Singapore Standard, 4 October 1958

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  • 25 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** —5 Coblt TIIERNEWS" t SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4, I^sB. Vol. IX No. 94. #j IS cv. 14 Poget IFINAL EDITION] i
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  • 64 1 LONDON, Oct. 3 (Reuter) A British Overseas Airways spokesman said m London today that Britain* Comet Four jet airliner might start regular commerSal trans-Atlfrtic flights to Wt the service as sopn as we get clearance tre life Port of New York 23W*.» ht told the
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  • 262 1 jTunku on swoops KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. pEIME MINISTER Tunku Haji Abdul Rahman today, assured the relatives of the 150 people rounded up by the Special Branch throughout the Federation two days ago, that those detained would be immediately released if they are found innocent
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  • 214 1 NICOSIA, Oct. 3 (Reuter) An English woman was shot dead and another wounded by gunmen m Famagusta this afternoon, it was officially announced. A house curfew was immediately imposed on the Eastern Cypriot port. The death of the woman m Famagusta was
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  • 132 1 LONDON. Oct. 3 (Reuter)— Britain's major film Producers the Rank Organization, is to close 80 of its cinemas, Mr John Davis, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. announced last n The plan also includes the merging of 300 Odeon and Gaumont cinemas into a new C
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  • 198 1 Lay Down Arms, Build Country call by de Gaulle CONSTANTINE, Oct. 3 (UPl)— Premier Charles de Gaulle promised Algeria today a revolutionary five-year economic and social development plan. He challenged the Muslim rebels to lay down their arms and build the country's future together with France. The General announced his
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  • 212 1 3 Die As Army Fires On Mobs BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 3, (UPD— The Lebanese army loosed a hail of fire on mobs demonstrating against the new government last night and today turning the page back to the bloodiest days of Lebanon's summer rebellion. At least three civilians were reported dead
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  • 17 1 PRINCESS Margaret returned to London by air ye»terday from >■ four-day private visit to Brussels.- Reuter
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  • 187 1 rpHIS pretty 20-year-old girl A has been missing from her house m Nelson Road, Singapore, since Sunday. There wefce no family quarrels or ill-feelings to cause the girl Ong Tin Jeong run away from home, t the police were tola* *Sfc?-lifcr%eeii engaged to a clerk
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  • 115 1 TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -r Communist China announced tonight its air force interceptors shot down two Nationalist U.S.-built C-46 transport planes over Quemoy this afternoon The announcement said the two planes were shot down while they were airdropping war material to Quemoy. One of
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  • 196 1 POLIO: FIVE POINTS TO REMEMBER THE Singapore City Council yesterday took extra precautionary measures to fight the spread of polio. All district public health inspectors have been alerted to the situation and have been ordered to pay partidi* lar attention to fly breeding and its control m the course of
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  • 408 1 HAIT! Who goes there? Now Fed. has right to bar any entry L- if necessary KUALA LUMPUR Fri. The Federation Government today put into immediate operation amendments to the Immigration Ordinance 1948, whereby Federal and Singapore citizens will only hare the right of entry into the Federation. Hitherto, British subjects
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  • 166 1 Electric Failure: 20,000 In The Dark lif ORE than 20,000 residents LTX m the Upper Serangoon area of Singapore were without electricity for 12 hours yesterday. The breakdown was caused on Thursday night when workmen excavatin£ a road damaged an electric cable. The cable, which was lying deep underground, came
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  • 71 1 LONDON, Oct. 3, (Reuter) —Mr. R. A. Butler, the Home Secretary, arrived here by air from Nairobi today after a two-week holiday m the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Asked to comment on Britain's recent racial disturbances, he said: "lam waiting the reaction of the West
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  • 69 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. t (Reuter) President Eisenhower entered Walter Reed Hospital here today for hla annual physical checkup. The President was due to stay m hospital overnight and to return to the White House tomorrow. The President looked fit and had a spring m his step as he
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  • 23 1 SIR Alastair George Lionel Miller, 65-year-bld baronet, WBS-1 jailed three yean .m Winshester yesterday for Indecently assaulting two young girl* i
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  • 19 1 JAKARTA. Oct. 3 (Reuter* North Sumatra ha§ tanned portraits of General Chiang leader of Nationalist China.
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    • 119 1 m £>ntLL4 foil can I o Put The Load Ksj^Jj Ihere It Belongs Choose r\l\iNl\* With driver and lit \4J <\ passengers m i ]A y front and engine I when running without H I bad, weight is still evenly IB a-d correctly distributed fiot mf H concentrated over the
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    • 17 1 IN THIS EDITION A 6-PAGE Robinson's Centenary Supplement is issued free with today's edition of The Standard.
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    • 805 2 A LI J SITUATION VACANT SINCAPORE POLYTECHNIC Applications are invited from Citizens of Singapore who are Honours Graduates for the post of Assistant Lecturers (Grade 2) m English an 6 Mathematics Preference will be given to applicants with good teaching experience Send stamped addressed envelope immediately to P.O. Box 2023
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    • 562 2 ACCOM. WANTED WANTED by British employee of professional firm, long lease of unfurnished bungalow or house at reasonable rental. No young family. Three bedrooms, garden, accommodation for two servants and car. Box T. 3442 SS. ACCOM VACANT FULLY FURNISHED PLAT to let Newton Circus area with furniture for salt $2,000/-.
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    • 528 2 LAND WANTIP WANTED on* to two acres of land m Rural Board area Particular! and lowest price to Box T 3441 Sj^__ FOR SAlt BONEHILL "Paradox" 12 bore Ball Shot both barrels choked-sight^ang* excel, cond. $500. nett. Phone *****. REMNANTS 2—4 YARDS Now $1.90 Piece, White Single Bedsheets 3 Pjeces
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    • 572 2 NOTICES APPLICATIONS are invited for the posts of OFFICE BOYS m the Singapore Government Service. Candidate* with the following qualifications need apply:— AGE: 15—18 SALARY: Under 16 $61) Under 17 $70) plus $24 variable allowance Under 18 $79) 18 $87) increasing by $2 per month each year to a maximum
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    • 562 2 I. JOHk F. KLTNE is no longer Employed by The Singapore] Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, No. 172A "Rangoon Road. Singapore as from Ist October, 1958. SINGAPORE TELEPHONE BOARD Important Public Notice CONSEQUENT upon tfie opening *f the new City Telephone Exchange m October, (a) At 9 p.m. on Ssturday
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    • 478 2 TENDER > CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD of the FEDERATION OF MALAYA SALE OF GENERATING PLANT THE following Diesel Generating Plant is offered foi sale by tender and can be seen at the Kuala Krai Kelantan, Power Station oi J the Central Electric it; Board:— 2— Lister Type RA4 38 B H
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    • 88 2 wived s«a5 «a r rtructfon if!! l F an an Ai i Exeem/i!? "$I iKuantan. 1 ij tenSe^ J S*\t of v lhp Dim**! r|and :x f r three 3> <,? *1 i close at n'nJl toft totrj Ipoh TtSJ TO-Nli AN D MGBTIII ANNIE] XVI /J NANKWGJ 'GIEAT WOd
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 472 3 LpnEVER the subject off prison reforms L'l. oi it invariably does following reports L(, the public of some incident or other [T token place within the grim walls of o L 3rv the idealists, standing on the outside L no "dea whatsoever of happenings m the Cation of these
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    • 307 3 F^STS from the Federation's so-called W poups against Government's big swoop f ersiv e elements m the country were to be W I"" as it was also anticipated that these *ould be based on distortion of Govern- Ktion. The three chief socialist organixaW** Malayan People's Socialist Front, the
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  • 19 3 p^ -1» t9ch Klm Koaa ypor# Jt 4 »> (5 i.n«s). All department* I •V""""- 81Oi
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    7 3 "FALL IN YE CITY COUNCIL 'VOLUNTEERS V
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  • 1341 3  - Another Dash For Freedom Andrew Shonfield By BRITAIN'S announcement about the freeing of dollar imports, which was made during the early stages of the Montreal Conference, has been widely interpreted as marking a definite switch m British economic policy or rather a switchback to the earlier plan of the Conservatives
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  • 546 3  -  Michael Astor By LONDON, pOR Englishmen, since the days of the first Queen Elizabeth, it has been almost Second nature to band together against the outside world m moments of international crisis. This has been the nations history, a symptom of her insularity and an integral part of
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  • 69 3 AKDJSFKJKDSJFKJSDK ••RADIO and television at their best create for us the presence of people. In the best of radio, I feel that people art m the room talking to me. In the best of television. I feel myself eavesdropping on people who are talking to
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  • 356 3 the NEWS as it Atrikes me COME time ago, commenting on the enlarging "white** areas m the Federation* this column uttered a note of warning against being too optimistic we are seeing the end of Communist machinations and manoeuvres m the country. On many occasions we asserted that there were
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  • 413 4 Increased Duty Will Affect The Poorer Class As Well' LEADING tobacco and cigarette distributors yesterday warned the Singapore Government that the extra duty imposed on cigarettes and tobacco would have an adverse effect on the national revenue. They were of the opinion
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  • 265 4 CHAIRMAN of the Singapore City Council's Staff sub-committee antf PAP Councillor for Ceylang East, Mr. Kum Ten* Hock, yesterday used his casting vote to dismiss an officer who was allegedly found "bookmaking'* during office hours The officer had been charged before the
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  • 90 4 Helen Has A Part In This Play HELEN Grace Lin (above) will play the daughter of the concubine of a warlord m "Begonia," which will open this evening at the new Victoria Theatre, Singapore. "Begonia" a rive-act seven-scene play, is being, presented by the Singapore l-Lian Dramatic Society. The play's
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  • 307 4 PRINCIPAL of the Singapore Polytechnic, Mr. David Williams, said yesterday that 2,390 students have been admitted for various courses from the General Certificate ordinary level to Teachers Certificate. Of these more than half were taking part-time courses. Full-time students number 384 while 424 have
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  • 196 4 COURT TOLD OF MIDNIGHT HOLD-UP HOW a taxi-driver was held at dagger point and robbed while cycling along the welllighted Aljunied Road on his way home, was told to a Singapore court yesterday. At the preliminary inquiry m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court, Koh Kin Swan was tentatively charged with
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  • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The whole of Kuala Langat district and the sub-district of Sepang were today declared controlled areas to restrict squatters from taking up unauthorised residence there. The State Government today specified 18 areas within the districts as residential parts outside which no persons without
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  • 96 4 Boy Died Of Tetanus Infection SINGAPORE Police have established that Mvi Kong Seng. 12. who died m the General Hospital on Thursday was infected with tetanus. This was disclosed by the Police Secretary. Mr. EuCheow Eang, yesterday to The Standard. Mr. Eu said: "Mvi died from" tetanus infection because of
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  • 37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. A strike threatened by the 200 members of the Tampoi Mental Hospital has been callei off as the demand by the Union for the removal of a dortor has been met.
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  • 241 4 TWO men, Ali bin Liman alias Othman bin Ali, and Mohamed Noor bin Abu Bakaer, were charged m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday with trafficking m 36 pieces of counterfeit $1,000 Indonesian Rupiah notes. The offence was committed m a hotel m Everitt Road
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  • 313 4 This Innocent Looking Plastic Bag Is Sow Used By Thugs A UNIQUE secret society weapon an innocent looking plastic container fell into Singapore Police hands yesterday It was filled with acid. Normally it contains a special liquid to clean windscreens of motor vehicles. But m the hands of thugs it
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  • 160 4 THE SINGAPORE Fifth Magistrate Mr. K. T. Alexander, said yesterday that assault on a Police officer v*as not a trivial offence when he convicted a taxi driver and fined him $500 m default three months* jail. The taxi driver, Leong Peng Keen, was found guilty of
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  • 145 4 We need 800 of blood a Health MiniNG THE Minister for Health. Mr A. J. Braga, yesterday appealed to the public to donate more blood Before presenting gold and silver medals to 70 donors at the Singapore B'ood Transfusion Centre, Mr Braga said that the demand for bloo<t transfusions had
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  • 67 4 CLERK CLE IN ROA DEATH 7.4.V PESO HOE. 1 day MottA tf. causing woman, Cnn by r.nvir.£ ft r z Ravner to c fc e.ierrt tad T! m firstly been* i did now CJJ den<e a? driver Stand j th j out. thP'e W den re of MOP Tan's MM
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  • 204 4 THE Singapore Queenstown Community j ha* asked the Chief Minister, Tun Lan m provide Chinese residents with a funeral hes dead, it was disclosed yesterday by the "a president, Dr. Chee Phui Hung The petition was contained m a memorandum sent 10 the j Chief
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    • 213 4 4 Tailoring Department. 9 Usual Price. I Dacron/Accetate Suiting* 60" $7-50 s s )1 Dacron/Cotton Suit.ngs 60" 7-50 per yd 5-» J Docron/Wool Suitings 60" $12-50 S 7-> #l H 100% Orion Suitings 60" S 7-50 »-5^ V Dacron /Orion Suitings 60" 9-50 II 100% Docron Suitings 60" 9-50 >
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  • 389 5 iiUTION PROBLEM FOR STUDY m council is considering a proposal to set up a separate River Board 1 problem of river pollution m Singapore. l^ now being studied by the Council's Health Committee, was rt!V Sewerage Engineer, Mr. G. M. Richards, and the
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  • 144 5 CHITECT BODY WE DIDN'T CRIMINATE mute of Architects of Malaya yesterday pore that any discrimination was being m s t student draughtsmen who were not the institute where proficiency examinaoneerned rival Malayan 1 v. ii aSJU a V- establish an c nd ici ttaaghts- i leted lb*l .'■",---t ightsmen L
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  • 40 5 LAUDS ACT WOMAN T^' re District yesterday «wmplan i» dis-c;?"-"-a. Mr. '2 the: m courI a rr;c e If •:ere r: c of an on r added. 1 labour- 2* use of hi V: r ~ad him to '■'> lowed ;n^r-
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  • 289 5 Vain Bid To Avert Threatened Strike AN attempt by the Singapore City Council to avert a threatened strike by 500 night*oii workers scheduled to start midnight tomorrow i tailed yesterday. The Night-soil Workers' Union, representing the workers. rejected a proposal by the Council's acting Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. C. Marcus,
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  • 36 5 HONGKONG, Oct. 3. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $1602 tc £1 Sterling 5.7975 to US$l; $1,851 to Malayan $1; $0,096 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $253,375 to a tael
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    38 5 THE Cnlverrit, Mdm DrM-tle Society predated J-g^*^ l^ •■nthusiastic audience at the Culture Centre, Stagapore on y brfore written by undergrad Lloyd Week wogrimme of the Students Union. It s ta«ed m «-J-^ B^^'!& W ryS?in« »he pUy.
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  • 86 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. School fees totalling $94 were yesterday snatched from an 11-year-old student when he was on his way to hand the money to the school clerk. Police said today that the boy a pupil of the Methodist afternoon school m Petaling Hill here had
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  • 20 5 SINGAPORE Co operative Union has been admitted a member of the International Co-operative Alliance, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 77 5 Dies After Her Niece's Funeral AN aged woman attending a funeral at Bidadari. Singapore, on Thursday, suddenly collapsed. She was taken to the General hospital but died the same evening without regaining consciousness The woman, 74-year-old, Mrs. Lee Poh Van, was attending the funeral of her niece. Mrs. Lee leaves
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  • 82 5 3 Acquitted On Murder Charge MUAR. Fri. Three men, Ahnvd bin Ibrahim. Haji Mat bin Haji Idris and Daim bin Saman. were today acquitted by Mr. Justice Hepworth on a charge of murdering a fishmonger. Lim Kah See at Pengkalan Bukit Jorak on March 17. The seven-man Jury took U
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  • 366 5 Drama In Court A MAN attempted to strangle himself inside the dock of the Singapore First District Court following his conviction yesterday. The man, Lim Choon Bock, 26, had been jailed for 12 months and fined $25. He had pleaded guilty to charges of criminal
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  • 127 5 IPOH, Fri. A number of changes will take place m the Ipoh Police District within the next two days when, for the first time, an Assistant Superintendent of Police will prosecute m the lower courts. He is "veteran" A.S.P. Wong Sze Kirn. Senior Investigating Officer "B"
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    266 5 He Will Study Troop Problems In Malaya THE Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, Mr. Julian Amery, said m Singapore yesterday that it was very encouraging to learn of the recent surrenders of the terrorists m the Federation. Mr. Amery, who arrived by BOAC Britannia for a
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  • 139 5 Prince Wants To Be A Private KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A music -minded Prince a grandnephew of the King wants to become a buck private with the Federation Army. His application to the Regiment has been answered and he is to present himself to the recruiting officer at the Regimental Depot
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  • 36 5 KUMPOLAN Peranakan Singapura elected the following office-bearers for 1958-59: President Mr. Henry Chong; VicePresident: Mr. James Sect; Secretary: Mr. Loh Beng Chye; Treasurer: Mr. Ang Chwee Kirn and Auditor: Mr. Patrick Foo. he
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    • 169 5 CHIN BROTHERS CO., LTD. announce the inception of our Investment and Finance I Department Assets Exceed $3,500,000.00 Invest with us now we pay Interest m per annum I Minimum deposits from $100/I Ask for our booklets on j "HOW TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME" sent post free on request CHIN BROTHERS
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  • 205 6 THE visiting: Under-Secretary of State for Air, Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing, yesterday told leaders of the Air Ministry Local Staff Union, Singapore, that he would ask RAF authorities here to "civilianize" all possible posts m the Service. He told a Union delegation
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  • 146 6 workers to know about their future The Union wanted "planned and phased" redundancy so that the hardship of affected employees could be reduced to the bare minimum. The delegation requested Mr. Orr-Ewing to use his good offices to cut down the retrenchments. The Under-Secretary said he was
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  • 78 6 THREE HELD AFTER A GANG CLASH POLICE detained three youths who went to the Kandang Kerbau Police Station to make a report, following a gang clash m Cambridge Road, Singapore, last night. The youths alleged that they had been assaulted by a group of men at the scene of the
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  • 112 6 A SERIES of mock attacks will be launched against shipping and installations m the Singapore Harbour area m a defence exercise the Dark Strike to be conducted by the Commander-in-Chief of Far East Station m Colony waters this evening. Dark Strike is designed to exercise the
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  • 75 6 PENANG. Fri.— A 26-year-old sampan man Ong Ah Ean, was fined $400 by Sessions Judge, Mr. Au Ah Wah. today for carrying ten tins of dutiable cigarettes without the permission of the Comptroller of Customs, m a craft at Penang Harbour on Sept. 2. He
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  • 32 6 TAN Yam Scan of Cross Street was fined $200 or 'wo months' jail m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday for managing a chap-ji-kee at Raffles Quay on Oct. 2.
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  • 356 6 ACTION AGAINST SUBVERSIVES TO GO ON— RAZAK RED MENACE IS CROWING KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, today declared that the present operation against subversives m the Federation would continue indefinitely. "The Government has given repeated warnings. It will not relax its vigilance
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  • 215 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The next stage of "Operation Bomoh," the country-wide crackdown on subversive elements, will be determined by the revelations made by the mass of documents seized on Wednesday. This was disclosed to The Standard today by Federation Director of the Police Special Branch,
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  • 188 6 Holiday Malayan Govern 70th Birth MALACCA, Fri. For the fi M of the Malayan Government?^ Governor has been officially decla to be observed with State-wide 1 The Governor is Mr. Leon* Cel Yew Koh, whose 70th birthda 1 has been declared a hoidaV falls on Oct. 25. Actual data of
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  • 24 6 LIM Chong Lim. 23. was killed yesterday when he fell 60 feet from a rambutan tree m Yio Chu Kan* Road, Singapore.
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  • 68 6 Labo Conde Emer I PENANG. X eral meeting i East Branch I Party o! SH resolution lis: condemning t Emergency Hi the Alliance Qi an attempt* tion politxi tain ing the active meffiw In its resaing ch aliened Government ft believed In detained pie's Social^' be brought* court of ia*
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  • 129 6 40 Want Deled Meet j Th c 40^ J 1 who re^.l I U J Side >** I Tun^ Abi- 1 ln B him C 1 for the^x3 meet hi*. The !e:te*|J that the cc« 3 death"' r-^jj Menon. the "sl outside the p3 on the 1 2th qh 'nothing
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  • 139 6 REGISTRAR of Vehicles Department, Singapore, has a collection of asserted articles left behind by absent-minded passengers. Will the person who left hehind a packet of zinc pads for soft corns and a book en "What has Religion done to Mankind" call at the Vehicles Department
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  • 91 6 4,ooo Get New Phone Numbers ruun inousand telephone numbers will be changed as from 9 p.m. tonight when the Singapore Telephone Board transfer them from the Central and Telephone Exchange to the $4,500.--000 City Exchange zX George Street. The public is reminded that the two most important chances are: Singapore
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  • 201 6 SHE RETURNS TO BRING TO CHILD SIXTY chUdren of the Overset-Chinese Creche and Kindergarten, m Balmoral Road, had an unexpected treat yesterday when Mrs. Joan Essery, a former Singapore resident, arrived with rifts of toys, fresh milk, fruit and boiled sweets, bought with money sent to her n> the Women's
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  • 157 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) In Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 84* 84} R.S.S. No. 1 84 i 85 R.S.S. No. 1 (Nov.) 854 85| R.S.S. No. 2 83i 83! R.S.S. No. 3 81i 82 Tone: Quiet and slightly easier. The tin price m Singapore
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  • 189 7 Tecs Escorted Them Wherever They Went... MEET a tourist and his wife from Singapore. They are none other than the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock and Mrs. Lim. Mr. and Mrs. Lim are now m Hongkong. They are the guests of Mr. Ron
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  • 301 7 Orgies At Night Spot: Police Officers Involved Officers Involved TOP-LEVEL PROBE UNDER WAY TOP-LEVEL investigations arc now being carried out into the activities of certain Singapore high-ranking Government and Police officers m a shady allnight club m the outskirts of the city. Run under the guise of a recreational association,
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  • 149 7 BEWARE THIS MAN: Afefer Reader' Is 'Con' Trickster BEWARE of a City Council meter reader wearing badge No. 3654. The badge is bogus and the man behind it is a confidence trickster who has swindled many people, said the Singapore City Council yesterday. If you are not careful, this man
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  • 53 7 THREE youths Check Boon Kang. Yong Koon Poh and Tan Kian Seng were found guilty m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday of stealing 20 fowls valued at $50 and belonging to Toh Kai Chow and Ton Kirn Heng, on Aug. 27. Sentence was put off
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  • 59 7 REGISTRAR of Vehicles Singapore, pays about S6O a month to redeem letters sent unstamped by the public. In most cases, sufficient postage has not been paid. Letters which do not have sufficient pos:age will not m future, be accepted by the department, but returned unopened to
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  • 97 7 PENANG, Fri.— A five-year-old boy, All, on his way home with his mother after fishing m the sea m Telok Bahang yesterday, was washed away by a swift current while crossing a stream. The body was recovered la r er by a search party. Two men.
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  • 220 7 ONG'S BUSY PEN ANG TRIP PENANG, Fri. Mayor Ong Eng Guan and City Councillors of Singapore will have a Dusy time during their threenay visit here as the City Council of George Tov^n has drawn up a heavy programme for them. The Mayor. D. S. Ramanathan, and City Councillors cr
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  • 80 7 LEADING Aircraftsman, Abu Bakar bin Abdul of R.A.F. (Malaya), Changi. was yesterday convicted m Singapore on a charge of stealing a collection box containing $2.90 from a shop. Two other airmen who were jointly charged with him. were acquitted after they had made their defence. After an R.A.F.
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    • 440 8 EAST ASIATIC I HOMEWARDS $oili Mt A4€m II Rotterdam. Bremen. Hornby. Z^J* I "BUSUANGA" .o/ut, ,'i Calling Gdvmo M "SONGKHLA" I "FALSTRIA" 20 2,0. 22 J UTWAR g. S Som B«« flkok I "BEIRA" c On 9 "INDIA" "JUTLANDIA" |m^ 7 'H. "SIENA" OENMARR HOUSI KUALA LUMPUi 7601 14 lines
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  • 193 9 Turnover On Share Market 'Fair' INDUSTRIALS were quietly steady m the Malayan share market yesterday Tins were firm, but quieter at the close, while rubber were firm, with selective buying. A fair turnover was reported. Price changes announced by the Malayan Bharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Fed. Dispensary 1.07
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  • 223 9 MALAYAN s harebrokers reported the following business done yesterday:— Fed. Disp. $1.09. $1.08; F. N. ord. $2.79 $2.80; Gammon $1.56. $i.55; Hammer $1.55 to $1.52; H. Waiißh $1-30. $1.29; Jackson $117. $1.16; M. Breweries $2.96; Cement $1.30; M Colls. $1.02. $1.10. $1.04 delayed; McAlister $1.28. $1.27; M. Box
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  • 161 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Oulidia. Prince Salvor, St Nazaire. Pres. Mckinley. Szechuan. World Treasure. Norscot. Hydra, Toboali (renamed Garuda Mas). Straat Johore. Darvell, Sunon, Berbere. Flying Enterprise, Borus, Teheran, xzumi Maru, Nicolas Embfico. lndora Hoo«h Cairn. Lidia, Eastern Lucky, Peggy (ex Greta Oaks), Lulu. Meratus. Maxwell Brander. St.i Selo.
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  • 56 9 LONDON, Oct. 3 (Reuter)— Mr. Deginald Maudling, the Paymaster General, left here by air for New Delhi, where he is to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank and international Monetary Fund, starting Oct. 6. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr< Derick Heathcoat Amory, is
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  • 50 9 Australia's exports to South American countries had more than doubled m the past 3 f *ar, the Parliamentary Secretary for Trade. Mr R. W. Swartz, said recently. Exports to those countries totalled A£1.832,000 m 1957--58, an increase of more than £1,000.000 on the previous year.
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  • 30 9 CANADA'S 1958 grain crop is slightly below the 1957 harvest, according to official August forecast A smaller wheat crop is partly offset by increases m barley and oats.
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  • 119 9 Exhibition Of Cash Machines THE National Cash Register Co (Malaya) Ltd.. opened its two-day exhibition of Adding/Accounting machines and Cash Registers, m its premises m de Souza Street. Singapore, yesterday. Among the latest National Cash machines on display were a public utility billing machine, a 60-total analysis machine and a
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    • 315 9 REPLANT EARLY APPEAL BY CHAIRMAN Johore Scheme Gets Under Way EARLY replanting of old rubber could ensure •conomic stability for Malaya, Mr. Yap Kirn Hock, chairman of the Johore State Committee on Replanting Campaign, said m Batu Pohat on Thursday. He was speaking at the opening of the States replanting
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    • 210 9 Aussies Will Buy More From Malaya' AUSTRALIA will buy pore rubber from Malaya for her expanding motor industry, Mr. G.W. Caylock, Senior Publicity Officer of the Australian Department of Trade, said m Singapore yesterday. He said the motor industry'! expansion could be seen from the increasing number of Australians owning
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    • 118 9 RUBBBER closed half a cent higher m Singapore yesterday, to 84} cents per lb. for International first grade October (Thurs. 84} cents). Opening higher m sympathy with overseas, the market ruled steady throughout the morning. Fair interest m lower sheet was shown, but offers were scarce.
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    • 78 9 THE Hercules Insurance Co., Ltd., of India, has opened a branch office m Boat Quay, Singapore, to transact fire, marine and miscellaneous accident insurance business m the Colony and the Federation of Malaya. Established over 23 years with Head Office m Calcutta, the company has grown to
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    • 91 9 MEMBERS of the Singapore trade mission to Australia and New Zealand were entertained to a farewell cocktail party riven by the sponsors of the mission, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Com- merce, at its premises m Hill Street on Thursday. The 19-man mission left the Colony
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  • 19 9 PAKISTAN'S export! of raw wool rose sharply from 28,200,000 lb. m 1956 to 37.200,--000 lb. m 1957.
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  • 197 9 A FEATURE on the Singapore rubber market during this week has been the widened discount for October 1 R.S.S. says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd's. weekly report. This has puzzled most dealers, adds the report. Fairly substantial quantities were tendered at the beginning of
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  • 52 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying, T.T. 32-1/6. OD. 32-1/16. 90 days air mail 324 credit bills, 32| trade bills. Selling, T.T. of O.D. ready: French Francs *****. Belgian Francs 1610*; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates
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  • 24 9 THE Australian Aluminium Commission made a profit of £25,792 m 1957-58, less than half the £52,359 profit made m the previous year.
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  • 85 9 AUSTRALIA'S oil refining capacity has increased from less than 1.000.000 tons a year to over 10,000,000 tons a year, m the last 10 years, according to the Minister for Nation 3l Development, Senator W. H. Spooner. In the five years to February, 1956, four modern oil
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  • 75 9 Mr. Patrick X B. Chee, the "most successful" of seven students, who passed a diploma examination set by the Advertising Association of Great Britain is seen here receiving a gold watch front Mr. J. K. H., Cocks, president of the Malayan Advertising Association. The presentation was made
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  • 95 9 ALTHOUGH registration for grants does not open officially until Nov. 1, at Thursday's opening of the replanting scheme's publicity campaign, one smallholder was permitted to register. He is 60-year-old Siraj bin Haji Saleh, owner of a 21--acre estate, seen m the picture signing an application form. At
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  • 90 9 SINGAPORE Chines* Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Sept /Oct. U.K., Continent $33} buyers $34* sellers: coconut oil In bulk $53 i sellers, m drums $56 sellers; Muntuk white pepper $122 sellers; Sarawak white $121 sellers; Special Sarawak black $71. Singapore Copra Association closing prices
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  • 46 9 LONDON, Oct. 3 (Reuter)— The sterling areas gold and dollar reserves rose U8531,--000.000 In September, the Treasury announced today. This compared with a rise of U555,000,000 m August. Total holdings on Sept. 30 stood At U8t3.120.000.000 against U853,089.000,000 ftt the end of August.
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  • 110 10 THE Minister for Works, Posts Telecommunications, Enche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, spent a whole day inspecting: road and other construction works m Klang and Kuala Selangor districts. Picture shows the Minister (extreme left) having: a discussion with P. W. D. engineers, Government officials and community leaders
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  • 80 10 THE Regent of Selangor is seen addressing: the gathering of councillors, penghulns and heads of departments m the District Offices. Looking on at right (back facing camera) is Tuan Syed Hashim, the District Officer and Chairman of the Council. Klang. (Picture by Ch'ng Seng Poh.) The High
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  • 32 10 The Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, watches a class of thf the Deaf, Penan*, m progress during his visit there recently J^ cipal of the School, Miss Joyce Hickes
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  • 127 10 Mrs. Saadiah Sardon, president of the Selangor Branch of the National An Women's Institute and wife of the Minister for Works. Posts and Mwoau is seen addressing a tea party m the Selangor Indian Association ptmim. I pur recently. Mrs. Sardon and Mrs. A. Karim (extreme right' mw'ir
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  • 163 10 (ABOVE) The Federation Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, (second from right), met the four-man team of the Department of Social Welfare, who are now on a national survey of physically handicapped persons. The Government's aim m conducting the survey, which started m Johore,
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  • 197 11 *rs at the jf flub* at Bukit moon pt runners ,£S about >ome l» st I early *er. Lpointment j \cademy 4) should >ia v bets. Deteav One. n n rj May. I nail -ac p ■ted v >ire jess (i r nee hi yai What j* !3-■ lo^
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  • 280 11 'DEVELOP AN ESPRIT OE CORPS' Through Rivalry m Sport Tunku Urges KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman tonight urged Government servants to develop an esprit de corps through healthy rivalry m sport The Tunku was opening the two-day athletic meet at the Merdeka Stadium, organized by the Federation
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  • 646 11 PANG IS CARNIVAL SWIM CHAMP THE first combined swimming carnival between Crescent Girls' School and Pasir Panjang Secondary School was held yesterday at the Chinese, Swimming Club. Seventeen-year-old Pang Tee Ann took the 'A* Divi- T slon title with 13 points. Yong Che e Chqon was the 'B champion with
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  • 39 11 MAXWELL Sports Uiuo beat Gymkhana Sports Club by five loals to nil m a &ATA rjsv 2B match on the MTA ground ye sterday AKmaH curi ir Scorers were: Ahmad sun 3, Ali and Johari.
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  • 151 11 THE Teachers Union team to meet Singapore Recreation Club m the SHA Div. 1 league match on the pad«ang today will be selected from the following:— V Gomez. A jit Singh, A Gomez, N« Kok Onn. Mahinder Singh, Toh Boon Wai. Hardev Singh, A. de Cruz,
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  • 286 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The smart Victoria Institution XV went to town against Maxwell Road School whom they beat by 47 points (seven goals, four tries) to three (penalty) m the Selangor Combined Schools Council Rugby Football League on the Davidson Road ground here
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  • 102 11 ANGLO-CHINESE School were held to a two- all draw by St. Andrew's School m the Father Ashness Shield tennis tourney yesterday. ACS were favourites for the inter-school teams shield but after yesterday's 2-2 re-* suit they cannot be given much of a chance. Results: (Anglo Chinese
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  • 42 11 SINGAPORE Malays Hockey Association beat Police Sports Association by four goals to one m an SHA Div. 2 league match at Thomson Road yesterday. Saad (2), Daud and Manap scored for the Malays, while Police's only goal came- from Karim.
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  • 302 11 Chinese Hadn't The Luck JOHN HUMPHRIES played matchwinner for the Singapore Cricket tiub when the SCC beat the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by two goals to nil m the Singapore Hockey Association's division one league encounter on the Padang yesterday. I Humphries scored
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  • 94 11 FIFE. Scotland, Oct. 3 (Reuter) The Japanese team for the world amateur team golf championship over the St. Andrew's links here next week arrived here today and became the first victims of a caddie shortage today. The Japanese found that all but two of the
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  • 254 11 KIN TAT HERO OF MARIGOLD VICTORY MARIGOLD Badminton Party, as expected, beat Flower Badminton Party by three games to two m the Singapore Badminton Association's senior, inter-ciub final ai the Badminton Stadium last night. Alter being tied ai twoail, Marigold's second doubles, Ong .Poh Lim and Lim Say Wan thrashed
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  • 30 11 YESTERDAY'S Singapore Hockey Association's Division II results were: At Naval Base, Teachers Training College drew with Navy Nomads 1-1. On the padang, S$C beat RAF Tengah 2-0.
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  • 46 11 GAN Eng Seng School beat Tanjong Katong Technical School by four goals to#one m an inter-school hockey match on the GESS ground yesterday. Ong Hup Soon 2, Jeyaratnam and Chue Kofc Kheong scored for the winners while Technical School replied through Nadarajan.
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    • 284 11 iff ay's Card j air v late Canchew) ■Pflfe 3. Aipr. -T.SUS KISw M r.r are Scratchings: Sanhora, Red [Banner, Wonder Gold. IW Furs. RjZ^^^iLfl I fti Tibs. BL Jk I£% M% 4*30 p«m* I Women's Race Div. 2— si Furs I MARA Cl. 4 5 I Minimum catchweights I
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    • 152 11 RUGBY: South Johore "A" vs. RAOC. Keat Hongi South Johore M B" vs. Tankards RFC. Johore Bahrv; SCC vs. RAF Changi, Changi; The Blacks vs. Royal Signals, Dover Road; RAF Seletar "A" vs. RASC, Seletar. Inter-School— R.l. lt A" vs. St. Andrews, R.1.. 5.15 p.m. R.f. "B M vs. St.
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  • 150 12 $750,000 To Meet Swede Johansson SEATTLE, Oct. S (Reuter)— Floyd Patterson has been offered a quarter of a million dollars to defend his world heavyweight title here against Ingemar Johansson, of Sweden, next summer, it* was learned yesterday. Johansson undefeated champion of Europe, is No. 2
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  • SPORTS LETTER
    • 208 12 THIS IS NOT KOREA'S NATIONAL TEAM Sir. The Korean soccer team coming to Malaya for I a series of matches is not a national team as reported by some sports writers. It is known as the Seoul Football Club formed about eight years ago and are the present League Champions
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    • 249 12 Sir.—Rangie Christte. New Zealand Forces, is a fine Rugby player and a personal acquaintance of mine. However. I wish to point out that he did not Captain the British Commonwealth Forces side touring Japan m t-k p^ mrt«nrOonv, «iH* The Commonwealth side was
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  • 99 12 BRAVES SET WORLD SERIES RECORD HIT NEW YORK. Oct. 2 (Reuter Milwaukee Braves set up a World Series baseball :ecord yesterday when they hit seven runs m the first innings of the second game m the best-of-seven series against New York Yankees at Milwaukee. Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 12 ROME: Italy's Nino de Filippis (left), crosses the linish line to win the classic Giro del Lazio (Tour of Lazio) cycling race over Sante Ranucci also of Italy. The winner covered the 201 kilometres m five hours 11 minutes and 14 seconds averaging 38.016 k.p.h. The first foreign cyclist was
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  • 126 12 <UPI) Phil (Wildcat) kirn, Honolulu-born former topranking welterweight" boxer, was found shot to death m a downtown parking lot yesterday. police reported. Kirn. 32. was of Korean descent. He began his professional career m 1947 with a string of victories California's Golden Boy Art Aragon knocked
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  • 138 12 SYDNEY, Oct. 3 Australian lightweight champion Max Carlos, of Victoria, will meet' aborigine Russell Sands, or New South Wales, m a non-title fight at Sydney Stadium on Oct. 20. Sands' manager Bill McConnell wanted Carlos to lay his title on the line, but the champion refused.
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  • 29 12 LONDON, Oct. 3 (Reuter) Results of last night's English football matches were: League Three: Done aster Rovers 4, Plymouth Argyle 6; Newport County 0. Halifax Town 2.
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  • 304 12 Police Have Hit 17 Goals In Three SHA Matches POLICE SPORTS Association, with an unbeaten record, arc leading the Singapore Hockey Association division one league which started a fortnight ago. Winning all the three matches played so far, the Police have six points to their credit. The other unbeaten teams
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    109 12 6y/?T L y THe SEEKING GtkUP MIX- JES^ PKEMIOC U&Sroriß CMC EVENT trnuzme we euwws of auxvckep > etnas «E* sewiwc, etoatu, spoers our ehtwuswsts wwi consteuctep a toco s.a «ajie closep COUKS6 WMEKE TWE* S^GE T« tmjK GtttP *H. TUS XHO* ZHVontiCi test crmcTS cms anp pbvso
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  • 75 12 Prasad Fights Kunju Indian Style HARI PRASAD Pah. r fights Kunju Knshnan 1 :b.t Indian-style wresting a\ H Great World Arena tonight Prassad. the "Tiger" oi United Province, India, said yesterday that he will er.d '.h< fight quickly. 'After this I will issue challenge to the Pakis^ar Akram." he said.
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  • 237 12 Australia To Stage Golf Classic SYDNEY, Oct. 3 The international golf classic, the Canada Cup, will be played m Australia m November, 1959 It is expected that at least 32 nations will compete m the tournament. In announcing the 1959 venue, the president of the International Golf Association, Mr. Frank
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  • 87 12 BRISBANE. Queensland. Oct. 3 Top-ranking Australian amateur boxer Wally Taylor, who won a gold medal at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in July, has decided to turn professional. He will have his last amateur fight on Oct. 18. I "I expect to have
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  • 423 12 SYDNEY, Oct. 3.— Fifty-two world times recently set by Australian swimmers have now been chronicled m the re:ord books of the International Swimming Federation. The total consists of 43 individual and nine relay records. Sixteen-year-old Sydney schooiboy John Konrads topped the list with 14
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  • 247 12 They're Fighting Mad. ..For 4 Best Tag Pai rs i SOME peope fisht at the drop of a coin, other' as lady's word: or because he at the Happy World SI" dium, two world cla.>, n,a, men will go for each oth£ simply because of a name King Kong, the
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  • 93 12 MONCTtt Or- I and BritjJ tieavyweisfc: Damic i Ust night 4 of ajchedu Otic b r r i Btadtm i D.r.... Ught-beiijii duQpfoo I MoatreaJ ob aggressive fa 3 tMBg !i > In tic m 4 c ctaght ivywtight t is i&4 theo t va Km MXi tt ifta
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  • 1479 13 MEN WHO KEEP THE AIR ROUTE OPEN L IOVELL TALKS TO THE ■4 to W* m „.,-«r.pnt 'trie of .not W [p* the c? ?rators. Air- Australia- "I v.thWith a »o p'.anttßto with ,ard are at ma: or x o« ofca ins a brief etid> a j toaß( or $ngap
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    • 7 13 An Insight Into Service Life By STAN
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    • 330 13 QUOTATION: HHH|B||HV| R 1 EgotUta cannot con- K9 wM van* they talk to themselve* only.** PS A. Bronson Alcott Kg^S Kb^ K^^l SATURDAY FOR HHlBliM^B^H EVERYONE: Clear away EUISI II odds and ends of matter* H PV99^H preparatory to gaining a gV^#gS I fresh start of some kind gV^gV^FAI BH
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    • 156 13 SJDKJL J,NVBDJHUR "You Don't Want A New Cutter Buddy, You Want A New Job" d A I r.n W LI m ADrtCK All C^^ y Doiiiilfi THE HEART OF JULIET JONES y BH| I I IK O.JC, BRU9SEL- I I RESEARCH! WE'RE 6OINS TOTRY TO PIND OUT I L.PCNT-UP MATES
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 239 14 BRITAIN FORCED RESTRICTIONS TO HELP MALAYA LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) The British Government preserved Malaya's interest m the export of tin by imposing restrictions of the Russian dumping of tin m i the London market. Soviet Russia has informed Britain that it will not export more than 1,500 tons of
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    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 98 14 Americans Jailed In Taipei TAIPEI, Oct. 3 (Renter).— Two Americans convicted of trafficking m narcotics, have applealed to the Taipei High Court against their sentences of 15 and 12 years respectively. They are Harry Pelziner and Lee Steven Darragh. At the hearing yesterday, they both denied the charges. BAHRAIN, the
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      • 41 14 THE UNITED STATES Government announced yesterday at the second general conference of the international Atomic Energy Agency that it is offering to contribute U*****,000 to the Agency. This is one half of the target set for its 1959 operating budget. Reuter
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      • 30 14 IRAQ and Yugoslavia yesterday signed a two-way trade agreement In Baghdad for the purchase by Iraq of Yugoslav tankers and machinery and co-operation on economic, scientific and technical levels.— Reuter
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    • 103 14 Ceylon To Buy More From China HONGKONG, Oct. 3 (Reuter) Mr. Philip Guanawardene, Ceylon's Food and Agriculture Minister, said on his arrival here from Peking that prospects for trade between Ceylon and Communist China were improving because the Chinese agricultural production had been greatly increased this year. He told reporters
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    • 77 14 A GENERAL VIEW inside one of the hangars of London Airport on Tuesday as the first De Havilland Comet 4 Jet airfjner is handed over to BOAC. De Havilland's sprang a surprise by delivering two Comet 4's instead of the expected one. The aircraft were handed
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    • 345 14 CYPRUS: TROOPS STUDENTS CLASH NICOSIA, Oct. S (Rcutcr) Students clashed with British troops m Cyprus today m a renewed outbreak of violence over Britain's new plan for the island A British soldier and a Turkish policeman were injured m stone throwing attacks by Cypriot Greek students at Morphou, 25 miles
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    • 118 14 MORE AID TO ASIAN NATIONS TOKYO, Oct. 3 (Reuter) The Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Aiichiro Fujiyama tonight called on the world's industrially advanced nations to join Japan m extending more financial and technical aid to nations m the Near and Middle East as well as South-east Asia. Mr. Fujiyama taking
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    • 209 14 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 3 (Reuter) Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Malayan Minister without portfolio and Malaya's representative at the U.N., yesterday paid tribute to a special preparatory committee appointed by the General Assembly to make recommendations on how to set up and apply a
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    • 120 14 -SOEKARNO SEMARANG, Oct. 3 (UPI) President Soekarno said today Islam should "marry religion with science." Addressing the Islamic Law Faculty of Nahdatul Ulama Islam University at Solo, Soekarno said "the Westerners sought glory by means of science and now we see the rapid strides made by
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    • 28 14 EIGHT Soviet Ilyushin-28 jet bomber trainers wer c formally transferred to the Indonesian Air Force yesterday m a brief ceremony at Jakarta's Kemajoran Airport.— (UPp
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    • 50 14 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Reuter).— The United States announced yesterday that the Soviet Union had detonated two more nuclear weapons of "moderate" yield. United States Atomic Energy Commission said that the latest nuclear explosions, iike the earlier ones, had taken place somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.
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    • 208 14 Holland Replies To R.I. UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 3 (Reutcr) Mr. C. W. A. Schurmann, the Dutch resident representative, told the General Assembly yesterday that the Indonesian authorities had made it "impossible" for many of his countrymen to live or work m Indonesia. He wa
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    • 47 14 WELLINGTON, Oct. 3 (Reuter) Drunken drivers m New Zealand will be automatically disqualified from diving for three years, if convicted under a new law which has come into effect this week. For a second conviction, the minimum penalty is a ten-year disqualification.
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    • 58 14 ROCHESTER,. Minnesota, Oct. 3 (Reu.er) Harold Scott, a typewriter mechanic, who smokes more than 60 cigarettes a day, talked with Mr. Henry Blythe, a London hypnotist by trans-Atlantic telephone yesterday, happy to be cured by lons distance hypnotism. But after the six-minute trans-Atlamtic call
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    • 147 14 o^AHA, Oct. 3 (Reu:er)^ Britain's bomber fore* St Vft mi n ZttL* 1 L he flrBt eonnteriinf« k Bhould the S^^^t S;*°n jver open hostilities. Chief of Strategic Air eoS!?!^ 1 Power m de h comment m a statement released after the two-day visit
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    • 127 14 FORBES (Sebtebced an Oct. 16) Married in DONALD Ferguson Forbes, a 23-year-old trawlerman under sentence of death m Saughton Prison m Edin burgh, and his bride were aUowed no time together by themselves after being mar ried m jail yesterday. The bride was 22-year-old Margaret Christine McLean. Miss McLean was
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    • 331 14 U Nu's Decision Has a Civil War In RANGOON, Oct. 3 (Reuter)— The announcement by Premier U Nu that he would hand over the reins of government to General Ne Win, the Army Chief of Staff, to organise general elections has averted a potential civil war, informed Burmese sources said
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    • 71 14 NEW DELHI, Oct. 3 <UPI), Thereto India's Prime Minis er Ja- Bhutan" b waharlal Nehru, returning yesterday from a 12-day tour mt gnod a of the Himalayan kingdom houses -a.:hoi of Bhutan, praised it jls a no knack o! lovely country with brave They have no and
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    • 75 14 WRESTLING HAPPY WORLD STADIUM TONIGHT AT 9 p.m. KING KONG'S SUPREMACY^WM^ MAT GAME CHALLENGEM^^^B After A Long Silence Son^L^^^ll^ Of Kong Reappears With^^^jHF A Big Challenge To The pF Mighty Man-Mountain. SON oi KONG vs KING KONG TAG TEAM SHEIKH AU CHARLES HENRY vs a P. K. KUMAR ROSCA ROA
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    • 29 14 WHAT AN IDEA! A WEST Berlin City government civil servant won a 100 mark price (about $75 Malayan) yesterday for an economy suggestion that abolished his own job. —(UPI).
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  • a Century of Progress
    • 9 1 a Century of Progress Singapore* Saturday, October 4, 1958*
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    • 1701 1 The Story Of A Trading Triumph MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ENTERPRISE FROM HUMBLE WAREHOUSE THE year 185J began inauspicioiisly m Singapore. On Jan. 2 all shops remained closed, the markets were deserted and boatmen and hackgharry syces refused to work m protest against the new Municipal and Police The following month Indian
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    • 175 2 When Philip Robinson and James Gaborian Spicer started up their business m February, 1858, they realised that they would have to advertise themselves. One of their first acts was to place the above advertisement m the paper. This advertisement appeared on Feb. 25, 1858, and it makes
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      • 87 2 11 1 IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD STAPLES MATTRESSES supplied to the Royal residences by appointment since 1923 and sold throughout the world, have been sold to thousands of satisfied users m Malaya during the past 35 years by our ROBINSON &l CO., LTD. llfusfrafed below is the famous
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      • 80 2 /yy WomMunm PLiATE today's look m fine table^ For over half a century Community P» tt regarded the world over ai the lwri l^ ut |HHMBMMH| could own. Community eanteem are with rich velveteen, mothproofed and «P* >- f Ifffa IfffH^fffl ffV'^l* protect your tableware from tarnnnw* WW&- available m
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    • 731 3 Undertakes Biggest Expansion Scheme In Its History I I a loss of [ported *<* financial m~ a- .;>on r p a years— till 1936— t0 make a profit. Even then it was only $25,355. leaving the company with a debit of $155,746 from the depression years.
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    • 307 3 fcfked with toned with Robinson's •w branch the spirit ■r Merdeka shot was taken on Merdeka Day Itself. The branch was opened m the Federal Capital m 1928 and was badly hit by the great depression of the Thirties. But through careful management and sound
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      • 36 3 tTOYS OF THE PCMTIIDV Flmm L Wk tor Boys" 180 authentic t^' aya who shar the' 1 t erer 't countries around MECCANO LIMITED, Liverpool, co-operation given by Robinson's and look forward to further expansion m
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      • 292 3 R When m 1858, Mr. Philip Robin- W son was laying the foundations of R his great enterprise, Bally's Shoe fifik .^H H I I Factory had been m operation foe m W^k^^^k B I I but a few years. |S V I I From humble beginnings m a mM
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    • 500 4 Robinson's A Househ Word Which Means Quality Board Chairman Recalls With Pride The Firm's Progress Since 1858 AT A MEETING of the Board of Directors of Robinson Co. Ltd. today, the Chairman, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, recalled with pride the progress that the firm had made since its inception m
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      • 65 4 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited extend warmest congratulations to ROBINSON CO. LTD. on the occasion of their CENTENARY Oversea-Chinese Banking Corpn. Ltd. is pleased to be one of the bankers of this old established company and wishes Robinson's many more years I of successful trading. j^^^x*l*l•^^^!^x^l•!*ly^BMßtf!^s-Xvl^*fl^l^E*^^^^^^BK***yK^ 5 bWpooßs& if M M
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    • 42 5 oduotion of a Raffles Place scene at the turn of the century brings back an era of leisurely days, Square was covered with grass, and big trees grew m the middle; "a wonderful place for a nap."
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    • 844 5 tuart Family And The Glass Trade LINK DATES BACK TO 1825 lvii. i ranii] i tan T; H the g'.ass lea nark to about o, following the both u :s parents d m Wolv rF derlt k a boj of »is p^< ed by v: Mr Easell fc& House Glass-
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      • 78 5 PARTERED BANK I Hfjf pleased to have been OBINSON faring their 100 years of progress m Singapore and Malaya. Tki CHARTERED BANK Nat Branehao H ««t Sinqapor. and Malaya o:t:— SINGAPORE R OAD CROSBY HOUSE, ROBINSON CHANGI SELETAR NAVAL BASI «AR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HILL V|^W road. BUKIT TIMAH. r MALAYA
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      • 125 5 J^ AQ^^ I *J Mmf% \m\iMwT% rhll *lc A#l| A/U Since the latter part of last century, the makers of Radiac Shirts have been I supplying goods to Robinson's, and they I wish to take this opportunity of extending j I their sincere best wishes to Robinson's on the occasion
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    • 777 6 Raleigh Co. Began In Small Shop Major Forward Step Taken I THE story of the growth of Raleigh Industries from humble beginnings into one of the biggest organizations of its kind m the world furnishes a concrete example of how British genius developed a new
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    • 385 6 First 'Two-Wheel' Contraption Seen In 1642 WHAT country can claim credit for inventing the bicycle? The first known Illustration of any such two-wheeled vehicle is certainly to be found m Britain, for m a stained-glass window dating from 1642 In Stoke Poges church, near Windsor, a cherub is shown riding
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      • 117 6 fsWWiP^\ /J^fHT^X y^^^^V, iml^^K tTosriys^le^'fndJstnfnc; Ov^O^M^^fe^ yJ*\^\\'-''-fH #\^VY VS. own the largest bicycle factory n \yNS-/fii\i\\^^ eta W/|\fe/ Sk Jj exported to many, many count* /T'-^^'f^y/ n r>-7\X///^ \\\y JJ m Jf throughout the world. The story ol X^niU^^/00/ V/n\\^X V, f i7/}r7%, JF this great expansion and ach.ever^ i
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