The Straits Times, 19 August 1958

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    19 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits time fa**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST It, 1958 15 CENTS
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    THE ILL WIND MILLIONS
    833 1  -  DONALD LUDLOW FOREIGN AID: CONGRESS IN GENEROUS MOOD Political barometer reads fc f air' for chances of big loan From 1 Washington, Monday Mid-East crisis benefits Malaya THE ILL WIND blowing from the Middle East may well blow fair for the Federation of Malaya. The recent
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    REDGUNS SHELL QUEMOY ISLANDS
    75 1 REDGUNS SHELL QUEMOY ISLANDS rpAIPEH, Mon. Communist artillery shelled four Quemoy islands twice before dawn today, the Ministry of National defence announced. A communique said the Nationalist Chinese garrison suffered no losses. Artillery at Amoy fired 42 rounds at Little Quemoy, Tatan and Erhtan Islands in a 34-minute barrage. Then
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    Lock icon Centre of Beirut is sealed off
    109 1 Centre of Beirut is sealed off OEIRUT, Mon. The D business area In the heart of Beirut was placed out of bounds to traffic today because of renewed violence. The military commandant of Beirut sealed off more than a square mile of the busiest sector of the city, which Includes
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    Lock icon AIR CEYLON PLANS FLIGHTS TO CHINA
    123 1 AIR CEYLON PLANS FLIGHTS TO CHINA HONG KONG. Mon. Ceylon's state-owned airline. Air Ceylon. plans to extend its new service Colombo Singapore service to Hong Kong and Canton by the end of this year. Mr. S. W. R Saravanamuthu, the line's public relations and sales promotion manager, said that air
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    UAR envoy for K.L.
    40 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The United Arab Republic will establish an Embassy here next week. The Counsellor for the embassy. Mr. Said Raad. arrived yesterday and the Am. bassador. Mr. Mohamed Rachad Ganish. will arrive next week.
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    Guns quell jail riot
    67 1 KINGSTON. (Ontario*. Mon.— Prison guards and police reinforcements opened fire yesterday on 50 convicts who rioted at the Collin. Bay jail here and caused about (M )$2oo.ooo worth of damage I Some buildings were set on fire but there was no attempt to break out of
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    Cyprus killing
    21 1 NICOSIA Mon— A Green Cypriot was killed by gunmen In a village between Llmassol and Larnaca yes terday— U.P.l.
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    Anti-vice drive
    17 1 BANGKOK Mon. Police have been ordered to launch an all-out drive against prostitution here— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon KILLER IN THE QUEUE
    96 1 NEW YORK. Mon. A 25--year-old mother waited In line at the complaints desk of a local police station at San Antonio, Texas, yesterday. When her turn came she told the desk sergeant: "I have Just drowned my three children." Mrs. Iris Pena, according to the police,
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    Security test
    24 1 IPOH. Mon. -A Federationwide Internal security exercise will be held tomorrow. It will start at S a.m. and end at 5 p.m.
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    No U.S. build-up, say officials
    262 1 UNITED STATES consular officials in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur were taken by surprise yesterday by reports from Washington of an American navy DUlld-up around the Indian Ocean Bot h the (oi s ul -General In Singapore. M-. A. K Peterson, and an .nbassy otliclal In
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    A Governor sails in for treatment
    69 1 A Governor sails in for treatment SIR ANTHONY ABEI.L. the Governor of Sarawak. who arrived in Singapore yesterday In the Rajab Brooke, for medical treatment, was admitted into the General Hospital soon after his arrival. Dr. Au Kee Hock, th* ear, nose and throat specialist at the General Hospital. Mid
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    Lock icon RUSSIA MAY WIN MOON RACE, says U.S. EXPERT
    250 1 RUSSIA MAY WIN MOON RACE, says U.S. EXPERT WASHINGTON, Monday. TTOE race to the moon may yet be won by Russia. a This admission was made by the L.S. Air Force's Chief of Research and Development, Lieut-Gen. Roscoe Wilson, after the failure of America's first moon rocket yesterday. The rocket,
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    Lock icon Jail terms for graft
    59 1 BAGDAD, Men. The Iraq revolutionary regime has decreed that dishonest public °fflc«*l« and their private collaborators may be fined or imprisoned for five years or more. An official announcement said the decree, proclaimed yesterday, is designed to curb corruption which rt said was "rampant" while the
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    Rebels lose a Celebes town
    47 1 TOKYO. Mon. The Indonesian Army spokesman. Lt.-Col. Pirngadie, announced yesterday that Tomohen, one of the strongest rebel strongholds in North Celebes, was retaken by Government troops last Saturday. Tomohen Is about 15 miles south-east of Menado former rebel capital m North Cel»--bes—U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Boy confesses to murder
    56 1 NICOSIA, Mon Andreas Yakouml, a 17 year old Greek Cypriot mechanic, described In an alleged confession read In court today how he murdered Sgt. Reginald Hammond as he walked with his son In a Nicosia street two weeks ago. Yakouml was sent for trial before a
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    105 m.p.h. 'Cleo'
    27 1 MIAMI. Mon. Hurricane "Cleo" moved nothward at a safe dlstanc? from the US. mainland today, with top winds of 105 miles an hour. -U.P.L
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    Constitution: Malay edition Misleading
    74 1 Constitution: Malay edition Misleading KUALA KMPIR. Mon. The Malay edition of the Federation constitution published by the Government recently will not now be accepted as authoritative. A Government statement said today that the Mala? edition is misleading in some respects due to the difficulty In translation. The edition has been
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    Lock icon Cabinet meets
    35 1 PARIS. Mon. Gen de Gaulle, the French Premier, called a cabinet meeting today to prepare a final draft of the new French constitution on which the nation wIU vote on Sept. 28.— U.P.1.
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    Lock icon 2 a.m. news roundup
    261 1 2 a.m. news roundup TIN: DISRUPTIVE MOVE BY RUSSIA WASHINGTON. M..n Sum of the tin that Poland unloaded on the world market earlier this year may have been given to Russia during world war 11. according to usually reliable sources today. Some may even have been mined ip Malaya. This
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    COMING HQME SOON-WITH NEW >BAT?LE' SCARS
    195 2 COMING HQME SOON-WITH NEW >BAT?LE' SCARS NINE Gurkha soldiers have just left England for their regiments In Malaya, completely cured of tuberculosis after treatment at the Army Chest Centre in Surrey. They are some of the first batch of 71 Gurkhas brought to England under an Army scheme to stamp
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    Women inferior?—lt's nonsense, Islam authority says
    271 2 Women inferior?— lt's nonsense, Islam authority says */l COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE KORAN' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AN AUTHORITY on Islam and a Federation women's leader today protested against a Singapore UMNO leader's statement that, under Islam, women were considered inferior to men. Inche Darus Shariff, Singapore UMNO publicity officer, w;is
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    QUADS IN BABY SHOW AT CHINESE Y.M.CA.
    114 2 QUADS IN BABY SHOW AT CHINESE Y.M.C. A. SINGAPORE'S eightmonth old q v a d ruplets. Abu Bakar. AIL Osman and Umar, are competing In the Chinese YA4.C.A. baty show on SaturcVay. Their mother. Che Markanah blnte Amat, of Geylang Serai. U confident that at least one of her sons
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    MERDEKA BIRTHDAY: BIG PART FOR YOUTH
    141 2 MERDEKA BIRTHDAY: BIG PART FOR YOUTH KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Youth will figure prominently in the first anniversary merdeka celebrations throughout the Federation at the end of this month. More than 4,000 school children of all races, members of the Girl j Guides. Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Brigade will
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    Government by women best, says Chief Minister
    171 2 Government by women best, says Chief Minister PENANG. Mon —The Penang Chief Minister, Mr. Wong Pow Nee, said today he looked forward confidently to the future when more women would come forward to help rule the country. Mr. Wong was addressing the YWCA biennial conference at the Malayan Teachers' College
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    Woman delegata for talks I
    48 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The National Association o Women's Institutes has sent a delegate to the Pan-Pacifl» and South-East Asian women's conference to be hel< in Japan on Wednesday Che Norulkiah blnte Ha] Laidin. of Kedah. left by al yesterday, accompanied b; her husband.
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    MENTRI BESAR CALLS FOR MORE STUDENT HARMONY
    116 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Mentrl Besar of Selangor, Inche Ismail bin Abdul Latlff. today called for "closer contacts and understanding" between students of English and vernacular schools. Inche Ismail, who was openIng a five-day civics course here, urged the students to help create
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    NON-COMMUNAL Al»i IN LABOUR YOUThI
    159 2 NON-COMMUNAL Al»i IN LABOUR YOUThI PENANG. Monday. THE chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mi D. S. Ramanathan, told the party's youth sec tion last night it should have a non-communal out "We don't want a yout movement to be like th MCA. UMNO or MIC. eac one with
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    Man robbed of $1,600
    70 2 PENANQ, Mon— A Butterwonh fruit dealer, Abdul Rahlm bin Salleh, was robbed of $1,600 in a taxi which he shared with a cousin, a friend and two strangers on Saturday, while on a sightseeing tour cf Penang. He told the police that one of the strangers
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    New branch plan
    42 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A branch of the People's Progressive Party is to be established In Johore Bahru. Mr. D. R Seenivasagam. the secretary general of the party, has been Invited to address an inaugural meeting to be convened shortly.
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    New post offic<l
    29 2 New post offic&lt;l The Minister for Commul nications and Works. Ml Francis Thomas, will open new post office at 5J mile! Thomson Road. Singapore on Aug 27 at p.m.
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    Rebels force Soekarno's hand
    294 3 'ECONOMIC PRESSURE WILL MAKE HIM COMPROMISE OR GIVE UP BY DECEMBER' GENEVA, Monday. INDONESIAN rebel leaders here predicted yesterday that their economic strangulation campaign would force President Soekarno to give up or compromise with the rebels by December. kMr. Sutan Rasjid, ambassador-at-large for the mesian revolutionary
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    Lock icon New kind of lipstick -for men only
    109 3 New kind of lipstick -for men only QYDNEY, Mi. n.— Many Australian dockers, cane-cutters, labourers and other outdoor work, ers are using lipstick to stop their lips parch, in i and cracking. According to Sydney doctors, chronic sunburn is the greatest single cause of cancer of the skin and lip.
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    Lock icon 'Quake relief teams set out
    42 3 TEHERAN. Mon. Relief learns carrying supplies were today being rushed to western Persia, where villages are reported to have been razed by strong earth tremors during the weekend. Unofficial estimates say about 12 people have died Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pakistan re-opens border
    125 3 CALCUTTA, Mon—Pakistan yesterday re-opened the border between East Pakistan and Tripura State in Assam, it was reported here. Pakistan sealed the borler a fortnight ago, followng incidents on the border. -Reuter NEW YORK: Four earthquakes, ranging from 3.800 to 5.800 miles from New York, were recorded on
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    Lock icon SAUDI ARABIA IN NASSER'S GOOD GRACES AGAIN
    320 3 CAIRO, Monday. pROWN PRINCE Feisal of Saudi Arabia indicated 1 here yesterday that the oil-rich desert kingdom had returned to the good graces of President Nasser. Speaking to pressmen at the end of three days of talks with President Nasser, Prince Feisal said
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    Baby girl for slain soldier
    99 3 THE LAST WISH of 23-year-year-old British Sgt. Reginald Hammond, who was shot In the back and killed by Cypriot terrorists in Nicosia, came trae last Monday, 10 days after his death. At Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London, his 20-year-old wife Jean had a baby daughter.
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    Lock icon Teisal opposed plot against Syria'
    183 3 BAGDAD, Monday. AHMED MUKHTAR BABAN, Deputy Prime Mm A is.er under the regime of the late King Feisal. told a military court here yesterday that the late Crown Prince Abdul Illah planned to make himself King of Syria. Baban. who Is one of 108 defendants
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    Lock icon A bad start
    32 3 LONDON, Mon— Two men beat and bound a dairy manager here yesterday and escaped with £1,360 from a safe It was the manager's first day at the job. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Australians on China visit
    36 3 SYDNEY. Mon Eight Australian singers, dancers and musicians left Sydney this afternoon for a sevenweek tour of Communist China. The Chinese Ministry of Culture is paying all expenses for the tour— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Iraq plans more trade
    76 3 BAGDAD. Mon Iraq plans to resume trade with East European countries and Communist China, Dr. Siddio Shanshal. acting Foreign Minister, announced yesterday Dr. Shanshal said: "We know our oil and some of our exports are marketable in the West and others marketable in the East and
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    55 3 STRIJDOM NOW 'SERIOUS 9 CAPETOWN, Mon. The South African Prime Minister. Mr. Johannes Strijdom. did not rest well last night and his condition Is serious, it was reported here today. The Prime Minister, suffering from a blood clot in the lung, entered hospital on July 26 He has also suffered
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    Lock icon CEYLON STUDIES PLAN TO GRAB ESTATES
    227 3 CEYLON STUDIES PLAN TO GRAB ESTATES pOLOMBO Mon— The J Government is studying a sweeping nationalisation programme that would bring all foreign-owned tea and rubber plantations and some important industries under Government control. Major impetus In the drivr for nationalisation has come from Ceylon's Minister o. Food and Agriculture. Mr
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    23 3 MANILA. Mon The Philippines National Security Council will convene soon to discuss the Chinese Communists' recent air attacks on Formosa —Reuter.
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    Runaway Rosdi tells of his $260-a-day spending spree
    317 4 TAPPER JAILED FOR CHEATING FARMER OF $Z,BOO KLANG, Monday. A TAPPER, Rotidi bin Samin. today admitted cheating a farmer of $2,800 and spending $800 of it in three days. Police later found the remaining $2,000 sewn inside a pillow on a bed
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    CALL FOR PROBE ON USE OF MALAY IN GOVT.
    143 4 CALL FOR PROBE ON USE OF MALAY IN GOVT. MALACCA, Mon. A The state council is to be asked to appoint a committee to recommend ways and means of Implementing an earlier council resolution that Malay be used as far as possible in all State Government departments. A motion to
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    HANIM, 15, IS KEBAYA QUEEN
    96 4 HANIM, 15, IS KEBAYA QUEEN PENANO. Mon.— A schoolgirl, Che Hanim binte Nyak Hassan, aged 15. was last night elected kebaya sarong queen in a contest held In the Vermont Road residence of the Indonesian Consul. Mr. R.A. Mugalih. The competition was part of the 13th anniversary celebrations of Indonesian
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    Findings by end of the year
    58 4 PENANG, Mon.— The committee which is planning to form Penang's first religious council hopes to complete its findings by the end of the year. The chairman, Inche Hashim bin Awang, told the Straits Times today: "We hope to make recommendation suitable to Muslims in
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    Haji accused of murder
    62 4 SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. A 70-year-old Haji and his 40-year-old son were accused at a preliminary inquiry today of murdering a padi planter at Kota Kuala Muda on June 2. Haji Buddin bin Lone Abu and his son. Abdul Rahman, were alleged to have stabbed Bakar bin
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    Youth course
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The State Secretary, Dato Abdul Rahman tin Mu-a yesterday evening opened a 10-day course being hfl J here by the Federal Social Welfare Department for «0 members of youth organisations in Malaya.
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    COUNCIL TO FIND JOB FOR ADAMS
    128 4 PENANG Monday. HTHE City Council's Finance and General Purposes 1 committee will meet soon to discuss the future duties of the present city secretary, Mr. S.V Adams. Mr. Adams will relinquish his post on Aug. 25. The assistant secretary. Mr. On* .Hock Chuan. will
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    Talks on trade progress
    76 4 Talks on trade progress KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Malaya Australia trade talks entered their second week here today. An informed source described the progress as "fMite happy." He hoped the negotiations would he completed by the end of this week although It was possible they might last longer. Asked whether
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    After 31 years
    23 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. Yap Kirn Swee. senior interpreter in the Magistrate's court here, has retired after 31 years' service.
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    Off to India
    40 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Mr. K. E. Varughc.se, secretary of the Johore state division of the Malayan Trade Union Congress, will leave for India shortly. His colleagues will hold a farewell party on Aug. 30 at Hotel Malaya.
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    Ipoh vicar on leave
    59 4 IPOH, Mon. The vicar of the Anglican missionary South Perak parish, the Rev. JJ.E. Sampson, and Mrs. Sampson, have left on six months leave to England. During his absence, the Rev. K Jambunathan will be acting vicar of the parish, and the Rev. Canon O. K
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    Fonseka murder case shock
    463 5 PROSECUTION WITNESS TELLS COURT: 'I WAS FORCED BY POLICE TO MAKE STATEMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. r J'f IK Fonseka murder case took an unexpected turn today when a key prosecution witness told the magistrate that he was "forced" by two police officers to make statements concerning
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    Police officer weds
    56 5 SEREMBAN, Mon. More than 500 people attended the wedding at the Church of the Visitation here today of Assistant Superintendent M. Shanmugam, and MLss Cecilia Ernesta Murray, of Kuantan telegraph office. Eight police officers formed a guard of honour as the couple left the Church. A reception
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    Workers urged to join union
    62 5 RAWANG, Mon— The former general secretary of the banned National Union of Factory and General Workers. Mr. V. David, yesterday call d on workers of the Malayan Cement Works here to join toe new National Union of actorv Workers. H i made the call at
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    Acting Chief Justice assumes duties
    38 5 MR. JUSTICE TAN AH TAH, the octing Chief Justice, Singapore, assumed duties yesterday. Earlier in the morning he was sworn in by the Governor, Sir William Goode, at Government House. Straits Times picture.
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    M.C.A. wants faster land office work
    218 5 IPOH, Monday. I^HE Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Asso- ciation wants the State Government to set up a "watchdog committee" to check on land offices and speed up their work. This Is one of a series of proposals in a memorandum which the
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    Pickpockets beware...
    33 5 Singapore buses will now have to display "Beware of Pickpockets" signs in four languages. This decision of the vehicles and fire brigade committee was confirmed at the City Council meeting yesterday.
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    'Reply signals' reminder
    34 5 The acting Master Attendant in Singapore has drawn the attention of shipmasters to an order from the Cambodian Government that they must reply to all signals received in Cambodian territorial waters.
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    New premises for club
    30 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Sultan of Belangor opened the ruw $85,000 two-storeyed club house of the Tamilian Physical Culture Association in Princes Road here on Saturday.
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    A CENTRAL, FUND FOR M.C.A. BRANCHES
    111 5 A CENTRAL, FUND FOR M.C.A. BRANCHES KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Malayan Chinese Association is to have a centralised fund to which all branches must submit their collections. It is learned today. Each branch will be allocated money from th: fund for annual and other expenditure. Top M.C.A. officials said today
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    A clean sweep by Alliance
    50 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Alliance has gained a 100 per cent victory in the Rantau Panjang local council election In Kelantan. The successful Alliance men elected during the weekend were Inche Wok bin Che Ngah. Inche Mohamed Amln bin Abdullah and Mr. Kang Glm Slang.
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    CULTURE: LAMENT BY JUDGE
    145 5 CULTURE: LAMENT BY JUDGE IPOH. Mon. The main stream of culture bypasses Ipoh because of a lack of enthusiasm and the want of a centre. .id Mr. Justice Good this morning when he opened an exhibition of art and books at the Perak Library here. The judge said that something
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    Gang robs a mcc seller
    58 5 IPOH. Mon. Four men armed with daggers robbed a mcc seller. Yip Yoke. 58. of $60 in cash her day's takings as she was going home to her house in Kampong Java in the early hours of this morning. They then went into her house
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    WOMEN TAKE GIFTS TO ABORIGINES
    96 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Aborigines at Kampong Lanja today received gifts from two women's organisations. Women were Riven clothes and salt and the men materials to build homes. These were cheers when a lorry with 500 attap leaves palled up at the settlement. The gifts were
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    Two brothers are jailed
    279 5 VERDICT ON SLAYING OF HOT-TEMPERED FATHER A LOR STAR, Mon.— Two brothers were today jailed for four years each for killing their "quarrelsome, ho^-tempered" father. They are Zainol bin Taha. 20. anc 1 his brother, Yahaya. 22. who had pleaded guilty to a Joint charge of
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    HEADMASTER IS ACCUSED OF HAVING WOMAN'S PAY PACKET
    351 5 HEADMASTER IS ACCUSED OF HAVING WOMAN'S PAY PACKET JOHORE BAHRL, Monday. fWfSE headmaster of a Chinese school, Kue Suang Peng;, was accused today in the Sessions Court here of dishonestly misappropriating $362.50 belonging to Jane Chelliah, a teacher at the Temenggong Abdul Rahman School. Miss Chelliah told the court that
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    One dead, nine hurt in crash
    141 5 One dead, nine hurt in crash IPOH, Mon. One per- son was killed and nine others seriously involved in a head-on collision near Simpang Pulai new village 5* miles south of here, this morning. Lai Yee. 58. who was killed, was a passenger in the car. The car. carrying eight
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    Four feared dead
    44 5 Four of the 13 members of the coastal steamer, Beng Ling No. 2. which foundered six miles off the Brunei coast last Monday, are believed to have perished in the sea. The coaster was carrying stone from Brunei to Kuala Belalt.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    56 6 21 Wmri, $lt (Wuimum) MR. AND MRS. SEE CHAN TECK thank Relatives and Friends •or Kind Attendance, Olfls, Wishes \»id Assistance at their Wedding. MRS VICTOR PATRICK NEVILLE and Famll) Wl-!i to Diank all Friends and Relatives for Wreaths. Messages, ot Coi.tolence and Attendance at the 'iineral of the
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    (Die ©mr 5 Spore, Tues, Aug. 19, 1958 U.S. Aid For Malaya
    690 6 The Straits Times Spore, Tues, Aug. 19, 1958 U.S. Aid For Malaya The American loan foi the Klang Straits harboui, and the probability that Mm International Bank will provide $100 million (or the Caineion Highlands hydroelectric scheme change considerably the outlook for the Federations development plan. Oui Washington correspondent, in
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    The Downward Slide
    416 6 President Soekarno will not lose much sleep over a meeting in Geneva of twelve rebel ex-diplomats. Their claim that rebel guerrillas have an economic stranglehold that will force him to compromise is Judicrous, a hollow echo of the claim by the rebel regime after Jakarta had begun
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    MUST_MALAYA'S .DISMAL REST HOUSES SCARE AWAY THE TOURISTS?
    1126 6 MUST_MALAYA'S .DISMAL REST HOUSES SCARE AWAY THE TOURISTS? THERE is a very sound 1 tradition In the British Colonial Service that a governor, on retirement, does not continue to live in the country he has Just ceased to govern. Among other things, it is considered that, by doing so. he
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      HEALTH PLAN: OPPOSITION TO DETAILS ONLY, NOT TO THE PRINCIPLE
      294 6 HEALTH PLAN: OPPOSITION TO DETAILS ONLY, NOT TO THE PRINCIPLE REFERRING to your article (Straits Times Aug. 18) entitled "Three doctors oppose that health plan" I wish to state that 35 doctors supported the principles embodied in the memorandum under consideration and 11 were against. Press publicity had been given
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      WHAT ABOUT THE STRIKE WEAPON?
      124 6 WHAT ABOUT THE STRIKE WEAPON? p£NANU City Council I has done a good lob by Increasing the licence fee of all classes of hotels A City Councillor. Mr 00l Thlam Siew. has warned the hoteliers that any hartal staged by them In protest against higher licence fees would amount to
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      EXPENSIVE WAYANGS
      85 6 Iread with considerable dismay the decision to relax the restrictions on the staging of roadside wayangs (S.T. 12th Aug.) I like Chinese music and opera, but police, by allowing such shows to te staged are unwittingly helping in fund collection by those who work upon the fear of
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      Why not let individuals also join the Alliance?
      232 6 I READ with interest the leading article "The Alliance Prepares" &lt;ST Aug. 11) and your timely advice given to the Alliance. There are political parties in the Federation which will right the Alliance tooth and nail. There is also a move to
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      Increasing squatter menace in the city
      245 6 rpHE recent invasion ol •I squatters around the Mount Pleasant and Caldecott Hill area has been a headache to residents of this area. No doubt they are on Crown land but I do not believe that the Land Office is 'powerless" to do anything
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      40 6 It Wardt tit (Minimum). BOARDMAN-STEED: The enfaKemeut Is announced between Colin William, only son of Mr. «nd Mrs. 8. Boardman of Ewhurst, fummerheath Road, Hallsham, Bu.saex. and Anne Mary Rosa, only daughter of Mr and Mrs. P. H. Bleed, Singaoore.
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    50 years ago—when there wasn't a car park in Raffles Place –
    1014 7 50 years ago— when there wasn't a car park in Raffles Place COUNCIL VOTES FOR PUBLIC GARDEN WITH FOUNTAINS AND SEATS: ONG SAYS 'TOURIST DIRECTOR BACKS THE SCHEME' CINGAPORE City Council decided yesterday that the Raffles Place car park should become a public garden, with trees, fountains and Heats. Target
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    GUEST STABBED SON OF PARTY HOST
    140 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A GUEST at a birthday party stabbed the hosts A son in the chest after a quarrel over the food. it was said in court here today. Pang Swi Sang. 23, pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Chal Lim. 21, and
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    STUDENT AND WAITRESS FINED $75
    71 7 KOTA BHARU. Mon. A religious student from Besut and a coffee stall waitress were fined $75 each In the religious court here today after they pleaded guilty to khalwat &lt; retirement In suspicious proximity) in the Blaritz amusement park here last night Menknab blnte Mohamed
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    Five now accused of murdering fireman
    73 7 Five now accused of murdering fireman rO voullis. Tan Chiap Huat. 19. and Tan Ah Seng. 20, were charge* in a Singapore court yesterday with murdering a fireman, Sarip bin I*l far, on Aiir t at Pom gol Road. The* are the fourth and fifth men to have been accused.
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    Two accused of extortion
    71 7 IPOH, Mon— Two alleged extortioners who were said to have eluded the police for seven months were today refused ball by the magistrate and remanded in custody for a week. The two men, Ong Chin Fatt and .Wan Kam Mun pleaded not guilty to attempting to
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    English lessons
    35 7 An Intermediate course on "Spoken English" will be given by Mrs. C. L. Jackson at the Teachers' Training College, calrnhlll Road, from Sept. 10. The full course of 10 lectures will cost 112.
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    Four walk out from M.I.C. meeting
    147 7 BEREMBAN, Mon. Four leading members of the Seremban branch of the Malayan Indian Congress walked out from a meeting to elect new office-bearers for the branch last night. The meeting was called by 76 members. Including several members of the existing committee Notice of
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    GIRL WHO WENT TO CHURCH RAN AWAY WITH BOY
    300 7 GIRL WHO WENT TO CHURCH RAN AWAY WITH BOY IPOH, Mon. The Ses- sions Court here was told today that a 15--year-old Indian girl, Rachel Angelica, sent by her parents to church met her boy friend instead and together they went to Kampar. 24 miles away, where they stayed for
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    Graduation day
    17 7 KUALA LUMPUR Moil The Muslim College at Klang will hold a graduation ceremony on Wednesday.
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      CUTTING DOWN THE CALORIES
      1522 8 A DIET FROM A DANCER THERE seems to be a widespread slimming movement in Singapore, possibly because the sack has just caught up with us, or merely because there is a good, healthy interest in looking trim and attractive. Whatever the reason, the urge is there,
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      269 8 T* I »tt Just takes the cat's whtsStraits Times Crossword jszs^t.n *»*&gt; 27 But It's n*t really the ooposite of a hygrometer (3. 7). 9B UUJ l^M WHi Sb|9 1^ 3 Bifle up-ended Implement I I 5 TliU month a worker takes *S ■SkKf'V* Amj^y 't'Wml SSB~~™ 6 Sufficient tor
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      1664 9 llVlan who hated warfare amazed three nations with his military prowess machine-gunners in the rear. Seventeen men volunteered to Join him. With the official blessing of Major Buxton, they set off. Alvin York slithered off towards the left flank of the ridge with the same technique he had used hundreds
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    TIN PRICE DOWN AGAIN: RUBBER MART VERY INACTIVE
    355 10 By Our Market Correspondent gOTH the rubber and tin markets in Singapore yesterday made unpromising starts to the week's trading. The tin price, with another drop of $1,374 pei picul, was taken down to $366.62* the lowest prict since early June, while
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    25 10 SINGAPORE. AUG. 18. RIBBER: 80ft cents Per lb (down ball a cent). TIN: $366,625 per picul (down $1,371). Unofficial estimated offering HO tons.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    160 10 MELBOURNE, Mon. INVESTMENT shares gained further and were supported with buyers on the Stock Exchange here today. The electrical section recorded good gains with AW A up 9d. to 16s. Trading was heavy and falls small, and mining share* recorded a strong tons with the exception of uranium
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 September Hrst grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 80S. cents per lb. down half a cent on Friday's closing price. Closing tone: Very quiet. Closing prices In cents per lb yesterday were: I OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob. buyers 80-... sellers 80',: Int 1
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    346 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Awuwialion reported: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady. The turnover was Singapore and Federation broken reported the following lium new done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelt ords 245. and 24s 3d xd Fed. Dispensary $109; Praser Neave ords $2 634 (overnight).
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    Sandayan Rubber
    24 10 Sandaran (F.M.8.) Rubber ComS»nH a m i ounce Interim diviaend of five per cent, acalnst 7W per cent, payable September 1 9
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    143 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following change* In Its rates to merchants yesterday tall rates to $100): New I«rk: buying airmail T.T 32%. O.D. 32',, M d st 33 credit bMLs. 33', trade bills. Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 5/t, O.D. SI 3/4. 90 d/st 32
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    77 10 Ship* lying alonfsidr the Slngapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Hikone Maru 1 8. Steel Navigator 45, Btngo Maru 6A, Agamemnon 67 Cardiganshire 8 Benlawers 10 11 Straat Johore IS 14. Bencruachari 15 10. Straat Mozambique 18 AmelU *****. Brl Tren«anu N WaU 4. Islander SI
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    STOCK INDICES
    20 10 Malayan Share Market: Aug. 18 Aug. 15 Industrials: 87.81 87.72 Tins: 7».»1 7S t&gt;H Jan. 1 1158 io«
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    PRODUCE PRI
    98 10 Singapore Chinese Prodi change noon prices per pl( terday were: Copra: quiet; DK/Ol August September shipme buyers. *32' a sellers. Coco quiet; bulk $48 sellers di sellers Pepper: quiet no I was reported. Muntok whl (down $l&gt;, Sarawak $126 changed), special Sarawak steady. $75 (up $1). Singapore Copra
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      687 10 H.M. DOCKYARD, SINGAPORE SALE BY TENDES NO. 258/58. Tenders are Invited for the purchase of approx. 260 Ton* or Mixed Ferrous Scrap at the Middle Road. H.M. Dockyard, Singapore Prospective purchasers will be permitted to enter H.M Naval Base, at Sembawang Gate, 14 ft Milestone, Sembawang Road at 9 a.m.
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      1274 10 NOTICES UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD We have pleasure to announci that there wUI be regular runs o our vessels from Singapore ti Calcutta via Rangoon as fron September. Cargoes and Passengers are accepted. First class Tlee assured. For further particu lars please contact: INTKKN ATIONAI SBIPriNG AGENCY. I Neil
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      293 10 SHIPPING NOTICES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CO j 1... "SINDH" arrived 8/8 3D A General survey of all damaged cargo discharged ex the above j vessel arrived Singapore on the Bth August 1958. will be held at the S.H.B. Oodown No 36 on Wednesday the 20 h August at a.m. until 4.30
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      310 10 I SHIPBROKERS a FOR SALE. PURCHAS AND CHARTER HULL AND MACHINERY I INSURANCE L INCLUDING WAR RISKS AMERICAN ASIATIC SHIPPING AGENCIES LTD Steamship Agents and Operators B B B NORSE ORIENTAL LINE »/i r»ti Dm sarttfiwt. Nir.ii FtOM MELBOURNE ITONCf I MISIANt 'T»«r strait' a i/h tut i IMJ sept
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    364 12 Pakistanis aim at greater trade with Malaya MEW NATIONS BIG INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS MALAYA can expect a greater influx of Pakistani products within the next few years, the Trade Commissioner for Pakistan in Singapore, Major A. A. Khan, said yesterday. Major Khan said that Pakistan had made tremendous progress in the
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    Shipping hampers N.Z. beef exporters
    223 12 I IVESTOCK breeders in J New Zealand are facing difficulties in exporting their beef and dairy cattle to Singu-j pore mainly because of] the lack of a suitable direct shipping service. This view was expressed in Singapore yesterday by Mr. Allan T. Hunter, jointmanager of
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    Fewer bicycles are imported
    38 12 During the first five months of this year, Malaya imported a total of 46,235 bicycles valued at $4.4 million, a drop of 35 per cent in number over the corresponding period of last year.
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    Swiss concern will launch sales drive
    220 12 riNE of Switzerland's oldest textile manufacturing concerns, Mettler Co. Ltd., of St. Gall, is planning to increase its sales on the Malayan market this year. The managing director of I the company,. Mr Arnold Mettler. visited Singapore last week to study the local MR.
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    I ALL READY FOR FAIR
    129 12 ABOVE are seen being com. pleted some of the 172 stalls for the Great World Trade Fair. Singapore which will be onened by the Chief Minister Mr. Lim Yew Hock on Friday. Eighty-five firms are exhibit ing at the fair which will continue to September
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    Thirty-nine year old Singapore business closes
    156 12 - 'THE Singapore office of Francis Peek Co. LWL, closed down last week after 39 years of business in Malaya. The local manager of the company, Mr. H. E. Holwell, said yesterday that the Malayan rubber estates for I which the company was acting as
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    164 13 reports Mailey on 'look see' mission From JACK FINGLETON CANBERRA, Mon. pOKMER Australian slow bowler and veteran critic Arthur Mailey, now in England on a "look see" mission for his newspaper, the Sydney Telegraph, cables that Surrey's bowling trio Loader, Laker and Lock— won't worry Australia's
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    SO THE REFEREE TOOK A COUNT...
    114 13 {CANBERRA, Mon. Aus\j tralian rules football history was made in Melbourne on Saturday when the referee stopped play, lined up the players and counted them, reports JACK FINGLETON. North Melbourne were playing Essendon and it must hare seemed to Essendon as North Melbourne quickly
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    No play
    32 13 RYE, Mon. Rain prevented play yesterday in the Davis Cup American zone final between the United States and Argentina The United States had already gained a winning 3-0 margin. rleuter.
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    32 13 MUNICH. Mon Mervyn Rose, suspended Australian Davis Cup player, was beaten in the semi-finals of the Bavarian lawn tennis championships here today by Luis Ayala (Chile) 6-2. 2-6. 6-4. Reuter.
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    33 13 BROOKLINE, Mon-Kosei Kamo (Japan) and Jerry Moss US beat Joe Tayior and Charles Kelly (U.S.) 6-3. 6-0. 6-2 in the first round of the U.S. national doubles tennis championships yesterday. Reuter
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    34 13 PRESCOTT. Mon Mark the Spot, believed to be the oldest racehorse in training in the United States, was retired yesterday at the age of 17 after winning a 5Vz furlong race here —Reuter.
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    155 13 Women's pentathlon no chancre STOCKHOLM Mon There will be no additional event in the women's pentathlon, it was decided at a meeting of the Women's Commission of the International Amateur Athletic Federation here. A bid to have an 800 metres race Included failed, and it was decided to retain the
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    141 13 UNITED for EUROPEAN CUP: FA TO DECIDE LONDON, Mon. Manchester United, specially invited by the organisers to compete in thb season's European Cup soccer competition as gesture of sympathy for their tragic loss in the Munich ate crash, ma?t wait a few more days before they know whether permission will
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    75 13 MOSCOW, Mon— The Russian team broke the world record in the men's smallbore free pistol event over 50 metres here yesterday, when the seventh world shooting championships began. The events which have attracted more than 800 marksmen from 27 countries, will continue until Aug. 26 To set up
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    98 13 British girls in shock win MANCHESTER (MasiTl sachusetts), Mon. Christine Truman and Ann Haydon yesterday became the first Britons to win the Essex County Club women's doubles tennis championship here. They beat Margaret Osborne Dv Pont and Margaret Varner of the United States 3-6. 6-1. 10-8. In the ail-American singles
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    101 13 OARIS, Mon Mile Pau- lette Hunaut's Oceanic, a 33-1 outsider, scored a shock victory at Deavulle yesterday in the 10 million francs ($66,640) Prix Morny, a six-furlong race regarded as one of France's top tests for two-year-olds. Aly Khan's Taboun, favourite at 6-4. finished
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    Fong Thin & Gabuh are in world class—Rosandich
    566 14  - Fong Thin Gabuh are in world class Rosandich By SAUL JOSHUA *pHKHIi were two world-class performances at the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union's championships which ended on Saturday at Penang, according to Thomas Kosandich, .the American alhle tics coach who concluded a five month tour of the Federation and
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    San Diego coach is offered to Malaya
    124 14 T»HE American athletics 1 coach whom the United States Information Service has offered to the Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union for a coaching tour of Malaya is Chuck Sportsman of San Diego Sportsman. 45 is an ex perlenced coach and ha&gt; trained
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    Lower Perak in final
    55 14 TELUK ANSON. Mon. Lower Perak entered the final of the Perak merdeka cricket tournament by beating Kampar and Tapah Combined by seven wickets here yesterday. Batting first. Kamoar and Tapah XI were all out for 48 runs. In reply Lower Perak passed the score with seven
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    Rama is the champion
    50 14 TELUK ANSON Mon. N. Ramachandran. who won the hop, step and Jump, pole vault and long jump titles, was the individual champion at the Bth annual Lower Perak Indian athletics meet here. Altogether 17 records were broken at the meet. The women's champion was R. Selvarani
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    HK SOCCER OFFICIALS: NO COMMENT
    69 14 HK SOCCER OFFICIALS: NO COMMENT HONG KONG. Mun. Sm-i-er offlctaU here refused to comment on the 'incident Involvinc the Kuwloon Motor Bus soccer team at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore nn Saturday K M Omar, ecrelarv uf the Hong Kong Football Association said: "I have nothing to say I don't
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    DANISH DIVER for SPORE MEET
    121 14  - DANISH DIVER for SPORE MEET MOK S.IM YIN By A DANISH diving cnann.io. will be competing in the Singapore national swlmm Ing chan.pionshlp.s for th&lt; first time this year c i» lacob GJerding. a former Danish Olympicdiver who is now living in Singapore OJerdlng, las entered for all three diving
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    Segamat lose
    15 14 SEGAMAT. Mon. Muar beat Segamat 1-0 in an inter-district soccer match here yesterday.
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    Rama Rao in final
    63 14 TAIPING. Mon. Results In the North Perak tennis champ' inshlps: Men singles (semi-final): Rama Rao bt Cbeah Hoong Van 7-5. 6-2. Mixed doubles. Ueml tnalM I H. Jones ana Mrs Jones bt Cheah Hoong Yean and Mrs. Cheah 7-5. 3-6, 6-4; Rama Rao and Mrs. Yeoh
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    JACKIE'S KUDA GAINS 4th WIN AT CHEPSTOW
    78 14 JACKIE'S KUDA GAINS 4th WIN AT CHEPSTOW npHREE Malayan race- horse owners received great news from overseas this week. OK. J. D. DENNEHY'S Jackie s Kuda, former champion sprinter In Malaya, recently won the Steward* Cup at Chepstow to register his fourth win of the season. MR. V. C. BATH
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    More rain at XL GOLDEN GUS DOES BEST
    104 14 More rain at KL GOLDEN GUS DOES BEST THERE m little activity .i the training track at Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning reports KPSOM JEEP On a heavy track there has been more rain over the weekend- the best time was return by Golden Gus (Gey-r) who clocked 40 lor 3f.
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    AFC meet at XL on Sept. 1
    123 14 AFC meet at KL on Sept. 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon At least six countries will attend the first meeting of the Asian Football Confederation to be held here at the residence of the Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, on Sept 1 Countries which have already replied to the F.A of
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    Province win
    32 14 NIBONG TEBAL. Mon. A Province Wellesley F. A selection beat Krlan District 5-2 In a charity soccer match here yesterday In aid of the Nlbong Tebal District merdeka celebration fund
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    MG A names four for Scotland
    199 14  -  LIM K» CHAM By TTHE Malayan Golf Association yesterday an--1 nounced its four-man team for the World Amateur Golf championships in Scotland from Oct. 8 to 11. The team Is: J. W. R Muraille. J Hutcheson. W. J. Olbb and K. C. MacNalr They
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    49 14 ST PAUL (Minnesota* Mon Mike Souchak of New York beat the tournament record with a 25 under par 263 for 72 holes to win the U5525,000 St Paul Open golf tournament yesterday Sam Snead and Julius Boros tied for second place with 267.— Reuter.
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    British team
    52 14 LONDON. Mod r*u Englishmen, an Irishman, and a Scot have been selected to represent Britain In the world amateur golf team championship for the Elsenhower Cup at St. Andrew's. Scotland, from Oct 8 to 11. They are Arthur Perowne and Guy Wolstenholme (England). Joe Carr (Sire) and Reid
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    RICHARDSON SAYS 'YES'
    206 14  -  riKOY SALAHUDIN By He will coach in Malaya after MCC tour pNGLAND opening; batsman, Peter Richardson, has KJ accepted an invitation to visit Singapore and the Federation of Malaya on a coaching tour after the M.C.C.'s tour of Australia next year. The British Council in Singapore which
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    Good start for S'gor
    47 14 PENANO. Mon Selangor beat KelanUn 63-59 In the opening match of the Federation Inter-state basketball tournament here last night Kelantan led 24-22 at half time. In the women's section Solangor trounced Keckih by 50 points to eight after leading 40-8 at the interval
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    109 14 England name strongest team LONDON, Mon. The England Test selector* showed their intention to i i&gt;let: a 101) percent record of five wins in the Test series, when they annount I'd the England team for the fifth Test match against New Zealand at The Oval Parting on Thursday The England
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    Kampar 2-0
    19 14 TAPAH. Mon. Kampar Chinese beat Tapah Chinese 2-0 in the South Perak Chinese football league here yesterday
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    PENANG ROUT S'GOR 7-2
    36 14 PENANG. Mon— Penang trounced Selangor 7-2 at tht City Stadium nere In a soccer match In preparation for their Malaya Cup final against Singapore on Saturday Penaug led 4-1 at half time
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