Singapore Standard, 15 May 1958

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  • 19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1958. Vol. VIII. No. 316. 15 cts. 14 Pages
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  • 209 1 REBELS CUT OFF R.I. TROOPS IN MAKASSAR Air Force Controls The Skies— Radio MANILA, May 14 (UP) The Indonesian Revolutionary Government air force is now "m full control" of the skies and has smashed all enemy communication lines, the rebel Radio Menado said today. The revolutionary radio broaacast said rebei
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  • 62 1 MOSCOW. May 14 (Reuter) President Nasser of the United Arab Republic, today spent over two hours with Mr. Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders, discussing future relations between their two States. The Soviet Union has offered President Nasser "moral and material support" and so far, Soviet
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  • 33 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower said yesterday that he exoected to reply shortly to the latest letter from Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, accepting technical talks on nuclear test control measures. Reuter.
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  • 30 1 GEORGE H. Beale, 54, former United Press Bureau Manager and staff correspondent, died at his home m Los Angeles on Monday night after a brief lllness.- UP
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  • 541 1 GOVT'S FIRM PLEDGE OF 'NO SURRENDER' DEAL Pflimlin. Appeals To 400,000-Strong Troops In Algeria PARIS, May 14 (Reuter) France teetered on the brink of civil war today as the Army Command m Algeria backed up yesterday's lightning anti-Government coup by General Jacques Massu and his paratroops.
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  • 330 1 BREAK DOWN IN COUNCIL LABOUR TALKS THE negotiations between the Singapore City Council and its Labour Unions Federation on the latter's demand for better conditions of service broke-down last night. r The Federation will hold an emergency meeting of its representative Council tomorrow to discuss
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  • 400 1 BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 14 Terrorists exploded two bombs near the U.S. Embassy today as 9,000 Government troops moved m to curb the threat of civil war. The bombs caused no casualties. But the second explosion, 250 yards from the Embassy building, blew
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  • 118 1 Rubber Firms Loss Leads To Probe LONDON, May 14 (AFP) London police have embarked on a vast enquiry into an alleged embezzlement charge believed to involve the sum of some £500,000 it was disclosed here today. During the investigation, expected to last a year, the accounts of some 40 city
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  • 68 1 SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuter) Australians were today urged by Minister for Labour and National Service, Mr. Harold Holt, today to obtain a "clearer and more realistic understanding" with Asia. Speaking at the Sydney Town Hall, he said there were now more Asians m Australia than there
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  • 42 1 JAPANESE pearlers will be able to fish from the Australian Northern Territory and Western Queensland waters this season, but will be barred from operating m the Western Australian waters, Australian Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. William McMahon said yesterday. Reuter
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  • 51 1 Pix. THE GROUP of Singapore Government officials, businessmen and journalists including the Minister for Commerce and Industry and Chairman of Pacific Area Travel Association, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy are seen on their arrival at Tokyo International Airport by a Japan Air Lines inaugural flight from Singapore. United
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  • 151 1 THIS KIDNAP ALARM PROVED TO BE FALSE A PUBLIC-SPIRITED Singaporean saw a man being pushed into a car m Cecil Street yesterday. As the car moved off, the citizen noted the number down and rushed to a telephone to dial "999" and report the "kidnapping." The Temporary Alarm System, recently
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  • 63 1 MALAYA won international recognition at hockey and soccer yesterday. At soccer, Malaya's Asian Games team whipped Pakistan's Asian Games eleven 4-2 at Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Stadium before a large crowd. At hockey, Malaya's national team for Tokyo, stopped over m Hongkong for a day to
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  • 45 1 TWO tugs have been sent to the assistance of the 9.277--ton United States cargo-pas-senger liner. President Hayes, which has run hard aground m the Paracel Islands of the South China Sea. while on a voyage from Hongkong to Saigon with 12 passengers.— Reuter
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  • 155 1 By Andrew Roth LONDON, Wed. The Singapore constitutional conference made "quite a lot" of progress today after Its two meetings m the morning and afternoon, according to the Chief Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock. I The conference skipped back and forth and continued its examination
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  • 206 1 LONDON, May 14 (UP) American and British warships will steam from European ports on Friday tor a major joint manoeuvre m the Western Mediterranean, a day's sailing from the trouble spots of Lebanon and Algeria. The U.S. 6th and British Mediterranean Fleets will rendezvous during
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  • 71 1 SINGAPORE Police have arrested one more man on a banishment warrant m Ulu Pandan on Tuesday night m an effort to bring to book a kidnapping gang, believed to be responsible for several abductions during the past lew years m the Colony. The arrest was
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  • 29 1 SHAH Pahlari of Iran, arrived m Taipei yesterday for a five-day state visit and was greeted by Nationalist President Chiang Kai Shek at the airport.— Reuter.
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  • 130 2 Youth On Bid To Extort Refused Bail PENANG, Wed.— A youth, who claimed to be a student of the Nanyang High School m Singapore, asked for bail to continue his studies, when he claimed trial m the Magistrate's Court here today on a charge of attempted extortion. Lim 800 Keat,
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  • 97 2 Gang Clash Nipped In The Bud PENANG, Wed. Nine youths, between the ages of 17 to 20, believed to be members of the "08 Gang" were taken m by the Police last night m connection with secret society activities. It is understood that these youths were waiting m Gladstone Road
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  • 477 2 Govt. Pledges.We Won't Stint On Education IPOH, Wed.— The future of an independent Maliv* depends on a great deal on the students of today and me thing: thai the Federal Government will not consider m terms of money is the question of education. This was said by
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  • 150 2 A TIGHT security screen was thrown over the Singapore Harbour Board, wharves yesterday when the Sultan of Johore, Major-General Sir Ibrahim, accompanied by the Sultanah, Lady Marcella and Princess Mariam embarked on the Himalaya for Britain. Just before noon, the Sultan and his
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  • 28 2 THE SULTAN of Johore seen aboard the Himalaya yesterday with a Johore Government pensioner Mr. Abdul Rahman, prior to his departure for Britain. Standardpic
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  • 127 2 PENANG, Wed. The chairman of the State Education Board, Dr. N.K. Menon. said at the State Council meeting thi s afternoon that the 1958 revised estimated cost of primary education, including rural trade school education m the state was $12,886,580. He was replying to Nominated
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  • 103 2 IPOH, Wed.— The Sultan of Perak. on the recommendations of the State Pardons Board, has commuted the death sentence passed on an ex-Army cook and Special Constable, Mohamed Khan, 36, to a prison term of ten years. Mohamed Khan was convicted m the Perak High Court
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  • 112 2 ONG'S BID TO SETTLE THE FEUD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin today made a bid to settle the feud between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the National Union of Plantation Workers. In a statement issued today the Minister said
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  • 506 2 A building contractor yesterday appeared m the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court before Mr. M. Coomaraswamy on a summons charge brought out by a woman for failing to maintain her child whom she claimed belonged to him. I The contractor was Oh Kirn Chwee.
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  • 95 2 P E N A N G, Wed.— The strength of the UMNO m Kedah will soon be increased when another division is formed m the Federal constituency of "Kedah Barat" (West Kedah). A meeting among executive committee members of UMNO branches of Gurun, Yen,
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  • 159 2 THE 2,500-ton Darvel left Singapore yesterday on the first leg of its mercy trip to evacuate wives and children of Shell Company employees from Balik Papan and Tarakan m Borneo. The General Manager of the Straits Steamship Company, Mr. W. H. McNeill told The
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  • 184 2 DOCTORS m Singapore and the Federation A Malaya will soon have ,ue association to rep. them. The Standard undi that plans '"are m pn amalgamate the Alumni A ciation of the King Edwarc College of Medic.ne ano Malaya Branch of the Br Medical Association
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  • 116 2 RAUB. Wed. The Minister of Malaya, TunKj Abdul Rahman toda; personal message oi lence to the grief -str dependents of the 12 m lost m Saturday's gold i disaster. The Prime Minister's one of the many messa? sympathy which were tw ed from all over
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  • 84 2 SERE MBA N Wad Negri Sembilan Police drag is still out for the i who were injured b\ gunfire when they tu< to break through a roa on Monday One man was shot I wounded when he through a road block m 1 Road.
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  • 48 2 PENANG. Wed. A baby show will be held m cor, tion with State Health V on May 21 at the Hen Hoay Kuan, m Bukit Mertajam. at 8.30 a.m. Mothers, who U Central District. Pm\ Welleslev. are invited their babies for the show
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  • 130 2 THE newly-formed Singapore City Council Technical Officers Union, yesterday decided to fight attempts by political parties to control its members A resolution to this effect was passed by the Union's first general meeting held at the Cultural Centre m Fort Canning. The Union which claims
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 523 3 THE disclosure by Singapore's Registrar of Citizens, Mr. T. P. Cromwell, that over 100 cases have come to light where more than one application for registration have been made by the same persons is certainly disconcerting. It is, of course, possible that, due to ignorance, many people have
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    • 370 3 WHY President Eisenhower should feel particularly 'encouraged" over Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's "latest note" agreeing to open technical studies on the banning of nuclear tests is difficult to understand. The Kremlin boss himself has probably lost count of the number of these "notes" he has penned since
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 328 3 Sir Your editorial on Wednesday seeking to relate the increase m telephone rates with the Singapore Telephone Board's Employees' renewed claims shows little regard for the points already advanced to explain the necessity for the rate increases. Briefly, they are justified by a rise m labour costs
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  • 356 3  -  Dennis Blood worth IT appears that the Communist axe is now beginning to fall m the "Democratic Republic of Vietnam." The formerly large unofficial French diplomatic mission has been reduced to three officers and the Ecole Francaise de VExtreme Orient has been severely limited m its
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  • 1915 3 There is no one to break the spell PHILIP DEANE CONCLUDES TODAY HIS SERIES ON THE RACE TO ANNIHILATION AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT NUCLEAR PRODUCTION TESTS IN THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON fHE United States now has In its military stockpiles approximately 800,000 pounds of fissionable material suitable for making
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  • 61 3 The white cloud seen billowing from a steam engine or tea kettle is not steam, as commonly believed. It is water vapour. Steam is an invisible gas into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point. The white mist (or water vapour) consists of minute
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  • 347 3 the NEWS as it strikes me HGFHGFHFHFH YT HAT has been described m some quarters as the moat important UMNO gathering since merdeka. will take place m Kuala Lumpur early next month with the annual extraordinary generaJ assembly. The main item of interest m a lone agenda concerns the newly,
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  • 123 4 HIS MATES WERE ALL WRONG WHEN 34-year-old John Francis Tai was m school he wag frequently told by his classmates: "You want to be a pilot? Not you, Johnny." Today. Mr. Tai, born m Sandakan, is a pilot. Mr. Tai, who has over 10.000 flying hours to his credit, yesterday
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  • 104 4 BOAC's 25th Year In Singapore THE British Overseas Airways Corporation m Singapore will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the inception of its service to the Colony m December. This was revealed by Captain O. P. Jones, liaison officer of the BOAC, m a luncheon talk to the Kotary Club yesterday.
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  • 307 4 AMONG the five new Ordinances enacted m Sarawak m 1957 was one to encourage the 'establishment and development of new industries m the country and to provide for the granting of relief from Customs Duty and Income Tax to persons establishing factories m connection
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  • 327 4 Advice To Jobless: Call Police If You Have Been Cheated' PEOPLE, "sharked" by bogus private employment agencies operating m Singapore, have the remedy m their own hands, a spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare told The Standard yesterday. Government at the moment,
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  • 83 4 3 TO FACE ASSIZE TRIAL FOR ROBBERY THREE men were yesterday committed by a Singapore Magistrate to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of robbery and causing nurt. They were Ahmad bin Yahaya, 21. Nacknay bin Sawi, 20, and Zackaria bin Darus. 20. They were accused of
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  • 49 4 SINGAPORE'S latest skyscraper, the nine -storey Hotel Biltmore m Tanjong Pagar. was officially declared open yesterday. Mrs. Lee Chee Shan, wife of the managing director of Chung Khiaw Bank. Ltd. is seen unlockine the hotel's main door to declare the hotel open. Standard pic
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  • 46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Eight candidates contested the by-elections to the Scudai Town Council at Scudai m Johore Bahru district yesterday. The following were returned: Messrs. Yong Hwa Nam. Chong Yoke San and Lim Kwang Seng. They will serve for three years.
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  • 70 4 TAN KIM NAM of Alexandra Road, was yesterday charged m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court with armed gang robbery. Tan, with five others, was alleged to have robbed Tan Hai Chew of cash and jewellery totalling $3,155 while armed with a revolver at the 13th milestone
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  • 25 4 SIM TECK BING, 22, was yesterday remanded by a Singapore Court after a charge of armed robbery was read out and explained to him.
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  • 151 4 MCA May Not Contest The Polls PRESIDENT of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. Mr. Wong Foo Nam, told The Standard yesterday that his party might not field any candidate for the coming rural elections. The reason: The MCA is m the process of reorganisation and it would
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  • 60 4 PENANG, Wed. The Penang Territorial Association of Women's Institute. Malaya, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Mushir Ariff, will hold a dance on May 17 at the E. and O. Hote'. The dance is being organized to raise funds, part of which will be sent to
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  • 73 4 ABOUT 400 guests attended a cocktail party to mark the opening of Hotel Biltmore. Standard pic .shon s (from left): Messrs. Lee Chee Shan (Managing Director of Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd.). Ng Keng Siang, the architect who is the owner and designer of the hotel; Aw
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  • 283 4 Lan also told him that she would either return him the money or- get another premises for him, Wong continued. "She said I must pay another $4,000 when she got a maternity clinic m Tiong Bahru for me. I did not agree." Wong alleged. Two
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  • 64 4 DAVID NIVEN. well-known star of British and American films, will be m Singapore with his wife on Tuesday Mr. Run Run Shaw announced yesterday. Mr. Shaw, who returned on Tuesday night from the Far Eastern Film Festival m Manila and a business trip to Hongkong,
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  • 202 4 City Council May Fix Assessment On Huts At $2 ALL huts m the "tolerated areas" of Singapore will m future be charged an annual assessment of $2. This was the recommenda- tion of the Assessment Committee of the Singapore City Council which will be tabled at the next meeting of
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  • 155 4 Models Will Collect Gifts For Dance THREE well-known Singapore models, Doreen F Margaret Low and Sr Cunicao. will give up spare time m the next for> night to collect 500 gift-dona-tions from Colony business houses for the Y.W.C.A E ness and Professional Ball, a Club official said yesterday. The gifts
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  • 89 4 PENANG, Wed. Two children received shocks as a result of handling electric cables brought down during a heavy rainstorm yesterday. One of them Muthusamy. 9. who touched a fallen cable outside his home m Ayer Itam Road, was knocked unconscious by the shock. He
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  • 36 4 HONGKONG, May 14. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.08 to £1 Sterling. $5.***** to US$l; $1,840 to Maiayan $1; $0,082 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252,875 to a taei.
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  • 72 4 6,540 REDS KILLED SINCE JUNE 1948 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. More than 6,540 Comn terrorists have been killed since the beginning of the Emergency mi n June 1948 to the end of April thi> year. Surrenders during ;.•;< period totalled 2,083 Wounded terrorists number In April alone nine terrorists were killed
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  • 163 4 CHELLIAH Ayamm Pillay. 22, who m 1955 was awarded $50 by a Federation Court for detaining a house-breaker, yesterday found himself m the Singapore Third District Court on a theft charge. H e was found guilty of stealing a type-writer and other articles worth $412
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 41 5 FEDERAL Legislative Councillor, Inche Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman who is on a State Departmentsponsored visit to the United States, seen m front of Abraham Liacoln's Home m Springfield, Illinois. With him is Lucille Edwards, a tourist guide.
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  • 305 5 WONG SUPPORTS GOVT'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS PLAN PENANG, Wed. The Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee said at the State Council meeting this afternoon that the State Government fully supported the Federal Government m its determination to find funds for more rapid economic development of the country. He only regretted that
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  • 178 5 Extortion Case Sentence Is Postponed THE Singapore First Dist- nd Criminal Court Judge, D. C. D'Cotta, yesterday >ned sentence to May 28 man who pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted extortion, pending a report from the Commissioner of Prisons on corrective training. The man, Lim Chin Kwee, 25. had
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  • 137 5 DATO TOURS ARMY UNITS BY COPTER TPOH. Wed.— The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, today made a brief tour of military units m the Ipoh and Batu Gajah districts by helicopter. The Dato was driven to the Recce flight base beside the Ipoh aerodrome where
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  • 69 5 TPOH, Wed.— A temporary c Inspector of Kampar, an Singh, 35. was today i $150 by President of the .ons Court, Mr. J. RWhimster. for negligent drivWhimster also ordered endorsements on defendant's driving licence. The court was told that rtor Mohan was negotiaand bend at 8i
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  • 30 5 THE President of the MaChinese Association, Dr Lim Chong Eu, will offlopen the art exhibition ot Mr. Chia Yu Chian at the Library at 4.30 p.m. on Friday.
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  • 61 5 KLUANG Wed. About eighty selected residents of Layang Layang New Village, including local councillors, will attend a one-day civics course at the Chinese Club here on May 18. They will be given lectures on health emergency, labour and rural and industrial development. The District Officer.
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  • 261 5 A FEW days before an 44-year-oM wife to death ai accused her of infidelity. This was stated yesterday at a Singapore Coroner's inquiry into the deaths of Yeo Ah Teow, 52, and his wife, Lim Ah Bee, both of whom found stabbed outside their
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  • 80 5 SLIM RIVER. Wed. Abdul Ghani bin Zakariah, 38, a lecturer at the Agriculture Training Centre, Alor Star, was fined $25 m the Magistrate's Court here, today and had his driving licence endorsed for negligent driving at the 71st Mile, Ipoh/Kuala Lumpur main trunk road on Oct. 18.
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  • 140 5 PENANG, Wed. For the first time m Malaya, a wedding m full Buddhist rites with Buddhist hymns sung m English, will take place at the Penang Buddhist Association here on June 1. The bride-to-be is Miss Lim Chooi Kean, a teacher, and the second daughter
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  • 350 5 It Puts Our Fate In Hands Of One Man They Claim SINGAPORE Police Inspectors are worried over a clause m the new Police Force Ordinance which, they claim, puts their future "m the hands of one man the commanding officer." The rank and file were equally
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  • 67 5 Colony Judge Leaves MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT left Singapore for Britain aboard the Himalaya yesterday. He told The Standard "I h» ve enjoyed working these past six years here and I hope to return to this country, if possible, but not m the same capacity." Asked whether he had any special
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  • 171 5 IPOH, Wed. A young Australian soldier, Pte. Keith Owen Winbank. 21. who was adjudicated a bankrupt m the Perak High Court today said, that his liabilities amounting to $2,318 represented the balance of the purchase price cf a car which was later wrecked m an
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  • 70 5 U.A.R. ENVOY TO MEET THE TUNKU KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The first United Arab Republic Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr. AH Fahmi Al-Amroussi, arrived here today on a five-day diplomatic mission. He said he would meet 'Prime Minister Tunku Abdu 1 Rahman to discuss the setting up a UAR Legation here. He
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  • 157 5 THE full force of No. 14 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force will fly past the Singapore waterfront tomorrow morning m a farewell salute to the people of the Coiony. A Far East Air Force spokesman told The Standard last night that 15
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  • 152 5 New Talks Soon On STB Union Demands THE Singapore Telephone Board will soon start negotiations with its employees' union on the latter's demands for better conditions of service. The Board's general manager, Mr. N. V. Knight, told The Standard yesterday that he received the claims from the Union only yesterday.
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  • 77 5 Govt. Malay Exams For Next Month KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Officers m Division Three will be allowed to sit for Government Malay examinations to be held next month m various centres throughout the Federation. Last year Government ruled that officers m Divisions One and Two only were eligible to sit. Applications
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  • 98 5 BATU GAJAH, Wed.— An emergency meeting of the executive council of the Malayan Mining Employees' Union here recently agreed to appoint Mr. J. A. Dawson as general secretary m place of Inche Aziddin bin Ismail. The meeting also decided to send a delegation of the Union to
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  • 340 6 Advert. In The Papers Cannot Free Couples A WOMAN married under Chinese custom cannot free Tierself by inserting a notice m the newspapers that she no longer recognizes her husband as such, says the Singapore Chinese Advisory Board. The Board, which met early this month, also agreed
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  • 194 6 'AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BEDS' SINGAPORE'S future trade will largely depend on its political developments Mr. T. C. Hayes-Palmer, one of the most widely travelled sales executive with over 30 years experience m South-east Asia and the Far East told The Standard yesterday. "If there is no disruption m
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  • 211 6 PENANG, Wed. What was believed to be a poltergeist "went to town" m a house m King Street here last night. While the inmates of the house were preparing to retire for the night, the poltergeist went into action with its pranks. It first started by
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  • 35 6 THREE men m broa-1 day light snatched a watch fro n a man m the foyer of the Capi 'ol Theatre. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. They then disappeared into the crowd.
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  • 105 6 BURSARIES FOR NEW TERM AT VARSITY THE Singapore Government will award several bursaries for new entrants and graduates to the University of Malaya for the term beginning m July, it was announced yesterday. The bursaries m the Faculties of Arts. Science and Medicine, are for graduates who have been accepted
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  • 266 6 KROH, Upper Perak, Wed. Three witnesses testified m tht Magistrate's Court today that the 0.C.P.D., Mr. D. J. Scullian, was present m the International Club on a night during the Chinese New Year period when gaming was alleged to have been carried on
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  • 312 6 Maintain Health Through Research, Warns Minister SINGAPORE could not improve or even maintain its high standards of health without constant study md research, the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga warned yesterday. He issued the warning while opening the Colony's $2,000,000 Institute of Health m Outra.n Road, a gift
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  • 124 6 2 SAILORS TO STAND TRIAL AT ASSIZES TWO sailors were yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes on a tentative charge of armed robbery, by the Singapore Ninth Court Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates. They were David Michael Hutton and Malcolm Massey. alleged to have robbed Johan
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  • 61 6 A SINGAPORE taxi driver. Lim Cheng Liang o f Dunearn Road who claimed trial to four charges was found guilty by the City Court Magistrate and fined a total of $39 yesterday. Lim was charged for parking his taxi outside a taxi stand, leaving it unattended,
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  • 57 6 THIRTY-ONE people, including 23 women, were yesterday fined $10 each by a Singapore Court when they pleaded guilty to gambling at a house m Syed Alwi Road on Tuesday. The Magistrate Mr. R. B I. Pates, ordered that the $80 which Police seized m the
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  • 272 6 'ARREST OF UNIONIST POSES A THREAT PENANG, Wed. Labour Party of Mi today called on the Go\ merit to bring the ge: secretary of the ba: National Union of Far and General Workers V. David, to trial, or k him immediately. In a statement iss^ day, the general secrt the
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  • 96 6 Failed To Pay EPF Dues N. WAJSMEL of Leedon Road, Singapore, was fined a total of $100 by the City Magistrate. Mr. Phillip when he pleaded guilty t charges of failing to contr;bute to the Central Provident Fund. The Board's inspector, Lye Sow Chek, told the Court Wajsmel registered himself
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  • 56 6 THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will hold a meeting this afternoon to decide whether it should take strong protest aci against the Board. The Association had earlier asked the Board to implement the recommendations of the Court of Inquiry, failing which, it threatened to call
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  • 22 6 THIEVES broke into a house m Hyderabad Road, Singapore, and got away with a diamond ring and camera worth $1,000 yesterday
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  • 303 6 THE present 8,000-ft runway at Paya Lebar m Singapore is suitable for use by jet airliners next year. This was the verdict of six Australian civil aviation experts less than ten hours after they arrived m Singapore yesterday. The experts four representing Qantas and
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  • 245 7 Ballot To Decide Union Recognition SINGAPORE'S acting Labour Commissioner, Mr. Goh Koh Pui yesterday settled a dispute between the Ford Motor Company of Malaya Ltd. and the Motor Workers Union, which cost both parties about 15 manhours. The dispute was over the question of recognition of the
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  • 158 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot 73* 741 R.S.S. No. 1 (June) 721 72i R.S.S. No. 1 (July) 7H 721 R.S.S. No. 2 692 70J R.S.S. No. 3 64 64} Tone: Inactive. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was
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  • 87 7 SLIM RIVER, Perak, Wed.— Mary Liau Siew Yin, 32, of the Education Office. Teluk Anson, was fined $5 m the Magistrate's Court here yesterday for driving a licence expired motorcar at the 66J Mile, Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur main trunk road on Feb. 26. Liau who pleaded guilty
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  • 299 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malayan Trade Union Council has formed a five-man committee to look into the arrest of the secretary general of the National Union of Factory and General Workers, Mr. V. David. Mr. David was arrested soon after midnight on Monday under the
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  • 46 7 A TEENAGED hotel clerk reported to the Kuala Lumpur Police on Tuesday night that she was raped and robbed of $30 by a taxi driver she had engaged at Campbell Road to take her home after work. Police have detained a man for questioning.
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  • 58 7 TRAS, Wed. The State Information Officer, Mr. A. G. Trevor-Wilson today presented a $10,000 cheque to th.s town to construct a community hall. Tras. which until recently was a "ghost-town" was recently declared open for rehabilitation. The cheque was handed to chairman of the Local Council,
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  • 51 7 IPOH, Wed. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Albert Mah, the former Officer-in-Charge Police District, Kuantan, has taken over similar duties m the Ipoh District. He replaces Mr. J. J. West, DSP, who leaves the country next week for Britain on retirement under the Malayanization
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  • 38 7 THE Speaker of the Penang State Council, Inche Mohamed Noor bin Hamzah, was absent at the Council meeting yesterday afternoon due to illness. His place was taken by Nominated State Councillor, Sir Kamil Mohamed ArifT.
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  • 227 7 PROFESSOR C. N. Parkinson of the University of Malaya, who is now better known to the reading public as the author of the best seller "Parkinson's Law/ sailed for Britain on board the Canton yesterday. Professor Parkinson who was accompanied by his wife and two
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  • 35 7 FOUR girls taking a carride along East Coast Road, Singapore, were sent to hospital last night when their car was involved m an accident with a bus. AU were treated as out-patients.
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    • 527 7 mbmhmmhhihH^Ml the-Peopie" sessions at Party MM* TmA I J f I t\~M H.Q.. 5, Prince Street 12.30 p.m. Clj^nJl'il|UlJ to 1.30 pm. Gcylang Straits Chinese Methodist League of Women Voters: Talk Church: Ascension Day service on Civics by Mr. M. Ponnudurai. m English and Malay by Rev. Elections Officer at
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    • 1117 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) Sh 0 p 7 8 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 22 SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to proceed via
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  • 212 9 Town To Have An Industrial Zone MALACCA, Wed.— Fast growing Kluang town is to have an industrial area, m a $5,000,000 development plan which is intended eventually to raise the status of the town to that of a municipality. Fifty acres of land behind the railway station are reserved for
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  • 95 9 First Ice Barge In Operation SINGAPORE has now its first refrigerated barge to deliver frozen produce to ships m the outer waters and at Pulau Bukom. Owners of the lighter are a firm of ship chandlers m Singapore. The idea originated from Shell, whose ships are supplied by the firm.
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  • 90 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Pro duce Exchange noun closing price* Det plrul yesterday were: copra May/Jiine UK Continent $31i buyers $32 sellers coconut oil m bulk $48 sellers; m drums $51 sellers. Muntok white pepper $126 sellers; Sarawak white $125 sellers- Special Sarawak black $73. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair
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  • 118 9 Tins Irregular, Rubbers Are Dull INDUSTRIALS were quietly steady while tins were irregular and rubbers dull, m the Malayan share market yesterday. No business was reported m Raub oold. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers B. B. Petrol 46/- 48
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  • 136 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done: F. N. ords. $2.50: Gammon 42ic, 49ic. 46c. odd lot; Jackson $1.09: McAlister $1.28 delayed; Robinson ords. $1.62; Sime Darby $1.48: overnight; Cold Storage 85c, 86c: Steamship 70c, 69c. overnight and yesterday, 68c. overnight: S. Times $1.68 ready and immediate. $1.67
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  • 34 9 TIGHTNESS m wheels for tubeless tyres is ensured ny the use of an electric weiding machine, which has Deen designed and made m Australia and installed in' a Kinsbury, Sotuh Australia, plant.
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  • 484 9 TRADE IN TWO MONTHS SHOWS GAP OF $68.4 M. HGFHGFHGFH TOTAL Malayan external trade for the first two months of this year showed an unfavourable balance of $68,449,426, according to statistical figures just released. Tne figures cover both Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Imports for the period between Jan.
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  • 46 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rate s to merchants yesterday: Selling. T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31-1/2; Swiss Francs 142; French Francs *****; Belgian Francs 1613-1 2; Holland Gldrs. 122-7/8; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 42 9 EXPORTS of uranium ore and concentrates from Canada more than doubled m March and m the first quarter of 1958 over the corresponding periods a year ago. March exports were US$l7.--200,000 (U557,200,000) making U5548,9000,000 (US$18,800,000) for the quarter.
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  • 68 9 A silver-threaded songket sarong made from the looms of Malaya's east coast exhibited at the seventh International Trade Fair for Allied Arts recently held m Seattle, Washington, won a design award. Photo shows Mrs. Frederic Blanchett, jury chairman at the fair, looking at the winning exhibit.
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  • 193 9 KUCHING, Wed. Total value of Sarawak's external trade for March was $73,350,000, $9,010,000 more than the previous month. Compared with March 1957, the figure for the month under review was $9,980,000 less. Imports amounted to $35,530,000. This exceeded the previous month's figure by
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  • 119 9 H'kong Buys Most Of This Timber KUCHING, Wed. Sarawak exported about 13,500 tons of round timber during January and February this year. The largest importer was Hongkong, which bought over 7,700 tons. Sawn timber exported during the first two months of this year totalled nearly 19,--000 tons, of which the
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  • 34 9 AIR FRANCE are now employing Japanese stewardesses on the new Paris-Tokyo "Polar" route, together with French crew, the airline recently announced. This follows the success of Japanese stewardesses on their Tokyo-Saigon route.
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  • 24 9 APRIL rubber crops announced are: Ayer Panas 70,500 lb.: Glenealy 64,000 lb.; Kluang 42,000 lb.: Pajam 115,--500 lb.; Ulu Benut 24,000 lb.
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  • 113 9 Expert For Gold Mining Industry KL'CHING. Wed. Sarawak Government has enlisted the help of an expert from Malaya to develop its gold mining industry. The expert, Mr. J. H. Harris, Chief Research Officer of the Department of Mines m Malaya, arrived m Kuching yesterday to begin a three-week tour. He
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  • 130 9 RADELLA Rubber Estate Ltd. made a profit of $45 for the year ended Dec. 31, 1957, according to the chairman's annual statement. At 192.400 lb., the year's crop was 24,800 lb. more than that of last year, but the reduction m the average commodity price has resulted
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  • 130 9 SINGAPORE rubber price dropped half a cent to close at 72 i cents per lb. for International fir.-t erade June shipment yesterday. After an initial marking down m sympathy with overseas, the market ruled very quiet with little change m values. Shortly before* the close, sellers
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  • 93 9 BRITAIN'S total coal output rose by 1.400.000 tons last year to 223,400.000 tons, due entirely to greater production m open-cast mining. The National Coal Board, which runs the nationalized industry says m its 1957 report that while overall productivity remained the same as the year
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  • 32 9 AS THE tractors and scoops (above) move off, a start is made on the new motorway which will link the cities of London and Birmingham m England.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 206 9 HFGHDFGFG OUTER ROADS City of Bedford, Burnside, Frankfurt. Ellen Bak k c, Francoise, Troon Breeze. Banda, Calt. Calo, Anding, Eastern Pearl. Agios Vlassios, 8/3. Barumun. Felipes, Gun. Reginald Kerr. Ocean Fortune, Armonia, Kalabahi. Amazons, Mvi Hock, Kyuyu Waru. Corond, Steel Flyer, Davikan, Oyonnax. Libertad. Prosper, Egda, Selangor. Rajah Brooke, Rahula,
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  • 60 10 Miss S. Devaranee, daughter of Mr. S. Sockalingam, principal of the Methodist Boys' School, Port Swettenham, and Mrs. Sockalingam, celebrated her 17th birthday at her home at No. 19, Lorong Raja Muda, Klang, with a tea party for her friends and relatives. Miss Devaranee is
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  • 17 10 A GENERAL view of the Malayan booth at the Seattle International Trade Fair
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 10 SITI Aeshah Mohamed Yunos is one of the pretty competitors at the "Ratu Sanggol" (Queen of the Hair bun) Contest sponsored by the UMNO Kaum Ibu m Kuala Lumpur recently. The contest was organized to mark the annual Women's Day, launched by the Kaum Ibu for the first
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  • 41 10 by Fah MR. V.S. NARGANG, manager of the Kuala Lumpur branch of Nestles Products I (M) Limited was given a dinner prior to his departure to England on lone leave I by distributors m the Federal Capital. Standardpic
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  • 47 10 Malayan jockey, Mr. Ray George, toasts his pretty bride, Miss June Martin of Sydney m champagne, at their wedding reception he'd at the Perak Turf Club recently m Ipoh. Jockey George is a/so from Sydney. The marra«je took place at St. John's Church.
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 10 THE GOVERNOR of Penang, Sir Ra.ia Uda, declares open the new metalled road at Ks.nipong Sempah. Butterworth, which he named Jalan Raja Uda on May 6.
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  • 10 10 Ghildren's Ballet Alladin Moe) and hi s Princess (Hedy Low).
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  • 51 10 LOS ANGELES: Two young daughters of Dr. Dewane Brusske, Carcla 7 and Kathene, 8 are shown teaching Penang boy Lee Boon Leong. 11 how to make chocolate chip cookies. Boon Leong who is here undergoing special h?arT Yuri^i. sta-ying with Dr. Brusske and his
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    48 10 A SCENE from "The Red Velvet Goat," a Mexican folk play, one of the three one-act plays to be presented by the Arts Council, Penang and Province Wellesley, Drama Section, by the Penang Players at the Malayan Teachers' College, Glugor, Penajig, on May 16 and 17.
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  • A GREAT DAY FOR SPORTS
    • 169 11 AT SOCCER KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan soccer won international recognition overnight when Malaya's \>ian Games team beat Pakistan 4—2 at the Merdeka Stadium tonight The 6,000 fans had plenty to cheer about as Malaya's writes staged the pre-Asian Games international m grand fashion. Attacking confidently from the
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    • 176 11 GAMES XI WINS 10-2 IN H.K. AT HOCKEY HONGKONG, May 14 (Reuter) Malaya s Asian Games team overwhelmed the Nay Bharat Indian Club of Hongkong by ten goals to two m a friendly hockey match here today. The Malayan team led 3-2 at half time. The visitors played a brilliant
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  • 20 11 MALAYA Lourdes; Clieok Foo. Chong Yin; Honsr. Mun Keai, Dutton. Wai Keen: Ghani, Rahim Omar. Kong Leong and Govindarajoo.
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  • 22 11 PAKISTAN Sadiq; Raesatali; Abdul Hug, a; Nabi Choudhary, Abid Hassain; Talib. Ibrahim. Omar, Haniff and Rabdani. Referee: Lam Thim Yong (N.S.).
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  • 193 11 American Diving Champ Coming COLONY swimming fans will have a rare treat when America's Olympic diving champion. Robert Lynn Clotworthy, visits Singapore for a two-week tour. Clotworthy. 27, accompanied by his wife, will arrive In Singapore from Tokyo on Tuesday, June 17. While m Singapore, Clot worthy will give diving
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  • 424 11 Malaya swung into top gear from the kick off. Kong Leong gave the Pakistan keeper, Sadiq, a bit of trouble. Pakistan mounted an attack on the left. Rabdani sent a lovely pass across the goalmouth which went to Talib on the opposite wing. Talib drew loose but
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  • 77 11 PENANG, Wed.— Cycle races for the Penang championships to be held under floodlights at the City Stadium on June 15. Federation and Singapore cyclist can compete. The events are: Quarter mile, half mile, one mile, two miles, three miles and six miles. Two events one mile
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  • 60 11 THE results of the Singapore Rifle Association 303 Spoon Shoot held on Sunday are: SR (a) Gunsrore. CQMS Frankland 90; Handicapscore. LAC Burrel 89 (102.34). SR (b) Gunscore. F. de Souza 100; Handiscapscore. Lim Keng Wah 98 (102.66). A "possible" was scored at 200 yards by
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  • 23 11 WEARNES Sports Club beat Shell Company Sports Club 3-0 In a Div. 2 league match played at the M.F.A. grounds yesterday.
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  • 327 11 Malayan Student's Badminton Problem Letter from. Australia SYDNEY, (N.S.W.) A Malayan accountant m Sydney is facing the kind of problem that sports promoters hate. He has to pick a team of 10 Malayan badminton stars m Australia to leave Sydney on May 18 for a three-week tour of New Zealand.
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  • 136 11 BARNES HERE ON JULY 79 INTERNATIONAL footballer Wally Barnes will give a series of lectures and demonstrations on soccer to Colony players when he visits Singapore on July 19 on his South-east Asian tour. The former captain of Wales and Arsenal, Barnes' visit is being arranged by the British Consul.
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  • 69 11 The Pakistan Soccer team for the 1958 Asian Games and the Federation of Malaya team pictured with the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman (centre) after a reception given m honour of the Pakistan team at the Residency, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Later the Pakistan Team beat
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  • 101 11 'We'll Do Our Best' -SAFA COLONY footballers will do their best and keep the flag flying at the Asian Games m Tokyo, the secretary of the Singapore Amateur Football Association, Mr. Lim Yong Liang, said yesterday. Mr. Lim made this statement when asked whether Singapore stands a chance against Israel,
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  • 60 11 SINGAPORE Traction Company Sports Club played their best game to date to trounce Straits Trading Company 11-1 m the SBHFA League and Cup "C" division match on the STC ground yesterday Tian Soon netted four goals. Other scorers were Avtar Singh 3, Hussein 2, Boniface and
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  • 63 11 FOLLOWING are the interschool table tennis results played at the Singapore Youth Sports Council hall yesterday. St. Andrews beat Yoke Eng 5-4; St. Josephs beat Dunman Government Chi- nese Middle School 5-1; Holy Infant beat Kallang Secondary 5-0; Victoria beat Alexandra Grammar 5-1; Chinese High School beat
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  • 221 11 CAMBRIDGE, May 14 (Reuter) The New Zealand cricketers had scored 59 for two wickets m reply to Cambridge University's first innings total of 206 by the close on the first day of their three-day match here. The University who won the toss lost five
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  • 40 11 PENANG, Wed.— The Governor of Penang, Raja Sir Uda, will be present at the Bukit Mertajam High School annual athletic meeting on the school ground on Saturday. May 24. Lady Uda will give away the prizes.
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  • 180 11  -  WINDSOR LAD AT B. TIMAH By BECAUSE of the early morning shower only a few horses were out at fast work on the second track at Buklt Timah yesterday. Hopeful Blue, with Abdul Mawi astride, revealed tip-top form when he did a fluent solo, returning
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 84 11 SINGAPORE SOCCER: SAFA League: Div. 3A: Bintang Bulan S.C. vs. Mount Emily S.C. Geylang 5.15 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR BUSINESS HOUSES (SOCCER): Div. 1 Postal* vs. S.W.R.C, Imbi Road; Div. 2—Rly Rec Club vs. Sg. Besi Police, B'fields Road; corns vs. Levers, Taylor Road; Div. 3 Audit Dept. vs. Forest Rec.
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  • 444 12 FEAF SHOOT MEET The Small Arms efficiency award was won by Cpl. Limby (Changi) with Sgt. Hall (Seletar) second, and the Young Airmen's Award Trophy went to SAC Bedwell (Tengah). The Team Snapshooting match went to RAF Seletar with a score of 55, Light Machine
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  • 20 12 SEGAMAT, Wed.— Segamat Chinese beat a weak 'D' Company of the 22nd Cheshire Regiment 4-1 at soccer yesterday.
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  • 109 12 PARIS, May 14 (Reuter)— Sven Davidson, Swedish finalist for the past three years, has withdrawn from the French international lawn tennis championships. which begin here next Tuesday. The Swede, who injured an ankle during a winter tournament, sent a wire to the organisers saying that he
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  • 38 12 SEGAMAT, Wed.— The following were elected officebearers of the Segamat Youth Club: President— Chin Kong Sung, vice-president— Loh Van Lee and Miss Tan Sye Lui. Hon. Secretary— Liew Hon Tong, Hon. Treasurer Lee Tian Kee.
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  • 21 12 COMBINED McNair Schools Sports meet will be held on Wednesday, 28 May. An Old Boys event will be held.
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  • 581 12 England's World Cup Players Too Cocky Says JACK PEART LONDON, Wed: THERE'S still time to solve our problems before the World Cup m Sweden next month, but all our players* and the selectors need a good shake up. Who the devil do some of
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  • 71 12 TOKYO, May 14. (Reuter) —Mr. Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Congress, and four other members of the Congress yesterday, held a preliminary meeting of the general session opening here today. The four members were the Marquess of Exeter (Britain), Mr. A r m a n d
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  • 84 12 ROME: Belgian racer JOSEPH HOEVENAERS holds high a bouquet of flowers as he jubilantly acknowledges cheers for his victory m the ninth annual grand prix of nations motor-paced cycling race. A combination of road and motorpaced track laps, the event ran over a rugged course around
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  • 244 12 TOKYO, May 14 (UP) Tokyo yesterday formally applied for the site of the 1964 Olympic Games on the eve of tha opening of the 54th Congress of the International Olympic Committee. Tokyo Governor Yausui presented the formal candidacy to 1.0.C. President Avery Brundage
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  • 152 12 MELBOURNE. May 14 (Reuter) The chances of Australian tennis player Anderson going to the Do States m September to tit I his American national stn title are now negligible, C Cup team manager X Hopman said m the Me.bourne Sun yesterday. He said the United
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  • 131 12 American Lifters Beaten CHICAGO. May 14 (Reuter) The touring Soviet Union weightlifting teams gained an easy victory over the United States here on Monday night, winning six of the seven bouts. United States Olympic champion Tommy Kono lost to Fedor Bogdanovsky m the middleweight division. Bogdanovsky had a total lift
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  • 85 12 TOKYO, May 14 (Reuter)Asian athletes taking pa: the Third Asian Games today continued to pour into Japanese capital by air and sea. The first group included 78 South Korean athletes. They were followed by six Iranian athletes led by their manager, Prince Gholmareza Pahravia,
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  • 24 12 SOCHAUX, May 14 (Reuter) Bolton Wanderers, the English F.A Cup winners, were beaten 2-0 by the French club, Sochaux. here last night.
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  • 27 12 SEGAMAT, Wed— Genuang Estate were beaten 4 o by Segamat Indians m a football match yesterday. Scorer s were: Ganeson and A. Raj two each.
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  • 105 12 A GREAT RELIEF ALL ROUND ANGEL'S CAMP. California, May 14 (Reuter) Rolli, Sweden's jumping frog here to compete m the international 'Frog Olympics' on May 18 hopped behind a screen last night and laid 5,000 eggs. In doing so she delighted her trainer, Mr. Bror Lander, for Rolli has been
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  • 399 12 and varied game, looked like making short work of the erratic Brazilian who mixed brilliant volleys and smashes with countless simple errors. But Miss Bueno curbed her impetuous net rushes and mastered the Australian girl with beautifully controlled backhand shots and powerful driving.
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  • 65 12 CHINESE CAGERS IN FRANCE PARIS, May 14 (Reuter)— A basketball team representing China will play a match against the French Workers Sports Union at the Palais Des Sports here next Friday. The match i s to mark the Sports Union's 50th anniversary. On their way to France, the Chinese have
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  • 94 12 NAPLES, Italy: Fifteen streamlined roadsters take the start for the 2,000 cc sports car event m the 14th Grand Prix of Naples auto race— to complete 40 laps on a course facing the Bay of Naples. The race was won by Swedish driver Joackim Bonnier (No. 142)
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  • 658 13 By Our School Correspondents fPHE President of the Science Society, of Joseph's Institution d Distant announced Science Magazine will ut for sale soon. He is every member to himself a copy at a :r each. The money ere to be collected by the secretaries and cd over to
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  • 146 13 PEOPLE'S CAPITALISM.— JoI's friend tells him that m America nearly every worker owns stock, h&& a savings account, owns life insurance or belongs to a pension plan. Small businesses, he continues, also account for a large part of U.S. j economy and every American is free to develop
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  • 583 13 Our Ambassadors At Large By Anthony Thong, a student from Australia who is now at Raffles Institution. JT would be most difficult to recall when the first Malayan student went to Australia for the purpose of study. Certainly, since 1950 a total exceeding 2,000, all citizens of
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  • 576 13 It's time for sports of the extracurricula activity for the next two months if not all will be spent on the sports fields of many a school both m the Federation and Singapore. In fact, several primary schools m the colony have already held their annual sports
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  • 95 13 TF I hnd the poit'er to 1 /ly. I tt'ould soar into the iree and open sky; Like a bird at liberty 1 shall soar. Anywhere I wish and more. I rcould fly fa* c.nd high. Away from all the miseries here'Across the oceans and o'er the peaks. For
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  • 44 13 A FOURTEEN YEAR- OLD boy from India, interested m collecting foreign stamps, wishes to correspond with boys and girls of similar interest from Malaya. Address: Jagdi?h Gunfa. c/o Mr. Q.C. Gupta. Senior Technical Officer, Civil Aviation Training Centre, Bamrauli (Allahabad) U.P. India.
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    • 7 13 VISIT TO AMERICA (6) J>V Tom Jonei
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    • 474 13 qX)DATS QUOTATION': HHflflHBS|VH "Those who have few M^M thinfs to attend to are I great babblers: for the less I I^^J men think, the more they l^*j| VAl talk." B^AXSaMH Montesquieu I H^T^^I^I THURSDAY FOR I P75l EVERYONE: Be frendly. I E^^SJm sociable, dutiful, make pro- H Btfi BMBH HlH
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 151 14 LONDON. May 14. (Reuter)—The case of a dentist who refused to treat a busman on strike is to be raised m the House of Commons tomorrow. The striker. 61-year-old William Thornycraft, of suburban West Norwood, wanted four teeth extracted. His national health
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    • 304 14 Caracas Mob Set Upon Vice-President Wife During Tour WASHINGTON, May 14 The United States last night sent 1,000 paratroopers and marines by air to the Caribbean area as the result of mob action against Vice-President Mr. Richard Nixon m Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday. Mr. Nixon and
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    • 201 14 No Known Defence Against Missiles Premier's Warning In Commons LONDON. May 14 (UP) Prime Minister of Harold Macmillan warned yesterday there was no known defence against ballistic missiles and that there was no sign such a defence was being developed. Macmillan's warning came during a brief but bitter debate m
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    • 219 14 Ike, Angered, Sends For Venezuelan Attache WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuter) President Eisenhower immediately ordered that the Venezuelan Charge d'Affaires be called to the State Department and told that the United States expected Venezuela to take every possible measure to protect Mr. Nixon. The President's action was announced by a White
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    • 23 14 STRONG earth tremors shook the Azores island of Faial repeatedly on Wednesday, knocking down houses and sending residents fleeing for safety.
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    • 104 14 Economic Policy Is Insane PARIS, May 14, (Reuter).— The French Employers Federation last night called for a complete overhaul of French economic policy to save economy from "strangulation." A sternly-worded statement condemned current policy as "insane." "The swift running out of foreign loans threatens us with having to cut down
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    • 23 14 CHILE has accepted an invitation from the United States to attend a 12-nation conference on international co-opera-tion m the Antarctic- Reuter
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    • 154 14 TOKYO May 14, (Reuter) The Japanese Foreign said today that the 122 Japanese fishermen detained m South ould be repatriated within a few days. The Ministry received a notification to the effect night from The South m mission here. The repatriation will ccmp'.ete the release of
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    • 125 14 THIS parcel bomb containing gelignite (left), was handed by a postman to six-year-old Alison Mackay (right), at her home m Kirkcaldy, Fife. Scotland. In the parcel, containing enough explosive to blow down a house, was a note saying that a bomb attack was to be made
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    • 196 14 LONDON, May 14 (Reuter) Before passing a bill to enable Christmas Island m the Indian Ocean to be transferred to Australia, Labour M.P.'s m the House of Commons last night, asked questions about the future of the island's Chinese inhabitants. Mr. Maurice Orbach said all
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    • 94 14 LONDON, May 14 (UP) Soviet scientists have discovered a vast range of volcanic seabed mountains beneath the waters of the Southwest Pacific, Moscow Radio reported yesterday. The broadcast, heard here, said some of the volcanoes were nearly 7,000 feet high and that the Soviet expeditions discovery of
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    • 171 14 WASHINGTON, May 14, (Reuter) The American Stale Department said yesterday that the United States hari no reason to anticipate an armed attack on Dutch New Guinea. The statement was issued after the Dutch ambassador called on Mr. John Fostci Dulles, U.S. Secretary nj State,
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    • 98 14 BELGRADE, May 14. (UP) Marshal Tito's personal physicians yesterday branded Vienna reports that Tito has cancer as "ridiculous and completely unfounded." The reports said that Tito's persistent back trouble has now been diagnosed a s cancer at the base of the spine. They said the
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    • 133 14 Murder Charge Against Girl Is Withdrawn CANBERRA, May 14 (Reuter)—Federal Crown law authorities have announced their decision not to proceed with a charge of murder against Catherine Webb, 15--year-old daughter of a Canberra university professor Catherine is the daughter of Professor Leicester Webb Professor of Political Science at the Australian
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    • 56 14 YU YU-JEN. (right), president of the Control Yuan, receives a birthday gift from President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek of Nationalist China as the poetstatesman celebrated his 80th birthday. Members of the Control Yuan and its staff held a big birthday celebration for the president of the
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    • 135 14 HOLLYWOOD. May 14 (UP) Princess Soraya of Iran, the centre of 'one of the great love stories of our time," has been offered a quarter-million dollars to star m a motion picture depicting her life story, it was revealed yesterday. Philip A. Waxman, independent movie producer,
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    • 49 14 WASHINGTON, May 14 (UP).— Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post, reputed to be America's richest woman, will marry Pittsburgh industrialist Herbert A. May next month. Mrs. Post, 71, was divorced m 1955 from former ambassador to Russia Joseph E. Davies, her third husband. Davies died on Friday.
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    • 151 14 TOKYO. May 14 fl Indone ian authorities m Tuesday night rent c larges thai ;r rs br>;ng supplied to rebels m the North C lebes b Ibe P ilippincs, it was ieported today. The Ant. a dispatch momto that authorities on Borneo island of
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    • 56 14 TAIPEI. May 14. (UP).— A store near Taoyuan, s town 25 miles south of here was blown up on T night explosives scored house, causing four six injured, and on< it was report c Killed b y the store owner, h. sons. A taxi driver
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    • 20 14 MR. ULVI LULU appointed Albania' bassador to the Unite Republic, according to c. radio broadcast heard don.- U.P.
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