The Straits Times, 18 December 1958

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    11 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1958 15 CENTS
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    MAO QUlTS—official
    755 1 MAO QUlTS— official RESIGNS AS REPUBLIC CHAIRMAN— BUT HE KEEPS PARTY POST Now he can concentrate Ms energies on direction of policy and party line In better interests of all the people' PEKING, Wednesday. MAO TSE-TUNG, 65-year-old Chinese Communist leader, is to stand down is chairman of the Republic but
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    MORE TIME FOR MARXIST THEORY WORK
    12 1 MORE TIME FOR MARXIST THEORY WORK MAO TSE-TTNG a main item discussed
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    Atoll find deepens plane mystery
    275 1 FLIER FOUND BURIED SINGAPORE, Wednesday. 'THE 10 members of the crew of the missing Singa- pore-based RAF Shackle .on aircraft are all dead. Hope lor their survival was abandoned tociay lollowing a dramatic -and mystifying discovery of the body of one 01 the crew in
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    Menon gets ICFTU job
    69 1 BRUSSELS, Wed.— The International Confederation n Free Trade Unions today announced the opening of h. new regional sub-olTice in Bangkok. Mr. V. M. N. Menon. former secretary-general of the All-Malaya Estate Stalf Union, will head the office, the ICFTU announced. The Asian regional organisation of the
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    Holiday in H.K. for Sir Henry
    53 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Federation's minister of finance. Sir Henry Hau-shik Lee, will leave by air tomorrow for a 20-day holiday in Hong Kon^. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will be responsible for Sir Henry's ministry
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    Didn't know thief was his mother
    92 1 PENANG. Wednesday. A MOTHER stole from her son because his wife had told him not to give her any money, the Sessions Court here was told today. Wu Kum Yeow, 55, pleaded guilty to stealing $600 from her son, Chan Kah Kong, at their
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    Theresa: All CID branches aid in the inquiry
    718 1 Theresa: All CID branches aid in the inquiry STRAITS TIMES CRIME SQUAD SINGAPORE, Wed. 13 All branches of the Criminal Investigation Department were called in today to help the Homicide Squad find the killei of Miss Theresa Woo, pretty 30-year-old ex-reporter and tourist guide, who was found strangled in her
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    Lock icon Warheads query
    48 1 LONDON, Wed— Mr. Christopher Soames, Secretary for War. said today Britain had sufficient stocks of nuclear warheads for missiles used by the army but it would not be In the public interest to give details. He was answering a question in the House of Commons. Reuter.
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    JAMIT SINGH TOLD: YOUR CITIZENSHIP IS REVOKED
    305 1 By JOSEPH YEO SINGAPORE Wednesday. MR. JAMIT SINGH, 29, a Federa-tion-born trade unionist and general secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association, has had his Singapore citizenship revoked by the Government. No reason was given. He confirmed yesterday that he had not
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    Lock icon £100 mil. for colonies
    68 1 LONDON. Wed. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. the Colonial Secretary, has estimated that during the current year about £100 million from British sources would be made available for expenditure in colonial territories, which would either directly or indirectly raise their standard of living. Answering a question in the
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    The red hats
    28 1 VATICAN CITY, Wed.— The new cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church attended their first consistory today to receive their red hats from Pope John XXIII.
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    Lock icon Reds warn Turhey and seeh friendship
    63 1 Reds warn Turhey and seeh friendship ANKARA, Wed.— A Foreign Ministry spokesman today confirmed that Turkey had received a note from Russia warning of trouble ahead if it permits American missile bases to be constructed on its territory. The warning was triggered by a proposed new American Turkish military agreement.
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    A new deal for the jobless
    495 1 A new deal for the jobless KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Government committee, appointed specially to study the growing unemployment problem, has recommended in a report published today that a contributory unemployment insurance scheme be introduced. The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. Mr. Ong Yoke Lin. who is chairman of
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 EAST GERM/ MOBILia BERI [5 German] b d its L8.M0.00l lace wh I sibilit* westei lack. Governm decree pi < In .in- defend under the Ink IsllV I P.|.
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    Lock icon BARDOT'S RIVAL- A 22-YEAR-OLD REDHEAD BORN IN INDO-CHINA
    45 2 BARDOT'S RIVAL- A 22-YEAR-OLD REDHEAD BORN IN INDO-CHINA FRENCH him actress Dany Carrel, 22, is on her first visit to London for the premiere of "The House of Lovers." A redhead born m Indo-China, Dany has been described as a rival to Brigitte Bardot.—Reuter picture
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    Commune system is colonialism
    198 2 ECONOMIST SEES CHINA land about one sixth of an acre. He said one commune provided 16 guarantees free clothing, food, housing, transport, haircuts, maternity benefits, old age benefits, sick leave, funerals, education, baths, tailoring, electricity, marriage, recreational facilities and bringing up of children but no freedom
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    New US jet crashes
    44 2 NEW YORK, Wed. A supersonic four-engined B-58 —newest of the United States nuclear jet bomberscrashed in New Mexico today en a test flight. The three members of the crew parachuted to safety.— Reuter. 'SERIOUS SITUATION MUST BE FACED WITH DETERMINATION;
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    Lock icon N.A.T.O. rejects the Soviet plan for Berlin
    340 2 N.A.T.O. rejects the Soviet plan for Berlin PARIS. Wednesfc, JJ A.T.O MINISTERS said in commnnL 11 issued last night that the West was to meet Russia in negotiations on the probli of Germany as a whole, European secnrfo disarmament. At the same time, they rejected posals to end the four-power
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    Back our man or face PAP rule, say Lib-Socs
    308 2 Back our man or face PAP rule, say Lib-Socs SINGAPORE, Wed. Liberal Socialist City Councillors today warned the Singapore People's Alliance that they must support Mr. S. M. Vasagar (LibSoc) as the next Mayor, or face another year under PAP rule. The Liberal-Socialists who now have five members !n the
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    BIG AIRPORT WELCOME FOR PRASAD
    152 2 BIG AIRPORT WELCOME FOR PRASAD SINGAPORE. Wed. Government today announced arrangements at the airport for the reception of Dr. Rajendra Prasad. the President of India, when he arrives in his presidential plane, the "Rajhans" at 9.30 a.m. on Friday for an hour's stay in the Colony. On disembarking, he will
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    Barber will stand trial
    75 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Tan Jin Moh, 18, a barber, who was originally charged with the murder of Koh Boon Moh, a school teacher, was committed for trial in the High Court today on an amended charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Tan was said to
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    NEW HOPE FOR PEACE IN CYPRUS
    129 2 NEW HOPE FOR PEACE IN CYPRUS OAR IS, best pro.sp. a solution ol the Cvir question appeared "to't> emerging today n fringe of tho nato council meeting Paris. Sources close to the Gre t and Turkish deleg there has been cooling-down of tei tween Greece. T;:: Britain lollowing tl United
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    Lock icon Loan for Guinea
    36 2 ACCRA, Wed. 0 proposed £10 million loan 1 the Republic of Guinea be made in four Instalment] at two per cent Inter K. A. Gbedcmah. 0: Finance Minister, announ I here yesterday.- -Reutcr.
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    MORE THINKING ON WELFARE WORK
    156 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. 1 Mr. N. K. Tirpudo. Minister for Social WelI fare and Rehabilitation. i Government of Bombay, said today that Singapore's girls homes needed to place more emphasis on rehabilitation work. Mr. Tirpude. who is on a three-day visit to the Colony, spent most
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    SUEZ: Govt. says 'no' to probe
    434 3 TWO YEARS LATER. ..AMD TOE ROW STILL RAGES > PROAR IN COMMONS AS LABOUR DEMANDS ARE REJECTED LONDON, Wednesday. i UK British (iovernment. after a noisy scene in the House of Commons, last night reused to appoint an all-party committee to quire into the
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    Lock icon 'Times buys story for £100,000'
    133 3 write his version oi Suez with access to all the secret documents in time for the next general election. "We shall have a speech in defence of the Govern, ment written by Sir Anthony for which The Times has paid, I am told, U 100,000
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    Lock icon MISSILE LAUNCHED FROM U.S. WARSHIP
    70 3 THE U.S. NAVY'S Regulus II missile leaves the deck of the I'.S.S. King County off the coast of California in what was described as "a highly successful launching." The missile flew on its prescribed 400-mile course and was recovered in the Nevada desert 47 minutes
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    98 PEOPLE DIE IN STORE FIRE
    112 3 98 PEOPLE DIE IN STORE FIRE IN BRIEF... BOGOTA, Wed. An official announcement said last night that 98 people had been killed in a fire in the Almacen Vida department store in Bogota, Colombia. South America. BAGDAD. Wed.— The Iraqi Government has decided to close the border with Persia and
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    Lock icon OBSCENE LAW MAY CHANGE
    54 3 LONDON. Wed— The British Government last night proposed a change in the law on obscene publications to help protect authors and the book trade from unfair treatment. For years literary men have campaigned against chaotic censorship that sometimes enables the courts to destroy classic works like
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    LONDON STOCKS
    367 3 I T ONDON. Wed. London stock markets again failed to develop a decided trend but the tone remained .satisfactory and Rains predominated on the day. Sentiment was assisted by the further overnight improvement on Wall Street. Giltedged held steady with medium dated issues occasionally harder, but one or
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    'VOTE' SIGNS IN MIDDLE OF ROAD
    219 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Chinese characten in white paint saying "vote for the Socialist Front" were found painted in the centre of Pet aline; Street here today. Another call in J English appeared in High Street. The Municipal Council, the Elections Commission and th<' police
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    VILLAGERS WORRRIED BY WILD ELEPHANTS
    113 4 VILLAGERS WORRRIED BY WILD ELEPHANTS KUALA KANGSAR. Wed. Footprints of four big elephants and a bao> elephant In tie rubber smallholdings close lo ttampongs in the Manone area, near here, havecaused concern amona th* Malay residents. The headman of the kampongs Jellang Guar ana Ulu Piul yesterday made a report
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    German firm gets that big contract
    283 4 SUCCESSFUL BID WAS $1 1 M. LESS THAN NEXT LOWEST TENDER, $20 M. OFF ESTIMATE KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A GERMAN firm has won a $47 million contract to carry out the civil engineering tasks in the $149 million hydro-electric power project at Cameron Highlands.
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    Investment corporation Bill is introduced
    58 4 Investment corporation Bill is introduced SINGAPORE Wed The Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J M Jumabhoy, today introduced the Peoples Investment Corporation Bill. l!l">8, in the Legislative Assembly. Details of the Bill are expected to be published next week. The Bill will tome up for second reading at the
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    Party for 700
    34 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Lee Kirn Tah will give a Christmas party to about 700 children at the Upper Serangoon Boys' Club, off Lin Ah Pin Road, at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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    All set for big Xmas party at Jalanßesar
    232 4 All set for big Xmas party at Jalanßesar SINGAPORE, Wed. Excitement over Saturday's big children's Christmas party at the Jalan Besar Stadium is building up to fever point as parents here are going all out to get admission tickets for their children. Already, more than 2.000 gift books at $1
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    Weddings in church
    20 4 MR. RUDOLF BOM and Miss Cornelia Nijburg who were wed at the Presbyterian Church in Singapore yesterday.
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    ...and in temple
    26 4 MR. HIMMAT SINGH GILL and Miss Patwinder Kaur Malhotra. who were married at the Sikh temple in Malacca recently. They are both teachers.
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    AUSTRALIA PUTS UP PRICE OF WHEAT FLOUR IN MALAYA
    218 4 SINGAPORE WedrmH, pRICE of Australian wheat flour has r r about two per cent. But this increa, unlikely to put up the price of bread confectioneries in Malaya. Mr. D. Hulls, manager of Bunge and Co fl import and export merchants,
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    Date for music examinations
    52 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. London 1959 written examination will be held on Saturday. March 7 next year, the Ministry of Education announced today. Entries should reach the Chief Examinations Officer, Ministry of Education. 59 Tanglin Road. Singapore 10 before
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    250 children get X'mas treats
    94 4 250 children get X'mas treats SINGAPORE. \v a of about 250 were entertained todaAt the Royal Smear, Flying Club, Father chv man arrived In a C craft to the thrill a ft tiny tots. At the Union Jack Clm North Bridge Road abou- i handicapped children entertained to a party
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    Thorneycroft flies off
    29 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Britain's former Chancellor i the Exchequer, Mr. Pe:>Thorneycroft, left for Jakari yesterday by Garuaa Airuaj as part of a private tour '< the Far East.
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    BACHELOR WANTS TO ADOPT BABY BOY
    177 5 BACHELOR WANTS TO ADOPT BABY BOY SINGAPORE, Wed. Three people, including a 42-year-old bachelor, have offered to adopt Soon Guan, aged four months. the seventh son of a former tally clerk, now unemployed. The bachelor Is Mr LowCheng Heng. a shipping clerk, who said that his mother ajid two sisters
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    End in sight
    30 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Negotiations between the Stan-dard-Vacuum Oil company and Stanvac Employees' Union on seven demands for the salary category employees are expected to be conducted on Friday.
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    T.B. expert from London on visit
    66 5 T.B. expert from London on visit PROF. V K. ii. lIEAF. Colonial Office expert on tuberculosis, flew into Singapore yesterday to discuss with health authorities here plans for solving the tuberculosis problem in Singapore. lie visited Borneo last week after attending a conference on tuberculosis in America. Prof. Heaf visited
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    Nativity play
    23 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. A nativity "play will be staged at St Andrew's Cathedral Memorial Hall at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow and on Friday.
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    STOP REBELS AND GAIN TRADE OFFER AROUSES INTEREST
    369 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. An offer, made by Indonesia's ConsulGeneral, Brig. Gen. Gusti Gjatikusumo. that his Government would help Singapore regain its trade if rebel activities here were stopped, arouseu considerable interest among leaders or Opposition parties hero today. A Government spokesman declined to
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    The giggling, gawking tourists in death houses
    282 5 The giggling, gawking tourists in death houses SINGAPORE, Wednesday. JT WAS PITIFUL to see tourists trampling up and down the death house in Sago Lane while families were crying over their dead, Mr. William Tan. (Lih.-Soc. told the Legislative Assembly today. He said: "They smile, they giggle and they shake
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    Deadline on cables
    86 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. To ensure delivery by Christmas Day. greetings telegrams sent through Cable and Wireless should be handed in not later than Dec. 22. Telegrams may be sent in the following form: Greetings telegrams can be delivered to any part of the British Commonwealth for $4; deluxe
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      461 5 SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY: WESLEY MYF: Te;. party lor Ninth exhibition cf works by local Rod Cross Old Peoples Club 4 .irtists at Victoria Memorial Hall. i>.m. at. Fort Carmine Road. 10 I m to 7 p.m. SINGAPORE LIFE GI'ARD SINGAPORE RECORDED Ml- CORPS: Lite saving class at SIC SOCIETY: Weekly
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    Grounds fished out: This could be the finish for the kelongs
    283 6 Grounds fished out: This could be the finish for the kelongs SINGAPORE, Wed. Arc the fishing kelongs which now outline Singapore's foreshores to become a thing of the past? (At the end of last year there were 278 kelongs and about 20C "belats" small kelongs.) In the Legislative Assembly today,
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    IN: AN XMAS TREE FROM LONDON
    103 6 IN: AN XMAS TREE FROM LONDON SINGAPORE. Wed. A 12--foot Christmas pine tree, specially flown out from London, will be presented to St. Andrews Cathedral tomorrow morning. The presentation will uc made by Mr. Peter Robinson on behalf of 8.0.A.C. to the Dean the Very Rev. E.O. Shield. Tlie Dean
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    White Russian refugee spared pauper's grave
    225 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. A last minute decision by the Red Cross Society this evening .spared a Russian reJ fugee from a paupers 1 grave. Ivan Platonovich Voinov. j 68, who collapsed in the Singapore Airport Customs 1 hall yesterday, will be buried at the Bidadari
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    SHIRT SNATCHERS...
    25 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Four snatch thieves grabbed $90 worth of shirts from a Selegie Road department store and fled in a taxi lust evening.
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    CAN STUDENTS BE MCA MEMBERS? QUERY
    163 6 CAN STUDENTS BE MCA MEMBERS? QUERY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Selangor representatives attending the second annual delegates' conference of the Malayan Chine s c Association's Youth Section are to ask whether students will be permitted to become members. The Selangor MCA Youth Section has submitted a resolution to this effect. The
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    New mosque plan
    20 6 RAUB. VVid. A $50,000 new mosque to replace the exiting one is being planned by residents here.
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    Father of 7 asked girl, 17: Let's go to the Beach of Passionate Love...
    212 6 Father of 7 asked girl, 17: Let's go to the Beach of Passionate Love... KOTA BHARU. JVedncMb, A FATHER of seven, with two wives, today was fined $75 weeks' jail, for molesting a young midwife. Hamid bin Maidin, 36 a hospital assistant, was found guilt v criminal force on Che
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    GRANTHAM DECLINES PUBLIC DEBATE
    160 6 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, former Governor of Hong Kong, will not accept a challenge to debate whether the people of Hong Kong want self government. In Hong Kong yesterday Mr. Ma Man Fai. chairman ol the United Nations Association of Hong Kong, challenged Sir Alexander
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    Two die, two hurt in Sarawak house fire
    59 6 Two die, two hurt in Sarawak house fire KUCHING. Wed. Two people were burned to death and another two seriously injured at Logan Saluang, Baram, in the Fourth Division, when their house was: destroyed by fire while they were asleep. The two bodies were discovered later in the morning. The
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    Judge on leave
    20 6 JESSELTON, Wed. Mr. Justice Smith has left here for England on leave. Mr. Justice Rogers replaces him
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    HEALTH CHECK FOR FORMOSA FOOD
    229 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. A consignment of 250 cases of j Formosan canned bamboo shoots is now being held at the Singapore Harbour Board j godowns. pending a check by health authorities. The cargo of 11,000 tins ar- i rived yesterday in the 7.051- ton Messageries Maritimes
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    SHIPPING MEN DO STRANGLE TRADE SAYS Mr. J
    515 7 SHIPPING MEN DO STRANGLE TRADE SAYS Mr. J SINGAPORE, Wednesday. JHE Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, told the Legislative Assembly today it could not be denied that at times shipping conferences did exercise a strangling effect on Singapore's trade. He said "This is not a new
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    More greens to be grown
    68 7 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Singa- pore is producing about 60 per cent of its requirements in green leaf vegetables, and experiments in enriching the soil are being carried out which, *f successful. would increase thi.> production. This was stated today by j the Minister for Commerce I and
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    Reds our worst foe, says Mayor
    206 7 Reds our worst foe, says Mayor SINGAPORE, Wed. 1 The Labour Party of Malaya and the Malayan People's Socialist Front believed in evolutionary rather than revolutionary socialism, declared Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. Mayor of George Town, in Singapore tonight. Mr. Ramanathan made this statement at a public talk on "Prospects
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    We spend more U.S. dollars than we earn—minister
    562 7 We spend more U.S. dollars than we earn minister SINGAPORE is spending more American dollars than it earns and any further relaxation on the import of goods from hard currency countries is out of "the question, the Minister for Commerce and Industry. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. told the Legislative Assembly
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    93 AT ARMY TRADE SCHOOL PASS OUT
    187 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The modern army depends to a large extent on highly-skilled technicians for its em*- ciency, the Governor of' Singapore, Sir William Qoode, said today wherij he congratulated 93 j cadets who passed out! of the Army Boys' Trade School at Nee
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    DEATH
    49 8 ill Word, $10 (Vinimum). TOTTENHAM: On the 3rd Dec ember 1958 a' Tudenham Park Mullingar Irriand. Harold Loftus husband of Veronica and son of Charles Goie Tottenham and the Honourable Georcina Alice. Father of Joan wife of Briden McCulloch. Late or the Royal Norfolk Regiment served Malaya 1942-1945.
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    The Straits Times Thursday, Dec. 18, 1958. Maoism Takes Shape
    690 8 The Straits Times Thursday, Dec. 18, 1958. Maoism Takes Shape The disclosure by China's Foreign Minister to diplomats in Peking of the resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party approving Mao Tso-tung's decision to relinquish his duties as Chairman of the Republic puts the speculation on another plane.
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    Alliance Fears
    259 8 Disagreement and misunderstanding among the member parties of the Alliance pose a livelier threat to its position than- the challenge of rival political parties. This thought is stirred by news that UMNO branches in Kelantan and Trengganu have criticised the M.C.A. in the belief that it is pushing
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    Empty Benches
    231 8 A Singapore Assemblyman, looking wistfully at the empty seats in the public gallery, was moved to complain to the Speaker that insufficient attention was being paid to the budget debate. The Speaker ruled that it was not in order for an Assemblyman to refer to the emptiness or
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    De Gaulle's trouble is that he has too many friends
    929 8 salvation, now that almost every candidate who claimed to be one of his supporters has been elected and every candidate with the courage to be critical has been thrown out? ft An electoral system designed partly to reduce the strength
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    SHOULD NATO BE MORE THAN A MILITARY BLOC?
    585 8  -  THE North Atlant itTreaty Organisation, now within four months of completing the first ten years of its existence, has begun in Paris its annual self-examina-tion. Fifteen Foreign Ministers from member countries have assembled at the N. A. T.O. headquarters in Paris for
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    Transfer of primary school teachers
    99 8 I MUST disagree with the views expressed by 'Parents' 'S.T. Dec. 16) regarding the transfer of primary school teachers. The primary school teachers are trained to teach in a primary school and so can serve better there. The Ministry has shown itself willing to transfer
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    Games centre wanted
    129 8 I WISH to thank the Pahang Home Guard. and particularly the State Home Guard Officer, for permitting our young people to play in their club at Kuala Lipis. I am a lather of five children and I am glad to see mv boys playing names with others
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    Man who 'looked like
    1563 9 GIRL GIVES EVIDENCE at FIRST DA Y'S HEARING of LAKE GARDENS MURDER CASE KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MAGISTRATE LOOKS AT A PICTURE ...THEN A WITNESS IS CALLED TO STAND BEFORE THE COURT JWO DRAMATIC events occurred in the first day's hearing today of a preliminary inquiry here
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    196 9 when I told the police of my inability to recognise the person." She agreed to a suggestion that on the first "few occasions" she was interviewed by the police, she told the police; "I do not think I would be able to identify the man." Re-examined by Inspector Akbal
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    GO-SLOW: RAILWAY AWAITS REPLY
    188 9 GO-SLOW: RAILWAY AWAITS REPLY KLANG, Wed. The railway administration is awaiting a reply to a letter it has sent the executive s of the National Union of Railwaymen before taking any "further action" on the work-to-rule campaign by 500 dockers at Port Swettenham. The assistant general manager of the administration.
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    20 9 JESSELTON. Wed. The North Borneo Railways have announced that all rail services will be suspended on Christmas Day.
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    Minister says: Rice stockpile protects poblic from traders
    432 10 Minister says: Rice stockpile protects poblic from traders SINGAPORE, Wednesday. IF MERCHANTS had a monopoly of rice imports they could hold the public to ransom, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, who was once a merchant, said in the Legislative Assembly today. He was defending the
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    BROTHERS ARE FINED $430
    139 10 From K. D. COTT MELBOURNE, Wed. The adventures of two Malayan students with one motorcycle led to seven charges in an Elsternwick court today and fines totalling .Ui.x (8430). James Tow. '12, and his brother. Siang Kia, 21. both Colombo Plan students living at Brighton, admitted
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    STRIKE IS NOT STOPPING LAUNDRY
    177 10 STRIKE IS NOT STOPPING LAUNDRY SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore General Hospital is now safe from any serious shortage of linen although 70 laundry workers employed by a private contractor in the hospital compound went on strike yesterday. This is because the Prisons Department has taken more linen for washing than usual
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    Jumabhoy blunders over a question of qualification
    276 10 Jumabhoy blunders over a question of qualification DIDN'T KNOW SECRETARY HAD B.A. DEGREE SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T'HK Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. 1 M. Jumabhoy, blundered in the Legislative Assembly today over the qualifications of the Permanent Secretary to his Ministry. Mr. William Tan (Lib-Soc) had criticised the appointment
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    Khaw seeks to enter Bar
    39 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr Khaw Kai Boh. the Directoi of the Special Branch, ha; filed his petition with tin Hish Court Registry .seekn. 1 ;ici mission to the Singaport Bar U an advocate am anli<Htnr
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    'THANK YOU'NOTE for THAMES RESCUER
    144 10 'THANK YOU' NOTE for THAMES RESCUER JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. LONDON'S Commissioner of Metropolitan Police has sent a loiter of appreciation to Johores State Information Officer, Tuan Syed Zainal bin Abidin, for the part he played in the River Thames rescue drama In June. Syed Zainal one of a party of
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    POLICE SEEKING OWNER OF HOLDEN AB6824
    89 10 POLICE SEEKING OWNER OF HOLDEN AB6824 JOIIOKK KAURI. Wed.— Police hi ie have a problem on their hands how to find the owner of a car no one mat to want. The car. a black and white llolden Special (No. AR 1..5-.M) which has done ii.iliio miles. was found abandoned
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    Director freed
    40 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. A company director. Soh Koon Teen, was acquitted today of a charge of causing the death of a cyclist, Ang Leong Chuan. 42. by driving a car negligently in Telok Kurau Road early on Sept. 5
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    ASP for Britain
    27 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed ASP George Abishegam, OCPD Johore Bahru, leaves this weekend for a sixmonth training course in Britain. Mr. Ibrahim Khan replaces him.
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    Boyd says no Chief Justice protests
    87 10 Boyd says no Chief Justice protests S. S LONDON. Wed— .Mr. S. S. Awbery (Labour) asked in the House of Commons yesterday what protests tin Colonial Secretary had received from the law department <i| the I'niversity of Malaya, the Singapore lawyers and other bodies, against the appointment of a British
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    Singapore venue
    86 10 Singapore venue SINGAPORE. Wed. British Ambassadors. High Commissioners and service chiefs and Governors of British Colonies in South-East Asia will meet in Singapore from January 14 to 17 lor their annual conference, it was announced today. Dr. Charl.-s Hill, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will also fly from
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    CHESHIRE HOMES PLAN FOR MALAYA
    262 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. V. C, said here today that the Federation Government had provided land for establishing a Cheshire Home for the chronic sick in Johore Bahru. "The next .-tep after that will be to build a home for mentally retarded children
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    Ex-director is fined $2,191—'it could have been $1 million'
    819 11 Ex-director is fined $2,191— 'it could have been $1 million' SECURITY PLEDGE NOT REGISTERED DUDLEY Edgar Booty, of Eu Court, Singapore, formerly a director of Progress Advertising Ltd., was fined a total of $2,191 today on two charges alleging breaches of the Companies Ordinance. He was fined $1,191 for not
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    POLICE IN NIGHT RAID LED TO RECOVERY OF LOOT
    112 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. —Fortynine housebreaking cases were reported during the past seven days, a drop of 12 compared with the previous week, a police spokesman said today. The figures were released following the recovery of a number of suspected stolen valuables during
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      222 11 Straits Times Crossword Hi Hi MHI^H 7 WKM ki^ ■H'9~| 120 1 I j j j j rM IB Ih ACROSS 0 Manipulates the dance, and i chM ,r, where (8). a' t« fh« uu tikM 6 White, like a bird (5). nS»e (6) 7 Hltler s deputy ta a
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      SHE PAINTS THE WORLD
      1216 12 AN ARTIST TRAVELS AGS YEAR OLD American woman artist who has painted in most countries of the world, is visiting Singapore with one of the most interesting collections of pictures seen here for a long time. Mrs. Margaret Morrish. tall. grey-haired and friendly, has had no
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    Lock icon Samuel Turner, spy who served three nations
    1279 13 As informer and double-crosser, he set one 'employer' against the other. He so confused issues for his masters that Napoleon admitted making one of his disastrous military blunders by placing credence on Turner's words. Turner was popular among Irish revolutionaries by playing to
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    USED BLOOD MONEY TO PAY FOR LUXURY LIVING
    208 13 USED BLOOD MONEY TO PAY FOR LUXURY LIVING great coat. Samuel Turner knocked on the door of Lord Downshire. head of Prime Minister William Pitt's newly created British Intelligence Service. The Irishman told Downshire a bold story He explained his favoured position In Fitzgerald's house and said he had access
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    RUBBER JUMPS ON BANK REPORT THEN DROPS BACK
    538 14 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was a flutter of short duration on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday afternoon when the price shot up one cent on reports that the Federation Government was not to close the Bank of China branches after all
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 14 January first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 82*. cents per lb.. up threequarters or a cent on Tuesday's < losing price. The tone was steady: Closing prices m cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 82 u, sellers 82
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 14 SINGAPORE. Dec. 17. RUBBER: 82 s > cents per lb. 'up three-quar-ters of a cent). TIN: 5385.1J'- per picul (down 87 _> cents). Estimated unofficial offering 90 tons.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    446 14 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "All sections on the local share market were featureless and bust ness was confined to a few selected counters at quotations. The turnover was small." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business: Fitzpatrick's SLOT 1 Praser Neave ords $1.55 (OL).
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    STOCK INDICES
    24 14 Malayan sh.in- Market: Dec. 17 He. 1G Industrials: 89.70 89.79 Tins: 88.65 89.31 Rubbers <m 105.09 104.96 Jan. 1 1958 ss 100.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    141 14 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares followed a firm trend on the Slock Exchange here today. Rises covered a wide range ot stocks. National Radiators gained 9d. to 225. 9d. Mining shares held a firm overall tone. Metals eased slightly with Xcw Broken Hill down Is. to 455. Commonwealth bonds
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    111 14 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday vere: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent December/January $39., buyers, S4OS sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $62 sellers, drum $64 sellers Pepper: quiet; about 40 tons of business were reported done. Muntok white $130, Sarawak $129 (both up $2), special Sarawak black
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    STORE SHIPPING
    156 14 Ships btnjg m tltl 13-14. Kan,, 18, Aiphallon 19 Wall 2. v. j Maru 2:t-:j 26, Tttnoi n basan Man, I Noreverd f S3. I 3f>-36. H I Devonsliirp 4. I Outer Itoail j tong. Rhi; Sumber Ma 1 Indan-,: 1 villf. Dromus. n> I crn Lucky, v
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 14 The Malayan I aehaan Ban* Association chances in it.s rates yesterday (an ral On the frep exeJuatt maittt. Hone Kiiti^ dollar was quoted cash, and 5.78 Sterling \v;i~ q on*> tael of sold iitia Mta* irra *ag> fn
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      182 14 NOTICES X RAY CLUB 1 NOTICE is hereby given that. the Annual General Meeting will i be held on Friday, 2nd of January 1959 at 5.30 p.m. at S.A.T.A. 'Clinic, 60 Shenton Way, SingaIpore. S.S. GOVERNMENT 3« c WAR LOAN 1953/60 NOTICE is hereby given that the transfer books of
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    Lock icon TEST: India beaten by Wl pace
    331 16 TEST: India beaten by Wl pace KANPUR, India, Wed. Hostile pace bowling by Wesley Hall and Jaswick Taylor took the West Indies to victory by 203 runs over India today in the second Test here. West Indies dismissed India in their second innings for 240 to win with 78 minutes
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    23 16 KLUANO, Wed. Two goals by Zakaria enabled Malays to beat British Military Hospital eleven 2-0 In a league soccer match here.
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    Eddy wins 3 titles, says: But this is not a comeback
    581 16 Eddy wins 3 titles, says: But this is not a comeback pENANG, Wed. The former Malayan and 1 All-England champion, Eddy Choong, and the Malayan women's runner-up, Miss Tan Gaik Bee, each won three titles in the Penang badminton championships which ended today. Eddy won the men's singles, the men's
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    Lock icon Government in favour of betting shops move
    137 16 Government in favour of betting shops move LONDON, Wed.— The British Government made it clear last night that it still favours betting shops for betting on horse races in Britain. Setting up such shops in British cities was recommended by a royal commission eight years ago and accepted by the
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    25 16 SEREMBAN. Wed. Kins George Fifth School beat Ma lay College. Kuala Kangsar by six points (two tries) to nil at rugger here today.
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    204 16 BRISBANE, Wednesday. QUEENSLAND scored an outright Sheffield Shield cricket win here today when South Australia collapsed in their second innings. South Australia were all out for 148, giving Queensland victory by an innings and 95 runs. Forty-two-year-old leg spinner Wai Walmsley took six for 56 and
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    31 16 NEW YORK. Wed. Bill Corum. a well-known American sports writer and president of the Churchill Downs race track, died last night in St. Luke's Hospital. He was 63.— U.P.1
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    33 16 MOSCOW. Wed. Rudolf Plyukfelder. a miner from Western Siberia, beat his world wnghtlifting lightheavyweight record for i:i. snatch with a lift of 305', at the Russian championship* at Gorky yesterday. Reutf-r
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    183 16 LAUSANNE. Wed.— The International Olympic Committee would welcome the formation of an all-Korean Olympic team for the 1960 Games. 1.0.C. chancel tor Otto Mayer confirmed reports that LO.C. president. Mr. Avery Brundage, had talked to South Korean Olympic Committee president Mr. Lee Xl-Bong
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    JOCKEYS INTRODUCE' THEIR MOUNTS TO THE NEW HURDLE AT SANDOWN PARK COURs
    51 16 JOCKEYS at Sandown Park, England, show their mounts the new hurcj; been installed on the two flights in the track's straight. A thick foam-ruhb, ing has been fitted to the top cross to reduce the risk of injury
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    297 17 Malays, Sikhs to hold hockey meets in Seremban SEREMBAN, Wednesday. ■pWO Pan-Malayan hockey carnivals, involving Malays and Sikhs of eight states in the Federation and Singapore, will be staged here during the Christinas and New Year Holidays. The eight States are. Kedah, Fenang. Perak. Selangor. Pahang, Negri Sembilan. Johore and
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    Olson scores disputed win in ring comeback
    153 17 FRESNO, California. Wed.— Former world middleweight champion Carl (Bubo) Olson scored a loud-ly-booed technical knockout win over Tommy VI 1> of San Jose, in the fifth ound of a scheduled 10-round bout at Fresno Memorial Auditorium here last night. Villa was dropped by
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    FAM WILL MISS GAMES
    169 18  -  Waste of money to go to Rome By KEN FERNANDEZ JHE Football Association of Malaya' will not send a team to Rome for the Olympic Games in 1960. Announcing this today, Mr. Kwok Kin Keng, the secretary of the F.A.M., said: "The F.A.M. council feels that
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    TOURING TEACHERS WIN AT S'BAN
    54 18 TOURING TEACHERS WIN AT S'BAN SEREMBAN. Wed. The visiting Singapore teachers sports contingent beat a Malacca Medical Services badminton team by seven matches to nil here today. Last night, the visitors scored another badminton victory by beating Ceylonese Youth Forum six-one. They were beaten, however, at hockey by Negri Sembilan
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    Borneo races
    21 18 JESSELTON, Wed. The North Borneo Turf Club will hold its next Race Meeting here on Boxing Day, Dec. 26.
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    Foster to get his answer on Sunday
    239 18 Foster to get his answer on Sunday IZUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— MX The Executive Committee of the F.A. of Malaya will meet here on Sunday to decide on an application to hold a friendly tournament for champion clubs here. Mr. Albert Foster, manager of the Selangor Rangers, has applied for permission
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    Driffield is runner-up
    74 18 CALCUTTA, Wed. Leslie Driffield of Britain finished as runner-up in the world amateur billiards championship here last night when he beat Chandra Hirjee of India by 3,865 points to 2.444. Wilson Jones (India* who won all his five matches, won the title last week. Driffield, playing consistently,
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    Lock icon JONES LOSES FACE
    51 18 AND IT ASTONISHES CUNNINGHAM! TOTTENHAM Hostpur outside left Cliff Jones, making his first League appearance since breaking a leg. "loses" his face as the ball passes him during the First Division match at Tottenham. London. Preston North End right back Cunningham seems bowled over with astonishment— Reuter
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    Two V.I. boys in S'gor Blues XV
    233 18 I£UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor Asians, after their splendid victory yesterday over a strong Selangor Club side in their final try-out for their All Blues Cup fixture against Johore Bahru, today included two Victoria Institution boys in their Cup team of 20. They will
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    Spore Asians beat airmen
    49 18 SINGAPORE. Wed Singapore Asians, in preparation for their All-Blues Cup match against Selangor Asians next month, beat R.A.F. Tengah by nine points (two dropped soals and a tryi to six <a dropped goal and a penalty goal) In their rugger matcn at Thomson Road today.
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    SCC beat RE
    34 18 SINGAPORE, Wed. Twc penalty conversions by fullback Max Parker enabled Singapore Cricket Club "A" to beat Royal Engineers by six points to nil in their rugger match on the padang today.
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    Easy for REME
    22 18 SINGAPORE, Wed. -No 40 Base Workshop, REME beat Jollilads 6-1 in a friendly soccer match at Geylang stadium today.
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    KOOI MENG TO LEAD PERAK IN ALL BLUES CUP TIE
    202 18 KOOI MENG TO LEAD PERAK IN ALL BLUES CUP TIE IPOH, Wed. Former Malayan full-back Lee Kooi Meng will lead defending champions Perak Asians against Kedah in the openIng tie of the All Blues Cuj rugby competition on the Town Padang here on Friday. A newcomer is Yip Chun Moe
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    Only goal wins
    32 18 SEREMBAN. Wed. Singa pore Teachers Union beat Negri Chinese 1-0 in a friendly hockey match here today. The goal was scored by inside-left Victor Perera sa the second half
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    Kramer: Either I quit or LTAA officials will go
    164 18 OYDNEY. Wed. American pro- j fessional tennis promoter Jack Kramer arrived here today and said: ■Either I am going to disappear altogether from tennis or some of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia officials will go before this mess is finished
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    A $93,000 QUESTION
    684 18  -  Affiliates must ask SAFA on Dec 23 SPORTSFRONT by Norman Siebel AFTER the most disastrous season in Singapore's soccer history from the viewpoint of falling interest and finances, soccer fans might have expected some intimation from Singapore Amateur Football Association's annual report of imaginative plans for a
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    277 18 By MOK BIN pin SINGAPORE. The Singapore e£ nese Amateu AtwS Federation \ai j nv more tour. play here I Thte new appn -ni sn L. sary due to d dences m ba in recent years Mr. Goh dent of BCAAF told tki Straits Times tod
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