Singapore Standard, 13 May 1958

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  • 23 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 314. 15 cts. 12 Pages u jfc m s.
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  • 414 1  -  ANDREW ROTH LEE KUAN YEW JUST MAKES THE CONFERENCE Boyd PAP Leader Arrive Together For First Meeting By LONDON, Mon. The Anglo-Singapore constitutional talks got under way at 4 p.m. G.M.T. (11.30 Malayan) when the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd arrived with the People's Action Party leader,
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  • 351 1 FED. FLYING CLUBS MAY SUSPEND ACTIVITIES Vice-President's Warning KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Lack of financial support from Government and loss ot expatriate officers through Malayanization might cause flying clubs m the Federation to suspend activities, warned the Vice-President of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, Squadron Leader V. Arunasalam. Squadron Leader Arunasalam
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  • 90 1 INDIA'S REDS CONTROLLED FROM OUTSIDE NEW DELHI. May 12 (UP) India's Prime Minister Jawahanal Nehru said today that India's Communist Party is controlled from outside India. Nehru, speaking at the closing session of a three-day meeting of the Nationalist committee of the ruling Congress Party, said that the Communist Party
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  • 74 1 HONGKONG, May 12 (UP) Wallem and Company, agents of the Panamanian freighter Moro which was bombed and sunk m Donggala harbour on April 28, today said the crew of the vessel had suffered one dead, two injured and seven missing. The 549-ton Moro was manned by a
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  • 158 1 JAKARTA, May 12 (Reuter) The official Indonesian Army spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Rudy Pirneadie, today accused Holland of helping Indonesian rebels, PIA news agency reported. The agency quoted Colonel Pirngadie saying that Army Headquarters had received a report from the Commander of Central Government forces m
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  • 438 1 400 Miners Stop Work To Help 12 Trapped Men RAUB, Mon. More than 400 workers of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company at Bukit Kotnan stopped their normal duties today to continue their efforts to pump out the water from the flooded section of the mine m which 12 persons
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  • 50 1 LONDON, May 12 (Reuter)— Dr. Vivian Fuchs, conaueror of Antarctica, and his Polar explorers, came home today m the flag-bedecked liner, Rangitoto, to a welcome of cheers, martial music and hooting ships' sirens. Dr. Fuchs. will be knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace tomorrow.
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  • 41 1 pic. THIS picture tells the story of strikebound London. Police control queues of office and shop workers, many of whom usua'ly go by bus, as they wait to enter Oxford Circus underground station for the journey home. Mirror
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  • 184 1 PRISONER RECAPTURED, ANOTHER STILL AT LARGE A PRISONER, serving an eignt-year-term for armed robbery, yesterday escaped from the General Hospital but was later recaptured. The prisoner. Lim Boh Wah, was receiving medical attention when he escaped. Prison warders found him missing and a search was carried out. Later, after a
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  • 59 1 BENEVENTO, Italy, May 12 (UP) Thieves broke into the Cathedral of Benevento last night and stole the treasure of the Madonna of Mercy. The loot included gifts from two Popes, golden crosses studded with precious stones, pearl necklaces, and numerous other jewels. Police said a provisional estimate placed
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  • 35 1 THE Kaohsiung Harbour Administration m Southern Formosa has issued a warning to ail ships to watch out for a "round floating object," reported to have been sighted five miles from Kaohsiung Lighthouse. Reuter.
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  • 203 1 A CANTEEN KEEPER of the Penggarang School Johore, who was found sprawled on a village footpath with four bullet wounds m his back, was admitted to the General Hospital. Singapore, at dawn yesterday. The canteen keeper, Abubida bin Lahabak, 22, was found in- jured
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  • 236 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Stephen Fonseka, young Kuala Lumpur school teacher, was brutally slain while on his way home after attending mass at the Chuich of the Holy Rosary here last night. The 20-year-old teacher Is the son of Mr. Anthony (popularly known as Tony)
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  • 499 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Love and anxiety over a woman, together with pressure from the Security Forces, gave "Operation Tiger" its biggest success since it was launched early this year when six members of the notorious Layang Layang Communist terrorist gang surrendered
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  • 196 2 THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday unanimously decided to extend ttie services of the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. Ong Soon Ann, for 263 days on a temporary super- i numerary capacity. Mr. Ong is due to retire from
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  • 98 2 LIM Pong of Eng Hoe Road, and Ng Yam Seng of Holland Road, were yesterday committed to strand trial at the next Assizes by Singapore Magistrate Mr. R. B. I. Pates, at the close of a preliminary inquiry into a tentative charge of armed robbery. They were
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  • 52 2 THE Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union will hold a mass meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall, today, to protest against alleged "victimization" of its members. A resolution calling on all employers to "stop victimisation of workers for trade union activities" will come before the meeting
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  • 225 2 KL- S'pore Trunk Calls Will Be Speeded Up Soon KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Trunk calls bet here and Singapore will soon be speeded up with (he completion of a 600 circuit microwave radio telephone link between the two towns. Trie Standard Telephones and Cables Limited f London, who were awarded the
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  • 33 2 SEE TOH FATT, 43, an electrician attached to Ipoh D.C.R.C. was critically injured yesterday when his motorbicycle was involved m an accident with a lorry belonging to the Ipoh Town Council.
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  • 30 2 A 10- YEAR-OLD Mohamed H bed m the arm n c ether I yesterday. Mohamed was tr« out-patient m the Hospitai. Police are inves: ing.
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  • 31 2 MICHAEL L a clerk and ca Report Section at the Branch, Singapore Force, guilty m the Court, \a the section. The prosecution week's custody pending ther investigations.
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  • 84 2 A SHORT review of progress of the University m the ar report for Singapore lor Nat during the on the Nanyang Univcr registered a s a limited lial company. The main adrr. block and library, the S block, the Department of merce building and s«
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  • 43 2 THE newly n e Judge. Mr Ambrose, w. the Officer Adm. Government, Mr. F m me presence of Justice. Sir John V Crovernment House on Thursday. Mr. Justice Ambn on the Bench i; for the first time the day.
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  • 44 2 A SWEEPER. Syed bin syed Mohamcd 19 terday pleaded a Singapore cour charge of criminal brca< trust of $709 and a cheque belongin. Base cashier on May Sved Alwi i $1,000 bail until June 5 his case will be hoard.
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    • 556 2 NOTICES THE ENGAGEMENT between Mr. Loo Kok Poh and Miss Hah Lian Sin, both of Ipoh, has been dissolved by mutual consent of both parties. 9/5/58. Sgd: Loo Kok Poh Sgd: Hah Lian Sin NOTICE is hereby given that N. H. E. Nassim of No. 51 Tanjong Rhu. Singapore, has
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    • 554 2 PERAK TURF CLUB Tickets on the $2/Unlimited Sweep to be drawn on the Perak Derby Race on June 14th, 1958 are Now on Sale at the Town office. LEE KOON INN (Secretary) PERAK TURF CLUB JUNE (DERBY) 1958 MEETING 7th JUNE, 1958. 11th JUNE. 1958. 14th JUNE. 1958. In addition
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    • 324 2 APPLY FOR PRIMARY I ADMISSIONS REGISTRATION of children seeking admission to primary I classes m Singapore Government English primary schools m 1959 will be carried out on every Saturday morning m Jun e this year. Only children born m 1950, 1951 and 1952 who are not m school will be
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 505 3 NO trade unions which sincerely and earnestly strive to confine their activities to seeking improvement of conditions m which their members work m industrial and commercial establishments can have any objection to the Singapore Government's proposal to tighten its Trade Union Ordinance. The need for exercising
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    • 327 3 THE persistent efforts with which the Peking leaders have been attempting to inveigle Japan into friendly relations with the Red China Government appear to have blown up right m their faces. Following charges made by Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister Chen Vi of "sabotage" and "hostile actions" by
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  • 977 3 Why do they go on producing nuclear weapons THE RACK TOWARDS A\XiUii,ATMO\ The second article byPhilip Deane m Washington piSSIONABLE material, suitable for making nuclear weapons, is being produced m the United States and has been produced for 12 months, at the rate of 200,000 pounds a year. This is
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  • 42 3 Bristlecone pine trees growing m California have been scientifically proved to be the world's oldest living things. Called "Methuselahs." one is 4,600 years old. They depose the California Sequoias, formerly believed to be Ih c world's oldest living things.
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  • 1027 3  -  Edward Crankshaw SOVIET SURVEY By LONDON. Mr. Malenkov surrendered the Premiership of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1955, less than two years after Stalin's death, the main reason for his downfall was said to be his mistaken agricultural policies. This came as a surprise to
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  • 401 3 The NEWS as it strikes me HJGFGFHGF 'THE first test of loyalty to independent Malaya is to be carried out shortly. Addressing: the annual representative general assembly of the Penang I'MNO on Sunday, the deputy Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussin, who is also the Defence Minister, announced that
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 29 3 '1 /O it WUCkI ftCftU Ate YOg* CARTOONIST HAS JUST COME BACK PROIA PRANCE WH>CH HASH' T GOT A GOVERNMENT 1 1 -TQ BRITAIN WHICH ,O* COURSE MAS ONE
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  • 345 4 1 2 Per Cent Levy May Be Illegal Says Councillor PENANG, Mon. Labour Councillor, Mr. Tan Phock Kin, told the City Council meeting today that to levy a 12 per cent education rate on the ratepayers of Georgetown might not only be illegal but was out of
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  • 414 4 Warm Tributes Paid To Retiring Colony Judge MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT will be remembered not only by brother judges but also by many a litigant and many an accused person who had come before him with respect and gratitude for the fairness with which he disposed oi his cases. I colony
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  • 140 4 JAILED FOR ATTACK ON WOMAN SERVANT ONG Kian Seng. 29, was yesterday sentenced to three months' jail by the Singapore Third District Court, for causing hurt to a maidservant, by hitting her with a torchlight and shoes at a Leonie Hill flat on Feb. 6. Ong was also sentenced to
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  • 64 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Past and present officers of the Federation Army now m md. will held their second annual reunion on Oct. 3 with a cocktail party at the Overseas League, St. James. London, S.W.I. Tickets at one guinea each are obtainable from the Office
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  • 32 4 A RUBBER tapper. Alias bin Haji Abdul Manan. of Temerloh. was fined $100 or three months' jail on Saturday, for the theft of a bicycle belonging to Harun bin Sidek.
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  • 59 4 IPOH, Mon.— Three members of the Central Electricity Board here were guests-of-honour at a dinner given by the C.E.B. staff over the week-end, prior to their departure from Ipoh on transfer. They were Mr. E. Muthuthamby. who goes to Kluang. Mr. Lionel D'Orville, for Batu
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  • 69 4 Top Red Gives Up With Five Comrades KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Six more Communist terrorists, including a Branch Committee secretary, surrendered m the "Operation Tiger" area of .Tohore last night. They were led by the Branch Committee secretary. Ho Cheong who surrendered to the 2/2 Gurkha Rifles. The other five terrorists
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  • 63 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Bishop Mathews Mar Athanasios of the Orthodox Syrian Church, is now on a tour of the Federation visiting congregations of members of the church. Earlier, the Bishop was granted an audience with the Yang Di Pertuan Agong. The Bishop is expected m
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  • 94 4 KLANG, Mon: Coroner Capt. Salleh bin Haji Suleiman today returned a verdict uf murder by person or persons unknown at the inquest of painter Tan Soon Huat, 22, whose headless body was found floating m KJang River on Oct. 12. Tan's mother. See Ah Ho. 58, said
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  • 39 4 VEHICLES Examiner, Mr. T. N. Nathan, of the Office of the Registrar and Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Pahang, Raub, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. George A. Surya, from Kuala Lampur has taken over from Mr. Nathan.
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  • 317 4 A MAN, who claimed to be a seaman-cum-fisher-man, was yesterday found guilty of being a member of an unlawful secret society and sentenced to five years' corrective detention by the Singapore Second Criminal and District Court. The man, Goh Lam Seng. 29.
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  • 43 4 VISIT TO MED AN THE Malayan Ambassador to Indonesia, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will visit Medan, North Sumatra, on May 17 to meet Malayan nationals m the area and also to survey the possibility of opening a consulate m the near future.
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  • 348 4 102 To Contest Malacca Rural Elections MALACCA, Mon. —One hundred and two candidates from the rural areas had submitted their names at the close of nominations today to contest 54 seats m the first rural district council elections on May 31. The occupations of the future rural councillors are listed
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  • 36 4 HONGKONG, May 12. Special StEfndard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.10 to £1 Sterling $5.***** to US$l; $1,841 to Malayan SI; $0,072 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252,875 to a taei.
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  • 97 4 PENANG. Mon. Two middle-aged men. Choy Ec Choy and Choy Tin Choy, were produced m the Magistrate's Court here today on a tentative charge of attempting to rob Chee See Meng. at Petaling Jaya m Kuala Lumpur on April 5. The charge stated that they were
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  • 47 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The German Embassy here will start a German language class for Malayans who may wish to go to Germany for higher studies, the German Embassy announced today. The class will be under Dr. Dietrich Kreplin from the Goethe-Institute m Germany.
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  • 189 4 'Personal Animosity' In MIC Attacked PETALING JAVA, Mon. The work of the Malayan Indian Congress secretariat has been characterised by personal animosity and petty factionalism, the president of the Petaling Jaya MIC, Mr V J Somasundram. told the annual general meeting here today. "We would like to see secretariat staff
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  • 40 4 SQUADRON Leader A. F. Tucker, the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, R.A.F. Tengah, checks his aircraft before flight. Note traditional Kiwi of New Zealand on tail of aircraft and on flying helmet.
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  • 146 4 FXPATRIATE officers of the Singapore City Council will submit a Malayanization scheme to the Council's all-party negotiating team today. The scheme has been drawn up by the Council's Senior Officers' Association a s a counter-proposal to Mayor Ong Eng Guan's Malayanization scheme. An official
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  • 351 4 R.N.Z.A.F. VENOMS AND CANBERRAS TRADE PLACES \FTER more than three years' operations with th* Far East Air Force m Malaya. No. 14 R.N.Z.A.F: Venom Fighter Squadron is to be replaced at R.A.F. Tengah, Singapore, by No. 75 R.N.Z.A.F. Squadron from Oiaken f New Zealand, equipped with Canberra jet bombers. No.
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  • 105 4 PAP Leader Leaves For Study In UK DR TOH CHIN CHYE. a lecturer m the Department of Physiology at the University of Malaya, who left Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC for Britain. Dr. Toh. chairman of the People's Action Party, has been awarded a Government studyleave to do a three-month research
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  • 138 4 PENANG. Mon. A taxidancer, Koay Gaik Pol the Magistrate's Court that she became frig when she found a wait; ing from her hotel-room because it was entrusted 10 her by a European. "I was afraid he migt that I had stolen it' Koay. who was
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  • 39 4 IN CHE Tajuddin bin Ali. a Perak State Councillo put up as a candidate for the chairmanship of the UMNO. Perak Branch at yesterday's meeting of the North Kint* Divisional meeting of U.M.N.O. held m Batu Gajah
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  • 195 4 TWO men, Lim Woo Kiat and Teo Geok Koon, were charged m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday with robbing a house painter, Lim Khai, of 44 tins of paint worth $400. while armed with a knife m an unnumbered house m Coronation
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  • 327 5 Sympathisers Rounded Up By Jakarta Militia A BIG purge of rebel sympathisers both military and civilian m former rebel-held territories m Sumatra is now being carried out by Central Government forces. This news, which was brought m by an Indonesian Chinese businesman from Djambi, was confirmed
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  • 202 5 COMPULSORY voting m coming Singapore ons is generally jred by inhabitants of v Sikijiang Pelapa, reed a party of Malay ders who were taking ivies course m the >ny yesterday. adaram Legislative Assembly Memtor Rochore, Mr. Tan Teng Chiang, told them that he
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    66 5 Jipic. CLASS SEVEN of the Dale Carnegie Course held a graduation dinner last night at the Adelphi Hotel. Among the 26 who graduated were the Deputy Chairman of the Rural Board, Inche Hussein Kamari and Mr. Fred J. Barretto, Managing Director of the Barretto Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd. Picture
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  • 113 5 THE Finance and General )ses Committee of the ipore City Council yes- y turned down a pro- by Mrs. Leon-Son, -.cillor from Mountbatten i. that the Council create title of "An Associate of Singapore Ci* Councillor Leon-Son moved a motion at the Ordinary Meeting last month
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  • 97 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A Boddhi plant brought India, will be planted be same time as the lay>l the Foundation Stone be Thai Buddhist Cheta temple at Petaling Jaya on June 2. candle light procession oe held on the evening of the laying of the
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  • 68 5 TWO gangs of 12 wor.§ht clashed on I the Dollar liner, PresiGrant, and a; least four c were injured. P. Kalimuthu, 30, had head ries and a fractured arm. c the others were treated thu told The Standard the clash started when risers from the
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  • 216 5 THE Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union which staged an unsuccessful 44-day strike last year, will submit a new set of claims for better conditions of service for its members, today. The Union has drawn up 18 claims covering a general wage increase to
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  • 226 5 A GOOD many Malayan students who go to Australia for higher studies are confused when they arrive there because they have no idea of the courses they embark on, said Australian Educationist. Mr. John J Carroll yesterday. Mr. Can-oil, a principal of a university coaching
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  • 54 5 LEE Fook Wah. was yesterday charged m a Singapore Court with abetting m the forgery of a $15,299 cheque drawn on the Chartered Bank m Battery Road on July ll last year. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail until May 26 when his case
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  • 30 5 THE Sultan of Selangor will present awards to 52 of his subjects and his son, the Raja Muda, when he celebrates his 60th birthday m Klang today.
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  • 118 5 Malayanization Rules Passed, Council Told PENANG. Mon. City Councillors at their meeting this afternoon were told by the Mayor Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, that the Malayanization rules of their Council, passed at the ordinary meeting on March 31. have received the approval of the Governor-in-Council, subject to two amendments. A
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  • 66 5 TWO MEMBERS of the Infantry Regiment of the Singapore Military Forces have bought their discharge from the Army recently. They bought themselves out under an amendment to the SMF rules which came into effect on April 1. A sDokesman for the SMF told The Standard that
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  • 42 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr V M. M Nair, India's High Commissioner to the Federation, has been appointed Ambassador to Cambodia. He will be succeeded here as High Commissioner by Mr. S. K. Banerji, now India's Ambassador m Syria.
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  • 89 5 MORE than 600 workers M Singapore City CounTown Cleansing Delt will stage a onerotest strike, if the fails to withdraw uspension order against of their colleagues be- fore May 27. The date of the strike will be decided by the Town Cleansing Labour Union on May
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  • 129 5 Police Didn't Act Quick Enough— Lee INDEPENDENT Assemblyman for Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, yesterday complained to the Chief Secretary that Police had not acted promptly m investigating a complaint made by a member of the public at the Beach Road Police Station on Sunday. Mr. Lee m a letter
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  • 74 5 BENTONG, Mon.— A summons case against the headmaster of the Sulaiman School. S. Mailvaganam. 54, alleged to have caused hurt to one of nis pupils with a cane, was postponed to May 23 for hearing. The District Magistrate agreed to the postponement because Mailvaganam's counsel. Mr. Robert
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  • 41 5 TWO boatmen, Andrew Chua and Goh Boon Meng, were yesterday acquitted and discharged m the Singapore Third District Court on a charge cf throwing bottles at another boatman. Ta v Chew Geok. Both had agreed to compound the case.
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  • 180 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Teaching schoolchildren the thrift habit should be part of the school curriculum m the same way as academic subjects, the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank, Mr. F. E. Mack, said to1 day. Speaking on "savings" at the Victoria Institution
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  • 84 5 Top Job For Marcus Approved THE Staff Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday approved the appointment of Mr. P. C. Marcus as the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer. The Committee also agreed to the promotion of Mr. Z. K. Fiuezek as the City Electrical Engineer. Both these appointments, made on
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  • 57 5 THE SINGAPORE City Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee yesterday approved a request by the Mayor that a temporary clerk be engaged for the Secretariat to handle all Chinese correspondence. The clerk, who will be paid 3500 Inclusive a month, must iave passed the Chinese Tunior
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  • 150 5 25 Thugs Beat Up 2 Youths: One Held TWENTY-FIVE secret society thugs last night set upon two youths m Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore. The victims, Ong Chwee Seng. 18 and Ong Bok Seng 19, sustained body and head injuries and were treated at the General Hospital. They were getting ready
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  • 126 5 INVITE TO 2 GIRLS ENDS IN CLASH A SINGAPORE wireman's invitation to supper to two attractive gir'.s m a foodstall, ended m a clash m Tiong Bharu, r>ast midnight on Sunday. The invitation had incurred the displeasure of a secret society gangster who was m the foodstall. Stares were exchanged
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  • 37 5 KOTA BHARU, Mon.—British High Commissioner m the Federation, Sir Geofroy Tory, arrived here yesterday on a three-day official visit to Kelantan. Sir Geofroy was accompanied by Lady Tory and their daughter, Winfield.
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  • 65 5 The Way Gangsters Pay Bills THREE secret society gangsters became angry when a liquor bill for $18.50 was presented to them m a bar at Bukit Pasoh. Singapore, on Sunday. Instead of paying the bill, they broke glasses, bottles and the showcases. Earlier, the same day. the three men had
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  • 136 5 THANKS, SINGAPORE' MAYOR OF PENANG PENANG. Mon. The Mayor. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, reported at the City Council meeting this afternoon that a delegation, comprising himself and three others were given a very friendly and enthusiastic reception by the Mayor of Singapore, Singapore City Councillors and the people of Singapore
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  • 291 6 'Danger Money' Asked By Crews WHETHER to pay the crews of two ships who demanded "danger money" to sail into Indonesian ports, was Hie problem that confronted two Colony shipping firms yesterday. The crews were from the Panamanian freighter Shona, and the British freighter Giang
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  • 69 6 A SINGAPORE schoolgirl. Miss Angela Rodrigues, left for Britain yesterday for religious and professional training. Miss Rodrigues, 20, a former student of Katong Convent, has been sent by the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood to be trained for seven years at the Ledywell
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  • 159 6 WHY THIS SECRECY IN LONDON -MARSHALL THE President of the Singapore Workers' Party, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday attacked the secrecy which surrounds the Constitutional talks m the Colony and London. He said: "We protest against the manner m which our future is being disposed of." Mr. Marshall warned that the
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  • 64 6 ALOR STAR, Mon. The Kedah branch UMNO may call an emergency meeting here tomorrow or the day after to consider whether their members m the Kedah Education Board should be withdrawn. The branch, it is learnt, is against the resolution taken by the local education authority
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  • 34 6 FOUR men, Haji Aziz bin Said, Soon Lok, Ya'acob bin Mamat and Hamid bin Hassan, all of Kuala Lipis, were each fined $20 or two weeks' jail for possessing defaced identity cards.
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  • 155 6 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot 732 74i R.S.S. No. 1 (May) 73 1 74 i R.S.S. No. 1 (June) 721 721 R.S.S. No. 2 70 70* R.S.S. No. 3 64} 65 Tone: Barely steady. The price of tin m
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  • 56 6 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Mon.— Tan Poh, a rubber tapper, was fined $30 for carrying two packets of medicine, by the Magistrate, Che Abdul Hamid bin Mohamed Yunus, on Saturday. Tan was arrested at a check point by two Special Constables on food check duty at Ulu
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  • 154 6 ALOR STAR. Mon. A padi planter, Mohd. Kasar bin Md. Amin, told the Assize Court here today that his best friend Osman bin Mat. struck him with a scythe when he went to collect three dollars, which Osman owed his father. Osman was
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  • 151 6 MEMBERS of the public should dial 999 immediately if they find any persons loitering near their homes and a prowl car wiil answer the call, said Police Secretary, Singapore, Mr. Eu Cheow Eang, yesterday. Mr. Eu was commenting on the recent spate of housebreakings
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  • 128 6 WANTS CHECK ON AGENCIES FOR JOBS INDEPENDENT Assemblyman for Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng. told The Standard yesterday that he wou'.d bring up the question of legislation to control unemployment agencies m Singapore. Mr. Lee said that he would table a question asking the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr.
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  • 22 6 THE next Segamat, Town Council meeting will be held on May 18 a* 10.00 a.m. m the Town Council Chamber.
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  • 64 6 THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of tHe Singapore City Council yesterday decided to place the Mace on public exhibition as soon as arrangements were made for this purpose. The Committee's decision was taken as a result of a letter from the Ministry of Local
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  • 37 6 A bread-seller. Mohamed Said bin Abdul Satter Khan, was yesterday acquitted by a Singapore Court on a charge of criminally mis-appropria-ting a $550 hand-cart belonging to Mohamed Yacoob at Kampong Bugis on Dec. 7 last year.
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  • 121 9 'Present Business Dip In U.S. Limited' \SHINGTON, May onomists have rioted c striking similarities een the current econoadjustment m the d States and the r relatively brief and postwar adjustments •j and 1954. But one. m particular, It is that perjomes have held up! o*y well much betin fact, than
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  • 111 9 I Malayan Exchange Association made the changes m its rates to ints yesterday: don: selling, T.T. or O.D. 8: buying, airmail T.T. 16. 30 4 V 32. 60 L 5 32. 120 3 4-9 32. rk: buying. T.T. 32-7 8. 33 90 days airmail 33-1 8 33-3 16
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  • 56 9 THIS mode! for one of the reactors of the Hunterston, Ayreshire. nuclear power «t^tJon was produced by the General Electric Company Atomic Energy Division at Erith m Kent. It is for mea- suring the flow of gas used to transfer the heat from the reactor
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  • 94 9 Pan American Airways held a cocktail reception last Saturday to mark the opening of its new Singapore premises m Robinson Road. Standardpic shows chairman of the Singapore Tourist Advisory Committee, Mr. W.D.C. Erskine-Crum, congratulating Pan Am sales manager, Mr. J. D. Fessio. Others m the picture
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  • 47 9 GREAT YARMOUTH. England, May 12, (Reuter)— The Amalgamated Engineering Union conference here last week called for removal of restrictions and embargoes on trade with the Soviet Union and China. They unanimously passed a resolution supporting a policy of trade with all countries.
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  • 454 9 WORLD consumption of rubber, which had been rising for years, levelled off last year and became roughly m balance with production, states the Board of IVade Journal (London) m its current issue. Consumption of synthetic continued to rise. Prices of natural fell to a level
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  • 203 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Shiga Maru. Calt. Oslo, Agios Valssios, Reginald Kerr. Kalabahi. Steel Flyer, Braunschweig, Kyuyu Maru, Cal. Auckland. Bentong. Yuan Seng, Tjiwangi. Great Oaks, Sanviken, Tatsuharu Maru, Kaigata Maru, Barumun. Wing On, Swartenhondt, Musi. Sibeioet, Cdlt. Macbride, Straat Banka, Statius Jensen. Nagoya Maru, Tjibadak, Hoi Wong, Pres
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  • 42 9 WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuter)—United States exports m March totalled U551,564,000.--000 a 16 per cent increase compared with February figures, the Commerce Depart ment announced. But they were 27 ocr cent below the record set m March last year,
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  • 79 9 SINGAPURiL Chinese hru duce Exchange noon dosing prices Dei Dieul yesterday were: copra May/ June UK Continent $31i buyers $32 sellers coconut oil tn bulk $47 J sellers; m drums $50 J sellers; Muntok white Depper $126 sellers; Sarawak white $125 sellers^ Special Sarawak black $73. Singapore Copra Association
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  • 198 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2 16; F. N. ords $2.50. $2.52J overnight, 52.53J Immediate delivery; Gammon $2.02J overnight and yesterday. $2.05; Hammer $1.54£. $1.56: H. Waugh $1.17; M Cement $1.32*. $1.34; M. Box $1.62 overnight and yesterday. $1.65 immediate delivery; Raffles Hotel $2.65;
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  • 530 9 FFGGHFHF Chamber Stresses Need In Report IPOH, Mon.- The F.M.S. Chamber of Mines stresses the need for greater encouragement, if prospecting on a sufficiently large scale to find new mining areas to replace those now being exhausted is to be achieved, m its annual report
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  • 171 9 WESTERN Australia* "Apple Queen", Miss Tess Browning called on importers of Australian apples, m Singapore, yesterday. Accompanied by the marketing officer attached to the office of the Australian Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. Ong Piah Watt, she met Colony apple importers at their business premises m Hong
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  • 22 9 RICE exports from the United S:ates m February totalled 1.109,000.000 lb m terms of milled, the largest since last November.
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  • 186 9 Industrials Steady, Tins Are Easier i.MJioiivinu3 were atcauy, tins easier and rubbers quiet m the Malayan share market yesterday. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers* Association were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 48/- 50/- cd Fed. Dispensary 2.17 2.21 Fraser Neave Ords. 2.48 2.53
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  • 63 9 DELIVERIES of tin-in-con-centrates from Federation of Malaya mines to Singapore. Butterworth and Penang, totalled 3.918 tons, m April, against 1,568 tons m the previous month. Total deliveries m the first four months this year amounted to 12,908 tons, against 19.847 tons m the same period of 1957. Of
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  • 253 9 EXPORTS of tin from the sterling area last year to all destinations represented a drop of about 2,500 tons or three per cent of the record 1956 shipments, according to a trade review on tin. Malayan exports to the United States were reduced by
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  • 272 10 MESSAGES containing best wishes for a successful trip to the Asian Games m Tokyo were sent to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council by the Governor. Sir William Goode, and Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. The Governor pointed out that Singapore's representatives
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  • 62 10 FOLLOWING are the results Of the Singapore Rifle Association .303 Spoon Shoot held last Sunday: SR (a) Gun score: CQMS I )fl; Handicap score: LAC Burrell 89 (102.66). SR (b) Gun score: F. de Souza 100. Handicap score: Lim Keng Wah 98 (102.66). possible" was scored at 200
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  • 20 10 a and Mrs. A. Murch ->n the annual played at the RSGC iay with a score of 85-
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  • 87 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Pakistan national football team for the Asian Games will play two soccer matches under floodlights at the Merdeka Stadium tomorrow and Wednesday. The Pakistanis will meet a Sino-Malays XI tomorrow and on the following night play against the Federation National team for
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  • 71 10 TELUK ANSON. Mon. Brilliant bowling by OwenJones (8 for 12) was the feature of the Lower Perak Club's victory by six wickets against Dew Recreation Club m a second round tie of the Lower Perak District cricket league on Sunday. Dew Club 48, (Nai Lex 11, Owen-
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  • 61 10 (Standardpic by THE Federation of Malaya Wrestling Association staged a special show at the Chinwoo Stadium m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night to raise funds for their Asian Games trip to Tokyo. The show included boxing. Here, Tony Louis and Burley Low are at each
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  • 451 10 THE Singapore Asian Games soccer team had a good 'work-out' at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when they beat RAF Changi by six goals to two m a friendly match. The winners led 2—l at half time. Changi surged forward from the kick-off and Nicholls.
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  • 210 10 Racketeers Planning $10 Mil. Syndicate IPOII Mon. Big-time illegal 'character' lottery operators m the Federation and Singapore are said to be planning a counter-move against the Perak Turf Clud's decision to introduce the "100 Character" lottery. These operators expect the other turf clubs m Penang, Kuala
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  • 105 10 Mayor To Entertain The Cuppers THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of the City Council yesterday decided unanimously to hold a reception m honour of the contestants participating m the Thomas Cup matches to be played m Singapore next month. The Committee also appointed a five-man sub-committee 10 take charge
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  • 23 10 THE Singapore Badminton Association Management Committee will hold a meeting at the Badminton Hall, Guillemard Road, on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • 117 10 17-Year-Old Wins Three Titles KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Lee Choo Meng beat J. S. Peter 16-17, 17-15, 15-8. to win the Selangor Novices Badminton Singles title at the SBA hall last night. Fam Sin Quang and Lim Soo Ying from Pahang won the men's doubles final beating Lee Yam Kang and
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  • 39 10 ROME. May 12, (Reuter). Results m the Italian international lawn tennis championships today were: Men's Doubles semi-finals: Kurt Nielsen and Antonio Anco beat Ramanathan Krishnan and Naresh Kumar (India) 7-r>, 12-14, 0-6. 6-4, 9-7.
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  • 140 10 AUSTRALIA'S lawn tennis champion, 21-year-old Ashley Cooper, arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC Britannia with Bob Mark, the 1955 Australian junior champion. The six-foot Davis Cup player, who was ranked number one m the 1958 national rankings list of the Australian Lawn Tennis
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  • 225 10 Winning Debut By Australian Motorist Ai young Australian; who had to seek written permission from his parents before he was allowed to participate m Sunday's Gap Hill Climb, saw the realisation of an ambition when he drove a Berkeley to victory m the first race of his life The 19-year-old
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  • 172 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The big airlift of Federation Gamesmen and officials for Tokyo this month gets under-way tomorrow. The Federation contingent is the .largest collection of sportsmen to leave Malaya for overseas. The contingent of 98 leaves Kuala Lumpur m three groups The first batch
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  • 1131 10 FOLLOWING ore the weights for Hie first day's Singapore Turf Club (Governor's Cup) meeting on May 17 at Bukit Timoh. 7121*6 THREE RINCS 9y 9.07 RODGERS Mr. E.J Tan 2121*5 STRAITS CODE 9y 9 05 RODCERS Mr. «r Mr* T.H T*«
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  • 286 10 FOLLOWING are the Red Sunrise 8.09 Marie Kinr 8.0S weights for the second day's Rangoon U 8.09 i Sporting Ventura Singapore Turf Club (Gov- Bliss Firp 8.08 Square Deal ernor's Cup) meeting on a e BIue 80 Lindalou Wednesday Mav 21 at Banquo 8.07 Satisfaction Buffi
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  • 856 11 XT THE WICKET WITH NORMAN YARDLEY IS THIS THE END? Mile Jack Reid and his New Zealand side have settled down m some of the finest Spring cricket weather I can remember, the talk m Britain's cricket dressing rooms has centred round the
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    • 39 11 PARIS, May 12, (Reuter) Rheims, who had already assured themselves of the French football league championship, finished with a seven points lead m the table. They defeated St. Etienne 4—o at home yesterday m their final match.
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    • 45 11 MANILA. May 12, (AFP)— Indonesia's Scrappy and Fluid National XI, here on a goodwill visit en route to the Third Asian Games m Tokyo, tangle with the powerful Lions' pack m its second Manila engagement on the Rizal field yesterday and won 2—l.
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    • 35 11 TEMPE, Arizona, May 12. (UP)—Alex Henderson, the lanky national collegiate twomile champion from Australia, running for Arizona state, ran a 4:03.1 mile on Saturday night—the fastest outdoor time for the distance this season.
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    • 36 11 TOKYO. May 12 (Reuter).— Miss Yoshiko Takamatsu yesterday established a new Japanese national record of 1 mm 23.2 sec. m the 100 metres women's breast-stroke swimming event. The previous record was 1 mm 24.9 sec.
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    • 39 11 PARIS, May 12 (Reuter) Gladness, trained m Ireland by Vincent O'Brien was beaten a length by the French colt Scot at Longchamp yesterday m the Prix Dv Cadran. regarded as a trial for the Ascot Gold Cup.
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    • 19 11 SAIGON, -May 12, (Reuter). South Vietnam will be represented by a 39-member team at the Asian Games.
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    • 28 11 BARCELONA, May 12, (Reuter). Anton Geesin, of Holland, won the "all categories" and fourth Dan events of the European Judo championships which ended here last night.
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  • 262 11 ENGLAND WHIPPED 5-0 IN BELGRADE Yugoslavs Too Good Clever BELGRADE, May 12 (Reuter).— England suffered their heaviest International soccer defeat since 1954 when the> were beaten s—o5 0 yesterday by Yugoslavia. Not since the fabulous Hungarians beat them 7-1 :n Budapest four years ago has an England team been subjected
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  • 80 11 'Observe The Code' TAIPEH, May 12 (Reuter) —Madame Chiang Kai-shek today called on Nationalist China's sports team for the Third Asian Games to observe the sportsman's code. Nationalist China's First Lady made the call after presenting a pennant to the group m her capacity as Chairman of the China National
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  • 92 11 TOKYO, May 12 (AFP). The individual entries for the Third Asian Games were announced for the first time yesterday, two weeks before the start of the various events. ording to the announcement 1,200 have so far applied out of 1,700 scheduled to participate from 20 countries including Japan.
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  • 93 11 AUST. CHANCES BRIGHT- FRASER SYDNEY, May 12 (Reuter).— Australia had a good chanre of winning this year's Wimbledon title, Davis Cup squad member Neale Fraser said m Sydney today. Fraser left by air for London with team manager. Mr. Esca Stephens to begin a five months' world tennis tour. They
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  • 29 11 PERAK. Mon.— Klapa Baii ite. Slim River, beat Methodist English School. Tanjong Malim, 3-2 m the Stevenson Cup Badminton Tournament match played at Slim River last Friday.
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  • 403 11  -  JACK TALBOT Letter From Australia By SYDNEY (NSW) New South Wales had an easy 12-0 win over an American sailors' baseball team from the U.S.S. Toledo at Petersham Oval (Sydney). The home team batters dominated the game, scoring 14 hits to the Americans' four. SYDNEY, (NSW) Victoria's
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  • 65 11 ADELAIDE, May 12 (Reuter) Final acceptances for the £A4,000 Adelaide Cup to be run over two miles at Morphetville on May 14, announced today are: Newstone (8.7), Borgia (8.5), Straight Flight (8.4), Dream Son (8.0), How Do (7.1). Kid Colt (7.8), Watch Out (7.8). Storm Warning 7.0,
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  • 202 11 ANOTHER TENNIS UPSET ROME, May 12 (Reuter) Maria Esther Bueno, 18-year-old Brazilian lawn tennis "discovery" beat British International Shirley Bloomer, the holder and number one seed, m the women's singles semi-finals of the Italian championships here yesterday. Results: Women's singles (semi-final): Lorraine Coghlan (Australia) bt Yola Ramirez (Mexico) 6-4. 6-0.
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  • 109 11 MANILA, May 12 (UP).— The coach of the Philippine basketball team to the third Asian Games refused to comment on the quintets chances but declared "we will be out to make good. Coach Valentine Eduque told United Press that although the Philippines is listed as a
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  • 57 11 NEW DELHI, India. May 12. (UP) An Indian newspaper. The Express, said yesterday that the Indian team for the Asian Games has accepted an invitation to compete m Communist China on the homeward trip. Indian track and fieldmen will compete m three international me-ts at major
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  • 26 11 MONTREAL, May 12 (Reu—Mexiro were held to a 'ess draw by Cantalia, a ■.treal learn strengthened by I four Argentiniar exhibition match h( day.
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  • 54 11 SINGAPORE SOCCER:— SAFA League Div. 3B: Bukit Timah S.C. vs Telok Kurau Utd., Geylang 5.15 p.m. FRIENDLY SOCCER: Balestier United vs SCC, padang. IPOH SOCCER: Div. two —3 Malay Regt. vs. Ramblers "A" Town padang: K.I. A. "B" vs. Bawean Putra Coronation Ground. TAIPING SOCCER: Div. two Teruna
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  • 356 11 TOKYO, May 12 (UP).— Japan's male swimmers again failed to establish a single new national record on the final day of two-day tryouts for selection of Japan's swimming team for the Asian Games. But Japanese swimming experts were not discouraged. They said the times
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  • 230 11 FREAK GOAL EARNS POLAND A 2-2 DRAW KATOWICE, Poland, May 12 (Reuter).— A freak goal 15 minutes from full lime earned Poland a 2-2 draw here yesterday m the soccer international against the Republic of Ireland. j The Irish team led 2-1 after 30 minutes of the second half and
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    50 11 photo. NEW DELHI: Hefty bearded Parduman Singh is shown Jus: Defore gettin? off the discus. In final tryouts, he tosses for 46.88 metres, which was more than 3.51 metres over his own Asian record. He was chosen to lead the Indian athletic team to the Asian Games m Tokyo. U.P.
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  • 116 11 MCC PICKS STRONG XI Vs KIWIS LONDON, May 12 (Reuter).— The M.C.C. announced a strong team today for their cricket match against the Nfcw Zealanders beginninc at Lord's here on Saturday, May 17. With the exception of M. H. Allen, the Northamptonshire sio w left-arm bowler, all members of the
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    • 209 12 BRADFORD, England. May 12, (Reuter)— The Vicar of St. Wilfrid's Church here has suspended his Mothers' Union because he thinks certain officials and members were unco-operative, disloyal and "downright rude." The Rev. Valentine Fletcher, son of a Yorkshire novelist, told reporters: "The Mothers' Union
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    • 307 12 Report: Trade And Other Relations Will Discontinue HAMBURG, West Germany, May 12, (Reuter).— Communist China is to break off all trade and other relations with Japan immediately, the Communist Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Chen Vi, said m an interview published here today. Mr. Chen Vi
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    • 66 12 FARMERS m a ricefield m Taiwan. Formosa, watch men of the American Air Force 7th Guided Missile Squadron set up a Matador missile during a practice manoeuvre. The missile would be m range of the Chinese mainland, which is m the hands of the
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    • 141 12 Dope Ring Suspects Rounded Up TOKYO, May 12 (UP) Police today announced the arrest of ten persons, including five women, suspected as members of a North Korean narcotic smuggling ring. Police said the arrests followed raids that ended on Monday on 18 suspected houses m Tokyo, Yokohama. Osaka. Kobe and
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    • 52 12 SYDNEY, May 12. (Reuter) The New South Wales government will investigate a claim that a highlydangerous imported metal is contained m some goods now on sale m Australia. The metal is reported .o contain a high percentage of magnesium. It explodes like an incendiary bomb when subjected to
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    • 36 12 BEIRUT, Lebanon. May 12. (UP»— A bundle of dynamite sticks last night was thrown into the garden of the French ambassador's residence. There was "slight material," damage. Police said. No one was injured.
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    • 27 12 ATHENS. May 12. (Reuter) —The British ambassador, Sir Roger Allen, has been called to London for consultations and will leave tomorrow, British sources said today.
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    • 299 12 US Fears Repetition Of Lima Hostility Nixon's Proposed European Tour WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuter). President Eisenhower was yesterday urged to consider the wisdom of permitting V icePresident Richard Nixon to go ahead with his planned goodwill tour of Europe this summer m view cf the anti U.S. demonstrations which greeted
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    • 114 12 Arrest Of 'Ringleaders Is Reported TOKYO, May 12 (tfP) c of 16 "ringleaders of the Chiang Kai-shek clique" ta have been arrested four others have fled, it was reported today. China News ud that the report of the actions against the NationChinese was made on aj by the Sunday paper
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    • 184 12 REDS' AGREEMENT TO TALKS: IKE IS ENCOURAGED' WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuter).— President Eisenhower was said by officials today to feel "encouraged" by Soviet Premier Mr. Nikita Khrushchev's agreement to open technical studies on a nuclear test 1 ban. The White House comment last night that Mr. Khrushchev's statement might serve
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    • 54 12 WARSAW. May 12, (UP).— More than 4,000 Polish Communists will be tried for corruption, a special commission for the investigation of party morality announced today. The announcement, made by Jan Daneck. a member of the commission, said that 4.020 cases had been turned over to
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    • 53 12 KALAMAZOO. Michigan. May 12 (Renter) A pill to protect against sunburn is to be marketed this summer by a drug company here. Smaller than aspirin, but 25 times more expensive, it helps the bcdy build up a rapid tolerance to sunlight. It will be available
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    • 56 12 Photo. MRS. Conrad Schiebelhut. 19, of Almonte. California, raged when Police tried to photograph her here after she and her husband were arrested with $119,920 m counterfeit money. After they finally succeeded m calming her down, Police said the couple admitted illegal operations m St. Louis
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    • 197 12 COPENHAGEN, May 12. r) Russian psychia:d like the people Soviet Union to read more Sherlock Holmes books, the way the imperturbable Holmes solves problems intellectually rather than by physical force. This Soviet enthusiasm for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective of Baker Street was
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    • 67 12 COLOMBO. May 12 (Reuter). Week-long monsoon rains have flooded many areas on the northwest coast of Ceylon. Reports reaching here today said about 3,000 people are marooned m the ChilawNattandiya area 40 miles norih of here. Houses, roads and railway lines have collapsed m this area.
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    • 34 12 A CURFEW has been imposed m Lome, Togoland, and cafes, cinemas and dance halls have been ordered to close following clashes between opposing political supporters m which several people have been injured.
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    • 120 12 TOKYO, May 12 (Reuter)— The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr Aiichiro Fujiyama, said today the Japanese government's policy toward Communist China would remain unchanged despite the 'atter's latest challenge to break off trade relation with Japan. He was commenting at a Press conference on the reported
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    • 29 12 A WRECKED plane with three disfigured bodies inside was identified on Saturday as a British private plane which vanished on an Athens-Rome flight three months ago. U.P.
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    • 199 12 MANILA, May 12 (Reuter).— The Philippines Defence Secretary, Mr. Jesus Vargas, today denied a report from Jakarta that he had inspected Filipino and Nationalist Chinese volunteers to the Indonesian rebel movement when they were reported to have passed the Philippines en route to North Celebes.
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    • 189 12 BELGRADE, May 12 (Reuter).— Relations between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia took a sharp turn tor the worse today as the Kremlin formally called off a ten-day state visit to this country by the Soviet President, Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov. He was due to have arrived
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    • 182 12 First Royal Visitor To Island In 700 Years LUNDY ISLAND. Bristol Channel. May 12. (Reuter). The Queen Mother stepped ashore on tiny, rocky, isolate Lundy Island yesterday the first-ever Royal visitor to the only part of Britain which Pays no income tax, and has no licensing hours. Her visit completed
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    • 157 12 ANOTHER SECRET A-BLAST SET OFF WASHINGTON. May 12, (UP).— The At,, Energy Commission nounced yesterday that off another nuclear r at Bikini Atoll m the current nuclear weapons test series. The Commission did n veal the size of detonated or say wl was successful. The A.E.C. fired the I shot
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    • 114 12 The EOKA Haters Say: Join Us NICOSI L 2 (Reuter)— An organization set up week to combat EOKA today invited all Cypriots to join its ranks. Last week, it called it the "anti-killers organization of expatriates," (AKOE; EOKA m reverse but today it changed its name to Th* Eoka Haters."
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