Singapore Standard, 7 April 1958

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  • 24 1 jjt m s. SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINCAPORE MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 278 .15 cts. 12 Poges (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 379 1 DIRECTIVES SENT OUT TO RANK AND FILE Desperate Attempt To Check Large Surrender Rate KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Centrol Politburo of the Malayan Communist Party m a desperate attempt to check the large number of surrenders, has sent out directives to its rank and file reiterating
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  • 233 1 Police Comb Sea In Search Of Body A TEN-year-old Colony student is feared to have been drowned after he had unsuccessfully tried to save a 13-year-old friend from drowning off Jardine Steps, Singapore, yesterday. The student, Lum Swee Kit, a
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  • 62 1 SHILLONG, Assam. April 6 (Reuter) Pakistan border forces which yesterday opened fire on Indian nationals resumed firing today and Indian forces retaliated "m self-defence," an Assam Government Press release said here. The clash, m the Pyrdwah area of the Indian State of Assam bordering East Pakistan,
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  • 38 1 THE ruins of Saturday's disastrous fire which gutted 250 huts and rendered 3,000 homeless at Kampong Koo Chai, Geylang, attracted about 20.000 curious sightseers yesterday. Fire victims are seen salvaging belongings at the scene. Standardpic
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  • 225 1 VATICAN CITY, April 6, (Reuter) The Pope today called on the nations of the world to show "sincerity m wanting peace, promptness m the complete discharge of all reasonable sacrifices it demands, and honesty m discussing its problems." This should be enough to scatter the
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  • 165 1 TOKYO. April 6 (AFP) Knife fights, rioting and accidents, resulting m the deaths of several people and injuries to scores of others, marked the cherry blossoms week-end m Japan. Two hundred and eighty employees of a lumber com- pany on a tour of the
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  • 471 1 Death Toll In Colony Blaze Mounts To Four THE death toll m- Saturday's fire at Kampong Koo Chai, oft Lorong 3, Geylang, Singapore, yesterday rose to four— all still unidentified. Two of the bodies were recovered at 11.40 p.m. a few hours after the blaze was extinguished, while two others
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  • 74 1 SMALL MAN'S BANK GIVES $10,000 THE first Colony bank to come to the aid of the Geylang fire victims is the Chung Khiaw Bank. Last night, the Managing Director of this "Small Man's Bank." Mr. Lee Chee Shan said the Bank would donate $10,000 from its funds to the relief
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  • 51 1 BUDAPEST. April 6 (Reuter) Thousands of frogs rained down on Budapest m a freak thunderstorm recently, the official news agency M.T.I reported. Their bodies littered roads and fields after the delude. Strong upward air currents are believed to have sucked up puddles and the frogs along with
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  • 79 1 IMJUIDEN, Holland, April 6 (U.P., Reuter).— The burn-ed-out hulk of the Norwegian transport shin Skaubryn sank today, the tug towing her toward Aden reported. The ship, from which nearly 1,200 persons were rescued early last week, had been under tow, still afire, by the Dutch sea-going tug, Cycloop.
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  • 29 1 THE Oman bureau in Cairo said yesterday that British planes have bombed and "completely destroyed" four Omani villages after an unsuccessful ground force attack against nationalist groups. Reuter
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  • 208 1 NEW ASSAULT BY JAKARTA PREDICTED BY REBELS BUKIT TINGGI, Sumatra, April 6 (UP).— Outnumbered revolutionary troops recaptured half the strategic Lubuk Djambi road junction, a rebel spokesman claimed today, but predicted a knockout government amphibious landing of West Sumatra this week. The rebels lost Lubuk Djambi, just south of their
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  • 71 1 KATMANDU. Nepal. April 6, (UP)— Rioting broke out 'm several districts of Nepal today during the election of the proposed Advisory Constitutional Assembly, several local newspapers reported. Elections were postponed indefinitely m Western district headquarters of Dhangahri when "disorder by over 20.000 voters got beyond control
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  • 279 1 HOLLYWOOD, April 6, (UP) A dry-eyed Lana Turner, shielded by her agent and attorney, slipped silently into the Beverly Hills jail yesterday morning to have breakfast with her teenage daughter charged with the slaying of her mother's lover. It was a restrained, drawn Lana who
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  • 59 1 COLOMBO, April (Reuter) The Tamil-speaking northern and eastern provinces of Ceylon yesterday observed a "hartal" (protest strike) following the death of two workers when Police fired on demonstrators m Bogawantalawa on Wednesday. The hartal was called bf the Federal Party which campaigns for parity of status
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  • 325 2 Stage Is Now Set For Amicable Talks, They Say THE threatened strike by 10,500 daily-rated employees of the Singapore City Council, scheduled to start at mid-night on Wednesday, has been temporarily postponed. This decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the City Council Labour Unions
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  • 315 2 PPP Boss Hits At Alliance Policy IPOH, Sun. Dr. S. Kanapathipillai, President of the Peoples Progressive Party of Malaya, today flayed the Alliance Government for its flagrant wastage of the country's money. The doctor, who was speaking at the annual general meeting of the Party, said that the Alliance Government
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  • 185 2 WORKERS TO PROTEST PLAN FOR UTILITIES SINGAPORE Workers Party will hold a meeting soon to protest against the formation of a public utilities board before the next general elections. This announcement was made yesterday by the assis-tant-secretary general of the Party, Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy, at the opening of the Party's
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  • 87 2 THE Singapore Trades Union Congress at a meeting held yesterday set up a 16--man Committee to organize celebrations for May Day. The Congress will hold a mass rally m Jalan Besar stadium as part of the celebrations, on May 1. An appeal for
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  • 56 2 THE Christ Church. Singapore, will hold a rharity fete and fun fair tcday at the REME Sports ground at Ayer Rajah Road Singapore, beginning 2.30 pm. Among the highlights of the many sideshows and stalls will be a display by Army Guard Dogs and a
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  • 59 2 A MAJOR portion of this Chinese temple m Kampong Koo Chye except the mail- entrance was destroyed m last Saturday's fire which gutted 250 houses m the village. Caretaker of the temple. Yeo Poh Tong. 65. said when he returned to the temple after the conflagration had
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  • 120 2 Govt. Plans To Reduce Fire Risks SINGAPORE Governr studying what me;-, be taken to reduce fin m areas of congested houses This assurance was last night by the C": ter, Mr. Lim Yew Hock he appealed over Radio ya for funds for the pong Khoo Chai fire He said: '"In
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  • 41 2 A SINGAPORE he Madam Tan Geok L was robbed of her b; containing $2,000 m Valley Road. yesterda*Madam Tan relative when sudd* was pushed from ben:* fell and lost consci' When she recovered cl handbag was missing.
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  • 386 2 PAP Challenges UMNO To A Battle Of Words SINGAPORE UMNO and Malay PAP leaders will hold a public debate to thrash out questions concerning Malay interests and the merits or otherwise of Malays joining non-Malay political parties. UMNO publicity officer. Inche Darus Sharif, said yesterday that the debate would take
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  • 82 2 Standard MR. AND MRS. Edward Phay Hock Chuan after th.ir wedding m Singapore, yesterday. The groom is the only son of the late Mr. Phay Chong Whatt while the bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (mh Cheng Seah. A reception was held at the Adelphi
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    • 527 2 NOTICES CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA SCHOOL CERTIFICATE AND HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN SINGAPORE 1958. Acceptance of Private Candidates THE following categories of private candidates wih be allowed to enter for the 1958 Cambridge Oversea School Certificate Examination:— (a) Candidates .who already hold a Cambridge Junior Certificate or Cambridge School Certificate; (b)
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 427 3 PROTESTS against any further nuclear tests are growing stronger and more determined. The cry that these horrible explosions are causing an increase of radio-activity m neighbouring territories has grown more and more insistent. Protest marches have been organized m Britain and the United States, and Japan
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    • 375 3 IN JUNE the Federation of Malaya will implement its plan to prohibit free travel from Singapore into its territory. This will bring home to people on both sides of the Causeway that the Federation is an entirely different country and that the old panMalayan concept has become a
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  • 1155 3 gANG! BANG! BANG! Go the H-bombs. Within nine days there have been as many as six explosions of these monsters by Russia. Now a new and intriguing theory has been put forward as to why there is this sudden speed-up of the nuclear tests inside the Soviet
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  • 39 3 The loudest ship sirens are those on the R. M. S. "Queen Elizabeth.". Keyed to lower bass "A", they can be heard over 10 miles away and can be detected at a range of 100 miles.
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  • 1125 3  -  Patrick O'Donovan Dulles stands on a narrow ledge: By WASHINGTON. pAUSE for Mr. Dulles. He stands on a brink that is not of his making. Indeed, it is worse than a brink, it is a narrow ledge. To go forward or to go back, offers him the
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  • 441 3 I IE THAT has no conscience has nothing, sa Scottish proverb. A Grecian has said that a good conscience likes to speak out. This column is to do just this on taster Monday, lt had a troubled conscience over the weekend caused by what
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  • 6284 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —A total of 1,416 students m the Federation ot Malaya have passed the test qualifying them to enter for the Oversea School Certificate Examination. Only 60, however, have qualified to sit for the Federation of Malaya" Certificate Examination m which Malay
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  • 77 5 (HE Zahariah binte Mohamed Hashim (above) puts the final touches to her make-up for the rehearsal as the Princess of the Western Regions, m the S.I. Hsiung play ■Lady Precious Stream," to be staged at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Friday and urday
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  • 328 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaya's expenditure on health services has increased m just a matter of ten years from $15,000,000 to $70,000,000 annually, Minister for Health, Mr. V.T. Sambanthan, disclosed m i radio broadcast tonight This increased expenditure necessitated by the »c m population of some 00
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  • 117 5 Rice Mill Workers Start Puasa Row ALOR STAR, Sun— The eoretary-general of the Gov--?nt Workers Union. and Perlis. Inche Musaffa Ibrahim, has accused the r of the Government it Anak Bukit as a r.an who likes to 'exploit" ers. In a statement to the Press, "Government has reigreed to allow
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  • 121 5 Irate Punter Tears Up Betting Slips KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— .".as a mild stir m busy Street yesterday on when a man "raidbookmaker's "office." The bookmaker, with scores rs. was operating m a when the man rr.ade his "raid." A punter, among several ds who crowded round ill with newspapers m
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  • 87 5 Standardpic Fah SIX Federation trade attaches seen below leaving for Britain on Saturday to be "groomed" for trade-cum-diplomatic assignments m as many national capitals. After their training with the British Board of Trade and British Embassies m other countries, the attaches will be posted as
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  • 420 5 Register Thrown Open To Unqualified, They Say KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malayan Dental Association blamed the Malayan and Singapore Governments for being led by "grossly ignorant" politicians into throwing the dental register open to unqualified dentists. The President of the Association, Mr. F. A. C. Oehlers,
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  • 178 5 Move To Keep Out Aliens From MIC KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A move is afoot m the Malayan Indian Congress to remove from its membership all non-Federal citizens, party sources told The Standard today. At the moment there is a large percentage of such members within its ranks. "The MIC cannot
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  • 113 5 MALACCA, Sun.— Practical lessons to complete Malacca's road safety campaign for school children will begin tomorrow with the onening of the Shell traffic game at the St. Francis Institution. The campaign started last week with an appointed teacher m each school giving lectures to the children
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  • 96 5 Man Found Dead At The Wheel PENANG. Sun. A 60 year old Malay driver, Othman bin Man, was found dead at the wheel following an accident which occurred m Burman Road yesterday afternoon. Othman was reported to have driven the car, which after knocking down four persons, ended up m
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  • 194 5 BURMESE NEWSMEN THANKED FOR TOUR KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The four Burmese journalists who had been on a 20-day visit to the Federation and Singapore, flew back home yesterday with autographed photographs of Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. They had come on the invitation of the Federation and Singapore governments for
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  • 50 5 THE following were elected officials at the annual general meeting of the Pahang State Council m Mentakab recently: President: The Mentri Besar. Inche Abdullah bin To 'Muda Ibrahim; state commissioner— lnche Mohamed Hashim bin Abdul Malek; hon. secretary Mr. P. Jeyarajasingam; hon. treasurer—Mr. Hooi Peng Chiew.
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  • 58 5 ALOR STAR, Sun. The kampong people of Kubang Pasu, a district m North Kedah, have shown that they are prepared to risk their lives m order to end the Emergency. They have been offering prayers m mosque nightly since April 4 m spite of the warning
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  • 312 5 ALLIANCE PICKING FOUR MEN TO RUN STATE CABINET KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Kelantan UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance will on Tuesday choose four of its best State Councillors as candidates for port-folios under the new "Cabinet" or committee system of state government. The councillors are expected to be chosen from among the State
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  • 179 5 PENANG, Sun.— A Malay couple m Province Wellesley have applied to get married during the Hari Raya Pesta which will be held m the New World Park here from April 21 to 26. The manager of the park, Mr. A. S. Khoo, told The Standard
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  • 92 5 PENANG. Sun.—Centenarians and babes-in-arms will appear In a State health week show organized m conjunction with the World Health Week from May 17 to May 24. Dr. N.K. Menon. the chairman, told The Standard today that the committee hoped to find the number of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 321 6 Local Government Election Ordinance Bars Their Votes SINGAPORE citizenship is no qualification to become either a voter m the City or District Council elections The Standard was told yesterday. Reason. Elections to the City and District Councils are governed by the 1957 local Government Election Ordinance
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  • 240 6 MISSING GIRL PHONES BROTHER KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Miss Tan Yoke Eng, twenty-one-year old sister of a local journalist who has been missing since Friday, today made a dramatic trunk call to her brother from Singapore. The call is believed to have been booked from a relative's house m Geylang. But
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  • 34 6 A FIRE which raged through the town of Pakokku. 65 miie s southwest of Mandalay. on' Saturday, gutted 6.000 houses and left 25.000 people homeless, it was learned in Ranennn vesterdav. Reuter
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  • 75 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sun Party Ra'ayat leaders m North Malaya drew up a composite programme for a membership drive at their meeting held at the Province Wellesley headquarters here today. Taking part m the meeting were the chairmen, secretaries and information officers of the branches m Perak. Perlis,
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  • 249 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. When Malaya shortly joins the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts her few thousand young women m the movement will be as important as the millions of other member nations, World Chief Guide Lady Baden Powell declared
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  • 112 6 IPOH, Sun.— A Police constable attached to the Police signals. Ipoh, Zakaria (28), and an 18-year-old student. Saidin bin Karim were killed following a motor cycle accident near Sungei Siput. 16 miles north of here at about 5 p.m. yesterday. Zakaria was riding the motor-cycle
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  • 38 6 MOSCOW Radio on Saturday night beamed a series of anti-H-bomb broadcasts at Britain and the United States, and accused U.S. statesmen of trying to turn the "simple matter" of halting tests into "an insoluble problem." U.P.
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  • 122 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The working committee of the Federation Chinese School Teachers* Association today decided to question government's legal right to impose school age limit. The meeting also decided that Chinese school pupils should not take the govern- ment sponsored Upper Secondary School Entrance
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  • 62 6 FEDERATION Chief Scout Commissioner, Inche Mohamed Yusof bin Ahmed. shakes hands with the World Chief Guide, Lady BadenPowell, after she had been decorated with the highest Scout Award m the Federation, the "Semangat Padi." Lady Baden-Powell, widow of the late Lord BadenPowell, founder of the Scout
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  • 184 6 Buddhist Priest Takes Vow Of Silence IPOH, Sun. Nearly a hundred Buddhist priests and nuns from all over the Federation and a large number of devotees today witnessed a ceremony m which a Buddhist priest took the vow and entered into a three-year "silent" retreat. The priest. 67-year-old Seng Chin,
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  • 304 6 Don't Be A Colony Of Peking Thomas SINGAPORE become a colony 0 f Hed China although that coun. try has as "good a ment as it could day." The secretary -g. the Singapore La Mr. Francis Thorn a this statement the inauguration c< i the party's Kailang bt Mr. Thomas
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  • 63 6 PENANG. Sun.— The I Medical Association, Malaya Branch, ended its three-day conference here today with a visit to the School for the Deaf m Northam Road. The delegates from the northern, central and southern branch of the B.M.A were impressed with the J the children m the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 522 6 imm in ri-Mlin— I To Give 10.30 a m. ■.-4J •Jgk] H fcT g.l i^al PAVILION: Valley Of Lost Soul» EgU^^il^H^IaUAXfl (Mandarin) 1 345 and 9.15 pm COLISEUM: Booloka RambaJ (TaNanyang University Dramatic So- mil) 3 30 and 8 p.m. ciety: Concert at the Victoria LIDO: Coffee House (Hindi) 3.
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    • 311 6 SUN: Toh Fah Lvi Tau Fatt (Hokkien) 11 a.m. 1. 3, €.45 and 9.15 pm. MV.IESTIC- Carrol Wallace FolUes 3.30 6.3o 'and 9.30 p.m. C-XRLTON: Fair Maidens Among The Melons 3. 645 and 9.15 p m. SUNGEI SIPUI PRINCESS; Crab Story (Cantonese) 1 and 730 p.m. IPOH CATHAY- The CaiToll
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    • 350 6 RADIO MALAYA (General Service): 9 a.m. Music of the; Danube; 930 Songs from the South; 9 45 Comic Capers; 10 a.m. In Latin American Mood; 10 30 At the Cinema; 11 a.m. Kostalanetz Conducts! 11.30-12 noon Easter Fair; 1.15 p.m. Musical Aperitiff; 130 Time Signal and News; 1.40 Talk by
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  • 184 7 £VERY Tuesday morning an elderly lady can be found m the St. Andrew's Cathedral library surrounded by a motley group of men. women and children of all nationalities. She is Mrs. W.G. Alcoek, a qualified health nurse formerly of London's St. Thomas Hospital. Mrs. Alcoek is
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  • 118 7 INFORMATION COUNTER: WHAT trould you do with a pair of shoes which, although quite old, are m perfectly wearable condi' tion. but the trouble with them is that they make your stockings black? The answer to this is simple. If dirt is getting through the leather, the shoes
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  • Article, Illustration
    828 7 Bride Rides On A Donkey Calling "Old Girls" "f\LD GIRLS" of the Fairfield Girls' School grandmothers, mothers and daughters are invited to the school's Seventieth Anniversary celebrations on May 14 and May 15. The president, Mrs. Lee Soo Wan, of the Fairfield Girls' School's Alumni Association requests those
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  • 501 9 Heavy Deliveries To Clear Stocks By a Market Correspondent AT the start of the second [outiol period, the Sin. tin price fell sharply .58.25 per picul and lged to recover 62 Lents last Thursday. :al sales were estii at twice as much
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  • 267 9 COMPANY REPORTS The Wilkinson Process Rubber Co., Ltd: For the year ended 30.9.57, a profit of 127.3% was earned and a dividend of 30% has been recommended compared with 17jt% the previous year. Net current assets at balancing date were equal to $1.91 per share. A capitalization issue of 3
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  • 37 9 A FORMER student o1 the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, Mr. Leong Hing JVin (above) has been awarded a Federal scholarship to study forestry at Sydney University. He is the son of Mr. Leong Kwan Mo.
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  • 227 9 NEW YORK, April 6, (Reuter).— An international convention to set up a new United Nations specialized agency for shipping has now come into effect, it was announced last week. It wiil be the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), established m accordance with a convention drawn
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  • 29 9 FORD MOTOR Company of Australia recently announced plans for the production oi an all-Australian car. The total cost of the project will be A£ 18.500.000.
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  • 224 9 BUSINESS done m shares from March 29 to April 3: Industrials: Federal Dispensary $2.30 cd. c.c.i.. Fraser Neave Ords. $2.67$ to $2.65, Gammons $2.35. Hammer Co. $1.74, Hume Industries Ords. A5/- xd.. William Jacks $1.75. Malayan Breweries $3.50 cd. to $3.52J cd.. Malayan Collieries 80c. Metal
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  • 206 9 U.K. Gross Earning Shows Rise THE U.K. gross domestic product that is the money value of output including services produced at horne rose by £1.046 million or 6 c 'o m 1957, according to a White Paper on national income and expenditure published yesterday (Monday) m London. Adding m the
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  • 74 9 THE railway works m England which made the diesel electric locomotives that are speeding up rail transportation m Malaya, have now been commissioned to build a fleet of the most powerful locomotives of this kind m the world. This contract has been given by the British
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  • 33 9 AUSTRALIAN production of steel is expected to total 3.060,000 tons this year and pig-iron output will oe 2,200,000 tons, according to the latest quarterly review by the Department of National Development.
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  • 122 9 CANBERRA. Apr. 6 (Reuter). Japanese imports into Australia have almost doubled m the last 12 months under the stimulus of the AustralianJapanese trade agreement. This is revealed m detailed trade figures released today by the Commonwealth Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver. The Australian government's object m negotiating the
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  • 277 9 WASHINGTON. April 6 The United States is now proceeding with plans to develop and build a second type of nuclear propulsion for merchant ships. It will use a nuclear _>as turbine engine. The first type of nuclearpropelled merchant ship is new being built and
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 360 9 WASHINGTON, April 6 (AFP) Barring a continued decline m United States industrial production, U.S. imports from the Far East are anticipated to remain at nearly the same level m 1958 as m 1957, the Department of Commerce stated m a
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    • 149 9 LONDON, Apr. 6, (AFP). —British textile manufacturers are making a strong bid to attract a large number of potential continental and other foreign customers at the forthcoming international exhibition opening m Brussels later this month. The world's leading manmade fibre producers, Courtaulds. for the first time
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    • 43 9 THE Australian timber industry has been passing through difficult times m recent months, says an Australian Government Information Bureau release. It is experiencing competition from imported low-cost timbers, and is feeling the effects of restricted finance for home building
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    • 58 9 NEW DELHI. April 8 (AFP). —India's overall agricultural production m the last seven years increased by 25 per cent. Agriculture Minister Ajit Prasad Jain told the Lower House. Despite this, the Minister said, India faced difficulties concerning the rice situation. It was believed she would have to
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    • 240 9 New Foundry Marks Step Forward In Car Industry THE recently opened A£2 r OOO.OOO foundry' of B;r--mid Auto Castings Pty. Ltd. at Geelong, Victor.a, marks an important forward step m the Australian motor car industry, according to the Journal of the Australian Trade Commission m South-east Asia. The new foundry
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    • 234 9 FORMATION of a Commonwealth Council "at a fairly high governmental level" is suggested m a leading article m the March issue of Barclay's Bank Overseas Review. The article suggests that such a Council could keep a constant watch on economic affairs
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    • 95 9 LONDON: Visitors queue to view the "RoundHouse" —one of the exhibits m the village at the annual Ideal Homes Exhibition, tchich opened at Olympia. The house was created by Dr. Johann Ludovici of Jockgrim, near Karlsruhe, m Germany. He was asked by the Belgian Government to design
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    • 56 9 A NEW projector, designed for operations under all climatic conditions, has been introduced m Britain. The equipment is designed for the presentation of cinemascope and other wide screen techniques, and is adaptable for single and multi-track magnetic sound. In its basic form, it i plied for presentation
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    • 22 9 $12. 5 m. Surplus WEST Germany had a surplus U5512,500,000 m March at the European Payments Union, it was announced m Frankfurt.
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  • 63 10 Saturday. Standardpic by J THE Minister for Transport Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib is seen here lowering the flag to start the 1958 Mobilgas Economy Run at Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur on Fah Miss Joy Landymore (Pontiac Lauretian), the first woman competitor to drive m the
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  • 60 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Muraille and Mcmullan have qualified for the finals m the Malayan Golf Association championships which is being played at the Golf Club course. Thi? morning Muraille beat Southgate 3 and 1 to qualify for the final and Mcmullan beat Craik by the same margin.
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  • 349 10 SEVENTY four cars which started from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore m the 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run arrived without any hitch at the finishing point at Orchard Road m Singapore yesterday. The competitors started off from Kuala Lumpur yesterday and drove through Yong
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  • 780 10 EASY CRICKET WIN FOR SELANGOR NS. TROUNCED BY TEN WICKETS SEREMBAN, Sun. Selangor beat Negri Sembilan by 13 wickets in their opening inter state cricket match of the season on the Negri Sembilan Club padang here today. Final scores were Selangor 250 and 8 for none and Negri Sembilan 99
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  • 282 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Singapore swimmers swept the board and took most events on the programme to emerge winners m the Malayan Chinese quadrangular swimming meet at the Chin Woo pool which ended here today. Held m conjunction with this meet was the Federation of Malaya
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  • 250 10 FAM Names 17 For The Third Asian Games KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Football Association of Malaya selection committee at its meeting at the Merchants' Club here today named 17 out of 18 players who will travel to Tokyo to take part at the Third Asian Games there m May. The
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  • 352 10 MALAYAN CHINESE CHAMPIONS AT SOCCER CARNIVAL KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malayan Chinese became champions at the soccer carnival at the Merdeka Stadium today when they beat Malayan Indians 3-1. Half time score was 2-1. The Chinese were unbeaten m all three games they played and fully deserve their success. Chinese took
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  • 986 10 Saturdays Race Weights And Probable Starters FOLLOWINC are weights and probable starters tor all eight fat tor Saturday, April 12. first day of th. Selangor Turt Club Ao* meeting: Horses Class 5 Div. I 5Vi Purs. <oaac6 PAGAN KINC 4y 9 00 DANIELS Mr V. C Bath 3y V 8.]2W
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  • 936 10 KLANG, Sun.— Singapore's top seeded player A. Pakir will meet Captain Ling m one of the men's singles semi-finals when he defeated the local opponent Billy Yap 6-1 6-0 m the second day of the Klang Club Easter tennis tournament. The local opponent was no match
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 71 10 TODAY'S SPORT SINGAPORE ATHLETICS: SAAA Asian Games trials at Farrer Park; USA vs Colony athletics meeting at Farrer Park 4 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR GOLF Malayan Golf Championships'' G ARRI SON LEAGUE SOCCER Royal Engineers vs. 1 Supply Depot; 39 Field Ambulance vs. 656 Squadron, Camp 'A' vs. Camp B 50
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  • 599 11  -  WINDSOR LAD By Xl ALA Ll'MPl'R. Sun.— ond attempt for the ig Cup at Rukit Timah on irdaj Brilliant Scholar made no mistake when he put up a magnificent performance beat the fast-finishing nrnek Slipper by a head m a photofinish. the mile.
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  • 38 11 ALTHEA' S DEFEAT MI BEACH. Florida, Reuter)— Althea Gibs n. Wimbledon and Americhampion. vq m the semine good neighbour nt here today by Hopps ninth-ranked r. >Ps won 8-6. 6-2. w's final che will Maria Bueno. of Brazil.
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  • 125 11 Swede Wins Gruelling Tennis Final JOHANNESBURG, April 5. (Reuter*.— Ulf Schmidt, of Sweden beat Ulrich, of Denmark. 1-6. 12-10. 6-2. 6-8. 6-2. to win the men's singles title of the South African lawn tennis championship at Ellis Park here today. He was the fourth overseas winner m the 68-year-old history
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  • 726 11 Relegation Battle Goes On In England LONDON, April 5 (Reuter)— Three goals by insideright Johnny Coyle against Motherwell at Celtic Park, Glasgow, today put Clyde into the final of the Scottish Cup. Tney will not know until Wednesday whether their opponents m the April 26
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  • 244 11 Dews' Breezy Century KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A breezy century by Malayan and Selangor cricketer Arthur Dews enabled Selangor Club to beat Singapore Cricket Club by three wickets m their annual two-day cricket match which ended on the Selangor Club padang today. Arthur Dews who completely mastered the Singapore attack m
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  • 71 11 SINGAPORE Cricket Club beat Young Men s Buddhist Association by 161 runs m a friendly cricket match on the padang yesterday. S.CC 194 for seven declared. (W. J. Cloutmnn 25. C Hall 47 no. E. P. Darke 29 n.o. and U. W de Silv a four for 50).
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  • 31 11 J.W. Burgess knocked out Corporal J. Grimes for the Light Middleweight title m the first round of the Singapore Open Boxing championships at the Great World on Saturday night.
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  • 187 11 Horses Class 5. Division 2— 5i Furlongs; Rocket 9.02 On Parole 8.13 Nellyne 8.12 Hamlet 8.11 Bold Dragoon 8.10 Pinner 8.03 Proctor 8.02 Winner 7.11 Persian Count 7.07 Horses Class 5, Division 1 About 7 Furlongs: Reliable 9.00 Performer II 8.13 Scholarshio 8.07 Ford 8.06
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  • 1467 11 LEAGUE 1 Arsenal versus Nottingham Forest postponed ground waterlogged Aston V. 2. West Bromwich A. 1Blackpool 3. Newcastle U. 2 Bolton W. 0. Manchester C 2. Everton 3. Tottenham 4. Leeds U 2. Sheffield Wed. 2. Leicester C. 5. Burnley 3. Luton Town 0. Chelsea 2. Manchester
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  • 369 11 M.C.F.A. MAKES CHANGES KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— At its annual general meeting at the SCRC her e today the Malayan Chinese Football Association decided to revise its constitution so that its president shall be elected annually but shall not ho:d office for more than two con-:-ceutive years He shall b« eligible
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  • 95 11 DR K. 9. RETNAMS XI beat A Vijeratnam's XI by 39 runs m the Ceylon Sports Club's home and home cricket match at Balestier Road yesterday. Highlight of the match was the good bowling of Retnam who took five wickets for 17 runs. Vijeratnam's side were
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 333 12 LONDON, April 6 (UP) Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned the U.S. and Britain m direct notes yesterday that the Soviet Union would resume nuclear tests unless the Western nations joined Russia m its unilateral test ban. In letters to President Dwight
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    • 273 12 Nkrumah Orders 9 More Deported ACCRA, April 6 (Reuter)— Nine Africans living m Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti region, are to be deported from Ghana, under an Interior Ministry order published m the official Gazette yesterday. The order says their "continued presence m Ghana is not conducive to the public
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    • 35 12 BOMB attacks m the Paphos district of West Cyprus last night injured a British soldier and damaged an empty Police Station and equipment at a government farm, it was learned here yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 39 12 OFFICERS of the Soviet land and air forces are to wear a single type of uniform under a decree of the Ministry of Defence published m yesterday's Soviet newspapers and reported by the news agency Tass. Reuter.
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    • 95 12 THERE'S the big fat cheque for £209,079. 12s. being held by Mrs. Apolena Lamb, aged 82, mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Riley of Newcastle Avenue, Horden, County Durham. Mrs. Riley could not attend the presentation ceremony as she was indisposed, but her husband Thomas Riley. 58. is
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    • 556 12 Their Aim Is To Isolate Egypt He Tells CBS Man NEW YORK, April 6 (UP)— United Arab Republic President, Gamal Abdel Nasser charged today that the United States has joined m a Western campaign to isolate his newly-formed Federation and declared that his people "will
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    • 126 12 A-ARMS CAN BE USED IF... -ARCHBISHOP LONDON, April 6 (Reuter)— The Archbishop of Westminster, Dr. William Godfrey, today declared that m certain circumstances involving selfdefence there might be justification for a nation using the "most powerful nuclear weapon." The Archbishop. m his Easter sermon at Westminster Cathedral, added that war
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    • 158 12 Arab Call For Closer Peking Ties PEKING, April 6 (UP) A top United Arab Republic military leader called on Saturday for closer ties between his nation and the Communist Chinese. The call came from Col. M. K. Mortagi. U.A.R. Military Attache m Peking, at a party given m honour of
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    • 26 12 ARCHBISHOP Makarios of Cyprus will fly to Cairo for talks with President Nasser alter visiting Jerusalem on Tuesday for Greek Orthodox celebrations of Easter. Reuter
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    • 26 12 COMMUNIST China reported yesterday that three full divisions of its "volunteer" forces totalling 40.000 men completed their withdrawal from North Korea on Saturday. U.P.
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    • 52 12 IN this new portrait of Princess Margaret by photographer Cecil Beaton, the Princess is seen m the drawing room of her London residence at Clarence House. She is wearing a gown of cream tulle, and gold lace. The necklace and c" „!,ior« are of turquoise.
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    • 134 12 CUBA REVOLT: 11 REBELS DIE IN CLASH HAVANA, Cuba, April 6 An army communique issued on Saturday said government troops killed 11 rebels on Friday m a gunfight m Melena, near Casanova, Oriente Province. It said two soldiers suffered minor injuries. The communique said the soldiers captured a Piper Cub
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    • 282 12 ADEN, April 6 (Reuter)— Aden Police are investigating four bomb outrages m the past month, including an attempt to sabotage a pipeline at a giant British oil refinery. They have discovered no motive for the attacks, which killed a British officer and
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    • 58 12 TOKYO, April 6 (Reuter).— More than 50,000 private railway workers called off their scheduled strike here today when union representatives accepted the government arbitration board's compromise wage formula The strike was settled a few hours before the first Sunday excursion trains were 'iue to begin their
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    • 105 12 EIGHT DIE IN AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE ADELAIDE. April 6 (Reuter)—Police today checked m hundreds of weary fire-fight-ers returning from South Australia's worst ever bushfire disaster m an effort to identify eight men trapped between converging forest fires and burned beyond recognition. Heavy rains helped the firefighters bring the blaze under control
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    • 72 12 LONDON. April 6. (Reuter) —The American pianist Liberace, who arrived here yesterday on his second visit to Britain, talked about marriage—and revealed that his heart had recently "gone out" to a Japanese actress. He would not say who she was. when he gave a Press conference
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    • 27 12 BRITAIN'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd left London by air last night for a seven-day visit to examine the "outstanding problems" m the Bahamas.— Reuter
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    • 196 12 VALLETTA, April 6 (Reuter)— Mr. Trafford Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Malta, said m a statement issued here tonight that independence would "mean rum for Malta." The statement, issued on the eve of a mass meeting which M_. Don- Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister, will address
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    • 86 12 SINATRA TOLD: 'CATS ARE OUT! LONDON, April 6 (Reuter) Mrs Ei sic Bambridge, daugh. Rudyard Kipling. n„. British author, doesn i approve of what < Frank Sinatra hato the words of "Hi Road To Mandalay The Sunday Dispatch today quotes her as saying: "I've refused permission for his record to
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    • 166 12 They March In Protest Against The H-Bomb SLOUGH. England. A (Reuter) About 50u women and children. wh< London on Friday 50 miles to Britain weapons research c ment at Aldermanst anti-hydrogen bomb arrived here yesterday -a and wet. They are now i half-way to their tion. The marchers went local
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    • 171 12 The Biggest Ever Non- Atom Blast CAMPBELL RIVER. British Columbia, April 6, (Reuter)— Ripple Rock, the west coast's worst shipping hazard, was blasted with 1,700 tons of high explosives yesterday m the heaviest non-atomic explosion ever. The detonation shattered 700,000 tons of rock m the Seymour Narrows, nine miles north
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