Singapore Standard, 16 July 1959

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  • 20 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD fit 3« S. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 Vol. X No. 1.4 15 cts. 14 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 3532 1 W e shall scrap any institution found unfit: Goh HEATED DEBATE ON USE OF CITY COUNCIL SINGAPORE'S Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, yesterday warned that his Government would not hesitate to scrap any institution which was found to be unsuitable or unfit. Dr. Goh was replying to criticisms of
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  • 940 1 PMIP WILL PROVIDE BIGGEST OPPOSITION Three Alliance men returned unopposed Few surprises: All Ministers except Lee are in the fight KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— When, at 1.30 p.m. today, no objections were lodged to the nominations which had been filed throughout the country, the stage was set
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  • 200 1 Tribute to Dr. Lim from MIC chief IPOH. Wed— President of the Malayan Indian Congress. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, today paid tribute to Dr. Lim Chong Eu, President of the MCA, as "a man who by his statesmanlike action has saved the nation from the danger of two warring camps
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  • 49 1 PITTSBURG. Wed. (UPI).— Three and a half million steel workers shut down the nation's basic steel mills today in a strike for higher wages. It could be the most costly walkout ln the country's history, and might affect the life of nearly every American.
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  • 86 1 Michiko -'a baby' report TOKYO, Wed.— The Imperial Palace announced today that Crown Princess Michiko may be expecting an heir. The news set off a wave of rejoicing throughout Japan The petite 24-year-old Michiko married Crown Prince Akihito on April in in a match that broke 2.600 years of tradition
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  • 66 1 ELEPHANTS RUIN 70 ACRES OF RUBBER TELUK ANSON. Wed. Elephants have rampaged Tanjong Keramat Village, on the Teluk Anson-Kampar Road about 23 miles from here. The elephants, it is estimated caused damage to about 70 acres of rubber and vegetable plots. The terrified villagers have lodged complaints to the District
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  • 102 1 Socialists name detainee for polls IPOH. Ued A detainee was named today in Ipoh as one of the 53 candidates who will contest the Federal Parliamen. tary elections next month He is 23-year-old Yuen Foo Thong, a radio operator and former assistant secretary of the Perak branch of the Party
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  • 67 1 LONDON, Wed. (.Rtuter). —A Toronto doctor yesterday described a successful toothgrafting operation in which a tooth from an 11-year-old girl was transferred to her 22-year-old brother. Dr. Sarnnel W. Leslie described thp operation at a session of the International Congress of Plastic Surgeons taking place this
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  • 262 1 Calvert's Sea Fok topples 'Heavy damage' report DARWIN, Wed— American showman John Calvert's yacht, Sea Fox, toppled on its side and suffered extensive damage when it was beached yesterday, according to reports reaching here today. The leaking va< ht was beached for inspection fit the request of a marine surveyor,
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  • 65 1 RI WARSHIPS POUND REBEL STRONGHOLDS JAKARTA. Wed tßeuter). —Indonesian warships have pounded Darul Islam installations along th* mountainous Central Celebes coast as the Army drives the rebel army northwards. The Navy bombarded the coastal ports of the jungled, roadless Toradja region. The ports are reported to be smuggling centres for
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  • 267 1 $60,000 govt, loan to Pangkor island IPOH, Wed— The Federation Government has agreed to grant a loan of about $60,000 to the Ashing industry in Pangkor. which will save 12,000 fishermen and their families from starvation because they have been unable to sell off their stock, amounting lo more than
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    • 1232 2 1 ilTTtl HT THAT GOES A t O N^.^%^^^^^^^] BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SINGAPORE and PENANG Businessmen or Manufacturers. If you have no agents in Perak to display your wares or posters, send these to CLARKS AGENCY <4 Kampar Road. Ipoh. Only nominal monthly fee charged. TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. FEDERAL WORKSHOPS TENDER
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    • 683 2 TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from regd. Contractors of class "EX" and above will be received by the Executive Engineer, PWD. Besut up to 12.00 noon of 21st July, 1959 for the Construction of 3 blocks of 3 classrooms each Primary School at Besut. All particulars can be obtained
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 462 3 SINGAPORE S Police Chief, Mr. A. E. G. des, hat shown admirable far-sightedness in lalizing, as he has done in his annual report for 18. fhe urgent need for a considerable expansion rhe Force under his command. If he felt that re was the need for a bigger Police
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    • 239 3 THE parallel action of the Malayan and gapore Governments to lift control on imports iolhr area goods is a welcome step and has been lerally hailed by business circles in the two ritories. Though belated it is felt the measure N be implemented sooner. Nevertheless, it lects the far-sighted
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  • 238 3 The Difference Today "THERE have been three big changes at the older universities since my day. They have been completely democratised. Thanks to state and other scholarships nobodv is excluded for financial reasons- The idler has almost disappeared. That is not due to any improvement in
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  • 1406 3 Japan's Chess-Playing Premier by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LONDON. JAPANESE nim-makers, J among the world's best, like to use swirling mist to deepen dramatic efTects. On the pitfall strewn political landscape of Japan, the use of mist can also be most effective. Nobody understands this better than the Prime Minister. Mr.
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  • 977 3  - The People's Govt Bars The People CYRIL DUNN By COLOMBO JN this tropical island half the size of England, where the British kind of parliamentary democracy is threatened by local doubts about its suitability under Asian conditions, the Government of Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike has just survived another crisis But this
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  • 54 3 **V" fc With the spectroscope more than a million colours, hues and shades con be distinguished. An ordinary person with normal vision can distinguish 150 or more, while an expertly trained eye can distinguish more than 100.000. Most unabridged English dictionaries list some 3,500 words for colours,
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  • 389 3 the NEWS as it strikes me \PHATEVER may be said to the contrary. growing evidence support, the view expressed i n this column 5 _H ma "y quarters, that Indo lesia i s headed to join Burma. Pakistan Thailand and those Middle East countries governed by men g th Army
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  • 1286 4 Mr. Sambanthan accepts challenge from the PPP A GREAT DEAL of political attention in the Federation will be focussed on the Sungei Siput constituency of Perak in which a "prestige battle" will be fought by the MIC president, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. against a P.P.P. candidate,
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  • 57 4 TWO youths, Koh Leong iu al llas Ah Hen an <* Woo Thin Pong alias Ah Sai, were yesterday charged in the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's COUrt with murdering Sim Hee Kia at a sago fartorv in Geylang on Nov. 16 last year No plea wa s
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  • 83 4 QUICK CHANGE CANDIDATE 1 -H l Wed ~Mr T *n Poh Aun. the SSIE? ar »_?i r. founder and Me member and twice president of the MCA. Lower Perak branch, tendered his resignation to his party today in order to fight the Federal elections. Mr. Tan. this morning filed Nomination
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  • 1334 4 JOHORE JOHORE TIMOR: I. ma. oin Haji Mohd. ArlfT (Ind i Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdu Rahman (All). JOHORE TENGG AR A Sayed Jaafar bin Hasan Albar (All.) unopposed. JOHORE BHARU TIMOR: Chu Choon Yong <SF). Haji' Mohd. Noah bin Omar <A11.) JOHORE BHARU BARAT: Zahid
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 96 4 EKKmWW pharmaceuticals The East Asiatic Company Limited wish to announce tho NAINA MOHAMED SONS LTD.. as Sub-Distributors of all Dumex Pharmaceutical products throughout Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei and British North Borneo (including Labuan). This appointment has been made to facilitate wider distribution of Dumex products thereby ensuring a completely efficient
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  • Article, Illustration
    1155 5 jY ACTION WILL BE )R THE GOOD QF ATE AS A WHOLE' |NG A PO R E'S le Minister, Mr. Kuan Yew, said prday that his Irnment was not for any vendetta fist anyone. Loe said this at the business meeting of rcislative Assembly Premier said: "I like to
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  • 58 5 A warrant was yesterday issued by a Singapore Coroner for the arrest of Abdul bin Mohamed. a driver with more than 30 years experience, for negligent driving, at Aljunied Road on May 19. Abdul was alleged to have knocked down a five-year-old child. Low Hong Chuan, who
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  • 192 5 A NEW ERA OF PROGRESS FOR SINGAPORE -SAYS DR. TOH SINGAPORE'S Deputy Premier, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, yesterday said that with a new Government and new constitution the State had entered into a new era of progress. The slipshod and inefficient methods in the past must give way to efficiency
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  • 98 5 WORK ON NEW TTC. TO START SOON THE Singapore Government is expected to carry out the expansion scheme, of the new Teachers' Training College in Aljunied Road before the end of the year. The Standard understands the expansion scheme was drafted by the former Government, but due to the financial
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  • 119 5 GEN. FESTING DUE ON VISIT SOON A FORMER Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Land Forces and now the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Francis Festing, will pay a short visit to Singapore, on his way to Australia and New Zealand next month. General Festing will leave London
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  • 95 5 IPOH, Wed. Twelve Malayan Chinese Association members of the Kinta branch today sent in their resignations as party members. Three of then Messrs. Lee Kah Sin. Lim Heng Sik, Wong Kok See are central general committee and state working committee members. Another committee member. Mr.
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  • 42 5 THE Speaker. Sir George Oehlers, yesterday announced in the Singapore Legislative Assembly that Mr. A. P. Rajah (Member for Farrer Park) has been appointed Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and Mr. G. Kandasamy (Deputy Speaker) Chairman of the Estimates Committee.
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  • 122 5 Rebel' and rabble' ruled out of order THE Speaker of the Suigapore Legislative Assembly, Sir George Oehlers. yesterday ruled out two words as "unparliamentary." The words "rebel" and "rabble" were used by the Minister for Education. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. during' a debate on the City Council (Suspension and Transfer
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  • 66 5 THE Singapore Booksellers Association will hold a farewell function in honour of Mr. and Mrs. S. Read on July 20. Mr. Read, who has been manager of the Malava Publishing House Ltd., is retiring to Australia. He has been connected with the local book trade business
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  • 187 5 AN unemployed, Cheah Kun Hock, 32. pleaded guilty in a Singapore Court yesterday to cheating a woman of $18 by making a false offer of a job to her with the War Department. G.H.Q. Tanglin. District Judge. Mr. K. T. Alexander, sentenced Cheah to
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  • 182 5 Lack at funds holds up Police expansion CHANCES of the Singapore Police Force being brought to full strength are remote due to the stringent economy measures adopted by the Government. I The Commissioner of Police, Mr A. E. G Blades, in his report for 1958 issued on Tuesday, stressed the
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  • 177 5 Four bills tabled on certificate of urgency FOUR bills were introduced on a Certificate of Urgency to have them passed through aU three readings, at the first business session of the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. They were the Financial Procedure Bill, thc City Council (Suspension and Transfer of Functions) Bill
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  • 54 5 THE Australian Broadcasting Commission Is offering free copies of Its Programme Guide to listeners in Singapore. The current Issvs covers programmes from Australia beamed to South-east Asian countries up to October. Interested persons may write to the Singapore representative of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 302.
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  • 616 5 Pines market: No government interference say canners PINEAPPLE canners want to be allowed to market their products without government interference, the seven-man Commission inquiring into the pineapple industry, held in the Board Room of the Commerce and Industry in Singapore, was told yesterday. This was the view expressed by Mr.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 139 5 ■__RS ___r _■_> _D ___A# _r O ■WTrM^ W\^^r m^^^ KRice is essenual to Malaya. Not only is it the staple food of the people but the cultivation of padi also provides employment for nearly 25 per cent of the wageearners in thc Federation. However, Malaya's padi fields produce only
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  • 365 6 MISTAKE -FACES WENT RED in MINISTRY 'Slip-up' that deprived big Hongkong Hrm from opening factory KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A bad slip-up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has denied a big Hongkong firm the opportunity ot establishing a factory in Malaya for manufacturing storage batteries, The Standard learnt today.
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  • 146 6 A PRE-WAR Indonesian businessman in Singapoie is now the Minister for Religioul Affairs in the Indonesian plenary Cabinet. Dr. Wahib Wahab arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way back to Jakarta to discuss his new Ministerial aprxv.ntment. He was touring the Middle East
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  • 46 6 ROBERT JOHN' ORME. pleaded not guiltv in a Singaport Court yesterday to a charge of unlawfully possessing a .32 automatic pistol and 30 rounds of ammunition at Cairnhill Circle on Julv 14. He was allowed Ss.<"> n 0 bail until July 29.
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  • 78 6 POLICE HOLD 12 MORE GANGSTERS SINGAPORE Pol i e detained 12 more secret society gangster= yesterday, bringing the total to 69 Bince Saturday night, wi.cn they swooped down to smash the cane?. Police Secretary Mr. William Cheng, said the thugs will be hed for 14 day? until Government decide? to
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  • 119 6 Jail for man with home-made pistols PENANG, Wed— Talib bin Samad. aged 28. was jailed for two years by Sessions Court President. Mr. Au Ah Wah, today ivhen he pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of two homemade pistols. He was also fined $150, in default two months
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  • 99 6 Foreign help not needed Rajendra MR. P. V. RAJENDRA. President of the Singapore Federation of Government Employees said yesterday that any disagreement on principles between unions and the government could and should be settled without bringing in foreign help or influence Mr. Rajendra made this point to clarify that he
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  • 140 6 POLICE OFFICERS TOLD SIT WITH DRIVER GAZETTED officers of the Singapore Police Force have been told not to 101l ln the back seats of their cars while being driven around by Government-paid chauffers. They have been asked to adjust themselves to the "sign of the times" and sit in the
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  • 73 6 AN anxious mother sat waiting with her sick child in the reception room of a clinic in Odeon Square, Singapore. waiting for her turn to see the doctor. Sudden. y. a man darted into the clinic, snatched away the sick child's gold anklet and fled. The
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  • 326 6 Exodus of RI Chinese to China after trade ban THOUSANDS of Indonesian-resident Chinese including businessmen are scurrying back to China as a result of discriminatory actions by the RI Government, i Trade restrictions passed recently have strangled private enterprise in Indonesia and affected nearly 300.000 Chinese. In the past there
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  • 118 6 HE WORKED NON-STOP FOR 29 HOURS CORPORAL Technician DF Freeman of the Royal Air Force. Changi. ha__ been commended in Station Routine Orders bv his Commanding Officer Group Captain I.C.K. Swales, for showing "a fine sense of duty and responsibility ln voluntarily remaining on continuous duty for 29 hours. Cpl.
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  • 74 6 LIONS CLUB ELECT OFFICIALS THE following were eiected office-bearers of the Singapore Lions Club at a meeting held recently: President Mr. M Warden. Past -President Mr J H. Mehta. Ist vice-president Mr. P. P. Ohrl. 2nd vicepresident Mr. Lee Chee Shan 3rd vice-president-Mr. L. M. Sachdev. Secretary Mr. N Rastogl.
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  • 467 6 FAR EAST TOUR DELIGHTS TWO YOUNG MUSICIANS Joint recital by pianist, violinist at the Vic OBVIOt SLY delighted at being in the Far East for the first time, 28-vear-old Austrian pianist, Use von Alpenheim, and 28-year-old Yugoslav violinist, Igor Ozim, obligingly answered all questions asked at a press conference yesterday.
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  • 217 6 YEAR'S JAIL FOR $29,705 EMBEZZLEMENT A CLERK of the General Amusements Company Ltd., yesterday admitted in the Singapore Fourth District Court that he misappropriated 529.705.77 belonging to his Arm because he had to spend it on his "aged mother." "I am the sole breadwinner of the family and the money
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  • 296 6 A U-YEAR-OLD schoolboy tears when he disclosed to a StH| 11 Coomaraswamy, how he saw hli Joo Hwa, 18, lying on the five-foot way of R: with a knife stuck in l^is back The boy, Ng Joo Kwang of 'Serangoon Road, vai -iving evidence at a preliminary iiquiry into
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  • Article, Illustration
    105 6 MISS v chic "queer, yan screen, anr.rc: terday the fori her new film "MM* new compel Menado P I.o\ brain-child Tl doub^ lirst it pro'. Herpa r State Of Sll rp The itSfl ipt Aral FITNAH* sip" i, wee-, picture and rina under L Kap India film. A Budien
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  • 24 7 ABOVE: Technicians and workmen at work at the new giant curving screen at the Sky Theatre yesterday- Standardpic
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  • 127 7 Cigarette smugglers held after a chase SINGAPORE Customs arrested two smugglers and recovered 239 lbs. of contraband cigarettes on which duty worth $2,500 had not been paid. The arrest was ma.le in international waters on Thursday night. A Customs launch on patrol on sighting the smugglers speedboat heading towaras the
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  • 295 7 Cinerama S'pore is the 27th in world to have it CINERAMA will make history in the State of Singapore when it makes its debut at the Sky Theatre in a fortnight. It will take the foremost place in movie entertainment in this part of Asia. The State of Singapore will
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  • 213 7 MAN'S VAIN BID TO ESCAPE DEPORTATION A 30-YEAR-OLD man made o desperate bid to avoid deportation to Hongkong yesterday bv jumping into the sea from a floating platform at the tast Wharf, Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. He was Tong Ling Tan, a stowaway from China. Tong, who was in the charge
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  • 54 7 FOUR men. armed with daggers broke into a house and after holding up the occupants got way with cash and jewellery worth $6,000 in Blair Road, Singapore yesterday. The robbers herded a housewife. Madam Tan Guat Khim and her family into a room and locked the door while
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  • 27 7 THE Singapore Ministry of Education yesterday announced that the Senior Chinese Middle 111 examination for this year would be held from Nov. 9 to 13.
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  • 111 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) in Singapore yesterday were: Tone: Quiet. Tin price in Singapore was S39B| per picul (down Sl). LONDON RUBBER Wednesday's first opening session. TIN Wednesday's first opening session. Spot £791.10 buyers. £793 sellers Three months £789.10 buyers. £790 sellers. Settlement prices £793.
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  • 99 7 10 PASS IN CHINESE MEDICINE THE chairman of the Thong Chai Medical Institution, Mr. Ng Quee Lam, will present medical certificates to 10 Chinese physicians (sinsehs) at the institution on July 31 at 3.30 p.m. The ''sinsehs" were selected from 48 candidates who sat for an examination s*t by the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • 195 9 Holden Sets New Sales Record THE annual report of the Australian company, General Motors Holden's Ltd., disclosed that sales of the company's products during 1958 were over £100 million for the first time. The cpmpany also reports new records in production, employment, sales and trading profit. On Oct. 22. the
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  • 92 9 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesia wants a new arrangement for the sale of its government-produced oil to Japan. Antara news agency said today. The agency said the State Oil Company. Permina. which has holdings in North Sumatra, had come to an understanding with the Japan
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  • 77 9 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The General Electric Company of England has appointed Mr. R. J. Smith to take charge of its organisation, being set up in Japan to supervise the building of Japan's first nuclear power station. Mr. Smith, who is at present chief projects officer of
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  • 83 9 The old Bremen was destroyed in the war. The new Bremen is a 32,000-ton modern ship converted from the old French liner Pasteur Up to the outbreak of war, the same line that runs the Bremen, The Norddeutscher Lloyd Line, was a strong shipping competitor on
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 231 9 RUBBER GAIN CONTINUES ON STEADY MARKET RUBBER wos taken up by a further cent rite in Singopore yesterday on improved London ond New York sentiment. First grade August closed at 98* cents per lb. against previous day's close of 97i cents. In two days, price has gained 1} cents (yesterday's
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    • 222 9 EXPORTS of New Zealand dairy products to Singapore and the Federation of M-.aya in the first quarter of this year have shown a 100 percent increase compared with the correspondending pe' I >d ol last year. Tins was sia ted by the New Zealand
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    • 133 9 BOAC Names New S-EA Sales Manager MR. GORDON DAVIDSON. 8.0.A.C.'s manager in Bombay, has been appointed sales manager. South-east Asia for 8.0.A.C. in succession to Mr. Donald Erskine Crum. who leaves Singapore on Sunday to take up the post of Sales Manager. India. Mr. Davidson ir, expected to arrive in
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    • 93 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra July August $35 buyers. $36 sellers, coconut oil in bulk $57 sellers in drums $5^J sellers; Muntok white pepper $135 sellers Sarawak white $134 sellers, special Sarawak black $80. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed
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    • 228 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done ve>terday Fit/patncks $103; Fraser and Neave ords $1.31. $1314; Gammon $1.7.->. M. Cement $1.59: M. Co'ls. 9T_o. Metal Box |1.66; Robinson orris. $127. $128. S. S'ship 574c. 57c: S. Times $1.27. $128; L'E ords 85c. Wearne $1.23; Wilkinson $1.31; Jacks $1.20
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    • 240 9 INDUSTRIALS were quiet on the Malayan share market yesterday. Tins were easier and Rubbers irregular. Turnover was fair. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: Buvers Se'lers. Gammon U959> 1.73 1.73 M. Cement 1 58 1 60 Metal Box 165 168 xd Straits
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    • 122 9 $1.8 mil Profit For Bank THE Bank of India Limited made a profit of Rs. 28,11,076.--31 ($1,801,972) subject to taxation, for fhe first six months of this year according to a statement by the bank issued yesterday. This, together with Rs. 12.--79,476.54 ($820,177.00) brought forward from the last account makes
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    • 61 9 JAKARTA, Wed.— A paper factory and a textile plant will be buiit in South Borneo with Japanese reparations payments, according to the head of the regional administration, Hadji Maksid. He said Japanese experts already have arrived in South Borneo to give advice on the construction of
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    • 49 9 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in it s rates to merchants vesterdav: Canada Buving TT. 31-5 8. OD 111. 90 d/st. air mail 32-1 8 credit bills 32-3/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./OD readv: Canada 31-5/16. Belgian Frcs 1611 Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 135 9 Coal Mine Pump Put On Display A PUMP which is being used in many British coal mines, to rid the workings of water, is displayed at the Mining Machinery Exhibition at Olympia, London. The special purpose pump, designed and developed by a Durham engineering firm, utilises a source of power
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  • 32 9 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter).— A Japanese ship has arrived in the North-east Borneo port of Tandjung Rebeb to load 1,000 cubic metres of Borneo timber, according to reports from the region.
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  • 266 9 CHICAGO, Wed. A strong plea for vigorous two-way trade rather than protectionism came today from a high U.S. Department of Commerce official. Mr. Henry Kearns. assistant secretary of commerce for international affairs, pointed out that the future import needs of the expanding
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  • 67 9 NEW VORK. Hed (Reuter) The giant United States steel industry closed down at midnight after ten weeks of fruitiest negotiations and several unsuccessful appeals from President Eisenhower for a solution to the union-ma-nagement deadlock. The nation-wide walkout, involving 500.000 members of the United Steel Workers Union.
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  • 132 9 YEOVIL. England, Wed. (Renter).— The British firm of West land Aircraft Limited announced today that "subject to the completion of formalities" it would take over tho firm of Saunders-Roe which has developed the S.R.N. Hovercraft Britain's "flying saucer." The deal will link two of Britain'?? biggest
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  • 74 9 JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) Tl.^ Trade Ministry and the Ministry for Economic Stabilization announced that a ban on copra exports to Singapore has been lifted. The ban will be lifted effective July 20. the announcement said. Copra exports now will be on a 50-50 basis, it was
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  • 145 9 <M Tf R ROADS Andreas Boye: Barumun. Sanana; Honesta; Statius Jensen; Naticina; Nassa- Nord; Missuipi Llovd; H SolTult; City of Liver--sooV Tong Wee. Hikone Maru l-.nfa; San Ricardo: Francoise; Sei.u Maru. SRT 1134-1135-1136. Tjiwangi; Teiresiss; ROsMey; Gunnng Diatti; State of Madras; Selat Siberut. Koroshio Maru; Tyndareus; Tnakhaven;
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  • 168 9 A SIMPLE and ingenious plastic sleeve, developed in Australia and patented throughout the world, makes it pleasant to drink beer, tomato Juice or other liquids straight from the can. The sleeve is fitted on top of any standard size beer can and forms a cup.
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  • 365 10  - How About Opera, Mr. Coward? RICHARD BERRY by ms FIRST BALLET NOEL COWARD has always held the firm belief that Noel Coward can do anything. There is still no evidence to the contrary. This month, the suave, 59-year-old Coward, with his wit and his inevitable carnation buttonhole, is talking enthusiastically
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  • 511 10 PEOPLE," SAYS COWARD, "ARE TERRIBLY INTERESTING, DON'T YOU THINK?" Relatively ,n o t h i n g happened to Coward between his birth at Teddington on December 16, 1899, and his appearance in his own play, "The Vortex," 25 years later. But, overnight, he rocketed from
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  • 697 10  - These Girls Do The Proposing, But... S. M. KISMADI by JAKARTA EVERY year is leap year among the Minangkabaus in West Sumatra. Not only will the girls do the proposing but they are willing to pay if their proposal is accepted. They even throw in a completely furnished home with
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  • 681 10 THE 'THREE CAREERS' MAN TO RETIRE JJE is lean, dignified ond icy. He is a playwright, an intellectual, a business tycoon and a diplomat. But above all, CHARLES VINCENT MASSEY is a Canadian. This month, the 72--year-old Massey, first Canadian to become Governor-General of his country when he was appointed
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    • 309 10 Hhold your own; make quiet progress. CANCER June 21 to July 22 Take time to organize, plan; be moderate in diet, at work. See people. LEO July 23 to Aug. 22 Care for regular duties, responsibilities before relaxing. Veto extravagance. VIRGO Aug. 23 to Sept. 22 Fulfil obligation at home
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  • 663 11 kANG, Wed.— The Penang Turf Club has received, s first time in many years, a record entry for its Kank holiday meeting. a f 179 Cass One, nd Five horses have for the meeting ben July 25. 29 and kast clay of the meet h p ld on Sunday.
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  • 126 11 HI. following i s the schedule of racing: Iss 1 Dhr 1. lst day: 6 furs, and H miles. 3rd day: and 8. furs. J fe? I hs !> _T d 2: I st dav: 5 fu and 7 furs ay. fi furs. 3rd day: 8£ furs t i
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    • 31 11 SLTA meet, I Tanglin. E I/( \S Con. bined f Bet, Jn'an Besnr, .S.\F/_ training, 7 p.m.; Dir. SC. vs STB. 3A: Selrtar ell 'A'. Farrer Youngtterg vs Indians. MFA.
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    • 12 11 fst Div. Leabined Services vs nr 5 75 p.m T 1
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    • 20 11 D v. 2— /poh Ramblers 'A' Ground; Div. 3 I HQ 2 FIB. Jalil Ground.; Perak Inh yird School's
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  • 45 11 K. Wed. Sports Cluh n three P wi.en thev 1- lb 4—l „n around tod... nti to their have only >and. How- their last at n M Mij ;b c have hti ar* also Kt game to play. tports meet .Anderson School 2.30 p.m.
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  • 41 11 SOCCER Div. 2. Shell S.C. vt Wy. Rec. Club. BF:elds Rly.: Police Rec. Club vt Levers Levers; Div. 3 Audit Dept. vs PiU moor Estate /mbi Road; Telecoms Stores vs Wearne Brothers P.W.D.; Survey Dept. vs Municipal Jalan Stadium.
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  • 81 11 F.A.M. WILL HOLD TWO TRIALS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Football Association of Malaya is holding two trials, on August 15 and 16. at the Merdeku Stadium to pick the national team for the Merdeka anniversary soccer festival. it was announced today that the tournament will start on August 30— and
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  • 42 11 AFTER levelling the score at one-ail at half-time. Royal Army Pay Corps and the First Cheshire Regiment failed to reach a decision despite extra time in the semi-final round of the Army's Parker Cup sorcer competition at Dover Road yesterday.
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  • 739 11 SCHOOLBOY BREAKS STATE RECORD SINGAPORE schoolboy athlete Koh Kum Khoon of Chun; Cheng High School broke the Singapore high jump record at the Combined Schools fifth annual athletic meeting held at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. His jump of 22 ft. 6 ins. j bettered the State record of 22 ft.
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  • 505 11 FOUR RECORDS BROKEN THE Far East Air Force athletics championships were won by RAF Changi yesterday when they finished 27 points ahead of all other teams in the command. The final team standings were Changi 108. Seletar 81. Butterworth 41 Tengah 32. Kuala Lumpur 24
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  • 131 11 Rangers Earn 2 More Points KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor Rangers, in need of every point that they can get in their remaining matches, earned two valuable points when they beat TPCA 7-1 in a FAS first division encounter on the Princes Road ground today. The Rangers have two more matches
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  • 96 11 JAP TEAM FOR WORLD CYCLING TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter)— The Japan Professional Cycling Association said here lt would send three cyclists to the 1959 World Cycling championships to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from August 8. They are Misao Shirabayashi. Manoru Yoshida and Nobuo Takeno and will be led by
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  • 103 11 IPOH, Wed -S6M ng a goal In each half. Kinta Indian* beat C>.ensL Wah 2-0 in a Division On n 'eague soccer match her* today By thif win the Indian*, ara now im a cood position to win the title. The came ill r>>b„_ft
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  • 486 11 OULTON, IBRAHIM THE STARS AT ARMY ATHLETICS BIRLY PHILIP Ol LTON, the Combined Services rugger star forward and lanky Ibrahim bin Haji Abdul Samad of the Royal Army Service Corps School shared honours at the Singapore Base District individual athletic championships at Nee Soon yesterday. Oulton and Ibrahim won three
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  • 72 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed There wu keen rivalry in the annual Federation Armed Forces Maintenance Corps weekend snorts meet which conc'uded on the Headquarters Federation Army ground today. The results of the finals were a? follows: Horkev; Federation Armv Ordnance Depot beat No 3 "Trin*pon C<>\ 2-0. Badminton:
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 12 ONG CHIN 800. 17, proudly disp'ay s the trophies he won at the Chung Wah Middle School. Klang, sports held recently. Picture by Ch'ng Seng Poh
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  • 140 12 BIG DAY FOR THIS SCHOOL TPOH. Wed. Saturday. August 1, will be a busy day for the $2$ million Sekolah Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malay Secondary School) in Tiger Lane. Ipoh. On that day they will be having their annual prize giving, athletic sports and the school variety concert. The Minister
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  • 382 12 A MYSTERY LETTER REACHES IOC Anti-Chinese Formosan Croup Applauds Ban LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Wed. (UPI) An anti-Chinese Formosan organization has sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee praising the decision to suspend the Nationalist Chinese Olympic Committee, it was revealed yesterday In a letter postmarked from Tokyo, Japan, a man
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  • 276 12 FEIMA. who scored a brilliant 'double* at the recent Singapore meeting, has been classified in Class Two, the Straits Racing Association announced yesterday. Owned by Chen's Stable, Feima has scored three wins out of four runs all at Bukit Timah. Three other tuo-year-olds have
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  • 114 12 IT'S A TAN-TEO CLASH TAX Kim Sone of Siong 800 Athletic Association will mee* Teo Swee San of Eastern Athletics in both finals of the Singapore Billiards Association three-ball and four-ball championships to be held at the YMCA on Friday and Saturday. July 17th an^ 18th. Plav on both days
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  • 68 12 IPOH. Wed. Perak cricket team to meet the Emu Club of Australia on the Ipoh padang o n .Tuly 19 and 20 i s as follows G. F. Cooke (-apt). If. Appuni. K. Anandarajah K. Seivaratnam. P. W. Faith. J. Wassung. A. W Wanles?, A-
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  • 434 12 KLANG. Wed. Ng Chuan Tian. of the Xg Teong Kiat House, won the best Performance challenge trophy when he broke the old record for the High Jump event by clearing sft, 3iins at the Jubilee School. Klang. annual athletic Meet held at the Fort
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  • 94 12 PASSPORTS TO THE NON-WHITES LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Wed. (Reuter).— The South African government will issue passports to any non-white amateur athlete who has proved to be of international or Olympic standard, the International Olympic Committee said here recently. The committee said the South African Olympic Committee had reported it was also
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  • 64 12 MOSCOW, Wed. (Reuter)— —Rudolf Plyukfelder the Russian weightlifter has beaten his own world lightheavyweight record for the snatch by half a kilogramme (one pound) with lift of 13.5 kilogrammes (307* pounds) in Leningrad according to th Soviet News Agency Tass Plyukfelder was competing In the weightlifting
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    32 12 photo. lOS ANGELES: Alphonse Halimi reels against the ropes as challenger Jose Becerra scores a knockout in the eighth and final round of a scheduled fifteen round bantamweight championship fight recently.- UPI
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  • 112 12 FINAL SHOW BY AUSSIE GOLFERS THE Australian women golf champions gave a final exhibition yesterday at the Royal Singapore Golf Club course when they played a four-ball match against a R.S.G.C men's side. The Australian champions gave a good demonstration of shots especially driving which was a treat to watch.
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  • 985 12 A RECORD number of athletes have entered for the Singapore Amateur Athletic Associations annual championships starting next week at the Farrer Park Stadium. i Competition is expected to be the keenest for years in view of the number of entries. More than 250
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  • 82 12 SEAH difficulty main i for boyi turned a seconds otho Chine annual day. The ti was n I an br oor.l SO' <>r Ki terday w was tho metn for firii ed V Mv ltj Th. *»0 mefr.s Butt'* (Ro\^ nn«i. r M Th Sin P. ,>0 metres Buttrrfl
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  • 20 12 nis Cl tomorrow \x YMCA Boys' S. Singles .1 .10 p rr. NN '<v.: !S no p Vetenans IX99**
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    102 13 1 ft arcnes ana: a sense of decay reminiscent of Venice is this old building beside the Singapore Riverm Barges and sampans nestle under Elgin Bridge spanning North and South Bridge Road at all tinies of the day and night. The homeless make their home here under this bridge with
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  • 1240 13 A little bit of Venice in S'pore E went up the Singapore River the tr day, DONALD ,TNER-WELI.ES and And then we went rn river. We enjoyed rery much. I'm sure would, too. DnaJd ls a famous jrican lecturer/photo>her who tells his stories words and pictures. I'll you about our
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  • 44 13 AMERICAS "Maid of o^o__ v Cotton,, MALINDA m£r RERR was the star of this show. But she was a star in mhr name only. She modelled a san two hybrid Philippines outfits and a cheongsam. Hardly enough to help sell
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  • 693 13  - The Indonesians And Their Shadow Plays Special Correspondent by A. souls of Hm. dead ar. alive again in KSE& X x wand s ,n s '"'ricted to the oblong M of Indonesia's ancient shadow plays. f«rd puppet vessels I* ancestral spirits fneir grotesque v -5 on the screen, r ™mg
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  • 274 13 sheath dress in black and vhite checks with wide, .lack cummerbund topped Jy a short jacket with a arge black collar. Price SBf). The fourth was BLACK MAGIC. It was a dress for all occasions in black straw finish cotton with a full skirt the _____________________Pfc^.< the bodice
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    • 178 13 L, ABNER By AlcTpp AppßQAruiMr"! ?T,^jr /f C LOOKS LIKE A PLVING MEANWHILE-QN CONEN ISLAND G T H AT'S ;^S PLATTER OF r— Ttuc ISSJL V V THAT i^l/V HOT CX>3S XS^ s®^ A CARBONATE CAU/AAS.'f 1 TWE GOOD-WILL /i > >,^^ a^^rr^^_r **jf > /V£ DES/3NEO THE WORLD'S J
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  • 113 14 TRIVANDRUM, (Kerala) Wed. (Reuter). Three students were injured when a crowd of agitators campaigning to oust the communist state government entered a school near here yesterday. A government statement said the majority of the crowd consisted of sympathisers of the opposition Pra j a
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  • 60 14 INDONESIAN NAVY CHIEF REPLACED JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) President Soekarno today announced he was replacing Indonesia's Navy Chief-of-Staff. Vice-Admiral Subiakto. The President made the j announcement at the swear- ing-in of further members of his 43-strong Presidential Cabinet. The announcement followed a mutiny in the Navy over Vice-Admiral Subiakto's order placing
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  • 105 14 Philip beats the search party to it KAMLOOPS. British Columbia. Wed (Reuter) A search party was nearly sent out on Lake Pehnask yesterday for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip after they had been out on the lake for four and a half hours. Mr. Esmond Butler, press officer for the
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  • 74 14 THIRTY young girls squeezed themselves and even piled on to a four passenger Renault in a "Cramming Craze" contest held at the Mastuya Department store in Tokyo last week. The occasion was the release of a movie entitled "Ginza Xo Oneechan (Ginza Girl). Screen actress
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  • 473 14 NASSER BLAMES WEST FOR RED GROWTH JTm an draft nationalist, not a fanatic NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter).— President Nasser of the United Arab Republic said yesterday that the Western countries must take the major responsibility for the growth of communism in the Middle East. Ho said in an article in
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  • 61 14 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter).— The Medan District Court has found 50 workers guilty of taking part in an illegal strike on a Sumatra rubber estate. They were given a one month jail term, but later released on a six month probation period, according to press reports from Medan.
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  • 126 14 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) The Chinese first carpenter of the liner "Taiyuan" had admitten having put the bodies of two dead Chinese into Sydney Harbour, a Police witness told a court here todayA detective said the carpenter. Wang Shu Chen, wept as he told him he
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    • 192 14 More bans imposed in Indonesia JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter). —Jakarta Garrison Command yesterday announced further restrictions on newspapers, government servants, rallies and some religious meetings. A Command spokesman, amplifying the army ban placed on political activities on June 2, said that newspapers were banned from carrying articles and cartoons which could
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  • 102 14 Ben-Gurion to form new govt. JERUSALEM. Wed. (Reuter). Mr. David Ben Gurion, who resigned as Israeli Prime Minister ten days ago, agreed today to try to form a new government, it was officially announced. Mr. Ben-Gurion was summoned by President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi today and accepted a mandate to form a
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  • 51 14 HOLLYWOOD, Wed. A boxer. Art (Golden Boy) Aragon. was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon yesterday when he went to a police station to deny charges by his former wife that he struck her and tried to run over her with his sports car.—
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  • 111 14 Foundation laid for Anglo-Jap cooperation LONDON, Wed. (UPI). Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi said today he believed he had laid the foundation for more effective Angio Japanese co-operation during his four-day visit to Lc/hdon. Speaking at a Foreign Press! Association luncheon, he made these points That Britain now has a
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  • 397 14 LONDON. Wed. Brendan Behan, Irishman, genius, author, wit and alcoholic was back home last night after one of the most monumentally stupid drink. ne bouts of all time. Brendan is the man who wTote "The Quare Fellow." a play about prison life. The critics
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  • 61 14 HONGKONG. Wed. (Reuter). J —Communist China today, introduced a new group of 924 simpiified Chinese characters^ designed to make it easier for] peop.e learning to read, the New China News Agency re- ported. About 4,000 characters are, commonly used in the Chinese, language and so far 517 sim-,
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  • 38 14 A ROYAL Air Force Valiant bomber has broken the air speed record from Capetown to London by covering the 6.(160 miles in 12 hours and 30 minutes, the Air Ministry announced yesterdav in London. Reuter
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