Singapore Standard, 17 August 1957

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    23 1 Singapore Standard iSstl, fo ct fk, A JL ~xr~ ™™r nAi 111. >o. 16 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957 14 PAGES 13 CENTS
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    Lock icon The Tunku Gets Tough
    285 1 The Tunku Gets Tough Stiffer Jail Terms For 1. The Fence-Sitters, and Red Sympathisers KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman today promulgated run Knieruentv Regulations which provide for CommunM sympathisers and fence-sitters m the terrorist wir to be jailed for long terms. Every person who fails to
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    Lock icon U.N. To Debate Oman Situation
    158 1 fArabs Call Emergency Session rXITED NATIONS. New York, Auff. 16 (UP)— Thf Security Council has been summoned to meet on lue-,..r. t!) take up the Oman question. Ten Arab members had requested emergency conrid nUOB of the IMK, The Council meeting was reque.-ted under Article
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    Lock icon Youth Dies Before Judo Lessons
    82 1 Youth Dies Before Judo Lessons I PI i'ROL kiosk attendant went to the Singapore Youth Sports Centre last night for Brat judo lessons but collapsed and died before the class beHe was Tan Er.~ Teng, 18. of Ens Kiam Place. His elder brother Eng Chuan said Eng Teng complained of
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    Lock icon INDIAN DEMAND
    20 1 IXDIA yesterday demanded lebatfl at the next United Nations Generjl AsMOabfaf or: •'the treatment of people of Reuter
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    Lock icon 2 A TIGHTER CHECK ON SUBVERSIVES IN SCHOOL
    395 1 INTER-STATE STUDENT TOURS MAY ALSO BE BANNED KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government today promulgated new regulations to control inter-state and international tours of student groups m a bid to check indiscipline and Communist subversion among Malayan youth. Powers were given to
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    Lock icon The Tunku Goes Gallant
    31 1 The Tunku Goes Gallant CHIEF Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today is sending a special "Merdeka gift' of 40 Malayan-grown species of orchids to the Queen, as a personal gesture of goodwill.
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    Lock icon BRITAIN WILL NOT QUIT S'PORE: SANDYS
    265 1 BRITAIN WILL NOT QUIT S'PORE: SANDYS SYDNEY, AUG. 16 (REUTER) THE BRITISH DEFENCE MINISTER MR. DUNCAN SANDYS, AT PRESENT TOURING THE FAR EAST SAID TODAY SINGAPORE WILL REMAIN THE UNITED KINGDOM'S MAIN BASE IN THE FAR EAST. ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THE AIRPORT AFTER HiS ARRIVAL MR. SANDYS SAID HE HAD
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    Lock icon To The Queen A Bouquet Of Orchids
    74 1 Packed m a special box, the flowers will be flown to London today and would reach the Queen on Sunday. The orchids for the Queen have come from the collections of four well-known horticulturists m the Federation Dr. (Miss) Soo Kirn Lan, Mr.
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    Lock icon ARMY RAIDS FOLLOW 2 GRENADE ATTACKS
    179 1 Narrow Escape For R.I. Red Leader JAKARTA, Aug. 16 (UP) The Army today conducted security raids m the wake of hand-grenade attacks last night on Communist Party headquarters and the home of an Army officer. It was not disclosed whether ny arrests were made.
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    Lock icon M.I.G. FORCES DOWN K.L.M. AIRLINER
    118 1 M.I.G. FORCES DOWN K.L.M. AIRLINER VIENNA, Auu. 16 (AP) Czechoslovak MIG jet fighters forced a passenger airliner of the Royal Dutch Airlines iKLM) bound here from Istanbul to land at the airfield of Bratislava on Wednesday evening, when the plane flew over Czechoslovak territory m order to avoid a thunderstorm,
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    Lock icon N.Z. OFFERS AID TO NEW MALAYA
    164 1 WELLINGTON, Aug. 16 (Reuter) The New Zealand Minister- of External Affairs Mr. Thomas Mac Donald told the House of Representatives today that New Zealand would do all it could to help independent Malaya to establish itself on a sound footing. Mr. Mac Donald will
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    Lock icon OMAN PULL-OUT
    10 1 BRITISH troops began withdrawing from Oman yesterday AP
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    Lock icon Married on a forged cheque
    45 1 CHARLOTTES VILLE, Virginia, Aug. 16 (AP) A bride of six days faces a forgery charge m police court today. Police said Mrs. Shirley Ann Williams admitted forging a 100 dollars cheque to pay for her wedding flowers and other expenses.
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    Lock icon Three Explorers Trapped 1,500ft. Underground
    128 1 Three Explorers Trapped 1,500ft. Underground SAINT GAUDENS, France, Aug. 16 (AP)— Three French cave explorers were reported isolated by a sudden rush of water 1,500 feet underground last night while they were checking the source of subterranean streams. The three men were with an expedition which has been exploring caves
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    Lock icon Saboteurs Cut Phone Lines Again
    188 1 Saboteurs Cut Phone Lines Again SABOTEURS yesterday climbed 20 feet up a scaffolding to cut two telephone canltl putting 300 phones out of operation. This was the second major Iftbotafß m two weeks. The first incident was on July 31 when 3.(mmi lines were sabotaged m High Street. Three hundred
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    Lock icon SYRIA: A LEFT TURN
    135 1 SYRIA: A LEFT TURN LONDON. A./ i' Cairo Radio claimec C: ;hat a p]ane violated Syrian air space yesterday and was forced to land by Syrian military plane*. The State Department and Air Force reported no knowledge of the incident ere moving swift j S a nonetheless and reports reaching
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    Lock icon Doctor To Stand Trial For Rape
    242 2 Patient Drugged Then Assaulted, Says Prosecutor TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 16 (AP) Dr. John Richard Rhine, 35- year-old Tulsa physician, has been charged with drugging and raping one of his patients. He pleaded not guilty m court yesterday to the charge which carries a possible
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    119 2 To Arms if..., Ben Gurion Warns Arabs JERUSALEM, Israel, Aug. 16 (UP) Premier David Ben Gurion warned Israel last night of a possible call to arms if the Arab states interfere with the free passage of ships through the Gulf of Aqaba. Ben Gurion. addressing a graduating class of the
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    156 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Sineapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Spot 92 92} Int Sept R.S.S No. 1 92? 93 R.S.S. No. 2 02 K| R.S.S. No 3 M| 92 Tone: Du'i. Ihe price of tin m Singapore >esterdat »a<» 5370; per picul dp Sis) LONDON
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    Lock icon LIVING COSTS UP
    31 2 THE Ministry of Labour reported yesterday Brl a cost of living index ro=e on? point during July to 101 Tin rise was attributed main" soaring food costs.- AP
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    Lock icon Arms Cuts To Convince Reds Of US. Sincerity
    207 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 161 (UP) Key Senators: called on President Eisenhower and his administration today to explain whether military manpower and spending cuts imperil U.S. defences and piay Into the hands of Russia m disarmament negotiations Administration officials maintained the outs ordered by
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    Lock icon Dr. Ismail In London
    52 2 LONDON. Aug 16—Am-bassador-designate Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman arrived m London this morning from the United States. He was met at the airport by High Commissioner Dato Nik and Information Ofiicer Inche Sopiee. Dr Ismail said he had found quarters to set up Malaya's first embassy
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    Lock icon T.V. Plans For Royal Visit
    67 2 OTTAWA, Aug. 15, (UP). Queen Elizabeth II \yill make her first North American rad.o and television appearance from Ottawa during her October visit, it was announced today The Queen and Prince Philip will arrive on Saturday. Oct. 12. She will address the nation by radio
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    Lock icon President's Son For M-Day
    48 2 TUNIS, Aug. 16 (Reuter) President Bourguiba's son Habib and the Tunisian ambassador m London, Taieb Slim, will represent Tunisia at the Malayan independence celebrations. The Netherlands Government has appointed Count W. F. L. van Dylandt, former High Commissioner to Indonesia, to attend the ceremonies.
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    Lock icon Colony Man Held In R.I.
    92 2 Colony Man Held In R.I. PALEMI .g. 16 (AP) V,:..:: j .cc announce today the arrest of Tai Tjone Hwat of Singapore 0 5 charges of smuggling coun-t-rhit rupiah notes intc doneMa t yaoudu. Palembang tha- .s IB pMßession g o? 1.128 counterfeit 100-rupiah notes upon I tL The aid
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    Lock icon Big Social Event At Malaya Hal!
    83 2 Big Social Event At Malaya Hal! From A N I HI R 01 1 LONDON Fri.— Malaya Hall i$ celebrating tomorrow this summer's greatest social event short of the Merdeka celeb The c is the marriag n ecom of KoU Bhai M Chin Y. -x Gaik of Ipoh. rafl -akes
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    37 2 HONGKONG. Aug 16 Special Standard Ser Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15.62 to £1 Sterling: $6.***** to U S $1,834 to Malayan $1; $0,102 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $264.75 to a tael.
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    25 2 man says that RapraSMtauve Sterling Cole (RepublicanYork) is under consideration for the post of Director General of the new International Atomic Energy Agency
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    Lock icon Eye-Witnesses Are Sought
    70 3 SINGAPORE Traffic Police are appealing for tye-witness-es to an accident m which a labourer, See Heong. 59. was involved m collision with a trolley bus m front of Maxv.o.l market, m South Bridge Road, early yesterday. See died a lew hours after admission to the General HosThose
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    Lock icon Bazaar To Aid Children
    60 3 A CHARITY bazaar m aid of the Singapore Children's Society's Convalescent Home at Tanah Merata Besar, will be held m the Fraser Neave pavilion m River Valley Road today at 11 a.m. Sponsored by the women's section of the British European Association, the bazaar wiD be
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    Lock icon SILENT BATTLE OF LOYALTIES-LEE
    656 3 SILENT BATTLE OF LOYALTIES -LEE S.H.B. Inquiry Hears 'Basic Cause Of Dispute 9 THE basic issue which led to the harbour dispute was the "reluctance of the Singapore Harbour Board to recognize the S.H.B. Staff Association as representative of the majority of the harbour employees". This was submitted by the
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    50 3 GHFHFG H CIOW KIM NEO. 33, is a telephone operator-cum-typist at Malayan Motors Ltd. Kirn Neo is very fond of music and likes to dance the Cha-cha. She also hopes that someday she may be Riven a < -hancp to travel overseas, which is one of her main
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    Lock icon MORE GOVERNMENT SERVANTS BANKRUPT
    179 3 TEN more government workers whose liabilities totalled 534.349 were made bankrupts on their own application m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Last week, ten Vt rnmen t servants became bankrupts 'to escape from the moneylenders' clutches." Among yesterday's applicants W*M a $34U-a-month Registration OfTL-e clerk, Mrs.
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    Lock icon She Had Dutiable 'Smokes'
    137 3 A WOMAN. Soo Kwee Eng, told a Singapore Cour: yesterday that the dutiable cigarettes found m her room belonged to a pas:ser-by. She was merely keeping the cigarettes for the man. Soo was charged with having cigarettes, on which duty of $43 was not paid on
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    Lock icon Claims Trial To Cheating
    67 3 A COFFEE -SELLER. Peer Mohamed bin Abdullah alias Joseph James Gomes. 29 yesterday pleaded not guilty before the Eighth Magistrate. Mr. Philip Lav. to a charge of cheating Mohamed Scdck bin Mohamed. by dishonc.-t.y inducing him to deliver $30 at Geyiang Road on July 5. Peer
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    Lock icon C.I.D. TRANSFER
    29 3 ASP. S. Kulasingam, Ofiicer-in-Charge. Special Crimes, Province Wellesley. will be going on transfer to Johore on Aug. 20 as the Deputy Officer-in-Charge of the Criminal InVtftigation Department.
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    Lock icon Clerk Freed Of Trust Charge
    71 3 GAY HOCK CHEW, a clerk In the General Post Office, was yesterday acquitted by a Singapore Court without his defence being called. Gay was charged with criminal breach of trust of $4,100, on May 29 last year. The Judge. Mr. J. F. McWiiiiam. said there
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    Lock icon 'He Beat Me When I Refused Him Money'
    132 3 A 50-YEAR-OLD woman, Teo Siew Geok, told the Singapore Second District Court yesterday, that her husband assaulted her, when she told him she had no money to lend him. Teo said that her husband, Kong Cheng Pei, 51, hit her with a
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    Lock icon 65-Yr.-O!dHad Samsu Still
    78 3 A 65-YEAR-OLD woman, Tan Tern, was yesterday fined $250 In default, three weeks' jail, m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court for distilling sarasu. Tan did not pay the fine Customs' Prosecuting Officer, Mr. Chua Choo Lim. told the Court a Customs party raided a house m Tiong
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    Lock icon 'Colony Courts Have No Say Over Foreign Firms'
    735 4 Brash Winds Up For Aik Hoe In Currency Inquiry Missing Director: No Report To Be Made SINGAPORE Courts have no jurisdiction over companies operating outside the Sterling Area, said Colony lawyer, Mr, ILB. Brash yesterday. Mr. BnSh made ihis mlssion at the
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    184 4 21 Finish Training Course THIRTEEN men and a woman holding key positions m ;ore Government and Colony industries yesterday received certificates for having completed a course In "Supervisory Training." The recipients were; Mi.-s Lim KWM No > (Matron at the General Hospital) and M Samuel A. Abishegam (Minis- Labour); lan
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    15 4 RAUB will observe Sept. 21 as a public holiday for the District Merdeka celebrations.
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    Lock icon Merdeka Fireworks Arrive
    96 4 THE Japanese ConsulQawn] m SinKaoore, Mr. Ken N'.nom.ya, yesterday said thai the Japant'.-c would set j Singapore harbour "ablaze" when the colony ireta independence. Mr Ni: vi made this pr mtai aboard the cargopassenger vessel, Hodaka>an Maru, which arrived m thei Colony from Japan yesterday with nearly
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    Lock icon Prisoner Threatens, Abuses A Judge
    111 4 A PRISONER yesterday abused a Singapore District Judge, Mr. J.P. McWilliam m a Colony Court. The prisoner. Isaquiddin Ifusayst AH aiias Aa bin Masot, hac. earlier been senUneed to ftv« years' preventive detention for stealing three goats belonging to Khaidin Chargdin on May |1. He
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    Lock icon JOY-RIDE ENDED IN DEATH
    157 4 JOY-RIDE ENDED IN DEATH A MOTORCYCLE joy-ride by two Malayan Airways' clerks ended m one of them being Wiled along MerdeKa Bridge, a Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Their motorcycTe bumped into the rear of a car going m the same direction. The motorcyclist Thio Yuen Liang, 24, and
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    Lock icon Lee Lays Foundation Stone Of National Library
    261 4 Lee Lays Foundation Stone Of National Library MULTI-MILLIONAIRE philanthropist, Mr. Lee Kong Chian. (left) lays the foundation stone of the new Raffles National Library on a site next to the British Council Hall m Stamford Road, Singapore at a ceremony yesterday. Mr. Lee was earlier welcomed by Education Minister Mr.
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    Lock icon 'Varsity Grads Must Not Put On Airs'
    158 4 'Varsity Grads Must Not Put On Airs' GRADUATES must b e willing to learn from and fit m with the others who have risen up the industrial ladder, agreed the members who attended a discussion of the Supervisory and -Management Training Association held at Hollywood Room, Singapore, yesterday. The discussion
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    Lock icon JANMASHTAMI
    28 4 THE North Indian Hindu Association of Singapore celebrate "Janmashtami" (the birthday of Lord Krishna) at the Gandhi Memorial Hail m Race Course Lane at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    259 5 Jumabhoy Urges Formation Of A Tourist Assn. Says... AIM IS EVENTUALLY TO HAND OVER ENTIRE FIELD TO THE TRADE MINISTER for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy, yesterday urged the formation of a Tourist Association m Singapore when he addressed a 15-man Tourist Advisory
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    Lock icon A Xarnegie School' For S'pore
    352 5 t LOCAL MEN TO CONDUCT NEW COURSES NOVELL Brickell, :u r American re--•l.ative of the Dale -ie courses, an- t'd m Singapore .terday that future urses will be operated here b% local men under i Npfiial arrangement -i the Da! t arne-ie C lub m
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    Lock icon Labourer Stabbed
    48 5 A LABOURER. Gob r a Poh, 19, was stabbed m the shoulder and stomach near Gate N Singapore Harbour Board, last night. He was admitted to the General Ko?; here he was reported to be m a serious condition. A rr.an has been d I L
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    Lock icon MOUNTING MUSLIM MARITAL BREAK-UPS
    211 5 Kathi Blames 'Modern Ideas' 'MODERN OUTLOOKS" and "confused ideas" are disrupting the peace of mind of the younger generation of Muslims m Singapore. This opinion was expressed yc-'erday by the Chief Kathi. Tuan Haji Mohamad Said Salleh, \vh:le commenting en the frequency of Muslim divorces m
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    Lock icon Man Severely Scalded In Acid Attack
    60 5 Man Severely Scalded In Acid Attack SEXG Lai Kong, 30, was admitted to the General Hospital, Singapore, on Thursday eight luffcring from severe acid burns. A group of Chinese threw the arid at him as he walked out of a cofTee-shop m Upper Chin Chew Street. Police believe it was
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    Lock icon Exhibition Of German Books
    48 5 DR. HANS Cr;no-.v. TIM Ger UMB Consul-General m Singapore, will open an exhibition of 300 German books at the Raffles Library on Monday at 10 a.m. The exhibition. arr;.: i the Association of German Book Dealers, Frankfurt, will be open until Saturday, Aug. 24.
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    37 5 A LABOURER. Ng ChCf Chee, 60 was killed when he fell from the second floor of a building under construction at the junction of Lorong 34, Gcylang Road, and O«r '.eir.ard Road, Singapore yes- J
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    Lock icon Young Gambler Jailed 6 Months
    74 5 A YOUTH, who acmitted 15 previous convictions for gambling, was yesterday fined $2.30 or six months' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to r. similar charge. Tan Yak Koo, 19, could not pay the {'•no. Inspector Lee Cheng Teen, prosecuting, told the court that Tan paid
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    Lock icon SUPER G ON PROVING FLIGHT FROM TOKYO
    123 5 Perfect, Says The Pilot THAI Airways Super G. Constellation arrived m Singapore yesterdaj from Tokyo on a proving fliph".. The gleaming white-and-blue giant airliner was piloted by Captain R X Hill. It roared into Sincapore after a short stop-over at Kuala Lumpur airport
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    Lock icon COLONY NOW CONSUMES 1,200 PIGS DAILY
    213 5 TO MEET Singapore's growing demand for meat, the City abattoirs slaughter an average of 1 .500 animals daily, City Health Officer. Dr. H.L. Morrison, told the Standard i.-teiday. Of Ml v figure, 1.200 alone are pigs, and this was indicative of the fact the
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      416 6 j strange twists which the leaders of Russia and China have been showing lately m efforts to impress the world outside that there has been a successful blending of democratic freedom with communist dictatorship m the two countries have been farcical. In the face of evidence of the
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      403 6 pENANGS first Chief Minister, Mr. Wons Pow Nee, belongs t ..n old Chinese family of :k:t M ate n ntral Province Wellesley, v. Chinese pioneers over a century In this district the Malays outnumber the Chinese, but its most distinguishing -j: en. ar.d still is. the harmony
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    708 6 Tension Wild Rumours By A Special Correspondent ...grip Cuba as rebels defy the Batista Regime HAVANA. 'PHIS sugar-rich land of Cuba is "on edge." Tension, confusion and wild rumours are mounting daily. There are thousands of Cubans who are saying that the downfall of the hardhitting regime of President Fulgencio
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    Lock icon The NEWS as it strikes me!
    714 6  -  Aster Gunasekera by FORMER U.S. President, the late Woodrow Wilson, is reported as having said that "Justice has nothing to do with expediency. Justice has nothing to do with any temporary standard whatever. It is rooted and grounded m the fundamental instincts of humanity."
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      122 6 Sir Ast'T Gunasekera dr.ves m the nail with his comments on the decision of a Singapore magistrate, m the case of Lee Ah Ngui, an expectant mother. Your columnist must I:;..-, m so doing, bern voicing the opinion of several Deop'.e m humble and nofc-so-humble walks of life.
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      151 6 Sir The Minis:er for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy, must have had his tongue to his cheek when he said the rich men or capitalists m this country were afraid to invest m industries with the result that the Colony had to look for foreign capital and
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      185 6 Sir— l raise my hat tr Leon-Soh, who saved an unborn baby from the stigma of being born m a prison. I do not know the address of Mrs. Leon-Soh, otherwise I would have conveyed to her my personal gratitude for her charitable action. As a Catholic, Mrs.
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      69 6 Sir No praise can be too high for the bold and righteous stand, taken by Spore Standard, m cause of a mother-to-be, jailed by a Singapore magistrate. I am glad to read your front-page news of Aug. 13 that all has now ended haplanks again to TOW) paper's
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      Lock icon UGANDA MOVES TOWARDS SELF-GOVT.
      384 6 KAMPALA I has taken an important step for- u-ard m its constitutional ad;;ance7nent towards se{/-gouernrnent as a re- .suit 0/ a G< Ml decision to permit de>noJ cratic ejections for 18 o/ the 60 members of trie Uganda Legislative CounJ cH. This development has been, acclaimed
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    302 7 HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 15 (UP) Superior Judge 'Herbert V. Walker today refused to quash criminal libel charges against Confidential magazine and kept nervous movie stars on the hook to testify about their I intimate secrets. Rejection of the defence motion paved the way for resumption tomorrow
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    37 7 ABRIDGE, England, Aug. 16 (UP) Representatives of the world's Boy Scouts voted yesterday to move their international headquarters from London to Ottawa, Canada, fo that it would be more central? ]y located.
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    162 7 JAKARTA, Aug. 1G (AP) Indonesia's 82,000,000 people, free from colonialism but not from privation, tomorrow celebrate the 12th anniversary of their Declaration of Independence from Holland. I Speeches, village carnivals, and cam-ins, as well as a climactic midnight cail from President Soekarno to launch
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    77 7 photo. BRITISH actress Vivien I.eish (rif. r ht). her fir^t husband. Leigh Holman and their daughter. Suzanne. 23, are shown relaxing at San Firsilio. Italy. They were spending a week's holiday m the Lake (Jarda resorl town. Miss Leigh's husr. md. Sir Lawrence Olivier, was
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    249 7 VIOLENCE MARS INDIA'S 10th YEAR OF FREEDOM JAIPUR, India, Aug. 16, (UP) Police fired tear gas shells yesterday to disperse an unruly mob of demonstrators taking advantage of Independence Day celebrations to demand suspension of boosted fees by educational institutes. Some 2,000 persons— mostly students, Police said gathered a few
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    64 7 $5,600 To Teen-age Driver WASHINGTON. Au:. 16. i'AP)— Charles Earl Hopkins. 19. was named America's best ItMMft driver yesterday. He was awarded the fir>T prize a U. 5.52.000. 52. 000 college scholarship and a victory trophy m tho sixth annual national teenage road-E-O. Hopkins scored Mfl points out of a
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    83 7 LONDON, Aug. 16 (Rtoter) Tho number of ships held up by the dock strike here rose to 100 today, as dockers derided to carry on their sympathy strike with fruit cm: vegetable market porters until the porters return to work on Monday. Union leaders told
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    25 7 MOSCOW RADIO yesterday reported that a 12-man delegation of Egyptian journalists have arrived there at tho invitation of the Izvestia Editorial Board.- U.P.
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    46 7 MANILA. Aug. 16 (UP) Typhoon Agree, moving at a fast 15 miles per hour, threatened the Philippines with its 90-mile per hour winds today. The Weather Bureau located the typhoon 800 miles east of Luzon early today. It was moving m a northerly direction.
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    239 7 Invasion May Start If Armed Revolts Spread TAIPEI. Aug. 16 (IP) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek now has the military powei t< launcli a limited attack against Red China at jm\ most observers here agreed today. And Kg considered likely that widespread c:r..jd v ;:x Communists might trigger
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    185 7 LONDON. Aug. 16 (Reuter) A British doctor today urged Britons to sleep for an hour after lunch. In a letter to the British Medical Journal. Dr. If Curwen said that by campaigning for the continental siesta coctors might contribute to an increase m national productivity.
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    143 7 'The Queen Works Harder Than You' LOXDOX. Aug. 16 (Reuter) A 19-year-old peer was today the centre of a family row because he has joined m Lord Altrinrham's recent attack on Queen Elizabeth and her court. The jazz-mad Marquess of Londonderry set his family fuming with a letter to the
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    64 7 SYDNEY. Aug. 16 (UP)— Reports persisted m the Australian press yesterday that Erit.sh troops are betnt j to Christmas Island m the Pacific m great secrecy. The afternoon newspaper Sydney Sun. quoting reports from London, said the :roops were being ferried across the United States m
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    47 7 KATMANDU. Nepal Aup lr, iIP; Nrp;i!S N ,:.,.,..il Democratic Fmnt ><>sterda> rhallens:ed the theory of King Mahendra's divine rights a n d monan h<.< al powers and declared: "Th«" .an ncvci 1m n d( n> inn their kin;: had an\ di\ >n< powers.
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    20 7 EARL Jowitt. Lord Chancellor m the last Labour government, died m Suffolk yasfetf^ day. He was Reuter
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    201 7 CANANDAIGUA. New York, Aug. 16 (AP)— Brit: king Donald Campbell brotat he water barrier on Canandaigua Lake today but a swell produced by a pleasure boat prevented h.m irom breaking his world record of 225.63 m.p.h The British speed king hit a top speed of 240
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    35 7 WBT Germany's fledgling n Thursday put its -boat into operation. Under the treaties allowing West German rearmament within the Nor k h Atlantic Defence alliance, this country is permitted a 25,000-man navy. AP
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    708 8 S.A.S. MEN END CAREER OF 'TERROR OF TELOK ANSON' The life and crimes of Ng Pak Kong\ TELOK ANSON, Fri. The SURRENDER of one top-ranking terrorist, the KILLING of a second and the SUICIDE of a third h<js almost crippled the Malayan Communist Party organization operating m the vast Hutan
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    248 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fii. A Railway Civil Defence Force is to be formed m the Federation shortly to protect its property and personnel m times of emergency or war. The Federation Government gazetted rules for this service tonight and stipulated that it would be commanded
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    223 8 SHOP ASSISTANTS WEDDING IS OFF FOR EIGHT MONTHS PENANG, Fri. A 20-year-old shop assistant, V.K.S. Yyzul Karnine, who was to go to India to get married, was today jailed for eight months by Mr. Au Ah Wah m the magistrate's court. Karnine pleaded gui'ty to a irfi of giving a
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    29 8 A MERDEKA P~rk. with I playground and a "country garden," to commemorate the Federation's attainment of inc.ependenn.' \vi i he opened m Yong Peng on Aug 31.
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    119 8 SELF-PORTRAITS COST ABDULLAH AND AMINAH $200 EACH KLANG, Fri. A photographer, Abdullah Mah bin Ya'acob, 30, and his pretty 25-year-old wile, Aminah binte Abdullah, pleaded guilty m the magistrate's court here today to taking obscene pictures of themselves for sale. The pornographic "studies" comprising light negatives of different postures and
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    52 8 TAIPIXG. Fri— The Taiping Town Council's efforts to stop the straying cattle nuisance has met with little success even though the Chairman. Mr. G. C. Norris, himself headed one raiding party. Mr. Norris told the Council today that it took 2i hours to round up only
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    76 8 TAIPIXG. Fri. The Taiping Town Council was urged today to embark without rialay on a low-cost housing scheme for the town. Councillor Lee Kirn Loon who made the appeal pointed out that there were only 5,000 houses m Taiping for 48,000 people. The chairman.
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    52 8 TWEXTY-SEYEX-YEAR-OLD Boey Foong Kong, m ch:.rged m the .Magistrate's Court at Penang yesterday with attempting to extort $300 from an ice-man, Tan Yiat Thoon by putting the latter m fear of injury under the pretext that Tan was on the Police rerords and wanted by an Inspector Koh.
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    119 8 THE SeUmgor Royal Family Association gave a. partu m honour of thp Kin t f h c Sen Df Medal at the lstav<i Suk I Kuiti, Klang recently Amona the honour H 1 MMU <ade a Justice of the Ptace. Dato Yap Han Soo and'Che Zukarin b 4hrf i p
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    248 8 The Tunku's gift to the Queen iiiiijii^, m mpftMi tusks KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Fri Silvprsmilhs of MMsrs p H Hendry are workins round Hi. <|.-.< kin m August 31 two presents whit h sonally ordered f(ir the Queen and h« i npc, the independence celebrations, the I)i:k Each of the presents
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    122 8 MALAYS PLAN TO TRADE WITH TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce who recently visited Formosa and Japan with the Malayan trade mission are "impressed" with the industrial and agricultural development m those countries Tuan Hamid Allwie, Chamber president, and Raja Yussof Ahmad, the Vice-president, told the Standard
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    62 8 IPOII. Pri Fines totalling SI. -50 were imposed on a woman and eight men, all Chinese on conviction m the Sessions Court today for chandu offences. The largest was that of $300 or three months' imprisonment i.!. posed on Lee Chan, 43. Four packets
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    70 8 PENAN irty-four-year-old Chai Mooi Seah, was fined $300 m the Magistrate's Court today on a summons charge of assisting m the managing of the 100 and 1,000 character lottery at Paya Terubong on July 13. The Court was told that when police raided a house
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      295 8 at*. Too often >c*v a coincidence! -^JF iWil^ 1 1 1 1 v Volkswagen WINS 1957 AUSTRALIAN AMPOL TRIAL OUTRIGHT Volkswagen SECOND IN 1957 AUSTRALIAN AMPOL TRIAI Volkswagen Ist. 2nd. 3rd. m OWN CLASS Primarily, Volkswagen was not especially designed to wn trials the fact that it continues to do
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      391 9 A\\\V\\\V\\\\VVVVV\V\\V\\\\\\^ f— SCHOOL I PERSONAHTY |j CORNER QUR first Federation student to appear m Corner is Johnny Ung of St. Gabriel's S :.001, Kuala Lumpur. Though only 16}, Johnny is undoubtedly one of the busiest students Malaya. He attends school m the morning and evening, gives private
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      234 9 Three boys found it's not so easy QN Saturday, August 3, Richard, a Lower For::: VI student of my school, went out shopping to got a present for his girl friend who would be celebrating her birthday soon. Richard took along two of his classmates, BttVOal and
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      149 9 Pen Pals in U.S.A. 'THE United States Information Service m Singapore x invites Malayans to send m their names for correspondence with American pen pals m America. Persons wishing to do so should send m their names and addresses, age, and listing their hobbies and interests. USIS will then forward
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      489 9 By Jamshid Medora of St. Andrew's School (21 Tanglin Road) who is Chairman cf the School's Civic Club. RECENTLY, four lucky Xl students from Singapore were sent to the United States where they had a unique experience. What tin v derived from the knnwlt'dsje-cum-plea-sure trip
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      275 9 REPEAT performance of St. Patrick's School variety concert. "For Your Entertainment" will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday August 24 at 8.30 p.m. The concert was first held at St. Patrick's School hall last month with overwhelming success. This time it will be held on
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      74 9 Lim Chin Jit of Lower Form VI Raffles Institution salesgirl scratched her head and said, "This Is Specially Imported TABLE CLOTH.*" At the opposite end of the shop there was another reel of red cloth with beautiful designs. Richard pointed at it and asked the girl, "How much do you
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    141 10 SOMETHING new m holiday and home making is bring introduced into Malaya. Mr. Sam Alpcr, managing director of Sprite Caravans of Newmarket, England was hi S:r..:apore to iina'ize arrangements for the introduction of the firm's touring and residential range m this mark-.t. He said three caravans
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    50 10 THE Sprite 14 Regent caravan (above) manufactured by a British firm is being assembled m the workshop of Pan-Malayan Caravans m Jurong Road, Singapore. The tiro men inside the caravan are Mr. J.S. Kirkham (left) a partner of the local company and Mr. Sam Alper, managing director of Sprite Caravans.
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    46 10 thk Malayan EscbanM Banki Association made the foUowinf ages vi its rates to mercha:/ lay: Canada: buying. T.T. 30-13/16. O.D 30-15/K;. 90 days airmail 31-1/4 credit bills, 31-5/16 trade Selling. T.T. or O.D. ready: Belgian Francs 1615; Swedish Kr. I exchange rales remain red.
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    128 10 EXPORTS of Japanese bicycles to South-east Asia It which traders and manufacturers had hopefuliy been looking forward are far from satisfactory, accordin" to a report from Tokyo Shipments to Indonesia and other countries m this area were unexpectedly so small that it would wtm impractical to
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    49 10 DELIVERIES Ol t;n-in-con-•■:'rates from the mines m the Federation to Singapore. Penang and Butterworth during July amounted to 5, W tons, an increase of 913 lou over the previous month. Of the deliveries m July. 3.208 tons came from Pent and 1,688 tons from Selangor.
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    29 10 THE growth of world trade m oil following the re-opening of the Suez Canal has not come up to the industry's expectation-, reports the Finan- :a'. Times.
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    118 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro. duce Exchange nocn dosing prices per picul vesterriav were: copra, Aufr/Scpt $38 buyers, S2G sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40? sellers, m drums $45j sellers, liuntok white pepper SI 12 sellers, Sarawak white SI 1 1 sellers, special Sarawak black $75. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO.
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    239 10 AFTER another rather dreary beginning the rubber market over the last two days has acquired a much more cheerful outlook, though a strong feeling of caution still persists, says the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath i Co., Ltd. Offtake has been good and It
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    583 10 Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredffinsj. Ltd; Director! reported a profit tor the year to March SI, 1957, after providing for depreciation and depletion cf £125,242. M d lyan income tax took C 22.000. the balance for the year £103,242, the brought forward £66,656, reserve lor completion of No.
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    84 10 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday rose i cent to cents per lb. for International first grade rubber for Septern- r shipment on a dull market. Prices opened slighter higher on reports of a possible revaluation of currency m Holland and West Germany. At the higher levels, profittaking brought
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    47 10 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association neon prices m cents per ib yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 92-j International Sept. No. IR.S.S. f.o.b. 93 931 Od 94J Sept No. 2 92 Int. RS.S. No. 1 Sept No. 3 91! 92 Tone: Quiet after steady.
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    37 10 THE trend' of profits of companies m the United Kingdom including 1,893 industrial concerns, during the first seven months of the year showed increased trading profits by 5-6 per cent., according to the Financial Times.
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    77 10 JAPAN was the biggest buyer of ribbed smoked, sheet rubber from Ifalaya during July with an oiltake of 10.458 ton.s according ;o official statistics.. Total exports amounted to 46.314 tons bringing the total for the first seven months to 325.653 tons. Exports to UK. during the
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    212 10 Finance And Commerce] SOAP production is rising m the Federation of Malaya but declining m Singop, according to latest available statistics. same period of last year. Singapore's output was 117.199 cwt m the fieri months of this year, against 122,540 cv m the corresponding
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    221 10 Business In Shores terday reported the following business done: S ords 34/3 arrival. 34/. ready; F. N. ords. $2.92$ over. night and yesterday. $2.60 to 52.57J overnighmers $2.40, $242J; Hume prefr A23/6; Breweries $3.65; Cements $1.75 to $1.77: M. Co' s $1.04 to $1.05; Metal Box $2.02 i; R< son
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    39 10 AUSTRIA has ratified the International Tin Agreement and has been given 13 votes m the re-allocation of votes of consuming countries made at the sixth meeting of the International Tin Council held m London recently.
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    70 10 INDUSTRIALS and I l*»IH Mala; were quietly steady yesterday, accord.ng to th< I Sharebrokers' Associat v re firm. changes announced by tl'u A ;;it;on were: MININGS Ampat 11/- 11/6 Beriuntai 18/4 19/npar 45/6 46/6 Kundang 24 /fi ng 3.27 3.32 fl Rar.tau TO 2.80 OT Renong Tin
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    148 12 Patel Takes 7 For 42 it tit Ki'itiih Ma>U<l KOTA BAHRU, Fri. Despite good bowling by Kelantan's Patel who took seven wickets for 42 run.:. Kedah took a seven-run lead m the first innings m the inter-state cricket match which started here today. Batting first, Kedah were all out fcr
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    154 12 IPOII. Fri.— Though the Pcrak side will be without some of their "regulars" owing to the c accident on Aug. 2. when layers were injured and killed they hope to give a run for their money when they meet m a Mali I Cup soccer tie
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    102 12 LONDOX. Aug. 15 01 ter) Twelve imal acceptors for the Qimenck stakes for iwo-Vi ar-old to be run over dx furlongs at York on Thursday. Aug. 22, are: Pall Mall. Pheidippl V tal King, Book teepei Pandour. Pendragon, Lavt ndicr. N :m. Bengal Lancer. Pinched. Court Patrick, all
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    326 12  -  RAY JALLEH Spore Malays Ousted In Sultan s Gold Cup Soccer By JOHOKE provided the surprise of this season's Mai ly intci-st;ite soccer ior the Sultans Gold Cup by t'liminatinu powerful Singapore by two goals to one m the lirst round match at Jalan Besar
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    267 12 THE Singapore Hoc kov Asso< iation's Selection comBatttCC last alfil named U pl;iv<rs to travel to Ku.Ua Lumpur at the end of thi.s month to represent the Colony at the Menleka (iaines. The team will be once again lad by Singapore's Olympic learn skipper,
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    246 12 THE Singapore Badminton Association will not be sending a team to the Third Asian Games to be held m Tovko next year. Thl was decided at the Association's monthly Council meeting held at the Badminton Stadium last night. In giving the reasons
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    268 12 HONGKONG, tag. 16 (UP) Hongkong is having difliculty m sending a top ili^ht soccer tram to represeni tills British Crown Colony m the Malayan .Merdeka International Soccer Tournament. •<iu: amc-nt is scheduled to be held m Kuala Lumpur on August :;i— the day
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    73 12 APORT. Rhode Island. Aug. 16 (AP) Un>. Donald Dell, Yale University sophomore, defeated top-seed-ed Ashley Cooper (Australia). 2-6, erday m the third ;:..i i:Qu Si i rl Invitation tennis tournament. Other resu! 1 j Ham Richardson defeated Bub Wilson, 6-0, 8-6; Sam Giammalva defeated Ait Andrews,
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    63 12 ARSENAL Sports Club trounced Royal Air Force Chia Keng 7-3 m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park lay. Rahim 3, Osairi Tanjong 2. Abd D K. Samy 2 scored for the winners while the Airmen's three goals were scored by Joe Crook. In another friendly match at
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    185 12 KOREAN In SONG IS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY A R E KOREANS GOOD fIGHTERS? This qiv UuO has been the topic of conversation among local boxing enthusiasts for the past two weeks, and tonight South Korean Kina Xi Song v supply en he takes on I H an at th% Great
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    266 13 Gladwin Bags 100 th LONDON, Aus. 16 (Reuter)— Twenty wickets fell for r •'>■ ISS ru ns at Cheltenham, yesterday, where u-estershire beat Hampshire by seven wickets alter peter Sainsbury, Hair.p■hire's slow left arm spi: Co* all these three wick ts included that of
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    98 13 Patterson Is Taking No Chances SEATTLE. An* 14 (Reute- 1 —Floyd Patterson, the world heav> boodi i hamnion, arrived here yesterday from York for his title bout 1 the Olympic champion, Pete Rademacher. Promoter Jack Hurley said he hoped the fight would fO off as scheduled on Aug. 22. Patterson
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    201 13 PURSUIT CYCLING TITLES LEIGE. Belgium, Aug 14 (Reuter> Carlo Simoni^h, an Italian Olympic team reserve, was awarded the amateur pursuit t.tle m the Wt rid cycling championships ben last m^nt when the judges reversed an earlier decision. Felluw Italian, Franco Gandini, was originally announced a.s winner. He had r.dden the
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    34 13 HELSINKI. AW 16. (Reuter)—Russia beat Finland ln-O m group six of the Europe;. n Zone of the World Soccer Cop here yesterday. Russia led 7-0 at half time.
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    55 13 Third Asian <fp*un«>s ABOVE picture gfcOMM the Asian Gurtcs Sladhim m Meiji Park, Tokyo as 11:01k began m April this year. AtMetn will not be housed on the site but m hotels m the viain city. Beloxc, Mr. Juchi Tsushima, President of the Organizing Committee, as he speaks on the
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    130 13 15-Year-Old Sets A New Swim Time HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 16 (Reuter) Christian Kluter, a l.i-year-old Cleveland girl, beat the American 110 yards backstroke record with a time of one minute 13.8 seconds m the United States women's swimming championships here yesterday. There is no existing world record for this distance
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    689 13 From BILL FUNK TOKYO, Friday— With the Tokyo Games just eight months away, the Organizing Committee for the Third Asian Games headed by Mr. Juichi Tsushima, president, has given special prominence to the constructions of the Main Stadium, the Metropolitan gym
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    165 13 GLASGOW. Scotland. Aug. 1G (AP) Willie Toweel. South African holder of the British Empire lightweight championship, last night outpointed Billy Kelly of Northern Ireland, m a non-title 10-round bout here. Weight limit for the first was 137 lbs. Both fighters N inside the limit
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      73 13 Scottish Fixtures LONDON. Auc. n Scottish football fixtures for Saturday. SCOTTISH LEAGUE (IP Dundee vs Ht East Fife vs Airdrie. Falkirk vs Q. Of South. Hibernian vs Celtic. K:imarn'k vs Queen's Park. MotberweQ vs Aberdeen. Rangen vs Raith. St IOITCu yi Partick. Albion R vs Arbroath. AUoa v- Be: i
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    173 14 Windsor Lad Scrutineer The Spectre Francis MALI. MONT BLOT II MONT BLOT II MONT BLOT II f Shah Dor Sound Harrier Sliah Dor Reasonable yiigfet Reasonable Sound Barrier lurn Jo PLRFORMER PERFORMER II TAWAKAL VICTOIRE > Vlctoire Peace Police Performer II Performer II Showman Showman Peace Police Park
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    367 14 Windsor Lad Says* Scone Sfone's The One To Watch PEANUT KID is going over the 1£ miles for the first time— but after his performance over the seven last Saturday I am confident the distance won't trouble him, and he may win this main
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    220 14 CEYLON'S cricket team, due to meet Singapore today on the padang, will not be able to fly m by Air Ceylon before noon. The match may now b e played i tomorrow and Monday The plane which is to take the Ceylon tOOristl
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      139 14 Today's Sport SINGAPORE IPOH ATHLETICS SOCCER: H.M.S. Malaya Civilians vs Services at Cnp-Perak vs. Penang on Farrer Park 230 pm the Chine* Assembly Had ground 5.15 p.m. mAWM SWIMMING HOCKEY: Merdeka TroSAFAs 14th junior cham- V hy—Kinta 'B vs. Tapah on pionships at Chinese Swim- he tolcn pa( i anQ
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