Singapore Standard, 8 April 1958

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    24 1 K jfc M SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble: "TIGERNEWS SINCAPORE TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1958 Vol. VIII. No. 279 15 cts. 12 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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    Lock icon MURDER IN GRAVEYARD
    243 1 WOMAN AT PRAYER BATTERED TO DEATH Body And Weapon Found Near Tomb Of Relative A MIDDLE-AGED woman was battered to death as she prayed for the soul of a dead relative during Cheng Beng m an old graveyard off Plantation Avenue, Singapore. Yesterday, her badly hacked body
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    Lock icon SIGNS OF A BREAK-UP IN RED CHINA – ADMIRAL
    262 1 SIGNS OF A BREAK-UP IN RED CHINA ADMIRAL 'They Have Killed 18 Million People WASHINGTON, April 7 (UP) Admiral Felix Stump, Commander m Chief of United States Forces m the Pacific, told Congress, there are growing indications of a potential break-up inside Communist China. Meanwhile, he said, the admission of
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    Lock icon BIG U.S. BASE FOR AUSSIES
    56 1 CANBERRA. April 7 (Reuter)—Australia will take over the big American base at Wilkes, on the coast of the Australian sector of Antarctica about the end of this month an authoritative source here said today America has offered Wilkes free to Australia as a permanent base,
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    Lock icon Boyd In Nassau On Serious Business'
    167 1 NASSAU, Bahamas, April 7 (Reuter)— Mr. Alan Lennox- Boyd, British Secretary of State for the Colonies arrived here yesterday on what he called "serious constitutional" business. He will have talks with political parties and tour New Providence Island on which Nassau, the Bahamas capital
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    Lock icon 2 Die In Border Incident
    55 1 2 Die In Border Incident SAIGON. April 7 (UP)— Fresh clashes have been reported along the CambodianVietnamese border, resulting m the deaths of two persons and injury to two others. Vietnam press reported. The incident occurred when a Vietnamese family was attacked by machete armed Cambodians on the night of
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    Lock icon DON'T SEND US BACK TO R.1.-STOWAWAYS
    182 1 DON'T SEND US BACK TO R.1. -STOW AW AYS SYDNSY. April 7 (Reuter) Two young Dutchmen who stowed away on the Italian liner Sydney to escape from Indonesia pleaded to be allowed to stay m Australia when the ship reached Sydney today. They told reporters they would face "certain death"
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    Lock icon Soekarno Flies To Semarang
    103 1 Soekarno Flies To Semarang JAKARTA, April 7 (Reuter) President Soekarno flew today to Semarang m Central Java to attend a Moslem commemoration service at the nearby town of Demak. PIA news agency reported The President was accompanied by the Minister for Information, Mr. Sudibjo, the Minister for Education. Mr. Prijono,
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    Lock icon 47 KILLED IN US. HOLIDAY PLANE CRASH
    264 1 MIDLAND, Michigan, April 7 (Reuter) A British-built Viscount airliner crashed and exploded while coming into land here late last night killing all 47 people on board. The plane, one of about 60 Vickers Viscounts operated by Capital Airlines, was on its way from
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    Lock icon CHOPPER ATTACK ON THREE
    107 1 CHOPPER ATTACK ON THREE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A mine labourer, wielding a chopper, chased a woman along the street and into a coffee shop where he attacked two persons who tried to stop him. The incident occurred In Bukit Jalil Estate, about seven miles from here. The woman, who was
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    33 1 A DETECTIVE novel open at a chapter entitled "I saw the Strangler." was found beside the body of a 62-year-old shopkeeper In Genoa, last night. He had been strangled Reuter
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    Lock icon THE POWER OF THE CURSE
    89 1 LONDON. April 7 (UP) Mrs. Edna Cove laughed when the young Nigerian student put a curse on her. But within an hour: a truck ran into her husband's car, a door fell from its hinges and smashed a sink, her TV set broke down. "All
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    Lock icon COLONY EASTER WEDDING
    146 1 COLONY EASTER WEDDING THE Cathedral of the Good Shepherd was the venue of one of the most fashionable weddings of the year when Singapore cricket and hockey star, Mr. Matthew Carl Schubert was yesterday married to Miss Pearl Margaret Mary Fort of Lancashire. The bride, a graduate of Manchester and
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    Lock icon Sea Tragedy: Second Body Recovered
    113 1 Sea Tragedy: Second Body Recovered THE body of a 11-year-old boy, Lim Swee Kiat, was found yesterday floating m the sea, 50 yards off Jardine Steps, Singapore. Swee Kiat disappeared on Sunday afternoon after he had dived into the sea to save his fishing mate, Lum Yin Wing, 13, from
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    Lock icon LION KILLS ZOO WORKER
    58 1 PALERMO. Sicily, April 7 (AFP) Palermo worker, G. Giuliano, 40, was killed by a lion after he walked into the cage and began stroking the animal m the Palermo Zoological gardens. The lion at first allowed itself to be caressed, then began to roar, leaped on
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    Lock icon SCRAP EXPERTS OFFICE-UNION
    149 1 THE Singapore City Council Services Union with 2,500 members— yesterday asked the Mayor, Mr Ong £np Guan, to scrap his efficiency expert's office. An emergency delegates' conference of the Union decided that "it was a waste of public money to keep this office." After the meeting, which
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    Lock icon ECONOMY RUN WINNERS
    97 1 ECONOMY RUN WINNERS WINNERS of the 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run over the Easter Holidays are: Grand Sweepstakes: C K. Dowsett, driving a 1957 Wolseley 6/90, returning' 84.028 ton miles per gallon 43.695 m.p.h Clasg I: K. Price, 1956 Goliath Station Wagon, 66.749 ton miles per gallon 52.224 m.p.h. Class
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    Lock icon Wet And Foggy Easter For US
    63 1 NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuter)—A record-breaking bad weather early today brought fog to New York and the forecast of more rain In flooded northern CaliforniaNew York had the wettest Easter Sunday ever recorded with 1.96 Inches of rain. Then Immediately the rain stopped fog
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    Lock icon DROP IN FANS
    42 1 CINEMA audiences m the United States dropped from 90 million m 1946 to 46.500.000 m 1956, and box office receipts dropped by $400 million a year— despite a $26 million increase m the population, according to a Hollywood survey.
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    Lock icon BUDDHA'S DAY
    20 1 THOUSANDS of Buddhisti will rally at the new park in Taipei today to celebrate Buddha'* 2.502 birthday— AFP
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    Lock icon MORE GIFTS FOR FIRE VICTIMS
    543 2 MORE GIFTS FOR FIRE VICTIMS Food, Clothes And Money Pour In At Relief Centres A CONTINUOUS flow of gifts Of food, clothing and rash poured into various relief collection centres m Singapore the whole of yesterday m aid of the 3,000 victims oi the disastrous fire at Kampong Koo Chai,
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    Lock icon Colony Wins Health Shield
    155 2 Colony Wins Health Shield SINGAPORE Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga. m a broadcast for World Health Day, last night revealed that the rural areas of the Colony have been awarded the Kettering Shield for the "excellence of its maternity and child health services." The shield was awarded by the
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    Lock icon CIGARETTES "DEFINITELY CAUSE LUNG CANCER
    129 2 CIGARETTES "DEFINITELY CAUSE LUNG CANCER BERN, Switzerland, April 7 (UP)— The Swiss Federal Health Office reported today that a seven-year Swiss study shows "there can be no doubt left about a direct connection between the number of cigarettes consumed and lung cancer." "The rate of lung cancer among smokers who
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    Lock icon Open Revolt By Student Soldiers
    114 2 Open Revolt By Student Soldiers TOKYO, April 7 (UP).— Some 300 student soldiers m Central Sumatra have deserted their training camps m open revolt against the rebel regime, the Antara news agency reported today. The Indonesian news agency, quoting reports from Central Sumatra reaching Jakarta, said these students followed the
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    Lock icon Train Kills Five Children
    71 2 MACDONA, Texas, Aoril 7 (UP).— The Southern Pacific Sunset Limited, hurtling around a bend toward El Paso, killed five children playing on a railroad trestle yesterday. The mangled bodies were strewn along the track and tossed into the Medina River 18 feet below by the impact
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    Lock icon Japan Will Trade With China, Says Fujiyama
    168 2 Japan Will Trade With China, Says Fujiyama YOKOHAMA, April 7 (UP) Foreign Minister Auchiro Fujiyama said today Japan will trade with Communist China as part of an overall effort to support this country's "teeming population," but reaffirmed the Tokyo Government will not recognize the Peking regime. Fujiyama made the statement
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    Lock icon HALF A TOWN DESTROYED BY BLAZE
    72 2 HALF A TOWN DESTROYED BY BLAZE JAKARTA. April 7 (Reuter) About 15.000 people were homeless when a fire swept through Samarinda. the third largest town m Kalimantan province. Borneo, last week. PIA news agency reported today. The agency said that according to reports reaching here last night, about half the
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    Lock icon Lands Daughter Awaits Decision On Penalty
    221 2 HOLLYWOOD, April 7 (UP) The slow legal process to determine what penalty, If any, actress Lana Turner's 14 year-old daughter, Cheryl, must pay lor the butcher-knife murder of her mother's lover was set m motion today. The girl waited m Juvenile Hall for a
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    Lock icon They Want Allowances In Basic
    121 2 They Want Allowances In Basic THE 2,500-strong Singapore City Council Services Union yesterday asked the Council to incorporate their variable allowances into the basic wage. An emergency meeting of the union's delegates urged the Council to implement this demand for the "welfare of its employees." The meeting decided that the
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    Lock icon SHOPKEEPERS PROTEST MURDERS
    87 2 NICOSIA, April 7 (Reuter) —Hundreds of Greek Cypriot shopkeepers staged a protest march m the West Cyprus town of Paphos today against the wave of murders of Cypriot Greeks and the burgling of their shops m the town's Greek sector. The demonstrating shopkeepers marched to the Government
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    Lock icon 9-Ft. Tiger Shot In Pig-Trap
    219 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The manager ot the Sungei Chinoh Estate, Trolak, Perak Mr. I.T. Stevens, today shot an eight-foot nine-inch tiger, trapped m a pig snare near his estate As he approached the trapped beast, the tired tiger raised tt s head and gave a
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    Lock icon PARADE OF EASTER BRIDES & GROOMS
    216 2 PARADE OF EASTER BRIDES GROOMS TOP TO BOTTOM: 1. Mr. and Mrs. Albany S. K. To after their wedding yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. The bride is the former Miss Patricia Shangton. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Yew Yuen, who were also married yesterday. The bride is the former Miss
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      137 2 NOTICES HOLIDAY MAKERS. Keen Youth Hostellers invited get m touch with Secretary M.Y.H.A. P. O. Box 589, Kuala Lumpur. MALAYAN YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR. OUTPUTS of tin concentrates for the undermentioned Companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited for the month of March, 1958 are
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
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      Lock icon How To Avert The City Strike
      480 3 THE decision taken by the City Council Labour Unions Federation to defer the strike by 10,500 daily-rated employees of the Council is to be commended. It shows not only an earnest desire on the part of the Federation's leaders to prevent subjecting the public
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      Lock icon Japan-China Trade Pact
      343 3 THE misgivings with which japan's private trade agreement with Communist China have been received m some parts of the free world, particularly by the National Chinese regime based m Formosa, is not surprising. Politically, at least, the Peking administration is regarded as the enemy of the free
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    Lock icon Saving The Wild Life In India
    382 3 FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN DELHI TJOTELS and restaurants m New Delhi were recently forbidden to put quail, partridge and pheasant on their menus, and the sale or possession of these birds became an indictable offence. This reflects the lively interest which the Government
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  • Shorts from the Talks
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      Lock icon Patient Successes Of UNO
      136 3 "WE have reached the point where some of the most splendid work the United Nations does is m removing tedious technical causes of war, like an oppressive tax system, chronic epidemics, the lack of access to certain ports or certain grain cereals. This is what the
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      Lock icon Beware The Deadly Female
      91 3 "T THINK that inside every man there is a real and genuine fear of a pure abstraction called 'woman*. I don't think there's any doubt about this because all the totems and fetishes of savage tribes since the beginning of the world have been based on
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    Lock icon THE CURE
    875 3 PATRICK O^DONOVAN concludes his analysis of the American recession: WASHINGTON QVERWHELMINGLY the most recent reports on the progress of the American recession have been depressing. The patient has not yet begun to turn the corner. Unemployment is at 5.2 millions, which is an increase of 700,000 since January,
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    Lock icon the NEWS as it strikes me
    399 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 'T'HE exclusive announcement m the SUNDAY STANDARD that the Government of the Federation will impose a clamp on free travel across the Causeway m June has brought disquiet m certain quarters where it was confidently thought that the idea, mooted over one year ago.
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    Lock icon DID YOU KNOW...
    55 3 The Soviets recently repeated that the Communist Party "has not changed and cannot change its attitude toward religion," and that "Marxists have carried on and will continue to carry on implacable, ideological war against religion, bearing m mind that religious beliefs and rites are a serious obstacle
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    618 3  -  GUY WINT By •yHE Burmese Government has made a weighty decision. In its economic programme it is tapering off some of the plans for industrialisation. Instead it is increasing capital Investment m agriculture. The reorganisation of the Burma plan may arrest the attention of other countries m Asia.
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    Lock icon FRONT PLANS A SHOWDOWN
    306 4 Challenge To Workers Party In By-Elections THE Singapore Labour Front will issue a counter-challenge to the Workers Party for a showdown of political strength, assistant secretary general of the Front, Dr Arthur Lim said yesterday. Dr. Lim told The Standard that his party will ask one
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    Lock icon MIC Rebels' In Perak Form Rival Branch
    199 4 MIC Rebels' In Perak Form Rival Branch TELUK ANSON, Mon. More than 200 persons who had resigned from the local MIC branch yesterday have set up a rival organization here. The new body claims it has the support of the members who were refused admission to the Teluk Anson branch
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    Lock icon FILM BOSS ARRIVES
    42 4 MR. ALFRED E. DAFF, Executive Vice-Presu'.ent of Universal Pictures, who arrived m Singapore yesterday by QantasBOAC Britannia from Sydney. Mr. Daff. who is also the President of Universal International Films, will be m the Colony for a week. Standardpic
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    Lock icon $500 Bail On Dagger Charge
    62 4 ZULKIFLI bin Noordin, who claimed to have come from the Federation, yesterday pleaded not guilty m a Singapore Emergency Court to a charge of possessing a dagger at Queen Elizabeth Walk at about 3 a.m. on Sunday. Mr. S. K. Lee, the magistrate, allowed him
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    Lock icon PAP Debate Worries The Malays
    170 4 PAP Debate Worries The Malays THE proposed debate between Singapore UMNO and PAP Malay leaders, scheduled for Sunday at the premises of the Malay Settlement Club, has attracted considerable attention m Malay circles. Some Malays regard the debate as inappropriate during the fasting month, since harsh words and condemnation of
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    Lock icon Mayor Told To Charge Corrupt Men
    154 4 THE Singapore City Council Services Union yesterday asked the Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Guan, to take all corrupt Council officials to court and charge them. An emergency meeting of the union delegates yesterday also decided to urge the Mayor to withdraw his allegation of
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    Lock icon 13 To Advice On Labour Matters
    84 4 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Labour and Welfare. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, has appointed 13 persons to be members of the Labour Advisory Board until the end of this year. They are (workers' representatives) Tuan Syed Ali Alsagoff, Messrs. Albert Loke, P.S. Pillai, Sect Leong Seng,
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    Lock icon Four Months For Driving Escapade
    143 4 Four Months For Driving Escapade YEO KENG JOO was yesterday jailed for four months by a Singapore Emergency Court when he pleaded guilty to charges of driving a car without its owner's consent, without a licence, and without third party insurance. The Magistrate, Mr. S. X Lee, also disqualified Yeo
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    Lock icon ABDUCTION ALLEGED
    85 4 A YOUTH, Tan Ah Guee, was yesterday remanded for two weeks by a Singapore Emergency Court after charges of abduction and' causing hurt were read out and explained to him. Tan was alleged to have abducted Lim Kit Leng with intent to cause him to be secretly and
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    Lock icon Warrant Out For Arrest Of Soldier
    123 4 A SINGAPORE Magistrate, Mr. S K. Lee. yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a soldier who failed to appear m court to answer a charge of driving without a licence. Mr. Lee issued the warrant at about noon when the soldier. C
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    Lock icon BUSMEN PROMISE TO BEHAVE, BAIL GRANTED
    217 4 MALACCA, Mon. Magistrate Mr. Ramanatha Iyer today made four members of the National Union of Transport Workers promise that they would not resort to viclence if he granted them bail. The four are working lor two bu.s companies whose employees have been on strike
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    Lock icon Last KPM Ships Due In Today
    83 4 Last KPM Ships Due In Today THE last four of the 36 KPM ships released by the Indonesian Government are expected to arrive m Singapore today. They are the Kaimana, Karaton, Bagan and Kalianda from the Indonesian ports of Tanjong Priok, Ambon and Macassar. A KPM spokesman told The Standard
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    Lock icon Variety Show For Hari Raya
    108 4 The Singapore Malay Youth Literary Association will hold a variety show at the Victoria Memorial Hall on April 26 to celebrate Hari Raya. The Association's treasurer, Inche Ahmad Khan Surattee, said yesterday that the show, which would consist of Malay dances and plays, would be
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    Lock icon Final Heats Of Radio Contest
    43 4 THE last two 1958 Radio Talentime tomorrow at of Thursday, a School of the H Jesus Hall. Bras E This change mi cause the Radio had another engaci The semi-.' next Thursday al Three show corded each Thursday.
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    Lock icon Colony Pledges Fight Against Disease, Want
    386 4 HEALTH workers the world over yesterday World Health Day pledged they would devote themselves to the cause of bringing good health to "all people everywhere." Id Singapore, it was celebrated at nine comn centres Sim's Avenue, Tiong Bahru. Siglap Panjang, Buona Vista. Changi. Yio
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    Lock icon BAMBOO GUNS NEED PERMIT
    88 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The firing of the Bulan Puasa bamboo cannons can cause serious injury to both the firer and to passers-by. warned the Chief Police Officer. Selangor, today. He wished to remind members of the public of the dangerous nature of homemade fireworks, known as
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    122 4 KLANG. Mon. A landowner collected rents from 86 bazaar stallholders for a year after the land had been acquired by the State Government which had paid him compensation for the land and stalls. a Magistrate's Court was told today. Assistant Collector of Land Revenue. Inche Ibrahim bin Ali,
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    Lock icon Railmen Union Now Wants Recognition
    150 4 Railmen Union Now Wants Recognition KUALA LUMPUR. The Locomotive Engine.--. Union (1957) today announced that the union had fulfilled the requirements demanded by the Railway Administration for its recognition. Union president Donald U'Ren. told Standard that the Influi new members during last few days had r membership to more than
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    Lock icon To Collect Rent On State Land
    83 4 To Collect Rent On State Land state land lllegj When Inche Ibra lenged Chan lor rity for cocollect rents duced a sion" from the lorn man of the Klang Tow: cil, Mr. T. J. Mat;. Inche Ibrahim p< i that the letter was I m Mr. Mathias' cap, Collector of
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    Lock icon Scout Movement Open To Reds But...
    174 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Scout and Girl Guide Association will accept members from Communist countries provided they follow the five main platforms of the movement. This was stated by the World Chief Guide snd wife of the founder of the scout movement, Lady BadenPowell,
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    Lock icon Judge Rejects Police Request To Retain A Kidnap Suspect
    197 5 Xl ALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Police request to retain m custody a man who faces a charge of attempting to kidnap Dr. Saw Hock Chuan on January 30, was refused by Inche M.M. Hashim m the Sessions Court today. man. Tan
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    Lock icon Suspended Students Return
    152 5 Suspended Students Return KOTA BAHRU, Mon.— Kelantan Chief Education Officer Mr. D. Bennett, told The Standard today that "almost all" the suspended students from secondary English schools here had returned to their classes. Over 190 students were suspended last month because they demonstrated against the Government for not introducing secondary
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    Lock icon Standpipe Water Is No Longer Free
    125 5 ENTAKAB, Mon. New .-;ers living m the Temerand Mentakab Town ndl area have been asked to pay for the water they rom standpipes. The council had received a notification from the government which said bills would be sent to council for water supplied to
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    Lock icon Medical Men Reject Wage Revision
    75 5 Medical Men Reject Wage Revision THE Singapore Medical Services Union at a special meeting yesterday decided to reject a proposal by government to revise salaries m the Medical Department. The revision will entail wage cuts for nurses, hospital assistants, dental technicians, dispensing assistants and others m the medical services. The
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    Lock icon HALF MILLION NEW CITIZENS
    60 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Federation Government announced today that 476.335 new citizenship certificates have been issued since August last year and certificates issued m respect of pre-Merdeka applications totalled 98.670. New applications received totalled 559.225. There are 82,--890 applications still to be dealt with for the
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    Lock icon SONGS AND DANCES OF OLD PORTUGAL
    189 5 SONGS AND DANCES OF OLD PORTUGAL THE FOLK DANCE GROUP of Malacca is staging a play entittled "Ferias Em Portugal" (April m Portugal) a feast of folk songs and dances of old Portugal at St. Joseph's Institution hall. Bras Basah Road, Singapore, on April 12 at 5.00 p.m. and 8.30
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    Lock icon FIGHTING SCOURGE OF HUMAN RACE'
    219 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Selangor Mentri Besar, Inehe Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais said today that the World Health Organization has brought all nations closer together m mankind's common struggle against diseases and malnutrition. At the opening of the tenth World Health Day exhibition at
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    Lock icon ALLIANCE TO PROBE SPLIT
    270 5 Round Table Talks Will Thrash Out UMNO Demand To Sack MIC KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Alliance investigation committee, headed by Defence Minister Dato Abdul Razak, will hold a "round table conference" with Selangor UMNO members on Sunday m connection with UMNO's recommendation to expel the Malayan
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    Lock icon Cinema Managers On Anthem
    211 5 Cinema Managers On Anthem KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Cinema managers here are divided over the suggestion by Municipal councillors that the national anthem be played at the beginning of the programme or just before the main attraction. The majority of them favour the practice of playing the anthem at the end
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    Lock icon Chief Guide Feted At Satay Party
    127 5 Chief Guide Feted At Satay Party KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Three hundred Girl Guides, Air Rangers, Scouts, Cubs and Brownies from Selangor, Perak and Pahang today gave a rousing welcome to the World Chief Guide, Lady BadenPowell, at a rally at the Suleiman Club Padang. The Chief Guide was ushered to
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    Lock icon 3-YEAR COURSE IN BRITAIN
    56 5 DR S M. GOON, of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital, left Singapore yesterday by QantasBOAC for special training m Britain Dr Goon, who will be away for three years, will spend most of his time m Britain at the Royal Maternity Hospital m Aberdeen, Scotland. He is
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    Lock icon Doctor Is Elected PPP President
    146 5 Doctor Is Elected PPP President IPOH, Mon.— Dr. S. Kanapathipillai of Ipoh was yesterday elected president ot the People's Progressive Party of Malaya for the sixth year m succession. The doctor was one of the founder members of the party, which was formed m 1953. The P.P.P. claims a membership
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    Lock icon Prosecution Case In A Mess, Says President
    171 5 Prosecution Case In A Mess, Says President KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. President of the Sessions Court, Mr. M. M. Hashim. today adjourned a case because he thought it was "not well prepared, full of gaps and m a mess." The case concerned a crime's clerk. S.A. Nathan (42), of the Sungei
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    Lock icon Tunku Asks About Victim Of Accident
    94 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, has written to the Royal Air Force Hospital at Changi. Singapore, enquiring about the progress of the six-year-old accident victim, Yang Yoke Chin. The little girl was involved m a collision with a car m which
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    68 5 ALOR STAR. Mon.— A lorry driver who was alleged to have inflicted fatal injuries to his mother-in-law and seriously injured his father-in-law was today reported to have surrendered to the police. It was alleged that the driver had attacked his parents-in-law after a quarrel regarding
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    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police have arrested four men as a sequel to the alleged murder of a watchman at the eighth mile, Kuala Lumpur to Klang road on Friday night. It was said that Jageer Singh, 58, was slashed with a knife while he was walking
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    79 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police have unearthed two pistols and fifteen rounds of ammunition from a Petaling Jaya house and placed the chief tenant and a visitor under arrest. The arms were taken m the course of a raid carried out yesterday by a party led by
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    90 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Goh Soon Tioe and his string orchestra will give a performance at Chenwu Auditorium on April 14 for the first time here which will include a solo part m a Vivaldi Concerto by Lee Pan Hon, the eight-year-old prodigy of Sago Lane,
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    62 5 THE PRESIDENT of the Malayan Dental Association Mr. F. A. C Oehlers is seen addressing guests at the Association's 15th annual dinner last Saturday. Mr. Oehlers said the work of dentists is something more than just pulling teeth. The guests included the Minister for Health Mr. V.T.
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    177 5 Causeway Clamp No Decision Yet KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A committee set up by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to consider the question of immigration control between Singapore and the Federation of Malaya will submit its recommendations to Government when deliberations are complete. The Standard was told today The Ministry of
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    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. S. Vijayaratnam of Ipoh was elected president of the Malayan Hindu Council at its inaugural meeting here over the week-end. Other officials elected were: Vice-President, Mr. C. Vamathevan (Klang), general secretary. Mr. M. Senathirajah (Kuala Lumpur) and treasure** Mr. C P
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    178 5 PENANG, Mon.— The world is facing a disturbing present and a frightening future, the district supervisor of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Mr. William Yaremchuk, said at the Khek Association last night. Mr. Yaremchuk, who was speaking on "A New Song For All
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    227 6 Venoms And Canberras Blast Red Targets In Operation 'Ginger' IPOH, Mon. During- the peak air and land bombardment of terrorist hide-outs m Operation "Ginger" of Central Perak m mid-March, a total of 418,000 pounds of bombs were dropped, and 200 rockets and 23,000 rounds of
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    295 6 DEAD MAN HAD 16 STAB WOUNDS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Two carpenters from Jinjang New Village Chang Liew Yew (23) and Soon Say Kow (24)— were charged beiore Mr. Justice Smith at the High Court today with the murder of a fellow-worker, Chong Yit Leong (25) at a roundabout on November
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    70 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The President of the Australian Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Murray Pitt, will arrive here shortly during his tou r of South-east Asian countries. He will sDend a week attending the South-East Asian Regional Conference of Jaycees m Taipei and another week m
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    50 6 IPOH, Mon.— Two new Indian doctors who recently arrived m Malaya have been stationed m Perak. Dr. Gurbux Singh, a tuberculosis specialist is now attached to the District Hospital here. The other. Dr. Sukamal Ray has taken over duties as medical officer m Taiping Hospital.
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    61 6 QA J J LADY PRECIOUS STREAM portrayed by Che Fuziah binte Dato Ahmad in the play "Lady Precious Stream" by S. I. Hsiung to be staged by the Victoria Institution Society of Drama on April 11 and 12 at the Kuala Lumpur town hall under
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    156 6 MIC Leaders Do Not Want Aliens As Members KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The move to restrict membership of the Malayan Indian Congress to Federal citizens only has won the unanimous support of its leaders. Mr. K. L. Devaser. a leading figure m M.I.C. politics, said today, "I have always supported that
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    59 6 FOUR Assistant Registration Officers will be on duty m the Department of Statistics today from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. to hear 51 claims for inclusion m the Singapore District Council electoral registers They are: Mr. Julian de Souza, Mr. Hussein bin Kamari. Mr.
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    82 6 PENANG, Mon.— A police inspector and four constables had a difficult time removing an injured pony into a van at Western Road off the Polo ground late last night. The pony was found bleeding from the nose and one of its hind legs was suspected to
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    268 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Miss Lee Hup San, a student of the Anderson School m Ipoh. attending a forum sponsored by the New York Herald, has frankly admitted that the life she experienced and the Americans she met were vastly different from the prejudiced
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    279 6 Pool Your Musical Talents, Says School Director IPOH, Mon.— Rev. Bro. Pius, Director of St. Michael's Institution, last night strongly urged Ipoh youths to pool their musical talents for their own benefit and enjoyment instead of getting themselves "mixedup" m gangs. He was speaking at the finals of the first
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      130 7 gING CROSBY'S twenty- three-year-old son Dennis is to marry blonde showgirl Pat Sheehan— who was once rumoured as likely to become his stepmother. Pat. 26, and mother of a boy of six by a pres marriage, dated Bing for five years. 'It was after Bing's wife
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      240 7 Liz Taylor Double' Contest LIZ TAYLOR CONTEST COUPON Sir: I am sending this picture of my wife/ fiancee/ friend/ sister (delete others) who looks very much like Elizabeth Taylor. Her name: Address: CUT HERE DAINTREE COUNTY is due for local screening soon, and m conjunction with this Singapore release, Shaw
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      384 7 UOLLYWOOD sound stages AA are not always just artificial sets. Jean Negulesco, director of Charles Brackett's THE GIFT OF LOVE for 20th Century-Fox, used the famed Vista Del Mar Children's Care Centre near Los Angeles as the orphanage for the picture. As he put Lauren Bacall, Robert
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    168 9 Minister Urges Curb On Capital In Ceylon COLOMBO, April 7 (UP)- Ceylon's Minister of Industries, Mr. P.H. William de Silva has asked the Government to introduce legislation to curb foreign capital investments before they "lead to ultimate liquidation" of local industries. The Minister said local industries were and pre being
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    112 9 Pak. Exports Dl Hand-Made Goods Rise THREE-FOLD ins« m the export of md cottage Ntry goods during year brought m Rs. 750.000 worth of foreign exchange to Pakistan. A bulletin issued by the Pakistan Trade Com>ner*s Office In Singapore said if Pakistan Government further help- giving more facili:or manufacture and
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    131 9 HONGKONG. April 7: (AFP) The number of South Koreans coming to the Colony to do business is increasing, trade sources disclosed today. A recent decision of the South Korean Government to approve foreign exchange allocations for purchases abroad has contributed much for increasing the trade.
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    62 9 Wide-Angle Camera For Market W'ESE camera which :es many times .an normal size photois being introduced to pore market. he super wide-angles degrees Panox camera. The Panox takes pictures larger than the mm camera with 50 It catches an extensive scene degrees and for any tta s'.ow and speed shutter,
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    43 9 THE Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced m Washington recently that it display an operating lowpower atomic reactor at the Brussels Fair, opening on April 17. The reactor will be installed m the international science section of the fair.
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    87 9 U.S. Car Output Declines DETRIOT, April 7 (Reuter) Production of motor vehicles by the three leading American manufacturers dropped by 614,666 m the first quarter of this year compared with the corresponding period m 1957. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler turned out 1,406.--695 vehicles, compared to 2.021.361 m the first
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    72 9 U.S. Company Gives Jobs To Blind THESE three men are an example of how handicapped persons can be very productive by concentrating on abilities instead of disabilities. George E. Jennings, Claude A. Fish and Ricard Grijalva (left to right) are all blind, but are doing fine jobs as mail stuffers
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    48 9 LONDON, April 7, (AFP)— Among the items displayed at the recent Nylon Menswear Exhibit m Manchester was a lightweight tweedlike jacket which appeared ideal for tropical wear, trade sources emphasised. This was a tailor-made garment of 70 per cent "banlon" and 30 per cent silk.
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    249 9 Soviet Economic Offensive Is Seen WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuter)— United States government economists believe non-communist countries may soon be the target for a new kind of Soviet economic offensive aimed at commodities figuring largely m world trade. They said that the effect of Russia's concentration on world market would already
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    196 9 THE Commonwealth has maintained or improved its position m the free world expansion of raw materials production, consumption and trade, according to a new publication of the Commonwealth Economic Committee, "A review of Commonwealth Raw Materials, Volume One/ published m London. This study brings out
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    46 9 THE large new £5,000.000 rolling steel mill of Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.. at Newcastle, New South Wales, began production recently. This is designed to produce steel strip for subsequent processing into welded tubes, and medium-width strip for a variety of applications.
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    286 9 Preservative Used For These Classrooms To speed the setting up of new schools throughout the Federation, the Malayan Education Department has introduced a rapidly assembled prefabricated classroom claimed to be only twothirds of the price of the normal brick classroom. This new development which ls enabling Malaya greatly to extend
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    104 9 New Rotary Mower With More Power A machine which, with three rotating knives, slashes through ti-trees, bracken and tussocks, and chops them into a mulch, was recently added to the International Harvester range of agricultural implements m Australia. The new McCormick International A4-1 rotary mower eliminates vigorous-growing pasture pests and
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      257 9 BANK CHIEF CONFIDENT OF THE FUTURE Lombard! oOpenSubsidiary CONFIDENCE m the future stability of Malaya is expressed by Mr. H. Alan Waugh, managing director of Lombard Banking's new subsidiary company, Lombard Banking (Far East) Limited. Mr. Waugh, formerly chairman of Henry Waugh and Co. Ltd. and also chairman of a
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      101 9 Australian Petroleum Exports Up THE capacity of Australian oil refineries reached the record figure of 9,250,000 tons a year compared with the 1,000,000 tons m 1953. registering an increase of more than 800 per cent. Australia exported 733,122 tons of refined petroleum products m 1956-57, compared with 637.043 ton s
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      105 9 AUSTRALIAN aluminium roofing tiles "Alntiles"— have been finding a growing export market m New Zealand. Made from anodized aluminium sheet the tiles are being used for reroofing old slate buildings. Tiles made by Premier Constructions Pty. Ltd., m Sydney, have been subject of trade inquiries
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      53 9 THE new manager of the Malacca Indian Overseas Bank. Mr. V.N. Vellayan, was feted to a tea party by the Malacca Indian Chamber of Commerce last week. Photo shows the chamber president. Mr. CM. Seth (centre) flanked by the new manager on his right and the out-going manager.
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      259 9 Need To Balance N.Z. Deals AN urgent need to seek better balance m New Zealand government transactions is noted by the Australia and New Zealand Bank's April "Quarterly Survey" If government expenditure cannot be reduced (and present commitments make this difficult), there seems no alternative to higher taxation striking directly
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      246 9 WASHINGTON, April 7 So extensive has been the flow of development capital from the United States to ether lands that its very magnitude has tended to obscure its specific accomplishments. Yet the accomplishments are many and varied, as a few recent examples attest. Outstanding is
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      94 9 A NEW version of the wellproven Vickers Viscount pro-peller-turbine airliner has been announced. It is the Local Service Viscount seen m this picture, and as its name implies has been developed to meet the requirement for a fast modern airliner capable of providing economical service
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      53 9 SIX artisans are coming from Japan, Formosa and Hongkong to demonstrate handicrafts at the Washington State International Trade Fair during April 11-20. "This is Trade Fair's largest and most outstanding group of native artisans to date," according to Mr. McPherson Holt, Jr., chairman of the
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      34 9 JAKARTA. April 7 (Reuter) Indonesia has bought 10.000 tons of rice from Egypt for North Sumatra, PIA news agency reported here. The shipment was due to arrive this month.
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      37 9 A UNIQUE testing machine for investigating the performance of bearings of various types, has been developed by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, at its division of Tribophysics, at the University of Melbourne.
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    78 10 MALAYAN Chinese and Malayan Eurasians seen before their match at the Merdeka Stadium. Chinese, with an unbeaten record, became champions of the competition. Eurasians took third place. MALAYAN Indians, who finished second In the Soccer Carnival played during the Easter holidays at the Merdeka
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    303 10 SOCCER CARNIVAL TO RAISE FUNDS A SUCCESS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— After a hectic week-end of sport featuring soccer, swimming, cricket, the Mobilgas Economy Run, and golf, sportsmen and sports fans can now relax for a wellearned rest. Highlight of the sports scene was the three-day soccer carnival at the Merdeka
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    131 10 IPOH, Mon. In a rather disappointing match, Perak Chinese Recreation Club, edged Kinta Indians by two goals to one m a Div. 1 match on the Chinese Assembly House ground today. With both teams fielding substitutes, the game was scrappy throughout, and devoid of any constructive
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    65 10 MELBOURNE. Apr. 7 (Reuter). An American table tennis team will visit Australia later this year. The Victorian delegate to the Australian Table Tennis Association, Mr. Ron Jones, said today the U.S. Association had accepted the invitation to come here, probably m June and July Three of
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    176 10 Tulloch Wins At 12 To One SYDNEY, April 7, (Reuter)— Australia's champion racehorse. Tulloch, who may race m England next year, won the Australian Jockey Club Derby at Randwick today at the prohibitive price of 12 to one on. Tulloch. a four-year-old bred m New Zealand, outclassed his three challengers
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    66 10 SAN FRANCISCO, April d (Reuter) Japanese wrestler Naboru Ideda yesterday became United States wrestling champion m the 161 lb. Greco-Roman class, the only member of the Japanese team to win a title m the United States championships this year. Japan's Hai irne Yamada was third
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    59 10 MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Apirl 7 (AFP) Australia's Mervyn Rose on Sunday won the men's singles title of the 'Good Neighbours' tennis tournament by defeating Luis Ayala of Chile m the final 6-2, 2-6. 9-7, 6-2. Maria Bueno won the women's singles title by defeating Janet Hopps
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    65 10 BANGKOK. Afrril 7, (Reuter). The English language newspaper Bangkok Post has suggested that Thai Badminton enthusiasts subscribe to send the Thomas Cup team on a tour of neighbouring countries to better the team's chances against America next month. Thailand last month won the Asian zone finals
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    651 10  -  BRIAN GEARING Danes May End Thomas Cup Hold By LONDON, April 7 (Reuter) The badminton world is poised for its keenest battle for a decade the battle which could end Malaya's ten-year reign as the world's number one badminton power. Setting for the struggle will be
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    76 10 KOBBERO LOSES HIS TITLE TO POOLE BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 6 (Reuter) Finn Kobbero. of Denmark, lost his men's singles titfe here last night m the United S t a t c s badminton championships. Jim Poole, of San Diego, California, beat him 15-8 6-15 15-8 m the final. Kobbero teamed
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    103 10 MONTE CARLO, April 7, (AFP). Maintaining his form. Jaroslav Drobny defeated American ace Budge Patty. 3-6. 9-7. 6-2. m the mens singles semi-finals of the Monte Carlo international tennis tournament here today. Robert Haillet (France) beat Jackie Brichant (Belgium) 6-3, 10-8, m the other semi-final.
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    481 10  - Suggestions Made To Re-Plan Aintree Course CLAUDE B. RICHARDSON By LONDON, April 7 (Reuter) Suggestions that the Grand National course should be changed have been made following Saturday's race run m mist which shrouded the Aintree racecourse. Many of the thrills and spills of the world's greatest steeplechase were hidden
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    252 10 Fencer Injured In Final SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuter) Queensland fencer John Humphreys calmly plucked his opponent's epee from a threeinch deep wound m his chest before collapsing at the Australian Fencing Championships today. His opoonent George Szentgyorgy (Victoria), dropped his weapon m horror after stabbing Humphreys, while making a fleche,
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    474 10 Sugar Ray Named Tighter Of The Month' NEW YORK April (UP) Sugar Ray Robinson, who became the first boxer to hold the mid weight title five U met when he took it from < men Basilio last week. v..< named "Kit-liter of the Month" m the Ring Magazine's latest rat
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    1219 11 hanks To U.S. Aid Show em Polic Soon Is Best We've Seen In Asia/ Say Americans by THE SPORTS EDITOR POWERFUL, compactly-built American Negro flash foi the 1960 Olympics m Rome, Bill Smith led .pores fastest sprinter, Kesavan Soon, twice within an hour and shook
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    225 11 GRAND SWEEPSTAKES Ist: C. K. Dowsett— l9s7 Wolselev 6/90 84.028 Ton Miles per Ga110n— 43.659 M.PG. 2nd: Yom Ahmad— l9s7 Borgward Coupe 75.090 Ton Miles per Ga110n— 51.517 M*.P.G. 3rd: Chia Eng Quee— l9s7 Rover 6<> 74.087 Ton Miles per Gallon— 4l.Bo2 M.P.G. CLASS I Ist: X
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    266 11 Economy Runs Big Prize Goes To Dowsett AN engineer of a Singapore motor firm won the $2,500 1958 Malayan Mobilga.s Economy Run over *»55 miles from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh and back, and Kuala Lumpur tc Singapore. He is C. K. Dowsett, who with navigator I. Diver, won the grand
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    175 11 Lawrence Impresses In SHA Trial KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Centre forward Tommy Lawrence gave a splendid performance m the final Selangor Hockey Association trial held on the Headquarters Armed Forces ground today The trial was held to select the state team for the Malayan Hockey Federation's carnival which is being held
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    196 11 The Questior For Soccer Fans... Who Is No. 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Who will the Football Association of Malaya select as the 18th player to complete the Federation team for the Asian Games? This is the $64 question intriguing soccer fans here. The F.A.M. will take 18 players and three
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    97 11 PARIT BUNTAR. Mon.— At the Annual General Meeting of the North Perak School's Sports Council today Mr. Karam Singh, the headmaster of Cliford School. Kuala Kangsar was unanimously elected President of the Council. At the meeting it was aL«o decided to introduce an interschool cross-country
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    29 11 IPOH SOCCER Div. Two Ramblers 'A' vs PCRC 'A' town padang. Tamilians vs 95 FBRA Coronation ground. Div. Three Tou'n Council vs 2 Workshop Lower Coronation ground.
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    282 11 MCMULLAN TAKES GOLF TITLE: THIRD TIME LUCKY KTTALA LUMPUR, Monday- David McMullan was third time lucky when he beat Johnny Muraille hy four and three m the final of the Malayan Golf championships Which ended on th« Selanirnr n«lf rinh couise here today. Twice runner-up m the charn- I pionship
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    130 11 Indians Win By 118 Runs PENANG Mon.— The Indian Association beat Bukit Mertajam High School by 118 runs m a cricket match at Bukit Mertajam yesterday Indians hit 189 runs, while the schoolboys re pl;ed with 71 runs. Contributory factors to Indians victory was the great batting of opening bat.
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    62 11 THE Gan Eng Seng Old Students' Association team against the Present students m their annual football match on the school ground tomorrow will be selected from: Lee Yue Hung, Phua Kok Peng. Anwarul Maniam, Yuen Hing. Lai San Fong Majid, Sebastian Vac Chua Boon Swee, Kok Piew. Sang
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    50 11 How Mobilgas Prizes Went Last Night LEFT: The $2,500 1958 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Run winner, C. K. Dowsett, left, with navigator. I. Diver, with the trophies they won. Right: The runner-up wag Yom Ahmad, seen receiving his Pfize from the Tunku Mahkota of Johore at the American Club last night.
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    94 11 IPOH, Mon. Perak Chinese will play their 'key' match m the MCFA soccer competition this Sunday when they meet Penang Chinese on the Assembly Hall ground m Ipoh. Following 17 piayers have been asked to turn up for trainings Foong Kam Choy, Low Boon Meng, Wong Lon
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    153 11 MRS. STIRLING PAKIR WIN KLANG SINGLES KLANG. Mon.— Mrs H. Stirling surprised last year's champion. Jill Gomm, 6-1 6-4 to win the women's singles final m the Klang tennis tournament which ended here today. A Pakir of Singapore became the men's single* champion when he beat the Selangor player. S
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    350 11 Control Board For 'Off The Course' Betting Turf Clubs Study Proposal ITRF CLUBS m the Federation and Singapore are to approach the two Governments to set up a Board of Control to supervise off-the-course betting m the racing and main non-racing centres m the country. The Standard, which exclusively reported
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      437 12 WASHINGTON, April 7 (UP)— The 1958 Primary Elections season opens next week to run until late September for the nomination of candidates to be elected to Congress and hundreds of State and local office next Nov. 4. r Thirty-three of the 96 U.S.
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      301 12 Coloured Immigrants 'A Grave Burden On Country' i nvnn\ Anril 7 f UP) British authorities are becoming seriously disturb. Ed by a problem m Britain something this country never :a known m its past history. There are 190,000 coloured workers m Britain today, and they are
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      105 12 WASHINGTON, April 7 (AFP) —The American Air Force had asked for before the end of next year, a manned satellite i that would return to earth after circling it for some time, the magazine, "Aviation Week," said. The magazine said the Air Forces had asked
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      189 12 MALTA'S THREAT TO NATO VALLETTA, (Malta). April 7 (UP)—Maltese Premier Dom Mintoff yesterday threatened to toss NATO out of Malta If Britain does not contribute £5.000,000 to the island's economy. Premier Mintoff told an open-air meeting of some 16.000 persons that "independence is the next move." lf Britain falls to
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      80 12 ALGIERS, April 7, (UP)— I Forty-six persons were injured when two hand grenades were tossed into crowds m two Algerian cities. A grenade thrown into a street of Constantine, m Western Algeria, wounded 30 persons, five of whom were Europeans. Three of the 25 Moslems wounded
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      368 12 MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 7 (UP) More than 2,000 Negroes massed before the Alabama Capitol within a ring of extra police yesterday to protest against a "miscarriage of justice" m Southern White Courts. Extra police and State Highway patrolmen stood guard because huge "XXX" signs,
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      275 12 DAMAGING TRADE CHALLENGE TO BRITISH AIRCRAFT LONDON, April 7 (Reuter)— Britain's aircraft industry is today reported to be facing a "damaging export challenge" because the "Americans want to sell second-hand British Jet fighters overseas." The Daily Mail's aviation correspondent says the fighters belong to 15 Royal Air Force squadrons m
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      69 12 HONGKONG, April 7, (Reuter) A Chinese Nationalist military aircraft made a forced landing at Hongkong's Kai Tak airport this morning. A Hongkong Government spokesman said the aircraft carried ten crew who ''are at present being detained as conditional immigrants." According to the crew, the plane developed
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      155 12 WARSAW. April 7 (IP) Thundering explosii, marking the resurrection Jesus Christ, wakened Warsaw this morning Poles greeted Easter morning m their traditional with fireworks. Youngsters, ad. many cases, P< soldiers touched off sky and threw firework biginning at six m the ing, ushering m an celebration
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      169 12 BAGHDAD, April 7 (UP) The establishment of an "Exiled Government" m Cairo by Algerian rebels would directly threaten France and Tunis, the independent Iraqi newspaper, Al Shaab, said yesterday. The Al Shaab made the statement m an article commenting on the Algerian National Liberation
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      86 12 LONDON, April 7 (AFP) The famed Loch Ness monster, which has baffled Britons for more than 20 years, will be tracked down this summer by 30 frogmen, all Scots, aided by the latest type radar and powerful underwater cameras, it was disclosed yesterday. The monster. dubbed "Nessie,"
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      103 12 TO SURVIVE NEEDS AID HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD. April 7, (AFP) The American film industry cannot survive unless the Government grants subsidies, reduces taxes and provides other forms of Federal aid, says a report published by the Hollywood Technicians and Workers Union. The report said that while the United States population rose
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      141 12 Wartime Desert Tragedy TRIPOLI, Libya, April 7, (UP) The bodies of 19 American and British servicemen killed m a wartime tragedy 15 years ago have been found m the Libyan desert, it was revealed here. Workers from the Oasis Oil Company found the skeletons of 19 men buried near the
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      493 12 HOLLYWOOD. April 7. (UP) Film Queen Lana Turner's 14-year-old daughter, who said she killed the star's gangland boy friend to "save mother." rested m Juvenile Hall Infirmary yesterday awaiting a decision on whether she must face a murder charge. Handsome Johnny Stompanato 32, Lana's
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      40 12 KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 7. (UP) Nine persons were hospitalized here yesterday following a collision m the village of St. Mary along the north coast of Jamaica, between a diesel train and a steam train which was being shunted.
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      239 12 SARDINIA, (Ohio). Apr. 7—! (UP) Two freight trains smashed head-on yesterday m a spectacular wreck that demolished 20 cars, overturned five Diesel locomotives and ripped up a quarter of a mile of track. Two men were killed and five were injured. Authorities said the twoi trains, both
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