The Straits Times, 11 May 1959

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Hot** He**** Estd. 1845. MONDAY, MAY 11. 1959. 15 CENTS
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  • 817 1 Western Foreign Ministers talk over tactics at Geneva Meeting with Gromyko will start today GENEVA, Sunday. THE BIG Four Western foreign ministers began final tactical talks here today before tomorrow's meeting with Mr. Andrei Gromyko of Russia. II will be the first East-West foreign ministers'
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  • 99 1 MAC AND IKE WRITE TO NIK LONDON. Son. Mr. Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, has sent a new letter to Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, about nuclear weapon tests, a British spokesman said here today. Under- water testa Congressional sources In Washington also reported yesterday that President
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  • 421 1 SINGAPORE, Sunday. fHE COMMISSION of Inquiry set up to look into the working of the Singapore City Council will begin to hear evidence tomorrow at the High Court. At least 60 witnesses will appear before the Commissioner, Mr. J. F. McWllliam, a
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  • 113 1 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. John Campbell, 40, a government messenger in the East End. today prepared to move into his 100-room house, two castles and 365.000 acres of land. Mr Campbell became Lord Glenorchy. the 10th Earl of Breadalbane. when his father died
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  • 44 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. Five robbers held up a family ot five and robbed them of about $240 in cash and gold rings at Bah Soon Pah Road, off Sembawang Road, late last night. Two of the thugs were masked.
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  • 288 1 HOTEL MAN IN GUN DARE DRAMA ITUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A hotel manager here gambled with his life during an armed hold-up last night and succeeded. With a revolver stuck In his chest, Mr. Lim Cheng Eng, 40. manager of a Princes Road hotel, decided to take a chance that the
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  • 58 1 KALIOUB (Egypt), Sun. Army frogmen today stepped up the pace of the recovery of bodies from the Nile excursion steamer Dandarah, which capsised and sank on Friday with heavy loss of life. A total of 53 bodies had been recovered up to midmorning today. About 100
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  • 30 1 MOSCOW, Sun. Fifty countries have been invited to take part in the Soviet Union's first major international film festival in Moscow from Aug. 3 to 17. Reuter.
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  • 143 1 2 men shot as gang attacks policeman SINGAPORE, Sun. Two men were shot late tonight during a gang attack on a policeman and his friend in a bar in North Canal Road, opposite the Central Police Station. One of them had two gunshot wounds, one in his chest and one
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  • 162 1 SINGAPORE Sun.— Mr. Urn Koon Teck (SPA), today announced that he will not go on with the mandamus proceedings for Mr. M. Ponnuduray, Returning Officer, to Inform him of the grounds for rejecting his nomination for Aljunied electoral division on April 25. The motion was
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  • 49 1 SINGAPORE. Sun.— All 51 Peoples Action Party candidates and their election agents have been told to take more salt to increase blood pressure and stamina to help them stand the strain of campaigning. This advice by the party's doctors is contained in a circular.
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  • 189 1 'WASHING' RITES AT THE HOTEL LONDON, Sunday. THE BODY of Sultan Ibrahim will be removed tomorrow' from the hotel suite to lie in state at the office of the Malayan High Commisioner at Portland Place. Towards the end of next week it will
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  • 125 1 Dulles condition causes concern in Washington WASHINGTON. Sun. The condition of Mr. John Foster Dulles, the former Secretary of State, weakened by a bout of mild pneumonia, is causing concern In Washington. Mr Dulles, 71. who has been at the Walter Reed Army hospital since midFebruary, was yesterday reported to
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  • 67 1 Panghor is now open to mainland visitors IPOH, Sun. The Perak Chief PoUce Officer, Mr. J. R. H. Burns, today assured Pangkor islanders that adequate police personnel would remain on their island tor some time "to assist in consolidating the present peaceful situation." From tomorrow, people will once again be
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  • 33 1 RUSSIA WARNS MOSCOW. San.— Moscow newspapers today haikd Geneva Conference a>> a step toward peace but warned that Rusma wouJd refuse any Western package plan to settle European problems —IP I
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  • 162 2 No. 2 in THIS SERIES WHERE TO FIND YOUR POLLING STATIONS AND WHOS WHO SHE PINS HOPES ON POOL OF LEFT- WING VOTERS FORMER People's Action Party City Councillor, Miss Chan Choy Siong, will do battle with three men in the
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  • 582 2 WHOS WHO BRIEF) MISS (HAN CHOY SIOM; (PAP. aged 25, a full-tlm* party official and secretary of the Trade Union Research and Advisory Bureau Bom In Singapore. Educated at Nanyang Girls' High School. Reads and writes Chinese and English. In 1955. she organised the PAP women's section and was chairman
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  • 159 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Singapore's first mayoral secretary, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, has left City Council service after disagreement with the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. P. C. Marcus. Mr. Jek, who was earning $670 a month, last week refused to be transferred to the council's gas department. He
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  • 241 2 EX-COUNCILLOR IN SWITCH TO SEPOY LINES PAP vs. SPA IT WAS in Sepoy Lines that Mr. S. M. Vasagar, a Liberal Socialist Party City Councillor, beat the PAP candidate, M»\ Kang Menß Kirn. by only 24 votes in the 1957 City Council election. Now Mr. Vasagar is not standing for
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    21 2 SIX MEN-INCLUDING THREE VETERAN CAMPAIGNERS Mr. Lee (PAP) Mr. Liv Mr. Lit (L-S) Mr. Tan Mr. Lim Mr.iCtaa
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  • 455 2 CLOSE FINISH No. 3 IS EXPECTED IN THIS CONSTITUENCY npHERE are six candidates two independents 1 and four party men wooing the 12,171 voters of /Tiong Bahru. TRis constituency has a history of close finishes. In the last Legtelattve Assembly and City Council elections, the victorious candidates scrambled home with
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 151 3 GENEVA 'S NUDES OF UNITY DISAPPEAR IN THE NIGHT TO AVOID OBJECTION GENEVA, Sun. Geneva's four buxom "Nudes of Unity" vanished early today just before the EastWest foreign ministers' talks whose unity they were to symbolise. The nudes, "mascot" of East-West talks in recent years, had dominated a vast mural
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  • 46 3 A BURMESE customs officer weighs part of 1.197 Ib. of raw opium worth nearly 5300.000 alleged to have been transferred from a Burmese boat to a steamer lying at the mouth of the Rangoon River for shipment abroad. U.P.I picture.
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  • 242 3 TAIPEH. Sunday. rpHE NATIONALIST Chinese Government is studying a proposal to stop teaching English in junior high schools But many teachers and parents fear that Chinese students will be handicapped If they fail to learn English early. English is the only foreign language taught as
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  • 85 3 Wounded Tibetans fiee over border CALCUTTA, Sun. Chinese troops are machine-gun-ning Tibetans on the escape route into India, survivors reported yesterday. Tibetans crossed the northeast Assam frontier with untreated wounds. Many carried bullets which bad not been extracted from their bodies. They reported to Indian reception authorities that the Chinese
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  • 53 3 MOSCOW. Sun.— A British medical team yesterday carried out a second "hole in heart" operation using their new heart "breathing" machine, this time on a six-year-old Russian girl named Lucia. Her heart was stopped for 34 minutes while the leading British surgeon, Dr. William Celland. completed
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  • 135 3 BIRMINGHAM Sunday. 4 JUDGE yesterday refused a divorce to a man who three times exchanged wives with his neighbour. John Hurst, 33-year-old fruit wholesaler, sued lor divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery wltn Gordon Lloyd. 31 -year-old Jewellery manufacturer. The Judge, Mr. Justice Gallop,
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  • 22 3 LAUSANNE, Sun. Charlie Chaplin's wife Oona is expecting her seventh child in 16 years of marriage. Chaplin is 70.— U.P.1.
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    • 102 3 T ONDON, Sun. The Sunday Pictorial said today that the Duke of Kent, 23, cousin of the Queen, wants to marry. Katharine Wo r s 1c y 25, but his mother (the Duchess of Kent) has asked him to wait three years. The
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    • 14 3 MED AN: Rebels In North Sumatra are taxing the people of Tapanuli area at
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    • 10 3 the rate of about 3,000,000 rupiahs (about $300,000) a month.
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    • 37 3 CAIRO: President Nasser of the United Arab Republic issued a decree allocating £10.000 for the relief of families who lost wageearners when the river steamer Dandara capsized and sank with the loss of up to 70 lives.
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    • 34 3 MERCED (California): Mrs. Eliza Parker, mother of a Mississippi Negro lynched on suspicion of rape, has fled to California because she feared her life and that of her two young sons were in danger.
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    • 27 3 OKLAHOMA CITE: The Oklahoma highway patrol reported four and possible five people killed by a tornado which struck the little town of Stonewall in South Central Oklahoma.
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  • 56 3 THE HAGUE: Boys and fcirls of Delft High School, Holland, have petitioned the commander of the nearDy military airport of Ypenburg to keep his jet planes on the ground as much as possible during their forthcoming written examinations bat fill the sky with his noisiest planes
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  • 230 3 'Mr.X and I'— Monty breaks silence f ONDON, Sun.— Field Marsha; Viscount Montgomery today broke his silence over his talks with Mr. Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, in Moscow earlier this month. In a copyright article In a London Sunday newspaper. Lord Montgomery said he and Mr. Khrushchev discussed— WEST
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  • 60 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. A 26-year-old woman was elected "mother of the year" by the staff of a maternity hospital here after giving birth to her 16th child. So far she has had one set of triplets, six lots of twins, and one single
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  • 24 3 TAIPEH. Sun.— The National Assembly has decided to amend the constitution to allow President Chiang Kaishek to serve a third term.— U.P.I.
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  • 188 4 Many tongues equipment being installed MANDARIN, ENGLISH, MALAY, TAMIL FOR A START gINGAPORE. Sun. Electrical equipment is being installed in the Legislative Assembly and a team of interpreters is being recruited. These will make possible the simultaneous translation of multilingual debates when the new Assemblymen take their
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  • 23 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.—Mr T A. Simon was re-elected president of the Singapore Hire Car Association at the association's annual general meeting today.
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  • 192 4 American wants to shoot films in Singapore JINGAPORE, Sun.— An 3 American film chief, Mr. Zygmunt Sulistrowski, is now in Singapore to negotiate borrowing equipment from the Cathay Organisation for shooting some films here. Mr. Sulistrowski, producerdirector of the International Film Enterprises in California, arrived here yesterday after attending the
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  • 56 4 Donning a turban and sprinkling rice on a Hindu couple, who were married in Singapore yesterday is Mr. N. V. Casey, acting Comptroller of Income Tax. The couple were Mr. M. Manickavasagar and Miss N. Sivamavathy. The ceremony took place at the bride's residence
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  • 116 4 ATTIC FIRE BLOCKS TRAFFIC ON ROAD 3INGAPORE, Sun.— Fire broke out in the attic of a Beach Road house this evening when the electric wires short-circuited. The blaze which engulfed part of the second floor. was brought under control shortly after the arrival of two fire engines. An elderly woman.
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  • 37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Tan Hong Piang, of the Leper Camp, Tampoi. was fined $180 in the magistrate's court for being in possession of cigarettes on which duty amounting to $28.50 had not been paid.
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  • 119 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Indonesian Ambassador to Japan. Dr. R. R. A. Asmaoen. who flew into Singapore from Jakarta by Air India today, said foreign nations were now regaining confidence in Indonesia. "This is so because of the Increasing stability In the country. More confidence "Many
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  • 869 4 'PHI results of the Malayan Monthly's Free Entry Word Puzzle "C" were published in the Sunday Times yesterday. Here are the judges comments on what they thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult clues. ACROSS 5:
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 490 4 Singapore diary,.. o^"* MUSICAL SO- speaker; Mrs. R. Schad, 3 p.m CIETY: Vienna Boys Choir. Vie- Band learners' class 7 Djn torla Theatre. 8.45 p.m. YWCA. Raffles Quay: Keen lit 5" SSI <>NAKY English conver-tloT^bSESers) MOVEMKNT: Free fflm show at 9.15 a.m.- English converaatton Olmaon School for boys, ClemenU (Advanced),
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  • 380 5 WORKERS PARTY CHIEF HOLDS FIRST RALLY SINGAPORE, Sunday MR. DAVID Marshall, the former Chiel Minister, today warned of the "(lunger of division ■MBfl the people between PAP supporters and the rest." "In the hysteria of fear, there will be a division between
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  • 411 5 Warning of Assembly 'madhouse' if wrong men are in SINGAPORE, Sun. Political rivalry might turn the new Legislative Assembly into a "madhouse" if the electorate did not vote in the right kind of representatives, warned Mr. Wee Kirn Hock, the secretarygeneral of the Citizen's Party, tonight. Mr. Wee was speaking
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  • 281 5 SINGAPORE, Sunday THE secretary-general of the Liberal Socialist Party, Mr. E. K. Tan, said today his party envisaged a social and economic order for Singapore which combined the idealism of a good democratic society and a strong economy. Speaking at an election
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE. Sun— Mr. G. G. Thomson, the Director of Information Services, said in a broadcast over Radio Singapore tonight fbat "whispers from house to house saying the vote is not secret is sabotaging the law." He said that if the vote was not secret, then thugs and
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  • 245 5 English-educated have nothing to fear if PAP gets in: Byrne SINGAPORE, Sunday. T<HE English-educated will have nothing to fear from a People's Action Party government, Mr. K. M. Byrne told a PAP rally at Kampong Kembangan tonight. He said that the other parties had spread rumours saying that the PAP
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  • 108 5 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Mrs. Felice Leon-Soh. Katong United Residents' Association candidate for Mountbatten, today reproached an SPA rally speaker for "bearing false witness" She told a rally in Guillemard Road "An SPA speaker. Mr. Prank James, has said that a vote for KURA is a vote
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  • 50 5 SINGAPORE. Sun.— School children and Sea Cadets will be guests of the Royal Navy aboard the aircraft carrier Albion and the frigate Chichester tomorrow "to see the Navy at work." The two warships will stage a demonstration "Showboat"—off Singapore, to depict various aspects of Royal Navy work.
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  • 66 6 to Wmr*a Sit (Mimimamt. MRS. WONO KUM CHEW aged 82. oeacefuUy passed auav on 10-5-59. leaving behind 3 children Mrs. Lee Swee Cheng, Wong Loon Cbaoof. Mn. Mary Tan Eng Chin. 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren to mourn her lo.vCortege leaves 19 Bukit Pasoh Road at 4 p.m.
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  • 85 6 2$ Wards SU (Mimimumi. MR. J. T. RICHARDS and Family sincerely thank all Mends ..:.d Relatives who visited them. >*Nt Wreaths, and Messacea of Condolence Jn their recenl beleivement. MRS. MICHAEL COURTNEY and Family thank the Directors and Staff of Henry Wi>ugh <fc Co.. Ltd. Relatives and Friends who
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  • 40 6 IN ME MORI AM U Wmr4» $10 (Minimum). ANO HOCK TEE. In cherished memory of the best husband and father who was called to rest on 1 1 /5 56. sadly missed by wife and children Arthur. E\angeUne and Samuel.
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  • 225 6 In W»r4s Sit (Mimmmm). ON VERY HOT days, when the air Is close and sticky. 4711 "Ice Eau de Cologne" Is a wonder! ul cooler. OH BROTHER! It s hottln? up. What about turning on the Airuiclc magic. Good clean country air at Httie cost. CHARMAINE BEAUTY SALON Goodwood
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  • 566 6 The Straits Times Monday May 11, 1959. The Task At Geneva Today's opening of the EastWest Foreign Ministers con- ference at Geneva has been preceded, as international conferences always are, by assurances of tireless endeavour to produce positive results. Mr. Herter's promise of sincere U.S. efforts to this end is
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  • 334 6 Registration, licensing and supervision of prostitutes as a measure to reduce venereal infection is a suggestion that is superficially attractive. It seems realistic. It admits that prostitution goes on whatever steps the community as a whole takes against it At heart, however, it is a dressed up
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  • 267 6 Autumn Or It would be foolish to rcac too much into the results oi last week's municipal elections in Great Britain. For one thing the Conservative gains are s small in proportion to the number of seats fought. More important, elections to local councils are fought in a very different
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  • 1133 6 THERE IS NO PUTTING THE CLOCK BACK IN SINGAPORE IF I were a cynic, I 1 would suggest that there are two periods when even the most sensible man is likely to say the silliest things when he is in love and when he is standing as a candidate in
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  • 426 6  - Devotion to country outstanding virtue of late Sultan SIR GEORGE by MAXWELL LONDON. "EFFICIENCY" was Mj the master key to Sir Ibrahim's thoughts and deeds both as Ruler and individual. I did not meet him until some time after the death of his father, the Maharajah, to whom I had
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    • 212 6 ONE hopes, that the new Government, when elected, will not fail to tap all sources of income and particularly all those that come within the province of the police. There are a number of laws to which neither the police nor the public appear to
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    • 60 6 AT a recent PAP rally a t Hindoo Road, speakers boasted that only a PAP Government could ease unemployment. May I ask the PAP leaders this: What will the PAP do for the many work- ers who may be retrenched from firms which will transfer their
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    • 70 6 QUALITY AT THE POLLS rE PAP's boast is that it is the only party contesting all the wards. Nothing remarkable about that because It Is quality not Quantity that the public want If the candidates nominated by the PAP are taken as a criterion then Singapore can expect an Ong
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    • 63 6 rls a great pity that Kelantan has been forgotten after the war. We have no medical specialists. Who suffers? Nobody seems to know the plight of the poor people who require specialist attention. I hope that the new elected councillors will see that Kelantan too gets an
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  • 700 7 We can't rush welfare state Lib.-Soc. TOO MUCH SOCIALISM AT ONCE WOULD ONLY CAUSE UNREST SINGAPORE, Sunday LIBERAL SOCIALIST Party official warned today that any attempt to introduce socialism in Singapore too rapidly would lead only to unemployment and labour unrest. Mr. M. karthigesu, a lawyer and former magistrate who
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  • 42 7 Mr. s. M. Vasagar, (third from left) and Mr. Goh Su Chiang, Singapore People's Alliance candidate for Sepoy Lines (icith spectacles) help villagers to lay down the granite stone foundation for the new road. —Straits Times picture.
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  • 295 7 THEY ALL PITCH IN TO BUILD A ROAD CINGAPORE, Sun. 13 Villagers of Kampong Silat were up with the birds this morning to start work on a project which has been a cause of worry to them for a long, long time The project: the road leadIng from Kampong Bahru
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  • 178 7 'EQUALITY MUST COME 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Rev. Tracey K. Jones, Jr., executive secretary of the World Missions of the Methodist Church in New York, said here today that racial discrimination was a crucial problem which must eventually be solved. Rev. Jones, a former pastor of
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  • 88 7 Vienna Boys' Choir arrive for 3 Malayan concerts Ll ALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The world famous Vienna Boys' Choir of 22 singers and their conductor. Dr. Xavier Meyer, arrived here today by air from Hong Kong and opened their Malayan concerts at the Chin Woo auditorium tonight They will leave for
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  • 332 7 QUESTIONS FOR POLITICIANS— BY A PRIEST SINGAPORE, Sun. The president of the Malayan Christian Council, the Rev. John Fleming, today called for the need of more religion In Singapore politics. Mr. Fleming, whose council represents 13 Christian bodies In Malaya, said in a written statement that political and social responsibility
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  • 275 7 Coffee-shop liquor sales: All Brunei awaits board's decision SERIA, Sunday. 117 ILL the sales of liquor be restricted In Brunei? That is the question small liquor retailers and coffee-shop keepers nere are asking today as they await a decision expected in June by the Kuala Belait licensing board. For if
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  • 114 7 ''Come to Malaya for poetic inspiration 9 AN INDIAN poet and writer is now in Singapore "to gain inspiration for my future works." He is Mr. S. Teja Singh Sabar, author of more than 15 Punjabi books, many of which are used by Indian universities and schools. Mr. Sabar, who
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  • 55 7 Indian air chief flies in SINGAPORE. Sun. Air Marshal S. Mukerjee. Chief o* Air Staff. Indian Air Force, flew into Singapore in an I.A.F. plane this morning after a goodwill mission to Indonesia. The Air Marshal and his party will leave on Tuesday for Kuala Lumpur where they will be
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  • 21 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Quee n \s Commonwealth Youth Sunday message was read out in all Christian churches here today.
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  • 44 7 SINGAPORE. Bun. The Cathay Organisation's delegation to the Sixth Asian Film Festival, comprising 12 top-ranking Hong Kong film stars, left Singapore for Hong Kong by air today. The group included Yu Mm, who won the "Best Actress" award.
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  • 29 7 KUCHING, Sun.— Mr. Justice Smith has been appointed acting Chief Justice of Sarawak. North Borneo and Brunei while Sir Ernest Williams Is away on leave before retirement
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  • 216 7 YOGI: NO CHEAP STUNTS FOR ME SINGAPORE, Sun. 0 An American yogi, who does not bury himself alive, sleep in airtight coffins or chew broken glass, arrived in Singapore today on his way to India. He Is San Franclsco-born Frederic K. Sturm. 28. known to his followers as Swami Muruga,
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  • 27 7 MRS. R. RAJAH and children thank all relatives, friends and thorn who sent wreaths and attended the funeral of her husband the late R. Rajah yesterday.
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    • 1341 8 PRICES KEEP BETTER LEVEL By Our Market Correspondent M. Breweries $2.84 +1H cts. Mai. Cement $1.75 +13 cts. M. CoUs 92 cts. +10 cts. MeAUater $1.22 +5 cts. Metal Box $1.67 +>4 ct. Robinson ords. $1.35% +6% cts. Sime Darby 35.4% d. +l^d. B.CXB. 90 cts.
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    • 298 8 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported on Saturday (May 9): "All sections on the local share market continued to ease on further profit-taking Singapore brokers reported the following business: Industrials: Fed. Dlsp. $1.11; Praser and Neave ords $1.58 (T. O). $1.57; Gammon $1.86 to $1.84 cd; W. Hammer
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    • 472 8 oubber experienced its most active week for R four years in Singapore last week wi trf orices at one time being taken over the $1 10 mark It was the re-entry of China Into the market after an absence of nine months which tipped the scales
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    • 32 8 Current D, te o ToU ToU| fm payment payment for previous Gammon (M) Ltd. 25<-'o May 28 9^* o 3^" Jackson and Co. Ltd. y? jjgg g 2 g 2
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    • 990 8 rE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after its last meeting on Saturday (May 9). Bmjmn belters Mr» ancu Prtf. i.fo ijo Ords L9O UO <Uu lea li-ootj ibonr B. B. Petrol 55/- 57/. B. M. Trustees 6.00 5 60
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    • 397 8 NOTICE PAJAM LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) CLOSING OF REGISTERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN '.hat the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed for one •lay on Wednesday. 20th May 1959. roc the preparation of a ilst ol the shareholders on that day in ronnection with the proposed reconstruction. By
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    • 379 8 PUBLIC AjPPOINTMjENTS DRAINAGE k IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, PAHANG VACANCY FOB JUNIOR TECHNICIAN (TRACES) APPLICATIONS *re Invited from Federal Citizens or Pshang State Nationals age 16 but under 22 for appointment of Junior Technician (Tracer), Drainage and Irrigation Department, Pahan?, on the salary scale of $85 x 7.50 115 ***** x 7.50
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    • 390 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF BRUNEI. Vacancy in the Public Works Department. Applications are Invited for the following positions from suitably qualified persons over the age ol 30 years. Workshops Overseer, Heavy Equipment One position. QUALIFICATIONS. Applications should have had at least 10 years experience in the maintenance
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    • 890 8 "K LINE" Express U.S.A. Pacific alt Atlantic Coast Service Spore P. S'Mm Pensni H'kon'e L. Anieiet New York "KMikawa Mara" Ist call 21/14 Mar 2S/M May 27 May 2M 2 */H May 4 j un e 24 Jaaa 11 M* "Kiaikaara Mara" Ut call 21/24 Jaae 2J/H Jaaa 27 June
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    • 1512 9 Tel: 14OS MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 141 m mm) tiaearparatad SMfayart) 02 Mm) ST* THE BLUB FUNNEL LDJB übumm Tt irntPtm, nAttttr, lmmn a coNTiNTjrni. Mans (Vm smi wtti liMrty ft yracted via Fmm ar Cap* at Mad Nay*) Caman aytm ta pracatd via ttkar parts to Mm) ant*
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    • 1182 9 EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARS SAILINGS FOR AOEN. PORT SAID, SEHOA, ANTWERP MTTEMAM, MMMJ AMSIERMM, IREMEN. MAMtURC, COPtNNAfiEN GOTHENBURG AN) tSU Sport P. SIMM fMMf •MIRA- 2tMay/4JRM S/BMm V.l'iS. •SIENA" StJaM/4My S/IJaty 1/ My Sptcial Harass saliat-Cam Mantillas a Li Havrt Calls LtMM far aasstagtrs QtJTWARt UILINCS FOR BANGKOK AM/M FM
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    • 1360 9 luiijiM THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD.™ H? 7 v SINGAPORE (lactrptrakM it tM VailM KiwgaM)) I LINES SAILIKCS Tt AMI. IX a CONTINENTU PfttS S'pori P. VMM Ptaani KNCUOCt ttr Liverpool, Mm.. Mill UMi/14 May tt/tf Mtf 17/17 May MNUWERS tor Hamburg, R'dam. Antwtrp, London 11/2 j Mn un Ml
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  • 248 10  -  EPSOM JEEP By Successful test at Singapore SINGAPORE. Sun. The Wood's mobile starting gate, used for the first time in Malayan racing at Bukit Timah yesterday, came through an efficiency test with top marks. Another set has now been ordered for
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  • 624 10 MONITOR TOPS FIELD OF 17 IN THE SUMMER CUP SPRINT SEVENTEEN horses have been handicapped in the Summer Cup ((if.) the main race at Bukit Timah on Wednesday. Monitor, a smart winner on Saturday, will carry topweight of 9.4. For the Singapore Cup (li-miles) on the last day. 19 horses
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  • 82 10 AUSTRALIAN SOCCER RESULTS CANBERRA. Sun. Australian soccer league results: N.S.W. Federation, Div. 1 Apia 2, Northside United 1: Auburn 1. Sydney Austral 2; Corrimal 9. Budapest 2: Hokoah 0. Granyille 0: Gladesville v Bankstown (no ground available*: Concord v Prague and Canterbury v Baigownle (postponed). Sinedie Div. 2 Concordia 5.
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  • 199 10 ROME. Sunday. rkNLY one representative from each country will have the right to enter athletic events at next year's Olympic Games here, instead of three as hitherto, it was agreed at a meeting of the council of the International Amateur Athletic Federation this weekend. Each
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  • 92 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. O.A. Hovll will mpet CD. Clunies-Ross In the final of Ihe Eu Tong Sen Cup golf competition of the Royal Island Club on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. In the semi-finals today, Hovll beat Wong Weng Poo at the 19th, and Clunies-Ross beat R.
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  • 61 10 LONDON. Sun. Lord Astor's five-year-old Aleimedes won the Great Jubilee Handicap, over one mile and two furlongs at Kempton Park yesterday. Mr. H. G. Blagrave's Royal Chief was second, and there was a photo finish for third place, which went to Mr. Emile Littler's Sinbad the
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  • 209 10 Oxford finds another top miler LONDON, Sun.— Oxford University beat Cambridge University by 90 points to 45 points In their annuai athletics meeting at th.White City Stadium yesterday. Oxford found another mller in the Bannister-Chata-way-Lovelock tradition. He is 21-year-old Stephen James, who broke the Intervarsity record for the distance with
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  • 56 10 NEW YORK, Sun. Ray Norton, 21-year-old university student, equalled the world 100 yards record of 9.3 sec in Fresno. California, last night. He later beat Bob Morrow, Olympic sprint champion In the final of the event with a time of 9.4 sec. Norton recently equalled the world
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  • 58 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. D. TMacDougal won the "B" division medal (stablefordt of the Royal Singapore Golf Club today. He also won the ball sweep for th» second nine, R.A. Hellen won the ball sweep for the first nineThe "C" division medal winner was CD. Palmer. Ball sweep winners; First
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  • 22 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. Cus toms beat Western S.C. 4-1 In their S.A.F.A. League Div 3A match at Farrer Park today.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 358 10 I l CAVhay o^iffjl^; T IHiUii;i 211 i 6 NOW SNOWING! a 9.30 p.m. JOHN GREGSON DONALD SINDEN jf I PEGGY CUMMINS NADIA GRAY jf i HieCaptain^Table k11 t o^ «.cm»»o iik,.'». ioo«oo»< 3^ J_ 3 muimi Al Gulnnes* William Holden Tech. UOMlllGj^^Hl^R^mißor^h^UVEß^KWJ^a^^ +t TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR RENOVATION. y^,
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    • 538 10 ri ACIIT MXI s if** OPrNING ot 6UI ASIAN rLHOIIIIILM FESTIVAL in Kuala Lumpur Showing at LIDO-REX-PAVILION-English Commentary. a CAPITOL-SKY-ORIENTAL-GRAND-Chlnese Commentary. "pno.M NOW Shmtrimg m ***** 1.45, 4.00. 6.30 9.30 g i DEBBIE REYNOLDS "The M ATI WC GAME" g Tony Randall Paul Douglas Fred Clark Cs, Color (MGM). q
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 436 10 DOWN Straits Times Crossword i s-sa ta (;ir* klllBwltllolll .-Ml CIMO 111 lit? 3 V»IV/99WV/IU 2 Macedonian he may be: a-so guy that turns up on the filth I I BJI 3 Splits in the road, we hear: W ■Bi—.^iM— also guy that turns up on the Say "the path"
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  • 485 11 BRILLIANT KNOCK OF 158 BY HALLAM LONDON, Sunday. A MAGNIFICENT innings of 158, which included A 24 fours, by 27-year-old Maurice Hallam enabled Leicestershire to declare at 301 for eight wickets on the opening day of their match with the Indian tourists at Leicester yesterday. The Indians, left with IS
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 994 11 SITUATIONS WANTED it Word* tS (Mm.) Box St et*. extra. EUROPEAN SEEKS Tripimetiss position methanlcal/clvll design. estimating and construction experience. Apply Box A 9313 ST., XX. EXPERIENCED BOOK-KEEP-ER available for part/full time for book-keeping, typing and general clerical work. Apply P.O. Box I No. 3163. RETIRED ACCOUNTANT offer I services
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    • 844 11 ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Wordt tS {Min.)— Box it et*. txtra. FIRST FLOOR furnished corner room, independent entrance, quiet locality, near bus routes for single gentleman only. Telephone ***** after 2 pjn FOR YOUR VALUE:— Renovation, tiling, color wash, building Oarages. Awning, etc. Charges moderate. Soon Lee, 330 Middle Read. Phone:
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    • 809 11 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 2t Word* tS (Mm.) Box St et*. mxtrm. SWISS CLUB ROAD: Modern bungalow In elevated position. 4 bedrooms. 2 baths, long baths, large lounge, dining, servant's room, separate bath S3 lavatory, verandah, garage etc. Approx. 13.000 sq.ft. Recently decorated Immediate possession. $95,000 0.n.0 C. H. Williams.
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    • 845 11 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2* Wordt tS (Min.)— Box St eU. mxtrm. FIAT VICTORIA Ideal driving Parking Singapore $1,100 ojlo. Any trial. 2 Royal Road, Alexandra, Tel: 2410 Ext. 433. 1954 AUSTIN SOMERSET one owner $2500,'-. Also available 1953 Flat 500 c. 1962 M/Mt ir Saloon. Call 77 Beach Road B—l
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    • 432 11 NOTICES DISTRICT COURT SALE In the Cawe af W.D. No. 1385 ot 1959. Cbeong Keen Seng A Co., Ltd.. as agents for Mr. M. Mohamed HidayatulUh. Plaintiffs Mr. Seen! Rawther of S. M. Kader Ghany Co. Defendant AUCTION SALE OF Floor showcases, radio, wooden rack, wall clock, assorted sundries etc
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    • 470 11 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Originating Petition > No. 13 of 1959. In the Matter of PHOENIX AERATED WATER COMPANY LIMITED And in the Matter of THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 174) NOTICB Is hereby given ♦>"»* the Order of the High court
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  • 28 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Rajajt S.C. beat Katong S.C. 7—o in a SAFA Div. 2B league match at Kallang yesterday. Palaniappan (4). Ramanatban <2j and Loganathan scored.
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  • 41 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Raffi bin Baharawi bent 24 rivals In the 50 miles massed-start event of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association, first race of the season, at Paslr Panjang today. He clocked 2hrs. lOmln. Second was veteran Kwa Chfn Swee.
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  • 368 12  - S'pore win by innings 99 F. SALAHUDIN By PAHANG BATTING FLOPS AGAIN-ALL OUT FOR 31 Ashraff takes five for five SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore, favourites in the south zone, scored their first points in the Malayan Cricket Association inter-state league competition wh c n they routed Pahang by an innings and
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  • 49 12 HARITH bin Omar, coach of Singapore's Asian Cup soccer team, is introduced to Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of the Asian Football Confederation and F.A. of Malaya, during the opening ceremony preceding the Cup matches played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday night. Straits Times picture.
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  • 213 12 Rain Negri, Malacca match drawn SEREMBAN, Sunday. TTHE Malayan Cricket Association league match between Negri Sembilan and Malacca here today ended in a draw when rain made further play impossible after 3.40 p.m. Negri, whose first innings ended this morning for a total of 88 runs, followed on 164 runs
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  • 168 12 S'PORE YSC SUSPENDS 4 YOUTH PLAYERS SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Youth Sports Centre basketball organising committee today suspended four players talcing part in the current Youth Cup basketball tournament. The players are Chen Chow Cher, Choong Yong Sun, Tal Teck Chuan and Chua Yew Hock. Chern Chow Cher and Choong
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  • 158 12 AIRMEN TAME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TIGERS OINGAPORE, Sun. Tiger Swimming Club, the defending champions in the S.A.S.A. second division waterpolo league, suffered their first defeat in two years when they were beaten 5-4 by Royal Air Force at Changi today. In the third division In which they are also the defending
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  • 34 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Selangor Combined Schools retained the Rahman Trophy in the Federation of Malaya inter-schools soccer tournament beating Perak Combined Schools in the final 4-1 at the Merdeka Stadium tonight.
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  • 481 12  - Seven Malayans gain full international soccer 'caps' tonight SAUL JOSHUA By SINGAPORE, Sun.—Tomorrow- night's match between Malaya and Singapore in the three-nation Asian Cup central zone soccer competition which began yesterday will mark an important milestone in the soccer careers ot seven Malayan players. The seven players T. Nagaratnam. Ahmad
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  • 980 12 CHINESE ALL BUT BEAT LEADERS CEYLONESE SINGAPORE, Sunday. SINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Club almost brought off the biggest upset in the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament this season when they met league leaders Ceylon Sports Club at Shenton Way today, the match ending in a draw with the honours to Chinese.
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  • 164 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Hattricks by Bowes <5-16> and Paull (4-5) enabled R.A.F. Changi "B" to beat BODCA by nine wickets in a Singapore 'Cricket Association Junior tournament match at Changi today. Results and brief scores in Junior matches played today were: BODOA 38 (Bowes 5-16. Paull
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  • 134 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Robert Arblaster was the outright winner in the Forces Motoring Club's 200-mile round-the- island rally today. With W.A. Measer at his navigator. Arblaster drove his Austin A 35 splendidly to finish with a penalty of only 10 points against him. Full results (navigators In brackets;
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 101 12 SOCCER: Asian Cup central zone competitions Singapore v Malaya, Jalan Besar, 8 p.m.: S.A.P.A. Div. 2B— Balestler United v H.M. Dockyard. Balestier Road: Div. 3A- -Indian Youngsters v Perhimponan Stla, Farrer Park: Queenstown v Railways. River Valley Road; Div. 3B— Jollilads Indian Brotherhood, Geylang. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. championships. Bras Basah Road.
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