Singapore Standard, 1 March 1958

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  • 25 1 tt jfc 3fl SINGAPORE SATANDARD Teleohone *****—5 Coble: ."TIGEJ*NEWS- I SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 241 15 cts. 16 Poges [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 62 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, (UP).— President Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Army Hospital today for a tooth extraction and checkup on his recovery from the mild stroke he suffered on Nov. 25. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the President will remain overnight at the hospital,
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  • 63 1 LONDON, Feb. 28 (UP) Mr J. E. S. Simon, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was startled yesterday to hear shouts of "resign, resign" when he told the Commons it was Government oolicy 'to reduce the standard of living" Then he realized what he had said
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  • 402 1 SPORE VESSELS HELD AT PULAU SAMBOE 'Officials Admit No Reason For Detention THREE Colony freighters which have been detained by Indonesian authorities for the last two weeks at the Pulau Samboe checkpoint are expected to be released today. They are the Chiat Soon, Beetong and
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  • 297 1 WE'VE TAMED THE H-BOMB, CLAIMS KREMLIN But U.S. Reports 2 More H-Blasts MOSCOW. Feb. 28 (Reuter) Russia today staked a new claim m the current international race for the successful industrial application of the Hydrogen bomb. An announcement m the Soviet Press said Russian scientists had achieved a controlled thermonuclear
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  • 190 1 We Know Nothing About It, Says London BOMBAY, Feb. 28 (Reuter) A plan to unite three Arab states including the two biggest oil producers m the Middle East m a new Arab Federation was announced by Sheikh Mohammad Al Khalifa, uncle and chief adviser
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  • 261 1 Mayor's Pay Boost Plan For City Employees SINGAPORE Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, announced m the City Council yesterday a proposal to increase the allowances of the Council's daily-rated workers and some subordinate staff. The proposal, which is to be sent to Committee for detailed study,
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  • 129 1 EVEREST HERO TO TRY AGAIN TRENTO, Italy. Feb. 28 (UP) Tenzing Norkay. Nepal's crack mountain climber who conquered Mount Everest with New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary m 1953. will try to repeat his feat with an American expedition next year The tough mountain sealer, who is taking skiing: lessons m
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  • 110 1 LONDON, Fee 28 (Reuten The House of Lords tonight passed the Overseas Resources Development Bill. This raises from 100 million sterling to 150 million sterling the amount of money the Colonial Development Corporation may borrow As the Bill has already been passed by the House of
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  • 33 1 photo. THE Indonesian Navy's flagship, the destroyer, Gadja Mada, lies off the Padang Harbour to impose an "economic blockade" on the capital of the Revolutionary Republic of Indonesia UP
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  • 221 1 YEMEN WILL JOIN THE UNION OF EGYPT, SYRIA CAIRO, Feb. 28 (AFP)The Crown Prince of Yemen, Seif el Islam Mohammed el Badr arrived here by air from Jeddah today bringing King Ahmed's acceptance of the plan for the Yemen to join m a federation with the United State of Syria
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  • 68 1 COLOMBO. Feb. 28 (UP) The Japanese ships Nichigyoku and Akakurasan Marus unloaded today a variety of donations from the Japanese Government to Ceylonese flood victims The gifts included 1,500 bags of cement which Japanese Ambassador Akira Mitsui presented to Sarath Wijesinghe, Junior Minister of Finance.
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  • 25 1 ABOUT 20 children are believed to have drowned yesterday when a school bus plunged into the flood-swollen sandy river near Prestoiiburg, Kentucky. Reuter.
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  • 154 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb. 28 (Reuter).— An Air Force Thor missile was fired today carrying a new, more stubby nose cone to protect its earthward plunge on target. The missile left its launching pad and climbed slowly through an enormous billow of flame and smoke.
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  • 108 1 Summit Talks: Change In French Stand PARIS, Feb. 28 (Reuter) The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today said the French Government considered that m certain circumstances a meeting of the Foreign Ministers was not essential as a preliminary condition to the holding of a four-power summit conference. This
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  • 213 1 TUNIS, Feb. 28 (Reuter) Tunisia today ordered the immediate expulsion of 12 Frenchmen after arresting them m their homes and forbidding them to take along any baggage, French Embassy sources said. Two of those expelled were retired French colonels, one was the father of
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  • 133 2 Officer Helps To Nab Suspect WITHIN minutes of a holdup m a Singapore street, a Police radio car picked up a suspect m Henderson Road on Thursday. Asmah binte Salam, a housewife was on her way to the Henderson Road Market when two youths relieved her jewellery worth $1,327. An
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  • 578 2 ROBBERS TIE UP MAID IN DARING DAYLIGHT RAID Professor Flays The R.I. Govt. IPOH, Fri. A nineteen-year-old maid was bound and gagged For over 60 minutes while four men ransacked her employer's house m rhe densely-populated housing trust estate m Kampar Road yesterday. This daring daylight robbery was carried out
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  • 228 2 NEGOTIATIONS between Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. and the Singapore General Employees Union over the reinstatement of a number of union members reached a deadlock after more than one and a half hours of meeting at the Labour Ministry yesterday morning. About two hundred membeis of the
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  • 109 2 Youth Walks 2 Miles After Stabbing A YOUTH, Paul Yapp, who was stabbed m the arm eariy this morning, walked two miles from the old Kallang Airport to his home m Green Lane, Singapore, and collapsed m front of the door. He was rushed to the General Hospital where Police
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  • 236 2 Campaign To Cain Malay Support THE Singapore UMNO East division will launch a campaign soon to persuade local Malays to support its proposal that the Colony should have a sultan. Leaders of the East division, who are behind the move, are determined to propagate
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  • 79 2 A SINGAPORE Police Inspector who trailed two fleeing youths on Thursday, ran into a 30-man sang m Banda Street instead The gang, however, fled on seeing the officer The chase began when the inspector saw the youths running along Spring Street They were carrying a bundle A
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 432 3 THE League of Nations set up after World War I set the fashion for international talking. The representatives of the nations periodically met at Ceneva to talk and wrangle while their treasuries paid the bills for the expensive expulsion of hot air. What did all
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    • 420 3 THE problems which education m this country is facing have become daily topics of comment and criticism m Singapore and the Federation. The authorities are hard pressed m formulating educational policies which will meet the needs of various sections of the population, and also m providing facilities
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  • 55 3 1| c ofnei a LlfT i Kk Klfr Koaa iP or« a. HO 8o» No 1563 cables: -riCEWNEWS" Tel- ***** (5 lm«) All dcoartnnenh U A tOMPU«: om, tn «ir»«« dtag, 174 Batu Ka un Teleohorw (J8366 rw W U>w«r 5t lel ra m 4B^V *-*CCA;
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  • 397 3 LONDON "D RITA IX. America, Russia and France have had almost a monopoly m the development of nuclear power, although Holland, Norway. Canada and a few other countries have made considerable contributions. The development of thermonuclear power, on the «.ther hand, is likely to follow
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  • 20 3 IVEVERTHELESS the 11 advice he proceeds to dole out would, if loyalty fo'lowed. be guaranteed to turn any
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 306 3 immm^^mmaaaamr--ALL letters must bear the signatures and addresses of the senders. Ed. Sir In the Singapore Standard of February 25, 1958, the following report appeared: "The UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance political committee, headed by Defence Minister. Dato Abdul Razak bin Dato Hussein, may be forced to select more candidates
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    • 114 3 Sir— ln the Serangoon English School a newly published tertbook, Modern Geography Book I was prescribed for Form IV this year. It now transpires that this particular textbook is not obtainable either from the school or book stalls. Consequently, the geography teacher is giving lessons not based
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    • 230 3 Sir I read with interest the article by Andrew Roth entitled Only The Dragon was missing, which appeared m The Sunday Standard of Feb 23. I am sure this article will open the eyes of those who are voting m the next general election. It would be a
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  • 948 3 Edward Crankshaw writes m^-m^mam m m i iiii^ii.ii- ma today on its most fascinating aspect. LONDON QNE of the most fascinating aspects of contemporary Soviet society, and one unsuspected by many, who think of Communism exclusively m terms of cold wars and world revolutions, is the way
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  • 87 3 WfHAT people do not know is that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, born m fire and revolution, has lately assumed to itself the role of these infinitely knowledgeable tolerant and ingenious journalistic aunts. Particularly, the staff of THE YOUNG COMMUNIST, the organ of the Komsomol,
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  • Shorts from the Talks
    • 81 3 '"JHE thinking at those Brains Trust lunches is very demoralising for a non-practising thinker like myself. All the time Bronowski and Huxley and Bertrand Russell and Lady Violet Bonham Carter were thinking brilliantly about religion, biology, sex. politics, dynamics, literature, early Phoniclan ceramics and the rest, the
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    • 80 3 "TT is not true that the x world beats a path to the door of the man who has invented an improved mousetrap. It recognises the contribution of such a man when he demonstrates to the world the need of an improved mousetrap and shows how
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  • 379 3 the NEWS as it stries, me T^HE Nanyang Siang Pau hu arrogated to itself the role of 'Bi* Brother' of Chineseowned newspapers m this country. A few days ago it set out to give this newspaper some brotherly advice. Just because The Standard suggested that Malays should give equal attention
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  • 349 4 IPOH COUNCIL CURB ON HOUSING Build Roads, Drains Before New Homes Can Be Occupied IPOH, Fri. The Town Council here last night adopted nine recommendations made by the Building Plans Committee to ensure that new buildings were not occupied before certificates of occupation were issued. The committee's recommendations laid down
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  • 207 4 SEWER SYSTEM LIKELY THIS YEAR IPOH, Fri. There is a possibility provided funds are made available for actual work on the sewerage system for this town to be started later this year states a written reply from the Town Council here to a question from Alliance Councillor, Mr. Liew Why
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  • 65 4 AUSTRALIAN Minister for External Affairs. Mr. R G. Casey, is expected to arrive m Singapore today from Melbourne. Mr. Casey will attend a reJi>nal conference of heads of ustralian diplomatic' posts m South-East Asia before attending the ECAFE conference m i Lumpur next week. He will
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  • 111 4 FOUR-YEAR OLD PLEA RENEWED IPOH, Fri. Federal and Town Councillor Mr. D. H. Seenivasagam last night renewed his plea to the Town Council here to build a modern electric crematorium to serve the needs of the district. He first suggested it four years ago but had not received any reply
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  • 186 4 IPOH, Fri. Councillor, Mr. D.R. Seenivasagam last night asked the Town Council to provide more street lights and thus assist the Police m its fight against crime and violence here. He referred to the recent] outbreak of violence here and said that although
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  • 66 4 JESSELTON, Feb. 28—Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, has approved a Colonial Development and Welfare scholarship scheme for Chinese teachers m North Borneo. The scheme is designed to train pupils from Chinese middle schools with higher education as teachers m Chinese and English post-primary schools.
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  • 24 4 THE Workers Party will open a branch ln Kallang tomorrow after holding a meeting at the Arab Union Hall, Serangoon Road, Singapore.
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  • 270 4 THE Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary, Mr. M.P.D. Nair, yesterday said that 50 per cent of gansterLsm m Singapore could be wiped out by parents and the other 50 by Police. i— Mr. Nair said that children went astray simply because of their
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  • 50 4 MALACCA, Fri.— The Municipal President, Inche Tamby bin Abdullah, will entertain 15 university students who are here on an archeological expedition to dinner on Monday night. The students have discovered valuable antiques which will help determine details of the Portuguese occupation of Malacca m the 16th century.
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  • 79 4 THE Governor of Penang, Raja Sir Uda, visited the Jubilee Home m Sungei Dua on Feb. 25. Sir Uda is discussing plans for further extension of the home with the Chairman of the Silver Jubilee Fund Committee, Mr. Lim Yeow Thoon, (extreme right), a committee member.
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  • 213 4 Official View On Rents Queried No Legal Value, Says Councillor IPOH, FrL A State Government pamphlet on "iocal authorities assessment and rating" was last night described as a "misleading" document by Councillor, Mr. D.R. Seenivasagam. He told the town counclL that a paragraph dealing with "controlled rent" surprised him. "Say
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  • 48 4 MR. Philip Lee Tau Sang, a member of the North Borneo Executive and Legislative Council, arrived m Singapo* yesterday by air from Jesse ton Mr. Lee, who is a promine businessman and youth lea. is on his way to America a State Department sponsor tour
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  • 69 4 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL A motion to build a clinic next year m the Bungsar Ward here was today defeated by 13 votes to two. The motion was introduced by Mr. V. David (Labour) at the Municipal meeting today. "The General Hospital here is totally inadequate. It
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  • 984 5 ALL UNITED AGAINST THE P.A.P. But Issue Of The Day Finds Opposition Split THE Peoples Action Party were beaten twice by the combined opposition of other parties m the Singapore City Council last night. They were beaten a third time by a single vote when the two UMNO members rallied
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  • 73 5 C.A.O. TO GET $3,800 SALARY THE Chief Administrative Officer of the Singapore City Council will receive a monthly wage packet of $3,800. This is $2,015 less than the salary originally fixed for this post, and will result m a saving of $24,000 a year. The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan,
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE City Council ng last night had to abandon Malay translation of roceedings after 11 p.m. ise the only Malay translator, who was doing simultaneous translation, fell ill The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. at one stage had to ask P.A.P. Councillor. Inch* Baharuddin bin Mohamed to
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  • 35 5 THE $15,000 City mace will find its final resting place in Baffles Museum soon Councillors excep* the leven Liberal Socialists agreed that the Museum would best place to exhibit olonial relic
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  • 919 5 CITY COUNCIL TO SACK EXPAT FOR MISCONDCUT matter, he said, soon after the incident had taken place but had waited for some considerable number of days before she made "a confession" to the City Council Miss Chan Choy Seong (PAP) asked the Councillors what they themselves would have done if
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  • 94 5 PENANG, Fri Medical men who have been trained m England, suggest that specialised training under Americai. specialists should be afforded them. This was stated by the President of the American Universities Club of Malaya, Dr Oh Kirr Seng, at their annual meeting at the Rotary
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  • 263 5 TWO HOURS TO RATIFY DECISIONS ON STAFF SINGAPORE'S City Council last night spent more than two hours to ratify two decisions taken by the Health and Finance and General Purposes Committees A move by Lib-Socs Councillor, Mr. S M. Vasagar, to refer back F G P Committee decisions on delegated
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  • 345 6 Says WINDSOR LAD JOCKEY Barry Moon who arrived recently to ride for the Rodgers stable may open accounts at Penang this afternoon, opening day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting. He has been engaged to ride Sterling m the main mile
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  • 856 6 RAVE THREE The mam six furlongs sprint for Class Two speedsters is pretty open with Winnetou French Draws. San Siro. Now Showing and Illustrious having strong claims. My choice is Winnetou. Winnetou earned his promotion after his smashing win over the six
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  • 85 6 Track Form Points To Nellyne RAVE OIME Form points to Nellyne as the winner m the opening race or the afternoon, the 5 J furlongs sprint for Class Five performers. Ne'.lyne's track work indicate that he has made good headway since his splendid efforts at Ipoh last month and should
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  • 241 6 The Marvel Is A Sound Bet RACE SEW EM Marvel Of Peru II reads a good each way proposition here. "Marvel" gave a splendid account of himself at Ipoh when he ran home a fluent winner over nine furlongs m Division Two. he came with a welltimed run to beat
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  • 293 6 MORE BADMINTON TICKETS FOR THE STUDENTS THE Singapore Badminton Association announced last uight that several schools were disappointed at not being able to get any allocation of concessional tickets despite a second batch sent to the Director of Physical Education. In order that a number of students from each of
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  • 112 6 the GOING iVITH the present dry speli prevailing the track for this afternoon's races at Penang should be very »»ood. JOCKEY MOON BARRY MCOX. Doc. Rodgers' new j**ckey. is one to follow today He is en gaced to ride a number of fancied mounts including the main rare favourite Sterling.
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  • 1695 6 RACE 1: 2.45 p.m.— Horses Class S—SV2 Furs. 1. 6y TOWNSMAN 9.07 RANSOME bLtICH Lucky Stable 3(PgVC6f 9-6) 1 3<Pk.G 6f 8-12) 5(Pk Csf Str 8-7) 2. 6y DAVENPORT 9.04 BOUCOURE MARTIN O.K. Kongsi l(Pg VC6f.B-8> 6(Pfc.C.6f 6-7) 4(Pk.C5t Str .B-21 3.
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  • 316 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Dato Sir Clough Thuraisingham. chairman of the Selangor Turf Club, today described as a "royal gesture" the donation of the "His Majesty Tunku Abdul Rahman's gold cup" by the Yang Di Pertuan Agong for the annual Merdeka celebrations invitation Class
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 163 6 WWW *'&^m&m-mWS/m\ W% WmW WmW WmW Pi MM \J* > 9_J ___T mmmAmmmmmmmmad mmmmmmWami mm\ Windsor Lad Scrutineer (»oodnood Francis NELLYNE PEACE POLICE NELLYNE PEACE POLICE 1 Ellew tollow Me Horn* Ford Nellyne Ford Ellew Davenport Furd HOLIDAY FLIGHT BLFFER STOCK FRENCH SHOE HOLIDAY FLIGHT 2 Bonanza Nicol Wings Holiday
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  • Article, Illustration
    42 7 The mighty New d All-Blacks storm V.l Waseda Univer- (m striped shirts) Pnnce Chichibu rugby .s here. The New d team won the game, rst of nine scheduled es m Japan, by the of 33-12. The referee is Daisuke Kawata of UP
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  • 103 7 24 Teams For Colony Cricket Tourneys TWISTY-FOUR teams will participate m the Singapore (ricket Association Senior and Junior tournaments which on March teams m the n and 16 m The juniors are o two sections with ta in each teams have entered tournament. They ms Mens Buddhist md Royal Air
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  • 28 7 ARSENAL Sports Club and Cmcan Signal Squadron drew m a friendly soccer at Farrer Park yesterand Maniam scored enal while Ellis and -n netted for Com-
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  • 126 7 SINGAPORE SOCCER S.A.F.A. League Div. 1—R.A.F. Changi vs. H.M. Dockyard at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. Div. 3A Mount Emily vs. Pondok Peranakan at Jalan Besar at 3.45 p.m. Div. 3A Bintang Bulan vs. Customs at Upper Serangoon Road. Div. 3B—Setia Jaya vs. Cosmos at Geylang. Friendly
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  • 88 7 GAN ENG SENG English School beat Queen's Town Technical School by seven goals to two m an inter-school soccer match on the Gan Eng Seng School ground yesterday. Tan Cheng Hee scored a hattrick for the winners while Robert Tang. Osman. Radrum and Lim Theam Quee scored
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  • 67 7 PENANG. Fri.— One of the best games m the Chinese Football Association league was seen today when Chinese Wanderers "A" beat Chinese Recreation Club by three nil on Victoria Green. The crowd had come to see a clash between these rivals but instead, they saw a well controlled
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  • 130 7 Wallabies Impressive Victory NICE. Feb. 27, (Reuter)— The touring Australian Rugby Union team opened their tour of France with a 17-0 win over Riviera Province here today. They led 6-0 at half-time. The Wallabies' points came from tries by J. Thornett, K. Yanz, D. Logan. J. Potts and A. Morton
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  • 132 7 LEYTON ORIENT FINED £2,000 LONDON. Feb. 28. (Reuter) Ley ton Orient, a second division English football league club, was yesterday fined £2,000 sterling by a joint football association and football league commission set up to enquire into the club's affairs. The commission severely censured Mr. Harry Zussman (chairman) and Alex
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  • 24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Seventh Battalion the Malay Regiment whipped Police Depot 5-0 m a soccer match on the Police Depot ground today.
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  • 30 7 TANJONG MALIM. Fri. Methodist English School, Tanjong Malim beat Lima Bias Estate, Slim River 3-2 m the opening round of the Stevenson Cup Badminton Tournament here last night.
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  • 419 7 CLASH WITH ALBION THE MATCH OF THE ROUND LONDON, Feb. 28, (Reuter) The sudden thaw m England came just m time to save tomorrows quarter- final, matches m the Football Association Cup Competition. Only frost or continuous rain could stop the matches now But snow-bound pitcnes
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  • 161 7 Royal Island Club Draw Starting Times DRAW and starting times of the Royal Island Club Championship, qualifying round 36 holes for today and tomorrow are as follows: (Saturday) (Sunday) 2.00 G. H. Addison -vs K. T San 9.15 2.05 L. E. Lake -vs Cheong Thiam Siew 9.10 2.10 Tan Soon
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  • 34 7 PARWANA Sports Club beat Police Sports Association two goals to one m a friendly hockey match at Serangoon yesterday. Hon Yam and Desker scored for Parwana while Rozario netted for the Police.
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  • 237 7 HUNTE SCORES SECOND CENTURY Pakistan Bowlers Severely Stretched KINGSTON, Jamaica Feb. 27, (Reuter) West Indies made 147 for one m reply to Parkistan s first innings of H2B on the second day of the third test here. Conrad Hunte, West Indie*; opening batsman, scored his second test century, and was
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  • 51 7 SINGAPORE Cricket Club rallied to beat Singapore Khalsa Association by three goals to two m the S.H.A. subsidiary league on the Padang yesterday. Khalsa scored through Ranjit Singh. Cricket Club came back with three quick goals through Hegerhorst (2) and Ahearne, Hardial Singh netted the last
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  • 258 7 Danish Badminton Aces To Defend Titles COPENHAGEN. Feb. 28. (UP) —Danish badminton acei will defend their titles ln the March 19-22 All-Eng-iand championships and m the VS championships m Boston. April 1-5. and Denmark will be represented m at ieast three other main tournaments abroad this spring. A team oi
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  • 777 8 Iban Trackers and Alsatians join hands to locate terrorists m \—^—m —m—.————m m— ——mm* ——m——^—m—^_ m Malayan jungles AT ambush corner two "Communist terrorists" cautiously crossed the road and vanished behind a high embankment. Moments later a Security Forces patrol with Iban trackers and dogs emerged
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  • Article, Illustration
    79 8 When dogs were first used against terrorists m Malaya, it was discovered that they invariablu made for water. This was at first suspect, but it was later discovered that so, too, did the bandit. Although at one time a fleeing terrorist might have had a good chance of shakin a
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  • 714 8 How to aaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm spend the days... YOU don't have to be rich to enjoy yourself m Singapore. Besides being a wonderful shopping centre there is always something going on here. Women love fashion shows and the Colony certainly has more than the usual quota In March
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  • 45 8  -  Ch'ng Seng Poh A [EMBERS of the "414 iTa Skiffle Group," the camp band of the Royal Air Force Unit, stationed at Port Swettenham are seen entertaining Chinese members of the Selangor Coast Club during the Chinese New Year Dance. Picture by
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  • 352 8 Changi Chatter —with 'Chiefie' 'T'HE Steel Drivers Skifx /le Group which has played at the monthly Malcolm Club dances has a most important engagement today. Playing as the Changi Five, with John Hopkins at the piano, Gus de Souza on the electric guitar, Tony Wright on the drums and vocalists
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 571 8 'TODAY'S QUOTATION: 1 "Love gives everything. WWi but only to lovers." Bal- WLW sac SATURDAY FOR EVERY- I ONE: Make this a routine I L^^lfl P m^M day: relax and have some I R^fc y^m m m.m^mm* form of inexpensive enter- I BbmL| tainment, but take no I B^^^^^^^vfl chances,
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  • 227 9 DOCTORS CAN NOW DO RESEARCH Chance To Take Over Expat Posts At Institute KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Government doctors are being given the chance to take up research work as a step towards replacing retiring expatriate officers at the Institute for Medical Research. This was disclosed by the Minister for Health,
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  • 78 9 SIX people, including three children, were injured when a car m which they were travelling was involved m a collision with a lorry at the 17th mile, Llm Chu Kang Road, Singapore last night. They were taken to hospital and treated for minor cuts
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  • 127 9 Rock 'N' Roll: S'pore Beat Colombo The Musical Orchids, who have been playing to growing appreciative audiences m Singapore, close their season here tomorrow wh6n, as today, there will be two shows at 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Tonight, m addition to the usual programme, there will be exhibitions of the
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  • 55 9 ONG SIEW PUAH. 46, a labourer was killed by a heavy metal safe m Prince Phillip Avenue, Singapore, yesterday. Ong and three others were carrying the safe to the first floor of a house when he slipped and the safe fell on him. He died
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  • 166 9 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) t D Singapore yesterday were: Savers Sellers Spot (nom.) 771 77! R.S.S. No. 1 77| 771 April R.S.S. No. 1 77* 772 RSS No 2 March 73J 74 R.S S No. 3 March 70 70* Tone: Very quiet. The price ol
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  • 50 9 A WASHER-WOMAN, Cheng Ah Keow, 41, was yesterday fined a total of $8,500 by a Singapore Court. on two charges of possessing 131 lbs. of raw opium. The opium, the court was told, was recovered m Cheng's house m Chitty Road on July 22 last year.
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  • 198 9 AS a defence unit the small Singapore division of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has "great responsibilities," Chip' Minister Mr. Tim Yew Hock, said yesterday. The Chief Minister said this to officers and ratings of the Singapore Division of the M.R.N.V.R., when
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  • 42 9 Rev. Brian Barker, Assistant Priest of St. Andrew's Cathedral, left Singapore yesterday by air for a vacation m Britain. Rev. Barker will spend his six-months' leave m his hometown, Manchester This is his first leave m three years
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  • 85 9 1 KUALA LUMPUR. FrL Four youths were today charged before Magistrate Inche M. M. Hashlm for breaking into the house of restaurant owner. Mr. Leong Moon Chun and theft of jewellery and cash worth $4,441. Liew Kirn Fong. 22, Tan Kirn Leng. 25 and Vim Tong
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  • 44 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Governments of the Union of Burma and the Federation have agreed to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries at embassy level. For the present, the Union i of Burma will be represented here by a Charge d'Affaires.
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    • 175 10 SARAWAK which lies four hundred miles to the east of Singapore, a land of peace, progress and of the future, of cordial industrial and racial relations, a land where air, road and sea communications are being opened up within the framework of a Development Plan costing well over a hundred
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  • 157 11 INCREASE IN PACIFIC TRAVEL ASHINGTON, Feb. 28— Pacific Area Travel ciation reports that .957 almost 300.000 ncans visited the Pacific area. annual conference of association, held m the ed States for the first closed recently m Santa ra. -nembers from 22 untries and 27 ship airplane lines. It is the
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  • 199 11 DIRECTORS oi Hume Industries (Far East) Limited recommend the payment of a final dividend for the six months ended Dec. 31, 1957, of 8.57 per cent, less tax at 30 per cent on both the ordinary and cumulative participating preference stock of the company. This
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  • 21 11 HOLLAND'S coal production last year totalled 11.375.831 tons, a reduction over the previous year's production by about 500.000 tons.
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  • 312 11 THE following passengers om Britain aboard the j will disembark at Per. a March 2 and Singapore on March 4 respectively: PENANG F.B. Brown and Mrs F.N* G. Conaty tnd 2 children: Mrs. JC. Craw- ford and infants; Miss C. E Dibble; Mr. Mrs. J.H.
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  • 34 11 THE Second Australian Industries Fair will be held m the Melbourne Exhibition Building (above) from March 7 to 29. A number of businessmen from Singapore and the Federation are visiting the fair.
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  • 40 11 FOREIGN firms have started placing orders with the Karacni Shipyard and Engineering Works of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation for small vessels. First order has been received from the Hansa Lines for two vessels of 270 tons each.
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  • 238 11 Qantas To Play Role QANTAS Empire Airways will play a prominent part m the Australian Government's offer to provide advanced training m Australia for two Malayan pilots and four aircraft engineers, Mr. A.F. Foster, Area Manager, South-east Asia, said m Singapore yesterday. It is expected
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  • 92 11 OUTER ROADS Felipes, Pellicula, Ringhorn, Armonia, Gordian, Braeside, Talabot, Berbere. Prometo. Statins Jansen, Great Ouks. Gian? Bee. Awata Maru. El Brenon. INNER ROADS Tapah, Tg. Pinang, Segamat, Sri Pahang. Brenda. Soon Bee, Lagong, Ikan Mas. Mahatheyi. Hibiscus, Tai Tiong, Kulai Tungkal. Giang Seng. Annabella, Sirusa. SHE WHARVES
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  • 50 11 FIFTEEN staff members of The General Electric Co. (Malaya) Ltd. each with 21 years' service with the company, were presented with long service certificates at a dinner held m the Cathay Hotel, Singapore last night. Mr. P. H. Steed, managing director of the company, made the presentation.
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  • 30 11 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday. French Francs: selling. T.T. or O.D. ***** ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 32 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng was elected chairman of the Rubber Producers' Council at the council's annual general meeting held yesterday. Mr. A. W. Goode was elected vice-chairman.
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  • 93 11 IN observance of its 30th year of advertising m U.S. newspapers, The Knox Company of Los Angeles, California, received a certificate of commendation presented by the American Newspaper Publishers Association, on behalf of US. and Canadian dailies. Photo shows Mr. W. W. Burgess (seated), president of
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  • 757 11 AUST. ECONOMIC STRENGTH GROWS Industrial Upsurge Reported A POSTWAR industrial surge m Australia has greatly increased the country's economic strength.' Though remaining a primary producer of world importance, Aus t r alia now has a great diversity of secondary industry. The volume of production is today two
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    • 175 11 Piles relieved by new tablet treatment At fast science has produced ar> entirely new, effective treatment for sufferers from piles (haemorr* A simple tablet treatment i and easy and brings Hemotabs. tabs are tablets whfch :h a drink of water— Ice taking an aspfrfn. They nothing relici within the reduce
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    • 892 12 MITSUI IpFJ LINE S'oore f. S'hom Penonp FOR JAPAN. Amugisan Maru for Yokolama Kobe Moji 9 Mar am* 7 Mo> Hakonesan Maru tor Pusan, Yokohama, Nagoyo, Kobe 24Mor Harunasan Maru tor Moji Kobe, Yokohama 4 Apl 3 Apl 31 Mat FOR U.S.A. via SUEZ For New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore via
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  • 137 13 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: F N. ords 52.67J, Gammon $2.30; Hammer $2.27 J. $2.30; H. Waugh $1.46; Hume Drefs. A22/-. ords. 5/9; Jackson $1.40; M. Breweries $3.45 odd parcel; M. Cement $1.35 cd; M. Colls. 80c; M. Box $1.62 J. $1,631. $164 (delayed); Mercantile
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  • 98 13 INDUSTRIALS were quiet, tins easier and rubbers dull m the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 31/- 33/McAlister 1.42 1.46 Robinson Co. Ords 1.73 1.78 MININGS Austral Amal 11/6 11/9 Berjuntai 12/9 13/K.
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  • 54 13 CANNING of the food for pets is now a major industry m both the United States and the United Kingdom, according to the magazine Tin. Within the next few years, it is possible that the world will be using more tinplate for packing pet
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  • 229 13 R.I. PARTIAL BARTER WITH COLONY TO GO ON PARTIAL barter trade between Indonesia and the Colony will continue without any interruption from the Central Governmen m Jakarta. This assurance was given yesterday by an officia of the Indonesian Consulate General m Singapore. This form of barter is allowed by the
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  • 311 13 Lower Rice Output In 1957/8 Forecast WORLD rice production m 1957/8 is likely to show some fall, according to the February review by the Commonwealth Economic Committee issued m London. This survey reveals that the decline affects most oi the major rice producing countries m the Far East. The loss
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  • 240 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. With a population of 6,500,000 rising by three per cent per year, Malaya should guard against squandering her natural resources, despite the present large reserves of land, advised the latest issue of the "Planters' Bulletin." The rubber industry must play its part m
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  • 47 13 WORLD production of fats and oils last year amounted to 30.6 million short tons. This volume of oil. according to a recent survey, establishes a record high for the fourth successive year, exceeding output m 1956 (estimated at 29.2 millions) by five per cent.
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  • 87 13 siNOAPOKfc Chin«* Produce Exchange noon closing prices per Dlcul yesterday were: copra Feb./ March UK/ Continent $31 buyers $32 sellers: coconut oil m bulk $47 sellers, In drums $51 sellers. Muntok white pepper $103 sellers; Sarawak white $102 sellers; Special Sarawak black $63. Singapore Copra Association reported a nominal
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  • 50 13 SEASONAL production of sugar from the Mackay district of Queensland. Australia, is 260,000 tons. onefifth of all the sugar produced m Australia. From the man-made Mackay harbour, ships carry sugar to the U.K.. Europe, Canada, Japan, Hongkong, Singapore, New Zealand, Ceylon, New Caledonia and Southern Australia.
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  • 102 13 THE second British industry to report starting the year with record overseas sales is the office appliance and business equipment trade. Office equipment sales m January reached £2,444,000, the Trade Association reports m London. This is compared with £2,221,000 m January last year. The chief
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  • 152 13 MALAYAN travellers to Britain can now carry bigger rash packets with them. United Kingdom Government yesterday lifted the ban on the import of sterling notes into Britain. An economic correspondent writes from London that there has been a close control of amounts
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  • 307 13 A HI-FI Toneblendor system has been introduced into Nordmende radios and radiograms (excepting the smaller models) to bring into the home a new world of radio gramophone listening pleasure The manufacturers claim that this system is a definite innovation m the Hi-Fi field and demonstrates
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  • 345 13 Cautious Week In Rubber Market THE week has been one of caution with many operators "leaving well alone" on a market which shows little inclination to develop a trend, says the rubber report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. It adds that the daily fluctuation has been small with outside
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  • 74 13 RUBBER dropped half a cent on the Singapore market yesterday international first grade for March was quoted at 77 5/8 cents per lb. (78i cents on Thursday). The tone at the close was very quiet. The market was marked down at the opening m sympathy with
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  • 49 13 SINGAPORE Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association noon prices ln cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 77* 77* International March No. 1 RSS f.o.b. 77* 77| Int. RSS No. 1 April 77* 77} March No. 2 73* 74 March No. 3 10 70* Tone:—Barely quiet.
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  • 868 14 Celebrates Today Its Silver Jubilee THE 6th Battalion, The Malay Regiment which is now stationed m Kuala Lumpur, has most of its officers who had fought m the Battle of Singapore m 1942. Picture shows officers of the Battalion with Ceneral Sir Hugh Stockwell who, as Colonel
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  • 390 14 THE ATOM AGE ARMY LONDON REPORT T>Y 1963 there will be one civilian employed by the British Army for every I soldier. This was announced 1 recently by Mr. Christopher Soames, Secretary for War, I m a memorandum on his £401,900.100 Army estimates i for 1958-59. The estimates are £500,000
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  • 797 15 BUT THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR FUTURE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— lt would not be economic for Malaya 0 t the moment to instal an atomic power plant for the production ol electricity, Chief Planning Engineer of the Federation's Central Electricity Board, Mr. J.
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  • 241 15 vl\ LIMPUR. Fri At the reception given by Is executive secreMr. C. V. Narasimhan at the Lake Club last Russian leader. Mr. E. Chadaev. came up -t Ma'ayan Finance iter. Col Sir Henry bik Lee. Mr Chadaev: 'The het here is very warm." Back came the reply like
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  • 78 15 :PUR. Fri. FE delegates except \\'e the Federal early tomorrow for sight-seeing-cum-ly tour. ->ateh will motor down a while others will r Port Dickson, Port enham and Fraser's Hill. ;nlucky" ones c co-opted to prepare eport to be tabled before ECAFE commission meets on Wednesday. nine
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  • 235 15 Minister Appeals To Public For Aid Xl ALA LUMPUR, Fri. Not enough was being done to solve the problems of poverty, ill-health and distress, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, Minister for Labour and Social Weliare, said today, r Mr. Ong. who was addressing a meeting
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  • 129 15 THE Singapore Catholic Social Guild told the Chief Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock yesterday that it favoured compulsory voting. "Compulsory voting is not an interference with the exercise of one's basic human rights but only seeks to ensure that every person exercises the right to
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  • 153 15 MALACC A, Fri.— The directors of three strikebus companies here meet tomorrow to decide to negotiate with leers or to employ nds. leers who had been Feb 13 are demand•^ur paid holidays a present they are only two days. It is understood that the
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  • 217 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A historical pageant will be held at the Merdeka Stadium, on March 8 and 9, as Dart of the official programme for the entertainment of the various delegations attending the ECAFE conference here. The pageant, which will depict the history of Malayan
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  • 167 15 ALOR STAR, Thurs. Dato Abdul Razak, the Defence Minister who stopped here on his return journey from Bangkok, today told UMNO officials that all Malaya except the border would be declared "white" before end of the year. The Dato said he was
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  • 111 15 Jail For 3 Who Tried Robbery MALACCA, Fri.— Three men, Joseph Virgese, Kalia Perumal and A. Moiduni, who were charged with attempted robbery while armed with a dagger were today sentenced to jail by President of the Sessions Court, Mr. K. Somasundram. The court was told the three men entered
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 107 16 MANILA, Feb. 28 (AFP).— The Philippines Communist Party has decided on its own dissolution and the mass surrender of Huks provided top-Com-munist leader Jesus Lava is granted an audience by President Carlos Garcia, a surren- dered ranking Communist leader disclosed last night. Pedro Cagupn.
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    • 255 16 Labour Motion In Defence Debate Is Defeated LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuter) The British government's nuclear and general defence policy won the approval ot the House of Commons last night by 317 votes to 261 a government majority of 56. The House of Commons rejected a critical Labour
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    • 126 16 EX-ARMY CHIEF HELD FOR PLOTTING TEHERAN, Feb. 28 (Reuter) The Persian Army prosecutor. General Hossein Azmoudeh, today announced the arrest of former army chief of general staff. General Vali Gharani, as one of several people accused of complicity m a recent anti-govern-ment plot. General Vali Gharani had been arrested for
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    • 27 16 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER has invited the Shah of Persia to pay an informal visit to Washington at the end of June, the White House announced.— Reuter
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    • 233 16 MANILA, Feb. 28,— (UP) The minority Liberal Party shortly wiU institute impeachment proceedings against President Carlos P. Garcia for alleged dereliction of duty and culpable "violation of the constitution," it was disclosed today. House opposition leader Ferdinand Marcas said the Liberal Party legal
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    • 72 16 TOKYO. Feb. 28 (Reuter). —Japan will not resume talks with South Korea tomorrow unless South Korea returns all oi the Japanese fishermen detained at Pusan, Southern Korea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry here confirmed today. The Ministry has delivered a note to this effect to
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    • 35 16 DR. YOSHIO FUIOKA. a former member of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, left Tokyo yesterday by air for Vienna to become Director >f the Isotope Department of the International Atomic Energy Agency.- Reuter
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    • 246 16 POTCHEFSTROOM, Transvaal. Feb. 28 (Reuter) There's a rush to join South Africa's newest army unit, the "Roek-'n'-roll" mobile battalion which has begun training: m this, the oldest town m the Transvaal. The battalion, part of the South African Engineers, got
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    • 175 16 CANBERRA. Feb. 28. (Reuter) Australia and the Netherlands have agreed on a series of specific measures to improve co-operation m the :ministration of their respective territories. Mr. Richard Casey. Australian External Affairs Minister, announced today. Under the agreement Australia will appoint liaison officer to
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    • 121 16 Arms Plane Allowed To Leave ALGIERS, Feb. 28 (Reuter) A Flying Fortress aircraft which landed at Bone, Eastern Algeria, because of bad weather with about three tons of arms aboard, was today allowed to leave. French authorities said an investigation showed that the cargo was bound for South America and
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    • 77 16 LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter) Britain's Air Ministry last night denied that a British or American aircraft had crashed m or near Britain while carrying a nuclear weapon. It was commenting on a statement m the House of Commons last night by Mr. Geoffrey De Freitas, a
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    • 35 16 TOKYO firemen rushed off on a fire call m early morning darkness yesterday, discovered it was a false alarm and returned to find the firehouse safe looted of $1,000 m payroll money. UP
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    • 28 16 THE United States satellite, Explorer, has travelled more tHan 10 million miles since it was launched on Jan. 31. the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory said.- Reuter
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    • 65 16 MELBOURNE. Feb. 28 (Reuter) Five thousand striking dock workers, at a mass meeting here today, voted to return to work on Monday next. The dockers' decision followec an earlier announcement by the Stevedoring Industry Authority fixing 15 men as the basic strength of roster gangs
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    • 46 16 TOKYO, Feb. 28 (UP)— The United States yesterday paroled five Japanese war criminals who have been serving life sentences m Sugamo Prison here, the Foreign Ministry announced today With today's release 40 war criminals under U.S jurisdiction still remain m Sugamo.
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    • 226 16 Two Found Guilty In Brighton Trial Police Chief Is Cleared LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter) Two detectives found guilty of conspiring to obstuct the course of justice were sentenced here today to five years' imprisonment each. The men. Detective Inspector John Hammarskey, 40, and Detective Sergeant Trevor Heath, 36. both of
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    • 67 16 NEW DELHI. Feb. 28 (Reuter) Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Premier, today presented India's biggest budget since the country became independent m 1947. It included an increase of 120.900.000 rupees (£9.067.500) m defence costs which. Mr. Nehru said was for air force equipment. Defence m the
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    • 27 16 MORE than 2,000 motor ricksha drivers went on strike yesterday m Karachi m protest against what they said were exorbitant rental fees by owners.— UP
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