Singapore Standard, 13 August 1958

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  • 32 1 M8E .ar' ct a ii n a d n n. it m tiger (FINAL EDITION] Teleohona *****—5 Coble "TIGERNEWS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958 Vol. IX No 42 15 cts 14 Poges
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  • 486 1 70 THUGS TAKEN TO CHANGI PRISON Escape Routes Sealed Off: Many Held At Causeway SINGAPORE Police yesterday invoked the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance to continue the detention of 79 secret society suspects rounded up on Monday night and yesterday. This is the first time the Ordinance
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  • 203 1 U.S. MARINE BATTALION TO QUIT THE LEBANON But 13,000 Men Still Remain BEIRUT, Aug. 12 (Reuter) The United States Military Command today announced that one marine battalion would begin withdrawing from the Lebanon tomorrow. It said the decision was taken after discussions between the Military Command and President Camille Chamoun
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  • 97 1 Youth Charged With Murder Of Sergeant NICOSIA, Aug. 12 (Reuter) A 17-year-old Greek Cypriot youth was charged before a court here today with the murder of Sergeant Reginald Hammond, shot while walking with his child m a Nicosia suburb on Aug 2. The youth charged is Andreas Yakoumi, a mechanic.
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  • 109 1 R.I. TIGHTENS GRIP ON DUTCH FIRMS THE HAGUE, Aug^T 12 (Reuter) Dutch enterprises m Indonesia taken over by Indonesian authorities last December are to be transferred from military to civil control, according to reports received by the Netherlands news agency from Jakarta today. They would be controlled by boards responsible
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  • 347 1 Ike To Present US Proposal At UN Debate WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, (Reuter) President Eisenhower will address the United Nations special General Assembly on the Middle East tomorrow, the White House announced today. Mr. James Hagerty, the White House spokesman, said that the President would leave Washington at 10 p.m. G.M.T.
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  • 41 1 LONDON, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Lloyd's shipping agency here said that the 7,787-ton Japanese ship New York Maru, reported today that she had been shelled m the Formosa Strait between Formosa Island and the Chinese mainland. She was damaged.
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  • 61 1 photo. FIREFLOATS alongside the blazing coastal tanker, Graham after she had collided with the tanker Gulfoil m dense fog off Fort Adams Newport, Rhode Island, last week. One of the tanker s was loaded with a million gallons of petrol and both vessels exploded on contact. Six men
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  • 196 1 NICOSIA, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, said here last night: "I return home encouraged and not discouraged after my talks m Athens and Ankara." Addressing a Press conference late last night before he left for London, Mr. Macmillan said that
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  • 47 1 AN employee of the National Carbon Limited, Bukit Timah, Singapore, Alfred Raymond Turner, 42, was found hanging m the lavatory of the company's premises last night Turner, who was staff assistant to the General -Manager, was reported missing from office earlier m the day.
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  • 212 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Diplomatic activity intensified here today m preparation for the opening of the General Assembly debate tomorrow on the Middle East situation The Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, began a new series of conference, seeing chief delegates of Denmark, Israel. Italy
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  • 26 1 FREDERIC Joliot-Curie, 58, French nobel-prize winning nuclear phsyicist, has been successfully operated on for a stomach haemorrhage, it was learned m Paris yesterday.— UPI
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  • 115 1 A-MISSILE LIGHTS UP SKIES OVER HONOLULU HONOLULU, Aug. 12, (UPI). —The Atomic Energy Commission early today tired a guided missile with a nuclear warhead over Johnston Island. It lighted the skies over Honolulu. 700 miles away, like a giant flare that lasted only a fraction of a second. About a
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  • 95 1 PARIS, Aug. 12 (UPI)— A last minute hitch today prevented France and Egypt from signing an agreement that would settle all their claims rising out of the Anglo- French invasion of the Suez Canal zone m November, 1956. Highly reliable French sources said the
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  • 50 1 LONDON, Auj. 12 (Reuter) —A De Havilland Comet four jet airliner tonight broke the New York-London civil record by one hour and 17 minutes. The comet covered the 3,496 miles m six hour* 27 minutes at an average spved of about 540 miles an hour. night
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  • 229 1 TAIPEI Formosa, Aug. 12 (UPI) EIGHTEEN waves of Communist Chinese jet fighters flew around and over the Nationalist Chinese island group of Quemoy today but did not fire a shot or drop a single bomb the official Central News Agency reported. Premier Chen Cheng said he
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  • 21 1 SIX people were Injured when two coaches of a Lon-don-bound train carrying 200 passengers were derailed yes- teiflay. Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 504 2 DETECTIVE NOT GUILTY OF RAPE IN A HUT DETECTIVE Joseph Chay Yun Kow, of the Narcotics sub-branch of the CID, was yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Assize Court on a charge of raping a woman, Yong Soon Yeow, at 3 a.m. on Jan. 27 m a hut m Alexandra Road.
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  • 347 2 Girl Tells Court Of Lovers Murder Attempt KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A 16-year-old girl told Mr. Justice Shepherd m the Supreme Court today that, when she refused to elope with a youth, he dragged her into a cowshed and with the help of another youth,
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  • 112 2 MALACCA, Tues— For the first time m an interring ceremony a n>et of fishing boats will escort the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary, from a nearby island to be enthroned m a new church near the seashore at Praya Lane on Sunday
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  • 225 2 A clerk, Chua Sai Kow. to.d the Chief Justice. Sir John Whyatt. m the Singapore High Court yesterday that he saw a friends wife go into a hotel room with ano- 1 ther man. Chua said this m a suit m which his friend.
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  • 93 2 MALACCA came *ft here O nonday v r %^d a of the r for Ivy Central Pc _*< Sessions p, today. l* i of f^undra" ■':*<* suffered ur, Vf was rharJv^ Shabbily I 0 t eve, > or -.to the j! L** Vo;r l^V r gainst '■< Police B
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  • 59 2 PORTLAND. J 12 <upi. :>/J Nautilus glided landfall toda? triumph ifte voyage tha' underset secret, ifl Pole arc! move, a pon for Weston ii Britain Ninll mand a rr wi a and ttie shrt ship In \7.7 iam ?rep*pd the .M crewm* n v: ;l nurlpar cult lfl voyasp
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  • Article, Illustration
    273 2 THE recently-formed Sinpore Ballet Group will make its debut tomorrow night at the Cultural Centre Theatre with a week's season the most ambitious ever to be held m Singapore by a local corps de ballet. Directed entirely by well- known Singapore dancer. Vernon Martinus. the season has an interesting
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  • 149 2 N. NADARAJA, 28, was >esterday acquitted m the Singapore Second District Court on a charge of kid. napping a 15-year-oU girl, Andaloo, from her home m Sime Road, on June 11. Mother of Andaloo. Rasama. told the court that on that day. when her daughter complained of a stomach-ache
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    • 547 2 TENDER NOTICES TENDERS are invited for the construction of precast concrete block drain on roadsides m Section 11, Part 11. and m Section 14. Part 11, Petaling Jaya. Specifications and form of Tender may be obtained from the Town Engineer. Petaling Jaya on any day during normal working hours. Tenders
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    • 489 2 NOTICES MALAYA/CHINA/JAPAN CONFERENCE. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS EFFECTIVE 13th August 1958, the freight rates for Rubber and Latex from Singapore and Malayan Base Ports to Japan are reduced to read as follows Rubber, m cases/bales $45 per 50 cubic feet Latex, m drums/tins $40 per 50 cubic feet Latex, ln bulk
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    • 446 3 August 13. 1953 •^JJJJJniST Chinas President Mao Tse-tung iiiv carding out the orders he received p Kremlin Nikita Khrushchev but at a re turn for agreeing to wave his fist Nationalists across the Straits of Formosa, Viking leader managed to extract an assurfi the Soviet's communist boss that he
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    • 341 3 jE new tariffs drawn up by the Finance and Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Fjsi the hire of the Victoria Theatre and hall, are not likely to encourage the re»cultural activities m the Colony thot many 'alined tc expect from this newly reconditioncentre. Rather would the increased
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    • 41 3 ft L m feck Kim Road S'por* I. 8i* No )563 Cables: TlCEHNEWS" I u 254S1 (5 lines) All department* l irsuranc* Bide.. 174 Batu Rd ,:^'re ***** '<* Cowan St fer 3829 A Bukit China Ttl: 1-471
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  • 1069 3  -  RAJA AYOUB -AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES By JN my article on "The Opposition," (Standard, March 29. 1958) I s aid, "The irrebuttable proof of a really democratic government i s the existence of a sound and sensible opposition working side by side with it, and a good government of
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 123 3 Sir —I am a wage-earner and was living m one of the areas which happened to fall under the so-called "Slum Clearance Scheme". Prior to my removal to the S.I.T. flat I rented a shophouse at a monthly rental of $17.00. As the house was due to be demolished to
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    • 323 3 Emergency Operation Operation Sir—l rang the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital shortly after 7 a.m on August 2 for an ambulance to take my wife for an emergency operation. I was told that there was no ambulance available, and was asked to take her m a taxi. When I explained that
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    • 98 3 Sir—I refer to a report m The Standard on August 5 headed "College to Pick Headboy by Votes". In order to allay any false impression that may be created by an unauthorised report, I am asked to state that none of the matters referred to m
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  • 882 3  -  Edward Crankshaw By LONDON gVER since the Communist revolution m China the West has largely ignored the latent contradictions between Moscow and Peking. Now, suddenly, as a result of Mr. Khrushchev's flying visit to Mao Tsetung, their existence has been heavily borne m on us. The difficulty
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  • 400 3 the NEWS as it strikes me "TODAY'S meeting of the United Nations General Assembly will be the test of its usefulness as a medium to save the world from war. In the past it has found sedatives, not remedies to remove the diseases which contribute to the evil. Many problems
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 92 3 INTRODUCING: THE SUMMIT CRAWL A new dance, "The Crawl," Is hieing Introduced m the film "The Sea Wall." Here Foster and Selwyna demonstrate another version. first they lift their right —ond face each other, their —then they turn, take a —swirl round and round, and left feet. The step is
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  • 351 4 Branches Pledge Support On The New Party Issue MOST of the Singapore Labour Front branches will r ally round Front President Lim Yew Hock m the event of any showdown at the party's central executive meeting today, The Standard learned yesterday. ''Our branch is 100%
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  • 61 4 t NO. 45 Squadron of the Royal Air Force held a parade at R.A.F. Tengah on Monday to celebrate the completion of ten years of operations m the Malayan Emergency. The parade was taken by the Air Officer Commanding No. 224 Group, Air Vice Marshal V.E.
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  • 404 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. At thc High Court trial toda> of Jagar Singh, an estate contractor, charged with two murders, the jury returned a 6—l verdict that he acted ''while temporarily insane through alcoholic intoxication." Concurring with the finding of the jury, whirh sat
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  • 176 4 A youth yesterday pleaded g :y m a Singapore Magistrate's Court to a charge of cheating a housewife, Madeline Pans of a gold chain and a gold crucifix valued at $91 at thc General Ho-pitai on the morning of July 14 The Magistrate, Mr.
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  • 66 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— At its annual meeting recently the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Labour Party elected the following office-bearers: Chairman— Dr. David Tan. Vice Chairman— Miss P. G. Lim. Secretary— Mr. S. S. Nayagam. Treasurer Mr. SCommittee Members Messrs. Yap Chong Kuan. M. Arokiasamy A.
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  • 134 4 TKE Singapore City Council Is to establish and operate a youth club m the City area as an experiment. The Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee which took a decision to this effect has asked the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a
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  • 287 4 It's No Shame To Be Blind -Mr. Card MR. GEORGE CARD, a former American lawyer who lost the sight of both eyes 33 years ago, left Singapore yesterday for Colombo to attend a meeting of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind. An editor, of a monthly magazine
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  • 273 4 A LABOURER, Liaw Ah Gu, 34, and a tapper Tan Ah Liew, 30, were yesterday committed by a Singapore Magistrate's Court to stand trial m the High Court on a charge of armed robbery. The prosecution alleged that Liaw and Tan robbed a
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  • 137 4 Missing Boy Found But Disappears JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. M. A. Raj 00, 14-year-old Singapore schoolboy who was reported missing by his mother, Pathma Dcvi, last Friday, was found today here only to disappear when his mother came for him. On Sunday Rajoo had turned up from Singapore and got a
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  • 79 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Minister for Education, Inche Khir Johari, told the Women's International Club here today that Malayan women had achieved a "unique leat by getting their voting rights without much trouble." The Minister quoted statis- tics which showed that the disparity of numbers between the
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  • 307 4 'I SAW HIM STAB MAN IN THE CHEST' A CITY Council wireman, Tan Boon Sia, yesterday told the Singapore Assize Court that he saw a man stab another man m the chest. He added that when he went to the victim's aid, he himself was slashed. Boon Sia w^as testifying
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  • Article, Illustration
    49 4 MR and Mrs. Bay Bock Chiaag ife m Singapore on Sunday The brid* lr Miss Ong Beng Hong, only daughter tf v' Keng Nio and the late Mr On* t Mad H Guinea. The bridegroom is the eld«t n 1 Khoo Kang Neo and the late M
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  • 237 4 THE increase m the Singapore Victon. Hall's hire charges "will definitely handicap promotion of culture and the arts m the Coi I This is the opinion of leading dramatic and musical societies lo Singapore. The Secretary of the Singapore Musical Society san: "Though it is appreciated that newly renovated
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  • 39 4 THE KfqpSM 1 is to p c i la ts from 1 m Tr.' Bt I T:/ r,, |m Duchest IUK Michael's B Termi far tte ll the lin fer Al j wn! be tions <•'-.."< City Asse r
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  • 459 5 Big Ipoh Police Drive Flushes Out The Thugs IPOH Tues. Ipoh Police have averted five big gang clashes and screened 400 people during Operation Chaser a vigilant round-the-clock campaign against secret society thugs, launched here a fortnight ago. Revealing Operation Chaser for the first time since it was mounted,
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  • 299 5 L Magistrate Inche Abu Johan bin at toda^ s continued preliminary loin IP° h tin miner s son Wong Tat tentative^ charged with the murder of fc rejected I Police report alleged to have wm- n had accused her of having persuaded her husband not to aye him any
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  • 25 5 t stalls I served fc S S rd tc r ar.ri I area be- j IB lg had ot of new r ting v
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  • 47 5 i at ia ol i Booth- Australian y-.; r Syd- '7.* f 1 T.'T>rc I 'J^ Lm. »Varramun•T~- A covered milrs of Ited S ith--5,] Part m a i Warf replaced m L ---v- by the l tot frigate dv- :n tl9 Sh« tanr" 9 ith
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 5 Rl*1!? arM t) ,h" airI tth4h" i!I kjfkd Ch'ng Seng Poh
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  • 71 5 Youth Collapses After Asking For Water KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A 19-year-old youth admitted T o the General Hospital here lasl night for suspected poisoning. He had earlier collapsed m a Bungsar Road coffe shop ust before a shoo assistant brought a glass of water he had asked for. A .small
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 5 Standardpic by MEMBERS and officials of the Women's Institute m Klang, who took part m a concert m the Klang Park, m aid of the Institute fund last Saturday. Ch'ng Seng Poh
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  • 148 5 New Health Scheme For Kampongs MUAR, Tues. Nutrition. Cleanliness and Home Sanitation are the main aims of the latest health programme for rural areas m the Federation. Dr. S. Narayanan, Medical Officer of Health, Johore North, assisted by Mr. N. X Pillai. Chief Police Health Inspector, have started this health
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  • 60 5 A FISHERMAN. Chua Siak Ngee, 22, was tentatively charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with the murder of a fireman, Sarip bin Jaffar, 26. at the Bth milestone Ponggol Road at 9.30 p.m. on Aug. 2. No plea was taken. Chua was ordered to be remanded
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  • 200 5 THE Sir/apore Traction Company Employees' Union yesterday appealed to its 3,000 members to cancel aP previous engagements and attend an emergency general meeting of the organization on Friday night The appeal was made m a circular to members. The meeting will be held at
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  • 135 5 FORMER JAP OFFICER IS GRANTED CITIZENSHIP KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Ministry of Interior and Justice announced today that Government has granted Permanent residence and citizenship to the former Japanese Air Force officer. Sgt. Yanusigeru, now known as Ali Ahmad since June. Ali Ahmad had applied lor citizenship six months ago,
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  • 99 5 Teenager Pleads Guilty To Robbery IPOH, Tues. Three teenaged youths were yesterday produced before the President of the Sessions Court. Mr. J. R. Whimster. on a joint charge of having robbed a maid-servant, Lee Goh Chin of a gold chain, valued at $90 at Goif Club Road on the night
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  • 71 5 PENANG, Tues.— The Penang Discussion Group will meet at the Khek Association m Burma Road at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow. During the meeting members are allowed to speak on any subject for a five-minute period. The second meeting of the group will be held on Aug. 27 when
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  • 153 5 Farmers To Protest Against Thai Smugglers PENANG, Tues. Poultry farmers and livestock rearers here will present a petition to the Minister for Agriculture", Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, at the Chong Shan School m Bayan Lepah on Aug 25 protesting against the importation of livestock and poultry from Thailand. A
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  • 238 5 IPOH Tues. The Perak M.C.A. is anxious that the suggestions contained m their "secret" memorandum should be implemented as soon as possible m view of growing unemployment, especially m the mining industry of this tin-rich Kinta VaUey. The memorandum was submitted to the Perak Alliance
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  • 36 5 HONGKONG, Aug. 12 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.06 to £1 Sterling $5.81 to US$l; $1.85 to Malayan $1; $0.07 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253.50 to a tael.
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  • 143 5 CITY COUNCIL RE-ENGAGES ENGINEER THE Singapore City Council has agreed to re-engage Mr. C. E. Williams, Boiler House Shift Engineer at the St. James Power Station, for a year on a month-to-month basis at a monthly salary of $740 plus variable allowance. Mr. Williams who was given a 12-month extension
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  • 462 6 Mr. Tan Ah Tah To Act In Place Of Sir John Whyatt WHEN Singapore becomes self-governing and the new Constitution is m operation it is right and proper for a Malayan to be head of the judiciary, just as she must have a Malayan as head
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  • 261 6 9,000 Pints Of Blood Donated, More Wanted PEN \NG, Tues. Nearly 9,000 pints of blood have been taken from donors by the Blood Bank here md transfused to patients m need of it since the organization starred m March 1950, Supervisor of the Bank, Mr. lim Ewe Gin, told The
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  • 44 6 A HAIR-DRESSING saloon proprietress, Lee Ai Chan of Teck Chye Terrace who pleaded guilty to having her shop open for business on a 'declared holiday" and failing to display the "holiday" sign was fined $25 m the Singapore City Magistrate Court yesterday.
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  • 46 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A total of 5126.788.50 was paid for information leading to the capture and killing of Communist terrorists for the month of Juiy. The following is the breakdown by States: Johore $3(\T8R.50; Perak $23,000; Negri Sembiian $12,000 and Selangor 511.000.
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  • 82 6 MISS Constance KeiYuen Chan, a famous Hongkong pianist arrived m Singapore by air last night. She will give a piano receital at Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow night. Tickets prices are: S2, S4. $6, and 510. They are available at Robinson's from 5 p.m. tomorrow. The picture shows
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  • 43 6 A DIRECTOR of Tai Ann Manufacturing Company Limited. Goh Wee Shin was fined $40 when he pleaded guilty to a chvge m the Singapore Magistrate Court yesterday of failing to suhtr.it his income tax returns for 1958 within the stipulated period.
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  • 272 6 PENANG, Tues. A lawyer, Mr, Lim Ewe Hock, submitted m the Sessions Court tcday that his client, Chan Gm»t Kooi, a woman lecturer, should not be caled for her defence on a summons charge of negligent driving and colliding with an auto-cycle ridden by
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  • 118 6 PRIZES FOR THE BEST FLOATS IN PROCESSION KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor Committee for Illuminated Floats have distributed more than one hundred app^cation forms for entry to join the illuminated float procession to celebrate the Merdeka Anniversary here on Aug. 31. The Standard was 'told today that the Committee had
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  • 127 6 DAGGER MEN ROB FISH VENDOR A FISHMONGER, Goh Beng Huat, 41, was held up by three men. armed with daggers, m the early hours of yesterday and robbed of $45 m Canal Road. Singapore. Goh was on his way to the Telok Ayer Street market when the three men accosted
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  • 53 6 IPOH, Tues. Mr. P. H. Sctchel. formerly Administrative Officer, Batu Pahat. has resumed duty as Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary, Ferak State War Executive Committee, during the week end. He is replacing Mr. A. G. A. Alabaster who has proceeded to Britain on leave prior to
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  • 146 6 SINGAPORE'S "Wonder Boy" trumpeter. Tony Castillo, is back m the Colony from his successful tour of Ceylon. Although Tony was receiving $650 a month during his tour, he i s now. m the words of his mother, Mrs. Edith Castillo, "flat broke. 0 Tony, who has
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  • 182 6 - NINETEEN Colombo Plan Students (Trade Union Officials) recently spent five days on a brief tour of Britain as guests of the Foreign Office. Commonwealth Relations Office, and Colonial Office. They are: Mr. Ba Kyaw and Mr. Soe Kyi, of Burma. Mr. M. S B Fernando;
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  • 95 6 FIVE THUGS THREATENED ME-JAGA THE caretaker of Katong Park. Singapore, reported to the Police yesterday that he had been threatened by five men who warned him to ""be careful." Last month, he had been beaten up by thugs and was treated m the General Hospital for superficial injuries. He told
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  • 65 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. In the past five weeks, no fewer than four cars have been stolen, along with personal effects m them. One of the cars was abandoned after its battery had been removed. On Sunday night the owner of a car discovered that his spare tyre,
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  • 152 6 PENANG, Tues. A youth, who went to the beach about lOC yards from Mitchell Pier m Butterworth to give his dog a bath at noon today, is missing. His dog ran home whimpering before the boy's mother, who believed that something tragic
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  • 427 6 PENANG, Tues. Ten men and a summoned m the Sessions Court toda L < charges under the Exchange Control (foliJj m?, selling and Hoarding of gold valued amounts from $3,949 to 5113.564. All claimed trial to their respective charges and the dates for the hearing of ther cases were
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  • 74 6 Villagers To Form Party Negara Branch PENANG. Tues Inhabi ants m Batu Muang. vl lage about ten miles rjom George Town, have decided form a party Negara Bf»» m the village. The decision was tatea 101 lowing a meeting between leaders of Party Nagara m Penang and the villagers week-end.
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  • 35 6 THE si; soon drw scale for g The B n takinj <-.• with t.c I-,- 1 House, to iii mitted ""i At the medfJ m draughts.T.e M with J men m i «j at I
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  • 176 7 Merdeka Day: Ipoh's Big Plans IPOH. Tues. An elaborate programme has been drawn up for the celebration of the First Anniversary of "Merdeka Day" at the end of this month. Events include a "Merdeka" Ball at the Ipoh Club on August 30 followed by a oarade on the Ipoh padang
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  • 74 7 ALOR STAR. Tues— A Police field force patrol killed one of three terrorists m ihe Kedah Perlis -Thai border area yesterday. The^ other two terrorists escaped. A revolver and two rounds of ammunition were recovered. In Central Kedah yesterday. a Police special sauad patrol exchanged
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  • 39 7 QUEK NENG KER, 18. was yesterday allowed $1,000 bail by a Singapore Court after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of being a member of a secret society group 24 at Johore Road on Monday evening.
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  • 86 7 Information Officers Of UMNO To Meet PENANG. Tues. Information Officers of all UMNO branches throughout Penang and Province Wellesley will meet at the North Province Wellesley UMNO headquarters m Pantei Road, Butterworth, on Saturday. The meeting is being organized by the Penang State UMNO m an effort to find ways
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  • 16 7 THE Tanjong Malim District Welfare Association raised $1982 during Welfare Week for its funds.
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  • 235 7 Register Voters Call By Tunku KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The UMNO central executive committee headed by Prime Minister and UMNO President. Tunku Abdul Rahman has ordered aJi State UMNO divisions to launch an extensive campaign to resister voters for the first General Election next year. In a
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  • 62 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The General Officer Commanding Federation Army and Chief of Staff Armed Forces. Major General F. H. Brooke, will be returning from Britain tomorrow. He left on July 6, to attend the Chief of the Imperial General Staff exercises and to visit Malayan Officers
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  • 145 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING robber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were:Buyers Sellers Spot 81| 81J R.S.S. No. 1 811 8H R.S.S. No 1 (Sept.) 81$ 82 R.S.S. No. 2 801 80| R.S.S. No. 3 768 76i Tone: Steady. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was $3701 (down
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  • 196 7 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. Seventeen guns boomed and the State Anthem was played this morning to proclaim the installation of Tengku Yahaya Putra, Tengku Mahkota, Kelantan. as Regent. The Sultan of Kelantan will go on four months' leave with effect from today, and has approved
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  • 30 7 A SUICIDE verdict was recorded at the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday on Lee Kian Heng 57, whose body was found hanging at North Canal Road on June 7.
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  • 192 7 WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY JUDGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sessions Court President Inche M. M. Hashim tocUy described a case against two boys on an alleged gang robbery charge as a "waste of money and time." He acquitted them without calling their defence. "This is the worst investigated case I
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  • 137 7 He Slates PWD For Delay In Building Bridge BANTING, Tues.— Mr. Daniel Jayaratnam, President of the Kuala Langat District Alliance Committee, criticized the Selangor P.W.D. for the five-year delay m putting up a new bridge at Telok Datoh. "The present Japanesebuilt temporary bridge connecting Telok Datoh and Banting is only
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  • 48 7 TAIPING, Tues. The Fed eratlon of Malaya Commissioner of Prisons, Inche Murad bin Ahmad, who was admitted to the Penang General Hospital last week has resumed, duties. Inche Murad was taken ill m Penang last week after making an inspection tour of Kelantan.
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  • 206 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Shaw Brothers' latest Malay film production, "Sergeant Hassan" will be screened at a charity premiere at the Capitol Theatre, on Aug. 20, at 9.15 p.m. The entire proceeds cf this premiere will be donated to the Royal Malay Regiment's Welfare Fund.
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  • 211 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The manufacturers and distnoutors of "Pepsi-Cola"' the carbonated soft drink, plan to set up two more plants m the" Federation, one m Penang and another m Ipoh, to meet the demand for this drink m the country This was disclosed by
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  • 204 9 Company Reports £2.3 M. Profit CABLE and Wireless Ltd.'s profit for the year ended March 31, 1958 at JL2,305,000, shows an increase of £76.000 ove r 1957, with the dividend unchanged at four per cent. This is reveaTed m the annual report and accounts for the year, adopted at the
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  • 83 9 KUCHING. Tues. —Sarawak expor:ed just over $9,813,000 worth of timber ($1,805,000 round and $8,008,000 sawn) during the first half of this year. Britain was the best customer, taking about $4,300,000 worth of sawn timber. Australia was next, with nearly $2 120.000 worth $250,000--round and $I.B7o.ooo— sawn). Other important
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  • 111 9 All Shares Are Quietly Steady All sections of the Malayan share market were quietly steady. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks Pref. 1.80 1.90 Ords. 2.20 2.30 Fraser Neave Ords. 2.63 2.68 G.E. Life 17.50 18.50 Hume Industries Ords.
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  • 101 9 'Economic' Co-operation Essential' GENEVA PARK. Canada. Aug. 12, (UPI).— Mr. Thomas C. Mann. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. warned tonight that economic co-operation among the countries of the free world is "particularly essential now, when we are faced with the fact of a massive economic offensive directed against
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  • 130 9 BETTER overseas advices resulted m a price boost for the Singapore rubber price yesterday, with International first grade August closing at 81J cents per lb., up 1 cent. Opening higher than the close previously, the local market ruled quietly steady throughout the morning. Lower sheet interest was
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  • 184 9 'Synthetic Lacks Price Rivalry' WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 i UPl)— The Attorney General Mr. William P. Rogers said today the synthetic rubber industry's "almost complete lack of price competition" is still of primary concern. Mr Rogers noted, however, that there was "more vigorous" rivalry for customers m the synthetic rubber field
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  • 151 9 OUTER ROADS Oulida. San Ernesto. 'Jong Poh Nieuw Holland, Heather. Lian Hin. Chungking. Southern Trader. Amelia, Bali. Statius Jensen, Prince Salvor. Algol. Santa Lucia. Bali, Armonia, Barumun, Sambas. Batoela. Kaloekoe, Bakongan Batavia. Support. Cmonia, Forresbank. China Fir. Felipes. Lisia, Banggaai. INNER ROADS Senai. Islander, Playaran, Belaga, Aik
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  • 57 9 LONDON, Aug. 12 (Reuter) The Financial Times, commenting on Japanese exports, today declared: "So far her exports have stood up well to the international recession. "But the steep decline m export letters of credit arranged m recent months suggests that a marked change for the worse
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  • 94 9 TOKYO, Aug. 12. (UPJ). Japan's new Minister of International Trade and Industry helieves the nation can ooost its exports to the United States to the billion-doilar-a-year-level within five or 10 years. Mr. Tatsunosuke Takasaki, m an interview published m today's Japan Times, said it would be
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  • 59 9 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. (UPl).— The Senate stamped today final congressional approval on a compromise fouryear extension of the Reciprocal Trade Bill giving President Eisenhower most of the tariff-cutting power he requested. The Bill will allow the President to sign trade a(_freements cutting U.S. tariffs as much
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  • 36 9 WHEAT production m Egypt is slightly less than last year because of an acreage reduc tion. The first official estimate places the current crop at 51,900,000 bushels, compared with 53,900,000 a year ago.
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  • 163 9 RAILWAYS TO RECRUIT ENGINEERS FROM INDIA KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation Government hos a scheme to employ railway engineers from India to work for the Malayan Railways, The Standard learns. Government has already recruited a railway engineer from Pakistan to work for this country's railways, according to an official source.
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  • 166 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported following business done yesterday: 8.8. Pet. 45/9: Fed Disp $1 10: F. N. ords. $2.65 to $2.62: GE $18; Gammon $1.45. 51.46; Hume nef. A4/11. ords. 5/- cd; M. Cement $1.33; M Box $1.66 J. $1.66; Robinson $1.65, $1.66: Cold Storage 90c. (and overnight).
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  • 95 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Aug.-Sept. U.K., Continent $32 buyers, $32. sellers; coconut oil m bulk I $481 sellers, m drums $52 sellers; Muntok w T hite pepper $131 sellers; Sarawak white $130 sellers; Special Sarawak black $75. Singapore Copra Association closing
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  • 30 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: French Francs: selling. T.T. or O.D. ***** ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 42 9 AN 11-STOREY Aviation Hotel (an artist's conception) to accommodate Japan Air Line's transit passengers and general tourists visiting Japan m the autumn of next year. The 500 million Yen (U551,388,889) 112 room hotel, will be operated by JAL.
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  • 163 9 Malayan Graduates As Engineer MR. M. E. Elias, a former shipwright apprentice of United Engineers Limited has graduated a Bachelor of Science with Honours m Naval Architecture from Glasgow University. He El believed to be the first Malayan Youth to obtain this degree. He has been a student m the
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  • 77 9 JULY rubber imports Into Malaya, at 27,060 tons, were the lowest m the first seven months this year. Imports m June totalled 36.440 tons. However, imp* rts from January to July this year, at 240,950 tons, showed a n^e over the same neriod last year (202,697 tons).
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  • 50 9 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Reuter). Japan may impose a voluntary control plan to hold down umbreila-frarr.e exports, the United States Tariff Commission reported today. Japan was the leading exporter of umbrella frames to the United States m 1957, with 96.087 dozen. ta ISSG, the figure was 307.377 dozen.
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  • 29 9 TWO leading cable works m Holland have decided to amalgamate m order to co-ordinate their production programme The joint manufacturing programme comprises cables, steel and plastics.
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  • 218 9 The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia has developed an aircraft for agricultural pursuits. Named CERES. Its selling prices is A£ 14,000. Forty of the new aircraft will be buit initially and it will be marketed m Australia and New Zealand. As from March 1959. production
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  • 874 10  -  Tranmore Tracey By FOR CENTURIES EURC BURNED THEM BY Tl MILLION, BUT COVEN STILL ASSEMBLE IN BRH musrl yERY few people could have been apprehensive when they read recently that delegates from various "covens" m Britain were meeting m conference to discuss questions of professional importance questions, no
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  • 645 11 Reliable Best Worker Among CL 4 Horses By Our Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SILVER MISTRESS, a lang Di-Pertuan Agong's Gold Cup hope, shaped like a winner on the training track this morning when she defeated Hurry Hurry m a solidly run three furlongs tryoul m 38 sec. With
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    6 11 Key Finished At Penang On Saturday
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  • 296 11  -  VERITY GILL B\ I 0! mpic sized running track at the m Centre i s expected to start next U Dunsford. the acting superintendent, said yesterday. The Public Works Department commenced operations n the removal of rubble and lallang on the proposed site n Ju.y 25. and construction rt
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  • 27 11 THE ROYAL Electrical Mechanical Engineers yesterday beat RMP by five goals to two m a soccer match played at the Princess Mary Barracks, Singapore.
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  • 24 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Selangor Hockey Association will hold their annual general meeting on Sept. 6 at the High Street School here.
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  • 315 11 A CANADIAN soccer team will be playing: a few matches m Singapore m December a United Press International report said yesterday. But the Singapore Amateur Football Association are m the dark about the tour. As far as they are concerned there is no tour
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  • 153 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Ihe Malayan Chinese Football V o ia tion has decided .hat non-Chinese players will invited this time when the Malayan Chinese travel to Hongkong at the end of Octopr to play m the Aw Hoe Cup tournament. Mr. H. H Lee.
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  • 668 11 PENANG, Tues. All spectators and invited guests to the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athlete Union championships on Friday must be at their seats by 3 45 p.m. at the City Stadium, to witness the arrival of the Governor of Penang, and the Sultan of
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  • 122 11 OFFICIALS and players of the Perak Chinese Recreation Club's unbeaten soccer >ide who took the honours m this year's Ipoh Senior League Soccer championship to win thc "Cheah Cbeang Lira Shield which they last won 27 years ago m 1931. The "Recs" made a
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  • 431 11 KOWLOON Bus soccer team staged a fighting rally m the second half to beat Singapore Chinese by three goals to one m a friendly soccer match under floodlight at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The match, which was watched by a crowd of 3,196 soccer
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  • 98 11 Junior Players Chosen THREE players from SAFA junior league have been chosen to play for Singapore Selection against Kowloon Bus soccer team m a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow. The match will be played under floodlight, starting at 8 p.m. The three junior players are:- D. Nonis
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  • 101 11 One More Colony Athlete Drops Out ANOTHER civilian athlete Alan Rajasinghe. dropped out of the Singapore team which left to participate m the Malayan championships m Penang on Friday and Saturday. The contingent left yesterday m three batches. First to leave were the civilians who went by bus. The second
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  • 164 12 AUSSIE DAVIS CUPPER SUSPENDED Rose Rapped For Illegal' Expenses MELBOURNE, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Mervyn Rose, Australian Davis Cup lawn tennis star, was suspended for an indefinite period today by a meeting of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association. The meeting was held following reports that Rose and his fellow Davis Cup
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    84 12 HERB ELLIOTT, who broke the official record for the mile last Monday at the Santry Stadium, Dublin, m the fantastic time of 3 mm. 54 sees. The world record of 3 mm. 56 sees, was set over four years ago by fellow Australian John Landy. and just over a year
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  • 335 12 TOKYO, Aug. 12 (UPI) Allan Blue, manager of the British Empire Games champion Australian men's swimming team, expressed confidence yesterday that his boys would probably win seven out of 10 events m the four day Japanese n a tional championships, beginning tomorrow. When told that
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  • 108 12 AMSTERDAM. Aug. 12 (Reuter)— Henk Visser, the Dutch holder of the European long jump record. will not take part m the European Games, which open m Stockholm on August 19. His entry Was withdrawn by the Dutch Athletics Federation yesterday atter a medical examination showed that Visser
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  • 178 12 Chong Is Singles Champion SEREMBAN. Tues.— Michael Chong won the men's singles badminton title when he beat Lee Boon Han m the Negri Sembiian state championships played at the St. Paul's hall on Sunday night. Lee won two titles, the men's doubles m partnership with Khoo Eng Chin, and the
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  • 65 12 SHEFFIELD, England Aug. 12. (Reuter) "Yorksnire Grit" a racing greyhound which dashed out of the home of his new keeper, Mr. Norman Jackson, here, was cornered and caught eight hours later by policemen and firemen on a small island m the River Don. Said Mr. Jackson: "If he
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  • 54 12 BONN, Aug. 12 (Reuter) T ry n P 05 the old Australian lawn tennis star said today that news of his suspension by the Australian L.T.A. came as a surprise to him. Rose is still staying at a hotel m Hamburg, where he Played last week
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  • 33 12 for Mahesan football Challenge Cup will close on Friday. Clubs wishing to take part m the competition should get m touch with the honorary secretary, 1795 Peel Road, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 142 12 Kuts Out Of Soviet Team MOSCOW, Aug. 12. (Reuter) Vladimir Kuts, the Olympic 5.000 and 10,000 metres champion, has been omitted from the Soviet Union team for the European Athletic championships to be held m Stockholm later this month. The form of Kuts tnis year has been disappointing because of
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  • 25 12 BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 12 (Reuter). Manantial (Gulf Stream Magda) won the Polia De Portrillos. a colts classic, at the Palmero racecourse here yesterday
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  • 109 12 SYDNEY, Aug. 12 (Reuter). Touring English league team manager Tom Mitchell today admitted the team had been divided m New Zealand over "domestic issues'." Neither he nor team coach Jim Brough would say exactly what the "domestic issues" were. Mitchell made his remarks when the team
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  • 70 12 INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 12 (Reuter)— Murray Rose, Australia's Olympic champion, be .tered his official world record for the 400 metres freestyle when he won the United States outdoors swimming championship for this event here yesterday. His time of 4 mins 24.5 sees, was 2.5 sees, inside his
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  • 155 12 Thomas Cup KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Secret reports by players and officials on the Thomas Cup debacle have all reached Mr. Heah Joo Seang, President of the Badminton Association of Malaya. The Standard was told today. Honorary Secretary of the 8.A.M., Mr. Teh Gin Sooi. told The
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  • 41 12 NEWPORT. Rhode Island. Aug. 12 (Reuter) Kosei Kamo of Japan reached the third round of the men's singles m the Newport invitation lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. He beat John Cranston (California) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 m the second round.
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  • 85 12 SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Aug. 12, (Reuter). Althea Gibson of New York, the Wimbledon champion, defeated Sally Moore of California yesterday to win the women's singles title of the Eastern Grass court lawn tennis championships here. She beat Miss Moore 9-7, 6-2. Mal Anderson of Australia,
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  • 418 12 Konrads Can Beat 17 -min. Barrier By 1960, Says Coach. TOKYO, Aug:. 12 (UPl)— Australian swimming coach Don Talbot said yesterday he expected world record holder 16-year-old Jon Konrads to swim the 1,500 metres under the 17-minute 'barrier' by 1960. Talbot, who is Konrads' coach, told United Press International. "Konrads
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  • 155 12 LONDON, Aug. 12. (Reuter) —Close of play scores m yesterday's cricket matches were: At Bradford: Yorkshire versus Worcestershire no play, rain At Manchester: Lancashire versus Kent, no Play. rain. At Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 106 and 160. (J. Hayes four for nine). New Zealand 127 and 10
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    58 12 TWO of the world's top swimmers. Jon Konrads (right) of Australia and Takashi Ishimoto, renew their friendship during training at Meiji Pool Tokyo, last week. Konrads, a member of the Australian swimming team, will be the focus of attention during the forthcoming Japan national swimming championships. The two are expected
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  • 219 12 WARDLE DISPUTE A 'MISERABLE BUSINESS' MANCHESTER, England, Aug 12 (Reuter)-Th e m fluential Manchester Guardian yesterday described the dispute between Johnny Wardle, the 35-year-old slow leftarm bowler, and the Yorkshire County Cricket Club as a "miserable business" which all lovers of cricket will remember with regret. Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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  • 148 12 Coaches' 'Strange Attitude' To Sport ADELAIDE, Aug. 12, (Heater). Crack Austra bi swimming coach, Harry Gallagher, yesterday attacked English coaches for their ''strange attitude to the sport." Gallagher, just back from the Cardiff Empire Games said English coaches "really surprised' him. "Five weeks before their national championships one of the
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  • 132 12 OCEAN SIDE, California, Aug. 12 (UPI) Floyd Patfc son entered his ima. week of tiaining for bis beavjnw title defence yesterday looking as if he couldn't wait to g.oves on challenger It J Harris. The champion rested yesterday, although it Looked more as if his
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  • 51 12 MOSCOW. Aug. 12 (UPi)--Russian weight. liter Vi Minaev set a new record 118 kilograms m the hand press m competition w Kiev last night, it wa- repoi ed here. The previous rea iust five-tenths of a Xi less, was held b y Vir'-r K•> zhu of the Soviet
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  • 63 12 MESSRS. Neo Boon U and Lim See Chiang wen jointly elected patron- I I Union Badminton Part* meeting he.d recently. Other officials were: 1 v dent Mr. R. G elected). Hon. Sec-Trea Mr. Lim Ah Bee (re-e Hon. Auditor Mr. A. L Wong Hon. Sports Captain Mr. Teck
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  • 154 12 T r ar.K f, *«t tor the y *< pnter Nor thamnv C| S County c r <4b match ::t S day aga V_ In l| ft < d six wr n h ,j ad of Bfi' l pougC,^ top icorerj'?}! N '°rthamnuJ asubstan^ batted a New 7, •>
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  • 463 13 Proud Day For Parents At Beatty ]VJORE than 200 parents, friends and pupils, jostled their way from classroom to classroom observing all the exhibits at Beatty Secondary School's Third Parents' Day held last Thursday m the school premises. The Sea Cadets Section provided the highlight of all the exhibits and
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  • 161 13 rr* H E Victoria School Geographical Society recently organised a visit to the Shell Installation, Pulau Bukom, for Arts students of the Sixth Form. Mr. R. B. Palmer was the official guide. On the island they were taken round to the tin factory where tin cans
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  • 210 14 Will Her Recording Change His Mind? SINGER SHARI S REPLY TO FATHER LONDON, Aug. 12 (Reuter). —Beautiful Shari Mahal. 20--year-old Indian singer who says her Saltan father summoned her home because she posed here for a pin-up picture, rushed one of her recordings to Bombay yesterday m an erforL tc
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  • 97 14 NO SUCH SULTAN -OFFICIAL KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Indian High Commissioner's office here today announced m a statement that there was no such person as the "Sultan of Devji" m India. The statement said that India did not have any Sultans and that there was no State m India called
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  • 122 14 Two Italian 'Fakirs' Buried Alive PERUGIA. Italy Aug. 12 (Reuter)— Men lay today with their ears to the ground on a football field near here listening for any S.O.S. From two Italian "fakirs" who were voluntarily "buried alive" for a bet yesterday. Remo Tenga "the Magician of Lodi" who claims
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  • 59 14 KOBE. Aug. 12 (Reuter)— Four persons were killed and eleven others seriously injured here tonight when a sightseeing bus crashed into the Hiroshima to Tokyo express train. A National Railway spokesman said it appeared the crash occurred when a porter neglected to lower the harrier at
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  • 85 14 Picture PRINCESS FAZILET who was to become the Queen of Iraq if it hadn't been for the recent Baghdad revolution which killed young King Feisal, is now nursing her sorrows quietly with her family m Corsica. The pretty Princess fled from London where she was attending college
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  • 207 14 AHMEDABAD, India, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Serious rioting btoke out here today over the removal by the authorities of a memorial to people killed by Police firing during linguistic disturbances two years ago. Police charged with staves and used tear gas repeatedly m several parts of
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  • 61 14 SAIGON ,Aug. 12, (Reuter) —Security forces killed 30 bandits m a clash with a gang which attacked rubber plantations some 45 miles north of here, it was announced today. A government communique said eight government men were killed and 11 wounded m the clash which
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  • 101 14 JERUSALEM. Aug. 12 (Reuter)—lsrael, m a new note to Russia being handed over here today, was expected to repeat a challenge to the Kremlin to help ease Middle East tension by actively supporting Arab-Israeli peace talks. The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. David Ben Gurion, made this suggestion
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  • 211 14 BU^5 T TON Vermont. Aug. 12 (UPI) Every expectant mother who undergoes a searching fluoroscopic examination cuts nearly two weeks from the lifespan of her child. Every person exposed to any amount of radiation, however low. pays for it m reduced Ufa expectancy. This is the
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  • 112 14 PORT MORESBY, Aug. 12 (Reuter) The status of native women m Papua has fallen sharply since the arrival of missionaries, an American woman anthropologist. Miss Ann Chowning, claimed today. The natives now reason that as the bible said God created man first, then men
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  • 305 14 Ministers Trained i i T A*\. I I Us To Overthrow The Govt.— Accused AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 12 (Reuter) Thirteen people were sentenced to death by a Military Court here today for attempting to raise an armed, revolt against the Jordanian Government. Ten others were
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  • 138 14 He Terms Interview 'A Mockery' NICOSIA, Aug. 12. (UPI).— Greek and Turkish community leaders of this island said today that the visit t>y Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmillan had done nothing to improve the chances for peace here. Dr. Themistodes Dervis. Greek community leader and Mayor of Nicosia, described his
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  • 61 14 HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 12 (UPI) Dancer Ann Miller and millionaire Texas oilman Bill Moss confirmed last night that they will be married m the near future. Miss Miller, childhood friend of Jane Withers, Moss's first wife, said she and the Midland, Texas., oilman became engaged two days
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  • 59 14 PARIS, Aug. 12 (Reuter) General Charles de Gaulle will make a 10-day 14,000--mile tour of French Africa. Madagascar and Algeria this month to prepare for the referendum on Sept. 28 on his proposed new constitution, it was announced today. He will leave Paris on Aug.
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    • 22 14 iH£ LEBANON yesterday took delivery of the first consignment of a gift of 65.000 tons of wheat from the United States. Reuter
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    • 24 14 PROFESSOR SARDJITO. President of the National Scientific Congress, said yesterday in Jakarta that the Indonesian language had been proved quite suitable for scientific use.
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    • 33 14 A 71-YEAR-OLD farmer m Hiroshima prefecture who died last week was the latest victim the 16th this year to die from the world war two atomic bombing of this city, it was UPI
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    • 27 14 A BRITISH women's "caravan of Peace" led by Mrs. Dorah Russell, former wife of the philosopher. Ean Russell, left Warsaw by motor coach yesterday for Moscow. Reuter
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    • 17 14 THE KING of Nepal arrived in Karachi unannounced yesterday from Europe for an unofficial two-day visit UPI
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    • 31 14 SPUTNIK III. launched nearly three months ago, had covered more than 34.375.000 miles or about a third of the distance from the earth to the sun. Moscow Radio reported yesterday. Reuter
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    • 32 14 THE FIRST big batch of Danish migrants to come to Australia are on their way to Canberra in the liner Castel Felice, the Minister for Immigration, Mr. Alexander Downer, announced "yesterday. Reuter
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    • 30 14 THE SHEIKH of Kuwait. Sir Abdullah. Al-Salin AlSubah, cut short his visit here yesterday and flew home after agreeing in principle to setting up consular, commercial and cultural relations. Reuter
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    • 26 14 THE NATIONALIST Foreign Minister. Mr. S. K. Huang, yesterday received two foreign diplomatic representatives, in two separate audiences, apparently to discuss the current international situation. Reuter
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  • 265 14 s- W c V ORK Aug XZ < UPI > Bri tish Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said on his arrival from London today that the extraordinary session of the United .r^ G eral Assembly must take up the problem 01 the radio
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  • 81 14 Picture THESE FREE Chinas jet pilots run on the double to their planes after an alert was sounded at a base m Southern Formosa. American trained and equipped, the Free Chinese Air Force patrol the Straits of Formosa, watch movements of the mainland Communists forces and
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  • 157 14 NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (UPI) Two Arab Foreign Ministers arrived here today determined to demand an' end of "military occupation" of Lebanon and Jordan when the U.N. General Assembly resumes debate on the Middle East tomorrow morning. "'Our paramount task will be a vigorous demand
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  • 42 14 MR. Richard Casey, Minister for External Affairs, announced yesterday that he would lead Australia's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly session opening m New York on Sept. 16. He will leave Australia by air on Aug. 20 Reuter
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  • 242 14 PORTLAND, England, Aug first United States presidential JN awarded m peace-time was confeL officers and ratings of the I 2L*N rine, Nautilus, for their historic trT'^ Polar ice. Mn P The presentation wa> macv by the U.S. Ambassador m London, Mr. John Hay Whitney, who travelled down to this
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  • 73 14 NEW YORK, Aug 12. (Reuter) aji unmanned "flying eye" which can circle enemy positions and report on troop movements and gun emplacements has been delivered to (he United States Army Signal Corps, it was announced yesterday. Officially m combat sun fill it looks like a I with stubh* j
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  • 30 14 ALGIERS '-.i French tn counter-ftl i i riar. 'er r Algerian ir sudden fl ient I Officials r rt shot d^ad ir as terrorist itta and Ir/ through< I
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