Singapore Standard, 20 March 1958

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  • 20 1 Singapore STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1958. I Vol. VIII. No. 260 .15 cts. 12 Pages
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  • 465 1 ...NOW IT'S THE REBELS WHO WARN OILMEN Rl Forces Destroy Convoy Of Troops Fleeing From. Medan PADANG, Sumatra, March 19, (UP)— The Revolutionary Indonesian Government today warned American oil companies to pull their staff out of the oil-rich Pakan Bahru area of Central Sumatra and refrain from
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  • 308 1 ATJEH FORCE MARCHES ON MEDAN TO JOIN REBELS Pull-out Begins As News Spreads Standard Staff Reporter ATJEH, seat of th e Islamic Republic of Indonesia declared m 1950 m North Sumatra has now joined the Central Sumatra Revolutionary Forces m Padang m the revolt against President Soekarno, The Standard was
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  • 44 1 ROQUEBRUNE, Cap Martin, March 19 (Reuter)— Sir Winston Churchill is confined indoors at the Villa La Pausa here because of strain after his weekend outings, a member of his household said today. "There is no concern whatever," the source added.
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  • 121 1 FORMER UMNO members who fell out with the part> because of difference regarding co-operation with the PAP have opened a new PAP branch m Geylanc Inche Ya'kob Mohamad, who recently resigned irom UMNO's central committee said that Malays who were disappointed with UMNO's
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  • 64 1 ABOVE: Mr. Y. T. Wong (right) and Mr. K. T. Lee, first two businessmen to arrive m the Colony from Medan since the hostilities, are stepping off an airline bus at the airport. Below; Another businessman, who refused to disclose his name, is caught by the
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  • 449 1 Medan Residents Fear A Return Of Rebel Forces A FIRST HAND account of Medan's fall to Indonesian revolutionary forces on Sunday and its recapture by Central Government forces, was last night given by seven businessmen who flew into Singapore from the Sumatran capital. The businessmen were the first batch of
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  • 64 1 TOKYO, March 19 (Reuter) More than 170,000 miners of 14 major coal mining companies today went on a third wave of a 48-hour strike demanding wage increases. After March 21, the unions of 15 branches of four big mining companies are expected to go on
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  • 28 1 THE White House announced yesterday that President Carlo s P. Garcia of the Philippines will make a state visit to the U.S. m June. U.P.
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  • 183 1 LONDON. March 19 (UP)— Tunku Ya'acob, Malayan High Commissioner said today he believed the Malayan Government's aim to end the jtfne-year war against o terrorists by Aug. axi<r is year> would be j I JI% 8.8.C. broadcast he f^the Malayan Governhad stepped-up mea- sures to
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  • 86 1 BULGANIN CHARGES THE WEST LONDON, March 20, (Reuter) Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, m his latest letter to Mr. Harold Macmillan, claims that "no great progress has yet been made" toward a "Summit" conference He charged the West with attempting to hinder its convening by arranging a meeting of NATO defence Ministers
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  • 48 1 LONDON. March 19 (Reuter) A small fire broke out at Britain's Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston. Berkshire, today an atomic energy authority spokesman reported here. He said the fire was confined to an exhaust duct m the Establishment's engineering shop. No one was hurt.
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  • 33 1 NO proposals were under discussion between the Federal Government and Buckingham Palace for an Australian tour next year by Princess Margaret. Prim* Minister. Mr. Robert Menzles. said m Canberra yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 140 1 PUBLIC 800 COUNCILLOR AT COUNCIL MEETING MEMBERS of the public who packed the gallery of the Singapore City Council, yesterday, evening roundly booed a Councillor who was attacking the Peoples Action Party. Workers' Party Councillor Mr. J. C. Corera, speaking during the debate on a proposal to dismiss Vehicles Inspector
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  • 118 1 STRIKING PILOTS WARNED THE HAGUE March 19 (Reuter) Striking pilots of X.L.M.— Royal Dutch Airlines whose stoppage entered its third day todayhave been warned that If they persist m their present attitude "dismissal may follow," a company spokesman said today. He said this warning had been sent m letters to
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  • 32 1 A WOMAN who fell Into the sea off Merdeka Bridge, Singapore, early today was rescued by three youths who saw her struggling m the water. She was taken to hospital.
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  • 36 1 REAR-Admiral Rawson Ben. nett. Chief of U.S. Naval Research, said m Dallas. Texas, yesterday that the next Vanguard will be fired m the next few weeks, and will earr* a 20-inch satellite.— Reuter
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  • 145 1 A 16- YEAR-OLD Singapore youth, Ang Leong Huat, was stabbed m the back m Chin Chew Street after an argument between two rival gangs last night Ang was admitted to the General Hospital In a serious condition. The gangs involved m the Incident are said
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 215 1 (jj) 00 ***** I KSfp^^jTl I The beautifully made and very spacious G.E.C. ant Eight keeps fresh food fresher. It has double salaciors and space for frozen packaged foods; two egg racks and bottle racks m the door; a big chiller tray and a shelf which is adjustable for height.
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  • 360 2 Lack Of Unanimity On Clause Said To Be The Pitfall THE All-Party delegation, scheduled to leave lor London early m May to sign the new constitution for a self-governing; Singapore, Ls doomed to failure even before it sets out, reliable political sources told The Standard yesterday.
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  • 121 2 FLAGSHIP of the Royal Australian Navy, the 20.000--ton aircraft carrier Melbourne, accompanied by the Australian frigate Quiberon and the Royal Navy destroyers Cheviot and Cossack, will arrive at Singapore Naval Base on March 25. On board the Melbourne will be the Flag Officer commanding the Australian Fleet.
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  • 55 2 THE Archbishop of Canterbury, who is Metropolitan of the Diocese of Singapore, has appointed the Rev. Roland Koh Peck-Chiang (above) as an Assistant Bishop. The Consecration will take place m Canterbury Cathedral on St. Barnabas' Day, June 11. Rev. Koh. 50. is at present Priest-in-charge of St. Marys
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  • 106 2 Air, Sea Exercises Off Colony A CONVOY exr the waters between pore and Hongkon_ take place from Mai to April 3. Code named Festoon." it is test British Comm naval forces m of a convoy again submarine and attacks. A convoy con.M Royal Fleet Au> will sail from the Co.
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  • 134 2 ENGINEER GETS $9,000 DAMAGES PENANG. Wed. Mr Justice Rigby m the Supreme Court here today awarded a sum of $9,156.59 and costs to Mr. C. R. Foulkes. First Engineer of the M.V. Seman- tan m his claim for da against L. A. J. Ber Messrs. Ritchie and B: The claim
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  • 75 2 Members of the Dramatic School of the Cathay Orj, zation, Singapore, at which 40 local Chinese teenagers are studying dramatic acting m the hope of being chosen for parts m the production of Chinese films by the Organization, will make their first public appearance at
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1394 2 ,<iA»nTfn nf,t«n «*u t ti«i >*i PERSONAL TUITION NETTOLIN— imus fertilizer— COURSE IN MATHEr*ATICi IH.iC goes a rectly to the feeder roots. Level) organ sed by Singapore Council delivers essential foe for Adult Education, starting April 21st. For details and enrolment forms to roots c acc'v: Asst. Secretary (Further EducaSingaccre
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    • 574 2 TENDER NO TICKS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by State Engineer, Pahang, Kuantan up to noon on sth April. 1958 for the supply of galvanised mild steel water cisterns for period 1.4.58 to 31.12.58. Full particulars are obtainable from the State Engineer's Office, Pahang, Kuantan. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE.
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    • 252 2 NOTICES FOR SALE KODASCOPE 16 m.m. Sound Projector complete with 4 10" Loud Speakers and 10 Watts G.E.C. Amplifier. All m good condition Apply Hon Treasurer, Cosmo Club, Kuala Trengganu. AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTIES To Be Held m Our Saleroom No. 10 TELUK AVER STREET On MONDAY 24th MARCH
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 436 3 Outer Space Summit Talks THE continued hedging by the Soviet Government on the proposed summit talks is clearly intended to split the whole subject of disarmament into several piecemeal issues. While Britain and the United States have always regarded the need for a summit meeting as the basis for negotiations
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    • 399 3 SINGAPOREANS regard their city as being very modern and themselves as being a sophisticated people. Yet the modern facade only provide a cover for the ugly slums, while the veneer of sophistication does not hide the ignorance of a large proportion of the islanders. It may
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  • 40 3 rtIAC OFFICE: li Lino Teck Kirn Roaa Vpo»t PO Box No 1563 Cables: ~IIGEKNEWS' Tel ***** (5 tines) All detriment* *UAL* LUMPUR Insuranct Blcg.. 174 B*tu Ho I eiect^cn* tJB36t gS?!-^ Co^^ ft Ui «w iB2V
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  • 1039 3  - COMMUNIST TACTICS IN CAMBODIA Dennis Bloodworth By 'pHE Communist attempt to ''capture" Asian countries by a policy of infiltration, of which offers of "aid and trade" are an essential part, has received greater attention at the fourth Ministerial conference of the South-east Asia Treaty Organisation m Manila than the threat
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  • 1147 3  - NEW KIND of PACIFISM NOBLE FRANKLAND By LONDON pOR the first time since the 1930s pacifism m its various manifestations is reemerging as a factor m public opinion. The creed has been m virtual eclipse for a generation, and the present time is to 1945 as the 1930s were to
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  • 97 3 Shorts from the Talks Happy Days Gone By "Formal chivalry flourished best m a Britain which was organised to favour the bachelor. And some of the keenest bachelors, m their way of life, were the Victorian married men. It was m the days of the families of twelve and thirteen,
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 247 3 Sir While discussing various aspects of compulsory voting, let us not lose sight of the most cogent and powerful reason for its implementation, viz. to save Singapore from the clutches of a determined and wellorganized minority, capitalizing on prevailing political apathy of the people. Those who contend
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  • 396 3 the NEWS as it strikes me pROM the day il was ushered into existence the Peoples* Action Party has vigorously championed the cause of the worker. This was the stoutest plank m its elections platforms. It paid dividends m the way of a PAP dominated city Council, since then, however,
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  • 170 4 Labour Council To Study Scheme For National Health KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The second meeting of the National Joint Labour Advisory Council today decided to consider the introduction of a national health insurance scheme. It was agreed that more detailed proposals regarding this form of social security should be prepared and
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  • 223 4 Two Face Throwing Acid Charge A GROUP of persons armed with long poles and electric bu,bs containing sulphuric acid surrounded and attacked the occupants of a house m Pearl's Hill on Oct. 16 last year, the Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. J.B. Jayaretnam, told the Assize Court yesterday. The D.P.P. was
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  • 36 4 MEMBERS of the Singapore Wine and Spirit Association ionate $10,000 worth of wines and spirits for the cock- tail party to celebrate the inauguration of the Nanyang University on March 30. 1 1
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  • 78 4 LOW Kee Hoon of Holland Road and Koong Loi Chieu of Bukit Timah. 7th-Mile, were yesterday charged m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court, with rioting at the main gate of the Hock Boon Rubber Factory on March 18. Low and Koong were also alleged to have
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  • 126 4 THE distinction of being the first Sarawak Malay girl ever to gain a Cambridge Higher School Certificate goes to Naimah binti Hasbi, 21. of Kuching. WaimnJl, who took the examination last year as a pupil of St. Mary's School. Kuching. passed
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  • 50 4 A STUDENT Tan Kirn Hal. 15. was killed yesterday afternoon when he was involved m a collision with an STC bus at the junction of Serangoon Road and St. Michael's Road. The Traffic Police are appealing to eye-witnesses to the accident to telephone 2400, extension 331.
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  • 147 4 50 'SUPER-SCALE' JOBS VACANT $820 BASIC PLUS ALLOWANCES THE Singapore government yesterday invited applications lii.m serving officers to fill 50 vacancies m the super-scale clerical grades. Circulars giving details of the new app^ were distributed to various unions and staff as:>ocio for ycneial information. The salary scales for proposed grades
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  • 232 4 A POULTRY farmer, Ang Ah Seng, 23, was yesterday jailed for three years for attempting to extort $5,000 from the directors of Seng Uuat Company, Limited (bicycle and sewing machine dealers). In sending Ang to jail, the Judge, Mr. S. K. Lee. m
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  • 75 4 A MAX admitted m the Singapore Third* District Court, yesterday, that he and his accomplice pulled a pedestrian into a lonely street and robbed him of a watch, pen and a ring. Kee Bok Yiam pleaded guilty to robbing Chin Poh Hoon. of a wristwatch valued
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  • 214 4 TOP M.C.A MEN PLAN FOR FUTURE KLALA LLMMK, Wed. Ceridiii leaders of the Maid \an Cniiu->e Association have suggested thai Da to sir llu-iig-iocK lav be made a "lite adviser" of Ine association so that even it he is ousted from the presidency, his advice will still be available to
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  • 117 4 FOR the past month, the 200 villagers of Wakal Bahru sacrificed their holidays to work on a new road connecting their village to Pasir Pekan. two miles away Their enthusiasm has so won the sympathy of the Tumpat District Officer, j Tunku Rahim.
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  • 72 4 A MAX ener Roac. rday morning vo thugs who robl i of a watch a oen and a \v; containing $15. Yeo Say Tay, 43. told me Police lhat one man stopped him on the road and asked for his identity card. When he refused to
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  • 215 4 MALACCA, Wed. Mr. Nicolai P. Firubin, leader of the Soviet delegation to the recent ECAFE conference at Kuala Lumour, is a superstitious man This was clearly revealed when, on his arrival to attenri a private luncheon given by the State Secretary, Dato Nik
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  • 166 5 Govt Steps Up Its Probe Into Officers' Debts SINGAPORE Government, m conjunction with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, has started intensive investigations into the conduct and financial commitments of its officers. T>ese investigations have so far resulted m the dismissal of two senior officers. It is understood that the heavy
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  • 46 5 THE Thai Consulate will move into its new 51. 000.000 building m Orchard Road, Sineapore on March 31. The Thai Consul General, Mr. Nibhon Wilairat, told The Standard yesterday that a date for the opening ceremony has not yet been decided.
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  • 306 5 RE-REGISTRATION SHOCK FOR THE COLONY SEAMEN TWENTY-SIX thousand seamen listed by the Seamen's Registration Bureau In Fullerton Building, Singapore, will have to be re-registered if they want jobs. And before they can be re-registered, they will have to be declared fit for sea duty by the medical consultants of the
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  • 136 5 The Thieves Made Tea, And Then Stole Away THIEVES broke into a m Outram Road, Singaon Tuesday and made selves at home for six i before they decamped $1,401 m cash and jewellery. During the time they were In the house, the thieves not only ransacked the place but made
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  • 27 5 has arge of Deof the Cathay C He is also a director of the Loke Theatres Ltd., which is of the Cathay Organisa-
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  • 30 5 A HAWKER. Kong Chan 19. yesterday claimed :pore Ninth c's Court, to a charge bribe to a c constable. He was ald bail and the case will be
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  • 32 5 LEE TENG HUAT was fined $200 by the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday, for steering a sampan without a licence, at the inner Roads of Singapore Harbour, on Feb. 18.
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  • 265 5 Stage Club Tries Out A Bold Experiment THE "Arrow of Song,' a c act play which openec at the Cultural Centre Theatre, Canning Rise, last t is a bold experiment c Club and an even bolder one by its producer Ray Coombs who included m his cast six comers to
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  • 101 5 HE DREW A GUN, ALLEGE THE STRIKERS STRIKERS at Gammon (Malaya) yesterday alleged that a man threatened them with a revolver. They told Police that they were standing at the company's gate m Ulu Pandan, when a car drove up. One of the strikers, Kunjoo Krishnan, said he stopped the
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  • 22 5 A HOUSEWIFE, Lim Siew Cheon, was yesterday fined SlOO by the Singapore Ninth Magistrate for assisting m z public lottery.
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  • 186 5 YOU MUST VOTE' PLAN -U.M.N.O. WORRIED SINGAPORE UMNO may demand minority representation m the next Legislative Assembly if compulsory voting is enforced. UMNO publicity officer, Inche Darus Sharif, said yesterday that the possibility of compulsory voting being introduced m the forthcoming general elections was causing his party great anxiety. He
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  • 82 5 IPOH, Wed. A 27-year-old mine labourer, Liew Yin Kwee, who was alleged to have offered a Special Constable $1 m order not to take action against him on an identity card offence, was allowed $150 bail when he appeared m the Sessions Court this morning. Liew
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  • 129 5 TWENTY-FIVE Singapore crew members of the freighter Debora walked off the vessel yesterday when they xverz refused a 50 per cent war risk allowance for sailing to the Central Sumatran ports of Sungei Pakiiing, Pulo Bengkalis, Dumai and Pakan Bahru. The vessel, which
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  • 69 5 A LABOURER was attacked by 15 secret society thugs m Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, yesterday. The labourer. Koh Chau Chang, 19, was sitting with a friend outside the Hock Soon Rubber Factory when the thugs, armed with bottles, iron bars and stones, assaulted him. His friend ran
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  • 18 5 HEAVY RAIN fall m Ipoh yesterday broke the dry spell which had lasted one month.
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  • 26 5 THE list of claims received m connection with the District Council Electoral rolls will be open for public exhibition for ten days from today.
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  • 246 5 Sued For $75,000 Damages KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A contractor suing a realty company told Mr. Justice Sutherland m the High Court here today that the company refused to settle the alleged breach of contract outside court. The contractor, Ng Kirn Pong, was claiming $75,000 damages from the Yeow Kirn Pong
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  • 48 5 REAR ADMIRAL G. A. Thring. Flag Officer. Malayan Area, will leave for Britain m the Corfu today. His appointment as Flag Officer lapsed today and the responsibilities p r c viously held by that Command will be assumed by the Com-mander-in-Chief, Far East Station.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 719 6 EDDY CHOONG WINS EASILY, BUT DAVID IS OUT LONDON. March 19 (Renter) EDDY CHOONG. Malayan holder and four times winner, coasted into the last sixteen of the men's singles when the All-England badminton championships opened at Wembley today. He made short work of South African Colin Bartlett m the second
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  • 2406 6  -  WINDSOR LAD He Leads All The Way To Pay $118 By BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $228,350 1st Prize *****0 ($S3,505) 2nd Prize *****1 (829,847) 3rd Prize *****8 ($15,240) Starters ($2,646 each): Nos. *****9, *****1. *****2, *****9. *****1, *****5 Consolations (S1.000 each): Nos. *****4. *****2, *****5,
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  • 843 6 190 Horses Entered For Singapore Spring Meeting A TOTAL of 190 horses— 78 m Class One and 112 m Class Two has been entered for the Singapore Turf Club's March/April Meeting on Max. 29. April 2 and 5. HORSES CLASS 1 Ist Kun 2nd Run fit 9t 6f In) Adelaide
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  • 111 6 Following are the full entries: There will be eight races each day the first race to start at 2.15 D.m The schedule of racing is as follows: First Day: Class One— Div 1; 9 furlong; Class Two Divs. 1. 2. 3 and 4: 6 furlongs; Divs. 1, 2
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  • 672 7 STADIUM PASSES FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN Charges Mayor Council Restricfs Issue To SAFA SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided to restrict tn« number of Jalan Besar passes to Singapore Amateur Football Association officials. The Council, by a majority vote, decided that "SAFA be issued with temporary passes valid for one day only
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  • 177 7 ipore soccer officials interviewed yesterday were mt' about the City Council's decision to restrict th e issM of passes to Jalan Besar stadium. It looks like the Mayor is bringing politics into sport and this is a bad sign for the future
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  • 922 7 A RECORD number of entries 140 drivers and cars have entered for this Sunday's Singapore Motor Club annual speed trials on the Lira Chu Kang Road circuit The Club's secretary. Mr. K. told The Standard yes- that a number of cars among them the
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  • 85 7 Selangor Turf Club April Mtg. THE Selangor Turf Club will hold their next meeting on April 12, 16 and 19. There will be two runs for all horses of Class 3 and Class 5. Entries close on Wednesday, April 2. Distances and Stakes are: Class 3: Ist run,— Sit or
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  • 46 7 GAN Eng Sens School narrowly beat Victoria School by three goals to two m a soccer match played on the GESS ground yesterday. Robert Tang (2) and Leong Quai Weng scored for the winners while Salleh replied with two goals for the Victoria.
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  • 89 7 AUCKLAND. Mar. 19 (Reuter)—Miss Phillipa Gould 17--year-old New Zealand swimming star, who beat the world 100 metres record o n Saturday, today broke the New Zealand 200 metres and 220 yards backstroke records. She clocked two nttfXes 39.1 seconds against the previous mark of two minutes
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  • 592 7 MERCANTILE BANK, last year's runners-up ajid strong contenders for the championship this season m the Singapore Business Houses Football Association senior league, beat Ford Motors by two goals to nil at Farrer Park yesterday. Ford Motors had a grand opportunity to snatch the lead m
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  • TODAY'S SPORT
    • 24 7 HOCKEY: SHA Senior K.O. final University vs SRC at Farrer Park. SOCCER: SAFA league Div. 3A Rajaji SC vs Indian Youngsters at Geylang.
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    • 11 7 HOCKEY: Selangor vs. Combined Singapore /Malaya Army HQ ground.
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    • 30 7 SOCCER— Div. 1 King's Dragoon Guards vs. Loyal Regiment town padang. Div. 2—D.I.D. vs. 95 F.B.R.A. Coronation Ground. Div. 3 —2 R.E.C.C.E. vs. Falim Railways Jalan Abdul Jalil ground.
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    • 10 7 SOCCER— Div. 2 Medicals vs. Indians 'B' Jalan padang.
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  • 211 7 Sugar Ray Hints Of A 'Rubber' CHICAGO. Mar. 19, (UP) Former middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson hinted yesterday that if he beats title holder Carmen Basilio for the championship next Tuesday m a "good fight." there might be a rubber match next summer. Robinson, aiming for the middleweight crown for
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  • 252 7 SASA Will Recommend 9 Swimmers For Tokyo If They Can Quality SINGAPORE Amateur Swimming Association derided at it* monthly Council meeting held last night to recommend to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council nine swimmers for the Asian Games m Tokyo. The names of the swimmeis are not known yet.
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  • 200 7 West Indies On Victory Road Against Pakistan GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, March 19 (Reuter) West Indies, with all their second innings wickets intact, needed 317 runs to beat Pakistan when tea was taken on the fifth day of the fourth cricket test here yesterday. Pakistan, who began the day with a
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  • 83 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor, the Malayan champions, will meet a combined Malaya and Singapore Services team m a hockey match on the Head-quarters Armed Forces ground at Gurney Road tomorrow. Selangor's state selectors last night picked the following to represent the state: T. Nadarajah (PWD), Chua
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  • 38 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Wed. Clifford School beat Anderson School of Ipoh by a solitary coal m a thrilling soccer match played on the school green yesterday. The unbeaten Cliffordians scored through right-inside Izaham m the second half.
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  • 158 9 INDUSTRIALS were slightly easier, tins weak and rubbers firm m the Malayan share market yesterday. A fair turnover was reported. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 37/- 39/Fed. Dispensary 223 2.28 H'kong S'hai (H'kongreg.i 420.00 440.00 M.
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  • 203 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN' sharebrokers reported the following business dune: Fed. Disc. $2.25: F. N. ords $2.66; Hammer $2.30 cum all, 51. 76 x all; H. Waugh $1.52J; Hume ords. A5/4i; M. Cement 53. 42 xd: McAlister $1.35 odd lot; M. Box $1,674 to $1.65: Robinson ords 51. 76; Sime
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  • 178 9 THE Merton Engineering Company of Feltham, Middlesex, announces that its mechanical handling equipment, which m 1951 pioneered the straight-line system of overhead loading, has been exported to 56 countries. Known as "overloaders" these machines have been at work on large and small projects m such
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    97 9 SALES manager of Tithes Dental and Photo Supply Ltd., Singapore, Mr. Teh Bee Heng, is accompanying Mr. Teh Chiew 00, managing director of the firm's head office m Penang on a trip to Japan. They are making the trip at the invitation of the Fuji Photo Film
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  • 58 9 ORDERS from nearly 50 countries have already been received by the Austin Motor Company for their new "Gipsy" vehicle. The "Gipsy" is specially designed for agricultural use or for transporting personnel (up to nine people) or equivalent loads across rough country. It incorporates independent suspension of
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  • 63 9 MELBOURNE, March 19, (Reuter).— Woolgrowers today criticised the wool auction system and asked for organized marketing similar to the Wheat Stabilization Plan. They are delegates to the annual conference of the Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers' Association. They directed their executive "In view of the instability of the
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  • 193 9 -INSURANCE EXECUTIVE SINGAPORE is a safe place for investments, m the view of Mr. T. M. Telang, general manager of Indian Trade and General Insurance Co. Ltd., Bombay. Mr. Telang, who is now m Singapore, said fears expressed m certain quarters about the future of
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  • 75 9 Appeal For Rain Making Experiments HOBART, March 19 (Reuter) The Tasmanian Government has appealed to Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, for rain making experiments to prevent heavy shrinkage m the Tasmanian apple crop. Because of the dry season apples are not reaching the minimum export size. Trees are carrying a
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  • 70 9 SYDNEY, March 19 (Renter) Six of Australia's best young farmers will spend five months m Britain next year under a scheme sponsored by the P. and O. Company. Announcing details of the scheme. Sir Donald Anderson, deputy chairman of P. and 0., said he believed visits
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  • 63 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association quoted the following rates to merchants yesterday: Buying: Canada TT. 32 3/16: O.D. 32 5/lfi. 90 d/st. Air Mail 32 5/8 credit bills; 32 3/4 trade bills. Selling: T.T./O.D. (Ready) Cr.nada 31 7/8, French Francs *****, Belgian Francs 1617 3/4, Deutsche Marks 136
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  • 102 9 WASHINGTON, March 19. —U.S. imDorts of cotton continue to climb sharply, the U S. Department of Agriculture announced recently. Cotton imports m December 1957 totalled 37.000 bales, compared with imports of 28.000 bales m November and 10.000 bales m December, 1956. Imports during the period
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  • 152 9 A TWO-SEATER agriculturat aircraft designed for cropspraying at speeds up to 90 miles per hour is announced m London The first of these aircraft now being flight-tested is scheduled to begin operations m the summer Called the Auster Workmaster, it has been designed to the specifications of
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  • 57 9 Rubber Slips c. ON a featureless market yesterday, rubber m Singapore slipped i cent international first grade for April was quoted at 111 cents per lb. (Tuesday 772 cents). The tone at the close was very quiet. The market opened quiet and featureless throughout the day with little dealer interest.
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  • 27 9 A NEW wheat named Winglen the first Australian-bred winter wheat was released recently by the Department of Agriculture of the New South Wales Government.
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  • 153 9 THREE trees were uprooted m Paterson Road, Singapore m a matter of minutes yesterday, when United Engineers Ltd. held a demonstration of eartn moving and land clearing equipment. U.E. are Malaya and Borneo distributors for these equip- ment, manufactured by Inter-national-Drott. Two engineers from Inter-national-Drott, Messrs.
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  • 26 9 A COMPREHENSIVE trade exhibition of Australian-made refrigeration and food machinery and equipment will be held m Sydney from May 6 to 10 this year.
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  • 22 9 GERMAN vehicle production m February this year totalled 117.677 units eight per cent below the January output of 127,857 units.
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  • 175 9 OUTER ROADS Chun An, Magdala. Ucka. Kyoto Maru, Lapaz, Great Oaks. Narica. Zuiko Maru, Yamamura Maru, Capt. Antonfe. Glenfinlas. Bakongan Kasashima Maru. Batavia. El Brenon. Gekko Maru. P. Chaikovsky. Sigli, Houtman, San Francisco, Mina, Bawean. Baud, Bianca, Hedja. INNER ROADS Serudom Salong. Perlis. Phuang Ngern, V nda
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  • 261 9 LITTLE CAUSE TO EXPEND RESERVES ON SYNTHETIC qqtjgfnagqg SIR JOHN HAY, chairman of Linggi Plantations, suggests there is little reason for the United Kingdom to expend further dollar reserves m buying synthetic supplies from overseas. Reason is that she has now reached the stage of producing synthetic rubber m considerable
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  • 46 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 76g 77| International April No. 1 RSS f.o.b. 77i 77| May 77$ 77j April No. 2 731 Hi April No. 3 70 70J Tone: Very Quiet.
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  • 82 9 BUSINESS directors and senior executives m Britain are to attend an "atom school for businessmen" at Harwell to give them a knowledge of the application of radioisotopes to industry. Schools for members of the Institute ol Directors will take place m April and July and
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  • 120 9 U.S. New Spending May Be Cut WASHINGTON. March 19, (Reuten United States businessmen plan to spend 13 per cent less on new plant and equipment this J than they did m 1957. a Government survey reported. The report, prepared by the Department of Commerce and the Securities and Exchange Commission
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  • 95 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picu] yesterday were; copra March/April UK/Continent $31* buyers $32J sellers; coconut oil m bulk $47 J sellers; m drums $51$ sellers; Muntok white pepper $113 sellers; Sarawak v $112 .sellers; Special Sarawak black $68. H.CB. Ltd. closing prices: copra, fair merchantable
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  • 62 9 EIGHTY cases of n machinery from the Rochdaie (England) factories of Th< Robinson and Sons L" delivered by lorry shuttle vice operating from Rochdale to Liverpool docks Is The plant was the first signment for a million d mill which a British company is building m the
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  • 24 9 A NEW multi-million dollar cement factory to be constructed at C.arkdale, Arizona, will have an annual output capacity of 1.5 million barrels.
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  • 159 9 AWARDS FOR LONG SERVICE MORE than 300 employees and guests of the Bata Shoe Co. Ltd., Singapore, attended a dinner at the Cathay Restaurant on Tuesday. The company announced winners of long service awards at the function. They were: Twenty-five years: Messrs. K. Obruca, J. Komzak. A.A. Machala. Twenty years:
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  • 1688 10 IF YOU SACK LOH, SACK THE MAYOR TOO' -Says Councillor At City Debate THE Singapore City Council was told last night that if it decided to sack an employee for keeping a taxi-driver waiting for an hour, then the Mayor himself should also be sacked, because he had kept a
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  • 217 10 A ZOO IN GREAT WORLD? NO. SAYS CITY COUNCIL AN application by Shaw Brothers to run a zoo m the Great World Amusement Park was yesterday rejected by the Singapore City Council. Mr. Tans Peng Yue, (Labour Front) who initiated a debate on this matter said that a new zoo
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  • 397 10 Workers Party Hits Out At 'Colonial' Bogey WORKERS Party Councillor, Mr. J.C. Correra yesterday accused the Peoples Action Party of branding as "pro-colonial" any person who failed to think along the same lines as the PAP. Addressing the City Council on a Health Committee decision to grant a curio dealer's
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  • 71 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. RIDA loan projects for the period between Feb. 16 and March 15 totalled $83,635 and development schemes totalled $36,643. The largest loan was given to a Kelantan boatman for installing a Diesel engine m his boat for the passenger Jerry service which
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  • 25 10 THE band of the 3rd Royal Australian Regiment will perform m the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, on Sunday, between 5 and 6.15 p.m.
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  • 585 10 WORK OF POLITICIANS, SAYS P.A.P., SO 59 ATTAP HUTS MUST COME DOWN THE Singapore City Council by a majority vote yesterday decided to take demolition action against 59 unauthorised attap houses m Kampong Amber. When the decision of the Estates and Building Come was placed before the house for debate.
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  • 187 10 SQUATTERS FLEE AS THREE-HOUR FIRE SWEEPS HILLSLOPE FIREMEN fought for three hours to put out a b!a ?e which destroyed about ten acres of lallang anc on a hillslopeat the 16th mile, Jurong Road. Sing. yesterday. A call was put m at n a.m. but by the time tw* fire
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  • 94 10 THE YIP hiding underneath the giant Vietnamese straw hat and dark glasses above is none other than Sir Robert Scott Sir Robert, the British Commissioner-General for South-east Asia, returned to Singapore yesterday after attending a SEATO meeting. After being photograph, ed with his "new" hat SJR
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  • 39 10 GN Yog Swee, 26, a shop assistant, was last night assaulted by three thugs m North Canal Road, Singapore, after he had refused to pay "protection money." Gn was taken to hospital for treatment.
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  • 129 10 RED CHINA TRIP OFFER: MANY ASK SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told The Standard yesterday that he had received "several inquiries" from Chinese students regarding Government's offer to sponsor a fact-finding tour on Chinese education m the Far East and Red China. Mr. Lim made this offer to
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    • 176 10 LI'LABNER By M Ca[)p I A —^^■t^^^^ DAME^r I WSfiWff Ir'(SA/£'S) C AT f ME/TOO-BUT^ ITS Th£\ YT'^j J^ 7?^yGa/?^r\r 7a vw# Y.^m*^ V SUDDENLY UNOITHLvV V A DAME ABOARD.*!' L^f^Tm I£nv^' J\AROUW-?J iSS J lT Jv lT MAX JCOHUHfinO* I p~— -"T V. 'TTf y— ---^BEFORE •Jfj-ZT ME f
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  • 129 11 Strikers Stone Gammon's Officials STRIKERS last night stoned a jeep as it was leaving the workshops of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd.. at Ulu Pandan, Singapore, with five members of the supervising staff. A European official m the vehicle was injured. The injured man. Mr. John Noonan. a superintendent carpenter at the
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  • 157 11 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 76 J 77 i RS.S. No. 1 773 77s May RS.S. No. 1 772 772 RS.S. No. 2 April 731 73S RS.S No. 3 April 70 70} Tone: Very quiet. The price oi tin
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  • 57 11 THE Garrison Church of No. 40 Base Workshops R.E.M.E., will hold a fun fair and fete at Ayer Rajah. Singapore on April 7 from 2 to 6 p.m. m aid of charity. Among the highlights of the fair will be parachute jumpb, roundabouts, train rides,
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  • 103 11 THE Governor of Singapore. Sir William Goode and the Chief Minister, Mr. L'm Yew Hock attended a Beating of the Retreat by the pipes and military bands of the Ist Battalion the King's Own Scottish Borders at Selara.ng Barracks, Singapore, yesterday. Several hundred people, comprising
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  • 235 11 3 -MAN TEAM TO PROBE DEMAND OF 56,000 WORKERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A three- man commission will be set up to look into the demand by 56,000 daily-rated workers' for asl wage increase, the Chairman of the Staff Side (daily rated) Whitley Council, lnche Abdul Majid bin Ithnin, said today.
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  • 127 11 Mr. Abdul Rahman, Indonesian Information Officer m Singapore, said yesterday there were no pro-Commun-ist agents m the Indonesian army, navy or air force. Mr. Rahman was repaying to a claim by a Sumatran Revolutionary leader that top pro-Communist secret service agents from Indonesia's military
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  • 92 11 Don't Swear, Drink Or Smoke' ALOR STAR, Wed. The Kedah Religious Council today warned Mohammedans m the State that they must strictly observe the fasting month by refraining from swearing, drinking or smoking during the period. The Council also advised all Muslim eating shops not to commence business before 400
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  • 64 11 MR. Ec Soon Howe (above) was elected president of the Rotary (h-b of Singapore for the year beginning July 1. Other officials elected were: Vice-presidents: Messrs. C. Wechsler and Yeo Tiam Siew; secretary. Mr. C. R Sonalkar; treasurer, Mr C'hia Cheng: Guan; directors. Dr. Ang Swee Hian,
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    • 296 11 Singapore Recorded Music Society: A Symphony concert of recorded music at YWCA. Raffles Quay. 7 30 pm Y.MI'A: Gymnastic class iiunior) 4 p.m Bodybuilding. Weightliftine. and Jurlo 4.30 p.m. New Sceneshifter Rehearsal 8 p.m. at Orchard Road. Shell Co.- Free film show— President Ngo Dinh Diem visit the United States—
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 107 12 NEW R.A.F. BASE IN MALDIVES COLOMBO. March 19 (UP) The Government yesterday began an investigation of reports that Cey»onese were being employed to build a British Royal Air Force base on Gan island m the Maldive Group. The Government attitude is against employment of Ceylonese to build foreign bases anywhere,
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    • 57 12 WEARING a fur coat, slacks and moccasintype shoes, a very sadlooking Ex-Queen of Persia* Soraya Esfandia.ry, takes a quiet stroll m the park near Cologne. Germany. The Shah of Persia, her husband, has announced the dissolution of their marriage, due to her failure to produce
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    • 36 12 THE Japanese Government viewed as grave the Nationalist Chinese economic boycott against JaDan and Foreign Minister Aitchiro Fujiyama has recommended to Premier Nobusuke Kishi to delay his approval of the Tokyo-Peking private pact. U.P.
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    • 318 12 Space Control, Bases Ban Are Not Related' WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles yesterday rejected Russia's attempt to link a ban on space weapons with the liquidation of U.S. overseas bases. Mr Dulles said the Soviet counter proposal, broadcast on Saturday and
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    • 285 12 No Trigger On H-Bombs Over UKMacmillan LONDON, Mar. 19, (Reuter)—Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, said yesterday that Hydrogen bombs carried by aircraft m Britain were never ready for instantaneous use and could not be made ready for use accidentally. He was answering a barrage of questions from the Labour Opposition
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    • 18 12 SOUTH VIETNAM'S President, Mr Ngo Dinh Diem, arrived m Manila yesterday for a five-day state visit. Reuter
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    • 117 12 NEW PIER FOR HONGKONG ABOVE shows a nruly constructed c r <» harbour ferry pier on the Hongkong: sid< the crown colony «hi<h was officially opened for the public. The new pier replaces an old one which m demolished to make room for land reclamation. The new pier and the
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    • 69 12 ALGIERS, March 19 (AFP» Over 120 Algerian rebela were killed, wounded or captured m a five-hour battle with French paratroopers supported by planes and artillery about 55 miles south of Algiers yesterday. French official sources said. A French patrol discovered a large rebel unit halfway
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    • 136 12 GOROKA. New Guinea, Mar. 19 (Reuter). The Manus island Pacific base and New Guinea were very important to Australia's defence system. External Affairs Minister Mr. Richard Casey, said here. He had just inspected tne naval base at Manus island, about 80 miles north of
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    • 70 12 NEW DELHI, March 19 (UP) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said yesterday that he was eager to visit New Zealand, and that he plans a trip there some day. He did not indicate a date. Mr Nehru made the statement at a public reception given m
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    • 34 12 AN official of the State Investment Bank and a number of other Czechoslovaks have been arrested at Usti Nad Labem, North Bohemia, as "American spies," it was announced m Prague yesterday. Reuter
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    • 217 12 WASHINGTON, Mar. 19, (UP) President Eisenhower promised yesterday to take any "desirable and necessary action" including cutting taxes to help the nation make a "healthy economic recovery." The "administration is doing and will do everything that it can constructively do to bring about a
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    • 83 12 Soraya's Name Will Live On TEHERAN, Mar. 19, (UP). The Shah ensured yesterday that the name of his beautiful ex-Queen Soraya will live on m Iran. He instructed Government officials that all charitable institutions bearing her name should continue m operation. However, the name "Pahlavi." the dynastic title for the
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    • 32 12 Reuter DESPITE production delays the use of the salk anti-polio vaccine had virtually banished polio from Australia, Minister for Health, Dr. Donald Cameron, said m the House of ReDresentatives vesterriav
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    • 181 12 US Will Lag Behind UsKhrushchev MOSCOW. March 19. (Reuter)—Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Communist Party leader, told three American observers here yesterday that "from this time on the United States will always be lagging behind the Soviet Union m science." He said that was not because Americans were less talented than
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    • 208 12 Figures Are 282 To 796 PARIS, Mar. 19, (AFP)— French Premier Felix Ga ill ;ird won a Parliamentary confidence vote on constitutional revision by a majority of 86, yesterday. But, as the vote took place rightwing parties m Gaillard's broad coalition became restive over reported new
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    • 91 12 STOCKHOLM, March 19, (Reuter) Four Kings, two Queens and many Princes and Princesses of Royal blood will attend the funeral here today of Princess Ingeborg Bernadotte of Sweden, once known as "the mother-in-law of Europe." Princess ingeborg. born a Danish Princess, died peacefully at her
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    • 62 12 LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter). Captain Gordon P. Olley, the first pilot to fly a million miles, died m a London hospital yesterday. He was 64. Captain Olley known by his initials "G.P.0." to airmen the world over did not have a casualty among the 40.000 passengers he
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