The Straits Times, 7 May 1959

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959 15 CENTS ttatvr fie*****
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    JOHORE SULTAN VERY ILL
    480 1  -  4 Anxiety s cable 11 days before embarkation for Malaya Officials fly to London tonight By NELSON RUTHERFURD JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE 85-YEAR-OLD Sultan of Johore is seriously ill in London. Pour senior Johore officials will 11 v to London tomorrow ni^ht lo be at his
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    MARKET ERRATIC AS RUBBER HITS $1.10 1/2
    166 1  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND, Singapore. Wed By A FTER the price of natural rubber had reached a new high level today of $I.IOJ, the market turned, very erratic and nervous. The close at $1,071 for the Ma/ position was t.ie lowest for the day. An
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    Air girl murder: Priest witness
    46 1 TOKYO. Wed— Police have asked a 38-year-old Belgian priest to appear for questioning as a material witness in the murder of a BOAC stewardess. He is Father Louis Vermeersch. who works at the Don Bosco Home where religious works are published.—U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Arms request
    23 1 LONDON, Wed. Britain is considering requests by the Iraqi Government for supplies of arms, a usually reliable source said here. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pension claim
    28 1 BOURNEMOUTH. Wed. Britain's old-age pensionerhave decided to ask for an immediate pension of £4 ($34) a week for men at 65 and women at 60.— Reuter.
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    Wedding day
    23 1 HOLLYWOOD, Wed.— Eddie Fisher said today he will marry Elizabeth Taylor at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, next Tuesday. UPL
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    Parang attack may have been planned by jobless
    144 1 Parang attack may have been planned by jobless KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Unemployed Federation workers are believed to have been behind an attack on a group of Singapore contract men here on Monday night. The Singapore workers were assaulted by a gang of 10 —seven armed with parangs at a stall
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    Lock icon Malayan's show to open in London
    137 1 LONDON. Wed.— An exhibition of paintings by Chuah Thean Teng, Malayan batik painter, will be opened here on Friday by the High Commissioner for the Federation, Tengku Ya'acob Chuah Thean Teng is the first person to have applied the batik or wax-dyeing tech- nique
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    TOP PERAK GOVT. MEN ARE SENT TO PANGKOR
    199 1 TOP PERAK GOVT. MEN ARE SENT TO PANGKOR [POH, Wed.— There is mounting: confidence among the people of Pangkor as conditions slowly but surely return to normal on the island, the scene of disturbances last week-end. The Perak Government has sent a group of senior officers from Ipoh to help
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    Island-wide hunt for smallpox car
    450 1  -  SICK BABY VANISHES FROM CLINIC By PHILIP GOH THE City health authori a serious case of small alarm in which the radio assist. The alarm was raised when it was reported that a taxi with a month-old smallpox victim was on the roads. The baby's
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    Lock icon Japanese offer
    31 1 JAKARTA, Wed. The Indonesian Government is studying a Japanese offer of U.S. $50 million ($l5O million) to help oilfield development in north Sumatra, according to Antara news agency. Reuter
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    Skeleton found
    15 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. Police today recovered a skeleton near the Towner Road post office.
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    Lock icon Tibet: China stands firm
    158 1 Tibet: China stands firm DEKING, Wed.— Tibet will not be granted "any status of semiindependence," the Peking People's Dailyofficial organ of the Chinese Communist Party said today Such a status it said, "would be detrimental to the Tibetan people, to the Chinese people, to the Indian people, to Sino-lndian friendship
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 FORCED DOWN ATHENS Wed Alitalia airliner, on flight from Teheran to Athens \ia Beirut, today forced l>> Iraqi lighters to land Bt Bagdad where it was detained and nh&t Rcutei
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    Fleeing islanders return to Pangkor
    312 2 LAUNCHES AND FISHING BOATS FERRY THE FIRST 600 BACK IPOH, Wednesday. UORE than 600 ol the 2,000 residents of Pangkor Island who fled to the mainland town of Lumut after the disturbances last Friday and Saturday, returned to their homes today. Twenty launches and dozens
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    A WOMAN DESIGNER BACK—WITH A SECRET
    92 2 A WOMAN DESIGNER BACK—WITH A SECRET MISS TANG LIEW PING ("My age Ls a secret") has just returned to Singapore from Australia after taking a couise in interior design at the Koval Technical College in Melbourne. Miss Yang (above) said Australian housewives were more conscious of beauty in their homes
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    'Retire at 45' move
    63 2 PENANG. Wed.- A resolution urging the Government to lower the optional retirement age at 45 will be considered at the annual delegates conference of the Union of Post Office Workers. Penang branch, on Sunday. The argument for a younger retirement age is advanced "in view of
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    PMIP plan to solve merger problem
    186 2 PMIP plan to solve merger problem SINGAPORE, Wed. The Pan-Malayan Islamic Party today called on all parties opposing their members in three electoral divisions to withdraw their candidates. The call was made by the party's candidate for Kampong Kembangan, Inche H. M. Yahiya, at an election rally at Jalan Sudin.
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    Leave in Britain
    27 2 MALACCA. Wed. The State Information Officer. Malacca. Mr. Chang Yoong Hin, left here today for Britain on six months' leave accompanied by his wife.
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    PRETTY FILM STARS AT THEIR LUNCH
    49 2 THESE PRETTY Malay actresses were among the many film personalities who attended a lunch in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday given in their honour by a local firm dealing in film products. Picture shows (from left) Zaiton, Hashimah Yon and Saloma. Straits Times picture.
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    9 SCHOOLS IN DRAMA FESTIVAL
    107 2 9 SCHOOLS IN DRAMA FESTIVAL PENANG, Wed.— Nine Penang English secondary schools will pool talent at a festival of drama, music and dancing at St. George's Girls' School. MacAlister Road, on May 2. Proceeds from the performance, sponsored by the Penang Arts Council, will be donated to charity. Schools taking
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    A vetran planter warns of slump in rubber
    222 2 A vetran planter warns of slump in rubber vrT uvv MALACCA, Wednesday. J^ MUbnAA planter who has had nearly 50 years' experience in rubber planting said here today that if replanting was carried out too speedily there might be "a tidal wave in the outflow of rubber," causing a temporary
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    Registrar approves commerce union
    77 2 Registrar approves commerce union KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation Registrar of Trade Unions today approved the registration of the National Union of Commercial Workers, whose members work in banks and commerce. The union replaces the Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions, which had 25.000 members. Representatives of Penang,
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    Rotary talk
    21 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. A.R. Menzies, the Canadian High Commissioner talked on "Canada" to Rotarians at their weekly luncheon today.
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    Off on leave
    19 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. L.E. Bywaters. Controller of Telecoms, Johore. has left for Britain on leave.
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    NO DECISION YET
    102 2 PENANG, Wed.— Penang Alliance executive committee hs« deferred until after next month's state elections its decision on what action to take against the Radical Party a member of the Alliance for putting up its own candidate in Kelawei ward. The Radicals, who joined the Alliance In 1956.
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    BOOTY'S FINES REDUCED TO $219
    229 2 BOOTY'S FINES REDUCED TO $219 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dudley Edgar Booty, formerly director of Progress Advertising Ltd., fined $2,191 by the District Court for two offences under tha Companies Ordinance, had his fines reduced ti a total of $219 by the Chief Justice. Sir Alan Rose, in the Hi^h Court today.
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    Tax income
    26 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Income tax collected In th» Federation during April this year amounted to $4,657,397. an Income Tax Department statement said here today.
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    Lock icon NIKITA IS EAGER TO GO TO SUMMIT
    341 3 BONN, Wednesday. THE Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, told West German journalists in Moscow yesterday that the Soviet Union believed an early summit conference was desirable even if the Geneva Foreign Ministers' conference did not produce any remarkable progress. The West German
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    Lock icon Officials talk of U.S. visit by Khrushchev
    181 3 Officials talk of U.S. visit by Khrushchev WASHINGTON. Wed.— Officials here are talking seriously about the possibility of a United States visit this year by Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the" Soviet Prime Minister, according to Mr. James Reston, chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times. In a front page story
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    Lock icon KHRUSHCHEV WAVES TO MARCHERS IN MOSCOW MAY DAY PARADE
    57 3 THE SOVIET PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev (centre), waves his hat with the Soviet President, Marshal Voroshilov (left) and Mr. Nikolai Shvemik during the annual May Day parade in Red Square, Moscow. The military section of the parade was smaller this
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    Lock icon KERALA REDS IN DEEP TROUBLE
    175 3 Opponents unite to oust Govt. NEW DELHI. Wednesday. T»HE Communist regime in India's Kerala state admitted today it was running into deep trouble. Mr. M. N. Govindan Nair Communist strongman am member of parliament fron Kerala, told newsmen tha all opposition parties in the state
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    Lock icon Sir Winston meets Dulles (in wheelchair)
    192 3 Sir Winston meets Dulles (in wheelchair) WASHINGTON, Wed.— Sir Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower visited Mr John Foster Dulles and General George C. Marshall at Walter Reed Hospital yesterday. The White House spokesman said Sir Winston, who is on a private three-day visit to the Eisenhowers, and the President "went
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    FOUR DIE IN PLANE CRASH
    99 3 FOUR DIE IN PLANE CRASH CARDIFF. Wed.— Four people were killed today In a twin-engined plane that crashed after hedge-hopping over about 600 school boys. The boys dived for cover when the aircraft swept over Maindy Athletic Stadium and crashed within 2o yards of 11 construction workers. The plane, a
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    – An early swing to right in polls
    159 3 An early swing to right in polls LONDON, Wed. Evidence of a swing to the rignt in the early phases oi Britain s annual municipal voting came toaay in results irom Scotland. The Labour Party conceueu an overall loss oi 10 seats and control of five councils. In Aberdeen, fourth
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    Lock icon Keep your hair on...
    59 3 HAVANA. Wed. National Police Chief Efigenio Ameijeras has rescinded an order requiring his 1,100 men to get rid of "revolutionary" beards and shaggy hairdos. Last night, barely 24 hours after the order was issued, he yielded to arguments that his men's shagginess "symbolised their determination to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    293 3 LONDON. Wed—There was a return to firm conditions in London stock markets today. The recent bout of profit taking in industrials ended and prices made good response to a fresh demand. Business, however, was selective. Many of the leading Industrial equities improved and a number of the others
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    RUBBER
    28 3 LONDON. W«d.—Spot 30' d.. June 30»»d., July-Sept. 30■* d.. Oct.-Dec. 30'-d., Jan.-March 30!, d., April-June 30d.. May c.t.f. 30«,«l.. June c.U. 30vd., July c.l.f. 30>4d. Tone: Ea*i?r
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    TIN
    20 3 LONDON. Wed—Buyers £783»;. sellers £784. Forward buyer* £784, sellers *784>v. Settlement £784. Turnover a.m. five tone, p.m. 155 ton*.
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  • IN BRIEF...
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      Doctor denies mercy killing
      242 3 Doctor denies mercy killing I EICESTER, Wed.— A doctor who admitted that he "helped" the death of an elderly woman cancer patient said today the patient would have died within two or three days anyway. Dr. Maurice Millard called it "nonsense" to say that he "killed her or that it
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      181 3 Stop-press Announcement For the third year in succession Movado wins the contest in the wrist-chronometer class at the official Swiss Observatory at Neuchatel MOVADO First on the list and -holder of the record for the series award. (Movado beats its own last year's record by 5,46 against 5,85 in 1958.)
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    4 THUGS WRECK COFFEE SHOP
    131 4 4 THUGS WRECK COFFEE SHOP SINGAPORE, We d Gangsters who were out to attack two youths yesterday wrecked tables and chairs in a Crawford Street coffeeshop after their intended victims in the shop gave them the slip. Four thugs, two of them carrying parangs. rushed into the shop shortly after
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    Closed today
    17 4 SINGAPORE, V.'cd The Indonesian Consulate-Gene-ral here will be closed tomorrow, except for the information department.
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    HUSBAND: I TOOK JEWELS TO KEEP WIFE AT HOME
    147 4 HUSBAND: I TOOK JEWELS TO KEEP WIFE AT HOME SINGAPORE, Wed.— A husband told a court today that he took away all his estranged wife's jewellery while they were living together because she often stayed out late and he feared she would leave him. fong Foo Tan. a mason, said:
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    $168,000 in rewards offered for 12 Pahang terrorists
    405 4 NIGHT CURFEW, LEAFLET DROPS AS DRIVE STARTS TO FORCE THEM OUT KUANTAN, Wednesday. TWENTY-FIVE thousand pamphlets have been distributed in the Bentong-Tele-mong-Manchis area of Pahang telling the people of rewards totalling $168,000 on the heads of 12 terrorists in hiding in the
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    Concert tickets now on sale
    50 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Tickets for the two stereophonic concerts to be held at the Victoria Theatre on Friday and Saturday are now on sale at Robinson's. They are priced at $3 and $5. The concerts have been arranged by the Radio and Electrical Traders Association, Singapore.
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    To stand trial for murder
    39 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Gandong bin Thahir, a labourer was today committed for trial in the next Assizes on a charge of murdering a taxi-driver. Koh Tlan Fook, alias Ah Hock, at Bulim Estate on March 17.
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    CHILDREN'S HOME PLANS PUT OFF
    272 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Plans to build a •permanent home for destitute children have been postponed. This, said Mr. J S. Kirkham today, was because of the prevalent uncertainty in Singapore. Mr Kirkham. outgoing chairman of the Children's Aid Society, was speaking at the society's annual meeting
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    TWO STARS MEET PREMIER
    78 4 THE PRIME MINISTER, Dato Abdul Razok bin Hussein, and his wife, Darin Rahah, receive Korean film stars Miss Oum Aing Lan (shaking hands with the Prime Minister) and Miss Cho May Ryung, and Professor Kirn Eun Woo, one of the film festival jurors, when they arrived
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    THEY WILL ASK: WHO SHOULD PAY FOR THIS COUNCIL FILM?
    258 4 THEY WILL ASK: WHO SHOULD PAY FOR THIS COUNCIL FILM? SINGAPORE, Wednesday. COME City Councillors who complained last year that they were not given a preview of "Majulah Singapura"— a fllm about the council's work— will ask at a finance committee meeting tomorrow who authorised its making and who should
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    Wife weeps as divorce is refused
    98 4 CINGAPORE, Wed. A wife wept in the Shari'ah Court today when her petition for divorce was rejected. Halimah blnte Mahmud, 22, had sought a divorce from Yahaya bin Abu Bakar on the grounds that Yahaya was a "Jealous and Inconsiderate" husband. Yahaya, contesting the
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    Orchestra needs brass players
    47 4 SINGAPORE. Wed—Players of brass musical instruments are urgently needed to play for the New Sceneshifters' production of "The Desert 8ong" at the Cultural Centre next month. The orchestra will hold its next rehearsal at the YMCA, Orchard Road, at 8 p.m. on Monday.
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    St. John party
    48 4 SINGAPORE, Wed— A tea party to mark the completion of the Foot Drill Training Course, the first ever to be attended by members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, will be held on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the canteen of the Police Training School.
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    Painter, 83, died in misadventure
    52 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Coroner Inche Ahmad bin Hussein today returned a verdict of death by misadventure on an 83-year-old painter Chan Tong, who died after he had fallen about 20 feet into dry dock 2 in Keppel Harbour. The accident occurred at about 12.20 p.m. on
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    Jobless: A warning on the future
    92 4 Jobless: A warning on the future SINGAPORE, Wed. The island's unemployment problem will get worse if the population continues to increase at its alarming rate, a hifh Government official said today. The warning was given by the acting Commissioner of Labour. Mr. Goh Koh Pui, to 20 Nanyang University accountancy
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    'White-collar' defence by Tun Lim
    197 5 'SPINELESS? LET US SHOW THEM 9 CALL SINGAPORE. Wednesday. JHK CHIEF Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, today came to the defence of the local white-collar workers, who had been described by the PAP as "spineless people/ "We are the people who have produced the Chief
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    Lock icon SPORE MAN WEDS A HONG KONG NURSE
    53 5 SPORE MAN WEDS A HONG KONG NURSE Mr. J. A. Phillips, a Government surveyor and Miss Margaret Wong Bik Wan, a nurse, who were married in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Phillips met his bride, who is from Hong Kong, in Brisbane, Australia, while he was on a study course. Picture by
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    'SEXIEST DRESS IN THE WORLD'
    174 5 'SEXIEST DRESS IN THE WORLD' SINGAPORE. Wed.— A much travelled freelance Paris journalist thinks the cheongsam !s the "sexiest dress in the world." Mr. Frank Pilko. 28, who is on a four-year world tour, also praised the "superb artistry" of the sarong and kebaya. The fine roads of Malaya have
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    POLL CARDS GO OUT NEXT WEEK
    96 5 POLL CARDS GO OUT NEXT WEEK SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore election office will begin sending poll cards at the end of next week to the 586.363 Singapore citizens entitled to vote In the elections. The Commissioner of Election. Mr. M. Ponnuduray. said today that the poll cards would tell voters
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    HONEST PARTIES ARE ESSENTIAL
    103 5 THK EXISTENCE of intelligent, coherent and honest political parties was essential if the pattern of government based on the theory of "one man one vote was to succeed, declared Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. secretary-general of the People's Action Part). Mr. Lee, speaking at his part} s
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    ASK FIRMS' VIEWS, PAP CHALLENGED
    106 5 THE Liberal Socialist Party today challenged the PAP to canvas for opinion of local business firms on the prospects of a health) economy in Singapore if a PAP Government were returned. Mr. Wee Soo Bee. the Liberal Socialist vice-chair-man and a candidate for Mountbatten. issued
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    PROUD DEEDS OF KURA
    62 5 Mrs. I I.con-Soh the Katong United Residents' XsMX'iation president who is contesting Mountbatten ward, said today that KI'RA was not a political body. „t an election rally she said: "We are proud of many deeds which wr have done for the people. And if the people
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    'CHEAP AIR FARES HAVE CAUGHT IMAGINATION'
    139 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The chief of the Hunting Clan Air Transport Ltd., Mr. Maurice Curtis, said here today that his airline's plans to operate a cheap air service from Britain to the Far East had "caught the imagination" of millions of middle class people. "The
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    WHERE RALLIES WILL BE HELD
    150 5 WHERE RALLIES WILL BE HELD SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, will hold an election rally at Newton Circus from 7.30 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. Tun Lim is the party's candidate for Cairnhill division. He will also give a political talk over Radio Singapore at 7.15 tomorrow
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    Clergymen leave for meeting
    44 5 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Assist ant Bishop Roland Koh ot the Anglican Church left Sin gapore today for Hong Koru on the liner Chusan. accompanied by 14 other Chinese clergymen. They are attending a twoweek conference or Chinese clergymen in South-East Asia.
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    'I am no dictaor...i work like everybody' —Tengku
    238 5 'I am no dictaor...i work like everybody' Tengku THE former Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, declared last night that he was not a dictator. "If I were one. I would not have resigned to work like everybody." he told a rally at Tandop. three miles from here. "And if I
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    56 6 :t Wor4i Sit (Minimum). IHE FAMILY of the Late Mr. Cheah Yew Keong of No. 5 J. Mengklbol, Kluang, thank all concerned for their assistance, condolences and attendance at his funeral. MR AND MRS. V PALASUBRAMANIAM of Malacca. incerely thank all Relatives and Friends who attended their Weddin, 1
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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  • The Straits Times Thursday, May 7, 1959.
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      Nearer The Summit
      599 6 It is no news that Mr. Khrushchev is eager for the summit, and that he regards the meeting of Foreign Ministers next week as only a formality. He gave a fresh slant on Russian intentions, however, when journalists from Western Germany asked what he intends to do
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      Paying The Bill
      319 6 The People's Action Partyhas disclosed nothing sensationally new with its statement that "the demand for those with a general education has been overfulfilled." Every School Certificate holder who has vainly hawked his services around the offices knows that the white collar market has shrunk. Nor is it
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      Rubber Threat
      185 6 The mixed bag of rubber and industrial statistics from London confirms the commodity's strong market position. Production in February, the International Rubber Study Group reports, totalled 130.000 tons, and consumption 165,000. In the first two months of the year consumption outstripped production by 60.000 tons, the consumption figures
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    723 6 China gets less tough on the communes A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT BRINGING MORE SANITY INTO METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT HONG KONG. /CHINA'S development of the rural commune has attracted world-wide attention. The claims made for it as a production force and a new form of social organisation have been extensive. But the
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      718 6 JUST now everybody seems to be bitten by the "syn-thetic-bug." Scarcely a day goes by without the papers lamenting the present high price lor natural rubber and expressing the fear that this will give synthetic rubber an enormous boost. They almost sound as if natural rubber
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    PROTOCOL AND CAMERA 'ROW'
    294 7 PROTOCOL AND CAMERA 'ROW' Film festival man explains I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. The number of photographers shooting the opening of the film festival on Monday had to be restricted because of protocol resulting from the presence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, said Mr. W. H. Goodwin, publicity officer of the sixth
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    52 7 BEACH HOTEL NOW AN RAF HOSTEL SINGAPORE, Wed. The seaside Pasir Ris Hotel is now a transit hostel for RAF personnel anc their families. It has been administered by Far East Air Force headquarters since January, an RAF spokesman said loday. The public can still buy food and drinks on
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    RAF Police delay air passengers to S'pore
    81 7 RAF Police delay air passengers to S'pore KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Many air passengers to Singapore were delayed when the RAF Police here turned back traffic going to the Kuala Lumpur airport this afternoon. The road leading to the airport runs through the RAF .station where a truck had gone into
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    RIDA loan
    38 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed. The Rural and Industrial Development Authority has given a loan of $6,000 to Inche Wan Abdullah bin Wan Omar of Kubang Kerian, near here, to help him open up a coconut oil factory
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    880 7 SURPRISE TURN IN CASE OF THE CONTESTED LOTTERY TICKET: WAS THE PURCHASE ILLEGAL? THE legal battle in the High Court for a $125,000 lottery prize took a surprise turn today when the lawyers for the two claimants and the Social and Welfare Lotteries Board were asked
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    POSTMEN SAY THOSE SULLEN DOGS (NOT FED REGULARLY) ARE DANGEROUS
    242 7 POSTMEN SAY THOSE SULLEN DOGS (NOT FED REGULARLY) ARE DANGEROUS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pOSTMEN here have discovered that sullen dogs are more dangerous than the noisy ones, according to a memorandum they have sent to the Controller of Posts, central division. Eight postmen in Kuala Lumpur have been bitten by
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    Pilot tells of admiration for tug serangs
    310 7 Pilot tells of admiration for tug serangs SINGAPORE, Wednesday. pAPTAIN Walter Balch, a senior Singapore harbour pilot, told a court of inquiry today that he had the greatest *ffespect "and admiration" for the serangs (quartermasters) of Singapore Harbour Board tugs because they always came to his aid even in hazardous
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    CPIB to probe pott corruption complaints
    83 7 CPIB to probe pott corruption complaints SINGAPORE. Wed. Any member of the public who has any evidence or information on corrupt practices during the coming election should contact the duty officer, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. The bureau has been charted with the task of investigating allegations of corruption from now
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    Dole people must report when they get jobs
    117 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. Police today warned tt t unemployed persons receiving public assistance should contact the Social Welfare Department as soon as they had obtained work. The Police Secretary Mr. William Cheng, said that many people were still Ignorant of the law. Employment
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    Apple queen off
    26 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Miss Maureen Rooke. Western Australia's Apple %Jueen. sailed for home in the Charon today after a week-long goodwill visit U> Singapore.
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    He Is off to Zurich for jet age talhs
    62 7 He Is off to Zurich for jet age talhs Mr. F. G. Heng, a Malayan Airways executive. Singapore who left for Zurich yesterday to represent the airline at a conference of the International Air Transport Association. The conference, beginning on May 11, is expected to discuss a wide range of
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    Tears as kimono girls forge link with home
    469 7 Tears as kimono girls forge link with home 35 YEARS AWAY: NOW HOUR OF NOSTALGIA OORT DICKSON. Wed Tears flowed at a fllm stars* picnic here today. They were shed by three Japanese actresses after they met Japanese-born Mrs. Haru Chelliah. wife of the owner of the SlRusa Inn. Mrs.
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    Mannequins at charity film
    46 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. Eight glamorous mannequins of the Singapore Model Academy were cheered by a large au dlence at the Odeon Theatre tonight when they paraded on stage. Clad ln latest swimsults and bikinis, they modelled during the premiere of "The Captain's TaWe."
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    Man fined $1,000
    27 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Chow Kong Shok was fined $1,000 in the Kluang Magistrate's Court today for assisting in the running of a character lottery
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    Sack report exaggerated says firm
    112 7 Sack report exaggerated says firm .yea. Mr. v W H. McNeill. managing director oi me StralU Steamship Co.. today described as 'an exaggeration a report that the company would sack 300 seamen The Malayan National Seamen's Union, which represents the men. made this claim yesterday. It asked the employers to
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    $1,450 haul for thieves
    64 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. A pork-seller. Low Kiat Meng. was held up by two men and robbed of $1,450 early yester.ay when he was on his way to the Sene Poh Road Market. At a Paya Lebar work site, thieves took away 900 corrugated iron sheets valued at
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    B.A. DEGREES FOR TWO SINGAPORE GIRLS
    165 8 SYDNEY. Wed.— Two Singapore girls, one of them a well-known musician in Sydney. have received Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Sydney. They are Miss Margaret Cheng Sbao Yong, (left), a daughter of Mrs. Homer Cheng, and Miss Heng Poy Siang, daughter
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    Alliance to fight all seats in June 10 Johore state election
    664 8 83 CANDIDATES TO CONTEST 32 CONSTITUENCIES JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. THE ALLIANCE will contest all 32 seats in the coming Johore state elections. Eighty-three candidates nine independents and the remainder from the Alliance, Party Negara, Islamic Party and Socialist Front
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    Chest expert
    33 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dr. Geraldlne Cummin, left for her home in Oxford by Qantas today after serving as a chest expert at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital for the past 10 years.
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    Negligent car driver fined
    47 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. For driving his car negligently and colliding with a pedestrian. Chow Mun Cheong of New Market Road was today fined $75 in the traffic court here. The offence was committed about 11 a.m. on Dec. 5 last year in Outram Road.
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    Decision on homes is rescinded
    168 8 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T*HE CITY Council's public utilities committee today rescinded a decision taken in August last year which caused private builders to shelve millions of dollars' worth of housing projects. That decision, supported by the former P.A.K councillors, required builders of housing estates to pay
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    Chess contest prize giving
    63 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mrs. Lim Kok Ann, wife of the president of the Singapore Chess League, will give away prizes to seven chess players, who competed in the Singapore Open Chess Championships on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the V.M.C.A. in Orchard Road. Among the prize winners
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    British prisons expert in Spore
    168 8 SINOAPORE, Wed. Sir Kenneth Robert Wray. a Colonial Office prisons expert, who flew into Singapore today is keen to study the penal system here. He said: "I understand that like Hong Kong, Singapore too has a fine system. I would like to educate myself and
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    YOUTH, 16, IS CONVICTED ON MOTHER'S EVIDENCE
    101 8 YOUTH, 16, IS CONVICTED ON MOTHER'S EVIDENCE SINGAPORE, Wed. A mother's testimony against her son resulted today in his conviction on a charge of dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle. Yeo Jee Suan, 16. of Tampines Road, was remanded pending sentence next week. The court was told that the bicycle was
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    BASOEKI TO EXHIBIT IN TOKYO
    58 8 BASOEKI TO EXHIBIT IN TOKYO SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Basoeki Abdullah, the Indonesian painter, is to hold an exhibition of his paintIngs in Tokyo on May 30. Mr. Abdullah today shipped 100 paintings to Tokyo for the exhibition, which is being sponsored by the Mainichi, a leading Japanese newspaper. He is
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    Year's jail for C.E.B. cashier
    58 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. John Nathan Pillay, a Central Electricity Board cashier at Kluang, was sentenced in the Sessions Court today to a year's jail for misappropriating $254 It was stated that the money was given to Pillay in payment of electric bills. On Oct. 2
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    APRIL RUBBER EXPORTS CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS
    510 10 By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH there was a drop of 11 per cent in April Malayan rubber exports, they were still at the high level of 96,048 tons. March exports were above the 100,000 tons level and were the highest in a single
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE, MAY b. RUBBER: $1,071 per lb (dowi. i cents). TIN: 5397.87 J pet picul (down 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 130 tons (up 5 tons).
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    SPORE SHIPPING
    114 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Himalaya 1 2, Ryusho Maru 4 5, Oarvel 6A. Lica Maersk 67, Thai 819. Benvorlich 1011, Eiken Maru *****. Teucer *****. Florian Ceynowa 18, Urshum 19 20. Liber tad No. 1 2122, Bencleuch 23 24. Valverusa
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per Picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent May/June shipments $44 buyers. $45 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $67 sellers, drum $70 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $143. Sarawak $142 'both down $2). special Sarawak black $81. garbled
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    90 10 The Malayan Exchange Bantu* Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 15/16. O.D. 32 1/16, 90 d/st 32 7/16 credit bills. 32 1/2 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 5/8; French Francs
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    23 10 Malayan Share Market: May 6 May 5 Industrials: 90.62 89.62 Tins: 112.99 110.76 S Rubbers 144.11 144-31 Jan. 1 1958 100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    915 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday: "There was selective Improvement in industrials. Tins continued to be firm while rubbers were quietly steady. The turnover was fair." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials; Fed. Dlsp. $1.12 and $1.12 Vs; Fraeer and
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    114 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENT shares on the Stock Exchange here today held a strong tone oi an active market. Commonwealth bonds recorded a steady note. Loans 3','r 1956-59 £100 6s. buyer Bank of N.S.W. £39 16s 3d. Con. Zinc 77/6 Con. Tin 2/9' i Mount Lyell 29/41, North Broken
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 107 H cents per lb., down three quarters of a cent on Tuesday's closing priceThe closing tone was erratic and uncertain. Closing prices in cents per lb.. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot fo.b. buyers 106%,
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    APRIL CROPS
    57 10 The following April rubber crops are announced- Amalgamated Malay 32.300 lb., Bassrtt 35,000 lb.. Borelli 91.000 lb., Bukit Kepong 22,000 lb-. Connemara 49,000 lb., Kuala Sidlm 123.570 lb.. and New Serendah 64.000 lb. MWaka Pinda 108.800 lb.. United Malacca 111,000 lb.. Ayer Molek 28.573 lb., Leong Ilin San,
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      371 10 PUBLIC APjPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL APPLICATIONS are invited for the post o»' STAFF NURSE in the Municipal Health Department. Applicants should be Federal Citizens not over 35 years of age and must be Registered Trainee Nurses and hold a Midwifery Certificate. The possession of a Health Visitors 1 Certificate
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      667 10 NOTICjES ANNOUNCEMENT Werre Biogenetic GMBH. Detnold, Germany wish to announce the appointment of International Eximp Enterprise. P.O. Box 1518 os our Agents for A.PICUREE WERRE htnee forward. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD CAMERON HIGHLANDS SCHEME CONTRACT NO. 9 Tenders are invited from Overhead Line Construction Firms .'or the supply and erection of
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    1222 11 Ambitious king led Spain to glory and decay J^O.XG before the proud boast was ever ap plied to the British Empire, a Spanish his torian said: "The sun never sets on the do minions of the King of Spain." The monarch to whom he referred \yas the 16th century Philip
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    483 11 triumph over the pagan Turk. But a new and fatal conflict for Spanish pride was looming. The new enemy was more daring on the sea than the Turk, at least as stubborn as the Dutch, and with far-flung ambitions that matched Spain's own. To Elizabethan England
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      173 11 Carmen A Cn. By Has %2n^Hf l £,f O 1 L S GOCO OJ> CO- "TTSSJ I PERSONALLY I HOPS /SO IP RETTER 1 i£nAV& s£~ y S*s^ I •S?«£2£ IP mV yJI OTKATiON PRY-OUT Wtti. I J, NOT SUGGEST s^^^^J^ fl AM "lEo^niEtr^^^TAnoo 7 J///\ \^N sJ^f_l^ E u**
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      653 12 Festival delegates like our help girls FILM stars may be distracting, beautiful, witty, gay, but Kuala Lumpur girls seem to be able to hold their own against the best of them. The ten receptionists hired by the Film Festival committee here are making a big hit with the visiting VlP's
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      Novel debut for five foods
      186 12 EAT THE SQUEEZE-TUBE WAY TO AVOID WASTAGE ISN'T science wonderful? Take the simple tube for instance. It started out holding toothpaste and medicinal ointments. As time went by. more and more things began appearing in these squeezable cylindrical containers, such as hand lotions, shampoo, hair
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      195 12 WE all know that it is the little things in life that count the most. But sometimes, it is the little things that can spoil everything for us. Take accessories. They can make or break a dress. So7ne girls are wall flowers for the simple reason that they
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      118 12 1 like smelling thefloicers grow Surround yourself with the cool, lingering fragrance of Blue Crass, onr of the world's grrat perfume*. FLOWER MIST Spray it on after the •hower, use it lavishry on throat, arms, wrist*. Lse it all day long for the > hcer joy JL\- of its misty
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      273 12 Apple Muffins A really exciting and unusual tea-time treat Sally says any tea-time can be a big and I level teasp. cinnamon. Bake ia occasion when you serve up these hot oven (425°F Gas No. 7) 20-23 delicious apple muffins. mins. Serve hot with butter. Sieve twice, 8 oz. plain
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      322 12 for fruit (7). Straits Times Crossword "S™.:;: Is burned (7. 8). DOWN I I I I I I I X Tavern kindr.d make an InI I^l 2 A murder mystery helps the ~~|Bf~~||^HtfHf HH listener (7). nHHH|H| JML__pHL_jHL_ 3 Ie makes nolM depart in Vic- inn system (4). jH l^B
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    76 13 Syd Owen— the Footballer of the Year The proudest moment of his life for centre half Syd Owen pictured with the Footballer of the Year trophy presented to him at the Park Lane Hotel, London, last week. Last Saturday, he played the last match of his career when he captained
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    429 13 BANK TEAMS ARE ALL WINNERS SINGAPORE, Wednesday. jTTEARNES, strong contenders for the Singapore Business Houses Football Association League Dlv. 1 championship, suffered their first defeat when beaten 5-1 by defending champions Hongr.ong Bank at Farrer Park today. I Wearnes. who were joint leaders with National Carbon, dropped to fourth place
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    105 13 AFC to discuss Burma's move ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Asian Football Confederation at its next meeting here in August, will discuss Burma's withdrawal from the Asian Cup central zone competition beginning In Singapore on Saturday. F.A. of Malaya secretary Kwok Kin Keng said today that he would write to A.F.C.
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    Selangor in semi-finals
    112 13 ITUALA LUMPUR. Wed Two late goals put Selangor Into the i semi-finals of the Federation of I Malaya inter-state combined I schools knockout soccer competition for the Rahman Trophy. Selangor beat Negrl Sembilan 2-1 at Stadium Merdeka today to become the central zone winners and will meet
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    137 13 AMSTELVEEN. Wad. The next tournament of the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations will be held in Baltimore. Maryland. In September, 1963, it was announced here. The American association has promised to pay all costs of the participating teams after their arrival In
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      132 13 SITUATIONS VACANT tO Wordt SS (mim.)— Box it ct*. txtrm) WANTED SENIOR and Junior Conductors for Tea Estate In Lowlands of Malaya. Only men of genuine tea experience need apply. Vacancy not Immediately available. Apply Box A 4530 S.T. LADY TRAVEL ASSISTANT required to undertake Airline reservations and general travel
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      820 13 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Wtrdt Si (mim.)— Box St eU. txtrm) MUSLIM COLLEGE MALAYA. Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in the Certificate course at a basic salary starting from $470/- according to qualifications and experience. Application, 5 copies, with copies of original degrees should reach principal, Muslim College
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    Anthem 'riddle' Consulate explains
    217 14 Anthem 'riddle Consulate explains f\N April 22, received a \J letter from the honorary secretary of the Singapore Amateur F.A. requesting this consulate for a copy of the national anthem of Vietnam. An acknowledgement to this letter was forwarded on April 27 to S.A.F.A. with a true copy of the
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    England draw
    17 14 LCNDON. Wed. England and Italy drew 2-2 in a soccer international at Wembley here today.
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    Lock icon Cambridge 223 v India
    160 14 CAMBRIDGE, Wed. Cambridge University, who won the toss, were all out for 223 by tea on the opening day of their three-day match against the Indians here today. Tea scores in today's cricket matches were: At Lords: Middlesex 200-4 (J. Russe!' 80, J. Robertson 46) versus
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    TIMBERLANE IN FORM
    295 14 An 'off morning but several horses show their speed lonosphere improves and is one to watch SINGAPORE, WED. pOR an "off" morning at Bukit Timah there was quite a lot of fast work today but few horses went flat out against the watch. Timberlane (Chad wick) again
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    EPSOM JEEP PICKS TEN TO FOLLOW AT MAY MEETING
    243 14 EPSOM JEEP PICKS TEN TO FOLLOW AT MAY MEETING TEN horses to follow at the May meeting at Bukit Timah starting on Saturday are: DOWNING STREET: Winner of the Williamson Memorial Stakes (7f.) and Spring Cup (mile): still in grand form; acts on any going TIMBERLANE: Galloping like a winner
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    Lock icon DOWN GOES LONDON THE END OF HIS TITLE HOPES
    51 14 DOWN GOES LONDON THE END OF HIS TITLE HOPES DOWN goes Brian Lon E don, the British chal- lenger, from the knock out blpw delivered by Floyd Patterson, the American holder of the world heavyweight title. This was the 1 1th round E and London was counted E out. U.P.I,
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    Costa Ricans edge Chinese
    58 14 HONG KONG. Wed. The visiting Deportiva Saprtssa soccer team of Costa Rica beat Combined Chinese 2-1 before a crowd of 28.000 here tonight. HaUttme score was 1-1. Chinese took an early lead through Law Kwok Tai. but the Costa Ricans equalised through Corderro off a penalty.
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    SAFA's coach plan off for year
    211 14 SAFA's coach plan off for year GINGAPORE. Wed. Singa--0 pore Amateur Football Association will not have a full-time professional coach —at least not for another year at the earliest. S.A.F.A.'s finance and administrative committee today confirmed the recommendation of the three-man committee comprising Mr. R. 8.1. Pates (chairman), Dr. S.H.
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    Robinson Cup to RAPC
    58 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. Royal Army Pay Corps won the Robinson Cup when they beat R.E-M.E 2-0 in the final of the Singapore Base District knockout soccer competition at Tanglln today. Pigden and Denton scored. Royal Army Pay Corps will now meet Hong Kong in a semi-final of
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    Lock icon Agreement wins
    47 14 CHESTER. Cheshire. Wed. Queen Elizabeth's Agreement won the Chester Cup. run over two miles two furlongs and 77 yards here today, beating Major General Sir P. Felldon's Papy by a neck, with Mr. M. Cowleys Sandlacre third another I 1 lengths away. Fourteen ran. Reuter.
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    'BAM scheme for all states' bid
    232 14 I^UALa LUMPUR, Wed. The v Badminton Association of Malaya should devise a standardised training scheme to be put Into operation in all the states. This suggestion nas been made to the BAM by Mr. Thor Deng Seng, a member of the standlne committee and
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    DECISION ON KOH A POINTER TO FAM POLICY
    714 14 DECISION ON KOH A POINTER TO FAM POLICY SPORTSFRONT .by NORMAN SIEBEL EKDUR months ago r Craftsman Arthur Koh bought himself out of the Army in Singapore and sallied forth from the R.E.M.E. a footlose and fancy-free civilian, but today soc-cer-citizen Koh finds that he has probably demobbed himseli as
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    FAM names its team
    102 14 JTUALA LUMPUR, Wed. FA. of Malaya selectors tonight named 16 players for the Asian Cup Central Zone competition starting at Singapore on Saturday. They are: Lourdes, Nagaratnam. Ahmad Nazari. Wai Hong, Jalil Che Din, Cheong Liam, M. Joseph. Abdul Ghani, Robert Choc, Ng Boon Bee, S.
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    Vietnam XI
    24 14 SINGAPORE, wed. Vietnam's football team for the Asian Cup central zone competition beginning here on Saturday will arrive here tomorrow from Sai(Ton.
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      36 14 BOCCES: S.A.F.A. Asian Cup training, Jalan Besar. 5.30 p-m. League. Dlv. 2A R.A.F. Seletar v Blue Rovers, Balestier Road; Dlv. 3A— Serangoon MY. v Alagappa. Farrer Park; Dlv. 3B Radln Maa v Junior A. A., Oeylang.
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