Singapore Standard, 3 April 1958

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  • 26 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD tt jfc 9H Telephone *****— 5 Cobla: TIGERNEWS" SINCAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 274 15 cts. 14 Pages --^IGE^ (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 181 1 WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuter) President Eisenhower today asked Congress for an increase m the defence budget for the year starting July 1, of $1,453,747,000, mainly to build more H-bombers and missile-firing submarinesajjj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M If granted, this will increase the 1959 defence appropriations to more
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  • 205 1 POLICE RIOT SQUAD ARRESTS 12 MEN Stones, Bottles And Pieces Of Wood Hurled At Vehicles MALACCA, Wed. Bus strikers joined by hooligans attacked and damaged seven buses belonging to the Malacca Omnibus Service which were sent out on a trial run today. The strike involving the Malacca
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  • 291 1 SPREAD SALE OF TIN TO HALT PRICE DROP CALL Situation Described As 'Quite Dismal' IPOH, Wed. An official of the Perak Chinese Mining Association today advised members to "spread their sales" to prevent a further drop m tin price*. At the same time miners described the situation as "quite dismal"
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  • 21 1 MARSHAL Tito will lead a Yugoslav party government delegation to Poland m the late spring of this year.— Reuter
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  • 20 1 Two people were killed and 10 wounded yesterday when demonstrators clashed with gendarmes at Tyre, southern Reuter Lebanon.
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  • 105 1 NEW YORK, April 2, (UP) —A U.S. Navy passenger ship today raced to the aid of the aircraft carrier Corregidor. damaged while bucking mountainous waves m the Atlantic. The Corregidor. operated by the Navy's military sea transporation service, radioed early today that it sustained a crack m
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  • 36 1 BRITAIN has called for an international conference to be held m 1960 to consider safety problems arising from nuclear propulsion at sea and m port, Mr Harold Watkinson", Minister' of Transport, said yester- day. Reuter
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  • 271 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Twenty-four senior engine drivers have reported sick and as a result the Malayan Railway has cancelled two goods trains one from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore last night and one from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur tonight, a senior official of
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  • 48 1 A SINGAPORE driving instructor. Loh Choon Kiat, 23. was last night attacked by three thugs while having coffee at Cecil Street. The thugs beat Loh up with aerated water bottles on the head. He was also stabbed m the stomach, and was admitted to hospital.
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  • 74 1 SUITS MAO DOWN TO THE GROUND ROME, April 2 (Reuter) Nikita Khrushchev's Italian tailor, Angelo Litrico, said here today that he would present Mr. Mao Tsetung with a Westernstyle suit when he visits China m August with other Italian fashion designers. "I'll take the measurements from newspaper photographs," he said.
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 1 photo. CURVES, squares, spheres, m fact practically every aspect of modern architecture can be seen at the Brussels 1958 World Fair which opens on April 17. In this view taken from the gigantic Atomium, from Benelux to the International Organisations section is (from left): the Catholic Missions, the
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  • 136 1 A RADIANT QUEEN BUT A SOLEMN MARGARET LONDON. April 2 (UP) Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth made their first public appearance together last night since Peter Townsend's date with the Princess set off rumours of a family spat. The Queen was radiant but Margaret looked solemn. They attended a dinner
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  • 104 1 CENTRE FOR REBELS IN S'PORE? LONDON, April 2 (Reuter) A Labour Member of Parliament, Mr Stan Awbery, claimed m a Parliamentary question tabled today that Indonesian rebels were establishing centres m Singapore, which might endanger the peace of the British Colony. His question to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan LennoxBoyd,
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  • 27 1 THE Singapore Standard publishes a 22--page paper today. This incorporates an eightpage supplement on the Easter motoring event, the Malayan Mobilgas Run. issued free
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  • 207 1 LONDON, April 2 (AFP) The Earl of Home. Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, replying to a letter from Mr Fenner Brockway and other Labour Members of Parliament, stated yesterday: "It is at the request of the lawfully elected Federation Government that United Kingdom
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  • 237 1 JAKARTA, April 2 (AFP) The Indonesian Army reported today that air-supported troops occupied the towns of Donggala and Palu, and its airfield, m the southern part of the rebellious North Celebes. An army communique said the air force levelled a rebel munitions dump at
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  • 167 1 Khrushchev Makes Unity Brag BUDAPEST. April 2 (Reuter) Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, new Soviet Prime Minister and Communist Party leader, arrived here by the Tu-104 Jet from Moscow today at the head of a delegation to "Liberation Day* ceremonies m Budapest. Mr. Khrushchev, smiling and energetic and dressed m a smart
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  • 30 1 ALFRED BRYAN, who wrote the lyrics for the song "Peg O' My Heart," died m hospital m Peanack. New Jersey, on Tuesday at the age of 87. Reuter.
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  • 25 1 THE Nepal Food Ministry announced yesterday that a shipment of American wheat for famine-swept areas of Nepal will arrive from India on Sunday. UP.
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  • 270 2 Colony To Deny Rebels Use of The Airport AssuranceTo Jakarta Govt. IHE Singapore Government yesterday assured the Indonesian Consulate that no foreign planes would be permitted to use the Colony to the detriment of the Jakarta Government. This was revealed yesterday by the Indonesian Consul General. Mr. R. Achmad Natanagara.
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  • 129 2 Students Warned No Politics KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Students should concentrate on their school studies and not indulge m politics, said a Kelantan Government statement today, m reference to the demonstrations by Malay secondary pupils recently. The statement said that the assemblies held by the students m Kota Bharu recently were
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  • 49 2 PENANG, Wed. A State Agricultural Show will be held here some time m July or August. A Publicity SubCommittee will give publicity to the show. The first meeting of the Sub-Committee will take place at 10.30 am. en April 9 at the Rubber Trade Association.
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  • 123 2 More Classes In Malay KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Ministry of Education announced today that lt is expected that 20 to 22 Malay medium classes will be created m addition to those already m existence at the Sultan Idris Training College, Tan j ong Malim. and the Malay Women's Training College,
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  • 104 2 Cheng Beng Traffic Plans For K. L. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Officer-in-Charge, Traffic Branch, reminds the public that on Cheng Beng Day, the Chinese community will be visiting the cemeteries along Airport Road m very large numbers, on both Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6. The general public are
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  • 66 2 MALACCA, Wed.—President of the Malayan Indian Congress Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. today expressed confidence that he would be reelected m the coming Congress elections. Commenting on the reports that a "rebel" group was plotting to oust him from the Presidentship, Mr. Sambanthan said it was important that at
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  • 41 2 KLANG, Wed. Applications for the 1958-1959 session at the Muslim College are now being accepted, it was announced yesterday. They may be sent to the secretary before the end of May. The new session begins on July 27.
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    • 1175 2 NOTICE VACANCIES IN SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 1. RAFFLES LIBRARY. LIBRARY OFFICERS. Salary scale: $225x15-255/295x15-385/425x20-505/555x25-655 p.m. Chartered Librarians or Holders of the pass degree of the University of Malaya with equivalent will enter the scale at $355/- p.m.. Holders of an Honours Degree of the University of Malaya or its equivalent
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    • 261 2 NOTICES NASSIM CO., LIMITED will sell by Public Auction m the godown of East Asiatic Co., Limited 25, Saiboo Street, Singapore on Thursday, 3rd April, 1958, at 10 a.m.. A Number of Teak Counters; Writing Tables, Large and Small Sizes; Sliding-Door Storage Cupboards etc. Re: TAN CHUAN HENG, Deceased. ALL
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 450 3 STUDENTS of all categories today seem to be regarded more as a menace than as the citizens of tomorrow. The more high-handed the authorities are m their attitude towards students the more rebellious they will become. This is an ominous sign, because such treatment tends to breed
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    • 444 3 WHEN Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told members of the Raffles Girls' School Civics Club that his party might consider going to the people for a mandate at the next general elections to give equal pay to men and women m professional fields, he was treading
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  • 57 3 itAC OMICI ii, Ltn- lack Ktn KOM. VpOf« A PO 8o» No »56d Cafcies -l»CtwNt>A^>' Id* 2548) 15 'Inn) All dtp»rim«nti «UAL« LUMPUR Chma Iraumct Ulc«.. 174 Ban. «*o telethon* B«i6* "25 93. Cov^r St Fel: iBiS -\fNANC. 8 Le.tn St Tel: OT M «r. 4055
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  • 905 3  -  J. Hako Ferguson H PORT OF SPAIN T'HE near victory of the Democratic Labour Party m the West Indian Federal elections has not only taken local political prophets by surprise; it has caused alarm and despondency to most liberal-minded people and has dumbfounded the formerly
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  • 1914 3 Patrick O f Donovan analyses the American Recession WASHINGTON THERE is a mystery at the heart of the American recesssion. No one knows for sure its extent, how long it will last, or even what has caused it. Yet there is one compelling fact that all understand: more
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  • 87 3 Shorts From the Talks Thinking Straight "I FEEL that human beings are rather like cars, and unless we have perfect control over the steering wheel, by which I mean our thinking, we are bound to run into an accident." Evelyn Laye. the actress, speakino <n the BBC programme "Woman's Hour
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    400 3 SADSDFASDFSAD CPEAKING last week at a meeting of the Rural Board. A. L. V. Swaine put forward the suggestion that the control of the island's public utility services should not be left m the hands of party politicians. In fact, nothing intended for the public good should, because
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  • 379 4 Emphasis To Be Placed On Malayan Angles A NEW syllabus covering subjects taught m Singapore primary and secondary schools will be implemented by the Government next year whereby more emphasis will be laid on Malayan aspects. A spokesman for the Inspectorate of the Education Ministry
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  • 269 4 Union Accuses City Council THE 2,500-strong Singapore* City Council Services Union last night charged the "Peoples' Action Partydominated Council with intimidating" its members. In a statement last night, the Union's Secretary, Mr. P. Ramasamy. alleged that "certain local senior officers are deputized by the Council to intimidate the union members."
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  • 141 4 A YOUNG girl became "very depressed" soon after she received a thrashing from her mother for quarrelling with her younger sister, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. Subsequently, the girl. Tan Chua Tee. of Lavender Street, unsuccessfully tried to end her life by drinking
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  • 141 4 Expats Serve One-Week Ultimatum THE Singapore City Council Senior Officers' Association will serve a one- week ultimatum on the Council today to revise the transport allowance rate. If the Council fails to revise the rates within the stipulated period, all senior officers (expatriates) will not use their own transport for
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  • 36 4 HONGKONG, April 2. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $16.09 to £1 Sterling $5.***** to US$l $1,846 to Malayan $1; $0,112 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252.75 to a tael.
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  • 44 4 A WOMAN inmate of the Trafalgar Home. Singapore, was robbed of cash and jewellery worth $200 after being held up at dagger point yesterday. The woman. Lok Ah Poh. was gagged and tied up after which her room was ransacked.
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  • 57 4 TATJANA, a five-foot-one dancer from Tahiti, last night gave Singapore nightclubbers an exhibition of hula m the Tahltian style. The Tahitian hula has nothing m common with the hula as it is danced m Hawaii It is a frenzied wriggling gyration that, somehow, retains the basic
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  • 116 4 WASTE OF FUNDS. SAYS NEGARA KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. The Trengganu branch of Party Negara today charged that the appointment of a Deputy Mentri Besar was "a financial waste and an administrative superfluity." Yesterday, the Sultan of Trengganu installed Inche Ibrahim Fikri bin Haji Mohamed m this post. "The move is
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  • 75 4 GOH LAM SENG, alias Ah Seng, was yesterday remanded for one week by a Singapore Court after three tentative charges of gang robbery were read out and explained to him. Goh, with five others was alleged to have robbed Pardi bin Ahmad Sajo, Koh Goo and
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  • 150 4 SINGAPORE Party Ra'ayat's political Committee will soon meet to discuss what compulsory voting will achieve if it is introduced into this territory. A prominent member of the Party said yesterday that though the party's leadership believed that compulsory voting would be advantageous it was, however,
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  • 205 4 We Want A Report On Defeat Alliance KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Alliance five-man investigation committee head- d by Defence Minister Duo Abdul Razak has asked Aliiance candidate. Mr. Gurc .1 Singh, for a report on his c> feat at the recent Municipj election here. Mr. Gurdial Singh was dpfeated by
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  • 159 4 TWENTY-FOUR artistes of a Singapore revue are among the first m the Colony to receive free legal aid, although the Legal Aid Bill has not yet been made law. The artistes have approached Government to help them recover their wages which
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  • 234 4 4 Seamen Disobeyed Orders FOUR seamen, after a seven-month-long trial on a joint charge of wilfully disobeying the lawful order of their chief officer, on board the Br freighter, Gervase Sleigh, on June 12, last year, were f r guilty m the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterday. They were Wee
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  • 106 4 $30,000 BAIL FORFEITED A MAN placed on bail pending trial onacharee of possessing 144 pound raw opium, six years had left the Colony and is very unlikely to return his trial, a Singapore i was told yesterday. He was Teo Geok Seng. 42. who is alleged to be m Bangkok
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  • 252 5 ROBBERS SAID: WE WILL RETURN LOOT SOME DAY -WITNESS MAN said at a prelimlmquiry yesterday that m n who entered his q Frankel Avenue and vellery worth nearly told him: "Should we one day. we will rewhat we have taken." D See Yarn of Frankel ue. was testifying Poh Chwee.
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  • 50 5 A SINGAPORE fitter. Chan Soo. 21. told Police yesthat while he was i on a fence near the U Road two approached him and mded that he produce :rse. .en he refused, the two forcibly removed the After removing $44 from It threw the article away and left.
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  • 222 5 THE OPHIR, 4,256 tons, one of the 36 KPM ships impounded by the Indonesian Government m December last year and released only a few days ago, arrived m Sin gapore yesterday from Tandjong Priok. She was manned by a skeleton crew of 16 Dutchmen, instead
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  • 78 5 THERE will be no delivery of letters or parcels on Good Friday, and onLy one delivery on> Saturday. The Post Offiie will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon on Good Friday, Saturday and Monday. Except for Joo Chiat, Kandang Kerbau, Orchard Road. Tiong
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  • 315 5 THE Singapore City Council will ask Government for additional powers to deal with unauthorized attap houses built m the City area. At the Council meeting yesterday. unanimous approval was given to a decision of the Estates and Building Committee decision to approach
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  • 126 5 THE SINGAPORE Harbour Board Staff Association yesterday appealed to all its members to pay up their subscriptions. In a circular to members the association's secretary. Mr. Jamit Singh, stated that the Association could continue to function only with the "full co-operation" of
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  • 453 5 BUND MAN IS THE SUPREME TRIAD CHIEF, COURT TOLD 54- YEAR-OLD blind man, Tan Hong Piew, who appeared m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on two charges relating to the notorious triad society the "Ang Bin Huay" was allegedly identified as supreme headman of the society m Malaya. Tan
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  • 213 5 FORMER POLICE OFFICER JAILED A FORMER police officer, M. Suppiah, 50, was yesterday sentenced m the Singapore Assize Court to three years' jail for attempting to extort $100,000 from a businessman. Makhanlall Mahawar. Mr. Justice Knight, m passing sentence, told Suppiah that he had committed a grave offence. He added:
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  • 99 5 BURGLARS 'FAREWELL' TO CONSUL LESS than 12 hours after his house m Maryland Drive was burgled, a vice-consul of the Indonesian Consulate, Mr. S. Partodiero, left Singapore yesterday for Jakarta on transfer. Mr. Partodiero. had been m the Colony for four-and-half-years as head of the shipping department of the consulate.
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  • 31 5 THE University ol Malaya Law Society. Singapore, will hold a forum on "Should voting be made compulsory" at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall at 8.30 p.m. on April 8.
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  • 1236 6 No Alternative If 10,000 Down Tools, Council Is Told THE Singapore City Council was yesterday warned by a senior departmental official that if the threatened strike of the IG.OOO-strong Federation of City Council Labour Unions was to materialize, the Council would have no
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  • 91 6 THE First Battalion of the South Walps Borderers, which had served m Malaya since September 1955, yesterday left for Britain aboard the troopship Dilwara. The Battalion with 440 men, will on their return be presented with new Colours by the Queen, an Army spokesman said yesterday. Since
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  • 197 6 Committee Decision Confirmed SINGAPORE City Council yesterday confirmed a committee decision to abolish all posts of deputy heads of departments as and when they fell vacant. Earlier, urging the Council to rescind the committee decision, Councillor Mr. S.M. Vasagar, (Lib.-Soc.) says that heads and
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  • 25 6 A HUNTER, Sam Ah Kow, 25, of Bukit Tinggl, Bentong, was burgled early yesterday. A wrist-watch, fountain-pen and $110 cash were reported stolen.
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  • 452 6 C.A.O.'s POWERS IN CONFIRMING JOBS TO BE REMOVED SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided on a majority vote, to take away from the Chief Administra tive Officd the power to confirm appointments of junior members of the Council staff who had completed their This action was taken on a Staff Committee
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  • 149 6 Two Walk Out During Discussion TWO Workers Par cillors yesterday left the C cil Hall when a comdecision was discussed. The decision was to n Mr. K. Nankivell as the l cil's nominated arbitral: connection with a with Messrs. Ahong Contion Company over a cor' During question time. Councillor Mr.
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  • 249 7 Motorist Knocked Down Own Brother A MOTORIST who knocked down a cyclist one dark night, found, to his horror, that it was his brother, he had hurt, a Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. The victim died the following day m hospital. The motorist. Lim Chye Kirn, 20, told the
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  • 255 7 ELECTIONS OPEN TO GOV. MEN They Can Retire Without Loss Ot Benefits SINGAPORE Government officers over the age of 40 or who have completed 15 years' service, may be allowed to resign with full retirement benefits m order to contest the next general elections. This has been agreed tor m
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  • 164 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber price* (cents per lb.) m Singa: pore yesterday were: Bo vers Sellers Spot 77g- 778 R.S.S. No. 1 771 771 May R.S.S. No. 1 77* 771 R.S.S No. 2 April 73 731 R.S.S. No. 3 69i 70 Tone: Very quiet. The price ol tin lo
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  • 305 7 ONLY one man turned up at the public hearing on objections m regard to the Singapore District Councils electoral register yesterday. His objection was sustained and one name was struck out. The man, Mr. Wee Chee Lim. of 237. Joo Chiat Road, told
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  • 150 7 Vegetables: New Varieties HIGH-YIELDING vegetables from the equatorial and sub-tropical countries all over the world will soon be introduced m Singapore to imDrove the quality, quantity and variety of the Colony's vegetable output. Disclosing this to The Standard yesterday. Singapore's Agricultural Officer Mr. T. E. Cobb said local vegetable production
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  • 65 7 THE University of Malaya yesterday announced that five students have passed the Third examination for the degree of Bachelor of Science m Engineering. They are: Chen Hung, Chong Sim Chin, Lee Mun Thong, Lee Yong Siang and Ng Kirn Chua Five other candidates Loo Yew Ann,
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  • 36 7 THE Chinese YMCA will present a programme of recorded Passon Music today. Maundy Thursday, at 8 o.m. at the Auditorium. Shenton Way. The programme will include works of Bach and Handel. Admission is free.
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  • 103 7 BRITAIN IS AHEAD. HE SAYS BRITAIN today is well ahead of the rest of the world m development of all propulsion and nuclear projects. This was stated by Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, former British Air Ministry's Vice-Chief of Air Staff, m Singapore yesterday. Sir Ralph, now head of
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  • 51 7 THE Rural Board of Singapore has formally approved a scheme to provide electricity to residents of Malay Farm m Geylang. A statement issued by Singapore Government yesterday said the Trustees of the Malay Farm have also conditionally agreed to the installation of overhead lines m the
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  • 221 7 SINGAPORE'S total vegetable output this year is expected to be 25,000 tons, which is 1,000 tons more than yearß Disclosing this to The Standard yesterday, Singapore's Agricultural Officer, Mr. T. E. Cobb, said the total acreage under vegetable cultivation m the colony was now
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    • 60 1 STANDARD SUPPLEMENT April I.USI Mpl |i»- 4m%lBmm*mm\ ifcfJiiß^^ M§k mm. I ECONOMY RUN l# 1 APRIL w MALAYApfe=£g> mom i 1 WBalaya's only IMI 1958 ROUTE j National fill MobUga* ECONOMY BUN V 1 fl 111 g STA T ov««h,cht Motoring Event |||J FJ CHECKPOINT REFUILUNC STOP Singapore 1 I
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    • 1914 2  -  PEGASUS (By The Hustle And Bustle Before Off ...And Then There Were Sixteen Out IJE STOOD there, the man with the Malayan flag tacked to a yard-long stick. Behind him, m a 200-yard long cavalcade, were 73 cars black cars, green cars, red cars,
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    • 752 3  - A WORLD RECORD 52 Differnt car Models PETER WONG By ABOUT THIS TTME ot the year Singapore motoring events get into full swing and April 5 and 6 will be THE day for the 77 entrants m the third annual Classic Malayan Economy Run over a course of approximately 555
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    • 701 3 CLASS I -Under 1,000 cc. NAME CLUB MAKE MODEL YEAR CC. Peng Tsu Ying A.A.S Goliath 1956 900 Young D. K. A.A.S. Standard 10 1955 948 Pennison, John F.M.C. Morris Minor 1000 1956 948 I «Ii !ce S.M.C. Goliath Wagon 1956 900 Chua Sui Kwang P.M.C. Austin
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      • 82 3 S4 ORCHARD ROAO. SINCAPORE PHONE ***** */f*H4} oi tk. Rood" A iNSPEaiON JL\ A _#JBlL HORM *t*Bfe=JC •ml SPORTS COIL JL MIRRORS tto^J^^ REFLEX REFLEaORS FILLER **ST3SO RER4 RER2 The abridged range of Lucas King of the Road Motoralities shown m this advertisement, offers suggestions to complete or improve the
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    • 305 4 Given Honour He Richly Deserves AMONGST the first entries received for the 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run was that of courageous Peng Tsu Ying. One of the stars of last year's Run. Peng Tsu Ying earned himself the third place m Class I of the
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    • 594 4 WHAT THE RUN MEANS TO YOU THERE IS no room tor waste m times like the^e The Mobilgas Economy Run points the way to savings for you. The 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run is a rugged, impartial test of economy and performance of representative car makes and models. It establishes
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    • 272 4 1955: 2. Grand Prize, 1, A Bussens; 2. Chia Eng Quee; 3. T. R Keene Class I—l. W A. Raby: 2 C F. Sawyer; 3 Champion Motors Ltd Class 2—l. G o h Tong Hee: 2 M D Canavan; 3. Lim Tai Tim Class 3—l. A.
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      • 380 4 Why users call it the BATTEEV* rVTDA ICC From its microporous plastic Porvic separators ti^ I ll*f\ LIIC virtually everlasting m battery service. Separators that can't wear out mean greatly prolonged battery life. Sir PIfTR A ET\/\IAI l"f% From its special high-discharge Exidc plates, made tyVIIll /t I Wt X
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      • 216 4 BRING YOUR PRESENT CAR UP-TO-DATE REGARDLESS OF y^^^^m^^^^^S^, YEAR OR MAKE /^W//^ ;<^^:-^!^^^ £B*aa_«a*a*«a*Haßßnß**nwßaj|MfM* fl 4% dfimV A\K Awm**\\m\\ *#%k m\mm\ AmmV mm 1 mm aamOT mm m t ill m 1 ft 1 m\ S mw II mV I I m\\ mmSmmmm De Luxe Champion JjjMJSMI Tubeless Tyres MplSi
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    • 429 5 THE RUN ISA LAB ON WHEELS -:RE i s a good reason Mobilgas Economy s known inside the obi'e industry as the -.tory on wheels'. Beof experience gained the years m this run, ilga* companies' :ne is more than o'.e of doing its job. automobiles m the ive road test
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    • 280 5 Goodyear the world's first aJ-rayon and all-nylon tyre carcases knew that they faced one ot the biggest problems of their careers. If they could succeed—the industry would take its biggest step forward since the development of tubeless tyres. Millions of dollars were allocated to the project
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    • 361 5 SINCE THE inception of the Mobilgas Economy Run m 1955, the consistent performance of Rover cars indicates the possibility of a Rover success this year. In the list of starters are a number of Rovers and heading this list will be a Rover '60' behind whose
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    • 29 5 On their 500 mile run entra nts will pass a driver with no petrol worries but whose "steeds" amble along not caring for other road users.
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    • 370 5 THE Mobilgas Economy Run is designed to demonstrate the fuel economy of which well tuned, well maintained and carefully driven modern production cars are capable, when run over varied public roads using a premium grade of pump fuel and a high quality lubricant. The ton-mile-per-gallon
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      • 73 5 Shines tf our cor tn one east/ operation JOHNSON'S DEEP GLOSS CARNU and CAR-PLATE Deep gloss Carnu is the ideal polish for protect- C^3Bi9 cellulose and for giving your car a brilliant Shme aafl K^^^^^H a^^ For a hard, long lasting, I easy to apply finish, use B^lldS s>*t9 mmmAWlr
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      • 167 5 X l|| FIAT jL Greater protection/ and greater performance foryourQar 4 40^ ~2fLWL\ MOBILUBRICATION and all \^T^j^et'^^\ 6 MOBIL products Wrm Mobiloil are recommended tor all FIATS THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD. Motor Division Sole Distributors for FIAT cars and trucks and VESPA scooters throughout Singapore, the Federation of Malaya,
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    • 456 6 Britain— l9s7: Class 1 (up to 1000 cc) Dyna Panhard 46 60 m.pg Class 2 (louo cc 1600 cc) Peugeot 403 40.97 m.pg Class 3 (1600 cc 2600 cc) Sunbeam Mark 111 32.32 m.p g Class 4 (over 2600 cc) Austin A 105 33 60 tn
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    • 146 6 5 WOMEN WHO DARE THE MEN FIVE women are among those taking part m the event. Three of them are from Singapore, the wellknown motorist, Joy Landymore who drives the biggest car m the Run, a Pontiac Laurentian m Class IV. Mrs Morley (Alpha Romeo) and Mrs. L. Kulkarni (Ford
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    • 175 6 Lubrication has a double purpose. First it provides a protective film between moving parts, reducing wear, adding years of service. Secondly, it reduces power loss due to friction. This loss occurs at every bearing and gear, adding up to an expensive and fuel-wasting total if
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    • 358 6 TECHNIQUE OF ECONOMY RUN DRIVERS The technique of good anticipation or. as some call it, "look ahead driving" will be the keynote of men at the wheel of the competing cars m the Malayan Fourth Mobilgas Economy Run to be over 555 miles between Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Singapore
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      • 152 6 INDISPUTABLE \B^^L THE BEST P^l 4 TODAY m\\\\*^A&^M*tLmr*\\f Z±JaWW z^^s^^^^*~*l-Sss^ K^^l m\^AAJAt^r J*t aaa»*^Sa^^^^^ ___,^^^^aa«^jsaaV' LV^^xVLsfll a**^ r *^^^E^B Haw* LAND CRUISER V Sole Agents: ASIA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Road, Singapore. Tel: ***** 39G32 Kuala Lumpur Distributors: ASIA MOTOR COMPANY, Jalan Dua off Sungei Besi Road,
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      • 63 6 rr" in.i^^^^M mAm\w\ m m^mWm /^H^" [^^ammmmW nffi Am\ W& mSSs .Am w Am Mmm >'■ FICTOR Available now at: SINGAPORE MALACCA SEREMBAN KUALA LUMPUR IPOH BUTTERWORTH PENANG K. BELAIT JESSELTON KUCHING Victor Standard $stBBo/5 t 880/- and Victor Super $6,200/* (including 10% lax) Singapore and Federation \Jrrchcard motor company
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    • 17 7 Dawn Drink Doughnut A long drink of Milo and a doughnut for entrants before reporting to cars.
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    • 266 7 1899— A fifty mile run starting and finishing at Richmond. Twenty-five entries; 18 finished; winner Mors 32 m.p.g. (37.6 ton-m.p.g. 1900— A 1.000-mile run starting and finishing m London and passing through Bristol. Birmingham, Manchester Carlisle, Newcastle, Sheffield and Nottingham. 1902-1906 Annual Reliability Trials held
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      • 319 7 mmmmm m mm>m*Z\ZmmT*^B^mm\ J|^j^*.^^\ MW^» AmmW^l *W^F -s^/f fo #'ye Me greatest /Am Ja£\m tyre performance m the world mmmmmm^_ Here > s toe most luxurious tyre of all time jX^AjV^yVv So strong, so swift, so silent, and so safe, this yk M^ {^Ov^Ss^ magnificent tyre is distinctive m every
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      • 34 7 1958 LLOYD 600 ALEXANDER 55 miles per gallon 66 miles per hour Only $700/ Down Payment end Easiest Terms Available Consult:— GCAN SOON TRANSPORT CO LTD.. 28 Anson Roaa. Singapore, Tel:— ***** ***** *****.
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    • 102 8 MR. Edgar Bailey, President of the Singapore Motor Club Committee organizing the 1958 Mobilgas Economy Run. He i s also a scrutineer. MR. Geoff Morton, who is the other official scrutineer. EACH CAR has four passengers and is weighed up to 750 lbs. Ballast (shown above)
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    • 175 8 Observance Of The Law Important OFFICIAL competition rules of this event require strict adherence to all traffic laws and regulations throughout the route m the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, Competitors must ensure that their third party insurance covers them for the Event, and must provide documentary proof of this
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 87 8 THE NEW 4 STROKE 4 CYLINDER GOLIATH "ooce JUST RECEIVED FOR PERFORMANCE. ELEGANCE AND ECONOMICAL TO OWN. ONLY $1000/- DOWN PAYMENT. Front Wheel drive, reliability, safety and trustworthy. Economical running of the car gives you a driving mode and the characteristic driving qualities. HOOcc KOMBI afjr tf i j ry
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      • 296 8 S*aaa^ ~^Ar^^&^L^^^^^^ m mm m^ x *Jw/^^R^. Tjj In step with the stars The Omega Constellation is one of man's finest day life, on your wrist, their skill m designing and efforts to duplicate, on a miniature scale, the inex- regulating watches results m a degree of accuracy orable regularity
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    • 303 9 Coconut Growers Seek Aid KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —A delegation representing the people owning 53,000 acres of coconut smallholdings m Sabak Bernam today called on the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. to ask for protection from competition. Led by Mr. Yap Hong Tin, the smallholders urged government
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    • 56 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying T.T. 32-1/16, O.D. 32-3 16, 90 days airmail 32-1/2 credit bills. 32-5/8 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready were: French Francs *****: Belgian Francs 1616-1/2: Holland Guilders 123-3/8; Italian Lire
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    • 65 9 TWO top technical supervisors of the National Cash Register Company m Dayton, America are m Singapore on a three-week visit. Mr. P.V. Shoe (left) the company's overseas technical supervisor, and Mr. K.L. Goodwin. Far East technical supervisor, will also visit the Federation. They will see
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    • 202 9 LONDON, April 2, Reuter A British investment group, headed by Millionaire Mr. Isaec Wolfson, has bought the Shell Company of Palestine outright, it was announced here yesterday. The group, IWOL Invest- ments, is believed to be paying about £5,000,000 sterling for the company,
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    • 113 9 A QUIET day was reported for the Singapore rubber market yesterday. International first grade April shipment closed at 77| cents per lb., i cent above Tuesday. The market opened slightly lower on disappointing overseas advices and ruled quiet. There was fair interest m offgrades. but levels were mostly
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    • 31 9 OSLO, April 2. Norway reduced its foreign debt by 154,--000.000 kroner (£7,700 000) la^t year, to reach a total of 2.365,000,000 kroner (£118.200.--000 as of Dec. 31. 1957. Reuter.
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    • 172 9 ALL sections of the Malayan share market were easier and barely steady at the lower levels yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Fraser Neave Ords. 2.64 2.68 W. Hammer 1.72 1.76 Henry Waugh 1.48 1.52 Hume Industries Ords. A4/9
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    • 202 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following- business done: Fed. Disp. $2.30; F. N ords. $2.65 overnight and yesterday^ Gammon $2.35. $2.34: Hammer $1.74; Jackson $135; M. Breweries $3.52 i to $3.55; M. Cement $1.30. $131; M. Colls. 81c: McAlister $1.40- M. Box $1.65; OCBC $20}; Robinson ords. $1.70
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    • Finance And Commerce
      • 295 9 Applies Clamp On Others WASHINGTON, April 2, Reuter The Bureau of Foreign Commerce (BFC) of the Commerce Department yesterday announced the easing of export controls over some United States materials and also the tightening of restrictions on overseas shipments of othei U.S. equipmentß BFC
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      • 20 9 GAS-WELDING equipment and oxy-propane cutting and heating apparatus using liquid petroleum gas will soon be made m Australia.
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      • 435 9 HIGHER RATIO USAGE OF SYNTHETIC IN U.S. REPORTED WASHINGTON, April 2. (UP) The Commerce Department said on Monday that the United States has been using a larger percentage of synthetic rubber, relative to the natural product, since the Government sold its synthetic rubber factories to private industrialists m 1955. The
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      • 107 9 ASSISTANT export manager of Carr Co. Ltd., British biscuit manufacturers, Mr. A. Ramsey, reports an increasing business for the firm m the Far East. Mr. Ramsey is m Singapore, visiting Guthrie and Co. Ltd., Malaya and Borneo agents for the biscuits. Mr. Ramsey said
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      • 98 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were copra April May UK Continent $303 buyers $31 J sellers; coconut oil m bulk $46 sellers; m drums $50 sellers; Muntok white pepper $126 sellers; Sarawak white 51 25 sellers; Special Sarawak black $72. ti.C.ti. Ltd. closing
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      • 396 9 1 THE FLYING fe^»MlS._fc^ > DUTCHMAN J^r>iS___Er SOON yL II f A^T T* mi j~l a KUALA LUMPUR j to ALL EUROPE J UATCH FOR COMMENCEMENT DATE Mf :Kj LY^M z k^m y Jl? tml m\rm mm V fc3_Bt/i£%\ ■VlssaPl V tor tarn f~U*mt*om o* Malaya. Pr VA Hi In
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      • 229 9 Land-Rover leads the field &&¥;%_____B EL °_L. *^Swß &&tts^_Bf V*Tfe^~lp£StSa :;^~-^Jiii_p \r;; At >> Introduced m 1948, the 4-wheel drive Th_*l*-_?£ HO £lll_<_i__t_B* Land-Rover has won a world-wide reputation *9 9MW9%iijU%v for toughness and reliability. The fact that 4-W*% A __ft%_*_*l <| H i U A it has been called
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      • 141 9 OUTER ROADS Tokyo Maru. Chun An. Atreus, Saibalong. Yochow. Ophir. Cheju, South Birch, Karossa, Felipes. Yamamura Maru, Ocean Fortune, Periis. Japara, Tee s Breeze, Zemlesos. Calt. Adelaide. Bremerton, Angarges, Leda Maersk, Tyndareus, Aizu Maru, Neocardia, Lapaz, Houtman, Flamina. Bridesbay, Glory. Cal. Bombay. Arkeldijk. Van Neck, Kaloekoe. Fernhill. Siaoe, Horvo Maru.
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    • 1268 10 BALANCE-SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER. 1957 I CAPITAL AND UAB.L.T.ES PROPERTY AND ASSETS I H, n p. Rt. nP. X SArJT5 A rJ T^ L !ir RS P P CASH !n hond ond with' Reserve Bonk of India and State Bank 932 60,793 09 5
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      • 836 10 1 H. A. CCRRIMBHOY, T. R. LALWANI. Bombay, 6th February. 1958. Chief Accountant General Manager TENDER NOTICES NOTICES THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.M.S Cap 137) IPOH TOWN COUNCIL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed under Section 144 of the Town Boards Enactment to amend the Ipoh Approved
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      • 108 10 PERAK MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. TENDERS INVITED. TENDERS are invited for the making-up of uniforms for the Perak Medical Department for 1958. With each tender a Government Treasury Receipt for a cash deposit of $100/--must be sent Deposits are to be made with any Government Treasury m the State of Perak and
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      • 137 10 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDER CITY ARCHITECT BUILDING SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT: Tenders are invited for Terrazzo Paving W internal floors and skir: walls of various Pubic veniences throughout the City The Contract is divided ii to 4 sections and a contra^' cr may submit tenders for all of them Specifications and
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    • 2649 11  -  WINDSOR LAD By Trainer Hobbs Scores On Jamito Artina, Too CHAMPION sprinter Distine, owned by Mr. W. McGregor Watt, scored a icular win when he made light the 9.12 burden to annex the main six furrace for Class One sprinters at Bukit Timah yesterday, second
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    • 597 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A total of 155 entries has been entered for the Selangor Turf Club April meeting to be held here on April 12, 16 and 19. HORSES CLASS 3. l>t Run 2nd Run Abt. ||t 7f. 6L lim X Da'.e X X
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      • 152 11 You never know when you'll need Elastoplast FIRST AID DRESSINGS (now ventilated to let wounds breathe) You can't be too careful with cuts, scratches or grazes. Clean the wound and put on Elastoplast -the dressing doctors use. Elastoplast stops the bleeding and guard* against infection while die wound heals. IN
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    • 366 12 BASSEY KNOCKS OUT MORENO. Nine-minute Savage Attack Stuns The little Bird' By RONALD BATCHELOR LOS ANGELES, April 2, (Reuter)— Hogan (Kid) Bassey, the Nigerian world featherweight champion, blasted his Mexican challenger, Ricardo (Pajarito) Moreno to oblivion m less than nine minutes m his first defence of the world title at
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    • 179 12 Kramer Is Davis Cup Coach SAN FRANCISCO. April 2 (AFP) James Moffett, chairman of the United States Davis Cup selection committee, yesterday appointed Jack Kramer the professional player-promoter as coach for the American Davis Cup tennis team. Moffett asked Kramer to take the young hope Barry Mackay under his wing
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    • 53 12 KAMPAR. Wednesday— Mr. N Ramalingam of the Anglo-Chin-ese School, Kampar. was elected President of the South Perak Schools' Sports Council at Kampar Others elected to the committee were: Vice-presidents: Inche Ahmad bin Abdul Wahab and Mr. Gong Ngie Dong. Secretary: Mr. Saw Thian Bee: Treasurer: Mr.
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    • 80 12 MILWAUKEE. April 2 (AFP) Three of Japan's top flyweight boxers Sada Yaoita, Masaji Iwamoto and Hitoshi Misako were respectively ranked third, fourth and seventh challengers for the world flyweight crown held by Argentina's Pascual Perez, hi the National Boxing Association's ratings published here today. Thailand's Pone Kingpetch
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    • 20 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The last and final Selangor Hockey Association state trial was washed out by heavy rain.
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    • 47 12 PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, April 2. (Reuter)— The Australian Rugby Union touring te^m beat Stanford University 12-3 m the final match of their U.S. tour here yesterday. They were level 3-3 at half time. The tourists leave by air for home today. Daryl Cohen.
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    • 67 12 IPOH. Wed.— King's Dragoon Guards and 2nd Infantry Workshops R.E.M.E. drew one-all m a hard fought Army Caldbeck Cup knockout soccer competition on the Town Padang today. REME opened the score through inside right K. Rose but the Guards equalised when Brownlee scored Just before halftime. Play
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    • 95 12 RESULTS of last night's basketball tournament matches at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre were: C 5 Student Weekly 54 Fire 30; C 6 Chee Teck 55 ACS 61: C 7 Prince Edward Boys Club 41 Tau Yew 57; C 8 Shin Mm OBA 39 Sorong 52; B
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    • 105 12 Aussie Lifter In The Colony AUSTRALIA will be represented by a strong sevenman weightlifting contingent to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff and "should do very well." This was stated by Daryl Cohen, the 22-year-old Australian middleweight champion who is now m the Colony. Cohen, ranked fifth m
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    • 65 12 A GOAL scored by Weng Chong midway m the second half enabled Malayan Airways to draw 1-1 with N.T.S. m a SBHFA Div. 3 league soccer match played on the Padang yesterday. N.T.S. led 1-1 at half-time through Hu bin Mohd. National Carbon *A* was awarded
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    • 53 12 ATLANTA. Georgia. April 2 (AFP) Pancho Gonzales beat Lew Hoad here on Monday to take a 26 to 23 match lead m the 100 match professional tennis tournament. Scores m Monday's match were 3—6. 6—2, 6—l. The match was watched by 4.800 people, the largest tennis crowd
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    • 279 12 SCHOOLMASTER, policeman, company director, accountant, garage proprietor sales executive, process worker clerk, hospital attendant Air Force. Army, engineer, housewife, mechanic radio technician, pilot the> are just a few of the vocations represented by driiers and observers who will take part m the 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy
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    • 125 12 New Name For S. E.-Asia Boxing CALCUTTA, April 2, (Reuter) —The Asian and Australian amateur boxing championships will be held here m the first week of December 1959 it was announced here. The tournament, held last year m Rangoon under the name of the South-east Asian Boxing Championships, has now
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    • 57 12 GENERAL Headquarters, FARELF. trounced Singapore Base District by eight wickets m an in'.er-unit cricket match at Tanglin yesterday. Feature of the match was a hat-trick by Sharp. SBD. 48. (Worthington 15 Ahearne five for 16. Flood two for 6 and Sharp three for 5). GHQ FARELF.
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    • 310 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor Chlne.se Recreation Club, reigning champions, scored their second successive win when they swamped Tamilian Physiol Culture Association by s—l m a FAS first division league match on the Princes Road stadium grouad t«| dav______________________________________________________________________| The Recs showed vastly improved form from their
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 12 Royal Air Force Changi boxing team left by Hastings aircraft on Tuesday for a boxing contest at Katunayake, Ceylon. The boxers were selected from the R.A.F. Changi winning team that won the F.E.A.F. open and novices championships this year. They were accom rianied by Warrant Officer Charles Moss, as manager
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    • 376 12 SIDNEY, April 2 (UP) Australia may be the place where swimming stars are made, but it does not seem to be too healthy for the swimming coaches. In recent weeks, two of Aus-' tralia's top line coaches. Don Talbert. trainer of the famous Konrad
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 248 12 vj Luxurious Lower-Deck Lounge —■only on Pan American's President Service to the U.S.A. Here m the attractive downstairs club lounge of your Super "Strato" Clipper* you chat with fellow passengers... sip your favorite refreshment from the bar. At the cocktail hour Pan American serves you chilled Champagne and hot tasty
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      • 72 12 X JH&.* The blazing story of the mS 4* ranch kings who drove 1 JJ^gyj^ new roads empire across ljp* i-_#*P^fi the untamed West! fl joel mccre A I f^M fa T GLQRIA TALBOTT DON HAGGERTY 4c %*mm 'Ti^m^ m INema Scope 4C *Od«CWO, 0-K.Mt- \TI fN DE M C
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    • Page 12 Miscellaneous
      • 39 12 SINGAPORE IPOH SOCCER: Division 2A RAF SOCCER— Div. two— 3 Coy. Seletar vs Balestier United R-A.S.C. vs. 95 F.8.R./L— Toirn padang. Div. 3 at STC: CA "A" vs YMSA Sengat Estate vs. 2 Workshop at Geylang. Lower Coronation ground.
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    • 481 13 Men vs. the Bomb rpHE British public Lf nearly always prepared, with a few .rumbles, to leave politics the politicians. But now the hydrogen bomb dominate politics and public opinion has broken loose from Parliament into all kinds of other areas ■ass meetings, referenliums. protest marches, i.illup Polls almost as
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    • 1718 13 The Danger AheadHH By Our Own Correspondent m India A S COMMUNISTS m Kerala— the first State m India to give them a trial are about to complete their first year m office, the world is once again closely scrutinising that area for signs of "the revolutionary progress"
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      • 590 13 TODAY'S QUOTATION: "High birth is a thing I _R*l^ which I never know anyone to disparage except those I who had it not: and I never I Rii^^^^BJ knew anyone to make a I H^M ffi .I^H boast of it who had any- I __^^__j |f^l t_^_W__| thing to be
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    • WORLD NEWS
      • 238 14 WASHINGTON, April 2, (UP) Diplomatic sources reported yesterday that the 16 Allied nations which fought under the United Nations flag m Korea have decided to ask Communist China for clarification of its proposal for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from botn
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      • 90 14 LONDON. April 2 (UP).— Former Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Snawcross, formally resigned from the House of Commons yesterday lining up another by-election for .the St. Helen's Division, which he has represented as a Labour Member since 1945. Shawcross was Attorney General from 1945 to 1951 and President of
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      • 94 14 Teenagers Baffle US Air Patrol NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuter). Three 15-year-old boys managed to break through the whole elaborate security system of Fort Wadsworth, the Air Defence Headquarters for New York, to steal ammunition for use as rocket propellants, police said. The boys got into the fort, on Staten
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      • 65 14 JOHANNESBURG, April 2 (Reuter)— A mother and her son both graduated at the University of Witwatersrand here recently. The mother. Mrs. Elaine Berger. who as Elaine Levitan was a Springbok hockey player m the '30s. received a B.A. degree while her fel-low-student son. Michael, graduated B.Sc.
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      • 66 14 OSLO, April J?. (Reuter).— Since the Norwegian State Soccer betting pool was established ten years ago Norwegians have betted to a total of 650,000,000 kroner (£32.300.000) of which half has been paid back m 6.300.000 prizes, the biggest of which was 169.610 kroner (£8,480) Of the surplus,
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    • 102 14 LODGE ASSURES ARABS CAIRO, April 2 (Reuter The Syro-Egyptian United Arab Republic has asked that the United Nations Security Council should meet at once if Israel "resumes her aggression" on the Syrian border, the Middle East news agency said last night. It said that at a meeting m New York
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    • 37 14 ROQUELBURNE. Cap. Martin (France), April 2. (UP)-— Sir Winston Churchill will fly to England from the French Riviera on Thursday. He will take a regular air line flight from nearby Nice Airport on Thursday afternoon.
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    • 87 14 P.I. CONGRESS RAPS ENVOY IN JAKARTA MANILA. April 2 (AFP) Philippine Ambassador to Jakarta, Jose Fuentebella. may be ousted from his post as a result of Congressional dissatisfaction over hi s work, the Manila Chronicle reported today. Congress leaders have severely rapped the Philippine Embassy m Jakarta for alleged failure
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    • 296 14 Herbert Morrison Gets In A Sly Dig At Singapore LONDON, April 2, (Reuter) The Labour Opposition last night criticised as "extremely Unadvised a resolution passed by the Maltese Parliament last December calling for a severance of ties with Britain unle-s the British provide alternative work for
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    • 100 14 TV Hits British Cinemas LONDON, April 2, (Reuter) British cinemas last year offered the worst attendance slump ever recorded, the Board of Trade Journal stated. An article In the Journal stated: "To some extent the fall m admissions can be related to the growth of television coverage m the country.
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    • 110 14 UNABLE TO LIVE IN INDONESIA TAIPEI. April 2. (UP).— Twenty-one overseas Chinese from Indonesia arrived m Keelung, Formosa's northern port, on Monday, according to i reports reaching here. They were quoted as saying they "just could not live any longer" m Indonesia and that many others were also planning to
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    • 86 14 She's Most Certainly Anastasia WIESBADEN. Germany. April 2 (UP). Former Bussian Imperial Cavalry Officer. Felix Dassel. said yea terday he is convinced that Mrs. Anna Anderson is Anastasia, daughter of the last Czar He met An.. during World War I when the Czar's daughters regularly visited a military hospital m
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    • 147 14 LONDON. April 2 (AFP)— lcy silence greeted the entiy into the House of Comr. yesterday ol new Lib Member of Parliament. Mr. Mark Bonham Carter, first candidate of his F. to win a by-election for _s* years. Neither Conservative nor Labour benches made any sign
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    • 246 14 INDIA'S Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru meets 2,000 refugee peasants who walked 80 miles m six days to present their grievances to him personally. They complained that the Uttar Pradesh Government had erred m settling them m Hastinapur, which was open to floods every
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    • 51 14 LONDON, April 2, (Reuter) —Britain's Labour Party is organizing a mass demonstration m London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday, April 13. to demand the cessation of nuclear tests. Speakers will include Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Opposition, and Mr. Aneurin Bevan, the Party's Foreign Affairs
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    • 57 14 PARIS. April 2 (Reuter) Airport ground staffs were the first to return to work today of the estimated one million workers, whose 24-hour strike m protest against the mounting cost of living paralysed France's transport and other public services yesterday. The other transport and public service workers are
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    • 125 14 BANGKOK, April 2 (Reuter) The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, Air Marshal Chalermkiat Wattanankulb. described as a "malicious report" a Peking Radio statement that the United States was bringing Matador Missiles to Thailand to intimidate the Thai people. Marshal Chalermkiat said the Matador
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    • 104 14 SAN JOSE, Colifornia April 2, (Reuter)— The chemise "sack" dress has become a political issue among Republicans m California. Delegates to the California Republican Assembly have just adopted the following resolution: Whereas a grave danger exists to the continued leadership of two of California's major
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    • 75 14 MANILA, April 2 (AFP).— Unemployment m the Philippines, now estimated 3t 1.5--million. is worsening because the country's economy can absorb only 180,000 men out of a total increase of 290.000 m the labour force. This was stated m the Senate Finance Committee yesterday by the Labour Secretary
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    • 138 14 QUEEN TOASTS R.A.F. FIGHTER COMMAND LONDON, April 2, (Reuter) —The Queen last night drank a 40th Birthday toast to the Royal Air Force at Fighter Command Headquarters m suburban Stanmore. She was attending the R.A.F. Anniversary Dinner m the company of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret
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    • 86 14 SYDNEY, April 2 (Reuter). Corn cobs with all the colours of the rainbow have been raised by a New South Wales businessman, Mr. T. Titus. One cob had grains m shades of red. nink. mauve and blue. Another contained red, black, white and blue- grey grains. Mr.
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