Singapore Standard, 13 March 1958

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    24 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD it m i Telephone *****—5 Coble: TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 253. 15 cts. 12 Page* [FINAL EDITION]
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    Lock icon HE GOES TO 'SABOTAGE' SUMATRA UNITY TALKS
    275 1 HE GOES TO 'SABOTAGE' SUMATRA UNITY TALKS Jakarta General Woos Achinese Standard Staff Reporter THE Indonesian Government has sent MajorGeneral K. Djitikusumo to Atjeh m North Sumatra to "sabotage" the proposed merger between the Central Sumatra revolutionary government forces and the Achinese, The Standard was told yesterday. The Achinese (population
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    Lock icon R.I. GOVT. DROPS SKYMEN
    520 1 WARSHIP SHELLS REBEL CAPITAL Bitter Fighting Rages Along The East Coast THE HAGUE, March 12, The Indonesian Army has dispatched paratroopers into the Sumatra jungle m a new assault against the Padang rebels, a spokesman of the Indonesian Diplomatic Mission announced today. The spokesman said, "self-contained
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    Lock icon Pakistan Says Yes
    40 1 KARACHI. March 12, Reuter).— The Pakistan Government has formally recognised the United Arab Republic, a Foreign Office spokesman announced today. The Pakistan missions m Syria and Egypt have been amalgamated and the Embassy will remain m Cairo.
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    Lock icon PENANG HAWKER'S SON IN U.S. HOSPITAL
    82 1 TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Lye Boon Leong, a Penang hawker's son, now in Los Angeles for treatment of his enlarged heart, shares a picture book on Robin Hood, with his nurse in the White Memorial Hospital. The money for his trip was collected by the 8,000 hawkers
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    Lock icon Plane Jettisons Unarmed A-Bomb
    163 1 Five Injured, Home Blasted FLORENCE, South Carolina, March 12 (Reuter) A f ullscale investigation began today into the accidental dropping of an unprimed nuclear bomb from a B-47 jet bomoer near here. Security forces cordoned off the area and advised people to stay away while experts
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    Lock icon 5 Hurt In Car Crash
    79 1 FIVE Colony men on a joyride to Johore last night ended up m the Singapore General Hospital with serious head wounds received when their car crashed at the 12th milestone Woodlands. The car wa s reported to have crashed against a stone culvert. Teo Yong
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    Lock icon PRIVATE TRIP
    18 1 THE Duchess of Kent left London by air yesterday on a private visit to Athens.- Reuter
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    Lock icon It's 12 Miles Of Sea For Russia
    192 1 GENEVA, March 12 (Reuter)— The Soviet Union today urged the 85-nation conference codifying the law of the sea to lay down that states may fix the breadth of their own territorial waters within limits of three and 12 miles. Addressing the conferences first
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    Lock icon DESTROYERS COLLIDE
    52 1 NORFOLK, Virginia, March 12 (UP) Two Turkish destroyers collided m Hampton Roads yesterday, but neither was seriously damaged. The Gelibolu sideswiped the Giresus with her bow about dawn and suffered a scrape on her side two feet above the waterline. She was taken to the Norfolk naval yard
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    Lock icon 'U.S. AND ASIAN ALLIES CAN BEAT REDS'
    206 1 HONOLULU, March 12 (UP) General Laurence S. Kuter, Commander of the Pacific Air Force, believes the United States and its allies m Asia could win any kind of all-out war unleashed by the Communist countries m the Pacific. Kuter admitted to a news
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    Lock icon ABBOTT SUES COSTELLO
    75 1 HOLLYWOOD, March 12 (UP)— Rotund Lou Costello was named today m a U*****,465 breach-of-contract suit filed by his old comedy team buddy, Bud Abbott. The lean-jawed Abbott charged yesterday m a superior court suit that his chubby ex-partner and TCA, a company Costello heads, had failed to
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    Lock icon PRINCESS DIES
    32 1 PRINCESS Ingeborg, daughter of late King Frederik VIII of Denmark and widow of Prince Carl, brother of late King Gustaf V of Sweden, died m Stockholm yesterday, aged 79.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Dagger Man Arrested
    53 1 NEW DELHI, March 12 (Reuter)— Police have arrested a man who was found carrying a 13-inch dagger near the home of Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. The man, 30-year-old Mahesh Lai, of Haripur Village, Bihar, has been remanded m custody under the arms act for allegedly hiding
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    Lock icon THAILAND OPPOSES SEATO EXERCISES
    121 1 THAILAND OPPOSES SEATO EXERCISES BANGKOK. March 12 (Reuter) Thailand s Left-wing parties grouped m the Socialist Union have decided to oppose a South-east Asia Treaty Organization land and air exercise which is to be held m Thailand next April. A spokesman for the Socialist Union said letters of protest would
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    Lock icon US 'Moon' To Rise This Week
    120 1 US 'Moon' To Rise This Week CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, March 12 (UP).— The Navy Vanguard rocket was reported nearly ready today to fling itself toward space with a tiny "moon" In its nose. Officials of the Vanguard project have not said just when they plan to shoot the sleek rocket
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    Lock icon FILM COMPANY SUES ACTOR
    37 1 A LOS ANGELES film company has sued actor Dana Andrews for U.S.I159,782 alleging he was frequently "in a state of extreme and severe selfinduced alcoholic intoxication" while making a film in Mexico. Reuter
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    Lock icon JAKARTA SEEKS FOR RED ARMS
    163 1 LONDON, March 12 The Foreign Office today confirmed reports that the Indonesian Government had sent military purchasing missions to Moscow and other Communist capitals. But the Foreign Office said it had no knowledge of whether arm s had been supplied so far by the Communist
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    Lock icon SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE NOW
    67 1 SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE NOW THE HAGUE, March 12 (Reuter).— Captain Raymond "Turco" Westerling, former commander of the "Army of the Heavenly Host" which captured Bandung m Indonesia m 1942, will make his debut as an opera tenor at Breda on June 8, the Amsterdam newspaper M Dc Volkskrant" reported
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    Lock icon Murder: Eleven Bodies Found
    51 1 ALGIERS, March 12 (AFP) The bodies of 11 Algerian Moslems, murdered by a terrorist band, were found at Slim. In the Bou Saada area south of Algiers. It was learned here today. Reports from Bou Saada said that the terrorists' victims included three women and two
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    Lock icon TERESA'S DEATH: COURT RETURNS AN OPEN VERDICT
    370 2 TERESA'S DEATH: COURT RETURNS AN OPEN VERDICT SINGAPORE Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday returned an open verdict at an inquest on the deaths of 37-year-old Teresa Tay, her seven-year-old daughter, Agnes Dean, and a three-year-old child, Valli, who died m a fire at a Bencoolen Street boarding-house on Jan.
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    Lock icon Woman Sues Shipping Company
    172 2 PENANG, Wed— An American entomologist, Miss Loria Jeanne Frankel, today sued the Eastern Shipping Corporation Ltd.. m the Sessions Court for $1,956 the amount equivalent to the total value of personal articles, alleged to have been delivered to the defendants at Madras on October 5 last
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    Lock icon Blame The Management He Tells Teachers
    189 2 Blame The Management He Tells Teachers SINGAPORE Director of Education, Mr. D. McLellan, yesterday said that the managements of Chinese Schools, not Government, were to blame if their teachers were not paid on time. Mr. McLellan was commenting on a complaint by the secretary of the English Teachers m Chinese
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    Lock icon ROBBERY CHARGE
    36 2 SUBRAMANIAM Madasamy of Jalan Kebon Teh. was charged m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with robbing a woman. Chua Ah Mvi, of $1 at a dagger point at Holland Hill, on March 5.
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    Lock icon KO IS NEW CHIEF OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER
    164 2 RUBBER magnate, Mr. Ko Teck Kin, was elected President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. *Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, manager of the Sze Hai Tong Bank, was elected vice-presi-dent. Four members of the 32--man committee were absent. They were Messrs.
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    Lock icon Outstanding Student
    62 2 COLOMBO Plan student Mr. Wong Scow Choon is now studying final year medicine at Sydney University. Mr. Wong, who has shown outstanding progress m his studies, is also an Honours graduate m Science. After graduation, he will complete a further course m clinical work before returning to Singapore.
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    Lock icon TREE KILLS YOUNG BRIDE
    54 2 TELOK ANSON, Wed.— A bride of six months, P. Annakanu. 17, was fatally injured by a falling tree at Nova Scotia Estate, Lower Perak. on Monday. Annakanu was weeding m a replanted area of the estate when a withered rubber three fell on her. She died
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    Lock icon Flights To Medan Again
    44 2 GARUDA Indonesian Airways yesterday resumed its twice weekly flights to Medan. A flight on Monday was cancelled on orders from the airline headquarters m Jakarta. The plane left with 16 passengers. Later, a flight from Medan arrived carrying 22 passengers.
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    Lock icon FASHION FOOTWEAR
    90 2 THE latest creation m footwear from Paris, New York, Rome and London will be featured at a Fashion Parade to be held at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on March 19. Mr. J Th:hy, manager of Bata Shoe Company, Ltd., who is making final arrangements for the show, told The
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    Lock icon PLEADS GUILTY TO CHEATING
    82 2 RICHARD Heng, alias Rashid Abdullah, yesterday pleaded guilty m a Singapore Court to cheating Ann Peng Traders of $450. Heng was stated to have traded m an old radio for a new one and then issued a $450 cheque for the difference on July 1", last
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    Lock icon Village Blaze: 200 Homeless
    49 2 TELUK ANSON. Wed. Two hundred people m Bagan Sungei Tiang, a fishing village 28 miles from here, were yesterday made homeless when fire gutted 12 shophouses. Social Welfare squads are looking after the victims. Extent of dsmage and cause of the blaze are not known.
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    Lock icon CHIEF GUIDE DUE IN COLONY
    156 2 THE WQRLD Chief Guide, Lady Baden-Powell, will arrive m Singapore on Mar. 2<) on a 19-day visit to the 9,000 Girl Guides m the Colony and the Federation. She will be the guest of Lady Goode wife of the Governor at Government House until April
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    Lock icon MARRIED IN SINGAPORE
    36 2 MR. MRS. CHAN TIN NAM after their marriage in Singapore on Sunday. Mr. Chan is the eldest son of Mr Mrs. Chan Huay Hay. His bride was the former Miss Lim Ah Chwee.
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    Lock icon Dying Labourer Named Attacker —Wife Alleges
    292 2 Dying Labourer Named Attacker —Wife Alleges A LABOURER told his wife the name of his assailant just before he died of stab wounds, a Singapore preliminary inquiry was told yesterday. Lim Chwee Chuan alleged that her husband told her: "It was Leong Huat who stabbed me In the dock, tentatively
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    Lock icon COUNCIL BID TO SETTLE GAS DISPUTE
    99 2 COUNCIL BID TO SETTLE GAS DISPUTE THE Labour sub-committee of the Singapore City Council will meet 76 redundant workers at th? Kallang Gas Works this week-end to explain to them the details of the Council's severance pay scheme. Chairman of the sub-com-mittee, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, told The Standard yesterday
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    Lock icon Chamber Polls – Writ Is Issued
    224 2 Chamber Polls Writ Is Issued LAWYERS for M Chuang Hui-tsuan jr l( j Pek Cheng Chuan day served a writ on I c president and vie dent of the Sir.. Chinese Chamber o: meree asking them to preserve all document pending the hearing of a suit on the legs last
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    Lock icon CRACK DOWN
    16 2 SINGAPORE Cil has initiate^ legal pro™ against 129 families living m unauthorised attap huts.
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      686 2 ».A»HTTH llf.TUtt Oil A. i »«l DEATH REV. MOTHER MARY DIAS, ag 66 years passed away peacefully or Tuesday 1958, at 93C p m. at the Canossian Convent. Kluang The cortege will leave St. Anthony'" Cor. Road. Singapore, ai day tor St. Joseph's Churcr >sion) and thence tc B.dadari Cemetery
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      208 2 NOTICES NOTICE is hereby given of the loss of a Bank of China Pass Book No. ***** belonging to the undermentioned deceased The said Pass Book is hereby declared null and void. Dated this 12th day of March, 1958. BOSWELL, HSIEH LIM. Solicitors for Madam Lee Chai Har, Administratrix of
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
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      Lock icon Bigger Role For SEATO
      429 3 ACAINST the backdrop of continuing efforts by Britain and the United States to iron out Soviet objections to procedural essentials for a summit conference on disarmament, new political developments m the Middle East and anxiety over repercussions of the civil war m Indonesia, delegates of the
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      Lock icon People's Capitalism
      456 3 THE For Eostern economic expert of West Germany, Dr. Max Spondau, has opened o new window on the Malayan economic scene when he suggested that "wage and salary earners who enjoy a higher standard of living should be induced, m their private and economic interests, to participate by
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      Lock icon SINCAPORE TIGER STANDARD PRESS
      52 3 "tAD OFFICE: 23. Lim feck Kirn Road. Spp'f PO Box No 1563 Cables: -TICERNEWS" Tel: ***** (5 lines). All department* KUALA LUMPUR: China Insurance Bldg.. 174. Batu Ro Telephone ***** '••OH. 93 Cowan St Tel: 382S *»ENANC: 8 Le«th St Tel: *055 MALACCA: 91-A. Bukit Chin*
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    Lock icon Soviet Fears Of Attack
    856 3  - Soviet Fears Of Attack PHILIP DEANE -By- WASHINGTON lyjß. Eisenhower looks forward to a summit meeting much more than Mr. Dulles does the President has not lost the hope that he will go down m history as the General who negotiated peace. The President's attitude is based on the following
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    Lock icon PEACE-MAKERS AT WORK
    748 3  -  Stephen O. Hughes From m Rabat T^HREE thousand miles west «f the uneasy frontiers where his Jewish kinsmen' keep guard on Israel's sovereignty, Meyer Obadia is striving to prove that frank and honest cooperation between Muslims and Jews is practical and profitable. Meyer Obadia is president of
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      Lock icon PSC Controversy
      285 3 Sir There seems to be some controversy m the interpretation of that part of the local Government ordinance which reads: "The Council shall' appoint and promote on the Commission's advice." Everyone will admit that the main intention of those who drafted the Ordinance was to see that no
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      Lock icon 'Moral Danger'
      84 3 Sir Mr Lee Choon Eng, a member of the Legislative Assembly, is reported to have said that striptease shows are "a moral danger" and should be banned. Let me assure him that there axe many who share his view. May I say that very often m these days
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    440 3 OPINION, political and public, is divided on the question of compu! voting. The idea germinated m the Labour Front mind which has qualified the suggestion by adding the words: "if there is a demand from the public." It also wants a ban on the use of cars to
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    Lock icon R.I. FREES 5 DETAINED S'PORE BARTER SHIPS
    247 4 A Sixth Will Soon Follow FIVE Singapore freigh. ters, detained since Feb. l; at the Indonesian rh'vk point at Pulau Samboe, were released yesterday. They are the Ha: Chiat Soon, Selat Sifac Senang, and Beetong. A Singapore governmtr.spokesman announced terday that the releasr
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    Lock icon EXPLAIN YOUR 'MISLEADING STATEMENT' UNION DEMANDS OF THE MAYOR
    274 4 EXPLAIN YOUR 'MISLEADING STATEMENT' UNION DEMANDS OF THE MAYOR THE Singapore City Council Services Union yesterday took strong exception to the Mayor's remarks on Councili hawker inspectors and demanded clarification of his "misleading statement." The union was referring to a remark made by the Mayor m his progress report which
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    Lock icon SMU Women Elect Officials
    60 4 MRS. ENDON Tengku Muda Mohamed was elected president of the Singapore Malay Union (Women Section) at a meeting at the Istana Kampong Gelam Sultan Gate, recently. Other officials were: vicepresident Mrs. Fatimah Nor Suleiman, secretary— Mrs. Suminah Tengku Jalil, asst. sec. Miss Maimunah Jonet, treasurer Madam
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    Lock icon Man Attacked With Parangs
    48 4 A SINGAPORE shipbuilder. Ang Gan Lee, was surrounded by five men m a back lane and attacked with parangs m Havelock Road, yesterday. Ang, who was slashed on the arm, was admitted to the General Hospital. Police later recovered three parangs from the lane.
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    Lock icon First Prayer At New Mosque
    41 4 THE Muhamed Abdul Alim Mosque at Lorong K. Telok Kurau. Singapore, will be opened at 12.15 p.m. tomorrow. It will be followed by Jummah Prayer. Members of the Muslim community are invited to attend the ceremony.
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    Lock icon GENERALS TOUR
    37 4 MAJOR GENERAL L. N. Tyler, Director of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at the War Office has arrived m Singapore on a 17--day tour of REME units and installations m Singapore, the Federation and Hongkong.
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    Lock icon LOYALTY ALL THE WAY, LIM EXTOLS
    332 4 Spore Regiment Ist Anniversary THE CHIEF MINISTER, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday told members of the Singapore Infantry Regiment that throughout their career they should give complete loyalty tf their Regiment and to Singapore. Mr. Lim, speaking at an impressive first anniversary parade of
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    Lock icon GOOD JOBS AWAIT YOUTHS IN THE ARMY
    164 4 THOUSANDS of Singapore unemployed who have iust passed their School Certificate examination are being offered an opportunity to secure good jobs m the 1 Army. A spokesman for the army's chief recruiting officer said yesterday that m the near future the British Army
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    Lock icon Nightsoil Men To Get More Pay
    98 4 Nightsoil Men To Get More Pay More than a hundred nightsoil workers employed by the Singapore Government will be paid $1.10 a day more from this month. This was agreed to at a joint meeting of the official and staff sides of the Civil Service Joint Council at Empress Place
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    Lock icon HAWKER ROBBED
    29 4 A SINGAPORE hawker. Tai Chin Tze. was stopped by four men and robbed of $40 at dagger-point at the junction of Armenian Street and Coleman Street, yesterday.
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    Lock icon ACQUITTED
    41 4 A YOUTH, Teo Kong Hua, was acquitted by the Singapore First District Court yesterday, on a charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly and causing hurt to another youth. Chua Hoe Lum at Bain Street on Jan. 22.
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    Lock icon Masked Men Carry Off Cash Box
    81 4 A GANG of masked mm carried away a shop* cash box after holding up ar, sistant m Koek Lane, Singapore, yesterday. The gang broke into the shop when the assistant. Lre Kirn Yap, 24. opened the back door of the provision shop m the
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    Lock icon Hospital Murder: Four Detained
    47 4 SINGAPORE Po.ice day detained four connection with the of a hospital assistant, Harry Heng. on Saturday night Heng was knifed tc when he went to the ance of his girl friend, a r when she was robbed men m the General Ho grounds.
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    Lock icon LIM-SOCS MEN AT YOUR DOOR
    134 4 MEMBERS of the Liberal Socialist Party, will go from door to door to meet the people today. This is the beginning of a campaign aimed at bringing the people closer to the party, secretary general. Mr. E. K. Tan, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Tan
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    Lock icon MEET POSTPONED
    28 4 THE Singapore City Council meeting scheduled for Monday has been postponed 10 Wednesday, commencing at 9.30 a.m. No reason was given for the change of date.
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    Lock icon THEY DANCE FOR CHARITY
    63 4 These are some of the girls who gave a display of '•rythmic movement N music" at the Sineaporf Naval Base on March m aid of the Girl Guides fund They will give annthei display with extra it» m» at a dance m aid of St John's
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    Lock icon TOO MANY CHINESE ARE SITTING ON THE FENCE
    263 5 Says Lee Who Urges Support For MCA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. There are too many "fence-sitters" among the Chinese m the Federation, declared Mr. Douglas K. K. Lee m his speech to the Selangor Chinese Engineering Association last night. He said that with
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    Lock icon SHE MEETS THE NURSES
    43 5 by THE Yang Maha Mulia Tunku Ampuan, wife of tja Muda of Selanior, who declared open tternity and Child il-.ilth Centre in Kampong Bahru, on Monday, is seen here being introduced to the nurses of the Centre. Standardpic Fah
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    Lock icon Arrest Of Key Witness Ordered By Court
    179 5 Arrest Of Key Witness Ordered By Court IPOH, Wed. The President of the Sessions Court, Mr. J. R. Whimster, issued a warrant for the arrest of a "main" witness, Yong Ah Kow. who failed to turn up lor the scheduled hearing of a robbery case today. Two accused, Chong Kai
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    Lock icon NEGLIGENCE
    37 5 :NT LEE, 51. a head from Bukit Bahru, was fined $30 and riving licence endorsn the Slim River magiseourt today for driving at the 74 4 Ipoh to Kuala runk road, on Oct. 30. .ided guilty.
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    Lock icon ECAFE To Ask Top Priority On Mekong Scheme
    288 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The 14th session of ECAFE today unanimously adopted a motion tabled jointly by Malaya, India and Japan, urging the United Nations to give highest priority to the Lower Mekong Basin development project. This project which will benefit the four
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    Lock icon CHANGES TO SUIT ALL IN THE HOME
    110 5 CHANGES TO SUIT ALL IN THE HOME KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. As an incentive to harmony m the Serendah Boys' Home, the authorities of the Home have introduced a programme of "compromise living." This provides for certain activities of the boys to be curtailed and others to be introduced. Pig farming
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    Lock icon The Federation Cables Nasser
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Government of the Federation of Malaya today decided to recognise the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria. The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has sent a message of congratulations and good wishes to President Nasser on the occasion of his election as the
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    Lock icon Strike Mediation Offer Is Dropped
    231 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malayan Chinese Association here, headed by Mr. Kok Tek Meng, today gave up its attempt to end the 23-day-old strike by more than 100 workers of the Trengganu Bus Company. workers, who are aers of the National a of Transport Workers,
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    Lock icon KIM LAN MEETS THE MAYOR
    184 5 PENANG, Wed— When the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. held his first "Meet-the-People" session this afternoon, an eiderly woman, Low Kirn Lan, stepped forward and personally handed him a letter complaining of the treatment she received at the market m Chowrasta Road. Low lold the
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    Lock icon POLICE SURPRISED GANG,COURTTOLD
    315 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Police with revolvers m hand entered a coffee shop, surprising a gang of thugs robbing the proprietor, Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani was told today. Tentatively charged with gang robbery are Yee Swee Beng (18), Leong Thiam Yoong (19), Lim Chu Hong (22) and Cheong
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    Lock icon Road To Close For Speed Trial
    90 5 PENANG, Wed. The Chief Police Officer, Penang, Mr. H. W. Strathairn. today made an order closing a section of the Bayan Lepas Road on Sunday. March 23, between its junction with the Relau/Sungei Ara Road and its junction with the Jalan Tengah at the
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    399 6 H.K. BANKERS DROP AN IMPORTANT POINT Bukom Surprise HONGKONG BANK lost a valuable point m the Singapore Business Houses Football Association division one league when they were held to a one-all draw by newly promoted Pulau Bukom at Fairer Park yesterday. The draw enabled Mercantile Bank to close the gap
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    103 6 Kinta Indians Beat Batu Gajah's RA IPOH, Wed.— Four goals by their centre forward Rajasingham helped Kinta Indians' second string to score a convincing 6-2 victory over 95 Field Battery R.A. from Batu Gajah on the Coronation ground yesterday. Most of the game was played m a steady rainfall, but
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    69 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed—Sentul Railway Recreation Club will meet Selangor Club m their cricket match on Saturday March 15 on the Selangor Club padang. Railway selectors have named the following for the mateh Loh Ah Lum, Bhajan Singh Gill (Captain). K. S. Rajah. C. S. Rajah, Jean Aime, P.
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    73 6 Division 1 HR. Bank 1. Pulau Bokom 1 M. Bank 5. M. Brewerie s 0 3. Ford Motors 0 Chartered Bank 1. Win. Jacks 1 Division 2 Wearne Bros. 5. Shell Co. 0 Straits Tradin? 5. S. Darby 0 National Carbon 4, Metal Box 0 S.T.C.
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    Lock icon Perak Pick 20 For FAM Cuptie
    219 6 Perak Pick 20 For FAM Cuptie IPOH, Wed.— The Perak :eur Football Association, iya cup champions, have :ed 20 players, who have been undergoing intensive training during the past month, for the trip to the Federal capital this Sunday when they meet Federation Combined Services m their ope: M. Cup
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    60 6 A LUMPUR, Wed.— The flr.al of the Malayan estates football competition will be played at the Princes Road ground here on Saturday. The finalists are Kuala Ketil K^dah. and Sri Gading I of Johore. These two vere last year's finalists. me Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will present
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    42 6 ITS THE fourth goal for Selangor scored by Ghani. The Johore goalkeeper, Soo Pang, makes a vain attempt to save. Selangor beat Johore 6-2 m the South zone tie of the F.A.M. Cup competition at the Princes Road Stadium on Saturday.
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    Lock icon Eight Teams For Stonor Shield
    429 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Eight teams are participating m the Stoncr Shield cricket league competition this season. The teams are Selangor Club (holders). Selangor Police (runners-up), Kilat Club. Public Works Department Sports Club, Selangor Services. Tamilian Physical Culture Association, Levers Sports Club and the Selangor Indian
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    399 6 Footballers Face Tough Times At Asian Games By Our Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE and Federation footballers Tokyobourd this May must accustom themselves to the longer game of 90-minutes-or-more if they are to make any Impression at the soccer tournament of the third Asian Games. And there is barely eight weeks for
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    Lock icon HEAH'S GAMES FUND 'POSER' FOR F.O.M.O.C.
    284 6 PENANG, Wed «h« Penang State Appeal Committee of the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, which has been set to collect StO.OOO. wants to know what would happen if the state raises $25,000 which is 515.000 more than the target figure. The sum of $10,000
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    Lock icon Draw For 'All England'
    500 6 LONDON. Mar. 12 (Reuter).— Full draw for the men's singles of the All-England badminton championships, to be held at Wembley from March 19 to 22 is (reading from top to bottom): Second Round Eddie Choong (Malaya) vs. Bartlett (.South Africa'); R. Quiddington (England > vs. B.
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    Lock icon DANISH THREAT WILL BE EXPOSED
    594 6  -  Leong Hew Meng ALL ENGLAND TOURNEY A STRAIGHT FIGHT BETWEEN DENMARK MALAYA By MALAYA will soon know what threat is m store lor her m this year's defence of the Thomas Cup. In the coming All-England badminton championships at Wembley next week, Denmark's best players
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    71 6 Mr. Lee Guan first Hon. Secretr, the Badminton A tion of Malaya, v Sunday, re-elected Presdent of the Perak B.A for the third year m succession. Mr. Lee and ir leave for a Con: and U.K. tour soy m the beginning t month. They tr; away for about 5 j
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    298 7 EDDIE WILL RETIRE AT END OF THE YEAR First Place To 'Business LONDON, March 11 (Reuter) Eddie Choong, Mai ivan holder of the All-England badminton title, will retire from international badminton at the end of the current season, he told Reuter today. Choong, who is to defend his All-England title
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    72 7 Barry Bridges, England Youth centre forward, grins as he flies high to beat left back Linossi and goalkeeper Fradl of Austria at Highbury last week. During the game which England won 3-2, Austria's right half, Erwin. Minaus, was rushed to hospital with suspected appendicitis. Austria were three goals down m
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    32 7 LONDON. Mar. 11. (Reuter). Rose Park was officially scratched from the Grand National at 0900 GMT today. Westmarsh was officially scratched from the Lincolnshire handicap, at 0900 GMT today.
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    Lock icon A DANISH VICTORY
    26 7 COPENHAGEN. Mar. (Reuter) Denmark completed a 7-2 victory over England m the European zone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competition here tonight.
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    423 7  -  WINDSOR LAD GEE BITS., .by IPOH, Wed. Apprentice Chris Dragon, who requires only three more wins before forfeiting his allowance, has a great chance of achieving this end at the Perak Turl Club's March meeting which begins on Saturday. Chris has been In great riding
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    117 7 SINGAPORE SOCCER. S.A.F.A. League—Div. I—Fathul1 —Fathul Karib vs. Indian Recreation Club at Jalan Besar 5.15 p.m. Div. 2B —Minto C.U. vs. Blue Rovers at Geylang 5.15 p.m. Inter-Services- soccer —R.A.F. Singapore vs. Army at Army Ground. Friendly —Rajaji S.C. vs. R.A.F. Jurong at Farrer Park. SWIMMING Asian Games
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    Lock icon SIKH K.O. CRICKET
    137 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Four states will be taking part m the fifth annual Pan-Malayan Inter-State Sikhs knockout cricket competition for the Mahima Singh Shield which will commence early next month. The states taking part are Malacca, Penang, Selangor and Pahang. Penang are the holders of the trophy.
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    Lock icon POLICE WIN BY 4 POINTS
    60 7 POLICE Sports Club beat Singapore Infantry Regiment by 48 points to 44 m a friendly basketball match at Ulu Pandan yesterday. Scorers for Police were Naidu 22, Charlie Tan 10. Kok Chee 8. Andrew 4 and Chee Hong 4. while Wee 14, Ong 6, Quee
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    39 7 LONDON". Mar. 12, (ReutersResults m last night's English football matches were League 1 Chelsea 1. Wolverhampton 2 League 3 (Southern) Brentford 2, Reading 1 League 3 (Northern) Bradford City 0. Gateshead 1 Rochdale 1, Carlisle United 0
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    Lock icon No Change In West Indies Team
    117 7 No Change In West Indies Team GEORGETOWN, (British Guiana). Mar. 11 (AFP).— The West Indies cricket team for the fourth Test match against Pakistan, which opens here on Thursday, will be the same that played the third Test m Jamaica, it was learned tonight. The only change is that Basil
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    Lock icon H. FLIGHT PROMOTED
    197 7 HOLIDAY FLIGHT, who completed a handsome double at the Penang meetins just concluded, has been promoted to Class One from Class Two, according to the latest Straits Racing .it ion amendment list. Other transfers are as vs: PROMOTIONS From Class 3 to Class 2: Handsome; Rehmat. From
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    64 7 CHELTENHAM. GloucesterMar. 11 (Reuter). re, a 20 to one chance the champion hur•haUenge cup, emblematic ne hurdling championship Britain, which was run over two miles on the opening day he National Hunt festival here. The seven-year-old, owned •Irs J Wright and trained .er husband m Shropshire,
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    Lock icon KKB Win Tennis 'Tri'
    174 7 TANJONG MALIM, Wed.— Kuala Kubu Bahru Tennis Club won the Inter-District Triangular Tennis Tournament held here yesterday. Kuala Kubu Bahru scored 14 points. Tapah 10 and Tanjong Malim nil. Full results are:— Aziz Ali (KKB) beat Mohd. Kassim (TM) 6-3 6-1. Chia Pat Nam (KKB) beat
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    60 7 TAIPING, Wed.— ln their first appearance on the field yesterday, the Town Council XI created a good impression when they held the Indians B to a goalles s draw m their junior league fixture. The Indians lost their left fullback Rarim m the second half owin c to
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    Lock icon Amateur Cricketers Will Get Compensation
    134 7 LONDON, March 11 (Reuter) England's amateur cricketers wili m future receive some compensation for loss cf earnings while on overseas tours. They will also receive equal treatment with professional players m expenses and allowances. These decisions are the result of today's meeting of the advisory
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    Lock icon England's Olympian To Coach S'pore Games Prospects
    227 7 THE former English Olympian, Capt. Dennis Eagan, newly arrived m the Colony, was officially appointed the coach of the Singapore Hockey Association team to be trained for the Asian Games at Tokyo. This decision was taken at the monthly meeting of the S.H.A.
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    148 7 Youth Basketball Results RESULTS of the Singapore Youth Sport s Centre Basketball open championships played at the Centre last night were as follows: "B" Div. Group B— Bian Hoe bt Shiao Shing <2-45. "B" Div. Group I— Yock Eng High School bt Students Weekly Green 53-42. "C" Div. Group B—
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    106 7 LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter) For more than six months, the MCC and the Australian Board of Control have been trying to settle the itinerary for the MCC tour of Australia m 1958-59. They still have not agreed. The point at issue concerns the period between December 31
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    26 7 ZURICH, Mar. 11. (Reuter).— Whitby Dunlops, Canada's world champion ice hockey team, beat Switzerland 14-1 here tonight. Period scores were 2-1, 7-0. 5-0.
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    30 9 TRAFFIC on the St. Lawrence River will increase 56 per cent on completion of the seaway, Laval University eco-nomist-geographer. Dr. Pierre Camu, said in Montreal.- U.P
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    9 9 Jimah's output m February was 34,000 lb.
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      Lock icon MARKETING BODY TO PUSH MALAYAN PRODUCTS URGED
      347 9 MARKETING BODY TO PUSH MALAYAN PRODUCTS URGED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaya was today told by a German economic expert that she must establish a highly organized marketing division if she were to sell her products to the markets of the world. The expert, Dr. Max Spandau, of the German Government's
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      243 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. United Kingdom trade with countries m Asia and the Far East region totalled £850 million last year, which was £30 million more than 1956, and an increase of £200 million m the last four years, declared the U.K. chief delegate to
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    96 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra March/April UK/*Continent $31* buyers $32J sellers; coconut oil m bulk $47* sellers; m drums $51* sellers; Muntok white pepper $105 sellers; Sarawak white $104 sellers- Special Sarawak black $64. H.C.B. Ltd. closing prices: copra, fair merchantable mixed
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    39 9 CROPS of raw cotton grown in the Sudan and the British Commonwealth territories last year reached a record total of nearly 1,500,000 bales, according to the annual report of the British Cotton Growing Association.- Reuter
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    Lock icon RUBBER SLIPS 5/8c.
    74 9 ON a market which closed dull, rubber m Singapore yesterday slipped 5/8 cent international first grade for March was quoted at 76^ cents per lb. (Tuesday 771 cents). Final liquidation of the March positions brought out additional selling m the market. At the lower levels sellers became
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    47 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. Ilk 77* International March No. 1 RSS f-o.b. 77 i 77* April 77| 78 March No 2 73 74 March No.' 3 69} 70* Tone: Slightly easier.
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    103 9 SHIPS IN PORT Outer Roads Felipcs Ringhorn, Shoyo Maru, Caltex Bengkalis, Hoi How. Freza, Tadjouri, Caltex Pekan Baroe, Tong Soon, Magdala, Siberoet, Gordian, Langsa, San Carlos, Helikon. Yamamaura Maru, Helikon. Inner Roads Salon g Kuala Tunggkal, Phuang Ngern, Soon Bee, Lasem, Emelio. Tong Thay. Tong Seang, Celia. Pacific, Hin Cheong.
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    25 9 THE Hinkley Point nuclear power station now being built will be seen m model form at the Brussels Universal Exhibition this summer.
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    150 9 Processed Products For F. East THE National Nylon Trade Fair, just opened m London, introduced for the first time new material which will soon be sent to Hongkong and other countries m the Far East. The new material is BanLon and a silk tweed which is being sent to Hongkong
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    73 9 NEW YORK, Mar. 12— The Republic of Vietnam, Liberia, Rumania and Uruguay are the latest countries to enter the 1958 U.S. World Trade Fair opening here on May 7, Mr. Charles Snitow, president of the International Exposition announced today. This brings the total of
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    52 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association yesterday quoted the following buying rates to merchants: Canada: Buying. T.T 32 3/16 O.D. 32 5/16 90 d/st. Air Mail 32 5/8 credit bills. 32 3/4 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. (ready) French francs *****, Belgium francs 1618 1/4, Italian lire *****. Other rates
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    Lock icon Fair Turnover In Shares
    101 9 ALL sections of the Malayan share market were steady. A fair turnover was edPrice changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Henry Waugh l'.48 152 Hume Industries: Ords A5/4 5 8 cd M. Cement (50 cts. paid) 0.70 0.75 Metal Box I.fi4
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    223 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business' done C.T.S. ords. 27/6; Federal Disp. $2.15; Fraser and Neave ords $2.65, $2.67J; Gammon 52.42J, $2.40 ready and delayed. $2.43 delayed: Hammer $2.30. $2.29, $2.32J delayed; Hume ords. A5/6; M. Breweries $3.55- M. Cement $1.50 cd, $1.35 xd; *f. Cement (partly paid)
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    200 9 Winchester To Operate In H'kong NEW YORK, March 12.— Hongkong will become a major world production and distribution centre of Winchester flashlights and batteries, Olin Mathieson International Corporation announced here. A new company, Winchester, Ltd.. has been set up m Hongkong to handle manufacturing and sales operations. Flashlights and batteries
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    41 9 LEE Wah Bank Ltd. will open a branch bank m Loke Yew Street. Bentong, Pahang on Saturday. To mark the occasion the bank will hold a reception from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. m the premises.
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    54 9 MR. H. J. BRIDGE, export marketing manager of Cadbury's Cad-bury-Fry Export Department (on right) leai-es Singapore today after a six-week stay m Malaya and Borneo. He is seen discussing a point u-ith Mrs. P. C. Hind, manager of Signcrafts Ltd., advertising agents for Sime Darby Co. Ltd. Sime Darby are
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    Lock icon Cadbury Executive Ends Tour
    85 9 Cadbury Executive Ends Tour EXPORT marketing man- ager of Cadbury-Fry Export Department of Cadbury Brothers Ltd., England Mr. H. J. Bridge has just completed a six-week tour of Malaya and Borneo. He leaves Singapore today on his way back to England. To coincide with his visit. Sime Darby Co., Ltd.,
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    66 9 SHELBYVILLE (Indiana^. March 12: <UP)— A Japanese iron and steel company has ordered a fuel fired and electrically heated furnace capable of producing enough tinplate to lay a five-foot wide band around the earth each year. The furnace has been ordered by The Juji Iron And
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    Lock icon $33.7 Mil. Revenue
    44 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Total Customs and Excise revenue collected by the Federation Government last month totalled $33,744,820. Import duty on tobacco and cigarettes yielded $7,698.--189, petrol $5,211,615 and malt liquor $1,968,620. Export duty on rubber brought. $6,421,646, and tin ore $2.658.410^
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    280 9 P&O Not Affected By Freight Depression LONDON, March 12, (Reuter)— The P And O Line has so far escaped the effects of the depressed state of the freight market, it was announced today. Sir William Crawford t rie, chairman and managing director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company,
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    756 10 FTSE -Household Arts 1 Exhibition", which has just opened at the Grand Palais here, has something for everyone —even for Sahara oilfield engineers. The treat novelty this year Is an easily transportable, pref a b r i cated house which has excellent insulation and an apparatus that provides both
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    697 10  -  Patrick O'Donovan writes from Washington- T^XCEPT among the upper classes, and among the poorest of the poor, spanking is out Aj m America. It is said to be bad for the child and is thought of as un-American, But the post-Sputnik realisation that all is not well
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      1587 10 From Our Own Correspondent In New Delhi JT TOOK ten years for the world at large I mean, particularly the United States to* appreciate the true purport of the neutralist concept India has been following m her general attitude to world problems. Recent utterances
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      621 10 rpODAY'S QUOTATION: H^ "Danirerous principles I impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our tern- l^^fl per." Jeremy Collier. I^^^Z^^aS THURSDAY FOR EVERYONE: Keep on your toes: VlP^I mJ& write, confer. visit; get WI things done; exert your H personality; make favour- able plans, decisions and contacts today.
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    198 11 Security Moves On Illegal Cargo Make Them Wary MALACCA, Wed. Local fishing vessels are keeping clear of Indonesian waters since the Central Government troops landed on three points on the East Sumatra coast, fishermen who have just returned from those parts told Ihe Standard yesterday. These
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    163 11 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib m Sinea pore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 76? 77 R.S.S. No. 1 762 77 April R.S.S. No. 1 773 77* R.S.S. No. 2 March 73 731 R.S.S No. 3 March 69} 70 Tone: Dull. The price of tin In Singapore
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    Lock icon 400 LEAVE FOR MECCA
    71 11 CROWDS of Malays from the Federation and the Colony thronged the Singapore Harbour Board wharf yesterday to bid "bon voyage" to over 400 passengers^ who embarked on the Anshun, this year's first pilgrim ship bound for Mecca. From the early hours, pilgrims and visitors aueued up
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    Lock icon TERRORIST KILLED
    43 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A patrol of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment killed one of two Communist terrorists they contacted m the Kuala Selangor district of Selangor on March 8. The other terrorist escaped. A rifle and some ammunition were recovered.
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    Lock icon S'pore Expert To Advise On Gardens
    177 11 S'pore Expert To Advise On Gardens IPOH, Wed. Work on the proposed $200,000 Ipoh Botanic Gardens on a 30-acre site m Brash Road is expected to start shortly. The Ipoh Town Council has asked for an expert of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, who is to advise and assist m the
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    Lock icon Colony MCA May Honour Dato Tan
    161 11 A PROPOSAL to make Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan an honorary life president of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association will be discussed at Its annual meeting on Saturday The proposal has been submitted by Messrs. T. B. Chia and K. H. Loke.
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    63 11 MONKEY IN AIRPORT DRAMA A MONKEY had Singapore airport m an uproar for two hours yesterday. It eluded a fireman who chased across the roofs of the airport building and hangars, and disappeared. The monkey was earlier flown m by P. A. A. from Manila on its way to London.
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    192 11 Sultan Bids Goodbye To Gunners IPOH, Wed. Sultan Sir Yusuf Izzuddin Shah of Perak today paid a farewell visit to the headquarters of the "C" Field Battery of the First Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Tambun. six miles from here. The Singapore gunners, who were until recently deployed m support
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    78 11 FOUR veterans of the Sixth Battalion Royal Malay Regiment received long-service and good conduct medals, and the G.O.C.'s good conduct certificates at an annual inspection parade at the Ipoh Road Camp, Kua'a Lumpur, this week. All four have served 25 years m the Army. Picture shows
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    257 11 Many Have Cone Away TWENTY -TWO objections have been received against names appearing m the District Council Electoral Registers up to March 10, a Government spokesman told The Standard yesterday. The spokesman revealed that the main ground of objection was that the persons whose names
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      48 12 HOLLYWOOD, March 12. 'UP).— Actress Lauren Bacall hinted last night that she and Frank Sinatra will be married but added that any announcement would have to come from the -T. Ny further statement to come from Mr. Sinatra," the widow of Humphrey Bogart said.
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      25 12 BRITISH Defence Minister. Mr. Duncan Sandys will visit Italy from March 15 to 19 on the invitation of thp Italian Defence Ministry.- Reuter
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      120 12 WILLIS P. HOBBS, left, civilian pilot of the hijacked Korean National Airlines plane, is greeted by his wife Nortna after his release m Panmunjom, Korea, from Communist North Korea, together with 25 other passengers including U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Howard W. McClellan right, who
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      139 12 SYDNEY. Mar. 12 (Reuter) An Englishman who claims he cannot obtain work m Australia today offered to sell one of his eyes for £A5.000. The Englishman. Roger Holt, who refused to give his former address m England or details of his life, said
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      412 12 Big Three Agree To Approach The Russians MANILA, March 12 The tug three Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and United States agreed tonight to make new proposals within the next ten days for a Summit conference with Russia. U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, French
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      92 12 LET'S ALL DISARM, SAYS CASEY MANILA, Mar. 12 (AFP)— Australian External Affairs Minister Mr. Richard Casey urged simultaneously nuclear and conventional disarmament at the SEATO ministerial conference this afternoon, an Australian delegation spokesman told the Press. The spokesman said Mr. Casey warned that if the West agreed to nuclear disarmament
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      55 12 LONDON. March 12 (Reuter) Mrs. Jean Handley, widow of Tommy Handley the "1.T.M.A." comedian, died m hospital here today. She was 62. I.T.M.A. "It's That Man Again" was a zany weekly BBC. programme which cheered millions of Englishspeaking peoples all over the world during
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      45 12 PETROS, Tennessee. March 12 (Reuter).— Riotine among prisoners at the Brushy Mountain State prison here, ended by tear gas this morning, broke out again today. Convicts broke out of their cell blocks and ran cursing and jeering to the prison hospital.
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      140 12 VATICAN CITY, March (UP)— Pope Pius XII greeted 5,000 pilgrims today m the Great Basilica of St. Peters, but there were no formal ceremonies on the 19th anniversary of his coronation a sign of grief over anti-clericalism m his native Italy. A crowd of more than
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      42 12 BRITAIN announced yesterday that B. K. Greenhill, at present in Geneva with the British delegation to the International Conference on the Law of the Sea, has been appointed new deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Pakistan UP
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      135 12 LONDON Mar. 12 (Reuter). The pre-war glamour of flunkeys m eye-dazzling uniforms has returned to Buckingham Palace by order of the Queen. She had decided the footmen and pages look too austere m their naw blue battledress, which replaced their impressive tunics when the last
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      222 12 Combined Fleets Can Beat Enemy SYDNEY. March 12 (Reuter) The combined fleets of the SEATO countries are capable of successfully engaging any likely enemy m South-east Asian waters. The Commander-in-Chief of the Britisn Far East Naval Station. Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone, said this at a Press conference here today.
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      163 12 WASHINGTON, March 12 (UP) Military aid funds originally earmarked lor planes and other conventional weapons are being diverted to equip United States allies with intermediate range guided missiles, it was disclosed yesterday. Mr. Mansfield Sprague. assistant Defence Secretary for Military Assistance Programmes
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      37 12 THE U.S. Navy's heavy cruiser Bremerton and destroyer Eversole were yesterday joined at the Man-o'-War anchorage m the Singapore Outer Roads by yet another warship. She is one of Australia's newest destroyers, the Voyager.
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