Singapore Standard, 7 February 1958

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7/ 1958 Vol. VIM. No. 219 15 cts. 12 Poges
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    Lock icon R.I. CIVIL WAR THREAT
    462 1 WELL FIGHT IF WE MUST— SOEKARNO Tension Mounts Over Rebel Take-over Pledge OSAKA, Feb. 6, (Reuter) President Soekorno's spokesman Mr. John Senduk, said here today: If a fight is forced on us, we will fight back." He was commenting on the statement issued by Lieutenant Colonel
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    Lock icon N. BORNEO WILL ADMIT WORKERS FROM H.K.
    247 1 N. BORNEO WILL ADMIT WORKERS FROM H.K. Sponsors Can Apply For Forms JESSELTON, North Borneo, Feb. 6 (UP) The North Borneo Government announced last night that immigrant Chinese agriculture workers from Hongkong will be allowed to enter the country. An announcement over Radio Jesselton said persons desiring to sponsor entry
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    Lock icon COUNTERFEIT GANG HELD IN POLICE RAID
    210 1 COUNTERFEIT GANG HELD IN POLICE RAID KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Police raided a cubicle m the Pudu Road squatter area early this morning and caught three counterfeiters redhanded. The Police party, led by ASP Kassim Ali, head of he Selangor Secret Societies' Branch, broke into the llegai "Mint" just as molten
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    Lock icon BANK RATE CUT-REPORT
    50 1 BANK RATE CUT-REPORT TOKYO, Feb. 6 (AFP) The Bank of England will cut its 7 per cent interest rate by 0.5 per cent today, according to reports reaching the Foreign Office. Informed sources said that this information had been cabled to Tokyo by Japanese Charge d'Affaires Toru Nakagawa from London.
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    Lock icon U.K. Soccer Stars Die In Air Crash MUNICH TAKE-OFF DISASTER
    439 1 U.K. Soccer Stars Die In Air Crash MUNICH TAKE-OFF DISASTER LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter) The plane carrying Britain's Manchester United football team crashed on take-off at Munich Airport today, a British European Airways spokesman announced here. The air liner was reported r to have plunged 60 feet to the ground.
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    Lock icon HOTEL BO GETS $80 FOR FINDING $16,500
    191 1 TAIPEI. Feb. 6 (UP).— Vasanasomsit of package containing USSS^^ Th^ p ohce Force. (M 516.500) wa returned t Mrs. Vasanasomsit left the the wife of one of Thailandjckage of VM -currency top Police generals yesterdag c checked out of the Park after she
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    Lock icon HALF-TON MOON CAN BE LAUNCHED
    112 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Rev- r) _T Th H United States ir Force has notified the efence Department that it Jlieves it can launch a 000-pound vehicle into >ace with its Thor interpellate missile, according Press reports from WashIgton today. The reports said this was
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    27 1 JAPAN and Australia will Btablish direct radio-tele-hone c o m m v n i cations round March 17. a joint apan -Australian communing announced yesterday.
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    Lock icon A CIGARETTE FOR THE TUNKU
    83 1 FEDERATION Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, gets a cigarette from the Ceylon Premier, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, when he called on the Ceylon Premier at his residence at Rosemead Place m Colombo on Monday. The Tunku presented Mr. Bandaranaike two cheques for Rs. 10,000 and Rs.
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    Lock icon DR. FUCHS ENCOUNTERS SERIOUS TROUBLE
    172 1 DR. FUCHS ENCOUNTERS SERIOUS TROUBLE WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 6 (Reuter) Dr. Vivian Fuchs was reported tonight to be m serious trouble about 28 miles south of Depot 700 on his trek from the South Pole. Two Snowcats m Dr. Fuchs party were reported to have dropped into crevasses. Beth
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    Lock icon Bomb Shakes Parliament
    57 1 PARIS. F?b. 6. (Reuter)—Police made a dawn swoop on political extremists here today after a bomb explosion which rocked the French Parliament building last night. A number of those arrested belonged to the right-wing Patriotic Revolutionary Party and were among a score of people roused at dawn
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    Lock icon DAG FOR MOSCOW
    21 1 MR. Dag Hammarskjold. the United Nations SecretaryGeneral said yesterday he had been invited to go to Moscow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon TV Causes Friction In Home
    101 1 TV Causes Friction In Home LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter) Hundreds of parents have complained that television ls causing friction m the home and giving their children nightmares and "gang" behaviour, the National Council of Women said today. Parents answering a Council questionnaire said some small children can sing television advertisement
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    Lock icon WELL BRING DUTCH BACK, SAYS REBELS
    108 1 TOKYO, Feb. 6 (Reuter) Indonesian rebel leaders announced here today they planned to bring Dutch technicians back to Indonesia and restore Dutch business interests. Speaking to Reuter'g correspondent Robert Blazey m the suite of the Nikkatsu Hotel here, they said Dr. Mohammed Hatta, a
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    Lock icon A-BOMBS IN AIR MISHAPS
    56 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Reuter)—A Washington columnist said today that seven U.S. Air Force bombers carrying atomic or hydrogen weapons had crashed m the United States since 1954. The columnist, Robert S. Allen, writing m the New York Post, said similar crashes had occurred m the
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    Lock icon NEW ENVOY FOR COLONY
    47 1 JAKARTA. Feb. 6. (AFP)^ Kama Radjasa, son of former Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo. will be appointed Indonesian Consul General m Singapore, soon to replace Mr. Achmad Natanegar, it was learned here today. Mr. Radjasa is now a senior official at the Foreign Ministry.
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    Lock icon 2 JAILED, FINED FOR DEFAMING ASSEMBLYMAN Printers Must Also Pay
    424 2 2 JAILED, FINED FOR DEFAMING ASSEMBLYMAN Printers Must Also Pay TAN PEK PING, proprietor of o bi-weekly Chinese newspaper, the Sin Lit Pau, and its publisher, Ng Yeow, were each sentenced to three months' jail m a Singapore Court yesterday, for defaming Assemblyman Mr. Lim Cher Kheng. 1 The District
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    Lock icon S'pore Men Shell Reds In Perak
    160 2 S'pore Men Shell Reds In Perak IPOH, Thurs.— Field guns from three units, two of which belong to the Commonwealth Brigade, yesterday fired a total of 1,000 shells into 17 selected terrorist tariff m the jungle mi n the "Operation Ginger" area. *XT Field Battery of the Ist Singapore Regiment,
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    36 2 HONGKONG. Feb. 6 Special Standard Service; Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15.60 to HI Sterling $5.***** to US$l; $1.85 to Malayan $1; $0,119 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $256,375 to a tael.
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    Lock icon $75,000 Fine For Businessman
    125 2 $75,000 Fine For Businessman PENANG, Thurs. Ooi Choon Sian, a managing partner of Chop Weng Seng Heng, was today fined $15,--000. m default two-and-a-half years' imprisonment, by Sessions Judge, Mr. B. J. Jennings when found guilty on a charge of attempting to evade Customs duty amounting to $1,303 on Chinese
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    Lock icon Officials Of Institute
    48 2 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (Malaya Section) for 1958: Dr. Kiang Ai Kirn. chairman; Dr. Francis Morsingh, Secretary-Treasurer, and committee members: Prof. R. A. Robinson, Prof. T. F. Dixon, Messrs. Chia Hong How, Chia Chwee Leong and A. I. Biggs.
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    Lock icon ROBBERY CHARGE
    43 2 JUARI BIN CIBAR was charg. Ed m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with robbing Wee Tong Guan ot $14,000 along Mandalay Road on Jan. 31 at 12.30 p.m. Ko plea was recorded and the case was fixed for hearing tomorrow.
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    Lock icon BACK FROM STUDY COURSE
    58 2 TWO Singapore prison officials yesterday returned by Qantas-BOAC after studying the administration of prisons m Britain. They are Mr. Sardool Singh (right), Assistant Superintendent of Outram Prisons, and Inche Sarpon bin Muradin, the Principal Officer. They were the first two Asian prison officials to be sent
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    Lock icon General "Demoted"—But Just For One Parade
    158 2 General "Demoted" But Just For One Parade PORT DICKSON, Thurs. General Sir Hugh Stockill, secretary to the Brill Minister for War, was lay "demoted" to the Ik of full Colonel but ly temporarily, season: He was inspecting passing-out parade of Malay Regiment here, as Colonel Commandof the Regiment, he c
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    Lock icon MALAYA WISE KEEPING NEUT -LAKSHMI MEN
    302 2 KI,A i A LUMPUR, Thurs. Milil destroy Hie unity existing bet WW 7 nations and Malaya had done the m\_Z m not committing herself to am lIT* Minister tor External Affairs Un I A fl ca ed p he t°day on a two-day fflj
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    65 2 THE Red Cross m Singapore is appealing to the public for transport for its weekly Saturday morning outings for handicapped and underprivileged children. About 80 children are taken to picnics and tours each week. Mrs. B. S. Williams, the society's secretary Standard. The* enough vehi Cars or
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    Lock icon Clerk After Car
    59 2 Clerk After Car o.d Singap re Seng, who was> Penang for a i after a car crij milestone Ipc&r at about 6.10 pa The car \H__m during a rtJaS saulted several coming to a hai Lee died on« pital. The driver, Yei 35. a Penang hs another passq with minor
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    36 2 GIRL FO DROWN BEYTOSG, Tk:« j year-'". Ui Ijj found mWmi AWI 'the mmimtm bridge. iftH I by her I 30. Sicw Moj a rooking an<j $J playing OUtl ll did not notice sister was nfcri
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    17 2 A TWENTY! lian trad* 1 Wmt for Sinnapor?. Thailand on JJ an ■nnounceoci berra yesterday.
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD February 7, 1958
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      Lock icon Of Gangsters And Swindlers
      430 3 it seamy *>>- c Singapore invariably gets Ln b° fh here ond abroad. Crime is on recsc, gangsters grow more bold, and C ere everywhere, and certain classes of *l" evr that the Government is unable to law and curb the activities of those who it*
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      362 3 SPORE'S Education Ministry is taking :t the increasing threat of gangsterism i Instances of unruliness and threats indents by young hoodlums, who are m ot loitering round schools and even !*esc institutions without authority to do *cn brought to the notice of the Ministry •action is to be taken
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    Lock icon HOPE FOR JAKARTA
    1108 3 Dennis Blood worth concludes here his survey of INDONESIA TODAY have been so many reports recently that the rebel military commanders m Indonesia's outer islands were planning the secession of Sumatra and the overthrow of the Central Government that there seems every reason to cry "wolf, wolf."
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    Lock icon The Parties Declare Their Stand
    1599 3  - The Parties Declare Their Stand DAVID TAMBYAH POLITICAL FORUM AT VARSITY By public of Singapore and the undergraduates were given a preview of the shape of things to come m the City Council at a political forum held at the University on Wednesday night. Amidst boos, heckling and applause, four
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    39 3 The most primitive of all animals was long thought to be the amoeba but this title is now accorded the protozoan (first life) of the class Flagellata. They are microscopic, singlecelled animals that reproduce by fission.
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    Lock icon The NEWS as it strikes me
    409 3 The NEWS as it strikes me longer we live, the more we learn what a farce Ma. layanization can be. Some practise it without serious regard for the future. Others completely ignore it, as m the case of the SHB Police Force, a body of puDlic servants of whom you
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    Lock icon CALL FOR A TRANSPORT BOARD
    83 4 CALL FOR A TRANSPORT BOARD PENANG, Thurs— The chairman of the City Council's Transport Committee, Mr. Lim Kean Slew, today called for a Transport Board to be set up m the City. Mr. Lim told The Standard that the Council's own transport department was not making as much money as
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    Lock icon SCHOOL IS RENAMED
    69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The seven -year -old Government English School m Kuala Krai. Ulu Kelantan was today renamed the Yahya Putra School after the Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan. The school, which was first opened with two classes, now has 14 classes. The Tengku Mahkota. who was present
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    Lock icon RESIGN' CHALLENGE TO ONG
    521 4 Make Pay Claim New Polls Issue, Says Nair SINGAPORE'S Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretory, Mr. M.P.D. Hair yesterday challenged PAP Mayor Mr. Ong Eng Guan and his party colleagues on the City Council to resign ond seek re-election on the Mayor's salary issue. Mr. Nair
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    Lock icon MORE JOBS FOR TIMBER WORKERS
    151 4 MORE JOBS FOR TIMBER WORKERS MALACCA, Thurs. With the elimination of Communist terrorists m Malacca, there is hope for greater employment, especially for estate workers and lumbermen. Mr. Foo Teck Yen, State Commissioner for Labour, said Malacca was free of Communist terrorists for the first time since the Emergency and
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    34 4 A PROSPECTOR was stopped by four armed terrorists m the Pekan district of Pahang on "Monday and robbed of his identity card, *J0 katies of rice, a pair of shoes and some clothes.
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    64 4 PENANG. Thurs. The ?u ty k C n U J} cil has "envisaged" the building of a swimming pool for residents here, said City Councillor, Mr. Lim Kean Slew, at a "meet-the-people session" last night. "We also think of amenities for rate-payers," he said. flna'nceT big
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    Lock icon Thousands Flock To The Valdez Healing Mission
    198 4 THE Valdez Healing Mission *t the Singapore Badminton i#?inn as drawn m»re than 16,500 people from all walks of life since Jan. 26. *r% aded by R everend A C. Valdez, the mission will continue for one more week S all the a
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    Lock icon SHIPS 'SALUTE' THE GENERAL
    90 4 THE General Officer Commanding. Singapore Base District, MajorGeneral R. G Collingwood, took the salute yesterday at a ''sail past** staged by the Water Transport Section of the 37 Company, Royal Army Service Corps. More than 20 vessels of the "little navy with- in the army" under
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    201 4 Call To Help Weed Out Reds THE Liberal-Socialist Party shares the concern of the Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, on the extent of Communist infiltration m Singapore, the secretary-general of the Lib.-Socs., Mr. E. K. Tan, told The Standard yesterday. "We are glad
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    Lock icon Influx Of 'Bad Hats' Expected
    120 4 Influx Of 'Bad Hats' Expected MALACCA, Thurs. An influx of criminals from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, where things have been made too hot for them, is expected during the Chinese New Year season, The Standard was told today. To fight this menace, Police will increase their patrols and take other
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    Lock icon Claims Trial To Rape Charge
    62 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Tan Len Soon, 27, of Sungei' Way was today allowed bail of $1,000 when he claimed trial to a charge of raoe on a woman, Chin Wan Teong. It was alleged Tan committed the offence on the night of Jan. 28 at
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    174 4 U.N. WILL AID MALAYA TO KEEP HER INDEPENDENCE THE Executive Chairman of the United Nations Technical Assistance Board. Mr. D. Owen, said m Singapore yesterday that U.N. would help the Federation of Malaya to strengthen and sustain her independence. Mr. Owen had Just arrived m Singapore by QantasBOAC. He told
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    32 4 LEONG Kuan Chee. 40, who stole a spanner worth $3, was yesterday sentenced by Ipoh Magistrate Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan to three months' iail, followed by three months' Police supervision.
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    Lock icon FIRE DESTROYS TIMBER STORE
    108 4 A timber shed and store for disused tyres m the Fung Keong Factory Klang, which has been closed since the strike m December, 1955, was completely destroyed by fire at noon on Wednesday. The fire is believed to have started by lallang burning close to the
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    192 4 First Newspap In Jawi Fro Rotary Press KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs 1 most Malay newspaper m the _> l Hj Malayan journalistic history by nV^^fl newspaper from a rotary pros, f^^kl This significant S tffiitSw of Uhe newspaper's new Chan Sou press by the Sultan of Selan»f2 L 3 Yang di-Pertuan
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    109 4 Robber His Loo Pin Ta PINANG, Thun a robbery at B a .j lage, the P.. c pin-table d looking loriaa lost vaone; irM eventual .tai I O.C.PD, m\ IW Mr. A S Sa.l Ba.var. Up Wj today. ln the Hashim bfa Htf»l I 2'ji/ty to a Mi Oni? Ah
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    25 4 KUALA Ll There wc:ei cases m the week ending Diphtheria .*j\H other Wil one life m ?*'*M Influen7a _^m showed gdH respect ;ve'y_^^J
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    260 5 OCKET DEATH AN ACCIDENT, ULES CORONER pTo Blame For Tragedy GA PORE Coroner, Mr. Giom Chong Hing, yesterday returned cn ture" verdict at the close of a two-day inquest into the William Evans, 30, secretary of an engineering firm. Lvans was killed by a distress signal rocket whicfj exploded at
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    50 5 ACHER LEGES EL IN TTER U [an alleged cnt to a ad m Magis- Guna~ School Mrs. writr on the B Pates, aw of year, school h convks vas the eyacone s hated i told lister- luna- tealing Mrs. this of f1 on to gel his jed md- that of
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    249 5 Set To Catch Ficer Court Told trshzar WCMF Inspector, Mr. R. Naidu testified m a District Court yesterday that he set a trap eolkme m the act of taking a bribe. Aing '■tor •*h acfrom a Bania'a at Joo n, on Nov. further aUegathy was time *.hat I Ived m
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    183 5 A-G Wants Divorce Revoked MRS. Yasodha Dasaratha Raj against whom a decree nisi was granted last year on grounds of adultery, denied the allegation of adultery before Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. She was giving evidence m a suit m which the AttorneyGeneral was
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    Lock icon HIT AND RUN CAR VICTIM
    45 5 A HOUSEWIFE, Lee Ah See, 50. was critically injured when she was knocked down by a "hit-and-run" car m Havelock Road, Singapore, last night. She was taken to the General Hospital by a nurse who happened to be passing by.
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    Lock icon 'Tecs Outrun Snatch Thieves
    58 5 WATCHED by a hundred early Chinese New Year shoppers, detectives chased two snatch-thieves and arrested them m Cross Street, Singapore, yesterday. The two men had snatched a gold chain from a woman shopper. Hearing her screams and seeing .two men flee the scene, the detectives who
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    Lock icon Would-Be Citizens Fail To Turn Up
    190 5 Would-Be Citizens Fail To Turn Up SIX HUNDRED-AND EIGHTY applicants who were asked to turn up at the Singapore Citizenship Registry on Tuesday and Wednesday failed to do so. In a statement yesterday, the Chief Registrar of Citizens. Mr. T. P. Cromwell, said that these persons, who were among a
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    82 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A young mother told a Magistrate today she wanted her husband jailed, because he had broken her arm. Ong Geok Mvi of Kepong said this when Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani asked her whether she would like to see 23-year-old Tan Kit jailed.
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    48 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Thurs.— A military armoured truck was burnt out after plunging down a steep river bank at Sungei Lallang, five miles from here this, afternoon. The truck was being towed to Alor Star when it went off the road. The driver escaped unhurt.
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    30 5 THE Clerical and Administrative Staff Union, Penang, will hold a social and dance at the E. and O. Hotel on Feb. 22 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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    Lock icon 'Famous Women Of History' Pageant
    101 5 THE Y.W.C.A's colourful pageant 'Famous Women of History" opens tonight at the Anglo-Chinese hall m Lahat Road, Ipoh. The show, the first of its kind m Ipoh, is to raise funds for a hostel for working girls. At a rehearsal above are from left. Helen
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    259 5 But He Gets Five Years' Jail KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A man convicted of armei robbery today asked Mr Justice Shepherd m the High Court to sentence him to death, but instead received a term of five years' imprisonment. The man, Chong Chow Kee, a
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    Lock icon WOMAN STABBED
    35 5 A SOLDIER'S wife. Yah binte Noor, was treated for a stab wound m the arm at the Singapore General Hospital after she was involved m a family quarrel at Nee Soon last night.
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    29 5 A CYCLIST. Ang Klong Hong, died the day following a collision with a lorry at the 8£ Miles Cheras Road. Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday, Police disclosed yesterday.
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    Lock icon Man Bound Over To Keep Peace
    167 5 Man Bound Over To Keep Peace PENANG, Thurs. A domestic servant, Mary Foor Pakiam, told the Magistrate's Court today that she would not return to her husband even if she was threatened Wath death. Her husband, S. Seenivasan, said that because he was worried when his wife would not, return
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      148 6 Weekend's Thomas Cup Trials KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Badminton Association of Malaya's two-day Thomas Cup trials will be held at the Selangor Badminton Association Hall this weekend. The trials will start at 7.30 p.m. on both days. The following fixtures have been arranged:SATURDAY Eddy Choong versus Teh Row San; Ooi
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      64 6 PENANG. Thurs.— Kedah will not be taking part m the North hockey triangular tourney at Ipoh. Penang will meet Perak m the only game on Sunday at Ipoh. Penang's team will be: K. S. P. Sundram. N. Monera Singh, K. Ganaoathv Shaari, T. Havelock. G.
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      62 6 THE following will represent the Old Victorians m the soccer match against the Beatty Old Boys for the David Marshall Shield at Farrer Park to. day at 5.15 p.m. Francis Goh. Majid. Harba.ian Singh. Omar Daud. Gan Ow Chow. Jaynthurai. Ramasamy. Charlie Chan Ibrahim. Avtar Singh and Seng
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      446 6 PENANG. Thurs— The following is the race card for the Penang Turf Club amateur meetinp on Saturday Race 1— 1.30 p.m. M.A.S.A Class 5—2 furs. Catchweights 12 st 7 lbs: 1. Bubbles; 2 Colleen; 3. First Venture; 4. Girlie- 5. John Willy; 6. Kolek; 7
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      52 6 MIAMI, Beach Florida, Feb. LJ? eute J^"~ Carmen Basilio. world middleweight champion. went into the ring here yesterSSLi f0r 4u he flrst time since winning the title from Sugar Ray Robinson last September. Basilio, who boxed three rounds with a sparring partfight with Robinson m Chicago on
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      323 6 Onn Leng Stays Out For Tomorrow's Final SINGAPORE All Blues rugby team will be without of services of their fast wing three-quarter, Chan Onn Leng, m tomorrow's All Blues Cup final against Perak at Kuala Lumpur. Chan fractured his jaw m a hockey match
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      208 6 TRAINING of representatives of the Singapore Hockey Asso, ciation for the forthcoming Federation game qp February 22 to be played m Singapore will commence today at 5 p.m. The training, will be held at the Singapore Youth Sports Club with Joe David m charge.
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      120 6 Army Champions Beaten KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —Army Depot Police, current Army league champions, were beaten 3 l m their hockey match against No. 93 Squadron RAF Regiment on the Batu Cantonment ground today. The airmen were quick to settle down and took a half time lead of 3 o Centre
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        99 6 Sir, I read with much interest m your paper of sth instant that Akram, has challenged Primo Camera for a title bout. Further, it is really interesting to note that the fight has been fixed for Singapore. I am sure that thousands of wrestling fans are anxiously
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        34 6 Mrs. P Flanagan and Mrs. R. V Meyer beat Nfrs. G. S. Smith and Mrs. C. E. Moodie 4 and 3 for the Elder Trophy at the Royal Singapore Golf Club yesterday.
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      175 6 Coming Two-Ton Tony To Fight Kong Two-ton Tony Galento, the beer-guzzling world heavyweight who once shocked the boxing world by knocking the then reigning champion, Joe Louis, for a count m the very first round when they met m 1935, will be fighting next month m Singapore. But not as
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      282 6 THE University of Malaya were surprisingly eliminated by Kangaroo "A" in their seven-a-side rugby match played on the padang yesterday. They were convincingly beaten by 13 points (a goal and three tries) to nothing. The University were without the services of their 'star' player, Chan
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      191 6 So And Danger Miss KUAU Uno,, ai ?ty Jaa£J arrived jT? two daW fl Politeness t* Japanese be2un tocsa men about he: H ~arij P le about is I work" to te 11 iii m fabutter. 1 Wo/yes t J ust m em Federal cigfc for one j Shochiku ft
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      263 6 Cockie Corrie S'pore A LAKGE crowd were tr* exhibition* of world clas s sv^TN Dutch swimmers, Cockie cSSS»I Schimmel, 18, at the Chinese I The two girls .give a 15minute demonstration of the various strokes executed with beautiful timing and grace. Come first swam the 50-me e lap at normal
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      59 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Selangor will meet Malacca In the first match of the Chua Choon Leong Cup to decide the South Zone finalists at Malacca on Saturday and Bunday Malacca beat Negri Sembilan m the first round while S^* the >econd M the NO*; Jl The *fll
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    139 7 IBA Aus.ria, The X the 1960 Die Games at i California, (10,000,000 ng to c:gani.>ing a Press hoe yesterday United States I m taking stetest tn the uid tti* ?rer. ipprppnition 0 f£JJW,OOO) ttodnt them. here as Antu the mm Sa. Chamuid that tor
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    40 7 y-^cid, Feb. 6 WM Fageros, who J fcj known as •Men Girl," is Jijrs of 24-carat JpM*s made to EJg tennis dress National tour this N costs nearly ftnjd, but Miss f Qussie Moran PJPtotles, and I'll l lOid."
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    15 7 Kn£ (Rcu ter) K a Olentoran by m their l^fsociation Cup Sigg^ yesterday.
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    195 7 AUSSIES MAKE IT 13TH WIN NEWCASTLE, Feb. 6, (Reuter) Australia's rugby touring team yesterday beat. the NorthEastern counties of England at Gosforth near here by 10 points (two goals) to nil, all being scored m the second half. This was the 13th win of the Wallabies m 25 games, nine
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    59 7 LONDON, Feb. 6, (AFP) America's Floyd Patterson will put his world heavyweight boxing title at stake against Joe Erskine at Wembley Stadium this summer if the British and Empire champion beats Sweden's Ingemar Johansson, said Erskine's manager Benny Jacobs here yesterday. Erskine fights Johansson for
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    424 7 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-West Indies built up the respectable total of 236 runs for the loss oi four wickets here today on the opening day of the second Test match against Pakistan. The crowd of over 15.000 at Queen's Park
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    647 7 FOR MALAYA MALAYS TENNIS C'SHIPS Abdullah Akib; Musa Ahmad Ahmad Amran vs Abdullah Lincha Dom Janudin. Bottom Section: Byes. Shahbudin Khairuddin A N. Other; Fadzillah Nor Maarof; H. Khamis I. A. Alsagoff. Ist Round. Aziz All H. M. S- Shamsudin vs Abu Bakar Rahman Bakar; Sulaiman Amin Syed Noh Shahabudin
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    295 7 LET THE CROWDS BOO! Says PETER WILSON, LONDON, Thurs.— How pompous and unrealistic can you become? Referring to the changes m the rules of Ruabv foot ball, Arthur Marshall, president of the R.F.U said that the international board had done very good work,' but whatever were the laws, much still
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    642 7 Erskine Is Mixed Up In Fight For Power LONDON, Thurs.— The wealthiest prize m all sport is the heavyweight championship of the world. Men like Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano have grossed m their whole careers sums approaching a million pounds pounds, mark you, not dollars.
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    513 7 BELGRADE, Feb. 6 (Reuter)— Manchester United (England) and Red Star (Yugoslavia) drew 3-3 m their European Cup quarter-final football match here yesterday. Manchester qualified for the semi-finals, having won the first match 2-1 last month. Revelling m the soft underfoot conditions. United dominated the play
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    248 7 Wales In World Soccer Final CARDIFF. Feb. S. (Beuter) Wales qualified for th© world soccer finals m Sweden next June when they beat Israel 2-0 here today. Wales, won the first leg m Tel Aviv 2-0 last month. For the first time m the history of the competition. all four
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    199 7 Durelles Good, Says Archie NEW YORK, Feb. 6, (Reuter) Archie Moore, world light heavyweight champion, said yesterday he would "be delighted" to stake his title against Yvon Durelle, the Empire champion from Canada. Sharley Johnston, Moore's manager, admitted he had spoken to Jack Allen, a Toronto promoter, about the prospects
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    31 7 LONDON, Feb. 6. (Reuter)— Results m yesterday's rugby union matches were: North Eastern counties 0 Australians 10; Cambridge University 9 Royal Air Force 9; Surrey 6 The Army 5.
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      110 7 SINGAPORE IPOH SOCCER Inter-school— HOCKEY North Malaya Victoria School vs Boys Town _r nr ri./,™™^.!,^. at Victoria School; Friendly— Zone championships— Perak I.R.C. vs A.A.A. at Farrer vs Kedah— Town Padang Pa r k. at 5.00 p.m. RUGBY: Seven-a-side at the Padang— Naval Base vs TAIPING R.A.F. Changi; S.R.C. vs
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    73 9 itish craft ustry cord .j At red iyerfree BnI v the A rafl and Britht :ne type, I fa ter I will 365 ..(.lies f The the counts air- r.cn;s has r air- eight romef l« I is flue namic ng for Thus, I and n comsec the m guard
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    141 9 Nuclear Energy Conference EUROPEAN industrialists will l>e prominent among the hundred directors Invited to attend a conference on nuclear energy convened by the Federation of British Industry at Eastbourne from April 10 to 12. The conference will be the first cf Its kind ever to be he'd ln Britain. The
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    59 9 A DUTCH company has decided to build a synthetic rubber factory. This factory, which will produce rubber of the butadiene styrene type, will be established at Pernls (naar Rotterdam) and .start with a productive capacity of at least 50.000 tons per annum. Pemis has become an important centre
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    188 9 WITH the adoption of new articles of association yesterday, Malayan Airways Ltd. became a public i company. This was disclosed m a Press announcement made by the company after their extraordinary general meeting m Singapore. The reconstituted Board of iJirectors is now composed of the
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    109 9 Mr. Risely was entertained to a Garrard dealers' dinner at the Cathay Restaurant recently, by the company's Malayan agents. Kee Huat Radio Co. Ltd. Photo shows (from left): Messrs. Tan Thoo Ngiap; Sim Yeong Soon; Tan Seng Beng (Kee Huat director); H.L. Risely; Lim Sin Hock (Kee Huat
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    88 9 France To Produce Plutonium PARIS, Feb. 6 (Reu.er) France is to begin operating a chemical extraction plant to produce plutonium within a few weeks at its atomic centre of Marcoule. m Southern France, the Atomic Energy Commission announced. The announcement said that after a preliminary experimental period. France would become
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    27 9 THE United States Agriculture Department has announced a trade agreement with the Republic of Korea for the purchase of surplus farm commodities by that country.
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    46 9 THE Peiping Store m Raffles Place, Singapore, is currently holding a Chinese New Year sale. Mr. Keng Kirn Tao. the man- ager, said free gifts were being presented along with every purchase of over $6. Standardpic shows the sale m progress.
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    98 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copn. Jan. -Feb UK/ Continent $304 buyers $311 sellers: coconut oil m bulk $45* sellers; In drums $49 sellers. Muntok white pepper $101 sellers; Sarawak white $100 sellers; special Sarawak black $6z. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: fair
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    71 9 THE first British vehicle to be equipped with rubber pneumatic "air spring," has already shown big economic and safety advantages, according to a regort of the Natural Rubber levelopment Board. The springs, mounted m a trailer, ensures a smooth ride whether the load is an empty crate or
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    147 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: F. St N. ords $2.55 ready and delayed; Gammon $2.175; Hongkong Bank $450; Jackson $1.40; M. Cement $1.25 overnight and yesterday, M. Cement (50 cents paid) 67c. overnight. 63p.; McAlister $1475. $1.45; Sime Darby $1.66; Cold Storage 90c.; Steamship $181;
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    27 9 JANUARY rubber crops announced are: Allenby 40,--500 lb.; Benta 95.500 lb.: Jeram Kuantan 63.000 lb.; Kundong 54.000 lb.; Mentakab 65.500 lb.: Sungei Bagan 150.000 lb
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    19 9 FRANCE has made a formal request to the International Monetary Fund for permission to draw $131,250,000 (£46,875,--000).
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    99 9 Industrials Still Ease, Tins Firm INDUSTRIALS continued to be easier m the Malayan share market yesterday. Tins were generally firm, while rubbers were featureless. Price' changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fraser St Neave Ords. 2.53 2.58 McAlister 1.43 1.48 William Jacks 1.90 1.95 MININGS
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      690 9 U.S. CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL DROPS BY 5,000 TONS NO PROMISE OF EARLY UPSWING NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UP)— Natural rubber consumption m the United States shows a drop of some 50,000 tons a year over the past two years, the Natural Rubber Bureau announced yesterday. Final figures for 1957, the
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      241 9 FIGURES for national income and expenditure m the United Kingdom just published refer to the quarterly period up to the point at which the government imposed the 7Co bank rate and applied the brake to capital spending m the public sector. A London economic
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      164 9 ANXIETY over Indonesian and Middle East situation produced some activeness m the Singapore rubber market yesterday, according to an informed source. International first grade for February shipment at the close was quoted buyers at 79 1 cents per lb., up 2| cents
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      141 9 Sterling In Strong Position: Macmillan MELBOURNE, Feb. 6 (Reuter)— Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, told leaders of Australian Industry today that sterling was strong and that British industry was m good heart. He urged them, at a luncheon here of 300 members of the Chambers of Commerce and
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      26 9 MALAYAN rubber exports m January totalled 91.211 tons, according to preliminary figures. In the same month last year exports totalled 85,582 tons.
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    334 10 I was asked to direct "The Song of Bernadette'' I was not familiar with the story of Bernadette Soubirous. Moreover, I was two thousand miles from the studio, on a leave of absence; I was beyond the reach of executive persuasion. However, I was not beyond reach of
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    153 10 A Comeback For Teresa (23) "FVERYONE has heard of old-timers trying to make a comeback. But here is a girl of 23 who is doing it. Bright-eyed Teresa Thorne born m Winnipeg. Canada was three when she first acted as 'straight man* to a famous comedian. When she was seven
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    250 10 headed by William Eythe. Charles Bickford, Vincent Price. Lee J. Cobb and Gladys Cooper was selected with the same care. Every facet of production requirel equal forethought. For this picture, nothing could be half right; each separate detail had to be wholly authenticAs I
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    633 10 PATHS OF GLORY SamA, -~tfo 3o2M*s <JL^^,^,.,^>>,li^>^>iJ WAR, man's cruellest invention, has long been one of the most dramatic and most popular themes of creative artists. Stripping away the civilized refinements, the bland pleasantries, of everyday life, it exposes the core of men their fears, ambitions and true character. The
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    201 10 PINEWOOD'S cutting rooms are working at full pressure these days. Simultaneously, over m the administration block, producers, directors and their staffs of planners are finalising detail which will make the 1958 programme one of the most varied and international ever to come from a single studio. Top
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      395 10 rpODAY'S QUOTATION; "Discretion of speech is more than eloquence* and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal U more than to speak m good words o r m good order."— Francis Bacon. FRIDAY FOR EVERYONE: This day favours ingenuity, resourcefulness, attention to distant Batters. However, be diplomat le
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    249 11 TEACHERS' QUIT THREAT ATTACKED KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The UMNO Central Working Committee today accused the 10,000-strong Federation of Malay Teachers' Association of using the quit threat with an "ulterior motive and not for the sake of national unity." The Teachers' Association ffSS^IX issued orders to its u.M.N.O. members to resign
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    94 11 Get Muslim Bill Going, They Say THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board wants Government to put into force soon the Muslim Bill providing for the establishment of a religious court m the Colony. Chairman of the Board, Dato Syed Ibrahim Omar AlsagofT, said yesterday that the Board had writjen to Government
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    54 11 IPOH, Thurs.— Past Rotarian District Governor, Mr. Yussuff Chinoi, of Pakistan, will visit Rotary clubs m the Federation and Singapore from Feb. 11 to 19. He is expected to arrive at Pen.'insf from B^*"' *ok on Tuesday. Ipoh Rotarians are making plans 10 enieruun linn during
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    631 11 ACTRESS FACES MURDER CHARGE SB Accused Of Causing Estate Man's Death SUNGEI PATANI, Thurs. A 17-yeor-old former Chinese wayang actress, Beh Siew Hoon, was today committed for trial at the Alor Star Assizes on a charge of murder by causing the death of an assistant manager of United Patani Estate,
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    163 11 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber price* (cents per lb.) to Singapore yesterday were: Slivers Sellers Spot (nom.) 792 794 R.S.S. No. 1 792 79J March R.S.S. No. 1 782 79 R.S.S. No. 2 February 76 77 R.S.S. No 3 February 72$ 73 Tone; Steady after erratic. The price ot tin
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    24 11 LE G INJURY A MEMBER of the Singapore Reserve Unit, Shete Gurung. 25, broke his leg during a football game at Mount Vernon yesterday.
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    65 11 A CHEQUE for $2,829 from Deans School was yesterday presented to the Singapore Children's Society, Tanah Merab Besar yesterday. The money was raised from the play, Peter Pan, which was staged by members of the School during Christmas. Above, a member of the Peter Pan cast,
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    55 11 CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Co-operative Union. Mr. N. A- Kularajah, will talk on "Recent Developments of the Co-Operative Movement m Singapore" at Lecture Room 'X' of the University of Malaya. Bukit Timah, on Tuesday at 8.30 p.m. The talk, sponsored by the university's Economics Society,
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      332 11 Signal and News; 735 A Date with Mu6ic; 8 p.m. News Headlines; 8 02-8.30 A Date with Music (Contd.); 5 p.m. String Serenade; 5.30 Journey into Space; 6 p.m. Mail Bag: 6.53 Regional announcements; 10 pm Musica Viva; 10.30-11 p.m. Music m the Modern Manner. 8.8.C. (General Overseas service): kc/s.
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      149 12 LONDON. Feb. 6 (Reuter) An ex- criminal who Is now a wealthy businessman, claimed yesterday that some of the Police m Brighton popular soulh c °ast holiday town, had been "crooked all their lives." f Man Hoy Bennett. 40. iormeF *J2E* alleged m court
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      184 12 EOKA Accuses British Govt. Of Double -Cross NICOSIA, Feb. 6 (Reuter) Greek Cypriote today gave notice to the Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, that they would continue the Cyprus struggle. -Our patience is exhausted," said leaflets distributed here this afternoon by PEKA, the political branch of
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      311 12 IKE IS HARD AT WORK FOR SUMMIT MEETING WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UP) President Eisen- hower, at his new s conference yesterday, said that he was working very hard at this very moment to see if the United States could make any possible approach to the Soviet Union which would be
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      145 12 ■-gray axgar «&«gjs formed a commit e« > tc .draft a new Jaw sell I g^ monial agencies throughout fcgyp* ponsibilities r esent match-making middle They will put an end to the P/ es .f" h l "Ja" s mo re often woman
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      87 12 ROME, Feb. 6 (UP) A Magistrate's Court here today postponed indefinitely movie director Roberto Rossellini's legal battle for annulment of his marriage to actress Ingrid Bergman. Attorneys for Miss Bergman and Mr. Rossellini asked the Judge, Mr. Mario Ella, for a postponement until a time
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      31 12 RUSSIA will put several of her "space dogs" on display at the Brussels World Fair thh spring, the head of the Soviet exhibition said m Moscow yesterday. Reuter. ■t-w.J
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      217 12 JAKARTA VOTES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF $100 MIL SOVIET LOAN JAKARTA, Feb. 6 (UP)— The Indonesian Parliament tonight voted approval of a US$lOO,OOO,OOO Soviet 1 loan offer. The measure approved earlier by the cabinet was endorsed by 95 votes to 18. The Moslem Masjumi Party led the opposition and the Socialists
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      127 12 2 Remanded On Theft Charge LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter).— Two men were charged here to day with stealing jewellery. a prayer book and other property from 21 -year-old Princess Alexandra. The men, labourer Aubrey Robins. 27, and Tailor Joseph Moloney, 29. were arrested last night by Police who were watching
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      19 12 FRENCH troops killed 221 rebels m Algeria during the past week. French officials announced yesterday. UP.
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      75 12 LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter) The reply by Mr. Harold Macmillan, prime Minister, to the letter sent by the Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin on Jan. 9. will be delivered m Moscow on Saturday, usually well-informed sources said today. The sources said Mr. Macmillan's letter would
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      38 12 THE Dutch Government will strongly oppose any reduction of British troops m West Germany the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ernst H van Der Beugel, told the Lower House m The Hague yesterday. Reuter.
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      20 12 THE U S Government has droooed 'ts ban on exports of Salk polio vaccine for commercial sb'.o UP.
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      136 12 CAIRO, Feb. 6 (Reuter) President Gamal Nasser was given a standing ovation by the Egyptian National Assembly yesterday when he presented it with a provisional 17--point constitution for the new United Arab Republic merging Egypt and Syria. He announced that a plebscite on
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      67 12 DAMASCUS. Syria Feb. 6 (UP) Egyptian President Nasser was formally nominated for the presidency of the new United Arab Republic yesterday. Syrian President Shukri El Kuwatly, who would step down under the Federation plan, presented Nasser's name to the Syrian National Assembly. The nomination of Nasser came
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      35 12 ABOUT 1,000 Buddhist women from the United States, Canada. Hawaii. Brazil, Southern Asia and South-east Asia are expected to attend a world conference m the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto m April.— (Reuter).
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      25 12 A TWENTYFIVE -MAN Australian trade mission will leave for Singapore. Malaya and Thailand on April 15, stated an announcement from Canberra yesterday Reuter.
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      58 12 TOKYO, Feb. 6 (UP)—Communist Chinese government officials purged for anti-party activities may be sent out to dig ditches soon, it was reported today. Li M:ng-Hao. vice-governor of Huoeh Province, recommended lo the National People's Congress that the "bourgeois rightists" be sent to water conservation
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      19 12 THE BRITISH royal yacht Britannia has been slightly damaged In a collision with a mooring buoy off Portsmouth.—(Reuter).
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      25 12 ACTRSSS Kathy Grant, wife of singer Bing Crosby, said la*t night that she and the crooner are expecting a child next August.— Reuter.
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      76 12 Standard New Year Fund Tops $280,000 ,/J2 NGKONG 6. (AFP) -.Hongkong's biggest annual charity has so far raised HKS2BO.OOO to help destitute Chinese •elebrate the Chines* New Year on Feb. 18. two dri\e is sponsored by the Hongkong Standard, a sister paper of the Singapore Standard. It Is known as
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      166 12 American Occupation Of Britain -37 Sq. Mls. LONDON. Feb. 6, (Reuter) The British Defence Minister, Mr. Duncan Sandys, said yesterday, the strength of the United States Air Force around the world, including its posts m Britain, was "undoubtedly the most decisive factor today for the preservation on peace. "If this
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      34 12 TWO SALVAGE companies, have announced m New York that they have acquired control of the sunken nulk of the Italian liner Andrea Doria and would attempt to refloat her this spring.- (Reuter).
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      69 12 LAST' RITES AT CRASH SCENE A PRIEST gestures over the smouldering remains of a transport plane which collided m mid-air with a Neptune bomber, killing 48 people about 15 miles from Los Angelers on Saturday night. The two planes took off m perfect weather at two airports five miles from
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      135 12 REDS AIM TO TAKE JAPAN TOKYO. Feb. 6 (UP) Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau. new head of Army Research and Development, warned today that the Russians are out to take over the Japanese industrial machine. He said, however, that the United States fought m Korea to turn back Communist aggression
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      42 12 Sir William Term Ext ■xbe&v ?fl ter)-u'.v ww been irtftta '"m of nflw ':-M General. S' will iv 1-rr.ttM (traditional >^H lit vas Iran The add which Si: w In A:':"■■ fixed. sir \vi:...t. m in May 1953 W term thu^ri* yrar.
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