Singapore Standard, 27 January 1958

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  • 22 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** —5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1953 Vol. VIII. No. 208 IS ct» 12 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 280 1 US. SWITCH EARNS WRATH OF R.I. PRESS New Name For Dulles: T/ie Most Unguided United States Missile JAKARTA, Jan. 26, (AFP) The Indonesian national Press yesterday launched unusually fierce attacks against the American State Department following the reassignment of American Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. John M. Allison,
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  • 298 1 BROKERS IN LONDON HAIL NEW TIN CUTS It's An Efficient Measure, They Say LONDON, 26 (AFP) The decision of the International Tin Council to drastically reinforce restrictions on exports to member countries /as favourably welcomed m London trade circles. They pointed out that the reduction ot exports by the oix
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  • 170 1 Bid To Assassinate Yemeni Ruler Fails CAIRO, Jan. 26(Reuter)— The Yemen, Legation m Cairo said today a large scale anti-British "revolution" had broken out m the Aden area. During the past few years there ha<'e been sporadic incidents ot) the frontier between the Red
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  • 64 1 PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan. 26 (AFP).— American millionaire railway executive, Robert Young, was found dead yesterday m his Palm Beach home, with a rifle bulle: wound m his head. Police, investigating the death, said they believed Young had taken his own life. Young. 60, chairman of
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  • 87 1 WELLINGTON. Jan. 26 (Renter) Mr. Harold Macmillan. the British Prime Minister, told a Press conference at Dunedln yesterday that the problem of obtaining p >wer by nuclear fusion had not been solved, but a solution was now within sight. Commenting on the British and American experiments
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  • 246 1 AMERICA JOINS BAGDAD PACT MEET TODAY ANKARA, Jan. 26 (Reuter) The Bagdad Pact Ministerial Council meets here tomorrow for the most important conference since the pact was formed two years ago. Delegates of the five pact countries Britain, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan and Persia will have with them at a pact
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  • 100 1 Israel 's Army Chief Resigns JERUSALEM. Jan. 26 (AFP) —General Moshe Dayan has resigned hi^, post as Israeli Army Chief o f Staff, it was officially announced today. Dayan's resignation was accepted and General Haim Laskov. corr.mander of Israel's Souih j rn Military Zone, was appointed tn replace Dayan a
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  • 70 1 LONDON. Jan. 26 (Reuter) —The Home Secretary. Mr. R. A. Butler, today recommended a reprieve for John Rrancis Spriggs, 29, who was sentenced to death last month for the capital murder of 43-year-old barman Harold Cunningham. It was the first reprieve since the Homicide Act came
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  • 87 1 NASSAU, (Bahamas) Jan. 26 (lleuter; Key talks to end th» 14- day general strike here have reached deadlock lea/ing this dollar-earning tourist resort still desolate and emptied of holidaymakers. No further talks have been arranged between opposing sides m the transport dispute between taxi drivers and private
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  • 42 1 M. MARCEL BROT, president of the International Co operative Alliance, lays the foundation stone of the KurOa Lumpur Cooperative Housing Soc i c t y 's three-storey building to he built at Gurney Road. Standardpic by Fah
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  • 197 1 'SMUGGLERS NOT ACTIVE BETWEEN R.I. AND MALAYA' FEDERATION Comptroller of Customs. Mr. J.A. Parker, said m Singapore yesterday that there no evidence of any "marked smuggling" between Federation ports and Indonesia. "As far as we know all boats carrying goods to and from Indonesia have the necessary papers. Furthermore, boats
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  • 36 1 RUSSIA will provide economic and technical aid to Ceylon amounting to more than 100.000.000 rupees under a pact which the two countries .will sign within the next few days, official sources said to- U.P.
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  • 192 1 Youth Sections Asked To Assist IPOH, Sun. The Malayan Chinese Association (Perak), is to be a reshuffled on four main lines political, organization, elections and membership. The working committee of the Perak M.C.A. today formed a seven-man committee :o carry out this state-wide re-organization.
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  • 198 1 GAS, wmch was off the tap for more than 18 hours m Sin^a»>-»re, was on again early yesterday evening The suppb was completely cut Oil en Saturday night when i boiler broke down at the Kallapp Gas Works. Gasmen, workin i continuously tnce Saturday
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  • 116 1 NEW DELHI, Jan. 26 (AFP) A huge military parade through the streets here today marked India's eighth anniversary celebrations as a Republic. Crowds lining the streets were able to see the latest weapons and equipment acquired by the Indian armed forces. These included French and
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  • 54 1 TAIPEI. Jan. 26 (AFP) A big narcotic ring was uncovered recently In Taipei with the arrest of more than ten persons and the seizure of a haul ot morphine .smuggled m from Hongkong and Macao. Police said the smugglers also have "good connections" with Japan and
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  • 378 2 They Are BarnerToMj IPOH, Sun. Obsolete road transport requlof I the Malays from playing a bigger part m this indu^ c dent of the Malays Transport Association, Inch-* T y this morning. cru r °ludd,W Che Tajuddin, who is also a Perak State
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  • 97 2 We Live By Our Brains Viscount VISCOUNT Chandos, better known as Oliver Lyttleton. former Secretary of State for the Colonies, said m Singapore yesterday that Singapore and Britain "have to live with their brains." At a Pren conference, the Viscount said that finan-ial and mercantile communities, such as Britain and
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  • 66 2 youths uj s «ri-d a 31) (> r Inch,. i y rc\.Mi -i U«:ill(| U A *athe uhiij contestaat'i "<• adcu«»ui j lkf |a« Iks aft CT •■•in Man GabJe, I 1 *»poot and|| "We hi>>| competifhi I the inters V tail) 's anr M hold it n M
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    • 808 2 THE RUBBER INDUSTRY (REPLANTINC) BOARD Applications are invited from Federal or |ohore State Citizens for appointment as General and Financial Clerks m the Office of the State Replanting Officer. Batu Pahat. Applicants should be aged not less than 24 years or more than 30 years. Salary according to age and
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 412 3 IT; 5 years the threat to cut the Isthmus I j. ccn raised periodically to give Penang I the jitters. Prior to the 1914 war, P'.V- r ed threatened to cut a canal through I gf land m order to shorten the journey s Vps
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    • 354 3 I' kfnn was defeated after a short-lived isCtftti-«ost Asia, the opinion was voiced fcl os a nation, the Japanese people could •JS'n hope to compete either militarily, rc:!iy or industrially with the western 's The Japanese accepted only one of those ens— the eclipse of their
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    • 39 3 I cc*. Kirr Koad. b'pore d. -No 1563 Cables: lIGEHNEWS' tM> t» <5 lines) All department* insurance *lug.. 174 B«t u Ko ***** c an St lei: 3829 P^ l jk -"Ch'ni Tel: 1. 1471
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  • 819 3 Cassandra talks to the Bishop... ATHENS THE other day I met His Beatitude Archbishop Makarios, the Head of the Church of Cyprus and Ethnarch. That sounds rather grand. And m a way it was slightly grand, for this turbulent priest this saint, this sinner, this Rasputin, this St. Thomas Aquinas,
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  • 203 3 we the PEOPLE Sir It was with great pleasure that the public m the Federation of Malaya welcomed the announcement by the Government of the establishment of a Healtn School m Belfield Crescent, m the Federal capital, some time m 1958. it is gratifying to note that at last the
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  • 292 3 highly qualified men on the Board of Examiners It is hoped that with a highly qualified staff the standards maintained m England. Vietnam and Singapore would also be reached here and that instead of awarding a certificate as m Singapore, the Federal Government consider the award of a
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  • 38 3 ty/£ American Red Cross estimates that more than 20,000,000 women of the United States voluntarily give their services to charitable, welfare and youth groups. If paid the legal minimum wage joould cost $2,250,000,000 a year.
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  • 871 3 A Better Manner Of Life In Greece ATHENS OEKIIAPS the most remarkable thing about the monarchy m Greece is that it exists, more than 2.000 years after the Greek City States; decided they had found a better way of life. It might have astonished Aristotle who studied 158 exmrimental Greek
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  • 411 3 the NEW as it strikes me \M\fa (JjuaaJmvX&Vl THE Federation of Malaya Is not six months old. Vet. m this short period it has made a mark m the world. It had not to wait long he ton it was embraced into the family of United Nations without a word
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    • 54 3 22 Days to go THAT CREASE RESISTING FRESH LOOKING DACRON SUIT IS NOT AS COSTLY AS YOU T l l l Iv" i 1 1 1 i rv. .^V^^fe. £7 75 A QIIIT rafc^A. niflnsliii). H '*fijjx FOR ALL TYPES OF TOP QUALITY GOODS 1[ Iwm S twm 0 C
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  • 319 4 Lee Tells Of Party Plans For Re-organization SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Singapore Peoples Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday said that the party would be re-organiz-ed to face the forthcoming district council and Legislative Assembly elections. Mr. Lee was speaking at a party meeting at
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  • 144 4 IPOH, Sun.— lf Govern, ment failed to revise its educational policy regarding overage pupils, the recent student riot at the Malay School at Karai, Kuala Kangsar, might spread to other Malay schools m the State, warned the Pan-Malayan Islamic Association yesterday. The warning was m
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  • 17 4 No casualties either to Security Forces or Communist terrorists were reported m the Federation yesterday.
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  • 129 4 THESE HAWKERS ARE ASKING TOO MUCH. SAYS MAYOR THE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan said yesterday that some hawkers were making ''unreasonable demands" on the Peoples Action Party -dominated City Council. The Mayor, who is PAP treasurer, was speaking at a party meeting m the Badminton Hall. He
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  • 46 4 IPOH, Sun. Two cameras, worth $180 were yesterday reported stolen from Scoops Amateur Photo Service m Brewster Road. Mr. Yoong Siew Keong. a partner of the firm, said that the cameras had been taken from a shop-case, which had been forced open.
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  • 176 4 SINGAPORE UMNO will be urged to carry out a purge of members who indulge m "un-UMNO" activities. This was recommended by the 80 delegates from 32 branches ol UMNO East Division at their annual delegates conference held at the Malay Settlement, last night.
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  • 45 4 HONGKONG. Jan. 26. (UP) —Mr. A. C. Maxwell, Hongkong Police Commissioner, flew to Singapore today to attend the Singapore annual Police exercise there. Mr. Maxwell, who will return on Thursday, was accompanied by two senior Superintendents of the Hongkong Police Force.
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  • 70 4 CUSTOMS hall of the Singapore International Airport has been brightened up with photographs of Malayan scenes. Passengers and tourists going m and out of Singapore will be able to acquaint themselves with Malayan life through these pictures, an airport spokesman told The Standard yesterday. Members of
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  • 183 4 PENANG, Sun.—Chairman of the International Co-operative Alliance delegates' conference, Mr. Marcel Brot, told representatives of the co-opera-tive movement m Penang, Kedah and Perak last night that the delegates had learned a lot during their stay here. He was speaking at a dinner given by the Penang
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  • 183 4 KEEP POLITICS OUT OF CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT -AZIZ BUTTERWORTH, Sun. Agriculture Minister, Inche Abdul Aziz Lshak, last night urged the people to boost the national economy through co-operative effort. The people, he said, should also keep politics out of the co-operative movement He was speaking during an extensive tour of South
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  • 102 4 Lawyers' Clerks Form Union A NEW association, known as '""he Singapore Solicitors' Statfs Association," has been formed to look after the interests of about 300 employees m the Colony's 43 legal firms. The following were elected office-bearers. President Mr. N.S Hogan; Vice-presidents— Messrs. J.R. Chelliah and Scow Tiong Choon; secretary
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  • 44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Intermittent monsoon showers are causing floods again. In Pahang the Sungei Lembing Kuantan Road at the Sungei Charu bridge (Bfc rr.i.'ej is flooded 12 feet. The level is rising and tne [road is impassable to all traffic.
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  • 73 4 1 HE jw./l Colombo exchin^ I has brrj ke-'^H between •.:-> J reiver, j| Chatterj^ Officer J Pl an Head I lon yestn I Mr Chav I In *onts:a ;V;« I by the rl e 1 I for f.. was cieur!/3W." I be- n- 2- I I lhc c
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  • 62 4 HONGKONG* I —Hongkong's Choy" dr lp organisat:r.a; H sored b\ Thr SiH tao ne^spap-: funds I :>■: and do C its sixth dai total co>.-:. r. Three big C:.:U cal v :fl and varlc v schrmPs by c. clarions and tioas are exr the /ucd In I &w L
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  • 317 5 NEW J.B. CUSTOMS HOUSE SPEEDS UP GOODS TRAFFIC Revenue Increases Too JOHORE BHARU, Sun. The new Customs House here, when completed, will speed up the clearance of dutiable goods and eliminate delays, said the Minister for Finance, Colonel Sir Henry Hau-shik Lee today. r Sir Henry was speaking at the
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  • 23 5 UNKNOWN :t Of r for yesbeen I uncil new >d of irni.sh ills of nd of i il the maJ rk. for would
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  • 68 5 Glaxo Chief Arrives On Short Trip SIR Harry Jephcott, ehairn of Glaxo Laboratories, :ived m Singapore on Saturby X.L.M. on a short visit. Sir Harry, who was BCCOmiied by Lady Jenhcott, is en way to Australia after ntling a business conference m India. He disclosed that his comv had further
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  • 230 5 GOVT. DEPTS. MUST NOT HARASS THE PUBLIC, SAYS BENCH KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Magistrate Inche Harun bin Haji Idris said yesterday it should not be the habit of Government departments to persecute and harass the public. He said this when he acquitted the manager of Nang lions Company, Chiu Nang Hcnr,.
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  • 45 5 MR. WILLIAM Warfield, the :*7-year-old world famous American baritone, is to appear m Goh Soon Tioo's presentation m the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore on March 2. Mr. Warfield will give a recital of oratorio and operatic arias together with Lieder and Negro spirituals.
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  • 153 5 SINGAPORE is an exciting place to live m at the present juncture of its history, said an Asian diplomat yesterday. ™c diplomat, Mr. Pham Knack Ran. said this just be!f J? ft for Sai S°n at the end of his three-year term
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  • 141 5 SINGAPORE Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. Ong Soon Ann, yesterday warned taxi drivers against fleecing tourists and giving the Colony a bad name. His warning followed reports from tourists who arrived by thu liner, Oronsay alleging that they had been charged exorbitant fares. Mr. Ong said his department
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  • 141 5 S-E. Asian Photo Exhibition THE Singapore Arts Society's Photographic Group will, m March next year, hold the first South-east Asian Salon of Photography exhibition. Chairman of the group, Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, told The Standard yesterday that several Southeast Asian countries have already promised their support for the exhibition. A
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  • 161 5 INDIANS m Singapore must "solely and unequivocally" identify themselves with "progress, welfare and interests" of this island and contribute to its political advancement, said Mr.. D. Stevens, at the inaugural meeting of the Singapore Indian Congress yesterday. Mr. Stevens, who was elected the first
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  • 68 5 JESSELTON, Sun. Sammy the Croc was back at work here yesterday m the Papar River of North Borneo's west coast. He snapped at the leg of a Dusun who was washing his clothes by the river. But the Dusun refused to give m. He
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  • 158 5 AUSTRALIA'S most modern warship, the 3,500 tons Voyager, entire sections of which were built upside down tc expedite construction, wil arrive m Singapore today. She will be accompanied b^ one of the oldest of the Aus tralian Fleet the battle scar red TrlDal
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  • SPORTING WORLD
    • 1191 6 Thomas Cupties may not be plgy^ I BAM Seeks Another Venue For The Second Cup Trials S.B.A. TO TAKE LEGAL STEPS TO DECIDE CONTROL OF HALL A statement by Mr. Wee Kirn Wee, President of Singapore Badminton Association, uas as follotcs: "It is true that the
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    • 46 6 RUGBY: S.C.C. "B" is Naval Base at Padang. SOCCER: SGSFA LeagueDiv. 2 A: Police "B" v s TTSH "B" at Farrer Park: Marines "B" vs P.&T "B" at P. &T. ground: SMF pf TTC at TTC ground: Printers vs Health Dept at Printers' ground'
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    • 232 6 Soccerites In Dispute May Miss SAFA League THE Singapore Amateu reject the application of league champions, to compi first division league. An official of the Associa application and subsequent I otflcials and players showed i the rmin?.gement of the club. SAFA will make the fin entry m the Council mcetin
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    • 49 6 SIXTEEN goals were scored by RAF Jurong when they met Bukit Timah Youth Club In a friendly football match at Farrer Park yesterday Leading the scorers was Humphreys with eight goals to l^is credit. Others were CorthJne 3. Atkins 2. BorchbanKs. Brown and Lewsey. i
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    • 176 6 Talks Over Davis Cup Venue SYDNEY. Jan. 26 (Reuter) New South Wales tennis officials are trying to talk Queensland out of staging the 1958 Days Cup challenge round. The New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association has offered to support Queensland s application next year it Queensland backs Sydney's claims this
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    • 45 6 AN official of the Singapore Turf Club announced yesterday that the Club will revert to the old system of drawing the big sweep numbers on Wednesday and Saturday t second and third days of the Singapore Turf Club's January meeting.
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    • 60 6 LONDON. Jan. 26 (Reuter>— Richard Bergmann. -England's leading table-tennis player, has been granted permission for exhibitions outside the United Kingdom during February with the former Japanese international Narikazu Fujii. The English Table-tennis Association, which approved these exhibitions, have cabled Japan < to determine the position of Fujii,
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    • 248 6 ROYAL Air Force, Seletar. who have had a run of 27 unbeaten games, won the Sanderson Cup at Changi on Saturday by beating 14th SquMron R.N.Z.A.F. by eight points to s'.x. The Kiwis were unlucky to have some last m.nute team changes but Seletar
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    • 261 6  - UNKNOWN WINDSOR LAD by SINGAPORE trainer Jack Spencer was quickly ofT the mark when he sent out four winners on Saturday, the opening day »>[ the new racing season at Bukit Timah, his winners being Angkor Wat. Canastra. Programme and H. Line. Champion jockey Merv 1 ncr rode three of
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  • 942 7 Mr«- wughts and probobU starters for oil eight sW^ G January 29) Mcond day of rha Singapore t Class I Div. J-6 Furs. HOBBS Mr. W. McGregor Watt N ,„< 5 DANIELS Mr. K. Y. L.m L $*C" Ke" enT SPENCER Shaw Stable RODCERS Ncwlands Stable ft DANIELS CYC
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  • 563 7 Cup Shocks By 'Lesser Lights' LONDON, Jan. 25, (Reuter)— SCUNTHORPE UNITED, little third division club listed as two thousand to one outsider to win the Football Association Cup, pulled off one of the biggest shocks for years today when they scored a magnificent 3-1 away victory over mighty
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  • 212 7 Gwynne 's Try Puts RASC In Final AN unconverted try by Keith Gwynne enabled Royal Army Service Corps to win the FaHELP' inter-unit rugger competition of the Singapore Zone when they beat South Wales Borderers by three points (a try) to nil at Tanglin on Saturday. The RAbC will now
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  • 58 7 NO FALLS BY KONG DARA KING KONG, the present Malayan champion, drew with Dara Singh m the main event of Saturday night's wrestling at the Happy World stadium. It was a battle of holds and strength with neither wrestler able to score. In a supporting fight, Sheikh Ali ben Yousoft
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  • 73 7 PLYMOUTH, Devon, Jan. 26 uCilvl me ijouia- Western Counties Rugby Union side held the Australian touring team to a 3-3 draw here yesterday. There was no score at half-time. The scoring came m the last ten minutes. First Benny Jones the outside-half, put the Counties ahead with a
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  • 643 7 <&&. -isgrss SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO Stirling A. 25 18 2 5 67 27 38 Dumbarton 25 16 3 668 32 35 Arbroath 25 15 4 660 50 34 Dunfermllne A 25 15 3 7 76 34 33 Cowdenbeath 23 12 6 5 67 50 40 Alloa Athletic
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  • 327 7 Chinese 'Rusty' In Pre-season Game A WELL-PLACED kick by centre-forward. Sahar Hussein a few minutes before the end enabled Singapore Government Service Football Association to edge Singapore Chinese Football Association 3-2 m a friendly soccer match at the JaLan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Chinese
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  • 50 7 S PORE Teachers Union d»-ew 2-all with the Young Men's Sikh Association m the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition at the Girls Sports Club ground on Saturday. Scorers for STU were Swee Kee and Boon Oon San. The Sikhs replied through Poopalan and Jagat Singh.
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  • 37 7 MONTE CARLO. Jan. 26 (Rev. ten Monraisse of France won the 1958 Monte Carlo rally m a Renault. Gacon of France was second m an Alfa Romeo. Johanesen of Norway was third m DKW.
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  • 32 7 SYDNEY, Jan. 26. (UP)— Defending champion Ashley Cooper reached the final of the Australian men's singles tennis championship here today by beating left-hander Neale Fraser 6-2, 3-6, 10-8, 6-3.
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  • 261 7 POLICE Sports Association eliminated a weak Ceylon Sports Club side from the S.H.A Senior knockout tournament with a 4-1 victory on the Girls Sports Club ground yesterday. Ceylon Sports Club, who started the game with two men short, surprised their opponents by taking a lead
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  • 42 9 PHOTO shows a model of the $2 mil. 7-storey Great Eastern Building which will be completed by the end of this year. Now being built at Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, it will house the Federation office of the company.
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  • 121 9 Bonus For Policy Holders NEW business written by The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd. m 1957 totalled $33,732,052, a 28J per cent increase over 1956, according to Mr. A. E. M. Geddes, the general manager. Mr. Geddes said policyholders will this year receive a bonus for the three years
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  • 163 9 Change In HK Trade Target Seen RANGOON, Jan 26: (AFP)— The pro-Government Rangoon newspaper "New Times of Burma" said that it expected Hongkong "will readjust its foreign trade targets this year." It said it saw three reasons for this step-the mass dumping of mainland China goods, a disinclination to rely
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  • 106 9 AN American company manufacturing flour is planning to export more of its products to the Far East. In Singapore is Mr. L. H. Thung. special representative of the overseas division of Pillsbury Mills Inc.. Portland. Oregon. With the colony as his case. Mr. Thung will make
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  • 127 9 A GENERALLY unexplored area of about 3,000 square miles m Papua's south-west corner may become the scene of nig -scale cattle raising. The area known as "TransFly" district, forms a vast triancle between the Dutch New Guinea-Papua border, the P r River and Torres Strait. FOUR
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  • 33 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants on Saturday: Selling, T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31-15/16. French Francs *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 65 9 HONGKONG. Jan. 26 (AFP) —Indonesia continues to buy large quantities of cotton textiles from Hongkong, it was learned here. Purchases m the recent past have already exceeded HK520,000,000 worth, local traders said today. As a result of these purchases and other factors, the prices of Hongkong cotton
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  • 408 9 LONDON, Jan. 26 (AFP) Sir Oliver Franks, chairman of the Lloyd's Bank Ltd, said m his report to the bank's annual general meeting, which was published here yesterday, that one of the main reasons for world economic unstability resided m the unfair distribution of monetary reserves.
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  • 599 9 tuc By A MA *KET CORRESPONDENT i THE International Tin Council's communique, following its meeting m London last week, was received too late to influence the Malayan share market. Delegates of the participating producing countries unanimously agreed to recommend their governments
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  • 256 9 Business Done In Week I BUSINESS done as from Jan. 18 to 24. Industrials: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords (Pcnang register) 27/9. Fraser <fc Neave Ords. $2.68 to $262*. Gammons $2.27$ to $2.20. Georgetown Disp $2 10. Hammer Co. $2.10 to $205. William Jarks $2.09 to $1,974 Jackson Co. $1 45.
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  • 423 9 JAPAN is meeting stern competition from manufacturers of many countries m her trading m SouthEast Asia, says a survey prepared by the Japan External Trade Recovery Organization (JETRO). Thi s is especially felt m Malaya, where "as a free port, all kinds of
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  • 60 9 TOKYO, Jan. 26: (AFP) Japan's raw rubber Imports and consumption hit all-time peaks last year. Imports amounted to 123,460 tons and consumption 123.730 tons. These figures, released this morning b.t the Japan Rubber Industry and Raw Rubber Importers Association, represent an Increase of 16,--500 tons In
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  • 36 9 Copra Arrivals Still Uncertain SINGAPORE copra market last week remained quiet with a steady undertone and, due to the continued shortage of the commodity, offers were unobtainable, according to Lewis Peat (Spore) Ltd.'s weekly produce report.
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  • 271 9 There was some buying interest for shipment to Bombay and Japan, but sellers were reserved. The quantity of copra received from nearby Indonesian islands was negligible and there was no indication that local millers or packers have bought any sizeable parcel from Celebes origin, while Penang was said to have
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  • 82 9 Oversea Specialists To Study In U.K. A NEW course on British developments In the supply and training of technologists will be among 26 courses and summer schools to be organized for more than 700 overseas specialists In U.K. this year by the Brl- i tlsh Council. In conjunction with other
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  • 45 9 next autumn. Other new subjects Include Industrial diseases, grassland agronomy and conservation or paintings. Between February and November specialists from many parts of the world will attend one or other of the courses, lasting from two to seven weeks In 15 centres. £4 Mil. Contract
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  • 35 9 CONTRACTS valued at £4 mil. have already been placed In connection with the £8 mil. development of the Rhodesia Iron and Steel Company's works at Redclifle, Southern Rhodesia. SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD Monday. January 27. 1958
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    • 171 10 LI'L ABNER T~ SHAKE THE Y7^ As^P.'.'-NO TICKETS -BUT THAR A \(*/AWCt\ S /AUNT BESSIE 90^' 50 ****$>-- &HCZVOUMAV NOT > 'EXPECT ".'JiWHO SENJTUSA VTHP^ILROAD -4^ \3Z LUCKY ENOUGH TO H/TCH J I YO6'/'— A Vn-vee-tav-^^ c^<| t skim SriP^^kr— ALLEY OOP i^JI ■P^^^£_^ (^ES.. .BUT THE I I LOOK,
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  • 323 11 AGITATORS ARE NOT PARTY MEN Tunku Warns Of Threat From Outside UMNO KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Federation Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman last night warned unscrupulous politicians'' that he wou d do all he could, even to "laying down my life, to frustrate their aims. HP a t k v! ng
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  • 202 11 Aid For Malayans Stranded In RI KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Government is offering facilities to Malayans living m Indonesia to return to the Federation, Ambassador to Indonesia. Inche Senu Abdul Rahman, told The Standard last night. Im he Scnu. who left by tram for Singapore en route to Indonesia, said: "I
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  • 92 11 CHE Osman bin Haji Abdul Manan. of 960 Perkins Road. Kuala Lumpur, Deputy Chief Instructor at the Fire Service Training School who left Malaya for Britain on Saturday. He will spend about five and a half months m England, where he Wul undergo Fire Service
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  • 187 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The organizing committee of the People's Socialist Front has drawn a fivepoint blueprint for discussion by the inaugural meeting of the front here on The aims are: To organize all democratic socialist organizations m the Federation and Singapore; to buiid a democratic
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  • 45 11 THE Postmaster-General. Malaya, yesterday announced the issue of two postage stamps m 12 and 30 cents denominations to commemorate the holding of the* annual conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East m Kuala Lumpur from March 5 to 15.
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  • 69 11 A EUROPEAN couple from Johore Bahru were injured last night when their car was involved m a collision with another vehicle at the junction of Bukit Timah and Cluny Roads, Singapore Both were treated at the General Hospital. The occupants of the other car escaped unhurt
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  • 51 11 LONDON. Jan. 26 (AFP) Miss Long Sicw Kuen, one of the five daughters of a late Singapore millionaire, was married m London yesterday to English medical student, David Williams. Her father, who owned some of the biggest tin and rubber estates m Malaya, died two years
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  • 44 11 THREE men were injured when they attempted to snatch a knife from another man, who had earlier used the weapon on himself m Cumming Street, Singapore, yesterday. All four were treated at the General Hospital. Police have recovered a knife.
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    • 107 12 MOSCOW, Jan. 26, (UP)— Mr. and Mrs. Mike Todd arrived here yesterday. Their reception was as cold as the sub-zero weather. Not a single Soviet film official greeted producer Todd and his movie-actress wife, Elizabeth Taylor. They arrived as tourists and Russian airport officials treated
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    • 203 12 Atom-For-Peace Appeal By Ike WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UP)— President Eisenhower appealed yesterday for a world-wide atoms-for-peace programme so that scientists may be able tc- devote their skills to •'the betterment of mankind not to its destruction." *he President made the appeal m a special
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    • 70 12 SYDNEY, Jan. 26 (UP) The Sydney Sunday Herald reported today that Australia panned to send a big RAAF jet force to Malaya. It said advance guards of the force will leave Amberley m March for the Malayan air base of Butterworth. The plans are secret because
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    • 485 12 KHRUSHCHEV CALLS FOR TALKS Six-Point 'Peace' Agenda With More Threats MOSCOW, Jon. 26 (AFP) Soviet Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev, m a speech made public last night, called for the prompt summoning of a 'summit' conference of the chiefs of ''the principal Governments." Speaking to farm workers at Minsk on
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    • 135 12 KREMLIN BOSS URGES A CRACKDOWN ON MOONSHINERS MOSCOW, Jan. 26, (UP)— The Communist organ Fravda said yesterday party secretary Mr. Nikita S. Khrushchev, a frequent guest at Moscow's diplomatic cocktail parties, has launched a vigorous campaign against drunkenness m Russia. Pravda said Mr. Khrushchev, speaking on Wednesday to collective farmers
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    • 67 12 LONDON, Jan. 26. (Reuter) Generai Hans Speidel. the German Commander-in-chief of NATO Land Forces m Central Europe, who arrived here last night, will hold talks this week with Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. Chief of the Imperial Generai Staff. Although the General is primarily on a
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    • 111 12 'Runaway Lovers' Arrive In Curacao CURACAO, Dutch West Indies. Jan. 26, (Reuter) "Runaway lovers" Dominic Elwp s ana Tessa Kennedy arrived here yesterday m a X.L.M. Royal Dutch Airliner. Miss Kennedy. 19-year-old heiress, and Mr. Elwes. 26--year-old son of portrait painter. Mr. Simon Elwes. are staying at one of the
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    • 45 12 BRUSSELS, Jan. 26, (AFP)— The Finance Ministers of the six Little "Europe" countries met here yesterday as governors of the European Investment Bank, to set up the Ba n k's organizations and appoint the 12-member board of directors and the executive committee.
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    • 79 12 HUNDREDS of Itmailil alight from a special train at Karachi station a s they p.;ur into I the city to attend the installation ceremony of the 21 -year-old Ka Khan. The young Asa was installed as head of the Ismaili sect m an open air ceremony
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    • 157 12 MGOrilA. Jan. 26. (Reuter) Security forces used tear gas and smoke bombs m Lima.ssol, South Cyprus, yesterday to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Cypriot Turkish ycuths demonstrating In support of their call for partition of the island. British troops were called to h.?lp quell the
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    • 290 12 Send Only Best Men, Says Paper LONDON, Jan. 26 (Reuter)— The Observer today claimed that Britain was not doing enough to ensure that the best British technicians and administrators are guiding and inspiring the people of Malaya, Ghana and Nigeria i "The overseas service bill
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    • 240 12 ANKARA, Jan. 26 (Reuter)— Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, British Foreign Secretary, yesterday presented Turkish Government leaders with new British proposals for solving: the Cyprus problem, usually reliable sources here reported last night. He nad an hour-long talk yesterday morning with the
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    • 48 12 VIENTIANE. Laos. Jan. 26. (Reuter) Eighty-nine candidates have registered for 21 seats m the May 4 Laotian supplementary elections m which the Communist Pathet Lao will be running for tne first time. Interior Ministry sources announced this yesterday after registration closed on Friday.
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    • 35 12 THE Spanbh fishing boat "Marina" sank on Saturday m f he Gulf of Cadiz. 15 miles west Of Chipiona and its eight-man crew were missing after having cast off m a lifeooat.- AFP
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    • 88 12 Armed Men Raid Radio Stations HAVANA, Jan. 2t> (UP)— Heavily armed groups of six to eight men forced an entrance at pistol point into at lea- 4 three Havana radio stations yesterday and played prepared records calling on the people of Cuba to "overthrow the Batista tyranny." The stations raidc
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    • 35 12 UNKNOWN TOULON, Jan. 26. (Renter)— The French Navy has carried out experiments with the -whole range" of French guided missiles, it WU officially announced here today Isle I off C ''"U m the presrtH I
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