Singapore Standard, 6 March 1958

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  • 20 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble: TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 246 ;iscts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 550 1 TRAGEDY AT BUS DEPOT Two Die, Three Seriously Hurt In Axe Attack TWO directors of the Green Bus Company! lying wounded after an axe attack, perished m a fire which gutted the firm's store-cum-office m Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, yesterday. Three other employees of the bus company
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  • 403 1 R.I. TROOPS ALL SET TO ATTACK SUMATRA Three-Pronged Invasion Plans INDONESIA'S Central Government troops are poised for a three-pronged invasion of strategic areas under the newly proclaimed Central Sumatra Revolutionary Government, The Standard learned yesterday. Thousands of commandos, navy and air force personnel m battle kit are massed at Tan
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  • 65 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A luxury sixteen seater Twin Pioneer plane for Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will soon be completed m England and flown here. This was announced by the London Press Service of the United Kingdom High Commissioner's Office today The plane is a modification
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  • 53 1 LONDON, March 5 (Reuter) An eight-foot bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill is to be erected m his constituency of Woodford near London, which he has represented m Parliament for 33 years, it was announced today. The Town Council said the statue, will show the statesman m
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  • 124 1 HONGKONG, March 5 (Reuter) The Britishcwned freighter Lulu been released by Indonesian authorities after being fined 250.000 rupiahs (about M 570,500) on charges of smuggling. The Lulu's owners, Wheelock Marden, a Hongkong firm, announced this today. The company said the freighter had been chartered to
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  • 28 1 FIRE fighters m action duriDg the two-and-a-half-hour fire which gutted the office-cum- store of the Green Bus Company m Bukit Timah Road yesterday. Standardpic.
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  • 1164 1 Tunku Calls For Charter To Protect Capital KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, officially opening the 14th session of ECAFE here today, called upon Asian countries to subscribe to an international charter which would provide the necessary safeguards for foreign private capital invested m this region. His inaugural
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  • 63 1 BOURNEMOUTH, England, Mar. 5 (Reuter) Thirteen people were taken to hospital, injured, when two shops blew up today at Winton, Bournemouth suburb. The shops collapsed m a cloud of black smoke after a short sharp explosion, believed to be due to a gas leak. Police,
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  • 23 1 THE U.S. Commerce Department announced yesterday that imports into the United States set a record m 1957, reaching nearly $13,000.000,000.— Reuter.
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  • 212 1 ALGIERS, Mar. 5 (UP) The French Army has completed plans for a "death zone" along the Tunisian border to stop arms shipments to the Algerian rebels, official sources said today. The French move was m defiance of Tunisian accusations that the zone would be an act
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  • 47 1 GIAM PER KHAN, a student of Catholic High School, grieves after the news of hit father's death at the bus company yesterday. The father, Giam Chin Choo a director, was hacked with an axe and was also severely burnt m the fire. Standardpic.
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  • 100 1 LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter). Lord Mancroft. Minister without portfolio, tonight rejected the argument that Britain should not have the Hydrogen bomb because her contribution would be "so small as to be meaningless." Opening a two-day debate on defence m the House of Lords, he said
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  • 170 1 Amounts Decided By Council Approved THE pay and allowances of Singapore Mayor, Mr. Ong fcng Guan, have been approved by the Governor-in-Council, The Standard was told yesterday. The Mayor Is to set $1,000a month, m addition to $20C allowance given to every Cits Councillor,
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  • 115 1 KARACHI. March 5 (Reuter>—The Pakistani Interior Minister. Mr. Ghulam All Khan Talpur. told the National Assembly today four people were killed and 50 injured m yesterday's riots between Pathans and local residents m the Nazimbad area on the outskirts of Karachi. According to
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    • 19 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. March 5 (UP) An Army Jupiter-C missile carrying a second American satellite was successfully fired today.
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  • 192 2 Gas Dept. Short Of Technical Officers '2 Senior Men Are Required' THE work of the City Gas Department would be seriously affected unless the Council recruited two specialised technical officers as quickly as possible, a reliable source told The Standard yesterday. The source added that a year ago the Gas
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  • 93 2 THREE boys. Chan Kok Chuan. 12. Kumra alias All Hassan. 18. and Peria Thamby. 11. were charged with housebreaking m a Singapoie court yesterday. It was alleged that they broke into a house m Indus Square on Feb. 22 and stole two and a half
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  • 471 2 FULL RESULTS OF H.S.C EXAM KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Twenty girls and 86 boys m the Federation passed their High School Certificate Examination to complete the full certificate m 1957. Eleven girls and 24 boys completed the Arts Stream and nine girls and 62 boys completed the Science Stream of subjects.
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  • 304 2 It's Necessary For Higher Study-Johari KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The language of instrur tion m Malay secondary schools could be changed "out. night" from English at present to Malay, but the chil. dren would not be able to go overseas or to univer^ without knowing English. This
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  • 194 2 Recovery Of Land Granted IN the Singapore High Court yesterday. Chief Justice Sir John Whyatt granted Shaw and Shaw Ltd. possession of a piece of land they own at Balestier Road which is being used as a timber yard by timber merchant, Lim Hock Kirn The company had applied for
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  • 52 2 PRIME MINISTER of New Zealand, Mr. Walter Nash, who is leading the New Zealand Delegation to ECAFE, tailed on the Federation Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, at his office m Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Picture shows the two Prime Ministers m conversation. D. of
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  • 234 2 'More A Fool Than A Knave A HONGKONG coo*, described by his defence counsel as "more of a fool than a knave." who was m the habit of converting his savings into gold, was y>day fined $500 by the Singapore Third District Judge. Mr. S K. Lee. for impo: more
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  • 118 2 He Denies Kidnapping Charge AN unemployed labourer, Arthiappan, claimed tr the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to a charge of abduction arid secret r ment of contractor. V, pavoo Kandiah. m Sep: iast year Outlining the prose case, the Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. H. L. Go: that Arthiappan was li ed
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 506 3 MALAYANS ought to be proud that the delegates to the ECAFE conference have discovered the advantages of Kuala Lumpur as a site for the permanent headquarters for ECAFE. Apart from other important points, the main factor, that has made them so well disposed towards the Federal
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    • 361 3 WHILE the Federation Government was being congratulated by delegates to the ECAFE conference m Kuala Lumpur m having become "a symbol of the things the United Nations stand for," a leading business man on his return from a world tour declared he found that foreign industrialists would
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  • 57 3 H£AO OFFICE; 23. Lim Tack Kirn Road. Spore I. PO Box No 1563. Cables: 'TICEHNEWS" Tel ***** (5 lines). All departments. *Uala LUMPUR: Chin* insufanca Bldp, 174 Batu Kd. Telephone -m m. ***** '•I"" 93. Cowan St. re<: 3829 8 Le,th St. T««: 4055 MALACCA: 9UA.
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  • 1195 3  - Boom Behind The Curtain Edward Crankshaw RUSSIA TODAY as seen by LONDON Y^HILE in this country we try to steady our economy by what can only be called restrictive practices while the United States slides towards a slump v/hich, whether it turns out to be serious or not, is not
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  • 28 3 Eggs set on their lame ends will not hatch. The air cell is located m that end, and the weight of the contents destroys it.
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 701 3 Sir You said, "Dato Onn was rather provocative m his declaration that the Malay position has weakened after Merdeka because the party m power is weak and too compromising with other races. It is hard to discern where the Malay position has deteriorated. As far as
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    • 407 3 MUSLIMS AND THEIR RELIGION promised them m after-life. All genuine religions teach these precepts. Our Holy Koran and all Holy Books of religions also teach that adoration and worship of God have to be spontaneous and nowhere can it be found m any of these Holy Books that religion is
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    • 272 3 Sir Hundreds of thousands of people have been registered and granted Citizenship of Singapore by now. I wonder how many per cent of these citizens have given their correct and proper addresses at the time when taking the oath. I have reasons to believe that whilst making applications
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  • 436 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 'T'HLRE were two items of A news m yesterdays Standard which deserve the careful, considered attention of all who claim to have the future good of the country at heart, whatever the reason for it. The first was the statement of a leading Singapore
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    • 96 3 Not A Govt. Midwife Sir— May I draw your attention to the heading to your report of the decision of the Appeal Court m your issue of February 26. Munah binti AH of Ipoh was convicted on a charge of voluntarily attempting to cause a miscarriage at Lorong Silibin. Ipoh
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  • 90 4 THE Singapore Telephone Board will instal more public telephones m rural areas. According to the Board's development programme, rural areas have a preference for public telephones, the general manager. Mr. N. V. Knight. told The Standard yesterday. Knight said that last year, the Board installed
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  • 56 4 A DANCE will be held at Raffles Hotel. Singapore, on Mar. 14, to aid the St. John's Home for the Aged. Patron of the dance is the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Tickets at $5 per person and $10 couple are available at
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  • 100 4 HE DOES NOT WANT A CAR MALACCA, Wed. A provision for $12,000 m this year's Municipal budget for the purchase of a car for the Municipal President has been scrapped. The reason is that the President elect, Inche Tamby bin Abdullah, does not want a car. Although the president could
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  • 50 4 A 14- YEAR-OLD student of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, was stabbed m the back by three youths at a bus stop near the school m Barker Road, yesterday. The student. Ec Teow Leng. sustained several wounds m the back. He was treated at the General Hospital.
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  • 250 4 ARRESTED WIFE OF FILM MAN IS BACK HOME Women PCs Guard Her MADAM Wong Siew Ying, wife of a wealthy Singapore film distributor, who was detained on Jan. 19 under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance, is now back at her East Coast Road home. She was "freed" under a
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  • 95 4 THE 3,000-STRONG Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union has ordered its members to stop being "rude and hostile to the public." This warning is made m the latest issue of the Union's monthly magazine, "Suara S.T.C.E.U." It said the Union was distressed at the behaviour of
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  • 118 4 THE Singapore Trades Union Congress may strike off 19 unions from its register tor non-payment of affiliation fees. This was stated m the TUC annual report, to be presented at the fourth annual delegates conference on Sunday. The Governing Council of the TUC. at
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  • 112 4 SINGAPORE Trades Union Congress wants Government to encourage and. if necessary, subsidize local secondary industries with a view tv absorbing unemployed workers. This is one of the resolutions that will come up for discussion at the annual delegates conference of the T.U.C. on Sunday. Another
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  • 174 4 Unlawful Assembly: 12 Charged PROMPT Police action prevented a gang clash and resulted m the arrest of twelve men the Singapore Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, was told yesterday. The 12, Ixx) Au Honk. Tan Thiam Sum. Lim Thiam Soon. Ngoh Kok Chew, Chua Leong Aik. Ang Bock
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  • 60 4 Bringing Her Into Position THIS is the gangway that caused a hold-up when the luxury liner Statendam berthed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday. Here the Singapore pilot (m shorts) who brought the Statendam m. watches the ship's crew strain on the ropes to bring the gangway m line
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  • 149 4 $600,000 Bang On Chap Goh Meh MORE THAN $600,000 went up m smoke on Tuesday night (Chap Goh Meh), when Singapore Chinese fired crackers to mark the end of the New Year thus ending the biggest 'bang' for many years. Almost i»very street m Chinatown
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  • 161 4 SINGAPORE Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday committed Chua Boon Teck. 24, for trial at the next Assizes on a tentative charge of robbery and causing hurt. Chua was accused at a preliminary inquiry of allegedly robbing a housewife. Monica Lim Sai Tiang. 32,
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  • 71 4 NEW KLANG ASSOCIATION IS OPENED OVER 50 representatives from Chinese associations and clubs m the Federation attended the opening of the Toh Guan Association at Tengku Dia Udin Street. Klang, by Mr. Lee Yian Nian, president of the Ma'ayan Eng-Choon Association, Kuala Lumpur. Seated ninth from left is Mr. Lee.
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  • 456 4 FAULTY GANGWAY HOLDS UP 378 WORLD TOURISTS THRi:L-hundred-and-seventy eight world tourists who arrived m Singapore yesterday by the 24,000-ton luxury liner Statendam were temporarily "marooned" when the new Singapore Harbour Board mechanical gangway iailed to reach the ship from the passenger terminal. As the passengers lined the rails, eagerly to
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  • 105 4 Training At Sea For Local Boys LOCAL boys who like I to sea and make sailing a car* reer are being offered oppoi* tunities for training as officers with Singapore shipping panics Captain Mohamad Alias, secretary of the M sian Ship Officers Union. yesterday that nis Union f ed suitable
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  • 41 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr Limin Lansam. vice-presi-dent for Asia of the Junior Chamber International, will make his first visit to junior chambers m Malaya from Sunday to Wednesday. He will meet Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
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  • 52 5 Fight Backache And Rheumatism i make you f*"fl «w old. -id depressed as losing Bleep ml tnerity because of Gettina Up »r Burning, Smarting, Itching f your bark arhes and its and mus--••r iMe, you can't lonn of men, c found the -<» trouVSTEX r»nd w»* how and flt you
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  • 408 5 New United Nations Move To Assist Undeveloped Areas KUALA LUMPUK, Wed. The gap between the level of economic development of the advanced countries and the under-developed countries is widening and any further deterioration m the terms of trade will have very serious consequences, Mr. C.V.
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  • 247 5 JUDGE FREES MAN FROM PRISON PENANG, Wed. In reviewing a conviction by a lower court, Mr. Justice Rigby m the High Court today freed D.C. Henry a Butterworth PWD employee, who had been serving prison sentence since Oct. 4 last year. Henry had been convicted on two charges of cheating
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  • 93 5 ALOR STAR, Wed Tan Goh Kian, 42, was ordered to be sent to hospital for mental observation by Mr. Justice Hill m the Assizes today, when he created a scene m court. Tan, when asked to make his plea to a charge of voluntarily causing
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  • 283 5 NEGRO BARITONE TAKES FEDERAL CAPITAL BY STORM American Baritone, William Warfield arrived m Kuala Lumpur on Monday evening for a concert sponsored by the Arts Council on Tuesday. Mr. Warfield is seen with Miss P. G. Lim, an official of the Council. Standardpic by Yong Poh Fan. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—
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  • 83 5 IPOH, Wed. The 10,000--strong Federation of Malaya Malay Teachers' Association will meet m Kuala Lumpur on Friday to discuss the setting ur> of a private secondary school where Malay will be the only medium of instruction. The association recently started the row on secondary schools. The
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  • 225 5 PENANG, Wed. A Marine Policeman, stated to be a "hard- working and obedient type," forged his Post Office savings bank passbook m order to cheat, the Sessions Court was told today. Leading Stoker m the Marine Police, Abdul Jabar bin Ismail, pleaded guilty to
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  • 61 5 PENANG, Wed Fifteen members of the Malay Young Farmers' Club here between the ages of 12 and 17 are undergoing a basic training course at the agriculture experimenting station m Cherok To'kun, Bukit Mertajam. The students will study budgrafting, sowing of rambutan seedlings, poultry farming and
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  • 49 5 AN -ODD- JOB labourer, Yeo Ah Huat. 24. was killed after being involved m a collision with a car at the ninth mile, Bukit Timah Road, yesterday. Witnesses are requested to get m touch with Inspector T. S. Zain at the Sepoy Lines Police Station.
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  • 23 5 A GANG fight m the bus station m Tanjong Malim on Tuesday resulted m the Police arresting five men.
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  • 210 5 Have Lost Faith In The MCP' IPOH, Wed. A terrorist, who admitted that he had "lost faith m the Malayan Communist Party," surrendeied to a patrol of the 3rd Battalion, the Malay Regiment, m the Batu Gajah area of operation "Bint- ang" on Sunday. The
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  • 58 5 KHAY Kwong Kwan was yesterday allowed $5,000 bail when he claimed trial to a charge of attempting to extort $100 from Ng Chen Ann. by putting him m fear of bodily harm. Khay was alleged to have committed the offence at Kallang Road on March 3.
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  • 37 5 A MODEL of a Hopper barge was presented to Mr. E. T. Redrup. dredging superintendent of the Singapore PWD Marine, by his staff members at a farewell dinner held at the Islamic Restaurant.
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  • 148 5 PENANG, Wed— A gardener, David Jeremiah alias Abdul Aziz bin Jamaludin, who tried to end his life because he owed a shop-keeper $80 was told by Magistrate, Mr. Au Ah Wah, today that if he had died, his brother would have to spend
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 321 5 You never know when you'll need Elastoplast t«»O* WAS* FIRST AID DRESSINGS (now ventilatd to let wounds breathe) You can'i be too careful with cuts, scratches or grazes. Clean the wound and put on Elastoplast the dressing doctor* use. Elastoplast stops the bleeding and guards against infection while the wound
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  • 608 6 FOLK goals by Vivian Klass m the space of seven minutes helped Hongkong Bank shatter Ford Motor's unbeaten record m the SBHFA division one league match at River Valley Road yesterday. The Bankers hit the Forders by six goals to two. Rozario and
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  • 114 6 $8,000 For Driving Economically CASH awards and trophies worth $8,000 will be presented for the fourth Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run, over 555 miles between Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh Kuala Lum-pur-Singapore on April 5 and 6. The outright winner will receive $2,500 cash and the Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run Challenge Trophy and Replica.
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  • 137 6 FOLLOWING are basketball results played at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre last night B. Div Group 3: Sea Land 65; Bea Beng 55: B. Div. Group 8: Bing Hoe 36. Chung Chen Blue :")iv. Group 2: Mm Chonjj Hoe 48; C. Div. Group 9: Leng Boh 39;
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    104 6 MISS DIANE Barton, a Singapore swimmer, yesterday took off m a plane ior London after spending 11 years m the Colony. Miss Barton, who had taken part m several swimming meets m the Colony, may however return to the Colony at the end of the year. She will marry Singapore's
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    44 6 Federation of Malaya (right) and Singapore just before their match at the Merdeka Stadium on Saturdau night. Federation beat Singapore 5-2. The game, played under floodlights was m aid of the Federation Asian games fund. Referee is T. Nadarajan m the centre.
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  • 158 6 SCC Hold YMSA At Hockey A GOAL five minutes from lime by Arkell enabled the Singapore Cricket Club to hold the Young Men's Sikh Association to a two-all draw m the Singapore Hockey Association subsidiary league match on the Girls Sports Club ground yesterday. Sikhs took the field with only
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  • 90 6 F.A. Cup Semi-final Draw LONDON. Mar. 4 (Reuter) Draw for the semi-finals of the Football Association Cup, to be played on March 22, was made today as follows: Blackburn Rovers versus Bolton Wanderers. West Bromwich Albion or Manchester United versus Fulham. The Blackburn vs. Bolton match will be played on
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  • 84 6 THE Far East Air Force Open Boxing Championship finals will be held at the Marine Boat Hangar R.A.F. Seletar at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 7. There are 42 entries from Seletar, Hongkong. Tengah, Kuala Lumpur, Butterworth, and Changi. The championships will be watched by the
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  • 436 6 Heah Puts Off Squad Announcement Till April PENANG, Wed. The President of the Badminton Association of Malaya, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today gave four reasons why the announcement of Malaya's Thomas Cup squad must be postponed to April, two months before Malaya defends the
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  • 110 6 GIRLS SPORTS Club's annual hockey match between the Married and the Singles for the Pearse's Cup will be played on Saturday on the G.S.C. ground starting at 4 p.m. The teams for the match are as follows: Married: Mrs. D. Hall; Mrs. A. Pennefather. Mrs. D. Ebert;
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  • 593 6  - Tokyo Trip Priority Belongs To The Lifters BILL FUNK Sayt At Least 2 Can Beat Asian Marks I AM not gunning for the basketballers, footballers, tcater-poloisU, boxers, athletes and hockey players. lam not even trying to chisel away some of the credit these Colony sportsmen hare iron during the past
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  • 780 6 IPOH, Wed.— Good support has been given to the Perak Turf Club's three-day meeting on March 15, 19 and 22. In all. a total of 190 horses have been entered 106 m class three and 84 m class four. There will be nine races on
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  • 98 6 FlKS'i DAY: Horses class three divs one and two—s} furs, straight and nine furs. divs. three four and five —51 furs straight. Horses class four divs one and two —81 furs —nine races. SECOND DAY: Horses class three divs two. three, four *nd five —six furs. Horses
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  • 400 7  -  JACK PEART Says Bobby Robson Is Best For The World Cup LONDON, Wed. JCELAND isn't the only place where lots of geysers spout hot air and steam. We seem to have a few over here m and around our sport. I'll agree that we have
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  • 313 7 Jackie's Kuda Quoted At 33 To One Lincolnshire Handicap LONDON. Mar. 5 (Renter). —The callover on the "Spring .Double." the Lincolnshire handicap to be run on March 2k and the Grand National steeplechase, on March 29 was held at the Victoria Club here last night. Prtces were: LINCOLNSHIRE lOfl to
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  • 176 7 OXFORD. March 5 (Keuter)—Two Old Blues are included m the Oxford University crew to row against Cambridge University m the boat race on April 5. They are Gavin Sorrell, president of the University Boat Club, at bow, and S- F. n, number
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  • 80 7 ALBUQUERQUE. New Mexico. Mar. 5, (UP). Pancho Gon- defeated Lew Hoad of ralia m a 3-set match last t in their current profesbarnstorming tennis Gonzales lost the first set, 15-13. when the 23-year-old :e finally broke his serve. That set lasted one hour and 33
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  • 55 7 KARACHI. Mar. 5 (Reuter). S F. Rehman, a leg-spin bowler, is to be flown to the West Indies to reinforce the Pakistan touring cricket team, it was announced here yesterday Rehman is expected to leave m a day or two. The Pakistan team has been seriously handicapped
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    55 7 SASSARI. Sardinia: Winner of the final lap Miguel Bover (left) and overall winner Antonin Holland perform the tour of honour as the Cycling Tour of Sardinia winds up m Sassari Bover Is Spanish and Holland French and two Belgians who won two of the five laps dimming the Italian nerfnrmance
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  • 49 7 TOKYO. Mar. 5 (Reuter).— The Japan Tennis Association today announced the first round of the Oriental zone Davis Cup tennis tournament between Japan and Thailand will be held In Tokyo from March 28 to March 30. The winning team will meet a Philippine team m April.
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  • 61 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Today's Selangor Hockey Association division one knock-out replay between Selangor Indians and Selangor Malays was abandoned after 25 minutes of play due to heavy rain on the Levers Sports Club ground. The Indians were leading by a solitary goal scored by centre forward Lourdesamy when
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  • 37 7 SAN BERNARDINO, iJalifornii. March 5 (UP)— Ancient Archie Moore dallied for nine rounds last night before matching up with Bert Whitenurst and scoring a knockout m the final round of their match at Swing Auditorium.
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  • 432 7 Mrs. Bates vs. Section Officer Wainwright; Mrs. Gordon vs. Miss Cannon. (Seeded players) Miss Ward. Mrs. Frith, Section Officer Silcock. Women's Doubles Mrs. Frith and Mrs. Seabrook (Seeded) vs. Mrs. Newell and Mrs. Endersby, Flying Officer (W» Williams and Miss Cannon (bye) Section Officer Wainwright
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  • 84 7 OSLO, Mar. 5 (Reuter).— Sweden defeated the United States 8-3 (Period scores 3-2. 1-0, 4-1) m the world ice hockey championships here last night. It was the first defeat for the United States m three games and Sweden's third successive victory. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia drew their
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    47 7 Crashing into the concrete barrier round Leyton Orient's s^o" l^ went West Hani's left winger Mike Grice. Mike was stunned, but the two trainers seen here, Hammer's Billy Moore (left) and Orient's Nick Collins, soon had him back m the game. West Ham won 4 l. Mirrorpic.
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  • 133 7 LONDON, March 5, (Reuter) Quare Times, winner of the 1955 Grand National steeplechase, will miss this year's Grand National, on March 12. and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, on March 13, because of the recurrence of an old leg injury. Mr. Vincent O'Brien, the Irish
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  • 264 7 West Indies Assured Of At Least Sharing The Series KINGSTON, Jamaica. March 5 (Reuter) West Indies were assured of drawing the series when they beat Fakistan yesterday by an innings and 174 runs m the third Test match here. The depleted Pakistan team two men were unable to bat lost
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  • 142 7 The Reds Want lAAF To Approve Padded Shoe MOSCOW. March 6 (Reuter) Soviet athletic authorities have asked the International Amateur Athletic federation to approve the new 'platform" shoe which helped Vuri Stepanov achieve a men's high jump record of 7 ft. lin (2.16 metres) last July Stepanov's performance has not
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  • 270 7 WILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. March 5 (UP)— The National Boxing Association on Monday called for more action m ail divisions and fired an urgent plea to heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson to defend his title against the winner of the Zora Follev— Eddie Machen bout NBA
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    • 102 7 Singapore SOCCER— SAFA League— Div. 1. A.A.A. vs. FKC at J.B. 5.15 p.m. Div. 2. Alexandra F.T. vs Kota Raja Club at Geylang 5.15 p.m. Div. 3 Royal Navy vs. Seletar F.C at Naval Base 5.15 Friendly Arsenal S.C. vs Singapore Cricket Club at Padang. KUALA LUMPUR HOCKEY: Selangor Malays
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  • 655 8 Move to Abolish Stag Hunt From Michael Astor m London 'THE British House of Commons has before it a Bill intended to abolish stag hunting m the United Kingdom. The Bill refers to hunting stags with packs of hounds. At the end of the hunt, when the stag Is brought
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  • 1328 8 An ill wind blows nrnr PRESENTLY, an ill wind blows over the country, and we have had much to grieve over. After the Loyabad disaster m 1935, when 208 lives were lost, the most grievous tragedy m the history of Indian coal mining happened last week m Kulti
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  • 157 9 'Let Us Retire To Fight Polls' SEVERAL senior civil servants want the Singapore Government to allow them to retire from service for the purposes of contesting the forthcoming general elections. President of the Federation of Unions of Government Employees, Mr X Thilliampalam, yesterday said: "The staff side of the Joint
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  • 27 9 A COUPLE m an attap hut m Kampong Tiong Bahru, Singapore, was surprised by three thugs and robbed of cash and jewellery worth $127 yesterday.
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  • 162 9 COUNCIL MOVE TO END T.B. THREAT Jabs For All The New-Born Babes Is Their Plan ALL NEW-BORN infants m the City area will m future be immunized against tuberculosis. Tms decision was taken at a meeting of the Health Committee of the City Council yesterday. This will ensure that an
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  • 163 9 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per 1b m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 765 76} R.S.S. No. 1 76* 765 April R.S.S. No. 1 72J 734 R.S.S. No. 2 March 69J 70 R.S.S. No 3 March 65* 66 Tone: Quiet. The price of tin m Singapore
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  • 258 9 Russia Will Not Dabble In Malaya's Emergency KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Kremlin would not oider the Communists m Malaya to end their acts of terrorism, said Russia's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nikolai P. Firubin, who added that Malaya must solve the Emergency herself. Speaking at a Press conference
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  • 268 9 But Rotarians Are Spellbound MISS Sakunthala Dcvi human calculating machine yesterday kept more than 100 Singapore Rotarians spellbound with her teats of mathematical wizardry. Miss Dcvi was the guest of the Rotarians at their weekly lunch held at the Cathay Hotel. This feminine phenomenon, however,
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  • 96 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The State War Executive Committee and psychological warfare officers are taking ex-Communist terrorists on a tour of new villages to prepare them for citizenship. Since the visit to Kota Tinggi new village by a group m December last year. a number of ex-terrorists
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  • 132 9 SINGAPORE'S Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, and the Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, toured Chinatown last night in* a mobile police station. The object of the tour was to get the co-operation of the people to
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  • 86 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Commander in-Chief, Far East Air Force. Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon, will present silver models of Sycamore and Whirlwind helicopters to the officers commanding Nos. 194 and 155 Squadrons, two Malaya operational squadrons, on Monday at the RAF Station here. These
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  • 69 9 SINGAPORE Traffic Police are appealing for eye-wit-ness to an accident m which a woman. Lim Khuan, 38. was knocked down by a car, believed to be driven by a European, at Cecil Street, at about 10 p.m. last night. Lim was admitted to hospital m a serious
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    • 446 9 Family Planning Association: klliAlVl Ninth annual general meeting at l 1 YWCA Raffles Quay 515 p.m. MKTSO: Suen Ng Hoong 230. 7 Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' and 9.15 pm. Association- Male chorus at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. HA 1 11 PAHA I Kampong Kapor Road 545 p.m SULTANAH: Yam
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  • 43 11 RCANTILE Bank Ltd's pore branch has received J advice from its London office that the board of directors have recommended a final dividend of 6-1 /V/o less income m the increased capital, for the year ended Dec. 31,
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  • 337 11 c. l^Sr 11 0 1^ T !i ere a PPf ars t0 be sc °P c for British capital investment rawak, the L.K. Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. H. Woodruff, told a Press conference here this week. Mr. Woodruff said per-i sonally h
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  • 154 11 INDEX of industrial producfor January is provisionnated at 138-139 (1948 0). it was announced the Treasury m London. index for January a year .as 138. The revised estimate of the x for December 1957 is 135 :ared with 133 fo r Decem- '56. n 1957
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  • 128 11 INDUSTRIALS were irregular, tins and rubbers dull m the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellerg B. B. Petrol 34/- 36/Fraser Neave Ords. 2.60 2.65 W. Hammer 2.28 2.32 Hume Industries Ords. A5/3 5/9 Malayan Cement
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  • 54 11 THE British delegation to the second International Atom Conference at Geneva this year will be over 500 strong. It will be headed by Sir John Cockcroft. member for scientific research of the U.K. Atomic Energy Agency, and representatives of the Royal Society, the Medical Research
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  • 185 11 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: 8.8. Petrol 35/7J: F. N. ords $2.65 to $2.62; Gammon $2.30 ready and delayed, $2.29: Hammer $2.30 overnight and yesterday: Hume ords. A5/6; Jackson $1.34, $1.35; M. Breweries $3.50; M. Cement $1.35; McAlister $l-45 M. Box $1.62J; Robinson ords $1.76;
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  • 101 11 RANGOON, Wed.— (AFP)— Final forecast of Burma's padi production for 1958 has dropped 1.2 million tons or 19 per cent below last year's mark. Burma last year produced 6.3 million tons and exported two million tons of rice. This year's production was 5.1 million tons and exportable
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  • 260 11 R.I. TRADE RULES 'STRINGENT' Merchants To Petition PENANG, Wed.— Penang merchants engaged m Indonesian trade are to petition the Governor, Raja Sir Uda, for relaxation of present regulations enforced by the Federation Government and removal of certain "anomalies." The petition is to be sent collectively by the various Chambers of
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  • 39 11 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T. or OD. ready: French Francs *****: Belgian Francs 1616-1/2: Italian Lire *****. Riyals 172 J. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 110 11 BRITAIN'S gold and dollar reserves rose by US$l35 million m February and stood at U552,539 million on Feb. 28, it was announced by the Treasury m London. From the European Payments Union US$22 million was received during the month m respect of January and
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  • 51 11 MALAYAN tin exports last month totalled 4,863 tons, compared with 6,738 tons m January, according to preliminary figures for February. Total exports m the first two months this year, at 11,601 tons showed a rise against the 10,901 tons shipped m the same period last
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  • 25 11 THE deputy Agricultural Adviser to the Colonial Office, Mr. G. M. Roddan, has arrived m Kuching, on a visit to Sarawak and Brunei.
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  • 98 11 WAHCA Corpn., Singapore, gave a dinner at the Cathay Restaurant on Tuesday m honour of two visitors —Mr. S. T. Weng, vicepresident of Wachang of New York and Mr. Herman Birr, Far Eastern export manager of M. R. Dietetic Laboratories (manufacturers of Similac milk). Wahca are local
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  • 353 11 'EXPAND OUTPUT TO COMPETE WITH SYNTHETIC' CALL k jpbTi '''/i&r i» «ss WASHINGTON, March 5, (UP)— The Natural Rubber Bureau said here that Malaya's present relatively high per capita income could probably best be preserved by expanding rubber production on a basis to compete more effectively with the price of
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  • 105 11 RUBBER PRICE SLIPS ¼c. ON A market which ruled quiet, rubber yesterday slipped a quarter cent international first grade for March closed at 76i cents per lb. (Tuesday 761 cents). The market opened around previous levels and ruled quiet with little change m values. There was better inquiry for lower
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  • 201 11 World Bank Loans To 13 Countries WASHINGTON, March 5, —The World Bank announced it made 22 loans to 13 countries totalling U*****.6 million m the seven-month period ending Jan. 31. 1958. The largest single loan was to India— USs9o million to purchase 500 locomotives 10.--000 freight cars, rails and other
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  • 28 11 PRODUCTION of wheat flour m Australia during 1956--57 at 1.657,566 short tons was an all-time Australian record. It exceeded the previous year'f total by 86.000 tons.
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  • 260 11 U.S. Tests On This Man-Made Product A 'Success' Goodrich DETROIT, March 5, (UP). B. F. Goodrich Company announced today it has successfully tested a man-made, rubber which equals or surpasses the qualities of natural rubber for use m all types of tyres Dr. Waldo L. Semon. the firm's director of
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  • 260 11 TIMELY rain saved what might have resulted m lower wheat crops m Australia last year and hence smaller exports of wheat flour to Malaya. This was revealed by the Australian Government's Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. P.R. Searcy, yesterday. He said the drought position at
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  • 110 11 Advisory Board Formed IPOH, Wed. The Perak Government have formed a Business Advisory Board to encourage and advise Malay business enterprises. Heading this Board is the Mentri Besar of Perak, Inche Abdullah Ghazali bin Haji Jawi as chairman, with the Chinese Affairs Officer, Perak, Mr. Noel Alexander as secretary, Other
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  • 78 11 TELUK ANSON, Wed— The Rubber Supervision and Licensing Board. Lower Perak, has approved six new rubber purchasing licences for Teluk Anson Town and six for Langkap New Villages. Towards the end of last year, the Board approved the new applications. The State Government, on representations from the trade
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  • 57 11 A STRIKING feature of U.K. economy m recent years has been the increase m the rate of personal savings, says the Treasury Bulletin for Industry for February just published m London. This increase has contributed notably to the financing of an investment boom which has greatly
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  • 121 11 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Felipes. Bawean. Ringhorn. Sirusa, Moon, Braeside, Great Oaks, Glory, Talabot. Calt Padang. Ryvarden, Ivan Stepanov. Tong Poh, North Star, San Roberto, Tong Soon, BerOere. Thoro, Freza Maru. Halldor, Godian, Suzanne, Helikon, Waibalong Batavia, Armonia, El. Brennan, Prosper. INNER ROADS Lampong, Giang Seng. Tronoh Phuang Ngern,
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  • 96 11 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra March/April UK /Continent $31 buyers $32 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $47£ sellers; m drums $51$ sellers; Muntok white pepper $104 sellers; Sarawak white $103 sellers; Special Sarawak black $63. Singapore Coconut Oil Millers Association closing
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  • 45 11 A DANISH company, East Asiatic Co. Ltd. recently moved into its new premises m Denmark House, Singapore. Standardpic shows Mr. Jacob Gjerding (seated) and Mr. N.K. Nayar of the company's Dumex Department m their new office. The department deals with Pharmaceuticals.
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  • 241 12 Economic Survey Of Asia Warns Of Danger Ahead KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ECAFE delegates were today warned that unless the "explosive" population increase m this region was checked, disaster awaited Asia. This warning was contained m an economic survey of the ECAFE region prepared by the Secretariat and published today. The
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  • 111 12 Nash Gets A VIP's Welcome KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The first YIP welcome for a foreign visitor since Mercieka was this morning extended to the New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr Walter Nash. Members of the Sixth Battalion of the Malay Regiment mounted a guard-of-honour at the International Airport here to welcome
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  • 86 12 Man Faces Armed Robbery Charge POH Chwee was yesterday m the Singapore i Magistrate's Court, with robbing about $3,000 worth of cash and jewellery, while armed with a revolver. Poh was alleged to have, with three others, robbed Tan Se Yarm and others, of 13 gold rings, three wristwatches, a
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  • 44 12 THE Federation Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, arrives at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall to declare open the 14th Session of the ECAFE conference. On the Tunku's left is the executive secretary of ECAFE, Mr. C. V. Narasimhan. Standardpic.
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  • 176 12 Russian Know-how Offered KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Russia will most certainly consider technical aid for Malaya and give it on very liberal terms, with no political strings attached, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Nikolai P. Firubin promised today. "We are ready to consider any proposal to train Malayans m technical know-how
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  • 377 12 Backward Countries Can Pin Hopes On A-Power KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. U.N. Secretary General Mr. Dag. Hammerskjold, m a message to the opening session of the ECAFE conference here today, hoped that atomic energy might eventually help countries "bearing the heritage of centuries of poverty" to overcome
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  • 171 12 THE oldest delegate to the 14th ECAFE session is 76-year-old New Zealand Premier Mr. Walter Nash the only Prime Minister to attend the conference. After ECAFE, he leaves for the SEATO conference m Manila. He will later tour India, Ceylon and Thailand, stopping over at Singapore before going
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  • 107 12 All His Fault, Man Told PENANG, Wed. A housewife, Tan Eng Lye, told Magistrate, Mr. AU Ah Wah. today that when her husband had a job he stayed with his mistress m Penang, but when he was jobless he returned to her In Alor Star. Tan was suing her husband,
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  • 28 12 THE George Town City Council yesterday announced that office hours would be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Bulan Puasa, which commences about March 20.
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  • 100 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Ceylon impresario, Mr. Donovan Andree told The Standard here today that he had decided to take Singapore's "Wonder Boy" Tony Costello back to Ceylon to star m a show there. Mr. Andree also revealed that he was on the lookout for more local
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  • 436 12 De Seynes Takes Look Into Future KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Though the present world situation is a more serious challenge to national and international economic statesmanship than that at any other lime since the war, there seems no possibility of another depression like that
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  • 352 13 Wonder Boy 1 Premier Nkrumah Cains Stature ACCRA, Ghana. March 5 IP) Ghana celebrates a year of independence tomorrow a year of progress despite sometimes stormy political problems and more than a few economic troubles. ne future for the four and -half million population
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  • 20 13 INESE Communist g lobb- ells into the Nationalist offshore islands of and Matsu on benbardDefence announced yesterday er.
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  • 196 13 MANILA. March 5 (UP) Top military leaders of the South-east Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) convene tomorrow to meet the challenge of Communism's growing military potential m the area. The eighth SEATO military advisers' meeting opens the military phase of the fourth annual SEATO
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  • 24 13 A- SUB RECORD THE U.S. Navy's atomicpowered submarine Skate arrived at Portland. England yesterday, completing a recordbreaking underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Reuter.
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  • 118 13 Strike In US Garment Industry NEW YORK. March 5 (UP)— The bustling garment industry ended a quarter century of labour peace today when 65,000 workers left their jobs m New York's garment district and marched to a Madison Square Garden rally. The mass of workers, members of the International Ladies
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  • 69 13 STOCKHOLM. March 5 (AFP) Mr Robin DouglasHome, 25-year-old British suitor of Sweden's Princess Margaretha, met her today for the first time since his "secret" flight from London last night. The piano-playing socialite, whose engagement to the Princess has been forecast unofficially m the world's press, beaan
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  • 237 13 WASHINGTON. March 5 (Reuter) The sixteen nations which contributed troops to the United Nations forces during the Korean war have decided to send a joint reply to recent Communist demands for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. Diplomatic representatives of these
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  • 60 13 LONDON. March 5 (Reuter) —The 18,036-ton British troopship Empire Orwell has been chartered from the Ministry of Transport by the PanIslamic Steamship Company of Karachi for use as a pilgrim vessel, it was learned last night Laid up since December she will go into service shortly
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  • 215 13 NEW YORK, March 5 (UP) President Soekarno of Indonesia was the "Man of the Week*' m Time, the United States weekly news magazine, yesterday. Time's cover bore a photo portrait of the President, grim, faced and wearing his black cap. The magazine devoted
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  • 307 13 OFFERED MONEY TO OVERTHROW NASSER, SAYS TRIAL WITNESS i AIKO. March 5 (IT) The key witness m an Egyptian loyalist conspiracy trial testified yesterday that he w*» told Iraqi Crown Prince, Abdel Hah agreed to finance a plot to overthrow President Gamal Abdel Nasser. h^ypuan intelligence
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  • 126 13 No Profit In Regrets, Says Ike WASHINGTON, March 5, (Router) President Eisenhower said today he saw no profit m regretting his decision to serve a second term m the Presidency He was reminded at his Press conference that it was lust two years ago, foil owing his heart attack, that
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  • 70 13 GENEVA. Mar. 5 (UP).— Russia yesterday called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing on the high seas. It also asked that combat manoeuvres m international waters be outlawed Prof. Grigori Ivanovich Tunkin told a Press conference the move would be made at the convention
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  • 92 13 Missile Experts Congress AMSTERDAM. March 5 (Reuter). American and Soviet rocket and missile experts will be among 500 delegates from 40 countries attending the ninth congress of the International Aeronautical Federation (1.A.F.) opening here next August. Mr. Andrew G- Haley. American chairman of the I.A.F. said today those from America
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  • 70 13 Police Fire To Warn Strikers BUENOS AIRES, March 5 (Reuter) Police fired warning shots yesterday as rioters fought m the strike-torn town of Cipolleti. Central Argentina. The strike, by fruit pickers and packers m the fruitgrowing belt of Neuquen and Rionegro became almost general over the weekend. Early yesterday a
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  • 37 13 DR. Vivian Fuchs said m Scott Base yesterday that the scientific results of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic expedition were not expected to appear until at least a year after the party returned to Britain.— Reuter.
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  • 166 13 'BO YS IN CRATE' MAJOR IN SEOUL IS REPLACED SEOUL, March 5 (UP) A U.S. Army major who allegedly ordered a 14-year-old Korean nailed m a crate and ilown 25 miles away has been "replaced" as commander of the unit where the boy was caught stealing, an arm y spokesman
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  • 245 13 BRISBANE. March 5 (Reuter) A Yorkshire widow has claimed £A17,023 found m the upholstery of a 1926 model car at Dalby. a grazing centre 136 miles west of Brisbane The ownership of the money will be decided m the Dalby court tomorrow. The
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  • 111 13 R.A.F. WILL GET GUIDED MISSILES IN FEW WEEKS LONDON, March 5 (Reuter)— The Royal Air Force will receive its first ground-io-air missile the Bristol Bloodhound within the next lew weeks, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors announced today. The weapon will be delivered to North Coates, Lincolnshire, where the technique
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  • 98 13 ADELAIDE. March 5, (Reuter).—The Queen Moth^-'s visit to Adelaide yesterday caused the worst traffic jam if the city's history. Two streams of traffic, one heading for a fireworks display, the other hurrying to watch the royal visitor arriving at a state reception, met on
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  • 47 13 ATHENS, March 5 (Reuter) A new "caretaker" cabinet was sworn m today by King Paul of Greece. It is headed by Mr. Constantine Georgacoplous President of the Greek Red Cross and replaces the government of Mr. Constantine Karamanlin, which resigned on March 2.
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  • 268 14 ALY (PLAYBOY TURNED ENVOY) IS MOBBED AT UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 5. (UP).— Aly Khan, Pakistan's new permanent representative to the United Nations, presented his credentials yesterday to the accompaniment of a mob scene that disrutped 1.X.. activity Newsmen, photographers, television crews and radio teams jammed the lobby of
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  • 147 14 R.I. Rebels Are Not Welcome MANILA. March 5. (UP)— The Philippine government y served notice it "does not encourage" the presence of Indonesian revolutionary leaders at the SEATO foreign ministers meeting In Manila next week Acting Foreign Secretary Felixberto Serrano, answering reports that revolutionary foreign minister Col. Maludm Simbolon may
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  • 62 14 TOKYO. March 5. (ReuteD than 350 families clad In their nightclothes today fled their houses when a predawn fire completely gutted ♦han 500 dwellings m Kumamoto. Southern Japan. A police spokesman said nearby Japanese defence force troops were called out to help extinguish the fire.
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  • 461 14 'SOVIET CONDITIONS COULD MEAN A HOAX AND FRAUD' WASHINGTON, iMarch 5 (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, has rejected as unacceptable the Soviet conditions laid down for a Summit meeting and charged they could lead to a meeting which would be a hoax
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  • 106 14 PILOTLESS BOMBERS FOR WEST GERMANS WASHINGTON, March 5, (Reuter) The West German Defence Minister, Herr Franz-Josef Strauss, said yesterday that West Germany would accept a United States offer of Matador pilotless bombers for its new armed forces. The Matador has a range of about 600 miles and is equipped to
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  • 112 14 WASHINGTON. March 5, (UP> Secretary of State John Foster Duiles. at his news conference yesterday, said that there is much shouting back and forth m the Middle East that violent language m that area has ceased to have the dangerous implications which it would convey
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  • 107 14 SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuter)— Angry protests were made today against the Australian government's recent ban on imports of all printed cottons. Representatives of more than 300 firms discussed the proposal today. The chairman of the National Association of Garment Industries, Mr. Douglas Cox
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  • 107 14 Judy Wants Divorce From Luft SANTA MONICA, March 5, (Reuter) Actress Judy Garland today filed suit here for divorce from Michael Sidnay Luft, a theatrical agent. Her petition alleges that Luft beat her and attempted to strangle her on several occasions. She also petitioned the court to evict, Luft from
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  • 81 14 WARSAW, March 5 (UP) Polish workers slacked on the job last year with the result that Poland's industrial production was lower than it should have been, the Polisn United Workers Party reported at the end of its eleventh plenary session yesterday. This was the basic
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  • 25 14 MR. Henry Cabot Lodge. United States UN. delegate, has handed over a cheque for $j.150,0n0 to the United Nations Children's Fund. Reuter.
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  • 66 14 PARIS, March 5 (Reuter) Approximately eight out oj ten young French men and women believe that they are happy, according to a nationwide Public Opinion Institute poll. Poll figures showed ihat 24 per cent of the young people aged between 18 and 30 said that they
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  • 158 14 THE MOST POWERFUL RADAR DEVICE WASHINGTON, March 5, (UP)— The Army announced yesterday it has developed a powerful new radar device which may give more than 15 minutes advance warning of intercontinental ballistic missiles flashing toward U.S. targets. The system was described as "major technological breakthrough." The Army said the
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  • 78 14 LONDON, March 5. (Reuter) The 860.000 strong Amalgamated Engineering Union has suspended a district secretary for a month because of his Communist activities, it is disclosed yesterday. National leaders of the union— Britain's second biggest took this action against Mr. Harold Ullyatt, 53-year-old secretary of the
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  • 255 14 LONDON, March 5 (IP)— The British government warned yesterday that Russia is building a "formidable fleet including a reported 500 submarines, 23 hea\y cruisers and a naval air arm of 3,500 planes. "The Russians are quite obviously build, terms of some form of
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  • 269 14 STALIN, 5 YEARS DEAD, IS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN MOSCOW, March 5 (IP) Five years ago t< Stalin all-powerful rul-r of all Russia died at ~.i, mourned by millions m vast demonstrations of public grief everywhere m this country. Today— he Is practically a forgotten man. Stalin's name appears :n print
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  • 135 14 Boy Patient Attacks Baby In Cot ROMFORD, Essex, March 5 (Reuter) A seven-year-old boy patient m a hospital here has made a brutal attack on a baby m his cot, it was disclosed last night. The bsby was described at the hospital last night as being "seriously ill." Police here
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