Stanvac F for her voyage out *o Ma v Formerly nam^d the Peti ma. she operated :n Vener. clan waters from the time was bui'.t m 1937 until
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    103 10 PLANS for a British m'Psion to be pent to Inc. a -i advise on the site, lay c and equipment of anev shipyard have been ai n^unced by the Commonwealth Relations Office m London. that the mission Is th« suit of recent dlscussio 1 with the Indian Governme^*
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    67 10 A BRITISH er.zirecr.r.z have won a centra i tc a complete new <-oke oven tery and by-produ< I p at I ab'.e of pro c-s;r.e abnj* million ton? of coal a y< the Port Ke*r.r'.a stec.worc- Australia It li believe 1 thai It t i the
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    729 12  -  PETER KUM By Officials Happy Over Favourable Support KUALA LUMPI'R, Fri. The Malayan Cyclists' Federation, contributing to the Merdeka Games effort, are finalising arrangements for the biggest cycling championships that South-east Asia has ever seen. In all, nine nations are participating. Although correspondence
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    98 12 MALACCA, Wed. Tlish School retained the Pamadasa Cup when they beat Anglo-Chinese School by five matches, to nil m an Inter-ScbOOl Badminton match today. Results were: (Ili^h School mentioned first). SINGLES: Sect Hang Siew beat Quek Tei Ming 15-10, 15-5. Tan Kin Hong beat Chia Teck
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    110 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Only one final the three miles event was run off m the opening day of the Annual Garrison Athletic mccl he!d on the Headquarters Malaya Command ground today. S. A. C. Goodwin of the Royal Air Force took first place clocking 18
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    35 12 WEST HARTLEPOOL. Durham, July 19 (Renter)— Brian London, 01 Blackpool, and Kitione Lave of Tonga, will meet here on rVugusl 12 m an eliminating bout for the British Empire heavyweight boxing title.
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    170 12 Five Perak 'Stars' Can't Make Trip IPOH, Fri. Five of Ott originally •elected players end a reserve, are unable to make the trip to Raub this weekend for the inter state cricket match between Perak and Pahang. Tho.-e tumble to make the trip are P. Allardyce, 11. Crutch.ey, Abdul Malik.
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    457 12 MRS. FRANCIS OUSTS THE CHAMPION KUALA LUMPUR Fri.— Mi v. P. Francis created the Brst major up<et when she beat Selangor's reigning champion Mrs. S. G. Aull m straighl seta 6-3 (j-2 m the Selangor Golf Club tennis championships on the Golf Club courts here today. This match was left
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    147 12 PENANG. Fri. Teh Kew San and Lim Say Hup qualified for the final of the men's doubles m the Penans Open Badminton Championships by beating Wong Theng Leong and Lim Say Wan 15-6. 15-12. at the Han Chiang High School hall last night. Say Hup
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    113 12 ON VIEW for the fit* time m England, a "jet" poirered rac.ng Cooper car is seen Bf l':e Hoodicocjd Race Meeting, Goodxcood. Sussex. England. As the engine -m,.t i up. smoke and flames are thoton fit rear. This unique car is driven entirely b?/ Ic,rvnrd thrust and i* regulated bu
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    Lock icon Perak's Merdeka Sport Carnival
    218 12 IPOH, Fri. In recognition of thp services rendered by the Security Forces m this country, Perak Hoc ki Association has decided to invite the Perak Combim 1 Services to field a team for the Inter-District competition to be held m conjunction with the Merdeka Sport: Carnival
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    33 12 IPOH. Wed. A solitary goal scored by Kon^ Poh ive Y.W.C.A. a 1-0 Victory over the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School m the women's hockey league match played on the YWCA ground today.
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    Lock icon Stormy Rally Saves Signals
    52 12 SEP.rVBAX. Fri. S-0 Bt ne Gurkha Smgnal j rally to he d 1 2 p Ril es fi m Singapore to c.:::\v m the the Nepal Cup cer competitiGurkha I -dnesday. Param Sgt Narbu Lama gave Gumonf pa helped the Signal nan to get n level
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    60 12 ALOR STAR. Fri— Ked..h hare selected the folio* ii 5 to represent the St asrainst Selangor m 1 oong Seeng Cup Radmin< n tournament to be pla>rci here on July '-0 and 21 Singles: Zaibidi l^m.i Syed Nazri and Azizan mad. Doubles; Azizan Ahmad and
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    850 13  - Gay C aba Hero Of The UM X ind ers' H Peter Wilson By LONDON. Fri. Not for the first time it was left to that Gay Caballero of the cinder track. Derek Ibbotson, to save the day from the spectators' point of view m the A. A. A. Championships
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    213 13 Sugar Ray Is His Own Manager 1 NEW YORK. July 19. Z 2 (UP) Middleweight eham- J 2 pio n Su;ar Ray Robinson 2 officially became his own I 2 manager yesterday but 2 Ernie Braea, managerial 2 assignee, announced before j 2 the New York State Athle- 2 tic
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    135 13 CHICAGO, July 19 (Router^— Ashley Cooper, the world's number one amateur lawn tennis player since Lew Hoad turned professional, was beaten m the fourth round of the U.S. Clay Court championships hefp on Thursday by Granl Golden, America's tenth-ranked player. Golden won 4-1! f^-4 8-1.
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    400 13 MORE BURMESE GIRLS GO IN FOR SWIMMING By TJ MYAT KYAW (Burma Journalist) RANGOON, July 19— Ralph Piper, University of Minnesota gymnastic coach and professor of physical education, and his wife Zora are nearing the end of a year's stay m Burma where they have been demonstrating and lecturing on
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    Lock icon Lew Hoad tastes his first defeat
    106 13 NEW YORK. Jul- IP (Re-iler> —Lew If-^ad. Wimbledon champion, suffered his first defeat as a professional when he went down S-J 9-7 4-6 6-3 to frllo-.v-Al_ ttralian Ken Rosewall at Forest Hills yesferdav. It was HoacTl first defeat m three sinflea matrhos since Turn
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    52 13 PRAGUE. July 18. (Reuter). Miss Carol Meinhart, of the United Stales, heat the world archery record for women over 60 metres with 309 points m the first round of the world championships here today. Miss Meinhart beat the previous world mark, held byMiss .Toyre Warner, of Britain, by
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    30 13 COON TECK FINANCE COM•^S PANY undertake to finance Hire-Purchase on motor Car? nPw and secondhand (1952 Model upwards only) terms moderate Apply 173A. South Bridge Road Tel 29:;82.
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      289 13 Lil Abner By Al Capp -^l^^^tT I WHY IS HE HE CRAVES A"V f%* S > ATTRACTED TO PAPP^ IS WHY- H TCH V »M /5^ fjQd— 3 C E T BEAST? J EV^VCHILErS J 'V R^ i ,S UNAPPET.ZIN g Alley Oop By V. 7. Hamlin ■^aad^^^^^^.Vv-f; him l/^KAV.
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    999 14 But MCF A Have Not Lost Hope For Surprise by Our Soccer Reporter wnwSN At The Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, 5,15 p.m, Referee: Charlie Koh Ot Selangor Linesmen: Ooi Poh Hwa (Perak) Lim Thiam Yong (Negri) HongkongChinese Represented by South China F.A. Lav Kin Chung;
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    36 14 ALL track judges. Hawkeeper; end r. r.r- r the SA A A champ: r.sr.ip* are reg .esteri tfl be a' The Farrer Park a before B I r lor UM fll |t_rr c- cr.:.
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    31 14 THE Sir. 5 3 r ro He key A>- v.. their* a— ia! g-----. -ee-.n- -n T !v 2rt a* IM pm I -rre Blatap-ri Re.-reat: n C. Ib
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    62 14 Bougoure Arrives In Australia Darwin, July 19 (Renter)— Melbourne Jo key. Garnet Bougoure, returned 1n Australia today after riding m Singapore during tne past four pear*. He has been retained there by Dutcb owner Ifr. Van Breukcien and has ridden Ml winners. "Conditions for jockeys are very good m Singapore
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    627 14 "Starters Up For Chinese Swimmers THE 41>t annual Chinese Swimming Club championships today at Amber Road should see a number of records go by the hoard if the form shown by youngsters m training at the club is any criterion. In the maef where UM Ith pbasis is more i
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    Lock icon L'Estrange Routs Beatty With 7 For 4
    210 14 L' Estrange Routs Beatty With 7 For 4 A GOOD spell of bowling by A. L'Estran~e, who took seven wickets for four runs, helped St. Andrew's School to score a 14^-run victory over Beatty Secondary school m an interI 'boo! 'Ticket match at Woodsvide yesterday. L*Eastrange, with S. Sinnappah (three
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    42 14 WESTERN Sports Club beat Customs S.C. by four goals to two m a SAFA Div. 2B soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Arshad Mat, Ismail Ahmad, Sukarti Kasso (-1 scored for the winners while Naidu netted for the losers.
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    126 14 ASCOT, BERKSHIRE. July If) (Reuter)— Mr. J.J. Aster's Rally won the Brown J ark stakes, run over two miles six furlongs and 34 yards here today. There was a photn finish for second place between Mr. T.H. Farr's Sandiacre and Mr. W.S Fisher's Seminole. Twelve ran.
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    497 14 Eight New Records Established A total of eight new records— five field and three track— were establish erf at the Johore Branch of the Malayan Public Works Department Sports Club's sixth annual athletic meet on the Johore English College ground yesterday. The
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    33 14 West Indies Somerset Draw TAUNTON. Ju v 19 (Reuter) The West todies cricketers drew their match against Somerset here today. Fit a scores Wesl Indies 78 and 251 for >iX declared. Somerset 114.
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    90 14 SOCCER SAFA Div. I —Star S REM F. B r Sta ii im. Kic k-e fT r Junior Cuptie Te Stia vs RAF Teng; at J Besar Stadium. X k-ofl ATHLETICS Shell Am Spur's Meet on Sh< at 2.30 p.rr Kampong Melayu Boy? tnd Gil i annual meet
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    108 14 COLOMBO. July 19 <CP) The Japanese Badminton team was the favourite m the first round zone of the Thoma* Cup against Ceylon on Sunday and Monday, experts here ceineeded today. "It is going to be those shuttlers from the Land of the Rising Sun for thr
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    25 14 A LIGHTNING Chess t nament open to experts and beginners will be heid at the Chinese Swimming Cub starting at 2.30 pm. tomorrow
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