Singapore Standard, 3 September 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1 958. Vol. IX No. 63. 15 cts. 14 Pages
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  • 587 1 NINETY-MINUTE SEA BATTLE OFF QUEMOY Latest Communist Move Causes Anxiety In London TAIPEI, Sept. 2, (UPl)— The Nationalists said four of their warships sank 1 1 Communist motor torpedo boats off Big Quemoy island today, but a frontline dispatch said Red ships and artillery disrupted efforts
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  • 340 1 NAVY SHIP RECAPTURES BOARDED TRAWLER Iceland Sailors Under Arrest LONDON, Sept. 2 The Royal Navy today rescued a British trawler seized by an Icelandic patrol m the first major incident m the bloodless fishery war off the Iceland coast. Two Icelandic gunboats, Thor and Maria Julia, had intercepted the trawler
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  • 32 1 LONDON, Sept. 3 (UPI) Britain today successfully exploded a high -yield nuclear device at high altitude over its Christmas Island test grounds m the Pacific, the Ministry of Supply announced.
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  • 192 1 GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 2 (UPI) The United States, Britain and Russia are expected to unveil secrets of nuclear fusion today as a prelude to possible cooperation m harnessing hydrogen bombs for peace. The atomic Big Three have promised to take their knowledge of controlled
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  • 53 1 photo. MOST popular frog-girl m the training camp for Nationalist China's Combat Youth Corps Miss Tsi Chin gives a demonstration to oth er combat girls on how to put on underwater swimming equipment The girls are under extensive training by the armed forces frogmen on a beach m
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  • 230 1 LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter) Fifteen people, fncluding two children and a baby, were feared killed when a blazing twin-engined Viking plane plunged into a row of council houses m Southall on London's western outskirts today. The death toll also included the crew of three m
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  • 128 1 SEARCH FOR 19 LOST IN PACIFIC AGANA, Guam, Sept. 2. (UPI) A military C-124 Globemaster with 19 persons aboard crashed m the Pacific today about 50 mile s west of Guam. The Air Force said there was no indication of survivors but a search wa s being made U.S. Navy
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  • 49 1 NICOSIA, Sept. 2, (Reuter) A British airman was shot dead while walking m a Nicosia suburban street this evening, it was officially announced. The airman was walking with his wife when gunmen fired from a passing taxi. His wife was wounded and taken to hospital.
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  • 35 1 HARUO Takamagari, 49, yesterday died of a liver ailment which doctors said was caused by the Atomic Bomb dropped m Hiroshima 13 years ago. Takamagari was the 19th A-bomb victim this year U.P.I.
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  • 232 1 VIENNA, Sept. 2 (U.P.I.)— A new tide of terror is sweeping Communist Rumania into despair unparalleled since the purge of Rumanian Foreign Minister Anna Pauker six years ago. according to reliable reports reaching this central European listening post. More than 100 persons were tried
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  • 34 1 MAJ.GEN. Edward P. King, Jr. 74. who made what he called the "ignominious decision" to surrender Bataan to Japanese forces to IMS, «g last night to BmbmL Georgia, of heart WM~ U.P.I.
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  • 156 1 DETAINEES CAN GET CITIZENSHIP KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A person who is eligible for Federal citizenshiD is not disqualified from applying for it, even if he is detained m Singapore for political reasons. He can still be considered to be "of good character" (one of the clauses of eligibility). This was
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  • 64 1 CAPETOWN. Sept. 2 (Reuten Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd, 57-year-old Minister of Native Affairs, was today elected as South Africa's new Prime Minister by a Nationalist Party caucu s here. Dr. Verwoerd, who succeeds Mr. Johannes Strijdom as Prime Minister was chief architect of the Nationalists* policy
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  • 105 1 COLONY LAWYER CHARGED SINGAPORE lawyer. Mr. N. C. Goho, was charged m the Ninth Magistrate's Court, yesterday, with committing an affray and causing a breach of the peace at the Tiong Hoa Bar m Prinsep Street at about midnight on May 16. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail
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  • 196 1 > HONGKONG, Sept. 2 (Reutcr) Three Europeans and one Chinese, missing m a small boat since Aug. 22, were reported tonight to be detained somewhere m Kwangtung Province. A Government spokesman said Hongkong authorities had received word to this effect from the British Charge
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  • 316 2 It's Result Of Govt. Drive To Promote Industry A SURVEY covering all industrial and manufacturing concerns m Singapore will shortly be undertaken under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, it was learned yesterday. The survey is the result of Government's policy to promote
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  • 165 2 Malaya Invited To Pacific Festival MALAYA will be among the Pacific countries to be honoured m the nine-day celebration organized by the city of San Francisco from Sept. 12 to 21. Under the title "Pacific Festival Days," the Mayor. Mr. George Christopner, has extended invitations to the ambassadors of 38
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  • 110 2 Now Tin Mine Wants To 'Copy' Mayor Ong THE Pahang Consolidated Company, one of the largest underground tin mines m the world operating m the mining town of Sungei Lembing, will soon start a public health campaign patterned m some ways after the Singapore City Council's Mass Health Movement. This
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  • 60 2 LEE Lai Hong, 25. pleaded not guilty m a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of using criminal force on a girl with intent to outrage her modesty at a wayang m Tanjong Pa gar on Monday night. The Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates,
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  • 145 2 FIRM TO GET NOTICE OF STRIKE MORE than 200 industrial workers employed at the Borneo Motors workshop m Singapore are threatening to go on strike within a fortnight from today m protest against the management's alleged refusal to consider their demands. The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union, on behalf of
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  • 37 2 A SECTION of the 2,000 school children from 71 schools m George Town enjoying soft drinks at a Children's Party at the Methodist Girls' School, Penang, on Sunday, the first anniversary of Merdeka.
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  • 60 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A young housewife entering her room to call her sleeping husband for a dinner scream, ed with horror when she saw him hanging from a beam m their home at Ang Seng Road here tonight. However, she said she quickly cut him down. He
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  • 103 2 The Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Indonesian Army, Brigadier General Djatikusomo, yesterday denied a report that he had been named to succeed the Indonesian Consul General m Singapore. Mr. Ahmad Natanagara. The Number Two Man of the Indonesian Army arrived here by air after
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  • 189 2 Champion Of The Temporary Clerks KUALA LUMPUR, Tups The man who successfully fought for temporary clerks to be absorbed into the Federation Government service is Mr. D p. Xavier. The government's Albakri committee report, which .55 published yesterday, recoilmended that temporaries oe taken into permanent posts Mr. Xavier. 33-yea<-n,j founder-secretary
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  • 204 2 THE arrest of secret society leaders and detention of two smuggling kingpins have dealt a death blow to organized smuggling operations m Singapore, The Standard was told yesterday. A Customs spokesman, m revealing this yesterday, said the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force had been of immense
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  • 145 2 19-HOUR VIGIL ON THE ROAD KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Capital's Traffic Poire* men worked 19 hours a day during the Merdeka tnniversary celebration and managed to keep mishaps to the bftittt minimum. The number of Rccidcnti which occurred during the four days from Aug. 28 *c.c on a par with
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    • 441 2 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC (Principal: D. J. Williams, M.A., B.Sc, F.R.1.C.) PROSPECTUS 1958-1959. THE Prospectus of the Polytechnic contains information about courses, qualifications, examinations, fees, timetables and general regulations. The conditions of entry into the various courses, the way to apply for entry and the times for interview are also given. The
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    • 498 2 NOTICES p.w.p: notice THE timber bridge No. 1/2 on the Gopeng Water supply Intake Road will bf closed to all vehicular traffic from Bth to 30th of September. A footbridge for pedestrians and bicycles will be available for use. STATE ENGINEER, Perak. NOTICE AS from Ist September, 1958, the Singapore
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    • 144 2 LAST DAY: HTttt tlf »H Tommy Sands Rooks you m "SING BOY SING* (C'Scope) Opens Tomorrow: "THE DESPERADOS ABE IN TOWN" Pimples Go Cause HIM ii S Days Tha vary first application a* Nt«o-' •ana) begins to daar sway pimples Hka atac«r. Was Nteatfafwi tonight snd r— WIN «ooa aaa
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  • 434 3 September 3. 1958 AMONG the many matters that will be given top priority by the Federation Government early m ifs second year of independence will be preparations for the coming State and Federal Parliament elections. The Election Commission, headed by Tuan Haji Mustapha Albakri, has proposed that the
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  • 322 3 INDUSTRY and Government m the Federation of Ma!ava and m Singapore are showing keen interest m the proposed scheme to start a Department of Business Administration at the University o* Maiava. According to Professor Leslie C. Won? of the University of British Columbia, who is now surveying
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  • 757 3 GROSSMAN ON TOUR Richard Crossman the Daily Mirror political columnist, is on tour. This wee! he is m Moscow, Then he flies tc Peking, capital oi Communist China. 'For millions of Russians a grim Ice Age has ended' TTHESE Russians have never had it so good. That Is my most
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  • 582 3  -  Rawle Knox By CAIRO, TfGYPTIAN Communists Aj were forecasting the present troubles m the Formorsa Straits a few weeks ago. This startling prescience took some time to filter through because the Egyptian Communist Party, like all political parties save the Government-sponsored National Union, is banned m both
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  • 891 3 LONDON ]yjR. Harold Macmillan can stand by for a new declaration from Britain's eight million trade unionists that they are not going to take "no" for an answer on wages. That, it is already clear, will be the warning the Trades Union Congress, meeting at
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  • 579 3  - Secret Society Threat To Kenya Gordon MaClean NAIROBI A NEW threat to peace and security m Kenya is spreading among the Kikuyu tribe, just as the authorities were hoping that Mau Mau had finally been eradicated. This takes the form of yet another secret society using ritual oath-taking ceremonies every
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  • 402 3 the NEWS as it Strikes me PARTITION of the former German colony of SouthWest Africa, with part of the vast territory going to the Union of South Africa and the remainder being placed under United Nations trusteeship, has been suggested by the three-nations Good Offices Committee created almost one year
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  • 484 4 Judge Frees Man Of Attempted Cheating Charge MALACCA, Tucs. Sessions Court President. Mr. K. Somasundram today acquitted Abdul Hamid bin Simat of a charge of attempting to cheat a Hongkong and Shanghai Bank officer, Ong Kirn Geok, of $350,000 by presenting him with a Social Welfare
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  • 260 4 'Opposition To Proposal Could Split Alliance ALOR STAR, Tues. The Kedah UMNO State Executive Committee today warned that any attempt to oppose its proposal to do away with the nominated unofficial m the Kedah State Council, could destroy Alliance unity here. Secretary of the state UMNO Publicity Committee, Tuan Sheik
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  • 79 4 NORTHERN RHODESIA. Sept. 2 (Reuter).— Sir Roy Welensky, Federal Prime Minister of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. said here tonight he wanted independence lor the Federation, "because if we fail to achieve it we will land m trouble." He said he was satisfied that there
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  • 82 4 IN Britain on a course of labour administration and aspects of trade unionism, arranged by the United Kingdom Ministry for Labour under the auspices of the Colombo Plan. Mr. K. C. Thomas (extreme left) and Mr. Ow Kheng Tor (third from the right) both of Singapore, visit
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  • 205 4 CIVICS COURSE FOR ABORIGINE WOMEN KUALA LUMP3R, Tues. The first civics course ever to be organized for aborigine women was held here today. Forty aborigine women from Kuala Kubu. Batane Kali and U'u Yam attended the course which was organized by the State Information Department. During the one day course,
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  • 45 4 A COMBINED Internal Security Exercise will be staged by the Beach Road Police Division this morning, when Officers and men of "C" Division and soldiers from the Chesnire Regiment will take part. The operations will start at 6 a.m. and end at noon.
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  • 52 4 DISTRICT Judge. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday fined *hree persons $-5 each for failing to take out identity cards within the prescribed time They were two women. Low Yeok Lang and Liang Chui Jong who recently came from China and Lo Sem Phie from Indonesia. AH
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  • 170 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A Malay girl, who started her career on the Malay Bangsawan stage some 10 years ago, won the "Joget Queen of 1958" title at the Bukit Bintang Park last night. Voting to choose he "Queen" continued throughout August and was brought
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  • 49 4 TAN Boon Seng, was remanded by a Singapore Magistrate's Court yesterday after he was tentatively charged with attempted murder. Tan of Jurong Road, was alleged to have attempted to murder Madam Tan Yin, 57, at the 10th mile Jurong Road at about 2 o.m. on Monday.
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  • 227 4 A VILLAGE, once described as the "dirtiest m Singapore," was yesterday chosen as a tourist "showpiece." The choice was made by the Director of Tourism, Mr. Robert Howlett, when he visited the kampong the Ponggol Malay Village adopted, by the Rotary Club
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 4 pic. DIRECTOR of Tourism, Mr. Robert Howlett (second from right), is seen with Rotary President, Mr. Ec Soon Howe and member Mr Han Goldstein, after they dropped m at the school at Ponggol village yesterday. On extreme left is the headman, Inche Awane bin Osman.- Standardpic
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  • 115 4 'Bunny, To Tunku Congrats KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Miss Nancy ("Bunny") Simmons, who was Tunku Abdul Rahman's official chauffeur during the 1956 constitutional talks m London, was among two, persons to cable felicitations to the Prime Minister today on the occasion of Malaya's first anniversary of nationhood. "Bunny's three-word greeting was
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  • 163 4 TUC Asks For New Labour Board THE Singapore Trades Union Congress yesterday asked the Government to re-constitute the Labour Advisory Board with members selected from a panel of persons nominated by the Congress. In a statement, the general secretary of the T.U.C. Mr. G. Kandasamy alleged that the "present practice
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  • 225 4 PENANG, Tues. The chairman of the State Education Board, Dr. N. K. Menon, m declaring open a civics course for Chinese school teachers today, said that the Federal Government had set up a special committee to draw up syllabuses applicable to all schools m
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  • 167 4 Village Has Not Asked For Help THE people m Chong Pang village m Sembawang District have not approached the Singapore Police for protection against thugs and for building more stations m the area. The Standard was told last night. Police Secretary, Mr. Cheah Teng Cheoh. said: "The Commissioner of Police
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  • 245 4 IPOH, Tues.— A railway labourer and a Public Works Department labourer were each sentenced by the president of the Sessions Court. Mr. J. R. Whimster, today to two years' jail for robbing a rubber tapper. M. Kathasamy, 33. of one dollar at Clare Street
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  • 475 5 Lim: Cash Should Have Been Used To Help Jobless A SINGAPORE Assemblyman yesterday lashed out at Mayor Ong Eng Guan's Mass Health Movement as a futile waste of public money and suggested that, that sum should, m the first place, have gone to help the thousands
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  • 271 5 awe to OPEN GROUNDS TO PUBLIC MEMBERS of the Royal Tdand Club, Singapore, at a meeting last night unanimously argeed to a proLi by the newly-elected Resident, Mr. Loke Wan t ho to open the Club grounds to the public. T v P Mayor. Mr. On* Eng r ,n June
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  • 126 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues: T. c Ma avar. Trade Union Council has a-^e: fag details c: the dispute between ".he Tampoj Mental Hospital Employees' Union (an affiliate of the M.T.U.G] ar.d the Mimstrj c' Hea 1 1. r.^e w i lesi was i cccii c
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  • 86 5 3,000 Witness The Merdeka Parade In Raub Itae.— The Merdeka A*^-V5 rsary P arar -e here on was witnessed by gore than 3JH>O The District •f- r »nku Hashim bin Omar, -ook the salute r read the Merdeka J message. Invited were afterwards enterw...e; ne uovernment Club. d and chocolates
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  • 150 5 FOR the first time, a batch of Chinese-educated youths has been accepted as officers m the Singapore I Police Force. The Standard learned yesterday that 14 have been selected as cadet Inspectors. Among them are two women. All began training at the Police Training
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  • 236 5 A SINGAPORE Assistant Coroner. Inche Ahmad bin Hussien. yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a Public Works Department subcontractor. V. S. Sadasivan, at the close of an inquiry into the death of Yeo Siak Leng, 48. J. Brown of Upper Serangoon Road told the court
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  • 33 5 A SMALL private plane crashed on takeoff near Washington late Monday, injuring Capt. Richard G. Twining, flier son of Gen. Nathan F Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff— (UPl).
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  • 141 5 Councillor Criticizes Union Man AN U.M.N.O. City Councillor, Inche Mohammed Sharitf bin Dollah, yesterday criticized the secretary of the City Council Services Union. Mr. P. Ramasamy for discussing matters affecting the Council staff through newspapers. He was commenting on a statement made by Mr. Ramasamy recently about three health inspectors
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  • 88 5 THE Buona Vista, Community Centre, Singapore, has now got its own orchestra. Under the guidance of Rural Board member Mr. H. J. C Kulasingla, the centre has acquired a full range of facilities to cater for residents of Pasir Panjang. The orchestra last Saturday made its 'debut'
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  • 57 5 by Fan. THE Government Printing Department's float is seen here passing m front of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Building. This float was the centre of great attraction as it went through the Federal Capital's crowded streets. Men employees of the Government Printing Department, "grassed up" as hula
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  • 121 5 Council Hit By Tax Defaulters KOTA BHARU, Tues.— The Pauh Lima Town Council, 12 miles from here is m financial difficulties. According to the District Officer, Bachok, the residents of the town have failed to pay their assessment rates. As he was unable to find means of solving the problem,
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  • 60 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues The resignation of a committee member of the Malayan Indian Congress, Johore Bahru branch, was announced by the branch secretary, Mr. S. D. Rajendaran. today. The member is Mr. P. Subramaniarh. a Johore Bahru Town Councillor and a delegate to the M.I.C. headquarters
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  • 287 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A Ministry of Defence clerk, N. N. Vadivelu, 33, was today charged before Magistrate Inche Abdul Hamid bin Azmi with bookmaking on April 16 at the Selangor Turf Club. He claimed trial. I Chief Inspector Lee Kiat Scons, police racing expert, m
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE'S First District Judge Mr. D. C. D'Cotta yesterday acquitted Ho Ah Teow of a charge of housebreaking by night when the complainant. Lee Poh Whay, a 49-year-old mother of eight, admitted Ho was her husband. Mr. D'Cotta, m acquit, ting Ho, said. "These two persons have
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  • 68 5 I P OH, Tues.— The State Government has presented a silver cup to the Perak River Hydro-electric Power Company who were judged the best decorated building during the Merdeka anniversary celebrations here. The judges of the competition were the Chairman of the Ipoh Town Council.
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  • 160 5 Airline To Operate Viscount Service Standard Staff Reporter I HAVE just made a flying study of Britain's Vickers Viscount four turbo-prop airliner as a guest of Union of Burma Airways. The airline has just completed a run between Singapore and Jakarta, and the flight is another of Britain's answer to
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  • 459 6 TAPPER FAILS IN DEATH APPEAL Housewife's Body Found Battered In Padi Field PENANG, Tues. The Federation Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal of a 22-year-old part-time rubber tapper, Cassim bin Osman, against a death sentence passed on him m the Penang Assizes by Mr. Justice Rigby on a charge
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    83 6 MR. A. I. THILLAINATHAN. who won a Coronation tour of Britain m 1953 when he was voted the most popular sportsman" m Malaya by readers of The Singapore Standard, and his bride the former Miss T. Maheswary. leave the Celestial Dance Hall, Ipoh. after their wedding reception last
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  • 246 6 Clerk Took $2,281 Of Firm's Money PENANG, Tues.— The chief clerk of the Penang Office of Remington Rand of Malaya Ltd., Raymond Tan, was ordered to be remanded m custody for a week by Sessions Judge, Mr. Au Ah Wah, today alter he pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal
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  • 68 6 Sultan Crowns Azizah, The Merdeka Queen KOTA BAHRU, Tues. In the variety concert held at Padang Lido as Dart of »he Merdeka Day celebrations, Azizah binti Mohd. was elected the Merdeka Queen for 1958. Rohati binti Abdullah was second and Nik Aisah binti AH was placed third. The Sultan of
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  • 179 6 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. The Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan were among: the 300 people who attended an all-community Merdeka anniversary dinner held at the Malay College dining hall on I Sunday night. After dinner, the Sultan and party toured the Town Pariang
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  • 114 6 Suicide By Hanging —Verdict PENANG. Tues. The Coroner, Inche Nik Hussain bin Nik Ali, today, returned a verdict of suicide by hanging after an inquiry into the death of 62-year-oid goldsmith. Ho Keng Wah. who was found hanging m a latrine m Macalister Lane on July 8. Another goldsmith, Lai
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  • 38 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Japanese Ambassador to Malaya, Mr. Kaoru Hayashl, will pay a courtesy call to every Minister m the Federation m October. The courtesy call is m accordance with international protocol.
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  • 155 6 Nine Months' Jail On Trust Count IPOH, Tues. A trishaw pedaller. A. Supramaniam, 20, who had three previous convictions for theft, was today sentenced by the President 0/ the Sessions Court, Mr. J. R. Whimster, to nine months' iail, to be followed by one year's Police supervision. Supramaniam pleaded guilty
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  • 112 6 Council Report Calls For More Dispensaries A progress report of the Singapore City Health Department tabled before the Health Committee yesterday said that more than 500 people were turning up daily at the New Bridge Road Public Dispensary and the only solution to the congestion was to establish more public
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  • 328 6 IPOH, Tues. A mining: labourer, Chung Yew Wah, 25, told Magistrate Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan today that though his wife offered to return to him, he would not dare to accept her for fear of his own life. Answering a maintenance
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  • 120 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two children, total age 49 months, have together travelled more than 50,000 miles by BOAC planes and are therefore to be among the youngest recipients of the honorary certificates from the Junior Jet 'Jlub. Amanda Jane Dickenson, 18 months, and her brother
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  • 64 6 (LEFT) Dato Sir Cheng -lock Tan receives the Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara from the King during the presentation of honours and awards at the investiture ceremony held m Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of the first Merdeka anniversary celebrations. (RIGHT) Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell, Commissioner,
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  • 249 6 PENANG, Tues— Thirty poultry farms, each with a capital of more than $10,000 m Penang and Province Wellesley have been forced to close down this year as a result of keen competition from Thailand. This was disclosed by the state deputy veterinary officer.
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  • 102 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A former Malay Girls College pupil, Che Zubaidah binti Awin and a former Seremban Convent pupil Che Hasnah binti Undin, will be leaving for United Kingdom to further their studies m domestic science this week. Zubaidah, 19, a teacher m 9
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  • 41 6 The Chief Secretary, Mr. E. B. David, will visit the Civil Defence Headquarters at Kolam Ayer Lane tomorrow evening. He will take the salute at a march past there and will see a Civil Defence demonstration.
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  • 215 6 Four Rob Women Of $2,000 Cash, Jewellery PENANG, Tues. Txo napless women, living by themselves m a hou^e la Kedah Road here were gagg^ and bound by a gang < i i „r men, brandishing knives m g daring robbery his morning Two other men. similarly armed, stood guard at
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  • 97 6 Loya ls For Hongkong THE First Battalion the Loysg Regiment, the United Kingdom battalion of 28 Commonwealth Brigade wi! leave for Hong Kong shortly for training The battalion of over fiof) men has been m Malaya sirve March 1957. They are expected to reach Hon? Kong by HMT "Oxfordshire" on
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  • 299 7 AIRMAN RAPED ME, SAYS WAITRESS A WAITRESS tX)ld the Singapore Assize Court yesterday that an airman raped her m a car after driving her to a dark lane off Jurong Road. In the dock was Aircraftman Gordon Hugh Westcott, 23, charged with raping L he waitress, Pearly Tay. He was
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  • 74 7 THE threatened strike by about 200 industrial employees of the Fred Waterhouse Company m Bukit Timah Road. Singaoore. is off. The Fred Waterhouse Workers' Union which represents them, yesterday called off the threatened strike. Mr. Lav Liat Meng, secretary of the Union toldChe Standard that the
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  • 50 7 HOUSING developers m Singapore hope to band themselves into an association to make themselves more effectively heard m the future. Thirteen housing developers w ho own about $20,000,000 worth of housing estates between them yesterday elected a five-man interim committee to call all housing developers together.
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  • 49 7 MINISTER for Transport, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib. is seen unveiling: the words "Hang Tuah" m Jawi. the name he gave to the first diesel railcar of the Malayan Railway. Picture shows the railcar before its recent inaugural run, at the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.
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  • 125 7 GANGSTERS BEAT UP STALLHOLDERS A CLOTHES STALL, m a backlane off Arab Street, Singapore, was wrecked by six thugs on Monday. The stallholder, Soh Jhee Keng, 21, said that he did not know the reason for the attack, Soh told the Police that the men walked into his stall at
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  • 134 7 RURAL SITE FOR 'DEATH HOUSES' THE Health Committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday decided to give one year notices to three sick-re-ceiving houses m Sago Street and Balestier Road to move out to the rural area. The Committee accepted a recommendation of the Vehicles and Fire Brigade Committee that
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  • 444 7 THREE YEARS FOR RED PAPERS Defence Attacks Story Of Door SINGAPORE'S Second District Judge, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday sentenced 20-year-old Teo Kok Teck to three years' jail for possession of subversive documents. The documents were two cyclostyled copies of "Freedom News" dated March and April, 1957, and published by the
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  • 156 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) In Singapore yesterday were:— Bayers Sellers Spot 8U 81|n R.S.S. No. 1 »U 81f R.S.S. No. 1 (Oct.) 811 821 R.S.S. No. 2 792 80! R.S.S. No. 3 76} 77 Tone:— Dull. The tin price m Singapore was $374 per picul
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  • 331 7 ALLEGATIONS of the prevalence of prostitution among teen-age girls m Singapore were made before the Hotel Licensing Board at its quarterly session held m the Third District Court yesterday. The Board met to decide on the cancellation or suspension of the certificates of registration
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 453 7 ■PiMHpMMfllffllffM 9ins.) 2.59 p.m. (7ft .Vm.t. Saturday. prog.^ 10^) U 1.i I ill •j il l.i 1 1 Til him To Js?"j?sr »sTsr,.A.*..K?. p ■Ilk Iff kVP fl V*l■ II f 1k f V^B Port Dickson 9.28 a.m (Bft. Sins.) Vf9"VfnfT9fSTTS m^M W—l m. m.\ kl -^^^MIJJ-LIJLLIXaAJ 9.34 p. m
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    • 1083 8 Tet 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 241 2 (It Nnes) Incorporated «n Singapore) (12 lines) a SST THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON e> CONTINENTAL PORT* Carriers option to proceed via etbet ports to load and discharge carte (via Sees with liberty to proceed via Penama or
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  • 219 9 COUNTRIES m Asia are urged to maintain an increased as well as a balanced development of agriculture, by the Food and Agriculture Organization through its Far East regional office m Bangkok. FAO notes that while production of cereal last season fell, that of sugar,
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  • 102 9 Tin Up On Good Buying Support GOOD buying support m the Singapore tin market pushed the price of the metal up by $3 to $374 per picul yesterday. This is the highest tin price m Singapore since the end of July, when it stood at the same level. market source
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  • 75 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Aug.-Seot U.K., Continent $32J buyers $33 sellers; coconut oil m buik $49 sellers, m drums $52 sellers. Muntok white pepper $127 sellers; Sarawak white $126 sellers; Special Sarawak black $75. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair
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  • 30 9 UNITED STATES imports of cotton were equivalent to 2,000 bales (500 pounds gross) m April this year, compared with 4,000 bales m March, and 3.000 bales m April.
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  • 44 9 JAKARTA, Sent. 2 (Router) Japan is seeking markets for her fertilizers m Indonesia, Antara News Agency quoted Indonesian trade circles as saying. The agency said four Japanese companies, headed by Mitsubishi, had formed a pool to make sales of fertilizer.
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  • 148 9 Manager To Attend Course SALES MANAGER of Kuala Lumpur branch of the Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926) Ltd., Singapore. Mr. Peter Ng leaves Malaya soon, to attend a special sales and service course m West Germany. The course, will be held at the Mannheim and Stuttgart factories of Daimler-Benz A.
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  • 215 9 MALAYAN sl^rebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: F. N. ords. $2.74 to $2.72 J. $2^75 delayed; G. E. Life $18.50 (overnight): Gammon $1.50 to $1.48; G'town Disp. t 52.45: Hammer $1.675, 41-68 i; H. Waugh $1.28; M. Breweries $2.975; Deb. 86ic; M. Cement $132; M. Colls. 85c:
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  • 51 9 EIGHT chiefs from different provinces m Uganda, on a six weeks study tour of Britain, recently visited a famous British cycle manufacturer m Nottingham. England. Here, the chiefs art seen watching ft factory worker attaching spokes to bicycle wheels during their visit to the 60-acre
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 573 9 PLAN TO FIGHT WORLD DEPRESSION Call For Bigger US. Foreign Aid A CALL to the United States Government to step up its foreign aid programme to boost world economy, was made recently by six Japanese economic experts, m their report published m the Japan Times. In their survey of current
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    • 110 9 Rubber Slips 3/8 Cent RUBBER slipped 3/8 cent "J Singapore yesterday, closing at 81 i cents per lb. for International first grade September. The market opened slightly lower, but steadied to around previous levels. Although quiet conditions prevailed again, lower tjrcde interest improved. In the afternoon, prices remained virtually unchanged.
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    • 42 9 COLOMBIA'S com yields were at a new high last year, according to recent reports The high yields are attributed to improved technology, especially mechanization on flat lands of the warm areas, and increased use of improved seed.
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    • 94 9 Business Tour For Colony Man A SINGAPORE businessman, Mr. Low Kirn Joo, is leaving the Colony on Sept. 7 on a three-month world business tour. Mr. Low, managing director of S.J. Low Bros. Co. Ltd., will visit Hongkong, Japan, the United States. U.K. Europe, Middle East and India. He joined
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    • 55 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying. T.T. 31 15/16. O.D. 32 1/16. 90 days air mail 32 3/8 credit bills. 32$ trade bills. Selling T.T- or O.D. ready: Swiss France 141$: Deutsche Marks 135g: Italian Lire *****.
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    • 217 9 Industrials Firm. On Share Market INDUSTRIALS were firm m the Malayan share market yesterday. Tins were easier after strong, while rubbers quietly steady. A fair turnover was reported. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrckers Association were: Straits Traders ($1) 1.38 1.42 Ords (sl> 0.92 0.95 Wearne Bros. 3.24 3.28
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 509 9 24th Nov. 1958 El to—am M&m^^^ n sth lan. 1959 r r FREMANTLE ADELAIDE MELBOURNE SYDNEY t^mmHMmmm* Itt CLASS TOURIST ■JpßP""^^^^^^^^ Between Between S PORE FREMANTLE £52 6r £1 55 £42 fir 45 sP OR£ ADELAIDE £58 £161 £46 &49 S PORE MELBOURNE £61 £164 £48 &51 SPORE SYDNEY £64
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    • 156 9 Vosa-t*. EASY WORK AN INTERNATIONAL DROTT SKID SHOVEL WITH AN INTERNATIONAL DIESEL TRACTOR Bft\ makes the toughesi v"^3B BaTC^I •J^^^^^^^^^™^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^a^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i •'•>•• v Rigatr lift, a farther pitch tod tm P U power, theM art f e«tur« aa4 pmxi ormaac* faa fat from a Drott Skid-Shov*) tvaridag with aa International
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 209 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Sambas. Waiwerang, Seiju Maru. Statius Jensen, Tosui Maru. U.S.S.R. Whaler. Salatiga. Aekeldijk. Nissho Maru. Fernfield, Kaloekoe. Batavia. Van Riebeeck. Reyniersz, Oulidia. Kilinsky, Rovena. Angkorwat, William G. Walkley. Lapax. Liverpool Maru, Hoi Ying. San Francisco, Pres. Grant. Bakongan. Batoela. Tjisadane. Banggaai. Pres. Grant. Tomoe. Tong Goan,
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  • STANDARD PICTURE ROUND UP
    • 156 10 (ABOVE): A 23-year-old mother won the 1958 Tanjong Malim Kebaya Contest recently. She is Che Habiba Kazali, wife of Che Razali bin Yahaya, leader of the Rp.yuan Sukma THE Regent of Kclantan took the salute at the Merdeka anniversary Parade m Kota Bharu m which Police, Field
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    • 97 10 (ON LEFT): Mr. Moses Prabhakur Edwin helps his bride, the former Miss Alice Chacko, to cut their wedcake during the reception" at the Evergreen Cafe, Klang, on Aug. 25. The wedding took place at the St. Thomas Church, Klang. Mr. Moses Prabhakur, a B. Sc Honours graduate, is
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    • 64 10 by picture. (BELOW): Mr. Yuen Sze Toh, sixth son of Mrs. Yuen Kah Fook and the late Mr. Yuen Kah Fook of Ipoh, and his bride, the former Miss Ng lye Ling, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kg Seik Phin of Kuala Lumpur, are seen here
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    • 59 10 OVER 40 members of the Malayan Chinese Association Youth Section, Klang branch, attended a dinner party to celebrate the first anniversary of Merdeka m Malaya, at the Evergreen Cafe, Klang. Seated sixth from left is Mr. Thang Yah Soon (the president), and ninth from left is Mr. Cheng
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    • 118 10 THE Sultan of Selangor signs the Wedding Guest Book watched by Mr. Yap Beng Kong (right) and his bride, Miss Annie Lee Siok Lian, during the reception party held at the Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur recently. Mr. Beng Kong, a wellknown contractor, is the eldest son of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 212 10 enjoy these S.CS delicatessen favourites COOKED MEATS Roast Beef Pressed Ox Tongue Cooked Pigs' Trotters etc. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD. ft******************** i LUX SO PRECIOUS ITS NOW SEALED IN k Sic *^**BwS6bf*j ftft M[ W )tf mi >^>*^^£^Bl*^P W MF A/c Atxv/Y we/gnu ot/iy 25c. "WEBB CORBETT" fines t
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  • 764 11  - BULOH PERINDU DIVIDEND WINDSOR LAD Today's Best Double At Bukit Tim ah By Start The Day With Buloh Perindu Buloh Perindu should improve on his second to Starala on the first day and annex this opening race of the afternoon the 6f. race for Cl 2 Div. 4. Buloh Perindu
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    990 11 WAXER has been going great guns m private trials during the week and I am giving him a great chance to assert himself m Race 5. Waxer gave an encouraging display m July when she finished fourth to Red Sunrise over the six. He goes down a
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 33 11 BIG SWEEP THE UNLIMITED SWEEP will be drawn on Race 8. Forecast Tote will be held on every race. REDIFFUSION Rcdiffusion will broadcast commentaries on all eight events to listeners outside of Singapore.
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    • 94 11 WINDSOR LAD SCRUTINEER 1. BULOH PERINDU COLLECE TUTOR Crown Link Buloh Pcrindu Vital Chance Vital Chance 2. STARALA ECYPT'S PRIDE Fell Mouse Woodcote Lion Metrostar II Starala 3. lAMIT9 POLLY SLIPPER Kola Bay Mirxapm Polly Slipper Jamito 4. POWHATAN SHAMROCK SLIPPER Shamrock Slipper Red Sunns* Crimson Pirate Powhatan 5. WAXER
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1594 11 RACE I, 2.15 p.m.- Class 2, Dh. 4-6 Furs. 1. o*s*Bo SOVKEICN 7y 9.00 SHAARI E VAN B'KELEN Sutan Stable 2. 9*o** GfTANO 3y 8.13 FORTE LEE syndicate 44 3. 5125*8 FRENCH DRAWS 4y 8.12 > £WI YONC STlf?* 1 1 SUb 4. 14*464 BONANZA 6y 8.09 BARRATT E VAN
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  • 160 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. India's representative to the Asian Football Confederation, Mr. P. Gupta, has warned Asian soccer associations against being swindled by certain unscrupulous soccer tour promoters. "Deal direct with foreign teams and not with some so-called agents. I have knowledge which show that
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  • 65 12 SCORING 94 points Sgt Powell qualified for the Skilled Shot Badge at the Singapore Rifle Association annual meet last Sunday. Cpl. Kamaruddin with 90 points was runner-up. The following are the results of the .303 Spoon Shoot:— SR ia). Gunscore Capt. Bar.on 91 Handicap. S/Sgt.
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  • 53 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The following are officials of the Johore Asian Rugby Union elected recently. President Dr. Yeoh Bok Choong, Vice President Allah Khan. Hon. Secretary Abdul Aziz bin Hamid. Treasurer Ahmad Sha'arani bin Haji Abdul Hamid. Committee: Messrs. Scnthamani. Foh Tiong Thee. Richard. M. Samy, and
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  • 111 12 LONDON. Sept. 2 (Reuter). Results of yesterday's football matches were: DIVISION 111 Halifax Town 0, Bournemouth 1. Hull City 0, Swindon To*n 0. Mansfield Town 2. Bradford City 1. Tranmere Rovers 2. Queens Park Rangers 0. Southampton 0. Chesterfield 0 Stockport County 0, Bury 1. DIVISION FOUR
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  • 86 12 .TOHORE BAHRU. A half century by Abdul Rahman en-* abled South Johore to beat North Johore by six wickets m the annual cricket match for the Dato Mutha Tharyby Shield, at Johore last Sunday. Batting first. North Johore totalled 130 for 9 declared. Replying South Johore
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  • 56 12 OIS YOUR MARKS gelset GO! And off they plunged m the 50 metre breaststroke event for girls on Sunday night at Kuala Lumpur's Chin Woo pool. It was the Merdeka swimming championships. The winner was Hanneke V ermeer second from right, who set up a new record
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  • 229 12 I WANT HIM' -LEAVITT ADELAIDE, Sept. 2, (Reuter). —American sports promoter, Mr. Les Leavitt said here today: "I want Herb Elliott m mj troupe and I will deposit $760,350 (Malayan) m his bank m Perth the day he he ays 0.k." Mr. Leavitt
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  • 100 12 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 (UPl).— Willie Chan, 21, graduate of the University of California m Los Angeles, from Singapore, yesterday won the men's singles title m the 23rd Chinese national tennis championship by defeating Roger Hing, Hawaii, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Carol Lum, 17, Hawaii,
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  • 22 12 THE seventh annual atnietic meet of the Achilles Club will be held at Farrer Park at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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  • 782 12 CROWDS GO WILD AT THE STADIUM Colony Zr Malaya In Goalless Dray KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The crowd watching Singapore-Malaya match tonight was so incensed l rough play that it threw bottles into the field but pite the robust Singapore tactics, Malaya maintains its unbeaten record with a goalless draw m
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  • 40 12 VANCOUVER. Sept. 2, (Reuter) Koichi Ono. of Japan, finished with a total of 279 to tie for ninth place with three others, when the 15.000 sterling 72 holes British Columbia Centennial open golf tournament, ended here yesterday.
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  • 37 12 TIMARU, New Z^aarSept. 2 (Reuter).— The <WJj tralian Rugby Union tew beat South Canterbury by J points to 17 here today? the eighth match oi tour. The Australians led 11 w six at half-time.
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  • 364 12 DESPITE extra time Singapore Guard Regiment and REIWE Training Centre failed to reach a decision m the Singapore Base District M.O.R. soccer cup final when they drew two-all at Tanglin yesterday. The match will be replayed at a later date. Feature of the
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  • 556 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Indonesia tonight handed Vietnam a 4 l beating m the Merdeka soccer cup to move up into a more comfortable position m the league table. The Indonesians were a far superior team m their precision passing and solid defence. The victory
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  • 26 12 LONDON. Sept. 2, (Reuter) Results of yesterday's Rugby Union matches were: Penryn 0 Northampton 13; Pontypool 14 Llanelly 9. Redruth 17 Welsh Academicals 16.
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  • 390 12 RAF CHANGI won the first round replay and the second round match m the FEAF ?ix-a-side soccer competition a* Seletar yesterday, and became favourites to win the cup. In the first round repldy against Katunayake B, Changi B romped home with an 18 point victory
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • 593 13 mi-Bits Classrooms I J ATTENTION all heads of A *hools: If you have not the name of your srhool representative for the Vaintin? Competition sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Education and the X ;ir dub. please do so Immediately. H |ihh must reach Mr. I Rayaer, 3,
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  • 275 13 Your Questions Our Answers Q \T a recent Old PnpUs 1 Social. I, the president of the Association, made it point to dance with lH the ladies present. lAd ttHa partly to honou them, partly to set them mixing utd partly to know tr. s nemben of the Aawctatkm. After
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  • 72 13 i -V 9 C/ Prince" a dramatization of an Indian legend, was recently presented I v* s "Wren's Theatre m the American capital, Washington, participated by chil- w 1 4.5 embassies. This play marked the observance of International Theatre o-operati<m wth UNESCO. The purpose was to enhance
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  • 573 13 LARGE glowing Chinese lanterns, lovely maroon and gold satin buntings, scrolls and baskets of flowers gave the Singapore Badminton Hall, the venue for the Kheng Cheng School's International Variety Show m aid of their building fund, a typical concert atmosphere. The appreciative audience of more than
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  • 458 13 What about playing detective? PORTLY Mrs. Hogxath, 1 well known for her most exquisite collection of jewellery, delicately removed the tissue paper that hid an almost priceless diamond tiara. Clutching the box tightly m her podgy hands, she stood there for one full minute admiring her most prized possession. The
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    • 537 13 QUOTATION: J "Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends !^^^^^^^|flflß^^^^^H^B herself to our dreams and fffl P^^L^R^VS cherishes our fancies." I^JB BxASI —Victor Hugo WEDNESDAY FOR EVERYONE: Proceed cau- K9 PV99WV tiously, tactfully. defer I decisions: allow extr a time B^Hll I en route: double-check VV A2^Afi|^^H change. money
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 137 14 TOKYO, Sept. 2 (UPI).— Indonesian Central Government forces are conducting large scale mopping up operations to crush remnant rebel concentrations m several parts of Western Sumatra, Artara News Agency reported today. Antara said the operation dubbed "Badai." was started last week. Taking part are
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    • 488 14 40 HELD IN 3rd DAY'S RIOTING Police Quell The Pitched Battles Of Notting Hill LONDON, Sept. 2 (IPI) White zoot-suiters battled Negro toughs m the streets of London's "harlem" early today on the third day of the worst race rioting m the city's history. At least 10 whites and eight
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    • 302 14 Not Too Much Of Science But Arts 126 Cwealth Varsiffos Told MONTREAL. Sept. 2 ißeuter) Four hundred representatives from 126 Commonwealth universities were warned here today of the threats to the freedom of institutions *t higher learning and the dangers of too zreat a concentration on the study of tcience.
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    • 105 14 THE BORDER TALKS ARE A BIG FLOP KARACHI. Sept. 2. <Reu-' ter>. Mr. Firoz Khan Noon, Pakistan's Prime Minister, told Parliament last might that Indo-Pakistani conference discussing border disputes has been "almost a! complete failure." Counselling patience among Opposition Members of Par- liament. the Prime Minister appealed to all members
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    • 158 14 UNITED STATES and Korean Service aircraft are starting a nationwide spraying campaign asainst mosquitoes m Korea to kill off the carrier of encephalitis.— Reuter THE SUEZ CANAL was back yesterday operating on a 35-foot draught capacity basis for the first time since the Anglo -French Israpl invar.mn m 1956.-
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    • 63 14 WITH AUTOMATIC weapons tucked beneath their arms, girls wearing shirts, trousers and plimsoles march through the streets of the Basta Area of Beirut as the women contingent of the Rebel Army take part m the rebel army parade last week. The leader of the rebels m
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    • 241 14 LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 2 (UPI) The Little Rock School Board last night bowed to the U.S. Supreme Court and set back to September 15 the opening of Central High School, keystone of the Souths battle against Negro integration. The Board could have stuck to
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    • 27 14 AMBASSADOR Henry Cabot Lodge will reoresent President Eisenhower In making a major speech on outer space to the American Legion Convention m Chicago tonight. U.P.I.
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    • 122 14 KANSAS. Sept. 2 (UPI) —A 29-year-old Kansas mother, voted the 1958 "nudist woman of the year," said yesterday that professional sun bathers rank among the best dressed people m the country" when the winter winds howl. Mrs. Betty Votaw. the mother of a 10-year-old
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    • 35 14 HARSTAD. Norway. Sept. 2. <'SPI). An explosion ripped Fort Trondenes on the Northern Norwegian coast yesterday zrA an official communique listed Sve persons missing and i*:h?czn. killed. The casualties were all civilians.
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    • 415 14 I Am NOT Returning To England' Town send PARIS. Sent 2 (Reu:er> Group Cast am Peter Townsend stated here 'I have no intention of returning to mv country, England." Asked if that meant he was not returning to England at all. he replied "it is as I say." He read
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    • 178 14 KIMONO GIRL FLIES IN TO WED DIGGER PERTH, Sept. 2 (Reuten A petite Japanese woman stepped nervously from an aircraft at Perth Airport early today to meet her West Australian fiance, whom she has not seen for more than two years. Miss Kiyoko Tsugawa, had come from Kure, Japan, to
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    • 148 14 BRITISH AIR PROGRESS ON SHOW FARXBOROUGH, Sept. 2, (Reuter) British Aircraft Manufacturers lifted the curtain here on new achievements ranging from the world's hrst vertical take-off airliner to an atom bomber with the supersonic missile that will "home" on a target hundreds of miles away. The opening of the Farnboftmgh
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    • 105 14 REFUGEE WHO ATTACKED MISSION HELD BERLIN, Sept. 2 (Reuten— Alter an exchange of shots, East Berlin Police today arrested Olivier Beldeanu, said to be a Rumanian refugee responsible for an armed attack on the Rumanian Mission In Berne on Feb. 14. 1955. the East German News Agency reported. The Agency
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    • 68 14 FEDERAL AGENTS and members of the New York Police Narcotics Squad apprehended three Communist Chinese seamen m a raid of a sth floor apartment at 94 Sheriff Street last week Police seized 30 lbs of raw opium (seen on the bed) valued at
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    • 107 14 THEY'LL RAID GOVT. GRAIN STORES 1F... NEW DELHI. Sept. 2 (Reuter>.—Two hundred demonstrators before the Parliament building here yesterday demanded government action on a "war emergency basis" to tackle India's chronic food shortage and stabilise food prices. There has been acute food scarcity m some parts of the country this
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    • 79 14 HONGKONG S:p 2 (Renter >. Wcrx began terday on a SOO-1 )t dam which mm i-clve the water shortage pr^clerr. Northern China, the Ke* China News Agency rep-r The dam. one of Chinas biggest, will seal off t? i:pper reache; the Bib River, a
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    • 316 14 LONDON Sept. 2 (Reuter) Sarawak is having a •teenage gang" era and the troubles that £0 with' it. 1957 ANNUAL REPORT SAYS These gang activities accounted to: a "significant Increase m crime, says the 1957 Annual Report, lor this British Colony m North West
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