Singapore Standard, 27 May 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINCAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 328. 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 31 1 UNITED NATIONS May 26 (UPI) Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold cancelled a trip to Minneapolis to address a meeting of the World Health Organization today because of the international situation.
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  • 702 1 OPEN DOOR PLEDGE FOR MORE IMPORTS It's A Contribution To The Prosperity Of Asia €r World TOKYO, May 26, (AFP)— Federation Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today pledged that Malaya will open her doors to increased Japanese imports and called on the whole of Asia to
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  • 592 1 Top Priority To Subversive Clause From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, Mon. At its private meeting this morning the Singapore delegation, m the absence of the Chief Minister, Lim Yew Hock, agreed to hold a Press conference at noon tomorrow to explain how the
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  • 116 1 TUNIS, May 26 (Reuter) President Habib Bourguiba yesterday declared a state of emergency throughout Tunisia. Under it, local governors are given full civilian and military powers. The action followed clashes between French and Tunisian troops, a Tunisian Government statement that French planes had bombed the
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  • 115 1 REBELS ON HALMAHERA SURROUNDED JAKARTA, May 26 (Reuter) Radio Jakarta said today the Indonesian Government troops had surrounded the rebel forces on Halmahera Island m the Northern Moluccas. The radio said the rebels had been driven out of Djailolo, the main town m northern Halmahera, into old defence lines built
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  • 372 1 PARIS, May 26 (UPI) Reliable government sources today reported General Charles de Gaulle I. as offered to meet Premier Pierre Pflimlin for secret talks on France's steadily-deteriorating crisis. They said Pflimlin, momentarily strengthened by apparent support of the French Navy, had
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  • 143 1 BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuter) A bomb exploded m a crowded tram m the centre of Beirut today, ripping it m two and killing or injuring an estimated 70 people. The blast worst single outrage m the fortnight-old crisis occurred a few hundred yards from the Foreign
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  • 57 1 HONORARY CITIZEN OF TOKYO FEDERATION Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman, accompanied by his wife, receives the golden key of Tokyo from Governor Seiichiro Yasui. The presentation of the key made the Malayan leader an Honorary Citizen of Tokyo. On the extreme left is Mr. Keisel Nakamura, chief of the liaison section
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  • 125 1 W. SUMATRAN PORT REOPENS FOR TRADE THE port of Sibolga, situated on the west coast of Sumatra has been reopened to trade according to the Indonesian Consulate Offices m Singapore. The Master Attendant, Singapore has relayed the information to the Colony's shipping community. The Standard was told that the shipping
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  • 45 1 WASHINGTON. May 26 (Reuter) President Eisenhower today nominated Admiral Harry D. Felt, Vice-Chief of Naval Operations, as the next United States Com-mander-in-Chief m the Pacific. He will succeed Admiral Felix D. Stump, who is due to retire on Aug. 1.
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  • 47 1 SINGAPORE'S Tan Howe Liang outclassed the best of Asia's lightweight lifters and won a gold medal for the Colony at the Asian Games m Tokyo, yesterday. He lifted a total of 375 kilograms. Tan is the first Malayan to win a gold medal.
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  • 169 1 lAIPEI, May 26 (Reuter) Mr. James H. Douglas, Secretary of the United States Air Force, said here today that the United States and its Far East Allies had sufficient air striking power to cope with any Communist threats. Although numerically outnumbered by the Communists
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  • 245 1 COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuter) Three people were killed and three others injured today when troops opened fire on a violent crowd, according to reports which reached here -tonight. The action occurred at Polonnaruwa m the North Central Province of Ceylon, which is rent by
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  • 232 2 Thieves Caught' Beaten Up TWO thieves operating among a Good Friday crowd m the St. Joseph's Church compound during a procession, were caught and given a beating a Singapore court was told yesterday. One had been seen making two fruitless attempts to lift a chain from a child's neck, while
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  • 297 2 Wong On Water Supply Restrictions In Bukit Mertajam PENANG, Mon. The recent water restrictions m Bukit Mcrtajam are due to an unprecedented drought, which according to records is the driest period for 30 years m the town. This was stated by the Chief
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  • 85 2 M.C.A. CHIEF ARRIVES IN COLONY DR. Lim Chong Eu arrived from Penang m Singapore by air last night to make his first visit to the Colony branch of the Malayan Chinese Association since his election as MCA President. He was met on arrival at the airport by Mr. Wong Foo
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  • 35 2 IN the face of heavy blizzards and avalanches, the nine-man joint BritishPakistani Forces Expedition has established Camp One at about 17.000 feet m its attempt to climb the 25.550--foot Mount Rakoposhl.— Reuter
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  • 75 2 MALAYAN Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra (left) exchanges greetings with Kazuo Aoki. president of Japan-Malaya-Singapore Association and former State Minister, at a cocktail party held at Kayu Kaikan m Tokyo on May 23. The party was given by the Japanese Association m honour of the
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  • 621 2  - AN EXPAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIRE William Drury By RADIO MALAYA is due for a shock this morning. A new member is joining its staff and it doesn't even know it. What's more, the new member is an expatriate. And this is one expat they'll never be able
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1520 2 STANDARD syfW^Wa (si NOTICES SZE HAI TONG BANK LTD. NOTICE is hereby given that the Forty-Fourth Annual General Meeting Of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at Sze Hal Tong Bank Building. No. 57 Chulia Street. Singapore on Wednesday the 28th May 1958 at 2.30 p.m. NOTICE
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    • 427 2 VALUABLE LAND SALE THE following five vacant Shophouse lots behind the Star Theatre m Chamberlain Road, Ipoh, will be sold by Public Auction (subject to a reserve price) on Sunday Ist June, 1958 commencing at 10.30 a.m. AT THE SITE. Lot No. 1945 S area 3033 sq.ft. Lot No. 1946
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 990 3 L LET'S have an end to the spate of conjecture speculation with which the redrafted constitution for Singapore is being blurred and disfigured. Hints of secrecy clamps and bare statements cm the London talks and predictions that Singapore's citizens are m for a big disappointment may be mere
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    • 48 3 PCi 9o> No )56i Cabl«: IICtKNtWi T.I ***** (5 'm«) All <*O.rtm«nii *OAt# iumfui Chm* irwuranc* 9km- I 7« uu liS Tel«jr<on« 2SS w co* l^ W- 4Q& 'tNANC. 8. Laith St M: v m *°55 MALACCA 9)-A BukH Ok* T«l w y? 7
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  • 296 3 AFTER NATO and SEATO-NEATO. The North Korean Press has ul lu }J A a «i ns t an alleged American plot to create a new anti- Communist defence bloc m the Far East to be called the North-east Asia Treaty Organisation, and to include South Korea, Japan, Formosa,
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 69 3 Sir Attention of the Rural Board. Sembawang, is invited to the drains at Scharff Road, Singapore 27. The drains at the place are very small and during heavy rains, they overflow. RESIDENTS Singapore Not Him Sir Would you be kind enough to publish m your paper that I
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  • 682 3  -  DENNIS BLOODWORTH F;LGDHB By 'pHE Western bloc has received a hard blow m the solar plexus of South-east Asia, with the Patriotic Party, the legal successor of the Pathet Lao, the insurgent Communist movement, winning 13 out of 21 seats m the nationwide su p p lementary elections
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  • 722 3  - THE POLICE STATE OF N. VIETNAM DERRICK SINGTON By Communist Vietnam did not sign the Geneva Agreements). In their declaration of April 26 the South Vietnam Government set forth clearly the grounds for their attitude towards the Communist authorities. They remind the people of North Vietnam of the "bad faith"
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  • 136 3 PARIS. \NOTHER loud demand for educational reiorm went up this week when a nationwide poll revealed that only 17 ver cent, of French 11-year-olds can successfully add one-eighth, plus onequarter, plus one-half. Tests m arithmetic and French were given to 4,860 children chosen at random from 397 schools.
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  • 122 3 LONDON. A PLAQUE commemorating "Operation Pluto," the oil pipeline system under the English Channel which fed the allied forces a million gallons of petrol a day during the 1944 invasion, was unveiled recently at Shanklin, ls]f of Wight. Recalling that 33 British firms co-operated with
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  • 397 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 'T'HE curtain falls today on the London talks and the public is no more wiser than when the delegation emplaned for England. It is doubtful if the returning members will have anything fresh to say. There appears to have been some sort of understanding
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  • 409 4 Old Purification Works To Be Replaced In 1960 THE Singapore City Council has launched another stage m its $36,000,000 sewage purification scheme m Ulu Pandan by letting out contracts worth $3,000,000 for the construction of the Jurong Power and Pumping Station. The whole project is expected
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  • 318 4 AN incident m which acid was allegedly thrown at Gammon (Malaya) Limited employees on March 22, had its sequel m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. In the dock was Tan Ah Bak who faced two counts of using hydrochloric acid to hurt Charan Singh, a
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  • 78 4 FROM a junior accounts clerk to Treasurer is the achievement of 47-year-old Mr. Tang Yew Lum m the Shell Company of Singapore Ltd. Announcing his pro.motion to the "prize appointment" yesterday, the Shell Company said Mr. Tang joined its Accounts Department m 1929 and
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  • 128 4 Seamen Keen To Settle Dispute THE dispute between seamen working on ships plying between Singapore and Indonesian ports and the ship owners for danger allowance and war-risk insurance, took a new turn yesterday. The seamen, members of the Malay Seamen's Union, the Malayasian Mariners' Union and the Chinese Seafarers' Association,
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  • 45 4 THE Sultan of Oman and Muscat arrived m London yesterday on a month's private visit after a secret triD from the Middle East. He had an assumed name and none of the 900 passengers of the liner "Chusan" knew of his real identity.
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  • 89 4 Householder Held Up At Dagger Point TWO men who rang a door bell of a house m Synagogue Street. Singapore on Sunday night and claimed they were detectives produced a pair of handcuffs as their credentials. They then pushed the occupant. Sen Teck Seng, Into the house and held him
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  • 57 4 DAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 26 (Reuter)— King Saud of Saudi Arabia, today left the United States Air Force Hospital here, after making a complete recovery from his recent illness. A report after the King's admission to the hospital on May 17, said he was over
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  • 80 4 THE Pasir Panjang branch •I rmy Civil Service at its general meeting elected Mr. B. R. Wyse as chairman. Other officials elected were: Secretary: Mr. M. S. Rama•amy. Treasurer: Mr. S. Francis, Committee members: Mr. C. G. Ramakrishnan, Mr. If. C. Thomas. Mr. Sim Ah Kow, Mr.
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  • 254 4 RACIAL, religious and social prejudices could only be overcome through re-orientation of education m ge/ieral, said Dr. William A. Shimer, executive secretary of the Asia-Pacific Division of World Bnjtherhood, yesterday. Dr. Shimer, who will attend a public symposium at the Adelphi Roof Garden
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  • 306 4 WIFE OF REBEL LEADER IS ON SECRET MISSION THE 27-year-old Dutch wife of Colonel A. E. Kawilarang, Commander- in -Chief of the rebel forces m Celebes, is m Singapore today on a hush-hush mission. Mrs. Petronella Isabelle Kawilarang slipped into Singapore yesterday by P.A.A. from Manila. She was accompanied by
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  • 70 4 MR. H. A. Wasil was elected chairman of the newly-formed Kampong Kembangan Division of the Liberal Socialist Party at its inaugural meeting held at the Katong District Council headquarters recently. Others elected were: Vicechairmen Tuan Haji Musa and Mr. K. R. A. Hamid, Secretary Mr. A.
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  • 167 4 THE Information Officer of the Singapore United Malays National Organization, Inche Darius Shariff, yesterday blamed the People's Action Party for the existence of Chinese Chauvinism m the Colony. He was commenting on a statement by the PAP secretary general, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, that the
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  • 138 4 BID TO RETAIN STATION ENGINEER THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Council hag recommended that the vices of the Superinten. of the Pasir Panjang P Station, Mr. E. F. RRotp t retained on a fourcontract. Mr. Roper, is due to on June 17. The Council m
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  • 218 4 COUNCIL DEPT. RESHUFFLE THE Finance and GeneraJ Purposes Committee of Singapore City Council, by a majority vote, yesterday approved the re-organization of the Markets and Hawkers Department Involving an additional expenditure of $63 000. Two Liberal Socialist Councillors Mr. Lim Choo Sye and Mr. Ong Say Yeo, are understood to
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  • 25 4 THE NEXT meeting of the Singapore Rural Board held at the Conference Room m the Chief Secretary's Office on Thursday at 10 a.m.
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  • 152 4 700 Shell Workers To Ask For Wage Hike' MORE tfian 700 monthly, lated employees of the Shell Company m Singapore, who are members of the Shell Employees' Union will soon ask the manage, ment for a general wage increase. They will also seek better conditions of service. A spokesman of
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  • 125 4 arriJl!i X i.?c" CIALS frOm the h «»PPl"es Government two w?ek SIP 9 yesterday h PA A offlcia) J h 5 y i are (trom left) Mes s«-s. Pablo Pena (Depart rSif° /°b 1M Affairs) AI R*m (Dept. of Finance). Godof redo Reyes (Commerce and Industry).
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 241 5 War Dept Men's Dispute Over Severance Pay KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The 10,000-strong Federation War Department Civilian Staff Association today threatened a strike and empowered its organizing secretary, Mr. K. V. Thaver, to negotiate with the War Office on the point of dispute severance pay. The strike
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  • 176 5 PENANG, Mon. A bride was awakened on the at of her honeymoon at ut five a.m. and told by her mother-in-law to feed was related by the Teh Chiew Ean, m the ,istrate's Court today, when sued her husband. Ooi Choon,
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  • 167 5 YMCA Plans $10,000 Flag Day E Singapore YMCA will third annual flag day on Saturday m aid of its buildnd. The fund is for the construcof a new wing at the rear of the building m Orchard Road to provide separate accommodation for junior members, for judo practices and improved
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  • 45 5 I)VERNOR Sir William c. on his return to SingaLondon, resumed ition of the Colony rday, a Gazette Extraary announced, c Gazette also announced EL B. David who was i ministering the Govent during Sir William's resumed duty as Secretary yesterday.
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  • 69 5 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. The President-elect of the Petroleum Distributive Employees' Union. Mr. Poh Soo Boon, told The Standard today that the annual general mating of the Butterworth branch of the union on Saturday was without the aporoval of the union President. Inche Ismail bin Haji Awang. He
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  • 82 5 ALOR STAR, Mon. A van driver. Tan Yak Kirn. 29. was today acquitted without his defence being called on a charge of causing the death of three people by negligent driving at Simpang Ampat. on Sept. 2. last year. The three, who died, were two
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  • 454 5 MALAYAN FILM: PRODUCER HUNTS FOR ESTATE SITE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Hollywood film producer and director, Mr. Otto Preminger, will spend the next two days looking over estates m the Federation not m response to the call for foreign investments but to find a suitable locale for his latest picture. While
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  • 174 5 THE Frankel Estate Residents' Association of Singapore yesterday appealed to the Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan. to make an inspection tour of the estate to study the "neglected and underdeveloped" condition of the area. In a memorandum to the Mayor, the Association complained that
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  • 39 5 STUDENTS of Hutchings School, Light Street, Penan?, looking at the lay-out model of the Shell Traffic Game, which will be opened by the Chief Minister m the grounds of the Francis Light School, Penang, today.
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  • 126 5 HAWKER JAILED FOR TRESPASSING A DETECTIVE waited several hours m a Singapore home to arrest a man who had tried to extort $2,000 from the occupier, a Colony court was told yesterday. In the dock before the Seventh Magistrate, Mr. Tara Singh, stood 32-year-old hawker Tan Kirn Seng. He was
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  • 46 5 THE SINGAPORE Christian Brothers Old Boys' annual reunion dinner will be held at St. Joseph's Institution on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets at $7 for each person can be obtained from the President, Mr. Lim Choo Sye at St. Joseph's Institution before Wednesday.
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  • 100 5 STC Union Elects New Chief THE SINGAPORE Traction Company Employees Union elected Inche Mahmood bin Awang as its new President at its annual general meeting held recently. Other office-bearers elected were: Vice-presidents-Tan Ann and Belbhadar Singh; Secretary— Goh Eng Hiong, Assistant Secretaries: G. Ramasamy and M. A. B. Kassim. Treasurer
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  • 193 5 TENANG, Mon. The Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanatfian, had given the impression that under the guise of moving a motion for the suspension of standing ordeis, a Councillor could speak and seek a discussion m Council on any matter, whether it be relevant or not
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  • 49 5 SEREMBAN, Mon. The "Haw Par Trophy" was won by the Command Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at this year's annual 17 Gurkha Division/ Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces Rifle Meeting held at the Far East Land Forces Training Centre, here from Ma y 12 to 15.
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  • 106 5 CHAMP IS CALLED TO THE BAR PENANG, Mon— Former All-England doubles badminton champion, Mr. David Choong Ewe Leong. was admitted into the Federation Bar as an advocate and solicitor by Mr. Justice Good m the Supreme Court today. After Mr. Choong had been admitted, the Judge asked him to step
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  • 64 5 Bar Girl Tells Court Husband Deserted Her A BAR waitress, Yio Shim Ngan, told a Singapore Divorce Court yesterday that her husband, a hawker, left her after four months of marriage. Yip was suing the hawker, Chow Ngau, for divorce on the ground of desertion. Mr. Justice Ambrose who heard
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  • 68 5 KOH Kian Leng. and Ong Bock Her. were yesterday remanded by a Singapore Court after two charges of armed robbery were read out and explained to them. They were alleged to have robbed Lee Chew Hock and Ng Ah Seng of cash and property totalling
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  • 66 5 "UNITY is strength," said the U.M.N.O. Youth President and Minister for Works. Inche Sardon bin Haji Zubir, when he addressed the annual Council Meeting of the Malayan Youth Council, held at the British Council m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Inche Sardon, leader of the five-man delegation representing
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 228 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Hundreds of copies of the amended charter of the Alliance Party, which was revised by the UMNO special committee headed by Defence Minister Dato Abdul Razak, were sent to UMNO State divisions m the Federation and Singapore today. The amended constitution was
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  • 65 6 TELOK ANSON. Mon. The Telegu community m the Federation have been urged to become citizens of the new independent nation and to Identify themselves with the other communities. This call was made at the annual general meeting of the Andhra Association by its President, Mr.
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  • 52 6 MISS LUCY Devadason, 23. described as a 'rose among the thorns" by her brother officers, is the first woman to become a labour officer m the Federation. Miss Devadason is here seen attending the annual dinner of the Labour Officers' Union m Kuala Lumpur last Saturday
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  • 37 6 yumo Choh Kong of Victoria Street, who pleaded not guilty to attempting to steal $750 m cash from Ching Tat Choo at the Singapore Turf Club on Saturday, was yesterday allowed bail until June 9.
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  • 197 6 Spore, Federation Govts. Agree To A Year's Delay KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Governments of Singapore and the Federation have reached a <n m promise ta delay splitting the Pan-Malayan Broadcast, ing Department until the Singapore Government recruited sufficient technical staff to run her own department m the
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  • 248 6 PENANG, Mon. The surrender of the Communist terrorist, Lee Thean Siong m Penang Island on May 18 is the result of our patience and prayers,. Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee, told the people of Pantai Acheh, m the Balik Pulau area, this afternoon. Lee. Mr.
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  • 187 6 More Time For Murder Probe, Says Officer PEXANG, Mon. When Inspector H. Greenhall a postponement of a n case against six yout. Magistrate's Court today. G. Conaghan, counsel foi of them, asked for bai. said that the "prosecution not m a position to prove iv case." The six youths, Tan
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  • 34 6 THERE were seven housebreaking cases reported to the Police on Sunday m different parts of Singapore On the same day there were seven thefts from the dwellings and other places.
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  • 97 6 2,000 Support Education Rate Protest PENANG, Mon. 2,000 people attending a y meeting at the esplanade night endorsed the La Party's stand m refusing to collect the 12 per cent education rate because of legal and financial anomalies. The meeting, organized by the Labour Party to p: against the education
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  • 50 6 TELOK ANSON, Mon. A woman estate labourer. ayee, 46, was found stabbed m the abdomen labourers' lines at Sungei Samak Estate, Ulu Bernam, yesterday. She was rushed to hospital but died shortly after admission. Police have recovf i blood-stained knife and tamed a man for ques"
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  • 72 6 CONSTABLES GUARD A MEETING PENANG. Mon. Two constables guarded yesterday's general meeting of the Butterworth branch of the Petroleum Distributive Employees' Union. The meeting was held again because a meeting on May 11 was ruled null and void by the Executive Committee on the ground that about 50 non-members had
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  • 100 6 Highlands Villagers Study Civics TANAH RATA. Mon. Thirty Chinese villagers and local councillors from Cameron Highlands yesterday completed a three-day civics course which was opened by the District Officer, Mr. E G Waller at Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands. The students were told that they should impart the knowledge gained at
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  • 250 6 Estate Watchman Died In Fight- DPP KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Justice Smith m the High Court was told today that a watchman here lost his life when he confronted two youths who had entered a rambutan plantation without permission. Charged with the murder of the watchman, Nam Ban Soon, was
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  • 115 6 $1 TICKETS COST THEM $52.50 EACH ALOR STAR, Mon. Thirteen people each paid $2.50 for a $1 ticket to see the film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai" at a cinema here. But instead of seeing the show, they spent their time at a Police Station when they were found
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  • 88 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The World Health Organisation specialist on Leprosy Dr. K. H. Kirn was stranded at the airport here this morning for an hour because of the late arrival of Health Ministry officials to contact him. Dr. Kirn, a South Korean, has been
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  • 51 6 2?iS t.?«£ S A elan Sor. Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Pr^iH H Ampuan are seen being ushered by the President of the Federation of Malaya Society oi Architects. Mr. E.G. Gardner (right) to the Societal annual dinner, held at the Station Hotel Kuala Lum pur, last week.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 266 7 DOCTORS SEEK BETTER SERVICE FIVE hundred doctors m Singapore and Federation Mec.ical Services are to seek better "conditions of service" from the two governments, The Standard learned yesterday. This will be discussed at the Alumni Council meeting scheduled for Sunday. The demand for better conditions of service includes a revision
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  • 415 7 Braga Opens First Paediatric Meeting SINGAPORE'S battle for health knows no national or racial boundaries, said the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, when yesterday, as Acting Chief Minister, he declared open the First Regional Paediatric Conference ever to be held. Introduced by Dr.
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  • 211 7 REGISTRATION of children seeking admission to Government English Primary Schools m Singapore will take place every Saturday next month. The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that all Government English Primary Schools m Singapore would serve as registration centres and would be open from 9 a.m.
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  • 244 7 THE Singapore Assistant Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, yesterday ordered the arrest of a housewife, Mrs. Mary Gasper Pereira, 35, m connection with the death of Falariappan Chettiar, aged 46. The Court was told that the chettiar was knocked down by a car driven by Mrs
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  • 307 7 MALAYS TO PROTEST EDUCATION PLAN DELAY THE Singapore Malay Education Council at a meeting on Sunday night, decided to call a mass meeting of all Malay and Muslim organizations at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society on June 8 m protest against what the Council described as Government's delay m implementing
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  • 57 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot 75 75i R.S.S. No. 1 74 74* R.S.S No. 1 (July) 73s 731 R.S.S. No. 2 7H 721 R.S.S. No. 3 65i 66* Tone: Very quiet but steady. The price of tin m Singapore
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  • 64 7 A PASSING-OUT parade for the first 1958 intake of National Servicemen will be held on June 19 at 6 p.m. at the Headquarters of the Singapore Military Forces m Beach Road. The Inspecting Officer will be the General Officer Commanding, Singapore Base District, Major General C. L. Richardson
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  • 26 7 THE P.W.D. Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday reported that the flood waters along the Parit Sulong Road m the Muar District of Johore are falling.
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    • 501 7 BaH __i_ HHaH MMM| 2.18 p.m. (7ft. 6in.) K^iT^TT- HiTrX**3 Penang 9.01 a.m (7ft 3in 8.58 U^Z^^JKmhAmSJH P' m t6ft Bin) First Avian Regional Pediatric MTVftVK^VTI^IVIV'X'Vi t'oiiKresh: Second days session M k.^ll m J L^Bi H T-l^-M W^,^l at the Allen Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building RADIO MALAYA (General
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 883 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. fW: *****/6, *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE T* Halifax, Montreal, Boston. New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Ports. Spore f. S ham Penang EUMAEUS a 27 May 28/29 May TEUCER 3/9 A«g 10 Am 15/16 Aug Cerneri eptioa to proceed via
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    • 1171 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) 5h D p P ni THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE oIT SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Sues with liberty to proceed
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    • 918 8 MITSUI 1?} LINE FOR JAPAN Spore P.S'hom Penang Manjusan Maru for Pusan, Yokohama, Kobe 30 May Nachisan Maru for Kobe, Yokohama, via Hongkong ...G. 4/5 FOR U.S.A. via SUEZ For New York. Philadelphia, Baltimor via Bombay. Akagisan Maru from Japan 21 June 23 June Awobasan Maru from Japan ..20 July
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 135 9 PEOPLE m South-east Asia are becoming more ravel minded, m the view of Swissair's general a^er for the Far East, Mr. Zach B. Kaelin. Kaelin is now m re m the course of an inspection tour of the nes offices m the Far region. as
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    • 84 9 WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 26 (Reuter).— Plans for the establishment of New Zealand's iron and steel industry have been advanced a stage by the granting of options to rights over iar^€ areas of ifonsands and coalfield territory to an all-New Zealand combine. The New Zealand
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    • 63 9 Mr. H. V. R. lENGAR. Governor of Reserve Bank of India, is due m Singapore on Saturday on a visit. He is returning to India after attending a banking conference m Australia. In honour of his visit. Mr. S. V. Sundaram. Singapore manager of Indian Overseas
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    • 197 9 BUSINESSMEN all over the world are making increasing use of air freight facilities. The mounting success of Britain's export drive is due m no small measure to advantages offered by air freight, writes an air correspondent. As an example, he quotes the experience of a
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    • 88 9 SINGAPORE Chinese fro duce Exchange noon cJosinp prices Dei pirul yesterday were copra May /June UK Continent $31J buyers $32 sellers coconut oil m onlk $48 sellers; m drums $51 sellers; Muntok white pepper $122 sellers; Sarawak white $121 sellers; Special Sarawak black $71. H.C.B. Ltd.: Bombay copra May,
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    • 81 9 BRITAIN'S exports of plastics materials last year showed an increase of 14 per cent on the figure for 1956, achieving a new record of 106,000 tons. Total sales for these materials (domestic and overseas) were 393,000 tons, up 17 per cent on the previous year's figures.
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    • 45 9 FRENCH factories produced 15,283 tons of rayon during the first quarter this year compared with 14,404 tons during the same quarter of 1957. The production of staple fibre totalled 19,810 tons during the same period compared with 16.294 tons m 1957.
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    • 23 9 UNITED States exports of cotton (all tyDes) m February this year were 469,000 bales of 500 pounds gross (450,000 running bales).
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    • 201 9 Album Of U.S. 'Rubber City' For Dr. Ismail KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation of Malaya's Ambassador m Washington, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, was recently presented with an album containing photographs of his recent visit to the United States "Rubber city" Akron, Ohio. The presentation was made by Mr. J.
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    • 115 9 Price Gains 1/4c. SINGAPORE rubber price closed at 74 cents per Ib. for International first grade June shipment, up 1/4 cent. After opening slightly higher, the market ruled very quiet with the majority of dealers disinclined to trade. There was some short covering during the afternoon, and with interest m
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    • 43 9 MASSEY-FERGUSON Ltd., of Coventry, have despatched the first consignment of 18 farm tractors, plus ploughs and harrows, to Vientiane, Laos. Massey-Ferguson are sending a member of their Singapore staff to Vientiane to show how the equipment should be operated.
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    • 31 9 IN the six months ended last December. Australia produced 717,900.000 gallons of milk, a drop of 70.500.000 gallons or 8.9 per cent compared to the same period m 1956.
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    • 13 9 SINGAPORE tin market was closed yesterday for Whit Monday holiday.
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    • 55 9 DULL and featureless conditions prevailed m all sections of the Malayan Share market yesterday. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref. 195 2.05 Fed Dispensary 0.99 1.03 x all M. Breweries 3.00 310 xdi Debentures 0.95 1.05
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    • 175 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: F. N. ords. $2.51 delayed overnight; Gammon $2.02 (and overnight): Gammon Rights 48c: M. Cement $1.33 J: McAlister $1.27$ (and overnight), $1.28. Robinson ords. $1.62; Cold Storage 88c (overnight); Steamship 72c. (overnight); U.E. ords. 90c. (overnight); Wearne $3.07J: Wilkinson Process
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    • 163 9 A NUCLEAR reactor at the Argonne National Laboratory at Lemont. Illinois, has become a new research tool for experiments m artificial rain-making Scientists from the University of Chicago are using Argonne's experimental boiling water reactor for cloud-seed-ing experiments aimed at producing man-made rain. The technique involves
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    • 276 9 IPOH, Mon. Smallholders m Perak will be allotted a sum of $4,800,000 by the Federation Government for the development of 12,000 acres of rubber land m the State. The money, which is provided out of the Federation's $30,000,000 fund for rubber planting m the Federation,
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    • 122 9 Training For Two Nestle's Employees TWO employees of Nestles Products (M) Ltd., will leave Singapore on Thursday for the company's administrative offices m Switzerland, where they will receive two months' intensive advertising and general business training. They are Messrs. Philip Ang and Choong Boon Pin, who are attached to Nestles
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    • 56 9 AUSTRALIA'S 1957-58 cotton crop is estimated at 2,000 bales, about 2 per cent of mill requirements, compared with 3,000 bales m 1956-57 and 1955-56. Area planted to cotton this season is estimated at 9.000 acres, the same as 1956--57 acreage, but about 2 per cent below
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    • 54 9 Hong Fatt 0.45 0.50 Larut 3/4 3/7 Lower Perak 11/9 12/3 Suneei Way 1.00 1.05 Tongkah Harbour 9 3 9/9 LOCAL RUBBERS Amal Malay 1.53 1.58 Bassett (50 cents) 0.53 0.58 Jimah 3.12 3.17 Malaka Pinda 1.25 1.30 xd Ulu Benut 0 34 0 38 STERLING RUBBERS
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    • 204 9 OUTER SOADS Prince Salvor. Hedikon, Clan Macbride. Oualida. Benarty. Yoko Maru. Kian Aun, Lotorium. Agios Vlassios, Waibalong. Somali. Batoela. Julia. Steel Admiral. Tasman. Leneverett. Kalabahi. San Roberto, Sabang. Bakongan, Benalbanach. Corona. Pangkor, Bronxville. Sumatra. Isarco. Falkenstein. Troon Breeze. Samabas. Max. Brander. Hakubasan Maru. Slavtorod, State of Madras.
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    • 99 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. T.T. 32-7/8. O.D. 33. 90 days airmail 33-1/16 credit bills. 33-1/8 trade bills. Canada: buying, T.T. 31-7/8. O.D. 32. 90 days airmail 32-5/16 credit bills. 32-7/8 trade bills. Selling rates.
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    • 159 9 Seven So Far Named For Peking Mission SEVEN Singapore rubber traders have been named to go on the proposed trade mission to China sponsored by three* Chinese rubber bodies m the Colony. The bodit Trade Association. Singapore. Rubber Packers Rjiv ber Millers are sending a de t ten people to
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    • 92 9 Kuching' s Port Works Go Ahead KUCHING. Mon— Sarawak's port development has been carried a siage further, with the completion recently of the reinforced concrete wharf n Sibu. Two wharf godowns have also been completed. Work has commenced on the third godown. Work is continuing on the Miri coastal shipping
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    • 78 9 KUCHING, Mon— The annual staff conference of th« Sarawak Department of Agriculture starts tomorrow under the chairmanship of the Director of Agriculture, Mr. J. Cook It win be opened by the Chief Secretary, Mr. J. C. H. Barcroft, and will continue till Saturday. Taking part will be
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    • 17 9 Lord Luke, chairman of Bovri! Ltd.. is due to ar Singapore today on a
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    • 254 9 Regular Service SINGAPORE RANCOON/SINCAPORE UNION OF BURMA SHIPPINC BOARD S. S. -PYIDAWNYUNT" ARRIVING ON THE Ist |UNE 1958 SAILING ON THE 3rd |UNE 1958 Accept Cargoes Passengers for PENANG, MERGUI, MOU LMEIN RANGOON Please Contact International Shipping Agency* Agents for UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD 87, Neil Road, Singapore 2
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  • 146 10 CHAN CHEE KEONG, eldest son of a wellknown Ipoh sports official, the late Mr Chan Lai Hong, is helped by his mother. Madam Wong Sau Yoon (on his right) and friends as he cuts his 17th birthday cake. On his left is Miss Stella Lav, daughter of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    304 10 TROPHY WINNERS (ON RIGHT) Selangor State Councillor and president of the Klang UMNO, Inche Mohamed Sidin bin Idrus. and his bride, Che Teh binti Haji Salleh of Batu Laut. Kuala Langat, are seen here during the "Bersanding" ceremony at the Dewan Melayu. Klang. Among the guests were several state and
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  • Article, Illustration
    98 10 PUPILS of the Ethel Foxcroft School of Dancing m Kuala Lumpur gave a charity show. "ALADDIN", on May 22 to 24 m aid of the Malayan Association for the blind, under the distinguished patronage of Tuan Han Mustapha Albakri. at the Town Hall. Pictures here show some of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 60 10 Porky w^^ BK\ if POUND OF CADBURV'S I I DAIRY MILK 1 y CHOCOLATE y ii ii rw < i Look for the Purple and Gold Label ASPASTINE TABLETS indicated m all cases of PAINS $180 PYRALVEX SOLUTION For PYORRHOEA and other inflammatory conditions ot Gums 52.50 With spray S6
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  • 648 11  -  KEN JALLEH By THE FIRST FLASH ••••URGENT '•SINGAPORE ItINS QOLO MEDAL JQKTO, MAY 26 C7QQ) TAN HOWE LfANQ OF SfNQAfORE TOOAr OUTCLASSED .THE'BEST OFASiA'S'LIGHTWEIQHT LIFTERS AND WON A GOLD |t£DAL_iN THATyOIVISIOM^BY LIFTING A TOTAL OF 375 Xl LOGRAMS.— UP I Clerk Tan Wins Top Honours, He
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  • 1095 11 Tennis 1 MEN'S SINGLES THIRD ROUND: Juan Ma Jase, (Philippines), beat Dao Dwan Chieu, (Hongkong), 6-2. 6-2. Raymundo Deyro (Philippines) beat B L. Pinto (Ceylon) 8-6 6-1. Dungo (Philippines) beat One Chew Bee (Spore) 6-2 6-3 Felicisimo Ampon (Philippines) beat Edwin Tsai (Hkong) 7-5 6-3,
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  • 559 11 A New Power In World Hockey Has Now Arisen TOKYO, May 26 (AFP) What could have been one of the biggest sports upsets m history just failed to come off at Tokyo's National stadium today when India beat Korea 2—l m the Asian Games hockey tournament. The Koreans led I—o1
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    80 11 Singapore's proudest moment m the Third Asian Games teas when weightlifter Tan Howe Liang won the Gold Medal yesterday. He broke three Asian Games records m the lightweight division. This UPI radio picture shows Howe Liang (centre) with the other two place winners K. Onuma of Japan and T.
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  • 368 11 Off-side Goal Decides Match Against Colony TOKIO, Mon. Blame the referee for Singapore's undeserved 2 l defeat by Korea m the Colony's opening match of the Third Asian Games soccer tournament m the mam stadium today. He didn't see the Korean forward steal past Singapore's fullbacks and slam the ball
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  • 227 11 THIRD Asian Games Pro gramme for today (Tuesday) v as follow> TRACK AND FIELD 3.50 p.m. Women's Javelil final. 4 p.m Mene lJ»0-Metr« trials. 4 p.m. Women's High Jumj finals 4.30 P-m Men's 200-Metre dast trials 4.50 pjn Men's 10.000-Me'.-r- I 5 P.m. Men's Shotputt FinalJ 5.40
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 56 11 IPOH SOCCER— Div. 1—1. D. vs. 2 Police Field Force Town Padang. 95 F.B.R.A. vs. K.l.A. 'B'— Coronation Ground. Div. 3 Bawean Putra 'B' vs. 2 R.E.C.C.E.— Jalan Abdul Jailil ground. TENNIS— Y.M.C.A. Tourn ey Y.Af.C.A. courts. TAIPING SOCCER— Div. 2— Indians 'B' vs. Teruna Jalan Padang. KAMPAR SOCCER Copeng
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    • 85 11 fli6 Ksy to Success tl c* fe^ All athlete* In the world r*mlite tally tht m 3$ importance of phpnieal /fteesa. But It v o*/# £i -5 those mho »ucce*tfull§ develop that yStS&fy rW additional ttamina who became the greatest ff^rf' world champion*— For phi/ticol fitness /r P f and
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  • Asinan – Games In Pictures
    • 55 12 FIVE thousand pigeons make a colourful picture as they rise m the air just after the Asian Games Federation flag was raised at the opening ceremonies of the Asian Games m Tokyo. A salute of guns was given following the release of the pigeons.
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    • 403 12 picture. Three beauties from China, Philippines and Japan sit together for a friendly conversation during a party given for Asian Games women athletes. The social function, sponsored by an owner of a large Tokyo departmental store, was held
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  • 150 13 A search for the "Prenakan Queen" is on, and the successful girl will receive valuable prizes from the Kumpolan Prenakan Singapura which is organizing the hunt. Candidates are invited to send m their pictures m kebaya, and points will be given for design, poise and
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  • 341 13 FREE SPENDING Lieutenant General Rafael Trujillo. wealthy son of the dictator of the Dominican Republic, said publicly that he loves actress Kirn Novak, pictured below and that he hopes to marry her. The general, who has given cars, furs and jewels to Kirn and two
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  • 140 13 IT'S been love, love, love on the screen for Dirk Bogarde for the past three years. But there were no wedding bells. Now, at last. Dirk, has a screen marriage. His bride'! Raven haired Japanese actress Yoko Tani, who co-stars with him m "THE WIND CANNOT READ,"
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 566 13 rpODAY'S QUOTATION: HHPHBWW "A fool must now and Q then be right by chance." I Cooper s^^Mr^^R^^^a^S TUESDAY FOR EVERY- I |Wj EbS^RM mI ONE: Those who accom- I plish most will recheck I decisions. count change j and will be careful not to I /A| mislay or lose things
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  • 2 14 WORLD NEWS
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  • 205 14 RED PAPER CRITICIZES GOVT'S 'TIMIDITY' PARIS, May 26, (Reuter) The official French Communist newspaper L'humanite, today told its readers: "To meet any extension of the Gaullist plot prepare for a general strike." Humanite criticized the government for what it considered its timidity. It said m a headline: 'The retreats of
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  • 81 14 Man Attempts To Strangle Wife In Court ADELAIDE, May 26 (Reuter) Magistrate. Police, and onlookers m a port Adelaide Police Court were startled today when a man m the dock suddenly jumped to his feet and tried to attack his wife. As he struggled with Police officers, the man said,
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  • 63 14 SAIGON, May 26 (Reuter).— More than 60 guests at a wedding party m Bac Lieu province, south of Saigon, were taken to hospital after they had tasted the first course of the banquet, according to Press reports reaching here. The guests ale a dish composed
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  • 149 14 QUEEN INSPECTS WEAPONS OF THE SPACE AGE A GIANT Corporal rocket and a sleek Thunderbird ground-to-air weapon are pictured towerins above the Queen. The soldier poised above to the left of the Thunderbird missile is m a gantry used for inspecting and maintaining the nose of an erected rocket. In
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  • 107 14 TEENAGE GANG WAR: JEALOUSY THE CAUSE THE HAGUE, Holland, May 26 (UPI).— A sudden outburst of teenage gang warfare threatens to darken the hospitality Holland has given refugees from Indonesia. Unrest between youth of Indonesian descent and Dutch teenagers broke into open fighting two weeks ago. Welfare leaders and police
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  • 81 14 MADRID. May 26, (Reuter). Rafael Martin Vigara. 27, a "novillero" or bullfighter of the junior class known by nis nickname of "El Zorro" (The Fox), who was gored by a bull m the Barcelona bull ring yesterday, died last night. He had killed his first
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  • 184 14 PARIS. May 26 (Reuter) Despite political crisis and poor weather, Parisians streamed into the countryside for a Whitsun holiday m hundreds of thousands. About 400,000 left the capital by rail 244 extra trains were put on and about the same number travelled by
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  • 208 14 Resumption Of Ties With Japan If Two Conditions Are Met TOKYO, May 26 (Reuter) The Sino-Japanese Export Import Trade Association announced today it has been informed through Japanese traders m Peking that Communist China was prepared to resume trade with Japan on two conditions. The
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  • 247 14 'Ike Failed To Tell The Truth About US' WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) The Democratic Advisory Council yesterday charged that an "aging, incapacitated, misled and uninformed" President Eisenhower has failed to tell the public the truth about America's declining prestige and power. In a broadside attack on the administration's foreign policies,
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  • 57 14 LYNWOOD, California, May 26 (UPI) Five Cubans believed to have been manufacturing automatic arms to send to Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro were booked yesterday on Federal charges of possessing 16 sten sub-machine guns. Police and Treasury agents, who smashed the ring, said they confiscated the
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  • 46 14 NEW YORK. May 26 (UPI). Aluminium foil balloons may be used to explore the moon. U.S. scientists plan to pack the balloons m the nose-cap of a rocket, release and inflate them near the moon, and then explore the surface by instruments.
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  • 243 14 Sharing Nuclear Secrets With Allies WASHINGTON, May 26, (Reuter) A plan to give Congress a veto power over any international agreement to share atomic weapons secrets with the Allies was reported yesterday to be nearing adoption by tne Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee. The Committee
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  • 146 14 Menzies Has Report On Bombed Sub CANBERRA. May 26 (Reuter) The British submarine Aurochs, bombed but undamaged m Indonesian waters last week by an unidentified aircraft, is expected to arrive m Sydney on Friday. In Canberra today, it was stated that Prime Minister Mr. Robert Menzies has a full report
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  • 31 14 AMERICAN jet pilot Carl Harvitt. 28, and his friend Arthur Middleton, a Scot, were killed on Saturday when a small plane they had rented crashed near Lima, Peru. UPI
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  • 18 14 Communist North Vietnam wants to establish a postal link with India, jnformed sources disclosed. UPI
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  • 163 14 BELGRADE, May 26 (UPI) Soviet Premier Mr. Nikita Khrushchev yesterday called on Yugoslavia to patch up its differences with Russia and return to Soviet brand Communism. Mr. Khrushchev, acting m his dual role as Premier and Soviet Communist Party leader, sounded the call m a
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  • 181 14 WASHINGTON. May 26, (Reuter >.— One of America's foremost electronic pioneers yesterday forecast the possible use of electronic devices to replace defective kidneys, lungs, and hearts. In an address prepared for the World Congress of Gastro-enterology here Brigadier General David' SarD 'T-l -•-Air man rf
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  • 114 14 Ban On Lily After 8,000 Mile Flight LONDON. May 26, (Reuter). An attractive Chinese air stewardess who flew B,OCO mile from Hongkong to see her brother has been refused permission to stay m Britain because her papers were not m order. Lily Ning, 22-year-cld stewardess on British Overseas Airways Corporation's
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  • 65 14 PLYMPTON, DEVON, South-western England, May 26 (Reuter) William Rose has worked out a "smelly telly" device at his home here to add sniffing to the pleasures of televiewing. So far he has only rigged up four different scents to go with the picture: the odours are
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  • 29 14 MANILA, May 26 (UPI) Constabulary troops today captured Leonardo Manecio, the Philippines' most notorious bandit leader, following a 45-minute gun battle m Binakayan, Kawit I Casite province
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  • 69 14 BATH, England. May 26 (Reuter) ShirIcy Bassey, 21 -year-old coloured singer reported missing to the Police after disappearing from her London hotel on Thursday night, was found yesterday m this west-country town. Miss Bassey, who recently returned from a tour of Australia, was involved m
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  • 127 14 PEKING, May 26 (Reuter). Mao Tse-tung, China's 64--year-old Head of State, yesterday filled willow baskets with earth alongside 100.000 workers who are building a huge reservoir near nere. Chairman Mao, who wore an open-necked white shirt, spent five hours at the building site m 90
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  • 103 14 Women Climbers Given 'Green Light' KATMANDU, Nepal, May 26 (Reuter).— The Nepal government yesterday granted permission to a team of British women to climb the 26,867-foot Mount Cho Oyu from September to December this year. No turther details were available here, but the team, which calls itself the "British Women's
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  • 175 14 Union Will Protect 'The Arabs, Says King AMMAN, Ma> ter)— King Faisal ol president of the neu Union of Iraq and Jordan told a huge military parad( here yesterday that th< new Union would protect Arab countries j roJ foreign influence. It wou. guard agaim 4 activities of "cor. atheists."
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  • 30 14 VALPARAISO. 26 (UPl)— The S ship Ob, perl the South Pa International Geop made a f terday witl It will be n. Chilean Navj Talcahuano.
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  • Feature Section
    • 8 1 Feature Section SUNDAY TIGER STANDARD April 27, 1958
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    • 1283 1  - He Searched For A Mountain Of Gold REX DAY Beginning a new senes-LOST WITHOUT TRACE I by NEXT WEEK: The Mystery Of The Ship 'Joyita' ONE hot summer's day m Sydney m 1929. a short stocky man sat m the offices oi the Australian Workers' Union and unfolded a plan
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    • 338 1 It's CRAZY... it's DEADLY... it's DELICIOUS... it's LOVE ROMANTIC FEVER We all catch it at some time or other when we're young. Some of us even sicken with it when we're older, and then it can hit even harder because the resilience of youth is gone. It's a strange, strong
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    • 554 1  - BUKIT TIMAH SADDLE CLUB'S THE PLACE PETER WOXG YOU MAY BE FIVE OR FIFTY. IBy Five-year-old Simon Mawson Mr E. A. Corless clearing a jump Miss Cheesman, an instructress, m action. 'THOSE who have dreamed of becoming equestrians can now do so without much money or trouble. For the Bukit
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    • 300 2 AN Australian bachelor friend of mine recently gave up his apartment and moved into a house with four other bachelors. He moved because the fellow with whom he had shared the apartment had left Singapore, and the place was too expensive for one. That's a
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    • 697 2  - How to murder a SMUGWUMP WILLIAM DM BY by columnist-cartoonist at once to its normal shape. It will then be seen as a perfectly ridiculous little pearshaped animal with poisonous fangs, a forked tongue, and ears as big as an elephant's. Its brain is about half the size of a
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    • 613 2  -  George Melt By I TNNERVED by eerie fcurroundings, lack of ventilation, or impened Dy a vviia ourst of emnusiasm lor a popular entertainer, levei-heaued people oiten panic and lav vie Urns to tvnat doctors call "mass nysieria. ir or no apparent reason, a party oi
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      • 172 2 1 /\\l I 1 1 J 1 U V lul V- tl i vi a HI- r »-'S JF At I I yml^^ IJI I I it l^^^H^^ Teo Lee Lee gUp^r^ i y Dungun Sadeesh Raghavan 6 'Penang. to ....and that is exactly what these young people are doing.
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    • 171 3 HOW well versed are you m anatomy? Should you need a bit of polishing up, here m the picture .are two skeleton creations of the human body to keep you attentive m your studies. If ever you're In doubt of where your heart lies, check with these
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      1075 3  -  PHYL By IN THIS SCHOOL T^rH^^f^ c^&4^^ H ow many women have learnt the secret of enticing the sex-man and having him m your safe keeping? THE secret which I found out at the Joan Booty Mannequin Training and Charm School is that spark of CHARM! What
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    • 68 3 Heads You Win Startling? Of course! But then the point of buying a new spring hat is to win attention. So take your pick girls from the eye-catching creations which are pictured m this series. The hats were shown by London milliner Otto Lucas. And they certainly do things for
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    • 289 3 NEW YORK. FASHIONS and ceremonies from Asia were on display here last Monday m a programme sponsored by he Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association (PASEAWA) of the United States. Old and new fashions from Far Eastern nations were exhibited during short
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    • 204 4 BRASS NERVE POLISHED OFF DEFENCE Brilliance In Court JJOPING the charred body m the car would be taken for his own, Alfred Arthur Rouse stunned his drunken down-and-out victim, and set fire to him. Much of the evidence on which Rouse was condemned to death was circumstantial. He said his
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      1359 4  - TRICKY MEETING JJE saw her standing alone m the coffee bar. She wasn't young, nor particularly good-looking. Not the sort who d expect a man to "pick her up." Her face was serious, rather dreamy, and although she was alone she didn't look lonely. She looked as if she would
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      • 44 4 Helld. darlma-4 think l\* found I fc II i^l IH(^VP^9iP o Si Sht'i tht lotest thing m wcretories. I nine-thirty one day, ten-thirty the Thot'i o beautiful (of whot s%s^^ jfl next ommal did if come (torn "And obout time too. M v -n
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    • 127 5 SWIMSUITS MADE OF PAPER gRITAIN'S bathing; belles may soon be m the swim with "paper line" swimsuits. It sounds crazy, but swim•uits made of paper could be a best-seller, claim manufacturers. The material is specially strengthened and waterproofed. The American firm which has designed the paper bathing suit has not
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    • 51 5 The World s Most "Diabolical" Eyes THE "Committee of the Black Hand" composed of authors of French thrillers met last week to select "the world's most diabolical eyes." Their choice fell on lovely Parisian model Luce Bona who wore a mask enhancing the look of her lovely eyes. United Press
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    • 619 5  - ROBIN HOOD'S GANG STILL GROWS! JANE DEXTER by THERE is no business like bow business nowadays and it's all because of the belles. The girls are rushing to take up archery. This mainly male stronghold is being invaded by the females at the rate of sixty a week. In fact,
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      • 189 5 The world at your elbow .*w Successful business negotistions with associates and fib^| customers oversea* depend so much on high-speed m- communications. That is why the modern business fr^ mk m an takes full advantage of the swift, reliable services "$M D offered by Cable Wireless. They bring the world
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      • 197 5 YOUR WEEK By W. LYNDOE MARCH 21-APRIL 20 (Aries). First half of the week excellent. It favours settling up of an unusual difficulty and leaves you free to run your concerns at a comfortable pace. Later there is a- rather disappointing trend. New connections have influence on arrangements. You should
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      • 1423 5 So much confusion m plans cause much difficulty now. You you and your family shows a and a none too pleasant crop have a good start and changes dubious trend. However, you of hitches. Probably the whole m money considerations favour look to overcome this sumpoint now is your attitude
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    • 1325 6 AMERICAN STYLING. BRITISH GRACE. FRENCH ELEGANCE DFGJNDSDFKLGJ;L;LGKDF;LGJDFS DSJHGF Two Brilliant New Models In Demand The World Over yAUXHALL MOTORS have been one hundred years m business. To celebrate their centenary year, Vauxhall engineers, stylists, fitters, painters, m fact, everybody down to the office boy m Luton were determined to produce
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    • 121 6 BORNEO MOTORS IN KUCHING fJORNEO MOTORS are rapid1J ly expanding their organization m South-east Asia. Their latest venture is m Kuching, where a new $300,000 building provides modern salesrooms and facilities for all kinds of repairs and maintenance of cars and trucks. The new branch will deal m Austin cars
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    • 114 6 CWEEPSTAKES winner of the recent Mobilgas Economy Run from Los Angeles to Galveston 1883 miles was Mcl Alsbury Jr. driving a Chrysler Imperial Crown. He achieved 62 7 ton miles per gallon or 20.58 miles per gallon. In the low price class the winner was Pierce
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    • 303 6 LONDON, (Reuter).— Bad husbands make bad drivers, a doctor reports. This verdict is given m the journal "Family Doctor" published with the authority of the British Medical Association. Dr. F R. C. Casson reports that accident-prone drivers dislike discipline and lack self-control
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    • 885 7  -  Christine Diemer wr\' v 1 il_-__l«£_<r^ THE FEAST OF LUPERCAL. by Brian Moore. (Andre Deutsch. Londoa 240 pp. 155.) THE DARK TOWER by Ernst Pawel. (Longmans. Green. Londoa 245 pp. 155.) rrwo new novels out m England this month, and now available m Singapore, deal with
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    • 403 7 AS Mr. Comber says very logically m his preface that since secret societies "are secret it is impossible to give a full and satisfactory account of them." Nevertheless, he does very well indeed m this small, attractive booklet whose amusing cover
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    • 179 7 QTILL another Singapore author appears on the scene this month with his first book which is now available at Colony shops. He is genial Dr. John Hartland-Swann, Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Malaya, and his book is a slim volume (104 pp., George Allen
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    • 264 7 that the earth is round and from knowing how to play Canasta. Knowing something is also different from merely believing it." Knowing Dr, HartlandSwarm, even m a brief interview, is far less formidable and much easier to straighten out. He is leaving Singapore by air on May
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    • 429 8  - Smoking Spoils Your Love-Making MARC ALEXANDER BY -Says Dr. LENNOX JOHNSTONE T}R. LENNOX JOHNSTONE threw an accusing look at my nicotined fingers and said pityingly: 'You poor chap you're a drug addict!" I thrust my hands behind my back as Britain's Enemy No. 1 of Tobacco claimed I was puffing
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    • 167 8 QIRLS should marry young, have a family early, and THEN take up a career, .said a woman doctor at the week-end. She is Dr. Violet V. Parkes, President of the International Organisation of Soroptimists an association for professional rid business women. She told an audience at
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    • 652 8  - 81NEVER BEEN KISSED DESMOND CLOUGH BY THE world has passed him by. In his eightone years he's never had more than ten shillings m his pockety and for him girls might never have existed. But he's a happy man. Seventy years ago, an orphan, he was sent to the workhouse.
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