Singapore Standard, 19 September 1957

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  • 490 1 External Defence End Mutual Assistance Treaty I SHOULD THE COUNTRY OR ANY BRITISH DEPENDENCY \BE ATTACKED. MALAYA WILL FIGHT.... A Promise Of hill Support In Fight Against Red Terrorists I'ALA LUMPUR, Wed. Britain will give the < I Malaya full support in her fight against
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  • 68 1 S 18. in if the of "clean" n John Foster DulS retary of State. inge in the pre- r.d strata States "del r n U.S. policy ay. State ba Stales' greal cai I the Soviet c. Th ributed to the secur world. 1 he added, "the
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  • 14 1 13 Soviet ex- tn Damascus finalise details lonomic aid to it r.
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  • 128 1 PILOT FIGHTS OFF MID-AIR ATTACK CUTCHOGUE, Lon Island, Wed. Roger Louceaux, a charter pilot, fought desperately lor ten minutes with his lone passenger in the air here before managing to bring his small plane down safely on a golf course. The passenger Arthur I. Miller, an advertising salesman, then fled
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  • 67 1 ADEN, Sept. 18, (Renter).— An official communique issued here today said that Yemeni forces yesterday opened fire on the Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate forces returned the fire in two clashes on the frontier. The communique saij the Yemenis fired across the frontier with mortars.
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  • 112 1 Tunku Conveys Malaya's Thanks To U.N. KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Tunku Abdu; Rahman, Federation Prime Minister, today thanked all member nations of the Uniteo. Nations for receiving Malaya into their ranks and to those who helped Malaya in her application for membership. "I feel that the successful maintenance of unity within
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  • 66 1 A 13- YEAR-OLD Malay boy, who went with his parents to Marine Parade, Singapore, for "Mandi Safar," was drowned yesterday. The boy was missed by his parents at 1 p.m. His body was found on the beach 11 hours later. At Ayer Germuroh, Changi, a drowning
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  • 67 1 THE Special Branch yesterday released two men detained in connection with the recent theft of guns from the Police armoury. They were a Straits Times reporter. Mohamed Noor bin Zainal Abidin and a former police corporal, Ilasen Noor bin Yatim, The Council of Ministers has
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  • 44 1 INCHE Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, Malaya's Agriculture Minister, arrived in Tokyo last night for a two-week tour of Japan. The first Malayan cabinet minister to visit Japan, he is being received as an official guest of the Japa- nese government.— AP
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  • 26 1 THE newspaper Al Akhar reported yesterday that an "Arab summit conference" between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria may be held shortly in Damascus.— Reuter
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  • 247 1 BANGKOK, Sept. 18. Thailand's constitution has been suspended and the country is being ruled by a military junta which does not recognize Pibul Songgram as premier, an Army spokesman announced today. The spokesman, acting deputy chief of staff Lieut. Gen. Surajit Charuseran. told newsmen, "We have
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  • 70 1 THE HAGUE. Sept. 18 (UP) A seven- man commission of advisers to the Dutch Minister for Overseas Affairs is working on a report which is expected to lead to the establishment of a kind of parliament in Dutch New Guinea. The commission, headed by a
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  • 212 1 WE WILL WATCH LEARN AT UN -DR. ISMAIL UNITED NATIONS. Sept. 18 (AP) Malaya's permanent delegate to the United Nations, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said last night his country's role in the U.N. teamwork "at present would be strictly to watch and learn." Interviewed shortly after his country
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  • 302 1 'We Deserve This Signal Honour' KDA LA LUMPUR, Wed Community leaders and heads of diplomatic missions here today hailed Malaya's admission as the 82nd member of the United Nations Organization. Said Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, President of the Malayan Chinese Association: "We are a
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  • 222 1 Passengers Go By Bus TANJONG MALIM, Wed.— All rail traffic between the Federal capital and Ipoh came to a standstill this morning after a 15-wagon north-bound goods train ran off the line near Kalumpang six miles to the south. Passengers on the northbound Golden Arrow"
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  • 477 1 KUALA LUMPUR, WED. MALAYA WILL SIDE WITH BRITAIN IN THE EVENT OF HOSTILITIES BREAKING OUT IN THE FAR EAST. This is contained in the proposed External Defence and Mutual Assistance Treaty between Malaya and Britain published as a White Paper
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  • 54 1 OSLO, Sept. 18 (UP) A medical bulletin from the Royal Palace today reported "serious anxiety" for ailmg King Haakon of Norway. The 85-year-old king Is the world's oldest reigning monarch. He has been ill since he fell and broke his leg in the bathroom of the
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  • 193 1 Intimates Confirm Royal Divorce CAIRO. Sept. 18 (AP) The divorce of King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Din a was confirmed yesterday by Dina's intimate friends in Cairo. The friends .said Dina's family was deeply embittered at King Hussein lor the manner in which the divorce has been handled It
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  • 33 1 CHIEFS oi Staff from North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries met in Paris yesterday under the Supreme Commander. Allied Forces in Europe, General Lauris Norstad to discuss allied forces needs. Reuter
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  • 175 2 Housing And Birthrate Are The Two Big Problems BRITAIN'S Minister of State for the Colonies, the Earl of Perth, said at a news conference yesterday that self-governing Singapore was facing two big p ruble ins. These were, firstly, the proble:r. <•:" educating the large numN children in the I -ondly
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  • 53 2 PONG, Wed. A 20--bla tout greeted the Malayan Chinese Association's Merck I C detail Party here last nk H er, the party went on Bj feerinj candle-lights. e-president, Mr. Ch?n told m re than 300 at gsi Cub Hall to unite efl rts in building a
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  • 38 2 TWO GIRLS were detained raids D Singapore broh and were sent to a Soda! Welfare Home the Welfare Department's report states. 1 was found to be in moral danger and was given protection.
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  • 109 2 MRS. SHIRLEY Burton waits with bated breath as the doctor prepares to give her an anti-polio injection with medicine's latest protection against the disease, the Salk Vaccine, at Singapore's Tengah Air Base yesterday. Mrs. Burton is the wife of Corporal Gerry
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  • 186 2 These Appointments To The Executive Service THEIR APPEALS Will HEARD BY THE pij^ SERVICES COMMISSIO SINGAPORE Government has agreed the cases of officers whose applications j O r -< to the newly created executive servi 1|)?Wj1i Hi the Standard learnt yesterday. rt ty These officers were
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  • 178 2 'Malaya Will Be Strong And Virile' Sir William DARWIN, Sept. 18 (Reuter) The Malayan people who had just achieved their independence regarded Australians with "deep affection," former Australian Governor General, Sir William McKell, said on his arrival here today. With Lady McKell, he had attended the independence celebrations, at Kuala
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  • 68 2 He Must Pay $25 A Month A HOUSEWIFE. Ng Ah Pong to.d the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterrisy ".hat she :eft her husband's house because she could not with his mother. The husband Tan Guai Hock, who appenred bef magistrate Mr. Robert Cher or a summons charge of failing to
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  • 40 2 HONGKONG. Sepi 18 Special Standard Sen i i Closing prices of the kong Exchange were: to £1 Sterling; ?".96R25 1 U.S. ?i: si a: ,-3 to Malayan c $0,127 to ere Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $261,125 to a ta
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  • 54 2 MR, CHEONG Kok Yeons and his bride after their marriage at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. Singapore, on Saturday. Mr. Cheong is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheong Chee Kan, while the bride, the former Miss Susie Lim. is the eldest daughter of Mr. and
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  • 98 2 USIS Offers Study Grants In America KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The United States Information Service announced today that applications for scholarships from graduate and under-graduate students are invited for study in America. The USIS .-aid applicants must be federal citizens and must be ueDared to commence study ;n September nex. year
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  • 21 2 THE Singapore Life Guard Corps will hold a life caving class at Mount Emily pool on Monday at 4.45 p.m.
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  • 87 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSINc; ruther. por, u,,-,i; Int O«t Bu er^ X s>. Nm RS.S No. 1 m R.S.S! X Tone: Quiet The prke O f tk LONUON No i l: s y i Uednosc first session i v Buyp rsS4 October s mfeer Deer:! Spol Oi nbfr Januat\ March April
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  • 167 3 But support your wife or go to jail, warns magistrate A SINGAPORE housewife yesterday told a Colony Court that she once found her husband in a room with a woman. The housewife. Yeo Gek Kee said this before the Sixth Magistrate, Mr. Robert Chee, to
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  • 32 3 MRS. QUEENIE CORNELIUS and her husband in a happy mood at their quarters at Beach Road yesterday. "The news is wonderful just wonderful," she told the Standard.
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  • 220 3 US$lOO,OOO Lies In Ampang Jungle, Says Surrendered Bandit KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— About 8100,000 in American gold coins belonging to the Malayan Communist Party are buried somewhere in the once terrorist-infested jungles of Ampang, six miles from here. Federation PoTrce who were! told about the hoard
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  • 360 3 Police Officer Not Guilty Of Perjury: 'No Case To Meet' JUDGE POLICE Inspector Simon Cornelius, 28, who was sentenced to three months' jail for perjury, was freed by the Singapore Appeal Court yesterday. The inspector, who was commended four times in his six-year police career, was found guilty by a
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  • 124 3 Merdeka Ceremony On Screen GLIMPSES of the historic moments at the Merdeka ceremony were shown yesterday at the Capitol Theatre prior to the screening of the main film "Curse of Frankenstein." The forty-minute "Malaya Merdeka". produced by the Malaya Film Unit, was largely B parade of personalities, the march past
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  • 42 3 THE last of the BO AC piston-engined aircraft on the Singapore London flight left yesterday with 30 passengers. A BOAC spokesman said that all services on the route would be operated by Britannia jet-prop airliners from tomorrow.
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  • 42 3 THE Singapore Coroner, Inche Ahmad Hussein, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at an inquest into the death of a trisha rider. Toh Kaw. 40. who died after being knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle in Rangoon Road on Aug. 17.
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  • 88 3 38 Held In Police Round-up A POLICE party led by Inspector Tan Chin Wooi seized several acid filled bulbs and bottles in Singapore's Chinatown on Tuesday night. Several bicycle chains fitted with handles, parangs and other weapons were also recovered. In the round-up that followed, Secret Society Sub-Branch officers arrested
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  • 71 3 A clerk. Lai Sian Yin. 24. was yesterday fined $500 in the Fouth Singapore Court for negligent driving resulting in the death of a 21-year-old dance hostess. Koo Ngoi I in. The offence was committed at the junction of Geylang Road and Lorong 31 on June
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  • 129 3 THE Serangoon Community Association will hold a talentime competition at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Saturday, Nov. 2, under the patronage of Singapore's Chief 'Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock The competition, to be held in two sections, is open to members of the public
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  • 199 3 NO. 1 TB-FIGHTER TO SEEK HELP ABROAD A WOMAN, who, singlehanded, has done more for the prevention of T.B. in Singapore than anyother person leaves the Colony on Saturday to seek international support for her work in the Colony. Mrs. Rita Alison, founder and organizer of the X-Ray Club, will
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  • 615 4 POLICE VIGILANCE AT BUS STOP CAUGHT... He gets jail and police supervision KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A "Red Rod" (the title given to the highest ranking member) of a Singapore secret society was sentenced to four months' imprisonment by Magistrate, Tuan Haji Mohamad T a i
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  • 290 4 Newsmen Get An Invitation SINGAPORE'S retiring Commissioner of Police, Mr. N. G. Morris, was yesterday entertained to a farewell luncheon by crime reporters working in Colony newspaper offices. Mr. Morris said he would be staying Tor the next ten years in Britain and "I will be annoyed
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  • 66 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The rank and file of the Federation Police have been given a really worthwhile Merdeka present. From this month, they will all receive increases to their salaries The increases will range from $6 a month in the case of constab'es to $22.50 for sergeants.
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  • 101 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Seiangor Indian Chamber of Commerce has taken the lead in implementing the Jegislation bringing shop assistants and kindred employees within the scope of the new Employment Ordinance. The motion bringing shop hands within the scope of the Ordinance was
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  • 313 4 SHOULD HE BE PAID TANGLE IPOH, Wed.— A meeting of the Perak State Council, scheduled for today, was suddenly called off this afternoon, giving rise to speculation that a constitutional crisis may be in the offing in the State. The State Council meeting, of which
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  • 130 4 Anti-Graft On Party Platform THE Singapore Labour Front ha s been urged to accept B corruption as a platform for the Legislative Assembly and City Council elections. A resolution to this effect was unanimously adopted by the Tanglin Branch of the Labour Front at its last executive committee meeting, the
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  • 38 4 TWO MEN. Heng Ching Kiang, and Vco Ah Chwee were yesterday charged in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court with being in possession of 225 pounds of dutiable cigarette? at Tampenis Road. Bail of $5000 was allowed.
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  • 25 4 ABOUT 300 villagers at Parit Keiiling near Malacca will receive pioe water supplies in November when the $9,000 water scheme is completed.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 564 4 <Standard eMlmanac Information at a Glance Ak mien) 2.30 p.m. New Cheong Sum casts. 1.15 p.m. Lunchtime Con- music, presented with records by JlN£ADftDf? sewing class 5.15 p.m. cert. 1.30 Time Signal and News. Peter King 630 The News and v^rwn« 03 H Liberal-Socialist Party: Central 145-2 p.m. Ladies Only.
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  • 345 5 Court Hears Of Police Trap In Forged Lottery Tickets Case Witness Tells Of 'Deal' In A Hotel Room PENANG, Wed. As soon as a Detective-Sergeant had "bought" 3,200 allegedly forged Social Welfare Lottery tickets for $1,020 from an odd-job worker, he shouted out "beer."
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  • 97 5 Warm Welcome For The Tunku x v IKKNCiGANII, I h»- Prime Minist \bdul Kaliman, v arm welcome t i r»-n^sunu this hen he arrived Mm official i>it to t r Merdtka. i Bfttta Air- by a L and sar, the f and other 1 :ials and V In an open
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  • 12 5 LI J n bin n transferred nt and promoted
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  • 49 5 A COMMUNIST terrorist surrendered to a Javanese on Hornam Estate in the Gelang Pat ah area of Johore yesterday He has been identified as Lim Chin Guan. a 25-year-old Hokk'.en who went into the jungle last month. A shot gun and some ammunition were rered.
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  • 61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Malayan Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its first national convention at the British Council HaU, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday The two-day conference, to be attended by more than 60 delegates from lour chapters, will also discuss resolutions to be
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  • 114 5 INTERNATIONAL House, attached to the University of Melbourne, is now in its first year of operation and Ls becoming a centre for student activities of an international character In August the students held their first presentation of drama, music and dance from various countries. As the
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  • 284 5 Bl KIT MERTAJAM, take the initiative— said \\ed _\Vnat Malaya needs the Governor of Penang, most today are ieaders— Raja Sir Ida, on his first men and women who will official visit here today. R:ija Sir Uda. who was accompanied by Lady
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  • 71 5 "HARI Safar"— a day of evil was observed by Singapore Malays and Muslims, who drank a cup of "protective" water and took a "purification bath" early yesterday morning. Later in the day, thousands thronged the sea-side and beaches for a picnic and recreation Popular resorts, like Katong Park and
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  • 36 5 Throng The Beaches To Celebrate Hari Safar old-fashioned "baju kurong." Some girls were seen in slacks and loose shirts. From Changi to Pasir Panjang. the beaches and public parks presented a gay spectacle of varicoloured dresses.
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  • 175 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federation's Government Temporary Officers' Union is to demand permanent positions for its 5,000 members without reduction of their present salaries. This was disclosed today by Mr. D P. Xavier. secretary of the committee preparing the case of the temporaries to
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  • 154 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Johore Sta:e UMNO and MCA youth leaders today discussed the possibility of a compulsory national service in the Federation. UMNO youth leader, Tuan Sheikh Anuar, told the Standard the meeting today was "exploratory" and the subject would be discussed more fully in later meetings.
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  • 85 5 NEW officials of Qantas Empire Airways Local Employees Union elected at its 10th annual general meeting held recently are Mr. Bok Sye Foo, presidentMr. Jimmy Lee and Inche Sulaiman bin Haji Sidek. vicepresidents; Inche Mohamed Yuni bin Awi, hon. general secretary; Mr. Sect Leong Seng, hon. treasurer;
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  • 141 5 TEMERLOH. Wed. A young rubber tapper, surprised by a "ghost" in broad daylight in his bedroom, went to seek refuge in a maiden's boudoir, the Magis t rate's Court was told today. The girl. 20-year-old 800 Hoo, was testifying against Siah Mok Liang, also
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    • 530 6 T^HE text of the White Paper on the proposed external defence and mutual assistance agreement between Britain and the Federation is published today. This vitally important document will be debated in the Legislative Council a fortnight hence when the Federation Government seeks approval of the pact. Although
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    • 369 6 HPHE Sultan of Johore Celebrated his 84th birthday in a happy and reminiscent mood. He harked back to the old days when his state was poor and undeveloped, and attributed its economic progress to the influx of non-Malays who arrived to improve and bring prosperity to the
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  • 218 6  -  John Davy OBSERVER Scientific Correspondent reports from London— AN announcement that a controlled thermonuclear reaction has been achieved in the laboratory seems likely to come from Harwell very shortly. It is known that a large machine, called Zeta. designed to do this, is ceing "run up" at
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  • 553 6 SOME unusual experiments are being carrifd out at a large power station in Poole Harbour in the south of England, where a team of scientists and engineers, led by Professor John Raymont. Professor of Zoology at Southampton University, is trying to speed up the growth of plankton
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  • 593 6  -  ASTER GUNASEKERA By POLITICAL parties in the Federation are actively engaged in joining forces to fight the Alliance. Recently, the Labour Party of Malaya and the Party Raayat merged into a National Socialist Front. A second united party is expected to be launched shortly.
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  • 601 6  - Is the British Trades Union Movement pushing the Labour Party farther to the Left? KENNETH HARRIS -asks LONDON. JS the British trades union movement, which is generally regarded as a conservative force in the Labour Movement, now becoming a radical influence trying to push the Labour Party farther to the
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  • 428 6 A FURTHER relaxation in the political atmosphere of Cyprus is bound to flou from ttvJ v a mandatory death penalty for discharging firearms or throwing a bomb, from th, whereby the carrying of arms ceases to be punishable by execution, and more rfriM,^? the reprieve of
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  • 73 6 "T ONDOS en astonish- ing place for birc. c Within 20 miles 0/ St. Paul's Cathedral no fewer than 245 species hare been seen during the present Dfntsry* a^d 130 species /?a? r !>een pt'Owed fo taec netted ?'.< t < great circle is parfet, n??d
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  • 1592 7 Malaya scores its biggest triumph since independence UNITED NATIONS, New York, Sept. 1 8 Representatives of more than 20 nations including the Soviet Union today welcomed independent Malaya into the United Nations. After Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand, the newly-elected president, raised Malaya's admission
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  • 386 7 'JHERE was a touch of drama at the opening of the 12th U.N. Assembly last night when a threatened split over the presidency was averted at the last moment. Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand was chosen President after Dr. Charles
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  • 256 7 fl/awful detention, slander alleged 18 (RcuC :T-v Bing, Ghana's Attorneynraa today served OL'half of lan Coivin, a Lo- ci.ii:nin£j damalleged unlawful •BQ slander. ilso seeki an inrt tr.un Mr. Bixig "abuslnx the processes le cour i rlti im Sled fe y ?> Saturday :he Prim
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  • 28 7 THE United States Air Force announced today it will fire a four-stage rocket from a balloon-supported platform 100.000 feet above the earth later this month.— Reuter.
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  • 342 7 An articulate literate man PROFILE OF SIR LESLIE MUNRO NEW YORK, Sept. 18, (Reuter).— Sir Leslie Munro, the New Zealand Ambassador, who was elected President of the Twelfth United Nations General Assembly today, is a 56-year old former newspaper editor and university law faculty dean.
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  • 119 7 JERUSALEM, Israel, Sept. 18 <UP> A shell from the 1938 Arab-Israeli war exploded in a field today, killing 14 school children and injuring three others. The accident occurred when a large group of Arab children, ranging in age from 9 to 13. were crossing
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  • 291 9 tU |i |»S output of columbite this year is likely line for the first time since 1950 when the v rii%t began mining this strategic material. Figures for the first seven years of production since 1950 showcri a progressive increase from eight
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  • 71 9 FGFDG IL output of j ;> is now runI tat rate ever H m i in history of X f orders has Hjjv inrrf > J .a-, prob of consumer eoodi M ;:•> industry ■L >r<- i> ijnotl E, 'id output trk. X vould
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  • 6 9 PRODUCE PRICES B§ &113 sellers, m-■
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  • 194 9 Price Rises lVsc. EVENTS in Thailand and unconfirmed reports of Russian buying in the overseas markets contributed to the sharp rise in Singapore rubber prices which closed 1| cents above Tuesday, International first grade rubber for October shipment being quoted 86 cents
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  • 234 9 Nuclear Submarines As Oil Tankers SUBMARINES propelled by nuclear power with a displacement of up to 000 tons may become oil tankers of the fu- if tests now beinrr carried out in the U.K. are successful. Th: was made known in an article in the quarterly rr.aga- due "I'^pulse" by
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  • 53 9 CUTBACKS in newsprint production are now taking place both at Canadian and U.S. mills. In Canada, a cutback announced by Consolidated Paper Corporation has been followed by Canadian International Paper and in the U.S., by St. Croix Paper. The reductions in each case are estimated at about
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  • 44 9 IMPERIAL Chemical Industries announce that plans are well advanced to increase the potential output of terylene fibre by 20 millions lbs yearly. Plans involve the building of an entirely new plant at Wilton-on-Tees at an estimated cost of £20 million
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  • 196 9 AUST. HEAVY EQUIPMENT MAY COME TO MALAYA AUSTRALIA is seeking a market in Malaya for the products of her heavy industry. These include mining plant, dredging, earth-moving and construe.ion equipment, light railway rolling stock, electric motors and electrical gear. An officer of the Australian Department of Trade will visit Malaya
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  • 321 9 A NEW technique that removes the hazard of fuel fires in civil and military aircraft, from take-off to touch-down, is shortly to be flight tested in a spe-cially-modified Canberra jet-bomber. The system works on the principle that If there is a sufficient proportion of nitrogen gas
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  • 176 9 Rubberized Cotton Life-Raft THE prototype of a new rubberized cotton life raft which, within 30 seconds of being dropped from the deck of a ship, is fully inflated and ready provisioned for 20 survivors, was demonstrated at Liverpool to British Admiralty officers, Master Mariners, Marine Superintendents and' British Ministry of
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  • 211 9 S'pore Deep Sea Fishing Plan Stepped Up PILOT PROJECTS PROVE SUCCESSFUL SINGAPORE Government's plon to develop deep sea fishing industry is now in full swing, a spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, told the Standard yesterday. The spokesman said joint experimental Singapore/ Japanese fishing projects, which started some
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  • 447 9 Sky Service That Began As A Stunt THE development of the technique of refuelling aircraft while still in flight has made possible a tremendous increase in their range. This -picture shows three Meteor jet fighters of Britain's Royal Air Force refuelling simultaneously by the probe and drogue method developed and
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  • 241 9 KENYA'S Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Arthur Hope Jones expressed confidence in the Colony's future in an introduction to a review of its business and industry just published. He said: "I am certain that those who continue to place their confidence in the future
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  • 136 9 Industrials And Rubbers Are Easier INDUSTRIALS and rubbers were easier on the local market, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday. Tins were irregular. Price changes announced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B B. Petrol 54/- 56/Fed. Dispensary 2.05 2.15 Gammon 2.48 2.53 M. Colls 1.05 1.10 McAlister
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  • 172 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Fed Disp $2.10; Gammons $2.51 J. $2.50: Hammers $2.37Jxd; H. Waugh 51.87J: Hjme prefs A23/3J overnight: Breweries $3.85: Cements $1.74: Collieries $1.08; McAlister $1.825: Sime Darby $2 odd lot; Cold Storage $1.10, Sl.OSxci; Straits Steamships $17.50; Straits Traders $2.37J
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  • 25 9 A DOMINANT feature at this year's Radio Show held recently at Earls Court, London, has been the industry's drive for overseas markets.
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  • 245 9 Increase In Usage Of Wool TOTAL consumption of raw wool in the free world during 1956 is estimated to have been an all-time record and about 7£ per cent greater than in the previous year, stated Mr. D. Hamilton-Russell in a statistical report to the conference on the wool textile
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    • 366 9 LOURDES PILGRIMAGE 1958 k Sid i" Jusi^e Tour commencing wifh departure from fe:pore by m.%. "WSLLEM RUYS" on 2nd May end k-:»(p(9 wfh return by m j. "ORANJE" on 15th July, lustrated Brochure with full particular! available on f, on. iding pilgrims are advised to make deposits early j ;-^jre
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    • 260 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying, T.T. 21-5/16 O.D. 31-7/16. 90 day? airmail" 31-13/16, credit bills, 311 trade bills. Selling rates T.T. or O.D. ready were: French Francs *****: Belgian Francs 1615, Holland Gldrs 123; Italian Lire *****. NOTICES
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    • 114 9 HFffEOiiiyS OUTER ROADS BOREVEILLE, Camphuys. Minjak, Greenhill, Tabian, Mvi Ann, Fossarus, Frankfurt, Meiko Mani, Prospector, Teucer Sambas, Awa Maru, Inchwella, Sangola, Laura Maertk. INNER ROADS Seilli, Lucky Trader, Aik Leong, Sg. Bila, Kirn Lam Ann, Bnias, Knlimanatan, Van Den Brock, Rajah Brooke, Hong Eng Flying Lark, Sirusa, Tong Seang, Ilin
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  • 4614 10 BASES AND FACILITIES FOR BRITAIN IN CASE OF ATTACK IT^r DEFENCE AND ASSISTANCE TREATY THE Government of the L 7 ni:ed Kingdom undertake to afford to the Government of the Federation of Malaya such assistance as the Government of the Federation of Malaya may require for the external defence of
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  • 966 10 C' WEALTH FORCES ON CA FOR THE JUNGLE WAR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA. At the Malayan Constitutional Conference held in London Her Majesty's Government undertook, if requested by the Government of the Federation of Malaya, to continue after
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    • 107 10 The world famous family of TIGER medicinal products GHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache Stomachache Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL The day Big Dan raught his f^ sow tvith an Indian squatr Halt-day nam« S3 I was
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  • 356 11 To Cut Out 'Under The Counter 9 Methods LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter).— A new deal for footballers which would mean increased wages, a share of transfer fees and bigger signing on fees, was suggested by the Football League Management Committee at a
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  • 195 11 POMPEY AND TURPIN TO FIGHT IT OUT LONDON, Sept. 18 (AP) Yolande Pompey of Trinidad and Randy Turpin of Britain on Tuesday night qualified for a fight billed by promoter Jack Solomons as "an eliminator for the world light heavyweight title." Solomons said he planned to match Pompey and Turpin
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  • 39 11 U.K. SOCCER RESULTS LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter) Results in tonight's English football matches were: LEAGUE II Grimsby T. 1, Bristol City 1. LEAGUE 111 (Southern) Watford 1. Torcuav U. 0. LEAGUE 111 (Northern) Oldham A. 4, Hartlepools U. 0.
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    • 279 11 TENDER NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. FEDERATION OF MALAYA. "TENDERS are Invited for A the construction of: "EIGHTY-FIVE JUNIOR OFFICERS QUARTERS AT TANJONG KUNG, MALACCA" C.E.B. registered Class A contractors to apply to the Architect, Central Electricity Board. P.O. Box 1006, Kuala Lumpur with' a deposit of $100/- for Drawings, Specification
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    • 250 11 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPART- MENT: (a) Supply of British Made Pneumatic Tyres ann Tubes during the year 1958. Tender Deposit $100/-. Close 12 NOON 10/10/57; (b) Bupply of Motor Lorries on Hire for the Transport of Labourers, Materials, Earth etc. during the year 1958. Tender Deposit
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    • 226 11 THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.MS CAP. 137) IPOH TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE. |\OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN xl that it is proposed undei Section 144 of the Town Beards Enactment to amend the Ipob Approved Town Plan No. B;< (G. N. No 2840/31 by altering the zoning of part of Lot Nos.
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    • 674 11 GOVT. OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA SCHOLARSHIPS, 1958 A NUMBER of awards for courses of study leading to qualifications required for appointment to various branches of the public service viz: Department of Agriculture, Civil Service, Drainage and Irrigation, Education, Fisheries. Forestry, Geological Survey, Machinery, Marine Survey, Mines. Public Works, Survey
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    • 237 11 NOTICES PETALING JAVA AUTHORITY are invited for the X purchase of 99 year lease shophouse lots in Petaling Jaya on Jalan Gasing close to its junction with the New Petaling Jaya Kuala Lumpur Main Road. Tenders will be for blocks of 2, 3 or 5 lots and must be accompanied
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    • 604 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANT A IMPLICATIONS invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as M a rketi Of Officer in the Trade Division, Miiiistry of Commerce and Industry. The appointme- s thp permanent estab Ishment and is on the salary scale ?592x 34- 934/ efficiency bar, 982 >: 34--1.254. Cost of
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    • 178 11 Abner fiy A/ Copp MiiS *\^6BlSS^v?*7 f-X£ GSri? jv-*/£- 3I I r-3C/-r >W4S GOr j i r--- >-'S >A &.-G-T/ME- MO&SFLO'FOOOM _J I T/CXWAH/AY M W/S I MO/D£Jt H/Af, AMP GST /TOUT >._ ...DTHEG:RLWHO t_l, ___J>\^ 1— J :^r //-^f A/NT GOT THAT K*a> r^_ >y Oop By V- 7*
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  • 215 12  - SELSKAR CITY UPSETS TO PAY $80 WINDSOR LAD By CELSKAR CITY, an Irish-bred 4-year-old, showed a return to his best form when he made practically all of the running to score an upset over 6 furlongs at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the Perak Turf Club Sultan's Gold Vase Meeting.
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  • 258 12 Ipoh— 2nd Day, Wed., Sept. 18, 1957. Going— Yielding Race Horae Dividend Distances Fire Risk (4) 8.08 1 m m. 6 3/5 sees. Donnelly $16/6 H Lgths. Rare 1- 5* Furs Str Palio < 5 > 809 Baxter $16/- 1J Lgths. ?7 f »lv 4 Brilliant
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  • 1662 12 RACE ONE Cl. 1. l>»v. 4 s] furs str. p25-?92 FIRE RISK 8.06 i 4 > Donnelly 1 Mr YL. lee b 444^-195 PALIO 8.09 (5) Baxter .2 E*t of late Mr. M. van B kelen s 242-115 BRILLIANT LIGHT 810 1 3 Barratt 3
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  • 62 12 TOTAL POOL 5201.300 Fi^t *****6 ($55,390) Second: *****5 ($27,695) Third: *****1 and *****9 (Deadheat) sharing $13,847. Starters (52.308 each): Nos. *****1. *****9, *****5, *****4, *****3. Consolations (Sl.OOO each): Nos. *****6. *****1, *****7, *****7, *****0, *****7, *****8, *****4, *****9. *****1. Treble Tote: One ticket (5847). Quintuple Tote: No winning
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  • 597 12 PENANG, Wed.— A total vi 143 Class Four and Class Five horses have been entered for the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting on Sept. 28, Oct. 2 and 5. Following are the entries:— HORSES CLASS 4 M Run 2nd Kan gf.
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  • 84 12 THERE will be only seven rates on each day. Following is tbe schedule of racing: First Day: Class 4 Divs. 1, 2 and 3 5£ furs and 7 furs. Class 5 Div. I—7 furs. Second Day: Class 4 Divs. 2, 3 and 4 6 furs Calss 5 Div.
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  • 26 12 DETROIT. Sept. 18 (AP> Canada's Dale Ziegler pitched a seven-inning one-hitter and eliminated the United States 8-0 from the Global world series on Tuesday night.
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  • 55 12 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "A" were too good for the University fifteen. They trounced the Varsity by 22 points (two goals, two tries and two penalties) to nil in their rugger match on the padang yesterday. SCC scorers were Hutchinson two tries, Richardson and Jones, a goal
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  • 34 12 THE newly promoted Young Men's Sikh Association took a 5-2 beating in their first outing against Royal Naval Police in a friendly hockey match played on the Naval Base ground yesterday.
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  • 193 12 Nanyang Cup RESULTS of Nfenyang Cup basketball matches last night were: At the Happy World Stadium Formosa beat Hongkong Chinese 97-54; Singapore beat Central Malay;; 97-63; Ifedan beat Kuching 108-72. Bangkok Che L k beat South Malaya 108-89. In the women's tourney Formosa's Sun Tcrk beat
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  • 160 12 COLONY Schools will be without Ernest Frida when the boys take on the Civilian and Service Clubs in the City Day meet at Farrer Park on Sunday. In the century dash. Kesavar, Soon i s being kept out in preference to Lee Kens Fang.
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  • 65 12 MERCANTILE Bank bea' Fraser Neave by four foais to nil in the semi-final of the Singapore Business Houses Football Association League Cup soccer competition at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday Mercantile Bank will now meet Wearne Brothers 'A in the final. Bankers scored through Eddie Teng. Kassim and Quah
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  • 71 12 RUGBY: S.C.C. D$ Koyal Navy at R.N.; All Blacks vs R.E.M.E. at Ayer Rajah Road. SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Cuptie: R.A.F. Changi vs A.A.A. at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. Div. 28. Customs vs S.H.B. Police at Geylanq at 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY: Inter Schcol: S.J.I. vs A.CS. at SJI;
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  • 49 12 MEMBERS of the Hong kong Basketball Team, one of the teams participating in the 4th Annual Nanyang Cup Basketball Tournament, paid a courtesy call on Mr. Aw Cheng Chye (centre, first row), the vice-chairman of the Nanyang Cup Committee, at his Tiger Balm Office on Tuesday.
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  • 249 12 FOR the fourth year in suctt.vsion the h Force won the Singapore Inter-Sen championship, held at the Britani,u c iU b J" day. Airmen, who collected 71 have now wo:; the chamI meet was started 11 y Army were sea points while the Navy
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