Singapore Standard, 9 October 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Teleohoot *****— 5 Cable TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1958. Vol. IX No. 99 I5ct». 14 Pages (FINAL EDITION!
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  • 45 1 THE LAST picture of Pope Pius XII taken on Oct. 1 as he appeared on the balcony of his summer residence to bless a crowd of pilgrims. His Holiness omitted his usual remarks in several languages because of his indisposition. U.P.I. Photo.
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  • 168 1 CASTEL GANDOLFO, Oct. 8, (Reuter) Pope Pius XII hovered unconscious between life and death tonight after, a second stroke in 48 hours. The Pontiff's doctors reported at *4tffersmr times during the day that their 82-year-old patient was his heart was beginning to give way and
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  • 56 1 The Vatican Radio commentator, said at 7.40 p.m.: "I was in the Holy Father's room until five minutes ago. In the last half hour he has begun to sink." showing some signs of rallyIng. But this evening a medical bulletin announced that he had begun to suffer
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  • 230 1 Ten Detainees Freed From S'pore Jails TEN POLITICAL detainees held under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance were released within the past 48 hours in Singapore. Nine of them were freed on Tuesday and the other yesterday Six have been in prison since 1956. The rest, all former Chinese school
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  • 67 1 SMALLPOX: 2,000 STRICKEN JAKARTA, Oct. 8, (Reuter). Two thousand people were today reported suffering from smallpox on the east Indonesian islands of Butung and Muna. A Health Ministry spokesman, Doctor Suwondo, said a total of 315,000 smallpox vaccines are on the way to the stricken islands, 750 miles north of
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  • 61 1 AN army internal security exercise code named "Ruby Light" was launched in Singapore after midnight. Road blocks were erected from at all important junctions in Police Area 4 stretching from Stamford R°ad to Changi. The exercise was conducted by the Ist Battalion. Cheshire Regiment under Lt Col
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  • 26 1 TWO more secret society suspects were detained by Police yesterday as a result of two gangster murders following gang clashes in Singapore this week.
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  • 319 1 THE RED DANGER MUST BE NIPPED m in>r<> Crisis Powers Extended For > THE SINGAPORE Legislative Assembly yesterday extended the life of the Preservation of Public Security OrdiThe motion to extend the ordinance was tabled by Chief Minister Tun Lim Yew Hock. It drew attack from the Peoples Action Party,
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  • 189 1 INJURED TAKEN OFF QUEMOY QUEMOY, Oct. 8 (Reuter) Nationalist aircraft began today to airlift seriously wounded troops and civilians from the Quemoys. As the Communist ceasefire entered its third day, plastic boats were bringing wounded soldiers from the advanced Nationalist outpost islands of Erthan and Tat an. Nationalist anti-aircraft guns
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  • 261 1 KILL FLIES TO FIGHT POLIO -DOCTOR FIVE more cases of poliomyelitis were reported in Singapore up to 4 p.m. yesterday, bringing the total since Aug. 1 to 57, including one European. All five cases reported i were Asian children three i from the City and two from i rural areas.
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  • 3246 1 Lim exposes Communist bids to invade schools and parties •POWERS COULD BE USED AGAINST OPPONENTS 9 HE OUTLINES PARTY STAND ON THE EMERGENCY LAWS Tribunal confirmed the detention orders." The Chief Minister explained that from statements made by those detained and from documents seized at the time of their arrest,
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  • 86 2 If you foal old. tired, and worn ow IXCaU— Of Back&che, Bh^nwurt^ Patns, Sort, StlS, Swollen Jolnta. g* CTSTEX from four chemist today %nd how faat yon Improva CYST EX alao help* man and vomti who lo«« sleep *nd energy because Qsttlno Up Nights or
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  • 738 2 'CHILDREN SHOULD LIVE WITH FATHER' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A man wed in accordance with Chinese custom can take a secondary spouse at will because such a marriage has no sanctity and is singularly secular. This was the submission in the High Court here today of Dato Sir Roland Braddell, who
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  • 92 2 Counsel's Submission On Chinese Custom to return Chee Hei to me, after which I will do the rest." Miss Cho said. Dato Braddell, in his submission, contended that according to Chinese custom, Mrs. Fco should have left the children with the husband or his family when she left the matrimonial
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  • 123 2 Man Faces 17 Counts Of Cheating A COLONY English school teacher, John Winfred. appeared in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday, on 17 counts of cheating and one of criminal breach of trust. He claimed trial to all charges. .The charges alleged that Winfred had. between Mav and Jun?, cheated
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  • 130 2 DRAMA GROUP FOR CHILDREN IN COLONY A DRAMA group for children has been established in Singapore by a former teacher of dramatics in London County Council schools. Mr. K. Hop-kins-Jenkins, it was announced 3'esterday. The course of training for the Group, Mr. HopkinsJenkins said, will cover elocution, public speaking, deportment,
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  • 72 2 A SEAMAN, W. Hannigan, was jailed for six weeks in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday for deserting his ship, the "Norscot" when it was anchored near Pulau Bukom Island at 9.25 p.m. on Oct 5 The Magistrate, Mr. R 'B. I. Pates, after passing the sentence,
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  • 53 2 TAN Tah Tee, 22, pleadad not guilty in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly which caused hurt to Tan Chiak Lean at Tras Street on Sept. 29. He was allowed $1,000 bail in one surety
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  • Article, Illustration
    72 2 SHAU BROTHERS' Mi s r 7 ceous beauty queen l)ai sv L 1 1^ Singapore last night bv cJtt* T Z after a holiday in HoU^ Daisy who won the trin 1 in first in the •Mis?rhS, n a Ni film of the same name, had th Cr^ latest
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  • 132 2 SINGAPORE'S mobile police stations in the first five days on the roads to compound traffic offences on the spot —-have already netted the Government more than $500 in fines. Police collected $513 from offending cyclists and tnsnaw riders according to Police Secretary, Mr. Eu Cl je°w Eang. The fines
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    87 2 DIRECTOR i\ ar G^verrrC; Benrim, S yes".er: o y "«i standard r sffi of th< Fr.p:i Singapore "You shculc h working for he to'd repcM port before ki Britannia ta Mr Muriffi Sunday nip.:« the sea:: j frrer.^e a! and r in Bar.g.<o.< "The ne?-= I we.l pretfr/ic" ria!.:es
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  • 101 2 NEARLY 1.000 persons have been X-rayed in two days by the Singapore Governments two X-ray units, operating in Geylang Serai and Bukit Panjang areas since Wednesday. an official report stated yesterday. The units have already com pleted free X-rays for 2O.(KM) persons in the Maxwell
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 653 2 NOTICES Re: KOH MEI KHOON, deceased ALL persons having anj claims against the estate ol the abovenamed deceased, late of No. 15 Upper Circulai Road, Singapore, who died on the 14th day of December 195J are required tc send particulars of their claims in writing to the Public Trustee. Supreme
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 960 2 y u t l i^tvM •ht f^^t^^f<n^S!?7tt^rx^«>»^^^^^^ SITUATIONS VACANT SINCAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST requires a Clerk m the Clerical Time Scale ($l55 $475). Initial salary 5' 55 p.m. plus variable allowance "total monthly emoluments $201.50 School Certificate essential Application* statmg dare and place ef birth, qualifications and experience to be submitted
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    • 461 2 AGENTS WANTED PROGRESSIVE ItITISH Hemp and vVire Rope manufacturers require Agent with connections in Tin Mining Industry. Reply to Box No. T. 3440 CDUCATION THI English Association of Accountants 6 Auditors The English Association of Estate Agents b Valuers. The English Association of Secretaries Founded 1941. Membership on Professional Experience
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  • 637 3 October 9, 1953 l I Red Plotters the Legislative Assembly yesterday i the Preservation of Public Security ai« for one year, the Chief Minister, Yew Hock, made the startling revelation 10 People* Action Party leaders arrested last year, two confessed to being comJfK j five were identified as "members
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  • Shorts from the Talks
    • 82 3 "RECENTLY a large body of slugs and snails have assaulted the postal facilities of Hemyock, a village of much charm and beauty near the Somerset border... The Post Office has taken strong action to meet the situation. On every slugchewed letter received there is a printed form explaining
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    • 91 3 "THE easiest thing for the prison to do is to train a man to be a good prisoner, whereas, of course, our object is completely opposite to that; it's to train him to be a good citizen. And the problem that faces prisons is how to train
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    • 95 3 •'THE happiest old people are those with a number of different interests, concerned more with the present than with the past. Through these activities they can avoid the loneliness which so many old people dread and which is so bad for them. The coming years hold forth
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    • 83 3 'I'VE always been puzzled by the difference between a walker and a hiker. But It is easy to separate them in our town. The walker leaves it by the path along the riverside that leads up to the hills, while the hiker goes along the road to
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  • 566 3 Has Mao Tse-Tung Eclipsed Khrushchev? lt SOMETHING dramatic has happened In the Communist camp —an intense challenge by China's Mao Tse-tung of Nikita Khrushchev's ideological leadership of the Communist world. Some very qualified sources say it is more than a challenge and that Mao hat already eclipsed Khrushchev. And with
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  • 674 3  -  ROBERT SWANN by Bangkok, '"THE people of Laos are now experiencing the rainy season. For five months every year communications in this landlocked and remote kingdom with few roads and no railways become almost non-existent. Many of the air-strips become churned-up seas of mud, the outlying provinces
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  • 371 3 LONDON, A WORLD data centre for rockets and satellites is now in operation at the radio research station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Ditton Park, England. This is the third of three centres the other two are in Washington and Moscow established
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  • 402 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 'THE Government of the Federation is within its rights and fully justified in deciding to impose a travel ban across the Causeway, some time in the not distant future. It i s a precautionary move any sensible and responsible Authority will adopt to safeguard
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  • 357 4 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, yesterday said that recruitment to the local Forces establishment for clerks, storekeepers and so^ o would, as far as possible, be made from the ranks of redundant civilian employee of three Armed Services, pr^i^A thev nosse*s the
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  • 300 4 SINGAPORE Government will > 1 Colony'f transport system in th. not *J This was stated «t pCftet* day's meeting of the Lee <a tive Assembly, by the Mm:*ter for Communications £n d Works, Mr. Francis Thomas. Mr. Thomas said: "I mu<t with regret, inform this House that, after very
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  • 222 4 Malayans Deported, He Says INDEPENDENT Assembly- man for Queensttmn. Mr. Lee Choon Eng, at the Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting yesteFday accused the Singai pore Government of deporting to China seven persons born in Malaya. Mr. Lee explained at length. the difficulties and sorrows the relatives and dear one* ol these
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  • 83 4 of coffee "1 1 h °uses u> dIS s ogans 2rp a'er conai. 3 "ygier.p" He vi plaints and >■ P ,,i flr war sent h. Health 6*V. purchase eaeh for dispj] J*W" in J Keepers ."V he hs c the deJ no so. Hp said received m 2
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  • 75 4 SINGAPORE y mtigating tba how a 40-year-o.ti decamped bod'J in a fio>ed dow Leedon Par^. iet« light vl\pr r,fl plained 'ha* house had bfcl some ttDe. Policp found tl lying sprav.ec: I room, raere the barK I there was IMW or signs tf a The S-yrJ Orchard R^ l
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  • 59 4 SINGAPORE j for UK l Swee K«- JJJ that tlu C -.;,.J had been t**jJ Secondarv *> J -At 7\ 1957. vern^ beram* co.».fr s this ha.* D 7 te j great <^^ r Mr. Cbet*g question w.l for Chang. 4 Keng in secondary He said and 5 s^fl
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  • 35 4 coffee; i must hive A adderi W manufa i l r ;r« J iraif I Veo iiw chsrfe r^r< oMee v sugar IJJ he A "In tM' lion on f-entagr H so. tM M"
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  • 178 5 DTHING NEW [OUT ILLEGAL TRY— OFFICIAL Consul On Men Who Sneak In done >.an Consulate in Singapore yesterday, said that the eight Indoi'mmi.rants Police last Sunday were only a "smaU Le ho have cntcrcd thc and Singapore/' £*< d: The n y r^ t !i P rp f nl y
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  • 110 5 U N K N O WN will ask 0* C mci) at t0 tor n t^ e tation Bureau, for alleged in political (j fa interCoandl cie- B. I motion to v.V; the r.ext be v S r: an- Pi tht K sng bfl rer tin orefc i also v
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  • 19 5 [TWENTY 1 AFTER SY BITE *Z Too "v he '<*>.£ a It ;iara ed a verdict Un 2 w s
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  • Article, Illustration
    200 5 CAUSEWAY: RECENT amendment to the Immigration Ordinance of the Federation of Malaya has in no way affected the crossing of the causeway in either direction. the Controller of Immigration. Mr. D.W. Bigley, -aid yesterday. Mr. Bigley pointed out that anj Singapore resident could cross into the Federation
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  • 38 5 HONGKONG. Oct. 3. Special Standard Service: Closing Drices of the Hongkong Exchange were: SI 6 03 to £1 Sterling. $5.80 to US$1, $1.84 to Malayan $1; $0.0d to one Indonesian Rupian; uom S253.75 to a tael.
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  • 122 5 2 ENTERED ILLEGALLY, JAILED TWO Indonesians, Tan Ping Tjiang and Zam Zam Siregar. alias Victor Siregar, were jailed for three months and six weeks, respectively, by the Singapore Ninth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, for illegal entry into the Colony last month. Both pleaded guilty to the offence. The
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  • 231 5 A SINGAPORE lawyer N.C. Goho and nine others were jointly charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday with fighting and committing an affray at Tiong Hoa Bar on May 16. The nine others were: Walter A Vatsaloo. C. Bachelor, Tan Kok Yong,
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  • 123 5 Dyak Chief's Pledge To Aid Children TEMONGGONG JUGAH, paramount chief of the Sarawak Dyaks met members of the Singapore Dayak community on Tuesday night and promised that he would help their children to get scholarships for higher education. The chieftain who was passing through on his way borne from Japan,
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  • 198 5 This Aged Woman I Is Waiting For I Standard's Santa I AT 90, this woman has no relatives, no friends, and hardly any money to buy herself the cheapest luxuries Lee Ah Lan's retuge is the Little Sisters of the Poor Home at Thomson Road, Singapore. When a Standard reporter
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  • 108 5 She Brought HerLeopard Skin Coat! WHEN Miss Edith Koepp, a German member of British European Airways reservation staff in Munich, left Germany for a tour of the Far East, she packed her four-ngure leopard-skin overcoat with her in her bag. Yesterday, when she arrived in Singapore by BOAC Britannia, she
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  • 187 5 PROBATIONARY Inspector Lionel Robson who had been missing since Monday afternoon has been traced. He contacted the O.C. Tanjong Pagar Division, Mr. P. Pennefather. late last night by phone from Kuala Lumpur and informed that he wa s "safe and sound." Mr. Pennefather
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  • 75 5 SINGAPORE Police are investigating the case of an attractive 23-year-old woman who fell from a hotel at the junction of Middle Road and North Bridge Road early yesterday morning. The woman. Ruby Kang, was rushed to hospital and is in a critical condition. She fell from a
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  • 56 5 M. DURAIRAS of New Market Road, Singapore, claimed trial in the Ninth Magistrate's Court on a charge of wrongfully confining a girl. Yallappa Suppiah, in a house in Alexandra Road during the early hours of Oct. 5. Durairas was released on Police bail. The case will
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  • 310 6 PENANG, Wed. Five Alliance and two Independent City Councillors met tonight and decided to stand by their original decision to boycott the functions and receptions arranged by the Mayor of Georgetown, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, for this weekend's visit by Mayor, Mr.
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  • 92 6 No Trace Of Body Of Tengku KOTA BHARU, Wed. —The search for the body of Tengku Burhanuddin. 27, who was drowned off Pantai Dasar about eight miles from here, on Monday, is continuing. Relatives of ihe late Tengku from all parts of the Federation arrived here by air and rail
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  • 98 6 32 GRAVES TO MAKE WAY FOR RIVER KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Thirty-two graves at Ampang Road Muslim cemetery here will be exhumed to make way for the Klang River. This deviation of the is a move to prevent floods in ihe Federal Capital. The Board of Trustees of Ampang Road Muslim
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  • 20 6 TWO men were detained by Police while attempting to steal orchids from the Singapore Botanic Gardens last night.
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  • 53 6 PEXAXG. Wed. The State of Penang will have four extra public holidays apart from the holidays observed throughout the Federation next vear. The four extra holidays are Easter Monday (March 30), Wesak full moon day (May 22), first day of Muharram "July 7) and the Governor's
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  • 387 6 A CLOUD-BURST AND WATER RISES RAPIDLY Rains damage $10,000 property A FREAK cloudburst over the Telok Blangah district of Singapore yesterday morning, flooded the area. The waters rose thigh-deep and caused more than $10,000 damage to goods and property. Scores of cars were stalled. Provisions and
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  • 964 6 Opposers To PPSO See No Threat To Political Stability INDEPENDENT membei for Queens town in the Singapore Legislative Assemblj Mr. Lee Choon Eng said that he thought that there was no need to extend the life of the Preservation ol Public Security Ordinance for another year. Mr. Lee. who was
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  • 760 6 THE Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterdav a «n, (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment Wo. 2) Bill"whi?h H tb M months powers riven to the Police to deal with secret m U Colony. a^^rei society Chief Secretary, Mr. E B. David, asking the Assembly to extend the life of the parent bill, said
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 108 6 Sec fuxfr wt&u tnku/e/ The Shabdin triplets were born in the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on 28th September 1957. Their birth weights were: All three babies were fed on Lactogen from birth.. At the age. &Sm^^o^2k of 5 mon ths, NESTUM Pre-cooked Cereal Food was introduced H I^P I We arc
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  • 231 7 WAR ON GANGLAND HOTS UP Police Plan 'Effective Steps 1 To Rid Thugs SINGAPORE Police will take effective action to stamp out gangsters who have so far been successful in evading arrest, Police Secretary, Mr. Eu Cheow Eang, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Eu, commenting on the big round-up of
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  • 162 7 THE Singapore Fukien Hotel Owners and Employees Union wants the Government to consider amending certain sections of the Hotel Licensing Regulations 1956. published under the Hotel Ordinance 1954. The Union represents the "legitimate interests of their members and supports Government's move to wipe out
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  • 38 7 THE curfew hours in Bukit Pantai Acheh and Bukit Kechil in Penang will be relaxed from 7.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. today and tomorrow to enable the villagers to celebrate the birthday of the local deity.
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  • 145 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING robber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were:— Buyers Sellers Spot 84* 94| R.S.S. No. 1 841 84} R.S.S. No. 1 Nov. 84? 85 R.S.S. No. 2 822 83* R.S.S. No. 3 81i 813 Tone: Steady. The tin price in Singapore was $3691 per picul
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  • 88 7 COMMISSIONER-GENERAL for South-east Asia, Sir Robert Scott, yesterday returned to Singapore by BOAC from Britain. Sir Robert, who was holidaying in Britain since July, attended an investiture by fie Queen at Buckingham Palace. He was created a KniKht Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael
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  • 108 7 THE Singapore City Magistrate Mr. Tara Singh yesterday imposed "a nominal" fine of $10 on Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery and Company Ltd., for selling, as an importer, at 19, Liang Scab Street, tomato sauce containing saccharine. The company pleaded guilty. Counsel, Mr. H. E. Cashin, pleading
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  • 245 7 GUILTY OF ASSAULT, THREE GO TO JAIL A HEAVY-SET "charwalla" standing in the witness box of a Singapore court, yesterday said "God is the Saviour and through Him, even in war many battles have been won." The man, Noor Mohamed Walpot, 60, said this when cross-examined by Ali Aman, 36,
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  • 89 7 THE END OF A CROK STANDING on a newly- completed bridge over the Bernam River, on the Perak/Selangor boundary, 48--year-old Talib bin Sarun was suddenly shocked into action one day last week, when he saw a huge crocodile wading in the clear water. He rushed to the nearby kampong, seized
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  • 174 7 Fresh Drives Against Border Reds Planned PENANG, Wed. With the co-operation of the Thai Government, further intensive operations will be carried out against the 600-odd Communist terrorists now hiding in border towns of Malaya and Thailand, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, said at the
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  • 78 7 MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FOR 12 IN BUS BENTONG, Wed. Twelve passengers in a bus travelling from Raub to Kuala Lumpur miraculously escaped death yesterday when the bus plunged into a steep ravine at the 55J Mile, Raub/Kuala Lumpur road. The bus went off the road while negotiating a bend. It came
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  • 60 7 PENANG, Wed. A young woman, while walking along a dark stretch of road along Pykett Avenue off Burma h Road here last night was held up by lour men armed with knives. They relieved her of a gold chain and locket, a pair of earrings, a
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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    • 153 7 143-2.00 Men only. 357-4.20 English Schools Broadcasts 5.00 The Merry-go-Round, 5.30 Calling All Hospitals. 6.30 Interlude for Music Featuring Freddy Alberti on the Harp. 6.45 Lights on for the Evening prog., 6.53 Regional announcements. 6.54 S'pore Share Market report. 7.00 Time Signal and News. 7.10 News Talk. 7.15 The U.N.
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    • 1063 8 Tel: 2405 MANSPIELD CO., LTD. M: 2412 (It lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) l2 T "?!!i THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAtUNCI to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS (via Sues with liberty to proceed via Panama or Capo ot Gooe Hope) f^ m Ulysses for Aden. Liverpool Dtomed for London. Hamburg ||/l2
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    • 926 8 MITSUI |S UNE S'pore P. S'riam Penano. FOR JAPAN "•ssrs.ir Yokohorno io Accepting cargo for USA Pacific and Central and South American ports with •^{P^ l n t g at Japon thrOUflh FOR U.S.A. *io SUEZ For New York Philadelphia, Baltimore via Bombay. A 13 Oct 15 0c! Awa jison
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    • 527 8 EAST ASIATIC HOMEWARDS Soiling. t Or Aden p^ Rotterdom. Hamburg. Bremen. Cooenhooj, "BUSUANGA" m/uT u,^! Colling Gdynio I SONGKHLA' nso, I "FALSTRIA" 20 21 Oct 2223 I Poitenget Aeeowmodotion A» o u obk OUTWARDS Soiling, to. Bongkok w6 6| Penong -INDIA'* JUTLAND A 21/22 Oct 1J "SIENA- DENMARK HOUSE KUALA
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  • 54 9 2 basin*" |l 4" to ecu w: trds M jj.3o odd pebeoturt j HMI KUI 4,. k pahanfl Con. to 24 S 1% 3j Ayr i: 40; Cc in* 3 -v. -2^2; **g f• r, 2 11. 2 :o Jj irnval Rcmbau t FMS War Br lish > B*
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  • 26 9 fc Oct 3 (UFI), 5 travel exe^uIkngkoiig fcfcnng -.exri.e BTOge fashion l to promote tacrican-Britisn in Svney. j ;U in leadir* Jto pro net e
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  • 197 9 SINCE essence of chicken was discovered in the last century. Brand Company, England, have become one of the largest manufacturers of the product, Mr. C. S. Dence. managing director of the company, said in Singapore yesterday He added his company was probably the largest purchasers of
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  • 52 9 Team Probes Into Iron Mining IPOH. Wed. A six-man Japanese steel mill mission is here on a four-day visit. The mission is headed by Mr. M. Uemura. a geologist. It is making technical investigations into the possibili*;es of iron mining in Malaya. The mission visited two iron mining concerns outside
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  • 56 9 THE a.falayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying. T.T. 32. 90 days air mail 32-7 16 credit bilb, 32-9/16 trade bills. Selling. T.T. or CD. rrady: Canadian Dollars 31-5/8: Belgian Francs 1611-3 4: Deutsche Mark, 135-3 8; Italian Lire
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  • 30 9 THE U.S. Agriculture Department has announced an authorization to Burma to finance the purchase of U551,335,000 worth of cotton from U.S. suppliers with payment in Burmese currency. UPI.
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  • 55 9 AMONG the latest type of vertical take-off aircraft to be made in Britain is this Westiand Westminster utility "Flying Crane." It was displayed at the recent Farnborough Air Show organised by the Society of British Aircraft Co struct or s. The "Flying Crane" has a disposable
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  • 106 9 HONGKONG, Oct. 8 (Reuter> Canadian goods such as toys, newsprints and fountain pens are marketed in Malaya very successfully, despite increasing competition from Hongkong and Japan a Canadian trade official said here today. He is Mr. W.G. Huxtable, acting Canadian Trade Commissioner in Singapore and
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    • 289 9 BIG LAND SCHEME FOR MALAYA 'DemandWillNeed All Resources KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaya will need more than the $15,000,000 allocated for land development for the next six years, when the scheme gets under way, the Minister for Natural Resources, Inche Bohaman bin Samsudin, He was speaking at the opening of the
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    • 144 9 Rubber Up On Overseas Support FAIR overseas support, caused rubber price in the Singapore market yesterday to rise by i cen:, to 84i cents per lb. for International first grade October. The market opened, higher in sympathy with overseas and ruled steady at the lower levels. There was better interest
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    • 155 9 OUTER ROADS Olidia, Sunon Barumun. Wm. Charlck iv, Le Maire, Prince Salvor. Prekkak. Jag Joyti, Bintang, Borus SRT 1120-1121--1122. Danakil. Pyidawynut. Glenlochy. Maz. Brander. Garuda Mas (ex ToboaD, Norve t Fuji Maru, Tyndareus, Buguruslan. Leneverett, Berebere, Sambas. Kali Lidia, Summit 1. Saroena. INNER ROADS Segamat, Pondokorto, Sadao.
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    • 594 9 FOLLOWING is a list of passengers arriving from the United Kingdom by the Canton and disembarking at Penang on Oct. 13 £nd Singapore on Oct. 14:— Disembarking: at Penang: Major T. J. S. Allen. Mr. Mrs. R. F. Bough ton and two children, Mr. Mrs.
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    • 156 9 AN industrialist and three businessmen from Singapore will attend an International trade conference to be held in Yokohama, from Oct. 15 to 17 to mark the centenary of Yokohama Port. They are Messrs. David Lee, chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers Association; Tan Teong Choon. committee member
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    • 198 9 FAO Meet On Asian Food Production DELEGATES from 15 Asian nations opened an 11--day meeting in Tokyo on Monday, on food production and agricultural development in Asian countries. The meeting is being held under sponsorship of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Delegates will try to learn food
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    • 156 9 Dollar Mart For Asian Handicraft A United States dollar market for Asian and Oriental handicrafts awaits exhibitors at the Washington State International Trade Fair. Mr. Frank L. Gilbert, executive vice president of the Fair, said on the eve of his departure for a two-and-a-half month tour of the Pacific Rim.
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    • 90 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picuj yesterday were: Copra Oct.-Nov. U.K.. Continent $34| buyers $35 sellers; coconut oil In bulk $53J sellers, in drums $56i sellers; Muntok white pepper $122 sellers; Sarawak white $121 sellers; Special Sarawak black $72. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable
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    • 43 9 NFW DELHI. Oct. 8 (UPI) India tops the list of Asian anu widdie-eastern borrowers from the World Bank. During the past fiscal year, India received $165,500,000. Japan, second biggest borrower in the Asia and Middle East sector, received $77,000,--000.
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    • 22 9 CANADA'S dairy cattle exports for the first seven months of this year are up roughly 16 per cent from 1957.
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    • 64 9 VIENNA, Oct. 8 (Reuter) The Pakis.ani delegate to the second general conference of the International Atomic Energy Authority, Dr. Nazlr Ahmad, said here today that small power reactors, though expensive to set up and operate, were nevertheless an economical proposition for those under-developed countries, where due
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    • 114 9 THE Comet IV jet airliner, which made the historic flight across the Atlantic on Oct. 4 was delivered by the De Havilland Aircraft Company to BOAC at London Airport on schedule to enable it to make the flight. BOAC's chairman, Sir Gerald de'Erianger, said BOAC would
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    • 133 9 Banker Due In S'pore An Indian banker and Industrialist, Mr. M. ct Muthiah, will arrive in Singapore on Oct. 14 on a business visit. He will also tour the Federation. He will be accompanied by his wife. It will be Mr. Muthiah's second visit to Malaya His nrst was in
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    • 132 9 Chance To Expand Meat Exports MELBOURNE, Oct. 8 (Reuter) Australia had her best chance ior 10 years to expand export meat sales, the Chairman of the Australien Meat Board. Mr. J. L. Shut*, said today. Revision of her long-Term meat agreement with Britain provided the chance, he said. "Australia could
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    • 12 9 Rubber output by Radeila for last month was 20,800 lbs.
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  • 873 10 HIDDEN SOLDIERS GUARD CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S VILLA Men In The News GENERALISSIMO Chiang KaiShek, one-time leader of all China, one-time Commander of the Chinese Armies, is nearing the end of one of the world's most frustrated political careers. Baulked throughout his life at nearly every political turn, trounced by the armies
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    • 1542 10 Man Or Machine? —A Topical Quiz INDIA heaves, inch by inch, up the steep ascent of industrialization, she might seem to be ignoring some of the fundamental concepts of national economy. Foreign observers as well as some of our own economists keep on saying we are feverishly building ships, automobiles,
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  • 339 10 FRONTLINE FRANG REACHI HIGHEST OFFICES AFTER neaHy 40 years n the p reached the highest offij^ Imperial General Staff *^l He is undoubtedly the general to hold the post -1 st "H 4 to. man, with a red fare, unnT^ pipe, which have made him a ha figure in all
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  • Article, Illustration
    308 11 The Parry And Thrust Of Willie At The Airport by OUR CRICKET REPORTER Willie Watson, the MCC Test cricketer, last night declared in Singapore that there was a "fifty fifty" chance of England retaining the Ashes in Australia this winter. But from his replies to my questions last night,
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    404 11 tNOSA SURPRISED BY SPORE-LEARNT TACTICS Ort <IPI > Veteran Leo Espinosa of imH IP the fatal mistake of toying: around ir-old newcomer and lost his Far Eastern [crown which he had defended success- tully eight times. Young challenger Kiyoshi Miura, 114 J pounds, who turne 1 professional only three
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  • 132 11 'All Blacks' Team Policy Under Fire WELLINGTON. New Zeamd. Oct. 8 (Reuter) New Zealand Presbyterians have made a further attack on the decision to exclude Maori .vers from the "All Blacks" \>w Zealand rugby team to tow South Africa in 1960. Tho influential Southland is sending a re--ution to all
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  • 651 11 From Sickbed Into The Pool: Douglas Breaks Rl Record SIXTEEN- YEAR OLD Douglas Munro took the plunge from a sickbed to break the only record at Raffles Institution's 15th annual swimming championships at Amber Road yesterday. Douglas had been laid up for some time, and it is to his credit
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  • 156 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed:— The annual Pan-Malayan inter-state Sikhs Hockey competition lor the Gurudwara Cup will be held on December 29, 30 and 31 and January 1 at Seremban. The meet was originally planned for the Christmas Holidays, but the Negrl Sembilan Club padang Is
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  • 77 11 ROYAL Engineers trounced No. 3 Base Ordnance Depot by 29 points (four goals and three tries) to five (a goal) in a rugger match at Keat Hong yesterday. Fisken and Braybrook played well, converting four tries and scoring three tries respectively The Sappers scor»d through
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  • 35 11 EDDIE Teng beat Jaffar Arifln 22-20. 15-21, 21-12 in the Mercantile Bank Sports Club annual table tennis knockout tournament yesterday for the annual challenge shield presented by Mr. W. G. G. McKerron.
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  • 574 11  - WORLDS TOP SPOUTS COLUMNIST (The Man They Cant Cog) SAYSSOLOMONS PLANS WONDER FIGHT Peter Wilson London Matched Against Swede LONDON, Wed. —Jack Solomons is aiming for the biggest fight of his life a fight which would draw the largest ever receipts In this country. It's a match between Brian London,
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  • 452 11 All Eyes Will Be On O'Neill TEST STARS TO MEET M.C.C. XI SYDNEY, Wed. Three of Australia's star batsmen Norman O'Neill (New South Wales,) Colin McDonald (Victoria) and Ken ("Slasher") Mackay (Queensland) will play, in the Combined XI against the M.C.C. in Perth from October 24 to 28. All other
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  • 100 11 ABOARD S.S. IBERIA, Indian Ocean, Oct. 8 (Reuter) A choppy sea made the usual catching practice inadvisable for the M.C.C. tourists yesterday, although the ship behaved well under the conditions. Instead the party indulged in some P.T. before breakfast, led by skipper Peter May. The team
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  • 24 11 LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter) Only one English soccer league match was played yesterday. Result: League HI: Rochdale 2, Queen's Park Rangers 2.
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  • 78 11 C-rr-unch\ Britain's Brian London lands a face lifting right in his heavyweight fight with America's Willie Pastrano at Harringay last week. London was declared the winner when the referee stopped the fight at the end of the fifth round because cf a gash on Pastrano's left
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  • 171 11 TOKYO, Oct. 8, (Reuter).— Koji Sone (fifth Dan). Kimiyoshi Yamashiki (sixth Dan) and Akio Kamunaga (fourth Dan) were yesterday selected to represent Japan in the forthcoming second world judo championships due to begin here on Nov. 30. Yesterday's elimination matches were won by Sone who had a
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  • 366 12 'PLAY IN S'PORE' APPEAL TO MAY Willie Watson Meets S.C.A. Chief England's Opener Will Try To Convince Skipper WILLIE WATSON, the M.CC. Test cricketer left Singapore last night with a very special message from the president of the Singapore Cricket Association for Peter May, England's captain, and manager, Freddie Brown.
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  • 90 12 The Players On Board The Iberia OX Board. S.S. Iberia. Oct. 8. (Reuter* Peter Richardson, the Worcestershire and England left-hander was better today af*er being confined to his cabin With a chill as the MCC touring party sailed to Australia. The players continued catching practice when conditions were suitable. Godfrey
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  • 337 12 -The Junior Asian Cup- KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. -The Iwwttfi Grand of Malaya, at its meeting on Oct. 19, will f^J^**?* 1 f©r the inaugural tournament of the Junior Asian Cup for at the last meeting of the Asian Football ConfrferattonTtbe venue of
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  • 77 12 SYDNEY. Oct. 8 (Reuter)— lan Craig. Australia's Test cricket captain, who is recovering from a liver complaint, plans to play in a Sydney Grade cricket match on October 25. He hopes to prove his fitness for inclusion in the New South Wales state side to play
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  • 206 12 BRITAIN AND AMERICA ARE FAVOURITES ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct. 8 (UPI) The U.S. and Britain were co- favourites as teams from 29 nations, including Malaya awaited the start of the world amateur golf team championships today. It will be a four-day tournament with four men on each team, but only
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  • 361 12 Sikhs Rode To Defeat On A Second Half Change A POSITIONAL change in the second half brought about the defeat of the Young Men's Sikh Association who went down by two goals to nil to the Singapore Recreation Club in their second S.H A. Division 1 league match on the
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  • 238 12 Gruelling Test For M-Cyc lists OVER EIGHTY riders from bmgapore and Malaya will take part in a gruelling motor cycle trial organised by the Army o n Saturday. The Army motor cycling trial will be held on the Dover-Clementi roads. The course for the trial, covering some 30 miles across
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  • 34 12 SPRINGDALE Sports Club beat Blue Rovers Sports Club by two goali to nil in the Junior Cup replay at Balestier Road yesterday. Scorers for Springdale were Robert Choo and Low Hong Kong.
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  • 63 12 THE 75 Squadron Royal New ZeaTand A* Force maintained their unbeaten record *hen they beat .Royal Air Force Changi by nine points to three in a rugger match at Tengan ye AIT points in the match came from penalties. The Kiwis scored their lnr ee penalties through their
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  • 170 12 MORE THAN 130 entries have been received by the Singapore Motor Club for the Gap Hill Climb to be held on Sunday at 9 a-m. Highlights of the meet will be the clash between J. Reed. Dr. F. C. B. Marshall and Tan Ah
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  • 273 12 TAG TEAM wrestling, draw. ing the crowds weekly at the Happy World stadium, continues on Saturday night with what the International Wrestling Club of Singapore believes to be the match of the season. In one corner, Malayan champion King Kong and Singapore's dropkick expert. Chinese
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  • 169 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The President of the Badminton Association of Malaya. Mr Heah Joo Siang. has a 4 long last completed his study of all the "'hush-hush" roprr'< on why Malaya's third defence of the Thomas Cup MMW in a great debacle The Standard
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  • 324 12 MARINE Department Sports Club recovered from a shaky start to edge Fathul Karib 3—2 in a MM division 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yester day. Good goalkeeping by Fathnl Karib's Mokhtar Tabn saved them from a heavier defeat. Firjt to open the
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    101 12 mighty, oh-so-wicked Kin, kM given Bosco 600 ot •WftlJl works? M ««ii And to think that lota'.*.! going to help him out of troubl*' tog teom match ar the riappTfc It happened during irortShl wot showing partner Bosco 7^2 IHe got mod. Bosco was sluulj high-powered drop kicks. £Z
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  • 60 12 SUPERIOR in all departments, Sooth their fifth successive victory this seasn trounced Singapore Cricket Club fj (three goals and four tries) to five (ap match on the Padang yesterday. =ver stopped™ hen *rve\ ta >.■.-::■ cett and r* H Club lead '■-'•^B '"'i V 11 e r*-^^H up a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 83 12 SOCCER: Premier League RAF Singapore vs Juniors, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. Indians vs RN /Dockyard, Jalan Besar, 7 p.m. Div. 2A: Dockyard "A" vs Radin Mas Ramblers. Geylang, 5.15 p.m. RUGBY: Inter-school Rl "B" vs Beatty Secondary School, Victoria School, 4 p.m. Rl "B" vs Beatty Secondary School, Victoria School,
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  • 142 13  - Our Questions -Our Answers Uncle David pi |a fourth f»rmrr Exam noxt |llff WU b; d at rf adin?. and Lhq mrM I s -BT B hance of throwing your voice to the farthest corner of the room. Take a deep breath before you begin to read. Do not hurry
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  • 15 13 Q. What Is the height of Mount Everest and who conquered it and when? V.G.
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  • 29 13 A. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world is 29.002 feet in height. It was jointly conquerej by Sherpa Tenzing and Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953.
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  • 19 13 Q. Is it true that a female tortoise sheds tears when she lays her eggs in the sand** J.P.
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  • 69 13 A. Yes it is true and what is more, after laying the eggs, she covers them up with sand, then proceeds inland for a few yards and detours back to the sea. The reason for this strange act is that she is afraid that someone may steal her eggs, so
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  • 25 13 RIS is a yusy p re'*m fm his;' strain r e ightl c mi so- eci n '■•■.-> 'h, 9tn V, 'W^ n the ■■Wt
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  • 324 13 Raffles Institution held their fourteenth annual swimming carnival yesterday at the Chinese Swimming Club Pool in Amber Road o St. Theresa's Convent will stage a two-and-a-half-hour variety concert on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. Due to the bad roads leading to St. Theresa's— way up on
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  • 632 13 Colony Schools Go Gay Over Week-End JJUNDREDS of Singapore schoolboys and girls Shelved their books over the week-end to attend three grand fun fairs organised separately by the Geylang Methodist Girls' School, the Christ Church School and the St. Stephen's School. Despite heavy rain and slush and mud, the crowd
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    • 576 13 TODAY'S QUOTATION: 1 "A vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speech whether they be wise or foolish." —Demosthenes THURSDAY FOR EVERYONE: Recheck judgment and information before going ahead, especially m the A.M». Be deliberate. calm, tactful and considerate.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 288 14 LEAVE IT TO THE CHINESE TO SETTLE CRISIS IN FORMOSA— MENON UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 8 (Reuter) Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian Defence Minister, said yesterday that the Formosa Straits crisis was for the "two Chinese Parties" to settle. They should be "encouraged to talk to each other and come
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    • 70 14 $100,000 IN TAX ARREARS LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 8 (Reuter).— Mr. Orval E. Faubus, Governor of Arkansas, yesterday accused the United States Government of at:empting to penalise him by asking over $100,000 In back taxes. Governor Faubus added that Federal Law Enforcement Agencies were being used to persecute those who opposed
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    • 219 14 PARIS, Oct. 8 (Reuter) The French Cabinet yesterday decided to introduce a new electoral law, replacing the former complicated voting system by elections for single-member constituencies. There will be a second poll in cases where the first does not give a candidate the necessary majority.
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    • 109 14 MOSCOW. Oct. 8 (Reuter) Several world leaders have sent messages to the conference of Afro-Asian writers which opened yesterday in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan in the Southern Soviet Union, Tass reported. Mr Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, said in his message that meetings between
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    • 74 14 COLOMBO, Oct. 8 (Reuter). A Japanese salvage team is expected in Ceylon in December to salvage an 80,000-ton floating dock in the former British Naval Base in Trincoznalee on the East Coast. The dock, known to be largest in the world, was accidentally sunk during
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    • 232 14 MONTEREY, California, Oct 8 lUPI) a physician went on trial here yes:erday on lewd conduct charges brought by four women, who complained Jnat he took sexual liberties with them after inTh! c i£p 8 t em wltn dru s The defendant, Dr Robert
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    • 54 14 NEW DELHI, Oct. 8 (Reuter) The South African Finance Minister, Mr. Tom Maude, yesterday had lunch with Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister. This was the first such highlevel contact between the two countries since the rupture of diplomatic relations over the position of Indians in
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    • 31 14 COMMUNIST Chinese Premier Chou En-lai has declared his nation is willing to jxtend aid beyond the U5540,000,000 it has already offered Indonesia. Antara News Agency reported last night.
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    • 35 14 THE Shah of Persia has postponed a state visit to Italy and a subsequent state visit to Switzerland as a result of Pope Pius Xll's illness, a court spokesman said in Teheran yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 165 14 NO MEXICAN DIVORCE FOR FISHER HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 8 (UPI) Singer Eddie Fisher said yesterday he has made no attempt to seek a Mexican divorce that would end his once "ideal" marriage with Debbie Reynolds. Fisher denied a report that he was seeking a Mexican decree that would clear the way
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    • Newsbriefs
      • 69 14 Mac Arrives For Talks With Adenauer BONN. Oct 8 (Reuter) Mr Harold MacmUlan, the British Prime Minister, arrived here by air today for talks with West German Government leaders. MacntiiUaii was accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. David Ormsby-Oore. The British Ministers will confer with Dr.
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      • 19 14 AN INDONESIAN Trade Mission will leave for Cotnmunist China later this month, it was announced in Jakarta yesterday. UPI
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      • 29 14 THE UNITED STATES Secretary of Defence. Mr. Neil R. Mcelroy, arrived in Seoul yesterday for three days of consultations with Korean and American political, diplomatic and militarv leaders. Reuter
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      • 25 14 NORTH QUEENSLAND Cairns' City Council will hold a special meeting this week to pass by-laws prohibiting the keeping of cro- codiles within city boundaries.- Reuter
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      • 19 14 A SIX-MEMBER Japanese delegation arrived in Cairo yesterday for talks concerning the renewal of the JapaneseEgyptian payments agreement. Reuter
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      • 22 14 FOREIGN MINISTER Subandrio will represent Indonesia at the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee meeting to be held in Seattle. Washington, next month. UPI
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    • 375 14 President Sacks Gout. Abolishes Political Parties KARACHI, Oct. 8 (Reuter) President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan last night declared martial law throughout the country, dismissed the Central and Provincial Governments and abolished all political parties following a Cabinet crisis. The President also abrogated the constitution and appointed
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    • 83 14 President's Breakfast Conference PRESIDENT CARLOS P. Garcia of the Philippines receives a firsthand appraisal of the Quemoy crisis from Vice-Admiral Wallace M. Beakley, former Commanding Officer of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, at a breakfast conference at his Bohol Avenue workshop in Quezon City, Philippines. From left are Executive Secretary Juan
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    • 97 14 SMUGGLED HERBS FROM RED CHINA SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 (UPI).— A United States District Court yesterday convicted three San Francisco Chinese of smuggling $6,000 (Malayan) worth of medicines and herbs from Communist China in violation of the Trading with the Enemy Ac. Woo Lai-chu, 38. co-owner of the Wing and
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    • 53 14 LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter) Pay rises up to seven shillings and fourpence a week were granted to 250.000 shipyard workers at talks between employers and union representatives here yesterday. Cost of the increase equal to about four per cent is estimated at more than four million
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    • 134 14 In Italy ROME, Oct. 8 (UPl)— Birth control advocates carried their fight to the Italian Parliament yesterday, introducing a bill which would scrao Italy's legal ban on birth control propaganda. A group of deputies from various Opposition Parties, ranging from the moderate rightwing Liberals
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    • 124 14 MANCHESTER, Oct. 8 (Reuter)—The Chief Constable of Manchester, Mr. Joseph Bell, yesterday conducted an inquiry into the conduct of two Police Constables, following complaints by three Ghanians that the officers had "behaved aggressively" towards them. The two officers appeared on a disciplinary charge of conducting
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    • 32 14 LONDON, Oct. 8 (UPI) Three British para-troopers are being held captive by Saudi Arabia after wandering across that country's frontier with Jordan, the British War Office said today.
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    • 44 14 MISS HISAKO OKL'SE —Miss Japan laughs at the antics of the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. London a s they land on 8-year-old Jen'nifer Peters, of South- J2" rnc Ham>M J?. n f °f the' W'ss World (r«| UPI Picture I
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    • 186 14 Rampant Lawlessness NEW DELHI. Oct 8 (Reuter) n> I Council of Benares Hindu University annoj day that the university will close down indefil today, because of "rampant indiscipline a J ness" among: students. All students in hostels have been ordered to leave the university by Saturday
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    • 67 14 LONDON. Octl Britain vest m give home nfl Muslim NnUl of the Xiffll tion. I A tommuniquf yesterday's session of the stitutional d4 reported: *Tki meeting compw sideration o( I the agenda m self-governmfit Northern Bw ched full «w The Northern ernment h a in thf curr*n grant home
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