Singapore Standard, 21 October 1957

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  • 32 1 Singapore Standard ANOARD »OIICI JEtt f«~ Vjtj FIRS BRIGADE GENERAL HOSHTAI »481 (5 dm) 2400 ~T f\j .Z. MM Vol. VIII. No. 11l SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 209 1 Workers' Party To Be Formed On Nov. 3 SINGAPORE'S newest political party— The Workers Party will be formed on Nov. 3. il arrangements for its formation were decided at a meeting of the Exee Committee of the Army Service Union, convenors of the party, at a meeting nt of the
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  • 55 1 IPOH; Sun. Plainclothes men of the Special Branch early this morning conducted a series of raids m the Pusing area, ten miles west of here, and detained 24 persons for suspected subversive activities. A Special Branch official here confirmed the arrests stating that about half
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  • 35 1 BRIGADIER Ahmed Atef isser, alleged leader of a ot to assassinate President Nasser and overthrow the regime, was sentenced to hard labour for life by the supreme ary court m Cairo yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 69 1 QUEEN GOES TO DINNER IN CO WN DECKED WITH JEWELS QUEEN ELIZABETH poses on a stairway m the Williamsburg Inn, Virginia, U.S.A., just before attending a dinner given by the Governor of Virginia and officials of the Jamestown Festival. Her gown is of white satin with bodice banded with embroideries
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  • 135 1 Russia Fishing In Troubled And Dangerous Waters -CASEY SAIGON, Oct. 20 (Reuter) Mr. Richard Casey, Australian Foreign Minister, today accused Russia of fishing m "troubled and very dangerous waters" m supplying arms to Syria. Mr. Casey said Russia had been broadcasting exhortations to the peoples of Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia,
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  • 28 1 A VIOLENT storm with eggsized hailstones lashed the Kurdish town of Suleimaniyah. North Iraq, last night killing 23 persons, including at least 12 children. U.P.
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  • 29 1 A BAGHDAD court sentenced three Iraquis to prison on Saturday on a charge of spreading Communist propaganda by attending the recent International Youth Festival m Moscow U.P.
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  • 32 1 MR. Richard Havens, 25, has entered his third year of unconsciousness m Mobile, Alabama. He received a brain injury on Oct. 16, 1955. m a motorcar accident. Reuter
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  • 17 1 GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek "was unanimously re-elected leader of Nationalist China's ruling Kuomintang Party yesterday.- UP
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  • 208 1 WEST LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 20 (UP)— Film star Errol Flynn and a 21-year-old woman companion last night were charged m jail on drunk charges after Flynn took an off-duty police officer's badge m fun at a party and refused to return
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  • 441 1 Intrigues Against Syria Must Stop' LONDON, Oct. 20 (Reuter) Moscow Radio warned Turkey last night that "it is largely Turkey which will be consumed m the flames of a world war if such a conflagration breaks out due to her." The radio's commentary was beamed
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  • 174 1 DETAINED POLICE OFFICER IS NAMED SINGAPORE Police last night confirmed the detention of a Special Constabulary officer under the Public Security Ordinance. He is Inspector Othman bin Abdullah of the Marine Section. The 64-year-old father of the Inspector told The Standard m a special interview that his son was taken
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  • 52 1 LONDON, Oct. 20 (Reuter) Jack Buchanan, British musical comedy star died today m a London hospital after being ill for some days with spinal arthritis. Buchanan sang and danced his way to popularity on both sides of the Atlantic and kept it for well over
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  • 30 1 KING Saud of Saudi Arabia flew home yesterday after 10 days m the Lebanon during which he had talks with President Camille Chamoun on the Middle-East crisis. Reuter
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  • 124 1 SYDNEY, Oct. 20 (Reuter) A juryman winked at a woman witness m court here and the judge ordered the case to be heard again with a new jury. Defence counsel. Mr. Noel Mclntosh. Q.C.. told the district court that his junior counsel had seen
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  • 176 1 ISRAELI FIGHTER ATTACKS JORDAN AIRLINER CAIRO, Oct. 20 —An American pilot flying for the Jordan Airlines said last night that an Israeli jet fighter attacked his plane today over Jordanian territory at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Capt .Jess Stallworth, 37, said the French-built Mystere jet made five
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  • 58 1 MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (AP).— Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin has proposed that the Big Three halt atomic and hydrogen bomb tests for a period of two years, starting next Jan. 1. The proposal was contained m a message to Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi dated Oct.
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  • 29 1 AUSTRALIA'S first nuclear reactor is expected to be operating within 12 months, Dr. C.N. Watson-Munro, the Australian Atomic Energy Commission's chief scientist, said m Sydney yesterday.— Reuter
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  • 27 1 CAIRO, Oct. 20 (Reuter) Turkey has sent a note to Egypt saying she has no intention of attacking Syria, it was officially stated here today
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  • 41 1 MR. HAROLD Macmillan, British Prime Minister. has accepted the invitation of Mr John Diefenbaker, the Canadian Prime Minister, to visit Ottawa at the end of his Washington talks, it was announced from 10, Downing Street last night. Reuter.
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  • 183 1 SINGAPORE'S Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee yesterday appealed to Chinese school teachers to co-operate fully with Government and ignore troublemakers who are out to destroy Chinese education. The Minister said this when he addressed a gathering of about 1,200 Chinese school teachers at the
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  • 428 2 Unanimous Vote For His Nominees FORMER Secretary General of the Peoples Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and his colleagues recaptured control of the party machinery at an emergency delegates conference yesterday. The meeting elected twelve members to the executive committee, including Mr. Lee
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  • 169 2 FEDERATION Minister for Education, Inche Khir Johari, told UMNO members m Singapore yesterday to have faith m their chosen leaders and do their best for the nation. The Minister, who was on his way to Saigon to attend a Colombo Plan conference, made this
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  • 192 2 FORTY-YEAR-OLD master of a British vessel Don Denton will always be grateful to a Russian captain. Reason: It was a Russian ship that went to the rescue of the 400-ton coaster. Adiyattul Rahman— in which he was serving as Chief Officer while it
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  • 27 2 THE 2,448 strong Railway Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society m Kuala Lumpur reported yesterday that its investments amounted to $2,179 444 m June this year.
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  • Article, Illustration
    70 2 MR. AND MRS. Benjamin I.L. Da Cunha rut th«ir wedding: cake after their marriage m Singapore recently. Mr. Da Cunha who is attached to Radio Malaya, Singapore, is the son of Mr. J. A. N. Da Cunha and the late Mrs D. A. Cunha. The bride, the
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  • 207 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight declared he would hand control of government only to political parties which defeated him through democratic and constitutional i means. The Tunku made this p ed^e to more than 200 UMNO members at a tea
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  • 74 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Federation's Minister for Commerce and Industry Mr. Tan Slew Sin left today for Geneva to attend the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff conference. Mr. Tan told Pressmen at the airport that, he was sure of Malaya's admission to GATT. "I do
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 284 2 Standard zJ&inxanac Information at a Glance Liberal Socialist Party: Katong Division committee political class at 12. Boscombe Road, off Tanjong Katong Road 8 p.m. ChIBCM VMCA (Prince Edward Kuad): Staff meeting 9 a.m. Bodybuilding, weightliiting and Billiards 2 to 10 p m. Basketball 7 30 p.m. Chinese 6hadow boxing classes
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    • 306 2 Corral 1. 3.30. 630 and 9.15 p.m The Finger Man 11 30 p.m. REX: Joe Butterfly 12.30. 2 30. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Shadow On The Window 1130 p.m. PAVILION: Action Of The Tiger 1 3. 6.30 and 915 p.m. COLISEUM: House Of Numbers 3. 6.30 and 9 p.m. She
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    • 277 2 KUALA KANGSAR RUBY: Somebody Up There Likes Me 2 45 and 730 p.m. GRAND: Oasis 2.30. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. SUNGEi SIPUT WOH LOK: Nah Kor Puh Toh Chin (Mandarin). A LOR STAR CATHAY: Maya Mohini (Tamil) 11*45 a.m.. 2.30. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. REX: Raw Edge 12 noon. 2.30.
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    • 276 2 Speak Malay; 635 tight M 6.54 Singapore Sh ?ort &i National A p.m. Time Signal and 7.10 News Talk- 7.15 P<> 7.30 Robert Farnon Orchestra; 8 p.m. World A 8.15 The Opposite Sex. Goon Show; y p.m. M You Like It; 9 :iu Time S and News; 9.45 Album of
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  • 431 3 -TO ACHIEVE AIM OF A MALAYAN NATION ENGLISH should continue to be used as the medium of instruction m Malayan schools for the next 20 to 25 years, said the Malayan Educator, official organ of Federation's National Union of Teachers. "The pressing
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  • 313 3 Proposal To Restore Sultanate Thrown Out THE Singapore UMNO delegates conference yesterday threw out a proposal calking for the restoration of a Malay Sultanate m this territory. The conference, attended by 59 delegates from five UMNO divisions, was held at the Arab Union premises Serangoon Road under the chairmanship of
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  • 277 3 DUNGUN, Sun. Minister for Transport, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib today expressed the hope that the state governments of the East Coast would take advantage of the Federation government's loan offer and increase their expenditure on new roads m their states. Inche
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  • 163 3 IPOH. Sun. The Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is to organize trained units of workers to assist its district and area sub-branches m the Association's Pan-Malayanwide citizenship drive. At a meeting of the political and elections sub-committee of the Perak MCA,
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  • 70 3 MISS Doreen Anne Davis, who arrived m Singapore from Britain m the troopship Oxfordshire last week was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday to Flying Officer John Richard Watts, of the Royal Air Force. Flying Officer Walts is aide-de-camp to the Air
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  • 234 3 TANJONG MALIM, Sun.— Tanjong Malim will get its first Town Council, with an elected majority, early next year. Mr. D. K. Rajakariar, an unofficial member of the present Town Board, and who is strongly favoured to be nominated by government to represent the
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  • 77 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Malaya will ask for senior technicians for the Malayan Railways and science instructors for her secondary schools from. Colombo Plan countries, said the Minister for Education, Inche Khir Johari today. The minister made this statement before leaving for Saigon today for a
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  • 50 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Sultan of Kelantan today opened the Temangan iron ore mine of the Oriental Mining Company Limited. He said that Kelantan was proud to have such a big mining concern m the State. The mine, he added, would give employment to many.
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  • 136 3 Union Chief: Respect Authority MALACCA, Sun.— Members of the Municipal Services Union here were urged to "guard, protect and cherish the independence achieved by the country", at the Union's annual meeting held on Saturday. This request was made by the Union's president, Mr. J. I. Vendargon, who appealed to the
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  • 99 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Police yesterday announced traffic arrangements during the annual Kiew Ong Yah (Nine Emperor Gods) festival at Ampang. The festival, which starts on Wednesday, will climax with a fire-walking ceremony at New Village temple on Oct. 31. Police said that all vehicles will have
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  • 316 4 PETALING JAY A, Sun. The six members of the Town Committed here who staged a walkout four days ago have asked the Mentri Besar, Inche Abdul Jamil bin Rais to hold an official enquiry into the Petaling Jaya crisis and to investigate their allegations against
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  • 113 4 Unions Urged To Help End Emergency KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Minister for Labour Mr. Ong Yoke Lin today appealed to Malayan trade unions to help end the Emergency. Mr. Ong was commenting on the National Union of Plantation Workers' offer to begin such a campaign. Mr. Ong said "plantation workers are
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  • 26 4 THE Governor of Penang, Raja Sir Uda, will open the $2,800,000 Muda River irrigation scheme at Bumbong L,in;a m Bukit Mertajam on Oct. 23.
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  • 182 4 Policy-Making Body Set Up KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— lslamic religious instruction will be introduced to every school m the Federation which has 15 or more Muslim students, the Minister for Education, Inche Khir Johari told The Standard today. A six-man committee, headed by the deputy permanent
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  • 67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malayan Trade Union Council executive secretary, Mr. M. Arokiasamy, urged War Department civilian employees today to unite. Speaking at an extraordinary delegates conference of the Federation War Department Civilian Staff Association, he said: "Your future security depends on unity. .split among yourselves
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  • 124 4 THE NEW Zealand Commissioner m South-east Asia, Mr. Foss Shanahan, yesterday left Singapore for Saigon to attend the Ministerial meeting of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee to be held shortly. The New Zealand delegation will be led by the Minister for External
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  • 129 4 It Will Still Be Red Cross KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federation Government is opposed to changing the name of the Malayan Red Cross Society to the Red Crescent Society, The Standard learnt today. It is understood that Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has assured Malayan Red Cross officials that he
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  • 200 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The recently registered Malayan Teachers National Congress is to campaign for unification of the teaching profession on a national basis. At its first conference m December, the Congress will draw up plans for a unified salary scheme for all teachers m English
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  • 201 4 Employees Postpone Ballot On Bank Strike KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. More than 800 bank employees today decided to postpone their strike ballot until Oct. 27. The employees met at the Town Hall here to take a strike ballot after talks between them and the Malayan Exchange Banks Association on wage demands
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  • 74 4 ALOR STAR. Sun.— A fami'y reunion, which was started m 1955 after the Alliance had won the Federation elections. will take place for the third time on Friday at the Royal Mausoleum at Langgar. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, who first organized this reunion will
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  • Article, Illustration
    258 5 JJEAUTIFUL ears are said to be a heavenly endowment. Till this day people still hold that a pair of well shaped, long, heavily-lobed ears bear the significance of longevity, prosperity and personality. How far does this conviction hold good, I wonder? But, what I do know is that ladies ihrough
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  • 471 5 for your home! MENTS are like cosmetics, serving ame purpose with lamorous touch. As ladies require make-up, so do homes. A house out a picture on its wall, or other decorations, is not a welcoming sight to the host or the guest. What else more will ig mansions, look, vath
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  • 246 5 CUISINE CORNER 'Sukiyaki' THIS week, we have an expert offering the much talked abcut Japanese delicacy, "Sukiyaki," a favourite of many foreigners. Mrs. H. Sato wife of the manager of the Tokyo Bank. the other day prepared a "Sukiyaki," lunch to give me idea of what it is like. Within
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  • 223 5 TIAVE you ever jelt M frustrated m choosing patterns to keep up with fashion? You will probably end up m tears, because you don't look as nice as they do. Youll hate yourself for not having a nice figure for either you are too fat or too thin.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 216 5 MONDAY FOR EVERYONE: This is a good time for conciliating differences, gaining information and fraternizing with sympathetic people. Promote personal matters and contacts. YOIR BIRTIIDATE AND tIIRTHSIUM ARIES— March 21 to April 19 Introduce into the picture new factors contacts, ideas, sociability. TAURUS— April 20 to May 20— Make progress
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 483 6 pEOPLE, who have survived the days of nervous apprehension during the occupation period, might sometimes suffer from nightmares m which they heard the ominous tread of military boots and the 3 a.m. knock of doom at their doors. To those who have forgotten those dreadful days, it
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    • 410 6 CONSIDERABLE improvement has been noted m employer-employee relations m Singapore and the Federation. This is welcome but it must be sustained. Economic progress can only be made if harmony and goodwill is established between unions, which represent the workers, and employers m trade and industry The Governments of
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 287 6 Responsible Christians Sir Your column. "The News As It Strikes Me," by Aster Gunasekera which appeared m your paper on Oct. 11 calls for comments by responsibly Christian individuals and groups. We, as members of the International Christian Leadership. Singapore Branch, strongly feel that the conclusion which your columnist arrived
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    • 187 6 Sir More than 90 per cent of the dwellers of a settlement called Kasipillai kampong, situated m front of the railway quarters, Sentul, are civilian employees and commercial clerks attached to various departments and firms m Kuala Lumpur. The only road leading to this kampong and which
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  • 651 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA by LJOW great a menace students are m the Federation of Malaya and Singapore was indicated m the Press last Saturday when two statements were published, one from each territory. Although the word 'studen s' implies the general body, it is apparent
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  • 557 6 The Sitting Ducks at Brighton JJACK again at Brighton. One week the Socialists, next week the Tories. First the Left and then the Right. Labour Red versus Tory Blue. I was telling an old friend of mine how the course of my duties caused me to observe these conflicting occasions
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  • 806 6  -  Michael Salzer TF Alfred Nobel, the Swedish multi-millionaire who invented dynamite and bequeathed A his fortune of over $8 million to the welfare of mankind 60 years ago, were alive today, he would find that things had turned out somewhat differently from what he had intended. He
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  • 580 6 LONDON CORNER EVERY MONDAY which is benign, solid and tranquil m the sixties becomes semi-liquid m the seventies and threatens to burn into irascibility and finally distintegrate entirely at about eighty-six degrees Fahrenheit. Come to think of it I am rather like Mr. Khrushchev s red satellite that, as it
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  • 19 6 "The Tories ere smooth, slick, apparently efficient, over' Polite and to vie, at any rate, strangely unconvincing.
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  • 244 7 'BIG TWO' TALKS TO COUNTER RED MOVE WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Reuter)— Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, will discuss with President Eisenhower "psychological and economic plans" to counter-at-tack Soviet penetration m the Middle East when they meet here on Wednesday, it was learned yesterday. Informed diplomats believe these are
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  • 34 7 MORE than 10.000 bales of newly harvested rice worth 40.000.000 yen (about £40.000 sterling) was yesterday reduced to ashes by a fire which completely gutted a warehouse m Niigata, Northern Japan. Reuter
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  • 29 7 ITALIAN scientists are ouilding a "revolutionary" manned interceptor that takes off like a guided missile and returns like a plane, the Rome newspaper "II Temno" said yesterday U.P.
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  • 23 7 EGYPT on Saturday put on trial 17 persons accused of Communist activity. Communism is banned by law m Egypt. U.P.
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  • 475 7 Hoes England Really Need A Queen? LONDON, Oct. 20 Reuter) The Observer commenting on recent criticisms m Britain of Queen Elizabeth and her courtiers today warned that monarchy could not survive unlimited "all out" arguments. 'When she (Queen Elizabeth) returns from making friends
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  • 336 7 MUGGERIDGE DEFENDS HIS VIEWS NEW YORK, Oct. 20. (Reuter) Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge said last night that the critcisms he had made of the British monarchy were intended not to denigrate the institution but to make sure that it was continued. The
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  • 163 7 TheDuchess Said 'No' To A King LONDON. Oct. 20 (Reuter). The Sunday Pictorial sa.d today that the Duchess of Kent an aunt of Queen Elizabeth has "turned down the chanre of becoming Queen of Norway." The Sunday Pictorial said that the Duchess, aged 50 was invited to meet the 54-year-o:d
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  • 36 7 THE death toll from suspected Asian 'flu or its complications mounted to at least 54 m New York State on Saturday. Ten deaths m the upstate area occurred m little more than one week.
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  • 164 7 MOSCOW. Oct. 20. (Reuter). Soviet scientists said today that the rocket which launched the Russian artificial satellite was an inter-cqntinental ballistic rocket similar to the one tested last August. This was disclosed m an article by Professor Yury Pobedonostsev and engineer K. Malyutin m
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  • 133 7 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 (UP)— A British professor was roundly booed and asked to return to his seat last night when charged fellow speaker Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus with arming rebels on the strife-torn island. Prof. George E. Kirk, assigned to the Harvard
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  • 219 7 WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Reuter)— Queen Elizabeth surprised Washington housewives today when she stopped at a supermarket with weekend shopping at its height. For 15 minutes she and the Duke strolled around the diffeient counters chatting to salesgirls, mothers with babies, and several men with shopping
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  • 48 7 CAPE CANA VERSA. Florida 'Oct. 20. (UP).— Sources at the Government's top-secret missile centre indicated a slender Vanguard missile may be triggered off m a test run some time today. The army's big Jupiter missile failed to fire m another test last night.
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  • 46 7 STRASBOURG. Oct. 20 (Reuter) The first international centre set up by UNESCO to train journalists has been inaugurated here. The centre contains simultaneous translation systems which will enable French, English, Russian and German pupils to learn the profession at the same time.
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  • 25 7 THE numbers of scientific workers m the Soviet Union now totals 240.000 men and women, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, Pravda. said. Reuter.
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  • 31 7 NATIONALIST rebels have trapped a French infantry column m West Algeria and the Army said yesterday six soldiers and an officer were killed m the ambush.- U.P.
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  • 118 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (AP) Two weeks ago Evelyn Blake lost her engagement ring m Stratford-on-Avon, England. On Friday it turned up m a coffee pot m New York City Miss Blake, 23, works for N.C. Joseph Ltd., pot manufacturers. After missing her ring she
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  • 264 7 Critical Stage In French Crisis PARIS. Oct. 20 (Reuter) France's twenty-t h i i d post-war cabinet crisis entered an acute phase yesterday when the President of the Republic, M. Rene Coty, asked the veteran politician, M. Robert Schuman to draw up an emergency financial programme all parties could agree
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  • 63 7 CALCUTTA, Oct. 20 (AP).— A majority of more than 8.000 striking bank clerks m Calcutta's 122 banks resumed work yesterday after a month-long walkout which had completely paralysed bank operations m West Bengal Among the banks affect*»d were well-known Indian and British banks such as
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  • 80 9 MALAYA'S external trade during September showed an adverse balance of $21.1 million, imports amounting to $369.3 million and exports $348.2 million, according to preliminary official statistics. Corresponding figures for August were: $394.4 million imports and $339.2 million exports. The total value of the trade for the
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  • 117 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Import, export and excise duties last month contributed a total of $39,951,103 to the Federal Exchequer, bringing the total revenve collected from the beginning of the year to a grand total of $361,963,363. Duty on imi.ort items accounted for $24,653,372 of the revenve for
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  • 283 9 BUSINESS DONE IN THE WEEK Industrials: British Borneo Petroleum 50/7J to 50 10*. Federal Dispensary $2.00, Fraser Neave Ords. $2.90 to $2.85 to $2 87J, Gammons $2.45 to $2.40. Hammer Co. $2.20. Hongkong Bank (Lon) £461, Hume Industries Prefs. A.23/-, William Jacks $2.32 i to $2.27 J. Malaya Publishing House
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  • 56 9 THE P O Company announce the appointment of Captain C. E. Pollitt as Commodore of the P O Fleet. Captain Pollitt, who stood by the 29,600 ton P O passenger liner Iberia at the builders, Harland Wolff, and has since then remained m command, succeeds Commodore E. R.
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  • 78 9 THE proposed $800 million petroleum pipeline m the Middle East has been postponed Indefinitely, Industry sources In New York revealed on Wednesday. The new crisis between Syria and Turkey was given as the reason. The pipeline was planned by Petroleum companies for four countries Britain. France, the
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  • 31 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association, the Singapore Chambers of Commerce, the S.C.C. Rubber Association, the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association, and the produce markets will be closed tomorrow for Deepavali.
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  • 269 9 SILK -A DRESS FABRIC IN THE MEDIUM PRICE RANGES WHILE silk has never lost its dominant position m its highest quality ranges; it has also during the past summer enjoyed m Britain a popularity unprecedented m the postwar period as a dress fabric m the medium price ranges. Thus it
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  • 20 9 THREE exclusive research permits for prospecting m Madagascar have been awarded by the French Governmentsponsored mining exploration office.
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  • 142 9 STOCKPILE RUMOURS DENIED THE Office of Defence Mobilization (ODM) has denied "any thought" of selling stockpiled rubber other than the normal rotation of supplies to keep the stock fresh. A spokesman, dispelling rumours of sale of its stockpile, said m Washington m order to do so the ODM would have
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  • 36 9 SHOPPERS m Kuala Lumpur have started their DecpavaJi purchases m the Handlooms Emporium sponsored by the Government of India at M.C.A. Building. Ampang Road. Picture shows customers m a section of the Emporium.
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 465 9 Falls In N. V., London Marts Hit Shares Trading By A Market Correspondent AN attitude of caution and a general dullness was reflected m the low volume of business m the Malayan share market last week. Although past experience has usually shown an improvement m markets towards the close of
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    • 153 9 COMPANY REPORTS The Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd: Profit for the year ended 31.5.57 was $95,224 (19','c) which included gross income from investments and dividends from Chermang development to the tune of $45,376. Dividend Of 15% is proposed. Net liquid assets m balance sheet were worth $22,305 or 44.6 cts. per
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    • 154 9 IN contrast to previous dull conditions a revival of inquiries for copra from India during the week resulted m a small parcel being traded at $26$ per picul, says the weekly produce report of Lewis Peat (Spore) Ltd. There was further buying interest at
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    • 97 9 DELIVERIES of tin-in-concentrates from mines m the Federation of Malaya to Singapore, Penang and Bu»> terworth dropped from 5,254 tons m August to 4,606 tons m September, according to official statistics. Deliveries m September were the lowest this year except for February (4,029 tons). The exporting states
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    • 55 9 A NEW British car, the Hunting Harrier. which has many unusual features, is to be demonstrated shortly to the British Army. The car weighs under 7 cwt and can be unloaded from an aircraft, assembled and driven away m 45 seconds. It seats four people
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    • Article, Illustration
      72 9 THE Assistant Secretary, Treasury, Singapore, Mr, G.E. Bogaars, (seen here), who is attending a three-m onth course of studu m Sydney with other students irom South-east Asia. This course, designed for Colombo Plan countries, i* being held m a residential training college belonging y o the Commonwealth Bank
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    • 161 9 THE directors of Renong Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. have decided to recommend a final dividend of nine pence per 2/- unit, free of tax on the ordinary stock, making with the interim dividend, 12.45 d. free of tax for the year ended June 30, 1957. If
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    • 39 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: French Francs *****; Belgian Francs *****: Holland Gldrs. 123*: Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 392 9 i Production Manager Back From Training LEVER BROTHERS Production Manager, Mr. Tan Kirn Thye, has returned to Kuala Lumpur after fourmonths training m England under the Unilever Management Training Scheme. He was accompanied by his wife. They toured parts of Europe before returning home. Pictured welcoming them back at the
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    • 218 9 It Crosses The Atlantic NON-STOP tfte/£fpe£jt£7r/if?e/* points out a new progress of AIR FRANCE Between Europe and the STATES AIR FRANCE A yfe. Njj^f has chosen the Super Starliner as its Flagship v j* -i-TT, over the North AtlanHc Route Swift and >'» supremely comfortable the SUPER <JQ jj\ STARLINER
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  • 41 10 Before Perah 's Moment Of Triumph BEFORE the Malaya Cup final Perak (left) and Selangor pose for Standard cameraman Yong Poh Fa.h. Perak played the game of their lives to clinch the match and the coveted Cup with a 3-2 margin.
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  • 46 10 $34,842 'Gate' At Final AT Saturday's Malaya Cup final, 16,156 cash customers paid $34,842 to see the match at Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. The breakdown is: Two-dollar tickets, 14,891 persons paid $29,782. Four-dollar tickets, 1,265 persons paid $5,060. An estimated crowd of about 17,500 was present.
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  • 36 10 SERANGOON Garden Sports Club improved m the second half to beat Ceylon Sports Cluo by two goals to nil m a SHA Div. 3 league at Serangoon Garden yesterday. Mokam Singh scored both goals.
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  • 228 10 Brian Out-Skis Opponents To Win 20-mile Race BRIAN Blakebrough proved that he was not the Malayan waterski champion for nothing when he won the gruelling 20-mile race for the "Johnson" trophy at Pasir Kis yesterday. Towed by G. Dowsett m "Gayland" (30 h.D. Johnson Sea Horse), Blakebrough out paced all
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  • 395 10 Arjan's The Sikh Champ ARJ AN Singh Gill, with 27 points, won the individual championship at the Singapore Sikh's 3rd Annual Athletic meet, and the Khalsa School 7th Annual Sports, held jointly at the Farrer Park Cinder track yesterday. Arjain won the 120 yards Hurdles, and the Jumps. He was
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  • 1123 10 Newport C. 13 4 5 4 16 21 13 Coventry C. 13 4 4 5 12 20 12 Walsall 13 4 3 6 17 23 11 Gillingham 15 5 1 9 16 24 11 Exeter C. 15 3 5 7 17 28 11 Torquay U. 15
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  • 45 10 TODAY'S SPORT RUGBY: Inter-School Beatty vs St. Andrews at Woodsville, Ist and 2nd XVs. HOCKEY: Quadrangular tourney at Farrer Park 4 p.m. Selangor vs Johore; .5.15 p.m. Singapore vs Negri Sembilan. SWIMMING: Presbyterian Boys School 7th annual carnival at Singapore Swim-, viing Club 9 a.m.
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  • 30 10 KING KONG, the Hungarian wrestler beat Sheikh Ali bin Yousoff of Arabia by a pin-fall m a six-round bout at the Happy World arena on Saturday night.
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  • 437 10 Most Unique Cup Final, Says Tunku KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya and President of the Football Association of Malaya, said that this year's Malaya Cup final between Selangor and Perak had unique features. Writing m the FAM Cup final souvenir programme, he
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  • 115 10 Fans Fight At Scottish Cup Final GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. 20 CReuter). Police arrested 17 football fans after violent scenes at yesterday's Celtic Rangers Scottish League Cup final here. Glasgow Rangers were beaten 7 l and police were called m when fighting broke out, among spectators at one end of the
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  • 41 10 MELBOURNE. Oct. 20 (Reuter) Mr. E. A. Healy's Tulloch. a New Zealand-bred colt gained his third big win this month m Australia when he won the 12,000 Australian (9.600 sterling) Caufield Cup over one mile four furlongs here yesterday.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 654 11 LONDON, Oct. 20 (Reuter) Manchester United, the English Football League champions, fell further behind m the title struggle yesterday when they crashed 0-3 at home to Portsmouth. Without three of their stars, who were doing International duty for England against Wales, United played
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 215 11 NATURALISATION OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN N that the following persons sc names and addresses below are applying ie Governor for naturalip. and that any person .•cnows any reason why ation should not be I should send a written :,ned statement of the to the Chief Secretary Secretary's Office pore. !adam
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    • 261 11 \OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN MUN^lf J No CH 3 E 5^ G v East Coast Road, Single have app ied for a Public House First Class licence of premises No. £> 7 A Lpper East Coast Road, Singapore, and that this application will be heard t the Conrt of the
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    • 245 11 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS 1. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of (i) 500 DP Switch Fuses 30 amps 250 Votts; and (ii) 500 Cooker Control Units complete with ugs ,l ender De Posit $200/. Close 12 NOON 11/11/57. 2. GAS DEPARTMENT: Supply of 12". 8". 6" and 4" Spun Iron
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    • 239 11 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are invited for x the supply and fixing of iron gratings to the rear yard drains of 2.374 dwellings on various Trust estates. Details and tenders forms, may be obtained from the Secretariat on payment of a deposit of $100/- which will be refunded if a
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    • 339 11 Buddhub .uid wellwishers are cordially invited to the ceremony of the installation of the statue of the late Chief Priest, Rev Poh Than See. (pictured above) at the Tambun Road. Siamese Temple, from Oct. 26 to 29. The ceremony will be performed by the Chief High Priest, Rev. Nikoot Thamaktada
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    • 298 11 NOTICES LLOYD TRIESTINO M.V. "ASIA" 'THIS vessel Is expected to arrive from Europe at about 5 p.m on Monday, 21st October and will sail for Hongkong at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 22nd October. Passengers should embark between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on 22nd October. The vessel will berth alongside
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    • 313 11 TUITION W\ HUANG. Chinese educationist has new system making Mandarin easy for English speaking beginners Course lasting 8 months of 2 terms begins 28 October at 107A Sophia Road. $120 per term. Mondays and Thursdays 8 to 10. p.m. Thorough personal training m speaking, reading and writing. Provides adequate knowledge
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    • 724 11 I CLASSIFIED ADS SIIUAIIONh VACAM SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL: Required for CITY SECRETARIAT: STENOGRAPHER m salary s c Al6-475 plus Variable A ance. School Certificate credit m English. For entry at $283— Shorthand speed 100 w per minute and copytypine 40 words a minute. For at $331— Shorthand speed 120 words
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 296 11 UlAbner By A/ Copp l^S^^.^ll f* AT FABULOUS I ENJOYABLE GUILLOTINING, "l A» HAS 'I #W^— Jim- LVtV^V 4 THAT. AFTER EXPENSE. WEVWeI ABSOLUTE QUIET 1$ VIIMj/ rANYBODVIJ f Sii^CE YOU ARE OUR GUEST, MIT S OVEP^ I CA LLED OUT OF 2E FANS MOST HEAR THREE HERE GOT A
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  • 160 12 The Horse Of The Year...& One Of Greatest To Race In Malaya THREE RINGS, an 8-year-old by The Phoenix (Irish Guineas and Derby winner) out of Vanity Fair (Fairway), has proved himself beyond a doubt that he is a might v middle distance horse and
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  • 603 12 13 GOALS ...TEN TO SOUTH A GOALDEN CLASSIC IN THE RAIN South 19. North 3. Ghani 3, Rahim Omar 3, Aziz Ahmad, Kinloch, Corthine 2, Govindarajoo, Kong Leong. Arthur Koh. Referee: Dave Spencer (Penang), Linesmen: Haji Ibrahim .(iV.S.) H. A. B. Mansoor (Penang). KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. In spite of adverse
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  • 181 12 Fed. Police Depot in 8-1 triumph KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Federal Police Depot entered the next round of the Federation Police inter contingent hockey competition for the Hannigan Shield when they trounced Penang Police 8-1 on the Police Depot ground yesterday. Police Depot were a better and fitter side and
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  • 72 12 THREE Rings gave Carrier a splendid Cup double. Carrier had m the previous race won the Liberation Cup on Malayan Scholar who led all the way to nose out the fast-finish-ing Hopeful Blue. Incidentally it was the Scholar's second attempt for the Cup, last
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  • 319 12 Indians Lead And Lose AAA 5 IRC 4 AMICABLE Athletic Association, 'giant killers' of this Singapore soccer season, maintained their reputation to win the SAFA Cup, beating Indian Recreation Club 5-4 m the final of the knock out competition at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The Indians,
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  • 372 12 Klassen's Bully Fails To Save Selangor Negri 1 Selangor 0 WHEN Selangor's Len Klassen went up to take a penalty bully m the 15th minute of the second half m yesterday's inter-State hockey quadrangular on the Girls' Sports Club ground, he knew that he had the fate of his team
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  • 196 12 Quad Hockey In Colony Singapore 2. Johore 0. AFTER a goalless first half, Singapore forged ahead m the second half to beat Johore 2-0 m the opening match of the inter-State hockey quadrangular tournament on the Girls' Sports Club ground yesterday. Singapore, strengthened by
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 42 12 THE START OUT TODAY!— KALAI MALAR Deepavali Number 1957 A unique production m Tamil with photopics and articles from leading film producers. Popular Artistes and eminent writers. $1.50 a copy of 128 pages 27 The Arcade. P. O. Box 2093, Singapore 1
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