Singapore Standard, 29 August 1957

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    30 1 Singapore Standard iMS.TL, 2 Vo C O E fK, $H 5l ft BRI6A HOSP.TAL 2811 2414 I. Mil. No. 58 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1957 1 1 J'\<.l 15 ENTS
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    Lock icon THE TUNKU NAMES HIS M-CABINET
    336 1 No Assistant Ministers KUALA UMPIR. Wed i Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today named Abdul Kazak ,i> deputy prime minister m a "i ii Merdeka reof his cabinet Th Punku told a nws conferenc thai on hli appointment aj Fr:::v Minis er on Merdt.-:a Day, be
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    Lock icon MASJUMI IN-BUT ONLY JUST
    106 1 MASJUMI IN -BUT ONLY JUST \K.\RTA. Aug. 28 (UP) I mi>t Muslim Masjumi [Ml position m West Ja\.i S bU K»-d sjiins. unj i; il but nearly complete election returns disclosed today. The ret the Masjumi leading 7.679 »ctes m the provincial legislature election followed by the nalist Party and
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    Lock icon MERGER? OF COURSE!
    868 1 That Vexed Question Pops Up Again KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said today he would take the Colony into the Federation tomorrow "if all the people of Singapore are like Mr. Lim Yew Hock and his ministers.'* "But all residents of Singapore are not
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    Lock icon Royal Navy Is Here To Stay
    365 1 Spore Will Continue To Be F-£ Base, Assures Sandys CANBERRA, Aug. 28 (Reuter) Mr. Duncan Sandys, British Defence Minister, has assured the Australian Federal Government that Britain would maintain substantial land, sea and air forces m South-east Asia and the Far East and that
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    Lock icon TWO-DAY VISIT
    21 1 U.S. Congressman William G. Bray (Republican Indiana) arrived m Taipei yesterday for a two-day visit to Formosa.— U. P.
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    Lock icon B and K to visit Syria before end of year
    101 1 B and K to visit Syria before end of year DAMASCUS. Aug. 28 (Reuter) Thy Soviet leader.-, Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Niklta Khrushchev, will visit Syria before the end of this year, it was officially learnt here today. A senior official of th Q Syrian Foreign M.nistry told Rcuer Mr.
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    Lock icon COLONY SHIP IS SEARCHED
    58 1 JAKARTA. Aug. 28 (Reuter) Security authorities and Immigration officials headed by Attorney-General Suprapto searched the ship Plancius at Tandjong Priok port. Jakarta, yesterday and examined its passengers and CMIKO, Mr. Suprapto said the search was part of a drive against smuggling and the landing of illegal
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    Lock icon Gloucesters in Colombo
    40 1 COLOMBO. Aug. 23 (Reuter> The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester accompanied by Prince William, arrived at Katunayake Airpor: today on their way to Malaya for the independence celebrations. They were greeted by the Governor-General. Sir Oliver Goonetilleke.
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    Lock icon THE BIG MERDEKA EXODUS
    121 1 THE BIG MERDEKA EXODUS JOHORE BAIIRU, Wed. The big Merdeka exodus got into iv.l ■wteg early today when hundreds of cars and buses packed to capacity crossed the Causeway lor Kuala Lumpur. Customs officers worked round-the-ciock and were clearing a car-a-minute at the Johore end of the Causeway all day
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    Lock icon Drowned His 3 Children, Then Made Death Leap
    166 1 QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 28 (UP> Ronald Masse, chief of detectives m the Quebec City police force, drowned his three children In the St. Lawrence River last night and then leaned to his own death m the murky wafers of the harbour, police
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    Lock icon FINIS FOR SIX ANTI-REDS
    56 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 28 (UP) Six "leaders' of an anti-Communist armed gang were sentenced to death on Aug. 18, the August 22 issue of Peking People's Daily which has just arrived m Hongkong today reported The newspaper said the six belonged to the "AntiRevolutionary Chinese Humanity Salvation
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    Lock icon REHEARSAL FOR A KINGSHIP GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH
    150 1 KUALA LUMPUR, AN t d The Van? di-Pcrluan AfionL-ch t and Permaisuri A gon g this morning wen: through their installation rehearsal without a hitch. The Yam Tuan uore a pale green songket suit and headgear, at the rehearsal. He was
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    Lock icon 500 MILLION ARE TOLD: TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS
    107 1 500 MILLION ARE TOLD: TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS PEK. China* 500 million peawmt w< n (■;»::< d on today to pr jgaliiy m the u^e ol grains. n the Peoples them OBUnples of families conserved t eating such thing and turn:p< It saic unless each fami: i'^ grain consumption I be
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    Lock icon ATOMIC POWER
    16 1 1.000.000- 1. I by Mr Homi chair* t mic Energy Con.: &1 0 IT.
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    Lock icon Merdeka Trade Fair Opens
    257 2 Merdeka Trade Fair Opens KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister for Commerce and Industry Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman today released 1.000 balloons over Petaling Java when he declared open the Jaycee's Merdeka Trade Fair. Before a gathering of 2.000 people including the High Commissioner Sir Donald MacGillivray. the Sultan
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    39 2 HONGKONG. Aug. 28 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15 65 to £i Sterling; $6.0025 to US$l; 51. 833 to Malayan $1; SO. 110 to one Indonesia Rupiah; Gold $261.25 to a tael.
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    Lock icon NEXT MOVE UP TO PEKING
    326 2 Dulles Offers To Consider Visas For Red Newsmen WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Reuter).— United States officials were today watching for Peking's response to Mr. John Foster Dulles offer to consider applications by Chinese Communist correspondents to visit me m The Secretary of State tcld his press
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    Lock icon Tg. Malim Invites Templer
    94 2 Tg. Malim Invites Templer TAN JONG MALIM Wed Leading community lead' r and members of the Tanj Malim Town Board to: sent an invitation to Field Marshal Sir Gerald Terr.; and Lady TemDler to visit the town (tarJm his stay ;n Malaya. Sir Gerald, as High Commissioner, imposed c punishment
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    Lock icon HAMMETT FETED
    26 2 THE Resident. Comm: ?ion-c-r. Malacca. Mr. H. G Hammett, was Riven a farewell luncheon by members o: 1 1 Municipal staff and councillors yesterday.
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    34 2 DR. T. Poo: :,m of the jPekan District Hospital I take over as Medical Officer I from Dr. P. S. Ramachandran, who lea\ I India tfcil week I en four months' leave.
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    121 2 CLOSING rubber price, (rents per Ib r pore yeslerdav were:— Bavi 'v v f P(> fnTsepl m R.S.S. So 1 v> R s.S No 2 88 K<^ S. Ton. Dull. The prut- <» i. n n Singapore -terda v as S36bl pi-r pii-ul i LONDON Xl HH No
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    Lock icon 8 Twins Born In Klang
    33 2 KLANG, Wed Four of twins were among I babies born m he^ JBfffl hospital associa- < Mid ton: a .on said tM 827 were boys and 820 wen girls
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    Lock icon FLYING VISIT BY TEMPLER
    88 2 IPOH. Wed.— Field Marsha! Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and fDrmer High Commissioner of Malaya, made a flying visit to HQ. 28 Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade Group, North Malaya, this morning. He was met at Taiping Airport by Brigadier P. N. M.
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    Lock icon NEW POST OFFICE
    27 2 THE Postmaster General announced m Kuala Lumpur yesterday that a new post office will be opened at Temangan near Kota Bharu on Sept. 3.
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    Lock icon Aga Khan's Fiancee?
    62 2 photo. THE weekly Egyptian newspaper Akhbar El Yom reports that the young Aga Khan is secretly engaged to seventeen-year-old Mona El Badrawi, daughter of a wealthy Egyptian family. Mona is shown here at a fancy dress ball m Cairo, dressed as Nephertiti, wife of the Pharaoh Amenhotep
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    Lock icon YANKS IN SQUABBLE OVER PEKING OFFER
    186 2 PEKING. Aug. 28 (Reuter). Emotion ran high at a meeting last night of the 41 Americans who are now touring China according to one member of the group. He said the trouble arose over whether -he members! should accept a gift of 40 yuan
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    Lock icon WOMAN STABBED
    43 2 MALACCA, Wed— An elderly Malay woman was stabbed to death at Merlimau this afternoon. Her 14 year Old daughter who was also stabbed was taken to hospital. She was reported to be m a serious condition. A man has been detained.
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    Lock icon 'ISLAND IN THE RUN' FIESTA CONTEST
    306 2 'ISLAND IN THE RUN' FIESTA CONTEST skates who arc :r.r,:;.:e :u:- i nightly— will be an added attract: i Mtrdeka Eve- _u-please) "Island In Th c Mb" Fiesta Xight at the Ocean Park Hotel m East Coast Road. "The Rolling Stan o are now m Singapore on a return engagement,
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      399 2 t Jr 'S a story 5f i J^^T of fear and fury— •^C V and a girl who )f k-, waits for a lover living or dead. >v UP^P^PIPJ _W -<I^M^^^^ vP^P^P^PSi I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M P^Pk T *^lbfe^a>^H J% I^^^^A^B »_J .^M» r t v .^B^L^xx^Lkfll 1^ p^^i^^r^ '^^P^PJHPJT^'tV^^pJ J M-G-M BLASTS^P^^^jfjrjll^^ffliui
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    Lock icon 'Be Loyal To Your Adopted Home'
    180 3 ....IS SOLOMONS ADVICE TO CEYLONESE HERE CEYLON'S Prime Minister, Mr. S. W. R. D. Ban daranaike, yesterday advised Ceylonese m Malaya to give their undivided loyalty to their country of adoption. Mr. Bandaranaike said at a Press conference m Singapore yesterday that he "strongly
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    Lock icon Fines For 24 Found Gambling
    90 3 GEORGE Frederick Graves jof Meyer Court, was ji day fined $500 m the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court, after he pleaded guilty lo assisting m the management of a common gaming house. Twenty-three other persons who were previously char.* on the same court jrestei pleaded guiltj
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    Lock icon Singapore Fascinates Pretty Canadian Social Worker
    149 3 Singapore Fascinates Pretty Canadian Social Worker A >M< IM worker. Mi- Gillian P tter burn m Ci 0,,, \ttuYta. I an. id a, .< th nks Sins :p«»re a I.im i- n < ity to do social a the i .U haa all th mi n ties of Weslern ...u.
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    Lock icon PORT PROBE
    32 3 THE Singapore Port Commission will hold its first meeting at 10 a.m. today m the Conference Room of the Ministry of Loral Government, Lands and Housing, sth floor, Fullerton Building
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    Lock icon Taxi Driver Detained
    52 3 SINGAPORE Customs ofln>esterday stopped a •nd seized 250 pounds of rettes for which $2,300 duty had not been paid. They trailed the taxi and stopped it m Orchard Road. The driver was detained. Later a search carried out !n a house m Orchard Road 150 pounds of
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    Lock icon PATIENT FALLS
    32 3 A PATIENT at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Singapore. Soh Kn« Ghee, 48. fell from the second floor of the hospital I and was later admitted to the General H yesterday.
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    25 3 THE trustees of the B I George Maxwell Memorial Cooperative Scholarship Fund will ■ward ten scholarships during year, it was announced a!a Lumpur yesterday.
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    Lock icon Russian Training Barque Sails In With 739 Cadets
    272 3 They re Mad About Indian Films THE Russian training barque 'Tovarisch," on a world cruise, arrived m Singapore yesterday cadets aboard. And the Master of the threemasted barque, Capt. V yev Veadimir. said that cadets were "mad" about :nese and Indian films,
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    Lock icon 32 Nurses Pass Their Final Exams
    162 3 32 Nurses Pass Their Final Exams KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Thir y-two persons passed the Nurses Final Examina--1 tion this month, the Medical Department announced today. Tb ilts are aa follows: Penansj: Qwi BWM Choc. a Omlk Tee and Yeoh PhaUc Guoh. Kcd.ih: OhOM POOOf TlDg Chin Oan o. (Distinction m
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    Lock icon FATAL FALL
    35 3 A 67-YEAR-OLD keener of the Loo Sen? Hong Mas <m-' Guild, Chen Wan Fook. fell to his c.eath from the too floor of the guild building m Argy 1 Road. Penanc yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon 'Borrow From Peter To Pay Paul'
    120 3 Union Has Plan To Help Govt. Servants Clear Debts TIIE Singapore Governing it> Council Lab -r Inion units Govern- si-t up co-operative iet> to assist >mjllV' iri <il employees to clear This was one of the three resolutions adopted by the union it its
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    Lock icon Jammed Safe Foils Thieves
    61 3 SINGAPORE Police are investigating a report that thieves broke into the Chartered Bank of India sub-branch m Seletar during: the weekend and attempted to open the iron safe. A duplicate key is believed to have been used, b;it the safe jammed and the thieves pave up.
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    Lock icon Housewife Routs Robber
    43 3 A YOUNG Singapore housewife of West Hill Road, Ah Yon?, had a rude awakening early yesterday when a man was clutching at her throat. She screamed and fousht the intruder who Bed after removing her gold neck chain worth S4OO.
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    Lock icon Amendment To Widows' Law Poses A Problem
    191 3 Covt. Servants $8 Mil. In Arrears AN amendment to the Widows' and Orphans' Fund Ordmance has placed nearly 20.000 contributors m government service m Singapore m a dilemma. A spokesman of the Singapore Joint Government Services Union yesterday revealed that contributors have been
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    Lock icon Last Minute Warning Saved Lives
    139 3 Last Minute Warning Saved Lives I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The warning given by the pilot of the RAF Valetta who was killed when the plane crashed off Tanjong Malam last Thursday saved the lives of its four air despatchers. The despatchers told a news conference tonight that a s soon
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    Lock icon Police Hunt Gang Leader
    77 3 SINGAPORE Police are looking for "Shanghai" v secrei societv fug leader who be:il up two brothers, at the People's Park, last evening. "Shanghai," m the company of five other thucs, had entered a s!iod ana demanded $50 as protection money When the brothers refused to pay
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    Lock icon THAI RAILMEN
    25 3 FOUR senior o!!k'ia!s of the Thai State Railway will arrive m Kuala Lumpur today to attend an inter-railway conference commencing on Sept. 4.
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    Lock icon Nominations To Fill Varsity Seats
    84 3 Nominations To Fill Varsity Seats THREE seats m the OoODCfI of the University of Mak.\ a will fall vacant on Oct. 7. They are at present occupied by Haji Megat Khas, Mr. LiTi Ki:n San and Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. Although all throe seats are reserved for graduates, the chancellor
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    Lock icon ANNUAL MEETING
    28 3 THE tenth annual genera! meeting of the Qar.tas Empire Airways Local Employed Union will be held at the Sims. Avenue community centre Singapore, on Sept. 14.
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    Lock icon MINISTRY TO WOO VARSITY GRADS
    180 3 MINISTRY TO WOO VARSITY GRADS SINGAPORE'S Ministry of Education is onsiderinq special schemes to attract University graduates into the teaching profession, a Minis try spokesman said yesterday. The Ministry has at present 199 graduates as teachers. Its target is three times Utifl number, the spokesman said In the past, graduates
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    74 3 THE Singapore Presbyter- j ian Boys' School is appealing j for donations to expand the school 'to meet the ever pressing demand for education." Principal of the school, Mr. B. F. Atherton, revea since its establishment. 1936. the school has made steady progress. Donations should be sent
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    530 4 Death-crash fire engine was on 'wrong side of road' PAGE FOUR W*O*TS THE BK MEWS FROM WE €<Hli« A FIRE engine which collided with a laden lorry while racing to an air crash on Tengah airfield, killing two people, was on the wrong side of the road, a Singapore Coroner's
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    Lock icon The man who waited 3O years a divorce
    220 4 A MAN came to the Singapore High Court yesterday to seek a divorce from his wife who. he alleged, loft him 30 years ago. The petitioner. L. S. Attias. sued his wife Rappa Chic Non. for dissolution of their marriage on grounds
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    87 4 Pay Claim: Judgment Reserved JUDGMENT was reserved m the Singapore High Court yesterday, m a case m which millionaire-industrialist, Mr. George E. Lee, was sued by his former employee for wrongful dismissal. A. W. Mair, former accountant of Messrs. George Lee Limited, claimed he was wrongfully dismissed. He asked for
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    Lock icon No Job, So He Tried Suicide
    66 4 I.IM ENG HONG, 18. told the Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterday that he wanted to end his life because he could not lind employment. Lini pleaded guilty to attempting suicide by drinking a solution of caustic soda at the Lee Ki:o Chuan School on A.
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    Lock icon MAN CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    59 4 VICTOR LOW, an cmP. yee of A. It Gareh and Company, yesterday claimed the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court to criminal •h of trust of $7,042 I sundry goods entrusted to him by the Una, bttjrWß September last year and August this year. Low i■. allowed bail
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    550 4 BANK CHIEF TESTIFIES AT INQUIRY A SINGAPORE bank manager said at a preliminary inquiry m the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday that "I would not have signed a cheque for $60,373 if I knew that Bills of Lading would not be returned to me." He is
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    195 4 MAN PREFERS JAIL TO PAYING WIFE MAINTENANCE A HUSBAND who would not pay his wife $120 for arrears of maintenance was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore Court to three months' jail. He is Kang Song Chin, 33, who told the Magistrate, Mr. K. T. Alexander: "Why should I give her
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    36 4 REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Telephone Board and the Telephone Board Employees Union met m Singapore again yesterday to discuss the wage claims. No decision was reached. The talks will be resumed tomorrow. pay.
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    Lock icon Celebration Of Prophet's Day
    60 4 THE following were elected office-bearers of the Muslim Community of Singapore, m connection with the celebration of Prophet Mohamed's Birthday on Oct. 6: Chairman Mr. S. G. Dasthagir. vice- chairmen Messrs. Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim, Ahmad Hassan Siddiqu e and Tuan Syed Mohamed AlkaiF. Secretary Haji
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    150 4 FOUR local teachers are among 12 others who havei been awarded International Educational Exchange Teacher Training Grants to study m American colleges and universities for six months. Eleven of the other winners were from the Federation and one from Bricish North Borneo. They will leave
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    Lock icon THE COLOUR AND POMP FOR A ROYAL OCCUSION
    198 5 REMINISCENT of the glorious costumes of the Court of Malay annals are the fineries of the Royal escorts, musicians and courtiers who will attend the installation of independent M a 1 a y a' s first Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Balai
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    Lock icon TWO-HOUR RALLY TO USHER IN MERDEKA
    128 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Alliance will welcome the country's independence with a mammoth rally on the padang at midnight on Friday. Between 30.000 to 40.000 people from all parts of Malaya will participate m this ceremony which is expected to last about two hours.
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    412 6 Singapore Lemonade Goodwill HEN Ceylon's Prime Minister. Mr. Solomon West Ridg ly Dias Bandaranaike, declared In Singap re i Tuesday Hurt problems are more Complicated for countries which recently achieved independence, he obviously spoke from his experiences of wllli :s happening m his own island state. continued political discord and
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    435 6 'THE Federation Government ha? ronferred a signal honour on the Ceylon Tamil community fan BtTf by appointing Mr. S. Chelvasingam itU Pa ha: M Malaya's first High Commissioner to India. The Ceylon Tamils, or Jaffnese as they are known m this country, have the civil service for many
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    894 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES! ME Aster Gunasekera By TODAY, the word 'Finis' is -L beine: written to the long and unique chapter of Brit'sh Protection m the Malay States unique because it is chapter so vastly different from the scores of others m the bulky history of colonialism. Look
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    1091 6  - Opposition to Khrushchev Continues Edward Crank shaw SOVIET SURVEY By AKJAHGJAHGJAHD SL;JGJKHSHSJ SHKKSJHKSHKSHKS to meet Marshal I Tito, to East Berlin. 1 Now the renewed indictment brings I everybody back to earth. The great I quarrel is still alive. 1 The fallen leaders have not been swept at a stroke
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    863 6  -  Kenneth James reviews LONDON INTERNATIONAL eORCB I relations are m a and then is a serious threat to world trade. Over the pa^t day.- the flow of money into fill l Him has swollen to a torrent and the pressure en sterlinf has become
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    283 7 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Aug. 28 (UP) The Security Council probably will meet on Friday, .sept. 8, to consider the application of Malaya tor membership m the United Nations, it was learned today. Although th< meeting has not been officially called Urn
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    171 7 Senate Passes Aid Bill .:N'GTON. Aug. 2°,. (UP). The Senate pa^sei ttl strengthened US| j.OOO -,:i aid money bfll late yesterday and President Eisenhower promptly appealed to the Hou;e to lv.low suit ••quic. The 62-to-25 roll call vote sent the bill to a House-Senate Conference Committee whi h must reconcile
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    58 7 BUEXA VISTA. Colorado.! Aug. 28 (Renter) One prisoner was killed, four others w ad warders badly beaten during a i nute ric: last nigh: Is the Colorado Reformatory. lence was confined to tme bl :k and mvi b rat 125 Inmates of the Ins Itutlon
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    34 7 THE French Finance Mi: ter, x Gaillard, has announced that the gowreI had decided to freeze prices at the level of Aug 15 m an effort to bring inflation to a halt.
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    73 7 PARIS, Aug. 28. (Reuter).— Tokyo has the second iarge.-t population of big towns m the i world, with 7,161.000 inhabitant?, according to a lurvcy [she y the Pans a..'.::oilties. Biggest population of any town m the world was New V rk with I inhabitants, I
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    156 7 SPRING LAKE, New Jersey. Aug. 28, (UP)— Two former attorneys for U.S. soldier William Girard yesterday criticized anent Japanese handling of his trial on manslaughter charges. In a statement issued through John David Griffin, a Public Relations man. Joseph S Robinson and Earl J.
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    369 7 Talks On Reduction In Arms Output Deadlocked LONDON, Aug. 28 (AP)— Russia yesterday rejected the Wests terms lor a two-year ban on nuclear weapons tests aid lor a global system ol sk\ and ground inspection against surprise attack. Soviel delegate Valenan Zorin told the fiv<
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    40 7 A TRAIN bringir.- V- z jmen back to Britain from a Roman Catholic conPMI hi Rome was derailed near Saint D.: .cr. East France yesterday but none < passengers wa s seriously hurt, a French railway spokesman said.— Re
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    205 7 SETBACK FOR THE FORCES OF PEACE I soys Ike SHINGTON, Aug. It (Reuter) President Eisenhower said today it would be "tragic" if the S West'i important armament proposals before they had been seriously studied and before presentation was complete. **Such a Soviet would condemn humar an indefinite future i measurable
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    74 7 ABOVE: Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar pictured during a Press Conference. H e attacked the United States for "plotting to change the Syrian Government" and claimed that the Eisenhower doctrine was aimed at destroying the independence of the Arab world. BELOW: The new Syrian Chief of Staff,
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    196 7 ECONOMIC PACT WITH RUSSIA DAMASCUS, Aug. 28 (AP)— Three Syrian officials headed for Moscow yesterday to chart details of the proposed projects under the preliminary economic agreement with the Soviet Union. Tools, equipment and technicians wJI be provided by Russia for various development
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    129 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (AP) The U.S. Navy last night ordered powerful units of the Sixth Fleet to remain at sea m the Mediterranean for the time being. It has cancelled previous plans for vessels and crews to visit ports on the French Riviera.
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    147 7 Another Purge Expected BEIRUT. Aug. 28 (AP). The pro-Soviet rulers of Syria are expected to follow r.p the recent army purge with another one inside the government. A number of key government officials are expected to be dismissed soon, reliable reports said en Tuesday. These officials, holdovers from previous governments,
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    359 7 That Cuddle In The Back Row: Hogwash, He Says HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 23 1 (UP. 1 A former assistant manager at Grauman's Chinese Theatre yesterday branded as "hogwash" the stories of two other one-time employees that Maureen O'Hara "cuddled" m the loges with a Latin lover. Bob Scofield. now a junior
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    312 7 RUSSIA'S ROCKET: WEST NOT SURPRISED WASHINGTON. Aug 23 (APi The Eisenhower Administration, while crediting the Russians with "substantial progress.' said yesterday it doubted the Soviets would have an "operational" m.ercontinental missile ahead of the United States. Acting Secretary of Defence Donald A Quarle s said this m a statement cleared
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    108 7 SYDNEY, Aug. 28 (Reuter)— Mr. Richard Casey, Australian External Affairs Minister, said here today that Australia warmly welcomed Malaya as a new Commonwealth partner. I _r Mr. Casey was speaking before leaving to attend the Malayan independence celebrations, the Colombo Plan meeting m Saigon, and
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    191 8 It's A Slur On This Profession —They Say TAIPING. Wed.— The Third Annual Delegates Conference of the National Union of Teachers, wh.ch ended here yesterday, viewed with grave concern the legislation which imposes a Denalty of six months' imprisonment and a fine of $1,000 on teachers who give instruction on
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    78 8 PENANO, Wed. The Rural District Council. Penang Island, at its monthly meeting this afternoon decided to stop issuing further hawkers' licences for selling ice-water as "the health of the people must be safeguarded." The chairman. Tuan Hajl .\7:ze, said the Health Committee, which
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    392 8 City Council Engineer Testifies In Graft Case Court Told Of $1,000 Bribe By Contractor MR. G. M. Richards, chief engineer of the City Council Sewerage Department, yesterday told a Singapore Court that he was "m a most difficult and unfortunate position when 1 contractor
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    628 8 LONDON, Aug. 28, (Reuter) Mr. Anthony Brooke, nephew of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the third and last "white rajah" of Sarawak, said yesterday that the Sarawak government had paid lump sums totalling £108.535 (M$l,000.000) to members of the Brooke family
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    159 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Justice Sutherland m the High Court here today granted Jang Singh, a tormer Sikh newspaper editor, $2,995 arrears of salary due to him from his former employer. Jang Singh, a former editor of the Punjabi newspaper, "Nawan Sansar," was
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    22 8 A PATROL of the 22 Special Air Services regiment exchanged fire with three terrorists m the Seremban district on Tuesday.
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    79 8 Yl ITH just over 48 hours to po before the Federation attains independence Merdeka arches go un m Johore Bahru. the southernmost town m the Malayan peninsula. The top picture shows the merdeka arch spanning the town's main street. It was ended by
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    140 8 Court Orders Him To Pay $100 A Month PEXAXG. Wed.-A mother criticized her son for assaulting her daugnter-in-law m the Magfttrato^i court here today. Cheah '.nq, evidence on beha'.f of her daughter-in-law. Lav Say Imm. who summoned her husband. T;-.r. Cheong Seong. for mainten- ance.
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    119 8 A Pledae ToThe Country From Wong PEXAXG. Wed.— A pledge that he would .carry out his functions to the best of his ability ia his service to the country and its 'peoples, was made by the Chief Minista^ designate, Mr. Wong «ec a dinner m his honour a: :he Kheh
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    390 8 TUNKUTHE MAN OF THE MOMENT Greatness Is Thrust Upon Him THE MAN OF THE MOMENT he has t for a long, long tine —iJ Tunku Abdul Rahma-. ugh he was bora neat! never achieved greatne as thrust upon hi: when he was talked cepting the Preside the United Malays Organisation
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    42 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tht ±h Com- signate to Delhi Mr M i .ed to political .-.Hiei m the countries to r ranks fully Malayan political party must consist of Malayan* and should not have attest m it." he said.
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    420 9 Midnight Speeches My Sir Donahh Tunku To The People 1 KIA L A LUMPUR, Wed.— Two voices speaking over Radio Malaya will bridge the transiil moment between :e <-ld and the new .deration of Malaya at midnight on Friday. They will be the voice of the High Commissioner. Sir Donald
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    375 9 >lORE foreigm representatives to the Merdeka trations m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday arrived m ■sn-japore yesterday by air with congratulatory mesbases from their governments and peoples. They came from Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, Japan, Italy, the Philippines and Vietnam Ar. EC APE official also arrived
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    166 9 Another Spot Ol Bother THE PRESS X C A L A LUMPUR. Wed. A detachment of R.A.F. policemen at the e\it to the International Airport is the latent source of embarrassment and hindrance to Pressmen covering: the arrival of YIP quests for the Merdeka celebrations. Yrst.rli. Airport Manager. Mr A.
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    168 9 A Message Of Congratulation From King Hussein jordax'S ta •man Weg»tion to the Merdeka eetabfjtions, led by Brigadier A. Fawaz, Military Governor of fcmman, and Lt. Co!. Mohamed S em, the Jordanian Array s principal staff officer, ;-r:ived m X :a:a Lumpur with a message of fel: •::.<■: King Hussein
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    267 9 MOROCCO I VIETNAM I 1 ha- ador to Indonesia on arrival said: "The people of Pakistan hold their brethren m Malaya In great esteem becau>e of their love for freedom and their courage and ri-. 'ermination to fight for truth and justice." He expressed
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    37 9 THE Australian Minister for Extern." 1 Affair?. Mr. R. G. Casey, is due to arrive m the Colony this morning by Qantas Empire Airways to represent his country at the Merdeka celebrations m the Federation.
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    253 9 MAKE SURE YOU ARE A REGISTERED I VOTER FOR THE 1957 j PLEASE CHECK AT THE NEAREST ELECTION REGISTER INSPECTION CENTRE THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED AS A VOTER AND TH DES YC I CORRECT ADDRESS. ADDRESSES OF ELECTION REGISTER INSPECTION CENTRES OPEN TILL SEPTEMBER 2nd, 7957. Bfffgj
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    178 10 U.K. Cement Paint In Plastic Packs A I.K. ce:nent paint manu- irer is helping to stv.ead the "do-it-yourself" habi: m Commonwealth territories. The product. is distributed m its dry cement form for subseqa^.:.- i bdng is ing a great success In handy 3 lb. and 7 lb. home packs. The
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    176 10 No Premium For Ceylon Rubber Unless... THE Communist Chinese Government has indicated it will not pay a premium for Ceylon rubber unless Ceylon agrees to buy substantia' quantities of Chinese goods to offset payments. This Chinese position was made known during negotiations now underway m Peking for renewal of a
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    102 10 THE M:ilaya n Exchange* Banks Association made the following change! Ita ratal to merchants yet terday. Canada: buying. T.T. 31, OD. W, no days airmail il-7/16, bills, 31] trade bills >. .1:1:14 t.t. "or o.d. ready Canada 30-11/16; Swiss Francs 140J; Belgian Francs 1613); Swedish Kr. 167|. Other
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    312 10 BRITAIN'S giant motor combine the British Motor Corporation have announced two new models, both of which are expected to have wide overseas appeal m their particular spheres. They are a Morris Oxford and a Riley. The Morris is a new all steel bodied Oxford Traveller.
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    303 10 NEARLY 60 car manufacturers will be represented among over 500 exhibitors at the 1957 Motor Show at Earls Court. London, the world's foremost International Motor Exhibition, from Oct. 16 to 26. La;-t year the paid attendance amounted to half a million, m
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    261 10 Clonal Seeds Airlifted To Sarawak THE biggest single consignment of rubber seeds ever received m Sarawak 180,000 TJ.I crossed seeds arrived m Kuching recently from Singapore m an aircraft specially chartered by a big Malayan estate supplier. Fall of rubber seeds is now coming into full swing and advantage has
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    71 10 SINGAPORE'S rubber price yesterday recovered slightly when International lirst grade shipment closed It 88j cents per lb., 11,I 1 cents above Tuesday. The market opened higher on overseas advices. It steadied further on so.me short covering. There was good interest for lower sheet and some shipment
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    260 10 EXPANDING MARKET FOR AERO ENGINES DURING the first six months of 1957. British aero-engine exports earned for Britain no less than £18.5 million, or more than £700.000 a week. This is only £9.5 million less than the record aeroengine export figure for the whole of 1958. In a current review
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    63 10 HOCK Cheonq Co.. held a cocktail parly to mark the opening of their branch office m The Arcade, Collyer Quay, yesterday. Photo shows (jrom left): Messrs Khoo Swee Geok (Chop Thye Lye); Ong Piah Watt (Australian Trade Commission); Tun Cb.or Leong; P. J. Richviond H.A. O'Connor Co. Ltd.);
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    43 10 INSPECTOR of Co-opera-tive Societies at Sibu Mr Leong Kirn Phin, has been awarded a fellowship by the International Labour Office for the study of co-operation m Malaya, India and Ceylon He will be away for about six months.
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    38 10 HUNTING Percival Aircraft Ltd.. announce that a eonract has been signed with Trabajos Aereosy Enlaces of Bilbao. Spain, for the supply of three President aircraft, and that an option has been given on a further two.
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    270 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done Fraser and Neave ores H $2 92* overnight: Gammon $2,571; H. Waugh $1.92}; Hongkong Bank $475; McAlistcr $2.08: Robinson ords $2 30: Simp Darby $2 odd lot; Cold Storage 51 .12 overnight and yesterday Traders $2.47.',; Straits Times $4.15 overnight;
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    120 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro. duce Exchange nocn closing prices per picu) yesterday were: copra, Aug./ Sept. $2J buyers, S2*>\ seller.-; coconut oil m hulk $41 i sellers, v, drums $45i sellers. Mimtok white pepper $116 sellers. Sarawak white S l l 5 sellers, special Sarawak black $76 COPRA HOLIDAY.
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    52 10 THE hight-cost of living is reflected m the announcement by National Cash Register Co.. its first "trillion dollar" adding machine. The machine \v \m developed to meet the needs of banks, insurance companies and o r her institutions which now must deal with figures of this
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    200 10 Industrials And Tins Are Easier INDUSTRIALS and tIM were easier on the Mala. .^hare market yesterday There was selective buying of rubbers. Price chanses announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association yesterday: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fraser Xcave: Ores 2.89 2.93 Gammon 2.55 2 60 Gtown Disp 2.85 US ed W. Hammer
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      243 10 INCREASIN DIVERSITY OF EXPORTS FROM AUST. MANUFACTURED and semi-process-ed exports will ecrn for Australia this year more than A 100,000,000 more than the wool cheque was worth 20 years ago, according to on article In Austral News. It is estimated that exports from Australia of manufactured goods and semi-m a
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      45 10 STOXCO Electric Products Co.. Kenihvorth. New Jersey, has designed a new high powered floodlight designed for ]ong-throw coverage of wide field areas. The unit i^ smaller and more compact than conventional floodlights and is intended for ball fields, driving ranges and stadiums.
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      254 10 OPEL. West Germany second-largest car producer, has launched streaming sions of its 1.5 litre range m a bid for the United Stai( car market. But pric been increased. The company a owned General Motor sidiary, will begin expo: the United States next new 1.5
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      286 10 NOTICES IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. SOON WEE BOON of No. 130 Casuarina Road, Singapore, have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for the transfer oi a Retail licence m respect 0: premises No. 130 Caouarina Road to Mr. Wee ■1 Join. ANY person wishing to oppose this
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    742 12 From Philip Deane m Washington gYMPTOMS of America's British ancestry craze crop up m the least expected places. It is not just the pleasant colonel who spills out the thrills he got motoring around Britain tracing the history of his family, nor even the scion of an old
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    731 12  -  Martin Harrison reports from Paris .'wwwwwwvwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww* ])KFSs m TT()\ Par Mali mrnts an- on the way. Frrnch Deputies have derided :h.it automation should begin at homo, and from autumn of next year electronic voting will rase their work. In the. last Parliament Deputies had to \ote m
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    314 12 CHINESE proposals for a settlement of the frontier dispute m itli I'urma. resulting through the invasion of Chinese troops m the \\a States over a year ago. have at last reached Rangoon. Wli.it these are, however, and the Burmese Government thinks of them, has not vet been
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    292 12 Increased sales of rice for cash to other countries and the restriction of imports improved Burma's holding of foreign exchange last year by £7,500,000 compared with ID.") to a total of 1110 million, and the Government's internal expenditure showed an encouraging; favourable balance l.ut there is
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    43 12 X o^'T popped the suv I and X Eileen Wheeler, 20. t t r bathing bask t ton the bank of the I I Bui E een, oft ton-on-Thames, was I X unlucky. The sun soon t in.. so did I
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    865 12 -y-= I £LL C r riIOlT.H political proA pagandists often say a great deal here on the immense advantages of a classless society. little lias so far been clone to demolish communal barriers which are almost coeval with
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    203 13 Merdeka games Burma Has Beaten Russia ■l.\ LUMPUR, Wed— A c nfident Burma contin- 31 competit r. and flew m ho re las' night to participate Ma lya's Little Olyn mes. of the National x: v Weig tlifting team Merdeka" entrant who had taken fourth place m g 1954 "Mr.
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    327 13 ONG MOSES IN GREAT WIN KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Ong Chew Bee and Moses Tay created a major upset when t0 PP led the newly crowned Malayan doubles champions B. L. Pmto and Rajah Praesoody m straight sets 6-3, 6-4, m an inter-port quarter final tennis match between Malaya and Ceylon
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    124 13 Vietnam's Strongest Team Here VIETNAM, the hottest favourites m the coming Merdeka Games soccer tournament, has sent out one of the strongest team prcduced m the country. This was learned when the 10 strong Vietnamese soccer team arrived m Singapore yesterday. Their skipper, 29-year-old Tran Van Ngoo, revealeo that this
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    44 13 KOTA BAHRU, Wed.—Kelantan's soccer team to meet Trengganu m the Sultan Gold Cup zone final tomorrow will be selectee" from the ingIdrus Yacob, Hussein Ahmad, Yahaya Omar, Hassan, Ishak Abdullah. Mahmud Ismail, Ibrahim Yahaya. Suleiman, Mohd. Chegu, Maurice Khoo and Hussein Abdullah.
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    52 13 Ibbotson Beaten Again ST. HELENS. Lancashire. Aug. 28 (Reuter) Derek Ibbotson. the world's fastest miler, suffered his second defeat within four days when he was beaten by his fellow British Olympic runners, Ken Wood, here tcnight. Running on a wet track, Wood clocked 4 mm. 12 sec, 3.4 seconds ahead
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    276 13 Malaya For Tokyo And Cardiff But Problem Is Finance KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —The Federation of Malaya will be represented m the Asian garner at Tok.wi and the British Empire and Commonwealth games at Cardiff provided there is sufficient money m tin kitty. The Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, the controlling
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    71 13 Y.4.VG WENG CHING (right) the 17-year-old Indonesian viiss who went home wtlM the Malayan singles and doubles badminton titles last year, arrived m Singapore by DOAC yesterday on her way to Kuala Lumpur to participate m the coming Merdeka Games. Accompanying her teas her 20-year-old partner Ooi
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    178 13 Mercantile Bank, F N In Semi-final 1 1 i il ior th/s^r.: -final round of the Singapore Bu-:: Houses Football Association's League and Cup championships when they scored narrow victories at Farrer Park biggest upaet :ory kon c Bank team, v, ad i m the seasor S] Bank's chant 1
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    49 13 KUALA LI MPIR Wed Indonesia will be fielding their strongest side for the Merdeka football tournament. The Indonesians have given a walk-over to Israel m the World Cup and are now flying their best team to Malaya. The team will arrive by plane tomorrow noon
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    358 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Warwick Dalton. 20 years old New Zealander, won the 25 miles road race at the Merdeka cycling championships which ended here today. With this win Dalton completed a fine treble. On the first day Dalton had won the 100 kilometers road race
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    108 13 Filipinos to send soccer team MANILA, Aug. 28 (UP)— The Philippine Amateur Aihletic Federation's football committee will send a tooiball team to the third Asian Games m Tokyo next May. it was officially announced today. The Football committee also approved proposals to hold the first Manila-Taipei interport football series m
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    186 13 Tired, weary Hongkong team Arrive KUALA LIMPIR Wed Lee Wai Tong. former Cliina soccer King, flying m here today with the Hongkong team for the Merdeka Games said that his boys would put up a determined display despite their exhausting 30 game tour of Australia and New Zealand. "Though five
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    82 13 SINGAPORE Amateur Swimming Association contingents of swimmers for the Merdeka Games to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 1 and 2 will be leaving for K.L. on Friday, Aug. 30 at 8.20 am. m 8 cars. The following have been selected: Fong Hoe Beng. Foo Chee Han,
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    218 14  - TIME TO REASON WINS IN A CANTER WINDSOR LAD SENANG HATI (WAHAB) SPRINGS $83 SURPRISE By TIME TO REASON, owned by Capt. H. F. Bloxham, gave a tip-top, display when he whipped his opposition m the main 6f sprint at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's
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    56 14 GOLDEN DOLLAR, with Johnson m the saddle, is led m by Miss Violet Shaw after winning the first race at Bukit Timah. SENANG HATl— that is exactly how owner Mr. Tay Sen? Chuan feels, judging by his happy expression here -goes back to scale alter winning the third
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    1969 14 RACE ONE Horses Class 2, Div. 3—7 Furs. O.K. Kongsi'a m 597—385 GOLDEN DOLLAR v 1 4 1 809 Johnson. l i Mr. Yap Kirn Hoe's 409—308 VALIANT KNIGHT il> 8.00 Barratl... tl Epsom Stable's i 1752—704 STEAM ON (5) 810 Camer 3 553—347
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