The Straits Times, 24 May 1958

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 He**** The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1958 ft IS CENTS
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    TERROR GANG GIVES UP
    487 1 RED STRENGTH IN SELANGOR DOWN TO 16 FROM 1,000 6 quit after dawn battle KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A SEVEN-MAN Communist branch organisation which has been terrorising people north of Batu Arang, the coal-mining town 28 miles from here, has been eliminated. Six members, including a district
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    Lock icon Pflimlin gambles his government on reform Bill
    380 1 Pflimlin gambles his government on reform Bill PARIS, Friday. French Premier, Mr. Pierre Pflimlin, risked his shaky Government today on a demand for immediate constitutional reforms. Failure could bring down his cabinet within a week and restore Gen. Charles de Gaulle to power. The insurrection of Gaullist army generals in
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    The woman who is worth $430,000 around the neck
    134 1 The woman who is worth $430,000 around the neck KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A WOMAN who is worth $430,000 around the neck is in Kuala Lumpur on business-holiday to sell a diamond necklace which she says once belonged to the fifth Queen of Siam. The dazzling necklace Is for sale only
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    Lock icon BANDITS EMERGE FROM JUNGLE
    53 1 TWO terrorists are pictured emerging from the jungle. The man with back to the camera is the manager of Nigel Gardner estate, Mr. G. T. Richter. and accompanying the terrorists is an assistant mamuer. Mr. J. H. B. Anderson. Picture by Mr V- M Hutson of
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    MISSILES BLAST 7 TO DEATH ON THE GROUND
    335 1 MISSILES BLAST 7 TO DEATH ON THE GROUND NEW YORK, Friday. CEVEN Nike anti-aircraft missiles exploded in a chain reaction at their base at Middletown, New Jersey, yesterday, killing at least seven people, injuring: one and shattering nearby buildings. A U.S. Army spokesman said seven bodies had been found. Some
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    THE QUEST FOR MISS SINGAPORE
    84 1 THE QUEST FOR MISS SINGAPORE MISS FATIMAH Bl KHAN. another entrant in the Miss Singapore Contest. Because of the widespread interest the contest has aroused, the Shaw Organisation has decided that the contest will be held in its biggest cinema, the Capitol (instead of in the Sky), in conjunction with
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    2 fugitives fined
    61 1 KLANO, Frl. -Two Indonesians escaped to Malaya after beating up the murderer of their cousin In Indonesia, the Magistrate's Court was told today. Ang Tjong Owan, 23, and Ang Jol Seng, 31, pleaded guilty to entering the Federation from Bagan Sl-Apl Api, Indonesia, without passports on May
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    Lock icon Seeks U.S. loan
    40 1 COLOMBO, Frl. Mr. Stanley de Zoysa, Ceylon s Minister of Finance, left by air for a month's visit to Canada and the United States, where he will seek a "substantial loan" to finance Ceylon's development projects. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Foreign flier is held': Jakarta
    56 1 JAKARTA, Frl. An Indonesian Navy communique said one of the two captured crew members of a rebel bomber was a foreigner, but It did not reveal his nationality. The communique said a patrol boat picked up the fliers from the sea after their aircraft was
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    Lock icon Envoy recalled
    27 1 PARIS. Frl— Mr. Alexandre Parodl, the French Ambassador in Morocco, arrived in Paris today by air from Rabat, after being called back for consultations— Reuter.
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    *****51 WINS IT
    32 1 No. *****51, sold In Penang, won the first 1 prize of $350,000 In the 55th Social and Welfare Services lottery drawn in Segamat yesterday. Easy-to-check results In Page 7.
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    Lock icon Non-stop flight
    20 1 AUBTIN. (Texas), Frl— Two F-101-A Voodoo Jet fighter-bombers landed here yesterday after completing a 5.600-mlle non-stop flight.— Reuter.
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    GARDENING CONVICT ESCAPES GUARDS
    115 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A PRISONER in a white shirt and shorts escaped from his escorts while being taken from Pudu Fail to cut grass at the bachelors' mess in Shaw Road. Is Mohamed Abdul Rashld, 22, serving six months Jail for housebreaklng and theft. Rashld had
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    R.N. captain reprimanded
    63 1 HONO KONO. Frl.—Captain P D. Oick commander of the Royal Navy's £10,000,--000 air i if t carrier Bulwark has been found guilty by a court martial of suffering his ship to be hazarded, and sentenced to be reprimanded The court martial arose from a collision, in the
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    Lock icon The rains come
    23 1 TAIPEH, Fri. The muchawaited rainfall all over Formosa last night ended one of the Island'! worst drought* in yean.— Reuter.
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    Five hurt in collision
    68 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Five people wer c hurt today in a collision between the car in which they were travelling and a military lorry 18 miles north of Johore Bahru. They were Hassan bin Haji Mohamed, 50, a pensioner, his son Sulaimaox 27, a teacher, Ibrahim
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      Lock icon Kishi in power again
      136 1 Kishi in power again TOKYO, Frl. The Liberal Democratic Party won a majority in Japan's House of Representatives today, ensuring that the pro Western Government of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi will be returned to power. The final count tonight left the Government with 287 seats compared with 290 in the
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      SOPIEE LEAVES FOR U.S. POST
      97 1 LONDON. Fri.—Mr. Mohanted Sopiee. first secretary at the Malayan Federation High Commission in London, will become head of Chancery of Malaya's permanent delegation to the United Nations in New York on June 1. f. High Commission press statement here today said that Mr. Sopiee, who
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      FEDERAL HOUSE FIRE ALARM
      56 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. —The fire alarm system in the Federal House, which is connected directly with the Central Fire Station, went off at 9 o'clock tonight, sending a fire engine racing to Vletorv Avenue. There firemen found no fire, but on investigation established that a short
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      106 1 T ▼W^: Nature intended all to enjoy complete f«v£*''s'"'^\\ and peaceful sleep each night in order jrs&J lj ''^ij*j JU to gain ttrength. energy and confidence f to aefe them cheerfully through the new JwfWjJfrr day. To some Bleep comes easily; }j[O l/A i'ThW others must take steps to encourage
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    Fun fair for 3 groups
    49 2 KAMPAR. Frt. A food and fun fair organised by the Perak Women's Institute, Boy Scouts Association and Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys Association will be held at the ACS compound here on May 31. Proceeds will go to the building funds of the three organisations.
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    PRAISE FOR FAST WORK ON ROBBERY
    238 2 jtfALACCA, Fri.— The ifl Muar Sessions Court president, Inche Pawan Ahmad, today complimented a woman inspector and a police sergeant for the efficiency that led to the arrest of three men soon after a robbery and the recovery of must of the stolen articlesInspector
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    Slain man's widow can operate stall
    199 2 TOWN COUNCIL'S DECISION BUKIT MERTAJAM. Friday "THE Bukit Mertajam Town Council last night agreed to allow the widow of a murdered detective to continue operating a stall the only one I permitted— in Danbv Street. Mr. Tan Cheng Bee (Alliance), who moved this, recalled
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    Lock icon Lim to students: We've cured 'tickles' in the constitution
    654 2 Lim to students: We've cured 'tickles' in the constitution ONDON, Fri. Mr. Imi Yew Hock, the Chief Minister, said here last night that Singapore's delegation to the constitutional conference with Britain was satisfied with the talks. He said that "matters of substance" had been agreed during the days of talks
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    TWO BOYS EXPELLED FROM A SCHOOL
    73 2 TWO BOYS EXPELLED FROM A SCHOOL PENANG. Fri.— Two Janior Middle Three student- of the Penan s Han Chiang High School have been expelled for "diaokeying Their parents had refused to guarantee the bwys" future behaviour, the acting principal. Mr. l.uh Chin Yean, told the strutTimes. Mr. Loh declined to
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    3 delegates for WAY talks
    54 2 IPOH. Fri. The Malayan Youth Council will send 30 delegates to the World Assembly of Youth conference in New Delhi on Aug. 3. The delegates will be named by a selection committee which will be appointed at the eighth annual meeting of the council In
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    Football leader
    21 2 6EGAMAT. Frt.— Mr. Low Keng Soon, a town councillor, has been elected president of the Segamat District Football Association.
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    No Alliance invitation for M.I.C.
    131 2 OENANG, Fri.-The Penang State Alliance will not invite its MIC. partner to its committee meeting next week. The Alliance had recently written to the M.I.C. national president. Mr. V. T. SamDanthan, asking him whicb of the two Penang M.I.C i factions he recognised. Mr. Sambanthan
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    WHO HELP SOUGHT FOR NEW SCHOOL
    139 2 KUALA LUMPUR, FitThe World Health Organisation W in be asked to help establish the first ultra-modern public health training school In the Federation. The proposal will be made by the Malayan delegate to the Hth plenary session of WHO, Dr. Mohamed Dtn. Deputy Director
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    Lock icon Lebanon appeals to U.N. for urgent meeting
    268 3 Lebanon appeals to U.N. for urgent meeting NASSER'S ARAB REPUBLIC AGAIN ACCUSED OF INTERFERENCE NEW YORK, Friday. I EBANON'S permanent United Nations representative, Dr. Karim Azkoul, last night submitted a formal request for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to take up his Government's charge of interference by the
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    GARAGE EXPLOSION -THIRTEEN DIE
    41 3 THIRTEEN PEOPLE were killed and 23 seriously injured following an explosion in a Paris garage, helieved to have been caused by leaking petrol from tank. Picture shows cars lying among the debris a twisted mass of wreck-
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    10 KILLED, 60 HURT IN RIOTS IN PANAMA
    131 3 10 KILLED, 60 HURT IN RIOTS IN PANAMA PANAMA, CITY, Fri. AT LEAST 10 people were killed and 60 Injured in a day of fightIng and bloodshed here yesterday between police and rioting students. The students were demanding the dismissal of the Education Minister. Mr. Victor Juliao, and thre« National
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    Lock icon 9,300 DOCK WORKERS ON STRIKE IN LONDON
    114 3 9,300 DOCK WORKERS ON STRIKE IN LONDON I ONDON, Fri. London's dock strike snowballed yesterday to make more than 9,300 dockers Idle and bring work on 51 ships to a standstill. Last night, a meeting of 9.000 more dock workers, employed by the Port of London Authority, approved the Immediate
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    Lock icon 'SUICIDE NOT LEGAL OFFENCE' CALL
    289 3 LONDON, Friday. THE British Medical Journal today backed a recent report by magistrates and doctors calling for a change in the suicide law of England and Wales. REST OF THE WORLD 111 BRIEF The report, compiled by a Joint committee of the British Medical Association
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    Lock icon Atomic talks
    27 3 SYDNEY. Fri.— More than 400 Australian and overseas scientists will attend a symposium in Sydney next month on the peaceful uses of atomic energy.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon City seized
    22 3 JAKARTA, Fri. Loyalist civilian guerillas seized the rebel city of Pendolo. in central Celebes, Indonesian Army headquarters announced yesterday— Reuter.
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    Communists burn down market in riot-torn Tata steel town
    129 3 JAMSHEDPUR, Fri. AFIRE believed to have been started by Commulst agents destroyed a vegetable market last night shortly after officials lifted a 24-hour curfew which had been imposed In an effort to stop CommunistInspired riots. Nobody was Injured. roops continued to
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    Lock icon Big Cyprus search may net Grivas
    77 3 Big Cyprus search may net Grivas NICOSIA. Fri. tten George Grivas, chief of the Eoka terrorist organisation. is believed to be in the area now being searched in "Operation Kingfisher" the first full-scale antiterrorist operation In Cyprus for 13 months Yesterday the search narrowed down to a tiny strip one
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    Lock icon Nato observers at Eniwetok
    44 3 WASHINGTON. Fri— The Defence Department announced yesterday that 13 representatives of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries will witness a nuclear test at the Enlwetnk proving ground. The military observers will leave Washington for the Pacific Island on May 24 UP
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    Lock icon Refinery blast
    29 3 LONG BEACH (California). Fri.— A series of explosions followed by a raging Are hit an oil refinery here yesterday, killing one man and Injuring several others —Reuter.
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    Lock icon STRIKE IN 4 OIL COMPANIES
    53 3 KARACHI. Fri. More than 3.000 oil workers and clerks went on strike yesterday, paralysing oil distribution in the capital. Four companies Burmah Shell. Pakistan Petroleum, Caltex and Standard Vacuun. were affected by the strike Cleaners and oil company drivers at the airport Joined In. threatening
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    LONDON STOCKS
    339 3 LONDON, Thurs 'THE 'g event In London stock markets today was the an- nouncement of a cut In the British bank rate from six per cent to nve-and-half per cent. Although a reduction had been pxpected foi some weeks It was thought that such a move would be
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON, Thurs—Bpot 217(,d.. June 21Tid.. July-Bept 22d., Oct.-Dec. 22d.. Jan-Mar 22d.. April-June 22d.. May c.l.f. 21\d., June elf. 21 *«d July r.t.f 21 %d. Tone- Easier
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    TIN
    20 3 LONDON. Thurs buyers £730 sellers E73C4; Forward buyers £733; sellers £7335. Settlement £7304: am. 1M too*, p.m. 140 too*
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    NOW MOSCOW ATTACKS ISLAM
    223 3 NOW MOSCOW ATTACKS ISLAM I ONDON, Fri. Moscow Radio launched a bitter attack on the Islamic religion yesterday a surprise move which appeared to be In direct conflict with current Soviet policy. The broadcast, heard here, accused Muslim clergy of "keeping working Muslims oppressed by the exploiters" and siding with
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    Lock icon Peron can go home again
    63 3 BUENOS AIRES, Fri— The Chamber of Deputies yesterday opened the way for exPresident Peron to return home by unanimously approving a BUI granting amnesty to him and all his exll d followers. Argentina's Senate approved the BUI last week. It now goes, to President Arturo
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    Police kill rumour of boy's death in school
    199 4 Police kill rumour of boy's death in school PENANG, Friday. THE CRIMINAL Investigation Department today dismissed as "absolutely without foundation" a rumour that a schoolboy had died in an English primary school here after being locked in by a teacher. The rumour spread through the city with such rapidity and
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    Benefits fine
    40 4 MUAR. Fri The manager of Joo Heng San estate was fined $80 here for failing to pay employees' provlcient fund contributions in respect of his workers for December 1957 and January this year within the presi -ribed period.
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    ELSIE(IN THE SWIM)SMILES AGAIN
    126 4 tLSIE I IM (left), the Singapore swimmer wh* almost became a spectator instead of a comprtitor at the Third Asian Games starting in Tokyu today, is all smiles again as shr and I runt Lyr Meag. the Pm ang swimmer, listen to radio music in the
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    An example of the right kind of world, says Goode
    343 4 An example of the right kind of world, says Goode THE Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode. said yesterday that the diversity of races, cultures and religions in the Commonwealth was what made it an "interesting, happy and strong' family In a Commonwealth Day broadcast to all Colony schools, he
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    WITNESS ILL SO CASE IS POSTPONED
    72 4 SUNGEI PATANI. Fri. A 100-character lottery case has been postponed until June 7, because a key witness, In.sp. Ghazali Ghanl. was ill in hospital Insp. Ghazali was to have given expert evidence at the trial of three men. chee See Kean. Chee See Choon
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    BLAST ON WHISTLE SCATTERS THUGS
    105 4 A POLICE whistle broke up a secret society attack on a Singapore youth, Yee Kai Wah, in Holland Village early yesterday Thirteen thugs had cornered Yee after a short chase when a villager blew hard at the whistle he boußht recently. The gangsters Immediately scattered.
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    Labour protest on school rate
    62 4 PENANG. Fri. The Penang division of the Labour Party of Malaya will hold a public meeting at the City Esplanade at 7.30 pm. on Sunday to protest against the imposition of a 12 per cent education rate by the State Education Board Chairman of the
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    A LITTLE DEVIL' IS JAILED FOR TEN YEARS
    383 4 A LITTLE DEVIL' IS JAILED FOR TEN YEARS IPOH. Friday. A FORMER member of the "Little Devil Corps" of a Chinese school in T;;niong Tuallang. Le? Kam Weng, 22, was Jailed for ten years by Mr. Justice Syed Sheh Barakbah here today for consorting with terrorists. Lee had been found
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    Guest front Ceylon for opening ceremony
    58 4 Guest front Ceylon for opening ceremony MRS. M I)K MEL. a vicepresident of the .i i. hi 1 Country Women o{ the World, who i s on an eightday visit to Kuala Lumpur She arrived from Ceylon as guest of the Women's Institute In attend the opening of its headquarters
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    Essay prizes
    31 4 MALACCA. Fri. Chia Tiow Ec and Ajmer Singh, both of the Anglo-Chinese School, won the first and second prizes ($5O and $30) In the Malacca Rotary Club's essay contest.
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      167 4 RADIO: General Programme! D n i A u .f >vi Down; PM. 115 Programme KAUIU MALAIA Summary Saturday Date; 130 i7.?s?«stfw? 215 T* 16 Week-Bid's Sport; 2 WAYS hKRVHK y^ 1,,^ American Way; 300 41 nctre* Saturday Prom: 330 Juke Box SINGAPORE Parade: 400 Laiy Afternoon 430 Medium wave 476
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    FARM STUDENTS ACCUSE PUBLIC
    216 5 FARM STUDENTS ACCUSE PUBLIC 'THE Federation Col- lege of Agricultural Students' Union has blamed the negative attitude of the authorities and the public as well as inadequate facilities at the college for agricultural underdevelopment In Malaya. In the editorial of Its magazine Serdang Bun, the union states that there Is
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    Power rate will not go up
    162 5 IPQH, Friday. pLECTRICITY rates for the 38,300 consumers of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co. and its subsidiary, the Kinta Electrical Distribution Co., will remain the same despite losses of about $1,200,000, the company's general manager, Mr. J. P. Hannah, said today There had
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    UMNO proposes new moves to tighten Alliance unity
    321 5  -  DAHARI ALI By KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. •TWO IMPORTANT move* which wiH have 1 far-reaching effects on Malayan politics wore adopted at Meeting of the UMNO central executive committee here lost last night. They aro: 1. Members of throe founder partners of the
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    A SECOND CASE OF MISSING TROUSERS
    122 5 A SECOND CASE OF MISSING TROUSERS IPOH. KM.— A. Ramolo.aced IS. of Kuala Lumpur awoke early today In the parked lorry where an "old friend had Invited him to spend the night, to ■nd his trousers, Sl* in cash and friend missing. Kamolo came to Ipoh by traia yesterday to
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    SHOT CAUSES CHOPPER ATTACKER TO DISCARD WEAPON AND FLEE
    154 5 SHOT CAUSES CHOPPER ATTACKER TO DISCARD WEAPON AND FLEE [POH. Fri.-^A shot 1 fired Into the air by a detective cut short an attack on a vegetable seller by a youth with a chopper in the crowded Ipoh market today. Ngau Chong Heng, 25. was talking to a friend in
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    Body in pool
    30 5 IPOH. Fri— The body of a schoolboy, Lav Tat choo. 13. was found floating In a disused pool in the 'Guntong area near here this afternoon. 4
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    55 6 M H .v. tit (MUUmmm). MB it MBS. RUTHRANNAIR Thank their relatives and friends fur their kind attendance at their marriage and dinner and their valuable assistance and gift* FAMILY of l»ie Maria Low Luan Keow thank all their relative* and friend* for gift*, wreath*, acroll*, loan of cars,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    102 6 M W»r4M tit (Mimimmm). HAVE YOU BEEN The "Prlnceas" at 101 Tanglln Road, Singapore. THE COCKPITS Java Rijsttafel it served every Saturday and Sunday luncb time PHILADELPHIA CREAM Cheeae Fresh Stocks at Cold Storage Orchard Road. A LITTLE COUNTS Muchwhen using Tabasco- the Chilli Sauce that adds that certain
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    Half Wasted Years
    619 6 It is a pleasure to recoi-d that there is an awakening to the growing urgency of new and fundamental research on behalf of the rubber industry' But our last comment on this vital subject seems partly to have been misunderstood. Ii was headed "The Wasted Years'. The
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    M.T.U.C. Formula
    345 6 The Malayan Trade Union Council has responded to the Federation Government's request lor suggestions how to G ibat splinter unions. Undei the M T.U.C.'s formula the Registrar of Unions should consult the M.T.U.C. when application for the registration of a splinter union is received. The Registrar should advise
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    Tiger, _ Tiger
    266 6 Tiger, Tiger The Templer Park tiger is making an unfortunate reputation for itself. Yesterday morning it was the news van's turn, a rather more spectacular encounter than most, foi the driver, a curious fellow in the best sense of that word, slowed down for a better look "Tiger, tiger, burning
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    23 6 THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE UP THE WEIGHT' Distine ha* been handicapped at 10.11 in the Singapore Summer Cup. News item.
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    FIFTY ■ TEARS AGO!
    193 6 FIFTY TEARS AGO! ?d r the straits limey -4 May 1908) I A HOI Ol I is being quirtlj i\ and swiftly organised n Singapore by some srt-Uot of tbe populace ajgaigM Japanese and things .1.1 panete. .This is to show their disapproval of the JapaneM seizure of the T.ilmi
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    1172 6  -  CYNICUS l»7 T*HERE was never any question that Singapore City Council's Information Bureau, which now passes out of the Mayor's control, ought from the first to have been part of the secretariat. The bitter comments of P.A.P. Councillors when the transfer was debated only confirmed this.
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    BANKS TO PONDER A CUT IN RATES
    213 7 BANKS TO PONDER A CUT IN RATES By GEOFFREY BOLAND 'THE Malayan Ex- change Banks' Association will consider next week whether local Interest rates should be cut following Thursday's reduction in the British bank rate. The British bank rate was I cut for the second time In nine weeks from
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    Bankruptcy petition dismissed
    94 7 A BANKRUPTCY petition filed by Slant. >n N.lson and Co.. Ltd.. share brokers, against S. K Misrahie. a car broker, on a judgment debt amounting Ui 524'!. l 14.52. was dlsnmsed with rosts by Mr. Justice Bii'.tmsr in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Since the judgment obtained
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    WELFARE SWEEP: CHECK IT THE EASY WAY
    222 7 FOLLOWING is the easy- to-check list of winning numbers In the 55th Federation Social and Welfare lottery drawn In Segamat. Johore. yesterday: HHST PKI/.K >5350.000>: *****51 i sold In PrnHtii;i SECOND mi/.V .5125.000*: )«<0505 i Malacca). THIRD I'KI/I i850.000>: *>***** tJohare). FOITKTH PKI7.E
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    Speech Day
    22 7 KLUANO. Frl. The Government English School will hold Its annual prize giving and speech day tomorrow at 5 3.0 pm.
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    School head faces a 'hurt' charge
    404 7 HE CANED, SLAPPED BOY AND CALLED HIM BANDIT, COURT CROWDED WITH PUPILS IS TOLD BENTONG, friday. CANING a pupiljor making a noise in class, the headmaster of the Suleiman School here said to him: "You are a bandit." This was stated in the Magistrate's
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    Dental care for poor
    51 7 IPOH. Fri. The Peran Chinese Registered Dentist* Association Is to start a clinic for the po The. flat charee for each case will be $1. the Straits Times was told today. The Raja Muda will open the clinic in the association's premises In Clare Street on
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    PPP to hold a rally tonight
    49 7 IPOH. Fri. The People Progressive Party will hold a rally at the children's playground here at 7.30 p.m. to morrow The main speaker will be Its secretary general Mr. D R. Seenivasagam. On Sunday the party will open It* lflth branch at TaDah
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    Estate strike goes on
    48 7 BENTONO. Fri One hundred tappers and field workers of Pudu Estate in Kuala Lipis continued to strike for the second day today. They were protesting against the alleged handing over of "tasks" by the management to a new contractor without notice to the workers
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    Adult classes in Mersing
    27 7 MERSING. Fri. English and Malay classes for adults have been started here. Mr. G. Putuchary and Inche Yusof bin Junlb are the teachers
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    KEIKO GREETS THE TENGKU
    70 7 KEIKO GREETS THE TENGKU MISS KKIKO StKlOli- HI 21, born in Malaya on July 1937. and her father. Mr. Henry Z. Seklguchi, m-ere immi those who welcomed the Malayan Prinir Minister. Tenfkn Abdul Rahman, when he arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday. Miss srkljuihi uho wore a *l,5»0 kimono of red
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    A FORMER 'MINISTER' IS TIPPED FOR TOKYO JOB
    130 7 A FORMER 'MINISTER' IS TIPPED FOR TOKYO JOB KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.The Tormer Member for Health. Dr. Lee Tlang Keng. 57. l.s tipped to be Malaya's first ambassador to Japan. An official announcement is expected to be made by the Prime Minister and Minister for External Af- taira. Tengku Abdul Rahman,
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    Two injured in Johore crash
    33 7 PONTIAN. Fri. Two Mb gapore schoolboys. Harry Tan. 18. and Jamshld K Me dora. 17. were injured when thrown off the motorcycle they were riding near here today
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    Hanged man's wife: He was trying to scare me
    313 7 Hanged man's wife: He was trying to scare me FUGHT SERGEANT Alan Stlrk. 32, of 50 Squadron R.A.F., Changi. was doing a rope trick, presumably to scare his wife, before he was found dead at their home in Lloyd Leas. Changi. on the night of May 7. His wife. Iris
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    Limit makes tin mine close
    68 7 Limit makes tin mine close KLIAN INT AN. Fri. rE Rahman Hydraulic Tin Company will temporarily suspend -operations from tomorrow because of the restricted tin production. The company, which produces an average of 400 piculs of ore a month, has had its production slashed to Just over 200 piculs. The
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    UNIONS GUARANTEE DAVID'S CONDUCT
    178 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. rrP OFFICIALS of the Malayan Trade Union Congress, today gave a guarantee that they would be responsible for Mr. V. David".? "future good behaviI our." Five delegates irum the MTUC. led by Its chairman. Inche Mohamed YusufT bin Mohamed Noor. met the Acting
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    Town councillor wants cheaper cup of coffee in Ipoh
    182 7 Town councillor wants cheaper cup of coffee in Ipoh IPOH, I n.-A CMincill*f. who declined to >> c named ("They may po'son my roffre"i, vanttt tbe Town c ouiioil U ask the id* c*ffeesh«p« her c to reduce the price for a cup of coffee or tea. Both drinks he
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    TIGER LEAPS AT STRAITS TIMES LORRY MAN
    188 7 TIGER LEAPS AT STRAITS TIMES LORRY MAN Xl \l..\ II Ml'l H. Friday. ATEMPLER PARK tiger jumned at Abdul Karim bin Jidin, 26, a Straits Times lorry driver early this morning. "It was the biggest scare of my life." he said. "Even an hour afterwards my heart was still pumpin**
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    Aliens may lose power in unions
    211 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday FEDERATION Government plans ro tighten trade union laws to ban non -Federal citizen.* from running unions in the country The Ministry of Labour In. sent circulars to trade union leaders outlining the Government's proposals to amend the present ordinance j The
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    Customs income
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The FederatldYi Governmeiii collected $140,897 69 i tn <;u> stoms revenue In the fir.v. four months of this year
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    Two died: $150 fine
    76 7 MUAK. i-ri. Yahayn Mn Aodul Humid. 20. BnM lintd $150 here for causing tiie deaths of Zakariah bin H: i Abdul Hamid and Must, pl-a bin Rajah by driving i-;t I nei{li«ently on Murch 22 at tin 2,' mile.v Muar-Mah><va Road Be was also fined a
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      TOWARDS MORE SAFETY ON THE ROADS
      161 8 TOWARDS MORE SAFETY ON THE ROADS I NOTE with great interest your report on the police drive* against cyclists. While we all must admire this attempt by our zealous police to make the roads safer, I cannot help wondering why they don't turn their attention to even more dangerous practices?
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      60 8 I NOTE with interest Mr. Choh Lian Peng's suggestion for three classes of desposits for the Raffles National Library. (ST. May 21 1. If the library authorities hope to gain more members, especially students, they should drop the present $10 deposit for two books,
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      S.I.C. DEMAND ENDANGERS MINORITIES' FUTURE
      85 8 S.I.C. DEMAND ENDANGERS MINORITIES' FUTURE rIE Singapore Indian Congress seems to be an organisation of self-styled crusaders seeking the warm seats of the Legislative Assembly with a complimentary ticket. Minority representation will only induce the ruling party to feel Itself representative of the major community only and not the citizens
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      MOST SUITABLE TEACHERS
      177 8 T? cularly married women teachers. have recently come Into the limelight as a result of the action of the Ctiiei Education Officer, Penang. in warning the married women teachers that they would have to make way for the teachers being turned out by the training colleges. The
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      SAVE THIS SIGN
      45 8 I*iE 'Keep Left' signs In 1 'the middle of narrow Pudu Road in Kuala Lumpur have been knocked down several times To avoid this, I suggest that ears be prohibited from parking beside the pavements opposite the signs. HANIFI KAMAL. Kuala liHipar.
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      Menaced by hooligans on wheels
      75 8 Menaced by hooligans on wheels I FULLY agree with the writer "Disturbed" tn his letter stout Katong Marine Parade (ST. May It). It U about time the police In that area did some leg work, especially during the week-ends. It is useless to put up signs when there is no
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      COUNCIL BID WELCOME
      45 8 rls a very good idea of the Singapore City Council to propose a spot protection scheme for attap homes by organising kampong fire fighting units. People who live tn these attap kampongs should volunteer for their own safety. ROBERT HI V Singapore.
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      THE FACTORIES ORDINANCE NEEDS REDRAFTING
      362 8 rl ptwposed lacUries Ordinance in Singapore, if paused in its present draft fora and implemented, will sound the death-knell of almost all smalt, medium and even the larger factories an our island. The draft condition i as they now stand are idealistic and are, apparently,
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      ACTION THREAT OVER MALAY LANGUAGE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
      182 8 ACTION THREAT OVER MALAY LANGUAGE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL riiHE State Secretary of Trengganu has Issued an official circular pointing out that all official business In the State must be conducted in the Malay language, followed by a warning that disciplinary proceedings will be taken against thote who do not observe this
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      LACK OF FACILITIES AT HOSPITAL
      261 8 piVEKYONE knows that midwivrs and Fj nurses are human beings who may lose their temper, but it does not follow that in their rage they are permitted to use bad language. This is the point at issue and in his statement (ST. May 16) Dr.
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      367 8 -f.. f+ v M «»»n««r wt»h" a job in Straits Times Crossword w»wa*S '-mm mepadt, M. Ocean risk to which many have an eye (4, W~i Ti 3 4 s I H S&^s^B J9 Something to read In the sickroom? ill). y^V^A ?rr; k^J t^t 535 *^*ls i>c»ws HI V
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      Pawang of the Tiger Spirit
      1190 9 Pawang of the Tiger Spirit "...He grasped from amongst the shattered flower an unopened sheath of areca palm blossom, rubbed it ovei with Bugis oil and, extracting the blossom spike, laid it across the sick man's chest... "The pawang's final actions had all the qualities of < true ballet, for
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    RUBBER OUTPUT DROPPED 7½ PER CENT LAST MONTH
    487 10 RUBBER OUTPUT DROPPED 7½ PER CENT LAST MONTH By Our Market Correspondent yyHILK Pan-Malayan rubber production fell last month by 7} per cent to 44,970 tons, tin production tn the Federation was practically unchanged at 3,658 tons, a rise of only nine tons over March. Rubber production was the lowest
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    Week's gain largely lost
    289 10 DURING the first half of the week the rubber market settled solidly Into the rut of the previous week's levels and with little incentive to trade business was restricted, report Hollflav Cutler. Bath ft Co. Ltd. in their current survey. Mid-week, however, reports of further Russian
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    130 10 MELBOURNE. Prl INVESTMENT shares recorded a firmer overall tone on the 1 Stock Exchange here today. j Oold shares firmed In an otherwise caster mining section. Commonwealth bonds held a firm trend. Loans :v 1956-58 £89 os.9d. Loans 3V< 1955-58 £99 18s 3d. Bank of NSW £35H Con.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    308 10 The Malayan Share Broken* AawUUu reported: "Industrials were quietly steady, tins continued U> ease and rubbers remained I featureless. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation krekers reported the Mlewlni fcaeinrtm done yesterday: Praser Neave ords $2 50 and $2.51; Gammon $2.02 xr ilmmedtate). $2.03 xr i overnight
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    STOCK INDICES
    17 10 Malayan Snare Market: May 23 Maytt Industrials: MM M.BS Tina tt.B4 at.M Jaa. 1 ltSB=lBe
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 10 Singapore Chinese Produrr Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK 'Continent May/ June $31 S buyers. $32 sellers. Ceeenat ail: qutet: bulk $48 sellers, drum $51 sellers Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $134. Sarawak $133 (both down $1), special Sarawak black $73
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    RUBBER PRICES
    145 10 June Arst trade rabber bayera f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 73\ cents pei Ib unchanged on Thursday's closing price Cleaing tone: Inactive. Clealng prices In cents per Ib.. yasterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 RSS Spot fob. buyers 74^,, sellers 74K; Int. 1 R.S.S. June buyers 73 V
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    OFFICIAL PRICE!
    20 10 SINGAPORE. MAY S3fl RUBBER: 73 5, eentsl per ib. (unchanged). TIN: $.166.»5 per picufl (ap 25 cento). I
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    EXCHANGE RAT
    290 10 The Malayan Ekehani;* Baal Association made the (ollowl change* In its rate, -to merchal yesterday I Lan4en selling T.T. or cl 2 3 7/8: buying airmail T.T. 00. 2/4 1 32, 30 d v 2 4 ifl 45 d'st 2 4 1/4, 60 d >< 2 4 >■
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      405 10 RETI TRNINIa And tha orttaitt of B> la-mlaa to Indiana 1 It cloudad by tfco praMai of wfce? to co aaou> homo o*4 lactma, Ikon vow ketr okw h to write to FA Hurakontona and Poilnafi who taodoMta tha tola of lawn and country fcyainattat throughout tha South Wast at
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      172 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens/State Nationals, male or female, for appointment as Junior Agricultural Assistants in the State Department of Agriculture, Perak The salary scales are as follows: Form II *35x7 50-100/122 50x 7.50-197 50/21 2 50x7.50-280 Form 111 1100x7.50-115/137 50x 7.50- 1 97 50/212 50x7 50-280
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      564 10 NOTICES SOCFIN COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE la hereby given thai the Twenty Fourth Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office. Bungsar Cstate. Kuala Lumpur, at 11. SO O'clock In the forenoon on Saturday the Slat May, 1958 for the following purposes: (1) To receive tha
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      760 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Henry Scow Moh Hock of ISI-a, Alexandra Road. Singapore la applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any per. son who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the fact* to the
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      299 10 SITUATION WANTED SCOTSMAN, aged 27. married. Is Interested in working In Merchant Plrm in Singapore or Federation, starting early next year. Has worked in -British and Foreign steelwork. and since four years with International concern buying and Helling steel In Burooe and America Has good personal contacts with many steelworks
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    Lock icon MALAYAN HOCKEY XI IN 15-0 'REHEARSAL'
    466 12 Eng Kirn scores 6 goals in rout of University team TOKYO, Friday. yyiTII only two days left before Ihe Third Asian Games start, the Malayan hockey team rounded oil" their week of rigorous training in Tokyo with a 15-0 victory over Waseda University. The
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    LINESMAN SENT OFF BT THE REF
    83 12 LINESMAN SENT OFF BT THE REF IPOH, Fri.— An Ipoh soccer linesman, Mr. Lim Lee Menu was today sent off the field "for failinr to co-operate" with the referee, Inche Taib bin Ishak in a senior division league soccer match between King's Dragoon Guards and Cheng Wan. The match ended
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    Washed out
    38 12 OTTAWA. Prl— Rain cut short the one day match here yesterday between the Pakistan touring cricket team and an Ottawa District eleven. The Pakistan team had scored 91 for three when the match was abandoned. Reuu-r
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    Lock icon Jakarta gets 1962 Games: No XL bid
    261 12 rK Vi). Fri. The Asian Games Federation Conn, cil today showed their confidence in Indonesia's futur e by selecting Jakarta as the site for the Fourth Asian Games in 1962. The Council voted 22-20 in favour of th e Indonesian capital over Karachi,
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    Lock icon NZ IN COMMANDING POSITION v OXFORD
    181 12 OXFORD, Friday. fPHOUGH checked by rain, the New Zealand eric- keters reached a commanding position against Oxford University by the close on the second day of their match here yesterday. The University saved the follow on but were 135 runs behind with only two
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    SCRC beat Mail 6-3
    54 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.-Sel-angor Chinese Recreation Club, last year's F.A.S. league champions, today beat Malay Mail Sports Club 6-3 in a first division match at Princes Road. Chinese led 4-2 at halftime. I Scorers: S.C.R.C.— Lin Tet (2). Boon Hee. Poh Ami. Hock Chye, Edward Liew: Malay
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    Club outplayed
    39 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Frf—lndonesia Muda beat Selangor Club 5-1 In a Div. Two soccer le:i«ue match on the padang today. Yassln (2), Asli Osman, Mohd Nor and Tatb scored for Indonesia Muda. and J. Carswell for Sftlangor Club.
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    Depot beaten
    22 12 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Dynamic Dynamos beat Police Depot 3-2 in a divlsior two mm iat match at Pudu Road today.
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    Methodist edge Pasar Road
    64 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Prl Methodist Boys School Kuala Lumpur, bent Pasar Road School by 2-1 in a Thompson Cup soccer match on the MBS. ground today. Methodist Boys will now meet Klshan Dial School on the La Salle School ground on Moi'day at 4 p.m. This will
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    23 12 TAPAH Fri Tapah Road XI beat P.W.D 3-2 In the opening game of the Division One League soccer match here yesterday.
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    122 12 Tan clears only sft 8 in trials KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Tan Ohee Lin, the Kuala Lumpur schoolboy who was one of the two high Jumpers dropped from the Federation athletic team to the A.slan Oames at Tokyo, could only manage to clear Sft Bin in the Selangor Combined Schools trials
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    202 12 Bid to make Sathasivam coach of NSCA KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Negrl Sembllan Cricket Association will be asked by Its president. Mr. A. K. Retnam, at its next meeting to appoint M. Sathasivam, the former AllCeylon captain. Its official coach. The 40-year-old Ceylon Test cricketer, who is working as an
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    165 12 MEANWHILE in Ipoh. the Perak Cricket Association has made three changes in the team to meet Selangor on the town padang on Saturday and Sunday. They are newcomers Captain P. B. Blackwell, Lt. A.C.A. Benda and Trooper P. Langston of the King's Dragoon Guards. They will
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    183 12 ONDON en. -Close ot play J scores In yesterday's U K county cricket matches: At The Oval: Surrey bt Leicester ov inns and 5. Surrey 27V (Mclntyre 98, Laker 59. Spencer 6-81). Leicester 126 and 147 (Van Oeloven 48. Lock 6-43. Laker 4-34). At Portsmouth: Worcester 306
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    392 14 No doubt— it's STEAM ON JEEP'S FORECAST: 1 STEAM ON, 2 THREE RINGS, 3 NAZAKAT This smart grey is to win the Governor's Cup RACING with EPSOM JEEP DOUBT about it— Steam On for today's Governor's Cup over a mile and two furlongs at Bukit Timah. Steam On, a six-year-old
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    430 14 ST. VITUS CAN SCORE HIS FIRST CUP VICTORY lyiTH the going like- ly to be soft at best this afternoon Distine. with 10.11 to carry, appears to have an impossible task In the Summer Cup. I shall go for St. Vitus. who Is back at his best, to win his
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    GREAT SAXON IS DAY'S BEST BET
    479 14 finishing third to Dlstlne On that form he looks a good bet over 7f. Programme can be a dangerous rival in spite of his 9.7. Topwelghts have a pretty good record in "mixed races" at Buklt Ttmah Programme rarely runs a bad race. Last
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    79 14 LONDON. Frl— The Queen Mouthers New Zealand racehorse. Ball Hal. which was presented to her on her tour of New Zealand earlier In the year has been injured and will have to rest for about six weeks Captain Cecil Boyd Rochii. wno raln s the horse
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