Singapore Standard, 3 January 1958

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  • 22 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD [FINAL EDITION] Telephone *****—5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 184 1 5 cts. 12 Pages
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  • 374 1 Freighter On S r poreCelebes Run Carries Full Load Of Copra HONGKONG, Jon. 2, (UP) Indonesian gunboats on Monday seized a Singapore-owned freighter flying the Panamanian flag m Malayan waters, Hongkong shipping sources report. Ed today. The sources said they received no word about the freighter
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  • 151 1 'Kidnap' Victim Now In Formosa? THE mystery surrounding the disappearance of Mr. Tan Eng Chuan. 38--year-old nephew of Singapore multi-millionaire, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, is believed to have been solved. Singapore Police have information that the missing man originally believed to have b°'?r. kidnapped is now m Formosa. Police Secretary.
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  • 59 1 MELBOURNE, Jan. 2 (Reuter)—Lady Baden-Powell, the world's chief guide who has 4,500.000 Girl Guides under her, is seriously ill m Portland District Hospital, m Voctoria's Western District, 230 miles from here. Lady Baden-Powell who was holidaying at Portland with her cousin, Lady Smyth, was rushed to
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  • 224 1 He May Attend C.G's Confab LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter)— Mr. Harold Macmillan flies from London next Tuesday on a 30,000 miles air tour taking him to five Commonwealth nations which have never before received a visit from a British Prime Minister m office. The tour to
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  • 67 1 BERLIN. Jan. 2 (UP) Armed Soviet troops and armoured cars patrolled East Berlin today for the first time since the Soviet zone revolt of June, 1953 At l p ast 10 Soviet armoured cars passed throußh Alexander Platz, East Berlin's main square. Reason for
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  • 71 1 JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (AFP).— Attempts have been made to overthrow the legal regional government m the Moluccas Province of Indonesia, according to an Army communique issued at Ambon, the Provincial capital today. The communique said a number of Army officers and civilians had been arrested m
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  • 40 1 JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (AFP) Thirty-six Dutch schools m Indonesia have been closed down as from yesterday, it was authoritatively learned here today. Five middle schools m Medan, Palembang, Malang, Surabaya and Jakarta were also closed down.
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  • 44 1 A Rest* Chc Zorah rp ts on tht» /loor ti'Jth her I tir2ns t0 nu-ait ambulance that took I nil three to hospital. I Then A Rush: >i mM«H/< rushes to the I ambT/lance u'ith otic o/ the hPiM. I
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  • 490 1 (Standard Staff Reporter) SKIPPER of a Singapore Government launch was yesterday called upon, for the first time m his experience, to play midwife to one of his passengers and he delivered twins. Captain Ahmad was at the wheel of the RadclifTe, with about
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  • 36 1 QUEEN Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will leave Harwich on Monday, March 24, m the ftoyal yacht Britannia for their two-day State Visit to the Netherlands, it was announced m London yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 90 1 REVOLT IS CRUSHED, SAY REPORTS LONDON. Jan. 2 (Reuter) Reports from Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, today said the Venezuelan revolt had been crushed only 24 hours after air force and army men had taken up arms against "dictator" President Marcos Jiminez. The Army Chief-of-Staff, General Romulo Fernandez, announced that the
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  • 57 1 MOENCHEN GLADBACH. West Germany, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Wreckage found today m the Harz mountains is "probably" that of a Royal Air Force Canberra jet bomber, missing since Monday with a crew of three, it was announced here. A spokesman of the Second Allied Tactical Air Force
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  • 37 1 BANGKOK, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Thailand's new Premier, General Thanom Kittikachorn, said today Thailand would continue to be a member of the eight-nation South-east Asia Treaty Organization because it was "beneficial" to the country.
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  • 25 1 ALGERIAN gunmen fired at customers playing dominoes yesterday m a cafe m Roubaix, Northern France, killing one man and wounding three others. Reuter
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  • 176 1 PENANG, Thurs.— The Lner. Benvenue, on her way here from England, yesterday evening changed course to answer an "s.o.s. signal" from a disabled motor junk drifting m the oDen sea off Pulau Perak, 70 miles from here. The captain of the Ben- venue, on seeing
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  • 115 1 MALACCA, Thurs.— The first Malay Cultural Congress, which ended its four-day session here today, has unanimously agreed to recommend to Government that liquor should be banned from all official functions m the future. This is one of more than a hundred resolutions which the Congress
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  • 244 1 AMSTERDAM, Jan. .2 (Reuter) It is Holland's task to pursue an "open door/ policy towards Indonesia, Mr. D. A. Delprat, chairman of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, said during a New Year speech here today. He said Indonesian measures had inflicted "incalculable harr.V on
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  • 209 2 Rl Paper Reports Concentration In WestNewGuinea JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (Reuter) The Australian Embassy denied a report published here today that Australian troops were concentrating m Dutch West New Guinea. The Embassy m a statement said this report and similar earlier reports "are completely without foundation." The
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  • 75 2 photo. TWENT Y-ONE-year-old Mrs. Carla Santabrogio of Desio near Milan m Northern Italy smiles after recovering from a difficult operation during which her heart slopped beating three times. The attending doctor made an incision on Mrs. Santabrogio's left side at the first
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  • 185 2 And It's No Comment' On Arms From Russia Deal JAKARTA. Jan. 2 (Reuter) An Indonesian Army spokesman today refused to comment when asked by reporters whether Indonesia had purchased arms from Russia. Major Harsono. spokesman for Major General Abdul Haris Nasution, Army Chief of Staff, said Indonesia had approached western
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  • 59 2 JAKARTA. Jan. 2 Indonesian troops m South and South-east Borneo killed 166 and captured more than 300 rebels during intensive "mopping up" operations from April to December, the army announced today. South Borneo is one of Indonesia's areas troubled by marauding "Darul Islam" ianatics who oppose
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  • 26 2 THE DEATH m hospital of Sir Ernest Kennaway. the eminent scientist and specialist In cancer research, was announced m London yesterday. Hp was 76.
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  • 194 2 CAIRO, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Delegates to the unofficial Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference here were leaving for home today. The conference, attended by some 500 delegates from more than 40 countries, ended last night after deciding to have a permanent organization with its headquarters m
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  • 151 2 West Irian Should Go To Indonesia Says Nehru NEW DELHI, Jan. 2 (IP) The Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told a news conference today that Indonesia should get West Irian. Mr. Nehru said his government had taken no formal steps m the dispute between Holland and Indonesia over the New
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  • 106 2 BANGKOK. Jan. 2 (AFP) Thailand's new Prime Minister, Lieut-General Thanom Kittikachorn, declared here today that his government "wants to be friends with all nations." He said Thailand already has diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and she would establish similar relations
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  • 36 2 THE Laotian Prime Minister, Prince Souvanna Phouma, arrived m Saigon by air yesterday for a two-day stay before starting a world tour during which he will visit France, Britain, the United States and Canada.
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  • 180 2 Was This Sputnik's Death Dive? SPRINGFIELD. Illinois, Jan. 2 (UP) A brill] fit fireball, which some observers believed might he the crash of Russia's 'S nik I" satellite, fla early today across the central and southern IJJir. i sky. Police and newspjp* r offices were besieged with callers who Righted
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  • 61 2 SINGAPORE'S und«r privileged children of the Bukit Timah and )VM| districts were entertain ed on New Year's I)a> to a Standard (h> Fund party. The party was held at the Bukit Timah Youth Club. Members of Ike club and police m the area turned out to
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    • 568 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Assessment for the year 1958. Rates due for the Ist half-year 1958. OWNERS of property are reminded that rates for the Ist half-year 1958 are due and payable m advance without demand at the City Hall m the month of January 1958. Notice If hereby
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  • 576 3 SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD January 3, 1958. "Blue Ants" of China kfgkfk CHINA'S ever increasing population has posed or y enormous problem for her leaders. They were s ked to learn from their statisticians that m j$ the net increase was 12 million and that, if the present birth-rate was not
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  • 283 3 A MALAYAN Chinese has set forth, m his published on this page, his suggestions on the Malayan Chinese Association should be reformed so that it could be a force to weld all ons of Chinese together. The weakness of Chinese community m this country lies m their
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    1209 3 WHAT are they thinking m Russia as they look back over the past year and forward into the murk of 1958? It needs only that simple question to bring home the variety and complexity, the strident discords and the resonant harmonies (so strange to our ears as sometimes
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  • PEOPLE
    • 905 3 Sir From what one gathers from newspaper reports over recent months of the affairs of the Malayan Chinese Association, one can only conclude that the Association has m the past two or three years degenerated rapidly into a multitude of factions and that the organisation, a pillar of
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    • 529 3 Sir The removal of the Mace from the City Council is a sign of the shape of things to come. If the Mace is a relic of colonialism, then there are certainly other signs of colonialism. It is an excellent idea to clean the Augean
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    494 3 wfeGtmq* U\L TN THE New Year messages by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, of Malaya, and the Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, were two passages to which the peoples living m these territories should give careful and wise thought. "Whatever our rare or country of origin may be," said
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  • 412 4 THIEVES' 19,595 HAUL IN 4 RAIDS Don't Keep Too Much Cash At Home, Say Police Standard Staff Reporter THIEVES raided four homes two m Singapore and two m Selangor between New Year's Day and yesterday and got away with $19,595 m cash and jewellery. Their haul m Singapore was worth
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  • 165 4 3,296 ROAD MISHAPS IN 1957 Most Accidents Were On M-Day KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal capitals Traffic Police Chief, Mr. G. P. Lcoch, reported today that there were 13 more accidents m 1957 than last year. Giving comparative figures. Mr. Leech said at the end of 1957. the total number
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  • 116 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Federation delegate to the unofficial Afro-Asian conference m Cairo, Mr. K. L. Deviser, declared en his return yesterday that the conference was not Communist-inspired. Mr. Devaser and hi s colleague, Tunku Indra of Kota Bahru, returned by air. The two other delegates t°
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  • 89 4 A MEMORIAL HALL FOR ROYAL TOWN KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. This Royal Town is shortly to start building a Merdeka Memorial Town Hall at a cost of about $80,000. A suitable site for the two-storeyed structure is being: considered, while funds m hand and promised for the project total about $32,500.
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  • 208 4 Penang Stopover For 40 Refugees From Medan PENANG, Thurs. Over 40 Dutch families, mostly women and children, refugees from Medan, stopped at the Bayan Lepas Airport here for a few hours today on their way to Singapore. Among them was a 36--year-old British woman, Mrs. B X Damhos. with her
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  • 78 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Police Special Squad patrol killed a terrorist m the Kota Tinggi district of Johore last night. A second terrorist who was with him, escapedThe dead terrorist has been identified as Siovv Kwai Loi. A rifle and 32 rounds of ammunition were
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  • 124 4 FIVE parcels containing a quarter million anti-dysentery tablets were flown from Singapore to Ceylon last night by BOAC. which provided free facilities for the transport of these urgently-needed medical supplies to the Ceylon Red Cross for distribution to flood victims. The consignment, worth
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  • 61 4 PENANG, Thurs.— A trisharider, Khor Gim Hoe. told the Magistrate's Court that another trisha-rider challenged him to a fight "to see whether he was big or I was big." Khor was giving evidence against Pawanchik bin Ibramsah, who claimed trial to causing hurt to him.
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  • 72 4 A LONDON lamp-shade manufacturer, Mr. Jack Milner, whose first entry m a television contest won him an air trip to the Far East, arrived m Singapore yesterday. He flew m by a 8.0.A.C. plane via Beirut, Bombay and Calcutta Mr. Milner's first impression of Singapore
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  • 123 4 Students Read Standard's Merdeka Copy TWO Malayan students m Australia show great interest m the S i n gapore Standard's Merdeka Supplement at the elubrooms provided by the Malayan Government for those students m Melbourne. The rooms are already becoming a favourite meeting place, where students gather after lectures to
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  • 169 4 Sing Pin Jih Pao's New Year Dinner PENANG. Thurs. The management of the Sing Pin Jin Pao, a Chinese newspaper published here, were hosts at a New Year dinner at the Penang Cafe, New World Park, last night. More than 300 guests were greeted on arrival by the manager, Mr.
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  • 195 4 COURT WARNS 'SAMSU MAKERS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Sessions Court president Inche Harun bin Haji Idris said today that illegal liquor manufacturers m this country are inclined to make old people and young boys "to take the rap," thinking the law would be easier on
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  • 239 4 You Have No Regard For Police -Bench PENANG Thurs. A motorist, Yeoh Buck Hai, who drove his car away from a Police Constable after oeSg placed under arrest, was told by Magistrate, Mr. Au Ah Wan, today: "You dent seem to have the slightest regard for the Police." Yeoh, and
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  • 56 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs During the week-ending Dec. 28, the number of certificates issued from the backlog of State nationality applications was 4,373. This brings the total number of certificates issued under this category to 42,360 since Nov. 14. A slight drop m the number of certificates issued during
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  • 540 4 Self-Confessed Gangster Testifies At Graft Probe A SELF-CONFESSED former secret society chirt, now a fish seller, told the Singapore By-Election tv.r-' ruption Inquiry Commission last night that he helped Mr. Soh Ghee Soon m the by-election because Mr. Snh promised to repair Pukat Road if he was elected. Mr. Soh
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  • 123 4 Town Wants A $150,000 Swim Pool TELUK ANSON, Thurs -A committee headed by Mr. A A Russell has been formed here to collect funds for the build* ing of a much-needed ming pool for this town. The cost of the projee! -s estimated at $150. (i0n, md the committee has
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  • 21 4 MR. H. S. ROBINSON', manager to the Emp'< Provident Fund Board ifl Kuala Lumpur, assumed duty on Jan. 1.
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  • 94 4 FOURTEEN contestants took part m the Fancy Dress Competition organised by the Klang Methodist Youth Fellowships at the Junior M.G.S. Hall on New Year's Eve. The winners are Mr. Lian Ah Huat dressed as a Red Indian, (2nd from left), Misses Teoh Geok Lian and Joyce Khoo
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  • 188 4 BENTONG, Thurs.— The deaths under tragic circumstances of a devoted brother and sister became the talk of the town here yesterday. Hardly a year had passed, when Low Choon, 25, clasped his sister Low Moi, 20, as she lay dying m his arms
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  • 156 4 PENANG, Thurs. Sessions Judge, Mr. B.J. Jennings today commended Detective Corporal Gulam Nabi for his good work which led to the arrest and conviction of an 18-year-old shop assistant, Lo Keng Hock. Lo was sentenced to serve a term m the Henry Gurney
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  • 42 4 THE People's Education Association. Singapore, plans operate additional classes 1 the benefit of over-aged l»u dents, secretary of the A ciation. Mr. B G Sahai. t 1 The Standard yesterday Mr. Sahai said there about 2,000 known over-a^i students.
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  • 82 5 WOMAN MADE FALSE DECLARATION: GOVT. ACTS 7-iY. Singapore Governaking disciplinary against one of its Loyees who declaration of a disclo- r liabilities were hat he recently Government. rd w is told yesserious action will all civil ser- i make doclalabilities under offer which ex- J T iunced m June order
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  • 51 5 Association s Plea: Lower Taxation THE Sing re Taxi TransIhiel Mini* Mr. Lim Vi-.v H Ie, to i taxation on diesel oil Mr I A that t $2 r a year. i i I ent tan i m 1 the i. tiation taid thai I I lev i th the
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  • 44 5 1 amat, nd on Xipa ated on at least )f n Uinks c F!ag n Area, Singa- rday. ;i ;> »s i nchored In lorage. all r:rorts to refloat the Plying Endeavour, ground on c so far been Naval authorities l
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  • 308 5 X.L VARSITY STUDENTS PLAY TRUANT New Term Starts, But They Still Make Merry MORE THAN 200 undergraduates of the University of Malaya have skipped four days lectures to celebrate the New Year with their families. Most of these truants are Singapore students studying mi n the varsity's Kuala Lumpur division.
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  • 126 5 THE casing o f the flare-rocket which killed Mr. P. William Evans, 30. secretary of the Malayan Refrigerating Company, Singapore has been sent to the Government chemist for examination, Police Secretary, Mr Eu Cheow Eang, said yesterday. Meanwhile, a date will b e fixed for
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  • 226 5 Father Son Freed On Acid Charge A SINGAPORE District Judge yesterday expressed his sympathy to a 39-year-old petition-writer for the sufferings he had to undergo as a result of burns he received from an acidthrower on the night of Sept. 28. The Judge. Mr. Choor Singh, said this when he
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  • 22 5 MORE than 6.000 new students will be enrolled m Pahang schools this year bringing the total student enrolment to •".000.
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  • 172 5 New Licensing System Working Well A group of the 60,000 i vners m Singapore experienced, for time, a smooth flow m renewing their licences. This was the result of a sucr'ul system devised by the Registrar of Vehicles' Department to provide better service and also to reduce administration costs by
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  • 66 5 TWENTY FOUR women students of the University of Malaya will today undergo the first part of a civics course organized by the Department of Information Services. Singapore. The course includes visits to the combined operations room of the Police Headquarters. Assembly House, the waterfront, and the
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  • 90 5 A MESSENGER m the British Foreign Service was among those honoured by the Queen m the New Year's honours list. He is chancery messenger, George Robert Taylor Marwick of the Commissioner-General's office m Phoenix Park, Singapore. Mr. Marwick, 44-year-old former sailor, has been m the Foreign
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  • 36 5 ONG Koon Leong was yesterday sentenced to a day's jail and nned $200 m a Singapore District Court for causing grievous hurt to his sister-in-law, Oh Yong Hong, on Nov. 22 last year.
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  • 125 5 THESE ARE THE DOLLS FOR KUPPUSAMY A SINGAPORE father of six, Mr. A. Kuppusamy. yesterday expressed the hope that several doll s now being gathered for him m Tokyo will arrive m the Colony m cm e for the Tamil festival of Pongal on Jan. J o The sending of
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  • 242 5 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the Far East Air Force, Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon yesterday pledged m Singapore FEAF's support to the Ceylon Government for the provision of all available RAF machines, men and material for flood relief. This followed the British Prime Minister's message
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  • 343 5 FAIR DEAL CALL FOR GRADS THE Singapore Education Ministry will always have difficulty m recruiting graduate teachers until the existing conditions of service are made more attractive. This was stated yesterday by Mr. E. W. Jesudason, president of the Singapore Graduate Teachers' Association, commenting on
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  • 93 5 TEMPTATION COSTS HIM $10,000 A MAN who was tempted by an $80 offer, was yesterday lined $10,000 m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court, when he pleaded guilty to possessing 447$ lbs. of dutiable cigarettes. Sim Kirn Loung, 31, was charged with committing the offence m a speedboat off Bcdok on
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  • 201 5 Goode To Appoint Successor To Ong THE Governor, Sir William Goode, is expected to make an appointment soon to fill the seat m the Singapore Legislative Assembly left vacant by the sudden death on Wednesday of Mr. Ong Piah Teng, one of four nominated Assemblymen. Under the Colony's constitut.onal procedure,
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  • 98 5 Probe On Alliance Defeat ALOR STAR, Thurs. A Kedah lawyer. Inche Mohamcd Debhlr has been appointed by the Alliance National Council to lead a team of investigators to probo into the causes of the Alliance defeat m the recent by-eiec-tion at the Ipoh-Memglembu ward. The Alliance National Council will review
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  • 50 5 THE FRIGATE H.M.S. Crane will recommission m Singapore's Naval dockyard on Monday under Commander R. K. N. Emdcn of the Royal Navy. The ship's company will march past their Capta.n and then proceed aboard for the recommissioning ceremony at about 11.15 a.m.. it wu officially announced yesterday.
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  • 119 6 World T.T. Champ Is Japan's No. 3 TOKYO, Jan. 2 (AFP)— Table tennis world champion Toshiaki Tanaka was placed third and runner-up Ichiro Ogimura fifth m the 1957 Japan Table Tennis rankings announced here today. The first place was given to Seiji Miyata, who became the national champion by defeating
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  • 240 6 Finalists For Tamil Festival Swim Meet AT the heats of the swimming championships m the Tamil Festival of Sports, held at the Haw Par Swimming Pool yesterday, the following qualified for the finals on Wednesday. Jan. 8. "A" Division 40 metres freestyle: A Jesuraj. S. Kodungalan. Xavier Charles. T. Chandran,
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  • 62 6 THE following players have been selected to represent the Chinese Swimming Club In a friendly billiards match against the Tiser Sporting Association on Sunday at 1 p.m: Choo Kirn Chwee, Lee Sal Pong, Quek Eu Huat. Goh Eng Chew, Chua Kirn Leng. Reserves:— Ho Tian Chiao, and Wee
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  • 56 6 LONDON. Jan. 2. (Reuter> Results m today's Scottish football were: LEAGUE TWO Albion Rovers 0 Stirling Albion 2. Alloa Athletic 5 Brechin City 3. Dundee United 7 East Stirling 0. Dunfermline A. 0 Arbroath 1. Forfar Athletic 1 Cowdenbeath 2. Montrose 3 Stenhousemuir 2. Morton 1 Ayr
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  • 176 6 HOLDING their trophies as Britain's "Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year" are Derek lbbotson, the ivorld's fastest miler (right) and Diana Wilkinson, the 13-year-old swimmer of Stockport, Cheshire. The awards were presented m London recently by a British national newspaper after holding a ballot among its readers.
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  • 225 6 TOKYO. Jan. 2. ißeuter) Groups of weary young Japanese university students tonight staggered through a swirling snow blizzard as they completed the first leg of the annual Tokyo to Hakone and return marathon race. A total of 15 university teams beenn the race m clear, warm
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  • 179 6 MFA To Run Malay Junior League THE Malaya Football Association, Singapore, will be running a football competition for the Clubs or Associations affiliated to the association. This competition, the Malay Junior League, is open to all players who have not played for Singapore, m the Community League or m SAFA's
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  • 380 6 AUSTRALIA SET FOR A WIN IN 2nd TEST South Africans Follow-On CAPETOWN, Jan. 2 (Reuter)— South Africa, forced to follow-on 240 runi behind Australia, had scored 17 for one m their second innings by the close of the third day's play m the second Test here. In the first innings,
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  • 674 6 A TOTAL of 165 horses 99 m Class Two and 75 m Class Fiye has been entered for the first race meeting of the 1958 season, the Perak Turf Club's January Meeting on Jan. 11. 15 and 18. Following are the entries. Ist Run
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  • 97 6 PENANG, Thurs. The Malayan Malays Football Team whl^h was scheduled to play a soccer match here today has been held up In Medan Their match against the Penang Malay Football Association Invitation XI will now take place tomorrow at the City Stadium. The Malayan
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  • 169 6 Australia Ist innings McDonald c Waitc b Fuller w Burke b Tavfield Harvey c Goddard b Admrk Crair b Goddard Marß.iv Ibw Tavfield Renaud c MeGlew b Ta\fi«ld Davidson c and h Tavfirld i\ Simpson c Funston b Ta> field Grout run out Meek iff not out Kline lb«
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  • 164 6 THERE will be eight races on the first and third days and seven on the second day. It has been decided that nelds will be limited to 16 runners only. In the event of there being more than this number handicapped m any one race, a ballot may
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  • 30 6 KUALA LUMPUR Monday. —Today's rugger match between Selangor Malays and Royal Army Service Corps, which was scheduled to be played on the Batu Cantonment ground, was called off.
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  • 270 6 FOLLOWING is the draw of the Royal Island Club's "Police Cup" golf tourney to be played over 36 holes on Saturday and Sunday on the Club's courses. From Ist. tee: D W McMullan, C. Murchisbn and L E. Lake (2.00 p.m. 9 a.m.); J. Crow.ey. S.
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  • 440 6 Selangor Rugby Trial To Find Replacements KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Selangor Ru*bf Union selectors have invited 32 players to take part m a trial on the padang here this Saturday. Main purpose of the trial is to find replacements for the Injured Malcolm McCaw and Bob Webber, and Hugh Forbes. Selangor's
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  • 63 6 WASHINGTON. Jan 2 llw ter> Zora Folley. seconded contender for Flo>d P«tt< son's world heavyweight b title, outpointed Garvin S over ten rounds here la»l Folley. of Chandler. An/ won every round on tli e boards of th e throe offiCJa He floored Snvyer. of cinnati
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    • 45 6 RUGBY Spore Asians vs. Johore Asians at University of Malaya 5 p.m. SOCCER Tamil festival 2nd rounds at Farrer Park 5.15 p.m. BADMINTON Tamil festival at 172 A Rangoon Road 7 p.m. HOCKEY SH.A. Div. 3 Police \A' M, Wanderers 'A' at G.S.C. 5.15 p.m.
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  • 84 7 lilE winning Australian leain prouped around the iniis up after the trophy i been presented to Harry (centre) by Sir William Slim From left: Inderson (who beat Xiv ..n the first day »urt in-red Ro^ the _f,,i doubles team, K<>s«\ Hopman, ooper (who won ..t "stiv.is on the
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  • 113 7 English Soccer Results LONDON, .T.in 2, (Reuti n I BCOTTISH LEAGUI ONE \irdTieon *ans 4 Motheri mdi rdeen 2 j si 2 Raith Rortn 2 Hibernian 0 Hear-s 2 2 I ■c 2 the South 2 F rk 2 Bt U.rr. n 2 KiJmarnock 1 1 rard i?\ayed at Quppn*
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  • 68 7 MCC Beat Coast Team By 10 Wkts. A. Jan. 2 (Reu- touring all-ama- cricket team beat ••n by ten wickets day match ending sterd I the Coast team were i the second innings Patel, who had a X Byarali. who a wrist when batflrst innings. K'-nny. the Camnd Essex mediumr.
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  • 49 7 jr G, Thursday— Pcnang Associ »t ion will send ac e on Saturday to meet •nd District Hockey "m a friendly match >-l an.-i dp 'A tram will be picked "■miilm^m. Indot. (luy Hazari, Taib. Mordin, Muruqesu. T. Dorai, fI 'mid, TcngkuMat, G.imany and C.
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  • 29 7 inter-unit hockey between Singapore 1 r Regiment and 19 Air ■■'< Signal Regiment FAKLLF Singapore '"ampi'njship, scheduled Mayed at Tanglin yesraii' 7 Was cancell ed owing to
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  • 488 7  - WORLD CUP GAMBLE BY WELSH SELECTORS BILL HOLDEN By «L^°^L ey could fifled inMde tight spot. or rw T st u worry about whether SvaUahi l i n^ C i iarles would be available faded yesterday. ronfi 1 th 5 Welsh FA received h p nfi ™at»on from Juventus, SS
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  • 458 7  -  ALAN FORWARD »y J^LEVEN points from their three goals against six. Second Division table. Fo Ley ton Orient's "gates" are to pay its way. In the past they have sold their Soccer discoveries Dennis Paoey, Ron Heckman, Vie Groves. Stan Charlton to tide them over
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  • 29 7 JAKARTA. Jan. 1 (Reu'.er) —The touring Bulgarian national soccer team beat Jakarta by 5 goals to 3 m a match hero yesterday. Bulgaria led 2-nil at halftime.
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  • 52 7 THE Jo who is having a go is pretty Josephine Douglas, the TV personality. She is setting the ball rolling for a charity soccer match at Earlsfield, London, yesterday. And how the crowd roar as Jo lets fly with the trimmest ankle on the
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  • 184 7 Another Fling For Julie? LONDON, Thurs. Julie Hoyle, blonde pinup girl of British swimming, may represent Britain at the Rome Olympic Games m 1960—without getting her swimsuit wet. She has taken up discus throwing and shotpatting, and does not know yet whether swimming or athletics will be her No. 1
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  • 566 7 By TOMMY FARR LONDON, Thurs. World featherweight champion Hogan Bassey will fight anywhere as long as the money is there! Manager George Biddies, one of the old school. Is behind this plan of bass of bullion for Bassey. "I am only Interested
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  • 189 7 SYDNEY. Jan. 2. (ReutcD— World record holder, Lorraine Crapp. and Sandra iMorgan both broke 1 mm. 30 seconds m KM yards training swung at the Unfit- Id pool today. Their coach. Frank Guthric did not disclose their actual times. He tipped both would swim around 2
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  • 89 7 CALCUTTA, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Ulf Schmidt, the Swedish Davis Cup player won the men's singles title m the all-India lawn tennis championships m a gruelling fiveset final with India's Ramanathan Krishnan here yesterday. The Swede won 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 4-«. 6-3. Mrs. J. B. Singh won
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  • 117 7 LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuter)— Frank Butters, one of England's greatest racehorse trainers, died Tuesday night, aged 79. Butters, leading trainer m England on seven occasions between 1927 and 1946, saddled the winners of 15 English classics and also won classic races m five other countries.
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  • 260 7 LONDON, Thurs. Bolton may step m with a bid for JIM ILEY, the £16,000 wing half who Spurs signed from Sheffield United and then found wouldn't fit into their team. Manager Bill Ridding paid a hush-hush visit to watch Iley play for
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  • 318 7 The Club They Don't Want To Know... By ROSS HALL LONDON, Wed. Hairy Evans, manager of Aldershot, the club who dream of Cup glory at Portsmouth on Saturday, reckons he has the toughest job m League football. I agree. You, you and YOU who served m the Army will probably
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    • 786 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. T«4: *****/6, *****/4 U2/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Te Halif ik, Botron, New Yorh. Baltimore. Philadelphia tr Culff Ports SPore P. Sham Penan* TIWC 3/10 Mar 1 1 Mar 15/16 Mar Carriers »p«e* to proceed via other port, te load and
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    • 1108 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) Sh D P p f THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed vie other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to proceed via Panama
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    • 827 8 MITSUI |g LINE S'poi* P. Sham Panono FOR JAPAN HaguToson Maru via Manila for Yokohama Kobe. Moii 24 Jan Mikcgcsan Maru via Manila, FOR U.S. A For New York, Philadelphia. Akigisait Maru from Japan 16 Jan 19 Jon FOR COLOMBO. KARACHI, BOMBAY Amagisan Maru 10 Jan 13 Jan 15 Jan
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    • 812 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Sailings tor Bangkok and/or For East Penong P.S'hom Spore "MANCHURIA" Gdns. 13/14 "MEONIA" 14/16 Jan 17/18 Jan 19/20 Jon Calling Saigon, Bangkok. "SUMBAWA" 18/19Jon 20/21 Jon accepts cargo for Japan. "KINA" 17/19 Jon 20/21 Jon 22/23 Jon "LALANDIA" 20/22 Feb 23/24 Feb 25/28 Fcb "KOREA" 21/22
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  • 113 9 Ohio, Jan. 2, ger rar tyre rei hit a new reaccording Harry S. Firestone Jr., > Firestone Tire r Co., m a year-end r tone .said replacer the year were p eight per and tip per p previous rorord ta indicated the m
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  • 74 9 LATEST addition to the Singapore skyline is the American International Building, 12-storey skyscraper of the American International Assurance Co. Ltd. at the corner of Robinson Road and Telegraph Street (seen above). The owners, along with several tenants, have already moved m. Official opening of the skycraper
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  • 55 9 1/4 CENT DROP INTERNATIONAL first grade rubber for January shipment closed at 82J cents per lb. yesterday on a market described as "very quiet." This price was i cent below last Tuesday's close. Yesterday's market ruled extremely quiet, with very little trading. There was small inquiry for remilled grades and
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  • 48 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot Lob. 82| 82| International Jan. No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. 82j} 82g Int. R.S.S. No. 1 February 82* 82} January No. 2 80J (nom.) No. 3 77} (nom.) Tone: Idle.
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  • 93 9 THE British Overseas Airways Corporation announced yesterday that the frequency of nights on its routes between London and Singapore via Bombay and Colombo, and between Singapore and Hongkong will be reduced. Services aftected are BA7OO leaving London on Sundays from Jan. 5 to Feb. 9, BATB9
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  • 64 9 WASHINGTOX. Jan. 2 (Rcuter)—The State Department may soon take up with Japan the question of Japanese fishing operations m North Pacific waters frequented by Alaskaspawned salmon. United States officials said yesterday. Following representations made on behalf of Alaska fishermen, the State Department has given an assurance that
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  • 282 9 RE-IMPOSITION of import licensing m New Zealand was unlikely to have any marked general effect on imports from Singapore and Malaya, the Dominion's Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. K.G. Hampton, said yesterday. He was commenting on a cabled report quoting a broadcast statement
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  • 103 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra Dec. -Jan. UK/ Continent $29} buyers, $30i sellers; coconut oil m bulk $48i sellers; m drums $52 i sellers. Mumok white pepper $100 sellers Sarawak white $99 sellers special Sarawak black $65. Singapore Copra Association closing
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  • 46 9 ENCOURAGED by the virtual promise of a release of France's remaining quota of £92,000,000 with the International Monetary Fund, officials m the French Ministry of Finance are planning the import programme for the first six months of 1958, according to the Financial Times.
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 372 9 NEED TO DEVELOP NEW TYPES OF RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Rubber Research Institute m Kuala Lumpur advocates a ceaseless research into a new and improved natural rubber product, m a review on its activities just published. It says although every pound of rubber Malaya now produces may find a
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    • 387 9 PENANG, Thurs. President of the Federation of Rubber Trade Association, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today expressed his support for the country's estates fragmentation plan. He was commenting on the Special Committee': Report on estates fragmentation. Mr. Heah said fragmentation of big estates into small holdings
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  • 151 9 'Weedkiller Increases Latex Yield' NEW YORK, Jan. 2, (UP) U.S. Rubber Company announced that its "24-4" weedkiller, known to the weekend gardener as sure death for broad leaf weeds, has increased latex yields from Malayan rubber trees from 25 to 49 per cent when used In tests as. a growth
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  • 118 9 All sections of the Malayan share market were dull and Irregular yesterday. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Federal Disp. 198 2.03 Gammon 2 25 2 30 W. Hammer 2 12 2.16 Hume Industries: Ords A5 6
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  • 133 9 THE cultivation of a tropical plant will, it is hoped, bring greater economic stability to underdeveloped areas m the Hebrides and Western Scotland.This is revealed m the annual report just issued by the Skye Council of Social Services. Mr. H. Robertson, consultant m raw material development,
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  • 38 9 WELL-KNOWN racing driver Ninian Sanderson, pictured at the controls of a giant earth-moving machine built m Scotland. This machine can dig, transport and dump 30 tons of earth at the touch of a button.
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  • 57 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying TT. 32-3.8. O.D. 32-1 2, 90 days 32-7/8 credit bills. 32-15 16 trade bills. Selling rates T.T. or O.D. ready were: Swiss Francs 142--18; French Francs *****; Belgian Francs 1618; Italian
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  • 22 9 U.S. chemical industry representatives have joined the groups seeking increased tariff protection against foreign imports, according to the Financial Times.
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  • 192 9 SINGAPORE sharebroker* reported the following business done Fed. Disp. $2; F. and N. ords $2.62$ to $2.60, Gammon $2.25; Hammer $2.15 to $2.125, $2.15 delayed; H. Waugh $1.57*. $1.57; Hum e prefs. A22 9; M. Cement Rights 17c. 16c. 16Jc overnight; McAl.ster $1.62; M. Box $1.50; Robinson ords
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  • 168 9 Trade Fair To Open Feb. 15 THE first International Trade Exhibition at the Singapore Great World Park will be held from Feb. 15 to March 9, assistant manager of the park, Mr. A. Razak, announced yesterday. Nearly half the space m the amusement park will be taken up by the
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  • 109 9 BEHN. Meyer Co. Ltd Singapore, a subsidiary of Arnold Otto Meyer, Hamburg, one of the leading German business houses m the world, have re-established their branches In Kuala Lumpur and Ptnang. Benn, Meyer Co. Ltd. were first established m Singapore In 1840. Twice liquidated In the last
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  • 190 9 Local Homes Use Less Power KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The average Malayan home consumes far less electricity than its counterpart m Britain or elsewhere, Central Electricity Board's General Manager, Mr. J. Sharpies, said here last night. Mr. Sharpies was speaking at the fourth anniversary dinner of the Selangor Electrical Engineering Association
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  • 57 9 ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the proposed further reduction of capital of Malaysiam Tin Ltd. to be effective on Jan. 15, according to the secretaries. The amount o f I/- per share will be repaid on Feb. 15 to all shareholders registered on Jan. 14. Books
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  • 28 9 CANADIAN newsprint production m November totalled 504,898 tons. The Newsprint Association of Canada said this was a 98 Der cent drop from output m November, 1956.
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    • 73 9 SHIPS IN PORT 01 II R RO \DS Ccram, Yong Ann, Dongkan, N^ SClang r SHB WHAEVES SSSSSl Willcm Eliyi 1. Pyrrhus f5. S S5fflJ l Denbigshire 8. Bendoran 10, santma, Manchuna 13 Asia 15 Wono t subo 15. Giang Bee 21. Bruas 23. IN NIK ROADS Gorgon 24. Stanvac
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  • 318 10 Kid Pranks Are Just Natural GLYNIS Patty McCormack of BAD SEED has a lovable part m this film. FORKING with two dozen children, six of them principals, m RKO's "All Mine To Give" wasn't too tough on Glynis Johns because she was once a child star herself. "And a bratty
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  • 210 10 The Gun Weighs Exactly 3,752 lbs. 5 \7"ERY few fans got near 2 v the right weight of the formidable GUN C which United Artists constructed m Singa- pore m conjunction with C the screening of their colourful film, THE; < PRIDE AND THE PAS- SION. Made of steel, wood
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  • 431 10 Pajama Game Scores Again On Ihe Screen C^EORGE Abbott, one of the very top craftsmen m the business of entertainment, has been described as a singularly cool and collected citizen who conducts his activities with a minimum of hanky-panky, hysteria and other occupational vapours. That's exactly the manner m which
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  • 645 10 Lectures on Love Marriage B&lumA, -"tfce, ?o&Hfi/s -unifc" "tfc& nous tuama J^OVE may be the same m any language, but linguistic differences were made the subject of many a lecture to girls contemplating marriage to Yanks who were stationed m foreign countries during World War H. On the theory that
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    • 546 10 TODAY'S QI'OTATION: ■MMMHM^^ If little labour, little are MM our (jaine<<; Man's for- ll 111 turn's are in-rordiriK to his palnes." Ilerrhk. IRIDAY I <»X EVERYONE: H^W 9*l rid Thus is a day which tends to stir activity, emotions, excite- W^T^H ment. differences. Those who HJh^^l apply themselves can get
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  • 211 11 TUNKU HEARS OF THAI INVASION' Fishermen Say: We Were Held Up In Malayan Waters Standard Staff Reporter ALOR STAR, Thurs.— Malay fishermen m a L? "i Lan 9 kowi *«W the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who is now on holiday on the island, that they were recently arrested by
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  • 164 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Pahang Consolidated Company's Sungci Lembing tin mine biggest lode mine m the world will consider reemployment of 130 paidoff workers if the Malayan Mining Employees' Union can prove they would suffer hardship as a result of their being retrenched. The
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  • 166 11 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) In Singapore yesterday were: Suvers Sellers Spot (nom.) 82 82 i R.S.S. No. 1 821 82* February R.S.S. No. 1 822 82J R.S.S. No. 2 January 80 82} R.S.S. No. 3 January 7"! Til Tone: Very quiet. The price of tin
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  • 229 11 21 -Gun Salute By Flagship Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. H.M.S. Alert fired a 21-ffun salute as it steamed into Port Swettenham today with Vice- Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, the new Com-mander-in- Chief, Far East Station, Lady Gladstone and their daughter. The C-in-C was paying a
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  • 47 11 SINGAPORE soprano, Mabel Lee Soo Bee, will give a farewell recital at the Cultural Centre tonight before returning to London to marry British actor. Glyn Davys later this month. The recital starts at 8.45 p.m. Tickets are free, and can be obtained by phoning *****.
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  • 62 11 SIR lAN Clunies-Ross, wellknown Australian agricultural scientist and noted authority on tropical diseases affecting animals, will have ta.ks with Singapore's Minister for Commerce and Indus ry Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, and other Government officials today. Sir lan. who will be arriving from Australia today by
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  • 130 11 Big Teacher Airlift Next Week KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— One of the biggest airlifts of Malayan students between the two teachers training colleges at Brinsford Lodge and Kirkby m England and here will take place m the next few days. On Saturday, a chartered BOAC Argonaut will fly m with the
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  • 36 11 THE body of Lee Yok Pow. 20. who was reported drowned while bathing with two friends m a mining pool at Gambang. Pahang. was recovered from the pool yesterday m a highly decomposed state.
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  • 205 11 BENTONG. Thurs. Chong Kon Chow, 52-year-cld manager of a mobile amusement park was on Tuesday fined $600 by Sessions Judge. Inche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah, for corruptly offering $100 to the OCPD. Mr. W.E. Jones through his 12-year-old niece. The prosecution stated
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  • WORLD
    • 376 12 NECK NECK FINISH AT THE SOUTH POLE Only 70 More Miles To Go WELLINGTON, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Dr. Vivian Fuchs, breaking a five-day silence, revealed today that he had^raccd forward to within 300 miles of the South Pole. Sir Edmund Hillary pushed on 27 miles during the night, and is
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    • 198 12 A Modern Cinderella And Prince Millionaire BARRINGEN, West Germany, Jan. 2 (AFP) The fairy-tale engagement of a millionaire Indian prince and a German shepherdess was celebrated on New Year's Eve m a ceremony surrounded by the wooded hills of Westphalia. The piince. Kersey J. Guzder, 23. of Bombay and Annemarie
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    • 28 12 FOUR PEOPLE and a dog m Shirley, Warwickshire were taken violently ill yesterday because daffodil bulbs were put into a stew m mistake for onions. Reuter
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    • 176 12 Police Force On Strike Will The Burglars Sympathize? OSLO, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Oslo police came out on strike yesterday for more pay and there was no increase m crimes or road accidents m the law-abiding Norwegian capital. The strike began at midnight and drivers and pedestrians began the New Year
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    • 318 12 VIOLATION OF AIR SPACE' LONDON, Jan. 2 Two Albanian fighter planes forced a British Skymaster DC-4 transport plane to land at Valona, Albania, yesterday morning, a Foreign Office spokesman announced. I The Albanian government charged that the plane violated Albanian air space.
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    • 79 12 IT WAS TO HAVE TAKEN BACK 73 DUTCHMEN THE KPM told The Standard last night that the forced-down plane was chartered by them to fly "3 Dutch evacuees home. The spokesman said the Skymaster was to have arrived m Singapore early yesterday and to have left today. The evacuees, most
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    • 119 12 Trousers May Harm Virility LONDON. Jan. 2 <.Rt?uter> A group of Swedish research workers, who studied data from seasoned nudists, reached the conclusion that trousers may harm a man's virility. Discussing their findings m the British Medical Journal today, the Swedes said that clothes may raise the temperature of the
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    • 96 12 LONDON. Jan. 2 (Reuter)— Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd the Colonial Secretary, and Sir Robert Laycock, Governor of Malta, Britain's big naval base, today conferred on Malta's unexpected threat to break its ties with Britain. The Governor had harried to London m an overnight flight to give his
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    • 65 12 REMFREW, Scotland, Jan. 2 (Reuter) A man and his baby daughter died at Barrneadnnc r here during the night af^er thieves had broken into their home and ripped away a gas meter containing cash. The two other children In the family, aged one and three,
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    • 34 12 JORDAN has agreed with Israel to allow 1.322 Christian Arabs of the Eastern Church to go to Bethlehem to celebrate the orthodox Christmas there. Orthodox Christmas Eve is celebrate on Jan. 6.
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    • 321 12 Worlds Best Dressed Women NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (UP) Queen Elizabeth II hit the ranks of world fashion royalty for the first time today on the 1958 list of the world's best-dressed women. The 32-year-old Queen who maae a fashion splash
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    • 66 12 JAKARTA. Jan. 2 (AFP)— An Indonesian Army spokesman said today that "as far as I know." Sweden had turned down an Indonesian bid to purchase arms "on political considerations." The spokesman. Major Harsono, was answering reporters questions on Indonesian efforts to buy arms abroad. A
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    • 127 12 Downing St. Confers On Cyprus LONDON, Jan. 2, (Reuter) The British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Macmillan and senior members of his Cabinet held a special conference at 10, Downing Street today with Sir Hugh Foot, new Governor of Cyprus, on the problems of the troubled Mediterranean island colony. Those called
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    • 126 12 Ike Returns Red Leaders' New Year Greetings GETTYSBURG, Jan. 2 (Reuter) President Eisenhower has replied to the Soviet leaders' New Year messages by saying the United States would "extend every effort m 1958" to bring about better relations between the two countries. Three leaders of the Soviet Union had cabled
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    • 30 12 LONDON, Jan. 2. (AFP).— British Premier Harold Macmillan has also replied to the New Year greeting messages he received on Tuesday from top ranking Soviet leaders.
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    • 21 12 BRITAIN'S 700,000 mine workers are to demand substantial pay rises later this month, their trade union leaders said yesterday.
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    • 147 12 THEY'RE RELICS OF THE ROMAN ERA ATHENS. Jan. 2 (Reuter) A Greek farmer. Athanassios Kallimanis. while tilling a field near the village ot Nea Lampsakos m Euboia, north of here, has discovered two marble statues, many vases and two tombs believed to date from the Roman
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    • 65 12 FROM his canopied throne, m front of Cardinals of the Sacred College. Pope Pius XII delivers his Christmas message to the world. The 7,000-word address was broadcast by the new powerful station of the Vatican Radio and translated into 27 languages including Russian and Chinese.
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    • 156 12 NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (Reuter). Three American mothers left New York yesterday on the first leg of their flight to Communist China where they will visit their imprisoned sons. The three mothers, AirsMary Dewney, Mrs. Ruth Redhond and Mrs. Philip Fecteau, left
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    • 28 12 JAPAN'S special envoy to South Vietnam, Mr. Ko^oro Uemura returned to Tokyo early yesterday after an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a Japan-South Vietnam reparations agreement. Reuter
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    • 181 12 PRINCE WAN KEEPS HIS OLD POST IN NEW THAI CABINET BANGKOK, Jan. 2 (Reuter) Prince Wan M thaiyakorn former president of the United Nationi General Assembly, is to stay on as Thai Foreign Minis ter m the new cabinet of the Premier, General Thannni Kittikachorn. The cabinet list published today
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    • 37 12 LONDON. Jan. 2 (AFP).— Prime Minister Harold Mncmillan will make a radio speech to the nation on Saturday, on major political questions confronting the government, prior to his departure for a Commonwealth tour next Tuesday.
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    • 41 12 JOE STEELE. who claims the title of "World Eating Champion," set a new record yesterday. He ate seven feet 10 inches of raw sausage m five and a half minutes, only a few hours after a hearty breakfast. U.P.
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    • 95 12 MOSCOW. Jan. From today So\ U r/ will pay more for th wine, cars, motor-cy certain industrial Soviet Tass now i v ported. But television i cameras will cost Ie The Soviet official ment newspaper Pn the prire increase; \v re to compen ate
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    • 57 12 JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 ter). Mr. David B< outgoing Israel Pri ter, Inst night accepted a date from President Vii Benzvi to form a nr ment But Mr. Ben Gurion. uho tendered the resignati his government on Tuc after a dispute within five-party coalition, her of conditions
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