Singapore Standard, 4 April 1958

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  • 21 1 Singapore Standard Trieohorw *****—5 CobU: TIGERNEWS" SINCAPORE FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 275 15 cts. 12 Poges (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 375 1 TWO INJURED IN MALACCA STRIKE Hooligans Driven Off After Bid To Set Bus Ablaze MALACCA, Thurs. Two persons were injured when bus strikers and hooligans clashed with the Police this morning m one of the worst showdowns since the strike started on Feb. 13. Three men, including
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  • 221 1 COUNCILLOR IGNORES MAYOR'S 'QUIT' ORDER Tense Situation In Council Chamber THE Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan ordered a Labour Front Councillor to quit the Chamber at a meeting of the City Council yesterday. But the Councillor, Mr. Tang Peng Yue, refused to budge. The Mayor then called upon
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  • 112 1 DATE FIXED FOR SIGHTING NEW MOON KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Keeper of the Rulers' Seal announced today that the approved date for he sighting of the new moon throughout the Federation of Malaya for the commencement of Hari Raya Puasa will be on the evening of Friday, April 18. If
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  • 204 1 KLANG, Thurs.— Thirty-six people, including four women, were arrested by the Selangor Special Branch at dawn today when plain clothes officers swooped on a ten-mile area off Meru and Batu Tiga Road. It was the largest mass arrest under the Emergency Regulations. According to
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  • 51 1 photo. IN this picture taken at the Papal summer residence, i ope Pius XII is seen sitting: for a portrait by Scottish painter Leonard Boden. The portrait was completed last year. Painter Boden is a Protestant by faith. He declared: "His Holiness is a marvellous sitter."
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  • 519 1 PAP Stands For Greed, Power Tang Accuses LABOUR FRONT leader Mr. Tang Peng Yeu yesterday walked out of the City Council just as the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, began to address the house. He was accompanied by his three Front colleagues, Messrs. G. B. Armstrong, Ho Kok Hoe and
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  • 79 1 MADRID, April 3 (UP) Spain is prepared to join a Mediterranean pact that would align the strategically placed nations of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa, authoritative sources said today. The possibility of such an alignment has been spotlighted here by a recent French suggestion
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  • 63 1 MELBOURNE, April 3 (Reuter) Sixty civilian employees fled for their lives today when fire engulfed a naval clothing store at Port Melbourne, causing an estimated A£l& million damage Goods destroyed included A£500.000 worth of cloth recently imported from England for naval uniforms, and A£1.000.000 worth of uniforms,
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  • 97 1 SKIPPER ON 'AID REBELS' CHARGE JAKARTA, April 3 (AFP)— The master of the Danish freighter Bretagne which recently called at the rebel-held Sumatran port of Padang. will shortly appear before a special Indonesian court at Jakarta on a charge of "smuggling and aiding the rebels," it was officially announced today.
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  • 151 1 NEW DELHI, April 3 (Reuter).— Prime Minister. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, indicated today that India would have to study atomic weapons m order to protect herself m case they were used by another country. He was addressing a third defence-science conference attended by Mr. V. K.
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  • 68 1 WIFE'S NEAT TRICK TRAPS EXTORTER A SINGAPORE housewife m Geylang lured a man who demanded extortion money into her bedroom, where she locked him m and called the Police yesterday. When the Police arrived another man. who was m a coffee stall opposite her home, ran away. Police chased him
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  • 164 1 It's Back To Red China For 120 Detainees MORE than 120 people detained m Singapore and the Federation under the Banishment Ordinance are soon expected to be packed off to Red China m one ship. Although the Colony Government has completed its list of the banishees to be deported, the
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  • 24 1 THE South Korean Government yesterday announce^ President Syngman Rhee and his wife will visit Saigon between April 9 and 12.— Reuter
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  • 159 1 THOUSANDS of peopl began the big annual Easte by rail, road and air. At dusk yesterday, a long line of cars from the Colony threaded their way across the Causeway. At the same time a good number of Federation citizens made their way to Singapore
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  • 45 1 THE frigate H.M.S. "Loch Fada" has reached the Norwegian ship Skaubryn which caught fire m the Indian Ocean on Monday, and Is waiting for it to cool off before towing it to Aden, according to messages received at the Admiralty m London yesterday. A.F.P.
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  • 109 1 DUELLISTS HAVE TO EXPLAIN PARIS. April 3 (AFP) The Marquis De Cuevas and choreographer Serge Lifar, who fought a duel last week, were both required to make statements yesterday before a French police inspector about the circumstances of their combat Duelling is illegal In France. Their statements will be submitted
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  • 55 1 BAGDAD, April 3 (Reuter) Brigadier Muhsin Mohammed AH, Director-General of Guidance of the Iraqi Government, yesterday denied reports that Iraq was massing troops on the Syrian frontier. He said Iraq had never thought of massing troops on the Syrian frontier and had no Intention of creating
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  • 272 2 EXPATS KEPT IN FEAR, SAY OFFICERS THE Singapore City Council Senior Officers' Association yesterday accused the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, of "deliberately delaying his Malayanization scheme to keep expatriate officers m the grip of fear." Mr. G. M. Richards, chairman of the Association, told The Standard that the Mayor
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  • 140 2 A TWO-NIGHT Easter charity ball will be held at the West Point Garden. Singapore, tomorrow and on Sunday night, m aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. The ball will be under the patronage of Messrs. Ko Teck Kin.
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  • 66 2 A THIEF snatched $1,900 from a woman on the steps of the Chung Khiaw Bank m Selegie Road, Singapore yesterday. The woman. Kong Ah Woo. a housewife, was walking into the bank with the money clutched m her hand when the thief snatched it and ran
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  • 527 2 YOU'RE NOT WANTED, MAYOR 'But You Should Never Question Our Loyalty' LIBERAL SOCIALIST City Councillor, Mr. l^ Bah Che^ yesterday warned the Council that the loyalty of any Councillor to Singapore should ne\er be questioned as this would lead the Council "to tread on dangerous ground." Mr. Lee gave this
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  • 269 2 FIVE Gurkha soldiers, and a British officer stationed at SlLii Barracks were saved from drowning off Pulau Bukom by the crew of the launch Khalifa on Wednesday evening. The six who are lucky to je alive today are Lt. G. H. Ashley, Corporal Ghanbhaur
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  • 150 2 Farmers' Interests Will Be Protected Ishak MALACCA. Thurs.— The seriously affected their pro- Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, today promised to draw up a longterm policy to protect the interest of local farmers and padi planters. Inche Ishak gave this assurance to more than 100 pacii planters
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  • 300 2 (Continued from Page 1) champions of labour I people," he said, "why you champion this cause 10,000 workers? No, Mayor, you and your leagues are now m contr the City Council. You always wanted it and you have that control sought. You are now given
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  • 116 2 Falling Nut Fractured Mans Skull A 46-year-old man. w. hit on the head by coconut which he had pi with a pole, died the i of a fractured skull, a S pore Coroner's Cour: yesterday. Ong Oi Sang of V Kang Road, said that on N 2. he returned home
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  • 80 2 PENAN'G. Thurs— A threatened a 12-year-old dent that he would "go i him," if he reoorted ins had been robbed. The si however ignored the thi informed the Police. I sions Court was told U Before the New Judge. Mr. Au Ah W;. Yeap
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  • 173 2 SINGAPORE UMNO has full confidence In Tunk.u Abdul Rahman as the party's Pan-Malayan leader. and gives him their whole-heart-ed support. This was the party's reaction yesterday to a recent proposal by the Bagan Dalam branch of UMNO, Province Wellesley, that the Tunku, be replaced by
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    • 1171 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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    • 213 2 NOTICES The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 11) In The High Court Of The Colony Of Singapore Island Of Singapore IN BANKRUPTCY No. 631 of 1957. Re BULCHAND son of Duhilanomal trading under the name and style of D. Bulchand, of No. 16A Colombo Court. Singapore, 6. Receiving Order made 14th March,
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 406 3 THE Iccomotive drivers of the Malayan Railway are working according to rule until their union is recognized. This will affect train schedules all over the country, and travellers are liable to be inconvenienced should the drivers knock off work before the trains reach their destinations. Replacement drivers cannot
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    • 455 3 FOR many hundreds of years Asians have eaten rice as their staple diet. For many hundreds of years, too, they have been unaware of the fact that their refusal to even consider any other foods instead of rice has been responsible for most of the causes
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  • 857 3 THE GIFT OF SUFFERING thoughts For rood Friday \fy HY should any one of us expect to get through life without suffering? There are bound to come times of anxiety and even of anguish, whether physical or mental, or spiritual. At such a time one naturally is thrown back upon
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  • 117 3 Sir— We refer you to your report of March 29 regardIng the Federation Government's desire to retain the second year Arts students m Kuala Lumpur for the session 1958/1959. We are deeply concerned about this. Our silence m the past must not be interpreted as
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  • 202 3 Sir— The suggestion of the Ratepayers' Association, the City Council Services Union and members of the Rural Board to take the public utilities off the present City Council is a tribute to the previous Council for the efficient manner m which the essential services had been managed through
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  • 497 3 fSMaxm Our problems about food and accommodation have already been publicised, but what is not so evident, though more important m the long run. are things which we now seek to express. It has been claimed that we appear to be doing well. This claim is premature
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  • 185 3 Sir— Referring to recent correspondence m your columns regarding the use ot local talent for local buildings and the employment of local architects for public buildings, 1 strongly support the principle. We now hear of great plans for the development of the University of Malaya, including a first-phase
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  • 111 3 The Fresh Air Of Freedom "TF I had to name just one x thing as the main fear of young Australians I should without any hesitation at all declare it to be not the fear of war, nor the fear of poverty or want or unemployment
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  • 404 3 the NEWS as it strikes me r J'Ht University of Malaya Students' Union, Kuala Lumpur division, at an emergency general meeting decided to protest against the Federation Government's decision not to transfer them to Singapore for second-year university studies. The meeting described as "unfounded and unsatisfactory" the reason given for
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  • 194 4 PENANG, Thurs.— More than 200,000 copies of a leaflets m Chinese, telling the terrorists about the extension of tlie Merdeka offer, were air-dropped on Penang yesterday. The leaflet also carried safe conduct passes m Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil. Under a bold heading,
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  • 160 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A Bill providing for the forming, disciplining and regulating of the proposed Royal Malayan Air Force will be discussed at this month's Legislative Council. Entitled the "Air Force Ordinance, 1958," the Bill was published today. The Bill envisages the setting up of
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  • 48 4 PENANG, Thurs.— Police last night detained a soldier who was alleged to have deserted from the Federation Regiment. A Police spokesman said today that the soldier, Raymond Chew, of the Federation Regiment, was taken into custody and would be handed to the military authorities.
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  • Article, Illustration
    54 4 MR. PH. Pallasch has been appointed the German Charge D'Aff aires m the Federation with effect from April. Mr. Pallasch, a graduate of Berlin University, takes over from Dr. Hans U. Granow, the German Ambassador, who left for Germany on long leave. Mr. Pallasch was formerly Consul-Gen-eral m
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  • 77 4 IPOH, Thurs.— Three men were produced before Magistrate Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan today, on a charge of extorting $72 from a teacher, Mr. Chow Loy Fatt, at his home m Kuala Kangsar Road here yesterday. The three were: Kong Soo, 20, Leong Fook, 34, and
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  • 274 4 CITY COUNCIL STAFFS SPLIT ON DUTIES No Extra Work For Us -Junior Ranks MORE than 3,500 senior and junior officers of the Singapore City Council are split over the issue of extra duties m the event of a strike by Council's 10,000 daily-rated workers. Ine lccal senior officers and expatriates,
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  • 119 4 Dangerous Driving: $200 Fine PENANG, Thurs.— Three children were injured when a P.W.D. lorry went off the road and hit them, Inspector Syed Jalaludin, prosecuting, said m the Magistrate's Court today. The driver. A. Suppiah. was fined $200 when h* pleaded guilty tq a summons charge of driving a lorry
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  • 146 4 85 Strikers Say We Want Work KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Eighty-five of the 150 bus strikers of the Kuala Trengganu Omnibus Service have written to the management that they want to go back lo work and requested that buses should be put back on the road immediately. This followed the mediation
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  • 30 4 AN American-trained Ipoh baritone, Mr. Vincent Daniel, will give a. song recital, at the Anglo-Chinese School hall m Klang on Tuesday m aid of the school building fund.
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  • 116 4 INSPECTOR LEAVES ON TRANSFER KUALA KUBU, Thurs.— After a stay of more than three years here. Inspector Clifford D'Cruz, Staff Officer of the Federal Police College, has left ion transfer to the Police Records Office. Kuala Lumpur. Insp. D'Cruz hit the headlines early last year when he saved the life
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  • 38 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Timbalan Yang di-Pertusn Agong will broadcast m Malay a fasting month message to the people of Penang and Malacca tomorrow evening. The message may be translated into English and other languages.
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  • 51 4 A PARTY of Burmese journalists led by U Kyaw Soe. the Director of Information m Burma, arrived m Kuala Lumpur on Monday on a week's visit to the Federation. They are seen with the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, Inche Gazali bin Shafie (back to
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  • 43 4 Standardpic by MR. H.M. SHAH, one of the leading Malay businessmen m the Federation, left Kuala Lumpur by air for the United States on Monday on a Leader Grant Scholarship. He will be away for three months Fah
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  • 143 4 Soldier Acquitted On Lipstick Charge TAIPIXG, Thurs— A tc Private Terrence Carson Headquarters, 28th B was yesterday acquitted v. his defence being called by lnche Haji Baharuddm In gistrates Court when with having stolen a li] valued at 525. The offence was a! have been con ig a dance at
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  • 406 4 PENANG, Thursday.— When two strikers of the Eastern Smelting Company went to register for reemployment, the works manager shouted to them to get out, Mr. Patrick Loh, former clerk, today told the court of inquiry probing into the strike dispute between the company and its
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  • 242 5 'Government Red Tape Is Keeping Capital Out Of Colony' UNLESS the Singapore Government changes its existing Immigration laws, millionaire industrialists are "just not interested m bringing their money into the Colony," The Standard was told yesterday. A leading Colony businesssaid that industrialists, millions of dollars at their >al, were ready
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  • 148 5 Minister Appeals For Buses THE MINISTER for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, has written to all bus companies m the Colony asking for their co-operation m providing efficient bus services for school children living m the rural areas Mr Chew's action follows complaints from parents of school children m the
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  • 74 5 $5,000Haul In Three Robberies THIEVES broke into a shop and two homes m Singapore en Wednesday night and got away with cash and jewellery $5,000. :e shop m Change was burgled by thieves who gained entry through the Watches, pens and worth $1,600 was From a house m Albert t.
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  • 39 5 KLA N O, Thurs. A labourer. S. Narayanasamy. vas today charged before Magistrate Inche Harun bin Idris with causing misby burning his mother's clothes worth $400 Mar. 12. He claimed trial an<j was remanded until April 9.
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  • 401 5 JOB ADVISERS ROAM THE WORLD TO HELP DEMOBBED OFFICERS THE British Government is doing all it can to find jobs for officers of the regular armed forces when they are prematurely retired within the next five years due to a cut down m forces personnel. The Resettlement Adviser to the
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  • 231 5 'The Saint's' Father Dies At 82 DR. S C YIN, (above) 82-year-old father of the famous crime fiction writer, Leslie "The Saint" Charteris, died m Singapore on Wednesday night after a long illness. He is survived by his wife and six sons, Doctors Jackie and Johan Yin, Jordan, Joey, Rev.
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  • 69 5 IPOH, Thurs.— About 22,000 Indian, Chinese and Malay workers on rubber estates m Perak are awaiting the result of the negotiations over their wage cuts m Kuala Lumpur next week. The talks are between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association and the National Union of Plantation
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  • 137 5 A NEW sign will soon be erected m front of Raffles Library, proclaiming it the "Raffles National Library. The first free public library m the Colony. RaiTes" became a "National" institution by law on April 1. No subscriptions need now be paid to borrow books
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  • 249 5 VARSITY STANDARDS SUFFER, WARNING Transfer To Kl. Of Arts Students Flayed THE University of Malaya Society claims that academic standards have suffered as a result of the transfer of the first year Arts students to Kuala Lumpur. The Society which is an association of the graduates and past students of
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  • 102 5 SHE ROCKED HERSELF TO SLEEP SWINGING and stunting Selangor rock 'n' roll champions, Doris Yap and Allen Ong, ended their exhibition number m a most abrupt and unexpected manner when Doris knocked her head against the floor and fainted. They were performing at the Shell Sports Club dance at the
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  • 137 5 ROBBERS TO SERVE 7 YEARS TWO men Ng Keng Guan and Lim Pong Seng, .who were sentenced to seven years' jail each for robbing a tailor, Lee Kirn Cheong, of $130 m April last year, had their jail terms confirmed by the Appeal Court yesterday. Dismissing the appeals by Ng
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  • 81 5 THE first KPM shiD to be released by Indonesian authorities m Belawan arrived m Singapore yesterday manned by a skeleton Dutch crew. She was the 4,511-ton Van Riebeeck which was impounded with several other ships of the same company by the Indonesian government last December.
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  • 262 5 A SINGAPORE Government plan to run evening classes for over-aged children will be implemented m May. And registration of pupils for these classes will open "very soon." This was disclosed yesterday by the Education Minister. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. On February 13 Mr. Chew
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  • 81 5 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs— Mr. J.S. Ellis will arrive here on April 8 to take over the post of Director of Information Services m the Office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner, replacing Mr. A. J. Hockenhull, who recently left to open a U.K Information
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  • 204 5 RED CROSS GETS $4,000 TO HELP THE CHINESE THE Singapore Red Cross Society yesterday xeceived a cheque for 54,000 "to help it carry out its good work among the loc<il Chinese," the acting honorary secretary, Mrs. Clara Anciano, told The Standard yesterday. Mrs. Anciano said the donor a Chinese who
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  • 36 5 THE Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School will hold a bazaar and fun fair m aid of the school building fund on April 12. Assemblyman Mr. Lim Choon Mong will open the bazaar.
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  • 254 6 GANG FIGHTS: WONGS WARNING 'Firm Action Will Be Taken Against Thugs' PENANG, Thurs.— The Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee, said today that Government was aware of *he recent clashes between secret societies, and would be more firm m dealing with their members, the majority of whom were youths. Mr.
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  • 34 6 YOUNG Pannirselvam. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rajoo of Nelson Road, Singapore, celebrated his second birthday on March 26. He is seen getting ready to cut his birthday cake.
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  • 198 6 Cosmopolitan Cast For School's 'Lady Precious Stream' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— The thing that will strike most people as one of the most outstanding features oi the Victoria Institution Dramatic Society's production of "Lady Precious Stream," is its unique 1 cosmopolitan combination. The play, under the patronage of the Sultan of
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  • 160 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government will not hold a by-election to replace a Federal Councillor, Inche Ibrahim Fikri, who has been appointed Trengganu's first Deputy Mentri Besar. However," the Trengganu State Government may consider having a by-election for a substitute to Inche Ibrahim
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  • 45 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Two unknown youths yesterday attacked a watchman with an iron bar at Bukit Bintang Road here. The watchman. Magha Singh. 52. employed by George Lee Co. Ltd. was hit on the right knee. The attackers fled m a car.
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  • 56 6 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSINIi rubber price* (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers Spot 76| 778 R.S.S. No. 1 77 i 77| May R.S.S. No. 1 77 771 R.S.S No 2 April 72i 73* R.S.S. No. 3 691 692 Tone: Idle. rhr price ot tin In Singapore yesterday
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  • 70 6 New Job For This Police Superintendent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. J. J. Raj, 37 a Superintendent of Police. has taken over the post of Officer-in-Charge. Kuala Lumpur Police District, from the former O.C.P.D. Mr. J. M. C. Wheeler. Mr. Raj joined the Force m 1947. He formerly served m Kedah
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  • 30 6 THE British Medical Association (Malaya branch) will hold its annual dinner and dance at the Chinese Swimming Club, Tanjong Bungah. Penang on Saturday, April 5 at 8.30 p.m.
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  • 211 6 WORLD HEALTH DAY DISPLAY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Mentri Besar, Selangor, Inche Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais, will officially open the World Health Day exhibition organized by the Selangor World Health Day committee at the British Council Hall on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. World Health Day will also be observed
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  • 26 6 LAJIS BIN IMBI, 34. was fined $10 yesterday m a Klang Magistrate's Court for failing to get an identitycard for bis 15-year-old son, Darus.
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  • 338 7 YT'HO are the seven most infamous spies of all history? The question comes up m connection with the filming of M l Accuse!" M-G-M's new drama based on the famous Captain Dreyfus case, m which a French officer was falsely accused of treason as a
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  • 416 7 \*CE publication m 1880, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV has and continues to be read throughout the world by millions, a giant among the great novels, the always sensitive, often violent probing by a master storyteller into every human emotion from the most uplifting to the most debauched. Feodor
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  • 439 7 h a. a. a. .a. .a. a. J^ET all those other glamour dolls yearn for a chance to play a bathtub scene. Martha Hyer says this tub business can't compare with eye-appeal of after-bath emoting. In Universal International's comedy epic, "My Man Godfrey." Miss Hyer
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  • 143 7 IPOR the beautiful bru- nette who once showed filmgoers to their seats, it was a night to remember a friendly handshake and encouraging words from H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, cameras flashing, banks of flowers, eager crowds Dressing to see her, and someone to show
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  • 222 7 RANK-RKO Agreement HP H E Rank Organisation announced an agreement with R.K.O. Teleradio Pictures Inc., by which they will provide R.K.O. with all administrative services m support of the latter's selling organisation m the United Kingdom and the majority of the foreign language speaking countries of the world. Such services
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  • 91 7 Jean Is Jeannie Now BY popular consent. Jean Carson has become Jeannie. And that's official. When she was becoming one of America's t o d television stars, she had two names Jean to the film and theatregoers of her native England, Jeannie to America's millions because another Jean Carson had
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  • 216 7 The BLACK SHEEP that weren't WANTED Two Black Lambs. That was the call sent out by director Clive Dormer when at work on the new Sydney Box production for the Rank Organisation, HEART OF A CHILD. Black lambs, however, are difficult to find and these were needed urgently. There were
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  • 57 9 BRITAIN'S RESERVES ARE UP LONDON, April 3. (UP) Britain's gold and dollar reserves fairly soared m March, up by $231,000,000 to $2,770,000,000 the highest since November, 1954. when it stood at $2,925,000,000. Britain received $94,--000.000 from the European payments union m respect of February, while $3,000,000 was paid to the
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  • 173 9 LONDON, April 3, (UP) Britain was on record today with an official forecast of a rosy economic future with one big "if.'* In Its "Economic Survey. 1958," The Treasury claimed "there is good opportunity m 1958 to stop the rise m prices which has troubled
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  • 261 9 P&O Head Turns Down UN Plan 'SIMPLY MONSTROUS' LONDON, April 3, (Reuter).— Sir William Crawford Currie, chairman of P and O (Peninsular and Oriental Ste*m Navigation Company), has rejected a United Nations proposal that ships using the Suez Canal should pay for the cost of clearing it. Sir William described
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  • 86 9 A TRIAL shipment of 3-1/2 tons of Kraft wrapping has been sent to Singapore by Australian Paper Manufacturers and more orders are expected. The company's export sales department is at present investigating potential markets m Malaya. Burma. Pakistan, the Philippines and S Africa. A.P.M. recently made
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  • 105 9 CDC To Operate From K. Lumpur CONTROL of Malayan projects of Colonial Development Corporation is to be transferred from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Malaya Developments Ltd., Malayan company of the C.D.C. which made this announcement yesterday, said the move was being made now that the Federation of Malaya is an
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  • 38 9 LOS ANGLES,' April 3.— A Japanese industry delegation studying methods of increasing and modernising gas production yesterday began a six weeks tour of this country by conferring with officials of the Southern California Gas Company. Reuter.
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  • 69 9 CANADIAN GOVERNMENT Trade Commissioner m Singapore. Mr. M.P. Carson (centre) leaves the Colony today on home leave and a tour of his country's industrial development for about six months. During his absence, Mr. W.G. Huxtable (left) will be Acting Trade Commissioner. Seen with him is
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  • 169 9 Rubber Quiet Despite Red Buying BUYING for iron curtain countries and China continued, but this m itself was insufficient to put any life into the market, say s the weekly report of Holiday, Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd. The usual pre-holiday quietening down of the market passed unnoticed during this
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  • 102 9 SINGAPORE rubber market closed for the Easter holidays yesterday on an idle tone, with International first grade April shipment at 77$ cents per lb., k cent below Wednesday. The market ruled quiet and featureless throughout the day. Fair interest m lower Rrade was reported m the morning
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  • 75 9 A NEW type of polythene floor covering suitable for ears or m the home is now m commercial production. Named Polymat, it is produced m squares of about 4 ins. Each has interlocking tabs and slots so that mats of any size and shape can be made
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  • 58 9 LONDON, ADril 3 (Reuter)— Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, former Conservative Chancellor of The Exchequer, declared on television last night rhat there was no cause for panic m Britain over the American trade recession. If the recession went on long enough, it would affect Britain, but there was no
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  • 21 9 RUBBER, tin, share and produce markets and banks will remain closed today, tomorrow and Monday for the Easter holidays.
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  • 71 9 Easier Trend In Tins, Industrials INDUSTRIALS and tins were dull and inclined to ease, while rubbers were neglected m the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers M. Colls 0.78 0.83 "Spore Cold Storage 0.88 0.91 Straits Times 168 1.73 MININGS
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  • 99 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: F. N. ord s $2 65: Gammon $2.36 overnight; H. Waugh $1.50: M. Colls. 80c: Cold Storage 89c. 90c; Steamship ($1 stock* 74c, 75c; Wilkinson Process $3.12 J. $3.15. Austral Amal. 11/3. 11/4J: Ayer Hitam 21/6; Berjuntai 12/6; Kamunting 8/74;
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  • 82 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro duce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were copra April May UK Continent $30J buyers $31 sellers: coconut oil m bulk $46 sellers; m drums $50 sellers; Muntok white pepper $126 sellers; Sarawak white $125 sellers; Special Sarawak black $72. H.CB. Ltd. closing prices, copra,
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  • 23 9 THE Chinese Watch Traders Employees Association will hold a dinner at the Empress Restaurant, Singapore, on Sunday, to mark its 29th anniversary.
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  • 389 9 TIN OUTPUT IN FEBRUARY DOWN World Council Reports Finance And Commerce FALL m production of tin m Malaya m February is revealed m statistics released m London yesterday by the International Tin Council. Statistics, quoted by AFP news agency, showed that m February production of tin m concentrates m Malaya
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  • 78 9 Inquiry On Japanese Imports WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuter) The U.S. Tariff Commission yesterday set May 27 as the date for public hearings on Umbrella frame imports. The hearing would be a part of the commission's extended inquiry into imports of the frames, supplied by Japan to the U.S. market. Following
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  • 34 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following change s in its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling. T.T. or O D. readyFrench Francs *****; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 380 9 A SINGAPORE firm, Sime Darby Co. Ltd. is planning certain changes m its group structure, m order to facilitate the conduct of its business and further development A circular issued to stockholders on Wednesday said the first change m structure was the formation of Sime
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  • 32 9 MORE than 300 items of electrical equipment for use m hospitals were featured at the 1958 Electrical Engineers Exhibition at Earls Court, London. Many were shown for the first time.
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  • 66 9 DAGENHAM (Essex), April 3 (Reuter)— The Ford factory here has produced a record number of 110.000 cars, trucks and tractors m the quarter just ended, it was announced yesterday. The previous quarterly record was m March. 1955. when 92,000 units were produced. Current production is at
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    • 460 9 Passengers Arriving Aboard Chusan FOLLOWING are on the list Miss. Y.L. Tsai. Miss B.M. Webb of passengers from Britain arnv- SINGAPORE ing by the Chusan disembarking Mr. Mrs B.N.A. Bawden, Mr. at Penang tomorrow and Singa- Mrs. H.R. Beardsworth son. Dore on Monday. Mrs. A.E. Bird and 2 daughters. PENANG
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  • 161 10 Belgian Bill To Prevent Injuries BRUSSELS. Apr. 3 (Reuter). The Belgian Lower House, on a free vote, yesterday passed a bill authorising the health minister to make rules for the prevention of injury m boxing and wrestling matches. The bill is a revised version of one originally introduced m 1952
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  • 119 10 Keenan Retains Title GLASGOW, Apr. 3 (Reuter) Peter Keenan. of Glasgow retained his British Empire bantamweight boxing title here tonight when he outpointed Graham Van Der Walt, of South Africa, over 15 rounds. Van Der Walt, who has few pretentions to boxing skill, refused to give way under a battering
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  • 39 10 IPOH, Thurs.— Mrs. Lincoln Leong who recently won the women's golf title In the P.T.C. Sports Club, has also won the women's April medal. Runner-up was Mrs Susan James while Mrs. E. Macdougall won the ball sweep.
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  • 263 10 PENANG, Thurs. The chairman of the finance committee of the Football Association of Penang, Mr. A. Maliappen, criticised the delay m the preparation of the statement of accounts when he spoke at their annual general meeting last night "This is the first
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  • 88 10 S'pore Dunlop Team For Malacca DUNLOP Sports Club will play badminton and table tennis m Malacca during the Easter Holidays. Their opponents will be the Malacca Dunlop Sports Club. The badminton match will comprise two singles and three doubles, and the table tennis four singles and three doubles. The games
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  • 53 10 MINISTER THE BOYS Standardpic by Education Minister, lnche Mohamed Khir Johari meets the team of the K.L. Kishan Dial School, who drew five all with the Klang AngloChinese School at the Merdeka Stadium on Tuesday for the Khir Johari trophy. This final will be replayed at the Merdeka Stadium on
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  • 131 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Five outstanding American track and field stars will appear at the Merdeka Stadium the night of April 9 against the athletes who will be representing Malaya at the Asian Games m Tokyo. The American champions will arrive m Kuala Lumpur
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  • 50 10 SINGAPORE SOCCER S.A.F.A. division 3A Indian Youngsters vs. Jollilads at M.F.A. BOXING Spore open championships at Great World. TAIPING SOCCER— Div. I— lndians 'A' vs. 19 Field Ambulance Esplanade. KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER Carnival Merdeka Stadium. SOCCER Hobing's Clip Mercantile Bank (Kuala Lumpur) vs. Singapore Mercantile Bank Postal around.
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  • 347 10 PLAYERS FANS POUR INTO K.L. Soccer Golf Swimming E-Run all the rest of the Easter Sport FAM 'Carnival' Over Three Days At Merdeka Stadium KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Sportsmen from all over the Federation and Singapore have poured into (he Federal Capital for the biggest sports carnival to be staged here
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  • 39 10 PRAGUE, April 3 (AFP).— Czechoslovakia beat West Germany the World Cup holders, three goals to two after a halftime score of one goal each m their first International Football match for 22 years here today.
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  • 153 10 Malayan Chinese. Malayan Indians and Malayan Services teams for FAM carnival are as follows: Malayan Chinese: Sect Yew Chang, Lee Kok Seng. Quah Kirn Beng. Quah Kirn Swee. Whey Ah Kuan (Spore), Tang Cheok Foo. Ng Mun Keai (Sel), Chong Yin (Joh). Mok Wai Hoong. Mok
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  • 124 10 Blackpool Stan For S'pore Game THE FABULOUS Stanley Matthews and his famous Blackpool football team "will play a game m Singapore" on their way home from Australia m June this year, according to an agency report from London yesterday. A.F.P. said the Blackpool team is flying out to Australia via
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  • 74 10 PARIS. April 2. (Reuter) M. Marcel Corbillon, donor of the Corbillon Cup for women's teams m the world table tennis championships, died suddenly at his home m Triel-Sur-Seine last Monday. He was 88 M. Corbillon was secretary ol the International Table Tennis Federation from 1932 to
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  • 179 10 Kardar Tells Why The Pakistanis Lost The Test KINGSTON. Jamaica 3 (Reuter) A. H skipper of the Pak:.cricketers, yesterda\ reasons for the West runaway victorj m th< series which ended on Commenting m an i: with the Daily Gleanrpaper here. Kardar said The Pakistan batsmen nac not been user 1
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  • 95 10 MADRID. Apr. 3 (B —Real Madrid (Spain), the holders, beat Vasas (Hur.r 4-0 m their European b cup semi-final match her^ night, after leading 2-0 at halftime. The second leg of the tie will be played at Budapest on April 16. Watched by 125,000 I tors Real
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  • 1112 11 THE following ar c weights and probable fields for tomorrow at Bukit Timah, last day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting. KTHE SPRING CUP Horses Class 1, Div. 1—1 Mile I AMES AITCM 6y 9 03 DANIELS James H Stable SUN Of BURMA 4y 9.00
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  • 136 11 TOKYO, April 3 (Reuter).— n 1,750 athletes and rom 20 Asian nations I ipan. will particin the Third Asian Games c held m Tokyo for nine fn n May 24. according received so far 1 via res Organizing Com"omrnission earlier had ted ihe number
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  • 343 11  -  WINDSOR LAD By Dinkura Fastest In Winding Up Gallops BARAK AT, Dinkum, Mirophli and Sterling, four probable runners tomorrow showed up to great advantage when they broke 37 sec. for three furlongs m winding up gallops on the track at Bukit Timah yesterday. Dinkum. with Apprentice
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  • 357 11 SEVERAL Spring cup candidates were out at final workouts at Bukit Timah yesterday and none worked better than Prince Charter (Bougoure) who lobbed along on his own to easily dispose of three furlongs m 40 1/5 sec. The "Prince" was never off the
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  • 91 11 Premier's Cup Soccer Starts April 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The first inter-state school combined soccer competition for the Prime Ministers Cup will start on April 10 when Penang meet Kedah/Perlis at Penang m the first round Ten states will compete m this competition on a knockout basis They are Selangor.
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  • 91 11 Fired From Job: Then Hits Lottery LONDON, April 3 (UP).— Another good-sized fortune on a tiny investment was won m a football pool lottery here yesterday. Farm labourer Ted Thornton. 51. fired from his job last week went out yesterday to colle< t his unemployment cherk and came back with
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  • 144 11 RAFFLES Institution routed Pasir Panjang Secondary School by four matches to one m an inter-school badminton match at Raffles Institution yesterday. Raffles won all the three singlet Wan Soon Bee had an easy victory over his opponent Tan Ah Bee whom he beat 15-7. 15-7. The
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  • 96 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thun. At a recent meeting of the Umpires Board, it was disclosed that there was a shortage of umpires to cope with the league matches m Selangor this season. The Selangor Cricket Association Umpires Board are ap pealing to all those who arc interested m
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  • 47 11 AUGUSTA, Georgia. April 3 (UP)— Pancho Gonzales de feated Lew Hoad again last night and extended his lead to four matches at the halfway point of their 100-match tour. Gonzales beat the Australian 7-5, 10-8. His edge m matches is now 27 to 23.
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    • 241 12 TORONTO, Apr. 3, (Reuter).— The Toronto Financial Post said yesterday that Russian ships may be secretly planting radio active markers on the ocean bottom off the Canadian and United States coasts to pinpoint underwater rocket-launching points. A despatch to the newspaper from
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    • 33 12 SEOUL, April 3 (Reuter)— The South Korean President, Dr. Syngman Rhee, today promoted the South Korean Minister to Saigon, Mr. Choi Duk Shin, the first South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam.
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    • 221 12 LONDON, April 3 (Reuter) Trade Union chiefs of London's 50,000 busmen yesterday called for strike tomorrow to press wage claims as their 180,000 provincial colleagues decided to demand more pay "at the earliest possible moment." The London stoppage was called by leaders of the 1,300.--000-strong Transport
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    • 101 12 NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuter) The silver trumpet of jazz musician Charles ("Cootie") Williams echoed through Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church today m final tribute to W.C. Handy, composer of "St. Louis Blues." The church was jammed with 2,500 people as Williams played Randy's favourite Hymn. "Holy City",
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    • 80 12 BANGKOK. April 3 (UP)— A recent shake-up of top government officials m Communist China's Southern Province of Yunnan reflects a wave of unrest that has driven hundreds of refugees into neighbouring Laos. On a tour to observe integration of Communist and nonCommunist forces m the
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    • 36 12 MANILA, April 3 (AFP) The Philippines, hard hit by fires this summer, sustained another one yesterday, this time m the Tayug town of Pangasinan where 40 business houses were gutted m a USSSOO,OOO fire.
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    • 550 12 IKE REVIVES HOPE FOR SUMMIT' MEET Work Of Diplomats In Moscow Will Be Determining Factor WASHINGTON, April 3, (Reuter) President Eisenhower gave the prospects of a summit meeting a slight lift yesterday when he told his Press Conference that he had not abandoned hope that there would be a sufficiently
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      39 12 THIS monster chocolade egg contains m its shell a whole Piazza of Rome traffic included. The monster sweet is being arranged m a Roman shopwindow to catch the eyes and water the mouths of customers for the Easter season.
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    • 368 12 LONDON, Apr. 3, (Reuter). Mr. Harold Macniillan, British Prime Minister, said here tonight that war had become too dangerous. There were too many risks, and open and blatant aggression could not i pay. He was addressing a meeting of the Empire Industries
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    • 326 12 WOMEN TO VOTE IN THE LORDS LONDON, April 3, (Reuter) The House of Commons last night gave its final sanction, by 292 votes to 251, to a Bill which will allow women to vote m the House of Lords for the first time m its 700 years history. The Bill
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    • 173 12 Americans Are Asia Conscious NEW YORK, April 3 (UP)Dr. Hugh Borton, President ol the Association for Asian Studies, said yesterday the sudden emergence of several Asian nations as leading world powers had produced "phenomenal appetite" among Americans for more knowledge about Asian people from Turkey to Japan. Borton, who is
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    • 176 12 NEW POWER FOR BRITISH LANDLORDS LONDON, April 3 (Reuter) The Government has bowed to criticism which has followed its controversial decision to give landlords the power to raise rents and evict tenants from 800.000 houses m Britain next October. Mr. Henry Brook, Minister of Housing, announced that certain tenants faced
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    • 76 12 Pressmen Told To Look Into Bible WASHWGTOI*. Aprii 3 (Reuter) Pre> Eisenhower hailed tht Spring at his Press Conference yesterday by advising reporters to look up the Bible and recta the Song of Solomon Chapter 2 verses 11 to 12. "For. 10. 'he tr past, the rain is over and
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    • 89 12 LAGOS, Nigeria, A (UP) Strong police enforced an uneasy calm on Ibadan, Western Nigei terday following the pi day's political riots m 15 demonstrators lost lives. A curfew imposed fro on Tuesday to dawn yo was expected to be co: m the night. The
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    • 113 12 NEW YORK. April I (B ter) Dr. Hu Shih. a ft Chinese Ambassador to the United States, and recency appointed President of the Academy of Sciences at Taipei. Formosa, left by air today for San Francisco on his way to take up his post.
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    • 236 12 BURGLARS USE 'TROJAN HORSE' TO ROB PUBLIC HOUSE LONDON, April 3 (Reuter) Three men, who burgled a public house here, used a modern version of the "Trojan Horse" to get into the premises, a London court was told "The Horse" a giant wooden structure was used by the Greeks to
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