Singapore Standard, 29 January 1958

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    96 1 SINGAPORE ST AN DAR D Telephone ***** 5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 210 15 cts. 14 Poges YOU NEED NOT GIVE UP THIS PASSPORT SINGAPORE citizens need not surrender their British passports, if they have any, at least not at present, a Government spokesman
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    367 1 GOVT. SETS UP A COMMISSION Lawyers Protests Spark Review Of Law On Inquiries KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.— The Federation Government has set up a committee to review the existing procedure governing preliminary inquiries m order to determine if modifications are required. This move by Government is a direct
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    Lock icon KRA ISTHMUS PROJECT HEADS FOR A BIG FALL
    180 1 KRA ISTHMUS PROJECT HEADS FOR A BIG FALL There's No Money For It Minister BANGKOK, Jan. 28 (Reuter) Divergent views were expressed by Thai officials today on the suggested project to cut a canal through the Kra Isthmus m South Thailand. Yesterday. Premier, Lt.Gen. Thanom Kittikachorn said Government was interested
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    Lock icon Floods Close Pahang Roads
    84 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two of three main roads flooded m Pahang are impassable to all traffic, the latest survey of the flood situation m the State shows. The Sungei LembingKuantan Road, at the Sungei Charu bridge is four feet under water and the level is rising.
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    Lock icon Two-Hour Black-out In Colony
    84 1 RESIDENTS m the Serangoon Road and Lavender Street areas of Singapore experienced a two-hofLß\ blackout last nicht. '<Jr -J fVIr. Z. K. Fiucz<& Ass&tant City Electrical Engjneei, said the power failure was because a network transformer for a city line "tripped." It might be due to
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    Lock icon KOTELAWALA
    29 1 SIR John Kotelawala, former Prime Minister of Ceylon, left London by air yesterday for Colombo. He has been spending a month's holiday at his farm m Kent. Reuter
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    Lock icon FIVE TURKS KILLED IN FRESH CLASHES
    211 1 Troops Fire At Fleeing Car NICOSIA, Jan. 28 (Reuter) Five Cypriot Turks were reported killed today when British troops opened fire on demonstrators m new clashes here and m Famagusta, South Cyprus. An official announcement .said two Turks were killed m Famae:usta and a
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    Lock icon Bomb Attacks: 34 Arrests
    54 1 ANKARA, Jan 28, (AFP) Turkish Police have arrested 34 persons following the bomb attacks on or near American buildings here on Sunday night, the paper "Yeni Gun" reported today. One bomb blasted a warehouse of the American Embassy and another shattered a private bookshop near the
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    167 1 MCMURDO, SOUND, Antarc ica. Jan. 28 (UP).— Geoffrey Pratt, 33, a British scientist making a transAntarctic trip with Dr. Vivian Fuchs h&s become seriously ill with carbon monoxide poisoning and U.S. Navy planes will fly m oxygen, it was reported today. Dr. Fuchs reported by
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    Lock icon APPEAL FOR GIRLS LIFE
    48 1 AMMAN, Jan. 28, (AFP) The Jordan House of Deputies today unanimously decided to appeal to the United Nations against the death sentence passed on an Algerian Moslem girl by a French military court m Algiers The girl, Jamileh, has been sentenced for terrorist activities
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    Lock icon TAX DODGERS
    21 1 THE Philippine Internal Revenue Commission announced yesterday that it recommended the deportation of 1,255 aliens for tax delinquency. Reuter
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    Lock icon ONG'S $7,000: HE'LL WIN OUT BY ONE VOTE
    192 1 ONG'S $7,000: HE'LL WIN OUT BY ONE VOTE THE Mayor of Singapore is expected to win out m his demand for a $7,000 monthly allowance from public funds. hi the full board meeting of the City Council on Fridoy, the Peoples Action Party proposal to pay this sum to the
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    Lock icon MUD-SPATTERED LEGS LED TO ARREST
    212 1 IPOH. Tucs. After robbing a couple ot their jewellery and cash last night, three dagger-carrying thugs helped their victims extricate their car from a muddy stretch of Maxwell Road here. Little did the "Samaritans" realise that this gave the Police a clue. Shortly after the
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    Lock icon RIOT GAMES CATCH MANY BY SURPRISE
    124 1 RIOT GAMES CATCH MANY BY SURPRISE POLICE-ARMY "riot" exercises m Singapore yesterday, caught many people by surprise, and hundreds of parents who thought real trouble had broken out, did not send their children to school. Housewives who had gone to market, rushed home with well-stocked baskets to "keep going" for
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    Lock icon BANDITS DWINDLING IN NUMBER, SAYS TUNKU
    121 1 BANDITS DWINDLING IN NUMBER, SAYS TUNKU SAIGON, Jan. 28 (Reuter) Malayan Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, here on a short visit, last night discussed internal security problems and Communist subversive activities concerning South Vietnam and Malaya with President Ngo Dinh Diem, it was authoritatively learned. The Tunku confirmed that Malaya's
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    Lock icon NEW CYPRUS POLICE CHIEF
    58 1 LONDON. Jan. 28, (Reuter) Government today appointed a new Police Chief for the riot-torn island colony of Cyprus, Mr. J. E S. Browne, 47-year-old Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire m the English Midlands. He was selected for the job regarded as the toughest Police command m the
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    Lock icon TRADE TALKS
    38 1 INDONESIA and Czechoslovakia ope a top-level talks m Jakarta today when the two Premiers, Mi. William Siroky and Dt Djuanda begin the first m a series of formal discussions which are expected to .'over trade matters.
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    Lock icon U.S. TO SHOOT 'OON' HIS WEEK
    249 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Jan. 28 (UP) The United States may have a baby "moon" m the sky five minutes after the Army's Jupiter C missile is launched from here, probably this week. The Jupiter C. if all goes well, will take just about that
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    Lock icon MOB LEADER JAILED FOR PRO. SACKING
    76 1 MOB LEADER JAILED FOR PRO. SACKING TAKAiiTA, Jan. 28 (UP) Chalid bin Badar Tebee. the leader ot a mob that sacked the British Information Service office here during an anti -Suez demonstration m Novamber. 1956. was sentenced to I've months' jail today. The District Court also ordered him to pay
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    Lock icon HK Explosion Kills Girl
    58 1 HONGKONG, Jan. 28 (UP) A mysterious explosion blew apart the front portion of a crowded building on the Kowloon side of Hongkong early today, killing a seven-year-old girl and injuring nine other persons. Seven of the injured were detained m a Government hospital, two of whom
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    Lock icon Final Claim For Pay Rise
    55 1 LONDON, Jan. 28. (Reuter) —The National Union of Railwaymen, with 350,000 members decided today to submit a claim for higher wages, already twice rejected by the transport authorities, to an arbitration tribunal, ultimata court for peaceful negotiation. They shelved a demand for a 40-hour week
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    Lock icon BIRTH
    21 2 WEBB To Ted and Betty, a daughter. Nancy Lee. at Victoria Hospital, London. Ontario, Canada on January 15th. Both fine
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    Lock icon ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    45 2 MRS. C. M. LA BROOY and family ••ncereiy thank all relatives and friends who sent wreaths, condolence letters telegrams and who rendered assistance and showed kindness m *o many way* during the last illness and funeral of thg late Mr. C. H. La Brooy.
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    25 2 APPLY NETTOUN to your flowrrs, gardens, trees, lawns and compare plants fed with NETTOLIN to other plants. The difference speaks for itself. Phone *****.
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    Lock icon APPLICATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS IS WITHDRAWN
    783 2 APPLICATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS IS WITHDRAWN POLICE REFUTE ILL-TREATMENT CHARGES THE acting Attorney-General Mr. A. V. Winslow, yesterday told the Singapore Chief Justice, Sir John Whyatt, that allegations against the Police about the treatment accorded a woman held under the Public Security laws, had "caused considerable concern" to the Commissioner
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    Lock icon THE LETTER SHE WROTE
    126 2 Translation of a letter from WONG SAU YIN, dated January, 21, 1058, to Director, Special Branch. **l request you to release me. We have now decided not to engage Counsel and not to appeal. If Government do not allow us to live here, then we would
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    Lock icon KISS COSTS THE TUNKU A $1 FINE
    277 2 Incident At Kedah Park ALOR STAR, Tues. The younger brother of the Sult-m of Kedah, 47-year-old Tunku Shuib, who was alleged to have stolen a kiss from the proprietress of a ioget-modern, was found guilty of disorderly behaviour at the Great World Park,
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    Lock icon 'Youth Leaders Lack Training'
    88 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Many Malayan youth leaders have been unable to assess the needs and ambitions of youths m this country, and as a result, apathy has fallen on the whole youth movement here. This was the opinion of the secretary (for Asia) of the World
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
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      473 3 I|E unc.ny trend of politics m Singapore is Ic.ible attention abroad. Signs arc I \a\hz* confidence m the Colony's economic tt, cn t is at low ebb and that its future is with increasing anxiety. When the con- i on don Times thinks it necessary to sound on the
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      Lock icon All Public Servants Loyal?
      314 3 IHE odvent of party politics into Singapore "ed the question of the loyalty of public k*o the party m power. Those of them, members of political parties m opposition 'governing party, are liable to be influenced rf y pressure to go outside the bounds of duty
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      Lock icon SINGPAPORE TIGER STANDARD PRESS
      46 3 ■U Teck Kirn Road, Spore I t f Jo 15C3 Cables: T ICEkNEWS" <l Mf UR (5 l.ncs). All departments durance Blcig 174. Batu Kd Nr ***** Bj Si Tel: 3829 a St W: 4055 1 1 1 C». na Tel: 1471
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    Lock icon STORM OVER AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION
    1596 3  - STORM OVER AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION William Fitter I—Fromi From m Sydney has blown up over Australia's immigration policy and the diminishing proportion of Britons being absorbed into the country's population. The problem has come into the open at the annual Citizenship Convention m Canberra, where the Australian Labour Party leader, Dr.
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    Lock icon The Vodka Problem
    980 3  - The Vodka Problem EDWARD CRANKSHAW -By RUSSIA TODAY- LONDON QNE of the greatest scandals of Tsarist Russia was the State vodka monopoly. Instead of trying to limit excessive consumption and consequent drunkenness, Tsarist Governments, one after another, did precisely the opposite. The revenue from drunkenness was too valuable to lose.
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Illegal Detention
      101 3 Sir If Government is really concerned about the illegal detention of our ships and crews by the Indonesians, it should stop sending letters to Jakarta about it. It should despatch "Panglima" and "Panji" of the R.M.N.V.R., especially designed for th.s type of duty and recently purchased at great
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      270 3 Sir I am neither unsympathetic nor uncharitable towards Singapore beggars but they are not as down-and-out as they appear to the unsuspecting and unobservant. There is the fellow who comes and squats on the pavement between Bata's and Flag Road He gets there with his crutches m a
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    Lock icon DIESEL LOCOS TAKEN OFF TRACK
    294 4 DIESEL LOCOS TAKEN OFF TRACK New Rails To Be Laid For High Speed Trains KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malayan Railway has withdrawn the diesel electric-powered locomotives, introduced to modernixe the rail system from a 98-mile stretch on the Kuala Lumpur-Penang run, until up-to-date rails capable of taking high-speed trains are laid.
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    Lock icon GASMEN: COUNCIL MAKES AN OFFER
    223 4 GASMEN: COUNCIL MAKES AN OFFER SINGAPORE City Council last night offered sevelance pay and gratuity to 73 workers who will become redundant at the Kallang Gas Works, next month. In addition, the workers *rere also offered alternative work with the Council as and when vacancies occurred. The Council's offer came
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    Lock icon U.S. TRIP FOR BOY WITH 'BAD' HEART
    176 4 U.S. TRIP FOR BOY WITH 'BAD' HEART PENANG, Tues. The surgeon of the Lady Templer Hospital m Kuala Lumpur. Mr. W. Gordon, has sent a report to the Penang State Social Welfare Officer, Mr. Goon Sem Sye, stating that an operation for 12-year-old Lye Boon Leong was not a matter
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    36 4 HONGKONG. Jan. 28 Special Standard Service; Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $15.54 to El Sterling $5.855 to US$l; $1,851 to Malayan $1; $0.1215 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $256.5 to a tael.
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    66 4 ALOR STAR. Tues. Mr. Justice Hill m the High Court today ordered. Tan Bak Chooi. to be sent to the Tanjong Rambutan Mental Hospital for further observation for the third time. Tan was due to stand trial for the alleged murder of Beh Poh Wah at Kejai
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    92 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A Blackburn Beverley transport aircraft of No. 47 Squadron R.A.F. has arrived m Malaya from England on a proving flight. This aircraft, the first to arrive m Malaya, will carry out trials here to assess its value as a heavy transport aircraft. The
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    Lock icon Weeks Jail For Labourer
    65 4 IPOH. Tues. A Sitiawan sawmill labourer, Loo Chin Soo, was today sentenced to one week's jail by the Magistrate, Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan, for failing to pay maintenance to his wife His wife, Lim Choon Mooi, complained that Loo failed to pay her $30 monthly
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    Lock icon CRASH WENT THE TREE AND 80 GO SLEEPLESS
    89 4 EIGHTY residents of a rickety 100-year-old building m Waterloo Street, Singapore, went without sleep last night for the second time. Reason: A 40-foot tree which wa« uprooted and crashed against the building: during a rain storm on Monday night is st^l leaning
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    Lock icon HOTELIER TO RUN CLUB FOR SEAMEN
    174 4 SINGAPORE hotelier Mr. K.S. Pillai has been appointed Resident Superintendent of the $1,300,000 Asian Seamen's Club. The seven-storey building which is the latest addition to the Colony's skyline ha s accommodation for 130 seafarers at a time. It will have two bars, a reading
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    217 4 'Wife Died Because Of KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. „o m, l that certain employees of the General I failed to attend to an emergency case v I arrived there last week, has been lodged iM ter for Health, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. I The complainant alleges that his wife became
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    15 4 P. N. BARREL ncer, was qi victed for etidoi discharged br Traffic M Ramason
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      131 4 J 1 HPC' v Plans are announced by Imperial Chemical Industries (Malaya) Limited for jy||^^^^^^^Jji|M a new paint factory to be erected on a ten acre site at Petaling Jaya. The opening of this new I B plant, one of the most modern of its kind m the world, reflects
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    Lock icon MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AT KIDNAP TRIAL
    589 5 MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AT KIDNAP TRIAL PENALTY IS FOR FIRING AT POLICE j h Cheong alias Ah Lek, a 27-year-old coffee shop assistant, accused of abducting Singapore millionaire banker Mr. Ng Sen Choy, to hold for ransom of $1,500,000, was yesterday sentenced to death at the Singapore Assizes. The
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    Lock icon STOCKWELL HERE FOR TALKS WITH THE AGONG
    134 5 STOCKWELL HERE FOR TALKS WITH THE AGONG THE British Military See- tary at the War Office, enera: Sir Hush Stockwell, yesterday arrived m Singapore by Qantas from London lor talks with the Agong, and the Defence Minister. Gen. Sir Hugh, who was the General Officer Commanding of the British Forces
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    Lock icon Dag To Visit Malaya After ECAFE
    150 5 Dag To Visit Malaya After ECAFE BANGKOK, Jan. 27 (Reutcr) The U.N. Secretary-General, Mr Dag Hammarskjoeld. is to attend the annual meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East m Kuala Lumpur m March, officials at ECAFE's regional headquarters here said today. It will be the first
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    Lock icon MAN STABBED
    35 5 CHANG Chong Weng, 36, wa s stabbed near the abdomen following a drinking spree m tne New World Park. Singapore, at midnight last night. He was taken to the Gen?ral Hospital for treatment.
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    Lock icon CLUB BAZAAR
    32 5 THE Kamala Club, Singapore, will hold a bazaar at its premises, 7, Moulmein Road, on Saturday, beginninc; at 11 a.m. The bazaar is m aid of the Club's building fund.
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    Lock icon REVENUE MUST GO UP OR ELSE
    207 5 Warning By Electricity Chief THE Singapore City Electrical Department will not be able to repay the loans to creditors, unless revenue 'from sales of electricity is immediately increased. This warning came from the City Electrical Engineer, Mr. R. A. Waddle, m the department's annual
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    Lock icon PROFESSOR TO LECTURE
    51 5 TKOFESSOR Run e Frisk, Chief Physician at the Ersta Hospital m Stockholm, arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas for a series ot lectures. Prof. Frisk, who was accompanied by his wife, will give his first lecture at the Faculty of Medicine. University of Malaya, at 8 p.m.
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    Lock icon Cultural Branch For Colony
    87 5 Cultural Branch For Colony A BRANCH of the National Cultural Council, (Dewan Kebudayaan Kebangsaan) recently formed by the Malay Cultural Congress m Malacca, will be set up m Singapore. Vice-chairman of the Council, Inche Harun Mohamad Amin, said yesterday that branches would be formed m all States and Settlements, including
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    Lock icon TANKER IS TOWED TO SPORE
    99 5 THE 10, 712-ton tanker. Stanvac Bangkok, which lost |CF pn;r>c!!er m the Arafura Sea ofT Northern Australia recently, is being towed into Singapore. stricken vessel is taken m tow by another Standard Vacuum vessel the Stanvac Palcmbang. and is ex-pc-icd here on Feb. 8. The
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    Lock icon ARTIST TO HOLD AN EXHIBITION
    77 5 ARTIST TO HOLD AN EXHIBITION WELL-KNOWN Mr Basoeki Abdullah will noid a one-man exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Feb. 7 Mr Abdullah has just returned from a successful European tour exhibiting his paintings m Italy, Rome, Lisbon and London. City Councillor Mr. Ho X ok Hoe, and President
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    Lock icon DRIVER FINED
    58 5 A BUS DRIVER, Li m Ah Leng. was fined a total of $30 m the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday on two charges of beating the traffic lights at the junction of Bras Basah Road and Bcncoolen Street, and failing to produce his driving licence when asked by
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    Lock icon REDS CAN SLIP INTO COLONY AT WILL
    244 5 REDS CAN SLIP INTO COLONY AT WILL SUBVERSIVE elements aye slipping m and out of Singapore without papers Government can do nothing about it. This wa>> revealed by an Immigration Departm ent spokesman m an interview with Tne Standard yesterday The spokesman said that anyone could slip m and out
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    81 5 THE Malaysian Ship Officers and Mariners Union will meet on Feb 3 to discuss the levy of $1 a month on members for a scholarship fund. Union secretary. Captain Mohamad Said Alias, said yesterday that the union hoped to send abroad one or two students next year
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    Lock icon DISTINE SHOULD WIN TOP SPRINT
    380 6  -  WINDSOR LAD The Champion Sprinter is In Peak Form Says (]HAMPION sprinter Distine has a stiff task m the main six furlongs sprint (Race 6) for topnotch sprinters at Bukit Timah this afternoon. But he is m such striking form that despite the welter 10.3
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    Lock icon AT BUKIT TIMAH TODAY
    85 6 THE track for this afternoon's races at Bukit Timah should be good. Best Outsider THE best longshot at Bukit Timah today is Speculation ill the first race. Milky Way II m Race 2 looks one of the best bets of the day, while Amusement Park is
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    Lock icon BANK ON BONDI
    157 6 HAVE SEVEN BOXDI is my choice. This five-year-old by Vilmorin ran two promising races m December. He finished third to Monitor and then finished a game fourth to Sun of Burma He gets a ten pounds pull m this and as he will have apprentice Leo atop.
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    415 6 RACE T\lo> hl hl T s second to Remembrance I expect Milky Way II h°om mPr Ye and show them She shoviea guts and gameness m nor bid for the spoils. Jhioughtitoutin the final furlong an a though goin^ under by a shorthead she di c s V
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    Lock icon Black Charm May Prove Too Good
    205 6 ti ACE OJVE BLACK CHARM, a striking: three-year-old by Belvedere should win first time out. His track efforts have been very impressive he took the eye m a testing trial on Monday when heading home the well performed Balkan Chevalier nt/r three furlongs m
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    521 6 Brilliant Light Appeals RACE FOUR Brilliant Light broke the i Q c wh .l n he rom P^d home an f as v three-length winner at the December meeting He ™A™ 1 Wy extended and could impiove on that run to again head this field home. He r an prominently
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    Lock icon KEY TO THE NEW RACE CARD
    66 6 The key to the new Roce Cord which shows the form ot the horse m its last three runs, here the race was run, state of the going, distance and weight tarried it as follows: Singapore f?T" Kuala Lumpur p a «Poh vc Penang
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    Lock icon STANDARD'S RACE CARD. SINGAPORE JAN-FEB. MEETING.
    1829 6 RACE h 2.15 p.m.— Horses Class 3, Div. 3—6 Furs. Z 22fiaF s* sag w sett* J: .?M N C .rcM.E« B 2 ANSOMI DANIELS Mr.K.Y.1... S«P k .y 5 ,5,, 8 (I Royal Illusion) 8.12 MERCER ROOGERS Mr. E. J. Tan 5# 5y
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    522 7 Lim Says That It May Be Used For Thomas Cup Games MR. LIM CHUAN GEOK, who described himself as the 'honorary manager of the Singapore Badminton* Stadium' said yesterday that any application to stage^ the Thomas Cup matches In the Stadium will not be turned down. In a
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    167 7 SB A Take Over, Singaporeans Say Interviewed yesterday, were of the re Badminton Association should •he stadium, since it was built for their views: til i.ou. ;i nirmFund Comipore Com- i with C ad- and .••■ditors. failed thert |s n this ning m hand :ion of Singapore itl n." he
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    34 7 TRINIDAD. Jan. 28. (Renter) Pakistan drew their two-day cricket match with an East Indian XI here today. The tourists scored 410 for six declared the home team replying with 234 for eight.
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      268 7 Sir, It is hard to believe firstly, the Thomas Cup is only played once m three years; secondly the news that this game may be played elsewhere. As a keen follower of Badminton all these is hard to swallow m one Monday morning. If my memory is
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    94 7 PERSATUAN Bawian, ■A Section winners, and Perhimponan Stia. B Section champions will meet m th c final of the Singapore Malay Football Association's Junior League on Monday, Feb. 3 at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m. There will be no admission charges. Persatuan Bawian will
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    74 7 LONDON, Jan. 28, <Reutcr^ A British Isles Rugby Union team will tour Australia and N'cw Zealand m 1959. They will play six matches m Australia and 25 m New Zealand, including two internationals aejainst Australia and four against New Zealand. The team will leave
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    257 7 RAOC Boxers Aim To Keep Army Title Fourth Year DEFENDING champions Royal Army Ordnance Corps will make a strong bid to retain the Singapore Base District boxing championship for the fourth year m succession. In a semi-final contest tomorrow night RAOC will meet Royal Army Service Corp s at the
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    220 7 "Mimr M X lUIS. m Jj«ri Bri- tl d| ;V'"t W h 1 1 r Uatti 1 :it m;- guiiti a commanding lead at the interval. Infantry Brigade took a long time to se.tle down, and it was just before the interval. that
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    204 7 Klassen Shines For Levers KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A sparkling display by Selangor state star Leonard Klassen gave Levers Sports Club a convincing 5-0 victory over Selangor Club m their Selangor Hockey Association senior division league match on the Selangor Club padang today. Klassen, turning out at inside right, hit m
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    85 7 MARINES WHIP P T MARINES "A" trounced Post Telegraph "A" by seven goals to on© m a SG.S.F.A. Div. le league match played on *he P. 8c T ground yesterday. Though P. T. were the first to score, the Marine* took a commanding lead of 4-1 at in.tervol The Marines
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    89 7 Due Here... The Black Spider LATEST addition to Singapore's world-ranking matmen will be the Black Spider a masked American grappler due to arrive m the Colony this week. The Black Spider, who has been campaigning m the United States for the past seven years, has yet to be unmasked. He
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    31 7 SINGAPORE Telephone Board and Woodbridge Hospital Sports Club failed to reach a decision when they played a two-all draw In a SGSFA Div. 1 league match at Woodbridge yesterday.
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    25 7 RAFFLES Institution heart Outram School 2-0 m the inter-school friendly soccer match played on Raffles' ground yesterday. Scorers were Farib Onn and Ahmad.
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    173 7 BAM Want Guarantee That SBA Control The Stadium n~!ta EE Xin > Wee. president of the SingaWon, told The Standard thf "IS? that th **r Sf u the Th °mas Cup matchesmay not Dc play u d nfoU h e e d/ C lolly is DOt #hJ A ci reDrc
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    56 7 LONDON, Jan. 28 (Reuter)— Rae Johnstone, the Australianborn jockey who rode nearly 2,000 winners m his career m the saddle, said here lastnight that he was setting up as a trainer. His stables will be at Chantilly. near Paris, and he said he will fly there at the
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    286 7 DURBAN. Jan. 28 (Reuter) Australia had scored 57 for no wicket m their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the third Test against South Africa here. First innings scores were Australia 163, South Africa 384. With time running out the match ends tomorrow the
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    272 7 No Dispute In The Soccenfes, Says The Secretary THE Singapore Amateur Football Association must recognise the entry of the Star Soccerites submitted by the club's officials for this coming season's league, the Soccerites secretary, Mr. K.S. Manickam said yesterday. "SAFA should not be interested m our internal affairs. The Soccerites
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    270 9 A SINGAPORE fireman, Hassan bin Osman, 34, put three robbers to flight and helped to arrest a fourth at the junction of Victoria and Arab Streets yesterday. By his act, Hassan saved a pregnant woman from being robbed of her necklace and
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    95 9 DEATH OF INFORMATION OFFICER PENANG, Tucs. The State Inlormation Officer, Negri Sembiian, Inche Ibrahim Izzudin bin Yusof died at the Seremban General Hospital yesterday. His body was brought by train for burial here today. Inche Izzudin was State Information Officer In Kelantan, lor the past three years, until his recent
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    235 9 FULLY-ELECTED STATE COUNCIL Committee To Review Selangor Constitution KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The standing committee on the Selangor State Constitution headed by Alliance Councillor, Inche Abdullah bin Haji Mohamad Yassin, will review the State Constitution for the first time at a meeting here next week. The committee will study all the
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    78 9 HE THOUGHT ARMY PASS WAS ENOUGH FRANK James Weir admitted before a Colony District Judge yesterday that he did not hav c m entry permit to the Singapore Harbour Board, a prohibited arcs, wnen he was arrested by a Police Sergennt on Monday. But, added Weir, he had previously visited
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    41 9 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was reached by the Singapore Assistant Coroner at the end of an inquest on a woman. Mumammal. who died iram burns received when her saree caught fire at Kampong Java Road on Jan. 10.
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    62 9 MRS. ROSE Minnie, Qantas Public Relations Officer, lost a wallet from her handbag, which was left m an airline's office at the Singapore Airport yesterday. Also missing from the handbag: A pair of reading glasses, ignition key, driving licence, and $60 m cash. She discovered the
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    224 9 Denies Cheating Allegations LONDON, Jan. 28 (Reuter) Mary Ng appealed here today against her conviction m Singapore on a charge of attempting to cheat a man involved m an opium case by telling him she could induce a Magistrate to show favour. i The
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    41 9 A PUBLIC debate on "University of Malaya Students and Nationalism" will be held today at the University's Art Lecture Theatre. Bukit Timah, Singapore at 8.15 p.m. The debate is organized by the University of Malaya Debating Union.
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    160 9 RUBBER TIN PRICES I CLOSING rubber urues I (cents per Ib.) mi n Singapore yesterday were: Tone: Steady Quiet. The price of tin In Singapore yesterday was $360 per picul (down $4). LONDON RUBBER No. 1 R.S.S. Settlement House Terms Tuesday's opening first session were: CLOSING Spot 22 d. March
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    88 9 IPOH, Tues. An Ipoh student, Lee Cheng Huat, has been awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship m mining engineering and will join the Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand. Mr. Cheng Huat. a former student of the St. Michael's Institution, here, is the son of Mr. Lee Hun Chians:
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    196 11 C 'wealth Pine Talks To Start TO DISCUSS MARKET MARKETING problems are among the main topics to be discussed by the Commonwealth Conference of Pineapple Producers when the body holds its second annual meeting m Singapore from Feb. 24 to 28. The first meeting was held m London m May
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    161 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation Department of Chemistry has started on the second stage of its phytochemical survey of Malayan palms, the acting Director of the Department, Mr. H. C. Butcher, said today. "We have finished the tests m sorting out the palms for examination
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    103 11 Trade With India Is Favourable KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Malaya had a favourable trade balance with India, amounting to $32.6 mil. m the first half of 1957. as against $14 mil. m the same period of the previous year, according to the latest issue of the Journal Of Trade And Industry
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    73 11 SIR Alexander Fleck, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. who is now visiting Malaya, yesterday presented long service awards to several members of the staff of 1.C.1. (Malaya) Ltd., at a tea party at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore. Photo shows Sir Alexander (second from left) with
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    84 11 Thailand To Lower Tariffs B $NG R OK Jan. 28 (AFP) Thailand is considering on r«ls1 rillg Of ta 'iff rate! with Vhi br l ng Uin V* the fates existing m other countries, an informThi urc r said toda y ♦v c V overnme nt is of the opinion
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    161 11 THE Yugoslav Line has expanded its services from Europe to the Far East by putting its newest ship, the 10,500-ton vessel Radnik, on the run up to Japan and North China ports. The new vessel, which is on her maiden voyage, is now en route
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    26 11 A YORKSHIRE engineering concern has received a contract to supply 27 diesel and steam cranes, worth about £300,000 for the Indian State Railways.
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    99 11 SINUAfOKfc Chinese k*oduce Exchange noon closing prices per plcul yesterday were: copr.. Jan.-Feb UK/ Continent $301 buyers. $31 i sellers; coconut oil In bulk $451 sellers: In drums $49 i sellers Mumok white Depper $99 sellers: Sarawak white $98 sellers: special Sarawak black $61. Singapore Copra Association closing
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    37 11 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following Granges m its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling, T.T. or O.D. ready: French Franca *****; Belgian Francs 1613-3/4; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered. 1
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    335 11 New British Scooters For Export Designed TWO new scooters have been introduced m Britain. Both are specially designed for world markets. One a 110-miles-per gallon machine of 150 cc, with a speed of 55 miles per hour, is a product of the Bond "Minicar" Company, Sharps Commercials Ltd., Preston. "Spares
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    253 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Latest figures released by the Department of Statistics today disclosed that the Federation had a favourable trade balance last year amounting to $269,478,201. Total imports for the year amounted to $1,378,398,675, while exports totalled $1,647,--876,876. The export of all types of
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    926 11 WORLD CAN USE ALL NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC THE synthetic rubber industry is making progress and new plants are being built m Europe and Japan but it seems that all the rubber, both natural and man-made, that can be produced will be needed, says Lewis Peat (Spore) Ltd. m a review
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    110 11 OUTER ROADS Felipes, Mina, Omonia. Norvets, Pailowa, Sanana, Bretagne, Eastern Venture Marquette Victory, Tatry. Tees Breeze. Isobel, Waibalong, Batoela. Davilla. INNER ROADS New Susanna, Stia. Tong Goan, Lipis Lagong. Dongkon. Tai Tiong, Kah Kheng, Benveg. Lasem. Tong Thay. Nangkachindr Lagong, Soon Bee, Benveg. New V, New Coronation.
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    132 11 RUBBER closed m the Singapore market yesterday on a steady, quiet tone. International first grade for February shipment was quoted buyers at 751 cents per lb., down i cents on Monday. The market opened low on overseas advices and eased further on hedge selling by commission houses.
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    225 11 Tins Not Hit By Metal Drop TIN price m Singapore dropped $4 yesterday, being quoted at $360 per picul. The price fall was attributed to "usual market fluctuations." Previously, the market had registered a price boost of $5.25 m two days, following the announcement of further cut-back m production m
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    181 11 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2.10; F. and N. ords $2.60; Gammon $2.20 overnight and yesterday; Hammer $2.05; H Waugh $1.51- Hong, kong Bank $448; M. breweries $3.35; M. Cement $1.28; McAlister $1.55. $1.56; M. Box $1.52}, $1.53; Robinson ords $1.75 overnight and yesterday;
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    306 12 2 'Copters Used In Combined Exercises "OPERATION Cudgel Blow," a Police-Military exercise staged m Singapore yesterday to quell a "riot" proved very successful. The exercise, involving some 3,000 men from both services, lasted eight hours. Two helicopters were used and all entrances to the
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    132 12 IPOH. Tues.— lpoh's YWCA has started a fund-raising drive to build a $60,000 hostel for working girls, next to the Association's premises m Anderson Drive. It will have accommodation for about 20 to 25 girls and it is hoped that work will start soon on
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    114 12 They Plead Guilty To Thefts KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Three men were today charged before Sessions Court President. Inche M.M. Hashim, with stealing from shops on four occasions. Ng Fook Koon, 28, Chong Hong Gee, 26, and Lam Ban Kat, 28, pleaded guilty to all four charges. They admitted stealing a
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    135 12 Assizes Opens Without Ceremony PENANG, Tues. There was no church service or ceremony at the opening of the Assizes here today. The Assizes, originally fixed for Feb. 17. was brought forward to today at short notice, because a civil case put down for hearing for three days was settled. The
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    240 12 Council Meeting To Decide PEXANG, Tues. The City Council bus fares, which were increased last year, will be reduced if a motion by Labour City Councillor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, is passed at the Council meeting on Thursday. Mr. Ooi. m his motion, will
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    159 12 Councillor Fined For Assault A SINGAPORE City Councillor, S. M. Vasagar. WW yesterday nned $25 by th< i Eighth Magistrate Mr. Taw Singh after being conVicted on a charge of causing hurt and using criminal lorce on a businessman. The Court was told that Vasagar assaulted the busi nessman, A.
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    63 12 YET another Novcna session has been added to the series of eight sessions conducted by tin- j Redemptorist Fathers at the Church of St. Alphonsus m j Thomson Road, Singapore, on Saturdays. The new session will begi at 9.30 a.m. followed by tin 10.30 morning session, afternoon
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    30 12 LOW Peng. 24. who broke I court order forbidding him return to the Ipoh district, w;i: fined $300 by the Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan yesterday.
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    94 13 TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuter) Japanese authorities this morning confirmed that all 185 passengers and crewmen aboard the two ships. the ferryboat Nankai Maru and the freighter Shofuku Maru. which sank m the inland sea on Sunday night, had drowned. The Maritime Safety Board .-aid 52 crewmembcrs
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    71 13 NEW YORK. Jan. 28 (Reuter). Scientists from 15--nations were getting down today to the immense job of collating and appraising a vast array of data on the effects of atomic radiation on mankind and the world at large. The group, meeting as the United Nations Scientific
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    159 13 BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 (Reuter). The Belgian Prime Minister, M. Achille van Acker, has told the Soviet Union m a note published yesterday that nis government believed that "constructive negotiations between East and West" should take place. Replying to Marshal Buiganin's proposals for a summit meeting,
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    31 13 ONE ol man's oldest occupational diseases Pneumoconiosis. i s to be discussed at an international conference m Johannesburg m 1959, planned b/ the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Reuter
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    135 13 Sumatra Plans Mass Breakaway Rallies JAKARTA, Jan. 28 (Reuter) —Plans for mass rallies were today announced m Central Sumatra where dissident groups are rumoured to be plotting a breakaway state from Indonesia. Moslem scholars and leaders of the "anti-Communist join*, movement" would address public meetings, reports reaching Jakarta said. In
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    87 13 HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 28 (Reuter) "Runaway lovers" Dominic Elwes and Tessa Kennedy were married here yesterday. The ceremony was performed by the Public Notary, Dr. Oscar Rangel. Miss Kennedy, 19-year-old heiress was made an "infant ward of court" m Britain last November and forbidden to
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    79 13 A-Research Centre Ready Soon SYDNEY. Jan. 28 (Reuter).— The Australian Atomic Energy Commission's new Lucas Heights Research Establishment is now expected to be opened early m 1959 several months ahead of schedule. On a 160-acre site of Crown land 20 miles south of Sydney, it will have cost £A5.500,000 As
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    29 13 TWELVE thousand Calcutta dock workers who went on strike eleven days ago are now back at work and the situation m the docks is now normal. Reuter
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