Singapore Standard, 10 February 1958

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938 Vol. VI iI. No. 222 15 cts. 12 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 308 1 NEW COLONY MOVE TO SMASH THUGS Gang Plot To 'Control' Colony Elections Exposed SINGAPORE Government is to introduce the death penalty for kidnappers in a new move to smash abduction gangs which prey on wealthy citizens in the Colony. Legislation giving courts the power to hang people
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  • 398 1 SIMBOLON ORDERS R.I. GOVERNMENT TO QUIT 'Make Hatta The Premier' Demand SOURCES CLOSE TO THE SUMATRAN NATIONAL FRONT WHICH IS OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT SOEKARNO S C ENTR A L GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA, SAID IN SINGAPORE LATE LAST NIGHT THAT THE FUTURE OF .THE YOUNG REPUBLIC WAS ENTIRELY IN THE HANDS
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  • 54 1 NICOSIA Feb. 9 (Reuter) A British Police sergeant wa s slightly wounded in the head by a man who fired at him in Papho.s. West Cyprus, last night, an official communique said today. The sergeant, whose name was not given, fired back a number of shots at
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  • 156 1 IPOH Sun. Three youths dressed 'm -Yankee" style last night threw and at a old driving instructor from Sun?ei Siput The incident took place at Parit Puteh. The instructor, Yin Yok«? San. received t>urns on the face, and a friend wno was with him
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  • 174 1 TOKYO, Feb. 9 (AFP)— President Soekarno today gave a baa fright to Japanese^olice wh^n he "disappeared' for nearly twenty minutes on his way from Kyoto to Nara. The Picsiaent did his "vanishing trick" amidst tumours that he was trying to arrange a secret
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  • 98 1 CHOO HOEY CONDUCTS IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Feb. 9 (Reuter).— Mr. Choo Hoey, 27-year-old conductor from Singapore, yesterday directed the Belgian National Orchestra at the second of two private concerts here. Today and tomorrow, Mr. Choo will present the same programme at two public performances. The programme included "Petrouchka" b* Igor
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  • 56 1 JULLUNDUR, India, Feb 9 (Reuter) Two people were killed here yesterday when Police opened fire to break up a clash between Hindus and Sikhs Twenty-six others, including three Policemen, were injured. The clash resulted when a Hindu procession supporting claims for the Hindi language in the
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  • 68 1 SEOUL. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Three American soldiers on a mercy mission were killed in South Korea last night when their H-19 helicopter ran into bad w T eather and crashed north of Yong-wol. The U.S. Army said the soldiers were on their way to evacuate a badly-wounded
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  • 122 1 IN the Dinant-Freyr region of Belgium, it is not only tough at the top, but it L rough going getting up there, as any aspiring Hillary will tell you. While cameraman Bastin takes it easy in a bosun's chair, his daring friend LeConrte, finds great pleasure
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  • 174 1 FILM STAR GLAMOUR AT ROCHDALE BY-ELECTION ROCHDALE. England, Feb. 9, (Reuter) This grey, Lancashire cotton mill town has taken on a sudden national glamour as the scene of one of the most unusual Parliamentary by-election contests since the war. Political campaigning for a narrowly-held Conservative seat is developing ilmost along
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  • 160 1 THE HAGUE, Feb. 9 (Reuter) A Royal Dutch Navy spokesman said here today tfiat he regarded reports thit submarines were operating from Netherlands New Guinea as "wishful thinking." He denied reports circulating in Singapore that two Dutch submarines were operating off the coast
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  • 223 1 TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Reuter).— Dehydrated alcoholic drinks, sold in toothpaste tubes, and chemical beer and whisky, will soon be on the market in Japan, it was reported here yesterday. The Government brewing laboratory in Tokyo has reported good P r ?S re s
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  • 46 1 NICOSIA. Feb. 9 (Reuter) Military Police and ambulances were rushed to a night club hcrp tonight when a brawl broke out among British troops. No Cypriots were involved. Several soldiers were injured and a number were reported to be under arrest.
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  • 40 1 AN 18-inch homemade rocket being tested by five amateurs in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday night struck one of them. Allan Losier, 24. who was standing 80 yards away, and drove partly through his body, causing severe injuries Reuter
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  • 42 1 LIEUTENANT Colonel Lewis W Powers, ace American figh'er pilot of the Second World War and the war in Korea, was killed with three other US A:r force men when they crashed m a Beaver aircraft near Rabat yesterday. Reuter
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  • 37 1 MR. R. S GARFIELD Todd. Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, was ousted from the Southern Rhodesian leadership of the United Federal Parly on Saturday. A party congrest elected Sir Edgar Whitehcad in his place.— Reuter
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    • 871 2 NOTICES fransacV any business on behalf of this Company and to use this Company's name and/or address for personal purposes p£LAJARAN NASIONAL INDONESIA, 12 Robinson Road, Singapore. AUCTION SALE OF Singapore properties To be held at our Saleroom No IU4 Market Street On Tuesday 11th February 1958 at 2.30 p.m.
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    • 608 2 Re: TEO CHIT HIA ALL persons having anclaims against thr c.>,tat« the abovenam^d £< ate of 151, BU)ck N Morse Road. Slngap'.-r*-. v.-. died on the 3rd day of ruary 1953 are required send particular^ of \y, claims in writ.nc to Public Trustee OfT. Assignee, Supreme C i v Building.
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    • 71 2 m Datr. t Autus- I I I lri ''Ml.. V Re UH I* i final divuk °c declare profit Yr.W rh« B.tnkr..j In IHi H. 1 Iv.:' I)' M of 1954 1 I MOTICF. I be declarer. I All creditor; J claims f|[,./ t r r.":. F- BUCKLJ IS 3
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    • 708 3 K^\7 u rn rrom his goodwill tour of W s the federation Prime Minis- '"'a-:- Rahman, made a bold and S I 3 m:nt. He urged South-east i' :j Id up a united front based on l n j and closer co-operation, I. Dpcration is not encouraged, I csf
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  • 1435 3 The Tremendous Story Of The New Holy land CASSANDRA RETURNS AFTER A TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND WRITES TODAY ABOUT X HE name is Mordecai. The age is twentythree. The occupation, tanner, and the appearance big, blond and nandsome. Two decades ago, had he lived in Germany, those who
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 292 3 Sir— Who is benefited by the overcharge made by the City Council Accounts Department 1 do not know, but one tiling I do know is that unless the ratepayer who has been overcharged keeps on protesting against it until it is rectified, he may eventually pay such
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    • 328 3 Sir About two months ago. I happened to read the statement by Mr. Tan Siew Sin, the Publicity Chief of the M.C.A. Malaya. that he would fight for the easiest method to obtain Citizenship certificates for non-Malays, born outside Malaya. This is a potential threat to Malays whose
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    • 172 3 Sir— Wha: has happened to the official spokesmen of Government? Are they really so busy or has Government a guilty nonscience? it is a month since the J. D. S. Aroozoo case appeared in the columns of Aster Gunasekera (Singapore Standard. Jan. fi. 1953* and nnt a
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  • Article, Illustration
    439 3 HI J Kjy i ''FHE adjourned meft.ng of the City Council, uhic-h went into session at 0 pm. on Friday and .•<]- journed for a second t :ne at 6 a.m. on Satin t! > provided a glaring example of rapacity and demonstrated a fatal hollow m s
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 45 3 DID YQU KNOW... BiH __^a_ -'-'i.- -:4M m _fe___a___ _sif«_^^^^«J I PUT B^_trti' IHfl s_^T W I Hr^_^_^___~\ "-^SB I _6F______E __________^^v_i_^^^^Bm^l > W4______l Steadily growing for years, the influx of refugees from Communist East Germany to free West Germany has increased to about 7,000 weekly.
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  • 261 4 Parties Q* At Meet jj Parents' Sess KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Mh the Parents' session of the Teachers' Association ot the i^ Club in Kampong Bhoru w Q < clash between UMNO SUDD ;> Negara hecklers. PP rte '< The mmkm was called by th. attempt to explain t< I
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  • 263 4 THE courageous struggle put up by Madam Chua Joo Seek, 48, a fruit-seller, foiled an attempt at armed lobbery by three men in her Alexandra Terrace hut early yesterday. Madam Chua was awakened at about 3 a.m. to find a man pressing a dagger
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  • 116 4 This 'Queen' Contest Is Open To All THE No. 3 Base Ordnance Depjt Civilian Association, which caters tor the sporting activities of the civilian employees of 3 B.O.D., will hold a beauty conest to elect the "BO. DC A. Queen" on the occasion of its 11th anniversary on March 1.
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  • 57 4 SINGAPORE Police are appealing to eye witnesses for information on 8 hit-and-run motorist who knocked down seven-year-old Weng Siak Hai at about 8.15 p.m. vn Saturday at the 6th Mile. Yio Chu Kang Road. They are asked *-o contact Inspector T. S. Zain. at Sepoy
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  • 34 4 THE OLD Bartloyans Association will hold a social and dance to celebrate Chinese New Year on Feb. 22. at the Bartley Secondary School Hall. Singapore, from 7.30 p.m to 1 a.m.
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  • 43 4 CHEOK K:m Chwec, HL 1] rotary foreman, coliap.^cd in the Straits Times building in Kirn Sens Road, Singapore, and ciied on the way to hospital early yesterday. Cheok was trying to start a printing press when he collapsed unconscious.
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  • 506 4 (From Page 1 Colonel Simbolcn's speech was broadcast by Bukit Tinggi Radio. According to the broadcast, monitored in Singapore. Colonel Simbolon said the Central Government had accused the leaders of Central Sumatra of being "traitors to the principles of 1954," and "agents of the imperialists."
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  • 71 4 PEXANG, Sun.— T 1 I and Province Wr Teachers* Union has issje"! a directive asking all itl member? to submit ti r resignation frrrr. '/*:\'i later than Friday. The Malay been askc I j prer rt I copies of the r •etiers and har The din Malay
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  • 328 5 $1000 Allowance Reasonable, Say Political Leaders POLITICAL leaders and former City Councillors yesterday, welcomed Saturday's decision by the opposition group in the Singapore City Council to pay the Mayor, Mr Ong Eng Guan, a monthly allowance of $1,000 Mr. K. Tan, Secretary of the Liberal-Socialist Party
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  • 172 5 Mass At Stadium To Mark Centenary PEACE will be the main object at a mass to be held at Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore, on Sunday, to celebrate the Lourdes Centenary. The mass, which will begin with a procession from the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ophir Road to
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  • 92 5 A SINGAPORE student, Phans Chee Kiong. 19, of 28, Lincoln Road, scored outstanding results in examinations held recently at the University of Melbourne. Phang, who is studying in Australia under the Colombo Plan, gained honours in every subject of ihe mechanical engineering course. He went to
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  • 307 5 BREAK WITH P.A.P. A WISE DECISION -U.M.N.O. CHIEF UMNO SECRETARY-GENERAL, Indie Ismail Yussof, yesterday congratulated Singapore UMNO on its decision not to form an alliance with the PAP after ♦he City Council elections. Ad iressing a meeting orgar. ?cd b y :he information section ol the UMNO South Division at
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  • 227 5 Beware Of Opportunists, Says Tan A WARNING that the continued political apathy of the people oi Singapore would one day lead to their "own ruin" was sounded yesterday by the secretary gener-il ox the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E.K. Tan Mr. Tan, speaking at the party's
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  • 131 5 'Register Indian Weddings' MALACCA. Sun.— Legislation for the registration of Hindu marriages whereby such marriages become monogamous and the teaching of labourers to realise the importance of marriage, were advocated by the Malacca' Indian Advisory Panel in its annual report issued today. "This should helo solve many problems. Efforts should
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  • 203 5 EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SWIM MR. Wong Yip Lung, president of the Singapore LifeSaving Corps, yesterday appealed to parents in the Colony to make sure their children know how to swim "It is the duty of every child :o be able to swim because no one can foretell
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  • SPORTING WORLD
    • 235 6 2 LIFTERS MAKE THE GRADE KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Cheah Sek Tong and Yap Meng Soon, Federation's Asian Games aspirants, earned themselves a trip to Tokyo when they beat and equalled the qualifying poundages in their respective classes at the Malayan. Amateur Weight-lifting Association's first weight lifting trials at the Bukit
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    • 174 6 STU Force Another Replay SINGAPORE ItoadMTS' Union and Young Men's S:kh Aftftfit:.o:: lai'.ed to COOIC t I COO* elusion in their •tcond meeting ;n the Singapore Hockey As9Odation senior knockoul tournament a: the Girls' Sporti Cub ground yesterday. T'-.e'. drew o:-.o-n'.l with n '.a'e r-i! by Bnon Oo:i of the
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    • 235 6 Police Whip Khalsa DEFENDING champions Police Sports Association qualified for the semi-final j of the SHA senior knockout competition with an impressive 5-0 victory over Khalsa Association at Balestier Road yesterday. Police skipper Pc: cy Pcnncfather once .u'am proved the mate: 1 winner tor hi> side when hi nil bonM
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    • 200 6 A 14-HOUR programme of variety shows at the Great World on Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to midnight have been drawn up by the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council Finance Sub-Committee to raise the necessary funds to send a Singapore Contingent to
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    • 21 6 THE training programme for the 33 SHA players will continue today from 5 p.m. at the Ceylon Sports Club.
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 6 THE victorious Perak rugby team is caught here in this Standard picture carrying the captain I ooi Kam Pak after uinning the All Blues cup from Singapore at the Merdeka Stadium last Saturday, P^rak icon 11-5.
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    • 455 6 COLONY GOVERNMENT SAVE THE DAY Thomas Cup Matches \A/|iß Played At BadmiritorriKM HEAH SAYS: I BAM Grateful, &J To Minister J U A KUALA LIMPIR, Sun lht p 1 tion of Malaya decided tod r t() Ml r ir '"*M matches— and the third Main sn n at the Sin
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    • 408 6 Teh Kew San Scores A Brilliant Double In Thomas Cup Trials KUALA LUMPUR, Sun —Teh Kew San. the Penang badminton champion, who yesterday created a sensaUon by scalping the redoubtable Eddy Choong, further enhanced his chances of inclusion in Malaya's Thomas Cup team by accounting for Abdullah Piruz 15-11 15-10
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    • 91 6 Malacca Win Zone Tennis Final MALACCA, Sun: Mala cca won the Chua Choon Leone South Zone tennis final with a 4-1 victory over Selangor on the General Hospital courts today. Results were (Malacca playera mentioned first): SINGLES: Dr Dharmaretnam beat S.A. Adznan S-J. 6-1 beat Lee King Fun 7-5. f.]
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    • 54 6 GROUP Captain B. W. S. Smith and Mrs. Potts with a score of 38 5/8 won the 18--hole Mixed Foursome Stableford Competition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club course yesterday. Other results were: Mr. and Mrs Craik 38 378; G. T. Hollowav and Mrs. Wicks 35; H. Poutsma
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    • 150 6 Sonneville Wins Dutch Title HAARLEM, Holland, Feb. 9. (Router i F. Sonneville (Indonesia) won the men's singles title in the international badminton championships here today when he beat E. Kops (Denmark) 15--3 15-8 in tho fin.M. In the semi-fir.al>. S.ir.nevilie beat J Efagemaii (Denmark) UM 15-1 and X beat 0
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  • 527 7 AY OF MOURNING FOR BRITISH SOCCER maattds Pay Homage To Manchester United LONDON, Feb. 9 (Reuter)— Players and spectators, from the biggest league to the smallest club sides paid a nation-wide tribute to Manchester United belore .starting their games yesterday. Thousands were robbed of a similar opportunity because snow in
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  • 55 7 ll I H -5 VS I II r> S "A". AU Whites vs Seletar "A". HOCKEY SH.A Jun>or knockout petition. Quartpr-f'-nr-i T Wanderers vs Xavy Nomad? at Sc Rangoon R. id. HOCKEY: FriendlyS.R C. ts Parwann Invitation XI on c Fcda^.g. TAIPING HOCKEY <f •'■>■" 1 Colts vs
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  • 59 7 MUNICH, Feb. 9 (Reuter) Dr. Frank Preston, Senior B.E.A. doctor, said in reply to reporters questions here today that Mr. Matt Busby, the injured manager of Manchester United Football Club, and Mr. Frank Taylor News Chronicle sports writer, were off the danger list but still very
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  • 101 7 JdleMX, Feb. 9. (Reuter).— a Rugby Union inter- r.r.arn for ten years, Ir- by beating the IrishL flints to nil. Up a penaltj Eg* r. r Kt*> inches ol I Bttf the I thei L Rv_;> bacas deXt tip in uj« I. er.
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  • 1023 7 >NDON. Feb 9 Reu'er) c lab e.^ after ye_,;c;ua\ s a cr.es '.verf DIVISION ONE Chel>ea 0, Preston North Lr.cl 2. Leicester City Aston Villa i« Luton Town 7. Sunderland 1. Pt rtsmouth 2. Bolton Wan--1 rs 2. 1 ttenham Hotspur 5. Manchester City 1. West Bromwich
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  • 34 7 "■c annual ?erak n :o r. d g« killed in the twtutive comJ Mr. Teoh Chye on* 3 f*RßoBr. *Jiwrers for 1958 g>oh Chye Hin; fcl^tD Mohd Rag*°! ajdMr. (TV Irea- ■'1 V
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  • 1283 7 Following are weights and probable starters for all nine races on Saturday, (Feb. 15) opening day of the Selangor Turf Club February meeting; Horses Class I, Div. J— 9 Furs. ill Z* JrK£.* INCS 9n RODCERS Mr. E. J Tan iA 2 y ?I. R
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  • 213 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Federation of Malaya's Basketball Association will run the inter-state basketball competition for the Yang Di Pertuan Agong Cup at the Chinwoo Stadium from ADril 19. This was decided at the meeting of the F.M.B.A. at the Embassy Hotel here today. Delegates
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  • 29 9 NEW oi! find has been made In Eastern Nigeria in the swamp and mud of the Niger delta at Soku. 30 miles west of Port Harcourt.
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  • 208 9 AUSTRALIA'S proximity to the rapidly grow.ng markets of bouth-«ast Asia and the Dotnin»°ns financial and political stability have brought abojt united States investments in MVtnl lodntfriei in Australia. This was stated by the Ausira .an Department of Trade wni n -aid such industries inJded
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  • 96 9 A NEW one and a half tttffl Sunbeam Rapier with a more powerful engine is announced by the Rootes GroupLighter steering, improved suspension and larger front brakes are features of the car. U is alao available in convertible form. The thrust of the Rapier corv.es
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  • 422 9 COPRA arrivals in the Singapore market last week ettfcnated at 2.500 to 3,000 tons, appeared to have been absorbed entirely for export requirements, said the weekly produce report of Lewis Peat (Spore) Ltd. The report added that prices for loose copra remained high, between
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  • 438 9 'Heed Advice Of Seasoned Leaders' -COMPANY CHAIRMAN THE wise and firm policies of both Tunku Abdul Rahman, Federation Prime Minister, and Mr. Lim Yew Hock Singapore Chief Minister, have resuscitated the confidence of investors and enabled commerce and trade to prosper to the general advantage of all. This is stated
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  • 119 9 BRITISH architects and engineers are relying more and more upon rubber paint as an ally in the fish; against corrosion, the s .lent enemy that eats away millions of dollars worth of equipment plant and buildings every year, says the Natural Rubber DeveloDment Board. Chlorinated rubber pain: is
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  • 191 9 NEW type of cement which cannot get wet— even when submerged in water, it is claimed has been developed in Britain. The cement can be left in standard paper bags in junele conditions or monsoon rains without setting solid afterwards. The development means that
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  • 465 9 BETTER SENTIMENT SEEN IN SHARES TURNOVER Finance Commerce By A Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH the period under review covers only four and a half days' trading, there was a slight improvement in daily turnover, and this in spite of the approaching Chinese New Year holiday. Tin eased during the first three
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  • 30 9 THE Malayan Banks Association's rates quoted to merchants on Saturday were: Selling (ready) Belgian Francs 1615, Deutsche Marks 136 J. Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 49 9 IN six years, sales of canned fruit juices in the United Sin'o^ have trebled, from -....ion gallons in the 1950-51 season to 90 million gallons m the 195GThi.; was stated raring the convention of the U.S. National Frozen Food Distribution Association held in Chicago recent-
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  • 56 9 THE Douglas DC-8. the new jet aircraft which will make its appearance in civil aviation in 1959 60, is seen above. The freight compartment has a edacity of 1.400 cv. f This type of aircraft will eventually be put on the Far East route, according
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  • 24 9 MALAYAN tin exports in January totaled 6,138 tons, according to preliminary figures. In the same month last year exports were 6.070 tons.
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  • 258 9 BUSINESS done m lharej v from Feb. Ito 7: INDUSTRIALS: Fraser Neave Orris. S2.HO to $2.5."). Gammons. $2.175. Hammer Co. $2.00. Hongkong Bank (Col) $4r>o:--c.d.. Jackson Co $1.40. Metal Box IL92J to $1.53. McAlistcrs 51. 55 to $1.42$ cx\. Robinson Ords $170 to H47| to $1.70.
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  • 560 10 Test Tube Mothers Are Too Selfish Gloria Gordon says: JF you had been married tor a number of years ar.d the doctor told you you had no chance of ever becoming a mother, how would you react? V. I you decide that your marriage could still be full, happy and
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  • 213 10 Chicken a la Kiev DURING the week I met a tiomCStiC teacher Madame Mane, who conducts international cooking and cake baking classes at 134, Orchard Rd. Madame Marie specialises in Continental dishes and says that not all western food are tasty. Try for instance "Chicken a la Kiev",
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  • 222 10 X OWADAYS Japanese housewives play a v ital role in all social activities, and no L^ longer trot behind their husbands or spend their whole life in housework. They are giving; more attention to political, social, cultural at international affairs. Before World War 11. there
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  • 99 10 For the Joy of it! i and still more until enough. And I then very emphatij cally, no more. And just how much is en o ugh 13-month-old I Jamie only knows. Essential at some stage during the meal that I the fingers make direct contact with the food. This
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  • 544 10 Housewives have star roles in Play TO the women who have leading roles in the play, "Yellow Jacket," all the hours spent in their pub 1 i c-speaking course will hold them in good stead when they appear on the stage at the Canton Hall, Great World, on Feb. 15.
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    • 297 10 TODAY'S QIOTATION I^^^^\| A "When a man is L wrapped up in h.ms«lt Hfl he makes a pretty small package." John Ruskin. MONDAY EOR EVERY- E¥| ONE: (lot a vcrv v fiXI start (prior to 6 „-r particularly if you an HWl^^H travelling or want to >■. ftfl X gamze
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  • 534 11 SEVEN WALK OUT FROM CHAMBER MEETING Bid To Block Vote Taking At Bi-Annual General Meet Fails SEVEN members of the committee of the Singapore Chin^ Chamber of Commerce yesterday walked out in protest against the opening of ballot boxes at the chamber's bi-annual general election. Five oi the group belonged
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  • 49 11 A SPECIAL chartered Skyways plane reunited a number of servicemen's families yesterday when about 50 women and children were flown into Singapore from Britain. Standardpic shows RAF. Corporal Mark MUI--injjlon and his wife after her arrival with their three-month-old son, Mark Millington Jr., in the cot.
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  • 153 11 KI'ALA Ll'MPl'R, Sun.— The Federation Government toda> gave full support to an International Tin Council recommendation that a special buffer fund be created. Government announced also. that it would support all measures which the Tin Coune.l might deem necessary to maintain the international tin
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  • 156 11 ALOK. STAR. Sun. Three people were killed and foor Othen seriously injured when their car collided head-on with I lorry at Padanq Lumat, 18 miles from here last night Nine-year- id Roklah bmti Haji Jusoh, who was in the car escaped unhurt. The
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  • 52 11 MALACCA. Sun.— This town will fall in line with other major Federation towns and have a Vice Squad, declared Police District Chief. Mr. D.C. Davidson today. Mr. Davidson told The Standard the contemplated Vice Squad was part of a reorganization programme to make Malacca up-to-date in
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  • 163 11 INDONESIA is not breaking I i wi.: nevet brew up. the 1 Indonesian Minister for Ship- 1 ping, Commodore H Nazir, said in Singapore yesterday. The Minister was on his wav iMfIM from a conference With Japanese Government officials As'.vcd to comment on crisis in
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  • 123 11 FOLLOWING were elected office-bearers of the Chinese Friendly Association at a meeting recentiy: Patrons: Messrs. Choo Hoay Guan. Chua Kirn Hock, Son Geok Pitt. Scan Peng How, Yap Pek Khiam, Ho Kian Hong and Quah Siak Chwee. President: Mr. Choo Bob Soon; vice-presidents: Messrs. Ong Kwee
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  • 49 11 THE Malayan Indian Congress in Singapore yesterday opposed the proposal that compulsory voting should be introduced in the Colony A resolution adopted at an all-branch delegates conference stated that compulsory voting "infringes the individual right of the voter." Air. T K. Alexander was elected Congress president.
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  • 147 11 MR. KO's FACTION WINS 16 SEATS THE Hokkien faction, headed by millionaire merchant, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, won 16 seats in the bi-annual election of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Among the old committee members returned were Messrs. Yap Pheng Geek, Lee Kong Chian, Lam Tien, S. Y.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 281 12 Bid To Topple Ulbricht Foiled BERLIN. Feb. 9, (UP).— East German Communist s;rong-man Walter Ulbricht \eiterdav defeated a powerful attempt to depose him and loosen Soviet z ne Ues with Russia. I hi Ulbricht ao:rar.ated cer.tral committee fired from tip Party posts three leading members who fought Ulbricht ecause they
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    • 73 12 WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. (Reuter'— The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American activities said yesterday that Soviet techno--1 £ical progress was made p ssibie to a large decree by -5 »v:et conspirators" who had stolen -vital United States military and scientific s^ :rets. The report said
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    • 112 12 Shirley's Pension Is Stopped LONDON*. Feb. 9 (Router) —Shirley Comparini, the ho', e-in-t he-heart |1 I 1." is today reported to have had her disability pension stopped because she wed her Italian soldier sweet-heart recently. The Sunday Pictorial says the Ministry of Pensions paid L'J-ycar-old Shirley two pounds. 15 shillings
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    • 103 12 Morocco Will Not Join Arab Alliance PARIS. Feb. 9 (ReutCT) Crown Prince MOtllay Hflltar cf MovoecG said here tonighi there was DO chance of Morocco joining an alliance o: Arab countries. He sad: '"Morocco has confidence in her future and is essentially concerned to establish good rod solid relations both
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    • 24 12 THE United States satellite "Explorer" was seen for the first time over Japan on Saturday night, the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory an- Reuter nounced.
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    • 46 12 SACRAMENTO. California. Feb. 9. i Renter '—Thousands of brightly painted Japanese dishes, on the market here since 1955. have been recalled from all state stores because they can cause lead poisoning' through faulty glazing. the California Department of Public Health announced yesterday.
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    • 34 12 SO many firemen have been in Hired in sliding down the poles in fire houses in Minneapolis, that the city i s buying 50 foam rubber pads to cushion their landings. Reuter
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    • 100 12 THIS photo was taken just after the launching of the American Navy's Vanguard rocket, a three-stage affair carrying an earth satellite, at the missile launching station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, last week. The rocket was exploded 10 seconds after take-off by an earth impulse when the
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    • 282 12 CANBERRA, Feb. 9, (Reuter).— Mr. Harold Macmillan British Prime Minister, in a Farewell- toAustralia broadcast, tonight reiterated his faith in "The new Commonwealth of Nations fitted for a vital lole in the struggle between tyranny and freedom." The Prime
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    • 377 12 Children Among 1 00 Reported Killed In Raid TUNIS/ Feb. 9 (Reuter) A French air squadron yesterday strafed and bombed the Tunisian village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef on the Algeria-Tunisia border, killing over 100 people and wounding 87 others, Tunisian officials here One bomb fell
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    • 165 12 BOURGUIBA RECALLS ENVOY FROM PARIS TUNIS. Feb. 9, (Reuter).—A fresh crisis boiled up last night between France and Tunisia, her former protectorate, after a French air raid on a Tunisian frontier village Sakiet Sidi You'ssef. They immediately recalled their Ambassador in France and demanded the withdrawal of French forces stationed
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    • 58 12 TOKYO. Feb. 9 (Reuter) The Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company yesterday launched the biggest emigration ship to be built in Japan since the war at its shipyard in Kobe, Western Japan. The company said the ship. 10.600 gross tons. Argentina Maru. will accommodate 1,054 passengers. She will sail on
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    • 34 12 SIR WINSTON and Lady Churchill will stay with President Eisenhower at the White House tor two or three days when they visit Washington in April, a White House spokesman said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 330 12 BENARES, Northern India, Feb 9. (Reuter).— Brahmin priests have decided to abandon the Golden Temple, the most famous Hindu shrine here because they say that it has been polluted by the entry oi "Untouchables. The Brahmins declare that the God has tied from the shrine
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