Singapore Standard, 13 August 1957

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  • 30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 #6 it 'A FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 v 111. No. 42 SINGAPORE, TUESOAY, AUGUST 13, 1957 12 pages r> rFvrs
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  • 111 1 Jet Brings Troops To H-Bomb Tests Site BRISBANE Aug rived /> ri today v. oon\\v— Bi :a the Bomb testing ground a: Christmas Island adfic. Hie pane mace the trip from Britain m 36 hour eluding stops at Singapore Darwin. It averaged 535 miles r. .r, Th? tvaapi here to
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  • 74 1 •VCKLAND. A•- 12 iUP< —Prime Mir.^t r Sidney V. Holland resign i clay becaose of ill hi alth He will be succeeded by Keith J Holyoake. deputy Prime Minister and Minister ot •ulture. Holland. 64. made the announcement at the annual conference of his Free Enterprise
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  • 74 1 CHRISTMAS is still a long way off but this miss from San Marcos, Texas, is already looking forward to it It will be her first Christmas with her parents who are in Pekan Kharu. Sumatra. Judith Holbrook. 17. (above) the bright-eyed frecklefaced girl from the "mostest"
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  • 98 1 CANBERRA. Aug. 12 (Rev- Minister for External rs, Mr. R. G. Casey announced today that he would represent the Australian government at the Federation of Malaya Independence ceremony m Kuala Lu:r.pur on Aug. 31. Two tables with chairs, made from Australian wood, for use
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  • 24 1 TRADERS m Lampung regency, m South Sumatra, were warned yesterday against increasing the price? of goods or face "severe military punishment" A.P.
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  • 133 1 LONDON. Aug. 12 (Rcutor) A giant Constellation plane from Singapore, with 17 passengers on board, Ifl a "belly" landing here last night after its undercarriage had failed to lower properly as it was coming m to land at London Airport. The plane belonged to British
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  • 484 1  -  TERRY PILLAY JAILED MOTHER'TO'BE IS 'REPRIEVED' AND UNBORN BABY SAVED FROM STIGMA By Spore Woman Secures Immediate Release THE 24-YEAR OLD MOTHER-TO-BE, LEE AH NGUI, WHO FACED TWO MONTHS' IN JAIL BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT PAY A FINE IMPOSED BY A SINGAPORE MAGISTRATE, WILL NOT,
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  • 16 1 THE heading to the story of Lee Ah Kg appeared m V>e Standard yorprday.
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  • 183 1 Canada's Worst Air Disaster Claims 79 Lives ISSOIDUN, Quebec, Aug. 12 (AP) A chartered plane bringing veterans and their families back from vacation m Britain flew low into a thunderstorm yesterday and crashed m a swampy field killing all 79 aboard. It was Canada's worst air disaster. Burning wreckage of
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  • 144 1 8 DIE IN AIRDROP MISSION HOLLANDIA. Dutch New Guinea. Aug. 12 (UP) A Master Mariner plane of the Royal Dutch Marines crashed near Merauke today shortly after taking off from here. Eight of the 10 persons aboard were killed. The plane took off from here at 0615 local time. Of
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  • 221 1  -  ANDREW ROTH From Leff-Wing Sfudents Try To Hijack M-Day Glory LONDON. Mon— An effort is apparently beinff made by Communistinspired students to hijack the Malayan Merdeka celebrations. This is the fear of Malayan student leaders who have just received an invitation to be present at celebrations on Malayan Independence
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  • 60 1 TOKYO. Aug. 12, (UP). The U.S. Marines began today their final withdrawal from Japan. Leathernecks from the Ninth Marine Regiment began boarding ships at Numazu Bay and Camp McGitl. south of TokyoThe entire reinforced regiment totalling about 7.000 men is being transferred to Okinawa under the
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  • 33 1 A MILITARY court martial m Saigon yesterday sentenced former Cao Dai sect General Nguyen Van Thanh to death by guillotine for desertion and for being an accomplice to high treason.— -A.P.
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  • 94 1 loxdox, Aug. 12 (■tutor) Nearly 5,0U0 dockers here stopped work today m support of the four-week strike at London's vegetable and fruit markets. Twenty-five vessels were idle tonight, compared with 12 this morning. The 1,600 striking market men at Covent Garden, London's main fruit and
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  • 55 1 PARIS. Aug. 12 (Router) France today took her credit squeeze a stage further by raising the bank rate from four to five per cent, following the weekend reform of the country's foreign payments system. The five per cent rate now puts France with Britain and Sweden
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  • 117 1 HUNDREDS of Singapore Government servants, disgruntled because they were not promoted to the new General Executive Service, are planning an unofficial "go-slow," the Standard was told yesterday. This move follows a wave of protests over last week's announcement that 229 serving
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  • 33 1 THE Yemen strongly protested to Britain yesterday against what it described as attacks by British aircraft on the post of Sukair. on the Yemeni-British Aden protectorate frontier, on Aug. 5. Reutcr.
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  • 30 1 AYAVOO Bamasamy, SO--year-old labourer, buried when a trench collapsed m Evans Road. Singapore yesterday, was dug out alive but later died on his way to the General Hospital.
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  • 155 1 JAKARTA. Aug. 12 (IPiBandung. capital of West Java, fell to the Communists today as the Party rolled up big Raans m other areas reporting on Saturdays crucial province-wide elections. Nearly complete returns from Bandung gave ttM Communists 90.000 votes enough for a landslide victory
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  • 98 1 SIXTY Singapore Governir.< 1 c -.pioyees have so far been permitted to declare bankrupt since the new campa: zn to among civil servants started month, a Governrr.cv.' spokesman said yesterday. He said the campaign was "gaining speed" and mot* officers were coming forward to declare their indebtedness.
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  • 42 1 PABLO C 1 ned 80--year-old cellist, arrived m Plymouth I y the liner yestercay and was amused that his new H r '-v ;,r-old bride should be mistaken for his daughter "They haver I the loveUght m oui < cxp'.air.i- •AP.
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  • 235 2 26 GIRLS IN LINE-UP FOR 'MISS LUCKY LEGS' EIGHT more contestants have been picked to appear "i '.'■<<■ itad of the Odeon Tl ■.it r e. Singapore, on Thursday night to contend for the title of "Miss Lurkv i t <>n trst that is jointly sponsored by the Cathay Organisation
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  • 159 2 PENANG, Mon. A ..'-year Chinese school boy. Toh Pong Seng was tonight presented with a book "Encyclopaedia of Painting" by the gh Commissio: Six Dona d ray, at the Reside r. -y on the ins:.: i Si the book is "to Toh Pung Sens m appreciation
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  • 60 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A soldier who led a platoon of Gurkha riflemen to two top ranking MCP men has earned an immediate "Mention-in-Despatches. N The award was made today by the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, Gen. Sir Francis Festing. to Lance Corporal lan
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  • 701 2 17th Day j ...But Not So Much As $400,000 Yearly-Doctor IPOH, Mon. —An assistant Medical Superintendent of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rainbutan, Dr. J.L. Devadason, today told the Commission of Inquiry investigating the conduct and administration of the hospital, that there was a leakage of
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  • 61 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The first Malayan to go to Britain for training under the auspices of the Commonwealth Relations Office will leave here for London next Sunday He is 37-year-old Bachee Saw. Omcer-in-Charge of the Chinese section, National Union of Plantation Workers. He will attend a course
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  • 158 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) m Sinsapore yesterday were: Bu*er> S (i| l(rs Spot ll] H Int Sept. R.S.S No. 1 923 R.S.S No. 2 91; R.S.S. No. 3 912 91 3 Tone: Quiet. I'he prhe of tin m Singapore yesterday |MN per pic-ul. Hp 121 cts.).
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  • 106 2 M-Charter To Be Read On Aug. 31 JOHORE BAHRU, Mo* I The Deputy MentJ ar of Johore. «f3 read the Pro. clamation of Independency at the Padang m fro:, the Supreme Court here at 9 a.m. on Aug. 31. The l r nation will b« hen ill on the September
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  • 46 2 TilE Women's Section of the B:. h European Associ; hold a charity baza;, the Fraser and Neave 1 m R V f Road on Aut 24, at 11 a.m. m aid of Convalescent Home of the gapore Children's Aid Sc Besar.
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  • 146 2 SINGAPORE Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday expressed confidence that all children in rural areas will be able to gain admission to schools. He sai.i this year's programme included extensions to :wostrearn schools m Tanjong Rhu Boy's School, Tanjong Rhu Girl's School, Anthony Road
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  • 69 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A batek fabric painting of a Malayan port scene by Penang artist, Mr. Chua Thien Teng was today offered as a contribution to the Federation's proposed National Art Gallery. Described as "a truly Malayan picture that could hardly have been painted m any
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  • 140 2 KUALA LUMP U R, Mon The Van? diPertuan Agons: will live m one of the most modern palaces when he moves into the renovated Astana Neffara shortly. The 5238.000 renovations just completed at the Astana which was originally acquired at $1,450,000 by the Federal Government
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  • 81 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices \|VRV KIRC. 22. is m Singapore today because of her love .-f travel. She has been to Hongkong and is pi.innin^ r .1 trip t>> the land of the cherry blossom Japan, and then to Australia. Mary, one of the smartest dressed -:.r!s m her
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  • 111 3 Case Of The Peon And $11,150 Notes THE case of the missing treasury notes bad a sequel m a Singapore court yesterday when a peon. Vu.sotT bin Mohan 1. pleaded guilty to stealing s with a fate value s 1 'i s °\re Vanded^hin/to^he > iturday. when he tr i
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  • 60 3 A FORMER detective, Lim Chwee Yin, was charged m the Singapore Fourth trate's Court yesterday committing house-breaking .tent to steal. D was alleged to have broken into the home of Dr. Andrew Leong at Ge> •ween July 13 and 15 this year. plea was recorded. E «f
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  • 136 3 Airways May Have New-Type Planes Soon THE Dakotas which are at present m service may be replaced by "newer types of aircraft" m a new Malayan Airways concern. This was revealed by the Airways Operation Officer, Mr. D. W. Fenton, yesterday. Mr. Fenton told the Bttßdard that this was only
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  • 34 3 TWO kampong housewives. Che Hasiah binte Saiboo of Bukit Mertajam and Che Hahidah binte Din of Butterworth, left yesterday for Kuala Lumpur to attend a R.I.D.A. domestic science course at Taman Asohan.
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  • 294 3 SALARIES MAY BE SAME, BUT CHANCES TO REACH TOP BETTER SINGAPORE Government yesterday refuted the charge made by the Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union that the recent appointments to the General Executive Service were "a scheme to run the government with cheap labour." The Union,
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  • 77 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The 10,000 residents of the Kampong Bharu Malay Settlement here will launch a lion-collar "Merdeka Scholar- Fund" to commemorate the birth of the M.. gas nation on Aug. 31. The scholarship will not be awarded to students, however, until September next yc.r. State Councillor
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  • 46 3 DESPITE the heat and smoke, firemen jjot dangerously c'">e tD the fire and set to work with water hoses. This draStundard picture was ta.cen at the Kirn Yam Road r.hitr jjodown fire early yesterday morning when rubber d .it $350. 000 was destroyed.
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  • 40 3 Mon.— Bales of cloth anc* shirting matt I valued at about $7,000 were found missing from General Hospital stores this morning. Record books and index cards m the stores have also disappeared. Police are investigatir. 4.
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  • 33 3 s:.\ tPORE Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hir.j. retained a ire verdict yester■t the inquest on a labour- Koh Toy Tau. who died after a fall into the hatch of loading cargo.
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  • 71 3 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Mon.— A 31-year-old carpenter, Yeap Ah Lum, died m hospital, and a salesman, Chiew Sim Teong, was injured following a motor car accident at the 8i milestone, Bukit Tengah Road last evening. Yeah was scatcr": next to Chiew, who was driving the car,
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  • 38 3 IPOH. Mon. A tin miner's wife. Madam Lee NfOh, 53. was found hanging m her room at C, Cowan Street this morning. A police spokesman said the body was found by the woman's step-son.
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  • 173 3 ASSISTANT Manager of Societe Des Matieres Premieres Tropicales, Mr. R.L. Neuville, yesterday ruled out any possibility of sabotage m the blaze which gutted the Company's rubber-packing godown at Kirn Yam Road, Singapore, early yesterday. Ho estimated about $350,000 worth of rubber was destroyed'
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  • 62 3 A new Literary and Dramatic Club has been inaugurated by the Upper Serangoon Community Centre, Lim Ah Pin Road, with the folowing office-bearers for 19.57: President, Mr. Francis Sim; vice-president, Mr. Paul Lee; hon. secretary, Mr. If. M. Vasagar; asst. Hon. secretary, Mr. Peter Ng; hon. treasurer,
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  • 44 3 LUM JOO was fined SlOO or two months' jail m the Sessions Court. Kluang, yesterday for possession of a bottle of Chinese medicine and five packets of headache powder, restricted articles, without a permit at Layang Layang m Johore, on June 22.
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  • 171 3 SEVERE ACTION FOR WRONGFUL ARREST THE Criminal Investigation Department, Singapore, yesterday warned all detectives that severe action would be taken against them if they abused their authority to arrest. The warning followed complaints to senior police officers that detectives have m the past arrested
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  • 173 3 Hubby Pocketed Insurance Money Woman's Story In Court A WOMAN, Imeida Lim, yesterday pleaded m mitigation before the City Court Magistrate, Mr. T. S. Sinnathuray, that her husband "must have pocketed the money" she had given him to pay for the insurance on her car. Urn was fined $25 for
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  • 128 3 THEY WANT EXTRA TAX RELIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Mori The Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce today apI pealed to the Finance Minister, Col. Sir Henry Lee, to exempt from Income Tax the maintenance of dependent parents. In a letter to the Finance Minister, chamber secretary. Mr. Henry T. Wong, st; that
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  • 80 3 THE Singapore Workers' Education Association will hold a social and dance on Aug. 31, from 8.30 p.m. to midnight, at the Singapore Council for Adult Education, Cultural Centre, Canning Rise. Tickets, at SI each, may be obtained from the Social Group secretary on any Sunday
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  • 42 3 TWO Australian destroyer?, the Anzac and Tobruk, visit Federation ports for the Merdeka celebrations. The Ar.zac will be at Port Dickson from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. and the Tobruk m Penang from Au^. 3U to Sept. 2
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  • 365 4 HUSBAND FIRED HIS REVOLVER, JHEW^* First wife claims her arm was dislocated JAPANESE bride employed judo tactics on her husband's first wife during a quarrel, dislocating her arm, it was alleged m a Singapore court yesterday. The principals m this quarrel it was
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  • 148 4 THE Bkt-]csc Ambassador-elect to Australia U My at Tun and his wife were yesterday guests OJ honour at a luncheon given by the MinuigiuQ Director of the Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd.. |ff Lee Chec Slum, at the bank pntmiatS. D ftfyal ritu is m the
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  • 27 4 THE new $20,000 Tamil school building m Kuala Kubu Bahru has just been completed and the school is expected to be opened during Merdeka Week.
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  • 334 4 6 SEAMEN ARE CHARGED WITH MUTINY TIIE chief steward and five crew members of the British freighter, Gervase Sleigh, were yesterday charged m the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court with mutiny. They were Woo Kcan Swan (chief steward). Foo Tti Teck. Tan Seng Kirn, Tan Kirn Soo, Foo Chee Yin and
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  • 88 4 SINGAPORE Chinese Hifb School students have cancc le I their Federation tour, the Standard was told yesterday S.'hool spokesmen said tnis followed the Federation government's recent derision to bar "organize^ student tours" crossing the Causeway. Principal! of Chinese high schools last month made
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  • 92 4 PUBLIC apa:hy towards youth activities is responsible for the low membership m a great majority of youth organisations m Singapore. Mr. A. F. Wells, Head of the Social Studies Department of the Univer>i:y of Malaya, said this yesterday when he commented on the
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  • 64 4 ■jVTISS Epifania R. Castro, A associate secretary of the World Council of Christian Kducation. who arrived m Singapore yesterday by P. A. A. from Manila to attend a Malayan Christian Council conference m Kuala Lumpur ne-xt week. Miss Castro is interested m expanding field services m youth
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  • 267 4 SINGAPORE has long recognised the need for the training of supervisors as a means of increasing productivity and improving working relations, declared the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday. Mr. Lim said this when he opened the International Labour Organisation
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    • 223 4 INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Shell Thealrette (Collyer Quay): #Ir4G A P O R flsas^^iA Frt* aim Bhow— TJving Silver** J^ B&, to fS&ii^MjftLm Ml n ilM Voutli Fellowship Hike: training, bodybuilding and Alumni Association of King; Ed- 430 p.m Hockey vv.irtl VII College ot Medicine. umpires revision course Malay Singapore,
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  • 334 5 Trial Judge's Verdict 'Inconsistent With Evidence,' 50... RESPONDENTS FAILED TO DISCHARGE ONUS OF PROOF' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation Court of Appeal ruled today that the widow and five children of a Malayan railway fitter killed m a car crash should not get the 530.000 damages
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  • 227 5 SARA GIVES PLEDGE Tamil Will Sever Die Out THE Ce> n Commisler ir. Singapore and the a "Mr. II Saraanamuf. •.-terday advised members of his com- j jwnity m Malaya to take -o commerce and other m- j dependent professions. By depending on Governjnent jobs the becoming he said. He
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  • 132 5 Crucial PAP Meet Put Off THE Peoples' Action Party meeting scheduled to be held last night to elect three top men of the party was postponed by the I'2-man executive committee when it was learned that two members could not attend. The postponement indicates that the two groups— >:x m
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  • 356 5 ::> .OL kiosk attendant. 39, was yesjirday sentenced to sev iSlllllllßMlir by Mr. Justice Ib c a th ci«2sr p t o h cce c death of Adnan o.r. Hadari 4 i Bukit T.mah Road, on V. -v IT. thi.; year. He was origir
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  • 83 5 JOHORE BAHRL*. Mon.— A shop assistant. K. Sarr:y. v. sentenced to 15 months* jail L. Cohen, m the Sessions Court today for theft cash and jewellery worth $2,560 from the sundry goods «b°i> m which hi r.> cd. Samy. denying the ennrge Stated that his services
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  • 43 5 A CARPENTER, Ng X was fined S5OO or six months' jail m the Johore Bahru S lions Co rdayforla m possession of 10 packets of ehandu and a complete set of chandu smoking uten? whsfl police raided his home on a
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  • 35 5 MORE than 150 people of all ra es from Kampong Bu.<it China m Malacca, attended a xday m honour ot Dato Haji Sheikh Omar, on of Justice of Pea c recer* y
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  • 70 5 STRIKING members of the Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to consider the ultimatum given by the Board on Sunday. The Board has warned all strikers that they will be dismissed if they fail to report for duty
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  • 50 5 SINGAPORE Police yesterday warned doctors and chemists to be on guard against person- who might attempt to sell them stolen medicine. This warning c?me from Police Secretary. Mr. Pe'.er Claque, after a wholesale dealer's store had been broken into and medicine worth >26 stolen on Sunday.
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  • 29 5 A HOUSEWIFE, Madam Leong Yoon Tye 31. was found dead m a pool of blood m the bedroom of her Watson Road home m Port Swettenham yesterday.
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  • 221 5 Standard Music Critic THE Singapore Chamber i; m association with t*e British Council gave its muMi-.il soiree before a j audience m the Cul- j i entre last night. Geoffrey Tankard, a pianist «nd professor at the Royal of Music gave a num- solo items
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  • 157 5 A PHILIPPINE Cultural Mission yesterday entertained young inmates of the Red Cross Home for Crippled Children at Tanah Merah. Singapore with a programme of Filipino folk dances and songs. The group of 12 will spend nine days m Singapore, having arrived on Saturday from
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  • 109 5 AN ex-employee of a Singapore electrical firm was yesterday detained by Police following a report that §15,000 cash had been drawn from the company's account on a forged cheque. An official of the company m Bukit Timah found two blank cheques missing when he
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  • 98 5 107 Indians Are Among Crisis Victims NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 12 (UP) The Indian Parliament was told today that 107 Indians had been killed m Malaya m nine years. Government spokesman Lakshmi Menon said certain elements causing disturbances m Malaya are "endeavouring to overthrow the existing regime by force." She
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  • 94 5 Outmoded To Blame British Govt. Now PENANG, Mon. The Chairman of the Settlement Committee for Health and Education. Dr. N. K. Menon, told 35 Chinese primary sfhool teachers attending a civics course today that it has been fashionable before to blame the British Government. However, the people could not say
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  • 48 5 SINGAPORE Police arrested two Malays and a Chinese minutes after a secret society gang clash m West Hill Road late on Monday night. A police spokesman said that it was a clash between Gang 32!) and 108 over protection money collected' m the area.
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  • 91 5 A MOTOR-CYCLIST was killed instantly after a collision with a bus, a Singapore Court wa< told yesterday. The bus driver, Goh Yew Mong 37, was charged with causing the death of the motorcyclist', Rosalino Marcelo, 37, by nffHf«rt driving r.long Alexandra Road on July
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  • 106 5 Amendment Sought To Animals Law KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Government today sought an amendment to the Animals Ordinance banning bullfights to permit "wrestling of bulls on special occasions of public interest." This is to pave the way for the series of bullfights scheduled to be held here m Merdeka Week.
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  • 59 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon. Utan Nibong, a Malay kampeng m this "rice bowl" area with about 300 residents, will have its first school since its existence. This school with three classrooms costing $4,000 is now under construction with aid from the Rural Industrial Development Authority. It open
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    • 475 6 ]T is fitting that the first Governor of Malacca m I r.::- -.ndent Malaya should be a Chinese. The M kingdom of Malacca was founded m 1406. In 1403 the first Chinese envoy Lit China for M.v.' it and en his return journey he brought along Malay envoys
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    • 407 6 r |"IIE statement made by Singapore's Minister for C mmerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, that f reign capitalists are becoming increasingly reluctant U make investments m the Colony, I rase of the '"bad name" it has earned abroad, does not come as a Mltpt'iW to anyone.
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  • 940 6  - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA By 'TOMORROWS meeting of ihe Federal Legislative Council will be the last under the Union Jack and will bring to a close an institution launched 48 years making way for what will be a Senate m the future. It will be the
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  • 1041 6 WEEKLY SOVIET SURVEY: Edward Crank"! Shaw, authority on Russian; a££airs, writes tor! the OBSERVER; assisted by a! trained sta(£ of experts on the! U a 9. S| s K s rcn r< n LONDON TT seems to be taken for granted almost everywhere that Mr. Khrushchev
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  • 381 6 Sir I read In your paper of a woman who asked the Singapore Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan, to allow her to serve her sentence two months later and thus, allow her to deliver her baby this month. The magistrate has refused this request. Why he should refuse
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  • 279 6 WOK A BELOFFS I CX)R those who are curious about the real Paris m contrast to the gaudy and misleading mask of the trippers' "gay Paree I recommend a little volume on the city's HUM OK I STIC GEOGRAPHY. .iust compiled by the elderly and eminent French scholar,
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  • 364 6 Ed I being indicated b* the traditional uniform, a three-cornered ha. and sword There arr two maps. 1885 and now for the distribution of members of Paris s most exclusive club LE JOC- KEY, symbolised b> drawings of jockos on horse: though of (our^ no l.xkeys
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  • 87 6 We,the PEOPLE Sir On the advice of the Asst: Official Assignee, Mr. F. T. Seow\ I am writing to inform you that I am not the E. Paglar (54.170)' mentioned m an article, concerning Government Servants declaring bankruptcy. I am known as E. Pa^lar and 1 am employed as Supervisor
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    • 90 6 Mental Patients Can Be Cured For thousands of patients m mental r >pitals. ur.::. recently there seemed little chance of release. Now there is hope! In July Reader's Digest (now on ■aft two well-known experts on mental hagjjH isWdfea fee new campaign by c. ctors and nurses which Is showing
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  • 191 7 Delegates To Red Festival In Brawl ZURICH. Switzerland, Aug_ 12 (UP) A group of 350 young Swiss returning from Moscow's Communist Youth Festival were welcomed home last night with a free-for-all fight at the Zurich-Enge station. The fight, eyewitnesses said, started when a placard labelled "remember Hungary." carried by protesting
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  • 60 7 LONDON*. Aug. 12 (Rcuter) The British Treasury has accepted an Elizabethan mansion and park m settlement f r about £1,200,000 sterling i tatfl dutj which became due when the 10th Duke of Devonshire died m 1950. The mansion is Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. With it the
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  • 38 7 THE visit which Chairman Mao TIN TUaH <; f China is clue to pay to Poland has been postponed until about the end 'his year, or even early next year, informed sources m Warsaw said yesterday. Renter.
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  • 332 7 Flagrant Aggression Against Oman's Sovereignty, Says Arab League ...And The Foreign Office Retorts: What Nonsense! CAIRO, Aug. 12 (UP)— The Arob Leogue decided today to ask immediote consideration of the "Oman War" by the United Nations Security Council. Th< litical committee of the League
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  • 86 7 THE tail secUon of United States Navy blimp is shown with a mushroom-shaped atomic cloud m the background at Las Vegas, Nevada, last week. The unmanned airship was m temporary free flight m excess of five miles from ground zero when it collapsed from
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  • 193 7 KASHMIR SRINAGAR. Kashmir, Aug. 12 (Reutcr) Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. Indian Defence .'Minister, warned Pakistan yesterday that "India will not permit any further acts of aggression against India's territory, including Kashmir." Any such acts would be resistej, he said to correspondents after visiting
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  • 60 7 EINDHOVEN. Holland, Aug. 12 (DP) T.vn dectlk commuter trains collided head on here today m a rush-hour cv ril that ki: ci MVU cersons and injurec' more than 50. A southbound train travelling at about 5U miles per hour crashed into northbound carriages Utai were
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  • 31 7 THE U.S. State Department spokesman said yesterday that visits to Communist China by a group of young Americans now m Moscow would be subversive of United States foreign policy. Renter.
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  • 32 7 ALL 13 defendants m the Cairo conspiracy trial pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of plotting the assassination of President Nasser and overthrow of the Egyp- tian regime.— A.P.
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  • 32 7 A UNITED States Air Force B-47 Stratojet bomber flew non-stop from Guam to Morocco m 22 hours and X minutes yesterday, a spokesman at Pinecastle Air Force Base said. Reuter.
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  • 56 7 GREAT YARMOUTH, England, Aug. 12 (AP)— A British submarine broke loose from her moorings today and was driven across Great Yarmouth harbour by a strong tide, smashing into and sinking two small fishing vessels. Xo injuries were reported and the HMS Selene, her bew iented. left
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  • 186 7 BIRMINGHAM. England. Ang 1-. (Reuter).— The World Scout Jubiiee Jamboree closer at Sutton Park tonight after 12 days of scouting fur boys of 84 nations. But. according to Mr. Ken Stevens, the organising commissioner, it is unlikely that a Jamboree as big
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  • 116 7 JAP TRADE HITS AUSSIE FACTORIES CANBERRA, Aug. 12 ißeuter) Contracts are being pruned or cancelled at Australian factories m favour of cheaper supplies from Japan, the Federal Director of the Associated Chamber of Manufacturers, Mr. Latham Withal] said today. Mr. Withall m a statement before retiring as Director, said t.:at
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  • 74 7 BELFAST. Aug. 12 (Reuter)" The Northern Ireland Government imposed a curfew on the Newry area of th< wHk Republican day to check a new wave of 'rism b y Nationalist tremists who want to unite all Ireland. The curfew, from 11 at night until 5.30 m
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  • 122 7 LONDON', Aj- ::(Kr.-. The Queen, one of Er::;-::r. keenest racing fans, ■will not attend the St. Leger next month, the last classic meeting of the flat racing season, it was announced today :ccessful race-tent Ker jo araons the top winning owners. the Queen
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  • 65 7 Bahrein, a tic. is CKcvtcr) :md S- S ;,tan cat v rket to the Nor Or. HhU v. Prp r support advanced fromTß south and compel surrender, first of Flrq. i*m then of Nizwa., the Tl **»ni Northern vanced from the Muscat coast, through
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    • 861 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. T*l: *****/6. ***** 4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Hjlifjx. Montreal, Boston, New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Ports S pore P. Sham Penang ANTILOCHUS 20/25 Aug 26 Aur 27/2& Auk POLYDORUS 7/15 Oct 16 O«t 17 18 Oct Carriers option
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    • 1234 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) shying THE BLUE FUNNEL like SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to proceed via Panama or Cape
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    • 899 8 MITSUI LINE Spjrc P.S'hom Penong FOR JAPAN Awoboson Moru for Yokohomc Nacovc Kobe 22 Aug Meiko Maru for Yokohama, Moii Kobe Osokc vio Hongkong 3 Scot 31 Aug Nosusan Moru for Yokohama, Moii Kobe. Osokc 7 Sept Haguroson Moru via Manila for Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe 24Sept FOH USA. For New
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    • 678 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings tor Bangkok ond'er Fot ton rie Suex. Penong P S'hoir Vnt., "INDIA" h port M Ua.. "MEONIA' 19/22 Avp U2^ Auo 25 27 AntBangVck only SARGODHA' 25'26Avg 27/2fcAug 2S3it, t HOMEWARDS Soilings foi Aden Port Soid Genoo Ant»,, t Rotterdam. Homburg, Copenhogen Gothenburg O»lc via
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  • 253 9 MALAYA BUYS MORE FOOD FROM N.Z. SINGAPORE and Malaya m the last six or nine months had been taking greater quantities of foodstuffs, including butter, dried milk and meat from New Zealand. With the availability of new shipping space more of New Zealand's primary products would be offered here. This
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  • 220 9 ...WAV shn-ebr kers yesterday reported the following a one: -.44- F Nords $2.90 to $2.92. $291 i J,i an j ■■■■larii -i t' 1 K*?i z:gn'.\ Harr.rr.ers >J ver- I S'haJ Bank $487} xa rad. H.irr.e gh: Cc- 5180 to II 77J tc M -Alister $2 07*
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  • 120 9 THE Malayan share ma opened on a quiet note yesterwith industrials irregular and tins and rubbers steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were; INDUSTRIALS ?'".OrS Con. Tin Snu 34'- 35/W. Hammer 2.35 2.40 HTcqng S'hai 480.00 490.00 Hume Indus. Ords M •n Cement 1
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  • 63 9 20,000 Miles Of Thrills PASSENGERS who COmpUted last week the *c:ond trip bm r.:>: C .-j ear-old "Re: Harrington-bodied A.E.C. coach from London to Cal- and back described the experience cs "20,000 miles of thri \e left London on April 15 to pioneer the first overland bus route to India.
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  • 48 9 THE following tin companies' outputs have been announced for April-June Gop-.r.J Cor: 214 feOOl (2151 tons for the same period < t Kent (F.M.S.) Tin Dredging 64t tons (49* ton Pengkalen Ltd. 124J tons (12' tons); Rambutan 42 tons (34 i Tekka Taiping 43i tons 2 '.ons)
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  • 30 9 a Dm at njnadcer, HoiLan I m inui .:t irinj trailers and ml-trallera baa c instructed a semi-trailer lor the transport of piles and tin r Ur^ materials.
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  • 135 9 OUTER ROADS Aleria Lykes, Silverbrook, San Sangola Ik on] M iru, Good Hope, Douglas. Stentor, Hakuzan Maru. Halldor, Lapaz. Tadiouri, Marito. Sirdhana. Smg Be. Gia n I Bee. Shona Silir.docr.i:, S'.v. N lirobi, De Eeretis, Hiye Maru, .ells. INNER ROADS Perintis. Sermpar.i;. Lucky T: S_ B:- M,'.
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  • 113 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following chany ;P Hi ratal to march inti jesterd New York: buying. T.T. 32}, O.D. 32|. 9o days airmail 32 15/16 ere lit E Us. 33 .trade bill.". Canada: buying. T.T. SOf, O.D. 31; 90 days airmail 31 5' 1 G
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  • 195 9 Latest Addition To Ben Line LATEST addition to the Ben Line Fleet, the 12.000-ton Benlomond, (seen above), will arrive m Singapore on her maiden voyage from Britain on Aug. 27. The sixth ship of her name. she joir.e.l the fleet of 22 other vessels m July and is under the
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  • 144 9 Rubber Down Cent On Profit-Taking PROFIT-TAKING faffOQghl Sir..::. pore rubber prices down by half a cent to Ml cents per lb. for Interr..itional first grade rubbtr for September shipment on a quiet mark* t Plica opened slightly higher on improved overnight overseas prices. At the bUher levels, profittaking brought prices
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  • 117 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Aug./ Sept. $25 buyers, $26 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40£ sellers, m drums MS sellers, Muntok white pepper $111 sellers, Sarawak white $110 sellers, special Sarawak black $75. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO. LTD. AUGUST
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  • 37 9 OUTPUTS from the estates an.! mines m the Guthrie G: up m July announced are: rubber 8.156.000 ib.; tea (black) 166. 000 lb.: palm oil 1.482 tons: palm kernels 417 tons; tin ore 1,660 picuLi.
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    • 241 9 BARBER- FERN-VILLE LINES Nt Botton New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Mobile. New Orleans. Houston (via Sue? 1 S por« P. Sham Penang New York BEUEVILLI 13 14 Aug 16 Sept SRNSIA 14 21 Aug 22 Aug M2B Aug 30 Sept ■n New Yc:k, Lcs Angeles, San Francisco, (via Hongkong) N York
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    • 215 9 NOTICES FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PENANG. HTENDERS are invited for A Science, Library and General School Furniture. Copies of drawing and tender forms may be obtained at the Junior Technical (Trade) School, Batu Lanchang Lane, Penang on the production of a treasury receipt for $50/- which will be
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    • 637 9 SELANGOR TURF CLUB 1 JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Meeting f members of the Selangor urf Club will be held at the ace Course. Ampang Road, [uala Lumpur, on Friday the 3rd of August 1957. at 5.30 I .m. to consider and if ap- roved pass the following
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    • 617 9 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA. SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS. A number cf Kbolaahips will be available during r 1958 Icr courses involving the study ol -cience and allied i subjects. These scholarships I are designed to qualify the selecttd candidates for appointment to posts m the
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    • 524 9 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA TENDER NOTICE HPENDERS are invited lor the supply of: 2,ooo— Ceiling Fans 60". Full parf.culars are obtainable from ;he Purchasing A Contracts Officer. Central Electricity Board. PO Box 1044. Gombak Lane. Kuala Lumpur. Closing date: 10 9/1957. i P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE (TENDERS
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    • 63 9 POLICE TENDER NOTICE RENDER whlcr v r\t day. 21sLnvited by the Commissioner I Pol lc < Federa Malaya hr t:. apply ot the following: (a) "GMC" Engine Transit Met a Austin" Engine Transit Metal Cases. Full part ars are obFor c Q larti rmast< r Federa] AUCTION SALE OF and
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  • 1405 10 claim by leader of all warrior Rajput clans Alan Green continues this series about the FALLEN PRINCES of India and their last days of glory, following the declaration of Independence. Today the spotlight is on The Maharaja of Mewa (Udaipur), chief of the greatest fighting men
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  • 382 10 NEW YORK AMERICANS will have a grandstand seat to see the Soviet man-made moons sent up to explore spate during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) but few Russians are likely to see the American-made moons. Many Americans may see the moons of both nations. Soviet
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    494 10 Due to the angle of firing and the earth's tilt, the Soviet moons will not cross the Poles But they will come close to the nearby magnetic Poles. American scientists say this could make them very valuable scientifically, for studies "rhe U.S. moons—six are planned—will be launched on
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    • 215 10 The world famous family of TIGER I medicinal products Balashin Sai In The "New Look" Pack Very effective for Coughs, Indigestion, Secsickness, Nausea, Tiredness, Stomachache, Fcui Breath ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL I I •""N I I f^**sssr tMi Sun Glasses You o^-c It to yourself to look
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  • 195 11  - NO MONEY LEFT FOR THAI STARS ALEX SOARS By AM Expenses For M -tourney Heavy KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Badminton Assoon of Malaya is unable to invite Thailand to take :t m the Merdeka championships owing to heavy iiiial commitments involved m bringing the Indians, Indonesians, and Eddy Choong to
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  • 120 11 it. M< p.. More than 100 cars and motor cycles will I m the Merdeka year sprint of tor Sports Out Serenban on Aug J spokesman for the MMSC the Standard tonight that plans have been finalised lor ■r.v.t— one of the biggest r— to arid »1
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  • 26 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Royal Air Force beat Federal jlice Rest: nit 2-1 m a hard fought hockey match on the Guraey Road ground I
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  • 80 11 Hut son Takes Eight For 15 PENANG Mo: -A. BatMß, who claimed eigl I wlcketa for 15 runs m U tl five of i beins maidens, was v responsible for Fenjmjl Sparta C ib'a seven wicket 'ry r EV)il] c Sports Club hi i league cricket match 1 Urn W
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  • 40 11 OVER 700 students from 14 Chinese Schools m the X i and Coastal districts are seen here during Hu up. m: ceremony of their Athletic Meet at the Rlang padang.— Standardpic by Ch'ng Seng Poh.
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  • 594 11 EDDIE AND SETH ARE TOP SEEDS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Eddie Choong, four times All-England champion wno has yet to win a Malayan title, has been top seeded to meet Trilok Kath Seth m the men s singles final of the Merdeka Badminton Championships to be held trom Sept. 1 to
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  • 434 11 THE following' are the fixtures of the Merdeka badminton championships to be played at the Selanuor Badminton Association hall next month: SUNDAY, SEPT. 1 First Session: Eddy Choong vs Sunny Tan: Ilia Tong Yce Cheng V! Mia Angelina Tye: Heah Hock Hetig v Foo Vong Khean; Che
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  • 43 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. All affiliates of the Selangor Hockey Association are reminded ihat entries for the league competition will close on AUK. 14. Entries should be forwarded to the Competition Secretary Mr Kartar Singh, c o 134 Hill View Road. Setapak
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  • 62 11 TICKETS for thp F.M.A.A 0 38th Annual Championship Meet on Sept. 5. I and 7, 1957 at the Merceka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, will be en sale as from Aug. 20. ISST, Id the WJOUfI States Hid Settlements, they will be available from the Hon. Secretaries of
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    101 11 STANDARDPIC <.l;ou-? finalists of the 1957 Pemk Open Badminton Cfci pionsl.lps u .i. concluded at the Perak Turf CJi.b hall, Ipoh, on Sunday night. They are (left to right): Chan Teng Kok (S\ CJiainpion), S&o Seng Fatt (Doubles Champ.). Tog Gocvj TaX (Vt Doubles Champ.), Mtss Kong Yau Henng (Doubles
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  • 265 11 S. YOG ARAJAH. Secnurv Of the Singapore Hockey Association, who was the manager *>1 th e Singapore Olympic hockey team which went to Melbourne last 'ear. was appointed manager of the Singapore team lor the Mcrdeka Games At the BHA'I Committee me ii.y yesterday, it
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  • 226 11 CHICAGO. Illinois, Aug 12 Dick Mayer, the United States open champion, won the Tarn O'Shanter ''world" golf championship here yesterday vritn a 72-hole total of 279. Tarn O'Shanter proved to be a graveyard of past champions with former "wi gold winners crumbling m a last
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  • 209 11 THE following are the fixtures for the Singapore Badminton r on's Inter-party and School championships to be held tomorrow at the Badminton Si .urn commencing from 7.30 p.m Court No 2: Garuda B.P. vs Starlift B P.; Umpires. G. Kassim. Charan Singh. C<»urt No. 3: Samuel
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    • 591 11 CLASSIFIED ADS A\\ol\UM! \I HALI AL SAI cai Ladies Drcaaas $7.00. "Cand'< $16.50. Handwover. Bedc< $4 90. Sheets 3-Pes. $800. Luck 17. Orchard Road. s II Ml()\s VACANI APPLICATIONS aacr c >m for the posts of <a) Marine Superintendent, and <b) Superintending Engineer m the Union of Burma Snipping Board.
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    • 139 11 Li'l ilbner By Al Capp T J«JKSJ9?> /Y-'- V >.'AS \LV-T,--i' i c.,i-.?-AHHATr-;, TO JL-:-TVANTA VO'GGTTA V^' ijA /^^^vi^fe;.] KJi~ N-A\'-*v. -J A VBOREE fZfe GO BACK HOME— ANT LINGER, AhV if COME HOW-, Li /THAR f /.week, f,\cc fiORRiBLr. reality- X dream o' am' face tk' t SHE IS
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  • 221 12 Against Ceylon At Cricket John Woodhouse, skipper of the Singapore Cricket Club, will lead the colony .it cricket .IS-iinst Oyl»n this week-end on the Singapore i padan? The players selected by the Singapore Cricket Association last night were: Allen Grindrod (Army), John Marten> *SKC>. Chris Arkell
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  • 89 12 For M-Games Soccer At K.L. THE TUNKU'S ALL READY FOR 1 DREAM IS I STADIUM OPENING [NOW A REALITY THE Singapore Amateur Football Association selection committee last night named the following players to represent Singapore at Mcrdcka Games soccer competition at Kuala Lumpur this and next MNfe Sect Yew Chang,
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  • 158 12 I visit of Eastern .earn of Hongkong, wno -ent touring Australia and New Zealand. Eastern are expected to play their first match against Singapore- Uig. 21 under floodligh On Aag -i toef will play second game against Singapore Selection, and on the following day. meet All-Singapore.
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  • 67 12 Singapore Hockey Association teams to meet R today at the Indian Association grour. )15 p.m. will be: Pk X pal Sin- >.)han Singh. D. Fernandez. Hon Yam. X Hin. Rozario and X Me R Ja.-o;r Sir.^n. S ngh, Ah Kuan «nd Baldhiraj Sin;h. Against Wanderers tomr" at Meng
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    14 12 Here's how they finished on Saturday, open ing day of the Selangor .August races.
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  • 43 12 THE Singapore AmatCUl Footbai Al ■•laticn, at its Council meeting yesterday, unanimously voted, as a gesture of goodwill. $500 to the Perak PI ■;■<- n Fund. The n oney v. ill be sent to the Perak AmnteOT Football Association today.
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  • 594 12  -  PETER KUM by KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's $2.3 million dream, the Merdeka Stadium, is now a reality. And all that is left for him to do on Merdeka eve is the pleasure of declaring it officially open. All arrangements nave
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  • 122 12 Cup Training In XL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Eddy and David Choong may compete m the Cricket Club of India championships at Bombay next month. Mr. H.A.E. Schee!e of the England Badminton Association, m a letter to the Indian Association (a copy of which was sent
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  • 181 12 Formosa S'pore B' ton Talks A MEMBER of the *Exe cutive Committee of the All-China Badminton Association, Mr. Wei Chen Wu, is m Singapore to discuss prospects of starting an inter-port Taipeh-Singapore badminton series Mr Wei who arrived from London yesterday alter attending the Council meeting of the International Badminton
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  • 198 12 Changi Oust Fathuls ROYAL Air- Force Changi created another upset m the SAFA senior knockout competition this week when they beat Fathul Karib Club by three goals to ml at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Playful Bg**«*Ti much fitter team. Fathul had to fight hard to keep the Airmen away for
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  • 73 12 SAIGON. Aug. 12 (UP).— The South Vietnam lawn' tennis team is scheduled to leave Saigon on Aug. 17. for a series of matches m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, including the Malayan Merdeka games. The team has been practising on a privately-owned grass court m Saigon for the
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  • 230 12 THE Combined Services athletic team to meet the Civilians m a friendly athletic meet on Saturday at Farrer Park will be selected from the tollowing:--100 yds Vosa (RAF), Wilkinson (RAF), Local (RN), Res: Bugd< (RAF>: ±10 yds. Bugden (RAF), Shaari (Army), Voss (RAF), Rc=: 3a!asmgham (RN);
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  • 309 12 TOKYO Mon. There is a strong possibility that the next Asian Zone Thomas Cuptie between Japan and Thailand will be played m Tokyo. This was revealed by Mr. Honda, president of the Nippon Badminton Association at the reception m honour of the victorious
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  • 585 12 OH A*§> 4 Sunday Standard IpOfi let J mior criticised the Malayan Hockey Fcderal<oa ]ur the 'glorious inactivity of its officials.' The MHF, as the lengthy letter below shows, has apparently decmr cd that it icdl not pay Jo continue its silent service. Today ice are
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    • 117 12 I A X I reron n\P\\\)\ \V§ M.r.Prcjadice«ayithat Of >!/ rum w i nter drink, /^f T» V. i I 1 name Ignorance) does V I not know that there is > Cl.vA w jA\ 1 nothing worth calling wintet V/ f tn the tropical, heat-drenched J^^Jfi Caribbeans, where the
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