Singapore Standard, 5 September 1957

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  • 470 1 —Wee Probe Team demands evidence that citizens have been annoyed by the solicitations of the streetwalker. The committee recommends that the need to prove this should be removed. The committee also hit at landlords who allow prostitutes for exorbitant rents—to use their premises. Such landlords,
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  • 187 1 KUALA' LUMPUR. Wed. Pakistan's chief delegate to the Merdeka celebrations. Mir Ghulam Ali Khan today declared that the Republic would assist the new Malaya. "We are keen to extend educational facilities to Malayan students," he said. There were already a number
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  • 97 1 s; Seft 4 (Renter) An official comJ inquiry appointed by the government o pro' in Britain recommended today that t> in private between consenting no longer be a criminal offence and rere sentences be introduced against ion. g panel composed of eminent clerics, Deer? and three women sa] in
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  • 433 1 'LA WYERS CAN MAKE OR MAR MALA YA Brodie Gives Reminder At Opening Of Supreme Court KUALA LUMPUR, WED. MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN MALAYA ARE IN A POSITION TO EITHER MAKE OR MAR THE NEW NATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. T.V.A. BRODIE SAID
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  • 190 1 Tunku s Countrywide Tour Xl \l LI >HH X Wed. Prime Minister Tunku UNI;:! K.ihnun and his ministers will start next week ihrir niuntr>wide "publicity campaign" to explain to C n U verninent > final pardon offer to the 1,800 rist remnants in the
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  • 51 1 CJRADE. Sept. 4 R;.:- the eign Secrei B ade by air today br a four day official visit to i oxpected :s on Eastproblems I session of I ns General on disarmament, t the *v.- terns of ?.ln good -an contribute i
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  • 45 1 STAND ARDPIC shows the robed and bewigged judges at the ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court yesterday in the Federation Capital. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Kilmuir who presided, is third from left. On his left is the Federation's Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Thomson.
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  • 34 1 PRESIDENT of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, began a state visit of Victoria yesterday He was flown from Canberra to Melbourne in an airliner of the Royal Australian Air Force's special flight. —Reuter.
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  • 24 1 THE possibility of Malaya joining SEATO will be discussed at the next ANZUS meeting to be held In Washington on Ocu 4.
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  • 232 1 A MOTHER of five children. Iyamah, 35. who was severely burned in her home in Kolam Ayer Lane, Singapore, early yesterday morning, Jied two hours after admission to the General Hospital. Her husband. I. Kakan, 48, a City Council mandore, told the
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  • 154 1 LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) The Earl of Home, Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, said in a British Broadcasting Corporation interview last, night that Malaya deserved congratulations on two counts— its independence and its acceptance by other members of the Commonwealth. He did not know whether
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  • 88 1 LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) Britain has received a four-page note from the Soviet Union on the Middle East and the text of the note is at present under study at the Foreign Office here, a British Foreign Office spokesman said today. The spokesman said that the
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  • 25 1 A WOMAN, Chou Jeow Ngan, 27, yesterday fell off a bus in Aljunied Road. Singapore. She died on admission to the General Hospital.
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  • 127 1 Oh! this topsy turvy World Of Ours NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (AP)— A U.S. Air Force psychologist says many Americans have had to change their attitudes on what constitutes the roles of men and women in our society. The roles are converging, Dr. Daniel G. Brown, of the Psychology Department
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  • 195 1 I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman tonight formally opened the $1,000,000 Federation studios of Radio Malaya and announced that more than 445,000,000 people throughout the world had listened in to the recent Merdeka broadcasts. "More than 40 miles
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  • 28 1 THE French National Farmers Fnion yesterday met in Paris for a virtual "council of war" to extend its campaign against the government's agricultural prices policy.— Reuter
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  • 176 1 Suez Canal Issue Is Not Yet At An End CAIRO, Sept. 4 <UP) Foreign Minister Mahmnud Fawzi told the National Assembly today Egypt would neve r rest contend until she received "full reparations" for her losses in last year's tripartite invasion. He said reparations arr> necessary as Egypt's rights as
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  • 55 1 DOVER, SeDX 4 (Renter)— Two warships, believed to be a Russian cruiser and a destroyer, passed through the Straits of Dover this morning heading west down the English Channel. With exceptionally clear visibility across ihe straits the two ships could easily be seen about eight miles
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  • 203 1 Britain Cannot Be Defended Against A-Bombs, Says Sandys WELLINGTON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) Mr. Duncan Sandys, British Defence Minister, said here today that Britain would continue to maintain her very considerable land, sea and air forces in South-east Asia despite defence cuts He told a Press conference that Britain was not
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  • 41 1 TRAGEDY marred the boat race in the river sports held on the Kuantan R.ver yesterday alternoon when a contestant, 53-year-old Ali bin Mat, a Baserah fisherman, collapsed at the oar He was rushed to hospital but died soon after.
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  • 38 2 A CEREMONY was held hi Jakarta on Aug. 31 to celebrate Merdeka Day in the Federation. Inchc Zaiton Ibrahim, Charge d'Affaires of the Federation, is seen reading the proclamation of the independence of the Federation.
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  • 165 2 THE Color.;/ government will keep a stricter security check on Communists attempting to infiltrate into the island following the Federation government's amffei to the terrorists. Chief Minister Mr. Lim r Hi ck told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Lim said it was too early to say
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  • 58 2 BANGKOK. Sept. 4 (Reuter) Nai Pote Sarasin, former Thai ambassador to Washington, was today installed as South-east Asia Treaty Organization's first Secretary-General in a short ceremony at SEATO headquarters. The Thai foreign minister, Prince Wan Waithayakorn. represented Thailand and diplomatic heads of mission in the
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  • 329 2 'There Must Be A Productive Partnership Between University Industry Rotarians Hear Reasons From A University Don TO ENSURE a nation's economic progress, a close relationship must exist between university and industry, Dr. R. S. Aitken, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham told Rotarians yesterday. Dr.
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  • 154 2 TUC Urge Support For Backward Countries BLACKPOOL. Sept. 4 (Reuter) One thousand delegates representing Britain's 8.300,000 organized trade unionists meeting here today heard a plea for support for an international solidarity fund to help to encourage the development of trade unionism in under-developed countries. The Trades Union Congress, the organization
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  • 48 2 A DELEGATION of the Singapore Bus Workers Union yesterday called on the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to seek his assistance in settling their dispute with the Hock Lee Bus Company. Mr. Lim told the delegation he would meet the management tomorrow.
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  • 285 2 EYEWITNESS TELLS OF DUM DUM AIRPORT CRASH THE FIRST eye-witness acfcount of Sunday's mid-air collision at Dum Dum Airport. Calcutta between a chartered British Diane and an Indian plane, was last night told to the Standard by an RAF officer's wife. Mrs. Lieseiotte Waterhouse, wife
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  • 164 2 LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) Sir John Wolfenden, chairman of the official vice inquiry which reported today, went out into the streets himself to see the seajny side of London life. One Saturday night during hU committee's investigations the staid, 51 -year-old educationist strolled
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  • 501 2 FOUR HUNDRED 'varsity "freshies" saw two sides of University life ye far removed from one another in their first hour within the Halls of Ivy yesterday morning. Side one of varsity life was the traditional, oh so solemn ritual, which
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  • 120 2 commodity! PRICES CLOSING rubber pnrr (cents per lb) in Staf*" pore yesterday werr Tone; l"n« The pri« el I iB Singapore yest< $365* (I p 25 cts LONDON RL'BBLK No. 1 R.S.S. HUtk House Terms Wednesday'v oj>^riin? first session were CLOSING Spot Oct. December Jan. March April/ June July /September
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  • 145 3 Malaya-Thai Rail Men Discuss New Plans I XI xi UMPI R, Wed. I Malayan and Thai rail--3t officials today began a > 0 conferences here u» the railway ns of both countries K'-.i Singapore K«;k"k rail services. discussion inter-territorial ELnent of senior officers. the joint comiree meat, nje poi.cv on
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  • 90 3 Agong To Be At Variety Performance Wed. I" I Qg and Rulers will a*' Dd i Royal Command allI i radio will combine I nts in the producI f "Pusparagarr. MerI one of the high I i i celebrations. I h^ve I f it fi I hillocks. mummoth Its HoUy-
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  • 84 3 I VN'G. Wed.— The Prime i i Abdul Rah- test at the ■gjjfca celebrations of the „f South Kedah I on Bept I elai.- programme «en prepared by the I h to ne the Prime t inch chairBaJI Said, said toI celebrations will be
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  • 38 3 R aja Uda Visits The Royalist' Ifli The Raja Sir his ADC Shah, boarded .alist" this courtesy visit. b J° v «njor left Kedah a S for tne inied by CompQcer Ar 'iranum, Stall the Malayan Royal Reserve.
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  • 254 3 RAJA UDA'S CALL FOR ALL RACES TO UNITE PENANG, Wed. The people of Penang were called upon by the Governor of Penang:, Raja Sir Ida, to give all assistance in the welding of the various races, whose loyalty was to this country, into a united Malayan nation under the rule
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  • 514 3 Duke Lays Foundation Stone Of New $1 00,000 St. John HQ At Ipoh IPOFI. Wed. The Duke of Gloucester this morning made a special trip here by air to lay the foundation stone of the new $100,000 headquarters building of the Perak branch of the St John Ambulance Association. The
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  • 217 3 Police Used Chemical To Trap Youth- court told PEXANG, Wed. How Police trapped a would-be extortioner with chemically treated currency notes was related in the Sessions Court here today. Ong Beng Teik, 21, claimed trial to a charge of committing extortion by putting Wong Chit Fong In fear of injury
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  • 53 3 53 ENTRIES FOR 'DRESS' CONTEST PENANG, Wed. Fiftythree entries have been received by the executive secretary Merdeka Day Celebrations Central Working Committee. Penang. for the best-decorated private buildings in the City Council of Georgetown aiea. Winners of this competition will receive prizes in the form of Merdeka souvenir cups offered
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  • 255 3 PENANG, Wed.— A 25-year-old Dutchman, Mr. Kees Byrank, who has travelled 50,--000 miles on foot, bicycle and scooter, on a round-the-world tour, said here today, that bad roads and broken bridges in South Thailand prevented him from arriving in Malaya on Merdeka Day. "I
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    51 3 MALACCA, Wed. The Duchess of Gloucester had her fortune told by the Goddess of Sea when she visited the 300-year-old Cheng Hoon Teng temple here this afternoon. She picked up a bamboo THE Duchess of Gloucester is met on arrival at Malacca air-port yesterday by the Governor, Mr. Leong Yew
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  • 124 3 Sea Goddess Tells Duchess: 'Your Future Is Bright...' oracle from among hundreds of others from a container placed before the Goddess of Sea and the Chinese characters on it read: "Fortune and honchir are yours for the asking. There is nothing you ask that you cannot get. You have nothing
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  • 102 3 $1,100 Worth Of Tin Ore Stolen PENANG, Wed. Eight bags of tin ore, worth $1,100, were reported stolen from a lorry parked in the compound of the Motor Service Company in Pier Road, yesterday. It appeared that the tin ore, brought from Thailand, was kept in the lorry for the
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  • 146 3 River 'Pirates' Put On A Merdeka Show KUANTAN, Wed. More than 5,000 people today lined the Kuantan River banks to watch two "pirate" boats in a "battle". Dressed in rags, thirty black clad, bearded "pirates" took part in the mock duel. The show was part of a historical display for
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  • 315 3 LABOUR PARTY HAILS GOVT. OFFER OF PARDON PENANG, Wed. The LaIx)ur Party of Malaya today, welcomed the new terms offered by the government to the Malayan Communist Party to cease the jungle war and bring the Emergency to an end. It considered that the government's guarantee of freedom from prosecution
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  • 333 4 Sir Ibrahim Conveys His Loyal Support HE PLANS TO ATTEND RULERS' CONFERENCE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Sultan of Johore, Major General Sir Ibrahim, has conveyed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong his "loyal support" with regard to his duties under the constitution. This is understood to be the keynote of a
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  • 255 4 Sharks Fin For Royal Visitors MALACCA, Wed.— The Duchess of Gloucester and Prince William paid a short visit to the historical town of Malacca this morning. The Duke, who had previously been scheduled "to accompany the Duchess, was not present because of his engagements in Ipoh. On their arrival, the
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  • 60 4 SINGAPORE Police are looking for a boy. who is believed to have broken into the General Hospital canteen on Wednesday midnight. Staff of the hospital on night duty heard noise? from the canteen and called the Police. Police later found cartons of cigarettes lying on the
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  • 61 4 A DRIVER, Masood bin Dawi, 32, was yestercay acquitted by the Singapore Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, on a charge of stealing a handbag belonsing to Mrs. W- E. Godwin at Rochalie Drive on May 29, this year. Mr. M. Kathigesu, defending, said that
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  • 172 4 PARENTS and guardians of detained executive committee members of the P.A.P. in a joint statement yesterday requested the Government to bring the detainees to open trial in a court of law, or release them. "This would help to gain more supporters for the Government
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  • 152 4 Two Views On Higher Power Rates MR LEE CHOON ENG, Assembly member for Queenstown, told the Standard yesterday that increased charges for electricity as proposed by the City Council's Public Utilities Committee, "will only discourage the public from consuming more electricity and hiring appliances." Mr. Lee felt that the Council
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  • 48 4 Ban Hawkers In City Front THE Singapore Labour Front yesterday urged "delicensing" of all hawkers in the City area. A resolution passed by the central committee of the Front yesterday stated that the City Council be asked to consider the "de'.icensing of all hawkers in the City area.
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  • 30 4 LEE CHIAP CHUA was yesterday fined' $1,000 by a Singapore Court after he pleaded guilty to possession of 58 packets of chandu in Hokien Street on Sept. 3.
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  • 111 4 POLICE MILITARY IN JOINT EXERCISE PENANG, Wed. The Chief Police Officer, Penang, Mr. P. H. OTlynn, today requested the people not to be alarmed if they see troops and police moving about in the city area. It was only a largescale joint police and military internal security exercise, Mr. O'Flynnexplained.
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  • 157 4 IPOH, Wed. The People's Progressive Party of Malaya today stated that the Federation government's Merdeka surrender offer "contained a good deal that should be acceptable to the Communists." The Party further claimed that the new terms incorporate much that the Party has suggested
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  • 178 4 PENANG, Wed. The Penang Buddhist Association, with its multi-racial membership of 7,000, was a strong influence for good in the State, said the Governor of Penang, Raja Sir Uda speaking at the Penang Merdeka Combined Thanksgiving Service at the Buddhist Association here today. The
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  • 130 4 Kissing In Public Is Taboo— Court KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani today told a young couple that they could not cuddle in public because it was against Oriental custom. Tan Sing Tong, 18, and his 20-year-old friend, Chan Siew Yong, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour
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  • 15 4 THE Boy Scout Association. Singapore, raised about $18,000 during its recent Job Week.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 291 4 Information at a Glance A a-.-. (chairman^ 730 p.m. Port Dickson 4.45 am. (7ft lin) Regional Service): 715 a.m flMgApnpC IMBff«rar* Katons Boys 1 chib ((iuillemard 5.26 p.m. i7ft. 3in.). Opening announcement and *^^f I _T_ J H Road): Boxing 4p m. Penang 11.16 a.m. (6ft. 9in.) 1146 morning serenade;
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  • 121 5 POWER-SEEKERS UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN COLONY 1-\;..\ LUMPUR. Wed. tive power-seek--5 among some of industrial -.ngapore are in mine conthe Colony's stated, by the yjfg mt Minister he Mohamed .1 Hamid, don of the P iamentary ConferII -ed to rethe Colony tt, were quite i tsed hard■ommuns'y and the I re,
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  • 27 5 A IS-YEAR-OI Ong v robbec tbmtent her with a knife. c tier of the oushed her down a ight bruises I as an
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  • 33 5 oi the into the S Qgap ore and' the Mariners Ur. be held at the r la over the ter- employment of the pans vice-pr- 1 Hamid bin Mohamed
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  • 133 5 They Give Up Lunch To Hear Singapore Officer Talk INFLUENTIAL Australians in Canberra recently munched sandwiches as they gave their lunch hour to hear about current problems in Singapore. The speaker was Mr. Lim Joo Hock, senior officer of the Department of Immigration in Singapore. He gave his address at
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  • 109 5 LAM SOON STRIKE THREAT MORE than 100 employees q] the Lam Soon Cannery Limited in Singapore yesterday threatened to go on strike in protest against the dismis>ai of two workers. A spokesman of the General Employees Union, which represents the workers said he considered the dismissal "a case of victimization"
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  • 59 5 \LA KAXGSAR. Wed.— The Good Citizens committee tegai Galah. Sauk, in X Kangsar will hold an ant:-Co:r.munist rally on Sunday, starting from Sauk police tioo at 2.35 p.m. Tlda is the second anti-Cor-n >: demonstration to be I by the Committee Ku ila Kanssar. The tri
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  • 37 5 HOXGKONG. Sept. 4. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15.60 to £1 Sterling $5.***** to US$l; 51. 832 to Malayan $1; $0,112 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $260.25 to a tael.
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  • 79 5 Anti-Yellow Fever Inoculations FIFTY passengers and crew of the Dutch liners, Hoiti and Bengalen were taken ashore in Singapore to be inoculated against yellow fever, within the last 48 hours. The reason for this safety measure was that, certain Red Sea ports at which the vessels would call had been
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  • 184 5 A THREE-MAN delegation of the Party Ra'ayat of Brunei will leave Singapore for London tomorrow to have talks with the Colonial Office on self-government for that Colony. President of the Party, Inche A. M. Azahari, now in Singapore, said yesterday that the delegation comprised
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  • 90 5 LIM SIONG Choon. a Chinese school teacher, was yesterday charged in the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court with dishonestly inducing a shopkeeper. Poh Tuan Lai, to deliver him three botiles of orandy worth $51. Lim was alleged to have ordered the three bottles of brandy on the
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  • 820 5 Jf f01f.1%% in^- candidates ■Kb the various supplementations held by the 3-w*itv „f Malaya: p rt I Supplementary) n for the Diploma in p h.irrrucy in lidate has subject shown name thereby Part I Examinan.ploma in Sum Tung rv Sessional for the Degree t X Sc.
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  • 297 5 New Nation Has Made Free World Stronger Patil Welcomes Emergence Of Malaya As Free Country THE Indian Minister for Irrigation and Power, Mr. S. K. Patil, told a Press conference yesterday that "Independent Malaya had undertaken a unique experiment in constitution making with an elected kingship." Mr. Patil, who is
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  • 175 5 TWO versions of the popular Malay love song. Terang Bulan the tune of which has been adapted as the Federation's National Anthem has been withdrawn from the record lLst of the Gramophone Company Ltd. in Singapore. Manager of the Company, Mr. D. J. Coupland.
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  • 167 5 SINGAPORE, Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at the end of an inquest into the death of an electrician, Chan Heng San, 25. I Poon Yiu Ho, a fellow electrician, said that on the night of July 13 he
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  • 160 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malayan Association of Youth Clubs tonight presented the Duke of Gloucester with a silver-mounted horn as a 'symbol of gratitude' to Britain's National Association of Boys Clubs. The Duke, who is president of the NABC, was told by
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  • 104 5 For Himself, A Presenf Of A Royal Brolly KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Duke of Gloucester tonight received a Royal yellow umbrella as a personal gift from the Timbalan Yang ciPertuan Agong, Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah. The umbrella was lent to the Duke during the Proclamation of Independence ceremony at the
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  • 42 5 SINGAPORE Police are investigating the disappearance of a service revolver from a safe in the armoury of the Havelock Road Police Station recently. Gurkha trooos have combed the hilly area around Havelock Road for the weapon without success.
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  • 92 5 PENANG, Wed. Hongkong looks forward to more trade with the new Malaya. This was announced by Mr. Tong Ting Tat, leader of the eigru-man Hongkong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce South-east Asia trade mission, at a tea party given by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here
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  • 106 5 CHIEF Minister and Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will be asked in the Legislative Assembly next Wednesday whether he is aware that Japanese girls are being permitted to enter the Colony to become secondary wives of local residents.
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  • 791 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA by WHEN he arrived in Singapore, and before be got off the ship, Ceylon Prime Minister, Solomon Bandaranaike, was asked by a reporter of THE STANDARD the latest on the domestic squabble concerning the agreement he had reached with the Federal Party
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 436 6 usually close and friendly relations between the United States Government and the press of that country were disturbed recently. The disturbance was caused by some doubt which the Government appeared to have over the advisability of permitting a group of American newsmen In visit Communist China. After
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    • 481 6 r pHE Singapore City Counc.l has for many years been employing a staff of Organization and Methods specialists, whose function is to streamline the administration and thereby lessen the burdens that fall on the public and 'the Council's staff alike. Apparently +he specialists have not devoted sufficient
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    1037 6 Marathon session for NEW YORK THE normal, jocular United Nations saying is that, whatever forget dote is set, however complicated the clashes get, the one certain thing is adjournment of the General Assembly before the last "Queen" sails for Europe in time for Christmas. There will have to
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 519 6 Sir— With reference to the recent controversy on appointments to the Executive Service in the local Civil Service, it appears from what I have heard that there are grounds for complaint. The new Public Services Commission has had a bad start, through depending too much on junior civil
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    • 274 6 tW*\V\\\\\\\\W\YV\.\\\\\.\\\\\\\\V\\\\^ Sir "Sour Grapes" appears to favour junior officers, including himself, to run the executive machinery of the civil service- If, ss he thinks, they are capable enough, by all means let the Government proceed immediately with this new scheme so that the public could judge their efficiency.
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    • 220 6 Sir— The swoop on Singapore's leftist trade unionists exclusively reported in your paper of Aug. 23 requires the support of every rightthinking member of the public. Time and again there have been vociferous criticisms of the Government for their weak kneed policies and I am sure the action
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  • 188 7 200 ARMED TROOPS VS. ONE NEGRO TEENAGER LITTLK ROCK, Arkan--1.4 (Reuter) i National Guards(Territ oials) today .ted a teengirl from enuring Little Rock High Xegro and I have been attend totbe first time m pea ted \y tried 1 200 troops out by Arkansas Orval Faubus. W s unaccompaapproached I
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  • 38 7 S 4 UP) Day weekend 443, a few short time record for the showed sa counted holiday toil of 624 the period from las: midnight In to the traffic deaths 7 drownings and :iu.->ceilaneous
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  • 264 7 I Sept. 4 (Reurhe Manchester .d today that :errorLs:s in IQglea rr.ay still i but the hardest h them would ien the shooting pped. A Qfl the plan to to tae Cony ft] daily said had been made racceaa, nists themselves lhat they
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    99 7 TOP: Soldiers of the Federation Army Contingent in London, raise their caps as they give three cheers after the Hi?h Commissioner Dato Nik Kamil, had read the proclamation of in dependanee of the Federation of Malaya at Malaya House. He also broke the new Federation flag from a
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  • 23 7 AN official communique las: night announced Russia and Syria have agreed to sign an agreement on economic and technical co-operation. U.P.
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  • 172 7 DARWIN. Sept. 4 (Reuter). The first planeload of troops from the Second Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, with their families, to return from Malaya arrive- here today on its way to Sydney. The infantrymen and their wives differed in their feelings about returning
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  • 605 7 Dorothy Denies That Walk In The Woods LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (AP) Two film stars, Maureen O'Hara and Dorothy Dandridge, came to the Confidential trial yesterday and denied the magazine's stories of trysts at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and in the Lake Tahoe woods. Miss
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  • 134 7 Your proposals had nothing new— Zorin LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) The Soviet delegate at the five-nation disarmament conference here. Mr. Valerian Zorin, told the Western Powers today that his strong attack on the Western disarmament Dosition. delivered on August 27, constituted the Soviet, Government's views on the Western partial disarmament
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  • 307 7 Soviet Missile: A Long Way To Go, Says Ike 77 CANNOT BE PUT TO TACTICAL USE YET WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (IP) President Eisenhower, at his news conference yesterday, made it clear that he believes the Soviet Union is a long way from being able to put into production the inter-continental
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  • 66 7 CANBERRA, SeDt. 4 (Reuter) A motion of no confidence in the Labour Opposition leader, Dr. Herbert Eva'.t, proposed by a former Labour min.ster Mr. Cyril Chambers, lapsed here today for lack of a seconder. Mr. Chambers gave notice of the motion in the Labour cau<^;- Last
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  • 25 7 PAN American Airways DC-7QC last night completed the first flight ever made from San Francisco to Paris over the North Pole.— Reuter
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  • 18 7 THE United Nations Security Council will meet on Sept. 24 to discuss the Kashmir question. Reuter
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  • 143 7 STUTTGART, Sept. 4 (Reuter) The Soviet Union is testing a new inter-continen-tal missile which could fly from Leningrad in Russia to New York in 89 minutes, according to a book by a leading German rocket expert which is to be published
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  • 158 7 KENDAL, Jamaica, Sent 4 (UP). A survivor of one of the worst railroad wrecks in history said yesterday that a defective wheel slipped off the speeding train just before it crashed. The accident occurred onehali miie from Kendal on P^wrfav ni?ht as an excursion
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  • 339 9 Weakness In Rubber, Tin Prices Noted FHE Financial Times, only one small fin the bdgfit sky Malayan independ- points in a recent viu i to the fact that is at present a s.s in the prices .md rubber. k for tin in few months, r considers, is ing, as the
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  • 135 9 IxiM,m>KF. rubber prices dropped 1| cents to 86 for International first grade .September m uncertain market yesterday. L-pcoumry selling was largely responsible for the drop in prica yesterday. Prices opened at about the previous night's close but eased in the morning on
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  • 102 9 most important :r/ cna E d II it n :n that by an Adef for a Scott f Speed R tars b tial prerequ I fe this ordei J rt-tenn de- the i|_ [erection on site a hortly be ntiUUßi end of 1956 at ■< I '.aide :npletely
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  • 54 9 who like to t their office from Ume to th( moT- :..ive i| the E.F. ■KBerm.in Co.. Cleveland, Metals a ra bellerc able in- i take full r' aluminium as a Is comp lum. in be easily I r- 1 installed iti D without or any
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  • 99 9 OXE < i a new range of diesel "p a kage" power sets for oilfields, where deep drilling operations are calling for greater power than has previously been used, was dised It the recent Engineer- E, Marine, Welding and N 'ear Energy Exhibition in T
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  • 52 9 AIR India International has increased their present twiceweeklv service on their India/ East Africa route to three weekly Constellation flights from Sept. 1. The services will leave Bombay for Nairobi on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. In the return direction, the services will leave Nairobi on Mondays/ Wednesdays
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  • 112 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro. duce Exchange Boon dosing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Aug. Sept. $25i buyers, $26$ sellers; coconut oil in bulk $41 J sellers, in drums $45£ sellers. Muntok white pepper $114 sellers, Sarawak white $113 sellers, special Sarawak black $74. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO.
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  • 145 9 'OFF- THE PEG' FIT WOMEN from all walks of\ 2i/e, drairn /rom. all parts of the U.K.. who volunteered to be "guinea pigs" for teams of investigators in 1951, have supplied vital statistics which will now help to bring about a dream dear to millions of women: off-the-peg garments which
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  • 43 9 A PUMPING station, one of the biggest of its type in Europe, was opened at Hull (Yorkshire) recently. Costing £1 million to build and equip. the station is part of the city's £4,500,000 drainage scheme covering an area of 3,970 acres.
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  • 162 9 Barter Trade With R.I. Re-opens CHIEF of the economic section of the Indonesian Consulate-General in Singapore, Mr. Baron Sutadisastra, has announced that applicatons from Colony merchants wishing to trade with Indonesia on a barter basis would now be considered. Malaya's trade with the barter areas of Indonesia was worth about
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  • 169 9 THE first British built (only one component comes from abroad) version of a new engine to provide power for industrial and marine uses has completed its first running tests at a factory in Lancashire. It is the free piston gasifyer which generates gas under pressure for
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  • 100 9 THE use now being made of radioisotopes by scientists in the study of hair and wool growth on sheep was described recently by Dr. M.L. Ryder, of the Wool Industries Research Association. Leeds, when addressing the British Association of Dermatology. Dr. Ryder said that during recent
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    61 9 MR CHWJ Chun Ming, assistant manager of Friesland (Malaya) Ltd., sales-promoters of Dutch Baby Milk, has left by air on a two-month study tour of the factory of bis principals, the Condensfabriek "Friesland" of Leeuvvarden, Holland. In this picture he is seen shaking hands with Mr. G.J.F. Staverman,
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  • 192 9 ONE of the hundreds of exhibits at the 1957 Famborough Flying Display will demonstrate the usefulness to the aircraft industry of a 4 000-ton plate stretcher that is now being installed at a U.K. works. This new piece of equipment is important in that it
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 264 9 Building Industry In Malaya Needs More U.S. Tinplate BIGGER ALLOCATION SINGAPORE Government has agreed to increase the Dollar allocation for tinplate imports from America and other hard currency areas into the Colony, according to a spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The extent of the increase is, however,
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    • 135 9 Aircraft For Farm Work A NEW aircraft described as one of the first In the world designed especially for top-dressing the fertilizing of pasture land from the air and other agricultural work, will make its first public appearance at the annual air display at Farnborough, England. It is the Auster
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    • 79 9 THE U.S. supplied India with 190,000 long tons of rice in the yefar ending last June, or more than 32% of all rice imported to India, the US. Department of Agriculture reported in Washington. Rice imports into India totalled 850,000 long tons, which is only 3.5
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    • 78 9 GENERAL imports into the United States dropped from U551,104,100,000 in May to U*****,600,000 in June, the Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. Every geographical area shared in the decline. Imports from Latin America over the month dropped from 312 to 272 million dollars, Western Europe from 262J
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  • 206 9 MALAYAN industrials were easier on the local market yesterday, while tins and rubbers were irregular. Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday reported the following price changes: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 62/- 64/G'town Disp. 290 3.00 M. Breweries 3.85 3.95 M. Colls 1.02 1.05 MeAlister 1.98 2.03 O.T.E.C.
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  • 193 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Gammons $2.50; Hammers $2.45, $2.475; Hume prefs A 24/4*; Breweries $3.90 overnight and yesterday; Cements $1.75; Collieries $1.03- McAlister $2. $2.02*; OTEC"73/- arrival; Cold Storage $1.10 overnight and yesterday; Straits Steamships $17.50; Straits Traders $2.42* to $2.45; Straits Times $4.07*.
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  • 48 9 A METALWARE factory at Apeldoorn (the Netherlands), which has for some years past been manufacturing electric camping lamps having two I£volt torch batteries as their source of current, has now produced a new electric camping lamp that can also be used as a universal emergency light.
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  • 31 9 GERMAN shipbuilders had 326 sea-going vessels, totalling 1,526,843 gross tons under construction at the end of June. Of these, 147 (975,366 gross tons) had been ordered by foreign firms.
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  • 25 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks' Association selling rates (T.T./ 0.D.): Belgian francs 1615, Holland gldrs 123 3/8, Italian lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 163 9 'Jubilee' Hillmans Announced NEW versions of the popular Hillman Minx car were announced recently by the Rootes Group of motor manufacturers. These new models the "Jubilee" Hillnnans mark the fiftieth anniversary of the building of the first Hillman car and the twentyfifth anniversary of the introduction on the light car
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  • 50 9 NEW steels currently being developed for aircraft and guided missiles are highlighted by one of Britain's largest steel groups at the Farnborough Flying Display. They will include an entirely new high tensile weldable ferritic stainless steel which is expected to have important applications in aircraft structures.
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  • 23 9 GIANT silencers capable of muffling the roar of a jet engine have been developed by a famous British aero-engine firm.
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    • 671 9 NOTICES TENDERS FOR JOHORE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS. TENDERS ARE INVITED for ihe supply MEDIUM GRADE SIAMESE RICE AND SUGAR to all Government Hospitals in Johore for period Ist October to 31s:, December, 1957. Each tender must be accompanied with a Treasury Rece.pt of $100/- In resr>ect of rice and $50/- in
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    • 120 9 OUTER ROADS Boreville, Baud, Borneo, Tasuharu Maru. President Monroe, Cellina, Smgkep. Glory, Daviken, Inchislay, Lawandra, Synia. Hoi Wong, Japara, Garoet, Flying Eagle Santa Dolores, Hong Kong Trader, Libertad. INNER ROADS Mm Huang. Lonsindhu, Tg Pinang, Hua Heng, Celia, Perils, Langsa, Pangkor, Hin Cheong, Sri Baram. Pailowa, Katong, Marudu. Phuang Ngern,
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      971 10 Michael Davie reports from London Have Come To The End Of The Line 'pWO of Britain's national institutions are in trouble one is the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the other is what is known as our National Humorous Weekly PUNCH. If anyone had predicted three years ago
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  • Lette FROM INDIA
    • 1081 10 FALL OF THE RUPEE ''TWO alarming trends are noticeable In the Indian economic set-up the continuing fall in the external value of the rupee with the concomitant spurt in imports, and a gradual drop in India's sterling balances. The Central Government have already foreseen that our sterling reserves would fall
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  • 280 10 Rawle Knox reports on jD ANGKOK has produced another variation of its customary coup d'etat. Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat has resigned as Minister of Defence, but lias retained his command of the Thai Army. He has been followed out of office bu four Cabinet Ministers who support
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  • 457 10 From Philip Deane In Washington: ]\,TY children's doctor is an emigre from the Balkans, and come- -very i ?J often to talk nostalgically about Europe, then about politics When he thanks me profusely for acting as a partner in this political discussion these talks, he says, because they
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  • 315 11  -  STEVE SNIDER By rQgEST HILLS, New York, Sept. 4 (UP) ■w of Berkeley, California upset victor over Stale Fraser yesterday, led ttie field into finals of the .U.S. tennis championships defeating Don Thompson of Ft. Dix, New I 6-4. urmj lieutenant "pulled rank" on
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  • 27 11 5 Miles Short Of Success Northern >— Arr.-Ti- is here was hi hen she c Scott v i a conqi. between i I i but 30 for the
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  • 53 11 LONDON. Sept. 4 (AP).— Peter Waterman. British welterweight champion, last night knocked out Ernest Zetzmann of Germany in the 6th round of their scheduled 10-round match. It was the first time a German professional boxer had boxed in a London ring since the end of World
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    70 11 Hitting below the belt? No! It's only a demonstration by Hongkong's Tai Kek Koon (Koon Tow) expert, Mr. W. K. Cheng, to show stomach control. The gentleman you see in this standardpic delivering the "low" blow is Mr. Frank Lamb, of Qantas/BOAC. The demonstration was given at a
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  • 56 11 A STRONG second-half rally enabled Wearne Brothers' to qualify for the final round in the Singapore Business Houses Football Association league and cup championships when they edged Wearne Brother's 'A' 2-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The winners scored through Sammy and Sharif, while Md. Ali netted
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  • 91 11 There will be eight races on the first and third days, and seven on the second day. First Day: Cl. I— Div. 1. 3 and 4— Gf: Div. 2— 6f and 9f Cl. 3— Div. 1 and 2— 7f. Second Day: Cl. I— Div. 1. 2. 3 and
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  • 557 11 FIJIAN SEMA LOOKS SET FOR A SPRINT DOUBLE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Shortly after Tunku Abdul Rahman declares the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic championships open athletes from the various participating countries will be called to their marks for the start of the three-day meet at the Merdeka stadium. Faster, higher,
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  • 721 11 29 CRACK ENTRIES FOR $20,000 SULTAN'S COLD VASE RACE IPOH, Wed.— A total of 147 entries— 76 in Class 1 and 71 in Class 3 has been received for the Perak Turf Club's Sultan's Gold Vase meeting on Sept. 14, 18 and 21. Of this total, 29 horses have entered
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    • 190 11 H 1 Abner By Al Capp V !ia*l*'S,/,«,V^rt9^j-v?'r HE'S CONCEALED I I BUT, THAT'S VEJW 1 I WILL GLADLY RESIGN P C-tXHOrTAK/HG W« /DHL LWVWW IT CLEVERLY, EXPesISIVE// r—> J FROM THE FORCE. -\J A/4W R/S^.f— r HASN T GOT IJ LI STXN.'/- CAN'T SOM.EWH ERE !f v. l 1
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    • 325 11 E^bhLl%l m m mi A iat TODAY S QUOTATION: < '•rraise the sea. but S keep on land."— George Herbert. i THURSDAY FOR EVERY- i ONE: Those who are tactful. 2 1 methodical, will accomplish the most today. Use these qualities in your favour 2 when you can and steer
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  • 134 12 WOMEN'S DOUBLES: Lam Kit Lin and Tan Gaik Bee (Pg beat Puan Sudin Roffayah (Malacca) 15-3, 15-3. The Finals MEN'S SINGLES: Eddy Choong (Pr> beat T. N. Seth (India) 15-3 15-6. WOMEN'S SINGLES Yung Wen r Chin* (Indon) beat Tan Gaik Bee (Psr) 11-9. 9-12. 11-4 MEN'S DOUBLES: On*
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  • 461 12 POH LIM TEIK HOCK THRILL THE DUKE, PRINCE AND YIPS Or.g Poh Lim and Ooi Teik Hock, the heroes who brought Thomas Cup fame for Malaya, beat Selangor's Lai Fook Ying and Abdullah Piruz 15-6, 15-8 in the Ail-Malayan doubles final. The match, as anticipated, was extremely fast, and the
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  • 472 12 IJIPOIIU7 Masterful Malaya FEDERATION OF MALAYA trounced Singapore by five goals to nil in the Merdeka Hockey international at the Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Singapore. earlier defeated by Selangor 2-1, failed to rriake any headway after bolding the Fecicr.it ion 1-0 at
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  • 355 12 Newcomers Receive A Beating THE Singapore Cricket Club's home-and-home rugby match between the NEWCOMERS and the REST played yesterday was a drab ailair. The Rest, overwhelmingly' superior in all departments of the game, ran out winners by 38 points to three. The Rest, with such reliable •old hands* on duty
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  • 38 12 KUANTAN, Wed.— Five records were broken at the Kuantan District annual athletic association meet here toe ay. School girl Boon Kok Peng won the Victric Ludorum while S. Sathasivam took top honours in the men's section.
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  • 46 12 MALAYAN Hockey Association 'B' gave a splendid display against Malayan Hockey Association 'A' to win 3-2 at the Merdeka Stadium yesterday. Ismail, Darshan Lai and Klassen scored' for the winners while Devandran and Tommy Lawrence netted for MHA 4 A\
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  • 79 12 Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua, a dominant force in Malayan women's tennis for several years, won the Selangor women's singles title for the seventh time when she beat Mrs. Suzanne Ault, the holder 6-2, 9-7 in the international tennis tourney at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. She was the champion in 1955,
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  • 852 12  -  ALEX SOARS soccer j Forceful Malaya 1 Malayans Miss Victory Hongkong 3 Malaya 3 by TALK about the luck of the Irish, but Hongkong in red, without a vestige of green, had all the luck they needed to hold Malaya to a 3—3 draw in
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  • 481 12  - EDDY'S SETH, MATCH TITLE PETER KUM I Ifte 'King and Queen' of the Merdefia Badminton By < EDDY CHOONG, official Malayan and unofficial champion of the world, won himself the Merdeka singles title in 23 minutes ousting India's Trilok Nath Seth 15-3 15-6 in the final played at the Selangor
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  • 110 12 They Left The Woman Behind ALOR STAR, Wed. A 25--mile bicycle road race from Alor Star to Jitra and back was held today in connection with the Merdeka celebrations. Eighteen took part, including a 20-year-old woman cyclist. Ranoo. However, only seven completed the course. Ranoo was not at the finish.
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  • 301 12 A Gladys Tennis 'Double'... AVENGES A Defeat And TAKES The M- Title The champion won the first set rather easily in 14 minutes. Mrs. Auit. however, recovered in the second set to take a lead of 4-2, but then began to make errors, and Mrs. Loke-Chua levelled 4-all. Mrs. Loke-Chua
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  • 237 12  -  PETER KIM ...Say SBA Officials On That Cecilia 'Give Up By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The Sflaruot Association is to meet shortly to consider t) over" given by Mrs. Cecilia Samuel, and the mid-week through a match, by Abdullah IV Merdeka Invitation Badminton Championships It is
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  • 55 12 BASKETBALL SINGAPORE, continuing (o show its power in the Merdeka basketball tourney, beat Hongrkonq: Kowloon 93--72 at the Chinwoo stadium Kuala Lumpur, last niffht. Singapore, with ten points from five niatches, arc nvouthe tourney. Colony cagers led 47-25 at the interval. In another match, Indonesia beat Thailand 72-53.
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  • 18 12 Sir r c!i when Hon [kong Chinese Ew Singapore and I*«£i I h tonight "0 m J
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    • 64 12 \flef4^ a Today's Events ATHLETICS: Merdcka Stadium 2.30 p.m. TENNIS: Selangor Club 4 p.m. BASKET BALL: At Chinwou Stadium: Malaya vs Hongkong 7 p.m.; Kowloon vs Thailand 8.15 p.m.; Taiwan vs Singapore 9.30 p.m. SOCCER: Merdeka Stadium: Indonesia vs Vietnam 7 p.m.: Thailand vs Burma 8.30; Cambodia vs Singapore 10
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