Singapore Standard, 7 January 1958

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  • 20 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1953 Vol. VIII. No. 188 15cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 339 1 EDUCATED YOUTHS 2 JOIN UP AS P.Cs Colony No Longer Looks To Kampongs For Its 'Mata Matas THE SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE HAS STOPPED RECRUITING "MATA MAT AS" FROM THE RAMPONGS OF THE FEDERATION. THE REASON IS THAT HUNDREDS OF EDUCATED UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS CHINESE INDIANS, EURASIANS AND
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  • 240 1 SOEKARNO LEAVES FOR SIX-WEEK REST CURE Sartono Becomes Acting President JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Rcuter) President Soekarno left Jakarta today for India to begin a six-week health rest m six Afro-Asian countries on board a chartered Garuda Indonesian Airways plane. Troops threw a steel security ring around Jakarta Airport to prevent
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  • 12 1 pic. A Blessing for the Congregation from Cardinal Spellm&n. Standardpic
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  • 599 1 They Too Are Working For Humanity FRANCIS. CARDINAL SPELLMAN. ARCHBISHOP !OF NEW YORK AND A PRINCE IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY, YESTERDAY URGED CATHOLICS IN MALAYA "TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR DEDICATION AND IN THEIR SERVICE TO CHRIST" AND) 1 HELP PFvOMOT.E
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  • 128 1 JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (AFP) Indonesia's gold and foreign exchange reserves dropped last week to an allfime low of 11.77 per cent of the currency m circulation and claimable liabilities, according to the weekly statement ot the Central Indonesian Bank issued here today. Advances to Government
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  • 37 1 FLOODS following the heaviest rain for 50 years have caused 16 deaths, left about 6,300 people homeless and caused heavy property damage about 60 miles north of Bagdad, according to a government report yesterday. Reuter
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  • 36 1 THE Cyprus Government yesterday officially announced that the explosion m which four Canberras and one Venom plane were destroyed by fire at the RAF Akrotiri Base on Cyprus Island was due to sabotage. AFP
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  • 69 1 Launch Twins Are Dead THE (wins born to Che Zarah binte Saapii. 30. wife of a fisherman on board a launch on Jan 2, have both died One died two days after birth, the other yesterday morning. The twins were born prematurely on board a Singapore Government launch, Radcliffe. which
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  • 112 1 Hillary Tells Fuchs Give Up WELLINGTON. New Zealand. Jan. 6 (UP) New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary called on British scientist Dr. Vivian Fuchs today to abandon now his efforts to cross the frozen Antarctic. Fuchs rejected the suggestion. While Fuchs and Hillary conducted their long-dis-tance consultation, a Royal Air
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  • 102 1 Tunku Off To Saigon On Jan. 29 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Prime -Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will pay a goodwill visit to Saigon from Jan- 29 to Feb. 1, his first official trip to a neighbouring country since he assumed office. He is going at the invitation of Mr. Ngo Dinh
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  • 60 1 NIORT. (Western France), Jan. 6 (AFP)— Mme J. Deveaud, 47-year-old housewife of Epannes m the Deux Sevres Department, mother of T he largest family m France, today gave birth to her /:sth child. Ex President Vincent Auriol and the present President ot France Rene Coty
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  • 24 1 BUCHAREST Radio reported yesterday that President Pctrugroza of Rumania who underwen v a stomach operation last .November was "sinking fast". He is 72.
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  • 154 1 HUMAN MONEY-BOX -424 COINS IN HIM SEDGEFIELD. Durham, Jan. 6 (Reuter).— A 54-year-old man admitted to hospital here suffering from "loss of appetite," was found to have 424 coins and 27 pie?es of wire m his stomach, it was disclosed today. The total weight of the "jackpot" discovered by surgeons
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  • 31 1 MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (AFP) The Soviet Union hat launched the first rocket containing a man to an altitude of 300 kilometres, it was reported m Western diplomatic circles today.
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  • 252 1 East-West Pact Britain Backs Down LONDON, Jan. 6 (UP) Britain backed down on the Macmillan plan for an East-West non-aggression pact today m the face of swift opposition from her allies. The chief spokesman of the Foreign Office told newsmen that the pact suggested by Vrimo Minister Harold Macmillan on
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  • 64 1 LONDON. Jan. 6 (AFP) Britain considers its air incident with Albania closed, the Foreign Office spokesman said today. He said the Foreign Office was studying the report by Captain Marian Kozubski. pilot of the Skymaster forced to land m Albania on Dec. 31. but he noted
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  • 53 1 SAIGON, South Vietnam. Jan. 6 (AFP) Tans Van Chi, secretary-general at the National Economy Secretariat, will soon be named Charge d'Aflfaires to the Federation of Malaya and Consul from South Vietnam to Singapore, an Informed source said today. Tang Van Chi is presently on a goodwill
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  • 356 2 Tracks Outside Bungalow Said -Six Men Were Here Standard Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police today confirmed that the murder of K. Ananthan Nair, 52-year-old cook of the Meranti Lapan Estate m Simpanq Pulai, ten miles south of Ipoh, yesterday/ was by a gong of five
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  • 355 2 NO 'FROZEN' ASSETS IN EGYPT -GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Federation Government has no assets "frozen" m Egypt by the Nasser Government, a Ministry of External Affairs spokesman stated today. He was commenting on a report by Federal Councillor Mr. K. L. Dcvaser on his return from the Afro-Asian Conference
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  • 144 2 A Call-Up Is Not Necessary, Says Assn. IPOH, Mon. The noncommunal National Association of Perak today called on the Federation Government to accelerate Its psychological warfare campaign to obtain the surrender of the Communist terrorists. Mr. Woo Ka Lim, a nominated Federal Legislative Councillor and publicity officer of the par.y,
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  • 46 2 A FISHMONGER. Loh Choon Peow, 28. was struck dead by lightning while counting his day's takings m his Pasir Panjang Road home on Nov. 23. Singapore Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hlng. was told yesterday. Mr. Giam recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
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  • 64 2 PENANG, Mon.— The organising committee of the PanMalayan Malay Anti-Prostitu-tion Congress had decided to hold a conference m X Lumpur from Feb. 18 to 20. Malay and Muslim orqanisntions have been invited to three representatives each to the conference. The main business of the conference will be
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  • 21 2 THE Progressive Party of Malaya, hopes to open a branch m Kuala LumDur towards the middle of next month.
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  • 179 2 SUNGEI BESI MINERS BACK AT WORK AFTER PROTEST STRIKE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The SunrH it, 7j Fatt Tin Mining Company's 600 employe,. work last night after a 12 hour strike m nn.hJ' Jrr the retrenchment of 75 fellow-workers. The retrenchment was ordered after had imposed restrictions on the output of
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  • 52 2 Egypt Offers Cotton At Trade Talks KUALA LUMPUR An 18-man delegation ton Chinese I Kuala Lun, r.r improv,. and i t>e*wecn he All retar, „f s :'£fl t-an Commerce \inVi colored to trad 7^\ tcx.He an d oth r However, no a- n drawn up between the delegations aft, r
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  • 54 2 Shaw Wee King, In <' Anglo-Chin< s Singapore. ;in d oldi I Mr and Mrs. Rum tell the Colony by Sunday to mtrr Marlfcx College m England Hi.-, cou :n, Mr. Har I Shaw, son of Mr. and Run Run Bhtw adso educated at Marlbni "ollpgp
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  • 13 2 NET collecti >ns fro-•ome-tax m Kuala I luring Dorombcr imountcd to $4
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    • 158 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRS. ONG Piah Tens and family thank H.E th e Governor, the Chief Minister. the acting Chief Secretary, the Speaker, Council of Ministers. Assemblymen. Commissioner of Police, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, St. John Ambulance. variou s Associations, the Press, friends and relatives etc., for their scrolls, wreaths, telegrams
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 507 3 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hc met a barrage of questions from a group of isiting globe-circling journalists on Sunday th His U5 jcl ca!m ancl P at c °ce. He had a ready to every query during nearly an hour's quixsomc of them were
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    • 287 3 WORLD WAR II was responsible for causing I biggest setback to education, particularly m countries which came under the heel of the s aggressors. Malaya was no exception. In fact, Jhe Federation and Singapore the effects of this tack have still not been removed and normalcy gained
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  • 552 3 "VY'IIEN you first see the Reel going on the air, you think it's mad. But it isn't." This comment made recently by a seasoned radio engineer was a warm tribute to the streamlined method underlying the seemingly wild activity of the BBC's Radio Newsreel production
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 336 3 Sir Though the letter published m your issiie of Dec. 20 last provoked local interest, a reply could not be given readily as certain statements by Nasib Melayu required verification. To begin with Nasib Melayu is wide off the mark when he states that a big house has
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    • 265 3 Sir In your issue of Jan.l there appeared a letter irom Temerloh by Ra'ayat Juga Tanggong regarding the increase of allowance to the Sultan of Pahang from $10,000 to $12,000 a month. Although the failure of the daily-rated worker to get an additional dollar is being
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  • 1483 3 A review of the year 1957 m Germany must start with East Germany. It is here that the year has brought the greatest changes, and it i s the East German developments which have had repercussions on West German policy rather than the other way round says Sebastian
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  • 40 3 ANTARCTICA'S massive burden of ice may be responsible for depressing the land beneath it. At one place, recent measurements have shown the ice to be 9,750 feet deep, with the underlying land 5,000 feet below sea level.
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  • 451 3 urL? (j\*»uu Uia. TS IT a change of the x Times? Hitherto, trade unions, both m the Colony and m the Federation, have been a pain m the neck not only to industry but to the country at large. Therefore, it came as a
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  • 460 4 EIGHT STRIKERS PLACED ON BOND They Obstructed Approaches To Smelting Works PENANG, Mon. The bargaining powers of employees are inferior to that of employers and m addition employees must keep within the law when on strike, said Magistrate, Mr. Au Ah Wan, m a court here today) after he found
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  • 99 4 Two Chindits In Home Guard Centre IPOH, Mon.— Two Chindit veterans of the Burma campaign are now working as colleagues m the Home Guard training centre here. They are Lt-Col. W. Cheyne, Deputy State Home Guard Officer, who is CO. of the centre, and Major E. S. Bennett, assistant Hcme
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  • 56 4 A SALESMAN. Quek Soo How, 23, was yesterday fined $300 by a Singapore Traffic Court when he was found guilty of driving a car while under the influence of liquor. Quek was also disqualified from driving for one year. Quek was stopped by a Volunteer Special Constable
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  • 127 4 They Won't Budge From Quarters PENANG, Mon. Six European executives of the Eastern Smelting Company, where a major section of the daily and monthly paid employees is on strike, met blank stares this morning, when they went to the quarters m Kampong Java Bharu occupied by five striking employees against
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  • 196 4 RAUB, Mon. A full grown tiger which killed two buffaloes and injured two others yesterday morning a t Kampong Kuala Dong, Raub, was shot dead by a Home Guard yesterday evening. The Home Guard Abu Bakar bin Naslb. 35, of Kampong Kuala Dong, 12
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  • 30 4 WILLIAM Lim Kirn Leong, 28, a former policeman, was yesterday fined SlOO m a Singapore Court for stealing a purse containing $11 at Change Alley on Dec. 18.
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  • 210 4 ITS 'BLACK MONDAY' FOR MANY STUDENTS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. While 190,000 Federation children faced their first "Black Monday m the primary schools today, secondary pupils are still anxiously waiting for their fate to be decided by the Education Ministry. To most of them, this may be their last ''Black Monday."
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  • 69 4 THE TENGKU Ampuan of Selangor, wife of the Federation's Deputy Paramount Ruler, presents a gold emblem dress pin to Lady Gladstone, wife of the C-in-C Far East Station, Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, when the latter paid a courtesy call on the Ruler at the Istana Bukit
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  • 68 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Sixty-two-year-old Chay Mun, who had been sentenced to five years' jail for illegal possession of supplies m a food restricted area today had the term reduced to two years by the Federation Court of Appeal. Chay had been arrested with a
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  • 60 4 $100 Advance For Teachers KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Fifty-four Malayan teachers from Kirkby and Brinsford Lodge College m England, who returned this evening by BOAC plane, were given an advance of $100 each on arrival a the International Airport here. An Education Department official who handed out the packets told them
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  • 220 4 Woman Found With Arms, Ammo KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Court of Appeal today confirmed the death sentence passed by the Selangor High Court on a 28-year-old woman, Wong Lan alias Ah liar, for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court's dismissal of Wong's
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  • 83 4 TAIPING. Monday— The St. Louis Orphanage with 70 boys has been taken over by the Sisters of the Paris Foreign Service (Grey Sisters), who will also run the St. Louis Public Dispensary under the supervision of local private practitioner and State Councillor, Dr. T. Markandu. The dispensary
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  • 68 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Two officer cadets from the Federation Army today left by air for the Australian Officer Cadets School m Portsea for two-year courses. They are Inche Mohamed Nasir bin Mohamed Taib, 19, and Mr. Long Seh Han. 19. Inche Nasir is a former
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  • 218 4 IPOH, Mon. Robert Bell, 37, manager of Dusun Bertam Estate, was fined $250 by Magistrate Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan today when he was convicted on a charge of causing mischief by maiming a cow With a .45 Colt, automatic pistol. Bell was said to
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  • 271 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The riff tmt Selangor divisions of the UMNO an ,d MIC T" such proportions that the Alliance Nathmal^iSS &sz? the probiem at us »*--sriS3?! UMNO headquarters Secretary-Gem raj Inch* t bin Yusof, told The Standard, however, hat h was
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  • 125 4 Two Youths Swung Parangs, Court Told Payers hir| under and when two ruslu I into a h cvl r parangs, 1 gistrate's Court was t The youths, Tan Ah ami Kam Mun P I trial to a cl hurt to i n Cheong Chuck Thung, it Cintra Street on Nov.
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  • 25 4 THE Ceylonese comi fj m Taiping is to ho a ing on Thursday < ways and funds for the relief oi victims In Ceylon.
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  • 77 4 t ™E Federation High Commissioner m Piki tin Tengku Mohamed bin Tengku Besa r Burhanuddii who recently returned to Kuala Lumpur, last Thors; fhl /J" 86 11^- on behalf of the Pakistani Minister I aL«« I/ I cr y T stal vase to the Yang di-Pertitf
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  • 107 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Malacca rubber tapper Mat Sawi bin Bahodin. will not hang for the slaying of his mother-in-law X Federation Court decided today. Sawi had been of murdering the had been senien by Mr. Justice v the Malacca II; The Appeal C<
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  • 195 5 Airports New P.O. Wilt Cut Delivery Time By 24 Hours -ir Singapore Airport tfl^ fastest air 10 Vsia h( n lts new office k opon«> this y f office, first of region, air mail .aches II be speciaUyofficer, i vce will 1 delivery
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  • 46 5 I SINGAPORE Police m major ish and thieves I t I S r J rfm n c M .)00. grill m b 0( n the B Major m m :ilso H g n Brighton Hr X B H
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  • 13 5 Son's Chatqe Against Father Is Withdrawn IA M I Chu Eve. R 8.1.
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  • 260 5 Ong Assumes Duties As First Mayor And Fights Shy Of The Press SINGAPORE'S first Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, yesterday assumed official duties. Mr. Ong was at his desk m his new office, situated on the second floor of City Hall, at 9 a.m. sharp. Asked whether he would dedicate
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  • 111 5 MABEL LEAVES TO MARRY BRITISH ACTOR MISS MABEL LEE SOO BEE. 23, formerly known as the "Sinsing Schoolgirl." left Singapore yesterday by air for London, to marry British character actor Glyn Davys, on Saturday. Mabel, who met Davys. 32. a concert m London List year, returned to Singapore recently to
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  • 165 5 'APORr Government's refusal to allow Colonists to visit Communist China will be disthe governing council of the Trades Union Congress on Friday. The Government recentiy turned down a request by the TUC to permit two representatives to attend the eighth national
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  • 42 5 Tyson Quits A Top Govt. Post Ii iiel InOfflcer, Mr. I uned. 'alls se- C Onv gov:.iish Mi- L: 'k.ur has return- <d here m ad the Govment Exentin the ■:ned from became the Industrial I been yet I >rri was told
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  • 30 5 ii Common- Blind, yesterday 1 first leg of 'r. Wilson < f blind promote lor the tries of Singapore i ate for ration on
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  • 23 5 Appointment For Tyrrell r< ji( r.-il c British Export 11 appointed the Bri E.CA.F.E. commit- i ipor€ on f^Skok, venue I eating. "day.
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  • 55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Largest allotment from the Social and Welfare Service Lotteries Board decided at B recent meeting is $150.00' towards X-ray equipment for hospitals m Kuala Lum pur. Ipoh and Kuala Pilah. The Serendah Boys' Hom< Trade School is allocate $67, 251. It had last yea
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  • 76 5 $18,000 Piano For Theatre TWO nt I Steinway pianos, valued at $22,000. have arrived :n Siryapore from Hamburg for the Victoria Theatre. One of them the $18,000 grand piano will be played lor 'he first time on Jan 10 by Gus Stein, when he accompanies Larry Ad^r on his harmonica
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  • 59 5 A YOUTH, Sa'at bin Jasman, was yesterday committed to stand trial m the Singapore Assizes for theft of $2 from a 12-year-old boy. At a preliminary inquiry m the Ninth Magistrate's Court, he was alleged to have stolen the money from Tjow Chen? Boon, m Amber
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  • 55 5 A GERMAN lecturer m the University of Malaya, Dr. W. /Coepke, will today conduct i German language course F or beginners at German T iouse, First Avenue, off 3ukit Timah Road at 7.30 >.m. Dr. Koepke will also star similar course for children f the same address
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  • 87 5 He Broke Entry Ban Jailed PENANG, Mon.— Lee Chan Seng, 31, was sentenced to four months' jail m the Magistrate's Court today on pleading guilty to a charge of failing to comply with a restriction residence order served on him on Dec. 27, 1955 which forbade him from entering Penang
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  • 93 5 IPOH. Mon. The case of the 13 expehed Ipoh students resulting after the Chinese student demonstrations of November last, will be dealt with as soon as possible. This assurance was given by La toh Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister, to Mr. Chan Cl\pc Keong. vice-chair-man
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  • 144 5 A man's plea not to have him placed on Police supervision was yesterday rejected by a Singapore Criminal Judge* because of his bad record. "Police supervision," pleaded G. Suppiah, "always 4 rov *c me out of employment." 'I am therefore compelled to steal," he
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  • 21 5 FORMOSA is expected to oroduce 60L cars this year through technical co-opera-Lion with the United States and Japan. AFP
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  • 227 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE ex-Communlst freighter Hai Hsuan which was bought over recently by a Havana businessman, after lying idle for over seven yeans, was towed in.o Keppel Harbour to await dock.ng. yesterday. Three Singapore Harbour Board t,ugs the Tunda, Mitra and Titho brought
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  • 71 5 SINGAPORE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, greets Cardinal Spellman when he called on him at Assembly House yesterday Cardinal Spellman with members of the St. Francis Xavier Seminary m Seransoon. Standing on the Cardinal's left is the Vicar-General of Singapore, Rev. Fr. Berthold. Father-Direc-tor P.
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  • 139 5 That $2,250 Tourism Job SINGAPORE'S Council of Ministers will today discuss tiie "appointment" of the Colony's Director of Tourism. The Standard was told yesterday. Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, will explain at the meeting the "confusion" that has arisen m
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  • 99 5 SINGAPORE Government is facing difficulty m securing jobs for disabled workers traced for anti-skilled trades. A Labour Department official told The Standard yesterday that there were about 250 disabled workers registered with the Labour Exchange. He said that local firms were not "very co-operative" m absorbing
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  • 76 5 JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector, Jan. 6 (AFP) The one week-old Israeli Cabinet crisis touched by the representatives of the five Israeli central-leftist parties announcing that they agreed to form a coalition government under Premier David Ben-Gurion. They are the same parties which made ud the preceding government
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  • 89 5 PENANG. Mon. The State Secretary, Mr. H. R. Ellis, has received a letter from Tunku Mustapha, secretary to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, stating that Their Majesties were very much affected by the loyalty and goodwill shown by their subjects of all races during their visit to
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  • 293 5 SINGAPORE has made tremendous progress, both m the social and economic fields within the last ten years, and there are signs of continuing development, observed Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, following a 150-minute tour of the city yesterday. The
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  • 126 5 Assault Bid On Freed Man A HYSTERICAL mother yesterday attempted to assauit a Singapore shipping executive as soon as she heard the Magls.rate. Mr. S. K. Lee. acquit the man. who was charged with having caused the death of her 11--year-old son by driv.ng a car m a negligent manner.
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  • 47 6 SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's commendable move to take School stars In hand for coaching began at Jalan Besar Stadium early on Sunday morning, and the picture below shows SAFA'i coaches, m the centre, putting the boys through some physical exercises
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  • 330 6 S.A.F.A. C'TTEE MEMBERS THE Singapore Amateur Football Association, at a meeting held at Jalan Besar Stadium last night, elected the following members to serve on its various committees for the current year. Finance and Administrative Committee: Mr. Soh Ghee Soon I Chairman), Messrs. N.S. Hogan, R. 1.3.. 3. Pates. Kee
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  • 141 6 IPOH. Mon. Ipoh is to be the venue of the Badminton Association of Malaya's first ih'raas Cup trial which will be held at the Perak Turf Club courts on January SI and 26, starting at 7.30 p.m. each day. Eleven cup "probab'es" will ta.ke
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  • 124 6 GOH Kee Siah, with 148 net. won the Police Cup coif competition at the Royal Island Club over the week-end. Runners-up were M Tukey and J Muraille. each scoring 151 net. The Ball Sweep, played on Saturday, was a tie by M. Tukey. K. Stephenson and
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  • 256 6 ANOTHER RUMPUS STOPS TAMIL FESTIVAL MATCH A RUMPUS caused the Pongol Festival football match between Indian Gymkhana and Arsenal Sports Club at Farrer Park to be abandoned early m the second half yesterday. On the previous day, the match between the Jollilads and the United Tamilian Rovers was abandoned for
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  • 66 6 YOUNG Mens* Sikh Association, division two hockey champions seeking promotion to the first division, did well against a strong University side to bs beaten by a narrow 2-1 margin, m their friendly at Bukit Timah yesterday. After a scoreless first half the Undergrads scored first through Kong
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  • 108 6 Festival soccer tournament organizing committee. Mr. N. Mogan, "who saw the incident later told The Standard: "If the participating teams cannot behave m a more sportsman like manner we cannot do anything about it.' He pointed out that there was no restriction imoosed on the teams
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  • 25 6 KRANJI Rangers and Bintang Bulan 'A* battled it out for a one-all draw m the Bukit Panjan? District soccer league at Woodlands yesterday.
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  • 290 6 A CABLE from New York received by Lebanese champion, Sheikh Ali ben Yousoff yesterday m Singapore confirmed the Sheikh as the logical contender for the world heavyweight title. The National Alliance Wresiling Beard of America. In the cable, has also asked the
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  • 37 6 HOCKEY— S.H.A. Dir. I Wanderers vs. S.C.C. on the Padang. Tamil Festival match Upper Serangoon Rangers vs. Elgin B. Doraisamy's team at Farrer Park HOCKEY Senior K.O tourney, S.H.B. Police vs. Khalsa at Bukit Chermin.
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  • 177 6 20 Teams For SGSFA Leagues TWENTY teams will play m the Singapore Government Services Football Association's three soccer leagues this year. The first division should s«e the Police Sporting Association, last year's champs, and the Marine Department battling it out for top honours. While m the two junior leagues Police
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  • 165 6 POLICE Sports Association conceded a walkover to the Wanderers Sports Club m the SHA Div. i league tie which wa s to be played on the Girls' Sports Club ground yesterday. There are nine more matches to be p.ayed m the league. These fixtures
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  • 60 6 V.S.S. Nathan accomplished a badminton double when he won both the singles and doubles titles of the Tamil Festival Badminton championships at the Clerical Union Hall last night He beat VS. Sam v 15-4. 15-5 for the singles crown, and then partnered Balakrishnan to take the
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  • 24 6 INNSBRUCK. Austria. Jan. 6 (Reuter). Helmuth Recknagel of East Germany won the international ski jumping competition on the Isel Mountain here yesterday.
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  • 69 6 Sales Of PTC Sweep Past 600,000 IPOH, Mon. During the past three days, sales of sweep tickets for the Perak Turf Club's January meeting have exceeded 600.000 "This is extremely good going considering that there is five days more to go before the opening day of our meeting/ a P.T.C.
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  • 32 6 COL. E. V. Ranson won the Gold and monthly medal stroke play at Keppel played over the week-end. L. Sabine F. P. Mclntyre tied for the "B" Division.
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  • 248 6 ROYAL Australian Air Force trounced the Singapore Cricket Club "B" team by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to nil m their rugb> match played on the padang yesterday. The Aussies showed their superiority from the first minute and keot it ud throughout
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  • 2074 6 Ttie 'Old Brigade' Dominated last Year's Races By A Special Correspondent THE 1957 racing season has just ended. Racing hos J interesting throughout the year. Nevertheless, it reveals on* setback the dearth of promising young stayers. Last season's classics' were all won
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  • 48 7 THE Governor of Penanq, Raja Sir Uda, meets the players of the Malayan Malays Football team just before their match against the Penang Malays Imiitation XI at the City Stadium on Friday, Jan. 3. The match ended m a two-all draic aftes extra time.
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  • 319 7 Teams of beauties m shorts and eys battling m a national women 5 one of the possibilities of 1958. if Vittorio Smedile are crowned with 8. are they known m s as a man :or'' who ac touches :tting up teams m a [sports,
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  • 76 7 Kramer's Advice To Rose SYDNEY, Jan. 6 (Reuter) Jack Kramer, American professional termi s promoter, said yesterday he had advised Mervyn Rose, Australian Davis up Cup doubles player, to concentrate on amateur tennis for the present. Rose. 28 had been suggested M a prospect for Kramer's professional troupe. Kramer said:
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  • 34 7 SYDNEY, Jan 6, (Reuter)— Pancho Gonzales (USA) world professional lawn tennis champion, today beat Lew Hoad (Australia) 6—4. B—lo, 6—3. <)— 4 to level 2 2 m their 100--match series for the title
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  • 33 7 ABIDJAN, French West Africa, Jan. 6 (AFP) Jules fouan, of the Ivory Coast, beat the PhillDpine Tanny Campo m a 10-round featherwpi^rit fl^ht In Abidjan last night. Touan won on points.
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  • 128 7 Six New Caps In Irish Team DUBLIN, Jan. 6 (Reuten There are six new caps, five of them forwards, m Ireland's Rugby Union team to meet the toiirin? Australians m Dublin on January 18 The t^am includes two sons of former Irish internationals 13-year-old centre threequarter Dave Hewitt and wing
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  • 40 7 Ann Brian Tops In ETT LONDON, Jan. 6. (Reuter) Miss Ann Haydon. runnerup m the world championships last year, retained her place as number one m the English tennis rankings list issued today. Brian Kennedy is the men's number one.
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  • 370 7 U.S. THREAT TO WORLD FOOTBALL —With £2,000 A Year Stars says PETER WILSON IWT be surprised if America is, beffve™ ton* a U really serious contender for world Soccer honour, I hear from the States that this season lS£ie 1S has been drawing the largest crowds m its history. And
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  • 127 7 SYDNEY, Jan. 6 (Reuterh— Eighty-fou r lucky punters yesterday shared the tote "jackpot" of £A81,341 (£65,072 sterling) at the Canterbury racecourse here. The flve-shilling tote ticket showed a return of just over £968 (Australian) (about £772 sterling). A crowd of 31,000 flocked to the racecourse
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    31 7 CUTE and catchy, Teddy Tinling presents his "Pretty Girl's" interpretation of the 1958 New Look for the tennis court. The model shown m this United Press Photo is pretty Jean Clarke.
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  • 219 7 Gaunt Will Leave In Time For Third Test PERTH, Jan. 6 (Renter) Western Australian fast bowler, Ron Gaunt, will now leave '<* South Africa on Wednesday to join the Australian Test team. lucky sequence of events hr« y vf n u abled Gaun to rush to ?p U Ugha gh
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  • 117 7 Red China Claims 3 Records LONDON. Jan. 6 (UP) Red Chinese athletes set three world records and 102 national records m 1P57, the New China News Agency claimed yesterday. The claimed world records were a 5 feet 9| inches mark m the women's high jump by 20-year-old Peking student Cheng
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  • 59 7 ALLAHABAD, Jan. 6 (Reuter).— Ulf Schmidt, the Swedish Davis Cud player, beat Ramanathan Krishnan India's number one, 6-3. 6-1. 6-4 to win the singles title m the central India lawn tennis tournament; here yesterday. Krishnan and Naresh Kumar beat the British pair, Billy Knight and Tony
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  • 26 7 HELSINKI. Jan. 6 (ReuteD— Finland beat Sweden by 62-50 m a basketball match at Turku. Southwest Finland, today. The half time score was 30-19.
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  • 288 7 Tipton's Punters Drive Bookies Crazy TIPTON, Staffordshire Jan. 6 (Reuter) Punters m this foundry town have been so successful that three football pool promoters admit today they have decided not to send them any more coupons. The people of Tipton (population 37.000) have a motto "little fish are sweet." So
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  • 105 7 MADRID, Jan. 6 (Reuter)— Real Madrid, European cup ho'.ders, are still having a bad run m the Spanish first division soccer competition Having led the league from September, Madrid slid down to third place after losing to Asusuna 1-0 yesterday. Barcelona and Atletico
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  • 74 7 INNINGS WIN FOR AUCKLAND WELLINGTON. Jan. 6 (Reuter). Auckland beat Northern Districts by an innings and 65 runs m their Plunket Shield cricket match here yesterday. Northern Districts were forced to follow on 182 runs behind and were all out m their second innings for 117. Scores: Auckland 293 for
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  • 30 7 PERTH. Jan. 6 (Reuter) Miss Angela Mortimer (Britain) beat Brenday Sayers 6-0, 6-0, m the West Australian tennis championships today to enter the quarter-finals of the women's singles.
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  • 180 7 NAIROBI, Jan. 6 (Reu*e*) A hurricane century by opening; bat P. Prodger paved the way for an exciting seven wicket,, victory by Kenya Kongonis over the touring M.CC. cricket team m their two-day match here yesterday. With three declarations nade m
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  • 446 7  -  Tony Horstead By LONDON, Mon. The tear of dropping from the Third Division into the new Fourth Division has forced Millwali to make a drastic decision. After seventy-one team changes this season the Old Kent-road club they call the Lions decided to
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  • 194 7 Okawq K.O's Thai In Round 9 TOKYO, Jan. 6. (UP)-^ Former Far Eastern lightweight champion Omsap Lamfapha of Thailand, discouraged when he forfeited his role as challenger yesterday by being five pounds overweight, was knocked out by defending champion Hiroshi Okawa m the ninth round of a 12-round fight, declared
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    • 455 8 TOUWS QUOTATION: WHM 1 "How awful t<> reflect fcj ffH W%j that what people say of us SAAA^I U is true." Logan Pearsall Wi^P^Bßl Smith. IwV IvAV iT3 TUESDAY FOR EVERY- ftj g^J kTVI ONE: Seek to correct up- pßtttLJ sets or inequalities by being just, tactful, remaining on centre.
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  • 227 9 i > PROMPT Police action prevented a gang clash m Sit Wall Road m the Tiong Bahru area of Singapore last night. This was the second time m three nights that Police nipped an impending gang fight m the bud. Two nights ago, m
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  • 271 9 They're Still Backward Economically, Says UMNO PENANG, Mon. The Penang State UMNO executive committee, at a meeting last night, decided to urge UMNO Malays to ask the Federal Government to expedite implementation of the "rights of Malays m commerce and industry," so as to improve their economic
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  • 228 9 Ministry Proves It's So SCHOOLS that maintained discipline and were undisturbed by outside influences, recorded the greatest percentage of passes last year, Singapore's Education Ministry announced yesterday. This was clearly indicated, the Ministry said, by the results m the Government-sponsored Senior Middle 111 examination
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  • 121 9 LOW PANG CHIN, a Singapore merchant, was yesterday sentenced to a year's jail for cheating by a Colony Court. On March last year. Low allegedly handed a cash cheque for $3,600 to T.A.J. Frogcr of Rotterdam Trading Company after taking delivery of 100 dozen shirts.
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  • 93 9 Colonel Lee Leaves HK For S 'pore HONGKONG, Jan. 6 cßeuter).— Col. Sir Henry Lee, Malaya's Finance Minister, and Lady Lee left here today for Singapore m the Blue Funnel liner. Perseus, after attending the wedding of their eldest daughter, Dr. Violet Suet Lang Lee, on Jan. 4. Travelling m
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  • 50 9 A WOMAN. Lim Boon Eng, 35, was knocked down by a car m Bedok last night. She was taken to the General Hospital for treatment. The car failed to stop after the accident. Eye-witnesses are asked to contact the Sepoy Lines Police Station, telephone 2400. extension 381.
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  • 55 9 PENANG, Mon. The Federation Pilgrimage Control Officer, Tuan Haji Ali Rouse, today said that 4,500 applications have been received for a journey to Mecca this year He said that no arrangements would be made for pilgrims to travel by air this year. So far, only three
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  • 36 9 AHMAD BIN HUSSEIN, 34, was fined $200 or six weeks' jail on Sunday by Tuan Haji Badaruddin bin Haji Abdul Raiu m the Banda Bahru Magistrate's Court m Perak for buying a "numbers" lottery.
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  • 163 9 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot (nom.) BCi 80} R.S.S. No. 1 802 80} February K.S.S. No. 1 80S 805 R.S.S. No. 2 January "81 78] R.S.S. N6. 3 January 751 755 Tone: Quiet after steady. The price of tin
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  • 90 9 THE Malayan branch of the International Brotherhood of Magicians will present a "Fantasy of Magic" on Jan. 25, starting at 8 p.m. at the Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall m aid of the Siglap Methodist Church and Kindergarten building fund, sponsored by the Wesley Methodist Church. Magicians
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  • 196 9 Major Reshuffle When Expats Go MALACCA. Mon. There will be a major reshuffle m local Government service staff when several expatriate officers make their exit under the Malayanization scheme m the next few months. By the end of June at least seven Europeans including the State Secretary, Mr. H. D.
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    • 279 9 13. Fort Canning Road and at FSTtZVj^HT^^RvVV the Singapore Chinese Chamber Ji^*laS^ of Commerce. Hill Street. from H. 30 a.m. to 8 p.m Other centres YWCA (Rallies tjuay): Malay do not observe the surname sysBeg:nners Class (New Session) tern. 10.15 a.m.: Ballroom Dancing— Beginners 5 m. intermediate 7TfTS!)KjT^3 and Advanced
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    • 191 9 National Announcements. 7 n m. Time Signal and News. 7.10 News Talk. 7.15 Sports Reel. 7.30 London Belongs to me 8 pm. The Malayanaires. 8.30 Palace of Varieties. 9 p.m. Radioscope. 930 Time Signal and News. 945 Intermezzo. SINGAPORE (Regional Service): 7.15 a.m. Opening announcement and Morning Serenade. 7 30
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    90 11 ,lRs iK\P ort) Itd> P*rtv m ft a f >1r Lancelot chairman iin' r vTff P Of <»m lid I Mrs. Spicer, sJturdaj BlfM. .n» n h( poests w'-re •^l:2 Minister, Mr. |D1 nin thi- Pitt" l 6 fn fll m left): Mrs. ff v i». of the ,r^-
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  • 10 11 Coc Buyers Sellers 800 I V B 0 I
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  • 694 11 i 5 Singapore and Federation Governments yesterday imposed new regulations concerning the import of cement from China. Under the order, importers must take out specific licences if they wish to bring m Chinese cement into lYiaiaya* i Although officially no mention is made of
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  • 99 11 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying, T.T. 32-13/16. CD. 32-15/16. 90 days airmail 33-1/4 credit bills. 33-1/4 trade bills. Canada buying, T.T, 32-9/16, OD. 32 11/16. 90 days airmail 33-1/16 credit bills 33-1/8 trade bills. Selling
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  • 39 11 MR. V. A. Burton, of Lewis Peat (Singapore) Limited, has been appointed a Director of the Company. A prominent figure m the colony rubber trade for the last 33 years, Mr. Burton joined Lewis Peat m 1954.
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  • 37 11 MALAYAN tin exports last year totalled 70,604 tons, against 73,276 tons m 1956, according to preliminary figures lor December. December exports totalled 4,766 tons (November 5,701 tons), the lowest monthly figure m 1957.
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  • 251 11 SARAWAK Government expects revenue for the state this year to total $54,770,812, about $4,500,000 more than the original estimate for last year and $3,600,000 more than the revised estimate. About $1,000,000 is expected above the revised estimate for last year as a result of the
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  • 120 11 INDUSTRIALS were steady, while tins and rubbers were irregular m the Malayan share market yesterday. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: Buyers Sellers Fed. Dispensary 2.00 2.05 Gammon 2.30 2.35 Henry Waugh 155 1.60 Malayan Cement 1.30 1.35 Sime Darby
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  • 189 11 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2.02$ overnight; F. N. ords $2.62*. $2.635, $2.57 (odd lot); Gammon $2.32* to $2.31$ $2.29 overnight; Hammer $2.15; Hume prefs. A22/9, ords 5/6; Jackson $142$ to $1.42; M. Cement Rights 17c: M. Colls. 85c. overnight and yesterday; McAlister $1.60;
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  • 386 11 INDIA CAN HELP TO EXPAND MALAYA'S INDUSTRIES Finance And Commerce J. ND IA would b only too happy to assist to the best of her ability" m the industrial development of Malaya, Mr. A. K. Dar, the newly-arrived First Secretary (Commercial) at India House, Singapore, told The Standard yesterday. <h*
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  • 26 11 TEKKA Ltd. has declared an interim dividend of 6d. per share for the year ending March 31, 1958. payable m England on Jan. 17.
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  • 23 11 the Miss Trade Fair title. The contest was held m connection with the trade fair at the New World.
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  • 147 11 £276 m. Export Surplus AUSTRALIA'S overseas trade m 1956-57 yielded an export surplus of CA27G million. Exports rose by A 173.8 million to a record figure of £904.9 million. After allowing for net payments of about CAI96 million for freight, insurance and other current account transactions, a surplus of £ABO
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  • 57 11 LONDON Jan. 6. (Reuter)— Nylon is being introduced on an experimental basis for some of the 700,000 air mail bags despatched each year by the General Post Office. Some nylon bags are already m use Ten thousand more will go into service shortly. It is expected
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  • 58 11 TAIPEI, Jan. 6, (UP— Nationalist China has signed a ten-year contract to supply petroleum products to the Australian National Petroleum Company, Ltd. of Queensland, it was reported today. The contract was completed here last month between the Government-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation and Mr. Oscar L. Josephson,
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  • 191 11 Production Of Coffee Higher TOTAL world production of green coffee for the 1957-58 marketing season is now estimated at 50.1 million bags, compared with 45.7 million bags estimated for the previous year, according to Foreign Crops and Markets issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. World exportable production for current
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  • 104 11 BINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per plcul yesterday were: copra Dec- Jan UK/ Continent $29 i buyers, $30 sellers', coconut oil In bulk $47 sellers; In drums $50 i sellers. Muntok white pepper $99 sellers; Sarawak white $98 sellers; special Sarawak black $64. Singapore Copra Association
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  • 323 11 MALAYA'S own cloth making factory will be producing about 15,000,--000 yards of fabrics for the local market later this year. The factory of Malaya Weaving Mills Ltd.. m Scudai, near Johore Bahru. is installed with the latest machinery imported from the United Kingdom and Japan.
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  • 25 11 RONALDSON Bros, and Tippett Ltd.. Ballarat (Vie), machinery makers, will produce two new engines under licence from the Wisconsin Motor Corporation of America.
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  • 28 11 TOTAL oil production of some 4U0.000 tons, triple that of 1957, Is expected during 1958 from the 011-flelds of Gabon province, In French equatorial Africa. AFP
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  • STANDARD NEWSPICS
    • 116 12  -  Yong Poh Fah FIFTY-FOUR Malayans returned to Kuala Lumpur from England on Saturday evening by 8.0.A.C. after attending two-and-a-half-year courses at Brinsford and Kirkby Training Colleges. It was a warm homecoming for these teachers and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport was jammed with friends and relatives. Here Ac
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    • 128 12  -  Fah Fah ABOVE LEFT— When Standard staff members, with Cheer Fund gifts, arrived at the Selangor Children's Home m Kuala. Lumpur the children stood up and chorused the National Anthem "Negara Ku." But as picture shows, the only "inmate" who did not stand up for the Anthem
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  • 273 13 RI Prepared For War With The Dutch Says Agency s Jakarta Report nd«n/*£ KARTA J u n 6 < Reuter > The Antara news agency said today some nqonesian groups had made spontaneous preparations for war over Dutch West New Guinea. The agency, m a weekly news review, said there
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  • 59 13 rfolk, Jan. i at the Air Force base h f> ro |to have two ineen n a and Trade i the innr•. reports. ir- pressing H v are -j newsI' nginecrs i their marched anda on I pt hIS M>- backs moving I nc marched an nffl- rdered H
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  • 140 13 SUVA, Fiji, Jan. 6, (Renter)— Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will be greeted with Fijian ceremonial at Churchill Park, Lautoka on Jan. ?,l on her way to New Zealand and Australia. The Queen Mother will *SSn at Nadi airport at 1500 local time. Governor Sir
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  • 168 13 MOSCOW, Jan. 6 (UP)— A top Soviet scientist has suggested that Russia has little hope of recovering fragments from its dying Sputnik I. the first earthly traveller m space. Somewhere just outside the earth's atmosphere, the pioneer earth satellite was spinning out its last hours
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  • 114 13 COPTERS HAVE MADE 250 MISSIONS TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS 6 (UP) U.S. Navy and m n mercy mission to help flood- i•; continued to distribute n and E its to 1 B HT laruwM. I i m I V^ r B j m tnded w nded on the X V
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  • 35 13 lAUAN road authorities •nc-Jd last night that I of the high mountain -s i;vm Italy into France id Switzerland including Qr< Saint Bernard and Simplon. had been block- 1 >y > now and avalanches. Reuter
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  • 51 13 MANILA, Jan. 6 (AFP) Authorities of Gavite City, just south of Manila, put their foot down last week-end when they learned that romantic couples had converted the city's ccmeterv Into a lover's lane* The City Council passed a resolution banning unauthorized persons from the cemetery at
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  • 75 13 POOR HOUSEMAID Epifania f ussu (centre) is shown here reunited with her three children whom she had abandoned a few days ago because she could not support them. Fearing: police persecution, Fpifania had been hiding but instead of the feared police intervention she obtained help and
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  • 30 13 BRIGADIER Sir Charles Alfred Howard. Sergeant-at-Arms m the House of Commons for 21 years until he retired m 1956, died at his home m Norfolk early yesterday. Reuter
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  • 32 13 IP OI N T ion man hoed Utah'i "day. staged on where id is i pounds W flve g. s of P inor g Then E ds of atter of WL
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  • 98 13 n, H 1 IP, 5 bit 'Vj st r U Pro- >.-sw, (UN "^t ub Im > wrre all released after stern warnings to pay up on their taxes and licence fees. Police said many were Performing the functions of -hostesses" but posing as "waitresses." The licence fee for
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  • 154 13 BONN, Jan. 6, (UP) Chan<viijr Konrad Adenauer, .-peartvad of the West's new diplomatic approach to Russia, interrupted his 82nd birthday party yesterday, for earnest consultations with Sovirt ambassador Andrei Smirnov. Under tee eyes of tile Big Three Western ambassadors, Adrnii'j'.T drew Smirnov aside.
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  • 99 13 ever middle-aged mothers— the first Americans the i'nii e !S L Communist China with passports from from u«?. states Government yesterday crossed Thl ngk< f into Communist territory, riehi JLI V. visit lheir imprisoned sons Left to Huth p \> M J S Phili P G
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  • 210 13 NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 6 (UP) Czechoslovak Prime Minister William Siroky said yesterday the Warsaw Pact and NATO should be abrogated simultaneously m the interest of collective security. Siroky, speaking before almost lo.noo persons at New Drlhi's ancient "Red Fort," said
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  • 69 13 SANDRINGHAM. Norfolk Jan. 6, (Reuter) Fifteen-year-old Bruce Annison went to Sandringham House yesterday to receive from the Queen a bible she presents annually to the pupil of a local school who Is most proficient m religious knowledge. Thirty years ago Bruce's mother, Mrs. Norah Annison,
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  • 207 13 WELLINGTON. Jan. 6 (Reuter) Dr. Vivian Fuchs is marching on the South Pole again and moving fast. That was the glad news received here today from the Commonwealth Trans-Antarc-tic Expedition. Douglas McKenzie. official correspondent at the New Zealand support party's Scott Base
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  • 29 13 NEWSPRINT producers expect rising costs to bring a tighter squeeze on profits m 1958. the Newsprint Information Committee New York, said yesterday m a year-end statement.- UP
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  • 243 13 US. WARNED: ACT NOW FOR SURVIVAL Meeting The Soviet Threat NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UP)-A panel of prominent Americans warned yesterday that the United States must embark immediately on a sweeping and costly survival programme or the world balance of power will shift to the Communist bloc by 1960. The
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  • 69 13 CARNARVON, Wales, Jan. 6 (Reuter).— A Royal Air Force mountain rescue team battled five hours m sleet and wind yesterday to rescue three sheep which had been stranded for three weeks on ledges 600 feet up a cliff near here. The sheep had eaten the
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  • 46 13 DALLAS, Texas. Jan. 6 (AFP) A violent snowstorm hit northern Texas yesterday while torrential rains caused flooding m the valley of the River Rio Grande. At Edinburg, several persons had to leave their homes to escape the rising waters of the Rio Grande.
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  • 164 13 Line-Up Of New Thai Cabinet BANGKOK. Jan 6 (Reutcr)—The new Thai cabinet formed by Lieut. Gen. Thanom Kittikachorn. is: Vice-premiers: Prince Wan Waithayakorn, Lieut. Gen. Prapart Charusathien, Nai Sukit Nimanbeiman. Minister of Defence: Lieut. G<?n. Thanom Kittikachorn, deputies—Air Marshal Boonchoo Ctandrubeksa, vice- Admiral Sanong Thanasak. Minister of Finance: Dr. Serm
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  • 99 13 4 Die In Clash With Bandits TEHERAN. Iran. Jan. 6 (AFP) Iranian Army units clashed with bandits m the Southern Iranian province of Fars m an engagement costing the lives of three bandits and one Iranian soldier, it was disclosed today. One soldier was wounded, and 48 bandits were arrested.
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    • 92 14 TOKYO. Jan. 7 (UP)—Burmese Deputy Premier U Kyaw Nyein and members of his goodwill and economic observation mission were honoured last evening at a banquet m Kunming given by Liv Ming Hui, acting Governor of Yunnan Province, the New China News Agency reported. "Toasts were proposed at
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    • 94 14 JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Router) —Six volunteer divisions of former guerilla fighters to •T. berate" Dutch West New Guinea have been formally Inaugura.ed m Jakarta, the P. I. A. news agency reported today. It said two divisions were formed m Sumatra, one m Jakarta, one
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    • 50 14 PARIS, Jan. 6 (Reuter) The 375 villagers of Calviers, m southern France, are worried about their favourite tourist attraction. Someone, they fear, has eaten it. The favourite tourist attraction is or was a wild boar of amiable disposition named Kiki kept as a pet by villager.
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    • 77 14 WELLINGTON. Jan. 6. (AFP Sir Edmund Hillary and three New Zealanders flew out from the South Pole base aboard an American Navy aircraft today, the New Zealand Antarctic Expedition headquarters here ctated today. The fifth member of the New Zealand party which marlp the trek
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    • 34 14 THE UNITED STATES Department of Agriculture said yesterday that Japan had placed orders for 303,000 metric tens of rice from five rountriei to be delivered the first part of 1058.- UP
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  • 117 14 SHAPES TO SHAPE LIVES OF SOVIET LEADERS NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Rcuter) Artist Russell Patterson, whose speciality is drawing beautiful women, has suggested here that ten of America's most shapely women should visit Russia to enrich the lives of Soviet leaders m the cause of friendlier relations. Patterson said the
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  • 50 14 PARIS. Jan. 6 (ReuterV— The six "Little Europe" foreign ministers met for tneir opening plenary session in the Quai Dorsay, the French foreign ministry, at 1.000 GMT today. The meeting was preceded by informal discussions among delegates in the office of M. Christian Pineau, the French
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    44 14 THE young Aga Khan gets m a few practice steps at the mountain resort on Mount Wasserngrat, Switzerland, during his vacation over the holidays with. among others, his mother Princess Joan and 18-year-old Patricia Rawling, daughter of a Mayfair textile millionaire.- U.P.
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  • 114 14 PORTSMOUTH, Jan 6 (Renter) Sir Alliott Ver-don-Ro^, the British air pioneer, died m hospital here on Saturday night. He was 80. He was the first Briton to fly a plane over British soil. As a ycung man he became fascinated by the flight of
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  • 96 14 NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Reuter) The body of a man chained to a tree and clad only m pyjama pants and a sweater was found near a busy highway yesterday. Police said the man was an employee of a State mental institution but had himself
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  • 64 14 WELLINGTON. Jan. 6 (Reuter). A 26-year-old Northland farmer, Mr. Trevor G. Brough. of Okaihau, is to attempt to beat the world sheep-shearing record of 457 sheep m nine hours, held since 1953 by fellow New Zealander Ivan Bowen. Mr. Brough made an attempt on the
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  • 185 14 TOKYO, Jan. 6 (Reuter)— Millions of Japanese today shivered inside their flimsy houses as gale force winds, swirling snow blizzards and huge seas battered the country from coast to coast. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY IN TOKYO SAID JAPAN'S PRESENT
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  • 124 14 NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (Reuter) Sheikh Abdullah, former Kashmir Premier imprisoned for the Dast four-and-a-half years will be released from jail this week according to usually reliable sources here. One senior government official said the date and time of release had been fixed "but we
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  • 123 14 N. Celebes Sets Up Own Govt. JAKARTA. Jan. 6 (AFP) North Celebes civil administrator Manoppo confirmed today that his region had separated from Celebes Province which has Macassar as the provincial capital. The change took place on Jan. 1. Manoppo said that the new North Celebes province, with Menado as
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  • 91 14 Heavy Rains Burst Six Dams JOHANNESBURG Jan 6 (Re.iter) Heavy rain* which followed cyclone "Astrid" through southern Rhodesia inio South Africa have burst six dams and turned a dry river-bed into a torrent m Tiorthoni Transvaal. The road from Messina (10 mi.es from the Rhodesian border) into Rhodesia was reported
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  • 77 14 Bandits Attack Plantation PARIS, Jan. 6 (Reuter) Five hundred guerillas armed with rifles, machineguns and mortars attacked a rubber plantation at Min n Thanh aboul 50 miles north of Saigon over the week-end, according to reports reaching here. They set fire to buildings and shops on the plantation, seized a
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  • 66 14 TOKYO, Jan. 6 (AFP).— The first Japanese naval force to call at United States territory since Pearl Harbour was assembled m Tokyo Bay today for its impending departure on a peaceful mission. A training flotilla of four frigates carrying a total of 108 naval cadets
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  • 59 14 President Tito (left) shakes hands with the Yemeni Crown Prince, Seif El Islam Mohamed El Badr, as the couple meet at Brodo, near Kranj, m Slovenia. The Crown Prince is his country's vice president, foreign minister and minister of defence. While m Belgrade he signed a
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  • 166 14 Safeguard Unity, Soekarno Appeals To Countrymen JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (UP) President Soekarno appealed to Indonesians today to safeguard national unity and integrity during his absence. As he prepared to leave on an Asian-African tour, Soekarno directed a special message to the armed forces, security agencies and leaders and people of
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  • 34 14 JAPAN is discussing with India Pakistan, Ceylon, Thailand and Laos, details of technical aid centres she is to set up m these countries this year, the Japanese foreign office announced yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 126 14 NEW YORK. Jan. 6 (Renter) Somaliland, due to become m independent State m 1960, hns asked for assurances of external economic aid to meet its budgetary defl it, I United Nations report s.iid today. The Kport, prepared by a mission of the Trusteeship Council which visited
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  • 196 14 Ship with Colony Iron ore Sinks! All But One J HONGKONG, 1 (ReuteD-Kort.'.f JI J vors from the Panamanian steamer I ha. which sank m J »fl the north,.* ,1 Luzon la-st night P«*te<l to arril; J Union provide m J western Una Ski noon, Urn Phi 1 Search and
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  • 62 14 ba: bi v, p .a Zone Jan. 6 tUP>. t I yes\er<iav he\<\ Vnrw ,-">.:/:• I atlcr discovering IdcUvcrod Chri I I under \\i<» v 1 roo:i ing hu Authorities said I lieved the letter cai been openinf mail time m a 1 and then burning
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  • 20 14 JOAO Di: LIMA VUj Archbish p of A Sunday after a t illness. He \\«v Pope P^ XII
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