Singapore Standard, 23 March 1959

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  • 25 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** 5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1959 Vol. IX No. 263. 15 cts. 12 Pages. it m g [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 192 1 Tunku will campaign for UMNO in Colony ALOR STAR, Sun.— A warning to UMNO members in Singapore that there were elements which were always trying to divide the Malays was sounded by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, here today. He said he would do his best to help UMNO
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  • 159 1 USE YOUR COMMON SENSE, says CASEY AUSTRALIA'S Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, said in Singapore yesterday that he had "every confidence in the common sense' of the people of the island. He said this in answer to a question as to what would Australia's attitude be if
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  • 58 1 SINGAPORE police late last night arrested 13 suspected secret society members in a house at Duchess Road, off Bukit Timah. Police Secretary. Mr. William Cheng told The Standard that 11 of those arrested would be charged in court today. No weapons were found in
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  • 61 1 DAMASCUS. March 22 (Reuter) President Nasser today accused the Iraqi Prime Minister, General Abdul Karim Kassem. of allying himself with Britain because the British "want to reestablish imperialism in Iraq. President Nasser also declared that the United Arab Republic would oppose the new communist imperialism with
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  • 198 1 FOLLOW THE STANDARD'S EXPERTS FOR WINNERS! THE STANDARD S racing reporters, SCRUTINEER and FRANCIS, gave their followers a great day at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Between them, they forecast the winners of six out of eight races a record far ahead of any other newspaper in Malaya. FRANCIS tipped Mori,
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  • 509 1 New vitality, spirit awakening in MCA: Dr. Lim KUALA Ll'MPl'R.Sun. The president of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dr. Lim Chong Eu. today called on members of the organisation to "put your shoulders to the wheel and make this country of ours a peaceful and prosperous nation." Speaking at a meeting
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  • 107 1 Man beats himself with tombstone POLICE yesterday stopped a man from beating himself to death with a broken tombstone in a graveyard off New Cemt'trry Road, Singapore, yesterday Passersby saw the man kneelin? beside a grave and bashing his head. Blood was dripping from his head wounds. When attempts were
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  • 87 1 MANILA. Marrh 22 'Router) Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Felixberto Serrano, will visit Thailand. Malaya and Singapore noxt month on his way f o Npw Zealand to attend the South-oast Asia Treaty Organizations M'n^terial Confproncp at Wellington, it wa<; nflicially announced here toriny.
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  • 298 1 DALAI LAMA IS UNDER ARREST TWO ESCAPE, SEEK INDIAN AID Fierce fighting still in Lhasa Spiritual leader held by Reds at winter palace NEW DELHI, Sun.— The 23-year-old Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, has been arrested by Chinese Communists and is under guard at his winter palace in the
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  • 145 1 FEAF MERCY MISSION A SUCCESS THE five-man jungle rescue team of the Far East Air Force. Changi. which parachuted into a clearing in Bario. Borneo, on Saturday have successfully carried out their mercy mission. They reached their destination yesterday and rendered help to the village headmaster's wife who gave birth
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  • 248 1 NEGARA, PPP JOIN HANDS TO FIGHT POLLS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. After months of hush hush discussions, Party Negara and the Peoples Progressive Party of Malaya joined hands today to fight the coming Parliamentary and State elections on a common front, The Standard learnt today. The "ganging-up' f of the parties
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  • 298 1 SINGAPORE'S Council of Ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss several Important matters, including the Government's relations with the City Council and the date of dissolution of the Legislative Assembly to clear the way for the general rlrrtion. The Cabinet CUM the composition of the
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    • 521 2 IVOTICES UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR APPLICATIONS are Invited for an additional post of Lecturer or Assistant Lecturer In the Department of Malay Studies in Kuala Lumpur. Further particulars may be obtained from the Acting Registrar, University of Malaya In Kuala Lumpur, Gurney Road, Kuala Lumpur. Applications close on
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    • 399 2 PERAK NATIONALS (NON-MALAY) SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE Board of Trustee Invites applications for 1960 scholarships from non-Malay Perak Nationals *who havr registered themselves as thf subjects of the Ruler of the State of Perak) to undergo courses of study overseas in ENGINEERING (various branches). Applicants should not be over 20 years
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  • 798 3 ACCORDING to statistics published recently top demographers, the population of the world eased in 1958 by 47-million people. And )fe the enormity of that finding could have been lixed. these experts also arrived at the that in 1959 there will be millions of e h/>bics born than there will
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  • 1132 3  -  Dr. Lin Yutang by. NEW YORK 'pHE shadow of Red China lies heavily across South-east Asia, a cluster of quaint and contradictory nations, some old, mostly new, but the battle of minds may still be won for freedom. At the heart of
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  • 958 3  - A Day Of National Pride For Pakistanis ANDY ROZARIO by KUALA LUMPUR pOET Mohamed Iqbal's concept of a separate state for the Muslim millions in India took shape with the acceptance, in 1940, of an epochmaking resolution at the historic session of the All-India Muslim League. It was precisely 19
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  • 438 3 J}R. LIN YUTANG, famous writer and student of communism, winds up his penetrating series of reports on free Asia with the following conclusions and recommendations; 'There is a sense of urgency about communism in Asia, different from that in this country. Geographical propinquity or I remoteness make
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  • 615 4 Milestone in history of party -Dr. Lim KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The central committee of the Malayan Chinese Association the supreme policy-making body of the party, comprising 126 delegates from State branches In the Federation and Singiaporo today unanimously adopted the new charter of the
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  • 118 4 Others are following our way of life Tunku ALOR STAR. Sun.— ln a special interview with The Standard. Tunku Abdul Rahman praised all races in Malaya for the way they live together in neace and friendship. He pointed out that because of the understanding: between the communities and their unity,
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  • 100 4 600 pines workers demand more pay MORE than 600 workers employed In three pineapple canning factories in Singapore want increased wages and be.ter conditions of service. They decided yesterday to approach the Federation of Pineapple Packers to start Immediate negotiations. An official of the Amalgamated Pineapple Workers' Union told The
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  • 526 4 PAP's economic plank: Develop local industries THE PEOPLES Action Party, when elected into power, will channel back into local industries development, a part of Singapore's $800,000,000 investment in foreign countries. Thlf was disclosed hy the executive member of the party, Dr Goh Keng Swee. who was speaking at a pre-election
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  • 132 5 Iv\\ for applicants fo fill vacancies i next two weeks By R. G. PILLAI ■iGAPORE Government is offering: jobs to more L lenti who have passed their 1958 Camr| m>! < rtificate examination. n ill be called for various Government [t fill vacancies, within
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  • 108 5 500 Clerks, Typists Required He added that those graduates who were interested in the teaching profession could apply Immediately An official of the Establishment Office said that there were vacancies in several Government departments for a maximum of 500 clerks and typb.ts. He said that advertisements calling lor applications from
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  • 131 5 Arrest me if I am lying —Ooi PENANG, Sun City Councillor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew. said at the opening of the premises of the Jelutong branrh of the Labour Party today, that a certain political partv was spreading '"malicious rumours'* to the effect that if peopLe were members of the
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  • 310 5 Union leader deplores gag on officials PENANG, Sun. Trade Union leader, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, today called upon Government to withdraw the circular banning union leaders who are government employees from making press statements regarding union activities. Mr. Ooi. who is also a City Councillor said. "It is indeed a
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  • 158 5 Two-day seminar for MTUC KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor State divisional committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council will hold a weekend seminar for unionists at Port Dickson on April 18 and 19. This will be the fir?t experimental educational activity that the committee has organized. The two-day seminar, which
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  • 58 5 AN Easter fun fair, in aid of the Civilian We. fare Fund for RAF Seletar's local civilian employees, will be held outfide the RAF's maintenance ba>e at Seletar today from 2 p.m. A hula-hoop contest, military bands, magic shows, a grand Easter fashion parade by .loan
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  • 22 5 MR. Ooi Say Tiew. special grade rlerk in the general clerical service in Tanjong Malim ha? been promoted subtreasurer. Ulu Selangor.
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  • 370 5 A showgirl meets the Dyaks and has happy dreams By MKKI LYNN, whose show is touring North Borneo AS A KID. I was given to poring over travel folder.s much in the same tiion as others of lender years read comic books. I was fascinated by one travel brochure, details
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  • 235 5 US pattern of unity an example for Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The joint secretary of the Peoples Socialist Front. Mr. Lim Kean Slew, commended the unity of the United States to the people of Malaya. He was addressing the annual general meeting of the Selangor division of the Labour Party
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  • 124 5 Indian officer for Fed. army KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Government of India has. at the request of the Federation Government, agreed to second Major-General E. Habibullah of the Indian Army to be Deputy General Officer Commanding. Federation Army, for a period of two years. Maj.-Gen. Habibullah. Commandant of the Indian
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  • 212 5 No Buses— 6,ooo People Are Angry OVER 6.000 residents in Tiong Bahru, Queenstown and Outram Road areas of Singapore are bitter and disappointed with the Government for delay in running a bus service from the Sepoy Lines Police Station to Tanjong Pagar. At present, most of them who work in
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  • 133 5 RESIDENTS of Singapore's Queenstown, assisted by Army personnel, yesterday star led work on a basketball court for the sportsminded youths in the area. When completed, the court will be the first of its kind to be built in the Colony by community effort. The
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  • 327 5 50 undergrads to help in land survey KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Fifty undergraduates from the University of Malaya will commence a nine-week survey here to help determine the existing use of every piece of land and building. Commissioner of Town and Country Planning. Sir. T.A.L. Concannon, speaking over Radio Malaya today,
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  • 710 6 WORKERS FACE BLEAK FUTURE UNDER PAP Lib-Socs warn people at rally A PEOPLES ACTION PARTY rule in Singapore will result in industrial crisis and mass unemployment. This warning was sounded by the secretary-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E.K. Tan, at a preelection rally of his party in Bukit
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  • 32 6 The Canadian Hteh Commissioner to Malaya. Mr. A. R. Menzies, is greeted by the Chief Minister, Prnang, Dato Won* Pow Nee, when the envoy called on the Dato recently.
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  • 432 6 It's a busman's holiday for the undergrads I'XIVERSITY of Malaya students in Singapore begin their two-month vacation today. For the undergraduates this holiday is going to be filled with activity rarely seen in the campus. But where other aspects of student life are concerned, this will be an extremely busy
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  • 103 6 Army gives a flag to youth club MAJOR C. LEAPHARD. on behalf of the Army in Singapore recently presented a flag to the Pearl's Hill Youth Centre. The flag, yellow in colour, bore the Centre's name. It was received by the Centre's president, Mr. Peck Boon Kang. The Centre held
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  • 24 6 THE Penang branch of the People*! Progressive Party of Malaya will ho'd Its angeneral meeting at the Khek Association, Burmah Road, tonight.
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  • 281 6 PAKISTANIS CELEBRATE HISTORIC DAY KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Nineteen years ago today, representatives of the Muslims of India came together at a historic conference in Lahore under the leadership r,f Mr Mohamed Ali Jinnah, and proclaimed as their coai the creation of an independent homeland for the Muslims. The day, known
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  • 151 6 Ceylon will welcome cultural ties with S'pore CEYLON's Minister of Cultural Affair?. Mr. Jayawe«ra Kurrupu. said yesterday that Ceylon would welcome any move for the establishment of a cultural agreement with Singapore. The Minister, who arrived in Singapore by air on his way to Japan to attend the Buddha Jayanti
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    460 7 Wmoo'* c Thorne in our side, HH tell us when -you're gonna be n q > ser|d 'n their vexing little prof b on6 Len Thorne explodes into i 1.-p!pful comment] I^> CORNING, KIIJUIWINKS! week for mail. To be more a lovely week for female! The f
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  • 521 7  - HOW TO STAY SEA UTIFUL Gloria Gordon by W HENEVER a new beauty queen is crowned there are smiles, congratulations and handshakes. But the smiles are usually a mask, the congratulations hollow and the handshakes lacking in sincerity. And sometimes there's a short and violent uproar. There are sour comments
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    710 7 With A $15 Prize For Letter Of The Week be good for his snul, if not for his face. Good luck!" Kathryn Wang from Singapore has an "even my best lriend won't te'.l me" problem! She writes "Dear Len Thorne, I have a French boy friend who says
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    • 16 7 LEN THORNE. Monday Croans. The Singapore 'Tiger* Standard. China Insurance Building. 174 Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 278 9 SINGAPORE copra arrivals last week totalled 1.200 tons, including a 500-ton parcel, which according to Indonesian consular officials was not intended for discharge at Singapore, says Lewis Peat (S'pore) Ltd.'s produce report Keen competition between exporters and oilmillers to secure these supplies pushed values
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  • 227 9 $1½ Plan To Help Marketing Of Padi THE FEDERATION government has allotted a sum of $U million to implement a scheme for padi marketing, the Minister lor Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, said in Malacca last Friday during a visit to co-oper-ative rice-milling societies. He said this was the
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  • 81 9 JAKARATA, March 22 (Reuter> An official of the Indonesian Forestry Service said here Indonesians are wasting their vast timber resources. Mr. R. Nizar Kamil. chief of the Forestry Research Institute, said very little use was being made of wood in construction. He said teak, which
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  • 556 9 BUSINESS don e from March 14 to 20 INDUSTRIALS; Consnl. Tin Smelter Ords. 30/ Federal Dispeasary $105. Fitzpatricks 94 to 96 cts., Fraser Neave 51.55, Gammons $170 to $1.76 Hammers $1 55 cd., Honekong Telephones HK. 523.40. Hume (F.F.> Profs. A.5/U cd.. Hume (F.EJ Ords
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  • 406 9 ALL SECTIONS of the Malayan share market were quietly steady on Saturday. Turnover was fair. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Fed. Dispensary 1.06 109 F N Ords. 1.57 1.60 cd Gammon 1.76 1.78 Straits Steamship ($1 stock) 0.64 0.66 cd Straits Times 1
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  • 436 9 AID INDUSTRIES CALL BY HUME'S CHAIRMAN I'iniiMtri* And Commerce CHAIRMAN of Hume Industries (For East) Ltd., Mr. M. R. Swain, has called for the early implementation of measures to aid local industries. The chairman makes this call in his annual statement for 1958 to be presented to shareholders of the
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  • 78 9 OVERSEAS Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd's profit for year ended Dec. 31, 1958 was $3,866,564 after tax, which is equivalent to at least 42 per cent before tax. Final dividend of 60c and bonus 60c will make a total of $1.70 for the year.
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  • 41 9 the Malayan Fvrhanje Banks Association marie I following change* in ItSJ rate* to Merchants on Saturday Selling TT or Ot) readv were: Swiss Franc* 141ft: French Franc* Kor.3, Pani«h Kroner 22SJ. Italian Lire ***** CVher exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 564 9 Share Market Report By A Market Correspondent DUE chiefly to the large turnover in Rubber Shares the weeks total volume of business was considerably higher. Despite the present confused political situation in Singapore, a number of Industrials improved. Tin Shares were much quie.er and
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  • 155 9 Surplus U.S. Farm Goods For R.I. MELBOURNE. March 22 (Reuter). America had committed "economic aggression" by signing a now STU-mUlion pact for the sa.e of surplus farm products to Indonesia. Mr. R. C. Everett, a member of the Australian Wheat Board, <aid yesterday. He was addressing the annual conference of
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  • 364 9 Britain Leads In Output Of Isotopes WORLD demand for radio isotopes produced in Britain is behind the announcement that the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority |f reorganising its isotope production and marketing organisation?. Britain is already the world'? greatest exporter of radio isotopes the offshoot of produrtion of nuclear energy in
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  • 47 9 CYPRUS, which exports well over one million cases of citrus fruit each year, celebrated a record season in 1957-58 when about 64.300 tons were produced, or about 343 million fruit. This represents an increase of about 40 per cent over the previous season.
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  • 64 9 JAKARTA. Mar. 22 (Router).—Colonel Ibnu R'.itowo, Director of the Indorv \n Btate Oil Company. Tormina, said today thp company's wells in North Sumatra last month produced ***** tons of crude oil. Antnra newt agoncy reportnd. This is double the usual monthly flgurr. Colonel Sut.owo said the
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  • 41 9 FFBRt'ARY rubber crops of the following companies announcer! were: Benta 94.000 lbs.. Jeram Kuantan 7* <> f "i Kundong 39.547 lbs Mentakab 62.000 lbs Sunßri Bncan 21S/> 000 lbs.. Kempas 323.280 lb.v, (Jan 390.679 lbs) Rarie'.la 21.500 (Jan. 26.800 lbs).
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  • 524 10 VICTORY FOR SOUTH North Beaten In Last 10 Minutes KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. It was victory or defeat for the South in the last ten minutes and victory it was when two fine goals gave South a 4-3 win over the North in the annual hockey Test played on the Armed
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  • 121 10 TIGER Swimming: Club hit Indonesia's Tirta Kentjana hard at water polo yesterday at Pasir Panjang, finishing off with a splendid ten goals to six victory. Leading the Tigers on the rampage were the Can brothers, Eng Guan and Eng Teck, members of Singapore's Asian Games'
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  • 496 10 SCA Tourney Hit By Rain INDIANS LEAD LEAGUE THE Singapore Cricket Association's senior and junior league matches were hit by rain yesterday with ten games three in the senior section and seven in the junior section being abandoned. The only game played in the senior tourney was that between the
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  • 40 10 ADELAIDE. March 22. (Reuter). The South Australian Cricket Association has formed a sub-committee on throwers. SAC. A. secretary, Mr. Hush Millarri. said today, however, he could five no details of the sub-committee or its function at this stage.
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  • 69 10 WAN'DERERS Sports Cub Irounced Roya! Air Force Changi "A" by seven wickets m the S.C A. Junior (Section B> tournament match at Changi yesterday. RAF Changi: 44 runs <T:ltes bey 9 A. L"E>trange four for seven A de Cruz two for six and Balan two
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  • 76 10 SINGAPORE Harbour Board T r \.ce scored their first victory in thp SCA junior tournament when they beat Royal Air Force Chansi 'B' by 51 runs at Bukit Chermin yesterday. SHRP. 98 'A Mendil 19, F Wells 17 T. de Silva 14 n.o B
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  • 33 10 PENANG. Sun. Penang Chine.se strengthened their claims for the Malayan Chinese Football Association Cup by trouncing Kedah Chinese 6-0 in a CupUe at the George Town City Stadium this evening.
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  • 229 10 MANILA, March 22 (UPI) The Philippines today knorked out Malaya 3-0 in the first of a series of elimination ties all over Asia for the Davies Cup Eastern Zone championship. Youngsters Juan Maria Jose and Miguel Duneo clinched the
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  • 158 10 M.H.F. TO SEND TEAM TO ROME KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malayan Hockev Federation \vi!l >cnd a team to the World Olympic Games in Rome next year. This was decided at the Executive Committee meeting of the Malayan Hockey Federation held yesterday at the Merdeka Stadivim here. Mr. K. Aryaduray, the
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  • 399 10 DOWNING STREET GAVE A SMASHING SHOW FOR THE CUP By SCRUTINEER DOWNING STREET gave a smashing: performance at Bukit Timah on Saturday when he ploughed through a rain-soaked track to slam a smart Class One, Division One field in the one mile Spring Cup. With Bob Franklin riding a I
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  • 60 10 STANDARD NAP R OMPS HOME THE STANDARD NAP 9 Grand Coup (Ward) romped home an easy tivo-and-half lengths winner at Bukit Timah on Saturday. The up-and-coming four-year-old^ owned by S. L. Stable, won the fourth race, Cl. 2, Div. over a mile from !\asrana (Mawi) and Picture Fan (Posner) to
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  • 81 10 DALLAS. Texas, March 22 (UPI) Lew Hoad took another step toward the world tennis title on Saturday in a hard fought victory our plucky Pancho Gonzales. Hoad beat Gonzales 6-1 in the first set. Then Gonzales stormed hack to beat the Australian challenger 6-3 in the
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  • 1362 10 FOLLOWING are weights and prohahi, m»^ h rates on Wednesday. March 25, second dav 0/* hlP Turf Hub meeting: C/ojs 7, Div. 7-6 furs, -40-4 8 Distil** beg 7y 9.05 Hebbt C 1613-6 High Socks chah 5 Y 902 Dik.Hi ""'♦I C*^ *****-
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    • 30 10 t2292a^9EZ9lij SOCCKR: Jolliladi vs 25 Coy RASC. F Park. SWIMMING; Indonesian Swimmer* rs local team, SSC. 5.30 p.m. SOCCER: Friendly. BaVst cr I'yntcd VM Singapore Gla?s Factory at F. Park.
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  • 550 11 lortsmouth And Leicester Are >iv. Two Bound I LONDON, March 22 (Reut«r) England's soccer tO rv disappointed at the English league's drawn h against the league of Ireland In Dublin last dav had their hopes raised by the displays of two .^forwards in
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  • 185 11 Ten-Wicket Win For West Indies PESHAWAR. Pakistan. Mar ,22 (Reuter) The West Indies raced to a ten-wicket victory against the President's XI on the final day of the match here today. The tourists' bowlers carved out the victory chance by dismissing the horne team for a second innines score of
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  • 119 11 INDIAN OFFICIALS RESIGN NEW DELHI. March 22. (UPI). The selection committee of the Indian Hockey Federation has resigned en bloc to make room for experts. It was the first time in the history of Indian hockey that surh a mass resignation had been effected. It fo.lowed criticL-m in the Indian
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  • 1531 11 Results Positions LONDON, March 21 (Reuter) Results and positions after yesterday's FA league matches are: FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa S, Luton Town 1. Blackburn R. 2. Everton 1. Blackpool 2. Leicester C\ 1. Chelsea 3, Preston Northend 1. Manchester I". 4, Leeds I". 0. Newcastle C. 1. Arsenal 0. Nottingham
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  • 306 11 Sun- The rnckrt e -anpd in full p n two matches ■ywJ on the Victoria »i V4uS3. the Penan Free I Frro School irprise when they Indian AssociaKhean put up a I for his •»K nrin a steady 47 another who batted school was
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  • 189 11 PENANG, Sun. The Penan* Amateur Boxing Association will sponsor a boxing: contest between the Federation of Malaya and Singapore to be held in Penang on March 23 or 30. This was announced at the Penang Amateur Boxing Association meeting heJd here today. Mr.
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  • 78 11 Aussies Set World Mile Relay Record MELBOURNE, March 22 (Reuter) An Australian team today broke the world record for the four times one mile relay, clocking 16 mins. 26.6 sees This is four seconds faster than the time set by an English team in London last August Herb Elliott, the
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  • 63 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A Selangor Invitation team will meet a Selangor Services Invitation side in a cricket match on the padang next weekend The Selangor invitation side will be Gurucharan Singh (Capt) S Rajalingam, T Tharumagnanam. M Shepherdson C Mahadevan, S. Navaratnam R. Hendroff, Quay
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  • 205 11 Champion Picks Wife As His Manager DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, March 22.— (UPI) Pascual Perez, the Argentine world flyweight champion. said today that Lazaro Kori will no longer he his manager and that his affairs will be wholly handled b v his wife from now on Perez also said that he is
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  • 238 11 Olympic Games Soccer Grouping PARIS. March 22. <Reuter> T^L re ii, minary mat che s In the 1960 Olympic football tournament will be played in 20 groups— flv e for Asia, five for America, three for Africa and seven for Europe. Preliminary games must be played in the African, American
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  • 91 11 Promoters Offer Perez $40,000 TOKYO. Mar. 22. (Reuter).— Japan Boxing Association sources today said neither of the two Japanese contenders for the world flyweight boxing title, the Far Last champion, Sadao Yaoita, and the Japan National champion. Kenji Yonekura. could satisfy Pasrual Perez demand ior the "right purse." During a
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  • 154 11 LONDON, March 22, (Reuter>— The Grand National win of Oxo at Aintree yesterday made it the "Day the bookies wept," British bookmakers estimated last night that they would be paying out nearly one million sterling to happy punters. A spokesman for one big firm of
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  • 53 11 TAIPING. Sun. A late rally enabled Kilat Club to share honours with 16 Field Ambulance XI in a draw on the Esplanade on Friday. The score at half time was one-all Outside-left Culleton (2) and centre-forward Milne scored for the soldiers, while Kilat's scorers were centre-forward Balan Nair
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  • 158 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Federation of' Malaya Amateur Athletic UnionOrganising Committee for the annual open invitation championships 1959— at its meeting at the Merdeka Btadium here today, set up the various subcommittees for the running of the national athletic championships. It was decided that the
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  • 416 11 England Share Honours With Scotland CALCUTTA CUP TWICKENHAM, Sat. (Reuter) England and Scotland battled to a three-all draw today In the 74th annual match for the Calcutta cup, the oldest rugby union international trophy. Each side scored a penalty goal in a game In which some good patches of open
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  • 97 11 Lasallians Ko Soccer Tourney IPOH. Sun St. Michael's Institution beat St. George's School of Taiping 3—2 In 'he North Malayan Lasalllans primary division knockout soccer competition played here today The competition Is between Christian schools In North Malaya and Includes teams from St. Zavler of Penang. St. George's of Talpfng
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  • 230 11 CRICKET THE RICHARDSON WAY AT SCC TODAY Peter Richardson. England opening: batsman and Worcestershire captain, was unwilling to discuss a Press report that he may not he re-appointed skipper of his county team, in the coming season. In an interview with Th« Standard. RichardMQ said "I am not m a
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 210 12 Duke's visit to Bahamas: A warning to the British government LONDON. Mar. 22 (Reuter)— The British government will be warned tomorrow that demonstrations will be made during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Bahamas next month unless certain proposals for electoral reform are changed. The warning will be put
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    • 152 12 The man who could not die is dead FLORENCE. March 22 (Reuter) A man who "died" twice of heart failure and was then kept alive for nine days by electric wires attached to his heart had died for the third and last time here. Umberto Bacchini. 75, who had suffered
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    • 101 12 A stern note to R.I. Press JAKARTA. March 22 (UPI) Indonesian military authorities said the Press here is developing "alarming tendencies" and issued a stern warn* ing that the army win take any necessary preventive and repressive measures. Army spokesman. Major Harsono, said the time has come for a re-orientation
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    • 391 12 IKE AND MAC AGREE ON A 'FIRM BUT REASONABLE' POLICY GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, Mar. 22— President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan agreed yesterday on a summer Summit conference and then discussed Britain's proposal for a "freeze" on Communist and Western forces along the Iron Curtain
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    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 58 12 Newspaper office bombed BEIRUT. March 22 (Reuter) Two bombs exploded at the office of the Lebanese communist weekly newspaper Al Akhhar in Beirut early today. A third bomb exploded at the home of a former Russian hotelier, Mr. George Ivanoff, now a naturalised Lebanese, who was seriously injured. Al Akhbar's
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      • 28 12 PAKISTAN ha? protested to United Nations observers that armed Indian troops "terrorized" a Pakistani village in Kashmir and kidnapped a police officer, Radio Pakistan reported last night. U.P.I.
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      • 27 12 A 50-YEAR-OLD woman who acted as maid and companion to a wealthy widow for more than 20 years has received $250,000 "(U.S.) in the widow's will.— Reuter
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      • 35 12 THE Minister of Economic Stabilization has reaffirmed the statement of Foreign Minister Subandrio that compensation of the nationalized Dutch enterprise will be considered only after West Irian (Western New Guineal ;s returned to Indonesia.— U.P.I.
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      • 54 12 JOHN SALLIXG. one of the two surviving veterans of the American civil war. has died in Tennessee, aged 112. He fought for the Southern Confederacy and joined the army when he was 16. The only other survivor of he war between the north and the south. Walter Williams, of Houston,
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      • 54 12 BRITAIN'S Royal Automobile Club his launched a nation-wide campaign of driving: instruction and traffic education for teen-agers. Announcing this here, the Club said it was pioneering the scheme because it was convinced the accident rate was highest among drivers under 21 because young people had not been educated about their
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      • 25 12 m JOHN S. CAHILL. Prime Minister of New South Wales, yesterdav led his Labourite state government to almost certain victory for another three-year term. U.P.I.
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    • Article, Illustration
      61 12 photo. &RIME MINISTER Jawaharfal Nehru 'o/ India, second from right, drinks and en- ]oy s green tea in a traditional Japanese style in the new tea-house built inside the Japanese Embassy. Seated at the extreme right is the Premier's daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Presi- dent of the ruling Congress Party.
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    • 70 12 HOLLYWOOD- Mar. (UPI) A scene-stealing rat named "Pyewaeket" was named the top animal movie star of 1958 for its performance in -Bell, Book and Candle To keep the doggy set happy, -Lassie" was named the best animal performer on television for the second straight
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    • 223 12 Britain's rocket expert quits LONDON. March 22 (Rru ter) One of Britain's top rorket engineers today laid hi had resigned his po«=t bcrause of the nation's "comp'ete lack of policy" in space research. Mr. P. H. Leyton, a top man behind the successful Black Knight rocket which shot to a
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    • 111 12 VANISHING HOUSE MYSTERY LONDON'. Marrh 22 (Reuten Police in the London suburb of Croydon believe a prefabricated house worth £120 sterling has been sto>n from a housing estate. The house disappeared several days ago from til estate which is being cleared to make way for permanent houses and flats. At
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    • 206 12 Coup in Jordan nipped says report DAMASCUS. Mar. 22. (Reuter)- The Damascus newspaper Al Wahda today published a report quoting its Amman correspondent as saving that Jordanian authorities had uncovered a plot to overthrow the regime of King Hussein, wno is at present on a world tour. There was no
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    • 108 12 2F NI m Ei ScO t 42 d Ji Marrh 22 <««*«) A woman of I« a l hPr M a Rar K et Mrdonald. died from exposure in hos?i.il k ft u r bein R tra PP pd 'or over two days in a heavy chair
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    • 286 12 After 14 years he's still popular FRANKFURT. Germany. Mar 22 (UPI) Hitler's popularity. 14 years after the war. seems to be rising Results of a public opinion poll show Hitler ranks with Beethoven. Bach and Goethe as th.rd in the list of men who have done most for Germany. Top
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    • 79 12 LONDON*, Mar. 22 (Rr. A three-inrh 15th cer. Venetian beaker fetched I (about 139,100) at an aurtion M f here. The h known as the Fairfax Cup. was in a w rn box contained In a leather bag with a note it "In thi* h.^cce ti
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    • 48 12 KASSEM IGNORES RED DEMAND ter> I I I to foui I mar I to Wi I I Tl I m I I I The >xM I I r I I o n h,•■ in the I II I arm.n? I i A P I I "I C'O'O" who
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