Singapore Standard, 3 February 1958

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  • 23 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD K_^^^V_-_-_ Telephone ***** —5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 215 15 cts. 12 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 414 1 MILITARY PLANE. BOMBER COLLIDE Woman Sliced In Half As Wreckage Crashes Into Home LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2, (UP)— A fourengined military transport plane with 41 persons aboard and a multi-engine Nary Neptune bomber with a crew of eight collided last night m a low-level explosion
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  • 267 1 Reds Say: We Received Signals CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 2 (UP) —Three United States Operation Moonwatch teams reported seeing satellite Explorer last night. The reports came Irom Albuquerque and Alamogordo m New Mexico and Bryan, Texas, variously describing the satellite as having the brightness of
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  • 64 1 REDS WITH 'KID GLOVE' TOUCH KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A seven-man terrorist gang entered an estate telephone exchange m the Yong Peng district, Johore, early this morning and demanded food and money from the operator. When he refused the gang took him away some distance but released him with a warning
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  • 71 1 JAKARTA. Feb. 2 (Reuter) A joint Japanese-Indone-sian bank with a capital of 50,000,000 Rupiahs was Officially opened here yesterday PIA News Agency said 51 per cent of the bank's capital was subscribed by Indonesians and 49 per cent by Japanese interests. Main Japanese
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  • 143 1 The Biggest So Far, Say Russians LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter) Russian scientists will announce the launching of a third sputnik "any day now/ a Moscow scientist told a London newspaper, the Evening News, by telephone yesterday. Mr. Valentine Lukasll, manager of the Moscow Planetarium,
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  • 126 1 AND THEY FEEL VERY PLEASED MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UP).— From top to bottom. Russian society reacted with uniforms gallant congratulations today to the launching of America's first earth satellite. There was some degree of enthusiasm, even, visible both m official and private auarters over the U.S. success m sending the
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  • 46 1 TOKYO. Feb. 2 (Reuter).— Two persons were killed and seventeen others injured, four seriously, when a bus fell into a river near Furang city. Northern Japan, today. Eyewitness reports said tne bus fell when a bridge It was crossing collapsed.
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  • 177 1 LONDON. Feb. 2 (UP) Britain announced yesterday it would hand over more of its secret data on controlled H-power to the United States this week. It wili be the first sharing of classified information since both countries unveiled their first progress toward
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  • 28 1 MORE than half the motorists killed m New York city last year were drunk at the time, the Police Commissioner, Mr. SteDhen KpnnpHv ro. ported. Reuter
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  • 20 1 THE Malayan Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman left Bangkok for Colombo yesterday to attend the independence anniversary celebrations
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  • 46 1 THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL STARTS THE great Hindu festival of Thaipusam started m Malaya and Singapore yesterday with Chettiars carrying Kavadis (arches) m procession from temples. Standardpic above shows crowds of sightseers mingling with procession walkers m South Bridge Road, Singapore, last night. See story m Page 5.
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  • 157 1 4 KILLED AS PLANE PLUNGES INTO BAY RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 2 (UP)— A Loid Aero Air liner with 72 persons aboard crashed m flames into Guanabara Bay tonight when two engines failed as the plane was taking off from Santos Dumont Airport. First reports said at least four persons
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  • 71 1 AUCKLAND, Feb. 2, (Reuter; Two queens Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Queen Salote of Tonga dined together by candlelight here tonight and renewed a friendship formed during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth m 1953. The Queen Mother, who arrived here yesterday to begin a two-week
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  • 60 1 TRIVANDRUM, Feb. 2 (AFP) —Police m th e Communist-ruled-Kerala today arrested five Communists who tried to prevent a landowner using Communist labour union workers from harvesting coconuts. The local court of Shertally had given the landowner the right to choose his own labour. The Communist Labour Union
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  • 292 1 JESSELTON, North Borneo, Feb. 2 (UP) Two British Army colonels from GHQ, FARELF, Singapore, arrived here today with a party of nine other officers In an RAF Valetta to explore the site for a British army training centre. In an interview. Col. Robert Hornby,
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  • 94 1 Tension High But War Danger Less LONDON, Feb. 2, (Reuter) —Mr Jacob Malik, Soviet Ambassador here, said m a television interview today that international tension was very high but the danger of war was less than a year ago. He was asked by Mr. Robin Day m a commercial television
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  • 30 1 JAPANESE Police yesterday reported one person was missing and 80 others slightly injured when the ice floor of the Karuizawa skating rink, near Tokyo, suddenly collapsed. Reuter
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  • 140 1 TOKYO. Feb. 2 (UP)—lndonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Subandrio, yesterday welcomed a Japanese suggestion for an Asian foreign ministers* conference, it was reported here today. The Indonesian Antara news agency, m a broadcast monitored here said that Mr. Subandrio 'expresses concurrence" with the proposal made by
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  • 35 1 A BRITISH espionage agent, Frantisek Havelka, has surrendered to Czech authorities and turned over information including lists of Czech citizens working for western secret services, the Czech Interior Ministry stated on Sunday. AFP
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    • 1538 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT TUITION MR. T. ARUMUCAM and family of CXMLlimi r Woodbridgc Hospital sincerely thank at "Stt LhLlSST*^'* 1 c*e *f Mt W" the doctors and *.t»f* n* ci«J««Z. r>' nTa school of Commerce. Ipoh— condolence. wreaths. »crolls, night visits and kind attendance at the funeral of Mrv T. Arumugam on
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    • 518 2 TENDER NOTICES TENDER NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD, FEDERATION OF MALAYA. TENDERS are invited for "ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING C. E. B. OFFICE AT KLUANG." C.E.B. registered Class A, B and C contractors to apply to the Architect, Central Electricity Board, P. O. Box 1006, Kuala "Lumpur with a deposii.
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    • 536 2 P.WD. TfcNDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Office of the State Engineer. P.WD. Perak. Ipoh up to 3.00 p.m. on the 17th February. 1958, for the supply of Waterworks Treatment Chemicals for the year 1958. Further particulars may be obtained from the Office of the Senior Executive Engineer
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    • 326 2 NOTICES The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 11) In The High Court Of The Colony Of Singapore Island Of Singapore IN BANKRUPTCY No 367 of 1957. Re AMAT ALI of No. 221-D, Lorong 29. Geylang Road, Singapore, 14. Receiving Order made 9th August, 1957. Date of Adjudication 9th August, 1957. Date and
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    • 63 2 EujmJ fSSSSm |HI EL| -iiJ 5f The strangest I J true experience iiFk I J a young girl m dL v \i J love ever lived- "VILH enacted by the most |V| )f sensational star- (iiscnnr, \M of our generation -stunning, WB astounding Joanne Woodward! &fl Tlig i -MM C^
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    • 360 3 l-ht for power is expected to follow the If siqncd m Laos by two half-brothers Cuphanouvong, leader of the Communistic Pothct Lao" set-up formed m NorthI en( j Prince Souvanna Phouma, Royal I premier which has brought peace to [for/ alter three years of hostility. But the l( hwas
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    • 348 3 OROING to a Reuter report from Bangilioi Government has renewed its promise -o fight the communist terrorists m the Moi border regions. It is reported that Premier, Lt. General Thanom Kittikachorn, ti Tunku Abdul Rahman for details of the '•dear the border of terrorists, and this plan submitted for
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 447 3 Sir The Singapore Standard on January 25 published a very interesting account given by Tunku Abdul Rahman under the heading of "Irritation That has No Widespread Effect." m it, i learnt that the Ma ay Teachers' Union had demanded that the Alliance Government introduce Malay as
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    • 314 3 Sir— l read with considerable interest the article on the Chinese problem m Thailand and your leader m the Issue of the Singapore Standard of January 30 with regard to the liquidation of the former colonies by the British Labour Party. Some time back a Malay
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  • 1057 3 WEEKLY SOVIET SURVEY BY EDWARD CRANKSHAW \]^HY must we let the Russians always win? We could not help the Hungarians because active intervention might have touched off the third war to end wars. And this meant, among other things, the end of all those
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  • 40 3 ELEPHANTS make a dreadful din while feeding m th c forest. Branches crack like pistol shots, and trees crash to earth. Yet, on scenting danger, the herd can move away almost m silence, hardly disturbing the foliage.
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    • 320 3 v L (____j fSWW J" AST week's monthly meet- ing of the Singapore City Council was, probably, the longest session of any body of councillors in Malaya. Twelve solid hours with two negligible breaks and nothing achieved to justify the waste of electric power and the timo of the members!
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  • 234 4 They Terrorize Waitresses, Beat Up Compatriots 'TEDDY BOYS" m the British Army m Singapore who ore giving other Servicemen o "bocrnome, ore shortly to be sent bock home, The Stondord wos told yesterdoy. These soldiers, mostly hailing from the industrial area* of Britain,
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  • 162 4 'FIGHT THE ALLIANCE' FRONT TO EXPAND IPOH. Sun. The antiAlliance United Front, formed here some months back, met today to draw up plans to extend its activities to the other States' m the Federation. The Front's final aim is a Federation-wide anti-Alliance body of democratic and noncommunal parties to contest
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  • 100 4 Too Little Is Now Too Much KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The YMCA Youth Club at Brickileids, which recently complained of poor membership, today finds that It has not enough helpers to handle the number of young people joining up. A club bulletin today said: "After the school holidays, the club membership
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  • 68 4 BATU PAHAT. Sun. The Federation Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, will open the first Malayan Industrial and Trade Fair at Kirns Park m Jalan Mohmed Akil, on Wednesday. The Fair, with more than RO stalls, continues till Feb. 23 A beauty
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  • 32 4 THIEVES broke into the home of Captain A. H. Lovey, R.A.0.C., at Adelphi Park, Thomson Road, Singapore on Saturday afternoon and stole jewellery and cutlery valued at $3,340.
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  • 105 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Permaisuri Agong was today given a rousing cheer by 250 children attending a concert at the Batu Road English School here. The concert was organized by the Malayan Association of Youth Clubs for underprivileged children between the ages of seven and
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  • Article, Illustration
    37 4 Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Stephen Hogben after their marriage at the Church of Christ the King, Tanglin Barracks, Singapore, on Saturday. The bride was Miss Eileen Teresa O'Driscoll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O'Driscoll.
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  • 54 4 pic. Mr Lim Cheng Lak Assistant Traffic Superintendent of the Spore Harbour Board, with his bride, the former Miss Christine Wong Luen Loo. a staff nurse, after their marriage at the Church of the Sacred Heart m Tank Road on Saturday. A reception was held at
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  • 132 4 City Polls Should Be Eye-opener SECRETARY general of the Libeiai Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan. yesterday said that the people of Singapore muse now choose between th«* left-wing extremists, Inspired by Communist Ideologies, and moderate elements who stand for a free and democratic Singapore. The last City Council elections
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  • 35 4 TWO thugs entered a house 1 at No. 14 Bishopgate, oil Nathan Road. Singapore and robbed the occupant. Ong lee* Kong, of $2,240, early yeste.a One thug was armed with a dagger
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  • 132 4 PENANG, Sun. Chairman of the Han Chiang High School management committee. Mr. Lim Lean Teng today criticised Government for not allowing over-aged Chinese pupils to complete their studies. Speaking at a luncheon given to the Press multi-mil-lionaire Mr. Lim said that Government's policy on
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  • 89 4 SINGAPORE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Hock, yesterday described: himself as "one of the old co-operators" m the island Opening the co-operative store, sponsored by the bm gapore Public Services w operative Stores Society. JM the Paya Lebar Co-operative Housing Estate. Mr. Urnf^ called his connection ll^ •he mptejg J
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  • 164 4 tt boys' I sufficiently jB Singapore M buil <* rr^rel schools whic-1 Pensive to by Mr Til of -I of B oy s c:^M committee ov er Radio iM f The boys Tl ca tered mosjl i under-priviieg^H street boys" -.-I P e -y guided ;i linquenk. he M
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  • 54 4 DR D P- &W turer m History sity of Malaya V course of ten leca* national Orgas« mencing on TS« The course, oirm Singapore Cojl Education education V°V~M conducted a! M Road Malar Tuesday and a ,:\B 7 15 p.m. w -**m The lee fcr Pm 1S Interested 4
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  • 336 5 m THOUSANDS of Singapore Hindus will observe Thaipusam (Festival of Penance) today. Trie festival which though one of the most colourful, io essentially a religious one, when Hindus, who have taken vows to do penance of their past sins, offer homage to the
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  • 126 5 IMAGE IS TAKEN OUT AFTER A 9-YR. CURB KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The gold image of Lord Subramanyam, Hindu god of prosperity, this morning emerged from nine years confinement forced o n by the Emergency at the Marriamman Temple at High Street. The image was taken m procession to Batu Caves,
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  • 123 5 M.I.C. APPEAL BOARD WANTS MORE TIME KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Special committee of the Malayan Indian Congress appointed to hear appeals of two Selangor MIC members against suspension from the party, failed to come to a decision after a four-hour meeting last night. Mr. G. Mariappan of Malacca, who was
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  • 60 5 IPOH, Sun. Forty-eight hours after his arrival here a Penang mechanic Cheng Sum Chi, 21. was stabbed at a rrowiod coffee-stall opposite Majestic Theatre last night. ran 500 yards throujh crowded streets to lodge a report at the New Town Police Station He was sent to the hospital
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  • 51 5 PENANG. Sun.— The Ambulance Section of the Civil Defence Corps will begin training at headquarters m MacAlister Road on Feb. 4. Instructions will be given every Tuseday for nine weeks. The Welfare section will start training on Feb 5. Instructions will be given every Wednesday for 13
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  • 27 5 MR. R. K. TJOKROWISASTRO and his bride, Marliah Ahmazahab, after their wedding m Singapore yesterday. The couple arc employees of the Indonesian Consulate m Singapore.
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  • 279 5 PENANG, Sun. President of the Federation Government Medical Services Unions, Inche Ahmad Said, today said it would be an insult to hospital assistants if Government's rural health scheme were put into practice. The scheme provided that an assistant nurse would be m
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  • 148 5 W.D. UNION WANTS NEW PENSIONS SCHEME THE Singapore Federation of Services Unions yesterday decided to ask the War Department authorities for an improved scheme for over 2,000 "established" employees m the three Armed Services m the Colony. The executive council of the SFSU, at a meeting at Farrer Park, appointed
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  • 174 5 EUROPEAN officers on board ships on the Singa-pore-Indonesian run are scared to step ashore, as they might fall victim to Dutch-baiting Indonesians, rhe.se fears were confirmed by several ships' masters, mates ana engineers, who told The Standard that they would rather stay on
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  • 116 5 PROFESSOR C. A. M. Grey, professor of engineering at the University of Malaya, called on his students to help exploit the natural resources of the country more fully when they graduate. He was speaking at the first dinner party of the year-old University of Malaya engineering Society
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  • 57 5 IPOH. Sun.— Perak last year raised $35,602.61 for the Poppy Day Fund. Ipoh topped the list of districts with $8,862.35. Contributions from other districts were as follows: Telok Anson $6,549.47; Kuala Kangsar $5,343.76; Dindings— s3,2o6.o2; Taiping— $2,686.64- Kampar— s2,4sB.63; Tapah— s2,23l.B4; Tanjong Ma1im—52,034.36; Batu Gajah— $1,449.12;
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  • 261 6 Chua Choon Leong Cup Tennis IPOH. Sun. Perak beat Penang by four matches to one to qualify for the zone final of the Chua Choon Leon? Cup tennis competition on the Town Council Courts here tfiis morning. Perak will now meet the southern zone finalists (as
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  • 109 6 BADGASTEIN. Austria. Feb. 2 < Reuter > Chiharu Igaya. of Japan. Olympic silver medallust, nmshfd third In the world slalom ski championship, held on the slopes of the Graukogel mountain here this morning. The title was won by Josl Rieder. oi Austria, who had
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  • 153 6 HELSINKI, Feb. 2 (AFP) Shirley Bloomer and Ann Haydon, the two British girls who won the doubles title on Friday, were unexpectedly eliminated from the women's singles event of the Scandinavian indoor tennis championships here yesterday m the semi-final round. In one semi-final, France's Ginette
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  • 21 6 BELFAST, Feb. 2 (Reuter).— England beat Ireland 8-1 m their Thomas Cup (European Zone) badminton match here last night.
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  • 43 6 .TOWER of the Sev, Year Cup over nine furlong, for Cla*.. I. DM '"."bJ.? inZroc^SUvper winning post on Saturday at Bufctt Timah to pay the handsome dividend of Tor a (Connelly) by three co™/pr*gfri&i£? g^^^^
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  • 76 6 SYDNEY, Feb. 2 (UP) Tony Trabert drubbed former Wimbledon tennis champion Lew Hoad m straight sets here today m the second day of the round robin professional tournament at White Ci:y. Trabert overpowered Hoad 6-3, 6-4 6-4 m the feature match of the day. In best-of-three
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  • 80 6 Maureen Saves 11 A goal m the second half k reen Stubbs enabled Selaneor n^M Girls' Sports Club to a two-all J b|| B women's hockey match at Scran 1 Ma-ween was undoubtrriiv 4n Wtak^H the bt*t player amont? the visitors. It was through hpr that their scored both
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  • 541 6 Windsor Lad's Review Oi The Races KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Teo'« eiKht-year-old Straits Code, last year's St. Leger winner, chalked up his tenth success m the country when, making light the 9.3 burden, he outstayed his opposition to win the New Year Cup over nine
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  • 19 6 BOSTON, f Ron Deiany :M the Olympic gained v I indoor mile M won tt\* \\*:vM imlmies 53.<afl
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  • 698 7 Arsenal Edged 4-5 In Thrilling Game LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)— Arsenal answered the critics who said they lacked fighting: spirit by putting up their best display of the season though narrowly losing 4-5 to league champions Manchester United m the "English first division yesterday. A crowd of over 63,500—
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  • 133 7 IRON, Orange Feb. 2 (Reuter)— batting by Neil nfcd the thrills art day of the tteh between the c State and 'ad the Austraftterday. ttied the day 27 oJ the home side tickets In hand. ff Harvey lifted ran its mediocre tad-hit, stroke- B,iJ6 minutes. •s ended play 40
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  • 60 7 l^. Trinidad, l v j "inldad and ffc Jllr team -r-aay cricket J r^re yesterday. r Pakistan i J^d and 110 Trinidad i S Bvi over--scorer e to :<47 h] v!" after V R^rigicz was NdS vl <J f 51 befor??*, all oul -''c close, :;■■< .obvious, '..'.at L°J
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  • 233 7 Sikhs Hold Taiping To 3-3 Draw KU.ALA LUMPUR, Sun. Selangor Sikn Union and Taiping District Hockey Association drtw three-all m a thrilling hockey matct on the Selangor Club paclaim today. The Sikhi dictated the exchanges m the first half and led by 3-1 but after the Interval Taiping held the
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  • 81 7 INDIAN Recreation Club and South Wales Borderers drew one-all m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. After a scoreless first half the Borderers took the lead through Jones before the Indians tod^nt back through Zakarlya ij levil the score. In anothpr friendly match at SemJ;«twang, Seletar
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  • 53 7 SYDNEY, Feb. 2 (AFP) American tennis star Tony Trabert yesterday beat Australia's Ken Rosewall 6-4, 6-4 and qualified to meet Lew Hoad of Australia m the semifinal round of the Sydney professional tennis tournament. In another singles match yesterday, Australia's Frank Sedgman beat his compatriot Rex Hartwig by
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  • 380 7 NEWMARKET, Suffolk: The first foal sired by RIBOT, one of the greatest racehorses m the history of the turf he was unbeaten m 16 races seen with her mother, Crawley Beauty. The little filly, as yet unnamed, was foaled at the Warren Stud at Cheveley,
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  • 130 7 7-A-Side Title Goes To Klang KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Kiang Club shocked Selangor Malays when they beat them by six points (two tries) to 3 m the flna^ of the Selangor Services seven-a-sidc rugby competition on the armed forces ground. In the semi-final Klang beat Selangor Club 3-0. In the final.
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  • 283 7 Last Minute Try By Jackson Beats Wallabies TWICKENHAM, Middles. ex, Feb. 2 (Beater) -A la*t minute try by right wing Peter Jackson gave a depleted tS£?S d f a k ih s U n wln «*e* Australia m the International Rugby Union match here yesterday England, 3-0 down at half
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  • 31 7 BOMBAY, Feb. 2 (Reuter) Ramanathan Krishnan. India's leading lawn tennis player, won the Western India championship here yesterday, defeating Billy Knight, of Britain. 6-2. 6-2. 6-4, m the final.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 139 7 SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR Drr OTr HOCKEY: Brooke Cup J r U BY: SC.C. seven-a- Replay— 4 Btn. Malay Regt. cr d °"J? ame| i t at Padang; (Tapah) vs. Fed. Military fa opt vs Nee Soon "A." College, Port Dickson; Selanpaic 7. inter-unit final o°* Sikhs vs. Taiping District X.A.6.C.
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  • 197 9 VISITORS from Australia and the Far East are expected to arrive m Britain again this year for the sixth Factory Equipment (Heating, Ventilation and Thermal Insulation) Exhibition to be held at Earls Court, London, from April 14 to 19. Sir David Eccles, President of
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  • 117 9 THE British aircraft Industry's export total m December of £17.516.043 was the biggest m a single month and brought the year's total to £116.471,110—11.5 per cent over the Drevious record annual figure of £104,500,000 achieved m 1956. This was a 58 per cent Increase over the
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  • 41 9 CRAYFISH exports earned $5,100,000 for Australia m 1956-57 the first time export of this commodity exceeded $5 million. Exports totalled 4,950,000 lb.. of which 4.629.000 lb. were crayfish tails. Australia is the third largest supplier of crayfish to America.
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  • 207 9 Mineral Output Shows Rise PRODUCTION of the Australian mineral industry m 1956-57 was a record at £A241, 500.000 compared with £A199,905,000 m 1955-56. Metal and mineral exports, exclusive of gold m 1956, were valued at £A77,369,000 compared with £A7 1,489,000 m the previous year. Increases m output of lead, copper,
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 21 9 AN oilfield has been found under the Black Sea off the Bulgarian Coast, according to Sofia newspaper reports. Reuter.
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    • 538 9 WORLD TIN OUTPUT TO BE CUT BY 5,000 TONS Activity In Counters Curbed By A Market Correspondent INCREASED cut m tin production announced by the International Tin Council will reduce world output by some 5,000 tons per month. For the past three months the buffer pool has been buying at
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    • 72 9 THE chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, Sir Alexander Fleck, poses for the camera with two of hi s company's long-service employees m Malaya, Mr. Wong Cheok Men* (left) and Mr. Liow Kirn Choy, who has each put m 20 years' service with the firm m Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 237 9 COPRA arrivals m Singapore last week, said to be m the region of 5,000 tons, have had little influence m the market, says the weekly produce report of Lewis Peat (Spore) Ltd. i These belated arrivals were said to be outstanding deliveries to packers
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    • 142 9 Aust. Bank Assists Shippers A COMPREHENSIVE "Trade Service" organization built up by the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, after it was established as a separate institution m December 1953, actively assists m the development of Australia's overseas trade. The bank has co-operated fully with the Department of Trade m sending
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    • 101 9 Answer To Problem Of Runways KUALA LUMPUR, SunAustralian airport authorities have found m rubber—an answer to the problem of runways that erase and crack" under the punishment meted out by hifh-speed aircraft, the Natural Rubber Development Board announced today. At Essendon Airport. Melbourne, scene of the trial* on which these
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    • 125 9 A NEW portable serviceability tester, designed for US( T* trunk telephone switchboard operators, has been introduced m Britain. In the past, trunk operators have, m most cases, had to rely upon their own judgment and experience m deciding when to report a circuit unserviceable. This has
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    • 45 9 The Ayer Wen* (Rahman) Development Prospecting Co. Ltd: For the year ended 30-9-57 a profit of $3,437 (7.1%) was earned compared with o loss of $2,629 the previous year. Net liquid assets at balancing cl.ne were equal to 7.4 cents per share.
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    • 268 9 BUSINESS done m shares from Jan. 25 to 31 Industrial!: Federal dispensary 52.12J to $2.10, Fraser and Neave ords $2.62* to $2.60, Gammons $2.20 to $2.17J, Goodwood Park $1.30. Hammer and Co. $2.05, Hongkong Banks (Col.) $448.00. Hongkong Banks (Lon.) £44, Wm. Jacks $1.97| to $1.95
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  • 34 9 THE Malayan Exchange Bank.s Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants on Saturday. Selling, ready: French Francs *****; Holland Gldrs 122-7/8; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 60 9 HOLIDAY, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., Singapore rubber brokers, held a cocktail party to mark the opening of their new offices m Denmark House, Raffles Quay, on Saturday. Photo shows several directors of the company. They are (from left): Messrs. D. Q. Skinner; Tan Boon Poh; E. G.
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    • 227 10 CUISINE CORNER VF you are thinking of holding a barbecue party this weekend, "Chicken Barbecue" is just ideal", says Twong Say Jong, chef of a Singapore hotel. "Ah Jong" as he is known by his colleagues, is a veteran m his trade. For many years he has been
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    • 586 10 Three Paris MRS. H. G. B. asks three questions, First, "Is it possible to get vynil squares for covering floors. and where?" These are thermoplastic tiles by another name. Several firms make them, and there are on the market ones you can lay yourself quite easily. I am
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    • 758 10 THEY SEEK FAME IN THE MOVIES... TELEVISION i n Singapore may find future stars of the stage and screen at the Chine s c dramatic school of Cathay Organisation. There, 40 talented girb, chosen from among more than 1,000 applicants, are being trained for stardom. This school, located at Keris
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    • 47 10 gHIRLEY Yamaguc h i, beautiful Japanese actress now m the Philippines, appears at the stage of a Manila Theatre to display her form m a fitting "Filipina Dress" made of local materials. While m Manila she is helping m fund raising benefits for charity.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 485 10 TODAY'S QUESTION: P^^^fl 1 "Think your own kl faults when you are awake, of other<i I when are I V^KV Chinese Proverbs. ImV MONDAY FOR EVERY- |^U ONE: Keep everything open I and above board; simplify I don't permit c wA\ or impractical schemes. YOUR BIRTIIDATE DV PlTl J AND
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  • 115 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Exploratory talks with the Vietnamese Government on rice trade were successful and it wds expected that the Vietnamese Minister for Works and Communications would visit the Federation In the third v<eek of this month, The Standard was told today. The Federation Minister
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  • 56 11 PENANG, Sun. Internationally known square and folk dance leader, Mr. Rickey Holden, will be here from Feb. 9 to 11, to teach folk dancing and train "callers." He is on a world tour as special representative of the International Recreation Association. His programme m Penang is being
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  • 313 11 ANTI-RED BORDER WAR STEPS UP Thai Govt. Asked To Relax Entry Law For Patrols KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Dato Abdul Raxok bin Doto Hussain said yesterday, Malaya was taking up with the new Thai Government the question of allowing Malayan patrols to operate m Thai territory
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  • 46 11 IPOH. Sun.— After attending a dinner at the Ipoh Club here on Wednesday night two officers of the 95 Field Battery, Batu Gajah, discovered that a bag, containing clothing and a camera worth $348, had been stolen from their parked car.
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  • 35 11 Photo. Mr. Krishnan, son of Mr. T. Kaliappan. and Miss Rukmani. daughter of Mr. M. Murugaiah, who were married yesterday at the SUB. Staff Association premises m Cantonment Road, Singapore. Standard
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  • 241 11 SINGAPORE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday said that people should not blame him for the arrests of students and trade unionists. Mr. Lim, speaking at the third anniversary party of the Thomson Branch of the Singapore Labour Front, said that the
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  • 190 11 BENTONG, Sun.— President of the Bentong Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. A. Rajagopal has resigned over differences of opinion regarding the correct manner m which to protest the defeat of the MIC can. didate at the recent Town Council elections Mr. Rajagopal told The Standard that the
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  • 32 11 The Pasir Kemudi Bridge at the 15 m.s., Kuantan-Sungei Lembing Road was still under 2£ feet of water yesterday although .the waters were subsiding, the road was impassable to traffic.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 95 12 LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)— Police m three counties were searching m fog early today "or a dangerous lunatic on the run. The man "scarface" Robert Jd wards, escaped last night from the Rampton Mental [nstifition at Retford, Nottinghamshire. Edwards, aged 24, has convictions for robbery with
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    • 317 12 EGYPT, SYRIA UNDER ONE FLAG Cheering Crowds Hail The New Arab Republic CAIRO, Feb. 2, (Reuter). Egypt and Syria yesterday proclaimed a united Arab republic linking their populations and armed forces under a common flag and leadership. President Nasser of Egypt and President Shukri el Kuwatly of Syria signed documents
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    • 53 12 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb. 2 (UP> An Egyptian woman, Naima el Said, gave birth to triplets two boys and a girl here yesterday as Egyptian President Gamal Abdfci Nasser and Syrian President Shukri el Kuwatly were proclaiming the new Syrian-Egyptian union. She named the boys Nasser and Kuwatly and
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    • 233 12 WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, SAYS WEST WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 '(Reuter) The EgyptianSyrian proclamation announcing the union of the two countries' as a united Arab republic aroused great interest m the United States yesterday, but officials expressed doubt other Arab states would be prepared to join the union later.
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    • 88 12 SYDNEY. Feb 2 (Reuter).— Passengers aboard the packed Brisbane to Sydney express were tossed into heaps when four carriages plunged from the tracks at Mt. Kuringai station, 25 miles north of Sydney, early yesterday. The derailed carriages, swaying crazily at a 60-degree angle,
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    • 60 12 NICOSIA, Cyprus, Feb. 2 (Reuter) Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus, has ordered a special grant to be made towards educating the son of a Turkish woman who died m riots here last week. The 55-year-old woman and a Turkish man were knocked down by a
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    • 87 12 Torture: Inspector Charged NAIROBI, Feb. 2 (Reuter)— Police Inspector James Dobbs, 33, from London, was committed for trial at Thika, near here, yesterday with two Africans charged with causing grievous bodily harm to an African youth by burning him. The youth was alleged to have been burnt when he was
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    • 165 12 tnP W J ORK Feb 2 <Reufm~ ay or Ro *> e rt Wagner of Now York will meet Board of Education officials tomorrow ior emergency talks on a wa ,ye of crime and violence which exrioded m the city's schools last week, it
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    • 122 12 In this picture taken some time ago during a premiere. Roman Prince Filippo Orsini, now 35. sips a drink and behind him are actress Gina Lollobrigida and her husband. Milko Skoflc. The Prince, leader of the Roman "Black Aris- tocricy" among whose ancestors are two Popes
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    • 44 12 BOMBAY, Feb. 2 (Reuter) About 200 school children were injured, some of them seriously, when a gallery collapsed during a session yesterday of the India-China Friendship Association. About 1,000 children were m the gallery, specially built for the meeting.
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    • 25 12 ELSA MARTINELLI, the Italian film actress, gave birth to a daughter last night m Rome The baby oir\ ™a« bom prematurely. Reuter
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    • 187 12 Baghdad Alliance Firm Against Reds— Dulles WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)— Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, declared yesterday on returning from Ankara that the five Baghdad Pact members and the United States stood united to bar Soviet armed aggression from the north. Mr. Dulles, who led the U.S.
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    • 100 12 WEARING her wedding ring and with her veil down, 22-year-old British girl with a hole m her heart. Shirley Holmes, leaves the little grey- stone church m Havant, Hampshire, with her groom, Italian soldier Giulio Comparini, 23. after their wedding last week. The ceremony ended
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    • 417 12 TORY GOVT. FACES A £400 MIL. WAGE CHALLENGE LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)— A bitter clash is expected m Parliament on Thursday over the Government* current relationships with industry, which some Socialists allege amount to war against the trade unions. The Labour Opposition has given notice of a molion censuring the
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    • 160 12 RADHA ARRIVES WITH A SPLASH COLOMBO. Feb. 2 (AFP)— Indian Vice-President Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan arrived m Colombo yesterday evening for Ceylon's tenth independence anniversary celebrations beginning on Monday. The special Indian Air Force plane which brought him touched down at 1650 hours m blinding rain with the entire tarmac shoe-deep
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    • 81 12 PETERHEAD, Scotland, Feb. 2 (Reuter) John Ramsay, 52--year-old expert safecrackcr who was released from prison during the last war to hep British Commandos working m Europe, was recaptured here yesterday 24 hours after his third prison break. The man said to have broken the safe m Goering's headquarters during
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    • 63 12 shire, r JI The bitJJ >'ear.old il ne *t hor^'i After J nation p; was I sauS Esses, oJS odav s a "y cor.-J to ha,. >£JS ended a Q which pjj SChoo:bcys U school The" isolatef! Detectives oodv was dj^ aft c r she on,y a f C
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    • 45 12 3AO f.H'LOi ten iht m Minns Ccurt bi lished an or* youngster* und« age to attend i at stadtam 1 drinks arc mH In JiiStiiyiai Judge Aldo de pointed to the S wh j re flvinu bot tute "a Mtuattin i danger to tktm
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