Singapore Standard, 28 May 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD jfc 3H Telephone *****—5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958 VoLVIILNo. 329. 15 cts. 14 Pages IFINAL EDITION]
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  • 936 1 WHEN SUBVERSIVES ARE NOT A THREAT' Points Settled To Singapore's Satisfaction Lim From ANDREW ROTH LONDON, Tues— Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock declared that the island's first elections under the new constitution will take place before the end of March at a time when the Government is
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  • 375 1 18 Killed, 200 Get Beaten Up COLOMBO, May 27 (Reuter) A state of emergency was proclaimed throughout Ceylon at noon today m face of rising communal troubles. At the samo time the Federal Party, claiming to represent Ta m i 1-speaking people,
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  • 333 1 PARIS, May 27 (UPI) General Charles de Gaulle announced today he has begun the "regular procedure necessary" to establish a Republican Government of France. The wartime hero declared his intervention m an announcement after secret all-night negotiations with the topph'ig regime
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  • 110 1 BASTIA, Corsica, May 27 (Reuter). All Corsica was today m the hands of General Salan's Algerian Committee for Public Safety. Colonel Robert Thomazo, special envoy from General Salan's Algerian headquarters, was last night unanimously acclaimed throughout the island as military and civil commander.
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  • 32 1 SAW SAY SENG, 22, was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital last night with stab wounds sustained m a gang clash m Upper Cross Street. Earlier story on page 6.
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  • 42 1 KING Saud of Saudi Saudi Arabia, who left the United States Air Force hospital m Dahran. Saudi Arabia, on Monday, is resting at the nearby village of Daman. He is m "the best of health," his doctors said yesterday. Reuter
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  • 26 1 LORD Rankeillour, Governor of Madras from 1940 to 1946, died m London on Monday, at the age of 61, it was announced yesterday. Reuter
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  • 157 1 JAKARTA, May 27 (Reuter) A top Indonesian Army Officer told a news conference today an American pilot who flew for the East Indonesian rebels had been captured and under detention m Jakarta. Lieut Colonel HermanPieters, Commander of the Moluccas and West Irian, identified the
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  • 24 1 JAKARTA Radio said yesterday that Government troops had killed 12 rebels m "mopping-up operations" round Batu Sangkar, m conquered West Sumatra. Reuter
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  • 223 1 TUNIS, May 27 (Reuter) A French spokesman said here today that the Tunisian authorities were adopting "menacing" measures against French garrisons. The spokesman said that at Gafsa, m Central Tunisia, and at Sfax, on the East Coast, the Tunisians were building up their armed forces and
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  • 50 1 FEDERATION Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman (right) bids farewell to Japanese Premier Nobusuke Kishi at a dinner party given on the eve of the Tunku's return to Malaya after a six-day visit to Japan. Standing between the two Premiers is Japanese State Minister Juichi Tsushima. UP photo.
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  • 290 1 Workers' Party Man To Quit Council SINGAPORE City Councillor for Kallang and vicepresident of the Workers' Party, Mr. Chang Yuen Tong, has resigned from the Party and will tomorrow tender his resignation from the Council. If the Council accepts Mr. Chang's resignation at its next session on Friday, there will
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  • 128 1 ALGIERS, May 27 (UPI) Seventeen French war. ships with the power that might enable French Algerian rebels to make good their boast that they "soon shall march together up ttie Champs Elysees," either already were at anchor m Algerian ports today or reported on
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  • 277 2 Orderly, Says P.I. Officer A VISITING Police Officer yesterday congratulated the Singapore Polj M Force on the "orderliness" of the traffic m the Colony. The officer is Major Eliseo Vibar of the Manila Police Department wrho The Standard: 'The purpose of my visit here is to
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  • 42 2 THI »taff of t*-ie Gramophone Co. Ltd. lot Hay«, K< ddlesex. Ertflandi. S ngaoore branch, convey their deepest sympathy to the family of the late Mr. Lock Kot Hoi of Messrs Kwong Loong C »pore, who passed away pgac?t,. May. 1958.
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  • 45 2 Standard pic. by MR. Cheong Yoke hoy multi-millionaire Selan gor businessman wh«i died m Kuala Lumpur on Monday night Perhaps the last of the pioneers who helped develop commerce and industry m the State. Mr Cheong was a well-known philanthropist Fah
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  • 110 2 IPOH. Tues. The newlyformed Ipoh area sub-branch of the Malayan Chir sociation today issued I statement clarifying that the 1 formation of the sub-branch ■M not a bid for power m the organization. "We feel that the i tion should De broug; !to the Malayan this
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  • 74 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tur Shopkeepers here a: M m the outski: offenders of the V. days Ordinance. April report of thf Labour and S< "Sixty shops were v April and charges an filed against 48 propnr added. The next town with t\ infringements of the 01 was
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  • 62 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The birthday of the Yam Perfruan Agong on Jun. feature a ceremony o'. ing the Colour m the V Stadium. The parade will b* the command of Lt C Ariffin bin Ismail. Th» I be seven guard about 70 men. After I elusion of
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    • 521 2 TENDER NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. FEDERATION OF MALAYA TENDERS are Invited for the construction of: "ONE SUB-STATION AT PETALING JAVA, BELANGOR" C. E. B. registered Class A. B and C contractors to app*y to the Architect, Central Electricity Board, P.O. Box 1006. Kuala Lumpur for Drawings and Bills of Quantities.
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    • 1411 2 TENDFR NOTICES TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are invited from persons and firms who are licensed 2nd Hand Good Dealers for the purchase of the undermentioned vehicles. These vehicles can be inspected at the General Hospital Seremban during normal working hours on any day:— Ford Car N 2144 15 cwt Truck N
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    • 1127 2 ment and its people. The maintenance and improvement m the standards of living of a rapidly expanding population can only be provided by economic expansion necessitating a continuous fiow of fresh capital which cannot be supplied internally. This matter was the subject of discussion at the fourteenth session of E.C.A.F.E.,
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    • 139 2 Foot Itch Healed m 3 Days Do your feet itch, smart ir ax> badly that they nearly r craty? Does the akin crack blf-ed* The real rauw of <>■ troublea la a germ that haa apr^i* throughout the world, and it varioua names aurh aa Alhle t> Sini;ai>ore I" h.
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 489 3 THE worsening political crisis m France can no longer be viewed only m its relation to the spreading revolts m Algeria and Corsica against Premier Pflimlin's Government. An even graver factor has now arisen m the emergence of a communist threat, through the strike call made by
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    • 334 3 MEMBERS of the medical profession are seldom, if ever, heard to voice complaints on their conditions of service and the remuneration they receive, more so if they are employed by Government. It is a matter of ethics, where they are concerned and they are bound to observe rules
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  • 48 3 ilAr OfHCI 13 Lin l«k Km KoaO. i OOft PC Box NO 1563 C*Mw: 'lICEwNEWS Tel ***** 15 'inn) All department! *Ual* iumpur Chm» inautanca Bk* 174 Safe Kg TeleoK>n« 8836* g*l 94 Co~ar M Id *82S **lACCA 91. A Rolen Om» T »l
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  • 1200 3 There is a real danger to Parliamentary democracy m France today Says NORA BELOFF reporting from Paris. JTROM all outward appearances we seem to be watching the death agonies of the Fourth Republic. On the principle that nature abhors a vacuum, the wavering irresolution of the Pflimlin
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  • 735 3  -  W. N. Ewer By "THE new strain m Soviet-Yugoslav relations has implications which stretch far beyond Moscow and Belgrade; to Peking, and, indeed, throughout the whole "camp" of Soviet Republics and People's Democracies. For the central point of the "ideological controversy" which, as Pravda announces, is
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  • 349 3 the NEWS as it strikes me A CHARTER to bind the Alliance Party is now being studied hy UMNO branches throughout the country. It has been approved by the Executive Committee of the Organization. Hitherto, the CMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance has been successfully functioning without a Charter and on the policy laid
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 35 3 f /r*A '&ft |?Nw >v'x** fc fl ii sFm/'fea^ I £j^^jk £j^s~ i/ 1 *^^^jy m V "Hello* ike! Awfully glad to see you!" /Fte/*f Marshal Lord Montgomery has gone on a visit to America/
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  • 191 4 Master Is Under Close Guard In Jakarta CAPTAIN V. D. Byrborge, master of the Danish freighter Bretagne detained for allegedly aiding rebels m Padang, is now being held under "close supervision" at the naval headquarters, Jakarta. Till recently he was confined to his ship under the watchful eyes of Indonesian
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  • 259 4 He Threw Acid Into A Lorry Full Of Workers MR. JUSTICE CHUA m the Singapore High Court yesterday sentenced a 22 year-old labourer, Tan Ah B*k, nicknamed 'The Little Rat" to seven years' jail on each of two counts of throwing acid at a police
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  • 129 4 Retreats By Jesuit Fathers THE Jesuit Fathers m Singapore will launch a series of weekend Retreats for laymen and women at Kingsmead Hall. Singapore, beginning this Saturday. Invitations to take part m the Retreats have gone out to Catholics m Singapore since early this week, said the Director of Retreats,
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  • 129 4 THE proposed $8,000,000 air terminal building at Paya Lebar Airport will make Singapore one of the finest civil aviation centres m South-east Asia, a spokesman for the Ministry to Communication and Works told The Standard yesterday. He said the entire scheme, which was
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  • 52 4 THE American flag will fly at half-mast at all its embassies, legations and consular offices throughout the world from today to Friday m honour of American soldiers who lost their lives while serving overseas during the second world war and the Korean conflict, the Consulate General announced m
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  • 147 4 BOY SCOUTS CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS THE Singapore Boy Scouts Association is badly m need of men who are willing to spare "Just a little of their free time to help by accepting office m local associations and assisting m the running of such bodies," says the Association report issued yesterday.
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  • 203 4 COUNCILLOR Wee Toon Boon, a trustee representing the City Council m the Singapore Improvement Trust, yesterday called on Government to set up a "Board of Inquiry" to look into the affairs of the Trust. Mr. Wee m a statement said the setting up
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  • 166 4 THE Seamen's Council of Action will today discuss the question of war risk allowances with the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation at a special meeting. A spokesman for the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation told The Standard yesterday that the Colony seamen's unions have now forwarded specific
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  • 121 4 A SINGAPORE dance hostess, Leong Loke Mooi, who failed to submit her income tax returns for last year, was fined $25 m the City Court yesterday. She pleaded guilty. Leong, working as a dance hostess m the New World Cabaret, said: "Every year I have
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  • 222 4 SHE WANTS TO BE COLONY'S SECOND MISS CAB DRIVER MISS Sin Yoke Cheng:, the second Singapore girl to apply for a taxi-driver's licence, studies the forms she was given by the Registrar of Vehicles' Office. THE success of Singapore's first woman taxi driver. Miss Wong Yoke CTieng, who obtained her
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  • 133 4 Four Health Officers Appointed THE Staff Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday approved the appointments of four Assistant Health Officers for the public travelling dispensaries at an initial monthly salary of $1,055, plus variable allowance. A committee paper presented at the Staff Committee meeting said that although the Council
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  • 48 4 NG KIAK CHEONG, yesterday sentenced to 12 months jail by the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court, for abetting m the smoking of prepared opium. The offence was alleged to have been committed m a house m Amoy Street. Ng pleaded guilty to the charge.
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  • 48 4 ELECTIONS to the 18th mile Ulu Langat Local Council were held yesterday. Three candidates contested for one seat m the Malay Ward which was won by Inche Mohd. Salleh. The two seats m the Chinese Ward went to Messrs. Lee Phin Kai and Loh Choi.
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  • 128 4 ALL future recruitn.ent of daily-rated Übm the Singapore City Council will be restricted to yans. A recommendation to this effect made by the Council's j Labour Sub-Committee has been approved by the Finance and General Purposes Committee. The Standard was told yesterday. This recommendation
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  • 178 4 Varsity First Year Results THE UNIVERSITY lay.-. Part I results of the 1 ing and Bachelor of examinations held THE followii passed the S< tion for the d of Science: Ang G Suhaim.. mnayac;, Gwee Ben E Gra Lam. Lim H Mrs L:rt. P Soon. tham: piah A Saw Chwee
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  • 41 4 KUALA LUMPUR. 1 The Natior.a lion Workers and the Planting Ir,< ers' Association 1< the third time tions for a ture. The \h continued early next N 'The ta'.ks ly," said the MPIEA Col. J. A. T. Pen:..
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  • 57 4 MR. LEE CHOON Member for C* raise the qu< fusaLs of applicatentry into the C Singapore L sembiy meeting on i He will Labour and Yew Hock, if I the Controller is not givinp such refusa He will als( ter if he I troller to fur to
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  • 2097 5 May 21 (Reuter). text of the press unique on the Singapore .uonal discussions isLondon is as follows as on the terms of Order-in-Council required effect to the decisions b« Singapore Constitutional nee of March/April, ■oncluded today. c talks began m London 12 on the basis of
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  • 476 6 Political Views In Singapore Must Change' THE people of Singapore must re-orientate their political thinking if they are really interested m a merger with the Federation, according to the president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu. Dr. Lim, who is on a three-day
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  • 202 6 THE freighter Nangkachindr, which left Singapore bound for Pontianak on Feb. 22 on barter trade round trip, which should have taken only seven days, has just arrived m the Colony after an absence of three months and three days. The reasons for the long
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  • 170 6 2 Stabbed In StreetGang Clash TWO youths received stab injuries m a clash between rival secret society gangs m Spores Upper Cross Street, Chinatown, yesterday afternoon. The youths, Cheng Song Moh, 19, of Hokkien Street and Leong Ah Poi, 26. of Keong Siak Street were involved m a clash between
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  • 49 6 THIEVES broke into a house m Changi Road, Singapore at 1 a.m., yesterday and got away with cash and jewellery worth $1,640. The occupant of the house, Mohamed Kassim bin Ariffin, a driver, saw one of the thieves and chased him but the man escaped.
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  • 179 6 FLOOD prevention schemes introduced by the Singapore Government are definitely contributing to the alleviation of the flood scourge m many areas m the Colony, a spokesman of the Ministry of Communication and Works said yesterday. This was particularly true, he added, m the Geylang Serai
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  • 41 6 LORD LUKE. President of the Advertising Association of Great Britain and of "Operation Britain" arrived m Singapore last night from the Olympics Committee Meeting m Tokyo. He will leave for Calcutta on Friday en route for London.
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  • 56 6 LAI KUM Yuen alias Lai Chin, an employee of a glass factory, was yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Mohd. Jubir. Lai was alleged to have stabbed Jubir m the back with a knife on the
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  • 36 6 HONGKONG, May 27 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $16.06 to £1 Sterling $5,790 to US$l; $1,844 to Malayan $1; $0,875 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252,625 to a tael.
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  • 108 6 FIRST LAND PLOTS TO BE ALLOCATED THE Singapore Malay Settlement Board will allocate 6l plots of land to approved applicants at the clubhouse of the Malay Settlement Union on June 1. This will be the first allocation out of a total number of 258 approved applications. The Secretary of the
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  • 189 6 THE Singapore Youth Council has decided to send 10 delegates to the Third Congress of the World Assembly of Youth, which will be held at New Delhi m August, if there are sufficient funds. The total cost of the trip to the delegation would ne
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  • 480 6 'Airman 's Death Could Be An Accident' —Court A SINGAPORE Coroner yesterday returned an open finding at the close of a two-day inquest on Flight Sergeant Alan Stirk, 32, of 52 Squadron, R.A.F., Changi, who was lound hanging m his Lloyd Leas home on the night of May 7. He
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  • 87 6 MUSA bin Yusof yesterday claimed trial m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court to a charge of using a forged document as genuine. The prosecution alleged that on June 28, last year. Yusof went to the Seamen's Registration Bureau m Fullerton Building and presented a seamen's identification
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  • 227 6 REACTIONS BRICKBATS: POLITICAL circle! y* terday m Singapou that the secretary-g, ncri of the PeoplesParty was pc« stating that political tMnees m Changi would be released after the general elections. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew speech to m Londoi that alt r Delegation had a request
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  • 169 6 Malay As Singapore's Language SINGAPORE Malay yesterday hailed the People's Action Party Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, to a Malayan consci based on the use of as a common language Mr. Lee told Malaya dents m London last that although the rr. of the residents of Sir are Chinese one shorn
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  • 60 6 A REPORT has I ceived by the Master dant'.s Office. Singap the Harbour Mas' bang, that the wreo vessel "Lambang tion 1 degree 45 min> South and 105 degrrr 00 sees East. The Lambang sank ly off Palembang. Th< vivors. including U were rescued by U freighter
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  • 24 6 POH KONG day fined $25 when he guilty to a cha: sessing 425 pounds cigarettes before Sin; Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R- Pates.
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  • 153 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber price* (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were Buyers Sellers Spot 75J 76J R.S.S. No. 1 74| 74J R.S.S No. 1 (July) 74 74J R.S.S. No. 2 721 73 R.S.S. No. 3 65} 661 Tone: Steady. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was $366
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  • 215 7 Principal Calls For Govt. Aid KLANG Tues.— The Muslim College here may be forced to close down m two months, if no aid is receivec to meet the deficit it has incurred, the principal of the college Dr. Mohamed Abdul Rauf, warned today. L)r. Rauf
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  • 154 7 CITY COUNCIL POSTPONES DEMOLITIONS THE Estate and Buildings Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday postponed action to deal with the problems of unauthorised buildings m the City area. The Committee, considered a report tabled by the City Architect and Building Surveyor, Mr. H. Hawson, who said that there were
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  • 320 7 THE founding of the notorious triad society the "An* Bin Huay" dates rigiit back to the days of the Manchu Dynasty m China, an expert told a Colony Court yesterday. i The expert, who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons, went on to say
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  • 89 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The following office-bearers were elected at the annual general meeting of the X.L branch of the St. John Ambulance Association: Chairman: Mr. Chan Hien Cheung. Dy. Chairman: Mr Ajit Singh, Hon. Secretary: Mr. Lim Boon Tee. Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. Mary See. Hon.
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  • 59 7 RAUB. Tues.— A car driver Yap Kirn, 55, today pleaded not guilty before the President of the Sessions Court. Inche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah. to a charge of being m possession of five katies of raw opium m Jerantut Town. He was allowed ban
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  • 142 7 PENA N G, Tues.— A car park attendant, Veena Arool, was put on a bond of $500 lor 1 a year, after he was found guilty m the Magistrate's Court today of causing grievous hurt to a watchman. Gajjan Singh. Gajjan Singh sustained a fracture
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  • 78 7 Pilot Scheme Apprentices: 405 Applicants KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The number of qualified applicants awaiting apprenticeship with the central apprentice-ship-pilot scheme started here last year is 405. The number of indentures registered with the Central Apprenticeship Board is 119. Trades declared as apprenticeship trades include fitting (general mechanical), turning, fitting (diesel
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  • 188 7 SINGAPORE can learn a great deal from Japan about how to boost tourism, said the Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, when he returned from Tokyo last night. Mr. Jumabhoy. who was accompanied by his wife, said he had observed
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  • 62 7 PIANO VIRTUOSO FLIES IN ONE of the world's greatest pianist, Mr Benno Moiseiwitsch. aimed m Singapore yesterday from Hongkong. Sixty-eight-year-old Mr. Moiseiwitsch, who won a Rubenstein prize at the age of nine, is visiting the Colony for the first time since 193,2. The famous pianist, who was accompanied by his
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  • 96 7 BANDSMAN'S WIFE FOR BRITAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Che Aminah Hussein, wife of Sergeant Major Hassan bin Din of the Royal Malay Regiment Central Band at Port Dickson, will leave for Britain by air on June 7. Sgt/Maj. Hassan, who was an original member of the Central Band of the Royal
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  • 82 7 PENANG, Tues.— A civics course for 30 Malay "kampong elders" was officially declared open by the Deputy State Information Officer. Penang, Che Zulkiflee Dadameah, here yesterday. These "students" came from the various districts of Penang island and Province Wellesley. They were taken to the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 246 7 hmmmm^lbhhih^H Independent Missionary Movement: Hfe ?J#l *T^HfcTr>T*X^l Free film show at St. Andrew's KMBmMmBmMAmJUR Orthopaedic Hospital. Siglap 7.30 p.m. First Asian Regional Pediatric German Arts Council: Special exCongress: Third days session at hibition of recent German the Allen Lecture Theatre. graphic art at Raffles Museum Faculty of Medicine Building 9.30
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    • 143 7 V's Men's Club Committee Meeting. 8.30 p.m. TODAY: Singapore 602 a.m. (6ft 9in 7.12 pm. (7ft. 4in.) TOMORROW: Singapore 7.37 a.m. (7ft. 2in.) 8.05 p.m (7ft. 9in.) Port Dickson 2.57 a.m. (6ft. 91n 3.31 pm. <Bft. 2in > Penang 9.52 a.m. (7ft. 7in 9.R8 D.m (6ft. 9in.) BEDIFFLSIOS (Silver Network):
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 392 9 OPEN DOOR' TRADE POLICY WELCOMED 'Plan Can Lead To Mutual Benefit' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Malaya's "Open Door" policy towards Japan m relation to trade, advocated by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, m Tokyo, was welcomed today by business circles here. They said this could result m mutual benefit to
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    • 164 9 HONGKONG Government has awarded a contract for tre supply and installation of the complete operational lighting system for the new £7,000,000 Kai Tak Airport to The General Electric Co. Ltd., England. The contract will involve the supply and installation of high and low intensity runway
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    • 137 9 SINGAPORE rubber market closed steadily yesterday, with International first grade June shipment at 74-| cents per lb., up f cent. After opening at around the previous day's levels, the market ruled quietly steady, with business on a rather small scale. There was fair interest In lower grade, but
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    • 24 9 INSTALLED capacity of the television industry m Australia is estimated at 400,000 sets a year, between the 23 companies producing television receivers.
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    • 73 9 Lee Is Re-elected Chairman MR. DAVID N. Lee (Malayan Textiles Mills Ltd.) was re elected chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association at the association's annual general meeting held at the Adelphi Hotel Coral Room yesterday. Mr. A. van Kuyk (P.A.R. Malayan Paintworks Ltd.) was re-elected vice-chairman. Other members of the
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    • 55 9 THE Rootes Group announced that production during recent weeks has been continually m excess of 3,000 units a week an all-time record. More than 50 per cent of all vehicles produced have been exported. The greatest successes have been m the North American dollar markets, where exports have
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    • 54 9 THE gross value of factory output m Australia is now about A£4,000 million, while production volume is 2\ times' as big as m 1939. Of a total work force of about 3.9 million, 1.1 million or 28 per cent. -are now employed m manufacturing, an increase
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    • 61 9 Dr. Ismail At U.S. Tyre Works FEDERATION of Malaya's ambassador m the United States, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, and Inche Ismail bin Mohd. AH. economic adviser to the Malayan Embassy m U.S., recently visited rubber manufacturing plants m Akron, Ohio. Photo shows the ambassador and his economic adviser
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    • 54 9 EXPORTERS of foodstuffs and palm oil m Singapore and Malaya will soon have an opportunity to develop an Australian market for their goods. Mr. G. B. Courtney, managing director of a Melbourne firm that bears his name, will arrive m Singapore on June 14 to make
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    • 78 9 MALAYA produced 411,600 cases of canned pineapples m this year's first quarter, 166.000 cases more than the corresponding quarter last year. Rubber output from January to March this year totalled 158,900 tons, (against 159,600 tons m the 1957 quarter). Tin metal production In the period under review
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    • 99 9 All Sections Of Shares Featureless All sections of the Malayan share market were dull and featureless yesterday. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sel'ers M. Breweries 3.10 320 x d Debenture .70 .90 United Engineers Ords. 87 .91 MININGS K. Kampar 24
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    • 165 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday:Alex. Bricks prefs. $2, ords. $2.50; Fed. Disp. $1.01; F. N ords, 52.51J, $2.50. $2.40 (odd lot); Gammon $2.02: Gammon Rights 48c, 4T?,c. 50c. (overnight): Hammer 51.59, $1.58, $1.57; M. Cement $1.34. $1.33*: M. Box $1.68. $l.fi7: OCBC $21 J: Cold
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    • 85 9 duce Exchange noon closing prices Der pieul yesterday were: copra May/ June LJK Continent $31$ buyers $32 sellers coconut oil m bulk $48 sellers; m drums S5l sellers: Muntok white peppe* $120 sellers; Sarawak white $119 sellers; Special Sarawak black $69. H.C.B. Ltd.: Bombay copra May, $33 nominal, coconut
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    • 53 9 THE Australian Government has decided not to impose special restrictions or import duties on toys imported from Japan. The Minister for Trade, Mr. J. McEwen, said this week that investigation had shown that the local industry had not suffered severe injury as a result of
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    • 194 9 OUTER ROADS Nangkachindr. Dongkun, Sunon, Clan Macbride. Oulida, Be- Nangkasarindr, Soon Bee. narty. Yoko Maru. Kian Aun, Perintis. Matahari, Hua Li, Larut, Agio s Vlassios. Waibalong. Heather, Selong. Rengam, Sedili, Somali. Batoela. San Carlos, Francoise, Tong Thay, Sadao. Tasman. Steel Admiral Leneve- Lawu. Hin Chuan. Rajah rett. Kalabahi, San Roberto,
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  • 5 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUDN-UP (Picture by
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    161 10 (BOTTOM LEFT) Raja Puan Muda Selangor. wife of the Raja Muda. is seen on her return one week after her installation, to pay homage to the Sultan of Se'angor and the Tengku Ampuan at the throne room of Istana Kota. Klanß. (Picture by Ch'ng Seng Poh (ON RIGHT)
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  • 160 10 MR. KHAW SIA is a well-known artist and has had his paintings, m oils and as well as water colours, displayed at International Saloons. Penang's Mr. Khaw Sia had the opportunity of displaying his work m Kuala Lumpur at the Chines Hall for three days recently. The
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  • 87 10 MR. KHAW SI A OF PENANG. LA SALLE School. Klang. held its Primary sports at the school grounds on Thursday, May 22 the annual feast-day of the Founder of the Christian Brothers, St. De La SaUe. Rev. Brother Leo. the director of the school (at right) is seen addressing the
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  • 293 11  -  KEN JALLEH Runner Gets It BUT AT HOCKEY ITS A THRASHING B U TOKYO, Tues. Malaya suffered their second consecutive hockey defeat when they lost to India by six goals to nothing at the main stadium today. At the end of the day, with Malaya also
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  • 108 11 A TENSE situation at the Malayan goalmoutl was captured here m thi s United Press International picture during the match between the Federation of Malaya hockey team and the Koreans at the Asian Games m Tokyo. Malaya suffered an unexpected defeat by three
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  • 279 11 TOKYO, May 27 (AFP)— Top ranked Nationalist China qualified for the second round of the Third Asian Games soccer tourney when they beat Pakistan 3-1 after leading 2-1 at half time before 2.000 spectators at the sun-drenched Korakuen Football Stadium here today. Pakistan was
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  • 447 11  - MALAYA OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR HONOURS KEN JALLEH Asian Games Soccer. By TOKYO, Tues. Malaya took a 6—l beating from Vietnam at the Metropolitan Soccer Stadium today. But what is galling about this defeat is the manner m which the Malayans fell before a team that is within their
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  • 1137 11 Tennis Men's Doubles Third Round: Vo Van Bay and Vo Thanh (Vietnam) beat md Sic Kong Loen esia) 6-4, 6-4. R- W. Ferdinands and B L. Pinto (Ceylon) beat Osamu Ishiguro and Susumu (Japan) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. isimo Ampon and Raylo Deyro (Philippines) beat
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    • 202 11 Today's Games Diary TOKYO. May 27 (UPI) The schedule for Wednesday's events of the Third Asian Games: TRACK AND FIELD: 12.30 p.m. 100-metre dash decathlon. 12.30 p.m. Pole vault final. 1.20 p.m. Women's 100-metres dash trials. 1.30 p.m. Men's 110-metre hurdles trials. 1.40 p.m. Men's discus final 2.20 p.m. Men's
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  • 227 12 DOWN WE GO TO THE FILIPINOS P.I. Cagers Make Good Use Of Height TOKYO, May 27 (UPD The Philippines basketball team continued its march toward a third consecutive Asian Games championship tonight by trouncing Maiaya 110 to 60. I The Philippine team got off to a slow start against the
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  • 449 12 Pakistan Outclass Korea At Hockey TOKYO, May 27, (AFP). Pakistan, second only to India m world hockey supremacy, whitewashed Korea to the tune of 8 goals to nil after leading 5 nil at half time. More than 40.000 spectators watched the match at modern Man radium today. Pakistani right back.
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  • 150 12 TOKYO, May 27 (AFP) The Pakistani and Japanese teams m the 2.000 metres tandem final collided m the last bend and all four riders were knocked out cold m a sensational spill at the Korakuen Velodrome here today. In the last lap the Pakistani
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  • 50 12 TELOK ANSON. Tues. Anglo Chinese School goalkeeper. Mohamed Noor. was ordered off the field for arguing with referee R. Xavier when the ACS clashed with the Methodist Afternoon School m the First Division soccer League here yesterday. MAS won the match by five goals to three.
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  • 46 12 KUALA LUMPUR. TuesdayPostals Athletic Union beat Robinson Sports Club 5-2 m a FAS league senior division match played on the Taylor Road ground here today. Goal scorers for Postals James Wong (3) Xavier and Yusoff. Sunny Tasman netted both goals for Robinsons.
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  • 47 12 KUALA LUMPUR Tues.— Results of F.A.S. Division 111 soccer matches played today: At Brickfields. Kilat Club beat ir Railwaya 4 o At Imbi Road. Telecoms beat K.L. Railways 3—2. At Circular Road Medical and Health Sports Club beat Municipality Sports Club 2 l.
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  • 23 12 ZURICH. May 27 (AFP). -The English Junior Football tea n beat the Swiss Juniors here by three goals to nil yesterday.
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  • 23 12 RAUB, Tues. Raub Home Guards beat Raub Police 4 l m a Raub District soccer league match on the padang yesterday.
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  • 84 12 TOKYO, May 27 (AFP).— Indian captain, Gurdev Singh, tonight lodged an official protest with the Volleyball Association of the Asian Games against the "absolute partiality" of the Pakistani. Sardar Nasar Ullah Khan, who refereed India's crucial volleyball match against Iran. India was beaten by Iran 16—14, 15—11, 9—16.
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  • 41 12 TOKYO, May 27 (AFP) All fighters entered m the boxing championships of the 3rd Asian Games were declared fit by doctors at the medical examination this morning. A total of 63 boxers will compete representing eleven countries.
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  • 67 12 IPOH, Tues— For the first time five set finals will be played m the 1958 Perak Tennis championships which will be held m Ipoh frpm June 4-13. Perak will be the first state to introduce the new system, which is used, m Wimbledon and Davis Cup tennis.
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    67 12 PENANG. Tues. The 1958 Festival Regatta and water sports w.'ll be held off Gurney Drive on June 21. There will be two dragon boat races on that day, the open race and the school race. Picture). LIM SUAY (7) of Singapore making good his jumpshoot as Singapore trounced
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  • 46 12 THE Singapore Asian Games basketball team enjoy ice creams at a gala welcome for the athletes and officials attending the Games. The party was held at the Shinjuku Gardens and was given by the Japanese Asian Games organizing committee. Pan Asia pic-
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  • 81 12 THE three-week old interschool table tennis tournament will be concluded when the final between Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School and Raffles Institution will be played at the Singapore Youth Sports Centre today. The match will start at 2 p.m. Technical School entered the final when they beat
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  • 531 12 INDIANS LEAD PROCESSION OF RECORD BREAKERS TOKYO, May 27, (Reuter)— lndian athletes led a procession of record breakers m track and field events m the 3rd Asian Games here today. Every event brought a new Games record. Malik Singh of India was unlucky m not having strong enough competition m
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  • 64 12 C THURAISINGAV Sports Club has be. skipper the Civilian the Services this The match. will be played on starling at 11.00 chc The following a teams: Civilians: C T A. Anthonisz. A. D< Silva. D. Smith. B Kirkham, C Schub( H. Muirhead. S Services: Ma iSgt. Barnck.
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  • 51 12 MELBOURNE, May 27 (Reuter).—Jim Kelly. B right-half, has been d for the rest of the tour because of a knee He will be flown to F for an immediate op* for a cartilage removal. The 21 -year-old international slipped alighting from a bus and twisted his
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  • 79 12 PARIS, Ma y 27 (Reuter).— Jackie Brichant struck another blow for European tennis when he eliminated Neaie Fraser, the Australian Davis Cup man. from the French Lawn Tennis championships here yesterday. The 28-year-old Belgian, who learned his first tennis strokes against a wall m his ba>:k
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  • 41 12 CHINESE Athletic "A" scorfcd a well deserved 2-^-0 victory over Singapore Recreation Club m the SAFA Div. 2A league match on the SRC padang yesterday. In another SAFA Div. 2B league match Singapore Cricket Club beat Sukaramai 5 2.
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  • 57 12 NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuter) Sugar Ray Robinson, the world middleweight boxing champion, said here last night that he would not fight again this year because of income tax difficulties. "I can't afford to fight again this year." Robinson said, "the way the tax situation
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  • 23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— The Sentul Works Recreation Club will hold their Annual Athletic meet on Saturday at the Sentul Pasar ground.
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  • 281 12 IPOH. Tues.— With the idea of getting athk specialise and also to prevent an athlete from participating m too many items, the Perak Amateur Athletic Association \rtll limit entries to three events per competitor at the annual Perak sports to be held
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  • 52 12 CLARKE CUP NETBALL THE netball section of the Girls' Sports Club will hold a meeting at their club house at 799F Serangoon Road on June 2 at 5.30 p.m. Representatives of other clubs wishing to participate m the forthcoming Singapore Netball League for the Clarke Cup are requested to attend
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  • 167 12 IN the Far East A; r Inter-unit tennis championship last week. Hongkong proved themselves the strongest team although they were beaten m the individual events. The bad weather i several postponerm I finals which evem.... to be played off on t. v weather courts under
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  • 284 12 RAFFLES Institution, with a total of 181 points, won the inter-school triangular athletic meet on the Raffles ground yesterday. Second was Gan Eng Seng with 130 points and Siglap third With 128 points. Results "A" Division 100 yards: 1. Tseng Shee Weng. 10.7 sec; 2. Low
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  • 341 13 What's wrong with the syllabus PAGE FOR SCHOOLS TASSE PADIO Malaya's primary schools Slot quiz broadcast last Sunday showed up one thing which is fundamentally wrong with the syllabus that is being so closely followed m our schools. Both teams failed m the opening tjues- hich were quite based on
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  • 892 13 THE Literary Society of A the Geylang Methodist I 5 Girls* School, which elected recently a new body of office-bearers, has settlI j ed down to real work. A I J list of interesting proI S grammes for this term I has been drawn up by the I
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  • 191 13 COiSTItSUIISG today JoPs pictorial sight-seeing tour of America: 1 THE CLERMONT Rivers were important to the early settlers, but having to depend on the wind to power their ships hampered them. Then m 1807, an American inventor, Robert Fulton, made one of the most important contributions to
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  • 225 13 Churchill College For Cambridge University NEW college is to be built at Cam. bridge University and named after Sir Winston Churchill m recognition of his longstanding interest m the provision of facilities for the study of science and technology, it is announced m London. An appeal has been launched for
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  • 52 13 L^ROM Macao, the Por- tuguese colony which is only three hours ferry ride from Hongkong, comes a request by Eddie Souza, 20. Portuguese, who wishes to write to Malayans who share his hobbies dancing, cycling. picture collecting, reading swimming and music. His address Is 14 Rua Nova do
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    • 293 13 rpODAVS QUOTATION: NM "In life, an m chew. Bj forethought wins." Charles Ruvton I WEDNESDAY FOR I s] EBA^2 mJ EVERYONE: Those who I are tolerant. resourceful. |^^B tactful will make the most I of this day. which lends I M E &J itself best to routine and I S^^^M^^^^^l
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  • 2 14 WORLD NEWS
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  • 191 14 PEKING. May 27 (Reuter) Liv Shao Chi, vice-chair-man of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, has called, m a speech published here, for a "technological and cultural revolution" as China this year launches its second five-year economic plan. Liv told the second
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  • 315 14 European Red Bloc Nations Decide To Reduce Manpower MOSCOW, May 27, (Reuter) European Communist bloc countries have decided to cut their armed forces by 419,000 men this year and offer a 25- year non-aggression pact to N.A.T.O. Russia had previously announced her section of this
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  • 210 14 Lebanon Meddling: 'Clear Evidence' BEDFORD, England. May 27, (Reuter) Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, declared last night that there was "clear evidence" of interference from outside m the Lebanon. Speaking a* a Conservative Party rally attended by 30.000 people. Mr. Lloyd made his comment on the Lebanon after
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  • 70 14 MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey, May 27 (Reuter).— United States Army authorities last night promised the townspeople here that m future Nike Ajax missiles at the base where eight exploded last Thursday, killing ten people, would only be brought above ground from their storage one at a time while
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  • 52 14 SUVA, May 27 (Reuter) Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna. veteran Fijian leader who retired last month from the Dost of Speaker of the Legislative Council, is seriously ill aboard the liner Arcadia m the Indian Ocean. He and his wife. Lady Liku, are on their way
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  • 127 14 GROTON, Connecticut, May 27 (Reuter). The United States Navy announced yesierday that the atomic submarines Skate and Seawolf have set endurance records of 30 days underwater. The Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Arleigh Burke, described this as a "major breakthrough of the first magnitude with
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  • 25 14 THE VIETNAM Press Agency said yesterday that a private American firm would undertake a three-year engineering survey programme on the lower Mekons River
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  • 215 14 British Legion Rejects Prayer Move SOUTHEND, Essex, May 27, (Reuter) The British Legion, Britain's major Ex-Servicemen's Organization, m conference here yesterday, rejected a move to say prayers for both Allied and enemy dead on Armistice Day. The resolution was that "Prayers for all the war
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  • 107 14 Self-Supporting Pants Among The Proposals LONDON, May 27 (Reuter). —Mr. R. A. Butler, the Home Secretary, has been asked to smarten up Britain's 70,000 Policemen. He will consider proposals for smarter tunics put forward by a Police Council committee. Men and women on the beat will continue to wear their
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  • 26 14 CHINESE Communists on Tateng Island, near Amoy. last night blasted the Nationalist defended Quemoy Island with 194 shelLs, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 46 14 AN aerial view of the wreckage of a Capitol Airlines passenger plane which crashed with a National Guard T-33 jet trainer near Brunswick, Maryland, U.S.A. Eleven people aboard the airliner were killed but the pilot of the jet survived. U.P. Telephoto.
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  • 97 14 Aussies Still Want French Aircraft SYDNEY. May 27 (Reuter) Trans-Australia Airlines still hopes to buy French Caravelle jet aircraft, chairman of the Australian National Airlines Commission. Mr. W.D. McDonald, said today. Mr. McDonald said the Commission, which operates TAA for the Australian Government, would reintroduce its application to import Caravelles
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  • 160 14 ISTANBUL, May 27 (UPI) Nine Turkish army officers went on trial here yesterday accused of attempting a power takeover after last year's general elections. The officers, charged with attempting the arrest of Turkey's President and Premier after the "popular republican" party lost last October's
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  • 196 14 Emergency Cash Sought To Combat Cholera BANGKOK, May 27, (UPl)— The governors of Bangkok and the adjoining province of Dhonburi last night announced through the radio that Bangkok and Dhonburi were cholerainfected areas. Dr. Sawar Daenghawang. Director-General of the Health Department, told newsmen that within the past three days, nearly
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  • 107 14 MANILA, May 27 (UPI) President Carlos P. Garcia disclosed yesterday that negotiations were m progress for the surrender of Dr. Jesus Lava, leader of the Communist Huks m the Philippines. The President, who is vacationing m his hometown m Bohol province, said that he was
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  • 168 14 DARWIN, May 27, (Reuter). British commentator and journalist, Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge, said today he was not sure that Australia was getting the 'right type" of British migrant. He said he had spoken to hundreds of British migrants during his three-month Australian stay and only one
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  • 79 14 Cardinal Dies Month After Amputation Of Left Arm ROME. May 27 (Reuter) The death of Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago at the age of 70. was announced here today. Cardinal Stritch had his left arm amputated last month because of circulation trouble. He appeared to be recovering from the operation,
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  • 179 14 CAPETOWN, May 27. (Renter) The Church «1 England m the Cape last night accused the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, of having acted with "extraordinary irresponsibility" m inviting Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus to attend the forthcoming Lambeth Conference of Church Leaders m Cyprus It
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  • 147 14 IKE WILL NOT ASK FOR CUT IN TAX WASHINGTON, M, (Reuler) The House announced day that President hower had decided noi ask Congress for a U> to counter the reces this time. The announcemo President would that corpora taxes be m.. presesent tax law excise taxes matica!!y or, A tax
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  • 115 14 NEW YORK. May 27 (Renter) Field Marshai Viscount Montgomery said Last night there was to unity among the nat.or. c* the West m the ot that word. He said: "The bll is that ther( desire to sustain >m than there is to co-operst* I against
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