Singapore Standard, 9 April 1958

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  • 22 1 SMI SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINCAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 280 15 cts. 14 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 553 1 ACCEPT UN. PROPOSAL ON ATOMS FOR PEACE PLAN 1 US Reply To Soviet Note Urging Ban On Nuclear Tests WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuter)— President Eisenhower today called on Mr. Nikita Khrushchev to accept the United Nations' proposal that "fissionable materials henceforth be manufactured only for peaceful
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  • 159 1 Govt. To Give As Much As Public THE Singapore City Council yesterday allocated $100,000 from City funds for the relief and rehabilitation of the Geylang fire victims. The Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan also announced that the Colony government had also Dromised to
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  • 553 1 THE Federation Central Welfare Council m Kuala Lumpur yesterday posted a cheque for $1,000 to the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for the Kampong Koo Chai. Geylang, fire victims. tions he had with government and political party leaders over the fire relief scheme. He said:
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  • 176 1 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. Twenty-one boys and girls from five secondary English schools here were today expelled by their headmasters for the parts they played m the recent students' demonstration for the immediate introduction of Malay secondary education. Eleven of them were expelled summarily and the
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  • 79 1 TWO victims of last Saturday's Kampong Koo Chai fire tell Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, their tale of woe when he toured the Geylang English School camp yesterday. The woman clutching her grandchild, was asking Mr. Lim to find accommodation for ber daughter who
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  • 472 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The most elusive terrorist of the Emergency war, Chan Tai Chee, who earned the title of "Runaway General" from his colleagues, has surrendered, Police Special Branch disclosed today. His surrender took place at Spngei Besi, nine miles South of Kuala
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  • 66 1 VICTORIA, April 8. (Reuter) Four masked gunmen blew up a road excavator working on government property near Paphos. West Cyprus, after ordering the driver off the machine. They used two bombs on the machine, which was reported badly damaged. Masked gunmen also set fire to a
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  • 22 1 PREMIER Jawaharlal Nehru ha s accepted Peking's invitation to visit Tibet, it was announced m New Delhi yesterday. United Press
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  • 27 1 THE Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, sailed yesterday from Hongkong with his wife and daughter for Yokosuka, Japan, m H.M.S. Alert.
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  • 53 1 TOKYO, Tues.— April 8 (UP).— The Antara News Agency said today Indonesian rebels m North Celebes were receiving weapons from the Philippines. The Indonesian news agency said that the first report "to prove" that the North Celebes rebels are receiving weapons from the Philippines was received m
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  • 65 1 MANILA, April 8 (UP). —Two top Filipino officials today denied a report that the Philippine government has been sanctioning the shipping of arms to the Indonesian rebels on Sumatra. Defence Secretary Jesus Vargas and Lt.-Cen. Alfonso Arrella.no, armed forces chief-of-staff said, "it is only through regular criminal
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  • 43 1 SEOUL, April 8 (Reuter) The South Korean President Dr. Syngman Rhee, became "slightly ill" and postponed his visit to Saigon indefinitely, a government spokesman announced today. Reliable official sources said, however, he was suffering from a "mild cold."
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  • 38 1 SIR Edmund Hillary said yesterday he had abandoned plans to make a lecture tour in England this year. "My wife and I have decided to stay in New Zealand with our family," he added. Reuter
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  • 360 1  - Mr. Yap Is Ready To Bet His Last Shirt Compulsory Vote Debate: ANDREW ROTH By "REVULSION against compulsion" and "Whose finger on the trigger?" were the contrasting slogans ef those who debated compulsory voting at the University Law Society last night. Banker Yap Pheng Geek insisted he was willing to
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  • 45 1 THE Thai newspaper, Daily Mail, reported yesterday that quins had been born to a Thai couple m the central plains town of Singhburi on March 25. The newspaper said all the five babies, three boys and two girls, were doing well. Reuter
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  • 182 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A Pioneer aircraft, carrying five people, today crashed at the International Airport here. Only the pilot was slightly injured. The aircraft belonged to the 267 Squadron of the Royal Air Force here on a training flight when the Incident took place.
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  • 162 2 ...Says Union Which Plans A Mass Protest Meeting THE 5,000-strong Singapore Business Houses Employees Union will hold a meeting shortly to protest against the alleged victimization of its members by some employers. A spokesman of the union told The Standard last nighl that the meeting would plan
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  • 48 2 IPOH Tues. Batu Gajah police today detained the deputy commander of the operational section of Bernban New Village Home Guard. Choy Ah Cheng 29 following a 3 a.m. raid. Police told The Standard this morning that Choy would be produced In court tomorrow morning.
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  • 36 2 HONGKONG. April 8 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were; $16.07 to £1 Sterling, 55.7975 to US$l; $1,842 to Malayan $1: $0,105 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253.25 to a tael.
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  • 32 2 BOEDJANG bin Deris, 38. was yesterday fined $70 or two weeks' jail by a Singapore court for -oossession of one pound of uncustomed cigarettes at Nicoll Highway on Easter Monday.
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  • 41 2 MISS BETSY LIM. 18--year-old Malayan Airways ground hostess at the Singapore Airport was runner up m the "Ideal Working Girl" contest at the Easter Ball held at the Singapore Badminton Hall, on Sunday. Winner was Miss June Goodwin
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  • 94 2 MAJOR B. A. A. Webb was acquitted m a Singapore District Court yesterday on a charge of causing the death of two children by a negligent act not amount to culpable homicide. The prosecution alleged that on the evening of Jan. 19, Major Webb drove a car
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  • 62 2 SINGAPORE Police yesterday were still unable to identify the body of a mid-dle-aged Chinese woman, whose battered body was found In a cemetery m Plantation Avenue, off Yio Chu Kang. A blood-stained changkol was recovered near some tombstones. Police are again appealing to the public to help
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  • 291 2 City Gas Engineer Answers Critics THE Singapore City Gas Engineer, Mr. K. Oii or m a letter to the City o un cil's Public Utilities Com. mittee yesterday stated that criticism of the Department should "constructive" and n„t "destructive." Mr. Oliver, who ing to "inferred < i contained m a
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  • 224 2 A 11-YEAR-OLD girl yesterday stood m the witness-box of the Singapore Assize Court, pointed a finger at a school caretaker and said: "He was the man who raped me The caretaker, Fidalis Banki Pereira, was charged with raping the girl m an empty house m Changi,
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  • 156 2 THE Singapore Government is considering the imposition of harsher sentences for people convicted of hurling "acid bombs" m a bid to wipe out this most vicious type" of criminal activity. A Government spokesman told The Standard yesterday that heavier penalties, when finalized, would be incorporated
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    • 624 2 Noil c k s THE Army Civil Service Union wishes to make it quite clear that certain press reports m the name of the Union, linking it with a 'rebel group' formed with the intention of breaking away from the Singapore Trades Union Congress, are unauthorised. While the T.U.C. warrants
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 396 3 WHILE challenges for by-election contests are being flung around by Singapore political parties os a means ot proving the strength and popularity of the respective groups for the edification of voters, there is also evidence that more election alliances ore being planned behind the scenes. At least
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    • 391 3 COMMUNIST China's internal troubles are growing. There is mounting opposition to the Peking regime as a result of the Government's failure to find employment for the steadily increasing workless and to better the deteriorating living standards of the bulk of the people. There are signs that
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  • 1038 3  - THE EMERGENCY IN CYPRUS Colin Legum By LONDON PHE emergency m Cyprus has now lasted three years. It was on April 1, 1955, that Colonel George Grivas launched his EOKA campaign of violence to wring from the British the right of Cyprus to become united with Greece. The British attitude
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  • 33 3 Experts believe that from the moon, our earth would look like a blue globe m a black sky, and that the continents would be only faintly visible on cloudless days.
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  • 472 3 the NEWS as it strikes me A [EMORIES of the attempted TJ "impeachment" of Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar. when he was Minister for Home Affairs m tbe pre-Merdeka Government of the Federation were brought to mind on reading that the secre-tary-general of the Labour Front. Francis Thomas, had warned
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  • 522 3 ARMS RACE m the Far East TAIPEH JJNITED States air power m the Pacific may soon be realigned as the result of greatly increased concentrations of Communist aircraft m South China. This realignment will probably take the form of increasing U.S. air dispositions m the Philippines, and possibly Formosa a
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  • 823 3 Anthony Sampson reports from London I7VER Since the New Year a succession of by-elections m Britain have hit the headlines provoking an almost unprecedented interest; partly because of the dwindling popularity of the Government, partly because of the apparent revival of the old Liberal Party. The
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  • 97 3 Shorts from the Talks False Reckoning "CURELY even statisticians will admit that not one m a million women or men will m real life conform to the statistical unit which we label 'the average woman' or the average man-' An average is not a person it's the answer to a
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  • 45 4 LEONG See Meng pleaded not guilty m a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of stealing 30 cents from a public telephone booth at the Rex Theatre, Mackenzie Road on Easter Monday. He was allowed $1,000 bail till April 22.
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  • 307 4 It Can't Be Done For A Few Years Yet, Says Jumat SINGAPORE Government's plan to establish a Pubidc Utilities Board to take over all public utilities at present controlled by the City Council will take "some years" to be implemented. The Minister for Local Government, Inche Abdul
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  • 84 4 POSTMASTER TO FACE C.B.T. COUNT IPOH, Tues. Assistant Postmaster at the Ipoh East Post Office m Brewster Road, Teh Eng Seang, today claimed trial to a charge of committing criminal breach of trust of $300 at the Post Office on Oct. 10. last year. He also denied having "fraudulently secreted"
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  • 114 4 NEW COURSES IN ADULT EDUCATION TWO new courses will be sponsored by the Singapore Council for Adult Education this month. The first. "History of Malaya," will start on April 17, at 7.15 p.m. at Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, and continue every Thursday for 10 lectures. The course, which includes Singapore
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  • 230 4 BURGLARS over the Easter holidays broke into 13 homes m Singapore and stole cash and jewellery amounting to $7,000. A Police spokesman yesterday said that the figure did not indicate that there was a rise m house-breaking incidents m Singapore. He considered the number
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  • 181 4 ALOR STAR, Tues. A five-man delegation representing 100 merchants here today protested to the Mentri Besar. Tunku Ismail, against alleged unfair treatment by the Kedah State Advisory Board. The delegation led by the President of the Malay Chamber of Commerce, Kedah, Tuan Hanifah S. Alaudin,
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  • 55 4 MISS PENNY YONG (centre) was elected "Easter Queen 1958" at a dance held at West Point Garden, Singapore, on Sunday night. The dance was held m aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. Miss Patricia Yong Tai Tai (right) was second and
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  • 239 4 SINGAPORE Government yesterday announced its determination to implement the reduced salary scales for newly recruited teachers. Top officials of the Education Ministry, who met a delegation from the Teachers' Union made this announcement. Ministry officials told Union representatives that despite recommendations made
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  • 64 4 ALOR STAR, Tues.— Two hundred Malays living m Kampong Kangkong, seven miles south of here are writing to Alliance State Councillor Tuan Haji Ismail Ibrahim saying that they have no faith m him. The villagers are angry because Tuan Haji Ismail did not keep
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  • 108 4 Girls' Show Will Raise Funds For College JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Tengku Ampuan Mariam College, a college for girls here, will hold Hari Raya Entertainment Nights from April 21 to 28. A member of the entertainment committee said yesterday that proceeds from the shows would go to the College Fund
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  • 241 4 Develop Water Sources, He Urges SINGAPORE'S water consumption will increase to 82.000.000 gallons a day m 1964 compared to the present 60,000,000 gallons demand. This was stated m a report submitted by the City Water Engineer, Mr. F. S. Wicks, for the consideration of the Council. Mr. Wicks m his
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  • 151 4 Coroner Postpones Inquest SINGAPORE Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday ordered an inquest to be postponed when he was informed that the relatives of the deceased were not m Court. Mr. Giam was inquiring into the death of hospital assistant, Harry Heng Kok Peng, 24. Heng, a laboratory assistant was
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  • 85 4 EXPAT QUITS AS COUNCIL STAFF MEDICO DR. T. R. WILLIAMS, Singapore City Council's Staff Medical Officer (junior officers) left the service last week. In his place, the Council has appointed Dr. A. C. S. Rajan. Dr. Williams will take up a new appointment m Malacca. Last month, the Council's Chief
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  • 166 4 NINETEEN private pilots licences were obtained by members of the Royal Singapore Flying Club throughout tbe year. This was revealed by its president. Mr. P. J. White m his annual report for 1957. The year's flying hours were substantially increased due to scholarship
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  • 245 5 CLOSE RANKS -MCA. CHIEF We Aim To Consolidate Ties With All Branches PEXANG, Tues. The president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Di j^im Chong Eu, today stated that there was no intention on their part to create an; difficulties. Their aim was rather to consolidate their organization, particularly ii r
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  • 148 5 Dr. Lim Accepts Tan, Wen Resignations NANG, Tues. Pre- of the Malayan ose Association, Dr. r Chong Eu, today disi he has accepted the < nations of the M.C.A. itive secretary, Mr. T. r H Tan, and the secretary e M.C.A. Chinese T. K. Wen. vever. Dr. Lim said his
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  • 50 5 ALOR STAR, Tues. All ques. temples and other es of worship in Perlis will Jl special services so that Emergency may end quickThe Thai community held today at Jejawi be followed by a n service tomorrow. and Buddhists will I their respective services '.pril 11.
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  • 28 5 THE Indian High Commiser, Mr. V.M.M. Nair, left '.umpur yesterday for a tour of Singapore. He -y expected to tour every ct^to tm tV«» Fpdpration shortly.
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  • 78 5 PENANG, Tues. After being disqualified from driving for two years, a broker, S Gurusamy. applied for and received a provisional driving licence, the Sessions Court was told today. The broker pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false statement to the Registrar and Inspector
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  • 66 5 IPOH Tues Three men, Kong Soo, 20. Leong Fook, 34, and Yap Soon. 21. claimed trial m the Sessions Court here today to a charge of attempting to extort $72 from a schoolteacher. Mr, Choy Loy Fatt. on April 2. Sessions Court President Mr
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  • 184 5 600 CHEER CHIEF GUIDE IN HEAVY RAIN MALACCA, Tues. —In spite of the heavy rain thi s morning, more than 600 Girl Guides and Brownies and 100 Scouts from Negri Sembilan. Johore and Malacca gave the World's Chief Guide. Lady BadenPowell a rousing welcome. Among those present were the Federation
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  • 51 5 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock has appointed 14 members to the Labour Advisory Board and not 13 persons as reported m The Standard of Monday. Among the seven employers' representatives are Mr. J. M. Pang and the Permanent Secretary
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  • 53 5 IPOH, Tues. The proprietor of a Chinese book shop m Yau Tet Shin Street, Loke Kum Wah. 31, was fined $250 by Magistrate Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan today for dishonestly receiving stolen property. Loke admitted that he bought 11 stolen fountain pens, valued at $200
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  • 106 5 The President of the Australian Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Murray Pitt, of Melbourne, will visit nine Asian cities, from Singapore to Tokyo, during a 30-day tour beginning this month. Mr. Pitt plans the tour "for the further strengthening of the existing bond of friendship between Southeast
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  • 277 5 COUNSEL DENIES SMELTER UNION'S ALLEGATIONS PENANG, Tues. Allegations of injustice by *he Eastern Smelting Company made by two former employees were not substantiated. Ihis was stated by counsel for the company, Mr. IX Meek during his submission today at the resumption of the Court of Inquiry into the trade dispute
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  • 169 5 He Pays For Goods With Bad Cheques KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Selangor Police today warned business houses here to be on the look out for a man who passes out cheques under an assumed name after taking delivery of the goods. Yesterday, Police said, a man took $895 worth of materials
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  • 286 5 IPOH Tues A top trade union leader m the Federation, Mr. John Emmanuel, leaves here towards the middle of this year to organize unionism among the plantation workers m the British Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa, Kenya and Mauritius. Energetic and much-tra-velled, Mr Emmanuel is
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  • 33 5 A PATROL of the First Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, wounded one of two terrorists they contacted m the Labis area of Johore yesterday. Both terrorists escaped. Tracks were followed but were lost.
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  • 85 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A leading Indian physicist, Dr. Mehta Gopal Singh, has advised the Department of Chemistry here to instal a $35,000 infra-red equipment to facilitate analytical work. The doctor is the director m India -of the Associated Instrument Manufacturing Company Health Ministry sources told The
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  • 54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The recent annual general meeting of the Federation of Malaya Pictorialists has altered its name, subject to approval by the Registrar of Societies, to the "Photographic Society of the Federation of Malaya." The meeting also elected Mr. Yee Mun Poh as president
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  • 49 5 PENANG. Tues. Government Veterinary Officer Mr. M. T. Soong said today that the condition of the pony that was injured at Western Road on Sunday night is improving The pony belongs to Mr. N Griffin, works manager of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd here.
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  • 34 5 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Dato Abdul Razak bin Dato Hussein today congratulated the fifth Battalion. Royal Malay Regiment for killing four Communist terrorists m Negri Sembilan on March 29.
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  • 82 5 MALACCA, Tues.— A retired Malay school teacher was killed and five children injured m a motor accident which marked the end of the Easter holidays yesterday. The teacher, Haji Sardon bin Abdullah, was driving his car home with five school children m it. when about
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  • 110 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Indian Government plans to build international hostels for foreign students at Delhi. Calcutta and Bombay, the Indian Press attache Mr Astana said here today. "A building has been rented m Calcutta by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the hostel is expected
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  • 127 6 2 RAF Jets Make Forced Landings At Airport TWO R.A.F. jet fightersbombers surprised Singapore Airport officials when they made an unscheduled landing at Paya Lebar airfield yesterday. The pilots of the R.A.F. Vampire and Meteor later explained that they were forced to land at Paya Lebar because of an emergency.
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  • 58 6 THE fifth annual by-election to the Sa'eng Local Council was held at Saleng, m the Johore Bahru district, yesterday Four hundred and thirty-five voters out of a total registered electorate of 458, elected Messrs Chen Tin Yong. Goh Siang Liew and Chee Wan Chong
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  • 217 6 SHB. BOSS GETS A BIG SEND-OFF MORE than 2,000 Singapore Harbour Board personnel thronged the wharves yesterday to bid bon voyage to their Deputy Traffic Manager, Mr. S.E. Broadhurst. who sailed for Britain on retirement. Mr. Broadhurst, who is credited with 25 years service with the SHB, was treated to
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  • 400 6 WAR VETERAN LOSES MERCY BID To Die For Murder Of His Father-in-Law KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal of a World War II Indian Army veteran against bis conviction for the murder of his father-in-law. Mohamed Khan, a special constable on the Tronoh Mines
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  • 112 6 Graveyard Murder Baffles The Police SINGAPORE Police, after intensive investigations, iate last night had not established the identity of the muidered woman found m a graveyard off Plantation Avenue on Monday. The Chief of the Homicide Squad, Mr. V. N. Ratnasingam revealed last night the woman was blind m one
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  • 129 6 LONDON, April 8 (Reuter) The Malay Regiment has been given the title of "The Royal Malay Regiment." the War Office announced today The* Malay Regiment was raised m 1933, one battalion being formed In the Second World War the First Battalion was ready for active service,
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  • 248 6 THE Singapore Workers' Party yesterday accepted the chaLenge of the Labour Front to a showdown of political strength on the City Council level and called on Labour Front leader. Mr. Tan Peng Yue, to resign. The acting secretary-gen-eral of the party, Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy, yesterday
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  • 221 6 THE GREATER part of the 40-ship KPM fleet that operated between the islands of the Indonesian Archipelago is today idle m Singapore's Outer Roads With the arrival of the last four ships released by the Indonesians yesterday. 34 KPM ships are now listed
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  • 70 6 DR. R. CALDERWOOD. Deputy Director of Medical Services and Deputy Permanent Secrete the Ministry of Health, left Singapore last with his wife by Qantas-BOAC for a holiday round the world. Dr. Calderwood. who is seen above with his wife will be away for four months. He
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  • 314 6 THE Singapore Government will be asked at U$ next Legislative Assembly meeting on April 22 to declare its stand on the Indonesian crisis. Assemblyman Lee Eng will ask the Secretary lf he will tni statement on the star. the Singapore Goverr
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  • 225 6 2 Succeed In Electoral Claims ASSISTANT Registration Officer, Inche Hussein bin Kamari, allowed two claims for inclusion in the Singapore District Councils electoral register yesterday. Inche Hussein was conducting a public inquiry into the claims at the Statistics Department. The successful claimants were Mr. Victor de Souza, of 45, Lorong
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  • 24 6 THE net collections from income tax for the period March 1 to 31 amounted to $12 737.--619.20. the Federation Government announced yesterday.
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  • 115 6 Two Die In Pusing Explosion IPOH, Tues.— Two women died m the Batu Ga hospital this morning burns sustained m v plosion which occurred yesterday m a wooden house m Pusing. 10 from here They were Chow Chan Moi, 32. and Choo M who were the occupants of a single
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  • 281 7 YANKEE' BOYS SPREAD TERROR Parangs And Chains Used In Night Assaults IPOH, Tues. A gang of more than ten "Yankee" boys armed with parangs, bottles and bicycle chains struck thrice at half-hourly intervals m the heart of Ipoh town last night. Two of the gang's victims were admitted to hospital
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  • 388 7 Chamber To Give $50,000 To Fire Victims Tonight CASH amounting to $50,000 is to be distributed among the 2,000 victims of the Kampong Koo Chye fire at the Geylang English School at 9 p.m. tonight. The fire which broke out on Saturday gutted some 250 houses and destroyed property estimated
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  • 167 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES "'IOMMi rubber price* icenls per Ib.) m Singarorp vestcrrliv were* Bwver*. Seller* Sp^t 76? 776 R.S.S No. 1 765 77£ May R.S.S No. 1 765 762 R S.S No. 2 Ap-il 7?i 73 R.«.S. No 3 (>'» 69| Tone:— Slightly Easier The nriu ol tin m Singapore
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  • 43 7 WORLD Health Day was observed m all districts m Kelantan yesterday. Pamphlets on health subjects were distributed and m certain kampongs competitions were held. In the Kuala Krai district a World Health Day exhibition was held at the Yahya Petra School.
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  • 64 7 PENANG. Tues. An Australian leading aircraftsman, j ArkeJ H. Joseph pleaded not i guilty when he appeared m the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of theft of $4 belonging to Ooi Eok Juan, at the White House Hotel, Penang Road on April 5 He was
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  • 157 7 THE Philippines govern men: is offering scholarships to students m the Colony and the Federation of Malaya m order to promote "closer ties between the countries This was announced by the Dean of the Araneta University, Manila, Mr. Serafin V. C. Guingona (above) m Singapore yesterday. The
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  • 213 7 YESTERDAYS meeting: of the Singapore City Council lasted only 30 minutes— the shortest on record since it took office m December. The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan, gave the relief and rehabilitation scheme for the victims of the Geylang fire top priority and received
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  • 140 7 Assembly Opening Today A 17-gun salute will be fired by armoured cars today, to mark the opening of the Third Session of the Singapore Legislative Assembly by the Governor, Sir William Goode. The Guard of Honour will be provided by men of the Ist Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment and the
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    • 269 7 m^^^ m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 p.m ■TTT^^T^^^^^F^.^v'H Peace Cove: Gosoel meeting at 393. Klm^lij tfl^lj Jo Chiat Road 8 p.m Singapore Legislative Assembly: I V^jflßlliTs Opening session at -Assembly I Hm£AL^BMS)iKU*^yl House Empress Place n) a m YMCA, (Orchard Road,: Body- «»**^Jl-gP-fcl building weightlifting 430 pm port Dickson 943 am (7lt 7in.)
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    • 193 7 8.30 Sport the Favourites. 9 p.m. Asian Games Forum. 9.30 Time Signal. 945 Report on Singapore Legislative Assembly Meeting SINGAPORE (Regional Service): 7.15 a.m Opening announcement and morning serenade. 7.30 Time signal and news. 7.35 A date with music. 8 a.m. News headlines. 8.02 to 8.30 A date with music
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  • 131 9 PAKISTAN is to send a Jute sales promotion delegation to South-east Asia, the Pakistan Trade Commissioner's Office m Singapore announced yesterday. It said object of the trip is to popularise uses of jute and expand markets m this region. The East Pakistan Government
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  • 212 9 OUTER ROADS Ophir, Tossi Maru, Mantu, Tug 124. Cal. Adelaide, Bonnevis, Hong Kong, Lao. Ryvarden, Soya, Balanipa. Rakongan. Calt. Bombay, Mosborg. Lipis, Tokyo Maru, Kian Aun, Gervase Sleigh, Japara, Danakil. Song, Chun An. De Berens. Felipes. Elisabeth Bakke, Shofuku Maru. Van Neck, Bagan, Tosui Maru Nos. 1
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  • 139 9 New Type Synthetic Foam Is Being Tested AS a result of research and development work m the United Kingdom and United States, a new type of synthetic foam, claimed to be the most rubber-like so far developed, has been produced. It is derived mainly from polyether and other raw materials
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  • 289 9 Harvest For This Produce In Swing ILLIPENUT harvest m Sarawak's Third Division is m full swing and to date nearly 2,100 tons (35.000 piculs); have been exported from Sibu, says a Sawarak government release. Prices offered have been very favourable, at one stage the price rose to over $80 a
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  • 119 9 US. Steel Output At New Low NEW YORK, April 8: (UP) —Steel production last week fell to the lowest level m almost 11 years and output this week is expected to decline further, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported. Last week's production of 1 312,000 tons was the lowest
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  • 185 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done Fed. Disp. $2.28: Fraser and Neave ords $2.65; Gammon $2.36, $2.35; H Waugh $1.50 overnight and yesterday cd cb: Hammer $1 74; M Box $1.65; Robinson ords. $1.70. $1.69; Cold Storage 89c. 89ic- Steamship 72Jc, 74c overnight. 73c; Straits Times
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  • 81 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Fro duce Exchange noon closing prices Der picul yesterday were: copra April May UK Continent $30i buyers $31* sellers; coconut oil m b-.ilk $46 sellers; m drums $50 sellers Muntok white peppei $130 sellers; Sarawak white $129 sellers; Special Sarawak black $72. H.C.B. Ltd. closing prices copra,
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  • 114 9 Industrials, Tins Ease INDUSTRIALS and tins were dull and inclined to ease, while rubbers were negiected m the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Federal Disp. 2.25 2.3ocdcci W. Hammer 170 1.75 Cold Storage 0.87 0.90 Straits S'ship ($1 stock)
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 62 9 EUROPE'S first terminal for 100,000-ton supertankers which are now being built for international oil companies will be at Finnart, Dumbartonshire. Scotland, on the eastern shore of Loch Long. Mr. J. Caldwell, managing director of Scottish Oils Ltd., said that the new terminal an extension of the
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    • 68 9 NEW DELHI, April 8, (Reuter)—lndia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to co-operate m providing maximum facilities to increase trade between the two countries, a joint communique said here yesterday. The communique, finalised during the visit to India lasl month of a Saudi delegation led by the Commerce
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    • 63 9 THE s.s New Mexico, a new oil tanker, for Texaco, has been launched by Harland and Wolff Limited from their Belfast Shipyard. The New Mexico, a tanker of 28,000 tons deadweight is the second of two sister ships to be built by Harland and Wolff Ltd., for
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    • 554 9 EARLY implementation of the Millbourn Report on Singapore port development is vital to the Colony's best interests, declares Mr. D. W. Holder, chairman of the Singapore Shipowners' Association, m his statement for the year ended Dec. 31, 1957. Mr. Holder estimates the Colony's
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    • 183 9 RUBBER MARKET NEGLECTED On a market which was arge.y neglected, rubber m Singapore yesterday slipped i cent International first grade for April shipment was Quoted at 762 cents per lb. against the previous close of 774 cents. Yesterday's closing tone wai slightly easier. The market opened around previous levels and
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    • 224 9 KU CHING, Tues. Private housing development m Kuching has increased over 1956, it is disclosed m the annual report for 1957 of the Kuching Municipal Council. This is stated m the annual report for 1957 of the Kuching Municipal Council. Plans were approved for the development
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    • 129 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. T.T. 32--15/16. O.D. 33-1/16. 90 days airmail 33-3/16 credit bills. 33--1/4 trade bills. Canada: buying, T.T. 32-1/16, OD. 32-3/16. 90 days airmail 32-1/2 credit bills. 32-5/8 trade bills. Selling. T.T.
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    • 41 9 ANSCO Exoort Department, New York, recently announced that the 35mm Super Anscochrome (Exposure Index 100) is now available m 15mm motionpicture size. The film, it claims, has the fastest colour emulsion ever offered to the amateur motion-picture maker.
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    • 29 9 MARCH lubber crops as announced by the following companies were: Benta 79.--000 lb. Jeram Kuantan 68.000 lb. Kundong 44,000 lb. Mentakab. 60.000 lb. Sungei Bagan 200.000 lb.
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    • 49 9 INTERNATIONAL DrotVs land clearing special, the TD 14A is seen here being tr<ed out at a demonstration at Petalina Jaya, sponsored b y the Malayan and Borneo < distributors United Engineers Ltd. This machine can remove a tree m H minutes, it is cUnmea.
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  • 413 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP Singapore compere Garry Stewart asks attractive Thai i.„„ waf.h«t* star "iawanart Punyachote whether she would like to appear m more pictures like the Bridge on the River Kwai. Garry got an answer from all three Thai stars Ngamtha Suphapongse and Kannikar Dowklee Oh, Yes Sir they all
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    • 207 10 **> your last chance to u^m Www Robinson's Sale of the Year ENDS TODAY! J^ I U b I |N| jj Vr \j 4^ P.r\R \3 rW N J ♦> •> FURNISHING RAYON j CARPET PLASTIC PLASTIC COMPLEXION BARFLY j CARON BATH f MATERIAL POPLIN BROOMS i BINS BOWLS BRUSH
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  • 294 11 Request For Minimum Passes Until Delegation Meet City Council by OUR SOCCER REPORTER the Singapore Olympic Sports Council for its expenses to Tokyo. And with poor response so far to the SOSC's call for funds to send the Colony contingent to Tokyo, there is
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  • 146 11 Young Cagers Need Tour Experience, Soys Quek Seng Guan r AT is needed for Singaj youthful cagers is experience of tours overseas, m order to give them the Quek Hock Seng be sending two basketteams Quek Hock Seng and Green Eagle on a tour of Sarawak on Saturday. This was
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  • 84 11 ti to represent the ,apore) vs Singapore Recreation Club on \oril I 3 on the Tanghn GHQ FARELF will be as exander (Cant.) (1 rtle. il KOSB". 1 KOSB). WO d i GHQ FARELF). Sgt 1 1 Base Wksos Morris (Nee Soon L/Cpl Bnent (Attd Reg),
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  • 36 11 RAJAJI Sports Club beat Brotherhood Association by eight goals to nil m their division 3A league at Geylang yesterday. •rs were K. Syed Osman 4. B. Ramanathan 3 and S. 3 rasamy.
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  • 235 11 FLOODED roads from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh on the first day threatened the success of the Mobilgas Economy Run, but other than that, this year's run was 'as good as was expected.' Organising secretary of the Run completed during the weekend, Mr.
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  • 86 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday— Selangor's hockey selectors has picked a powerful side for the yan Hockey Federations four-day carnival which is being held here from April 10 to 13. The carnival is being held to pick 25 to 30 player s for centralized training after which the
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  • 121 11 THE following are elected office-bearers for the Jacques Badminton Party for 1958:— Patrons: Hon. Mr. Lim Koon Teck, Mr. A. C T. Kwong. Mr. Yeo Hock Thye. Mr. A. C. Richards. Mr. Koh Kirn Swee. Mr. Koh Ah. Bah. Hon. Medical Adviser: Dr. Lee Ec Kiam. President: Mr.
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  • 93 11 Perak Women's Golf Tourney On Apr. 21 IPOH, Tues. The 1958 Perak Women's golf championships will be played off on the P.T.C. Sports Club course m Tiger Lane on Monday, April 21 (Hari Raya). The competition will be over 18 holes stroke play, and is open to all women golfers
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  • 39 11 SINGAPORE Recreation Club trounced the Young j\fen's Sikh Association by five goals to nil m the SAFA Div. 2A league match on the padang yesterday. Rozario (2). Desker Boyd (2) and V. Klass scored for the Recs.
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  • SPORTS LETTER
    • 151 11 No Throwing Events In The Programme For Americans Sir,— The American Track and Field Stars now m Malaya will soon be competing against our athletes m the running and jumping events. I feel very sad that no throning events are featured m the programme. Malaya is weakest m these events
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  • 264 11 AFTER a lapse of two weeks, the Singapore Business Houses Football Association wUI resume their first division league fixtures today Unlike the past six weeks when four matches were played each Wednesday there will be only two matches today. These are between Chartered Bank
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  • 38 11 TAIPING. Tues Perak Chinese Recreation Club drew one-all with British Military Hospital m a division one soccer fixture played yesterday. The Recs scored through inside-right Pee Loon while inside-right Greenfield equalised for the hospital.
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  • 294 11 Few Entries Disappoint FMSA President KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Mr. S. M. Yong, President of the Federation of Malaya Shooting Association, expressed disappointment at the poor response to the Association's invitation to Federation shooters to take part m trials for the Asian Games. In an interview
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  • 43 11 SI IS G A P O RE Chinese Swimming Club swimmers, who almost swept the board at the Chinese quadrangular swimming championships against Penang, Selangor and Kinta clubs at Kuala Lumpur Chinwoo pool during the Easter holidays.— picture by Haw Lan
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  • 62 11 Girls Boys Badminton IPOH, Tues. Entries are invited for the 1958 Perak schoolboys and schoolgirls badminton championships which will be held at the Perak Turf Club Courts from May 1 to 4 inclusive. There will be five events boys' singles and doubles, girls' singles and doubles and mixed doubles. Entries
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  • 21 11 PENANG, Tues. The Muslim Recreation Club will hold its annual general meeting at 24 Market Street on April 27.
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  • 562 11  - Diamond Jubilee Peace Ripple Show Up Well WINDSOR LAD K.L. TRACKWORK BEGINS From KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— There was little activity on the training track this morning Only Kuala Lumpur trained hcrses and a few from the Martin Stable were out at useful work on the outside of the main track
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  • 641 12 Better Test Side, Says Captain Craig PERTH, (Western Australia), April 7 Australian captain lan Craig expects Australia to defeat England during the tour by the M.C.C. next summer. Craig was interviewed on the return of the Australian learn which has just completed an undefeated tour of
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  • 175 12 Mathews Aims To Break 10 sec. SYDNEY. (New South Wales), April 8 Marlene Mathews will break the ten seconds barrier for 100 yards before she closes her career, according to her coach. Bill Harrison. Twenty-three-year-old Miss Mathews last week broke the world records for the 100 yards and the 220
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  • 30 12 MONTE CARLO, April 8. (AFP) France's Robert Haillet won the "Prince of Monaco" cup for the men's singles when he beat Egypt's Jaroslav Drobny 6 4, 6—4, 6—3.
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  • 312 12 SYDNEY, (New South Wales), April 7 Australia has chosen a strong cycling team for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games at Cardiff m July. Only four of the team of nine riders represented Australia at the Olympic Games m Melbourne. However, the only shock omission
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  • 69 12 JOHANNESBURG. South Africa, Apr. 8. (UP).— South Africans Sandra Reynolds and Renee Schuurman today beat American Louise Brough and Briton Shirley Bloomer. 4-6, 8-6. 6-3 m the women's doubles final of the South African tennis championships here. In the mixed doubles, South Africans B M. Woodruffe and
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  • 371 12 GOODWOOD, England, April 7 (AFP) Britain's Mike Hawthorn m a new-type Ferrari won the 100-mile "Glover Trophy" race here today m 1 hour 03 mm. 14.4 sec. He averaged 94.96 miles an hour. Australia's Jack Brabham m a two-litres Cooper was second m 1 hour 04
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  • 59 12 NEW YORK. April 8, (AFP) Olympic 1,500-metre champion Ron Delaney, of Ireland, was picked by New York sports writers yesterday as the outstanding athlete of the winter track and field season m the United States Delaney. who runs just fast enough to win. ran the world's fastest indoor
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  • 254 12 LONDON. April 7 <AFP> Following are rugby results. RUGBY UNION Rosslyn Park 16, Sales 11; Aberavon 3, Neath 6; Abertillery 0. Ebbw Vale 6: Barnstaple 9, Old Alleynians 3; Bath 3. Old Merchant Taylors 6: Bradford 3. Ballymena 12: Bristol 32. Northampton 9; Bridgend 0, London University
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  • 113 12 STADIUM INAUGURATED TOKYO: Yasoko Ishikawa. 80-metre hurdler. i s shown getting torchlight burning from the sun reflect condenser at the opening ceremony of the Japan National Sports Stadium as sacred-fire runner Motomitsu Kogake, hop-step-iumper, extreme right, watches. The stadium with 70.000 spectator seat capacity h* the Third Asian Games during
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  • 99 12 SINGAPORE SOCCER: SBHFA League. Div. I. Chartered Bank Vt Mercantile Bank at SRC padang. William Jacks Vs Breweries at S.T.C. Div. 2. S.T.C. Vs Metal Box at M.F.A. Shell Vs Straits Trading al Farret Park. 1.C.1. V s National Carbon at Farrer Park. Div. 3. Fraser and Near**
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  • 76 12 Red Sox, Senators In Opener WASHINGTON. April 7 (Reuter) President Eisenhower will throw out thi baseball at the opening game between the Boston Re G and the Washington Ser. here next Monday, the White House announced today. The President hopes to leave Washington on Wednesday or Thursday for a lew
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  • 61 12 LONDON, April 7 (UP) Huang Chiang-Hui. a 26--year-old mechanical <- neering student, set a v record m the lightwi class of the national weightlifting championships at Chungking, a New China agency report said today. The Chinese athlete achieved a jerk of 155 kilograms, which the report said bettered
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  • PAGE FOR SCHOOLS
    • 297 13 What to do during the Holidays advises Demi Tasse \[ANY Singapore students have written to me asking what odd jobs they could do during the coming three-week holidays. To be quite frank I must let them know that if they are thinking about earning a lot of money during holidays
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    • 97 13 rOMBINING education with pleasure and to learn more about geography and life around them are the aims of members of the Cycling Club of the Kuala Lumpur Methodist Boys' School. Mr. Americk Singh, a teacher of the school, is the organiser. He is thf? Secretary of the
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    • 236 13 ■RE'fW.WIAG today, and thereafter every Wednesday m this Page for Schools, ive shall follow lIS PICTURES the adventures m America of Jol Surama, a student visiting the United States on a tour for the first time. Through his eyes (AMD THIS COLUMN) you can see America
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    • 361 13 A Flight over Singapore Johore By Cyril D. Louis, of Form IV, SLJoseph's Institution, Singapore gVER since 1 joined the Malayan Air Training Corps I had looked forward to the day when I would get the thrilling experience of flying over Singapore. This opportunity came my way last month. 1
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 116 13 H^HE Raffles players are staging "King Henry the Fifth" at The Cultural Centre. Fort Canning Rise Singapore, tonight. They have already shown lo hundreds of school children on the 2nd. 3rd. 7th. and Bth of April. They have also put up a charity performance. The Raffles Players owe much to
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    • 249 13 -THE DIARY- Loiw Soon Ping Chan Ec Wing (Armours;," Miss Evelyn Norris, Miss Maureen Clarke, Mr. D. Gillate, Kheng Lim (Make-up); Mr. Philip Liau (Lighting); Lawrence Tan (Stage Manager, assisted by Chan Ec Wing, Ong Thiam Kirn Chew Tai Soo); Prompters are Tan Soo Leng Sheng Hwai Nak; Chong Pee
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    • 372 13 Queen of France (Christine Tan); Katherine (Wahideh Ii Namazie): Alice (Christie Teo); Mistress Quickly (Lily Hsui); French Herald (N.S. Wang); French Soldiers (Wong Teck Ong, John Leong, Ho Soon Teck, Tann Boon Guan Sheng Hwai Nak). PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL (~\N Saturday April 12. the Girls and Boys oi
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    • 127 13 will be holding a Bazaar and Fun Fair at their school grounds. It is m aid of their school building fund. The Bazaar will be declared open by the Honourable Mr. Lim Choon Mong. at 1 p.m. t will last until 7 p.m. The Supervisor of this Fair will be
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    • 311 13 *TH>DAY'S QUOTATION- HW "Knaves starve not m m^k DLjj the land of fools.' Charles Churchill I Wm] |A JrA WEDNE S I) A rOK I EVERYONE: Effect savings. I lIHG make present possessions I do instead of buying new ■■MM Keep your secrets safe from I m.M m\ prying eyes
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 199 14 SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuter) Malaya would not "be caught napping" m any future war, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Far East Air Force of the Royal Air Force, Air Marshal, the Earl of Bandon said here today. lx>rd Bandon was speaking to reporters
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    • 206 14 SEOUL. April 8 (UP) A frail Malayan woman, deserted by her Korean husband and now searching for a way to return with her three children to her native land, said she has received "an awfully encouraging letter" from her brother m Malaya. Mrs
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    • 25 14 UNEMPLOYMENT m the United States increased by 25.000 m March to a total of 00, according to official cs released yesterday Reuter
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    • 193 14 Lana In Bad Way Over Slaying HOLLYWOOD, April 8 (UP) Glamorous Lana Turner was reported m "a very bad way" today at her Beverly Hills home from the stress of the slaing of handsome Johnny Stompanato, 32, by her 14--year-old daughter, Cheryl. The blonde, deeply-tanned actress broke into sobs yesterday
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    • 101 14 UNITED NATIONS, April 8, (UP) Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold today welcomed Russia's announced decision to suspend further tests of nuclear weapons. Asked at a news conference if he considered the Soviet suspension of tests a step toward disarmament, Hammarskjold replied: "It is a step
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    • 361 14 U.S. TURNS DOWN R.I. REQUEST FOR ARMS WASHINGTON, AprU 8 (Reuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, disclosed today that the Indonesian government last July had requested 600 million to 700 million dollars worth of arms from the United States. The United States had decided, however, that there
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    • 109 14 Maria The Stowaway Escapes LONDON, April 8 (Reuter) —Maria Salopek. 22, who smuggled herself to England from Yugoslavia among the oranges mi n the hold of the Swedish ship Ivangorthon, escaped from the ship's hospital here during the night. Police are searching for her and a former member of the
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    • 59 14 HASTINGS, England. April 8. (Reuter). The annual conference of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary ally of the Labour Party yesterday passed a resolution urging the next Labour Government to abolish the House of Lords Moving the resolution. Mr. H. Jenkins said that if there was need for
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    • 395 14 DEFENCE MINISTER ESCAPES BOMB THROWN INTO OFFICE BUKIT TINGGI, April 8 Rebel Defence Minister Burhanudin Harahap was almost killed u>t night by an unknown assailant who threw a handgrenade at his office severely injuring a policeman Piemiei Sjafruddin Prewaranegara and Min'sler Col. Simbolon were
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    • 51 14 MADRID, April 8 (Re Two people were killed c. injured some seriously the Algeciras-Madnd E: was derailed early th ing about 12 miles sou*.. Cordoba. The driver and a tr. spector travelling on the gine platform were killed the engine and three o.' c 14 coaches
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    • 77 14 MOSCOW. April 8 (Rei. Russia and West Germany will double their mutual trade m the next three years under long-term agreements initialled here today. Repatriation, the issue over which the ten months' i tiations have repeatedly broken down, is left ou the pact, but a communique said
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    • 407 14 U.S. MAY HAVE TO STAGE MORE H-TESTS IN PACIFIC DULLES WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, said today there was a likelihood that further United States nuclear testing would be needed after the forthcoming series is completed m the Pacific this summer. He told
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    • Briefs
      • 64 14 TORREJON AIR BASE, Madrid, Spain. April 8 (UP). —A U.S. Air Force jet stratotanker gave up its attempt to fly non-stop from Tokyo to Madrid today and landed at Lajes air base m the Azores 1,200 miles short of its mark. The shortened flight
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      • 28 14 PARIS, April 8 (UP).—A 40-man trade mission, representing the French federation of small and medium-sized business enterprises, left Paris today by plane for a two-week visit to Japan.
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      • 27 14 TAIPEI, April 8 (UP).—Communist Chinese coast artillery opposite Quemoy opened up on Monday night for the first time this month against the Nationalist Chinese held offshore islands.
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      • 20 14 WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuter) President Eisenhower will hold a press conference at 1430 GMT tomorrow, the White House announced today.
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      • 23 14 MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuter) Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, who is touring Hungary, today visited Tatabanya, a lignite mining centre 30 miles west of Budapest.
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      • 27 14 CAIRO, April 8 (UP)—World Bank President Eugene Black left by plane for London today following talks with President Nasser on the future development of the Suez Canal.
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      • 37 14 BONN, April 8 (Reuter) After two years as West Germany's first post war ambassador m the Soviet Union. Dr. Wilhelm Haas will take up his new position as ambassador m Tokyo a the beginning of next month
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      • 35 14 HONGKONG, April 8 (Reuter) A Rumanian government delegation led by the Premier. Mr. Chivu Stocia, which has been visiting China, left Peking today on its way to North Korea, the New China news agency reported.
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      • 29 14 MADRID. April 8 (AFP)— Spain and West Germany signed an agreement here today settling the question of German property m Spain which had been pending since World War Two.
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      • 35 14 PEKING. April 8 (AFP).— Chinese Communist Premier Chou En L*i has accented an invitation to visit Rumania extended to him by Rumanian Premier Chivu Stoica. who is now visiting Red China. Radio Peking reported today.
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    • 31 14 SCIENTISTS yesterday at Smithsonian Astro Physical Observatory m Cambridge. Massachusetts, said that Sputnik 11, the dog-carrying Russian satellite, should fall to earth on Saturday after- noon or evening. UP
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    • 32 14 HALF OF THE Chinese Peoples Volunteers m North Korea have been withdrawn m the last 22 days. Radio Peking reported yesterday. So far thrfe divisions have left North Korea.- AFP
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    • 180 14 SHE SAILS FOR U.S. WITH MOTHER ON APRIL 14 COLOGNE. April 8 (Reuter) Ex-Queen Soraya was today handed a drit finalising ber divorce from tbe Shah of Persia, according to well informed sources here. The writ was formally served on ber by the Persian Minister of
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    • 58 14 A group of Cuban rebels make Molotov cocktails at the rebel strong-hold on the eve of a foray against the town of Manzanillo sometime last week. The rebel leader Fidel Castro told United Press correspondent Charles Schuman that he plans to open the final phase of his war
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    • 149 14 Migrant Ship Sinks-All But One Safe ADEN, April 8 (Reuter).— The migrant ship Skaubryn with a six-day»old fire still blazing on board, sank off the African coast on Sunday only 300 miles short of her destination. The captain of the Dutch tug Cycloop, which had towed the burning wreck towards
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    • 89 14 U.S. Wants A Free, Independent Indonesia JARKARTA, April 8 U.S Ambassador H P. Jones said tonight United States wants Indonesia remain free and independent." The newly-appointed addressing the American sociaticn said the I States had "no intention v ever" of interfering m Indonesia's internal affairs He reiterated nis that the
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