Singapore Standard, 18 April 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 289 15 cts. 14 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 174 1 SUMATRAN rebel air force planes yesterday bombed Balik Papan airfield near the oil-producing centre on the East Coast of Borneo island, reliable sources told The Standard last night. It was the second raid carried out by rebel bombers on Jakarta military targets m the
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  • 307 1 POLICE TO MAKE A STATEMENT SHORTLY Financial Backing To Kidnap Gangs And Underworld Bosses A SELECT group of Singapore millionaires are believed to be financing kidnapping gangs, smugglers, secret society bosses and gambling kingpins of the underworld, The Standard learned yesterday. The Criminal Investigation Department of the
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  • 385 1 R.I. SKYMEN AND MARINES CAPTURE PADANG PORT Rebels Put Up Little Resistance JAKARTA, April 17 (AFP) Central Indonesian Government troops have captured Padang, the main port of West Central Sumatra, Jakarta Radio announced tonight. Padang was taken by paratroopers who landed at Padang's Tabing airfield and by Marines who landed
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  • 144 1 FATHER OF SIX FOUND HANGING A FATHER of six children, Parek Salleh, 39, was found hanging m the lavatory of his home m Jalan Besar, Singapore, early yesterday morning. The discovery was made by a member of the household. Parek's wife, Maliah binte Adani, 35, told The Standard last night
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  • 65 1 THE Burmese Consulate m St. Martin's Drive, Singapore, was the scene of double festivity yesterday. Consulate officials observed the Burmese New Year and the Water Festival. Water was poured over all guests at the Water Festival. It was a symbol of "washing away" one's sin. Standardpic shows
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  • 497 1 Federation May Recognize Peking Prime Minister By ANDREW ROTH KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Peking Embassy and a giant Japanese departmental store m Kuala Lumpur may demonstrate the broadening of the Federation's foreign policy, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman indicated m an interview yesterday. Once the back of the Emergency is
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  • 70 1 SEOUL, April 17, (UP)— Admiral Sir Gerald V. Gladstone. Commander-in Chief of British Naval Forces m the Far East is scheduled to visit the Republic of Korea from April 28 to May 2. it was announced today. The Admiral, accompanied by Lady Gladstone, will arrive
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  • 26 1 THE Indian Government yesterday announced the appointment of C. S. Jha. Ambassador to Japan, as India's Permanent Representative at the United Nations.- U.P.
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  • 206 1 QANTAS-BOAC yesterday announced the suspension of all services to Jakarta from Singapore because the Indonesian Government had narrowed the flying corridor over Jakarta. A spokesman of the airline said^ that m view of the restriction, it was impossible for big planes to land without infringing
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  • 106 1 JAKARTA FETTERS THE PRESS JAKARTA. April 17. (UP)— The Army today announced a series of regulations affecting foreign newspapers and schools and aliens residing here. The decree forbids the publication of all periodicals not using the Roman alphabet. It affects Chinese and Arabic newspapers a s well as a few
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  • 137 1 PARIS, April 17 (UP) France was still so stunned and groggy today from the body blow of its brand new political crisis that no new government appeared anywhere m sight. Most Paris newspapers this morning talked of the possibility of a right wing coalition group
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  • 204 1 JOHANNESBURG, April 17 (Reuter)— Dr. Johannes Strijdom's ruling Nationalist Party rode to victory m South Africa's general election this afternoon as results flowed m from country districts. With 33 results outstanding from traditionally Nationalist seats, the National Party had 1 74 seats (at 1510 GMT) compared
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  • 110 1 New Plans For US Armed Forces Ike WASHINGTON, April 17, (UP)— President Eisenhower said m a speech today that the reorganization of the armed forces of the United States is to be carried out m the interests of peace and the advancement of human well-being at home and throughout the
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  • 42 1 A DUTCHMAN Leon Packbiers of Maastricht, Holland broke the European pipe smoking record last night by smoking his pipe for exactly 111 minutes 14 minutes more than the old record of the European champion, W. Sino of The Hague.— Reuter.
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  • 34 1 A 60- YEAR-OLD man. Low Koon Teck, fell to his death from the second floor of a building m New Market Road, behind the Southern Hotel m Singapore, at 1.40 this morning.
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  • 308 2 Woman Was Former Murder Trial Witness THE Singapore Homicide Squad yesterday established that the woman who was knifed to death m a house off Perak Road on Wednesday, was a witness for the prosecution m a murder trial two years ago. The woman, Nia
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  • 66 2 ALBAKRI FOR VARSITY COUNCIL TUAN Haji Mustapha Albakri, Federation Commissioner of Elections, was yesterday appointed a member of the Council of the University of Malaya. The appointment was made by the Chancellor of the University, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. A former Malayan Civil Service officer, Tuan Albakri was Keeper of the
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  • 54 2 IPOH, Thurs.— Securitv Forces operating m the "Operation Ginger" area of Central Perak killed Chong Pui. an important link between the terrorist organization and the hostile Aboriginal (ASAL) Armed Work Foree on Tuesday. One rifle. 36 rounds of tracer ammunition, medical kit. handwritten and printed documents and
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  • 36 2 PRIME Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India told the House of People yesterday so far as he knew there had been no massing of troops on either side of India's border with East Pakistan.- Reuter.
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    43 2 THE Burmese Consul-General m Singapore U Kyaw. (second from right) plays his part m the water festival celebrations held at the Consulate m St. Martin's Drive, yesterday. Standardpic shows U Kyaw pouring a glass of water on one of the guests.
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  • 42 2 THE MAYOR of Penang. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, told delegates from the various states m the Federation at the opening of the Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute on Wednesday night that no democracy could prosper if ordinary citizens showed indifference to politics.
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  • 220 2 MORE TRIPS TO 'LAND OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS' MORE people from Singapore and the Federation are making round-trips to Japan now. than m the past. Since the P O and 8.1. shipping companies started their round trip facilities to Japan from Singapore m 1956, many people have availed themselves of the
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  • 63 2 PiINANG, Thurs.— A total o. 1.890 Dersons have registered with the Penang Employment Exchange. Ninety -one are women, seeking jobs as clerks. clippies, salesgirls, stenographers, teachers and teiephone operators. Only ore applied to be a waitress. Men seeking iobs as labour ers totalled 728. while 214
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  • 215 2 A POLICE party found secret society Chinese New Year greeting cards hidden under a piece of linoleum during a raid on an opium den m Maude Road on Feb. 6, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. When the seizure was made, nine out of
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  • 907 3 THE most significant chapter m the report of the Inquiry Commission into malpractices during the Legislative Assembly By-elections held m June last year, is the one which deals with the influence of secret societies on voting. The Commission reports this influence to be exercised m two ways;
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  • 53 3 MIAD OFFICE: 23, Lim Teck Kirr Koao S'pote I PO Box No 1563 Cables: •TICEKNEWS" Tel: ***** (5 lines). AM departments KUAL* LUMPUR: China Insurance Blag. 174, Batu Ra Teleo^one ***** p^.*l^ 9i Covfcan St Tel: 382S L^Arr* J Leth St Tel: MALACCA: 9i_^ Buk.tCHna. let:
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  • 1220 3 5,000,000 WITH NO WORK Patrick O 'Donovan reports on INSIDE AMERICA TODAY WASHINGTON. The Administration and the politicians expected the March unemployment figures as if they were a communique smuggled out of a beleaguered city. This usually routine statistic could have been the signal for various sorts of action to
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    764 3 This is the first of a series of articles by J. Halcro Ferguson, who has just returned from a tour of Latin-America. part of the Territory of Patagonia, a large part of the population is still Welsh-speaking and further south Santa Cruz has a large Scots-descended minority. Up towards
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    419 3 THE law-abiding citizens of J Singapore owe a debt of gratitude to the PAP leader, Lee Kuan Yew, for introducing m the Legislative Assembly a motion on the subject of corrupt and improper practices at elections. Had he not done so and helped to expose a most disgraceful
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  • 222 4 Water Boats, Wagons Aid 5,000 Victims THE dry spell has brought hardships to more than 5,000 people living m the rural areas and the Southern Islands. A Rural Board official said yesterday if the drought continued more people would suffer. The areas hardest hit are Yio
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  • 132 4 No Mail Delivery On Monday THERE will be no delivery of letters or parcels on Monday, which will be observed as a public holiday for the Hari Raya Puasa. the Director of Posts announced yesterday. The General Post Office will be open for business from 9.00 a.m. till 12.00 noon,
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  • 78 4 Eight More Playgrounds For City THE ESTATES and Buildings Committee of the Singapore City Council has decided to establish eight more playgrounds, most of them m Chinatown. The Committee also decided to plant more trees all over the city to give Singapore a "green look." It agreed to allow the
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  • 70 4 DR. AMIN Azaharie. Senior Indonesian Consul m Singapore, yesterday returned to the Colony after a five-day consultation with his Government m Jakarta. Dr. Azaharie denied a report that he had been recalled to Jakarta on suspicion that he was a revolutionary sympathiser. He told reporters at
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  • 35 4 ALL churches, temples and mosques m the States of Penang have been requested by the State Government to organize prayers from April 20 to April 27 for the early termination of the Emergency.
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  • 102 4 30 Thugs Attack Foreman ABOUT 30 gangsters believed to be from the Black and White Gang, attacked a building foreman and a lorry driver, when they refused to pay $300 as extortion money m Towner Road, Singapore, yesterday. Later. Police detained a man The foreman. Fong Lee Meng, told Police
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  • 23 4 FOLLOWERS of the Muhammadiah religion will hold a mass Hari Raya prayer service on the Dato Kramat ground, Penang. April 20.
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  • 165 4 THE City Council may call on the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to arbitrate m its dispute with the Federation of City Council Labour Unions if negotiations on the workers' demands today fail. I There were indications
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  • 406 4 DRIVER TO STAND TRIAL ON WAITRESS MURDER CHARGE A DRIVER, Sadiron bin Haji Abdullah, 32, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes by Magistrate, R. 8.1. Pates, at the end of a preliminary inquiry into a tentative charge of murder. Sadiron was accused of the murder of
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  • 81 4 SINGAPORE Police are looking for a pawnbroker's son who disappeared with 155 diamonds worth $7,000 a few days ago. The diamonds were given to the wanted man by a broker, Beh Siak Woo, 55. to be sold. Beh told the Police that the pawnbroker's son
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  • 177 4 COLONY policewomen are now being used as decoys to trap shopkeepers who sell caustic soda to housewives without a permit. Disguised as housewives, the women constables have trapped 28 traders for sell- WORLD Chief Guide, Lady Olave BadenPowell, yesterday appealed to a_ll community leaders m Singapore
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  • 49 4 Chief Guide Appeals Support To Standar d movement m any country or nation. She called on community leaders to spend just two hours a week to help the organisation to continue Its good work. LADY BADEN-POWELL says goodbye to a group of Girl Guide* at the Singapore Airport, yesterday.
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  • 96 4 THE assistant manager of the Alexandra Brickworks. Anthony Sharrat, 27. was killed when the car m which he was m skidded and crashed into a culvert m Orange Grove Road. Singapore at 1.30 a.m., yesterday The driver of the car. Eady Ford, an employee of
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  • 112 4 Dismissed Expat To Appeal A FOUR-MAN sub-committee of the Singapore City Council will hear an appeai by an expatriate officer dismissed from the Council for allegedly embracing a girl typist during office hours The officer, who is at present m England on leave will not be present at the appeal
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  • 77 4 A TAXI driver, Tay Boon Leong, was yesterday fined a total of $600 by a Singapore court, after he was found guilty on a charge of possessing morphine, and another of being m a place where morphine was administered, on March 23. Inspector Gan Boon
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  • 21 4 A PARTY of Malayan students will leave London on July 2, for a 17-day tour of Italy and Switzerland
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  • 32 4 THE SINGAPORE Workers' Party will hold its third mass public rally to protest against the postponement of general elections at 4 p.m. on April 21. at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
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  • 138 4 'TV Will Be Here Very Soon' MR. H. W. JACKSON (above*. retiring Director of Broar. ing, Singapore, yesterday expressed his "complete faith" m the future for Radio Malaya. Mr. Jackson, who sailed for Britain on the Carthage yesterday with his wife and family had served as Director of Broadcasting for
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  • 51 4 THE FINANCE and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Council last night agreed to a proposal by the Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan to invite the Mayor of George Town, Mr D. S. Ramanathan and other Penang Councillors to visit the Colony on May 2. 3,
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  • 95 4 "The Guide movement can and will help leaders to build a new Singapore If leaders give them their support." she added. The world's Ch;ef Guide left the Colony by Qant&sBOAC Super Constellation for a week's tour of Colombo. A group of Colony Guides were at the airport
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  • 134 4 Youth Freed As 'Victim' Fails To Identify Him A YOUTH, Leong Weng Wah, charged with robbery m a Singapore court, was released yesterday when a student testifying against him could not give a positive identification. Leong was charged with robbing the student, Khor Tong Hong, of his watch worth $35.
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  • 345 5 Jury Refurns 'Not Guilty Verdict On A Third Man TWO MEN, How Sow Sicw, 27, and Chey Song Hong, 22, were yesterday sentenced m the Singapore Assize Court to a total of 17 years' jail for robbing a taxidriver, Lee Kirn Poh/and his family
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  • 43 5 MR. KHOO Soo Hock of Penang, above, has been awarded a Queen's Scholarship for 1957. He is now reading for his MA at the University of Malaya under a Shell Fellowship. He was educated at the Penan; Free School.
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  • 310 5 Ministers, 'Brasshats' In First RMAF Flight KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Federation Ministers and military "brasshats" took wing today m the first Royal Malayan Air Force aircraft to arrive from the United Kingdom. The plane, which arrived here today bearing the RM.A.F. insignia of light and dark blue with yellow stripes at
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  • 80 5 PENANG. Thurs. Sessions Judge. Mr. Au Ah Wah. said today that he would give his decision tomorrow on whether to call a woman. Ooi Chu Hoon, and her son, Seng Hee. for their defence on a charge of fabricating false evidence. They were alleged to have concealed
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  • 17 5 PETITION writers m Selanr>r must be licensed as from 15. the government fazett« announced yesterday.
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  • 88 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A man waited 26 years before pleading for dissolution of his marriage on grounds that his wife deserted him m 1932. M.V.D.C. Perera of Telecoms Workshop here wanted his marriage to A.S.A. Agnes Perera dissolved. The High Court today refused his plea on
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  • 164 5 Thomas Will Tackle The Problems, Says Jumat ARRANGEMENTS are "well m hand" lor the Government to deal with any "problems" m the City Council during the absence of the Minister for Local Government Lands and Housing Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, who leaves for London on Tuesday for a
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Communist terrorist death toll from the beginning of the Emergency m June, 1948, to March this year is 6.531, the latest statistics on the terror war reveal. Terrorists captured during the period number 1,261. Surrenders total 2.048. Wounded terrorists total 2,793.
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  • 293 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Food and Agricultural Organization irrigation expert, Dr. M. GuiUaume, will arrive here early next month to help Malaya reduce the cost of irrigation and increase the productivity of padi land. Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz told The Standard m an
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  • 54 5 IPOH. Thurs. Police who have been working relentlessly round-the-clock since the brutal murder of an eight-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, Mohamed Mustapha, last Friday, have come to a "critical stage" m their investigations, a senior Police official told The Standard today. This followed the detention of a
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  • 221 5 IPOH, Thurs. Chairman of the negotiation committee of the banking section of the Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staffs' Unions, Mr. C. II Yin this afternoon sent an ultimatum to the Singapi re head office of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation threatening strike action
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  • 97 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said today that it was good to see Malayans helping neighbouring countries m distress. "Nothing gives me more satisfaction than to think there are individuals and societies m Malaya who are ever so thoughtful and mindful of the needs
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  • 35 5 A MASS Hari Raya Puasa prayer will be held on the morning of Hari Raya day on the main padang, Kuala Kubu Bahru. This will be first of its kind m the district.
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  • 165 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Central Working Committee of the Malayan Chinese Association at its meeting this weekend will consider ways and means of streamlining the party. Meanwhile. Dr. Lim Chong Eu. the new president, is understood to have decided that nine of the new blood
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  • 207 5 IN A MAXIMUM effort night bombardment offensive, Australian Lincoln bombers have joined thousands of troops m operation "Tiger,"— a massive drive against 100 terrorists m South Johore. Target for the big bombers is the centre cf a food denial area. The aim of the bombing
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  • 223 5 2 Malay Secondary Schools In May IPOH, Thurs. The Ministry of Education will start two secondary Malay classes m Perak at the beginning of the next English school term on May 5. One class for 22 boys and 18 girls will begin at the Clifford School. Kuala Kangsar. The second
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    58 5 WHILE walking along Kampong Deli Road, Penang, early yesterday morning, Marimutthu was stopped at dagger point by seven men and relieved of $55 cash. WING Commander Ken Robertson, CO. of No. 1 Squadron, boards his Lincoln bomber at the R.A.F. Air Station, Tengah, prior to take-off on a
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  • 98 6 Efficiency Trophy Celebration PENANG, Thurs. The 1125 Marine Craft Unit of the Royal Air Force m Glugor which won the Marine Craft Efficiency Trophy for two years m succession celebrated the occasion with a social and dance at their base last night. The commanding officer of the unit, Squadron Leader
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  • 110 6 $2M. BUILDING FOR SPECIAL BRANCH IS OFF THE SINGAPORE Government, due to lack of funds, has shelved the proposed $2,000,000 air-cooled building for the Special Branch The Special Branch now occupies the top floor of the C.ID building A Police spokesman told The Standard yesterday that because the Special Branch
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  • 63 6 MR. Justice Chua m the Singapore High Court yesterday awarded damages amounting to $10,190 to a trisharider, Seah Gay Chang, 58, for injuries sustained m a motor accident m North Bridge Road on March 20. 1956. Seah was riding his trisha with a passenger when a lorry
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  • 717 6 32 City Wards, 1 8 Rural One Southern Islands THE Singapore Government yesterday announced that it proposed to accept the boundary recommendations of the All -Party Committee on the boundaries of the new electoral divisions 51 m number for the island. Government will also examine the recommendation
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  • 305 6 SINGAPORE City Council will ask the Royal Islana Club to throw open its golf course to the public on Sundays. f This decision the Estates and Building Committee of the Council will come up for approval before the next full Council meeting. The
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  • 47 6 TAIPING, Thurs. The Indian High Commissioner to the Federation of Malaya, Mr. V.M.M. Nair and his wife wiil visit Taiping on April 24. The local Indian community have arranged a tea party at the Kwangtung Association on that day at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 36 6 HONGKONG, April 17 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $16.05 to £1 Sterling $5.***** to US$l: $1,842 to Malayan $1; $0,100 to one Indonesian Rupiah: Gold $254.25 to a tael.
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  • 198 6 THE Singapore Ministry of Education, Text Books and Syllabuses Committee, set up m 1956 to revise syllabuses m schools to bring about "a common Malayan loyalty," will shortly complete the main part of its work. Secretary of the Committee and Adviser on Syllabuses, Mr.
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  • 156 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. If dhoby establishments were not licensed and checked, washings might be hung up m the main thoroughfares here, like flags and buntings This was stated by Mr Ooh Chooi Cheng at the monthly meeting of the Town Council today. "With washings flying merrily
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  • 66 6 MR. R. OLSEN, Secretary of the International loutb Hostels Association, was entertained to a coektaM by the newly formed Malayan Youth Hostels Association which is affiliated to the International Association Dr. J. H. Newton, Chairman of the Malayan You i b Hostel Association, is seen here
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  • 385 6 COURT HEARS HOW A CUSTOMS LAUNCH SANK A SPEEDBOAT ONE of the two Customs launches, closing m on fleeing speedboat m the Kallang River m the ear hours of Jan. 12, rammed and sank it, a Singapc court was told yesterday. I Three men jumped out of the sinking speedboat
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  • 114 6 Blacksmith Stabbed To Death PENANG, Thurs.— A gangland slaying wa; committed m broad daylight m busy Dato Kramat Road here this evening when a 25-year-old blacksmith. Chew Ah Sal, was brutally stabbed to death by a party of three or four armed thugs. It appears that Chew was having a
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  • 52 6 PENANG, Thurs. There will be a five-cornered battle for the leadership of the Penang UMNO division at the divisional assembly p on April 27 The five contesting candidates are Inche C. M. Hashim. Inche Nyak Hashim bin Nyak Puteh, Inche Abdullah Ariff. Inche Aziz Ibrahim and Tuan
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  • 77 7 TANJONG MALIM, Thurs. Osman Binkadri. 28. of Kampong Masjid, Behrang Station, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment to be followed by year's Police supervision m the Magistrate's Court here yesterday when he was found guilty of stealing two fowls valued at $7 on Feb. 28.
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  • 359 7 S'PORE INDIANS APPEAL TO BOYD 'Charter Should Provide For Minority Say THE Singapore Indian Congress has appealed to the Secetary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox Boy-'i, and the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to provide foi minority representation m the legislature of the new self-governing Colony.
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  • 159 7 Mayor Is Angry With Union MAYOR of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, last night sharply criticized the City Council Services Union for asking him to forward a union resolution to the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing. The resolution asked that all future appointments of the Council's monthly-rated employees
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  • 48 7 THE first patient en the waiting list of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association for adoption is the 18-year-old son of a waiter. He is m no way related to any of the employees of the Ocean Park Hotel who have rffered to adopt a SATA patient.
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  • 163 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 791 795 R.S.S No. 1 78 i 784 June R.S.S. No 1 77 i 772 R.S.S. No 2 May 734 744 R.SS. No 3 70 704 Tone: Steady quiet. The price of tin m
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  • 167 7 Probe Team Has 'No Comment' CHAIRMAN of the Commission which inquired into graft and illegal practices at the Singapore by-elections m June last year, Mr. S.H.D. Elias, yesterday refused to comment on an attack by PAP leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. on the way he had conducted the inquiry. Mr.
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  • 72 7 Claims Trial To Causing Death Charge KEE Leong Seng of Jalan Kembangan. yesterday pleaded not guilty m a Singapore Court to a charge of causing the deaths of two youths by a negligent act. He was alleged to have caused the deaths of Jamin bin Ibrahim, 7, and Sabar bin
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  • 154 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two-hundred workers of tie Hong Fatt Tin Mine m Sungei Besi, near Mere went on strike today. The strike Is m protest against the management's refusal to reinstate 31 workers who are under the age of 55. The men are part
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  • 108 7 SINGAPORE Government will ask the Legislative Assembly to approve an additional $750,000 to build roads m agricultural areas m the Colony. In the 1958 estimates, the Assembly had approved $100,000 for improvements to agricultural roads and drains. If the additional sum of money is approved by
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  • 44 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The first general meeting of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Moral Defence Organization will be held at UMNO House here on Saturday. May 3. A number of important issues will be discussed, the Organization's secretary, Inche Mazlan Haji Ali, said.
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  • 93 7 Lensman Wins A Coveted French Award FOUR members of the Singapore Art Society Photographic Group have had their entries accepted for exhibition at the recent 9th Bordeaux International Salon of Art Photography and one of the four, Mr. Lee SowLim, has been awarded the silver medal of the Bordeaux Photographic
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  • 306 7 THE public inquiry into claims and objections m respect of the Singapore District Councils electoral registers conducted by the Electoral Registration office, has allowed only 24 of the 198 claims for inclusion m the rolls. The Registrar upheld all the 27 objections against names
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    • 803 7 Investigates Case No. 7. 8.45 Light Kellar m 'A Song For Everyone' w^| |ilm| 111 ill Vil I,T 111 i' IlfflE Music from Netherlands 9 p.m. The BBC Scottish Variety OrIll'll IWM•1 k^ WM MW •I■III* 1 k f IV Discussing the Discs. 9.30 Tima chestra. 8 p.m. Dennis Wilson
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    • 851 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tel: *****/6, *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax. Montreal, Boston. New York. Baltimore. Philadelphia 6 Cult Ports S pore P. Sham Penang POLYPHEMUS 20/25 Apt 26 Apr 27/28 Apr EUMAEUS 19/25 May 26 May 27/28 May Carriers option to
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    • 1169 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated ir Singapore) <12 lines) Sh r p r THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE C SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to proceed
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  • 159 9 CPA To Increase Flight Frequency CATHAY Pacific Airways will increase the frequency of flights on major routes as from July, said Mr. D.R.Y. Bluck, manager of the head office m Hongkong, when he visited Singapore recently. Mr. Bluck said C.P.A. flights from Singapore were mostly fully booked and this justified
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  • 188 9 Adverse Balance Of $20.5m In February MALAYA'S trade m February showed an unfavourable balance of $20,514,000, with imports at 8323,424,000 and exports at $302,910,000. The position m the first two months this year also showed an adverse balance, of $68,449,000, with imports at $719,534,000 and exports at $651,085,000. In February,
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  • 69 9 MEMBERS of the Australian trade mission had talks with Singapore's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday. The members were introduced to the Minister by the Australian Government Trade Commissioner m Singapore, M*. P. R. Searcy. Standardpic shows Mr. J umabhoy shaking hands
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  • 324 9 WORLD production of tin-in-concentrates (excluding Russia) m 1957 totalled 172,000 tons (1956—175.000 tons) of which Malaya's output, at 59,300 tons (62,295 tons) was the highest, according to statistics published by the International Tin Council. Next biggest producer was Bolivia, with an output of 27,800
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  • 113 9 GENERAL marking up of local loan prices was a feature m the Malayan share market yesterday. A market source said it was the first adjustment since the U.K. bank rate was reduced from seven to six per cent last month. A sharebroker said yesterday's adjustment was
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  • 161 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: B.M. Trustees $5.20; F. N. ords. $2,671; Gammon $2.33 overnight and yesterday: Hammer $1.65, $1,641; H. Waugh $1.17 to $1.15; M. Cement (50 cents paid) 78c; M. Colls. 79c; McAHster $1.35; Robinson ords. $1.65 to $1.63; Sime Darby $1.57. $1.56*:
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  • 35 9 CANADIAN exports of unmanufactured tobacco increased from 30.200,000 pounds m 1956 to 37.100.000 m 1857. United Kingdom imports, which had declined to 21,500,--000 pounds m 1956. rose m 1957 to 26,900,000.
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  • 51 9 A NEW sheep-handling "cradle" has been invented by a New Zealand sawmiller, Mr. R. E. Burgess, of Tokarui. South Island. His device, claimed to save much labour, consists of an elevated pen which turns on axles and discharges the sheep, on their backs, down a
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    • 362 9 'INSURANCE CAN HELP STABILITY IN THE COLONY' CHIEF Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday declared that insurance business could help a great deal towards maintaining and expanding the security and prosperity of the island. He was speaking at the 7th annual Convention of American International Assurance Co. Ltd.'s
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    • 91 9 THERE is a growing tendency for copra to be shipped direct to destinational ports, instead of being transhipped at Singapore, members of the Sandakan residency team, m British North Borneo, were told recently. On Feb. 28, the largest single shipment yet. amounting to nearly 1.000
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    • 29 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association "made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling ready: French Francs *****: Reylas 167. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    • 60 9 THE revenue of Swissair reached 210.000,000 Swiss Francs last year against 159.--000.000 Swiss Francs for 1956, it was announced by the airline's office m Singapore yesterday. Costs were raised from 156,--000,000 Swiss Francs m 1956 to 207,000,000 Swiss Francs last year. Net profit amounts to 3,175,--000 Swiss Francs.
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    • 24 9 THE Singapore branch of the Netherlands Trading Society will hold a reception at the'Seaview Hotel on May 1 to celebrate its centenary.
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    • 80 9 SUB-MANAGER of the Wing On Life Assurance Company Limited's headquarters m Hongkong, Mr. M.C. Kwok, and Mr. Hanson Wong, assistant manager of the firm's Fire and Marine Division, visited the Federation last week to study the market. Photo shows (from left): Messrs. Phang Men Tet, district manager
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    • 130 9 MALAYAN ocean shipments of rubber m March totalled 89.526 tons, bringing the total m the first quarter this year to 265.074 tons. This was a rise over shipments m the first quarter of 1957 (241.074 tons). Biggest customer was Britain. 20,709 tons, (first quarter this
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    • 121 9 RUBBER gained half a cent on the Singapore market yesterday International first grade for May was quoted at 78* cents per lb. (Wednesday 77| cents). The tone at the dose was steady quiet. The market marked up slightly at the opening on better overseas advice* and
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    • 196 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Pres. Taft. Ferndale, Planciut. Saiko Maru. Kaigata Maru 88. Hg. Silverwave. Agios Viassiog, Pohang. Katong. Felipes. Danakil, Maiju, Viva. Van Neck, Douglas, Emerina, Recorder, Calt. Melbourne, Pyidawayg, Madras Maru. Hoi Hong. Kimanis. Universal Trader. Meratus. Batoebahra. Miyagi Maru. Bela. Hakuzin Maru. Eastern Frotune, North Star.
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    • 92 9 SINGAPORE Chines* Produce Exchange noun closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra April May UK Continent $31* buyers $32 sellers coconut oil m bulk «46| sellers; m drums $49J sellers Muntok white peup*» $133 sellers; Sarawak white $132 sellers; Special Sarawak black $74. Singapore Coconut Oil Millers Association
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    • 301 9 HUA SIANG STEAMSHIP COMPANY WEEKLY CARGO SERVICES TO KUCHING. SARIKEI, BINATANG SIBU. M V "HUA HENG" Soil. Apr 18 M.V "HUA LI" SoiU Apr 21 Telephone ***** No. 16 Winchester Home. Collyet Quay. PPELNI-LINES 12 ROBINSON ROAD. T l: ***** < Fre '9"»— /Through Cargo Dept.) Tel: ***** (Monoger). "LAKAT"
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  • 115 10 MALACCA'S Women Institute was revived recently by the Governor's wife Mrs. Leong Yew Koh. Twenty women, wives and daughters of prominent people from various communities here formed the nucleus of this public spirited organization. First picture shows Mrs. Leong, Mrs. Lucy Yap, Miss J. Perera, Mrs.
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  • 276 10 JNDEPENDENCE is more than a patriotic term for Sui Keng Yee, special assistant to Malayan Ambassador, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Slim, youthful "Daisy" Yee is finding her career m Washington's newest Embassy. "Having a job and career is a form of security,"
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 10 A group of Malay girls at Alor Gajah are taking sewing lessons at a community hall provided by RID A. This is an example which the Women Institute can help to promote progress among the kampong people by co-ordinating with the RIDA and other institutions.
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  • 62 10 THE Bharath Fine Arts Society of Malaya will sponsor a variety concert at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall tomorrow night to raise funds for Indonesian and Ceylon Flood victims. Miss Wan Ming Ying of the Malaya School of Ballet will be one of the "stars" at the show
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    74 10 MISS Chonr Siev Hup, a ball. student of Coleman International Dann Studio, is one of thi "star s" m th< variety show at thi Kuala Lumpur Tow t Hall on April II Under the patron age of Prime Minis ter. Tunku Abdu Rahman, the shov m aid of
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  • 44 10 IJ<HIS happy birthday girl is Annie Sect Siew Ling of Petaling Jaya. K.L., who gave a party on Saturday evening at her home to celebrate the occasion. Siew Ling is seen cutting her 18th birthday cake surrounded by her friends.
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  • 109 10 pic by H U JJ, R including Prime Min is er Tunku Abdul Rahman and other V.l.P.'s, jammed the Kuala Lumpur Town »ni? k 1 i M «nday evening to listen to the recording of a special Hari Raya programme for Radio Malaya It will be
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    • 62 10 I 4% THRILL- PACKED •T^SlkflHp' Ait tea. i^A XEa^^^^C^K^^J^P SCINA 5 SHOWS OI^V tii.45,4 DAILY OIV I 6.30 9.30 4§ PRICKLY NEAT AGNESIA i^^f DUSTING POWDER Km Treat him gently. A child's delicate skin requires the utmost consideration. By using Agnesia you are ensuring that prickly heat and all dermic
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  • 301 11 Approve Revised List For Stadium Passes THE CITY Council and the Singapore Amateur football Association have reached a temporary agreement on the disputed question of issuing complimentary passes for Jalan Besar stadium, The Standard v as told yesterday. The Council's Estates and 2 Committee has
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  • 123 11 PENANG, Thurs.— The annual general meeting of the Penang Cricket Association will be held at the Penan» Sports Club at 6 p.m. on April 21. New office-bearers will be elected at this meeting. The annual report, which will be tabled at the forthcoming meeting, disclosed that the state
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  • 399 11 PENANG, Thurs.— The President of the Badminton Association of Malaya, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, said here today that he has cabled Oon Chon? Teik m London inviting him to join the final training squad m Singapore m May, prior to the selection
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  • 82 11 PARIS, April 14 (Reuter) France will rely on the team that beat Wales 16-6 at Cardiff two weeks ago for their match against Ireland here on Saturday m the final match of the rugby union international championship. Team: Michel Vannier (Racing Club), Henri Rancoule, Maurice Prat,
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  • 197 11 PENANG, Thurs.— The an singles badminton pion, Eddy Choong, has the first step to sever connection with competiI '.ay. He is now the managing or of Eddy's Service StaLtd., at Dato Kramat Boad. It is his first venture into business, and everybody is hoping that he
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  • 86 11 25 Miles Race For Cyclists KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Selangor Cyclists Association will hold its annual 25 miles road championships on May 14 on the Lake Garden circuit. The best time for the miles was established last year by R Thorpe of the RAF Singapore. Entries should be sent to
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  • 127 11 Record Entry For British Amateur Golf ST. ANDREWS, Fife, Scotland. April 17, (Reuter)— A record oi 514 has been received ne 1958 British Amateur Golf championship to be played here from June 2 to 7. The previous largest entry was 824 m 1950. The field this year will be reduced
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  • 354 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Rajah Praesody is Ceylon's third player for their Eastern Zone Davis Cup match against Malaya to be played at the Selangor Club courts here on April 22, 23 and 24. This was disclosed by Mr. V., Rajaratnam, President of the Selangor
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  • 436 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Of the 13 Malayan teams entercd for this years Caldbeck Cup soccer competition. only tnree remain m the running for the One of the finalists is 48 Field Regiment, R. A. Tampin. who will meet the winners of decider" t
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  • 233 11 SOSC Selectors Draw Priority List For Tokyo THE Selection Committee of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council last night decided that the final composition of Singapore's team for the Asian Games m Tokyo be 85 composed of 69 athletes, 13 .officials and three Olympic Councillors. This composition will be recommended
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  • 225 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Seven States will be taking part m the All-Malayan inter-State Sikhs hockey tournament which will start this Satudday and end on Tuesday, April 22 here. The states taking part: Penang, Perak, Kedah. Selangor. Negri Sembilan, Pahang and Singapore. All teams will be
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  • 44 11 GLASGOW, April 17 (Reuter)— Scotland have been forced to make a change m their international soccer team to play England at Hampden Park here on Saturday Allan Brown of Luton Town chosen at inside left has withdrawn because of damaged ankle ligaments.
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  • 471 11 N. Borneo's First Tokyo Gamesman Is Gabuh SANDAKAN, North Borneo, rhurs.— A determined police- man named Gabuh bin Pig- j$ ing became the first Borneo 3 athlete to earn a ticket to a rokyo for the Third Asian Games m May. g Winner of both the 1957 3 lalayan long
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  • 19 11 TAIPING, Thurs. Kilai Club beat Chinese Recreation Club m their division one soccer fixture by 3-2 yesterday.
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    • 405 11 I CHARLES McGRAW.SAM LEYENEi I TOMORROW MIDNIGHT SUNDAY MIDNIGHT J'^^^OiivN^ Testrones jmi^^r built up NEW k i^^^^ dynamic and staying power Don't be an objcrt of pity—be Eye enAutiastic testimonial we get •dmired for your manly strength l$ a further proof that TESTRONES and radiant vitalityl go right to the
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  • 470 12 Moon Goes Fastest On Remembrance THE PRE'RACE GALLOPS... From WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Remembrance, with Barry Moon m the saddle, made the fastest time this morning; when he easily breezed over three furlongs m 36 sec, striding out faultlessly all the way. Remembrance, who finished second to Black Charm
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  • 155 12 Record Entry For LPDFA League TELOK ANSON. Thurs. Twenty-three teams— a record entry— have submitted their entries to the Lower Perak District Football Association for the district league this year. Owing to the large number of entries, the league will be divided into three divisions. Eight teams have been bracketed
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  • 256 12 LONDON, April 17— Three weeks to go to the F.A. Cup Final and already Boiton are wondering what has bit them! The big rush for Wembley tickets is snowing the club under. Since they reached the final by beating Blackburn, Boxton nave had thirty thousand
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  • 68 12 THE Competition Committee Of the Malay Cricket Association of Malaya fire inviting entries for the Rulers' Cricket Shield competition which will start m the 2nd week t:f May All Malay teams fiom States and Singapore are to send their application and entrance fee to the Hon.
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  • 103 12 S'pore Sikhs For G-Cup Hockey THE following Singapore Sikh players and officials will be travelling to Kuala Lumpur, tonight by train to compete m the All Malayan Sikhs' hockey tournament for the Gurdwara Cup. Officials: Manager Mr. Jaswant Singh Gill; Asst. Manager—Mr. Sohan Singh; Gen. Secretary Mr. Sulakhan Singh Sindoo.
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  • 171 12 Empire Games Site Is Undecided MELBOURNE, Thurs. (Reuter) The Australian Empire Games Association today rescinded a previous decision to award the 1962 Empire Games to Adelaide. The battle for the 1962 Games is now between Perth and Adelaide. Adelaide was awarded the Games by the Australian Association mi n 1956,
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  • 978 12 PROBABLE fields for tomorrow's races at Kmla Lumpur, final day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting, are: Horses Class 3 Div. 1-IV* Miles 30*621 TODAY SHOWING 6y 9 00 SPENCER Shaw Stable 4*ll** TOOTLE 5y 8 13 YONC United Stable *****3 LINDALOU 5v 8.13 YONC Mien
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 96 12 SINGAPQRF sikh Union vs. Kilat Club— aJiiVMfVAA Gurney Road. HOCKEY: S.H.A. Asian Games Trials at G.S.C. at IPOH 5.25 p.m. BOXING: FARELF Boxmg SOCCER— Div. 1 Loyals championships at Tanglin. vs Cheng Was Ipoh paTENNIS: YMCA champi- dan 9onships at Bras Basah Road. KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER F.A.S. Div. S.E.A. vs.
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  • 287 13 i \s the surface they looked like authentic World War I ambulances struggling up the snowy slopes of the Dolomites, but beneath their hoods beat the technical heart of an Atomic Age m the form of high-powered 1957 motors. To film hfs monumenreen achievement, A Farewell to
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  • 151 13 17ORTY students of the Cathay Organisation's School m Singabeing "groomed" for m Chinese films pro'o be produced lo now made their first appearances--1 are currently appear--1 a series of pubHc es at the Memo:n the dramatisai\ the famous Chinese lory 'The Big Circus." tells of life,
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  • 556 13 nightmarish shooting from 4 p.m. to 4 a m. m a pelting rain, the constructed portior.s had to be blown up to simulate a town under shellfire attack. If it wasn't snow that impeded their progress, it was rain, and if it
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  • 349 13 EVER since PONTIANAK and REVENGE OF THE PONTIANAK conjecture has been rife as to what project would next assume top priority on Ho Ah Loke's agenda. After producing his first two mystery motion picture efforts the films that are already established m Malaya, Sarawak and Borneo
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  • 123 13 Can Juliet Jones, a girl with no political background, overthrow a firmly intrenched machine candidate like Mayor Harold B. Crass The group of aroused citizens who nominate Juliet for Mayor of Devon think she can. Juliet. Pop Jones and Juliet's sister. Eve. are skeptical until they meet Victor
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    • 502 13 rnODAYS QUOTATION: M| MM 1 "The reason uhv so few TslLI people are agreeable hi conversation is that each I Hfli is thinking more about I X |.> |?W what he intends to say I k^H ■if than about what other* are I J^ saying, and we never listen I
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 168 14 LONDON, April 17 (UP).— Communist China should be abie to reach her goal of becoming a nuclear power within 10 years. This was the view of expert foreign observers today after a four months' visit to the Chinese mainland for a study
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    • 162 14 OUTRAGE FOLLOWS ANTI-AMERICAN PAMPHLET CAMPAIGN ALGIERS, April 17 (Reuter) —An explosion occurred m the United States Consulate General m Algiers this morning. First reports said the explosion was caused by a bomb or explosive charge placed at the doorway of the building. j But police
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    • 189 14 'Big Three' Alliance In Danger, Says Paper LONDON, April 17 (Reuter) British newspapers today forecast that the defeat 01 the French government could have dangerous effects on France's internal affairs, her relations with North Africa and her alliance with Britain and the United States. Most newspapers regretted the outbursts of
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    • 96 14 DARWIN. April 17 (Reuter) Gold miners among members of Tennant Creek Golf Club m Northern Territory have been warned to leave their panning dishes at home when the season opens on Sunday. There's gold on the rough nine-holer through ore outcrops and clumps of spinifex where
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    • 104 14 He Does Not Know What To Do With His Winnings LAE. New Guinea, April 17 (ReuteD— A native from the jungles of northern New Guinea has won £A5,000 m an Australian lottery. The native, who left his village six months ago to work for the administration at Lac, earns 25
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    • 94 14 HIROSHI OKAWA. President of the Toei Mi vie Company, centre, and kimono-clad movie starlets from six Japanese movie studios smile during a farewell party held m their honour. They will represent Japan at the forthcoming Fifth Asian Film Festival to be held m Manila from April 22
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    • 67 14 NEW YORK. April 17 (Reuter). An estimated three lo five million dollar estate left by showman Mike Todd will be divided equally between his widow Elizabeth Taylor and his son by a previous marriage, it was reported here. The New York Journal American said yesterday
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    • 286 14 MANILA, April 17 (UP) President Carlos P. Garcia today gave his okay for the establishment of United States nuclear missile bases m the Philippines. In an exclusive interview with the United Press, he said the Philippines was ready and willing to face
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    • 88 14 LONDON, April, 17, (UP).— Soviet Russia still has 22 divisions totalling about 350,000 men m East Germany, Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said yesterday. Lloyd told the House of Commons that Russia announced on Jan. 6 that she was withdrawing 41,000 troops from East Germany
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    • 23 14 THE FIRST consignment of American gift wheat to Nepal has arrived at India-Nepal border railheads for distribution throughout the country.- UP
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    • 52 14 BRUSSELS. April 17 (Reuter) King Baudouin of the Belgians today opened the 1958 World Fcir featuring the. scientific, industrial and cultural achievements of 46 nations. Fifty aircraft flew overhead and 20.000 multi-coloured nalloons floated over the capita; as the 27-year-old King launched the century's greatest
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    • 34 14 PRIME MINISTER Harold Macmillan and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer have reached "full agreement" on East-West issues including a possible Summit conference, it was officially, announced m London on Wednesday nieht UP
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    • 142 14 YOKOSUKA, Japan April 17 (UP)— Approval has been received from Washington to repair the British luxury liner Caronia m a U.S. Navy drydock, the Navy announced today. It was expected the huge vessel would enter drydock here about 10 a.m. (0100GMT) on Tuesday.
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    • 28 14 THE amount of Australian currency which a traveller may take out of Australia without special authority will be increased from i*A4 m £A25 from today.— Reuter
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    • 73 14 PRINCE ALBERT, South Africa, April 17 (Reuter) For driving a donkey cart while under th e influence of drink a woman Mieta Baadjies, was sentenced t o three t?a?es S Court L tZ m he PriDCe Albert Magis 4 E J ide cc s l
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    • 205 14 Atom Arms For NATO 'Shield' In Europe PARIS. April 17 (ReuteD— Defence ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization yesterday approved plans to strengthen the NATO West European "shield" by equipping half of a planned 30 divisions with atomic potential. The ministers endorsed a report of the military committee outlining
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    • 43 14 MISS KHIN MYINT. a student studying at the University of Rangoon was selected "Miss Rangoon 1958" m a beauty contest held recently at Rangoon Aung San Stadium. The contest was sponsored by the Bu Burma National Fitness Council. Pan-Asia.
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    • 100 14 Writing On The Wall For Tories? LONDON. April 17, (Reuter) Most British newspapers today announced the sweeping Labour gains m the London and Middlesex county councils under front-page banner headlines, as evidence of an anti-government trend. The Daily Herald (Labour) said Labour had won a "dramatic victory" by gaining control
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    • 31 14 INDIAN Ambassador to Indonesia G. Parthasarthy has been appointed ambassador to Communist China and Mongolia, it was announced yesterday. He will take his new post m June-— UP
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    • 28 14 THE Indian House of People na s approved a defence budge of 2,781,400,000 Rupees, an increase over last year's defence appropriations of 120,900 000 rupees.— Reuter
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    • 265 14 Landslide Victory For Labour At L.CC Elections LONDON, April 17 iR cU ter) The Labour I won a sweeping victor] Conservatives m elections for the giant don County Com the apparent certainty 01 a trebled majority when tome outstanding results art clared. Socialists, who had a majority m the Council
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    • 66 14 LONDON. April 17 (Reuter). Queen Elizabeth persor conducted Dr. Konrad Adenauer. West German Chance lor. on an hour-long to. Windsor Castle when Dr. Adenauer and the ministers companying him dined ther* last night. The Duke of Edinburpft was present together with Harold Macmillan, the Br
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