Singapore Standard, 22 December 1958

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  • 20 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Teleohone ***** —5 Cable "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 19^ Vol. IX No. 173. 15 ctS. 12 Pa*s.
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  • 148 1 Headers help to bring happiness to 5 9 000 underprivileged children IT was grand fun for the children at the Standard Cheer Fund parties festerdav m Singapore and the Federation. Yes, even Santa Claug turned up at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. Happy children are seen above surrounding
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  • 76 1 AT the Singapore Badminton Stadium, the little children lined up, with their paper bags, to receive the gifts from the kind ladies behind the long row of gifts-laden tables. The kind ladies? They were Mrs. R. Boswell. Mrs A. Papineau Mrs H. Sato, Mrs. Wee
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  • 98 1 LEFT: Mrs. Aw Cheng Chye, (left), wife of Mr. Aw Chens Chye, the Chairman of Haw Par Brothers Ltd., and Mrs. Aw Kow (right), wife of the Managing Director of Sin Chew Jit Poh,, had a busy day yesterday as they helped m the distribution of toys,
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  • 6 1 THANK YOU FOR THE GAY TIME
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  • 4 1 Mayor: Still No Choice
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  • 177 1 RI AIR CLAMP TO CONTINUE JAKARTA. Dec. 21 (Reutcr) Officials of Garuda Indonesian Airlines said today restrictions on Indonesians travelling to Singapore would continue until Dec. 24. The ban, which was reported here to be an Army move to block the movements of Sumatran rebels, did not affect foreigners, the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 371 1 CHANCES of Singapore having a non -Peoples Action Party Mayor are remote. This Ls because man of the non-PAP member* are split over the selection of candidate lor Mayoi\shlc> from among themselves. Members of the Singapore People-. Alliance and the Liberal Socialist Party met yesterday behind dosed doors i and
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  • 1184 1 First phase of 'operation cheer a big success MORE THAN 5,000 under-privileged children from the 1 kampongs and the slums of Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Malacca, Penang, Alor Star, Johore Bahru and Singapore had the time of their lives yesterday, when they were showered with toys, chocolates, biscuits, sweets, milk, balloons,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1262 2 A UTTII lIT THAT G^TIjT^LOHQ WAY SITUATIONS VACANT ACCOM. VACANT AT YOUR SERVICE WANTED PEDAK GIRLS' HIGH NEWLY FURNISHED Double/single MANURINC AND PEST Spraying SCHOOL. K/fr>onr Q'-jic! Ipoh, r*quir« r*v^n^». batHr^om hot cold run^i^g Cons-jit Corona Carden Maintenance a C^n«» quaiif'-a O* e<p* r water, longbat*> (MS) attached Department/ Ring
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    • 771 2 NOTICES M.V. "ORANJE" THE above vessel is due to arrive from Australia on the 21st Dec. 1958 between the hours of 3 3.30 p.m. and is expected to berth alongside Godowns 1-2 (Gate No. 8) of the Singapore Harbour Board. Embarkations of passengers will take place between 2 4 p
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    • 564 2 PENANG PORT COMMISSION NOTICE ANTICIPATED HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE FERRY SERVICE THE public is advised that Heavy Vehicular Traffic may be anticipated on the Commission's Ferry Service during the Christmas and New Year period and particularly on Penang Race Days which are 25th and 27th December, 1958, and Ist January,
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    • 90 2 Efl^^^PvV LMv 0 ft i The KOLOK Fi'sf C'aie Spec al Ribbon made en a ccti-n cloth o* e»*'3 h g h c r Bk tignt \*ea\e a^d balanced construction l~*ed v. tr> Afrk i the f/oest -*< Y.e ds dwMt- ■flfc beautifu y e'etined e~<d uni- mTJKk > X
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  • STORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 392 3 IVERT often when certain people find that c pa rf cular brand of socialism is becoming un--3f3 bie ■*"<* unacceptable to the people, they go H a huddle and hastily seek to make their c sound realistic and fair by covering up the c5 s of their ideas
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    • 354 3 THE successful launching of the biggest ever •mle by the United States when a four-ton ctellite was put into orbit round the earth on -:v has given the American scientists a leap "•ard and upward m the race into space. It will 3b.g setback to the
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  • 836 3  - UN 'Tranquilisers Quit Lebanon H. A. R. PHILBY by BEIRUT T OW m the final stages of withdrawal, the last pale blue beret and white Jeep of the United Nations Observer Group In Lebanon (UNOGIL) will have left the country by Christmas after its six months' vigil. The senior observer,
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  • 276 3 LONDON CORNER EVERY MONDAY J MUST say I rather sympathise with the French champagne people who recently lost a lawsuit over the name for the wine that comes from Champagne m north-east France. After all, the viniculturalists who produce cognac m Cognac have successfully retained their geographical location and nobody
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  • 34 3 Experts say at least 1.000,(100 species of animals, 800,000 species of iiisects, 30,000 species of fish, 9.000 species of birds and at least 250.000 species of plants live on the earth.
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  • Voice of MALAYA
    • 182 3 SIR. Dr. Tan's allegations m the Assembly are perhaps more amusing than erher interesting or factual. Indian doctors hay« come here on three-year-contracts and cannot be thwarting Malayanization. Their services can be terminated even before completion of the three years, if so desired. As a pure stop-gap, they
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    • 245 3 Sir According to a news report, one of our political parties is opposed to compulsory voting. If the report is true. I am horrified to learn that any responsible political party could be so ignorant of the meaning of democracy. The theory appears to be that to compel
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    • 144 3 Sir— Miss Jennie Chung of Hongkong has tried to clarify herself m order to Justify her statement that Singapore women are 30 year^ behind Hongkong women. By her so called clarification, she has confounded her confusion. She states that m Singapore some men walk ahead of their
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    • 114 3 Sir— May I draw the attention of the authorities concerned (the Police, I suppose) to the menacing and apparently flourishing business of the "Jaga Kretas." These street urchins, and adults too. are a headache to motorists. They plague you wherever you park your car, especially near Clubs, hotels,
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  • 435 3 Tenerife to South America— or wherever it ends. There was plenty of scientific justification for the voyage of the Kon-Tiki raft which set out to chart ocean currents connected with the migration of the human race across the seas. Alcock and Brown had a point when they
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  • 398 3 the NEWS as it strikes me r FHE many thousands of Indians m Singapore who for one reason or another are concerned oxer their future m this country hid their problem sohed for them by the President of the Republic of India. Dr. Rajendra Prasad. when he addressed them on
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 64 3 I SPECIAL I I X'MAS REDUCTIONS I SACK 8L0U5E5.... 54.50 *x Sj I SLACKS Many C010ur5.... 55.50 SWISS WOOLLEN 5T0LE5.... 56. 60 Bfffr*% 'fi FANCY j^r^K CAW-CAW SKIRTS $7.20 'JT I TISSUE SAREES...S4.OO t^f^JQj L.P. MOW ft, S SWISS PRTD COTTONS 3.80 1.80 |S \lm TREFOREST SCREEN PRINTS 5.50 2.50
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  • 355 4 UNLESS Singapore is able to provide cheap and efficient service, it is only a question of time before its entrepot must disappear, Mr. Jee Ah Chian, a practising accountant m the Colony of more than 30 years standing. warned yesterday. Mr. Jee was explaining what
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  • 34 4 WOMAN, 84 FOUND HANGING AN 84-YEAR-OLD woman. Loh Ah Geh was found hanging In her room at Ord Road. Singapore last night. Police carrying out the Investigations believe that there was no foul play.
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 4 FOR the first time, no poliomyelitis cases were reported m four consecutive days since its epidemic In Singapore.
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  • 93 4 THREE MEN ASSAULT JAGA KRETA A M JAGA KRrrA," K. N. Sar.al Hamed, 26. of Ce^i: Street, SingapM^re. was admitted to t-^e General Hospital af*?r r.Q 'A's? b&dly assaultcn I -v *hree men at Havelockl Road last night. Before he was admitted to Xr.e ward, Han.e-. said that while he
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  • 79 4 A PRETTY 18-year-old girl who has been doing Matriculation since March last year, arrived m Singapore yesterday on board the Oranje to spend Christmas with her parents. She is Miss Allyn Lav Aie Hian, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lav Hong Seng of Muar.
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  • 435 4 'Big Three 1 Captures Three Of Four Contested Municipal Seats KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Alliance scored another decisive victory within a week when the party captured three out of four contested seats m the Municipal Council elections here last night. The party lost one
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  • 56 4 SHAW FUNDS FOR HK CHARITY HONGKONG. Dec. 21. (UPI) —Mr. Runme Shaw, a wealthy movie tycoon, said yesterday applications soon will be accepted for funds from the charitable foundation he and his brothers have established. The Shaw Brothers, who have extensive movie and theatre interests m Singapore. Malaya and Hongkong
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  • 237 5 'LAZY' PEOPLE MUST BE FORCED TO THE POLLS Üb'Socs' Call T& Gnvt on Compulsory Voting— 0 KtT\RY-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan, yesterday rnment must introduce compulsory voting at the next elections, to > imm becoming a base for anti-democratic forces. the inauguration of the party's
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  • 73 5 ACCIDENT SURVIVOR FOR UK c sole lent which •a i leave 2. tn r> ißy trporai B rr.v n oi the 3 Coy s badly milit iry id- n a* the i-Chemt r R > nto name? s ere i rni N r ind the 3 RASC, Ara la I
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  • 80 5 THE Singapore UMNO East l D. vision Chairman. Inchel Dan;'. Shanil, last night urged i the State UMNO to use the It two votes they have, against I' the PAP m the election fora Mayor. Inche Sharif! reminded the State UMNO that m the past j
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  • 107 5 Robbed By Bogus Brokers PENANG, Sun.— Three "house-brokers" turned robbers and robbed Teoh Say Kow of $150 at First Avenue. Fettes Park, yesterday afternoon. Pretending to be brokers, three men brought Teoh to a house to let him look over it before discussing the sale A s two of them
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  • 91 5 PART of the roof of a row }f shophouses m Cheng Street m the Tanjong Pagar area of Singapore collapsed yesterday afternoon. No one was hurt though nearly suO lb of tiles and rotMng beams crashed down .Terrified tenants quickly ran Dut of the
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  • 197 5 PLAQUE IN MEMORY OF LOYALS' STAND AGAINST JAPS The plaque was unveiled by the Colonel of the Regimem Brigadier G. G. R. Williams (above), who has just arrived from Britain. Gilman Barracks was the scene of the Loyals' last command post before the surrender. It was m and around this
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  • 168 5 Tan: 40 new factories next year KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. It is gratifying to find large British firms giving the world an indication of their confidence m the future of independent Malaya by setting up new factories and offices m the Federation, Minister for Commerce and Industry Mr. Tan Siew Sin,
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  • 109 5 MALACCA, Sun. The Malacca Welfare Committee feted three of its officials to a tea party yesterday m honour of the recent awards from the Paramount Ruler and the Malacca Governor They are Mr C. M. Seth, A.M.N. Dato Sheikh Omar. and Mr. Tan Cheng Swee J.P.
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  • 63 5 Holiday Here For Aussie Boy A 15-YEAR-OLD Australian boy, Jeffrey Goon, will spend his Christmas vacation m the Colony, as a result of the hospitality of a Singapore student. Jeffrey arrived m the Oranje yesterday, together with Philip Chen, who has been studying m Australia. Jeffrey will be staying with
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  • 302 5 AN appeal to the people )f Singapore not to forget the old people of the Colony, many of whom m their youth helped to build Dhe city into its present flourishing state, was made yesterday by the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock,
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  • 215 5 SINGAPORE cinema and amusement park owners have sent a joint petition to the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, protesting against th e City Council's recent derision to charge them a flat rate of 20 cents per unit for electricity supplies. In the petition,
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  • 56 5 FIFTEEN days after he was Involved m a collision with a motor cycle m Selegie Road, Singapore, Tan Kirn Chwee, 48. died m the General Hospital yesterday morning. Revealing this, Inspector Mahinder Singh of th e Sepoy Lines Police Station appealed for eyewitnesses to the accident on Dec.
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  • 79 5 Parang Thugs Assault Welder (17) A 17-year-oid welder, Vim Yew Meng was early this morning attacked by two thugs as he was having a drink m a coffee shop m Jalan Sultan. Singapore. Vim who lives m Duxton Road said that the men suddenly attacked him with parangs and as
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 277 6 RICE PRICES UP: MERCHANTS SAY GOVT. IS TO BE BLAMED THREE leading rice merchants yesterday blamed Government for the steady rice m the retail price of rice m Singapore. The merchants. Me. Kor Ken* Hoo. president of the Singapore Siam Importers and Exporters Association; Mr. B. H. Low. president of
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  • 361 6 TOURISM: BIG BOOST FOR S'PORE 250 PAT A Members To Plan Travel Increase SINGAPORE'S tourist industry will be given probably the greatest impetus m its history next month, when 250 men and women engaged m the travel business meet m the Colony for the eigth conference of the Pacific Area
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  • 53 6 Ipoh ASP For UK Training ASSISTANT Superintendent of Police, Mr. Tay Lay Seng, Financial Officer. 2. Police Field Force. Ipoh. is among selected m the Federaeight Police Officers tion for a six-month course at the Police Training College at Ryton on Dunsmore, England. The contingent will leave Kuala Lumpur by
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  • 206 6 Open Afternoon Classes: Teachers' Call To Govt. Problem Of Over-Age Boys THE Singapore Chinese School Teachers' Association yesterday appealed to the Government to open afternoon classes to save thousands of over-age students from roaming the streets aimlessly. The Chairman of the Assertion. Mr. Chen An Loon, told The Standard that
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  • 30 6 A POULTRY seller, Low Kirn Meng. was robbed of 23 fowls and his bicycle at Upper Thomson Roa<i on Saturday night by two men armed with daggers.
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  • 63 6 INSTRUMENT OF OFFICE FOR SPEAKER SEREMBAN. Sun. The Regent of Negri Sembilan yesterday presented the instrument o f Speaker to Inche Abdul Wahab bin Idus, PJK, sn elected councillor, at the State Council Chamber here The four Undangs. the Tengku Besar of Tampin. the Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, the
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  • 70 6 A MAN who was with hi? girl friend near the compound of the Singapore Polytechnic on Saturday night was held ud at dagger point by four men and was robbed of a wrist watch and two fountain pens worth $40. After the robbers had left, The
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 6 DR. LIM HOEI TJIANG and his bride, the former Mis s Elsie F 'S, photographed at their wedding reception on Saturday. Married at the Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore, the groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs B.C. Lim, while his bride is the youngest daughter of
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  • 40 6 SINGAPORE'S Bier clock at the top of the Victoria Memorial Hall was stopped yesterday to enable workers to carry out a complete overhaul. Repairs to the 52-year-old clock is expected to be completed by Dec. 31.
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  • 46 6 A SIX YEAR OLD boy. Bahari bin Ahmad, died last night m hospital two hours after he was knocked down by a car m Changi Road, near the Changi Prison. Eye-witnesses are asked to contact Insp. Mahinder Singh, tele 7200, Sepoy Lines.
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  • 38 6 KOTA BAHRU. Sun.— Padi planter Yusof bin Abdul Rahman, 28. was today fined S2OO or five months jail m default for being m possession of a "kapak kechi!," a favourite weapon of Kelantan's thugs.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 509 7  -  IRENE I *9 1 ftp Wrj^f iVTVl^^Htf bells will be ringing soon, so soon that before you hove r im€ to turn around you will be hearing "Silent Night." z'e busy I ning their 31 ai on for ty -,f (he most effec-
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  • 184 7 SOMEONE special is coming to tea on Christmas Day, and you want something that is rea.!ly special, which can be easily cooked by you. A plate of delightful delicacies of Marshmallow Shortcake will add some colour to your table. And as it can be cooked within p.ti hour
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 247 7 ABNER By Al Capi» ME BO'S- Y^^TX *V IS KNOW HER. COULD LOSE J BHE»PAVE!f- WOULD *X NO!! TAXING fcwO^ i ti .TVPE!! -SHE USES V TH' MAID AH J I LET'S TAKE TH*/ BE EASIER j j^jQjf J •_I DHTOOR, •>- 2i2 7*9 HERN\ADDENING GOT.'.'-. DIRECT t^ OKI A\A4
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    • 109 7 /yODAY'S QUOTATION: "A brave man is clear m his discourse, and keeps close to truth." —Aristotle MONDAY FOR EVERYONE: Think things through; adopt a conservative and economical point of view for best results. Bp considerate noised, impersonal with other?; «low to make changes. YOUR BIRTHDATE AND BIRTHSIGX ARlES— March 21
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    • 54 7 DHHMBQ HBBQHHj RITA DEL MAR By the practicalities of life LEO— July 23 to Aug. 22 Attend to regular tasks, dutie?; maintain goodwill of higher-ur>- Se? friend?. VIRGO— Aun 23 to Sept. 22 -Develop a south outlook: don t bns° action on feeling. See elders parents. LIBRA- Sept. 23 to
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    • 122 7 fur.n?, balarjfe the bud^ft; don't wraste me day e?- t-.mi'e conservatively. SCORPIO— Oct H to Nov. 21 -Be courteous, con.^idera'e of others, but h.old your ow: make quiet pi ogress. SAGITTARII S— Kov 22 fo Dec. 21 Takp time 4 o organise, plan; br modr--rai~ m d-et, at work. See
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 1170 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 linos) l h ;:r THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 'C SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINfcNiAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (via Suez with liberty to proceed via Panama or
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    • 973 8 MITSUI ftZJ LINE S'por. P.S'hom Penonq JAPAN LINE Harunasan Maw 22 Dee Kenryu Maru for Japan Ports 2 Dec 26DeC Accepting cargo for Pacific, Central and South American ports with or without transhipment at Japan on through bills of lading. U.S.A. LINE For New York, Philadelphia Baltimore vio Bombay Suez.
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  • 488 9 APPROACH OF THE HOLIDAYS RETARDS MARKETS By A Market Correspondent THE approach of the holidays and the end; of the year, caused a slowing down of activity and a consequent smaller volume of business. General interest m markets and price movements were equally narrow. i Tins and
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  • 372 9 INDUSTRIALS: Consolidat ed Tin Smelter Ords. 28/-, F ed o ral Dispensary $1.05 to $1.065, Fraser Neave Ords. 51.60 to $1.59, Gammons $I.<l $1 71 j to $1.71, Georgetown Dispensary $2.01 $2.00 Hammer Co $1.54, Hongkong Telephone Old HK. H >ng- j knng Telephone Rights UK. %I\, Hongkong
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  • 281 9 COMPANY REPORTS RAFFLES Hotel Ltd. Show a profit for the year ended August. 1958 of 8290 420 (49 >. Final dividend of 10 cents plus bonus of 5 cents are recommended making total distribution of 25% lor the year Meru Tin Ltd. Profit for year ended June 30 1958, was
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  • 49 9 MODERN diesel underfloorengined buses have Leen leaving wharves near London for Jamaica over the nast two weeks. They are part of a shipment of 45 single-dork bases for Jamaican Omnibus Services Ltd. who have alrer.dy taken delivery of 135 buses from th c same company.
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  • 224 9 THE MALAYAN share j market was quiet'.y steady m all sections on Saturday. Turnover was small. Price changes announced were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers W. Hammer 1.55 1.57 Wearne Bros. 143 I.socdcb MININGS j Sungei B'dor (5/-) 3/3 3/6 i Sungei Way ill 1.13 LOCAL RUBBERS Ayer Panas Jeram
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  • 33 9 Woman Wins Cash Award Mrs. Tan scored the high- rst percentage m sales. Photo shows her receiving the cash from Mr F.B. Freeman, general manager of the Singer Central Agency m Robinson Road.
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  • 121 9 Copra Market Quiet ARRIVALS of copra In the Singapore market during last week, estimated at 1.000/2.000 tons were mostly absorbed by packers/shippers. at price i levels declining from $39* to $38i per piciil loose terms for Sumatran quality, says Lewis Peat <Spore) Ltd.'s weekly produce report. Except for some buying
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  • 92 9 Trade Fair Report Premature THE French Commercial Counsellor for South-east Asia, Mr. Henri Fauville, yesterday told The Standard that reports m the Press that a technical, industrial ann trade fair would soon be set up m Kuala Lumpur by France was "premature." The report, which appeared m The Standard last
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  • 148 9 A MOBILE "test bench" m the shape of a 11)58 Dodge Kingsway saloon fitted with a Perkins diesel engine is being used m South Africa to determine the effect of altitude on different diesel fuels. The car is bring used as a mobile fuel laboratory.
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  • 418 9 WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.— Official government surveys published last week lend si p- port to generally optimistic appraisals of U.S. business j activity m the months ahead. Confirming earlier ppedio tions, busine>s spending for j new plant and equipment has definitely turned upward. It I
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  • 182 9 LATEST models of BS.A. motor cyrlc? wil] arrive m Singapore this week, it is uinounced by the C'y'e and Carriage Co. (1926) Ltd.. sole agent? for the machines m Malaya and Singapore. The new models aro the latest m a kmf ,;ne
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  • 148 9 VEHICLE pro [fiction of the Daimler-Benz AG. Germany, m 1 958 will ren'h aboul L 55.000 unit-, a rise of over 2S j> p r cent comparer! with 1957, says the company. In its Mutual report. Car output showed an increase of ibouf 18,000 units
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  • 42 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following: changes m its rates to merchants on Saturday: Selling, TT or oI) ready: French Franr- *****; Holland Gldrs. 123; Deutsche Mark c 135 J; Italia- L;re ***** Other exchange ratal remain unaltered.
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  • 110 10 SANTIAGO, Dec. 21 (UPI). The world soccer charr.pionship scheduled for June and July 1962 here may be mjved up or postponed, an organizing official said today. Carlos Dittborn, President of the Committee Organizing the soccer tourney said the competition may be advanced to January or February of
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  • 87 10 LAUCESTON. Tasmania. Dec. 21 (Reuter) Trevor Bailey, the England and Essex all-rounder, has had an injection to relieve pains m his back. The trouble is not regarded as serious and he is expected to be available for, selection for the M.C.C.'s next match against South Australia
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  • 43 10 IPOH HOCKEY: Div. One Sturrock Club vs. 4th Bn. Royal Malay Regiment Upper Padang. Div. 2 7 th. Royal Malay Regiment vs. Hussars— Lower Padann. SINGAPORE SOCCER: Malayan Armed Forces knockout Football competition final HQ RASC vs MRNVR at Thompson Road.
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  • 105 10 DUNEDIN, Florida, Dec. 21 (Reuter) Arnold Palmer, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 29--year-old winner of the 1958 Masters' tournament, was the biggest money-winner m American professional golf this year. Palmer topped the list with $42,607 (£15.216). according to figures issued here yesterday by the Professional Golfers Association. Close
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  • 20 10 MRNVR will meet H.Q. 1 1 RASC m the Armed Forces i soccer final at Thomson Road today.
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  • 95 10 LONDON, Dec. 21. (Reuter) —An M.C.C. cricket team of 12 players, captained by Hugh Doggart. left London by air yesterday for a short tour of the Argentine and Brazil. Before leaving Doggart said: "We have quite a strong side and expect to meet opposition of about
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  • 74 10 SYDNEY. Dec. 21 ißeuter) i Australian jockey George Moore, who is to ride m! France again next year, yes- I terday won the £A2.000 i £1.600 sterling* Villiers Stakes at Randwick* here on Mr. W. J. Buchanan's Ceasar. Second favourite at 4 to 1. Ceasar finished brilliantly to
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  • 228 10 Robinson Ordered To Defend World Title HAGERSTOWN, Indianapolis, Dec. 21 (UPI) The National Boxing Association last night ordered 'Sugar Ray Robinson,' world middleweight boxing champion, to make plans before Jan. 11 for a defence of his title. Arch Hindman, NBA Executive Secretary. informed Robinson by letter of the NBA ultimatum
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  • 105 11 Tanglin Boys Will Miss Brown i .:?\KI |S<l r tnP United i|| his family on re tomorrow is UiTim Officer who t!v missed by the glin Barracks area. I rge Henry 9 m Febru- rmed a boyi T'ro Tanglin j I persuaded his <c. also of gn a suitable was
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  • 141 11 X India Dec 21, The West Indian I j -v v the Combined ps h% an innings ins here today r to spare. fniversities 161 m their 1 wr re dis- "i minute? j n theii teat iniana declared crore of 368 the ■Ta-^ai'-^n ired six
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  • 47 11 X Krlshnan mteei Unit c A':-MV:a-ounti? run n c r r the second v« the T-ake rst here today. the riistance In w londa to lop I his record of I c sccoada esta"p^r Rajoo was M. Palani. the 1m Wi entry, finished'
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  • 47 11 Pchoolboy Wins Cycle Race -V >N Sit:— A 17- Weng V St Michael's Infti- V? r won the fifty-mile Birtor and back r p race held I In a nmp of -4 minutes Ann Oth- (lose second Khi id bin Yusof i-,. Edwin Anthony. Cr.ee Hoon*. (19>.
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  • 2376 11 SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BARTON IS THE TOAST OF PRESTON DFDFSDFSDFDSF ARSENAL SUFFER THIRD DEFEAT LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter) Dominating the English soccer scene yesterday was a 16-year-old boy John Barton, goalkeeper m Preston North End's 2—l away win over Arsenal. Barton, rocketed from Prestton'g fourth team to make his league debut m
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  • 82 11 NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (Reuter) Nino Valdes. of Cuba stopped Pat McMurty, of Washington State, after 2 mins. 39 sees, of the first round of their heavyweight contest m Madison Square Garden here last night. Valdes. ranked second among contenders for the world title held
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  • 1118 11  -  JOHN HISLOP By THE CONDITIONS governing racing m England and America are so different that the sport m the one country cannot be judged or criticised! entirely by the standards j of the other. And. m con- i sequence, there is not a great deal
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  • 126 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Football Association of Malaya selectors named 17 players to tour Thailand and Burma m January next year. The Malayan team is expected to leave on January 20. The players are: Lourdes (Sel), Chan Tuck Choy (Pk), Ahmad Nanzari <Pk). Mok Wai Hung
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  • 34 11 AFTER trailing 1-0 at half time, Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club improved m the second half to hold Ceylon Sports Club to one-all draw m a friendshockey match at Balest.er Road yesterday.
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  • 211 11 Selangor Beat The Cup Champs KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. In a match which never hit the heights Selangor beat Penang by 2-1 m a soccer match on the Princes Road Stadium ground here today. The match was the second of two friendlies between these state?. In the first match at the
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  • 228 11 US Routs Italy In Davis Tie PERTH, Australia, Dec. 21 (UPI) The U.S. completed a s—o5 0 sweep of Italy m their Davis Cup tennis In-ter-zone final when Barry Mackay beat Nicola Pietrangeii today, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 8-6, 8-6, and Alex Olmedo defeated six-foot-seven-inch Orlando Sirola, 20-18, 6-1, 6-4. Only
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  • 16 11 SELETAR Young Indians jeat HMAS Quiberon 9-1 m a soccer match at Sembawang yesterday.
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    41 11 HIS Royal Majesty. Mrrami of Ruanda, Charles Rudahigwa of the Belgian Congo, meets the otrner and coach of the fabulous Harlem Globetrotters, Mr. Abe Sapcrstein and the Harlem Trotters, m Brussels, Belgium. The Trotters are expected m the Colony next month.
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  • 269 11 FRIENDLIES BETWEEN S'GOR SINGAPORE NEXT MONTH KUALA LUMPUE, Sun. The Football Association of Malaya executive committee at its meeting here today approved an application to stage a friendly tournament between the leading clubs of Singapore and Selangor. i Thp application was made by Mr.
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  • 16 11 THE Khalsa Invitation XI will meet the Police at hockey today at Thomson Road.
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  • 139 11 SERVICES WERE SUPERIOR IPOH, Sun. Second half I superiority enabled Malayan Services to beat Malayan Civilians by 16 point? (two j goals, try and penalty) to nine points (three penalties) m their annual rugger 'classic* player before a bumper crowd on the Ipoh padang yesterday. With their victory m the
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  • 23 11 MALACCA. Sun. Tho Federation Combined School s soccer team did well to hold Malacca Selection 2-2 at the Kubu ground yesterday.
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    • 413 12 Two Arrested In Plot To Kill Nkrumah ROME. Dec. 21 (Reuter) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana's Prime Minister, said here today he thought there might be "foreign influence" behind an alleged plot to assassinate him at Accra airport last night. Dr. Nkrumah. who is on his way to India for a
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    • 156 12 Frenchmen Vote For A New President PARIS. Dec. 21 (Reuter) The "grand electors" of Fr^r. and ha overseas territories '.vent to the po"? tOc= v to elect the first president of the Fifth Republic, There are more than 81,000 **sr=.r.~i c ecton* 1 m the presidential electoral college. They consist
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    • 78 12 REDS BREAK 'NO SHELLING' PROMISE TAIPEH. Dec. 21. (ReuterV The Chinese comnranist.s lobbed she's containing propaganda leaflets at the Queinoy islands today. The defence ministry announced that communist shore guns fired 83€ shells, a'.! con- ta'ning leaflet?, at the Querr.oy I group from midnight till noon today. The contents of
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  • 74 12 RAMPTO N, Nottinghamshire. England, Dec. 21 (Renter). Four dangerous men escaped from Rampton Sate Institution for mental defectives here late last night, starting off a man-hunt m five countries. A police spokesman said all four who sawed througn sn iron bar guarding a window to
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  • 38 12 NICOSIA. Dec. 21 (Reuter) Two cars, one belonging to an American citizen and the other to a British civilian, were set on fire m the suburbs of Nicosia this morning while the youth curfew was suspended.
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  • 302 12 US teat opens new era m communications WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, (UPl)— The giant Atlas satellite opened a revolutionary new era of communications yesterday. It successfully picked up and recorded a radio message over the west coast, then beamed it back to earth twice
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  • 54 12 Photo. ENCHANTING Italian film siar Gina Lollobrigida taking a bath m asses milk m a scene from the film "Solomon and Sheba" now being made m Spain. Costarring with Gina is Yul Brynner. who has taken over the part of the late Tyrone Power, who died recently
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  • 211 12 BUT. ..it can start nuclear war WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) House Space experts warned today that a big satellite like the mighty Atlas could rain deadly debris over Uie earth when it plunges back down through the atmosphere. A staff report of the House Space Committee said a large chunk
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  • 280 12 JERUSALEM, Israel, Dec. 21 (UPI) Israeli air force chief Colonel Ezer Weizmann followed up Israel's claim of downing a United Arab Republic jet fighter over the Negev with the charge that Arab planes violated air space "several times" m the past three weeks
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  • 66 12 COLOMBO. Dec. 21 (Reuter).—Perol stations throughout Ceylon went dry yesterday as a strike of oil company workers seeking Christmas bonuses spread from one company to three. The strike spread after an executive of one company was ?hot and seriously wounded m the shoulder by an unknown
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    • 210 12 Prasad Back Home NEW DELHI, Dec. 21. (UPI) India's President Dr. Rajendra Prasad returned here yesterday after a 15-day goodwill tour of Malaya and Indonesia He was received by VicePresident Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Nehru. After a meeting with diplomats and ministers. Prasad told newsmen. "It was a very interesting
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  • 84 12 MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (UPI) A top Soviet scientist yesterday ridiculed American claims that the four- lon Atlas satellite was the heaviest one ever put into orbit. He said the carrier rockets of the three Russian Sputniks weighed considerably more than that when they went around
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  • 159 12 TIN TALKS WITH RUSSIA WILL END THIS MONTH LONDON. Dec. 21. (UPD— Negotiati&ns between the International Tin Council and Russia are expected to be completed before the end of the year, it was announced yesterday. George Peter, the chairman, told the Tin Council the results of his seven monthslong negotiations
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