Singapore Standard, 25 July 1959

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  • 19 1 SINGAPORE STANDArd SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1959 Vol. X No. 23 O 15 c m 2 PoflM [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 651 1 ACTION BEING TAKKN TO BAN PROTEST EALLT We won't permit such a situation Dr. Goh F Interdicted from service on PSC advice THE SINGAPORE Government interdicted from service the Chairman of the Council of Joint Action Mr. F. V. Rajendra and said that disciplinary charges were being
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  • 593 1 We'll win but it will be a tough polls fight- Razak IPOH, Fri. The Federation Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak, yesterday reminded Alliance supporters that the coming Parliamentary elections would be a tough fight, though he was confident that the party in power would get most of the seats. The
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  • 93 1 TAIPEI. Fri. (.UPI) Mrs. Anna Chennault. the Chinese widow of General Claire L. Chennault has advised Chinese women not to split their skirts too high. In an article published in Taipei, the widow of the flying Tiger General said the high Chinese split was
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  • 463 1  -  WILLIE MA */Ve thrown my copy away* By CHAIRMAN of the Nanyang I'niversity, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, yesterday flayed the Prescott Commission report and charged that it was a death blow to the future of Chinese education in Singapore. Mr. Tan, however, welcomed the formation of
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  • 59 1 SALESMAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH A SINGAPORE salesman fell tn his death from the seventh floor of a SIT flat in Upper Pickering Street, yesterday. The salesman, Tan Choon Hah, 22. was found on the five-foot-way at dawn. A younger brother of the salesman, found him dead when going to
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  • 101 1 POLICE CATCH THIEVES AT JAMBOREE MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Two Malayan delegates to the tenth world boy scout jamboree today thanked constabulary authorities for the recovery of their cameras last on Tuesday in the camp Hashim Hanifeh, 28. a school teacher and scoutmaster from Kulim, Malaya and Amin Noordin, 14. a
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  • 291 1 KIALA LUMPUR, Fri. A team of top-ranking Thai military, police and administrative experts arrived in Kuala Lumpur today to And out how Thailand can increase its participation in the all-out drive against the communist terrorists straddling Malaya's northern I i border. Thi.s Thai
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  • 151 1 DEATH NOTE TO PPP MAN TELUK ANSON, Fri. A death note, with the sketch of a coffin with pall-bearers of the five different races, was received by a People's Progressive Party candidate. Inche Yunos bin Sibi, 52, who is contesting the Bagan Datnh constituency in the coming Federal elections. The
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  • 29 1 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) Jakarta municipality health office announced a new case of smallpox had been discovered in the city. Jakarta was declared an infected area earlier this month.
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  • 208 1 ACCORD REACHED IN WD STAFF TALKS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Agreement on a number of issues have been reached between the War Department and the W.D Civilian Staff Association, after day-long talks in Seremban yesterday. In a statement today the secretary of the association, Mr. S. J. H. Zaidi said a
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  • 183 1 The Tunku raps MCA rebels' ALOR STAR, Fri— Tunku Abdul Rahman, in a rally at Simpang Empat yesterday, described the MCA "rebels" as thuse who had planned to destroy the Alliance These people, according to the Tunku. purp<x>e*y made a last-minute demand, to cau.se the Alliance to split, and to
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  • 431 2 MALAY NIGHT CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC Move to boost national language Govt, calls for voluntary teachers to come forward THE Singapore Government will hold night public c l 1* Malay as from Sept. 1 to popularixe the national language, ter for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, told a press conference
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  • 58 2 PROFESSOR S. Q. Fatimi visiting Professor of Pakistani Studies in the University of Malaya, will speak about "The Sources of Muslim Culture in South-east Asia" in a Radio Singapore broadcast at 7.15 pm on July 27. This iz the third of five radio talks on the spread
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  • 103 2 A MINING engineering student. who flew to Singapore last week from London to marry a lawyer's daughter, left yesterday with his wife for a 'second honeymoon" in India. Mr. Zaheer J Vakil. 24, and Miss Naseern Francis. 21. met in London a year ago. He
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  • 131 2 $6m. sugar company for Prai TOKYO. Fri. (Reuter) A joint Japanese-Malayan sugar refining company will be established shortly in Prai. near Penang. with a capital of $6-million (Malayan), it was learned here today. This will be the first sugar refining plant in Malaya. Tlie Nisshin Sugar Manufacturing Company, a Japanese
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  • 47 2 TEMERLOH, Fri. Thani bin Mat Akhir. 21. now serving a three-month sentence in the Pudu Jail for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. was today sentenced to five mon hs' imprisonment in the Magistrate's Court here for impersonating as a detective on Mav B at Mentakab.
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  • 247 2 Rubber Trade Association 'corrects' a point LONDON, Fri., (Reuter) The Rubber Trade Association of London has written to the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board in Singapore concerning reports that it had received only 140 complaints about the quality of Malayan rubber last year. The reports, which quoted lan official document
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  • 42 2 PETALING JAYA. Fri.— —The Methodist Circle here is >ponsoring a film show, the Benny Goodman Story," at 'he Majestic Theatre on Saturday at 9 p.m. in aid of the Methodist Youth Centre Building Fund. Tickets are available at the door.
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  • 44 2 SJI BOYS PUT UP NOVEL SHOP Joseph band^n "act > ofTV i school N 3 pm. *J The the ex I draw.n. der arr pr tweo n 12 In t tion charts ol m and music the l.v jj ptn< nt The J the pub
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    • 409 2 $770 POR NEEDY A sum of $770 was expended during the month for the relief cf distress cases the monthly meeting of the ExServices Association of Malaya. Penang branch wa.s told. NOTICES EVENING CLASSES TECHNICAL COLLEGE. KUALA LUMPUR. A NEW session of Evening Classes in the following Architectural subjects will
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  • 917 3 luly 25. 1959 WHAT have the leaders of any of the parties testing the coming elections in the Federation Ljgit thc Alliance done for the country either lore or since the country became an indepenpf and sovereign State? With electioneering „paisns moving into top gear in all States,
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  • 854 3  - Commonwealth Scholars WENDY HALL bv LONDON <^S delegates deliberate at the Commonwealth Education Conference at Oxford, the Commonwealth scholar of the future is gradually taking shape. One purpose for which the Conference was called was to bring into being a scheme, first put forward at Montreal last September, which will
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  • 1594 3  -  Dr. Abraham Marcus by LONDON. JF one had to select a medical capital of the United Kingdom the choice could fall only on Edinburgh, in more than 230 years it has made an unrivalled contribution to medicine and has exerted an influence that places lt among
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  • 386 3 the NEWS as it strikes me JT is refreshing to hear one who is an authority on a subject confirm another's conviction. There have been occasions when one of the two Malayan Governments was accused of having unqualified people In the service. We have heard this said in the Legislative
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  • 477 3  - Britain's Watch On Strontium 90 JOHN DAVY by LONDON: gTRONTIUM 90 from nuclear tests absorbed in food by people ln Britain is not at present dangerous to health. This is the main conclusion of a report published today by the Agricultural Research Council, the first official British report to examine
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  • 56 4 ADLENE RAHMAH 18, Is one of the contestants for the Merdeka Queen" competition which will he held in connection with a gala dance by the Singapore Government Services Football Association at the Sea View Hotel on Aug. 29. The dance is in aid of tbe Tour Fund
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  • 370 4 FUTURE OF MCA HANGS ON POLLS RESULTS Only public support can resolve exciting crisis Dr. Lim THE future of the Malayan Chinese Association as a political force in the Federation of Malaya will depend on whether it wir.s public support at the forthcoming general elections. This was declared by President
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  • 437 4 'We have right to comment': 4 Varsity bodies answer Johari OFFICIALS of four societies in the I'niversity of Malaya in Singapore yesterday reiterated their right to comment on any student activity not only in the Federation of Malaya but also in any part of the world. They were replying to
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  • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr. A Sekaraja Sekaran. 31, a technical assistant of the Selangor PWD ha? passed the Part I examination of the Associate Membership of the Institute of Civil Engineers. Lender., held in Kuala Lumpur recently Mr. Sekaran is the eldest son of Mr and
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  • 224 4 AN* airman, attached to the Royal Air Force station at Seletar was killed when the car he was driving: crashed into another vehicle, it was disclosed in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. He was Bernard William] Hayes. 26. who died at Paya Lebar
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  • 319 4 THE standard of films produced in Singapore ia verv high considering the small budget and the speed with which they are made, said Sir Arthur Elton, a pioneer of the documentary film industry, who is in the island for a short visit. The jovial 53-year-old
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  • 168 4 MCA flays acid attack KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malayan Chinese Association today expressed its "extreme abhorrence" of the acid attack on Wednesday against five Alliance election workers near Tanjong Malim. if it was a result of political motives. The newly-appointed pro tern secretary-general of the MCA. Mr. Ng Ek Teong,
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  • 56 4 THE Literary Soiety of Malaya is to hold a forum a* tne Cultura Centre todav at 8 p .m. on "The role of newspapers in the development of a Malayan culture." The panel of speakers will he Mr. E. Kamenka of the University of Malava. Mr. C
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  • 289 4 Singapore cigarettes are of high quality distributor SINGAPORE cigarettes are of a hiph standard, and comparable to any produced in the world, a leading tobacco distributor said yesterday. Mr. ER Campbell. Chairman of the Tobacco Export Council of Rhodesia, in an interview with The Standard declared: "The standard of cigarettes
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  • 31 4 TAN Jin Seng alias Tan Sa Ba, was vcsterday jailed for one month by the Singapore Sixth Magistrate. Mr. Philip Lau. for failing to report as a police supervisee.
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  • 112 4 PENANG. Fri. The President of the Penang UMNO Division. Inche C. M. Ha-shim, said today that the "so-call-ed crisis" in the Penang UMNO over the nomination of candidates for the Parliamentary elections was created by those who were disappointed in seeing that their names were
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  • 109 4 Thai girl picked 'Miss Popularity' long beach. California,! Fn. (Reuter) Petite Sandi Sodsai. a 22-year-o'd a tress fr^m Bangkok. was voted "Miss Popularity." by her fe.lo w contestants in the "Miss Universe" beauty pageant here »ast night. "Me 0 I'm >o surprised! I love ah the girls in the contest
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  • 41 4 THE Singapore City Water Engineer anaounced yesteroay that water Will be shut off in Frince Edward Road between Anso n Roan and South Quay today from 9.30 a.m. and IM pm. to re ay a pipe to Connei! House.
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    266 4 The Scotts leave without pt THE voice of a constable at Paya Lebar policy station came over the telephone in an airline's oflice at Singapore airport yesterday. "Mr. D. Rais? We've found the missing dog in Tampines this morning Please rush here," the constable announced "This Is good news.
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  • 67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fn The bodv of a 47-year-old Indian labourer wa s found hanging this morning from a rubber tree in an estate near Rawang, 20 miles north of here. The man has been identified as Marbanna Gangavher, living in Ipoh Road here. Labourers of the
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  • 198 4 Alsatian missing Man cleared of theft A SCHOOLGIRL. Annie Tan. to,ri a Singapore Court yesterday that she gave her two-year-old Alsatian dog to a friend and received a token gift of Sin. She added that according to "Chinese customs" her friend. I.ian Thong, a cinema usher, should in I /rn
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  • 135 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur has made the following appointment^ Professor of Botany Dr. M E. D. Ponre Registrar M r Foo Yeow \oke, and Librarian Mr W. .1. Phimbe. Dr. Duncan POOftJ PM ently arrived i ♦he Cra:r r*
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  • 91 4 TEMERLOH. Fri. P Sinnathamby. 32, a railway labourer at Kuala Krau. here was today fined $150 or four months' jail and ordered to pay $50 compensation to Subramaniam for voluntarily causing hurt to him with a stick. Subramaniam told the court that Sinnathamby threw chilli
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  • 267 5 p^sPORT TO SHAME" film released by the A International Films Puadaß— haa been banEl jn Sincapore. JL nsitine managing •JJL of the Lion Inter-t-»l Mr. Victor Hall, $Ed" th,s at a Press Jffrenre yesterday. The film which stars pors a top British ESt.
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  • 366 5 165,000 modern wing for Ipoh Hos pital: special polio block V' 7 A new Physio-therapy building, which provides up-to-date faci- f„r polk 'Victims and other spastics to regain the use of their muscles, is "iv addit.ons and extensions completed or in the process of construction at ipoh District Hospital, which
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  • 99 5 LUMPUR, Fri. di-Pertuan Agong v R u ers, the lat- r.pacitv as heads i slim religion in e tive States, have onrern over hapn the recent State Iwhirh they felt fuse th*» people of fi especially those sed Islam. of the Yang di- ind the Rulers, f hat "the
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  • 67 5 -ERABLE num- tious cases" I sis have been "00 X-rav pic- in the Sin- erculosij AsB er.t campaign R seass in the area. V issued yesW A. expresses those whose tuberculosis -he Clinic for nation and treat's ifry have been it says, the M ous rase s ''will K
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  • 102 5 'Escaped prisoner' was happy to return PENANG. Fri. Sirens of the prisons here went in full blast today in giving alarm over the escape of a "prisoner." But it was only a mock escape of a warder who took the role of the "prisoner" for a practice among the prison
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  • 72 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Mr Albert E. Goddard. H.Q. Social Security expert, arrived in Malaya on a six-month assignment to assist the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in reviewing the existing social security and related measures and to examine and ddvise on the feasibility of
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  • 88 5 CAPTAIN BRIAN MURT AGH, of Brisbane, Queensland, accepts a silver cigarette-box from the Commander of the Australian Army Force in Malaya and Singapore. Colonel E. G. McNamara. who visited "A" Field Battery. Royal Australian Artillery, at their permanent camp at Butterworth to make the
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  • 914 5 HE CANNOT SPEAK PLAIN ENGLISH, JUDGE TOLD PENANG, Fri.— The Chairman of the Management Committee of the Han Chiang High School, Mr. Lim Lean Teng, told the Supreme Court today that during the period that Prof. Fong Hok Li was headmaster of the school, he
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  • 162 5 Broke into house of ex-boss: 6 months BOHARI bin Mahagani 23. of Geylang Serai who broke into the house of his former employer. Sulaiman bin Mami of Jalan Eunos was yesterday lailed for six months by a Singapore Court. Sulaiman's neighbours, Daud bin Ismail and Ali bin Jabar caught Bohari
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  • 140 5 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singspore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 100* 1003 RSS No. 1 August 1001 1001 R.S.S. No. 1 Sept. 1002 100 1 Aug. No. 2 99J 1001 Aug. No. 3 99* 99J Tone: Quiet. Tin price in Singapore was $3985 per
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  • 241 5 S'pore couple on honey noon in crash PENANG, Fri. A Singapore couple after their honeymoon here were involved in a motor accident at Green Lane while travelling in a car to the Bayan Lepas airport to catch a plane to return to Singapore, the Magistrate's Court was told today. The
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  • 86 5 VARIETY SHOW BY VARSITY STUDENTS THE University of Malaya Students' Union will hold a variety concert at the Victoria Theatre on July 30 at 8.30 p.m. in conjunction with their third annual "Welfare Week." Students of the Nanyang University have agreed to give a Chinese folk dance and there will
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  • 43 5 THE assistant manager of Ban Guan Thye Sawmill Company. Penang, Chew Lay Cheang, pleadec 1 guilty in the Butterworth. Magistrate's Court, to a charge of failing to report a machinery accident t 0 the Inspector of Machinery. He was fined $200.
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  • 138 5 Divorces double marriages in Kelantan PSF KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. There are only three marriages as against s even divorces in the East Coast State of Kelantan over the past decade, states the elections manifesto of the Peoples Socialist Front. On the average the Muslim divorce rate in Malaya exceeded fifty
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  • 262 6 Enrolment could have increased Yong KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Singapore's Minister for Education, Mr Yong Nyuk Lin, has told the University of Malaya students that there was gross underuse of the educational facilities in the island. In an exclusive interview with A. Nadarajah and S. Jayakumar of
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  • 434 6 CULTURAL PROGRAMME WILL BE A REGULAR FEATURE Radio Singapore THE Ministry of Culture has approved the blueprint for the reorientation of Radio Singapore, The Standard was told yesterday. The "reorientated programmes" will be introduced on August 2. To mark the launching of the new programmes, aj variety show, "Aneka Ragam
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    17 6 MISS JANET Marianne Gunasrkera. who celebrated her eoming-of-age party last night at the Sims Avenue Community Centre.
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  • 37 6 IPOH. Fri. Mr T Balasingam of the Department Of Labour and Industrial Relations, here, has been trans' lerred to the office of the Assistant Official Assignee. Perak as chief clerk. He will assume duties next month
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  • 75 6 OVER 20 workers of the Heap Won Press (a Chinese bi-weekly) yesterday went on strike in protest against the management's dismissal notice to six of their colleagues. This is the first industrial dispute since the new Government took office in June. The workers are members of
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  • 203 6 Shaw Foundation donates $200,000 for recreation THE SHAW Foundation in Singapore has promised to donate $200,0000 towards community recreation in the State. i Disclosing this to The Standard, the Minister for Labour and Law. Mr. K. M. Byrne said that the money will be utilized for building more community centres
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  • 142 6 It's your hard luck having 2 wives: Court A SINCAPORE Msgistrstt, Mr. Philip Lau. TBSterdsy to'.d an c c. triciar. That it was his "hard luck" in bavins two wives, knowing* he could not support the first The Magistrate made this remark when Andrew Then Poo TsSflft said he was
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  • 174 6 Bench Praises Clerk's Public Spirit THE Singapore Ninth Magistrate. Mr. M. Coomaraswamy. yesterday commended a clerk, Lai Siew Oh. for his public spiritedness which resulted In the arrest of a ~obber, Quek Chin Siong. The Magistrate added, he hoped other members of the public would follow the olerk's example. Lal
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  • 301 7 LJjj] year ago this month, sten-gun bullets tore into stumbling figure of Iraq's 23-year-old King Feisal and a republic was Tc the head of that republic strode a gaunt, immaculate brifiereely resolved to wipe out corruption and imperialism, and confident that he could do so. His
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  • 960 7 Baruch Got Ahead-And Proved Phrenologist Right rHE lanky, white- haired old man |f$ most days on the pme bench in New ork's Central Park. le sits there so reularly that letters re addressed and elivered to him at he bench. y, a bronze pla- s set in the brick- :<
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  • 502 7  - Iraq's Ruler Is A Worried Man RICHARD BERRY by that destiny chose him to be a leader. Born in Baghdad, the third of Ave children of a Baghdad land-owner, his early career differed little from that of most Arab officers. He graduated from the Royal Military College in 1934, fought
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 158 7 f, nu s QUOTATION: i^k before vou ere rorj ]f., n c Samuel Butler. J'RDAI FOR 2**YONE: The underly- ii favourable for ve activity. so turbulent confer satisfying soluEr r: ltioui regarding ""n a* t ers, g s c* TOTR BIRTHSIGN t XVn BIRTHDATE |5r,5 March 21 to f" 1
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    • 124 7 By RITA DEL MAR Nov. 21 Hue to duty, daily tasks. Don't jump to conclusions, observe traffic rules, review decisions. SAGITTARIUS Nov 22 to Dec 21 Adhere to moderation, custom, in fun and efforts. Be thrifty, poised. prudent. diligent: save funds, energy. CAPRICORN Dec 22 to Jan. 19 Hold a
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  • 90 9 Malayan Foreign Trade Goes Up TOTAL Malayan foreign 'rade (Singapore, and the Federation of Malaya) last month registered an increase over Ihg corresponding; month last year Total trade ir that month alu^ d at 350 8 million ($290.5 million). Singapore's imports last sX2ft tot aU«d $280,600,000 ($262,500,000) exports $233--400,000 ($200,600,000)
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  • 93 9 AN international symposium on The Chemistry of Natural Products will be held by the Australian Academy of Science in August. 1960. This will be the first major international meeting in the field of chemistry to be held in Australia and it is expected to be attended by
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  • 292 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday CTS. ords 35/-: Fed. Disp $1 02i and $1.02 overnight. Fraser and Neav> ords $130 odd lot, $1.32; Gammon $1.76. $1.75 and ov; W. Hammer $136; M. Cement $1.56; M. Col I*.1 99ie. $1; Metal Box $1.69. Robinson ords. $127;
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  • 171 9 New Nylon Belting For Industry NYLON figures prominently in new types of conveyor belt which are now being bought on a small scale by Britain's National Coal Board. Under a new scheme designed to encourage the development of belts incorporating man-made fibres, the Board has started to grant "limited approval''
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  • 70 9 JAKARTA. Fri. (UPI) Indonesia will be able to export only about half of the sugar allotted under the International sugar council exports quotas, it was reported. The council has allotted about 350.000 tons to Indonesia for this year. But unofficial government reports indicated the demostic
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  • 133 9 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Showa Maru, Elbow River, Senzan Maru. Rajah Brooke, Selat Siberut. Frsncoise. Japara. SRT 9021 6057. Kasimbar. Van Cloon. Shropshire. Katong. Neaera, Statius Jensen, Inoura Maru, Maetsuycker, Troon Breeze. Leneverett, Honesta, Trochiscus, Tankhaven 111, South Wind, Garoet, Xarifa, Nobistor. Ulysses. San Roberto, Santa Barbara. INNER ROADS
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  • 55 9 JAKARTA, Fri. (UPI) Gold and foreign exchange holdings of the Bank of Indonesia increased during the week ending July 11. according to the Bank's latest report. The report indicated the gold and foreign exchange reserve ratio also increased from about 5.80 per cent to 5.96
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  • 212 9 RUBBER RISES ABOVE DOLLAR ON BUYING SUPPORT I Fknunve An*i i tPitttnorvo H RUBBER rose above the dollar mark yesterday at official close, $I.oof per lb., August first grade, a gain of cent over the previous day. Russian buying waa again in evidence, Klthough the SSI fVTShS WhU6 there was
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  • 225 9 Factory To Make Longer Life Tyre NEW YORK, Fri. (Reuter) Development of a new synthetic rubber compound said to be capable of increasing tyre mileage was announced today by Mr. Raymond Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. "Drivers will get 15 per m 3? mll «»?e out
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  • 134 9 THE Italian liner. Roma, docked in Singapore on Thursday with a $3.5 million new look. Since her last call here several months ago, the vessel, underwent extensive re-conditioning in her home port of Genoa. The entire liner has been air-conditioned and nearly 240 cabins added.
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  • 149 9 Sterling Rubbers Easier On Share Mart ALL sections of ths Malayan share market wers quiet yesterday. Sterling Rubbers, however, were a shade easier. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buy era Sellers Alex Bricks Ords. 230 2 40 Gammon <1959> 174 177 Jackson
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  • 31 9 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association -made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday Selling (ready) French Francs *****. Belgian Francs 1630 3/4. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 176 9 Advance In Japanese Shipbuilding JAPAN has laid claim to be the foremost shipbuilding nation in the world today. A Japan information bulletin said before the war. Britain was the first, and Japan ranked second or third together with Germany in the number of vessels constructed. But the improvement ln shipbuilding
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  • 360 9 THE movement during the week has been almost entirely upwards both here and overseas, as shortcovering of local commitments and good overseas' enquiry found sellers reluctant to meet the markets says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd.'s rubber market report In the absence of any
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  • 40 9 Fall In Port Cargo Cargo discharged at Singapore "roads" and wharves in May this year totalled 786,--460 freight tons, against 916.--200 tons in the corresponding month last year. Cargo loaded in May this year totalled 461.160 freight tons. (496.930 tons).
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  • 125 9 TOKYO, Fri. (Reuter).— The lino Kaiun Kaisha, a Japanese shipping firm, announced today it would extend its Japan to Montreal service to Toronto. The company thus becomes the first Japanese shipping firm to send its ships through the Bt. Lawrence seaway. The first ship to
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  • 95 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per dlcul yesterdav were Copra July -August 535 buyers. $36 sellers, coconut oil in bulk $57 sellers in drums $59$ sellers; Muntok white pepper $134 sellers Sarawak white $133 sellers, special Sarawak black $79. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed
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  • 61 9 LATEST types of offle e record systems and equipment manufactured by aa Australian firm Arnos Supplies of Company of Melbourne— are exported to South-east Asia. The Arnos Convuetrol System of offlee records is designed for simplicity and low coat. Photo taken at the Areos plant shows
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  • 877 10 Flying Dragon is best "Jfy best bets are fi, ffc Pet In race one Black Gold In race /> 0 Cup distance ideal for him Says Scrutineer FLYING DRAGON has struck his ri t ht last, and I pick him to win the Penanr nIS (Race 5) over 1 miles
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  • 132 10 CHEERS TO WIN TODAY CHEERS has finushed no further than fourth in his last five starts and deserve* a winning break. He should get it today. He has been striding out attractively on the track and appears to have freshened up a lot after a short lavoff. SIGNAL PATROL Signal
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  • 216 10 P&O CUP r RACE FOURJ BLACK GOLD, on his last-start form, should prove 100 rood for this Class One field and I give him a confident vote in the P. and O. Cup. the main 6f. sprint of the da? The five-year-old gave a
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    • 392 10 fl 5.30 p.m. Cl. 4 Div. 2 7 Furs. 1. *****1 Forg.t-M.-Not II 9rirh 5y 900 Dr.gon R. Bogby Pil St.bl. 2. *****3 Arina Gold cham 4y 8.13 Chodwick I. B'kelen |.ck. St.bla 3. 02-828 Arctic R.gion birg 6 y 8.11 W.rd Rodger. Dr. .nd Mrs. I.C. Lim 4. *****-
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  • 575 11  - Two Beat Malayan Shot' Mark IN JALLEH Singapore AAA Championships First ttw kster 440 Hurdles reporting TWO women athletes with their strong arms d head and shoulders over the men on the first day 1P Singapore Amateur Athletic Association champs at Farrer Park stadium yesterday. K British Military Hospital physiotherapist,
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  • 451 11 her pint-sized. e bundle of West aking her Sindebut yesterr" p Thomas. 21. ,lr^d. business like, nursing at the n e afternoon at and she hoped Ir^ne led the fav-v-.o W ne short sprint, rd, home in it, si 12.55. the starter bd women's 220 n tape, it was
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  • 70 11 THE Singapore Gun Club will hold its annual August Bank Holiday shoot on Sunday, August 2. The day's programme, whicn begins at 915 a.m consists of seven shoots; 10 sinele rise. 10 double rise. 10 high birds. 10 single rise. 20 skeet. B high birds and 5
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  • 591 11 MEV Three miles: 1. Dial Singn Khira. 15m. 50.85; 2. Robert Campbell; 3. Kenneth Redfearn. Six mile, walk: 1. J. W. Degmgton 53m. 13s; 2. Tag Moha med; 3 Ali bin Sakijan. Hop, step and jump: 1. Tar Kwong Lee 4fift B*in 2. Choo Teck Lone; 3.
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  • 391 11 MANCHESTER. Fri. (Reuter). India had scored 53 for one wicket in reply to England's first innings total of 490 at tea on the second day of the fourth cricket Test here today. Mike Smith scored his maiden Test century for England. He was out at
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  • 141 11 KERNAIL'S RECORD EQUALLED KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Despite the good weather, no records were broken on the opening day of the annual Royal Federation of Malaya Police athletic meet on the depot ground today. In the only final of the day. Corporal Thambyrajah from Pahang just failed to beat Kernail Singh's record
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  • 232 11 SI'NGEI PATANI, Fri. Perak took a firm grip of the Malaya Cup today when the State beat Kedah 4—l in their return cup match played at the Public Ground here today. In the first round match. Perak overwhelmed Kedah In today's game. Pera*
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  • 424 11 PHOTOGRAPHERS BOYCOTT PENANG ATHLETIC MEET PENANG, Fri. Press photographers assigned to cover the Penang Amateur Athletic Association annual championship meet at the City Stadium here this afternoon staged a lightning boycott of the opening ceremony as a result of misunderstanding with the honorary secretary, Mr. Lim Ten* Sun, over the
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    44 11 Standard picture by WONG FEY WAH. nntmi from rieht. flies smoothly over the first hurdle at the SAAA championships at Farrer Park yesterday. Fey Wan set up a new championship record in the 120 yards hurdles with a time of 15.4 sec. Jasbir Singh
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  • 218 11 Govt. Will Encourage Sports —Dato Wong PENANG. Fri— The Govern, ment has allocated big sums of money annually for the improvement and encouragement of sporting activities among the youths of the nation. This was stated b v the Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. today when he declared open the
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  • 55 11 DEFENDING champions Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves entered the semi-final of the Malayan Armed Forces knockout soccer competition when they eliminated 19 Air Formation Squadron by five goals to three at Changi yesterday. Ithnin 2. Basrl. Lim. Khalid scored for the winners while the Signalmen scored
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  • 116 11 IPOH Fn— Tennis fans wishing to gee next week's Malayan championship* and th#» interport tourney between Ave nations will be able to viaich all mat ches for a $10 season ticket. Thesp tickets are now on sale at Whiteaways, Radio and General. Ipoh Club and the
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  • 227 11 AT LAST A GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT! KUALA LUMPUR, Prl. Malayan motor racers, hart at long last found a Grand Prix racing circuit to replace the famous one in Johore which had to ba given up. This new circuit is at Petaling Jaya. Malaya's first new town, six mile s outside
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  • 135 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. m» Two records were broken at the Malayan Railway annual athletic championships which started at the Merdeka Stadium tonight. In the pole vault final. Damotharam cleared 9 feet 10 inches. Pole vault: 1. Damotharare J. Tan Soo Jin. 3. Mohamed Naaft Oft
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  • 110 11 SULTAN TO ATTEND TENNIS BALL IPOH. Fri— The Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perumpuan have been invited to attend the ball t< be given on August 2 at the Ipoh Club to entertain the foreign start' who will be in Ipoh for th* Malayan tennis championships and the inter-port
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  • 33 11 A HATTRICK by centre foeward Francis Quek entbl«d Jollilads Sports Club to best Royal Military Police by three goals to nil in a friendly »©eeer match at Farrer Park ytfterday.
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    • 48 11 mSpdßr SINGAPORE ATHLETICS: Singapore AAA championships, Farrer Park. BOXING: Police championships. Depot, 8.30 p.m. SWIMMING: SSC championship gala, SSC 4 p.m. SOCCER: Friendly: Naval Base vs Joint Services, Naval Base. IPOH BOXING: Free View open-air stadium Jubilee Park 9.15 p.m. KAMPAR ATHLETICS: ACS. meet Toicn Padang 2.15 p.m.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 416 12 UK OPPOSITION WANTS BOYD TO QUIT Next week's debate to be a stormy one LONDON, Fri. (Reuter).— The British Parliament will next week debate two government White Papers issued yesterday giving the official finding of separate official investigations into two events that shook Africa earlier this year. There may be
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    • 57 12 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter).— President Soekarno announced yesterday that he would visit the Atjeh region of North Sumatra. The President told reporters he would probably go late next month. Atjeh is fiercely Muslim, and its hard-fighting warriors have frequently been at odds with the Central Government, both
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    • 92 12 Conference of world students TOKYO, Fri. (Reuter).— More than 100 students today completed here the sixth International Students Conference. Delegates from 16 countries discussed during the past week the establishment of an international co-operative arrangement through student efforts, plus political, economical and social problems. The conference was held at Aoyama
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      62 12 MI A WO W Q.EE here's a hep cat called Stripey that is more than up to scratch when it decides to go streaking over the sticks on the back of its pony pal Twinkle. Stripey and Twinkle often go off like this on the farm of Bill Butler at
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    • 312 12 POLITICAL ACTIVITY BAN IN RI EASED Soekarno addresses Ms new Parliament But parties can hold meetings indoors only JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) President Soekarno today half-lifted the ban on political activities following Parliament's support for the return to the 1945 constitution. The President told Parliament today that outdoor political meetings would
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    • 180 12 Planes front US, Canada for R.I. BRIEFS JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter).— The Indonesian Air Force ordered 41 aeroplanes and 22 helicopters from the United States and Canada, Air Force sources said today. They said the planes ordered included five giant C-1308 Hercules transports, eight 826 bombers, two Bell Ranger helicopters. 15
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    • 39 12 DR. OSVALLDO DOMIC OS. the new Pr^ Cuba, pictured after he was named h\ Drn Castro's Council of Ministers. He r*»plare§ M Urrutia who was forced to resign amid ouhhfi mands that he quit. (UPI Photo
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    • 204 12 ALGIERS, Fri. (Reuter) The biggest operation of the four-and-a-half-yeir old j insurrection gathered way today as 20 Of* troops scoured the forest-covered heights of tht mountains, bastion of the insurrection. General Maurice Challe. commander of French forces in Algeria, took personal command of the attacking troops,
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    • 177 12 GENEVA, Fri. (Reuter) Britain declared Yesterday that an outline interim agreement on Berlin had been sketched out in the two-month-old big four talks I here. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd Foreign Secretary, said he believed it should be possible either at the East-West conference, "or perhaps at
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    • 71 12 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) The Air Ministry announced yesterday that Air Commodore Harold John Maguire has been appointed Senior Air StafT Officer. Fighter Command, with the acting rank of Air Vice-Marshal The appointment will take effect from August 28. Air Commodore Maguire, who is 47. was
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    • 362 12 MOSCOW. Fri. (UPl)— VicePresident Richard Nixon called on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev today and delivered a letter from President Eisenhower The contents were not disclosed lyMr. Nixon went to the Kremlin promptly at 9.30 a.m. to make his first courtesy call
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    • 33 12 INDIA yesterday protested to Pakistan about alleged troop concentration* and firing on the border between East Pakistan and the Indian State of Assam an official spokesman announced in New Delhi. Reuter
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