Singapore Standard, 24 April 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cobl« TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 295 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 242 1 PERAK TURF CLUB CAUTIONS TRAINER Malayan Racing Bodies May Take Simitar Action IPOH, Wed.— Perak Turf Club authorities have suspended a racehorse owner from racing his colours for three years, The Standard learnt today. It is further understood that the trainer employed by the owner has been
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  • 1351 1 'Slogan-Shouters Are Not Wanted LIBERAL SOCIALIST leader, Mr. Lim Choon Mong, yesterday told the Legislative Assembly that the most important task ahead was the job of ensuring that Singapore should retain its Democratic form of Government. The people of Singapore, he said, wanted a
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  • 158 1 CAIRO, April 23 (UP)— Egypt's Suez Canal Company has reached agreement with the company's stockholders m Paris on compensation for the 1956 nationalization, Abdel Gelil E! Emary, Governor of the National Bank of Egypt, said today. Emary, who is the chief Egyptian delegate at the Paris
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  • 212 1 NICE. April 23, (Reuter)— M. Pierre-Jean Moatti, prefect of the Alpes Maritimes Department, today signed an order which keep Lady Docker out of Cannes "Mv second home" and most of the glittering Cote d'Azur. Police were waiting to serve the writ of banishment on
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  • 54 1 TOKYO. April 23 (Reuter) —Police here said today seven persons were killed, five injured and one was missing as a result of torrential rains over western, southern and northern Japan this morning Of the total death toll six children were crushed by a landslide In
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  • 47 1 COLOMBO. April 23 (AFP) —The first wave of strikes by sections of Ceylon public servants today crippled the country's postal and railway services. In Colombo, troops began to patrol the streets while armed police protected nonstrikers at offices affected by the stoppage.
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  • 284 1 MED AN, April 23 (UP) The Sumatran revolution was m its death throes today. "It wiii all be over m 10 days," Brig. Gen. Djatikusumo, Jakarta's Commander m North Sumatra, said m SidiTipuan, yesterday. Padang already has fallen, Bukit Tinggi may
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  • 105 1 Inspector Found Shot Dead SINGAPORE police inspector Daniel Matthew Ayadurai. 28. was found dead with a bullet wound m the compound of his house late last night. Earlier, Mr. Ayadurai was alleged to have been involved m a quarrel with Sue Lee Poon, 23-year-old son of the owner of a
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  • 33 1 SIR Winston Churchill, recovered from a bout of pneumonia and pleurisy that almost cost him his life, returned to the House of Commons yesterday amid the cheers of his colleagues. Reuter
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  • 55 1 INDONESIAN Govern m en t commandos numbering about onethousand embarked on the final drive on the rebel stronghold of Fadang last Thursday. U.P. photo (above) shows grim-faced commandos m boats between their troopship m the background and the Padang beaches. (Below) the commandos are seen wading knee-deep
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  • 93 1 THREE SPORE FREIGHTERS RELEASED THREE Singapore based freighters the Scudai. Hong Tat and Nangkachindr detained at the Indonesian checkpoint of Pulau Samboe since March were released yesterday. Their cargoes, valued at over $1,000,000 are believed to be intact. A spokesman for the Scudai's owners, Straits Steamship Co., told The Standard
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  • 59 1 JAKARTA, April 23 (UP) Indonesian Army Headquarters confirmed today the resignation of Capt. Marah Junus, Military Attache m The Hague, who disagreed with his government's military action against the Sumatran rebels. The Army sookesman, Lt.Col. Rudy Pirngadie, said Junus showed 'an honest attitude" by not attempting
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  • 181 1 PARIS, April 23 (AFP) Former Premier Rene Pleven summoned by President Rene Coty from His home m Britanny to try and solve the week-long government crisis stated today he would only form a government if he obtained a clear and unequivocal agreement on Algerian policy.
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  • 89 1 EIGHT secret society suspects were arrested by Police m Singapore Chinatown late last night. Tattoo marks were found on all the eight suspects. The Standard was told. The arrests were made as a result of information received that two rival secret societies were about to
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  • 63 1 HAVANA. April 23 (UP)— The Army announced today that nine rebel saboteurs nave been killed m Cuba In the past three hours— three of them by the premature explosion of their own bombs. Among the casualties of the blast m a rebel bomb factory m
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  • 34 1 DEFENCE Minister, Jacques Chaban-Delmas said yesterday that 62.000 Algerian nationalists had been killed m combat with French troops since the beginning of the Moslem rebellion three and a half years ago.- UP
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  • 20 1 SWEDISH actress Mai Zetteriing 32. married David Hughes, 28-year-old author, at a Registrar Office m Oxford, yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 233 2 BULLFIGHT' WILL MARK R.N.Z.A.F. VENOMS' EXIT Exercise Over Bay Of Bengal ROYAL New Zealand Air Force Venoms will make their final appearance with the Far East Air Force when they will "attack" naval units m the Ai Defence exercise "Bullfight" scheduled for April 25-26 m the Bay of Bengal, Canberra
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  • 161 2 A 31-YEAR-OLD Singapore mother of three yester. day appc?led to Colony parents to adopt her week-old daughter. < The mother, Madam Chen Koh Sui, a widow, between sobs told The Standard at her attap roofed home m Aljunied Road that she
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  • 94 2 FOUR FACE EXTORTION BID CHARGE FOUR youths were yesterday charged m a Singapore court with attempted extortion of $10.80 from a canteen boy. All claimed trial. They were Lee Kwong Chuen Leong Weng Wah. Chui Yew Kai and Wong Mun Yin. The offence was alleged to have been committed on
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  • 144 2 IN a democratic country, it was wrong for a go. ment to resort eitner to F a s <x i s t or Comn. methods for the pr and detection of crime Assistant Minister to Chief Secretary. Mr. V. P. D. Nair. said yesterday. Mr.
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  • 186 2 DESCRIBED by the prosecution as "the architect of a robbery plot," Chua Miang Chin, 25, was yesterday sentenced to eight months' jail m the Singapore Thi/d District Court, for dishonestly retaining a pair of stolen earrings. Inspector K. Balasundram. prosecuting officer, told the Court
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  • 84 2 Schoolgirl Reports Gem Snatch A SCHOOLGIRL was yesterday stripped of jewellery worth $161 by four men near the Cathay Cinema. Singapore. The incident took place m broad daylight. The girl. Tan San Neo w?.s on her way to purchase tickets m the theatre when the men confronted her. Tan told
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  • 42 2 THIEVES broke into a provision shop m the Singapore Turf Club quarters and carried a wooden box containing $1,000 cash and $130 worth of cigarettes on Tuesday night. The box was later found emntv m the shop compound.
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  • 58 2 JERANTUT. Wed. LorrT driver Sueha Singh, 21, Kuala Lipis was yt fined $30 when he guilty to a charge of nes? driving before the Magihe re. Inspector Loh Tham prosecuting, told the couri the lorry driven by 8 Singh collided into a t< post while he
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  • 60 2 THE selection of a maid" will be the main a' tion at a moonlight be held by the Singapore lie Services Co-op< Stores Society Limited at Tanah Merah Youth Camp, on May 2. Entries for the M< Mermaid Contest close tomorrow. Intending pamust write to
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  • 147 2 MR. JOHN GRAY BUCHANAN, a director and until recently, chairman cf the board of directors of Willia:n Jacks and Company. Limited, died m London on April 22. He was 89. Mr. Buchanan was the last of the partners, among whom was the late Mr. Bonar
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    • 1870 2 NOTICES AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION LABU CHEVIOT RUBBER LTD £™SiiSH«i will be closed on ANZAC DAY —Friday. 25th April. Fifth Annual General Meeting to be held at CITY COUNCIL 19 tenchitrch Street, London, E.C.3 on ELECTRICITY 22nd May, 1958 DEPARTMENT a NOTICE TO CONSUMERS IN OPERA ESTATE AREA SIR JOHN HAYS STATEMCNT
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  • 865 3 April 24. 195S ONE reason for the battle Tunku Abdul Rahman has to wage with conservative Malays, who object to their children receiving education m English, is a serious lock of appreciation and understanding as to what Independence really means. This is not surprising when you consider
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  • 2326 3 MALAYA'S GREAT ASSETS- ITS DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION PROJECTS This la a special! article on the work ©S th* Drainage and irrigation Department, Malaya, by P. Browne, Stat* Drainage and Irrigation Engineer. Perak. River Work Padi land Pioneers PHE Drainage and Irrigation Department was established as an Independent Department ir 1932.
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  • 130 3 Shorts From the Talks The Roots Bo Deep Wide "IT is sometimes said, m gibe, that the Scots are prepared to die lor their country but not to live m it. It would be truer to say that they get their roots down quicker into the soil of a new
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  • 372 3 It's now Family Sport NEW YORK IN the little shack town that has grown up to serve the missile testing base at Cape Canaveral, the two most prominent buildings are a large motel for the visiting experts and a bowling alley for the residents. It is decked out with neon
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  • 54 3 Scientists say the U.S. earth satellite Explorer has been maintaining an internal temperature of 10 to 30 degrees centigrade (50 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit), well within the range of human comfort, even though outside temperatures vary from 100 below zero to 300 degrees above centigrade (minus 148
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  • 365 3 thr NEWS as it strikes me r PHE cause of world peace was further strengthened m Accra on Tuesday when the eight independent African States of Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Morocco and the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria, concluded their weeklong historical conference with the declaration to
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  • 97 4 FIVE SCOUT LEADERS FOR MEET FIVE Federation scout leaders left Singapore yesterday by P.A.A. to attend the first Far East Regional Conference of Scouts In Baguio City m Manila. This is the first conference of its kind for the scouting movement m Far Eastern countries. The conference opens tomorrow for
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  • 94 4 A SINGAPORE farmer was held up at gun-point and robbed of $3,795 by an armed gang m Chua Chu Kan* Road on Tuesday. The farmer. Pay Ah Ong. 35. told the Police that five men alighted from a car and entered his home. One
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  • 411 4 THE Singapore Legislative Assembly, by a unanimous vote, yesterday enacted a bill to increase the penalties for gang fights and kidnappings. Under the amended ordinance the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill persons found guilty of committing an affray could be sentenced to a maximum
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  • 39 4 A FOUR-DAY civics course for 45 senior pupils of English and Chinese schools m Kuala Lumpur was declared open yesterday morning by the Chief Education Officer, Selangor, Mr. T. K. Taylor, m the Information Services' conference room.
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  • 1783 4 Bill Passed To Clean Up Gang Menace In Colony THE Singapore Government was determined to see the scourge of gang warfare and the intimidation of innocent members of the public by secret society thugs wiped out from the face of the Colony, said the Chief Secretary,
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  • 768 4 S.I.T. UNDER FIRE 'MOST CORRUPT BODY' THE Malayan Chinese Association Assemblyman for Pasir Panjang, Mr. Wong Foo Nam, yesterday m an accusation against ttie Singapore Improvement Trust said it was "the most corrupt and most obstructive public institution" m the Colony today. Mr. Wong, who was speak-' ing during the
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  • 285 4 SET UP FISHING SCHOOL SAYS LEE ASSEMBLYMAN 1 0 r Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng. resuming me debate on the G speech m the Singapote Legislative Assembly terday, called on Government to establish a school to train local youth m the art of deep-sea fishing. Mr. Lee said that G
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  • 116 4 SALHA binte Nasupi a 24-year-old mother of two children, was yesterday brought before a Singapore Magistrate m connection with the murder of a housewife, Nia binte Yusoff. aged 23 She was alleged to have murdered Nia at her Perak Road home on April 16. After the
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  • 348 5 Two Recaptured After Daring Bid For Freedom IPOH, Wed. Two prisoners who escaped from the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan on Monday night, have been recaptured. One of the escapees, Ooi Seng Kee, alias Mohamed bin Abdullah, 34, was recaptured 21 hours after his break for freedom.
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  • 318 5 New Sceneshifters of .ipore V.M.C.A. pred Gilbert and Sullivan's ooera. "The Sorcerer". some success m the Culntre last night. c was, of course, the night hiatus; the as late, some cues Mr, the lighting was m the magic scene the actual effects were r tame, I thought),
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  • 250 5 UNIVERSITY students should enjoy the absolute right of free studies m the various schools of thought, declared students of the Nanyang University at the inauguaral ceremony of their Students' Union held m Singapore last night. The union pledged to give its wholehearted assistance to the development
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  • 53 5 PENANG, Wed. Cash and jewellery, amounting to $4,895 were stolen from a house m Irving Road, yesterday evening. Police also received a report that a man was assaulted by two unknown persons and robbed of $180 cash while he was at an eating stall at the
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  • 187 5 Key Witness Absent Inquiry Is Postponed BECAUSE a key witness was absent yesterday at an inquiry into the death of a labourer whose body was found m Peirce Reservoir forest reserve, the Coroner Mr. Giam Chong Hing. postponed further hearing to May 1. The witness. Kling bin Abu. a forest
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  • 33 5 A LABOURER, Yaaeob bin Kabut. 21, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to six months' jail by Klang Magistrate Inche Harun bin Haji Idris for stealing a violin valued at $50.
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  • 123 5 Ten thugs, armed with parangs, braved a group of about 20 labourers and Siashed one of them, m Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, last night. The victim. Tan Teo Boon, 19, was slashed twice on the arm and back before the thugs left him alone
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  • 203 5 SINGAPORE Director of Information Services, Mr. G. G. Thomson, last night gave a talk on the organization of the Government to a group of school students at tne Chinese YMCA. The students were members of the Chinese YMCA, taking a self-sponsored course of "leadership
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  • 121 5 A FANCY dress ball, m aid of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, will be held under the patronage of Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, at the Sea View Hotel on May 3. Three Colony millionaires and
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  • 36 5 MEMBERS of the Persama (Artistes Union of Malaya) performing a Malay folk dance at a recently-held concert to raise funds for the Union. Siti Hawa Majed was chosen the Princess of Persama.
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  • 153 5 MORE than 250 employees of ten Insurance Companies m Singapore were offered a general wage rise by the employers yesterday. According to the offer, the minimum wage for a subordinate staff member will be $85 a month with a maximum of $150. For other
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  • 158 5 AIK HOE and Company Limited, one of the largest rubber firms m the world, which was found guilty on 34 charges under the Foreign Exchange Control Ordinance involving I 553,694,575 m the Singapore Assize Court m February, has filed notice of abandonment of appeal. i
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  • 114 5 SIT Officers Visit The Fire Victims A TEAM of housing officers from the Singapore Improvement Trust yesterday visited the victims of the Kamporg Koo Chai fire housed at the Geyiang English School and offered low cost Trust flats to them. Mr. Woon Wah Siong. acting Director of social Welfare, told
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  • 73 5 FORMER detective Jimmy Sect Soon Chye, 28. was yesterday remanded for one week by a Singapore Court after a tentative charge of abduction was read out and explained to him. Sect. with four others,' was alleged to have abducted a Colony merchant. Mr. Foo Yuen Chew,
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  • 27 5 More than 200 under-privileged children were entertained at a tea-party given by the Malayan Red Cross at the Sungei Rambai School m Bukit Mertaiam yesterday.
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  • 328 6 'YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN AN ANIMAL JERANTUT, Wed. "Your behaviour is most inhuman and you are no better than an animal," remarked the President of ti,e West Pahang Sessions Court. Inche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah, yesterday to a rubber tapper when he found him guilty on a charge
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  • 162 6 THE KING WELCOMED HOME KLANG. Wed.— The Sultan of Selangor. who Is also the Timbalan Yang Di Pertuan Agong. was today welcomed home to the Royal Town of Klang. The Yang Di Pertuan Agong has resumed his office after a month's leave. The flag of the Raja Muda of Selangor
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  • 272 6 Special Night Patrols By Police In Plain Clothes PENANG, Wed. Special police patrols m plain clothes are now being sent out every night to areas considered likely to harbour house-breakers and other such criminals. This was disclosed by the Officer-in-Charge, Crirrinai Investigations, Mr. Kay
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  • 43 6 IT is not a Dolice responsibility to remove dead or dying animals, but the police would, on receipt of information, arrange with the department concerned to have dead or dying animals removed, said an official statement issued m Kuala Lumpur today.
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  • 241 6 PENANG, Wed. A housewife, Ong Phaik Luan, opposing an application by her husband, Lim Seng Khun, for a stay of execution of maintenance order, said m the Magistrate's Court today that her husband was a "bookie" doing "big business and earning tons
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    45 6 ROSS DUNCAN ERROL, who pleaded not guilty m a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly and assaulting Sim Yak Seng and Fong Lee Ming at Towner Road on April 17, was allowed bail of $1,000.
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  • 203 6 IPOH, Wed. The Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is to ask the Federation Lotteries Board to increase its monthly grant to the Association to make up for the deficit of $83,585 sustained last year. This request to the Board will be made after
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  • 94 6 Watch Out For These Typewriters SINGAPORE Police yesterday warned the public that if they bought 35 portable typewriters stolen from a firm recently, they would be m for trouble. The typewriters, stolen from Messrs. Duncan Roberts Ltd. on March 14, are valued at $10,000. Police Secretary Mr Eu Cheow Eang.
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  • 52 6 TAIPING. Wed.— His Holiness Somdetwanarat. chairman of the Ecclesiastical Council of Thailand (Sangkanayaka) will visit here on Sunday, April 27. His Holiness and party will be at the Buddhist TemDle m Creagh Road, at about 10 a.m. on that day. A reception will be given by
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  • 68 6 PENANG. Wed. Hanijah binte Kudin 24, claimed trial when she was produced m the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of house-breaking and theft at the Wah Seng Hotel Kinta Lane, on April 22. She was alleged to have entered the room of Koay Gaik Poh m
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  • 39 6 THE first Colombo Plan adviser to be resident m Malaya, Britain's Mr. F.A.G. Lonon (above), is a printing expert. He will spend a year m Malaya advising the Malayan Government Printing Department on costing and estimating.
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  • 150 6 Federation Greets New Federation KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs Tunku Abdul Rahman, has sent the following message to the Governor-General of the Federation of the West Indies on the occasion of the inauguration of the Parliament of the West Indies' Federation: "It was with
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  • 207 6 IPOH, Wed. The three-day synod of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya began this morning here when 89 delegates of the Anglican Churches from various parts of Malaya and Singapore heard a message of goodwill from Bishop Henry Baines of Singapore before they sat
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  • 76 6 AUSTRALIANS and New Zealanders m Singapore will observe Anzac Day tomorrow as a national day of remembrance for servicemen who died on active duty for their country. The Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force will join with Australian and New Zealand Army
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  • 206 6 Car Allowance Inadequate, Say City Workers REPRESENTATIVES of three organizations of Singapore City Council's white-collar workers, submitted their case against the revised transport allowance scheme, to the Council's Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. R. Middleton-Smith, yesterday. They informed Mr. Middle- ton-Smith that the revised rates were inadequate when compared with those
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  • 159 6 NEW STEP TOWARDS MEDICAL BOARD KUALA LUMPUR Wed. The Minister for Health V. T. Sambanthan, has v. to associations rej;: members of the medical profession to submit names lor nomination to the proposed Medical Advisory Board, The Standard was told toe. The set-up of the B.Of i, whose function will
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  • 57 6 KLANG, Wed. The wo;k of demolishing the 50-year old Klang market at Market Street has started. This oid building was vacated when the new $500,000 market at Harper Street was opened last November. On the site of the old building will be built a health clinic,
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  • 155 6 Praise For The Eating Houses PENANG, Wed— The G<m ernor of Penang Raja Sir Ud«, said here yesterday that h« was proud to see Muslim eating shops m the State c i during the 30 days of the lasting month although they were not required by the law to do
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  • 29 6 MISS Margaret who has done considerable research work among the aborigines m New Guinea and Northern Australia, has been appointed Social Anthrr; gist for the Federation of Malaya.
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  • 58 6 TRANSIT passengers of the first international KLM n:gnt to land m Kuala Lumpur are seen here going to the transit lounge The flight will make it thf third airline to serve the Federation. Prime Minister lunku Abdul Rahman was at the airport to uel come KLM's
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  • 25 7 INSPECTORS M. Thiagarajan and Salleh bin Haji Abdul Hamid of the Special Branch have assumed duties m the Klang Circle Special Branch Office.
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  • 578 7 SINGAPORE MUST TRADE OR DIE Mr. Tan Warns Legislative Assembly WHATEVER political party came into power after th-; general elections, it must have a sense of responsibility foi the livelihood of all the people of Singapore, which depended entirely on its entrepot trade for its well-being and prosperity, said Mr.
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  • 274 7 SINGAPORE would still remain a "colony" m spite of the new constitution, which would come into operation after the general elections, said Liberal-Socialist Assemblyman R. Jumabhoy (Telok Ayer) yesterday. Mr. Jumabhoy told the Legislative Assembly that the colonial status of the island was
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  • 155 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) In Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 78* 79 RSS No. 1 (May) 762 77 RSS No. (June) 761 76i R.S.S. No. 2 72* 73 R.S.S. No. 3 68* 69 Tone: Uncertain. The price of tin In Singapore yesterday was $3611
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  • 172 7 LIBERAL-SOCIALIST Assemblyman for Serangoon, Mr. Lim Choon Mong yesterday urged, Singapore Government to consider the possibility of introducing vocational training classes for youth clubs. Mr. Lim, who was speaking during the debate on Sir William's speech, said that government m establishing night classes lor
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  • 144 7 'Britons Are The Best Officials BRITISH administrators are the best m the world, Mrs. Kathleen Stahl told Singapore Rotarians yesterday. Mrs. Stahl of Oxford University who is on a tour of Asia sponsored by the British Foreign Office spoke on '"Colonialism". The British provided the best form of government she
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  • 43 7 IPOH, Wed.— Mr. L. Xavier. 34, a clerk attached to the Penang Port Commission died m the District Hospital here last night after a month-long illness. The funeral took place here this evening at the Roman Catholic Church cemetery
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  • 241 7 Sorry State If PAP Wins Polls Mr. Soh SINGAPORE would be m a "sorry state" if the Peoples Action Party were to win the next general elections, said Mr. Soh Ghee Soon (Lib.-Socs.. Cairnhill) m the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He told the House that the people should wake up and
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  • 60 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed.— The State National Anthem must be played m full at any function or at any place of entertainment when the Sultan was ia attendance, the Master of Ceremonies, Kelantan, announced m a public notice here today. If the Sultan was absent, eight bars
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  • 66 7 DUNGUN, Wed. As a result of the recent Dungun ferry tragedy, m which rnoie than 20 people lost their lives, new public notice boards have been put up at each of the 10 ferries along the Kota Bahru Kuantan Road. The notices, written m English and
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  • 30 7 THE Chairman of the Tanjong Malim branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, Mr. N. Mohamed All. returned with his family from India yesterday after a threemonth vacation.
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    • 587 7 ■■HBMMPPV^fI SHBTBH^T^m^^3 b an interlude at 10.30. 6 pm. m± Jill »f ail fc^l flf m m f W 1 1,1 JH The Camborne Town Band. Conk^lil^lllll I ■il ll'll^lk I^W d actor. FJ Roberts 6.30 Trie lll'lk IWJ' 1 k^ *^M WL\ !i IT«l 1"m V News. 6.39 Commentary.
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  • 180 9 IN Singapore to promote American-Asian trade is J. Robert Harris, vice-president of Conlon Assos Ltd. of San Francisco and New York. Conlon Associates is a firm of business specialists which concentrates on the development of Asian countries and businesses. While m the Colony. Mr. Harris
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  • 109 9 RUBBER dropped 7/8 cent ne Singapore market yesterday when International first grade May shipment closed at ents per lb. Tone at the was uncertain. After a quiet opening m the morning, the market eased on upcountry liquidation and lack of demand. Lower sheets have been passit
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  • 49 9 OCEAN shipments of prepared latex from Malaya m March totalled 9,817 tons, of which 2,819 tons went to America and 2,356 tons went to Britain. Total shipments m the first quarter of this year amounted to 29,959 tons, against 24.533 tons m last year's first quarter.
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  • 182 9 'Let Us Handle Tyre Industry' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Motor-tyre manufacture is an industry of national importance and foreign concerns should not be permitted into such a vital and essential industry, The Malayan Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Association says m a statement issued today. The association says it is "deeply perturbed" over
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  • 23 9 MR. K.R. Retnam, manager for Malaya and Singapore of Comptometer Corporation, of America, has returned from a short holiday m India.
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  • 104 9 All Sections Incline To Ease ALL sections of the Malayan share market were dull and inclined to ease yesterday. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellen 88. Petrol 43/- 45/- Federal Disp. 2.17 2 23 Gammon 230 2.35 W. Hammer 1.53 1.58
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  • 124 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2.20; Fraser and Neave ords $2.67$ cd. $2 62 xd: Gammon $2.35 to $2.32; Hammer $1.57 odd parcel. $1.575: S. Way $1.15; M. Breweries $3.65: M. Box $1.66: Sime Darby $1.54; Cold Storage 87c. 86c: Steamship 68c; Straits
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  • 95 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro duce Exchange noon closing prices ocr Dicul yesterday were: copra April May UK Continent $31J buyers $32 sellers coconut oil m bulk $47 sellers; m drums $50 sellers; Muntok white pepper $132 sellers; Sarawak white $131 sellers; Special Sarawak black $73. Singapore C<>conut Oil Millers Association
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  • 66 9 A LIGHT, strong boat is made speedily by spraying a foam with a special mixture of fibre glass resin and catalyst Two spray guns mounted together chop, blend and deposit the mixture at the rate of 15 pounds per minute. One coat of the fibre glass
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  • 303 9 CONTRIBUTIONS to a Special Fund have been received by the Buffer Stock manager it was announced by the chairman of the International Tin Council m London on Tuesday. Creation of this Special Fund was unanimously agreed to by delegates of participating tin producing countries,
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  • 43 9 CROWDS surged through the Brussels Universal and International exhibition last Monday, as the exposition entered its first full week. As expected, the fair's first Sunday was marked by a record turnout, surpassing the total of the previous three days.
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  • 148 9 A SPECTACULAR project to construct tunnels under Sydney Harbour to provide new traffic lanes, has created much interest and discussion among engineers m New South Wales. The scheme is briefly described as a traffic pipeline, assembled from pre-fabricated tubes. These would be made of Portland cement and
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  • 68 9 MARCH import of tin concentrates into Malaya totalled 872 tons, against 791 tons m February. Total imports m the first quarter amounted to 3.028 tons, against 4,377 tons m the same period last year. Thailand wa s the biggest supplier, sending 567 tons m March (2,420 tons m
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  • 29 9 AN Australian-made Drinting machine, which colours slits and rewinds paper to any given shades, all m one operation, is to be made for the United States market.
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    24 9 This i$ the unique new rubber expansion joint, designed to eliminate the rhythmic road shock encountered m driving over concrete highways and airvort runways.
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  • 202 9 A SIDE-OPERATING forklift carrier capable of carrying long and heavy loads m a narrow gangway is being put into production m Britain for sale m Commonwealth countries. Unlike other carriers this model picks up its load sideways and bears the full weight over all four
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  • 392 9 SUMATRA BARTER BAN IS LIFTED fdsfdfdsf Clearance Given To Colony Ships THE Indonesian Government ban on trade between Singapore and all Sumatran barter ports has been lifted. The ports covered are Bagan Si-Api-Api, Bengkaiis, Selat Panjang. Siak Sri Indrapura, Tembilahan, Pekan Baroe and Kuala Tungkal. Lifting of the ban was
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  • 67 9 THE Malayan Exchange Bank? Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday:— New York: buying. T.T. 32-7/8, OD. 33, 90 days airmail 33-1/8 credit bills. 33-3 16 trade bills Canada: buying. T.T. 31-15/16. OD. 32-1/16, 90 days airmail 32-3/8 credit bills, 32-1/2 trade bills. Selling.
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  • 48 9 WASHINGTON: The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to extend the Export Control Act for two years. The act, which regulates the export of strategic goods to Communist bloc nations, particularly the Soviet Union and Communist China, is scheduled to expire next June 30.
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  • 171 9 OUTER ROADS Franeoise, Kaigala Maru 88 San Carlos. Benveg, Falkenstein, Gordian. Yosu, Batoebahra. Julia. Tees Breeze, Great Oaks. Houtman. Ferndale. Benlomond. Felipes, Ocean Fortune, Senzan Maru. Wonorato, Thabor. Tong Nam. North Star. Max. Brander. Osaka Maru, Sambas. Kamiji Marni, Shun Lee, Douglas. Reyiersz, Polyphemus. Baud. Pokoj. Batoela,
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  • 77 9 Seeing Colony's Breweries MR. J. E. de Rijke. technical director of He. Breweries «n Holland, who is m Singapore en an inspection tour of breweries m the Colony. Mr. de Rijke was formerly technical manager of Malayan Breweries, Limited. This is his first visit to the Colony since he left
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  • 218 9 QANTAS Empire Airways has purchased Fiji Airways, the small airline which serves the Fiji group from its base near Suva. Qantas will continue to operate Fiji Airways and has appointed Captain R. O. Mant as its manager. Captain Mant was formerly Qantas assistant operations manager
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    36 10 Mr. Lan Charles Harris, son of Mrs. M. M. Frank of Kuala Lumpur, is seen below with his bride, the former Miss Jane Doreen Roze. after their marriage at the St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur.
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    146 10 CHEAH-LIM Mr. Cheah Seah Hong Ot Kuala Lumpur is no weight-lifter. But the weight he is carrying m the picture (right) is his life- time bundle at joy. And the radiant, smiling bundle of joy is his childhood sweetheart, the former Miss Lim Geok Hiong. da us hter
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    54 10 MR. SER CHEN NAM, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ser Whan Boon of Kuala Lumpur, and his bride, the former Miss Lee Tung Ying, are seen here at their wedding dinner party held m Kuala Lumpur. The bride i s the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
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  • 100 10 THE Surachai Foundation of Bangkok held a re-union dinner recently at the Chinese Swimming Club, Penang. The Director of the Foundation, Mr. Sirindra Kristhong, is seated m the centre of the table with hi s back t o the fan. On his left is the former Mayor of
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  • 221 10 HARI RAYA IN MALACCA mcnmE\ For the first time the Malacca Residency was thrown open to leaders of various communities and their wives to celebrate Hari Raya. The Governor, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, and his wife played hosts to more than 100 people who greeted one
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  • 593 11  -  WILLY MEISL By Some May Be Omitted From World Cup Teams LONDON, April 23, (UP) The teams for the World Soccer championships are fast taking shape but several nations have their problem men who may or may not play. In these cases, the problem is
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  • 192 11 The Queens Colt Is Fancied In Derby EPSOM. April 23 (Renter) —The Queen's colt. Miner's Lamp, was made joint second favourite for the Derby after a smooth performance m winning the Blue Riband Trial Stakes here yesterday. A leading bookmaker quoted h:m at ten to one, on the same mark
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  • 214 11 Kramer's Bid For O'Neill SfDNEY (New South Wales) Wed. Brilliant cricket find Norman O'Neill, who had rival State Associations falling over each other recently m a bid for his services, has received another offer to play as a professional In the United States under tennis impressario Jack Kramer 1 The
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    85 11 BRITISH and European welterweight champion Peter Waterman is taking this one right on the chin. And it's from his sister too! For Peter and 17-year-old Nor ma. youngest dancer m the Prince of Wales Follies show, both keep fit m the same gymnasium. They train together to their mutual advantage.
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  • 159 11 No Room For This Athletics Plan LONDON, Wed. A proposal for world athletics championsnips to be staged every four years between Olympic Games will be discussed by the International Amateur Athletic Federation congress m Stockholm m August. Mr. Tage Ericson, president of the Swedish Athletic Federation, revealed this m Stockholm
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  • 146 11 English F.F. Names 40 Players LONDON. April 23 (AFP> The English Football Federation yesterday published its preliminary selection of 4o players for the final round of the world football cud to be played m Sweden next June. The 40 players were: Goal: Hodgkinson (Sheffield United). Hopkinson (Bolton). Medonald (Burnley), and
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  • 381 11 fight. So I'm pickin' Machen. He's pretty good, but he don't seem to get mad and polish off a guy when he has him out." Q.— ''How are you and the Government getting along these days?" A. "We shake hands when we
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  • 103 11 BOMBAY TEAM SELECTED FOR TOKYO PARIS, April 23 (AFP) A total of 17 players have been selected m Bombay to defend India'i hockey supremacy m the Asian Games to be held m Tokyo next month, reported the Indian Information Agency. The selected players were: Goal: Desamuthu (Bengal) and S Laxman
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  • 331 11 Saturdays Winner May Fight The Orient Champ By Our Boxing Reporter FOR Hisao Kobayashi, the Orient featherweight champion of Japan, recent conqueror of Philippines' Leo Espinosa, Saturday's Ray Ming Chan versus Sarica Yontrakit clash will be of special interest. Kobayashi may meet the I winner m an unofficial tilt. Negotiations
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  • 68 11 No Change In England's Team LONDON, April 23 (Reuter) England's team to play Portugal m a Soccer International at Wembley here on May 7 is the same as that which beat Scotland 4-0 at Hampeden, Glasgow, on Saturday. Team: Hopkinson (Bolton), Howe (West Bromwich Aibion), Langley (Fulham), Clayton (Blackburn), Wright
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    78 11 London, April 22. (Reuter) Results m tonight's football matches were: League Two: Grimsby Town 0, Stoke City 0. League Three (Northern:) Oldham Athletic 5, Chester 1. MISS Kh«ng Sob Gaik, carding 102, won the 1958 Perak women's golf championship from Mrs. Lincoln Leon; m the tournament played at
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  • 375 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tamilian Physical Culture Association made the most of their opportunities to edge Royal Air Force 4 3 m a Football Association of Seiangor senior division league match on the Princes Road stadium ground here today. The over-confldent airmen i have only
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  • 103 11 LONDON, Wed. There './ill be two divisions of the Football Combination next season, instead of the present tingle league of thirty-two clubs. Four more clubs— Gillingham, Notts County, Nottingham Forest and Mansfield were elected yesterday, and if the total remains at 36, promotion and relegation will be on
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  • 57 11 LONDON. Wed ROGER MOENS. Belgian 800 metre world record holder, was suspended until further notice yesterday by the Belgian Athletics League He failed to appear' before the executive committee to explain a complaint by the U.S. Federation that he had been negotiating directly on his appearances m
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  • 30 11 TOKYO. April 23, (Reuter) —The Philippine Davis Cup team which will meet Japan m the Eastern Zone 6emi-finals m Tokyo on May 2 arrived liere today by air.
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  • 70 11 Christine Truman, the Woodford schoolgirl, icon two quick matches to reach the semi-final round of the women's singles m the Cumberland Club Tournament at Hampstead recerMy. In the morning Christine beat Mrs. Gertrude Preston of Middlesex 6-1, 6-0, and after lunch sht defeated Mrs. Sidney Brock
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  • TODAY'S SPORT
    • 40 11 SOCCER: Youth Festival Singapore vs Kelantan at Jalan Besar, 5 p.m.; Johort vs Malacca. Jalan Besar, 6.15 p.mJ Negri Sembilan vs Selangor, Jalan Besar, 7.30 p.m.; SAFA Div. 2A: Katong Sports Club vs C.A. "A" at Geylang. 5.15 p.m..
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    • 19 11 TENNIS: Davis Cup Eastern Zone. Malaya vs. Ceylon padang. SOCCER: Div. 2, SIRSC vs. TPCA Kg. Bharu.
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    • 43 11 SOCCER: Div. I King's Dragoon Guards rs, K.I.A. Toton padang; Div. 2 95 F.B.R.A. vs. Ipoh Police Coronation Ground: Perak River Hydro vs. 2 Police Field Force Jalan Abdul Jalil ground; Div. 3 Bawean Putro "B" vs. Town Council Lower Coronation ground.
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    • 10 11 SOCCER: Dtv.2— Town Council us. Colts Jalan Par dang.
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  • 753 12 Davis Cup Scoreboard: CEYLON 2 MALAYA 1 'Slaughter' Tennis Downs Malayans player. In fact, I would say he is at least two shades above the next player, Moses Tay or Khong Kit Soon or Lim Hee Chin. He should therefore have been an automatic choice
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  • 76 12 Basketball Matches Net $1,301 PENANG. Wed. Basketball matches arranged by the vicechairman of the Penang Sate Appeal Committee ot the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, Mr. One Keng Seng. have netted $1,301.50. This sum has teen handed to the hon. treasurer of the Penang State Appeal Committee Others who made
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  • 35 12 THE annual junioi championships of the Chinese Swimming Club will be held on Saturday commencing 3.30 p.m. A large number of entries have been received and some very keen competitions will be seen.
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  • 486 12 Keung took over from Lav Yee, Szeto Yiu from Fai Hung. Lav Chee Lam from Lav Kai Chin, who took over from Moss. After five minutes from the restart Singapore scored their goal. Kirn Beng centred and after Koh had missed, Zainol slammed
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  • 85 12 Nineteen-year-old Chow Ch.ee Leng, an Ipoh schoolboy swimmer selected to represent Malaya at the Asian Games m Tokyo. Chee Leng took to swimming about two years ago, and at last year's Merdeka Games hi Kuala Lumpur, shot into the limelight when he came a close third to
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  • 155 12 PENANG. Tues Peuang will make every effort to oeat q strong Federation Combined Services side m the defence of the F.A.M. Cup this Sunday at the City Stadium. Speculation is rife as to Penang's chances, as the Services showed their superiority with a
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  • 44 12 EPSOM. Surrey April 2a. (Reuter> Major L.B. Holiday's Setting Star won The City end Suburban Handicap run over one mile and a quartei here to day. Sir Victor Sassoon s Prince Moon was second with iSir W.M Cooke's Wheatley third. 12 ran.
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  • 44 12 IRON MEN' OF FEDERATION GAMES TEAM by Lee. Standardpic Here are Malaya's weight lifters for the Asian Games m Tokyo from left to right: Kuan Keng Lam, Cheah Sek Tong, Sam Kwok Seng (coach and team manager). Yap Meng Soon and Tan Kirn Bee.
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  • 186 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Football Association of Malaya, at its Council meeting held at the residence of its president, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Kahman, decided to re-admit Singapore into the HMS Malaya Cup competition. Thus ended the Malaya Cup quarrel between the FAM and
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  • 131 12 Governors Cup Next Month THE Governor's Cup worth $10,000 m Stakes will be the main attraction at the Singapore Turf Club's May Meeting on May 17, 21 and 24. The race, run over 1J miles, is confined to Class One, Division One stayers. Another special race is the Summer Cup
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  • 460 12 Jit' Imtris Out, Too, Until He Qualifies THE Singapore Olympic and Sports Council did not actually drop the axe on the Colony's hockey team for the Asian Games, but it's as good as dropped with the Courcil stMl short of $35,000 and without
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  • 225 12 The final estimate of funds available for Spores Gamesmen was $109,000 The original estimate for a contingent of 85 was $144,000. The Spore Amateur Boxing" Association remains the only body which has not yet nominated its Gamesmen. Secretary Mr B. L. Dunsford disclosed t hat the association was
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  • 88 12 TWENTYFOCR Singapore prospects for the Singapore Hockey Association team for Tokyo were to play their final trial prior to selection on the Girls Sports Club ground yesterday. But with the chances for Tokyo slim, the trial was cancelled, and the players played a friendly match instead.
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  • 112 12 THE Singapore Ohm pic and Sports Council secretary and Singapore Amateur Athletic Association president. Mr A T. Rajah was appointed Chef de Mission of the Singapore contingent for the Games m Tokyo next month. Mr. Rajah was the Chef de Mission for the Colony's Olympic team
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  • 199 12 Malaya's Athletic Standard Is High PENANG, Wed.— The athletes m Malaya are of a higher standard than athletes m other Asian countries, said Amer.can field and track coach, Thomas Rosandich today. Mr. Rosandich who is at present conducting clinics for affiliates of the Penang Amateur Athletic Association and schoolboys, will
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  • 103 12 FINE batting of 70 runs by Army player, Jimmy F enabled GHQ FARELF to beat Royal Signals by 24 runs m an inter-unit cricket match at Tanglin yesterday. Flood after helping GHQ to declare their innings at runs for five wickets wit! unbeaten 70 runs bowled to
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  • 47 12 PENANG Wed. Marine Sports Club beat Ramblers by three nil m a division two soccer league on Dato Kramat ground today. Marines were one up through Mahmood at the interval. In the second half Aziz Ahmad and Cheani Ahmad scored Huan B Hsi Wen refereed.
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  • 335 12 SANDARAN, April 23— The North Borneo Police athletic championships at Jesselton on Saturday were notable for Gabuh bin Piging, the Colony Olympian, beating the current Asian Games hop. step and jump record of 49ft 91 ins. by one inch. The distance, however, is three
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  • 353 13 -AR EASTERN DIARY: THE defection from the Soviet Embassy m Phnom Penh, the Combodian capital, last month of Vladimir Lukachevitch, the second secretary, has produced some intriguing echoes His sudden disappearance gave rise to much discucsion m Cambodian political circles on blatant attempts by Soviet diplomats to
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  • 1172 13 Pa trick O 'Donova n reports on the American Scene: RILL and Mary are both 29 years old. He has been out of the Marines for nine years and has not been out of work before. He was making $90 a week as a loader at the
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  • 288 13 a utilitarian vista lies ahead of us. We are on the brink of the Steel Age which swept through Europe more than two hundred years ago. Having been left far behind m the race for Mechanisation, India is making a la'e start. The two existing steel enterprises, Tatas
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  • 1342 13 By Our Own Correspondent sary technical personnel at our disposal to man the new plants. This may be true to some extent but as years go by cur nucleus of technicians is gradually growing, perhaps not quite to the same extent as our new industries. Much
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    • 502 13 QUOTATION: 1 "So far In the history I [V of the world there have I H|h| never bees enough mature I people m th#» rieht places." I f^^^^^Bfc^^^^S G. B. Chisholm I K^M lI^W 9 JL^W THURSDAY FOR I EVERYONE: This is an I PVW« excellent time for putting I^^^
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 233 14 LANA SUED FOR SUPPORT OF SLAIN LOVER'S SON HOLLYWOOD, April 23 (UP)— Film star Lana Turner, her ex-husband Stephen Crane and their daughter, Cheryl, 14, today were sued for support of the son of the actress' boy friend stabbed by Cheryl. The suit was filed m Superior Court on behalf
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    • 70 14 TAIPEI, April 23 (Reuter). A force of 4.000 men tried desperately today to stop a big forest fire which burned hundreds of acres m mountainous central and eastern Formosa. The blaze started on Monday afternoon but so far no casualties had been reported, according to the
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    • 29 14 NEPAL has agreed to allow continued British recruiting of Gurkha soldiers for ten years from July when the present agreement expires, it was announced m Katmandu yesterday.- Reuter
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    • 21 14 JAPANESE Imperial Prince and Princess Takamatsu arrived back m Paris yesterday after a three-day visit to Brussels- AFP
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    • 73 14 YOUNG AT HEART as ever he was, film actor, producer, director and song-writer Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 69th birthday m Geneva recently with his children; left to right is Josephine, Charlie and Victoria, who is helping brother Eugen to dress up as that quaint little figure
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    • 194 14 FORT-OF-SPAIN, April 23 (Reuter) Princess Margaret last night dined on flying fish by candlelight at a glittering state dinner held after she inaugurated the new Federal Parliament of the West Indies. The dinner was held at the House of Lord Hailes, the Governor-General,
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    • 117 14 LONDON, April 23, (Reuter). Nuclear driven ships cannot compete on a cost basis with steamships at present, the annual report of Lloyd's Register of Shipping stated today. The report said that because of the cost, nuclear propulsion is not at present attractive to owners. Experience with
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    • 61 14 LIVERPOOL, April 23 (Reuter) Two burglars broke into Walton prison here and cracked a safe, the Home Office admitted last night. It occurred on the night of March 26-27 and had been kept a closely-guarded secret while police unsuccessfully sought the criminals. The burglars were unlucky,
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    • 321 14 Sharpening Old Weapons Of The Cominform' LJUBLANA, Yugoslavia, April 23 (Reuter) A Yugoslav vice-president today accused Soviet bloc leaders of "sharpening the old and rusty weapons of the Cominform" and said they were again bringing pressure on Yugoslavia. Mr. A^eksandar Ran Ovic, vice-president of the Government
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    • 263 14 Mac Steps In To Avert Nationwide Strike LONDON, April 23 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, made a personal bid last night to solve a wage crisis on Britain's nationalized railways which has aroused fears of a nationwide transport strike. At a No. 10, Downing Street meeting with union
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    • 114 14 TOKYO, April 23 (Reuter) The Japanese Government and industries are investigating into new cases of alleged piracy of foreign designs by Japanese manufacturers, it was learned today. The Japan External Trade Recovery Organization (JETRO), a semi-official body for trade promotion, said it had received
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    • 44 14 SANTA Monica. California, April 23, (Reuter). Film actor Rock Hudson, 32, was sued for divorce today. The action, filed by Mrs. Phyllis Hudson, alleges extreme cruelty. The couple married m 1955, and separated last October. They have no children.
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    • 24 14 SIX Cuban rebels were killed on Tuesday m two encounters with the army m Oriente Province, an army communique claimed.- Reuter
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    • 146 14 BLOOMING TON. Indiana. April 23. (Reuter)— An 85-year-old great-grandmother and her 29-year-old fiance got a wedding licence today, after a week's delay because she had been unable to prove she was over 18. Documentary evidence of Mrs Laura Wilson's age
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    • 20 14 THE UNITED States is expected to try launching her fourth earth satellite within the next 24 hours.- Reuter
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    • 60 14 THE Queen poses with Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the Federal German Chancellor during the latter's visit to Britain last week. This was followed by a dinner at Windsor Castle. Before his return to Bonn, the Chancellor laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior m
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    • 135 14 M. Bidault Will Not Form Govt. PARIS, April 23. (Reuter).— M. George Bidault. founder of the Popular Republican (Catholic) Movement, last night announced that he was giving up the attempt to form a new French government. Earlier yesterday M. Bidault's own party refused to give him their support. M. Bidault
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    • 90 14 300 DEAD, CHOLERA STILL RAGES CALCUTTA, April 23 (Reuter)—Cholera killed 125 people m Calcutta last week as the worst epidemic m 20 years raged unabated Total deaths so far are 300 and with more than 20 people daily being struck down hospitals are finding it difficult to cope with the
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    • 68 14 THE HAGUE. April 23 (AFP) Two counsellors at the Indonesian embassy at The Hague resigned today m protest against the "policy of violence" allegedly followed by the Jakarta Central Government m the rebellion-torn outer provinces. They brought to 11 the total of Indonesian diplomats m
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    • 32 14 NICOSIA, April 23 (Reuter) Two cars owned by British civilians were set on fire m Limassol. South Cyprus, last night Officials said only minor damage was caused.
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    • 75 14 TAIPEI. April 23 (UP)— Lieut-Gen. Kirn Shih, commander of the South Korean Marine Corps, declared today "we have to have atomic weapons to fight the Communists who I understand are so equipped." Kirn made the statement to newsmen at Taipei airport before leaving for home atter
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    • 80 14 TAIPEI, April 23 (UP) Prime Minister Adnan Menderes of Turkey will meet Nationalist Chinese President, Chiang Kai-shek m Taipei next week during a three-day goodwill visit to the island tortress of Formosa. Chiang, who led China through World War Two and then fought the Communists, is
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    • 26 14 EX-QUEEN Soraya of Persia, who arrived m the United States on Tuesday, will visit Chile, according to the Santiago evening paper. La Segunda. Reuter
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    • 29 14 THE U.S. NAVY announced yesterday that its newest super aircraft carrier, the Ranger will sail around Cape Horn this summer for duty with the Pacific fleet.- UP
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    • 25 14 THE SH \H OF PERSIA has accepted an invitation to make a state visit to Brazil, a court communique said yesterday.— Reuter
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    • 29 14 MILAN POLICE last night announced they arrested a Syrian and a Pakistani and seized 18 pounds of heroin m a crackdown on a big narcotics ring.- UP
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    • 46 14 A POWERED. guided bomb is seen mounted onto a Vulcan aircraft of the R.A.I- The bomb is being developed hy A.V. Roe for the Ministry of Supply, and uill be carried by th« bombers. Flight with the u capon are proceeding. U.P.
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    • 156 14 Valletta Off Limits To Troops, Families VALLETTA. Malta. Apr (UP). Valletta ha placed off limits to B troops and their fam police yesterday put v] wire barricade^ m th< while Malta bought a of the crisis triggerec day night when Prime Dom Mintoff resigned. The Police C ordered signs put
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    • 30 14 THE ROYAL ACADI planning to stage an e\ of the paintings by Sir V* ton Churchill which the Art Institute of Chicago jected as not beinf sional". Reuter
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    • 25 14 THE Ceylon House of entatives has passed for second time an officia suspend the death pc: an experimental period of three years.- Reuter
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